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Campus brief: Search continues for GLBTA Center director

By Brian Kalish | September 28

The Office of Campus Life continues to search for a director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center, according to a memo from Gail Hanson, vice president of Campus Life. The previous director, Mindy Michels, left the office in February.

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Distance learning expands on- and off-campus options

By Rebecca Kern | September 28

Yale University will offer free digital videos of some courses on the Internet, as well as transcripts in several languages, to make their school more accessible to the public, according to CNN.com. The 18-month pilot phase of the Open Educational Resources Video Lecture Project is funded by a $755,000 grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, according to a Yale press release.

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Metro brief: Mayor allocates millions for D.C. health needs

By Kyra Smerkanich | September 28

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams announced Tuesday he will use $245 million in tobacco settlement funds to pay for various District-wide health initiatives, according to The Washington Post. The money will be used for new medical facilities and the expansion of health services in an effort to make health care more accessible for poor residents and to reduce D.

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Study: business grad students more likely to cheat

By Ali Goldstein | September 28

A recently published study, finding graduate business students more likely to cheat than their academic counterparts, is not an accurate description of AU, said graduate business students and professors who fear its findings could harm future career opportunities.

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Libidos, buttresses fly at AU

By Blair Bryant Nichols | September 28

There is an interesting mindset that sets in during your senior year of college. The pressure to succeed coupled with the yearning to finish, added to the desire of seizing every day, which is troubled by the tendency to reminisce, all contribute to a state of anxiety and restlessness that only the heftiest of prescriptions could quell.

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Opinion

Traditions of liberalism are alive in annals of U.S. history

By Matt Rozsa | September 28

As a student of American history and a staunch liberal, I have often been distressed at the antipathy held toward this country by many of my ideological brethren. This distrust of and anger toward the United States is hardly new among the left wing; indeed, to a certain degree it is quite healthy, as only through criticism can the integrity of any institution vested with human authority be preserved.

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Sports

Mario not-so-super; NFL is obviously Bush's league

By Brayden Billbe | September 28

Watching the Saints' emotional victory over the Falcons on Monday night, one thing became abundantly clear to me: I am glad I am not a Houston Texans fan. While Reggie Bush hasn't been All-World like many expected after the Saints drafted him No. 2 overall in last April's NFL draft, he has unquestionably outperformed the player the Texans drafted before him, Mario Williams.

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Schools with few males use football for recruitment

By Erica Goldfine | September 28

Some universities with low male populations have recently added football teams to their athletic rosters in hopes of increasing male enrollment, according to The New York Times, but it's doubtful that something similar will happen at AU, which hasn't had a football team in 35 years.

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Tickle Me Elmo doll taken to new extreme

By Ben Lozovsky | September 28

A lot of things can change in 10 years. Take the last decade, for instance. We've seen technology grow at unprecedented rates, making our lives more productive and our access to pornography that much greater. We've experienced the rebirth of religious fundamentalism, in both the East and West, thankfully ditching the political correctness movement of the early '90s.

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Illegal downloads may deter future employers

By Joel Bush | September 25

A recent study shows students with relaxed attitudes toward illegal downloads could put future job opportunities at risk, as employers are less likely to hire someone who has participated in illegal file sharing. According to a study conducted by the Business Software Alliance, "The vast majority of managers [in the job marketplace], 86 percent, say that applicants' file sharing attitudes and behaviors have an impact on their hiring decisions.

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Lips, Peppers heat up Virgin Festival

By Drew Richardson | September 25

This past Saturday, the first annual Virgin Music Festival at the Pimlico racetrack in Baltimore, Md., featured an all-star lineup of bands that catered to a variety of tastes. With headliners like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Who, popular indie acts The New Pornographers and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and an all-day "Freak Show Tent," there was always something for the thousands of concertgoers.

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Sports

Volleyball bumps up record, win streak witach win over Lafayette

By Sarah E. Cumbie | September 25

Thursday night the American University Women's Volleyball team improved to 2-0 in Patriot League play and 9-6 overall with a win over the host Lafayette Leopards. The strong four-set showing by the Eagles led to their third victory in a row and fifth in six matches.

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AU professors explore role of media in midterm elections

By Erika Crable | September 25

A "crisis of apathy" struck primary voters earlier this month, said James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, to a panel of political analysts and professors during Wednesday night's speech "AU on the Campaign Trail.

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Sexual forays awkward both in person, on phone

By Blair Bryant Nichols | September 25

Every Thursday, I share a little bit of my love life with you and offer what I think are good lessons to have learned. Now, I have decided to let you ask me about what you want to know. So now every Monday I'm going to answer your questions, straight from my e-mail inbox.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

September 25

I would first like to thank Steven Smallpage for his thoughtful criticism of my first column. I would also like to address his concerns, because it seems as though he has mistaken Libertarianism with Anarchism. On his first point, that the state arose to protect our rights and that in the state of nature those rights are not protected, I am in complete agreement.

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AU students use spoons, vinegar to fight cancer

By Eugene Johnson | September 25

Sixty-eight AU students participated in a cloak-and-dagger battle of ingenuity as part of a mock "Assassins" game on and off campus. The students, operating through the group "AU Assassins for Life," hope to raise awareness for the American Cancer Society.

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Indie film pushes limits of on-screen sexuality

By Donny Sheldon | September 25

"Shortbus," now playing in theatres, had a reputation to live up to. Five years ago, writer/actor/director John Cameron Mitchell adapted his hit off-Broadway show "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" to the screen. In the quirky rock opera, Mitchell played the title character Hedwig, a glam rock artist who suffers a botched sex change operation, leaving her lost between two genders.

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