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Average winter expected after worst hurricane season on record

By Jimm Phillips | November 7

According to local forecasters, D.C. residents are likely to experience a fairly normal winter season compared to the record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season. Washington residents should expect this winter to "feature normal temperatures with slightly above [average] normal snowfall," according to a long-term forecast at CapitalWeather.

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Campus brief: Forum hosted on medical programs

By John Riley | November 7

AU hosted a forum in the Beeghly chemistry building last week for students interested in pursuing careers in the medical field. Speakers at the forum ranged from doctors specializing in private practice to current medical students. They related personal stories about their experiences and offered students advice about course selection, applying to medical or veterinary school, essay writing and interviewing workshops, finances and mentorship programs.

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Police blotter

By Josh Goodman | November 7

Saturday, Oct. 30 A Public Safety Officer reported that the taillight of a Public Safety vehicle had been damaged while it was parked outside of the Department of Public Safety. Photos were taken and a vehicle repair request was submitted to the university.

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SG Senate allots funds for SIS dinner

By Jess Reamy | November 7

The Undergraduate Senate voted unanimously yesterday to give $600 to the SIS Undergraduate Council for its annual SIS International Dinner. The $600 is less than 1 percent of the current Senate-controlled Student Government fund, according to SG Comptroller Zach Ulrich.

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Anti-gay Facebook group sparks First Amendment controversy

By Dave Colon | November 7

A university in Pennsylvania is involved in a First Amendment controversy involving the Facebook, an online college community popular among many AU students. Duquesne University sanctioned sophomore Ryan Miner after he used anti-gay language on Facebook.

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Campus briefs

November 7

AU Rhodes Scholars named Last week, AU named Kyle Taylor, Student Government president, Natalie Hand and Forrest Dunbar for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. The Rhodes Scholarship offers funding for two to three years of intense graduate study at Oxford, according to an article in the American Weekly.

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Club aims to raise environmental awareness

By Kyra Smerkanich | November 7

Eco-Sense, AU's environmental awareness club, is holding a variety of events throughout the week aimed at raising awareness about environmental issues. Eco-Sense focuses on supporting environmentalism on and off campus by raising student awareness, volunteering and initiating political activism.

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ROTC endures two-day training mission

By Max Kopper | November 7

AU's ROTC program was part of a two-day training mission in Fort Ambrose Powell Hill, Va., this weekend. The mission involved 21 cadets from AU as part of a force totaling 129 ROTC cadets. Cadets were involved in activities ranging from a three-hour night march to a simulated rescue mission of an injured American diplomat in foreign territory.

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Campus calendar

By Lauren Gardner | November 7

Monday, Nov. 7 Washington Chu Shan Opera: The Monkey Ring The National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Metro: Metro Center Engaging storytelling, lavish costumes and highly stylized performance characterize this rare presentation of Chinese culture and opportunity to see an ancient art brought to life by director Zhu Chu Shan, opera star Judy Huang and their company.

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Field hockey 3-peats as Patriot League champs

By Katie Munro | November 7

"Offense wins games, but defense wins championships." Never was that mantra truer than with the 2005 AU field hockey team. For the third straight year, the Eagles (19-1, 5-0 Patriot League) captured the PL Tournament title by posting wins Saturday over Lehigh, 7-0, and Sunday over Holy Cross, 4-2, at the Jacobs Recreational Complex.

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National brief: Tornados tear through Midwest, killing at least 16

By Lauren Gardner | November 7

A tornado tore across southwestern Indiana and northern Kentucky early Sunday, killing at least 22 people and injuring at least 200, according to The Washington Post. The storm damaged hundreds of homes and knocked out power to thousands of customers. Natural gas leaks were also reported.

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Four UC students sentenced to jail after binge drinking death

By Steve Dorsey | November 7

Four fraternity members at the University of California's Chico campus were sentenced to jail after they pled guilty to charges related to the death of a student, The Chronicle for Higher Education reported last week. Although AU ranks higher than the national average in the rate of the use of drugs and alcohol by students, no student has suffered from hyponatremia, or water intoxication, as a result of drinking too much water after an episode of binge drinking like the incident in California, according to Faith Leonard, dean of students at AU.

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College in Pa. requires profs to teach freshman seminar

By Kelly Kerr | November 7

Professors at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania are among a handful in the nation who are required by the universitywhere they work to teach a mandatory freshman liberal arts seminar, a program with an objective similar to AU's general education program, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Homeless man stabs four near White House

By Tiffany Heimbuch-Maybee | November 7

Despite a violent knifing near the White House, a normally very secure area of Washington, D.C., AU students still feel relatively safe on campus. A homeless man was arrested Tuesday and charged with attempting to kill four tourists with a knife in Lafayette Park.

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Metro brief: Hundreds rally outside RFK stadium to end the AIDS epidemic

By Lauren Gardner | November 7

Nearly 300 people infected with HIV from across the country rallied outside Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Saturday to call on the president, Congress and society to renew commitments to end the AIDS epidemic, according to The Washington Post. The crowd, organized by the Campaign to End AIDS, then marched to Anacostia Park to call attention to the virus's growing devastation of the black community, especially in D.

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Students draw parallels between Ladner and Libby scandals

By Kelly Kerr | November 3

Some AU students are drawing a connection between the recent removal of former AU president Benjamin Ladner and the indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Ladner resigned as president after a months-long investigation into his dining and entertainment accounts showed he used university money for personal expenses.

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Presidential search will include input from students

By Sean Miller | November 3

AU will take its first steps in the hunt for a new president at a hearing today with students and faculty, university officials said. A committee of four trustees, led by Matthew Pittinsky, founder of Blackboard Inc. and an AU alumnus, will consult with university and student leaders to decide how to proceed in the search for a new president - a process that could take more than a year.

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