The decision follows widespread concern about Biondi’s management, which many say has impeded the school’s growth in rankings and to provide a supportive environment for students and faculty.

In a university statement quoted by the school’s student newspaper, Biondi said that his choice to leave the position was made with the Board of Trustees’ approval.

“I have decided it is time for a transition in leadership for Saint Louis University — time for me to move on to the next phase of my life,” Biondi said in the statement.

The announcement, which Biondi made at a Saturday night gala for members of the school’s Board of Trustees, comes at the heels of months of disapproval over the school’s governance. In a 35-2 vote last October, SLU’s faculty senate made a vote of no confidence in the school’s president, as the Father found himself in a heated controversy afar backing a plan for SLU to rework or get rid of tenure.

The tension has only escalated in recent weeks.

In a report the faculty senate released April 24, a task force responsible for identifying issues with the school’s financial and academic management described the need for a change in university leadership.

“Increasing student debt, a decline in research funding, the need to develop new technologies suited to the information age, and the need to attract and retain talented faculty and students require a different type of leader,” the report read. “The ‘my way or the highway’ management style to which Fr. Biondi admits may have been useful for bringing together a campus that was physically fractured, although it was never without cost to the shared governance valued by faculty. In the current environment, however, that management style—which…assumes that employees cannot be trusted to provide meaningful input to the organization–is eroding the academic mission and the Jesuit character of the integrated university Fr. Biondi built….”

After Father Biondi and the Board of Trustees failed to meet with faculty last week, students and faculty joined in protest over the lack of communication with the school’s administration.

A Facebook group named “SLU Students for No Confidence” had more than 1,300 likes as of Saturday night, when his resignation was announced.

The event, which began at 8 p.m. Thursday night with a candlelit walk toward Graham Chapel, encouraged students with stories on the sensitive subjects to share their experiences in a safe, sheltered space.

“Stories can range from different experiences that people might have had, if they were assaulted or raped, to their thoughts on the rape culture that’s prevalent in our society,” senior Eunice Kwon, coordinator of Take Back the Night, said. “It can either be a way to share stories or a social commentary.”

This year, organizers received a larger number of submissions than last year, with around 20 pre-submitted stories and then an open mic portion at the end for any additional students that wished to speak.

“I was actually amazed with the turnout because it’s such a personal event, and I think it’s probably really uncomfortable and overwhelming for a lot of people, so it means a lot that as many people showed up as they did,” host of the event and sophomore Maxine Kali said. “I really enjoyed the audience. They were very accepting and appreciative of everyone’s bravery.”

Students who submitted their stories, which ranged in form from poems to speeches and even a song, had the option of reading them aloud or having a Community Organized for Rape Education member read for them while they remained anonymous.

According to Kwon, receiving a large number of submissions is rarely a problem for the event, and few people choose to remain anonymous.

“About a fourth of them have chosen to remain anonymous, but usually people share their own stories,” Kwon said. “They’re silenced so much in the normal community that a lot of them want to share their stories, though I think it’s completely valid to want to remain anonymous as well.”

After a candlelit walk from Bear’s Den to main campus, students entered Graham Chapel, where T-shirts designed by CORE members depicted various statistics about sexual assault and rape. The event began with Kali introducing herself as the night’s host and then offering to share her own story.

“I’m a slam poet, so I’ve basically told my story to hundreds of people, and it’s always interesting because every time I do it, it does something different to me,” she said. “I’m not always sad or I’m not always angry, and sometimes I see it from another perspective, and every time I start speaking, I say something different and I react to it in a different way.”

“Continuing to tell my story has been a really healing process for me, and I’m happy that I have had the opportunity to do so,” Kali added.

Kwon was another one of the participants to share her story on stage. She had also participated last year but chose to share a different story at this year’s event.

“Last year, I talked about the before—what it was like before it had happened—but this year I wanted to talk about what happens after something like this occurs,” she said. “My biggest tagline is that what we don’t talk about is that we’re always living in the after.”

As students took the stage, some tearfully, audience members who agreed with certain statements or who wanted to express their support for the speaker were asked to snap their fingers instead of yelling out in order to avoid breaking the atmosphere.

