The Eagle - October 11, 2011

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October 11, 2011 Volume 86 – Issue 7

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MEN’S SOCCER BEATS ARMY 3-0 PAGE 24

REVIEW: AU PLAYERS’ ‘HEAVEN & HELL’ PAGE 12 @THEEAGLEONLINE

ANC OPPOSES WCL’S MOVE TO TENLEY PAGE 5

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TUES., OCT. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; COMING OUT MONOLOGUES 7-9 p.m. / MGC 203 / The GLBTA Resource Center presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Coming Out Monologuesâ&#x20AC;? in honor of National Coming Out Day. / Contact: Matthew Bruno at glbta@american.edu

TUES., OCT. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; GLEE & TRIVIA IN THE TAVERN 8 p.m. / Tavern / Come watch the newest episode of Glee and stay after for trivia and prizes. / Contact: Patrick Ledesma at universitycenterevents@gmail.com

WEDS., OCT. 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; TEACH IN FOR STUDENTS & WORKERS RIGHTS

5:30 p.m. / Ward 1 / The Community Action and Social Justice Coalition presents a speaking event with Francis Fox Piven, a professor of political science and sociology at the City University of New York. Students and workers will also speak about their struggles against cutbacks in education and jobs. / Contact: casj@ american.edu

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5:30 p.m. / MGC 203 / AU College Democrats presents Rep. Donna Edwards, a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. / Contact: Kathryn Tinker at kathryn.tinker@aucollegedems.org

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EAGLE RANTS

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I’m James Wigley, and I’m a senior in CAS. This has gotten a bit out of hand. I appreciate the love, but what is up with this? Also, ranter who apparently hates me and Vonnegut slant-quotes, yet still uses “So it goes,” you are a moron. Go Packers.

[Editor’s note: And so the mystery of who is James Wigley is solved.]

The “New AU Campaign” reeks of douche. It’s incredibly sensationalist, and it reeks of pretentious college freshman.

I don’t have an internship. I feel inadequate.

To those who haven’t noticed: When your portal password expires, you can change it to the same old password again …

Security Fail.

What do bunnies do?

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What’s the most inefficient thing here at AU … the PACKAGE SYSTEM! Today I was reprimanded by a TDR worker for using the water dispenser to fill up my water bottle because it was “unsanitary.” What’s the difference between refilling my water bottle and refilling a TDR glass that I’ve already used? I thought AU promoted reusing things! I guess I’ll use the water fountain upstairs to refill my bottle.

The Tragedy of the LibraryCommons occurs when somebody from my class (for the second time this semester!) checks out a book from the library that we ALL need to read, instead of simply copying the chapter.

This prevents the rest of the class from also copying the chapter, allowing everybody to share. Instead, only one selfish jerk has access to the book. LEARN HOW TO SHARE!

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What is this “AU threesome” I read about in many past Rants?

From, Rant Addicted Freshman Are there no lesbians on this campus??? Am I alone here???

Am I the only person/male who believes in abstinence for non-religious reasons?

Also, can SG/RHA/anyone have a dating fair? I need alternative ways of finding that long term, committed relationship. I’ve been looking for.

— A strange heterosexual male junior Those editor’s notes are funny.

[Editor’s note: You just made my day.]

It’s hard to be humble when you Wiggle in the jungle.

Miss you!

I thought I saw some deer on Mass Ave, but it was just James Wigley.

To the guy in my Understanding Media class who has black-rimmed glasses and resembles Clark Kent.

Please talk to me, I would like to introduce myself to you.

Dear professor, I am trying to seduce you.

Embrace it.

[Editor’s note: Ooo, scandalous! (And potentially illegal.)]

I miss my bump and grind TDR music in a big way.

Psst … My Safe Space sticker goes for just about everything, not just GLBT. - RA by proxy Why do Northface jackets attract hair?

[Editor’s note: I was wondering the same thing just the other day … ] Hey single straight ladies.

I would like to thank you editors! I feel like you have my back. I was down and out and ranting, and you were there to take down all my angry Rants. Thank you for that!

[Editor’s note: We always got yo’ back.]

So at what point can I get my own editorial column in The Eagle if, like, all of my Rants get published in the paper?

True Life: I Think in Eagle Rants.

I cook. I clean. And I’m straight. Want to watch one of my favorite movies, The Notebook?

[Editor’s note: This sounds like a trick … ] Poor junior with no meal plan looking for freshman with huge meal plan. Will trade swipes for friendship and lunch companionship.

I miss cantalope.

But I don’t wanna die.

Catch#22?

I really, really have problems with my neighbor. She records my conversations.

That is not normal.

Where are the Republicans on this campus?

Just curious, I feel like I’m gonna get shot for saying this.

[Editor’s note: It is The Eagle’s policy to generally require 100,000 Rants have been published in the paper during the Ranter’s tenure at AU. We also require Social Security numbers, IP addresses and a $50 deposit.

Please mail all applications to MGC 252.]

AlcoholEdu just let me know how much more I need to be drinking …

I hate when people don’t agree with me about my favorite Disney movie How many people actually eat the food from Cucina Verde? Second question: How many people know what the food is from Cucina Verde?

What is wrong with the weather here? It’s like a freakin Katy Perry song. I was not ready for that.

Will anyone start a Disney appreciation club with me?

I think there is a ghost on the 2nd floor. I think that it’s trying to communicate with me.

I’m sick of Lonely on South side and Lonely on North side getting all the attention.

Like they’re the only ones with no friends …

Dear senior guy that is still a virgin, The Friend Zone is a bitch …

-Not a Virgin Instead of posting a million rants once a week and distracting me from all my classes that day, how about The Eagle releases like 20 Rants a day? That way we can get our little dose of happiness each day, but not waste hours on end because we have been starving for rants the past 6 days.

[Editor’s note: Honey, if we posted 20 Rants a day, that wouldn’t even come close to publishing half of the weekly Rants.]

Who F***ing cares about an Oxford Comma?!?!?!?!??!?

[Editor’s note: I do! I do!]

Dear male, senior virgin, Can I have your number?

Sincerely, Female, junior, I’ll-pretendto-be-a-virgin-for-you.

Today is the third day this week I’ve burned my mouth with Easy Mac. In short, I’m a failure as a human being.

“As I was casually strolling through the Quad earlier today, I stumbled upon a group of hipsters enjoying their daily smoke.”

Daily smoke? I smoke every half hour.

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Burglary rates decrease, other crime rates increase on campus !"#$%&'(#)*+(, -./#0%12#13#1*2(+ Eagle Staff Writers

On-campus vehicle theft, hate crimes and alcohol and drug abuse violations increased from 2009 to 2010, according to the Department of Public Safety’s annual security report.

The number of burglary incidents decreased in the past year.

Liquor and drug violations Drug abuse violations have risen substantially from five violations in 2008 to 77 last year, according to the report.

Liquor law violations that have been referred to Student Conflict and Resolution Services have also been on the rise in the past three years, according to the report. Most of the violations occurred in the residence halls.

Hate crimes There were five hate crimes committed on campus in 2010, three of them motivated by religious discrimination. The other two were attacks related to sexual orientation.

There were no recorded hate crimes on campus based on race or ethnicity in 2010.

Hate crimes are typically differentiated from regular crimes depending on the motivation of attacker. But making that distinction isn’t always easy.

“It’s very hard to prove somebody’s intent,” said Christine Anthony, the assistant director of Student Conflict and Resolution Services.

For example, if the attacker yells racial slurs or if a vandalism incident includes homophobic insults, it is considered a hate crime.

A person does not need to be self-identified as a minority to be the subject of a hate crime. If an attacker perceives a victim as a social minority, it is counted as a hate crime, Anthony said.

“If someone thinks I am

a religious minority, and commits a crime against me because of that, it doesn’t matter if I am a religious minority or not,” she said.

Burglary Burglaries decreased by 45 percent from 2009 to 2010.

The majority of burglaries were laptop computer thefts that took place in residence halls.

The decrease is the result of increased awareness in students about burglary, more guidance from the Department of Education and extra measures taken by Public Safety, according to Public Safety Logistics and Compliance Coordinator Adam Cooper.

“The Department of Public Safety has issued alerts reminding community members to lock their office/ residential doors, as well as reporting keys to DPS immediately,” Cooper said in an email. “We have also stressed the importance of not admitting anyone as a guest unless they are your guest.”

Housing and Dining Programs Director Chris Moody said many of the burglaries are the result of students not locking their doors in the residence halls.

“Students sometimes become comfortable with their surroundings living in a residence hall community and do not lock their door behind them when going to class, the bathroom or a friend’s room,” Moody said.

Housing and Dining Programs will continue installing double card swipe system in residence halls and electronic room locks on dorm rooms during renovations to increase security, Moody said.

These numbers are not a cause to worry because many burglaries are the result of unlocked doors and unattended items, according to Cooper.

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VISUALIZING CRIME Public Safety’s 2010 Security Report detailed crime on campus last year:

BURGLARY

45% decrease from 2009 to 2010

27% decrease from 2008 to 2009

SEXUAL ASSAULT

1 sexual assault reported in 2010

3 sexual assaults reported in 2009

0 sexual assaults reported in 2008

ARSON

3 incidents of arson reported in 2010

0 incidents of arson reported in 2008 or 2010

HATE CRIMES 5 hate crimes committed on campus in 2010

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Number of fire-related incidents on campus drops in 2010 !"#$%45&16#!75+(44 Eagle Contributing Writer

AU saw a decrease in firerelated incidents at residence halls on Main Campus and Tenley Campus from 2009 to 2010, according to the 2010 Fire Safety Report released this fall.

14 total fire incidents were reported in 2010, compared to 19 incidents last year.

Letts had the majority of fire-related incidents on campus in 2010 with four incidents.

Centennial, Nebraska, Leonard and Federal Halls reported zero incidents in 2010.

Cooking-related incidents rise Fire incidents related to food preparation rose to 76 percent from 36 percent in 2009.

The majority of food-related incidents are related to situations such as a student forgetting a pan left on a stove, said Glynnis Bowman, assistant director of environmental health and safety for AU’s Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety Department.

“The fire statistics in the Fire Safety Report only deal with instances where there is an actual smoke or flame event,” she said.

Less fire-related property damage Only one fire incident on campus out of 14 total fire incidents caused property damage in 2010, according to the report. The damage from this incident, a fire in the mail services area of Letts Hall, was reported to cost $20.

In 2009, over $1,576.19 of fire-related damage was reported in six on-campus fire incidents, according to that year’s Fire Safety Report.

Bowman said various AU departments pay for the damage inflicted by fire incidents depending on the situation.

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FIRE INCIDENTS ON CAMPUS The number of fire-related incidents on campus dropped from 19 incidents in 2009 to 14 incidents in 2010.

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building-related, then Facilities Management would come in and take care of that,” Bowman said. “If it’s something like a bulletin board that is owned by Residence Life, then I would assume that Residence Life covers the expense on that.”

Bowman said RMEHS only tracks statistics related to fire incidents and does not handle the finances related to fire damage.

RMEHS works with Residence Life each year prior to the report’s release to discuss ways to increase fire safety awareness at AU, according to Bowman.

“It’s always on the table to find something to do outreach to the students more than just the talk they get when we do a drill, and what’s written up in the Student Handbook,” she said.

No arson or fire-related

injuries in 2010 There was also a decrease in attempted arson on campus. In 2009, 11 percent of incidents were attributed to attempted arson. The 2010 report said no cases of arson had happened on campus that year.

Despite the number of firerelated incidents on campus last year, there were no firerelated deaths or injuries on campus in 2009 or 2010, according to the report.

The 2010 report also said there were two scheduled fire drills per residence hall during the year, one during spring semester and another during fall semester.

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ANC 3E opposes Washington College of Law move, approves North Hall and MGC expansion !"#+)&,-#.%(-' Eagle Staff Writer

Advisory Neighborhood Commission District 3E supports the construction of North Hall and additions to Mary Graydon Center and Nebraska Hall but not Washington College of Law’s move to Tenley Campus.

The ANC announced its decision at the D.C. Zoning Commission hearing Oct. 6, the fifth of six hearings on the AU Campus Plan.

ANC 3E supported the proposed addition of 120 beds to Nebraska Hall.

“Neighbors agreed to doubling the size of Nebraska Hall and are fine with it,” ANC 3E Vice Chair Beverly

Sklover said.

AU also proposes to add to North Hall with 360 beds across from McDowell Hall, The Eagle previously reported. If approved, the hall will open fall 2013.

