The president of American University law school’s Student Bar Association resigned last night following resurfaced racist tweets from 2011 to 2015 that showed her repeatedly using the n-word and fetishizing...

WASHINGTON — An American University Student Government electoral debate held Wednesday on Zoom was interrupted by multiple “zoom bombers,” who shared sexually explicit content. The debate for...

WASHINGTON — American University decided Thursday to give undergraduate and most graduate students the option to take their classes pass/fail for the Spring 2020 semester, in light of the Coronavirus...

It’s a happy Friday at American University. Before our interview, Berlin Thomas smiles proudly behind the cash register as Shane Ryden, AWOL’s multimedia director, snaps her photo. A student walks...

For the first time in the school’s history, American University will begin offering a black affinity housing option for students living on campus in the Fall of 2020. Representatives who initiated...

A video of two women at American University where one, a freshman, used a racial slur circulated widely on social media Tuesday night.  The video shows two women who are newly associated with the university's...

Dr. Ana Lucio Araujo: author, historian and professor at Howard University, spoke to attendees from the American University community Feb. 6 about the ongoing debates and historical significance of reparations...

American University’s Office of Campus Life added last Sunday to a longstanding controversy between the administration and students over the university’s mental health services. Vice President of...

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...