Tag: history
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Article I Section 7: A New Amendment to Make ASG Non-Partisan
By: Austin Strykowski Image Credit: UConn Today On February 18, 2025, the Senate of the Associated Student Government (ASG) passed an amendment to Article I, Section 7 of the constitution, which would force ASG “to act in a non-partisan manner at all times.” On March 17-19, however, that amendment will be subject to the will…
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A Woman for President: Around the World Now, but When in the US?
Annabel DeChant What will it take for America to elect a woman as president? This question has been on my mind following Trump’s win in the 2024 presidential election. For over 150 years, there have been women candidates in US presidential elections, and the first Black woman to run for president was in 1972. But…
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What I Wish My Family, Culture, and Friends Told Me About Srebrenica: A Macedonian Woman’s Perspective on Exile, Massacre, and Multi-Ethnic Tolerance
Anastasija Mladenovska I was born in 2003 in Kumanovo, the third largest town in suburban Macedonia, a 30 minute drive away from the Serbian border. Our dialect, heavily influenced by Serbian, is almost indistinguishable from the mannerisms spoken in many of the southern Serbian regions. Because of this, we were often called Serbs by Macedonians…
