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CORRECTIONS FOR OCT. 5, 2010

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Police blotter / Eagle rants (3), Employee profile (7), Smoking policy (10), MGC theft (11)

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Staff editorial / Conor Shapiro (8)

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Edward Norton (12), Abroad column (14), WVAU reviews (16)

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Field hockey (20), Sideline Scholar (19), Men’s soccer player profile (18)

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In the staff editorial, “Making our voices heard on Capitol Hill,” The Eagle encouraged student organizations to actively advocate in Congress for causes they believed in. This is a violation of AU’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and is against AU policies. We still believe that students should take advantage of living in the District and directly advocate for their beliefs, however, we encourage students to do so privately or through organizations with no official ties to AU. In “Student profile: Dubuisson’s work supports women, Haiti,” it was stated that Yuzzy Gaina Dubuisson traveled to Haiti in a volunteer group through the Clinton Global Initiative. The group actually traveled to Haiti through the Children and Families Global Development Fund, Inc. It was also stated that Dubuisson met Haiti’s ambassador to the U.S. at a gala Honoring Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite in the Katzen Arts Center. The gala was actually at the Organization of American States.

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KMA Fall Speaker Series with Joe Petrucci 6 - 7 p.m.

WHERE: Mary Graydon Center 245 WHAT: Come to the Kogod Marketing Association’s fourth speaker event: Joe Petrucci, owner of Way Better Marketing. There will be a presentation followed by refreshments.

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SUNDAY 17 Safe Space Sticker Training 3 - 6 p.m.

WHERE: Mary Graydon Center 245 WHAT: This workshop provides an opporunity to examine assumptions about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and explore the impact of heterosexism and homophobia.

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POLICE BLOTTER Oct. 2 A student reported having left her cell phone unattended on an ATM machine in the McDowell Hall lobby.

Upon returning to retrieve it, she only found a SIM card.

She is not sure whether the card was from her phone.

Public Safety responded to a fire alarm and discovered smoke on the third floor of Capital Hall. A burnt object was found on a burner.

Public Safety turned off the burner. Reportedly a student used a plastic bottom teapot to cook food. He left the pot on the stove unattended.

When he returned, the pot was on fire. He put the pot in his room when the alarm activated and left the building. Facilities Management responded and found no damage to the stove. Aramark was contacted to clean the burner.

University Library personnel discovered two empty beer cans in a lower-level men’s bathroom in Bender Library.

A resident assistant reported graffiti on a wall on the fifth floor of Anderson Hall.

A witness heard a noise and discovered the graffiti at 7 a.m. The graffiti consisted of lyrics to a song with negative remarks about police. Aramark was contacted to clean the area.

47th St. NW. Public Safety responded. No noise was heard emanating from the house.

A laptop computer was taken from an unsecured room while occupants were asleep inside in Anderson Hall. A witness saw an unidentified suspect in the area attempting to remove a television from a wall in the terrace level North lounge.

Two laptop computers were taken from a residence hall room in Nebraska Hall. The computers did not contain any sensitive information.

At 5:17 p.m., Public Safety responded to a report of an injured person at Bender Arena. The individual signed a medical refusal form. At 6:07 p.m., DCFD and Public Safety responded to Centennial Hall for the same individual. He was transported to the hospital via cab.

Public Safety responded to a fire alarm inside Clark Hall. The annunciator panel indicated a smoke detector on the first floor. No smoke or fire was found. However, the smell of popcorn was noticed. Facilities Management responded to the scene and checked the detector. It is presumed that cooking popcorn activated the detector. The panel was reset.

Oct. 3 A neighbor complained about noise involving AU students at 4000 Block of

Oct. 4 The complainant, an employee with Aramark, reported a fellow employee approached her at the on-

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World Youth Day for Democracy 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Ward 2 WHAT: The Peacebuilding and Development Institute is recognizing the World Youth Movement for Democracy by hosting a Human Rights leader from Zimbabwe, Tapera Kapuya.

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Overcoming Procrastination Workshop 5:30 - 7 p.m.

WHERE: Mary Graydon Center 245 WHAT: The Academic Support Center is offering a workshop on “Overcoming Procrastination” as part of a series of academic and writing skills workshops during the fall semester.

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EAGLE RANTS campus McDonalds and stated she would run her down with her car. The complainant replied she did not want any problems with the other employee and left the area.

The complainant reported having no involvement with the other employee outside their employment with Aramark. MPD responded.

A resident assistant found a bag of suspected marijuana outside of his door in Letts Hall. Public Safety took custody of it. It tested positive for marijuana.

A laptop computer was unintentionally left in a bathroom in the second floor bathroom of Bender Library.

When the owner returned, the computer was gone. No personal information was on the computer.

Oct. 5 Public Safety and DCFD responded to a report of a sick person on the Kogod sidewalk. The individual signed a medical refusal form.

A student reported he sat on a desk chair in the East Quad Building when it collapsed. No injuries were reported. A medical refusal form was signed. The chair, a headphone remote and microphone were damaged.

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I love my club. I like writing budgets. I hate the AUCC. !

! Dear Exchange Students using the Basement floor in the Library, I get it. You need to talk to each other so you can help each other understand the material. But must you do it at the top of your voice? You aren’t in a room by yourself or in a lounge, YOU ARE IN THE LIBRARY. I don’t care if its not the quiet floor there are still people trying to get stuff done. As a sidenote, PLEASE do not leave your cell phone on “loud” and then wait six rings before you pick it up, and then proceed to have as loud of a conversation as you would if you were in a crowded room.

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Leonard 6: Don’t hate us cause you ain’t us. Come join us or stop complaining.

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Love: Leonard 7. !

Dear Cutie, You keep catching my eye and laughing at the ridiculousness of our professor with me. And with this professor, that happens a lot.

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Dear Asshole two floors below me Blasting Bon Jovi at 10 a.m. on a Saturday: Some of us like to sleep in on the weekends. We are in !

college after all. You’ve made me hate Bon Jovi twice as much as I did before. Thanks for waking me up! ! So glad you ASKED if we could take things further. Is it bad no one has ever asked me if it was OK to remove clothing? Not that it hasn’t happened, but most people don’t have the chivalry to ASK. Thanks. ! FYI guys on my floor. The louder your speakers, the less I want to talk to you.

Hey AUSG, Simmer down! We all know the reason you all got defensive was because you know you waste money.

might as well try to make the best of your situation. AU is far from perfect, but if you truly can’t find something to enjoy about this school or D.C. or the people, the problem is more with you than your surroundings. ! Do you remember that time I was mauled by rats? ! Do you remember that time I ran out of TDR swipes at the end of September and subsisted off of rats cooked over a fire like some sort of mountain man?

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Thanks, curly-headed dude who helped me replace the planter near Mega Bytes. I know Sat. night is all about blowing off steam, but blocking the road is dangerous! There are more exciting things to topple and leave in the middle of the street, anyhow. ! Scariest moment of my life. When my roommate’s mom walked in and offered to take out my solo cup filled garbage. Then proceeded to almost open my liquor-filled cabinet. I am telling her to stop bringing her MOTHER to our room. ! Can people stop using Eagle Rants to complain about how much they hate this school? Most likely, you were the one who chose to come here. And if you didn’t, you

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ANC questions Campus Plan SG, Student Activities often at odds

By MEG FOWLER Eagle Staff Writer

Neighbors and local commissioners told AU administrators they were not satisfied with changes being made to the Campus Plan at an Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting Thursday night.

AU Chief of Staff David Taylor gave a presentation to the ANC board, the first time AU administrators have officially presented on the Campus Plan to ANC 3D. Taylor said that priorities for the AU Campus Plan include the following, among others: ! undergraduate student housing ! a new law school facility ! improved athletics facilities ! new admissions and alumni welcome centers ANC commissioners and residents feel that the plans to develop an “East Campus” on the Nebraska Parking Lot with dorm and retail build-

ings are still too intrusive on their neighborhoods, even after changes made to mitigate its impact on the neighborhood, they said.

“After talks and meetings with the people of Wesley Heights, we don’t see the plan as getting better,” said ANC 3D 01 Commissioner Elizabeth Sandza. “Can you please be more responsive than you have been?”

One resident of Wesley Place stood up in the meeting and objected to AU’s plans to build on the Nebraska Parking Lot, saying students would be able to look into her bedroom window.

Residents of Westover Place have hired a lawyer to deal with their problems with the Campus Plan, according to ANC 3D 06 Commissioner Ann Heuer. ANC Commissioners discussed hiring a lawyer through ANC funds, but they did not all agree.

The amount in the ANC 3D budget they could use to hire a lawyer is about $20,000.

“We’re not going to get a whole lot of lawyer for only $20 grand,” ANC 3D 04 Commissioner Stuart Ross said.

ANC 3D 08 Commissioner Lee Minichiello said there are concerns about traffic congestion, which is already significant around the area of the corner of Nebraska Avenue and New Mexico Avenue. He and his constituents do not want retail on that corner to further hinder the flow of traffic, he said.

Minichiello also asked whether the buildings — now planned to be six stories tall — could be lowered by adding levels underground.

Taylor said housing has been an issue on campus, where there are currently 200 to 300 triple rooms housing students. The net number of students AU is trying to house on campus through the campus plan is 1,400, Taylor said. !

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By ALLIE MOONEY Eagle Staff Writer

Members from both Student Activities and the Student Government have said that their current relationship is strained in light of multiple miscommunications and policy disagreements.

Recent disagreements between the SG and Student Activities include the failed Health Center referendum and recent problems with election polls on my.american.edu.

These disagreements bring light to a history of inconsistent communication and services on the part of Student Activities, Class of 2012 Senator Adam Daniel-Wayman said. The SG and Student Activities have a relationship in which everything the SG does must go through Student Activities.

In the last meeting of the Fifth Undergraduate Senate, a resolution sponsored

by Daniel-Wayman entitled “A Resolution to Start a Conversation” was passed

at their meeting on Sunday in an attempt to rebuild the relationship.

The resolution identifies miscommunication and a non-transparent policy as part of the problem between the SG and Student Activities. “[The refusal of the Health Center referendum] is hardly the only case where the standards Student Activities imposes on the activities of the Student Government have been protean, mysterious and seemingly obstructionist,” Daniel-Wayman wrote in the text of his resolution.

Andrew Toczydlowski, the Student Activities coordinator of governance and leadership, also said the relationship between the SG and Student Activities is not where it should be.

“It’s a two way street. I will agree that there are things we can do on both of our ends to make sure we are communicating more effectively,” Toczydlowski said.

Toczydlowski said that it is possible to redeem the relationship between Student

American Forum addresses youth vote

By STEFANIE DAZIO Eagle Staff Writer

With less than a month to go before the Nov. 2 midterm elections, the youth vote is still up for grabs, panelists said at Wednesday’s American Forum in the Katzen Arts Center.

“Young voters are most likely to make up their minds on Election Day,” said panelist Karen Finney, an MSNBC political analyst and former communications director for the Democratic National Committee.

Republicans courted the youth vote well in 2004, according to panelist Kevin Madden, a public relations executive, Republican strategist and former press secretary for Gov. Mitt Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign and for House minority leader John Boehner.

But the GOP’s work in 2004 was only what Madden

called “version 1.0.” In 2008, Madden said, then-candidate Barack Obama took it youth engagement to “version 7.0.”

The American Forum is an hour-long, multimedia town hall event that “seeks to connect and engage young people with national and international media issues,” according to its website. It is sponsored by the School of Communication.

AU School of Communication Associate Professor Jane Hall moderated this event, which was called, “Is Your Vote up for Grabs?”

