Author / Sophie Conroy

Sophie Conroy ‘23 studies in the College of Arts & Sciences. She can be reached at s.conroy@wustl.edu.
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  • The World As We Know It Could End in Fifty Years

    In 1970, 20 million people participated in demonstrations across the country for Earth Day, advocating for clean air and water among other environmental reforms. This movement paved the way for the 1970s to be the decade of environmental policy, during which Congress passed legislation including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act,…

  • Tik Tok Takeover

      “Tik Tok is the first thing that’s actually made me feel old,” a friend recently said to me, and I couldn’t help but agree. In the two years since its release, Tik Tok has become a viral sensation. It was the third-most downloaded app of 2019, surpassing Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat. Vox called it…