Legal News

Students 18+ can rent cars for university travel

Avis will allow AU clubs and organizations to rent vehicles for university-sanctioned travel effective Jan. 1, 2010.

Letter from the editor

Doesn’t it seem like days ago that we were collecting syllabi and scribbling notes onto clean, white pages? Now, we’re filling in the bubbles on professor evaluations and wondering where the semester went. After 27 issues of The Eagle, the staff over in MGC 252 is breathing a sigh of relief ­­— but like most of you, we’re already looking toward next semester.

The quick take

The weekly roundup of news you can use.

Short ‘Armors’ rebel cause in thriller movie

Columbus Short is many things, among them an actor, dancer and singer. But he would describe himself with three different words.

Cast makes ‘Up’ story

George Clooney directed by Jason Reitman (the man who directed “Juno” and “Thank You for Smoking”) is a tough review to write, namely because such a film would, at face value, be superb. Luckily, the reality is that “Up in the Air” is all you could hope for.

Police blotter

Public Safety action reported to The Eagle

Willing falls for ‘Alice’

Director Nick Willing is giving “Alice in Wonderland” an upgrade with the SyFy original miniseries, “Alice.”

Old favorites top Christmas list

The holiday season has arrived, beginning around-the-clock playing of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and other Christmas standards on shopping mall PA systems and the radio.

Volleyball Briefs

The AU women’s volleyball team finished the season with an unsuccessful trip to the State University of New York at Albany over the holiday weekend.

D.C. plans for new bike lanes

With the addition of bicycle lanes in some areas of D.C., the city may undergo a shift to increase transportation safety.

Eagle rants

Today's Top Rant: • RE: We need more bike racks. No, we do not need more bike racks. We need fewer fuckers who beg for a bike from their parents, chain it up to the bike racks, and then never fucking use them. I am sick of vying for the same 5 spots on the bike racks with everyone else who bikes because all of the lazy assholes taking up all of the spaces. I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR LOCKS AND SET YOUR RUSTED BIKES ON FIRE!

Broken Lizard switches up comedy formula with new movie

Ever since the 2001 cult classic smash "Super Troopers," comedy troupe Broken Lizard has made a name for themselves as a group serious about shenanigans.

Panel discusses human rights

The AU Museum and Washington College of Law hosted a panel discussion of human rights in the 21st century. Many older members of the community showed up to see human rights experts Herman Schwartz, Juan Méndez, Susanna Su Cuoto and Cole Sternberg in their discussion.

A harrowing journey through the Chunnel

Women's basketball loses close contest

The AU women's basketball team lost a close game to East Carolina University, 70-65, on Sunday.

Men’s basketball comes up short

Freshman Mike Bersch drained a late three-pointer capping a 15-6 AU run, Bender Arena erupted and the improbable 22-point comeback suddenly became probable. Unfortunately, a late string of free-throws from Florida Atlantic University held-off the strong AU surge as the men’s basketball team lost 81-69.

Major League Baseball hotstove starts to heat up

Now that the 2009 MLB season is history, baseball fans will have to turn to rumors, free agent signings and trades to give them their baseball fix until next spring. Here are the three biggest stories to watch out for this offseason.