Opinion

Opinion

Staff editorial: We can’t afford for AUPD to be an ineffective communicator

By The Eagle Editorial Board | September 14

After concerns about alert system in July, AUPD must improve its communication

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Opinion

Satire: Inspiring! This really mean freshman wrote her admissions essay about kindness

By Bobbie Armstrong | September 6

Her roommate had a breakdown and moved out after just one week

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Opinion

Opinion: D.C. Council practices 'pick and choose' democracy with plans to overturn Initiative 77

By Braeden Waddell | August 31

The voters made their decision about raising the tipped wage. So why won’t the City Council respect them?

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Opinion

Satire: Anderson Hall mice make push to unionize

By Bobbie Armstrong | August 30

The revolution is happening — in the walls

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Opinion

Opinion: White women need to talk about race

By Samantha McAllister | August 26

After repeatedly calling police on unassuming African-Americans, white women need to step up

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Opinion

Satire: Student files roommate transfer request after discovering roommate prefers Georgetown Cupcake to Baked and Wired

By Lauren Patetta | August 20

"I can’t live under these conditions," freshman says

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Opinion

Opinion: Supporting freedom of the press will make America great again

By Sonikka Loganathan | August 16

A response to the Trump administration's continued attacks on journalism

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Opinion

Opinion: The AU Alert system has failed students

By Samantha McAllister | August 11

With events ranging from an armed intruder to gas leaks, the alert system is inconsistent

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Guest Columns

Opinion: Out with Maria Butina and in with new national security organization

By Kevin Norton | August 10

Butina started conversation that Alexander Hamilton Society will continue in the fall

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Where AU stands, one year after a hate crime shook university to its core

By The Eagle Editorial Board | May 1

Today marks the unfortunate anniversary of the May 1 hate crime that shook the foundations of American University by targeting our most marginalized community: black students.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: We’re joining the call to #SaveStudentNewsrooms

By The Eagle Editorial Board | April 25

Loss of editorial and financial independence of campus publications pose a threat to transparency at colleges

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Opinion

How we can understand and reignite the Poor People’s Campaign

By Rebekah Escala | April 23

In light of the 50th anniversary of 1968, we must utilize the D.C. Public Library’s resources to expand our knowledge of history

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Opinion

To print or not to print

By Stephanie Mirah | April 20

American University prides itself on being environmentally friendly. The campus is an arboretum and the classrooms use motion-sensored lights.

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Guest Columns

A brief post-slavery history of African-Americans at American University

By Nickolaus Mack | April 19

Despite petitions, Hurst’s belief in education for all and personal regret for his prior treatment of Blacks, Hurst founded the University as a whites-only institution, without any explicit integration policy, in 1893.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: With Burwell’s honeymoon stage over, administrators stand at a fork in the road

By The Eagle Editorial Board | April 18

A little more than a year ago, our editorial board considered what we’d like to see from Sylvia Burwell as our next University president. Chiefly among our hopes, we requested that Burwell maintain an open line of communication with the student body.

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Opinion

Letter from the editor: Thank you for the experience of a lifetime

By Courtney Rozen | April 17

Farewell from Courtney Rozen, The Eagle's outgoing editor-in-chief

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Opinion

Burwell presidency is an example of women’s leadership

By Samantha McAllister | April 16

As a senior in high school, the announcement that Sylvia Burwell would be the president of American University during my time at AU was incredibly exciting.

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