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SG passes 2008 budget ins special session

By Cassie Passinault | April 23

The Undergraduate Senate passed the 2008 Student Government budget on April 18. The $558,000 budget, which passed on a vote of 15 yea, 2 nay and one absentention, was distributed between the many executive based departments and class and school councils.

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'Elliot' examines three generations of soldiers

By Pamela Fernandez | April 23

Three wars, three generations of Puerto Ricans and the fight for one country that is not theirs: the United States. "Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue" and its up-and-coming Hispanic playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes give a voice to the loyal soldiers who cannot elect the president nor have voice in the congress but still join the US Army Forces with patriotism.

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AU policy requires bike rack use

By McKayle Davison | April 23

As the weather in the District improves, more American University students are riding bicycles to school and finding it more difficult to find safe places to store them. As spring arrives, the racks are becoming overcrowded and some students resort to locking their bikes to railings or benches.

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Wonder Woman, Buffy debut hot new comics

By Todd Matthy | April 23

Many critics dismiss superhero comic books as a genre for males to fulfill their adolescent power fantasies, but the past few weeks have proven that nothing could be further from the truth. Over the last two weeks the success of female superheroes and female comic book creators has shown that there is a place for strong women in the superhero genre, and championing the cause are none other then the first superwoman, Wonder Woman and her spiritual successor Buffy.

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Sports

Rugby will lose four starters to graduation

By Justin Hall | April 23

With the end of the spring rugby season, the AU Men's rugby team will be losing four players to graduation. Max Kopper, president of the club and starting No. 8, Sven Romberg vice president and starting flanker and Mark Viola starting prop, all forward positions, brought strength, heart, and intensity against every team the Eagles faced.

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Opinion

Working Toward a Pax Americana

By Caleb Enerson | April 23

To the joy of some (NCOR) and the disappointment of others (Mom and Dad), I am announcing that this is my last article as an Eagle columnist. While I may often be a cold-hearted conservative who vehemently disagrees with hippies and femi-Nazis, I don't listen to Ann Coulter or George Bush for my beliefs about politics.

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Sports

Eagle Sports Briefs

April 23

Coach Jones Named to Silver Anniversary All-American Team Men's basketball head coach Jeff Jones was named to the 2007 National Association of Basketball Coaches Silver Anniversary All-American Team, NABC officials announced. Jones, a starting point guard at the University of Virginia, is second in school history in assists, with 598.

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Student government brief: SG elects new speaker

By Cassie Passinault | April 23

On April 22, the Undergraduate Senate passed a resolution on campus safety and also elected a new Speaker of the Senate. Current Parliamentarian, Caitlin Hodgkins, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs, was elected the new speaker of the Senate. Hodgkins is also currently the Judicial Board chair, a post she since resigned from after her election.

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Comedic leading man Wilson takes stab at horror genre

By Donny T Sheldon | April 23

This past Friday, the suspenseful film "Vacancy" hit theaters. The film, which stars Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale, chronicles the misadventures of a bickering couple on the verge of divorce whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere and is forced to stay at a shady motel.

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Music notes

April 23

Various Artists "Hot Fuzz" soundtrack (Interscope) Sounds Like: Britons rocking out Grade: A- Let's be honest-a lot of soundtracks suck. Anyone still playing "Music From And Inspired By 'Batman & Robin'"? Didn't think so. Sometimes, however, a positively great soundtrack comes along with tunes so rocking it blows one's mind.

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Class protests conditions in D.C. public schools

By Rebecca Kern | April 23

AU's Community Development class protested over the last two weeks throughout D.C. to tell the D.C. Board of Education and Mayor Adrian Fenty, D, to repair the poor physical conditions of the city's public schools. The protests occurred as Fenty won final approval from the D.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Text Message Alerts Should Be Part of Larger Response

April 23

In light of the tragedies last week at Virginia Tech, AU officials, like those at most other colleges around the country, have begun reviewing the school's emergency response policies. Students are generally not aware of the current policy even though it's available online and all resident assistants are (at least in theory) well-versed in the procedures.

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Neil Young: A godfather to '90s alternative rock

By Stephen Tringali | April 23

There's something frighteningly direct about Neil Young's music, not the kind of blunt exaggeration found in Bruce Springsteen's piano-driven ballads or the disillusioned squalor heard roaring whenever someone cranks up a Sex Pistols' album. There's something much different about Young, something raw, something bare, something downright bullish.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: It's Time to Get to Work on D.C. Schools

April 23

A group of AU students protested throughout the city over the last two weeks to encourage the D.C. Board of Education and Mayor Adrian Fenty, who recently won approval to take over the city's public school system, to repair the crumbling physical structures of the District's schools.

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Opinion

The Consequence of Failure

By Jacob Shelly | April 23

Every day that Alberto Gonzalez serves as attorney general is a slap in the face to anyone who believes justice should be a priority at the Department of Justice. Every day President Bush leaves our soldiers to kill and die in Iraq is a punch in the stomach to anyone who believes national security and supporting soldiers should be a priority for the commander in chief.

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Fulton selected KPU director

By Kyra Smerkanich | April 23

The use of publicity that will reach students will be one of the goals for the Kennedy Political Union this upcoming academic year, according to Amanda Fulton, the KPU director for the 2007-2008 academic year and a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs.

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Theatre seniors present Iizuka's 'Skin'

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | April 23

The Theatre and Music Theatre programs' Class of 2007 displayed their creativity and ambition in its production of Naomi Iizuka's "Skin," a piece that significantly deviates from the traditional dramatic literary canon. The play is a magically realistic piece, centered on a tragic collision of lives in a non-linear storyline.

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