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Op-ed: Sweatshops are good

By Bobby Zitzmann · Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017

If you can, take off one of your shoes. Go ahead; I’ll wait. Check to see where it was made. Chances are, your shoes, like most clothing we wear, were manufactured in a developing country in Asia or Latin America.

Op-ed: Make someone uncomfortable this Valentine’s Day

By Jane Haines · Monday, Feb. 13, 2017

Happy Valentine’s Day! Did you know February 14 is also National Condom Day in the United States? Sexual health advocates have worked hard to make the message clear: while you’re doing whatever sexy things you’re doing on Valentine’s Day, be sure to wrap it up.

Letter to the editor: Response to Jan. 31 op-ed

By Daniel Kryger · Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017

I have a few questions regarding next steps for those that agree with last week’s op-ed calling refugee resettlement in the U.S.

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Op-ed: The benefits of submetering and learning how energy is used

By Ruby Tavernier | February 2

In its ongoing efforts to help control increasing energy costs while reducing environmental impacts, American University’s Energy & Engineering team (E&E) incorporates submetering to its practices.

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Op-ed: Let’s get realistic with nuclear power

By Bobby Zitzmann | February 2

Too often, environmentalists’ fervent calls for clean energy are matched only by their rejection of it

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Op-ed: Trump's trifecta of foreign policy failures

By Bobby Zitzmann | February 1

The president had a terrible Sunday

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Op-ed: The impact of fake service animals

By Xena Itzkowitz | February 1

I have come to the realization that I have been underestimating the people of AU. During my past years on campus, I have neglected to speak about my experience of having a service dog - mostly because I was sure that not only would people not understand, but that I would be met with a level of distrust and general disinterest that I could not handle.

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Op-ed: The Trump refugee ban: bad for conservatism, bad for national security

By Robbie Rosamelia | January 31

On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that, among other things, bans foreign nationals from seven different countries, suspends the admission of refugees for 120 days and places an indefinite halt on the admittance of Syrian refugees.

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Op-ed: Admitting Syrian refugees is inhumane

By Austin Cirillo | January 31

“There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” Since Jan. 20, from a leftist perspective, this statement could not be further from the truth.

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Op-ed: The right to an education

By Taylor Gilson | January 30

With the fall of Aleppo to pro-Assad forces , the international community is on the edge of its seat.

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Dear Coach Brennan & AU men’s basketball…

By Alejandro Alba | January 30

Dear Coach Mike Brennan, the 1980s Princeton basketball team called— it wants its offense back.

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Op-ed: Standing out in a sea of pink

By Jaya Bali | January 25

Jaya Bali discusses her feelings after attending Women's March

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Op-ed: Bringing the gift of play to kids of Mali

By Nathan Young | January 24

Can the game of soccer change lives? A group of American University and University of Miami students tested that theory with a charity project we founded in 2015.

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Op-ed: Bigotry isn’t controversial, it’s bigotry

By Anthony Kuykendall | January 19

Donald Trump is absolutely correct. There, I said it. His claims throughout the campaign trail and now in the days before his inauguration that political correctness has become a plague to public discourse could not be more true.

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Op-ed: The folks strike back

By Tom Hebert | January 19

I know the following statement will come as a surprise to the entire Democratic Party, the mainstream media, and most of this campus, but stick with me.

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Op-ed: A look into reverse racism

By Michael Lucatorto | January 11

Racism. A word with so much power, it often is avoided in discussion by those who aren’t well versed in what it means.

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Straight from print: Assessing the authenticity of your activism

By Sydney Young | December 20

This article originally appeared in The Eagle's December 9 special edition. Activism at AU has reached far beyond the bounds of our campus and has resonated with students across the country.

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