Opinion

Opinion

Staff Editorial: Conduct code changes: ‘Best practice,’ or just babying?

September 13

Responsibility seems to be the name of the game these days. Between our parents trusting us to not screw up too badly as we left for college to the state giving us permission to vote and enlist in the military, we have been assuming more and more responsibility since we turned 18. However, recent changes to the Student Conduct Code’s off-campus policies and procedures has us wondering whether AU thinks we need a babysitter.

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Opinion

Op-Ed: Same problem, new university

September 13

I’ve seen it before in Wisconsin, and I’m seeing it in D.C. today. Back in 2008 and 2009, local communities, especially in Milwaukee, wanted the University of Wisconsin to crack down on students’ off-campus conduct. The police had more important things to do than show up to cite students for breaking a noise ordinance, and area residents wanted the universities to force their students to be good neighbors.

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Opinion

Editorial cartoon: TDR — Solution to America's Obesity Problem?

By Joe Corcoran | September 13

An editorial cartoon for The Eagle.

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Opinion

Five questions with Rob Hradsky

September 13

The Eagle sat down with Rob Hradsky, dean of students.

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Opinion

The Student Advocacy Center breaks down changes to the Student Conduct Code

By Matt Kabak | September 13

An op-ed on the changes to the Student Conduct Code, written by Assistant Director of the Student Advocacy Center Matt Kabak.

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Opinion

Exploring AU’s claims to diversity

By Sarah McHaney | September 13

American University prides itself on diversity. Ambassadors are constantly telling all prospective students about the wide range of nationalities, social/cultural backgrounds, and future aspirations that they will find on AU’s campus.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: AU ignores strengths with ‘wonk’

September 13

Geography can be helpful (or hindering) in building up the brand of a university. Certainly the city of Boston imbues a certain heritage of debate and American investigation upon the Harvard Crimson. As if to say, it’s cold here so the privileged (Emerson, Holmes, Thoreau) prefer to stay inside and pontificate.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Pacifism and propaganda

September 13

Before I can say anything about why I do not subscribe to pacifist ideology, first, before anything else, I feel the need to clear up some glaring misconceptions you seem to have about the history of pacifism and its role in social movements.

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Opinion

Eagle rants

September 11

More of your Eagle rants!

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Eagle rants

September 4

More of your Eagle rants!

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Opinion

Op-Ed: How you can help on Labor Day

By Hilda Solis | September 4

For many college students, Labor Day means the end of a summer job (or summer fun), the start of a new school year, and perhaps the kickoff of the college football season.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Pacifism 'not to be taken out with the trash'

September 4

This is a response to Michael Dranove's inane commentary on the uselessness of pacifism. As a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a graduate student in the USFP program at the School of International Service, I could not disagree with Mr. Dranove more.

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Opinion

Eagle rants

August 29

More of your rants!

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Opinion

Getting to KNOW/WONK

August 29

By now, we’ve all seen the invasion of “wonk” on campus. From “Service wonks” and “Welcome wonks” to Peace and Global wonk T-shirts, wonk has infiltrated campus life — but not without some controversy.

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Opinion

‘Citizen of the world’ enters The Eagle’s nest

By Conor Shapiro | August 29

It strikes me as a tad ironic to have matriculated to AU. I consider myself a citizen of the world before a citizen of the United States. I shun patriotic pride and claim no honor in anything without the prerequisite of merit. Blind patriotism is analogous with white pride, black pride, gay pride or straight pride. Seems to me I had no choice in the matter, and if I did, I would’ve preferred to resemble Denzel Washington instead of a collision between Kramer and Andy Roddick.

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Opinion

Five questions with Teresa Flannery

August 29

The Eagle sat down with Teresa Flannery, director of Communications and Marketing.

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Opinion

Filmmakers have moral duty to accurately depict wild

By Chris Palmer | August 29

Sharks in a bloody feeding frenzy, thrashing in the water and devouring their prey. Bears tearing and clawing away at whatever unfortunate creature comes within their grasp. These scenes have become commonplace in recent years as part of the larger explosion in nature and wildlife programming on television and in theaters. But how much do we know about how these films are made?

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