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Safe Spaces: Helping or Hindering?
By Celia Rattner, Artwork by Ethan LoderstedtIn August 2020, the University of Chicago sent an email to all incoming first-years that condemned the use of trigger warnings and safe spaces on its campus. “Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called ‘trigger warnings,’ we do not cancel invited speakers because their…
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Book Bans are Back
By Alaina Baumohl, Editor-in-ChiefArtwork by Eric Kim, Assistant Design Director The Wentzville School District, a county 30 miles west of St. Louis, recently made national headlines for banning Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” supposedly due to passages containing incest and child rape. In response, the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of two students. It argued that…
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