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College Democrats hold first meeting following suspension Josh Goodman, a junior in the School of International Service, was named acting treasurer Tuesday at the College Democrats' first meeting since being suspended and losing their spring funding. All campus clubs are allotted money through the AU Club Council and are required to fundraise 10 percent of the funds they are given, The Eagle previously reported.

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Thursday, March 1 "The Danish 'Flexicurity' Labor-Market Model and the Question of Cross-National Transferability of Institutions" 12:45-2 p.m. Clark Hall, room 130 Anna Ilsoe, research fellow at the University of Copenhagen's Employment Relations Research Centre, will outline Denmark's flexicurity and whether it could be transferred to the United States.

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Conference looks at use of Facebook as evidence

Lawyers and college administrators debated whether Facebook should be used as a law enforcement tool at a conference on student policing and privacy hosted by Stetson University Monday, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. AU does not use Facebook as evidence against students, according to Gail Hanson, vice president for Campus Life.


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Metro brief: Tenleytown hardware store robbed

District police continued to search yesterday for a woman suspected of being involved in the Tuesday robbery of a Tenleytown hardware store, according to NBC4.com. A group of men reportedly robbed the Ace Hardware store, located in the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue N.




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Utah university blocks use of YouTube.com

Brigham Young University recently added Youtube.com, the popular user-generated video Web site, to a list of URLs blocked to its students. The school blocks sites it considers to contain violent or pornographic material. AU blocks no Web sites currently, but has the capacity to do so if deemed necessary.


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AU officials discuss budget, presidential search

AU students' tuition and housing costs will rise by 6 percent annually in 2008 and 2009 in the budgets passed by the board of trustees Friday, according to Interim Provost Ivy Broder and Vice President of Finance Donald Myers. The board also allowed for two modifications to the increase.


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Muslim panel explores different sects, Islam in America

A Sunni and a Shi'a speaker called for dialogue between the two Islamic sects during the panel discussion, "Sunni-Shi'a Differences: Realities, Myths, and Challenges" in the McDowell formal lounge Feb. 22. Imam Abo Fazel Nahidian from the Manassas Mosque, a Shi'a mosque in Virginia, and Sunni professor Sulayman Nyang from Howard University were the featured speakers of the event, which was sponsored by the Minaret of Freedom Institute and the American University Muslim Student Association.


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National brief: 'Kentucky Fried' rats overrun NYC restaurant

About a dozen rats were seen scampering around the eating area of a Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell restaurant in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood Friday, according to the Associated Press. Onlookers began to amass outside the restaurant's windows after a television crew began filming the rat onslaught.


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Mass. prof allowed to grow research marijuana

A judge at the Drug Enforcement Administration ruled that a University of Massachusetts professor should be permitted to grow research-grade marijuana, a press release by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies reported last week, according to The Washington Post.


Some Anderson residents said they cannot use their lounge regularly because it is locked.
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Lounge access divides residents

Some residents on the first floor of Anderson Hall say they dislike the newly refurbished lounge because it does not have couches and is often locked or unavailable when residents want to use it. "It's nice, but it's not special," Anderson first floor resident Joseph Clark, a sophomore in the Kogod School of Business said.


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U of Illinois ordered to retire controversial mascot

The National Collegiate Athletic Association ruled that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign should retire its mascot, Chief Illiniwek, last week. Although the university said in a report on their Web site that students have been protesting the mascot since 1989, AU students had mixed reactions about the use of Native American mascots for athletic teams.


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Forum opens a discussion about campus diversity

Controversial, racially motivated postings on the Daily Jolt and Facebook were the reason for Thursday's University Diversity forum, that examined race relations on campus. About 150 students from American, Howard, Georgetown and George Washington University attended the two-and-a-half hour forum in the Tavern.


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Gannett purchases second Fla. college newspaper

Gannett Company, Inc., announced Feb. 13 its purchase of its second student newspaper in Florida, reviving debate about whether it is advantageous for students to have private companies controlling their campus papers. An article printed in the Central Florida Future, the student newspaper at the University of Central Florida, said Gannett purchased the Future through Florida Today, a daily newspaper.


Sam Schiro, director of WI's Stress and Health division, discussed the media's role in body image.
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Week raises awareness about eating disorders

Different programs marked Eating Disorder Awareness Week at AU, which is meant to inform students about various types of eating disorders and how they can get help through informative workshops dealing with nutrition, fitness and body image. The objectives of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week are to promote understanding of illnesses such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating, to make treatment more accessible to those who suffer from them and to prevent people from developing such disorders in the future, according to the National Eating Disorders Association's Web site.



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Housing and Dining to streamline room draw

Room Draw began this past week with applications for Nebraska Hall due last Friday and will continue through March 19 when the draw occurs. The room draw process this year will be very similar to what occurred last year with some minor changes, according to Paul Lynch, assistant director of Housing and Dining Programs, who is responsible for room assignments and billing.


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Monday, Feb. 26 Hot Chocolate and German Movies 6 p.m. Goethe-Institut, 814 Seventh St. N.W. Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown (red, green and yellow lines) Enjoy a creamy cup of German-style hot chocolate and films by some of today's award-winning German directors.



Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.


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