While Finney and Madden debated Obama, the youth vote, Congress and the Tea Party, an on-stage screen projected a live Twitter feed, where audience members could contribute their thoughts.

Madden said he could not believe social media is still sometimes referred to as “new media.”

Activities and the SG. He recognizes that there is more Student Activities can do to help the SG. “On our side of things I think we can work on being more proactive. Sometimes I feel Student Activities reacts to situations that happen within Student Government, so being more cognitive and proactive with the situation,” he said.

Both SG President Nate Bronstein and SG Speaker of the Undergraduate Senate Eric Reath plan on arranging regular meetings with Student Activities.

“Hopefully [we will] get on the same page concerning what the Student Government can and can’t do,” Reath said.

Toczydlowski said he is optimistic for the next steps from the resolution.

“I think that this will be a catalyst for change and we will be able to start the sixth session on a positive note,” he said. amooney@theeagleonline. com “It’s standard media now,” he said.

The American Forum isn’t the only event using a Twitter-style town hall. Panelists discussed MTV’s recent announcement that Obama would appear in a similar event Oct. 14 in a push to re-engage the fan base that helped propel him to the White House in 2008 for congressional Democrats.

A lot of youth voters are not necessarily motivated by House candidate A or Senate candidate B, Finney said.

Obama’s presence might reengage the youth and make them more enthusiastic about the midterm elections.

But Obama’s base is not just made up of youth voters, Madden said.

Nor is it made up of just liberals, he added. Obama did not have 70 percent approval ratings at one time on just those groups — he had the support of independents and some Republicans too.

“He did not run because people thought he was a liberal,” he said, noting the campaign appealed to the center.

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The East Campus site would hold about 860 students, according to Taylor, and there will be four buildings for mixed use, including retail. There will also be underground parking on that site to hold 300 cars.

The Nebraska Parking Lot currently has 870 parking spots.

Taylor also stressed that AU has become a positive addition to this neighborhood.

“It’s no secret that AU is surrounded by neighborhoods,” he said. “AU is a much prettier place to walk around.”

Ross wants to find the best path to a successful plan for AU and its neighbors, he said.

“It is palpable that there is an awful lot of tension between these parties right now,” Ross said. “We’re in this together. AU is going to be here and we’re going to be here.” mfowler@theeagleonline. com

Madden cited the recent success of the Tea Party in channeling independent voter anxiety and anger at the deficit, spending and overall Washington disconnect into a move toward the right end of the political spectrum.

Hall’s last question to the panelists took this political shift to the right into account and asked them to predict the percentage of youth voters that would vote Republican in the 2022 election. In the 2008 presidential election, 66 percent of the 18-29 year-old demographic voted for Obama, according to the New York Times.

Madden started with 30 percent, but then upped his guess to 45 percent.

Finney guessed 60 percent.

“Well most people that are voting now will probably be Democrats, because if you vote three times in the same direction, you tend to continue to vote that way,” Finney said. sdazio@theeagleonline.com

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Bon Appétit liquor license expanded

By STEFANIE DAZIO Eagle Staff Writer

Despite the protests of commissioners in Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D, Bon Appétit’s renewed liquor license now covers the entire AU campus.

Bon Appétit must renew its liquor license with the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration every three years, and the previous license only allowed the food service company to serve alcohol in seven buildings on campus: ! the Mary Graydon Center ! the School of International Service building (now the East Quad Building) ! the Ward Circle building ! the Kay Spiritual Center ! the Katzen Arts Center ! the Kogod School of Business building ! the Batelle/Thompkins building This June, when Bon Appétit petitioned ABRA to renew its license and extend it to include all AU campus buildings, ANC 3D formally complained to the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Admin-

istration to object the type of license Bon Appétit had.

ANC Commissioners Stuart Ross, ANC District 3D 04, and Tom Smith, ANC District 3D 02, whose single member district encompasses AU, filed formal letters of appeal with ABRA, saying Bon Appétit should have a catering license rather than a restaurant one.

“The concern was that Bon Appétit had the wrong license,” Smith said.

Smith’s letter also said there have been reports of “excessive noise and traffic at campus-related functions where alcoholic beverages have been served,” but Penny Pagano, director of Community and Local Government Relations, said she has never heard of any problems.

The ANC’s complaints were originally dismissed because it failed to send representatives to a hearing. The complaints were reinstated, however, because of previous paperwork errors.

But on Sept. 15, the ABC Board dismissed the ANC complaints again, saying they did not file their protests on

the appropriate grounds.

According to the agency’s regulations, complaints must discuss how the license affects: ! peace, order and quiet ! “real property values” ! “residential parking needs and vehicular and pedestrian safety” ! “schools, recreation centers, daycare centers and public libraries” ! ability to attract school-age children before, during and after school ! creation of an “over concentration of license establishments” Pagano said the majority of the special events are small and short. They are typically retirement celebrations, endof-the-year parties and art gallery or exhibit openings.

Pagano and Bon Appétit Vice President Maisie Greenawalt said there were never any issues with past renewals.

“Perhaps things are more sensitive when we have a Campus Plan,” Pagano said.

In a July 20 letter to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which oversees ABRA, Bon

Appétit attorney Jerry Moore III said the University’s liquor license should expand with the University.

“A recurring need arises for special events to be held in the venue that is associated with a particular University activity,” Moore wrote in the letter. “For example, it is unlikely and impractical for a Washington School of Law special event to be held at the University’s School of Business.”

AU can also rent out university space to outside groups — the Kay Spiritual Life Center can be rented out for a wedding — and those groups can apply for a one-day liquor license, according to Pagano.

The license is a Class D restaurant license, the same as it was in 2006, and allows Bon Appétit to serve beer and wine to 99 people or fewer at a time for a $600 fee. A catering license could cost the company anywhere between $500 and $5,000 because it is based on the caterer’s gross annual revenue.

ABRA regulations also stipulate that food or snacks and non-alcoholic beverages must

be available at events where alcohol is served.

AU’s Alcohol Policy has stricter guidelines than the ABRA ones, including the prohibition of alcohol in University residence halls, Bender Arena and at open-air events.

Moore’s letter said alcoholic beverage sales have accounted for less than 3 percent of Bon Appétit ’s total food and beverage sales from 2006 to now.

Recently, after its formal petition to ABRA, the ANC approached ABRA to informally ask Bon Appétit to change their license to a different Class D type — a DX multipurpose / public hall facility license, which has a $650 fee.

ABRA Community Resource Officer Cynthia Simms said this change would be voluntary, and Bon Appétit has the right to keep their current license. So far, Bon Appétit has not filed to make any changes.

“From our perspective, it has been settled,” Greenawalt said. sdazio@theeagleonline.com

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Students, faculty form Lions Club

By ZACHARY COHEN

Eagle Contributing Writer Members of the AU community are working to establish an AU chapter of the Lions Club, an organization dedicated to local and global service.

Professor Anthony Quainton, AU’s diplomat-in-residence and former ambassador to Nicaragua, Kuwait and Peru is spearheading this project with others at AU. Quainton will serve as the faculty adviser for the club.

Quainton has been involved in Lions Club throughout his diplomatic career, which has spanned over 40 years, and he is a member of the Washington Lions Club, the oldest Lions Club in D.C. Quainton also worked with

member and help out in the local and international community through fundraising and charities,” Morgan said in an e-mail. “We are more than happy to hear others’ ideas and opinions on how to help out.”

She also said the AU Lions Club is already beginning to develop ideas for projects and fundraising. Some of these ideas include a drive to collect eye glasses to be given to those who cannot afford them.

“The AU Lions Club will focus primarily on the local community, the campus here at AU and D.C., to set up drives or promote causes to aid or assist our community, as well as aid the international world through other charities and fundraising events,” Morgan said.

Lions Club International has over our 45,000 clubs and 1.35 million members across the country, making it the world’s largest service club organization, according to Lions Club International’s website. news@theeagleonline.com

SPA to launch environmental policy center Wednesday

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Professor William DeLone of the Kogod School of Business and his wife Debra BrownDeLone, a former president of the Rockville Lions Club and a School of Public Affairs alumnus.

They approached the Office of Campus Life in July and the Student Government on Aug. 25 to see if there would be interest on campus in starting an AU Lions Club.

The Lions Club set up a table at the Student Involvement Fair on Sept. 15, and over 75 undergraduates declared interest in the club.

Nadine Morgan, a junior in SIS and the president of the AU Lions Club, is actively seeking members to bolster the new club.

The new AU Lions Club only needs 20 official members, according to Brown-DeLone.

When that is accomplished, the club will be able to submit paperwork to Student Activities for official recognition by the University.

“The Lions Club is open to anyone who is willing to be a

The School of Public Affairs will launch a Center for Environmental Policy Wednesday for students who are interested in exploring local environmental issues through policymaking.

The center’s director, Dan Fiorino, said the purpose of the center is to sponsor lectures and programs, convene dialogue sessions and conduct research in regards to environmental issues. With the knowledge gained from such activities, the Center for Environmental Policy will improve local governance on the environment, Fiorino said.

“What they’re going to try to do is bring together private companies that are known for being green corporations and talk about how to further advance collaborative policy initiatives in the federal government, as well as state and local,” said Robert Durant, chairman of SPA’s department of Public Administration and Policy and a key player in founding the center.

Through this new center, Fiorino said he hopes to indirectly change environmental policy within the local government and nearby companies.

“We’re not a scientific research organization per se, although we are interested in how science is used, and we’re not an economics research organization per se, but we’re really focused in on the quality of governance and our ability to bring people together to resolve issues and to solve environmental problems,” said Fiorino, who is also SPA’s executivein-residence.

The concept for the Center for Environmental Policy began when University Provost Scott Bass asked the various departments to brainstorm ideas for new centers on campus. Durant first approached Fiorino to start such a center since they both had an interest in environmental policy.

Durant said he strongly advocated for this center because he personally knew Fiorino since they participated in writing the books “Environmental Govern-

ance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities” and “Managing for the Environment” together.

Furthermore, Durant knew of Fiorino’s work experience as the Environmental Protection Agency’s director of the National Environmental Performance Track.

With approval from Dean of SPA William LeoGrande last spring, Fiorino began organizing the foundation of the Center for Environmental Policy.

The Oct. 13 launch event is restricted to the faculty involved in environmental issues and students who are currently enrolled in environmental classes.

“This [launch night is] trying to reach out to the general environmental policy community, make people aware of our existence and what we’re doing,” Fiorino said.

Fiorino said he hopes to attract more students for future events, which will be open to the campus. news@theeagleonline.com

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Prole: Aramark employee shares how she came to AU

By STEFANIE DAZIO Eagle Staff Writer

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ALL IN A DAY’S WORK – Alba Vigil, an Aramark employee, left her home in El Salvador 20 years ago to escape the country’s civil war. She has worked at AU almost the entire time since.

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Alba Vigil, originally from El Salvador, fled to California 20 years ago to escape the civil war in her home country. She came to D.C. a year later and has worked at AU since.

She said her family started immigrating to the U.S. one by one when the military started getting violent. She now lives near Columbia Heights.

Vigil has been working as a cleaner at AU for 20 years and came here on the referral of a friend, who is also still working here.

Vigil now works for Aramark Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., but in El Salvador she was a cook in her family-run seafood restaurant.

Her brother still runs the restaurant there, but the rest of her family is in the U.S. Vigil became a U.S. citizen last year, with help from her tutors in the AU studentrun organization Commu-

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she came here. But now, her son is working toward his master’s degree in education at the University of Maryland.

She said there are occasionally problems with student and staff respecting her when she cleans, particularly the men’s bathrooms.

However, the majority of the time she does not have any problems.

Without the students here, she would not have work, Vigil said.

