Legal News

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.

---

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.

---

News

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.

---

News

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.

---

News

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.

---

News

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.

---

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.

---

News

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.

---

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.

---

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.

---

News

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.

---

News

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.

---

News

Study says age gap difficult for adult college students

By Elena Isela | April 23

Adult students, which are undergraduate students over the age of 25, are often misunderstood at colleges, according to a recent study conducted by Lumina Foundation for Education. However, support services are offered to all AU students, including "returning students," the term the university uses to distinguish students over the age of 25 because all students are considered to be adults in college, according to Dean of Students Faith Leonard.

---

News

Realistic thriller breaks out of horror mold

By Bryan Koenig | April 23

There are times when Hollywood appears to have forgotten how to frighten its audiences. Lately, many major motion pictures only find the ability to create fear in how grotesquely the victims can be mutilated and butchered. Films such as "Saw" and "Hostel" found their only shock and suspense coming from elaborate and horrific torture scenes.

---

News

Metro brief: House approves D.C. representation bill

By Jimm Phillips | April 23

The House of Representatives approved a bill Friday that would give the District its first full-voting representative in Congress by a vote of 241-177, The Washington Post reported. The vote came nearly a month after the bill's supporters had to temporarily withdraw it from consideration.

---

News

Bottoms up

By Stephen Tringali | April 23

A group of American University students had something to hide from their resident assistants the first weekend of the fall '06 semester. And it wasn't their alcohol stash. One member of the group, a freshman who wished to remain anonymous, had just passed out after having played a drinking game and consuming a large volume of hard liquor.

---

Opinion

Letters to the editor: Virginia Tech Tragedy

April 23

I am writing this letter in regards to the infuriating comments made by Paul Perry about the Virginia Tech massacre. Perry stated that the so-called "deceitful rich kids exacerbated the feelings of social ostracization residing within Cho Seung-Hui" and that "his community failed him.

---