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Job market looking up for 2005 grads

By Lauren Gardner | January 27

The job outlook for college seniors graduating in 2005 is steadily improving, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a nonprofit group based in Bethlehem, Pa., with 25 percent of employers increasing their hiring projections and 62.5 percent remaining the same.

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Out of Context

January 27

"Don't have your political orgasm here today, hold it off as long as you can so you can work longer and harder." -Alec Baldwin, at a student leadership conference in Washington, D.C.

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Grads aim to foster 'love for reading'

By Kate Oczypok | January 27

Paul Glick and Lindsey Kingston, two AU graduate students, were awarded the $1,000 Martin Luther King Jr. Grant by the Eagle Endowment for their project, titled "The Webb Elementary School Book Club," at a ceremony last Tuesday in the Kay Spiritual Life Center.

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North Face jackets a 'must-steal'

By KEOSHA JOHNSON | January 27

North Face jackets are a must-have this winter, although some wearing the jackets may have acquired them illicitly. This is an example of the increasing number of stolen jackets in the D.C. area, according to an article in The Washington Post. Crime reports from local law enforcement agencies indicate that North Face jacket robberies occur almost daily, wrote The Post columnist Courtland Milloy.

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SHARE hosts parties, sells cocoa to raise funds

By Melinda C. Hall | January 27

AU Students Helping Asian Relief Efforts (SHARE), a student-run group raising money for tsunami victims, is wrapping up its first three weeks of fund-raising. With the cooperation of the Center for Peace Building Institute of Washington, the group helped raise $20,000 to rebuild a destroyed village in Sri Lanka.

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Sports

Women's B-ball: Finding the point without Hadavi

By Jesse Epstein | January 27

A well-oiled machine. A finely tuned instrument. A cohesive unit. A team bound for the NCAA tournament. These four statements were all uttered early in the season about the AU Women's Basketball team. Playing under their fiery, vibrant new coach Melissa McFerrin, the consistency of seniors Chanel Hunt and Joanna Barnes, and the electric-quick and sharpshooting newcomer Tala Hadavi, the Eagles were ready to take the next step and play deep into March.

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MPD to monitor party complaints in Georgetown

By Mary Specht | January 27

With help from the Metropolitan Police Department, Georgetown University aims to get its "party problem" under control, said members of the Georgetown University Student Association. Two off-duty, uniformed police officers will patrol the Georgetown neighborhoods of Burleith and in West Georgetown and respond to neighbors' calls to the Student Neighbor Assistance Program hotline beginning in early February, according to Georgetown 's student newspaper, The Hoya.

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Opinion

Question of the Week: Have you ever felt unsafe at a college party?

January 27

"I do most of my 'partying' at clubs and bars, as I find them safest and most enjoyable." -Jared Kanefsky is a sophomore in Kogod. "Yes; once, a balcony with 150 people collapsed onto people underneath it." -Abby Lipskis is a junior in Kogod. "No, because unlike my friends, I usually get out before the cops come.

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Studio Theatre's new venue needs hot talent

By Molly Norris | January 27

In the shell of a building, mediocrity hatched. The production of Mark Jackson's "Death of Meyerhold" opened The Studio Theatre's new experimental venue - a hollowed-out, industrial-feeling attic in its theater complex. The Theatre calls it Stage Four, a "flexible, raw theatre space.

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Pell Grants may increase

By Kelly Kerr | January 27

College students currently receiving Pell Grants from the government might soon be seeing an increase in their financial aid, President George W. Bush announced Jan. 14. At a speech in Jacksonville, Fla., Bush said he intends to increase the maximum award of the Department of Education's Pell Grants by $500.

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Pacino's 'hoo-ha' movies

By Daniel Longino | January 27

"William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice" hits theaters tomorrow starring none other than the feisty mad dog of cinema himself Al Pacino as Shylock, Here are five of the most "hoo-ha!" Pacino performances, rated from one to five "hoo-hahs!" One "Hooh-hah!" "Any Given Sunday" - 1999 Oliver Stone's football flick featured as much crazy Pacino as it did giant locker room man-sausage.

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Opinion

Peaceful Eagles

January 27

Thirty-seven AU alumni volunteered in 2004 to join the Peace Corps, ranking the school as having the 13th most volunteers among medium-sized universities. AU's ranking has risen steadily in this list over the last several years. Significantly, AU is among the smallest of the group of schools categorized as medium-sized, with an undergraduate enrollment of just over 5,000.

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Campus Briefs: Greeks' party to fundraise for tsunami

By Kate Oczypok | January 27

Three AU students will host a party to benefit the victims of last month's tsunami. The "Do Your Part" Party, created by Robyn Wilkov, Jaclyn Mason and Simon Guindi, will take place on Feb. 3 at the Home nightclub on F Street. "As a college student, I desired to make a significant contribution to the relief efforts," Wilkov said.

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City Calendar

By Emily Carone | January 27

Events are free unless noted. All Month "On the Record" Musical Revue National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Cast members sing 64 songs, some grouped in medleys, from 75 years of Disney films. Runs through Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 1 p.m.

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AU students join protesters, some face pepper spray

January 24

More than 100 AU students protested on Inauguration Day, several of whom were affected by pepper spray that D.C. police used to control crowds around Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street during the parade. A group of protesters tried to remove security fences and a handful got through, according to Reuters. Some activists wore gas masks and threw rocks, snow and water bottles at the officers. About a dozen people were affected by the pepper spray and vomited and shouted, while some others covered their noses with scarves and sleeves and tried to get into the Willard Hotel, The Eagle witnessed.

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Culture, 'shell' shock in UK

By Colleen McCarthy | January 24

Like most births, my life in London began with an egg. Or rather, a carton of them. Here in the United Kingdom, where even a pub meal can cost an American student more than $15, the kitchens in our dorms offer an alternative to poverty. Grocery shopping appeared simple enough.

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Razorlight checks its ego with its bags on flight to U.S.

By Megan Slack | January 24

A review of the band "Razorlight."

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