Have something to say? Say it in AWOL. The Bulletin Board is designed to give a voice to AU clubs and organizations, but it’s open to everyone. We accept submissions of 250 words or less: send articles, press releases, or diatribes (but not advertisements) to awolau@gmail.com. College students are often very self-sufficient. Each day many [...]

A hostile economic environment has a lot of Eagles worried about finding jobs after graduation. To reassure you, AWOL sat down with four intrepid AU grads from the last decade. Take a look at these savvy professionals and get inspired. James Manley Aide to the Main Aide to Congressman Sean P. Duffy Graduated: 2010 Salary: [...]

What is it? The Bulletin Board is a new feature here at AWOL. It caters primarily to AU clubs and organizations, but it’s open to everyone. Do you have a story to tell or something interesting to say that we missed? This is your chance to write it yourself. AWOL was created with a vision [...]

Forget that it costs over half a million dollars. Ignore that it sounds like a product of name calling between second-graders. Pay no heed to the page of the dictionary defining it as “an unattractive person.” AU refers students, staff and bystanders who don’t know what to make of its new “WONK” campaign to urbandictionary.com, [...]

It’s a sunny Wednesday morning in July, and a couple of guys in jeans and t-shirts are sitting with their coffees at a table outside Starbucks at 18th and Connecticut. They’re bouncing names off each other: “Russell Johnson, sounds like a black dude.” “Yeah, definitely African-American.” “Brian Matthews?” “Um, I don’t know, white?” This is [...]

It’s a gorgeous mid-April day in the District. So gorgeous, in part, because the Office of Admissions at American University has chosen today to be AU Preview Day.  Incoming freshmen from all over the Eastern Seaboard flock with their parents to this beacon of higher education in our nation’s capital. The booming voice of a [...]

The Community Action and Social Justice Coalition — like many American University clubs — has an office on campus managed by volunteers. But unlike other groups, it doesn’t promote a single activist issue on campus; instead, it promotes general activism. In many ways, the CASJ office, located in the basement of the Kay Spiritual Life [...]

Sitting behind the counter of the Mud Box is a small, soft-spoken man named Kuman Singh. Patiently tapping on his iPhone until customers approach, he greets them with a warm smile. If you ask him what he recommends, he’ll tell you to order his favorite drink, a caramel macchiato. As he slides off his stool, [...]

In each issue, AWOL will highlight the life and work of one AU professor. This profile is the first in a series.

Last spring, we printed a page of “Forgotten Current Events.” We’ve decided to make it a regular feature—each issue highlighting a group of ongoing current events that haven’t gotten the media attention they deserve, and adding neglected context to public discourse on important issues.