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Our Very Own Factory of Privilege

By Paul Perry | April 30

What sets AU apart from other top liberal arts universities around the country? I'm not talking about our academic programs, our professors, our extracurricular offerings or even our status as a national arboretum. As important as those traits may be, the meat and potatoes of one's experience here rests on the composition of the student body.

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News

Punk band reunites for high-profile benefit shows

By Cameron Conway | April 30

A number of factors made the April 28 Dismemberment Plan concert at the Black Cat mindbogglingly significant to D.C. independent music. One factor is that the Dismemberment Plan is the best musical secret D.C. has ever kept. Although flirtations with major label Interscope Records occurred while recording its third album, the Dismemberment Plan remained with D.

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College grad creates beer-launching fridge

By Elizabeth Royall | April 30

A recent Duke University graduate says sometimes laziness may prevent someone from getting a drink. Hence his new invention: a beer- or soda-launching refrigerator. "I think the beer-launching fridge is really cool," Abby Evans, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said.

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News

Katzen hosts emotional performance

By Sarah Alsgaard | April 30

Katzen Arts Center Friday April 27 8 p.m. Saturday April 28 8 p.m. Sunday April 29 3 p.m. After the attempted suicide of one of his close friends, Johannes Brahms began an 11-year journey to create a requiem for the bereft and for those left behind.

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AU works to make campus more sustaniable

By Ali Goldstein and Courtney Albon | April 30

On the unusually cold morning of April 10, the campus smelled distinctly of fresh mulch. Students and community members had risen early to help plant flowers and mulch campus grounds as part of AU's annual Campus Beautification Day. At the end of the day, the campus seemed ready for spring.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: SG Execs Should Work on Publicity

April 30

As The Eagle wraps up its last issue of the semester, its editorial board turns to the yearly task of grading members of the Student Government on their performance and offering recommendations and suggestions for next year's incoming officers. Without further ado, here are the verdicts.

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News

Letter to the editor

April 30

It has been brought my attention that Professor Mary Ann Fay, head of the Arab Studies Program and renowned professor in the Department of Sociology, has been refused a renewal of contract and will therefore not be allowed to return to teach next semester.

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News

AU announces commencement speakers

By Jimm Phillips | April 30

The speakers at AU's four graduation ceremonies will include a top NBC journalist, a National Public Radio program host, a top official in the U.S. Government Accountability Office and a U.S. senator, according to information obtained by The Eagle. David Gregory, chief White House correspondent for NBC News, will speak at the School of International Service and School of Communication's joint graduation May 13.

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News

More Profound Truths from a 20 year old

By Caleb Enerson | April 30

Sting reuniting with the Police. Steven Spielberg making another Indiana Jones movie. Michael Jordan returning to basketball. It's hard to call it quits and just ride off into the sunset. So here's part two of my pontification about politics. I wish I were a politician or an actor.

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News

Westboro Baptist church links Virginia Tech shootings to homosexuality

By Donny T Sheldon | April 30

The Westboro Baptist Church, centered in Topeka, Kansas and headed by Fred Phelps, is comprised of some 80 devout followers, 80 percent of whom are related. The church has been in existence for 16 years and has recently encountered a spike in media attention within the past few months as a result of the members' reactions to recent tragedies such as Sept.

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National brief: Doctors have close relationship to drug reps, study reports

By Ali Goldstein | April 30

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 94 percent of doctors have relationships with the drug industry, such as receiving free food or drug samples, according to The Washington Post. Other relationships between doctors and drug representatives included being reimbursed by the drug industry for continuing medical education or for giving lectures.

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News

Bloodier side of Bard displayed in 'Titus'

By Taryn McKinnon | April 30

Violence in movies and television is at the center of a heated debate over the effects graphic images have on teens. When tragedies like the shootings at Columbine and more recently, Virginia Tech, occur, psychologists are quick to point the finger at the violence portrayed in Hollywood.

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Sports

Lacrosse drops Patriot League championship game to Holy Cross

By Justin Hall | April 30

In a scene that has become all too familiar for AU fans during the 2006-2007 sports season, the Eagles lost to Holy Cross in yet another Patriot League tournament game. This time, it was the AU lacrosse team that was defeated by the Crusaders in the PL title game 12-8, preventing the team from reaching the NCAA tournament.

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News

Metro brief: Howard University president announces retirement

By Ali Goldstein | April 30

Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert announced Friday he would retire in June 2008, according to NBC4.com. Swygert's decision to retire came several weeks after faculty members called for his resignation. The letter from the faculty senate to the school board, marking long-standing tension between Swygert and the faculty senate, described Swygert as, "incompetent.

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News

Students divided over AU Abroad visa, course services

By Christopher Cottrell | April 30

Students are expressing mixed opinions about whether the AU Abroad office provides enough help and guidance, especially with obtaining visas. The AU Abroad office provides students with information on a range of topics, including cultural disparities, housing, program fees, safety and travel information.

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News

Capetown abroad program cancelled

By Brian Kalish | April 30

Students who planned to study abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, for fall 2007 were recently shocked to learn their program was cancelled. Students were told on Monday that their program was cancelled because the University of Cape Town, where they were scheduled to study, was "not communicating with AU properly regarding student health and safety concerns," Taylor Robinson, a junior in the School of Public Affairs who was scheduled to attend the program, said in an e-mail.

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Indiana University considers removing segregationist's name from building

By Chris Cottrell | April 30

What do a Saudi-Arabian arms dealer and a bigot from Indiana have in common? They both sat on the boards of trustees at two accredited American universities and have had campus sport complexes named after them. At Indiana University, the sports complex adjacent to the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, bears the name of Judge Ora L.

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