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Eagle Rants April 6, 2012

•Loving the Metric rants. Keep it up

•I am completely up for Rent-heads uniting. :]

•If you complain that SG doesn't do anything, is irrelevant, or takes itself too seriously, there's one really good way to fix that problem. YOU could join and do something yourself. Positions are open on the website now!

•JK, we should just say screw it to the world and hookup now. Life's too short and I think I'm falling in love with you.

•@The person who loves me for quoting 1776- I'm very flattered. :] I don't happen to play the violin, but I must say: For it's hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle And God bless the man who can fiddle And independency! Hi-hi-hi-hi... Through eternity. [References aside, I may not play anything, but I do sing, just so you know.]

•@ the guy with Military friend problems.... wait 10 years from now and see where your military friends end up and where you end up. My older brother is 30 and a doctor and my cousin, who is also 30 joined the national guard in 2002. My brother makes close to 250,000 dollars a year while my cousin makes close to 50,000 a year but has the "honor" of military service... you be the judge...

•woah people.. I understand we all love rants but if someone asked you to edit these every day of the summer, you wouldn't be too pleased either.. we all need a break sometimes (whether that be 3 weeks or 3 months).. give em a break!

•@female conservative- I feel the exact same way! I've actually gotten into arguments with professors who have put down conservatives so badly.. I understand this is a very liberal campus but that doesn't mean even the professors have to put down a student's values... ugh it's disgusting

•Editor: Thank you so much for posting rants earlier in the day. Now I can read them before I leave at 2:30 for my nannying job. It really puts me in a good mood, and therefore the kids in a good mood. You rock. [Editor's note: Gee thanks!]

•I wonder if 20 years from now when my bf and I have kids who attend AU, if there will still be eagle rants? Maybe there will be some sort of eagle rants time capsule and my kids can look back and laugh at what kids back then in our time thought. [Editor's note: A time capsule called the Internet?]

•@guy asking abut the definition of stalking: If you are questioning whether you're a stalker you probably are.

•@self esteem lowered by your ex: This happened to me too. You should email him and ask him. You can do it. You will be happy you did.

•@"can you really not be patient enough to simply wait the minute or 2 it takes someone to put jelly on a bagel??" I agree with the original ranter. Making someone wait two minutes while you butter your bagel is extremely rude. I'm sure you can find a place on your plate to but the butter. If not, use one of the little plates and carry two plates. Not that hard.

•@pregnancy phobia girl: the response about the ovulation kit was a great idea. They have pee on a stick ovulation kits but you could also invest in a saliva testing kit. It measures the hormones in your spit each day and tells you whether or not you are ovulating. It would probably be cheaper than buying pee on a stick ovulation tests for months on end.

•@"I for one, am proud my gf and I have had others but CHOOSES ME. That's what makes it special" You make it sound like people who have only been with their current partner aren't CHOOSING to be with that person. What are they sucked in via some kind of mind slavery system?

•If you know what time a girl will be at a certain place and you repeatedly show up at that place uninvited for the purpose of seeing her, then you are a stalker. If you repeatedly attempt to hang out with her and make contact with her when she has made it clear that she has no interest in talking to you, then you are a stalker.

•RHA can't give out condoms? Why not? But my suggestion would be just go during the day to the health center and stock up on tons of condoms. That way you will have them available when the health center and wellness center are closed.

•Is Jacobs fitness center allowed to give out condoms? That would be a god idea because they are open 24/7. they could be in a bowl by the swipe in place and people could just come in and grab them without even having to work out. [Editor's note: The fitness center isn't open 24/7.]

•i think i might actually like you, but i'm not really sure how you feel about me. and there are some definite complications in this whole thing but you're just so freaking nice.

•I love getting liberals in a tiff. Its so funny to watch the self-righteous sputter.

•Boy, you're the RGB to my CMYK

•"lose" rhymes with "choose". "chose" rhymes with "toes"

•I was the pregnancy phobia girl. Thanks for all your suggestions-- I haven't done any of those things yet because I feel like I'll grow out of this stage eventually, but they are good suggestions. For the people who asked why pregnancy scares me, it's because it could throw off all of my plans for the future. I might want kids someday, but definitely not while I'm still in college. Nothing too bizarre.

•ADVICE NEEDED: How can I earn my boyfriend's trust back? We went on a break and I hurt him so badly. I want to earn his trust and heart back. Advice??

