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Tuition to rise next year

By Maureen McCarty | November 6

Undergraduates continue to struggle to make ends meet despite this academic year's 5.5 percent increase in total grant aid and total federal loans, according to a College Board trend study released Oct. 29. Though more financial aid is available to students nationwide, there are fewer private loans available to lower costs, according to College Board.

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National brief

November 6

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an argument on whether courts possess a post-conviction right to DNA evidence, The New York Times reported. The decision presents the possibility for retrying convicted criminals years after their trials. Objections arose during an April Appeals Court case in California.

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Students work with voters, media

By Meg Fowler | November 6

While some AU students were watching the outcome of the election in the Tavern, others were volunteering and interning across the city as the election results began to come in. Some students volunteered at the polls, while others interned for newspapers, television stations and radio broadcasts.

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Campus brief

November 6

School of Communication professor Chris Palmer will be recognized with the International Wildlife Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award for Media, according to information on SOC's Web site. The IWFF's Lifetime Achievement Award for Media is the organization's highest honor.

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Metro brief

November 6

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials announced plans Thursday to overhaul the D.C. area's bus fare system. Changes include the end of free bus-to-bus paper transfers and the elimination of discounted rail-to-bus transfers, according to The Washington Post.

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Campus rallies around Obama

By Clint Rice | November 6

AU students packed into the Tavern Tuesday night for the Election Night Extravaganza expressed a broad range of emotions as election results indicated voters had elected Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as the nation's 44th president.

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AU mixed on Obama economics

By Caitlin Treanor | November 6

The single largest issue for AU students may be the economy, but there are mixed views on how capable President-elect Barack Obama will be in handling the economy. Heather Ginzberg, a freshman in the School of Public Affairs said she thinks Obama will need to raise taxes to pay for his universal health care plan.

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Focus on swing states led to Obama victory, according to panel

By Austin Green | November 6

President-elect Barack Obama's victory can be attributed to his hard work in swing states, James Thurber, a School of Public Affairs professor, said during a post-election analysis forum Wednesday. The forum touched on many topics surrounding the outcome of the election.

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Obama projected to be next president

November 3

MSNBC, among other networks, projected at 11 p.m. that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will be the 44th President of the United States.

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Cell service reminds youth to vote via text

By Amanda Glensky | November 3

In addition to "get out the vote" efforts, a new study by Student PIRGs and CREDO Mobile suggests presidential campaigns should text out the vote, blog out the vote and YouTube out the vote to attract youth supporters. Credo Mobile, a cell phone company that contributes to non-profit organizations, and the student activism organization Student PIRGs, sent text messages to 3,600 randomly selected young voters Feb.

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Election '08: Blogging students' reactions

By Tony Romm | November 3

Reporters at politics@theEAGLE, the newspaper's politics blog, chronicled all of Election Day, from the polling anomalies early Tuesday morning to Barack Obama's acceptance speech later that night. Click to read the full day's coverage.

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Faulty ballots mailed in D.C. area

By Meg Fowler | November 3

The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics recently sent out approximately 126 erroneous absentee ballots for the Nov. 4 election to voters from D.C.'s Single Member District. The 126 ballots out of 2,000 resident voters represent about 6.3 percent of votes in the Single Member District, SMD 2F03.

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Metro brief

November 3

D.C. will serve as party center for a nationwide birthday celebration for Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial. Museums, including the Smithsonian museums, and theaters announced their plans Thursday for the yearlong celebration. More than 80 events and programs in honor of the 16th president will run from January to April, according to the Associated Press.

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WMATA begins bag search

By Caitlin Treanor | November 3

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials announced Oct. 27 they would immediately begin a random bag inspection program in which they would search passengers' bags, purses and backpacks prior to entering the Metro system, including the Tenleytown-AU stop.

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Pipe leak closes tunnel

By Tamar Hallerman | November 3

A recent pipe leak in the south end of the Butler Pavilion tunnel has resulted in the closure of one of the main campus's busiest roads and a significant re-routing of traffic as repairs are being made. Steam pressure caused the leak, said Director of Facilities Management Willy Suter.

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National brief

November 3

The Minneapolis, Minn., Star Tribune became the latest of several news organizations to receive an "anthrax" package on Thursday, despite Wednesday's arrest of a leading suspect. Marc Keyser, who was responsible for more than 120 anthrax hoax letters, was taken into custody Wednesday at his home in Sacramento, Calif.

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International brief

November 3

Thousands protested in Rome Thursday after the Italian government approved changes to the country's school system the previous day. Reforms include failing students with poor behavior, assigning elementary students the same teacher for all five years and instating mandatory uniforms in school, the Associated Press reported.

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