Columns

Opinion

Opinion: Juneteenth: A day for whom?

By Kayla Kelly | June 23

AU administration overlooks the trauma it inflicts upon Black students with performative actions

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Opinion: No, big corporations are not the only ones to blame for the climate crisis

By Isabela Linares Uscher | June 21

We have a responsibility to change the way we consume

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Opinion: AUx2 misses the mark, but it’s not just the University’s fault

By Riley Lorgus | June 14

Students should increase their participation before criticizing

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Opinion: Will COVID-19 permanently affect the college internship model?

By Diana Gertsenshteyn | April 16

The future of a core element of AU’s Wonk Culture is unclear

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Opinion: Discussing the hysteria around cancel culture in relation to our media consumption

By Diana Gertsenshteyn | April 14

In this respect, the meaning of the cultural phenomenon has been unrecognizably diluted

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Opinion: AU should get involved in vaccination efforts when it can

By Riley Lorgus | April 13

The University can support students, faculty and staff by streamlining rollout

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Opinion: What is AUSG doing for us?

By Alexis Bernstein | April 13

AUSG must improve its outreach to be easily accessible to all students

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Opinión: Es momento de redefinir la forma en la que entendemos el día internacional de la mujer

By Isabela Linares Uscher | April 11

El día internacional de la mujer, más que un día para celebrar, tiene que ser un día para pensar en el trabajo que tenemos que hacer

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Opinion: AUSG should only have need-based stipends

By Riley Lorgus | April 1

Money spent on stipends could be put to better use

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Opinion: Freshmen feel more disconnected from AU than ever

By Alexis Bernstein | March 30

The University should be doing more to help freshmen feel a part of the AU community

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Opinion: The way you might define America or American is more problematic than you think

By Isabela Linares Uscher | March 27

It is time to realize that America is more than the U.S. and question what it means to be American

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Opinión: Año escolar desde casa: dos estudiantes comparten su experiencia

By Aline Behar Kado and Ronaldo Bolaños | March 24

Una reflexión sobre las clases en línea desde la perspectiva de estudiantes lejos de D.C.

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Opinion: Dear SIS students: what do you really know?

By Isabela Linares Uscher | March 18

Students in SIS employ harmful rhetoric toward international students from the very countries they study

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Opinion: Corporate pollutants must be condemned

By Abby Longo | March 10

Individual sustainability efforts should be vetted in favor of large-scale policy advocacy

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Opinion: Q&A with Nickolaus Mack, a former opinion editor who catalyzed influence of slavery working group

By Kayla Kelly | February 25

Mack talks University’s slavery ties, research process and what’s left to discuss in racial conversations

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Opinión: Piensa dos veces antes de hacer ese voluntariado que tanto quieres

By Isabela Linares Uscher | February 24

Si realmente quieres ayudar, los viajes misioneros o voluntariados no son tu mejor opción

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Opinion: Repairing the Counseling Center’s broken relationship with AU community starts with building and earning the trust of students

By Maanasi Natarajan and Max Rubin | February 23

These are the steps the Counseling Center must take

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