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Metro calendar

By Rebecca Kern | March 26

Now through May 28 Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember - Photographs by Melody Golding Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays, noon-5 p.m. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. N.W. Metro: Metro Center (red, blue and orange lines) Fifty-three photographs by photographer Melody Golding document Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the determination of Gulf residents.

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Senate certifies SG elections, approves first female chair

By Cassie Passinault | March 26

After a presentation by now-former Board of Elections chairman Joe Pavel, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs, the Undergraduate Senate certified the results of the spring Student Government elections held March 5 and 6. Though many questions arose regarding the presidential elections, it was found by the BOE that neither write-in votes nor abstentions would have had an impact on the result.

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National brief: Dark chocolate improves blood vessel function, study shows

By Jimm Phillips | March 26

Scientists presented findings Saturday from a clinical trial that showed eating dark chocolate improves blood vessel function, according to Reuters. Scientific researchers from the Yale Prevention Research Center, one of the groups involved in the study, presented their findings at the American College of Cardiology's annual meeting in New Orleans, Reuters reported.

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NC college to eliminate all student loans

By Tony Romm | March 26

Davidson College announced last Monday it plans to eliminate loans from its financial aid packages next August in favor of more grant and federal work-study money, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. AU interim Provost Ivy E. Broder said AU was not considering a similar move at this time.

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PR class aids son of stunt pilot

By Kyra Smerkanich | March 26

When Gemma Puglisi attended the funeral for Nancy Lynn, the stoic image of her son, Pete Muntean, stuck with her. "I was devastated and my heart went out to her son," Puglisi said. "I knew then that I wanted to devote this coming semester to Nancy and to her son, Pete.

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Library to offer 24-hour access

By Brian Kalish | March 26

The library will be open 24 hours a day, from 9 a.m. Sundays to 10 p.m. Fridays, beginning the third week of the fall 2007 semester, according to Acting University Librarian Diana Vogelsong. Students have long demanded for the library be open 24 hours, and the library listened, she said.

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Two students injured in hit-and-run

By Jimm Phillips | March 26

Two AU students were injured in a hit-and-run near Tenley Circle on March 15, according to reports from several D.C.-area news outlets. NBC4.com reported that the two students - one male and one female - had just exited a Metro bus and were crossing Nebraska Avenue at a crosswalk near Tenley Circle around 11 p.

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Gymnastics team hosts fundraiser

By Howard Perlman | March 26

The AU Gymnastics Team hosted its Kid's Night Out fundraiser Saturday to help raise money for its trip to nationals next month. Participating children watched movies, played basketball and soccer and ate pizza and soda, according to Julie Wojtulewicz, a sophomore in the School of International Service and Gymnastics Team treasurer.

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Firm contracted to redesign site

By Howard Perlman | March 26

Strategic design organization firm HUGE will help AU research and gather recommendations on how to revamp www.american.edu, a process some students favor. HUGE is currently assisting AU in the first phase of the Web appearance revamp process, the "discovery, research, and analysis phase.

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EcoSense to participate in climate change rally

By Rebecca Kern | March 26

EcoSense, AU's student environmental group, is helping to plan and organize an April 14 rally on the National Mall called National Climate Action Day to urge Congress to address global warming issues. Claire Roby, EcoSense president and a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the rally is being planned by Step It Up, a campaign of more than 950 movements nationwide asking Congress to "step it up" by cutting carbon emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, according to its Web site.

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D.C. literacy below national average, study says

By Emily Blanck | March 26

Thirty-six percent of D.C. residents ages 16 and over are currently functioning at the lowest level of literacy, according to a report released last week by the State Education Agency. The lowest level of literacy is defined by the State Education Agency, as people who "can perform no more than the most simple and concrete literacy skills.

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AU selects Gill as new athletic director

By Jimm Phillips | March 26

Interim President Neil Kerwin announced Thursday that he chose Keith Gill, senior associate athletics director for administration at the University of Oklahoma, as AU's new director of athletics and recreation. According to an AU press release, Kerwin chose Gill for the position because of his leadership abilities and his commitment to making athletes' academic achievement a priority.

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Health Center receives vaccine despite delay

By Kim Selman | March 26

The Student Health Center's shipment of the HPV vaccine Gardasil arrived on March 22 after being on back order for several weeks, according to Daniel Bruey, Student Health Center director. The vaccine shipment, which The Eagle previously reported, was originally scheduled to arrive by the end of February, will start to be administered the week of April 2, according to Bruey.

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FLY volunteers mentor, engage D.C. youth

By Ali Goldstein | March 22

Facilitating Leadership in Youth, an AU club that tutors and builds relationships with youth from the Barry Farms Public Housing Community in Anacostia, D.C., will see its first two students graduate from high school this spring. Three AU students volunteering in Anacostia started the club in the late 1990s after forming relationships with the area's youth.

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Texas university picked to host Bush library

By Dyane Jean Francois Fils | March 22

Leaders of the United Methodist Church gave Southern Methodist University permission last Thursday to host a library complex and institute for President George W. Bush. Although SMU President Gerald Turner said he was grateful for the vote, some SMU professors voiced disapproval of the complex, the Dallas Morning News reported.

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AU's Roosevelt Institution considered top think tank

By Brittany Aubin | March 22

AU's chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, the student think tank, is considered one of the top 10 in the country, according to President and co-founder Daniel Maree, a sophomore in the School of International Service. The Roosevelt Institution, which is the first student-run think tank, was created in November 2004 by four undergraduates from Stanford University.

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Health Center says Gardasil on back order

By Kim Selman | March 22

The Student Health Center announced earlier this year it would begin administering the HPV vaccine Gardasil by the end of February, but the vaccine is on back order and expected to arrive by the beginning of next week, according to Health Center Director Daniel Bruey.

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