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  • Cortex Aims High

    BY NICOLAS HINSCH Of all of the neighborhoods in the City of St. Louis, few are changing faster than the area of midtown between the Washington University Medical Center and Saint Louis University. Previously pockmarked by post-industrial ruins, it is rapidly becoming a new hub for the science and technology industries in St. Louis. Its…

  • Unsettling the Seated

    Student advocacy is a marvelous thing. Some of the most formative moments in American history have come from student protests, sit-ins, and demonstrations. These displays of passionate idealism are often inspiring, especially when their sights are pragmatically set on local or campus targets. The current Wash U student sit-in against Peabody Energy and its CEO…

  • Wash U and its Community

    BY MADELEINE SHER I was coming up the stairs from doing laundry in the basement when I hear a loud, raucous yelling from a large group of people.  I went into the kitchen and looked out the window and saw them all in the street, just in front of the old Delmar Transit station.  This…

  • Laryngitis of a Generation

    BY ALISON SCHREIBER Four years and one fortnight ago the Supreme Court of the United States of America made a monumental and infamous decision. This verdict would disregard 100 years of precedent and would lead to an exceptionally expensive election. Overturning Austin and McConnell while affirming Buckley and Bellotti, this decision relied heavily upon the majority’s opinion in the latter cases and…

  • Beyond the Numbers: The Challenges of Low Income Students at Wealthy Schools

    BY VICTORIA SGARRO Negative $27. For the first time in his life, Daniel* came face to face with a bank statement of less than zero. He stared fiercely at the computer screen glowing in his lap, as if he could will the tiny black minus sign to disappear. Although money has been a constant worry…

  • Obamacare

    BY  JULIA KONG for GLOBEMED The Affordable Care Act (known as Obamacare) went into effect earlier this month, bringing about the largest overhaul of our health care system since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid. Our country is split on the changes to come, but the bottom line remains that the old system left our…

  • Issues of Diversity Contemporary America

    BY BLACK ANTHOLOGY GROUP Black Anthology, an annual student theater production focused on the experience of African-Americans, is titled this year  “Post-” and grapples with the question of whether or not we live in a “post-racial” America.  This year’s show is particularly relevant to our country and our campus as we continue to struggle with…