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Tobacco, alcohol marketing debated

By Kate Oczypok | February 10

About 250 students, faculty and staff listened to debate on the morality and finances behind tobacco and alcohol marketing to youth at Tuesday evening's American Forum. The event, "Marketing Cool: The Buying of Young America," drew a standing room-only crowd to Mary Graydon Center rooms 4 and 5.

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Droopy drops his rhymes

By Janel Knight | February 10

The Black Student Alliance brought the artist Drew "Droopy" Anderson to campus Tuesday night to recite his poetry at "The Mic," an open poetry jam held twice a month in the Battelle-Tompkins Atrium. "The Mic is like a confessional - all of your business just comes out," Droopy said.

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Campus Brief: Annual Founder's Day Ball approaches

By Kate Oczypok | February 10

AU's annual Founder's Day Ball will be held on Feb. 19 at the Galleria at Lafayette Center, announced Student Confederation Vice President Jason Trombley. "The theme of this year's event is 'Glitz and Glamour: 1930s Hollywood,'" said Trombley, who organizes the event.

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Metro Brief: Iranian Revolution event exposed

By David Hodges | February 10

An event celebrating the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Bethesda was cancelled after the owners hosting the event were informed that it is illegal to do business with Iran, The Washington Post reported. The event, which was billed as the "Twenty Sixth anniversary of the glorious victory of the Islamic Revolution and Death to America Day," was scheduled for Sunday at the Bethesda Marriott, according to Activist Chat, an Iranian dissident group based in the United States.

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American Forum Discusses Marketing To Youth

By Kate Oczypok | February 10

American Forum Discusses Marketing To Youth By Kate Oczypok Eagle Staff Writer Over 200 students, faculty, and staff gathered in Mary Graydon Center Tuesday evening to discuss marketing towards the youth of America at one of four American Forums hosted by the School of Communication at AU.

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AP doesn't spell success

By Brittney Galloway | February 10

Two recent studies found that Advanced Placement course experience does not correlate with success in college, even as the College Board, which gives the tests, strongly disagrees. The first study, presented Jan.

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Campus Brief: Annual Founder's Day Ball approaches

By Kate Oczypok | February 10

AU's annual Founder's Day Ball will be held on Feb. 19 at the Galleria at Lafayette Center, announced Student Confederation Vice President Jason Trombley. "The theme of this year's event is 'Glitz and Glamour: 1930s Hollywood,'" said Trombley, who organizes the event.

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City Calendar

February 10

All events are free unless noted. Thursday, Feb. 10 Dance: Friends of Sironka African Dance 10 a.m. Natural History's Baird Auditorium, Madison Dr., SW The troupe presents "Song of Our People: Maasai!" Admission costs $3.75 to $5. Call (202) 357-1500 for more information.

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Metro Brief: GMU official uses sex as blackmail

By Mary Specht | February 10

A George Mason University administrator videotaped a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old, then demanded $10,000 to keep the tape secret from the youth's parents, the boy testified in Fairfax County court Feb. 1. "He was willing to show [the tape] to my parents, in order to out me to them," the youth testified.

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Ballroom dancing debuts in Hughes Hall

February 10

The Baila-Tanz Club held a dance tutorial on Wednesday night in the Hughes Formal Lounge. Dancers learned salsa, samba, waltz, the fox trot and other ballroom dances. The club will hold meetings throughout the year on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

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Student-spy program scrutinized

By JERILIN BUZZETTA | February 7

When some students think of spies, intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency, they think of media-driven images such as Tom Cruise's self-destructing sunglasses in "Mission: Impossible II," satellite reconnaissance in "Patriot Games" and James Bond-esque high-tech gadgets straight out of the Spy Museum.

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Hillel plans trips to Israel

By Rochelle Chounet | February 7

AU Hillel, a Jewish group on campus, is planning an alternative spring break trip to Argentina and a Birthright Israel trip for the spring semester. This comes after 13 students returned from a Birthright trip less than a month ago. For 10 days in December and the beginning of January, AU Hillel sent 13 students from its campus to Israel through Birthright Israel, a partnership that brings together Israelis, Jewish philanthropists and Jewish American communities.

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Drug survey to test AU students

By Kate Oczypok | February 7

Undergraduates will have the opportunity to fill out the second Core Alcohol and Drug Survey when the Office of the Dean of Students administers the survey to various undergraduate classes starting today. Surveys will be distributed to classes in all six schools that represent all four years of undergraduate students, according to Sara Waldron, associate dean of students.

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AU debuts music and movie downloading service

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 7

AU is offering a free, legal music and movie downloading service to on-campus students starting today at 9 a.m. The downloading service, called Ruckus, will be available to on-campus students for the remainder of the semester. It has more than 700,000 music titles and a limited number of movies.

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Campus Brief: Alumni return for SIS Career Week

By Ariel Amante | February 7

The Career Center kicks of its School of International Service Career Week 2005 today, starting a week of lectures, panel discussions, and an alumni-student networking reception, according to the Career Center Web site. AU alumni working in intelligence, international relations, national security and other areas are returning to campus to speak to students about how to get started in the fields.

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Bud debuts combo drink

By Rob Chamberlain | February 7

The combination of Red Bull and vodka, a mixed drink that has gained popularity in recent years, has inspired beer company Anheuser-Busch to offer its own version of the beverage. "B to the E" beer, or B with a subscript E, which combines caffeine and alcohol, was released by Anheuser-Busch last month.

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Bender 'philled' by 2,000 fans

By Janel Knight | February 7

Students packed Bender Arena for the annual Phil Bender event, which coincides with the AU Men's Basketball game against Holy Cross. Each resident hall joined in by making banners in honor of the game. Letts Hall won the competition with a banner that illustrated a crucifix with "Crusade This" directed at Holy Cross.

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