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WU-SLam’s fourth Grand Slam packs Edison

Seniors Jacqui Germain and Bryan Baird congratulate each other as they tie for fourth place in the competition.

At the front of a dead silent auditorium, a single spotlight illuminated individual poets as they stepped forward to communicate their experiences relating to topics including personal identity, St. Louis and even masturbation. About 800 people gathered Friday night to see 10 student poets compete in the fourth annual Poetry Grand Slam.

K.A.R.L. wins laughs, nomination for national honors

A year of weekly performances in a small dining room at Bear’s Den and annual shows featuring inebriated performers and full audiences donning mustaches has paid off for K.A.R.L. Improv.

Virginia personhood bill unfair to women

Recently, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that defines personhood as beginning at conception, and accordingly extends all rights granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States to an egg the moment it is fertilized.

Green Action protests Arch Coal practices

Community members, 40 Washington University students and West Virginian Brandon Nida called on Arch Coal to cease mining operations at Blair Mountain on Friday, Feb. 17.

“Steven Leer, why is he here?” chanted 40 Washington University students and community members who demonstrated at the Arch Coal headquarters on Friday. They were protesting the actions of both the company and Arch CEO and University board-of-trustees member Steven Leer.

Wash. U. alums selected to write ‘The Jetsons’ movie

Former Wash. U. students Evan Susser and Van Robichaux have taken their talents from the bubble to Hollywood and have just signed a deal to write a script for a live-action movie version of the famous cartoon “The Jetsons.” The Susser-Robichaux team began in Los Angeles when the two were writing and performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre.

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