The Eagle - August 30, 2011

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August 30, 2011 Volume 86 – Issue 2

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IN THIS ISSUE

FROM THE TWITTERSPHERE @MichaelStubel, Aug. 25

3 RANTS 4 NEWS 4 5 6 7 9

Libyan rebel: “Awesome Blue Crew shirt!” Other Libyan rebel: “Yeah, I was a big fan of Garrison Carr.” http:// wapo.st/nG9Hac @TheEagleOnline

SOC, SPA DEANS TO RETIRE MLK JR. MEMORIAL DIVERSITY MCDOWELL HALL RENOVATIONS CONVOCATION

@AUSocialite, Aug. 26

Welcome Class of 2015! Having a great time @ AmericanU #Convocation!

12 SCENE

@rebekkastarkey, Aug. 26

I guess this begins live tweeting of my freshman year @ AmericanU #au2015

12 SILVER SCREEN 15 GOOD EATS 16 ABROAD COLUMN

@MichelleStric, Aug. 29

18 OPINION

First day of senior year @AmericanU! Where did all the time go?

18 STAFF EDITORIAL 19 SHAPIRO, MORIZIO, BELL COLUMNS

21 SPORTS

@dbelldc, Aug. 25

The local news media seems to be quite concerned about Irene’s impacts. Still waiting for @AmericanU to say anything about it, though.

21 FIELD HOCKEY 21 WOMEN’S SOCCER 24 VOLLEYBALL 23

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THIS WEEK

AUG. 30 — FINDING A JOB OR INTERNSHIP THAT PAYS

2–3 p.m. / Mary Graydon Center 200 (Gianni Lounge) / Join Career Staff as they discuss how to find and get a paying job or internship both on and off campus. / RSVP daniels@american.edu

AUG. 31 — FEDERAL WORK STUDY JOB FAIR

Edward Kessler of Cambridge University’s Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths. Sponsored by SIS.

SEPT. 2 — FIRST FRIDAY FILMS

8 p.m.–midnight / Tavern / Check out the newest movies for free. Sponsored by University Center. / ledesma@american.edu

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1–4 p.m. / MGC 1 / Students with Federal Work study looking for a part-time job on or off campus should dress professionally and bring their resume to the FWS fair. Sponsored by the Career Center. / daniels@ american.edu

SEPT. 3 — JULIUS CAESAR

8 p.m. / Shakespeare Theatre Company-Harman Hall / Take the Red Line down to Chinatown to check out Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” for free. / Visit www. shakespearetheatre.org for more information.

CONTACT US

SEPT. 1 — REFLECTIONS ON THE EVE OF 9/11: WHAT’S CHANGED? WHAT HASN’T?

SEPT. 4 — WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

NEWS news@theeagleonline.com

6:15–7:30 p.m. / SIS Founder’s Room / SIS’s newest dean, James Goldgeier, will moderate a discussion about the post-9/11 world between the Chair of AU Islamic Studies Ambassador Akbar Ahmed and Dr.

Noon – 2 p.m. / Reeves Field / Cheer on the AU women’s soccer team in their match against the University of Iowa. / tortoric@american.edu

TRENDING TOPICS Back to school, back to school, to show our parents that we’re not fools. And not wasting their money.

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The days of hellish humidity are numbered! Three cheers to the !crisp, cool days of autumn. outs, shmock outs, it’s time for the NFL. Good thing, too. As if this campus could be any more starved for football. !Lock Alas, with classes comes the return of assigned reading. Take Rowling, Hemingway, Tolstoy, Brown — yes, even Meyer, " you Twlight fans — off your shelves, never to return. At least until December.

trees, intermittent losses of power and unnecessarily frantic parents. Thanks a lot, Irene.

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EAGLE RANTS

I need to get out of this small town and back to a place of diverse and interesting people. I guess AU will have to suffice.

No, but really, I miss WVAU every day. YES, YES, YES AND MORE YES. IN CAPS, OBVIOUSLY. WHY CAN’T WVAU COME ABROAD WITH ME? Why is it that when I’m away from AU I finally realize all the opportunities I have in D.C., only to stay on campus for most of the time when I’m actually here? I need to live it up!

Re: former Eagle, new law student.

I just started law school too, and it is scary. I am still nervous just like my first few weeks at AU. I miss AU too and the friends I made there. :(

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Who was the guy who stepped down from comptroller with the poofy blonde hair? Anyone?

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Apply within. Open 7 days/wk. www.mustardseedshop.com Sitters Wanted. $12+ per hour.

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Is Tim McBride single? My friend Tom would be perfect for him.

Are Brett Atanasio and Kent Hiebel a couple?

Who the hell is this Liz Richards person? Seriously.

Who are you? I have never seen you before in my life.

It’s weird to not be going back to AU for classes this fall, but I do have to go drop off some library books, and I’m terrified of running into biddies and freshmen …

MCBRIDOSAURUS-REX Dear “Fellow Christian” in August 19th Rants: Right on.

An Episcopalian (also not in the Gathering) WHY couldn’t AU have introduced this Public Health program sooner?

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I’m so sick of an 11 p.m. curfew. Only five more days until back to AU …

So is Women’s Initiative actually going to start solving real issues this year instead of complaining about how evil guys are? How about they fix the fact that the AU Health Center tells women that they have to get pap smears before being given birth control? Girls, there is NO law requiring a pap smear before a birth control prescription. The Health Center only wants to make more money off you. Stand up for your rights.

“Mad Men” makes me really want to be a housewife.

But where will I get all those awesome dresses like the women in the show wear?

[Editor’s Note: Banana Republic started a Mad Men clothing line.]

I miss AU!!!!

Why did I choose to go

other experiences outside of the norm.

Having a seizure is less painful than trying to get eaglesecure to work on my computer.

I should have videotaped you and your ex having intimate relations right in front of me instead of just sitting there in utter awe and humiliation. Then I might feel better about you letting that @$$**** take control last year. Thanks for making me feel even worse about my own virginity and loneliness.

F*** you both. I’m glad you chose someone else to room with.

Please tell me I’m not the only person who showed up to class a week early …

I completely forgot they changed the schedule, and

Put a Dunkin’ Donuts where the McDonald’s is. DO IT! FOR THE SANITY OF ALL NEW ENGLANDERS!!! to grad school in a closedminded Southern town? I never thought I would miss the hipsters. :( I’m a freshman, my roommate is going to a frat party tonight and I don’t know how to make friends. Great.

[Editor’s Note: Spend your time Eagle Ranting. Or join The Eagle. Both are great options.]

I totally wanna bang my new roommate.

President McBride, you are quite the cutie in a Speedo.

Come visit me. Anderson Terrace.

Why is there an article specifically about AU students interning at the White House? AU students intern in a variety of other places outside the typical “Hill.” I’m betting many people would be interested to hear about

feel like a total idiot.

Sure, Capitol One, of course I would like to open a checking account now that I’m standing outside on the Quad after having just been evacuated from MGC after experiencing the biggest earthquake to hit D.C. in 115 years. For God’s sake, go away you parasites.

Earthquake hits AU — what a way to start freshman year!

Today I realized most of this year’s freshmen were born in 1993. I’m pretty sure I remember things that happened in 1993. I feel old :( I just want to say that Financial Aid really needs to get its stuff together. Not only did they fail to inform me about a $1,500 reduction in my aid package this year, but they have, in the past 15 minutes,

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sent me three emails: the first closing my claim ticket and awarding me extra funds in response to my complaint over a bill error; a second telling me to disregard the first as it had been sent to me by mistake and a third reopening my claim for further investigation. W-T-actual-F. Dear lord, if I get another call from a concerned parent about the impending hurricane I will crap my pants! AU is not going to shut down; if your son or daughter misses class because you don’t want to drive them down, that is his or her problem and not mine! I will transfer you straight to the president’s office; I don’t want to hear your snooty British accent. Stay in New York, you fool!

Anyone else realize “a little too late” that college is about working hard but also partying hard? Let the senior year be the best year of all. HUZZAH! Wish people wouldn’t say hateful things on here (whether about Tim, the Gathering or anyone). Let’s keep Eagle Rants to their real purpose: complaining about TDR and shouts of frustration about that person you’re attracted to.

Dear AU, Wi-Fi. Cheers, person who needs good WiFi. AU freshmen on Tumblr need to calm down … At first, following the thread was kind of funny, but now it’s just obnoxious. Every post is about how they’re better than everything that they’re supposed to be doing this week and how they want to be treated as adults. First rule of being an adult: You routinely have to do things that you don’t want to do, so suck it up and get used to it.

Dear AU, I have installed Safe-Connect twice. My girlfriend has installed it almost four or five times. Fix your eaglesecure network. K thx.

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SOC, SPA deans to step down at end of school year

By JULIA RYAN Eagle Staff Writer

School of Public Affairs Dean William Leogrande and School of Communication Dean Larry Kirkman are stepping down from their positions at the end of the school year, according to announcements released

by Provost Scott Bass this week.

In a memo sent to the AU community on Tuesday, Bass said Leogrande, who was appointed SPA dean in 2003, will take a brief sabbatical and return to AU as a faculty member in 2013.

Kirkman’s decision to step down as dean of SOC was announced just a day later, also in a University memo to faculty and staff sent by Provost Bass. Kirkman has been the Dean of SOC since 2001.

Leogrande and Kirkman are the fourth deans to step down in two years, after Kogod School of Business Dean Richard Durand and School of International Service Dean Louis Goodman left their posts this summer.

Leogrande said he will use his sabbatical to work on various academic projects such as writing a book on U.S.-Cuban relations and diplomatic efforts between

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the two countries.

He will also co-edit the third edition of the “A Contemporary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the Revolution.”

The search process for a new SPA dean is still in its early stages. Leogrande said the University will hire an external search committee and the process will go on independent of him.

However, he is looking forward to seeing how his school will evolve under new leadership.

“SPA is really poised to expand its external reputation,” he said. “We’re bringing in better students and faculty every year, and this is a real opportunity for someone to come in and lead that change.”

Kirkman will also take a brief sabbatical before coming back to teach at AU. He will return to the SOC faculty in 2014 in the Film and Media Arts division.

The dean said he looks forward to recruiting a new leader who will improve and expand SOC. “This position is an exceptional opportunity that will attract experienced, visionary candidates who can enhance the school’s leadership role in communication education, professional

practice and scholarship and guide us to a new level of achievement,” he said.

Kirkman feels his successor will be joining SOC at an important time in the school’s history.

“My successor will join a school with the critical elements in place for the next stage in our evolution: a strong faculty and staff, … new graduate programs, an engaged alumni base, … leading centers for professional innovation and research … and major media partnerships,” he said.

The new SOC dean will also head the school’s move into the McKinley building in 2014.

Kirkman said plans for the renovation of McKinley have been submitted to the D.C. government and construction is expected to begin in early 2012. jryan@theeagleonline.com

GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK SOC Dean Larry Kirkman (left) and SPA Dean William Leogrande will both step down at the end of this school year.

Both will take sabbaticals, then return to AU as faculty members in the near future.

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AU students celebrate MLK legacy at memorial

A STONE OF HOPE Tourists and Washingtonians pose in front of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. The memorial opened to the public on Aug. 22 and drew large crowds in its first week.

ing to Sadonis.

“I saw a wide demographic of people,” Sadonis said of the crowd. “There was a multitude of ages from babies in strollers to senior citizens and all sorts of different ethnicities and races.”

Christyn Enser, a sophomore in the School of Communication, also visited the memorial earlier that day with her 12-year-old cousin.

“It seemed like people from all across the country were coming,” Enser said.

“I heard one person talking about the storm coming in who said ‘I would have tied myself to a tree right here to be able to see this, I don’t care if the storm is coming.’”

Deon Jones, a D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, was still disappointed at the dedication’s cancellation.

“He could march in the rain, but they can’t memorialize him in the rain,” Jones said. “It really shows how high class the activists have

gotten now. He could march all the way from Selma to Montgomery over 100 miles, rain, shoes worn out.

Now you have people today having to ride in cars, sitting in VIP sections.”

