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Flogging Molly find family in their fans at 9:30 club

By Neal Fersko | February 23

The shroud of an Ennio Morricone spaghetti western score as a prelude should have been the first hint that Tuesday night would be a different sort of Flogging Molly concert. The Irish folk/rock sextet were launching into the first of a two-night stand at the 9:30 club, reestablishing their work ethic outside of tours geared toward album promotion.

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Cartoon debate continues: Editors publish cartoons without approval

By Kendra Garstka | February 23

Two editors at The Daily Illini, the independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were suspended due to their decision to run six of the 12 Muhammad cartoons that have caused recent controversy. Acton Gorton, editor in chief, and Chuck Prochaska, opinions editor, were suspended because they decided to print the cartoons without the consent of the editorial board, according to a statement sent to The Eagle by Melinda Miller, who works with the Daily Illini.

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Sports

Freshmen steal Senior Night, victory

By Jesse Epstein | February 23

Someone forgot to give the AU freshmen on the women's basketball team the memo: Tuesday night was Senior Night. The frosh mob of Tish Curry, Talicia Jackson, Sahar Nusseibeh, Nicole Ryan and Pam Stanfield turned Tuesday's celebration of the veterans into a coming-out party for the first-year Eagles in an 89-81 overtime victory over Patriot League-rival Navy.

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Cartoon debate continues: UAE professor fired for showing cartoons

By Kelly Moynihan | February 23

Claudia Kiburz, an American professor who taught English at Zayed University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was fired for showing the controversial Muhammad cartoons as part of a discussion on freedom of expression, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Forum explores the impact of baby boomer generation

By Carolyn Phenicie | February 23

Baby boomers oversaw a "remarkable transformation of thinking" in America, according to a panelist at Tuesday's American Forum, titled "What did you do in the Revolution Mom and Dad?: Debating the Boomers' Legacy of Social Change." Roderick Harrison, a professor at Howard University, said it is thanks to the work of baby boomers that issues of racial and gender equality "have been taken off the table.

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Fla. student shot by officer

By Kelly Kerr | February 23

A student at Florida Atlantic University was shot in the shoulder by a female campus safety officer as the student charged her last week, according to insidehighered.com. Zachary Carroll went out of control following a dormitory fight. He smashed a car window, spit on an officer and then rushed at Officer Mary Douglas, according to both witness statements and police reports.

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Sports

Juiced stars should not be squeezed from Hall

By Dan Jacobson | February 23

I despise Sammy Sosa. Never liked him. I disliked him because I thought he was a hotdog, a phony, a cancer in his clubhouse, and because he played for the Chicago Cubs. I reveled when a corked bat came flying out of his bat and when it became obvious to everyone else last year he was a steroid user, going from the Incredible Hulk to the Incredible Shrinking Man.

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Sports

Cohen can do it for U.S. skating

By Jesse Epstein | February 23

I'll be honest. I've talked down on Turin's version of the Olympics as much as anyone, but even with no one watching, it's dominated headlines for the last week-and-a-half. In honor of that, this week's edition is based soley on the spectacle taking place in the Alps.

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Sports

Men's hoops jockeys for position

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 23

With just two regular-season games remaining, the AU men's basketball team is looking to bounce back from a tough loss and gain momentum heading into next weekend's Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles first play Navy tonight at Bender Arena before traveling to Easton, Pa.

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Website Upgrade

February 23

The Eagle Online is currently undergoing an upgrade process and will therefore be down for a couple of days.

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More harmful chemical agents found in Lot 18

By Lauren Gardner | February 23

A chemical warfare agent and its breakdown products were identified after analysis of two containers found Jan. 9 during an excavation dig at Lot 18, a portion of land that includes AU property, according to the Spring Valley Partners' press release. The two containers were sealed, and no one was harmed in the excavation, analysis and transportation of the containers and no harm was posed to the public.

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Opinion

Being 'right' may backfire on GOP in fall

By Jong Eun Lee | February 23

Many times the elections are won because of the opposition's blunders. As I intently watch the development of the 06 election, I must say I am mystified and delighted with the apparent tactical blunder of the ideological wing of the GOP. I am not talking about the corruption that hit "The Hammer" and the Abramoff Scandal (Though they certainly hurt the GOP's reputation).

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National briefs

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | February 23

War criminal surrenders under negotiation General Ratko Mladic, an accused war criminal, has been located in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro and officials are negotiating his surrender, according to USA Today. Mladic is accused of horrific war crimes committed during the Balkan wars, and has been located on a mountain west of Belgrade.

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From Mud Box to Megabytes, AU divided over coffee consumption

By Chris DeWitt | February 23

"Sorry, I was half asleep" shouldn't be an acceptable excuse for missing class at AU, considering that students can't swing a cat on campus without hitting somewhere to buy a cup o' joe. AU's main campus, which stretches roughly three-tenths of a mile, houses eight places to get your fix, not to mention the proximity of two Starbucks locations (four-tenths of a mile away to New Mexico Avenue and one mile away to Tenleytown).

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Spring 2006

February 23

Spring break is idealized by MTV as the pinnacle of the college school year. A bunch of drunken post-adolescents fly to Cancun or some other remotely tropical locale, get half-naked and rub up against each other, all the while reveling in their meaningless consumer-driven lives.

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Discussion brings students and Kerwin cabinet together

By Brian Kalish | February 23

Interim president Neil Kerwin said he wants AU to have an "academic reputation stronger than it is today" at a roundtable discussion Monday night in Mary Graydon Center. The discussion was suggested to administrators by Genevieve Frye, director of the Kennedy Political Union and Kyle Taylor, Student Government president.

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Legendary musician showcased in new movie

By Laura Schuetz | February 23

Neil Young is kind of unreliable. His discography is littered with failures and confusing experiments, including an industrial album, 1983's "Trans." Young's music career, now in its fifth decade, has seen itself a lonely singer-songwriter, a rowdy fellow with an electric guitar and even a brief stint in rockabilly.

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