From campus debates to national dilemmas, these are the thoughts we sit with—the ones that won’t leave us alone until we write them down. Everyone has a perspective, and we welcome yours. If it matters to you, it’s worth sharing here.
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Songwriters Hub Spotlight #1: Alizeh
Avid readers of The Rival American might recognize the name on the byline of this article as a regular satire writer for the paper. But my real passion is music, which, frankly, has kept me sane these past few years, but has also been isolating, as AU doesn’t have a real music community – or
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The Lesbian Era of Pop Culture
Lesbianism has been at the center of pop culture lately, and not in the demeaning ways I normally expect as a lesbian! To celebrate this era, here are some spectacularly sapphic moments that have been ingrained in my brain recently. MUNA’s New Song, Dancing On The Wall The title track for MUNA’s first new album,
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AU Majors: Smash or Pass
On a campus obsessed with, but rarely having, sex during the infamous month of love, I thought I would share an inclusive guide to which majors at American University are safe to smash, and which you need to pass. If I passed on your major, keep in mind that it’s not you, it’s me. But in
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AU College Republicans are bringing a Neo-Nazi to campus
It might shock you to hear this, but the AU College Republicans are up to something really racist. On Friday, January 30, the club announced that Paul Ingrassia, a relatively high-ranking Trump administration staffer, will be appearing as part of their Speaker Series on February 18 in the SIS Founder’s room. Now, I’m on the
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