Commencement speakers announced
As the Class of 2004 prepares to depart AU, students will hear from a top CNN journalist, a member of the 9/11 Commission and an Israeli scholar during commencement ceremonies on May 9.
As the Class of 2004 prepares to depart AU, students will hear from a top CNN journalist, a member of the 9/11 Commission and an Israeli scholar during commencement ceremonies on May 9.
Sports columnist Adam Montgomery reflects on the year in sports at AU and finds many positive and negative changes.
Despite the overcast weather and rising dust from many feet, hundreds of thousands of people from all over the globe took to the streets in downtown D.C. in response to the recent attacks to abortion rights at the March for Women's Lives yesterday. The march was intended to rally support for abortion rights legislation and political awareness for the 2004 election through voter registration.
Students lined up last Thursday at the campus bookstore for Madeline Albright, former secretary of state, who was signing her latest book, "Madam Secretary: A Memoir." Her book chronicles her experiences in the White House during the Clinton years and diplomacy in world affairs.
There are only a select few rock bands whose brand of music and carefully crafted image can withstand the test of time and changing generations. Sadly, the Misfits are not one of these bands. The Misfits, whose true time in the musical spotlight lasted from 1977 to 1983 under the leadership of punk rock legend Glenn Danzig, only exist as a concept today.
Each year, select students are given the chance to address their peers alongside renowned speakers and the leaders of the University. This year, Ylber Bajraktari, Ethan Bassett, Judi Byers, Akua Gyekye and Danielle Kosanovich will represent their class as student speakers during the commencement ceremonies on May 9.
In 1989, while most students were returning home from elementary school to watch Disney Afternoon, Adu was born in Ghana. When 14-year-old sensation Freddy Adu joined the D.C. United this season, he became the youngest player in Major League Soccer history. He is also the highest paid player, who signed a $500 thousand a year contract.
In a season that saw them come so close so many times, the end result came as a surprise to no one. The AU Men's Golf team finished in fifth place at the Patriot League Championship at Colgate's Seven Oaks Golf Course, its final tournament of the year.
The Eagle editorial staff discussing the draft being presented to the Senate and House of Representatives.
Letters to the editor on party-line issues, including the conservative magazine, the coverage of abortion rights, abortion discourse, and articles on the whiteness studies class.
Well, this is it. The day that this last column is published, I will have exactly two weeks and four days left in Rome.
Jeff Jones, head coach of the AU Men's Basketball team, made it to the Final Four in a different capacity this year - as a father. Putting aside painful memories of a third straight loss in the Patriot League Championship game, Jones took his 10-year-old son, Jeff Jr., to San Antonio for his first Final Four.
The Eagle's Music section reviews three new CD's for the first week of summer.
Concerts like Vans Warped Tour, Ozzfest and Projekt Revolution will make their way to the D.C. area.
The anime craze has hit America hard in recent years with hit action shows like "Dragon Ball Z," "Gundam Wing" and "Cowboy Bebop." "Texhnolyze" is a dark anime series based around a futuristic underground city where each person fights, takes other peoples' limbs and gets robotic limbs to replace them.
The Eagle Sports Desk discusses the end of the women's lacrosse perfect record and the recent accomplishments of AU runner Kiera Carlstrom.
To celebrate its 10th Anniversary, the Kreeger Museum on Foxhall Road is opening its newest exhibit, "The True Artist is an Amazing Luminous Fountain." It features art from the di Rosi Preserve: Art & Nature, located in Napa, Calif. The exhibit showcases art from and around San Francisco made in the 1960s.
Guest columnist Jake Baerkircher writes his ideas for the Student Confederation's future consideration.
Singer-guitarist Brody Dalle (former spouse to Rancid front man Tim Armstrong) has been in nearly every music magazine in the United States and Europe, either smooching her new beau (Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age) or being at the receiving end of vicious verbal claims from the Rancid camp that she is a traitor, backstabber and heart-breaker.
"Say it loud. I'm the grassroots and I'm proud!" The Deaniacs are chanting for a new cause - Democracy for America. Last month, former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean announced the formation of a group aimed at defeating President Bush and "taking back our country."