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Editor’s note: Marshall Child wrote this opinion piece as part of a public relations project for a class, in which he represented Veterans on the Rise and promoted their mission.
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Editor’s note: Marshall Child wrote this opinion piece as part of a public relations project for a class, in which he represented Veterans on the Rise and promoted their mission.
Despite the abundance of talent and experience on this year’s Eagles squad, AU was unable to achieve its ultimate goal of making the NCAA Tournament, as it lost to the Bucknell Bison 64-59 in the Patriot League Quarterfinals on Thursday night inside Bender Arena.
Chris Wallace, host of “FOX News Sunday,” spoke to American University students at an event hosted by the Kennedy Political Union on Feb. 20. The veteran journalist spoke about the election, President Trump and the importance of journalism.
AU women’s basketball has been having a rough season to say the least. That was even further compounded by a tough loss to the Lafayette Leopards on Saturday, sinking them to 4-6 in Patriot League play and 8-12 overall – a significant dropoff for a team that just last season made it to the Patriot League championship game.
The AU men’s basketball team got off to a slow start in their win at home against Lehigh on Monday afternoon, missing eight of their first 10 shots, along with two quick turnovers.
On Monday night, AU (10-10, 6-3 PL) got revenge for a prior defeat, coming out victorious against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (5-16, 2-7 PL) 77-56 inside Bender Arena.
Ten minutes into the first half, the Eagles were leading the defending Patriot League Champion Colgate Raiders 22-14. Despite the electric start, AU (9-10, 5-3 PL) couldn’t sustain the momentum, and fell to the Will Rayman-led Colgate Raiders (16-5, 7-1 PL) 79-69 on Saturday afternoon inside Bender Arena.
AU men’s basketball continued to build momentum Saturday afternoon inside Bender Arena, rolling over Holy Cross en route to an 81-69 victory. The win follows Wednesday’s thrilling victory over Bucknell, courtesy of some late game heroics from sophomore forward Connor Nelson.
A professor in the School of Public Affairs is running for a Virginia U.S. Senate seat in the 2020 election.
While her teammates were at the D.C. Challenge Tournament at George Washington University bonding and gaining their footing, Olivia Wassner was playing overseas for the Switzerland National Volleyball Team in the European Championship.
The following piece is satire and should not be misconstrued for actual reporting. Any resemblance to a student, staff or faculty member is coincidental.
The University’s new bipartisan Sine Institute of Policy and Politics named political veteran Amy Dacey as its inaugural executive director in June.
On the last day of high school, overachiever Molly (Beanie Feldstein) comes to the earth-shattering realization that it’s possible to excel in school and party. She and her best friend Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) then spend the next hour and a half of the film trying to cram four years of partying into one night, but things don’t quite go according to plan. This is the premise of “Booksmart,” actress Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut that is a heartwarming tale of friendship as well as an impressive comedy.
A year after President Sylvia Burwell released her administration’s Plan for Inclusive Excellence, AU has released a one-year progress report and committed to investing $61 million toward diversity and inclusion initiatives in 2019.
After a 9-0 run to start the game, AU men’s basketball fell 83-81 to the Colgate Raiders in overtime on Saturday in Bender Arena.
Juliana Delgado, a senior biology major, thinks AU does a great job of providing opportunities for STEM students. The problem, she said, is that students don’t know about them.
The United States’ treatment of indigenous peoples is one of its paramount national sins. The release of “Woman Walks Ahead,” a film that attempts to grapple with this scar on American history, seems deftly placed two days after the country’s symbolic birthday.
There is nothing particularly boundary-pushing about “You Were Never Really Here,” the newest effort by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay. It is a relatively procedural revenge film chronicling a man with a particular set of skills rescuing a damsel from the clutches of a group of men with sinister intentions (sound familiar?).
Sylvia Burwell is no stranger to change.
Happy Women’s History Month! Whether you’re looking for something to do before the Founder’s Day Ball or are just trying to wait out the high winds, check out these fun activities in and around the District that highlight some of the amazing women of the past and present.