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A single-tracked defense of the Metro

By Sameer Chintamani · Saturday, June 18, 2016

“When boarding, please move to the center of the car.”

It’s time to treat our heroes like heroes

By Alex Zipper · Friday, June 17, 2016

Every day we walk to our jobs, we go to classes, we chat with friends and we do what college kids do without having fear of an incoming attack or being senselessly bombed by other governments.

Service learning is not your classroom

By Julia Gagnon · Wednesday, June 15, 2016

It was a Tuesday. We sat in the cold backroom of the center, reading a book about lions. I was worried about finishing my service hours before the end of the semester and he told me he was worried about going to jail.

Opinion

How the Cincinatti gorilla revealed society’s obsession with “choice”

By Annamarie Rienzi | June 15

Recently, there has been a lot of rancor surrounding an incident that occurred at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Opinion

Why Greek life is not what you think

By Alex Zipper | June 10

There I was, sitting through the interview with the guys who would eventually become my fraternity brothers.

Opinion

Dear Sen. Cotton, America does not have an “under-incarceration” problem

By Annamarie Rienzi | May 25

Our criminal justice system is broken. We regularly send people to jail for unnecessarily long periods of time for nonviolent, largely drug related, crimes.

Opinion

Political discourse, disconnected

By Kris Schneider | May 25

With the 2016 presidential election upon us, politics and rhetoric are seemingly everywhere, from newspapers to television... and social media.

Opinion

Summer at AU: life in solitude

By Sameer Chintamani | May 25

On final move out day, campus is bustling with activity as a majority of students leave one by one for summer.

Opinion

Are you there Hollywood? It’s us, Women.

By Camila Velloso | May 19

Hollywood is a man's world. Sorry, ladies. As a feminist and film enthusiast, I find myself torn between my love for movies and my disgust for the underrepresentation of women onscreen and in the film industry.

Opinion

Questioning What We Love: Why We Should Critically Re-watch Lemonade

By Shelby Moring | May 19

As Beyonce fans, we seem to think we know everything. Despite the meticulous literary analyses that have been written for her latest visual album drop, Lemonade, a lot of us missed one of the most explicit messages in the entire project.

Opinion

Op-ed: On Trauma and Trigger Warnings

By Mary Hamula | April 28

Outgoing American Word Magazine editor-in-chief Mary Hamula opens up about gun violence and the need for trigger warnings in the classroom

Opinion

Column: Not quite a war criminal is not quite good enough

By Bill Kakenmaster | February 16

Students should protest Karl Rove’s upcoming AU visit, writes Bill Kakenmaster.

Photo: A “wind farm” in Wyoming. Wind power is one the various forms of renewable energy cropping up around the country.

Opinion

The American Dream is Green. Ish.

By Shelby Ostergaard | September 26

Shelby Ostergaard questions AU’s commitment to sustainability.

Opinion

Iraq War deception tactics being used again

By John Foti | August 5

Columnist John Foti discusses the tactics being used in the Iraq conflict.

Opinion

Column: Students deserve to know when classes are taught by graduate assistants

By Connor H. O’Brien | April 8

The woman standing up told us that she was a graduate student, and that the professor whose name appeared on the “Schedule of Classes” would never actually be in the class.

Opinion