At American University, students have formed a bold new coalition in response to insulting rumors that students do not live in the DC Metro area, but simply study in their adopted city.

THE SEVEN BILLION CLUB

The United Nations Population Fund stated the world’s population reached seven billion people on Halloween of 2011.

Many extracurricular activities at both the high school and college level are modeled after government structures: from Model United Nations, to Mock Trial, to Youth and Government and, most notably, Student Government.

On Saturday  April 7, 1991, Richard Berendzen got a haircut. He stopped by the office for a few hours, then he met his wife for lunch. 

“Ed Carr called,” she said.

It was in my first SOC class at AU three years ago that I first heard the story of Troy Davis, an inmate on Georgia’s Death Row.

On the streets of Bangkok on another hazy August afternoon, couples pair off—getting groceries, picking their kids up, heading home.

Worn plastic tents and hand-painted banners on ripped slabs of cardboard dominate the scene. Enthusiastic protesters blend in with the homeless, who camp on benches in the square—not to fight the system but because they have nowhere else to go.

The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life is an inspiring event during which communities unite for a common goal: to find a cure for cancer.