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Water tested for lead

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AU residents may have noticed a new look to their residence hall kitchens this past week. Faucet-mounted filters are being installed as a result of tests conducted by an environmental company to detect elevated action levels of lead in the water supply. AU Physical Plant Operations, in connection with D.

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Journalists talk about pros and cons of profession

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Journalists David Furst and Stephanie Kaye from WAMU's "Metro Connection" discussed the maddening deadlines, poor pay and rewarding work that are all part of being journalists at Monday's Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) coffee talk. Furst said that the key to becoming successful as a journalist was to "be prepared to do everything, work for nothing and generally be indispensable.

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Campus Briefs

News briefs from around campus: University tap water and AU Professor Alan Kraut


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The Offspring: Aging punks offer tired LP

The Offspring used to be categorized along with bands like Green Day and blink-182 as one of the original pop punk bands and it still is in some sense. Its new album begs to differ. "Hit That," the first single off the Offspring's latest contribution to the music world, sounds like a joke on first listen. Luckily the rest of the 12 songs off this CD are significantly better than "Hit That," although that's not really saying much.


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Students search for summer housing

For AU students looking for places to live and people to live with during the summer, the key is to plan ahead and talk to people you know. "You basically find out which of your friends are staying and which of your friends you can tolerate for three months," junior Rachel Treffeissen said.


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Hi, I'm Anne

From Anne Godlasky to the AU community: As the school year winds down and seniors prepare for life beyond AU, other students prepare for their own adjustments as they step into new leadership positions. The Eagle staff is itself in the midst of an annual transition, as older, experienced members relinquish to new editors the responsibility, stress and satisfaction that come with producing a newspaper.


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When in Rome: Mourning a loss back home

Being the eternal worrier that I am, I had some fears before I left to go abroad. What if something terrible happened back in the United States? Would I be able to come home, or would I have to deal with the situation from thousands of miles away? Until several days ago, I handled my worries fairly well.


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University has new way to combat e-mail spam

The battle against spam is heating up as Internet service providers take legal action against companies that send unwanted e-mails in bulk. Microsoft, Yahoo and the Internet service providers Earthlink and America Online are teaming up to file lawsuits against spammers, which is possible under a new law called the Controlling The Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, also known as the CAN SPAM Act.


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Contraceptive options sought

Several female students, most from AU's Washington College of Law, regrouped last semester to form AU's Contraceptive Coverage Campaign in an effort to tell University administrators that students on campus want oral contraceptives to be covered on their student health plan.


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Student robbed at gunpoint

According to a Public Safety crime alert, on Saturday at around midnight, an AU student was robbed at gunpoint near the trees of the Rockwood Building on the south side of campus. After the student parked his vehicle, he walked to campus and was approached by two white men in their early to mid 20s.


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Opinion

I'm Mackenzie, bye

From Mackenzie Ryan to the AU community: A newspaper, at its best, reflects the community that it serves. At The Eagle, we strive to report on the news involving our campus and surrounding area. Like other college newspapers, we face a unique challenge not only because we are all students and still learning, but also because each year the staff turns over and we start a new chapter.



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Sports

Down by five goals, Lax rallies

Whenever Lehigh had the ball in the first half of Saturday's Women's Lacrosse game, it was nearly unstoppable. So in the second half, AU just didn't give Lehigh the ball. Instead, the Eagles controlled possessions and dominated the latter portion of their home Patriot League opener, storming from a 9-4 halftime deficit to a 15-10 win.



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AU grad takes care of business on Fox

"I guess you could say I was one of the initial pioneering broadcast business nerds," said AU graduate Neil Cavuto, vice president, anchor and managing editor of business news for the Fox News Channel. "My intent was to combine political and business issues with journalists."


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Ed Page editor says goodbye

For me, the past year at The Eagle has been at turns fun, stressful, educational, and above all worthwhile. I became editorial page editor with the mandate to redesign the page, to get more and better contributors and to have regular columnists. I think I've succeeded in improving the page, and I hope that regular readers are happy with the difference between how the page looked in the beginning of the year and how it looks now.


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AU geared for success

The hospital room became a very familiar place for junior Jonathan Craig last spring. He was sent there after playing the sport he loved gave him a fractured hip and jammed a safety pin into his arm. Craig isn't a football player or a varsity athlete. He's a member of AU's Cycling team.


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Firehouse relocated

The engine company that responds to fires at AU moved from its temporary location on Nebraska Avenue to Connecticut Avenue. Engine Company 20 is now at 4930 Connecticut Ave. NW, sharing space with Engine Company 31. The location on Nebraska, which it previously shared with the Department of Homeland Security was "never intended to be permanent quarters," said Kathryn Friedman, D.


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Bracket Busted!

Sports columnist Jesse Epstein writes: This was my year. My annual NCAA tournament pool has become more an annual dive for me the past few times out. My Homer-like instincts constantly find Duke and Kentucky losing and Arizona in the Final Four. And, every year, Duke and Kentucky dominate and I cry over spilled milk, or more like a wasted 20 bucks.



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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