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One month, many reasons to celebrate

By Kristen Powell | October 4

It's a couple months into the school year, and you may be running out of reasons to party. Fear not! October is full of observances waiting to be celebrated. Just pick your favorite and revel accordingly. Caramel Month The National Confectioner's Association has declared October National Caramel Month.

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Rock and ushers in H Street

By Hanna Grene | October 4

Following the 1968 riots that were prompted by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the H Street corridor fell into neglect. Heading east from Union Station, you pass neon signs advertising liquor, payday loans and an assortment of carry-outs between the dilapidated storefronts, a reminder of times gone by when H Street was a commercial mecca.

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State Radio tunes in to politics

By Ryan Pickett | October 4

"Did you get the invitation? It's the fall of the American empire, but don't worry, you didn't miss a thing." When State Radio brings its high-energy act to the 9:30 club Saturday evening, they will pose that question to concertgoers within their extremely politicized songs.

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'Darjeeling' delivers limited thematics

By Lindsay Zoladz | October 4

Wes Anderson usually makes films that feel like they take place inside snow globes: tiny, fictitious, Technicolor worlds that have virtually no reference points to the outside world. His 2001 opus, “The Royal Tenenbaums,” was set in a surreal, bubblegum-and-candy-colored vision of New York, but all the locations, such as the family’s residence at 111 Archer Ave.

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Dorm recipe: White creamy mac and cheese

By Linda Beck | October 4

As I mentioned in the Sept. 20 issue, food is my passion. If I could, I would spend 24 hours a day in the kitchen, creating new dishes. However, there are some days when I am just too tired and want to eat the type of dinner that requires little cleanup and only a few ingredients.

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Fall movies showcase history, wonder

By Michael Carusi | October 4

Th is sequel to the Academy Award-winning fi lm, "Elizabeth," further explores the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth nurtures her secret love for adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), even as military and political forces threaten her empire at home and abroad.

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Top 10

October 4

10 "Houston, we have a problem." Yeah, it's really funny to compare your mundane dilemma with intergalactic catastrophes. OK, maybe it was funny once, but get real: This is the 21st century, and it's time to update your quips. 9"I'm not gonna lie..." Looks like you're a shoo-in for the honesty award.

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Sexual assault victims don't have to cope alone

By Pierce Hardcastle | October 4

Well, this week I didn't get any questions, and because I don't make up questions, I thought I'd give you some information I've been researching recently with the help of health educator Kathy Haldeman from the Wellness Center. I went to a lecture by someone from the DC Rape Crisis Center, a group that helps victims of sexual violence.

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D.C. public libraries trade quiet for music, money

By Tracey Townsend | October 4

Librarians aren't always the noise police. This Saturday, D.C. Public Library executive director Anna Velazco is encouraging bookworms and music nerds alike to "make noise for music and books." The D.C. Public Library Foundation (DCPL) has teamed up with Gypsy Eyes Records, ESL Music, the Federal Reserve Collective and Proper Topper to host a benefit concert to raise money for the D.

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Luxury shopping takes on new spaces, more services

October 1

If Carrie Bradshaw saw the new shoe department at New York City's Saks Fifth Avenue, I think she would go into cardiac arrest. Just last month, Saks Fifth Avenue opened its newly-remodeled shoe department. It is now on the eighth floor of the building, located at 611 Fifth Ave.

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'Halo 3' offers epic finale to space-age shoot 'em up

By David Tannenbaum | October 1

The release of "Halo 3" last week completed the six-year story arc that began with the release of Halo: Combat Evolved in 2001. While the first installment in the series seemed more like a playable action movie, "Halo 3" takes the franchise up a notch, adding a sense of desperation absent from the past two games.

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Pills as diet cause bowels to run, riot

By Alyssa Pry | October 1

If someone walked up to you and told you that you could drink a special tea twice a day and lose 30 pounds, would you believe it? What if someone said that you could eat whatever you wanted, never exercise and still lose 80 pounds just by taking a pill? Even though it sounds unbelievable, it also sounds a little tempting.

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Review: THE SHADE OF POISON TREES

October 1

Dashboard Confessional "The Shade of Poison Trees" (Vagrant Records) Sounds like: Dashboard Confessional goes to camp. Thirteen-year-old emo kids in tight jeans and chucks will need a change of underoos after listening to the first five songs off Dashboard Confessional's latest record, "The Shade of Poison Trees.

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Review: MORE BEHIND THE PICTURE THAN THE WALL

October 1

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver "More Behind the Picture Than the Wall" (Rounder) Sounds Like: A bluegrass record not for the inexperienced. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver illustrate the beautiful and underappreciated art form that is bluegrass. With the quick high notes of a mandolin and the long, drawn-out sound of a fiddle accentuating the melodic strumming of acoustic guitar and banjo, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver blend together these stringed instruments into upbeat, energizing music.

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Cell phones sell student on Japan

By Andrew Robinson | October 1

Japan has a reputation as a technological wonderland, home to the most advanced and just plain-old cool gadgets in the world. Of all the various options available to slake the technolust of nerds like myself, the Japanese cell phone - or "keitai," as it is called here - is perhaps the best.

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Hirsch breathes life into late legend

By Stephen Tringali | October 1

Actor Emile Hirsch remembers sitting before a television set at age 8, totally immersed in an episode of "20/20." The show featured a story about Christopher McCandless, a graduate of Emory University, who had given up all his money for a journey into the Alaskan wilderness.

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Tech bits

By Mike Carusi | October 1

Law firms turn YouTube into 'RecruitTube' As major companies adjust to the digital age, law firms in particular have discovered one major consistency among the college students they are trying to recruit as summer interns - they watch YouTube, the major online video Web site that allows anyone to post anything from funny moments caught on camera to elaborate music video productions ("Let's Get Some Shoes," anyone?).

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