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Hradsky to serve as dean of students

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Dr. Robert Hradsky will start as the new dean of students and assistant vice president of Campus Life Oct. 20. Hradsky was one of several candidates for the position who went through a series of interviews and presentations in August, including interviews with students, Office of Campus Life staff and AU President Neil Kerwin.

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Union Station celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday and commemorated the occasion over the weekend with a series of free public events. These events included an exhibit of historic locomotives and passenger cars in addition to modern Amtrak equipment.

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New details of Va. Tech massacre released

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New details from the tragedy at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, were recently revealed in 59 pages of handwritten notes that chronicled the shooting deaths of 32 people on the campus in Blacksburg, Va. While no shootings like this have ever happened at AU, this tragedy sparked several additions to AU's security system.

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High schools cut AP classes

AU's admissions process continues to evolve as high schools nationwide drop their Advanced Placement programs. The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools initiated their current wave of AP course cuts from the curriculum because professors felt their students might benefit more from a curriculum "that teachers say puts less emphasis on memorization and test preparation," according to U.


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The outgoing Undergraduate Senate unanimously certified the election results for the incoming senate at their last meeting Sunday afternoon. The new senate was sworn into office at their first meeting later that day. Student Government President Seth Cutter told the new senators he looked forward to working with them and encouraged them to remember their obligation to serve the student body.


CAMPING FOR KENYA - Former NBA player and AU alum Kermit Washington and Dr. Teresa Gipson, medical coordinator for Project Contact, speak to Katherine de Juan, a senior in the School of International Service. Washington camped on the quad and fasted for f
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Kermit camps for Kenya

AU alumnus and former NBA player Kermit Washington raised more than $25,000 as of Thursday, through his commitment to a five-day fast, in order to call attention to hunger in Kenya. Washington invited students to camp on the Friedheim Quadrangle Thursday night with him, he said.


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Monday, Oct. 6 Opera - "La Traviata" 7 p.m. WHERE: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. N.W. METRO: Foggy Bottom/GWU (blue and orange lines) INFO: The Kennedy Center is selling discounted tickets to students and young professionals between the ages of 18 and 35 as part of its Generation O program.


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AU Queers and Allies began National Coming Out Week on Saturday. "National Coming Out Week represented the freedom that LGBT deserve to live openly and out," said Queers and Allies Executive Director John Marzabadi. Marzabadi said this year's Coming Out Week would pay homage to people of the past and present who have served, and want to serve, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.


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AU reacts to economic crisis

AU will continue normal financial operations even as the university begins to react to the current economic crisis, President Neil Kerwin said in a memo e-mailed to the AU community Friday. The university refinanced $137 million of its tax-exempt bonds in the market and limited withdrawals from its short-term investment fund.


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A seven-year-old Australian boy broke into an Australian zoo Friday, fed several animals to the zoo's 11-foot-long crocodile and bashed in the heads of three lizards with a rock, the director of the Alice Springs Reptile Centre told the New York Times. The boy threw several animals, including the zoo's treasured 20-year-old goanna, a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards, into the crocodile's pen, The Times reported.


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University officials discuss ending SATs as admission criteria

Four AU staff members attended a Seattle conference in late September during which Harvard University Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons presented the results of a study that showed the SAT is an imprecise indicator of college success. The study was meant to critically assess the way colleges implement test scores in their admissions processes.


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IFC approves TKE as new fraternity colony

AU's Interfraternity Council recognized a new fraternity on campus, Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), which officially advanced from an interest group to a colony Wednesday. AU's TKE colony currently has 17 members, according to AU TKE President Josh Linder. Students from AU's Tenley campus started the process of founding a TKE colony during the last academic year, according to IFC President John Barber.


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Recycling program increases visibility

In an effort to clear some confusion and increase efficiency, AU has adjusted its recycling initiative this semester by changing the recycling receptacles. The new containers, which arrived late this summer, are different colors and have slots to distinguish between those appropriate for mixed papers, bottles and cans.


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Cadbury Egg announced a recall of 11 types of chocolates made in Beijing and Hong Kong headquarters from stores in Australia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The recall is a precautionary measure after testing "cast doubt on the integrity of a range of our products manufactured in China," Cadbury said in the statement.


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Crime reports raise concern

AU Public Safety has requested the community's help in identifying suspects in the aftermath of sexual and violent crimes against AU students walking in areas off campus. The Metropolitan Police Department notified AU Public Safety of these crimes, which occurred between Sept. 23 and Sept. 28, according to an e-mail Public Safety sent to the campus community on Sept. 28.


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Kerwin won't sign Amethyst Initiative

AU President Neil Kerwin does not plan to sign the Amethyst Initiative, a proposal by a group of 121 college presidents who are lobbying to lower the legal drinking age to 18. The proposal's supporters claim that the current drinking age of 21 has resulted in dangerous habits of binge drinking and that alcohol abstinence education is not working.


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Ninety-six students at Georgetown University were hospitalized late Tuesday with bad cases of food poisoning, The Hoya reported. The students were treated at the Georgetown University Hospital and the university's student health center for nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration, according to The Hoya.


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National brief

A house in Saginaw, Mich., sold on eBay for $1.75, the Associated Press reported. Joanne Smith, a woman from Chicago, bought the property, which was foreclosed and scheduled to go up for auction next week. "I don't have any plans to move to Saginaw," she told The Saginaw News.


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Student action receives 'C' in eco-rankings

Despite Eco-Sense's efforts to make the campus 'greener,' AU received a B- from The College Sustainability Report Card in its 2009 evaluation. The College Sustainability Report Card is a Web site from the Sustainable Endowment Institute that grades universities on their sustainability practices.


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The Student Advocacy Center will hold a Judicial Affairs and Mediation Services forum Thursday to allow students to state their concerns with JAMS policies. "The SAC is holding the forum to bring to light the students' perception of JAMS," said SAC Director Emily Whelden.



Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.


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