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Students practice interview skills virtually

By Kelly Barrett | October 26

Students can now better prepare themselves for job interviews with the implementation of the virtual mock interviewing program InterviewStream this fall at the AU Career Center. InterviewStream allows students to undergo a mock interview in front of their own computer at any time, provided they have a computer with a webcam, by logging on to http://www.

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Campus brief: Katzen Arts Center opens new caf?

By Brian Kalish | October 26

The Katzen Caf? opened Monday outside the American University Museum in the Katzen Arts Center. The caf? menu includes sandwiches, espresso drinks, sodas, snacks, muffins and croissants, said caf? employee Chaunta Edmond. It is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.

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Identity theft risk high for students, AU IDs unaffected

By Wah-Hui Ong | October 23

According to the U.S. Department of Education, students nationwide are at a high risk for identity theft crimes because they are vulnerable to having their personal information such as Social Security numbers stolen, but at AU, the EagleBuck$ system is not linked to any personal identity numbers and provides little incentive for identity thieves.

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Campus brief: Annual fraternity event raises funds for children's health

By Kendra Garstka | October 23

Derby Days, Sigma Chi's annual philanthropy event, kicked off its week-long fundraiser Saturday with broomball. The money raised will go to Children's National Medical Center, D.C.'s Children's Miracle Network hospital. "All those who are participating in this year's Derby Days prove that raising money for a cause as good as this can be both rewarding and fun," said Patrick Sullivan, 2006 Derby Days Commissioner and a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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New senators sworn into SG, hold first meeting

By Cait Douglas | October 23

The second class of undergraduate senators was sworn in Wednesday night and re-elected Ben Murray as their speaker. Murray, a senior in the School of Public Affairs, said he was enthusiastic about the new class of senators. "I think we have a really great group of dedicated advocates and leaders that will start some much needed discussion on campus," he said.

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Metro calendar

By Rebecca Kern | October 23

Wednesday, Oct. 25 Washington's Most Haunted Houses 6:30-8:30 p.m. Lafayette Square Metro: Farragut West (blue and orange lines) President Andrew Jackson, navy hero Stephen Decatur, Henry Adams and his wife, Clover, are just several of the famous Washingtonians whose haunted homes will be visited on this walking tour of Washington's most haunted houses.

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Number of foreign students in U.S. falls

By Elyse Franko | October 23

The United States may soon lose its place as the top destination for international students, according to a report released Tuesday by the American Council on Education. Though U.S. universities still have the largest international student enrollment, some European and Asian countries are beating the United States in percentage growth of enrollment.

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Family Weekend features arts, song and service for visitors

By Bill Debaun | October 23

Cherie Booth Blair's speech was a part of AU's annual Family Weekend, which took place from Friday to Sunday. It offered a variety of events intended to give students and their families insight into the many different types of activities on campus. Friday's events included a myriad of open classes for families to get a taste of academic life on campus; an AU neighborhood bus tour that took families to important sites, historic and otherwise, around Tenleytown; and a historical walking tour of campus.

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Offbeat debates highlight tournament

By Stephen Tringali | October 23

Forty teams of college debaters from 12 schools gathered at AU Friday and Saturday to debate a variety of issues, some serious and some less serious, as part of an AU-sponsored event judged by the AU Debate Society. "Should conscription in the U.S. military be employed?" and "Are Vikings cooler than pirates?" were some of the cases debated.

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International briefs

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 23

Palestinian Prime Minister unharmed following gunfire attack Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was not harmed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on his convoy while traveling through Gaza Friday, according to Reuters. Officials said they did not believe the attack was an assassination attempt, Reuters reported.

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Activist signs book

By Robin Bravender | October 23

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and environmentalist Wangari Maathai visited the AU bookstore Saturday to greet students and sign copies of her new memoir, "Unbowed." Maathai, a Kenyan native, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her environmental activism in Africa.

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Booth Blair headlines Family Weekend

By Bill Debaun | October 23

Though the United States was the "first nation in the world founded on respect for human rights," its membership in two key international human rights documents would advance its position as a global human rights leader, said Cherie Booth Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, during her Family Weekend speech Saturday.

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Metro brief: Expansion of Metro to Tyson's Corner to begin next year at earliest

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 23

Plans to expand the Metro through Tyson's Corner to Dulles International Airport will be delayed for at least a year, according to The Washington Post. Construction, originally slated to begin later this year, has been pushed back to 2008 or later, The Post reported.

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UVM death elicits safety concerns

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 23

The disappearance of Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a senior at the University of Vermont who was found dead six days after she went missing, has led many to question the safety of students around college campuses, including AU. Gardner-Quinn disappeared from the downtown area near the University of Vermont Burlington and was reported missing after she missed a dinner she had previously planned with her parents, according to The Post.

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Race raises funds for 'Habitat'

By Ali Goldstein | October 23

Over 500 runners and walkers competed in the annual American Classic 5K Saturday to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity and encourage physical fitness on campus. The event was organized by Jason Eisen, Erin Bumgarner, Greg Rosenberg, Mark Stern and Chad Woodworth and assisted by the community service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega.

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Campus calendar

By Kendra Garstka | October 19

Thursday, Oct. 19 "Taking Your Product to Market: Clinical Research and Product Launch for Drugs and Devices" 9:30 a.m.-noon, WCL, room 603 Speakers include Lynn Shapiro Snyder and Robert Wanerman of Epstein Becker and Green. For more information, contact (202) 274-4075.

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Language forum examines effect of homophobia

By Robin Bravender | October 19

Homophobia is "a real phenomenon that affects real people's lives," said Bill Leap, a professor in AU's anthropology department, about the topic of a conference held Friday on the effect of homophobic language on people's lives and public policy. Leap defined homophobic language as "statements of disdain, disgust or hatred of persons who are homosexual or are assumed to be homosexual.

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