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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Newswire: Lights, Camera, Tax Incentives!

Newswire: Lights, Camera, Tax Incentives!

Jacob Motz April 30, 2014

With the latest Captain America movie opening in theaters this Friday, Hollywood’s rising star is thrust into the spotlight: Washington, DC.

The OAS In the Twenty-First Century: Rediscovering Dialogue, Descubriendo el Dialogo de Nuevo

The OAS In the Twenty-First Century: Rediscovering Dialogue, Descubriendo el Dialogo de Nuevo

Jose Mejía Sierra April 30, 2014
h3. Rediscovering Dialogue As a resident of the United States, you have Inter-American rights, defined by the Charter of the Organization of American States and the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man.
Putting in Your 77 Cents to Gender Equality: Mind Wage Gap

Putting in Your 77 Cents to Gender Equality: Mind Wage Gap

Casey Chiappetta April 30, 2014
Following President Obama's State of the Union Address, Twitter was cluttered with #madmen. It wasn’t about Don Draper or Madison Avenue, but rather about progress in regard to women’s rights and wages.
“You know, today, women make up about half our workforce, but they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns,” Obama said in his speech.
Satire: Shopping For Change: (Un)Wholesome Whole Foodies

Satire: Shopping For Change: (Un)Wholesome Whole Foodies

Jessica Wombles April 30, 2014
I enjoy walking around Whole Foods because it makes me progressive. I’m not talking about the neo-hippie, trash-bag-wearing wannabe crowd; I mean the real live stick-it-to-the-man type who doesn’t conform to middle class fashion trends.
Investigating Sexual Assault on Campuses: Standing with Survivors

Investigating Sexual Assault on Campuses: Standing with Survivors

Haley Hawkins April 30, 2014
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s dignified image was tarnished in 2012 when they shamed a student during a judicial hearing.
Landin Gambill, who reported that her ex-boyfriend raped her, was met with degrading and accusatory questions during the ensuing honor court hearing.
Newswire: Justice: Part of This Complete Breakfast

Newswire: Justice: Part of This Complete Breakfast

Eleanor Greene April 30, 2014
The power of positive thinking is well known, but who knew it could mean seeing Jesus’ face on a grilled cheese sandwich?
Noelle, the Avalon
Noelle’s parents pay for her groceries. Favorites: Fruits & Avocados
Vices: Macaroni and cheese & Tostitos

Noelle’s food lifestyle is “healthy but not restricting.” She said her dad gives her EagleBucks for grocery money so that she can only buy groceries at Whole Foods, which helps her eat healthy. While living in an apartment gives her a large kitchen, she said,
“I don’t like leftovers, so I don’t cook as much as I would like to.”

Photo Essay: College Cuisine Confessions

Pamela Huber April 30, 2014
Our lives run on food. Food nourishes us; it comforts us and it can make us feel happy and guilty simultaneously.
Newswire: Bee-ing the Difference

Newswire: Bee-ing the Difference

Emily Olsen April 30, 2014
The Beeinformed Partnership, sponsored by the USDA and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, reported that, on average, US Beekeepers lost 45.1 percent of their colonies this past winter.
Rewiring the Capitol: A Hacker Haven For All

Rewiring the Capitol: A Hacker Haven For All

Brendan Agnew April 30, 2014
DC innovators create community and space blimps
Breaking Amish and Back Again: A Rumspringa Tale

Breaking Amish and Back Again: A Rumspringa Tale

Jess Anderson April 30, 2014

Resident adventurer searched fro truth in Lancaster

Connecting with Incarcerated Writers: But Still I Soar

Alexa Marie Kelly April 30, 2014
Zoé Orfanos once taught a convicted murderer how to use Google. She was volunteering with Offender and Restoration, a nonprofit in Arlington, Virginia.

Addressing Suicide in Prisons: Behind Bars and Out of Hope

Rain Freeman April 30, 2014
Suicide haunts jails across our country. Unfortunately, the Central Detention Facility, DC’s city jail, is no exception.
More than half of all prison and jail inmates in the United States have mental health problems, according to a 2006 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Another BJS report that year found that suicide caused 32.3 percent of deaths in local jails.
According to the DC Department of Corrections, two suicides were committed from 2009 to 2012 at the Central Detention Facility.
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