MGC will increase by 20,000 square feet for more dining and student activity space if D.C. Zoning Commission approves the expansion. )(/#0-#1234#526#4788296# :/$#;2<3 Sklover said the district did not support WCL’s move to Tenley Campus.

“ANC 3E wants to support the law school, but cannot at this time,” she said.

Sklover said residents are concerned about the increase of parking and traffic

“AU’s Good Neighbor Policy does not stop kids from parking in the neighborhood,” Sklover said.

in Tenleytown since many children attend school in this area.

“Things will only get worse,” she said.

Sklover suggested an un-

Contention over East Campus The construction of East Campus is still a contentious issue for residents due to the increase of students that will live in the area.

East Campus will be composed of four residence halls with 590 beds and two aca-

sity, and now it’s changing,” Frumin said.

East Campus is large enough to fit 900 beds if it is constructed to a similar layout in Nebraska Hall, according to Frumin.

Students living off campus an issue for ANC 3E ANC 3E supports the expansion of residence halls to prevent students from living off campus.

“Did you and your husband ever think of reciprocating? As in sending 100 pizzas to the president’s house or something?”

—Peter May, D.C. Zoning Commissioner derground parking garage and a policy requiring students to purchase parking permits upon registration.

She said this will place a cap on the number of vehicles registered and will solve the current parking issues.

demic buildings.

ANC 3E Commissioner Matthew Frumin said the residents want a final plan of the East Campus.

“We were asked to accept a sign amount of student den-

“If you build more housing, fewer kids will be living in our neighborhood,” Frumin said.

Resident Elisabeth Leamy said she refuses to support the Campus Plan due to her

Napolitano urges immigration enforcement ‘reality check,’ defends Secure Communities Program !"#$%&'#()*

Eagle Staff Writer Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano defended the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement policies in a Kennedy Political Union speaking event at Bender Arena Oct. 5.

She dismissed the immigration criticism from extreme right and leftwingers as mere political rhetoric and urged the public to focus on the facts and evidence.

“It’s time for a reality check when it comes to talking about immigration enforcement,” she said. !""!#$%&!'()!(*!#+&* Secretary Janet Napolitano discusses illegal immigration and immigration reform in a Kennedy Political Unionsponsored speech Oct. 5.

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U.S.-Mexico Border Enforcement Napolitano called for an honest assessment of border enforcement efforts and rejected talk of the border being unmanageable, citing a substantial drop in illegal border crossings and an increase in seized contraband.

A record number of deportations — 195,000 in 2010 — also occurred under her watch, she said.

In a post-speech interview with ATV and The Eagle, Napolitano explained that many Americans may be unaware of the improvements to border security because they have not been there personally and only heard secondhand accounts.

“It’s easy to kind of get this mythological impression in your mind about what it must be [like],” she said. “I think what happens is anecdotes get substituted for looking at what’s really going on at the border and those make for better sto-

ries.”

She acknowledged that crimes still exist along the border, but noted that the situation has markedly improved.

“The border is safer than it has been in decades,” she said.

Priority Deportations and Removals Napolitano also emphasized the need to establish clear priorities for the types of individuals the United States deports, acknowledging the limited resources the country has to root out the estimated 10 million undocumented immigrants living here.

“A lot of them came legally, and then overstayed their visas,” she said in her postspeech interview. “I think it’s fair to say that a great percentage of those illegally in the country have come here to work and also to pursue the American Dream … that doesn’t excuse illegal immigration, nor should it,

experience with AU students.

Two AU students and four graduates live in the house next to Leamy. She said the occupants are consistently loud and throw loud parties into the early morning hours.

“My daughter now wears earmuffs to bed to block out the noise,” Leamy said.

Leamy said she has discussed this problem multiple times with AU administration and saw little change over the past two years.

The house occupants even sent a copious amount of food to her house at 3 a.m. after she called the police the previous night, she said.

D.C. Zoning Commissioner Peter May asked how Leamy handled this issue.

“Did you and your husband ever think of reciprocating?” May said. “As in sending 100 pizzas to the president’s house or something?”

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but I think that is a common reason.”

She also criticized the previous administration for treating all illegal immigrant cases the same way.

Instead, Napolitano said the Department of Homeland Security’s top priority will be identifying and removing those illegal immigrants who threaten national security.

Secure Communities Program Napolitano also defended the Secure Communities program, calling it the best tool to target those illegal immigrants who pose a threat to the public.

Secure Communities, which began in March 2008, according to the Immigration Policy Center’s website, allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement to have automatic access to fingerprint data of individuals who have been jailed from local and state law enforcement offices. This data would then be checked against ICE’s immigration databases to track those illegal immigrants with criminal records.

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AU students march in Occupy D.C. protests in McPherson Square !"#$%&'(#)'(*(+!%,Eagle Contributing Writer Over 20 AU students ventured downtown on Oct. 6 to support the Occupy D.C. protests, part of a series of nationwide protests held to express frustrations with corporate greed and control of the political system.

The Occupy D.C. group has been maintaining a constant presence in McPherson Square since Oct. 1. The group says it is standing in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and other such protests that have been going on since Sept. 17.

“It’s a really cool organization that grew out of a spontaneous movement,” said Chris Litchfield, a junior in the School of Political Affairs who attended the protest. “This is proof that people are awake and want to change things.”

Students march for Occupy D.C. AU’s Community Action and Social Justice Coalition brought a group of about 10 people to the Oct. 6 event.

Students joined the crowds in shouting slogans and handing out fliers describing the Occupy D.C. movement.

The group marched from McPherson Square to the Newseum, where the Washington Ideas Forum was being held. The forum brings together various leaders, including Vice President Joe Biden, to share ideas about the state of the world.

At the Newseum, protesters shouted slogans and wrote their own ideas about how to run the country on a banner marked “People’s Ideas Forum.”

Participants played drums and acoustic guitars, shouted mottos such as “We are the 99 percent,” and held signs proclaiming their thoughts about the state of the political system and economy.

The atmosphere was festive, and many people pass-

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ing the protest showed their support, though some were annoyed when marchers did not stay on the sidewalk or follow crosswalk rules.

The protestors then returned to McPherson Square for a General Assembly meeting.

General Assembly meeting During the twice-daily General Assembly meetings, attendees express their feelings and vote about various topics relating to their mission. The discussion is moderated, but not led. Everyone gets a chance to speak, ask questions or show support by “twinkling,” waving their fingers in the air.

At the General Assembly meeting on the night of Oct. 8, protestors discussed the need for a message and whether or not they should obey laws about sleeping in the square.

“I have never seen something so organized as this meeting,” said Tom O’Connor, a freshman in the School of International Service after the meeting. “A lot was accomplished and it was very uplifting to watch.

I definitely want to be an active part of what is going on.”

About 15 AU students attended the Oct. 8 General Assembly meeting, and a few slept in the square that night.

AU students will continue participating in the Occupy D.C. movement as long as possible, Litchfield said.

The Occupy Movement The Occupy D.C. group has no plans of leaving McPherson Square anytime soon, where they are located next to many of the corporations and lobbyists they are protesting, such as Koch Industries and Bank of America.

The protestors were organized spontaneously through the Internet, according to Drew Franklin, a Class of 2010 AU graduate who has been involved in the movement.

“A popular idea that has

Eagle Staff Writer The Department of Public Safety announced the appointment of Daniel R. Nichols as the new Director of Public Safety on Oct. 10.

He will begin his duties on Nov. 1, according a memo sent to the AU community on Oct. 10.

Nichols spent the last 27 years working for the U.S. Capitol Police. Most recently, he was the assistant chief of police/chief of operations, according to the memo.

As assistant chief of police/ chief of operations, Nichols was charged with protecting the U.S. Congress, the Capitol, the House and Senate office buildings, the 35,000 permanent residents of the

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!"#$%&$'(&$(!)*&%#+&", AU students joined the Occupy D.C. protests on Oct. 6 in McPherson Square. The event was held to raise awareness about economic injustice. been coming up in our meetings is to focus on the fact that we are in the nation’s capital and to emphasize how financial institutions are taking over our politics,” Franklin said.

Occupy D.C. started out with about 20 people Oct. 1 and has slowly grown over time. Over 300 people attended the General Assembly meeting Oct. 8.

“It is very inspiring to see this kind of support,” Franklin said.

In contrast, the Occupy Wall Street movement started with 1,000 people and has grown to over 10,000 people at some marches.

Occupy D.C. is standing in solidarity, but is not involved, with the muchlarger “Stop the Machine” movement.

Stop the Machine is focused on ending the war in Afghanistan but has also adopted a platform against corporate greed, and the OCCUPY, PAGE 7≥

area and the 7 million visitors that come each year, the memo also stated.

While serving the U.S. Capitol Police, Nichols handled crisis communications during the 1998 shooting at the Capitol, the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the anthrax attacks in 2001.

He will provide leadership and direction to the department in order to create a safe and positive working and learning environment at AU, Assistant Vice President of Risk Management and Safety Services Pat Kelshian said in the memo.

Nichols holds a Master of Science in Management from Johns Hopkins University.

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Eagle Contributing Writer With a slumping economy and the hope of better job prospects, college graduates are heading back to the books.

Graduate school applications rose 8.3 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to the Council of Graduate Schools. The largest jump in applications was for degrees in business and health sciences.

In order to stay competitive in a growing marketplace, AU is continuing to update existing programs and add new options for graduate students. In the past three years alone, the School of Communication, the Kogod School of Business and the School of International Service have added more than six separate graduate programs.

“We’re looking at weekend professional programs, where we’ll have pockets of innovative programs and curriculum that fit the competing demands of today’s graduate students,” Vice Provost for Graduate Studies Jonathan Tubman said.

“We want to prepare a wellrounded graduate student that has both professional skills and the services of a supportive academic system.”

Tubman said AU is looking at more hybrid models of learning and offering class times that coincide with the schedules of working professors.

“By adding in online courses, plus face-to-face classes, we want to make it easier in the future for graduate students to finish their degrees,” he said.

One program unique to AU is the new Master of Science in Sustainability Management, offered through Kogod. Sustainability management focuses on the need to provide solutions to many environmental and societal issues that continue to arise both at home and abroad.

“We believe that there is both an immediate need and demand for this type of interdisciplinary program, and that we are the first business school in the country to offer a MSSM degree,” Program Director Daniel Jacobs said. “It is particularly appropriate for business schools to offer such programs because business has an increasingly prominent role and responsibility in addressing sustainability issues.”

Jacobs said he hopes the effects of the program will be felt both on campus and off.

“I hope that the program’s influence will be felt not only at AU, but in a variety of fields in the private and public sectors, including sustainability strategy, regulatory compliance, environmental protection, natural resource conservation, global development and corporate social responsibility,” he said.

A screenwriter by trade, second-year SIS graduate

student Aron Flasher knew he wanted a career change.

But returning to school means learning how to use Blackboard, properly cite papers, build resumes and navigate professional journals.

“I wish the [international relations] program would have required brief seminars for students, like myself, who had been out of school for a while and/or were coming from a totally unique major, also like me,” Flasher said. “Anything that would have smoothed the transition process and filled in the gaps between international relations students and the rest of us,” he continued.

But many students said as they plan their next steps after graduate school, the time they spend at AU seems worthwhile.

“I’ve wanted this since I was 15,” said Elizabeth Schaub, a second-year graduate student in SOC. “I knew back in 2000 that someday, somehow, I’d be at AU. It’s worth the 10 years it took and the money it cost.

The professors are amazing, and I’ve become much more confident with the abilities I gained in my undergraduate education with the skills I’ve picked up in graduate school.” ,-./012--345-6,57,-896:

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Eagle Staff Writer The Student Government Undergraduate Senate elected new chairs for several committees on Oct. 9, including: Q# Committee on Campus Life and Services chair - Joe Wisniewski (senator atlarge) Q# Committee on Academ-

ics and University Affairs chair - Abigail Finn (Class of 2014) Q# Committee on Students’ Rights and Judicial Affairs chair - Dan Lewis (Class of 2014) Q# Special Committee on Finance chair - Al Robinson (Kogod) Special Committee on Finance members Q#Bart Thompson (Class of 2012)

Q# Abigail Finn (Class of 2014) Q#Emily Yu (Class of 2013) Rob Battaglia (Class of 2014) Q# John Caddock (Class of 2014) Q# Kim Truong (Class of 2015)

Write-in candidate awaits confirmation Inaccuracies with tallying write-in votes prevented

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!"#$%&!'%()*'+ The McDonald’s in Bender Tunnel decreased its hours in May from 24 hours a day on Friday and Saturday to 11 p.m. on the weekend. The store will close at the end of the fall semester.

