Columns

Opinion

Opinion: The way you might define America or American is more problematic than you think

By Isabela Linares Uscher | March 27

It is time to realize that America is more than the U.S. and question what it means to be American

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Opinión: Año escolar desde casa: dos estudiantes comparten su experiencia

By Aline Behar Kado and Ronaldo Bolaños | March 24

Una reflexión sobre las clases en línea desde la perspectiva de estudiantes lejos de D.C.

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Opinion: Dear SIS students: what do you really know?

By Isabela Linares Uscher | March 18

Students in SIS employ harmful rhetoric toward international students from the very countries they study

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Opinion: Corporate pollutants must be condemned

By Abby Longo | March 10

Individual sustainability efforts should be vetted in favor of large-scale policy advocacy

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Opinion: Q&A with Nickolaus Mack, a former opinion editor who catalyzed influence of slavery working group

By Kayla Kelly | February 25

Mack talks University’s slavery ties, research process and what’s left to discuss in racial conversations

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Opinión: Piensa dos veces antes de hacer ese voluntariado que tanto quieres

By Isabela Linares Uscher | February 24

Si realmente quieres ayudar, los viajes misioneros o voluntariados no son tu mejor opción

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Opinion: Repairing the Counseling Center’s broken relationship with AU community starts with building and earning the trust of students

By Maanasi Natarajan and Max Rubin | February 23

These are the steps the Counseling Center must take

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Opinion: Mid-Semester Residential Experience could enforce settler colonialism

By Kayla Kelly | February 21

The influx of financially-affluent white students entering D.C. could dilute its “chocolate city.”

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Opinion: Take our public servants off of the pedestal

By Diana Gertsenshteyn | February 11

Our student body needs to be more conscious of idol worship

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Opinion: America is a failing state

By Samantha Margot | December 7

To make change, we need to reconstitute our republic

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Opinion: Normalize making folks with disabilities a priority.

By Kayla Kelly | November 7

Stop making learning platforms a one-size-fits-all model, whether online or not.

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Public health education is more important now than ever

By Therese Wilson | October 27

 COVID-19 proves that public health requires education 

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Opinion: AU must take more decisive action to support students for the fall semester

By Lauren Patetta | June 22

Questions of tuition reduction and housing need to be taken seriously by University

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Opinion: Attacks on free press during protests are detrimental

By Samantha Margot | June 16

In order to have a functioning democracy we need press coverage

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Opinion: Toxic friends are preventing you from taking full advantage of your college experience

By Costa Beavin | March 8

Signs that you have an emotionally manipulative friend in your life

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Opinion: Construction confusion is a symptom of a larger issue

February 13

Lack of communication on construction projects reveals disconnect between students and administration

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Opinion: Vaping crisis or gun crisis?

By Costa Beavin | February 6

Trump administration prioritizes wrong epidemic affecting schools

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