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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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'West Wing' actor calls politics 'dueling publicity'

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | February 16

Bradley Whitford, a veteran stage actor famous for his role as Josh Lyman on "The West Wing," spoke about how political campaigns are decided through the perception of candidates who blurt talking points on television through "dueling publicity." Whitford talked to students on Monday night in Bender Arena and offered former presidential candidate Howard Dean's scream at a campaign appearance as an example of the role appearances play in politics.

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Forum explores economic reform in North Korea

By Carolyn Phenicie | February 16

North Korea is experiencing "real economic reform," said professor Alexander Vorontsov at the 98th Washington Asia Forum, which the Center for Asian Studies sponsored Wednesday. In July 2002, the North Korean government announced new economic reforms, including raising wages and food prices, greater independence for the managers of companies and the end of subsidized rice production.

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Facebook continues to create tension

By Laraine Weschler | February 16

Faculty, staff and students recently attended a conference at AU to learn about Facebook and other similar online communities and how employers have used student's profiles to screen potential candidates for jobs. "A number of important issues were raised at the inservice," said Dean of Students Faith Leonard.

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Campus calendar

By Kate Oczypok | February 16

Thursday, Feb. 16 "The Death Penalty: Religious, Moral and Legal Perspectives" 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., WCL, room 603 This event will examine the development of the death penalty in religious law and the evolution of social moral thought relating to the death penalty.

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Protesters denied FOIA expedition

By Jimm Phillips | February 16

The Department of Defense refused a request to expedite the processing of a Freedom of Information Act by an anti-war group whose protests have been under Pentagon surveillance, according to the Partnership for Civil Justice, a civil rights organization. The Partnership for Civil Justice filed the FOIA request on behalf of the Act Now to Stop War & End Racism Coalition and the National Lawyers Guild on Dec.

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Metro calendar

By Kelly Kerr | February 13

Monday, Feb. 13 Salvador Dali and Gala Eluard: Ununited Even in Death 1100 Jefferson Dr., S.W. (S. Dillon Ripley Center - Smithsonian Institution) 202-252-0012 , 6:30 p.m., Tickets: $25 Metro: Smithsonian (Orange and Blue Lines) Just in time for Valentine's Day, this illustrated lecture will focus on the celebrated surrealist Salvador Dali's volatile affair with his mistress Gala Eluard.

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Bill increases student loan interest rates, reduces spending

By Kate Oczypok and Kendra Garstka | February 13

AU will begin holding workshops to educate students on effectively managing their loans following changes in financial aid funding in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, according to a report from the Office of Management and Budget. The financial aid office will be sending out a newsletter regarding the issues specifically concerning students.

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SG senator quits from abroad

By Cait Douglas | February 13

Class of 2007 Senator Nick Johnson resigned from his position after being pressured with impeachment charges by the Undergraduate Senate. Johnson, who served two terms in the former General Assembly, is currently studying abroad in London. The impeachment charges, filed by Charlie Biscotto, Class of 2008 senator, requested the timely removal of Johnson from office and were a compelling factor in Johnson's resignation.

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National briefs

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | February 13

Blackberry creates new software Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry technology, announced Friday they have created new software that does not violate any patents, allowing the continuation of its existing wireless e-mail service, The Washington Post reported.

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Basketball recruitment fliers called 'sexist'

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 13

Organizations around campus were outraged last week after discovering a recruiting flier from the AU men's basketball team that referred to Washington, D.C., as "the number one place to find babes," and reminded prospective recruits that "AU has twice as many female students as male students.

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Management, leases change at Park Bethesda

By Kyra Smerkanich | February 13

Students will now live alongside public residents at Park Bethesda, AU's off-campus apartment building, after revenue losses led Housing and Dining to contract with an outside firm to share management of the facility, according to Julie Weber, executive director of Housing and Dining.

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