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Privilege and COVID-19: Reflections from Case 131
When my flight from London to Chicago landed, I had a friend pick me up from the airport rather than either of my parents who are both high-risk for coronavirus. Even though I knew there was no chance I had the virus, fear made me cautious. My mom being 63 years old, took all the…
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Serendipity
Look forward, Merry May, yes, now. Last October, I got into the habit of chasing the setting sun. Riding my bike forward as fast as I could, I felt my fast punching heart, the speedy wind crossing through my hair, and the blurry sceneries I left behind. I fixed my eyes at the sunset, resisting…
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The Slowest Death: Charities
With each day, more discoveries are made which expose newer ways in which the coronavirus is, either directly or indirectly, impacting the lives of every single person on the planet. One of the worst impacted groups—which usually gets some of the least coverage—is international charities. High levels of anxiety, hope, instability, and joy have marked…
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A Plan for the Worst
COVID-19 has already uprooted Wash U’s 2020 Spring Semester, with in-person classes canceled for the remainder of the semester and most students sent home. Wash U has also shifted Summer classes online, and grim as it may seem, administrators and students should begin planning for the possibility that the pandemic may continue to pose an…
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How Public Schools Can Better Fight Food Insecurity
Exposure to nutritious food is something many of us, as university students, take for granted. Dining halls, from which we can get a balanced meal at the swipe of an ID card, are littered throughout campus and restaurants and supermarkets are not far away. Unfortunately, our privilege of having access to a diverse range of…
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The Invisible Struggles of Refugees During the Coronavirus
Emotions of disbelief and distress are rocking the WashU community as the coronavirus pandemic forces virtually all undergraduates to return to our childhood homes and transition precipitously to online instruction. Uncertainty surrounding work and housing arrangements, an inability to see loved ones, and restricted movement detrimentally affects our health and emotional well being. Although this…
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Points on a larger trajectory: Pruitt-Igoe and the Coronavirus pandemic
According to theorist Charles Jencks, the death of modern architecture can be traced to a specific date in time: July 15, 1972. On this day, Pruitt-Igoe, a public housing development in the Desoto-Carr neighborhood of St. Louis, was publicly broadcast as three of its 33 buildings were razed to the ground. The remainder of the…
