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Opinion: Social media adds to election stress

By Addie DiPaolo | December 10

Election stress is necessary, but staying on social media fans its unhelpful flames

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Opinion: Advising at AU is moving in the wrong direction

By Julia R. Cooper | December 10

Cutting student-centered advising programs moves towards a depersonalized model

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Opinion: Responsible use of AI will prevent AI job replacement

By Sara Shibata | December 9

Humans are the root of the issue in the AI “takeover”

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Opinion: Administration knows community doesn’t want to arm AUPD

By Julia R. Cooper | December 9

Despite dissent from students, AU pushes ‘community engagement’ in decision without acknowledging community

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Opinion: The Harris-Walz campaign failed Arab Americans

By Harbani Kohli | December 6

Historically blue groups outstandingly voted Republican or third-party this election – why?

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Opinion: Burnout is inevitable — why not learn to cope with it?

By Ritika Shroff | December 4

Burnout will happen even if we try to avoid it, but how we deal with it is more important

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Opinion: AUx2 is getting the ax for the 2025 spring semester

By Mari Santos | December 4

Revamp of AU Core raises questions over the program’s motives

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Opinion: Campus security needs to consider the day-to-day lives of students

By Avyay Sriperumbudur | November 18

Certain security measures are inconvenient to students

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Opinion: America needs to change the way it thinks about prisoners

By Addie DiPaolo | November 14

To understand the prison-industrial complex, prisoners need to be understood as individuals, not just as offenders

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Staff Editorial: American University needs to establish transparent approaches to the potential arming of AUPD

By The Eagle Editorial Board | November 8

It’s time for AU to prove its commitment to discourse by including the student body in campus safety decisions

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Opinion: Far-right conspiracy theories are a detriment to public safety

By Alana Parker | November 6

Conservative politicians, media figures are fueling baseless conspiracy theories, diverting attention from climate relief efforts

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Opinion: The disproportionate representation in the Electoral College is unfair

By Addie DiPaolo | November 5

From a swing state voter, the Electoral College needs to go

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Opinion: Students across AU face issues with their mail-in ballots

By Ritika Shroff | November 5

During this critical election year, even the most liberal universities found issues with mail-in ballots

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Opinion: The Democrats are losing the plot

By Alice Still | November 4

Democrats are doing more to appease Republicans than to protect vulnerable groups, specifically the trans community

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Staff Editorial: The celebration of the American University janitors union contract must be balanced with continuous efforts for ethical employment

By The Eagle Editorial Board | October 31

Both student and administration efforts must improve for AU’s janitors

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Opinion: Has social media killed presidential debates?

By Addie DiPaolo | October 29

Vice President Harris and former President Trump’s debate looked distinctly different than ones of the past

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Advice: Embracing the unknown

By Mari Santos | October 18

Deciding whether to study abroad doesn’t have to be a rollercoaster

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