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Nerdspeak: October 4, 2004

By Carrie Moskal | October 4

Carrie Moskal's Nerdspeak comic for October 4, 2004.

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Opinion

Fixing flaws in college system

October 4

The criticisms of the college establishment that former Middlebury College president John McCardell made in a New York Times editorial raise valid questions about typical university practices. We have to wonder, though, why he didn't change these things when he was in the position to do so.

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'On Golden Pond' fishes for laughs

By Dan Zak | October 4

As a text, Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond" is an exercise in restraint, about the subtleties of interaction between husband and wife and parents and children. As a theatrical production at the Kennedy Center, it is an exercise in using comedy to galvanize that restraint, which lends tenderness to some scenes and triviality to others.

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Presidential candidate visits campus

By Kate Oczypok | October 4

Although President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry haven't spoken at AU yet, one presidential candidate stopped by on Sunday. Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee, spoke at AU yesterday to about 40 people about his political platform and the Libertarian Party's viewpoints.

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Not Quite Wrong: Oct. 4, 2004

By Ross Nover | October 4

Ross Nover's Not Quite Wrong comic for October 4, 2004.

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Vice-presidential candidates face off on flip-flops

By By Theodora Blanchfield | October 4

In this year's only vice-presidential debate, neither Vice President Dick Cheney nor Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) passed up an opportunity to throw insults at each other. No topic was off-limits, from gay marriage to education to the common insult of this election, Sen.

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Field Hockey team breaks 30-year curse

By David Bergman | October 4

In a weekend series meant to test its worth as a legitimate national contender, the AU Women's Field Hockey team proved that it can compete with the best in the country. The No. 9 Eagles defeated No. 3 University of Maryland, 3-1, on Sunday to complete a weekend sweep in College Park, Md., that began with a rout of Patriot League foe Lafayette. The win over Maryland was the Eagles' first in the 30-year history of the series.

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Opinion

Courting the 'black vote'

By Hillary Beulah | October 4

Hillary Beulah writes a response to Seth Johnson's column "Black, Not Necessarily Liberal," which appeared in the Sept. 27 issue of The Eagle.

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Campus hip-hop label Heavy Syndication gets into groove

By John Riley | October 4

The steady beat of the bass shakes the basement of McKinley, bouncing off the walls and mixing with the vocal track. The voice on the recording is smooth and alluring, beckoning to all who descend the stairs to the recording studio. The facilities seem simple and bare. But in the basement audio tech studio, a group of college-aged students prepares a CD that could potentially launch multiple solo careers in the music industry.

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Opinion

Letters to the Editor

October 4

Letters to the editor from the week of Monday, October 4.

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Music Notes

October 4

Scene music writers briefly cover new releases from Young Buck, Holly Golightly, Four Square, Mark Lanegan Band, Phil Collins, and Denim and Diamonds.

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Police blotter

October 4

Safety and security events from around campus.

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Opinion

Now is the time to deal with North Korea

By Anthony Elmo | October 4

Anthony Elmo expresses his views on the immediacy of North Korean foreign policy changes.

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Congress fires off District gun law

By Kelly Kerr | October 4

D.C. residents are one step closer to being able to legally own handguns. The D.C. Personal Protection Act passed in the House of Representatives on Sept. 29 by a bipartisan vote of 250-171 and is now on its way to the Senate floor. The act would amend the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, which made registering a handgun illegal, and thus owning one illegal.

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Metro briefs

October 4

Two campus metro briefs on construction of Cityline Condominiums, and on Michael Moore's cancellation at GMU.

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Kreeger Museum boasts extensive art collection

October 4

Tucked away in a residential neighborhood near AU is the Kreeger Museum, which displays the varied collection of David Kreeger, a former chief executive officer of GEICO, and his wife, Carmen. David used the wealth he amassed to build up the artistic community in D.C.

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LADDER 49: B-

By Marjorie Korn | October 4

"Ladder 49" is unique in a very fundamental way. The goal of most movies is to form an attachment between the main character and the audience so that the conflict of the film transcends the actor and inhabits the audience. But the purpose of "Ladder 49" is to put Jack Morrison up on a pedestal as representative of all courageous firefighters. The entire movie provides reverence for him.

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