Sophomore Aleks Husic, who attended the event for the first time, was amazed by the gravity of the speeches he heard.

“The people who spoke out were so courageous and brilliant. I don’t think I’d have their strength,” Husic said. “I loved what the event stood for by bringing things that people don’t want to talk about to light, and I think these issues are truly problems that need to seriously be addressed.”

Once all students had finished talking, Christina Meneses, education services supervisor for the Young Women’s Christian Association’s St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center, presented the keynote speech of the event. She spoke of the need to share individual stories and the importance of breaking the silence on topics such as these.

“Obviously, there’s always a lot of emotion involved, and it’s not exactly a happy event, but it’s a meaningful one, and that’s what’s important,” Kali said. “I think that every time this event happens, it reaffirms my belief that it’s something that needs to happen.”

Kwon likewise emphasized her belief in the importance of the event.

“It creates a safe space where people can talk about their experiences,” she said. “Sexual violence is a topic that we don’t really talk about, and I’m sure a lot of people find it uncomfortable because there’s a lot of shame and guilt attached, so it’s nice to have a safe space and designated event.”

She said the event is a good way for people not only to speak out about their experiences but also to establish a community around those experiences.

“It doesn’t seem like there’s a huge group for survivors to feel like they’re a part of, but at this event, when you see so many people standing against it, it’s a great visual of the community,” Kwon said. “Based on statistics, it’s likely that a given person will know of someone who has been sexually assaulted or raped, so just attending the event in itself is a way of speaking out against it.”

Brian Benton | Student Life

Junior Kyle Billig follows through on a swing that sent a pitch foul down the left field line during the Washington University baseball team’s 10-7 loss to Webster University on April 24. Billig was 6-14 with a home run and a double in this weekend’s four games versus the University of Chicago.

The games left the Bears at 22-14 overall in 2013 with four games left in the regular season.

“I think we were a little disappointed with this weekend. We went in with the goal of winning all four games,” junior Kyle Billig said. “I don’t think we played up to our potential in the games we lost.”

Entering the weekend ranked fifth in the Central Region, the Bears split Saturday’s doubleheader against Chicago with a 4-1 loss and 3-0 win, both in seven-inning games. Wash. U.’s usually potent bats went silent in game one, recording only five hits and wasting a mostly solid complete-game effort from senior pitcher Stephen Bonser, who gave up only one earned run. A third-inning throwing error by sophomore Chris Lowery led to three unearned runs in the inning for Chicago, although Bonser allowed four consecutive hits with two outs. 

The Bears’ hitting got going early in the second game of the doubleheader. Freshman Max Golembo led off with a single, and three straight doubles by Billig, Lowery and sophomore Zack Kessinger handed the Bears a 2-0 lead.

 That was all sophomore starting pitcher Dom Quaranta needed in a masterful performance. Against a vaunted Chicago lineup that averaged 9.7 runs per game entering the weekend and led Division III in batting average and slugging percentage, the sophomore tossed a two-hit shutout.

 Quaranta has settled in nicely after a shaky start to his collegiate career. He posted a 13.50 ERA in three appearances last season and was roughed up for four runs in only one-third of an inning against Rhodes College Feb. 22. But in 44 innings since, Quaranta has a sparkling 1.84 ERA, and he is currently working on a scoreless innings streak of 14. 

Quaranta’s “performance was very impressive, especially against a team like Chicago,” Billig said. “That was amazing how they were able to shut him down for an entire game.”

On Sunday, the Bears again split two seven-inning games against Chicago, with a 10-5 win followed up by a 2-1 loss. The Bears again got two respectable pitching performances and again were able to get the bats working in one of the two games.

Wash. U. struck right away with a pair of runs in the first inning of the first game, courtesy of a two-run double from Kessinger. They followed that up with four runs in the top of the third inning as the first four Bears all reached base—and eventually scored—before chasing Chicago starter Alex Terry out of the game.

Senior Matt Tracy pitched a complete game, letting in five runs and striking out three.

