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(04/25/05 4:00am)
Upon hearing that a movie is about racial tension, most people's gut reaction will be to stay away. In the case of "Crash," the directorial debut of writer/director Paul Haggis, the mind behind the "Million Dollar Baby" screenplay, audiences who are able to get past this fear will be rewarded with an incredible film. Edge-of-your seat drama and humorous dialogue combine to make an intelligent and insightful movie that still avoids being preachy.
(04/14/05 4:00am)
Monumental occasions usually occur following negative events, but today marks a monumental occasion for a good reason. Remember where you are today as the national pastime returns to the national city.
(04/11/05 4:00am)
The Crystal Method
"Community Service II"
(Ultra)
Sounds like: techno remixes of classics
B-
(04/04/05 4:00am)
Every year on Selection Sunday in mid-March, college basketball fans across the nation gaze at their television sets like children staring at packages under the 6-foot spruce on Christmas morning, or the ruffled Playboy they found in Uncle Jim's bathroom during a July 4 barbecue.
(04/04/05 4:00am)
As April rolls around, our national pastime returns, despite hell freezing over last year when the Boston Red Sox finally won the World Series. Will they repeat? Will the Evil Empire New York Yankees return to prominence? Will the National League surprise people and break through? Here's a division-by-division look at this year's Major League Baseball season.
(03/24/05 5:00am)
As April rolls around, let's look at the return of our national pastime as hell froze over and the Red Sox finally won the World Series. Will they repeat? Will the Evil Empire return to prominence? Will the National League break through and surprise some people? Here's a division-by-division look at this year's hot stove.
(03/21/05 5:00am)
Four-man punk band Anti-Flag stood alongside House Reps. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), Peter Stark (D-Calif.) and Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) on the terrace of a congressional office building Thursday afternoon to announce the initiation of a grass-roots campaign against a provision of the No Child Left Behind Act that requires high school administrators to provide military recruiters with students' names and contact information.
(03/21/05 5:00am)
Millions
Directed by Danny Boyle
Fox Searchlight
98 Minutes
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(03/17/05 5:00am)
You can keep your beaches, your bathing suits and your Mardi Gras beads. I'll take my infields, Red Sox jersey and autograph pad. You visit your Daytona Beach, Cancun and Montreal. I'll visit my Fort Myers, Sarasota and Clearwater. You go on spring break; I'll go to spring training. Wait. I just did.
(03/17/05 5:00am)
Any band that can count both Dave Grohl and his mom among they fans must have major crossover appeal. That holds true for veteran Irish rockers Ash, except when it comes to crossing over oceans.
(03/03/05 5:00am)
The best time of the year has come for all sports fans. The doldrums of February are about to be replaced by the excitement that is March Madness. One of the first tournaments to kick off play is the Patriot League, and the AU Women will take thei r recent string of strong play up to Worcester, Massachusetts where they play will Navy in the first round.
The Eagles have lost twice to Navy this year, including a season-ending, 49-46 heartbreaker last Saturday.
"We had 15 chances to win that game and we just couldn't make the game winning play," said Eagles coach Melissa McFerrin.
As far as the Eagles go, McFerrin likes their chances against a Navy team without much offensive firepower. AU will depend on their six seniors to take them to the promised land, led by Chanel Hunt and Joanna Barnes.
"This team will only go as far as our six seniors take us," said McFerrin.
Expect the Eagles to use a short bench, probably only bringing in Hunt (who plays starters minutes), Abby Lipskis and Angel Jordan off the bench to give their starters a blow. Reserves like Natalie Walker and Katie Hirschler probably won't be first options for McFerrin.
Here are the matchups and how they play out:
(1) Holy Cross v. (8) Lafayette: If the game is within 20, I'll be shocked. Lafayette is improved over last year, but nowhere near the caliber that Holy Cross. Expect Lisa Andrews and Maggie Fontana to give the Crusaders an unstoppable one-two punch and easily push HC into the semifinals.
Prediction: Holy Cross 86, Lafayette 52
(4) American v. (5) Navy: Even though the Eagles came up short against Navy twice, a good, veteran team with solid coaching will not lose three times to a lesser opponent. Chanel Hunt will reassert herself as one of the PL's best and Barnes will be the old reliable. Navy will hang for awhile, but the veteran leadership of the Eagles will pull them through.