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The McDonald’s in the Bender Tunnel is no longer open 24 hours on weekends, but instead closes at 11 p.m.

McDonald’s has stayed open 24 hours a day on Fridays and Saturdays since December 2010, providing a late night on-campus dining option for AU students.

“This was just a test, to see how we were doing,” Store Manager Anthony Lewis said.

Despite the success of McDonald’s later hours, Lewis’s supervisor, Lauren Kerns, Roger Deming, a senior in the School of Public Affairs, from being confirmed as a senator in the Seventh Undergraduate Senate.

Deming organized a writein campaign to serve another term as a senator for the Class of 2012.

The write-in votes need to be reexamined before a winner can be officially decided, Deming said.

On the Senate website, Deming is still listed as the 2012 Senator. Speaker of the Senate Brett Atansio granted Deming speaking rights for the Oct. 9 meeting, but Deming was unable to vote

decided they were not worth continuing.

Kerns is the marketing manager for Van Management, the company that oversees the AU McDonald’s.

Since McDonald’s will be closing at the end of the semester, there was no need for the store to keep its extended hours, Lewis said.

Lewis said he had not heard any reaction from students about the change of hours.

“I don’t like it,” said Elise Yost, a sophomore in the Kogod School of Business.

“I think it’s negatively imor be nominated for any of the committee positions.

Deming said if he is confirmed as a Class of 2012 Senator, he hopes his experience will be reflected in election reform policy decisions from this Senate.

“There are a lot of kinks, and a lot of room for error, which is why one of the things I’m pushing for is to reform the election process,” Deming said. ,-./012--345-6,57,-896:

pacting their business because that’s the only time I go to McDonald’s, at night on weekends.”

However, McDonald’s has experienced no significant change in revenue as a result of their decreased hours, Lewis said.

Some students who live off campus said they have not felt the effect of McDonald’s new hours, but they can still empathize with students who have.

“This semester, since I don’t live on campus, it hasn’t been that big of an issue,” said Dylan Houle, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs. “But if it had happened last year it would have been pretty inconvenient.” =>7//-=012--345-6,57,-896:# ≤OCCUPY FROM PAGE 6

groups are working to coordinate marches and demonstrations when interests line up.

Stop the Machine also held a protest on Oct. 6 in Freedom Plaza. ,-./012--345-6,57,-896:

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AU students can get free supplies from the Campus Store, free meals at Salsa or free haircuts — all by participating in the Eagle Eyes secret shopper program.

Eagle Eyes allows students, faculty and staff to act as “secret shoppers” and evaluate food and retail venues on campus, including the Terrace Dining Room, Salsa, the Campus Store, Hair City and the UPS Store.

Participating vendors take the feedback collected from the program and use it to evaluate their services. Vendors on campus will receive

monthly reports based on the surveys, according to an email from Benjamin Bishop, senior administrative assistant at Auxiliary Services.

“It’s important because it gives us information,” Bishop said. “We know what the students, faculty and staff are looking for.”

The program, which runs every fall and spring semester, reimburses participants for their meal purchases at a value of up to $15, according to an email from Benjamin Bishop, senior administrative assistant at Auxiliary Services.

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Falling asleep while doing homework may not be such a waste of time, if an academic-themed pillowcase, designed by AU student Barry Weinstein, is involved.

Weinstein, a junior in the Kogod School of Business, created a new business called Pillowcase Studies to ,-"".(+!")#, Kogod junior Barry Weinstein’s pillowcases feature key academic concepts.

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The Department of Language and Foreign Studies dedicated the building next to the Department of Public Safety in memory of former College of Arts and Sciencess Professor Jack Child on Oct. 6.

The building was formerly known as the Language and Foreign Studies building.

Child was known throughout the University for his kindness and humility.

“He really will never be forgotten,” President Neil Kerwin said at the dedication ceremony. “As people pass this building, they’ll be reminded of not only extraordinary life, extraordinary career, but they will also see a person of generous spirit.”

Child died June 18 from open-heart surgery complications at the age of 73.

He began his AU career as the School of International Service assistant dean in 1980. After nine years, he stepped down to serve as a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences to pursue his passion for Latin America.

CAS Dean Peter Starr said at the dedication that Child will have a lasting impact on

the AU community.

“We just want to say how desperately we are going to miss Jack and how much we appreciate everything he’s done for the school, department and university,” Starr said.

Child’s wife, Leslie, attended the dedication for her husband.

“As a family, we are honored,” she said.

More than 10 faculty offices, a conference room and small lounge make up the interior of Jack Child Hall.

Maps of various countries and pictures of different cultures from the world decorate the walls in honor of Child’s passion.

“Jack Child Hall is a multilingual and multicultural mosaic, much like the Latin America to which Jack Child devoted his scholarship,” said LFS Department Chair Olga Rojer. “He would be proud that this hall promotes that.”

the information most students learn in their 100-level classes.

He has been working with students across the country, mostly his friends from high school, to develop and market the pillowcases.

Weinstein also talked to various AU professors, including Dan Abraham in the Department of Performing Arts and Yinqi Zhang, an assistant professor in Department of Accounting and Taxation, to get feedback on what information should be on the pillows.

He wanted to print information on the pillowcases that would be both interesting and important as well as advice for how to run the business.

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sell pillowcases printed with the basic tenets of some of AU’s most popular majors.

There are pillowcases for psychology, corporate finance, political science, drama, art history and biology, according to the website of WorksProgress NYC, the company that prints the pillowcases.

Each pillowcase features key equations, diagrams, theories or historical events for the subject.

“The idea of the company is to give people the voice to say how much they love their majors,” Weinstein said.

The creation of Pillowcase Studies came to Weinstein from an old study habit he used when he was studying financial accounting.

Weinstein would write the necessary formulas and concepts on Post-It notes and put them on his refrigerator, his door and even his pillow. If he cited the fact correctly, he would be able to get his soda, leave his home or sleep.

Weinstein found his method much more productive than pulling all-nighters in the library.

“There’s no reason why college kids should have to learn in such a stressful environment which makes them hate their major,” Weinstein said.

He sees the pillowcases as students’ declaration of passion for their majors, rather than as a basic reminder of

clarity from DHS led to misunderstandings regarding who would be compelled to participate in the program.

“That has created a lot of confusion around the country,” she said.

ICE is now trying to make it clear that all states and local law enforcement offices will be required to participate by 2013.

Napolitano also said Secure Communities has not increased the number of deportations but rather has changed the proportion to include significantly more convicted criminals and repeat immigration law violators.

Despite challenges, she said DHS and the Obama Administration have been productive and efficient in enforcing the nation’s immigration laws with its given resources.

After making the case for her agency’s efforts, she put the final burden of responsibility on Congress to enact cohesive legislation.

“It is this Administration’s position that Congress needs to take up immigration reform once and for all,” she said. “But Congress hasn’t acted.”

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Eagle Contributing Writer NPR National Political Correspondent Don Gonyea became a well-known figure at the White House after extensively covering President Barack Obama’s path from the Senate to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Gonyea served as the chief reporter for NPR on the 2008 Obama presidential race. He covered the campaign all the way from the Iowa caucuses in January to the night of the general election in November.

“Because I covered the Obama campaign, on day one of the White House everyone in the administration knew me,” he said.

Gonyea spoke to Adjunct Professor Richard Benedetto’s School of Communication class, “Preparing for the Primaries,” Oct. 6 to share his experiences reporting on presidential elections and his thoughts about prominent political figures.

Gonyea has covered a wide range of stories around the world and in the United States, including the 2000 presidential battle between George W. Bush and Al Gore.

During the class, Gonyea spoke in great depth about the 2012 race for the Republican nomination for president.

Speaking on the morning after Sarah Palin’s announcement that she would not be running for president, Gonyea said he wasn’t taken aback by Palin’s announcement.

“It was not a surprise,” he said.

He said he believes the recent polling success of candidate Herman Cain may be a similar surge to what Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry experienced earlier in the campaign season.

Students in Benedetto’s class came prepared with questions for Gonyea about the current political climate.

“These classes always seem really prime and well prepared for a discussion that

goes beyond the superficial,” Gonyea said.

He spoke for the better part of an hour, pausing only to watch President Obama’s live press conference on jobs and the economy.

Gonyea commented throughout the press conference, drawing on his experience as a White House reporter. “[The press room] is like coach seating, only worse,” he told the class. “And as soon as it’s done you have to go on air and talk about it and make sense of it.”

Leah Menzer, a senior in the School of Public Affairs, enjoyed Gonyea’s contributions in class.

“It was a very inspiring talk,” she said. “It reinvigorated my desire to work in radio.”

Gonyea left the White House two years ago to cover national politics. He now travels all over the country to put together stories for NPR. Gonyea also played an audio story for the class that he put together this summer about the Iowa Straw Poll.

“I just try to be myself,” he said. “I try to make them feel like they’re talking to me and not on the radio.”

Benedetto, a professor in SOC and SPA, is an old friend of Gonyea.

The two reported from the White House together throughout the Bush administration — Gonyea for NPR and Benedetto for USA Today — during which they bonded over baseball.

“He’s a solid political reporter and a good friend,” Benedetto said.

Above all else, Gonyea tried to convey his love for his job while speaking to students.

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Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., started his career as an orthopedic surgeon who was tired of being told by the government how he could treat patients.

Following a trip to lobby about tort reform at Georgia’s State Senate, Price decided to run for the state Senate. After winning that Senate seat, he ran to represent Georgia’s sixth district in the U.S. House of Representatives and won.

“One free American ought to be able to contact another free American for a service,” he said during a College Republicans event Oct. 4 in Butler Boardroom.

Price, a doctor turned politician, shared his views on health care, the American Jobs Act and the 2012 presidential candidates.

He serves as the Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, according to his

Congressional website.

Price began his address by talking about the American Jobs Act, placing blame on overregulation by the federal government and the corporate tax rate. The United States holds one of the largest corporate tax rates, second only to Japan, he said.

Price said he believes this tax rate only punishes businesses, especially small businesses.

“I’m a zero percent business tax guy,” Price said.

He also spoke about health care, a problem that Price said he has insight into both as a doctor and politician.

“It’s important to appreciate that we can fix all the challenges in health care right now, today, without putting the government in charge of a thing,” Price said.

Price said he believes health care decisions must be made between the family, the patient and the doctor without worrying about insurance. However, he said

Former SG presidents get in ‘Cahoots’ !"#.&@(&#!%?C

Eagle Contributing Writer Former Student Government Presidents Nate Bronstein and Andy MacCracken are starting a new social media venture to help organizations across the globe plan events and projects in easier, more concise ways.

Called Cahoots, the venture focuses on studentbusiness interaction.

The two friends, Bronstein, a senior in the School of Public Affairs, and MacCracken, now an SPA graduate student, realized they both wanted to help organizations work together.

“It is natural to organize, but difficult to achieve,” MacCracken said.

Cahoots uses networks and project management tools to enable student organizations to improve internal communications, build regional coalitions and con-

nect with local businesses.

“The site bridges two online industries, integrating the practicality of project management software with the connectivity of social networking,” Bronstein said in an interview via Facebook chat. He is currently studying abroad in Spain.

Cahoots is similar to both Facebook and Google Plus, but with some differences.

The two students think communication between organizations will be less fragmented since organizations can consolidate business discussion to one site.

“It simply came from the fact that we have continually encountered major problems utilizing the current tools (email, Facebook, Google Docs, etc.) to coordinate people,” Bronstein wrote.

The potential competition Cahoots has with Facebook and Google Plus does not

people deserve to be able to pick their own health care, as he believes the government cannot do this properly. “[About] 99.2 percent of the time, the federal government messes up,” he said.

The Republicans are currently pushing a few health care bills that Price said he believes will not make it past the Senate. He said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would not bother to introduce the bills on the floor.

“Sen. Harry Reid decided he doesn’t want to do anything that he doesn’t absolutely have to do because he has decided it is politically wise for his party not to address any controversial issues,” Price said. “That’s just an absolute absence of leadership, and it’s harming the country.”

As for the presidential election candidates, Price said he believes former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will get the Republican nomination.

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Weinstein did not totally agree with the professor’s suggestions for information to be printed on the pillows.

“There’s a lot of information that the professors said should go on which is good information, but it’s not beautiful information,” Weinstein said. “It’s not something that would make you want to study.”

He has not yet recovered the initial costs of setting up the company, which were paid for with the help of investment from his family.

But Weinstein is confident he’ll be able to make a sizable profit with his endeavor, he said.

If the pillowcases become popular, he hopes to add more topic and color options. He even thinks the concept is unique enough that he may also start making plates with similar information.

