March 7, 2013

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March 7, 2013 Volume 87 – Issue 20

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Photo of the Week Healthy adult volunteers needed The National Institute of Mental Health is conducting outpatient research studies on fear and anxiety at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda,Maryland.

AU and the D.C. area got about 0.2 inches of snow between March 5 and 6, resulting in AU’s first snow day in two years. Pictured here are bicycles on Massachusetts Avenue during the storm, popularly known as “Snowquester.”

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MARCH 19

RESEARCH PRESENTATION WORKSHOP

3 to 5 p.m. / Attend a workshop to get tips on how to highlight your research in oral and poster formats. / MGC 247 / University Honors Program / honors@american.edu

MARCH 19

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MARCH 20

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NEWS

SG shows support for transgender students 5 | Students warned of temporary housing in fall 6

Student campaign blasts animal testing on campus

By AMBER COHEN EAGLE STAFF WRITER

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The bust of Leo Tolstoy was dismantled, leaving the supporting structure behind.

Tolstoy bust stolen, Public Safety offers cash reward for information

By EMMA GATEWOOD EAGLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The bust of Leo Tolstoy, previously located between the Battelle-Tompkins Building and the Kogod School of Business, went missing on March 1.

The upper portion of the pedestal, which is engraved with Tolstoy’s name, has been pushed off the lower pedestal and the side is now chipped.

“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity,” said Anton Fedyashin, the executive director of the Initiative for Russian Culture. “We have just witnessed a manifestation of the latter.”

The upper portion has been removed by AU grounds workers.

The bust, which was revealed November 2012, was placed between the two buildings as a sign of AU’s commitment to furthering American-Russian relations, The Eagle previously reported. The bronze bust was made and donated by Russian sculptor Gregory Pototsky.

“What can you [say] about an absurd act of violence against the figure of an author who is known not only as one of our greatest novelists, but also as one of history’s great pacifists?”

Peter Starr, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said.

The bust was also vandalized

between Dec. 1 and 2, when an anarchy symbol was drawn on the statue, The Eagle previously reported. Grounds workers were able to remove the mark on Dec. 3.

The Department of Public Safety is offering a $500 reward for information that can identify the person or people who stole the bust.

Any individual who provides a tip to DPS will remain anonymous, according to the reward poster.

All information can be emailed to dps@american.edu or called in to 202-885- 2527.

Staff writer Samantha Hogan contributed to this report.

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A group of students is attempting to ban the use of animal testing in experiments at AU’s psychopharmacology lab for studies that are being used to develop treatments for drug abuse.

AU Students Against Animal Testing is a student-led campaign to end animal testing on campus, according to Lauren Reiser, a junior in the School of Public Affairs.

Reiser started AU Students Against Animal Testing when she found out that several research projects on-campus use animal experimentation as a research model.

Birds are exposed to estrogen to study effects on the nervous system in one project, while mice and rats are exposed to cocaine in another project, according to public National Institutes of Health (NIH) records.

Reiser said rats and mice are not accurate models for humans and that there are more humane methods for testing such as in-vitro tests or computer modeling.

Currently, there are eight projects led by four different project leaders being conducted on-campus that are funded by the NIH, according to NIH documents.

“American University follows all required federal regulations regarding the ethical care and use of vertebrate animals in the conduct of its research programs, under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian,” Maralee Csellar, associate director of University Communications, said in an email.

The Eagle is not releasing the names of project leaders since

Csellar said there have been “documented threats of violence against University personnel and the destruction of research facilities at other universities.”

AU Students Against Animal Testing is not formally recognized as a club by Student Activities, but the campaign is endorsed by the American Vegan Outreach and AU Eco-Sense, Reiser said.

The students are currently collecting signatures to petition the University and will be hosting a seminar on the use of animals for research with members of the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine on March 26, Reiser said.

Restricting animal testing would impede scientific research, according to Csellar.

“Faculty members may investigate basic and applied research questions via the use of animal models as part of their exercise of academic freedom,” Csellar said in an email. “To impose restrictions on what our faculty may investigate, in contrast to standard research practices at nearly every other university in the United States, fundamentally alters the contemporary concept of the free exercise of inquiry within an academic community.”

However, AU Students Against Animal Testing believe the harm of animal testing is greater than the benefits.

“The stated goal of animal research is the benefit of human scientific progress,” Reiser said in an email. “It’s a practice that is not only cruel, but outdated and a hindrance to performing research that is explicitly applicable to the human condition.”

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Big changes head to University Honors Program

By STEVEN MURPHY EAGLE STAFF WRITER

The Undergraduate Faculty Senate decided February to revise the University Honors program, which includes changes to the amount of accepted students and to the structure of the program, as part of an ongoing discussion of the Honors system.

The University has not yet released a final report about the

The current program is not any different than the standard AU experience, Manson said.

“Just about every student at AU could make it in the Honors Program,” Manson said.

The main Honors Program will be restructured, with students enrolling in four core classes over the first two years at AU. “Each course will be taught by three different professors and look at a addressing a fundamen-

“Just about every student at AU could make it in the honors program” -Michael Manson, interim director of the University Honors Program changes to the Honors Program.

However, AU has started to present the revisions to the program to incoming freshmen, according to Interim Director of the University Honors Program Michael Manson.

The number of freshmen admitted to Honors each year will decrease from around 200 to between 45 and 90 students. The new number will depend on the finalized changes made by the Faculty Senate to the Honors Program, Manson said.

A task force was created in late 2011 to look at the current Honors Program. For the subsequent year, the proposal for the new Honors Program went under review by various University committees, including the Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum of the Faculty Senate, the ad hoc Honors Faculty Advisory Committee and deans from different universities, Manson said.

One of the reasons for the new program was the goal to replace the current program with something more rigorous and challenging.

tal question from three different perspectives,” Manson said.

Prospective students applying to AU will have to apply separately for the Honors Program, whereas before, a select number of freshman were invited to join honors after being accepted at AU, according to Manson.

The new four-year Honors Program will not allow students to self-nominate themselves into the program, which is allowed in the current Honors Program.

Instead, sophomores or juniors will be able to self-nominate to new, separate departmental honors programs offered by their school. These programs have not been finalized, but they will include coursework distinctive enough to call “honors,” according Manson said.

Another goal of the new Honors Program is to create a program that attracts potential AU students.

“We want students to apply to AU because they want to get in the Honors Program,” Manson said.

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AU students playing rugby on Tenley Campus.

Intramural teams dread upcoming Tenley Campus construction

By EMMA GATEWOOD EAGLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

AU clubs and intramurals are going to lose field space on the Tenley campus as the Washington College of Law transitions to its new location.

The University plans to add two buildings to Tenley campus, The Eagle previously reported.

Either building could be placed where the soccer field is currently located, according to Ryan Amato, the intramural sports coordinator for AU. It is also possible that the buildings will be placed on a portion of the field, which will make the field too small to practice on, Amato said.

“Green space has been designed into the Washington College of Law Tenley Campus plans,” Maralee Csellar, associ-

ate director of media relations, said in an email. “However, there will not be a playing field for organized sports. All intramural, pickup sports and other organized sporting activities will take place on fields to be determined.”

When the soccer field is demolished, club and intramural sports will both use Jacobs Field for practice, because it will be the only field for everyone to practice on, David Shirbroun, frisbee team captain and junior in the School of Public Affairs, said.

Club and intramural sports teams, including soccer, rugby and frisbee currently use the soccer field on Tenley campus.

The AU men’s frisbee team uses the field on Tenley about three times a week in the fall, Shirbroun said. Currently, the team is using Jacobs Field and

Fort Reno Park, located in Tenleytown, he said.

The Massachusetts Avenue fields, located near the current Washington College of Law campus, are also available to AU club and intramural teams but has limited availability, according to Amato.

While some members of intramural and club sports believe moving the law school was a good idea, they feel that the athletic facilities need to be fixed because club and intramurals do not get anything from the University, said Thaddeus Baringer, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the captain of the men’s rugby team.

“I just hope the University knows what it’s doing,” Shirbroun said.

