April 18, 2013

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April 18, 2013 Volume 87 – Issue 24

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Photo of the Week CAN’T BE TAMED — AU students Geoff Blizard and Caitlyn Wan play Petruchio and Katherina in AU Rude Mechanicals’ production in Kreeger Auditorium of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.”

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5 to 8 p.m. / Pick up the spring issue of AU’s creative arts magazine AmLit. Snacks will be served. / Battelle-Tompkins Atrium / American Literary / Annie Bueller / amlitmag@gmail.com

5 to 6 p.m. / Get information on how to apply for the White House Internship Program. / Mary Graydon Center 4 / Career Center / Jessie Carter / 202-885-1814

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7:30 to 9:30 p.m. / Distinguished University professors Richard Breitman and Allan Lichtman discuss their new book on the relationship between President Franklin Roosevelt and Jews during World War II. / Abramson Family

7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. / AU student Travis Roberts and Assistant Professor Kyle Dargan will host a poetry reading. / Battelle-Tompkins Atrium / Literature Department

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Corrections An article in the April 11 edition of The Eagle headlined “‘Harry Potter’ fans unite on campus” misspelled Pooja Patel’s name.

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SPEAK YOUR PEACE: POETRY IN SOLIDARITY WITH OPPRESSED, AFFLICTED OR RECOVERING POPULATIONS

A caption on the bottom-left picture of an article in the April 11 edition of The Eagle headlined “Greenberg Theatre celebrates 10th anniversary” incorrectly identified Arch Campbell as Harold Greenberg. His name was placed on a chair in Greenberg Theatre for his commitment to the arts as an entertainment reporter.

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Vigil mourns victims of Boston Marathon bombing

By SUZANNE GABER EAGLE STAFF WRITER

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The new Tolstoy bust made a brief appearance April 12 in its old location near the Battelle-Tomkins Building.

Second Tolstoy bust to move to library

By DEVIN MITCHELL EAGLE STAFF WRITER

A new bronze bust of Leo Tolstoy is on its way to Bender Library, according to the Initiative for Russian Culture Executive Director Anton Fedyashin. The bust will be displayed on the third floor in a glass case with a camera trained on it for security purposes.

Members of the initiative are still in the process of debating what the design of the pedestal will look like. Once fully designed, the bust will move to the library.

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Peter Starr and IRC Chair Sue Lehrman asked Gregory Potosky, the sculptor who cast the original, to create another around the time the

original bust of Tolstoy was stolen on March 1.

The Department of Public Safety is still investigating the first bust’s disappearance.

The new bust briefly resurfaced in the same area between the Battelle-Tomkins Building and the Kogod of School of Business on April 12. Its disappearance prompted speculation that the second bust was stolen.

However, the IRC was just displaying the bust outdoors for a symposium on the Cold War titled “The Strength of Dialogue,” according to Fedyashin.

Fedyashin still thinks AU is the right place for the Tolstoy bust and its celebration of Russian culture.

“Tolstoy is very much at home here,” Fedyashin said.

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AU students gathered throughout the day April 16 to participate in moments of silence in solidarity with victims of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings.

The bombings occurred at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing at least three people and injuring another 176, according to the New York Times.

Kay Spiritual Life Center held a vigil at 5 p.m. on April 16 to honor the victims as well as comfort AU students who were shaken by the events of the previous day.

University Chaplain Joe Eldridge opened the vigil with a quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. “Anything that affects one of us directly, affects all of us indirectly,” he said.

Many of the campus chaplains as well as students and alumni directly affected by the bombing gave words of condolence and support. Students were also encouraged to contribute their personal stories and feelings on the bombings.

MOMENT OF SILENCE HELD

Lorraine Magee, a sophomore in the College of Arts

and Sciences who is originally from Natick, Mass., organized a moment of silence in front of the Kay Spiritual Life Center at 2:45 p.m. April 16 for the victims of the bombings The minute was meant to bring the AU community together, she said. She held a

Kenner overheard students in the Ward Circle Building claim that they had warned Muslims would act again, in reference to terrorist acts. Kenner felt the statement did not help grievers or aid the progress of finding a suspect.

“My heart hurts for those killed and injured in Boston,” she said. “But you cannot fight hate with hate, and you cannot blame an enStudents from New England are tire religion for an event, especially showing their love for the before there is a city of Boston and are proving single viable suswe all will be resilient in pect present. The the wake of this event. answer is to grieve unconditionally and then get back up again with a resolve to make the world a place in which acts of such violence no longer sign labeled “Boston is my exist.” home” and said she was pleasOther students connected to antly surprised by support she the tragedy as runners. Patrick received from the AU commu- Kelly, Student Government nity. president-elect, said he was es“I received a number of mes- pecially distraught by the event sages and friend requests from as a regular marathon participeople letting me know they pant who hopes to someday could not attend the event, but run in the Boston Marathon. was extending their support …

Kelly attended the moment a lot of them were people I did of silence organized by Magee not know or had only spoken to and was impressed by the supa few times,” she said. port of the AU community.

Tenaya Kenner, a Muslim “Students from New Engfreshman in the School of Inter- land are showing their love for national Service, drew person- the city of Boston and are proval connection from the almost ing we all will be resilient in the immediate allegations that the wake of this event,” he said. bomber shared her faith.

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Kogod MBA graduates shy away from government jobs employment,” Hill said.

The top consulting employers of Kogod MBA graduates Fewer masters of business include Deloitte, International administration graduates of the Business Machines, Booz Allen Kogod School of Business are Hamilton, The World Bank and taking government jobs than in CSC Business Consulting, acprevious years. cording Kogod LinkedIn page.

In 2012, 7 percent K o g o d of full-time MBA graduates have graduates accepted more trouble Kogod graduates make less than the national government posifinding work average income of business graduates tions, down from 12 than other MBA percent in 2011, Lara graduates in the Kline said, assistant United States. dean of marketing While the naand strategy in the tional average NATIONAL KOGOD Kogod Center for Caof finding work AVERAGE GRADUATE reer Development. within three INCOME OF AVERAGE Students are still months is 82 BUSINESS INCOME looking for jobs within percent, 79 perGRADUATES = = the federal governcent of Kogod $68,540 $85,000 ment, Arlene Hill said, MBA graduates director of the Kogod found work in Center for Career Dethat time frame.

DIFFERENCE IN INCOMES = $ 16,460 velopment.

In addition, “Looking ahead, it full-time Kogod is still unknown if changes in the MBA program.

MBA graduates make on avergovernment hiring process or “In the past year, more stu- age $68,540, compared to the sequestration will have an impact dents found opportunities and national average of $85,000, acon government hiring,” Hill said. salaries in federal consulting a cording to the Bloomberg Busi“The current year outcomes will better fit and easier hiring pro- nessweek profile. be our first indicator of the poten- cess than government agency NEWS@THEEAGLEONLINE.COM

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In a speech at AU, Axelrod discussed political ambition in college.

Axelrod calls for bipartisanship after Boston Marathon bombing

By SUZANNE GABER EAGLE STAFF WRITER

Only a few hours after bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line, former senior advisor to President Obama David Axelrod came to AU to discuss youth involvement in politics and opened his speech with a word of support for the victims of the bombings.

“I am a partisan, but days like this remind us that there are things that are larger than partisanship … on days like this there are no Republicans and Democrats, but just Americans,” Axelrod said.

The bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed at least three people and injured 176 more, according to the New York Times.