The final matchup of the weekend was a pitcher’s duel taken by the Maroons. Senior Taylor Berman pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) while not walking or striking out a single batter. But after the Bears evened the game at 1-1 in the top of the sixth inning, Chicago’s J.R. Lopez made his way around the bases on the strength of a throwing error, a sacrifice bunt and two wild pitches.

“I definitely think we were hitting the ball well all weekend,” Billig said. “Like in the last game, we were hitting the ball hard; it was just going right to people. I guess also the pitching, in the first and the last game, were a little better than in the other two games. I still think we did pretty well offensively.”

Regardless, the Bears made it through the weekend allowing only 11 runs in four games—an impressive result against an offense as productive as Chicago’s.

“Chicago wasn’t able to do what they normally do, which is put a bunch of runs up on the board. I’d say we did a solid job of shutting them down offensively,” Billig said.

Wash. U. will know its updated place in the regional rankings later on in the week. In the meantime, the team has four games left in the 2013 season and will face off with Benedictine University on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.

Go to a concert: There are a bunch of music festivals and concerts for people with every music taste all summer long. The Pageant (thepageant.com) is a great place to go for cheap tickets, or, if you’re willing to shell out a little more, see Maroon 5 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater as part of the Honda Civic Tour on August 1 (go to livenation.com for tickets). For those of you on particularly tight budgets, the St. Louis History Museum offers free concerts on its front lawn on Tuesdays throughout the summer (http://www.mohistory.org/twilight-tuesdays). If you’re in the mood for a music festival, there are many options such as the Saint Louis Bluesweek Festival, which commemorates the city’s rich blues music history.

Midnight Movies at the Tivoli: Throughout the summer, the Tivoli Theatre is showing cult classics at midnight. It has a wide variety of late-night films, from “Willow” to “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (the ’80s version, of course) to “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Check out http://www.landmarktheatres.com for details.

Food Truck Fridays: If you’re in the mood to explore St. Louis’ culinary culture, head down to Tower Grove Park on Fridays for the weekly Food Truck Fridays. It’s a great way to try a variety of different foods at once and enjoy the weather while eating outside.

The Magic House’s Sandcastle Beach Exhibit: For those of us worried about spending an entire summer landlocked and away from the ocean, fear not. The Magic House, the St. Louis Children’s Museum, is bringing the beach to us. Head down for its annual sandcastle exhibit anytime from May 16 to June 30, and see what the sculptors have to offer, or just lounge in the sand. Visit http://www.magichouse.org/exhibits-new-special.php for more information.

Johnson’s Shut-Ins: If it’s the water that you will be missing about the beach, take a trip outside of St. Louis to Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park (http://www.mostateparks.com/park/johnsons-shut-ins-state-park). There, you can swim in the Black River or take advantage of a water park constructed solely by Mother Nature. Make a weekend of it by camping out in the beautiful Ozark landscape.

Paddleboat in Forest Park: If you can’t get to Johnson’s Shut-Ins, you can still take advantage of water a little closer to home. Head to Forest Park and rent a paddleboat for a few hours.

Visit the Endangered Wolf Center: If you can’t get your fix of animals at the zoo, check out the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Mo. (http://www.endangeredwolfcenter.org for directions). They offer tours as well as evening events known as “Howls” throughout the summer for wolf enthusiasts.

SLAM’s Grand Opening: The Saint Louis Art Museum (http://www.slam.org) is opening its new building on June 29. Head down for the ribbon-cutting ceremony as well as a two-day festival to commemorate the event.

COCA’s Interactive “Street” Art Exhibit: For even more art, check out the Center of Creative Arts’ summer exhibit, which you can be a part of. Artists Nita Turnage, Hap Phillips and Candy Chang will explore interactive art and involve their viewers. Check out COCA’s website for more information: http://www.cocastl.org.

PrideFest: Head down to Tower Grove Park on June 29 and 30 for St. Louis’ annual PrideFest. The two-day-long event features a parade, music and more. Visit http://www.pridestl.org.

Brian Benton | Student Life

Yeasayer performs atop an inflatable couch thrown onto the stage by concert attendees. Yeasayer performed first at spring W.I.L.D., held last Friday.

