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Europe Meets D.C.: Fraternities, sororites and Halloween

Editors Note: They traveled 1,230 miles to come to Washington, D.C. -- Christine Amdam flew all the way from Norway and Alina Braun from Germany. This fall, they are studying journalism at American University and working as interns for WTOP. They quickly discovered that Washington and the American culture are very different from their hometowns Oslo and Mannheim and decided to document their experiences. Check WTOP.com each weekend to read about Christine and Alina's "culture clashes."

Tags: Halloween, American University, costumes, college drinking, Europe meets D.C.

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Europe meets D.C.: TV mania and too much food

Editors Note: They traveled 1,230 miles to come to Washington, D.C. -- Christine Amdam flew all the way from Norway and Alina Braun from Germany. This fall, they are studying journalism at American University and working as interns for WTOP.

Tags: Europe meets D.C., American University, television, food portions

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American University students launch SafeWalk to protect peers

After a series of groping incidents near American University's campus, students are launching a program in an attempt to keep their peers safe at night.

Tags: American University, public safety, assault, mark segraves

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Europe meets D.C.: Drinking and American sports

WTOP interns Christine Amdam, of Norway, and Alina Braun, of Germany, share their thoughts about American sports and our drinking laws.

Tags: Europe meets D.C., Redskins, alcohol, American University

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Substance trumps body language, performance

Lenny Steinhorn, professor of public communication, American University

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Women report assaults near AU campus

American University in Northwest Washington is under alert after four students reported they were groped by a man in a dark hooded sweatshirt over the past week.

Tags: American University, public safety, andrew mollenbeck

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Europe meets D.C.: WTOP interns share their culture clashes

Tags: Europe meets D.C., Alina Braun, Christine Amdam, Germany, Norway, American University

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American U.: No new breast-feeding policy

Breast-feeding policies at American University will not be changed after controversy erupted over an assistant anthropology professor nursing her sick child during class.

Tags: breastfeeding, American University, alicia lozano

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Students sacrifice classes to afford college

Nearly 40 percent of college students work while attending classes. Some do it to gain experience. Others need to pay down the debts they are incurring.

Tags: American University, George Washington University, financial aid, college, Tiffanie Reynolds

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D.C. house over 'mother of all toxic dumps' to be razed

The empty home will be removed in May and scientists will finally learn how many discarded chemical weapons lie beneath the home at the center of the Spring Valley cleanup efforts.

Tags: American University, munitions, dump

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