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Candidates seek AUSG positions

March 26

The following students are candidates for Student Government offices for the 2009-2010 academic year. All undergraduate students may vote online March 31 and April 1 on the my.american.edu portal.

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Campus brief

March 26

AU Provost Scott A. Bass announced the faculty that will be honored in this year's annual Faculty Recognition Dinner in a campus-wide e-mail yesterday. In order to qualify for an award, a faculty member must "exemplify excellence in scholarship, service and teachings," or be celebrating a landmark anniversary in the number of years they have been teaching - anywhere from 25 to 40 years, according to the e-mail.

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"Wedding" bells ring on quad

By Ethan Klapper | March 26

Part of the main quad became a marriage chapel Wednesday afternoon when the Queers and Allies club marked Freedom to Marry Day - a nationwide celebration for LGBT marriage equality. About 80 faux marriages were performed between noon and 4 p.m., according to club president John Marzabadi, a junior in the School of Public Affairs.

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Sports

Capitals' slide continues

By Andrew Tomlinson | March 26

With only a handful of games to go it might be time to hit the panic button and start worrying about the Washington Capitals play. The season end near its end, closing the playoff race is anything but over in the Southeastern Division. The Capitals have won only five of their last 12 and have allowed the Carolina Hurricanes to sneak back into the playoff race.

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Police blotter

March 26

March 18 The Metropolitan Police Department, D.C. Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services and the Department of Public Safety responded to a report of an intoxicated individual in Anderson Hall. Upon arrival, the individual was unconscious and unresponsive but breathing on her own.

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Opinion

Catch-all accusations obfuscate real debate

By Jacob Shelly | March 26

Dahlia Lithwick's Slate column last week was predictably strong, engaging and insightful. She astutely dissected the many ways in which Republican opposition to Elena Kagan and Dawn Johnsen - President Obama's nominees for solicitor general and assistant attorney general - is riddled with hypocrisy.

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Sports

When a fan cannot cheer

By Andrew Tomlinson | March 26

What is a journalist to do when the team he must cover has changed from just an average squad to his alma mater's program? The simple answer is to leave everything to the action on the court. As a sports journalist, I cover teams I have some prior investment in.

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AU center counsels troubled

By Lindsey Anderson | March 26

The most common age for mental health issues to arise is between 18 and 25, according to AU Counseling Center Director Wanda Collins. The statistic is not surprising to many AU students. Diane Beyers, a freshman in the School of Public Affairs, said she knows people who are battling depression.

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AU grad student led life of service

By Nicole Glass | March 26

Adeyinka Adesioye, a 2003 graduate from the School of Public Affairs and an SPA master's candidate, died Monday. Adesioye, 27, expected to graduate from SPA this semester. Patrick Ukata, director of the ABTI-American University of Nigeria's (AAUN) D.C. office on AU's campus, said he had no specific details on the cause of Adesioye's death.

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D.C. grows 'Garden'

By Kristen Powell | March 26

The glare of the spotlight is often too much for a celebrity just coming off a hit film. What's worse is if that film is a documentary, and you can't escape the character you're known for. But Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, cousin of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, embraced the spotlight in the years following the release of the cult hit "Grey Gardens," the Maysles brothers' documentary about her and her mother's estate of the same name.

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Top 10 Bromances

March 26

While recent blockbusters have given credence to the word "bromance," the special kind of affection between two platonic (brotonic?) male friends has been around for millennia. Here is The Scene's salute to true bro-love. 10) Matt Damon and Ben Affleck You know what they say about winning an Oscar with your best guy friend: Bromance is in the air.

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Campus offices earn Eco-Sense approval

By Sam Lindauer | March 26

A division of Eco-Sense is working on eco-certifying offices on campus to ensure that they are environmentally friendly. What makes an office Eco-Certified is an adherence to the criteria presented by Eco-Sense. The criteria followed in the office are designed to make it, and ultimately the entire campus, more environmentally sustainable.

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Opinion

Eagle Rants

March 26

I really wish that people would just learn to say "hi." If you've met someone before, it's the polite think to do. Wow, those Pike pledges sure were disrespectful at Relay for Life last Friday ... cancer isn't funny. I hate how entitled everyone at AU is.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: AUTO editorial bungles debate's argument

By Spencer Siegel | March 26

Monday's staff editorial in The Eagle about the harms of expanding the 50-mile limit on AUTO vans misrepresents the efforts of the Debate Society and other student groups. The editorial claims that we're jeopardizing the entire AUTO program. The letter we wrote to the university never stated that AUTO was the solution.

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Prof: Hamas ready for peace

By Olivia Stitilis | March 26

The Islamic Palestinian group Hamas is essential within the peace process, School of International Service Professor Robert Pastor said on Tuesday afternoon at AU. AU and Washington College of Law students met with Pastor during the event - "Hamas and the Future of Peace in the Middle East.

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Sports

Diamonds in the rough

By Charlie Szold and Tim Lynch | March 26

When drafting your fantasy baseball team this year, there are several players you should highlight. Every fantasy owner knows about Ryan Howard, Albert Pujols, and Manny Ramirez. These players will earn plenty of points but these are the guys that will win you a championship.

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Sports

WBC: Classic or clunker?

By Justin Hall | March 26

The warming weather, the budding flowers and the chirping birds can only mean one thing: its time for baseball. Every year, millions of fans across the country, myself included, look forward to this time as the point in the year when the ground thaws, the days grow longer and the crack of a wooden bat against cowhide ball fills the air.

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