Mark Lu
- Apr 22, 2020
- 9 min
Fossil Free AU & AUSG: the unlikely pair that secured fossil fuel divestment
“This is not going to happen while I’m the chair.” Those were the exact words chair of the Board of Trustees Jeff Sine told me in the...
Mark Lu
- Apr 17, 2020
- 10 min
Mania, Substance Abuse, and AUPD: Lex’s Story
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: The subject of this article, who has requested anonymity, told her story over four months' worth of interviews, and...
Agora Staff
- Apr 13, 2020
- 23 min
In Their Own Words: the 2020 AUSG candidates
DISCLAIMER: The Agora's Editor-in-Chief, Mark Lu, ran an unsuccessful campaign for AUSG Comptroller this cycle. Therefore, he was not...
Kevin Sciackitano
- Mar 3, 2020
- 15 min
It's Time to Democratize A.U.
If the recent controversy over Vice President Fanta Aw’s mental health email proved anything, it proved how disconnected the...
Mark Lu
- Feb 19, 2020
- 16 min
A.U.S.G. ’s New Report on Fossil Fuel Divestment, Summarized
On February 3, A.U. provost Daniel Meyers announced to several faculty members that A.U. had sold off a bundle of several funds managed...
Mark Lu
- Mar 16, 2019
- 6 min
Financial aid to rise 1.1 percent over two fiscal years
Last semester, I published this article on the two four-percent tuition rate increases implemented by the Kerwin Administration in...
Mark Lu
- Jan 29, 2019
- 4 min
AU Proposes Weekly Meal Plans with Higher Requirements
On Sunday, Jan. 27, Ann Marie Powell, the director of AU One Card and Dining Services (which split from Housing and Residence Life last...
Mark Lu
- Dec 18, 2018
- 3 min
Three Long Answer Questions for Daniel J. Meyers, Burwell's Provost-appoint
Dear Mr. Meyers, Congratulations on your recent appointment to provost of American University. However, now is not the time for...