Recent Stories - AWOL

The Hum: Experiences at a PWI

Students of color at AU speak about their time at a predominantly white institution

Helena Milburn, Ela Hernandez, Zoe Kallenekos, Marisa Álvarez, Alexandrea Valerio, Sia Patel, Sofia Borin, Stella Camerlengo, and Blake Guterman • January 7, 2024

This semester, The Hum team interviewed students of color and students for whom English is a second language, or ESL students, about their experience at American University, a predominantly white institution,...

White House protesters continue 42-year-long fight for peace

Activists at Lafayette Park face violence and an aging volunteer base

Will Sytsma, Staff Editor • December 28, 2023

Activist Philipos Melaku-Bello saw a form of violence rather familiar to him on Friday, Oct. 13. He sat with fellow-activist Neil, in the same place he has for four decades, when a group of 25 people...

All Things Go partnered with Spotify EQUAL to present summit

Creator summit discusses equity and social impact within the music industry

Bailey Bish, Staff Editor • December 13, 2023

The All Things Go Music Festival returned to the Merriweather Post Pavilion from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, bringing a lineup of 32 artists to the Washington, D.C. region for the festival’s ninth year. Starting...

Rise in crime in D.C.

What is AU doing to keep its community safe?

Marisa Álvarez, Podcast Director • December 13, 2023

On Nov. 28, 2023, the student body received an email from Phillip Morse stating that the Metropolitan Police Department was investigating a robbery and assault that happened at the 3700 block of Nebraska...

Circus at the Yards

Emma Pierce, Staff Editor • December 5, 2023

The Yards Park, located along the Anacostia River, hosted the circus event “Side Yards at Yards Park” on Nov. 3. The free event included appearances from fortune tellers, aerialists, a sword swallower,...

Minding the gender gap

Business school remains a gender outlier on AU’s majority women campus

Vanessa Levins and Cara Halford • December 4, 2023

Four years ago, when Jiya Wit began looking at colleges, she said she noticed a common theme amongst the student community at American University: Women outnumbered men. While in the decision process,...

FALL ISSUE 33

The 33rd edition of AWOL magazine is out now.

Grace Hagerman, Editor in Chief • November 30, 2023

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Absent advisors

Students express frustration over AU advising experience

Casey Bacot and Kevin Becker • November 29, 2023

With less than two semesters left at American University, Senior Lily Tierney said she doesn’t have a permanent advisor in either of her areas of study. “Right now, I have no advisor in SIS; they...

A deal for a meal

From food to energy, the worth of a meal exchange varies

Caleb Ogilvie, Managing Editor • November 29, 2023

Editor’s Note: This story includes discussions of measuring calories. Our purpose is not to assign value or judgment on how many calories someone eats in a meal but rather to examine a meal exchange’s...

Skating to a stop

D.C. skaters worry as Freedom Plaza scheduled for remodel

Augustus Bachmann and Jacob Botelho • November 29, 2023

A planned redesign of Freedom Plaza has worried skateboarders in Washington, D.C. about the future of the area and their ability to skate there. Situated between the Capitol building and the White House,...

Keeping Go-Go alive

Firefighter band shows importance of Go-Go music genre

Kate Kessler and Quinn Volpe • November 29, 2023

When a group of Washington firefighters and emergency medical service workers put a band together, they thought it would be a one-time thing to entertain their coworkers. The band, Heat Stroke, has...

Costs of housing

Rising rent and demand complicate search for housing

Ava Ramsdale, Staff Editor • November 29, 2023

Unable to secure campus housing at American University as an upperclassman, Madison DeFrancesco said she eventually found her college apartment in Silver Spring, Maryland. DeFrancesco, who graduated...