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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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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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Formerly banned U. Ill. mascot returns for parade

By Ethan Klapper | November 8

Images and clothing featuring Chief Illiniwek, the former athletic mascot of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, were allowed being displayed at the university's homecoming parade Oct. 26 after originally being banned by the university's homecoming committee, The New York Times reported.

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Police blotter

November 8

Wednesday, Oct. 31 A student having a seizure in Butler Pavilion was transported to Sibley Hospital. An intoxicated student in an Anderson Hall lounge was transported to Sibley Hospital. An intoxicated student vomiting on the shuttle bus refused medical treatment from the South side shuttle stop.

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Staph infections increase at AU

By Jimm Phillips | November 8

Student Health Center officials set up an information booth outside the Terrace Dining Room Tuesday in an effort to educate the AU community about staph infections and other communicable diseases days after its director revealed that a small increase of diagnosed cases of skin infections has occurred at AU.

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South side study lounges store furniture

By Jen Calantone | November 8

Students at AU have changed their study habits since Housing and Dining renovated some study lounges in some of the residence halls into storage spaces. There is an excess of furniture in the residence halls and a small number of places in which to store it, according to Prakash Karnani, assistant director of Operations: One Card and Facilities for Housing and Dining.

DISTANCE TO METERS - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty recently decided to change taxi fares from a zone system to a time-and-distance system.

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Fenty sets rate for cab meters

By Patricio Chile | November 8

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced Thursday a new cab fare system that will lower the minimum rate from $6.50 to $4, a breakthrough in his plan to switch the District's cabs from zones to meters by April 1. The regulations will affect AU students who use taxis for late-night or quick transportation.

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Towson returns to standard admissions

By Christopher Cottrell | November 8

Towson University recently dropped a program designed to attract students with higher SAT scores but lower high school GPAs. Towson officials did not give the exact reason for the cut, but said only 70 percent of students in the program stayed at Towson after the first year.

LEADING THE MARCH - Pamela Nadell, professor of history and Jewish studies, was a majorette in high school and used to twirl a baton.

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CAS prof didn't plan for teaching career

By Ashley Wolos | November 8

Professors 101 Pamela S. Nadell, Professor of History and Jewish Studies, College of Arts and Sciences AW: Where did you grow up? PN: I grew up in New Jersey. AW: What is your favorite way to relax after class? PN: I love to cook. AW: What do you like to cook? PN: Dinner for my family.

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Campus calendar

November 8

Thursday, Nov. 8 Valerie Plame 8:15-9:15 p.m. WHERE: Ward 1 INFO: Valerie Plame Wilson is a former CIA operative who became the subject of a political storm in 2003 when a syndicated newspaper column revealed her covert identity. Plame will share her thoughts on what she views as unprecedented abuse of public trust by the Bush administration in its efforts to silence a critic and subvert the right of citizens to exercise free speech.

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Metro brief

November 8

A 17-year-old boy caught in a sting operation allegedly trying to hire an undercover officer to kill his mother and stepfather went on trial last week in St. Mary's County, The Washington Post reported. Cory Ryder was arrested last June after authorities said he offered an undercover officer his stepfather's pickup truck in exchange for the killings, the Post reported.

SKY LOUNGE - After Letts Terrace North flooded Saturday, the 31 residents were placed in lounges as alternative housing. The male residents are staying in the Letts Sky Lounge. The residents should be able to move back into their rooms Friday, acco

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Letts residents to return Friday

By Allie Feras | November 8

Students affected by the flooding on the north side of Letts Terrace should be able to move back into their rooms by Friday, according to Housing and Dining Executive Director Chris Moody. A second backup occurred Monday, but no students were affected, according to Willy Souter, the director of Facilities Management.

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National brief

November 8

An Indonesian woman testified Monday she was forced to eat her vomit and was punished with hot water by a millionaire Long Island couple who hired her as a housekeeper, according to The Associated Press. Prosecutors argue the 51-year-old woman, identified as Samirah, and another Indonesian woman, Enung, were brought to the United States as housekeepers by Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, and his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 45, but were instead enslaved inside the couple's mansion, the AP reported.

ADVISING CLINTON - Terry McAuliffe, adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, speaks in Ward 1 Wednesday night. "With Hillary, you get solutions rather than rhetoric," McAuliffe said. The College Democrats sponsored the event.

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Clinton adviser discusses women's vote

By Jeanette Lenoir | November 8

Although Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., currently has the lead in national polls, she would support any other Democratic candidate who wins the presidential nomination, said Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Hillary Clinton for President campaign. "We have never had such a strong lead in the history of presidential campaign history," McAuliffe said of Clinton's lead in national polls.

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Bill will cut birth control prices

By Christopher Cottrell | November 8

Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., introduced last Thursday new legislation that aims to significantly lower the cost of birth control on college campuses nationwide, including at AU. "If we get those discounted birth control pills, that discounted pricing again, we will pass that [savings] on to students," said Dan Bruey, director of the Student Health Center.

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International brief

November 8

An English woman was shocked to learn last week that her only son was alive and in police custody a day after she sat through what she thought was his funeral and cremation, according to United Press International. Gina Partington, 58, of Urmston, told BBC News that her son, Tommy Dennison, a mental health patient, and the dead man incorrectly identified as her son "could have been twins.

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Campus brief

November 8

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center is holding its final Safe Space Sticker program for 2007 Nov. 29 from 2 to 5 p.m. The Safe Space Sticker program is meant to help create a safer and more inclusive campus environment for all members of the AU community, according to information on AU's Web site.