Despite the today’s youth having lived through many terrorist attacks similar to the tragedy in Boston, Axelrod describes them as the most idealistic and determined generation since the ‘60s and encouraged students to become involved in the political sphere.

“I can’t think of anything more important,” he said of youth involvement in politics.

“We are going to be a better and stronger country if you young people take ownership of the system.”

Axelrod is well-known for his work on both of Obama’s presidential election campaigns as well as his position as former senior adviser to the president.

Recently, Axelrod began the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago to promote more youth involvement in the public sphere.

“My mission is to encourage, involvement and engagement,” he said. “I want to see young people in the political process in some form or fashion, because the more engaged the young are, the better off we are going to be.”

Axelrod also credited the election of Obama and the rising acceptance of same-sex marriage in the United States to the youth vote and dedication. “[Youth] have the opportunity to help move this country along, and [they] do,” he said.

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tial impact.”

For the class of 2012, 33 percent accepted jobs in consulting and 19 percent accepted jobs in financial services, the top industries for employment, according to the Bloomberg Businessweek profile of the Kogod full-time

Survey shows little student involvement in Honors changes

By STEVEN MURPHY EAGLE STAFF WRITER

A recent survey completed by Abby Fennewald, a senior in SOC who is enrolled in the Honors Program, suggests that honors students did not have much say in the changes to the program.

The survey, to which 353 undergraduate and 62 alumni honor students at AU responded, also found that students did not know the effects of the program chang-

es and are happy with the current program.

Fennewald created the survey because she felt honors students had no input on the changes.

“I think it speaks to the larger issue of transparency at AU as a whole,” she said.

Of the students taking the survey, 57 percent did not know anything about the changes and 83.7 percent said they did not participate in changes to the program.

Only 276 people out of the 415

survey-takers answered both of these questions.

Bryan Fantie, a psychology and honors professor on the Faculty Senate, said faculty members think students did not have much say in the changes, nor were they informed about them. Fantie said many members of the Faculty Senate were unsure of what they approved.

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SG begins work for upcoming academic year KPU, SUB get increased funding from Undergraduate Senate

By CHLOE JOHNSON EAGLE STAFF WRITER

The total SG budget is $656,000

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$8,000 from savings accounts to spending on April 7.

“It’s the largest budget SG has ever had, dollar-wise,” Atanasio said.

The budget gave every part of SG the amount of money it requested, if not more, according to Atanasio.

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The Undergraduate Senate increased next year’s budgets of the Kennedy Political Union and the Student Union Board to their highest levels ever in a vote April 14.

KPU will receive $202,750, an increase of $18,750 in the fiscal 2013 budget, and SUB will also receive $202,750, an increase of $21,750.

The hope is that the money will allow these groups to continue to bring high-quality events to campus, Chairman of the Special Committee on Finance Brett Atanasio said.

The entire spending budget of Student Government will total $656,000, which is an increase of $26,000 from fiscal 2013. The increase is partially due to Senate’s movement of

KPU

erable effort by both the executives and the Special Committee on Finance,” Atanasio said.

The budget was quickly passed with little opposition.

Only two senators voted against it.

“I was expecting a battle,” Speaker of the Undergraduate Senate Alex Iannacio said.

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Three candidates left for new social sorority

By TORI DALCOURT EAGLE STAFF WRITER

A new social sorority chapter from the National Panhellenic Conference will join AU’s Greek community next year, according to Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Curtis Burrill.

Delegates from the Panhellenic Council will vote on which sorority to admit to campus on April 23, Burrill said.

AU currently has chapters representing seven of the 26

SG circulates petition to create committee on AU’s investments

National Panhellenic organizations, according to Burrill.

A committee of students and staff received presentations from several Panhellenic organizations that do not already have chapters at AU. The committee narrowed the selection down to three Greek organizations: t Sigma Kappa t Alpha Xi Delta t Kappa Kappa Gamma “All three organizations are committed to strengthening our community through service,

campus involvement and leadership development, which makes the impending decision incredibly tough for the Panhellenic community,” Rachel Jones, a senior in the School of Public Affairs and the outgoing president of the Panhellenic Council, said in an email.

“This is an opportunity for women on our campus to start a brand new organization that could be here for the lifetime of the institution,” Burrill said.

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Student Government is collecting signatures for a petition calling for the creation of a “Socially Responsible Investment Committee” that will review the University’s investment practices and make recommendations to Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance Donald Myers, University President Neil Kerwin and the Board of Trustees.

Both the Undergraduate Senate and the Residence Hall Association General Assembly will advocate for the committee, according to a resolution that the Senate passed on April 14.

The student body’s passage

of the “Referendum on a Fossil Free American University” influenced the Senate and RHA’s decision to support this committee, the resolution said.

SG plans to obtain 1,000 signatures to present to the University, according to SG Comptroller Joe Ste.Marie.

“Socially responsible investing is quickly becoming the standard,” Ste.Marie said in a press release. “Students contribute 90 percent of the University’s operating funds and they deserve a say in how those funds are spent and invested.

This Committee is an important step towards that end.”

SG Comptroller-elect Ben Johnson could not be reached for comment.

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Commencement speakers announced

By ZACH C. COHEN EAGLE STAFF WRITER

Leaders in government, academia and private business will speak at this year’s commencement ceremonies.

SPA: EPA’S LISA P. JACKSON

The former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will speak at the School of Public Affairs Commencement ceremony.

She will receive an honorary doctorate in public service.

SOC: DREAMWORKS’S DARRYL FRANK

Frank, who received his bachelor’s degree from SOC in 1991, will be given an honorary doctorate in humane letters. He is the co-president of DreamWorks Television and will speak at the School of Communication commencement.

SIS: FORMER FOREIGN POLICY EDITOR MOISÉS NAÍM

zation Partners in Health.

Farmer will receive an honorary doctorate of science.

KOGOD: J.G. WENTWORTH’S GARY VELORIC

AU alumnus Veloric is the founder of financial services firm J.G. Wentworth. He also founded Red Stripe Plane Group, a family of companies focused on entertainment, music and technology.

Veloric graduated from Kogod in 1982 with a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science.

He will receive an honorary doctorate of laws.

Koh, a former legal adviser to the U.S. State Department, will speak at the Washington College of Law’s commencement. He is now a Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.

He will receive an honorary doctorate of laws.

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Hundreds walk to promote cancer research, support survivors

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Participants walked around paper lamps, called luminaria, during the event.

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AU raised $60,678 during its fifth annual Relay for Life, opening its doors to about 400 students from 8 p.m. April 13 to 8 a.m. April 14 in support of cancer survivors in the AU and D.C. community.

Participants gathered in Bender Arena for the 12-hour “walkathon” that raised money for the American Cancer Society and cancer research. More than 60 teams and 700 people registered for the overnight, according to the event website.

Cancer survivors led an emotional first lap around the court, which included event coordinator Alex CVitan, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2004.

“I had my last day of treatment and immediately went to my first Relay for Life event, and it was the most amazing experience that I ever had,” CVitan, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said.

Caregivers joined the survi-

vors for the second lap before the music picked up and all participants walked a lap together to kick off the event.

Soon after, dancing broke out on the dance floor, with students dancing to “Gangnam Style” and “Cupid Shuffle” as participants kept up a steady flow of people walking around the track.

Throughout the night, the Relay for Life event coordinators kept participants entertained with a frozen T-shirt contests and limbo. Different groups collected donations at the event for Relay for Life, offering nail painting and cupcake decorating.