“There’s definitely interest in it [Pillowcase Studies],” Weinstein said.

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“The need is there,” MacCracken said. “It is not about being social, but being social changers.”

To use the site, members will log in to the Web application and subsequently post ideas on a project page.

“These are not revolutionary technologies, but there hasn’t been one in place,” MacCracken said.

Bronstein and MacCracken started working on Cahoots in October 2010 and developed early plans at StartUp Scramble D.C., a workshop run by global investment company Ashoka in February 2011.

There, they pitched their idea to a panel of entrepreneurs and business experts at the event.

Bronstein and MacCracken won $1,000 of startup capital. The company then became incorporated as an LLC, or limited liability company, which means it does not need to be organized for profit.

They have worked with various website developers to design a format, including Breckenridge Design

Group, Three Consultants and independent developer Kelly Mears.

Bronstein and MacCracken are confident they will be able to raise the $20,000 to $30,000 needed to start a beta, or test, site.

That first draft of the site is meant to get students onto the system and see how they are using it compared to how Bronstein and MacCracken designed it.

MacCracken compared it to Twitter, a site meant more for chatting that became a professional news hub.

“The shift of the purpose of the site will be according to how users take it,” MacCracken said.

Bronstein and MacCracken plan to reach out to about 15 to 20 D.C. college organizations to test the site.

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Sexual Assault There was one reported incident of sexual assault in 2010, down from three incidents in 2009. “[T]he decrease can be attributed to a combination of factors, presumably, sexual assault education would be one of these,” Cooper said.

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last year, two of which were unrelated incidents that occurred on the same night, according to Cooper.

No arson incidents were reported for 2008 or 2010.

Cooper said the decrease in arson incidents was the result of informing the public with Crime Alerts.

“These alerts helped to increase awareness in and around campus residential facilities,” Cooper said.

Motor Vehicle Theft Motor vehicle theft has steadily increased since 2008, according to the crime report.

There were three incidents in 2010, compared to two in 2009 and one in 2008.

All three 2010 incidents

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were motorized scooters, according to Cooper.

Cooper said Public Safety is handling this increase by releasing motor vehicle theft alerts as they occur and patrolling the areas where motor vehicles are stolen.

The federal government mandates that all universities must publish a report recording all of the crimes that happened on campus.

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AU students will collect trash in nearby neighborhoods Oct. 22 as part of the Autumn Litter Pickup, hosted by the Washington Semester Program on International Environment and Development and the Office of Sustainability.

Students will collect trash in areas near campus including Nebraska Parking Lot, Battery Kemble Park, Spring Valley Park and the walkways toward the Washington College of Law and the Berkshire Apartments.

International Environment and Development members Davis Burroughs, Glynnis McIntyre, Yu Nei and Tiyi Brewster plan to enlist student volunteers to help tackle D.C.’s litter. “[We want] to give them a sense of how their actions that day fit into a larger picture of waste and recycling here on campus and how waste impacts our environment,” Sustainability Coordinator Emily Curley said.

The cleanup event will hap-

pen near campus to benefit the surrounding neighborhood, Burroughs said.

Cleaning up complaints Community members have complained about AU students littering, especially on well-traveled paths towards WCL and the Berks, Burroughs said. “[The event will] make it easier for us to push forth on campus expansions [that] AU is looking to do,” he said.

The coordinators wanted to organize an environmentally oriented project that would raise awareness about littering in D.C. and its effects on the local waterways.

“A lot of the litter that goes on the curbside ends up in the storm drainage system, which ends up in the bay and the two rivers,” Burroughs said.

The clean-up event is part of a service-learning project for the 430 students in the Washington Semester Program. However, all AU students are welcome to participate in the event.

AU groups pledge support Burroughs’ fraternity

Delta Chi, the Green Eagles and Delta Gammhas have pledged to participate in the pick-up event and contribute volunteers.

Grounds Operations Coordinator Stephanie DeStefano will supply trash bags, gloves and litter sticks for the event. “[It will] make students more aware of how people just don’t care about the environment enough,” DeStefano said.

The Office of Sustainability hopes the event will provide students an opportunity to learn about their environmental impact.

“We hope that by making a connection between their volunteer action and the larger issue of waste and pollution worldwide, we’ll start to get people thinking about how they can lessen their impacts on the environment,” Curley said. “This is just one small way that students can begin to ‘walk the talk’ of sustainability.” ./01234//567/8.79./:;8<

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Eagle Contributing Writer Teach For America will host a panel at AU on Oct. 20 to speak on the current state of the U.S. public education system and the D.C. public school system.

Teach For America is an organization that recruits recent college graduates to teach at urban and rural public schools across the country, according to its website.

Adam Rupe, the D.C. regional recruitment manager, said the panelists will answer questions about what it takes to ensure that all children receive a proper education that will prepare them for the work force or for college.

“The education system in America isn’t where it

should be right now,” Rupe said. “It’s one thing to understand education in an academic sense, but it’s another to understand it and figure out the reasons behind it.”

The panel will consist of Teach For America alumni, educators and others who are concerned about education in the United States. It will focus on the state of education in the lower-income Washington neighborhoods and how it compares to the educational standings of other low-income areas around the country.

The list of panelists has not yet been confirmed.

Teacher For America Campus Campaign Coordinators Olivia Stitilis, a senior in the School of Public Affairs, and Deon Jones, a sophomore in SPA, will

moderate the panel.

Stitilis said the purpose of the event is to inform AU students of the educational inequities in D.C. schools.

“Many students at American know that D.C. public schools face challenges, but they have no idea of the scope or the magnitude of the problems,” she said.

Stitilis said she hopes the panel will educate students of the achievement gap that exists for D.C. public school students.

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emails, and Bronstein’s new connections abroad help spread the word on Cahoots, Bronstein said.

MacCracken has been holding U.S. meetings on Bronstein’s behalf.

They have also worked with Rebecca Prowler, who graduated from the School of Communication in May, to design a new logo and brand for their system. ≤ SHOPPERS, PAGE 8 reimbursement, participating students must fill out a survey evaluating their dining experience.

Participants aren’t obligated to meet a quota of surveys, Bishop said.

The Davenport Coffee Lounge isn’t included in the list of participating food vendors because it is a student-run shop. The vending machines on campus were also not included in the program, but Auxiliary Services is looking to add them to the list soon, Bishop said.

Their friends and family have donated to the company via StartSomeGood. com, a website that connects social entrepreneurs with people who want to help.

Adriana Ganci, a sophomore in the School of International Service, has invested in the company.

“I think it sounds like something campuses can really utilize,” Ganci said.

The future of planning is less hierarchical and more

a give-and-take of ideas between people, MacCracken said.

“Increasingly, our generation plans differently,” MacCracken said.

Meredith Leyden, a freshman in the School of Communication, said she was interested in the program.

“I think it’s a great program, and I would love to participate in it because it seems like it’s a great way to get my voice heard on campus and other people’s voices heard on campus,” Leyden said.

Michelle Mooney, the general manager of AU Bon Appetit, the company that runs TDR, Salsa, and other on-campus dining venues, welcomed the program.

“We encourage feed-

back from our customers,” Mooney wrote in an email.

“This program is a good way to find out how we are doing in our customer’s eyes.”

Mooney said customers could also use Bon Appetit’s website and comment cards in TDR to express their opinions.

“We will evaluate the feedback and make the necessary changes or give kudos to those who deserve it,” Mooney said.

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Since it fits a multitude of lessons and morals into 90 minutes, it makes sense that AU Players’ series “Heaven and Hell: A Divine Comedy” began, and stayed, at a slightly frantic tempo.

Each scene is timed to the second and one flows freely into the next with minimal lag time. Through the play, audiences got the feeling that none of the scenes meant to overstay its welcome and that the main theme was to get the point across and move on.

Commencing with an

amusing monologue about the perils of growing older while fighting to stay young, the series of vignettes all carry a central driving theme: the choices we make in coping with the situations presented to us.

Each section functions independently and centers on a confused character or two, running around, trying to figure out how his or her place in the world and the decisions he or she makes will affect the world.

The sections also touch on the existence of God, heaven and hell, but more make allusions to them as terms in real life, rather than afford-

ing them religious meaning.

The acting within the sections was uniformly good, but some of the performances were more affecting than others, although this might have been due to the action within the scene, rather than the pure skill of the performer.

The best sketches were the ones that seamlessly blended comedy and drama, performances that were able to find humor in tragedy and recognized the frequent duality of the two in life.

One particularly touching sketch featured a boy’s monologue in mid-flight, after committing suicide by jumping off of a bridge.

While the horror of this is acknowledged, the actor skillfully discussed the experience of dying and deftly injected the frequently felt humor and regret of hindsight: what he might have done differently before jumping (to make the trag-

edy of the act more widely felt), the regret he felt after developing clarity of death and the fluid movement of time.

Though the scene ended in dark tragedy, with the boy hitting the ground after running out of time, both the actor and the language described how closely related sadness and comedy are and how at any moment, both feelings can be found.

Similarly, albeit less tragically, the same theme can be applied to another vignette, in which a girlfriend comes across her boyfriend’s scandalous flirtations online and confronts him about it.

In this scene, both actors portray the characters’ emotions very well and deliver the dual message of comedy and sadness easily. The audience alternatively laughed and went silent, as the emotion of the scene changed at the drop of a hat, like they often do in reality.

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R&B singer John Legend will bring his twin passions of music and activism to American University’s AllAmerican Weekend. The Kennedy Political Union will host Legend, who will speak about his philanthropic work and perform at Bender Arena on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Legend is best known as a nine-time Grammy awardwinning pianist and vocalist.

The Berklee School of Music graduate has released three albums, all of which reached the #1 spot on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop charts and earned him Grammy awards for Best New Artist, Best R&B album and Best Male R&B Performance.

Last year, in a departure from his previous albums, Legend collaborated with hip-hop group The Roots on “Wake Up,” a compilation of ’60s and ’70s funk and soul covers. The songs included on “Wake Up” centered on the themes of social consciousness and awareness, and Legend’s one original song on the album, “Shine,” also won the Grammy for Best Male R&B Performance. Legend’s most recent release gives insight to his passion for social activism.

Though not as well known as his music, Legend’s philanthropic works are equally as impressive and influential.

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Evan Petrone is the typical AU student; he’s in the Blends With Benefits a capella group, works at the campus UPS store, is a member of Phi Alpha Delta...Oh, and he has a viral YouTube video.

At 625,578 views and counting, the YouTube video of Petrone playing the piano backwards has caught national attention.

For those who haven’t seen this video, find the nearest computer, get on to YouTube, search “Evan Petrone backwards piano” and

watch. Amazing, right?

Now, the first thought that comes to mind is probably, “How on earth does he do that?” The answer: he uses his right hand to play left hand notes, and his left hand to play right hand notes.

Petrone can do this because he has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome — type three of the syndrome, known as the hyper-mobility type. Translated into English, Evan has extremely loose ligaments, allowing them to stretch and do seemingly impossible tasks, like playing the piano backwards.

Petrone began playing the piano backwards in high

school and continued practicing for fun. Last year, he made a video of himself playing “Clocks” by Coldplay and put it up on YouTube for “the heck of it,” he said. The video only received 600 views the first nine months it was up. Then in just one week this past September, the video went viral and gained 600,000 views.

“I was just really excited to have a video with half a million views,” Petrone said. “By the time it reached 600,000, I was focusing more on licensing at that point.”

Petrone’s video not only gained popularity among YouTubers, but also got attention across the country, and even across the world.

“Tosh.0,” Comedy Central’s television show that displays the most interesting Web videos, put Petrone’s video on their website, which led to it acquiring an ad-

ditional 30,000 views. The native Rhode Islander was interviewed by an Australian news site, Skyped into a news show in Arizona and was even asked to audition for Britain’s Got Talent.

Petrone was extremely surprised by how big his video had become.

“I really wasn’t expecting to get any real attention for the video,” Petrone said.

The biggest recognition Petrone has received is from the iconic comedian Jay Leno. A talent coordinator from “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” contacted Petrone asking to be part of a segment on the show called “Will this thrill Bill?”

— Bill as in William Shatner from the original “Star Trek” television series. Evan didn’t end up “thrilling Bill,” but that didn’t matter.

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This used bookstore spans two floors, stuffed with bargain books, as well as rare first editions to fawn over.

Its selection, along with its knowledgeable and approachable staff, makes it a worthwhile experience sifting through books to find your next great read.

