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Governor of Puerto Rico speaks as part of Hispanic Heritage Month

By Anthony Bodin | October 7

Puerto Ricans must fulfill their obligation to defend America in respect for their beneficial commonwealth relationship with the United States, Puerto Rican Governor Sila M. Calder¢n said in a speech in Ward 1 Monday night.

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Students, polls say Bush improved in second debate

By Rebecca Bellville | October 7

Some students in AU political clubs think President Bush performed better in the second presidential debate than he did in the first, which more evenly matched him with his opponent, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.). A Friday poll conducted by ABC News showed that 44 percent of viewers thought Kerry won the debate, while 41 percent said Bush won. An ABC News poll after the first debate had 45 percent of viewers favoring Kerry's performance and 36 percent favoring Bush.

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Rehm looks back on 25 years of radio

By Stokely Baksh | October 7

WAMU staple Diane Rehm talks about her experiences starting out in radio, working through a neurological disorder, and her plans to continue. "Right now, I have no interest or thought of retirement," Rehm said. "What I do is of importance to the country and I love what I do. It's like participating in a college classroom everyday and I feel like I've earned so many college degrees already."

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Rehm looks back on 25 years of radio

By Stokely Baksh | October 7

WAMU staple Diane Rehm talks about her experiences starting out in radio, working through a neurological disorder, and her plans to continue. "Right now, I have no interest or thought of retirement," Rehm said. "What I do is of importance to the country and I love what I do. It's like participating in a college classroom everyday and I feel like I've earned so many college degrees already."

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Colleges get an F

By Kelly Kerr | October 4

The former president of Vermont's Middlebury College believes there is something seriously wrong with the college establishment - and now that he has stepped down he has spoken out. In an opinion piece The New York Times published about three weeks ago, John McCardell remarked on college life, including tenure for professors, the professor-student ratio and the drinking age.

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Conference seeks partnerships

By Khai Ha | October 4

Representatives from six universities from Asia and the Americas discussed security, trade and culture at a conference between Thursday and Friday. The second annual Six University Conference sought to "strengthen partnerships and point the universities in a direction that could help their governments and countries," according to a press release.

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Former PM urges multilateral solution

By Mishri Someshwar | October 4

The United States must work multilaterally if it wants to win the war on terror, former Canadian Prime Minister Joseph Clark said Thursday in his keynote address at the Six Universities Conference at AU. Clark, a Distinguished-Statesman-in-Residence in the School of International Service, said that since 9/11, "the international community is more inter and less national.

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Campus briefs

October 4

Brief news around campus this week from the Eagle's news editors.

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Student groups clash over the presidential debate

By Matt Bocchino | October 4

The political climate at AU during the presidential debate between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) Thursday night represented the nation in general: intensely divided.

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Facebook in legal face-off over ownership

By Mary Specht | October 4

Thefacebook.com, a social networking Web site for college students, faces a lawsuit from the creators of a similar Web site, ConnectU.com. The three Harvard University graduates who created ConnectU contend that thefacebook's creator, Mark Zuckerberg, stole their idea when he worked for ConnectU.

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Pre-election protests enter final month

By Emily Carone | October 4

Anti-war and anti-capitalism activists gathered in D.C. this weekend, kicking off a wave of protests before the presidential election. On Saturday morning, hundreds attended an anti-war protest at Arlington National Cemetery and the ellipse behind the White House.

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Police blotter

October 4

Safety and security events from around campus.

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Degrees determine income

By Katie Jennings | October 4

A recent study conducted by researchers at Northeastern University shows that students' bachelor degrees may be more important than their alma maters when it comes to how much they earn after graduating. The study, which was released in a book called "The College Majors Handbook: The Actual Jobs, Earnings, and Trends for Graduates of 60 College Majors," by Paul E.

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Campus calendar

October 4

Need something to do? Here's a calendar for on-campus events this week, from today until October 7.

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Presidential candidate visits campus

By Kate Oczypok | October 4

Although President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry haven't spoken at AU yet, one presidential candidate stopped by on Sunday. Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee, spoke at AU yesterday to about 40 people about his political platform and the Libertarian Party's viewpoints.

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Vice-presidential candidates face off on flip-flops

By By Theodora Blanchfield | October 4

In this year's only vice-presidential debate, neither Vice President Dick Cheney nor Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) passed up an opportunity to throw insults at each other. No topic was off-limits, from gay marriage to education to the common insult of this election, Sen.

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Field Hockey team breaks 30-year curse

By David Bergman | October 4

In a weekend series meant to test its worth as a legitimate national contender, the AU Women's Field Hockey team proved that it can compete with the best in the country. The No. 9 Eagles defeated No. 3 University of Maryland, 3-1, on Sunday to complete a weekend sweep in College Park, Md., that began with a rout of Patriot League foe Lafayette. The win over Maryland was the Eagles' first in the 30-year history of the series.

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