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Ross Nover's comic Not Quite Wrong for Jan. 22, 2004
Student Confederation President Nick Terzulli announced the resignation of Student Advocacy Center Director Rich Garcia at Sunday's General Assembly meeting and plans to name a new director Thursday night. SC Secretary Karen Fischer also announced that Director of Communications Bryan Dake did not return to AU this semester.
Guest columnist writes in about the students of American University and their perspective on the situation in Iraq.
Sophomore Samantha Facciolo who recieved the first MLK grant from the Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Service
Briefs on AU sports news, including the Patriot Leage Athlete of the Week and National Women Sports Day
Students respond to our poll on the State of the Union address.
Guest columnist Michael A. Bare comments on the difficulties to confront our generation.
While Student Confederation President Nick Terzulli appointed Eagle Nights Director Kyle Taylor to be the acting SC vice president, it is unclear how long this appointment will last. At Sunday's meeting of the General Assembly, AU's student body legislature, Terzulli named Taylor as his choice to replace Marguerite Meyer, who resigned as vice president effective this semester because she is only taking one class and SC executives are required to be full-time students.
Guest columnist Mackenna Porch responds to hostility toward KPU's political speaker.
Kevin Sheneberger, the new columnist for Lean Left, also contributes a comic to this issue of The Eagle
Safety occurrences around campus since our last issue.
WOW! What a great couple of days for Massachusetts. First, the New England "Team of Destiny" Patriots defeated the hapless Indianapolis Colts, paving their way to their second Super Bowl in three years. What a feeling! Then, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) takes the Iowa Caucuses, hammering the Vermont Madman, Howard Dean.
A photo brief on the AU Gospel and Jazz Ensemble, who paid Martin Luther King a musical tribute on Monday afternoon.
"To me, life is a verb - so you can't just talk about what you're going to be. You have to live it." So said Dr. Mark Bergel, the executive director of A Wider Circle, a local nonprofit organization that provides educational and outreach programs to adults and children.
A memorial service for student Andrew Burr, who died Sunday night in a car accident, is scheduled for Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Kay Spiritual Life Center, according to University Chaplain Joe Eldridge. Eldridge met with Burr's parents as well as other family and friends to set the date and style of the service. The service will be presented in "Quaker style" allowing anyone who wants to speak, is given a chance to reflect, Eldridge said. "We want to do something that honors the integrity of Andy Burr and something that will be meaningful to his closest friends and family," Eldridge said. "People will speak as the spirit moves."
AU student Andrew Burr was killed in a car accident involving four other students Sunday night at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Edmunds Street, near the Naval Observatory. The accident occurred when a Buick Riviera was struck from behind by a Subaru Outback while it was stopped at a red light at about 9 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Overcrowding at the Potomac River boathouse where AU and Georgetown University teams practice will lessen soon. The AU Crew teams are planning to move out of Thompson's Boathouse, currently used by AU, Georgetown, and other school teams and rowing clubs. AU's Crew teams will complete a move to the Anacostia Community Boathouse Association boathouse on the Anacostia River by the end of spring break, according to Graham Stubbs, captain of Men's Crew at AU.
Solutions by The State News