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SAW: B+

By Dyane Jean-Francois | October 28

During "Saw," you will be visually assaulted, your eardrums will vibrate and your heart will leap out of your chest. You will be disgusted as barbed wire rips through someone's flesh. But you will laugh when Adam delivers one-liners like, "I don't give a crap if you covered yourself in peanut butter and had a 15-hooker gang bang."

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Opinion

Letters to the Editor

October 28

Two readers of The Eagle send their thoughts on recent articles and issues to the editor.

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AUTO shifts into next gear, streamlines customer service

By Mary Specht | October 28

AU Transportation Organization Commissioner Mike Berg said at a hearing Tuesday that he plans to resolve recent complaints about AUTO by implementing a system that allows users to reserve AUTO vans online. "This will streamline the process," Berg said. "This system will definitely improve our customer service."

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Stumping through pumpkins in 'Kerry country'

By Megan Slack & Jen Turner | October 28

The October sun set over Washington last Thursday as 275 D.C.-area college students were loaded onto five massive motor coaches. After taking part in a brief rally led by the League of Conservation Voters, we were all fired up for the supposed 13-hour bus ride from the George Washington University campus to our weekend villas in Orlando. The next two days were promised to be a whirlwind frenzy of canvassing as part of a massive grassroots campaign for Sen. John Kerry.

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Opinion

All Thumbs

October 28

Some brief cheers and jeers from the Eagle's Opinion section.

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News

Police Blotter

By Theodora Blanchfield | October 28

Events recorded by Public Safety officers for the week beginning October 23.

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Straight student 'allies' herself with GLBT rights

By Rebecca Bellville | October 28

The most prominent figures in women's rights, such as Susan B. Anthony and Gloria Steinem, are women. The most prominent figures from the civil rights movement, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, are black. So some people might assume that those fighting for the rights of gays and lesbians, whether nationally or on campus, are gay. Not so at AU. Allison Waithe is straight and president of the AU Queers and Allies club. She works for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center and Stonewall Democrats United, a group mobilizing GLBT people to vote for Democratic candidates this year. The latter two take up about 26 hours each week, she says.

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Sideways: B

By Dan Zak | October 28

Miles is a guy who talks wine like any other guy would talk cars - the '95 Pinot, the '61 Chableau, the color, the rarity, the finish. But there is a reason he prefers to make a hobby of vintages. You can't get drunk on Camaros.

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Higher learning and youth vote debated

By Khai Ha | October 28

The College Democrats, Libertarians and Republicans debated the problems with higher education, the PATRIOT Act and other issues as they related to students on Wednesday night in the Leonard Hall Chancery. Each political group selected one representative to speak at the debate, which about 15-20 students attended.

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Sports

Sports Brief: Morgan State, who? Eagles dictate, dominate and destroy in Bender

By Phil Turner | October 28

Senior Natacha Cornaz led the AU Eagles Volleyball squad to a dominant 3-0 sweep of the Morgan State Bears on Tuesday night in Bender Arena. Cornaz, who has been plagued by injuries all season, tallied a career-high 18 kills. She sparked the Eagles early with six kills in eight attempts in Game 1, and finished the night with only one error in 27 swings.

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News

Out of Context

By Costa Caloudas , Crista Scaturro and and Dan Zak | October 28

This week: a bureaucrat goes scofflaw, AU's incoming class of rats, Kerry caps made in Vietnam, presidential resume critiques, bathroom pizza, and baby Knowles.

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Opinion

Dem-o-Nat says: 50 reasons to vote Kerry

By Nathalie Marechal | October 28

Left-leaning Opinion columnist Nathalie Marechal divulges all of her most important reasons to vote for John Kerry on Nov. 2.

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Metro Brief: City closes four GW student houses since fire

By Emily Carone | October 28

A house in Foggy Bottom, where four George Washington University students and two former students lived, was shut down Tuesday after an inspection that was requested by a neighbor. It is the latest house to be shut down after inspections began in response to Georgetown University senior Daniel Rigby's death two weeks ago.

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Halloween Horrors

By Blair Payne | October 28

The Eagle gives an overview of events sure to make your Halloween a delightful fright.

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Opinion

Kerry policy modeled after failures of Sweden

By Charlie Weimers | October 28

Guest columnist Charlie Weimers, a student in the Washington Semester program, compares Kerry's policies to his own country's economic standing.

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Sleep deprivation prevalent in college life

By Rochelle Chounet | October 25

Sixty-three percent of college students do not get enough sleep, according to a recent study by the National Sleep Foundation. This sleep deprivation can lead to sleep apnea, a breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep, according to the foundation. Sleep apnea affects as many as 18 million Americans.

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Sports

Volleyball's rocky start doesn't matter

By Ian Quillen | October 25

The AU Volleyball squad started the second half of the Patriot League season on the same strong footing that it started the first - by sweeping Navy, 3-0, on Thursday night in Bender Arena. Senior Erin Algaier led the Eagles with 18 kills, while junior Cutrina Biddulph produced another strong effort, contributing 14 kills in the win.

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