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Historically black colleges lack GLBT support, report says

By Brittany Aubin | April 19

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups struggle for equal rights at historically black universities and colleges, such as D.C.'s Howard University, according to Brandon Braud, Human Rights Campaign's diversity manager. However, AU's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center Program Coordinator Nicholas Shigeru Sakurai had a different outlook on GLBT issues at historically black universities.

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Metro brief: Panel to review D.C. emergency response system

By Jimm Phillips | April 19

A new panel convened on Tuesday to review long-standing problems with the District's emergency medical system as part of the settlement of a lawsuit the family of slain journalist David Rosenbaum filed against the city, The Washington Post reported. Rosenbaum died in January 2006 after being wounded in a mugging near his home in Northwest D.

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College Repubs pledge constitutional reforms

By Kendra Garstka | April 19

In light of recent questions about the leadership of the College Republicans, the club's executive board met April 11 with Kimberly Herrera, a staff member from Student Activities, and Bernie Schultz, the club's adviser in the Office of Campus Life, and have gone on the record in attempts to clear up confusion about the club's leadership and dues collection.

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Carville, Bolton debate Iraq war, '08 elections

By Allie Feras | April 19

Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton and Democratic political consultant and pundit James Carville debated over the Iraq War Monday night at the Forum on Current Affairs held in Bender Arena. The debate was moderated by George Stephanopoulos, anchor of ABC's "This Week.

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National brief: Copycat school threats follow Virginia Tech shooting

By Jimm Phillips | April 19

Schools and colleges in at least 10 states locked down or evacuated students yesterday in response to threats meant to capitalize on tension following Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech, The Associated Press reported. Threats at schools in Louisiana, Montana and Washington State were meant to copycat, or alluded to, Monday's shootings, which left 33 people dead.

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Increase in price of college met with rise in income

By Christopher Cottrell | April 19

Financing a post-secondary education is becoming more expensive every year. However, as tuition costs rise, so have the average incomes of incoming freshmen's families. Today's freshmen are financially much better off than previous generations, according to a report from the University of California at Los Angeles.

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, D, speaks to a crowd of between 3,500 and 5,000 people that marched to the Capitol building on Monday in support of federal legislation that would give the District of Columbia a voting seat in the House of Representatives.

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D.C. citizens rally for voting rights

By Jimm Phillips | April 19

AU students joined thousands of people in a march down Pennsylvania Avenue from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Capitol Monday, rallying at both ends of the march in support of legislation that would give the District of Columbia a voting member in the House of Representatives.

Students bow their heads in reflection and remembrance at a candlelight vigil in the Kay Spiritual Life Center Monday night. The vigil was held in honor of the 32 victims of the Virginia Tech massacre who were killed after Virginia Tech student Cho Seung-

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Students mourn Virginia Tech victims

By Kaylor Garcia | April 19

A media package mailed to NBC News may shed light on what the person who killed 32 people and himself Monday in two shooting incidents on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was doing in the time between the incidents. The new information came to light as AU, along with the rest of the nation, continued to mourn what has been called the worst mass shooting in U.

Xan Hopcraft, a future SIS grad school student, Rachel Weingartner, a sophomore in CAS, and Delawit Mesfin, a sophomore in SOC, smoke a hookah in a tent on the quad last week to promote Palestine Awareness Week.

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Palestine Awareness Week features hunger strike, film

April 16

On the first day of the Save Gaza hunger strike, Rachel Weingartner, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she was irritable. On the second, she smoked a lot. Weingartner refrained from eating during daylight hours for four days as a fundraiser for the Save Gaza organization.

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Metro calendar

By Rebecca Kern | April 16

Now through Wednesday, April 18 "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune" 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. S.W. Metro: Waterfront-SEU (green line) This play tells the story of a one-night stand between Frankie, a waitress, and Johnny, a short-order cook.

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RHA elects new executive board

By Jimm Phillips | April 16

Campus residents approved the new RHA constitution and elected the 2007-2008 RHA executive board - Dorothy Mejia as Residence Hall Association president, Jeffery Bloom as vice president of finance and administration, Jackie Buente as vice president of programming and Christine Felty as vice president of advocacy - current RHA President Jeffrey Hanley, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs, announced Friday.

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Survey says job market easier for college grads

By Michael Ono | April 16

AU graduating seniors will have a slightly easier time finding a job this year than last year's graduates, according to a recent survey by the job hunting Web site Monster.com. The study also found that over a period of one year, wages failed to increase despite employers hiring more students.

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Campus briefs

By Kyra Smerkanich | April 16

Four AU students named AU Students Curtis Harris, a sophomore in the School of International Service; Maureen Reed, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences; Alison Shott, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs; and Katie Young, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, were selected Killam Fellows, according to American Weekly.

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Metro brief: Prosecutors drop charges against D.C. high school student

By Jimm Phillips | April 16

Federal prosecutors dropped charges in late March against Eugene Huff, 18, who was accused of shooting a fellow student outside Cardozo Senior High School, The Washington Post reported Friday. Channing Phillips, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office, told the Post they decided to drop the charges due to a lack of evidence.

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SG lowers executive, cabinet pay

By Cassie Passinault | April 16

During a special session of the Undergraduate Senate April 15, the Senate passed a bill to decrease the stipends of Student Government executives and their cabinet directors. The bill passed with 13 yeas, three nays and one abstention. Peter Wahlberg, senator for the College of Arts and Sciences and sponsor of the bill, said the bill's purpose is to "rationalize, standardize and simplify the bylaws of the SG.

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Alcohol-related death raises concern

By Patricio Chile | April 16

The death of a freshman student from alcohol poisoning two weeks ago at Rider University in Lawrence, N.J., has renewed concerns about the prevalence of drinking on college campuses. AU administrators said they are committed to preventing alcohol abuse at AU.

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National brief: Abstinence programs have little effect on teen behavior, according to study

By Jimm Phillips | April 16

A Congress-mandated study released on Friday shows that students who participated in abstinence-only education classes exhibited nearly the same sexual behaviors as students who did not take the classes, according to The Associated Press. The study, which was conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.