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International Institute Of St. Louis
“It is like it is so hard to be stateless. You have no rights, you have nothing. You know you are kind of like, the status of an animal…it’s that bad to be stateless.” This is how Suk Sapopka recounted his experience as a Bhutanese refugee to an intern at the International Institute of St.…
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A Culture in and of Yourself
You ate only a pound of meat a month?” My cousin, Yuan—looking up from his phone for the first time since we’d sat down at the table—says, interrupting Aunt Li. “That’s crazy. Is it even possible to live on that?” “We’re alive, aren’t we?” my mom says teasingly. Yuan shakes his head and grunts, and…
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Abandoned Land: Not-So-Casual Vacancies in the Urban Enviroment
BY RAJA KRISHNA When I hear the words “vacant lot,” my thoughts immediately jump to one of my favorite Hey Arnold! episodes, which features America’s most famous football-head and his group of friends as they explore their neighborhood in search of a place to play sports. The gang comes across a vacant lot covered…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Us folks here at WUPR would like to wish you all a fantastic, patriotic holiday! I challenge you, diligent WUPR reader, to come up with anything more American than a celebration of gluttony, consumerism, factory farming, football, hormone-loaded meats, and suppoting your economy by buying unnecessary things solely based on discounts. USA! USA!
