Dupont Circle GUTS buses were permanently rerouted this week, drawing complaints and protests from riders, some of whom found themselves on a bus ride three times as long as last week.

For Taylor Price (MSB ’09), getting around campus isn’t easy. Operating a motorized wheelchair forces him to take elevators and ramps, which are subject to malfunctioning and inclement weather. In order to access the McDonough School of Business lab in New South, Price must take the Village A elevator down to the first level.

After nine years as Dean of Georgetown College, Jane McAuliffe will be moving on this summer, after being elected president of Bryn Mawr College on Friday.

McAuliffe, who has served as dean since 1999, was unanimously elected by the Board of Trustees of the all-women’s college and will succeed Nancy Vickers as the school’s eighth president on July 1.

The Student Health Center’s recent decision to eliminate funding for the human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, has sparked an outcry among some students and led to the disapproval of some faculty members, including the creator of the vaccine himself.

Female students depending on the Student Health Center for their next Gardasil shot may soon have to look elsewhere.

A proposed project to manufacture and distribute GOCards with built-in SmarTrip chips on campus next year may be derailed.

Students now have an additional option for spending their meal plans’ Flex Dollars, as Vital Vittles began accepting the plan for selected food products yesterday.

The Leavey Center grocery store is the fourth Corp-owned business, along with the Corp’s three campus coffee shops, to accept Flex Dollars.

The Corp has been aiming to integrate Vital Vittles into the university meal plan for several years. When the university announced that the meal plan would be changing in June, Corp representatives met with Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Margie Bryant and decided to work toward introducing Flex Dollars at Vital Vittles.

Students around campus say that rats have been out in higher numbers this year, particularly near garbage areas between nighttime and the early hours of the morning.

Numerous students said they have been bothered by the unwelcome rodents. Ian Villeda (SFS’11) said that he often sees that at night, anywhere from New South to New North. Martha Koroshetz (COL’10) said she sees plenty of rats near Village C.“If you sit on the Village C patio at night, you will literally see 20 rats go past,“ Koroshetz said.

The GUSA Senate will swear in 36 new members on Wednesday following elections that were held last week.

The results of the election were announced Friday in Sellinger Lounge, although the results had not been expected until yesterday. Efficiency expedited the verification process, said Election Commissioner Maura Cassidy (COL ’08).

Voting began on Monday through Key Form, an online voting system. The voting was scheduled to conclude the following day, but due to unexpected technical difficulties, it was extended until 9 p.m. on Wednesday.

“The Key Form server was overwhelmed the first night and it crashed,” Cassidy said. “We decided it would be fair to the candidates to push back the deadline and e-mail the whole student body.”