Columns

Opinion

Sharing images of Black corpses: Necessary for change or disrespectful to Black life?

By Shelby Moring | July 8

Shelby Moring discusses traumatic impact of viral videos depicting Black death

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Opinion

Welcome to Maryland, Tenleytown!

By Annamarie Rienzi | June 23

A creative solution to granting a voice to the District

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Opinion

In tragedy’s wake, a fragile balance

By Kris Schneider | June 22

Following the worst mass shooting in modern American history, the nation must strike a balance when moving forward and avoid pitting American against American, writes Kris Schneider

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Opinion

A single-tracked defense of the Metro

By Sameer Chintamani | June 18

“When boarding, please move to the center of the car.”

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Opinion

It’s time to treat our heroes like heroes

By Alex Zipper | June 17

Every day we walk to our jobs, we go to classes, we chat with friends and we do what college kids do without having fear of an incoming attack or being senselessly bombed by other governments.

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Opinion

Service learning is not your classroom

By Julia Gagnon | June 15

It was a Tuesday. We sat in the cold backroom of the center, reading a book about lions. I was worried about finishing my service hours before the end of the semester and he told me he was worried about going to jail.

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Opinion

How the Cincinatti gorilla revealed society’s obsession with “choice”

By Annamarie Rienzi | June 15

Recently, there has been a lot of rancor surrounding an incident that occurred at the Cincinnati Zoo.

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Opinion

Why Greek life is not what you think

By Alex Zipper | June 10

There I was, sitting through the interview with the guys who would eventually become my fraternity brothers.

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Opinion

Dear Sen. Cotton, America does not have an “under-incarceration” problem

By Annamarie Rienzi | May 25

Our criminal justice system is broken. We regularly send people to jail for unnecessarily long periods of time for nonviolent, largely drug related, crimes.

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Opinion

Political discourse, disconnected

By Kris Schneider | May 25

With the 2016 presidential election upon us, politics and rhetoric are seemingly everywhere, from newspapers to television... and social media.

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Opinion

Summer at AU: life in solitude

By Sameer Chintamani | May 25

On final move out day, campus is bustling with activity as a majority of students leave one by one for summer.

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Opinion

Are you there Hollywood? It’s us, Women.

By Camila Velloso | May 19

Hollywood is a man's world. Sorry, ladies. As a feminist and film enthusiast, I find myself torn between my love for movies and my disgust for the underrepresentation of women onscreen and in the film industry.

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Opinion

Questioning What We Love: Why We Should Critically Re-watch Lemonade

By Shelby Moring | May 19

As Beyonce fans, we seem to think we know everything. Despite the meticulous literary analyses that have been written for her latest visual album drop, Lemonade, a lot of us missed one of the most explicit messages in the entire project.

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Opinion

Op-ed: On Trauma and Trigger Warnings

By Mary Hamula | April 28

Outgoing American Word Magazine editor-in-chief Mary Hamula opens up about gun violence and the need for trigger warnings in the classroom 

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Opinion

Column: Not quite a war criminal is not quite good enough

By Bill Kakenmaster | February 16

Students should protest Karl Rove’s upcoming AU visit, writes Bill Kakenmaster.

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Opinion

The American Dream is Green. Ish.

By Shelby Ostergaard | September 26

Shelby Ostergaard questions AU’s commitment to sustainability.

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Opinion

Iraq War deception tactics being used again

By John Foti | August 5

Columnist John Foti discusses the tactics being used in the Iraq conflict.

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