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AU Abroad expanding to Kenya

By Stokely Baksh | April 12

Plans are underway to establish an AU Abroad program in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, which is expected to start in spring 2005, according to AU Abroad Director Sara Dumont. Dumont, along with three graduate students and former NBA star and AU alum Kermit Washington, visited Kenya in March to assess the feasibility and logistics of setting up the abroad program.

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Campus Briefs

April 12

Campus briefs, including a panel to be hosted by Students for Academic Freedom, and a bequest to WAMU from a D.C. Journalist.

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DWI driver arraigned Friday

By Emily Carone | April 12

Shelley Wentworth, the Georgetown graduate who killed AU student Andrew Burr in a drunk-driving accident in January, was arraigned Friday. Wentworth was indicted March 23 on one count of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Burr.

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Metro Brief

By Emily Carone | April 12

Metro brief on the announced May opening date for the National World War II Memorial.

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Health center improves, plans move to McCabe

By Jeannette Kimmel | April 12

Students accustomed to walk-in hours at the Student Health Center are surprised to learn that they have been discontinued to make way for new policies. This is part of a new initiative to improve services at the center, according to Bethany Chiaramonte, director of the center.

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AU's disabled obstacles

By Evan Wagner | April 12

It is well-known that many AU buildings and offices, such as Gray, Hurst, Roper, McCabe, Watkins, Kreeger, Asbury, Hamilton and the School of International Service are not accessible to physically disabled students. Though this problem is expected to be reduced over the next decade or so as various buildings undergo renovation, it seems that the most frustrating obstacles the disabled or physically challenged have to surmount are less obvious and yet probably easier to fix.

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Alum protests drug war in court

By Ashley Bleimes | April 12

An AU alumnus is making waves with his stance against the drug war by being held in contempt of court until he agrees to serve jury duty, officials said. Alumnus David Guard refused to serve jury duty in 2003 based on his anti-drug war stance.

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Delegate Norton helps pass race profiling bill

By Jeff Allen | April 12

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is taking credit for the racial profiling section of an omnibus transportation bill that recently passed the House.

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Foreigners have more restrictions

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | April 12

The number of students traveling to AU from abroad is decreasing because of new rules regarding foreigners coming to the United States, according to Robert Pastor, AU's vice president of International Affairs.

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Tunlaw shuttle service to be discontinued

By Kate Oczypok | April 8

The shuttle service to the Glover-Tunlaw apartment building has been discontinued because the building no longer houses members of the AU community, according to Tom Leathers, manager of Transportation Services for Public Safety.

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Metro Brief

By Emily Carone | April 8

D.C. Council is looking for a way to make schools safer in the wake of the shooting at Ballou Senior High School on Feb. 3. A bill debated during an open D.C. Council hearing last Monday would create a Metropolitan Police Department School Safety office and would shift the responsibility of school safety to the chief of police.

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Campus Briefs

April 8

News on a Russian acting troupe at the Greenberg Theatre and Campus Beautification Day in this week's Campus Briefs.

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African Student Organization models African clothes in Tavern

By John Mulcahy | April 8

Feature pick of the fashion show in the Tavern, conducted by the African Student Organization.

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Police Blotter

April 8

Overview of Public Safety reports around campus for the week of April 2 to Aptil 7.

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Bush, Kerry reveal their college plans

By Story Elmore | April 8

Bush and Kerry have revealed their plans for college students in the coming administration, allowing The Eagle to provide a comparison and an account of the candidates.

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Tent educates AU on Mideast

By Kate Oczypok | April 8

Students for Justice in Palestine held its second annual Palestine Awareness Week April 5 through 8 by featuring various events around campus. Today's events include a forum entitled "Prospects for Activism Against Apartheid Wall" and a documentary in the School of International Service lounge.

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Pipes protests speech protest

By Timothy Taylor | April 8

Daniel Pipes, a controversial authority on the Middle East, claims a staff member of the American Civil Liberties Union protested his speech at AU in January. Pipes posted on his Web site that ACLU National Field Organizer Matt Bowles went to the speech and sponsored a protest against him.

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