Guest Columns

Guest Columns

Op-ed: I believe it’s time for something different

By Sasha Gilthorpe | March 18

SG President endorses Devontae Torriente

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Guest Columns

Op-Ed: Setting the record straight

By Faith Ferber | March 17

When a community-wide memo is sent out, American University students expect it to be honest and accurate, to provide us with the truth so that we can make informed and educated opinions.

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Guest Columns

Op-Ed: Who's driving you?

By Camila Velloso | March 9

Students need to be aware of how Uber operates.

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Guest Columns

Op-Ed: Andrew Popper is the students' choice for WCL dean

By Allan Poteshman | February 22

Life often boils down to two things: connections and compassion. I am not talking about Washington-style connections, I am talking about the intangibles that are developed only by exuding compassion from your core.

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Guest Columns

In pursuit of a more inclusive university

By Neil Kerwin | November 4

President Neil Kerwin addresses recently expressed concerns about campus climate and racism.

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Guest Columns

Op-Ed: Refugee crisis demands U.S. action

By Jackson W. Pincus | October 27

We shouldn’t stand by during this humanitarian catastrophe, argues Jackson Pincus.

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Op-Ed: Much of AU inaccessible for disabled wonks

By Jennifer Bohlman | October 27

Students with disabilities are suffering due to inaccessible older buildings on campus.

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Op-ed: Inequality is driving the obesity epidemic

By Noah Levy | September 25

Freshman Noah Levy spoke to AU Professor Katya Salmi about the relationship between poverty and health.

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Op-ed: Protest Madeleine Albright’s October visit to AU

By Bill Kakenmaster | September 24

SIS junior Bill Kakenmaster argues students should scrutinize Madeleine Albright’s record as closely as did Dick Cheney’s.

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Guest Columns

Op-ed: Is Welcome Week worth it?

By Omou Barry | September 2

Programs for incoming students are too expensive, freshman Omou Barry writes.

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Guest Columns

Op-Ed: Student body deserves more honest SG elections

By Abby Dunn | March 27

Abby Dunn on why Sasha Gilthorpe should be the next SG President. 

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Op-Ed: It’s time for the University to stand up to EI

By Aaron Marks , Faith Ferber and Naomi Zeigler | March 20

The Students Against Sexual Violence comment on the reemergence of EI members on campus.

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Guest Columns

Op-Ed: Kerwin and Trustees, We’re Drowning in Debt

By Bryan Paz | February 18

We are told a college education is key to a successful future, yet earning a degree leaves us drowning in debt.

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Guest Columns

Op-Ed: AU Trustee Linked to Racial and Economic Inequality in D.C.

By Katie Kirchner | February 10

Those running American University should be making decisions that benefit students, the D.C. community and the academic institution--not personal interests

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Guest Columns

Op-Ed: On Fossil Fuels, Trustees Can’t Be Trusted

By Audrey Irvine-Broque and David Shadburn | January 28

The Fossil Free AU coalition intends to expose the institutions that maintain the power and influence of the fossil fuel industry, even on our own campus.

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Guest Columns

Column: No, Let’s Not Cut PBS Funding

By Chase Cabot | January 28

Despite what the increasingly dogmatic right believes, the answer to every social problem is not to privatize everything.

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Opinion

It's time to cut PBS funding

By Zachary Andrews | January 20

School of Public Affairs junior Zachary Andrews argues that PBS should cut funding and add commercials.

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