AU students will now be able to place their names on an automated waitlist for closed course sections during registration, the Office of the Registrar announced Tuesday.

Students will be able to place their names on the waitlist on my.american.edu, according to an e-mail the Office of the Registrar sent to students

The system will create a waitlist as soon as an open section closes for the first time.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority needs nearly half a billion dollars in funding to maintain its current level of service, General Manager John B. Catoe Jr. announced last week.

The needed $489 million would fund 44 different improvements spread throughout the Metrorail, Metrobus and MetroAccess paratransit service systems, according to a WMATA press release.

Four people, including Interim Provost Ivy Broder, will meet with the campus community in the coming weeks as part of the final stages of the ongoing provost search.

In addition to Broder, the other candidates for the position are: Scott Bass, dean of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Graduate School and vice president for research; Charles A.

The setup of typical polls and surveys makes it difficult to determine what exactly is the biggest problem college students face today, School of Communication professor Dotty Lynch said during a panel discussion last night on student activists and their role in the presidential election.

AU Public Safety’s recent purchase of three T3 scooters will help decrease officers’ response times, according to Public Safety Chief Michael McNair. The three scooters and extra batteries cost the office $34,000 and replaced one patrol car.

Kogod School of Business students are currently volunteering to help local taxpayers file their returns.

Through the Internal Revenue Service’s April 15 tax filing deadline, 26 Kogod students will volunteer their time to help people file and get the most out of their tax returns through Community Tax Aid Inc.

CAMPUS BRIEF Bravo and Independent Film Channel added on campus Students who live on campus can now watch Bravo and the Independent Film Channel on campus cable, according to Housing and Dining Executive Director Chris Moody. Moody sent an e-mail to on-campus students Tuesday night notifying them of the change.

Wednesday, March 26 A resident assistant reported a student was intoxicated and unable to walk unassisted on the north side of the Letts-Anderson Quad. Public Safety officers found the student in the company of another student on the tennis courts. Officers determined the intoxicated student was semi-conscious, unable to speak and barely able to stand up.

Thursday, April 3 “Mission: Improv-able Spring Spectacular” 11 p.m. WHERE: Battelle-Tompkins Atrium INFO: Mission: Improv-able, an AU comedy group, will hold a performance in the Battelle-Tompkins Atrium. Admission is free for this event. CONTACT: For more information, e-mail Grant Helms at grant.

Freshmen who take larger introductory classes taught by part-time professors are more likely to drop out, according to a study presented March 26 during the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting.

Though the research was conducted at public schools, the study does not measure the type of school but the relationship between student performance and the amount of time professors devoted to their classes, according to the study.

Newspapers remain the most important source of information for young people despite their waning popularity, News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch told students and faculty yesterday at Georgetown University.

“I think [newspapers] are the best training ground for young people,” he said.

D.C. students could eventually ride the Metro at a discount if next year’s Student Government follows through with the current SG’s talks with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and the D.C. Metro-University Student Alliance, according to SG President Joe Vidulich.