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Opening statements from College Republicans and College Democrats' debate

October 9

Below are the statements read at last night's debate between the College Republicans and College Democrats. The Eagle chose not to edit them for content or style and reproduced them on this page exactly as submitted. The views expressed are those of the respective organization and do not represent The Eagle's views.

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News

Generosity translates in every language

By Laraine Weschler | October 9

This past week, I lived in a fishbowl. I swam around in circles while snot-nosed children pressed their fingers to the glass, intrigued by the way my scales gleamed in the sun. I have never felt so naked. After bouncing over dirt roads in the bed of a truck for several hours, I was greeted by the sound of bare feet pounding over hard red clay.

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News

International brief

October 9

Two Americans, including one AU alumna, are missing in Lebanon, and the U.S. embassy is appealing for information about their whereabouts, the Associated Press reported. Holli Chmela, 27, an AU alumna and former Eagle staffer, and Taylor Luck, 23, were en route from Beirut to Tripoli, according to the AP.

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News

Convoluted plot confuses 'world'

By Hilary Leister | October 9

Edmond Gosse, a famous English critic, wrote in 1888 "'The Way of the World' is the best-written, the most dazzling, the most intellectually accomplished of all English comedies, perhaps of all the comedies of the world." Unfortunately, I would have to disagree with Gosse's synopsis.

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News

Football film falls short

By Jillian Blazek | October 9

Everyone loves an inspirational sports movie, and "The Express," although by no means Oscar-worthy, fulfills the genre's standard expectations. "The Express," based on the life of the first black Heisman Trophy-winner Ernie Davis, chronicles the story of how Davis' life ended tragically when he succumbed to leukemia at age 23 during his first season with the Cleveland Browns football team.

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News

New details of Va. Tech massacre released

By Kaitlin Scanlan | October 6

New details from the tragedy at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, were recently revealed in 59 pages of handwritten notes that chronicled the shooting deaths of 32 people on the campus in Blacksburg, Va. While no shootings like this have ever happened at AU, this tragedy sparked several additions to AU's security system.

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Sports

Sports briefs

October 6

Men's soccer brief Men's soccer opens PL play with 1-1 tie against Lafayette Senior Karsten Smith's 78th minute goal provided the only offense the AU men's soccer team would need to tie Lafayette College in the Patriot League's season opener. With neither team recording a shot on goal in the first half, it would be the Leopards who got on the scoreboard first, as Wayne Maminski took a pass from Stephen Macurdy and put it past AU goaltender Matt Makowski for a 1-0 lead.

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News

National Brief

October 6

The House of Representatives voted 263-171 to approve a $700 billion bill Friday that is meant to aid the ailing financial industry. The rescue package marks the greatest government financial intervention in the private sector since the Great Depression, according to The Washington Post.

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News

Hradsky to serve as dean of students

By Clint Rice | October 6

Dr. Robert Hradsky will start as the new dean of students and assistant vice president of Campus Life Oct. 20. Hradsky was one of several candidates for the position who went through a series of interviews and presentations in August, including interviews with students, Office of Campus Life staff and AU President Neil Kerwin.

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News

Quality investments worth hefty price tag

October 6

Fashion may not be what you choose to spend the majority of your money on with mounting textbook and lab fees, but it's important to remember that while it may seem efficient to amass large quantities of clothing at bargain prices, quality is important and necessary in a wardrobe.

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News

Metro Brief

October 6

Union Station celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday and commemorated the occasion over the weekend with a series of free public events. These events included an exhibit of historic locomotives and passenger cars in addition to modern Amtrak equipment.

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Opinion

Credit crunch hits student loans

October 6

The recent downturn on Wall Street was bound to hit home sooner or later. As the credit crisis stretches on, the interest rates on student loans have begun to creep upwards. Student loan interest rates, which traditionally hover around 11 to 12 percent, are now around 13 to 14 percent.

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News

IFC approves TKE as new fraternity colony

By Nicole Glass | October 6

AU's Interfraternity Council recognized a new fraternity on campus, Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), which officially advanced from an interest group to a colony Wednesday. AU's TKE colony currently has 17 members, according to AU TKE President Josh Linder. Students from AU's Tenley campus started the process of founding a TKE colony during the last academic year, according to IFC President John Barber.

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News

University officials discuss ending SATs as admission criteria

By Bo Banducci | October 6

Four AU staff members attended a Seattle conference in late September during which Harvard University Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons presented the results of a study that showed the SAT is an imprecise indicator of college success. The study was meant to critically assess the way colleges implement test scores in their admissions processes.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Republicans are no longer fiscally conservative

By William J. Haun | October 6

Apparently, in spite of how much we were told how "critical" and "important" it was that this bailout was passed "immediately," the U.S. Senate still found time to load up the bill with special projects and pork. Some of the goodies in this bill include an exemption from a 39-cent excise tax for children's wooden practice arrows, an extension of credits for businesses that employ residents of Indian reservations, millions for filmmakers, and wool research.

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International Brief

October 6

A seven-year-old Australian boy broke into an Australian zoo Friday, fed several animals to the zoo's 11-foot-long crocodile and bashed in the heads of three lizards with a rock, the director of the Alice Springs Reptile Centre told the New York Times. The boy threw several animals, including the zoo's treasured 20-year-old goanna, a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards, into the crocodile's pen, The Times reported.

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Sports

Eagles offense struggles

By Justin Hall | October 6

The AU women's soccer team suffered its third consecutive 1-0 defeat on Saturday afternoon, falling to the Colgate University Red Raiders. The loss is the sixth in a row for the team, dropping their season record to 3-8-1. Colgate came out of the gate with a strong offensive push, taking their first two shots on goal within in the opening ten minutes of the game but was turned away each time by AU freshman goalkeeper Arianna Efstathiou.

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