Tag / peabody energy
-
Flat Chancellor’s Tour of Saline County, IL
[su_dropcap style=”flat”]I[/su_dropcap]n the Spring of 2014 Students Against Peabody staged protests at Washington University in St. Louis to shed light on the current ties between Wash U and Peabody Energy, a company that exploits communities in Rocky Branch, Illinois; Black Mesa, Arizona; and St. Louis to just name a few. One of many ties between…
-
Why Wash. U. Students Walked Out of a Meeting with Their Chancellor
BY JULIA HO, EMILY ALVES, MEGAN ODENTHAL, JAMAL SADRUD-DIN, AND GEORGIA MCCANDLISH At 11am on Saturday morning, 5 student representatives from the sit-in against Peabody entered a conference room in Brookings Hall to meet with Chancellor Wrighton. Forty-five minutes later, we emerged from the meeting with an increased sense of resolve and passion to a…
Loading posts...