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Police Blotter

By Theodora Blanchfield · Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004

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

Straight student 'allies' herself with GLBT rights

By Rebecca Bellville · Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004

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.

Sideways: B

By Dan Zak · Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004

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.

News

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.

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.

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.

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.

News

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.

News

Halloween Horrors

By Blair Payne | October 28

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

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.

News

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.

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.

News

Edwards criticizes corporate radio control

By Mishri Someshwar | October 25

Increasing corporate control over the media has reduced the diversity of opinions in the media and caused a decline in the quality of journalism, broadcast journalist and AU alumnus Bob Edwards said Friday night in Bender Arena. Edwards, the host of "The Bob Edwards Show" on XM Satellite Radio, said that when he started working in radio, a company couldn't own more than five radio stations. "Now some of them own 1,250," he said.

News

REVISED making out

By Connie Heiss | October 25

Making out is a lost art. We received our diplomas and entered the real world, leaving behind high school days when making out meant something. Remember when gossip on Monday mornings was who spent "seven minutes in heaven" instead of who was sexiled Saturday night? What happened to those days? Kissing in college has become a means to an end, whether that end is head, sex, or scoring free drinks.

News

17-year-old latest death in string of D.C. area crashes

By April Seipp | October 25

The car crash that killed a 17-year-old girl on I-95 on Sunday is one of a recent string of crashes in the Washington area that involved young people. Since the end of August, 16 people ages 15 to 22 have died in car accidents in the D.C. area.

Opinion

Staff Editorial: Hold the riots

October 25

In the wee hours of Oct. 21, following the Red Sox-Yankee game, a riot (as defined by Public Safety) erupted in the Letts-Anderson Quad. Fans poured into the common area screaming, cheering and chanting various epithets, including "Yankees suck!" Public Safety and the Metropolitan Police Department rolled in, some with nightsticks, and a few students threw beer cans at them.

News

Students to vote on SC constitution

By Mary Specht | October 25

The General Assembly, AU's student legislature, expects to vote on an entirely new Student Confederation constitution by the first week in November. The new document aims to make the SC more efficient and more relevant to the needs of today's student body, according to Ben Murray, chair of the GA's Committee on Government Operations.

News

From Dresden with love

By Costa Caloudas | October 25

At face value, the Dresden Dolls - a bare-bones, guy 'n' gal, piano and drum Boston duo, channeling both Weimar era-Germany and Tin Pan Alley - seem image-conscious and manufactured. That is, until you listen to their music.

News

Music Notes

October 25

The Scene reviews new records from all the big names, including Moving Units, Mates of State, Viva Voce, Clinic, Travis Morrison, The Arcade Fire, Marilyn Manson, and Hanzel Und Gretyl

News

John Glenn touts research, space travel

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | October 25

On Saturday, the Family Weekend speaker took students and parents into the halls of Congress and beyond the clutches of the Earth into outer space. John Glenn, a former senator and astronaut, spoke to a near-capacity crowd of parents and students at Bender Arena about research, politics and space travel.

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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