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Film explores WWI weapons under AU

AU students need more information regarding the chemical weapons buried on the university's campus after the end of World War I, said Ginny Durrin during a screening Thursday of a film she is producing on the subject. The U.S. military used AU's campus as a chemical weapons testing site from 1917 to 1918.

Festival honors blooming relations

Seven Goodwill Ambassadors will represent Japanese-American relations at the Cherry Blossom Festival next week - including three AU students. The Cherry Blossom Festival is a series of festivities celebrating the friendship between the United States and Japan with the blooming of the blossoms and the arrival of spring at the Tidal Basin.

Bourgeois sculpts inner psyche, anxiety

The first room of the recently-opened "Louise Bourgeois" exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum showcases a golden, curved body dangling in mid-air, arms bent unnaturally towards the figure's angles. Both a highly detailed study of form and movement and a more personal expression of the sculptor's anxiety, the work, "Arch of Hysteria" sets the tone of the exhibit.

Professor urges good health

College of Arts and Sciences professor Anastasia Snelling worked as a dietician in a clinical setting where the patients were motivated to improve their diets because they were seriously ill; her work now focuses on preventing people from getting ill in the first place.

AU starts strong, fades fast

PHILADELPHIA - 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.

Metro brief

Prince George's County Police officers and Maryland National Capital Park Police officers shot and killed an armed man early Tuesday morning in a Temple Hills Restaurant, The Washington Post reported. D.C. resident Nicholas Howard was shot several times by officers who were called to Gill's Holiday Liquor Sports Bar and Restaurant, according to the Post.

'Sunshine' comes through

Though more serious than its name implies, good characters and humor help "Sunshine Cleaning" to shine. Amy Adams stars as Rose Lorkowski, a 30-something single mother who finds herself in need of a better job so she can send her troubled son Oscar to private school.

Women's bball brief

For the second straight season, the AU women's basketball team lost a nail-biter in the first round of the Women's NIT, falling to James Madison University 61-59 Friday night. After a 6-0 scoring run by AU tied at 59 with 2:28 to play, James Madison's Sarah Williams hit two free-throws that proved to be the eventual difference in the game, as neither team was able to score a basket the remainder of the match.

Correction for March 19

Due to a printing error in the March 19 issue of The Eagle, the articles "Economy changes abroad plans," "AU seat vacant in local commission" and "Stimulus package may help AU students" did not jump to their assigned pages. Full versions of all three articles are available online at www.

(Mid)-major problem

PHILADELPHIA - Coach Jeff Jones summed it up best when he said the AU men's basketball team left everything on the court. Every player played his heart out and gave it his all, but in the end the team couldn't stack up against the Villanova University Wildcats.

Keep AUTO vans tethered

The lumbering AUTO van is a ubiquitous presence on the AU campus. Mention the vans to almost anyone and chances are you'll get some sort of story detailing the "cozy" interior and familiar musky aroma of the cushions. Used widely by many clubs on campus, these vehicles perform a vital service to students and clubs looking to get out of D.

Pomegranates, Crain flirt with freak-folk

Pomegranates "Everybody, Come Outside!" Lujo Records Sounds like: The orchestral score to a lucid dream Grade: B+ Pomegranates strike the listener with their pop sensibilities as much as their psychedelic song arrangement, which provides us with an album experimental enough to flirt with the avant-garde while being accessible enough to find the record spinning on a dance floor in Brooklyn.

Photos from Philly

Eagle Rants

NO MORE LATE NIGHT CHANTS/SINGING IN THE QUAD PLEASE! Seriously, what is UP with The Eagle? OMG. Like, what is with the design for the Eagle Rants section? "*@#!2*%!"? Where the hell does the "2" come in? Redesign, Eagle, and save us the headache, thanks.

Sounding off on Eagles

"I am most proud of the championships, getting here twice when nobody gave us a chance."- Senior forward Frank Borden "My heart goes out to all the AU fans who came out to support us today."-Sophomore forward Nick Hendra "I want to support the home team and they have had a great season and I don't want it to end.

Idiotic vandals crash fundraiser

Well ... big surprise. A bunch of drunken idiots took a good thing and turned it bad. The Relay for Life event held this Friday and Saturday in Bender Arena should have been remembered for the $24,000 raised for cancer research. Instead it is remembered for three vandalized urinal dividers and other assorted hi-jinx.

Kerwin releases budget to campus

AU President Neil Kerwin released the fiscal year 2010 and 2011 budget information to the campus community last week. For FY2010, the university's budget is $456,700,000 and for FY2011 is $479,200,000.