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Volleyball up 2-0 in PL play

By Erin Keaveney | October 2

The AU women's volleyball team won their first two Patriot League matches this weekend, besting Holy Cross, 3-0, on Friday and Army, 3-1, on Saturday. The Eagles rolled to an easy victory over the Crusaders on Friday, holding the advantage in kills and hitting percentage.

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News

SG presents time sheets

By Cait Douglas | October 2

Student Government Comptroller Robert Donigian and Chief of Staff Kristian Hoysradt presented a binder with all the time sheets filled out by paid members of the SG for the summer to the Undergraduate Senate Sunday. Donigian and Hoysradt presented the time sheets in response to a letter written by Speaker of the Undergraduate Senate Ben Murray and Class of 2008 Senator Charlie Biscotto Sept.

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News

It takes three to Yo La Tengo

By Chris Moreno | October 2

Fresh off the release of the critically acclaimed "I'm Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass," indie legends Yo La Tengo came to the 9:30 Club last Monday in hopes of stirring up the crowd and sending them into a dance frenzy. Unfortunately, the crowd had other plans, and except the sporadic drunkards dancing throughout the audience, there were hardly any signs of excitement.

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News

Pulitzer winner remains relevant

By Andrew Gardner | October 2

'State of the Union' Ford's Theatre 511 10th Street N.W. Metro: Metro Center Tickets: $25-$52 Through Oct. 22 Grade: A- Howard Lindsey and Russel Crouse couldn't predict the modern significance of their political satire when "State of the Union" was first performed more than 60 years ago.

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News

Republicans network at annual event

By Brian Kalish | October 2

The AU College Republicans held their annual Republicalooza Thursday night at Chef Geoff's to encourage networking between AU's Republican community and potential employers. "[The College Republicans] wanted an opportunity for fellow Republicans to get together in a formal environment to network and get to know campaign workers," said Christopher Malagisi, a 2003 graduate of the School of Public Affairs and volunteer for the Sen.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Put your pennies where your mouth is

October 2

The AU library is consistently ranked one of the worst in the nation (it earned a spot at number 16 on Princeton Review's "This is a Library?" ranking last year), and someone is finally trying to do something about it. The Friends of the American University Library is sponsoring the "Change Your Library: A Mile of Pennies" campaign.

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Opinion

The FDA: killer or savior?

By Erin Wildermuth | October 2

If you've been reading the news lately, you may have come across some talk of the Food and Drug Administration's latest approval. Vectibix is a drug used to treat colorectal cancer, the third leading cause of death in the United States. The drug has been shown to slow tumor growth and, in some cases, reduce the size of tumors.

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Sports

Eagle sports this weekend: What to watch for

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 2

Field Hockey (8-4 overall, 1-0 Patriot League, tied for first place): 10/7 vs. Bucknell Coming off a 1-0 loss at Albany last weekend, the AU field hockey team will return home for its second PL game of the year Saturday at 1 p.m. AU hasn't been as dominant as they were the past two seasons, losing four games to non-conference opponents already this year, including a 4-3 loss to Richmond at home two weekends ago.

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News

Student shares Beirut war stories

By Kendra Garstka | October 2

Sarah Johnson, an undergraduate who studied at the American University of Beirut this summer, shared her experience of being in Lebanon when the war started and her evacuation as part of a panel Thursday that discussed the two conflicts Israel has been involved with since the summer.

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News

Facebook forum warns students of site dangers

By Jess Reamy | October 2

Students should change their Facebook privacy settings to prevent university officials from viewing their personal information and pictures on the site, said Nick Johnson, director of the Student Advocacy Center, at a forum Thursday to educate students about the risks of a public Facebook profile.

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News

AU female enrollment up

By Erik Jacobsen and Peggy Wu | October 2

Female enrollment in colleges is up nationwide, including at AU, which has affected dorm life, classroom dynamics and the campus dating scene, according to students. According to the College Board's Web site, in 2005, AU's female to male ratio was 64 percent to 36 percent, with a freshmen class of 1,223 students and an overall total of 5,788 undergraduate students.

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Sports

Cross country gets literal for weekend road trip to Oregon, Virginia meets

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 2

The AU cross country team split up this weekend, with half of the men's team traveling to Eugene, Ore., to compete in the Bill Dellinger Invitational on Friday, while the rest of the team ran at the George Mason Invitational in Manassas, Va. Senior Conor Lanz led the AU contingent to a 12th place finish in the 8K event in Oregon.

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News

Sex advice for confused, scorned

By Blair Bryant Nichols | October 2

Dear Blair Bryant, I am very confused and don't know what to do. Numerous times I have come into my room and seen my roommate naked. He gives me very sexual looks and I think he kind of has a thing for me. On multiple occasions I have walked in on him masturbating, and he continues over in the corner as I try to get some work done, or I just hang outside.

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News

Reading sheds new light on Latino lit

By Ruben Luong | October 2

Award-winning authors Ana Men?ndez and Luis Alberto Urrea read their writings at the Folger Shakespeare Library last Friday as part of a series of book readings presented by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. The readings were in conjunction with National Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Sports

Field hockey's Jennings picked to coach U.S. national team

By Justin Hall | October 2

Field hockey head coach Steve Jennings took a temporary hiatus from his AU coaching responsibilities for the U.S. national team this past month, helping lead the squad into competition against the best teams in the world at the 2006 World Cup in Madrid. Coach Jennings was named as the team manager for the international tournament, the only collegiate coach named to the coaching staff.

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News

Brooks puts brains in print for zombie fanatics

October 2

Everyone knows the rules of zombies. They are horrifying beings, unstoppable except by brain damage, who crave human flesh and who infect other humans with their curse. We know this because zombie films are numerous and terrifying, from "The Night of the Living Dead" to "28 Days Later.

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News

Library begins penny drive

By Alexa Antonuk | October 2

A coin drive for Bender Library kicked off yesterday with the goal of raising $10,000 from campus groups and students to improve the library's offerings, said Peter Brusoe, chair of the Student Working Group of the Friends of the American University Library.

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