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Siren not audible inside dorms

By Olga Ivshina | November 15

The Army Corps of Engineers siren test Nov. 7 was marked as a success because it could be heard in the required shelter-in-place zone, which ends a few feet short of Centennial Hall close to Jacobs Field. While it is not required for students be able to hear the siren in their dorm rooms, one student said it would be helpful to hear it from there, as some students said they could not hear the warning well or at all in the South side dorms.

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Experts discuss Internet role in politics

By Kate Naseef | November 15

Media and political experts at a panel discussed Wednesday night whether Web sites like YouTube have added to the democratic process or have made politicians more scripted. "This has put a lot of pressure on all of the candidates to become more on message, more robotic, less spontaneous," said Jeanne Cummings, a political reporter for Politico.

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Pedestrian fatalities highest since 2002

By Christopher Cottrell | November 15

An extra 10 mph could mean beating the next red light to some drivers, but to a pedestrian it could mean life or death. This year has brought the most pedestrian fatalities to the District since 2002, according to Jim Sebastian, the manager of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Programs at the District Department of Transportation.

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Committee begins selection process for new provost

By Jimm Phillips | November 15

The Provost Search Committee officially began its work earlier this month and is now in the process of selecting an executive search firm to assist it. The 11-member committee and President Neil Kerwin officially began the search when they held their first meeting Nov.

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National brief

November 15

A 20-year-old Georgia man was caught last week allegedly selling hallucinogenic mushrooms concealed within chocolate bunnies and ducks, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. After receiving a tip, police caught Matthew Jackson allegedly selling a sheet of LSD and chocolate containing psilocybin mushrooms in the metropolitan Atlanta area, where Jackson was arrested.

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A new home for SIS

By Brian Kalish | November 15

AU President Neil Kerwin and Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii, Wednesday broke ground for the new School of International Service building with the same shovel President Dwight D. Eisenhower used 50 years ago in the groundbreaking of the current SIS building.

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Library trades fines for food

By Rachel Trainer | November 15

Bender Library will be partnering with the Capital Area Food Bank for this year's Food for Fines program, according to Kendra Rowe, director of the food bank's Children and Nutrition Programs. Students will be able to donate specified nonperishable food items from Nov.

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Metro brief

November 15

Pope Benedict XVI will pay Washington a three-day visit in April and plans to hold a Mass in the new Nationals baseball stadium, a Vatican spokesperson announced Monday. The visit, following a planned speech at the United Nations in New York, includes a trip to the White House and Catholic University, according to The Washington Post.

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Campus brief

November 15

More than 120 AU students joined Tuesday a national effort with thousands of others by taking part in the College Veg Pledge 2007. Participants who took the pledge became vegetarian for the day to show their concern with the possible consequences behind the consumption of meat, according to a press release from the AU Animal Rights Effort and Students for Animal Rights.

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Campus calendar

November 12

Monday, Nov. 12 Play: "Adopt-A-Candidate" 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Wooly Mammoth Theatre, 641 D St. N.W. METRO: Archives-Navy Memorial (green and yellow lines) INFO: A collection of short plays by local playwrights inspired by the 2008 presidential candidates. Pay what you can.

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International brief

November 12

A 2-year-old girl is recovering after doctors in Bangalore, India, removed her two extra arms and two extra legs in a 27-hour operation, according to CNN.com. The additional limbs belonged to a parasitic twin who stopped developing in the mother's womb and had attached to the girl's pelvis, CNN.

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Groups get Eagle Endowment awards to continue FSE service

By Jeanette Lenoir | November 12

The Community Service Center awarded $500 each to two groups of freshmen students to continue their three-day-long community beautification project during Freshmen Service Experience in late August. Both groups received their checks, from the Eagle Endowment, during an awards ceremony in Mary Graydon Center Thursday.

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Plame discusses betrayal

By Bobby Allyn | November 12

Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson emphasized the importance of citizen participation in democracy and warned against an overreaching government in a speech Thursday night in the Ward Building. "My story is about our democracy, which is only as strong as the willingness of its citizens to participate," Plame said.

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Metro brief

November 12

Two employees of DC Afterschool for All, a program providing after-school instruction and supervision for children in D.C., were found guilty by auditors of receiving $13,000 in city reimbursements for restaurants and strip clubs, according to a Washington Post investigation.

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Campus brief

November 12

RCN Corporation became Thursday one of the newest official sponsors of AU Athletics. RCN is a top supplier of video, data and voice services to residential and business customers and is now AU's official cable television, Internet and telephone sponsor for all of its athletic events, according to the press release.

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Group gives up extras for campaign

By Jimm Phillips | November 12

Some members of AU for Bill Richardson have pledged to sacrifice something they regularly purchase and donate the money to the New Mexico governor's campaign for the Democratic Party's 2008 presidential nomination. The initiative was part of AU for Bill Richardson's weeklong effort to raise awareness of Richardson's candidacy on campus.

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Jackson encourages world to confront its limitations

By Ashley Wolos | November 12

AW: Where did you grow up, or where are you from? PTJ:: I was born in California, where my parents were students at the University of California, Davis. We moved a lot, so I lived in a lot of different places. Probably the most "grow up" place was when we lived in Jaffrey, N.

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