News

News

Tuition costs increase nationwide

By Caitlin Hillyard | November 1

College tuition and fees are rising at twice the rate of inflation nationwide, including tuition at AU, according to a recent report by the College Board. According to the 2006-2007 Financial Plan and AU Financial Aid Application, the cost of tuition last year came to $29,206.

---

News

Web site aims to query candidates

By Laraine Weschler | November 1

Voters who did not get their YouTube questions answered by presidential candidates have a new option, according to Rachel Tardiff, a freshman in the School of Communication. Tardiff and a group of students, including about 15 from AU, created Straight2theCandidates.

---

News

Drag Race

By Amanda Krause | November 1

The neighborhood surrounding Dupont Circle's 17th Street bustled with excitement Tuesday night as the block between P and S streets became the staging ground for the annual High Heel Drag Race. The race, in its 22nd year, occurs on the Tuesday before Halloween and consists of glamorously dressed drag queens taking to the street for a foot race.

---

News

Police blotter

November 1

Wednesday, Oct. 24 An unknown individual damaged Fletcher Gate, causing a gap in the gate. A vehicle parked in Nebraska Hall had its right passenger window broken into. There was a theft in the men's locker room at the Jacobs Fitness Center. Anyone who has additional information should contact Public Safety.

---

News

Metro brief

October 29

Vandals at Frederick Community College in Maryland are apparently targeting men's restrooms in protest of a smoking ban enacted by the school's trustees last spring, United Press International reported. The vandals stole toilet paper, clogged toilets and urinals and smeared feces on bathroom walls in 12 incidents that occurred in the past month, The Frederick News-Post reported last week.

---

News

Metro calendar

October 29

Monday, Oct. 29 Panel Discussion: The U.S. and Iran - A Difficult History 7-9 p.m. WHERE: National Cathedral, Wisconsin and Massachusetts avenues N.W. METRO: Tenleytown-AU (red line) INFO: Panelists include former State Department official and Iran hostage Bruce Laingen, former New York Times bureau chief Stephen Kinzer and Yale University professor Abbas Amant.

---

News

Kogod fares well in national rankings

By Jen Calantone | October 29

U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal and the Princeton Review recently ranked the Kogod School of Business as one of the top business schools in the region and nation. In U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges, Kogod's undergraduate business program ranked 83rd among the top 150 business programs in the nation.

---

News

International brief

October 29

The Italian Civil Protection department is claiming aliens are to blame for a series of unexplained appliance fires in northern Sicily, according to an official report leaked to the Italian press last week. The two-year, $1-million report was ordered by the Italian government and featured the input of dozens of experts, including scientists and electrical engineers, according to telegraph.

---

News

National brief

October 29

Durex, a U.S. condom maker, has received 4,000 applicants since last Monday for an offer to volunteer to test its products first-hand and report the results, the New York Post reported. Durex said 1,000 applicants will be chosen, with one tester receiving a $1,000 cash prize, United Press International reported.

---

News

MPD to up DUI enforcement

By Patricio Chile | October 29

Each year, countless people live a nightmare on Halloween. However, the terror isn't from crazed slashers or zombies, but rather from the life-threatening effects of drunken driving. With D.C. being home to a variety of nightlife establishments and especially with a large college student community, District officials have stepped up efforts in the past few years to prevent tragedies resulting from people driving under the influence.

---

News

Families tour, learn AU history

By Jimm Phillips | October 29

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's speech and the discussion with White House correspondents David Gregory and Helen Thomas were two of the on-campus events held as part of Family Weekend, which took place Friday to Sunday. On Friday, AU held several tours of the campus and the surrounding area.

---

News

SG brief

October 29

The Undergraduate Senate confirmed former Senator John Cipriani as Class of 2009 Senator by a vote of 21-2-3 at its meeting Sunday. Cipriani was appointed to the previous senate and chose not to run in the most recent election. "I was stepping out of the race to see if someone else would step in," he said.

---

News

DeLay criticizes Republicans

By Bobby Allyn | October 29

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay lambasted Republicans for their lack of leadership during an event Friday at Kay Spiritual Life Center that helped kick off Family Weekend. "Leadership is all about having no fear and knowing what you believe in," he said.

---

News

Reporters debate press corps' role

By Jimm Phillips | October 29

White House correspondents David Gregory and Helen Thomas disagreed during an event Saturday night in Bender Arena on how much to blame the press for its coverage leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 The White House and Pentagon press corps faltered during the run-up to the Iraq invasion, said Thomas, a columnist for Hearst Newspapers.

---

News

Prof praises student tolerance

By Ashley Wolos | October 29

AW: Where did you grow up/where are you from? WL: I grew up in Tallahassee, Fla. - the panhandle, north Florida.Well, we moved there from Tennessee when I was 3 years old, lived there until I went to graduate school. AW: What is your favorite way to relax after class? WL: After a long, strenuous day at the university, I either go to the gym or I go home and I sit on my deck or in my garden, and I watch the flowers.

---

News

Group tries to draft Gore for '08 election

By Amanda Hamedany | October 29

In recent weeks, America for Gore, an online nonprofit organization, has intensified its efforts to add former Vice President and Nobel Prize-winner Al Gore to next year's Democratic presidential primary ballot in D.C. Although Gore has expressed no concrete interest in running for president, he has not confirmed that he will forego the race, according to the Al Gore 2008 Draft Campaign Web site.

---

News

Towson U. student runs for mayor of Md. hometown

By Adam Dexter | October 29

Students at AU are known for their top-ranking political awareness and activism on and off campus, but few, if any, can say they've run for mayor. That's exactly what Nicole Burlew, 19, a student at Towson University, is doing right now. A resident of Aberdeen, Md.

---