Students danced the night away under the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s marble statues on Feb. 26.
Evelyn Sample-Oates, a 1988 graduate of the School of Communication and an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. sister, said seeing today’s sisters made her return to AU feel like coming home.
After strong student opposition, the Faculty Senate will consider asking the provost to keep the add/drop period at 10 days.The Senate originally voted to shorten the period from 10 days to seven during its Feb. 16 meeting.
D.C. needs to clarify how the city’s new noise law will be executed and why it was created, a coalition of D.C. university student government presidents wrote.
The improved eaglesecure campus wireless network will replace EagleNet by the beginning of the fall semester as part of a wireless network upgrade. Currently, eaglesecure is not available across campus, including in the Ward Circle Building and outdoors. Eaglesecure, which is about three times faster ...
Bender Library will have more electrical outlets over the next few months, as the building undergoes $350,000 in renovations.
President Neil Kerwin might find 1,000 cigarette butts on his doorstep soon. The butts are a present from Noah Jacobs, a graduate film student who has been advocating for the enforcement of smoke-free areas on campus since last year.
Although Mary Soto is a Terrace Dining Room chef by day, she spends her nights chowing down on microwaveable popcorn.
Four student cultural groups united for the first time Feb. 25 to celebrate their collective history in a Black History Month event devoted to sharing the unique cultures of the diaspora.
Transgender activist Kate Bornstein said limiting gender to either male or female is a warped idea.
While college campuses across the nation observed National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, AU hosted events for Body Image Awareness Week, a larger concept that encompasses eating disorders and other issues.
The Board of Trustees convened Thursday and Friday to finalize the budget for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and discuss its new leadership.
No AU students studying abroad in New Zealand were harmed by Feb. 21’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake, according to AU Abroad adviser Brita Doyle.
Smith and Jones answered questions about the new D.C. noise law, the Campus Plan, the November elections and community relations at a town hall.
Students identifying themselves as black made up 4.4 percent of AU’s fall 2010 undergraduate population, roughly 9 percent less than the 2009 national college average. AU’s Strategic Plan includes a goal to increase enrollment of underrepresented domestic minorities in the freshman class by 10 percent.
The Undergraduate Senate is creating a task force to discuss diversity within the Student Government.
Residents of Letts Hall’s sixth floor will have to pay for nearly $5,000 worth of vandalism if the party responsible isn't found by the end of March.
Fan Fridays and possibly other events have been canceled for the rest of the semester, due to a budget reallocation between Student Activities and Student Government.
The Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating the case, which occurred Jan. 22.
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