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March 19

NO. 2-RANKED CANNON LEADS AU WRESTLERS INTO NCAA TOURNEY Nationally No. 2-ranked and EIWA conference champion senior Mike Cannon will lead a trio of AU wrestlers to the NCAA championships taking place this weekend in St. Louis, Mo. Cannon, who finished the year with an undefeated record of 30-0, will look to capture his first-ever national championship in the 174-pound weight class.

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News

Metro brief

March 19

A Metrorail train struck and killed a Metrobus driver at the McPherson Square station Friday afternoon, The Washington Post reported. Kurtland Johnson, 42, jumped onto the tracks in front of a blue line train. Johnson was on administrative leave after an accident involving his bus and another car, the Post reported.

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News

Eagles start strong, fade fast in loss to Villanova

By Justin Hall | March 19

March 20 » For 20 minutes, the proverbial clock seemed stuck at 11:59, keeping the Cinderella dream alive for the AU Eagles in their bid to defeat the Villanova University Wildcats Thursday night. Yet, as the final buzzer sounded, that clock finally struck midnight, ending the dream of a historic upset on the way to a 80-67 loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

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News

The week in fun calendar

March 19

Thursday, March 19 Kate McGraw and Ann Tarantino: "Workbook" 6 p.m. WHERE: Gallery at Flashpoint, 916 G St. N.W. METRO: Gallery Place/Chinatown (red, green and yellow lines) INFO: Video filming artists McGraw and Tarantino creating improvised art showcases the creative process.

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News

AU seat vacant in local commission

By Andrew Tomlinson | March 19

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission's Ward 3D commission - part of the governing body for D.C. neighborhoods - meets once a month and discusses issues that could be pertinent to AU students, but the committee has no AU student representation. The committee's March 4 monthly meeting began with a police report, which mostly focused on the safety of valuables.

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AU chaplains discuss U.S., Russia relations

By William Zeman | March 19

While most AU students prepared for their spring break, a roomful turned out on March 4 to hear two experts debate whether Russia poses a threat to the world in the coming years. The University Chaplain's office, which hosted the event, hosts similar "table-talk discussions" every few months, according to University Chaplain Joe Eldridge.

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News

National brief

March 19

A bulldozer reported stolen more than 10 years ago was found buried under a Texas golf course, The Dallas Morning News reported. The bulldozer had been used to construct the golf course in Weatherford, Texas, and was reported stolen in 1996, according to the Morning News.

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Top 10 Boy Band Videos

March 19

Our teenage years were during the evolution of one of the greatest types of pop musicians: boy bands. We were lucky enough to experience the cuteness, the danceability and singability and the pelvic thrusts of bands like *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. And if we were really lucky, we got to see them half-naked in concert.

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News

Fashion history repeats on runway

March 19

The Tudor-trend that has influenced designers for years dominated the runways at this spring's fashion weeks, according to The New York Times. This trend has become more popular after films and television shows like "The Other Boleyn Girl, "The Duchess" and "The Tudors" made the distant past somehow chic.

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D.C. rapper breaks 'Ice' with cool beats

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | March 19

Getting noticed is always a challenge for young musicians looking to make a career out of their music. But D.C. area rap artist Ice the Villain is making noise with his direct method of communication with fans and collaborations with fellow area artists. Ice the Villain (Anthony Poole) said in an interview with The Eagle that after moving around as a military kid when he was very young, his family settled down in the D.

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Opinion

AU unrepresented

March 19

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission is best known on campus for being that group that slows down construction on campus by introducing endless layers of extra red-tape. Of course the Ward 3D commission is a bit more than that. Made of small sub-districts within D.C., there are multiple commissions throughout the city - each responsible for giving residents a more direct say in their government. Too bad AU students have no representative in our local commission.

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Opinion

Eagle Rants

March 19

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Eagle is not responsible for any of the statements made in any Eagle Rant. I've been at this school for three years. In that time, I have never seen a more inept Student Government than the Cutter administration. Does anyone know what he has been doing/accomplished? 2Fix doesn't.

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News

'Knowing' takes time

By Bryan Koenig | March 19

There must be something between Nicholas Cage and really, really weird movies: "Snake Eyes," "8MM," "The Wicker Man," "The Weather Man" and now director Alex Proyas' "Knowing." A solid premise, in the film a time capsule buried in the ground for 50 years accurately predicts every disaster over that time period and even a few that haven't happened yet.

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AU troupe stages personal 'R & J'

By Ali Goldstein | March 19

Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is perhaps the most iconic love story. Some high schools read "Hamlet," others "Macbeth," but everyone has read "Romeo and Juliet." Even more than our memories of struggling with iambic pentameter, "Romeo and Juliet" shaped some of our earliest thoughts about love.

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Sports

Are the Eagles this year's Cinderella?

By Andrew Tomlinson | March 19

There really couldn't be that much a difference between the quality of a No. 14 seed and a No. 11 seed could there? Well the AU Eagles are about to find out, as they are only three seeds away from the place in which George Mason University made their magical Cinderella run.

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Sports

Breaking down AU v. Nova

By Justin Hall | March 19

As our men's basketball team takes on the Villanova University Wildcats tonight in the first round of the NCAA tournament, I thought it would be fair to check out the comparisons between the two teams. Yeah, they might have a better seed and are essentially playing on their home court.

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Sports

AU bball gave all in NCAA game

By Andrew Tomlinson | March 19

Coach Jeff Jones summed it up best when he said the AU men's basketball team left everything on the court. Every player played their heart out and gave it their all, but in the end they couldn't stack up against the Villanova University Wildcats. One year ago the AU Eagles were one of the only teams in Division I basketball that had never made the NCAA tournament.

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