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April 2007
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April 3,
2007 -- The next four hundred years
 Charles MacKay to discuss the future of opera April 13


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April 3,
2007 -- Washington University in the running as a 2008 presidential debate site
 Tremendous educational opportunities


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April 2,
2007 -- I-64/US40 construction updated on Web
 Web site available for information


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March 30,
2007 -- Truman scholarships go to Arts & Sciences juniors
 Provides $30,000 towards graduate study


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March 30,
2007 -- Medical Campus shuttles temporarily detoured
 From April 5-10


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March 30,
2007 -- Limited parking in Danforth Campus temporary lot
 Three rows blocked April 2


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March 30,
2007 -- 'The Social Impact of a University' is topic of Jonathan F. Fanton talk
 April 5 in Brown Hall Lounge


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March 30,
2007 -- U.S. News rankings
 Overall, 44 academic areas at WUSTL rank in the top 25


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March 29,
2007 -- "Publishing Weekend"
 The Writing Program to present talks with publishers, editors and authors April 6 and 7


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March 29,
2007 -- Social Activist and Educator to deliver the Adele Starbird Lecture
 Social activist, educator and one of the "Little Rock Nine," Minnijean Brown Trickey will present "Return to Little Rock"


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March 29,
2007 -- Philip D. Shelton Symposium
 School of Law hosts "A Higher Sense of Purpose: Access to Higher Education and the Professions" on April 12


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March 29,
2007 -- Media Advisory — Photo Opportunity
 Social work students to host international festival Saturday, March 31


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March 29,
2007 -- Magic for Beginners
 Author Kelly Link to read for The Writing Program Reading Series April 5


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March 28,
2007 -- House of Desires
 PAD brings classic Baroque farce to Edison Theatre April 13 to 22


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March 28,
2007 -- Students return to Millbrook Square apartments
 Cleanup effort goes smoothly


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March 28,
2007 -- Six teams reach finals of social entrepreneurship competition
 Winners take home $120,000


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March 27,
2007 -- German Film Festival
 Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to present "A Festival of Contemporary German Film" April 11 to 15


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March 26,
2007 -- Grease fire in Millbrook Square apartments
 Students unharmed


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March 22,
2007 -- The Jewish World at Ground Zero
 Lecture is open to the public


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March 22,
2007 -- Last blood drives of the academic year scheduled
 WUSTL community encouraged to participate


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March 21,
2007 -- Italian Film Festival
 Film & Media Studies to Host annual festival March 30 to April 14


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March 21,
2007 -- Washington University's McDonnell International Scholars see American politics up close
 It is the group's first visit to the nation's capital


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March 21,
2007 -- Libraries call for Neureuther book competition entries
 Entries accepted through April 2


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March 20,
2007 -- Big George Brock
 Blues legend to perform for Jazz at Holmes series March 29


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March 20,
2007 -- Annual Cherrick Lecture in Jewish Studies
 Free and open to the public


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March 19,
2007 -- "365 Plays/365 Days"
 Washington University to present 10 short plays by Suzan-Lori Parks April 2 to 8


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March 19,
2007 -- University of Tokyo graduate begins prestigious American fellowship
 Part of McDonnell International Scholars program


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March 19,
2007 -- The Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Competition invites public participation in judging semi-finalists
 For a chance to win $250, audience members can vote on their favorite business proposal.


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March 16,
2007 -- "From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STOPS to Restoring America's Greatness"
 former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee to deliver address for Assembly Series


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March 16,
2007 -- 2007-08 parking permit prices set
 New prices effective July 1


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March 16,
2007 -- Major health-care funding report to be released March 19

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March 15,
2007 -- American Indian Awareness Week and Pow Wow, April 9-14
 Guest speaker to address the issue of American Indian mascots in sports


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March 15,
2007 -- Highness
 Performing Arts Department to present winner of A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition March 29 to April 1


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March 15,
2007 -- 'Distinguished journalist'
 NBC's Tim Russert to deliver Washington University's Commencement address May 18


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March 14,
2007 -- Midwest Eclogue
 Poet David Baker to read for The Writing Program Reading Series March 22


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March 14,
2007 -- Doing business abroad
 Global challenges to U.S. business is topic of Weidenbaum Center public forum, March 23


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March 14,
2007 -- "Using Punk Rock and Leftover Food to Change the World"
 Founder of DC Central Kitchen to speak at School of Social Work on March 27


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March 14,
2007 -- International Art Galleries
 Uta Grosenick to lecture for Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum March 22


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March 12,
2007 -- Tartuffe
 Washington University Opera to present modern setting of Molière classic March 23 and 24


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March 9,
2007 -- Who are you?
 Gerald Izenberg explores a formation of identity for March 21 Assembly Series


