Margaux Renee, Staff Editor
December 29, 2020
Aqsa Rashid and Kiran Waqar — two AU juniors who lead Students for Justice in Palestine — spent much of the Fall semester...
Recent Campus Life Stories
December 9, 2020
This semester, AWOL’s investigative podcast unit, Ripped from the Wall, looked into the current relationship between AUPD and students, the changes the AU community is hoping to see and the department’s perspective on their own role at the university.
December 8, 2020
Kadaline Jackel, a former AU student, said the final straw in her decision to leave the university was when it announced the original plan for the fall semester, which would have been a hybrid between online and in-person learning.
December 1, 2020
Luci Rascher, Podcaster
December 1, 2020
Lumxn features the experiences of womxn of color in a raw light. The goal is to highlight people in different parts of their...
July 23, 2020
The commercial film market doesn’t provide many chances for female directors. The documentary market is more diverse than commercial films, said Jayaswal, but there is still room for improvement.
April 25, 2020
Katherine Long, Magazine Director
July 17, 2020
Two out of three college students don’t seek treatment for anxiety and depression, according to mental health awareness non-profit Active Minds. This doesn’t factor in the added layer of being self-quarantined and completing college courses remotely
Braeden Waddell, Multimedia Editor in Chief
November 1, 2020
Around a third of all potential members of the WAMU content staff’s union could be excluded from voting for, and becoming...
Benjamin S. Weiss, Editorial Editor In Chief
April 23, 2020
Something I’ve learned from working as a journalist for the past four years is that we love to talk about ourselves. Journalists...
August 4, 2019
COMMENTARY || A Queer Conditioning: In Pursuit of Community
April 29, 2019
Lured by the prospect of validation and acceptance, gay men flock to online spaces only to find themselves vulnerable to manipulation.
Opinion: I Want To Believe in American University Student Government
March 26, 2019
It's election season at American University. The campus is covered with a light dusting of colorful flyers and hypocrisy. America's "#1 most politically active" campus is having a crisis of faith over student government.
Kayla Benjamin, Copy Editor
November 1, 2020
Underneath Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle lies 15,000 square feet of underground space occupied by Dupont Underground,...
Former Sec. Julián Castro talks voting, advocacy with AU students
September 21, 2020
Over 200 students tuned in to the conversation online, according to Sonali Doshi, deputy director of communications for the Kennedy Political Union, which hosted the event alongside the Sine Institute, the Latin American Student Organization, and the League of United Latin Americans Coalition.
Is American University really woke?
August 20, 2020
“There’s a lot of lip service paid to activism,” said sophomore Elliot Williams. “But very few students are willing to put in the time and the persistence that’s necessary to hold actions, events and to follow through with their goals.”
‘This is not a heartwarming story’
July 28, 2020