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NBA unveils new defeatist ad campaign aimed at NCAA

By John "Grizzly" Stone | March 31

With college basketball's March Madness stealing the hearts and souls of hoops fans throughout the nation, the NBA launched a new promotional campaign today aimed at catching the runoff of fans experiencing post-madness withdrawal. The campaign, "We're Not as Exciting as College Basketball, but We're Here Until June," goes by the acronym WNECBWHUJ, and is a direct response to the disintegration of the league's television ratings and general interest to the public over the past month.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: When in doubt, follow ethics

March 31

In February, a rogue computer hacker opened a hole in a prominent Web site that helps students apply to business schools. The hacker created a way for applicants to find out if they've been accepted to the school, and many applicants used the hole to look up their status.

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News

Hacker spurs ethics debate

By Kate Naseef | March 31

Several national business schools, such as Harvard Business School, have decided to reject applicants who followed an illicit computer hacker's instructions and attempted to view their admissions decisions early, according to officials at those schools. An unidentified hacker who used the screen name "brookbond" posted on Business Week's online forum instructions on how to hack into Web sites with admissions status on March 2, according to CNN.

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News

Interpol official worst lyricists

By Dan Mit | March 31

Interpol lyrics are officially the worst ever written. The Council for Lack of Lyrical Greatness convened earlier this week and named Interpol the band with the worst lyrics of all time. Steve Crane, a representative of the C.L.L.G. said he backed the decision.

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News

Campus paper screws up

By Mao Skateer | March 31

In a move that some say fortells the demise of AU campus newspaper The Eagle, newspaper staffers have neglected to wait until April 1 to print their annual April Fool's Day edition. The parody edition will instead hit newsstands March 31. Though Eagle staffers could not be reached for comment, sources indicate that editors of the paper have been stuck in their windowless office working for the last several months, and have lost track of when one day starts and the next begins.

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Sports

The five teams to watch out for in '05

By David Bergman | March 31

After a tumultuous winter filled with steroid allegations, trades and way too much Barry Bonds, the baseball season has finally arrived. The big-money teams have loaded their rosters with more superstars than ever, and the game looks set to enter a new, no-steroid era.

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News

Movie Matches

By Daniel Longino | March 31

As the film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel "Sin City" hits theaters tomorrow, let's take a look at past movie metropolises and the films that revolve around them. Sordid "City of God" - 2003 If you haven't seen this fantastic film about Brazilian gangs, you are truly missing out.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

March 24

Dear Editor: This is a letter I recently wrote to my father. Based on the many conversations I have had with people on this campus and abroad, I believe that it may hold value and shed words of hope to others to let them know they are not alone. Dad, I have been going through a lot of stuff recently.

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News

Peeps not just for eating

By Kate Oczypok | March 24

While many AU students will be enjoying such Easter treats as Cadbury eggs and chocolate bars over the upcoming holiday weekend, one particular treat's popularity has lasted more than 50 years. Marshmallow Peeps, those yellow balls of sugar in the shape of baby chickens, seem to be infiltrating drugstores like CVS and Target.

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News

Man saved from death row recalls prison experience

By David Colon | March 24

Kurt Bloodsworth, the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence, condemned the death penalty system in Kay Spiritual Life Center Wednesday as a part of the AU Campaign to End the Death Penalty's Awareness week, Bloodsworth, a former Marine with no criminal history, was wrongfully convicted of raping and murdering a young girl.

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News

Mudslides, torrential rain cause problems in California

By Valerie Smith | March 24

The past winter has brought uncharacteristic weather to many regions of the United States. While most AU students spent the season living on campus, friends and family coped with unusual conditions. The most devastating weather has affected Southern California, which was hit with heavy rains throughout February.

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Opinion

Opinion: Barbie 2008? No thanks

By Melinda C. Hall | March 24

If you ever happen to wander into my room (don't regard this comment as an open invitation), you'll notice something slightly unconventional on my desk amid notebooks, scissors and highlighters - a Barbie. No, this isn't some defense mechanism in which I regress to my childhood in order to find happiness.

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Sports

golf brief

By David Bergman | March 24

Playing in the fourth tournament in as many weeks, the AU Men's Golf team placed 12th at the Diablo Grande Invitational in Patterson, Calif. The team finished with a combined score of 968, 64 strokes off the lead. However, only 32 strokes separated fourth through twelfth place with AU being kept out of the top ten by a mere 13 strokes.

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Sports

How Wrestling fought 15-point takedown

By Kevin Hilgers | March 24

With the Tennis and Golf programs in their penultimate year, questions have been swirling around campus about the vision AU Athletics has for its future. Those who don't want to see tennis and golf cut might find hope in the AU Wrestling program, which was rescued three years ago by alumni fund raising and lobbying.

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Opinion

Bankruptcy bill bankrupt

By Dan Miller | March 24

Bloggers, editorial pages, my parents - everywhere I go, liberals are bashing the bankruptcy bill that passed the Senate last week. And to be fair, it's an absolutely terrible piece of legislation. Professor Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard expert in bankruptcy law, says it isn't fair and that it "beats up the average family already staggering under the weight of bad luck and huge debts, while it lets real abusers go free.

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News

Police Blotter

By Kate Oczypok | March 24

Saturday, March 19 Defaced property was reported in the Mary Graydon Center. A Public Safety officer saw graffiti outside MGC. 2FIX cleaned up the graffiti. Unlawful entry was reported in Anderson Hall. A female student reported that she woke up with an unknown male in bed with her.

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News

Metro Brief: Student shot over jacket

By Kate Oczypok | March 24

An Eastern Senior High School student was shot in the thigh and shoulder March 17 after a man attempted to steal his North Face jacket, according to washingtonpost.com. The 15-year-old and several friends were walking to Eastern Senior High, which is located in Southeast D.

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