At 10:15 p.m., students began walking a silent lap in the dark around the track to begin the luminaria service, where participants listened to testimionals about losing loved ones to cancer. The service was held outside for the first time in the Woods-Brown Amphitheater, illuminated by glowing “luminaria,” paper bags decorated in honor or memory of cancer victims.

After the speeches, participants lit glow stick necklaces to

honor a mother, father, grandparent, sibling, friend or to show their support. Students walked around the bags in silence, with their necklaces glowing brightly in the dark.

Dancing and walking continued afterward, joined by a Mr. and Mrs. Relay competition, where competitors dressed in drag to raise donations. At 3 a.m., students were entertained

by School of Communication freshman and magician Danny Dubin, followed by a “Fight Back” ceremony at 4 a.m.

Despite never personally battling cancer, Swathi Nuli, a junior in the College of Arts and Science and School of Public Affairs, was proud of the money that AU raised for cancer research.

“My favorite part about Relay For Life is that I can be sad but happy at the same time,” Nuli said. “I can represent a person that I love and the person that I lost with other people, and I can know that it’s not silly, it’s important, and what I’m doing is important and its for a cause.”

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Eagle Rants You guys do realize there are plenty of colleges around the country that don’t have air conditioning in their dorms at all, right? Also, it’s only 80. Grow a pair and quit complaining.

Sorry, AU, but cutting the courseload of the Honors program does NOT make it better. Bad call.

Three secrets to happiness: Trusting yourself, loving the people around you, and great physical strength.

All three are key.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Go ahead, speak your mind. We’ll probably print it.

I am having a love affair with this ice cream sandwich.

I’ve always gotten the impression that AU has a whole underground community of racist homophobic bigots…

Dear freshman biddies on the shuttle: please stop shrieking about how much alcohol you have in your purse. We still don’t think you’re cool. Sincerely, everyone over the age of 14.

Where did all the frat parties go?! Is it too much to ask to have normal college things to do on the weekend?

Oh dear god, I just realized that you think I like you.

I don’t. There’s no attraction. Please don’t make this awkward.

Dumbledore’s Army is AU’s underground resistance movement to overthrow the fascist regime that is led by Neil Kerwin.

There are so many lobsters at AU now! There’s this thing called sunscreen. Do you want skin cancer?! Relay for Life is this weekend!

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“People are feeling disenfranchised and left out,” he said. “Nobody is against the principle of the changes, but we don’t really know what is happening, and things are moving too fast.”

The Faculty Senate discussed what they had approved for the new Honors Program at a meeting in early April.

“The only thing that was clear was that nothing was clear,” Fantie said.

The new Honors Program was approved by the Faculty Senate in February 2013 and will be implemented in the fall of 2014, Interim Director of the Honors Program Michael Manson said.

Faculty Senate Chair Barlow Burke did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

The number of freshmen admitted to the new program will decrease from 200 to between 45 and 90 stu-

dents per year. Fennewald believes this decrease could affect the amount of perspective students that choose to attend AU. “Our survey showed that being accepted to the Honors Program was a strong factor in students choosing to go to AU,” Fennewald said. “If we make the Honors Program smaller, students will choose other schools.”

More than 84 percent of students and alumni surveyed agreed or strongly agreed that participation in the Honors Program was a factor in their decision to go to AU, according to the survey results.

“Our ideal would be that they would reconsider all of these changes,” Fennewald said. “The plan in the coming weeks is to talk to department chairs about our findings. We want to make sure that they know there is another side and that they should not just accept these changes.”

Manson said that the results of the survey were accurate but skewed toward freshmen and students in the College of Arts and Sciences and School of International Service. According to Fennewald’s findings, the majority of students who participated in the survey are enrolled in those schools.

Manson also said that students have had numerous opportunities for input regarding the changes.

Honors town halls were also held as a platform for the changes to be discussed by students, according to Manson, who said he wondered what other options are needed to ensure student input.

The task force that was created in 2011 to look into the Honors Program had two student members, a junior and a senior, he said.

“What more action does [Fennewald] want?” Manson said.

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Conference puts social media in the spotlight

By EAN MARSHALL EAGLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The AU Social Media Club held its third annual Social Learning Summit on April 12 and 13, bringing students, teachers and professionals together to learn about new applications and trends in the world of social media.

The conference was attended by approximately 300 participants out of the 468 that registered, according to AU Social Media Club Vice President Melanie Loff-Bird, a sophomore in the School of Communication. This year’s turnout was an improvement over last year’s 250 participants, she said.

The conference, which was held in the School of International Service building, featured panels on the usage of online platforms, such as Twitter, and social media’s role in fields ranging from advertising to journalism to

sports.

Each panel had a specific Twitter hashtag associated with it, allowing participants to live tweet their thoughts and comments online.

“I was able to be in one panel, but also see what was going on in another panel, so I think that’s ... important,” said Joey Polaski, a senior in SOC who attended talks on entertainment and online communities.

For others, the conference helped put new technology into a greater context.

“I think social media has come to structure all of our interactions as a generation. ... I think it’s a way to structure all of the conversations we have now,” Student Government Comptroller Joe Ste. Marie said, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs.

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About 20 students lit candles outside the Kay Spiritual Life Center April 15 in remembrance of those killed during the ongoing conflict in Syria.

Students gather on campus to support Syria

By RACHAEL WEISS EAGLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Kay Spiritual Life Center’s steps were illuminated by the glow of candlelight as around two dozen students gathered on April 15 to mark the beginning of Syria Solidarity Week, sponsored by the University’s chapter of the United Nations Children’s Fund.

The vigil portion of the evening concluded with a procession from Kay to the Mary Graydon Center in memory of those lost to the Syrian conflict, a two-year-long civil war that has killed 70,000 people.

Military violence continues to oppress Syrian people, and such events are vitally important in raising awareness, AUNICEF President Fariha Alam said, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

“There aren’t that many people that know about this issue in America,” Alam said. “It is not about just fundraising, but about raising knowledge on the issue.”

Alam is a transfer student, and this is her second year involved with AUNICEF. She has volunteered with UNICEF since 2008.

Candles were distributed and lit at the vigil while representa-

tives of different faiths spoke.

Students who were not directly connected to the conflict, including Conor Jackman, a sophomore in the School of International Service who works for the Fair Trade Student Association, still saw importance in attending.

“I want to be a person who supports social justice,” Jackman said. “When you work in social justice you start supporting others because it’s hard to get support. It’s important to learn about issues, and when you learn, you’re able to outreach, and that’s what it’s all about.”

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AU OVERHAULS CAMPUS DINING SER Aramark to replace Bon AppĂŠtit as food provider

By TORI DALCOUR T EAGLE STAFF WRITER

Bon AppÊtit’s contract with AU will not be renewed, according to Chris Moody, assistant vice president for Housing and Dining Programs.

Aramark Higher Education, which currently provides cleaning services to the University, will serve as the new dining management provider as of June 1.

AU’s Dining Service Project Team, a group of faculty and student representatives from Student Government and the Residence Hall Association, reviewed the University’s dining services over the past year.

During this process, the team held three campus-wide open forums to hear from the community about what was important to them in regard to the campus’s food services.

The team also visited seven other colleges to experience

their food services and received proposals from three vendors.

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Moody said.

Most of the dining workers will be able to continue work-

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ing on campus, but the current management staff will probably not remain here since they work for Bon AppĂŠtit, Fiona Erickson, president of RHA and a member of the Project Team, said.

