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Quick bites

By Vanessa C. Mueller | September 1

Lauriol Plaza 1835 18th St., NW (202) 387-0035 Metro: Dupont Circle (red line) B Voted best Mexican food in the city by the readers of the Washington Post, this sister restaurant of local favorite Cactus Cantina trumps its sibling on almost every count. The food is notably better and the fajitas del mar are incredible.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Total devastation

September 1

The perfect storm that came ashore Monday morning devastated America's Gulf Coast. People in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are picking up whatever pieces are left of the life they once lived. Especially hard-hit was New Orleans, with eighty percent of it underwater.

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Campus brief: Bon Appetit wins award

By Mary Specht | September 1

Bon App?tit, the company that supplies food to the Terrace Dining Room, has won an award from the Ecological Society of America for its environment-friendly practices. Bon App?tit, based in Palo Alto, Calif., runs more than 190 cafeterias in office buildings, universities and other venues, according to an AU press release.

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Campus calendar

September 1

Thursday, Sept. 1 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center Fall Mixer 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Mary Graydon Center, room 203 Meet the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center staff, make new friends and reconnect with old ones.

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AU Library ranked 12th worst in U.S.

By Kate Oczypok | September 1

Bender Library was ranked 12th on the Princeton Review's "This is a Library?" list, which named the 20 worst libraries among national colleges and universities based on students' assessments of library facilities. "I think the ranking is inaccurate," said Pat Wand, University Librarian.

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High tech laundry, higher prices

By Mary Specht | September 1

New laundry machines installed in all campus dorms will raise the price of a load by 35 cents but will ensure more reliable service and provide a Web service to notify users by email or text message when their laundry is done or when a machine becomes available, according to Director of Housing and Dining Julie Weber.

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Summer via snapshot

September 1

Lazy summer days and their corresponding carefree nights served as perfect subjects for photographic revelry, and these members of the Scene staff wasted no time grabbing their cameras and shooting away. Whether it was capturing the lesser-known corners of D.

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Opinion

The Race Card: Liberals' favorite card in the deck

September 1

One of the most effective tools in the liberal arsenal is the race card. It is short, exploits struggle and comes easily from a philosophy based around entitlement and exclusionary practices. While it's no secret that it's used, it still hurts when they call the "religious right" racist.

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Sports

Women's soccer digs own grave vs. Mason, Tech

By Ian Quillen | September 1

Unlike last year's near-perfect start, the AU women's soccer team has begun this season stumbling over its own feet, and worse, sending the ball into its own goal. They did the latter twice at Tuesday's home contest against George Mason - once off the head of freshman defender Jess Cole in the 44th minute, and once off the hip of sophomore back Annette Scott in the 71st.

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Sports

volleyball briefs

By Jesse Epstein | September 1

The AU Women's Volleyball team swept the Manhattan Classic this weekend, beating Quinnipiac and host Manhattan College, 3-0 to win the Classic. The Eagles beat QU in the opening round with wins of 30-22, 30-26, and cruising to a 30-19 win in the clincher.

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Metro brief: Newborn panda undergoes physical

By Kate Oczypok | September 1

The still unnamed male panda cub born this July at the National Zoo underwent his fourth physical Tuesday since his birth. The cub, born seven weeks ago, weighed approximately six pounds at his most recent examination, according to The Washington Post. "He was crawling on the table today, and we had to keep a hold on him," said Lisa Stevens, assistant curator at the National Zoo in a previous interview.

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Ladner on leave to limit "distraction" from start of year

By Mary Specht | September 1

The Board of Trustees announced Tuesday night that it chose to suspend President Benjamin Ladner to avoid "a distraction as we began the new academic year" and to expedite the investigation, according to a statement released to The Eagle from board chair Leslie Bains.

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New virus protection installed with few software conflicts

By Mary Specht | September 1

About 2,800 installations of a new virus protection program have gone smoothly except for some software conflicts, according to Eric Weakland, director of network security in e-Operations at AU. More than 1,200 students had help installing the program from personnel at e-Operations help desks in Mary Graydon Center and Tenley Campus.

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Hurricane Katrina devastates South, disrupts students

By Kate Oczypok | September 1

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest weather disasters in United States history, has disrupted the lives of thousands across the Gulf Coast region including hundreds of college students trying to salvage their semesters at other schools.

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Movie matches

By Daniel Longino | September 1

With the rapper, actor, cat-you-ain't-used-to, comedian slash producer Nick Cannon's new film "Underclassmen" opening tomorrow, the theaters are sure to be packed. Who wouldn't want to see a story about an undercover cop in college? I mean, especially if it's Nick Cannon.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: AU library needs help

September 1

We realize that AU's library may not be the best in the nation, but as rankings just released named it the 12th worst in the country, we're forced to wonder where all the money is going and what could be done to improve it in the eyes of students. While one could argue that AU students have resources like the Library of Congress at their fingertips, we must point out that these resources are often inconvenient to use on a regular-basis and hard to get to.

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Sports

Sports briefs: Field Hockey takes two on the road

By David Bergman | September 1

Looking to continue its success from last season, the AU Women's field hockey team (2-0) jumped off to a quick start with wins over Old Dominion and Richmond University. In the first game Saturday against Richmond, Senior Javiera Villagra netted two goals as the Eagles rolled to a 3-1 win.

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