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Staff editorial: Proposed MGC renovations don't tackle real problems

October 26

A plan to renovate the first floor of Mary Graydon Center next summer is in the works. The plan would include moving the bathrooms, newspaper racks and information desk; knocking down the wall between the Tavern and lounge area; and repainting and reflooring the Tavern.

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News

Amos Lee rocks for Darfur

By Madalyn Wasiczuk | October 26

As Amos Lee stood on stage Saturday night at the 9:30 club, he was joined by over 20 other artists, hundreds of fans and people around the world raising money and awareness as a part of MySpace's Rock for Darfur event. The first chord struck deeply with Lee's audience.

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News

Popularity of 'Jolt' grows

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 26

For students looking to hitch a ride back to campus, learn the latest off-beat campus news or post their opinions about a variety of topics, The Daily Jolt, a multi-faceted Web site intended to give students practical information about campus life, provides these and other services designed to inform students of the AU campus vibe.

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News

DOH simulates flu pandemic response

By Tracy Kania | October 26

The D.C. Department of Health practiced medical emergency responsiveness yesterday in Bender Arena by simulating a medical distribution clinic to treat an outbreak of pandemic influenza. In the simulation, student volunteers, AU faculty and staff members acted as patients who could have potentially come in contact with an infected person.

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News

Rainfall ends sexual drought

By Blair Bryant Nichols | October 26

Like all ancient cultures, the Egyptians were at the whim of Mother Nature for control of their agriculture. They would wait all year, sometimes several years, for enough rain to flood the banks of the Nile, making the soil nearest the banks rich enough to support their crops.

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Cellist astounds D.C. crowd

By Drew Richardson | October 26

The three main stages at the Kennedy Center exhibit world-famous operatic performances, masterful examples of theater and dance and some of the finest classical musical concerts in the world. However, on the top floor of the building is the lesser-known and more intimate Terrace Theatre.

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News

Trippin' over Midwest heritage

By Benjamin Lozovsky | October 26

Ah, the Midwest. The enduring heartland, the center of our collective consciousness, the bowels of western civilization. This amorphous blob of space, plopped down in the middle of our country like an obese man confined to a living room couch, has come to represent different things to so many different people.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: It's time to accept identity theft as a real threat

October 23

A recent report by the Department of Education indicates that college students are at particularly high risk of identity theft because of pre-approved credit card offers, burglaries in dorms and inexperience in financial management. Identity thieves use a variety of methods that make all college students vulnerable.

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News

New book guides girls in sexual exploration

By Christina Fields | October 23

"Must-read guide for girls" books are everywhere. They are on the shelves in every bookstore, library and newsstand. Notices of new publications filter through the mail and jump out of every magazine or catalogue, screaming that they are the real deal. These books, guides yell out from the stacks, promise that this one will be the last one ever needed - that this is the key to figuring out everything a young woman needs to know.

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Sports

As Hall of Famer, Barber doesn't make cut

By Brayden Billbe | October 23

On the heels of Tiki Barber's startling announcement that he is planning to retire after the season, Giants GM Ernie Accorsi said something that made me laugh. For those of you who missed it, Accorsi said, "You do not replace Tiki Barber, he's a Hall of Famer.

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News

Number of foreign students in U.S. falls

By Elyse Franko | October 23

The United States may soon lose its place as the top destination for international students, according to a report released Tuesday by the American Council on Education. Though U.S. universities still have the largest international student enrollment, some European and Asian countries are beating the United States in percentage growth of enrollment.

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News

Metro calendar

By Rebecca Kern | October 23

Wednesday, Oct. 25 Washington's Most Haunted Houses 6:30-8:30 p.m. Lafayette Square Metro: Farragut West (blue and orange lines) President Andrew Jackson, navy hero Stephen Decatur, Henry Adams and his wife, Clover, are just several of the famous Washingtonians whose haunted homes will be visited on this walking tour of Washington's most haunted houses.

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Sports

Field hockey wins one, loses one to hang on to PL lead

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 23

The No. 19 AU field hockey team (11-6, 4-0 PL) continued its up-and-down season this weekend, winning a double-overtime thriller 6-5 over Lehigh on Saturday, but losing 1-0 at Princeton on Sunday. Coming off a disappointing 5-1 loss at rival Maryland on Wednesday, the Eagles got off to a fast start at Lehigh, taking the lead just over four minutes into the game on Jesika Pufnock's second goal of the season.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

October 23

Dear Editor, Thank you for raising awareness of the Higher Education Act's (HEA) denial of student loans to youth convicted of drug offenses. Instead of empowering at-risk students with a college degree, HEA limits career opportunities and increases the likelihood that those affected will resort to crime.

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News

Amber Madison turns ladies on to getting off

By Christina Fields | October 23

It's hard to get more honest and intimate than Amber Madison. On her new book, "Hooking Up: A Girl's All-Out Guide to Sex and Sexuality," the young and knowledgeable Madison said, "On the one hand it doesn't totally click how many people are going to be reading it.

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News

New senators sworn into SG, hold first meeting

By Cait Douglas | October 23

The second class of undergraduate senators was sworn in Wednesday night and re-elected Ben Murray as their speaker. Murray, a senior in the School of Public Affairs, said he was enthusiastic about the new class of senators. "I think we have a really great group of dedicated advocates and leaders that will start some much needed discussion on campus," he said.

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Campus brief: Annual fraternity event raises funds for children's health

By Kendra Garstka | October 23

Derby Days, Sigma Chi's annual philanthropy event, kicked off its week-long fundraiser Saturday with broomball. The money raised will go to Children's National Medical Center, D.C.'s Children's Miracle Network hospital. "All those who are participating in this year's Derby Days prove that raising money for a cause as good as this can be both rewarding and fun," said Patrick Sullivan, 2006 Derby Days Commissioner and a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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