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This coffee shop is known for quality espressos and a great microbrew selection, coming out as one of the top coffee houses in D.C. It even fields a team at the U.S. Barista Championship (yes, this actually exists) but still keeps their brews at a college-kid friendly budget.

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With classes ranging from how to wield a kitchen knife to how to create Middle Eastern vegetarian specials, college students can learn how to maneuver in a real kitchen.

If you can’t take the time to attend a class, definitely stop by the Hill’s Kitchen store for a cute selection of cookbooks and aprons.

And who said college kids couldn’t cook?

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The nonprofit runs a variety of programs from ballet to poetry to oil painting.

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TAKE A WALK Strolling through Eastern Market is the most popular activity, simply because there are always new surprises in store. Vendors rotate frequently and are always bringing in more merchandise.

Eastern Market is a fabulous location for Christmas shopping, finding the perfect birthday gift or even just a bit of retail therapy after a long week of classes.

Remember to bring cash since ATM lines are notoriously long.

Just grab some Micha’s Sorbet (also a regular vendor at AU’s Wednesday farmer’s market) and soak in the sights.

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Everything I know about cooking and eating I learned from my father.

Knowing that asparagus becomes edible when sprinkled with Parmesan and roasted in the oven, and that strawberry shortcakes taste better when the juice is spiked with balsamic vinegar, comes from years of watching my dad in the kitchen, sans recipe and spoon in hand.

Most of our family meals came from, and still come from, his memory, though the wrought-iron baker’s rack in the kitchen has always been piled high with cookbooks.

To this day, I love to flip through the massive collection, gingerly handling the tattered, faded covers and feeling years’ worth of breadcrumbs and olive oil on a crinkly page.

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I remember unwrapping “How to Cook Everything: The Basics,” flipping through it, and thinking, “There aren’t any pictures.”

My Dad reassured me that a shorter version of Bittman’s culinary contribution to the world — a massive encyclopedia of food and how to cook it — was worthy of any cookbook selection, despite its lack of visuals. This book makes cooking challenging foods like a porterhouse steak and mussels easy with simple instructions and classic preparations.

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So naturally I own two copies of Julia Child’s famous “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”

As a lover of Eggs Benedict, I was determined to learn how to poach an egg, and I succeeded with the book propped up next to me on the counter. (And it was how Julie Powell described it, as if Julia was there in the kitchen with me like a big, food fairy.)

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The best part is that almost all of the recipes are accompanied with large, drool-worthy pictures.

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The Food Network is almost always on rotation in my house, and everyone drops what he or she is doing when “The Barefoot Contessa” is on.

On any given day you’ll find hostess Ina Garten cooking everything from juicy lamb with mint sauce to peach cake in her Hamptons kitchen (which happens to be a renovated barn in her backyard).

My family owns all of her cookbooks, but her best is “Family Style,” which blends simplicity and elegance with comfort food.

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Stereotyping is bad.

Yet, I am pretty comfortable making the assumption that, by the time everyone has graduated from college, they will have pulled at least one all-nighter, taken at least one large test, attended at least one party and spent at least one Saturday morning hungover.

I would also be willing to bet that these things were experienced in that exact order.

Work hard, play hard. It is the typical lifestyle for many college students.

However, what you eat while cramming at 4 a.m. or before you decide five tequila shots are a good way to kick off the weekend can make a huge impact on your health.

Here’s what to eat to help you stay awake or stave off a hangover, take an exam or prep for going out.

All-Nighters: protein & fruits While it may be tempting to reach for whatever sugar or carbs are closest when trying to pull an all-nighter, these are actually going to have the opposite effect you

want.

Sugar will provide a temporary jolt, but it can make you distracted and jittery and can lead to a major crash quickly after.

Carbohydrates are also tempting, but again the wrong route as they only prepare your body to exert energy, meaning if you don’t exercise, you don’t get to reap any energy potential.

Carbs also tend to send high amounts of the hormone serotonin to your brain, which will make you lethargic. And when the point is to stay awake, this

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Audiences may mistakenly expect “The Ides of March” to be a dramatic parallel to the rise and fall of Julius Caesar. Instead, the film depicts a different type of fall for all its characters.

The film follows a press secretary, Stephen My-

ers (Ryan Gosling, “Drive,” “The Notebook”) who works for Democratic Governor Mike Morris (George Clooney, “Up in the Air” and also the director of the film). Morris is a potential presidential candidate and Myers is along for the ride.

The film is based on the play “Farragut North” by Beau Willimon.

“The Ides of March” is a powerful drama that thrills viewers with its meaningful score and striking acting performances.

“The Ides of March” is not missing the dishonest characteristic of a political story.

The twists in the film, therefore, lack the element of surprise, yet still satiate a need all viewers have. Audiences want to experience the secret sense of pleasure that follows a scandal. Viewers love painful moral twists, and “The Ides of March” fills

Before an exam: omega-3s, amino acids & water So you stayed up all night, but now it’s an hour before the big test and you don’t know what to eat.

Omega-3 fatty acids, most commonly found in nuts and fish (hence the “fish is brain food” sentiment) strengthen memory, concentration and learning, making them a perfect pretest snack.

Foods high in amino acids, like eggs, beans and seeds, also provide a brain boost

Going out: carbs & dairy Now that the test is over, it’s time to celebrate.

And yes, finally, it’s time to enjoy those carbs, especially pasta which is the easiest and simplest way to prep your stomach for a night of drinking.

Dairy works wonders too, since it lines your stomach, slowing down the absorption of alcohol and neutralizing all the acid a night of drinking puts in your system.

that desire with ease.

Though most of the screen time is spent with Meyers, “The Ides of March” has no single narrator or viewpoint. Viewers are allowed the time to gain perspective from multiple characters, but never gain a detailed insight into any.

Powerful acting by the well-chosen cast portrays the small but potent glimpse into each character’s motivation. Viewers are always given just enough information to keep the action interesting.

Clooney’s direction reflects his appreciation and understanding for the art of acting.

The acting in “The Ides of March” is poignant, yet subtle. Gosling is convincing as an idealistic young man in a position of power in a corrupt system.

And Clooney has a gregarious yet dark persona befitting a rising politician. The Oscar-winner usually plays the charming gentleman with ulterior motives, so this role perfectly suits him.

Though pivotal to the film, women get little acting time.

Molly (Evan Rachel Wood, “Across the Universe”) is a witty young intern who plays a powerful role in the progression of Morris’s and Myers’s lives.

Viewers are intimate with her in some moments and shockingly distant in others.

Her story leaves something to be desired, yet allows for intrigue.

Wood’s performance on screen incites varying emotional responses, but they are always strong.

Scenes focusing on Molly are rarely accompanied by instrumentals. On the other hand, the pivotal moments with the leading men are commonly complemented

The Hangover: water, juice & honey As for the next morning, both fruit juice and water will be your best friend to ward off the side effects of the dehydration you are likely experiencing.

Fruit juice is especially helpful since it contains fructose, which prompts the body to more quickly get rid of toxins.

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Looking for new music? DJs at student-run radio station, WVAU, share their thoughts on a range of recent releases.

The first track of Mikal Cronin’s album begins with a soft vocal harmony that instantly brings to mind Grizzly Bear, an influence not usually seen in the current fuzzed-out San Francisco rock scene from which Cronin hails.

But the softness doesn’t last long. A few moments later, he introduces the crashing cymbals and power chords that will be heard time and time again on the album.

Mikal Cronin picked up a thing or two from fellow San Francisco rocker Ty Segall. The first track “Is It Alright?” is no exception.

However, Cronin often chooses acoustic guitars over the fuzzy distorted electric guitar that has become Segall’s staple.

But that is not to say that Cronin doesn’t indulge in distorted rock. “Green and Blue” is an onslaught of tambourine, pounding drums, distorted vocals and fuzzy guitars.

Cronin’s debut features surf and garage rock songs with fun hooks, but with nearly every song having something in common with its predecessor, it feels tired and drawn out at times.

The album’s dynamic final track “The Way Things Go” is a spectacular closer that separates itself entirely from the rest of the album. It has a fun synthesizer motif and even speeds up about halfway through from a crawl to a sprint.

Cronin’s self-titled debut displays his ability for crafting enjoyable, poppy rock songs, though the consistency of the album’s sound can make it a wearing listening experience at times.

Recommended if you like: Ty Segall, San Francisco, music Recommended Tracks: “Apathy” “Green and Blue” “The Way Things Go”

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It is obvious why Young Man, aka Collin Caulfield, became famous.

His YouTube covers of indie standards like Beach House and Deerhunter drew attention for their precise replication of the original songs, and his new EP “Ideas of Distance” exemplifies the heavy influence of these bands, especially Deerhunter, Bon Iver and, of course, Animal Collective.

And he’s not distancing himself from the comparison. Throughout the EP, Caulfield’s voice, inflection and mixing purposefully draws an almost immediate parallel to Panda Bear.

On the new EP, Caulfield shows some basic songwriting improvements, veering from the predictably straightforward indie-pop approach and creating some interesting atmospherics with decent production value.

However, the basic elements are still the same, with Caulfield’s guitar meandering above drum loops, his reverb-laden vocal droning layered on top.

While at points the record seems long-winded and overly emotional (the added string arrangements feel a bit out of place, especially when mixed with the cheesy ’80s drum beats), it’s a definite improvement from his past releases and may take him one step closer to being on par with the artists he shamelessly mimics.

Recommended if you like: Atlas Sound, Panda Bear, Youth Lagoon Recommended Tracks: 2, 4,6

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The title of Zola Jesus’ new album is Latin for “moving forward,” so it is no surprise that we find mastermind Nika Roza Danilova advancing her sound with chilling strings and thunderous drums that sound like they came straight from a Florence and the Machine single.

Regardless, it is the opera-trained voice of Danilova that commands listeners’ attention, as she navigates these songs through their cool atmospheres and eerie textures.

This is a great headphone album, particularly in the moments where “Vessel” hits a wall of white noise and “Ixode” surrounds you with layers of Danilova’s vocals.

An often-chilling listen, “Conatus” creates its own mesmerizing world that only gets more rewarding with further listens.

Recommended if you like: Nico, Former Ghosts Recommended Tracks: 3, 5, 6

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THE YEAR OF HIBERNATION

Youth Lagoon is Boise, Idaho native Trevor Powers. His debut LP “The Year of Hibernation” reflects a mature sense of melody and song structure, which is quite impressive considering Powers is just over 22 years old.

Each track prominently features piano, synthesizers, programmed drumbeats and even some guitar, most notably on the third track “Afternoon.”

What begins as staccato pick strokes evolves into a slick riff that slips and slides casually in between a whistling motif that mirrors the opening piano chords of the song.

Powers displays an uncanny ability for slowly building each song by layering beats and other instruments on top of what usually begins with nothing but piano and his vocals.

What stands out the most is Powers’ fantastic vocal range. Though his vocals are soaked in reverb on nearly every track, this does not take away from the fact that Powers can actually sing.

“The Year of Hibernation” is a fantastic first effort for Powers. Every track on the eight-song LP is an excellent dose of melodic dream pop, hinting that Powers’ greatest work is yet to come.

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Maxwell Tani — “Baroqueback Mountain” on Fri., midnight to 2 a.m.

Ben Nigh — “Nyighntime: Second Blood” on Wed., 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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Eagle Contributing Writer 9:30 club was the place to be Oct. 3, when rapper and singer Theophilus London delighted a mid-sized audience with an energetic set that neighbors certainly felt in the floorboards.

Opening band Ra Ra Rasputin told the audience to “Bring out the Monday” and enjoy the night, but everyone wanted them to bring out London.

The audience waited patiently between performances, jamming to hiphop hits and a slowed remix of London’s song, “I Stand Alone.” Soon after 9:30 p.m. he appeared, greeted by an excited and attentive crowd.

Brooklyn-raised and known for his distinctive style of dress, he hopped onstage clad in dark skinny jeans, a black sequined shirt and a leather jacket.

He completed the ensemble with sunglasses and an admirable quantity of bling, along with a hat that read “LVRS,” taken from a short documentary called “LVRS of GOD” that was filmed while he performed at the Brooklyn Museum June 10.

London may rap about girls and fame, but at its core, his music deviates from current hip-hop standards. He is described as an indie, new wave-influenced hip-hop artist. His combination of earthshaking bass and 80s synth melodies with lyrics both spoken and sung give him a creative edge that appeals to fans of both hip-hop and of alternative music. And he certainly has dedicated fans; throughout the evening, many jubilantly sang along.

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Eagle Contributing Writer Violence, gore, war — just another forgotten story on the six o’clock news.

