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Cheney's antics are bad, but not that bad

By Ben Lozovsky | February 16

I was hunting at a friend's ranch in Texas the other day when a funny thing happened. While engaged in shooting quail, I accidentally shot...two gay cowboys in the midst of furtively expressing their forbidden love. I know it wasn't my fault, so I don't feel there is any reason to show remorse, or to let my adoring public know about the events that transpired (besides issuing this brief statement explaining my lack of culpability, of course).

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News

Top 10

By Jen Turner and Jeff Lambert | February 16

Top 10 historical groups that will never have the same pop culture importance as pirates, ninjas or robots: 1. Pilgrims 2. Maoists 3. The Pennsylvania Dutch 4. Hajiras 5. The Elderly 6. Mormons 7. Beatniks 8. Branch-Davidians 9. Neanderthals 10. The Inquisition Check back for a new Scene Top 10 every Thursday, or submit your own to thescene@theeagleonline.

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News

Influential producer's life cut short

By Ben Lozovsky | February 16

The hip-hop world has seen its fair share of tragedy during its short and often tumultuous history. Now, it continues to feel the gripping pain of loss, as the music community mourns the death of acclaimed producer and musician Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla. Born James Yancey, Dee passed away Feb.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Facebook and AU

February 16

The popular website among college students has been attracting new clientele as of late. Incoming freshmen and employers are now logging on to Facebook. Some AU students have not been welcoming to the future eagles. An anti-class of 2010 group has sprung up with 25 members.

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News

Report shows employment rates steadily increase

By Rebecca Kern | February 16

The National Association of Colleges and Employers issued its Job Outlook 2006 report predicting employment rates to increase 14.5 percent during the 2005-2006 year. Katherine Stahl, executive director of the Career Center, said the 500 students and employers who participated in last week's School of International Service Career Week are "exemplary of what is going on in terms of the job market heating up a bit.

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Sports

Trade will work magic on Milicic

By Jesse Epstein | February 16

Folks, the Olympics are underway (I know, I know, you're part of the entire earth's population that isn't watching) and already these games are more about who's gone (Apolo Anton Ohno, Michelle Kwan and Bode Miller) rather than who's there (a flying tomato, another Sarah Hughes and a hot ice dancer).

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News

Feist invites audience to dance, love at Black Cat

By Neal Fersko | February 13

It was Leslie Feist's third stop to D.C. in the last four months. After playing with Broken Social Scene at the 9:30 club, she was an opening act for Bright Eyes at Constitution Hall and finally sold out the Black Cat as a headliner Wednesday night. But even those who've had her solo debut "Let it Die" on repeat have only been barely introduced to Feist.

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News

Slapstick-heavy 'Panther' remake not for purists

By Greg Wasserstrom | February 13

A good rule of thumb for remakes or rehashes, like Steve Martin's recently released "Pink Panther," is low expectations. It certainly is about time that this gem of a series was resurrected, but audiences that expect Sellersian wit and performance may leave a little disappointed.

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News

Basketball recruitment fliers called 'sexist'

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 13

Organizations around campus were outraged last week after discovering a recruiting flier from the AU men's basketball team that referred to Washington, D.C., as "the number one place to find babes," and reminded prospective recruits that "AU has twice as many female students as male students.

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News

The hit list

February 13

1. Choco Tacos The Eagle's Nest brought these tasty confections to their ice cream section and we couldn't be happier. Choco Tacos are boasted to be the "coolest tacos in town." Get it? Because they are MADE OF ICE CREAM! So what if the weird ice cream cone "shell" is usually stale beyond comprehension and the chocolate flavor tastes so insanely artificial it makes your mouth bleed? It's a TACO that's MADE OF ICE CREAM, remember?? 2.

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Opinion

NCOR threatens campus community

By Charles Olson | February 13

I was very glad to see some discussion of NCOR in the last issue of the Eagle and to see that I was not alone in being disgusted and angered at what went on at our school last weekend. However, my disgust goes a little deeper than many who just had to walk through an alien MGC, taken over by the professionally homeless, made into the center for 9/11 conspiracies, anti-tampon booths, and other absurd fringe causes.

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News

Cute canines are saving grace in this doggie drama

By Jeff Lambert | February 13

Remember those calendars they used to sell at the mall, where every month was a picture of a different puppy? Frank Marshall and Disney's latest, "Eight Below," is two full hours of that - on the big screen. What's being sold as a tale of adventure and friendship is lost in a sea of cute huskies rolling around in the snow.

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Sports

Hoops notes: Adams pumps up the family

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 13

In a crucial Patriot League contest, freshman guard Derrick Mercer ran the team's offense while being assigned to guard one of Colgate's best scorers. Mercer was matched up on defense with Colgate senior Alvin Reed, who scored 17 points in a victory against AU last season.

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Sports

Sports brief: AU swimmers take three at Navy Invitational

By Kevin Hilgers | February 13

The AU women's swimming and diving team won two events and the men placed first place in one event at the Navy Invitational Saturday. Junior Kaitlin Moughty won the 100-yard butterfly while sophomore Meghan Thiel found victory in the 100-yard freestyle.

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News

Management, leases change at Park Bethesda

By Kyra Smerkanich | February 13

Students will now live alongside public residents at Park Bethesda, AU's off-campus apartment building, after revenue losses led Housing and Dining to contract with an outside firm to share management of the facility, according to Julie Weber, executive director of Housing and Dining.

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News

Cartoons depicting Muslim prophet cause controversy

By Lauren Gardner | February 13

The editorial cartoons published in several newspapers worldwide depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad are inexcusable and not a correct exercise of freedom of the press, according to members of the AU community. Abdul Karim Bangura, a professor in the School of International Service affiliated with AU's Center for Global Peace, said he has traveled to Denmark and is familiar with the newspaper that first published the cartoon, Jyllands-Posten.

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News

GLBT culture study shown at Katzen

By Brittney Henderson | February 13

In conjunction with the 13th annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, the Katzen Arts Center opened the art exhibit "Body Languages," a cultural study of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. The exhibit, co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, reflects the conference's themes of communication and language within the GLBT community through visual art, according to a brochure Katzen passed out to exhibit visitors.

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