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The AU wrestling team is off to a record-setting season with four straight victories and four grapplers in the top 20.
During the university’s winter break, AU installed 42 new security cameras around Bender Library to decrease safety issues on campus, according to University Librarian Bill Mayer. Several lap tops were stolen inside the library during the 2008-2009 academic year. Mayer said he hopes the security system will be fully operational by March 1.
The men’s basketball team sunk the Navy Midshipmen with a 69-59 win at the Eagles’ own Bender Arena during the State of the Union Wednesday night.
In a logical response to a string of thefts experienced last year, Bender Library has installed 42 cameras to serve as a method of deterring and catching future larceny attempts.
The Grammys go to the girls this year. Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga all received six or more nominations for the coveted awards. But we bet you’ll tune to see if The Lonely Island can beat out Jay-Z and Kanye for “Best Rap/Sung Collaboration” with their YouTube sensation, “I’m On a Boat.”
With seven wins in a row after Tuesday’s victory over the New York Islanders, there is no question that the Washington Capitals are the hottest team in hockey, but are they peaking too early?
AU won the Web Marketing Association’s “Best Web site in the Industry” Award for Education for the redesigned Web site presented in March 2009.
Many students might be surprised to hear of AU’s new student-community outreach program: a home-cooked dinner hosted at the house of a community member. While there has been little talk of the program among AU affiliates on school grounds, AU’s January newsletter to the community described the idea to the potential hosts.
I am not generally a horror fan in the Steven King, “Revenge of the Body Snatchers,” vampire sense. Those topics just simply do not appeal to me as a reader. On the other hand, absurdist horror has me obsessed. It is something about the absolutely, ridiculously grotesque that sets absurdist humor apart from my usual aversion to the genre.
In December, I sat down with former Student Government (then called the Student Confederation) president, Neal Sharma, to swap stories. Over the decade that separates our tenures, a lot has changed at AU - much of it for better. The Student Health Center has improved; AU is becoming a more culturally inclusive campus, and the library has become much more than a place that stores books.
It may have been a cloudy Sunday afternoon, but inside St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Tenleytown, music patrons and performers came together to brighten the lives of artists in need.
In the last few years, I’ve been forced to accept what I consider to be a stark and harsh reality: Muslims around the world, my fellow adherents of the beautiful religion of Islam, are lamentably falling short in our duties. The caliber of person that gave the modern era the fundamental knowledge of the Roman and Medieval epochs is suddenly difficult to find. Now, the image of a Muslim conjures up expressions akin to strange, backwards, crazy and different.
AU’s Community and Local Government Relations office started a new program to satisfy students’ cravings for home-cooked meals in the homes of Spring Valley residents.
Though our attention may be momentarily devoted to discussing the recent Golden Globes or Screen Actors Guild awards, making predictions for next week’s season premiere of “Lost” or still mourning Conan O’Brien’s departure, let’s not forget what’s happening right now across the country in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Dinara Safina and Serena Williams have all been ranked number one in the world at some point in their tennis careers, but their dominance is now threatened by Justine Henin’s decision to return to the sport.
There has always been a close relationship between artists and audiences. Art reflects the audience’s emotions and reactions. The Folger Shakespeare Library analyzes this relationship further in its new exhibit, “Extending the Book: The Art of Extra-Illustration.”
President Barack Obama did not address District voting rights in his State of the Union address Wednesday night, despite petitions to address this issue from residents of D.C., including AU students and faculty and members of the organization DC Vote.
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