The concert, which featured performers Yeasayer, Mat Kearney and Atmosphere in a festival-style lineup, was the first to be organized by SPB. Among the changes were new sustainability efforts, which included boxed water, compostable utensils and waste stations manned by student members of the Green Events Commission (GEC) and volunteers.

“Over the years, Wash. U. has made a very strong effort to become more sustainable, and I think that we were still able to provide students all of the safety in terms of water, and we were still able to do all of that, but do it in working with the GEC and fulfilling Wash. U.’s goal to be more eco-friendly,” SPB’s WILD director and sophomore Anna Eisenberg said.

Eisenberg noted that students were excited about the boxed water, and said the product will definitely be back for next year’s WILD.

“They didn’t know what it was, they picked it up to see what it was, and it became a conversation topic, and then people were just drinking it to see what it was,” she said.

Brian Benton | Student Life

Singer-songwriter Mat Kearney plays a set on the Brookings Quadrangle. W.I.L.D. on Friday.

“We found while cleaning up, there was actually less trash around,” she said. “I think that [the GEC] did a really good job. They had some of their students manning the stations, and no complaints on that end. I think it went really well.”

According to SU’s Executive Advisor for Sustainability and junior Jake Lyonfields, the stations on the quad replaced trash bins entirely.

“One of the reasons we were initially hesitant to not have those bins all over the grounds was because we thought people would just dispose of whatever they were eating or drinking on the ground, and some people…still did that,” Lyonfields said. “But in order to compensate for that we had…workers who were walking around with bags picking up trash that was left on the ground, and then they would bring those bags full of trash to the waste stations and we would actually sort it out.”

Though rain clouds loomed throughout the day, sophomore and SPB President Emma Tyler said the weather did not keep students from turning out for the day’s events.

“Attendance was in line with what it normally was. The students still came out and enjoyed the concert. It was a little colder, but students seemed in good spirits and the weather didn’t seem to deter anyone from coming out to the quad,” Tyler said.

A new afternoon event on the Swamp, Walk In Chow Down, featured cupcakes, ice cream and barbecue in an effort to make WILD more of an all-day event.

“The event on the Swamp pulled in more students to be spending time with each other and eating and being on campus throughout the day,” Tyler said.

According to Chief of Police, Don Strom, there were three students transported from campus to the hospital, one from WILD, one from a residence hall the South 40 and one from a residence hall in the Village.

At least 13 students were treated for intoxication around campus on Friday, and several students were declined entry to the event because of severe levels of intoxication, Strom said.

In future WILDs and other events, Tyler said the new structure under the Social Programming Board will allow for more advance planning.

“From this point forward, every concert will be booked a full semester in advance,” Tyler said. “So that’ll help us with being able to plan production farther in advance, bigger reveal plans farther in advance, we’ll be able to reveal sooner to campus, and it’ll really give us a chance also to just explore more options in terms of artists.”

The board hopes to better utilize the new Outreach Director position to solicit student opinions when booking artists and planning other aspects of the event.

Brian Benton | Student Life

Atmosphere performs at spring W.I.L.D.

While Eisenberg acknowledged that Social Programming Board has room to learn and change, she considers the board’s first WILD a successful event.

“I think we’re still figuring out how SPB works and how we’re going to change WILD and make it better in the future, but I think that overall, we were very happy with how the new structure helped in terms of planning it,” she said. “I think the board was stronger than it has been in the past, and I think that being a part of SU and having this whole new structure actually really benefited WILD.”

Courtesy of Tim Farrell

The Washington University men’s tennis team poses with a plaque commemorating their University Athletic Association championship on April 28. Senior Gary Parizher’s three-set tiebreak win at No. 5 singles was the clincher as the Bears upset top-seed Emory University 5-4.

After the Bears opened a 2-1 lead through doubles play with wins by the pairings of senior Adam Putterman and sophomore Ross Putterman at first-flight doubles and Parizher and junior Jeffrey Hirsh at third flight, both by scores of 8-5, the conference rivals split the first four completed singles matches, leaving Wash. U. with a 4-3 advantage. Wash. U. only needed one more win to clinch the title, but as Parizher served trailing 5-6 in the decisive third set, freshman Tyler Kratky lost in a tiebreak at No. 4 singles, and Emory pulled even.

