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Bender Library and LGBTQ+ affinity groups create community display celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility

By Maya Cederlund | April 4

All submissions by trans and nonbinary students to be showcased

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Muslim students look ahead to a full month of Ramadan during finals season

By Rebeka Rafi and Zoe Kallenekos | March 31

This is the first time all of Ramadan has taken place entirely in-semester since 2008 

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Student government referendum finds 1,100 voting students do not support presence of social Greek life

By Abigail Turner | March 31

Majority of voters expressed support for more community-building alternatives to social Greek life

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BREAKING: Student government presidential election decertified by undergraduate senate

By Abigail Turner and Vera Tsang | March 30

Durham, Maxwell and Galimi elected to executive board, elections commission to hold new election for president

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‘When They Call You a Terrorist’ authors discuss the power of memoir and community

By Abigail Pritchard | March 30

‘Memoir is part of the larger excavation if we’re truly interested in truth’

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Event sparks controversy over featured speaker and Palestinian activist Mohammed El-Kurd

By Maeve Fishel | March 29

A petition called on student organizations to stop sponsoring the event

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Student Government pushes to revive football at American University

By Ben Morse | March 29

University not interested in adding a football team, officials say

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SIS emergency fund helps students facing immediate short-term financial situations

By Weslan Hansen | March 28

Fund place the focus on short-term hardships that wouldn’t be solved by long-term solutions like scholarships

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Meet the spring 2022 student government executive branch candidates

By Abigail Turner and Vera Tsang | March 28

SG elections begin Monday at 12 p.m.

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Student Government hosts first-ever State of the Union Gala

By Abigail Turner | March 25

SG President Chyna Brodie speaks on resilience of AU community

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Student Government president suspended for one week after reelection campaign sanctioned by Judicial Board

By Weslan Hansen | March 24

Brodie campaign faces sanctions after being found guilty of violating codes in the Elections Policy Book

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Women’s Initiative welcomes author Michelle Alexander to speak in honor of Women’s History Month

By Mina Allen | March 21

The talk covered Alexander’s ‘The New Jim Crow’ and mass-incarceration

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Students protest University’s recent mask-optional policy

By Zoe Bell | March 21

At a Sunday rally, student organizations speak out against University’s decision to end its mask mandate

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RECIPES project aims to expand knowledge of food waste in pursuit of a more sustainable food system

By Kate Corliss | March 16

National Science Foundation grant enabling research is the largest awarded in AU’s history

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Club sports teams face difficulties with securing field time

By Mackenzie Konjoyan | March 15

Communication, limited space pose challenges for non-varsity athletes

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Letts Hall entrance closed each night indefinitely due to desk receptionist shortage

By Zoe Kallenekos | March 5

Residents were notified of the change about 7 hours before it went into effect

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AU Disabled Student Union holds a vigil in honor of Disability Day of Mourning

By Mina Allen | March 5

Vigil remembers lives lost to abuse, filicide and ableism

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