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NEWS
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Lilly Ledbetter emphasizes issues with gender wage gap
Q&A:
Lilly Ledbetter By David Lim
Eagle Staff Writer
The Eagle’s David Lim sat down with Lilly Ledbetter, who inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which helps women fight for equal pay. She spoke at AU on March 18 about her personal fight to earn equal pay. The Eagle: Compared to many countries, the U.S. does not have very many rights for maternity leave. What steps do you think the U.S. could take to match other countries that give more time off to mothers? Lilly Ledbetter: The women of the U.S. all over are shortchanged in our pay that seems to be the only area that the other countries are in the same predicament that the U.S. is. I’ve gone to Italy, I’ve been interviewed by the Japanese, the French, in Chile and London, England. This goes on all over, unequal pay, unequal work. The other benefits that you speak of like maternity leave, off days or sickness in the family or family leave time, we are very short. NICOLE BRUNET | THE EAGLE
by David Lim Eagle Staff Writer
Lilly Ledbetter voiced her fight for equal pay for women to AU students March 18 in Mary Graydon Center 4 and 5 as the second Kennedy Political Union speaker of the semester. Ledbetter inspired the name of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which allows women to more easily fight against pay dis-
crimination, according to KPU’s press release. Telling her story about earning less than her male colleagues at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Ledbetter emphasized equal pay is not an issue just for factory managers, but for lawyers, doctors and other
highly-educated fields. She said other women face challenges from living day-to-day on their paychecks and cannot take the risks she did and go to court.
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Dick Cheney named as KPU’s next speaker
by Alejandro Alvarez Eagle Staff Writer
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will speak at AU on March 27 at 8:15 p.m. in Bender Arena as the Kennedy Political Union’s next speaker. Students will be required to ob-
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tain tickets prior to attendance, ac- numerous positions in the govcording to a KPU press release. ernment during many pivotal moCheney’s political career spans ments in recent U.S. history. more than 40 years, starting as Click here for the rest a Congressman from Wyoming in 1979. He then went on to hold of the story DESIGNED BY HEATHER MONGILIO , SUZANNE GABER, ALEJANDRO ALVAREZ, DANIELLE NAJJAR | THE EAGLE COVER: EMMA KNIGHT | AU PHOTO COLLECTIVE
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RECENTLY REVIEWED MOVIES
The Grand Budapest Hotel Veronica Mars Courtesy of Passion Food Restaurant Group
By Jordan-Marie Smith Eagle Staff Writer
I am always searching for a good, inexpensive burger and luckily stumbled upon Burger, Tap & Shake in Foggy Bottom. Owned by the local Passion Food
Restaurant Group, the joint is lovingly known as BTS among the Foggy Bottom crowd. On the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 22nd Street, BTS looks refined and modern inside and out, but is
Obama’s second inaugural gown showcased for limited time By Mia Miller
Eagle Contributing Writer
The National Museum of American History is making a fashion statement in honor of 100 years of the First Ladies exhibition by displaying Michelle Obama’s second inaugural gown for one year only.
For the first time in 100 years, the First Ladies exhibit is including
a second gown. Second gowns are usually shown only in presidential libraries.
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ALSO ONLINE: Exploring AU’s tattoo subculture: a middle finger to negative vibes by Danielle Green
Five microwavable meals in a mug by Anagha Srikanth
Need for Speed
unpretentious with its burgers.
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The M&M Report This week on The M&M Report, columnist Devin Mitchell and lifestyle editor Mark Lieberman returned from their spring break hiatus to catch up on some recent developments in television.
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‘Death and the Maiden’ and ‘Savannah Bay’ play at World Stages 2014 by David-Kahen Kashi Eagle Staff Writer
An ephemeral experience like the theater festival “World Stages 2014” at the Kennedy Center feels much more like a world summit on the human condition. “Death and the Maiden,” which premiered on March 14 by La Mafia Teatro, performed Ariel Dorfman’s political thriller by
morphing it into a stripped down, gritty adaptation about the lapses in moral justice. Set in Chile after the downfall of a devastating dictatorship, Paulina Salas (Antonia Zegers) and Gerardo Escobar (Cesar Sepulveda) live by the countryside and lead a happy life.
