Can you imagine getting onto an airplane naked and then comfortably taking your seat, while everyone else on the plane is nude as well? This scenario is highly unlikely, yet it is Thomas L. Friedman’s proposal for safer skies in his editorial entitled “Naked Air,” which appeared in the December 26th edition of The New York Times.
The anthrax scare arrived in the Midwest last week, as spores were discovered in a Kansas City mail facility. But authorities said that Washington University remains safe from the mysterious bioterrorist weapon.
WU Police Department Chief Don Strom said there was no indication that college campuses are targets of terrorism and there is no need to be more careful of anthrax as a result of the findings in Kansas City.
Anthony Jacuzzi Soccer defeats Ripon 6-0 The men’s soccer team defeated Ripon College this past Tuesday 6-0 to improve its record to 7-2-2. Scott Siebers scored two goals and Mark Gister added one as the Bears won for the second consecutive time. WU hasn’t lost a game since September 9, going 6-0-1 in that span. [...]
Women’s soccer coach Doug Hippler, who has coached the team for the past twelve years and is the only coach in the history of the team, was fired this past week.
When asked about the nature of the firing, Director of Athletics John Schael said, “I can’t comment on personal matters. It’s university policy.”
As part of its “Men of Principle” initiative, the Alpha Iota chapter of Beta Theta Pi has voted to make all of its social events alcohol-free, a move made “in response to growing concerns over alcohol abuse, hazing and [the] irresponsible citizenry which plague the Greek system,” according to Beta’s press release. We support Beta’s [...]
WILD this semester means more To the Editor: The country is still attempting to recover from the national tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001, a day that sent the country and this campus into turmoil. Now Americans everywhere are inquiring about how they can help. For example, many Washington University students volunteered to donate [...]
College students, at WU and elsewhere, must be informed of decisions-made by administrators and student groups alike-that affect their livelihood. All students have a right to question these decisions. But they need to know to whom they should address their concerns. Because of this, both student group leaders and administrators alike need to work harder [...]
According to WU technology administrators, student download activity is not monitored by the university. Instead, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are responsible for reporting illegal file sharing, and both monitor student activity as part of their responsibilities. This past month, however, Sony, not the MPAA [...]
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