Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
The Eagle
Delivering American University's news and views since 1925
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024
Support The Eagle
The Eagle

Scene

The Eagle

Hip-hop music needs place in higher education

By Chris Nye · Monday, Oct. 1, 2007

Hip-hop music and culture are powerful intellectual tools that need a higher profile in university education, according to the educators, musicians and activists who participated in the International Association for Hip-Hop Education's first annual conference at the National Music Center on Friday.

The Eagle

Les Savy Fav remains savvy

Monday, Oct. 1, 2007

Your college radio station, WVAU, is looking out for your best interests. The Web stream available at wvau.org is broadcasting the greatest new music and those old indie rock favorites. Now WVAU is taking it from the airwaves to the front page with "WVAU's Pick of the Week," a weekly review of our hottest new add.

SMART ART - The National Museum of Women in the Arts' new exhibit shows how women use art to express important themes in feminism.

'WACK!' maps feminist movement

By Jessica Alter · Monday, Oct. 1, 2007

Feminism is seen in an exciting and challenging, new light with "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution," the newest and largest exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts since the museum opened its doors 20 years ago. This exhibition presents nearly 300 pieces of work by 118 artists from 1965 to 1980.

VOTE OR DIE - The Arlington Cinema 'N' Drafthouse will host the 10th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival tonight. It will feature 12 finalists.
News

Vote for best of Manhattan Short Film Fest

By Tricialee Friedman | September 27

Interested? Here are some of tonight's shorts. "Lines" Directed by Sonja Jasansky UCLA student Sonja Jasansky was assigned to create a single scene from a movie. She wasn't happy with the assignment, so she created an entire short film about a rebellious high school student.

SHABOP SHALOM - Renegade folk artist Devendra Banhart will play at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue this Monday. His new album, "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon," incorporates his trademark irony and humor as well as a healthy sense of wanderlust.
News

Banhart to rock the synagogue

By Hilary Crowe | September 27

After whiling away this spring recording and carousing in Topanga Canyon - the lush landscape and former home of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Charles Manson - Devendra Banhart has emerged with a new album as fertile as the environment and imagination that gave it life.

BORN TO BE WILD - Throughout "Into the Wild," director Sean Penn and cinematographer Eric Gautier take the viewer on an epic journey from wealth and all-around success in Georgia to a much less glamorous life in the rugged Alaskan wilderness. Here, Christ
News

Penn urges young adults 'Into the Wild'

By Stephen Tringali | September 27

Emile Hirsch trudges through the hard Alaskan snow, his back turned to the audience. His character, Christopher McCandless, doesn't approve of those who might be watching him. They, like his parents, just don't understand his journey from relative wealth as a college graduate in Georgia to Alaska's barren wilderness.

The Eagle
News

Relationships, medications bring up questions

By Pierce Hardcastle | September 27

Dear Pierce, I am a 34-year-old graduate student and have a similar problem to the man described as not being able to "finish" in a previous column. Since college, I started suffering from anxiety, coming close to a panic attack or two, for which I started taking medication a few months ago.

The Eagle
News

Living abroad triggers constant search for identity

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | September 27

What does it mean to be European? This is the question my "Cultural Construction of European Identities" class confronts every Monday and Wednesday. While studying the many identities - gender, ethnic, national, religious and so on - people construct, the professor examines the experience of emigrants, particularly Polish ones, who found themselves in the United States.

The Eagle
News

The week in fun calendar

September 27

Thursday, Sept. 27 Shake That Azz: To Support Sex Worker Rights 7 p.m., $5-$10 suggested donation WHERE: Fab Lounge, 1805 Connecticut Ave. N.W. INFO: Dupont nightclub the Fab Lounge hosts a dance-party benefit for sex worker rights. A handful of DJs and a silent auction sound pretty cool to us, but we're mostly intrigued by the "floor shows," occurring at 8 and 9 p.

