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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Graduate Students Housed in Letts Among Undergraduate Freshmen

Graduate Students Housed in Letts Among Undergraduate Freshmen

University housing experiments with mixed-class residences, but it's unclear whether it will become a lasting trend.
Stella Camerlengo, Staff Editor November 18, 2024

Over the summer, graduate student Wilford Adjei felt hopeless about his housing situation in Washington. To him, rent was too high, and finding a suitable place seemed impossible. Then, he got an email...

Leasing litigation

Leasing litigation

Off-campus housing owners listed in price-fixing antitrust lawsuit
Helena Milburn and Alexia Partouche April 15, 2024

Sarina Govindaiah, an American University junior who lives in the Berkshire Apartments, knew finding affordable housing in Washington, especially near campus was difficult. What she didn’t know is...

Costs of housing

Costs of housing

Rising rent and demand complicate search for housing
Ava Ramsdale, Staff Editor November 29, 2023

Unable to secure campus housing at American University as an upperclassman, Madison DeFrancesco said she eventually found her college apartment in Silver Spring, Maryland. DeFrancesco, who graduated...

Ripped from the Wall: Investigating IAP

An exploration of AU’s International Accelerator Program

This semester, the Ripped from the Wall podcast team analyzed American University’s International Accelerator Program or IAP. The team looked into whether and how the program helps to support first-year...

Plack designating Roper Hall, a dorm building in the area behind the School of International Service.

More than a dorm

Students and staff work to create community in Black Affinity Housing
Ela Hernandez, Podcast Producer July 20, 2023

Students within American University Black Affinity Housing said that the program is essential for fostering community among Black students, but there is room for improvement.  Junior Michael Brown...

Leonard Hall’s renovation and its impact on students

As student's head home for the summer, American University plans to renovate Leonard Hall for 2023-24 academic year
Oni Chaytor, Staff Writer May 11, 2023

Leonard Hall, one of American University’s traditional residence hall buildings, will undergo renovations in the Summer of 2023. Groundwork for the residence hall was completed over spring break,...

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