Written by DCist Contributer Josh Kramer The Eagle – American University: >>AU students lamented losing their Hollywood Video this week, which is holding a giant closing sale and selling all of its movies. It's unclear what will become of the space, conveniently located next to the AU shuttle bus stop and the Tenleytown-AU Metro station. >>Sgt. Zachary Tellier, a 1998 AU graduate, was killed by enemy fire while fighting in Afghanistan on the 29th of... more ›

Compiled by DCist Contributors Josh Kramer and Sarah Stonesifer The Eagle - American: >> AU is fine-tuning their free HIV testing program to accommodate students' schedules. They've also switched from an anonymous testing program to a confidential one. The changes aim to bring the school in line with the District government's HIV testing initiative. >> The American University bus drivers were approved by the Undergraduate Senate to have their own union, a debate that had... more ›

By DCist Contributor Sarah Stonesifer The Eagle - American: >> At American University, officials decided that an official record will be kept along with possible judicial action after students receive their "second medical transport due to alcohol consumption." So remember kids, the first case of alcohol poisoning is free. >> There was an attempted robbery in an American University dorm last Saturday, but the suspect was quickly apprehended and identified. The Hoya - Georgetown: >>... more ›

Known for having good prices, a great selection, and and a terrible location, Georgetown's Dixie Liquor was for decades a supplier of kegs to Georgetown students and young District residents alike. This week, though, it closes its doors, taking its kegs and surly employees with it. I found out the way no keg-seeker should -- I showed up on Saturday afternoon money in hand, only to be informed that due to their impending closure, no... more ›

Over at Georgetown's daily twice-weekly newspaper The Hoya, we learn that a part-time chaplain in the Office of Protestant Ministry has resigned after a ban against a handful of Protestant Evangelical student groups went into effect on the Catholic University's campus.

The chaplain, Reverend Derrick Harkins, said his decision stemmed largely from the additional work he was assigned resulting from the ban, which he said was more than he agreed to take on before he began the job on Aug. 25. He said that he was assigned many of the functions that the affiliated ministries had filled within Campus Ministry, including programming and leading services ... Jacques Arsenault (COL ’01), the university’s media relations officer, did not comment on details surrounding Harkin’s resignation. Harkins said that he thought Campus Ministry should have worked more closely with the affiliated organizations, and that they should not have been removed from campus.

One candidate for president wins the popular vote, but his competitor is eventually declared winner of the election. Sound a little like the 2000 election debacle in Florida? Well, it should. But this time it's happening in our own backyard, and it's students at Georgetown University fighting for the political careers. more ›

"Wisey's" -- another Georgetown tradition and the undisputed closest alcohol vendor to campus) will not renew the lease that has allowed Chol Kim and his wife to feed the milkshake-craving regulars for generations. Although some Hoya faculty, students and alums would prefer that Sugar's not go gently into that good night, another vocal camp is aggressively welcoming the legendary mom-and-pop shop's demise. And among the student community, much of the flight over the future of Sugar's is playing out over on The Facebook -- that student procrastination tool/excuse to score a poke. more ›

Are the standards of Post food reviewer Tom Sietsema declining? Some local diners seem to think so. Sunday's Post Magazine saw Sietsema give three stars to Etrusco, the five-year-old Italian restaurant in Dupont Circle. The three-star rating ranks Etrusco among the best restaurants in D.C., including CityZen, Le Paradou, Cashion's Eat Place, and Palena. eGullet member "BilRus" was surprised by the rating: "A restaurant broke out of the two-star parade and we haven't picked up on it ... We're slipping." Other forum members were quick to point out the negative reader reviews of Etrusco in response to Sietsema's piece, and their own negative experiences with the restaurant:

There were two fish on the menu, rockfish and snapper, prepared three or four ways (all sounded very good). We ordered wine and an antipasti while we decided. It wasn't until the waiter came to take our order that he bothered to inform us that they were out of rockfish ... about 15 minutes later the waiter returns to tell us they are out of snapper with no real apology. We were all dumbfounded that a place praised for its grilled fish had none on a Saturday night.

Former CIA Director George Tenet has accepted a teaching position at his alma mater Georgetown University. more ›

As we previously reported, a fire in a Georgetown rowhouse which began around 8:30 a.m. this morning has left one man dead. Georgetown University administrators have identified the victim as senior Daniel Rigby in an e-mail to students. (The full text of the e-mail after the jump.) DCist Georgetown correspondent Grayson Shepard snapped the above photo of the home, located at 3318 Prospect St. Another Georgetown student drowned Oct. 8 in an accident at... more ›