Given the degree of coverage of the AU Club Council’s new funding allocation process, there are a few items that we wanted to correct and make public regarding this new system. Contrary to what has been previously been publicized by The Eagle, most clubs are very happy with the system. Of the 144 clubs the AUCC represents, negative feedback has been received from less than five organizations.
We write in reply to the AU STAND Coalition and its Nov. 1 letter.
Behind a strong effort from Liz Leer and contributions from the bench, the AU women’s basketball team defeated the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Hawks 73-47 on Sunday in their only exhibition game of the season.
American culture is known worldwide, positive reputation or not, but the British could go head to head with the United States for most distinct cultural norms. Stretching beyond colloquialisms to etiquette, food and politics, the Brits always give me a reason to feel either like an inadequate American or just laugh and roll my eyes. As a study abroad student fully integrated into a London university, or ‘uni’ as the Brits call it, and also living in a hall with British students, one of the most striking differences between British and American life has proved to be in academia.
DreamWorks Animation has released yet another animated feature, and true to all of their other titles, “Megamind” entertains children of all ages with a cast of contemporary film stars lending their vocal talents.
In its regular season finale, AU men’s soccer lost 1-0 to Patriot League leading Colgate University Raiders.
On behalf of many of the music students, orchestra members?and community of the D.C. area, I would like to make it known to the rest of the AU community that our beloved orchestra director, Manuel Berard, did not receive tenure.
After serving as dean of the Kogod School of Business for nearly six years, Richard Durand said he will retire from his position at the end of spring 2011.
Los Angeles indie band Local Natives have had a fantastic two years filled with rave reviews for their debut record “Gorilla Manor.” They paid a visit to the 9:30 club last Thursday amidst the home stretch of their fall tour.
While in class last Thursday, Oct. 28, I got a text from a friend I had served with, asking me to call him.?We have several mutual friends who are currently deployed, so I stepped out of class to call him back, worried that something had happened.?My friend told me a former coworker and fellow servicemember, SSG Adam Dickmyer, had died in Afghanistan.
The 9:30 club played host to three international acts last Monday that brought wonderful performances and a huge dose of energy. It may seem like a dreadful thought to stand through two hours of warm-up acts to get to the anticipated act — in this case, Scottish indie rock band Frightened Rabbit. ...
A member of AU greek life will now serve as a representative on the Student Conduct Advisory Board to provide input from the greek community on conduct policy issues.
Chilling articles telling of egregious atrocities in eastern Congo have been littering every major newspaper for the past month. A report surfaced a week ago about 30 women who had been kept in a dungeon and were gang-raped for almost a month on the Congo-Angola border.
It’s 10:30 in the morning on Sunday, Oct. 31 and aside from some roadies, there isn’t a soul outside D.C.’s 9:30 club save AU students Sophie Wilmot and her friend Tatianna Wiegand-Stuart waiting impatiently for the Anberlin show starting at 5:30 p.m. with openers Civil Twilight and Crash Kings.
When it comes to housing costs, AU ranks among the top 20 most expensive schools in the U.S.
The number of students choosing to stay in tripled dorm rooms has generally increased since 2000. About 300 will remain tripled this spring.
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