Crime ring might be behind bike thefts
About 20 bikes were stolen on campus this semester after the locks were destroyed with wire cutters.
About 20 bikes were stolen on campus this semester after the locks were destroyed with wire cutters.
President Neil Kerwin and his wife are in the process of moving back into their 4835 Glenbrook Rd. home, AU’s Director of Community and Local Government Relations Penny Pagano said during a Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board meeting Tuesday night.
There could be fecal matter in your refrigerator. That’s right. Fecal matter. According to a study financed by LYSOL brand products and conducted by the Simmons College Center for Hygiene and Health, 30 percent of dorm refrigerators harbor fecal indicators.
Crisis pregnancy centers, which are usually funded by non-profit, anti-abortion organization, can give women misleading and untruthful information about pregnancy, contraception and abortions, according to a panel discussion hosted by AU Students for Choice.
Human suffering and troubles are the result of human ignorance, said the Dalai Lama during his teaching, “Finding Wisdom in the Modern World,” at AU Oct. 10. No human being wants trouble or suffering, he said, but suffering is a human creation. Lust for money and power, jealousy, lies, sexual abuse, murder and theft are all the result of ignorance, he said “All these [are] negative action[s] due to certain negative emotions,” the Dalai Lama said. “These negative emotions, these destructive emotions, are basically based on ignorance.” The 14th Dalai Lama spoke to a packed Bender Arena at 9:30 a.m. He sat on a large beige armchair and spoke enthusiastically to the full arena. A large cloth banner, called a thangka, stretched from ceiling to floor behind the stage, colorfully depicting the Buddha. The teaching began in English, with the Dalai Lama using a translator for occasional words. Toward the middle of the speech, the translator played a larger role.
Two recent AU grads are fighting a monster — monster.com that is. Dave Rodriguez and Dave Simnick both graduated this year from the Kogod School of Business and the School of Public Affairs, respectively, and their new Web site, GrouperEye.com, takes a different approach to job hunting than other résumé-posting sites.
The AU Health Center will be receiving its first H1N1 vaccines shortly, according to Director of the Student Health Center Dan Bruey.
Several cab drivers servicing the Adams Morgan area have been refusing to work Saturday and Sunday nights in protest of a bill designed to regulate and limit the number of taxis operating in the D.C. area.
Thousands of people converged on the West Lawn of the Capitol Oct. 11, decked out in everything from rainbow flags and glitter to chicken costumes — calling for equal rights for the gay community.
The ideals of Buddhism are open to people of all faiths because they teach non-exclusive concepts such as compassion and the wisdom to tell right from wrong, Buddhist teacher and master Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche said during a panel discussion held after the Dalai Lama’s Oct. 10 teachings.
D.C.’s unemployment rate this August increased to 11.2 percent, a level not reached since June of 1983, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Eight people have committed suicide by jumping into oncoming D.C. Metro trains this year, more than in previous years.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke to a crowd in Bender Arena Saturday and said human suffering and troubles are the result of human ignorance.
Despite more than two years of intensive reform under Chancellor Michelle Rhee, D.C.’s public schools still struggle to meet national standards. Rhee gave the keynote speech at the “College to Kids Summit” held Wednesday in the Mary Graydon Center. The summit, which was sponsored by the non-profit organization Heads Up, featured representatives from education-focused non-profit organizations from across America. From 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. the representatives discussed how to help students from D.C. schools get into — and flourish — in college.
The biggest problem with the revised shuttle system is the Super Loop route, AU Student Government President Andrew MacCracken said in a town hall meeting Tuesday.
The 14th Dalai Lama will give a teaching titled “Finding Wisdom in the Modern World” in Bender Arena Saturday as part of his 10-day trip to Washington, D.C.
The Army Corps cleanup of the Spring Valley neighborhood is a matter of national importance, and the U.S. government has an “undisputed responsibility,” U.S. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., said at a town hall meeting Tuesday night in Mary Graydon Center.
Television service for some students who live in AU’s block of the Berkshire Apartments will be restored in the next day or two after some students were left without service for weeks.
AU students under 21 years old may soon be able to rent and drive cars from Zipcar under a pilot program promoted by Student Government President Andy MacCracken.