She has gone about her work the same way for 35 years: she checks the name on student ID’s, smiles brightly, and wishes everyone a “blessed day.”
Known by virtually all Washington University students who frequent the Mallinckrodt food court, cashier Mary Elizabeth Nichols has remained with WU Dining Services for three and a half decades for simple reasons.
Most students returned to campus in August after a refreshing three-month summer vacation. Others had returned after being away from school for a semester or a year to study abroad or travel. Yet there is one student who came to campus this fall after being away from the classroom for nearly half a century.
Two Washington University alumni, Kenneth Cooper, national editor of The Boston Globe, and Sarah Kaufman, class of 2001, will speak at the first Assembly Series lecture in Graham Chapel on September 11. The topic will be “Reflections on 9/11.”
In his presentation, Cooper will integrate his experiences of supervising newspaper coverage of the attacks in New York, Washington, D.
This Saturday, an estimated 700 Washington University students will help refurbish 10 schools throughout the area-eight in St. Louis City and two in University City. In addition, approximately 200 upperclassmen and staff advisors will accompany the students and help power the day.
When Washington University alumnus Steve Fossett circled the globe in a balloon earlier this summer, he was recognized as the first person to complete that journey alone. Although Fossett was physically “solo” during his voyage, he had a crew of WU students working behind the scenes and around the clock to ensure the success of his endeavor.
When Ruth Simmons was inaugurated as the 18th president of Brown University last fall – becoming the first African American to head an Ivy League university – she knew she had a busy year ahead. To keep focused on Brown, she decided not to give any commencement addresses throughout the year.
Katie Platt, a Washington University junior and the newly inaugurated Student Union president, recently told Student Life about some of her big plans for this coming school year for SU, as well discussed some of the more contentious issues facing students on campus.
Examining the ‘Myths of Zionism’
To the Editor:
We are writing in anger, both at Jonathan Sternberg for what he has written (“Four Myths of Zionism” 3/19/02) and at Student Life for publishing it. Sternberg’s column is based upon a work of fiction, The Hidden History of Zionism, by Ralph Schoenman.
To You From Tokyo
It’s a long way from Berlin or Tokyo to the campus of Washington University, but that distance is being reduced everyday. It’s those couple of thousand miles that have made us feel safe and secure. We’re too far-removed to feel vitally concerned in this war, we’ve kept telling ourselves.
Two weeks ago, the Sigma Chi Fraternity committed one of the most blatant acts of mysogyny and disrespect that this campus has seen in years. While there is the immediate question of what to do with the individuals who committed these acts, there also must be an examination of some of the atmospheres at WU that may perpetuate this kind of behavior: alcohol, fraternities, and general mysogyny.
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