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Sasha Glithorpe wins SG presidency S

By Jacqui Lee and Lexie Morrison

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asha Gilthorpe won the Student Government presidency by a landslide, winning 62.7 percent of votes. Gilthorpe’s election marks the third time AU has elected a female SG president in four years.

Previous female presidents included Sarah McBride in the 2011 to 2012 year, Emily Yu in the 2012 to 2013 year and outgoing President Sophia Wirth. Overall, Gilthorpe won 1217 votes.

Gilthorpe is joined by Jack Fitzpatrick as vice president, Martin Valderruten as secretary and Jake Stone as comptroller. A referendum to ask for more student space on the third floor of the Mary Graydon Center was also passed, winning 96.7 percent of the vote.

Gilthorpe’s hands and voice were shaking as she spoke to the Eagle.

“I’m very excited, very excited.

Those are the only words I have right now,” she said. “I had no idea

what was going to happen when I came in, I had absolutely no idea.”

A total of 2,080 students voted in this election cycle, which is a high turnout of voters for SG elections, according to Stephie Maravankin, the SG elections commissioner.

Campaigns included a myriad of multimedia aspects, including Facebook and Twitter posts, videos and photos. “[The other candidates] fought really, really hard, and we were running scared the whole time,” Gilthorpe said.

Bryan Paz, who came in second place in the presidential race with 18.3 percent and 356 votes, committed to his campaign amid accusations of unwanted sexual advances.

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Green Eagles jump into spring

By Brooke Evans

With a new internal structure and programing, the student-run Green Eagle sustainability advocacy program is moving its outreach from the residence halls to the entire campus.

Since its start in 2010, the Office of Sustainability’s Green Eagle program, which employs about 18 students as staff, has advocated for decreasing students’ ecological footprints, focusing on teaching sustainable practices that can be incorporated in everyday life in the residence halls.

“We serve as a liaison between the Office of Sustainability and students in the residence halls on campus,” Nathan Strauss, a senior in his third year as a Green Eagle, said.

This year, the program is taking

an all-encompassing approach, hosting events that cater to the entire campus, not just on-campus residents, senior and second-year Green Eagle Greta Zukauskaite said.

“What I love about this year is that it’s way more focused on one big event. It’s more narrow, more focused, and I think a lot more can get done this way,” Zukauskaite said.

“It’s a good model to move forward.”

This semester, the Green Eagles put their focus in the three-week long ECOlympics event, while they also made an appearance at the annual Sustainability Awareness night at the men’s basketball game held Feb. 4. During the 8 p.m. game, students and fans filled Bender Arena to watch the men’s basketball

team face Loyola and learn more about being green and sustainable through videos featured on the scoreboard. In addition, the Green Eagles are preparing for events throughout the month of April for Earth Month.

The Green Eagle program has recently undergone a lot of changes, rearranging its structure to accommodate an increase in employees, Strauss said.

“When it started out, it was pretty small, and there was a lot of people who would graduate and move on, and we’d have to find other people and train them,” Strauss said.

Now, more Green Eagles come in as freshmen and stick with it, so the group has had to hire new people

as well as and account for returning Green Eagles, he said.

Due to the larger staff size, the program is now broken up into different teams that handle separate jobs, such as education or marketing and outreach, he said.

Sophomore and second year Green Eagle Sofia Baneth is part of the education team, and focuses on teaching students and fellow Green Eagles proper sustainability methods.

“Essentially [our goal] is to engage and educate regarding sustainability, and, ideally, motivate or encourage sustainable behavior,” Baneth said.

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Talkin’ Tunes: Kerwin’s music taste, in his own words: ‘boring as hell’

By Katerina Pappas

Surrounded by youths, President Neil Kerwin might be in the best environment to learn about new music. But, that doesn’t seem to be the case. In the once-inan-academic-year chance, The Eagle got the opportunity to talk with President Kerwin about his favorite tunes and the new ones he’s picked up from AU’s Spotify generation.

The Eagle: Describe your music taste in one word.

Neil Kerwin: Pedestrian.

