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BY GOVIN VATSAN Segregation in the United States has existed since our nation’s inception. Although it has gradually been removed from our laws, segregation still lingers in our society, especially in the inner cities. St. Louis is one of...
Good news: after you graduate, odds are you won’t be going to prison. For all the self-deprecating jokes you’ll make about getting a liberal arts education, it’s worth noting that statistically speaking, it’s the most powerful thing...
"Rape" is one of the most charged words in the modern English language. During our years at Washington University, we have listened to many of our friends describe instances of sexual assault that they have experienced at the...
George Washington wielded uncommon influence by seeming to transcend politics. John Adams nominated him to lead the Continental Army, seeing him as the unifying figure that could turn the thirteen colonies into the United States of America....
All of us will agree that this defines segregation. Washington University has a self-segregation problem. The problem does not lie with the communities centered around certain identities, but with the criticism and labeling of such groups as...
It’s Complicated Universities are peculiar organizations. A student’s relationship to a university can take multiple forms; but fundamentally, we, as students, are its customers. On paper, we pay to prepare for the rest of our lives, but...
The latest issue of WUPR is a special report on the visible and behind-the-scenes politics at Wash U, our lovely, most-certainly not-socioeconomically-homogenous university. Read on to learn more about everything from tenure to the hegemony...
Illustration by Kate Cohen I have always been drawn towards Eliot Hall and I frequently study there. The building’s lack of Wi-Fi prevents me from engaging in any of the innumerable cyber amusements that impede productivity. Its drafty rooms...
This September, the Campus Programming Council brought John Oliver to Washington University for their Fall Comedy Show. Oliver has been a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since 2006 and is also well known for his Comedy Central...
As this is my first article for WUPR, an introduction is in order. My name is Michael Feinstein, and I am a junior in the School of Engineering at Washington University, majoring in computer science and healthcare management. I will give...