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March 8,
2007 -- WUSTL's Olin School of Business to honor five alumni
 Annual awards given for career distinction and contributions to the community


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March 7,
2007 -- Piano sale benefits music
 Public sale March 18


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March 7,
2007 -- Record hiatus & daylight-saving time

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March 7,
2007 -- Register for fall Mini Med classes
 Classes begin in late September


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March 7,
2007 -- Stories Left to Tell
 Edison Theatre to host tribute to Spalding Gray March 30 and 31


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March 6,
2007 -- Ustad Imrat Khan
 World-renowned sitar player to present concert of Indian classical music March 25


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March 2,
2007 -- Archaeologist Colin Renfrew explores how we become human
 Colin Renfrew expands our understanding of cognitive archaeology in Assembly Series lecture


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March 2,
2007 -- Morehouse College Glee Club performance
 Concert on March 5


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March 2,
2007 -- I-64/US40 construction updated on Web
 See latest project updates


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March 2,
2007 -- Career development programs scheduled
 Next class scheduled for March 8


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Feb. 28,
2007 -- Creativity and leadership
 Jeff Pike named first Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr., Professor of Art


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Feb. 28,
2007 -- Older men needed for study to improve health
 Researchers to study exercise training and hormone therapy


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Feb. 28,
2007 -- Libraries rolls out Web-based survey for WUSTL community
 Web page will be available through March 26


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Feb. 28,
2007 -- I-64/US40 construction updated on Web
 Web site available for information


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Feb. 28,
2007 -- The lost tomb of Jesus?
 Discovery Channel documentary airs March 4


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Feb. 23,
2007 -- Free spring vehicle inspections offered
 Free to students, facutly and staff


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Feb. 23,
2007 -- Career development programs scheduled
 Feb. 28 class for managers


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Feb. 22,
2007 -- Chamber music concert
 Washington University faculty to join Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra members for March 4 concert


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Feb. 22,
2007 -- "Splash of Color 2007"
 The Mosaic Whispers to present annual a cappella concert March 2 and 3


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Feb. 22,
2007 -- Highway construction update
 The most recent updates on the highway construction process


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Feb. 22,
2007 -- Security measures added on campus
 Measures include adding peepholes in residence hall doors.


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Feb. 22,
2007 -- Employee supplemental disability insurance enrollment begins

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Feb. 22,
2007 -- Teaching excellence
 Paul Donnelly named ACSA Distinguished Professor


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Feb. 21,
2007 -- "The Past is Always With Us"
 Olaf Kuhlke to speak on German national identity in post-Wall Berlin March 8


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Feb. 21,
2007 -- 'Blend of meticulous, imaginative scholarship'
 Pre-eminent African-American studies historian to serve as Distinguished Visiting Scholar


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Feb. 16,
2007 -- After the flood
 John Hoal to speak on New Orleans March 5


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Feb. 16,
2007 -- Women don't ask
 How gender influences negotiations is topic of public forum, March 5


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Feb. 16,
2007 -- Mars, Venus, or Planet Earth?
 Assembly Series speaker examines male/female relationships


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Feb. 16,
2007 -- Barnard Hospital elevator upgrades on Medical Campus
 To begin Feb. 19


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Feb. 16,
2007 -- Students asked to participate in national health survey
 Deadline is March 9


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Feb. 16,
2007 -- "Dance like a fight"
 Dance St. Louis and Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series present DanceBrazil Feb. 23-25


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Feb. 16,
2007 -- Join an interactive television series on The Big Read
 Begins Feb. 20


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Feb. 16,
2007 -- A Conversation with Christopher Buckley
 Political Satirist Christopher Buckley to give the ArtSci Council/Neureuther Library Lecture


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Feb. 15,
2007 -- The 2010 Imperative
 Sam Fox School to host live web-cast on global warming Feb. 20


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Feb. 15,
2007 -- Chief Justice Wolff Discusses Dred Scott
 Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Discusses Dred Scott Case at Assembly Series


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Feb. 15,
2007 -- One of 20 selected nationwide
 Marlow named to USA Today's All-USA College Academic First Team


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Feb. 15,
2007 -- Memorial service to be held for Karls
 Service will be at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in Connor Auditorium at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.


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Feb. 15,
2007 -- Dred Scott 150th anniversary
 National symposium gathers leading experts to discuss the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court decision March 1-3


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Feb. 14,
2007 -- Faculty Fellows
 Jo Labanyi to launch Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellows' Series Feb. 27-28


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Feb. 14,
2007 -- Update on Campus Assault
 Information from University Police


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Feb. 14,
2007 -- Sustainability Web site offered
 Everyone on the Danforth and School of Medicine campuses can access any of the organization's member's-only resources.


