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Workshop teaches money matters

By Melinda C. Hall | February 10

About 10 students learned how to build good credit at a workshop called "Financial Empowerment" held in the Gianni Lounge as part of AU's celebration of Black History Month. The AU chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Bank of America co-sponsored the Monday night event that highlighted financial responsibility as a key factor in good credit and in paying back student loans later in life.

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Volunteers earn awards

By Melinda C. Hall | February 10

As the AU Circle K prepares to elect its new executive board Feb. 17 and attend the Capitol District Circle K convention that weekend, the student service group's leaders will have a lot to look forward to and live up to in the coming year.

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VMI cadets reprimanded

By Lauren Gardner | February 10

Virginia Military Institute students who dressed in costumes that mimicked gay people, Nazis and Africans now face possible disciplinary action after photos from the Halloween party they attended surfaced on Richmond Independent Media Center's Web site, Richmond.

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AU 2-year budget outlined

By Kate Oczypok | February 10

About 20 members of the University staff met to talk about the 2006 and 2007 fiscal year budget and the projected 4.5 to 6.5 percent yearly tuition increase Monday afternoon in a discussion moderated by Provost Neil Kerwin and Don Myers, vice president of Finance and Treasurer.

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Police Blotter

By Kate Oczypok | February 10

Friday, Feb. 4 Fraud was reported with a parking permit in the Centennial Hall upper level garage at 12:31 p.m. Burglary was reported inside Capitol Hall at 1:03 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 A student was found sleeping in another person's room in Anderson Hall at 5 a.

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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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