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September wrap-up: Eagle sports recapped

By Matt Doolin · Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006

Women's soccer Back-to-back home wins this past weekend over Richmond and Robert Morris helped the AU women's soccer team improve their overall record to 6-3-1. After being held scoreless for three of their four previous games, the Eagles offense came to life scoring five goals in just two games en route to posting 3-0 and 2-1 wins, respectively.

Alexandra Douglas-Barrera, center, and Mandy Craig, at right with glasses, sit in the recruitment center's lobby to protest "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

Students protest military policy toward gays

By Alyssa Geisler · Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006

Two women, including an AU graduate student, led a group of protesters Tuesday to challenge the government's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy at the Armed Forces Recruitment Center and held a sit-in in the center's lobby after discovering it was closed. Mandy Craig, a second-year graduate student in the School of Public Affairs and University of Maryland sophomore Alexandra Douglas-Barrera led a group of students from D.

National brief: New vaccine may eliminate ear, sinus infections

By Kyra Smerkanich · Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006

U.S. researchers announced they will conduct clinical trials on a vaccine that officials hope will wipe out cases of childhood ear infections and some cases of adult bronchitis, according to CNN. The vaccine, Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae or NTHi, is unique because it does not aim to prevent serious illness, but it attempts to cut down on ear infections, which are considered a nuisance rather than a serious health threat to children, CNN reported.