Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL
Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL
Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL
Campus Life
A handwritten sign outside the bathrooms in the Battelle-Tompkins building.
Eyes on Battelle’s bathrooms: Sign changes, surveillance cause controversy
After two restrooms’ sign changes went without notice, American University began to surveil those who restored its all-gender status.
Will Sytsma, Staff Editor • April 29, 2025
Latinos En Acción lead walk out for migrants
Latinos En Acción lead walk out for migrants
Conny Galvez and Ben Ackman • April 25, 2025
Shaun Schroth helps another student adjust settings on a film camera for a class assignment.
Professor Profile: Shaun Schroth
Yuri Perelman, Staff Writer • April 24, 2025
From grant to impact
From grant to impact
Tom Langford and Lucas Powers • April 23, 2025
Movers remove furniture from First-Year Advising office building Clark Hall on March 31.
First-Year Advising’s final days
Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer • April 23, 2025
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The District
Grounded in community
Grounded in community
A new wave of coffee culture is bringing a new approach to a D.C. scene dominated by chains
Will Sytsma, Staff Editor • April 24, 2025
"Homeless Lives Matter," located at 2nd and D St. NW.
Mapping DC’s murals
Natalie Monga, Multimedia Producer • April 24, 2025
The New Dormitory next door
The New Dormitory next door
Grace Manson, Staff Writer • April 21, 2025
"Sacred spaces"
“Sacred spaces”
Sydnee Patak, Staff Writer • April 21, 2025
Building history: Women’s Suffrage Monument approved for the National Mall
Building history: Women’s Suffrage Monument approved for the National Mall
Stevie Rosenfeld, Staff Writer • April 18, 2025
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Culture
Eyes from above
Eyes from above
Uncovering the National Cathedral’s open-air secrets.
Vanessa Levins, Multimedia Director • April 22, 2025
Author Monique Truong and designer Thái Nguyễn read from their newly released children’s book, “Mai’s Áo Dài,” wearing custom made áo dài crafted by Nguyễn. They were joined by a young guest named Mai.
Tết celebration highlights food and fashion
Mira Liu, Multimedia Contributor • April 2, 2025
Global Federation of Chinese Businesswomen in Baltimore members holding their banner to start the parade.
Lunar New Year Parade takes over Chinatown
Daisy Bateman and Jacob Saucier • February 4, 2025
What's behind a name?
What’s behind a name?
Grace Hagerman and Marisa Álvarez • December 5, 2024
Walking in history
Walking in history
Emma Pierce and Michelle Miramontes • December 5, 2024
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Politics
Federal government has revoked some AU international student visas
Federal government has revoked some AU international student visas
Administrators said they will not be making a statement or announcing further details.
Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer • April 22, 2025
The crowd watches AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler speak.
“Hands Off” protest targets Trump’s second-term agenda
Daisy Bateman, Multimedia Contributor • April 25, 2025
Protestors listen to a student speaker outside of the Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall.
Georgetown students show solidarity at rally for detained professor
Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer • April 11, 2025
Behind the screen: social media fuels political divides for DC students
Behind the screen: social media fuels political divides for DC students
Sage Collis, Staff Writer • March 12, 2025
Protestors reject DOGE and Elon Musk
Protestors reject DOGE and Elon Musk
Ben Ackman, Benjamin Austin, and Daisy Bateman • February 10, 2025
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Health
Missing medications
Missing medications
Shortages, pharmacies and Student Health Center limit ADHD prescriptions
Catherine Brennan, Staff Writer • April 17, 2024
On medical leave
On medical leave
Lily Tierney, Staff Writer • April 17, 2024
AU amid a pandemic
AU amid a pandemic
Tom Langford and Jack Lunder • January 29, 2024
"Post pandemic" postponed
“Post pandemic” postponed
Alexia Partouche, Editor in Chief • July 20, 2023
Seeking therapy at AU
Seeking therapy at AU
Grace Hagerman, Editor in Chief • July 20, 2023
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Commentary Archive
Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.
Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.
Benjamin S. Weiss, Fall 2019 Editor-in-Chief • April 23, 2020
(1983 collage of members of the Macedonia Baptist Church in Montgomery County, courtesy of the church)
“Plans to Prosper You”; Katzen Museum hosts exhibition on historically Black communities from Montgomery County, Maryland
Braeden Waddell • August 4, 2019
COMMENTARY || A Queer Conditioning: In Pursuit of Community
COMMENTARY || A Queer Conditioning: In Pursuit of Community
Shane Matheu Ryden, Podcast Producer • April 29, 2019
Opinion: I Want To Believe in American University Student Government
Opinion: I Want To Believe in American University Student Government
Mitchell Lenneville • March 26, 2019
American University Terrace Dining Room (TDR).
AWOL writer told to leave by university official at public meeting: Student media refuses to be silenced
Will Fowler and Katya Podkovyroff Lewis • February 7, 2019
COMMENTARY: AWOL on Recent Attempts to Silence Student Media
COMMENTARY: AWOL on Recent Attempts to Silence Student Media
Benjamin S. Weiss and Katya Podkovyroff Lewis • October 24, 2018
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