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XC wins third straight

By Edda Santiago | October 21

Pat MacAdie placed second in a field of 322 runners at the Penn State National Invite Saturday, leading AU's cross-country team to its third straight title of the 2004 season. The Eagles (49 points) outpaced 37 other teams. Pennsylvania was a distant second with a total of 83 points.

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News

Traveling Gourmet goes Moroccan

By Ariel Amante | October 21

About 15 students gathered in The Marketplace kitchen at 6 p.m. on Tuesday to cook and eat a traditional Moroccan meal as part of the Traveling Gourmet program. The School of International Service and International Student Services co-sponsored the event, a feast that brings foreign and American students together to cook and eat an international meal each month.

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News

Not Quite Wrong

By Ross Nover | October 21

Ross Nover's comic Not Quite Wrong for October 21, 2004.

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News

Indoor Botanic Garden keeps the cold out

By Erika Viltz | October 21

As the winter months begin to creep their way back into the lives of D.C. residents, jackets come out of the closets, lunch breaks move inside, and everyone walks a little bit faster from building to building. But there is a place where the trees never lose their leaves and flowers stay forever in bloom: the U.S. Botanic Garden.

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Opinion

Letters to the Editor

October 21

Letters to the editorial staff of The Eagle from AU students.

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Sports

Sideline Scholars: The greatest game of our generation

By Ian Quillen | October 21

8:15 p.m.: As I sit down to watch the last game of this bizarre series, I have no clue what to expect. I don't think I've ever seen any game with such possible historic consequences before. The Red Sox could be the first team to come back from 3-0 down at the expense of the Yankees. Wow. 2-0-0-4 is hard to chant. What could happen in Game 7 to top this thing off? A Sox win would do it I guess.

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News

Web Review: yourdictionary.com

By Brittany Bond | October 21

This web page provides every kind of dictionary resource under the sun. Whether you need to look up the most obscure word, translate between languages, learn to write your name in 14 languages, play word games or convert currency prices, yourdictionary.com is the Web site to check out.

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News

'Head in the Clouds' a breath of fresh air

By Samantha Elliott | October 21

Finding a movie that is driven by character is a quest in itself these days, considering the fast-paced, action-oriented nature of Hollywood. Instead of providing a personal relationship with the characters of the narrative, the typical Tinseltown flick inundates its audience with boorish action sequences and grandiose vistas. It is for this reason and many others that "Head in the Clouds" stands apart as a force to be reckoned with. This film provides a breath of fresh air in the form of a beautiful story and superb acting.

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News

Stoic hipsters get lessons on how to 'danse' with the Faint

By Chris DeWitt | October 21

D.C. hipsters of all kinds flocked to the 9:30 club Sunday to dance their troubles away to the sweet 'danse'-punk-retro-new-wave-noise-core of Omaha, Neb.'s the Faint and their songs about sex and violence. Having built a reputation for loud, dark, danceable beats, the Faint came to the District with all stops firmly and irrevocably pulled. Everyone in the crowd, and even the poor saps without tickets who were waiting outside the sold-out show, seemed somewhat excited - which is a feat for the cynical '80s-night set.

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News

Campus crime levels remain steady

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | October 21

Campus crime levels have stayed relatively static from 2001 to 2003, according to Public Safety Chief Mike McNair and the Annual Security Report, published Oct. 1. McNair said that the levels have stayed the same because AU is in a low crime area. Although trends in certain types of crimes rise and fall over time, they result in a zero net change, according to Sergeant Gary Folckemer, Public Safety's public informations officer. The crime report includes statistics from 2001 to 2003. Statistics for 2004 crime will be released next fall.

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News

Council announces 2004-05 student club allocations

By Kate Oczypok | October 21

The American University Club Council released its 2004-2005 club allocations, worth more than $105,000 for about 130 clubs, on Monday. The AUCC is the student-run organization that determines how much money student clubs receive for their yearlong activities. The Alternative Break club received the most money this year, getting $16,500 - $12,000 more than the Student Organization for African Studies, the second-highest ranked club. However, AB was displeased to receive money from the AUCC.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Voice your concerns over end to fall break

October 21

The Eagle staff urges students to make themselves heard with regards to the tentative loss of fall break being considered in American University administration.

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News

Metallica rides lightning to D.C.

By Alex Wang | October 21

Metallica's D.C. stop in their Madly in Anger With the World tour was a celebration of unflinching, hardcore rock music. It was a night when the crowd could say no to whiny adolescent crooners, pop-punk fluff and bland modern "rock," and yes to thrashing riffs, piston-pounding percussions, women lifting their shirts over their heads and, most importantly, the assurance that these two bands could kick and have kicked the asses of the music world that left their genre behind.

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News

Police Blotter

By Theodora Blanchfield | October 21

Safety and security events from around campus, up to October 20, 2004.

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News

Teddy Roosevelt Island hides in plain view

By Phil Turner | October 21

The completely natural wooded Theodore Roosevelt Island is home to the major presidential monument to Teddy Roosevelt - a 17-foot-high sculpture under a 30-foot granite shaft. While no less significant than other major district presidential monuments, the island is hidden from the public eye.

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Opinion

Dem-O-Cat says: Stop the war on women

By Catherine Kozak | October 21

There's a lot of rhetoric and hypocrisy in politics. I don't think any student on this campus would dispute that, and if they did, they'd be na?ve or lying. However, there comes a point when enough is enough, when it's just not funny anymore, when the line is crossed.

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News

Wizard's Lair

By Danny Friedman | October 21

Danny Friedman's comic The Wizard's Lair for October 21, 2004.

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