Op/Ed: Perspectives on AU admissions
(03/26/14 5:47pm)
by John Foti
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by John Foti
Blue shirts rushed the floor of Case Gymnasium on March 12 as AU men’s basketball clinched its first Patriot League title since 2009. A roster predicted to finish ninth in-conference, consisting of only one senior, a new head coach and a brand new playbook defied the odds and gave the AU community an underdog to support on the national stage. For the first time in a long time there is a conscious sense of school spirit on this campus.
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The Board of Trustees may vote in May to remove University investments from the fossil fuel industry after 80 students with the Fossil Free AU campaign silently held cardboard signs asking the Board of Trustees to divest at the Feb. 21 board meeting.
The Kogod School of Business began a new partnership with Union Market called “Market Talks” to encourage a public discussion on a variety of business topics.
AU students might not be needed on the Tamil Nadu India Alternative Break in coming summers.
Recyclemania, a nationwide competition between 600 schools to see who recycles the most, is now in full swing after a week and a half. In 2012, AU won Grand Championship with the highest recycling rate and this year AU aims to reclaim this title.
The AU men’s basketball team shattered their 11-game winning streak with a 62-58 loss to Loyola on Feb. 5 in Baltimore, Md.
AU men’s basketball capped their 10th straight victory last night, extending their dominance within the Patriot League. The student section in Bender Arena was relatively full, and for the first time in a long time, AU Athletics appears to be moving in the right direction.
Vice President- Steven Haderer
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AU’s Green Eagles, a branch within the Office of Sustainability responsible for educating students at American about environmental issues, held the first Student Environmental Educators Discussion (SEED) in the Mid-Atlantic region. Students gathered to share methods and ideas on how to better educate students on environmental issues.
With the arrival of Aramark as AU’s dining services provider, Registered Dietitian Jo-Ann Jolly was brought on board to address students’ concerns about nutrition. The Eagle’s Sonia Ledwith sits down with the new hire to talk about vegan food, dealing with allergies and a day in the life of a nutritionist.
Groups like Fossil Free AU have spearheaded a movement to cease all use of fossil fuels on AU’s campus within the next five years. As a student, do you support fossil fuel divestment on our campus?
Few films this year offer genuinely funny riffs on cinematic tropes except “Machete Kills,” Director Robert Rodriguez’s follow-up to the proudly icky and violent “Machete.”
The AU volleyball team lost its first Patriot League game of the season in a 3-1 loss Oct. 5 to the United States Military Academy to close out a three-game homestand and putting the Eagles in a tie for second place in the conference.
AU volleyball maintained its No. 1 tie with Colgate University in Patriot League standings after sweeping the Loyola University Greyhounds in a three-game homestand on Oct. 2 in Bender Arena.
Fossil Free AU is excited to get back to work this semester on the campus-wide fossil fuel divestment campaign.
The AU women’s soccer team won its second conference match of the season Sept. 28 by beating Holy Cross 1-0 to keep them undefeated in the Patriot League, one of three teams who have yet to drop a conference game
We live in a modern world that is spewing out new and innovative inventions at lightening speed. There are phones that respond to voice commands, cars that don’t need gasoline to run anymore, and paraplegic patients that now have a robotic device that can help them feel what it’s like to walk again. Pretty amazing, right? What’s even more amazing is the global partnerships that help make the success of these inventions possible.
Solutions by The State News