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Free Speech Can Pack a Hefty Price

Free Speech Can Pack a Hefty Price

Matt Shlonsky March 8, 2011
Want to work for the government?
Peace and Gay Rights Activism After “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Peace and Gay Rights Activism After “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Richard Phillips February 16, 2011
The repeal of DADT may represent a major and hard won achievement for the gay rights movement, but it may also be something of a death knell for the counter-recruitment movement on college campuses.
An Immigrant’s Recipe For Success: Julia’s Empanadas

An Immigrant’s Recipe For Success: Julia’s Empanadas

Alexandra Gordon February 16, 2011
Julia Hohman sits in her ornate Adams Morgan apartment.
A Higher (Educational) Calling

A Higher (Educational) Calling

Zac Deibel February 16, 2011
College life tends to turn students’ worlds upside down.
Concerned About Graduating into a God-Forsaken Job Market? Don’t Be!

Concerned About Graduating into a God-Forsaken Job Market? Don’t Be!

Gustav Cappaert February 16, 2011
A hostile economic environment has a lot of Eagles worried about finding jobs after graduation.
Paintings, Parties and Performances: The Many Faces of the Katzen Arts Center

Paintings, Parties and Performances: The Many Faces of the Katzen Arts Center

Emily Reid November 18, 2010
Last year, AU announced its decision to replace the Art History Department’s most prized, high-tech classroom with a welcome center for prospective students.
Volunteers for Empire: Our Help Isn't Helping

Volunteers for Empire: Our Help Isn't Helping

Robbie Cavooris November 18, 2010
As I fumbled through the day’s lesson plan, I realized I wasn’t going to fill enough time. “Uh, all right,” I said in Spanish, “Now we’re going to play a game.
No / Wonk: Advancing Universities Instead of Students

No / Wonk: Advancing Universities Instead of Students

Erin Lockwood November 16, 2010
The WONK campaign is AU’s new plan to hype its “active citizenship” and prime Washington location to prospective students. It has been controversial since the beginning.
Socrates and the Sophists

Socrates and the Sophists

John Bly November 15, 2010
Forget that it costs over half a million dollars.

Delusions about Cuban Terrorism Continue

Chris Lewis May 31, 2010
“Venezuela’s financial support for state sponsors of terrorism is evident by Chávez’s extensive support of the Castro regime in Cuba, which is calculated to amount to $1 billion a year.” The authors of that statement?
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