An anonymous alum donated $350,000 to women’s varsity athletics at Washington University this past week. The news comes as a welcome surprise to the University which is known more for its recent contributions to the Mars Rovers and its hosting of a Presidential debate next fall than for anything relating to athletics, despite the fact that the women’s varsity volleyball and basketball teams have a combined twelve championships during the past fifteen years.
He doesn’t have the popularity of Steven Spielberg, the coolness of Quentin Tarantino, or even the creepiness of M. Night Shyamalan, but for those who enjoy movies, Curtis Hanson is synonymous with film making at its finest.
A slide in the polls was expected after Washington University’s snag against 22nd ranked New York University (NYU). Thanks to the team’s strong performance over the course of the season, however, the Bears fell only two places in the polls- from 5th to 7th.
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