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Metro Brief: Howard's Hilltop makes history with daily

By Emily Carone | March 3

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

By Charlie Caffrey | March 3

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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Campus Brief: Cultural conference offers business advice

By Jeannette Kimmel | March 3

The International Management Institute will host "Enhancing Cross-Cultural Effectiveness: Strategies and Skills for International Business, Education, Training and Development Professionals" on March 10 and 11 at AU. Keynote speakers will include AU professor Akbar Ahmed, 2004 D.

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Gallina, Taylor face run-off for presidency

By Mary Specht | March 3

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

By Ian Quillen | March 3

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.

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AU disables downloading

By Mary Specht | March 3

A program that halts illegal file sharing will go into effect Monday in response to the threat of fines for downloading copyrighted material, an e-mail from Housing and Dining announced yesterday. The program, Audible Magic, blocks downloads from peer-to-peer file-sharing programs like Kazaa and Grokster.

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Police Blotter

March 3

Public Safety incidents from Feb. 25-March 1.

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Freshmen athletes anticipate tough transfers

By David Bergman | March 3

After the Athletics Department cut the golf and tennis teams last week, the teams' freshman athletes say they are feeling particularly affected. After committing four years to AU less than one year ago, some are at a loss for a course of action. "I am in no way, shape or form ready to make this big of a decision right now, especially with midterms coming up.

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Colombian exile: Coca-Cola abuses workers

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 28

Coca-Cola workers face assassination and exile if they try to stand up for their rights said Luis Cardona, a Coca-Cola employee exiled from Colombia, when he spoke to anthropology students as part of his campaign to "stop killer Coke" Tuesday. In an official statement, Coca-Cola called the Columbia allegations "a publicity stunt ... the allegations are false and it's outrageous to believe that The Coca-Cola Company would have anything to do with this type of behavior," the company stated in April.

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Point Foundation offers AU GLBT scholarships

By Emily Carone | February 28

The Point Foundation is offering three new scholarships for gay, lesbian or transgender AU students in honor of alumnus Carlos Enrique Cisneros, a television company president who died last year. The foundation is the first organization to offer scholarships exclusively for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students.

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Hair City, Jamba Juice to relocate

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 28

On-campus businesses Hair City and Jamba Juice will move to new locations on campus as AU seeks new businesses, such as a coffee shop, that cater to student needs, said Executive Director of Housing and Dining Julie Weber. Hair City will get a new style over spring break, when it will move to the old STA Travel location in the tunnel.

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Thousands lobby for AIDS support

By CLAIRE MAUDE CLAIRE MAUDE | February 28

More than 3,000 students lobbied for increased HIV/AIDS awareness Saturday, waving signs and chanting slogans as they marched from the White House to Capitol Hill. "We're here to demand that the government take action," said Student Global AIDS Campaign coordinator Healy Thompson in the first speech of the event at Lafayette Park, just north of the White House.

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Campus Brief: New face enters SG race

By Mary Specht | February 28

Originally posted at www.TheEagleOnline.com Saturday. Zach Silverman launched a write-in campaign for SG secretary as a candidate with no SC experience who could "bring a personality to the table that is unique." "There's a lot of people running in these elections .

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SC campaign sign stolen from the Quad

By Mary Specht | February 28

One of James Gardner's Student Confederation presidential campaign signs was stolen Saturday, leaving only singed ropes on the trees outside of Ward, according to Gardner. "I think it's just kind of disappointing because we put a lot of time and money into it," said Gardner, a junior in the School of Public Affairs.

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Campus Calendar

By Kate Oczypok | February 28

Monday, Feb. 28 Vote for Student Government 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mary Graydon 120 Choose the student you think will serve you best in Student Government and school councils. Monday is the last day to vote. Show up at MGC 120, the first room near the side entrance, with your AU ID.

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Campus Brief: SIS symposium tackles varied topics

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 28

It was standing-room only at Thursday's Eighth Annual School of International Service Undergraduate Symposium, which included 23 undergraduate panelists. More than 40 students put the symposium together, serving as panelists, moderators and analysts, according to Ben Sander, SIS undergraduate president, who called the event a "huge success .

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Athletes protest AU's cut of tennis, golf teams

By Kevin Hilgers and David Bergman | February 28

The Men's and Women's Tennis and Men's Golf teams will be eliminated after this season, AU Athletic Director Joni Comstock announced Thursday. The cuts were made to stabilize an Athletics Department that has developed a $500,000 deficit during the past fiscal year and lacked administrative consistency over the past four to five years, Comstock said.

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