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Eagle Rants: October 19, 2012

• I never get why people take the time to post a rant questioning what another rant's meaning was as if it'll be fun to wait a day for an answer. It's called google, youtube and urban dictionary. If you don't know what baby shark is then google it you TURD. Also, sometimes things are just fun and funny to say and there need not be an explanation, sir.

• Anyone catch R-Money's latest new hit single "Binder$ Fulla Women"?

• @ " Best. Rant. Ever" Thank ya, kindly. :)"

• I can't believe there is an actual serious discussion about grammar and the proper use of "They" in a place where I can say my pee tastes like Orange Tang. Funzzies

• Funny how that disclaimer just MAGICALLY APPEARED right after you guys get complaints about students being harassed & threatened on the rants, hmm?

• WOW, YOU SUCK EDITOR!

• Yep, it's a done deal. An old woman who I've known my entire life (starting when I was a baby and she was my nanny), and who's basically my surrogate grandmother, just extorted a bunch of money from me. She's taking the money and moving away before Thanksgiving, so I'll probably never see her again. I'm not kidding, this f*cking breaks my heart. I've known her my entire life, I love her, and I never would have thought it was going to end like this.

• can you dig that crazy jibberish?

• @tumblr's down and the rants aren't up: you've discovered my personal hell. the best fix for it was to WATCH SCANDAL

• @guy who didn't buy the homeless man food: Out of the +/- 150 nights I've walked back from work at my restaurant, one cold, snowy night last winter I didn't offer the homeless man my hot food, and I had extra. I felt so terrible because I had offered before, spoken to him, and he was an amazing human being. Later that semester, in my Lit class we had to write about an experience, and I chose that. It was cathartic, and I never missed my chance to offer food again. Make up for it next time.

• I see one guy around campus all the time. Always alone. Eating alone, walking alone, doing work alone. It makes me so sad, because I was him for most of high school, but I'm lucky enough to have a great group of friends here. I want to see him happy so badly, but how do you go about "helping" someone, when you 1. don't know if they're actually alone or 2. don't want to embarrass/insult them? He seems like such a nice guy, but I know the feeling of being alone. –Help a guy help another guy.

• @Closest gay guy response from 10/13: I know I need to come out. I'm lucky enough to know 100% that neither my family nor my friends would care...at all. And I still can't. And I don't know why. And it kills me. I broke up with my first boyfriend (not an AU student, thanks to Grindr) because I wasn't comfortable introducing him to my friends here, so our relationship didn't evolve "normally" and suffered. But I appreciate your kind words. Really. We should grab coffee at the Dav or something sometime :) –Closeted Gay Guy

• Wegman's > Wawa in every possible way.

• from the mountains of faith, to the rivers to deep....

• To you, guy who is being a dumb butt: I really did like you, until you told me your feelings for me and therefore scared yourself into a state of withdrawn, asinine, rude stupidity. So. Much. Baggage. I'm about to resort to ok Cupid.

• That moment when you end up sitting at a table with a group of friends you don't know and it gets late enough in the library where all the tables around you clear out, but you're still sitting at their table..

• didn't realize how passionate people could feel about their local convenience stores. Not sure if i should feel sorry for them or feel glad that they can find happiness in the little things in life

• @knepper fan : I too am a knepper fan. but he has long since graduated from AU. Follow his blogs and his fb (he accepts everyone's requests). GO KNEPPER!

• @"@"They is not…" lol you said not twice grammar jack@$$. You should work on your own writing skills before insulting everyone else's." You should work on your reading skills. IN the context of my rant "they" is referred to as a singular word. They as a pronoun referencing a noun would be a plural. #please learn basic contextual reading comprehension

• @"Eaglerants make me angry. They make me hate AU" lol No one is forcing you to read them. Stop blaming others for your emo insecurities and take control of your own life.

• @"They" was a singular pronoun to Shakespeare, Twain, Austen," Ys, and this was at a time when spelling and grammar were not yet standardized. Take a history class (if it doesn't go over your head too much)

• where r other pre med ppl applying to med school? And what r ur MCAT scores?

• My boyfriend (i'm a girl btw) is now taking ballet class. Not as a class for academic credit. Just for fun at a local studio. Turn on or turn off? haven't decided yet. On the plus side, his butt will look so cute in tights.

• Why is facebook now telling my friends which posts I read in the context of facebook groups!!!? WTF? How do I turn it off!!?? And how does this not violate their privacy policy?

• What do you think are the top 5 most prestigious graduate programs one can do? In my opinion I would say 1) med school 2) hard sciences 3) computer science 4) math 5) law school

• @The trouble is not that I am single and likely to remain single: Want to change that? Haha seriously though, I'm sorry you feel lonely. I'm in a similar situation. I've been going on casual dates but I still feel the void. My last relationship ended three months ago, but I still really miss her in many ways. I've realized that good friends will keep you sane!

• @I don't know what you want from me: So ask them. It's a lot simpler than you think. Especially if "you" is a guy. - A Male.

• @"College Democrats: Made of Awesome" THIS IS TRUTH.

• I'm gonna get wasted, I'm so gonna get wasted. Because its friday and that's what my job is as a biddy. #sarcasm

• @what was she wearing? what did she look like?: I seriously can't remember what she was wearing, I didn't see, I only noticed her face. If you think I'm referring to you, let me tell you some things about my appearance, so you'll know if you saw me. I am tall, and I have red hair and blue eyes.

