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AU: show support for athletics, attend games

A message to the Blue Crew — this is your time to show your AU pride. It’s November. Besides the crisp autumn days and turkey, November also means Patriot League playoffs.

Police blotter

Public Safety actions reported to The Eagle.

Staff Editorial: Changing the general education program

Most students can agree on one thing: the General Education program needs work.

Volleyball notches 17th straight win over Navy

The AU volleyball team extended its current winning streak to 17 in a 3-0 victory over Navy in Bender Arena.

Our Band-Aid foreign policy

Forty-eight years ago, President John F. Kennedy learned of the presence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. The crisis that ensued in the final days of October 1962 brought the Cold War’s combatants to the edge of the nuclear abyss. Only after painstaking negotiations and the removal of American missiles from Italy and Turkey did the frightening prospects of nuclear war recede.

Letter to the Editor: AU Students for Life should not confuse abortion with genocide

As a club dedicated to genocide prevention and awareness, we are writing to express our concern over the misuse of the word genocide. On Thursday, Oct. 21, AU Students for Life displayed on the quad a poster with the question “What is genocide?” The answers they listed were Rwanda, Darfur, Holocaust ...

Nov. 2, 2010

Society's coffee addiction points to underlying problems

At AU’s Public Anthropology Conference this past weekend, I overheard a woman whisper, walking determinedly toward the breakfast spread, “I need my coffee in the morning. I just can’t get through the day without it.” She was about to present on the roles of neoliberalism in a specific region of the world. She’s not alone — at AU we talk ourselves to death about the role consumerism has in globalization of other countries, or the impact of capitalism in international development. And we also talk about coffee. How could the two conversations have anything in common?

Improv groups play with different styles in eclectic show

Ever since Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert used their shows to announce the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, a palpable sense of anticipation could be felt among D.C. residents.

Top tweets: Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear edition

The Eagle's favorite tweets from this weekend's rally.

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AU shuttle hits Nebraska Avenue utility pole

An AU shuttle hit a pole on Nebraska Avenue around 8:00 a.m. this morning, causing delays in the AU shuttle routes and blocking traffic on Nebraska Avenue. The crash caused officials to shut down a portion of Nebraska Avenue into the afternoon. Traffic was directed to go down Van Ness Street to circumvent the accident. The driver of the bus was taken to the hospital, but no other injuries were reported.

Sadonis, others address complaints in BOEE hearing

A hearing between an AU freshman running for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, those involved in his campaign and the Board of Elections and Ethics yielded no decisions Friday.

Grad students solicit donations for relief in Pakistan

In light of the devestating floods in Pakistan, graduate students gather donations across campus. The drive ends Monday.

Michael Hazilla, AU econ prof and marathon runner, dies at 64

A former AU Economics Professor died of a viral infection last week. In addition to teaching, Michael Hazilla was known for his bowties and his passion for running.