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SG waives exec credit requirement

By Cassie Passinault

The Undergraduate Senate decided Monday to waive the credit requirement for Alex Manzanares, a freshman in the School of Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences, to allow him to run for Student Government secretary in a last-minute decision. According to current SG bylaws, any student wishing to run for an executive office must have at least 45 credits, not including credits from classes a student is currently taking. (continue reading)

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Campaigns use Facebook for grassroots efforts

By Patricio Chile

A new movement in politics is coming from an unexpected medium - the social networking Web site Facebook has emerged as a way for AU students to show their support for the 2008 presidential candidates. James Lynch, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs, started a Facebook group supporting John McCain. (continue reading)

AU Abroad moves into Morocco

By Rachel Wood

American University students can study in Morocco in a new enclave program starting in fall 2007, AU Study Abroad representatives announced on the AU Abroad Web site. This will be the first AU program to take place in Morocco. Centered in Rabat, Morocco's capital, the program will offer courses in anthropology and art history, as well as the economics and politics courses traditionally offered by AU abroad programs. (continue reading)

University office vacancies impeded some SG goals

By Patrick Ambrosio, Adam Bender and Kyle Butts

While campaigning last year for the position of Student Government vice president, Pat McGill promised to replace the annual Founder's Day Ball with "Bender Bash," a carnival in Bender Arena that would conserve funds for other events. (continue reading)

N.C. students fined for sleeping through alarms

By Jennifer Bennett Hanson

Two students at Saint Augustine's College in Raleigh, N.C., were recently fined $150 each for sleeping through a fire alarm, causing students to complain about many other fines they feel are excessive. However, AU differs from Saint Augustine in that it AU does not fine students for not leaving the residence halls during a fire alarm, but instead files charges with the Judicial Affairs and Mediation Services Offices, said AU's South Campus Area Director Amber Lange in an e-mail. (continue reading)

Conference looks at use of Facebook as evidence

By Tony Romm

Lawyers and college administrators debated whether Facebook should be used as a law enforcement tool at a conference on student policing and privacy hosted by Stetson University Monday, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. AU does not use Facebook as evidence against students, according to Gail Hanson, vice president for Campus Life. (continue reading)

SOC e-newsletter gives job, internship advice

Biweekly publication aids employment search

By Robyn Slagle

The search for a job or internship during college is often a stressful and difficult time for students. However, the new e-newsletter careers.COMM may alleviate some worries for students in the School of Communication. Lenore Webb, the SOC career adviser in the Career Center, started the e-newsletter in October 2006. (continue reading)

Gallaudet taking preemptive action to retain accreditation

By Howard Perlman

Gallaudet University worked to retain its accreditation last month after the Middle States Commission on Higher Education postponed its decision on reaccrediting the university. AU students said they think Gallaudet's preemptive actions will help the school retain its accreditation. (continue reading)

Activists, Md. prisoners discuss death penalty

By Brian Kalish

Bonnita Spikes, whose husband was murdered during a convenience store robbery, said she does not want his killers to receive the death penalty if they are caught, at a forum in the School of International Service lounge Tuesday evening. The forum, organized by the AU Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, hosted Spikes, who now serves as an anti-death row activist. (continue reading)

Campus briefs

College Democrats hold first meeting following suspension Josh Goodman, a junior in the School of International Service, was named acting treasurer Tuesday at the College Democrats' first meeting since being suspended and losing their spring funding. All campus clubs are allotted money through the AU Club Council and are required to fundraise 10 percent of the funds they are given, The Eagle previously reported. (continue reading)

Metro brief: Tenleytown hardware store robbed

By Jimm Phillips

District police continued to search yesterday for a woman suspected of being involved in the Tuesday robbery of a Tenleytown hardware store, according to NBC4.com. A group of men reportedly robbed the Ace Hardware store, located in the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue N. (continue reading)

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