Content about Human Interest

November 12, 2011

Every hour every time of the year crowds of tourists gather on Prague's Old Town Square to videotape, photograph and look at the Astronomical Clock's little show. A look at what's there they still may not see.

By Chris Lettner - Prague, Old Town Square, Oct. 4, 1.58 p.m. - Within 10 minutes a crowd has gathered in the nook of the square around the Old Town Hall tower. A group of Czech elementary school kids is having lunch break on the curb. They are facing hundreds of foreign tourists staring at Prague's Astronomical Clock. Everyone's here to see the show. Fingers are pointing.

August 2, 2011

Mutant Bombing Pack/ John Lennon Edition

You are invited to Anglo-American University’s |art| SPACE for the opening of “Mutant Bombing Pack / John Lennon Edition” by Jaroslav Matula. The exhibition opening will be at 6 pm, August 5, 2011 at Lazenska 2.

June 20, 2011

Augé: Using stories to transcend lectures

Augé never wanted to become a teacher. “I was too rebellious a student,” he says. But studying in California changed his idea of what a teacher’s job can be. He says he now loves his job and the idea of a university as well as the variety of students he encounters.

AAU professor Étienne François Augé believes an instructor should be more than just a lecturer in the classroom.

A prolific author of books and essays, he wants “to bring university to a more general audience” through his writing.

In his latest book, L’Illusion Culturelle: Hollywood et la Propaganda: 1990–2000, Augé explores the connection between Hollywood and propaganda for more than 600 pages but reaches no definite conclusion.

February 6, 2011

Donald Fuller: A life in learning, teaching and travel

"I was a Depression baby," says Fuller.

April 3, 2006

February 5, 2011

King finds Czech roots in East Bloc revolution

In November, Fredo Arias King, a Mexican political scientist lectured an enthralled audience on revolutionary youth and transitions to democracy in Eastern Europe, a talk that was at the last moment renamed to Czechoslovakia and Collapse of the Soviet Bloc.

February 8, 2008

In November, Fredo Arias King, a Mexican political scientist lectured an enthralled audience on revolutionary youth and transitions to democracy in Eastern Europe, a talk that was at the last moment renamed to Czechoslovakia and Collapse of the Soviet Bloc.
Being a quarter Czech, King said that "Czechs themselves think that they are not good enough." However, his presentation offered definite proof against this.

February 5, 2011

Softball sponsorship offer reveals value of AAU backing

Due to foreseeable lack of interest from AAU female students, Student Council member Marek Vaculcik concluded that "there has been no reason to provide sponsorship so far."
"Obviously, it is not how this school wants to promote itself," Kleplova said.

October 22, 2010

In a proposed deal that reflects the growing marketing savvy of local sports teams, Storms, a Czech softball club, has been seeking sponsorship from AAU in return for promotion of the school in logos on their jerseys.

February 4, 2011

Spring break is nice in Nice

Prague's location at the heart of Europe makes it is easy and cheap to take an outstanding vacation. The options are overwhelming - you just need to choose what you want to do.

After long months of tests and teachers, most students feel the yen for a break. Prague's location at the heart of Europe makes it is easy and cheap to take an outstanding vacation. The options are overwhelming - you just need to choose what you want to do.

February 3, 2011

Are American students treated differently?

"One of my classes is a joke," says Ashli Myles, a senior from Michigan.

December 1, 2010