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AU renews Kerwin's contract for 5 years

By Paige Jones | March 3

Neil Kerwin will serve as AU president for five more years.

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Michelle Rhee screens 'Waiting for Superman' at AU; continues call for education reform

By Leigh Giangreco | March 3

Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee said the state of the U.S. public education system today “sucks.”

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1917: AU volunteers campus to Army for training, testing

By Sylvia Carignan | February 28

By the summer of 1917, there were 2,100 U.S. Army soldiers and officers stationed and ready for training at “Camp American University,” with thousands more to come. The new tenants transformed the campus. Before their arrival, the only structures on campus were the College of History, now known as Hurst Hall, and a half-finished McKinley Building.

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Undergraduate tuition to increase at lowest rate in 15 years

By Paige Jones | February 28

The Board increased the tuition by a smaller rate to appeal to students and maintain AU as a higher form of education.

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Founders' Day Ball goes off without a hitch

February 28

Students danced the night away under the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s marble statues on Feb. 26.

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AU's AKA chapter celebrates 34th anniversary with current, founding sisters

By Lauren Landau | February 28

Evelyn Sample-Oates, a 1988 graduate of the School of Communication and an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. sister, said seeing today’s sisters made her return to AU feel like coming home.

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Faculty Senate to weigh student input in add/drop decision

By Paige Jones | February 28

After strong student opposition, the Faculty Senate will consider asking the provost to keep the add/drop period at 10 days.The Senate originally voted to shorten the period from 10 days to seven during its Feb. 16 meeting.

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D.C. student governments make noise about D.C.'s new noise law

February 28

D.C. needs to clarify how the city’s new noise law will be executed and why it was created, a coalition of D.C. university student government presidents wrote.

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New, faster eaglesecure wireless network to cover campus by fall

By Geoffrey Beebe | February 28

The improved eaglesecure campus wireless network will replace EagleNet by the beginning of the fall semester as part of a wireless network upgrade. Currently, eaglesecure is not available across campus, including in the Ward Circle Building and outdoors. Eaglesecure, which is about three times faster ...

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Library to undergo $350k in renovations, add more outlets

By Zach C. Cohen | February 28

Bender Library will have more electrical outlets over the next few months, as the building undergoes $350,000 in renovations.

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AU grad student on smoking: ‘no ifs, ands or butts’

By Anna Scalamogna | February 28

President Neil Kerwin might find 1,000 cigarette butts on his doorstep soon. The butts are a present from Noah Jacobs, a graduate film student who has been advocating for the enforcement of smoke-free areas on campus since last year.

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Police blotter

February 28

Public Safety actions reported to The Eagle.

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TDR chef Mary Soto caters to students

By Nicole Glass | February 28

Although Mary Soto is a Terrace Dining Room chef by day, she spends her nights chowing down on microwaveable popcorn.

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Students bond over multicultural ties

By Lauren Landau | February 28

Four student cultural groups united for the first time Feb. 25 to celebrate their collective history in a Black History Month event devoted to sharing the unique cultures of the diaspora.

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Gender should be dynamic, Kate Bornstein says

February 28

Transgender activist Kate Bornstein said limiting gender to either male or female is a warped idea.

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AU celebrates Body Image Awareness Week

By Rachel Shabad and Elijah Mercer | February 28

While college campuses across the nation observed National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, AU hosted events for Body Image Awareness Week, a larger concept that encompasses eating disorders and other issues.

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Board of Trustees: Merit awards pool to be created, Abramson to step down as Board chair

By Paige Jones | February 26

The Board of Trustees convened Thursday and Friday to finalize the budget for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and discuss its new leadership.

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