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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...