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AU Board of Trustees member Alan Meltzer responded crudely to members of Fossil Free AU who sent him emails on Feb. 26 demanding consideration of a new chair for the Finance and Investment Committee.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Nationwide, activists and advocates are taking action to counteract and raise awareness for sexual violence. This month, while amazingly informative and impactful, can be challenging for advocates, survivors and allies. As a person who works on these issues, I know the month can be emotionally and physically taxing. Wellness is necessary for our sustainable activism.
The Darkening hosted a town hall for all SG executive board candidates this past Tuesday.
People ask me, “How was it?” and I’m not sure they want to know my answer.
AU has, for the third time, entered into Recyclemania. Recyclemania is a national contest that urges universities across the United States to reaffirm their commitment to reducing their carbon footprints through maximizing the amount of trash recycled on campus.
It’s that time of year again, when we choose the next person to lead our student body and Student Government in the direction of progress. I have been fortunate enough to serve as your student body president for the past year, working to improve our community and the overall quality of the student experience here at AU.
D.C.’s Environmental Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. The festival runs from March 14 through 26 and features around 150 films at 40 different venues around D.C. The venues include Smithsonian museums, art galleries, embassies, universities and libraries. Most screenings are free.
Patagonia arrived on AU’s campus March 1, armed with sewing machines and one mission: “If it’s broke, fix it!”
The Sustainability Office is encouraging students to use the correct trash cans with Recyclemania, a national competition challenging universities to minimize waste sent to the landfill.
AU has entered the national contest, “Recyclemania” for the third time, signaling its commitment to securing carbon neutral status by 2020, said Hannah Debelius, AU’s sustainability manager in the Office of Sustainability. The eight week contest began on Feb. 4. The university with the highest “diversion” rate —the percentage of trash that is recycled—wins.
Over the past few weeks under President Donald Trump’s administration, Congress has introduced several bills to scale back efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency, and The White House has restricted communications between scientists and the media. And before the presidential election, academics said that government scientists believed that their work might get erased if Trump became president because of his decisive opinions about climate change.
I wasn’t quite sure if it was a universal maxim, but I had heard friends of mine recite the humourous adage, “he’s just saying what we’re all thinking,” fictitiously assuming the role of the cucked Trump supporter proclaiming their admiration for our new Commander-in-Chief and his knack for stating the obscene, perverse and politically incorrect.
University President Neil Kerwin laid out the objectives for years nine and 10 of the University’s strategic plan in a memorandum on Wednesday.
Kogod’s staff is pushing for students to join external case competitions while they wait for the revamped version of the Kogod Case Competition to return in 2018.
Founder’s Week is here once again at AU. The annual events celebrate the University’s founding, which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on Feb. 24, 1893. Check out these upcoming events as you make your way through the week, headed by the Director of Founder’s Day Martin Valderruten.
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With time running down and the score tied the AU field hockey team was caught on the counterattack by the Boston University Terriers, falling 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at Jacobs Field.
“No contract, no peace!”
The 9:30 Club was full of all ages on Sept. 25 as concertgoers waited for the Prince tribute band Princess to arrive. Princess, featuring Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum, dominated the stage all night, embracing silences and encouraging the crowd to chant with them.
In honor of the United Nations’ International Day of Peace, AU alumni Amanda Brenner and Amanda Molina will host a 24 hour nonviolence kickoff event on campus to benefit D.C. middle and high school students on Sept. 21.
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