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Guide to DC restaurants

By Carolyn Phenicie | August 21

It's impossible to encapsulate all the great places to chow down in D.C., but if you're new to the city and need sustenance now, these suggestions - listed by neighborhood - should get you started. TENLEYTOWN Neisha Thai 4445 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. (202) 966-7088 www.

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Guide to Eaglebuck$ dining

By Vanessa C. Mueller | August 21

No matter how excited a freshman gets about the plethora of options available through a meal plan at the Terrace Dining Room (yes, ice cream IS available for breakfast), eventually the options exhaust themselves. Chicken sandwiches and salad only taste good for so many days.

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Guide to local music

By Jeff Lambert | August 21

By now, you've probably got your Fugazi poster slathered up on your dorm room wall and your "20 Years of Dischord" playing softly in the background as you settle into your cozy prefabricated nook of a dorm room and begin to plan your attack on the D.C. music scene.

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Lady in the Water review

June 19

Lady in the Water Directed by M. Night Shyamalan With Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright Rated PG-13 Now playing Grade: D A sardonic statistician might plot an M. Night Shyamalan curve. According to the Web site Rotten Tomatoes, 76 percent of major film critics enjoyed seeing dead people in his first big hit, "The Sixth Sense," but only 55 percent could stand follow-up "Unbreakable.

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A capital summer

By Rebecca Kern | June 19

Sunshine, politics and lots of free stuff are the trademarks of a summer spent in D.C. Although it's impossible to encapsulate the scores of activities available to D.C. visitors and residents during the long, lazy days of summer, the D.C. Caribbean Carnival, the National Capital Barbecue Battle, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the 2006 Independence Day festivities are just a handful of exciting upcoming events taking place soon in a District near you.

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Summer flings can burn like a day at the beach without the right SPF

By Blair Bryant Nichols | June 19

By BLAIR BRYANT NICHOLS Eagle Staff Writer Psychologists define state-dependent memory as "learning that takes place in one situation or 'state' that is generally better remembered later in a similar situation or state." Apparently, this can apply to physical, emotional and environmental states.

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Off-kilter options to fix a bland summer

By Andrew Gardner | June 19

Yes, it's that time of year when the college student is free of the binds of schoolwork. That part-time job down at Yogurt Shack is mindless and carefree, and raiding mom and dad's refrigerator is commonplace. That's right: it's glorious summer. But if that constant "time to catch up on sleeping" mindset is making you restless, maybe it's a good time to really get those summer juices flowing with some get-together ideas for you and your friends.

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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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