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Few AU students imagined that their choice in college could cost them their right to representation in Congress.
AU students will need to adjust to changes to D.C.'s gun laws, which developed once again Tuesday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow D.C. residents to have semi-automatic weapons in their homes.
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act signed into law in August requires the Department of Education to list the least affordable universities on its Web site.
AU students and faculty are getting more involved in the debate over whether District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's shakeup of procedures and personnel in the D.C. public school system is doing more harm or good.
A new National Collegiate Athletic Association text messaging ban will affect American University's athletic teams to varying degrees.
A recent Duke University graduate says sometimes laziness may prevent someone from getting a drink. Hence his new invention: a beer- or soda-launching refrigerator.
The recent installation of new low-flow showerheads and faucets in AU's dorms has provoked controversy and upset many students, leading the director of Facilities Management to admit making a mistake in not consulting with students before the decision was made. Housing and Dining Programs and Student Government are now working to address and mediate the program's controversy.
Classes at Lebanese universities resumed Feb. 5 after being shut down for 10 days when a political argument in a cafeteria started a riot resulting in four deaths.
The president of Duquesne University banned Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz, and Barack Obama, D-Ill., as well as Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., from speaking at its law school commencement ceremony, sparking a student-initiated petition. Students at AU expressed mixed reactions about the speakers not being offered speaking invitations.
Hadia Mubarak has been driven for years to make a difference by building understanding between Americans and the Muslim world and by working toward greater rights for Muslim women.
Over 100 James Madison University student athletes protested in front of the Department of Education Nov. 2 due to the university's cutting of 10 athletic teams not in compliance with Title IX regulations, according to the Inside Higher Ed Web site.
United Nations Week, held from Oct. 21 to Oct. 28, featured panels and programs at universities and clubs throughout the D.C. area including George Washington University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, according to the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area Web site.
Several panelists from mainstream and alternate news sources discussed the media industry's role as a gatekeeper of news and how the news industry is adjusting to the Internet, blogs and generational change in an American Forum titled "From Mainstream to MySpace: The Future of News" Wednesday.
Five new art exhibits by East German artists opened yesterday at the American University Museum in the Katzen Arts Center, including works from an AU alumna.
Human rights and international law have come far in the past 100 years, but the European Court of Human Rights still faces difficulties today, said Judge Luzius Wildhaber, president of the Court, at the Washington College of Law Friday.
Civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory spoke Tuesday at the Kay Spiritual Life Center, encouraging the audience to not just complain about the problems of the world but to take action.
Due to a clerical error, a bill that would reduce the federal deficit and cut student loan money may not have been officially signed into law.
Deportation trials began Jan. 23 for former School of International Service scholar-in-residence Gao Zhan, who is serving a sentence for spying for the Chinese government.
Goucher University in Baltimore and the new Soka University of America in Southern California have made study abroad mandatory for all its students to graduate.