It’s a striking, familiar story. Ask a person what he or she had for dinner two weeks ago, and you’re likely to elicit blank stares. But ask that same person to describe for you an important historical event that he or she witnessed and the story changes completely.
Recent memorable quotes at Washington University.
Recently, the Washington Monthly magazine released its third annual college rankings. Billing itself as an alternative to the U.S. News and World Report rankings, which it argues is misguided, the Washington Monthly argues that it measures “not just what colleges can do for you, but what colleges are doing for the country.
Recently, former lecturer Jerome Bauer announced the creation of Cervantes Free University, an experimental college designed to offer low-cost courses to students in the St. Louis area. What are supporters of CFU doing to ensure the school’s long-term survival?
In light of the recent announcement that Student Technology Services will increase the price of residential Internet access to $240 per semester beginning in January 2008, what other fees are being planned by Washington University this year?
Why do you keep going to school?” asked my 11th grade English teacher during class one day. He had directed this question towards my entire class and at first we honestly believed that he was joking. Several of my classmates even thought he was trying to insult us.
Everyone knows about the risks associated with managing a Facebook account. For starters, a mounting number of job recruiters are using the social networking website to gain insight into the character of potential employees. This isn’t new or shocking. Student Life ran a front-page story last year titled, “Students cautioned as recruiters and police log onto Facebook,” which elaborated on a message from the University’s Career Center that warned students to avoid “putting racy images and salty language in their profiles.
Dear Editor: Commencement is supposedly one of the most important days of my life, and I will probably sleep through it. Seriously, it is astounding how one such as Tim Russert, who “[does] not appear to have much name recognition among current seniors” gets chosen as speaker (“Tim Russert to address Class of 2007,” March 5, 2007).
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