Parizher, who hasn’t dropped a singles match since February, held in his service game to send the No. 5 singles match into a tiebreak of its own, and he dominated the extra session 7-1 to extend his winning streak and halt Emory’s.

“I feel great. That’s incredible,” Parizher said. “I think that’s the one I’m going to remember as my crowning match if I had to pick one.”

In what was both a crowning match for his career and the crowning match for Wash. U. as the new conference champions, Parizher “focused on making first serves” and making his ailing opponent defend the entire court. “I just wanted to move him—you know, I just was really careful to find that balance between being hesitant and tentative and being rash and going for too much,” he said.

“We’ve all been practicing so hard that you’ve got to believe in your teammates,” Adam Putterman said about having to watch from the sidelines as the championship was being decided. “You’re not really that worried—you’re nervous, but you know your teammate’s going to come through.”

Wash. U. and Emory squared off for the UAA title for the eighth straight year, with Emory having gone 6-1 in the previous matches. This year’s crop of Red and Green seniors had fared particularly poorly in the finals, winning no more than two matches in any of the three prior chances at a championship.

“We tried not to carry that baggage into the match with us,” Parizher said. “We really tried to treat it like just another match against a really tough team. But now in retrospect, I think it’s about time that Wash. U. comes through. I think we’ve had a really strong program the last few years, and we knew that we had an excellent shot going into the tournament.”

The Bears began the weekend with a comfortable sweep of Brandeis University. Each doubles pair won by at least two breaks, and Wash. U. won every singles match in straight sets.

The semifinals bout against No. 13 Case Western Reserve University represented an opportunity to exact revenge for a 6-3 loss suffered in February. On that day, Case Western had gained a 2-1 advantage after doubles en route to the win, but in the rematch, Wash. U. pulled out two 8-6 wins in doubles to grab a 2-1 lead entering singles play, wherein both Puttermans, junior Tim Noack, Parizher and senior Kareem Farah all picked up straight-set victories.

With the three victories in the tournament, Wash. U. ran its win streak to 14, the third-longest total in school history, and continued its trend of being undefeated in matches after gaining a lead in doubles play.

Both Puttermans and Parizher finished a perfect 6-0 over the weekend, spanning both singles and doubles. Parizher attributed the team’s ability to maintain a high level of play to its fitness, an advantage that was especially noticeable in his third set.

“In the third set, fitness came into play, and [my opponent] started to have cramps and spasms,” Parizher said. “By the time the tiebreak came around, I knew that I was fitter than he was and that under the pressure, the cramps would get even worse for him…I won the mental fight and the physical fight.”

Two weeks ago, the victorious senior added, “I played three matches in three days, and so that was a good preparation in terms of fitness for this, so that’s good scheduling on the part of Coach Follmer.”

“I think we need to work on fitness,” Adam Putterman said in noting its importance to the team’s success. “I think [it’s a thing] we’re doing well right now but that we want to be doing perfectly come the end of the season.”

Adam Putterman reached a number of impressive milestones in the tournament, most notably 90 career singles victories, a total tied for second all-time in the program’s history, and 150 wins overall, good for seventh all-time. But for the Bears’ top singles player, the team goal that had eluded him for three years was the most memorable event of the weekend.

“To go out with a championship here, a title here, is just a great feeling,” he gushed, “and as much as it feels good individually, it also just feels great to do it for the team and for your teammates.”

A national championship, another team goal that has so far been unattainable for the Bears’ seniors is the next target for this accomplished class; it has reached the Final Four in each of its three years but hasn’t advanced any further. By finally conquering Emory, Wash. U.’s next, more prestigious goal may be in reach.

Sahil Patel, Editor-in-Chief

1. A sports fanbase—We have some remarkable student-athletes at Wash. U. who are doing outstanding things on and off the field; they deserve some support.

2. Country music at W.I.L.D.—I know Taylor Swift is probably out of the question, but I’m sure Florida Georgia Line can’t be that expensive.

3. A Hindi major—Beginning Hindi I has 15 possible seats in the class yet 18 students are enrolled and 26 more are on the waitlist; I think that means there is a demand.

