A Tokyo teacher was arrested Monday after stealing the underwear of six young schoolboys at knifepoint, according to Kyodo News.

The 26-year-old teacher allegedly approached the group of eight boys and showed them the knife, after which two of the boys ran away, Kyodo News reported.

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards ended their campaigns for their parties’ presidential nominations yesterday.

Neither managed to win a single state’s primary since the primary process began earlier this month.

Georgetown University officials announced Tuesday that a hard drive stolen from the Student Affairs Office contained personal data on 38,000 students, faculty and staff, according to The Hoya, Georgetown’s student newspaper.

On Jan. 3, officials alerted Georgetown’s public safety department, the Metropolitan Police Department and the Secret Service, which deals with potential misuse of private information, about the theft, The Hoya reported.

Students struggling with alcoholism can turn to the new student-only Alcoholics Anonymous meetings starting in February.

Though AA was on campus before, Wellness Center health educator Laura Kovach said they sought to create a place where students feel comfortable.

Jerry Springer poked fun at his own show during a Kennedy Political Union-sponsored event last night at the University Club in Mary Graydon Center.

“First, I’m sorry for the show,” he said. “I can’t explain it. I really can’t justify the show.”

The event began with a performance by Mission: Improvable, AU’s student-run improvisation group.

For 2008, AU’s Student Government plans to increase student voter registration by starting a program similar to one already implemented by the George Washington University Student Association.

GW Votes, a new nonpartisan initiative developed by the GW Student Association, aims to register all GW students who are eligible to vote in the 2008 presidential election.

Some residents of Anderson and Centennial halls who are frustrated by waiting in long lines to receive packages from the mailroom have tried to remedy the situation by submitting a petition.

The petition was signed by 59 students and submitted to Housing and Dining Programs Jan.

Barack Obama has the inspirational power and capacity to change America, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said in front of thousands of supporters at a campaign rally for the Illinois senator held in Bender Arena Monday. “In Barack Obama, I see not just the audacity, but the possibility of hope for the America that is yet to be,” he said.

A student’s tip led an AU official to remove multiple boxes, including an open box containing forms with students’ Social Security numbers on them, from a hallway on the second floor of the McKinley Building Friday.

Huyen Nguyen, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he was walking in the inner hallway of the building Monday or Tuesday of last week when he first noticed the boxes, which were stacked against the wall.

Wednesday, Jan. 16 A student reported that the tire on her vehicle had been slashed while it was parked in the Nebraska Parking Lot. A McDowell Hall resident reported her laptop stolen. She had shipped it to the residence hall but found it was not in the box when she received it.

Thursday, Jan. 31 AU Abroad General Information Session 3:30-4 p.m. WHERE: MGC 247 INFO: At this information session, find out how to select a program. Learn about the costs and the application process for studying abroad before you meet with an AU Abroad adviser.

Supporters of the proposed Metrorail extension to Washington Dulles International Airport got a short reprieve this week when Transportation Secretary Mary Peters agreed to wait before issuing her decision about whether or not the project would receive federal funding.

Student activists staged a “die-in” last night in Mary Graydon Center, during which they laid on the floor of the lobby to protest the Iraq war.

Students from the Community Action and Social Justice Coalition wore all black clothing for the event, which was meant to draw attention to the lives lost in the Iraq war and raise student awareness about the situation, according to Jenna Robson, a freshman in the School of International Service.

Dr. Robert Carroll, former senior economist for the Bush administration, will be the new executive in residence in the School of Public Affairs’ department of public administration and policy.

Carroll was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers and former deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis at the U.