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Feb. 14,
2007 -- Copland, Delius and Khachaturian
 Washington University Symphony Orchestra to perform music from theatrical works Feb. 25


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Feb. 9,
2007 -- Undergraduates encouraged to complete student survey
 Must be finished by Feb. 26


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Feb. 9,
2007 -- Career development programs scheduled
 Feb. 15 class for managers


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Feb. 9,
2007 -- New site for student businesses
 Students can create and run their own campus business


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Feb. 9,
2007 -- Construction Update
 Provided by facilities management


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Feb. 8,
2007 -- civil disobedience
 PAD to present world premiere drama by Carter Lewis Feb. 23 to March 4


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Feb. 8,
2007 -- "Collective Practice"
 Bruce Lindsey, dean of architecture, to speak for Architecture Lecture Series Feb. 19


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Feb. 8,
2007 -- Media advisory- Fighting for the right to vote on Feb. 12
 Professor to challenge MO voting ban for all disabled adults under full guardianship before Justice O'Connor and the Eighth Circuit


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Feb. 7,
2007 -- Smoking-cessation program offered to eligible faculty, staff
 Wellness Connection event will be Feb. 19


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Feb. 7,
2007 -- Throop Drive parking restricted
 Effective immediately


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Feb. 6,
2007 -- Community powwow meeting Feb. 19
 Buder Center for American Indian Studies looking for ideas and volunteers from the St. Louis community


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Feb. 2,
2007 -- Graphic Standards booklet revised
 Includes many new WUSTL graphics


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Feb. 2,
2007 -- Medical Campus street closure
 Steam vault construction necessitates closure


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Feb. 2,
2007 -- Temporary parking lot closure
 Lot closed Feb. 6


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Feb. 2,
2007 -- Career development programs scheduled
 Feb. 7 class on leaves of abscence


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Feb. 2,
2007 -- Media Advisory - Olin School of Business students critique the Super Bowl's commercials
 Experts and students opine in the "Super Advertising Bowl."


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Feb. 1,
2007 -- Danforth Campus Career Fair
 Feb. 2 in the Athletic Complex


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Feb. 1,
2007 -- Tuition assistance programs
 A generous University offering


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Feb. 1,
2007 -- New system stores health records online
 Benefits management for faculty and staff


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Feb. 1,
2007 -- Musical partnership
 KWUR to sponsor Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Community Partnership concert Feb. 11


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Feb. 1,
2007 -- 140th annual Wiley Rutledge competition
 John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, to judge Moot Court competition


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Feb. 1,
2007 -- MEDIA ADVISORY
 John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, to judge Moot Court Competition at the Washington University School of Law


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Feb. 1,
2007 -- Talks include Assembly Series and Hurst, Feb. 13 & 14
 Novelist and political negotiator Nuruddin Farah presents Somalian conflict up close and personal


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Jan. 31,
2007 -- Twilight of the Super Hero
 Deborah Eisenberg to read for The Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 8


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Jan. 30,
2007 -- Super Advertising Bowl VII
 WUSTL business students analyze the year's most expensive commercials on Superbowl Sunday


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Jan. 30,
2007 -- Bing Devine Passes Away
 WU Legend Guided Cardinals to World Championships in 1964 and 1967


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Jan. 30,
2007 -- 'The Zinner Impact'
 Physicist to be recognized for helping 'revolutionize astronomy'


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Jan. 29,
2007 -- Artists and critics
 Kemper Art Museum to host panel discussion on Reality Bites: Making Avant-garde Art in Post-Wall Germany Feb. 9


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Jan. 29,
2007 -- Randall unravels multi-dimensional universe
 Harvard physicist Lisa Randall unravels a multi-dimensional universe in Assembly Series lecture


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Jan. 26,
2007 -- St. Louis Follies
 Teams from Sam Fox School take top honors in design competition


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Jan. 26,
2007 -- Surprise!!!
 Director of Athletics John Schael inducted into WU Sports Hall of Fame


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Jan. 26,
2007 -- Peter Raven profiled on KETC Channel 9
 Will air Jan. 29


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Jan. 26,
2007 -- Division of Biology and Biological Sciences highly ranked
 Detailed in recent Chronicle of Higher Education


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Jan. 26,
2007 -- Medical Campus theft alert
 Facutly, staff and students play a vital role in crime reduction


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Jan. 26,
2007 -- Career development programs scheduled
 Harassment class on Jan. 30


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Jan. 25,
2007 -- Nominations sought for annual Virgil Ethic of Service award
 Award honors members of the University community known for service and giving


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Jan. 25,
2007 -- Take advantage of tuition tax deduction
 I.R.S. recommends filing in mid-February if taking the deduction


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Jan. 24,
2007 -- Female Fan Day
 Washington U. to Host JCC Female Fan Day


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Jan. 23,
2007 -- Music Lecture
 Musicologist Paul Laird to lecture on Baroque cello Feb. 2


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