Leah Kucera, Associate Editor

1. Classes outside of the College of Arts & Sciences to count for cluster requirements (or Integrated inQuiry, or whatever iteration the University will come up with next). This would probably motivate more students to explore options outside of their primary school, and isn’t expanding horizons what college is all about?

2. Lower parking pass fees. Although I may still one day fund “The Leah Kucera Endowed Scholarship for Those Who Have a Vehicle But Not the Means to Purchase a Pass for It” out of spite.

3. A ban on class meeting times that conflict with Happy Hour.

John Schmidt, Managing Editor

1. The return of unlimited printing (or more printing money)—If you’re in the College of Arts & Sciences and have a class for which you print the lecture slides, there goes your printing budget. More printing money would go a long way to ensuring you don’t dip into your campus card funds before the end of first semester.

2. Old Ursa’s (or more Ursa’s hours)—Having Ursa’s open on only Thursday and Friday nights neglects the valuable roles it played as a cozy alternative to Bear’s Den and cool weekend hangout. Rather than attempt a massive Ursa’s rebranding and restructuring, why not bring back vintage Ursa’s?

3. 24/7 Olin Library hours (or the never-ending study session)—This year, we tried 24/4, and it seems to have worked pretty well—but having the library close Friday at 2 a.m. doesn’t make sense.

Derek Shyr, Managing Editor

1. More campus circulators—The circulator is usually overcrowded with students, and, at times, there’s no more room for people waiting, especially at the Clocktower stop; furthermore, the Circ is usually behind schedule in the morning.

2. The tilapia sandwich sauce—No words can explain how amazing this original sauce tasted with the sandwich; it’s time to bring it back.

3. Vending machines that take meal points—Most students use meal points a lot more than they spend Bear Bucks, so having this option would make it easier to get snacks or drinks.

Emily Sybrant, Managing Editor

1. Reasonable campus Wi-Fi—Why can’t a top university have Wi-Fi that doesn’t consistently kick people off?

2. Larger beds given by Residential Life—A twin-sized bed isn’t even big enough for me, my laptop and a particularly large textbook.

3. More food choices at Etta’s—Prepackaged food gets pretty old when you eat at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts several times per week.

Zach Kram, Copy Chief

1. A 20th national championship—It’s been more than a year since women’s cross country won the school’s 19th title; I want a spirit bus, storming the court or field, and confetti raining down from the rafters.

2. Eco To-Go discount extended to plates—Washing plates has the same costs to the environment as washing the currently discounted boxes, so if you eat off a dish, you should get the same 10-cent discount.

3. AP Style to adopt use of the Oxford comma—As Copy Chief, I would love for AP standards to change so I could insert a comma before “and” in lists. Or at least AP could allow the use of curse words; there’s a s—load of stuff we can’t say because of this rule.

Natalie Villalon, Senior Forum Editor

1. An undergraduate creative writing major—There isn’t enough poetry in the world.

2. More vegan food on campus—Cabbage water is not a meal, yo. I have recipes for delicious vegan muffins and baller seitan stir-fry. Get at me, Dining Services!

3. More cowbell—We’ve been a little bongo-heavy lately.

Alex Leichenger, Senior Sports Editor

1. Francis Gymnasium lighting—I know a renovation of the Athletic Complex is on the way, but that dreary yellow lighting in the gym is already getting to me. Is there any way we can start small with a little lighting fix before I graduate?

2. More on-campus businesses—Subway is fantastic, but I could go for a little Papa John’s or Chipotle once in a while, too.

3. Sociology department—Obviously this is not a one-year undertaking, but the absence of a sociology department at a major research institution like Wash. U. is certainly noteworthy. In fact, we had one of the highest-ranked sociology departments in the nation once upon a time. In a city like St. Louis that could be a prime location for fascinating fieldwork, it should not have disappeared.

Caroline Ludeman, Senior Scene Editor

1. A pharmacy open on weekends—While planning ahead for regular prescriptions is the student’s responsibility, sometimes emergencies occur, and not having access to an on-campus pharmacy on weekends can be a huge inconvenience.

