Students to ignite campus debate on race
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Newly formed student movements such as A New AU and Occupy AU are calling for more accountability from AU administrators, and student debt is high on their list of grievances.
CNN anchor John King likened the current Republican primary campaign to a civil war and drew parallels between President Barack Obama’s re-election bid and former President George H.W. Bush’s failed bid in 1992 during his talk Nov. 9 in Ward 2. “By every statistical, historical model, Barack Obama loses,” King said. “You cannot find a historical, statistical model that says he wins. But that doesn’t mean he’s not going to win.” King, now covering his seventh consecutive U.S. presidential campaign, illustrated an electoral landscape full of nuances and unpredictability. He warned students not to trust the traditional methods people use to predict elections. King also spoke candidly about the shortcomings of certain media networks, including his own, and urged students to get their news from outside of the main Washington, D.C., media outlets to broaden their horizons at the Kennedy Political Union-sponsored event.
John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent and anchor of “John King USA,” will be speaking at AU Nov. 9.
WAMU 88.5-FM, the leading public radio station in the D.C. area with nearly 800,000 listeners each week, reached another milestone Oct. 23 when it celebrated its 50th year on the air.
Two Egyptians who played a major role in the revolution that removed former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from power this spring spoke at AU Oct. 20 and 21 about their experiences in the revolution.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano defended the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement policies in a Kennedy Political Union speaking event at Bender Arena Oct. 5.
Two teams of AU undergraduates won first and third place in the first U.S.-Russia Codeathon competition, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. State Department.
Student Activities may change the way student activity funds are distributed among student organizations.