For Jones, a local political leader and African-American, the memorial is still poignant. Jones took part in the D.C. host committee, which planned events for the MLK memorial. He said that, at the last meeting, there were women in their late 60s and 70s who had participated in the March on Washington in 1963.

“They began to cry because they had faced the racism, had marched with Dr. King,” Jones said. “They started to cry because of how far this country has come and how much how hard they had fought for equality and peace. To see that erected brought tears to their eyes and tears to my eyes.”Charia Funchess, a sophomore in MLK, PAGE 5 ≥

By LEIGH GIANGRECO Eagle Staff Writer

Members of the AU community came out to view the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall after its soft opening on Aug. 22. The memorial foundation, however, postponed the monument’s opening ceremony Aug. 28 due to Hurricane Irene.

The opening ceremony will be rescheduled to an unspecified date in September or October, according to the Washington Post.

Tyler Sadonis, the director of the Community Service Coalition and a School of Public Affairs sophomore, accompanied the SPA leadership program’s tour of the National Mall Aug. 26.

Sadonis said he and the new students were happy to see the memorial before the dedication ceremony. The site was still packed late Friday night with a solemn and awestruck audience, accord-

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One-third of freshmen identify as racially diverse

By ZACHARY COHEN Eagle Staff Writer

The incoming freshman class is one of the most racially diverse classes American University has ever seen.

Over 30 percent of the students in the Class of 2015 are of a domestic minority, up from 23 percent last year, according to preliminary estimates from Director of the Office of Admissions Greg Grauman. That includes anyone who self-identifies as Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian or Alaskan or Pacific Islander.

More specific information will be available after the

AU Office of Institutional Research and Assessment completes a student census by the fifth week of classes.

Grauman said the increased diversity is the result of various efforts by the University to increase minority enrollment.

The University had used more financial aid funds for need-based scholarships instead of merit-based awards.

Representatives from the University also recruited in different regions of the United States and at different high schools with more multicultural students.

“Diversity is an important component of a university education, and American University is committed to

closing the education gap for underrepresented minorities seeking and completing higher education,” Grauman said in an email.

In addition to the increased racial diversity, the increase of need-based aid will also further the economic diversity of the student body, Student Government President Tim McBride said. Making AU’s education more affordable allows those without the means to pay for full tuition to attend, he explained.

“It’s the sign of a thriving school that’s breaking down glass barriers towards … opportunity and education,” McBride said.

This year’s freshmen also had a high school grade point average of 3.9, better than the Class of 2014’s 3.87.

This is the fourth year in a row that the new freshman class had a higher GPA than its predecessor.

AU prepares professors for diverse student body In response to the in-

OIT introduces eaglesecure

By NICOLE GLASS Eagle Staff Writer

The Office of Information Technology’s recent establishment of a new wireless network, eaglesecure, aims to make on-campus Web surfing faster and easier.

Last year, AU students, faculty and staff were prompted to enter a username and password every time they used the old wireless network, eaglenet.

“You should find that you are no longer asked to log in every time you connect [to eaglesecure], as with the old system,” said Senior Director of OIT Chris Gehring.

Aside from the easier login, eaglesecure differs from eaglenet in four ways, Gehring said.

It is faster, easier to monitor and to troubleshoot, more secure and more widely available on campus, he said. OIT can also view how many users are online at each location on campus.

“The upgrade took a lot of planning and manpower creased diversity, the University is strengthening the programs that facilitate discussion among different racial, socioeconomic, political and religious groups on campus. Mentorship programs for first-generation college students and facilitated dialogue groups help foster a more welcoming environment, according to Fanta Aw, assistant vice president of Campus Life and director of International Student and Scholar Services.

Administration personnel are also advising professors on the challenges that come with a more diverse student body through New Faculty Orientation and voluntary seminars, said John Doolittle, an associate director at the Center for Teaching, Researching and Learning and a professor in the School of Communications. Faculty and staff are being taught to be sensitive to the views of students who come from different political, econom-

to implement, but we feel that AU's wireless access is one of the most important resources we provide to our students, faculty and staff,” Gehring said.

The eaglenet wireless network had 230 wireless access points, which were not enough to serve its approximately 4,000 wireless users.

Eaglesecure has about 830 access points, providing more coverage and better signal quality throughout campus, Gehring said.

“This meant that there were many wireless clients per access point causing slow speed and, at times, loss of connectivity,” he said.

The primary reason for the switch to eaglesecure was to increase speed and efficiency, Gehring said.

The transition to eaglesecure was led by OIT’s Director of Network Operations, Hassan Marvi. It occurred gradually starting in March 2010, ending with the removal of eaglenet this June.

The wireless network is available in all campus buildings, as well as on the ic, social or cultural backgrounds.

“For some of us who have been around a long time, we think we know the landscape of our student body in the classes that we teach,” Doolittle said. “But what we’re hearing is it’s changing.”

AU, SG aim to decrease event fees Administration officials are also advocating for more free or subsidized events.

“With the socioeconomic diversity, not all students have the same access to resources, and so we’re creating programs and others that are not going to basically result in additional fees and charges to students,” Aw said.

The administration has a responsibility to help students, Aw said. Though student programs are better for gaining traction among their peers, the University is still expected to create the infrastructure through

Main Quad, in the WoodsBrown Amphitheater and the Tenley Campus Quad.

Gehring said there have been no major problems with the eaglesecure wireless network so far, and that “those who are using it are very happy with it, as it is faster, more reliable and easier to connect to.”

During the transition, however, some computers were not able to connect to eaglesecure while both the new and the old network were active, he said. This was due to the fact that the two networks had to operate on different bands to prevent radio frequency interference.

But once eaglenet was deactivated in June, all members of the AU community were able to connect to it.

“The faculty and staff reaction has been positive so far,” Gehring said. “With regard to students, we should wait a bit longer since school has not started yet.”

If students are having difficulty logging onto the network they can attend OIT’s connection fair through Sept. 2 in the library. AU alumni can also request to gain access to the network. nglass@theeagleonline.com

which student-led initiatives can take place, she said.

“Students have good ideas about what I think speaks to their peers and what matters to their peers, but at the same time, it is up to us, the administration, to create the opportunities and the right structure for it,” Aw said.

The Student Government is already working to create those opportunities.

McBride and other student leaders have been working this summer to create a multicultural coalition of AU student groups.

McBride is also advocating for ways to help students pay for SG election campaigns, giving more students the opportunity to have a voice in University policy.

Last year, some SG candidates spent close to $300 of their own money on campaign materials, The Eagle previously reported. zcohen@theeagleonline. com

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theEAGLE ≤ MLK, PAGE 4 SPA, called the crowd at the memorial a true “melting pot” of Caucasians, African Americans and Hispanics.

Funchess was also impressed with the detail and likeness of the statue. However, it was the juxtaposition of King, an ordinary citizen, between President Lincoln and Jefferson that left an impact on her.

“I think that people should think about him being between two very powerful men, that he’s the only person who’s not a president,” Funchess said. “This man who wanted and advocated for change for so long was just at the time an ordinary American man trying to make a change.”

Enser and her cousin agreed the memorial’s entrance and multiple viewpoints made it a standout on the Mall.

“It’s not like he’s being worshipped in a temple like something Lincoln has, or even Jefferson,” Enser said.

“You can see him through all different angles.”

Even more than the imposing physical presence of the memorial, the dedication to Martin Luther King Jr. has been symbolic of the progress made since the March on Washington in 1963.

“I think it’s progression in American society, what it says is you don’t have to be elected to a position to be honored, you can actually do great things and great work and be honored,” said Donald Curtis of AU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service.

Curtis said CCES planned to attend the memorial dedication with ACLU volunteers until it was postponed. The project was spearheaded by AU Class of 2011 alumna Althea de Guzman, according to Curtis.

“Our mission is to be that glue between the alumni and undergraduates and often times in the community,” Curtis said.

AU in the 1960s Long before the memorial was erected on the Mall, King left an indelible impact on D.C. and AU. Many AU students attended the March on Washington in 1963 where King delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

As marchers flooded in from across the United

States, they looked to AU for a place to stay. According to a Washington Post article in 1963, the chairman of the housing volunteer group negotiated with AU for dorm space for 150 people.

Two years later, King was slated to speak on AU’s campus in April as the closing speaker for a three-day forum sponsored by the Center for Liberal Studies.

However, King was not able to attend because of previous commitments, and his executive assistant Harry G. Boyte attended in his place.

Following King’s assassination on April 4, 1968, his impact on AU took a somber turn. The daily life of AU students was shaken up by the sudden and untimely death of the civil rights leader, from cancellation of classes to an extension of student government nominations, according to 1968 articles in The Eagle. In the District alone, violent riots raged for three days, according to the Washington Post.

According to a 1968 article in The Eagle, the doors of Anderson Hall were blocked on the evening of April 5.

The article said that, while rumors circulated that this was a precaution against “the possibility of campus disorders following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.,” it merely coincided with Easter break. Still one Anderson resident was quoted as saying, “The tone in the dorm was not one of fright or fear, although there was a certain tenseness there was a much more prevalent feeling of grief, somberness and restraint.”

At the end of April, AU chose to commemorate the memory of King. On April 26, the Eagle reported that “as many of as 25 economically and socially disadvantaged students from Washington’s ‘inner city’ will be admitted as freshman here next year on full scholarship grants.” The program was tentatively planned to be dedicated in King’s memory.

The commerations continue today with student participation in the Martin Luther King Day of service every January. Over 200 students volunteered across D.C. on this day last year, The Eagle reported. lgiangreco@theeagleonline. com

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Freshmen ‘shake things up’ with service in D.C. during Welcome Week

By JULIA RYAN Eagle Staff Writer

The Aug. 23 earthquake did not put a damper on this year’s Freshmen Service Experience, with over 600 freshmen coming out to work at more than 50 sites across D.C. and Maryland.

To a theme of “There’s No Place Like D.C.,” the students volunteered with a wide range of nonprofit organizations such as the Columbia Heights/Shaw Family Support Collective, the Barry Farm Resident Council and Centronia.

FSE is a three-day program that gives freshmen the opportunity to do service at various community organizations, faith-based groups and schools in the D.C. area.

The freshmen logged over 10,000 hours of service this year, according to the AU website.

Opening Ceremony The FSE opening ceremony on Aug. 23 came just a few hours after a 5.9-magntitude earthquake hit the District and caused significant damage in some parts of the D.C. area.

The keynote speaker, Paul Monteiro, the associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, was slightly delayed because of traffic resulting from traffic light outages

immediately following the earthquake. But he eventually made it to the ceremony and thanked the freshmen for committing to service.

He stressed that even the smallest actions can have a large impact on the D.C. community.

“Don’t underestimate the importance of your own experience and what you’re bringing,” he said. “A lot of people who come to me want solutions from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but the changes comes from you, where you live.”

Jobs with Justice At the Home Depot on Rhode Island Avenue in Brentwood, 10 FSE participants and three leaders conversed with Hispanic immigrant workers waiting at the store to be hired for shortterm construction jobs.

The students, most of which were chosen for the site because they were bilingual, talked to the workers about their lives, jobs and wages in hopes of making them more comfortable speaking English and to encourage them to seek out formal English classes. Staffers from Jobs with Justice supervised the students.

The nonprofit organization is a coalition of labor, faithbased and other community organizations across the country that help people of

all backgrounds get jobs.

Denise Paarlberg, a freshman in the School of International Service, said she was glad for the opportunity to interact with people from different backgrounds.

Most of the workers she spoke to were from Guatemala, but she met with other workers from Mexico, Honduras and Venezuela.

“We’ve met hard-working people and let them tell us their stories,” she said. “I hope they can take our advice and get more comfortable talking to people about their issues.”

Carmen Mason, an FSE leader and a sophomore in the School of Communication, talked to three workers about their lives and difficulties moving to the United States and finding jobs.

The workers are often hired for jobs from the Home Depot, but then are drastically underpaid or not paid at all, she said.

“They don’t speak English, and they don’t understand what’s going on, so they don’t have the means to fight back,” she said.

