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Cut sports teams granted one-year reprieve by Ladner

By Ian Quillen | March 17

AU President Benjamin Ladner announced that the elimination of three AU athletic programs, Men's and Women's Tennis and Golf, will be delayed until after the 2005-2006 school year, in a release dated March 4, the final day of classes before AU's spring break.

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Country, punk birth psychobilly

By Neal Fersko | March 17

The term "psychobilly" first entered the music lexicon through the voice of the man in black himself, Johnny Cash. His 1976 country music hit "One Piece at a Time" described an autoworker's crudely constructed "psychobilly Cadillac" from bits and pieces of various models stolen from the assembly line over several decades.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: CUA cuts not in spirit of academics

March 17

The Catholic University of America announced last month that it would cut scholarships for the campus newspaper, campus yearbook and student government. The announcement came just a few months after CUA administration cut ties with the newspaper, The Tower, due to unhappiness with The Tower's reporting on campus issues.

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Alternative Break offers travel, aid

By Olga Khazan | March 17

While many AU students spent their spring breaks lounging on beaches, spending time with friends or simply sleeping, a few broadened their cultural horizons through AU's Alternative Spring Break program. This year, the program led trips to Brazil, Jamaica, Greece, Vietnam and the Cherokee Nation in western North Carolina, with students traveling in groups to explore the areas' cultures and to study societal issues.

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Opinion

Letter from the Old and New Editors

By Anne Godlasky and Megan Slack | March 17

Dear readers, For seniors, spring semester means purgatory; I'm just a member of the Class of 2005 in limbo. I schedule job interviews between classes. Phone calls from parents, which had come less frequently since high school, are picking up again as Mom and Dad anxiously inquire after summer plans.

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Campus Brief: Director makes communication donation

By Melinda C. Hall | March 17

Director Adam Friedman, who has worked on music videos and biographical films on cable television, donated $10,000 to the School of Communication along with an advanced video-production camera on Wednesday. The money will be added to the dean's discretionary fund and be used to purchase more advanced equipment.

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Sports

AU golf trip slices off course

By David Bergman | March 17

Fresh off the news that its program will be cut at the end of next season, the AU Men's Golf team stumbled through its first two spring events. Sophomore Adam Kolloff replaced senior Phil Kief for the last roster spot as the Eagles fell to 11th place at the Emerald Coast Collegiate in Florida and a season-worst 15th out of 15 teams at the Birkdale Collegiate Golf Classic in Charlotte, N.

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Campus Brief: Mussell shares experiences with students

By Mary Specht | March 17

Kay Mussell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, mingled with students, gave a speech and answered questions at her Dialogue with the Dean event Wednesday night in the McDowell formal lounge. "I'm really impressed with the quality of questions students ask," she said.

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KPU receives funds for high profile speaker

By Jess Reamy | March 17

The Kennedy Political Union and the Student Union Board received funds totaling $74,000 for campus activities this spring from the General Assembly, the legislative branch of the Student Confederation on Tuesday. KPU will receive the bulk of those funds, with $60,000 for a guest speaker.

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Opinion

Integrity policy easy to cheat on

By Stephanie Furman | March 17

Integrity is a moral code that demands the highest ethical behavior of a person. Today's society has increased pressures for university students to take the easy route in life. Theoretically, members of our own university who choose to disregard a rule or uphold standards of psychopathic plagiarizers will suffer in the long run.

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News

Out of Context

By The Scene staff | March 17

It was never clearer until Monday evening that members of the Davenport Coffee Lounge staff appear to actually live there. The tell-tale signs were all too clear: One Dav staffer draped herself over an entire couch while complaining about a Peace and Conflict Resolution reading assignment, despite several patrons sheepishly looking for seats; another was frolicking back and forth between the bookshelves and entryway while humming obscure indie rock; and a third was snoozing conspicuously at a back table, a copy of a really intellectual-looking book draped over her lap.

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AU loses Dorothy Ditter Gondos Beers, a living piece of history

By Kate Oczypok | March 17

Dorothy Ditter Gondos Beers, a former AU professor, died of pneumonia last month at a retirement home in Fairfax, Va., at the age of 95. Beers taught undergraduate and graduate history for 27 years at the University, The Washington Post reported. She served as chair of the history department and chair of women from 1949 to 1953.

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Sports

Sports Brief: Abdurakhmanov leads AU wrestling quartet into NCAAs

By Kevin Hilgers | March 17

Thanks to a record-breaking performance at its conference tournament two weeks ago, AU will send four wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, which begin today in St. Louis. It will be the largest delegation ever for AU at the championships, and its first trip since 2002.

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Kids 'from Mars' party like it's '1977'

By Joseph Popiolkowski | March 17

Any band that can count both Dave Grohl and his mom among they fans must have major crossover appeal. That holds true for veteran Irish rockers Ash, except when it comes to crossing over oceans. Ash, around since the early '90s, have consistently delivered fresh and solid material, yet have not become U.

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9:30 feels the Heat

By Rebecca Armendariz | March 17

With a sold-out crowd practically worshipping them on Friday night at the 9:30 club, Hot Hot Heat had enough motivation to pull off an intense, high-energy set marked by the constant bobbing of their mop-like coifs. Lead singer Steve Bays started off the show on a good - no, fantastic - note, with the unprecedented arrival of a pair of teeny panties at his feet.

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Pawn this tacky 'ring'

By Jen Turner | March 17

The horror genre seems to have strayed from the psychological, cerebral type of fear and given in to the more easily attained sensory experience of just shocking the audience with disturbing imagery. In the case of "The Ring 2," what was once a rather innovative plotline has caved to the whims of a director and cast bent toward insubstantial scares.

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Irish Blood, American Heart

By The Scene staff | March 17

Whether or not you're 100 percent Irish-Catholic and from Boston, or claim heritage from Spain and live in Santa Fe, N.M., it seems like everyone has a little bit of Irish to claim on St. Patrick's Day. This bountiful day falls in the category of random holidays we are all lucky to celebrate together here at AU, mostly because no one is truly justified in going home on the premise of drinking green beer with his or her parents (okay, so that's probably untrue).

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