Though a guard stood outside the campus’ Bank of America branch on Friday, the five Washington University students protesting the “corporate greed” of big banks that day didn’t require police restraint. The students were calling on their peers to boycott large banks and move their accounts to small, local banks or credit unions.

With a clean energy bill on the Senate floor, Power Shift Missouri ’09 ended with a rally on Sunday in front of St. Louis City Hall that aimed to enunciate a clear message for Sen. Claire McCaskill.