2. Longer Athletic Complex and South 40 Fitness Center hours—Especially on the weekends and during reading week, the shortened hours during some of the most stressful times can take a toll on students.

3. Other lunch options on the weekends—To go along with my weekend theme, the lack of dining services in the Danforth University Center as well as options on the South 40 could be changed.

Georgie Morvis, Senior Cadenza Editor

1. A W.I.L.D. artist everyone can appreciate—This year’s festival idea was a move in the right direction in being inclusive, but none of the headliners were W.I.L.D.-esque. Since the culture of W.I.L.D. is not going to change, get more upbeat, dancy performers that are relevant in pop culture, like Robyn or Ellie Goulding.

2. W.I.L.D. alcohol policy to change—I never got to enjoy the old alcohol policy, by which you could bring your own six-pack, and the new policy only offers beer, which I don’t like. Either offer wine along with beer or let people bring their own six-packs. It’s simply unfair at this point.

3. The end of Connie’s Choice—She’s tried to change the portions of tater tots and has depleted our snack options (gummy bears, come back). Her function is basically to get quoted in CNN articles. Can we trade her salary for a Taco Bell?

Kayla Hollenbaugh, Senior Cadenza Editor

1. More fast, healthy eating options on campus—It’s impossible to find a sandwich on campus with less than half of your daily recommended amount of sodium or fat, and I’m getting a little sick of the same three salads every day.

2. Extended Whispers hours—The line at 11:55 p.m. is enough of an indication that there would be enough demand from the late-nighters who inhabit Olin Library and need caffeine that isn’t from a vending machine. We could have a trial with an extra hour on Sundays, the most popular night for students catching up on weekend work, next semester.

3. Vegetarian options at Ibby’s—Right now the only entree you can order without alterations is the gnocchi, and while good, it may not be to everyone’s taste.

Richard Matus, Social Media Director

1. A Starbucks in the new business school buildings that accepts meal points—The Kaldi’s Coffee that Dining Services offers is either not brewed often enough or is lightly caffeinated, dirty water.

2. More seats in courses that are artificially small—It may be true that some professors like small classes, but how can you justify implementing a paid professor’s preferences over those of paying students?

3. Music in Bear’s Den—It’s a sleepy place between noon and 6 p.m. and could use the energy. Not too loud, of course.

The 13-panel display that will be up through reading week and into finals week was the culmination of a few months of effort by members of Material Monster, a student group that focuses on creating spaces with reusable materials, and Green Action.

Students hope that the visually striking display will help progress the ongoing “Fossil Free WashU” campaign, which looks to make Washington University sever its ties to the coal industry.

“Every single one of these panels tells a different story of a different area all around the world,” junior Rachel Goldstein, president of Green Action, said. “I think it just has a much better emotional connection with people than just reading something. And also it’s nice to have things outside in the middle of campus where people are going to see [them].”

The inspiration for the event came from a survey that organizers of the “Fossil Free WashU” campaign sent out to more than a thousand students, which showed that students felt social justice issues were the most important ones to consider. It also showed that many students did not see social justice issues relating to those surrounding climate change.

“There’s a very deep disconnect between environmental issues and people issues as if they aren’t intertwined and interconnected, when it’s really you can’t have one without the other,” Green Action member and senior Sophi Veltrop said. “If you don’t have rights for the environment, people are going to suffer, and if you don’t have rights for people, the environment won’t be taken care of well.”

Each panel in the display features a work of art designed by either one or two artists, next to a description of the particular environmental issue written by a Green Action member. Using wheat paste to protect the words from the rain, the descriptions were mounted onto mirrors that organizers said were to make the display more personal.

“The mirrors are there to implicate the viewer as a part of this global phenomenon and to remind them that they have a role, even though these communities are really distant from us,” Veltrop said.

The broken doors used for the panels were donated from Refab, a company that rents out materials from demolished buildings, and they were held in place using leftover wood from ThurtenE carnival.

The only panel drawn and written by the same person was one done by environmental studies and printmaking major Kelsey Brod, a senior. Brod’s work featured the township Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town, Africa, where she studied abroad.

