13 THE REAL MEANING OF NUDITY
UNDRESSING INSECURITIES “It's 96 acres of clothing-free family fun, so AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE » FALL 2014 » ISSUE 016
we weren’t just talking about armpits and legs. We were going to bare all in the name of journalism. ”
MISSION
—Jess Anderson , p. 13
AWOL is a progressive magazine run by American University students in Washington, DC. Founded in the spring of 2008 with support from Generation Progress, we are now an awardwinning publication funded by AU Student Media. We exist to ignite campus discussion of social, cultural and political issues, and serve as an outpost for students to explore solutions to local and global problems. We hope to build bridges between American University and the world around it, ultimately making our campus more inquiring, egalitarian and socially engaged. AWOL is not affiliated with any political party or ideology. Our stories have an angle, which is different from having an agenda; our reporting is impartial and fair, but our analysis is critical and argumentative.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Eleanor Greene MANAGING EDITOR: Alexa Marie Kelly ART DIRECTOR: Ellyse Stauffer WEB EDITOR: Casey Chiappetta
19 MAKING STRIDES IN CANCER MANAGEMENT
KATE DECICCO-SKINNER “I want students to not just blindly accept science, but to question it.” Interview by Alex Mazzarisi, p. 23
EDITORIAL STAFF EDITORS: Jess Anderson, Allison Butler, Casey Chiappetta, Alex Mazzarisi, Laura Saini, Jessica Wombles CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Natasha Dev, Evie Lacroix WRITERS: Jess Anderson, Mariam Baksh, Casey Chiappetta, Miranda Cleland, Lydia Crouthamel, Maura Fennelly, Eleanor Greene, Alexa Marie Kelly, Alex Mazzarisi, Shelby Ostergaard, Laura Saini, Nathan Strauss
ART PHOTO EDITOR: Paige Salmon
COVER ILLUSTRATION by Ellyse Stauffer BACK COVER PHOTO by Mariam Baksh
DESIGN ASSISTANT: Anagha Srikanth ILLUSTRATION & PHOTOGRAPHY: Mariam Baksh, Rain Freeman, Anna Moneymaker, Mithila Samak
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AFFILIATIONS AWOL is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press, AU Student Media Board and Generation Progress’ Voices Network. The publication has won awards at the National College Media Convention, and our writers have won awards for their articles from the Society for Professional Journalists.