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Annual Cuba trip pays homage to history and tradition

By ZEHRA RIZAVI Zehra Rizavi | March 4

While most students plan on visiting their families or taking a trip to Cancun, Mexico, for spring break, 25 AU students will leave Friday for Cuba and spend their weeklong vacation learning about the people and the politics of this country still-closed-off from America.

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Elections come to MGC 120

By Keith F. Shovlin | March 1

The elections for the Student Confederation, AU's student government, are just a click away as six computers in Mary Graydon Center 120 have replaced the paper ballot for this semester's election. Students can vote for their respective class officers, school councils' members and representatives to the General Assembly, AU's undergraduate-student legislature.

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AU Board of Trustees meets on AU's future

By Mackenzie Ryan | March 1

At the second meeting of AU's Board of Trustees this year on Friday, the board discussed its commitment to guide WAMU, the increase in programs in AU Abroad and the approval of AU President Benjamin Ladner's salary. "There are a lot of hurdles, [mainly] the quality of the product," said George Collins, the chairman of the AU Board of Trustees, about challenges the University is facing.

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SC candidates debate on ATV

By Kate Oczypok | March 1

Campus safety and communication barriers between the AU student body and the administration were among heated topics discussed by student government presidential candidates at last Thursday's ATV Student Confederation Presidential Debate in the Media Production Center.

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AU shuttle service faces scrutiny

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | March 1

Despite several complaints that have been filed surrounding safety and schedule issues of Park Bethesda shuttles, the University remains confident in its transportation system, which is under review, according to University officials. This year, the Office of Transportation Services has received 28 complaints in relation to the Park Bethesda shuttle service, said Thomas Leathers, manager of Transportation Services for Public Safety.

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Police Blotter

By Keith F. Shovlin | March 1

Safety and security events from around campus for last Wednesday and Thursday.

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Muslim chaplain's group investigated

By Mackenzie Ryan and David Hodges | March 1

An international Muslim charity group, whose regional office is located in Falls Church, Va., and headed by AU's Muslim chaplain, is under investigation by a U.S. Senate committee for alleged ties to Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist group.

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West African university officials learn about safe sex

By Stokely Baksh | March 1

Male condoms, female condoms and dental dams were all involved in a lesson attended by six West African university administrators Thursday to learn about student programming involving safe sex, HIV and AIDS.

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Campus Briefs

By Kate Oczypok | March 1

News Briefs from around campus: e-operations updates and an SIS research symposium.

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Metro fares may rise again

By April Seipp | March 1

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's board of directors is considering increasing base fares by a maximum of 15 cents, as well as other initiatives to make and save money, in order to make up for a possible $36 million budget shortage, Metro officials said.

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AU meningitis case causes discussion

March 1

A few weeks after an AU student became ill with meningitis, several people think students should consider getting vaccinated against the disease. AU does not require students to get the meningitis vaccine, while colleges in Maryland and Virginia require it of some students, The Eagle previously reported.

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D.C. residents protest new development plans for Wisconsin Avenue

By KIAH CULVER | February 26

Residents of Friendship Heights and Tenleytown are outraged at the District's proposals for development along northern Wisconsin Avenue, demanding further analysis and revisions to the plan before it is introduced to D.C. Council. The D.C. Office of Planning has thought up a strategic framework plan that calls for office, retail and residential space to be constructed to lure more people to the area.

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'Revolutionary' uses Tenleytown as soapbox

By April Astor | February 26

His co-workers know him as a bookkeeper, but AU students recognize him as the man who stands at the Tenleytown-AU Metro stop on weekday afternoons, holding flyers and wearing a sign that says, "Ask me about revolutionary socialism." Jeff Elliot, who said he has been doing this for about a year and a half, chose Tenleytown as a place to share his viewpoints because it has a diverse mixture of people, especially students.

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Students to vote on SC document

By Keith F. Shovlin | February 26

The Student Confederation, AU's student government, will be holding its annual executive election this Saturday through Tuesday, but the ballot will carry more than the list of candidates, as the SC is looking to amend its constitution. The SC will have two referenda on the runoff ballot to amend the SC Constitution.

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Asbestos closes part of McKinley building

By Stokely Baksh | February 26

What looked like a dangerous contamination zone with plastic lining and danger signs was a routine procedure to remove asbestos tile found in the McKinley Building. According to Construction Manager Howard Levo, an asbestos abatement program that began on Monday to remove asbestos from a portion of McKinley's first floor ended yesterday.

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Police Blotter

By Keith F. Shovlin | February 26

Safety and security occurrences around campus since Friday, February 20

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President addresses campus

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 26

Reducing the incoming enrollment rate and focusing on providing benefits for current students were among main objectives in AU President Benjamin Ladner's first public address this semester to the campus in Kay Spiritual Life Center on Tuesday. Ladner discussed the University's 15 Point Plan and Middle States Self-Study in his mid-year address.

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