Campus briefs, including a panel to be hosted by Students for Academic Freedom, and a bequest to WAMU from a D.C. Journalist.
Shelley Wentworth, the Georgetown graduate who killed AU student Andrew Burr in a drunk-driving accident in January, was arraigned Friday. Wentworth was indicted March 23 on one count of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Burr.
Metro brief on the announced May opening date for the National World War II Memorial.
Students accustomed to walk-in hours at the Student Health Center are surprised to learn that they have been discontinued to make way for new policies. This is part of a new initiative to improve services at the center, according to Bethany Chiaramonte, director of the center.
It is well-known that many AU buildings and offices, such as Gray, Hurst, Roper, McCabe, Watkins, Kreeger, Asbury, Hamilton and the School of International Service are not accessible to physically disabled students. Though this problem is expected to be reduced over the next decade or so as various buildings undergo renovation, it seems that the most frustrating obstacles the disabled or physically challenged have to surmount are less obvious and yet probably easier to fix.
An AU alumnus is making waves with his stance against the drug war by being held in contempt of court until he agrees to serve jury duty, officials said. Alumnus David Guard refused to serve jury duty in 2003 based on his anti-drug war stance.
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