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WHEN Sept. 21 to Oct. 13
Last spring, Aileen George and Bryan Yannantuono headed an initiative to allow students to donate unused meal swipes to feed D.C.’s homeless.
The concept of AU Central is alluring — a one-stop shop for all your AU bureaucracy needs. However, the actual combination of three important departments into one has not seen smooth sailing. Students visiting the new department have complained of long waits, conflicting answers and delays in getting the information and help they need.
A group of students, mostly de-tripled freshmen, moved into the renovated Clark Hall on Sept. 7, according to Executive Director of Housing and Dining Programs Chris Moody.
As part of a test program to decrease theft in the residence halls, Clark and Roper Halls have electronic locks on dorm room doors, according to Department of Public Safety Chief Michael McNair.
"I'm not wasting my welcome week by not getting into the concert!" This sentiment, said by Shirin Karimi, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, was shared by all the students in line waiting to see B.o.B. in the Tavern Friday night. Jarrod MacNeil, the program adviser for Student Activities, could not estimate how many people were waiting in line, or how many people got in to see the concert. By the time Karimi was interviewed, she was in the back of the line.
UPDATE Aug. 21, 2:47 p.m.:
Meg Fowler: As the year comes to a close, and you step down from your position as Student Government president what were your greatest successes?
Writing a holistic critique of anything is a difficult undertaking. There is a tendency to focus on the negative, to lament the way things have become and to yearn for times past. Such feelings are entertaining to read, and perhaps even more fun to write. As a result, the critic is tempted to ignore the positive and focus of failures, scandals and incompetence.
The Tenleytown Whole Foods grocery store will now accept EagleBucks as a form of payment, according to Housing and Dining Programs.
Even though the weather gods that control D.C. have seemingly gone off their medications temporarily, it’s likely they’ll calm down soon and usher in that oppressive heat and distracting sunlight that outdoorsy people call “summer.” (EDITOR’S NOTE: This climate theory has yet to go up to peer review.) And though we don’t have to worry about ash clouds or earthquakes, sometimes enjoying the outside world can be boring. So here are our picks for entertainment that do a great job of explaining what summer is like, just short of stepping out your front door.
• What is with this all-day concert on Sunday. Really. Some of us who happened to get sick have tried to sleep but can't with this unnecessary music in the Amphitheater outside her window. PLEASE.
• I'm not sure what makes me happier, Charlie running the Eagle, or Glee coming back...
Housing and Dining Programs will start issuing SmarTrip-enabled student IDs this Monday, allowing students to partake in a pilot program to get data on student Metro ridership.
Lauren Hickey was on her way to babysit in Chevy Chase when she left her wallet and keys on an N4 bus. The freshman in the School of Public Affairs called the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority warehouse several times before they were able to locate her lost items. When she picked up her wallet, her ID, credit card, debit card and license were all still there. However, her cash and SmarTrip had been stolen. Now, when she leaves the bus she checks the seat.
Let’s examine the typical transportation costs of the working AU student. Laden with an unpaid internship — we’ll say in Farrugut North —and working three days a week, the logical transportation method of choice would be the Metro. The benefits are clear: convenient locations, the sustainability of public transportation. But most importantly, it’s cheap.
The AU Student Government hopes to provide a Metro discount for AU students by creating SmarTrip-compatible AU IDs to get data on student ridership that will ultimately lead to a discount, according to SG President Andy MacCracken.
TOP RANT: Dear kind person who returned my iPhone to public safety so I could get it back:
• I'm so fed up with Alex Prescott. If he is being paid, he should be able to control the weather. The snowstorm is clearly an act of negligence from Alex.
Solutions by The State News