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Police blotter

September 30

A summary of crime as reported to The Eagle by the Department of Public Safety.

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Alves, Dalton win SG seats

September 30

A near-record number of students, 1,411, voted in the fall Student Government Senate and student councils elections.

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Sonya's greatest hits

September 30

Students speak about their experience with Sonya Owens, who works the night shift at the Eagle's Nest.

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Campus brief

September 30

The D.C. Fire Department recently placed AU on its list of “Areas of Concern” for fire safety in D.C., increasing the list from 34 to 40 areas.

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SG referendum will not appear on ballot

By Charlie Szold | September 29

Due to an accidental misinterpretation of SG Bylaws, a proposed referendum seeking to change two executive positions from elected to appointed, will not appear on today’s SG election ballot.

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Tour publicizes chemical danger

By Christopher Cottrell | September 27

On Saturday, EcoSense members on a tour of AU and the surrounding neighborhood learned how, after 16 years of digging for WWI-era munitions, much work still remains for the Army Corps of Engineers.

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D.C. crime rate dips 27.2 percent

By Kelly Costello | September 27

Violent crime has dropped significantly in D.C. this year, as it has in other major cities across the country, according to statistics provided by the Metropolitan Police Department.

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SOC student sells bracelets for orphanage

By Angela Modany | September 27

Last December, Colin Crane went to Nicaragua with his family and came back with the beginnings of what would become a successful service group: the Pulsera Project. The Pulsera Project is a program that buys handmade bracelets — or “pulseras” in Spanish — from children in Nicaragua and sells them in the United States. The profit is then donated back to programs in underdeveloped countries. Crane, a junior in the School of Communication, and his family spent a week with the children of Los Quinchos, an orphanage in Nicaragua. They were the only visitors the kids had in a whole year. “They were so poor, but they were so happy,” Crane said.

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Quidditch club sweeps AU students off their feet

By Sarah Rudnick | September 27

College students holding a broomstick between their legs, or any cleaning agent for that matter, are sure to shock the average passerby. But they won’t be cleaning — they’ll be getting ready to play their next Quidditch game.

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MacCracken names Comptroller nominee

By Charlie Szold | September 27

Student Government President Andy MacCracken nominated Alan Chang, a senior in the Kogod School of Business, to replace former Comptroller Matt Handverger, Saturday, Sept. 26.

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Corps dig finds lab debris

By Christopher Cottrell | September 27

The Army Corps of Engineers wrapped up the last of seven trench investigations at three new locations on campus Thursday morning, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Military Response Program Manager Dan Noble said Thursday.

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Study explains dropouts

By Rocio Gonzalez | September 27

New research claims some high school students who choose to attend less selective universities are more likely to drop out before earning a degree.

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CEOs share recession tips

By Sarah Parnass | September 27

Change is imperative for a business to survive in this troubled economy, according to five former and current CEOs of sizable businesses at Katzen Arts Center during a panel discussion on Sept. 24.

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AU Dems earn $1,250 raise, GOP takes $2,500 cut

September 27

Here are the fiscal year 2010 fall club allocations, as released by the American University Club Council. In all, $86,596 has been allocated to over 110 clubs. More than 40 clubs did not receive any allocation.

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Young politicos gain resource

By Michael Ono | September 27

Confused students looking for a career in politics can now turn to a new Web resource. Founded by a 23-year-old graduate student at George Washington University, politicsunder30.org is a Web site aimed at telling university students what it is like to work in the field of professional politics.

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Metro brief

September 27

Red line Metro trains will run slower between the Tenleytown-AU and Van Ness-UDC stops and the Dupont Circle and Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan stops after parts of the track failed to meet standards.

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Flipped flag jars campus

By Sarah Rudnick | September 23

The AU magazine, American Way of Life, hung an upside-down flag on the Bender parking garage in response to the “dire distress” the United States currently faces, according to AWOL Editor-in-Chief Chris Lewis. The upside-down flag was hung on one previous occasion, was placed back up on Sept. 20 and removed by 10 a.m. on Sept. 21, Lewis said. The flag was also tampered with, making AWOL wonder if students or the university took the flag down due to its controversial nature. “AWOL stands in solidarity with the Americans who have been laid-off, left unable to support themselves or their families,” AWOL stated on its Web site. “The thousands of Washingtonians who sleep on the streets each night. The millions who struggle with illness and disease without access to health care. The countless families that have been destroyed by violence and war — in Iraq, Afghanistan, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Palestine or elsewhere.” The United States Flag Code reads, “The flag should never be displayed with the Union down, except as s signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property,” under Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8a.

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