Legal News

SG supports voting rights for the District

The AU Undergraduate Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of supporting Congressional representation with voting rights for Washington, D.C., and increased financial accountability on the university's board of trustees yesterday.

Comics

Mos Def, Talib Kweli clock into 9:30

For two glorious nights, hip-hop took center stage in Washington, D.C., as legendary group Blackstar made its triumphant return to the nation's capital. The group, consisting of two of the brightest stars of hip-hop, Mos Def and Talib Kweli, headlined the sold-out Thanksgiving weekend showcase at the 9:30 Club, accompanied by underground stars K'naan, Jean Grae and Pharaoh Monch as part of the Playstation sponsored Breedlove Odyssey Tour.

'American Life' host live at GW

By DAVID WILEZOL Eagle Contributing Writer Radio is light years removed from its heyday of the 1930s, when Orson Wells once convinced droves of citizens that an alien invasion was taking place in suburban New Jersey. When people mention the glory days of radio, many think of Frankie furiously trying to decode the Ovaltine message in "A Christmas Story.

MLB in need of salary cap

Ahhh, my favorite four days of the year: Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings. The time when every general manager gets the spotlight to walk around a posh hotel, flaunting his overpaid superstars who he so desperately wants to unload. The time when arrogant agents saunter through the lobby, driving up the asking price for aging veterans.

Staff editorial: O' Christmas tree, er, O' holiday tree...

Debate is raging again this year over whether Christmas trees should be given a more innocuous name: holiday trees. Proponents site America's pluaralistic society as a reason to try and include as many people as possible in the festivities. The opponents of such an idea are mostly Christians, who make up 76% of the U.

Gospel choir performs annual holiday concert

Students were encouraged to get up and clap their hands to the beat of AU's Gospel Choir Saturday afternoon as part of the group's annual Christmas concert in the Kay Spiritual Life Center. Kay was filled to near capacity with students. The concert began with a warm-up by the Praise Team, which included Chaplain Joy Henry, a junior in the School of Communication.

Dixie and Kiddy Kong search for Donkey and Diddy on the Game Boy

Back in the days of Super Nintendo, gamers widely considered the "Donkey Kong Country" series one of the system's best. Not only did the Rareware-developed trilogy feature some of the prettiest graphics of the time, but it created a new standard for side-scrolling platform gameplay.

National briefs

UPenn drops charges against student The University of Pennsylvania decided Thursday to drop the charges filed against a student who had posted photographs of two fellow students having sex against a dormitory window online, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Religious conflict cancels KU class

A controversial new course at the University of Kansas has been canceled after it was revealed its instructor sent disparaging e-mails about Christian fundamentalists and creationists, according to The Washington Post. The course, "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and Other Religious Mythologies," was to be taught by Professor Paul Mirecki until e-mails surfaced in which he called religious conservatives "fundies" and said his course would be a "nice slap in their big fat face," according to The Washington Post.

Sports briefs

AU swimmers get share of top finishes at Rutgers meet The AU men's and women's swim teams combined for eight top-five finishes in the first two days of the Rutgers Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Seniors Val Fomenko and Kevin Falkenstein led AU taking individual wins, Fomenko in a tie in the men's 100-yard fly and Falkenstein in the men's 100 backstroke Saturday.

Staff editorial: What exactly is the matter with Kansas?

A professor at the University of Kansas had to cancel the class he planned to teach after reaction to comments he made about religious conservatives. The course was entitled "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism, and other Religious Mythologies.

D.C. kicks off holiday season with tree lighting

President Bush urged spectators to remember the displaced Gulf Coast residents and the servicemen and women abroad before lighting the National Christmas Tree at the Pageant of Peace Thursday night. "The lighting of the National Christmas Tree is one of the great traditions in our nation's capital," President Bush said as he addressed the spectators gathered on the Ellipse.

Shakespeare play is 'Comedy' without 'Errors'

Utter chaos is the best description of any showing of William Shakespeare's classic farce, "A Comedy of Errors." But in the case of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's latest rendition, the chaos has transcended pointlessness and evolved into well-controlled, carefully executed hilarity.

Student advocacy group launches loan debt site

A student advocacy group launched its Web site last Monday to raise public awareness about the number of students who are in debt because of college loans, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Student Debt Alert, a project of the Student Public Interest Research Groups, features a Student Debt Yearbook on its site that resembles facebook.

Column: The best Iraq exit plan

In the week before Thanksgiving, as Congress was struggling to finish its business so they could rush home, the House of Representatives erupted into a nasty debate that made the Prime Minister's Questions look like a tea party. Earlier in the week, Rep.

All thumbs

Thumbs up... Ben Connors and Chris Kosek... AU's own won a contest through the Will Rogers Institute. Starring in the ad are Muppets and the beautiful Teri Hatcher. Go, Ben! BE Week.. All across campus students are celebrating who they are. Kudos to the SG for having a program that really resonates with the campus Pandas.