Student Life names Kliff 2006-2007 editor in chief
Junior Sarah Kliff has been named editor in chief of Student Life for the 2006-2007 school year, announced the newspaper’s publisher, Washington University Student Media, Inc., at its annual banquet Friday night.
Kliff, who served as senior news editor last semester, is currently studying abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
SU reaches out to students via WUTV ‘Fireless Chats’
As part of its recent initiative to reach out to students, Student Union has launched a television show where its executives debate issues and discuss upcoming events.
The program, “SU Fireless Chat at 11-ish,” airs on WUTV every Monday night around 11 p.m. During the show, Student Union (SU) executives and members discuss issues facing the student body and take calls from students who want to air their grievances with the student government.
WU alumnus set to compete on ‘The Apprentice’
Washington University graduate Michael Laungani will compete against 18 contestants to become Donald Trump’s next “Apprentice” in the fifth season of the hit NBC show, which premieres tonight at 8 p.m.
Laungani is not the first Washington University alumnus to appear on this type of show. Last year, David Karandish appeared on Martha Stewart’s version of “The Apprentice.”
Protest at ‘ex-gay’ conference brings out students, community
Protesters had been standing in the cold for nearly nine hours when a man in a massive, red, glitter-covered Mardi Gras hat drove by. Slowing down in front of the First Evangelical Free Church, where the demonstrators were stationed, he gave them a piece of his mind before driving on.
“Hey,” said one protester. “Was that guy in a red-sequined hat calling us queer?”
Love Needs No Cure: A peaceful protest
On Saturday, this celebration of gay identity confronted a conference about therapies and cures for homosexuality at the First Evangelical Free Church. The photos presented here are an attempt to capture the atmosphere of the protest outside of the church.
In protest of the protesters
My problem is this: why did students protest the ex-gay therapy group Exodus – that people go to by choice?
Editorial cartoon
In a very finely drawn editorial cartoon, sophomore Dmitri Jackson lays down the smackdown on the professional media.
The Sex Issue suits students
If the Sex Issue neglected the serious side of sex, then surely David Bauman’s Friday editorial ignores an even larger issue: we’re in college.
Shuttle system puts students at risk
I would have a hard time living in a place like this if I were constantly asked to show my identification. Yet there is one place where I’m perfectly happy to deal with the inconvenience: our shuttle system.
No U.S. hockey miracles in Torino
Although no one thought a gold medal was possible from the Americans, some expectations of success still lingered after the team earned a silver medal in 2002. The team disappointed in a way no one could have imagined.