WashU students constantly strive to achieve both in and out of the classroom. For a significant portion of the student...
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Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic is, in many ways, emblematic of the American ideal. We have persisted through and adapted to the...
Read moreIt’s time WashU considered a No Record grading policy, such as the one I implemented at Oberlin before transferring. No...
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Read moreAn institution like Washington University naturally has affiliations around the globe. Yet, some affiliations deserve more scrutiny than others. One...
Read moreEditor's note: This article is a part of the December contest A year and a half ago I found myself...
Read moreThis past Saturday, pro-divestment protestors, led by the group “Resist WashU” attempted to set up an encampment on WashU’s Danforth Campus.
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.
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.
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.