Delivering American University's news and views since 1925 | Wednesday, March 22, 2023
This article originally appeared in The Eagle's Feb. 24, 2017 special edition. On April 27, 1989, students across the People’s Republic of China took to the streets in an act of defiance against the repressive totalitarian government under which they lived.
“The Eagle” recently published a column on Audi’s Super Bowl commercial that drew attention to the company’s commitment to equal pay.
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.
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.
If you can, take off one of your shoes. Go ahead; I’ll wait. Check to see where it was made. Chances are, your shoes, like most clothing we wear, were manufactured in a developing country in Asia or Latin America.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Did you know February 14 is also National Condom Day in the United States? Sexual health advocates have worked hard to make the message clear: while you’re doing whatever sexy things you’re doing on Valentine’s Day, be sure to wrap it up.
I have a few questions regarding next steps for those that agree with last week’s op-ed calling refugee resettlement in the U.S.
In its ongoing efforts to help control increasing energy costs while reducing environmental impacts, American University’s Energy & Engineering team (E&E) incorporates submetering to its practices.
Too often, environmentalists’ fervent calls for clean energy are matched only by their rejection of it
The president had a terrible Sunday
I have come to the realization that I have been underestimating the people of AU. During my past years on campus, I have neglected to speak about my experience of having a service dog - mostly because I was sure that not only would people not understand, but that I would be met with a level of distrust and general disinterest that I could not handle.
On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that, among other things, bans foreign nationals from seven different countries, suspends the admission of refugees for 120 days and places an indefinite halt on the admittance of Syrian refugees.
“There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” Since Jan. 20, from a leftist perspective, this statement could not be further from the truth.
With the fall of Aleppo to pro-Assad forces , the international community is on the edge of its seat.
Dear Coach Mike Brennan, the 1980s Princeton basketball team called— it wants its offense back.
Jaya Bali discusses her feelings after attending Women's March
Can the game of soccer change lives? A group of American University and University of Miami students tested that theory with a charity project we founded in 2015.
Donald Trump is absolutely correct. There, I said it. His claims throughout the campaign trail and now in the days before his inauguration that political correctness has become a plague to public discourse could not be more true.
I know the following statement will come as a surprise to the entire Democratic Party, the mainstream media, and most of this campus, but stick with me.
Racism. A word with so much power, it often is avoided in discussion by those who aren’t well versed in what it means.
