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Rookies make big impact in the NBA

Once a rookie is drafted, he must participate in preseason workouts and is generally expected to fade into obscurity on the bench during the regular season.

Volleyball fails to claim PL regular season

Though AU volleyball had the opportunity to claim home court advantage for the Patriot League Championship by winning both of their games over the weekend, Army still claimed the regular season title.

Public Safety tickets cars off campus

Public Safety has written 923 tickets to AU community members for parking on off-campus residential streets in the past year. All AU students, faculty and staff are prohibited from leaving their cars on residential streets when coming to campus.

Parking policy causes concern

This university’s parking policy is preposterous. The rules are ridiculous and vague. It’s especially unfortunate, considering the consequences for breaking the rules are serious and appealing these consequences is challenging. Something must be done — and the first step is for everyone to understand the lunacy of the status quo.

SG should update site regularly

A recent look at the AUSG Web site has revealed its content and updates to be neglected. While current SG President Andy MacCracken posts informative updates somewhat regularly — about once a month — those filling other positions rarely, if ever, follow suit.

AU administration warms to Twitter

Twitter is more commonly used by AU’s administration than indicated in a recent study evaluating how colleges use the site, ranking AU 65th out of 100.

SG officers update Web site infrequently

Parts of the AU Student Government Web site have not been updated for months because executives and organizations had issues with the site.

Feminist — err, women’s center wastes money

Why are we installing a Feminist Resource Center? Oops! I mean — Women’s Resource Center? In 2006, the New York Times declared that female dominance of men in universities was “the new gender divide.” About 60 percent of U.S. college students are female, and that number is even more staggering at AU, where about two-thirds of our students are women.

Prescott to face SG committee

The former SG comptroller raised concerns that an event wasn’t adequately prepared for and advertised — concerns that the vice president later disputed.

Obama critics v. Bush critics: a comparison

Many of us have had a good laugh listening to the ravings of talk show hosts Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly. Their zany crusades against President Barack Obama have constituted nothing more than rumors and innuendo. The more extreme opponents of Barack Obama have also made themselves open to ridicule, accusing the president of being a foreign-born Nazi, communist and Islamic terrorist who seeks to destroy freedom, liberty and America itself.

Letters to the editor

I was sorely disappointed in The Eagle's "AU's Busiest Student" competition. Why is this something that even needs to be featured?

Eagle rants

More of your Eagle rants!

Student Health Center sees increase in visits

Schools across the country are seeing increases in both student enrollment in university-provided health insurance plans and student use of university health centers.

Former White House correspondent brings experience to AU classroom

Adjunct SOC and SPA Professor Richard Benedetto was one of the founding members of USA Today.

Alum leaves washingtonpost.com to start local news site

The former editor of washingtonpost.com and AU alumnus Jim Brady will be launching a new local D.C. news Web site in spring 2010.

November 16, 2009

‘Boondock II’ holds true to indie original

In comparison to “The Boondock Saints”, the new sequel is bigger, badder and certainly funnier. In “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day,” fraternal twins Connor and Murphy MacManus, (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus) are hidden deep in Ireland with their father (Billy Connolly), having narrowly escaped capture in the last movie. But when a murderer in Boston kills a priest and frames the Saints, they cut their hair and beards and leave the sheep farm to clear their name in Boston.