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AU participants in the Climate Ride. From left: Becca Shapiro, Emily Curley, and Aliya Mejias.

AU Environmental Advocates Keep Riding Along

Daniel Mahoney October 14, 2013
Seniors Aliya Mejias and Becca Shapiro, and Emily Curley, an Office of Sustainability staff member, rode their bikes more than 300 miles from New York to DC to spread awareness about climate change.
Up In Smoke: The Politics of the AU Smoking Ban

Up In Smoke: The Politics of the AU Smoking Ban

Tori Tropiano September 24, 2013
While recent legislation across the country suggests that Americans are developing more liberal opinions about marijuana use, students at American University are prohibited from smoking cigarettes or hookah on their campus.

Helping Heroin Users Get Clean: DC's Innovative Harm Reduction Policies

Jared Angle December 6, 2012
A shift away from injection heroin use and the efforts of needle exchange operations in Washington, DC, have contributed to a decrease in the number of new HIV infections in the second half of the 2000s. But at the Kolmac Clinic Silver Spring addiction treatment program, which provides treatment for opioid addicts, there’s been a shift in the clients they serve.
Behind the Swipes: Conversations with Bon Appetit Employees

Behind the Swipes: Conversations with Bon Appetit Employees

Gustav Cappaert April 19, 2011
If the rumors are true, AU students graduate having survived at least one year of laxative-laced cafeteria food served by drug-addled ex-convicts.
Drugs, Alcohol and Activism

Drugs, Alcohol and Activism

Richard Phillips April 19, 2011
Marijuana is a gateway drug.
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.

Rebellious Recreation – Drugs, Alcohol and Activism

Richard Phillips April 13, 2010

Marijuana is a gateway drug. Drugs will fry your brain like an egg. If you take ecstasy once, you could die.

Foster Care: Future Without Funding

Becky Sotello November 16, 2009
In a country deep in recession and buried in two wars, half a million children are without stable homes and adequate education programs.
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