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Reports

How (un)safe is 16 Turk Street? Analyzing reports of crime and harassment around Minerva’s San Francisco residence hall

Emma StiefelMay 1, 2021

This article is an interactive data visualization and investigation. Please view the entire piece by clicking on this link. This data jo... Read More

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77 Nationalities & 66 Currencies: How do currency exchange rates affect Minerva students?

Jasen LoFebruary 2, 2021

This article is an interactive data visualization and investigation into how currency exchange rates affect Minerva students' tuition fees.... Read More

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Cities

Contained Dystopias

Maheem JiwaniFebruary 10, 2021

The following piece is part of the Quest’s ongoing series featuring the assignments of Minerva students. This piece was an LBA written for ... Read More

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Window Snowmen

Ujeza AdemiFebruary 4, 2021

The M23’s new semester in Seoul turned out to be rather challenging. Each student had to quarantine, individually, in a room for two we... Read More

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Opinion

“He is not our Tsar”: How useful are comparisons to tyrants in times of social change?

Margarita LevitovaFebruary 16, 2021

The comparison of Putin to a tsar is a heuristic aimed at social mobilization, but this comparison is simple and politically charged enough... Read More

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Attempting To Escape Racism & Chase Home

Verina ArmanyousOctober 27, 2020

This piece is part of a series exploring the many manifestations of privileges and prejudices at Minerva through student stories.... Read More

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Community

What Lies Behind Poland’s Women Strike Movement

Ivana VasevaFebruary 9, 2021

The following piece is part of the Quest’s ongoing series featuring the final projects and assignments of Minerva students. This piece was ... Read More

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Anonymous Student Experience on the Anti-Racism Working Groups

Aspen PflughoeftJanuary 8, 2021

This PROFILE piece is part of the Quest’s ongoing coverage of racism and anti-racism at Minerva. You can read other reports and perspective... Read More

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Creative

Wild

Maya CohenMay 7, 2021

I feel at home in the wild. What is wild?Wild animals are undomesticated.Wild lands unsettled.Wild plants unprovoked.Un-contaminated, un... Read More

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Love Learned

Anonymous Minerva StudentApril 5, 2021

Sometimes I wonder if I'll end up like my parents. Married to a person without the whisper of a touch, without a suggestion of a kiss, w... Read More

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Meekly

SATIRE – NEW CIVIC PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE MINERVA STUDENT HOUSING

Meekly BotFebruary 6, 2021

Disclaimer! This nonsensical piece was generated by the MeeklyBot, a GPT-2 deep learning language model trained on text from the&... Read More

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SATIRE – Ben Nelson Revealed to be a Robot

Meekly BotJanuary 18, 2021

Disclaimer! This nonsensical piece was generated by the MeeklyBot, a GPT-2 deep learning language model trained on text from the Minerva Qu... Read More

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