Mildred Smart has no complaints. “If I tell you I have a problem, I would be lying,” Smart says with a smile. Smart, known as “Patricia” in the workplace, has been working at American University...

This story first appeared in the Fall 2019 print edition of AWOL. Should students be allowed to use different forms of English in their writing? Is Black vernacular English equivalent to the English...

This story first appeared in the Fall 2019 print edition of AWOL. Greek life has been a staple of American culture for decades. Starting in 1776 with Phi Beta Kappa, fraternities began as groups of...

This story first appeared in the Fall 2019 print edition of AWOL. Derek Tokaz would like to put some savings into the 401(k) plan his adjunct benefits include. Unfortunately, he doesn’t make enough...

This story first appeared in the Fall 2019 print edition of AWOL. American University student Nickolaus Mack received an email on Oct. 22, 2018, asking for the immediate termination of AU Swipes, a...

American University Student Government has an annual budget of over half a million dollars. Every student pays an activity fee of $88.50 to fund clubs, student media and AUSG.  Half of these funds...

Each year for the past five years, a new investigation has been opened into American University’s Title IX Office regarding their handling of sexual violence cases.   Office of Civil Rights cases...

Rodent complaints in the District have officially surpassed last year’s total for a whopping 6,036 rat reports as of Tuesday evening.  Conflicting reports from local media outlet WTOP and the official...

An American University student was fired from her campus job, fined $1,240 and put on year-long disciplinary probation after protesting against the university’s investment in fossil fuels.  Anna...

Black students and allies protested against police treatment of a black female student on campus Monday afternoon.  Black organizers led students from Constitution Hall to the Mary Graydon Center and...

A former AU student said that the university discriminated against her based on her diagnosed learning disability. In a Facebook post published on Sunday that has been shared by several AU students,...

A black female student was carried out of her apartment by police Friday night, inciting outrage on American University students’ social media pages.  A video posted Friday by a former AU student...