The Eagle editorial staff discusses McDonalds phasing out its supersize meals in response to lawsuits.
Sports columnist Ryan Sherwin: FREDDYYYY... ADUUUUU... When the 14-year-old soccer phenomenon's name gets called for the first time this Saturday at 4 p.m., the soccer nation will hold its collective breath, and rightfully so. The 5-foot-8, 140-lb. Ghana native has already played for every level of the national team except the senior one.
Hip-hop group N.E.R.D. will play the final Bender Arena show of the 2003-2004 school year on Friday, April 23. Fountains of Wayne, who recently hit the mainstream with their popular song "Stacy's Mom," and Throne will also be playing.
More than 80 members of the AU community attended a campus ceremony last Wednesday to commemorate the life of El Salvador's Monsignor Oscar Romero. Archbishop Romero, a well-known opponent of violence, was assassinated by the Salvadoran military. During the time, the small Central American country was involved in civil war.
The McDonald's "super size" is the latest casualty in the war against obesity. The fast food chain announced March 2 it would begin to phase out super-sized fries and soft drinks and create a simplified menu with a balance of choices for customers. The super-sized fries will be gone by the end of 2004, but the super-sized drink may reappear as a special promotion.
American University Women's Basketball coach Shann Hart resigned Friday to pursue other coaching opportunities. The resignation ends a four-year run at AU, in which Hart led the Eagles to a 50-63 record, concluding with her secondstraight winning season with a 16-13 mark and a trip to the Patriot League championship game.
Vietnam, Korea and the U.S. Civil War stand as reminders of how embracing geographic identity has built community while polarizing parties into conflict. While AU does not have a Berlin Wall or a Mason-Dixie line to call its own, there is nonetheless a chasm on campus that can simultaneously stir up passions and build community, and that is the Northside-Southside divide.
The routine of Public Safety officers has not changed, despite the armed robbery last week outside the Rockwood Building, as patrol changes were implemented after a series of sexual attacks last semester. "Even in our crazy society, we're in an area where we expect to feel safe, and that's a privilege," said Sgt.
Anyone who has been to Rome before knows the troubles with ATAC, the system of buses, trams and metros that run throughout the city. Bus drivers don't have contracts, so there are transportation strikes at least a few times a month. In fact, as I write, the entire transportation system, plus trains in Italy, are shut down for the next 24 hours.
Three sports briefs from campus: women's tennis, golf, and mens track
From "Intermission," expect a low-budget art-house movie. Expect a departure from the usual Hollywood staple in both subject matter and style. Expect, of course, top billing for Colin Farrell, but be prepared to have all other expectations shattered during the opening scene.
In "Baby Plays Around," Helene Stapinski recounts her life in 1990s New York City and her attempt to balance a new marriage with a freelance writing career while playing in a rock band.
Before the word "emo" became taboo, bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Cap'n Jazz (which later evolved into the Promise Ring) and Jawbreaker consistently churned out landmark LPs for the genre in the early '90s. Since then, the sacred works of these bands have been bastardized by new acts like Saves the Day, Dashboard Confessional, Bright Eyes and, to a certain extent, the Get Up Kids. In a bizarre twist of booking, both the sacred and the bastards met on Tuesday at the 9:30 club.
The AU Men's Tennis team seemed to be losing its grasp on Patriot League superiority against Army on early Sunday afternoo'
NARAL Pro-Choice USA held a program to gather supporters from the AU community and promote the March for Women's Lives on April 25 at the National Mall. The program, which was also a "mobilization party," was held in the McDowell Formal Lounge on March 25, but AU was not the only college campus to be having such a program.
The Eagle editorial staff discusses Mike McNair's position as full-time director of public safety.
Journalism may be one of the last professions in the world that still has an air of romanticism. This feeling is sometimes inspired by films like those from AU's recent Reel Journalism Film Festival, which highlighted the dedication of journalists like Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in uncovering the Watergate scandal, and of Sydney Schanberg in the midst of the Khmer Rouge in war-stricken Cambodia.
Congress is planning to act through a series of laws to reduce the financial burden of loans on college students. At issue is whether student loans should be consolidated, and if so, how frequently. Currently, borrowers can consolidate their loans at a fixed interest rate once they start repaying their loans, but cannot reconsolidate when rates fall lower.
Long before the White Stripes became the so-called "saviors of rock," Local H frontman Scott Lucas had perfected the two-man rock ensemble with drummer Joe Daniels. Rigging his guitar so that he is also able to play the bass line, Lucas eliminated the need for a permanent third member. Though touring members sometimes come onstage to shred some solos, Local H has stuck with the formula to maintain a band that truly rocks.
For the most part, N.E.R.D. mixes simple bass lines with live drums, keyboards and riffy guitars with funky success, although on its new album, "Fly or Die," some of the music comes off as sloppy and forced.
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