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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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International brief

March 23

A 3-year-old girl was almost buried alive in Bolivia Monday after her parents, who thought she was dead, prepared for her burial, CNN.com reported. The girl was suffering from several injuries, including burns on her face and contusions on her body, Jose Carlos Camacho, director of Hospital Universitario Japones in Santa Cruz, told CNN.

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Clubs seek more transit options

By Tamar Hallerman | March 23

In an e-mail to various university officials last week, AU Debate Society President Spencer Siegel outlined his club's and other student organizations' frustration with obtaining "reliable and affordable" transportation through AU to off-campus events. "Current transportation options are hardly feasible and do not service the needs of certain groups on campus," he said in the e-mail, which 13 student groups signed.

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National brief

March 23

Two men who stole money and jewelry from a Milwaukee jewelry store Wednesday did not manage to hold onto the loot for long, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. As the robbers left the store, they were robbed by at least four other men, Lt. Thomas Welch told the Journal-Sentinel.

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Campus brief

March 23

Housing and Dining Programs has delayed the Hall Reapplication and Campus Reapplication process to Monday due to technical difficulties, according to an e-mail sent out by Housing and Dining this past week. Students who would like to live in their current residence hall must take part in the room reapplication process that will take place today, starting at 7:00 a.

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Vandals strike Bender

By Ethan Klapper | March 23

March 23 | 9:09 p.m. » An eyewitness has come forward and named a possible suspect in this weekend's Relay for Life vandalism incident, according Julie Rinehart, the event's coordinator and a senior in the School of Public Affairs. It is unclear whether part of the $24,000 raised for cancer research during the event Friday night and Saturday morning will still go to cover repairs in the Bender Arena men's restroom, where three stall dividers were torn down at some point during the event.

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Metro calendar

March 23

Monday, March 23 Mayor's Arts Awards 6 p.m. WHERE: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. N.W. METRO: Foggy Bottom-GWU (orange and blue lines) INFO: An evening of performances by local groups such as the Washington Ballet and Washington Improv Theater hosted by D.

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Kerwin releases budget to campus

By Jen Calantone | March 23

AU President Neil Kerwin released the fiscal year 2010 and 2011 budget information to the campus community last week. For FY2010, the university's budget is $456,700,000 and for FY2011 is $479,200,000.

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Metro brief

March 23

Prince George's County Police officers and Maryland National Capital Park Police officers shot and killed an armed man early Tuesday morning in a Temple Hills Restaurant, The Washington Post reported. D.C. resident Nicholas Howard was shot several times by officers who were called to Gill's Holiday Liquor Sports Bar and Restaurant, according to the Post.

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Professor urges good health

By Laura Wolz | March 23

College of Arts and Sciences professor Anastasia Snelling worked as a dietician in a clinical setting where the patients were motivated to improve their diets because they were seriously ill; her work now focuses on preventing people from getting ill in the first place.

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Campus brief

March 19

The School of Public Affairs plans to celebrate its 75th anniversary with the "What do we expect from our government?" conference beginning March 26, according to an AU press release. The conference will include a range of panelists, professors, elected officials and distinguished alumni.

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Police blotter

March 19

March 5 A student drank beer in a McDowell Hall lounge. Housing and Dining personnel informed the Department of Public Safety that they would handle the matter internally. An employee injured his shoulder when he slipped on steps in the Public Safety office.

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Stimulus package may help AU students

By Marisa Kendall | March 19

A large portion of President Obama's stimulus bill is delegated toward higher education, and many of its proposals could help AU students save money on school expenses, according to AU administration. Out of a $787 billion stimulus package, Obama has reserved $106 billion for education, including designated funds on a college level.

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Economy changes abroad plans

By Clint Rice | March 19

The current recession has caused some AU students to reconsider their study abroad plans, but the AU Abroad office said it has not seen a significant decrease in study abroad applications. AU Abroad director Sara Dumont said she did not have the final number of applications submitted for fall 2009 programs but said she did not think the requests for admissions she had seen indicated that the economy was affecting the number of applicants.

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