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The Hum: Music in Isolation

The Hum: Music in Isolation

Grace Vitaglione, Bonnie Bishop, Helena Milburn, Jessica Bates, and Braeden Waddell
April 27, 2021
AU without the PD: looking to the past to change the future of policing on campus

AU without the PD: looking to the past to change the future of policing on campus

Shannon Durazo and Braeden Waddell
December 9, 2020
Students condemn virtual ASAC

Students condemn virtual ASAC

Braeden Waddell
December 8, 2020
Asian American Student Union leaders were “disappointed but not surprised” with Andrew Yang event

Asian American Student Union leaders were “disappointed but not surprised” with Andrew Yang event

Grace Vitaglione and Braeden Waddell
December 1, 2020
AU uses past anti-union tactics against WAMU organizers, staff relationship with university remains strained

AU uses past anti-union tactics against WAMU organizers, staff relationship with university remains strained

Braeden Waddell
November 1, 2020
WAMU content staff move to unionize after a year of upheaval, AU stays quiet

WAMU content staff move to unionize after a year of upheaval, AU stays quiet

Braeden Waddell
October 29, 2020
Flag of American University

New housing landscape, hybrid classes as AU preps for semester during pandemic

Chloe K. Li and Braeden Waddell
June 18, 2020
Letts Hall / Talia Marshall

58 Resident assistants sign letter demanding AUPD reforms and an end to relationship with MPD

Braeden Waddell, Grace Vitaglione, and Chloe K. Li
June 9, 2020
AU WCL student bar association president resigns over “reprehensible, immoral and incredibly damaging” racist tweets

AU WCL student bar association president resigns over “reprehensible, immoral and incredibly damaging” racist tweets

Braeden Waddell and Benjamin S. Weiss
April 9, 2020
Deaths in the District, Part I

Deaths in the District, Part I

Braeden Waddell and Grace Vitaglione
January 15, 2020
Suspicious Spending in Student Government

Suspicious Spending in Student Government

Shannon Durazo and Braeden Waddell
December 9, 2019
Office of Campus Life

AU faces more federal investigations into its handling of sexual violence cases than any other university

Katherine Long and Braeden Waddell
December 2, 2019
rat on stairs

Ratastrophe D.C.: City rodent complaints reach record high

Braeden Waddell
November 21, 2019
An AU student protested the university’s investment in fossil fuels – she was fined, fired, and prevented from studying abroad

An AU student protested the university’s investment in fossil fuels – she was fined, fired, and prevented from studying abroad

Braeden Waddell
November 13, 2019
Four students protesting and leading chants

#HandsOffGianna: AU students protest in solidarity with black student pulled out of her room

Braeden Waddell and Chloe K. Li
October 28, 2019
Former student with learning disability says AU discriminated against her

Former student with learning disability says AU discriminated against her

Braeden Waddell
October 18, 2019
(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
Played and Unpaid: AU Interns Speak Out

Played and Unpaid: AU Interns Speak Out

Braeden Waddell
May 6, 2019
Ripped From The Wall, Addiction at AU, Part III: The Response

Ripped From The Wall, Addiction at AU, Part III: The Response

Braeden Waddell
March 29, 2019
Ripped From The Wall, Addiction at AU, Part II: The Science

Ripped From The Wall, Addiction at AU, Part II: The Science

Braeden Waddell
March 1, 2019
Montgomery County Police Officer, Chris Hackley, reads a statement ordering protestors to leave the public forum. Macedonia Baptist Church pastor Segun Adebayo, Somerset Mayor Jeffrey Salvin, and Lucile Perez refused to leave; they were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

Locals protest to protect historically black cemetery, three arrested

Braeden Waddell
February 21, 2019
Photo courtesy of Margaret Stogner

Professor Profile: Margaret Stogner

Braeden Waddell
December 5, 2018
Ripped From the Wall: Episode 3, American Gets Hazed

Ripped From the Wall: Episode 3, American Gets Hazed

Veronica Del Valle, Katya Podkovyroff Lewis, Zach Vallese, Braeden Waddell, and Luci Rascher
April 17, 2018
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