Activist discusses Israeli blockade of Gaza
In the Middle East, contentious regional politics can prevent humanitarian aid from being delivered to those who need it most, according to Palestinian rights activist Ralph Loeffler.
In the Middle East, contentious regional politics can prevent humanitarian aid from being delivered to those who need it most, according to Palestinian rights activist Ralph Loeffler.
SPA sophomore Sami Green is running for a spot on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D07 for the fourth time in her two years here at AU. With only 27 voters in the district, getting enough signatures has been Green’s downfall. On the commission, Green would consider issues like liquor licenses and zoning laws.
One student in the SPA program in Haiti died as a result of January’s earthquake. Dean of SPA William LeoGrande said he expects the program to continue.
A series of thefts from the lockers at the Jacobs Fitness Center have occurred recently, despite the locks built into the doors.
Housing and Dining Programs say an act of vandalism caused the flood in Anderson at 12:04 on Tuesday morning.
Despite lingering effects of the recession, many students are still planning on taking trips throughout the United States and abroad for spring break.
AU is administering the 2010 National Survey for Student Engagement to freshmen and second semester seniors.
The AU administration has no plans for the near future to change the off-campus parking policy, according to President Neil Kerwin’s Chief of Staff David Taylor.
The Army Corps of Engineers recovered five more broken glass bottlenecks at its 4825 Glenbrook Rd. investigation, bringing the total to eight bottlenecks found in the last month, according to the Corps’ Spring Valley project manager Dan Noble.
Frank Chi, a political communications strategist who worked for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, suggested ways organizations can more effectively use social media to advance their causes at a Feb. 22 meeting of AU's chapter of the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network.
At the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend, controversy about the political group GOProud broke out during one of the conference panels, according to several AU students who attended.
Vice President of Student Government Alex Prescott and Founders’ Week Director Jacque Martin defended their actions in regards to the protocol preceding the postponement of the Founders’ Day Dance at a meeting Sunday. Prescott also announced that the SG might take legal action against the venue where the dance would have occurred.
AU fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa owned up to charges from the Inter-Fraternity Council Sunday and faces punishment. PSK may still take a pledge class next fall.
Spring Valley residents questioned the Army Corps’ recently announced findings regarding anion levels in local drinking water sources.
Many more students chose to study abroad in the spring than in the fall this academic year according to Senior Study Abroad Adviser Ethan Merritt.
The former Student Government bill to reduce fraudulent EagleBucks activity was “dramatically changed” and adopted as a resolution Sunday, according to Class of 2012 Senator Seth Rosenstein.
As the historic snowstorms of February 2010 blanketed D.C. with over 30 inches of snow, canceling classes for nearly a week, some professors turned to the Internet to continue classes. Wimba, a new video chat feature available to AU professors, elicited mixed feelings from students and teachers.
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