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Controversy N’ Coffee

Controversy N’ Coffee

Friday, October 23, 2009 || Lauren Olens, Kelly Fahy and Michelle Merlin

Amid a relaxed atmosphere, Controversy N’ Coffee and WU/FUSED hosted a multicultural panel on the topic of socioeconomic diversity to a group of nearly forty students Thursday evening.
The panel was composed of John Berg, Vice Chancellor of Admissions; Pam Hansen, Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni & Development Programs; Harvey Fields, Assistant Director of Academic Programs, [...]

The purpose of Controversy N’ Coffee is not aggressive retaliation

Friday, October 09, 2009 || Other Author

In light of your open letter to Professor Peter Benson (“A response to Peter Benson,” Oct. 2), we feel that it is necessary to state the position of Controversy n’ Coffee, as a student group dedicated to fostering dialogue in the Wash. U. community.

A response to Peter Benson

Friday, October 02, 2009 || Phillip Christofanelli

You went on to refer to smokers as “diseased,” but the real disease here is not my pastime, but rather your ideology, which lowers every student in this University to the state of a peon incapable of making his own decisions correctly.

Student group lights up discussion on tobacco ban

Monday, September 28, 2009 || Josh Berry

Debate over Washington University’s tobacco ban heated up last week during the first Controversy n’ Coffee of the school year, titled “Jumping on the ‘Ban’ Wagon: A Panel Discussion on Smoking Bans.”

Group hopes to stir debate, cream and sugar optional

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 || Michelle Merlin

A growing student group on campus has a vision: to confront controversy and serve coffee.
Its name? Controversy N’ Coffee.
This group, which meets weekly, holds panels once a month on political topics with professors, administrators and community members who specialize in the subject of the month.
The goal of the group is [...]

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