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SG seeks expanded transgender coverage under student health insurance plan

By CHLOE JOHNSON EAGLE STAFF WRITER

The Student Government Undergraduate Senate unanimously voted to support transgender students as the University renegotiates its health insurance

plan with GM-Southwest, AU’s student health insurance provider.

Class of 2013 Sen. Sarah McBride introduced the bill for a vote on March 3. The main purpose of the bill was to urge the University to cover medicine that

would help a student transition to his or her preferred gender identity, such as surgery, which is currently excluded from the University’s health care plan, she said.

AU’s current student coverage shows a level of discrimi-

nation against transgender students that is present in many current insurance plans, McBride said. For example, the plan excludes surgery on the basis that it is an elective and cosmetic procedure, she said.

“It suggests that being trans is a choice and therefore surgery is an elective thing,” McBride said.

As a transgender student, McBride has a personal connection to the legislation.

“I would have chosen to go into the [AU] student health insurance pool this year had they included the transitional care,” McBride said.

Class of 2015 Sen. Patrick Kelly co-sponsored the bill and commended the push for LGBT advocacy.

“It’s also within the principles of AU,” Kelly said. “We pride ourselves on being an inclusive school.”

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New law mandates University to release stalking, dating violence information

By TORI DALCOURT EAGLE STAFF WRITER

The new Violence Against Women Act, signed by U.S. President Barack Obama on March 7, will require AU to report dating violence, stalking and sexual assault in the annual crime report.

One of VAWA’s components is the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, or Campus

that colleges provide awareness programs for new students.

The University already provides an educational sexual assault prevention program for new students during Eagle Summit, The Eagle previously reported.

Similarly, the Green Dot program works to stop gender-based violence. The program trains students, faculty and staff members to advance campus safety, The

“We may revamp everything, we may revamp nothing.”

—Daniel Rappaport, sexual assault prevention coordinator SaVE, which will set standards for sexual assault prevention education and reporting standards for colleges.

Currently, the Clery Act of 1965 mandates that sexual assault statistics on college campuses are reported, but does not require statistics on dating violence and stalking.

“Stalking is a crime that gets very little attention despite being very dangerous,” said Daniel Rappaport, the University’s sexual assault prevention coordinator. “It is far more prevalent than our culture admits.”

Campus SaVE also requires

Eagle previously reported.

Additionally, the Act requires colleges to offer students or employees who are victims of abuse a change in housing or work environment. AU Housing and Dining already offers students the option to change housing if they do not feel safe in their dorm, according to Rappaport.

It is unclear how much of an effect the Act will have on the University’s current policies, Rappaport said.

“We may revamp everything, we may revamp nothing,” Rappaport said.

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AU will share Spring Valley emergency shelter plans in April

By LEIGH GIANGRECO EAGLE STAFF WRITER

While the Army Corps of Engineers has already informed residents on Glenbrook Road of emergency shelter procedures, AU will not brief the community on an emergency plan until April, according to Assistant Vice President for Communication and Media Camille Lepre.

Starting in May, the Corps expects to find more debris from the former WWI-era munitions site at 4825 Glenbrook Road. The Corps will enclose the area and use an air monitoring system. The current lowprobability excavation is in the open air, and the Corps does not expect to find additional debris until May. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Andrea Takash said the Corps has briefed AU’s administration on the public protection plan, but when to communicate the plan to the AU community is the University’s decision.

4825 Glenbrook, once called “the hole of Hades” for the WWI experiment materials buried there, was demolished in November as part of the Corps cleanup efforts. The house has been the site of two previous Corps investigations, including one from 2000 to 2002. The second investigation, in 2007, revealed three jars of arsenic trichloride.

Public address speakers and strobe lights will be used to alert the community in the event of an emergency during high-probability work, according to the Corps.

Sirens and speaker systems will also be placed at the Watkins and Kreeger buildings, Takash said.

A map indicating the residences within the “shelter-in-place” zone during “high-probability” work includes Watkins and AU

President Neil Kerwin’s home.

Shelter-in-place procedures instruct residents to take cover wherever they are in the case of an emergency at the site.

PROGRESS REPORT ON MUNITIONS CLEANUP

The first phase of cleanup at 4825 Glenbrook Road is wrapping up, with the Army Corps of Engineers finishing low-probability work at the former WWI munitions site. At the monthly Restoration Advisory Board meeting in February, the Corps reported that they have yet to find any chemical or munitions materials from the site at 4825 Glenbrook Road. The Corps expects to finish this phase in two weeks.

The “low-probability” work included test pitting, digging small holes to search for additional buried weapons, at the back of the property closest to the Kreeger roadway behind Watkins. During the work, the Corps does not expect to find materials from the former defense site.

The Army Corps has conducted other “low-probability” investigations in recent years at the AU Experiment Station (AUES) site that have revealed debris and munitions. During an operation next to the Public Safety building in 2010, Army Corps workers unearthed a 75 mm artillery piece buried under the building’s lower entrance.

“Even though we have encountered AUES materials during low probability work at other areas of Spring Valley, there has been no documented release of concern to the community,” Takash said. “Just because we’ve found something doesn’t mean there’s a chemical release to the community.”

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A forklift sits outside of Nebraska Hall, which is currently under construction.

AU warns of possible temporary housing for Cassell, Nebraska residents

By DAVID LIM EAGLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Housing and Dining Programs warned that students may receive temporary housing if Cassell and Nebraska Hall construction is not completed by move-in time in August.

Housing and Dining notified the students of the possibility in the Room Selection Guide.

There was also a sign during housing selection.

“Housing and Dining Programs has contingency plans for all outcomes of construction,” Sasha Gamburg, assistant director of operations for assignments and dining programs, said. “Currently there are both on- and off-campus temporar y housing solutions should construction not be completed before the start of fall 2013.”

Gamburg did not specify what types of solutions could be used.

There are no delays, even by

snow, that will adversely affect housing for students next year at this point, AU Construction Manager Tony Esse said.

“Cassell Hall is on track to finish on time,” Esse said.

“We’re on track for early August and we’re on schedule. There are no foreseeable obstacles that would delay us between

now and the completion date.

Nebraska Hall is on track for completion in August as well.”

Housing and Dining has housed students in temporar y housing before, when lounges were turned into dormitories for overflow housing, The Eagle previously reported.

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Tobacco-free policies begin to take shape

By DEVIN MITCHELL EAGLE STAFF WRITER

AU aims to release a draft of its tobacco-free policy by the end of the month, according to Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students Robert Hradsky.

While Hradsky confirmed the University still hopes to ban all forms of tobacco by Aug. 1, the implementation date will probably be Aug. 15, according to Student Government President Emily Yu. “We’ve been benchmarking other schools and their specific

cations, enforcement, facilities and grounds and health and wellness.

AU first decided to go tobacco-free in November, but student leaders such as Yu, Residence Hall Association President Fiona Erickson and Graduate Leadership Council Executive Chair Lauren Lane were skeptical, The Eagle previously reported. They argued that a University-wide ban was the wrong approach.

“Not only will the ban increase the risks to students’ personal safety at off-campus locations, but their forced migration

“We’ve been benchmarking other schools and their specific policies.”

—Dean of Students Robert Hradsky

policies,” Hradsky said. “We have been trying to address larger picture questions, so that’s been the focus to date.”

A March 1 memo sent to all members of the AU community asked for feedback on several questions about the specifics of the policy. The questions included whether possession of tobacco products would be prohibited, how the policy would be enforced and how violations would be punished.

Hradsky and Assistant Vice President of Human Resources Beth Muha are co-chairs of the Tobacco-Free Project Team.

The faculty members and undergraduate representative on the team are responsible for writing the policy, with subcommittees focusing on communi-

will result in larger implications regarding the university’s reputation in the community,” the three officials said in a co-written letter at the time of the ban.

Yu said her views have changed slightly since the letter. The SG president is still in favor of designated smoking areas and “reasonable” enforcement of that policy, but said that she was more open to the policy after working with other members of the project team and further research on the subject.

“The university has already announced its intention to move forward with AU becoming tobacco-free,” Yu said in an e-mail.

“At this point in process, I am dedicated to bringing student voices to the project team.”

