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Bill calls for balance

By Kim Peterson | April 15

A nonbinding resolution currently being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives calls for states to adopt an Academic Bill of Rights that would balance ideological viewpoints in college classrooms. The purpose of the bill, according to a press release from the office of Rep.

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Police Blotter

By Jamie Lee Lardner | April 15

Safety and security events from around campus since Friday.

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Gao's husband sentenced

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | April 15

Xue Donghua, the husband of former AU researcher Gao Zhan, was sentenced last Friday to a year in prison for failing to report income on the couple's taxes from the illegal sale of microprocessors to China, according to The Washington Post. Xue was sentenced because he received $539,296 from his wife's illegal sale of Military Intel 486 spare DX2 microprocessors to China, The Post reported.

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Mayor promises public funding for new baseball park

By Emily Carone | April 15

Mayor Anthony Williams is trying to lure Major League Baseball to the District with a new stadium. D.C. is one of seven cities lobbying for the Montreal Expos to be relocated to within their borders. Major League Baseball officials will only move the team to a city that can provide a stadium.

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Vanilla Ice heats up the Tavern

By Emily Zemler | April 15

Nineties rapper Rob van Winkle, better known as Vanilla Ice, brought his brand of rap-rock to the Tavern in front of a nostalgic crowd last night. Ice, who was accompanied by drummer Chris A and his DJ (who he referred to as the "Dirty Mexican"), drew a crowd of 750 students, according to Karen Gerlach, director of Student Activities.

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Chaplain: no ties to anti-Semitic books

By David Hodges | April 15

AU's Muslim Chaplain Fadel Soliman, who is also the director of World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) International, which has published and distributed a handful of anti-Christian, anti-Semitic and anti-Shi'a Muslim books, said he made at least one of the books available to students curious about other religions.

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SIS to celebrate 46th anniversary

By Stokely Baksh | April 15

AU's School of International Service will celebrate the 46th anniversary of its founding tonight at the Embassy of Nigeria. The event's highlights include AU's plans to construct a new building to replace the school's current building which dates back to 1957.

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File sharing debated

By Zehra Rizavi | April 15

While some panelists at the American Forum Tuesday night claimed that downloading music and movies from the Internet infringes copyright laws, others argued that the practice will not stop and the government must modify current laws to accommodate it. Record labels and artists traditionally made a large chunk of their profits from CD sales, and the 50 percent dive in sales between 1999 and 2002 does more than worry record executives, said David Sutphen, the vice president of government relations for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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DC declared smartest

By Elliot Smilowitz | April 15

Washington, D.C., is the smartest city in America, according to a report published by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report says that 23.6 percent of 25-and-over residents of the District have an advanced degree, more than any other city or state in the nation.

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New proposal would reshape school identity

By Mackenzie Ryan | April 15

The University College, a proposal that intends to create a two-year program for incoming students to improve academic and cultural life at AU, is still in the process of gathering feedback from the community, including launching a Web site and conducting student focus groups.

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Professor bias assessed

By David Hodges | April 15

On Monday, students, faculty and the general public gathered to hear a panel of AU professors talk about academic fairness and free speech in the classroom. The panel, which was sponsored by Students for Academic Freedom, an academic watchdog group, featured Phillip Brenner (School of International Service), Robert Lerman (College of Arts and Sciences), Peter Kuznick (CAS) and Mark Walker (SIS).

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Punk artist chastises music industry

By Costa Caloudas | April 15

The prestigious and now legendary history of the D.C. punk movement has been completely neglected as of late. Instead of hearty doses of Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, Embrace and Fugazi, students opt instead for the watered-down emo-punk that is spoon-fed to them from the Warped Tour and Hot Topic.

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WAMY Translation 1

April 15

Translations of the WAMY publication cited in the article on Chaplain Soliman.

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Rainbow colors AU's sky

By Chris Kosek | April 15

Despite several overcast days of drizzle and downpour, a rainbow appeared briefly over campus at sunset on Tuesday, the beautiful display of color traveling the entire sky. Campus residents looking to find a pot of gold in [whichever building is in the photo you're using], however, should be wary of leprechauns and other mischievous fortune-seekers on the premises.

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Police Blotter

By Jamie Lee Lardner | April 12

Safety and security events from around campus since Thursday.

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Online exclusive: Why Kenya is the Land of Opportunity

By Kelly Jo Bahry | April 12

Kelly Jo Bahry, a graduate student at the School of International Service, discusses her experiences as a long-term visitor in Kenya.

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Disabled veterans to receive monument

By Dana Langguth | April 12

Mentioning monuments in the same sentence as Washington, D.C., seems redundant to most people. True to D.C.'s reputation, another monument was given the go-ahead for construction. The monument, funded by the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation, will honor all veterans who have been permanently disabled from combat.

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