Washington University Amnesty International’s “Jam for Justice,” part of the organization’s recent campaign against human trafficking and slavery, proved enormously successful as it raised more than $500 over the course of three hours on Saturday night.
The Right Honorable Sir John Major, former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, will deliver a speech entitled “The Changing World” at the University’s 145th Commencement address on May 19.
After much debate, the Student Union Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution supporting the implementation of closed-circuit television cameras on the University’s campus.
A close consideration of the production process that we so often take for granted reveals that an incredibly elaborate system of operations lies behind every single bite that we take on campus each day.
3:22 p.m. LARCENY-THEFT STEALING UNDER $500 – STEINBERG ART GALLERY – Complainant reported that a camera had been stolen from Steinberg Hall on March 6.
A revamped visual communications minor program will be available to students in every school of the University next semester.
Despite the controversy still surrounding the funding for Wednesday’s Assembly Series, Jonathan Kozol, an authority on the American public school system, was brought to the University on Wednesday for the ArtSci Council’s Assembly Series lecture.
“We thought he would be a great person to represent the College of Arts & Sciences, since education is at its core,” said Aaron Mertz, the president of the ArtSci Council.
After the House of Representatives gave final approval recently to a bill that includes large cuts to government-backed student loan programs, financial aid officers at institutions all over the country are trying to understand how the bill’s statutes may affect their students.
“Some of it’s still kind of vague and all of the major university groups are working feverishly to analyze these statutes,” said Bill Witbrodt, the Director of Student Financial Services at Washington University.
While relationship experts agree that college brings young people together in an atmosphere that provides incredible possibilities for a variety of relationships, they are also quick to point out the ways in which a college environment can threaten the potential of successful and beneficial relationships.
A recent literacy study sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that the majority of students at four-year colleges lack the literacy skills necessary to deal with real-world tasks, regardless of their given field of study.
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