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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

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Earning the Youth Vote

Earning the Youth Vote

Layla Younis, Staff Writer December 2, 2024

Editor's Note: This article was reported and written before election day, but has been published after. Before the election, Sarah Bennett planned to vote. The American University first-year student...

Elected Eagles: The State of AUSG

What is the American University Student Government? What do they do? Do they hold real power? Are they truly representative of the AU student body? What does the student body think? These are some of the...

Arming AUPD in the Crosshairs

Arming AUPD in the Crosshairs

Will Sytsma, Staff Editor November 22, 2024

Editor's Note: This article includes mentions of police brutality, particularly against BIPOC and disabled people. It also includes mentions of gun violence. Ben Austin contributed reporting to this...

The Hum: The buzz on caffeine

This semester, the Hum team interviewed students about caffeine consumption on American University’s campus. The episode explores how much caffeine students consume and why they decide to drink coffee,...

Graduate Students Housed in Letts Among Undergraduate Freshmen

Graduate Students Housed in Letts Among Undergraduate Freshmen

Stella Camerlengo, Staff Editor November 18, 2024

Over the summer, graduate student Wilford Adjei felt hopeless about his housing situation in Washington. To him, rent was too high, and finding a suitable place seemed impossible. Then, he got an email...

AU SJP makes noise

AU SJP makes noise

Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer November 15, 2024

On Nov. 11, protestors shouted chants, banged drums and clanked spoons and pans outside of Constitution Hall, hoping to disrupt a conference held inside hosted by the American University Center for Israel...

Students gather to watch election

Students gather to watch election

Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer November 8, 2024

On Nov. 5, various American University clubs hosted events for students to gather and watch live coverage of the 2024 presidential election. During these watch parties, attendees saw reports from the first...

The Gaza Solidarity Sukkah by the hours

The Gaza Solidarity Sukkah by the hours

Ben Ackman and Will Sytsma October 30, 2024

At 9 a.m. on Oct. 23, a small cadre of activists stood over a pile of white PVC pipes and cellophane snack bags by Woods Gate next to Hurst Hall. By 9:15, they had raised a skeletal frame supported by...

Graduate students from WCL commemorate Orange Shirt Day

Graduate students from WCL commemorate Orange Shirt Day

Conny Galvez, Staff Writer October 30, 2024

On Sept. 30, students from the Washington College of Law gathered in front of the WCL Capitol Building Front Lawn to observe Orange Shirt Day, a Canadian day of memorial created to recognize the effects...

Professor Profile: Allan Lichtman

Professor Profile: Allan Lichtman

Tom Langford and Jack Lunder October 25, 2024

Allan Lichtman was always on a track to be a doctor. He made it through Brandeis University's pre-med program, even though he fainted at the sight of blood and was clumsy in the laboratory.  But in his...

YDSA members demonstrate for residence hall janitors

YDSA members demonstrate for residence hall janitors

Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer October 11, 2024

On Sept. 19, student demonstrators gathered in the Letts-Anderson Quad to form a picket line in support of American University’s cleaning staff. The protest was organized by the Young Democratic Socialists...

Glover Gate graffitied with Pro-Palestinian messages

Glover Gate graffitied with Pro-Palestinian messages

Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer October 10, 2024

On Oct. 10, a woman driving past American University’s Glover Gate on Massachusetts Avenue rolled down her car window. “Yeah! Free Palestine!” she shouted. Several other drivers honked their horns...

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