In 1953, the apartheid-era government passed an act that deemed Cape Town white-only. All colored people were forced to relocate to an area between two mountains, known as Table Mountain National Park, which is an extremely uninhabitable ecosystem.

“There shouldn’t be any housing there because it’s an ecosystem where there’s intense fire, rain and sun, so the people who live there basically get the crap kicked out of them,” Brod said. “During the winter, extreme rain comes and erodes all of the housing…summer is known for extreme hot and lots of fires because the non-native trees brought by the colonists aren’t right for the area.”

Brod feels that the horrible living situation that the people of Imizamo Yethu deal with is a direct representation of the culmination of environmental and social justice issues.

“I think it’s blatant discrimination, keeping people out, but also because they’re living in this extreme environment, the effects of climate change are so much [harder] on them,” she said.

“[My work] is similar to all of these cases because it shows you an extremely disadvantaged community affected by climate change,” Brod added. “It’s important to know because what [causes] climate change are these really developed countries. Americans use 25 percent of all global energy, and St. Louis significantly feeds into that, so it’s important for students to be aware of these things.”

Senior Katie Olson worked with senior Matt Callahan to depict the violence of tar sands extraction in Canada. Their piece, part digital and part pen-and-ink drawing, showed a giant machine tearing down a forest as a figure watched from a distance.

“Their forest is being destroyed. Same with the caribou, and the caribou in Canada are the thing that tells if the forest is healthy or not. And they’re dying out,” Olson said.

“If you look up images about the process that they use to transport this bitumen-heavy oil and make it—it’s these gigantic machines; they’re as tall as buildings and super-monstrous,” Olson added. “We made this huge machine—it’s kind of whimsical because they’re made up of all the different parts of all the different machines…If you were actually there, it would just dwarf you in its monstrosity. But you never see them.”

The installation of the outdoor exhibit was also being worked on by members of Trading Post, which works to promote reuse of goods.

“I know quite a few of the artists, and it’s really neat to see their art displayed in such a way,” junior Zach Hernandez, co-founder of Trading Post, said. “Hopefully it’s visible to a lot of people.”

While many of the panels depict environmental issues internationally, organizers were particularly invested in a two-panel-wide display of the coal ash landfills Ameren—the University’s energy provider—has been trying to build in Labadie, Mo., a flood plain fewer than 50 miles west of the Danforth Campus. Locals of the small Missouri town have been protesting the landfills for years, and they have been a rallying cry for a large number of environmental activists.

“We just really wanted to bring it home a little bit and be like—look, this is happening in St. Louis,” Goldstein said. “We need to act on a local level but look at these things happening on a national level, too.”

Samantha Harris, director of speech code research at the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), claimed that ResLife’s policy on harassment “allows the administration to punish an almost unlimited amount of speech and expression” in her announcement of the award published on FIRE’s website on April 5.

The ResLife policy states that harassment is defined as “any behavior or conduct that is injurious, or potentially injurious to a person’s physical, emotional, or psychological well-being, as determined at the sole discretion of the University.”

“One very common problem we see with speech codes and their enforcement is an abuse of discretion,” Harris clarified in an interview with Student Life. “Generally speaking, rules that affect speech have to be very clearly set forth. If speech is going to be restricted, it has to be done by very clear, objective and content-neutral criteria that are published in advance.”

“For a student reading this regulation, there’s no way for someone to know in advance whether the University might consider their speech to be potentially injurious to a person’s emotional well-being,” Harris added. “There’s no guarantee the University will enforce it in a consistent, across-the-board manner. By giving [the University] complete discretion, it just opens the door for arbitrary enforcement.”

FIRE annually reviews the speech codes of more than 400 universities nationwide, focusing on one particularly objectionable policy per month. The group sends a letter to each university in question with suggestions of how the policy in question can be improved. In this case, Harris’ forthcoming letter will refer the administration to the Supreme Court’s decision in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education that contains the legal definition of unprotected harassment and the suggestion to modify the current policy to reflect this legal definition.

Ann Prenatt, the vice chancellor for human resources at the University and the Title IX and sexual harassment coordinator, did not provide comment.

Tamara King, director of judicial programs, and Justin Carroll, dean of students, were unavailable for comment.