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Strategic plan process advances

By Jimm Phillips | March 6

Members of AU's Strategic Plan Steering Committee will now begin collecting feedback from their campus constituencies on how to address each portion of a newly approved scope for the plan. These meetings, which are considered part of the next step in the strategic planning process, follow the board of trustees' approval of the plan's scope at its meeting Feb.

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Men's basketball advances at a price: defeats Army by 12, forward Simon injured

By Steven Haber | March 6

The men's basketball team rode a wave of hot first-half shooting, and weathered a second-half comeback to defeat the Army Black Knights 72-60 Sunday at Bender Arena. Junior guard Garrison Carr led the Eagles early, hitting a triplet of three-pointers during a 22-4 AU run, and opened a 17-point lead.

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Speaker calls minimum sentences unfair

By Laraine Weschler | March 6

Mandatory minimum sentences for first-time drug offenders are unfair, according to Mike Short, whose 19-year sentence President Bush recently commuted. Short spoke Thursday about his experience with the judicial system during a Justice Not Jails event in Mary Graydon Center.

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Carr carries Eagles to the Big Dance

By Justin Hall | March 6

It may have been 81 years in the making, but the men's basketball team can finally wear Cinderella's glass slipper to the Big Dance as they head to the NCAA Division I tournament for the first time in school history. Students, alumni and fans of all ages rushed the court to join the team in a wild celebration following an emotional 52-46 victory over the Colgate University Red Raiders today to give the team their first Patriot League tournament title.

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Speaker talks about advocacy outside gov't

By MOLLY WILKIN | March 3

Students can become advocates outside the usual structure of government, according to former D.C. Planned Parenthood President Karen Mulhouse. Mulhouse spoke Thursday evening during a School of Public Affairs and Women's Initiative-sponsored event about the politics of advocacy and women's reproductive rights.

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Students could lose Pell Grants due to fund cuts

By Laraine Weschler | March 3

Some students who received Pell Grants this year may not be eligible for them next year, according to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid, a Web site offering free student financial aid information. The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income students.

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Bill proposes tax forms should substitute for portions of FAFSA

By Kristen Boghosian | March 3

College students may soon get a break on their financial aid applications if a new bill intended to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid passes in Congress. Frankie Solomon, a sophomore in the School of Communication, said he dreads applying for financial aid this time of year.

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AU students react to Kosovo's breakaway

By Amanda Hamedany | March 3

The declaration of independence by what was the Kosovo region of Serbia Feb. 17 has prompted some students to see it as a necessary move, albeit one with questionable methods. The move for independence follows centuries of tension between Serbia and its southern province of Kosovo, which has a population that is 90 percent ethnic Albanian.

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Candidates tackle issues on ATV

By Jen Calantone | March 3

Three Student Government presidential candidates discussed issues of transparency and bureaucracy and came to a consensus that they would grade current SG President Joe Vidulich's administration at as a B or B+ during the ATV-Eagle SG Presidential Debate Saturday. ATV News anchor Daniel Pineda, Eagle editorial page editor Tony Romm and current SG President Joe Vidulich moderated the debate, which ATV broadcast last night. During the debate, Pineda asked about the effectiveness of Vidulich's year in office.

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W. Va. farmer markets crops to AU students

By Rachel Trainer | March 3

Fresh organic fruits and vegetables will be available to students for the next 20 weeks, according to Allan Balliett, the biodynamic community-supported agriculture farmer who supplies AU with the produce. For the third year in a row, students have the opportunity to purchase 20 weeks' worth of vegetables at a total cost of $525, Balliett said.

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Briefs

March 3

CAMPUS BRIEF Students to read Dr. Seuss to local children Students will volunteer at schools in the surrounding community to read Dr. Seuss books to children today. To celebrate Dr. Seuss day, the Community Service Center and Read Across America are teaming up to bring volunteers to read to children and promote reading, according to the Community Service Center's Web site.

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Men's rugby team regains sponsorship

By Jen Calantone | March 3

The AU men's rugby team won its appeal against the Recreational Sports and Fitness Department Sunday night and can now keep its school sponsorship, according to rugby team Vice President Nick DiPietro. The team filed an appeal last week after learning it would lose its school sponsorship due to citations of inconsistencies in paperwork and a probation violation for holding social events.

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AU flu cases rise for first months from 2007 to 2008

By Marisa Kendall | March 3

AU has seen an increased number of flu cases in the first two months of this year, mimicking a trend of higher numbers of flu cases nationwide. Since Jan. 1, the Student Health Center has reported between 90 and 100 cases of Influenza, according to Dan Bruey, the director of the Health Center.

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SG Brief

March 3

The Undergraduate Senate voted to override Student Government President Joe Vidulich's veto of the smoking bill the senate passed last week. The senate voted 19-7-0 in favor, attaining the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto. The bill will create smoke-free courtesy zones prohibiting smoking at all building entrances and shuttle stops and during densely populated outdoor events and evacuations.

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Bon Appetit to lower beef, cheese buys

By SANDRA FLORES | March 3

Bon Appetit plans to cut down on the beef and cheese it purchases in the coming year, Helene York, director of Bon Appetit Management Company Foundation, said during a presentation Thursday. The company plans to reduce its purchases of beef and cheese by 10 percent as soon as possible, she said.

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Metro calendar

March 3

Monday, March 3 Panel Discussion: "Voices of the 20th Century" 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: Renowned figures from the arts, media, sports and politics will participate in a moderated discussion about the black experience during the last century.

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February 28

CAMPUS Former Planned Parenthood President to speak in Ward Karen Mulhaufer, former president of Planned Parenthood and founder of the Women's Information Network, an organization that assists young women in networking in the D.C. area, will speak about having a career in politics from a noncandidate point of view today at 6 p.

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