Arturo Griffiths, a D.C. Jobs with Justice, called this phenomenon “wage theft,” and said it is one of the many problems his organization is looking to tackle in the near future.

Mason hopes the discussions FSE participants had with the workers at Home Depot will empower the workers to seek change in their working conditions.

“I hope they see there are people out here fighting for them and who want to see things change and want to make a difference in their

RISING UP Freshmen heard from Center for Community Engagement and Service Assistant Director Robin Adams (left) and D.C. Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services Beatriz Otero at the FSE closing ceremony Aug. 25 in Bender Arena.

livelihood,” she said.

Griffiths called the discussions between students and workers an “open classroom.” The workers improved their English, and the students learned about the issues affecting the D.C. immigrant community.

“I hope [the students] get to see them and understand what’s going on with Latin America, how hard it is to come to this country and then get rejected by this society,” he said.

Closing Ceremony At the FSE closing ceremony Aug. 25, Robin Adams, the assistant director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service, joked she expected a lot out of the FSE freshmen this year given the hurdles they had to overcome to get to their service sites.

“You are the first FSE group that brought an earthquake and a hurricane, so I’ll be interested to see how you ‘shake things up’ this year,” she said.

Keynote speaker Beatriz Otero, the D.C. deputy mayor of Health and Human Services, called on the students to form a “safety net” of people willing to go out and help others in D.C. through service.

She told the students every act of service is important, no matter how small it may seem.

“Each individual action counts, because every individual action becomes a collective action, and that collective action becomes a movement,” she said. jryan@theeagleonline.com

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Student Government updates its website for second time in two years

By ANNA SCALAMOGNA Eagle Staff Writer

McDowell Hall replaces dorm room keys with smart-chip ID cards

By KATE FROEHLICH and KAYLYNNE DAKIN

Eagle Staff Writer and Eagle Contributing Writer McDowell Hall received $3 million worth of renovations over the summer, in what Executive Director of Housing and Dining Chris Moody calls both cosmetic and infrastructure renovations.

Carpet, paint and furniture in dorm rooms and common areas were upgraded.

“Significant work” was also done to the plumbing, pipe and ventilation systems that should nix McDowell’s old moniker “McFoul,” Moody said.

He said students have reacted positively as a result of the “more modern, more contemporary feeling” of the building. The design work was done through Housing and Dining with an interior designer from the University Architect office.

The University also worked with the Department of Public Safety to allow McDowell residents to use an ID card system instead of keys to enter dorm rooms.

In addition to allowing the school to be more “modern with technology,” as Moody said, the system is easier to operate. If an ID card is lost or stolen, the card can be deactivated as opposed to replacing the entire lock and key.

Residents who lose their smart chip-enabled ID card

pay $20 to replace the card, said Chad LaDue, director of Operations and Administration for Housing and Dining, while the lost card’s access capability is deactivated. The penalty for a lost mechanical key, however, is $95, charged to the resident to replace both the key and the hardware on the door.

DPS did not record a single theft during the pilot program in Roper or Clark Halls last academic year, according to Captain Norman Bailey. A similar result in McDowell relies on the prudence of residents, who can prevent theft by allowing doors to shut and auto-lock rather than propping them open, Bailey said.

The electronic system could also assist DPS in the instance of theft or crime is tracking capability. Bailey said the surveillance information, which includes failed access attempts and successful entries, would only be used in investigating security breaches.

“The tracking and the auditing of locks is only for incidents,” Caraker explained.

“We don’t take statistical data and archive it or anything like that.”

Employing the new system in McDowell required a different protocol for lockouts than that used in the pilot program due to the higher volume of residents, LaDue said. Once technical glitches related to accessing the appropriate AU Internet network are resolved, students

CHECKING IN A student uses the new ID card access system now installed in McDowell Hall rooms. Housing and Dining and Public Safety installed ID card systems in Clark and Roper Halls last fall. will be able to obtain a temporary electronic key coded at the front desk of the residence halls.

DPS would not disclose how much the new locks cost. However, the cost of the installation in Clark and Roper last year was $650 per lock and a one-time $15,000 for additional software, The Eagle previously reported.

AU IDs also feature colorcoded stickers on resident identification cards as part of a new protocol that helps front desk staff distinguish if a person resides in North Side, South Side or Tenley Campus, which prevents unauthorized people from accessing a complex without an escort, LaDue said.

McDowell’s lobby was renovated as well. After last summer’s renovation of Anderson Hall, Moody said the University learned to use a different flooring in the lobby. Anderson’s tiled lobby floor has had problems with bubbling, so McDowell switched to a tile system with a different vendor, responding better to moisture and high traffic.

The renovations were completed from May 11 to Aug. 15 this year.

LaDue said Letts Hall is the next residence building due for upgrades, and Moody said Hughes Hall will get a makeover after that.

The Student Government is upgrading its website to make it more user-friendly and to create more visual unity between SG departments.

This is the second time the website has been redesigned in a little over a year.

The new site features a different template and navigation system. Current SG Secretary Kevin Sutherland started redesigning the website spring semester with former Secretary Kent Hiebel. Sutherland was then working as deputy director of Web design.

The changes aim to make it easier for users to navigate the content of SG’s three branches, four executive cabinets and dozens of departments, as well as hundreds of events, services and advocacy and outreach initiatives, according to Hiebel.

SG unifies department logos The different SG departments will have uniform logos, according to Sutherland. Design Director Ashley Persie and Sutherland started designing some of the department logos over the summer.

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The uniform look of the new logos and site are part of a push started by Hiebel to emphasis the connection between Student Government and its departments.

“Some people don’t realize what departments are in SG,” Sutherland said. “People know about the Kennedy Political Union, but they don’t know they are part of SG.” Final site and logos to be completed this fall Though Sutherland started working on the site redesign last semester, it is still a work in progress. The final site and logos should be completed during fall semester, he said.

“It’s a bigger task than I expected,” Sutherland said.

“You’re really managing 15 to 20 sites.”

Second AUSG.org redo in two years Hiebel worked with former IT Director Douglas Bell on a redesign last year. Bell helped to move the site from SG’s past content management system to Wordpress.

However, Sutherland said not enough time has been devoted to the site in the past.

“We’re finally giving it

enough attention,” Sutherland said.

In the past, each department was responsible for updating their content on the SG website. Sutherland hopes to have more centralized content by giving this responsibility to someone within his Cabinet.

“The departments have been really supportive,” Sutherland said. “It makes it easier for people.” ascalamogna@ theeagleonline.com

A NEW START The SG unveiled an updated website this fall, with a new template and navigation system. The SG will also be creating uniform logos for all of its departments to correspond with the look of the new site.

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AU interns at the White House

By ZACHARY COHEN Eagle Staff Writer

Two AU students had the unique opportunity to intern at the White House this summer.

Greg Saperstein, a senior in the School of Communication, worked in the Office of Presidential Correspondence, responding to mail sent to the White House.

“Every day there is something new, and it is a fastpaced office,” Saperstein wrote in an email.

Nile Johnson, who just completed her masters in the School of International Service, was an intern in the Office of Scheduling and Advance, which coordinates the itineraries and logistics for the president and the White House Press Corps.

“Given the challenges currently facing our nation, it is a humbling experience to be here,” Johnson said in an email. “The 110 percent that each of my colleagues gives every day is nothing short of

extraordinary.”

Both students said they have a passion for public service, making their summer experience all the more worthwhile.

“The value I place on being a public servant combined with this current administration’s inclusiveness of young Americans in every facet of the White House contributed to my desire to serve as a White House intern,” Johnson wrote.

White House interns are given the opportunity to participate in many different community service projects throughout D.C. At the White House Internship Program Speaker Series, Johnson introduced Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the President Reggie Love. Saperstein met Vice President Joe Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama.

Johnson will begin a career in the Foreign Service upon the conclusion of her internship, and Saperstein

MAIL MAN Greg Saperstein worked the White House Office Correspondence, where responded to mail sent President Obama.

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will start an internship with a marketing firm in Arlington, Va. Though neither intern was paid, they were both thrilled to have the opportunity to work in a professional environment among coworkers who were passionate about what they were doing.

“Working at the White House is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I am glad to be a part of it,” Saperstein wrote.

Ten American University students have done internships for credit at the White House in the past three years, according to AU Career Center’s Francine Blume, who oversees of experiential education. zcohen@theeagleonline. com

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By ZACHARY COHEN

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Freshman students were welcomed to AU Aug. 26, as they processed into Bender Arena for the Convocation ceremony accompanied by bagpipes, the AU pep band and school deans in their academic robes.

As the 1,550 students took their seats in Bender Arena, the administration and student leaders invited them to join the AU community.

“We consider Convocation the beginning of a new academic year and the beginning of academic careers at American University for each of you … just such a milestone,” AU President Neil Kerwin said.

The Class of 2015 is expected to leave the University and become leaders in their fields, Kerwin said.

“When it’s our turn to re-

place our leaders on the Hill and our titans of industry, let’s pledge ourselves to replace them not with the pettiness that we see on the news but the idealism and the sense of community that we find today and that this University has fostered for 120 years,” Student Government President Tim McBride said.

Administration officials said AU students will have to use their skills to solve some of the greatest challenges faced in generations.

The Class of 2015 will need to be able to analyze and solve problems, understand the complexity of the global society and tackle the tough ethical questions of life, Provost Scott Bass said.

“These are all outcomes [of education] so desperately needed in today’s ever-so contentious and divisive society around us,” he said.

Though the speakers talked

about all the University has to offer, Faculty-Scholar and School of Public Affairs Professor Robert Durant said not all the solutions will be discovered here on campus.

“Here’s the dirty little secret: we’re not going to give you answers to those questions,” Durant said. “You’re, over the course of your lifetime, going to address those issues and you’re the ones to provide the answers.”

More than 18,000 students applied to AU this year, but only 1,550 have a “coveted seat” at convocation, Bass said.

“We hold this convocation so that you will pause for a moment and consider the obligation to yourself and to those who got you here,” Kerwin said.

Students will be expected to take full advantage of their opportunities here, Durant said.

Students may not be ac-

customed to new aspects of life and will encounter new viewpoints here. But exposure to new experiences at AU will transform the way they think, Durant said.

“More than tolerance is needed here,” he said. “You need to embrace the difference, embrace what’s new.”

It will all be worth it in the end, said Vice President of the Alumni Association Chip Griffin. The connections that students form here are mean to last a lifetime, Griffin said.

“You may not find your own life partner or business partner here at AU, but you can very well meet your best friend, your future boss, the editor of your novel, your first client, or your campaign manager,” Griffin said.

He said that, with convocation, students began a journey that does not last merely four years, but a lifetime.

“Once an Eagle, always an Eagle,” Griffin said.

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COME TOGETHER ABOVE — Over 1,550 freshmen attended the Opening Convocation ceremony in Bender Arena Aug. 26.

WISE WORDS BELOW — President Neil Kerwin, Provost Scott Bass and others shared their words of advice for freshmen at the ceremony.

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AU raises Main Campus parking rates again

By PAIGE JONES Eagle Staff Writer

AU main campus residents return to an increase in parking rates, which were implemented this May. Academic year parking rates for students who live on Main Campus increased from $964 in May 2010 to $988 in May 2011, according to the AU website.

One-semester parking rates for resident students increased as well, from $482 to $494.

Terrence Campbell, Office of Parking and Traffic assistant coordinator, said the rates increased to match D.C. parking rates and those at other universities.

“All of our parking rates are at or below rates currently charged at local universities and are either below or competitive with D.C. parking fees for premium meters,” Campbell said in an email.

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versity charges students from $760 to $860 per semester for parking while Georgetown University does not offer student parking on its main campus.

“The revenues received as a result of parking fees are returned to the University’s General Funds and used to benefit the campus community, as well as the cost of providing parking services to our campus drivers,” Campbell said.

How to get a parking permit Students living on Main Campus with a car must purchase a parking permit for their vehicle, according to the AU website.

This permit only applies to that individual and their vehicle and cannot be used by another student or for a different vehicle.

