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By Ryan Grannan-Doll | February 20

Average college freshman gains seven pounds According to a published study by Rutgers University, college freshmen don't gain the "Freshman 15", but only an additional seven pounds, said The Daily Princetonian. The study monitored 67 student volunteers from September to April who ate regularly in the Rutgers dining hall.

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RHA president gets leadership award

By Rebecca Kern | February 20

Will Mount, a senior in the School of Public Affairs and president of AU's Residence Hall Association, was recently awarded RHA President of the Year at the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls Convention. Representatives from colleges and universities in D.

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Founder's Week ends with contest and dance

By Kendra Garstka | February 20

Thirty clubs and organizations decorated eagle centerpieces as part of "The Eagle Challenge," that premiered Saturday night at the Founder's Day Ball, marking the end of Founder's Week. The centerpieces were judged by the Office of Campus Life on criteria such as creativity, AU spirit and how well it represented the organization, according to Leah Kreimer, Student Government vice president.

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U.S. Senate summons students, trustees to forum

By Mary Specht | February 20

The staff of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee asked several past and present AU trustees, students and officials to attend a meeting on Capitol Hill March 3 as part of its investigation into financial mismanagement at nonprofits, according to those who have been invited.

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Campus brief: Students celebrate mock weddings

By Laraine Weschler | February 20

Students of all sexual orientations were invited to participate in mock weddings on the quad as part of National Freedom to Marry Day on Feb. 14. They were given marriage certificates good for one day as well as rings, candy and poppers to celebrate the weddings.

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Meditation club brings guest speakers, new ideas

By Tiffany Heimbuch-Maybee | February 20

Rebekah Moan, a senior in the School of Communication started a meditation club at AU last semester that offers different types of meditation, including destressing and spiritual enlightenment. "The meditation I teach, Ananda Marga, is a mantra meditation, where you repeat a phrase over and over again to focus on God and love," she said.

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Metro calendar

By Kelly Kerr | February 20

Monday, Feb. 20 George Washington Birthday Parade 1-3 p.m. King and Royal Streets, Alexandria, VA (Old Town Alexandria) 703-991-4474 Take the Metro to King Street (Blue and Yellow Lines) Admission: Free Old Town Alexandria will celebrate George Washington's birthday with a parade featuring more than 100 marching bands, equestrian groups, military units and reenactment units, with Earl Lloyd, the first Afican American to play in the NBA, as the parade's Grand Marshall.

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Metro briefs

February 20

Students protest Belarusian dictatorshop Students for a Global Democracy protested against Belarusan dictatorship last Thursday in front of the Belarusian Embassy on New Hampshire Avenue. The students joined citizens worldwide in protesting on behalf of Belarusian political prisoners, abducted opposition leaders and missing journalists, according to a Students for Global Democracy International press release.

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D.C. councilman takes interest in local college students

By Brian Kalish | February 20

Robert Gordon, a longtime Advisory Neighborhood Council commissioner, officially announced his candidacy for the D.C. City Council Thursday. His announcement was made at the historic Avalon Theatre on Connecticut Ave., which Gordon helped restore. Gordon is running in the Democratic primary for the city council, which includes AU.

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Changes to GRE will occur this fall

By Lauren Gardner | February 16

Changes to the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) graduate school entrance exam will not be implemented until October 2007 because of the switch from fixed testing centers to a secure Internet system, according to David Payne, executive director for the GRE program.

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Media professionals look at changing technology

By Laraine Weschler | February 16

With broadcasting available on cell phones, iPods and computer screens, "having a cup of coffee with your morning paper no longer requires any paper," said Tony Varona, a professor at the Washington College of Law at a panel on media convergence last week.

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Gospel choir unites students

By Sereena Hamm | February 16

After nearly 30 years of club status on AU's campus, the gospel choir, whose goal is to bring students together through performance and fellowship, is more diverse than ever before. Joy Henry, a senior in the School of Communication and chaplain of the choir, said the diversity of the group is one of its greatest strengths.

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Facebook continues to create tension: Class of 2010 joins early

By Laraine Weschler | February 16

Many of the incoming students of the Class of 2010 have already joined Facebook.com, the popular college social network, even though their freshmen year won't start for another six months. Sixty-five students now belong to the Facebook group, "AU Class of 2010.

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Report shows employment rates steadily increase

By Rebecca Kern | February 16

The National Association of Colleges and Employers issued its Job Outlook 2006 report predicting employment rates to increase 14.5 percent during the 2005-2006 year. Katherine Stahl, executive director of the Career Center, said the 500 students and employers who participated in last week's School of International Service Career Week are "exemplary of what is going on in terms of the job market heating up a bit.

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Dialogue needed in response to cartoon controversy

By Kyra Smerkanich | February 16

At a discussion yesterday, AU professors said that the debate over freedom of the press and respect for religion shows the need for an open dialogue in response to the upheaval about the provocative Muhammad cartoons that ran in a Danish newspaper. As previously reported in The Eagle, tensions between Western countries and the Muslim world erupted when the Danish paper chose to publish cartoons that portrayed the prophet Muhammad, despite the fact images of Muhammad are prohibited in Islam.

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Campus brief: Kogod grad school wins ad campaign award

By Elyse Franko | February 16

Kogod's Graduate School of Business won a Gold Advertising Award in the Admissions Marketing Report Annual Advertising Awards competition Feb. 1. Kogod received the award for the "Where are you going?" campaign, which appeared in D.C. Metro cars and print ads last year.

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National briefs

February 16

Intelligence unit flagged September 11 terrorist A secret Pentagon intelligence unit flagged September 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta 13 times before the attacks ,said Rep. Curt Weldon in an Associated Press report Wednesday. Weldon also said in 2000 the "Able Danger" intelligence unit identified "a problem" in Yemen shortly before the U.

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