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Senate considers SUB director nomination

By Anna Tuman | September 11

The Undergraduate Senate heard the first reading Sunday of Tre Matthews' nomination to be the new Student Union Board director. Matthews will go before the senate on Sunday for further consideration.

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Low turnout in D.C. primary attributed to rain, disinterest

By Will Koper | September 11

Intermittent rain and uncontested races resulted in a low turnout citywide as former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry won the Democratic Party's re-nomination for his Ward Eight city council seat with almost 80 percent of the vote. A large number of write-in votes appeared on city ballots, muddying the results of the Republican at-large council seat in which challenger Patrick Mara claimed victory over five-term incumbent Carol Schwartz.

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International brief

September 11

A London jury found three men guilty Monday of participating in a plot to detonate bombs on trans-Atlantic airlines headed for the U.S. and Canada in 2006, CNN reported. The jury failed to reach a verdict on four other men charged in connection to the plot and found one not guilty on all counts.

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Metro brief

September 11

Police evacuated a dormitory at Gallaudet University Wednesday morning after finding what they believed to be bomb-making supplies, the Associated Press reported. A maintenance worker found six boxes of fertilizers and pesticides in an air duct in an unoccupied dorm room, fire department spokesman Alan Etter told the AP.

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National brief

September 11

Fresno, Calif., police arrested a man Monday after he broke into the home of two farm workers and proceeded to rub one with spices and beat the other with an eight-inch-long sausage before he fled, according to the Associated Press. Authorities found Antonio Vasquez, 22, hiding in a nearby field wearing only a T-shirt, boxer shorts and socks, the AP reported.

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Tuition prices to go on Web

By Elizabeth Royall | September 11

The College Opportunity and Affordability Act signed into law in August requires the Department of Education to list the least affordable universities on its Web site. The Education Department will post the universities with the highest percentage increases in tuition and fees in a three-year period as well as the 5 percent of universities with the highest tuition by July 2011.

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Police blotter

September 11

Sept. 2 A female student approached an officer in the Letts-Anderson quad and reported that an unknown person struck her in the face on the 3300 block of New Mexico Avenue N.W. The student stated she was not injured and did not need medical assistance. The Metropolitan Police Department responded.

... FINALLY - WMATA reported that its Metrobuses arrive earlier or later than they are scheduled more than 25 percent of the time. WMATA recently installed software updates that tracks the progress of Metrobuses along their routes across D.C., Maryland an

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More than 25% of Metrobuses late

By Marisa Kendall | September 11

New technology allowed the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to report that more than 25 percent of its buses did not arrive on their scheduled times in July, according to data released recently on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Web site.

BUILDING BRIDGES - Construction workers lay concrete in front of the entrance to Mary Graydon Center. The bridge between Mary Graydon Center, the main quad and Butler Pavilion will open this weekend. The university will close front entrance to MGC for two

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MGC bridge nearly complete

By Ethan Klapper | September 10

The new pedestrian bridge between the main quad, Mary Graydon Center and Butler Pavilion will open this weekend after unstable soil found over the summer forced delays in its construction, according to University Architect Jerry Gager. "We found some unsuitable soil, so we had to change some engineering aspects of the structure," he said.

NEWT'S NOTES - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., speaks to AU students Saturday about the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, as the vice presidential nominee for the Republican Party and about the campaign Democratic presidential n

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Gingrich analyzes '08 election

By Howie Perlman | September 8

Although Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, is her party's vice presidential nominee, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., believes Republican presidential nominee John McCain seriously considered asking Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., he said at a Kennedy Political Union event Saturday.

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National brief

September 8

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday it will pay the hotel expenses of nearly two million Hurricane Gustav evacuees in Baton Rouge, La., according to the Associated Press. FEMA plans to pay the costs "to make sure that people don't feel economic pressure to return home prematurely, before it's safe," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the AP Wednesday.

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Students review goals proposed in strategic plan draft

By Jen Calantone | September 8

Student Government President Seth Cutter will deliver undergraduate input on the first draft of AU's strategic plan to the university's board of trustees on Monday after receiving input from students over the past two weeks. Cutter held a meeting Saturday in the Butler Board Room, which was open to all students, to discuss what revisions students believe the Strategic Planning Committee needs to consider before they submit the plan to the board.

AIR TRAVEL - The proposed addition of the silver line would provde a direct Metrorail link to Dulles International Airport. The line would run along the orange line from Stadium-Armory to East Falls Church station and then expand northwest into Virginia.

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Silver line to create new airport travel options

By Maureen McCarty | September 8

Students' airport travel options could branch beyond the District following the Federal Transit Administration's approval to begin construction on the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. While the FTA's Aug. 23 approval of the project does not guarantee full funding of the $5.

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Student Government brief

September 8

The Undergraduate Senate unanimously voted to amend to the Student Government election regulations Sunday. Emily Ann Kokol, acting chair of the Board of Elections, submitted adjustments. Senators Andy MacCracken and Jason Cunningham submitted amendments.

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Campus calendar

September 8

Monday, Sept. 8 Dance - The Metro D.C. Dance Awards 7:30 p.m. WHERE: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, Virginia Avenue and Rock Creek Parkway N.W. METRO: Foggy Bottom/GWU (orange and blue lines) INFO: Dance/MetroDC will recognize excellence in area dance performance during the eighth annual presentation of this ceremony.

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Metro brief

September 8

The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial moved closer to construction after the National Capital Planning Commission approved construction plans Thursday, according to The Washington Post. The commission approved the final building plans, but rejected plans for security bollards and a donor recognition wall, The Post reported.

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Campus brief

September 8

Former Kogod School of Business Dean Sterling Ivison Jr., 89, died Aug. 16 from Alzheimer's disease. Ivison, who taught finance, earned an Outstanding Teaching Award from AU in 1978. He became Kogod's acting dean in 1981 and held that position until 1983, according to a memo Dean of Academic Affairs Haig Mardirosian sent to the campus community on Thursday.