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Intimate 'Lear' captures audience but loses intensity

By Mia Steinle | February 8

It only makes sense that a play about familial bonds should be staged in a space as intimate as the Folger Theatre. In this new production of Shakespeare's "King Lear," the audience is placed in the midst of the action while the story of the mad king and his three daughters unfolds.

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Sports

Woes continue as men's basketball drops another close one

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 8

Andre Ingram led all scorers with 23 points, but was unable to connect on a game-tying three-pointer as Bucknell defeated AU, 69-66, on Tuesday night at Bender Arena. The game featured 19 lead changes, including four in the last 1:36. With AU down by two, Arvydas Eitutavicius was fouled while attempting a three-pointer and hit all three foul shots to put AU up 64-63.

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Stevens sizzles in orchestra duet

By Kim Bryden | February 8

On a freezing January morning, hundreds of people lined up before dawn in hopes of receiving free tickets to one of the most inspirational concerts held at the Kennedy Center. Many AU students waited in the cold for hours to get a ticket. C.J. Schmied, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, arrived at 11 p.

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Campus brief: Library penny drive raises $500

By Kyra Smerkanich | February 8

The Friends of the American University Library completed its penny drive fund-raiser in December, collecting over 1,300 feet in pennies, according to a Friends of the AU Library press release. The drive asked teams of students, faculty and staff to donate spare change in an effort to buy more books for the library, according to the press release.

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Sports

Women's hoops loses third in a row

By Justin Hall | February 8

The AU women's basketball team lost its third game in a row Tuesday night, falling behind early in an eventual 70-57 loss to the Bucknell Bison. The defeat drops the Eagles to 4-5 in the Patriot League and 9-15 overall. The Bison scored the game's first basket only 24 seconds into the game and built an 8-0 lead before the Eagles could score their first hoop almost four minutes into the game.

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French actor reinvents Lecter in 'Silence of the Lambs' appetizer

By Bryan Koenig | February 8

Since his debut on the big screen in 1986, Hannibal Lecter has become the embodiment of madness. He is an icon of cinema, immortalizing the psychopath like no other, save perhaps Norman Bates of "Psycho." However, where the Bates Motel scared audiences senseless in but one film, Hannibal has terrified us in four, soon to be five.

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AU Catholic priest leaves for new post in Maryland

By Kaitlyn Houston | February 8

Father Zygmunt Kurzawinksi, a priest serving AU's Catholic community, left AU to take another post in Maryland. Kurzawinski announced his reassignment, effective immediately, at Mass on Jan. 28. "Father Zygmunt's sudden departure is shocking to all of us in the Catholic community, but we most certainly understand the importance of his vocation," Danielle Imhoff, president of AU's Catholic Students Association, said.

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Author recounts his religious conversions

By Tomer Konowiecki | February 8

It is unlikely to find a Jewish-born American working for a radical Islamic charity group that supports terrorism. While discussing his new book, "My Year Inside Radical Islam," Daveed Gartenstein-Ross said he falls into that improbable category. Gartenstein-Ross spoke at the bookstore Politics and Prose last Sunday.

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Expelled student to appeal ruling

By Allie Feras | February 8

A second-semester senior expelled from AU for discrimination, physical abuse and conduct that endangers others will be submitting an appeal to the Judicial Affairs and Mediation Services and is considering suing the university. Rick Kamdar, formerly a senior in the Kogod School of Business, was expelled for an incident that occurred Nov.

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National brief: Suspect in Boston terror scare videotaped bomb squad removing device

By Jimm Phillips | February 8

One of the men arrested and charged in connection with the terrorism scare in Boston last week did not tell bomb squad officers the devices were fake, even as he videotaped them removing one, according to The Associated Press. Surveillance camera footage shows Peter Berdovsky, 27, videotaping bomb squad officers removing one of more than three dozen blinking electronic devices he and Sean Stevens, 28, had placed earlier around the city as part of an advertising campaign for the Cartoon Network's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" television show.

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The Toilet Report

By Donny T Sheldon and Iliana Imberman Berkowitz | February 8

Notorious pop star Britney Spears once said, "I'm the kind of person that when I get up to go use the bathroom, I have this big long hallway and I just know someone's going to jump out and get me." Although we at AU aren't as frightened as our girl Brit-Brit, there are a few bathrooms on campus that certainly send chills down our spines.

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Sports

Wrestling's Cannon holds it down at AU

By Erin Keaveney | February 8

Making the transition from a high school mat to one of the top Division I college wrestling programs on the East Coast would intimidate even the most talented freshman recruit. But rather than getting pinned under pressure, AU's Mike Cannon was able to take on the challenge.

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Sports

Five Super Bowl ads that should have aired

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 8

Let's be honest: the Super Bowl this year was boring. There were more turnovers than the weekly two-hand touch game that I play in and Prince's halftime show would have been a great idea if it was still 1984 (or even 1999 for that matter, but party we did not).

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Opinion

Reconciling Christian Faith and Politics

By Jong Eun Lee | February 8

Since its founding, the Christian church was commanded by Christ to be the light and salt of this world. In accordance to his will, Christians have worked for centuries to promote moral values in their societies. In the contemporary United States, many church leaders have engaged in political activism to uphold what they believe to be a biblical justice.

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Campus calendar

By Brian Kalish | February 8

Thursday, Feb. 8 "Forced Labor and Slavery: The Other Side of Trafficking" 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Washington College of Law, room 603 This event will explore the causes of forced labor, common scenarios of slavery, the consequences victims face and what is being done to combat slavery.

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Opinion

Student Interest Rates: The Pretty Little Plan

By Erin Wildermuth | February 8

I never found the nuts and bolts of student loans to be particularly interesting. I was clearly just going to take out as many loans as I needed to go to college at the lowest interest rate I could find. Then, I was going to sell my soul to Satan for several years paying them back.

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Kogod Case Competition devises business strategies

By Howard Perlman | February 8

The 15th annual Kogod Gartenhaus Financial Case Competition began Tuesday when 26 teams were first allowed to view a business problem and devise a strategy on how to solve it. This year's question was announced Feb. 6 at 11:59 p.m. and involved a Latin American handmade goods exporting firm that is experiencing negative cash flows.

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