AU volleyball got the two wins they needed against Lehigh University Friday night and Lafayette University Saturday to keep their playoff hopes alive.
After two and a half hours of play under a torrential downpour at Reeves Field, the AU Men’s Soccer team ended in a double overtime draw against Lehigh.
Despite the close calls and sloppy plays, the Washington Capitals have to be happy with their last four games, especially since a win is a win no matter what.
Late October is one of those odd periods, where all four major sports are going on at once. Hockey has just started and football’s reaching the bulk of its season, giving Redskins fans a reason to dread Sundays. As baseball is on its way out, basketball is just beginning to enter the picture; with a reloaded and much better NBA.
The entire Katzen Arts Center will be closed today, Oct. 22, from 2 p.m. to about 10:30 p.m. for an annual university black tie event.
AU students shouldn’t fear crossing the street, especially on our campus. Still, they should be aware of an incident that occurred Tuesday on Massachusetts Avenue’s southern crosswalk.
Remember when MTV actually played music? Of course we don’t. That’s an obscure moment in time that few at AU could even imagine — think early 1980s. Now, 15-second splices of music videos in between “The Hills” and “Jackass” programming blocks suffice as “Music Television.”
A car struck an AU student Tuesday afternoon as he crossed Massachusetts Avenue.
Despite what you may think, the economy has recovered. On Oct. 14, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the best barometer of the stock market, hit 10,000. There has been much criticism that while the Dow has passed 10,000, unemployment will likely soon reach 10 percent. Many have heaped scorn on Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke’s recent statement that the recession is “very likely over.”
More prospective students have visited AU this year, in part because the university switched from the typical Friday preview day event to a Saturday.
Mark Sterner spoke to AU students Monday night about the night when he made the decision to drink and drive while on spring break in Florida, a decision that ruined his life.
The men's soccer team beat Navy 1-0 on Oct. 17 and remains undefeated in the Patriot League.
The U.S. men’s national soccer team set a list of goals two years ago, as they began the long journey that they hope will end with them holding a small golden trophy on July 11, 2010, in South Africa.
Last Thursday’s column by Alex Knepper berated the entire social justice movement as “self-serving,” but such a label can just as easily be applied to Knepper himself, who has once again written another piece rife with tired tactics. He accuses leftists who criticize bigoted initiatives like Prop 8 of somehow trying to avoid debating the merits of an argument without providing any merits himself.
The AU volleyball team rebounded from a loss to Army by taking down Holy Cross 3-1, improving their Patriot League record to 4-3.
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