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(11/14/16 6:22pm)
In twenty individual matches over the course of
nearly four hours, AU remained consistently dominant, wrestling its way to
victory in 13 of the 20 duals and capturing two team wins against Clarion
University and Campbell University in Sunday’s double dual.
(11/10/16 5:41pm)
This article originally appeared in The Eagle's print edition on Oct. 21.
(11/06/16 11:06pm)
Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Yet, as the clock ticked down at the New Balance Field on the campus of Boston University for the second year in a row, the Eagles started to celebrate a different result. The AU field hockey team sent the ball down the field one final time before breathing a sigh of relief and cheering with joy as they became Patriot League champions after narrowly missing the title against the same team just one year ago.
(09/26/16 5:00pm)
During the last six minutes of AU’s
non-conference field hockey game against No.13 Princeton, the crowd roared a
little bit louder every time the ball touched an Eagle athlete’s stick. Six
minutes. Five minutes. Four minutes. Timeout AU.
(09/23/16 7:34pm)
Note: In order to respect the safe space and confidentiality of the forum, only interviews conducted with consenting leaders or attendees are included as quotes in this story. Other background information comes only from statements by the leaders of the Roosevelt Institute. No personal stories or individual experiences are included in this piece without explicit permission from the speakers.
(09/17/16 4:50pm)
A quick glance at the AU’s women’s soccer
schedule so far this season will reveal that one thing is not like the other. A
nearly constant series of “L’s” fills the right column on the schedule, a mark
of both AU’s close games and the blowouts. UMBC, Campbell, George Mason, Mount
St. Mary’s, Monmouth, Tennessee--- they all ended in identical ways.
(09/07/16 6:00pm)
School of Communication seniors Elisha Brown and Taryn Daniels identify as students, journalists and writers. But on Sept. 7, after they helped launch The Blackprint, an online publication connected to the American University Association of Black Journalists, they accepted two new titles: editors and change-makers.
(09/05/16 6:29pm)
For every AU cheer
coming from the back of Reeves Field on Sunday afternoon, the Tennessee fans
cheered louder. With organized chants, foot stomping and deafening yells, the
Vols fans celebrated loudly as their team earned an easy 3-0 non-conference win
against the Eagles.
(08/30/16 12:08pm)
He felt like family. To the millions of viewers watching Saturday’s Olympic 1500 meter final, Matthew Centrowitz Jr. seemed like a brother. Or a son. And for AU cross country coach Matt Centrowitz Sr. that’s exactly what he was. But for the rest of the audience, Matt Centrowitz Jr. was simply the young American who ran the fastest 1500m in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, smiled broadly when he crossed the finish line, wrapped himself in the American flag and flashed his famous tattoo: “like father, like son.”
(08/28/16 3:46pm)
With the start of the semester drawing near, AU athletes have already started training, lifting and running in preparation for the fall sports season. For 20 hours every week, these athletes will continue to push towards their goals, but each team has a unique set of challenges ahead of them. The women’s volleyball team hopes to win its fourth consecutive conference title, while the men’s soccer team will try to build on their success from last year and try to capture its first Patriot League championship. The women’s field hockey team, a group known for its positive team culture, will strive to reclaim a league title, after falling short the last two years, and the women’s soccer team will work to secure another playoff spot. The men’s and women’s cross country team will focus on individual improvement, but both teams will race on Oct. 29 at the conference championship. Here’s a brief breakdown of the major storylines for this fall sports season.
(08/26/16 4:00pm)
In 2013, the women’s volleyball team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history. Now, three years later, as the lone senior on a team with seven new players and high expectations, Julita Kurdziuk will attempt to the lead her team to the NCAA tournament once again.
(08/25/16 4:00pm)
Conference titles, playoff spots and NCAA qualifying bids...they’re all on the line for AU’s fall sports teams this year. Coaches and players have welcomed freshman athletes, upperclassmen have stepped into leadership roles and fans should be ready for what looks to be an action-packed fall.
(08/19/16 3:46pm)
AU senior swimmer Caylee Watson made history on August 7 as she jumped in the water at the Olympics Aquatics Stadium in Rio and competed for her native U.S. Virgin Islands in the women’s 100 meter backstroke. When she qualified for the Olympics back in January, Watson became the seventh AU student to swim in the Olympic Games, joining the likes of gold medalist Shelley Mann, bronze medalist Sergio Lopez, two-time Olympians Fred Hviid and Gabriella Csepe and competitors Chris Hauth and Casey Legler. In honor of Watson's accomplishment and AU’s history of success in the pool, The Eagle took a look back at the previous Olympians, their careers and their performances on the world’s largest stage.
(07/22/16 6:41pm)
Tommy Bennett Video from The Eagle on Vimeo.
(07/01/16 2:00pm)
On Thursday, June 23, the Philadelphia 76ers selected former LSU player Ben Simmons as the No.1 overall NBA draft pick, and The Eagle reflects on how AU fared against the superstar on December 22, 2015.
(06/30/16 1:24pm)
If asked about her AU field hockey career, Emilie Ikeda will enthusiastically talk about teammates, friends, coaches and the administration. She will talk about being a color commentator at the games and stepping on the field during senior day for the last time. And then she will talk about the doctor’s appointments.
(06/21/16 1:40pm)
After senior Brendan Johnson captured gold in the men’s 10,000m (6.2 mi) race at the Patriot League Conference Championships and competed in the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds on May 26, he said he took five days off to rest and recover.
(06/06/16 9:56pm)
Visionary. Educated. Fearless. Confident. Empathetic. Teammate. Motivator.
(06/02/16 8:45pm)
Some might equate the experience of being the editor-in-chief to running a marathon, but a marathon only lasts several hours. The tenure of an editor-in-chief typically lasts twelve months.
(04/16/16 12:11pm)
Dressed in a tye-dye t-shirt and sporting a dark curly beard, WWE star Mick Foley addressed the AU community in the Forman Theater Thursday night and explained how even the most “unlikely” person can become an ally for sexual assault survivors.