FIVE FACTS ! She is the second-oldest of eight in her family. ! She has dual citizenship in El Salvador and the U.S. ! She loves to cook and eat any kind of seafood, except pupusas. ! She likes go to the beach, especially Ocean City, Md. ! She calls herself “crazy,” and says she sings and dances around her house constantly.

Local student govt alliance organizes D.C. service day

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nity Learners Advancing in Spanish and English. The group aims to bridge the gap between the University’s non-English workers and the students through tutoring and community bonding.

Vigil met once a week with her tutor to prepare for the citizenship test, which she said was easy. But to her, learning English is like a puzzle.

While talking with The Eagle, she answered questions in both Spanish and English, with help from CLASE tutors Melissa Mahfouz, a junior in the School of International Service and Aaron Montenegro, a graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She loves to cook and likes making everything except pupusas — one of the most popular Salvadoran dishes — which are stuffed tortillas similar to Spanish empanadas.

Her two children, now 22 and 26 years old, originally stayed in El Salvador when

The D.C. Student Alliance is planning a community service initiative called Students Serve on Oct. 23.

The day is meant to encourage college students from the D.C.-metro area to volunteer in the community.

Formerly known as the D.C. Metro University Student Alliance, the D.C. Student Alliance is an organization involving the student governments of 15 universities in the D.C. area that convenes, shares ideas from each school and collaborates on events for D.C. college students.

Former AU Student Government President Andy MacCracken is now executive director of the Student Alliance, one of the organizations top two positions.

“The more we can get students to think of themselves as D.C. students in addition to AU students and [George Washington University] students and Howard [University] students, the more unified we will be,” MacCracken said in an e-mail.

The idea of Students Serve came up when the Howard and GWU representatives shared that their schools were planning community service events on Oct. 23, which is National Make a Difference Day. The board of directors decided that all the campuses should coordinate a region-wide, multi-campus service activity on that date.

The D.C. Student Alliance also decided to do a service event again in late March and planned to continue in the future.

Howard, AU and GW will

be hosting the volunteer opportunities on Oct. 23.

Students of any college campus in the D.C. Student Alliance can register online or just show up on the day of the event to volunteer.

“All the students participating in the service day will wear a shirt that will represent their campus for diverse representation and collaboration,” MacCracken said. “There is a Facebook event for Students Serve, and any student can go from any campus and pick which service site they want to go to. We want to avoid having AU kids just being at AU and Howard kids just being at Howard.”

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Thou shalt not steal Ramications of these thefts are worse than just some missing chairs.

In addition to the disappearance of spare time, money (spent on mostly coffee these days), and perhaps a bit of our sanity, furniture from the University Center and Butler Pavilion have been disappearing over the course of this semester.

We don’t know who the perpetrator of such vile acts is — students on a vandalism lark, students too poor to furnish their house this semester or a dastardly villain that isn’t a student at all. Regardless of the culprit, however, the humor in this situation is fading fast.

An e-mail was circulated on campus last week regarding the thefts and the estimated costs

of replacement for the items stolen, including ten bar stools from the Marketplace and a booth seat from the Tavern. That figure currently hovers around $7,000, a fortune to us students that often find ourselves paying to intern (for credit and transportation).

Better yet, if the items are not returned, the costs of replacing these items comes out of our tuition money. While $7,000 dispersed amongst a student population of over 6,000 seems insignificant, it’s really an issue of the principle of the matter — we’re paying for furniture rather than our education.

To be fair, we have no

Personal Rant: AU, stop and smell the roses sometimes SMARTER THAN I LOOK

CONOR SHAPIRO One attribute you quickly acquire as a writer is thick skin. As an undergraduate columnist in San Diego, I once shadowed syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette for the day. After a brief introduction, he asked me to follow him upstairs. He led me to his office and asked if I’d hold on just a minute.

After a few moments he waved me over, pointed to his desktop and I peered over his shoulder.

I was stunned. The first words I read were: YOU (RHYMES WITH BUCKING) (INSERT RACIST SLUR HERE). He smirked and clicked on the next one.

To the biggest idiot in San Diego! He shrugged. Then held the cursor on the scroll bar for approximately 10 seconds and said wryly, “Not bad for 12:00 p.m., eh?”

“That’s enough insults to last a lifetime,” I replied.

“Just wait till the east coast wakes up,” I stupidly muttered under my breath.

idea who is to blame. It could be a student, an employee or a random individual who came across MGC open late on a week/weekend night and decided they needed some Butler Board Room chairs. Despite the lack of a scapegoat or responsible party to hold accountable, the underlying issue remains: Even if we students are not directly responsible (or even if we are) for the damages done to this campus, we are held financially accountable for them. Past and present residents of the dorms can attest to this, having paid for numerous damages done to ceiling tiles, bulletin boards and pulled fire alarms at some

point in time. While the majority of us are not running around on a Saturday night punching out ceiling tiles or stuffing Tavern booths into our trunks, people out there are. And we are the ones paying for it.

In addition, this string of thefts could one day mean a change in our ability to use MGC late at night.

MGC is open 24 hours a day and has served not only as source of food and center of learning, but also as a study area and place of refuge during middle-of-the-night fire alarms for many of us.

Thefts of this magnitude tend not to occur in those buildings that are locked up at night, such as Ward.

If MGC continues to be pillaged and plundered in the middle of the night (or another time of day that someone can sneak a Tavern booth out the back door unnoticed), then our ability to use these facilities may be jeopardized. While some of us can spend hour upon hour in Bender Library, those of us that get that soul-crushing feeling from spending too much time there will be unduly impacted by the disappearance of this favorite late-night alternative study location.

While these thefts appear at first to be fairly insignificant or even humorous, the reality is that unless the items are

returned and the actions cease to occur, the effects will have repercussions for us all.

If the culprit or culprits are students, we ask you: Please return these items. Please do not steal any more items. Not to mention that you’re bringing down heaps of bad karma upon yourselves. This is our community. Our home away from home, if you will. We all live and share in it, and by doing stupid stuff like this, you’re hurting all of us — and may whatever higher power you believe in help you if we find out who you are after we spend all night in the library.

The barrage of vitriolic e-mails was not an aberration. See for yourself. Many articles or op-eds posted online elicit disparaging ad hominem attacks. At times, they’re warranted (see the tasteless Alex Knepper column last semester), and sometimes they’re not (see columns I compose). I, for example, have been referred to as a dolt (fairly accurate), and criticized for being too smart (way off base) by using too many polysyllabic words for the same column.

Even the Negative Nancy’s disagree over their disappointment.

It begs a larger question, why are we more motivated to act when we’re angry or upset than when we’re happy? Why does it take a recession before people start saving? Why does a girl have to threaten to dump her boyfriend before he starts paying attention? Why do

we slander a professor for an unreasonable exam and flippantly ignore the bonus points gifted the week prior?

I could go on and on.

Are we simply irascible and yearning to be ticked off?

Or is our reluctance to show equivalent approbation under positive circumstances, a societal failing in need of repair? Either way, we’ve got one giant unattractive chip on our shoulders.

Last week I watched our volleyball team dismantle Holy Cross and encore that performance by escaping a tough Navy team. The second match was exhilarating, with the second set going to a nail-biting 34-32 before the Eagles prevailed. Yet aside from both basketball teams and a few friends/ parents of the team, attendance was sparse. I’ve seen more vegetarians at Burger King.

However, I presume if AU

administrators were considering axing the volleyball program (they’re not thankfully), there’d be a campaign of letters and exponentially more fans overnight. The outrage would spread instantly and suddenly we’d all be cheering as loud as Blake Jolivette (you’d know if you were there) at home games.

Perhaps we’re all wound up so tightly in our jobs, internships, homework and personal lives, it’s a chore to take a deep breath, acknowledge the good, and go out of our way to demonstrate our satisfaction like we do when we’re incensed.

Perhaps it’s an aggregation of these stresses that make us aggressive drivers or induced the need for Eagle Rants (which I wholeheartedly endorse). It’s great to have a forum to blow off steam, but too frequently that venue encroaches on our typical behavior.

Let’s face it — we take the positives for granted.

How often do we pull a professor aside and say thanks after an inspiring lecture? How often do we tip 30 percent instead of 20 percent for excellent service? How often do we deride our employers behind close doors, while rarely appreciating them signing our checks?

Not as often as we should.

And while AU students are admirably provoked by national and international injustices — we’re widely seen as the most (politically) active in the nation — inspiration to act should come from positive circumstances too.

Conor Shapiro is a graduate student in the School of International Service and a liberal columnist for The Eagle.

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Refocusing the U.S. on Sudan as key referendum approaches GUEST COLUMNIST AU was put on the map last week. On Oct. 7 the Tenley Campus served as the starting block for the final leg of the Sudan Freedom March, which began in New York City on Sept.

15. Thousands walked the 6.2 miles from our campus to Capitol Hill for a rally in support of “democracy and freedom from genocide and slavery throughout Sudan.”

Last week’s rally highlighted the historic opportunity facing Sudan on Jan. 9, 2011.

That day a referendum will be held on whether to split into two nations. The referendum is one of the remaining milestones of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 that ended decades of civil war in ethnically and religiously divided Sudan.

Another referendum will be held the same day in Abyei state, one of the disputed areas along the north-south border, to decide whether it will join the North or South.

The referendum was spotlighted on Sept. 24 when President Barack Obama participated in a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that focused on Sudan. The message from Obama to Vice President Osman Ali Taha, who was representing Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, was clear: The referendum must be held on schedule or there will be consequences.

Will that alone do the trick?

Unlikely. The South (Abyei in particular) contains most of the country’s oil reserves.

The Government of the North — led by Bashir, who has been indicted twice by the International Criminal Court for war crimes — is unlikely to let the South secede smoothly. Although he has pledged to honor the outcome of the referendum, the prospect of an independent South will mean revenue losses for the North.

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Voter manipulation — practiced with impunity during Sudan’s national elections in May — will be a real threat.

There are yet more obstacles to a timely referendum.

The North’s ruling party — the National Congress Party — wants the border officially demarcated before the referendum, even though that isn’t required by the CPA. Voter registration was recently delayed until mid-November. The commission overseeing the referendum was only officially constituted on Sept.

15. The Southern govern-

For AU students interested in conict, political development and humanitarian affairs in Africa, the Sudan referendum is signicant. ment is trying to repatriate the hundreds of thousands of Southerners living in the North. Citizenship policies remain unresolved. With only three months until the referendum, the road ahead is foggy.

I have not mentioned Sudan’s main humanitarian crisis: Darfur. In September, I visited the Woodrow Wilson Center to hear Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the lead prosecutor of the ICC. In his discussion of his case against Sudanese government officials, Ocampo noted that Darfur and the referendum are not separate. In fact, a former Interior Minister charged with managing the Janjaweed and later the

AU rhetoric outpaces action on ‘social responsibility’ LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Humanitarian Affairs Minister is now the governor of South Kordofan, a border state next to Abyei and potential flashpoint like Darfur. One of the key actors in Darfur and closest confidants of President Bashir is positioned at what could be the eye of the storm.

For AU students interested in conflict, political development and humanitarian affairs in Africa, the Sudan referendum is significant. If it is stalled or manipulated the South will be deprived the right to self-determination. If mishandled, the chance of another civil war, and violence spread to the Democratic Republic of Congo and other neighbors, is possible. U.S. security interests are also at stake.

Combating terrorism in the Horn is well-served by an empowered South.

What can be done from our end? U.S. pressure on the parties is imperative.

Economic incentives and disincentives, along with the prospect of normalized relations, are important carrots and sticks. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have recently rampedup this effort. This should continue. A bill introduced last week by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., — the Sudan Peace and Stability Act — shows congressional interest. Urging your elected officials to prioritize Sudan or teaming with an advocacy group is a great way to help further this objective.

