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Post publishes AU class project

By Rachel Trainer | December 6

The Iraq war is the most important 2008 election issue to students, according to School of Communication professor Jane Hall, who taught a class in which students conducted a national survey on students and the upcoming election.

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Campus calendar

December 6

Thursday, Dec. 6 Mission: Improv-able's Holiday Blow-Out 11 p.m. WHERE: Battelle-Tompkins Atrium INFO: Mission: Improv-able is holding its final performance of the semester. This show will work in conjunction with The Smile Train, the world's leading cleft palate charity, in order to raise money to sponsor a child abroad.

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ClassAlert system eases registration process at AU

By Allie Feras | December 6

AU students can now receive text message or e-mail alerts when a class they want to take opens up, according to Joel Croft, a sophomore in the Kogod School of Business who wrote the program.

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Metro brief

December 6

A new light-rail line addition to Metrorail could draw an additional 47,000 riders daily, according to projections released Monday by Maryland transportation officials. Many local residents are unhappy with the new plans, which were first publicized last night at an open house in Silver Spring.

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Panel: Afghan region unstable

By Jeanette Lenoir | December 6

The Taliban has strengthened in the southern provinces of Afghanistan since 2005 and progress in the region is heading in the wrong direction, according to experts at a security policy forum hosted Wednesday by George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.

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Student advances to singing contest semifinals

By Kim Selman | December 6

Leeanna Goldstein Rubin, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, beat out 3,600 entrants from 53 countries to become one of only 35 semifinalists in the Voice of McDonald's 2008 International Singing Contest. The competition is open to the more than 1.

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AU Dems caucus

By Jen Calantone | December 6

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won a mock caucus held Tuesday by the AU College Democrats. Twenty-six students of a group of 60 showed their support for Obama's candidacy in the caucus.

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Grassroot efforts aid in Myanmar movement

By Bobby Allyn | December 6

Locally led efforts are important to the ongoing struggle for democracy in Myanmar, according to Thelma Young, campaigns coordinator from the U.S. Campaign for Burma at a panel Wednesday night at the Kay Spiritual Life Center. "Most people have no idea about the mass atrocities still happening in Burma," Young said.

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National brief

December 6

An unidentified person has been dumping large amounts of horse manure outside a strip mall in Anchorage, Alaska, the Anchorage Daily News reported Monday. Two piles began appearing four months ago, said Ron Teekell, the owner of a storage company next to the dumping site.

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Pence: GOP needs to unite over limited government

By Anthony Jaffee | December 6

The Republican Party lost control of Congress in 2006 because the party had lost its way, Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., said Tuesday evening at an event in Mary Graydon Center. "I still don't believe the American people hired Nancy Pelosi," Pence said to a crowd of about 30 students at the College Republicans-sponsored event.

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Grever's SG victory reaffirmed

By Howie Perlman | December 3

The Undergraduate Senate reaffirmed the validity of Paul Grever's vice presidential victory in the Nov. 19 special election, despite the wishes of some senators to pass a resolution condemning his win because of allegations he violated campaign rules. The senate was not able to confirm or reject the results of the election as it was able to do in previous terms because of a change in the senate's bylaws, said Senate Speaker Caitlin Hodgkins.

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AU may consider hybrid shuttles

By Ethan Klapper | December 3

AU may purchase hybrid shuttle buses in future years as part of its regular shuttle replacement plan, according to Mark Feist, assistant director of Facilities Management.

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Campus brief

December 3

WCL law clinic receives award from immigrant rights group The Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition will be giving its Coalition Partner of the Year award to the Washington College of Law's International Human Rights Law Clinic Wednesday, according to an AU press release.

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SG brief

December 3

Senate passes bill endorsing creation of women's center The Undergraduate Senate Sunday passed a bill endorsing the creation of a Women's Resource Center during its last meeting of the semester Sunday. The bill, which passed 21-2-3, requires SG President Joe Vidulich to lobby the administration in support of a proposal by Women's Initiative Director Vanessa Mueller to create the center.

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Ward 3 boasts lowest AIDS rate

By Jeanette Lenoir | December 3

Ward 3, where AU is located, had the lowest incidence of newly diagnosed AIDS and HIV cases in D.C. from 2001 to 2006, according to a report recently released by the D.C. Department of Health. The report, which was released Nov. 26 to coincide with World AIDS Day 2007, is the first data gathered on HIV in D.

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Group collects books for D.C. jails

By Rachel Trainer | December 3

Justice Not Jails, an AU prison activism group, collected more than 500 books in a book drive this semester to expand the libraries in all wings in the D.C. Department of Corrections, according to Ava Page, a member of the group. The group's goal is to use initiatives such as rehabilitation centers, affordable housing and education to mobilize convicted criminals rather than sending them to prison.

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International brief

December 3

Thai politician accused of raising votes with Viagra An unidentified candidate for Thailand's parliamentary elections in December may have used Viagra to court elderly male voters at social functions, a campaign worker told the Bangkok Post Friday. "The politician is giving out Viagra to gain popularity and votes," said Sayan Nopcha, a campaign worker for the People's Power Party based north of Bangkok in Pathum Thai province.

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