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 been going on since the middle of summer.
>> Administrators at AU’s Bender Library announced new plans for the facilities and programs at the library. Maybe it will be enough to get AU off the Princeton Review’s “This is a Library?” list, where it currently sits in 13th place.
The Hoya/The Voice – Georgetown:
>> The MPD has decided to crack down on local noise complaints in the neighborhoods surrounding Georgetown. Andrew Solberg, commander of the second district, has warned that he is not opposed to arresting entire houses of students living off-campus.
>> GU’s Law Center recently reversed their policy prohibiting funding for students doing internships at organizations that promote abortion rights.
>> Sophomore Philip Cooney was arrested for simple assault that could be part of a possible hate crime. On September 9th, a male was attacked on 36th street by a group who yelled derogatory homophobic phrases. Cooney was identified through Facebook as being part of the incident.
The Hilltop – Howard:
>> Out of the 10,500 students enrolled at Howard, 65 percent of them are female. The 2:1 ratio of women to men is blamed on deeper problem of the high incarceration rate and low high school graduation rate of young black males — leaving the women of Howard asking, where are the men?
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