In “It’s Hard Being the Kane,” a song recorded by 80’s rapper Big Daddy Kane, Kane spits out the line “my vocabulary will just have you very/dazed and amazed so I fear no adversary.” No lyrics could better describe the later rap styling of Henry Biggs, currently an assistant dean and the associate director in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy here at Wash.

Job hunting can be the most stressful aspect of college, even if you’re just searching for part-time work to fill your résumé. St. Louis residents Peter and Louis McLaughlin created their own jobs: helping college students of St. Louis find employment. The McLaughlins’ online company, uBuckle.com, has already gained traction with local companies.

When you think “research,” you probably imagine a bunch of students in long white coats mixing substances in test tubes. When English professor Joseph Loewenstein thinks “research,” it’s a little different.

Bear’s Den has a Renaissance man on its hands. Phillip Sutherland is a triple threat: sandwich genius, musical talent and genuinely great person. But apart from the fact that he makes a killer Dagwood, do you really know Phillip? Phillip has lived in St. Louis for all of his 26 years.

When you hear the word guido, the first things that probably come to mind are gym, tan, laundry, grenades and Snooki. However, when it comes to Washington University, guido should hold an entirely different meaning. Guido Weiss, the oldest serving professor at Washington University and former chair of the math department, is much more than a meathead in a tank top.

On Sunday, Sept. 11, students held a memorial service for the 10th anniversary of the attacks. While most were concerned with the moving content of the service and personal ties and emotions regarding this anniversary, professor Heidi Kolk had a different concern. “No one was going to record it,” she exclaimed.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opened at the Edison Theatre with three performances over the weekend and will feature three additional shows at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Student Life sat down with director Henry Schvey, a professor of drama, to discuss his edition of the Shakesperian classic.

When Jeff Stepp graduated from Washington University in 2006, he could hardly guess that he would find his way back through fiction writing. Although his background is in music and film, Stepp recently wrote his first novel, “Lost and Found,” which draws heavily on his time here at the University.

Juniors Alex Plutzer, Max Wenneker and Max Solomon Bennett are the co-founders of BandScramble, a new musical social networking website that aims to link listeners directly to bands and musicians.

Since taking his current post at Washington University’s School of Law in January, Professor Brian Tamanaha has drawn national attention for his contributions to a high-profile legal blog called “Balkinization.”