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Staff editorial: Int'l enrollment down at US colleges

March 23

After 9/11, enrollment of international students in U.S. colleges dropped for the first time since the 1970's. The fear of terrorism was the economic hardship placed on applicants who had to jump through several legal and bureaucratic hurdles in the hope of cracking open a book in the U.

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News

Metro Brief: District budget to increase

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | March 23

The District's new budget includes $62.2 million in new taxes according to The Washington Times. The increase comes from an increase in residential and recordation tax, from 1.1 to 1.5 percent. Mayor Anthony Williams proposed the new increase. Williams, who is not seeking re-election, previously proposed a .

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National briefs

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | March 23

Iraqi minister was paid CIA informant Former Iraqi Foreign minister Naji Sabri was a paid informant of the CIA in the run-up to the Iraq war, according to the New York Times. Sabri, whose contact was established through a French intelligence intermediary, gave the CIA critical information about Iraqi WMD programs.

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Campus calendar

By Kate Oczypok | March 23

Thursday, March 23 An Evening with Dr. Abdullah, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan 9:30-10:30 a.m., Ward 1. Dr. Abdullah, foreign minister of Afghanistan, will discuss Afghanistan's strategic objectives for the next five years as outlined in the Interim Afghanistan National Development.

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No more free soda for students at Chipotle

By Lauren Gardner | March 23

The Tenleytown Chipotle ended its free drink with an AU ID deal earlier this month, according to a member of the management team there. The promotion began about five years ago and was supposed to last only for the first month of school for AU students, said the employee, who asked not to be identified.

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Visa troubles affect AU foreign students

By Ashley Bleimes , Natalie Toomey and Hiromi Murashige | March 23

Five years after September 11, foreign policy and costs of education continue to keep international students at home. After September 11, international student enrollment dropped for the first time since the 70s. Not only do foreign students have a harder time getting student visas, U.

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Opinion

Universities should lead the charge in Sudan divestment

By Don Cheadle and John Prendergast | March 23

For the past two and a half years, the world has watched in horror as the Sudanese government and its proxy Janjaweed militias have laid waste to Darfur. At least two hundred thousand people have died as a result of Khartoum's scorched-earth counterinsurgency tactics.

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Experimental indie band's songs muddied by drone

By Chris DeWitt | March 23

Going to an Animal Collective show is like trying to look at something at the bottom of a body of water. It's frustrating at times, surprising at others and sometimes it just hurts your eyes. Or, in this case, your ears. Tuesday night at the Black Cat, the band played songs from their most recent records, 2004's "Sung Tongs" and last year's "Feels," which some Eagle writers included in their Top Five of '05 album lists.

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Sports

Here's the truth about Final Four

By Jesse Epstein | March 23

What would the third week of March be without a Final Four projection? Instead of the normal "Two Truths and a Lie," we're going to switch it up and go with simply the "Final Four Truths." Truth: Duke will beat Texas to advance to the Final Four. Maybe it's the easy way out, but the Dukies are playing well again after a couple rough games.

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News

Metro brief: Md. electricity rates to rise

By Kate Oczypok | March 9

Electricity rates for Maryland residents will soar this summer, according to the Maryland Public Service Commission. The commission, which oversees state utilities, announced yesterday that customers served by Potomac Electric Power Co. (Pepco), Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.

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Guards report security lapses at Homeland Security headquarters

By Mary Specht and Brian Kalish | March 9

Security officers entrusted with guarding the Department of Homeland Security's headquarters on Nebraska Avenue across from campus have raised questions of safety at the base. Any attack that could happen at the base has a likely chance of affecting students due to proximity of the base to the school, former guards said.

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Two nights of Belle and Sebastian satiate fans

By Rebecca Armendariz | March 9

Stuart Murdoch dances like he's recently come off a stint of watching hours of "The Breakfast Club" on loop. He twirls and kicks as if the ghosts of Molly Ringwald's past characters have him possessed. The presuppositions about Belle and Sebastian's set possibilities abounded with thoughts of peaceful yawning and wishing for a seat, but two nights of the band's fast-paced new sound at the 9:30 club debunked these theories.

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Documentary captures anguished artistic genius

By Chris DeWitt | March 9

Take a drive down Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas, and right before you pass Mamie Mam's Thai Restaurant and the University of Texas' Main Campus, there will be a huge black and white mural on the side of a building. That building used to house Tower Records, boasting a swank collection of music worthy of Austin's notoriously discerning tastes, but now it's a Baja Fresh.

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Campus brief: New evaluation form approved

By Kate Oczypok | March 9

Faculty senators approved a streamlined and less ambiguous Student Evaluation of Teaching form at last week's Faculty Senate meeting. Scheduled to debut in fall 2006, the shorter form features a more consistent response scale, clearer separation between the course and faculty assessment sections, and more carefully worded questions, according to American Weekly.

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Opinion

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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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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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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