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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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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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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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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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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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Sports

AU's runners are going the distance

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 16

While the snow that still covers campus following a storm over the weekend makes it seem as though the start of spring sports is far away, the AU men's indoor track team is winding down one of its most successful indoor seasons ever. Heading into the Patriot League Championships this weekend at Navy, the team holds the fastest PL times in the 800-, 1,000-, 3,000- and 5,000-meter events, as well as in the mile.

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Campus brief: Kogod grad school wins ad campaign award

By Elyse Franko | February 16

Kogod's Graduate School of Business won a Gold Advertising Award in the Admissions Marketing Report Annual Advertising Awards competition Feb. 1. Kogod received the award for the "Where are you going?" campaign, which appeared in D.C. Metro cars and print ads last year.

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'Drood' has forced acting, excellent sets

By Lenore Costello | February 16

What happens when an author dies in the middle of writing a story? More often than not, it will remain unpublished and be forgotten. Not so in the case of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens. Playwright Rupert Holmes turned Dickens' unfinished mystery into a musical reminiscent of those preteen choose-your-own-adventure novels, where the audience gets to vote and decide on how they want the play to end.

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9:30 club audience underappreciates rap legends

By David Wilezol | February 16

By many accounts, Washington, D.C. has been a very welcoming place for rap artists. Recent concerts featuring Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony, Mos Def, Immortal Technique and even the Roots here at AU were well attended, and artists like Beanie Sigel have talked the city up in the press.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Muslim cartoon rage

February 16

The news of the Cheney shooting has hardly detracted from the coverage of the publication of cartoons insensitively depicting the Prophet Mohammed. The anger has spread throughout the Middle East, and there has been backlash against publications in the United States that have published them, to inform their readers about what has ignited the crisis.

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