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COURTESY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Photo of Coke machine person-ofinterest released by Public Safety

By SAMANTHA HOGAN EAGLE STAFF WRITER

The Department of Public Safety is offering a $500 reward for the identification of a male individual thought to be connected to the string of Coca-Cola machine vandalisms on AU’s campus.

The Coca-Cola machines were vandalized with white spray paint and caulk on Oct.

18 and Jan. 30, The Eagle previously reported. The dollar bill and coin-receiving mechanisms were disabled during both instances.

The reward poster has two black-and-white images of a male wearing a hat, white shirt and black sweatshirt. The male is not defacing the machines in either of the pictures.

Public Safety is still investigating the incidents that took

place in the Ward Circle Building, Mar y Graydon Center, Bender Arena and Hurst Hall, according to Associate Director of Media Relations Maralee Csellar.

Tips can be submitted anonymously to dps@american.edu or call in to Public Safety at 202-885-2527.

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Senate revamps Board of Elections structure, raising bylaw questions

By KIERSTYN SCHNECK EAGLE STAFF WRITER

The Undergraduate Senate created a new, redesigned Board of Elections after it removed the former BOE members from power March 3.

Former BOE members were removed after holding a private meeting on Feb. 26 to make amendments to the election policy book that the Senate had already approved on Feb. 24, according to Speaker for the Undergraduate Senate Alex Iannacio.

The amendments denied Student Government members’ right to campaign for other candidates, and Director of Student Activities Karen Gerlach asked the Senate to correct the changes before the elections, according to Iannacio.

“The administration thinks it’s blatant disregard of students’ rights,” Iannacio said. “All persons should be treated equally, no matter what organization or affiliation you have.”

The Senate dissolved the BOE by passing the “Bill for Fairer and Freer Elections” that: t reduces the size of the new Board t creates a new prosecutor position that is separate from the BOE and can file charges against campaigns or candidates during elections t bans leaves of absences for BOE members during elections SG President Emily Yu and Iannacio will appoint the five new BOE members and the chair, who will then be approved by the Senate, according to the bill. The speaker, SG president and Judicial Board Chair James DeLucia will run the spring elections until the BOE positions are filled, according to the bill.

“Hopefully, this [bill] will make the elections smoother moving forward and be as least disruptive [to the elections] as possible,” Class of 2013 Sen. Brett Atanasio said.

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The “Bill for Fairer and Freer Elections” is a new version of a bill passed on Feb. 24. The original “Bill for Fair and Free Elections” would have come into effect after spring elections, according to Atanasio. However, the new “Bill for Fairer and Freer Elections” proposed on March 3 makes the BOE reform effective immediately.

FORMER BOE TURNS TO J-BOARD TO DETERMINE LEGALITY OF DISSOLUTION

Former BOE Chairman Mike Morgante claims that the “Bill for Fairer and Freer Elections” violates SG’s bylaws and has asked the Judicial Board to postpone the spring elections and the bill’s changes.

SG’s bylaws state that changes to election policy take effect three weeks after they are made.

The Judicial Board is currently reviewing Morgante’s claim that the bill violates this three-week rule, according to Morgante.

“If [the Senate] had a problem with [the policy amendments], their recourse was to take us to the Judicial Board,” Morgante said. “It wasn’t to disband an entire body of Student Government duly constituted under the bylaws.”

However, the Senate has the authority to dissolve the BOE, according to Atanasio.

“It is the unilateral and unquestionable authority of the senate to revise its bylaws in whatever way it sees fit,” Atanasio said during the Senate meeting.

Morgante informed Vice President of Campus Life Gail Hanson of the BOE’s complaints on March 5 and plans to discuss the legality of the bill with Gerlach, he said.

“As this [bill] is an unheard-of act, the Board finds this absolutely illegal and [we] are pursuing [it] on several different grounds,” Morgante said.

PRIVATE AMENDMENTS TO ELECTION POLICY BOOK CONTRIBUTE TO FORMER BOE DISSOLUTION

The Senate did not approve of the BOE’s policy amendments, yet potential spring candidates

were informed of these policies and not the Senate-approved policy book at the first information session on Feb. 27, according to Iannacio.

Furthermore, the policy amendments had to be sent to the speaker within 12 hours of the changes, and they were not, according to Iannacio.

However, the BOE had the right to amend the election policy book, according to Morgante.

According to former BOE member David Komorowski, the BOE added rules that said: t current SG members could not campaign for other candidates t candidates must hand in receipts to keep track of their spending “[SG] is a clique . . . our policy that we passed, which is keeping with ethical and judicial standards, sought break up that clique and to encourage new people to get involved,” Morgante said.

Future informational sessions will be run by the speaker, SG president and Judicial Board chair using the Senate-approved policy book, according to Iannacio.

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Students celebrate Dr. Suess Day with community service

By SAM BERMAS-DAWES EAGLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Around 70 AU students volunteered to read at local elementary schools on March 1 during the nationwide celebration of Dr. Seuss’s birthday.

The Center for Community Engagement and Service organized the volunteer opportunity that catered to children between pre-kindergarten and third grade.

The 70 student volunteers were divided between the Bruce Monroe, Powell and Brightwood elementary schools, according to Donald Curtis, coordinator of programs and operations at CCES. Among the volunteers were

members of the women’s varsity soccer team, who participated at Bruce Monroe Elementary. The team split up into a dozen pairs and wore red-and-white Dr. Seuss hats while they read to their assigned classrooms. Stories read during the event included “The Cat and the Hat,” “The Zax,” “Green Eggs and Ham,” “The Sneetches,” “Oh The Places You’ll Go!” and “The Lorax.”

“He was shortish. And oldish.

And brownish. And mossy. And he spoke with a voice that was sharpish and bossy,” College of Arts and Sciences junior and varsity soccer player Brenna Smith read to a firstgrade class. “‘Mister!’ he said with a sawdusty sneeze, ‘I am the Lo-

rax. I speak for the trees.’”

“It was fun and a little sad and funny. My favorite character was the Lorax,” said 7-year-old Veronica.

CCES Program Assistant Andalisa Lopez assisted in organizing the event, and works with the CCES coordinating the D.C. Reads tutoring program at AU, she said.

“The event celebrates Dr. Seuss works while introducing a high level of learning to the classrooms,” Lopez said. “I think events like this one foster a solid partnership between AU and D.C. communities.”

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MARRIAGE EQUALITY: THE COUNTRY IS READY

WASHINGTON, D.C. | MARCH 26, 2013 A bipartisan majority of Americans say the ability to marry the person you love is a Constitutional right. On March 26 and 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider two cases that are about whether gay and lesbian Americans should have the same opportunities as everyone else. There has been incredible momentum for marriage over the past few years – and the country is ready.

This is a historic moment – we hope you can join us on March 26 for the United for Marriage Rally in Washington, D.C. Wear red to show your support for freedom and equality. We’ll be gathering at 8:30 a.m. outside of the Supreme Court at First and East Capitol Streets, N.E.

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AU Museum in running for Best of D.C. off the Mall

By DANIEL AFFSPRUNG EAGLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Voting ended March 1 for a Washington City Paper poll that might earn the AU Museum at the Katzen Arts Center the title of best museum in D.C. outside of the National Mall. Results will be available on April 10.

The “Best of D.C.” list has been polling readers on what the District has to offer since 2008.

Hundreds of categories, ranging from concert venues to the restaurant that makes the best use

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Russian artist Grisha Bruskin’s exhibit “H-Hour” is on display at the Katzen Arts Center until March 17. of bacon, make the list a comprehensive guide to the Capital.

There is a category this year for “Best Museum off the Mall,” which the AU Museum has its eye on.

“Hopes are pretty high,” said Colin Dame, an AU Museum staff member. Dame also starred in a video made to promote the AU Museum for the poll.

There are plenty of ways to find out the best spots in the city, but the Washington City Paper is makes a point of listening to its readers for information and re-

views on the city’s many destinations.

In the past, the Phillips Collection has taken home the accolade of Best Art Gallery, but this year may be different — Dame is certain that this is AU’s year.

“If you have seen the museum within the past year, you can see the absolute change and metamorphosis this entire institution has gone through,” Dame said.

