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A Matter of Principle: WUPR Interviews Iranian Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Over the past few months, the media has been abuzz with fears, threats, and uncertainties regarding the Iranian nuclear program. Nuclear technology was first introduced to Iran by the United States in the 1960s, and today Iran retains the right to a peaceful nuclear program under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Suspicions surrounding the Iranian nuclear…
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Sexual Assault on Campus: Statistics, Definitions, and Culture
During our years at Washington University, we have listened to many of our friends describe instances of sexual assault that they have experienced at the hands of other Washington University students. Frequently, these cases are not clear-cut—one person may not intend to violate the other person; one or both of the individuals have been…
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Missouri Compromised
George Washington wielded uncommon influence by seeming to transcend politics. John Adams nominated him to lead the Continental Army, seeing him as the unifying figure that could turn the thirteen colonies into the United States of America. During his presidency he warned of the toxic effect that political parties would have on American government, a…
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Coming to Terms with “Self-Segregation”
Washington University has a self-segregation problem. The problem does not lie with the communities centered around certain identities, but with the criticism and labeling of such groups as “self-segregating.” This term takes the word “segregation,” which is inextricably linked to a century of legalized oppression and applies it to individuals who find value in hanging…
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The Tenure Tradeoff
It’s Complicated Universities are peculiar organizations. A student’s relationship to a university can take multiple forms; but fundamentally, we, as students, are its customers. On paper, we pay to prepare for the rest of our lives, but anyone who has had a work-study job or a research assistantship will tell you that students are also…
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Wash U’s Sore Thumb
I have always been drawn towards Eliot Hall and I frequently study there. The building’s lack of Wi-Fi prevents me from engaging in any of the innumerable cyber amusements that impede productivity. Its drafty rooms keep me from dozing off. Perhaps my draw to the building is similar to Guy de Maupassant’s attraction to the…
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To Infinity and Beyond?
A Crucial Juncture It’s now 2012, and some are understandably more optimistic than others. An economic slump that began in 2007 remains Western policymakers’ biggest headache, in addition to near-total currency collapses and debt ceiling pantomimes. Developing countries, long schooled in the Western way to prosperity, should be forgiven for a little gloating. Yet while…
