Student Life Archives (2001-2008)

Men’s soccer battles to 2-2 draw

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Joe Ciolli

Coming off a commanding 7-0 victory against local rival Webster University, the Washington University men’s soccer team looked to improve their place in the conference standings this past weekend.

Going into their match-up against Brandeis University on Friday, the Bears sat in sixth place out of eight teams in the University Athletic Association (UAA) standings.

Bears sweep Titan Tourney, anticipate UAAs

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Carrie Jarka

The undefeated Washington University volleyball team (29-0) took the Titan Tournament by storm this weekend, winning all four matches. The Bears dominated every match, beating every opponent in three games.

In their first match on Friday, the Bears defeated Illinois College 3-0 (30-14, 30-12, 30-27).

Unlikely trick-or-treating couples…

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Jake Levitas

Random pairings and Scene reporter Jake Levitas’s musings on what might happen when they go trick-or-treating.

Halloween nostalgia: The ghost of Halloweens past

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Allie Wieczorek

After this past weekend, it might be difficult to comprehend that Halloween wasn’t always about excessive drinking and barely-there costumes, or getting intoxicated enough to forget how little you actually are wearing.

Show up half-naked, or don’t show at all

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Sarah Baicker

What provokes college-aged women to dress in next to nothing on a freezing cold night in late October?

Last-minute homemade Halloween costumes

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Amanda Ogus

Did you wake up this morning and realize that after a year planning the perfect costume, you just never got around to it?
Planning to go to a Halloween night party downtown and worried you’ll be laughed out of the place for dressing in jeans and a shirt and saying you’ve “come as you are,” like that Nirvana song?
Have no fear. This year, Student Life offers you the perfect solutions, using materials at your very fingertips.

Echo of an exorcism: Ghosts in our backyard

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Erin Fults

Whether pranksters or poltergeists are behind it, the St. Louis exorcism captures the human desire for the metaphysical and innate fascination with the paranormal.

Bauhaus: A look at the costumes

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Oliver Hulland

Dan Daranciang

University set to provide influenza vaccine to all interested students

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Laura Geggel

Washington University’s Student Health and Counseling Services will make influenza vaccines available to all interested students this year after a previous flu season spent combating a national flu shot shortage.

Last flu season, Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) was unable to offer vaccine shots until November after receiving a defective shipment from one of the nation’s two major vaccine providers.

University questions FCC’s new Internet regulations

Monday, October 31, 2005 || Josh Hantz

Washington University will not comply with new Federal Communications Commission regulations requiring more easily monitored Internet networks without a fight.

The FCC recently ordered hundreds of universities to overhaul their Internet-connected computer networks so the government can monitor online communications more easily.

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