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Writings from Austin's South by Southwest music festival

Thursday, March 25, 2004

AUSTIN, TEXAS - South By Southwest (SXSW) had to happen to me. The journey had to take place - though I'm still not sure why, I just knew it had to happen. Of the past 22 years of my life, music has consumed the last decade. It wasn't until after I picked up a guitar that I had a girlfriend. It wasn't until after I tuned into the radio that I found the tools I would later use to build relationships. And 3,000 miles, 5 days, 3 cases of Red Stripe and 100 bands later, I know that the past 10 years have only been a warmup.

Our take: AU's nipplegate

Thursday, March 25, 2004

The Eagle editorial staff discusses the removal of a breastfeeding photo from a photography exhibit in the School of Communications.

Raise your bats in revolt

By Ian Quillen · Thursday, March 25, 2004

Sports columnist Ian Quillen discusses the prospect of using the arsenic field to play baseball.

News

Metro Brief

By Kate Oczypok | March 25

Metro brief on water filters being distributed in D.C.

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Sex and Sensibility: The vibrator is not just a tool

By Allison Weil | March 25

It's Christmas break and my friend was at the airport going home. As always, she got pegged for the extra security check and was pulled aside. Amidst the security personnel was one woman while the rest were men. As the woman began scanning my friend, who was spread-eagle with her arms at her side, she noticed a man going through her bag. Not thinking anything of it, she sees him pull out the neck of a shirt. She froze. That is where she had placed her vibrator.

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Photos highlight film festival

By Stokely Baksh | March 25

Conservationist and photographer Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier, 37, remembers when she took the photo entitled "Breastfeeding" - the picture of a Cuban woman breastfeeding a small animal called a hutia. She recalls when she and two other conservationists were in the rural area of the Zapata region outside of Havana, Cuba, in 1999, when they came upon a town.

Sports

Eagles fall to No. 12 Hopkins

By Kevin Hilgers | March 25

AU Lacrosse lost to No. 12 Johns Hopkins Wednesday in a non-conference match that showcased two players who were honored for their performances last week. AU sophomore Moriah Linnell was named honorable-mention Player of the Week by Inside Lacrosse, while Blue Jay Heidi Pearce was named Player of the Week.

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Film: 'Jersey Girl'

By Daniel Longino | March 25

If writer/director Kevin Smith's 1997 masterpiece "Chasing Amy" was a machete, his latest film "Jersey Girl" is a butter knife. The film opens in a classroom, as the children are reading papers about their dad. As one shy-looking kid begins to say the word "shit," he is cut off at the "shh" and it is immediately clear that this Kevin Smith film is different.

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Strossen speaks about rights, Ashcroft, gallbladder

By David Hodges | March 25

According to Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, the only thing she and John Ashcroft have in common is that they have both had gallbladder surgery. On Tuesday, Strossen spoke at AU in Ward 1 about freedom, civil rights and the PATRIOT Act.

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Interview with actor Marlon Wayans

By Jorge Del Pinal | March 25

In the classy Georgetown Ritz-Carlton, 31-year-old comedian Marlon Wayans looks relaxed in worn jeans, a wool sweatshirt and a beanie, while most of the others surrounding him rush around in tight and serious suits. Considering his role in the high-profile film "The Ladykillers," a remake of a classic film, in which he appears alongside the legendary Tom Hanks and under the direction of the infamous Coen Brothers, surely Wayans might be worried that he was out of his league.

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Breaking News: McNair officially hired

By Keith F. Shovlin | March 25

Mike McNair, acting director of Public Safety, can put aside his acting career after being named the permanent director Thursday. Pat Kelshian, executive director of Risk Management and Safety Services, released a memo Thursday, announcing McNair's appointment after a four-month search to replace Colleen Carson, who left the University just prior to Thanksgiving.

Opinion

Political Cartoon: Mar. 25, 2004

By Nate Beeler | March 25

Nate Beeler's political cartoon for March 25, 2004

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Students remember friend

By David Hodges | March 25

Around 50 people gathered at Kay Spiritual Life Center Saturday for an impromptu memorial service for former AU student, junior Zachary Stacey, according to service organizer Cody Jameson. A more formal service was held earlier in Stacey's home state of Tennessee.

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Not Quite Wrong: Mar. 25, 2004

By Ross Nover | March 25

Ross Nover's comic Not Quite Wrong on non-traditional education.

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WAMU holds first on-air fundraising drive

By Kate Oczypok | March 25

WAMU held its first on-air fundraising drive since its management change in December 2003. The drive was held Feb. 27 through March 5 with a fundraising goal of $800,000. WAMU began the drive with the message: "We're still here, we're still producing great programming, and we still really need you," according to David Taylor, interim executive director of WAMU "We think it was really successful," Taylor said.

Sports

Big East looks to dominate Sweet 16

By David Bergman | March 25

Now that everyone's bracket has been busted and the state of Alabama, not Kentucky, has two teams in the Sweet 16, the question becomes who will emerge from each bracket and earn a trip to San Antonio for the Final Four. In order to answer this question, each of the eight games from the four regions must be broken down and analyzed with precision.

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Interview with filmmaker Kevin Smith

By Daniel Longino | March 25

From surly convenience-store clerks to love-struck lesbians, filmmaker Kevin Smith has been making movies about Generation X for 10 years. According to Smith, it's time to grow up. The calls of sellout have been mustering in the midst of his core fan base, which consists mostly of potty-mouthed adolescent males who read comic books and can't get laid, this writer included.

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The Rusty Nail: The greatest rivalry hits home on campus

By L. Russell Allen IV | March 25

Baseball season is starting on April 3 in Baltimore. Red Sox vs. Orioles. To me and my fellow New Englanders, this is a holiday on par only with the classic springtime Massachusetts days of celebration: St. Patrick's Day, Patriots' Day and Bunker Hill Day. Though I walk around with my new "Super Bowl Champion" New England Patriots hat, I live and die by the BoSox.

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Water tested for lead

By KIAH CULVER | March 25

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

By Mishri Someshwar | March 25

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.

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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