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Students were forced to evacuate Bender Library for half an hour on Tuesday morning after a gas odor was detected throughout the building.
Michael Oren, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, confirmed Israel’s commitment to peace talks and a two-state solution with Palestine when he spoke at Katzen Arts Center Thursday. Protesters both supporting and opposing Oren attended the presentation, and Public Safety Officers stood by.
A weekend loss in Worcester ended the Eagles’ lacrosse season. Holy Cross Crusaders beat the Eagles 16-11.
This weekend the Student Government put on a Spring Fling using funds which would have been spent on the Founders’ Day Ball.
I joined the Undergraduate Senate, at the behest of outgoing Secretary Colin Meiselman, when I transferred to American University. I joined the body out of anger. I was incensed that the Senate was voting on what I deemed to be a pointless issue: criticizing Columbus Day and calling for an alleged "Indigenous People's Day," and I was determined to get the Senate to start focusing on issues that mattered to the students.
The Washington Capitals shouldn’t get comfortable with their 3-2 series lead. Last year the Caps came from behind to make it out of the first round, so they should know more than anyone that anything can happen.
The Denver Broncos went into Thursday’s NFL Draft with many needs after going 8-8 last season.
In recently released rankings, the Washington College of Law tied with the University of Maryland for 48th best law school, and two of Kogod School of Business’ graduate programs made the list of the 15 best graduate programs as ranked by business students.
A Q&A with former SG President Andy MacCracken.
AU raised $7.6 million above its AnewAU campaign goal for endowments, allowing the university to increase the number of scholarship awards for the incoming freshmen class.
If you haven’t seen Jennifer Coolidge in a film or television show, you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade or so. As Coolidge gleefully gushes about climbing the ladder to a B-list movie career during her stand-up comedy show at the Arlington Cinema ‘N’ Drafthouse, you realize that she’s been responsible for sending you into fits of uncontrollable laughter since you snuck a peek at “American Pie” in elementary school.
This will most likely be my last column for The Eagle. I’ve given you all plenty of recipes over the past few months — everything from pasta to stir fry — and a few tips on how to mix it up and create your own dishes. But I wanted to use this last bit of column space to review some the techniques I’ve covered and compile some of my most important tips.
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