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OPINION
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Staff Editorial: March Madness shines light on AU school spirit
Blue shirts rushed the floor of Case Gymnasium on March 12 as AU men’s basketball clinched its first Patriot League title since 2009. A roster predicted to finish ninth in-conference, consisting of only one senior, a new head coach and a brand new playbook defied the odds and gave the AU community an underdog to support on the national stage. For the first time in a long time there is a conscious sense of school spirit on this campus. But how long will that last? AU has been here before. Fans remember 2008 and 2009 when men’s basketball won back-to-back conference titles under Jeff Jones. Both teams went on to lose the NCAA
tournament, and enthusiasm for AU athletics waned as a result. Now that the 2014 Eagles share half of that fate, it will be the AU community’s responsibility to sustain school spirit and build off of this year’s success. Credit should be given to first year coach Mike Brennan and his staff who transformed a sub-.500 team into the league champion.
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Featured op/eds Op/Ed: Student Health Center changes to tackle student discontent by David Reitman
As the new Medical Director for the Student Health Center, I wanted to take an opportunity to introduce myself and update the AU student community to some of the big updates and improvements that are happening. Last spring, several of the Center’s administrative and clinical staff (including the director) left the University. While the University was recruiting new staff, they had to hire temporary health providers to see patients. Although this rotating staff was qualified and competent, some students experienced understandable frustration with the continuity of care and the overall perceived quality of care they received. During this time, the Office of Campus Life was very aware of the challenges the Center faced. When I interviewed for the position of medical director they were very transparent with regard to these transitions. Given my experience and background in college health, adolescent medicine and healthcare administration, I saw these challenges as great opportunities to grow and enhance the healthcare experiences for AU students. In fact, I made the decision to come to AU because it was clear that the University was
committed to providing students with a significantly improved student health experience. Since starting at AU in December, we have begun the “reboot” process for the Student Health Center and I want to share some of the notable improvements that have been implemented, as well as ones that are upcoming: Starting last month, we have begun holding evening hours on Mondays and Thursdays until 8 p.m. This way, we can better accommodate all of our students’ busy schedules even if they have full days of classes, internships, etc. Similarly, our psychiatric nurse practitioner now also holds expanded office hours on those days. This semester we have initiated patient scheduling changes to better accommodate our students. Previously, all patients were assigned 15 minute appointments, regardless of their health concern.
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Op/Ed: ‘Smoke-free campus’ poses environmental costs by Kevin Levy
Last year, President Neil Kerwin announced plans to become a tobacco and smoke-free campus. Touted as a move to work towards the improvement of student health on campus, the ban moved quickly with a very vocal campus-wide debate in classrooms, residence
hall lounges and pretty much everywhere else at AU.
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SPORTS
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AU Eagles eliminated from NCAA Tournament by Wisconsion By Eric Saltzman Eagle Staff Writer
MILWAUKEE, Wis.- Despite a competitive first half effort, turnovers and a second half surge from Wisconsin doomed the AU men’s basketball squad in its 75-35 loss to Badgers in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
“Wisconsin is a really good team, I wish we could have made a better game today and represented ourselves and the [Patriot League] a little better for ourselves,” head coach Mike Brennan said after the game.
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Lacrosse loses second straight By Jennifer Reyes
Away Track at Navy Invitational Home W Lacrosse vs. Old Dominion 1 p.m.
Wednesday Home W Lacrosse vs. George Mason 4 p.m.
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AU dropped its second straight Patriot League conference game 9-7 to Holy Cross on March 15. Senior midfielder Emily Maher
continued her offensive campaign with three goals on the day, bringing her season total to 13.
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