Challenging Caterpillar Challenging Caterpillar
An Arizona student asks Caterpillar shareholders to require the company to “conform more fully with international human rights and humanitarian standards."
Jun 26, 2012 / StudentNation / Gabriel Matthew Schivone
Islamic NYU Students Host Town Hall To Address NYPD Surveillance Islamic NYU Students Host Town Hall To Address NYPD Surveillance
After the news broke that the NYPD had been monitoring them, NYU's Islamic Student Association gathered to demand the university president condemn the operation.
Jun 26, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Don’t Throw Your Vote Away Don’t Throw Your Vote Away
Two Seattle high-school students make the case for why young people should be engaged electorally.
Jun 25, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Sullivan Resignation Spotlights Debate About Online Education Sullivan Resignation Spotlights Debate About Online Education
The controversy over for-profit online education may be central to the University of Virginia scandal.
Jun 22, 2012 / StudentNation / Charlie Tyson
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (6/20/12) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (6/20/12)
Our media coverage is often dominated by one big story that crowds out nearly everything else. As an antidote, every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and ch...
Jun 21, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
All Hands on Deck at UVA All Hands on Deck at UVA
Given the transience of students and administrators at UVA, a stable faculty is central to protecting the University's vision, argues a student editor.
Jun 20, 2012 / StudentNation / George Wang
Storing Students’ Banned Cell Phones is Big Business in New York Storing Students’ Banned Cell Phones is Big Business in New York
New York City’s ban on cellphones in schools is taking an amazing $4.2 million a year out of frequently impoverished childrens' pockets.
Jun 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg
Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (6/13/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (6/13/12)
Our media coverage is often dominated by one big story that crowds out nearly everything else. As an antidote, every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and ch...
Jun 15, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
NYPD’s Monitoring Of Muslim Students Sparks Indignation At NYU NYPD’s Monitoring Of Muslim Students Sparks Indignation At NYU
Earlier this year, an AP investigation revealed the NYPD surveillance of NYU's Islamic community, causing an uproar on campus and a demand that the university president denounce th...
Jun 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Harry Lee
Commencement Addresses, 1979-2012 Commencement Addresses, 1979-2012
Carlos Fuentes, David Foster Wallace, Aaron Sorkin, William Gass, and many more.
Jun 13, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation