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Tavern adds variety with themed food nights

New Tavern specials were designed to increase the options for late-night dining and broaden the selection of food at the Terrace Dining Room alternative, according to Student Government President Ashley Mushnick. Mushnick, a senior in the School of Public Affairs, said she worked closely with Yvonne Matteson, the manager of Bon Appetit, to add more variety to the Tavern.

Artemas Ward Week brings sex, coffee, Cuba to campus in revolutionary spirit

Campus briefs

SOC freshman wins award for producing public service announcement Christine Felty, a freshman in the School of Communication, received a Young Producer's Award last weekend from the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences, which is affiliated with the Emmy Awards.

National briefs

Spinach maker recalls products due to E. coli concerns Consumers are warned not to consume any fresh spinach or any products containing fresh spinach because spinach products may contain a strain of the E. coli virus, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

Program offers Saudis U.S. education access

AU graduate student Haifa Al-Mubarak is working toward her second free degree as part of a rapidly expanding scholarship program funded by the Saudi Arabian government. Fanta Aw, director of the International Student Office, said the program, which started last January, is gaining momentum and will offer full tuition scholarships to 5,000 new Saudi Arabian students every year for five years.

Group combats terror trauma

A panel discussion Thursday examined how people respond to terrorist acts, which the panel said have had a direct impact on one-sixth of the world's population, including the family of AU alumnus Peter C. Alderman, who graduated in 1999 and was killed in the Sept.

Campus calendar

Wednesday, Sept. 20 Through Sept. 21 Citizen Cope with Alice Smith 7:30 p.m. 9:30 Club, 815 V St. N.W. Metro: U Street/African American Memorial (green line) See Citizen Cope perform live with Alice Smith at the 9:30 Club. Citizen Cope is touring in promotion of his third album, titled "Every Waking Moment.

Professor describes Israeli public distrust of leaders

Only hours after an attack on the American embassy in Damascus and a day after the five-year anniversary of Sept. 11, Yoram Peri's Tuesday night lecture on "Lessons from the Israel-Lebanon War" addressed the complicated international relations of the modern era.

Fenty edges past Cropp to win D.C. mayoral primary

Ward 4 D.C. City Council member Adrian Fenty won the Democratic nomination for mayor in Tuesday's primary election. Fenty won 57 percent of the vote against Council Chair Linda Cropp and five other challengers with nearly all precincts reporting, according to an unofficial summary posted on the D.

Campus brief: University College program celebrates start of second year

University College entered its second year as a pilot program at AU this fall. University College, which requires a separate application, "is a unique and challenging first-year academic experience that combines class work with residence life and exciting opportunities for supervised learning activities in Washington, D.

Ward week brings 'revolution' to AU

The Student Government is "starting a revolution" with their annual Artemas Ward Week, which began with former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta speaking at Kay Spiritual Life Center Monday and will close with an afternoon of food and fun on the quad Friday.

Harvard to change system of admissions

Harvard College announced it will no longer accept students through its early admission process because it unfairly hurt poor and minority students, but AU will not change its own process. "Early admission programs tend to advantage the advantaged," Harvard interim President Derek Bok told the Harvard University Gazette.

AU political groups draw new students

The College Democrats and College Republicans are mobilizing their campus constituencies to jump-start a packed year of events that will include campaigns, debates and speakers. While the two groups kicked off the 2006-2007 school year on Sept. 6 with general interest meetings occurring at the same time in opposite Ward auditoriums, they do occasionally work together.

International briefs

Madrid fashion show bans too-skinny catwalkers A top-level Madrid fashion show became the first show to ban overly skinny models from sauntering down the catwalk, according to CNN.com. Fashion show directors said the models serve as role models for young girls, who turn to eating disorders and other unhealthy behavior as they try to mimic the model's thin look, CNN.

Outdoor Sept. 11 vigil unites faiths

AU students and faculty remembered the events of Sept. 11, 2001, with an outdoor vigil at AU's Sept. 11 memorial circle Monday evening, featuring speakers and representatives from the campus interfaith community. Joellen Kriss, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she came to the event looking for a sense of community.

Mineta avoids comparing 'Gitmo' to WWII camps

Former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta recounted his time in Japanese internment camps during World War II but shied away from comparisons between those camps and the current situation at Guantanamo Bay during a speech at the Kay Spritual Life Center Monday night.

Metro brief: Election Day technical problems delay Maryland voters

Some Maryland residents found themselves slowed at the polls due to some Election Day workers who forgot a plastic card necessary to operate voting machinery, according to The Washington Post. Polling places in both Baltimore and Montgomery counties were ordered to stay open an extra hour in order to compensate for the time lost, The Post reported.