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</font></div><div><header class="article-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 3em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h1 class="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.1;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">GMOs, Yes!</span></div><span class="subtitle" style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-weight: 200; line-height: 1.2;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Why "Biotech 2.0” foods are safe, sustainable, and critical to global food challenges</font></span></h1><p class="byline" style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://commonreader.wustl.edu/authors/jon-entine/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style=""><b>Jon Entine</b></font></a></p><div class="article-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1; text-transform: uppercase;"><div style="text-align: left;"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-05-08T11:39:44-05:00" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;">MAY 8, 2015</time><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"> </span><div class="category" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; border-left: 1px solid gray; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.75em;"><a href="https://commonreader.wustl.edu/toc/features/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">FEATURES</a></div></div><div class="from-issue" style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.5em; text-transform: initial;"><a href="https://commonreader.wustl.edu/issue/plates-pods-and-politics/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="">The Food, GMOs & Obesity Issue</font></a></div></div></header><section class="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 66.6667%; margin: 0px auto 2em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><figure class="article-image wide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px -190px 1.5em; max-width: 150%;" /></section></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In New York City, energy flowed into campaigns against police stop-and-frisk practices and to help victims of 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. Occupy experience put organisers in touch with community members normally scornful of ‘weirdos’ but resolved to fight corporate power.<b> One experienced organizer, fresh from Occupy in Missouri, went on to help launch the Take Back St Louis initiative, subtitled Reclaiming our Tax Dollars for a Sustainable Future. </b>The group gathered more than 22,000 signatures of registered voters, more than enough to put on to an April 2014 ballot a measure to "stop the city from giving tax breaks and other incentives to corporations that mine coal, gas and oil, and any corporation doing $1m of business with a mining company"; to "create a sustainable energy plan in the city that would invest public money in and open up land for renewable energy and sustainability initiatives like weatherisation programmes, urban farms and solar arrays". In other words, to create sustainable jobs – against the retrograde claim that measures to halt global warming are ‘job-killers’.</font></span></div><div><span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></span></div><div><span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">There is, it happens, one mining company headquartered in St Louis, and it’s a giant: Peabody Coal, the world’s largest company that mines the dirtiest fuel. Working together, the mayor and Peabody Coal lawyers convinced a judge to grant an injunction, declaring that coal companies share equal rights with people (citing the recent ‘Citizens United’ Supreme Court decision), but the coalition is appealing to a higher court. Meanwhile, the cascade rolled on: </span><a href="http://studentsagainstpeabody.org/" data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); touch-action: manipulation; cursor: pointer; border-bottom: 0.0625rem solid rgb(220, 220, 220); transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-decoration-line: none !important;">students at <b>Washington University</b></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b> in St Louis,</b> never before a hotbed of activism, sat-in for more than two weeks at the university president’s office to protest the membership of Peabody’s president on the university’s board of trustees. The anti-corporate spirit rides high among them. Occupy fanned such flames.</span></font></span></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis</font></a></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Washington University in St. Louis</b> (<b>Wash. U.</b>, or <b>WUSTL</b>) is a private <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University" title="University" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">research university</a> located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.Louis,Missouri" title="St. Louis, Missouri" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">St. Louis</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Missouri</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United States</a>. Founded in 1853, and named after<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">George Washington</a>, the university has students and faculty from all 50 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.state" title="U.S. state" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. states</a> and more than 120 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-enrollment_9-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-enrollment-9" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a></sup> Twenty-two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_laureates" title="Nobel laureates" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Nobel laureates</a> have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university.<sup id="cite_ref-faculty09_10-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-faculty09-10" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a></sup> Washington University's undergraduate program is ranked 14th in the nation and 7th in admissions selectivity by <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.News_and_World_Report" title="U.S. News and World Report" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. News and World Report</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_11-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-autogenerated1-11" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-endowment_12-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-endowment-12" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a></sup> The university is ranked 30th in the world by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities" title="Academic Ranking of World Universities" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Academic Ranking of World Universities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a></sup> In 2006, the university received $434 million in federal research funds, ranking seventh among private universities receiving federal research and development support, and in the top four in funding from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health" title="National Institutes of Health" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">National Institutes of Health</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Washington University is made up of seven <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_school" title="Graduate school" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">graduate</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">undergraduate schools</a> that encompass a broad range of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_disciplines" title="List of academic disciplines" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">academic fields</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a></sup> Officially incorporated as "The Washington University," the university is occasionally referred to as "WUSTL," an acronym derived from its initials. More commonly, however, students refer to the university as "Wash. U." To prevent confusion over its location, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustee" title="Trustee" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Board of Trustees</a> added the phrase "in St. Louis" in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-george_16-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-george-16" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1;"><div id="toctitle" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contents</font></h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="user-select: none;"> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#History" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Early_history.281853.E2.80.931900.29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Early history (1853–1900)</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Modern_era.281900.E2.80.931955.29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Modern era (1900–1955)</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Recent_history.281955.E2.80.93present.29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Recent history (1955–present)</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#U.S.Presidential_and_Vice_Presidential_debates" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">U.S. Presidential and Vice Presidential debates</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Rankings_and_reputation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Rankings and reputation</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Geography_and_campuses" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Geography and campuses</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Danforth_Campus" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Danforth Campus</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Medical_Campus" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Medical Campus</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#North_and_West_Campuses" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">North and West Campuses</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Tyson_Research_Center" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Tyson Research Center</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Academics" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Academics</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Arts.26_Sciences" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Arts & Sciences</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Business" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Business</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Design.26_Visual_Arts" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Design & Visual Arts</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Engineering" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Engineering</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Law" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">Law</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Medicine" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4.6</span> <span class="toctext">Medicine</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Social_Work" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4.7</span> <span class="toctext">Social Work</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Former_school" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4.8</span> <span class="toctext">Former school</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Museums_and_library_system" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Museums and library system</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Research.2C_research_centers.2C_and_institutes" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Research, research centers, and institutes</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Campus_life" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Campus life</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Student_organizations" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Student organizations</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Greek_life" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Greek life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Residences" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Residences</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Student_media" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span> <span class="toctext">Student media</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Athletics" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7.5</span> <span class="toctext">Athletics</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Traditions" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7.6</span> <span class="toctext">Traditions</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Chancellors" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Chancellors</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Notable_people" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Notable people</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-33" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#Bibliography" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">12</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"> </span><span class="toctext" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">External links</span></font></a></li></ul><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 16.6399993896484px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);">...</span><span style="line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Washington University School of Law offers joint-degree programs with the</span><span style="line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Olin Business School,</span><span style="line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Medicine, and the School of Social Work. It also offers an LLM in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, an LLM in Taxation, an LLM in US Law for Foreign Lawyers, a Master of Juridical Studies (MJS), and a Juris Scientiae Doctoris (JSD). The</span><span style="line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_school" title="Law school" style="line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none; background: none;">law school</a><span style="line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">offers 3 semesters of courses in the Spring, Summer, and Fall, and requires at least 85 hours of coursework for the JD.</span></font></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the 2015 </span><i style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">US News & World Report</i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> America's Best Graduate Schools, the law school is ranked 18th nationally, out of over 180 law schools.</span><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-65" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[65]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> In particular, its </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://law.wustl.edu/clinics_programs/index.asp" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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"); background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%, 100% 50%;">Clinical Education Program</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is currently ranked 4th in the nation.</span><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-66" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[66]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> This year, the median score placed the average student in the 96th percentile of test takers.</span><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis#cite_note-67" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[67]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The law school offers a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_time" title="Full time" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">full-time</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> day program, beginning in August, for the J.D. degree. The law school is located in a state-of-the-art building, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch" title="Anheuser-Busch" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Anheuser-Busch</a> Hall </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(opened in 1997). </span></font></p></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Falling on the 100th anniversary of theLudlow coal miners' massacre, a growing movement of citizens groups will gather on Saturday afternoon in St. Louis to join the greatWashington University sit-in against Peabody Energy.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The pillars of Big Coal are crumbling in St. Louis this week -- according to Wall Street analysts, and as an extraordinary grassroots movement holds Peabody and its university hosts and investors accountable for its legacy of ruin amid climate change, afailed regulatory system, and a proposed strip mine expansion that will effectively destroy the farming community of Rocky Branch, Illinois.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">And for coal mining families across the nation, the Ludlow Massacre of children, women and immigrant union coal miners, is one of the most defining cautionary tales of injustice and rallying cries for action in the American coalfields that still resound today: No one's loss of life, liberty and health for coal industry profits is acceptable collateral damage.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A century later, the indefatigable students at Washington University have inspired the nation with their nearly 2-week sit-in, now joined by students at Southern Illinois University and across the nation, and are asking the same questions about their university's tieswith Peabody Energy'sclimate change-denying mining operations.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a line: No one's loss of life, liberty and health in Rocky Branch, Illinois -- on Black Mesa, in Arizona, or the Bear Run strip mine in Indiana, or across the globe -- should be acceptable collateral damage for the Attorney General in Illinois or for Washington University trustees or anyone in the United States, in order to pander to Peabody's state-subsidized profit line.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When the Saline County board voted earlier this week to grant Peabody the right to make potentially disastrous road changes in Rocky Branch to facilitate a proposed strip mine expansion--even though Peabody has yet to receive the proper EPA permits--one commissioner simply dismissed the inevitable destruction as "only at 12 households affected by this."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Only 12 households?</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Memo to Saline County commissioners: We all live in Rocky Branch, if you consider the toxic fallout of the strip mining operations on our water, land and climate.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rocky Branch is not "only 12 households," but the deeply rooted and historic community of war veterans, retired coal miners, business owners, farmers, preachers, parents and grandparents, and tax-payers who have the same civil rights and constitutional rights to environmental protection as anyone else.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rocky Branch residents on Rocky Branch road. Photo courtesy of Justice at Rocky Branch.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This week, in fact, marks the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," who reminded us in 1963: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In an age of climate change and the need for immediate action, never has that sentiment been more compelling.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the tradition of King and the civil rights movement, students and community advocates at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale also held protests for divestment from Peabody yesterday.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mother Jones, the great "Miner's Angel" and immigrant union organizer, who is buried near St. Louis in our southern Illinois Progressive Miners' cemetery, once reminded the nation of the lessons from Ludlow, where coal company guardsman murdered innocent children, women and striking union miners:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"No one listened. No one cared. The tickers in the offices of 26 Broadway sounded louder than the sobs of women and children. Men in the steam-heated luxury of Broadway offices could not feel the stinging cold of Colorado hillsides where families lived in tents. Then came Ludlow and the nation heard. Little children roasted alive make a front page story. Dying by inches of starvation and exposure does not."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Are Washington University trustees, investors, the Illinois Attorney General, and the nation listening to the students and communities about the Peabody crisis today?</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div>