Posts tagged Students
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Breakfast links: 16 fewer cars
Metro pulls cars; DDOT still committed to bike lanes; New use for parking garage; Woodridge wants a main street; How should federal buildings look?; Students could lose parking privileges; DHS delayed; Keep sprawl in Czech; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Under pressure
Pressure mounts on DC middle schools; Bowser has her own ethics challenge; Tenants sue over living conditions; Earthquake caused more damage than thought; No fault in Jefferson Memorial arrests; Don’t call it a bribe; Everyone doesn’t love a party; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trouble with nonprofits
Not that type of service; Tighter rules for nonprofits?; Bikeshare in Bethesda?; Improve a small triangle; New faces around Gray; Georgetown ANC drama continues; Greater Washington is majority minority; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suited for development
GSA focusing on TOD; A diffrerent redevelopment of Southwest; CaBi coming to Montgomery; How can Custis Trail improve?; Students want greater ANC role; Security gate creates danger; DC schoolbuses don’t make the grade; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stronger connections
Intercity buses join the Union (Station); Prince George’s joins digital age; Should bike helmets be mandatory?; Howard fraternity celebrates centennial; DC’s Trump (clock)tower; We want jobs; Buy local in Georgetown; And…. Keep reading…
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AU’s East Campus plan is a good start
American University’s campus plan goes before the Zoning Commission on June 9th. It’s imperfect, but the plan still deserves support. Last May, I wrote in support of the plan to build a residential complex across Nebraska Avenue from AU’s main campus at Ward Circle. Over that time, the design has changed significantly. In response to overarching objections… Keep reading…
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Improve campus life to fix Georgetown town-gown relations
The Office of Planning’s recent recommendation to require Georgetown University to house 100 percent of undergraduates on campus would both severely damage Georgetown student life and fail to achieve the campus plan opponents’ objectives. A better approach would be to make campus a more desirable place to be. If Georgetown improved student gathering spaces,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who’s in charge?
Gray to announce DDOT head; Poor bear brunt of DC cuts; Bixi in trouble; Bus pass holders still paying; Bringing down Skyland; Faster is safer in Prince William?; ANC objects to students testifying; A chat with DHCD Director; NPS to improve Mall wayfinding. Keep reading…
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OP wants 100% of GU undergrads on campus by 2016
Yesterday, the Office of Planning issued its report on Georgetown University’s ten year campus plan. It recommends some severe and surprising restrictions on the university, including a demand that GU house 100% of undergraduates on campus by the fall of 2016. GU’s proposed campus plan would cap its traditional undergraduate enrollment at 6,652. In addition,… Keep reading…
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ANC resents AU students and their windows
ANC 3D issued their report on American University’s campus plan. It’s laden with contempt for AU students, from their existing living in residential areas to the kinds of blinds or tapestries they hang in the windows. Each DC university is required to submit a campus plan every 10 years. This decennial process opens the wounds of town-gown relations. American… Keep reading…