Election officials in the D.C. area have restricted non-U.S. citizens who want to observe the election from visiting certain polling sites, according to Vassia Gueorguieva, a coordinator of an AU-based team of election observers.

“Usually election observation is done at random sites,” Gueorguieva said.

Of all the full-time professors in the United States, only 27 percent are women, according to a report released two weeks ago by the American Association of University Women.

However, the percentage of tenured female faculty at AU is higher than the national average, according to Dean of Academic Affairs Ivy Broder.

The Eagle’s calendar of campus events from November 1st until November 5th.

A brief from The Eagle on destruction of political signs in the weeks leading up to November 2.

Campus Brief on the election debate between Tucker Carlson and Andrei Cherny Thursday night.

Safety and security events around campus the week prior to November 1, 2004.

Before Melanie Wood, a Princeton doctoral student, talked about creativity in math in Ward 1 on Tuesday night, she shared a rather humorous experience.

“When I meet new people and tell them I’m a mathematician or a mathematical grad student, I get a lot of different responses,” Wood said. The responses ranged from an incredulous “So do you come up with new numbers?” to “Do you study, like, Calculus 9?” to what she called the most frequent response by far: “I can’t even balance my checkbook.”

Student complaints about the tardiness of Park Bethesda shuttles have decreased, but safety issues, such as drivers speeding and using cell phones, are still a concern, according to AU Director of Risk Management and Transportation Services Tony Newman and Park Bethesda Resident Manager Greg Gadren.

On Saturday night before Halloween, hundreds of masked and costumed D.C.-area residents took to Georgetown’s streets for bar-hopping, trick-or-treating and general mischief. Some went nearly naked in bras and panties, while others were completely covered up in elaborate masks, robes and dresses.

Marc Malon resigned as chairman of the Board of Elections at the General Assembly meeting Sunday because he said he was overwhelmed with the time and energy commitments that the position requires.

Malon, a senior, was appointed Sept. 22 when Student Confederation President Polson Kanneth asked the previous board chair, David Blum, to resign, The Eagle reported Sept. 23.

Although they are unable to vote in the presidential elections, international students have strong opinions about whether George W. Bush or John F. Kerry should win.

“I think international students feel this is a chance for the American people to make a decision about what has happened in the last four years and show the world how they feel,” said Daphne Leger, a freshman in the School of International Service who is originally from France.

After the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees and what Public Safety called a “riot” broke out on the Letts-Anderson Quad, some at AU and the surrounding neighborhood are wondering how students will react to a Bush or Kerry win on Nov. 2.

Although Director of Public Safety Michael McNair said he doesn’t expect riots, Public Safety will continue to monitor the situation, he said.

An informal, unscientific poll of 607 AU students conducted by The Eagle over the past two weeks showed a strong preference toward John F. Kerry, who is challenging President George W. Bush in tomorrow’s election.

According to the poll, 75 percent of AU students who plan to vote or have cast absentee ballots support Kerry.