I most often listen to music when I work out, and I try to work out every other day. On a given day, CNN overtakes the music. I’m probably listening to much of the same thing that I was listening to when I was your age. I probably lost about 40 years of development along the way. There are a few newer groups I’ve been impressed with, like Coldplay. Fundamentally, my taste in popular music was formed when I went to AU and a few years afterward. Life took over. I’m not a musician. One of my sons is, so his appreciation will last a lifetime. I can’t say I’m the same student of music that I am for what I do as a living.

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By Jeff Watts

AU’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking kicks off spring film series with book launch

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espite the night’s heavy topic of unethical wildlife filmography, the general atmosphere in McKinley’s Doyle Forman Theater was light-hearted on March 24. Chris Palmer, founder and director of AU’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking, launched his new book “Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker” and announced the winner of the Eco-Comedy Video Competition.

This event was part of AU’s spring film series and the Washington D.C. Environmental Film Festival. Dean Jeffrey Rutenbeck of the School of Communication introduced Palmer, who kicked off the event by doing a handstand.

“Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker” is a memoir, but it’s also a

confession of Palmer’s participation in unethical filmmaking and an indictment of television networks for allowing these unethical practices to occur.

During the discussion, Palmer showed clips from Discovery Channel’s “Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives” to highlight the issue of viewer deception. “Megalodon” uses falsified archival footage and interviews with experts to convince viewers that this monster shark is still alive.

By Adena Maier

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OPINION

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Staff Editorial:

Conversations must be had on race in light of Yik Yak posts

During spring break, a number of racist posts on the app Yik Yak were shared among the AU community.

The student reaction to these disturbing posts has been swift and strong, with The Darkening leading a protest to bring light to race relations at AU. The Eagle is aware that there is no conclusive way to know if the posts were written by AU students because Yik Yak is an anonymous service, but that simply does not matter. The posts, regardless, represent the environment we live in. And no matter what, AU students were reading the posts without downvoting them. Beyond that, the fact that many in the community readily believe AU students have

written the posts is indicative of a larger problem.

Unfortunately, problems like these cannot be fixed by only one segment of students. It is on all students to take the initiative to actively discuss race and work to better their understanding of the issue. Judging by the fact that there were only a handful of white students participating in last weeks’ demonstration, we have not yet begun to do this effectively.

So what can be done? The idea of a mandatory class on race relations was brought up at the protest, and it is an idea that could bring about real change. Although it may seem hollow to discuss race in such a privileged academic setting,

In 2001, the Epsilon Iota chapter of Alpha Tau Omega lost its charter and became unrecognized on AU’s campus. The group members subsequently formed an unrecognized, underground “fraternity” known as Epsilon Iota or EI. Thirteen years later, in the spring of 2014, a 70-page document consisting of email threads and texts between EI members was leaked to the AU community. Not only did the document expose the group’s use of virulently homophobic, racist, ableist, sexist, and misogynist language, the emails also revealed that members of EI had committed acts of sexual violence against women who attended their parties.

These emails made – and continue to make – many AU students feel unsafe on campus.

The EI leak has shown that AU

is not immune to the rape culture ingrained in our society. Following a media firestorm around what some dubbed “Fratergate,” the AU administration claimed they would take steps to fight this rape culture

Op-Ed:

the simple act of being formally of these posts, and at least on face educated on the complexities of the value are taking steps to address issue can go a long way to combat students’ concerns. both casual racism and apathy.

The University administration has also been a commendably present Click Here for and active voice in this backlash, the Rest Of the Story and members of the administration were present at the proteWst. They clearly understand the significance

“Unfortunately, problems like these cannot be fixed by only one segment of students.”

It’s time for the University to stand up to EI walk.

On Feb. 9 and again on Feb. 11, students reported seeing large groups of EI members congregated in TDR wearing shirts displaying the phrases “RUSH EI” and “SUCK

We have the right to feel safe where we live and learn. on our campus. With conviction, the administration repeatedly stated that no EI activity will be tolerated on campus. And yet, the administration continues to show that even though they may talk the talk, they certainly cannot walk the

MY WONK.” We’ve heard from many students eating there that said they were triggered and felt terrified to be in a room with EI members, individuals who are proud to be a part of an organization that disrespects and violates the safety and security of all students.