There are less than 100 days until Jan. 9. Sudan should stay on the front-burner until then — and beyond.

Max Weihe is a graduate student in the School of International Service.

From the time that we were prospective students, we have heard about the University’s commitment to public service, social responsibility and community. However, the University falls short of its own sanctimonious spin far too often, especially when dealing with University employees.

On Sept. 30, 2007 AU agreed to recognize and negotiate with the shuttle bus drivers’ union. This came after a long, drawn-out battle with the University in which union supporters’ jobs were threatened and AU administrators tried to sabotage a union election.

Today, three years later, nothing has changed. The shuttle bus drivers’ union is the only union on campus, and the administration

seems determined to break it. The University fights the union tooth and nail and the shuttle drivers continue to feel exploited, abused and discriminated against. Shuttle drivers were not given the same 3.5 percent raise that other University employees were, disciplinary policies are kept secret, shuttle drivers are fired without warning or justification, union leaders are intimidated, and AU refuses to cooperate or compromise with the shuttle drivers.

The shuttle bus drivers have two simple demands: two 15minute breaks for every eight and a half hour shift and access to the disciplinary procedures that apply to them.

These are the same rights that all other University employees currently have. Are these demands unreasonable? No. Is it wrong to ask for the same treatment that all other University workers?

No. Are the shuttle drivers a part of the so-called “AU Community”? Yes. It is time that AU live up to its own image and pay more than lip service to “community” and “social responsibility.” It is time for AU to stop discriminating against the shuttle drivers and their union and to start treating all of its hard working employees with the respect that they deserve.

Ethan Miller is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Author is a member of AU Solidarity, which meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the CASJ office in the basement of Kay Spiritual Life Center. edpage@theeagleonline. com

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Mind your smoke: Campus policies might be revised

By ANNA SCALAMOGNA Eagle Staff Writer

Smokers might soon have to be more careful about where they light up on campus. A new revised policy could prohibit students from smoking within 25 feet of campus buildings.

The new policy, drafted by Director of Sustainability Chris O’Brien, would not only give clean air rights to nonsmokers tired of breathing in secondhand smoke but is also a pre-requisite for LEED certification of campus buildings, including the School of International Service building.

Currently, smoking inside all academic buildings and work areas on campus is prohibited, but smoking on University grounds and outside buildings is permitted, according to the policy listed in the Student Handbook.

However, the new signs outside of the Mary Graydon Center asking students to not smoke within 25 feet of the building conflict with this policy.

O’Brien has been drafting a new policy over the last year that institutes an official Student Handbook policy to enforce these signs. Other administrators are currently reading the policy, but O’Brien does not know if or when it would take effect.

The new signs, added Oct. 6 by the Office of Campus Life, supplement existing signs on MGC’s doors, which read “Smoke Free Area.” The new stand-alone signs can be seen outside the main doors of MGC, as well as by the side entrance closest to the Tavern.

Director of University Center Operations Scott Jones believes the signs are already making smokers outside of MGC more conscious of their location.

“With the new signs, as we approach folks, there’s a much more respectful response,” Jones said. “We’ve seen less [smoking] overall.”

The proposed smoking policy has not come to the president’s cabinet yet, making it difficult to project a timeline for its formal consideration.

The effective date is up to President Neil Kerwin, Hanson said.

Reasons for New Policy O’Brien’s new policy reflects AU’s awareness that secondhand smoke is a form of air pollution, he said. It is meant to address vagueness and confusion surrounding AU’s current smoking policy.

There are currently no LEED certified buildings on AU’s campus, but the new School of International Building is registered with the U.S. Green Building Council and is being considered for LEED Gold certification, according to O’Brien.

Even if a campus-wide policy is not in place, the SIS building would need to have a 25foot smoke-free perimeter to be certified, according to O’Brien.

A push from students is also responsible for the possible change in policy.

Noah Jacobs, a graduate student in the School of Communication, produced a film about AU’s smoking policy and the issues surrounding the policy.

“The University is so progressive, but this is a fundamental right,” Jacobs said. “Smoke lingers. It’s not something you can choose not to breath.”

Jacobs’ 15-minute documentary tries to clarify exactly what the current smoking policy means and how it applies to building entrance ways. His film is currently featured on SmokeFree D.C.’s website.

“I don’t think smokers should be making the decision on what I breathe as I walk into academic buildings,” said Jacobs, who is a former smoker. “I don’t want to be perceived as someone who hates smokers ... The issue is smokers aren’t aware if they are in violation of the policy.”

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LIGHTING UP — Russel Krantz, a junior in the School of Public Affairs, takes a smoke break on the steps of the Mary Graydon Center. New signs outside of MGC and the Tavern encourage smokers to stay at least 25 feet away from the entrances of the building.

Types of enforcement practiced at other universities include fees and/or designated smoking areas.

Georgetown University

George Washington University

Catholic University

- Prohibits smoking indoors - Does not have a fine for noncompliance - The Office of Student Conduct is responsible for ensuring compliance by students. However, students, faculty and staff are responsible for enforcing the policy with visitors.

“Members of the community who choose to smoke must do so in designated areas outdoors at a distance from the building that does not block entrances, transmit smoke into buildings, or cause others to be exposed to second-hand smoke.”

- Prohibits smoking indoors - Does not have a fine for noncompliance - “Individual buildings may have additional restrictions on smoking near the building entrances due to concerns over air quality or the presence of combustible materials.”

Policies applies even in “the absence of posted “No Smoking” signs.” Violations of the code are resolved according to their Code of Student Conduct.

- Prohibits smoking indoors and within 25 feet of building - Does not have a fine for noncompliance - “Vice presidents, deans, directors and managers are responsible for enforcing this policy with staff, faculty, students and visitors ... Violations of this policy may result in disciplinary actions or termination as permitted by law and University personnel practices.”

Source: George Washington University Smoking Policy

Source: The Catholic University of America Smoke-free Policy

Source: Georgetown University Student Affairs and Related Policies

Enforcement The 25-foot boundary described by the new signs outside of MGC are part of a “courtesy zone,” according to Gail Hanson, vice president of Campus Life.

There is no actual enforcement of this zone by the University, and AU still relies on “community enforcement,” Hanson said.

She defined community enforcement as a “community member to community member” system that relies on students and staff to ask others to be more considerate.

“It’s a civility thing,” Hanson said. “It’s not a rule. People won’t be punished but will be considerate.”

However, Hanson is only responsible for managing standalone buildings where Campus

Life departments are the only or principal occupants. This includes MGC, the Kay Spiritual Life Center, the residence halls and McCabe Hall.

The vice president of Finance and Treasurer is responsible for all other University buildings, including the SIS building.

Public Safety does not have the resources to enforce a smoking policy, according to Public Safety Chief Michael McNair.

“You should use the least amount of force required,” McNair said. “Public Safety shouldn’t be the first resort.”

But Jacobs thinks concrete processes of enforcement are necessary. Just the threat of a ticket would decrease the number of smokers in entranceways and would require

minimal University effort, Jacobs said.

Modes of enforcement for the possible new policy are still in discussion. O’Brien believes any type of enforcement would follow the same procedures as currently outlined for any type of misconduct in student handbook.

Public Safety will respond to violations of the policy if called by faculty and staff. So far this year, Public Safety has responded to seven to eight smoking violations, according to McNair.

All of these cases involved a person smoking inside a building who refused to stop when asked by a faculty or staff member but when confronted

by Public Safety was compliant, McNair said.

McNair feels that smoking

Students speak: How do you feel about the proposed smoking policy?

Non-smoker

“Twenty-five feet is a good enough distance where [smoke] won’t just waft into the building.”

Maggie McGuire, CAS, junior

Smoker

“I think if they provide a covered location for people to smoke in during rain that has benches where we could smoke would be fine. But give me a place to smoke.”

Megan Ackerman, SOC, senior

on campus isn’t nearly as big a hazard as it has recently been publicized. He feels Jacobs’ video was exaggerated for effect.

“I walk campus a fair amount, and I don’t see 25 people in one place light up at once,” McNair said. “I usually see one or two.

Not sure that constitutes any hazard.”

A new policy and/or any type of enforcement of this policy will be met by a lot of resistance from students, McNair said.

“It’s an issue that’s going to plague us for years to come,” McNair said. “There’s no silver bullet.” ascalamogna@ theeagleonline.com

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Student Alliance to act as a cohesive voice by representing the different campus voices through the D.C. government.

Last year, the organization worked with the Mayor’s Office to help count students in the area for the census.

“The basic idea is that D.C. is a college town, but no one knows it. Students within D.C.’s boundaries represent 1/6 of the population, yet we never think of D.C. as a student-oriented city. We want to change that,” MacCracken said in an e-mail. jliu@theeagleonline.com

By JULIA RYAN Eagle Staff Writer

Recent changes to the budgeting system of the AU Club Council have left some student groups wondering how they will manage to finance their events for the rest of this school year.

Debate Society President James Schmitt and Vice President of Finance Stephanie Caravias said this new monthly budgeting system puts their group at a significant disadvantage because it hinders their planning for the year.

The AUCC instituted a new monthly budget system in September. Groups can apply for a monthly budget, ranging from $100 to $6,000.

They must submit their proposed budgets by the 15th of each month. The clubs are then notified of the AUCC’s budget decisions on

the 30th of the month, The Eagle previously reported.

AU College Democrats and Pep Band missed the September budget deadline to receive AUCC allocations for use in October, according to AUCC Chair Katelyn Hurley. Other student groups like the Peace and Empowerment Project and the Debate Society expressed concern that they would have problems adjusting to the new monthly budgeting system, Hurley said.

Schmitt and Caravias worry they will not be able to cover the expenses for their debate tournaments, especially those that need to be paid months in advance of the tournament, such as travel expenses and participation fees.

The Debate Society received $3,000 this month, the highest allocation the AUCC gave out. However, the Debate Society is supposed to compete in a na-

tional debate tournament from Nov. 5 to 6, but Caravias said she is unsure how the group will be able to get there.

“We need a couple thousand [dollars] up front to compete, so the budget we were allocated for does not cover travel expenses, let alone the cost of the tournament,” she said.

Schmitt said he understands this new monthly budgeting system will give smaller student groups more flexibility and the ability to put on more events, but the system is not helpful for larger groups like the Debate Society that need to plan events months in advance.

Last year, Debate Society received a total of $6,000 after initially getting $2,500 for the whole school year.

They then appealed this budget and got an additional $500 for the semester, according to Caravias. The group had to ask again for

$3,000 for the next semester.

He is concerned his group may not even be able to function in the near future under the monthly budgeting system.

“Unfortunately, the way it stands now, if we don’t get some sort of solution or fix, that really cripples our ability to compete,” he said.

“We’re looking at not being able to compete in tournaments, not be able to compete on the national circuit.”

The Club Council makes the final decisions about what budget system to put in place, and how much each group gets for a budget, according to Hurley. But Student Activities will intervene if they feel a certain club’s budget is too high or too low.

AUCC Chair Katelyn Hurley said she will be working closely with larger student groups in the near future to adjust them to the monthly

budgeting system.

She also noted that student groups can seek other sources of funding besides the AUCC. The Student Government and Student Activities both give out grants to student organizations throughout the year.

Student organizations can also fundraise, solicit donations from outside groups or co-sponsor events with various AU offices like the Office of Campus Life if the event is expected to have a fairly large turnout.

Hurley said the AUCC is working with as many sources as possible to help AUCC-funded student groups make the transition from a yearly to a monthly budgeting system.

