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AU secure from ID theft

By Matt Bocchino | November 18

Identity theft continues to be a problem across the country, and the businesses and universities are especially unsafe, according to an identity theft expert. However, the AU network system is "mostly" secure, according to Eric Weakland, the school's director of network security. Identity theft takes place when key pieces of personal information, such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers or driver's license information are stolen by someone who uses the information for his or her own benefit.

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The Delgados deliver at the Cat

By Lindsay Bernier | November 18

There are some bands that play prestigious venues, tour worldwide in well-equipped buses, and are certainly critically acclaimed - yet they seemingly remain unknown to most everyone. One such band, Scotland's Delgados, played the Black Cat Sunday in their second D.C. appearance this year.

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SC constitution null due to procedural issue

By Mary Specht | November 18

The General Assembly will revote on the new Student Confederation constitution after parliamentarian Kyle Harding ruled last week's vote null for procedural reasons. The ruling came in response to an inquiry from Kaitlyn Keegan, Class of 2005 representative in the GA. She noted that the GA agreed the adjournment time would be 7 p.m., yet voting extended past that time. Keegan asked Harding if the constitution would be null because of this. Another inquiry submitted to Harding anonymously asked, "Is it appropriate for the speaker, an unbiased leader of the assembly, to solicit or threaten members to vote one way or the other? Is it out of order? Is it impeachable?" Speaker Richard Bradbury told the assembly last Sunday, "If we do not pass a constitution by the end of this meeting ... we will not exist. We have to get this through in some form or another," the Eagle reported Nov. 15. However, it is not clear if this is to what the inquirer referred.

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Caught with your pants down: If you can't perform, don't get down

By Jessica Bacharach | November 18

When it comes to sex, sometimes the bedroom can be a battlefield. Being polite and silent may be traits that can be beneficial in secret governmental operations, but silence is the worst weapon for a successful bedroom operation. Apparently, being polite isn't exclusive to grandmother's dinner table; there is a code of unspoken rules that are practiced by 20-somethings in bedrooms nationwide.

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Arafat's death brings reflections on his life

November 18

Last week's death of Yasser Arafat, terrorist and president of the Palestinian Authority, created renewed reflection and discussion throughout the world on Arafat, his past and what his death means for the future of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. About 60 people gathered in the Butler Board Room to listen to a panel of five experts reflect on such topics yesterday at a discussion titled "Remembering Arafat: Reflections on the Past, Visions for the Future.

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Sports

Team's Hart gone, but McFerrin ready to play

By Jesse Epstein | November 18

Athletic Director Joni Comstock was at the women's Final Four last year. On a scouting trip. Instead of watching UConn romp, she watched her future head coach, Melissa McFerrin, lead the Minnesota Golden Gophers to national prominence. Comstock looked to make a splash with her first major hire as athletic director, and if she has anything to say about it, Eagles backers may still be drying themselves off, as McFerrin looks to be the gem that AU knew it was getting.

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Opinion

Oil-rich Caucasus should come together

By Emin Teymurovsky | November 18

Guest columnist Erin Teymurovsky discusses the prospects for unification in the Caucas region.

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News

Diary of an Intern: Sleep late, party late, get to work late

By Michael Vallebuona | November 18

I have my internship again tomorrow, which I am dreading. Not because I hate my internship, but because I am a lazy bum who can't stand the thought of waking up before the crack of lunchtime. I should probably go to bed earlier, but whenever I hit the pillow, I know I'm destined to have more insane Nyquil-fueled nightmares about Anna Nicole Smith and estranged members of my family.

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Opinion

Dem-O-Cat Says: Last voice snuffed out

By Catherine Kozak | November 18

The Eagle's political columnist Catherine Kozak laments the administration's loss of Secretary of State Colin Powell.

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Alumna creates terror victim group

By Kelly Moynihan | November 18

AU alumna Zahara Heckscher helped the family of a Sept. 11 victim form a support group for terrorism victims this summer. The family of Norma Steuerle, a passenger on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon, helped fund the initial stages of the organization, which is temporarily being called Family Voices. It seeks to unite victims of terror and respond to hatred by promoting education, poverty relief and cultural tolerance on the national and international level.

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Police Blotter

By Stokely Baksh | November 18

Public Safety responses from Saturday to Tuesday.

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News

Out of Context

By Costa Caloudas , Crista Scaturro , and Dan Zak and Dan Longino | November 18

The Scene staff presents a montage of zany happenings on campus and around the world. This week: clever AU students outwitted by Public Safety, the Lohan, a Playboy photo contest, and more.

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Not Quite Wrong: November 18, 2004

By Ross Nover | November 18

Ross Nover's comic Not Quite Wrong for November 18, 2004.

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Sports

Long live the king that is AU sports

By Jesse Epstein | November 18

As I sit here writing this column, I am following the AU Men's hoops team live on the Internet in its pre-season NIT game at Virginia Commowealth University. Well, we just lost, but it certainly speaks to a movement that's going on at our school. Never in my life did I think I'd be intently following a live game tracker of an AU sport. Before coming to AU, I didn't even know what our school mascot was. And I am an athlete. But there is a movement going on at AU, and it has nothing to do with anti-war protests, vegans or candlelight vigils for a failed political season. It has everything to do with our athletic department.

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ROTC trains by dawn's early light

By Phil Turner | November 18

On Sept. 12, 2001, AU junior Patrick Finn cut an artist's drawing out of The New York Times. It showed the Statue of Liberty hunched over and weeping, with the smoke from the fallen Twin Towers filling the New York skyline in the background. He put it in his wallet and looks at it every day to remind him why he joined the Army ROTC, a program committed to molding leaders on U.S. college campuses into leaders in the military.

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Opinion

Editorial cartoon: November 18, 2004

By Ryan Keller | November 18

Ryan Keller's editorial cartoon for November 18, 2004.

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Opinion

Letters to the Editor

November 18

Students Rick Sanchez and Mark James write letters to the editor of The Eagle.

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