I was in AU's Archives/Special Collections on Friday, and will be again on Wednesday, looking through the papers of the late Ed Bliss of CBS News. It is on the third floor of Bender Library, with some materials stored off-site in Bowie MD. One of the archivists used to work at the National Public Broadcasting Archives about 15 years ago. I have organized a series of vegetarian/animal rights conferences there (VegFest DC) for VSDC in collaboration with the student group AUARE and I have attended a space history conference and a Jerry Brown speech there, among many other things, over the past decade or so. The weekly campus broadsheet newspaper is the American Eagle. There is a shuttle that goes to the Tenleytown/AU Metrorail Station. WRC-TV 4 (NBC's O&O in DC)--where "Meet the Press" normally originates--is nearby. Bender Library is the main library--it has better hours than my graduate school at the University of Maryland. Of course, the LOC is a half-hour subway ride away. The area of DC is relatively safe. Many of the students unfortunately dress like it is casual day at the beach I am dismayed to say. The convenience store "Eagle's Nest" has several vegean items--there are quite a few vegetarians/vegans on campus. I am very sad to say, there is also a McD----'s on the campus as of about four years ago. AU has had a series of tumultous presidential administrations in the past decade. One president for many years was an astronomer--a guest on ABC News Nightline several times--who snapped mentally upon going home to a family funeral and started making off-color phone calls that were eventually traced to his office and he wound up resigning. Lots more I could say but those are a few quick bits. --ar hogan --- Roy Webb <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > My apologies to the list for this totally off topic > request: my eldest > is back east on a college tour, and one of the > places she is interested > in is American University in D.C. Anyone on the > list who might have > gone there, or know anything about it? I'm > especially interested in the > History and Communication Depts but would welcome > knowing anything at > all about it, what it's like to go to school, what's > the area like, will > my baby girl get kidnapped and sold to white > slavers, or worse, will she > become a Republican, whatever (/joke). > > Please respond to me and not the list, at the > address below, and thanks > very much. > > Now back to business, once again my apologies > > Roy Webb, C.A. > > [log in to unmask] > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV > List sponsored by the Society of American > Archivists, www.archivists.org. > For the terms of participation, please refer to > http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to > [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname > lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to > [log in to unmask] > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the > web interface at > > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt > <[log in to unmask]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>