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The Weekly Rose is a collection of leftist perspectives from students at universities in Kansas. Penned by students at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University, we are an independent socialist alternative to traditional student newspapers.

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The Weekly Rose is a collection of leftist perspectives from students at universities in Kansas. We are an independent socialist alternative to traditional student newspapers currently housed at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.

Publication is free for students and community members. For content submissions email weeklyrose@proton.me or send us a DM on Instagram @weeklyroseks

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Someone Tell the UDK: Sports Betting is BAD!

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Back with a vengeance on Wescoe Beach after getting kicked out of Kansas in 2023 for violating state gambling laws, the sports betting app Underdog Fantasy has returned to targeting college students with cash giveaways during Hawk Week in exchange for creating an account and placing a bet.
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Neutrality Towards Fascists: What KU's Failing Free Speech Grade Actually Represents

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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) ranks colleges based on their free speech environment. These rankings feign neutrality while excusing fascism, they do not represent the full picture of how free speech operates on campus.
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KU Athletics Receives $300 Million from Billionaire Donor Amidst Concurrent Crises

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Private equity billionaire David Booth has contributed a portion of his multi-billion dollar fortune to KU’s latest vanity project and its floundering football team.
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Getting Canned by the Kansan

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I used to write opinion pieces for the University Daily Kansan. I say used to, because I no longer do. The story of why that is the case, written here in four parts, I hope will be illustrative of how journalism functions today and what it means for those with vocal, principled stances on ongoing crises.
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Illegal Settlements and the Nakba: A Historical Pattern of Ethnic Cleansing (Part One)

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Trump’s pattern of repeatedly targeting nations with leftist or left-of-center governments, increasing arms sales, and rejecting free trade by itself does not necessarily conform to the ideological framework touted by Liberal and (Liberal) Conservative think tanks that make up “America First”. Rather, it is a pattern indicative of a decaying capitalist system.
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Bought and Paid For: Corporations vs KanCare

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How Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the Kansas Chamber allied against consumers in their fight against KanCare
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