“We want to work with them to make it work for them,” she said. jryan@theeagleonline.com

Over $7,300 worth of furniture stolen from AU Student tuition will cover costs

By STEFANIE DAZIO Eagle Staff Writer

AU officials recently circulated an e-mail to students, asking for the return of stolen University property by Oct. 18 with no penalties.

The property, worth a total of $7,311.30 in replacement costs, includes 10 Marketplace barstools, a Tavern booth seat, 30 Butler Board Room chairs and one Tavern high table, according to the e-mail.

Scott Jones, the University Center’s director of operations, said the replacement costs come out of student tuition, as the University Center’s budget is funded directly by tuition dollars.

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THE PERFECT DORM DECORATION? – Among other items, one Tavern high table was stolen from the Mary Graydon Center this semester. The total cost of replacing a single table is $495.

The 10 bar stools were stolen during Welcome Week and the rest of the items have been taken over the course of the semester, according to Jones.

Jones said this year’s thefts have been “completely excessive,” and this is the most that has been stolen in one semester in his nearly seven years at AU. The amnesty period lasts until Oct. 18. After that, the University will hold people accountable for having stolen the items.

The items might seem expensive to students — one barstool costs nearly $350 — but Jones said the prices are typical of industrialgrade standards.

“It’s a higher grade than something like IKEA,” he said, adding that the inventory has been in use for five to seven years.

Jones is encountering problems ordering replacements, however. Some of the fabrics for the items have been discontinued, and some items have been discontinued altogether.

“It’s definitely costing more to replace these items than if they were simply returned,” he said.

The Department of Public Safety did not respond to request for comment by press time. sdazio@theeagleonline.com

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‘STONE’ COLD FOX — Edward Norton speaks in Ward about a wide range of topics including his new film “Stone,” his efforts to improve arts education for youth and some of the films that inspired him. Here, ThinkTalk host Erica Thomas asks Norton a question.

Norton talks new lm, personal aspirations at AU

By YOHANA DESTA Eagle Staff Writer

Edward Norton is the poster boy for character actors everywhere. While most may recognize him as the deranged and radical Tyler Durden from “Fight Club,” Norton manages to stand out amongst Hollywood’s most talented thespians.

From playing a skinhead in “American History X” to a revamped Bruce Banner in “The Incredible Hulk,” Norton prides himself on his ability to completely blend into the characters he plays.

“I don’t really tend to approach [films] thinking about how they interact with me,” Norton said in an interview with The Eagle. “I just am not that interested in splattering myself out there.”

In one of their first big events of the year, ThinkTalk, a D.C.-based television program, and the AU Film So-

ciety hosted a Q&A with the famed actor. Students filled up Ward 2 to ask him a couple of their own burning questions, which ranged from asking how life-changing “Fight Club” was to his experience with documentary films. In addition, Norton discussed some films that have personally influenced him, such as Spike Lee’s groundbreaking “Do the Right Thing” and films from Terrence Malick and Milos Forman.

In his most recent work, “Stone,” Norton plays the titular character, a criminal from Detroit trying to get parole after serving eight years of a fifteen-year jail sentence. Stone is the stereotypical thug, complete with cornrows and a foul mouth.

Most of the film takes place inside the office room of Stone’s parole officer, Jack Mabry, played by Robert De Niro. While true Norton fans know that this is not his

first film playing a criminal, Norton dispels any queries that “Stone” is an actionpacked thriller with a secondary script.

“There’s no chase scenes and no weapons,” Norton said. “The drama in this film comes from this corkscrewing tension that just evolves in conversation. So if you’re an actor, it’s like, ‘At last — I matter!’”

In order to accurately portray Stone, Norton and “Stone” director John Curran traveled to prison facilities just north of Detroit to research exactly how they should model Stone.

“A lot of the people we were interested in were coming out of the gang and drug culture in southwest Detroit ... John and I spent a lot of time mining what they said and transferring it over into the script,” Norton said.

“Literally, for the sound of my voice, there was this one guy in particular we

met who had a very broken, gravelly, strange sort of voice. John and I both found it very hypnotic.”

Along the course of the film, Stone discovers religion, which changes the entire theme of the movie.

It is not solely about spiritual awakening, but rather about dealing with morals and convictions. It was not a personal application for Norton, so much as it was for Curran.

“To me, the specifics of what Stone gets into are beside the point,” Norton said. “What I liked was that John was aiming at opening up the question of ‘how does one assert that there’s only one way for a person to achieve illumination?’ Or one text, or one notion of how we communicate with the divine or get a sense of the divine?”

Norton was truly inspired

by Curran’s take on directing and his opportunity to

have a very hands-on role in the development of this film. As an actor for the past 12 years, Norton has amassed a wealth of knowledge about the film industry that he is keen to share with others.

“I think that people coming up now need to push against the model in their own ways. I would tell filmmakers to take inspiration from Radiohead and what they did, self-releasing their record to people. I’m excited to see how people leave the film distribution industry behind and stop worrying about how they’re going to find a way to get embraced by the mainstream, because that model’s going to be dead someday, sure as the record industry is going to be dead.”

This advice is something that Norton lives by, having produced and directed “Keeping the Faith” himself, as well as producing eight

other films and documentaries. His accomplishments even caught the eye of the White House, and Norton was appointed to serve in the Committee on the Arts and Humanities alongside such actors as Forrest Whittaker and Sarah Jessica Parker.

“We’re there to advise the President on policy decisions about where to allocate funds for the most effectiveness. One project recognizes and awards small after school arts programs that work with at-risk kids.

So, within our budget we give these awards to about two dozen groups per year,” Norton said.

It’s clear that the multitalented actor has tried his hand at a number of different careers, succeeding at whatever he works on.

“Stone” is out in theaters everywhere. ydesta@theeagleonline.com

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AU Players perform macabre ‘Macbeth’ Production uses gloomy Katzen garage for play’s haunting and creative atmosphere

By TRAVIS MCKAYROBERTS

Eagle Contributing Writer The garage is dark. There are four crates, spread in a loose cluster. One makes the bed of a sleeping man.

He is cast in an ethereal, bluish light and as he wakes voices boom from hidden speakers. As the echoes reverberate around the room, the company enters, and “Macbeth” begins its whirlwind ride through insanity.

The setting of AU Players’ “Macbeth” may at first seem an odd logistical choice — it wasn’t easy to find (located in the P3 level of the Katzen Parking Garage), there’s no set stage and unfortunately, AU couldn’t do a thing about having one of the more climatic scenes interrupted by a revving Ford Explorer.

“There were some very unique challenges to working with the space,” Director Leah Pope said.

However, Pope pulled off working within the confines of a parking garage with skill and finesse, and said the space had “a certain resonance.” “[We did things in Katzen] that we couldn’t do in Kay,” she said.

The “we” behind the show?

A talented cast of primarily freshman, a motley crew of mechanicals — and some truly excellent actors.

“It was a very personal show,” Pope said. “Every cast member took it and made it their own,” Pope said.

Take Macbeth for instance, played by freshman Ariel Duffy. From the beginning of the play, he plays a devoted husband first, and a hubristic quasi-villain second.

His acting, especially when coupled with the brilliant sociopathy of Emily Goodell (the talented sophomore behind Lady Macbeth) embodies the bone-chilling theme of corruption and the addicting nature of power

extending throughout the play. Goodell is perhaps the stand-out thespian in this show — she walks a fine line between madness and despair and keeps the audience enraptured throughout the show.

Another standout actor is sophomore Brad Parker, the fight captain and actor for Macduff. He is not only a talented actor, full of force and personality, but also an incredible swordsman. His climatic final battle with Macbeth was one of the standout moments of the play — the vigor and intensity looks downright professional — as it should.

The fights were all directed

by AU alumnus Kyle Encinas, a professional fight director who AU Players got for “much cheaper than we should have,” according to Pope.

The cast is rounded out by a fine set of secondary and tertiary characters — sophomore Erin Crandell (Lady Macbeth’s servant, and Lady Macduff ) delivers perverted Shakespearean humor in finest order, and freshman Zachary Cohen delivers a fine performance as the Thane Angus. It is an intensely passionate show that suffers only (if at all) from some slow pacing in the middle. However, when the show hits its unraveling, the emotional vitality the cast delivers under the fine direction of Pope speeds the show along to a wonderful conclusion.

It is very rare for additions to the Bard’s work to improve the show, but the final moments of the play cast Macbeth’s very madness into doubt, and left the audience speechless.

Leah Pope, the cast and all involved should be fiercely proud of their fine production. thescene@theeagleonline. com

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SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES — The AU Players performance of “Macbeth” conveyed the play’s dark atmosphere.

Here, Macbeth (Ariel Duffy) and Lady Macbeth (Emily Goodell) during a scene in the Katzen Parking Garage.

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Stumbling through Oktoberfest: Enjoying drink and food in Germany CROSS-CULTURAL DISPATCH

MUNICH, GERMANY

By YANIV NAHON If you are anywhere near Germany for the last three weekends of September, it is this author’s sincere recommendation that you go to Oktoberfest. For those of you who do not know, Oktoberfest is the world’s largest beer festival. According to materials from the travel company Bus2Alps, over the three weekends of the festival, six million people from all over the world will eat 18 million chickens and drink 8 million liters of some of the world’s best beer. Do I really need to do more any more convincing?

To be entirely truthful,

Oktoberfest is actually the world’s largest wedding anniversary. The Crown Prince Ludwig was married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on Oct. 12, 1810. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the festivities held on the fields in front of the city gates to celebrate the happy royal event. The fields have since been named Theresienwiese.

Horse races in the presence of the Royal Family marked the close of the event. It was celebrated as a festival for the whole of Bavaria, a region of Germany.

In 1811, the festival continued with horse races and an Agricultural Show.

In 1816, carnival games were introduced. As the 1800s rolled on, the traditional parade commemorating Ludwig was added, food stalls were constructed, and large glass mugs of beer were introduced.

By the end of the 19th

century, Oktoberfest had evolved into the giant party that this author was proud to have taken part in last week.

I will attempt to summarize the experience and point out some highlights.

First of all, the festival itself is essentially a giant county fair. There are carnival rides, food stands, and it is absolutely impossible to find parking.

Though, considering the sheer amount of beer consumed over the course of the festival, that is probably a good thing.

However, Oktoberfest has something no other fair does: beer tents. Don’t let the name fool you, as most of these glorious establishments are not literal tents.

For the most part, they’re small buildings, with the exception of the two of the most celebrated tents, which I will now talk about — since they’re the only two I made it to.

First of all, the Hofbrau tent is by far my favorite tent. It is the largest, most popular tent, and it is where you will find the majority of Americans, Australians, and other English-speaking foreigners.

After waking up at 7 a.m. to get a seat, I managed to get my hands on my first beer of the festival at about 9. Ignoring the possible repercussions of drinking that early, I took my first sip. And in that split second, I completely understood why Keystone Light was the worst thing in the world. There are no words to describe how good that beer tasted. It was crisp and cold and happy and it felt like home. I ordered a few more steins.

After leaving the Hofbrau’s loving arms, I decided to get something to eat. At this point, my options were many and varied. However, having heard good things about Oktoberfest chicken,

I decided to try some. This chicken is slowly cooked rotisserie style, wrapped in herbs, and served with a few wooden skewers and a bundle of paper and napkin that you will eventually use up in the vain attempt to clean off your face from the godly flavor of this chicken. Try it.

Eventually, I somehow made it to the Augustiner Tent. This is actually Munich’s oldest brewery, whereas Hofbrau is simply the largest. It’s like Yuengling and Anheuser-Busch, except it makes them both taste like water and urine.

