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Love, tragedy in 'Afterplay'

The Studio Theatre's "Afterplay" imagines what would happen if two characters from separate plays by the same author met in a Moscow caf?. Irish playwright Brian Friel delicately documents the dashed dreams of two down-and-out Russians first realized by the great Anton Chekhov.

Sexuality and espionage dominate teen movie

From the outside, "D.E.B.S." looks like the general teenybopper's dream: cute teenage girls in short plaid skirts, girl power to the extreme, catchy music, bright colors, a one-dimensional plot and an all-encompassing romance. On the inside, the D.E.B.S.

Taylor shares ideas for upcoming year

In an interview with The Eagle, President-elect Kyle Taylor discussed some of his top policy priorities as well as his quirky side as he prepares to take office in April. For Taylor, who can perform the "Napoleon Dynamite" dance, he also has some serious ideas for his presidency.

Local arts on display at indie showcase

The "deaDCity Arts Collective," a group of D.C. punk artists devoted to promoting creativity in the city, opened its first art show on Friday. The show, "Never Mind the Corcoran," is in the Warehouse gallery at 1019 Seventh St. NW, which has been filled with art from local young artists, including AU sophomore Carni Klirs.

New frat comes to campus

Recruiters from the largest fraternity in the nation, Sigma Phi Epsilon, moved on campus last week to begin a new chapter of an organization that distinguishes itself from other frats by not having a "pledge" status for its members. Unlike other frats, all new members have the same status as returning members, one of many aspects recruiters say make the fraternity attractive to AU students.

AU groups support fair-trade coffee

Debate over the ownership of a proposed coffee shop in the Mary Graydon Center is rising to the surface faster than it takes a pot to percolate. An unidentified student dropped two banners promoting Pura Vida coffee from the roof of Mary Graydon at 11:10 on Monday morning while many students were switching classes.

Staff Editorial: Support Pura Vida in AU coffee wars

Sometime in the near future, AU will decide on the fate of a premiere piece of real estate on campus. The spot currently occupied by Auntie Anne's Pretzels will soon be replaced, either by a Starbucks or a Pura Vida coffee shop. Strangely, the administration has brushed off a huge outpouring of support for Pura Vida as "less than one-fifteenth of campus.

'Guess Who' brings laughs to table

All right, so "Guess Who" isn't the most original movie. Its premise about a white guy (Ashton Kutcher) meeting the parents of his black girlfriend (Zoe Saldana) is the racial reverse of the classic "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" with Sidney Poitier. And the rest of the plot, in which Kutcher goes head to head with future father-in-law Bernie Mac and makes plenty of awkward faux pas while getting closer to him in the process, is straight from "Meet the Parents.

Comics

Out of context

"No, really. It was right there...Yeah, I know, it was right next to the toilet on the ground... I guess they couldn't wait... No, I don't think it was an accident because it was a really neat pile... It bothered me all week long." - Potty problems, as expressed by a highly audible cell phone conversation on the shuttle __ The proprietor of Dupont Circle's Larry's Ice Cream shop is on a diet.

Movie Matches

I don't know what's worse: unnecessary remakes of good movies, or equally unnecessary remakes of really, really bad movies. Didn't we say everything we needed to say with the first "Revenge of the Nerds?" "The O.C."'s Adam Brody is slated to co-produce the remake/cinematic travesty for Fox Searchlight for 2006.

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After a tumultuous winter filled with steroid allegations, trades, and way to 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.

Young AU Lacrosse team ready for homestretch

Finally, the AU Women's Lacrosse team is treading in familiar territory. It's not that the Eagles haven't seen this part of the season before. And it's not like the early season's been a tragedy. AU sits at 3-4 and, more importantly, 2-0 in the Patriot League, with wins over Lafayette and Lehigh.

Last dance for students in master's program

The College of Arts and Sciences is poised to cut the graduate dance program due to low enrollment, according to Department of Performing Arts Chair Gail Humphries- Mardirosian. Fourteen students are enrolled, including at least nine full-time students. The program has not yet been cut, but CAS Dean Kay Mussell said that early this semester she recommended it be terminated.

Athletics cuts 17 teams

When AU's teams hit the fields and courts next year, the only sport fans might recognize is basketball. In a move unprecedented in college sports, AU Athletics announced it will reduce the number of teams to 14 while competing only in basketball and Division I's obscurest sports.

'60s folk finds eager ears with re-release

Vashti Bunyan "Just Another Diamond Day" Philips / re-release: DiChristina Stair Sounds like: The 30-year-old decision to play folk music instead of going to art school. A- The sense of legitimacy in the music industry seems to have faded away with the recent flux of bad Clear Channel radio stations and television's impious programs reveling in the overspending of the rich and semi-talented.

Most positions unopposed in RHA executive elections

Only one Resident Hall Association executive position is contested for spring elections, while the three others each have a single official candidate the Board of Elections announced Tuesday. Candidates for president are Jason Hesch and Will Mount, both seniors in the School of Public Affairs.