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McDonalds reduces fat, simplifies menu

By Emily Carone | March 29

The McDonald's "super size" is the latest casualty in the war against obesity. The fast food chain announced March 2 it would begin to phase out super-sized fries and soft drinks and create a simplified menu with a balance of choices for customers. The super-sized fries will be gone by the end of 2004, but the super-sized drink may reappear as a special promotion.

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Hart resigns after four seasons

By Jesse Epstein | March 29

American University Women's Basketball coach Shann Hart resigned Friday to pursue other coaching opportunities. The resignation ends a four-year run at AU, in which Hart led the Eagles to a 50-63 record, concluding with her secondstraight winning season with a 16-13 mark and a trip to the Patriot League championship game.

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Campus rivalry on the north and south

By Joshua S. Wu | March 29

Vietnam, Korea and the U.S. Civil War stand as reminders of how embracing geographic identity has built community while polarizing parties into conflict. While AU does not have a Berlin Wall or a Mason-Dixie line to call its own, there is nonetheless a chasm on campus that can simultaneously stir up passions and build community, and that is the Northside-Southside divide.

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The thin blue line on campus

By Mackenzie Ryan | March 29

The routine of Public Safety officers has not changed, despite the armed robbery last week outside the Rockwood Building, as patrol changes were implemented after a series of sexual attacks last semester. "Even in our crazy society, we're in an area where we expect to feel safe, and that's a privilege," said Sgt.

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Campus Briefs

By Kate Oczypok | March 25

Briefs from around campus on the passing of an assistant dean, a 16-hour charity dance marathon, and the AU Reel Journalism film festival.

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RIAA defies new ruling

By April Seipp | March 25

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed more lawsuits Tuesday against individuals who use peer-to-peer networks to download copyrighted music files for free, including some D.C.-area college students. A total of 532 people are included in this new round of lawsuits.

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Satirical news no match for serious news

By Zehra Rizavi | March 25

AU senior Nellie Ghandar settles back into the sofa and laughs as Jon Stewart, host of the "The Daily Show," describes in mock seriousness the signing of an interim constitution by the Iraqi Governing Council as the first step in the American "Operation Get Us the Hell Out of Here.

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Metro Brief

By Kate Oczypok | March 25

Metro brief on water filters being distributed in D.C.

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Photos highlight film festival

By Stokely Baksh | March 25

Conservationist and photographer Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier, 37, remembers when she took the photo entitled "Breastfeeding" - the picture of a Cuban woman breastfeeding a small animal called a hutia. She recalls when she and two other conservationists were in the rural area of the Zapata region outside of Havana, Cuba, in 1999, when they came upon a town.

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Strossen speaks about rights, Ashcroft, gallbladder

By David Hodges | March 25

According to Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, the only thing she and John Ashcroft have in common is that they have both had gallbladder surgery. On Tuesday, Strossen spoke at AU in Ward 1 about freedom, civil rights and the PATRIOT Act.

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Breaking News: McNair officially hired

By Keith F. Shovlin | March 25

Mike McNair, acting director of Public Safety, can put aside his acting career after being named the permanent director Thursday. Pat Kelshian, executive director of Risk Management and Safety Services, released a memo Thursday, announcing McNair's appointment after a four-month search to replace Colleen Carson, who left the University just prior to Thanksgiving.

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WAMU holds first on-air fundraising drive

By Kate Oczypok | March 25

WAMU held its first on-air fundraising drive since its management change in December 2003. The drive was held Feb. 27 through March 5 with a fundraising goal of $800,000. WAMU began the drive with the message: "We're still here, we're still producing great programming, and we still really need you," according to David Taylor, interim executive director of WAMU "We think it was really successful," Taylor said.

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Water tested for lead

By KIAH CULVER | March 25

AU residents may have noticed a new look to their residence hall kitchens this past week. Faucet-mounted filters are being installed as a result of tests conducted by an environmental company to detect elevated action levels of lead in the water supply. AU Physical Plant Operations, in connection with D.

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Journalists talk about pros and cons of profession

By Mishri Someshwar | March 25

Journalists David Furst and Stephanie Kaye from WAMU's "Metro Connection" discussed the maddening deadlines, poor pay and rewarding work that are all part of being journalists at Monday's Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) coffee talk. Furst said that the key to becoming successful as a journalist was to "be prepared to do everything, work for nothing and generally be indispensable.

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Schools make room for students slimming down

By Emily Carone | March 25

The number of overweight children has doubled in the past 20 years, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The NCHS National Health and Nutrition Survey found that 15 percent of people ages 6 to 19 are overweight, and another 15 percent are at risk of becoming overweight.

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Police Blotter

By Kate Oczypok | March 25

Safety and security occurrences from around campus since Friday.

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Students remember friend

By David Hodges | March 25

Around 50 people gathered at Kay Spiritual Life Center Saturday for an impromptu memorial service for former AU student, junior Zachary Stacey, according to service organizer Cody Jameson. A more formal service was held earlier in Stacey's home state of Tennessee.

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