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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...

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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.
Students condemn virtual ASAC

Students condemn virtual ASAC

Braeden Waddell December 8, 2020
Kadaline Jackel, a former AU student, said the final straw in her decision to leave the university was when it announced the original plan for the fall semester, which would have been a hybrid between online and in-person learning.
AUx staff members say they face racism from upper university leadership

AUx staff members say they face racism from upper university leadership

Jessica Bates, Video/Photo Director December 3, 2020

First-year advisors, who teach the American University Experience or AUx curriculum that centers Black, indigenous, and people of color or BIPOC voices, say they have been experiencing constant coded racist...

“A platform for vulnerability”: A conversation with the creators of Lumxn

Luci Rascher, Podcaster December 1, 2020

Lumxn features the experiences of womxn of color in a raw light. The goal is to highlight people in different parts of their healing journeys through spotlighting their creative projects or telling their...

Asian American Student Union leaders were “disappointed but not surprised” with Andrew Yang event

Asian American Student Union leaders were “disappointed but not surprised” with Andrew Yang event

Grace Vitaglione and Braeden Waddell December 1, 2020

When students from the Asian American Student Union were asked by the Kennedy Political Union if they wanted to co-sponsor an event hosting Andrew Yang, former Democratic presidential candidate, their...

The “rise up.” photo exhibit brought the Black Lives Matter protests below ground

The “rise up.” photo exhibit brought the Black Lives Matter protests below ground

Kayla Benjamin, Copy Editor November 1, 2020

Underneath Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle lies 15,000 square feet of underground space occupied by Dupont Underground, a nonprofit community arts organization. The front desk’s quiet music and the...

AU uses past anti-union tactics against WAMU organizers, staff relationship with university remains strained

AU uses past anti-union tactics against WAMU organizers, staff relationship with university remains strained

Braeden Waddell November 1, 2020

Around a third of all potential members of the WAMU content staff’s union could be excluded from voting for, and becoming a part of, the union they helped organize. Just days before this move was...

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