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(05/01/06 4:00am)
Students in Charlene Gilbert's "Communication and Social Change" class held a Consumer Fair on the quad last Friday to educate students about the importance of practicing ethical buying habits. Those who stopped by the fair were invited to try samples from vendors that follow organic guidelines or use fair trade business models, like Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and Honest Teas. Students could also shop among a selection of jewelry and handicrafts from Ten Thousand Villages, a store that sells products from economically disadvantaged artists and producers worldwide, offering them fair pay and good working conditions for their labor. The fair was the class's final project of a semester-long campaign to make members of the AU community more aware of how their decisions as consumers affect the market.
(03/27/06 5:00am)
As statistics show disturbing trends in college completion rates and poor performance by graduates on basic college-level skills tests, the U.S. Department of Education is looking for a way to measure how well universities are teaching their students.
(11/03/05 5:00am)
The AU board of trustees is cooperating fully with the U.S. Senate investigation into its decision to award a $3.75 million severance package to former President Benjamin Ladner, and is turning over all documents related to the probe, according to recently elected AU board of trustees chair Gary Abramson said.
(10/31/05 5:00am)
The U.S. Senate has requested all documents related to the investigation into former President Benjamin Ladner's expenses, as well as information about the $3.75 million severance package the AU board of trustees awarded Ladner following his resignation.
(10/27/05 4:00am)
The U.S. Senate is requesting all documents related to the investigation into former President Benjamin Ladner's expenses, as well as information about the $3.75 million severance package the board awarded Ladner following his resignation.
(10/24/05 4:00am)
The AU board of trustees reached an agreement late in the week which would give former President Benjamin Ladner the choice to accept a severance package worth between $3 million and $4 million, or be fired "for cause" and jeopardize the severance offer, a source close to the board told The Washington Post.
(10/24/05 4:00am)
Former AU President Benjamin Ladner accepted a $950,000 settlement payment from the university today, along with a deferred compensation package which includes a life insurance policy of close to $1 million and about $1.75 million dollars from retirement accounts.
(10/13/05 4:00am)
March 2005
The AU Board of Trustees' six-member Executive Committee receives an anonymous whistle-blower 's letter, alleging President Benjamin Ladner had used university money for personal expenses, including a French chef, expensive vacations and family parties. The Committee begins a preliminary audit of Ladner's travel and entertainment accounts.
(06/27/05 4:00am)
A variety of work from 22 artists displayed in the newly opened Katzen Arts Center showcases the type of talent and vision that will be featured in the museum in the coming season. The inaugural exhibit, titled "Soft Openings" opened to the public July 16 and will run through September 17.
(04/14/05 4:00am)
Displaying his work, titled "Elephant," Javier Salinas, 23, is one of the many D.C. area artists helped by the After-Breakfast program at Miriam's Kitchen, a non-profit center that offers assistance to the homeless population in D.C. Since 1983, the program has served breakfast every weekday, including holidays to its guests, 75 percent of whom are sleeping on the streets or in shelters. In 2004 alone, over 48,000 meals were served. The center is run mostly by volunteers, along with three full-time Case Managers who help guests find jobs, set up legal and medical appointments, arrange for food stamps and other public benefits as well as assist them in finding transitional or permanent housing.
(03/17/05 5:00am)
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(02/24/05 5:00am)
AU alumna and former adjunct professor Gerardine Wurzburg are nominated for the Best Documentary Short Subject category at Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony. Three other School of Communication alumni also worked on the film: Gary Griffin served as cinematographer, Barbara Ballow as the editor and Elissa Ewalt as an associate producer.
(02/24/05 5:00am)
Alexis Chappell was alone. At 16, after moving across the country, to Paris after her parents' divorce, and back again to the States, the current AU junior found herself in boarding school in Tennessee. It was a foreign place for her, not where she belonged, and certainly not a place where people would understand her...
(02/24/05 5:00am)
School of Communication professor Russell Williams was the first African-American to win two Academy Awards, for his sound work in "Glory" (1989) and "Dances with Wolves" (1990). A voting member of the Academy, Williams shared some of his thoughts on the nominees before he jetted off to Los Angeles to attend the ceremony:
(02/10/05 5:00am)
Here's a mix for snuggling with your sweetness. Croon these sappy lines for your hun like the best beau you are. Awwwww:
(01/27/05 5:00am)
"Stay out of the cold, you're going to get the flu!"
(01/24/05 5:00am)
Winter weather means way too much time spent inside. Minutes seem to stretch into hours, and hours into days, and the icy slush and blistering cold begin to look inviting. Should the call to play in the outdoor winter wonderland be loud enough, get out there and take advantage of what the season has to offer. Here are some ideas for enjoying the cold and some for warming up afterwards, both close to home and a little further out:
(01/24/05 5:00am)
Originally posted at www.TheEagleOnline.com Jan. 19.
(10/28/04 4:00am)
ORLANDO, Fla. - The October sun set over Washington last Thursday as 275 D.C.-area college students were loaded onto five massive motor coaches. After taking part in a brief rally led by the League of Conservation Voters, we were all fired up for the supposed 13-hour bus ride from the George Washington University campus to our weekend villas in Orlando. The next two days were promised to be a whirlwind frenzy of canvassing as part of a massive grassroots campaign for Sen. John Kerry.
(10/28/04 4:00am)
Men prance about in fishnets and corsets and half-dressed women lounge in their skivvies. But this isn't the high heel race in Dupont. It's a rehearsal for AU students' production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in Ward 2.