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February 14

The good and the bad of this week

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News

He Said, She Said: 'Hitch' makes great date flick

By JAMES R. RICKARD and SAMANTHA ELLIOT | February 14

Guys, if you liked "Saw," you'll love "Hitch." Well, that's a big lie, but if that line didn't open this review, no guys would read a movie review about a romantic comedy. Regardless, "Hitch" is a far better movie than the previews make it out to be, and is one to which any guy can safely bring his date.

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Sports

Struggling Hunt leads from the bench

By Jesse Epstein | February 10

She led the AU Women's Basketball team in scoring last year. She was an All-Patriot League player in the preseason. She was the glue that held a team together through a coaching change in the offseason. 2004-2005 was supposed to be Chanel Hunt's season. And then this season happened.

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News

Movie Matches

By Daniel Longino | February 10

Everyone has probably seen that trailer for "Hitch." No, not the version where Will Smith kicks Eva Mendes in the face, but the one where he's teaching whiter-than-white Kevin James ("The King of Queens") how to dance. Judging by the trailer, the movie's just two hours of Will Smith helping James master dance moves.

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Sports

AU expected to lead PL in poll

By Jordan Beane | February 10

Although Patriot League action hasn't begun yet, AU is already on top of the rankings for Women's Tennis. Sure, it's on top because it's first alphabetically, but with the team winning back-to-back Patriot League titles, there isn't any reason it shouldn't be the choice for a hat trick.

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News

VMI cadets reprimanded

By Lauren Gardner | February 10

Virginia Military Institute students who dressed in costumes that mimicked gay people, Nazis and Africans now face possible disciplinary action after photos from the Halloween party they attended surfaced on Richmond Independent Media Center's Web site, Richmond.

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News

Volunteers earn awards

By Melinda C. Hall | February 10

As the AU Circle K prepares to elect its new executive board Feb. 17 and attend the Capitol District Circle K convention that weekend, the student service group's leaders will have a lot to look forward to and live up to in the coming year.

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News

Jaa-dropping daredevil ignites 'The Thai Warrior'

By Daniel Longino | February 10

For someone who could obliterate absolutely any person in his path, you wonder if Tony Jaa is just waiting for someone to give him 'tude. But Jaa seems overwhelmingly gentle, humbled and eager to talk about his abilities without at all seeming boastful. Jaa, whose real name is Phanom Yeerum, gets his screen name from his nickname in Thai, "Jaa.

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News

Workshop teaches money matters

By Melinda C. Hall | February 10

About 10 students learned how to build good credit at a workshop called "Financial Empowerment" held in the Gianni Lounge as part of AU's celebration of Black History Month. The AU chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Bank of America co-sponsored the Monday night event that highlighted financial responsibility as a key factor in good credit and in paying back student loans later in life.

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News

Workshop teaches money matters

By Melinda C. Hall | February 10

About 10 students learned how to build good credit at a workshop called "Financial Empowerment" held in the Gianni Lounge as part of AU's celebration of Black History Month. The AU chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Bank of America co-sponsored the Monday night event that highlighted financial responsibility as a key factor in good credit and in paying back student loans later in life.

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Opinion

Opinion: Vindication for Deaniacs

By Scott Goldstein | February 10

It was 2003, and Howard Dean was attending the Jefferson Jackson dinner in Iowa. It was the biggest of big political events. Thousand of people packed into an arena, and Hillary Clinton was the MC of the event. There were signs everywhere and a banner draped from the upper level.

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News

NAACP Workshop (Part of Black History Month)

By Melinda C. Hall | February 10

NAACP Workshop (part of Black History Month) By: Melinda C. Hall Eagle Staff Writer As part of Black History Month, the American University chapter of the NAACP and Bank of America co-sponsored a workshop entitled "Financial Empowerment Monday night at 6:30 in the Gianni Lounge of the Mary Graydon Center .

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News

Capital affairs to remember

By Lauren Gardner | February 10

Monica Lewinsky's infamous semen-stained dress isn't on display in the National Archives Building, but scores of sex scandals are as much a part of American political history as the constitution. Politicians in all eras, at all levels of government, have had their share of affairs - and they didn't just wait for Valentine's Day to do it.

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News

Cosmo's Kama Sutra gives old positions new names

By Jessica Bacharach | February 10

"The Cosmo Kama Sutra: 77 Mind-Blowing Sex Positions" has 175 sexual positions, most of which you have already done, and if you haven't, it is because they are physically impossible. The book gives positions like doggy-style, or sex with the woman on all fours - the new, snazzier name of which is Standing Tiger/Crouching Dragon.

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Opinion

Ed Cartoon

February 10

Ed Cartoon

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Opinion

Corrections

February 10

This issue's corrections.

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News

Soundtrack no matter your Valentine's Day

By Megan Slack and Jen Turner | February 10

The songs to sing whether to your lovey-dovey-shmoopy-pie or to your sad, lonesome, pathetic self. Enjoy.

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