Parking permits can be purchased online by filling out an application and picking up the permit at the Department of Public Safety.

Campbell said it takes one to two business days to obtain a parking permit.

Campbell said students must pick up their parking permit from Public Safety as soon as possible to “ensure students are not charged for the permit until it is picked up.”

Students are required to bring a copy of vehicle registration and a photo ID when picking up their permit, according to Campbell.

Parking fines and regulations Freshman and Washington Semester resident students are not permitted to park their cars on campus without special permission.

Students may only park in the residence hall lot they are assigned — Nebraska Hall Lot, McDowell Hall Lot or Centennial Parking Garage. All students can park in the Nebraska Avenue Parking Lot and Katzen Garage in addition to their assigned residence hall parking lot.

Students who park in a lot that is not designated on their permit will receive a $35 fine. Students cannot park in the School of International Service garage.

Parking lot rules are enforced 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Campbell said it is possible for a student’s license to be suspended because of numerous AU parking tickets.

“Vehicles owing $300 or more, or with three or more outstanding citations (open for more than 30 days) or cited for false registration or unauthorized use of permit are subject to immobilization,” Campbell said.

The first parking ticket from Public Safety is a warning, but all other ones are violations. Campbell said citations double after 30 days as a penalty.

Parking fines begin at $15 for the smallest infraction of displaying your permit incorrectly to $200 for parking in a handicap spot. Students can be fined $100 for parking in a neighborhood, unless you are a resident living on the street, a visitor to a resident or not conducting University business, according to the AU website.

Students may pay fines at the Parking and Traffic Services office from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. or online at www. parkingticketpayment.com/ american with cash, credit card or check. pjones@theeagleonline.com

DRIVE ON Yearly resident parking rates were increased to $988 in May, up from $964 in May 2010.

One-semester parking rates were raised to $494, up from $482 last year.

Honors program to be updated

By PAIGE JONES Eagle Staff Writer

The AU Honors Program is three years overdue for a program review and staff will be brainstorming improvements over the next few months, according to interim Honors Director Michael Manson.

Program reviews ensure that AU faculty and staff are adequately preparing students for success in their fields.

The last review of the Honors Program was conducted in 2001 and, prior to that, in 1993. AU reviews each University department every seven years.

“These program reviews are like research papers,” Manson said. “You’re always trying to improve your paper and make it better in every way possible” “We’re in the ‘napkin’ stage.

Basically we’re asking students, faculty and staff ‘what do you think?’ ” Any changes made to the Honors program will be to improve the overall program rather than fix a problem, he said.

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We the Kings, Ben Kweller coming to AU

By ZACHARY COHEN Eagle Staff Writer

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“I like to compare the Honors program to a smooth running car,” Manson said.

“Nothing is broken, it’s just the world of AU is changing.”

The Honors program has already helped make Hughes Hall an Honors hall.

All but 15 Honors freshmen are living in Hughes Hall this semester, according to Manson.

“I’m intrigued by this kind of community and what impact it will have on the students’ education,” Manson said.

Manson will serve as interim director for the Honors Program for the next two years until a suitable candidate is found.

“The search committee haven’t found the right candidate, so I was appointed the job,” Manson said. “We’ll see what comes next.”

Manson previously taught Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences.

We the Kings, a popular alternative rock group, and singer-songwriter Ben Kweller will perform in Bender Arena Sept. 9.

The Student Union Board concert marks the beginning of Artemas Ward Week.

“I am such a big fan of these artists, and I know they will put on an amazing show,” SUB Director Ira Grylack said.

Kweller, who has authored numbers such as “The Rules” and “Sundress,” is opening for We the Kings, who are known for their hits

such as “Check Yes Juliet” and “We’ll Be a Dream.”

Admission to the event will cost $5 for anybody with an AU ID and $10 for guests.

Tickets will be available for purchase online shortly, Student Government Vice President Liz Richards said.

Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show will start at 9 p.m. zcohen@theeagleonline. com

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Fall films to deliver playful puppets, bold blockbusters

By HOAI-TRAN BUI Eagle Staff Writer

We know there are probably about 500 other lists out there telling you the movies you should see this fall.

But most of these lists don’t take into account the varied tastes (and wallet sizes) of the average college student.

The Scene has compiled a list of movies that are coming out this fall for students of all movie tastes to enjoy.

THE BLOCKBUSTER: “SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS”

There’s not much to the fall blockbuster, and the same can probably be said of “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. In this sequel, Sherlock Holmes faces off against his

famous archenemy, Professor James Moriarty, in a battle of the wits. Judging from the trailer, the movie seems to be following the “rinse and repeat” formula of the first film, only with a different female sidekick; this time in the form of the talented Swedish actress Noomi Rapace (of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” fame). However, Downey Jr. and Law look like they’ll be turning on their bromantic charm and playful bickering again, so the movie may not turn out half bad.

Release date: Dec. 16

THE WAY TOO INTENSE TO WATCH TWICE MOVIE: “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO”

Speaking of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” have you heard that they’re do-

ing an American remake?

Directed by David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “The Social Network”), and starring newcomer Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig, this film looks to be a darkly twisted update of the already disturbing Swedish film. The heroine, Lisbeth Salander (Mara), is an antisocial computer hacker who teams up with journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Craig) to solve the mystery of a missing girl. Fincher’s intense style is a perfect match for this film, which has been advertising itself as the “feel-bad movie of Christmas.”

Release date: Dec. 21

“500 DAYS OF SUMMER,” THE SEQUEL: “50/50”

OK, “50/50” is not really the sequel to the quirkycute 2009 film “500 Days of

Summer,” but it comes close to being its successor. With Joseph-Gordon Levitt as the lead and a delightfully indie soundtrack, “50/50” may at first appear to be too similar to “500 Days of Summer,” but it’s a great film in its own right. In “50/50,” 27-yearold Adam suddenly finds himself diagnosed with cancer and has to learn to deal with the breakdown of his relationships, his career and his own emotions. It’s not all depressing, though, because “50/50” is a surprisingly funny and heartfelt look at the other side of cancer, where you can laugh at yourself if only you had a friend like Seth Rogen.

Release date: Sept. 30

YOUR CHILDHOOD: “THE MUPPETS”

Judging from the trailers released for “The Muppets,” this new film looks to be a clever, hilarious take on the beloved puppets from our childhood. Kermit and the gang return from retirement at the urging of zealous fan

Gary (Jason Segel) and his girlfriend (Amy Adams).

If you’re nursing your inner child or you still have that hole left in you by “Toy Story 3,” “The Muppets” is probably the best way to relive your childhood.

Release date: Nov. 23

THE ONE WITH ALL THE ACTORS YOU LOVE: “CONTAGION”

“Contagion” has the dream cast that every movie wishes it had: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard and Laurence Fishburne. But it also has a classic virus-wipingout-all-of-humanity story, which should bring in cynics who think the cast would likely belong in a dull prestige film. The movie looks intensely entertaining, the actors are great and the story is tried-and-true.

Release date: Sept. 9

THE OSCAR CONTENDER: “J. EDGAR”

“J. Edgar” is a Clint Eastwood movie, starring

DEADLIEST CATCH This fall film season has something for every moviegoer.

It ranges from the star-studded, apocalyptic thriller “Contagion,” to the happy-go-lucky “The Muppets.”

Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer. If that’s not enough reason to sway you, it’s an intriguing biopic on the polarizing figure of J. Edgar Hoover, the man who oversaw the creation of the FBI and its rise to power.

However, once he also rose to power, Hoover soon became corrupt and paranoid.

Leonardo DiCaprio promises to give yet another Oscarworthy performance, and Clint Eastwood has become one of the most prestigious directors in Hollywood.

Release date: Nov. 9 hbui@theeagleonline.com

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BY HOAI-TRAN BUI Eagle Staff Writer

To avoid the wrath of avid TV watchers who are disappointed that their favorite show was not mentioned, this list will mainly concern new TV shows that are premiering this fall season.

Also, the fall TV season often introduces some of the best and more memorable shows, especially in this golden age of prime time television.

“NEW GIRL” (FOX)

Zooey Deschanel hits the small screen with yet another variation of her quirkygirl character. Deschanel plays Jess, a socially awkward girl recovering from a recent break-up who moves in with three single guys (Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr.).

However her incessant sobbing and rewatching of “Dirty Dancing” soon drive them crazy and they resolve to help her re-enter the dating scene.

“New Girl” promises to be funny, heartwarming and, yes, quirky to the extreme.

Premieres Sept. 20

“RINGER” (CW)

Buffy is back! But not in the way you expect. Sarah Michelle Gellar returns to television in the upcoming show “Ringer,” a soapy thriller about mistaken identity and murderous conspiracies.

Gellar plays twins Bridget and Siobhan, one on the run after witnessing a murder and another a wealthy socialite presumed dead.

Bridget (the one on the run) soon takes over her sister’s seemingly perfect life, only to discover that all is not as it seems.

Nestor Carbonell (“Lost”) and Ioan Gruffudd (“Fantastic Four”) round out the show’s cast.

Premieres Sept. 13

“TERRA NOVA” (FOX)

This show has been in development purgatory for the past few years or so, but now it’s finally hitting TV screens. A show produced

by Steven Spielberg that involves dinosaurs and time travel — you have to wonder why it took so long.

Judging from the trailers, “Terra Nova” looks to be as

high budget as some of the best blockbusters, with an excellent storyline to boot.

“Terra Nova” centers on the Shannon family, who escape from a polluted future Earth to prehistoric times to save the human race, along with a small colony of humans from the future. It sounds weird but looks to be good old-fashioned dinosaurkilling fun for the most part.

Premieres Sept. 26

“GRIMM” (NBC)

Fans of fairy tales should pay attention to this little TV show. David Giuntoli stars as a detective who finds himself protecting humans from fairy tale villains that have invaded the real world.

“Grimm” looks to be an excellent merging of the classic procedural show with the fairy tale element that seems to becoming more popular as of late.

Premieres Oct. 21

“PERSON OF INTEREST” (CBS)

It’s a J.J. Abrams show.

‘Nuff said.

Well, to elaborate, Abrams teams up with Jonathan Nolan (You might have heard of his brother, Christopher?) to create “Person of Interest,” starring Michael Emerson of “Lost” and Jim Caviziel.

Eagle Staff Writer UP IN THE AIR A variety of new TV shows are springing up on basic cable this fall. Among the lineup is “Pan Am,” starring Christina Ricci as a flight attendant in the 1960s.

Emerson plays Finch, an enigmatic billionaire who creates a surveillance program for the government that can identify people who will commit crimes in the future. Caviziel plays an ex-CIA agent recruited by Finch to catch these future criminals. Think “Minority Report.”

Of course, knowing J.J. Abrams, it’s probably a lot more elaborate and confusing than that. But at least it sounds awesome.

Premieres Sept. 22

“PAN AM” (ABC)

“Mad Men” fans might want to check out this TV show about the lives of Pan Am stewardesses in the ’60s.

Christina Ricci is the biggest name in the cast, but all the actors in the cast are bursting to the seam with potential. “Pan Am” looks like it will be a sleek, funfilled romp through the skies of the 1960s.

Premieres Sept. 25 hbui@theeagleonline.com

As people lined up outside to get the last remaining tickets for the opening night of “Julius Caesar,” they didn’t seem to mind the rain. That’s not surprising; all of the tickets were free.

Each year, the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Gallery Place holds a “Free for All,” where the theatre reproduces one of its previous performances of a William Shakespeare classic at no cost to viewers. The “Free for All” runs from Aug. 18 to Sept. 4.

This D.C. theater tradition would not have been possible without help from a few AU community members.

Jason Arnold, a designer in residence in AU’s Department of Performing Arts, assisted in designing the lighting for the original production of “Julius Caesar” back in 2008, and was in charge of lighting for this remounted production.

Though “Free for All” had the same set and starring actors as the original show, many of the technical elements changed. Of the 200 light changes in the original show, 90 percent of them were altered to accommodate stage movement changes and a smaller budget.

