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Phil Bender spoiled by Holy Cross

February 20

In a frantic pace Saturday at Bender Arena, the AU men's basketball team put on its all-too-familiar display of immaturity and fell to Holy Cross, 69-62. AU (9-16, 5-7 Patriot League) finished with 16 turnovers and 23 personal fouls. "What's going through my head is our lack of preparation for this game," junior guard Andre Ingram said following the uninspired performance on Phil Bender day.

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News

D.C. councilman takes interest in local college students

By Brian Kalish | February 20

Robert Gordon, a longtime Advisory Neighborhood Council commissioner, officially announced his candidacy for the D.C. City Council Thursday. His announcement was made at the historic Avalon Theatre on Connecticut Ave., which Gordon helped restore. Gordon is running in the Democratic primary for the city council, which includes AU.

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Sports

Eagles top conference rival in final home hurrah

By Dan Jacobson | February 20

The AU wrestling team won its final three matches to cap off a 19-12 comeback against East Stroudsburg Friday night at Bender Arena. The Eagles, who won at South Dakota State Sunday, 38-9, are now 12-6 on the year and 5-1 in Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association.

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News

Music notes

February 20

Prefuse 73 "Security Screenings" (Warp) Sounds like: A more disorganized take from the superior IDMgenius, Scott Herren. B Scott Herren has been spreading the wealth of his talent and intellect for years now. Between Prefuse 73, Delarosa & Asora and Savath + Savalas, Herren and his multitude of aliases are the face of "intelligent dance music" (a ridiculous genre title, to be sure) and the man has perfected the art of infusing gritty, organic sensations into his array of beat sequences and samples.

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News

The hit list

February 20

1. Google Chat Even though it's virtually impossible to tell when someone is messaging you via Google Chat when you've just got Gmail hanging out somewhere in the background, it's still pretty awesome that Google put this contraption out. Not only is it another reason for your grandmother to feel computer illiterate, but it also lets you accuse your friends whom Gmail didn't arbitrarily bless with the chat function feel like a freaking luddite.

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News

Luke Temple agrees, genres hard to define

By Chris DeWitt | February 20

"What kind of music do you play?" It's a tough question to be asked. In today's world, with sub-genre upon meaningless sub-genre creeping ever faster into everyday music conversation, it's getting tougher to pin down what a given sound is. In some ways this is good; music itself is as hard to pin down as the right words to describe it.

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News

Divestement conference draws heated debate

By Kate Naseef | February 20

Two different faces of the Palestine Solidarity Movement appeared at their fifth annual conference held at Georgetown University this weekend - the first was divisive, the second inclusive. Saturday's events opened with a speaker panel of activists for the movement's cause, divestment from Israel similar to the divestment from apartheid South Africa.

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News

Study shows recent college grads unprepared for jobs

By Kelly Moynihan | February 20

A recent study reported that many college graduates do not feel prepared for job interviews, according to www.collegenews.com. However, American University offers its students the use of the Career Center to perfect their resumes and interviewing skills. While it may be difficult for recent grads to land jobs, Francine Blume, Director of Experimental Education at the Career Center, said this does not have to be the case for AU grads.

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Sports

Foley helps foil AU women

By Jesse Epstein | February 20

The AU women's basketball team lost Saturday to the Holy Cross Crusaders, 74-55, at Bender Arena, falling to 3-9 in the Patriot League. Kaitlyn Foley led the Crusaders with a dominating performance down low, scoring 22 point and grabbing seven rebounds. Nicole Ryan was the lone bright spot for the Eagles as she scored 16 points, including four 3-pointers.

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Sports

Indoor track wins 4 titles at PL event

By Erin Keaveney | February 20

The AU men's and women's track teams completed a successful trip to Patriot League Indoor Championships this weekend, placing third and fifth, respectively, and setting league and school records along the way. The Eagles kicked off their first day of competition on Saturday with a first-place finish in the men's 4 x 800-meter relay and a third-place finish by junior Conor Lanz in the men's 5,000-meter run.

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Opinion

GOP: Full of hypocrisy

By Robert Idlett | February 20

The modern-day Republican Party is an exercise in hypocrisy, a marriage of convenience between two groups with opposing interests.ÿ One camp is composed western-style libertarians who simply want limited government intervention in private matters.ÿ This strain of Republican wants simply to be able to live life and conduct business without interference from big brother.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: One step forward, but two steps back for AU

February 20

Over four hundred students danced the night away at the Mayflower Hotel Saturday night at the annual Founder's Day Ball. The band and DJ had the crowd jamming and cha-cha sliding, and chocolate fountains and quesadillas kept everyone well-fed. The students who attended were diverse, there were no labels.

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Sports

Why can't we Phil Bender all year long?

By Justin Hall | February 20

Kansas' Allen Fieldhouse, Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium, UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, AU's Bender Arena. These are the arenas that make college basketball fans across America salivate to think about, the hoops temples where legends are born. OK, so maybe I am exaggerating a little bit with that last one.

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Opinion

Marriage not for all

By Eve Gatewood | February 20

Recently, the issue of same sex marriage has taken a central place on our national stage. Since this issue will probably not go away anytime soon, it bears talking about. To begin, my readers who are familiar with my ideas will remember that my veracity knows no bounds; so it is in this vein that I write this article.

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News

Students 'Phil Bender' in red, white and blue

By Kate Oczypok | February 20

Kogod senior Steve Hiltebeitel reacts to AU's loss to rival Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon. The AU community gathered in Bender Arena to cheer on the AU Eagles men's basketball team during the annual 'Phil Bender' bash. Students wore red, white and blue in support of AU.

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News

Error with versions of bill threatens legitimacy

By Elizabeth Royall | February 20

Due to a clerical error, a bill that would reduce the federal deficit and cut student loan money may not have been officially signed into law. On Feb. 8, President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005, which cuts the deficit by $39 billion and includes cuts to educational loans, Medicare and Medicaid.

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News

National briefs

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | February 20

Average college freshman gains seven pounds According to a published study by Rutgers University, college freshmen don't gain the "Freshman 15", but only an additional seven pounds, said The Daily Princetonian. The study monitored 67 student volunteers from September to April who ate regularly in the Rutgers dining hall.

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