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Exclusively Online: The SC's Plan

By Christopher Marsh | October 16

The theme for this year's Student Confederation Strategic Plan is "For a Better AU," which identifies their mission this year.

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Civitas: What is it?

By Samantha O'Neill | October 16

Civitas, a new initiative that was started this semester, is geared to promoting civilty programs and attitude throughout the AU community.

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Freshmen class, GA officers elected

By Stokely Baksh | October 16

Students elected General Assembly and Class of 2007 Council representatives Sunday and Monday, with freshmen dominating positions in residence halls in the General Assembly.

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Police Blotter for Oct. 14 through Oct. 15

By Keith F. Shovlin | October 16

incidents reported Tuesday and Wednesday

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Book teaches about greeks

By Luz Lazo | October 16

Imagine what it would have been like to learn about Greek Life while still learning how to read. At that age, upon hearing of Delta, Sigma and Kappa, children might have wondered what those strange words meant. Now, kids can actually learn about sororities and fraternities at a very early age.

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N Harvard drinking study HOLD

By Marissa Friedman | October 16

A recent Harvard University study has found that the availability of cheap beer and other alcoholic beverages near college campuses raises the likelihood of binge drinking.

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GA, Freshman class elections close today

October 13

AU students headed to the polls to vote for their representatives to the General Assembly and Class of 2007 Council yesterday and continue to vote today. Unlike last year, sheets of paper and pens greet them instead of computers offering online voting. "I've done paper ballots before," said Polson Kanneth, chair of the Student Confederation's Board of Elections. "It's accountable. When someone wants to check the count, they are there. And there's a hard copy." The election, which includes votes for open seats on the GA as well as the new freshman class council, shifted away from the computer system after problems in the past. "Some people were able to vote for themselves five times," Kanneth said, "while others weren't able to vote for themselves once."

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MP3s revolutionize music biz

By Kimberly Peterson | October 13

An audio revolution and a multi-million dollar legal mess have been caused by a little thing called an MP3. Hundreds of thousands of students download these files, yet how many really know anything about them? For starters, an MP3 is a compressed audio file that takes up less space on a computer or disc than a standard CD file.

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Exclusively Online: School vouchers come to D.C.

By Emily Carone | October 13

Congress recently approved the country's first federally-funded school voucher program, giving money to 1,300 D.C. children from low-income families, who live in underachieving and failing school districts, to attend private or parochial schools. These "opportunity scholarships," would provide grants of up to $7,500 to each student, for a total allocation of $10 million in next year's budget, according to the bill.

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Technology thwarts pirates

By Brady Williamson | October 13

A look into use of technology to stop illegal downloading of music.

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Crackdown on fake IDs

By Story Elmore | October 13

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) told a congressional committee last week that newer approaches are needed to deal with illegal document production and sale in D.C.'s Adams Morgan neighborhood - a place that some AU students find using fake IDs easy. Norton also expressed concerns about national security risks in the Oct. 1 hearing before the Select Committee on Homeland Security. She said after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, these activities "could become a conduit for people seeking identification documents to enable them to carry out terrorist activities." Norton said identification document fraud affects the whole nation.

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Exclusively Online: Club Council allocations

By Courtesy American University Club Council | October 13

The full list of all clubs, their requested budgets, and their actual endowments by the club council

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Club funds allocated

By Joshua Wu | October 13

AU's Club Council has allocated around $110,000 to 126 clubs who initially requested around $340,000, a process that was "especially difficult because the requested amount was three times greater than our total budget," said AUCC Chair Evan Wagner. "The Council's job is not to make your wish-list come true," Wagner said, "but to simply defer some of your costs.

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Law gets those who dare to download

By Ari Natter | October 13

The Recording Industry Association of America's latest tactic to deter file-swappers - a broad and encompassing series of subpoenas and lawsuits filed against music downloaders - has left many file-swappers unsure of how to proceed in getting free music. Many downloaders have more questions than answers regarding the extent of the RIAA's pursuit of file-swappers, the safety of downloading music and the chances of being sued.

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Downloading explained

By Lisa Pickoff-White | October 13

Lisa Pickoff-White explains the ins, outs and what the words involved in downloading music actually mean.

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Aramark petition asks higher wage

By Rebecca Bellville and Stokely Baksh | October 13

AU janitors and members of the student group AU Solidarity petitioned people on the Quad Thursday and Friday, asking for student support and claiming that AU's 110 custodial workers lack good working conditions. The main complaints of AU custodians - who work for the company Aramark and are represented by the Service Employees International Union, Local 82 - are that they lack pension plans, have inadequate healthcare and receive low pay when compared to janitors at other District universities.

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Campus Brief: Classic 5K holds fundraiser

By Stokely Baksh | October 13

News briefs from around AU

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