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Rolland Appiah, 2013 Mr. ASO and Lisa Lumeya, 2013 Ms. ASO celebrate their coronation.

Pageant Contestants Hold High Hopes for Africa

Alex Mazzarisi November 14, 2013
American University’s African Student Organization held its annual pageant celebrating African culture with food, dancing, a talent contest and the crowning of “Mr. and Ms. ASO."

No, the Pro-Choice Movement is Not Like the Nazi Party

Allison Butler November 12, 2013
It is an unspoken rule of debating that if you actually want to have a productive discussion, comparing your opponents to Nazis gets the conversation off to a rough start.
Illustration by Ellyse Stauffer

A Successful 'Drive In' to Freedom?

Shaina Spector November 6, 2013
In a country ruled by the ultraconservative, fundamentalist Wahhabi movement, civil liberties for women are considered a privilege, not a right.
AU participants in the Climate Ride. From left: Becca Shapiro, Emily Curley, and Aliya Mejias.

AU Environmental Advocates Keep Riding Along

Daniel Mahoney October 14, 2013
Seniors Aliya Mejias and Becca Shapiro, and Emily Curley, an Office of Sustainability staff member, rode their bikes more than 300 miles from New York to DC to spread awareness about climate change.
National Museum of African American History and Culture construction site as of September 4.

A Museum Without Walls

Chloe Johnson October 2, 2013
The entrance to “"Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963" is lined with faces.

Poking Holes in Syria "Miracle" Solution

Tom Xiao September 27, 2013
We must examine these developments with wary eyes because destroying Syria’s chemical weapons is almost impossible, and Putin and Assad cannot be trusted. An early strike was America’s best option, but President Obama let that chance slip away.
Up In Smoke: The Politics of the AU Smoking Ban

Up In Smoke: The Politics of the AU Smoking Ban

Tori Tropiano September 24, 2013
While recent legislation across the country suggests that Americans are developing more liberal opinions about marijuana use, students at American University are prohibited from smoking cigarettes or hookah on their campus.
Photo by 401(k) via Flickr

Want Something Done Right? Don't Let Big Corporations Finance It.

Lori McCue September 18, 2013
Campaign finance reform is an issue in which you are deeply invested.
The District's Civilian Guardians

The District's Civilian Guardians

Alexa Kelly April 23, 2013

They call him Sabertooth.

Hey! Ho! Forbidding Activism has Got to Go

Hey! Ho! Forbidding Activism has Got to Go

Jimmy Hoover April 23, 2013

As a school continually ranked by the Princeton Review as one of the most politically active in the nation, here at AU it’s worth positing the question: how do ya figure that?

Well, any minor search into the rankings goliath that is the Review will tell you that these results are shady at best.

Lower Georgia Avenue Looks to the Future: Gentrification in the District

Lower Georgia Avenue Looks to the Future: Gentrification in the District

Jessamine Price April 23, 2013

When a conspicuously white reporter walks into Eagles Barber Shop on lower Georgia Avenue, several guys there have a question.

“You going to write a story about gentrification?

Though some local residents feel insulted by the word gentrification, the barbers and customers at Eagles want me to hear the word.

Safety and Security in the City: Lessons from a MPD Ride-Along

Safety and Security in the City: Lessons from a MPD Ride-Along

Jess Anderson April 23, 2013

Luckily, the woman wasn’t dead.

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