The AU Museum’s shot at winning relies on events aimed at the community, like “Yoga in the Galleries,” gallery talks, art-

One-woman comedy revisits angsty high school days

By MARK LIEBERMAN EAGLE COLUMNIST

As College of Arts and Sciences senior Erin Hannigan approaches the end of the school year, she has plenty to be proud of. Her capstone project, the one-woman confessional play “Everybody Does It,” is a marvelous showcase of her gifts in storytelling, comedic timing and emotional impact.

Directed by CAS and School of Communication senior Alyssa Wilden, Hannigan takes the audience on a one-night-only 40-minute journey through a tumultuous period in her life with just a

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few chairs as props. Her narration speaks for itself, endearing herself to the audience almost instantly.

Hannigan’s story starts in her senior year of high school because, as she said, “It must mean something.”

She broke up with her boyfriend, whom she humorously described as unwaveringly supportive to a fault. Shortly thereafter, she entered into a meaningful relationship with her new friend Matt. Unfortunately, he eventually revealed that he is gay and had known since before he became her boyfriend.

Naturally, this revelation

proved upsetting for Hannigan.

Her mixed emotions became even more complicated when Matt gave her an androgynous Betta fish as a gift the following Christmas.

Hannigan went on to discuss further details in this trying saga, ultimately finding peace in the realization that everyone experiences pain and hurt in their own way.

Her theatrical facial expressions and knack for delivering lines in different teenage personas add dynamism. She had the audience laughing early and often, whether theorizing that her first boyfriend would have

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ist receptions and lecture series, all which hope to provide a museum experience beyond a regular tour. These programs hope to provide visitors with a deeper understanding of the art rather than only a chance to view it.

“It’s a bit set apart from the normal Smithsonian, National Gallery experience,” museum Public Relations Coordinator Emily Biondo said.

Entrance to the museum is free, allowing anyone who is interested to come in and be educated or involved with events.

The AU Museum staff aims to give the community an opportunity to enjoy art in a unique way and hopes the community will reward its efforts.

“It’s just a chance for the local community to show some pride for this organization,” Biondo said.

The Washington City Paper will celebrate the “50 Best of D.C.” winners and finalists on April 10 with a party at the Carnegie Library. General admission tickets for the party start at $59.

supported her even if she committed murder, or describing two female characters as “The Lesbians.” Even the accompanying musical cues inspired murmurs of recognition from the crowd, who clearly identified with brief snippets of songs by Panic! At the Disco and Bear.

At the same time, Hannigan did not trivialize her story with unnecessary comedy. She peppered her stories with devastating details that made the situations seem palpably real. Her description of a particularly unfortunate New Year’s Eve party and the subsequent downward spiral is particularly memorable for its unflinching honesty.

“This is what rock bottom feels like,” Hannigan said with a tear in her eye.

The play’s realism extends

to Hannigan’s depictions of the world of high school theater.

“I wanted to die,” Hannigan said about rehearsals for a musical, “but I didn’t have time.”

After the show, Hannigan and Wilden offered the opportunity for a talk-back, when the audience offered praise and constructive criticism for her work in progress.

The audience overwhelmingly and correctly lauded Hannigan’s gifts of observation and emotional connection. Many people expressed their desire for a longer version, with more details about Hannigan’s relationship with Matt and a stronger buildup to the climax.

Hannigan achieved a playwright’s most difficult goal: She left the audience wanting more.

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No-fuss recipe for sweet, tasty tiramisu JODY AREMBAND — THE COLLEGE FOODIE WHAT YOU’LL NEED: p 6 EGG YOLKS p 1/4 CUP WHITE SUGAR p 1/4 CUP MASCARPONE CHEESE p 3/4 CUPS COOL WHIP p LADYFINGERS p COFFEE Tiramisu is probably one of my favorite desserts. Even as a kid, I loved the mix of chocolate and coffee flavors. This traditional treat is surprisingly easy to make and definitely worth sharing. This version of the dessert is also very quick to make.

However, it is important to note that tiramisu is best after some rest. I generally like to make it a day ahead so that all of the flavors can really blend together into the deliciousness that this dessert truly is. This recipe is somewhat labor intensive, but really, isn’t it worth it?

First, combine six egg yolks and 1 ¼ cups white sugar in a double boiler. The basic idea with a double boiler is that it uses steam to heat whatever you’re working with. This is an important element in general for tempering chocolate (try it and thank me later).

To make a double boiler, fill a pot two-thirds of the way up and

bring it to a boil. Place a glass bowl over the top and put the ingredients in the bowl. Whisk constantly until the mixture is a light yellow color. Let this mixture cool and then whisk in 1 ¼ cups mascarpone cheese and 1 ¾ cups Cool Whip.

Put a layer of ladyfingers on the bottom of whatever you’re making the tiramisu in. I made mine in a pie dish. Once you lay down one layer, pour in some black coffee so that the ladyfingers get a chance to absorb the liquid. Then put a layer of about half of the Cool Whip mixture on top. Do another layer of ladyfingers and coffee. Put the rest of the mixture on top, then put it in the fridge to sit.

To give tiramisu an extra kick, I recommend chai. I make way too many trips to the Dav for a chai pick-me-up. It has a great, rich flavor that works very well with coffee and cream.

Right before serving, top the tiramisu with a mixture of black coffee, cocoa powder and chai powder to make a sauce to pour on it (or add it to Cool Whip to make a mousse-like topping). I made this dish for my roommate’s birthday and everyone enjoyed it.

I hope you do, too.

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Viewers of all ages often rank “The Wizard of Oz” among their favorite films of all time, so it’s no surprise that Disney is trying to cash in on that classic’s popularity.

This weekend, James Franco steps into the role of the enigmatic wizard in “Oz: The Great and Powerful,” a prequel to the 1939 film.

Michelle Williams (“My Week With Marilyn”) and Mila Kunis (“Ted”) play the witches in this visually ambitious fantasy directed by Sam Raimi of the original “Spider-Man” trilogy. Will this update tarnish the memory of the original or complement a beloved classic?

WHOSE LINE IS IT AGAIN?

Improv comedian Colin Mochrie started a frenzy of

anticipation on Twitter last week when he announced that the beloved improv TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” would be returning to the airwaves six years after its ABC Family iteration ended.

Soon afterwards, The CW said that the show would indeed return with original cast members Mochrie, Wayne Brady and Ryan Stiles as well as one special guest comedian per week this summer. Original host Drew Carey appears to have no involvement with this project. “The Talk” host comedian Aisha Tyler will fill his role.

BOWIE’S BACK!

He’s one of the most flamboyant, fascinating figures in popular music history. He’s an androgynous icon. And now he’s a current recording artist

once again.

David Bowie has returned from a 10-year hibernation of sorts with an album of entirely new material, “The Next Day.” Bowie last went on tour 10 years ago and hasn’t performed live since 2006, so this new album represents a major comeback for him.

Don’t expect a full return to the public eye: Bowie has essentially sworn off interviews and future tours, leaving his music to speak for itself.

FRESH OUT THE OSCARS

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been developing a remake of the ‘80s musical “Annie” for years, but the search for a young, talented, enthusiastic female lead proved to be a major stumbling block after

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TV PICK: Psych

By ALEX PATEL EAGLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Who knew that psychics, crime and comedy make for a fantastic TV show?

Returning for a seventh season in February, “Psych” promises to be as entertaining as always. The show follows the accidental psychic detective Shawn Spencer (James Roday, “The Dukes of Hazzard”) and his partner Burton Guster, also known as Gus, (Dulé Hill, “The West Wing”) as they solve crimes on behalf of the Santa Barbara Police Department.

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The beauty of “Psych” is that the writers don’t take anything too seriously. In the midst of a plethora of police shows, this comedy stands out in its feelgood and genuine atmosphere.

The humor is meant to be childish and silly instead of contrived and dark. Additionally, the show makes each character likable in their own way.

Hopefully, the plots will continue to be exciting and Gus and other minor characters become more developed this season. For longtime fans, “Psych” cannot come quickly enough.

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CLEANING WITH CONDOMS, AVOIDING THE FRIEND ZONE THE CAPTAIN — THE LOVE BOAT WHEN IN A KAYAK, WHAT IS THE BEST POSITION FOR SEX? Ride, Sally, ride.

