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Boycotting Rhodes
In 2000, Professor Kwaw “Andreas Woods” Imana stepped up to the podium to give the valedictorian speech at Morehouse College’s graduation. Morehouse is a private all-male historically black college, and it has produced the most black male Rhodes Scholars in the world. To the audience’s surprise and raucous support, Professor Imana revealed during his speech…
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The Breakdown Of Boycotts
In early 2011, the New York Times reported that college students across the country were calling for the removal of Chick-fil-A restaurants on campuses, in response to one restaurant donating food to a local Pennsylvania anti-LGBT group. Over the course of the next year, further investigations revealed that Chick-fil-A donated millions of dollars to strictly…
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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…
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No, Wash U Shouldn’t Divest From Fossil Fuels — Yet
Environmentally conscious Wash U students are calling on the administration to sell off any investments in fossil fuel from the university’s $5.3 billion endowment. The “divestment” movement — spreading from campus to campus over the last month — draws its inspiration from environmental activist Bill McKibben, who spoke to a full Graham Chapel in November.…
