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Our Band-Aid foreign policy

Monday, Nov. 1, 2010

Forty-eight years ago, President John F. Kennedy learned of the presence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. The crisis that ensued in the final days of October 1962 brought the Cold War’s combatants to the edge of the nuclear abyss. Only after painstaking negotiations and the removal of American missiles from Italy and Turkey did the frightening prospects of nuclear war recede.

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Society's coffee addiction points to underlying problems

Monday, Nov. 1, 2010

At AU’s Public Anthropology Conference this past weekend, I overheard a woman whisper, walking determinedly toward the breakfast spread, “I need my coffee in the morning. I just can’t get through the day without it.” She was about to present on the roles of neoliberalism in a specific region of the world. She’s not alone — at AU we talk ourselves to death about the role consumerism has in globalization of other countries, or the impact of capitalism in international development. And we also talk about coffee. How could the two conversations have anything in common?

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Staff Editorial: Giuliani heckling goes against CIVITAS

October 26

Aretha Franklin would have been extremely disappointed with the audience attending Rudy Giuliani’s speech in Bender Arena this Saturday. Between some poor comments and loud booing from some adult audience members, there was a distinct lack of respect in the air that we should be ashamed of. As the most politically active campus in the nation and a strong promoter of CIVITAS, we should be aiming to encourage better civil discourse.

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Staff Editorial: Remembering Professor Sue Marcum

October 25

It’s always tragic when a member of our community is taken from us. The circumstances surrounding the death of Kogod School of Business Professor Sue Marcum, however, make the loss of such a beloved member of our community even harder to understand.

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Staff Editorial: Smith’s complaints distract from real issues

October 25

We’ve hit the T-minus seven-day mark until Election Day 2010. In just one week, we will have the answers to all our burning questions: Can Democrats keep control of Congress? Will President Barack Obama be able to handle a divided Congress if Republicans win control?

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Letter to the editor: Change in ANC leadership good for community

October 25

This year, the American University community is more engaged in the ANC elections than ever before, thanks in large part to the “A Voice 4 U” campaign and our Campus Plan process. The incumbent Commissioner of ANC 3D 02, Tom Smith, has received attention from campus media and other outlets, in which he describes his efforts to reach out to the nearly one thousand students he represents on AU’s North-side of campus. We would like to share another perspective regarding these reports and briefly address the challenges facing the community.

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Eagle rants

October 25

More of your rants! Want an answer to your rant? E-mail your queries to our advice bloggers.

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Top tweets

October 18

The Eagle doesn't have a print edition this week, but that doesn't mean we have forgotten about your top tweets!

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Staff Editorial: Thou shalt not steal

October 11

In addition to the disappearance of spare time, money (spent on mostly coffee these days), and perhaps a bit of our sanity, furniture from the University Center and Butler Pavilion have been disappearing over the course of this semester. We don’t know who the perpetrator of such vile acts is — students on a vandalism lark, students too poor to furnish their house this semester or a dastardly villain that isn’t a student at all. Regardless of the culprit, however, the humor in this situation is fading fast.

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Personal Rant: AU, stop and smell the roses sometimes

By Conor Shapiro | October 11

One attribute you quickly acquire as a writer is thick skin. As an undergraduate columnist in San Diego, I once shadowed syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette for the day. After a brief introduction, he asked me to follow him upstairs. He led me to his office and asked if I’d hold on just a minute. After a few moments he waved me over, pointed to his desktop and I peered over his shoulder.

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Refocusing the U.S. on Sudan as key referendum approaches

October 11

AU was put on the map last week. On Oct. 7 the Tenley Campus served as the starting block for the final leg of the Sudan Freedom March, which began in New York City on Sept. 15. Thousands walked the 6.2 miles from our campus to Capitol Hill for a rally in support of “democracy and freedom from genocide and slavery?throughout Sudan.”

The UFL and Why it's Good for the Sport

Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.

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