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Editorial cartoon: Don't yield to pedestrians?

By John Anderson | November 22

John Anderson's political cartoon for November 22, 2004.

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News

Have yourself a meatless Thanksgiving

By Molly Norris | November 22

The good china sparkles around the table and steam rises from the white porcelain. Everyone's ready to eat - everyone except for some vegans and vegetarians. "I don't relish seeing a big dead bird," said Kirsten Rosenberg, co-owner and baker at the all-vegan Sticky Fingers Bakery at 18th and T streets.

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News

'Godspell' casts wide net over campus religions

By Kate Oczypok | November 22

The AU Players performed Steven Schwartz's "Godspell" for friends, family and members of the AU community this weekend in the Kay Spiritual Life Center. The set design was simple, decorated with red and yellow caution tape and scaffolding that performers utilized during virtually every song.

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Sports

Three wrestlers take first at Keystone as team places 3rd overall

By Ian Quillen | November 22

The AU Wrestling team turned in its best performance in recent memory Saturday, seizing three individual first-place finishes en route to a third-place team finish at the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia. AU ended the meet with 89.5 points with only seven of its 10 wrestlers competing, behind No. 23 Rider, which won with 141 points, and host No. 20 Pennsylvania, which came in second with a score of 105.5.

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News

Wizard's Lair: November 22, 2004

By Danny Friedman | November 22

Danny Friedman's comic The Wizard's Lair for November 22, 2004.

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News

Akbar Ahmed named D.C. professor of the year

By Stokely Baksh | November 22

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education named Islamic Studies professor Akbar Ahmed the 2004 D.C. Professor of the Year on Thursday. Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun chair of Islamic Studies and professor of international relations at AU, is a leading authority on Islam and its global impact on the contemporary society, especially in the Western world.

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News

Diversity quotas hurt more than help, study says

By Jennifer Tyre | November 22

Affirmative action policies hurt black law students more than they help, according to a new study by a law professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. Richard H. Sander's study, which will be released in this month's Stanford Law Review, says that affirmative action bumps black law school applicants to higher-ranked schools, increasing the likelihood that they will earn poor grades, drop out of school and fail state bar exams.

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Sports

Soccer storms to second round

By Ian Quillen | November 22

For the first 15 minutes of Saturday's NCAA first-round game, Long Island University looked like a team that might crush the Eagles' aspirations of a second-round date with Virginia. Over the next 75 minutes, though, LIU turned into merely another name underneath the Eagles' win column.

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Sports

Sideline Scholars: NBA soils opportunity with poor players

By David Bergman | November 22

There are a series of Budweiser advertisements on television that feature a fake sports star named Leon. Leon is the epitome of the spoiled-brat superstar, going as far as to pass up his at-bat to wait for a check to clear. The ads are meant to poke fun at what sports have become through an exaggerated character. Unfortunately, this character exists in real life. On Friday night, the Indiana Pacers were coming to the end of a pitiful defeat at the hands of the current world champion Detroit Pistons. With about 45 seconds to go, the Pacers' Ron Artest committed a hard foul under the basket against Detroit's Ben Wallace. Wallace overreacted, but what happened next was one of the most unbelievable displays of unsportsmanlike conduct ever witnessed in sports.

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News

Magazine explores science in everday life

By Elliot Smilowitz | November 22

AU's science magazine, Catalyst, was just released in late October, but creator April Astor, a junior journalism major, already has the cover of the next issue planned - it'll feature "Swingers." Dr. Susan Solarz, a biology department who advised Astor, said they hoped to catch students' attention by writing about issues that concern them and making references to pop culture.

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News

Thanksgiving portion control key to keeping pounds off

By Aviva Perlman | November 22

Thanksgiving is a holiday of plenty: plenty of food, plenty of family and plenty of cursing at the bathroom scale on Friday morning. It is easy to be victimized by holiday weight gain, but portion control and exercise are key to maintaining weight over this year's Thanksgiving holiday.

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News

Katzen Center to temporarily ease parking problems

By Marissa Newhall | November 22

The increased demand for space in the Nebraska Lot due to some closed campus parking lots has increased frustration among commuter students, according to Tony Newman, director of Transportation Services and Risk Management. However, he said the completion of the Katzen Arts Center in May 2005 will relieve current pressures.

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Sports

Volleyball completes four undefeated years in PL

By Ian Quillen | November 22

Four years ago, six freshmen entered the AU Volleyball program as it was transitioning from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Patriot League. This weekend, those freshmen, now seniors, capped off the final chapter in a perfect PL career. The AU Volleyball team defeated Army, 3-0, in the Patriot League championship on Saturday night at Bender Arena, winning the three games 30-23, 30-28 and 30-21, and clinching a fourth straight NCAA tournament appearance.

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News

Police Blotter

By Theodora Blanchfield | November 22

The Police Blotter is compiled from the daily crime log issued by the Department of Public Safety and additional information from Sgt. Gary Folckemer.

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News

Bastard child of Shakespeare, 'Pericles' proves its legitimacy

By Vanessa C. Mueller | November 18

When she chose it, director Mary Zimmerman was well aware that "Pericles" is rarely performed. Denied acceptance into the standard Shakespearean canon because the first two acts were actually written by George Wilkins, the play is generally considered by critics to be a trial run in the "tragicomic" romance style. However, Zimmerman appreciated the room to experiment granted by low expectations and saw a potential "box of delights" in its simplicity. Her faith, as well as her creative staging and a crack team of collaborators brought with her from Chicago, make the Shakespeare Theatre's production of "Pericles" a thoroughly pleasant surprise.

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Opinion

With the Great American Smokeout happening on Thursday, what are your feelings on smoking and smoker

November 18

Three AU students respond to The Eagle's question: "With the Great American Smokeout happening on Thursday, what are your feelings on smoking and smokers?"

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News

Bill Condon goes from 'Candyman' to 'Kinsey'-man

By Emily Zemler | November 18

Many people may be shocked to hear that writer-director Bill Condon was responsible for "Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh." It's true - the man who won an Oscar for his 1999 screenplay "Gods and Monsters" used to direct bad horror movies. But Condon, who also wrote the screenplay for 2002's "Chicago," has come a long way since his horror days.

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