Small Group Housing made its way onto campus, though progress was slowed because of strikes by concrete workers, inclement weather, and an alleged $11 million budget increase. The Chemistry Lab building and the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center progressed in their construction, and contractors broke ground on the Biomedical Engineering building by Brookings.
Saturday, April 26. 2:38 a.m. Today’s been such a crazy day. My last class of my college career ended at 11, and I was happy, an unexpected but wonderful emotion. A few hours later at WILD, I felt out of place, out of touch, extremely old, and very sober.
Julian Bond
Then a politician and activist, future chairman of the NAACP and Southern Poverty Law Center
May 7, 1969
“New Democratic Coalition”
29-year-old Julian Bond spoke at the Assembly Series after finishing a four-year struggle for acceptance into the Georgia House of Representatives.
Human Condition / Global Position: 4 Contemporary Chilean Artists
Where: Founders Gallery
When: through May 10, 2003
Anyone who knows me knows about my obsession with Chile. You know I hate the bad puns involving the meat-and-bean stew bearing the same name, and the quips about the cold weather.
THURSDAY
CPC Happy Hour
The Gargoyle
Free
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Psalms of a Questionable Nature
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
The premiere of the 2002 Hotchner playwriting competition. In this play, two step-sisters meet for the first time following the seemingly accidental death of their parents.
A Guy Thing
Paul (Jason Lee) runs into some trouble when he ends up in bed with his fianc‚’s cousin Becky (Julia Stiles) after his bachelor party. Hijinx ensue as he scrambles to cover up the truth. Half-hearted romantic comedy from the writer of “Meet The Parents.
When the Assembly Series first began in 1953, some of the first lectures covered topics like “Human Intelligence and the Flying Saucer” and communism in China and Russia. In the past few years, Washington University has welcomed the likes of Dr. Ruth and Spike Lee.
The sappy part: St. Louis isn’t just a place to be for four years; this is a place where we live. This is our home. We work here, eat here, play here, and are entertained here. This is as much our city as it is to those who have lived in it for decades.
The important part: Why don’t we care about local politics? Why don’t we care about the Clayton aldermen who enact our parking legislation, our zoning laws, our sales and property taxes? Why don’t we care what they decide about the Metrolink expansion or the new buildings we’re constructing?
We should.
When Ben Cannon began his term as editor in chief of Student Life in the fall of 1998, he was overwhelmed. Without a journalism program at Washington University, much guidance from professional journalists, or advice from the administration, there were few places he could seek counsel.
Students dance to the instruction of graduate student Kelly Brown as part of ALAS’ El Sasbor Latino, which conlcuded Latin American Awareness Week.
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