Correction appended below. With the Jewish New Year only 16 days away, the staff at the St. Louis Hillel at Washington University, and involved students, are finalizing plans for High Holiday services with an additional focus in mind this time—the greater involvement of faculty in service events. As in the past, students will have the [...]

Ibby’s Bistro, originally known for sit-down meals during lunch and dinner in the Danforth University Center, is offering buffet-style dining exclusively during lunch hours on weekdays this year. So far, the buffet’s reception has been very good, said Nadeem Siddiqui, resident district manager for Bon Appétit. On Wednesday, around 90 people came to the lunch [...]

In 1969, Randy Korotev was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin majoring, tentatively, in chemistry. After pursuing an interest in geochemistry sparked by flipping through the back pages of his chemistry book, Korotev landed in a lab working under a professor who studied lunar rocks—more specifically, lunar rocks brought back from the Apollo 11 [...]

The 2008-09 academic year at Washington University was one of many administrative, environmental, political and campus life-related changes. Issues and events that arose in the past two semesters will continue to play a role and affect students throughout this year. Several of these changes have been summarized below.

Student Union announced earlier this month that Washington University undergraduates will be offered an e-mail account powered by the service Microsoft Live@Edu this fall.

The ArtSci Council assembled on Wednesday evening two weeks ago to vote on the proposed changes to the curriculum in the College of Arts & Sciences, forwarded by the College’s New Curriculum Review Committee.

Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage starting in November 2003. Connecticut came next in October 2008. Iowa and Vermont quickly followed this past month. The new ruling for Iowa and Vermont will become effective starting April 27 and September 1, respectively.

A freshman female student walking across the intersection of Forsyth Boulevard and Wallace Drive at 12:45 a.m. this past Sunday morning was struck by an eastbound vehicle traveling on Forsyth through the intersection, according to Washington University Police Department Chief Don Strom.

The NASA-operated C-9 reduced gravity aircraft, better known as a “Vomit Comet,” acquired its nickname for a good reason. Flying in six-mile-long parabolic arcs, the plane first ascends in altitude before falling with a particular combination of dive-position and propulsion that eliminates all air resistance. The result is a 25-second period of near-perfect weightlessness—an environment [...]

Correction Appended Below Washington University welcomed its newest sorority into the Greek system this month. Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) began its recruitment of first members among University women this week. The University chapter will become the 187th chartered chapter of a women’s fraternity that was founded in 1897 at Barnard College. Prior to the adition [...]