Prediction: American 63, Navy 55
(2) Lehigh v. (7) Bucknell: There is no one in Bethlehem, PA happy to see the Bison coming into town for a first-round matchup. This has upset written all over it. The inside outside combo of Lindsey Hollobaugh and Brooke Tomovich show that Bucknell can beat anyone on any night. McFerrin calls the Bison the most dangerous team in the tournament, and they'll score an early upset over the favored Mountain Hawks.
Prediction: Bucknell, 76, Lehigh 73
(3) Army v. (6) Colgate: No PL game could be more boring. The Raiders and Mountain Hawks combine to play the most boring basketball in the league, but Sherry Abbey-Nowatzki has her Cadets playing well. Cara Enright is the best player in the game and she'll be the difference.
Prediction: Army 55, Colgate 45
(03/03/05 5:00am)
The best time of the year for sports fans is here. The doldrums of February are about to be replaced by the college basketball excitement that is March Madness.
(02/24/05 5:00am)
Here are more Oscar picks, wishes and snubs gearing up for Sunday night's ceremony.
(02/17/05 5:00am)
The history of AU, and the honors program's place in it, was celebrated on Wednesday at a tea talk in Hurst Hall. Professor Abdul Aziz Said, a veteran of the school for half a century, explained to the audience what it means to be from AU and how its alumni have "a lineage to be proud of."
(02/10/05 5:00am)
Is the battle of the 2004 election over? Politicans are carving out their agendas in Congress for this fiscal year. Some are already considering their commitments to special-interest groups who elected them into office. Where does the role of the citizen stand? How can citizens combat the forces aganist the zip code 20005 lobbyist?
(02/07/05 5:00am)
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) introduced a bill that would grant the District full voting rights.
(02/03/05 5:00am)
For the third year in a row, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-C.T.) have introduced a bill that would grant the District full voting rights.
At a press coference last week, Norton, Lieberman, two Iraq war veterans from the District, and an Iraqui American Washington resident showed support for the bill.
The two soldiers spoke about their experience helping to create democracy in Iraq, and coming home to a city where they don't have congressional representation.
D.C. hasn't had congressional representation since 1995, and has never had a vote in the Senate. Norton and a shadow senate delegation represent the city in committees, but can't participate in a full vote.
The "No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2005" would give D.C. the same voting rights as a state; representation in the House and Senate.
Norton is cautiously optimistic about the bill, said her spokesperson Doxie McCoy.
"We have the realities of the makeup of congress," McCoy said. "It's Republican, and Republicans have stated they are not in favor of it."
McCoy added that some Republicans support the bill, but the Republican leadership needs to bring the issue forward. She said "there's been no indication of that happening, but we hold out hope."
A poll conducted by D.C. Vote, a voting right advocacy group, from Jan. 14-16 has found there is strong national and bipartisan support for D.C. voting rights. Of the 1.007 people polled, 82 percent feel District residents should have full voting rights.
The poll also found 78 percent of Americans didn't know the District doesn't have equal voting rights. McCoy said the strong support for District voting rights and lack of knowledge about the issue makes the poll encouraging and discouraging.
"It's all about education, all about more Americans becoming aware," she said. "And if we the D.C. activists can push them into action, to write a letter or make a phone call, to join our cause, it brings more Americans to our side which leads to more congressman on our side."
The poll found that 35 percent of people who had visited the District were aware D.C. did not have full voting rights, which is double the national average. Most of them had seen the motto "No taxation without representation" on D.C. liscense plates.
"The success of D.C.'s 'Taxation Without Representation' liscense plate and awareness campaign shows that a simple message, propelled by word of mouth advertising, is really effective at educating Americans," said Ilir Zherka, the Executive Director of D.C. Vote, in a press release. The motto is so popular, that the D.C. Council passed a bill in 2003 that would add it to the D.C. flag.
McCoy said college students could also help spread the word about D.C. voting rights.
"There are some students who go back home, and see the full rights they have, and realize people they live side by side with have no rights," she said. "Hopefull it sparks them to get involved also"
(02/03/05 5:00am)
No one likes to go through life saying, "Coulda. Woulda. Shoulda." But for argument's sake, I will.
(01/31/05 5:00am)
A proposed visitors center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial would tell the stories of more than 58,000 names on the black granite wall, and it would be built underground to avoid cluttering the Mall, said a memorial fund group Wednesday.
(01/24/05 5:00am)
From 5 a.m. to beyond midnight, the College Republicans made the most of Inauguration Day.
