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  • The Evolution Of A Campus Conservative Revisited

    I arrived at Wash U in 2015 a doe-eyed Republican, having spent my first eighteen years in perennially red South Dakota. I grew up among climate change deniers, gay marriage opposers, and gun enthusiasts. I was practically weaned on Fox News. Though I managed to emerge from this environment with some socially liberal views (primarily…

    Family, National

  • Tropical Trump: The Rise Of Jair Bolsonaro

    Before October 8, most people outside of Brazil had never heard of Jair Bolsonaro. An undistinguished seven-term congressman before this election cycle began, Bolsonaro was most famous among Brazilians for his history of misogynistic and anti-black comments, around which he built his brand as a politically incorrect outsider fighting for Conservative values in Congress. However,…

    2018, Environments, International

  • The Case For Talking To Your Racist Grandpa

    I spent my childhood angry and arguing. Growing up gay and Jewish in Alabama, I was always arguing that lighting candles on Hanukkah didn’t mean I’d burn in hell, or explaining to male friends that homosexuality didn’t mean I was attracted to them. It left me constantly on guard, waiting for the next person to…

    2018, Divisions

  • Looking Beyond the Turban

    BY SHIVANI DESAI It is incredible how much power and mean­ing one piece of fabric can hold. For those who adhere to the Sikh religion, a turban (dastar) is a symbol of devotion and spiritu­ality. It is a connection to the roots and his­tory of the Sikh people and a way for them to portray…

    National