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Eagle runners finish 20th at NCAA finals

By Ian Quillen · Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004

The AU Men's Cross-Country team finally returned to the national stage after a 33-year absence, placing 20th in the NCAA Championships on Nov. 22 in Terre Haute, Ind. The Eagles qualified to be part of the 30-team field by finishing second in the Mid-Atlantic regional meet on Nov. 13 in State College, Pa. Also at the championships, AU Women's Cross-Country runner Keira Carlstrom finished 17th out of a field of 250 individuals, finishing the 6-kilometer race in 20:49.8. Carlstrom also qualified for the championships in Sate College, taking second place at that regional in a time of 20:37.

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Chemicals tested at AU in WWI may cause disease

By April Seipp · Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004

Spring Valley residents are questioning the link between the chronic diseases they have and the chemical weapons that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tested and buried at AU during and after World War I, the local newspaper The Northwest Current reported last week. Military objects were discovered in Spring Valley, a 66-acre area in Northwest D.C. that includes AU land, in 1993, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. Arsenic was discovered at AU's main campus in 2001 after student athletes who played on the intramural fields noticed that blisters appeared on their bodies when it rained, The Eagle previously reported. The Army Corps had tested chemical agents and munitions at AU during the World War I era.

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Sports Brief: Wrestling advances three to national rankings in weekend

By David Bergman · Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004

This weekend at Lock Haven University's Mat-Town Invitational, the AU Wrestling team took fifth place among the nation's top teams. Junior Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov took first place at 157 pounds this weekend, upsetting three-time All-American and last year's national tournament runner-up, Jake Percival of Ohio University, by medical default. Percival has a history against AU, notably beating AU's career wins record-holder alumnus Marc Hoffer ('02) in 2001.

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The Hit List

November 22

The Scene staff presents five things worth your time for this Thanksgiving break. Nods are given to 'Kinsey,' 'Half-Life 2,' tryptophan and other delights.

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The Golden Turkey Awards

November 22

The Eagle gives Golden Turkey awards around Thanksgiving every year; look here to see who was honored this time around.

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Comment cards help TDR serve students

By Jacques Ledbetter | November 22

"Chicken wings were kinda gross," "Screw wings, chicken fingers!!!,""I love you. You rock my world," "Bring back the pumpkin bread pudding," and "Is the radio ever coming back?" represent a random sampling of the dozens of complaints and comments written by students on Terrace Dining Room comment cards every day.

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Mile-high water tested

By Rochelle Chounet | November 22

As the heavy travel of the holiday season approaches, airlines are stepping up screening processes for water on passenger aircraft after the Environmental Protection Agency reported that there is bacteria in the drinking water of many planes. The EPA randomly tested water supply tanks on 158-passenger aircraft between Aug.

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Beethoven commands Greenberg

By Neal Fersko | November 22

From Thursday until today, the All-Beethoven celebration, sponsored by the Department of Performing Arts and College of Arts of Sciences, provided such introspection. Over the course of a short weekend, the spirit of innovation that swept Beethoven's time enveloped our own with new generations embracing the composer's genius.

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Metro Brief: Students remember transgender victims

By Emily Carone | November 22

Gay rights supporters gathered at the Capitol reflecting pool Saturday evening to remember victims of anti-transgender violence. It was an event to mark the sixth annual "Remembrance Day," an event started in San Francisco to remember forgotten transgender victims.

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AU students sued over pirated music

By Kate Oczypok | November 22

The Recording Industry Association of America sued two AU students and one unknown individual Thursday for illegally sharing digital music files online over the University's computer network. According to federal copyright laws, the RIAA is able to seek up to $150,000 in damages for each song illegally downloaded online.

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Seniors tour Katzen

By Anne Godlasky | November 22

Ten AU seniors toured the Katzen Arts Center on Thursday to see the 130,000-square-foot space, which includes their class gift - a student lounge on the second floor. "[In] the senior lounge area there will be a two-story glass space, seating, and you will be able to look all the way down the corridor to the rotunda space," intern architect Onyel Gibson said.

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Jewel of the Nile: Great love in Kurdistan

By Rebecca Byerly | November 22

VAN, Turkey - The adventures of life have led me to Kurdistan (a region of Eastern Turkey) and I have fallen in love with the Kurdish people and culture. I and five of my friends from the American University in Cairo traveled to Turkey for Eid (the feast after Ramadan). We landed in Ankara, rented a minivan and drove along the Black Sea and Turkish border with Armenia and Georgia, toward Diyarbakir, a city in Kurdistan, a region in Turkey.

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Metro Brief: New York Ave. Metro stop opens

By Emily Carone | November 22

After four years of construction, Metro opened its newest Red Line station Saturday morning in a ceremony attended by Mayor Anthony Williams, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and other community and business leaders. The New York Avenue station will provide service to Northwest D.C.

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From 'Garden State' to 'SpongeBob,' the Shins explode

By Chris DeWitt | November 22

It's been a strange road to fame for the Shins. The band from Portland, via Albuquerque, has ambled along at a healthy pace since its formation in 1997. The Shins caused a stir in various indie circles with their 2001 debut, "Oh, Inverted World." But to become a household name in the near future was definitely not on Mercer's list of things to do.

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Junior centers herself with yoga

By Molly Norris | November 22

The yoga mat has traveled the world. Recently, it has been unrolled at an Irish reconciliation center, the woods of southern France and Anderson Hall study lounge. Emily Lindenmuth, 20, started bending and breathing on the mat her first semester at AU, when she took a beginning yoga class. Now a junior in the School of International Service, she starts each day around 7 a.m. with two hours of yoga powered by the memory of teaching the art to ex-paramilitaries, prisoners and Protestant and Catholic school children in Ireland this summer.

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Black Student Alliance hosts 'soul food' dinner

By Kate Oczypok | November 22

AU students were treated to an early Thanksgiving dinner Sunday evening during the Black Student Alliance's Third Annual Soul Food Dinner, which included fried chicken, turkey, sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and peach and apple cobbler. Henry Soul Food, a restaurant located in Mitchellsville, Md., donated the food for the BSA's event, which about 60 students attended in McDowell Formal Lounge.

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Students get down the diplomatic way

November 22

About 200 danced on the Quad during the Resident Housing Association's Diplomatic Ball on Friday night. An after-party in the University Club drew about 100, according to Scott Goldstein, RHA president. "It went really well," Goldstein said. "Beyond all our expectations.

The UFL and Why it's Good for the Sport

Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.

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