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Interview with Bill Cody
Student Life recently caught up with Bill Cody, famed documentarian and Wash. U. alum. His new film about the Atlanta music scene, “We Fun,” was recently screened by KWUR.
Interview with Alive Magazine fashion editor, Jill Manoff
Jill Manoff, fashion editor of Alive Magazine, fashion director of St. Louis Fashion Week, and creator and executive director of new fashion blog Corridor40, is very involved in the St. Louis Fashion scene. She works in an industry that demands passion, personal style and creativity. Here’s what she had to say about college trends, working [...]
Q&A with Julie Otsuka
Student Life reporter Cordelia Palitz sat down and spoke with Julie Otsuka, the Japanese-American author of “When the Emperor was Divine,” this year’s Freshman Reading Program. Otsuka was a speaker in this fall’s Assembly Series. Hailing from California, Otsuka is 47 years old and one generation removed from Japanese Americans who were interned in camps by the U.S. government from 1942 until 1945.
Video: Harold Ramis fireside chat
Live with the Chancellor on his bowling alley
Chancellor Mark Wrighton speaks about his bowling alley during a live interview hosted by Student Life and WUTV.
Live with the Chancellor on his Greatest Fear
Chancellor Mark Wrighton speaks about his greatest fears during a live interview hosted by Student Life and WUTV.
Live with the Chancellor on the Economy
Chancellor Mark Wrighton speaks about economic challenges facing the University during a live interview hosted by Student Life and WUTV.
Q. and A. with Professor David Peters
Student Life’s Michelle Merlin sat down with the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering David Peters from the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering. Peters recently published a book not on engineering, but on the Bible.
Student Life: Your book, “The Many Faces of Biblical Humor,” focuses on humor in the Bible. How did you get [...]
Saying good-bye to Julie Thornton
Julie Thornton, who has served as director of student activities for the past nine semesters, will be leaving Washington University at the end of this calendar year to become associate dean of students at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. Senior News Editor Ben Sales sat down with Thornton as she [...]
Interview with a Vampire
Though he may be renowned for turning hordes of squealing teenage girls to a slobbery mess with one single, angst-ridden stare, Robert Pattinson is just like any other bumbling teenager. However, with his portrayal of Edward Cullen, the hero of the “Twilight” trilogy, his normal life is sure to change.

