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Metro Brief: Metro may remove seats

By Emily Carone | January 24

Seats may be removed from Metro trains to accommodate the rapidly growing number of commuters, if Metro's planning and development committee's suggestions are followed.

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Reverend invokes King's vision for equality and political unity

By Lauren Gardner | January 24

The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. spoke in the Kay Spiritual Life Center on Tuesday about Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision and the need for parties to work together for progress to keep America from "peril." Forbes gave the address, "The Mandate for Prophetic Justice," at the Third Annual R.

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Supreme Court justices visit AU to debate foreign influence

By Matt Larson | January 24

Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia sat down last Thursday at the Washington College of Law for a rare public conversation about the legality of using foreign laws to interpret the U.S. Constitution.

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$1 million to be cut in phone costs

By Jeannette Kimmel | January 24

Starting in fall 2005, AU will depend more on student cell phone use and stop offering traditional phone service in the residence halls, according to Julie Weber, executive director of Housing and Dining Programs. Initial capital savings will be in the "range of $1 [million] to $1.2 million, with operating savings in the range of $85,000 to $125,000 per year," said Carl Whitman, executive director of e-operations at AU.

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Thousands trickle through inaugural parade security

By Emily Carone | January 24

Thousands gathered to watch the inaugural parade on Thursday, waiting on long security checkpoint lines to get in the parade area. At public checkpoints, uniformed soldiers made parade-goers empty any food at the entrance gate, leaving a three-foot pile of abandoned coffee, fruit, and other snacks.

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Bush supporters confront protesters

By Claire Maude | January 24

Amid throngs of anti-Bush protesters at Thursday's inaugural events, small groups of conservative counter-protesters held signs and talked to passers-by to show their support for the president. The counter-protesters ranged from anti-abortion activists to Christian evangelicals and from Vietnam veterans to college students.

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College Republicans donate time, manpower to inauguration

By Mary Specht | January 24

For some College Republicans who've contributed hours of volunteer time to the presidential campaign, there's only one way to celebrate Bush's victory: with more volunteering. College Republicans from AU and around D.C. will spend Inauguration Day signing in guests, setting up events and directing parking, among other tasks.

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Campus Brief: Reading initiative earns Eagle Endowment

By Kate Oczypok | January 24

The Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Service and the Graduate Student Council awarded two AU graduate students, Paul Glick and Lindsey Kingston, with the second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Grant. A five-member committee selected Glick and Klingston for the $1,000 award.

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How to have a ball in Washington

By Mary Specht | January 24

Learn what to do when attending a party where alcohol is too expensive, the bartenders card like crazy, and where, as one college student from Maine put it, "there's too many old people."

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Police Blotter

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | January 24

Wednesday, Jan. 12 At 12:33 a.m. Public Safety took an informational report regarding an offensive message written on a resident assistant's white board hanging on the door. At 1:48 a.m. Public Safety took an informational report in the McKinley building regarding a female student who left power tools in an art classroom.

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Senior brings laundry service to University

By Mary Specht | January 24

A D.C. laundry business began service at AU this semester and may soon accept EagleBuck$, according to part-owner Evan Geronemus, a senior in the Kogod School of Business. The business, Soapy Joe's, picks up laundry in the lobby of all AU residence halls, including Park Bethesda and on Tenley Campus, as well as at the Berkshire Apartments.

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Campus Calendar

By Kate Oczypok | January 24

All events are free unless otherwise listed. To submit an event for the Campus or City calendars or become the Calendar Editor e-mail Editor@TheEagleOnline.com. Monday, Jan. 24 Last Day to Add a Course Contact the registrar or access your my.american account for your last chance to add a course or change your grade option from A-F, which factors into your grade point average, to pass-fail, or vice versa.

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Budget dispute stalls Lot 18 dig

By Kate Oczypok | January 24

Modified from story originally posted at www.TheEagleOnline.com Jan. 20. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporarily stopped excavating AU's Lot 18 this Friday until further notice due to depleted funds, according to Todd Sedmak, associate director of AU Media Relations.

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'Apprentice' runner-up gives advice for success

By KEOSHA JOHNSON | January 24

A runner-up of NBC's reality television show "The Apprentice" told students how to succeed in life and business when he spoke at the University Club Wednesday. "I feel presidential tonight," said Kwame Jackson, who was one person away from working for Donald Trump in the first season of the show. In his speech, Jackson talked about his pathway from earning his Harvard MBA to landing on a reality show.

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Bush speech dubbed 'historic'

By Theodora Blanchfield | January 24

George Walker Bush was sworn in Thursday afternoon for his second term as the 43rd president of the United States, giving a speech that an AU professor has called "historic" in its foreign policy focus. The 55th presidential inauguration, organized by the Presidential Inauguration Committee, followed the traditional schedule, with Bush sworn in after Vice President Dick Cheney.

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Cells, laptops 'risky'

By David Hodges | January 24

Prolonged cell phone use can damage DNA beyond repair and males who rest laptops on their laps can reduce chances of reproduction by damaging the environment needed to create sperm, according to several new studies. A German research group called Verum and a British group called the National Radiological Protection Board concluded in separate studies that while there is no hard evidence to indicate dangers from cell phone use, "uncertainties remain and a continued precautionary approach to their use is recommended until the situation is further clarified.

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AU students protest inauguration, hit with pepper spray

January 13

More than 100 AU students protested on Inauguration Day, several of whom were affected by pepper spray that D.C. police used to control crowds around Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street during the parade.

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