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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Click It or Picket: Activism in the Internet Age

Click It or Picket: Activism in the Internet Age

Zac Deibel April 19, 2011

We’ve all been there: you sign into your Facebook account and see a dozen new invites to groups, events and associations that you have never heard of from people you don’t talk to.

Roots of Revolution: Student Inspired by Arab Spring

Roots of Revolution: Student Inspired by Arab Spring

Ashley Dejean April 19, 2011
Inspired by the recent uprisings in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt, Farida Nabourema, a junior in SIS, decided to take action for the people in her home country of Togo.
From the Blacktop to the Blackboard: Hip-Hop’s Growing Role in Education

From the Blacktop to the Blackboard: Hip-Hop’s Growing Role in Education

Kevin Kunitake April 19, 2011
With two sets of turntables and a mountain of vinyls visible from the outside window, it’s clear that work at Words Beats & Life is a bit atypical.
Peace and Gay Rights Activism After “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Peace and Gay Rights Activism After “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Richard Phillips February 16, 2011
The repeal of DADT may represent a major and hard won achievement for the gay rights movement, but it may also be something of a death knell for the counter-recruitment movement on college campuses.
Troy Davis: A Lesson in Justice

Troy Davis: A Lesson in Justice

Emily Martin February 16, 2011
During the fall 2008 semester, professor Richard Stack offered an extra credit assignment to his Understanding Media class: write a letter to their hometown newspapers urging support for Troy Davis, an inmate at Georgia Diagnostic Prison.
The Boys Club: Our Male-Dominated Student Government and Why it Matters

The Boys Club: Our Male-Dominated Student Government and Why it Matters

Ashley Dejean February 16, 2011
The beauty of the US political system is that our elected representatives are supposed to, well, represent us.
A Higher (Educational) Calling

A Higher (Educational) Calling

Zac Deibel February 16, 2011
College life tends to turn students’ worlds upside down.
Professor Profile: Sabiyha Prince

Professor Profile: Sabiyha Prince

Chris Lewis February 16, 2011
Open a newspaper or turn on the TV today, and the topic of racism is as prominent as it has ever been, despite the fact that open expressions of hatred have become relatively uncommon.
Professor Profile: Charles Larson

Professor Profile: Charles Larson

Chris Lewis November 18, 2010
Charles R. Larson is a pioneer in the study of African literature in the Western world.
Gay and Greek: How LGBTQ Students Navigate AU Fraternity Culture

Gay and Greek: How LGBTQ Students Navigate AU Fraternity Culture

Ashley Dejean November 18, 2010
Junior Tom McNutt experiences fraternity life at AU a little differently than most of his brothers.
Volunteers for Empire: Our Help Isn't Helping

Volunteers for Empire: Our Help Isn't Helping

Robbie Cavooris November 18, 2010
As I fumbled through the day’s lesson plan, I realized I wasn’t going to fill enough time. “Uh, all right,” I said in Spanish, “Now we’re going to play a game.
No / Wonk: Advancing Universities Instead of Students

No / Wonk: Advancing Universities Instead of Students

Erin Lockwood November 16, 2010
The WONK campaign is AU’s new plan to hype its “active citizenship” and prime Washington location to prospective students. It has been controversial since the beginning.
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