Tag / Missouri
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Proud To Be In St. Louis: WashU’s Brand And The City’s Reputation
“Why are you going to St. Louis?” [su_pullquote align=”right”]“Why are you going to St. Louis?”[/su_pullquote] It was a question I was asked often when I announced to the family and friends closest to me that I would be starting at Washington University in the Fall of 2018. Coming from the Northeast, a region abounding with…
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Where We Come From, Where We Go
The young man leaned his head against the window of the train taking him away. He let out a relaxed sigh, and smiled faintly. The demeanor was not to be expected of someone leaving a place that was good to him, never to return. His next city, Chicago, will be the tenth since he left…
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The Tragedy Of The Sexual Assault Discussion On Campus
Recently Student Life published a front-page article describing a new study by a team of Wash U students about the prevalence of sexual assault at Wash U’s fraternities, specifically as inflicted upon Wash U sorority members. Ignoring that this was not a comprehensive study it completely ignored sexual assault toward non-sorority female students, men or…
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Splitting the Ticket: The Gap Between Statewide Races and Ballot Initiatives
Looking past the top line numbers in the House and Senate, one of the most interesting results of the midterm elections is the gap between ballot initiatives and statewide races in red and purple states. The results of the statewide races clearly show the strength of partisan polarization. Incumbent Democratic senators lost in Missouri and…
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St. Louis’s Lacking Investment Environment
Foreign direct investment, or FDI, can provide great growth opportunities for cities, providing a new influx of capital—and usually jobs—in regions that sometimes desperately need it. Two good examples of the benefits of FDI could come from the St. Louis region and Louisville, Kentucky. St. Louis is, according to the World Trade Center St. Louis,…
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Privatizing Lambert: Boon Or Boondoggle?
In 1996, the United States Federal Aviation Administration created a program to encourage the privatization of the country’s airports, which are largely public. Since then, only one airport has successfully privatized through the program, but St. Louis Lambert might be next. This past June, the City of St. Louis’ Board of Estimate and Apportionment approved…
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Two Classrooms
In 1914, Dr. Howard B. Gill joined the administration of President Herbert Hoover as part of the Federal Commission on Prison Labor. As he learnt about the private prison industry, he decided to commit his life to prison reform. So, in 1927, Dr. Gill founded the Norfolk State Prison Colony. The Norfolk State colony was…
