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Money-making majors

Monday, Oct. 4, 2004

A recent study by professors at Northeastern University has attested to the importance of your major in determining your income. Some of the majors that help you earn the highest incomes are engineering, physics, economics and astronomy, while the lowest earners include education, social work, visual arts, and music. Interestingly, AU offers several of the high-earning majors, but only two percent of AU students are declared in them.

Editorial Cartoon

By Ryan Keller · Monday, Oct. 4, 2004

Ryan Keller's editorial cartoon for October 4, 2004.

Raiders break Eagles' four-win streak

By Bryan Brown · Monday, Oct. 4, 2004

The AU Women's Soccer team lost an emotional and intense game against conference rival Colgate University, 2-1, at Reeves Field Saturday. This is AU's second straight loss to Colgate. The Raiders' victory broke the Eagles' four-game winning streak.

News

Part Three: Donating Bone Marrow

October 4

In her third and final column describing her bone marrow donation, Alanna Schubach covers the details of her operation and the uncertain outcome of the recipient.

News

Metro's red line still not given green light

By April Seipp | October 4

Metro riders experienced more delays on the Red Line this weekend, as work continued in preparation for the opening of the New York Avenue station on Nov. 20. The same delays can be expected until the new station opens. Next weekend, the Red Line will be shut down between Union Station and Fort Totten, and another closing of this kind is scheduled for late October or early November.

Opinion

Are you going to vote in the upcoming SC elections?

October 4

Four AU students respond to a question: "Are you going to vote in the upcoming SC elections?"

News

Former PM urges multilateral solution

By Mishri Someshwar | October 4

The United States must work multilaterally if it wants to win the war on terror, former Canadian Prime Minister Joseph Clark said Thursday in his keynote address at the Six Universities Conference at AU. Clark, a Distinguished-Statesman-in-Residence in the School of International Service, said that since 9/11, "the international community is more inter and less national.

News

Supergrass hits stage rockin'

October 4

The crowd jumped, the drums shook and multicolored lights flashed from the stage. British favorite Supergrass played a set of good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll at the 9:30 club Wednesday. Detractors assumed anglophiles would instead go to see Morrissey at DAR Constitutional Hall, but the capacity crowd proved otherwise.

Sports

Eagles sweep HC, Army in slam-fest

By Phil Turner | October 4

Coach Barry Goldberg picked up career wins 380 and 381, and the AU Volleyball squad remained unbeaten in Patriot League play with convincing victories over Holy Cross and Army at home Friday and Saturday night.

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Wizard's Lair: October 4, 2004

By Danny Friedman | October 4

Danny Friedman's Wizard' Lair comic for October 4, 2004.

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Pre-election protests enter final month

By Emily Carone | October 4

Anti-war and anti-capitalism activists gathered in D.C. this weekend, kicking off a wave of protests before the presidential election. On Saturday morning, hundreds attended an anti-war protest at Arlington National Cemetery and the ellipse behind the White House.

News

Facebook in legal face-off over ownership

By Mary Specht | October 4

Thefacebook.com, a social networking Web site for college students, faces a lawsuit from the creators of a similar Web site, ConnectU.com. The three Harvard University graduates who created ConnectU contend that thefacebook's creator, Mark Zuckerberg, stole their idea when he worked for ConnectU.

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Interview with 'Ladder 49' cast

By Marjorie Korn | October 4

In few instances do actors in a film rally around a common purpose greater than publicizing their careers. But the cast of "Ladder 49" is different.

News

Student groups clash over the presidential debate

By Matt Bocchino | October 4

The political climate at AU during the presidential debate between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) Thursday night represented the nation in general: intensely divided.

News

The Rusty Nail: Freshmen need to bond

By Lester Russell Allen IV | October 4

I was recently at a kegger attended by hundreds of freshman. I did not do this on purpose. As you should know, I am totally against underage drinking (ha, ha). To make things more fun, it was a theme party. A Catholic school theme. Good times. I actually went to a parochial school, but I never had any experiences with jungle juice or even girls with pigtails. What a shame.

News

The Hit List

October 4

The Scene staff presents five things worth your time.

News

Campus briefs

October 4

Brief news around campus this week from the Eagle's news editors.

Opinion

Maintaining sex-assault victims' rights

By James Gardner | October 4

In response to recent articles in The Eagle detailing the ruling by the Department of Education against Georgetown University's confidentiality policy in judicial proceedings, the Student Advocacy Center (SAC) would like to clarify how AU handles confidentiality in judicial matters as compared to Georgetown.

Sports

Underrated JMU gives Eagles a good fight, but AU triumphs over Dukes, 4-3

By Ian Quillen | September 30

The No. 10 AU Field Hockey team received a scare Wednesday, but ultimately fought off what looked on paper to be an unimposing James Madison team, 4-3. New addition Denise Infante scored twice to lead the Eagles (8-2-0) to victory over the Dukes (2-9-0) on the University of Maryland field, AU's home away from home in College Park, Md.

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Game room to open in Letts

By Khai Ha | September 30

A new game room that will include billiards, air hockey, board games, card games and an Xbox will open in Letts Formal Lounge Wednesday. A release party is planned on opening day, featuring free pizza, drinks and a contest to name the room. "This is a testing year for the game room," explains Amber Lange, resident director of Letts Hall.

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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