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Remembering Students Against Peabody: A Reflection on Student Activism at Wash U
College campuses have long been considered hotbeds for young student activism. Between interactions with new people from a variety of backgrounds, and challenging exposure to classes addressing structural forms of inequality, it is often during their college years that young people start questioning their role within these systems and look to create change within their…
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Current Student Voice on the Board of Trustees
BY EMILY ALVES, JOSH SOLLER & CAITLIN LEE This Thursday morning, on May 1st, two student representatives presented to the Board of Trustees’ Undergraduate Experience Committee on expanding Wash U’s sexual violence support and response team. Student Representatives apply for this position, which includes the chance to present to those who make many decisions that…
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The Conversation has Started: Why Wash U Students Need to be Talking about Peabody
BY JOSELYN WALSH On Thursday night, the Peabody sit-in ended. Here’s the big question: What has been its impact? I began this week with a detailed plan of how I was going to finish all of my essays, study extensively for a weighty Friday exam, and get a near-optimal amount of sleep. That all changed…
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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…