This tent is a far more authentic experience. (Think more lederhosen — a lot more lederhosen.) There are also more German songs and table dancing, whereas Hofbrau really only offers British people singing football chants and the occasional New Zealander drunkenly doing a traditional Maori dance.

Either tent is an incredible time, and I encourage anyone who makes it out there to try both, or try new ones.

Which acts as a lovely transition into my next point: time. You will need a lot of it, and you will need to make the most of whatever time you have. This requires pre-planning. You need to wake up early if you want to make it to the tents in time for a seat. You want to plan what tents to go to, and try and find out how quickly they fill up. Don’t be ashamed to ask locals, for the most part they are friendly, helpful and moderately fluent in English well enough. Don’t leave a fun tent just to try and stick to a concrete plan, but definitely have a framework.

And for the love of God, go to Oktoberfest. All of you. thescene@theeagleonline. com

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The xx bring sexy, smoky vocals to 9:30 SCENE SAYS: CLASSY CONCERT STAYS TRUE TO ALBUM

By MARISSA CETIN Eagle Staff Writer

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With only one album to their name, London natives The xx performed like seasoned pros at the 9:30 club on the chilly night of Oct. 5. The reigning indie cool kids reflected the themes of minimalism and intimacy on their 2009 self-titled debut album in their mature, refined performance, seducing the sold-out crowd.

Vocalists Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim breathed the sensual lyrics, almost as if the audience was eavesdropping on an exchange between lovers — if those lovers were inexplicably hip, had matching haircuts and outfits, and were followed around by an MPC sampler played

by Jamie Smith. The nearly pitch-black 9:30 — save for the artsy, bright backlighting, “xx” on the MPC booth, and a strobe “x” backdrop — created a chilling atmosphere that perfectly complimented Smith’s cool, crisp beats, Croft’s catchy guitar melodies and Sim’s rolling bass lines.

Starting off the set with the appropriate “Intro,” a drum ‘n’ bass-based intro of its own, xx set the tone that this show would be a slightly tweaked version of their album. With only 12 songs, the setlist was a jumbled version of the album’s tracklist, featuring covers of Womack & Womack’s “Teardrops” and Robin S.’s “Show Me Love.” The xx shined on “Show Me Love;” the lighter,

dancier feel worked well against the more subdued original tracks.

Excited gasps came from the otherwise reserved audience within the opening notes of more popular songs “Crystalised,” “Basic Space,” “Vcr” and “Islands.” Minor tweaks like a slowed, a cappella end to “Basic Space” and extra dance beats in several songs were fantastic additions that helped break a too-close adhesion to their album’s sound.

A chilling, creepy side to “Fantasy” was revealed live, but the standouts were closing songs, “Night Time” and “Infinity.” Smith’s additions with the MPC sampler and drum machine brought “Night Time” to life and gave the song a driving, building feel that proved why The xx has earned so much hype in the past two years.

Finale “Infinity” started off with a yearning intro of the call-response “Give it up / I can’t give it up” between the crooning Sim and cooing Croft. The same back and forth section at the end of the song was predictably prolonged, powerfully building to the end of the cool, jamming set.

Croft, Sim and Smith played a one-song encore, “Stars,” with a newly-lit background to match. Despite not being the strongest song in the set, “Stars” perfectly summed up the show: sexy, chill and a notch above the quality of the album. mcetin@theeagleonline.com

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WVAU REVIEWS

MOVIE REVIEW

Every other week The Eagle goes about asking the assistant music directors and DJs at WVAU what they’re currently listening to. Here’s what they’re recommending. Check out WVAU.org to listen.

Waiting for ‘Superman’

Superchunk — Majesty Shredding (Merge) Superchunk once held court in indie rock’s Mount Olympus. They and their Matador labelmates, Guided By Voices and Pavement, truly defined the genre. In 2010, the genre has given way to new forms, and most of their contemporaries have become legacy-touring acts. But in Superchunk’s latest effort, “Majesty Shredding,” the Chapel Hill slackers continue to rip like it’s 1991, featuring riff-laden, catchy material that sounds far too fresh for a group over three decades old. This album starts like a riot in “Digging For Something,” and refuses to slow down through 11 incendiary tracks, making a bold statement that the indie rock-punk movement will not fade away into the night.

Recommended if you like: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Screaming Females, Yo La Tengo Recommended tracks: 1, 2, 7 – Brad Barbour

Crocodiles — Sleep Forever (Fat Possum) Crocodiles’ second album is an even mix of synth pop and krautrock. The problem that casual listeners can have with krautrock is its lack of melodies, but Crocodiles’ best songs retain the genre’s repetitive, precise keyboard and drum patterns while building guitar and vocal hooks. The strongest cuts here are Springsteen-style anthems with a ton of distortion and a 10 second keyboard loop stretched out over the course of five minutes.

Recommended if you like: Spacemen 3, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Horrors Recommended tracks: 1, 7, 5 – Carrie Walters

Aloe Blacc — Good Things (Stones Throw) Many artists find soul music to be one of the hardest genres to create because it’s so hard be authentic.

Soul music, in the vein of Stevie Wonder, Al Green, and Sharon Jones, is made of equal parts love and heartbreak. Yet it doesn’t seem a problem for rapper-turned-singer Aloe Blacc, who’s created one of the most honest albums of the year. After moving from style to style in the underground rap scene, Blacc finally found some sort of signature sound on “Good Things.” He combines a rapper’s knack for lyricism with a soul singer’s smooth demeanor to curate an album about heartbreak, women (including a tearful ode to his aging mother), money and politics. Less innovative and sporadic than his first album “Shine Through,” it seems that with “Good Things,” Blacc has finally found a genre where he feels comfortable enough to stay for a while.

Recommended if you like: Mayer Hawthorne, Raphael Saadiq, Stevie Wonder Recommended tracks: 1, 3, 5, 11 – Kevin Kunitake

Zola Jesus — Stridulum EP (Sacred Bones) Zola Jesus probably wins “Best Goth Artist 2010” by default. She’s writing slow, mournful songs backed by minimalist synthesizers and maybe a guitar once in a while. Honestly, if this had been released in 1986, it would have blended in with the mountain of other goth artists, but today, after the genre has been killed by emo and acoustic guitars, Zola Jesus sounds fresh. It never moves beyond the “Siouxsie singing for Berlin” sound, but EPs this unique can stick with one style and still resonate.

Recommended if you like: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Berlin, Xiu Xiu Recommended tracks: 1, 3, 4 – Alex Rudolph

Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest (4AD) Bradford Cox is a very busy man, having created three full length LPs with Deerhunter, two with sideproject Atlas Sound, and more EPs than you can shake a stick at in just two years. That being said, it’s a small miracle that the well of inspiration has not been drained before the making of Halcyon Digest, and instead manages to sound like the product of a band infused with new life. The familiar shoegaze dreaminess of their previous efforts has been stripped down and made more accessible, culminating on transcendentally building “Desire Lines” and hazy “Earthquake.” And if the fact that Deerhunter sounds exactly like The Strokes on “Coronado” isn’t evidence of the band’s adventurism, I don’t know what is.

Overall, Halcyon Digest is the kind of album that can make someone who previously disliked Deerhunter (yours truly) to consider this the best album of the year (i.e: pretty darn good).

Recommended if you like: The Radio Dept., Real Estate, My Bloody Valentine Recommended tracks: 3, 6, 8 – Brad Barbour

Grade: A Runtime: 102 minutes Scene Says: Inspiring look at the decidedly uninspiring U.S. education system by the director of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

By HOAI-TRAIN BUI

Eagle Contributing Writer It doesn’t take much for a film to incite controversy.

However, it does take a lot for a film to inspire hope.

“Waiting for ‘Superman’’” achieves both these things, but heated discussions and debates have overshadowed how good the film actually is.

A film that delicately balances human emotion with the cold politics of the education system, “Waiting for ‘Superman’” is an inspiring documentary film by director Davis Guggenheim, who previously directed “It Might Get Loud” and the awardwinning “An Inconvenient Truth.” Both films add major weight to Guggenheim’s resume, but “Waiting for ‘Superman’” might be his greatest achievement to date.

The documentary focuses on the stories of five children in various parts of the country as they and their parents struggle for a quality education. Much of the film focuses on charter schools as one of the few beacons of hope, despite their lottery systems, which leave many a child’s fate to luck.

“The lottery is a metaphor for a good education,” Guggenheim said in an interview with The Eagle. “People in college are the one’s who won the lottery. Millions of people don’t have access to a great education.”

Shocking statistics are presented through cutesy animated sequences to help audiences better understand the numbers involved. However, these quirky cartoons don’t help soften the blow that American kids rank 25th in math and 21st in science among 30 developed countries.

“Waiting for ‘Superman’”

also focuses on other issues such as so-called “drop-out factories” in which few students are expected to graduate, dated practices such as tracking and tenure and the failure of teachers’ unions in protecting bad teachers.

Despite the bleak prospects, Guggenheim does spotlight several “superheroes,” such as the ‘tough-love’ D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee and education reformer Geoffrey Canada, who serves as the main narrator and a significant presence throughout the film.

“My real passion is that there’s such inspiration in peoples’ stories. People are really moved and transformed when you hear someone else’s story,” Guggenheim said.

“Waiting for ‘Superman’” is not so much a political film as a heart-wrenching narrative of how children’s education all over the country is subject to fate. The film may present many problems with few solutions, but the narrative is so coherent and appealing that the audience itself becomes part of the solution.

“Movies can’t motivate policy — inspiring people that it is possible makes it easier for regular people to learn what they can do,” Guggenheim said.

And “Waiting for ‘Superman’” is exactly that — an inspiring movie that is a call to arms for ordinary people to get involved and fix the public education system. Sitting in a movie theatre makes it easy to forget the reality of the situation, but it takes a documentary like “Waiting for ‘Superman’” to remind people that these aren’t just stories, they’re real life. thescene@theeagleonline. com

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TUESDAY 12 La Excelencia 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Ballroom at Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington METRO: Rosslyn (orange and blue lines) WHAT: The Artisphere is a new culture center in D.C. that will provide over 100 events every month from galleries to film screenings.

The Ballroom is certain to be a fixture for local dancers with its new tradition of Salsa Tuesdays, featuring New York City’s La Excelencia.

COST: $20 ($15 with student ID) CONTACT: Artisphere at www.arlingtonarts.org

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SCENE CALENDAR WEDNESDAY 13

Felipe Esparza 8 p.m.

WHERE: D.C. Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW METRO: Farragut North (red line) WHAT: Esparza was the winner of the latest season of “Last Comic Standing.”

Since then, he has gone on to release an album, “Rebound Material,” and has made numerous appearances on notable comedy shows.

COST: $20 CONTACT: D.C. Improv at www.dcimprov.com

THURSDAY 14 Ingrid Michaelson 6 p.m.

WHERE: 9:30 club, 815 V St. NW METRO: U Street/AfricanAmerican War Memorial/ Cardozo (green and yellow lines) WHAT: Born to a sculptor and a composer, Ingrid Michaelson has lived her life through art. Since her debut in 2002, her songs have been featured in popular television shows such as “Grey’s Anatomy,” and her career as an independent artist is unrivaled.

COST: $25 CONTACT: The 9:30 club at www.930.com

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SUNDAY 17

The Thermals 9 p.m.

WHERE: Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW METRO: U Street/AfricanAmerican War Memorial/ Cardozo (green and yellow lines) WHAT: Portland indie band The Thermals are joined by Cymbals Eat Guitars and So Cow to play hits from their latest album, “Personal Life.”

They’re known for their delightful blend of power-pop and punk rock as seen in their third and most notable album, “The Body, The Blood, The Machine,” which won many raving reviews.

