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The Improbable Journey of Howard Mechanic
The temperature was in the low 50s in St. Louis on the night of May 4, 1970, but the thousand-plus Washington University students marching towards the rally site were anything but chilly. Earlier that day, the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four unarmed student protesters at Kent State University. They were peacefully demonstrating against…
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Preaching to the Choir: Wash U’s Political Diversity Problem
“Washington University in St. Louis’ mission is to discover and disseminate knowledge, and protect the freedom of inquiry through thought, research, teaching and learning.” Written in large red font on the University website, this claim defines Wash U as a key player in the field of higher education. It claims to not only develop new…
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Law School Left Behind from University’s Rise
A quick glance around campus reveals countless impressive graduate buildings. From Hillman to Bauer, undergraduate students see newly renovated, state-of-theart structures sprinkled throughout our walks from class to class, serving to remind us of the nearly 6,000 graduate students that attend Washington University. Despite our ability to overlook them, the graduate institutions are what keep…
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A Proposal to Make Upperclassmen’s Lives Easier
My shelf in the fridge often looks something like this: withering spinach in a filmy plastic bag and an empty egg carton. I don’t have a car, so I have to depend on friends with cars to be able to get the necessary produce to cook in my North Campus dorm. When I don’t make…
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Squashed by the Sumers Center
Washington University is a school constantly under construction. Among the current projects, there is the new dorm on the South 40 that is replacing the old Rubelmann Hall, a massive undertaking that has been developing before our eyes. Future architectural plans for the campus include the renovation of Olin Library that will continue through the…
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International Humans of WUSTL
Unless you’re one of the few who is actually from St. Louis, you technically “migrated” to attend Wash U. While we’re taking the time to discuss migration on a national and international scale, it seems wrong not to discuss the processes of migration to our own campus, especially for those who must take an international…
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Prioritizing the Accessibility of a Wash U Education
A WU/FUSED EDITORIAL In August 2013, the White House announced a plan for a new college rating system based on accessibility, affordability, and graduation(?) outcomes. The rankings, which would serve as a basis for federal allocations of student aid, would use metrics such as tuition affordability, percent of students receiving Pell grants, loan debt, graduation…
