More Than A One-Time Problem
Katya Podkovyroff Lewis, Editor-In-Chief
April 19, 2018
Filed under Campus Life, Slider Feature
Courtesy of: AU Dining On Wednesday, Mar. 21, American University was closed due to weather conditions. Students were told that the Terrace Dining Room would operate on normal dining hours, but other school buildings may be closed. Trekking from Anderson Hall in the snow, freshman Colleen Baldwin we...
Portraits of our Planet
Emily Watkins, Photographer
April 18, 2018
Filed under Politics, Slider Feature
Gentlemen, why in heaven’s name this haste? You have time enough. […] Ages and ages lie before you. Why sacrifice the present to the future, fancying that you will be happier when your fields teem with wealth and your cities with people? In Europe, we ...
AUSG Presidential Candidate Jarryd Delaney
Michael Karlis, Staff Editor
April 1, 2018
Filed under Commentary, Slider Feature
The campaign of Junior Jarryd Delaney, an AUSG Presidential Candidate, is facing criticism this week after social media posts from 2015 and 2016 surfaced in which Delaney supports conservative viewpoints.
The Gray Area
January 10, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, Politics, Slider Feature, The District, Video
The Gray Area is a short documentary about cannabis culture and legality in the nation's capital. It explores how cannabis businesses are able to operate under the current cannabis law, and it delves into the racial disparities of the law in Washington D.C. and in the United States.
Doomed DREAMers
Savanna Strott, Staff Editor
January 2, 2018
Filed under Politics
Photos by Melany Rochester Education was one of the reasons Derian Luna’s parents brought him to the United States. Now a freshman at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Luna is working hard to achieve his and his parents’ goals. Unlike most freshman, Luna has an added pressure — he’s a ...
Inserting Reproductive Freedoms
Madeleine Simon
January 2, 2018
Filed under Politics
Art by Claire Osborn Samantha Garzillo didn’t know what to wear on the day she would get her intrauterine device, otherwise known as an IUD. The Pennsylvania-native was about to be scrutinized by not only the physicians at a Planned Parenthood in Washington, D.C., but also her 695 Facebook friends....
Burnt Out Policy
Luci Rascher, Podcaster, Writer
January 2, 2018
Filed under Politics
Photographs by Anonymous On a humid September evening, freshman Katherine and her friends decided to smoke a joint on American University’s campus. Shortly after lighting up, they heard someone shout “AU Police!” They assumed it was just a student trying to mess with them and continued...
The Legacy of Language
Camila Cisneros
January 2, 2018
Filed under Culture
Art by Katia Rasch The Latinx identity is just as complex as Latinxs are themselves. There is no exact culture that defines them. There are 26 countries in Latin America, each with its own dialect, music, national sport, and with many other unique features. It’s difficult to pinpoint an exact La...
Fake It ‘Til You Make It
Michael Karlis, Staff Editor
January 2, 2018
Filed under Culture
Art by Xian Eley The names of Sarah and Jamie have been changed to ensure confidentiality in this article. It's a typical Friday night at American University, and all of South Campus is getting ready for another night of regrets. A freshman from Baltimore, who will be referred to as Sarah, is give...
Broadcast Blues
Francisco Sabaté
January 2, 2018
Filed under Campus Life
Art by Nana Gongadze and Casey Chiapetta In 1960, a small group of American University students and graduates received a FM license for a radio station. The station could broadcast to the greater Washington Metropolitan area, had less static and featured scheduled programs. One year later in 19...
Community Dwellers
Stephanie Lopez, Staff Editor
January 2, 2018
Filed under Campus Life
Art by Andrea Lin Emma Dion, a sophomore at American University, had to accept that her first days of volunteering at Thrive DC, a local nonprofit working to end homelessness, would be just as awkward and nerve wrecking as she was expecting. At the time, Dion was participating in one of AU’s ...
A Change Agent | Professor Profile: Ibram X. Kendi
Paloma Losada, Staff Editor
January 2, 2018
Filed under Campus Life
Photo courtesy of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi Ibram X. Kendi is a professor in the Department of History and School of International Service at American University. He also serves as the founding director of the new Antiracist Research and Policy Center. His second book, Stamped from the Beginning: The De...