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Jewel of the Nile: Egypt's reaction to Arafat's death

By Rebecca Byerly | November 15

CAIRO, Egypt - Thousands of Egyptian soldiers dressed in black lined the streets of downtown Cairo Thursday morning. A shiver went down my spine as I realized Yasser Arafat died. Sitting in the back of a taxi, I wondered if I should speak to the driver, aware my American nationality could lead to a precarious situation. The driver pointed to the chaos on the street and said "President Mubarak will come."

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Music Notes

November 15

The Scene staff of The Eagle reviews music from A Thorn for Every Heart, The Dillinger Escape Plan, From First to Last, Jason Liebman and the Uprising, The Datsuns, and The Shore.

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Caviar breaks four-year silence with golden 'Mercury'

By Garrett Karrberg | November 15

There is something about Chicago that tends to breed talented, hardworking musicians. In the 1990s, bands like Local H, Triplefastaction, Fig Dish, and others brought the Chicago underground scene some mild recognition. But they were overshadowed by fellow Chicagoans Smashing Pumpkins and the grunge revolution in Seattle. Now, a new crop of bands, with Caviar at the top, are producing high-quality music that often goes unnoticed.

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Gamers say 'Halo'

By Khai Ha | November 15

More than 20 students gathered Saturday at a release party for the highly anticipated "Halo 2" Xbox game. AU Gamers hosted the event in a freestyle kill-or-be-killed format. Players were separated by two rooms in teams of eight. Cries of "I've got your back!" and "Run!" echoed throughout the night. "We shifted the people that sucked around to balance the teams and made sure everyone got a turn on the projectors," said Charles Olson, supreme commander of AU Gamers.

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Folk You: Free-folk's roots take hold

November 15

Just a guy and a guitar - a sighting as frequent as an orange traffic cone. Of the 30 guys with acoustic guitars in the Letts-Anderson quad, there are zero with talent. It's difficult to make the sparse sound good. Now, there's a new wave of folk music called free-folk, and we aren't talkin' 'bout "A Mighty Wind." Many of the youngsters of free-folk live in rural areas, use bare recording techniques and grow beards. The movement is spearheaded by the humble yet eccentric Devendra Banhart, who considers himself a snail in the folk garden.

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Opinion

Ron Artest symbolizes me-first sports

By Jeff McAleer | November 15

Guest columnist Jeff McAleer discusses the actions of Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest.

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Opinion

Defibrillators for a safer campus

November 15

According to the Eagle editorial board, "AU is considering the purchase of several defibrillators, devices used to restart hearts after heart attacks, but they seem to be dragging their feet when they shouldn't be."

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Nerdspeak

By Carrie Moskal | November 15

Carrie Moskal's comic Nerdspeak for November 15, 2004.

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Sports

PL perfection for Volleyball

By Phil Turner | November 15

While many AU athletics teams have experienced Patriot League success since joining the league four years ago, none have matched the unprecedented dominance of AU's volleyball squad. In sweeping Lehigh and Lafayette in Bender Arena on Friday and Saturday, the Women's Volleyball team capped off its fourth straight undefeated PL season and extended its league winning streak to 62 games.

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Campus Brief: Black students host party

By Kate Oczypok | November 15

The AU Black Student Alliance held its first party of the semester on Friday night in the University Club. Approximately 40 to 45 people attended the event, which lasted until 2 a.m., according to BSA President Nadia Trowers. The party included refreshments, a live DJ, a spades tournament and a dance contest. The winner of the dance contest was an AU student's sister who was visiting the University for the weekend, according to Trowers.

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Film-sharers face lawsuits from MPAA

By Lauren Gardner | November 15

The first lawsuits will be filed Tuesday against people who illegally download movies from file-sharing services, the Motion Picture Association of America announced Nov. 4. "People who have been stealing our movies believe they are anonymous on the Internet, and wouldn't be held responsible for their actions," MPAA president and CEO Dan Glickman told The Washington Post. "They are wrong. We know who they are, and we will go after them, as these suits will prove."

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Soccer topples Lehigh for PL title

By Ian Quillen | November 15

The Patriot League opposition of the AU Men's Soccer team knew who to keep an eye on coming into this weekend's PL tournament at Reeves Field - or so they thought. Lafayette and Lehigh both kept sophomore midfielder Salvatore Caccavale and senior forwards Sean Albright and David Marut in check, and PL Offensive Player of the Year Shawn Kuykendall was at least contained.

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Opinion

Recussitating student gov't

November 15

The Eagle editorial board encourages readers to vote on the new General Assembly constitution.

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The Wizard's Lair

By Danny Friedman | November 15

Danny Friedman's comic The Wizard's Lair for November 15, 2004.

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Sc, Entr, Film Review: 'The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie [DL]

November 15

By JASON ALREDGE Eagle Contributing Writer The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie B PG, 90. with the voices of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Alex Baldwin, Jeffery Tambor and Scarlett Johansson. Directed by Stephen Hillenburg. Opens tomorrow. In a long list of movies based on Nickelodeon cartoons like "Rugrats," "Jimmy Neutron," and "The Wild Thornberrys," it's no surprise that Spongebob Squarepants would join the list.

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The Hit List

November 15

The staff of The Scene enumerates five things (mostly musical) worthy of your time.

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'Antigone' in academics, American Sign Language

By Khai Ha | November 15

Students auditioned for the play "Antigone" over the weekend, which will be partially performed in American Sign Language and will be produced by several professors. Valerie French, history professor and Andrea Tschemplik, philosophy professor aided in the translation and research of the play. Russel Williams, an Academy Award-winning professor, is creating a soundtrack. "Antigone" is the Greek tragedy about a woman named Antigone who goes against the king's orders to bury her brother.

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