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Ambassador emphasizes democracy

By Tiffany Heimbuch-Maybee | March 6

The American University Foreign Policy Association presented His Excellency Mr. Shamsher M. Chowdhury, the Bangladeshi Ambassador, to the United States last Thursday. Chowdhury served in the War of Liberation of Bangladesh, earning several honors and decorations.

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National brief: Upcoming NASA missions cut

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | March 6

Upcoming NASA missions will be delayed or cancelled due to recent cuts in the agency's new budget, according to The New York Times. The affected missions are planned scientific research missions. Delays come after promises that "not one dime" of funding would be taken from President George W.

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South Dakota abortion law will challenge Roe v. Wade

By Brittany Schell | March 6

South Dakota recently approved legislation to ban nearly all abortions and awaits Republican Gov. Mike Rounds' signature, a move many AU student leaders oppose. The bill would make it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion unless it was necessary to save a woman's life, but there would be no exceptions in cases of rape or incest, according to The Washington Post.

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Opinion

Coca-Cola running scared from labor rights violations

By Lesley Gill and Travis McArthur | March 6

The Coca-Cola Company is scared. New York University, Rutgers University and the University of Michigan have ended contracts with Coca-Cola because of the corporation's egregious labor practices in Colombia, and students around the country are urging other universities to follow suit.

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Sports

AU has all the right moves in early tourney exit

By Jesse Epstein | March 6

Trekking up to Worcester, Mass., for her team's Patriot League tournament game against Holy Cross, AU coach Melissa McFerrin knew exactly what her seventh-seeded Eagles needed to do to have any hope of scoring an upset: Hustle, play defense and keep the game in the 50s.

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State legislatures pass Plan B laws

By Rebecca Kern | March 6

The Food and Drug Administration's inability to decide whether the emergency contraceptive Plan B, also called the morning after pill, should be available without a prescription, hassled state legislatures to monitor the availability of the drug, according to The Washington Post.

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'Walkathon' struts across two screens

By Daniel Longino | March 6

It's no secret that I love Paul Walker. The 2Hot 2Talented hard-bodied bro has had a string of amazing films, cementing his place in movie history. Walker first made a splash in the Disney surfing buddy comedy "Meet the Deedles"(not to be confused with Peter Jackson's Muppets-on-acid "Meet the Feebles," which I did once, and I'm not really sure how those kids handled the scene in which the bunny puppet thinks he has an STD).

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Speaker resigns from SG

By Cait Douglas | March 6

Speaker Chris Sgro resigned this week as leader of the Undergraduate Senate after telling members he could no longer serve a body that has been overtaken by senators "playing politics." The Undergraduate Senate unanimously elected Ben Murray, a junior in the School of Public Affairs and School of International Service, to fill the empty position.

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Garrett's Vintage Shopping Tips

By Lenore Costello | March 6

Ask for what it is you have in mind. Vintage stores can often be overwhelming, and the sales attendants may be able to find something for you more easily than you would be able to do on your own. Give yourself time. When you finally find that perfect green paisley skirt you've always wanted, it will be well worth the five hours you spent hunting for it.

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E-textbook technology catches on slowly

By Michael Scher | March 6

E-textbooks, versions of books that can be read using programs like the Adobe Acrobat reader or put on Palm Pilots for reading, are now available at the AU bookstore. E-textbooks are considered by many to be the wave of the future, however according to bookstore staff, texts are not regularly available in electronic formats unless a professor requests it for a class.

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Sports

Sports briefs

March 6

Howard spoils home opener for women's tennis The AU women's tennis team was defeated by Howard Sunday, 4-3. The doubles matches were tight, with Howard winning two of them by an 8-4 margin to capture the doubles point. The AU tandem of Julia Colarusso and Malvina DeLaCanal won the third doubles match for the Eagles Things were going well at first for AU in singles play, as Colarusso's opponent, Aja Wright, retired because of an injury in the beginning of the first set.

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Metro calendar

By Rebecca Kern | March 6

Wednesday, March 8 Film- Sisters In Cinema: Zora Neale Hurston 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. National Museum of Women in the Arts: 1250 New York Avenue, NW Metro: Metro Center (Orange, Blue and Red lines) 13th Street exit Admission: students $4 For more information, call 202-783-5000 The first screening in our Sisters In Cinema series celebrates Zora Neale Hurston's ethnographic work, which has been discovered and restored by the Library of Congress .

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World brief: Commission claims Soviet Union sponsored 1981 Pope shooting

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | March 6

The Soviet Union sponsored a 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II according to an Italian commission, the Associated Press reported. The report states the Soviets felt the Pope's support for the Solidarity Labor Movement was a threat to its communism.

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Journalist compares experiences in South Africa and Israel

By Kendra Garstka | March 6

Journalist Benjamin Progrund denounced the claim that Israel is an apartheid state by comparing his experiences living in apartheid South Africa and Israel, in a speech given on Friday, March 3, 2006. "Whatever it is and how ever ugly it is, it is not apartheid," Progrund said.

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Sports

AU takes two at EIWA tournament

By Dan Jacobson | March 6

Just four years ago the AU wrestling program was on death watch. On Sunday the program proved how alive it is. Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov and Josh Glenn each won Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association titles at Lehigh, earning berths to the NCAA championships next week.

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Shouting not neccessary to get honest messages across to lovers

By Blair Bryant Nichols | March 2

Last Friday night, my friends and I arrived at a club and headed upstairs. I was barely ten feet in the door when I ran into the previous weekend's hookup. Never one to be taken by surprise, I turned on my smile and accepted his embrace while offering my cheek for him to kiss.

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Sports

Tournament time for AU basketball

By Jesse Epstein | March 2

Fifty-four percent. That's what the Holy Cross Crusaders shot in their 74-55 drubbing of the AU women's basketball team two weeks ago. That kind of effort won't get it done when the Eagles travel to Worcester, Mass., to play Holy Cross in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament Thursday night.

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