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Megha Rastogi, a sophomore in the School of International Service, lives with an immunocompromised roommate. When she realized she’d been exposed to COVID-19, she looked everywhere for a test.
For most of American University’s Class of 2024, there was no dorm shopping, travel planning or packing filling the final weeks before their freshman year began. The University held its 2020-2021 academic year almost entirely online, forcing most students to complete classes from their hometowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.
While American University’s affiliation with the United Methodist Church dates back to its founding in 1893, Methodist students feel a lack of support on campus and have found their own community rooted in shared progressive values.
One week into 2023, a 13-year-old boy named Karon Blake was fatally shot in the Brookland neighborhood in Northeast D.C. The next week, one woman was killed and another teenager and man were injured in a shooting in the district’s Benning Ridge neighborhood. At the start of February, D.C. Metro worker Robert Cunningham was killed and three passengers were injured during yet another shooting, this time in the Potomac Avenue Metro station.
Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sexual violence and sexual assault.
Author Jennifer Cobbina discussed policy solutions for police brutality in a Nov. 17 talk hosted by American University’s Metropolitan Policy Center on her book “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America.”
A bill that could fund local bus routes and provide a $100 transit stipend to D.C. residents has received a range of reactions as commuters experience delays on Metro trains and buses.
This article is an opinion piece and does not necessarily reflect the views of The Eagle and its staff.
