Joshua Waugh

Hate the game, not the player: Politicians' behavior is a symptom of the system

May 13, 2013 | Joshua Waugh

Last week’s rendition of the politicking game on campus was a dismal show. Whatever evils did or did not occur, the events that transpired brought forth an interesting discourse on the ethics of politics.

Consumer power: The power of your dollar

April 24, 2013 | Joshua Waugh

How can we deal with the impacts of our purchases?

Embracing the 'poor college student' identity

April 16, 2013 | Joshua Waugh

Today in the American higher education system, school without debt is a rarity. Tuition at public four-year institutions grew 104 percent over the last 10 years, while federal student aid and scholarships have seriously lagged behind.

Fix it or lose it: Remedying ExCo's shortcomings

April 3, 2013 | Joshua Waugh

ASUW’s Experimental College (ExCo), established 1968, is one of only a select few experimental colleges in the nation today and part of the 1960s legacy of nontraditional education. It represents our campus commitment to not only diversity of thought and experience but also public engagement, fashioning itself as a valuable part of our educational community.

Food deserts parched for solutions

January 27, 2013 | Joshua Waugh

Imagine, for a second, that the U-District had no grocery stores. Without a place to purchase (relatively) cheap, healthy foods, what would you do? Resort to a Dollar Tree diet?

A call to vote: A less adversarial partisan struggle on campus

October 28, 2012 | Joshua Waugh

After being dominated for so many years by two-party competition, our political system appears as if it could not sustain any other structure. Mainstream American political ideology falls along one dimension, from Democrat to Republican, Liberal to Conservative. The public has been polarized, the media has been polarized, and perspectives that don’t fit into the one-dimensional spectrum are marginalized.

UW’s swanky transformation

October 10, 2012 | Joshua Waugh

I’ve only been at the UW for a little over a year now, but in that small time I’ve already been witness to quite the physical metamorphosis.

The collapse of American civilization … #YOLO

September 30, 2012 | Joshua Waugh

One acronym alone has compelled countless teens, tweens, and 20-somethings to engage in unnecessarily risky behavior as of late in America: YOLO.

Olympics plagued by corporate greed

August 14, 2012 | Joshua Waugh

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Gun rights and the root of unnecessary violence

July 31, 2012 | Joshua Waugh

The first time I ever encountered a gun up close in person, it frightened me. I was about 10 years old, and back then I was still afraid of the dark. Now, many years later, I am proud to say I no longer fear the dark, but I still fear the power of a gun.

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