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Campus mourns death of student

By Courtney Rozen | January 17

Junior Madalyn Trouton passed away on Dec. 30

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Sports

The Eagle 2016 Sports Awards

By Shannon Scovel and Vincent Salandro | January 17

Last January’s first annual “Eagle Sports Awards” began with a quote from Olympic champion Mark Spitz about breaking records; this year, as The Eagle honors the best athletes of 2016, it seems only appropriate to quote one of AU’s own Olympians from this past year.

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News

Founder’s Day Ball to be held at Newseum

By Courtney Rozen | January 17

The Founder’s Day Ball will be held this year at the Newseum, Founder’s Day Director Martin Valderruten announced today in a press release.

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News

Letter from the Life editor

By Arielle Weg | January 17

The New Year is a time for resolutions, renovations and reinventions— so welcome to Life. For as long as we can remember at The Eagle, The Scene section has been where arts and entertainment come together to add a little culture to our campus paper.

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Sports

Lehigh overpowers AU in wrestling dual on Alumni Night

By Shannon Scovel | January 16

The battle between a small private school in Northwest D.C. and a national wrestling powerhouse from Pennsylvania, one of the largest wrestling states in the country, could be seen as a David vs.

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News

Sorority recruitment takes place weekend before classes begin

By Emaan Khan | January 15

Interest in recruitment is high despite unusual timing

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Sports

Straight from print: A legacy four years in the making

By Shannon Scovel | January 14

This article originally appeared in The Eagle’s December 9 special edition. They had been working toward this goal for four years.

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Opinion

Straight from print: The University must examine its role in the food students are consuming

By Eagle Editorial Board | January 14

This article originally appeared in The Eagle’s December 9 special edition.

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Opinion

Barack Obama's final address

By Zach Ewell | January 13

Barack Obama is the first of many things to people: the first black president, the first Hawaiian born president and the first president from modern Chicago.

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Opinion

Straight from print: How mindfulness can improve your health

By Olivia Richter | January 13

This article originally appeared in The Eagle’s December 9 special edition. How are you feeling right now?

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Sports

Straight from print: Andrija Matic, AU’s next great big man

By Austin Sternlicht | January 13

This article originally appeared in The Eagle’s December 9 special edition. When basketball player and current sophomore Andrija Matic established himself as a key rotation player last season, it gave the Eagles something they hadn’t had in years: a good, solid “big man.” Since Tony Wroblicky graduated in 2014, the AU men’s basketball team has struggled to find consistent frontcourt play.

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News

Straight from print: Student groups strive to become more inclusive

By Riddhi Sarkar and Ivy Kaplan | January 12

This article originally appeared in The Eagle’s December 9 special edition. Many campus organizations are looking to create more inclusive spaces after a semester of divisiveness on campus. This semester has seen a number of tense moments, including racially charged incidents in Anderson Hall in September in which two black female students had bananas thrown at them, transgender discrimination with the arrival of the Westboro Baptist Church on campus on Nov.

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News

Straight from print: Students battle hunger at AU

By Maria Carrasco | January 11

This article originally appeared in The Eagle’s December 9 special edition. Students, faculty and student organizations are joining forces to work to create a potential food pantry at AU for students who suffer from food insecurity. Food insecurity is not limited to those who may go years without access to reliable food sources— sometimes it just means not knowing where your next meal will come from for a semester, month or even just in the next week.

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Opinion

Straight from print: Reconciling with the Republican Party

By Krista Chavez | January 11

This article originally appeared in The Eagle’s December 9 print edition. Looking back on this election, it has been a rough year and a half to be a Republican woman.

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Guest Columns

Op-ed: A look into reverse racism

By Michael Lucatorto | January 11

Racism. A word with so much power, it often is avoided in discussion by those who aren’t well versed in what it means.

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News

Straight from print: New “damp” campus policy goes into effect

By Ivy Kaplan | January 10

This article originally appeared in The Eagle’s December 9 special edition. For many AU students over the age of 21, not being able to consume alcohol on campus may have been a turnoff from living in a residence hall.

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News

Straight from print: The black voice in Hollywood

By Griffin Rowell | January 10

This article originally appeared in The Eagle’s December 9 special edition. Hollywood still has a lot to learn.

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