Aramark is working with the current employees to transfer their employment from Bon AppĂŠtit to the new company.

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RVICES Starbucks, Elevation Burger replace McDonald’s, Tavern New restaurants will include Sweetgreen, Bene Pizza and Pasta, and Global Fresh Foods.

By STEVEN MURPHY EAGLE STAFF WRITER

Starbucks and a number of new restaurants will replace some of the current food options on campus this fall as a part of a new dining contract between AU and Aramark Higher Education.

Elevation Burger and Bene Pizza and Pasta will replace the Tavern on the first floor of the Mary Graydon Center. Global Fresh Foods, a restaurant that each week offers cuisine from a different part of the world, will replace Salsa, Residence Hall Association President Fiona Erickson said.

Starbucks will take the vacant place left by McDonalds in Bender Tunnel, The Eagle previously reported.

A Sweetgreen will also be added to the first floor of MGC, according to Erickson.

These dining options will be open for longer hours than current eateries on campus, although times have not been finalized, according to Erickson.

Einstein Bagels and Subway will remain on campus in their current locations.

Eagle Express will also remain on the first floor of MGC but Aramark will be offering “POD” (Provisions on De-

mand) box lunches, instead of Bon Appétit’s current take-out lunches, Erickson said.

Students will also be able use meal swipes at these new dining options. This will encourage them to buy bigger meal plans, Erickson said.

“Some students currently have to sign up for the 150 meal plan but then can’t use them all by the end of the semester,” she said.

AU will also expand the Terrace Dining Room in order to compensate for more students on Main Campus in the coming years, Erickson said. Construction will not take place until

Meal swipe system expanded

By DEVIN MITCHELL EAGLE STAFF WRITER

Aramark will introduce more meal plan exchanges at on-campus dining locations beginning in the fall, according to Residence Hall Association President Fiona Erickson.

Starting in the fall, students can use meal swipes to purchase predetermined food combinations at all locations that

will be operating except the new Sweetgreen and Starbucks, Erickson said.

At Einstein Bros. Bagels, for example, students will be able to purchase a bagel and a coffee with a meal swipe.

“You hear a lot of students talk about how they can’t use all their meal swipes by the end of the semester,” Erickson said. “I think that this will help with that a lot.”

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AU Dept. of Performing Arts stages dance showcase

By DAVID KAHEN-KASHI EAGLE STAFF WRITER

Dance is the art of talking loud and saying nothing, as James Brown would say.

The AU Department of Performing Arts presents “Backyards & Frontiers” on April 19 and 20 in the Greenberg Theatre.

“It’s a celebration of the past, present and future of the AU dance program. Alums, guests and current students and faculty have contributed choreography,” Melanie George said, choreographer and the director of the dance program at AU. The recital is a showcase of various choreographers’ works here at AU, from artist in residence Christopher Morgan to George herself. Each piece traverses the frontiers of the psyche and is pieced together through various time periods and styles of dance.

Casting began during the first week of spring semester classes, and the department ended up placing 16 dancers, 11 of whom are dancing minors, into the show.

“Soloists are determined by each individual choreographed based on the needs of the dance and the skills of the dancers,” George said. “There is no uniform method. Each dance and each choreographer see and desire different things.”

Dance numbers include one titled “Million Dollar Babies.” It adopts its ethos from the Clint Eastwood film of a similar name, in which a female boxer, played

by Hilary Swank, fights to become a professional.

The piece showcases the versatility of the costumes designed

by Roxann Morgan Rowley. They untie at the leg seam and become pseudo-dresses — just enough to hint the delicacy of the female body — while still containing a masculine nature. It is an airy dance that is contemporary in nature.

In another piece titled “Selective Sync,” dancers synchronize their futuristic movements with chromatic lighting and simple sleeveless turtleneck costumes. It bridges contemporary and classical styles of dance to create a meditative dance about fragmentation and being anonymous in society.

Soloist and School of Communication senior Sareen Hairabedian traverses the stage finding meaning in a specific movement which is repeated throughout the piece.

Ellie van Bever, a choreographer and School of Public Affairs senior, adapted a piece titled “This Is Not A Show,” which she modified to fit into the spring dance concert.

“My piece is about the nature of concert dance, specifically contemporary and postmodern dance. I think the point of my work is that I don’t expect them to take anything away from it,” van Bever said. “I want people to have their own impression and not feel pressured to ‘get’ it. At the time of the performance, it’s out of my hands.”

The “Backyards & Frontiers” show can be described as the marrying of two styles of dance, both diametrically opposed to each other, but coming together to create something ephemeral though somehow familiar.

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AU Rude Mechanicals show their sassy side in raucous adaptation of ‘Taming of the Shrew’

By DAVID KAHEN-KASHI EAGLE STAFF WRITER

There are scarcely couples within William Shakespeare’s plays who can match the skirmish of wits between Petruchio and Katherina in SOC senior Seth Rose’s adaptation of “The Taming of the Shrew.”

“The Taming of the Shrew” involves the story of Katherina (played by School of Public Affairs junior Caitlyn Wan), Kate for short, who is the most intolerable soul in all Verona.

Petruchio, a well-traveled and carefree gentleman (played by AU graduate Geoff Blizard) travels to Verona to find a wife, with his reliable servant Grumio (performed boisterously and with impeccable comic timing by School of Communication sophomore Neil Deininger).

Baptista (graduate student David Marshall Bradshaw) is the father of both Katherina and Bianca (Kate Kerns, a junior in SPA), who often unintentionally creates rivalries among the characters because of his fervent attempts to wed his daughters. Bradshaw’s feverish performance is naturally

fitted to Shakespeare’s language.

Baptista’s actions cause Petruchio to hear false rumors of Kate’s affable and amorous persuasion, leading Petruchio to engage Kate in a war of words and whims in order to woo her.

As his last directorial effort at AU, Rose holds “The Taming of the Shrew” in special place.

The choice of directing this play spawned from his first directing experience with the Rude Mechanicals Rose directed Petruchio and Katherine’s first meeting scene for a variety show. “...I love that scene so much, it’s just like the banter between the two of them is just so delightfully vulgar,” Rose said.

Rose decided to propose “Taming of the Shrew” for the Rude Mechanicals’ end-of-the-year production.

“I love it as a show,” Rose said.

“It’s hilarious and if you do it correctly, I think it’s very thoughtprovoking.”

The play, rather than using a redolent set design, is far more concerned with studying characters and heightening their natural reactions.

Melissa Englander, an alumna

of AU and makeup designer for the show, got to exercise her versatility in the design of the actors various visages, since many of the ensemble have to play dual roles.

“You get as creative as possible, like for aging hair we’re using baby powder. It’s just trying a bunch of different, cheap things,” Englander said.

The play also marks the first time in a while that the Mechanicals have done Shakespeare in its original Elizabethan time period.

“It’s weird we have so much of the costumes — we’ve had them from variety show scenes or other productions that we’ve done that aren’t really Shakespeare and everything — and we just have this wardrobe, despite the fact that I can’t [remember] ever doing a period show,” Rose said.

Rose’s adaptation of “Taming of the Shrew” is raucously funny, but is tinged with a bittersweet ending because of the fact that the entire e-board of the Rude Mechanicals will soon be graduating.

“The last night of this show is going to be a whirlwind of emotions.“ Rose said.

