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Thursday, March 17 Comedy: D.C. Comedy Fest March 17-20, Locations and times vary Comedy acts from D.C. and North America will be performing throughout the city during the first D.C. Comedy Fest. Comedy classes will be offered. Admission is $10-$20. See www.

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Cut sports teams granted one-year reprieve by Ladner

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AU President Benjamin Ladner announced that the elimination of three AU athletic programs, Men's and Women's Tennis and Golf, will be delayed until after the 2005-2006 school year, in a release dated March 4, the final day of classes before AU's spring break.

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Alternative Break offers travel, aid

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While many AU students spent their spring breaks lounging on beaches, spending time with friends or simply sleeping, a few broadened their cultural horizons through AU's Alternative Spring Break program. This year, the program led trips to Brazil, Jamaica, Greece, Vietnam and the Cherokee Nation in western North Carolina, with students traveling in groups to explore the areas' cultures and to study societal issues.

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KPU receives funds for high profile speaker

The Kennedy Political Union and the Student Union Board received funds totaling $74,000 for campus activities this spring from the General Assembly, the legislative branch of the Student Confederation on Tuesday. KPU will receive the bulk of those funds, with $60,000 for a guest speaker.


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Campus Brief: Mussell shares experiences with students

Kay Mussell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, mingled with students, gave a speech and answered questions at her Dialogue with the Dean event Wednesday night in the McDowell formal lounge. "I'm really impressed with the quality of questions students ask," she said.



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Mazda 3 hits AU roads via Zipcar

Zipcar, a company that allows people to rent a car by the hour or day, added three Mazda 3's, a compact four-door car, to its AU fleet this month. Other cars, including BMW and Volkswagon models, are available for the same cost. AU announced its partnership with Zipcar in August, and since then the Zipcar vehicles at AU have been the most used in the D.



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Campus Brief: Competitive elections needed, politicians say

Panelists stressed the need for competitive elections at a forum on gerrymandering and redistricting hosted by the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies last night in McDowell Formal Lounge. Less competitive elections mean that Congress is "more populated by hard-edged partisans that make it more difficult for congress to get its job done," said former Congressman David Skaggs (D-CO).


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Pamphlet explains policies to residents

The Student Advocacy Center distributed "The Before You Do Something Stupid, Read This Guide," a pamphlet outlining options and possible consequences when a student violates the Student Conduct Code or Residence Hall Regulations, to student mailboxes last week.


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Campus Brief: Professor wins Sadker Award for advertising

AU's School of Education awarded Jean Kilbourne with the Myra Sadker Equity Award for her work on women in advertising. After she received the award, Kilbourne discussed her documentary "Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women." Kilbourne has worked in the advertising field for more than 20 years and is the author of "Can't Buy Me Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel.


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Despite violence in Lebanon, peace awaits, prof says

As Middle Easterners watch protests in Lebanon and elections in Iraq, AU professor Abdul Aziz Said is optimistic that people from the region may embrace more liberal and less repressive systems of government. "There is a crisis of governance in the Middle East," said Said, the Mohammad Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace in the School of International Service.


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PR club hosts national networking event at AU

Public communication majors can network and learn from public relations professionals at "PR in D.C.: It's Not Just Politics" April 1 and 2, the first regional activity sponsored by the AU Public Relations Student Society of America. About 50 out-of-state and AU students have registered to attend, including undergraduate students from Maine, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York.


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Taylor wins SG presidency

Posted March 3, 2005. Kyle Taylor won the Student Government presidency with 55.8 percent of 711 votes and will assume the position April 17. Joe Gallina got 43.7 percent of the vote in the run-off election held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. "[I feel] overwhelmed, but all the exhaustion sort of disappeared," said Taylor, a junior in the Kogod School of Business and the School of International Service.


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Poor body image leads to poor health

The Extreme Measures Tour of colleges kicked off its national body image campaign and Eating Disorders Awareness Week on Monday night at AU, as more and more young women have plastic surgery and eating disorders, said tour co-coordinator Beth Nichols. The event featured a woman who dealt with complications due to breast implant surgery, a plastic surgery expert, a woman who recovered from an eating disorder and a mental health professional, who all shared their experiences and knowledge to increase awareness of plastic surgery risks and eating disorders.


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Metro Brief: Howard's Hilltop makes history with daily

Howard University's student newspaper, The Hilltop, began publishing daily on Monday, making it the first newspaper at a historically black college to do so. The Hilltop started publishing every Tuesday and Friday in 2001, and is now making the jump to five issues per week under Editor in Chief Ruth Tisdale, a junior political science major.


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AU's big 'Breaks': alternative trips educate

Next week, more than 100 AU students will participate in six separate trips to locations around the globe including Brazil, Jamaica, Ecuador, Greece, the Cherokee Nation and Vietnam to help others and explore their cultures. This is all part of Alternative Spring Break, which is in its eighth year at AU. "Each trip has an exclusive purpose that is intended by the Alternative Break Club to promote AU's initiative, 'ideas in action, action into service,'" said Michael Haack, president of the Alternative Spring Break Club and a senior in the School of International Service.



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Gallina, Taylor face run-off for presidency

Juniors Kyle Taylor and Joe Gallina face a run-off election for Student Government president because neither got the required 40 percent of the 974 tallied votes. Leah Kreimer won vice president and Zach Ulrich won comptroller. Secretary remains undecided as no one got the 10 percent required for a write-in candidate. Students can cast their votes for president on Thursday in Mary Graydon Center room 120 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Board of Elections has yet to establish where and when the results will be announced. Read more...


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More than 300 students challenge Athletics

About 300 concerned AU students, parents, faculty and alumni packed the Tavern Wednesday night to question and decry the Athletics Department's decision to eliminate its Golf and Men's and Women's Tennis programs, but no Athletics Department administrators were present.



Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.


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