Student Government presidential candidate Nirvana Habash was again thrown off the ballot after the Board of Elections voted that she had violated the rules and did deserve to be taken off the ballot. However, Habash can still campaign and will run as a write-in candidate. She can also appeal the decision to the Judicial Board.
• Earlier: Habash to defend her campaign’s action

While the SG Judicial Board ruled early Thursday morning that SG presidential candidate Nirvana Habash did indeed violate campaign rules, Habash may meet with the Board of Elections sometime Thursday — and could overturn her violation. The BOE suggested disqualifying Habash Wednesday morning in response to e-mails sent out in connection with her campaign that violated regulations for the candidates.

SPA sophomore Sami Green is running for a spot on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D07 for the fourth time in her two years here at AU. With only 27 voters in the district, getting enough signatures has been Green’s downfall. On the commission, Green would consider issues like liquor licenses and zoning laws.

The latest from Charlie Szold.

The contract for the Founders’ Day Ball was submitted later than recommended by the Post Office Pavilion, according to a member of the pavilion’s staff.

The two Student Government representatives responsible for the Founders’ Day Ball continued to blame snow closures for the postponement of the event.

The Founder’s Day Ball originally scheduled for Feb. 20 has been postponed due to snow, according to the Student Government.

Last week’s blizzard ravaged regular campus activities.  The administration canceled classes from Monday to Thursday, put up staff overnight nearby and limited Bender Library’s hours, though the library remained open selectively each day. Some trees on campus and the canopy beside the Mary Graydon Center succumbed to the snowfall and collapsed.

The Founders’ Day Ball, originally scheduled for Feb. 20, has been postponed indefinitely due to complications resulting from this week’s historic snowfall, according to Student Government Vice President Alex Prescott.

This week…The Eagle actually did something right!

AU Student Government relaunched the AUTO program Monday, according to SG executives. Four of nine vans are now available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This week ... a special edition of the quick take giving a cursory and insufficient look at AU’s new campus plan.

After years of complications, AUTO Commissioner Nicholas Russotto suspended his program at the end of last semester to allow time for revamping.

Reading this may or may not make you more informed about your surroundings.

Changes to the Super Loop shuttle route are in store for AU, according to the Assistant Director of Facilities Management Mark Feist.

“Nine”

Grade: B-

Ask yourself one simple question: are you attracted to Penelope Cruz? If your answer is yes, you should consider seeing “Nine” — she is very attractive and minimally dressed throughout. Unfortunately, there is not much else to like about this movie.

Directed by Rob Marshall, “Nine” is a serviceable movie that provides at least two good songs and one good performance alongside lots of scantily clad women. However, the majority of the songs are underwhelming and eventually you are left feeling strangely removed from the film’s protagonist.

The movie, based on a Broadway play of the same name, focuses on the life of Guido Contini, a fictional Italian film director who rose to fame by…

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Vice President Alex Prescott was not censured despite his failing to provide written reports to the Undergraduate Senate, as is required to by the SG Bylaws.

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The news editor at The Eagle gives a brief rundown of the buzz around D.C.

Professor James Thurber said he “regrets the impact” of placing a controversial ad in Roll Call this week.

Professor James Thurber, the director of AU’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies is facing public scrutiny. Thurber’s organization ran an ad thanking a long-time guest speaker, who has been accused of sending forged letters to congress.

A car struck an AU student Tuesday afternoon as he crossed Massachusetts Avenue.

AU received a “B” on the annual College Sustainability Report Card, a survey conducted by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, and improved its score for the third year in a row

Despite more than two years of intensive reform under Chancellor Michelle Rhee, D.C.’s public schools still struggle to meet national standards.

Rhee gave the keynote speech at the “College to Kids Summit” held Wednesday in the Mary Graydon Center. The summit, which was sponsored by the non-profit organization Heads Up, featured representatives from education-focused non-profit organizations from across America. From 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. the representatives discussed how to help students from D.C. schools get into — and flourish — in college.

Due to an accidental misinterpretation of SG Bylaws, a proposed referendum seeking to change two executive positions from elected to appointed, will not appear on today’s SG election ballot.

Student Government President Andy MacCracken nominated Alan Chang, a senior in the Kogod School of Business, to replace former Comptroller Matt Handverger, Saturday, Sept. 26.

The Undergraduate Senate will debate a constitutional amendment this Sunday that would make the comptroller and secretary appointed, as opposed to elected, positions.

Conservative AU students marched on the Capitol Building Sept. 12, along with tens of thousands of other protestors demanding that President Barack Obama curb spending, withdraw support for liberal health care reform and other measures seen as unconstitutional.

The protesters, a loose coalition of fiscal, moral and foreign policy conservatives animatedly cheered along with speakers denouncing Obama’s “socialist” agenda. When former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, spoke to the crowd, they chanted “freedom works.” 

Armey is now the leader of the conservative group Freedomworks, a main sponsor of the march.

The crowd ranged in age from young children riding in strollers — some with signs propped against their little hands — to senior citizens in wheelchairs. One young child held a sign that read “We [the children] can’t afford your health care.”

Comptroller Matt Handverger’s impeachment trial finally came to an end last week after Senator at Large Jared Alves dropped the charges in the early hours of the Friday morning.

All charges against SG Comptroller Matt Handverger have been dropped, following an apology issued by Sens. Jared Alves and Josh Rothman early Friday morning.
Handverger is set to resign from his position next week, according to a source close to The Eagle.

Student Government Secretary Colin Meiselman, Class of 2010 Sen. Steve Dalton and Vice President Alex Prescott discussed removing Comptroller Matt Handverger during finals week last semester, according to former Sen. Jordan Boyd.

Boyd, who is on a semester-long leave of absence from AU, informed Handverger of this information via Facebook this morning.

Student Government Vice President Alex Prescott accused Comptroller Matt Handverger of negligence and falsification of time sheets during the first session of Handverger’s impeachment trial.

Aug. 30 » The Committee on Rules and Privilege referred Student Government Comptroller Matt Handverger’s impeachment to the Undergraduate Senate Sunday.

Aug. 29 » BREAKING NEWS: Impeachment charges were filed Friday against SG comptroller Matt Handverger. A special session of the Senate Committee of Rules and Privileges will be convened Sunday to determine the validity of the charges leveled against Handverger. As of now, it is unclear who filed the impeachment charges, and what the charges against the comptroller are.

Aug. 28 » Citing time constraints and personal reasons, AUTO Commissioner Cory Ward resigned Tuesday.

The portal outage left many students unable to check their schedules on the first day of classes, forcing some to miss class.

Aug. 17 » The chemical agent mustard, was found by the Army Corps of Engineers behind AU’s Public Safety Building Aug. 4.