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National brief

April 17

New York Supreme Court Justice Jack Battaglia is suing the state for $1 million after he slipped on a recently mopped floor in his own courthouse, the New York Daily News reported Monday. Battaglia said he has experienced "difficulty walking and is required to use a cane" since his Nov.

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Campus briefs

April 17

AU's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center held its annual awards ceremony Tuesday in Mary Graydon Center. The center honored soon-to-be graduates with rainbow tassles and offered special awards for academics, leadership and campus excellence.

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JSA remembers Holocaust with ceremony

By Allie Feras | April 17

Holocaust Remembrance Week is a very powerful event for the campus community, according to Jewish Student Association President Cheryl Saferstein. "I think its one of the most important series that our club puts on throughout the year," Saferstein said. JSA hosted a week of events to remember the Holocaust, which began with a Holocaust remembrance Shabbat service Friday night, according to Holocaust Remembrance Week Chair Rachel Regberg.

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Campus calendar

April 17

Thursday, April 17 Green on the Screen: "The Greening of Cuba" 12:30-1:30 p.m. WHERE: Bender Library INFO: The University Library will present a screening of "The Greening of Cuba," which discusses the changes in Cubans' wellbeing and health since the fall of the Soviet Union.

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International brief

April 17

Animal rights activist and French movie star Brigitte Bardot faces prosecution for the fifth time for "inciting racial hatred" against Muslims, the Reuters news agency reported Tuesday. Authorities have charged and fined Bardot for the same offense on four previous occasions since 1997, according to Reuters.

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B-ball claims NCAA's AU grad rate is wrong

By Rachel Trainer | April 17

National College Athletic Association statistics that report only 18 percent of the members of the AU men's basketball team graduate are misleading, according to head basketball coach Jeff Jones. He said the information used in the statistics came from data that is at least eight years old - from before Jones came to AU in 2000.

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Police blotter

April 17

Tuesday, April 8 A student reported she was stuck in an elevator in Letts Hall. Public Safety officers, Facilities Management and D.C. Fire Department responded. DCFD freed the student from the elevator. Facilities Management reset the elevator and placed it out of service for repairs.

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Panel debates post-Sept. 11 media's role

By Andrew Gardner | April 17

There is a lot of misunderstanding in the United States about Islam in general, Islamic Studies Chair Akbar Ahmed said during an American Forum Monday. "We must be wary of joining terrorism with religion," he said. Several experts on the panel debated whether anti-Americanism in the Arab world is as prevalent as "Islamophobia" is in the West in the years following the Sept.

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SUNY students take on FDA blood policy

By Ethan Klapper | April 14

Student leaders at the State University of New York at Binghamton are urging their university to rethink its relationship with the American Red Cross, which enforces a Food and Drug Administration policy banning men who have sex with other men from donating blood.

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Metro calendar

April 14

Monday, April 14 Jerome Sabbagh Quartet 6 p.m. WHERE: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, intersection of New Hampshire and Virginia avenues and Rock Creek Parkway N.W. METRO: Foggy Bottom/GWU (orange and blue lines) INFO: Sabbagh and his quartet will play modern, organic music that transcends traditional jazz.

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National brief

April 14

A photo editor for McClatchy-Tribune Information Services has debunked bloggers' claims that Vice President Dick Cheney was fly fishing with a naked woman, according to information published on MCT's Web site. A recent photo on the White House's Web site showed Cheney standing in a river; the reflection on one of his sunglasses lens depicted what bloggers claimed was the figure of a naked woman, according to United Press International.

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SG senate passes Bill of Rights

By Rebecca Kern | April 14

The Undergraduate Senate passed the Students' Bill of Rights and tabled revisions to the Student Government constitution until the fall semester. The senate passed the "Students' Bill of Rights" by a vote of 20-1-0. Students will vote on the bill through a referendum on April 28, the last day of classes, according to Georgette Spanjich, chair of the senate's Committee on Students' Rights.

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Metro brief

April 14

Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to arrive in Washington Tuesday and stay in town until Friday morning. President Bush plans to meet Benedict's plane at Andrew's Air Force Base, The Associated Press reported Sunday. It will be the first time Bush has met a foreign leader at the airport, according to the AP.

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Corps dig to return to Lot 18

By Christopher Cottrell | April 14

The Army Corps of Engineers will begin digging on May 19 at Lot 18, located near the Public Safety building, to investigate three "anomaly clusters," or unidentified metallic items, the project manager of the USACE military munitions response program said during a meeting of the Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board Tuesday.

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Stereotypes strain French relations, speaker explains

By Tony Romm | April 14

Combating clichés and restoring respect should be the United States' priorities if it wishes to revitalize its relationship with France, Fran?ois Rivasseau, deputy chief of mission at the French Embassy, told AU students on Friday. "It is very unjust to have this level of disrespect, which has triggered a great deal of anti-Americanism in France," Rivasseau told a packed room in Beeghly Hall.

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International brief

April 14

Former President Jimmy Carter announced Sunday that he will most likely include a meeting with leaders of Syrian militant group Hamas in his upcoming tour of the Middle East despite protests from the Bush administration, the Reuters news agency reported Sunday.

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Ferencz: Attacks on Iraq go against Nuremberg

By Allie Feras | April 14

America's pre-emptive and anticipatory strike on Iraq contradicted the precedents set at Nuremberg, said one of the prosecutors who participated in the post-World War II Nuremberg war crimes trials during a speech Thursday. Ben Ferencz said nations should resolve international conflicts through diplomacy instead of force.

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