Opinion

Opinion

AU doesn’t give students adequate opportunities to explore different areas of study

By Samantha McAllister | December 7

The “liberal arts experience” draws students to colleges and universities across the country.

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Opinion

How ‘Stranger Things’ is making scientific curiosity cool

By Olivia Richter | December 4

The show encourages viewers to seek knowledge

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Guest Columns

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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Guest Columns

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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Opinion

To SG Senate: Will we actually get down to business?

By Mark Lu | November 15

If the Senate is going to fulfill any promises, it’s going to come from advocacy

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Guest Columns

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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Opinion

The AU shuttle service has reached a low point

By Sonikka Loganathan | November 14

Everyday hundreds of American University students gather around their nearest shuttle stop with glossy eyes staring at their phones, friends huddled together, waiting for the AU shuttle to take them to Tenleytown.

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Opinion

When winter makes you SAD

By Olivia Richter | November 10

Dealing with seasonal affective disorder as young adults

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Opinion

Letter from the opinion editor: We’re launching Voices

By Nickolaus Mack | November 8

Voices will be a platform for underrepresented communities to share opinions on race, gender, socioeconomics and culture

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Guest Columns

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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Opinion

AU leaves students in the dark with campus climate survey results

By The Eagle Editorial Staff | November 3

American University has once again completed its biannual campus climate survey. If this is the first you are hearing of said survey, don’t worry, because you’re not alone. Administrators conducted a survey of random students in the Spring of 2017, compiled the data and released some of that information to the public at an Oct.

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Guest Columns

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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Opinion

We need to talk about the Global Gag Rule

By Madelynn Bovasso | November 1

How you can help overturn a dangerous rule

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Opinion

What recent hurricanes have proven in relation to climate change

By Arushi Gupta | October 29

We need to take serious action in environmental policies

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Opinion

Newsflash: AU is a science school

By Olivia Richter | October 28

How I plan to use my undergraduate education to pursue naturopathic medicine

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: Stress is not the benchmark for student success

By The Eagle Editorial Board | October 26

If midterms are driving you crazy, just know that you are not alone. Take a moment, breathe in deep and find something you love doing.

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Opinion

Jeff Chang’s literary façade

By Mark Lu | October 26

It only took several seconds and a single question from a seedy-looking political science major in a ponytail to expose the central deficiency of Jeff Chang’s “We Gon’ Be Alright,” the book that served as required reading for AU freshmen enrolled in college writing courses this fall.

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