Legal News

News

Weide film 'Peggs' humor on nose

By Brittany Horowitz | October 2

Celebrity lifestyles can either draw people in or repulse them. Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), in the new Robert B. Weide-directed film "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," is the type of person who cannot get enough of the realm of the rich and famous, but he also enjoys teasing the stars he idolizes.

---

Opinion

AU goes green

October 2

This week, The College Sustainability Report Card gave AU a respectable B- in its annual sustainability ratings for nationwide colleges and universities. This year's grade is a dramatic improvement over last year's grade of D-, which reflects hard work and improvement by students, administrators, faculty and staff alike.

---

News

Slip, slide and ride your way to orgasm aided by water-based lubes

By Mia Libido | October 2

It really hurts when I have sex. Is this normal? -Ouch! It Hurts Dear Ouch, Listen, I totally understand where you're coming from. I too came across this situation once and found different ways to help myself out. First of all, if it's your first, second or maybe even third time having sex it could definitely still hurt.

---

News

Matt Nathanson preview

By Traci J. Brooks | October 2

Girls - be careful who you turn down. If he's a guitar-playing nerd in high school, you just might be surprised to find he's written some very bitter songs about you 10 years later. Boston native Matt Nathanson, recently named one of VH1's "Artists You Oughta Know," has documented his numerous failed relationships.

---

Sports

Eagle staffers predict MLB Playoffs

October 2

Justin Hall: I am a Red Sox fan, so of course I am cheering for them. But if the Cubbies win, that would be awesome. Tom Feeney: I think it's going to be the Cubs vs. White Sox, with the Cubbies winning. Shaun Flynn: Cubs drought continues as Red Sox repeat.

---

News

Recycling program increases visibility

By Olivia Stitilis | October 2

In an effort to clear some confusion and increase efficiency, AU has adjusted its recycling initiative this semester by changing the recycling receptacles. The new containers, which arrived late this summer, are different colors and have slots to distinguish between those appropriate for mixed papers, bottles and cans.

---

News

Little 'trouble' for piñata fans

By Michael Carusi | October 2

Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise," sequel to the 2006 hit "Viva Piñata" for Xbox 360, has changed little of the basic game's concept, but the successful formula makes it hard to resist. You tend a green garden and must lure piñatas to your garden. By planting trees and flowers, building homes and gradually drawing rare critters to your garden, your patch of bare grass will flourish.

---

News

Kerwin won't sign Amethyst Initiative

By Hannah Taylor | October 2

AU President Neil Kerwin does not plan to sign the Amethyst Initiative, a proposal by a group of 121 college presidents who are lobbying to lower the legal drinking age to 18. The proposal's supporters claim that the current drinking age of 21 has resulted in dangerous habits of binge drinking and that alcohol abstinence education is not working.

---

News

D.C. to launch HIV awareness campaign

By Sarah Rudnick | October 2

AU students and professors say they believe D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's plan for a new HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to inform residents that the District has the highest rate HIV/AIDS in the nation is an important new step in reducing the rate. The D.C. Department of Health has drawn a multi-year contract with Fenty in order to educate D.

---

Opinion

Obama needs to be more than a celebrity

By Jong Eun Lee | October 2

If there is one word to summarize the message of Obama's campaign, it is probably "change." Obama has repeatedly proclaimed in this election that Americans have had enough with old style politics and it's time for change. It certainly is a good message; Americans like change and they are quite impressed by the meteoric rise of this charismatic, genuine candidate who seeks to bring innovation and optimism to U.

---

News

SigEp to charter Saturday

By Tamar Hallerman | October 2

AU's chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) will formally become the fraternity's D.C. Delta chapter in a ceremony Saturday. The chapter, currently considered a colony, will gain full fraternity status and receive its charter from the organization's national headquarters and grand chapter president.

---

Sports

It's all over for Red Sox Nation

By Tom Feeney | October 2

Yes Red Sox fans, that noise that's kept you awake is the pounding of obnoxious inflatable balloons. That image you see when you close your eyes is an innocent stuffed animal. You're tossing, you're turning and you keep flipping over to the other side of the pillow.

---

News

Calendar

October 2

Thursday, Oct. 2 Green on the Screen: A Killer Bargain 12:30-1:30 p.m. WHERE: Media Services Classroom, Bender Library INFO: The documentary "A Killer Bargain," part of the Green on the Screen film series, focuses on the human costs of globalization and the use of cheap consumer goods, where the price often doesn't reflect the human and environmental costs associated with its production.

---

News

'Girls' kiss, tell tales of culture shock

By Natalie Kirkpatrick | October 2

One set and four suitcases are all that a seven-person cast needs at Round House Theater in Bethesda to perform "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents," a show that Round House bills as "a sexy, sensual and wildly theatrical adaptation." At first glance, "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" is a humorous and uplifting story about four sisters abruptly moved from their home in the Dominican Republic to the United States.

---

News

Campus brief

October 2

The Student Advocacy Center will hold a Judicial Affairs and Mediation Services forum Thursday to allow students to state their concerns with JAMS policies. "The SAC is holding the forum to bring to light the students' perception of JAMS," said SAC Director Emily Whelden.

---

News

Student action receives 'C' in eco-rankings

By Anna Tuman | October 2

Despite Eco-Sense's efforts to make the campus 'greener,' AU received a B- from The College Sustainability Report Card in its 2009 evaluation. The College Sustainability Report Card is a Web site from the Sustainable Endowment Institute that grades universities on their sustainability practices.

---

News

National brief

October 2

A house in Saginaw, Mich., sold on eBay for $1.75, the Associated Press reported. Joanne Smith, a woman from Chicago, bought the property, which was foreclosed and scheduled to go up for auction next week. "I don't have any plans to move to Saginaw," she told The Saginaw News.

---