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By now, you may have seen or heard of people taking advantage of the Student Government’s bike lending program. The program allows any student a free, six-hour bike rental, complete with all the needed gear. A helmet, lock and saddlebag are included with the rental.
AU is the only area school that has chosen to ticket its students.
In 2001, Republicans were on an electoral high. After crafting a shrewd GOP victory in both the presidential and legislative elections, Karl Rove made the now infamous promise of delivering a permanent Republican majority. Had someone reminded Rove of Albert Einstein’s description of politics as a swinging pendulum, he might have tempered his guarantee. Sure enough, a mere five years later, Democrats overtook both the House and the Senate.
Over the last year, my roommate and I have embarked on a crusade to run to the farthest reaches of the metro area. We began with modest adventures of four to five miles. With Forrest Gump-like zeal, we decided to run some more — and more, and more, and more. Last Monday night, we journeyed east through the city and into other parts of Maryland. Our destination was FedEx Field in Landover, nearly 14 miles from campus. Along those many miles, I was reminded of the depth of this city’s poverty and urban decay. While the discouraging sights of that run will remain with me for a long time, there’s hope for a better future.
The District Department of Transportation recently unveiled plans for a new streetcar transportation system that would connect neighborhoods underserved by Metro, including Anacostia, Georgetown and Adams Morgan. Streetcar tracks are being constructed in Anacostia and on H Street and Benning Road ...
Vaccines for H1N1 will be available Friday, Nov. 20 in the Mary Graydon Center, the Student Health Center announced.
AU students can now rent one of six bikes through the Student Government’s free bike-lending program. Students can take a bike anywhere, but must return it within six hours.
Many Pennsylvania Democrats I know have mixed feelings about Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. On the one hand, he used to be the kind of Republican they liked — moderate, independent, with a wicked sense of humor. He agrees with them on abortion rights, environmental issues and illegal immigration. For years, they have helped him win re-election to the U.S. Senate by crossing over and supporting him in general elections. But that was then.
Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., has no apologies for the way he has led his 29-year-long Congressional career and his lifetime in public service, he said at a College Democrats event held Nov. 16. • Political Take: Specter: political affiliation categories are ‘like bikinis’
Two sex educators helped make AU students life a little more pleasurable Monday night with an interactive lecture on the clitoris, multiple orgasms and so much more.
The Board of Regents at the University of Maryland voted last week to defy a legislative order from the state of Maryland by refusing to adopt a new university policy regarding the screening of pornographic films on campus.
AU men's basketball team lost their second straight game 51-50 to Albany University Monday night in Bender Arena.
The AU women’s basketball team could not escape Jadwin Gym, home of the Princeton University Tigers, without wounds in their 77-45 loss to the home team on Monday night.
It is one thing to hold sole position of first place in the NHL’s Eastern Conference. It is another to have earned it by beating one of the conference’s hottest teams with some of your best players out of the lineup.
When Notre Dame University graduate Charlie Weis was hired as its football coach, it seemed like a perfect fit, but his unsuccessful attempts at bringing the Fighting Irish back to national prominence may cost him his job.
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