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Oscars dis Giamatti but look good for 'Ray' and 'Aviator'

By Daniel Longino | January 27

All the progress made by "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" by winning all of its 11 Oscar nominations last year in a triumphant onslaught of awesomeness might have just been erased. After the recent announcement of the Academy Awards nominations Tuesday, if the first words out of your mouth weren't "How could they diss Paul Giamatti two years in a row?" then you have problems.

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Sports

AU wrestler from Uzbekistan ranks No. 3

By Kevin Hilgers | January 27

AU wrestler Muzzafar Abdurakhmanov says he's "kind of lucky," but that may be an understatement. The 24-year-old junior is ranked No. 3 in the country, has won a pair of national junior college championships and toppled All-Americans while bringing attention to AU's wrestling revival.

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor

January 27

Dear Editor: This is in response to Seth Johnson's "Inauguration day brings out lunatics" article from the Jan. 24 issue of The Eagle: When individuals are criticizing the Bush administration for spending such large amounts of money on the inauguration festivities, it doesn't necessarily mean that they think it's OK that Clinton or any other president has spent large amounts either.

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News

Students end up sick, alone and way far from home

By Megan Slack | January 27

"Stay out of the cold, you're going to get the flu!" Sound familiar? Of course it does - it's part of a vast parental conspiracy to keep kids inside in the winter, so parents themselves don't have to go out and watch their little ones frolic in the snow. Just the thought of the achy, stuffy misery that accompanies the influenza virus is enough to keep eager young snowmen-builders and tobogganers indoors.

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News

France's 'Chorus' sings heartwarming tune

By LEANA ZBOROVSKY | January 27

"The Chorus," a French film directed by Christophe Barratier, is about a talented music teacher, Cl?ment Mathieu, who is hired as the supervisor at a school for troubled boys. Set in 1949 in France, "The Chorus" begins when famous orchestra conductor Pierre Morhange returns home after his mother dies.

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News

Is monogamy dead?

By Jessica Bacharach | January 27

Everywhere I turn I hear some tragic story of a cheater getting caught. It's plastered across the tabloids, the stock market, even Martha Stewart is a convicted big cheater. The cheating extends beyond celebrity romance and into our beds.

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Sports

Eagles look to stop Bison stampede

By Ian Quillen | January 27

Friday night's AU Men's Basketball clash with Patriot League favorite Bucknell had been earmarked long before the season started. But with AU (10-7) getting demolished by Holy Cross, 80-56, Monday and sitting tied for third in the league at 3-2, and with Bucknell cruising on an 11-game winning streak and a PL-leading 5-0 league record, the game at Bender Arena could take on a do-or-die feel for AU.

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News

Hip-hop beats blast Bush at 9:30 club

January 27

Political and social views are verbally sprayed from the mouths and minds of underground hip-hop artists. Not all rap artists use their music as a means to project their opinions reflecting relevant issues. Like KRS-One said, "Rap is something you do, hip hop is something you live.

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News

Scandal and betrayal at Shakespeare Theatre

By Vanessa C. Mueller | January 27

Alfred de Musset never intended "Lorenzaccio" to be seen on stage, and in his lifetime it never was. After his first full-length play, "La Nuit V?nitienne" ("The Venetian Night") was a tremendous failure, Musset rebelled against the theater. He began writing plays that were intended to be read rather than performed, which he called "Th??tre dans un fauteuil" - armchair theater.

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News

'Love Song' loaded with buzz-heavy actors

By Jason Alredge | January 27

John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson give outstanding performances in "A Love Song for Bobby Long," Shainee Gabel's directorial debut. This movie demonstrates superb acting talent and a great storyline. It is based on a novel by Ronald Everett Capps. Capps' son Grayson writes and performs some of the music for the movie.

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Sports

NHL, if you come back, get new ideas

By David Bergman | January 27

As a few of you may have already noticed, there is no professional hockey being played this season. This is a travesty. With the NHL players and owners entangled in a legal battle over salary caps and revenue sharing, the world is being deprived of one of the most exciting spectacles in all of sports.

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News

Police Blotter: Jan. 23-26

By Kate Oczypok | January 27

Sunday, Jan. 23 Disorderly conduct was reported inside Centennial Hall. A resident assistant requested help with three males who were acting inappropriately. The individuals had alcohol in their possession and were in a room without the room's resident. Monday, Jan.

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News

Metro Brief: Gingrich speech sparks controversy

By Emily Carone | January 27

Newt Gingrich spoke at Catholic University Tuesday, prompting discussion about the university's restrictive speaker policy, which bars any speaker who does not represent Catholic values. The university's College Democrats said Gingrich's campus appearance violated the school's speaker policy because his past extramarital affair and support of the death penalty were anti-Catholic values.

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News

AU ranks No. 12 in '04 Peace Corps alums

By Joseph Popiolkowski | January 27

AU inched up a spot over last year to No. 12 in a national ranking of colleges and universities whose alumni joined the Peace Corps. AU holds this position in the medium-sized colleges and universities category, which includes schools with an undergraduate enrollment between 5,001 and 15,000.

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News

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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News

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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News

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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