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Out of Context

By The Scene staff | March 3

"Hello. I have an anonymous tip. I'm disguising my voice to protect my identity. At 2:30 this morning this morning a student fractured his penis while giving himself a rubdown." -The kind of calls received at The Eagle office at 2:42 a.m. Later, the caller's roommate called to report the caller had a "hand" in the job.

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News

PR club hosts national networking event at AU

By Melinda C. Hall | March 3

Public communication majors can network and learn from public relations professionals at "PR in D.C.: It's Not Just Politics" April 1 and 2, the first regional activity sponsored by the AU Public Relations Student Society of America. About 50 out-of-state and AU students have registered to attend, including undergraduate students from Maine, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York.

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Sports

Men's hoops season ends in league tourney loss

By Elliot Smilowitz | March 3

Posted March 7, 2005 Senior Jason Thomas scored just one point in his final college game as AU lost 53-35 to Bucknell in the second round of the Patriot League tournament. Thomas went 0-for-6 from the three-point stripe, while fellow senior Matej Cresnik led the team with 12 points. The Eagles end the season with a record of 16-12, giving them their fourth straight winning season. This year's crop of graduating seniors is AU's first in 30 years to graduate with only winning seasons under their belt.

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Opinion

Opinion: Before cutting teams, AU should have asked students

By Ashanti Nicole Smith | March 3

As you may have heard, American University's Athletics Department announced that Men's and Women's Tennis and Men's Golf will be disbanded at the end of the year. There was no prior warning of this decision, and the players seemingly have no recourse. The University should not have the ultimate authority to disband student athletics without some form of student review.

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Movie Matches: Most star-studded films

By Daniel Longino | March 3

The star-studded "Get Shorty" sequel "Be Cool," co-starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Vince Vaughn, Danny DeVito, Cedric the Entertainer, The Rock, Andr? 3000, Christina Milian and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, hits theaters tomorrow, so let's take a look at other movies that bring a who's who of stars together.

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News

AU disables downloading

By Mary Specht | March 3

A program that halts illegal file sharing will go into effect Monday in response to the threat of fines for downloading copyrighted material, an e-mail from Housing and Dining announced yesterday. The program, Audible Magic, blocks downloads from peer-to-peer file-sharing programs like Kazaa and Grokster.

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Opinion

Editorial Cartoon: Tennis, golf snatched away

By John Anderson | March 3

Editorial Cartoon by John Anderson.

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Sports

Men off to the Boonies

By Ian Quillen | March 3

For the last three seasons, the AU Men's Basketball team entered the Patriot League tournament paired against the league's archetypal lightweights: Army or Navy. In years past, that signaled a clinical first-round win against an overmatched opponent after a regular season in which AU finished no worse than second.

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Sports

Eagles Primed for Tourney Run

By Jesse Epstein | March 3

The best time of the year has come for all sports fans. The doldrums of February are about to be replaced by the excitement that is March Madness. One of the first tournaments to kick off play is the Patriot League, and the AU Women will take thei r recent string of strong play up to Worcester, Massachusetts where they play will Navy in the first round.

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Sports

Fresh start for wrestlers at Eastern meet

By Eric Fantegrossi | March 3

Despite the honors Eagle wrestlers earned this season, they will start over with a 0-0 record at the 2005 EIWA national qualifying tournament Friday and Saturday. This year's tournament is dubbed "The Battle by the Bay," courtesy of the upstart sponsor Real Pro Wrestling.

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News

A novel idea: books to bring on break

By Leana Zbrovsky | March 3

Whether your spring break means going on a cruise, taking an exotic vacation or just making a trip home be sure to pack (at least one!) of Jennifer Weiner's novels with you. The author of "Good in Bed," "In Her Shoes" and her latest, "Little Earthquakes," has defined the new genre of "chick lit." Senior Nora Shimmel liked "In Her Shoes" and thinks it's a good spring break read. "It's an easy read with a lot of fluff in it, but there's a deeper story underneath," she said. "It's a good beach book. You probably aren't going to learn any life lessons or take away anything concrete, but it's fun." Not into chick-lit? Click on the story for spring break reading recommendations, from suspense to comedy.

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Opinion

Libs, take back the term!

By Paul Perry | March 3

A friend of mine, who calls himself a moderate Democrat, commented to me the other day that he finds amusement in the fact that liberals often style themselves as "progressives" and that, in his assessment, they are doing so because "it sounds better." This friend has a point in that politics is often a matter of definition and perspective.

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Sports

Women head to the Cross

By Jesse Epstein | March 3

The best time of the year for sports fans is here. The doldrums of February are about to be replaced by the college basketball excitement that is March Madness. One of the first tournaments is the Patriot League, and the AU Women will take their recent string of strong play up to Worcester, Mass.

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Sports

Karlstrom and Duffy running into NCAAs

By Jordan Beane | March 3

You have to look hard when scanning the list of collegiate athletes participating in the NCAA Indoor Track Championships, but AU is there. For many schools, sending athletes to the championships is merely part of the routine, something expected. But other schools, instead of large contingents of competitors, send one or two of their very best students to these races, where they proudly represent their school and are happy to run, toss or jump with names like Drake, Radford or Tennessee-Chattanooga emblazoned across their chests.

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News

Taylor wins SG presidency

By Mary Specht | March 3

Posted March 3, 2005. Kyle Taylor won the Student Government presidency with 55.8 percent of 711 votes and will assume the position April 17. Joe Gallina got 43.7 percent of the vote in the run-off election held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. "[I feel] overwhelmed, but all the exhaustion sort of disappeared," said Taylor, a junior in the Kogod School of Business and the School of International Service.

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Video game newsbits

By Alex Wang | February 28

"Final Fantasy" creator designing games for next Xbox. Microsoft Games Studios has signed "Final Fantasy" creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to develop two role-playing games exclusively for the company's successor to the Xbox. Microsoft is most likely trying to appeal to Japanese gamers, an audience they were not able to tap into as successfully as they would have liked on the Xbox.

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Opinion

Opinion: Administration shows no respect for students with decision, timing

By Rachel Centariczky | February 28

American University has drawn the last straw. It shows no respect whatsoever for athletics and the hard work our student-athletes put in. And cutting the Men's and Women's Tennis programs, along with the golf program, is the final straw. It is ridiculous for AU to be considered a credible school in the academic and athletic world when it pulls stunts like this.

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