Or possibly 69 — disperse the weight as equally as possible to prevent tipping.

YOU TURN ON MUSIC WHEN THINGS START GETTING INTIMATE, AND THE OTHER PERSON JUDGES YOUR MUSICAL TASTE. HOW DO YOU GET BACK INTO THE MOMENT? POTENTIAL FIXES? Laugh about it. Laugh at how much of a hipster you are (or how much you like One Direction) and move on. Let them choose a Pandora station, and then if a bad song comes on, you can blame Pandora.

Just laugh, because you should laugh a little during sex anyway.

SO I’M A LESBIAN AND I’M THINKING OF ASKING OUT A GIRL. She’s everything I want, but for me I hate being friendzoned . . . so I would ask her out before becoming friends. The problem is that I’m worried about it being awkward. Also, I don’t know if she’s straight or bi or gay, and if she is bi or gay, if she is even into me.

Also her friends, who I know better than her, will probably think I’m a skeeze if I ask her out and then she gets creeped out. It’s a whole lot of hot biddy mess.

Help please, and thank you!

There are definitely ways of figuring out someone’s sexuality without making it obvious. You can ask her if there’s any hot lady celebrity she’d go gay for, for example. But I think that in this case, you should straight up ask her. Compared to other campuses, people are generally pretty down with the gay/bi/queer population (which is not to say that there aren’t real issues with LGBT rights on campus), and straight girls tend to be flattered more than creeped out when les-

bians ask them out.

Ask her on one relatively noncommittal date (a date, unquestionably a date — not a “oh we’re friends we have a study date”), but tell her that you are also just interested in being friends with her if she doesn’t want to go out.

You could also ask your friends about her sexual orientation, but I honestly would not worry about being awkward. As long as it’s clear that you don’t have expectations about her sexual behavior or what her feelings toward you are, and you’re upfront, you will have minimal awkwardness.

WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT, AND REALIZE YOU DON’T HAVE ANY TISSUES OR TOILET PAPER, BUT YOU’RE ABOUT FINISH WITH SOMEONE? DO YOU STOP AND GET SOMETHING TO CLEAN UP . . . OR MAKE A MESS? Condoms can also be a good option for cleanup. People tend to think that condoms are just useful for baby-making avoidance or not getting HIV/AIDS, but the truth is, condoms are like an awesome little sex toy. For example, if you’re getting head, a flavored condom can keep things interesting for your lady friend (or dude friend). Plus, you can get condoms for free.

But I understand that you’re talking about those emergency type of situations where you didn’t think to wrap it up beforehand or get a tissue, and that can be rough. In a bind, use the corner of your sheet if you’re on a bed or your shirt, because those things can go in the laundry.

Don’t make a habit of it, though.

Put your questions or qualms into the online submission box, or email sex@theeagleonline.com! For more Love Boat, answer the online poll on the best pre-sex snack!

AUDIOPHILE

Looking for new music? DJs at WVAU share their thoughts on a range of recent releases.

THE MEN NEW MOON Noise/punk rockers get crazy and dial down the crazy.

Last year, when The Men set the world on fire with “Open Your Heart,” they did it with noisy punk raucousness, thrashing around and coughing up lyrics like Japandroids’ angsty little brothers.

With the departure of bassist/vocalist Chris Hansell, The Men decided to take a very different approach to its music: Wilco-esque alt country.

The Men introduce harmonicas (which never sounded more punk rock than they do on “Without a Face”), mandolins, piano and other instruments to reign in their aggression to create a more mature and melancholy sound.

The first half of the record mixes noisier, more distorted tendencies with cabin-worthy jams, creating a sound that will either alienate old fans or get them excited for the band’s new

KATE NASH

GIRL TALK Pop goes punk.

On her new release, Kate Nash has pulled what most will consider a complete 180 from her past albums.

In place of the sweet, sometimes twee, singer-songwriter sound comes a louder and noisier “riot grrrl” feel.

With a feminist streak and a well-practiced snarl, “Girl Talk” comes out the gate wanting to make a point.

“Part Heart” is full of feedback, bass and Nash’s vocals, starting in at a whisper and rising in intensity and emotion as the song progresses.

Most of the album follows a

THE CAVE SINGERS NAOMI

Like Cold War Kids without all the yelling.

“Naomi” is the fourth release from the Seattle indie rock trio.

Often labeled as folk rock, the Cave Singers give no hint of it here. There are no lo-fi sound or traditional instruments on

this album. Instead, they opted for a dozen sparse and reflective songs suited for a rainy or autumn day.

The Cave Singers have all of the emotion of The Strokes but without the noisy filler. On “Karen’s Car,” fast and pound-

direction.

The second half sees a return to the straightforward, hit-overthe-head-with-distortion rock that The Men are known for, but not without a decrease in urgency. Instead of angry and angsty, the band settles for moderately anxious, even excited.

Some longtime fans might be calling for the return of Hansell and the gutter-ready sound of yesteryear, but those who keep open minds will enjoy listening to a new chapter in The Men’s development.

Recommended If You Like: Dinosaur Jr., Wilco, Japandroids

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similar theme, with Nash singing or speaking over a noisy and feedback ridden soundscape.

As a whole, “Girl Talk” is a bit scattered but full of emotion, feminist intention and punky energy that marks a new period in Nash’s music.

RIYL: Dum Dum Girls, Bikini Kill, Mika Miko

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ing drums are contrasted with quarter notes from the electric guitar to reflect the both passionate and sophisticated nature of the album.

“Easy Way” and “Early Moon” are simple and contemplative reminders of early U2 and R.E.M. RIYL: Cold War Kids, Delta Spirit, Wilco

By TREVOR LANGAN “GYPSY SOUL” MONDAYS 4-6 P.M.

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D.C. natives Shark Week, Paper Haus take over venues during spring break

6 credits in 6 weeks?

Really.

IT MAY NOT FEEL LIKE SPRING WITH ALL THE SNOW ON THE GROUND, but this week you can still take a break even if you’re staying in D.C. From blissful pop to hardcore punk, the District has a concert to fit all tastes this week. Here are some of the upcoming concerts we’re most looking forward to throughout spring break.

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SHARK WEEK, DANCE FOR THE DYING, THE FLYING EYES, JOY BUTTONS ROCK N ROLL HOTEL

Some may recognize Shark Week, headliners of a packed lineup set to play Rock N Roll Hotel, from their WVAU-sponsored show last year in the Kay Spiritual Life Center. At that show, Shark Week not only proved that they had a great mix of punk and dance-y grooves, but that they also know how to have a good time.

The Rock N Roll Hotel show should be in-your-face with plenty of audience interaction. Shark Week’s surf-influenced garage rock alternates between danceable numbers to blasts of angst.

Joining Shark Week are the synth-heavy dance-pop group Dance for the Dying and darker and more ambient band The Flying Eyes.

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Full disclosure: Sean Meehan is a DJ at WVAU.

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This weekend, Django Django will bring their smooth electro-rock sounds to a crowd at 9:30 club. The quartet formed back in 2008 across the pond in Dalston, London.

Imagine being stuck in a desert and having the most mesmerizing hallucinations. If that experience was turned into sound, the result would be a Django Django song.

After three years of musical exploration, Django Django’s debut self-titled album was released last year, and received an impressive 7.2 rating on Pitchfork.

Full of eerie synths, bumping bass beats, incessant chanting and all around good vibes, this band’s got all the noise anyone needs to get down and boogie on a Saturday night.

- By SYDNEY GORE

PAPERHAUS, DROP ELECTRIC, THE SILVER LINERS, NORTH COUNTRY (D.C. MUSIC DOWNLOAD’S ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW)

MARCH 15, 8 P.M. $10/12

ROCK N ROLL HOTEL Anybody returning early from a spring break vacation can get a quick dose of D.C. at local online music magazine D.C. Music Download’s one-year anniversary show.

The lineup is an eclectic mix of local bands, from the laid-back noise-rock of Paperhaus to the roots rock of North Country. Electronic synth band Drop Electric and the more upbeat synth pop Silver Liners will also be present.

