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Departures, arrivals and a legacy

[email protected] March 26, 2015

After a lackadaisical year for the SLU Men’s basketball team - a year in which they went 11-21 (3-15 in the Atlantic 10 Conference) - there are a number of people leaving, some expectedly, and others...

Cruz enters election, crashes party

Cruz enters election, crashes party

[email protected] March 26, 2015

On Monday, March 23, Ted Cruz (R-TX) became the first big-name politician from either side of the aisle to announce his or her candidacy for president in the 2016 election. In his address to students of...

Enjoying spring at SLU, St. Louis

[email protected] March 20, 2015

Welcome back from spring break! Thankfully, as many of us were off vacationing or visiting families, the St. Louis region finally decided to shake off its winter gear in exchange for more quintessential...

Individualizing a collective problem

[email protected] March 20, 2015

Last week, the University of Oklahoma (OU) was rocked by a viral video of members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity loudly singing a song replete with themes of lynching and anti-black rhetoric. After...

Selecting Stewart’s successor

[email protected] February 27, 2015

Several of us on the editorial board, and likely many of our readers, have been devastated in recent months by the announcements of two important departures: Stephen Colbert from “The Colbert Report”...

Climate change: What next?

Climate change: What next?

[email protected] February 27, 2015

On Feb. 11, the House of Representatives voted 270-152 in favor of a bill to authorize the building the Keystone XL pipeline, a bill which passed in the Senate in January. The bill was then sent to President...

Addressing our “dangerous” city

[email protected] February 19, 2015

On Feb. 10, The New York Times published a piece regarding the notable increase in murders in St. Louis over the past few years.  “There was a 33 percent rise in homicides last year, to 159, compared...

Jessica Park / Chief Illustrator

Sculpture sensationalized

[email protected] February 19, 2015

Over the past couple of weeks, the “Clock Tower Accords” have seen a resurgence in critical attention. Of the 13 initiatives stipulated in the agreements, the “mutually agreed upon commissioned artwork”...

Adnan Syed

Mardi Gras vs. Valentine’s Day?

[email protected] February 12, 2015

Every so often, two holidays rudely decide to be on the same day. This weekend, those holidays are Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day. (Yes, Mardi Gras is technically on Tuesday, Feb. 17, but St. Louis celebrates...

Jessica Park / Chief Illustrator

The difficulty of fighting ISIS

[email protected] February 12, 2015

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has captured Western media’s attention after another round of high-profile executions, this time of two Japanese nationals and one Jordanian pilot, which...

Adnan Syed / Online Editor

Olympic reluctance in Boston

[email protected] February 5, 2015

On Jan 8, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chose Boston over San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and two-time Olympics host Los Angeles to be the bid city for the 2024 Summer Olympics. One of...

Jessica Park / Chief Illustrator

Stemming the anti-vax tide

[email protected] February 5, 2015

Since the year has begun, there have been 92 confirmed cases of measles that have originated from Disneyland, in California. These 92 cases, derived from one outbreak at the amusement park, make up...

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