This story first appeared in the Fall 2019 print edition of AWOL. American University student Nickolaus Mack received an email on Oct. 22, 2018, asking for the immediate termination of AU Swipes, a...

American University Student Government has an annual budget of over half a million dollars. Every student pays an activity fee of $88.50 to fund clubs, student media and AUSG.  Half of these funds...

Each year for the past five years, a new investigation has been opened into American University’s Title IX Office regarding their handling of sexual violence cases.   Office of Civil Rights cases...

Rodent complaints in the District have officially surpassed last year’s total for a whopping 6,036 rat reports as of Tuesday evening.  Conflicting reports from local media outlet WTOP and the official...

An American University student was fired from her campus job, fined $1,240 and put on year-long disciplinary probation after protesting against the university’s investment in fossil fuels.  Anna...

About the Piece:  On October 19th, the first National Period Day was celebrated. Individuals from all over gathered at Capitol Hill demanding an end to period poverty and stigma. Speakers such as founder...

About the Piece: Ralliers gathered outside the Supreme Court on October 8th in support of the three cases that would be heard regarding LGBTQIA+ rights. Three oral arguments, Altitude Expresss Inc....

About the piece: With the ever-changing climate of Washington, D.C.—both politically and environmentally—people demand change. With more and more legislation that continues to inhibit the protection...

Black students and allies protested against police treatment of a black female student on campus Monday afternoon.  Black organizers led students from Constitution Hall to the Mary Graydon Center and...

A former AU student said that the university discriminated against her based on her diagnosed learning disability. In a Facebook post published on Sunday that has been shared by several AU students,...

About the piece: The National Trans Visibility March on D.C. was the first of its kind.  On Sept. 28, hundreds of queer advocates and allies joined in Freedom Plaza to uplift one another and recognize...

A black female student was carried out of her apartment by police Friday night, inciting outrage on American University students’ social media pages.  A video posted Friday by a former AU student...