COMMENTARY || A Queer Conditioning: In Pursuit of Community
Shane Matheu Ryden, Photo and Video Director
April 29, 2019
Lured by the prospect of validation and acceptance, gay men flock to online spaces only to find themselves vulnerable to manipulation.
Lonely Streets: Transgender and Homeless in the District
Lana Green, Web Editor
April 29, 2019
The LGBTQ community faces adversity with homelessness and unemployment.
Killer Looks: The fascination of serial killers in pop culture
Katya Podkovyroff Lewis, Editor In Chief
April 29, 2019
With serial murder on the decline, audiences turn to entertainment media for their true crime fixations.
Inclusive Excellence: Where it comes from and where it’s going
April 29, 2019
Everyone is talking about inclusive excellence but what exactly does that mean and what is AU doing to promote it?
All work and little pay: RAs’ experience at American University
Kaela Roeder, Staff Editor
April 29, 2019
Freshmen RAs have come forward to share their frustrations with their jobs, specifically with their training and what the "other duties as assigned" really is.
Power to the Press: Student Journalists’ Influence
Kelly McDonnell
April 29, 2019
How AU student media navigate an anti-journalist climate
Campus Battlegrounds: Testing war chemicals at AU
Erica Johnson
April 29, 2019
As AU looks to build an environmentally sustainable future, the remnants of its past unearths new challenges.
Defining the AU experience: AUx’s impact on students
Ava Kowalski, Copy Editor
April 29, 2019
Many students are critical of AUx as a newly required course, but what many don’t realize is that administration wants to hear that student feedback.
Finding Common Ground Through the Arts: the Cato Institute’s First Exhibit
Kaela Roeder, Staff Editor
April 18, 2019
The new art exhibition is meant to provide a space for people to discuss their differences in a common and calm space.
What to do about gun violence
Kayla Benjamin, Copy Editor
April 9, 2019
Of the new March for Our Lives (MFOL) AU chapter’s 11 student board members, two spoke of their own experiences with gun violence and three mentioned having friends or family that had experienced gun violence.
Shining a Light on Unconventional Activism
Kaela Roeder, Staff Editor
April 4, 2019
LUMXN, a new zine from the American University Student Government Women’s Initiative, had its launch party on Friday, March 23.
The Insta vs. the Finsta: A Topic Thursday Event
Kaela Roeder, Staff Editor
March 30, 2019
On Thursday, March 21st, The Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) and the American University Mental Health Initiative collaborated bringing light to the negative results of social media’s presence in college student’s lives. This event was held during a Topic Thursday, a collaborative dis...
