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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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Calm before the NSO storm

By Marissa Newhall | June 19

Most AU students are first introduced to the Woods-Brown Amphitheater when they visit campus for NSO, or New Student Orientation. Hosted by the Office of Campus Life, NSO is where many incoming freshmen get acquainted with campus, get a first look at life in D.

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AU students turn to kung fu for focus, fitness

June 19

It's rush hour at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and University Boulevard in Kensington, Md. Horns blare, bus drivers jeer and scattered car stereos pump heavy bass. Above the mess is a kung fu school where a grandmaster from Hong Kong teaches his students focus and discipline.

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Summer fun waits only a short car ride away

By Jeff Lambert | June 19

Summer in the District comes with the smell of sweat and a sea of rattails, as a fanny pack-clad America comes to bear witness to its swampy capital. For students who find themselves mired in tourists and retail jobs, there is one easy way out: road trips.

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Clerks 2 review

June 19

Clerks 2 Directed by Kevin Smith With Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes Rated R Now playing Grade: A- It's been 12 years since we first met Jay and Silent Bob in Kevin Smith's excellent debut "Clerks." The pair, played by Jason Mewes and Smith himself, has loitered in every one of his films since then except the most recent and awful "Jersey Girl.

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Traffic safety still an issue on campus

By Carolyn Phenicie | June 19

Pedestrians face a perilous walk around downtown D.C., but students on AU's more residential campus say they don't have it much easier. Students find crossing from the recently built Katzen Arts Center to main campus particularly perilous due to the short countdown time given at the crosswalks.

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New trustee profiles

By Jess Reamy | June 19

Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith was the first female president of New Jersey's Centenary College. Now in retirement, she serves as the board secretary to the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation's board of trustees and serves on several other university and philanthropic boards.

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Metro calendar

By Kyra Smerkanich | May 1

Sunday, April 30 Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Through Oct. 1 National Gallery of Art Metro: Judiciary Square (red line), Archives-Navy Memorial (yellow and green lines) and Smithsonian (blue and orange lines).

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Sports

Track shows improvement at Penn Relays

By Patrick Ambrosio | May 1

After running the slowest time ever by an AU team in the four-by-mile relay at last year's prestigious Penn Relays, Brian McCabe, Brendan Fennell, Conor Lanz and Steve Hallinan entered this year's competition looking for redemption. "We were really disappointed last year," said Lanz, a junior.

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Opinion

New year means new Eagle EIC

May 1

OUTGOING: MEGAN SLACK To say that I've learned a great deal from my term as editor in chief would truly be an understatement. I've learned so much about journalism, about working with other student leaders, about late nights in the Eagle's Nest and more about the AU board of trustees than I could have ever imagined I would.

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Calypso cools summer heat

By Chris DeWitt | May 1

Looking for some sweet tunes to groove to while sipping tea and studying for exams? Why not take a trip down to the Caribbean... in sound! Calypso is a form of fun-loving yet political music bred from the Afro-Caribbean traditions of Trinidad and Tobago and other island nations as early as the 17th century.

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Taylor's mission continues

By Jess Reamy and Cait Douglas | May 1

Some initiatives of former President Kyle Taylor's administration are still ongoing, although the newly elected Student Government executives have been sworn into office, In his last act as president, Taylor vetoed the Meal Plan legislation passed last week.

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Incoming SG execs have big shoes to fill

May 1

Kyle Taylor, President From the moment at orientation when he invited incoming freshmen to become his Facebook friends, SG President Kyle Taylor has been an accessible, competent leader. Taylor was faced with the unforeseen challenge of the Ben Ladner embezzlement charges and subsequent resignation.

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The hit list

May 1

1. "Killa Season" If you like excessive violence, people getting peed on after getting hit with bottles and rappers nieces getting shot, the Scene may have a film for you. Rapper Cam'ron's magnum opus "Killa Season" came out on DVD last week, and frankly, it's two hours of vile behavior and less-than-amateur cinematography.

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