Annie Clark is talented, funny and beautiful. Her finger-picking is lovely, her power chords ugly, her skin so fair, her hair dark and everywhere. She, like the music she makes under the pseudonym St. Vincent, is high contrast, and she brought the entire spectrum of that contrast to her concert at the Rock and Roll Hotel Tuesday night.
Anyone who is sexually active should be prepared to confront sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Despite what you learned in your abstinence-only high school sex ed course, you won't get every STI every time you have sex, but when you are unprotected and exposed, you run the risk of getting chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, HPV and HIV, among others.
The foreign-policy cynics among us certainly rejoiced this week over Cuban President Fidel Castro's resignation. At the isolated nation's helm for almost 50 years, Castro had done little to satisfy the needs of the people he claimed to represent in his January 1952 coup d'état, so the change in leadership was certainly long overdue.
In "Prospective SG candidates begin campaigning," the article incorrectly stated that SG election was scheduled for March 4 and 5. The election is actually March 5 and 6. In "A-Tec students struggle to be heard," the front page photo was not credited. The photographer is Traci Brooks.
Members of the Undergraduate Senate said they intend to override Student Government President Joe Vidulich's expected veto of the smoking bill at their next meeting. Vidulich told senators about his decision to veto the bill in an e-mail Tuesday night. The senate passed the bill during its meeting Sunday.
Thursday, February 28 "From the Streets to the Gallery: How Contemporary Art Is Being Influenced by the Urban Experience" 6:30-8:30 p.m. WHERE: Katzen Arts Center, room 151 INFO: New York curators Marc and Sara Schiller present a visual lecture on graffiti art and the role it plays in the contemporary art scene.
Social change is possible through a method known as viral marketing, which uses the means of online video and social networking to promote a product or idea, McArthur, the one-named vice president of Free Range Studios, said during a forum on environmental activism and new media Tuesday.
Bender was buzzing last night as the women's basketball team clinched a share of the Patriot League title in a 69-37 win against the Navy Midshipmen. AU came out strong from the start, establishing a 9-0 lead off of a Talicia Jackson three-pointer. It would not be long before Navy answered back, bringing the score up to 9-4 with back-to-back baskets.
In a strange fate of timing, I arrived back in Madrid from Barcelona, just a few hours after Kosovo broke away from Serbia and declared its independence. Kosovo, though formally part of Serbia, had been under U.N. and NATO control since the end of the Kosovo War in 1999.
Dessert Pizza Cooking Time: 15 minutes Servings: 6 I have a major sweet tooth for chocolate and always try to think of new ways to eat it. I had heard of the idea of a dessert pizza before, so I thought I would give it a try with some of my favorite things: Nutella, chocolate chips and marshmallows.
Human error and theft of property were the primary causes of information security breaches at universities worldwide last year, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported earlier this month. The Educational Security Incidents Year in Review, a Web site that tracked news coverage of the incidents, found that of the 139 incidents reported in 2007, 53 were due to "unauthorized disclosure of sensitive material" or mistakes made by university personnel.
Recently, the campus has come alive with the possibility that the first-place men's basketball team could be heading to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament or the National Invitational Tournament. With a victory next Wednesday, coupled with a loss by Navy, the Eagles would clinch the Patriot League regular season title and an automatic birth to the NIT.
All students, staff, faculty and visitors who use the AU shuttle deserve greater reliability and service. Transportation Services continues to fall short of its obligation to serve disabled members of our school community. Don't get me wrong, Transportation Services has made great leaps in the past few years, and for this, they should be commended.
Thursday, February 28 "From the Streets to the Gallery: How Contemporary Art Is Being Influenced by the Urban Experience" 6:30-8:30 p.m. WHERE: Katzen Arts Center, room 151 INFO: New York curators Marc and Sara Schiller present a visual lecture on graffiti art and the role it plays in the contemporary art scene.
Regular visitors to the National Museum of Natural History would not have been surprised at the large crowds of small children last Saturday. On this particular day, however, crowds piled not into reliable favorites like the prehistoric gallery or the photography exhibit, but into a new permanent two-part exhibit: "Butterflies and Plants: Partners in Evolution," which opened Friday.
It took all of regulation and two overtimes, but the women's lacrosse team secured its first victory of the 2008 season, defeating the Davidson Wildcats on the road Saturday 11-10. The Eagles jumped out to an early 3-1 lead on goals by junior Kira Sonberg and seniors Brittany Finnegan and Lauren Askionoff.
As prominent celebrities and politicians speak out about protecting the environment, fashion designers quickly follow suit. More and more, high fashion has incorporated eco-conscious trends-and surprisingly, we love what we're seeing. This year on Jan. 31, Earth Pledge staged its first "FutureFashion" show.
If serious change is going to occur to prevent global warming, it needs to happen soon and people will need to demand change from the government, Jacob Scherr, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's International program, said Thursday night. The Bush administration's actions have not helped the situation, he said.
"Be Kind Rewind" might seem like a regressive step for famed French director Michel Gondry. Compared to his last two fictional films, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "The Science of Sleep," this flick starring Jack Black and Mos Def appears downright ordinary - not ordinary in the sense that it is mediocre, which it certainly is not, but ordinary in the sense that it is simple.
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