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The data center endangers our common home

The data center endangers our common home

The Green Billikens, SLU student organization March 26, 2026

As SLU students, the role of the common home is emphasized in our shared core classes. We discuss commonality with our neighbors, the troubled history of our infrastructure and the uncertain future of...

Courtesy of Brooke Kenworthy.

Letter to the Editor: Brooke Kenworthy

Brooke Kenworthy, Contributor February 27, 2023

Hello Billikens! My name is Brooke Kenworthy. I’m a Junior majoring in Civil Engineering and minoring in Studio Art! After much prayer and planning, I have decided to run to serve as the 2023-2024...

Courtesy of Marquis Govan.

Letter to the Editor: Marquis Govan

Marquis Govan, Contributor February 27, 2023

Who am I?  I am a practitioner of love, a servant grounded in faith, I am fallible. Though indeed I’m also an activist, an empath who seeks to emulate the magnanimous grace of the god that I serve....

A proper campus pizzeria, please

Dr. Paul Bracher, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry February 6, 2023

I write to lament the unconscionable absence of a proper pizzeria on our fair campus. While it is true that a few local restaurateurs peddle menu items they call “pizza,” any reference to these establishments...

Please, just get your flu shot

Please, just get your flu shot

Jacob Goyen, Contributor February 21, 2019

Dear Editor, Flu vaccinations have been a topic of debate for many years now due to a number of factors—such as skepticism towards their possible “side effects.” The speculations regarding the...

Just say no to tobacco (yes that includes vaping)

Just say no to tobacco (yes that includes vaping)

Peter Pys, Contributor February 20, 2019

Dear Editor, To many, tobacco has become the most controlling thing in their lives, and it has been since they first used it. The addictive adrenaline rush has hooked millions—and kills 480,000 Americans...

Dr. Jonathan Smith,  Vice President of Diversity and Community Engagement

Happily Collegial, Even in Conflict

Dr. Jonathan C. Smith, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement December 7, 2017

As I sat down to read the November 16 issue of the UNews, I was struck by the luminous constellation of student-authored op-ed pieces in that issue. Among them, Grant Mayfield, Jaryn Blackshear-Bryant,...

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