Relay for Life back on campus
Students from American and George Washington universities' Colleges Against Cancer groups are bringing the all-night Relay for Life back to AU's campus this spring.
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Students from American and George Washington universities' Colleges Against Cancer groups are bringing the all-night Relay for Life back to AU's campus this spring.
Every day, American University students swipe in at the Terrace Dining Room to eat. Some come just once a day, and others swipe in for breakfast, lunch and dinner. TDR employees are the faces that greet each of them, and they give students a comforting feeling to see the same people each day, smiling and giving their best wishes for an enjoyable day.
If you ever happen to wander into my room (don't regard this comment as an open invitation), you'll notice something slightly unconventional on my desk amid notebooks, scissors and highlighters - a Barbie. No, this isn't some defense mechanism in which I regress to my childhood in order to find happiness. I purchased the Barbie online before Christmas.
Publicity for a play set in the 1700s about colonial Australia's history of convicted criminals and officer organization struck a nerve at the Australian Embassy, causing the Department of Performing Arts to take down the original posters and put up different ones.
Director Adam Friedman, who has worked on music videos and biographical films on cable television, donated $10,000 to the School of Communication along with an advanced video-production camera on Wednesday. The money will be added to the dean's discretionary fund and be used to purchase more advanced equipment.
Public communication majors can network and learn from public relations professionals at "PR in D.C.: It's Not Just Politics" April 1 and 2, the first regional activity sponsored by the AU Public Relations Student Society of America.
More than 100 athletes, some of their parents and other supporters of the golf and tennis teams voiced concerns about the Athletics Department's announcement that it will cut the teams at a tearful Sunday meeting of the General Assembly, the Student Confederation's legislative branch.
An executive master of public administration degree will be offered for AU students, according to a recent agreement signed Jan. 31 to create a joint program between the School of Public Affairs and U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Princeton professor Peter W. Singer visited AU yesterday to sign copies of his new book, "Children at War," which looks at the international problem of forced military conscription facing children of all ages and both genders.
NAACP Workshop (part of Black History Month) By: Melinda C. Hall Eagle Staff Writer
As the AU Circle K prepares to elect its new executive board Feb. 17 and attend the Capitol District Circle K convention that weekend, the student service group's leaders will have a lot to look forward to and live up to in the coming year.
About 10 students learned how to build good credit at a workshop called "Financial Empowerment" held in the Gianni Lounge as part of AU's celebration of Black History Month.
About 10 students learned how to build good credit at a workshop called "Financial Empowerment" held in the Gianni Lounge as part of AU's celebration of Black History Month.
How much do we really like coffee? As a devout daily drinker of two-plus cups of coffee, sometimes two-plus thermos-fulls, I must say it is my favorite thing - I clutch each Styrofoam vessel as if it were my one object of control, my last hope for a world gone awry. It's delicious, it's wonderful, but yet, truly, it doesn't taste that good.
AU Students Helping Asian Relief Efforts (SHARE), a student-run group raising money for tsunami victims, is wrapping up its first three weeks of fund-raising.
As the semester starts, students in fraternities and sororities at AU have only two things on their minds: Greek Week, seven days of events in April, and recruitment, better known as rush.
Erin Brockovich, whose work against an energy company was made famous in the 2000 film named for her, was one of four activists who spoke about women's health issues in McDowell Hall Formal Lounge on Saturday.
AU student activists have chalked messages on sidewalks, set up tables, passed out fliers and campaigned for candidates. Now they have to transition to life after the election.
In the war on terror, Americans discuss everything from atrocities to alliances, but something that doesn't get much coverage is how much the war costs. To answer that question, Joshua Goldstein, a professor of international relations, and a panel discussed his new book, "How You Pay for the War on Terror: The Real Price of War" on Thursday.
Unpaid internships are often a preliminary step to becoming part of the paid Washington work force, according to an August New York Times article. However, while AU's D.C. location gives students year-round access to a variety of competitive internships, some students have difficulty working without pay while remaining full-time students.