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Trustees add one student, two faculty to board

By Jess Reamy | June 19

Despite facing new legislative threats from the U.S. Senate and AU's Student Government, AU's board of trustees unanimously adopted a plan of governance overhaul last month, including a decision to add two non-voting faculty trustees, one non-voting student trustee and one recent graduate with full voting rights to the board.

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Free concerts heat up D.C. nights

By Chris DeWitt | June 19

Ah, D.C. - a capital in constant flux, an uncertain city in a questionably legal state of un-statehood. It's a city that many people are proud to call home, as well as a city many quickly claim to be just passing through. However, D.C. conjures up strong feelings for most folks who follow the music wrought out of the D.

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Superman Returns review

By Drew Richardson | June 19

Superman Returns Directed by Bryan Singer With Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth Rated PG-13 Now playing Grade: C+ On June 28, Superman returned to Earth after a five-year journey to Krypton, and the Superman series returned to the big screen 19 years after the late Christopher Reeve's final turn as the Man of Steel.

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Little Miss Sunshine interview

June 19

When Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris first heard about "Little Miss Sunshine," they didn't want to have anything to do with it. The married directors, known best for their work on Red Hot Chili Peppers and Smashing Pumpkins music videos, had been looking over screenplays for five years, and this one sounded like another stinker.

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Latin American Studies professor known for love of teaching, penguins

By Vanessa C. Mueller and Patrick Ambrosio | June 19

In more than 40 years at AU, College of Arts and Sciences professor Dr. Jack Child has become known for many things, including loving penguins, impersonating Fidel Castro and teaching one of the most popular classes on campus. "Having had two classes with Dr.

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Summer at AU leaves peace, quiet for studying

By Marissa Newhall | June 19

In a classic summertime scene, a nearly empty Marketplace in Mary Graydon Center is an uncharacteristically quiet place for reading, studying or catching one's thoughts between classes. Lower numbers of students and on-campus residents in the summer make AU peaceful until August, when the fall semester begins.

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Little Miss Sunshine review

June 19

Little Miss Sunshine Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris With Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear Rated R Now playing Grade: A Few imagined it was still possible to make a good family road trip movie. But here comes "Little Miss Sunshine," a black comedy that's edgy on the outside and full of heart.

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A look inside the Kennedy Center's diverse programs

By Drew Richardson | June 19

Washington, D.C., is best known as the center of political power in the nation, but it is also one of the United States' preeminent cities for the arts. With respected museums such as the Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art, playhouses like the Arena Stage and the Shakespeare Theatre and alternative galleries and music clubs in eclectic neighborhoods like Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan, D.

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Mushnick asks Senate to remove 13 trustees

By Jess Reamy | June 19

Thirteen members of the AU board of trustees must be removed from office and students need to be given voting rights on the board, according to Student Government president Ashley Mushnick in a letter she hand-delivered to the Senate Finance Committee chairman last week.

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My Super Ex-Girlfriend review

By Drew Richardson | June 19

My Super Ex-Girlfriend Directed by Ivan Reitman With Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson Rated PG-13 Now playing Grade: A- There's a scene toward the end of the latest Ivan Reitman film, "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," when Luke Wilson and Eddie Izzard are found standing together as their superhero female companions fly away to avert an impending disaster.

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Clerks 2 interview

June 19

Kevin Smith called "Clerks 2" his best movie yet. But the writer/director's first direct sequel faced public resistance before he even put pen to paper. The Chicago Tribune called his last film, "Jersey Girl," a "big, gooey . misfire," and most of the country agreed.

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Summer classes help students finish on time

By Lauren Gardner | June 19

While school's out for the summer for some AU students, others choose to take summer classes to finish their degrees on time or to have something to do while working in the city. There are currently 3,529 students enrolled for the summer. Linda Bolden-Pitcher, university registrar, said in an e-mail that she expects enrollment to increase in the next few weeks with the beginning of the next summer session on July 3.

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Sports

Eagle Sports will return in August.

By Marissa Newhall | June 19

Coming in August: Fall sports previews, AU athletes to watch, game schedules, columns and more.

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Pirates of the Caribbean review

By Drew Richardson | June 19

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Directed by Gore Verbinski With Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom Rated PG-13 Now playing Grade: B- In film trilogies, the second installment of a franchise is usually one of the most complicated. It needs to advance the storyline, but can also produce new obstacles for protagonists.

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AU alum works to end the War on Drugs

By Kyra Smerkanich | June 19

Many AU grads go on to shake up policy and politics in the nation's capital, but School of Public Affairs alumnus Kris Krane has enjoyed more success than most in a lesser-known political arena: fighting the War on Drugs. Krane, a political science major and member of the Class of 2000, was recently named executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, or SSDP, a non-profit organization headquartered in D.

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AU student drives drunk, hits 4 in Long Island

By Lauren Gardner | June 19

An AU student visiting a fraternity brother on Long Island was thrown out of a bar drunk and then drove his car into a crowd of people, hitting four and critically injuring two, according to a Nassau County, N.Y., Police Department press release. Sayed Khaled El-Waraky, 19, was charged with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with serious physical injury, one count of third-degree assault and one count of drunken driving in Glen Cove, N.Y.

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D.C.'s lazy summer days: pretty as a picture

By Marissa Newhall | June 19

While the barometer climbs, summer brings record numbers of visitors to D.C.. Five of Metro's ten highest weekday ridership records occured in June over the past two years, according to wmata.com, with the highest record being 850,636 on June 9, 2004, for the state funeral ceremony of former president Ronald Reagan.

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