Sophomore Sam Guzik was named editor in chief of Student Life for the 2008-2009 school year. The announcement was made last Friday at the annual banquet by Washington University Student Media, Inc. (WUSMI), the board that oversees Student Life.
Guzik, currently the senior News editor, competed against four other candidates to claim the title of editor in chief.
After weeks of debate, the executive members of Ashoka, the undergraduate Indian Students Association, decided to change to a South Asian Students’ Association (SASA). Ashoka decided to change its name after complaints from South Asian minorities, who felt alienated by the idea that Ashoka catered exclusively to Indian students.
Pulse listing some events on campus for April 20-22.
Researchers at Washington University’s School of Medicine have discovered a possible treatment for victims of stroke whose symptoms include motor neglect by using known treatments for Parkinson’s disease. Dopamine, a chemical associated with pleasure sensation, was found to be the critical link between treatment for Parkinson’s disease and stroke.
Alternative rock band OK Go will take the stage as W.I.L.D. headliner this spring, joined by ska-punk band Reel Big Fish and Cut Chemist, a hip hop-style opener. The announcement came during last night’s Ben Kweller performance at the Gargoyle and was met with mixed reactions.
Ska-punk band Reel Big Fish will get reacquainted with Washington University when they play this spring’s W.I.L.D. concert, nearly a decade after performing in the Gargoyle.
Their booking agency, The Agency Group, confirmed that the band would take the stage at the University on April 27, 2007.
In 2005, Glenn Stone, professor of anthropology and environmental sciences, and his daughter Abby Stone helped start the Kalleda Photo Project, in which rural Indian teens aged 13-15 were given digital cameras and shown techniques to create their own photo blogs.
For the third annual Sex Issue, 250 graduate and undergraduate students were randomly surveyed at major meeting places around campus about their sexual choices.
Police Beat for February 7.
While pre-med students are used to routinely facing extreme pressure, those who took the first computerized administration of the test in January were in for several problems, including finding testing sites and handling an error on the exam itself. Of the 2,500 students that took the January MCAT, 800 found an error in the verbal section, where a passage was mistakenly matched with unrelated questions.
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