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Burr remembered by friends, family

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Saturday was a sad day for many AU students who gathered in Kay Spiritual Life Center for a memorial service for junior Andrew Burr, killed Jan. 18 in an automobile accident. As students and family members filed in, songs by Burr's favorite bands played in the background.

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Swimmers split meet

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The AU Swimming and Diving teams hosted an evening of rarities Saturday against Lehigh at Reeves Aquatic Center. In only the teams' second home meet of the season, the Men's side won its first dual meet in a year, 166-112, and Women's Diving performed for the first time this season but fell 173-119.

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Sports

Mens Hoops rally to defeat Holy Cross

After starting the first game of the year back in November against Maryland, AU junior forward Matej Cresnik was demoted to the role of first, second or third player off the bench. But this weekend, head coach Jeff Jones gave Cresnik two more starts, against Holy Cross on Sunday and Colgate last Friday. The Slovenian responded, shooting a combined 13-of-17 in those games to lead AU Men's Basketball to two nail-biting road wins - a 62-59 victory at Holy Cross and a 74-71 win at Colgate. Cresnik scored 15 against the Crusaders and 17 against the Raiders.



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Sports

Skins fans welcome back head coach Gibbs

On Jan. 7 Comcast SportsNet ran a text banner along the bottom of the screen, the type usually reserved for natural disaster warnings, rain-delay reminders and other urgent unexpected news. January is neither baseball season nor hurricane season, and in Washington it hasn't been football season in a while. But with the bulletin running on the text banner announcing that Joe Gibbs (the old Redskins coach from more than a decade ago) had been named the new Redskins head coach, Washingtonians could finally believe that January could be important again.


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'Sex and the City,' 'Friends,' 'Frasier' set to sign off

Television is a big part of our lives. Whether a welcome distraction from school work or something one simply cannot live without, television shows and the characters who inhabit them have become ingrained in the public mind. It is these familiar characters that we grow to love and relate to as though we actually know them. So what does one do when a beloved television show goes off the air?


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Sports

Bittersweet weekend for Women's Basketball

The Women's Basketball team played a double-header weekend on the road splitting games with Colgate and Holy Cross. On Sunday, the Eagles suffered a 74-56 loss when they traveled to Worcester, Mass. to face their nemesis, Holy Cross.


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Five fun activities for frigid forecasts

Baby, it's cold outside ... but that doesn't mean the winter months should be spent exclusively in the cozy comfort of the indoors. Washington has a lot to offer the aspiring snow bunny. Here's a few of The Eagle's favorite picks.



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Opinion

Gore should not try to be king-maker

Guest columnist Daniel Cohen: "On that winter day in Harlem, Al Gore extended his plan in blessing to Howard Dean. It's almost like a fairy tale. Don't be fooled, my fellow dems. It is not so easy as this. Howard Dean is less like a Knight in Shining Armor than a great primary politician and expert fundraiser."


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Walking the line between trendy and affordable

College is expensive enough without the added cost of having to get dressed for it. Not everyone deems it necessary to buy overpriced clothing and shoes in the vain attempt to appear "posh." Yet many with limited financial resources still want to look just as stylish as their lavish looking classmates.


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Blue Man shoots, shares its show

Blue Man Group has been shocking its audiences for years with live performances at theaters in New York, Boston, Chicago and Las Vegas. The act began touring in concert arenas during the summer of 2002 at the Area 2 Festival with Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes and world-renowned DJs. This past summer, Blue Man Group embarked on a summer tour and filmed two sold-out shows on Aug. 12 and 13 at the NextStage Amphitheatre in Grand Prairie, Texas.


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AU clubs spark drive for voters

With the Democratic Presidential primaries heating up around the nation, some student organizations are taking steps to encourage their classmates to register to vote and obtain an absentee ballot. "Generally, about two months prior to an election you'll have to contact your home state about registering," said College Republicans President Ibbie Hedrick.



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Campus News Briefs

News section editors Stokely Baksh, Kate Oczypok deliver brief news from around campus.


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Music Notes

The Eagle's music staff reviews albums from A Jealousy Issue, U2, Bayside, DrugMoney, Hurry-Up Offense and Premonitions of War.



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Opinion

Pipes stifles debate

Guest columnist Scott Bohlinger discusses Daniel Pipes, the campus guest speaker this past week, and his effect upon the dialog in which he is involved


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News

NCOR returns to AU

The National Conference for Organized Resistance held its annual conference this past weekend. "NCOR is an AU club that holds annual conferences for activists in the area," said Megan O'Brian, one of the organizers of the NCOR event at AU and first-year graduate student.



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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