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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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International brief: Venezuelan P.M. calls for Bush to resign

By Kyra Smerkanich | September 25

Venezuelan Prime Minister Hugo Chavez called for President Bush to step down as President of the United States, according to the Associated Press. "He should renounce the presidency if he has any dignity. The president of the United States has failed completely," Chavez said at a natural gas project in the northwest area of Venezuela.

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Music notes

September 25

Favourite Sons "Down Beside Your Beauty" (Vice) Sounds Like: The Stooges play boring alternative in a retirement home. Grade: C- "Down Beside Your Beauty" is the debut release from the Los Angeles-based group Favourite Sons. While a valiant effort, the album proves to be nothing more than a showcase for unoriginal Iggy Pop-like vocals.

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Sports

Derby dunk

September 25

Danny Martinez, a junior in the Kogod School of Business and member of Sigma Chi, waits to be dunked Friday at an event promoting the fraternity's Derby Days fundraising competition. Teams compete in field day events to raise money for Sigma Chi's philanthropy, the Children's Miracle Network.

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Committee members approved

By Jimm Phillips | September 25

The board of trustees approved all 15 members of the Presidential Search Committee at their Sept. 15 meeting, according to a press release. Committee members were selected in several ways. Committee Chairman Gary Abramson selected the trustee, staff and dean representatives, according to the original announcement of the search.

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Opinion

AU suicide policy better than at other schools

September 25

Federal courts have recently ruled that a college has a duty to intervene when one of its students' lives is in danger. These rulings came in response to lawsuits from students and parents, most notably in the case of a George Washington University student who was evicted from the dorms and barred from campus after he checked himself into the hospital after having suicidal thoughts.

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Campus briefs

By Kendra Garstka | September 25

Thailand-Burma Alternative Break trip still on despite coup A bloodless military coup in Thailand last week will not affect the alternative winter break scheduled to go to the Thai-Burmese border as of now, said Theresa Miller, co-coordinator for the trip and senior in the School of International Service.

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Sports

Men's soccer suffers scoring drought at New Mexico tournament

By Justin Hall | September 25

The AU men's soccer team was able to hold their opponents to a single goal this weekend, however they could not find the net themselves as they dropped both games of the New Mexico Youth Soccer Association Classic in overtime to lower their record to 3-5-2.

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Sports

Latest letdown makes Eagles see red

By Matt Doolin | September 25

Less than a week after battling the Lafayette Leopards to a 1-1 tie in the 2006 Patriot League season opener, the American University men's soccer team found themselves in a similar situation Friday night. But this time it was out west in Albuquerque, N.M.

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Death threats to RA under investigation

By Lauren Gardner and Kendra Garstka | September 25

An unidentified Resident Assistant received two death threats after breaking up a dorm room party Tuesday night in Centennial Hall, according to Jeff Hanley, president of the Residence Hall Association. The ordeal began before 11 p.m. when a person tried to bring a keg into Anderson Hall hidden in a duffel bag, Hanley said.

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Metro briefs

By Kyra Smerkanich | September 25

AU-owned house in risk of demolition The Army Corps of Engineers said an AU-owned house in the Spring Valley area may have to be demolished after it was found that the house was sitting on materials used in World War I, namely weapons and ammunition, according to The Northwest Current.

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'All the King's Men' couldn't put plot together again

By Drew Richardson | September 25

Sometimes stories are too complex, meander through too many subplots and involve too many characters to be wrapped up neatly in the two hours Hollywood audiences have become accustomed to. This is a shame. The novel "All the King's Men" by Robert Warren is a pertinent story about politics and corruption in the mid-20th century Southern U.

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Sports

Weekend wins help women's soccer stop four-game slide

By Erin Keaveney | September 25

The American University women's soccer team won consecutive matches over Richmond and Robert Morris this weekend at Reeves Field, ending their recent four-game slide without a win. The Eagles had a strong start to the weekend, dominating Richmond in a 3-0 shutout on Friday.

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