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Recent changes to the traffic pattern near the American University shuttle stop at the Tenley Town Metro Station have increased city revenue while aggrevating drivers.
"My son asks 'How come we don't have old people in Rwanda?'" says Justine Rukeba Mbabazi, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed over 800,000. She isn't sure how to answer that question.
After a successful fall season highlighted by a win at the AU Classic, the AU Men's Golf team looks forward to a trip to Hawaii and a promising spring season.
Friday, Feb. 20
His co-workers know him as a bookkeeper, but AU students recognize him as the man who stands at the Tenleytown-AU Metro stop on weekday afternoons, holding flyers and wearing a sign that says, "Ask me about revolutionary socialism."
Ethan Bassett looks to be one of the bright spots for the AU Men's Swimming and Diving team as the Patriot League Championships begin today in Annapolis, Md. The two-time All-PL swimmer has come a long way since he graduated from high school with hopes that a swimming scholarship could make paying for school a little bit easier. He wasn't recruited at first, but two years of training paid off and a scholarship offer from AU made college possible.
The D.C. government is considering a bill that would make it illegal to smoke in any bar, nightclub or restaurant in D.C.
The Dreamers
Dear Editor:
President George W. Bush announced a plan to land Americans on the moon by 2020 on Jan. 14, and while this year's election may affect that proposal, AU physics professor Richard Berendzen, whose areas of expertise include astronomy and NASA, has no doubt that travel to Mars and the moon will become reality relatively soon.
The AU Wrestling team seized its first team-win of the season at Bender Arena on Monday night, dominating Wagner throughout in a 30-12 victory.
An Oscar nomination has a tremendous effect on a film. A nomination means a prolonged theatrical run and a win means even more revenue. This year, the nominations, announced last Tuesday, have not only affected the films' theatrical lives, but also their DVD releases.
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In Holly Go Lightly's latest in a long list of releases, "Truly She is None Other," she establishes herself as an appealing musician with an unwillingness to compromise to the fad of garage.
Sometimes a team is just overmatched. This was the case Wednesday when the Women's Soccer team hosted Youngstown State, coming off a 3-1 loss at Colgate on Saturday, Oct. 4. AU got a much-needed victory, jumping out to an early lead and winning, 4-0.
Many students' financial aid packages are in question for the upcoming school year, as legislators struggle to find enough funds to sustain the federal Pell Grant program.
Effective in Fall 2004, American University will no longer accept credit from the University of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea. Other schools also deny credit, including Georgetown, George Washington, Emory, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Brown, Harvard, Skidmore, Boston College, Kenyon, Macalester, Tufts and Wesleyan. Some students have expressed concern, arguing that shipboard learning while traveling around the world is an experience they will remember all their lives. The question for us, however, is not that students have found the program rewarding but whether its format and goals are right for American University. AU's change in policy supports our commitment to study abroad programs that enhance a student's in-depth understanding of another country and its culture.
Field Hockey downs Georgetown University in fifth straight win yesterday, 6-3 The Eagles flew past Georgetown, 6-3, and collected their seventh-straight win Wednesday, Sept. 24. Freshman Camile Infante ended the day with three assists and one goal.
Wouldn't it be great if there were one simple way to lose weight and keep it off? An estimated 61 percent of adults and 13 percent of adolescents and children in the United States are overweight or obese, according to the American Public Health Association (www.apha.org).
After being temporarily closed and put under review for three months when the definition between students employed by the University and student activism on campus became blurred, the Community Action and Social Justice, formerly under the Kay Spiritual Life Center, is planning on reopening as a student-run coalition under Student Activities.
Solutions by The State News