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By Rebecca Kern | October 9

Tuesday, Oct. 10 Eric Clapton's World Tour 7:30 p.m. Verizon Center, 601 F St. N.W. Metro: Gallery Place-Chinatown (red, green and yellow lines) See Eric Clapton perform his famous rock 'n' roll classics live at the Verizon Center. The Robert Cray Band will open.

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Board reforms include student, faculty members

October 9

During the Ladner scandal last fall, the AU board of trustees came under fire for their actions. Since then, the board has taken major steps towards transparency while reforming. The decision to reform AU governance began after former President Benjamin Ladner agreed to sever all ties with the university in exchange for a $3.

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Style Network refurbishes Anderson lounge

By Brian Kalish | October 9

The first floor lounge of Anderson Hall was remodeled over the weekend and revealed to the public yesterday by a team of designers from a Style Network program who modeled it after a Los Angeles restaurant and lounge called Dolce. AU was invited to apply for the makeover by the show's producers, who wanted to feature a D.

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Matthews cancels talk, KPU replaces speaker

By Bill Debaun | October 9

The Kennedy Political Union will present Cherie Booth Blair, Queen's Counsel and wife of Tony Blair, during Family Weekend instead of Chris Matthews because of an "overriding professional engagement" that caused Matthews to cancel, according to KPU Director Taylor Robinson.

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SPA major restructured

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 9

AU students studying political science in the School of Public Affairs will now be able to choose from six areas of specialization as part of the restructuring of the political science major, according to department of government adviser Nat Williamson. The six areas of concentration are Policy; American Government; Comparative Politics; Law and Politics; Political Theory; and Race, Gender and Politics.

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Town hall examines budget

By Kaylor Garcia | October 9

The University Budget Committee held its first town hall meeting Tuesday for the formulation of the budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. Ivy Broder, interim provost, and Don Myers, treasurer and vice president of finance, said the open forum would be crucial in deciding the priorities of the university budget.

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Campus brief: SG begins fall campaign season

By Cait Douglas | October 5

The Student Government kicked off fall elections Tuesday night with a "Candidates and Coffee" meet-and-greet in the Mud Box. "We were pleased by the turnout; obviously we would always want more people," Board of Elections Chair Joe Pavel said. The Undergraduate Senate and Class of 2010 council campaigns began this week and will continue until polls open on Monday.

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By Kendra Garstka | October 5

Thursday, Oct. 5 Human Rights Film Series: "Amandla!" 6 p.m., Wechsler Theatre The screening is part of the seventh annual Human Rights Film Series that explores the ways film and media can be used to promote and protect human rights. Light refreshments will be served and the screening will be followed by a discussion.

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Fire safety impacts students in, out of dorms

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 5

Fire safety continues to be a major concern for students living in on- and off-campus housing, but AU is unable to regulate off-campus housing. Since January 2000, there have been 89 student fatalities that have occurred nationwide as a result of fire, according to the Center for Campus Fire Safety, The Center said approximately 80 percent of these fires occurred on off-campus housing.

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Bringing Their 'A' Game: Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon on "The Departed"

By Todd Matthy | October 5

"Cops or criminals, when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?" That's the tagline for Martin Scorsese's latest crime drama "The Departed," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. In this drama, an undercover cop (DiCaprio) infiltrates a Boston mob syndicate run by a man named Costello (Nicholson) while a criminal (Damon) infiltrates the state police.

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Metro brief: Majority of D.C.-area blacks, Hispanics own homes

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 5

A new report released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows black and Hispanic families in the D.C. region are more likely to own their homes when compared to national figures, according to The Washington Post. Most notably, about 63 percent of all immigrants own their own homes, according to The Post, especially Asian and Hispanic immigrants.

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Colleges seek home-schooled

By Allison Young | October 5

With an estimate of between 1.1 million and 2 million home-schooled students in the United States, college officials now realize that catering to these students is in their best interest, said Barmak Nissirian, associate executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.

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Board probes records scandal

By Cait Douglas | October 5

The Judicial Board launched an investigation Tuesday into the incomplete time sheets submitted by Student Government executives and the Executive Cabinet. The official investigation will look into the "alleged financial misconduct and wrongdoing by the Executive Branch," according to a judicial order authored by board Chairman Joe Vidulich.

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Web program targets plagiarism, concerns students

By Courtney Albon | October 5

AU is currently piloting a program that will observe how the implementation of a Web-based product called Turnitin could affect the academic culture on campus. The multipurpose resource, one of several on the market, offers tools including plagiarism prevention, peer review and an online paperless grading system.

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Event to aid kids' hospital

By Tracy Kania | October 5

AU's Panhellenic Association hosted a kick-off meeting for the Up 'til Dawn campaign last Thursday to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Allie Avishai, director of the fundraiser at AU and a junior in both the School of Communication and School of International Service, said St.

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National briefs

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 5

Fifth girl dies after Amish school shooting A 7-year-old girl died Tuesday following the deadly shooting at an Amish schoolhouse. This brings the death toll from the attack to six, with five other girls still in critical condition, according to CNN. CNN reported that several incidents, including the death of his daughter in 1997 and trauma he suffered as a child, could have motivated Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32, to go on a shooting spree Monday before killing himself.

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Library begins penny drive

By Alexa Antonuk | October 2

A coin drive for Bender Library kicked off yesterday with the goal of raising $10,000 from campus groups and students to improve the library's offerings, said Peter Brusoe, chair of the Student Working Group of the Friends of the American University Library.

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