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Author / Steven Perlberg

Steven Perlberg is a senior and the Co-Director of New Media, web editor, and blogger at WUPR.org. He has written for WUPR since his sophomore year on issues ranging from national to campus politics. He also co-hosts the weekly WUPRadio talk show on KWUR 90.3 FM.
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  • Hotdogs, Cold Nights

    BY STEVEN PERLBERG It’s 10:30 p.m., the cart is out, grill fired up, but Adam Stoker forgot the tongs. Which is a problem. It’s the one thing he really can’t forget – “other than the hotdogs.” But Adam sets up anyway. Apron on, he lines up the buns, stirs the cheese, and marshals the mustards.…

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  • Divestmentgate, Ctd.

    This may be the first time Perlblog has inspired real ire on campus, and the heat is coming from the left (which is ironic if you’ve read most of the other items in this space). To backtrack, earlier this week I wrote a post about how Wash U’s nascent “divestment” movement — which seeks to…

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  • No, Wash U Shouldn’t Divest From Fossil Fuels — Yet

    Environmentally conscious Wash U students are calling on the administration to sell off any investments in fossil fuel from the university’s $5.3 billion endowment. The “divestment” movement — spreading from campus to campus over the last month —  draws its inspiration from environmental activist Bill McKibben, who spoke to a full Graham Chapel in November.…

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  • Student gets mad at StudLife for writing, like, exactly what she said

    Three weeks ago, StudLife ran an interview with two juniors studying abroad in Israel. They reside “about 10 miles north of Tel Aviv.” Needless to say, this semester has been a rather unique time to study in the region. The two chronicled their experiences enduring the week-long outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas in an interview…

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  • Yes, Climate Change Causes Natural Disasters

    Every time the country sees an extreme weather event – once we get our fix of disaster porn, of course – some important questions emerge. Did global warming cause this catastrophe? Will we see more natural disasters as a result of climate change? I’d like to know whether we can talk about global warming before…

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  • The Christie/Obama Faux-mance

    Over at the Daily Caller, Matt Lewis pouts over the Obama/Christie love-fest, otherwise known as post-natural disaster federal assistance. When Christie says he doesn’t “give a damn about Election Day,” that is also concerning — assuming he believes there are clear differences between the two candidates. While nobody should discount the seriousness of the storm…

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  • The October Surprise (!)

    I always like reading Niall Ferguson — the priggish Harvard professor-cum-Newsweek columnist — mostly because I enjoy his contradictory and often incorrect predictions (not to mention his obligatory “I told you so” postscripts). This week he ponders whether the president is attempting to “wag the dog” the week before the election. Through its liberal propaganda…

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