“We had a few expensive high-ticket items we needed to swap out because our budget wasn’t as high as the

first time,” Arnold said.

Other AU community members joined Arnold in remounting the production.

Chris Baine, who has directed sound design at AU productions, such as “Tartuffe,” helped manage sound effects and music.

While the previous performance of “Julius Caesar” had live music, Baine and other sound designers managed recordings of the music from the original show for this production.

Leah Pope, who graduated AU in May, helped hang and focus lights for the show.

These theater professionals are participating in a program that is part of a national trend toward offering Shakespeare productions for low prices or even for free, said Gus Heagarty, the assistant director of “Julius Caesar.” Low-cost productions are important because they give people the opportunity to experience Shakespeare when they normally wouldn’t have the option, Heagarty said.

“Bringing them here and show them how exciting a night of theatre can potentially be is awesome,” Heagarty said.

Disclaimer: Arnold is Cohen’s professor this fall, and Pope was his director for a student play last fall. zcohen@theeagleonline. com

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VOICES PHOTO OF THE WEEK ETCHED IN STONE Visitors to the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial snap photos of the National Mall’s newest piece. The memorial opened Aug. 22, but the opening ceremony was postponed to later in the fall due to Hurricane Irene.

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Learning about the environmental impact of a student’s daily diet OLIVIA STITILIS — VITAMIN O As a college student, it’s hard to stay informed about current health and wellness issues — whether they are issues of personal health and wellness or the wider issue of the health of our planet.

In today’s society, we are constantly bombarded with reminders to be eco-conscious in every aspect of our lives. We are told to recycle, drive less, bike more, eat organic and always turn off the lights.

This column will to help weave these things into your daily life as a student. And the first topic on the menu is the ever-expanding green movement.

The green movement has

recently gained even greater momentum in grocery stores across the nation with Americans basing their food choices on “environmental reasons.”

But what really is the environmental impact of our groceries?

Actually, as it turns out, quite a lot.

According to TIME magazine, an average American family diet generates 2.8 tons of carbon dioxide, while driving only yields 2.2.

Similarly, 30 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions across the globe stem from agriculture, more than that from transportation, according to TIME.

Perhaps the fact that your dinner can produce more emissions than your car seems crazy at first, but consider how food arrives to your plate.

Agriculture takes up almost 40 percent of the world’s land, causing large amounts of deforestation and carbon emissions.

Besides land, a farm necessitates machines and fertilizer, both sources of carbon.

Sources must also trasnport food to stores, which adds the emissions from transportation into the equation.

Moreover — and apologies to meat and dairy lovers — the foods with the highest carbon footprint are meat, specifically beef and lamb, closely followed by cheese.

While the ratio of fossilfuel energy to food calorie energy is around 2 to 1 for produce, it is close to 80 to 1 for beef. In layman’s terms this means the amount of energy needed to produce beef is strikingly high compared to the amount of energy it provides to the body (measured calorically).

Beef production involves environmental pitfalls at every step. For instance, the massive amounts of grain fed to cows and the fertilizer used to grow those grains

Perhaps the fact that your dinner can produce more emissions than your car seems crazy at first, but consider how food arrives to your plate. can cause surface runoffs, leading to dead zones in waters such as the Gulf of Mexico.

“Cattle feeding presents perhaps the greatest poten-

tial of the U.S. cattle and beef industry for negatively impacting the environment,” noted a 2000 report by the World Wildlife Fund.

Another major concern is that, after eating those fertilized grains, cows belch large amounts of methane into the air — a greenhouse gas 20 times as toxic as CO2, according to TIME. So even though you may feel you are protecting the planet by walking instead of driving to McDonalds, your meal is really much worse for the environment than your drive.

With this in mind, Jonathon Kaplan of the National Resources Defense Council, an environmental action group that fights to protect wildlife and, says, “If you can’t buy a Prius, you can certainly eat like one.”

As college students, a Prius is not even in the budget.

However, the easiest and most effective way to “eat like a Prius” is to reduce the amount of meat in your diet.

According to a University of Chicago study, switching

to a vegetarian diet from a red-meat diet can save as much carbon as switching from a Camry to a Prius.

While vegetarianism is ideal, it is often not realistic for everyone. Instead, experts advocate for a “lowcarbon diet” consisting of high quantities of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, fish and lean meats.

This is good news for your waistline too, as it turns out the foods with the highest carbon footprints are also the unhealthiest.

We have complete control of what food goes into our bodies. How can we not choose to do what is best not only for our body, but also for our planet? thescene@theeagleonline. com

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GOOD EATS

Frozen treats prove to be a classic dessert staple, not just a food trend

By KELLY HOLLIDAY Eagle Staff Writer

I try to stay away from trends as much as humanly possible. I find that when it comes to clothing or music, ballet flats and Eric Clapton will always be classic whereas the novelty of leather “jeggings” and Auto-Tune poster-child Ke$ha will soon wear off. In my life, the same attitude applies to food.

Take some of the popular food items of the last year: “haute” dogs? Um, no. In which universe does cilantro or pineapple slaw pair well with a hot dog? Surely not this one.

How about the influx of powders and crumbs in restaurants? No offense, but no dessert menu should feature “chocolate dirt” as an option.

And while it seems that food trucks and cupcakeries are here to stay (in D.C., at least), I spent the spring not-so-eagerly waiting to see which new food craze would pop in and out of our city this summer.

Having spent the first half of this year in Italy and consuming my body weight in frozen desserts (namely, gelato), I was pleasantly surprised to find that the icy treats made their way across the pond. It seems as if frozen yogurt, gelato and popsicles have taken over the District, and I couldn’t be happier.

And while I’ve spent the better part of this column unleashing my hatred for food trends, I still find the allure of a cold treat on a hot

city day incredibly enticing.

A handful of different frozen yogurt businesses have appeared in the District over the last year, including Mr. Yogato, Sweetgreen, Yogen Fruz and the ever popular and trend-setting Pinkberry.

It seems the basis of frozen yogurt’s appeal is that most businesses are self-serve, where customers have complete control over the quantity, flavors and toppings in their cups.

The whole shtick is quite deceptive, as customers tend to buy larger portions when they are serving themselves, thus paying more as most shops charge by ounce. But it’s no matter when you’re offered a plethora of topping options, including fresh fruit, crumbled cookies, granola and a wide assortment of breakfast cereals.

While frozen yogurt thrives on offering multiple flavors of yogurt and an array of toppings, gelato — froyo’s sophisticated and thicker cousin — flourishes on simplicity. Because it is whipped with less air, gelato is denser and creamier than ice cream, making it a rich and indulgent end to a meal.

As such, gelaterias have sprung up in the District, boasting “artisanal” ingredients and fresh flavors.

Pitango, with three locations in Penn Quarter, Logan Circle and Capitol Hill, uses only grass-fed organic milk and imports pistachios from Bronte, Sicily. Serving only 20 flavors at a time, on any given day you can find classics like crèma (vanilla), traditional Gianduja (chocolate and hazelnut) and es-

presso, as well as exotic flavors such as spicy chocolate and Sicilian almond.

In Bethesda, Georgetown or Dupont at Dolcezza, you can satisfy your sweet tooth with dulce de leche or avocado honey orange.

But the most refreshing, and, in my opinion, tastiest of all, is the reemergence of the ice pop. In perhaps the smartest food marketing move ever, Pleasant Pops, a small ice pop business, meshed two of D.C.’s favorite culinary trends: fruity popsicles and food trucks.

Pleasant Pops has spent the summer coasting around the city in their truck, “Big Poppa,” and setting up stands at area farmers markets. Each week the flavors of the pops change, but almost all feature locally grown fruits and organic local milk, like summer peach and raspberry cream mint.

For just $2.50, you can enjoy a frozen snack and reminisce about afternoons spent running through sprinklers and exchanging sticky coins for a melty treat from the ice cream truck.

I have to say, it’s rather genius to market and sell a product that populated everyone’s childhood summers.

Would you rather have a slice of cheesecake after lunch or a frozen treat that simultaneously tastes delicious, refreshes you and creates a sense of nostalgia?

I’ll take the ice pop, please.

GELATO

POPSICLES

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WHERE TO GET IT

FROZEN YOGURT

Mr. Yogato Where: Dupont Circle Get there: Dupont Circle Metro (Red Line)

Pitango Where: Logan Circle/Capitol Hill Dupont Circle Get there: Metro (Red Line)/Eastern Market Metro (Blue/Orange line)

Pleasant Pops Where: Check out their truck’s schedule online for the latest locations!

AUDIOPHILE

By MAEVE McDERMOTT

Eagle Staff Writer

This fall, a crop of highly anticipated fall albums accompanies the changing leaves.

Settle in to the cooler weather with twisted baroque pop, dance-punk, dazzling indie pop and Peter Gabriel-esque witch house. mmcdermott@theeagleonline.com

ST. VINCENT

STRANGE MERCY

GIRLS

FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST

In the least Google-friendly move of 2009, the San Francisco-based duo Girls released their debut album, titled “Album.” Girls’ music is as straightforward as their album title suggests, featuring perfectly teenaged lyrics accompanied by plenty of classic rock nods, most obviously the band’s Elvis Costello sound-alike front man, Christopher Owens.

Blogs buzzed over Owens’ wacky and debatably true back-story about his troubled childhood spent in a cult, but nothing could steal the attention away from “Album’s” remarkable strength.

Girls followed “Album’s” success with last year’s “Broken Dreams Club EP,” one of the best EPs of 2010. Their second full-length album, the more comprehensively titled “Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” comes out Sept. 13.

The first two singles give an exciting preview of FSHG, from the slow-burning, gospel choir-bolstered “Vomit” to the snappy surfrock of “Honey Bunny.” Expectations are high for Girls’ sophomore album, but based on what we’ve heard so far, “FSHG” will be a stunning release.

With an album named after an “Arrested Development” quote and a stage name drawn from a Dylan Thomas reference, St. Vincent’s eclectic style ranges beyond her music. Annie Clark, who performs under the St. Vincent moniker, has cultivated a beloved following for her music that toes the line between ornate and twisted.

Her first two albums, “Marry Me” and “Actor,” drew critical acclaim for their unorthodox style, a maniacal sort of chamber pop featuring a wide array of instruments and dark lyrics. Her third album, the muchanticipated “Strange Mercy,” will be released Sept. 13. Check out her new video for the album’s second single “Cruel,” which features Clark as a housewife whose family, in typical St. Vincent fashion, buries her alive.

THE RAPTURE

IN THE GRACE OF YOUR LOVE The Rapture has experienced a revival of the weirdest fashion. It’s been almost exactly five years since the DFA dance-punk band released their last album “Pieces of the People We Love.” With the exception of the Strokes, the other bands from the post-punk revival era have either called it quits or faded from popular favor, and, given the interpersonal struggles among the Rapture band mates over the past few years, it seemed likely that the Rapture would join the Vines and the Hives in the second category. But a few months ago, when the phony “rapture” was supposed to wipe out humanity, the Rapture were dragged into the mess as a punchline.

And before they disappeared as a passing meme, they released the dynamite single “How Deep Is Your Love.”

The Strokes new album still stinks, and LCD Soundsystem is still retired, so the Rapture’s new album “In the Grace of Your Love,” to be released on DFA on Sept. 5, can hopefully provide due consolation.

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AU student heads to W ‘where East meets West’ MADELINE WOLFSON — ISTANBUL, TURKEY As an abroad columnist in Turkey, I’d better get this out of the way: Istanbul is a vibrant metropolis, old as time itself, rich in history and yet modern. It’s a place where East meets West — because that phrase can totally encompass a nation’s entirety.

Where else could one enjoy exciting new experiences like smoking hookah, drinking tea or buying rugs?

Where, I ask you? And all this against a backdrop of towering minarets and a glittering postcard-quality sea accentuated by the wafting strands of the call to prayer.

Lastly, for your reading pleasure, I shall now give this intro a suitably punny conclusion, thereby providing a swift ‘n’ tidy understanding of my adorable adventures abroad: Once “Orient”-ed, I found Istanbul to be a magical city; a true Turkish Delight!

