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Metro Brief: Gingrich speech sparks controversy

By Emily Carone | January 27

Newt Gingrich spoke at Catholic University Tuesday, prompting discussion about the university's restrictive speaker policy, which bars any speaker who does not represent Catholic values. The university's College Democrats said Gingrich's campus appearance violated the school's speaker policy because his past extramarital affair and support of the death penalty were anti-Catholic values.

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AU ranks No. 12 in '04 Peace Corps alums

By Joseph Popiolkowski | January 27

AU inched up a spot over last year to No. 12 in a national ranking of colleges and universities whose alumni joined the Peace Corps. AU holds this position in the medium-sized colleges and universities category, which includes schools with an undergraduate enrollment between 5,001 and 15,000.

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Job market looking up for 2005 grads

By Lauren Gardner | January 27

The job outlook for college seniors graduating in 2005 is steadily improving, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a nonprofit group based in Bethlehem, Pa., with 25 percent of employers increasing their hiring projections and 62.5 percent remaining the same.

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Grads aim to foster 'love for reading'

By Kate Oczypok | January 27

Paul Glick and Lindsey Kingston, two AU graduate students, were awarded the $1,000 Martin Luther King Jr. Grant by the Eagle Endowment for their project, titled "The Webb Elementary School Book Club," at a ceremony last Tuesday in the Kay Spiritual Life Center.

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AU students join protesters, some face pepper spray

January 24

More than 100 AU students protested on Inauguration Day, several of whom were affected by pepper spray that D.C. police used to control crowds around Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street during the parade. A group of protesters tried to remove security fences and a handful got through, according to Reuters. Some activists wore gas masks and threw rocks, snow and water bottles at the officers. About a dozen people were affected by the pepper spray and vomited and shouted, while some others covered their noses with scarves and sleeves and tried to get into the Willard Hotel, The Eagle witnessed.

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Campus Brief: Students' film presented in SOC

January 24

More than a dozen AU visual media students served on the crew of the film "Children Will Listen," which was screened last night in the Wechsler Performance Theater.

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Some at AU avoid inaugural frenzy

By Lauren Gardner | January 24

While some students planned for the inauguration weeks in advance, others at AU chose not to attend the ceremony or the parade Thursday. Some students cited the desire to sleep in and stay warm. "I didn't go because it was really cold today, and I didn't want to get up on a day I didn't have to go to class," said Jack Giroux, a freshman in the School of Public Affairs.

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Young Republicans and activists crowd 'Freedom' concert

By Emily Carone | January 24

Freezing temperatures and snow did not keep crowds away from the Celebration of Freedom inaugural concert on Wednesday night, as thousands came to the Ellipse to see President George W. Bush and musical acts such as the Gatlin Brothers and Kenny Chesney.

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Inaugural events draw students from across nation

By Anne Godlasky | January 24

Students from across the country came to D.C. last week to participate in the inaugural events - some protesting, some supporting and others simply observing. "It's a historical event that I'll probably only get to see once in a lifetime," said Carolyn McGrady, a senior psychology major at Notre Dame.

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Unprecedented inaugural security draws mixed reactions

By Emily Carone | January 24

The unprecedented level of security for the 55th presidential inauguration on Thursday is drawing mixed reactions with some, like a protest group and a congresswoman calling it overwhelming, and others, like law enforcement, calling it necessary. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) feels the security is a little excessive and is upset the city is being forced to pay for it, said her spokesperson Doxie McCoy.

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College Republicans make most of Bush's big day

By Mary Specht | January 24

From 5 a.m. to beyond midnight, the College Republicans made the most of Inauguration Day. Ashley Wall, a freshman in the School of Public Affairs, attended inaugural concerts Tuesday and Wednesday, the swearing-in, the parade and a ball.

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Metro Brief: Metro may remove seats

By Emily Carone | January 24

Seats may be removed from Metro trains to accommodate the rapidly growing number of commuters, if Metro's planning and development committee's suggestions are followed.

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Reverend invokes King's vision for equality and political unity

By Lauren Gardner | January 24

The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. spoke in the Kay Spiritual Life Center on Tuesday about Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision and the need for parties to work together for progress to keep America from "peril." Forbes gave the address, "The Mandate for Prophetic Justice," at the Third Annual R.

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Supreme Court justices visit AU to debate foreign influence

By Matt Larson | January 24

Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia sat down last Thursday at the Washington College of Law for a rare public conversation about the legality of using foreign laws to interpret the U.S. Constitution.

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$1 million to be cut in phone costs

By Jeannette Kimmel | January 24

Starting in fall 2005, AU will depend more on student cell phone use and stop offering traditional phone service in the residence halls, according to Julie Weber, executive director of Housing and Dining Programs. Initial capital savings will be in the "range of $1 [million] to $1.2 million, with operating savings in the range of $85,000 to $125,000 per year," said Carl Whitman, executive director of e-operations at AU.

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Thousands trickle through inaugural parade security

By Emily Carone | January 24

Thousands gathered to watch the inaugural parade on Thursday, waiting on long security checkpoint lines to get in the parade area. At public checkpoints, uniformed soldiers made parade-goers empty any food at the entrance gate, leaving a three-foot pile of abandoned coffee, fruit, and other snacks.

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Bush supporters confront protesters

By Claire Maude | January 24

Amid throngs of anti-Bush protesters at Thursday's inaugural events, small groups of conservative counter-protesters held signs and talked to passers-by to show their support for the president. The counter-protesters ranged from anti-abortion activists to Christian evangelicals and from Vietnam veterans to college students.

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