Proposed bill limits 'meth' ingredient
A bill was introduced in the House of Representatives that would limit the sale of pseudoephedrine, an ingredient commonly found in over-the-counter cold medicines such as Sudafed and Claratin.
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A bill was introduced in the House of Representatives that would limit the sale of pseudoephedrine, an ingredient commonly found in over-the-counter cold medicines such as Sudafed and Claratin.
George Walker Bush was sworn in Thursday afternoon for his second term as the 43rd president of the United States, giving a speech that an AU professor has called "historic" in its foreign policy focus.
Although it has been warmer and sunnier than usual this winter, some students may start to feel out of sorts once the temperature drops to seasonal levels and weather worsens. Those who feel depressed during the winter may have seasonal affective disorder.
Wednesday, Nov. 17
Wednesday, Nov. 10 The U.S. Capitol Police reported to Public Safety that a female AU student visiting the U.S. Capitol building was caught with two pipes at a security checkpoint. Capitol Police tested the pipes for marijuana, but the tests came back inconclusive.
Thursday, Nov. 4
Saturday, Oct. 30
After the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees and what Public Safety called a "riot" broke out on the Letts-Anderson Quad, some at AU and the surrounding neighborhood are wondering how students will react to a Bush or Kerry win on Nov. 2.
Wednesday, Oct. 27
Of all the full-time professors in the United States, only 27 percent are women, according to a report released two weeks ago by the American Association of University Women.
Saturday, Oct. 23 An alcohol violation was reported in the Letts-Anderson quad. The incident involved a visitor throwing out an open container of alcohol. The individual's fake ID was confiscated and the individual was escorted off campus.
A Georgetown University student was found dead in the basement of a row house as a result of a fire Sunday morning.
Sunday, Oct. 17
The House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Oct. 7 to close a loophole that allowed companies that lend students money to profit from student loans.
In this year's only vice presidential debate, neither Vice President Dick Cheney nor Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) passed up an opportunity to throw insults at each other.
Posted 11:17 a.m. Oct. 6
The national ban on assault weapons expired Sept. 13, making it legal to purchase AK-47s, Uzis, TEC-9s and other assault weapons.
On Monday, September 13, the ban on assault weapons expired. The lifting of this ban makes it legal to purchase AK-47s, Uzis,TEC-9s, and other assault weapons. The expiration of the ban, imposed by President Clinton in 1994, pleases gun owners, but has critics furious. A clause in the ban said that it would expire unless Congress took specific action to reinstate it, which it did not. "The fact that the Republican-controlled Congress couldn't allow time to extend this critical piece of legislation is a clear example of their disregard for our national security, and I think one would be hard-pressed to find a police officer in this country [that] would disagree," said Greg Wasserstrom, AU College Democrats President. "Letting the ban lapse is nothing more than bowing to the will of a powerful corporate lobby." The federal ban prohibited the sale of 19 types of semiautomatic weapons with specified features such as bayonet attachments and flash suppressors. Weapons that were allowed included 10-round ammunition magazines, and could not include two or more features like a pistol grip, bayonet mount, or grenade launcher. These were all features included on military weapons, which were not included in the ban. According to National Rifle Association spokesperson Autumn Fogg, the assault weapon ban was not effective. "We are making it known," she said, "that gun control has no effect on crime. The banned firearms are never used to commit crimes." She also called the ban "largely cosmetic" Mike Inganamort of the AU College Republicans said, "It's a scare tactic to say that the expiration of the gun ban will result in more violence. After all, any plain old rifle...can do the exact same thing as one of these previously-banned guns with only minor cosmetic changes. Banning only the guns that look a certain way appeases rhetoric-prone voters, but does not take an honest approach to the issue." The American Civil Liberties Union said that they had not yet reached a decision regarding their position on the issue. The House GOP wants the lift on bans to go further. Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) proposed a measure to repeal the ban on handguns in D.C. He hopes for the issue to be up for a vote before the election. The repeal would end bans on both semi-automatic assault weapons and handguns. The repeal would also roll back requirements to register weapons, as well as decriminalize possession of unregistered firearms and carrying a handgun. Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) is trying to get the measure passed as an amendment to the city's 2005 budget. If it passed, it would make it easier for the repeal to pass in Congress this fall.
A California federal appeals court struck the entertainment industry a blow on Aug. 19 with a decision that two popular file-sharing services are not legally responsible for illegal copying of movies and music.
One 6-year-old Washingtonian is possibly pregnant. Mei Xiang, the female giant panda at the National Zoo, is on a pregnancy watch.