Well, now that’s taken care of. Moving on …

Before beginning my semester abroad in London, I impulsively shoved into my itinerary a two-week jaunt to Istanbul. I set out with an unshakable belief that, with my superior cultural sensitivity, Turkish society would immediately accept me with open arms. I would be praised as the one tourist who truly understood this exotic land. In no time local mothers would beg me to wed their strapping sons.

Goats would be slaughtered in my honor. Merry feasts would ensue.

Somehow this did not occur.

Within minutes of arriving, my glorified self-image as Cultural Ambassador Extraordinaire was stamped into a bloody pulp by a place not resembling my guidebook’s cover whatsoever. Istanbul seemed a monstrous, noisy, clustermuck-of-a-

city. It felt an insurmountable foe.

As I wandered the streets aimlessly that first day, my face resembled the kid in the “Home Alone” movies. I searched my brain for any comparable experiences and, finding my mind blank, felt isolated in ways I never knew possible.

By nightfall I did what seemed only logical: I began drinking at the base of Galata Tower (a watchtower built by the Genoese in 1455) among hoards of Turks and tourists. A foolproof remedy for culture shock, right? Well, it wasn’t long before the police’s attempt to break up the open-air rager prompted a riot. The scene soon became a frenzy of journalists, police officers and enraged and inebriated youths. Luckily, around this time I met my friend, and ex-Eagle writer, Will Zeman, who calmly removed me from the mayhem.

Will, my former Mission Improvable mate, had been living in Turkey, improving his Turkish and working in Istanbul. He had graciously offered to show me around and house me. More importantly, he provided familiarity and ushered me into life here.

It’s been a week now and my fear of Istanbul has turned to love. I’ve seen the must-see sights, eaten the must-eat eats and petted the must-pet street cats. More importantly, I’ve learned to embrace being an outsider, separated by language and appearance. I’ve given up trying to analyze my surroundings, and I’ve accepted my lack of control. This realization has made Istanbul beautiful to me. I don’t have to understand or conquer this place. I can just exist.

The most unexpected and infinitely rewarding aspect has been meeting the many people who have made a

home here. I spend days wandering neighborhoods, afternoons talking with Turkish, German and Albanian flat mates, and nights dancing with French students, Iranian couch surfers and American ex-pats — all of whom have shown me nothing but hospitality.

I’ve gone from experiencing loneliness in a way I never knew I could feel to an equally as foreign state of pure contentment.

And yeah — I smoked a damned hookah. It was lovely. mwolfson@theeagleonline. com

EASTERN MARKET Students who go abroad often take the opportunity to travel as much as possible. Such is the case when our London columnist ventures out to Istanbul.

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WELCOME WEEK IS OVER, AND, WITH THE START OF CLASSES, COMES YOUR CHANCE TO START EXPLORING THE CITY. THE D.C. FALL ARTS SEASON IS JUST BEGINNING, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BEST CONCERTS, PLAYS AND OTHER ARTS EVENTS D.C. HAS TO OFFER THIS WEEK.

TODAY, AUG. 30: VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ AT 9:30 CLUB

CANT

The 9:30 club mostly brings bigger-name indie rock acts, but today features a change from the traditional rock show with Mali’s Vieux Farka Touré. The son of Ali Farka Touré, one of Africa’s renowned guitar virtuosos, Mali-born Vieux carries on the tradition of his father’s music with his own take on the desert blues of Northern Mali. Vieux’s new album, “The Secret,” features collaborations with Derek Trucks and Dave Matthews.

Trained as a percussionist, Vieux also studied the harp-like kora and has been dubbed “the Hendrix of the Sahara.”

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DREAMS COME TRUE It has also been a while since we’ve heard from Grizzly Bear, whose third album “Veckatimest” was among the best of 2009. In the meantime, the band’s bassist/producer Chris Taylor produced two excellent albums for the Morning Benders and Twin Shadow and founded the Terrible Records label, which has recently released music by Class Actress and Acrylics.

As if Taylor wasn’t busy enough, he’s set to release “Dreams Come True,” his first solo album under the apostrophe-less moniker CANT on Sept. 13, an album pegged with genres ranging from experimental to prog metal to witch house.

Taylor worked with Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. on “Dreams,” so it’s not a surprise that the album references his recent work for Twin Shadow, rather than Grizzly Bear’s psychedelic sound.

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Wise Blood doesn’t record songs so much as he weaves together a drugged-out collage of samples. The mysterious project of Pittsburgh native Chris Laufman, Wise Blood’s warped, lo-fi experimental music has been steadily gaining buzz over the past year. Laufman recently released the “+” EP featuring the Led Zeppelin-distorting single “B.I.G. E.G.O,” as well as contributed a woozy cover of Strokes hit “Someday” to Stereogum’s “Is This It” tribute compilation. Wise Blood is touring in anticipation of his upcoming “These Wings EP.”

THURSDAY, SEPT. 1: THEATER J’S IMAGINING MADOFF D.C.’s Theater J is the professional theater group of the Jewish Community Center, and their 2011 season opener is “Imagining Madoff,” a play written by Obie Award winner Deb Margolin about infamous Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff. The much-anticipated play revolves around a fictional encounter between the now-imprisoned Madoff and the victims who he scammed. Imagining Madoff was supposed to be staged by Theater J in May 2010, but Holocaust victim and famed author Elie Wiesel objected to the play’s use of his character, forcing the play back into revisions. The new version is playing this fall at the D.C. Jewish Community Center.

The Eagle is having a general interest meeting Sept. 10 at noon. It’s in the McDowell Formal Lounge – be there!

Need more info? Send an email to editor@ theeagleonline.com asking for the deets on joining The Eagle.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 2: THE WAR ON DRUGS AT THE RED PALACE

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31: WISE BLOOD AT DC9

The Philadelphia-based band The War On Drugs are touring in support of their new album “Slave Ambient,” which has received positive reviews and snagged a BNM on Pitchfork. Kurt Vile was a founding member of the War on Drugs before he left the band to record his own music, and his influences are apparent on the band’s rustic rock sound.

The album’s expansive indie rock is made for live shows, so don’t miss the War on Drugs at the Red Palace, supported by Cavemen and Paperhaus.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 3: THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY’S JULIUS CAESAR D.C. is a city generous with its free events, offering free museums, music events and even the occasional play. In what has become a beloved D.C. tradition, the Shakespeare Theatre Company stages a free play every year, and this year’s offering is a reboot of their 2007-2008 production of Shakespeare’s lauded tragedy “Julius Caesar.” Tickets are free, and can be obtained by entering your name in the ticket lottery on the company’s website. “Julius Caesar” closes at the end of this week, so don’t miss this yearly offering of free Shakespeare.

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SUNDAY, SEPT. 4: NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S LABOR DAY CAPITOL CONCERT

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In a Labor Day tradition, the National Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Kicking off their 2011 season, the National Symphony Orchestra will perform a program that pays musical tribute to legends of D.C. music, including John Phillip Sousa, jazz great Duke Ellington and Chuck Brown, the father of go-go music, whose band will follow the orchestral portion of the evening.

BY MAEVE McDERMOTT EAGLE STAFF WRITER

August 30, 2011

OPINION

AU’s new diversity brings rewards, challenges Besides being the youngest Eagles on campus, the Class of 2015 is special in another way. Our newest classmates are part of the most diverse class in recent memory at AU, with over 30 percent self-identifying as a domestic minority.

More than achieving racial diversity, the administration has also expanded its recruiting efforts to various regions of the United States, in addition to increasing the number of need-based financial aid packages, creating a socioeconomic motley crew of freshmen.

The Eagle welcomes this conscious shift towards a more diverse campus. We’ve all heard that college is the place where we will be exposed to new ideas and different perspectives. And this is absolutely true. But this process of discovery extends beyond the walls of our classrooms and the pages of our textbooks.

It includes having a roommate that celebrates Ramadan, sharing a hallway with a West Coast native unphased by a 5.9 earthquake, talking with that friend whose Southern drawl relaxes everyone within earshot, discussing the

merits of unemployment insurance with an acquaintance whose family actually depended on it. If Julius Caesar was correct in saying experience is the teacher of all things, then a diverse campus certainly promotes a wide range of knowledge.

However, AU must guide this de-

in addition to multiple programs encouraging interactions across socioeconomic groups. These efforts — coupled with an official push for more free and affordable events on campus — will foster a welcoming campus environment to all students.

However, in order to provide the

American University must guide our transformation to greater diversity with a steady hand. mographic transformation with a steady hand, as increased diversity will come with new challenges for the administration and the student body as a whole. Officials have thus far shown an impressive anticipation of such problems, establishing mentorship programs for first-generation college students

necessary increase in need-based aid, the University has shifted focus away from merit-based scholarships. Here, this paper offers a word of caution.

Merit-based scholarships may no longer be as necessary to attract students to AU as they were in the past. Nevertheless, we still believe

Student rights: what all new and returning students should know

your room, you have the option of speaking to them in the hallway. If they suspect a policy violation is in progress in your room, they can enter, but talking in the hallway is a way to clear up any misunderstandings while preserving your privacy.

Also, if an RA asks to look in your refrigerator, shelves or cabinets, you do not have to let them.

Only a Residence Director or Public Safety Officer can order a search of the room. RAs can look around the room, but are limited to gathering evidence on what is in plain sight. With that in mind, I’ll mention that knowingly and willingly being in the presence of alcohol or drugs in the residence halls is a violation of AU rules.

Advocates are also trained in matters concerning the Academic Integrity Code. We see students every year who have run afoul of these rules because they don’t understand them or didn’t know about them.

So a few words of advice: The most important thing I can tell a student is to cite everything in a paper. If it is questionable, take the five minutes and cite it anyway.

Plagiarism is an incredibly serious charge and even a minor violation

MATT KABAK — OP-ED

The Student Advocacy Center, a department of Student Government, is here to provide the student body of American University with information on a range of topics.

Typically, we speak to students after they have come into conflict with the University, be it for a violation of the Residence Hall Regulations, a breach of the Academic Integrity Code or something along those lines. And while we know this is an important service, the members of SAC also feel that the best guidance is preventative, given before a problem arises.

It is with this in mind that I present a few words of advice to help you better live within the University’s rules, secure your privacy and avoid unnecessary, unpleasant run-ins with University staff.

Oftentimes, students come to us

with questions about their resident assistants and what rights and responsibilities both parties have.

There are a few issues here I would like to address.

SAC advocates always advise that students be polite with RAs and answer their questions honestly.

Failing to comply with the directions of university officials, including housing staff, is listed under AU’s prohibited conduct. Furthermore, dishonesty, fraud and misrepresentation in university matters are also prohibited — so be honest.

That said, if an RA asks you a question you don’t feel comfortable answering, don’t feel compelled to answer. There is nothing wrong with saying you are uncomfortable and not answering. Again, it helps to be polite. If you are anxious about letting an RA into

they have — for a lack of a better word — merit.

Rewarding previous accomplishments is something that appeals to everyone’s sense of fairness, and we can’t help but wonder how many well-accomplished students did not receive aid that might have in years past. More than several current Eagle staff members would not be attending American University if not for their merit awards. Throughout the school’s efforts to expand the makeup of its student body, merit-based scholarships should continue to play a key role in AU’s admission strategy.

Reservations aside, the University’s movement towards diversity should be celebrated. To those who continue to scoff at the significance of diversity, we direct them to the words of journalist Joe Klein. “Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased.”

Our University is a thriving institution. A balanced embrace of diversity will be yet another illustration of this health and vigor.

will result in failure of the class.

Honest mistakes are tolerated, but if there is even the slightest chance you need to cite something, write up the attribution. Saving a few minutes is not worth it when your GPA or college career are on the line.

Many students also accidentally violate the code with reference to Inappropriate Collaboration.

This one can be confusing, as often professors will encourage their students to work together. Take it too far though, at the professor’s discretion, and you may be in violation. If you are worried you may be inappropriately collaborating, ask your professor. Also, only turn in original work.

There is more I could tell you, so stop by the SAC office in MGC 264 or email us at SAC@AUSG.org.

