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D.C. Fashion Week shows local talent

By Mia Steinle | October 5

As the world's top designers displayed their spring collections for the past few weeks in Paris, Milan, London and New York, lesser-known names had their own moments in the spotlight during D.C. Fashion Week. The fifth installment of this biannual event culminated in the International Collections Haute Couture Show at the Embassy of France last Sunday evening.

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Colleges seek home-schooled

By Allison Young | October 5

With an estimate of between 1.1 million and 2 million home-schooled students in the United States, college officials now realize that catering to these students is in their best interest, said Barmak Nissirian, associate executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.

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Board probes records scandal

By Cait Douglas | October 5

The Judicial Board launched an investigation Tuesday into the incomplete time sheets submitted by Student Government executives and the Executive Cabinet. The official investigation will look into the "alleged financial misconduct and wrongdoing by the Executive Branch," according to a judicial order authored by board Chairman Joe Vidulich.

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AU Players confront tragedy

By Madalyn Wasiczuk | October 5

The AU Players' latest production of the post-9/11 play "The Sleeper" confronts the aftermath of the tragedy and explores the social impact it had on people now living in a changed world. When Bill, played by Roddy Flynn, a junior in the School of Public Affairs, confronts his wife about living her life as if she's in a cocoon, he doesn't realize that every character in "The Sleeper" lives in the same cocoon, whether it be one of ignorance, naivet?, selfishness or emotional blindness.

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Genre-defining disc jockey to visit the District

By Tristan Reece | October 5

Show Preview: Ultra Bar 911 F Street N.W. Oct. 10 from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Tickets: $20 in advance, 18+ Paul Oakenfold, the international disc jockey once described by GQ Magazine as a "living legend," has been a defining figure of the international club culture for nearly two decades now.

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Punk-activist conference addresses social change

By Jeff Lambert | October 5

Positive Force DC, a group that has promoted radical social change and youth empowerment since it formed in 1985, will highlight the connections between punk rock and activism this weekend at the All Our Power conference. Billed as a punk-activist conference aiming to educate, mobilize and connect the punk community, All Our Power will hold free workshops about a variety of issues at St.

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Politics for bibliophiles

October 5

Customers crowded the Trover Shop bookstore on Pennsylvania Avenue last Wednesday evening for the fifth annual Political Book Fair. The Hill, a nonpartisan newspaper on Congressional events, brought a range of authors from the political realm to speak about their works.

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Opinion

The Liberal Nation...Grover Cleveland and the character of our government

By Matt Rozsa | October 5

When Grover Cleveland defeated Benjamin Harrison in the presidential election of 1892, he became the first former president in American history to be placed back into office. Technically, the people had never actually voted him out - President Grover Cleveland received more popular votes than Benjamin Harrison in 1888, but was struck with the misfortune of having lost several of the larger states by very slight margins, thus pushing Harrison over the edge with an Electoral College victory.

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Martin offers one-liners, music

By Natalie Kirkpatrick | October 5

Demetri Martin is on fire. At 33 years old, Martin has a stunning r?sum? listing writing jobs for "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and performances on the "Late Show with David Letterman." He has even been ranked one of Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America.

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Staff editorial: Arts at AU blossom with Katzen, new season

October 5

Arts at AU have taken off astronomically this year. The quality of on-campus theater and number of shows, provided by the Department of Performing Arts, Rude Mechanicals and AU Players, have increased noticeably. The DPA's production of "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" is so good that it will travel to Russia in December.

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Event to aid kids' hospital

By Tracy Kania | October 5

AU's Panhellenic Association hosted a kick-off meeting for the Up 'til Dawn campaign last Thursday to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Allie Avishai, director of the fundraiser at AU and a junior in both the School of Communication and School of International Service, said St.

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Damon, Dicaprio lift 'Departed'

October 5

The right cast can turn a good script into a great movie. Martin Scorsese's new film "The Departed" started with a cool premise, but knockout performances by its veteran actors make the film a must-see. "The Departed" transplants the plot of a Hong Kong hit called "Internal Affairs" onto the streets of Boston.

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National briefs

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 5

Fifth girl dies after Amish school shooting A 7-year-old girl died Tuesday following the deadly shooting at an Amish schoolhouse. This brings the death toll from the attack to six, with five other girls still in critical condition, according to CNN. CNN reported that several incidents, including the death of his daughter in 1997 and trauma he suffered as a child, could have motivated Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32, to go on a shooting spree Monday before killing himself.

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Sports

Playoff baseball? JP Losman? I'm so excited,

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 5

Welcome to this week's edition of Five Cents, where the entire column will be dedicated to the start of the NHL season. Oh wait, nobody would actually read that, so football and baseball it is. Wait a minute, nobody reads this anyway. Whatever, let's get this over with.

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16th-century play challenges patriarchy in Spanish

By Pamela Fernandez | October 5

"Valor, Agravio y Mujer" GALA Hispanic Theatre 3333 14th Street N.W. Metro: Columbia Heights Through Oct. 22 Grade: B- The 16th century play, "Valor, Agravio y Mujer" has made it to the 21st century, and it's still fighting the macho image. In the play, Do¤a Leonor (Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey) has the courage to cross-dress to take revenge on Don Juan (Mel Rocher).

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Campus calendar

By Kendra Garstka | October 5

Thursday, Oct. 5 Human Rights Film Series: "Amandla!" 6 p.m., Wechsler Theatre The screening is part of the seventh annual Human Rights Film Series that explores the ways film and media can be used to promote and protect human rights. Light refreshments will be served and the screening will be followed by a discussion.

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Nonplussed in Normandy

By Miro Nikolov | October 5

Last Friday, several of my classmates and I had the opportunity to escape from the "metro, boulot, dodo" (metro, work and sleep) routine of Paris and head to the provinces of Normandy and Bretagne for the weekend. While most of Paris still slept, we boarded a bus and set off for Normandy in the gloomy, overcast dawn.

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