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Store features Halloween decor

By Hannah Pakray | October 11

AU's Campus Store has set up two Halloween displays as part of a new effort to make the store have a more community-oriented setting. Both displays feature a coffin and various ghoulish creatures. The front display includes three skeletons, a large gray rodent, a cross-shaped headstone, chains and an altar.

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Vets receive aid to ease transition

By Patricio Chile | October 11

Many young people wounded during military service struggle with concerns beyond physical disability and pain, including how to finish their educations and lead successful civilian lives. In response, a pilot program by the American Council on Education offers academic and career services for wounded veterans.

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Plan to make D.C. more 'walkable'

By Jeanette Lenoir | October 11

The District considers applying for an experimental program giving pedestrians the ability to stop traffic, WTOP, a D.C. radio station, reported. The experimental program is part of the Pedestrian Master Plan, which was launched in January. The plan is a citywide study to improve pedestrian safety and access in all its wards with the goal of making the city more walkable for everyone.

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Metro brief

October 11

Students admit to posting satirical fliers at gw Seven students have taken responsibility for fliers posted on the campus of George Washington University early Monday morning, The Hatchet, GW's student newspaper, reported. The flier's headline read, "Hate Muslims? So Do We," followed by a picture of a man in long robes and stated the typical Muslim has "hatred for women," "a suicide vest" and "a peg-leg for smuggling children and heroin," according to a copy of the poster posted on The Hatchet's Web site.

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Foreign bureaus vital, speaker says

By Kim Selman | October 11

It is vital for U.S. media to maintain a presence overseas, Jonathan Landay, chief Pentagon correspondent for the McClatchy Company, said during a speech Monday in Mary Graydon Center. "You can cut back and cut back your staffs as much as you want, but at some point, it is going to be at diminishing returns," he said.

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Hollywood Video to close

By Rachel Trainer | October 11

Hollywood Video, a movie rental store in Tenleytown, is set to close within the next two months, but a definite closing date has not been set, according to Kendra North, a former Hollywood Video employee. It has stopped renting its merchandise and is currently selling all movies, video games and candy for a fraction of their usual cost.

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Students rally for Darfur divestment

By Amanda Hamedany | October 11

More than 300 students demonstrated outside the Old Executive Office Building Oct. 1 in support of the 2007 Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act. The legislation would authorize state and local governments to divest money from companies that do business with the Sudanese government, an action taken by the AU board of trustees more than a year ago.

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AU given middling grade for LGBT help

By Chris Cottrell | October 11

AU received slightly above-average rankings on a recent study that rated universities' friendliness toward gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and employees, but was rated lower than two other D.C. area schools. AU received 3.5 of a possible five stars, or 61 percent on the Campus Climate Index survey.

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International brief

October 11

British man finishes 13-year trek around world Jason Lewis, a British man, became the first person to circumnavigate the globe without the help of motors, sails or anything other than his own muscle power after completing a 13-year trek Saturday. The trek ended in the English town of Greenwich, which is south of London.

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National brief

October 11

jailed shoplifter's 'drugs' are crystallized cat urine A Florida woman was released from jail last week after lab tests revealed a substance in her handbag was crystallized cat urine and not drugs, according to United Press International. Police found what appeared to be a vial of methamphetamines in Cynthia Hunter's purse after she was arrested almost two months ago for shoplifting outside Tampa, according to UPI.

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AU alumnus killed in Afghanistan

By Jimm Phillips | October 8

Sgt. Zachary Tellier, a 1998 AU graduate, was killed by enemy fire in Firebase Wilderness, Afghanistan, Sept. 29, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Cape Cod Times. Tellier, 31, had served in Afghanistan since January with his unit - the Fourth Squadron, 73rd Calvary Regiment, Fourth Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division, according to the Concord (N.

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Fighting AIDS

By Laraine Weschler and Amanda Krause | October 8

AU students raised more than $13,000 for the Whitman-Walker Clinic at Saturday's AIDS Walk Washington, according to the event's Web site. AU Fights AIDS!, the AU team that participated in the walk Saturday morning, had the largest number of participants - 280 - in the walk and was fifth in fundraising with $13,173.

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October 8

CAMPUS BRIEF AU grad students and faculty raise awareness about death row inmate Graduate students from the School of Communication rallied for a death row inmate with guidance from two AU professors, according to an SOC announcement. The students, who all take a class with SOC professor Gemma Puglisi, wrote op-ed pieces and tabled on the quad to bring attention to the case of Troy Davis, a death row inmate in Georgia, according to the announcement.

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SANC advocates for indigenous peoples

By Allie Feras | October 8

The Undergraduate Senate passed a resolution Sunday encouraging the university to designate the second Monday of each October as Indigenous Peoples Day in addition to Columbus Day. The resolution encourages the AU community to enhance understanding of Native Americans' achievements and contributions to the United States and AU, according to the resolution.

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Prez support mainly on Internet

By Bobby Allyn | October 8

Although several presidential candidates enjoy support from AU students via Facebook, this support has not translated into the formation of in-person meetings of these groups at AU, with three exceptions. Groups of AU students meet in support of Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.

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Georgetown tightens alcohol rules

By Rachel Trainer | October 8

Stricter drinking regulations and punishments for Georgetown University students, announced by Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Todd Olsen in an Aug. 27 welcome letter to the student body, evoke comparisons to the newly tightened policies at AU.

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SG brief

October 8

The Undergraduate Senate confirmed Caitlin Douglas as the Student Government secretary by a roll call vote of 13-2 with eight abstentions. "Students need to care more about what the Student Government does," Douglas said. "I really want to get more student input.

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