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The collegiate library of the future will be accessible to students at all times, offer learning materials in a variety of mediums and provide a comfortable space for students to gather, according to a symposium of library and higher-education specialists AU hosted Monday and Tuesday.
In The Eagle's staff editorial last week, it was argued that AU's move to implement software that can block file sharing was the latest in a long string of decisions made by the University without student input. It's not a new complaint. It was the same one I heard from seniors at Ultimate Frisbee practice during my first week as a freshman almost five years ago.
Officials at BWI Airport stopped an AU student at a security checkpoint and warned him that the matchbooks and lighters he had in his carry-on bag would not be allowed through checkpoints in the future. Kevin Gilnack, a junior in the School of Public Affairs and a smoker, said he did not see the lighter as a big threat, but he would follow the new policy.
Dear Editor: Twenty-nine Rogoffs are listed on a piece of paper with notes about the day they were killed by the Nazis. This looks all too similar to a list made by Darfurian refugees documenting their families' murders. In 50 years their grandchildren will visit a memorial to their family killed in Darfur, just as I did for my family that perished in the Holocaust.
"Vice Do's and Don'ts" Vice magazine Gavin McInnes Synopsis: The definitive critique of real-life winners and losers in the fashion game. A Note to all men: shoes on, sandals off. Otherwise, end up sandwiched between a medieval punk riding a Vespa and a 300-pound woman wearing a "foxy" T-shirt on one of the "don'ts" pages of the "Vice Do's and Don'ts" book.
The Transportation Security Administration will institute a ban on cigarette lighters on April 14. The TSA decided to prohibit passengers from carrying any lighter on their persons or in carry-on luggage in secure areas of airports or on planes. Passengers carrying lighters from now until April 14 will receive warnings about the up-coming ban.
When I was in high school, watching MTV Spring Break, I always thought I would be the girl to win the wet t-shirt contest. But being a senior in college on my last spring break in the Bahamas, I felt for the innocent girls lashing off their bikini tops for MTV's retired "Real World" cast and an audience of Mr.
The drama of the ongoing Michael Jackson trial, in which the popular musician has been accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, has sparked debate among AU students. The issue has caused some to attempt to separate their impressions of him as both a musician and an individual.
The first English language film starring Latin super-hottie Gael Garc¡a Bernal, "dot the i," opens tomorrow at the Landmark E St. Theater, and is a darkly comic story about a love triangle (what is it with Bernal and love triangles? "Y Tu Mam Tambi?n?" More like: "Heck, I'll even do the whole family!").
Thumbs Up: St. Patrick's Day ... Because God knows college students need another reason to drink copious amounts of alcohol. SOC alumnus donates items ... Director and AU alumnus Adam Friedman generously donated money and video equipment to the SOC. It's wonderful to see successful alumni contributing in ways truly beneficial to the programs they graduated from.
Representatives from Ruckus, the music and movie downloading service available to students living on campus tabled in Mary Graydon Center Tuesday to give an update on how the program is being implemented on campus. "We want students to be coming back to Ruckus on a daily basis to find out what's going on on campus," said Claire Brunton, who manages AU's Ruckus account.
In a move that student journalists say could restrict their voice on campus, Catholic University of America's Michael Hendricks, vice president for Enrollment Management, decided to end institutional scholarships for the campus newspaper, yearbook and student government.
Thursday, March 17 Comedy: D.C. Comedy Fest March 17-20, Locations and times vary Comedy acts from D.C. and North America will be performing throughout the city during the first D.C. Comedy Fest. Comedy classes will be offered. Admission is $10-$20. See www.
AU President Benjamin Ladner announced that the elimination of three AU athletic programs, Men's and Women's Tennis and Golf, will be delayed until after the 2005-2006 school year, in a release dated March 4, the final day of classes before AU's spring break.
The term "psychobilly" first entered the music lexicon through the voice of the man in black himself, Johnny Cash. His 1976 country music hit "One Piece at a Time" described an autoworker's crudely constructed "psychobilly Cadillac" from bits and pieces of various models stolen from the assembly line over several decades.
The Catholic University of America announced last month that it would cut scholarships for the campus newspaper, campus yearbook and student government. The announcement came just a few months after CUA administration cut ties with the newspaper, The Tower, due to unhappiness with The Tower's reporting on campus issues.
While many AU students spent their spring breaks lounging on beaches, spending time with friends or simply sleeping, a few broadened their cultural horizons through AU's Alternative Spring Break program. This year, the program led trips to Brazil, Jamaica, Greece, Vietnam and the Cherokee Nation in western North Carolina, with students traveling in groups to explore the areas' cultures and to study societal issues.
Dear readers, For seniors, spring semester means purgatory; I'm just a member of the Class of 2005 in limbo. I schedule job interviews between classes. Phone calls from parents, which had come less frequently since high school, are picking up again as Mom and Dad anxiously inquire after summer plans.
Director Adam Friedman, who has worked on music videos and biographical films on cable television, donated $10,000 to the School of Communication along with an advanced video-production camera on Wednesday. The money will be added to the dean's discretionary fund and be used to purchase more advanced equipment.
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