About The Danforth Dispatch

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The Danforth Dispatch is an independently run student newspaper centered around Washington University in St. Louis. We are affiliated with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute “Collegiate Network.” Our goal is to promote truth, beauty, and virtue on campus by providing honest reporting, commentary, and opinion. Furthermore, we believe that free speech and the ability to have an open and honest discussion are necessary for academic freedom. While we are not a religiously affiliated paper, we recognize the decisive role that Judeo-Christian morality and values played in creating, developing, and sustaining the West, and thus we view the discussion of Judeo-Christian religion as a prerequisite to human flourishing.

Current Danforth Dispatch Team (2023-2024)

Mason Letteau Stallings – Editor-in-Chief

Graham Taggart – Staff Writer

Nathaniel Hope – Staff Writer

Wil Welch – Staff Writer

Peter Graf – Natural History Columnist

John Gill – Architecture Columnist

Joshua Warner – Staff Writer

Grayson Martin – Design and Information Technology Manager

2021-2022 Team

David Mathisson – Editor-in-Chief

Ben Baisinger-Rosen – Staff Writer

Alexis Bentz – Staff Writer

Jordan Bradstreet- Staff Writer

Cochise Burrows- Staff Writer

Mason Letteau Stallings- Staff Writer

Mackenzie Manofsky- Staff Writer

Alex Dalal- Finance Team

JP Fraga- Finance Team

Ronit Kapoor- Finance Team

Ashwin Pillai- Finance Team

Abby McGowan- Social Media Team

Emma Riley McGahan- Social Media Team

Miguel Verani- Social Media Team

Cyrus Salmassi- Student Union Filing Liaison

Reagan Steirn – Design Editor

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What does the ACLU’s Proposed pro-Abortion Referendum Entail?

April 19, 2024 No Comments

Recently on both the WashU Campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods, there have been many signature gatherers for a proposed referendum on abortion that the ACLU is trying to put onto the Missouri ballot this fall. This signature gatherers usually phrase their support of the referendum as being about “choice,” or “women’s rights,” and very rarely discuss what the referendum would actually do.

"Resist WashU" Protestors after taking control of the stage at Graham Chapel

Anti-Boeing Protestors Attempt to Shut Down Bear Beginnings

April 19, 2024 No Comments

Every year, WashU hosts an event called “Bear Beginnings” for admitted students to learn about the university before committing. This event, which only resumed in 2022 after being canceled for several years due to COVID, is probably the least political event that one can think of.

Photograph of the SU meeting where the resolution was voted on.

Behind SU’s vote to divest from Boeing

April 12, 2024 1 Comment

Boeing, to put it mildly, has not had a good 2024. Among its concerns, parts keep flying off of its commercial planes, and (as of April 11th) the value of a share of its stock has declined from $257.28 to $173.36 since January 1st. However, one of the concerns that the leaders of Boeing will not be losing sleep over is the quixotic and nonbinding resolution passed by WashU’s Student Union (SU) for the university to divest from the embattled aerospace company.

Image of the text of Improperia of the Good Friday Liturgy

The Immense Beauty of the Improperia

March 30, 2024 No Comments

The “Improperia,” which are often called the “Reproaches,” are a series of antiphons (sung verses used liturgically) that are used during the Good Friday liturgy of the Catholic Church1. They also happen to be tremendously beautiful.