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Slice of Life: Relinquishing a pageant title to promote a body image awareness campaign

It's a story many women in the beauty industry have lived to tell: A beauty pageant contestant struggles with an eating disorder and enters a rehabilitation program.

Tags: Hoai-Tran Bui, beauty, eating disorders, body image, awareness, Kaitlyn Dinneh Wozniak

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March Madness: Best bars to watch local teams

WTOP Living compiles the best bars in the D.C. area to watch local colleges compete in the NCAA Tournament.

Tags: NCAA basketball, University of Maryland, Hoai-Tran Bui

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Green D.C. home to take 2,700-mile journey

Catholic University of America was issued a permit Friday to construct a single-family "unit" at 620 Michigan Ave. NE, on its campus. New student housing? Faculty residence? Nope.

Tags: Catholic University, George Washington University, Team Capitol D.C.

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Slice of Life: Christopher Morgan, dancing to his own beat

Christopher Morgan, a 37-year-old modern dancer and Artist in Residence at American University, finds inspiration by simply watching the world around him.

Tags: dancing, choreography, arts, performance, Slice of Life, Hoai-Tran Bui

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Reading 'Shades of Grey' for academic credit

"The Fifty Shades Trilogy" is a three-credit, 300-level American Studies course at American University focusing on "Fifty Shades of Grey" -- the book that inspired conversations about "mommy porn" and received both praise for dragging readers into a fantasy world and criticism for cluttering their minds with X-rated, erotic scenes.

Tags: Fifty Shades of Grey, Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele, trilogy, Natalie Plumb,

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American U snaps skid, beats Lafayette 68-64

Stephen Lumpkins scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead American University over Lafayette 68-64 Saturday in Patriot League play. Daniel Munoz added 12 points and John Schoof 11 for American (8-14, 3-4), which shot 52.3 percent (23 of 44) from the floor. Lumpkins was 8 of 10 from the field and combined with Munoz to make all 16 of the Eagles' free throws.

Tags: NCAA basketball

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Greiner leads Lehigh past American U 63-57

Holden Greiner scored a season-high 22 points and Lehigh rallied from a 14-point first-half deficit to defeat American University 63-57 Wednesday.

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Second inaugurations are usually smaller

Monday's inauguration is expected to be both smaller and less expensive than President Obama's first swearing in four years ago.

Tags: inauguration day, inauguration budget, Allan Lichtman, hank silverberg

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Lumpkins' 22 lifts American U over Colgate 72-63

Stephen Lumpkins scored 22 points and Tony Wroblicky had his first double-double of the season as American University topped Colgate Saturday.

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Gray's 19 help Cornell top American U 68-60

Jonathan Gray netted 19 points and helped Cornell dominate beyond the arc in a 68-60, nonconference victory over American University Sunda

Tags: NCAA basketball,

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