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The Ivory Soapbox: Barry and Bibi’s Ongoing Feud
At the beginning of October, I wrote an article detailing the ways in which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was attempting to swing the American presidential election toward Mitt...
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The Ivory Soapbox—For Evil to Succeed
Last week, a brief, 16-page document was leaked to the press. Called “the White Paper,” the document outlines the Obama administration’s perceived justification in killing American citizens who are...
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The Ivory Soapbox: An insider’s opinion on Loop expansion
I have lived on the Delmar Loop in University-owned housing—University Terrace, to be specific—for more than a year and a half. In that time, I have grown fiercely attached to the Loop. For all of its...
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The Ivory Soapbox: Go Big or Go Home
This past weekend saw some 40,000 people gather in beautiful Washington D.C. to urge President Barack Obama not to sign off on the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, a required measure for its...
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The ivory soapbox: The sad decline of Barack Obama
Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, Obama for America, was one of the most technologically-sophisticated—and therefore effective—campaigns of all time. It was able to compile a massive database of...
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The Ivory Soapbox: Wash. U.’s witch hunt
By this point everyone who doesn’t live under a rock without any WUFI—which, admittedly, may be several people—has heard of the racial episode involving Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledges last Tuesday night...
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The Ivory Soapbox: CS40 ruined WUStock
“We’re sorry,” a loudspeaker-toting Council of the South 40 representative blasted into my ear on Friday, “but this is just the way it needs to be.” The representative was referring to CS40’s decision...
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The Ivory Soapbox: Say no to unfair Proposition P
Local politics rarely receive the kind of attention that their national counterparts do, but they frequently have a more immediate, noticeable effect on the lives of voters. Many of us switched our...
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The Ivory Soapbox: Brad Paisley & LL COOL J
Country singer Brad Paisley recently released a new song in collaboration with LL Cool J called “Accidental Racist.” It immediately sparked a firestorm, with left-wing blogs and websites decrying it as...
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Washington U.: Taking the fun out of campus life since 1853
My four years at Wash. U. have been a period of numerous ups and downs, self-inflicted and otherwise. The University has changed since my arrival; the oozing abscess that was Eliot Hall has been...
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