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TV PICK: Hannibal

By DAVID KAHEN-KASHI EAGLE STAFF WRITER

“Hello, Clarice” is arguably one of the most quotable lines in cinematic history, uttered by Anthony Hopkins to Jodie Foster in Jonathan Demme’s 1991 “Silence of the Lambs.”

Since then, the character of Hannibal Lecter has enraptured the viewing public with his unnervingly polite demeanor and cannibalistic eating habits.

TV impresario Bryan Fuller, creator and writer of shows “Dead Like Me” and “Pushing Daisies,” has resurrected Lecter in an intelligent procedural to NBC with Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (“Casino Royale”) in the title role.

Mikkelsen’s waxy complex-

ion and accented speech fits the character well as he works in conjunction with troubled, antisocial Agent Will Graham, played by Hugh Dancy.

Offerings include well-crafted, sometimes Kubrickian cinematography, writing and rich performances by both Mikkelsen and Dancy as they chase each other in a grisly game of cat and mouse.

With Laurence Fishburne (“The Matrix”) supporting the cast and David Slade (“30 Days of Night”) producing, “Hannibal” offers a more refined vision of gruesome crimes and the psychotic criminals who do them.

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WHAT DO GUYS THINK ABOUT BESTIALITY? You know, at first - like any rational person - I thought you might be a troll.

I thought about it for a long time, and the fact of the matter is that there are obviously a lot of people interested in experimenting with various aspects of the animal kingdom.

This diverse group of clever perverts have already been unleashing their inner animal without actually ending up like that guy in Virginia and his horse. (Horses can’t consent to sex, really. Don’t end up like that guy.)

So, dear readers, for those of you curious about trying out something animalistic, it’s not quite bestiality - in fact, people doing this kinky stuff may get offended if you call it bestiatlity!

- but you have options.

1. Horseplay and puppy play.

Both of these are somewhere between “kinks to do with animals” and “domination kinks,” so let that inform your knowledge.

I’m sure you’ve seen that one episode of “Bones” or another crime show where they have to interview a dominatrix, who wears riding gear and hits someone wearing a bridle in their mouth with a riding crop.

The idea is that you’re a pet who gives up power to their owner for a little while, and the details vary depending on who is involved.

2. Roleplay. Bella and Jacob.

Willow and Oz. Characters on “Teen Wolf” or “The Vampire Diaries”—werewolves are sort of animals, right? If you want to get your rocks off by acting like an animal but don’t want to freak out your girlfriend or boyfriend too much, this is a pretty solid bet. If you growl a

little too realistically, you can just pretend it’s your dedication to acting.

3. Furries. If you haven’t heard of them, how are you on the Internet? According to Urban Dictionary, “anthropomorphic animals” sums it up best.

It’s sort of like the Pink Panther, except instead of a cartoon, it’s an actual person in a catsuit.

(Not to be confused with the more conventionally attractive catsuit.)

Of this entire list, they’re the ones closest to actual bestiality.

Unlike anything else on the list, they’re interested in this animalistic fun time outside of the bedroom, too, so it’s kinky and a lifestyle.

WHAT SHOULD ONE DO WHEN YOU HAVE ERECTION PROBLEMS, BUT YOU’RE STILL FINISHING? “Erection problems” is pretty broad, buddy!

It really depends on what type of problem you have. If you’re having a harder (haha) time getting it up, it could be something as simple as not getting enough sleep or being too stressed out.

If you’re having sex (or masturbating) more often than you’ve ever had before, that can make your erection last longer, for better or worse.

As a rule, though, if you’re really worried about your junk, suck it up and make a doctor’s appointment, ideally not at the Student Health Center because their first conclusion will be that you’re pregnant.

THOUGHTS ON “FRIEND ZONE” BEING ADDED TO THE DICTIONARY? I set aside the basic issue of guys trying to earn sex by being nice, because I’m sure we’ve heard enough about the debate on campus. You should be nice anyway, and a woman sexing

you up has nothing to do with your niceness, it’s usually about whether or not she’s attracted to you. The entire concept is weird to me.

Anyone that’s ever begun a relationship after being friends, or watched an episode of “Friends,” knows that the line between romance and friendship can be really unclear for two people who have chemistry.

Moreover, it’s not like graduating levels of “acquaintance -> friendship -> sex -> relationship.” Real life is never that simple, thank God. Maybe you have a friendship that will never become sexual, but it’s so much better than any meaningless sex you could ever have (disclaimer: meaningless sex can be excellent).

I guess that at the end of the day, the question “Does the friend zone exist?” is the “When Harry Met Sally” question of whether or not women and men can ever be friends without it going to the sexy place. I think they can, and friendship is pretty valuable, so I wouldn’t devalue someone’s friendship by calling it a friend zone.

HOW THE HECK DO YOU MAKE A DORM ROOM ROMANTIC? THE THIN WALLS, LOUD NEIGHBORS -- IT’S IMPOSSIBLE. It is impossible. A dorm room is really never going to look romantic by itself. Your job is to make whoever you’re with forget all about the dorm room.

That’s romantic, when two people are so wrapped up in each other that the rest of the world just doesn’t matter anymore.

I only ask that you get wrapped up in your dorm room, and not on on the Quad.

Put your questions or qualms into the online submission box, or email sex@theeagleonline.com!

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College bands battle for charity in Wonk N’ Roll concert series

By SEAN MEEHAN EAGLE STAFF WRITER

Although many legendary bands started on college campuses, it can still be hard for college bands to find gigs.

School of Communication senior Adam Klionsky knew this all too well and decided to do something about it while also raising money for charity.

As part of his honors capstone, Klionsky organized Wonk N’ Roll, a battle of the bands concert series where college bands can play.

The first concert in the series will be held at Comet Ping Pong April 20 at 10 p.m. and will feature three AU student bands.

“There aren’t a lot of places for college bands to play as college bands,” Klionsky said. “The idea behind this was to have something for students, by students, but the charity aspect is what really made it important.”

Although he was initially planning only one event, Klionsky expanded this project into a series so he could feature more bands.

So far there are two concerts scheduled: a more folksy show April 20 and a pop-punk/ rock showcase May 25. Both battles will feature three bands and take place at Comet Ping Pong.

“My idea was to have four shows, each with its own genre,” Klionsky said. “I’m trying to stick with that theme and in the future I’d like to expand it into hip-hop and electronic. I’ve already talked to some DJs about setting something like that up.”

This weekend’s show features The Modern Nomads, Thrifty States and Port Orchards, all of which are partially or entirely made up of AU students.

“The bands for this show are mostly in the folk range,” Klionsky said. “Thrifty States are more on the rock/blues side: they’re a little heavier and more riff-driven.

Port Orchards kind of dance on

the countrier side of folk, and The Modern Nomads are basically like Mumford and Sons incarnate.”

The audience will be able to use their ticket to vote for their favorite band, with the proceeds from the show being donated to the winning band’s charity. Concertgoers will also be able to buy additional votes for $1, all of which will also go to the winning charity.

Klionsky asked each participating band to find their own charity to represent.

“I told the bands to find a local charity that they like, support and have a relationship with,” he said.

“I’m expecting a large contingent from the charities to come and hopefully hand out literature and answer any questions.”

Thrifty States is representing Free Minds Book Club, a book club for incarcerated youth that, according to their website “uses books and creative writing to empower young inmates to transform their lives.”

The Modern Nomads will be playing for Little Lights Urban Ministries, a nonprofit Christian organization that serves the innercity community of Southeast D.C. Little Lights hopes to help underserved youth and families “spiritually, socially and intellectually.”

