Tag / academic
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It’s Not About Peabody: Why We’re Having the Wrong Discussion
BY KAITY SHEA CULLEN Beneath the archway of Brookings Hall, a group of student activists remain steadfastly put, no less deterred by administrative pressures than by St. Louis’s capricious spring weather. The students are bold in their demands: remove Peabody Energy CEO Greg Boyce from the university’s Board of Trustees, and have Chancellor Wrighton take…
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The Anti-Intellectualism of the Wash U Bubble
BY OLA ABIOSE College admissions season is in full swing, and few things are more surreal than nearing the end of college life and looking upon those eagerly waiting to begin. So, in an overwhelming bout of nostalgia, I decided to sneakily join a campus tour on my way to class, just to take one…
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A Call for Academic Freedom
BY MEYTAL CHERNOFF Over winter break the students of Washington University received an email from Chancellor Wrighton declaring our university’s refusal to participate in the American Studies Association’s (ASA) academic boycott of Israel. The ASA is one of many medium sized academic associations, but its actions are indicative of a larger trend. This January, the…