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Campus brief

February 19

AU Provost Scott Bass signed a five-year agreement with the National Archives, AU announced in a press release this week. The agreement will allow for collaborative work between teachers, students and the Archives. AU faculty will be able to work with members of the archive staff on projects; they will also be able to consult archive staff with questions.

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Privacy laws changed

By Lindsey Anderson | February 19

Recent changes in the Family Rights and Privacy Act clarify what information a college can disclose and under what circumstances, according to AU Dean of Students Robert Hradsky. The new regulations were announced by the Department of Education in December after more than a year of debate regarding the act, known as FERPA, and the shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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International brief

February 19

Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, the transit authority in Stockholm, Sweden, has demanded an arts university pay more than $10,000 after a student allegedly painted graffiti in a train and smashed a window, the BBC reported. Magnugs Nugstafsson submitted a video of the vandalism, titled "Territorial Pissing" as his art thesis at the University College of Arts, Craft and Design, according to the BBC.

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Nichols lacks luster, 'Red' stretches distance

February 19

The Dig "Demo" (Self-released) Sounds like: A rock band's journey into outer space Grade: B The Dig's follow-up demo to 2007's "Good Luck and Games EP" is an album that requires a second or third listen before judgment should be passed. What at first sounds like a dreary mash of sound and vocalizations filling every second of a song eventually resolves into understated alternative tunes that travel through a variety of musical moods and thought.

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Campus calendar

February 19

Thursday, Feb. 19 Workshop: "Job Searching in an Economic Downturn" 9:30-10:30 a.m. WHERE: Kogod School of Business, Harris Lounge INFO: Learn some career tips and tricks to give you an edge during struggling economic times at this event hosted by the Kogod Center for Career Development.

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Film fest addresses taboos

By Olivia Stitilis | February 16

An energetic crowd of different backgrounds and ages laughed together as comedian Dean Obeidallah joked about Muslim stereotypes and other topics often considered taboo on Friday night in the Tavern. The D.C. Muslim Film Festival, "Art Under Fire," sponsored by the American Islamic Congress and Project Nur, opened Feb. 13 at AU with a showing of "Stand Up: Muslim American Comics Come of Age," and a live performance by one of the comedians featured in the film, Obeidallah.

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Opinion

Op-Ed: American money does Colombia no good

By Andrea Bachmann | February 16

No AU student is a stranger to country-dropping. We constantly toss our abroad experiences into conversation, creating this constant dialogue on who went where and when, and the way that people and parties and politics operate in said country. While I've made my fair share of contributions to this discourse, my latest international escapade made a much more significant impact than any drunken night in Barcelona or intellectual afternoon at the Louvre.

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Opinion

I am gay. I am a Republican. So what?

By Alex Knepper | February 16

I am a gay Republican. I am not "self-hating." I am not confused. I am comfortable enough with my sexuality to think of myself in terms of traits other than simply my sexual orientation. I believe that my attraction to the same sex should have no bearing to my thoughts on tax policy, trade, foreign affairs or abortion.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Professor Rossiter: Global warming far from fact

By Caleb Stewart Rossiter | February 16

I am pleased that in response to the concerns that I raised in a letter to The Eagle (2/9) Kelly Nolin of the Center for Teaching Excellence admits (letter, 2/12) that it is "provocative" for CTE to encourage AU professors to "require students to undertake actions to reduce their ecological footprint [and] encourage students to pressure their congressional representatives to enact environmental protection measures.

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Sports

Sports briefs

February 16

AU WRESTLING SUFFERS FIRST HOME LOSS OF SEASON The AU wrestling team lost its first home match of the year, falling to the University of Maryland, College Park, 26-11 Saturday night. The loss drops the Eagles' record on the year to 11-5. Nationally ranked No.

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Opinion

New dorm security not worth cost

February 16

It only takes one ugly incident to remind those living in the dorms that their living quarters are far from invulnerable. Thankfully, AU has not had such an incident in quite some time. The worst that dorm-dwellers have to deal with are untimely fire alarms and the occasional petty vandalism.

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News

'Jammin' redeemed with 'Bang'

By Traci J. Brooks | February 16

If Saturday's show at Jammin Java indicated the future of music, the world is in trouble. After four bands' worth of guitars pushed to the max, singers who couldn't stay in one key and drummers that had issues keeping rhythm, only the mildly sophisticated Crash Boom Bang - the headliners celebrating their debut CD release - could resurrect what was an altogether failure of a concert.

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'Friday the 13th' thrills without chills

By Bryan Koenig | February 16

The latest in the line of icons of the horror genre, the 2009 remake/re-imagining of "Friday the 13th," does its due diligence. With their heart rates accelerated, eyes wide and waiting for the next gruesome end, audiences expecting a slasher film that does Jason Voorhees justice will not be disappointed.

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Metro brief

February 16

A carjacking suspect shot at police Thursday night at Third and Upshur streets N.W. after the police attempted to stop the suspect's car, The Washington Post reported. Authorities said a man wearing a ski mask and black clothing forced a woman out of her SUV at the 300 block of Taylor Street, N.

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Campus brief

February 16

AU's Residence Hall Association won four awards at the No-Frills conference Feb. 8. Among the four awards granted was the School of the Year for the Central Atlantic Region award - "the highest honor a member school can obtain," according to Jay Nagle, RHA's national communications coordinator and a junior in the Kogod School of Business.

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Metro calendar

February 16

Monday, Feb. 16 Ford's Theatre open house 9 a.m.-5 p.m. WHERE: Ford's Theatre, 511 10th St. N.W. METRO: Metro Center (red, orange and blue lines) INFO: Plays and National Park Service ranger-led talks will celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.

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Mash-ups look for legitimacy

By Katrina Casino | February 16

You hear the opening chords to The Beatles' "Let It Be." The progression is familiar: slow and marching with a three-chord cadence at the end. As the final chords ring, you anticipate Paul McCartney's familiar vocals, but instead a different line comes in: "Honey came in and she caught me red handed / Creeping with the girl next door / Picture this we were both butt naked / Banging on the bathroom floor.

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