Opinion

Opinion

Eagle rants

April 14

More of your snarky Eagle rants!

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: Engaging trustees and students

April 11

For the first time in its history, AU’s Board of Trustees held an open dinner in Bender Library’s Mudbox last week. In this admirable display of transparency, students were invited to discuss issues facing AU with the individuals who can actually implement solutions.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: Banning bottled water?

April 11

The campus-wide discussion about the Clean Energy Revolving Fund referendum brought to light a variety of student opinions regarding environmental policy and sustainability on campus. While the electoral victor was ultimately clear, it was also evident from the responses on the issue that the presence of passionate feelings existed in students both for and against. Preliminary signs suggest that some university group’s consideration of eradicating bottled water use on campus — as opposed to their reasonable efforts to reduce its use — may provoke a similarly polarizing response.

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Opinion

Healthy food and its urban problem

By Michael Stubel | April 11

The lack of access to healthy and affordable food is not a problem unique to Third World countries. Millions of Americans live in impoverished urban communities without the luxury of a supermarket that others may take for granted. These areas, sometimes called “food deserts,” present limited choices in the way of nutritious food options for their residents.

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Opinion

Eagle rants

April 11

More of your Eagle rants!

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: Ensuring renters’ rights

April 7

Far too often, the relevance of assignments we complete at this university can be called into question. Granted, much of our course material is assigned with the goal of benefits in the long term. But it’s always encouraging to witness a project that provides students with an immediate real-world payoff. The Students for Renters’ Rights is exactly this kind of project.

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Opinion

Tax the hipsters: an ironic proposal

By Ian Hosking | April 7

Hipsters may be the District of Columbia’s greatest public threat and it is time for solutions. With their self-consciously ironic approach to fashion and culture, hipsters inflict a toll on themselves and society. The task of discouraging this toxic trend will not be easy, but with the students of AU already strongly in favor of the necessary measures, there is hope.

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Opinion

Comparing Israel and North Korea

By Isaac Stone | April 7

When I was in Israel two years ago, I came across a rather bizarre sign. As anyone who has walked through Jerusalem knows, the city is a haven for tourist traps. These stores are usually little enclaves, selling things preferred by the American tourist, such as low-grade clothing and bumper stickers with the name of your favorite sports team written in Hebrew.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

April 7

During my freshman year of high school, the doctors discovered that my grandpa had multiple aggressive brain tumors. Although my grandpa fought his hardest, he passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, just a few months after being diagnosed. Shortly before he died, my grandpa on my dad’s side was diagnosed with Renal Cell Kidney cancer, not a very promising diagnosis. Only a few months later, my grandma Barbara – his wife – was diagnosed with lung cancer. They were both still in their 50s.

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Opinion

A note from the editor

April 7

After reviewing and revamping our policies for columns, we have decided to publish them for the remainder of the semester. Be on the lookout for opportunities to apply to be a columnist for the fall semester.

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Opinion

Eagle rants

April 7

More of your Eagle rants.

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Opinion

A message from The Eagle

March 31

The fact of the matter is that The Eagle did not approach the publication of Alex Knepper’s most recent column entirely correctly. For this, we are sorry.

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Opinion

Letters to the editor

March 31

Readers respond to Alex Knepper's recent column in The Eagle.

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Opinion

Letter from the editor

March 31

I can still remember sitting in a tiny blue chair at a wooden desk in grammar school. The fifth grade curriculum at my Catholic school required us to prepare for the sacrament of Reconciliation. Regardless of how anyone feels about religion, I still maintain that I learned an important lesson that I’ve held onto for the last 12 years. Human beings are prone to mistakes, indiscretions, sins, misjudgments — whatever your word might be for it. The best way to repent for these shortcomings is to apologize and seek to make right what one has wronged.

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Opinion

Eagle rants

March 31

More of your outrageous rants!

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Opinion

Letter from the vice president of campus life and the provost

March 31

Two top AU administrators respond to the controversy surrounding Alex Knepper's recent column.

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Opinion

Letters from the editors

March 29

The Eagle's editor in chief and managing news editor respond to criticism of March 29 column

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