The potential of tanning to resolve global tensions and the general ills of humanity.
Jorge Del Pinal and Rachel Scorca offer highly contrasting reviews of Sylvia, the new film biography of Sylvia Plath
AU President Benjamin Ladner promised continued interest and involvement in solving WAMU's recently revealed financial and morale problems at a 90-minute staff meeting Wednesday afternoon, Chief of Staff David Taylor said.
Sex and Sensibility Columnist Allison Weil discusses jealousy and insecurity as relationship issues in day to day life
Dan Longino's review of Scary Movie 3, the newest installment in the Scary Movie satires
"It's been a hard year," Rosie Mauk said. While those listening to her speech Tuesday night laughed at her understatement, Mauk wasn't kidding. Co-sponsored by the Women and Politics Institute and the Kennedy Political Union, Mauk spoke to AU students and faculty about the importance of volunteerism.
Two bills aimed at giving the Student Confederation's Women's Initiative bylaws and funding were defeated by a General Assembly committee last Wednesday, as supporters and opponents clashed over making the Initiative a formal department in the student government.
Fifty thousand people are expected at an anti-war protest on the National Mall Saturday to demand that American soldiers be brought home and the U.S. occupation of Iraq be ended. While President Bush declared the end of major fighting in Iraq on May 1, International ANSWER, a coalition of protest groups and individuals, is protesting the continuing military action.
In the hand of director Martin Campbell, the camera certainly is a gun - and it is powerful. His new film, 'Beyond Borders,' is undoubtedly the most profoundly touching film this year.
The Tenleytown-AU Metro stop has character. The bicycle without wheels that has been there for over two years, the bulletin board that has been without a glass cover for a year, the frequently overflowing garbage cans and the large, gray and mysterious boxes that stand to the side of the shuttle pathway form these classic hallmarks.
Opinion Columnist Pam Martin believes that Margaret Cho should absolutely have been brought to campus, and that students lack a sense of humor.
Columnist Eric Garmon reflects on the need for a food dictionary to decipher the menu at many restaurants around the District.
When actors take on roles of mentally challenged characters they run the risk of either receiving critical praise or looking rather foolish like Sean Penn's over-acting in "I Am Sam."
Last June the United States Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan's much-debated use affirmative action in admissions, but ruled against its use of a "point system" that automatically afforded prospective students extra points to minority applicants based on their status as racial minorities.
Maria Perla has been an AU janitor for 14 years. She is draped in a large Aramark uniform shirt and her eyes look worn. She talks for about 15 minutes with the assistance of a translator before her lunch break is over. Perla, through translation by Service Employees International Union representative Maria Diaz, said she is from El Salvador and does not speak any English.
On Holly Golightly's latest in a long list of releases, "Truly She is None Other," she establishes herself as an appealing musician with an unwillingness to compromise to the fad of garage.
We can all stop crying now. The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs will not meet in the World Series. With both teams five outs away from the Fall Classic and with three-run leads, the Curse of the Goat (Cubs) and the Curse of the Bambino (Red Sox) struck again as a fan and a struggling third baseman sent the two Cinderellas home with no glass slipper. Instead, we get the New York Yankees, with 26 World Championships, and the underdog Florida Marlins, who have never lost a postseason series. In just their 11th year, the Marlins will make their second trip to the Series.
Katie Holmes fully establishes her indie street credo as the title character in "Pieces of April," a Thanksgiving movie that will leave you with a warm, tryptophan-like feeling by the end, but avoids getting too sticky.
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