Category / Featured / Wash U & St. Louis 2019
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St. Louis: Home Of The Brews
For the second year in a row, St. Louis was named the city with the “Best Beer Scene” by USA Today. St. Louis has a long history as a major beer industry hub, but the city’s ties to Anheuser-Busch aren’t driving the awards. Over the past decade, the number of breweries in the US has…
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Wake Up: The Effects Of Linguistic Convenience On Political Polarization
A recent study finds that 59 percent of links shared on social media weren’t actually clicked by the person sharing them, implying that—six times out of ten—only the article’s headline was read before deciding that “Katie has to see this.” It’s hard to condemn this behavior when headlines like “Birth control makes women unattractive and…
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The Southern Border: A Humanitarian Crisis
In January of this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection impounded 254 pounds of fentanyl—the largest seizure of the drug at any port of entry—at the Nogales Commercial Facility in Arizona. This amount of fentanyl is lethal enough to kill 57 million Americans. A few weeks later, President Trump declared a national emergency on the…
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Impossible Trinity
The most important election in St. Louis was decided in nail-biting fashion on March 5th, when twelve-year incumbent Lewis Reed retained his position as President of the Board of Aldermen (BOA) by winning the Democratic primary. Reed won the primary with only 35 percent of the vote; his two opponents, Missouri State Senator Jamilah Nasheed…
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Studying The Good Life
It has come my time to go, but where to? what to do? who to be? how? To graduate is to sink deep into existentialism. I had only to take five credits this semester to graduate, but I instead enrolled in eighteen: my heaviest load yet. I had a question—a jabbing thought—that I wanted to…
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Proud To Be In St. Louis: WashU’s Brand And The City’s Reputation
“Why are you going to St. Louis?” [su_pullquote align=”right”]“Why are you going to St. Louis?”[/su_pullquote] It was a question I was asked often when I announced to the family and friends closest to me that I would be starting at Washington University in the Fall of 2018. Coming from the Northeast, a region abounding with…
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Who Are The Homeless?
As WashU students, staying in the safe, comfortable, and isolated bubble that the school provides is easy. We are privileged to live in world-class dorms, eat high-quality food, and attend classes on a beautiful campus. Despite this, there is a clear sign all around us that the world is not as perfect as it is…
