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Metro Brief

By Emily Carone | April 22

Metro brief on politicians participating in Special Olympics running event.

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Sports

Top 10 Late-round NFL draft picks in recent memory

April 22

While Maurice Clarett and Mike Williams await the ruling as to their eligibility for Saturday's NFL Draft, the rest of the prospective players sit anxiously, waiting to see what team will select them. If the draft goes as it has in previous years, it could be those sneaky late-round picks that make or break a team's playoff chances. With that in mind, The Eagle looks at the top 10 late-round NFL draft picks of recent memory.

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News

University honors 16 students with awards

By David Hodges | April 22

Sixteen seniors will be recognized at the University Honors Convocation for their accomplishments during their four years as AU students in Bender Arena on Saturday, May 8. The Student Achievement awards range from academic achievement to racial understanding to service to the University community.

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Opinion

This is my last column, I promise

By Corey Parker | April 22

In his last contribution to Left Language, columnist Corey Parker reflects on the lessons he has learned during his years at AU.

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News

The Freshman: April 22, 2004

April 22

Adam Corpora's comic The Freshman for April 22, 2004.

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News

Ancient Buddha statues go to the Mall

By Lisa Leone | April 22

When construction workers began bulldozing land to make a sports field in the Shandong Province of China, they never expected to uncover thousands of pieces of Buddhist statues, dating from the sixth through the 12th century B.C. The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery has assembled an exhibit, "Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou Discoveries," featuring 33 of these statues.

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News

The Rusty Nail: Man on the march

By L. Russell Allen IV | April 22

So what are you doing next Sunday? For the first time since February, the correct answer is not "watching the NASCAR race." As everyone knows by now, Sunday is the March For Women's Lives. Folks, there is nothing better than having a totally black-and-white divisive issue rear its ugly head on our campus.

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News

SIS sponsors environmental forum

By Seth Johnson | April 22

The School of International Service will take part in the 34th annual celebration of Earth Day today by sponsoring a forum on the environment, according to SIS professor Paul Wapner, who is also an environmental policy analyst. The student group EcoSense will also participate in the SIS Earth Day events.

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Opinion

Negative news dominates the media

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | April 22

Overwhelmed with the media's obsession with the negative, guest columnist Ryan Grannan-Doll finds solace in the small things.

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News

Museum explores terror

By April Seipp | April 22

A special exhibit on terrorism will open May 6 at the International Spy Museum, joined by a lecture on May 19 that explores the mindset of terrorists. The exhibit, called "The Enemy Within: Terror in America - 1776 to Today," highlights nine major events and periods in U.

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Opinion

We should have more respect for GA

By Gordon Simonett | April 22

In his editorial piece, Gordon Simonett touches upon reasons the student body should respect the General Assembly.

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News

Seniors hold final celebration of the year

By Kate Oczypok | April 22

It all began with the Opening to a Really Great Year, or O.R.G.Y. week, last semester. Now, the Class of 2004 will spend its final week together celebrating its graduation from AU. "After the Class of 2001, senior and O.R.G.Y. weeks seemed to go downhill," said EJ Stern, Class of 2004 president.

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News

Voting: A basic right?

By Emily Carone | April 22

The Helsinki Commission has not yet responded to Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-D.C.) request for a trial on District voting rights, according to the commission's spokesman. Norton sent a letter to members of the Helsinki Commission April 11 in response to the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights finding that D.

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News

BON VOYAGE / ***

By Marjorie Korn | April 22

Murder, deceit and the backdrop of World War II frame Jean-Paul Rappeneau's latest release, "Bon Voyage." This fast-paced romp opens when Fr?d?ric Auger (Gr?gori Derang?re) receives a phone call from his former fling Viviane Denvert (Isabelle Adjani). In her hotel room, to his surprise, he finds that he is not only still in love with the now-famous actress, but there is also a dead body.

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News

I'M NOT SCARED / ***

April 22

"I'm Not Scared" is an Italian film. It is, however, a drastically different picture of Italy than "innocent abroad" movies like "Under The Tuscan Sun" or "Stealing Beauty." It is the second international attempt by award-winning director Gabrielle Salvatores after his masterpiece "Mediterraneo" won the Oscar for best foreign film in 1991.

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News

David W. Jacobsen, you're fired!

By Marjorie Korn | April 22

If Mike Judge had hired "Weird Al" Yankovic to write the soundtrack to "Office Space," it would have sounded something like David W. Jacobsen's "Cubicle Wonderland." This new album comes at a poignant time for many college students, for whom the album is presumably written to warn. Many seniors are looking for jobs and may suffer the same capitalistic, compartmentalized fate as Jacobsen.

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Opinion

The Foreigner

By Mishri Someshwar | April 22

Columnist Mishri Someshwar ponders the nature of assimilation in an ever-shrinking world in this week's The Foreigner.

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