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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Date rape drug detectors are unreliable

October 16

In response to Ms. Lincoln's recent column on date rape drugs, we felt it pertinent to respond to some of the claims that were made since the Wellness Center is the primary provider of free sexual health materials on campus. The date rape drug detection kits that Ms.

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Sports

Eagles stun Hoyas

By Shaun Flynn | October 16

Senior midfielder Phil Purdy connected on a penalty kick in the 68th minute, giving the AU men's soccer team the momentum in a 4-1 comeback victory over Georgetown University on Reeves Field Tuesday. AU played its most complete game of the season, beating a Georgetown team that has bounced in and out of the top 25 national rankings this season.

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News

Top five mavericks at AU

October 16

You know, there are lots of people and things at this great university that could maverick their way in or out of nearly every ... thing. The Scene really has a way of reachin' across the aisle and takin' the best from here and there and findin' out just what's right.

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News

Missing alumna released from Syria

By Rebecca Kern | October 16

Two American journalists, including an AU alumna, were released into U.S. custody last Thursday after being detained in a Syrian prison for crossing border from Lebanon aided by smugglers. Holli Chmela, 27, a 2003 AU graduate and former Eagle staffer, and Taylor Luck, 23, claimed they were "kidnapped" by a taxi driver in Lebanon.

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Opinion

Undecided voters will make final decision

By Jacob Shelly | October 16

All over the world, people have hyped the significance of this year's presidential and vice presidential debates. Australia's Canberra Times proclaimed "McCain, Obama Debates Crucial." The Guardian in London stoked the "make-or-break presidential debates." And here in the United States, viewers have tuned in at historic levels.

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News

Program encourages fitness

By Nicole Glass | October 16

The Jacobs Fitness Center plans to host the Turkey Slim-down, a fitness contest throughout the pre-holiday season, in which AU students may participate to try to burn the most calories. The center's staff named the program, which it calls a "holiday calorie workout challenge.

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News

'Happy' Hawkins shines

By Donny T Sheldon | October 16

In a radical departure from his somber social realist films, Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky" is an effervescent comedy that questions how difficult it is to truly be happy. The film chronicles the trials and tribulations of Poppy, a charming and unwaveringly optimistic primary school teacher, as she blissfully carouses through her North London life.

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News

Annual documentary series to begin this week

By Olivia Stitilis | October 13

The ninth annual Human Rights Film Series, which begins Thursday, will highlight social issues through up-to-date documentaries, according to Micael Boger, the project manager for the School of Communication's Center for Social Media. The Center for Social Media and the Washington College of Law's Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law will present the series, which is open to both the AU community and the public.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: College Dems are no good

By Caleb Enerson | October 13

It was with great joy that I read today's article about the AU Club Council funding allocations. As long as I can remember, the College Republicans and the College Democrats have received the same amount of funding, in an attempt to ostensibly promote fairness.

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News

'Rocky' remains queen of cult

By Jordan Coughenour | October 13

Beginning in the late 1970s, doing the Time Warp and throwing objects that ranged from toast to toilet paper became a notoriously scandalous right of passage into the unascertained realms of sexual exploration - all because of the classic cult flick "The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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News

National brief

October 13

The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the state's three-year-old ban on same-sex marriage Friday. Connecticut is the third state to legalize same-sex marriage, after California overturned a similar ban in May and Massachusetts took similar action in 2004, according to The New York Times.

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News

Horror series plot lacks sophisticated graphics

By Michael Conte | October 13

Horror games have certainly blossomed as a genre since the days of "Resident Evil." "Silent Hill," the second great horror series that emerged on PlayStation, relied on disturbing images and sound design to craft psychologically scary atmospheres, rather than simply having zombies jumping out of dark corners.

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News

Fulsom reflects on Watergate

By Clint Rice | October 13

School of Public Affairs professor Donald Fulsom said during a "Professors Are People, Too" event Thursday night that when he was a White House correspondent in the early 1970s, he was the first person to connect the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in the Watergate complex to Richard Nixon's presidential re-election campaign.

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News

Campus brief

October 13

AU's board of trustees approved the Strategic Planning Committee's progress during their meeting in late September, President Neil Kerwin said in an e-mail to the campus community Wednesday. "The trustees were impressed with the process that has brought the plan to its current state and with the quality of analysis and ideas presented in both themes and goals," he said in the e-mail.

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Opinion

U.S. needs to rethink its racial classifiers

By Kristen Powell | October 13

To the United States and for Americans, everything is a binary. If you're not male, you're female; if you're not a Democrat, you're a Republican; if you're not white, you're black. Anything that doesn't fit into the neat categories we create is of little value to us; just ask Ralph Nader.

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News

Crooner connects, jokes with students

By Traci J. Brooks | October 13

Neon lights, a sound board and a stage replaced the Tavern's usual décor of tables and chairs Saturday night, while fans began lining up an hour before the doors to welcome Josh Kelley and Sam Grow to AU. Kelley paired his college sense of humor with his pop-rock sound to create a show that could be described more as a dialogue between band and audience than the typical one-sided performance.

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News

Trends fade, ink lasts forever

By Brittney Dunkins & Kristen Pionati | October 13

Tattoos are the most permanent fashion accessory one can buy. They are essentially just like a belt, earrings or necklace - except you can't take it off. If you are thinking about getting a tattoo, consider why you want one. Is it because "everyone" has one, or do you want to make your parents angry? Or do you want to make a personal statement with a beautiful piece of artwork on your body? The latter is a more sensible reason to get a tattoo.

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