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MSD Project Clear: A Step In What Direction?
Underground sewage tunnels tend to get relegated to the back of our mind—lumped in with all those chase scenes in Marvel movies. But they are very real, and St. Louis is built over a wide swath of them, along with natural caves and artificially filled in caves just waiting to collapse. Owing to Missouri’s karstic…
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The People Across the River
For many non-residents, “Anacostia” refers to all of DC across the Anacostia River. In reality, Anacostia is just the neighborhood on the eastern end of the 11th Street Bridge. Despite the area’s current issues with poverty and crime, it is one of the most historic neighborhoods in the whole city. While most DC students make…
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Survey Reveals Divide in Student Priorities Along Class Lines
BY SONYA SCHOENBERGER In January 2013, Washington University United for Socioeconomic Diversity (WU/FUSED) surveyed the Wash U student body to gauge levels and perceptions of socioeconomic diversity on campus. The survey, which received 275 undergraduate responses (about 5% of the student body), revealed that Wash U students acknowledge the lack of socioeconomic diversity on campus,…
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Goldman Sachs Under Fire, BoA Lives
This morning, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally announced fraud charges against prominent banking firm Goldman Sachs. The SEC says that Goldman Sachs neglected to disclose important details of a major sale conducted in 2007. The deal in question involved a “collateralized debt obligation”, which eventually cost investors upwards of $1 billion. Goldman Sachs…