Port Orchards selected N Street Village as its charity. N Street Village works to support and empower homeless and lowincome women in D.C. by “offering a broad spectrum of services and advocacy in an atmosphere of dignity and respect,” according to their website.

Klionsky said he hopes to continue the series in the future, going beyond even his initial fourshow plan.

“We have two dates scheduled, but I’m going to keep this going,” he said. “This is a great start, but it’s building to something that I think can be around for a long time.”

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FLAMING LIPS THE TERROR An electronic journey into the outer space of your inner mind.

There’s a constant feeling of death and rebirth on “The Terror.”

This feeling is not linear as some of the band’s past albums have been, but rather it is a tension that persists throughout the entire album.

IRON & WINE

GHOST ON GHOST Southern folkie expands sound, writes music that sounds like sunshine.

Far removed from the days of “Sodom, South Georgia,” Iron & Wine mastermind Sam Beam has grown into a songwriter as comfortable with strings and horns as he is with an acoustic guitar.

THE KNIFE SHAKING THE HABITUAL

Genderless electronica.

Calling The Knife a synthpop band is like calling Can a rock band.

Listening to this album is an exploration of experimental music in a digital age, gender in a post-industrial society, and even a comment here and there on copyright law.

The Knife found its inspiration

Lead singer Wayne Coyne’s vocals continue their climb into a higher register with every album, and the words themselves become less important. It’s more about the ethereal feeling behind every slurred syllable.

The krautrock influenced, hyper-distorted electronic symphonies feel like the soundtrack to a descent into a black hole of nothingness or being woken by a bright light of new hope, often at the same time.

Leaving behind the more story-oriented approach of some of its past albums, the Flaming

Lips deal more with visceral emotion on this album, with highly repetitive, oscillating electronics that drive the listener deeper into his or her own head, while the atmospheric guitar feedback gives a sense of isolation.

By the end, there’s no closure, no definite return to earth, but you still feel somehow enlightened after taking the journey.

Recommended If You Like: Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Black Moth Super Rainbow

His most recent record runs the gamut stylistically, from the Beach Boys-esque harmonies of “Joy” and “Sundown (Back to the Briars),” to the clear funk influences found on “Low Light Buddy of Mine” to straight-up jazz tunes like “Grass Windows” and “Lovers’ Revolution.” “Ghost on Ghost” is a lot like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get.

As a whole, the record is incredibly upbeat and features sunshiney but never sugary produc-

tion that lends many of the song a naturalistic, folkie aesthetic that sometimes screams ‘California in the ‘70s’ and makes you want to run outside and take a leisurely stroll down Mass. Ave. Meticulously crafted and bathed in beauty, “Ghost on Ghost” is an incredibly consistent, satisfying record that, if I may be so bold, is quite possibly Iron & Wine’s best to date.

outside of the musical world, and the result sounds like a nuclear rave 10 years in the future.

Plastic percussion bounces off all walls, perfectly out of sync, as if they were processed kitchen utensils. Karin Dreijer Andersson’s vocals get manipulated into those of an androgynous alien, singing earworm melodies crafted into an atmosphere that is both creepy and inviting.

The style fits well with thematic content of the album, exemplified at the end of the colossal “Full of Fire,” as Karin chants “Let’s talk about gender, baby,” her voice morphing from feminine to masculine to robotic

to static.

Twenty-minute long drone piece “Old Dreams Waiting To Be Realized” is all digital feedback recorded from a boiler room, reminding us how the noise of new media will occupy a disproportionate partition of our time.

The Knife has blueprinted the flaws of the ‘10s for generations to come. It’s up to us to remedy those flaws for the sake of those generations.

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OPINION

STAFF EDITORIAL

Changes to dining plan promises improvements

Next semester, the dining plan will dramatically change for AU students. Bon Appétit is out, and Higher Education is in. The Eagle weighs in on all of the changes happening for the fall.

SO LONG BON APPÉTIT, AND GOOD RIDDANCE Bon Appétit will not be missed on AU’s campus. Over the years, there has been one too many scandals with Bon Appétit’s food, workers and services to warrant a good review of its management.

In the last year we have seen Bon Appétit workers fired for unnamed or inane reasons. We have seen the workers petition for higher wages and more hours.

We’ve seen over 1,000 people sign the Real Food Real Jobs pledge to attain sustainable, local food and livable wages for workers.

Even with all of this pressure by students and faculty, these issues were never fully resolved by the higher management.

Aside from worker rights, students have never been particularly pleased with the services provided from Bon Appétit. Much of this has to do with the morale of the workers, many of whom have not been pleasant to interact with.

With improved work hours and salaries, workers may be friendlier.

Sanitation has also been a big issue, from how the Firewok pan is barely cleaned after each order to the slugs in Terrace Dining Room food. Although the food has improved over the last couple of years at TDR, they still have a ways to go before students stop leaving with the notorious “TDR stomach ache.”

We urge new management to consider implementing and enforcing stricter health precautions. Aramark’s promise to retrain the staff is a good start.

The slugs in the food and anecdotal cases of food poisoning are worrisome, and something

needs to be done.

THE REVAMPED TDR

TDR is going through a complete makeover in the coming semesters.

The vegetarian and vegan sections provide more options that caters to a growing group on campus. As of right now, there are no hot options for vegans and

make kosher food more readily available for the significant Jewish population on AU’s campus.

KEEP TAVERN SPACE OPEN TO STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

The new options for Tavern and Salsa are exciting, but there are some things to be kept in mind. We are not sure what will happen to the space in Tavern,

Over the years there has been one too many scandals with Bon Appetit’s food, workers and services to warrant a good review of its management. vegetarians, and it can be hard to keep up with a particular diet if left to the constraints of meal swipes.

It is now almost impossible to keep kosher as a student at AU. Thankfully, Aramark promises to

and right now that is the only flexible performance space that student clubs can reserve for free.

AU needs to make sure that spacing policies within the Tavern area stay the same, because student

clubs can barely afford to exist right now.

NEW MANAGEMENT SHOULD PROVIDE MORE STUDENT JOBS

With the new Starbucks taking the vacant space in the tunnel, students should never run out of ways to find caffeine on AU’s campus.

However, the more important question to ask is: Who will work at this Starbucks?

Other than the Dav, the vendors on campus do not hire students. We need more places on campus which cater to student jobs. If you are one of the many unlucky students without work study or who lost it sophomore year, there are very few options for employment on campus.

Bringing a Starbucks not only brings more (and arguably, better) coffee options to campus, but it should bring an increase in student employment as well. .≠ E EDPAGE@THEEAGLEONLINE.COM

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

S&M 101 promoted healthy sex, cannot be compared to smoking ban In the April 11 issue of The Eagle, an op-ed entitled “Tobacco-Free policy isn’t a solution, just pushes problem off AU’s campus,” was published, which I nearly agreed with.

At one point the author cited the University’s S&M seminar as evidence. He claimed that a cigarette ban is hypocritical, because at the same time, “The University promotes high-risk sex, for example, by allowing a S&M seminar this past month.”

He went on to say that banning smoking is therefore com-

parable to “banning all sex on campus, the only way to ensure students don’t contract potentially deadly sexually transmitted diseases.”

He finally says that a sex ban would “infringe on the rights of students in the same way the current smoking proposals do.”

While I agree with the message from the rest of the article, his criticism of the S&M seminar is quite unjust. The seminar was used to discuss how to safely enjoy the lifestyle of S&M. While all sex carries

the risk of pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, his regarding S&M as “high-risk sex” is inappropriate and incorrect.

