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AJSF Outlines Its Divestment Demands and Criticism of AU Trustee Alan Meltzer
Alan Meltzer, an American University Trustee member and alumnus, recently donated $10 million dollars to fund and open the new Meltzer Athletic Center on campus. In response, American University’s Anti-Zionist Jewish Student Front (AJSF) issued a multi-part Instagram post sharing a long list of Meltzer’s political history outlining all the ways in which he has…
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AU To Host Recruiters From Department of Homeland Security
Worried about being unable to find gainful employment after graduating due to AI soaking up all the jobs? No worries! American University is here to help you with the career opportunities AI could never replicate. Morally reprehensible career opportunities, of course, but hey, what can you do? Buried in a widely accessible and highly publicized…
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Increased Professor’s Union Involvement Sparks New Day For On-Campus Activism
Around a year and a half after her arrest, graduate student Elaf Hasan and the coalition of students and faculty supporting her cause are still fighting to be heard by the administration. American University has long boasted of its decades-long history of passionate student activism on social and political issues, ranging from the Vietnam War…
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DC Rats Issue Recall Warning for All Human Food
WASHINGTON DC – Earlier today, the director of the DC rat food safety agency announced a Class I recall for all human food products and scraps. This is the highest-level risk warning the agency issues, reserved for when consumption of a food by rats has a reasonable probability of serious health problems or death. The…
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Dark Enough to See the Stars: Democratic Socialism is Here to Stay
Last June, I wrote about Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral primary and how it felt like a pulse of life for the Democratic party. I didn’t realize how this pulse could be an indication of blood flowing back into the body of a party that has long been dead to the…