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Burst pipe floods Letts Terrace

By Ethan Klapper and Jimm Phillips | November 5

Letts Hall residents displaced after a pipe burst and flooded the floor Saturday morning and will not be able to return to their rooms for one week. A pipe burst at approximately 11 a.m. Saturday, flooding the hall's North terrace floor with water, according to an information sheet for desk receptionists obtained by The Eagle.

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WI program promotes financial literacy

By Olga Khazan | November 5

Albert Einstein described compound interest as the eighth wonder of the world. This year, Women's Initiative has invited AU students to learn what he meant while exploring the basics of personal finance through a series of monthly lectures. The program, "Dollars and Sense," aims to educate AU students on everything from building credit to salary negotiation through first-hand experience from professionals in the financial field.

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Senate passes measure supporting 'Hey Song'

By Allie Feras | November 5

The Undergraduate Senate unanimously passed a resolution Sunday calling on the AU Athletics Department to allow the Screaming Eagles Pep Band to play the "Hey Song" at athletic events. Andrew MacCracken, School of Public Affairs senator, sponsored "A Resolution to Protest the 'Hey Song' Ban.

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SG brief

November 5

The Undergraduate Senate passed a bill allocating an extra $42,250 from the SG-restricted fund. The bill allocates $20,000 to the Kennedy Political Union for a speaker for Women's History Month and end-of-the-year events; $4,500 to AUTO for computer upgrades; $4,108 to SUB to pay for the cost of closing the Tavern during the Ghostface Killah show; $3,500 to the SG general fund for the bike program; $3,500 to the vice president's office for additional programming for Spring Fling; and additional allocations to those offices and Women's Initiative.

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Campus brief

November 5

The U.S. Department of State awarded AU's Center for Global Peace $1.5 million to continue its human rights work in Iraq. The AU team has worked with Iraqi human rights institutions, such as the nation's human rights ministry and the Iraqi parliament's human rights commission, to make connections with other human rights institutions, American Today reported.

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Unity08 aims for bipartisan lineup

By Michael Ginsberg | November 5

Students have launched an AU chapter of Unity08, a national movement designed to engage average citizens in the upcoming election, according to Nick Troiano, a freshman in the School of Public Affairs, intern at Unity08 and an Eagle photographer and podcaster.

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National brief

November 5

Councilman James Odd wants to put pigeons in the Staten Island ferry terminal building on birth control, The Associated Press reported. Odd's plan would reduce the pigeon population, and therefore the number of droppings they leave in the ferry terminal, the AP reported.

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Swastikas found at GW, FBI investigating

By Bobby Allyn | November 5

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now looking into a slew of racial drawings that have appeared in residence halls at George Washington University, according to The Hatchet, GW's student newspaper. On Oct. 23, GWU freshman Sarah Marshak, who is Jewish, found a swastika drawn on her whiteboard.

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Iowa caucus schedule causes class cancellation

By Patricio Chile | November 5

A School of Public Affairs course meant to take place during the Iowa caucuses in January 2008 had to be canceled three weeks ago after the state moved its caucuses to an earlier date. SPA and the school's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies were offering the two-week class "Iowa Caucuses and the Presidential Selection Process" for the spring 2008 semester.

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S.C. denies Colbert candidacy

By Anthony Jaffee | November 5

Facebook is not necessarily an accurate indicator of public opinion, but if it were, Stephen Colbert, a Web site favorite for the presidency, just lost his chance. On Thursday, Democratic Party leaders rejected Colbert's bid to be placed on the South Carolina primary ballot, the only state in which he planned to compete.

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Cause of Anderson fire still not determined

By Brian Kalish | November 5

The cause of a fire that charred a menu board in Anderson Hall on Sept. 29 has still not been determined and is not expected to be, said AU Public Safety Chief Michael McNair. "There is no additional [information] from the [District of Columbia Fire Department] both as to cause or any suspects," McNair said.

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Army digs for WWI weapons

By Kim Selman | November 5

Digging of the last known buried munitions pit from the World War I era in D.C. officially began Oct. 29 in an area that could be considered AU's backyard. Spring Valley Munitions Pit 3, the official name of the site, is located at 4825 Glenbrook Road, a property owned by AU and located directly next to AU's unoccupied official university president's house.

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International brief

November 5

Researchers at Granada University in Spain announced that drinking beer is better at preventing dehydration than water alone, according to the Granada Olive Press, an English-language newspaper in Granada. The months-long study shows beer can help quench thirst, hydrate the body and replace calories lost during physical exercise, university professor Manuel Castillo Garzon told the Olive Press.

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SG execs to resign, study abroad

By Jimm Phillips | November 5

Student Government Vice President Jeff Hanley and SG Comptroller David Teslicko will resign from their positions during the final Undergraduate Senate meeting of the semester, they announced Sunday afternoon during the senate's meeting Both said they are resigning because they will be studying abroad during the spring semester.

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Metro brief

November 5

A series of Halloween night shootings concentrated in the Columbia Heights and Georgia Avenue areas of Northwest D.C. left nine wounded and one dead with no suspects arrested as of Friday, The Washington Post reported. "We have no leads," Assistant Police Chief Diane Groomes told the Post.

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Metro calendar

November 5

Monday, Nov. 5 Film: "The Last Jews of Libya" Noon-1:30 p.m. WHERE: Pickford Theater, Library of Congress Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E. METRO: Capitol South (blue and orange lines) INFO: Filmmaker Vivienne Roumani Denn traces her family history from Turkish Ottoman rule through World War II and explores the relationship between the Jewish community and Libya.

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Campus brief

November 1

People involved in the Saffron Revolution attempted to educate AU students from Monday to Wednesday through activities on the main quad. Saffron Revolution's goal was to teach students about the 100,000 nonviolent protesters in Myanmar. Before the recent government crackdown became violent, the protesters demanded freedom and human rights in the country, according to an e-mail from Leslie Miller, president of Student Campaign for Burma.

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