IN RESIDENCE - Wendell Cochran, director of the School of Communication's journalism program, moved into Nebraska Hall with his wife, Faye. Cochran hopes to connect students living in the building through a Blackboard page to plan events and dinners.
News

Cochran: Big man on AU campus

By Norma Porter | September 27

Students walking along the terrace level of Nebraska Hall might see someone unexpected: Wendell Cochran, an associate professor and the director of the journalism program in the School of Communication. Cochran and his wife, Faye, moved into Nebraska Hall earlier this month under the Resident Faculty Program, which is sponsored by the Office of Campus Life.

'PULLING THEIR WEIGHT' - As demonstrated in their work on "Marie Antoinette," Coppola and Reitzell excel at melding movies and music.
News

Coppola's brave music choices define movies

By Donny Sheldon | September 27

Since the era of "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease," successes in the sound track genre have been confined to ones composed for musicals, including the Grammy-winning "Chicago" compilation. Regrettably, the public has wrongfully ignored the three best sound tracks in the past 10 years.

The Eagle
News

'Gaiden' satisfies need for action

By Gennaro Esposito | September 27

ird rendition of the "Ninja Gaiden" franchise and the first on a console not developed by Microsoft. It retains the same signature game play that the series has been known for since appearing on the Xbox in 2004, while adding new features and upgraded graphics to a tried and true formula.

News

Theater brings out kid in coeds

By Emily Melhorn | September 27

An ideal Saturday morning for most college students involves sleeping past noon, a late breakfast and generally ignoring the conventions of time. It tends to not include waking up earlier than students usually do for most classes to watch people dress up like kings or princesses to entertain children.

News

AU alumna releases 10th book

By Ashleigh Bartolik | September 27

With her blend of cutting-edge forensic science, nerve-racking suspense and just the right amount of romance and humor, suspense author Kathy Reichs delivers another winner novel. Reichs, who obtained a bachelor's degree in anthropology from AU, is a forensic anthropologist for the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de M?decine L?gale in Quebec and currently serves as the vice president of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists.

BLACK HUMOR - Comedian Michael Ian Black fails to deviate from the standard comedy album routine in his first attempt. Black, usually known for his off-the-wall antics, sounds subdued sans screenplay.
News

HALO: 360 degrees

By Michael Carusi | September 24

The "Halo" series, Microsoft's flagship video game franchise, has helped to give the computer company a niche in the gaming industry. As "Halo 3" prepares to join shelves of other titles at retail outlets on Tuesday, it does not simply follow its two predecessors.

The Eagle
News

Tech Briefs

September 24

INTEL ACQUIRES MAJOR SOFTWARE PROVIDER FOR MOVIES AND GAMES Intel has recently acquired Havok Inc., a major provider of software and services for video games and movies. Havok will become a subsidiary of Intel but continue operating regularly. Havok will add to Intel's visual and computing efforts.

News

Review: Metro Station

September 24

Metro Station "Metro Station" (Red Ink) Sounds like: The product of a freaky and possibly drug-induced Mika-Franz Ferdinand-Depeche Mode orgy. Despite the fact that Metro Station guitarist Trace Cyrus is actually the son of mullet-master Billy Ray Cyrus, the band's self-titled full-length debut is far from country.

News

Review: Foo Fighters

September 24

Foo Fighters "Echoes Silence Patience & Grace" (RCA) Sounds like: AC/DC Guitarist Angus Young had a love child with Pearl Jam Singer Eddie Vedder. The Foo Fighters' new album, "Echoes Silence Patience & Grace," is like starting up a passionate love affair with an old flame; it has the comfort of their signature rock sound without merely reproducing it, like many bands of their stature get away with.

The Eagle
News

MUSIC SPOTLIGHT

By Tamar Hallerman | September 24

Hey AU, what are you listening to? Be on the lookout for roving reporters who are ready to ask you what's currently on heavy rotation on your iPod, stereo, hard drive, or whatever. Curious about what your fellow Eagles are tuning in to? So are we. Here's

News

Review: The Forms

September 24

The Forms GRADE: A "Icarus" (Threespheres) Sounds like: Nothing else in the world matters. 1990s emo-ish bands such as American Football, Cap'n Jazz and At the Drive-In proved that music with that certain emotive drive could be groundbreaking and interesting.

The UFL and Why it's Good for the Sport

Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.

Powered by Solutions by The State News
All Content © 2024 The Eagle, American Unversity Student Media