Students learn sign language to counter District noise law
While some of their peers continue to protest the new D.C. City Noise Ordinance, a group of AU students is learning to live around the late-night law by learning American Sign Language.
While some of their peers continue to protest the new D.C. City Noise Ordinance, a group of AU students is learning to live around the late-night law by learning American Sign Language.
“Maybe it’s my fault. Am I doing something wrong?” An increasingly agitated Lang asked. “I must be doing something wrong. I’m a failure of a statistician. Maybe they’re right. Maybe math isn’t a real major here after all. I should have stayed at my state school to study like my mom wanted. Then maybe I wouldn’t feel like I was wasting my parent’s money for a degree that I could have gotten for cheaper and better somewhere else.”
This past Saturday, what began as a harmless philanthropy event, ended in tears, fire and mass amounts of property damage.
Next time you go to an AU basketball game, you won’t be seeing Clawed Z. Eagle cheering on his team.
The AU Club Council has allocated $119,046 to student clubs for the 2011 fiscal year — a $12,000 increase from what was distributed during the previous fiscal year, according to AUCC Chair Katelyn Hurley.
Hollywood executives have run out of ideas for new movies and are forced to turn to their kitchen appliances for inspiration. “At our pitch meeting, we all brought in something from each of our kitchens and dumped it in the middle of the conference table,” a Warner Bros. executive said. The executives ...
Bob Channing, a junior in the School of International Service, just realized the t-shirts emblazoned with “AU Football: Still Undefeated” are a joke, but he isn’t laughing.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — “The Greatest Show on Earth” — spent the weekend entertaining audiences of all ages at the Verizon Center. This year, the circus is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of P.T. Barnum with a show called “Barnum 200: Barnum’s FUNundrum.”
Non-AU guests visiting residence halls would be required to sign into dorms and submit identification information under a proposed Residence Hall Association resolution.
The Blue Man Group is not just a show, it is an experience. It balances classic, circus humor with artsy, edgy performances that make great use of drums, technology and plenty of paint.
Although school officials still plan to construct academic buildings on the Nebraska Parking Lot, the proposed dormitory buildings will be relocated to campus, where Housing & Dining has devised an ingenious plan to house the overflow of AU students.
• It's almost April, which means there's almost only one month of classes left, which means it's almost finals, which means it's almost summer! Right? Right!?!? • The (National) Mall is home to some of the strangest characters on Earth, I swear … • Dear AU, 60 minutes does not dry ...
This week’s Greek Week will be open to the entire AU community, and not restricted to only Greek members, according to members of the Greek Programming Board. Greek Week will include an eight-day, 11-event festival to commemorate the philanthropic efforts by those involved in Greek life at the University. Lisa ...
Since last June, members of the Sexual Assault Working Group’s grant committee have worked tirelessly to create an application for the Department of Justice Violence Against Women Act campus grant.
The Residence Hall Association's new executive board was elected this week, with several contested races – some for the first time in two years.