The American Way of Life Magazine

think-progress: On women’s issues, men are quoted...

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:48:28 -0400

On women’s issues, men are quoted overwhelmingly more often than women.

Shout-out to AWOL grads

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:27:36 -0400

Congrats to Kelcie and Alex! Not only did our Editor-in-Chiefs graduate, but neither are unemployed! Kelcie got a reporting job at the Carroll County Times and Alex will be TFAing it up in Mississippi.

Good luck guys!

Newsweek: The House has passed the GOP's Violence Against Women Act

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:53:28 -0400

Newsweek: The House has passed the GOP's Violence Against Women Act:

newsweek:

Just happened. So what bill is that? “House Democrats say the Republican-authored law would raise requirements to prove domestic violence and sexual assault, erase confidentiality protections for immigrant women and alert abusers when their victims seek help. They say it would eliminate a path…

newyorker: Revisit Cynthia Zarin’s 2006 profile of Maurice...

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:52:36 -0400

newyorker:

Revisit Cynthia Zarin’s 2006 profile of Maurice Sendak: http://nyr.kr/IYFZBI. Also see “Max at Sea,” our excerpt from Dave Eggers’s “Where the Wild Things Are” novel: http://nyr.kr/K8HgZa

thedailywhat: RIP: Maurice Sendak, at 83: Maurice Sendak, the...

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:52:20 -0400

thedailywhat:

RIP: Maurice Sendak, at 83: Maurice Sendak, the beloved author and illustrator of Where The Wild Things Are, has died after complications from a recent stroke. He was 83.

Sendak won nearly every major book award, including the Caldecott Medal,considered the Pulitzer Prize of children’s book illustration. He had lived with his partner, Eugene Glynn, for 50 years before Glynn’s death in 2007.

Watch an excerpt from the documentary Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak here.

[nyt]

"If a survivor of domestic violence uses a gun to warn an attacker, not kill him, and that survivor..."

Mon, 07 May 2012 16:01:01 -0400

“If a survivor of domestic violence uses a gun to warn an attacker, not kill him, and that survivor now faces a prison term of twenty years, then what purpose does Stand Your Ground serve?”

- —Melissa Harris-Perry on the case of Marissa Alexander, a mother of three who fired a warning shot into her kitchen ceiling trying to keep her abusive husband away. No one was hurt, but she now faces up to twenty years in prison. (via thenationmagazine)

What EVERYONE should know about the secretive group trying to swift boat Barack Obama

Sun, 06 May 2012 15:29:04 -0400

What EVERYONE should know about the secretive group trying to swift boat Barack Obama:

think-progress:

MORE FACTS AT THE LINK about the group’s attempt to do to Barack Obama what the Swift Boat Veterans did to Kerry’s 2004 campaign.

In four days, the first ad by Veterans For A Strong America garnered almost 1 million view on Youtube. [YouTube, 5/1/12]

The group’s sole employee and founder is coordinating with key Islamophobic figures on the far-right.[ThinkProgress,2/12/12;For The Common Defense; New York Times,3/4/05]

The group’s founder helped promote a documentary advocating war with Iran. [Flier; ThinkProgress, 11/3/11]

Veterans for A Strong American is fully endorsed by Karl Rove. The man known as “Bush’s Brain” tweeted his support of their first web ad. [Twitter,5/3/12]

The group’s founder — posing as a “journalist” — organized and participated in a taxpayer subsidized propaganda trip to Iraq in 2008. [Charleston Gazette, 8/28/08]

Are you as curious as this cat?AWOL is on the lookout...

Sun, 06 May 2012 11:37:23 -0400

Are you as curious as this cat?

AWOL is on the lookout for in-depth & investigative reporters for next school year.

We’re also looking for bloggers. Next year we’ll be making some changes, and bloggers will each have their own cleverly-name blog where they can be catty and write about issues they care about.

Interested? Message us with your contact info.

Gotta catch ‘em all.

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:02:52 -0400

Gotta catch ‘em all.

New project by the executive editor of the Investigative...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:07:37 -0400

New project by the executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Project at AU.

Check it out: http://www.investigatingpower.org/

"Just got back from study abroad? Struggling to express your transcendental experience with words?..."

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:23:34 -0400

“Just got back from study abroad? Struggling to express your transcendental experience with words? Need a great closer for your travel blog? Consider AWOL’s handy, travel-sized abroad experience template to deflect the onslaught of nosy inquiries from friends and family. Just follow the steps below and let AWOL provide the informative, detailed, and sometimes condescending description for you!”

- Best AWOL satire yet. Read the rest here.

Photo

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:44:41 -0400

AWOL’s hot off the press, and boy do we have an issue for...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:11:00 -0400

AWOL’s hot off the press, and boy do we have an issue for you.

