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Families experience AU, D.C.

By Kate Oczypok · Monday, Oct. 25, 2004

Friday, Saturday and Sunday marked AU's annual Family Weekend, which allowed students and their friends and family members to spend time together on campus. The weekend was sponsored by New Student Programs and the Office of Campus Life. The weekend gave guests a chance to experience AU life. To that end, lunch in TDR was offered on Friday for a special rate of $7, and there were open classes Friday afternoon so parents could sit in and experience AU faculty. For the main event, former senator and astronaut John Glenn spoke in Bender Arena Saturday night.

Sleep deprivation prevalent in college life

By Rochelle Chounet · Monday, Oct. 25, 2004

Sixty-three percent of college students do not get enough sleep, according to a recent study by the National Sleep Foundation. This sleep deprivation can lead to sleep apnea, a breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep, according to the foundation. Sleep apnea affects as many as 18 million Americans.

Edwards criticizes corporate radio control

By Mishri Someshwar · Monday, Oct. 25, 2004

Increasing corporate control over the media has reduced the diversity of opinions in the media and caused a decline in the quality of journalism, broadcast journalist and AU alumnus Bob Edwards said Friday night in Bender Arena. Edwards, the host of "The Bob Edwards Show" on XM Satellite Radio, said that when he started working in radio, a company couldn't own more than five radio stations. "Now some of them own 1,250," he said.

Families experience AU, D.C.

Sleep deprivation prevalent in college life

Edwards criticizes corporate radio control

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