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Letter to the editor

Sexual Health Education Not Lacking at AU I am a loyal reader of The Eagle and respect the publication for its reporting and stories. Reading Andrea Chong's story about AU's sexual health education program made me want to write a response to the criticism.

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Strolling to destruction

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I used to think motherhood was sacred. Perhaps it was a result of being beaten over the head with endless Madonna and Bambini paintings during my past Italian adventures, but I've just always felt that the undeniable yet inexplicable bond between mother and child was the last good and pure thing left in our rapidly devolving world.

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Staff editorial: Tenley Campus residents are AU students, too

The Washington Mentorship Program gives AU students admitted for the spring semester an opportunity to live in D.C., take some college classes and have an internship. The students live at the Tenley Campus. AU offers the program because it does not have a wait list.

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News

AU in Motion rocks Greenberg

AU IN MOTION Nov. 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. Greenberg Theatre $7 ($1 of each ticket goes to Kid Power DC) For five years, AU in Motion has rocked fans with semi-annual performances that showcase raw talent, hard work and dedication. The entirely student-run dance company has more than 60 members this year, some of whom have been dedicated dancers in their past and some are simply dedicated to dancing for fun.


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Schedule puzzles solve themselves

Best friends have the ability of bringing out the best and the worst in us. Sometimes they encourage us to change our ways, clean up our act and really live up to our potential. Other times they expose us to new addictive habits, or facilitate our shopping sprees or bed-hopping binges, but we never think less of them for it.


AU Players unveil their version of 'Big Love' this weekend.
News

AU Players reinvent 'Big Love'

"Big Love" Katzen Studio Theatre Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m. Student tickets: $5 The AU Players' stunning new production of Chuck Mee's play "Big Love" has undergone a complete metamorphosis in the last three months. "More than a third of what you see is not by Chuck Mee," said Sean Bartley, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the director of the show.


The AU women's rugby team finished the season with a 3-5 record.
Sports

Women's rugby has rough-and-tumble 2006 season

American University's women's rugby team had a losing season (3-5), but senior captain Colleen McHugh said this year wasn't a disappointment. "I think this was an important building season," McHugh said. "A lot of young players gained experience, we got a group of great new players and we learned what skills we need to focus on for the playoffs in the spring.


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Media outlets may help voters lean left, panelists say

The rapid spread of political slip-ups through outlets like YouTube and Internet news sites may account for the Democrats' win in the midterm elections, according to panelists at Tuesday's American Forum, "The Midterms and the Media." Republican bungles like George Allen's now-infamous "macaca" comment and Rush Limbaugh's attack on Michael J.


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Health Center to offer free campus HIV tests

The Student Health Center will offer free, anonymous HIV testing tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. as part of a city-wide program to get all D.C. residents tested for HIV. "In conjunction with the D.C. Department of Health Administration for HIV Policy and Programs, the Student Health Center is piloting periodic, free, anonymous HIV testing," said Dan Bruey, director of the Student Health Center, in an e-mail.



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Gaming consoles compete for gamers' hearts, dollars

Finally, the moment console gaming fans have been drooling over has arrived. The graphically glowing Sony PlayStation 3 and the incredibly interactive Nintendo Wii raid stores this weekend. Will Microsoft's Xbox 360 be able to hold its own? Ultimately, the eternal question of which will be the ace in this veritable console war may not be answered.


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Opinion

How to eliminate underage drinking

Alcohol is not an inherent evil. While it is perfectly acceptable to rally against binge drinking, drunk driving and the like, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with drinking. People have been drinking for thousands of years as a socially acceptable (albeit adults-only) activity.


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Campus brief: WCL students to hold mock trial in Maryland Judicial Center

Students in the criminal trial advocacy sections at the Washington College of Law will hold a mock murder trial in front of current and retired judges Nov. 18 at the Montgomery County Judicial Center, according to a WCL press release. The mock trial is the final exam for the law students in these sections because "they simulate the preparation of a real criminal trial," Liz Boals, assistant director of the WCL trial advocacy program, said in an e-mail.


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Metro briefs

WMATA chooses new general manager The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's board of directors chose John B. Catoe Jr., the deputy chief executive of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a D.C. native, as its new general manager, according to The Washington Post.


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D1 Athletes more likely to graduate

A recent NCAA report found that Division I college athletes have a higher graduation rate than non-athletes, but although this trend is not true for AU athletics, changes have been made to increase AU's student athlete graduation rates. Based on the NCAA Graduation Success Rate from the class of 1999-2000, AU's student athletes had a lower graduation rate than non-athletes, with athletes graduating at 56 percent compared to non-athletes at 71 percent.


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News

Exercise improves quality of sleep

Aerobic exercise can improve the quality of sleep, according to Ken Diaz, a presenter with the Jacobs Fitness Center and department of recreation and fitness who gave a presentation Wednesday educating students about the benefits of exercise and sleep. Diaz said there are two types of sleep.


Gallaudet's ASL 'Streetcar' will play through Sunday.
News

Silent 'Streetcar' at Gallaudet

"A Streetcar Named Desire" Gallaudet University Black Box Theater Nov. 16 - Nov. 19 Tickets: $8 for students Though still in the shadow of the Capitol and the Washington Monument, one cannot help but feel lost or foreign. Most AU students (and most of the D.


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Opinion

Correction from Nov. 13

In an article titled "Teleservice jobs provide flexibility," people who work for the company LiveOps are incorrectly referred to as "employees." People who work for LiveOps are in reality "independent contractors." The Eagle apologizes for this error.


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Tenley program provides spring entrants fall option

Many students walking down Nebraska to pick up burritos at Chipotle ignore the buildings to their left that make up the Tenley Campus. What they may not know is that some freshmen begin their AU college careers there with the Washington Mentorship Program.


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Music notes

Converge "No Heroes" (Epitaph) Sounds Like: Another violent Converge album with lyrics you can actually hear. Grade: A- Epitaph tends to ruin a lot of bands and rob them of their credibility. However, with Converge's new album "No Heroes," it's clear that Epitaph has gotten nowhere near the artistic vision of Jake Bannon and Converge, probably for fear of getting beaten to a bloody pulp.



Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.


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