Wednesday, Jan. 24

“World War II: Halsey’s Typhoon”
Noon.
Jefferson Room, U.S. National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Metro: Archives/Navy Memorial (Yellow and Green lines)

Bob Drury, co-author of “Halsey’s Typhoon,” will discuss the true tale of when Adm.

Workers have built a court-order wall in the home of a New York City couple who are going through divorce proceedings, according to the Associated Press.

Simon and Chana Taub, whose two-year-long divorce case has been dubbed “The War of the Roses,” both refuse to vacate the three-story rowhouse they share in Brooklyn’s Borough Park.

The D.C. Department of Transportation will be installing additional speed bumps on residential streets near the District border, according to ABC 7 News.

The new speed bumps, which will be placed by crews at 15 locations in Wards 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8, are being installed to curb the use of residential streets as shortcuts for commuters driving out of the District, according to ABC 7.

AU grad’s film selected for Sundance

“Girl 27,” a documentary co-produced by Lindsay Webster, a 2003 graduate of the School of Communication, was selected to compete in the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. 

The documentary tells the story of an underage dancer who was raped at a MGM party in 1937.

AU professor Edward Smith grew up in a Washington, D.C., where the Redskins were an all-white football team, and black children and white children could not go to the same schools.

Progress has been made since then, Smith said, but “America is always a work in progress.

The House of Representatives passed the final bill in the Democrats’ “100 Hours Plan” Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

The plan included six bills, as well as changes to House rules meant to reduce the influence of lobbyists and the deficit.

On Feb. 3, Housing and Dining Programs Executive Director Julie Weber will walk out of her office like she does at the end of every day. However, it will be her last time doing so, as she leaves behind 10 years at AU to begin a similar job 2,000 miles away at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.

Understanding and tolerance of one another as human beings is key to maintaining good relationships between the United States and Saudi Arabia, according to Turki-Al-Faisal, ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

“We need you to come to our part of the world .

Housing and Dining is starting a new package system that will notify students of the status of their package electronically and allow them to swipe their student identification card to receive their packages.

The goal of the system, according to Chris Moody, associate director of Housing and Dining programs, is to create a “paperless and tracking accountability system.

A recent survey conducted by The Minnesota Daily found that three out of four students said they would rather e-mail a professor than go to his or her office hours, and this trend seems to be true for students and professors at AU as well.

Michaela McGill, a sophomore in the School of Communication, said she would rather e-mail a professor because it is convenient and saves her time.

The House of Representatives passed a bill that will cut interest rates on student loans in half by a vote of 356-71 Wednesday, which will affect college students across the U.S., including those at AU.

Under the new bill, the College Student Relief Act of 2007 and also known as H.