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P.O.S. "Audition" (Rhymesayers Entertainment) Sounds like: A rap-heavier Beastie Boys. B "Audition," P.O.S.'s second album, sharply blends his punk rock roots with indie rap. The album, released by Minneapolis-based Rhymsayers Entertainment, boasts great bass guitars and percussion mixed with interesting hip-hop beats and some pretty decent rapping.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor I've been a student at American University for three years now and have put up with a lot but for the first time at this school I've been so outraged as to write a letter to the Eagle with this question, what happened to the Eagles Nest? I go down there to pick up some Tide to do laundry only to find that my trusty deterrgent has been replaced with some new no name environmentally friendly deterrgent I haven't heard of.

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Stanford initiates maternity leave policy for grad students

Stanford University instituted a policy that gives time off and paid leave from school responsibilities for female graduate students who give birth during their coursework, a policy that many at AU call progressive. Gail Mahood, associate dean for graduate policy at Stanford, told the Chronicle of Higher Education that the university has implemented the policy to deal with the fact that women's critical professional years often coincide with peak childbearing years, which has made it difficult to retain top female talent, especially in the science fields.

Athletes find balance

A recent conference concluded that college athletes struggle with the stresses of performing on the field as well as in the classroom, but many AU students do not feel the same way. The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics was founded in October 1989 in response to more then a decade of highly visible scandals in college sports, according to its Web site.

Protesters demand presidential resignation

On a Saturday so foggy the top of the Washington Monument was barely visible even to those standing on the National Mall, World Can't Wait, an organization seeking to create a political situation that would drive President Bush from office, gathered protesters near the monument and marched to the White House to denounce the Bush administration and call on the president to step down.

Student celebrations super-size Super Bowl XL

The spectacle of Trojan athletes fighting for glory, aging rock stars fighting for paychecks and overpriced commercials fighting for airtime is an event that many share amongst friends. As the Super Bowl turns 40 this Sunday, these epic battles will play out against the backdrops of student-run parties.

Resistance gets organized at AU

Gaggles of activists representing a myriad of ideas will return to the AU campus this weekend for the National Conference on Organized Resistance. The annual conference is slated to take place from this Friday to Sunday in a celebration of topical awareness, social justice and revolution.

Tiger has it all to win Slam

Truth: Tiger Woods will enter this year's PGA Championship with a chance to win the Grand Slam. I won't say that he's going to win it, because quite frankly, I think he'll buckle under the pressure. But, after skipping the year-end Mercedes Championship to rest up for the 2006 season and opening with a flurry at last week's Buick, Tiger has positioned himself for his best year yet.

Hot stove league takes baffling turn

After a lull in dealing following the winter meetings, baseball's off-season briefly heated up this week as teams tried to fill their rosters before the start of spring training. Two major moves were made: a Red-Sox-Indians trade and the Padres' signing of Mike Piazza.

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Tour educates AU of Wal-Mart labor violations

Kay Spiritual Center was filled with squirming members of the AU community Tuesday, all craning their necks and stretching their arms backwards as they tried to peek at their own shirt labels, checking to see where their clothing was assembled. The exercise was part of the "Wal-Mart Sweatshop Workers" speaking tour.

Palestine elects Hamas as majority party

Many AU students and employees said the world must wait and see how Hamas handles its new political power before judging how their rule will affect relations with Israel. Rachel Victor, co-president of AU Students for Israel, said she noticed the U.S. was more surprised by the outcome of the elections than Israel was.

Professor to be second educator ever in Senate, if elected

Declaring "our world is in severe peril today," Dr. Allan Lichtman, an AU history professor and a candidate for the Democratic party's nomination for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, spoke to the AU community Wednesday night as part of the Kennedy Political Union's "Finest Faculty" series.

'Student of color' is exhibited at National Gallery

C?zanne was a student of color. Vibrant blues and intense greens are generously applied to the canvas, mainly through the use of a palette knife. Colors became such a focus for his works that he began blurring objects together in order to emphasize the color rather than the actual objects, thus making the paintings abstract.

Past meets present at Arts Center

Old and new forms of photography combine to form a thought-provoking new exhibition at D.C. Arts Center. Photographer Bruce McKaig relies on both pinhole cameras made from paint cans and digital cameras to capture information about a setting over an elapsed period of time.

Sports briefs

AU three wins scholar athlete awards Cross country's Steve Hallinan and Keira Carstrom and field hockey's Maureen Daniel were named the Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the year in their respective sports, the league announced this week. Daniel, a senior, became the third AU field hockey player to win the award in the last four years.