Quilts hold coded messages for slaves Signs and symbols are not strange to Raymond Dobard. The art history professor at Howard University is also a scholar of iconography from early Christian through Byzantine times. full story
	Preserving and protecting university resources The Internet connection used by the university is limited in capacity, and currently is 100 percent utilized at almost all hours of the day. As a result, everyone on campus frequently experiences very slow response time when accessing Web servers, processing electronic mail, or using Web-based academic research facilities. full story
	Looking for solutions to end homelessness Homelessness is a problem that perplexes all of us and weighs heavily on our conscience, said AU chaplain Joe Eldridge as he opened a lunchtime Table Talk discussion on homelessness last Tuesday. full story
	Lee McElroy shatters negative images of African-American athletes Professional athletes are demi-gods. This is the image perpetuated by American society, and many values and attitudes in our culture are shaped by sports, according to Lee McElroy, AUÕs director of athletics, who spoke at last Tuesday's discussion on "African American Athletes in the Twenty-First Century: Perception, Reality, and Results." full story
	Rewriting art herstory In the early 1970s, when the women's movement in the United States was gaining momentum, Norma Broude was not the only art historian trying to reexamine and redefine the role of women in the arts. When they met in 1974, Mary Garrard was one of the founders and second president of the Women's Caucus for the Arts, an offshoot of the College Art Association; Broude was the organizations's first affirmative action officer. full story
	Homecoming prompts spirited office decoration contest American University of . . . Mars? During homecoming week, all things seemed possible during the office decoration contest. The decorating contest followed the homecoming theme, American University Homecoming 2000, Past, Present, and Future, drawing staff and faculty into a week of festivities. full story