Op Ed

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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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Opinion: The danger of canceling the “classics”

By Joshua Cotlar | June 10

Classics education impacts moral development in education and social justice

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Opinion: Center for Israel Studies is a reflection of Israel's diversity

By Michael Brenner | May 24

A response to Yazan Nusiebeh

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Opinion: It’s time to talk about Palestine

By Yazan Nusiebeh | May 14

A much belated reckoning for the neglect of Palestinian voices at American University

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Opinion: In defense of true tolerance

By Juan Pablo Villasmil “JP. Ballard” | March 2

In pursuit of truth through discomfort

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Opinion: AU must get involved with the democratic crisis in Burma

By Anthony Aung | February 20

Here are steps the AU community can take

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