Opinion

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Women deserve support, not shame

By Grace Arnpriester | June 17

Grace Arnpriester responds to pro-life column posted earlier this week

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Opinion

It’s time to treat our heroes like heroes

By Alex Zipper | June 17

Every day we walk to our jobs, we go to classes, we chat with friends and we do what college kids do without having fear of an incoming attack or being senselessly bombed by other governments.

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Opinion

I didn't know my activism was failing

By Shelby Moring | June 16

Try successfully explaining what the gender binary is to a 50-something year old man. By successful, I mean patiently clarifying what the term means and convincing him to believe what you are telling him is true.

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Opinion

Service learning is not your classroom

By Julia Gagnon | June 15

It was a Tuesday. We sat in the cold backroom of the center, reading a book about lions. I was worried about finishing my service hours before the end of the semester and he told me he was worried about going to jail.

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Opinion

How the Cincinatti gorilla revealed society’s obsession with “choice”

By Annamarie Rienzi | June 15

Recently, there has been a lot of rancor surrounding an incident that occurred at the Cincinnati Zoo.

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Opinion

Why Greek life is not what you think

By Alex Zipper | June 10

There I was, sitting through the interview with the guys who would eventually become my fraternity brothers.

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Opinion

We all want to make America great

By Kris Schneider | June 8

Marco Rubio promised a “new American century.” Bernie Sanders advocates for “a future to believe in.” Donald Trump says he wants to “make America great again.” Trump’s statement has drawn in the most attention this campaign cycle and has been rebuked by Democrats and Republicans alike, with the popular response from both being that “America is already great.” But is it?

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Guest Columns

Letter from the Editor: A Journey of 1,000 Miles

By Shannon Scovel | June 2

Some might equate the experience of being the editor-in-chief to running a marathon, but a marathon only lasts several hours.

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Guest Columns

It's on all of us: Naomi Zeigler urges AU to support survivors

By Naomi Zeigler | June 2

I was thirteen when I first understood what the word “rape” really meant. I had read Alice Sebold’s "The Lovely Bones;" it was one of those novels that I read too early, I was too young to cope with the text.

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Opinion

Dear Sen. Cotton, America does not have an “under-incarceration” problem

By Annamarie Rienzi | May 25

Our criminal justice system is broken. We regularly send people to jail for unnecessarily long periods of time for nonviolent, largely drug related, crimes.

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Opinion

Political discourse, disconnected

By Kris Schneider | May 25

With the 2016 presidential election upon us, politics and rhetoric are seemingly everywhere, from newspapers to television... and social media.

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Opinion

Summer at AU: life in solitude

By Sameer Chintamani | May 25

On final move out day, campus is bustling with activity as a majority of students leave one by one for summer.

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Opinion

Are you there Hollywood? It’s us, Women.

By Camila Velloso | May 19

Hollywood is a man's world. Sorry, ladies. As a feminist and film enthusiast, I find myself torn between my love for movies and my disgust for the underrepresentation of women onscreen and in the film industry.

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Opinion

Questioning What We Love: Why We Should Critically Re-watch Lemonade

By Shelby Moring | May 19

As Beyonce fans, we seem to think we know everything. Despite the meticulous literary analyses that have been written for her latest visual album drop, Lemonade, a lot of us missed one of the most explicit messages in the entire project.

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Sexual Violence: Reporting and Resources at American University

By Sara Yzaguirre | May 2

This article is not about a specific incident or student case.

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Guest Columns

Farewell to a year of service

By Sasha Gilthorpe | May 1

One day this past summer, a friend walked into the SG execs office (now called KJS, or the Kevin J.

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Opinion

Op-ed: On Trauma and Trigger Warnings

By Mary Hamula | April 28

Outgoing American Word Magazine editor-in-chief Mary Hamula opens up about gun violence and the need for trigger warnings in the classroom 

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