Production discusses women's issues
Women's Initiative presented their fourth annual production of the "Vagina Monologues" this weekend, a production designed to raise awareness about the social issues concerning female sexuality.
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Women's Initiative presented their fourth annual production of the "Vagina Monologues" this weekend, a production designed to raise awareness about the social issues concerning female sexuality.
At a discussion yesterday, AU professors said that the debate over freedom of the press and respect for religion shows the need for an open dialogue in response to the upheaval about the provocative Muhammad cartoons that ran in a Danish newspaper.
Students will now live alongside public residents at Park Bethesda, AU's off-campus apartment building, after revenue losses led Housing and Dining to contract with an outside firm to share management of the facility, according to Julie Weber, executive director of Housing and Dining.
D.C. mayoral candidates introduced central issues of their campaign platforms in a debate last night at AU, and discussed improving public education, addressing the lack of affordable housing and securing voting rights for the District.
Park Bethesda residents will no longer be able to lease rooms for nine months and will be subject to other lease changes following the adoption of a new contract in which AU students will live together with public residents.
Investigative journalist Bob Woodward, best known for the story he broke about the 1973 Watergate break-in for The Washington Post, told AU students to "focus, rewrite, re-interview ... and always try to suck out the truth," at the Kay Spiritual Life Center Thursday.
President George W. Bush said America must reduce its dependency on foreign oil and continue its presence in the Middle East in his State of the Union Address, which elicited mixed reactions from the AU community.
Friends and family of Kianda Bell, an AU graduate student and community activist who was killed last month after being electrocuted, gathered at Kay Spiritual Life Center to honor and remember Bell's life.
Noted journalist Helen Thomas spoke to communication students at AU about politics, her career as a journalist and the responsibility the media has to the American public.
President Bush urged spectators to remember the displaced Gulf Coast residents and the servicemen and women abroad before lighting the National Christmas Tree at the Pageant of Peace Thursday night.
This week AU's Student Government is sponsoring "Be Week" in order to unite the campus.
Four former members of the AU board of trustees who resigned following the investigation into ex-President Benjamin Ladner's finances released a statement in response to last week's town hall forum that said trustees purposefully adjusted the total value of Ladner's severance package to offset the amount he would have to pay back to the university and to the IRS.
In an attempt to promote a feeling of openness and transparency, members of AU's board of trustees met with students and faculty members Thursday night to discuss former President Ben Ladner's severance package, improved board governance and the need for communication between board members and the rest of the university community.
Eco-Sense, AU's environmental awareness club, is holding a variety of events throughout the week aimed at raising awareness about environmental issues.
The rain and cold did not stop hundreds of people from watching the 19th annual High Heel Race, a D.C. Halloween tradition where men dressed in elaborate drag costumes run down 17th Street near Dupont Circle.
The Office of Campus Life sponsored various events and activities this week to inform students about the dangers of alcohol in college as part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week.
The Food and Drug Administration decided not to approve Plan B, an emergency contraceptive, as an over-the-counter drug, which has led to tension within the FDA and has many questioning the role politics play in women's health.
The new School of International Service building will incorporate the guiding principles of the SIS program by focusing on ecology, economy and equality, according to representatives from the architectural firms designing the building and overseeing its construction.
The Green Festival, held Sept. 24 and 25 in the Washington D.C. Convention Center, gave participants the opportunity to hear speakers, tour informational booths and participate in other activities that advocated and promoted environmentally-sound practices.
Cindy Sheehan and other speakers compared the war in Iraq to the Vietnam War last night in the Kay Spiritual Center. A sign in front of the podium greeted students, proclaiming the message of the night, "Bring Them Home Now."