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News

California congresswoman to speak at AU

By Courtney Rozen | February 24

Rep. Barbara Lee to appear in honor of Women’s History Month

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News

Five DC neighborhoods for college students

By Adena Maier | February 24

To outsiders, it may seem like D.C. is simply a historic and political city with a lot of monuments and museums.

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Guest Columns

Op-ed: “He’s just saying what we’re all thinking:” How political correctness fails us in the age of Trump

By Joe Henao | February 24

I wasn’t quite sure if it was a universal maxim, but I had heard friends of mine recite the humourous adage, “he’s just saying what we’re all thinking,” fictitiously assuming the role of the cucked Trump supporter proclaiming their admiration for our new Commander-in-Chief and his knack for stating the obscene, perverse and politically incorrect.

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Basketball

Women’s basketball hold on for crucial victory over Navy

By Vincent Salandro | February 23

Two Reads: JE For the second time in the span of a week, the AU women’s basketball team saw a large fourth quarter lead evaporate.

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News

“Breaking Ground Monologues” brings powerful performances

By Elisabeth Holmes | February 22

Students wrote and performed personal pieces in the show’s campus premiere

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Think about workers before you talk about sweatshops

By Dan Fitzgerald | February 22

We have lost our humanity. I’m not talking about the kind Jimmy Carter talked about in his televised speech in 1979.

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News

Global health case competition will be on March 1

By Jonathan Bergman | February 22

AU students will go head to head on March 1 presenting their solutions to prevent substance abuse during this year’s AU Global Health Case Competition, sponsored by the Department of Health Studies and the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Guest Columns

Op-ed: AU is paying banks with your tuition money

By Erin Thomas | February 21

Financialization is defined as “increase in the size, scope, and power of the financial sector—the people and firms that manage money and underwrite stocks, bonds, derivatives, and other securities—relative to the rest of the economy.” In fact, only 15 percent of the money in our economic system winds up in the “real” economy.

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Opinion

Space exploration programs must continue

By Olivia Richter | February 21

There have been few events in world history that have successfully connected people from all around the planet regardless of country or culture.

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Music

Concert Preview: Japandroids

By Griffin Rowell | February 21

Canadian rock duo comes to the 9:30 club on Feb. 27 and 28

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News

Ardeo Bardeo, a National Treasure

By Jack Reilly | February 21

Nestled off of busy Connecticut Ave. lies a restaurant that most passersby won’t spot at first glance.

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Opinion

Where are the Black editors?

By Ryan Shepard | February 20

Examining the lack of Black executive board members in student media

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News

Review: The Taming of the Shrew

By Arielle Weg | February 20

Synetic Theater will perform the Shakespearean play through March 19

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Opinion

The commercialization of the resistance

By Julia Gagnon | February 20

To run a good campaign, to start a movement or to mobilize the masses, you need a strong, catchy message.

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Sports

Eagles fade late, lose to Holy Cross 69-54

By Matt Holt | February 20

The AU men’s basketball team battled against the defending Patriot League champions the Holy Cross Crusaders but eventually came up short, losing 69-54. Bender Arena was mostly full for senior day, in which all of the team’s graduating players were honored before the game.

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News

Working it out with Solidcore

By Anusheh Khan | February 20

There’s no playing around when it comes to Solidcore. The gym offers an intense 50-minute class that will make you feel muscles you didn’t even know you had. The studio offers a full-body workout session on a resistance based machine that works your slow and fast-twitch muscle fibers, eventually leading to a toner and leaner body.

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News

Activist DeRay Mckesson stresses importance of resistance under Trump

By Haley Samsel | February 20

Wearing his signature blue Patagonia vest, activist and educator DeRay Mckesson arrived at AU on Thursday night to share his views on educational policies like school choice as well as answer questions about his experiences as an organizer.

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