Rebeca Samano

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Opinion: Improving DC’s student governments begins with a study of their faults

By Rebeca Samano | 05/04/2023

True improvement is unlikely to be met without thorough analysis of their failures

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Opinion: Food-insecure students are left to fend for themselves during spring break

By Rebeca Samano | 04/28/2023

The University’s limited meal plan options for spring break leave low-income students, a disproportionate amount of which are first-generation, hungry 

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Opinion: Course registration doesn’t have to be a battle

By Rebeca Samano | 04/21/2023

As course registration subjects students to stress and fines, syllabuses should be made more accessible for increased efficiency

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Opinion: Accents represent courage and knowledge

By Rebeca Samano | 04/14/2023

Complaints about professors with non-American accents at AU are disrespectful and close-minded

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Opinion: AU doesn’t just want your money, it wants your emotional labor too

By Rebeca Samano | 01/26/2023

With a lack of response to on-campus sexual violence, AU pushes activism and the fight for safety onto students, taking an emotional toll

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Opinion: Experts on empty promises and being performative: AU’s administration and Office of Equity and Title IX

By Rebeca Samano | 12/06/2022

With lack of communication, reform and implementation of its discriminatory policies, AU disregards students and their experiences

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Opinion: AU contributes to problems of housing and food insecurity

By Rebeca Samano | 11/28/2022

American University’s lack of communication and failure to maintain basic facilities puts marginalized students at further risk