Op/ed: SAF referendum is first step towards amending the outdated fee
As a recent alumnus and a former student leader of AU, I am writing to enthusiastically support the referendum for an increase and redistribution of the Student Activity Fee.
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As a recent alumnus and a former student leader of AU, I am writing to enthusiastically support the referendum for an increase and redistribution of the Student Activity Fee.
Although final exams may still be a few weeks away, this is the final edition of my column for The Eagle for this year. And so I thought it would be fitting for me to turn back to last fall’s first issue of The Eagle, when in a “Meet the Columnists” feature, my fellow columnists and I were asked to introduce ourselves and what the focus of our columns would be.
Well, another SG election has come and gone. But boy, was this one exciting. AU has never before seen an SG election where the winner won by only 30 votes, or where they defied the endorsements of both the sitting president and the campus newspaper, or where an aspiring British monarch ran and garnered one-fifth of the vote.
So, what’s on your mind right now? You’re probably studying hard for midterms or finalizing your plans for Spring Break.
Many AU students, myself included, have long been worried about the rising cost of attending American University.
What were you doing last Wednesday at 8 p.m.? Getting out of class? Maybe grabbing a bite at the Tavern?
Practically every AU student uses the Metro to get around D.C., whether commuting to an internship or going out for a night on the town.
Over the past semester, I’ve used this column to discuss aspects of AU that I believe could do a better job of serving students. And certainly, as anyone who reads the daily dose of Eagle Rants can testify, there is a lot to complain about at AU.
As Occupy Wall Street enters its eighth week, the country is taking notice.
Certainly it’s no secret that AU aspires to be recognized among the top academic universities in the country. What better way to do that than to have an exclusive program that benefits students of the highest academic caliber? Enter the University Honors Program.
“If you don’t vote, you don’t count.”
I want to start by saying thank you for deciding to run for the Undergraduate Senate. Being a senator is a valiant position in our Student Government; unfortunately, it’s a position that has historically received little respect from most of the campus community.
Correction appended