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Emily Benatar, a freshman and member of Alpha Phi sorority, passed away in Barnes Hospital Wednesday morning, officials at the University have confirmed. Benatar, who came to Washington University from Palo Alto, Calif., died from complications arising from meningococcal disease with her parents by her side. She had been diagnosed with the disease, which is [...]

There’s a new and unfamiliar sound of spring for students walking across campus or studying in Eads at noon: the school’s alma mater. Starting earlier this month, Graham Chapel rang out not its usual noon tune, but the school’s alma mater for its full two minutes every day. The song, which is German in origin, is rarely used on campus.

For the first time in nearly a decade, students were served beer at W.I.L.D. Nonetheless, only one student was treated in the paramedic tent at the event, and just one other alcohol-related call was made on Friday, Washington University Police Department chief Don Strom said. Indie-soul band Fitz and The Tantrums headlined the event. This year’s spring W.I.L.D.

Constructed entirely of cardboard and duct tape in two hours, Optimus Habitat the collapsible robot won three prizes at the fifth annual Washington University Building Challenge. Six teams with a total of 21 students participated in the annual fundraiser for the University’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity, which was held Sunday afternoon at Ursa’s Fireside.

Washington University is now the number one school in America—at least if food is the basis for your judgment. The Daily Meal, a website that consolidates information on different restaurants, chefs, cookbooks and dining etiquette, rated the food offerings at the U.S. News & World Report’s 20 top-ranked colleges and universities.

Strong winds blew over a tent at a beer garden downtown, killing one and injuring about 100 during a tornado warning Saturday afternoon. The tent was set up behind Kilroy’s Sports Bar as customers celebrated the Cardinals’ 7-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The first wave of the storm hit at around 3:50 p.m., about an hour after the game ended.

On Tuesday night, 306 students and a few adults formed a chain and massaged each other with the hope of breaking a world record and raising awareness about teen suicide. Though the record-breaking goal of 2000 people stayed out of reach, Clark Flatt, the president of the Jason Foundation, was happy that his message reached even one person.

While general inebriation may be a tradition as old as the event itself, adjustments to the alcohol policy at the wildly popular Walk In Lay Down concerts held in the Brookings Quadrangle each semester have been happening for years.

His slow jam on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” brought in two million viewers and was just one stop on President Barack Obama’s ongoing campaign to pressure Congress to pass legislation to freeze the interest rate on subsidized student loans.

Beginning next year, students will have the option to enroll in a new anthropology track that emphasizes a global approach to health. The public health minor will no longer be offered for matriculating students.