Police Blotter
Safety and security incidents from across campus this week
Safety and security incidents from across campus this week
Senior is Mass. Cherry Blossom princess Senior Melissa Chin was chosen to represent Massachusetts as the 2004 Cherry Blossom Princess during the Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival to be held in D.C. March 27 to April 11. State societies chose one princess based on accomplishments, community service, leadership and poise.
The people of Kashmir must be included in the dialogue between India and Pakistan about the disputed region, the president of the Kashmir Council of America said Sunday in a conference at Georgetown University. Ghulam Nabi Fai, the president of the council, said that the 13 million people of Kashmir, a region north of India and Pakistan, should have a right to determine the future of their region.
The Student Confederation, AU's undergraduate student government, held the first event of the spring election process Wednesday night in McDowell Hall Formal Lounge as 13 candidates stepped forward for the SC Nominating Convention. Six candidates for president, three for vice president and two apiece for comptroller and secretary took the podium to lay out their campaigns as the SC election cycle began.
Campus Briefs covering the upcoming American Forum, SC Nominating Convention and last week's panel by the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies.
The preliminary hearing for Shelly Wentworth, the woman charged in the drunken-driving death of AU student Andrew Burr, was granted a continuance Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. The hearing was delayed by the D.C. Superior Court due to the defense attorney being out of town and is now scheduled for March 5, according to a press release from the U.