Again, I am very against the idea of a smoking ban, but the comparison puts a bad name on S&M, or sexuality in general.

S&M, when done safely (as was the topic of the seminar), carries no risk beyond that of any other sexuality.

The event was hosted by Queers and Allies, and had he made the same remark of gay sex (which would be equally

incorrect), the comment would be instantly criticized for being blatantly incorrect and offensive.

The University frequently has events and programs to promote healthy, consensual sex, and their commitment to this should be commended, not criticized as being something that “promotes high risk sex.”

While it can certainly be argued that the smoking ban oversteps its boundaries, both the smoking ban and programs brought by the University to

promote sexual health, including S&M 101, are meant to create a healthier campus.

Whether it be S&M, gay sex, straight sex, no sex, or any other form of healthy, consensual activity, no sexuality should be discussed in this manner.

To compare it to smoking, something which is objectively unhealthy and harmful to the body, is uncalled for.

Ford Fischer is a freshman in the School of Communication.

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Amidst Boston tragedy, focus on the helpers JULIA GREENWALD | RANTING WITH MYSELF While I remember watching footage of the World Trade Center going down on Sept. 11, 2001, I don’t remember how I felt.

I was only nine years old at the time and didn’t fully understand what was happening, or what was to come.

I remember seeing people around me crying, grieving and mourning, but don’t remember going through those emotions at all.

Like most young children at that time, I probably just went about my days afterward as normal.

I will, however, always remember how I felt on April 15, 2013.

It’s a mixture between sadness and guilt, a constant knot in my stomach.

But Boston was not the only place struck with tragic violence.

Iraq was also plagued with terror.

I read tweets about an explo-

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sion at the Boston Marathon shortly after the attack took place.

Then videos and pictures leaked on Twitter that made me sick. It was hearing the screams, seeing the bloodstained sidewalk and

sions and people dying.”

There’s really no way to describe the sadness you feel when something of this nature happens. You don’t have to be there or know someone there to feel

I remember someone commenting after they heard about the Boston attack, “Why would you attack people running a marathon? Can we not even run and be safe anymore?”

The first thing I thought of was how many people in Iraq can’t even live and be safe anymore.

Everything seemed so unfair to me. Why did an attack so close to home affect me in such a powerful way, when attacks on innocent lives that I read on headlines daily seemed to do nothing? How

There’s really no way to describe the sadness you feel when something of this nature happens.

watching people rip down barricades and barriers that made me just cry.

When I walked into my room later in the evening, I noticed my roommate seemed upset. I asked her if she was OK, thinking she maybe had a bad day. She turned to me and said something along the lines of, “I don’t like explo-

sad and disgusted. Yet it’s easy to become numb to acts of such tremendous horror.

Guilt consumed me when I later read about the bombings in Iraq that claimed 55 lives and left around 300 injured. There was only one article about it in the New York Times, and very few people even noticed it.

had I become numb to such acts of horror? I don’t like explosions or people dying, but why did it take two violent attacks to remind me of that?

Shortly after the attack, a quote by Fred Rogers (of “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood”) began trending on Facebook: “When I was a boy and I would

see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.”

I want to be a helper, and one of the things I like most about AU is that I feel it is a place filled with helpers, students who care about important issues but don’t just sit around passively and do nothing.

AU students want to make a difference, so we cannot let ourselves become numb and detached from those who need us most.

Where do we go from here?

There may be nothing anyone can do to end violent attacks of terror on innocent people forever.

However, we can all be helpers, even if, at the very least, that means not becoming numb to the violence that plagues our world.

We, as individuals, must attempt every day to make the world less violent, one kind gesture at a time.

Julia Greenwald is a sophomore in the School of Communication.

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Student-drafted report pushes for reorganized student activity fee

As student organization leaders, we have long been frustrated by the process in which student activity fee funds are allocated here at AU, and that there has been no clear method for students to try to change it.

For years, the process for dividing the revenue from the student activity fee has been stuck with the same formula: 72 percent of the undergraduate fee goes to Student Government, while 14 percent goes to the Student Media Board and 14 percent goes to the AU Club Council.

Over the past few weeks, we have seen the distribution of the student activity fee become a ma-

jor topic of conversation on campus. It is clear that after more than a decade of the status quo, now is the time for student leaders to address how to make the student activity fee funding process more equitable and more transparent.

That is why this semester, we brought together a group of student leaders to conduct a thorough study of the student activity fee and to participate in this conversation with the student body about student organization funding. On April 17, our Student Activity Fee Study Committee released its comprehensive report and recommendations to the AU community. Our recommenda-

tions focus on formalizing a process by which student leaders can continually hold each other accountable for how they spend student funds and calls on those leaders to establish consistent standards of transparency so that they can also be held accountable by the student body.

We are also calling for the creation of a permanent advisory Student Activities Leadership Commission (SALC), with representation from SG, Media Board, Club Council, and the Graduate Leadership Council.

Establishing SALC would allow it to oversee the transparency and accountability that the student

activity fee needs and to facilitate a regular dialogue among these organizations.

It would be easy for every student organization to simply declare that they need more money. But talk is cheap. We need to establish a collaborative process by which student leaders can work together to take action.

The student body should expect that of the leaders who represent them.

We encourage all of the student organizations at AU to work together to implement the recommendations that we have put forward in our report. We also ask that the incoming student

leaders continue this conversation to help bring about a meaningful solution to this problem in the upcoming year.

Douglas Bell and Eric Reath are the co-chairs of the Student Activity Fee Study Committee. More info about the committee and our report are online at facebook.com/SAFSC. Bell is a senior in the School of Communication, the general manager of ATV and former chair of the Student Media Board. Reath is a senior is the School of Public Affairs and the former comptroller of SG. EDPAGE@THEEAGLEONLINE.COM

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Fifty years later, Kennedy’s speech stays relevant RYAN MIGEED | THIS SIDE OF RIGHT On a hot summer day in June of 1963, President John F. Kennedy stood before the graduating class of AU to deliver the commencement address.

It is considered one of the best – and most influential – speeches of his presidency.

But why should we at AU care to commemorate it 50 years later?

In “A Strategy of Peace,” which has come to be called the “Peace Speech,” Kennedy challenged his listeners to rethink what peace meant in the Nuclear Age, and what it would mean for future generations. His speech was an overture to the Soviet Union, the first of its kind in the Cold War, a first step in ending the quiet hostilities and loud arms races between the two superpowers.

Indeed, Soviet Premier Ni-

kita Khrushchev was so impressed and so moved by the speech that he allowed the state-run media to re-broadcast and re-print it in Russian.

cause the struggles which he sought to surmount exist in our world today, because nations have refused to negotiate and because peace hangs in an

itself.

Today, America scrambles to confront and mediate North Korea’s nuclear saber-rattling in what the news media are already calling a “crisis.”

The term conjures up a collective memor y of the Cuban Missile Crisis Kennedy faced only months before he delivered the Peace Speech. That crisis was the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war.

As students, we should remember Kennedy’s words because the struggles which he sought to surmount exist in our world today.

The two superpowers would negotiate and sign a nuclear test-ban treaty later that summer and fall – a direct result of Kennedy’s speech, which was both a proposal for the treaty and a sign of goodwill enabling the negotiations to take place.

As students, we should remember Kennedy’s words be-

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Because, after the bombings this week in Boston, we need to remember Kennedy’s call to peace now more than ever.

