When Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth asked community members at a memorial for the late Dean James Earl McLeod to stand if he had helped them become better people, every seat covering the Washington University Field House floor was emptied.

As a student at Washington University, it’s kind of hard not to feel Dean James McLeod’s impact. His influence is everywhere—in our classrooms, in our administration and even in our residence halls.

Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Obviously, in more ways than one, that national catastrophe has been a defining event for our generation. The greater majority of us weren’t even teenagers in 2001, most undergraduate seniors being just 11 years old, and each of us has a memory of where they were on that day.

On Saturday morning, 200 people gathered in Graham Chapel to mourn the passing of Professor Wayne Fields’ granddaughter, 4-year-old Sarah Brooks.

Last Halloween, University City police sergeant and Washington University alumnus Michael King was shot and killed in his police cruiser on the corner of Leland Avenue and Delmar Boulevard. With the case pending in court one year later, students and administrators remain mindful of security on the Loop.