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Government funds new intelligence courses

Howard University and Virginia Tech University are now expanding their intelligence curricula as part of a five-year, $2.5 million academic program funded by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

D.C. fuels cab change

Eco-friendly taxicabs, intended to minimize foreign petroleum importation and create jobs, will soon be available for the AU community to use in the greater D.C. area.

AU pulls out 2-0 win

The No. 19 AU field hockey team overcame a slow start Friday afternoon to beat the University of California 2-0 at home.

Momentum will shape field hockey season

The first half of each game has been a killer for the Lady Eagles, as they have rarely taken the lead early in games. Even in their blowout win over Towson, they didn’t take command of the game until the second half, when they scored six goals en route to an 8-1 win. From watching their play, it is clear they are unable to keep their concentration earlier.

MVP decision should be easy

If only picking the MVP winners was this easy every year. This season it is clear who baseball’s best of the best is, and they have certainly made themselves known.

September 21, 2009

Emmy halftime report

Sunday sports hot spots

NBC, ESPN and CBS not satisfying your sports cravings? Head to one of the many sports bars in the D.C. area that show more games than your eyes can watch.

Green machine crosses country

Josh Tickell set off 11 years ago with a camera, his “Veggie Van” and a vision of helping influence America to begin using clean, renewable energy. This vision materialized in his new documentary, “FUEL.”

Breuer brews own blend of comedy

Comedian Jim Breuer, best known for his roles in the sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” and films like “Half Baked,” will be performing at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue on Thursday, Sept. 24.

‘Dorian Gray’ shocks with naked truth

To live life like art, with every experience meant to shock, please and entertain, can seem alluring to college students. It would mean constant parties, drugs, sex — anything and everything to stimulate and please. The main character in Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” lives in this way, believing “to stop art is to stop living.”

‘Tengo’ takes two for encore

Twenty-five years did not seem to have fazed Yo La Tengo on Thursday night, as they played for a sold-out crowd at the 9:30 club.

Warped marks 15 years on the road

Vans Warped Tour celebrated its 15th anniversary in Los Angeles on Sept. 18 with a star-studded concert at Club Nokia. A one-night presentation of this concert was played in select movie theaters across America. The special included live and recorded performances and interviews with Warped Tour alumni and several other bands.

Ladyhawke brings ‘big synths’ to 9:30

The words “BIG SYNTHS” appear in block letters on the projector screen hanging over the stage of the 9:30 club. This is the Perez Hilton Tour, and when it comes to spectacles, everyone knows the celebrity blogger goes big or goes home.

‘Barber’ fans ‘shear’-ly delighted

The stereotypical stuffiness of an opera was nowhere to be found in the Washington National Opera’s production of “The Barber of Seville” on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Eagle rants

After a hiatus, your rants are back!

New opportunities redefine art

Art is not dead! Whether in the world, in America or right here at AU, art is progressing every minute because no one is doing the exact same thing (and if they are, you can be sure that someone is out there blogging about it and explaining). Art is all around us, so why not talk about it?