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Working Peoples’ Wonk: Carlos Mark Vera

Working Peoples’ Wonk: Carlos Mark Vera

Alyssa Mendez April 26, 2016

Many of today’s leaders have the inclination to enforce moral obligation. Not all fighters are leaders and not all leaders are fighters, but occasionally someone comes along who happens to be both.

At American University, that someone is Carlos Mark Vera.

Vera and his family migrated to Los Angeles in 1998 after fleeing the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

Headed for Rio: Caylee Watson

Headed for Rio: Caylee Watson

Antoinette D’Addario April 26, 2016

Unlike most college juniors, Caylee Watson is not busy looking for an internship this semester.

A Cut Above the Rest: Camillo Damiano

A Cut Above the Rest: Camillo Damiano

Andrea Lin April 26, 2016

With a thick Italian accent and eyes smiling behind his wiry glasses, Camillo Damiano takes a seat in the back room of his Tenleytown barber shop.

Do it for the Gram: Laurie Collins

Do it for the Gram: Laurie Collins

Mary Sobran April 26, 2016

You wouldn’t expect entrepreneur Laurie Collins to be an Instagram celebrity if you asked her about her day job.

Collins works at LC Systems, an IT consulting company with high-profile clients including the United States Senate and the Smithsonian Institution.  But her second identity is @dccitygirl, an Instagram photographer with over 32,500 followers. 

“About three years ago we started a group of people who created IGDC,” Collins said of the District’s official Instagram.

Making Waves: Gregg Harry

Making Waves: Gregg Harry

Ben Pitler April 26, 2016

More than a century after Albert Einstein theorized the existence of gravitational waves—ripples in the air generated by large movements of matter—science has achieved what he thought would never be possible: detecting and measuring these waves.

The New American Poet: Kyle Dargan

The New American Poet: Kyle Dargan

Pamela Huber April 26, 2016

Kyle Dargan is a published poet, an associate professor of literature and creative writing and the director of the creative writing program at American University.

Two Churches, One Love: Bridging the Divine

Two Churches, One Love: Bridging the Divine

D. Ashley Campbell April 26, 2016

Gospel music echoes from a street stage. Smells of barbecue waft through the air. People raise their hands in praise, dance and cheer in response.

Affects of Climate Change on Food Security: Growing Scarce

Affects of Climate Change on Food Security: Growing Scarce

Thomas Pool April 26, 2016

As the effects of climate change grow more pronounced, its threat to food production grows as well.

Photo Essay: Digest This

Jess Anderson April 26, 2016

In 2014, 48.1 million people in the United States lived in a food-insecure household, meaning they didn’t know where or when their next meal would be.

Investigating AU's Alcohol Climate: Transport Trauma

Will Fowler, Staff Editor April 26, 2016

It was late on a Thursday night when Alice, who wished to remain anonymous, went to one of the first fraternity parties of her college career.

Immigrants' Biggest Battle: Tuition – Undocumented America(n)

Kim Szarmach April 26, 2016

Early this summer, the Supreme Court is expected to decide on the legality of a program that could change the lives of over four million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. 

The policy in question is Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) plan.

Afghan Women Weave Culture: Rugs & Resilience

Afghan Women Weave Culture: Rugs & Resilience

Chris Young April 26, 2016

As the sun set behind the McKinley building, students, professors and various visitors file into the New Media Center.

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