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17-year-old latest death in string of D.C. area crashes

By April Seipp | October 25

The car crash that killed a 17-year-old girl on I-95 on Sunday is one of a recent string of crashes in the Washington area that involved young people. Since the end of August, 16 people ages 15 to 22 have died in car accidents in the D.C. area.

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Students to vote on SC constitution

By Mary Specht | October 25

The General Assembly, AU's student legislature, expects to vote on an entirely new Student Confederation constitution by the first week in November. The new document aims to make the SC more efficient and more relevant to the needs of today's student body, according to Ben Murray, chair of the GA's Committee on Government Operations.

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John Glenn touts research, space travel

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | October 25

On Saturday, the Family Weekend speaker took students and parents into the halls of Congress and beyond the clutches of the Earth into outer space. John Glenn, a former senator and astronaut, spoke to a near-capacity crowd of parents and students at Bender Arena about research, politics and space travel.

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Digital class schedule replaces booklets

By Jeannette Kimmel | October 25

As students begin signing up for spring 2005 classes today, they will be faced with a notable change - the absence of thousands of Schedule of Classes booklets. While the Schedule of Classes has been available online for 10 years, this is the first year that it will only be available online.

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Personal Reflection: Fun family time

By Kate Oczypok | October 25

Imagine leading eight people around AU's campus and the D.C. metro area for a weekend, catering to their every whim and making sure they have a great time. This was how I spent Family Weekend, AU's annual October event. Family Weekend is a chance for AU students to give a taste of their college lives to their family and friends.

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Students petition for clean energy

By Stokely Baksh | October 21

Timothy Burroughs, a second-year graduate student, took out his cell phone and called President Bush's campaign office in Miami. The person on the other line hung up after hearing his pitch. He tried two more offices in different states, leaving a message that he wanted a cleaner environment and sustainable energy sources. AU students, along with representatives from Greenpeace, tabled outside the Mary Graydon Center on Tuesday to encourage students like Burroughs to sign the petition of the Declaration of Independence from Dirty Energy and call the campaign offices of the presidential candidates in swing states as part of National Day of Action for Energy Action.

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Ramadan unites at AU

By Mary Specht | October 21

At iftaar, the nightly breaking of the fast during Ramadan, Muslims enjoy food and companionship in Kay Spiritual Life Center, hosted by the Muslim Student Association. Ramadan, the second of the five pillars of Islam, is a month-long celebration of the revelation of the Quran about 1425 years ago, Muslim Imam Tarek Abou-Ghazala explained.

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Campus crime levels remain steady

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | October 21

Campus crime levels have stayed relatively static from 2001 to 2003, according to Public Safety Chief Mike McNair and the Annual Security Report, published Oct. 1. McNair said that the levels have stayed the same because AU is in a low crime area. Although trends in certain types of crimes rise and fall over time, they result in a zero net change, according to Sergeant Gary Folckemer, Public Safety's public informations officer. The crime report includes statistics from 2001 to 2003. Statistics for 2004 crime will be released next fall.

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Council announces 2004-05 student club allocations

By Kate Oczypok | October 21

The American University Club Council released its 2004-2005 club allocations, worth more than $105,000 for about 130 clubs, on Monday. The AUCC is the student-run organization that determines how much money student clubs receive for their yearlong activities. The Alternative Break club received the most money this year, getting $16,500 - $12,000 more than the Student Organization for African Studies, the second-highest ranked club. However, AB was displeased to receive money from the AUCC.

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Police Blotter

By Theodora Blanchfield | October 21

Safety and security events from around campus, up to October 20, 2004.

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Campus brief: SC president tells provost to keep fall break

By Mary Specht | October 21

SC President Polson Kanneth met with Provost Cornelius Kerwin on Tuesday to urge him to keep fall break on the calendar. The University Council will meet Friday to discuss the issue and decide whether to keep fall break or merge it with Thanksgiving break.

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Metro Brief: Gore at Georgetown, criticizing Bush

By Emily Carone | October 21

Former Vice President Al Gore condemned President George W. Bush's handling of domestic and foreign policy Monday at Georgetown University, calling the president "arrogantly out of touch with reality." It was Gore's last major speech of the campaign season.

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Restraining-order police shift duties to defend against terror

By Kelly Kerr | October 21

A Metropolitan Police Department's squad that delivers court-ordered restraining orders for domestic violence victims was pulled from its usual duties on Sept. 30 and temporarily reassigned to the headquarters of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in preparation for upcoming protests of those institutions.

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Black Student Alliance brings poetry to AU

By Janel Knight | October 21

The Black Student Alliance transformed the Battelle Atrium, normally a place of workshops or studying, into a dimmed-light open mic session called "The Mic" on Tuesday night. The Mic featured poet Jason Reynolds from the University of Maryland and others who wished to share their poetry and spoken word.

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Red Sox victory mania spills out on LA Quad

October 21

At the stroke of midnight, an 80-year curse ended and AU students poured into the Letts-Anderson Quad to celebrate the falling of a dynasty. A crowd of nearly 400 students consumed the Quad, chanting, "Yankees suck" and "Boston Red Sox!" their shouts reaching illegal noise levels, according to a resident assistant. The Metropolitan Police also came to the scene.

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Students to work with public safety

By Mary Specht | October 21

Director of Public Safety Michael McNair organized two new programs aimed at encouraging students to join campus security: The Public Safety Aide Unit and the Public Safety Student Advisory Group. The Public Safety Aide Unit will employ students as part of the campus security force, but McNair stresses that they will not take the place of sworn officers. The Public Safety Student Advisory Group includes representatives from campus organizations that meet monthly to discuss campus security issues.

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WCL profs weigh in on Supreme Court justices

By Anna C. Drabant | October 21

Many in Washington and in the media have speculated about which U.S. Supreme Court justice will retire first, potentially allowing the winner of this year's presidential election to choose a new justice. A new justice would affect the makeup of the Supreme Court in terms of its liberalism or conservatism, thus affecting the court's decisions.

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