Mana Aliabadi

Eagle Columnist

Articles by Mana Aliabadi

Today’s student protests have historic parallels

April 24, 2012

The words of the Situationists in 1966 still resonate among college students today.

Today’s student protests have historic parallels

April 11, 2012

Columnist Mana Aliabadi examines the university system.

March 1, a day for student action

February 28, 2012

Mana Aliabadi discusses Occupy AU’s involvement in upcoming National Day of Education, and why students choose to get involved.

Thoughts on love

THE EXAMINED LIFE
February 14, 2012

Mana Aliabadi cogitates on love, sex and their tangled intercourse here at AU.

An imbalance of opportunity

January 31, 2012

Why has the working class become something to avoid?

Seeking the American Dream

December 6, 2011

Mana Aliabadi discusses her experience with growing up in two cultures that value different forms of relating to other people.

Occupy D.C. is our answer

November 15, 2011

Mana Aliabadi calls for the student body to build up the Occupy AU movement.

Drowning in debt, with a forecast of rain

November 1, 2011

Mana Aliabadi discusses student debt and related issues. 

Extreme Civil Disobedience

October 10, 2011

The Occupy movements may have awakened the sleeping dragon of youth activism.

Column: TIAA-CREF and justice in Palestine

September 27, 2011

Columnist Mana Aliabadi sheds some light on the crisis in Palestine and Israel in her column, “The Examined Life”. 

Finding reason and purpose in freshman year

September 13, 2011

The start of college brings on an existential crisis and ultimately a realization that campus can be home.