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Student Government election results

By Ethan Klapper | March 6

The Student Government Board of Elections announced the results for the spring election Thursday. Seth Cutter was elected SG president, Andrew Woods was elected VP, Madeline Tomchick was elected secretary and Eric Goldstein was elected comptroller for the 2008-2009 academic year.

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Tancredo tackles immigration

By Howie Perlman | March 6

Illegal immigration threatens not only American society, but Western civilization itself, former Republican presidential candidate and Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo said during an AU College Republicans event last night in the Butler Pavilion. Tancredo said that while people should celebrate diversity, the current wave of immigrants' resistance to cultural assimilation and learning English endangers the bond of cultural unity that holds America together.

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Police blotter

March 6

Wednesday, Feb. 27 A student in Leonard Hall reported another student was assaulting the reporting student's friend in the building. Public Safety and Metropolitan Police Department officers, the hall's resident director and resident assistants responded to the scene.

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Metrorail repairs delay AU students

By Marisa Kendall | March 6

For the past few weeks, track work on Metrorail's red line has caused severe delays and frustration for AU students. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority workers are currently replacing a rail switch near the Van Ness-UDC station, according to Steven Taubenkibel, a spokesman for the agency.

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Blackboard wins suit against competitor

By JAE CHOI | March 6

Blackboard Inc. won a $3.1 million lawsuit Feb. 22 against rival educational software company Desire2Learn concerning a patent case that began in the summer of 2006. Blackboard said in a press release on its Web site that its customers, including AU, would not be adversely affected by the lawsuit.

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Panel: Media, military need better relations

By Kim Selman | March 6

It is crucial that the media and military members understand each other's roles as professionals to create better relations between the two groups, TIME.com reporter Darrin Mortenson said yesterday during a panel discussion in Mary Graydon Center. "Breaking down [the] initial barrier that we have an adverse relationship" would be one way to help unite the media and military, Mortenson said.

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AU defeats Colgate 52-46 in Patriot League Championship

March 6

The AU men's basketball team defeated Colgate 52-46 today, winning the Patriot League Championship and guaranteeing the team their first-ever appearance in the NCAA tournament. Visit our Web site later this evening for a full report on the game.

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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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