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Historic lessons loom over empire

By Joe Wenner | February 23

Afghanistan: where empires go to die. Or so history would make us believe. First, it was the British - fresh from their conquest of India - that attempted to occupy the country in 1839. A short three years and some 20,000 casualties later, the Brits left to try again somewhere else.

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News

Financial aid pilot program comes to end

By William F Zeman | February 23

AU will not be affected by the U.S. Department of Education's plan to end a pilot program which allowed schools to experiment with waiving federal financial aid regulations. The Experimental Sites Initiative was launched in 1995 by Former Education Secretary Richard Riley.

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News

Metro brief

February 23

The last car of a six-car Metrorail train derailed at the Mount Vernon Square station Thursday evening, The Washington Post reported. No injuries were reported as a result of the derailment, which occurred around 6:30 p.m. on a section of the yellow line that is shared with the green line, the Post reported.

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News

Celebs trade Tweets

By Jordan Coughenour | February 23

If you've ever wondered what Rainn Wilson occupies himself with when he's not beet farming as his persona of Dwight on "The Office" or how Tina Fey spends her time between takes as "Girlie Show" producer Liz Lemon on "30 Rock," you need to seriously update your Tweeple.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: FERPA loopholes should be closed, not opened further

By Jeffrey Deutsch | February 23

I completely agree with your Feb. 19 staff editorial "Small change, big trouble." There are too many holes in the Family Rights and Privacy Act as it is. Colleges and universities can already discuss records of disciplinary offenses (involving any sex or violence) with whomever they see fit.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Eagle coverage of staff- produced plays lacking

By David Pritchard | February 23

I was very disappointed that The Eagle failed to write a review for, or even cover, the Department Of Performing Arts' recent production of Noel Coward's "Hay Fever" in the Scene section of their publication. I understand that it is not possible for this paper to cover everything, but I feel that more effort could be made in terms of covering on-campus theater.

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Opinion

D.C. voting needs creative solution

By Jong Eun Lee | February 23

After years of effort, it appears as if those who have long strived for D.C. voting rights might finally have their wish. The U.S. Senate has scheduled a preliminary vote on Feb. 24 on a measure to give D.C. full voting rights in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Opinion

All students have the right to know

February 23

Students still living on-campus who were smart - or obsessive-compulsive - enough to read all the e-mails sent by the AU administration learned Saturday that a student has contracted the notoriously scary disease - tuberculosis. This unwelcome news was e-mailed along with a handy fact-sheet from the Centers for Disease and Control.

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News

Political clubs discuss health care, stimulus

By Jordyn Phelps | February 23

The College Republicans and Democrats exchanged words mostly along party lines on Wednesday night in a debate about the $787 billion stimulus package and President Obama's proposed heath care plan. "Republicanism is about you and I," said David Lindgren, a freshman in the School of International Service and one of the debaters for the College Republicans.

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News

Fruity flapjacks make lips smack

By David Lewis | February 23

Fruity, funky, folky flapjacks. The idea came to me while I was making blueberry pancakes. I already knew how to make banana pancakes and orange pancakes, both delicious. Why not combine all three recipes? So I conducted this food experiment. Doubling the recipe, we ended up making at least 20-25 pancakes while listening to folk music on my laptop - hence the title of the dish.

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News

AU redefines beauty

By Lauren Linhard | February 23

Media outlets define the idea of beauty. The size zero woman in a barely-there outfit with long, flowing hair appears on every ad page of every magazine. Close your eyes and you can picture her because her image has been burned into your brain. However, a movement has begun in which living beauty is recognized.

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Sports

Second half surge lifts AU past Holy Cross

By Andrew Tomlinson | February 23

Despite a slow start, AU senior guard Garrison Carr's game-high 28 points helped lead the Eagles past their rival, College of the Holy Cross Saturday. Both teams came out at the beginning of the game and struggled to get their offenses going. After five minutes, both teams had a combined total of 16 rebounds and only eight points.

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News

'Halo Wars' expands horizons with RTS

By Michael Conte | February 23

Real-time strategy games typically don't translate well from computers to consoles, as controllers obviously aren't as precise as a mouse. It's not surprising, then, that "Halo Wars" aims to redefine the RTS genre as something different for consoles. "Halo Wars" is best described as the RTS for the "Halo" fan: it's exciting, dynamic and not tremendously complex, sacrificing the scale of the modern PC RTS in favor of easy controls and fluid gameplay.

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Sports

Track and Field brief

February 23

AU senior runner Carlos Jamieson raced his way to a first place finish in the 5000 meters at the Patriot League indoor track championship at the U.S. Naval Academy Saturday. Jamieson was the only individual representative of the AU men's track team and finished the 5K with a personal best time of 14:25.

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News

National brief

February 23

A Pennsylvania library has been closed for almost two weeks due to the smell from a skunk that may have gotten inside the library, the Associated Press reported. Officials closed the Allensville branch of the Mifflin County library on Feb. 10 after the smell spread throughout the building.

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News

'Heathers' still darkly funny after twenty

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | February 23

Before there was "Mean Girls," before there was "Juno" or "Saved!," there was "Heathers." As the cult classic turns 20 years old, its devilish humor and dark satire of high school life irreverently casts as bright a light on teenage anxiety as ever before.

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News

Campus brief

February 23

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kay Mussell will take the post of interim senior vice provost and dean of academic affairs in June, despite her earlier announcement in October that she would be beginning a sabbatical after the close of the academic year, according to a Feb.

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