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Student Opinion: How are you going to spend winter break?

December 9

Four random AU students reveal how they plan to spend their holiday break.

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Sports

Sports Brief: Men's Track out of the blocks for indoor season

By Ian Quillen | December 9

The AU Men's Track and Field team came out of the blocks flying in the Navy Invitational last Friday night at the Navy Lidlifter meet in Annapolis, Md., taking three individual titles back to D.C. after the first meet of the indoor season. AU dominated the middle-distance categories, picking up all its individual wins in that area. Senior Sean Duffy won the 3,000-meter run in 8:21.55, beating two pursuing Navy runners by about four seconds, while AU sophomore Rob Hoffman finished fifth. Meanwhile, sophomore Dustin Ermani took the 800-meter title, completing the four laps in 1:55.65, while his teammates finished fourth, seventh and 15th.

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News

'Blade' cuts a fine film

By Jason Alredge | December 9

Wesley Snipes returns as Blade in this third film of the trilogy and he's just as great as before. David S. Goyer, who wrote the last two "Blade" films, also wrote and directed it. "Blade: Trinity" has lots of action, but it also has more laughs than the first two. So that shouldn't be a problem for movie fans.

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News

Not Quite Wrong

By Ross Nover | December 9

Ross Nover's comic Not Quite Wrong for December 9, 2004.

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News

Baseball's return to city in jeopardy

By Emily Carone | December 9

The D.C. Council passed preliminary plans to build a new baseball stadium in Anacostia last Tuesday, but the future of the newly named Washington Nationals is still in jeopardy. Six council members approved the stadium plans, four voted against it and three abstained.

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor

December 9

A letter to the editor from SOC freshman Athelstan Spilhaus.

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News

Campus Brief: Alternative gifts help human rights

By Kate Oczypok | December 9

AU students will have the opportunity to do some "alternative" Christmas shopping this year with the Alternative Gift Fair, which will be Friday in the Mary Graydon Center. Project Hope International, a campus group that combats human trafficking and works with a D.C. nonprofit organization of the same name, is sponsoring the event.

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Sports

Eagles roar past Towson Tigers, 75-64

By Ian Quillen | December 9

After senior forward Jason Thomas scored 23 points against Vermont Saturday, tying his career high, his teammates and coaches could only hope it was a sign of things to come. But even the most optimistic could not have predicted a repeat performance as soon as the one he gave Wednesday night in AU's 75-64 win at Towson.

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News

Campus Brief: Library open longer, AUTO goes to airports

By Mary Specht | December 9

The library will stay open from 8 a.m. on Tuesday to midnight on Dec. 17 to offer students more time to study there for finals. The Student Confederation will contribute approximately $2,000 to help fund the extra hours of operation, said SC President Polson Kanneth. "The students requested 24-hour access, and the Student Confederation helped make it happen by contributing financially," said librarian Patricia Wand. "Student input is vital to the library, and I am pleased that the students worked so diligently with the library to achieve this goal."

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: D.C. 'blackballs' poor

December 9

The Eagle's editorial staff discusses some thoughts on the potential Washington, D.C. baseball stadium.

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News

Youth can fight abuse

By Kate Oczypok | December 9

Women between the ages of 16 and 24 represent the group most likely to be abused, according to a program on teen dating and domestic abuse held at AU yesterday. Kisan Patterson, a staff attorney for Break the Cycle, a nonprofit organization that aims to help youth end domestic violence, spoke at the program.

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News

SC constitution passes

By Mary Specht | December 9

Students passed the proposed SC constitution, with 148 votes in favor, 40 against and six abstaining, in a special election yesterday in Mary Graydon Center. The new constitution will change the name of the SC to Student Government and the GA to Undergraduate Senate. The composition of the US will include five senators from each class, four at-large, two from the College of Arts and Sciences and one from each of the other schools.

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Opinion

Moralists overstep bounds in marriage argument

By Allison Meredith | December 9

Guest columnist Allison Meredith discusses the contradiction in opposing same-sex marriage.

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News

AU keeps donors satisfied

By Brittney Galloway | December 9

Some people who donate money to universities are displeased because the schools do not use the money the way the donors wish, The New York Times reported Nov. 27. However, this is not a problem at AU, school officials said. AU has a high level of donor satisfaction because it is "very donor-centered" and takes into account what donors want to have done with their money, said Scott VanDeusen, director of annual campaigns in the Office of University Relations.

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News

Baseball in D.C. spans the century

By Jordan Beane | December 9

Major League Baseball owners on Friday officially announced approval for the Montreal Expos to move to D.C., and the team was renamed the Washington Nationals. While some are excited about the District's new baseball team, others are not. Regardless, many baseball fans are using this time to reflect on the history and future of the nation's pastime in the nation's capital.

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News

National Brief: Buddhists also celebrate holiday season

By Rochelle Chounet | December 9

In the winter, Christmas and Hanukkah are not the only religious holidays celebrated. Buddhism, a religion with more than 1 million American followers, will celebrate Lama Tsongkhapa Day on Dec. 7, which celebrates the founder of the Gelugpa order of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Opinion

Editorial Cartoon: Instructors on evaluations

By John Anderson | December 9

AU's own John Anderson contributes this week's editorial cartoon.

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