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AWOL’s Travel Blog Template

AWOL’s Travel Blog Template

Zac Deibel April 24, 2012
Consider AWOL’s handy, travel-sized abroad experience template to deflect the onslaught of nosy inquiries from friends and family.
Jan Brewhaha: Arizona Governor Draws Student Protest

Jan Brewhaha: Arizona Governor Draws Student Protest

Allison Butler April 24, 2012
On Feb. 24, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer entered MGC 4 and started speaking at 5:55 p.m.
A Good Read on Every Corner: Ye Olde DC Booke Krawle

A Good Read on Every Corner: Ye Olde DC Booke Krawle

Claire Dapkiewicz March 8, 2012
Rating on the average book price and service, these book lovers know their Penguins from their Signets, and are ready to tell you the dusty facts.
Swapping Swipes for Local Eats

Swapping Swipes for Local Eats

Taylor Kenkel March 8, 2012
Instead of supporting an unsustainable system in which the average meal travels over 1,500 miles from farm to factory to plate, students can elect to back a regionally minded system of producer-consumer interaction.
Student Vets: Wearing the Yellow Ribbon

Student Vets: Wearing the Yellow Ribbon

Kelcie Pegher March 8, 2012
John Kamin had already served one tour in Iraq by the time he applied to American University. So had Rob Peavey and Roger Deming.
Professor Profile: Prof. Bratman on Localizing Development

Professor Profile: Prof. Bratman on Localizing Development

Ashley Dejean March 8, 2012
Whether it’s composting with worms or taking care of AU’s beehive (yes, we have bees!), International Development Professor Eve Bratman is always looking for ways to live more sustainability.
Dancing Across Cultures: Youth in India Learn Brazilian Capoeira

Dancing Across Cultures: Youth in India Learn Brazilian Capoeira

Ashley Dejean March 8, 2012

A group called Cati-patang-poeira teaches capoeira, a playful Brazilian martial art, to kids in the Bainganwadi slum in Mumbai.
Rocktopi Baby: Raising an Infant Octopus in AU’s Dorms

Rocktopi Baby: Raising an Infant Octopus in AU’s Dorms

Allison Butler March 8, 2012
Accommodating an octopus in a standard 12 by 15 foot dorm room, while also living with a roommate and maintaining a social life, might seem farfetched, if not impossible.

Pet Worth: Runaway Costs of Runaway Pets

Eleanor Greene March 8, 2012
If you haven’t  seen pictures of a beagle plastered on yellow fliers all over the city, you should probably open your eyes.
The District After Dark: Keeping Sex Workers on the Street

The District After Dark: Keeping Sex Workers on the Street

Ashley Dejean March 8, 2012
As we’re sleeping soundly in bed or buckling down in the library for an all-nighter, the city we know undergoes a transformation.
Not a Dry Campus: Drunk on Liberalism

Not a Dry Campus: Drunk on Liberalism

Joe Gruenbaum March 8, 2012
The Democratic Party is to American University as alcohol is to Jersey Shore; everybody partakes in it, and often there is so much it can get out of hand.
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