And because, after two long wars, we still sit – yet again – on the brink of nuclear war.

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we could have done more.

It is for this reason that peace is, as Kennedy said, “the most important topic on earth.”

It is for this reason that Kennedy called us to live and work for peace. It is for this reason that Kennedy’s words still matter: because our fellow man still matters, because the hardships he endures still matter.

And because we can still do something about it all.

Kennedy’s words still matter because the torch he spoke of on his first day in office has been passed into our hands. The trumpet that he said was summoning our parents’ generation calls us as a nation yet again.

That torch is still lit and that trumpet still calls, and we are all still obliged to step into our place in histor y and renew the face of the earth.

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SPORTS Parker Executive Search help in hunt for new AU men’s basketball head coach

By ERIC SALTZMAN EAGLE STAFF WRITER

AU announced in a press release April 12 that it hired Parker Executive Search to assist in the search for a new men’s head basketball coach.

Former head coach Jeff Jones departed AU last week to take the same position at Old Dominion University.

Incoming Athletic Director Billy Walker said in a phone call that the hiring of Parker

would help in the vetting of the potential candidates.

This marks the second time this year that AU has partnered with Parker, which also assisted in the search for Walker. AU had also worked with Parker in the hiring of Walker’s predecessor, former Athletic Director Keith Gill.

Once the list is narrowed down, Walker, along with Interim Athletic Director David Taylor and other members of a search committee, will in-

ter view candidates and pick from two or three people de-

the new head coach will take less time than it took to find Walker, a search which lasted approximately a month and a half.

Both Walker and Taylor said that the search will happen quickly and as thoroughly as possible. Neither specified

This marks the second time this year AU has partnered with Parker, which also assisted in the search for incoming Athletic Director Billy Walker. termined as finalists.

Taylor said in a phone inter view that the search for

an exact time frame for when the school would name a new coach.

Any individual who wishes to nominate or recommend a candidate can contact Parker at the email provided in the release.

This standard nomination procedure allows coaches to enter their name into the applicant pool, accordinga to Taylor.

Taylor said the ideal head coach can bring the Eagles success, “doing it the way as prescribed by the Patriot League.”

He did not give specifics on what AU is seeking in a candidate. Taylor did say that the new head coach would need to build off the consistent amount of on- and off-court success the program saw under Jones.

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Freshman Olesnyckyj, Oladeji headline AU at Mason Spring Invitational as four Eagle runners record top-30 finishes

By ADAM HAMBURGER EAGLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

AU’s men’s and women’s outdoor track teams combined to register four top-30 finishes at the Mason Spring Invitational April 13.

The women’s team had the most successes of the day.

Freshman Lesia Olesnyckyj had the eighth fastest time there in the 100-meter dash with a score of 13.86. Freshman Anike Oladeji had the eighth fastest time in the program’s history with her score of 1:02.24 in the 400-meter dash.

Junior Krystal Foster recorded the best finish for the Eagles in the event, with a 15th

place finish in the 5,000-meter run. Foster was the only Eagle to compete in the event.

The women’s 4x100 runners, consisting of freshman Abigail Fogg, freshman Michelle Holmes, junior Ti’Asia McGeorge and sophomore Shaquilla Curtis finished in last place with a score of 56.57.

Junior Ali Tyburski led the Eagles with a 24th place finish in the 1,500-meter run. Tyburski’s score in the event was 4:43:93. Junior Julia Sullivan and freshman Olivia DiBiasio also competed in the event. Sullivan finished 38th while DiBiasio finished 58th.

On the men’s side, the best finish of the day went to fresh-

man David Hamilton. Hamilton set a personal best in this event.

Hamilton’s score in the 800-meter run was 1:55:70.

In the men’s 1,500-meter run, senior Mark Leininger led the Eagles with a 24th place finish out of 76 runners. Leininger set a personal best with his score of 3:53:14 in the event.

Junior John Pope (37th), sophomore Thomas Woermer (49th), senior Mark Allen (55th) and freshman Bernard Skomal (64th) also competed in the 1,500-meter run.

The Eagles will next travel to Baltimore, Md. for the Morgan State Legacy Meet April 20.

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With coaching vacany, AU men’s basketball recruits unsure of comittment

By JOSH PAUNIL EAGLE STAFF WRITER

When AU men’s basketball head coach Jeff Jones departed for Old Dominion, his current players weren’t the only people he left in a tough situation.

The Eagles’ recruiting class, the prospects that will shape the future of the program, are also enduring the consequences of Jones’ decision. One of those players is Jalen Rhea, a shooting guard who attends New Albany High School in Ohio and is the second best player in AU’s class, according to recruiting services.

“I’m still in shock a little bit; it hasn’t set in that he’s gone,” Rhea said of men’s basketball coach Jeff Jones’ departure.

The Eagles boasted a recruiting class with four players who signed letters of intent.

But after Jones left, one prospect decided to ask out of the signed agreement, which AU obliged April 10. That player is Dallas Cameron, a Florida point guard out of Blanche Ely High School.

“Coach Jones contacted him [to inform him of his departure],” said Melvin Ran-

dall, Cameron’s head coach at Blanche Ely. “It didn’t really go too well. He was a little disappointed. It’s tough when you expect to go to a school and play for a certain coach and then you go and he’s not there anymore.”

Randall also said that the status of Cameron’s recruitment is unknown outside of the fact that “it’s open.” Cameron currently isn’t focusing on any schools and will have a clearer picture of his recruitment at some point next week.

Despite the uncertainty of who the next coach at AU will be, Kade Kager, the younger brother of sophomore small forward Kyle Kager, remains firm in his commitment.

“As of right now, I’m 100 percent with AU,” Kager, a Texas shooting guard who attends Taft School in Connecticut, said. “It was shocking news, but I feel that the program is still in good shape.”

The future of the fourth player in AU’s recruiting class, Yilret Yiljep, who is rated by recruiting services as the best prospect in the class, remains a mystery. Neither the Nigerian power forward nor his coach responded to emails inquir-

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Kade Kager (center), brother of current Eagle Kyle, plans to play at AU despite Jeff Jones’ departure. ing about how the coaching change affects him.

Before Jones left, Yiljep said, “I chose AU because it provides me with the opportunity to challenge myself both in the classroom and on the basketball court. On my official visit, the coaches and players did a good job of making me feel welcome, which made my decision easier.”

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Since Jones left and assistant coach Eddie Jackson was fired a couple of days prior to Jones’ departure, associate head coach Kieran Donohue and Assistant Coach Lamar Barrett are left to pick up the pieces. Both Donohue and Barrett have attempted to build relationships with the recruits with whim they previously had little contact.

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“Honestly, it’s kind of like starting recruiting all over again because I’ve only talked to them three or four times,” said Rhea, who added that he’ll wait until a new coach is named to determine whether he’ll remain with AU or not. “I’m trying to get to know coach Barrett and Donohue and where they’ve been and what they’ve done.”

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Collins leads lacrosse over Longwood

WOMENS LACROSSE Navy 14-1, 5-0 PL ≥American 8-8, 5-0 PL Holy Cross 7-9, 2-3 PL Lafayette 8-8, 2-3 PL Colgate 7-7, 2-3 PL Lehigh 4-11, 1-4 PL Bucknell 4-11, 1-5 PL

Kim Collins recorded four goals as the Eagles snapped their two-game home losing streak with a 7-6 victory over Longwood.

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