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Music Notes

November 3

Concise and helpful CD reviews from the writers of The Eagle's music section

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News

WAMU director let go Thursday

By Joseph Popiolkowski | November 3

Susan Clampitt was relieved of her duties as executive director at WAMU Thursday after The Washington Post exposed a financial deficit and morale problems at AU's public radio station, said Todd Sedmak, director of AU Media Relations. The staff, upon hearing the announcement by President Benjamin Ladner at a meeting Thursday afternoon, gave a standing ovation, The Post reported Friday.

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Opinion

Letters to the editor

November 3

Letters to the editor from Eagle readers

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News

Jackson in it for fun

By Daniel Longino | November 3

When Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett isn't palm-muting his way past the verse of another hit single, he's touring and recording with his band Jackson. While Shiflett has spent the past few years rounding out the line-ups of bands from the Foo Fighters to No Use For A Name and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, he now fronts his own power-pop outfit.

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Prepare yourself for explosive conclusion

By Emily Zemler | November 3

It will be impossible for someone who has not seen the first two installments of "The Matrix" to understand "The Matrix: Revolutions," which opens on Wednesday. For those who missed "The Matrix" and "The Matrix: Reloaded," and those who just need to be reminded of their plots, here is a summary of the first two films and preview summary of the third.

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Opinion

WAMU shake-up

November 3

The Eagle staff provides an outlook on the dismissal of WAMU's executive director.

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News

Foreign students might pay to study in the U.S.

By April Astor | November 3

Within two months, international students may have to pay a new $100 fee to study in this country. The fee would fund the cost of operating the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), the database the Department of Homeland Security uses to monitor international students' compliance with their visa requirements.

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Opinion

Israeli wall is a prelude to annex

By Nathan Stock | November 3

According to Nathan Stock, a conflict that has claimed over 2,540 Palestinian lives and over 900 Israeli lives, most of them civilians on both sides, is now reaching perilous new depths.

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Sports

Eagles dominate Army 3-1

By Kevin Hilgers | November 3

Apparently, nobody told Army it was supposed to go down easily to AU in Saturday's volleyball match in Bender Arena. The Black Knights had hit only .131 in Patriot League matches before this weekend, but they defied that statistic Saturday, firing on all cylinders to hit .235.

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News

Student Confederation proposes budgets to General Assembly

By Keith F. Shovlin | November 3

The General Assembly, AU's student government legislature, met Saturday and Sunday to discuss the Student Confederation budget for the 2003-2004 year. GA members conducted hearings with the respective SC departments on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Mary Graydon Center.

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News

Czech football: More than an American sporting event

By Dan Zak | November 3

As columnist Dan Zak tell us, "It figures that the Czech football league is named the Gambrinus Liga. Gambrinus is one of the top three brews in Prague, next to Pilsner Urquell and Staropramen. Gambrinus is the less bitter, lighter cousin of Pilsner. Strange then, that at a football match between Sparta (a northern neighborhood of Prague) and Brno (a city in the south of the Czech Republic), not a single spectator drank beer."

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Cheap ways to enter 'The Matrix'

By Michael Vallebuona | November 3

Halloween may be over, but it's not too late (or too expensive) to jump on "The Matrix" bandwagon.

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Class presidents: Like sis, like bro

By Megan Slack | November 3

Some say political ambition runs in the family. Mark Stern, Class of 2007 president, and his sister EJ, Class of 2004 president, are no exception to this rule. After working together in student government organizations in their hometown in Alabama, the two once again share the common bond of leadership here at AU.

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Opinion

Iraq war isn't over -- yet

By Zachary Constantino | November 3

According to Zachary Constantino: "Suicide car bombers are wreaking havoc across Iraq. Congress is clamoring for the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the implementation of a clear 'exit strategy.' Assassins have murdered senior Iraqi clerics and government officials. From the perspective of most nightly news pundits, the situation is dire and rapidly deteriorating. Fortunately, history offers a far better and less hysteria-prone conception of recent events."

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News

The voice of x1100

By Kate Oczypok | October 30

Many AU students may not know Peter Schline, but most recognize his voice. Schline is the man behind many of the voice mails and x1100 - the extension virtually every student dials hoping for snow and class cancellations.

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Congressmen propose bill to lower tuition

By Rebecca Bellville | October 30

Two congressmen plan to introduce legislation that would force private and public colleges to keep their tuition increases at a level comparable with the rate of inflation.

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Not Quite Wrong October 30

By Ross Nover | October 30

Ross Nover's Not Quite Wrong for October 30: Things you didn't want to know about your roommate

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