AU is the only area school that has chosen to ticket its students.

The District Department of Transportation recently unveiled plans for a new streetcar transportation system that would connect neighborhoods underserved by Metro, including Anacostia, Georgetown and Adams Morgan.

Streetcar tracks are being constructed in Anacostia and on H Street and Benning Road in Northeast D.C., according to the DDOT Web site. The DDOT hopes to have both lines running by 2012 and expects to build a network with 37 miles of streetcar tracks

It has been almost 50 years since streetcars last operated in the District, according to the DDOT Web site.

Though buses could easily get people around new routes, the streetcars offer distinct advantages, according to DDOT spokesperson John Lisle.

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Vaccines for H1N1 will be available Friday, Nov. 20 in the Mary Graydon Center, the Student Health Center announced.

AU students can now rent one of six bikes through the Student Government’s free bike-lending program. Students can take a bike anywhere, but must return it within six hours.

Public Safety actions reported to The Eagle.

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Many Pennsylvania Democrats I know have mixed feelings about Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. On the one hand, he used to be the kind of Republican they liked — moderate, independent, with a wicked sense of humor. He agrees with them on abortion rights, environmental issues and illegal immigration. For years, they have helped him win re-election to the U.S. Senate by crossing over and supporting him in general elections. But that was then.

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., has no apologies for the way he has led his 29-year-long Congressional career and his lifetime in public service, he said at a College Democrats event held Nov. 16.

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Two sex educators helped make AU students life a little more pleasurable Monday night with an interactive lecture on the clitoris, multiple orgasms and so much more.

The Board of Regents at the University of Maryland voted last week to defy a legislative order from the state of Maryland by refusing to adopt a new university policy regarding the screening of pornographic films on campus.

Public Safety has written 923 tickets to AU community members for parking on off-campus residential streets in the past year. All AU students, faculty and staff are prohibited from leaving their cars on residential streets when coming to campus.

Twitter is more commonly used by AU’s administration than indicated in a recent study evaluating how colleges use the site, ranking AU 65th out of 100.

Parts of the AU Student Government Web site have not been updated for months because executives and organizations had issues with the site.

The former SG comptroller raised concerns that an event wasn’t adequately prepared for and advertised — concerns that the vice president later disputed.

Schools across the country are seeing increases in both student enrollment in university-provided health insurance plans and student use of university health centers.