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Staff editorial: AU must clarify its disaster response plan

March 9

Since AU is in the nation's capital, and America remains a target of terrorists worldwide, it is not surprising to hear that businesses and schools in the area have plans if another attack should happen. We just aren't so sure what our school's plan is. Homeland Security's main compound sits across Ward Circle, and apparently they are ready to respond should something happen and people need to be evacuated.

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News

On v. off-campus housing debated among AU students

By Dan Jacobson and Malorie Sellers | March 9

The rising demand for on-campus housing along with rising costs may send more students looking cheaper alternatives off campus for the next year. According to Julie Weber, executive director of Housing and Dining, more than 2,700 students currently live on campus, and an anticipated 3,100 will apply for 2,850 on-campus spaces next fall.

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News

AU: No divestment policy for companies tied to Darfur

By Lauren Gardner | March 9

AU does not have a policy on divestment from companies with ties to the Darfur region of Sudan unlike some universities that have recently implemented such policies, according to David Taylor, chief of staff to Interim President Neil Kerwin. The finance and investment committee of the board of trustees oversees and works with the office of finance and the administration on the university's investment portfolio.

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News

Park B. changes affect hundreds

By Kate Oczypok and Brett Shear-Heyman | March 9

Many AU students are unhappy with the rising prices and changing lease terms of Park Bethesda, AU's off-campus apartment building that was recently handed over to a private management firm. Students will still be allowed to lease apartments through Housing and Dining Programs but terms will change.

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News

Fraternity hosts Miss Wheelchair '05

By Laraine Weschler | March 9

Miss Wheelchair America 2005 spoke to the AU community on Monday about overcoming her disabilities to become an advocate for others. Juliette Rizzo spoke as a part of Pi Kappa Phi Push America campaign to raise awareness and help people with disabilities.

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Sports

AU tries to make great year greater

By Dan Jacobson | March 9

When AU wrestling coach Mark Cody was hired four years ago to resurrect the program, his expectations weren't exactly low. "To be honest, I wanted to make the quickest turnaround in college wrestling history," he said with a laugh. Cody was hired to bring a wrestling program that was being threatened with elimination to a program with possibly three wrestlers taking down NCAA titles.

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Opinion

Student senate needs to go

By David D. McPike | March 9

I know that this will come as a shock to anyone who has ever glanced at my column, but I do not like the Student Government. I think that it is a holding pen for the self-important who used to run their high schools and now want to convince themselves that they are that much closer to their destined seat in Congress and thus that much closer to saving the world.

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News

Can't teach old film new tricks

By Jeff Lambert | March 9

A shaggy dog story is a sort of long-winded and ultimately anticlimactic tale, where the joke lies less in the punch line but more in the absurd and irrelevant events leading up to it (think "The Aristocrats"), The historic shaggy dog story ends with someone remarking that the talking shaggy dog, promised to appear throughout the story, isn't that shaggy at all.

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Opinion

All thumbs

March 9

Thumbs up... Miss Wheelchair America... The men of Pi Kappa Phi are raising money again for this noble cause. Career advice over coffee... Going to the Davenport can land you some career advice, courtesy of the Career Center. Java and jobs. Yum. SOC networking event.

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News

Campus calendar

By Kate Oczypok | March 9

Thursday, March 9 Table Talk Lunch Series Noon, Kay Spiritual Center Lounge. "Is Global Poverty Inevitable?" Speakers include Richard Newfarmer, senior economist, World Bank; and John Cavanagh, executive director, Institute for Policy Studies. Free lunch provided for students; faculty and staff are asked to make a $5 donation.

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News

Books on Tape aren't quite noise, nor electronica

By Chris Moreno | March 9

"I like everything to happen fast, like a car crash," said Todd Drootin, mastermind behind the Los Angeles force that is Books on Tape. Books on Tape is difficult to wrap one's head around at first. Their music is something that Drootin describes as "electronic noise rock," but it goes so much further than that.

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News

Highlights and lowlights of Oscar night

By Robyn Abzug | March 9

While everyone knows that the Oscars only really matter to film geeks (and anyone who's ever has won), there's something inside that still would love to one day walk up those steps and say: "I'd like to thank the Academy." Come on, everyone dreams. Yet each year, there are screw-ups, stunners and surprises that should be take noted.

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News

Design specialists talk about graphics in sports

By Josh Kramer | March 9

On the Feb. 28, Washington's branch of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, or AIGADC, held an event called "Good Design is Smart Sports Business." Sponsored by America Online and Neehan Paper, and held at the decadent Carnegie Institution in Dupont Circle, the event showcased two prominent figures in the world of sports design - Todd Raydum, a freelance sports logo designer, and Marcus Stevens, creative director of Under Armour, Inc.

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Opinion

GOP offers serious black candidates

By Jong Eun Lee | March 9

I have a dream. I have a dream that one day, the voice of the ethnic minorities will be heard and represented in all political parties, whether it is red, green, or blue. For years, there were promises from the GOP that it would once again uphold Lincoln's legacy and become the party of racial inclusion.

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Sports

Any takers for Nats?

By Erin Keaveney | March 9

I don't know if anyone's interested, but there's a baseball team for sale. They're potentially pretty good, they're local and they've just cleared a plan to build a brand-new park. Any takers? OK, so maybe it's not that easy. It's not like Major League Baseball can just take out a want ad.

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Sports

Sports briefs

By Kevin Hilgers | March 9

Thiel will swim at NCAA championships Sophomore Meghan Thiel of the AU women's swimming team will compete at the NCAA championships March 16-18 in Atlanta. She will be the Patriot League's lone female representative there after winning conference titles in the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyles.

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News

Evacuation plan for AU improved

By Jeanette Kimmel and Susanna Reid | March 9

With the large number of fire alarms being pulled each year in residence halls, students are choosing not to leave their rooms when an alarm sounds. While this poses a problem for false alarms, the implications would be far more serious in the case of other disasters like bomb threats.

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