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Students speak about their experience with Sonya Owens, who works the night shift at the Eagle's Nest.
The D.C. Fire Department recently placed AU on its list of “Areas of Concern” for fire safety in D.C., increasing the list from 34 to 40 areas.
Due to an accidental misinterpretation of SG Bylaws, a proposed referendum seeking to change two executive positions from elected to appointed, will not appear on today’s SG election ballot.
The fact is, you could be in danger. Your personal health and the environmental health of your campus could be at risk and you might not know. AU’s administration and the United States Army Corps of Engineers could be to blame, too. They might know things they aren’t telling you. They might be withholding information that would make you safer, information that you ought to know.
On Saturday, EcoSense members on a tour of AU and the surrounding neighborhood learned how, after 16 years of digging for WWI-era munitions, much work still remains for the Army Corps of Engineers.
Meghan McCain made an appearance on campus last Wednesday to speak about her personal political views, the state of politics today and her ideas for the future of the Republican Party. But I came away from her speech thinking about the double standard for women in politics.
Violent crime has dropped significantly in D.C. this year, as it has in other major cities across the country, according to statistics provided by the Metropolitan Police Department.
Last December, Colin Crane went to Nicaragua with his family and came back with the beginnings of what would become a successful service group: the Pulsera Project. The Pulsera Project is a program that buys handmade bracelets — or “pulseras” in Spanish — from children in Nicaragua and sells them in the United States. The profit is then donated back to programs in underdeveloped countries. Crane, a junior in the School of Communication, and his family spent a week with the children of Los Quinchos, an orphanage in Nicaragua. They were the only visitors the kids had in a whole year. “They were so poor, but they were so happy,” Crane said.
When the last issue of The Eagle came out Thursday, something happened that has, to my somewhat humble knowledge, never happened before. Two pretty major Internet outlets posted pieces directly sourcing to something The Eagle had produced.
College students holding a broomstick between their legs, or any cleaning agent for that matter, are sure to shock the average passerby. But they won’t be cleaning — they’ll be getting ready to play their next Quidditch game.
The response to my column on former President Jimmy Carter’s pronouncement that opposition to President Barack Obama is racist reminded me of improvements I can make in my writing style. Clearly, I failed to effectively convey my perspective.
Student Government President Andy MacCracken nominated Alan Chang, a senior in the Kogod School of Business, to replace former Comptroller Matt Handverger, Saturday, Sept. 26.
The No. 20 AU field hockey team had a strong showing against No. 3 Wake Forest, but it wasn’t enough to walk away with a win Sunday afternoon, as the Eagles lost 1-0.
The AU Lady Eagles volleyball team came into Lafayette, their first match of Patriot League play, with a three game win streak and made sure their winning ways would not end at the hands of the Lafayette Leopards.
This time last year, the New York Yankees were closing their historic stadium on a sad note. They did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time in 13 seasons. On top of that, they were forced to watch the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays battle for a trip to the World Series.
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