After four years in St. Louis, I have maintained my coffee addiction by exploring a variety of cafes. There are the classics: all of the Kaldi’s Coffee locations, Meshuggah Cafe on the Delmar Loop, and even our very own campus spots like Cafe Bergson and Whispers Cafe and Collins Farms at Law Cafe.

Mike McHaney is a man of many roles. He is a juggler. At the age of 10, he picked up three balls and taught himself the technique for throwing and catching them. For 50 years, he has never found a reason to stop. Not long ago, he became an artist. He started working in his own form of abstraction, where he manipulates and photographs ferrofluid (ferromagnetic particles suspended in oil). He is a handyman, a biker, and a longtime St. Louis local with a love for all the city’s parks and festivals. He is also a popular face at WashU. 

If you’re a Democrat, like I am, you might wonder, what’s the point of voting here, dropping a speck of blue into a sea of red? If this is a factor you find yourself considering, do not let a sense of powerlessness deter you from voting in Missouri, for there are key issues where your vote really can influence change.

New students: now that you are familiar with our recent past, it is up to you to decide our future. I cannot overstate how extraordinary that power is.

We must be honest in our understanding of history and recognize that, as Jews and as people, we are, and always have been, a part of the anti-Zionist movement.

This change seems reflective of a larger social phenomenon: a widespread distrust of people in power. 

There is power in being a generalist in a world which prioritizes intense, secluding specialization. 

This year’s freshman class will have the unique opportunity of being the first to go through college with artificial intelligence programs at their fingertips for all four years.

Whether it’s due to a semi-hypocritical distaste for large influencers or something deeper, I find that social media users like myself share a feeling of some subterranean problem causing us anxiety and discomfort, no matter how much community we find in these online spaces. 

This country was built on the principle of “no taxation without representation.” And yet, contributing members of our society have continually been denied proper representation.