Three weeks ago, Trayvon Martin was walking to his father’s home in a gated community. The black 17-year-old was returning from an errand from a nearby convenience store, carrying only a cell phone, a bag of skittles and a can of iced tea.

Washington University received another commendation from a national review that accessed overall college experience. The Princeton Review awarded the University with a “best value distinction,” a title given to 50 private and 50 public universities based on 30 components categorized within three principal classifications: academics, cost of attendance, and financial aid factors.

Washington University students voiced their concerns with wireless internet on campus, along with other technology-related issues, in a discussion with a University-hired technology consultant on Monday.

Students planning the Relay for Life fundraiser at Washington University are worried that Mardi Gras will keep fellow students from attending. The events, which will lead students to opposite sides of St. Louis, are both scheduled for March 5.

Recent additions to the U.S. health-care reform law will provide college students with some minor benefits. Effective Jan. 1, 2012, new regulations will establish more accountability on the behalf of insurance providers. Because University-sponsored insurance is mandatory for students, these new regulations will not affect students’ ability to obtain health insurance coverage.

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine have found limitations to an experimental cancer treatment. These findings are critical within the medical community because they offer doctors new insight into choosing cancer treatment methods.

Washington University junior Sarah McDonald isn’t just doing any D.C. program in her spring semester. She is spending the next few months as a White House intern.

Students looking to quench their thirst at the new eatery in Simon Hall are taking a gamble. Einstein Bros. Bagels, which opened Feb. 4 in the Olin Business School, has charged students 25 cents for water cups at times but provided a free cup at others.

As federal officials emphasize the importance of healthy eating, the newly released 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans challenge Washington University dining menus to meet higher standards.

NewSouth Books, an independent publishing company, is seeking to tame Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by printing new editions of the classic novels omitting the n-word from narration and dialogue. This publishing company plans to substitute “slave” for the n-word, which appears 219 times in Huck Finn.