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'Charlotte Simmons' strays from true college living

By Blair Payne | January 24

Originally posted at www.TheEagleOnline.com Jan. 19. Can a man who is more than 70 years old effectively write a novel about college life? Better yet, can he realistically portray an 18-year-old woman? In "I Am Charlotte Simmons," Tom Wolfe manages to do both, more or less.

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Campus Brief: Reading initiative earns Eagle Endowment

By Kate Oczypok | January 24

The Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Service and the Graduate Student Council awarded two AU graduate students, Paul Glick and Lindsey Kingston, with the second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Grant. A five-member committee selected Glick and Klingston for the $1,000 award.

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Opinion

Metro police turn crowd control into brutality

By Brian Kruglak | January 24

In this opinion piece, Brian Kruglak offers his perspective on the inauguration protests.

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College Republicans donate time, manpower to inauguration

By Mary Specht | January 24

For some College Republicans who've contributed hours of volunteer time to the presidential campaign, there's only one way to celebrate Bush's victory: with more volunteering. College Republicans from AU and around D.C. will spend Inauguration Day signing in guests, setting up events and directing parking, among other tasks.

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Sports

Women's Basketball splits PL weekend

By Jesse Epstein | January 24

The AU Women's Basketball team split its weekend, beating the Army Black Knights, 71-64, Friday night and losing to the Holy Cross Crusaders, 67-48, in a Sunday afternoon matinee at Bender Arena. Holy Cross began both halves with 6-0 runs that kept the Eagles playing catch-up the entire game.

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AU students protest inauguration, hit with pepper spray

January 13

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.

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D.C. Restaurant Week

By Jen Turner | January 13

Restaurant Week has returned to Washington for another year. Going on now and lasting until Jan. 16., Restaurant Week's special features are the three-course lunch and dinner specials offered by more than 90 local establishments. Ranging from rib houses that spell "grill" with an "e" at the end to swanky sushi bars, $20.05 will buy you a prix fixe three-course lunch at one of these places, and only $10 more gets you dinner.

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Movie Matches: 'Precinct 13' has '13' title contenders

By Daniel Longino | January 13

It's hard to think of 13 reasons to go see this week's guns-a-blazin' Laurence Fishburne plus Ethan Hawke with a little twist of John Leguizamo remake "Assault on Precinct 13." (The only good reason I can think of is that Ja Rule is in it! "It's murrrderrr.) Thirteen might be considered an unlucky number in reality, but in movies, it's a number that, uh, is in a lot of titles...

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Opinion

Inaugural protests won't drive message home

By Dan Miller | January 13

Liberal columnist Dan Miller says inaugural protesters' "sentiments are noble and right - but their tactics are flawed," as he analyzes what makes a protest successful - the ability to gain attention and show strength.

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Opinion

Thinking outside the Quad

By Jonny Falk | January 13

An AU alumnus calls for imagination in events.

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Opinion

Safe area no reason to slack

January 13

The Eagle's Editorial staff offers its perspective on D.C. crime rates for 2004.

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'Apprentice' Kwame delivers 'lessons' at AU

By KEOSHA JOHNSON | January 13

Students roughed the snowy weather conditions on Wednesday night to see the runner-up of NBC's reality TV show "The Apprentice" speak in the University Club about his time on the show and his advice on succeeding in life. "I feel presidential tonight," said Kwame Jackson, who was one person away from working for Donald Trump in the first season of the show. In his speech, Jackson talked about his pathway from earning his Harvard MBA to landing on a reality show.

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Martin Luther King to be celebrated with service

By Emily Carone | January 13

Members of the AU community will travel into D.C. to help others in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory on Monday. This is part of a national event called "Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service." AU's Community Service Center, Interfaith Council and the Black Student Alliance will organize students to help senior citizens in the Shaw-Howard University area.

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**Don't let a few flakes keep you from The Eagle**

January 13

Due to a combination of snow, the inauguration and dubious D.C. drivers (and, of course, the fact that the University is closed), the Thursday edition of The Eagle will not appear in print, but... New stories and photos, including plenty of inauguration coverage, campus news wrap-ups, sassy Scene stuff, sports and opinions will be available here. And check out the Monday, Jan. 24 edition for more!

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Frats and sororities recruit

By Melinda C. Hall | January 13

As the semester starts, students in fraternities and sororities at AU have only two things on their minds: Greek Week, seven days of events in April, and recruitment, better known as rush. Rush events are slowly taking the stage on campus as recruitment begins full force and students post hundreds of "Go Greek" fliers across campus.

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Laptops, cell phones harm health

By David Hodges | January 13

Prolonged cell phone use can damage DNA beyond repair and males who rest laptops on their laps can reduce chances of reproduction by damaging the environment needed to create sperm, according to several new studies.

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Sports

Women's b-ball beats lowly Lafayette

By Kevin Hilgers | January 13

If there was any time for the AU Women's Basketball team to break its seven-game losing streak, it was Saturday at lowly Lafayette, which has had a record of 9-89 over the last four years. The Eagles (6-9, 1-2 Patriot League) did that Saturday, but just barely.

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