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Looking back at the AU Staff Union’s Battle for a Contract

Kathryn Gilroy, Managing Editor December 16, 2022

It’s been nearly four months since the American University Staff Union held a strike on Aug. 21 after the university could not agree on better wages and benefits.   Exactly two months after...

AU students and staff walk out against sexual violence on campus

About the piece: A large group of students wearing red gathered on American University’s quad on Nov. 10 after walking out of their classes in protest of the administration's response to the incident...

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Is the AU shuttle in need of change?

Kathryn Gilroy, Managing Editor May 6, 2022

Every month, over 10,000 students, faculty and community members use American University’s shuttle system. However, some students have reported issues of accessibility, masking and fluctuating reliability...

“I’m going to have to leave”: AU workers fight to be heard

Audrey Hill and Grace Vitaglione December 15, 2021

Note: To avoid confusion, an author of this article is Audrey Hill. A source used in the article is named Aubrey Hill. Zein El-Amine, an adjunct in the College of Arts and Sciences at American University,...

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“Screaming into the void”: Student housing employees feel unheard and unsupported

Kayla Benjamin and Meredith Shimer October 26, 2021

Most names of student employees in this story were changed to protect the identity of sources whose job security may be threatened. Their identities were confirmed with the editors of this story to ensure...

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“The university is lying”: students condemn AU’s response to mold complaints

Anika Iqbal, Staff Writer October 21, 2021

Two McDowell Hall residents cited in this story have chosen to remain anonymous. Their names have been shared with the writer and editors of this story to ensure their validity, Students currently living...

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Climate Activism on a Virtual Campus

Kayla Benjamin, Copy Editor April 24, 2021

On Earth Day 2020, American University sent out an email revealing its plan to take all its investments out of fossil fuel companies. Haley Epping, a senior who had spent four years campaigning for the...

What goes up...

What goes up…

Kathryn Gilroy, Audrey Hill, and Helena Milburn April 15, 2021

Helena Milburn is on the executive board of the Disabled Student Union with Katherine Greenstein and was not involved with the writing or reporting of that section of the article. Freshman Shelby Brown...

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Stacey Abrams kicks off Founder’s Week with a zoom webinar

Jessica Bates, Video/Photo Director March 4, 2021

Stacey Abrams, the woman often credited with turning Georgia blue for the 2020 election, kicked off American University’s Founder’s Week on Feb. 22. The discussion was part of KPU’s Black History...

Bill Gates speaks with DC college students on climate change

Bill Gates speaks with DC college students on climate change

Dónal Gannon, Staff Writer February 22, 2021

Students from Howard University, Georgetown University, George Washington University and American University participated in a virtual discussion of climate change Wednesday with philanthropist and former...

Students for Justice in Palestine leaders reflect on virtual semester

Students for Justice in Palestine leaders reflect on virtual semester

Margaux Renee, Staff Editor December 29, 2020

Aqsa Rashid and Kiran Waqar — two AU juniors who lead Students for Justice in Palestine  — spent much of the Fall semester organizing an Oct. 29 virtual event which hosted Rabab Abdulhadi, a professor...

AU without the PD: looking to the past to change the future of policing on campus

AU without the PD: looking to the past to change the future of policing on campus

Shannon Durazo and Braeden Waddell December 9, 2020
This semester, AWOL’s investigative podcast unit, Ripped from the Wall, looked into the current relationship between AUPD and students, the changes the AU community is hoping to see and the department’s perspective on their own role at the university.
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