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Banderas brings Ballroom dancing to the streets

By Robyn Abzug | April 10

Yes, at first glance, "Take the Lead" looks like every other movie of its kind. "Save the Last Dance" meets "Stand and Deliver" meets every live-action Disney movie. In essence, dedicated teacher/coach inspires underachieving students/players to believe in themselves and they ultimately triumph over previously established meaner, more talented bad guys.

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Sports

Despite singles fight, tennis loses

By Simone Echeverri-Gent | April 10

The AU men's tennis team was defeated at home by the Radford Highlanders, 2-5, Sunday. The Eagles' overall record fell to 7-6. The match started on a rough note for the Eagles. They lost two out of the three matches in doubles play, causing them to miss the point.

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Campus brief: SOC Week aims to create school unity and promote image

By Kendra Garstka | April 10

The School of Communication Undergraduate Council hosted its second School of Communication Week last week and activities included a speech by Jackie Spinner, the American Forum, Dean Screen, Ben and Jerry's ice cream sundaes and a fiesta on the Quad. "SOC week is meant to create unity and spirit within the School of Communication," said Kristin Zearfoss, vice president of the SOC undergraduate council.

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Campus calendar

By Kate Oczypok | April 6

Thursday, April 6 Amos Perlmutter Memorial Lecture 4-6 p.m., Mary Graydon Center, room 5 David Makovsky, director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, will lecture. For more information, contact 885-3968.

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Comic DVD delivers laughs

By Chris Moreno | April 6

Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain Comedy Central $19.99 Grade: B In the late '90s there was a comic boom that made many stand up comics household names. After the burnout of this craze, very few comics stayed around because they felt there was no need to.

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Forum discusses changing role of White House press corps

By Carolyn Phenicie | April 6

"It's not the same ball game anymore," said Helen Thomas, who has covered eight presidential administrations since John F. Kennedy at an American Forum yesterday evening. Thomas, who is known as the "dean of the Washington press corps," was permitted to ask the first question at every presidential press conference until the current Bush administration came into power.

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Sports

Pride and prejudice in college athletics

By Erin Keaveney | April 6

As the NCAA tournament came to a close on Monday night, a nation watched as a glowing Florida team and its legions of fans proudly celebrated amidst a sea of orange and blue banners and T-shirts inside the RCA Dome. Students across the country watched in envy, leading to the inevitable notion: "I wish that could be my school.

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Sports

Improved ChiSox again title-bound

By Jesse Epstein | April 6

Well, March is over, and with the start of the baseball season, spring is officially here. In a week filled with much drama and excitement, we saw champions crowned, new beginnings and depressing endings. Thus, this week's edition focuses on the difference between projections and reflections.

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Blossoms celebrate city history

By Laraine Weschler | April 6

The Tidal Basin was flooded Saturday by tourists rushing to see the pale pink flowers of D.C.'s 6,800 cherry trees, and AU students were among those who came to see the blossoms. The two-week Cherry Blossom Festival, which began in 1935, attracts about 700,000 people annually, according to the festival's Web site.

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Shoulder to cry on no good if already soaking wet

By Blair Bryant Nichols | April 6

You have heard me write many times about how much I value my friends and how I have always set them above any guy that has come my way. But I am sure you can agree that there are times when friends, whether knowingly or not, can be your absolute worst enemies.

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Sports

AU lacrosse frustrated by UMBC at home

By Kevin Hilgers | April 6

The AU women's lacrosse team tied Maryland-Baltimore County three times but could never get ahead of the Retrievers in a 13-8 loss Tuesday. Sophomore midfielder led the Eagles with two goals, both tallied in the first five minutes of the game. Senior midfielder Moriah Linnell and junior midfielder Caithlin Gorman also added two goals apiece.

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Sports

Junior brings the Wright stuff to AU track and field

By Simone Scheverri-Gent | April 6

AU's track and field team is stacked with many uprising talents, and its seniors will leave a great legacy. But one athlete who now makes unique contributions to the team is Christina Wright. That's because Wright, a junior from Hatboro, Pa., is the only field athlete on the team.

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War correspondent discusses experiences

By Lauren Gardner | April 6

Journalists are targeted in Iraq because they are not trusted, and they must approach all stories without bias, said Jackie Spinner, a Washington Post correspondent formerly in Iraq, at the School of Communication Week's kickoff event. Journalists were not free of government ties during Saddam Hussein's regime, Spinner said.

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The sound and the shape

By Chris DeWitt | April 6

In the 19th century and earlier, much of life in the rural South revolved around the Grange Hall. Oft times simply a one-room meetinghouse, the Hall would host dances, performances and potluck dinners. Grange Halls have by and large disappeared. For the most part, communities are so large and disparate that in some sense, they're not communities at all.

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National briefs

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | April 6

Geneva laws need revision The Geneva Convention needs to be revamped to fit the new reality of terrorism, British Secretary of Defense John Reid said Monday, according to the AP. The possibility of terrorists obtaining weapons of mass destruction will trigger a new debate about the legality of a pre-emptive war, the secretary said.

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AU Students pass Clean Energy Referendum

By Kendra Garstka | April 6

American University voted to pass the Clean Energyt Referendum in the recent student government election, and Eco-Sense, sponsor of the referendum, will now work with the SG and university administrators for its inaction. The Clean Energy Referendum asks AU to invest in 50 percent clean energy, such as wind, by 2012, according to Claire Roby, president of Eco-Sense.

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Opinion

Conservatives: Bush one of us?

By Will Haun | April 6

The Bush administration has been criticized by liberals for being, as New York Times columnist James Traub says, " the most extreme-the furthest from the center-of any governing majority in the nation's history." This characterization that President Bush is a conservative extremist is lost on paleoconservatives who question whether the President is conservative at all.

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