COST: $15 CONTACT: Black Cat at www.blackcatdc.com

Super Diamond 8 p.m.

WHERE: 9:30 club, 815 V St. N.W. METRO: U Street/AfricanAmerican War Memorial/ Cardozo (green and yellow lines) WHAT: Super Diamond is a tribute band to world-famous singer Neil Diamond.

While that might not sound too appealing to students, Super Diamond is able to make it palatable to younger generations by mustering the energy and vigor of Neil at his prime.

COST: $22 CONTACT: The 9:30 club at www.930.com

Colors of the Oasis 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

WHERE: The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street, NW METRO: Dupont Circle (red line) WHAT: In 19th-century Central Asia, it was no harder to appraise a man’s worth than to observe his clothing.

This fascinating collection from a number of contributors, the art of ikat textile weaving explores and each design tells a unique story.

COST: $5 suggested donation CONTACT: The Textile Museum at www.textilemuseum.org

MONDAY 18 Two Cow Garage 9:00 p.m.

WHERE: Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW METRO: U Street/African-American War Memorial/Cardozo (green and yellow lines) WHAT: This six-member Ohio alternative rock band is joined by Dave Hause and The So So Glos to play songs from their latest album, “Sweet Saint Me.” The group is known for their widely successful second album, “The Wall Against Our Back,” and subsequent tour documentary.

COST: $10 CONTACT: Black Cat at www.blackcatdc.com

Genesis of hardcore punk brings counterculture to buttoned-up capital

By STEPHAN CHO Eagle Staff Writer

For D.C. natives, mapping the history of one of the earliest and most influential moments in punk rock isn’t any harder than looking in their own backyards. During the ‘80s, the District served as one of the birthplaces of the underground hardcore punk scene, influenced by the British punk rock movement that captivated scads of disaffected youth at the time.

The ‘80s were as fractured a decade as any to foster the kind of haven that was ideal for punk rock to make its mark. When considering the spirit of the times — solidly in the world of Reagan and social conservatism — rebellion and anti-establishment were attractive sentiments.

Musical movements were able to bolster a feeling of camaraderie, which is especially true for punk rock, a genre that not only dwelled in the underground but, out of necessity, thrived on it.

London landmarks like The Clash and the Sex Pistols sang of anarchy and attacked conformity with an intentionally grungy garage-rock style. Here in the States, the Ramones would gain a following amidst the disapproval of people who found their music to be too much of an acquired taste.

Hardcore Punk As punk rock was able to immediately grip punk culture in its budding stages, hardcore punk was also beginning to take root. Unlike the more popular acts of the early ‘80s, hardcore punk bands placed importance on the individual, promoting brotherhood and a strong work ethic. They emphasized the strength of a unified whole as opposed to the sum of its parts, eschewing any corporate powers for help.

Unlike the mainstream punk subculture of patched leather jackets and neon-colored liberty spikes, most hardcore

TEEN IDLES MINOR DISTURBANCE Ian MacKaye’s first release — the few who listen pick up guitars and start playing loudly

punk acts did away with the flashy gimmickry and stressed the anti-authoritarianism.

Their sound was heavier and their subculture was one of intense discipline. Bands typically refused signing to major labels and would instead go on to create their own labels, working from the ground up in the most literal sense.

Hardcore punk bands also abstained from self-destructive habits like drugs and alcohol, challenging popular misconceptions of the subgenre.

To speak of hardcore punk without at least mentioning its predominance in the D.C.metro area would be a major disservice. Here are a few of the most memorable names in hardcore punk.

Minor Threat If you happen to be in Tenleytown, take a walk down Nebraska Ave. until you reach the Woodrow Wilson Senior High School on Chesapeake Street. You’ll be surprised to know that this was where the founders of the “straight edge” movement got their start. Lead singer Ian MacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson played for The Teen Idles before teaming up with Georgetown Day School students Brian Baker and Lyle Preslar to form Minor Threat in late 1980.

“Straight Edge,” arguably one of their most iconic songs off their first EP, would instill a key component in modern hardcore punk. With its imploring lyrics — “I don’t even think about speed /That’s something I just don’t need… Always going to keep in touch/Never want to use a crutch” — hardcore punk would be defined by its defiant attitude towards drugs and alcohol.

MacKaye would later form the influential band Fugazi.

MacKaye and Nelson also founded Dischord Records, a D.C.-based independent hardcore punk label that allowed them to produce and distribute their own albums.

Although they disbanded in 1983, their members still make

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notable contributions to music and their albums are incomparable in the world of punk rock.

Bad Brains Formed in 1977, Bad Brains is said to have been the pioneers of D.C. hardcore punk.

They gained immediate attention in the underground scene not only for their unusual and diversified sound, but also because they are African-American. They would frequently play shows alongside Minor Threat and other bands signed to Dischord Records but were eventually barred from District venues after a brief scuffle with the authorities.

Their self-titled 1982 debut album had a kind of energy unmatched by hardcore punk bands of the time, brought on by the endless hours of strenuous practice in between school and jobs. Early interviews show that they drew influence from the Sex Pistols, The Clash and even Led Zeppelin. The bands and artists that would later draw influence from them, including Henry Rollins, Smashing Pumpkins and Beastie Boys, are innumerable. Although their style is ever-changing, their fixture in hardcore punk remains the same.

State of Alert While they only released one album on Dischord Records and played a few gigs in the course of their year-long career, State of Alert had an influence on punk rock that is still palpable to this day. It was the starting point of contemporary hard rock icon Henry Rollins before he joined prominent punk band Black Flag in 1981. Although SOA’s songs barely registered at the 60-second mark and their “No Policy” album clocks in at a mere eight minutes, their punchy, aggressive style would only be emulated for decades to come by the many branches of hardcore punk. scho@theeagleonline.com

MINOR THREAT MINOR THREAT EP

YOUTH BRIGADE POSSIBLE EP

Introduces the world to straight-edge and makes D.C. the American capital of punk.

Ex-Teen Idles members reform for a year and put out an EP with eight songs lasting 10 minutes.

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Kane makes instant impact as an Eagle Sophomore leads Patriot League in goals scored

By MARK NATALE

Eagle Contributing Writer Alassane Kane stood behind the ball, down 2-1 to the U18 national team and prepared to take a penalty kick. The national team’s goalie had been ejected. His own team, the Atlanta Fire, had been trailing the entire game. Kane lined up the shot, fired, and scored, tying the game at 2 and giving his team the momentum to eventually win the game, 3-2.

Kane, a sophomore at AU, was born in Hartwell, Ga., but soon moved to Athens, Ga., where he would grow up to become a dominant force on any soccer team he played on.

Because his mother worked at the local YMCA, Kane started playing soccer but soon left the sport to go try others.

“Didn’t like it,” Kane said. “I tried everything else and went back to it.”

At 8 years old, Kane began playing on the Athens Sidekicks, an 11-12-year-old team.

Kane continued to “play up” until his freshman year in high school, when he finally started

playing against kids his own age.

Playing for Stratford Academy in high school, Kane started most games, even as a freshman. At the end of his freshman year, Kane’s team made it to the state championship. While his team eventually lost, his two goals in that game will forever remain engrained in his memory.

“Freshman year we lost in the state championships, sophomore year we got upset, junior year we lost in the [semi-finals] to the champion, and senior year we lost in the state championship,” said Kane. “It was heart-breaking.”

At the time, Kane was faster than anyone else on the team, so team strategies consisted of playing the ball into space and letting Kane run onto it. When he played against players who were as fast as him, Kane still had the ball control and foot skills to beat the defender.

“I feel like that’s a different part of my game that most people don’t know that I have,” said Kane.

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Talented Capitals try to get over the playoff hump

By ERIC SALTZMAN

Eagle Contributing Writer John Wall may be the most hyped athlete playing in D.C., but Alexander Ovechkin is the most talented.

Over the last couple of season the Capitals have distinguished themselves not only as an elite teams in the Eastern Conference, but also the entire NHL. Since Bruce Bourdeau took over as head coach three seasons ago, the Capitals have

won the Southeastern Division each year. In addition, last season the Caps won the Presidents’ Trophy for most team points in the league.

While the Caps are a talented team, all eyes will be focused on Ovechkin. He is a speedy winger who uses his elite puckhandling skills along with a great slap and wrist shot to be one of the NHL’s top scorers.

He has already won Rookie of the Year, MVP in back-toback years and the Art Ross

Middle Georgia all four years, and Male Athlete of the Year in 2008, Kane’s talent was not unnoticed.

After graduating from Stratford Academy, Kane attended Berkshire School for a year before attending the University of Vermont for his freshman year of college.

“People don’t know this about Vermont, but it’s actually a really nice place. At the time, they had a great soccer team, great facilities and everything — it was unfortunate that we had that one bad year.”

Kane soon decided that he needed to transfer and set about contacting as many schools as he could.

“I need a change,” said Kane.

“I felt like I got worse when I was playing there. I wasn’t the same player that I was before.”

AU e-mailed Kane back, interested in his playing abilities. The School of Public Affairs’ political science program helped seal the deal, as Kane is an aspiring lawyer.

Kane’s transition to D.C. has been “pretty easy.” Taking the time over the summer to trophy for being the player with the most points. What separates Ovechkin from other elite scorers is his edge. He isn’t afraid to be hit and even fight other players. Ovechkin also isn’t shy about showing off how good he is even after he has scored, prompting some to disapprove.

Ovechkin is not alone on offense. The Capitals finished with a league leading 3.82 goals per game and a 25 percent Power Play success rate.

Besides having Ovechkin, the Capitals also have scoring threats Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Semin. Backstrom really came into his own last season with an outstanding 33 goals, 68 assists, and 101 points, good for fourth in points behind Ovechkin who was third in the league with 109 points.

Semin is similar to Ovechkin

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KICK — Alassane Kane, a sophomore transfer student playing for men’s soccer, has scored six goals this season, the most in the Patriot League. Kane originally played for the University of Vermont. make sure he was in shape for this season, Kane feels much more prepared than he was at Vermont.

AU Head Coach Todd West’s coaching style is often described as fair and direct, but demands respect, which Kane is more than willing to give.

With six goals scored so far this season, Kane has been a breakout on the team and is the Eagles’ leading scorer thus far.

The Eagles are now entering the second-half of the season, which is filled with Patriot

League opponents. Kane is aspiring to score at least a goal a game, looking to launch his team into the Patriot League Championship.

On Friday, Kane scored the game-winning goal for AU against Lafayette College. His six goals currently lead the Patriot League. In a close second is Navy’s Dave Arnold with five goals in the league.

Kane is extremely confident heading into the upcoming schedule.

“I’ve seen most of the teams before and when we play at our best, there’s no team in our

conference that can compete with us,” said Kane. “We just have to stay focused and not get complacent every time we get a win. That’s what it comes down to — we’ve got to stay focused.

Kane won’t even think about his future career at AU, he is just focused on the season at hand. As for playing after college?

“Of course [I would play] if I’m able to,” he said. “What college soccer player wouldn’t?”

in that he is a great puck handler and has a nose for getting the puck in the net. He also finished the year with a career best 40 goals.

The goaltending last season was far from elite. Jose Theodore, who started most of Washington’s games, posted a bad 2.81 goals against average.

It appears that the new starter is youngster Semyon Varlamov. Varlamov has posted solid numbers in a handful of games. In 26 games last season he had 15 wins with 2.55 GAA. He is expected to be backed

by Michal Neuvirth who saw a little action last year as a backup. Neither Varlamov nor Neuvirth come into the season with a particularly strong resume. Varlamov figures to be the starter but he hasn’t won over the coaching staff as shown by the fact he was un-

able to replace the struggling Theodore.

