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McGill wins SG vice presidential run-off election

By Cait Douglas | April 10

Pat McGill won the Student Government vice-presidential run-off with 78 percent of the vote Friday. McGill is a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs an Class of 2008 undergraduate senator. Over 600 students voted in the run-off election. "I want next year to be a year of revitalization," McGill said after the announcement.

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MACrock 'n' roll

By Jeff Lambert | April 10

College radio has always been the lifeblood of indie rock, giving artists whose talents fell below the stony gaze of the Top 40 a chance to be heard by America's multitudes of graphic design students. The Mid Atlantic College Radio Conference, or MACRock, has been fostering that relationship for ten years.

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Relay For Life celebrated on quad

By Laraine Weschler | April 10

Relay For Life took over AU's campus Saturday night as participants walked around the quad to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The relay set up headquarters in Ward with a DJ based in Kay Spiritual Life Center and entertainment in the Tavern. The relay raised about $38,000, less than previous years.

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National briefs

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | April 10

Apple unveils new installation sofware Apple Computer Inc. released new software this week to help users install and use Windows XP on new Intel-based Macintosh computers, CNN.com reported Thursday. The new software, called Boot Camp, a free beta-version download from the Apple website, allows users to install Apple's OS X and Windows XP, however users can only use one system at a time.

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Full-time kindergarten may not be needed for kids

By Elyse Franko | April 10

Government money used to fund full-day kindergarten may be better spent on teacher's aides and other classroom resources, according to a study by researchers from American University and the University of Southern California. The study analyzed data from a nationally represented sample of 8,540 students to measure the benefits of full-day kindergarten over half-day kindergarten, according to a professor in the School of Public Affairs Alison Jacknowitz, a co-researcher on the study.

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Congress passes higher education bill

By Rebecca Kern | April 10

"Education is the responsibility of the state, and there isn't much the government can do to oversee it," said Shirleyne McDonald, associate director of AU's Office of Financial Aid. On March 30 the House passed a bi-partisan revision of the Higher Education Act, which aims to make college education more affordable, according to CNN.

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Music notes

April 10

Southern Culture on the Skids "Double Wide and Live" (YepRoc) Sounds Like: A Southern-fried stew of distorted, reverb-laden guitars, swampy grooves and garage attitude. B Recorded live at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, N.C., this live album by Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS for short) is a fun-filled stomp through various musical styles like surf, blues, country and garage rock.

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Opinion

All thumbs

April 10

Thumbs up... Greek Week... A fun parade and sororities and frats paired up. Rumor has it, some Catholic school girls were seen at Guapo's. SOC Week... Because "we're the best," according to Dean Larry Kirkman. Short Palm Sunday homily... The priest took it easy on the parishioners this year.

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Recommendations for hip-hopping around

April 10

Welcome to this week's installment of "Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em," where, as always, Sammy Skrilla and Birdgang bring you their finest recommendations from hip-hop's dusty vaults. So sit back, check it out and, as Redman once said, "Light your spliffs up and let the funk be your guiding light.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Limitations on same-sex marriage begin in Mass.

April 10

After Massachusetts legalized gay marriage in 2003, a flood of same-sex couples inundated the state to get married. However, a little-known 1913 law bars the Commonwealth from recognizing a marriage not recognized out of state. What should be pointed out is that the 1913 law was originally used to stop interracial marriages.

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Eagle Endowment sees record number of student applicants

By Laraine Weschler | April 10

The Eagle Endowment recently awarded a total of $1,500 to three student community service projects in the D.C. area. The projects include a documentary about gentrification issues in Southeast D.C., a clean up of the Anacostia waterfront and an arts program for homeless children.

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Same-sex marriages in Mass. not upheld in other states

By Kelly Kerr | April 10

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturned a legal challenge to the law brought by same-sex couples from other states wishing to obtain marriages in Massachusetts last Thursday, according to the Washington Post. This decision elicited different opinions from the AU community.

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Opinion

Will Haun strikes out again

By Daniel Cohen | April 10

Positive and evolutionary political ideas are active processes that are supported by innovative ideas instead of rigid, dualist ideologies. A political opinion does not break down to some range between light and dark but is instead one of an endless amount of precise sides in a political debate, supported with reason and intelligence.

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AU junior dies in Md. car accident

By Kate Oczypok | April 10

Ramona Narine, a junior in the School of Public Affairs, died Saturday evening when the Honda she was driving veered into the path of an oncoming car, causing a head-on collision in Silver Spring. Narine, 21, was a member of the sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi and a former member of the AU Dance Team.

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Opinion

Student Gov't in good hands; must go forward

By Joe Vidulich | April 10

Today, the Student Government must move forward, and so must I as well as all the other undergraduate students at this institution. I love American University with all my heart. I delight in in the people, the academics, and the community. Over the course of the past few weeks I have had the honor to meet and converse with my peers in a way few others have ever had the pleasure to do.

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Sports

Sports briefs

By Kevin Hilgers | April 10

Hallinan, Wharton qualify for NCAA regionals Sophomore Steven Hallinan qualified for the NCAA regionals by running a personal best in the 1,500-meter run at the Duke Invitational Friday Hallinan's time of 3 minutes 47.00 seconds was good for second place in the race and less than a second shy of the winning time.

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TV from others' misery

By Ben Lozovsky | April 10

BEN LOZOVSKY Attention to all appropriate personnel: In my continuing effort to attract and enrapture readers with my bi-monthly musings, I would like to unveil my new policy in regards to potential content. No longer am I satisfied with writing columns about tales of everyday loss, struggle and sadness.

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