But on Oct. 5, Invisible Children, “a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda and stop the abduction of children for use as child soldiers,” according to their website, sought to bring these issues to the forefront.

The speaking event and screening was hosted by the AU One World Initiative, an on-campus organization that is focuses on addressing ‘third world problems’ as local and global issues.

The group brought a special guest to Ward 1: Stella, a Ugandan refugee turned youth mentor and advocate.

Stella shared the story of her childhood in Northern Uganda as one of 14 children, all of who were night commuters — children who fled their homes at night to sleep in the city in order to avoid kidnappers.

Stella avoided capture by acting as her recently-deceased aunt, wearing an old ragged garment and playing deaf and disabled.

“The rebels carried padlocks, chains and rope,” Stella said. “This was a time where they would lock people’s lips with padlocks as if they were locks.”

Stella eventually was able to get an education and became a teacher, before becoming a mentor with Invisible Children back in Uganda. She now works with abducted girls who were lucky enough to escape but are traumatized and unsure where to turn.

To parallel Stella’s inspirational story, the Invisible Children Roadie Team (don’t think of your typical roadie — they are Invisible Children advocates who travel the world and spread their message about violence in Uganda) screened the organization’s newest film “Tony.”

The movie details the initial interaction between one of the co-founders of Invisible Children, Laren Poole; during his first trip to Uganda at 19-years-old, he meets a boy named Tony.

The film essentially parallels the lives of Poole and Tony. Poole successfully helps to transform Invisible Children into a nationwide cause, while Tony deals with the death of his mother from AIDS, among other struggles.

The film also tells of the bond between Tony and his friend Nate, a roadie with Invisible Children. Even when the story takes a tragic turn, it never fails to exemplify the resilience of Tony or the true strength of Invis-

!"#$%&'((%)!#*'&'$ Invisible Children was started by amateur filmmakers Jason Rusell, Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole. They brought their latest film, “Tony,” to AU. ible Children as a whole.

Additionally, the film points out the recent passing of U.S. legislation to provide monetary assistance to try to capture Joseph Kony, the warlord and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, the rebel group causing chaos throughout northeastern Africa.

The film focuses on Tony’s life in Uganda and then his life in the United States while touring the country with Invisible Children. It also brings up the founding of the Invisible Children Education Program and its Legacy Scholarship Program, which helps children in northern Uganda go to school and stay on a straight path with the help of a personal mentor, like Stella.

She has two daughters at home in Uganda, and although she said that it was difficult to be away from them for so long, her mission is clear: to help the children of Uganda.

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we can do to relieve suffering in the world.

Legend has shown his commitment to answering this question through the campaign, a nonprofit organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty through education on both a national and global scale.

Through the campaign, Legend personally visits elementary schools around the country, encouraging kids to stay in school and bringing attention and praise to successful programs.

Additionally, Legend’s Show Me Fellows provides stipends for activism-minded college students who have unpaid internships in ≤ PETRONE, PAGE 13 easily the most surreal thing I have ever done ... I personally don’t think that playing the piano with my arms backwards is worth a $1500 trip to Los Angeles,” Petrone said.

Petrone’s 15 minutes of fame have also given him some financial perks. With his video going viral, he has gathered around $700 in YouTube ad revenue.

Petrone hopes to develop his unique talent to play an entire song on the piano and is looking forward to the future.

“Maybe I’ll audition for ‘America’s Got Talent!’” he said.

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international development and education.

Legend’s philanthropic works have won him as much commendation as his music, earning him the 2010 BET Humanitarian Award, the CARE Humanitarian Award for Global Change and the Africare Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award.

He also appeared and contributed music to The People Speak, a documentary based on Howard Zinn’s writings that focuses on social change.

Legend sits on the boards of Teach for America and the Education Equality Project and is involved with a number of other organizations that promote educa-

tion and social reform.

From his brilliant musical career to his dedication to activism, John Legend is one of the most accomplished popular figures in music today.

Don’t miss his appearance at All-American Weekend, which features Legend both speaking about his philanthropic works and working his R&B magic.

Legend will speak and perform at 8:15 p.m. in Bender Arena. Admission is free for AU undergraduate students with ID and $12 per family member.

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Afterward, Cousin Brian helped divulge the “surprise” to the crowd, which was the title of London’s upcoming album: “Do Not Fear the Digital World.”

The next song they performed, “Big Spender,” was a vibrant new track.

London has been making a name for himself since the release of his first mixtape “Jam!” in 2008, appearing this year on the “Late Show with David Letterman” on Valentine’s Day and at the Festival de Cannes in France this past May.

Around the middle of the set, London said he wanted to sing some songs from his mixtapes. The audience cheered boisterously, indicative of his fame not just from his more recent singles, but also from his earlier work.

Later, the leather jacket was handed to the DJ, and as the lights went down and a disco ball rotated, London grooved across the stage in his traditional way: gliding and guiding in somewhat of a one-legged moonwalk.

The show was a genre-defying spectacle and a display of genuine artistry. London brings an embraceable individuality to the music scene that only bodes well for his future.

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LET WCL MOVE TO TENLEY American University is on trial — at least, its Campus Plan is. On Oct. 6, the D.C. Zoning Commission held the fifth of six scheduled hearings primarily dedicated to AU’s proposed expansions. Ultimately, these will culminate in a decision that could either give the University a green light to pass out construction helmets or significantly curtail its spacious ambitions.

When the nearby Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E announced its official position on the AU Campus Plan before the zoning commissioners, it offered a mixed review: approval of the construction of North Hall and expansion of Nebraska Hall, but the rejection of moving the Washington College of Law to Tenley Campus.

To be sure, the partial approval of the Campus Plan sets forth building blocks that AU officials can gather to compose satisfactory compromises with residents and the Zoning Commission.

Nevertheless, the rejection of moving the law school to Tenley Campus is a perplexing and consequently frustrating one.

AU has been consistent and clear in its reasons for moving WCL. Tight on space and well removed from public transportation, the school has outgrown its current site. A more Metro-accessible campus, coupled with the space needed to effectively conduct classes, should foster the wellearned image of WCL as a top-

can do to get the University out into the community and more a part of our community is something I support.”

Residential opposition to WCL’s move to Tenley Campus can largely be organized around one theme: traffic. While this issue has persistently been raised, it can be shown to be largely unfounded.

ANC 3E’s rejection of moving the law school to Tenley Campus is both perplexing and frustrating. notch law school in a city that revolves around the law.

The benefits of relocating to Tenley are not limited to WCL alone.

This locale is more integrated within a commercial area, likely increasing the positive economic impact of law school students.

Not all residents have overlooked this benefit either. At a town hall last year, local resident Tom Hier commented on moving WCL to Tenley, stating “anything that we

Law students are more likely to be commuter students, raising concerns of a gridlocked Tenley Circle. Neighbors imagine thousands of law students running red lights and speeding through school zones as they attempt to make it to class.

Moreover, recent parking violations near the current law school campus have crept over 600. Tenley residents have concluded that when the law school arrives next

Pandas must die: a humorless appeal for empathy ADAM GALLAGHER | NO HUMOR IN HEAVEN I’ve never accused AU students of being open-minded, but the negative backlash one of my fellow columnists received this past week for his heartfelt views still shocked me. One online commenter even claimed the columnist simply wrote the piece to get girls (a strategy that has worked terribly for me), and many more wrote things not fit to print.

Disillusioned with the fabled etiquette of the Internet, when my friend Cheryl Chan asked what this week’s column would entail, I responded, something noncontroversial, like conserving pandas.

When she responded in all seriousness (like my columns) that pandas are the most controversial bear out there right now, I decided I hated the constant need of AU kids to argue about anything.

Chan’s dissonance reminded me of the time I ate at a restaurant once

with a bunch of my SIS friends, all decent individuals. As we talked about our future plans, the conversation turned to the Peace Corps.

While I held my opinion in check (it’s a fine way for those who studied abroad in Europe to see the world), the others were essentially divided on whether it’s helping people or it’s not helping people.

Both sides made intelligent points, but all of a sudden my one friend just got up, said she didn’t want to take part in any more of this ignorant conversation, and walked away. At that moment, I saw my entire combative AU academic career unfold in front of me: my year as an SIS student spent arguing over international aid, my two weeks as a lit minor arguing over Achebe’s decision to write in English and all my time spent in SOC arguing over the merits of the serial comma. Contention has

filled my classroom experience; do I really need more of it?

But while this flashback within a flashback played out in my head, Chan prattled on. “Yeah, pandas drain conservation funds that could save many more species and habitats, when evolution dictates they should go extinct.” Did Chan just make a convincing argument to pull the plug on pandas?

“But there’s the other side too, by saving pandas, we’re saving that whole ecosystem. And I learned all this while studying abroad in London, you hater,” she continued.

This debate fascinated me — that there was even a debate fascinated me — and I spent a considerable amount of time fact-checking her claims (admittedly mostly on YouTube, watching the little fur balls sneeze). Chan’s initial disagreement and subsequent reasoning not only helped me learn about

door, so will an influx of students parking in the neighborhood.

Yet the D.C. Department of Transportation has insisted that moving WCL to Tenley, one block from the Tenleytown Metro station, would significantly reduce the number of students driving to school. And with fewer cars comes fewer needed parking spaces.

DDOT has even approved AU’s Campus Plan in full, and this paper has seen no reason to secondguess the traffic assessments of transportation experts.

This isn’t the first time The Eagle has editorialized about the community’s reception of the AU Campus Plan. And unless the derisive contention that has typified discussions of the plan abates, it won’t be the last. Whether it is the law school move or the expansion to East Campus, we would implore our neighbors to take a deep breath and listen to the University explanations that accompany its Campus Plan. More often than not, they make sense for everyone. ≠ % !"#$%&''%(")*+#)")%&#$%("&,-.+#)% -+%"$*&/"0-1""&/'"+#'.#"2,+32

a topic I didn’t know existed, but think from a different point of view. And so it came to be that a little Chinese export taught me the value of debate. Chan helped too, of course.

Debate is healthy. As Ibrahim Babangida said, “Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.” Had Babangida, military dictator of Nigeria from 1985-1993, followed his own advice, he might not have been thrown out in another military coup. I could regale you with stories from my aforementioned SIS stint of the importance of dissent and discussion to the political process, but I’m not trying to get you to argue more, just antagonize less.

When I proclaimed my hatred of AU’s love affair with argument mere paragraphs ago, I confused debate with derision and dismissal. However, based on my anecdotal observations, I’m not alone in that mistake.

It’s important to debate the effectiveness of the Peace Corps, the raison d’etre of pandas and the opinions of columnists. However, GALLAGHER, PAGE 20 ≥

)LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Why AU Students for Israel refused ATV’s invite American University is well known for its inclusion and efforts to unify students from a bevy of diverse backgrounds. From athletics to political speakers to the Westboro Baptist Church Counter Demonstration, the AU community comes together to support our entire community. While we each have our own opinions, our campus renowned for our civility and ability to engage in an open dialogue.

In this light, the students of American University Students for Israel (AUSFI) do not feel it is appropriate to engage in ATV’s upcoming special program focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The format of this program, asking student leaders their opinions, only creates the potential for a hostile environment.

AUSFI is the umbrella student organization for Israel life on campus, focusing on educating students on the culture and politics of Israeli society. AUSFI embraces the same values as the AU community; we believe in allowing for an open dialogue in a safe and welcoming environment. Unfortunately, ATV’s proposed program does not provide a welcoming and educational environment in which to engage. We encourage students to remain the well-read and educated leaders for which we are constantly singled out. To outline our position in one simple line: We support direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, without preconditions, with final status compromises that result in peace for both parties living together in harmony.

Nothing productive would come of a debate between two student organizations with differing opinions. It is unfair to pit students against each other, especially about a subject many find so personal. At the end of the day, it is up to the leaders of their respective countries to come to a conclusion.

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Extreme Civil Disobedience MANA ALIABADI | THE EXAMINED LIFE In order to apply for a position as an Eagle columnist, I was required to write a sample of a column I could see myself writing a few months into the semester.

So, I decided to write a commentary on modern youth political activism in what turned out to be my exasperated and pessimistic treatise on the complacency and overall apathy of our generation.

Although my harsh critique landed me the position, I have been doing some thinking, and I am pleased to say that I was dead wrong. It seems that we are not so complacent after all.

Starting with a handful of

frustrated people that decided to protest Wall Street in anger against the “greed and corruption of the wealthiest one percent,” the Occupy Wall Street movement has now grown to unforeseen proportions with participation and support from a wide range of individuals and organizations.

