Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

Benjamin S. Weiss, Fall 2019 Editor-in-Chief April 23, 2020

Something I’ve learned from working as a journalist for the past four years is that we love to talk about ourselves. Journalists love to share “personal news,” gripe about difficult sources, and...

Accountability, Transparency and Diversity: A look into AUSG candidates spring campaign promises

Accountability, Transparency and Diversity: A look into AUSG candidates’ spring campaign promises

Chloe K. Li, Editor April 13, 2020

In preparation for this week’s election, American University Student Government candidates have been posting campaign promises and plans for their term the past few weeks. The most prominent agenda items...

AU WCL student bar association president resigns over “reprehensible, immoral and incredibly damaging” racist tweets

AU WCL student bar association president resigns over “reprehensible, immoral and incredibly damaging” racist tweets

Braeden Waddell and Benjamin S. Weiss April 9, 2020

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...

Courtesy of American University Student Government Secretary, Alex Behle.

“Zoom bombers” interrupt AUSG debate with explicit messages and images

Katherine Long and Teddy Everett April 9, 2020

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...

DC Council to vote on COVID-19 consumer protection measures Tuesday

DC Council to vote on COVID-19 consumer protection measures Tuesday

Margaux Renee, Staff Editor April 6, 2020
In an effort to further address the critical needs of residents as coronavirus cases spike in D.C., the city council will vote on the COVID-19 Response Temporary Amendment Act of 2020 this Tuesday. 
AU extends pass/fail options in light of coronavirus: students and faculty weigh in

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

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...

Mardi Gras at the Wharf 2020

Mardi Gras at the Wharf 2020

Ava Kowalski March 6, 2020

An elderly man with a voluminous golden wig and a splatter-painted green and purple suit stands on a bench. He cheers as swarms of people of every shape, size, color and age pass by him, trying to catch...

Buttigieg campaign manager: A few days is a really long time in politics

Buttigieg campaign manager: A few days is a really long time in politics

Maddi Cole March 2, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. ─ On the eve of the highly anticipated first-in-the-South primary, the longtime friend and campaign manager to Pete Buttigieg, spoke with a quiet confidence to a group of eager American...

Clarissa Cheung ( far left) and other members of AASU advocacy committee introduce the “Self Care as Rebellion” event. This event took place Feb.4 on American University’s campus.

American University professor talks “pleasure activism” in campus event

Grace Vitaglione, Podcast Director February 25, 2020

American University’s Asian American Student Union debuted its advocacy committee with the “Self Care as Rebellion” event Feb. 4, where professor Sybil Williams lectured on the importance of self-care...

Photo by Shane Matheu Ryden.

Community profile: Berlin Thomas

Savanna Strott, Magazine Director February 24, 2020

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...

The Future of Black Affinity Housing at AU

The Future of Black Affinity Housing at AU

Jasmine Dean February 24, 2020

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...

Two AU freshmen shown in social media video using racial slur

Two AU freshmen shown in social media video using racial slur

Talia Marshall February 20, 2020

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...

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