The contract for the Founders’ Day Ball was submitted later than recommended by the Post Office Pavilion, according to a member of the pavilion’s staff.
The two Student Government representatives responsible for the Founders' Day Ball continued to blame snow closures for the postponement of the event.
AU fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa appeared before the Inter-Fraternity Council on charges of violating sanctions during their recruitment process this January. After a two-hour long meeting, the council refused to tell The Eagle what the outcome was. T-shirts sporting a message that the IFC deemed inappropriate contributed to the original charges.
In the fifth annual “Shootout: Battle of the Presidents,” Student Government President Andy MacCracken became the first SG President to beat AU President Cornelius Kerwin.
A student government bill introduced by class of 2012 Senator Seth Rosenstein aims to reduce fraudulent charges to students’ EagleBucks accounts.
Anyone in the AU community can now contribute their own content to american.edu’s AUpedia feature, after the site re-launched last month with a small facelift. Billed as an insider’s guide to the university, the AUpedia is similar to Wikipedia. Content can be created and edited by anyone with access to the my.american.edu portal, said Bernard Schulz, special assistant to the vice president of campus life and a member of AU’s Web Steering Committee.
A maximum of 76 people will not receive space in next week's housing lottery, down from projections as high as 267. That number could drop even further.
AU came out just behind George Washington University for the most graduates going to the Peace Corps from all mid-sized universities last year.
About six months from now, one AU grad’s place of employment will change drastically from a mall in Northern Virginia to a small rural South American classroom where she will teach English as a Peace Corps volunteer.
One AU student put his wilderness and rescue skills to work both in D.C. and in Haiti this winter.
While last week’s blizzard kept many students indoors, it also provided money-making and saving opportunities, like shoveling driveways for AU’s neighbors and discounts at Z-Burger. Z-Burger sold hamburgers for $1 during the twin storms if customers mentioned the word “snow” during their purchase. ...
A portion of the structure over the bridge between Mary Graydon and Battelle-Tompkins collapsed under snow Wednesday. No one sustained injuries.
The Founder’s Day Ball originally scheduled for Feb. 20 has been postponed due to snow, according to the Student Government.
Student Government’s highest-ranking executives make $8,500 yearly — high in comparison with D.C. counterparts but lower than in previous years.
A select group of AU students will be testing SmarTrip-compatible AU ID cards in the weeks leading up to spring break to see if the ID cards can be offered to the AU community in the near future.
Locals raised concerns over AU's increased development at an Advisory Neighborhood Committee meeting Feb. 3.
During a week of canoeing in an area between Minnesota and Canada known as the Northern Tier High Adventure location, a senior in the School of Public Affairs Ryan Korn barely slept. He woke in the middle of the night to the sound of howling wolves; he only had purified lake water to drink and ate moldy spaghetti accidentally dowsed in a stream. He was eaten through his multiple sweaters by mosquitoes in 80 degree weather, came down with a fever on the third day and “definitely almost got struck by lightning. Twice.”
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