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Thefacebook.com fad

By Blair Payne | September 13

Since February, college students across the United States have found a new way to meet each other. Thefacebook (www.thefacebook.com), a free online directory, lets people with .edu e-mail addresses register to connect with college professors or old friends from high school, or to simply browse through other members' profiles.

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Fiery Furnaces walk the plank of greatness

By Costa Caloudas | September 13

American songwriters tell stories. Like Screamin' Jay Hawkins' narratives of black folklore and myth. Like in 1956 when Johnny Cash told us he shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Like John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats' engrossing and sometimes credible tales of crystal-meth tweakers and washed-up high-school running backs.

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M. Butterfly at Arena Stage

By Erin Murphy | September 13

In the 16 years since David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly" made its Broadway debut, the issues it treats have only become more relevant to social and cultural discussions.

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The Rusty Nail: Back for more

By IV and Lester Russell Allen | September 13

I suppose I got my first blast of freshmen reality this year when I was waiting for the shuttle to drive me to campus on a Tuesday night. When the shuttle came, a horde of barely dressed nubile girls came storming out along with their boyfriends in black Banana Republic shirts.

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New column: Jewel of the Nile

By Rebecca Byerly | September 13

CAIRO, Egypt -- Egyptian sentiment toward America is not directed at the people, but the government. Egyptians - from the most renowned professor to the man I buy water from on the street - remind me they don't like Bush but love Americans.

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Music Notes

September 13

The Scene's writers cover a menagerie of new albums from Northern State, Starlite Desperation, KutMasta Kurt, Communiqu?, Detachment Kit, Trent Dabbs, The Good Life and Senses Fail.

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The Brown Bunny: B+

By Matt Rajput | September 13

For a movie that esteemed movie critic Robert Ebert claimed was less entertaining than his colonoscopy and "the worst film in the history of Cannes," "The Brown Bunny" really is a movie that does little to disappoint a prepared audience.

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Metro Starts Emergency Training

By Caroline Solomon | September 9

The Metro with, its hundreds of patrons and miles of track, could easily be targeted by terrorists. Metro has responded to this threat with new safety precautions and awareness programs. Metro, the American Red Cross of the National Capital Area, the U.

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9:30 crowd loves Sisters act

By Emily Zemler | September 9

On Tuesday night, the 9:30 club was packed with one of the best audiences-made up mostly of gay men-in the history of the club for the first night of the U.S. tour of the Scissor Sisters, an outwardly gay disco-revival rock band who has recently taken the music industry by storm.

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'Clerks' shows no signs of aging in re-release

By Daniel Longino | September 9

This newly-released three-disc set proves once again that Kevin Smith knows how to put together a DVD. The "Clerks X" DVD includes the cut of the film that played at the Sundance Film Festival with brand new commentary (the first including co-star Jeff Anderson).

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Colors of Ming Dynasty adorn Freer Gallery

By Kristen Northrop | September 9

The Freer Gallery's newest addition, "Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court," features a collection of art from the Chinese Ming Dynasty.

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Diary of an Intern: the glory of 'fundatory'

By Michael Vallebuona | September 9

Fundatory? As if this made-up word can trick me into thinking that attending a group intern meeting is by no means obligatory but entirely voluntary. And the real difference between Mandatory and her flirty, aloof sister, Fundatory? About $7 an hour, before taxes.

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Out of Context

September 9

"This campus was an armpit when I got here." - President Ben Ladner at a town hall meeting Wednesday evening in the University Club.

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Caught with Your Pants Down: Good vibrations

By Jessica Bacharach | September 9

The days of new pencil cases and shiny staplers are over; the back-to-school supply list has a fresh item headlining it, required by men and women alike for a sexually successful school year: the vibrator.

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Not Quite Wrong: Sept. 9, 2004

By Ross Nover | September 9

Ross Nover brings you his weekly comic Not Quite Wrong for September 9, 2004.

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Fury of 'Macbeth' at Shakespeare Theatre

By Crista Scaturro | September 9

Though Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is centuries old, director Michael Kahn presents a production that is fresh and very much his own. Kahn skillfully blends different artistic devices to recreate the Scottish Play for contemporary audiences.

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Maryland Upholds Electronic Voting

By Matt Larson | September 9

On September 1 Anne Arundel Circuit Court Judge Joseph P. Manuck upheld Maryland's decision to use electronic voting machines in the November 2 election. The decision was reached after three days of hearings in the case Schade v. Maryland Board of Elections.

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