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Defining the AU experience: AUx's impact on students

Defining the AU experience: AUx’s impact on students

Ava Kowalski April 29, 2019
Many students are critical of AUx as a newly required course, but what many don’t realize is that administration wants to hear that student feedback.
The Insta vs. the Finsta: A Topic Thursday Event

The Insta vs. the Finsta: A Topic Thursday Event

Kaela Roeder March 30, 2019

On Thursday, March 21st, The Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) and the American University Mental Health Initiative collaborated bringing light to the negative results of social media’s presence...

The student-run Kennedy Political Union (KPU) and AU College Republicans cosponsored The Wonk of the Year event on March 21, awarded to John Kasich.

2019 Wonk of the Year awarded to John Kasich

Former Ohio governor, congressman, and Republican presidential candidate from the 2016 election
Katya Podkovyroff Lewis March 29, 2019
Saying he was honored to be Wonk of the Year, Kasich said that he loves speaking at college campuses because he wants all the students to do well and “realize their hopes and dreams.”
Courtesy of American University Student Government Secretary, Alex Behle.

Student Government targeted by email scams

Benjamin S. Weiss, Fall 2019 Editor-in-Chief February 4, 2019

American University Student Government became the target last week of a series of fraudulent emails from someone claiming to be the AUSG president. Student Body President Valentina Fernandez told AWOL...

Photo Courtesy of American University's Student Government Student Union Board (SUB) and Kennedy Political Union (KPU)

The Conversation of Comedy, Roy Wood Jr. Explains

Chloe K. Li, Editor January 30, 2019

Sporting Beats headphones and a bright orange-red Hawaiian shirt, comedian Roy Wood Jr. arrived at the Mary Graydon Center as the sun set on the District for an event co-hosted by the Kennedy Political...

University Administration, Student Government Slow to React to Allegations of Hazing Against Former AUSG President

University Administration, Student Government Slow to React to Allegations of Hazing Against Former AUSG President

Benjamin S. Weiss and Will Fowler November 9, 2018

Editor’s Note: This article is the culmination of a ten-month investigation into the administrative, Greek life, and student government reactions to former SG president Taylor Dumpson’s resignation...

Should Journalists Vote?

Should Journalists Vote?

An ethical question in a toxic political climate
Katya Podkovyroff Lewis, Editor-In-Chief November 6, 2018

The current political climate has been a result of cumulative tensions nationwide since the 2016 election.   Today, in the midst of the 2018 midterms, voters will decide if a new light will...

Not Your Average Podcast Episode 1 - Lily Donaldson

Not Your Average Podcast Episode 1 – Lily Donaldson

Zach Vallese, Fall 2019 Podcast Director October 23, 2018

In this first episode of Not Your Average Podcast, I sat down with Lily Donaldson, a junior at American University majoring in Computer Science. It was really great to talk about her “AU Meme”...

Freegans Fight Food Waste: Dinner’s in the Dumpster

Reina DuFore, Staff Editor April 28, 2016

While most consumers stroll through supermarket aisles meticulously, searching for the reddest apple or the perfect pear, a different kind of search takes place nearby.

AU Debate Society Ranks Nationally: No Argument

Shelby Ostergaard April 28, 2016

When someone asks American University junior Frankie Orrico if she had a good weekend, her answer is a bit complicated.

Changes in Mennonites’ Apolitical Culture: God Before Government

Paloma Losada, Staff Editor April 28, 2016

The Mennonite community in the United States hasn’t been known to line up by the hundreds outside polling stations, hold picket signs protesting unjust laws or advocate for a certain candidate.

Photo Essay: Holy Hill

Megan Yoder April 28, 2016

Washington, DC, practically shut down from Sept.

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