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Opinion: AU doesn’t just want your money, it wants your emotional labor too

By Rebeca Samano · Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023

With a lack of response to on-campus sexual violence, AU pushes activism and the fight for safety onto students, taking an emotional toll

Opinion: Experts on empty promises and being performative: AU’s administration and Office of Equity and Title IX

By Rebeca Samano · Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022

With lack of communication, reform and implementation of its discriminatory policies, AU disregards students and their experiences

Opinion: Ambitious students are let down by restrictive regulations for Combined Degree Programs

By Jelinda Montes · Friday, Dec. 2, 2022

Advising on the Combined Bachelor’s and Master’s programs is often conflicting, leaving students confused on policies and rules

Opinion

Opinion: AU contributes to problems of housing and food insecurity

By Rebeca Samano | November 28

American University’s lack of communication and failure to maintain basic facilities puts marginalized students at further risk

Opinion

Opinion: Stand with your striking staff

By PJ Cunningham | August 22

As our adjuncts and staff prepare to go on strike for a fairer contract, we are called to examine labor’s rich past and help fight for its critical future by aiding our educators in their crusade

Opinion

Opinion: Too burnt out to write a good title

By Anna Gephart | July 13

Students are burnt out but aren’t able to rest up due to today's expectations

Coronavirus

I was hospitalized for COVID-19 while in isolation housing

By Jordan Young | June 24

Here is what the AU community should know

Opinion

A last word: farewell from The Eagle's class of 2022

By The Eagle Staff | April 29

The Eagle's class of 2022 reflects on their time on staff

Opinion

Opinion: When you put respect to the test, do the changemakers pass?

By Anna Gephart | April 25

From the Newsstands: This story appeared in The Eagle's April 2022 print edition. You can find the digital version here. American University has dubbed its students as “changemakers.” These students will be leaders in scholarship, learning and community and are driven by values such as integrity ...

Opinion

Opinion: Here we go again

By Stephen Ailinger | April 22

The University ignores reality in reinstituting mask mandate

Opinion

Opinion: AU’s sendoff for the women’s basketball team was great, let’s keep it going

By Anna Gephart | April 19

American University should be celebrating all women’s sports all the time

Opinion

Opinion: The bad and ugly of American University’s only testing center

By Allie Grande | March 25

Individual COVID-19 test kits could incentivize students to continue testing

Opinion

Opinion: Being a transfer student at AU is not for the faint of heart

By Kamryn Olds | February 17

I still grapple with complicated feelings about the overall experience of being a new student

Opinion

Opinion: Students deserve safe and healthy housing on campus

By Anna Gephart | February 10

University leaves some residence halls unchanged despite health and safety concerns

Opinion

Opinion: Black allyship or Black erasure?

By Kayla Kelly | February 9

AU administration and its students fail to create and sustain a safe space for marginalized communities

Opinion

Opinion: AU Counseling Center needs to increase appointment accessibility

By Sierra Rodriguez | February 8

The AU Counseling Center is unacceptably slow at getting students in for appointments

Opinion

Opinion: AU’s KN95 mandate needs work

By Alexis Bernstein | February 7

AU must make KN95 masks more accessible to students

Opinion

The AU community has a duty to help and protect DC’s unhoused — here’s how they can

By PJ Cunningham | February 4

Mayor Bowser’s government has not acted in the unhoused’s best interests

Opinion

Opinion: Mandatory testing at American University is necessary

By Allie Grande | February 3

In the wake of the Omicron variant, testing can ensure the health of all students and outside communities

Opinion

Opinion: Students bear the responsibility of the University’s shortcomings in move to online learning

By Anna Gephart | January 24

AU puts return to campus on students with no reduction in housing prices and the coronavirus surging

The UFL and Why it's Good for the Sport

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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