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Letter from the Class of '05

November 10

A letter to the Eagle, with 192 signatures, in regards to the allotted budget for the class of 2005.

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News

'Tour de Force' takes on Tavern

November 10

Tour de Force, an all-day Tavern concert and promotion, sailed on waves of unprecedented heights and suffered at the bay of staggering lows in terms of audience attendance and participation on Saturday. Sponsored and set up by the AU Independent Arts Collective and WVAU, the campus radio station, the event featured more than 10 bands from all stretches of the East Coast.

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News

Half of GA walks out in protest

By Keith F. Shovlin | November 10

The General Assembly, AU's student legislature, ended its meeting abruptly Sunday as at least 13 members walked out over the impeachment of a representative. Although the members walked out, they will not face suspension as they plan to attend the next meeting this Friday.

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News

Riots mar de Lozada's term

By Rebecca Byerly | November 10

A feeling of hostility met former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Wednesday when he spoke about his resignation and the future of his country at Kay Spiritual Life Center.

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News

AU may establish in Nigeria

By Mackenzie Ryan | November 10

AU may help establish an American-style university in Nigeria, an undertaking approved by the Board of Trustees Friday that could determine how AU fulfills its goal of becoming a global university.

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News

AU ranks high on survey

By Kate Oczypok | November 10

AU ranked in the 90th percentile of Doctoral-Extensive schools in the nation, scoring highest in enriching educational experiences, while first-year students gave the University a score of 71, out of a possible 100.

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News

"Apocalypse Moscow"

By Dan Zak | November 10

Columnist Dan Zak gives his weekly international perspective, providing an account of his visit to Moscow

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Shower security

November 10

The Eagle staff elucidates its perspective on the doubts elicited by the trespassing incidents in the AU dormitories

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Mixed feelings on budget cut

November 10

The Eagle staff comments on the recent budget allocations for the SC in '04-'05.

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Sports

Sideline Scholars

By Jesse Epstein | November 10

Columnist Jesse Epstein reflects on three of the greatest athletes possibly heading to jail.

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News

Weekend conference hosted at AU to promote animal rights

By Rebecca Byerly | November 10

Hundreds of animal rights activists gathered in the Ward Circle building Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the third National Student Animal Rights Conference.

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News

Love thy neighbor

By Ashley Bleimes | November 10

While people who live in the same neighborhood as colleges often complain about living near students, AU's neighbors seem to have less of a problem.

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News

Black Cat hosts rise of British Sea Power

By Costa Caloudas | November 10

The confident quintet's debut LP seamlessly combines post-punk and glam so well that the cover art pretentiously refers to the record as a classic. And, as lead singer and songwriter Yan explained before the show, there's nothing wrong with being pretentious.

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Sports

Swimming and Diving teams

By Elliot Smilowitz | November 10

Despite putting up a strong fight, both the Men's and Women's Swimming teams lost to Army in the season's first Patriot League match-up on Saturday. The afternoon was highlighted by AU senior Dominick Szabo's record-breaking performances. Szabo broke pool records in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke, the latter of which had stood for nine years.

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News

Study reveals white students drink more

By KIAH CULVER | November 10

Rates of binge drinking among white college students are considerably lower when more racial minorities attend a school, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

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Opinion

Uncivil discourse

By Josh Kraushaar | November 10

In On the Right, editorial columnist Josh Kraushaar discusses American University's moch caucus

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Sports

Field Hockey takes PL title

By Kevin Hilgers | November 10

Both teams in Saturday's Patriot League Field Hockey championship made it there by the slimmest of margins. No. 19 AU got the berth with a 3-2 overtime win over No. 24 Lafayette in the semifinals. Holy Cross finalized its spot in a similar way by beating Bucknell 2-1 in overtime. It was no surprise that the title match finished any differently.

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