We cannot continue with this age-old excuse that WashU simply isn’t a sports school. It’s uninspired. So set the culture yourself — wrangle a group of friends, dig up a green or red shirt, and bring the energy.

This is a frightening precedent that we are setting — one that emphasizes that there is a “right” and a “wrong” political ideology. WashU’s political culture should combat this, but the University’s dominant liberal population and loud far-left community fosters a practice where people refrain from discussing non-mainstreamed political views. 

For her entire life Ella Scott has been obsessed with pink.
Growing up it was just a favorite color, but after she watched “Legally Blonde” in high school for the first time, the hue “revolutionized” her life. A couple years later she walked across the stage at high school graduation with Elle Woods’ iconic line, “What? Like it’s hard?” on her cap. 

“When you see me play Lady Danbury, that’s 40 years of professional acting life. That’s 61 years of life life. That’s three kids, aging parents, a dog, a grandson, Leeds United Football Club, being a punk rocker … Lady Danbury is just the tip of that iceberg,”  Adjoa Andoh said on  Oct. 11 during an event organized by the Congress of the South 40 (CS40).

Upon entering Mallinckrodt, the scent of bread and cheese from Subway is inescapable. The sandwich smells immediately ruin the ambiance as you descend the Mallinckrodt stairs to your Writing Center appointment. Talk to any alum, however, and this never would’ve been their experience with this building.

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.

While traveling, you may still have the tendencies of an American tourist, but with respect and an appreciation of other cultures as well as your own, you are sure to make the most of your trip.

In the U.S., there is a common perception that individuals from collectivist cultures, or cultures that value the interests and the importance of the community over those of each individual, are more inclined to wear masks.

But this conversation alluded to something larger: What kind of toxic culture has people laughing along to incredibly overt inhumanity just to fit in.

2016 was an interesting year. Here at Cadenza, we like to think it was because of all of the stellar entertainment.