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Dorm security may change

By Tamar Hallerman | February 16

Despite mixed reactions from residents about the double-barrier security system installed in Letts Hall over winter break, Director of Housing and Dining Programs Chris Moody said his team wants to expand the security system to the rest of the residence halls within the next few years. Until this semester, Letts residents only had to use swipe access once when they entered the building - at the front door, with an AU identification card. That is the same system used in all other dorms on campus, except Nebraska Hall. Moody said the double-barrier system adds another layer of security to Letts, where students must swipe their IDs again to get through the doors that lead to the residential part of the building.

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News

Author expresses hope for Iraq

By Lindsey Anderson | February 16

For the first time, the situation in Iraq does not feel like utter chaos, according to Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author. He said he noticed the difference when he recently visited the country and found it to be quite different from how it was between 2003 and 2006.

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News

What restaurants do you want at AU?

February 16

"I want something that will take a meal swipe. I think that that's more important because if you look at on the weekends, there's nothing besides TDR, and TDR is not always the best option, depending on what food you're looking for. I don't care what kind of food it is as long as I can use a meal swipe.

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Opinion

Correction for Feb. 12

February 16

In "Clubs find peace through Frisbee," the next Ultimate Peace event was incorrectly reported as being scheduled to take place Feb. 22. In fact, the event will be held March 22. The Eagle regrets the error.

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News

New D.C. public library policy bans naps in facility

By Marisa Kendall | February 16

Although the D.C. Public Library system recently imposed stricter security measures that include banning visitors from sleeping in branch libraries, AU students can continue to nap in Bender Library without risk of penalization. The new regulations are part of a larger policy review aimed at making the library more welcoming, according to George Williams, public information officer for the D.C. Public Library system. There was originally a rule in place prohibiting patrons from napping for longer than 15 minutes, but it proved difficult to enforce.

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Opinion

Copyright conundrum

February 16

Copyright law doesn't usually attract much attention from the college crowd, until it threatens their quality of life. There has been much controversy recently about whether musical artists who create mash-ups - new works that borrow samples from a number of sources - are in violation of fair use policy.

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Opinion

Strong liberal needed on high court

By Jacob Shelly | February 16

In 2005, the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist and the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor marked the end of an 11-year-long drought of Supreme Court vacancies. Last week, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized for pancreatic cancer - a reminder that several more Supreme Court justices may be approaching the end of the their careers.

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News

Golden girls take on villainy

By Jordan Coughenour | February 16

Hell hath no fury like a woman in skintight leather. Or at least that's what Hollywood seems to make of the classic William Congreve quotation. With the remake of "Friday the 13th" coming into theatres this week, it's as fine a time as any to look back and remember some of the more striking villainesses in movie history.

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Sports

Eagles triumph, 60-38

By Justin Hall | February 16

A big start and a strong finish were the perfect ingredients for the AU women's basketball team to cruise to a 60-38 victory over the Colgate University Raiders Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Eagles' record to 8-2 in the Patriot League and 18-7 overall on the season.

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National brief

February 16

Inmates at a county jail in southeastern Iowa could find themselves paying for toilet paper, according to the Des Moines Register. Des Moines County officials were looking into the idea to help meet a $1.7 million budget shortfall, the Register reported. The idea is under consideration in response to an edict by the county's Board of Supervisors that said departments needed to cut costs if they wished to avoid furloughs or layoffs, according to the Register.

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News

Brit musical farce never gets sea legs

By Ali Goldstein | February 16

Admittedly, the recently opened musical comedy "Pluck - The Titanic Show," at the Bethesda Theatre, has a far-fetched premise. Three musicians aboard the infamous Titanic weave together familiar classical music melodies to recount their stories as the boat sinks.

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International brief

February 16

A Dutch city is missing its municipal pornography collection, the Associated Press reported. Erik Krikke, a spokesman for the city of Leeuwarden, told the AP a city employee or visitor may have accidentally taken the collection, which is small enough to fit in a moving box.

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Opinion

ISBN numbers aid thrifty students

February 12

Money is getting tight and college is still expensive. Any little bit of money saved is a victory for cash strapped students. Thankfully, AU's Undergraduate Senate and the U.S. Senate are keeping students in mind. The Undergraduate Senate passed a resolution Feb. 1 that called for the Campus Store to list textbook ISBN numbers online, making it easier for students to buy books online.

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News

NYC moves 'Fiction'

By Kristen Powell | February 12

For most bands, the tour is where your stories come from. For some bands, like the New York-based quartet Finding Fiction, there's no place like home. "Our guitar player [Nathan Corsi] got mugged basically like two weeks ago," said Mario Santana, lead vocalist and guitarist.

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Opinion

Satire: "Okay, we're done here," says SIS construction crew

By Dan Rosa | February 12

AU's new School of International Service building is complete, according to contractors. "Wow. It's amazing to finally be done," Project Foreman Chris Nelson said as he peered down into the huge, gaping hole his crew dug. "It took us more than a year, but now the final phase-cementing the crane in the middle of the hole - is complete.

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Opinion

Op-Ed: AU needs to offer more credits off-campus

By Ty Tillett | February 12

"It's too expensive." This is the first statement made by hundreds, if not thousands, of students who are admitted to AU each year. The university justifies the cost by emphasizing the fact that we are in D.C. and the opportunities for internships are endless.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Students are not being "brainwashed" just informed

By Kelly Nolin | February 12

In an Op-Ed piece last week, professor Caleb Stewart Rossiter asserted "AU's 'Green Teaching Certificate' promotes bias." As the manager of the Center for Teaching Excellence's Faculty Corner, which administrates this program, I feel that professor Rossiter misrepresented the intent of the Green Teaching Certificate.

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