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Prof: Hamas ready for peace

By Olivia Stitilis | March 26

The Islamic Palestinian group Hamas is essential within the peace process, School of International Service Professor Robert Pastor said on Tuesday afternoon at AU. AU and Washington College of Law students met with Pastor during the event - "Hamas and the Future of Peace in the Middle East.

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Campus offices earn Eco-Sense approval

By Sam Lindauer | March 26

A division of Eco-Sense is working on eco-certifying offices on campus to ensure that they are environmentally friendly. What makes an office Eco-Certified is an adherence to the criteria presented by Eco-Sense. The criteria followed in the office are designed to make it, and ultimately the entire campus, more environmentally sustainable.

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AU grad student led life of service

By Nicole Glass | March 26

Adeyinka Adesioye, a 2003 graduate from the School of Public Affairs and an SPA master's candidate, died Monday. Adesioye, 27, expected to graduate from SPA this semester. Patrick Ukata, director of the ABTI-American University of Nigeria's (AAUN) D.C. office on AU's campus, said he had no specific details on the cause of Adesioye's death.

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AU center counsels troubled

By Lindsey Anderson | March 26

The most common age for mental health issues to arise is between 18 and 25, according to AU Counseling Center Director Wanda Collins. The statistic is not surprising to many AU students. Diane Beyers, a freshman in the School of Public Affairs, said she knows people who are battling depression.

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Police blotter

March 26

March 18 The Metropolitan Police Department, D.C. Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services and the Department of Public Safety responded to a report of an intoxicated individual in Anderson Hall. Upon arrival, the individual was unconscious and unresponsive but breathing on her own.

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"Wedding" bells ring on quad

By Ethan Klapper | March 26

Part of the main quad became a marriage chapel Wednesday afternoon when the Queers and Allies club marked Freedom to Marry Day - a nationwide celebration for LGBT marriage equality. About 80 faux marriages were performed between noon and 4 p.m., according to club president John Marzabadi, a junior in the School of Public Affairs.

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Metro brief

March 26

Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., moved out of his doublewide trailer and into his new office in the Russell Senate Office Building Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. Johanns worked out of the trailer, which was parked in the courtyard outside of the building, for nearly three months, the AP reported.

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Law aims to cut birth control price

By Joseph Kelly | March 26

AU's Student Health Center may not receive the same cheaper birth control options - the result of a new national spending bill - as other university health centers. President Obama signed the bill March 11 that would allow pharmaceutical companies to resume selling discount contraceptives to college health clinics.

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Class examines TDR waste

By Katie Litvin | March 26

Bon Appetit, AU's on-campus food management service, has partnered with an environmental studies class to study the environmental effects of removing trays from the Terrace Dining Room. College of Arts and Sciences professor Kiho Kim's section of Environmental Issues has conducted five out of six planned sampling sessions to measure the amount of food students take with and without trays. The class will announce whether or not tray removal contributes to reducing waste on Earth Day - April 22.

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Campus calendar

March 26

Thursday, March 26 AU Job and Internship Fair 1-4 p.m. WHERE: Bender Arena INFO: AU students can meet employers for job opportunities and internships. Students must bring AU identification to enter and should wear business-appropriate clothing. CONTACT: For more information, visit www.

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National brief

March 26

A new room on the International Space Station may be named after comedian and television host Stephen Colbert, the Associated Press reported. Colbert won NASA's online naming contest after he asked viewers of "The Colbert Report" to write him in. More than 230,000 viewers entered "Colbert" as their vote, according to the AP.

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Candidates seek AUSG positions

March 26

The following students are candidates for Student Government offices for the 2009-2010 academic year. All undergraduate students may vote online March 31 and April 1 on the my.american.edu portal.

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Campus brief

March 26

AU Provost Scott A. Bass announced the faculty that will be honored in this year's annual Faculty Recognition Dinner in a campus-wide e-mail yesterday. In order to qualify for an award, a faculty member must "exemplify excellence in scholarship, service and teachings," or be celebrating a landmark anniversary in the number of years they have been teaching - anywhere from 25 to 40 years, according to the e-mail.

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Film explores WWI weapons under AU

By Marisa Kendall | March 23

AU students need more information regarding the chemical weapons buried on the university's campus after the end of World War I, said Ginny Durrin during a screening Thursday of a film she is producing on the subject. The U.S. military used AU's campus as a chemical weapons testing site from 1917 to 1918.

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Anti-war rally draws crowd

By Clint Rice | March 23

Thousands of protesters, including some AU students, marched on the Pentagon and defense corporations in Arlington, Va., Saturday afternoon to protest U.S. aid to Israel the continued presence of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. The demonstrators chanted and shouted as they marched from a starting location near the Lincoln Memorial to the Crystal City headquarters of companies such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

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Festival honors blooming relations

By Nicole Glass | March 23

Seven Goodwill Ambassadors will represent Japanese-American relations at the Cherry Blossom Festival next week - including three AU students. The Cherry Blossom Festival is a series of festivities celebrating the friendship between the United States and Japan with the blooming of the blossoms and the arrival of spring at the Tidal Basin.

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SG brief

March 23

Five AU councils have not submitted budget proposals for the upcoming year, according to Class of 2010 Sen. Steve Dalton at Sunday's Undergraduate Senate meeting. The Class of 2010 Council, Class of 2012 Council, Arts Council, College of Arts and Sciences Council and Eagle Nights did not present budget proposals to the senate budget committee, Dalton said.

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