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Tuesday night, the starting pitching saved the day. Depending on who you ask, it saved the franchise. But in last night’s win over the Pirates, fans had to look elsewhere for their savior. The Nationals' starter, John Lannan, had a tough act to follow with Stephen Strasburg pitching the night before and he did not deliver. When Lannan’s night was finished after just four and two-thirds innings, he had given up five runs, four of them earned.
Based on proposed changes to Metro service, night owls and party animals may need to start rethinking their plans for Friday and Saturday night excursions. Among the proposals in Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s 2011 budget is the reduction of weekend night service, with the termination of bus and rail service by 2 a.m., instead of the current 3 a.m. Although this move stands to save Metro $8 million and reduce its budget gap by 4 percent, it creates a whole host of other issues that makes us want to cry “party foul.”
Individual rights are too important to let partisanship cloud our judgment. Strangely, this is a hard lesson to teach on our nation’s college campuses.
Bang! — the shutting screen door was once a familiar sound of America’s summers. Children would venture out from under the watchful eye of their parents and spend the day on the streets, playgrounds and parks that surrounded their homes. There was stickball in the vacant corner lot and hopscotch on the blacktop.
The Washington Metro Area Transit Authority might stop running weekend trains at 2 a.m., not 3 a.m. to close the budget gap, according to Lisa Farbstein.
The Undergraduate Senate confirmed the appointment of SG newcomer Josh Levitt as director of Kennedy Political Unit for the 2010-2011 year.
For the first time in 24 years, Algeria will play for the FIFA World Cup title in June. Its road in getting there, however, shall remain one of the most uproarious yet sobering international affairs tales to date.
The AU track team returned to Philadelphia and ran in the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track competition in the United States. And once again the team returned to campus with pride after a successful outing.
Students and local residents learned at a panel discussion Wednesday evening about the history of the AU Experimental Station and where the Army Corps of Engineers’ dig for World War I-era munitions is headed in the future.
The university will increase undergraduate tuition, housing and meal costs this fall. Tuition will also increase for Master of Business Administration students.
Undergraduate senators will be required to hold office hours next semester, according to a new Senate bill passed on March 28.
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