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Hot stove league takes baffling turn

After a lull in dealing following the winter meetings, baseball's off-season briefly heated up this week as teams tried to fill their rosters before the start of spring training. Two major moves were made: a Red-Sox-Indians trade and the Padres' signing of Mike Piazza.

Editorial cartoon

Tour educates AU of Wal-Mart labor violations

Kay Spiritual Center was filled with squirming members of the AU community Tuesday, all craning their necks and stretching their arms backwards as they tried to peek at their own shirt labels, checking to see where their clothing was assembled. The exercise was part of the "Wal-Mart Sweatshop Workers" speaking tour.

Palestine elects Hamas as majority party

Many AU students and employees said the world must wait and see how Hamas handles its new political power before judging how their rule will affect relations with Israel. Rachel Victor, co-president of AU Students for Israel, said she noticed the U.S. was more surprised by the outcome of the elections than Israel was.

Professor to be second educator ever in Senate, if elected

Declaring "our world is in severe peril today," Dr. Allan Lichtman, an AU history professor and a candidate for the Democratic party's nomination for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, spoke to the AU community Wednesday night as part of the Kennedy Political Union's "Finest Faculty" series.

'Student of color' is exhibited at National Gallery

C?zanne was a student of color. Vibrant blues and intense greens are generously applied to the canvas, mainly through the use of a palette knife. Colors became such a focus for his works that he began blurring objects together in order to emphasize the color rather than the actual objects, thus making the paintings abstract.

Past meets present at Arts Center

Old and new forms of photography combine to form a thought-provoking new exhibition at D.C. Arts Center. Photographer Bruce McKaig relies on both pinhole cameras made from paint cans and digital cameras to capture information about a setting over an elapsed period of time.

Sports briefs

AU three wins scholar athlete awards Cross country's Steve Hallinan and Keira Carstrom and field hockey's Maureen Daniel were named the Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the year in their respective sports, the league announced this week. Daniel, a senior, became the third AU field hockey player to win the award in the last four years.

First-year students most vulnerable to dangers of alcohol, study finds

A recent study by the American Council of Education found that first-year college students are especially vulnerable to alcohol-related injuries or death, USA Today reported. The study included student deaths from Jan. 1, 2000 up to the present. Of the 620 deaths of students who attended four-year colleges and universities since that date, one-third of the students who died were in their freshmen year although on average, freshmen only made up 24 percent of undergraduate students at the institutions studied.

Staff editorial: The age of Wal-Mart

A student group, AU Solidarity, recently brought former Wal-Mart employees to campus to highlight what they see as abuses by the corporate giant. The International Labor Rights Fund has branded America's largest retailer as the "worst employer in the world.

Campus calendar

Thursday, Feb. 2 Burton D. Wechsler First Amendment Competition Through 4 Feb. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Washington College of Law. WCL's Moot Court Honor Society will host its 13th annual competition. Law students from across the country will gather to argue a specially formulated First Amendment problem and showcase their oral advocacy skills before local judges, prominent attorneys, and First Amendment scholars.

Former D.C. bus driver sings jazz, vocalese

Imagine listening to a seasoned jazz musician rip into a bebop solo so sizzling and smooth it makes your senses tingle. Close your eyes and play along. Try and picture the sweat bouncing off the performer like the notes that leap through the air. See if you can hear the mesmerizing melodies go up and down, bringing you through joy and sadness, taking your emotions on a sensory experience unlike any other.

AU reacts to President Bush's State of the Union address

President Bush's State of the Union speech: 51 minutes Longest State of the Union speech: Harry Truman, 1946. 25,000 words. Not given orally Shortest State of the Union speech: George Washington. 833 words. Would take 4-7 minutes to present. Congressional Research Service "Our offensive against terror involves more than military action.

Freshmen learn AU alcohol policies early to combat high drinking rate

In order to counter the dangerous drinking habits of freshmen, AU begins letting students and parents know about its dry-campus policies before classes begin. Freshmen orientation programs are now the starting point for alcohol education and its consequences.

Survey: AU students' alcohol usage higher than national average

670 freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors responded to AU's Core survey, which was distributed in February 2005. The purpose of the survey was to raise awareness about alcohol on AU's campus. On average, AU students' rates of usage are slightly higher than national averages.

Craigslist serves up depravity, fun

I have a dirty secret. It's insidious and indecent, reprehensible and revolting. It's ... well, I suppose it's not that bad. Those attributions were more for color than anything else. To be concise, I basically take some sort of depraved enjoyment out of regularly perusing the Washington, D.

Corrections

Due to an editorial oversight, the headline "Fund established for 9/11 workers" was incorrect. Another brief written for print, relating to a fund for injured soldiers was confused with the 9/11 health czar brief causing the headline error. In an article in the Jan.