This year’s sorority recruitment saw more rushing and receiving bids than ever before. Of the 376 women who participated, 345 in recruitment received bids. The total number of women participating has expanded by about 20 to 40 people for each of the past five years.
Frat Row was alive this first weekend back from winter break as hundreds of students braved the icy elements to have a good time. Markedly absent from those hundreds were sophomore students in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
The search for the next dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, a position formerly held by the late James E. McLeod, continued Wednesday afternoon with an open student forum in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building. The search committee for the new dean held the forum to learn who students wanted to lead the school.
The Gephardt Institute for Public Service will be moving to the Danforth University Center later this year, taking over the third floor space currently used as a student print media suite.
As the field of Republican candidates narrows, students at Washington University are struggling to choose their favorites as the race plays out among the four remaining candidates: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. Freshman Kaitlin McTague used to support Bachmann but is now leaning toward Romney.
