Staff Editorial: TKE’s alleged hazing tarnishes University Greek life’s reputation
Fraternity hazing escalates despite University efforts to control it.
Looking forward, a new era for The Eagle
Goodbye to the last print edition of The Eagle.
Ethics With a Side of Toast
Safe sex means do more than ‘wrap it up’
We often engage in “wrap it up” discourse when discussing safe sex.
We promote condom use to the point where condoms become the primary way in which we measure the health of our sexual encounters.
Truthfully, safe sex…
Op/Ed: Election recount is the first step toward democracy for Venezuela
Many countries, especially those in Latin America, through hard work and dedication, make the transition from an authoritarian regime to a liberal democracy.
In Venezuela, the story seems to be in reverse, and a simple democratic act such as…
Quick Take
Op/Ed: Looking back on my time at AU
With only a few weeks left in the semester, and therefore only a few weeks left of my undergraduate career, I begin to reflect back at my time here at AU.
Eagle Rants
Eagle Rants: May 20, 2013
Eagle Rants: May 13, 2013
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Op/Eds
Staff Editorial: Changes to dining plan promises improvements
Amidst Boston tragedy, focus on the helpers
Fifty years later, Kennedy’s speech stays relevant
Letters to the Editor
Immigration, LGBT rights are not mutually exclusive
Op/Ed: Student-drafted report pushes for reorganized student activity fee
Op/Ed: An open letter to Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya
Recent Opinion
Op/Ed: Koh does not represent WCL
2013 commencement speaker for the law school defended targeted killings
May 18, 2013
Law students protest Harold Koh, a former legal adviser to the State Department, as Washington College of Law commencement speaker for his support of the Obama administration’s targeted killing program.
Op/Ed: D.C. should spend surplus to help the homeless
May 18, 2013
With a $400 million surplus in the D.C. budget, a Kogod sophomore argues that money should go to alleviate poverty in the District and improve the economy.
Letter to the Editor: TKE responds to hazing investigation
April 28, 2013
AU TKE Executive Vice President Elliot Jeffords disputes accusations of brothers forcing pledges to drink and acknowledges an ongoing investigation of hazing allegations.
Sexual assault is not just a women’s issue
IFC should have been more involved in Take Back the Night
April 27, 2013
Two women at AU argue that more members of the AU Inter-Fraternity Council should fight sexual assault on campus in the form of participating in events like Take Back the Night.
Staff Editorial: TKE’s alleged hazing tarnishes University Greek life’s reputation
April 25, 2013
Fraternity hazing escalates despite University efforts to control it.
Looking forward, a new era for The Eagle
Zach C. Cohen
April 24, 2013
Goodbye to the last print edition of The Eagle.
The last meal: final act of dignity for death row inmates
Samuel Mendelson
April 24, 2013
The powerful have endless choices from a bounty of meats, cheeses, exotic fruits and unpronounceable delicacies.
The powerless are left with the scraps, the expired and the unwanted.
Food is power. The ability to choose what you eat is perhaps the greatest divider between the powerful and the powerless. Choosing what you eat is choosing what feeds your body, what tastes you like and what makes you feel good.
It is within that ethos of choice that prisoners on death row choose their last meals.
Two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream for Timothy McVeigh. Deep-fried shrimp, a bucket of KFC, french fries and a pound of strawberries for John Wayne Gacy. Chicken with red sauce…
Safe sex means do more than ‘wrap it up’
Derek Siegel
April 24, 2013
We often engage in “wrap it up” discourse when discussing safe sex.
We promote condom use to the point where condoms become the primary way in which we measure the health of our sexual encounters.
Truthfully, safe sex is more than this. We need to adopt a more comprehensive definition of safe sex beyond condom use, encouraging young people to communicate with their partners and to ultimately relate to and understand their own bodies in a healthy manner.
When it comes to sex and sexuality, we rarely think of our bodies as subjects worthy of attention. Even when we love them - which is in itself a triumph - we treat them like tools. We treat our…