St. Louis Mayor Tishuara Jones answered questions from students and spoke about the lawsuit with Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey over reproductive healthcare funding, among other issues including the housing crisis.

Two weeks ago, three-term Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, announced that she would not be seeking reelection. What is so striking about the announcement is that Sen. Snowe stated that she is not seeking reelection specifically because of partisanship. Olympia Snowe was one of the few moderates left in the Senate.

When Americans demand bipartisan solutions from their partisan legislature, Congress must do more than take bipartisan dates to the State of the Union; Congressmen from different parties must move in together. During last week’s State of the Union, Members of Congress broke with tradition of sitting with their parties and sat with people across the aisle.

Americans love agreement. In kindergarten, we are taught to play nice, share our blocks and get along with others. This elementary principle enters our political minds, and because of it, we want bipartisan agreement. A partisan bill equates to hogging the Legos when the majority party passes legislation without input from another party. Many citizens think that the more people who agree, the better, so if no one disagrees with the bill, it must be a good idea.