Top 10 Countdown this issue in Sports: top ten events you won't be watching as an AU student.
As the home of the federal government, D.C. is the political hub of America. It comes as no surprise, then, that many students who come to AU are politically active. You certainly don't need to be politically active to have an enriching experience at AU, but if you do take an interest in politics, this is a great place to spend four years.
PandaMania has swept the city, including AU as "Arthur PanDragon" sits outside the Washington College of Law in Spring Valley. "Arthur" was created by Katherine Kahn and sponsored by AU. The sculptures will be sold at auction to benefit arts education programs.
Here's a list of D.C.'s best quality-to-price ratios, from panda-searching to club theme nights.
In a crowded summer with plenty of big-budget films with huge stars many teen flicks, sequels, prequels and remakes leave most viewers gasping for originality. Here to save the summer comes "Napoleon Dynamite," the most original and inventive film so far this year.
Short looks at four films now in theaters, including "Super Size Me," "The Stepford Wives," "Coffee and Cigarettes," and "The Chronicles of Riddick."
With the sudden arrival of the Class of 2008 here at AU, another group gets overshadowed as it joins the AU community. They may not be the naive freshmen, but they could also use some good advice as they continue their education here in Northwest D.C. These are the transfer students who have come to AU to complete their education.
New students on campus will not see much of the cicadas, whose peak was from May to mid-June, but they may notice the aftereffects of Brood X. The cicadas provide a readily available food source for a variety of animals including birds, snakes, lizards and small mammals. This could potentially lead to larger populations of these species in the future.
You've gotten the official lines from the AU administration and parent-friendly tour guides, but here are some useful ins and outs on daily student life. Read on for a quick guide to what freshmen and transfer students need to know when August hits.
Reviews of new music from Melissa Auf der Mar to Five for Fighting to Punk-O-Rama 9.
Student Health Center Director Bethany Chiaramonte has resigned her position effective immediately but will stay on until a replacement has been found, according to Dean of Students Faith Leonard.
This summer has seen the reunification of several bands that used to be seminal rock bands, but have since become the nostalgic listenings of music fans. Braid - a so-called emo band that is considered a forefather of the contemporary emo genre - has reunited for a U.S. tour in support of a new DVD that details the last days of their existence.
Eagle Sports Columnist Adam Montgomery on the purpose and politics of the Olympics
Rooney. They're on the "OC" entertaining little girls everywhere. And here I am, along with four pre-teen girls at their show at the 9:30 club. This California power-pop band, named after the principal from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," seems to have gotten a big push from Geffen Records.
Vulgar, unoriginal and at times even creepy, "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" is everything it's expected to be. It is writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber's first feature film and, fortunately, just as much fun as the trailer would suggest.
The Falls Church, Va., offices of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, an international charity whose regional offices are headed by AU Muslim chaplain Fadel Soliman, were raided by federal agents late last month. Soliman said the May 28 raid - which The Washington Post reported was conducted by FBI agents, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - took place because of a suspected immigration violation.
AU's Office of Facilities, Planning and Development stopped accepting bids for modifications to the intramural fields on the South Side of campus June 10 after the Army Corps of Engineers recently completed work on the site to recover buried chemical munitions. The University awaits a building permit so that the Athletics Department can modify the field.
Leave it to Morrissey to make a questionable pairing work, teaming up with producer Jerry Finn who was responsible for - to quote Spinal Tap - "shit sandwiches" such as 1999's "Enema of the State," among other pop-punk gems. But remarkably, neither Moz nor Finn screw this one up.
Reviews of recently released metal, punk and industrial CDs.
AU fans awaiting the construction of a multipurpose AstroTurf facility on campus will have to wait just a little bit longer. Work on a softball diamond with a turf outfield large enough to double as a regulation-sized field for field hockey - among other things - has been delayed by logistical issues typical of construction, said Ed McLaughlin, AU's associate athletic director for facilities and operations.
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