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Student think tank talks policy

By Tiffany Heimbuch-Maybee | February 27

Catherine Kozak, a senior in the School of International Service and president of the Roosevelt Institution at AU, spoke about the incongruencies of students' voices and the direction of activist and progressive policy at a conference Saturday. Student opinions are largely ignored in the legislative process, and the Roosevelt Institution hopes to change that, Kozak said.

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Production discusses women's issues

By Kyra Smerkanich | February 27

Women's Initiative presented their fourth annual production of the "Vagina Monologues" this weekend, a production designed to raise awareness about the social issues concerning female sexuality. The actresses recreated various personal experiences through a series of monologues ranging from a dominatrix who explained her love of moaning to a Native American woman who told how her husband sexually abused her.

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U.S. business schools competing for Ph.D. profs

By Rebecca Kern | February 27

Business schools at universities across the nation are competing for a dwindling supply of doctoral business professors to teach the increasing number of business students, according to CNN.com. Richard Durand, the dean of the Kogod School of Business since July 2005, said the business field has a doctorate system that differs from most other fields.

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Book blacklists liberal profs

By Rebecca Kern | February 27

Conservative author David Horowitz's recent book, "The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America," has caused a stir among students, faculty and free-speech organizations across the country. According to the book's jacket cover, "Horowitz exposes 101 academics .

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Campus calendar

By Kate Oczypok | February 23

Thursday, Feb. 23 Table Talk Lunch Series Noon, Kay Spiritual Center lounge. "Is Global Poverty Inevitable?" Free lunch provided for students; faculty and staff, $5 donation. RSVP required. Contact 885-3321. "Engaging the Academic Community: Presenting and Publishing Graduate Research" 3-5 p.

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Campus briefs

February 23

Public Safety selects new ticket management Public safety hired Complus as its new ticket management company to "improve ticket writing and collection procedures" said Tony Newman, director of risk management and transportation services. "The last company was not as effective as we liked it to be," Newman said.

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Horoscopes

By Tamara Brown | February 23

Aries (March 21 - April 19) Think back to a time when you were wearing your favorite clogs. If you braid your hair and eat some cake, you will be able to find the windmill that has been eluding you. Travel over the hill and beyond the river, past the bridge where the troll will grant you your greatest wish.

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TDR health violations cited

By Steve Dorsey | February 23

The Eagle has discovered dozens of D.C. health code violations cited for both the Terrace Dining Room and the Tenley Caf? in food establishment inspection reports filed within the past five years, nearly three weeks after AU mandated that next year's sophomores living on campus have at least a 75-block meal plan.

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Former AU president to retire this summer

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | February 23

Former AU President and current astronomy professor Richard Berendzen said he will retire from teaching Aug. 31, after 26 years at AU. Berendzen said his recent heart surgery made him consider retiring. His idea further evolved over time by telling Interim Provost Ivy Broder he was considering retirement but didn't have a precise time yet.

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Sex life is a balancing act

By Blair Bryant Nichols | February 23

This is what my semester looks like: five classes that start at 8:30 a.m. two days a week, an internship at 9 a.m. another two days, and a part time job that keeps me out late and up early on Saturdays, in addition to a steady social life (a.k.a. four nights of heavy drinking a week).

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Flogging Molly find family in their fans at 9:30 club

By Neal Fersko | February 23

The shroud of an Ennio Morricone spaghetti western score as a prelude should have been the first hint that Tuesday night would be a different sort of Flogging Molly concert. The Irish folk/rock sextet were launching into the first of a two-night stand at the 9:30 club, reestablishing their work ethic outside of tours geared toward album promotion.

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Cartoon debate continues: Editors publish cartoons without approval

By Kendra Garstka | February 23

Two editors at The Daily Illini, the independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were suspended due to their decision to run six of the 12 Muhammad cartoons that have caused recent controversy. Acton Gorton, editor in chief, and Chuck Prochaska, opinions editor, were suspended because they decided to print the cartoons without the consent of the editorial board, according to a statement sent to The Eagle by Melinda Miller, who works with the Daily Illini.

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Sports

Freshmen steal Senior Night, victory

By Jesse Epstein | February 23

Someone forgot to give the AU freshmen on the women's basketball team the memo: Tuesday night was Senior Night. The frosh mob of Tish Curry, Talicia Jackson, Sahar Nusseibeh, Nicole Ryan and Pam Stanfield turned Tuesday's celebration of the veterans into a coming-out party for the first-year Eagles in an 89-81 overtime victory over Patriot League-rival Navy.

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Cartoon debate continues: UAE professor fired for showing cartoons

By Kelly Moynihan | February 23

Claudia Kiburz, an American professor who taught English at Zayed University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was fired for showing the controversial Muhammad cartoons as part of a discussion on freedom of expression, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Forum explores the impact of baby boomer generation

By Carolyn Phenicie | February 23

Baby boomers oversaw a "remarkable transformation of thinking" in America, according to a panelist at Tuesday's American Forum, titled "What did you do in the Revolution Mom and Dad?: Debating the Boomers' Legacy of Social Change." Roderick Harrison, a professor at Howard University, said it is thanks to the work of baby boomers that issues of racial and gender equality "have been taken off the table.

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Fla. student shot by officer

By Kelly Kerr | February 23

A student at Florida Atlantic University was shot in the shoulder by a female campus safety officer as the student charged her last week, according to insidehighered.com. Zachary Carroll went out of control following a dormitory fight. He smashed a car window, spit on an officer and then rushed at Officer Mary Douglas, according to both witness statements and police reports.

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Juiced stars should not be squeezed from Hall

By Dan Jacobson | February 23

I despise Sammy Sosa. Never liked him. I disliked him because I thought he was a hotdog, a phony, a cancer in his clubhouse, and because he played for the Chicago Cubs. I reveled when a corked bat came flying out of his bat and when it became obvious to everyone else last year he was a steroid user, going from the Incredible Hulk to the Incredible Shrinking Man.

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