Eight hundred and twenty-nine students danced away the twelve hours between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. last Saturday to Sunday.
They were raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network through Dance Marathon, an event that Washington University has hosted twelve times since 2000.

In its bye week from University Athletic Association play, the Washington University women’s soccer team crushed the Fontbonne Griffins 7-0 on Saturday, Oct. 23 and beat the Concordia College (Minn.) Cobbers 2-1 in overtime on Monday, Oct. 25. With the wins, the Bears are now 8-5-2 (2-0-2 UAA).

Division III powerhouse Loras College was the most recent victim of the undefeated Washington University men’s soccer team. With the victory, the Red and Green improved to 5-0-2 and a perfect 2-0 on Francis field.

An 8-0 drubbing at the beginning of a tournament might spoil the weekend for many softball teams. But the No. 15 Washington University Bears did not let their Friday loss to No. 8 Augustana College get them down. Wash. U. recorded only one hit and three errors in the defeat, but Saturday was a different story for the Bears, as they toppled Augustana 10-8 in nine innings and thrashed Fontbonne University 14-2 in five innings.

The No. 5 Washington University women’s basketball team continued its strong start to the 2009-10 campaign with a 77-60 victory over the Elmhurst College Blue Jays on Saturday in Chicago.

The Washington University women’s soccer team made it a long afternoon for their across the street rivals, the Fontbonne University Griffins in the 2009 Wydown Showdown.

After a loss on Sunday, the men’s soccer team played through a cold rain to rebound with its first three-goal game of the year in a victory over Fontbonne. “It was a big win, it was a regional game and coming off a loss it’s a big confidence booster,” senior co-captain John Hengel said. Hengel [...]

Although Fontbonne University is situated directly across the street from the South 40 on Wydown Boulevard, few Washington University students know much about the nearby institution.

A group of private colleges and universities in Missouri that includes Washington University is distraught over Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposal to lower the maximum award private college students can receive from the Access Missouri grant program.

The NCAA announced that St. Louis, an NCAA Championship City, will host the 2010 and 2011 Division III Women’s Volleyball National Championships.