Unshackling BDSM Myths
Antoinette D’Addario
January 2, 2018
Filed under Culture
Art by Claire Osborn By day Evie Lupine (due to the sensitivity of this topic, Evie has asked to be identified by her public persona not her legal name) is a career woman in a field filled with men. By night she produces videos for her YouTube channel dedicated to people interested in BDSM. Her ...
Title in Turmoil
Karissa Waddick, Writer
January 2, 2018
Filed under Politics
Art by Elspeth Riley More than 400 individuals gathered outside The Department of Education on Oct. 19 for the National Vigil for Campus Sexual Assault Survivors, to stand in solidarity with campus sexual assault survivors across the country. The Vigil was organized in light of over 40 sexual ...
Why Us? The alt-right’s assault on American University
Benjamin S. Weiss, Editor-In-Chief
December 6, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Politics, Slider Feature
Art by Hannah Tiner On Tuesday, Sept. 26, American University opened another chapter in its sordid history of racist acts on campus with the school’s second high-profile racially motivated incident on campus since May. That evening, circulating first on Twitter, then on Facebook, were photos...
Students Walkout for DREAMers
Stephanie Lopez, Staff Editor
November 16, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Culture, Politics, Slider Feature
“Let’s march for the DREAMers,” shouts Erika Soto, a student organizer for United We Dream and American University (AU) student. After weeks of planning, Soto was finally seeing her hard work realized as students rallied in front of AU’s Mary Graydon Center to march to the Hart Senate Office Build...
A “Forgotten War:” America’s Military Campaign in Africa
Benjamin S. Weiss, Editor-In-Chief
October 27, 2017
Filed under Commentary, Slider Feature
The White House met its quota of offensive behavior this week as the leader of the free world traded blows with a soldier’s widow. America’s news cycle was dominated by Myeshia Johnson’s account of her condolence call with President Trump. This call came 19 days after her husband was killed in...
Opinion||: Look for the Helpers
Antoinette D'Addario, PR Director
October 16, 2017
Filed under Commentary, Slider Feature
While many argue bigger is better, America seems to be taking this challenge to new heights lately. Barely a year has passed since Omar Mateen killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which became the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history up to that point. But this was surpassed in magnitude...
Lessons Learned at Boston’s Hempfest
Michael Karlis, Staff Editor
October 5, 2017
Filed under Commentary, Culture, Slider Feature
“Bong rips are $20, dabs are $10, and edibles are $10,” said a disheveled looking man with a long, white beard as the Grateful Dead plays on vinyl in the background. This was Hempfest. This year marked the 28th annual Boston Freedom Rally, affectionately called "hempfest" by some, on Bos...
Enough is Enough: AUSG & Antiracist Research & Policy Center Hold Rally
Michael Karlis, Staff Editor
October 1, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Commentary, Slider Feature
“Enough is enough” chanted a crowd of around 200 people on the steps of the Mary Graydon Center late Friday afternoon, two days after 10 posters of the Confederate flag with cotton attached to them were found by students and university police. American University Student Government (AUSG) President Taylor ...
Not Your Average Girls
Reina DuFore, Staff Editor
March 30, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Commentary, Culture, Slider Feature
Mawal Sidi and Meriam Salem are changing the way Muslim women are portrayed in media with one weapon—a camera. Through the creation of a web-series called Not Your Average, Sidi and Salem highlight the successes and experiences of local Muslim-American women to reframe how the media portrays them. ...
Fighting for Workers’ Rights One Protest at a Time
Aya Elamroussi
March 22, 2017
Filed under Commentary, Slider Feature
Emma-Claire Martin has been fighting the food service company Aramark since she was young. In the seventh grade, Martin marched to a school board meeting at her Rutledge, Pennsylvania middle school with a power point presentation demanding healthier food from Aramark, who catered their lunches. “W...
Professor Profile: Ericka Menchen-Trevino on Redefining Tech with Informed Consent
Jessica Wombles
January 30, 2017
Filed under Culture
Ericka Menchen-Trevino is an assistant professor in the School of Communication at American University. Her research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of political communication and digital media studies, with a focus on methodology. Before coming to work at AU, Ericka was an assistant ...
Disclaimer: An Accurate Story About Fake News
Laura Saini
January 30, 2017
Originally published in Spring 2017, Issue 21. On Dec. 4, 2016, Edgar Welch, 28, walked into Comet Ping Pong, a pizzeria in D.C. and fired three shots in the restaurant. He believed Hillary Clinton was operating a hidden, child sex-trafficking ring in the restaurant. He has since plead guilty on Ma...