The audience will be less homogenous than at most shows because of the diverse lineup, but the fact that all of the acts are from the District should give it a more intimate community feel, and you may end up staying for something other than what you came for.

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the Smiths’ daughter, Willow, dropped out Instead, Quvenzhane Wallis, late of an Oscar nomination for her starring role in “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” will play the lead role at the tender age of 9 years old.

Will Gluck of “Easy A” and “Friends With Benefits” will direct the young

Eagle Rants I often wonder if the entire CAUS movement was just a massive troll.

Puddle jumping on the AU quad should qualify as an Olympic sport.

Help, I’m under more stress from every direction than I’ve ever been in my life and I don’t know what to do about it.

Good morning. Do you think you could fully turn your alarm clock off before you leave your apartment for the day? I have my own means of waking myself up, and I don’t really need to hear yours beep from 8:30 to who-knows-when.

Seriously AU SG, speed dating, everyone will thank you!

Does anyone else get as creeped out at the shuttle driver who constantly babbles to himself as I do?

Tolstoy got busted.

star in this update, out December 2014.

COMINGS AND GOINGS

Doors opened and closed left and right in the television world this week.

The mischievous maid O’Brien will not be returning for the fourth season of the British sensation “Downton Abbey,” but legendary actress Shirley MacLaine will be back as Cora’s mother.

Elsewhere, ABC yanked its outrageous sci-fi series “Zero Hour” from the air after only three low-rated episodes, while FX renewed its cult hit comedy “Archer” for a fifth season.

Perhaps most notably, Ricky Gervais announced that he will be reviving his famous “Office” boss David Brent for a web special.

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Go ahead, speak your mind. We’ll probably print it.

So the guy at the Kogod marketing fair wouldn’t let me in because even though I got dressed up but didn’t wear a tie. Fine you pretentious jerks, enjoy your Wall Street jobs sitting in front of computer screens the rest of your life.

If you’re white and your relationship story begins with “I met him when he drunk texted me one night and I didn’t know who he was, but I HAD to meet him,” you’re the person who dies first in horror movies.

To arms brothers and sister! We must seek out those traitorous filths who have absconded with our beloved Tolstoy’s head!

Avenge our beloved Tolstoy!

So I didn’t give a damn about Tolstoy when they put his head up. And I don’t give a damn about him now that he’s headless. Moving on with life…

To the person ranting because they think the sign about hair is because of the Aramark workers, I don’t know if you have ever been in a girls shower, but hair is plastered all over and it’s disgusting for the people taking showers in it. It takes me three minutes to get all the hair off the walls before I will even shower. Don’t plaster your hair on the walls in a bathroom other people have to use, and RHA won’t make signs about it.

I feel as though I’m Tom and every girl I ever loved is Summer in 500 days of Summer.

If Dennis Rodman brings peace to North Korea and South Korea, we should knock down the SIS building and place a giant Crate & Barrel there with Rodman’s statue in the front.

Tolstoy, Stolestoy.

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Theft of Tolstoy bust will hurt AU’s image, endowment

Sometimes college students can be creative in their pranks.

Sometimes they are funny. Sometimes they are so clever that even the faculty laughs along.

Stealing the bust of Tolstoy was not one of these pranks.

Sculptor Gregory Pototsky generously donated the bust of Leo Tolstoy to the University.

It was a gift from the sculptor to signify AU’s commitment to strengthening American-Russian relations.

Although this may not be the most notable aspect of campus to many students, there will be repercussions of this theft.

The vandalism of the Tolstoy

bust makes the entire AU community look disrespectful and immature. There is a line between being funny or political and vandalizing artwork. Public art is a great addition to the campus community, and incidents such as this will deter future artists from donating to AU. But unnecessary vandalism goes a step further at AU. With the new budget, more of AU’s revenue will come from philanthropic sources. We are becoming more dependant on alumni donations. Most alumni

donations come with a plaque or statue commemorating their donation.

If AU students give off the impression that their donations will

Those who committed this vandalism need to grow up. be vandalized, it will significantly deter future donations.

Our money is on the line here.

We have one of the smallest endowments in the country, so we

On sequester, a game of political musical chairs RYAN MIGEED | THIS SIDE OF RIGHT You gotta hand it to the Republicans: they’re the best politicians in town.

They figured out how to manufacture leverage — and use it, too.

They’ve found their rhythm, and they sure are grooving to the beat of their own drum.

See, the plan goes something like this: Allow President Ronald Reagan to quadruple the national debt, largely by increasing defense spending (against the USSR, which was crumbling from within).

Let President George H. W. Bush continue such disastrous economic policies, and then turn tail and run from him when he suggests something as heinous as raising taxes to pay for his ex-

ploits (like that undeclared war).

And then, make the debt the defining issue of the 1992 campaign and, when the other side wins, pounce on the new Democratic president by saying he’s not doing enough to reduce the deficit.

Furthermore, use the deficit as a wedge issue to take back the House in the midterm elections, and force a series of budget cuts that send the president off-message and prevent him from investing in health care, education, science and technology.

Sound familiar? That’s because it is.

History does in fact repeat itself, and the GOP response to President Barack Obama’s budget proposals is proof of this.

The GOP said nothing — nothing! — when President George W. Bush fought two wars, signed into law a costly expansion of Medicare and cut taxes all at the same time. He doubled the national debt in eight years.

But once Obama got elected, the debt was suddenly the biggest issue we had to address. Some even took to calling it a “national security issue” (kind of like how the USSR was a national security issue in 1984).

The best line yet was Gov. Mitt Romney’s “road to Greece” gimmick.

It is pathetically ironic that the very policies that put Greece “on the road to Greece” — not paying their debts (read: “not passing the debt ceiling”) and austerity (read:

should not jeopardize any philanthropy money for petty crime.

It should also concern students that the bust was able to be stolen so easily. It could not have been quick or simple to get the bust off of the concrete and carry it away from campus. Public Safety should be keeping a close enough watch on our campus that they would notice an entire statue being destroyed.

Campus security has been a growing concern over the year, and this incident should not

make anyone feel any safer.

Ultimately, those who committed this vandalism need to grow up. The majority of AU students appreciate the donations and art that’s displayed on campus. Most AU students want alumni and fascinating members of the worldwide community to contribute to our campus in any way possible. This event has the potential to severely hurt the entire AU community because of a few, which is unfair.

The vandalism was cruel and petty. AU students are better than this, and we all need to show it. ≠ E

“drastic budget cuts”) – are the same policies Republicans are advocating.

In 2010, America elected a gang of lawmakers who don’t understand basic economics. Americans tricked into voting for these people on the basis of a mythical “national security issue.”

And these people are working against their voters’ interests, most recently by failing to stop the sequester.

For all their talk of “job creators” and the need for more businessmen in government, Republicans don’t seem to understand that a CEO can’t provide jobs for his employees if consumers don’t have the money to buy his product or houses to put it in.

Indeed, in a recession, the government is the single most important spender and investor, because it is the only entity that can spend and invest. It did so in 1932, and has done so in every recession ever since.

In reality, Republicans in Congress don’t want to solve our debt

“problem.” Why would they want to give up prime leverage? If history is any guide, they’ll want to use it again when the next unassuming (Democrat) schmuck strolls down Pennsylvania Avenue.

The sequester, which Macroeconomic Advisers LLC estimates will ultimately cost 700,000 American jobs, is just the latest riff in the GOP’s tempo.

It provided the GOP’s desired endgame: instead of talking about how to invest in our children’s future or repair our disintegrating infrastructure, we’re talking about which programs – like Social Security and Medicare – can be cut.

So, the next time you enter the voting booth, remember that it’s not the deficit. It’s a game of political musical chairs, and it matters a helluva lot who sits in the chairs and who plays the music.

Ryan Migeed is a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Communication and the vice president of AU College Democrats.

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Fight to end apartheid in Palestine On March 18, Students for Justice in Palestine will begin programming for Israeli Apartheid Week. To many, the very name of this weeklong series of events is deeply controversial. Although it did so for many years with the South African regime, it is disturbing to think that the American government could support a similarly racist and oppressive policies in the modern day.

But the reality is all too clear.

