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AU students use spoons, vinegar to fight cancer

By Eugene Johnson · Monday, Sept. 25, 2006

Sixty-eight AU students participated in a cloak-and-dagger battle of ingenuity as part of a mock "Assassins" game on and off campus. The students, operating through the group "AU Assassins for Life," hope to raise awareness for the American Cancer Society.

John Cameron Mitchell's sophomore effort lives up to 'Hedwig.'

Indie film pushes limits of on-screen sexuality

By Donny Sheldon · Monday, Sept. 25, 2006

"Shortbus," now playing in theatres, had a reputation to live up to. Five years ago, writer/actor/director John Cameron Mitchell adapted his hit off-Broadway show "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" to the screen. In the quirky rock opera, Mitchell played the title character Hedwig, a glam rock artist who suffers a botched sex change operation, leaving her lost between two genders.

International brief: Venezuelan P.M. calls for Bush to resign

By Kyra Smerkanich · Monday, Sept. 25, 2006

Venezuelan Prime Minister Hugo Chavez called for President Bush to step down as President of the United States, according to the Associated Press. "He should renounce the presidency if he has any dignity. The president of the United States has failed completely," Chavez said at a natural gas project in the northwest area of Venezuela.

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Music notes

September 25

Favourite Sons "Down Beside Your Beauty" (Vice) Sounds Like: The Stooges play boring alternative in a retirement home. Grade: C- "Down Beside Your Beauty" is the debut release from the Los Angeles-based group Favourite Sons. While a valiant effort, the album proves to be nothing more than a showcase for unoriginal Iggy Pop-like vocals.

Sports

Derby dunk

September 25

Danny Martinez, a junior in the Kogod School of Business and member of Sigma Chi, waits to be dunked Friday at an event promoting the fraternity's Derby Days fundraising competition. Teams compete in field day events to raise money for Sigma Chi's philanthropy, the Children's Miracle Network.

News

Committee members approved

By Jimm Phillips | September 25

The board of trustees approved all 15 members of the Presidential Search Committee at their Sept. 15 meeting, according to a press release. Committee members were selected in several ways. Committee Chairman Gary Abramson selected the trustee, staff and dean representatives, according to the original announcement of the search.

Opinion

AU suicide policy better than at other schools

September 25

Federal courts have recently ruled that a college has a duty to intervene when one of its students' lives is in danger. These rulings came in response to lawsuits from students and parents, most notably in the case of a George Washington University student who was evicted from the dorms and barred from campus after he checked himself into the hospital after having suicidal thoughts.

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Campus briefs

By Kendra Garstka | September 25

Thailand-Burma Alternative Break trip still on despite coup A bloodless military coup in Thailand last week will not affect the alternative winter break scheduled to go to the Thai-Burmese border as of now, said Theresa Miller, co-coordinator for the trip and senior in the School of International Service.

Sports

Men's soccer suffers scoring drought at New Mexico tournament

By Justin Hall | September 25

The AU men's soccer team was able to hold their opponents to a single goal this weekend, however they could not find the net themselves as they dropped both games of the New Mexico Youth Soccer Association Classic in overtime to lower their record to 3-5-2.

Sports

Latest letdown makes Eagles see red

By Matt Doolin | September 25

Less than a week after battling the Lafayette Leopards to a 1-1 tie in the 2006 Patriot League season opener, the American University men's soccer team found themselves in a similar situation Friday night. But this time it was out west in Albuquerque, N.M.

Students walk past the Anderson-Centennial front desk, where a keg was seized Tuesday.

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Death threats to RA under investigation

By Lauren Gardner and Kendra Garstka | September 25

An unidentified Resident Assistant received two death threats after breaking up a dorm room party Tuesday night in Centennial Hall, according to Jeff Hanley, president of the Residence Hall Association. The ordeal began before 11 p.m. when a person tried to bring a keg into Anderson Hall hidden in a duffel bag, Hanley said.

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Metro briefs

By Kyra Smerkanich | September 25

AU-owned house in risk of demolition The Army Corps of Engineers said an AU-owned house in the Spring Valley area may have to be demolished after it was found that the house was sitting on materials used in World War I, namely weapons and ammunition, according to The Northwest Current.

Sean Penn plays to the crowd in new adaptation of Robert Warren's classic novel about politics.

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'All the King's Men' couldn't put plot together again

By Drew Richardson | September 25

Sometimes stories are too complex, meander through too many subplots and involve too many characters to be wrapped up neatly in the two hours Hollywood audiences have become accustomed to. This is a shame. The novel "All the King's Men" by Robert Warren is a pertinent story about politics and corruption in the mid-20th century Southern U.

No. 5 Meg Runeari gets a leg up on Robert Morris on Sunday afternoon.

Sports

Weekend wins help women's soccer stop four-game slide

By Erin Keaveney | September 25

The American University women's soccer team won consecutive matches over Richmond and Robert Morris this weekend at Reeves Field, ending their recent four-game slide without a win. The Eagles had a strong start to the weekend, dominating Richmond in a 3-0 shutout on Friday.

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Gallery reaches 'zenith'

By Ben Lozovsky | September 25

"Spartina: A Myriad of Grasses" and "A Lifetime Reverence for Wood" Showing through Oct. 1 Zenith Gallery 413 7th Street, NW Free admission Grade: A Deciphering an artist's inspiration can be an arduous if not futile endeavor. So often in contemporary art, form becomes secondary; figures disappear, lines vanish into plains of color and texture and motivation and meaning become shrouded by the very abstractions they foster.

Opinion

Parties blinded by orthodoxy in primaries

September 25

Primaries are usually mere political formalities, particularly if the incumbent is running for re-election. This year, however, there were two very intense primaries in the U.S. Senate races. One was a Republican primary and the other was a Democratic primary.

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Seniors to begin Teach for America application process

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | September 25

Teach for America, an organization with the goal of closing the academic achievement gap between low-income and high-income areas of the country, is currently recruiting on campus. The program seeks to recruit teachers to work specifically in low-income areas of the country, both urban and rural.

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Talk addresses power of words

By Ali Goldstein | September 25

Words are critical in political communication, and Abraham Lincoln was a politician who used language to encourage understanding in America in his second inaugural address, said Ronald White, a Lincoln scholar and theologian at a Table Talk Lunch Forum Wednesday.

Veteran Joseph Hatcher spoke out against the Iraq War as part of a three-person panel Wednesday.

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Military veterans debate U.S. presence in Iraq

By Howard Perlman | September 25

The United States should keep a presence in Iraq to keep law and order in a region that will destroy itself in the chaos of its instability, said Rajai Hakki, an undergraduate in the School of International Service and a former Marine, at a forum Wednesday on the experiences and post-war analyses of military veterans of the Iraq War.

Pink Martini's exuberant sound is matched only by their large numbers, high fashion and success on Parisian pop charts.

News

Lisner shaken, not stirred, by Pink Martini

By Tanya Elshahawi | September 25

Pink Martini, a 12-member band from Portland, Ore., ended their summer 2006 tour at Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University this past Thursday. Founded by Harvard cum laude graduate Thomas M. Lauderdale in 1994, Pink Martini made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival and has since gone platinum in France and gold in Switzerland, Turkey and Greece.

The UFL and Why it's Good for the Sport

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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