American Forum

  • Home
  • About
  • Forums
  • Panelists
  • Midterm Election Initiative 2018
  • Student Stories Spring 2019

Stories

  1. HOME
  2. Stories
October 2, 2018 / Last updated : October 2, 2018 Claire Savage Stories

AU freshman calls on for immigration policies: view them as humans first!

By Shengya Li Washington – Natali Palacios, a freshman international-relations major student, actively participates in voting for the midterm election. The young Democrat criticized the immigration policies that the Trump administration had now and urged to make some changes. “A lot of time, people just view immigrants as statistics, ” said Palacios, “like how they […]

October 2, 2018 / Last updated : October 2, 2018 Claire Savage Stories

An immigrant calls for the great American aspiration

By Shengya Li Washington – At the time the 2018 midterm election, many voters had made their minds on voting on whom they believed that could represent their benefits. Abhishek Patel, a senior public-health major student, calls for the great American aspiration. “The biggest issue I think America is facing now is that no one wants […]

October 2, 2018 / Last updated : October 2, 2018 Claire Savage Stories

3,000 miles won’t stop this Seattleite from voting

By Allison Desy Michaela Rutschow is a third-year international studies major at American University. Despite being nearly 3,000 miles away from Washington, the state she is registered to vote in, Rutschow will be casting her vote in the midterm elections via absentee ballot this year. After moving around often when she was younger for her […]

October 2, 2018 / Last updated : October 2, 2018 Claire Savage Stories

Former DLCC intern encourages young people to vote

By Allison Desy With the midterm elections on the horizon, 19-year-old Nadia Nugent, a film and media arts major at American University, is eager to fill out her absentee ballot. Plus, she is encouraging her peers to exercise their right to vote too. “I feel like civic engagement for people our age is so incredibly […]

October 2, 2018 / Last updated : October 2, 2018 Claire Savage Stories

Maintaining the US’s world status during national turmoil

by Anying Guo Jake Sullivan, 23, understands the importance of the upcoming election, but especially the importance in his home state of Pennsylvania, a swing state that turned red the last election cycle. Though his specific district “went blue” during the presidential election, the West Chester, Pennsylvania native feels the importance of maintaining its Democrat […]

October 2, 2018 / Last updated : October 2, 2018 Claire Savage Stories

Student from Minnesota ready to vote in important midterm elections

By Rebecca Montgomery Morgan Downing is passionate and knowledgeable about the political races occurring in her home state of Minnesota. With a governor’s election, two Senate elections, along with numerous other state elections, 20-year-old Downing, is registered and excited to vote in November. Downing, a junior majoring in public-relations and strategic-communications, is particularly excited about […]

September 24, 2018 / Last updated : October 2, 2018 Claire Savage Stories

Faith comes first in this Christian student’s political beliefs

By Emily Lytle Now studying Communication, Law, Economics and Government (CLEG) at AU, sophomore Taylor Griffin spent the summer interning with Lancaster Stands Up, a non-partisan grassroots organization in her hometown of Lancaster, PA. Beyond these political experiences, though, it’s Griffin’s Christian faith that she said has largely shaped her political opinions and voting habits. “My […]

September 24, 2018 / Last updated : November 4, 2018 Claire Savage Stories

Potential first-time voter decides not to vote

By Ariel Gomez A strong believer in that his vote does not matter, 19-year-old Dario Maldonado, does not plan to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. Maldonado, a freshman studying communications at Howard Community College, says his vote will have no effect on the outcome. “Trump is clearly incompetent and lacks the necessary knowledge needed […]

September 24, 2018 / Last updated : October 2, 2018 Claire Savage Stories

For this Republican student, being conservative doesn’t mean always agreeing with Trump

By Haley Samsel When Katy Selinger went to vote shortly after the 2016 presidential election, she wasn’t sure she wanted to register as a Republican. She ended up registering as an independent in her home state of New Jersey. “I registered to vote a month after Trump was elected and I was like, ‘I don’t […]

Posts navigation

  • «
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 4
  • Page 5

Recent posts

Laura Gerson fights cancer with humor and passion

March 22, 2019

A Spectre is Haunting American University

March 22, 2019

How Students Have Made an Impact on and off Campus

March 22, 2019

Dhaliwal’s activism continues a long legacy of feminism on campus

March 22, 2019

Four Years of Trans Inclusion and LGBT Advocacy

March 22, 2019

Student activist lives her dream fighting for girls’ eduction

March 22, 2019

American University Student Fights for Feminist Change

March 22, 2019

Student and Women’s Rights Activist Champions Pro-Choice Women at EMILY’s List

March 22, 2019

First-year student becomes president of AU Student Zero Waste Club

March 22, 2019

Fox Initiative

March 22, 2019

Category

  • Stories

Archive

  • March 2019
  • October 2018
  • September 2018

Copyright © American Forum All Rights Reserved.

Powered by WordPress & Lightning Theme by Vektor,Inc. technology.