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'White Pony' stands out in Deftones discography

By Ian Maley | April 25

It was a few months ago, after I had a falling-out with a rather cruel young woman, when I found myself in the time-old blanket of every emotionally battered record snob: a drawn-out, 2 a.m. yelling match with my coffee shop-working friend, Evan, discussing our favorite records as nearby customers waited in silence for the swearing to stop.

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Sports

AU Lax beats Bucknell, 14-8, ends 3-game slide

By Kevin Hilgers | April 25

At the start of the second half of Saturday's match against Bucknell at Reeves Field, the AU Women's Lacrosse team seemed dangerously close to repeating the same mistakes that had mired it in a three-game slide. The Bison, who trailed by four at the break, scored three goals in the first five minutes.

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Senior sets his sights on rock stardom after AU

By Marissa Newhall | April 25

A lot of people like talking up their plans to "cut an album" with their "band." Seth Kroll likes actually doing it. "We basically put everything we had into [our album]," Kroll said. "So now we're kind of broke, but we have something to show for it." Kroll, a senior in the School of International Service, is moving to Boston after graduation in May to reunite with the other four members of his band, Family Junction.

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Pura Vida gaining ground

By Lauren Gardner | April 25

AU is not the only school where students have fought to bring the fair-trade coffee company Pura Vida to campus. Stacey Hess, a regional sales manager for Pura Vida, said Pura Vida has appeared on many campuses due to student pressure on administrations and the need for a campus coffee program that provides high-quality coffee.

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Free massages in MGC

April 25

To help relieve stress from finals, massages were offered to students in the Mary Graydon Center. Masseuses worked out the kinks in shoulders, necks and backs to help their owners finish the semester.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

April 25

Dear Editor: Seth Johnson's line of reasoning that a liberal should not have an opinion on who becomes the next pope is specious at best. The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment to require a "wall of separation" between church and state; thus it not only prohibits government from adopting an official denomination or religion, but requires government to avoid excessive involvement in religion.

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Opinion

'Death' descends on D.C.

By Rebecca Armendariz | April 25

Don't show up at Tuesday's Death From Above 1979 gig at the Black Cat in socks and sandals, the band's T-shirt and badly cut jeans. If you do, singer and drummer Sebastien Grainger may just punch you in the face, but that's merely speculation. He considers the above ensemble to be a "don't," a label commonly doled out by Vice Magazine, an edgy publication housed by the band's record label.

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News

Mock hip-hop-umentary is big pimpin'

By Marissa Newhall | April 25

If more movies opened with a bling-encrusted rap artist holding fistfuls of cash and shaking two bottles of Armadale over a steaming hot tub full of honeys, maybe more movies would be box office hits. At least, that's what producer and director Damon Dash seemed to think when cutting together his mocumentary masterpiece, "Death of a Dynasty.

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News

Metro brief: Police search for missing UMd. student

By Kate Oczypok | April 25

Arvin Sharma, a 22-year-old University of Maryland student, has not been seen since he left to spend a night out with a group of old friends. Now police are asking for the public's help with any information leading to Sharma, who was last seen at Club Lime, a popular nightspot in Southwest D.

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News

The hit list

By Melissa Newhall | April 25

1. www.43things.com This collective Internet oasis allows users to create a list of 43 goals, wishes, hopes or desires, and displays them in list form on its homepage using tags much like those utilized on flickr.com. Registering with a valid email address lets one manage his or her list by prioritizing set goals, crossing off accomplished ones or perusing other users with similar aspirations.

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Opinion

Opinion: Azerbaijan must work for WTO membership

By Emin Teymorov | April 25

Like many other countries, Azerbaijan is considering becoming a member of World Trade Organization. But the road to the WTO membership can be long and difficult. Azerbaijan has to think about its competitive advantage in today's global world, and compare cost and benefits of becoming a WTO member.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Univ. college system a bad idea from start?

April 25

This year's freshmen will have the opportunity to participate in a new program geared toward integrating their academic and social lives. In the University College program, three floors in McDowell Hall and four in Anderson will have 18 to 20 freshmen living on them.

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Opinion

Corrections

April 25

Corrections and Clarifications In the April 21 edition of The Eagle, a Page 4 article accidentally misspelled SG Secretary Joe Vidulich's name. The Eagle apologizes for this error. We love you, Viddy.

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News

Ladner chooses Pura Vida for new coffee shop

By John Riley | April 25

A Pura Vida coffee shop will move into Mary Graydon Center, AU President Benjamin Ladner announced last Wednesday, because he said the company's socially responsible fair trade product suits AU's values. The choice represents "American University's institutional values and another opportunity to translate those values into a demonstrated public responsibility," Ladner said in a campus-wide e-mail.

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Sports

Is the Nats' bandwagon well-built?

By Ian Quillen | April 25

Be warned. This is another Nationals column. These days they're about as plentiful as District pedestrians donning blue or red baseball caps bearing the cursive W. (If the proliferation of columns and caps counts toward a team's future success, the city should plan the World Series parade now.

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News

Scars of atomic bombing still felt today

By Emily Carone | April 25

A speaking tour of Japanese students and a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing made its way to professor Peter Kuznick's Social Forces that Shaped America class Friday to talk about the first atom bomb drop and the future of atomic weapons. The Chugoku Shimbun newspaper is sponsoring the speaking tour, which began in San Francisco and will end in New York this week.

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News

Stewart trial covered by SOC prof

By Sara Blatchly | April 25

Reporting on Martha Stewart's stay in prison stretched the journalistic skills of AU professor Alicia Shepard, who had to find creative ways to glean information about a celebrity she was not allowed to interview. "I stopped cars going to the prison and asked for interviews.

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