There are currently occupations in over 1,000 cities in a wave of solidarity with New York City protestors, according to the website occupytogether.org.

Here in Washington, the people have established an occupation presence based downtown in McPherson Square. Each day, they occupy in growing numbers, in a series of marches, gen-

eral assemblies and committee meetings.

Mirroring the horizontal leadership structure of the Wall Street protestors, everyone’s ideas are heard and decisions are always reached through consensus, creating the sense that every person has a real stake in the movement.

For the most part, the protestors are young, dedicated and full of passionate anger against the top one percent, whom they hold responsible for deep inequalities, unemployment, the cost of higher education, etc. After taking part in their actions and spending time with some of the protestors, I have detected a profoundly powerful and productive energy

Occupy Brasilia?

JULIA GREENWALD | RANTING WITH MYSELF I’d like to think I am from a country with great potential.

No, I am not talking about the United States, but about Brazil, where I lived for nine years.

We’ve had a 7.5 percent growth rate in the last year and a booming economy even amid the current crisis.

We have constant oil discoveries, a World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016.

And we are not only seen as the most promising country in Latin America for investment, but are beginning to trade in the big leagues with countries like China.

Our accomplishments have bumped our rank in the Human Development Report to 73, or the “High Human Development” sector. However, we are still below the regional average of Latin America and the Caribbean, due to not only our multidimensional poverty but also to our corrupt and poisoned government.

After the events that have been happening this week, in both New York City and D.C., I could not help but parallel Occupy Wall Street

and Occupy D.C. to the corruption that plagues my country. Both protests are branches of Occupy Together, a grassroots protest against the greed and corruption of the wealthiest 1 percent of society.

If only such a protest could come to Brazil.

If there’s one thing Brazilians know, it’s greed and corruption. We are from a country that is held back by the poverty that affects the majority of its population.

Nevertheless, instead of addressing these issues, corrupt politicians take away the money, time and effort needed to bring Brazilians back to their feet.

A perfect example is current federal deputy of São Paulo, Paulo Maluf. An ex-state governor of São Paulo, mayor of the City of São Paulo, congressman and presidential candidate, Maluf has been convicted of “maladministration” and is wanted for money laundering by a New York prosecutor, according to The Economist.

Through this conviction and Maluf ’s current indict-

ment for alleged fraud, it is common Brazilian belief that Maluf has been accused of stealing money from public government projects and embezzling it into his private life. There is even a verb inspired by the man himself: malufar — to steal public money from the people.

being put towards affecting fundamental change.

Following the lead of individual Wall Street protestors, when asked their names, D.C. protesters commonly respond: “My name is Troy Davis” in honor of a case that has helped renew strength to sustain the occupy movement itself. The protestors realize that you cannot separate race and class struggles when Troy Davis, an innocent man, was put to death Sept. 21, after 20 years on death row with uncertain evidence linking him to the crime.

Slowly but surely, the flaws in the existing social order are becoming ever more apparent. From conducting the unjust Iraqi occupation, ting is not the fact that these politicians are so corrupt, but that Brazilians continue to let them participate in the government. Despite Maluf ’s suspected and proven wrongdoings against the Brazilian population, not only has the government decided to drop further charges against him as a result of legal loopholes, but Maluf is constantly re-elected into government positions despite his dubious history.

Continuing the disturbing trend, Lula basically picks

Maybe one day, Brazilians as a people will also be able to occupy our capital, Brasilia, and demand for the just and honest government we deserve and need.

Another example is former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. It is illegal for a president to promote or show obvious preference to any type of candidate during election time. However, Lula not only promoted current president Dilma Rousseff on radio shows, but also was featured in TV campaign ads.

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our country’s next president, due to his immense popularity amongst the population, and receives no form of punishment.

Brazilians may have no memory, but sadly, many of them also have no education. They are not taught to think critically, to notice bias, to think for themselves or even know the functions of different government of-

to condoning the racist, inhumane practices that characterize the modern prison-industrial complex, to subsidizing the oligarchical financial sector’s theft from the people, one fact is consistently being illuminated: We are living under an outof-touch government that continues to cultivate a historically oppressive system.

The illuminators, however, are not the corporate-controlled media but rather the reawakened and enlightened masses that are demanding nothing short of radical change. With help from social networking, independent/communitybased media and the prominence of whistleblowers like WikiLeaks, the people are gaining comprehensive access and sharp awareness of every issue.

From what I have seen during the last few days, we, the youth, are taking the lead as we expand our immense

power and learn from the successes and failures of previous generations.

Is this a moment in the sun?

Let’s not let it remain only as such. Let’s make sure that this time, our movement becomes the germ from which springs a radical shift in the combined existing economic, political and social paradigm of this country.

In my earlier column, I wrote: “We know we have the power to create fundamental change. It’s simply a matter of whether or not we are ready to sacrifice the comfort of our superficial blueprints for life in order to become a part of something greater than ourselves. I like to hope that we will give it up someday.”

I’m proud to say that someday is today.

ficials. However, seeing as the government refuses to educate the people, it is up to informed and frustrated citizens to help the uneducated and poor population.

For this reason, I applaud those who are participating in Occupy D.C. It is up to the people to keep checks and balances on their government. Although the United States may be going in a somewhat opposite direction economically compared to Brazil, its citizens stand for honesty and just politics. This is the mindset that sets the first world apart from the third world, and the successful from the stuck.

Maybe one day, Brazilians as a people will also be able to occupy our capital, Brasilia, and demand for the just and honest government we deserve and need, if we ever wish to achieve our potential.

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Julia Greenwald is a freshman in the School of Communications.

Mana Aliabadi is a freshman in the School of Public Affairs.

as I tried to convey in my anecdotes (and regular readers will point to other examples), irrelevant ire is a fallacy likely to convince few people. So the next time someone dares to have a viewpoint different than your own, tell them they’re wrong the right way.

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Jonathan Lipton Vice President of AU Students for Israel SPA 2014 Micah Deligdish Political Director of AU Students for Israel SOC 2013

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Every week on theeagleonline.com, the Quick Take offers concise views on an issue of significance to American University. This week, columnists and members of the AU community speak to growing spectre of political apathy among young voters. The following are excerpts from their pieces, which can be found at theeagleonline.com/front/quicktake.

THE ABSURBITY AMERICAN POLITICS

Derek Siegel Call me the Dos Equis man. I’m not always in the mood to be impatient, cynical, outraged and frustrated … but when I am, I just start thinking about politics.

Let me start off by saying I love my country. We’re flawed, certainly, but nobody’s perfect.

I still believe in the American dream, that whole nostalgic bit about a man coming from nothing and making a name for himself. I love that. I eat it up!

America the Beautiful. The Land of the Free. Even in the midst of a modern, globalized society I still think

this is what America’s all about.

I should, by every right, be enamored by our political scene, a democratic system built on individual participation and involvement.

But, as of late, I find myself a little less than enamored

by American politics. In fact, I sort of hate it. I don’t like Democrats. I don’t like Republicans. And I don’t like it when men and women who claim to be working on my behalf spend most of their time squabbling over petty partisan issues.

When I turn on the TV and watch Obama deliver a speech with more rhetoric than substance, when Congress exhausts another

session without making any meaningful progress, when I witness political extremism overtake the need for national compromise, I’m pissed. I don’t like it. I have my own little delusion of the American dream, thank you very much, and your failed promises and political rhetoric have no place in it.

I’m an idealistic student at American University. I’m socially involved and I’m passionate about the state of my country. And I want to be politically active; I want to be the kind of person that feels so vehemently about a candidate that I’ll go doorto-door campaigning and slap a bumper sticker on my laptop.

So the fact that I feel so frustrated by our political scene that I’ve essentially become apathetic is a testament to the absurdity of American politics.

I love the fact that so many of my friends at AU are into politics, that they follow all the presidential candidacies and the latest bills to be put before Congress. But personally, I just can’t stand it

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So congratulations, America. If alienating passionate youth was your goal, then you have achieved it beyond measure.

Derek Siegel is a freshman in SIS and a Quick Take columnist for The Eagle.

DISGRUNTLED YOUTH HOPES FOR (REAL) CHANGE

Karina Zannat I won’t be voting for Barack Obama. I also won’t be voting for whatever reproductive-rights-hating-gay-marriage-skeptic runs against him. And no, I won’t be voting for Ron Paul either. In fact, I’m not voting for anyone, and I’ll encourage my friends to follow suit.

At AU, this is blasphemy.

It gets me weird looks from everyone, and I’m okay with that because most of the youth (outside of the AU bubble) who actually pay attention will probably share my sentiments.

Why? Because memorizing press releases from the Hill and straw poll figures has nothing to do with paying attention and everything

to do with being a slave to the bipolar bullheaded hydra that is the media during elections.

Paying attention means looking at what our politicians actually do and have been doing once they get into power ... Paying attention means noticing that the winners have always been the one who watered down their ideology and principles until their lukewarm moderate status won them a good chunk of the large “independent” voter demographic ...

We have no choice but to endorse the lesser of two horrible choices at the end of the day, and whoever we end up choosing will milk the opportunity to exploit at all costs.

Most people who actually pay attention to the facts behind the glittery rhetoric of either camp become apathetic or disgusted, and do something worthwhile on Election Day, like playing Mario Kart. Those who don’t vote can at least shrug and say “don’t blame me” when the next WikiLeaks scandal

happens and our politicians are inevitably shown to have messed up big time.

Still, this is AU, home of wannabe lobbyists, campaign managers and various other positions that put chills down my spine. A good orator, the kind that can light fire to a soul and inspire you to dream big the way Obama inspired my high school senior self in 2008, will get a lot of buzz from the political junkie youth ...

The few, the loud and the obnoxious will make a big fuss and fight with each other over their next great leader, but the majority of us will probably not care and silently count the minutes until the day when delusional college students with clipboards won’t hound us near the metro stop.

Karina Zannat is senior in CAS and SIS and a member of AU Students for Liberty.

Her views do not necessarily reflect those of AUSFL.

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YouTube aids Dej’s journey from Germany to Reeves Field 123456789:3;8<=>9< Eagle Staff Writer

Technology continues to change and make the sports world an even smaller place, especially for soccer, the world’s game.

This was never more evident than when AU men’s soccer Head Coach Todd West tapped into YouTube for his newest recruit.

“There was a contact in Germany who I was speaking to; we [asked] for some video and they sent it through YouTube,” West said. “So it was kind of a joke, but it actually was a YouTube recruit because then we followed up on some more footage of him.”

Who is the viral sensation? Midfielder Marco Dej, who was playing on the youth squad for Borussia Dortmund, one of the most successful soccer clubs in Germany, as well as with the German youth national team program.

“I always wanted to go abroad,” Dej said. “I always wanted to go to the U.S., but I didn’t have expectations to play soccer here, so it’s a nice opportunity to get when you’re playing with an athletic team and can receive a scholarship.”

While working with the under-20 U.S. Men’s National Team, West watched Dej compete in Germany.

According to Dej, that is when he had his first en-

counter with West, who is in his 12th season leading the men’s soccer team.

After several conversations with West, Dej agreed to come play for the Eagles.

Two months into his tenure with the Eagles, Dej has already noticed the major differences on the field.

“I think you can make more mistakes in the youth, but when you’re playing for an [NCAA] team, it’s harder and faster,” Dej said. “Especially in the U.S., because it’s more athletic than Germany.”

While getting exposure through club and national team play, Dej was chosen to compete in Nike’s “The Chance” in 2010. Since 2009, Nike has given thousands of young soccer players from around the world an opportunity to earn a scholarship and play with the Nike Academy in London against other English Premier League under-23 squads.

After completing and winning the preliminary rounds in Germany, Dej was invited to London as one of the top 100 players in the world in September 2010.

From there, the selected 100 compete and train as the group is dwindled down to eight finalists. Those eight players are then placed in the Academy, which helps train the players to pursue professional contracts. Even though Dej was not one of the eight finalists, he en-

joyed traveling for the sake of soccer.

“It was a great experience, but in that time I just wanted to go abroad [and] wanted to go to the U.S., so it didn’t matter if I made it that far,” said Dej, who was one of two Germans in the final 100. “[Coming to AU] was the first important thing for me.”

Having started 12 of 13 contests for the Eagles this season, Dej’s skill and knowledge of the game has impressed West.

“He’s a smart player and a very technical player, which basically means he’s comfortable with the ball at his feet,” West said. “[It’s] tough to press him because he’s pretty composed, and he knows where the ball needs to go; kind of a coach on the field.”

When Dej first arrived in D.C., he immediately received help from his teammates. Players like Billy Knutsen, Tyler Collins, Tyler Fisher and Ryan Morales helped him move seamlessly into the nation’s capital, he said.

