Opinion

Staff Editorial: Protesters win with substance

Twenty-six Georgetown University students spent nine days on a hunger strike that ended last week. The strike was conducted in support of a living wage for university employees. Last Wednesday, the university administration relented and agreed to all the strikers' demands.

Opinion: Consider abortion on social terms

I will begin by admitting that I will likely never be able to concede abortion as being a right, never really recognize the meaning of a right to choose or even come to view abortion as some form of a privilege. However, even such an ardent anti-abortion proponent as myself must acknowledge that abortion is at least a practice and option whose availability women have become accustomed to.

Our take: Mad Libs editorial

This week, AU's Department of _________ (noun) announced that it will stop funding its _________ (noun) program. A department ________ (title) said the money is needed to put toward the __________ (noun) program, which is struggling because of ____________ (euphemism for student apathy).

Letter to the Editor

Dear Senior class and the American University Community: We are the Senior Class officers and are here to ask for your help. Each year the Senior Class takes on the mammoth task of raising money for the senior class gift, with each subsequent class having a goal of doing better than the class before it.

Opinion: Seeds of Peace makes love, not war

Peace is often a hard commodity to come by in this world. Far too often, people resort to violence to solve their disputes, rather than discussion and compromise. It is easier to hurt another than it is to compromise your own wants and desires. Having said this, I want to thank the School of International Service, the AU Hillel, AU Students for Israel, Students for Justice in Palestine, Muslim Student Association, Jewish Student Association, College Democrats and Korean Student Association.

All Thumbs

Thumbs Up AU has a Truman Scholar ... That this prestigious national award was awarded to an AU student is a big feather in the cap of the School of Public Affairs. Congratulations are in order to Forrest Dunbar and to SPA. McDonald's on Van Ness Street and Wisconsin Avenue is open 24 hours a day .

Opinion: Conservative sees light

My fellow students, I have a confession to make. After a long and ardous journey, I have seen the light and have abandoned the na?vet? of conservatism and have embraced the virtuous cause of liberalism. After a brief adolescent dance on the Right, I have matured in my views, accepted the role of nuance in political affairs, and pledge myself to now work against every policy of our selected, un-elected president, George W.

Opinion: Sound advice for foreign students

Studying abroad is beneficial in many ways. One benefit is that you can observe the educational system in the host country, which can be totally different from the one that you were used to. There are a lot of factors that affect these differences, such as culture, student psychology and historical educational system.

Staff Editorial: When in doubt, follow ethics

In February, a rogue computer hacker opened a hole in a prominent Web site that helps students apply to business schools. The hacker created a way for applicants to find out if they've been accepted to the school, and many applicants used the hole to look up their status.

Please, take them away: guns a hindrance to free society

There is a place in this country in which more citizens died of gun violence in a single week than did American soldiers on the battlefields of Iraq. Given such an analysis, one could argue that statistically speaking, this American venue was, over the course of this particular week, more dangerous and violent than Kabul or Baghdad.

Starbucks exec responds to Eagle letters to editor

The Eagle has recently published two letters to the editor containing information about Starbucks that inaccurately describes our coffee purchasing practices. We are proud of the efforts Starbucks makes to purchase coffee in a socially responsible way, as well as our work with coffee farmers.

Opinion: Barbie 2008? No thanks

If you ever happen to wander into my room (don't regard this comment as an open invitation), you'll notice something slightly unconventional on my desk amid notebooks, scissors and highlighters - a Barbie. No, this isn't some defense mechanism in which I regress to my childhood in order to find happiness.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor: This is a letter I recently wrote to my father. Based on the many conversations I have had with people on this campus and abroad, I believe that it may hold value and shed words of hope to others to let them know they are not alone. Dad, I have been going through a lot of stuff recently.

Staff Editorial: Cuts streamline AU

AU will soon announce the termination of the master's dance program from the Department of Performing Arts roster, in order to further focus on the undergraduate dance program. Though the natural reaction among students tends to be indignation toward the administration for cutting something, we feel the University's decision makes sense.

Bankruptcy bill bankrupt

Bloggers, editorial pages, my parents - everywhere I go, liberals are bashing the bankruptcy bill that passed the Senate last week. And to be fair, it's an absolutely terrible piece of legislation. Professor Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard expert in bankruptcy law, says it isn't fair and that it "beats up the average family already staggering under the weight of bad luck and huge debts, while it lets real abusers go free.

Comics

Staff Editorial: Support Pura Vida in AU coffee wars

Sometime in the near future, AU will decide on the fate of a premiere piece of real estate on campus. The spot currently occupied by Auntie Anne's Pretzels will soon be replaced, either by a Starbucks or a Pura Vida coffee shop. Strangely, the administration has brushed off a huge outpouring of support for Pura Vida as "less than one-fifteenth of campus.