Month / April 14, 2014

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  • Why Wash. U. Students Walked Out of a Meeting with Their Chancellor

    BY JULIA HO, EMILY ALVES, MEGAN ODENTHAL, JAMAL SADRUD-DIN, AND GEORGIA MCCANDLISH At 11am on Saturday morning, 5 student representatives from the sit-in against Peabody entered a conference room in Brookings Hall to meet with Chancellor Wrighton. Forty-five minutes later, we emerged from the meeting with an increased sense of resolve and passion to a…

  • A WUPR Interview with Student Union Executives

    BY WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY POLITICAL REVIEW EXECUTIVE BOARD WUPR: Thanks for sitting down with us. Emma, you’re the first female president in quite some time and looking at the most recent election, there were very few women on the ballot. How do you plan on tackling the problem of gender diversity in SU? Emma: Great question.…

  • “I’m Sorry. Do You Speak English?”

    BY JOE LENOFF The United States is an economic and military powerhouse, with business interests that span the globe and security concerns that reach just as far, yet according to Gallup, only 34 percent of Americans speak a foreign language “well enough to hold a conversation”. This may sound encouraging, but compared with Europe, where…