Posts in Campus
Clawed, Sylvia, and Wonk's Bridge Cafe Experience

We heard AI was coming for our jobs, so we set out to see how concerned we should be. We gave Chat GPT the prompt “Write a 500 word satirical article about American University. Include main characters Sylvia Burwell, Clawed Z Eagle, and Wonk Cat. Make the story take place in The Bridge Cafe and be sure to make the story humorous,” and had it write and this article for us. The cover image was generated through NightCafe, an AI imaging software, with the prompt “Sylvia Burwell and Clawed Z Eagle.”

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CampusThe Rival American
“At Least I Tried To Do Something” a Story of Organizing on Campus

Let me be clear, this isn’t something I get paid for, or that I do because it’s fun, or because I believe there’s a level of political gain. Anyone who has any knowledge of survivorship or sexual violence can tell you that speaking out about it scares people in power. They can also tell you that survivors and those who advocate for them are forced out of political and social arenas as well. But I do this work because I want to help people.

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Campus, CurrentThe Rival American
Dirty Mustache Guy Sits Down With Wrong Tote Bag Girl at The Bridge

Until this day, he had never questioned his staunch belief in the importance of masks. Now, poor Toby was overcome with a wave of fear as he looked out into a crowd of blonde, converse-wearing, Kramer’s tote bag-carrying, jean-flaring, crystal necklace-bearing, she/her’s and she/they’s of American University. He didn’t even know if she had a septum piercing. Any of them could be Jane from his Gov class who he had asked out to coffee

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CampusMatt Romano