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Alcohol Awareness Week events

October 20

A schedule of events celebrating Alcohol Awareness Week

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Students cheat off the Internet

By Story Elmore | October 20

According to a recent study of college students and faculty, 44 percent of students consider "cut-and-paste" plagiarism using the Internet a trivial offense, and 38 percent of students have done it. The study, conducted on 23 U.S. college campuses, was organized by Rutgers University management professor Donald McCabe.

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AU hopes to raise $200 million

By Mackenzie Ryan | October 20

AU kicked off a $200 million fundraising campaign Thursday at the Ritz Carlton in Dupont, unveiling "The New AU" campaign to almost 500 current and potential large donors, distinguished professors and top University staff. "The campaign is probably one of the most important things that is taking place at the University," said Al Checcio, vice president of development.

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NFL star speaks on morals, convictions

By Corey Parker | October 20

Former Washington Redskins defensive star Darrell Green spoke about football, morality and community service Thursday in Bender Arena to kick off Homecoming Weekend.

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Students attend Harvard Institute

By Stokely Baksh | October 16

AU was among several universities to attend Harvard's Institute of Politics initial strategic meeting as part of the National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement last Friday.

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Formula for aid may change

By Kim Peterson | October 16

Next fall, college students' families could be expected to pay more for a student's education, if a slight change is made to the formula used to determine how much financial aid students receive from the federal government.

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Higher Education Act may change

By April Astor | October 16

While the Higher Education Act, a congressional bill that has sweeping effects on students' financial aid packages, has not passed on schedule, this is no cause for worry, according to a congressional spokesman.

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Campus Briefs

October 16

Former AU Professor Isaac Davidson Welt, 81, died Oct. 10 from complications of a stroke at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. Welt served on AU's faculty for several years, starting in 1960 as a Biology and Chemistry teacher; AU has been hailed for the third straight year as the most published institution in the annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research Journal

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Exclusively Online: The SC's Plan

By Christopher Marsh | October 16

The theme for this year's Student Confederation Strategic Plan is "For a Better AU," which identifies their mission this year.

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Civitas: What is it?

By Samantha O'Neill | October 16

Civitas, a new initiative that was started this semester, is geared to promoting civilty programs and attitude throughout the AU community.

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Freshmen class, GA officers elected

By Stokely Baksh | October 16

Students elected General Assembly and Class of 2007 Council representatives Sunday and Monday, with freshmen dominating positions in residence halls in the General Assembly.

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Police Blotter for Oct. 14 through Oct. 15

By Keith F. Shovlin | October 16

incidents reported Tuesday and Wednesday

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Book teaches about greeks

By Luz Lazo | October 16

Imagine what it would have been like to learn about Greek Life while still learning how to read. At that age, upon hearing of Delta, Sigma and Kappa, children might have wondered what those strange words meant. Now, kids can actually learn about sororities and fraternities at a very early age.

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N Harvard drinking study HOLD

By Marissa Friedman | October 16

A recent Harvard University study has found that the availability of cheap beer and other alcoholic beverages near college campuses raises the likelihood of binge drinking.

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GA, Freshman class elections close today

October 13

AU students headed to the polls to vote for their representatives to the General Assembly and Class of 2007 Council yesterday and continue to vote today. Unlike last year, sheets of paper and pens greet them instead of computers offering online voting. "I've done paper ballots before," said Polson Kanneth, chair of the Student Confederation's Board of Elections. "It's accountable. When someone wants to check the count, they are there. And there's a hard copy." The election, which includes votes for open seats on the GA as well as the new freshman class council, shifted away from the computer system after problems in the past. "Some people were able to vote for themselves five times," Kanneth said, "while others weren't able to vote for themselves once."

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MP3s revolutionize music biz

By Kimberly Peterson | October 13

An audio revolution and a multi-million dollar legal mess have been caused by a little thing called an MP3. Hundreds of thousands of students download these files, yet how many really know anything about them? For starters, an MP3 is a compressed audio file that takes up less space on a computer or disc than a standard CD file.

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Exclusively Online: School vouchers come to D.C.

By Emily Carone | October 13

Congress recently approved the country's first federally-funded school voucher program, giving money to 1,300 D.C. children from low-income families, who live in underachieving and failing school districts, to attend private or parochial schools. These "opportunity scholarships," would provide grants of up to $7,500 to each student, for a total allocation of $10 million in next year's budget, according to the bill.

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