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I have a confession to make: I've always wanted to be a Republican. I can't imagine that wonderful feeling - watching policies you approve of seduce Congress into approval and eventually reach the soft, warm bosom of a president who shares your ideology. Finally, they're thrust deep into the American legal code, where they gestate into common practice.
Whether or not you have the flu right now or just want to prevent it, here are some tips to stay healthy this winter: 1. Always wash your hands - after coughing, after sneezing, before and after eating, and any time your hands could come into contact with surfaces like desks and doorknobs.
It would seem that students at Georgetown University, our collegiate neighbor to the southwest and probably the most nationally recognized D.C. school, have not only intense academic exuberance, but the propensity for perpetual partying. Residents who have the misfortune of living near clusters of Georgetown students have long complained about the noise to Georgetown administration.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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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