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Comparing mayoral candidates before election

By Jimm Phillips | September 11

During the upcoming primary election on Sept. 12, D.C. voters will choose Democratic, Republican and D.C. Statehood Party nominees for a variety of city government offices. As a public service, The Eagle presents information on the mayoral primary candidates and the views they have on crime and education.

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Students found AU's first peer-edited online journal

By Jess Reamy | September 11

A new student-run academic journal for AU undergraduates will release its first issue Sept. 19, said Taylor Robinson, a junior in the School of Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences and one of the founders of the online "Clocks and Clouds" journal.

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National SAT scores fall, AU unaffected

By Rebecca Kern | September 11

Across the nation, the average score on the reading and math sections of the newly revamped 2006 SAT demonstrated the largest decline in 31 years, according to a report from the College Board. This year, the College Board, a non-profit organization that administers the SAT, expanded the test by adding a writing section, changing the former verbal portion into a critical reading section and keeping the former math section.

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Lounges-turned-dorms to be vacated today

By Allie Feras | September 11

Every year the study lounges on Anderson floors 2 and 6 are used as temporary housing for students who plan to live off-campus but have yet to find a place to live. Temporary housing is open on the second floor for males and the sixth floor for females during the first three weeks of the semester.

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Abroad programs transferred to Office of Provost

By Kendra Garstka | September 11

AU Abroad and Abroad at AU are now managed by the Office of the Provost because the programs have developed to their "mature" phase, said Sara Dumont, director of AU Abroad and Abroad at AU. "The work we have accomplished over the past three years under OIA [Office of International Affairs] have led us to a point where we have a comprehensive set of strong study abroad offerings around the world, and that is certainly here to stay," Dumont said.

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Changes to Facebook prompt new privacy settings

By Rebecca Kern | September 11

Student frustrations concerning the new changes to Facebook.com have caused Facebook's creator to add increased privacy settings. At midnight Sept. 4, Facebook.com members noticed a more public display of personal information with the new News Feed and Mini-News Feed features.

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Metro brief: Less publicized mayoral candidates optimistic about election

By Rebecca Kern | September 11

This Tuesday, Sept. 12, is Election Day for the highly contested D.C. mayoral race, and the most attention in the race has been given to the five candidates with the most money and highest recognition: Michael A. Brown, Linda Cropp, Adrian M. Fenty, Marie C.

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Metro calendar

September 11

Saturday, Sept. 10 Jewish Literacy Festival 1 p.m. until sunset, through Sept. 20 D.C. Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. N.W. Metro: Dupont Circle (red line) The annual event features lectures, films, readings and receptions focusing on letters from the Jewish community.

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9/11 Unity Walk joins different faiths, cultures

By Kyra Smerkanich | September 11

An Islamic call to prayer in a Jewish synagogue set the tone for the 9/11 Unity Walk, an event designed to bring hundreds of people together from different faiths in honor of the anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The event, now in its second year, took place yesterday at various churches, mosques, synagogues and other religious buildings along Massachusetts Avenue, including the National Cathedral, the Gandhi Memorial and the Islamic Center.

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Campus brief: Student Government begins new term

By Cait Douglas | September 11

The Undergraduate Senate gaveled in a new term on Sunday with only eight of the 30 senators present. The Student Government executives presented summaries of their achievements over the summer as well as what they hope to accomplish in the coming weeks. SG President Ashley Mushnick spoke on some of her summer accomplishments, continuing former SG president Kyle Taylor's DVD initiative, Eagle Flicks, a rental system that will offer thousands of movie titles for AU students that will arrive in the coming weeks and be located in Mary Graydon Center.

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Faculty nominees for search announced

By Elyse Franko | September 11

The faculty members for the Presidential Search Committee will be elected by the end of next week, according to Faculty Senate Chair Jonathan Loesberg. The three elected faculty members will serve under board Chairman Gary Abramson on a committee that will choose a permanent replacement for Interim President Neil Kerwin.

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Our spirit still soars

September 11

Editor's note: To reflect more fully on the meaning of Sept. 11 to our generation, The Eagle chose to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11 by publishing these first-person student accounts describing where the authors found themselves at the time the terrorist attacks occurred.

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Presenting the 2006-2007 AU Student Government

By Cait Douglas | September 7

The Student Government controls over $558,000 in students' money, which is used for purposes ranging from bringing bands and speakers to campus to advocating on behalf of students to university officials. Below are brief profiles on the members of the executive body and its cabinet to introduce you to those students whose SG salaries are funded by their fellow students.

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Guide places AU in 'Top 20' LGBT-friendly schools

By Allie Ferras | September 7

The Advocate, the oldest continuing gay publication in the United States, recently included AU in its "Top 20 Best of the Best" of its "100 Best" in "The Advocate Guide for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Students." In an e-mail to the entire AU community, Interim President Kerwin called the inclusion a "tribute to the staff and student leaders who currently work or previously have worked at AU's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center, as well as a tribute to our campus-wide efforts to create a welcoming campus environment for all.

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Lichtman arrested at Senate debate

By Kendra Garstka | September 7

Allan Lichtman, an AU history professor and Maryland Democratic candidate for the Senate, was arrested Aug. 31. after protesting and refusing to leave Maryland Public Television's Owings Mills studio, according to the Baltimore Sun. "That's the response of MPT to a candidate exercising free speech rights - clamp him in irons!" Lichtman wrote in a letter to explain his arrest and express his reaction.

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AU prof forges interfaith ties, wins prize

By Lauren Gardner | September 7

Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic studies at AU, was one of five winners of the Purpose Prize, a new initiative to invest in Americans over 60 who are helping to solve long-standing social problems, according to a press release from the think tank that developed the award.

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Soil near Kreeger removed due to high arsenic levels

By Lauren Gardner | September 7

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began excavating arsenic-containing soil from the southeast corner of the Kreeger building, as well as adjacent properties on Rockwood Parkway on Aug. 29, after soil sample tests showed arsenic contamination above acceptable levels.

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