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Three broken glass jugs emerged during a dig conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers on Monday, Jan. 25, according to a Corps spokesman. Based on old photographs of similar jugs, some suspect that these may have contained a chemical agent called mustard, according to environmental specialist Richard Albright.
In a total of six allegations, the Inter-Fraternity Council has directed regulatory attention toward AU fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa, and in doing so, has become even further involved in shaping the already dynamic greek scene on campus. The charges against PSK stem from its practices during the ongoing fraternity rush process — most essentially PSK has been accused of tainting their recruitment process through various alcohol and conduct infractions, including behavior “unbecoming of a fraternal organization,” according to an IFC statement.
The Inter-Fraternity Council recently charged AU fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa with six recruitment and rushing violations, according to the IFC.
Hearing the complaints of college students, one might imagine himself to have wandered into the ghetto. Now, it may be confusing at first glance to think that one of the most expensive universities in the country harbors anyone other than the luckiest 20-year-olds on Earth — or, in their own words, the most “privileged” - but this is silly talk. To understand the collective psyche of university political culture, one has to realize that one walks among the oppressed, the damned, the downtrodden.
After a stinging loss in Massachusetts, miserable polling and ever-lower expectations for the November midterm elections, there has been plenty of advice going around for Democrats. Last week, I counted no less than five such articles and editorials in Sunday’s Washington Post.
Only half the 20 students in the School of Public Affairs’ public financial management program in Haiti have been accounted for since the earthquake, and the program’s facilities have been destroyed, according to William LeoGrande, dean of SPA.
I have gone abroad this semester, and can’t usually keep abreast of campus affairs. But, one astounding thing which did manage to flash across my radar was a recent bill passed by the Undergraduate Senate on Jan. 24th. Entitled “A Bill to Express Support for an Appropriate Clean Energy Revolving Fund,” this bill actually served to undermine the long-term effectiveness of the Clean Energy Revolving Fund (CERF) because it precludes even a discussion of green fees or student government contributions down the line.
The D.C. government’s and Anacostia River Protection Fund’s “Skip the Bag, Save the River” campaign strikes one AU student as a “nuisance.”
The Undergraduate Senate voted 11-7-1 to sustain Student Government President Andy MacCracken’s veto of the recent Clean Energy Revolving Fund bill on Sunday. The veto will allow the Senate to re-draft the bill, enabling the SG the freedom to express support for the fund.
AU Student Government relaunched the AUTO program Monday, according to SG executives. Four of nine vans are now available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Adjunct Professor Robert Lehrman teaches speechwriting in the School of Communication. He worked as a speechwriter for many Democratic political figures, most notably former Vice President and presidential candidate Al Gore. Lehrman recently penned the book “The Political Speechwriter’s Companion.” He also wrote a State of the Union response in 1989 when George H.W. Bush was president.
The federal government is taking steps towards relinquishing control it has traditionally held over manned spaceflights, according to Paul Lockhart, a NASA astronaut who flew two missions to the International Space Station.
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