UW Cheer Team Now Recruiting (Please Be White)
Recently, a coach for the University of Washington’s cheer team decided that they were receiving too many questions about tryouts,
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Appropriation vs. Appreciation: Understanding the Dreadlocks Debate
Cultural appropriation is a term that refers to what happens when one culture, usually a more powerful culture, adopts something
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How Political Media Coverage Pulled a Page out of the Sports Media Playbook
While waiting for game one of the NBA Western Conference Finals, I thought I was listening to pre-game analysis. I
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Only 90%? Captain America: Civil War Is 100% Good
Relative to the realm of superhero movies, Captain America: Civil War is an objectively good film. What I mean by
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America, Meet the First Female Combatant Commander
When I first told my husband (who is in the military) about Lori Robinson, he was fairly indifferent. “Yeah, I
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If Marginalizing Fat People is the Answer, Reconsider the Question
There are some facts which are undeniable. The United States in particular and the world in general face populations that
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Current ASUWT Members: Who Are They?
With ASUWT elections running rampant throughout campus, student government is on the mind of a lot of UWT students. Being
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Strange Circum-stances: America is Failing Men by Violating Their Bodily Integrity
America, let’s be frank. You have a very bizarre fixation, yet no one is willing to call it out, place
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Discrimination Isn’t Religious Freedom
Religious freedom is a crucial American value, written into the First Amendment of our Constitution: “Congress shall make no law
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Move Over Jackson, Tubman’s on Her Way
Last year, President Obama announced that he wanted to put a woman on the $10 bill (Thanks Obama!). The new
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