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The administration’s lack of clear communication before committing actions that harm our community shows that AU admin does not care about fostering the community that our students, staff, and faculty have built. Until the administration starts taking our demands seriously, they better expect to be reminded of who this campus really belongs to: the people.
Read MoreFor these “open-minded” closed-hearted individuals, friends are just like their internships: stepping stones for a greater scheme. The slightest infraction from friend group policy is often totally unforgivable and must be punished, even by so-called prison abolitionists. Maybe I have an idealized view of the past, but I feel like during the Vietnam War, radical politics were about loving human life and connecting with your like-minded peers (and smoking weed). Now, it’s about getting mad at people for hanging out with someone that didn’t say hi to you once.
Read MoreAsk yourself: has the university admin already chosen a side?
Considering the death threat sent to a Palestinian faculty member and how there was not much done to protect Palestinian members of our community after this. Also consider how the admin has rarely mentioned the Palestinian community in their emails, while almost always, the Jewish community was mentioned at least a few times per email. Admin has already chosen a side. A side they cannot say out loud because they’re supposed to be “inclusive.” They even have chosen to reinvent the curriculum of AUx 2, and even getting the FBI involved. Has anything happened? Not that I’m aware of. Previously, it was all about racism and teaching us students at this PWI about what intersectionality is, to a point where we know what it is and it feels like they are covering their asses by saying “we force everyone to take a class that teaches them to be inclusive.”
Read More“It’s been a wild ride, Class of 2021, we hope you continue to live your best, Wonkiest lives for all of the years to come.”
Read More“Mourning students spent hours poring over the email looking for a remembrance, or even mere acknowledgement for the death of the ever-unpopular WONK campaign of years past. But to no avail.”
Read MoreNext time you see Mamma Mia!, ask yourself if you would still like it if it took place in the midnight alleyways of London, with a horribly CGI-ed cat Judi Dench singing “Money, Money, Money” instead of Meryl Streep
Read More“I acted like I didn’t care because I wanted to be cool, but I really care a lot, turns out I have a lot of shits to give.”
Read More“OMG, Wellness Week is such a vibe. Like, I don’t know what everyone is complaining about. I am just so well right now,” said Kina Noying, a sophomore in SOC. “I just have so much time now. I can’t wait to like read a book or explore the city or something.”
Read MoreSatan will be on campus this Saturday showcasing a number of employment opportunities within his multi-national company.
AU Admin Responds to Community Frustrations and Burnout
Read MoreConsiderations for a graduating senior on being “morally neutral”
Read MoreIn today’s pandemic ridden world dorm hook-ups and Tinder “dates” are risky propositions. At the same time exclusively asking people in your “bubble” to have casual sex apparently leads to a ruined socially distanced outdoor picnic. Who knew?
Read MoreAnother semester, another set of zoom crushes. Who will be the lucky person that inspires you to tell them you will be their spaniel, which Romeo’s zoom window will you throw pebbles at?
Read MoreA guide for fog-brained upperclassmen and freshmen who’ve never had a fire alarm
Read MoreDespite 35 student organizations and over 770 students signed on to the petition to allow unconditional pass/fail to no avail, students continue to push for a more understanding system
“I’ve been training for this since I was the treehouse bouncer in 4th grade. I wasn’t like allowed to hang out in the treehouse, but I was told it was really fun.”
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