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John Schuler / Editor-in-Chief

SLU and sustainability: An annual checkup of our efforts

[email protected] May 1, 2015

I want to start by saying that SLU is actually doing a pretty great job at trying to rework its practices to be more sustainable. Recent pushes, such as SGA putting in new water fountains meant to curtail...

Courtesy of Michelle Peltier

Economics of social justice

[email protected] May 1, 2015

In early April, Derreck Kayongo, a CNN Top 10 Hero of 2011 for his work with the Global Soap Project, which repurposes hotel soap to send to those who need it worldwide, came to SLU as part of the Fifteenth...

Asking for a more inclusive SLU

Asking for a more inclusive SLU

[email protected] May 1, 2015

Saint Louis University prides itself on serving a diverse student-population with a plethora of options regarding activities and lifestyles, from housing to dining.   The University even claims to account...

Is the St. Louis Cardinals’ Taveras patch appropriate?

Is the St. Louis Cardinals’ Taveras patch appropriate?

[email protected] April 23, 2015

On Dec. 31, 1972, a plane carrying aid packages for the earthquake-affected people of Nicaragua crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, almost as soon as it took off-  a result of overloading. Killed in the...

MLK Scholarship needs ‘magis’

MLK Scholarship needs ‘magis’

[email protected] April 23, 2015

A critique of an important SLU scholarship St. Ignatius of Loyola emphasized the purpose of human existence as to “praise, revere and serve God,” or “Ad majorem Dei gloriam.” Related to this Latin...

Who we choose to honor

Who we choose to honor

[email protected] April 23, 2015

During Atlas Week, I had the pleasure of watching a film titled “The Last Conquistador.” In this film, presented by SLU’s Anthropology Club, the city of El Paso, Texas, commissioned a statue to honor...

Works of fiction hold lessons for our world

[email protected] April 16, 2015

The shooting of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson and the more recent shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, have called many different aspects of the criminal justice system...

Students living the struggle

[email protected] April 16, 2015

“Long live the students as the winds that roar when priests and the military regime gets too close.” The Argentinian Mercedes Sosa, one of the most influential folkloric singers in Latin America,...

Living, not planning, after graduation

[email protected] April 16, 2015

They told me that high school would be the best four years of my life; they were wrong. They told me that college was a time of countless cups of coffee and all-nighters; they were semi-right. Now they...

Accountable allyship is the next step

Accountable allyship is the next step

[email protected] April 9, 2015

Over the past two weeks, a group of students has helped organize two events that addressed the concepts of privilege and allyship. In those two events, I was pleasantly surprised by the turnout and the...

Why we must fight for $15

[email protected] April 9, 2015

“Why are you involved in that?” This is the question that I have been asked numerous times directly after sharing with someone that I am a member of Show Me 15. For those of you who don’t know, Show...

Why do we objectify calves?

[email protected] April 9, 2015

The first time I noticed my calves, I was 12. I went to a small, Catholic school that nurtured a population of relentless bullies. At 11, these kids loved me. I was class president. I had a lot of friends...

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