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Hot picks for Fall 2006 course load

April 24

Everyone's educational life needs a little spice. With the dark shadow of course registration looming over campus, it's about time to take an injection of hot hot hot ... in the form of awesome and unique classes. The Scene staff has already done all the hard work, culling the best of the best and presenting our favorites.

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AU's Gospel Choir celebrates 30th anniversary in Kay

April 24

The AU Gospel Choir celebrated its 30th anniversary this weekend in the Kay Spiritual Life Center. A recognition dinner was held the evening before for the choir's founders and past presidents and directors. On Sunday, students were encouraged to participate in a worship service at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest Washington.

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Sports

Nationals' Bowden doesn't know best

By Patrick Ambrosio | April 24

The first month of the baseball season is coming to a close, and it could have gone much better for the Washington Nationals. They lost nine of their first 12 games before winning four games last week against the lowly Marlins and Phillies. Off the field, Nationals general manager Jim Bowden was arrested and charged with driving while under the influence in Florida.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Muslim sorority blends cultures, lacks members

April 24

ÿ Although the first chapter has yet to be chartered on a college campus, a newly conceived sorority is helping make an unlikely connection between Muslim and Western cultures. Two women, a mother and daughter who both have converted to Islam, started the sorority Gamma Gamma Chi last year.

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Muslim sorority abides by traditions

By Kelly Kerr | April 24

The idea of a Muslim sorority received mixed reactions from the AU community. A new sorority, Gamma Gamma Chi, is holding information sessions across the country in order to garner support. The Muslim-oriented sorority is the first of its kind and was created last year by two converts to Islam, Althia Collins and her daughter, Imani Abdul-Haqq.

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CD compiles Appalachian a cappella masters

By Chris DeWitt | April 24

In 1963, musicologists John Cohen and Peter Gott went down to Sodom, a small, isolated mountain village in North Carolina. There they found and recorded examples of a form of unaccompanied singing specific to that region. Smithsonian Folkways has re-issued those recordings, capturing raw performances from master singers, together with "The End of An Old Song," a short documentary by Cohen and extensive liner notes.

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The hit list

April 24

1. Risk If we stick to reality, you and me and everyone we know will never be considered a candidate for global domination. But in the alternate universe known as Risk, the world is for your taking, even the breadbasket of 18th century Eurasia, Ural. Can you rewrite the history of the world with Mousetrap? In most respects, no.

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Sports

No home finale for men's tennis team

By Simone Echeverri-Gent | April 24

The AU men's tennis team was defeated in its final regular-season match ever Sunday, 4-2, to Army, which sealed the right to host the Patriot League tournament. The match was originally scheduled to be the Eagles' last home match, but it was forced to be relocated to the University of Maryland College Park due to inclement weather.

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Opinion

Vote Dobson-Santorum in '08

By Forrest Dunbar | April 24

Let's conduct a thought experiment: let's imagine that radical right-wing conservatives actually got their way, and every one of their proposals immediately became law. What would America look like? First we have to acknowledge that even the notoriously-lockstep evangelical and conservative Catholic movement is not a monolith.

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Sports

Sports brief: Lacrosse loses last Patriot League match of season

By Kevin Hilgers | April 24

The AU women's lacrosse team's offense fell flat when it managed just one second-half goal as the Eagles fell, 14-5, at Bucknell Saturday. It was the fifth consecutive loss for AU (5-11, 3-3 Patriot League), which clinched the third seed in next weekend's conference tournament.

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Senate approves legislation, SG budget for new school year

By Cait Douglas | April 24

The Undergraduate Senate passed numerous pieces of legislation, including the Student Government budget for the 2006-2007 year, in the last session of their inaugural year. The $558,000 proposed budget was written by Comptroller Zach Ulrich and then amended by members of the Senate before it was approved with only three dissenting votes.

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Sports

All Lanes lead to AU for lax twins

By Erin Keaveney | April 24

Fans at AU women's lacrosse games this season may have thought they were seeing double in the form of a quick redhead who always seemed to be at the net, scoring on her own assists. Their eyes were not deceiving: It really was two people, Jackie and Lauren Lane.

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Sports

AU equestrian team is revived, ready to ride

By Simone Echeverri-Gent | April 24

Although equestrian may seem like an obscure sport to many, AU's club team has drawn attention to itself by making noteworthy progress. The team, long dormant, was revitalized in fall 2003 by juniors Lana Ciaramella and Jesse Loutoo. "I came to AU knowing that there wasn't a team, but after I got here I knew I couldn't go that long without riding," Ciaramella said.

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Freshman Day attracts thousands of prospective students

By Kate Oczypok | April 24

Over 2,000 admitted freshmen attended AU's twice-yearly Freshman Day Friday. Despite the rain, members of the Class of 2010 took tours and attended student panels, like the one above. There were also deans' receptions that allowed students and parents to talk to the deans of AU's five schools.

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Music notes

April 24

Scar Symmetry "Pitch Black Progress" (Nuclear Blast) Sounds Like: Kind of like later period Soilwork, except with deeply growled vocals instead of screams, and even cheesier clean-vocal crooning. And the riffs aren't nearly as sweet. C+ For years, Nuclear Blast Records provided metal fans with a steady stream of adventurous bands, often from Europe.

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GLBTA students break day of silence, fight discrimination

By Laraine Weschler | April 24

AU's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students broke their annual day of silence Monday by screaming in protest of discrimination against GLBT people, said KT Thirion, president of AU Queers and Allies. Every year, members of Queers and Allies show their support for GLBT issues by not speaking for an entire day.

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Interest in China grows at AU, abroad

By Kyra Smerkanich | April 24

Learning Chinese is growing in popularity among American University students, demonstrating the prominent role China has taken in international politics and business and showing the push the Chinese government is making in introducing new language programs.

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