“I think the whole team has produced nice guys, good guys,” Dej said. “I think it’s easier to go abroad and go to an athletic team like a group, and you can focus on them [rather than] if you were on your own and you don’t know where to go. It makes life more easier for me, and I’m thankful for that.” !"#$%!&%'(()*+(#,+-,(./#0

!"##$%&$'()!*$*#) Marco Dej has been a key player for AU this season after coming over from Germany.

A look back at Al Davis’ final years with the Oakland Raiders BEN LASKY | SIDELINE SCHOLAR Longtime Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis died Saturday. While he made many contributions to the NFL, such as playing a large part in its merge with the AFL, for my generation, Davis is the owner who made personnel decisions that made no sense to anyone not named Al Davis.

Here now are some of my favorite Al Davis moments of recent years. In no way am I joking about Davis’ death. I am simply poking fun at some of the things he will be remembered for.

With the 17th pick the Oakland Raiders select …

Sebastian Janikowski?

This pick basically sums up Davis’ moves over the last decade or so.

In 2000, the Raiders selected kicker Sebastian Janikowski with the 17th pick of the first round.

Now, Janikowski is listed at 6-foot-2, 250 pounds, so maybe they were going to put him at linebacker? No. He remained a kicker.

There is no way that any other team was going to take him in the first round. But Oakland did.

The good news is that Janikowski has performed well his entire career. He tied an NFL record with a 63-yard field goal in this year’s season opener against the Denver Broncos and is the highest scoring player in Raiders history.

The bad news is that THEY TOOK A KICKER IN THE ≤ FIELD HOCKEY, PAGE 24

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season.

The Eagles’ defense was tough from the start, holding the Crusaders to seven shots and needing Dalisera to only make three saves.

The offense also excelled, generating 23 shots altogether, 16 of which came in the first half.

Overall, Dyer was the star of the show for AU. Her fivepoint game (two goals, one assist) was a career high and continued her strong senior

FIRST ROUND! With the seventh pick the Oakland Raiders select …

Darrius Heyward-Bey? While the drafting of Janikowski represents the craziness of Davis, the acquisition of Heyward-Bey represents the types of players he wanted on his team.

Even though Michael Crabtree was a much better player in college, Davis passed on him in the 2009 draft because Heyward-Bey ran a 4.25 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine.

Never mind the fact that Heyward-Bey had 609 yards and five touchdowns in his final year at the University of Maryland versus Crabtree’s 1,165 yards and 19 touchdowns in his last season at Texas Tech. HeywardBay is really fast.

Davis was always known for picking super athletic and physical freaks over proven commodities. More often than not, it turned out very badly.

With the first pick, the Oakland Raiders select …

JaMarcus Russell?

Are you sensing a trend here? It seems that Davis’ biggest blunders occurred in the draft.

Maybe the biggest of Raider draft busts was quarterback JaMarcus Russell, who the team drafted No. 1 overall in 2007.

Much like Heyward-Bey, Russell had a very limited track record coming into season.

Last week, she was named AU Student-Athlete of the Week after scoring her first career goal in AU’s 3-2 Oct. 2 win against Temple University.

The Eagles will return to Jacobs Field for two home games this weekend.

AU will take on Colgate University Oct. 15 in the team’s final home conference game of the year before squaring off against the No. 3 University of Maryland

the draft, starting only two seasons for the Louisiana State University Tigers. But, he was 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds, so really they had to take him.

What a great decision to pick him ahead of Calvin Johnson, Adrian Peterson and Patrick Willis.

Russell lasted three years in the NFL and is now out of the league. Again, Russell was very gifted physically, but it takes much more than that.

“Just Win Baby” You can blame Davis for being foolish when it came to the draft or for being too reactionary when it came to coaching changes, but it would be foolish to accuse him of not caring.

The Raiders won three Super Bowls under Davis.

Much like George Steinbrenner, nothing mattered but winning at all costs.

The movie Field of Dreams is famous for its line, “If you build it, they will come.”

In reality, Davis knew that winning was the cure for any problem a team might have.

Whether it’s low attendance or an unhappy locker room, win and it’s all taken care of.

While many my age will remember Davis during his later years, making bad decision after bad decision, he will be remembered in football history as one of the best owners of all time. ?+)!@2&%'(()*+(#,+-,(./#0

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The AU women’s soccer team was defeated twice in the Lehigh Valley this weekend, falling to Lehigh University 1-0 Oct. 7 and losing 2-1 in overtime against Lafayette College Oct. 9.

AU Unable to Find the Net in Loss to Lehigh Despite outshooting the Mountain Hawks 10-8, the Eagles (4-10-1, 0-3 PL) were unable to tie the game after Lehigh (6-5-1, 2-1 PL) scored in the 59th minute.

Lehigh’s Leah Kulp scored the lone goal of the game on an unassisted shot from the top of the 18-yard box that swept past AU goalkeeper Klare Lazor and into the top right corner of the goal.

AU had six shots on goal compared to Lehigh’s five, but was unable to get the ball past Lehigh goalkeeper Ashley Blanks, who had six saves on the day.

Arianna Efstathiou and Lazor split the game in goal for AU, as the duo recorded a combined four saves.

“It was a tough game tonight,” Head Coach Dave Bucciero told AU Athletics.

“I thought we defended better in the second half and they scored on their only chance in the half. We didn’t generate enough tonight and we need to do better if we are going to win on Sunday.”

AU Drops Third Straight Patriot League Game Lafayette’s Janelle Pierson scored the game-winning goal on a header 99 seconds into overtime to defeat the Eagles 2-1 for AU’s third straight one-goal loss.

The Leopards’ (8-3-1, 3-0 PL) Alex Reisinger set up the goal on a cross from the right wing into the center of

the penalty area that Pierson was able to convert.

“Clearly, the ball is not bouncing our way right now,” Bucciero told AU Athletics.

After both teams were unable to score in the first half, the Eagles jumped out first in the second half when Carleigh Morba scored on a rebound in the 55th minute.

The rebound came when AU’s Michaela Cowgill took a long-range shot that was deflected off the crossbar by Lafayette goalkeeper Lauren Smedley’s right hand.

The Leopards fired back ten minutes later when Julia Bell found Alyssa Finelli, who slid the ball past Lazor to knot the game at one apiece.

With five minutes remaining, AU failed to execute when Jasmine Mohandesi found herself one-on-one with Smedley, but could not capitalize. Seven minutes later, Pierson nailed the game-winner for the Lafayette victory.

Smedley registered eight saves, while Lazor tallied two.

The Eagles outshot Lafayette 13-7, with nine of those shots on goal.

Morba led the Eagles with four shots, while Michelle Montilio and Mohandesi each totaled two. Both teams received three corner kicks, but were unable to capitalize on those opportunities.

The Eagles will look to pick up their first conference win with three Patriot League home games coming up, the first being Oct. 16 against Bucknell University.

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The AU men’s soccer team scored three goals in the final 18 minutes of play against Army, defeating the Black Knights 3-0 in a physical match that saw a combined 31 fouls at Reeves Field Oct. 8.

The team remains perfect in Patriot League play.

“We just told the guys 3-0 is fantastic, and now we can sit back and see what the other results are now that we’ve done our job,” AU Head Coach Todd West said.

Army (5-7, 1-2 PL) immediately put pressure on the Eagles’ (5-7-1, 3-0 PL) defense to start the match. The Black Knights had several chances to score in the first half, with the best opportunity coming five minutes

before halftime when David Rouleau’s point-blank header sailed over the crossbar.

AU had zero corners and took two shots in the opening 45 minutes, as both sides ended the half scoreless.

“I thought we started off a little bit slow; we went into halftime and talked about it,” AU midfielder Tyler Collins said. “In the second half, I think we came out a lot stronger.”

Sophomore Billy Knutsen played the entire second half in goal for AU with starter Matt Makowski not feeling well.

The Black Knights immediately tested Knutsen; but Tanner Robertson’s 18-yard shot was saved and Knutsen was able to track back and punch a Rouleau attempt over the crossbar.

In the 72nd minute, it was the Eagles’ turn to attack.

Colin Seigfreid served a cor-

ner into the box and Adem Gokturk headed home his first career goal to give the Eagles a 1-0 advantage.

Two minutes later, Gokturk would follow up his goal with an assist. An interception in the midfield turned into a switching pass to Collins, who floated a 20-yard shot over the head of Army goalkeeper John Marinelli to put AU in front 2-0. “[Collins] just seems to relish the idea of us telling him to take guys on and go forward,” West said. “The goal he scored today looked like a professional forward chipping the keeper.”

AU added its third goal in the 86th minute, when Alassane Kane drew a foul in the box and scored on the ensuing penalty kick.

“Army was pretty physical,” Gokturk said. “I think we matched up to their

!"#!$%&'()%*+ Seth Goldman and the AU men’s soccer team are on a roll to begin Patriot League play, as the Eagles have started 3-0 in the conference after Saturday’s 3-0 victory against Army. physicality, but our intensity needed to be picked up in the second half and we did that.”

The Eagles remain atop the Patriot League standings with the victory and have won by a combined score of 8-1 over their conference opponents.

“It’s great, it’s a real tough league to play in because all the games are so close,” Collins said. “But we’re actually coming out [and] doing really well with some 3-0 victories, so it should be a good season.”

AU will be in non-conference action Oct. 12 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham before returning home Oct. 15 to take on Lafayette College. The Leopards are in second place in the PL with a 2-0-1 conference mark.

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The AU field hockey team continued its hot streak Oct. 8, as the Eagles took down the College of the Holy Cross 4-0 in Worcester, Mass., to extend their winning streak to four games.

The Eagles (6-5, 2-0 PL) dominated Holy Cross (111, 0-2 PL) from the opening whistle, registering all four goals in the first half and never looking back.

Sophomore Jaclyn Anspach put the Eagles on the board in the first 15 minutes, when she ripped a shot past Holy Cross goalkeeper Kelly Sotsky.

The goal was Anspach’s third of the season, and junior midfielder Jenn Bradley earned her team-high fourth assist of the season on the play.

AU added to its lead 10 minutes later, as senior defender Tatum Dyer tapped in her first goal of the game on a perfectly placed penalty corner by midfielder Shelly Montgomery.

AU’s furious attack paid off once more three minutes later when Dyer fed freshman midfielder Canon Hirschler, who found the back of the net to give the Eagles a 3-0 advantage.

With all the momentum in AU’s favor, Dyer’s second goal of the game gave the Eagles a commanding 4-0 lead.

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PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS MEN’S SOCCER American

3-0 PL, 5-7-1

Lafayette 2-0-1 PL, 6-2-3 Colgate 1-1-1 PL, 7-2-2 Lehigh 1-1-1 PL, 4-2-4 Navy 1-1-1 PL, 4-5-3 Army 1-2 PL, 5-7 Bucknell 1-2 PL, 6-5-1 Holy Cross 0-3 PL, 1-8-2

WOMEN’S SOCCER Lafayette 3-0 PL, 8-3-1 Army 2-0-1 PL, 9-2-3 Colgate 2-0-1 PL, 9-4-1 Lehigh 2-1 PL, 6-5-1 Navy 1-2 PL, 8-5-2 Bucknell 1-2 PL, 3-8-1 American

0-3 PL, 4-10-1

Holy Cross 0-3 PL, 2-9-2

VOLLEYBALL American

5-0 PL, 12-9

Army 4-1 PL, 13-6 Colgate 4-1 PL, 7-11 Lehigh 3-2 PL, 11-7 Holy Cross 2-3 PL, 6-15 Navy 1-4 PL, 6-14 Bucknell 1-4 PL, 4-10 Lafayette 0-5 PL, 7-10

FIELD HOCKEY American

2-0 PL, 6-5

Lafayette 2-0 PL, 6-5 Bucknell 1-1 PL, 4-7 Lehigh 1-1 PL, 3-11 Colgate 0-2 PL, 5-8 Holy Cross 0-2 PL, 1-11

other penalty corner; this time taken by freshman Courtney MacPherson.

Dyer’s second strike capped off a run of four goals in just 17 minutes for the Eagles, which allowed them to head into halftime with the game comfortably in hand.

The second half featured little action as neither team generated many scoring chances. Although the Eagles couldn’t find the net in the second frame, they were able to protect their lead and prevent the Crusaders from gaining any momentum.

AU goalkeeper Ashley Dalisera was barely tested all afternoon and ended up with her second, and no doubt easiest, shutout of the FIELD HOCKEY, PAGE 22 ≥