Our advocates are here to help you. Everything we do is confidential and we aren’t here to judge you.

We’re students, just like you. It’s college, stuff happens; we get it.

Matt Kabak is the Director of the Student Advocacy Center

18 SG VP promotes Ward week LETTER TO THE EDITOR My third year at AU, and already so much has changed. New buildings, new academic majors and new labels (#WONK) have revitalized this campus and made us rethink how we identify ourselves as a university.

But even when our university is in constant flux, there are programs and traditions in the AU Student Government that can keep you grounded through it all.

As the vice president of Student Government, I am in charge of all AUSG programming. Over the years, AUSG has established traditions such as Artemas Ward Week, the Founders Day Ball, the Breastival and many more.

What many people may not know is that programs such as the Kennedy Political Union, the Student Union Board and Women’s Initiative are all departments of AUSG. My job as overseer of KPU and SUB (President Tim McBride oversees Women’s Initiative) is to make sure these departments run smoothly, provide top-quality events and collaborate as much as possible.

Artemas Ward Week is a prime example of that collaboration. The week will kick off Sept. 9 with SUB’s first big show of the year in Bender Arena. On Sept. 11, the Community Service Coalition (another department of AUSG) will have a day of service on the Quad to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. And on Sept. 19, KPU will wrap up the week with their first speaker of the year.

Although these are not the only events of Artemas Ward Week, they are events that will give you a great idea of what AUSG (and American University in general) is all about.

Keep an eye out for more news on Artemas Ward Week events and other AUSG programming by following us on Facebook and Twitter (@AUStudentGov).

And as always, my door in MGC 270b is always open.

Liz Richards Student Government Vice President vp@ausg.org

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A global mentality: post-9/11 beyond our own backyard CONOR SHAPIRO — SMARTER THAN I LOOK When you click on AU’s homepage, you’ll notice a variety of intriguing headlines. A recent headline features a study by AU students detailing the impact 9/11 had on American lives, aptly named “Growing up in the Shadow of 9/11.”

The project surveyed over 1,000 people from across the United States. The website (www.growingup9-11.com) is exceptionally well done with videos, photos and data charts that reveal our generation’s sentiments.

Last week, when the ground rumbled beneath us, many immediately feared the worst. Was it a bomb blast? A plane used as a missile?

Unless you’ve experienced earthquakes before, your mind — scarred by that dreadful day — may have initially feared a repeat attack. It’s not dramatic; it’s entirely plausible, as we expect earthquakes in D.C. like we expect tuition prices to stagnate — it never happens.

If you peruse the data in the study, you find that an

astounding 29 percent of respondents declared 9/11 didn’t change their lives.

Yet it affected all of us directly, indirectly or a mix of the two. I shouldn’t have to explain how it changed all of our lives (anymore than the need to explain AU abbreviates American University).

Whether it was the deaths of people we knew, overwhelming airport security, lost civil liberties via our nation’s deceitful response, friends/family who enlisted, bolstered imperialism, etc.

Suffice it to say, whether we like it or not, we’re all impacted by politics. And the political trajectory in this country shifted enormously in the years after 9/11.

While the study fulfills its purpose dutifully, it’s relatively cushy journalism about as revealing as a burqa. I am much more curious how other nations’ respondents would answer, specifically those located in the Middle East. As victims of two terrorizing invasions by the United States Military, I wonder how much 9/11 im-

pacted their lives.

The intentionally provincial study neglects the external fallout afterward. While 9/11 elicited a noteworthy amount of fear within the United States, which the government exploits daily, I can only speculate how our relentless presence and bombing has scarred citizens of the Middle East.

As college students (and inquisitive Americans), we should be asking these questions.

We don’t, because we’re self-absorbed. Coddled by our parents and adored by our friends, our chief concern is always me, myself and I. We tweet about ourselves, Gchat about ourselves and Facebook about ourselves.

At the end of the night, we ponder, “how unfair all these stresses are to me.”

You can’t spell America without M-E and I. We’re overly consumed with how things relate to us, rarely the reciprocal. College for most of us is our first time away from home, and it’s time we turn that self-centered men-

Hurricanes, earthquakes and hyperbole, oh my!

FRANCESCA MORIZIO — SPEAK MY LANGUAGE Washington is said to be filled with movers and shakers, but I don’t think any of us were prepared for this start of fall semester.

I had never experienced an earthquake before and felt the tremors as I was riding down the elevator of my apartment building. I did have a fleeting thought of panic before the doors opened, where the stern woman working the front desk was frantically answering the multiple phone lines.

That incident, coupled with

the storm that is brewing outside my apartment windows as I type this, has me thinking of natural disasters.

Specifically, how the media responds to them. It made me wonder, are we crying wolf? Certainly Irene will do horrible damage, but when I look to mainstream media for news, I only find myself shaking my head at its hyperbolic statements and perhaps the tinge of glee on the faces of the weathermen who have so few chances to shine.

The only place, it seems,

to really find short, accurate quips about current situations appears to be Twitter.

CNN’s headline could be something like “Killer storm of the century about to rock east coast; mandatory evacuation routes in place.” Yadda yadda yadda.

On the other hand, CNN’s Twitter feeds reads, “Mayor Bloomberg says NYC mass transit will shut at noon because of Hurricane.”

Is the 140-character revolution bringing back into vogue the old ideas about

tality on its head.

How are we impacting others? How are our actions affecting them?

My intent is not to criticize the AU study or belittle the feelings of Americans. Both matter and deserve their due. However, after a decade of senseless warfare and a region plagued by American occupation, perhaps it’s time to start asking how residents in the Middle East feel. It seems a little haughty for Americans to remain so selfcentered while our nation has all but destroyed others in the decade since.

The study demonstrates a microcosm of American exceptionalism — colloquially invoked to show that the world must revolve around the “benevolent and God blessed” USA. Listen to the GOP candidates and you hear it time and again. President Obama and his cronies footle about it too.

We have a duty to demand better. For better or worse, America’s business is the world’s business. As students of AU, I hope we can start recognizing not how the world is impacting us, but how we’re impacting the world.

Conor Shapiro is a graduate student in the School of International Service. Please send comments and responses to: edpage@theeaglonline.com

journalism, where we drop the Oxford comma to make room for more characters in our biweekly columns and keep sentences short, simple and to the point?

(Being a rhetoric columnist, I feel no inclination to follow this general rule; I love my semicolons too much.)

The era of the 24-hour news channel brought about sense of having enough time, something news programs didn’t have before CNN started broadcasting. News corporations now have so much time to tell stories that they invented an entire new form of news: infotainment.

Not that there isn’t enough news to keep these channels running for 24 hours, but Americans like their entertainment with a slice of news, not the other way around.

“The View” is tied for the number one Daytime TV MORIZIO, PAGE 20 ≥

Why WONK Failed DOUGLAS BELL — THE WRITER OF OUR DISCONTENTS It was about a year ago that AU students returned to campus to discover a rather unpleasant surprise awaiting them, which presented itself in the form of a fourletter word: WONK. And in that year, AU has spent over $800,000 convincing us that a wonk is "a hard-working, intellectually curious person," as opposed to some of the less-pleasant definitions that might come to mind.

AU spent that money giving out free WONK shirts to students, posting WONK ads in what felt like every Metro station and bus shelter in D.C., redesigning the Welcome Center for the second time in as many years, giving away prizes to students who took pictures of themselves in front of WONK ads and providing graduates with the opportunity to pose for photos with life-sized "commencement WONK" cartoons. Our tuition dollars hard at work.

In fairness, most branding campaigns have somewhat of an inherent illogicality to them. However, I believe WONK has failed not so much due to the substance of the campaign, but due to the University's stubborn refusal to respond to students' concerns about the campaign.

From the beginning, controversy over WONK spread quickly across campus. Although a lot of students acquiesced to WONK after learning the premise behind it, many other students stood vehemently opposed to the idea of WONK being used as a label for the AU community. Complaints ran the gamut from issues with the word itself to the budget allocated to the campaign and even to claims of RAs feeling pressured to wear WONK shirts for fear of their jobs.

University Marketing Director Teresa Flannery, in an interview with The Eagle, obstinately stated that the nega-

tive reactions "mirror[ed] the range of reactions we saw when we tested the concept.”

She also claimed that students were "extensively and repeatedly" consulted over the two-year process of conceiving of WONK, although Student Government officials told The Eagle that they had not learned of the campaign until that summer.

Eventually, the Marketing Department relented and scheduled its own student town hall meeting on WONK. But in the months that followed the town hall, there appeared to be no visible actions taken to address any student grievances, while WONK paraphernalia continued to proliferate campus culture.

Students who had concerns about the WONK campaign couldn't bring them to the Student Government either.

The Senate enacted a policy of neutrality on the WONK campaign: no member of the SG could take any public stance on WONK. The policy indicated that it would allow the SG to gauge student opinion, but really it allowed the SG to dodge its responsibility of representing students' concerns to the AU administration on this touchy issue. The policy’s mandates for gauging student opinion — SG-organized town halls and email surveys on WONK — never happened, and the neutrality stance remains in effect.

The inaction of the Student Government, and the blithe indifference of the University and its marketing department, have caused the outrage over WONK to simmer down to little more than a stream of snarky comments in Eagle Rants. But it is shameful that at the University ranked among the most politically active in the country, we have been given the message that we have no real BELL, PAGE 20 ≥

August 30, 2011 ≤ BELL, PAGE 19 say over our own identity. It is ridiculous that the administration continues to force WONK upon us through gimmicks like photo contests and life-sized cartoons.

And it is disappointing that a golden opportunity to bring this campus together by creating a common identity for ourselves was shattered due to an unwillingness to communicate with — and listen to — students.

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Douglas Bell is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Please send comments and responses to: edpage@theeaglonline.com ≤ MORIZIO, PAGE 19 program and “60 Minutes” is the only news program to break into the top 10 Nielsonrated shows on an average weekly basis in 6th place.

Either the key is that Barbara Walters looks better in the morning or people prefer to watch celebrities talk about world problems rather than people who actually experience them.

The average moderately intelligent newspaper in this country, the New York Times or the Washington Post for instance, has a reading level of roughly around 9th grade.

Something definitely is to be said about the American education system in that regard, but part of that can be linked to our relationship to how we like our language.

It seems that we can only really focus on an event if it is made into a doomsday situation. Hyperbole is important, but does it have a place in the media? When everything becomes the worst something, does it really matter? We’ve stopped intelligent discussion about news and replaced it with doomsday watches and overly sensationalized stories.

I look at the images on my TV screen and I can see the devastation, I can hear the howls of the 30 mph wind, but the weatherman is so overdone that I can’t take him seriously. Irene is personified out of proportion; she’s spun out of control.

Francesca Morizio is a double major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Kogod.

Please send comments and responses to: edpage@theeagleonline.com

Lumpkins departure to MLB is not a good deal for anyone

BRIGHT SPOT Jenn Bradley scored AU’s lone goal in its season-opening loss to the Old Dominion University Lady Monarchs Aug. 28.

Field hockey loses battle of top-15 teams

By SAMANTHA RAPHELSON Eagle Staff Writer

The AU field hockey team fell 4-1 to the Old Dominion University Lady Monarchs in Charlottesville, Va., in their season opener Aug. 28, after preseason rankings supported a much tighter matchup.

The game began sourly for the Eagles (0-1), who began the season ranked No. 10 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Poll.

Emma Batten scored following a goal from Kelsey Smither for the No. 12 Monarchs (2-0), which supported an early lead within the first 13 minutes of play.

“Old Dominion is a great team and played very well in all facets of the game,” Head Coach Steve Jennings told AU Athletics. “We were

not able to sustain the level of play we would have liked for the entire game. This is a disappointing loss, but we can learn a lot from the relentlessness ODU showed as we prepare for next week.”

AU struggled for most of the game trying to beat Old Dominion goalie Devon Seifert, with a total of four shots by Gina Hofmann, and one apiece by Jenn Bradley, Shelly Montgomery and Kati Rothenhoefer.

