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Colombian exile: Coca-Cola abuses workers

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 28

Coca-Cola workers face assassination and exile if they try to stand up for their rights said Luis Cardona, a Coca-Cola employee exiled from Colombia, when he spoke to anthropology students as part of his campaign to "stop killer Coke" Tuesday. In an official statement, Coca-Cola called the Columbia allegations "a publicity stunt ... the allegations are false and it's outrageous to believe that The Coca-Cola Company would have anything to do with this type of behavior," the company stated in April.

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Point Foundation offers AU GLBT scholarships

By Emily Carone | February 28

The Point Foundation is offering three new scholarships for gay, lesbian or transgender AU students in honor of alumnus Carlos Enrique Cisneros, a television company president who died last year. The foundation is the first organization to offer scholarships exclusively for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students.

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Hair City, Jamba Juice to relocate

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 28

On-campus businesses Hair City and Jamba Juice will move to new locations on campus as AU seeks new businesses, such as a coffee shop, that cater to student needs, said Executive Director of Housing and Dining Julie Weber. Hair City will get a new style over spring break, when it will move to the old STA Travel location in the tunnel.

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Thousands lobby for AIDS support

By CLAIRE MAUDE CLAIRE MAUDE | February 28

More than 3,000 students lobbied for increased HIV/AIDS awareness Saturday, waving signs and chanting slogans as they marched from the White House to Capitol Hill. "We're here to demand that the government take action," said Student Global AIDS Campaign coordinator Healy Thompson in the first speech of the event at Lafayette Park, just north of the White House.

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Campus Brief: New face enters SG race

By Mary Specht | February 28

Originally posted at www.TheEagleOnline.com Saturday. Zach Silverman launched a write-in campaign for SG secretary as a candidate with no SC experience who could "bring a personality to the table that is unique." "There's a lot of people running in these elections .

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SC campaign sign stolen from the Quad

By Mary Specht | February 28

One of James Gardner's Student Confederation presidential campaign signs was stolen Saturday, leaving only singed ropes on the trees outside of Ward, according to Gardner. "I think it's just kind of disappointing because we put a lot of time and money into it," said Gardner, a junior in the School of Public Affairs.

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Campus Calendar

By Kate Oczypok | February 28

Monday, Feb. 28 Vote for Student Government 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mary Graydon 120 Choose the student you think will serve you best in Student Government and school councils. Monday is the last day to vote. Show up at MGC 120, the first room near the side entrance, with your AU ID.

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Campus Brief: SIS symposium tackles varied topics

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 28

It was standing-room only at Thursday's Eighth Annual School of International Service Undergraduate Symposium, which included 23 undergraduate panelists. More than 40 students put the symposium together, serving as panelists, moderators and analysts, according to Ben Sander, SIS undergraduate president, who called the event a "huge success .

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Athletes protest AU's cut of tennis, golf teams

By Kevin Hilgers and David Bergman | February 28

The Men's and Women's Tennis and Men's Golf teams will be eliminated after this season, AU Athletic Director Joni Comstock announced Thursday. The cuts were made to stabilize an Athletics Department that has developed a $500,000 deficit during the past fiscal year and lacked administrative consistency over the past four to five years, Comstock said.

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Protesters demand stronger HIV/AIDS relief from gov't

By Claire Maude | February 28

More than 3,000 students lobbied for increased HIV/AIDS awareness Saturday, waving signs and chanting slogans as they marched from the White House to Capitol Hill. "We're here to demand that the government take action," said Student Global AIDS Campaign coordinator Healy Thompson in the first speech of the event at Lafayette Park, just north of the White House.

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SIS students dance the night away at black-tie event

By Joseph Popiolkowski | February 28

Graduate student Will Owens, 25, and his girlfriend, Am? Brewster, 25, revel at the Graduate Council's Masquerade Ball Friday night at the National Press Club. More than 200 students enjoyed an hors d'oeuvres buffet, including dim sun, quesadillas and phyllo dough with goat's cheese.

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Mice make home in Tenley halls

By ERICA LEMASTER | February 28

Mice are scurrying about the halls and rooms of Tenley Campus, according to Washington Semester students. Jenny Nowatzke, a Washington Semester student from Omaha, Neb., said she and her two roommates caught at least three mice between January and Feb. 21 and found evidence of other mice.

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Presidential candidates debate

By David Hodges | February 28

The four Student Confederation presidential candidates debated their policies at a televised debate on ATV Thursday night. The candidates talked about Bender Library, the downloading program Ruckus and the need for a more transparent student government. The 30-minute debate, which was moderated by representatives from campus media, sought to provide a window to students on the candidates' platforms.

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Board decides on tuition, fee increases for '06-'07

By Mary Specht | February 28

Tuition will increase by 6.3 percent in 2006 and 6 percent in 2007, and housing costs will rise 5 percent and 5.5 percent in budgets approved by AU's Board of Trustees Friday, according to Provost Neil Kerwin and Don Myers, vice president of finance. The increase results from rising energy and health care costs, as well as projects that Kerwin and Myers say will add more value to the university, such as the Katzen Arts Center, intramural fields and a new student health center in McCabe Hall.

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Police Blotter

By Kate Oczypok | February 28

Wednesday, Feb. 23 Theft was reported in Anderson Hall. A vendor was bringing in a candy cart, and an unknown individual who was believed to be a student grabbed a case of candy and ran away into the building. A vehicle accident was reported off campus. On Ward Circle, the back of a student's car hit an AU shuttle.

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Players, parents speak out at GA meeting

By Melinda C. Hall | February 28

More than 100 athletes, some of their parents and other supporters of the golf and tennis teams voiced concerns about the Athletics Department's announcement that it will cut the teams at a tearful Sunday meeting of the General Assembly, the Student Confederation's legislative branch.

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Death sentences decline

By Charlie Caffrey | February 24

State government leaders in Georgia and Texas spoke out against the death penalty last week, reflecting a nationwide lack of support for the punishment, according to a study released in late 2004. Members of Georgia's house and senate called for a moratorium on capital punishment last Tuesday at a news conference, saying they would seek legislation to stop executions until a panel could be created to study the use of capital punishment.

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