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Jake Tapper to speak at AU

By Courtney Rozen | March 27

The CNN journalist will appear on April 4

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Highlights from SG presidential debate and town hall

By Maria Carrasco and Lydia Calitri | March 26

Here’s what you missed from Thursday’s events

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KPU to host musician and actor Lonnie “Common” Lynn

By Courtney Rozen | March 24

Common will speak in Bender Arena on April 5

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Meet your 2017-2018 AUSG candidates

By Maria Carrasco and Lydia Calitri | March 24

Get to know the candidates before voting begins on March 28

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New language added to the Student Conduct Code

By Maria Carrasco and Lydia Calitri | March 10

AU Student Government announced a change to the Student Conduct Code on March 3 that includes specific language on handling identity-biased attacks. The Student Conduct Code now says in Section 16 that “significant factors” in determining sanctions will include “evidence that the respondent’s conduct was motivated by bias towards an individual or group on the basis of real or perceived, race, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, ethnicity, veteran status, or sexual orientation.” The heads of this change were Director of the Student Advocacy Center junior Will Mascaro and Director of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group junior Lauren Lumpkin.

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee visits AU

By Grace Bird | March 10

Lee urges students to resist

Students protested an anticipated tuition increase ahead of the Board of Trustees meeting in March 2017.

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Education Not Debt members protest against tuition hikes

By Nora Turner | March 10

Club members hoped Kerwin would fight for a tuition freeze

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KPU and Women and Politics Institute host panel on “Women on the Run”

By Brianna Crummy | March 10

Candy Crowley questions writers about their efforts to debunk myths about women

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AU participates in national recycling competition, “Recyclemania”

By Grace Bird | March 9

Sustainability Office urges students to use the correct trash cans

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#Lady&theTamp petition calls for free menstrual products

By Anna Donohue | March 7

A petition for free menstrual products for AU students, using the hashtag #Lady&theTamp, has been gaining traction online in recent weeks. The petition, created by CAS junior Shannon Exley, began on Feb.

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Straight from print: A newly red District: What that means for AU grads and faculty

By Anagha Srikanth and Deanna Mudry | March 5

Many students come to AU for its D.C. location with the hope of landing a job in politics after they graduate.

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President’s Council on Diversity & Inclusion holds town hall

By Maxim Zaino | March 3

Students and faculty convened to listen and discuss PCDI mission and upcoming projects

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Race and the U.S. are inseparable for writer and historian Jelani Cobb

By Deanna Mudry | March 3

Jelani Cobb gave the audience a history lesson Thursday night in the Abramson Family Founders room, showing how America’s foundations are rooted in race, even today.