In April 1968, a group of African-American students at Saint Louis University decided that all African-American students needed formal representation. Together they birthed the Association of Black Collegiates...
I’m an English major, and I’m also Catholic. For me, the two are very compatible – the Mass itself is almost a living tradition of the story it tells, and Catholic ceremony is ripe with literary...
While most students were squeezing the final drops out of their winter breaks, the Rainbow Alliance was taking action against homophobia. A national campus ministry conference entitled “Taboo” was...
Nobody waits in line to see the Easter Bunny. St. Patrick’s Day may have a funny little leprechaun, but who sings songs about him—or even knows his name? (Hint: it’s not Lucky—he works for Lucky...
When Michael Brown was killed by a police officer on Aug. 9, 2014, I was wrapping up my summer working in a microbiology research lab at home and excitedly waiting for the new school year to start. My...
National and international attention has been focused on St. Louis since Darren Wilson took the life of Michael Brown, Jr. on Aug. 9th, and we will never be the same. Word of this police killing spread...
The decision handed down by Gov. Jay Nixon declaring the State of Missouri to be in a State of Emergency has created a tension of fear and confusion. It is important for us as members of the St. Louis...
Like a plot straight out of a dystopian novel, there is a city that in the past three years has attempted to bus the homeless residents out of its city limits, restrict their living spaces and their ability...
When the first American Congress met in 1789, its members probably did not imagine that American politics would evolve into the rather unpredictable chaotic mess that we unfortunately see today.
On...
Thanksgiving is only about two weeks away, and I know you all are as excited as I am to go home to family and good food. When we inevitably give thanks during this holiday, I’d like you to consider a...
We fail when our systems fail because we make them.
The idea that our judicial system will triumph all evil doings is compromising and can potentially disintegrate the power and purpose this system...
“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. We must come to see that human progress never...
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