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A reminiscence of a Cuban excursion

March 26, 2010 | Allison Bischoff

While you may have spent your spring break catching up on homework or watching TV, 14 freshmen in professor Joseph Schraibman’s FOCUS class Stranger than Paradise: Cuban Experiences of Revolution spent their break in Cuba.

Oh baby, baby, it’s a mad WUrld

November 11, 2009 | Eve Samborn

A bunch of students reenacted communism on Monday on the lawn outside the Women’s Building.
There was also a blackout on the South 40 last week, and the cause is still unknown. I’m pretty sure, however, that a drum circle took place at the Clocktower while the lights were out.

University shuts down student mock prison camp

November 11, 2009 | Dan Woznica

Members of the Washington University chapter of Young Americans for Liberty erected a mock Soviet prison camp, or gulag, in front of the Women’s Building Monday morning, but were later told by a representative from Event Services to disassemble the display.

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