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Students raise money, collect popcorn for foster children

By Kate Oczypok | April 3

Professor Gemma Puglisi's Communication and Society class raised funds for Andrea Brenner's Sociology of the Family class Thursday afternoon. The sociology class is raising funds and collecting popcorn to go towards foster children who have aged out of the foster care system who are currently in college on scholarship.

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Campus brief: AU radio station to partner with traffic website

By Kate Oczypok | March 30

WAMU 88.5 FM has partnered with Traffic.com to make listeners' commutes a little less stressful, according to The American Weekly. The service uses a state-of-the-art network of road sensors, fire and police radios, mobile vehicle road reporters, airborne traffic monitors, and more than 300 cameras across the D.

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Local politics gives students more access

By Lauren Gardner | March 30

Students can help affect change in politics by becoming more active in the local governments of their schools, said professors and campaigning politicians Jamin Raskin and Mary Cheh at a lecture at George Washington University Monday. Raskin, a professor of constitutional law at AU's Washington College of Law, is running in the Democratic primary in September for Maryland State Senate against 20-year incumbent Ida Ruben, Raskin said.

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Police blotter

By Kate Oczypok | March 30

Saturday, March 18 A laptop was stolen from a classroom in the Ward Circle building. Officers responded and a statement was taken. Graffiti was found on the first floor restroom of the Asbury Building. A mulch fire was reported in front of Anderson Hall. Officers responded and extinguished the fire that was caused by an impromperly extinguished cigarette.

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Report shows D.C. lacks in AIDS awareness programs

By Kelly Kerr | March 30

AU students need to be aware of AIDS risk behaviors and prevention methods, according to on-campus organizations such as The Naked Truth and the Wellness Center. Following a harsh report on the District's response to the city's HIV/AIDS problem, a follow-up report gave the city a mixed review on its six-month review last Thursday, according to The Washington Post.

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SG presidential candidates talk policy

By Cait Douglas | March 30

As banners flutter on the Quad, a sure sign that Student Government elections are in full swing, the SG presidential candidates participated in the first debate of the spring campaigns Wednesday night answering student questions in a town hall forum. The forum, organized and moderated by the Board of Elections, allowed for the candidates to discuss their platforms and positions on issues of concern to students.

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Campus calendar

By Kate Oczypok | March 30

Thursday, March 3 "Be True to You: Assertiveness in Relationships Workshop" 3:35-4:50 p.m., Hughes Formal Lounge. Learn how to express yourself genuinely and assertively as a way to develop your relationships. For more information, contact 885-3500. "Spirituality in Conflict Analysis: Phillip Hellmich" 6 p.

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Florida law requires high school students to declare major

By Rebecca Kern | March 30

The Florida State House recently passed a law that will require incoming high school freshmen to declare a major, just like college students, according to CNN.com. The bill was proposed by Gov. Jeb Bush to prepare students for the real world and reduce their state high school dropout rates by making classes more interesting, according to CNN.

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Lecture talks about rape

March 30

George Mason University professor Dr. Debra Bergoffen answers questions Wednesday afternoon following her lecture on rape. Bergoffen's speech, entitled "How Rape Became a Crime Against Humanity: History of an Error, Modernity and the Problem of Evil," was sponsored by the Women and Politics Institute.

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Metro brief: Washington sniper deemed competent to stand trial

By Kate Oczypok | March 30

A Maryland judge ruled yesterday that sniper John Allen Muhammad is competent to stand trial and allowed him to fire his lawyers and represent himself during his first-degree murder trial, said The Washington Post. Montgomery County Circuit Judge James L.

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Metro crash in 2005 leads to improved safety

By Kate Oczypok | March 30

Metro officials are planning to install rollback protection on trains within the next year due to last year's collision in which a train rolled backward for 78 seconds and slammed into another train, according to Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith. The operator of the runaway train at the Woodley Park Station in November 2004 failed to break because he was probably asleep, federal safety officials said last week.

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National/world briefs

By Kate Oczypok | March 30

Abramoff sentenced five years for fradulent purchases Jack A. Abramoff, the once-powerful Republican lobbyist at the center of a major corruption scandal, was sentenced Wednesday to five years and 10 months in prison for his role in the fraudulent purchase of a fleet of casino cruise ships, www.

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Panel looks at women's role in Middle Eastern society

By April Astor | March 30

The image of a Middle Eastern woman covered by a burkha may conjure up strong feelings for Western feminists. During the Taliban regime however, there was more public outrage over the group's destruction of Buddhist statues than over their harsh treatment of women, said AU professor Catherine Warrick at a panel discussion Monday night.

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Student forced to leave GWU

By Rebecca Kern | March 27

Former George Washington University student Jordan Nott recently filed a lawsuit against GWU and eight university administrators, claiming that the school violated federal law protecting Americans with disabilities, according to The Washington Post. The Post reported that at 2 a.

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SAT scoring errors affect AU applicants

By Brian Kalish | March 27

More than 4,000 incoming freshman at universities across the country received lower scores on their SATs than deserved because of grading problems, according to the College Board. Approximately 100 applicants to AU were affected, said Sharon Alston, director of admissions.

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E-mail changes academic relations

By Laraine Weschler | March 27

E-mail has changed the nature of student/teacher relationships, allowing for more interaction with professors outside the classroom while encouraging informal and impersonal contact, according to many AU professors. Katherine Gillespie, a literature professor at AU, said a lot of students who don't speak in class e-mail Gillespie their thoughts on course material.

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Activist promotes democracy in Burma

By Kendra Garstka | March 27

Human rights activist and former political prisoner Bo Kyi spoke to about 200 people last Tuesday night about his personal contributions to the campaign for democracy in Burma. Without democracy we cannot speak out, Kyi said. If you practice basic human rights you are in prison.

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