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Top 10 long distance love songs

By Josh Levitz | February 13

Music and love, love and music. Pain and music, love and pain. Want to take the edge off of the intense loneliness of being away from a significant other during Valentine's Day? Head over to the Davenport Lounge, get the "Lover's Special" (four shots of espresso - "If you're going to be alone for Valentine's Day, why not be up all night thinking about it?"), turn off the lights in your room and jam these tunes.

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Freedom on Internet boosts indie artists

By Chris DeWitt and Laura Schuetz | February 9

It's no secret that the record industry is suffering. Major labels struggle to find a hit, hemorrhaging millions of dollars into a single artist, exhausting a trend then moving on. Indie labels like Sub Pop and Matador are giving majors like Interscope and Sony serious competition thanks to the Great Leveler known as the Internet.

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In college, students find families in friendships

By Blair Bryant Nichols | February 9

When you meet someone new, there are many things to consider. Are you attracted to them? Do you think that you could actually hold a conversation with them? Could you see yourself with them? Do you like their personality? Are they interesting? Intelligent? Funny? Do they make you smile when you talk to them? Do they make you crazy when you don't talk to them? But even with all these questions, why does the approval of our friends seem to be what matters most of all? When I was in middle school, my best friend would break up with someone if I didn't like or approve of him.

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DS game creates interactive 'wild world'

February 9

"Animal Crossing: Wild World," a new life simulation for the Nintendo DS, is a lot like TV's "Seinfeld": it's a game about nothing. In "Animal Crossing," there's no fighting and no enemies. There is only one town to explore. There is no way to win, per se, unless one considers "living well" to be the best kind of victory.

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Local comic store caters to new crowd

By Josh Kramer | February 9

Around the corner from Best Buy and the Container Store is an easily missed Tenleytown treasure: Fantom Comics. Last November, owner and sole employee Matt Klokel opened the store to work for himself. "I had a good job, and I had a good boss, and I still wanted to work for myself, so I made a business plan and did it," Klokel says.

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Out of context

February 9

"Don't hold your breath." - Professor Brec Cooke to all the women in his Education for Social Justice class who raised their hands after being queried as to who was holding out for a fairytale wedding. Ah, NCOR. What better way to hone those indispensable do-it-yourself skills? This year's activist participants flooded Mary Graydon this past weekend, attending workshops with names like "Guerilla Poetry," "Mountain Justice," "Urban Gardening Training," "Improv and Anarchy," "Queers and Gentrification," "The Revolution Will Not Be Funded" and "Parenting for/as Radical Social Change.

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Early activism profiled in 'Last Days'

By Jen Turner | February 9

Student life and activism have gone hand in hand for quite some time. But today, protests against Starbucks and Taco Bell seem rather lackluster. Are these un-revolutionary times or do the efforts of the present just seem like small potatoes compared to the past? The first thing that comes to mind is the work done by students against issues like the Vietnam War in the 1960s, but the concept of young people striving to inspire change is nothing new.

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SCENE 'N' HEARD: Spotlight on new bands

February 9

We're all in college (surprise!). At this point in the game, we all realize that the best and the brightest in new music are not always found on major, gigantic labels or Total Request Live (although to find out that 22-year-old grad students actually watch that show is totally disheartening).

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Heart-o-scopes

By Tamara Brown | February 9

Aries (March 21 - April 19) This weekend is sure to be one filled with the realization of some of your greatest desires. You've been waiting for so long, and finally the moment has arrived. Bring your best hairnet and have extra Fixodent on hand, because your wild weekend with Mabel and Edna is going to be one that you will never forget.

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The Hold Steady makes waves in D.C.

By Chris DeWitt | February 9

"Certain songs, they get scratched into your souls," sang Craig Finn at the end of the Hold Steady's set at the Black Cat last Wednesday. His voice shook, his eyes were fixed at the back of the club and as he said the words, from the song "Certain Songs," he clawed the air with his hand.

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Music notes

February 6

P.O.S. "Audition" (Rhymesayers Entertainment) Sounds like: A rap-heavier Beastie Boys. B "Audition," P.O.S.'s second album, sharply blends his punk rock roots with indie rap. The album, released by Minneapolis-based Rhymsayers Entertainment, boasts great bass guitars and percussion mixed with interesting hip-hop beats and some pretty decent rapping.

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Flip-flops, though fashionable, may be unhealthy

By Janelle L. Plummer | February 6

Finding the proper mix of style and comfort in footwear is not a hassle for college students when they can crawl out of bed, slip on a pair of flip-flops or Birkenstocks and hurry to class. "I wake up really late, and I don't have time to put on socks and shoes," said Logan Atkinson, a sophomore in the School of Communication.

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'Bubble' exposes real America

By Marissa Newhall | February 6

Doll factory + dysfunctional love triangle + generic American town = murder. Although not the typical cinematic formula, Steven Soderbergh's latest, "Bubble," works wonders with all four. Set in West Virginia, "Bubble" tells the tale of overweight, middle-aged Martha (Debbie Doebereiner) and post-adolescent Kyle (Dustin James Ashley), two doll-factory workers who form an unlikely friendship over lunch breaks and rides home after work.

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His and hers analysis of 'Project Runway' final five

By Dan Longino and Annie Rebekah Gardner | February 6

With only five designers and five episodes left to go in the second season of the wildly popular "Project Runway," Bravo's reality TV fashion design contest, the race for Olympus Fashion Week and the final three designers is heating up. Here with a rundown of the five remaining contestants and their chances is The Eagle's own fashionista Annie Rebekah Gardner and TiVo box owner and often fashion-impaired nerd Daniel Gray Longino.

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That's how they roll

By Erie Meyer | February 6

The Manassas, Va., Skate-N-Fun Zone may play Lil' Jon and Mariah Carey during Wednesday night open skating, but the members of the burgeoning D.C. Rollergirls league who meet there for practice say they prefer a mix of punk, '80s, synth-pop, hair metal and new wave.

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New Pokemon XD is kid-friendly role playing game, but stumbles with sound

February 6

Pok?mon has long had a polarizing influence. Naysayers have been calling the Nintendo franchise a fad since its inception on the original Game Boy in 1998, while aficionados fought the critics back with cries of, "Gotta catch 'em all!" "Pok?mon XD: Gale of Darkness" for the Nintendo GameCube is yet another strong role-playing game, but its kid-friendly surface may repel older gamers worried about what their friends will think.

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Conference brings bands and activists to Tavern

By Chris Moreno | February 6

Last Friday at the Tavern, the National Conference on Organized Resistance held a concert/rally to kick off this year's festivities. Each year, NCOR brings together a bevy of politically aware AU students as well as a number of community activists who are looking to change the world for the better.

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