News section editors Stokely Baksh, Kate Oczypok deliver brief news from around campus.
With the Democratic Presidential primaries heating up around the nation, some student organizations are taking steps to encourage their classmates to register to vote and obtain an absentee ballot. "Generally, about two months prior to an election you'll have to contact your home state about registering," said College Republicans President Ibbie Hedrick.
Safety occurrences around campus since our last issue.
While Student Confederation President Nick Terzulli appointed Eagle Nights Director Kyle Taylor to be the acting SC vice president, it is unclear how long this appointment will last. At Sunday's meeting of the General Assembly, AU's student body legislature, Terzulli named Taylor as his choice to replace Marguerite Meyer, who resigned as vice president effective this semester because she is only taking one class and SC executives are required to be full-time students.
"To me, life is a verb - so you can't just talk about what you're going to be. You have to live it." So said Dr. Mark Bergel, the executive director of A Wider Circle, a local nonprofit organization that provides educational and outreach programs to adults and children.
A memorial service for student Andrew Burr, who died Sunday night in a car accident, is scheduled for Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Kay Spiritual Life Center, according to University Chaplain Joe Eldridge. Eldridge met with Burr's parents as well as other family and friends to set the date and style of the service. The service will be presented in "Quaker style" allowing anyone who wants to speak, is given a chance to reflect, Eldridge said. "We want to do something that honors the integrity of Andy Burr and something that will be meaningful to his closest friends and family," Eldridge said. "People will speak as the spirit moves."
AU student Andrew Burr was killed in a car accident involving four other students Sunday night at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Edmunds Street, near the Naval Observatory. The accident occurred when a Buick Riviera was struck from behind by a Subaru Outback while it was stopped at a red light at about 9 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Overcrowding at the Potomac River boathouse where AU and Georgetown University teams practice will lessen soon. The AU Crew teams are planning to move out of Thompson's Boathouse, currently used by AU, Georgetown, and other school teams and rowing clubs. AU's Crew teams will complete a move to the Anacostia Community Boathouse Association boathouse on the Anacostia River by the end of spring break, according to Graham Stubbs, captain of Men's Crew at AU.
Briefs on the STA Travel agency, a new science degree, and the AU Democrats' choice of candidates.
International students coming back into the United States after winter break faced a new addition to airport security this year. The U.S.-VISIT, a program implemented by the Department of Homeland Security on Jan. 5, photographs and digitally fingerprints foreigners entering the United States.
A photo brief on the AU Gospel and Jazz Ensemble, who paid Martin Luther King a musical tribute on Monday afternoon.
Personal information belonging to almost every one of AU's 13,000 computer network users has been available to anyone on the Internet for about a year and a half through a series of loopholes in the my.american.edu Web portal. University officials were informed of the problem by The Eagle last Monday and were given a week to address the issue prior to the publication of this article.
Dr. Daniel Pipes, a well-known and controversial authority on the Middle East, spoke Tuesday night to a crowd of 150 in the McDowell Formal Lounge. The event, sponsored by the Kennedy Political Union, came under criticism by several interest groups on and around campus.
The AU Campaign Management Institute, a program of the Center for Congressional and Professional Studies, has just completed its 2003 Winter Lobbying Session. The center is a research, study and teaching program that focuses on Congress, the presidecy and the way they relate to each other.
Drivers in the District will have to start putting away their hand held cell phones on July 1 if Congress approves a new bill designed to keep drivers' eyes on the road. The bill, passed 12-1 by the D.C. Council Jan. 6, calls for drivers caught talking on their cell phone to pay a $100 fine.
Student Confederation President Nick Terzulli announced the resignation of Student Advocacy Center Director Rich Garcia at Sunday's General Assembly meeting and plans to name a new director Thursday night. SC Secretary Karen Fischer also announced that Director of Communications Bryan Dake did not return to AU this semester.
Sophomore Samantha Facciolo who recieved the first MLK grant from the Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Service
Helen Goldstein, AU's associate librarian in charge of Access Services, died Dec. 31 after a two-year battle with breast cancer. Goldstein, 45, worked in the Library for 23 years since graduating from AU. "She's one of the finest librarians I've ever worked with," University librarian Patricia Wand said.
A former AU student who is remembered as a musically talented social butterfly was found dead in his Embassy Row apartment during study days last month. Tymon Birchett, 29, widely known as "Tymex," was found dead inside a duffel bag Wednesday.
Police and public safety incidents during the winter break.
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