Health

AU extends pass/fail options in light of coronavirus: students and faculty weigh in

The decision came after online debates on social media and a student-led petition that gained 3,000 signatures.

Kaela Roeder, Grace Vitaglione, and Shannon Durazo • March 27, 2020

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...

Students: University email about mental health services “incredibly dismissive”

AU students respond to Office of Campus Life’s email about Counseling Center grievances

Benjamin S. Weiss, Fall 2019 Editor-in-Chief • February 3, 2020

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...

At Their Most Vulnerable: The Rise of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Public hospital closures in historically Black neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. have left the most vulnerable communities at the mercy of fake abortion clinics

McKenzie Beard • January 15, 2020

This story first appeared in the Fall 2019 print edition of AWOL. It’s a quiet Tuesday afternoon in Capitol Hill and a woman stands in front of a brick building painted white with a forest green trim....