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Students robbed at the corner of Big Bend and Lindell

Early Sunday morning, two students were robbed at gunpoint at the corner of Big Bend Boulevard and Lindell Boulevard. A black male adult between 26 and 30 years of age, wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans and a dark blue baseball cap, approached the students with a handgun.

Obama’s higher education plan: One step in a long path toward equity in access

In an op-ed submitted to Student Life and authored to college campuses across the nation, President Barack Obama identifies national problems caused by the cost of higher education and outlines the steps his administration is taking to solve them. Though American higher education is the best in the world, a lack of ability to afford it has left many without access.

Freshman to represent U.S. in Stockholm

From left to right: Tom Glover, VP Communications of ITT Fluid & Motion Control; Rebecca Ye, U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize Winner; and Jeanette Brown, President-elect of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Although freshman Rebecca Ye will not take her first biology course at Washington University until next semester, her expertise in biological research has the potential to revolutionize management of the world’s most important resource: water.

Textbook rental program proves popular

Textbooks

Though buying books for a new semester still means lugging around a heavy basket in the basement of Mallinckrodt, the load is easier on some students’ wallets this year thanks to a new program that gives students the option of renting their textbooks instead of buying them.

Student transcripts now $5

The Office of Student Records raised the cost of official transcripts, previously free, to $5.