• That awkward moment when you hear that your ex-girlfriend hooked up with a guy, and you feel really sad because part of you still misses her. . . But you realize you have to let her live her life as she chooses, even if what she's doing is the opposite of who she used to be. Is this some weird kind of personal growth crap, or heartbreak giving in to moral relativism/ resigned indifference?

• @I do know what I want: the worst thing she or he could say is no. That would be a sign he or she isn't looking for what you want in a person, so you'd be free then to find what you're looking for in someone else. On the other hand, he or she just might want you, too, but be too afraid to voice their feelings :) Go for it, and if he/she likes you, you'll be very happy you told him/her! It's a win-win!

• took a tinkle today, annnnd President Kerwin steps to the stall next to mine--> how could i not say "so, how bout a reduction in tuition Cornelius? gave me a look...and then a wink...dont know if that was a confirmation or supposed to mean smthg. else.....

• I'm tempted to knock on my neighbor's door and ask him to have sex with me.

• it's that time of year where the poor oppressed menz cry WAH we want a MEN'S initiative but can't actually come up with any good reasons why they need safe spaces and resources.

• "It frustrates me that I like you so much when I know you're relationship-y unattainable... It makes it worse that I know you're aware of it too..."

• @"But whoever suggested that Aaron Carter sing "I want candy" while Romney fires t-shirts into the crowd, thank you. That made me happy and giggle." YES. eagle rants are usually the worst things ever, but that made it all worth it.

• "@And don’t let anal ruin your hole weak." meh. as far as sexist puns go, I've heard better.

• Can we please institute a "no rants about rants" policy? Eagle rants has devolved into a bunch of really pissy individuals yelling at each other about grammar.

• @Humans of AU: You actually don't need permission to take a person's picture and publish it. That is why the paparazzi doesn't get fined every time they take a picture of a celebrity. Also, reddit has the creepy shots section or whatever is called, and they have not been taken down (apart from the pictures of upskirts and weird things like that).

• If you say something is interesting say why. I am sick of AU students saying thats so interesting and just ending their.

• these rants don't make any sense

• what is this I don't even

• I HATE THIS CLASS!

• @In the middle of the night, I go walking in my sleep....from the mountains of faith, to the river so deep...I love Billy Joel!!

• @How should I get permission to use pictures?: Ask before you take the picture. The cool thing about HONY is he gets stories about the people he's photographing too. Just don't be a creep and you're good.

• The awkward moment when your professor emails you and recommends you get a tutor because you bombed your midterm. FML.

• AmWord would be a lot better if the photos they included weren't rendered in 8-bit...

• Lol the girl next to me is shopping online, too. Good thing I'm not the only one who does that in this awful class.

• Who the hell has a vendetta against the soda machines in the Ward basement? WHAT DID THEY EVER DO TO YOU?

• I noticed ROTC randomly gets love on here. Does anyone actually notice us around campus?

• "He had a pocket full of horses, f--ked the s--t out of bears Threw a knife into heaven and could kill with a stare He made love like an eagle falling out of the sky Killed a sensei in a duel and he never said why"

• Why does this school have such a terrible student paper? You think we'd be way better, since we're in D.C instead of a dinky town in the middle of nowhere...

• That moment when you leave facebook up in a tab just because you hope the guy you like, who happens to be online, will chat you. ...it never works.

• A review of Ellie Goulding's new album "Halcyon:" ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. This has been a review of Ellie Goulding's new album "Halcyon."

• film majors are the best.

• That moment when your professor references a rant in class.....

• Its hard to like you this much when it won't work out

• Dear guy in Anderson 6, maybe you should close your blinds when you are changing. That was a sight I didn't want to see.

• OH EM GEE YOU GUIZE, WHERE ARE TEH RANTS??!!!!1!!!?!?

• You suck editor!

• Why The F are there so many old people in my classroom

• Grammar Nazis abound... I understand you went to private school or are an English major, but keep it to your're self!

• Definition of a Democrat: Willing to help those who are not as privileged as they are, either financially or socially, but not if doing so would actually cause 'real' personal loss or simply a mere adjustment to their own lifestyle (community service accounted for on your resume does not count as altruism). The argument here is excessive consumption.

• Lonely people, do you really think rants can make things better? Great place to vent but personal initiative is everything. When things get rough the tough get going... or whine and squeal like pigs on rants.

• 1st World A-holes, you get your rants when they damn well feel like popping up. Capiche! (Capisce for my Italian friends).

• Yeah so after being abroad for a semester... Cherish everyday you live in the US, and if you still have an issue well then go to Canada. I hear the trees are lovely this time of year.

• How many rants does it take to get to the center of a moderately wealthy white self-centered AU student? One... Two... Three...Wait almost all of them fit this...damn it! Kaaaaaahnnnnn!

• "If you wanna fly, come and take a ride Take a space ride with the cowboy, baby"

• Who's making an appearance at the Hooligan Take Back Halloween Party?!

• I really want to tell you everything that happened that night, but I don't want anything to change between us. I just know that sometime soon it's going to happen again. I just wanted to apologize in advance.


Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.


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