Grab it off the stands or check us out online.

WE HAVE PENS! Now you can take notes in class while thinking...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:35:00 -0400

WE HAVE PENS! Now you can take notes in class while thinking about your favorite campus magazine.

But why is American trademarked in “American™ Way of Life?” We’re not sure, but we’re pretty excited to have AWOL pens. :)

(Oh, and P.S. Mugs are a’coming)

WHEN MASS AVENUE WALK SIGN IS NOT ON TO CROSS

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:11:00 -0400

queenofthequad:

Brilliant.

Everyone loves to look at the cherry blossoms, but AWOL blogger...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:36:00 -0400

Everyone loves to look at the cherry blossoms, but AWOL blogger Eleni Gill gives us a deeper look at DC’s famous trees.

D.C. bursts into pink clouds of petals once a year, thanks to Japan’s gift of 3,000 trees in 1912. “Cherry blossoms are the symbol of Japan, so seeing them in full bloom in front of the Japanese embassy and downtown makes me feel incredibly proud,” said Japanese-American Ellie Yanagisawa, a sophomore at AU. “To me, they’re this symbol of mutual respect for each other’s country, people, and culture.”

Click here to continue reading.

Dear readers, We promise we haven’t forgotten you! The past few weeks the AWOL team has been...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:43:00 -0400

Dear readers,

We promise we haven’t forgotten you! The past few weeks the AWOL team has been working tirelessly on the content for our Spring issue. In case you missed it, here’s a quick recap of our Winter issue with links so you can gripe or praise what we wrote with ease.

Here’s what’s inside.

Our Shouts from the Corner section, comprised of “informed opinion and provocative editorial,” contains:

• Swapping Swipes for Local Eats, where Taylor Kenkel explains why we should be eating local and how to do it.

• Pet Worth: Runaway Costs of Runaway Pets, a story about the incredible lengths two particular pet owners in the area have gone to find their beloved Sassafras written by Eleanor Greene.

• Joe Gruenbaum sits down with a couple of conservative students and decides that they aren’t all that bad in Not a Dry Campus: Drunk on Liberalism.

As always, our Field Reports are stock full of “in-depth examination of the issues that matter.”

• The District After Dark: Keeping Sex Workers on the Street, written by Ashley Dejean, takes a look at the local politics and structural violence surrounding sex work in DC.

• Kelcie Pegher profiles veterans and their experience with the Yellow Ribbon program in Student Vets: Wearing the Yellow Ribbon.

• Ashley Dejean takes a look at a youth empowerment program in the slums of Mumbai through a photoessay entitled Dancing Across Cultures: Youth in India Learn Brazilian Capoeira.

On a lighter note, our Jabs and Jest section contains “innovation, wit and cogent wisdom.” Or, at least, that’s what we tell ourselves.

• AU has a pirate on staff? Read Professor Bratman on Localizing Development.

• We have some suspicions too about what Allison Butler’s been up to lately on account of her how-to guide Rocktopi Baby: Raising an Infant Octopus in AU’s Dorms.

• In search of the best independent bookstores in the city, Claire Dapkiewicz and Melanie Germond went on an adventure and tell you the “dusty facts” in A Good Read on Every Corner: Ye Olde DC Booke Krawle.

(reblog if you love us!)

I'd like to point out...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:29:06 -0500

that not everyone in AWOL is pro-beards. We do not, I repeat, DO NOT take an official stance on beards.

In Defense of Beards: Debunking Research That Facial Hair Isn't Sexy

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:10:00 -0500

In Defense of Beards: Debunking Research That Facial Hair Isn't Sexy:

AWOL is pro-beards. Even if they don’t enhance fighting ability.

Hey kids! Our winter issue has hit the newsstands, so you should...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:26:00 -0500

Hey kids! Our winter issue has hit the newsstands, so you should snag a copy hot-off-the-press. It’s perfect spring break reading whether you’re off somewhere or taking it easy in DC. Our content is also online if you’re not particularly inclined to get up. And don’t forget to leave us some love (or hate) by posting a comment.

So, what’s inside?

Our Shouts from the Corner section, comprised of “informed opinion and provocative editorial,” contains:

• Swapping Swipes for Local Eats, where Taylor Kenkel explains why we should be eating local and how to do it.

• Pet Worth: Runaway Costs of Runaway Pets, a story about the incredible lengths two particular pet owners in the area have gone to find their beloved Sassafras written by Eleanor Greene.

• The District After Dark: Keeping Sex Workers on the Street, written by Ashley Dejean, takes a look at the local politics and structural violence surrounding sex work in DC.

• AU has a pirate on staff? Read Professor Bratman on Localizing Development.