Considering the situation in the West Bank, one is hard pressed to deny the similarities with the bantustan system in South Africa. Bantustans, formally labeled “homelands,” were areas in South Africa used for the purpose of crowding black South Africans into small bits of undesirable land. This left the majority of the country free for white

South Africans disinterested in having a black citizenry for any purpose other than cheap labor. An all-too-similar system was created in the West Bank through the 1995 Oslo II agreement.

As a result of the “peace process,” about two-thirds of the West Bank has been placed under explicit Israeli control.

Palestinians who attempted to remain in this part of the land are likely to fall victim to the regular house demolitions carried out by Israeli forces. Those who live in the remainder of the West Bank, designated as areas A and B, live under the corrupt and collaborationist Palestinian Authority, an Israeli puppet comparable to the black South African elite used by the apartheid regime to run the bantustans.

This system was established un-

der the supposedly liberal and still celebrated government of Yitzhak Rabin, the Labor party leader who expelled 50,000 to 70,000 Palestinians from the cities of Lydda and Ramle in 1948.

Apartheid was not just a government policy in South Africa but also an international crime.

Under the 2002 Rome Statute, it is defined as “inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them.”

Such acts are all too evident on the part of the Israeli government, regardless of which party rules.

Israeli settlers in the West Bank are provided with up to 280 liters of water a day, while a mere 86 liters are allocated to

each Palestinian.

Palestinian houses are frequently destroyed to make way for Israeli settlements, Israeli NGO B’Tselem reporting that hundreds of thousands dunams of land have been taken from Palestinians for settlement construction. Many Palestinian farmers struggle to access their land from which they have been cut off by the massive West Bank wall, while Israeli settlers suffer no such problems.

Even within Israel proper, the Palestinians often referred to as “Israeli Arabs” are effectively barred from living on 93 percent of the land. And needless to say, though Jews from anywhere in the world can easily immigrate to Israel and become citizens, the same does not apply to Palestinians ethnically cleansed in 1948.

These are just a small sampling of the inequalities suffered by Palestinians under Israeli apartheid, a system that is funded to the tune of $3 billion a year by the American government. As Nelson Mandela wrote in 2001, “Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property.

It has perpetuated a system of gross racial discrimination and inequality. It has systematically incarcerated and tortured thousands of Palestinians, contrary to the rules of international law.”

Let us act now to end this!

Steve Demarest is a senior in the School of Public Affairs and is the research director of Students for Justice in Palestine.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

“New Abolitionists” are unworthy of their name I had the marked displeasure of reading about “The New Abolitionists” in a recent column in The Eagle (“Become a change-maker,” Feb. 28), the latest in a long line of social justice groups here at AU devoted to helping the local community.

They focus on perceived inequality in the legal and educational systems and want to help D.C. students “reclaim their identities” — a proper, typical AU thing to do, I suppose.

Yet another group focusing on “self-authorship,” social justice and 21st-century identity politics; their goals read like a well-written left-wing Tumblr.

My issue with them is not their endeavors. Let them do good deeds for what they believe in because that is the

spirit of AU. My issue is with the name “The New Abolitionists.”

That is the most absurd and self-important title for a group I have ever seen. That name is an insult to the actual abolitionists, the people who fought against the despicable atrocity of human bondage that is a mark of shame on all peoples who have ever practiced it. The Europeans fought slavery in Africa (and replaced it with colonial administration, because no men are perfect) and Americans fought the Civil War to not only reunify the country but to also abolish the darkest and most terrible institution of human creation.

I write out of a sense of deep-seated outrage and out of a sense of history. I know

I might be perceived as “selfimportant” for taking down this group from the comfort of a dorm room, but I do not care.

For these students, these mere students, to assume that name appropriates the history and spirit of a movement far greater and far more important than them. They are not fighting human bondage, whether it is slavery in Mauritania or sex slavery in Asia or the conditions of workers in Dubai. To call themselves “abolitionists” is an affront to all who actually deserved that honorable appellation.

How arrogant are these few to dare to call themselves “abolitionists,” their beliefs in perceived injustice aside? The sheer presumption in this instance is unimaginable, to call

themselves abolitionists! They have no right to that term!

This is a not a problem reserved to just this group, of course. Throughout my time here, I have seen the same kind of blind political arrogance repeated over and over again. I have seen people pretend that they are revolutionaries. I have seen the same kind of appropriation of history, theft of the actions and spirit of truly great men and women, in order to grasp some nonexistent higher legitimacy for their political actions.

The political students at AU are not original, nor are they great. They are shadows of the past, pretenders to mantles already assumed by better people and better causes.

What does it show the

world? That we have unwarranted self-importance, trying to make our actions seem greater than we are and that we students are arrogant and presumptuous enough to appropriate history.

We need humility along with our good deeds.

Let your actions speak for yourselves, rather than wrongly self-appointed appellations like “new abolitionists,” because the great deeds of humble people speak louder than the loud, unwarrantedly self-important presumptions of students.

Brad Matthews is a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs.

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Americans need to learn from the Kenyan election JULIA GREENWALD | RANTING WITH MYSELF March 3 marked an important day for Kenyans. It was the day of the anxiously anticipated and crucial presidential election. This was Kenya’s first presidential vote since 2007, when evidence of vote rigging set off ethnic clashes and violence that killed over 1,000 people across the country.

I visited Kenya for the first time this January. While the elections were only two months away, there was a tension present in Nairobi. The bustling city was covered with presidential propaganda — billboards, posters and graffiti everywhere.

At the embassy, where my father works, anticipation was also high. Not only was the outcome of the elections crucial for future U.S.–Kenya relations, but the threat of violence was also a concern among American diplomats.

Throughout our trip, my father often asked Kenyans what their opinion was about the upcoming election. While emo-

tions ranged from hopeful to worried, the one thing they all shared in common was a need to vote.

One taxi driver told us that he would need to take at least three matatus (privately owned and crowded minibuses) to get

there truth behind that statement?

Kenya’s government is far from perfect. Uhuru Kenyatta has held a commanding lead of 40 percent to 55 percent over the second-place candidate, Raila Odinga, Kenya’s prime

governorships, Senate seats and even female county representatives.

While many Kenyans still vote along ethnic lines, civic groups have tried to make this election about issues, integrity and plans, not ethnic groups.

While their democracy and government may not be perfect, the election has impressed me and demonstrated a true desire for peace, stability and democracy.

While their democracy and government may not be perfect, the election has impressed me and demonstrated a true desire for peace, tability and democracy. to his voting location, while others would venture home to their own polling place outside of downtown Nairobi to cast their ballots.

When he asked me if everyone in the U.S. voted during the re-election, he was shocked when I told him many American’s don’t vote. He joked that Kenya was more of a democracy than the U.S. That got me thinking: is

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minister. Kenyatta has been accused by the International Criminal Court of financing death squads.

However, Kenya is one of the most industrialized and democratic countries in subSaharan Africa, and this year’s election is the most complicated in its history. New positions have been created to change the winner-takes-all nature of Kenyan politics. These include

American University’s student voice since 1925

Like in the U.S., Kenyans are not required to vote. However, voter turnout on March 4 was tremendous, starting hours before dawn with lines of voters stretching nearly a mile long. In Nairobi’s Kibera slum, people waited nine hours on their feet to cast their vote.

Voting was peaceful, albeit for some isolated violence on the coast but nothing compared to the riots of 2007.

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The right to vote is one of the most sacred we have.

While people flooding the polls in Kenya might not mean that this particular election is corruption-free and perfect, it shows that they want change and to take part of their government. Can we say the same here, where a color divide led many to not even vote?

Only time will tell what Kenya’s fate is, or if the predicted victory of Kenyatta will spark violence. However, Kenyans are headed in the right direction, and their determination will take them far.

Let’s hope Americans will one day also have the determination to wait in line, want to vote and celebrate a privilege many do not have.

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After early exit in 2012, women’s basketball entered PL tournament with new mindset

By JOSH PAUNIL EAGLE STAFF WRITER

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Alexis Dobbs looks to lead the Eagles throughout the PL tournament.