•There is no future, There is no past, I live this moment as my last, There's only us, There's only this, Forget regret, Or life is yours to miss, No other road, No other way, No day but today

•"We need a new plague." Don't know if this was an Office reference but I'm going to assume it was and send a virtual high five your way. High five.

•There should be special section of eagle rants for the rants of staff and faculty. I want to know what they complain about.

•I want to know when assigned seats in TDR became a thing. My friend and I were sitting at a table before we were surrounded by frat guys. Not only were they completely obnoxious, but they looked at us as if we had stolen their seats. To the frat guys in the corner: it isn't high school anymore.

•I. wish. I. wasn't. such. a. chicken.

•Can you clarity the "fine line" that is the Alex Knepper policy? Because I really think his ideas need to be talked about.

•Editor: I promise you a 10,000 mythical karma points if rants are published every day this summer. Can we at least do Monday, Wednesday, Friday rants? [Editor's note: As this editor pointed out earlier, it's up to the incoming editor and Web editor.]

•Why would you give a 4 hour final? Why! I'm going to have to buy a nicotine patch to focus for that long. I've never been a smoker and I hate to put nicotine in my body, but you leave me no choice. There is no way I can answer multiple choice questions for 4 hours without some type of drug.

•I'm 25 and I have no close girlfriends. Who am I going to ask to be my brdesmaids at my wedding?

•I wish that the classes that I *have* to take next semester were offered at times other than "early" and "really early"...I've been practically nocturnal for a year, dangit.

•@"I've already gone 3 months without sex, and I won't see him again for another month. I'm SO sexually frustrated and I've tried masturbating but it doesn't work on me." Try ordering the toy called "the rabbit" off amazon. It's relatively cheap, and it really gets me off during those dry spells away from my long distance bf.Obviously sex is better, but this gets the job done!

•boy with red hair. I see you everywhere, and you're cute. thought you should know. sincerely, girl with glasses.

•Dear Professor who ranted about how terrible cold-calling is. Wuss, I work at phonathon. And it's actually kinda fun...

•I don't think I've ever hated someone's voice as much as I do yours.

•Professors, please stop assigning group projects. Lack of communication, awkward pairings, and more just result in a horrible, horrible headache that no one wants to deal with. Please, just give me my individual work and leave me alone in peace.

•I open up to my close friends, not a counselor. Please just be my friends and accept it when I say I don't want to go. Sorry but peer pressure is not my thing...

•I saw a stranger with your hair I saw another with your eyes I heard an angel with your voice By the way, how is my heart?

•I love all of the Rent quotage that's been going on. Makes me feel like I'm 15 all over again. (And I mean that in the nicest way possible.)

•@Military Supporter: Don't feel bad because you're not joining up. I come from a military family - my Granddad and Dad served so that not everyone has to. They made their choices to ensure that you could make yours.

•The art of texting has be so befuddled - if he doesn't text back, it's good? It's bad? What is this sorcery?

•I forgot I had a DMS account until about this week. And I've had one date, some one ask me for a booty call, and three other guys talk to me... 0.o is what they say about spring true?

•@Bullying Club - can we meet up sometime to discuss this? I would love to see this and PostSecret happen! (I actually posted both of those rants :) )

•I'm bored and lonely and my roommate is pissing me off.

•THATS WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL!

•Never the let fear stand in your way.

•Gah, where did the hot weather go? I just want to be able to lie in the sun in next to no clothes and be warm. :)

•to the guy who often yells at night outside leonard/mcdowell: who are you and why do you yell all the time? tonight it was "OH YEAH!!" sometimes you sound like you are in trouble. let us know what your deal is. sincerely, concerned mcdowell residents.

•How to efficiently read the new Today@AU, in three easy steps: 1. Read everything in the Students section on top. 2. Scroll down till you get to the General section, then read all of that. 3. Stick another pin in the voodoo doll of whoever invented the new Today@AU layout. Rinse and repeat.

•Hide yo laptops...you should run and confess, we can't find you...

•@"Being a female conservative on this campus" I feel ya. I hate when profs drop sarcastic remarks about the right but turn around and preach tolerance of all viewpoints. Or that somehow, my opinions on women's rights don't count because I'm not a feminist (even though I'm a woman too, here, people!). We should both just bravely attend the next Republicans event. Most of them seem pretty polite individually. Or make our own conservative women's group. That would be awesome. A women's initiative that addresses the concerns of all women, not just "embracing our sexuality."

•boys are cute. i want to kiss them all. thanks.

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