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: >>…

Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI was elected by the College of Cardinals, the Archbishop of Washington, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, sent his letter of retirement to the Vatican. This is something that bishops are required to do when they turn 75, and the Pope accepted the resignation and soon nominated a successor. The Bishop of Pittsburgh, Donald W. Wuerl, was appointed to be the new leader of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Washington last month. Yesterday,…

And we thought calling gay folks “sexual deviants” was so yester-decade in these parts. Apparently not. There is controversy and commotion in Metro’s Board of Directors, where Maryland member Robert Smith called gay people “sexual deviants” on a cable access show last week, reports the Washington Blade. Council-member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), who is gay and serves on Metro’s board, has demanded that Smith resign. After a June 15 meeting where Graham raised the issue…

For those of you who find the government-sponsored Freedom Walk more propoganda-ish than poignant, there’s another option for the walking-inclined that day: the D.C. Unity Walk. Members of all religions and cultures will be walking together to promote peace and religious tolerance. Things will get started with a ceremony at the Washington Hebrew Congregation at 3935 Macomb Street NW, at 1 p.m. September 11. From there, the walk will start at 2 p.m. and proceed…

Catholic University has reversed a highly publicized decision made last summer to prevent students from organizing a campus chapter of the NAACP. At the time, university leaders ended a meeting with NAACP President Kweisi Mfume on June 19 in a stalemate citing the NAACP’s perceived “support for abortion rights,” and arguing another student organization wasn’t needed on campus. The reversal was made after an Oct. 5 meeting where Catholic U. students accepted some restrictions -…