It is our belief that allowing EI continued access to university space has in turn encouraged AU students to rush the organization. This year, EI has taken yet another pledge class, despite the collective knowledge of the danger these students pose to AU’s community. EI’s attitudes and actions will not simply disappear after some of its members graduate; instead, EI will live on through each upcoming class.

We have a right to feel safe where we live and learn.

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Kinnari Badger sets school record at track meet

Upcoming Games

By Vincent Salandro

Junior Kinnari Badger won the 100-meter dash at the Maryland Invitational March 28, setting a new AU school record in the process.

Junior Joshua Ellis and senior Tom Woermer recorded IC4A-qualifying times in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 10,000-meter race respectively at the Raleigh Relays on March 27.

Badger ran a time of 12.64, breaking the previous school record held

by Chanel Spriggs by 0.01 seconds.

Spriggs’s record dated back to the 2002 season when she ran a time of 12.65 seconds.

Ellis earned an IC4A-qualifying time by winning the 3000-meter steeplechase in a time of 9:04.28, barely edging out sophomore Joseph Keitt of Coastal Carolina. The time was a personal best for Ellis, whose time in the steeplechase is al-

ready the second-best in AU school history.

Woermer placed well in a competitive and fast 10,000-meter field, recording a time of 30:38.31. Woermer’s time was a personal best and moved him into seventh place all-time at AU while also qualifying

by IC4A standards.

The Intercollegiate Association of Ametur Athletes of America (IC4A), is an annual division I men’s track and field competition held annually. Teams eligible to qualify for the IC4A are colleges or universities in New England and mid-Atlantic States, with the region spreading as far south as North Carolina and as far west as West Virginia. The women’s counterpart to the IC4A is the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I Championships.

AU also had strong performances

by sophomore Corina Velazco and freshman Jillian O’Donohoe in the 3,000-meter run at the Maryland meet. Velazco won the event in a time of 10:21.57, seventh-best in AU history, while O’Donohoe finished in eighth.

Junior Kelseagh Budris placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:24.30. Freshman Brianna Belo placed eighth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.69 seconds, which is ranks second on AU’s alltime outdoor list.

For the men at Maryland, sophomore Brendan Johnson placed second in the 3,000-meter dash with a time of 8:42:76 while teammate freshman Sam Daud placed fourth.

Freshman Jim Belfatto placed fifth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:03.86.

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Mike Brennan all too familiar with new Holy Cross coach

By Jennifer Reyes

Patriot League foe College of the Holy Cross unveiled their new head coach Bill Carmody at a press conference Monday, March 23. Carmody becomes the second product of the legendary Princeton head coach Pete Carril’s coaching tree to enter the Patriot League, joining AU Men’s Basketball head coach Mike Brennan.

Brennan, Carmody and Carril’s lives were completely intertwined for four years, 1990-94, at Princeton University. Brennan was a hardworking four-year starting point guard under Carmody, the assistant coach, and Carril, the head coach and creator of the “Princeton Offense.” Together, they made two NCAA Tournament appearances, won two Ivy League championships and compiled a 79-28 record.

“In my playing days, he was definitely one of the best coaches I played for,” Brennan said. “He was

with coach Carril for a long time before he got the head coach, he’s one of the best.”

After the 1995-96 season, when Carril announced his retirement and ended his 29-year Princeton coaching career, Carmody was tapped as the new head coach.

In his first season taking over for Carril, Carmody, while still running the “Princeton Offense,” led the Princeton Tigers to an Ivy League title and a NCAA Tournament berth.

After four total seasons as a head coach at Princeton, Carmody suddenly traded in the Ivy League to coach for a Big Ten conference school, Northwestern University.

This left Brennan, a recently hired assistant coach, unsure of his future.

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By Bryan Park and Holy Cross Athletics and Princeton Athletics

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