Bradley was able to score AU’s single goal at the 53rd minute, but by that time Old Dominion had doubled its score. ODU’s Lydia Velzian scored her first goal of the season, while Emma Batten added her second of the game.

The Eagles’ struggle to penetrate the goal coupled with their inability to FIELD HOCKEY, PAGE 22 ≥

AU basketball fans were shocked earlier this summer when starting center Stephen Lumpkins, who was expected to lead the Eagles this season, was drafted and then signed by the Kansas City Royals.

You see, the Royals are a baseball team. AU, you might have realized, doesn’t have a baseball team.

Last year, Lumpkins was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 42nd round of the MLB draft, but did not sign. Yet, somehow, the lefty pitcher was selected 29 rounds sooner in 2011 after only playing six games with the Bethesda Big Train last summer.

No one can blame Lumpkins for signing. If playing professional baseball is his dream and this was his opportunity to do it, then he had to.

In fact, Lumpkins’ decision has prompted me to reevaluate what I want to do to with my life. Instead of being a journalist, I’ve decided I’d rather be a politician.

To those of you thinking, “Ben, you can’t do that, you have no experience being a politician,” apparently I don’t need to.

The selection made little sense for the Royals. While Lumpkins is 6 feet 8 inches and throws with his left arm, he topped out at 88 mph during workouts for various MLB teams prior to the draft. The hope for the Royals is that they can work with him to increase his velocity since he is so raw.

While that is nice to hope for, Lumpkins has lost significant development time having played little organized baseball since high school.

I haven’t pitched competitively since I was 12 in Capital City Little League. Can I be drafted too?

To those of you now thinking, “Ben, he is 6 feet 8 inches and throws almost 90 mph. You’re barely 5 feet 3 inches and never got it up to

50,” I say … shut up.

The MLB draft has 50 rounds, so to use a 13th round pick on a player like Lumpkins seems to be a reach.

I do not claim to know many of the players available in round 13, but I have to believe that someone with more of a track record of success, and who had actually played a lot of competitive baseball within the last two years, was available. Players who were much better players in high school than Lumpkins, such as Drew Henson, who was

ously decreases the team’s chances of winning the Patriot League championship in 2012.

Now, senior Troy Brewer, who averaged 11.5 points per game in 2010-2011, will lead the team.

Aside from Brewer, the team should struggle offensively. Of the players still on the roster, senior Jordan Hinkle had the second most points per game last year, averaging 4.5. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that when your top two offensive leaders from last season combine for an average of

Time will tell if the Royals made the right decision with Lumpkins. once touted as the next great Yankees third baseman, have not made it because they lost developmental years.

Again, I’m not criticizing the Royals for taking him.

I’m criticizing them for taking him so early.

However, there is one piece of good news for Lumpkins, as a lot of All-Stars and future Hall of Famers were selected in the 13th round. It’s possible he could join the likes of Albert Pujols, Jim Thome, Juan Pierre and Josh Beckett as successful 13th rounders.

The question now is: what does Lumpkins’ departure mean for AU basketball?

The system was already depleted with the graduation of two-time All-Patriot League forward Vlad Moldoveanu.

Lumpkins’ departure seri-

16 points, you’re not in very good shape.

This does not even take into account what Lumpkins did for the team defensively, averaging 8.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks last season.

Time will tell if the Royals made the right decision, or Lumpkins himself for that matter.

For the Eagles though, this is a loss they will most likely not recover from this season. blasky@theeagleonline.com

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Mulhern’s first career goal leads AU past Wildcats Klare Lazor registers clean sheet as Eagles open the season at 2-1

By TYLER TOMEA Eagle Staff Writer

Women’s soccer freshman Erin Mulhern scored her first career goal, and that was all Klare Lazor and the AU defense would need in the Aug. 26 1-0 victory against the New Hampshire Wildcats at the University of Vermont.

A freshman forward, Mulhern found the back of the net from 15 yards out after a failed New Hampshire (02) clear. Assisted by Lindsay Muri, Mulhern’s goal came in the 26th minute and stood for the rest of the contest.

“I thought we played very well and created a num-

ber of opportunities,” Head Coach Dave Bucciero told AU Athletics. “I thought Erica Correa (New Hampshire’s goalkeeper) played a very good game to prevent more goals for us. We’re very happy with this win and hopefully we can carry over this good play (against Vermont).”

The Eagles (2-1) are off to a nice start after dropping their first eight games in 2010. During those eight games last season, AU only scored two goals. After three games this fall, the Eagles have already exceeded that total with three goals.

AU tallied eight shots, while the Wildcats totaled seven Friday afternoon.

Seven of AU’s targets were

on goal, compared to three from UNH. Mulhern and Muri each recorded two on goal, while Katarina Kingston, Allison Slattery, Michelle Montilio and Samantha Trotta each totaled one.

Lazor made three saves in goal, while Correa kept the Wildcats in the contest all afternoon by registering six saves. Despite Correa’s strong effort, the New Hampshire offense couldn’t get on track in the loss.

AU was scheduled to conclude its road trip on Sunday, Aug. 28, against the WSOC, PAGE 22 ≥ STARTING STRONG Carleigh Morba and the Eagles have won two of their first three games. A junior forward, Morba has one goal on the season for the team.

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August 30, 2011 ≤FIELD HOCKEY, PAGE 20 defend Batten provided the reason for the seasonopening loss.

ODU outshot AU 9-7, and each team attempted five penalty corners for the game.

The Eagles will need to do a better job of capitalizing on these penalty corners as the season wears on.

Stephanie Burry surrendered four goals and made one save for the Eagles, be-

theEAGLE fore Ashley Dalisera took over for the remaining 24 minutes. Seifert stopped three shots for the Monarchs.

AU will return to the field this weekend as they host the University of Pennsylvania Quakers on Friday, Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. and No. 7 Princeton on Sunday, Sept.

4 at 2 p.m.

Sunday’s game also marks the annual Phil Jacobs event, which had a turnout of 1,013 fans last year.

A return to their home turf for two games could give the women the boost they need to start the 2011 season on the right foot. sports@theeagleonline.com

≤ WSOC, PAGE 21 University of Vermont Catamounts, but weather postponed the match. The game will now be played Monday, Aug. 29 at 1 p.m.

When the road trip concludes, the Eagles will return to Reeves Field for their next two games. The first will be against the Robert Morris Colonials on Friday, Sept. 2 at 4 p.m., with the second against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday, Sept. 4 at noon.

AU’s next contest on the road will be a big challenge, as the Eagles will travel to College Park, Md., on Wednesday, Sept. 7 to take on the University of Maryland Terrapins.

The Terps opened the season with two wins and a draw and are ranked No. 4 in the country. ttomea@theeagleonline. com

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tion Matt Makowski made three of his five saves in the second half to preserve the draw.

For the contest, the Buckeyes outshot the Eagles 237, with six of Ohio State’s attempts on goal and Chris Kuramoto’s try the other AU attempt on goal outside of Goldman’s. Ohio State possessed a 9-0 advantage in corner kicks, including three in the second overtime. AU committed 15 fouls to Ohio State’s 7.

The Eagles will play another ranked opponent on Monday, this time on the road against the No. 18 Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions as the squad concludes the Penn State Classic. ttomea@theeagleonline. com

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August 30, 2011

UPCOMING GAMES !Home

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vs. Oregon at 7 p.m.

SEPT. 1

Men’s soccer vs. George Washington at 5 p.m. (D.C. College Cup @ GMU)

Game

SEPT. 2

!Women’s soccer vs. Robert Morris at 4 p.m. !Field

hockey vs. Penn at 5 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Niagara (Cornell Invitational @ Cornell) 5 p.m.

Cross Country @ Mount St. Mary’s 5K Duals at 10 a.m.

SEPT. 3

Men’s soccer @ George Mason at 7:30 p.m.

(D.C. College Cup) Volleyball vs. UTEP at noon (@ Cornell Invitational) Volleyball @ Cornell at 7 p.m. (@ Cornell Invitational)

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!Women’s

soccer vs. Iowa at noon hockey vs. Princeton at 2 p.m. (Phil Jacobs game) !Field

AU men’s soccer ties No. 15 Ohio State TYLER TOMEA

Eagle Staff Writer

Volleyball splits weekend games Eagles fall despite record crowd, salvage weekend vs.

Georgetown MICHAEL GARDNER Eagle Staff Writer

Not even a Washington, D.C., collegiate volleyball attendance record could help AU to its first win, as the George Washington University Colonials out-killed the Eagles 62-43 Friday en route to a 3-1 victory over AU. “They got more kills than

we did, the storyline of the game is their 62 kills and our 43 kills,” Head Coach Barry Goldberg said. “They continued to keep pounding the ball at us, and we didn’t continue to pound it back in the same way.”

The Eagles (1-1) looked to feed off a Bender Arena crowd of 2,122 that attended the fifth annual Bender Blue Out, part of the D.C. Volleyball Challenge. But GW controlled the net in a close first set with 13 ties and two lead changes that saw the Colonials prevail 30-28 on a Lauren Whyte kill to take a 1-0 lead.

Sophomore Juliana Crum and a new-faced Eagles

team of eight freshmen then fought back to win the second set 25-22 and even the game at one apiece.

But GW’s Whyte, who led all players with 19 kills, helped the Colonial attack earn the victory despite freshman Sara Rishell’s 14 kills and sophomore transfer Morgan Hendrix’s 13 for the Eagles.

“I think [George Washington] wore us down a little bit; you could see by the end of game there they kept popping it at us and we didn’t respond to that,” Goldberg said. “These are experienced players that are conditioned for knowing what it takes to get through some of these longer matches, and we’re going to learn those things and get better, but overall, I think there were a lot of positives in today. It’s things we can take and get better on.”

The Eagles won the second match of the D.C. Volleyball Challenge Saturday when they defeated Georgetown University 3-1 to pick up their season’s first win.

Crum, Alexandra Hammer and Monika Smidova each recorded a double-double to lead the AU squad to victory.

Despite being out-killed 62-53 Saturday, the Eagles won with set scores of 2522, 27-25, 23-25 and 25-22.

Rishell finished with another 14-kill performance, as Crum and Hendrix led the team with 15 kills apiece.

Hammer recorded 25 assists, as well as a career-high three service aces.

After ending the weekend at 1-1, Goldberg sees the D.C. Volleyball Challenge as more of a learning curve for a young team than just two games.

“It’s not good to get it out

RISING UP Sara Rishell prepares for a spike in Friday’s Bender Blue Out against George Washington.

Rishell had a team-high 14 kills in the season-opening loss.

of the way, it’s actually good to compete,” Goldberg said.

“A lot of good teams are playing early and our team is going to learn how to battle one way or the other.”

Due to Hurricane Irene, AU’s final match of the challenge against the George Mason University Patriots was postponed to Wednesday, Sept. 14. The Eagles will return to the court at home Wednesday, Aug. 31 to face the University of Oregon Ducks at 7:00 p.m. sports@theeagleonline.com

The AU men’s soccer team began its 2011 campaign Saturday with a 1-1 draw against the Ohio State University Buckeyes in the Penn State Classic at University Park, Pa. Seth Goldman put the Eagles (0-0-1) on the board first in the 32nd minute, and AU was minutes away from knocking off the Buckeyes (0-0-1), who entered the season ranked No. 15 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Poll. But Ohio State’s Kenny Cunningham provided the equalizer in the 83rd minute for the 1-1 draw.

“The team defending was great today, and we were seven minutes away from beating a top-15 team,” Head Coach Todd West told AU Athletics. “Overall, I am pleased with our starting point with this team. We have some things to clean up, but we will build on this.”

AU put together a few strong attacks in the first half, culminating with the Goldman goal 13 minutes from halftime. The breakthrough came when Colin Seigfreid found Goldman, whose header notched the game’s first score.

Following the Goldman goal, the rest of the first half saw one shot on goal, an attempt by Ohio State’s Sebastian Rivas. For the opening 45 minutes, the Buckeyes outshot the Eagles 6-4, while holding a 2-0 advantage in corner kicks.

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