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'Ong-Bak' to the basics

By Daniel Longino | February 10

In "Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior," the head of the Ong-Bak statue is stolen from a village, and Ting (Tony Jaa) travels to Bangkok to retrieve the lost head, which helps the village prosper. In order to locate the gangsters who stole the artifact, Ting must infiltrate a Muay Thai fight club and bust some skulls to save his village from drought.

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Tobacco, alcohol marketing debated

By Kate Oczypok | February 10

About 250 students, faculty and staff listened to debate on the morality and finances behind tobacco and alcohol marketing to youth at Tuesday evening's American Forum. The event, "Marketing Cool: The Buying of Young America," drew a standing room-only crowd to Mary Graydon Center rooms 4 and 5.

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Droopy drops his rhymes

By Janel Knight | February 10

The Black Student Alliance brought the artist Drew "Droopy" Anderson to campus Tuesday night to recite his poetry at "The Mic," an open poetry jam held twice a month in the Battelle-Tompkins Atrium. "The Mic is like a confessional - all of your business just comes out," Droopy said.

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Sports

Bush-league Pro Bowl just too amateur

By Kevin Hilgers | February 10

With the Super Bowl finally over and the cries of dynasty slowly fading, sports fans are faced with the annual disgrace known as the Pro Bowl. The Pro Bowl - or NFL All-Star Game, if you will - is the ridiculous spectacle put on every year in an attempt to showcase the best talent in the NFL.

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Opinion

Opinion: Complications in college life diminish love

By Timothy Meyer | February 10

Writing this sort of piece has become somewhat of a tradition for me around this time of year. Frequently, I write about politics, culture or world affairs. But every once in a while it becomes necessary to write not about ideology, but from the heart. The cynics are wrong - chivalry is not dead.

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News

The power of porn

By Jessica Bacharach | February 10

The first time I watched a porno I was 12. It was called "Love Boat." The clinching line came from an overweight man in his mid-30s, sporting a blond mullet and beer belly, who proclaimed, "My name is 'Trumpet,' now blow me..." and suddenly a 20-year-old blonde bombshell drops to her knees and goes to town.

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Opinion

Over the line at VMI

February 10

Two weeks ago, pictures of a Halloween party that took place in barracks at Virginia Military Institute where students dressed in costumes mimicking gays, Nazis and blacks surfaced online. VMI instituted a panel of three students to investigate and suggest disciplinary action against the students.

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Campus Brief: Annual Founder's Day Ball approaches

By Kate Oczypok | February 10

AU's annual Founder's Day Ball will be held on Feb. 19 at the Galleria at Lafayette Center, announced Student Confederation Vice President Jason Trombley. "The theme of this year's event is 'Glitz and Glamour: 1930s Hollywood,'" said Trombley, who organizes the event.

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Comics

February 10

This Issues Comics

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Ladner answers to the crowd

By Claire Maude | February 10

President Benjamin Ladner commented on budget, tuition and University improvements last night in an informal question-and-answer session hosted by the 2007 and 2008 Class Councils. Ladner said he was in the "final stages" of deciding the budget, including next year's tuition raise, and that he would "make a final decision [on the budget] to present to the Board of Trustees in a week or so.

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Opinion

Democracy? More like demo-crazy!

By Stephanie Furman | February 10

Is the battle of the 2004 election over? Politicans are carving out their agendas in Congress for this fiscal year. Some are already considering their commitments to special-interest groups who elected them into office. Where does the role of the citizen stand? How can citizens combat the forces aganist the zip code 20005 lobbyist? What the American University chapter of Democracy Matters engages in is combating special-interest groups that detract from the heart of the political process and refocusing attention away from politicans' pockets and back on the role of the individual system.

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Opinion

I want my money back!

February 7

President Bush may have opened a can of worms of sorts by so brazenly grasping the perceived third rail of American politics, but it is about time someone took the helm of the wayward ship called Social Security. The Democrats sounded the alarm bells in 1998, even giving President Clinton standing ovations when he voiced his support for private personal accounts.

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Opinion

All Thumbs

February 7

Thumbs Up Ben Ladner's appearance at the AU/Holy Cross basketball game ... Ladner always gets criticized for his absence from campus, so it's only fair to point out when he does appear. Ladner spent a few minutes cheering with the Screaming Eagles alongside SC President Polson Kanneth before sitting with his wife, Kiki, for the duration of the game.

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News

Rue the Day rocks AU

By Chris DeWitt | February 7

Eagle writer reviews Rule the Day, an AU rock group.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: AU meets with 'Ruckus'

February 7

Starting Monday morning, a new, legal, risk-free music downloading option will be available on campus. AU signed an agreement with Ruckus downloading service, a pay service that has about 700,000 songs available and adds 50 new movies to its servers each month.

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Police Blotter

By Kate Oczypok | February 7

Wednesday, Feb. 2 A professor reported lost property in Clark Hall. She lost her office keys. They have yet to be recovered. Graffiti was reported in Bender Library. Naked female anatomy was painted on an elevator panel. A female staff member reported lost property, her office and home keys, at Capitol Hall.

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Cartoons

February 7

Ross Nover Carrie Moskal Michael Lucibella

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