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Sgt. Zachary Tellier, a 1998 AU graduate, was killed by enemy fire in Firebase Wilderness, Afghanistan, Sept. 29, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Cape Cod Times. Tellier, 31, had served in Afghanistan since January with his unit - the Fourth Squadron, 73rd Calvary Regiment, Fourth Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division, according to the Concord (N.
The women's volleyball team triumphed again this past weekend, defeating the Colgate University Raiders and the Bucknell Bison. Bringing their record to 13-6, the Eagles remain unbeaten on the home floor. Extending its winning streak to nine, the team is now 5-0 in the Patriot League.
This is an open letter to all Democrats of voting age. I am a young, optimistic member of the Republican Party. I disagree with your party on most issues, and though I recognize the importance of working together, all things considered, I would rather have one of my candidates in the White House than one of yours.
AU students raised more than $13,000 for the Whitman-Walker Clinic at Saturday's AIDS Walk Washington, according to the event's Web site. AU Fights AIDS!, the AU team that participated in the walk Saturday morning, had the largest number of participants - 280 - in the walk and was fifth in fundraising with $13,173.
Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew "Spirit If..." (Arts and Crafts) Sounds like: A Broken Social Scene show around a campfire. Almost every album released within the Broken Social Scene family tree should be titled "Broken Social Scene Presents," simply because you really can't find an Apostle of Hustle record without Leslie Feist performing background vocals or a Jason Collett record without Kevin Drew contributing somehow in the backing band.
Pat Monahan "Last of Seven" (Columbia) Sounds like: Something you'd have to be middle-aged and sipping Mike's Hard Lemonade to enjoy. In his first departure from Train, Pat Monahan has constructed an album so excruciating it makes "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" tolerable.
Dr. Gordon Adams, a former senior White House official for national security and foreign relations budgets, was recently announced as one of AU's new professors of international relations for the School of International Service, according to a press release.
10 "Houston, we have a problem." Yeah, it's really funny to compare your mundane dilemma with intergalactic catastrophes. OK, maybe it was funny once, but get real: This is the 21st century, and it's time to update your quips. 9"I'm not gonna lie..." Looks like you're a shoo-in for the honesty award.
On Saturday, approximately 20 members of AU's Students for Barack Obama traveled to Florence, S.C., to lend their support to the senator's campaign. More students from AU traveled to South Carolina than any other school in the District, according to Dave Simnick, co-director of AU's chapter of Students for Barack Obama.
The Breastival raised more than $2,000 for breast-cancer research, said Vanessa Mueller, director of Women's Initiative. "I'm really, really proud of our volunteers and what the campus community has done," Mueller said. The Breastival promoted breast cancer awareness, said Sarah Brown, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of Women's Initiative.
Confusion about copyright laws negatively impacts teachers' and students' classroom experiences, according to a report recently released by AU's Center for Social Media. The study, "The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy," was released Sept. 25.
As I mentioned in the Sept. 20 issue, food is my passion. If I could, I would spend 24 hours a day in the kitchen, creating new dishes. However, there are some days when I am just too tired and want to eat the type of dinner that requires little cleanup and only a few ingredients.
Cancer affects many Americans: 50 percent of men and one in three women will at one point have some form of cancer, said Elizabeth Edwards, presidential candidate John Edwards' wife, at the closing event of the Breastival Tuesday. "Cancer is an equal-opportunity disease," Edwards said to a crowd of a few hundred students.
Incidents of racial intolerance, like hanging nooses on a tree outside the black cultural center at the University of Maryland, are on the rise at U.S. colleges campuses. Some students said they have also noticed racially motivated incidents at AU. Sometimes acts of racism are not as blatant as nooses hanging in front of buildings.
World War I-era weapons buried on university property and in the surrounding neighborhood is scheduled to begin Oct. 29, Army Corps of Engineers officials said at a public meeting at Sibley Hospital Auditorium Tuesday night. The area, known as "Pit 3," is located at 4825 Glenbrook Road, a university-owned property.
A volunteer firefighter in South Carolina is facing arson charges after confessing to igniting three fires in an effort to improve his reputation among fellow firefighters, a local news station in Greenville, S.C., reported. Samuel Thomas Moss was attempting to override his status as a registered sex offender by setting fires and responding to them to "show he was a good firefighter and hard worker," Greenwood County sheriff's investigator Jeff Graham told WYFF4.
Th is sequel to the Academy Award-winning fi lm, "Elizabeth," further explores the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth nurtures her secret love for adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), even as military and political forces threaten her empire at home and abroad.
Acting Student Government Secretary Cait Douglas is now the nominee to take over the position permanently and will be up for confirmation at one of the Undergraduate Senate's next two meetings, according to SG President Joe Vidulich. Vidulich decided to nominate Douglas for the position after a selection committee favorably evaluated her and Seth Cutter, Undergraduate Senate clerk.
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