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Cigarettes and health: tips to quit

By Jenn List · Monday, Sept. 8, 2003

Exactly 1,200 young people wearing white T-shirts and blue jeans pour out of buses, stand in front of an imposing skyscraper, then collapse onto the pavement. This is the number of people who die every day from a smoking-related condition. This is the latest television ad for the Truth Anti-Smoking campaign, a series of short, sometimes controversial media spots aimed at teenagers and young adults.

Students call and SC answers

By Jennifer Tyre · Monday, Sept. 8, 2003

The Student Confederation created a new office this June to help respond to problems AU students may face. The Help Center, as described by Chairman Carlos Ramirez, is an initiative to collect and document the complaints of students, which can be submitted in person, online and over the phone.

Police Blotter

Monday, Sept. 8, 2003

Safety and security events from around campus for the week of September 8, 2003.

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Admissions raises the bar

By Kim Peterson | September 4

AU's Class of 2007 is smaller, smarter and more diverse than last year's freshman class, according to Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions Anna Seltz.

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Police Blotter

By Joseph Popiolkowski | September 4

Items from the campus public safety crime log for Aug. 30 - Sept. 3.

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Students seek tech help

By Dena Gudaitis | September 4

It's 12:45 p.m. on the main floor of the Mary Graydon Center and a swarm of students scramble in every direction to make their next class or munch on the last bite of a bagel. One might not notice Terry Fernandez, director of customer services and support, sitting patiently at the e-operations help table.

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Dashboard to play AU

By Rich Golaszewski | September 4

Classes have started and the opening festivities here at AU are almost exhausted, but perhaps the biggest event is yet to come. This Sunday, Sept. 7, Dashboard Confessional will perform in Bender Arena supported by a great line up consisting of Vendetta Red, Brand New, and MXPX.

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Church welcomes GLBT

By Ashley Bleimes | September 4

The Metropolitan Community Church of Washington is sponsoring a weekend of community activities for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students who are looking for God or just an accepting group of peers.

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Flying the Coop

By Keith F. Shovlin | September 4

AU Athletics has severed its connections with the Screaming Eagles, leaving the organization in student hands as students work to make the group a student club. The Screaming Eagles are the Eagles boosters, who organize at each event to cheer on the sports teams.

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SIS: More students than seats

By Brittany Farrah | September 4

Graduate students in the School of International Service are being forced to sit a little closer in class this year to create enough room for the increase of graduate students accepted to the school. Approximately 410 students were accepted to the SIS gradate program, a dramatic increase from a few years ago.

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Honors calls for Cowles

By Jenn List | September 4

Cardboard boxes, cat decorations and colorful children's artwork greet visitors to the office of Maria Green Cowles, the new associate director of the University Honors Program. Cowles replaces John Shosky in the position.

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Campus News Briefs

By Joseph Popiolkowski | September 4

Campus News Briefs on a new student-run Web site and an upcoming appearance on campus.

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ATV kicks off its new season this Sunday

By Michael Vallebuona | September 4

Remember when ATV, AU's student-run television station on channel 2 and 15, was cool? No? Well, Josh Fine, program director of ATV, promises to change that. "This year, we are going to give students what they want," Fine said. "Comedy, nudity, sex jokes and drug jokes.

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Wireless service expands

By Joshua Wu | September 4

A year after the implementation of a campus-wide wireless network, there has been major improvements in reception though students are still frustrated by the network's inconsistency.

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Blaster virus infects

By Lisa Pickoff-White | September 4

On the first day, the computer help desk at AU received hundreds of calls about the Blaster virus, according to the Help Desk Manager Sean Stockburger. The virus was released on Aug. 11. On Aug. 18, students began moving back on campus and began flooding the phones again.

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Eagle Nights sumo-sized for new year

By Rebecca Shillenn | September 4

The weekly phenomenon known as Eagle Nights resumed yesterday in the Tavern with a fun-filled schedule of themed events planned, according to Eagle Nights Director Kyle Taylor.Ã¿Eagle Nights will still retain its wacky flair, said Taylor, who took over for recent graduate Joshua "Shwa" Losben.

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AU 'leid' on Labor Day

By Kate Oczypok | September 4

Students celebrated Labor Day by using their meal plans to partake in an Hawaiian Beach Party sponsored by the Student Confederation, AU's student body government, and Bon Appetit on Monday.

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U.S. News ranks AU 99

By Rebecca Byerly | August 28

U.S. News and World Report published its 2004 rankings for best universities on Aug. 22. AU ranked 99 out of the 248 national universities with doctoral programs considered. The statistics used for the report were collected from information taken in 2002.

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Police Blotter

By Ben Widness | August 28

Safety and incident report from around campus, covering the week prior to publication of the issue.

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Return of intramural field to come

By Keith F. Shovlin | August 28

The ongoing recovery of arsenic and chemical weapons is coming to a close, according to a report by the Army Corps of Engineers on Aug. 5. The Corps is now completing the replacement of soil in the intramural field but the search will continue in an area of campus known as Lot 18.

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