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Housing and Dining creates fewer than anticipated temporary triples
By Ethan Klapper | 08/17/2010There are fewer temporary triples in AU's residence halls this year compared to recent years.
Delivering American University's news and views since 1925 | Wednesday, August 17, 2022
There are fewer temporary triples in AU's residence halls this year compared to recent years.
The Princeton Review ranked AU the "most politically active" college Aug. 2 as part of its annual Best 373 Colleges guide.
AU is planning a large-scale expansion of housing, including the addition of 1,000 beds, which will mean securing a location to accommodate more students.
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.
A portion of the structure over the bridge between Mary Graydon and Battelle-Tompkins collapsed under snow Wednesday. No one sustained injuries.
Juniors and seniors will be on equal footing in the housing lottery later this month, according to a Housing and Dining Programs document.
Both Executive Director of Housing and Dining Programs Chris Moody and AU Student Government President Andy MacCracken spoke further on the recently introduced housing changes.
Over winter break, on-campus residents received an e-mail from Executive Director of Housing and Dining Programs Chris Moody revealing changes to AU’s housing options. Upperclassmen will participate in a lottery to obtain on-campus housing for the fall. Honors and University College students will see changes to their protocol as well.
Housing and Dining Programs announced on Monday sweeping changes to how on-campus housing will be allocated, starting with the fall 2010 semester. In an e-mail to resident students, Executive Director of Housing and Dining Programs Chris Moody said his department expects a deficit of 200 beds for the fall semester.
