Columns

Opinion

Opinion: Since the fall semester, dining on campus has greatly improved

By Alana Parker | June 5

New food options have made students much happier with dining

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Opinion: AU’s response to what happened in Kerwin Hall will not keep us safe

By Greta Mauch | May 5

Community members feel unsafe without universal screening and open communication

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Staff Editorial: AU's lack of faculty diversity reveals wider issues

By The Eagle Editorial Board | May 5

University's inclusive excellence plan falls short for increasing student sense of belonging

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Opinion: What it’s like being an immunocompromised student at AU

By Greta Mauch | May 5

Accommodation policies and apathetic attitudes effectively communicate that immunocompromised students should either leave campus or not apply in the first place

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Opinion: The US is designed for cars — not people

By Jelinda Montes | May 5

DC is not an outlier when it comes to problematic urban design

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Opinion: AU must update its emergency preparedness plans

By Alice Still | May 4

In light of the recent shootings on college campuses, AU students raise questions on campus safety

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Opinion: Improving DC’s student governments begins with a study of their faults

By Rebeca Samano | May 4

True improvement is unlikely to be met without thorough analysis of their failures

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Opinion: Food-insecure students are left to fend for themselves during spring break

By Rebeca Samano | April 28

The University’s limited meal plan options for spring break leave low-income students, a disproportionate amount of which are first-generation, hungry 

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Opinion: There is a mental health resource crisis at DC universities

By Alice Still | April 27

Student Government passes resolution to end the six to eight counseling session limit, illustrating students’ urge for more resources at AU and across the District

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Opinion: We need to interrogate AU’s alcohol culture

By Greta Mauch | April 25

Campus violence and student health cannot be addressed without reducing the prevalence of alcohol

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Opinion: Why are we paying for buildings we can’t get inside of?

By Anna Gephart | April 24

Every student should have easy access to every building on campus without worrying about accessibility

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Opinion: STEM is a patriarchal tool that undermines success in the humanities

By Meliha Ural | April 21

It is time to talk about dismantling the beliefs we are taught about these fields

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Opinion: Course registration doesn’t have to be a battle

By Rebeca Samano | April 21

As course registration subjects students to stress and fines, syllabuses should be made more accessible for increased efficiency

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Opinion: Is AUx accomplishing what the University claims it to?

By Alana Parker | April 17

In its fifth year as part of the Core curriculum, students are left wondering what the point of AUx is supposed to be

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Opinion: Accents represent courage and knowledge

By Rebeca Samano | April 14

Complaints about professors with non-American accents at AU are disrespectful and close-minded

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Opinion: Women’s history is not just for women

By Anna Gephart | April 10

To make women’s history valued in mainstream academia, we need everyone to show up for women’s history classes

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Opinion: DeSantis’ Florida is American education’s event horizon

By PJ Cunningham | April 4

Policies such as Florida’s ‘STOP WOKE’ Act represent a threat to the integrity of America’s most important formative institution: its education system

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