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Breaking News: McNair officially hired

By Keith F. Shovlin | March 25

Mike McNair, acting director of Public Safety, can put aside his acting career after being named the permanent director Thursday. Pat Kelshian, executive director of Risk Management and Safety Services, released a memo Thursday, announcing McNair's appointment after a four-month search to replace Colleen Carson, who left the University just prior to Thanksgiving.

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WAMU holds first on-air fundraising drive

By Kate Oczypok | March 25

WAMU held its first on-air fundraising drive since its management change in December 2003. The drive was held Feb. 27 through March 5 with a fundraising goal of $800,000. WAMU began the drive with the message: "We're still here, we're still producing great programming, and we still really need you," according to David Taylor, interim executive director of WAMU "We think it was really successful," Taylor said.

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Water tested for lead

By KIAH CULVER | March 25

AU residents may have noticed a new look to their residence hall kitchens this past week. Faucet-mounted filters are being installed as a result of tests conducted by an environmental company to detect elevated action levels of lead in the water supply. AU Physical Plant Operations, in connection with D.

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Journalists talk about pros and cons of profession

By Mishri Someshwar | March 25

Journalists David Furst and Stephanie Kaye from WAMU's "Metro Connection" discussed the maddening deadlines, poor pay and rewarding work that are all part of being journalists at Monday's Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) coffee talk. Furst said that the key to becoming successful as a journalist was to "be prepared to do everything, work for nothing and generally be indispensable.

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Schools make room for students slimming down

By Emily Carone | March 25

The number of overweight children has doubled in the past 20 years, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The NCHS National Health and Nutrition Survey found that 15 percent of people ages 6 to 19 are overweight, and another 15 percent are at risk of becoming overweight.

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Police Blotter

By Kate Oczypok | March 25

Safety and security occurrences from around campus since Friday.

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Students remember friend

By David Hodges | March 25

Around 50 people gathered at Kay Spiritual Life Center Saturday for an impromptu memorial service for former AU student, junior Zachary Stacey, according to service organizer Cody Jameson. A more formal service was held earlier in Stacey's home state of Tennessee.

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Tutu speaks about rights

By Mishri Someshwar | March 22

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was given a standing ovation by the 1,500 students who attended his lecture on Thursday at Bender Arena. The event was part of the Kennedy Political Union's 35th anniversary celebrations. The South African Nobel Laureate spoke about the need for hope despite the turmoil in current times.

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Students search for summer housing

By Rebecca Bellville | March 22

For AU students looking for places to live and people to live with during the summer, the key is to plan ahead and talk to people you know. "You basically find out which of your friends are staying and which of your friends you can tolerate for three months," junior Rachel Treffeissen said.

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University has new way to combat e-mail spam

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | March 22

The battle against spam is heating up as Internet service providers take legal action against companies that send unwanted e-mails in bulk. Microsoft, Yahoo and the Internet service providers Earthlink and America Online are teaming up to file lawsuits against spammers, which is possible under a new law called the Controlling The Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, also known as the CAN SPAM Act.

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Contraceptive options sought

By Kerri Anderson | March 22

Several female students, most from AU's Washington College of Law, regrouped last semester to form AU's Contraceptive Coverage Campaign in an effort to tell University administrators that students on campus want oral contraceptives to be covered on their student health plan.

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Student robbed at gunpoint

By David Hodges | March 22

According to a Public Safety crime alert, on Saturday at around midnight, an AU student was robbed at gunpoint near the trees of the Rockwood Building on the south side of campus. After the student parked his vehicle, he walked to campus and was approached by two white men in their early to mid 20s.

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$1 million of PCP seized from dealers in D.C., Maryland

By Emily Carone | March 22

A metro brief on a PCP raid in the District of Columbia.

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Firehouse relocated

By April Seipp | March 22

The engine company that responds to fires at AU moved from its temporary location on Nebraska Avenue to Connecticut Avenue. Engine Company 20 is now at 4930 Connecticut Ave. NW, sharing space with Engine Company 31. The location on Nebraska, which it previously shared with the Department of Homeland Security was "never intended to be permanent quarters," said Kathryn Friedman, D.

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Summer job hunting

By Kim Peterson | March 22

Many students think that finding a job after graduation can be frustrating. According to AU's Office of Institutional Research, that notion may be correct as only 35 percent of last year's graduates went straight into the work force. Despite this statistic, there are a number of resources on campus and on the Web to help graduating seniors land that first job.

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Panelists talk in Kay about Israeli house demolition policy

By Jeannette Kimmel | March 22

"Violence is identified always as evil - never as good," said the Rev. J. Philip Wogaman of Israeli treatment of the Palestinian community in the Middle East on Monday's Interfaith Symposium. Wogaman, along with several other Jewish, Muslim and Christian panelists met in Kay Spiritual Life Center to discuss human rights and religious issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Sunday.

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Actress Garafolo talks about women's rights

By April Astor | March 22

American women are stuck in a dysfunctional relationship with the government, according to actress Janeane Garofolo. Garofolo, a longtime reproductive rights activist, spoke on a conference call with writers from several college newspapers to garner interest for the upcoming March for Women's Lives.

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