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Register, and vote yes on Prop A

Friday, February 26, 2010 || Staff Editorial

St. Louis has another chance in April to pump some much-needed money into its struggling Metro system. Although Proposition M originally failed in November 2008, it will be back on the ballot as Proposition A—a slightly revised version of its predecessor. Proposition M was proposed legislation that would fund Metro transportation through a half-cent sales tax increase in St. Louis County.

“Yes” on Proposition N is a vote for a clean, healthy community

Friday, October 23, 2009 || Other Author

Imagine if, in a single minute of your time, you could help lessen the incidence of lung cancer, heart disease and respiratory illnesses in St. Louis County. Would you act? Well, you can. All you have to do is vote “yes” for Proposition N on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Politics, politics everywhere

Friday, July 10, 2009 || Kat Berger

Welcome to Wash. U., where politics is like water: never bottled up. From national, to local, to university politics, people rarely keep their opinions to themselves and need very little encouragement to shout them from the rooftops, or at least from the Student Life editorial pages.

ArtSci votes on proposed changes to curriculum

Monday, April 27, 2009 || Kat Zhao

The ArtSci Council assembled on Wednesday evening two weeks ago to vote on the proposed changes to the curriculum in the College of Arts & Sciences, forwarded by the College’s New Curriculum Review Committee.

For students, long lines worth the wait

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 || David Song and Kat Zhao

Washington University students waited for up to three hours Tuesday to cast their ballots—many for the first time— and in contrast to past years, encountered few problems along the way.
While students voting in the Wohl Center stood in line for one hour to vote, voters at local churches and other locations often faced waits hours [...]

Why I’m voting in California

Monday, October 13, 2008 || Daniel Caldera

It’s time to come clean to all the people who were stationed at the underpass, in front of Center Court and outside of my classes asking, in anticipation of the Missouri voter registration deadline, “Are you registered to vote in Missouri?” No, I’m not.

The battles we need to fight

Friday, October 10, 2008 || Eve Samborn

I first decided to support Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy for president after reading his 2002 speech voicing opposition to the war in Iraq.

Continue political involvement

Wednesday, October 08, 2008 || Student Life Newspaper

The day of the debate was the most exciting day I’ve had at Wash. U., and it looked like many students agreed with me. I heard friends throughout the day say, “I wish it was debate day every day!” and “This is even better than W.I.L.D.!”

Vote in Missouri

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 || Charlie Bohlen

Welcome back. You may have noticed there’s an election in November.

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