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Black Panther Bobby Seale urges social progress

By Charlie Caffrey | February 24

Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, stressed the importance of making human connections in progressive movements and recalled his experiences with the party in the '60s and '70s last night in the Kay Spiritual Life Center.

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Campus Brief: WCL dean discusses history of law school

By Kate Oczypok | February 24

Dean Claudio Grossman spoke about the Washington College of Law's goals and educational purposes as the guest of honor last night at the third "Dialog with the Dean" program. Grossman spoke to about a dozen students on the history of the Washington College of Law.

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Teachers' union fights Bush plan

By Doree Damoulakis | February 24

Daniel Kaufman, senior press officer for the National Education Association, announced Monday to a School of Communication class the organization's opposition to President Bush's proposal to expand the No Child Left Behind Act to high schools. Kaufman said that the NEA, the nation's largest teachers' union with 2.

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Candidate starts write-in campaign for SC secretary

By Mary Specht | February 24

Posted Feb. 26, 2005. Zach Silverman launched a write-in campaign for SC secretary as a candidate with no SC experience who could "bring a personality to the table that is unique." ÿ "There's a lot of people running in these elections ... that aren't representing the entire student body," said Silverman, a sophomore in the School of International Service and Alpha Epsilon Pi member.

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Protesters win suits against police

By Chris Nye | February 21

D.C. awarded $7,000 and $10,000 each to protesters who claimed they were wrongly arrested in a 2002 World Bank protest. The settlement, reached three weeks ago, gives hope to George Washington University students filing a similar suit and may motivate some AU students to question police misconduct in inauguration protests.

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Video surveillance leads to vandal's identification

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 21

Public Safety used video technology to help capture a man in his 60s responsible for several etchings of naked women in elevators in Bender Library and Mary Graydon Center, according to Michael McNair, director of Public Safety. The etchings appeared off and on for a year, and the man was caught Feb. 14 by Public Safety.

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Police Blotter

By Kate Oczypok | February 21

Public Safety reported incidents from Feb. 16-18.

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Fun at Founder's Day Ball

By Kate Oczypok | February 21

More than 400 students celebrated AU's annual Founder's Day Ball with dancing and grinding, and glitz and glamour Saturday at the Galleria at Lafayette Center in Dupont Circle from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.

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Student's bag stolen at Tenley stop

By Mary Specht | February 21

An AU graduate student was mugged during the afternoon near the Tenleytown Metro on Feb. 8 as others stood nearby, which has made her question the safety of Tenleytown and the concern of bystanders.

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Ahmed first Muslim to address National Cathedral

By Claire Maude | February 21

The National Cathedral held its first service ever to honor a Muslim, School of International Service professor Akbar Ahmed, on Sunday afternoon. Senior Rabbi Bruce Lustig joined Ahmed and Bishop John Chane by reading a passage from Hebrew scripture and speaking about the work that Ahmed has done.

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Comptroller candidate withdraws

By Mary Specht | February 21

Amy Klinger withdrew her candidacy for Student Government comptroller in an announcement Monday, citing an internship that would compromise her ability to serve. "I have been given the opportunity to pursue an internship that is of great significance to my future career goals," said Klinger, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and Kogod School of Business. She wished both remaining candidates for comptroller, Ali Khan and Zach Ulrich good luck, endorsing neither. Read more...

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Campus Calendar

By Kate Oczypok | February 21

Events sponsored by campus groups this week.

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Black Panther co-founder to speak on civil rights

By Janel Knight | February 21

In honor of Black History Month, Kennedy Political Union will host Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, in Kay Spiritual Life Center on Wednesday. "We wanted to show the role black nationalism played in the Civil Rights Movement," said Emily Fuller, KPU director.

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Tenley escalators open after six-month repairs

By Valerie Smith | February 21

The escalators on the east entrance of the Tenleytown Metro Station reopened Wednesday after being closed for repairs for six months. The escalators were scheduled to reopen Jan. 10 after about five months of repairs, but were not opened until last week as District- and state-mandated inspections caused delays, said Metro spokesman Steve Taubenkibel.

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Metro Brief: Club's music blamed for assault

By Emily Carone | February 21

D.C. police blamed "go-go" music for violence in a Northwest D.C. club at an Alcohol and Beverage Control Board hearing Saturday. "It's this go-go," Cmdr. Larry D. McCoy of the 3rd Police District said, according to The Washington Post. "If you have a black-tie event, you don't have any problem.

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Race affects voting rights

By Janel Knight | February 21

The racial makeup of D.C. affects the fact that citizens do not have a voting representative in Congress, said Washington College of Law professor Jamin Raskin at the Table Talk Lunch titled "Race and Politics: The Case for the District of Columbia" in the Kay Spiritual Life Center on Wednesday.

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Employers fire workers over complaints in blogs

By Lauren Gardner | February 21

Blogs are increasingly popular to publish and read, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, but their rising popularity coalesces with controversy in the media and workplace. Eight million U.S. adults created web logs or similar online diaries by the end of 2004, according to two November 2004 telephone surveys conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, which studies the effects of the Internet on such aspects of society as families and communities.

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