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Monday, April 18 Book signing: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison 6:30 p.m., University Club Sen. Hutchison's book, "American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country," details the contributions of women pioneers in fields as varied as government, business, education and health care.

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Campus brief: AU campus gets a facelift

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Members of the AU community, including faculty, staff and students, participated in Campus Beautification Day Tuesday around campus. Participants did various forms of landscaping around the grounds of AU, including planting flowers, sodding grass and doing general campus cleanup.

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Group organizes art show for homeless

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The School of Public Affairs' Leadership Program's Homelessness Group organized an art show of paintings and poetry readings created by participants in an after-breakfast program at a local soup kitchen. Miriam's Kitchen provides a program every day after breakfast with activities such as painting, poetry, creative writing and yoga, according to its brochure.


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Sports

Column

By now the entire sports world has seen the tape. Gary Sheffield goes to get the ball from in front of the bleachers and is "interfered with" by a fan. Sheffield semi-retaliates but the incident is thwarted before it escalates into violence. Major League Baseball has said it will probably not take action against Sheffield and the fan also will not be punished.


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News

D.C. artists take part in art show at AU

Displaying his work, titled "Elephant," Javier Salinas, 23, is one of the many D.C. area artists helped by the After-Breakfast program at Miriam's Kitchen, a non-profit center that offers assistance to the homeless population in D.C. Since 1983, the program has served breakfast every weekday, including holidays to its guests, 75 percent of whom are sleeping on the streets or in shelters.


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The Art of the Female Orgasm: What You Need to Know

While chatting with my girlfriends at Georgetown's swank Mie N Yu, I soon discovered that orgasms had become a rarity, along with nice guys and good Chinese take-out. I was shocked, and I was saddened for my girlfriends who were missing out on sex's grand finale: the orgasm.


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At-a-glance: Tryst

"No corporate coffee, no matching silverware." This description is probably what Tryst, an Adams Morgan coffeehouse/bar/lounge, best prides itself on. As its Web site, trystdc.com, proclaims, "We don't have 75 different kinds of trademarked, pre-made caramel-nilla-frapp-a-ccino-supremas.


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Out of Context

"Please don't feed the sorority girls." -Alpha Sigma Phi T-shirt An Open Letter To The Girl Up Ahead In The TDR Tator Tots Line: We can see that you like tots, based upon your insistence on taking 10 minutes to dole out the choicest, crispiest ones for yourself.


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Opinion

Poverty: a common foe

Every Tuesday and Friday afternoon I drive by the White House, the U.S. Capitol, opulent embassies and sprawling, grand residences in order to make my way to a low-income housing development in Southeast D.C. The tragic irony of the location's vantage point is that it provides some of the best views of the city from within the city.


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At-a-glance: Staccato

No one thought it was possible. No way is there a cheap Adams Morgan bar devoid of pretension and brimming with eccentric charm! After falling into Staccato late on a Friday night, however, everyone will learn that, yes, such a place exists. A random collection of people water at this dive - and it's a dive, but in all the right ways.


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Opinion

Opinion: President of Pura Vida responds to controversy

Please allow me a moment to respond to the specific questions addressed to Pura Vida in the April 7 issue of The Eagle by Ibbie Hedrick, Et al. As a card-carrying capitalist and Harvard MBA, as well as the co-founder of one of the country's largest independent sellers of Certified Fair Trade coffee (structured as a public charity to direct resources to help at-risk children), I am delighted to sell our product on college campuses across the nation to a growing base of customers who are passionate about great coffee but who expect - no, demand - that their purchases do good at the same time.


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Opinion

Opinion: Pope both conservative and innovative

Not only was the article "Pope's Death Reveals Hypocrisy" offensive, it was blatantly wrong, unwarranted and ignorant. Russell Allen should attempt to become an informed writer if he wants anyone to take him seriously. It is apparent to me, as a Catholic with 13 years of Catholic education under my belt, that Allen knows very little about the Catholic Church and the beliefs of her members.


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Holocaust history remembered

Members of AU's Jewish community read names of Holocaust victims on the steps of the Kay Spiritual Center Wednesday as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week. "I thought the event was really great," Gunning said. "I thought having it in the middle of the day would make people more aware of what we are doing this week," said Sara Gunning, Holocaust remembrance week chair for the Jewish Student Association.


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Pura Vida representative visits campus

AU has been one of the most active campuses in embracing Pura Vida, a representative for the company said at an informational meeting Wednesday. "This [campus] might be ... one of the most involved," said Stacey Hess, a regional sales representative. "College students seem to be on the leading edge of Fair Trade.


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Movie matches

With the super-spooky super-remake of "The Amityville Horror" opening tomorrow with Van Scarier himself Ryan Reynolds, Movie Matches is raising the preverbal cinematic roof on all the movies that are ... in da house! Dreadful! "Haunted Mansion" - 2003 Just when you thought Eddie Murphy's career couldn't get any sadder, he goes and does this movie, thus setting a new rule in film.


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'Amityville' is so bad it's scary

One of the most hilarious scenes in Andrew Douglas' remake of 1979's "The Amityville Horror" is when the priest who took it upon himself to bless the haunted house of Amityville is accosted by flies and gets the hell out of there. In "The Exorcist," Father Dyer is totally down with giving his life to get the devil out of that kid.


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Opinion

Opinion: Pope deserves reverence, not cynicism

As a dedicated reader of The Eagle, I was shocked and disturbed to read the April 11 editorial titled "Pope's Death Reveals Hypocrisy." I feel the views expressed in this opinion are hurtful and do not show any appreciation or empathy for the incredibly complex world in which we all live.


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Sports

Jaysingh will be missed, but not yet

Already down a set, senior Juan Jaysingh trailed 5-2 in the second set against Howard's Kenneth Brown, who chipped, volleyed and charged the net all match long Wednesday, never letting AU's team captain find his rhythm. But before it ended, Jaysingh adapted.


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Sports

Briefs

The AU Track team had a productive weekend at the Bucknell Invitational, as senior captain Sean Duffy won the 1500 meter race with a time of 3:43 to lead the Eagles. Also racing in the 1500 were freshman Steve Hallinan, who placed sixth, and Brendan Fennell, in twelfth.



Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.


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