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Abroad: U.S. must support Palestine; Kenya manages pipeline disaster

[email protected] September 22, 2011

Living on campus, it is easy for students to get caught up in the University bubble. We might profess a dedication to being world citizens, but when you have 16 hours of credit and multiple extracurricular...

New Sexual Assault policy serves as reminder, helps protect students

[email protected] September 22, 2011

On April 4, 2011, all institutions of higher learning in the U.S. received what is now known as the “Dear Colleague Letter.” This letter, issued by the U.S. Department of Education, outlines policies...

Starla Salazar / Illustrator

Aid inaccessible to Somalia famine victims, surrounding nations can help

[email protected] September 22, 2011

  The Wikitravel page for Somalia is, in a twisted way, hilarious. This hilarity is due to the irony that such a guide exists for a place to which no one in their right mind would ever choose...

Letter to the Editor: Greek life cultivates student growth

[email protected] September 16, 2011

Editor's note: This letter is in response to a letter to the editor titled "Sororities divide students and limit individualism" that was published on Thursday, Sept. 15 in The University News.  I was...

Mauriel Blakeley / Chief Illustrator

DPSSS has made outstanding improvements in the past year

[email protected] September 15, 2011

A year ago, the Department of Public Safety and Security Services received a new leader, a new name and a new reputation on campus. Since the car break-ins and instances of sexual assault from last...

Fear of terrorism should not cripple our nation, we must increase knowledge

[email protected] September 15, 2011

The 10th anniversary of September 11 renews many sentiments. Sorrow, pain and sympathy grip many of us. Soreness from the fear and distrust with the world that arose after the attacks also leaves us...

Letter to the Editor: Sororities divide students and limit individualism

[email protected] September 15, 2011

Please check your identity at the door and enter into the sorority world. Sadly, a record-breaking group of girls (numbering in the 400’s) did just this over the past weekend by participating in rush...

Starla Salazar / Illustrator

An increase in the Student Activity Fee is needed

[email protected] September 15, 2011

According to Saint Louis University’s website, the current cost for the Student Activity Fee is $90 per year for full and part-time undergraduate students and $60 per year for graduate, professional...

Obama needs to spend real capital to repair economy

[email protected] September 15, 2011

Greetings from Spain! That’s right. I have moved to Madrid for the year, where I will be studying at Saint Louis University’s Madrid Campus. Things are in many ways better here, especially those...

SLU’s Sexual Assault Policy is confusing and paternalistic

[email protected] September 15, 2011

Like most people, I tend not to read the fine print. If someone puts a legal-looking document in front of me, I sign it without a second thought. Sure, I might be agreeing to donate an essential organ...

Starla Salazar / Illustrator

Increase in parking prices is unreasonable, unnecessary

[email protected] September 15, 2011

College isn’t the cheapest of ways to spend four years of your life. Between tuition, housing, food, books and an ever-growing list of school supplies, the cost of going to a private college like...

Ten years later, the 9/11 legacy is yet to be written

Ten years later, the 9/11 legacy is yet to be written

[email protected] September 8, 2011

Ten years ago, 19 men tried to tell us we were wrong. They told us we had no right to express our opinion, no right to worship the god of our choosing, no right to be gay, no right to include women...

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