Opinion

Opinion

Satire: Top 7 things AU students are looking forward to for summer break

By India Siecke | May 5

Let’s stop pretending Joe Biden is your neighbor

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Opinion: What it’s like being an immunocompromised student at AU

By Greta Mauch | May 5

Accommodation policies and apathetic attitudes effectively communicate that immunocompromised students should either leave campus or not apply in the first place

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Opinion: The US is designed for cars — not people

By Jelinda Montes | May 5

DC is not an outlier when it comes to problematic urban design

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Opinion: AU must update its emergency preparedness plans

By Alice Still | May 4

In light of the recent shootings on college campuses, AU students raise questions on campus safety

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Opinion: Improving DC’s student governments begins with a study of their faults

By Rebeca Samano | May 4

True improvement is unlikely to be met without thorough analysis of their failures

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American University’s opciones de menú problemáticas

By Paige Craig | May 4

¿Por qué asociamos uno de los únicos alimentos Latinos en el menú con la frontera? 

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Satire: AU requires Duo two-factor authentication during intimate activities

By India Siecke | April 28

After requiring two-factor authentication on all students’ Canvas and email accounts, the University takes its robust security measures to the residence halls

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Opinion: Food-insecure students are left to fend for themselves during spring break

By Rebeca Samano | April 28

The University’s limited meal plan options for spring break leave low-income students, a disproportionate amount of which are first-generation, hungry 

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Opinion: There is a mental health resource crisis at DC universities

By Alice Still | April 27

Student Government passes resolution to end the six to eight counseling session limit, illustrating students’ urge for more resources at AU and across the District

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Guest Columns

Opinion: A former Peace Corps volunteer says: Choose violence

By Connor H. O’Brien | April 27

Why words like ‘diplomacy,’ ‘ceasefire’ and ‘negotiations’ are such rubbish in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 

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Opinion: We need to interrogate AU’s alcohol culture

By Greta Mauch | April 25

Campus violence and student health cannot be addressed without reducing the prevalence of alcohol

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Opinion: Why are we paying for buildings we can’t get inside of?

By Anna Gephart | April 24

Every student should have easy access to every building on campus without worrying about accessibility

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Opinion: STEM is a patriarchal tool that undermines success in the humanities

By Meliha Ural | April 21

It is time to talk about dismantling the beliefs we are taught about these fields

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Opinion: Course registration doesn’t have to be a battle

By Rebeca Samano | April 21

As course registration subjects students to stress and fines, syllabuses should be made more accessible for increased efficiency

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Guest Columns

Opinion: Elon Musk targets newsrooms

By Samantha Margot | April 20

“By the people, for the people,” says out-of-touch billionaire

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Staff Editorial: SG is losing student faith

By The Eagle Editorial Staff | April 19

SG must be more accessible to regain student trust

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Satire: How to ruin your parents’ marriage (if it isn’t already broken)

By Jasmine Shi | April 19

Strategies and benefits to take monetary advantage over the suffering of others

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