Guest Columns

Guest Columns

Opinion: Disabled people are excluded by unmasked protesting

By Greta Mauch | December 8

Activists must start by making their movements survivable

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Letter to the Editor: The Eagle’s EIC, other student media leaders deserve their stipends

By Heather Mongilio | November 29

The disbanding of the Student Media Board raises multiple concerns including editorial independence and a lack of stipend for organization leaders

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Opinion: The missing piece of the climate movement and how AU students are filling it

By Eli Duncan-Gilmour | September 6

EDCO is fighting for local power and climate action

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Opinion: AU drops investigation of protected political speech, but questions remain about expressive freedom on campus

By Lara Schwartz and Thomas Merrill | July 12

An open letter cosigned by AU faculty 

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Opinion: “I Love Female Orgasm” was an empowering night tainted by male selfishness

By Ella Rousseau | April 22

Unfortunate instances of disrespect and arrogance by men at a feminist event

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Opinion: AU doesn’t want to hear your voice

By Parthav Easwar , Olivia O’Connor , Isabella Paracca and Abigail Sharkis | April 5

The University continues to fail its students by refusing to officially recognize organizations that challenge its faults

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Opinion: Housing & Residence Life turns a blind eye to false fire alarms

By Dan Sirota | April 4

HRL’s lack of transparency and communication leaves many freshmen sleepless

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Opinion: Why is your English so good?

By Cieryl Sardool | March 24

Evaluating classism behind standardized English proficiency tests

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Opinion: Banking on students: How student career decisions affect the climate

By Suzy Pranger and Lucy Hermann | March 22

Banks complicit in the climate crisis heavily recruit from schools like American University, but students have the power to pursue sustainable alternatives

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Opinion: An open letter on Indigenous issues at American University

By Sovereignty and Stewardship Alternative Break Program students | March 21

'Administration must take to forge a better relationship with AU’s Indigenous students and DC's Indigenous community'

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Opinion: AU fights campus food insecurity through socialist models

By Jeni Hollander | March 18

This article is an opinion piece and does not necessarily reflect the views of The Eagle and its staff.

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Opinion: Open letter to AU administration: This change can wait

By Disability Faculty & Staff Affinity Group Leaders | March 18

Cosigned by Disability+ Faculty & Staff Affinity Group Leaders and faculty members

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Opinion: COVID-19 is a challenge. It’s time we accept it

By Jane Caroline Fusco | January 7

As we enter the third year of the pandemic, we need to stay vigilant – even if it means making hard choices

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Opinion: The same message a year later: Remove Wesley Bush from AU’s board of trustees

By Jeni Hollander | December 3

Bush’s presence on the board is representative of University’s hypocrisy

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Opinion: Night classes pose safety risk

By Greta Mauch | November 17

I joined AU for a specific program but taking the majority of my required classes means I commute at midnight

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Opinion: An Inside Perspective: Nobody represents the Republican community

By Paul Relyea | November 4

The College Republicans’ institutional malpractice

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Opinion: Call the Tigray crisis a genocide

By Matthew Holubecki , Alexandra Mathews , Drew Rahme and Benjamin Stevenson | July 5

The international community is wasting time playing political theater

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