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The time has come for fixed tuition

By Yasaman Hakami | January 26

In reality, families probably know how much their student’s first year at college will cost. However, the level of unpredictability in tuition for subsequent years can be a bigger source of anxiety.

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American University’s healthy food options remain limited

By Kimberly Rothberg | November 30

There aren’t enough choices for grab-and-go healthy food

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D.C.’s homeless youth, one of the city’s unseen problems

By Steve Cammarota | November 16

Ghosts are real, and they live in the gutter of the American dream. They live on sidewalks and park benches.

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Op-ed: A reflection on Kerwin and Burwell

By Grace George | November 15

More of the same, where is the change?

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Yasaman Hakami: Bullying is not welcome in Senate race

By Yasaman Hakami | November 8

Bullying is not welcome here, writes senate candidate Yasaman Hakami

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A rebuttal to Richard Spencer’s hate speech and ‘ethnostates’

By Michael T. Barry Jr. | November 3

Spencer’s statements on Poland and Israel were both dangerous and ahistorical

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A critique of modern protests

By Jay Wolfson | October 19

Protests without vision do not serve communities beyond catharsis

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Op-ed: Solidarity and education are the keys to fighting hate

By Lauren Strauss | October 11

As I witnessed what happened on campus last month, I had one overriding thought: we have seen this before.

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Op-ed: Our AU community and the role of the student trustee

By Valentina Fernandez | October 9

Current Student Trustee Valentina Fernandez offers students her thoughts after another racial incident on campus

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Op-ed: AU is inaccessible

By Bobby Zitzmann | October 4

The University needs to make the campus accessible to people with disabilities

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Op-ed: New ban, same Islamophobia

By Michael T. Barry Jr. | October 3

Trump’s third travel ban still targets Muslims, writes Michael T. Barry Jr.

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Op-ed: Is there a link between September’s hurricanes and climate change?

By Olivia Richter | October 2

This September has seen one deadly and destructive hurricane after another.

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Staff Editorial: Expulsions are a good start to an overdue solution

By The Eagle Editorial Board | September 12

17 years later, AU is only beginning to stop Epsilon Iota

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Op-ed: Beware the national debt

By Natalie De Vincenzi | June 28

The national debt is frightening, Natalie De Vincenzi writes

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Op-ed: AU must support journalists

By Fallon Forbush | June 15

Fallon Forbush criticizes AU's decision to keep professional journalists off campus

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Op-ed: Unifying our community after hate

By Jordan Barth | June 8

Jordan Barth advocates for healing within AU community

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Op-ed: A special thank you to former AU President Kerwin

By Joe Vidulich | June 7

The American University Alumni Board expresses thanks to the former president for his leadership

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