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1-17-11 slideshow

Sporting AU gear, Cee-Lo rocks Bender Arena

Cee-Lo opened with a montage of songs from his Gnarls Barkley discography, including “Gone Daddy Gone” and “Crazy,” as the audience happily sang along. At the end of the performance, Cee-Lo promised that his next new album would be under Goodie Mob. Cee-Lo knew how to work the crowd

Westboro Baptist Church protests AU campus, faces counter-protest of over 1,000

Westboro Baptist Church members said they were disappointed by AU’s counter-demonstration to their protest Friday. Four members of the group protested for 45 minutes on the northwest corner of Massachusetts Avenue, near AU’s Glover Gate. • Video: AU and the Westboro Baptist Church

Video: AU and the Westboro Baptist Church

A video of Friday's Westboro Baptist Church protest and counter-protest.

Westboro Baptist Church tries to educate AU

Students here and across the country are getting the wrong education, according to members of the Westboro Baptist Church.

19-year-old among Westboro protesters

Zach Phelps-Roper stood on one side of campus yesterday and AU students stood on the other.

Kira Kalush

Undergraduate Senate passes resolution against Westboro protesters

The Undergraduate Senate denounced the activities of the Westboro Baptist Church in a Jan. 12 resolution.

Staff Editorial: Shine the spotlight somewhere else

To kick off the new spring semester, we have some interesting events on our calendar — Cee Lo Green will be performing in Bender Arena, MLK Service Day and, oh yeah, the Westboro Baptist Church is coming to protest our University. They say in a press release they’re coming to harangue us for being “fag-infested” and “pervert-run.” Shirley Phelps-Roper said they’re coming because they’ll be in the area for other protests and decided to hit us up while they’re around. Whatever motive you choose to believe, they’ll be here this Friday for a whopping 45 minutes on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue with an overwhelming contingency of seven of their members to do their thing. This description alone leaves us cowering in fear of … nothing.

Moldoveanu leads Eagles past reigning PL champions

The first conference win of the year improved AU’s record to 11-5 on the season.

Jan. 11, 2011

Cee Lo Green brings ‘Killer’ R&B to Bender

There’s something instantly commendable about being able to bring a song titled “Fuck You!” to such critical and mainstream success. On Jan. 14, the hip-hop provocateur Cee-Lo Green is making a stop at the Bender Arena. Students get in for free with an AU ID and guests can come for $5.

AU readies for Westboro Baptist Church protest

AU students are mobilizing to counter-protest the upcoming Jan. 14 visit from a church known for protesting soldiers’ funerals. The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., will protest the “fag-infested, pervert-run” school between 4 and 4:45 p.m on Friday.

AU not Westboro Baptist Church’s only target

The Westboro Baptist Church is an independent Baptist church founded by Pastor Fred Phelps in 1955. The group is based out of Topeka, Kan., but travels nationwide to spread their messages condemning homosexuality, among others.

Women’s basketball increases win streak

The women’s basketball team notched its ninth consecutive victory by defeating the two-time defending conference champion Lehigh University Mountain Hawks 64-51 Saturday at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa.

The fear of transparency

It’s a new year with the same old fear. We remain inundated with rainbow designations (Department of Homeland Security threat warnings), aggressive and invasive security, and predatory corporations ready to devour our tax dollars like starving wolves over their concocted financial schemes and plummeted investments. But thanks to the international emergence of Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks, fear appears to be a double-edged sword.

Praised documentaries receive critical acclaim, fall flat with audiences

This year in film and critique was of a rare breed. It is not often that we can look back in retrospect and feel that critics and audiences alike are on the same page.