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Learning beyond ourselves: The importance of cultural studies for all students

People have fought for the right to learn about marginalized and minority identities, their cultures, and their histories at WashU. People are also actively fighting against that same right. It is imperative that students from all backgrounds take classes that involve identities other than their own. Unfortunately, this is not nearly as common as it should be.

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How to settle your housing drama

Yet housing decisions do not need to be so fraught. Not living with your friends is not the end-all, be-all of your housing situation, and your housing situation is not the end-all, be-all of your friendships.

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Slates will further divide Student Union

Clearly, SU is far from united. Unfortunately, the 13-person slate is likely to exacerbate this division.

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Reproductive rights should matter to you, too.

As college students, we need to understand and talk about how abortion bans affect us and our close communities. As human beings, we need to understand, discuss, and feel outraged about abortion bans for what they are — a public-health crisis.

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All students deserve housing — WashU’s policies disagree

These policies reach beyond the scope of the suspensions after April 27. WashU administrators have the authority to evict students from housing based on subjective criteria and without an investigation, conduct hearing, or confirmation that the student has somewhere to go.

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Normalize trashy content

As a WashU student likely flooded with work, you deserve a show (or a StudLife article) that takes no brain energy to understand.

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“Pick me. Choose me. Love me.”: The evolution of the “pick-me girl”

The pick-me phenomenon is spreading as the definition grows more and more ambiguous. In turn, we are all becoming implicated in a greater misogynistic culture.

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Asking my gynecologist mom your sex questions

Student Life sent out a form for students to anonymously ask their sexual and reproductive health questions to a gynecologist. I called my mom, obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Jody Steinauer, to answer your questions.

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Asking my gynecologist mom your sex questions

A couple of weeks ago, Student Life sent out a form for students to anonymously ask their sexual and reproductive health questions to a gynecologist. For this year’s Sex Issue, I wanted to give people a place to ask these questions, so I called my mom, obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Jody Steinauer.

| Senior Forum Editor

WashU Wrapped: ‘On Hold with the IRS’ brings community and camaraderie to center stage

Known for their thematic and upbeat shows, On Hold with the IRS went from WashU junior and singer and guitarist Charlie Morrison’s college dream to one of the most well-known student bands on campus.

and | Senior Forum Editor, Contributing Writer

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