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*Originally posted June 21. Each year, The Eagle posts advice to freshman in both of its summer issues. To read last year's freshmen advice click on the link at the bottom of the page. Questions or comments on this article should be directed to editor@theeagleonline.com. Thank you!*
If you've gotten the official lines from the AU administration and parent-friendly tour guides but are wondering about the useful ins and outs of daily student life, then read on, freshman traveler. The Eagle offers you a quick guide to what you need to know when you get here in August.
Friday, April 16
FAIRFAX, Va. - The sound of drums and guitar music seeps out the windows of a quaint house in a residential neighborhood of Northern Virginia. A woman, walking her dog along the street, doesn't seem to notice the noise or all the cars parked out front. In the basement bedroom, which doubles as a rehearsal room, rock band 33 West is practicing for an upcoming show.
The National Youth Rights Association (NYRA), a youth advocacy group, is actively recruiting college students in the District in a campaign to lower the national drinking age from 21 to 18.
Eighteen-year-olds are granted the freedoms of purchasing cigarettes and porn, voting in elections and enlisting in the military. But what if the opportunity to lower the drinking age to 18 presented itself?
Wednesday, March 24
An AU student used her debit card for a small purchase at the Eagle's Nest late Wednesday evening, inconveniencing the nine cash-carrying patrons waiting impatiently behind her in line.
Hip-hop group N.E.R.D. will play the final Bender Arena show of the 2003-2004 school year on Friday, April 23. Fountains of Wayne, who recently hit the mainstream with their popular song "Stacy's Mom," and Throne will also be playing.
Friday, Feb. 20
What she says she wants is different from the real scoop By Grant Ritter
Friday, Feb. 6
AU commuter students now have an opportunity to receive the same discounted newspapers that are provided for residence hall students.
Baby, it's cold outside ... but that doesn't mean the winter months should be spent exclusively in the cozy comfort of the indoors. Washington has a lot to offer the aspiring snow bunny. Here's a few of The Eagle's favorite picks.
Personal information belonging to almost every one of AU's 13,000 computer network users has been available to anyone on the Internet for about a year and a half through a series of loopholes in the my.american.edu Web portal.
Security Problems
Monday, Dec. 8
Several changes and improvements are in the works to make AU's campus safer and better lit, according to student government and administration officials at a town hall meeting Tuesday night.
Thursday, Nov. 20
As the Men's and Women's Basketball season kicks off within the next week it is becoming more and more apparent that AU sports fans' support has been suffering.
Solutions by The State News