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Life after Ingram: The future of AU men's basketball

By Michael Hoffman | March 1

Although it hasn't been pretty for most of the year, right now you have to give our men's basketball team all the credit in the world. Sure they have beaten four of the lower seeds in the league, but anytime a team can win four in a row, especially to end the year, the feat is impressive, and it appears the Eagles are getting hot exactly when they needed to.

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News

Oscars elicit laughs, yawns and a few surprises

March 1

Laughter, confusion, anxiety and outrage: These were the four emotions that pervaded the 79th Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday. And though the Oscars seemed to drag on forever this year, this Scene reporter sat through it all and recorded his reactions .

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Sports

Towson drops lacrosse 17-7 in season's 1st loss

By Erin Keaveney | March 1

Despite a late run in the second half, the American University women's lacrosse team lost at Towson on Monday afternoon, falling 17-7 in recording their first loss of the season. Towson was able to strike first and stay ahead, going on a 4-0 run to start out the first half.

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News

Violent 'Pillowman' blurs line between good and evil

By Elly Bennett | March 1

The AU Players will bring "The Pillowman" to life this Friday and Saturday in the Katzen Arts Center's Studio Theater. "The Pillowman" is unexpected for a college theater performance. The complex story is dark, violent and, at times, shocking. Ben Naramore, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, plays a young short story author, Katurian, who is arrested by the police.

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Opinion

Bureaucracy, false incentives: Why welfare is broken

By Erin Wildermuth | March 1

As a libertarian, I am philosophically opposed to government transfers of wealth. Period. As a concerned citizen, though, I am more comfortable with transfers of wealth that accomplish their aims of increased equality and living standards for the poor than I am with those that don't.

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News

University office vacancies impeded some SG goals

By Patrick Ambrosio and Kyle Butts | March 1

While campaigning last year for the position of Student Government vice president, Pat McGill promised to replace the annual Founder's Day Ball with "Bender Bash," a carnival in Bender Arena that would conserve funds for other events.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Election waivers underscore limited candidate pool

March 1

After two separate votes, the Undergraduate Senate decided late Monday night to waive requirements set forth in SG bylaws and allow two students to run for SG executive positions. Freshman Alex Manzanares will be allowed to run for secretary even though he hasn't completed the required 45 credits.

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News

Activists, Md. prisoners discuss death penalty

By Brian Kalish | March 1

Bonnita Spikes, whose husband was murdered during a convenience store robbery, said she does not want his killers to receive the death penalty if they are caught, at a forum in the School of International Service lounge Tuesday evening. The forum, organized by the AU Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, hosted Spikes, who now serves as an anti-death row activist.

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Sports

Broken knees, brawls and one hell of a blockbuster

By Patrick Ambrosio | March 1

After a bit of a departure the past few weeks, we're back to the usual format today. Unfortunately for all of you, that means reading about hockey. 1. Welcome to Long Island, Captain Canada They don't give me enough space here to fully describe the range of emotions that I went through yesterday.

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News

SOC e-newsletter gives job, internship advice

By Robyn Slagle | March 1

The search for a job or internship during college is often a stressful and difficult time for students. However, the new e-newsletter careers.COMM may alleviate some worries for students in the School of Communication. Lenore Webb, the SOC career adviser in the Career Center, started the e-newsletter in October 2006.

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News

SG waives exec credit requirement

By Cassie Passinault | March 1

The Undergraduate Senate decided Monday to waive the credit requirement for Alex Manzanares, a freshman in the School of Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences, to allow him to run for Student Government secretary in a last-minute decision. According to current SG bylaws, any student wishing to run for an executive office must have at least 45 credits, not including credits from classes a student is currently taking.

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News

Gallaudet taking preemptive action to retain accreditation

By Howard Perlman | March 1

Gallaudet University worked to retain its accreditation last month after the Middle States Commission on Higher Education postponed its decision on reaccrediting the university. AU students said they think Gallaudet's preemptive actions will help the school retain its accreditation.

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News

Campaigns use Facebook for grassroots efforts

By Patricio Chile | March 1

A new movement in politics is coming from an unexpected medium - the social networking Web site Facebook has emerged as a way for AU students to show their support for the 2008 presidential candidates. James Lynch, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs, started a Facebook group supporting John McCain.

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News

AU Abroad moves into Morocco

By Rachel Wood | March 1

American University students can study in Morocco in a new enclave program starting in fall 2007, AU Study Abroad representatives announced on the AU Abroad Web site. This will be the first AU program to take place in Morocco. Centered in Rabat, Morocco's capital, the program will offer courses in anthropology and art history, as well as the economics and politics courses traditionally offered by AU abroad programs.

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News

N.C. students fined for sleeping through alarms

By Jennifer Bennett Hanson | March 1

Two students at Saint Augustine's College in Raleigh, N.C., were recently fined $150 each for sleeping through a fire alarm, causing students to complain about many other fines they feel are excessive. However, AU differs from Saint Augustine in that it AU does not fine students for not leaving the residence halls during a fire alarm, but instead files charges with the Judicial Affairs and Mediation Services Offices, said AU's South Campus Area Director Amber Lange in an e-mail.

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News

Metro brief: Tenleytown hardware store robbed

By Jimm Phillips | March 1

District police continued to search yesterday for a woman suspected of being involved in the Tuesday robbery of a Tenleytown hardware store, according to NBC4.com. A group of men reportedly robbed the Ace Hardware store, located in the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue N.

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Metal innovators love tour, despite criticism

February 26

Slayer, one of the world's most renowned metal bands, is currently touring in support of the release of their long-awaited and greatly anticipated album, "Christ Illusion." The band's 10th studio album, "Christ Illusion" is the first album to come out featuring the original Slayer lineup in 15 years.

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