Green Eagles audit more than 1,000 pounds of AU garbage
Green Eagles staff members and other volunteers sorted through over 1,000 pounds of garbage for a waste audit Oct. 5, hoping to gain an understanding of how much waste students produce.
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Green Eagles staff members and other volunteers sorted through over 1,000 pounds of garbage for a waste audit Oct. 5, hoping to gain an understanding of how much waste students produce.
Friends and family celebrated the life of 2009 AU alumnus Andrew Wolf in a memorial service Oct. 12.
Smokers might soon have to be more careful about where they light up on campus. A new revised policy could prohibit students from smoking within 25 feet of campus buildings.
The last time Jagdeo came to D.C. was November 2009, two weeks before the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. He said he recalls having a much more positive and hopeful discussion at that time towards the possibility of preventing climate change.
Terrace Dining Room’s Eat Local Challenge addressed the issues of supporting the local economy and community by serving sustainable food last Tuesday.
Tyson Slocum fears the U.S. is overusing oil and wants individuals to change their mindset about energy efficiency and clean energy, he said at a speaking event for the AU Roosevelt Institute on Tuesday night.
The Board of Trustees assembled Thursday and Friday for their annual orientation and meeting. Chairman Gary Abramson met with The Eagle to talk about what the Board discussed during the closed session and what they plan to do this year.
On Thursday, more than 100 students, faculty, staff and alumni came together to celebrate the new School of International Service building.
Here in D.C., there are no shortages of volunteer opportunities. You can’t throw a stone without hitting a cause to support or a group in need of help. That doesn’t mean new non-profits aren’t welcome in a city full of them, especially one that may bring an outlet for pirate supplies.
Environmental and civil rights advocate Van Jones addressed the importance of making new “green jobs” to save both the environment and the economy at a Kennedy Political Union event last Wednesday night in the Mary Graydon Center.
A new program this semester employs students for part-time jobs to promote sustainability within the residence halls as part of AU’s latest efforts to promote sustainability.
A 2009 graduate was killed in Canada Thursday on a cycling trip when he was struck by a tractor trailer.
It took the women’s soccer team nine games to earn their first victory of the season. After Sunday’s 1-0 win at home against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers, it has now taken the Eagles just one more game to rattle off their second.
Student volunteers ended this year’s CIVITAS Week by cleaning up local parks and planting flags on the Quad in remembrance of the victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
The AU Field Hockey team was unable to sustain an early lead against Louisville on Sunday as the team lost to the Cardinals 2-1.
Correction Appended
Dear Class of 2014,
Eating fries from the Terrace Dining Room might not be good for your waistline, but it will soon be good for the environment. A newly purchased Vegawatt, a machine that will convert used cooking oil into electricity and hot water, is one of many new sustainability projects AU embraced recently to achieve carbon neutrality.
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?
AU took third place out of 266 schools nationwide in the RecycleMania Competition with a cumulative recycling rate of 64.9 percent, according to Housing and Dining Programs.