Author / Daniel Bram
Dan Bram is a Senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at d.bram@wustl.edu.
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Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down These Bricks: Tetris and the Cold War
BY DAN BRAM Let’s think, for a moment, about the popular culture of the American 80s. We were a culture of excess with much to spare: everyone wanted a piece of Americana, from South Africa to Czechoslovakia, Australia to Nicaragua. Ironically enough, one of the main cravers of American pop culture was our then-eternal nemesis—the…
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Obama, Where Art Thou?
Barack Obama’s 2008 stump speech was an ever-evolving piece of art. He went from small backyard gatherings to massive, sold-out baseball stadiums full of hysterical fans. These Obama devotees, this writer included, saw the rallies as a chance to not only see a man who was trying to get a job on Pennsylvania Avenue but…
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