A look back at the 2012-13 men’s basketball season

By GENNARO FARONE EAGLE STAFF WRITER

The 2012-2013 regular season was the worst the Eagles have finished since 2001, at 10-19 overall and 5-9 in Patriot League play.

A large reason for AU’s lackluster record was an anemic offense. The offense ranks second to last in the Patriot League, scoring only 58.3 points per game.

The offensive struggles overshadowed the league’s third best defense.

Turnovers plagued the Ea-

gle’s offense all season. The team ranked second to last in the PL in turnover margin with -2.90. One reason for the team’s poor turnover margin was a lack of depth at point guard. Before Blake Jolivette’s return 10 games into the season, Danny Munoz was the only player who could run the offense. Munoz rarely left the floor because nobody else could play the position. In six of those first 10 games, Munoz logged the most minutes of any Eagles player.

Another issue that hurt the

What a difference a year makes.

Heading into last season’s Patriot League Tournament, the AU women’s basketball team (15-13, 8-6 PL) was riding a 15-game win streak and ran through conference play unblemished. The team lost in the Patriot League semifinals.

This season, it earned a No. 3 seed and barely finished above .500 in conference play.

But the Eagles still think they can make a lot of noise this March.

“Last year, we went undefeated in league, but at the end of that stretch, we didn’t really feel good going in,” sophomore guard Jen Dumiak said. “We just didn’t quite feel right going into Eagles during the regular season was their inability to finish games without struggling in the second half. If the team was down at halftime, spectators could go home — AU was almost certainly going to lose. The Eagles went 0-16 in games when they trailed at the half.

Though the team managed to finish above .500 in home games at 7-6, it fell short with a record of 3-13 on the road.

LOOKING AHEAD

The Eagles will replace seven graduating seniors for next season’s team. Three of them, Blake Jolivette, Danny Munoz and Stephen Lumpkins, were intricate parts of the game plan. Munoz led the team in minutes played with 36.3; Lumpkins was third at 33.8

the Patriot League, and obviously, we didn’t get the outcome that we wanted. But this year we’re coming together more as a team. We’re more unselfish, we’re hitting our shots and we feel good going into it.”

The Eagles entered the tournament on a 2-game win streak by a combined 28 points. Last year, they won their last four contests by a mark nearly half that, just 16 points.

“Last year was definitely a different dynamic than what’s going on,” AU Head Coach Matt Corkery said. “This team is hungry right now. We know what it’s like to lose, and we know what it’s like to be down and have to pick yourself back up.

So I think this team has shown a lot of character, and I think we’ve learned a lot of positive lessons throughout the course of the year.”

Despite the win streak to end the year, the Eagles hit a 4-game skid in the middle of February where they lost to the four high-

est seeds in the Patriot League Tournament, excluding themselves, and averaged less than 52 points a game.

However, the biggest disappointment for AU during that stretch was giving up more than 64 points a contest, 13 more than its average in the rest of its conference games.

“As Coach Matt says, you want to play your best basketball in March,” senior center Stephanie Anya said. “I think that’s true for our team right now. We hit a rough patch, but now we’re smoothing out, and I think we have our rhythm so [the losing streak] will be good for us.”

“It’s the old adage: ‘It’s a new season,’” Corkery said. “Now that you’re in the tournament, it’s all about win one game at a time and anybody can do that.

We are excited for this time of year. I don’t think we’re looking over our shoulder worried about what’s behind us. I think we’re looking ahead, and that’s key.”

and Jolivette was fourth with 28.2.

Jolivette and Munoz were the team’s only players who could play the point. With both players graduating, those responsibilities will likely fall to redshirt junior transfer Darius Gardner along with any incoming freshmen.

Besides being two of the team’s top scorers, Jolivette and Munoz were the only two players who could drive to the basket. Jolivette also gave the Eagles the ability to play more man-to-man defense.

But the hardest player to replace is Lumpkins. When the team needed to score, they went to Lumpkins. He led the team in scoring with 14.3 points per game and in rebounds with 9.5 per game.

Junior Tony Wroblicky can help make up for the loss of Lumpkins in rebounding the ball, but it might be a few seasons before AU fans see another young player develop the offensive arsenal that Lumpkins possesses.

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WHO TO WATCH

The player to watch next season should be sharpshooting sophomore John Schoof.

Schoof currently leads the nation in 3-point shooting percentage. He was third on the team in scoring with 9.7 points per game and second in assists with 2.5.

Schoof was also second on the team in minutes played with 36.1.

Combining talent with a highly praised work ethic, Schoof’s game should blossom next season.

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Billy Walker of Air Force Academy named athletic director

By ERIC SALTZMAN EAGLE STAFF WRITER

AU President Neil Kerwin announced Feb. 28 that William “Billy” Walker would become the 14th director of athletics and recreation.

Walker will succeed Keith Gill, who left in December to become the athletic director at the University of Richmond.

“I am tremendously humbled to be standing here today,” Walker said at a press conference in Bender Arena. “It is quite an honor.”

Prior to coming to AU, Walker served as deputy athletic director at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.

In choosing Walker, Kerwin believes the school has found a leader who can lead a “strong department.”

Vice President of Campus Life and chair of the athletic director search committee Gail Hanson expressed excitement over Walker’s balanced experience in both athletics and recreation.

Walker said he was looking forward to joining a school with the high academic and athletic

profile of AU. “I don’t see a huge hurdle in transitioning from Air Force to here,” Walker said. “The biggest focus is that both schools are high-end academic schools.

We want to make sure that our athletes are doing their jobs as students.”

Walker did not mention any specific changes he plans on instituting when he takes over the job.

“I can’t wait to get out today and start to get some practices and meet some student athletes,” Walker said.

Walker emphasized that as athletic director he will reach out to the entire AU community of students, alumni and the D.C. community.

“The Eagle family is going to work hard, but we will enjoy it,” Walker said. “After all, I believe having fun is serious business.”

WALKER’S BIO

As deputy director of athletics for the Falcons, Walker handled day-to-day responsibilities of the Air Force Academy’s 23 Division I teams as well as developing programs for physical education and

Walker (right) received an AU basketball jersey from AU President Neil Kerwin.

Walker previously worked at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

cadet fitness. Walker also served as an assistant wrestling coach.

Walker has served as chair of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee and as member of the Division I Hockey Committee.

President George W. Bush appointed Walker in 2001 as the first permanent professor of athletics.

As a helicopter pilot in the Air Force, Walker logged over 3,000 hours of flight time. He was the deputy commander of the 89th Operations group, which is responsible for directing safe transport of the president and other officials.

The exact date which Walker will begin as athletic director is JARED ANGLE / THE EAGLE still being decided, according to Walker also served as a helicopter pilot in the Air Force, flying over AU Athletics.

3,000 hours and earning the rank of colonel.

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SCHEDULE MARCH 8

MARCH 11

MARCH 21

Wrestling @ EIWA Championships Track and Field @ Coastal Carolina Shamrock Invitational

Women’s Basketball PL Tournament Semifinals

Wrestling @ NCAA Championships

MARCH 9 Men’s Basketball PL Tournament Semifinals Westling @ EIWA Championships Track and Field @ Coastal Carolina Shamrock Invitational Women’s Lacrosse @ Old Dominion 1 p.m.

MARCH 13 Men’s Basketball PL Tournament Finals Women’s Lacrosse vs. Coastal Carolina 12 p.m.

MARCH 16 Women’s Basketball PL Tournament Finals Women’s Lacrosse vs. Holy Cross 12 p.m.

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MARCH 22 Wrestling @ NCAA Championships

MARCH 23 Wrestling @ NCAA Championships Track and Field @ Navy Invitational Women’s Lacrosse @ Colgate 1 p.m.

MARCH 27 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Johns Hopkins 4 p.m.

PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS WOMENS LACROSSE Navy 5-0, 0-0 PL Lafayette 4-1 0-0 PL Lehigh 2-1, 0-0 PL Holy Cross 3-2, 0-0 PL Colgate 2-2, 0-0 PL ≥ American 0-5, 0-0 PL Bucknell 0-5, 0-0 PL

Eagles season ends at Army The AU men’s basketball team’s season came to an end in a 65-44 loss to the United States Military Academy in the first round of the Patriot League tournament.

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