WASHINGTON — American University decided Thursday to give undergraduate and most graduate students the option to take their classes pass/fail for the Spring 2020 semester, in light of the Coronavirus pandemic. Beginning April 1, students can opt-in to take their classes pass/fail until the last...

An elderly man with a voluminous golden wig and a splatter-painted green and purple suit stands on a bench. He cheers as swarms of people of every shape, size, color and age pass by him, trying to catch a glimpse of a parade float. Among the crowd are others  that seem to be wearing every article green,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. ─ On the eve of the highly anticipated first-in-the-South primary, the longtime friend and campaign manager to Pete Buttigieg, spoke with a quiet confidence to a group of eager American University students reporting on the primary. At the time, Mike Schmuhl’s candidate faced looming...

American University’s Asian American Student Union debuted its advocacy committee with the “Self Care as Rebellion” event Feb. 4, where professor Sybil Williams lectured on the importance of self-care in activism. Attendees learned about “pleasure activism,” or healing from injustices through...

It’s a happy Friday at American University. Before our interview, Berlin Thomas smiles proudly behind the cash register as Shane Ryden, AWOL’s multimedia director, snaps her photo. A student walks up to the register. “Happy Friday!” Thomas says and takes the student’s order with a smile...