The best way to help weak goaltending is a good defense.

The Caps have received mixed reviews in this department.

The Capitals possess one of the best offensive defensemen in Mike Green. Green led all defensemen with 76 points.

However, his defensive skills have really fallen off since his breakout season two years ago.

The Capitals have the benefit of two solid defensemen in Tom Poti and Jeff Schultz.

Schultz doesn’t have any special skills but he does use his size and reach to compliment a good understanding of the game. Poti is the veteran, 33, of a young group. He has good size and speed yet he often does not use his physical tools to the best of his ability.

Even though the Capitals

have a talented roster, a nice arena, and an enthusiastic fan base, they have yet to take the next step and make a deep playoff run. The Capitals have had major problems making it out of the first round. In the last three years, Washington has only made it out of the first round once.

The Capitals have all the talent in the world and they are in a prime position to excel in the Eastern Conference. It comes down to getting over the playoff hump. Fans of the Capitals have a good team to look forward to. Even though the Caps do have holes, they have enough talent to overcome their flaws. If all else fails, they still have “The Great Eight,” Alex Ovechkin.

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Don’t fear the machine: Baseball needs instant replay SIDELINE SCHOLAR

BEN LASKY

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DRIVING TO THE GOAL — Sophomore Kendra Jones manuevers past a defender in a game from earlier this season. Jones scored the gamewinner against Holy Cross Friday. The Eagles won 1-0 for their fifth win of the season.

Soccer’s weekend includes win, tie

By ERIC SALTZMAN

Eagle Contributing Writer The AU women’s soccer team beat the College of the Holy Cross 1-0 Friday and then tied the United States Military Academy in double overtime this Sunday.

The win marks the third time in the last four years the Eagles have beaten Holy Cross.

The lone goal came unassisted off the foot of senior midfielder Kendra Jones.

Sophomore midfielder Michelle Montilio led the Eagles with two shots (one on goal) while Jones, junior midfielder Allison Slattery and sophomore forward Jasmine Mohandesi each contributed one shot. The Eagles were outshot 7-5 by Holy Cross. AU goalie Lindsey Farthing stopped all three Holy Cross shots on goal.

Jones’ shot was set up when freshman Katarina Kingston made an aggressive move

in the Holy Cross zone resulting in a foul. Jones took the free kick and attempted a 25-yard shot, which was blocked by Holy Cross.

However, the ball bounced right to Jones who took her own rebound and put it into the Holy Cross net in the 67th minute.

“We worked really hard for the victory tonight, and I thought we defended extremely well,” Head Coach Dave Bucciero told AU Athletics. “After Kendra gave us the goal, we had to really hang onto the lead for the last 25 minutes. I’m proud of the way we were able manage the game and come out with the victory.”

In the Eagles’ Sunday game, they played to a 0-0 draw in double overtime against the Patriot League leading Army Black Knights. The tie marked the Eagles first draw of the season.

AU had an excellent performance from goalie Lind-

sey Farthing who played the whole game. In addition, Farthing is currently riding a two game shutout streak.

The shutout is Farthing’s third shutout of the season. The Eagles tallied four shots, only one of which was on goal. The Black Knights took sixteen shots but only five were on goal. The Eagles’ four shots is the second lowest shot total on the year.

AU did not play a particularly disciplined game, as they committed 16 fouls in the game.

Farthing began the season second in line to Arianna Efstathiou, but Farthing has been starting recently. In eight games this year Farthing has posted a 1.62 goals against average and a .744 save percentage.

After starting out the year with eight straight losses, the Eagles have bounced back by winning five of their last seven games. The Eagles are 1-1-1 against Patriot League

opponents this season.

AU continues its season this weekend with more conference play against Colgate University on Sunday Oct. 17 at Reeves Field. sports@theeagleonline.com

WOMEN’S SOCCER AU: 1 (5-9-1, 1-1-1) Holy Cross: 0 (3-6-2, 0-1-1) Black Knights: (11-3-1, 2-0-1)

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With a two-run lead and two outs in the ninth inning on Wednesday, Yankees right fielder Greg Golson made a shoe-string catch that was called a base hit because the umpire ruled that he had trapped the ball. Replays showed that this was not the case. Thankfully for MLB, Twins DH Jim Thome popped out to end the game, instead of tying the game with a home run.

Eventually one of these blown calls is going to take place in a key situation with millions of people watching and it’s going to cost a team a chance at a World Series title. If baseball is smart it will institute a replay system before this happens.

Just imagine if the scenario I just laid out were to happen with the Cubs on the losing end. You’re talking about Steve Bartman times a thousand.

The goat population in the U.S. would decrease by 50 percent within the hour.

It’s not just the teams that would benefit from replay.

Think Jim Joyce doesn’t wish replay was available? Now instead of being remembered as an umpire who has worked numerous postseasons, he’ll always be known for costing Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game.

In game six of the 1985 World Series, umpire Don Denkinger blew a call in which he called the Royals’ Jorge Orta safe when he was clearly out. Orta eventually scored and the Royals went on to beat the Cardinals in that game and in game seven. After the series, Denkinger received death threats from angry Cardinals fans because of the call. Replay was not an option at the time because technology wasn’t up to snuff, but it is my belief that the MLB should probably do all it can to prevent its employees from receiving death

threats from fans in the future.

The arguments against instant replay make no sense.

Some feel it would ruin the human element of baseball officiating, while others argue that baseball games are slow enough as it is and taking a minute or two to look at a replay would interfere with the flow of the game.

In the NFL, each team has the opportunity to challenge two plays and if both calls are overturned, the team gets a third. The referees still exist.

And they’re still actual human beings. So the whole human element argument is ridiculous. If baseball had replay, umpires wouldn’t just vanish.

You think they’re going to put RoboCop out there?

The time argument makes more sense, but is still flawed.

When a controversial call is made, the same thing happens every time. The manager of the team that is negatively affected by the call goes out and has what we all know is a friendly conversation with the umpire.

Sometimes the conversation is so friendly that the ump gives that manager the rest of the day off. This sequence of events usually takes several minutes to end. In that time, the umpire could simply have looked at a replay and made sure the call was correct.

It wouldn’t be such a dramatic change. Have the crew chief either look at a replay himself in a place with a monitor or have him call someone in a booth to tell him if the call was correct or not. Give each team a certain amount of challenges just like in the NFL. Honestly, who doesn’t want to see Ozzie Guillen throw a red baseball at an umpire?

Right now the only thing that can be reviewed in baseball is home runs. Next season that needs to change. This season blown calls have kept teams off the scoreboard, out of the win column and for one Tigers pitcher, out of the history books. And the sad part is, for no apparent reason. blasky@theeagleonline.com

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Men’s soccer takes down Lafayette in double overtime

By TYLER TOMEA Eagle Staff Writer

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DUKE NUKEM — Christine Fingerhuth dribbles past a Duke University player. Fingerhuth scored AU’s third goal in the victory.

Eagles extinguish No. 14 Blue Devils “We knew we needed to step up and play a great game.”

– Steve Jennings, coach

By MICHAEL GARDNER Eagle Contributing Writer

The No. 10-ranked AU field hockey team closed out the weekend with a 3-1 victory over the No. 14 Duke University Blue Devils on Sunday in front of a record crowd of 1,013 at Jacobs Field.

The Blue Devils went on the attack early in the first half, forcing AU goalie Hannah Weitzman to make a diving save in the 13th minute off of a Grace Christus shot in

front of the goal, but AU was able to counter off Duke’s missed chances.

Five minutes later, freshman Constanza Palma stole the ball in the midfield, dribbled through multiple Blue Devil defenders and passed it to Shelly Montgomery, who attempted a shot. Even though Duke goalkeeper Samantha Nelson made the initial save, freshman Alex McMackin was there to tap the ball in and score the Eagles’ first goal of the game.

After McMackin’s goal, the momentum swung as AU outshot the Blue Devils 82 in the first half. With 15 minutes left in the first half, Melissa Casale scored AU’s second goal off of a saved Lotte van de Mierop shot to put the Eagles up 2-0 at halftime.

Christine Fingerhuth added the Eagles third and final goal, scoring her second penalty stroke of the weekend and her 11th goal of the season after she stole the ball just beyond the scoring circle and drew a foul.

AU’s defense was a key factor in the game, forcing multiple turnovers and only conceding one goal off a penalty corner in the 50th minute. With a 3-1 lead, AU’s defense, led by junior Tatum Dyer and senior Gina Hofmann, denied the Blue Devils another goal despite three penalty corners in five minutes late in the second half.

“We always try and make sure the circle is something that is like this ‘untouchable area,’” Dyer said. “We really want to guard it with our lives.”

“We knew we needed to step up and play a great game. There was a huge crowd and I think the team likes playing really good, challenging opponents,” Head Coach Steve Jennings said. “So I think they were ready to go, and we just got after it.”

The victory was AU’s fourth consecutive match against top-25-ranked opponent and extended their winning streak to 10 games.

The Eagles go on the road to face Colgate University in a Patriot League matchup on Oct. 16. Perhaps their most difficult challenge to date, AU will play No. 2 University of Maryland on Oct. 20.

The Eagles will return home against the Bucknell University Bison on Oct. 23. sports@theeagleonline.com

FIELD HOCKEY AU: 3 (11-2, 2-0) Duke: 1 (6-8, 0-4) WASHINGTON, D.C.

The AU men’s soccer team remained undefeated in Patriot League play after defeating the Lafayette College Leopards on the road 2-1 in double overtime.

Sophomore Alassane Kane notched the game-winning goal in the 101st minute of play, giving him his Patriot League-leading sixth goal of the season. AU’s Seth Goldman opened scoring with his second goal of the season, followed by a Lafayette goal by Blake Fink 18-minutes later.

“I am happy for our guys that we were able to battle for a tough road win,” AU Head Coach Todd West told AU Athletics. “From [goalie Matt] Makowski to our back four, along with the midfielders and forwards, it was a great defensive team effort.

Alassane came up huge with a goal in OT to deliver a great conference road win.”

Makowski made three saves and Lafayette goalkeeper Andrew Pianko made one during a scoreless first half.

The Eagles held a 7-0 advantage in first-half corner kicks while the Leopards outshot AU 6-3, but neither team was able to score a first-half goal.

Four minutes into the second half, AU took a 1-0 lead after a Goldman header off a Jamie Davin cross. Goldman’s second goal of the season makes him tied for second on the team, while Davin recorded his teamhigh sixth assist.

But Lafayette responded with the tying goal shortly after.

Neither team could score the game-winning goal in regulation, and the match went to overtime deadlocked at one. In the opening 10minute session of overtime, each team registered a corner kick and one shot, but neither side could provide

the breakthrough goal.

Just 39 seconds into the second OT, Kane scored the game-winner off a pass from Ryan Morales to give AU the 2-1 victory.

For the contest, Lafayette outshot AU 18-11, while the Eagles held a 10-3 advantage in corner kicks. Makowski totaled six saves while Pianko had three for the Leopards.

Saturday’s match marked the sixth straight time that AU and Lafayette have needed extra time to decide the game. With the victory, the Eagles have now won each of the last two seasons in double OT, while the previous three contests resulted in draws.

The victory improves the Eagles to 6-5 overall and gives them their second straight 3-0 start in conference play. The loss drops Lafayette to 5-4-2 on the season and 1-2 in the Patriot League.

AU will next play at the University of Pennsylvania Tuesday before resuming conference play Oct. 16 with a match against the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen. ttomea@theeagleonline. com

MEN’S SOCCER AU: 2 (6-5, 3-0) Lafayette: 1 (5-4-2, 1-2) EASTON, PA.