The Scene staff brings you interesting anecdotes from campus, entertainment, and world news.
Safety and security events from around campus for the past week, including fire and crime incidents.
This summer, as students tuned into the news in an attempt to pick their favorite candidate for the upcoming election, other AU students worked feverishly on the campaign trail to answer one question. Will President George W. Bush become a two-term president, or will John Kerry sweep the presidency?
This year brings many changes for AU Abroad, including moving its offices onto the main campus and offering a wider selection of international universities where students may study. AU Abroad offers study abroad programs in international cities and organizes the overseas semester, according to its Web site.
A future documentary will focus on a group of AU students who went to Japan this summer to learn about the effects of the American decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. AU history professor Peter Kuznick helped organize the 12-day trip, during which 21 undergraduate and graduate students talked with survivors of the two bombs, attended commemorative peace ceremonies and visited historical sites.
Eagle writer Emily Zemler reviews Charlotte Martin's promising debut album, "On Your Shore." Despite comparisons to Tori Amos, Martin manages to find her own voice on the album.
The Eagle's writers give a rapid-fire rundown of the summer's top films, from Michael Moore's incendiary "Fahrenheit 9/11" to M. Night Shyamalan's mediocre "The Village."
New sex columnists Connie Heiss and Jessica Bacharach set some sexual ground rules for the incoming freshman class in this week's Caught with Your Pants Down.
The Watkins Gallery will present different art pieces in an exhibition called "What's the Story? Narrative Art from the Watkins Collection" over the next three weeks. "The main focus is Washington art history ... to tell the history of modern art in Washington," said Jonathan Bucci, curator of the Watkin's Gallery and an adjunct faculty teacher.
AU recently joined Howard University, Georgetown University and George Washington University in an agreement with a new car rental service available to students, staff and faculty on campuses, according to Gwen Gass of the Auxiliary Services office.
AU is now ranked No. 86 in the nation, according to the political magazine U.S. News and World Report. The university improved from last year's 99th place ranking, while its cross-town rival George Washington University fell one spot from 51 to 52. Compared to schools in the area, including GW, Georgetown, Howard and Catholic universities, AU has the third best ranking.
Elvie Melegrito, a petite, spirited Filipino woman who has worked in the Kay Spiritual Life Center for the last 35 years, literally looks up to most of the people she meets-in height. Now an AU legend takes her leave.
In 2003, most thought 2004 would be "the year" for the AU men's soccer team. But after a crazy, volatile and ultimately disappointing season last year, an older, wiser but depleted squad is taking things one step at a time. "The only expectation I've given these guys," said AU head coach Todd West, "is to work harder than everyone else, and to play as a team."
Sports columnist Jesse Epstein wonders if he's the only one who has noticed the disastrous situation for Americans in the Olympics.
After a freshman college season that took him up and down, Eagles' sophomore golfer Todd Shagin set his sights on the 2004 United States Amateur Golf Tournament. Shagin set out on his quest to make the 104th U.S. Amateur at Royce Brook Country Club in Somerville, N.J.
In a change from last year, improved and increased enforcement of underage drinking laws will be practiced by the Metropolitan Police Department. This is part of an annual effort to let students know that underage drinking will not be tolerated, said Assistant Police Chief Peter Newsham.
The AU women's soccer team beat a gritty Mount St. Mary's 3-2 in its season opener Tuesday at Reeves Field. But while the Eagles won, their performance displayed both their offensive firepower and their defensive inconsistency. Senior forward Maha Elnabawi scored a dramatic game-winner with five minutes left to finally secure a victory after numerous chances.
Sarah Ahmed's two words that sum up her hopes for the Muslim Students Association this year are "knowledge sharing." Ahmed, the new president of the MSA for the 2004-05 school year, said she believes that the goals of her club should include providing services for Muslim students including lecture events, recreational activities and inter-religious activities with student groups.
The first installment of year four in Ross Nover's legendary AU comic Not Quite Wrong.
The Eagle gives: some cheers to students on the campaign trail, support for capitol steps, and zipcars serving campus; some jeers to the AU student teacher ratio, and south side fire alarms.
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