A National Coal Council meeting in downtown St. Louis was canceled following a protest from Washington University Green Action. Directly after council members had finished taking roll call on Tuesday, students from Green Action and Missourians Organized for Reform and Empowerment entered the meeting at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark.

Student Union Treasury recently voted to fund an appeal for $6,041.64 for a new training program for sexual assault and violence prevention. The appeal was made by Men Organized for Rape Education (MORE) to bring the Green Dot Initiative to campus.

From Oct. 1-4, the Climate Solutions Forum hosted speakers, workshops and activities to encourage dialogue on community-based renewable energy solutions. The Global Energy Future Symposium took place on the same dates on Washington University’s campus. The Climate Solutions Forum was organized by Green Action, Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) and Climate Action St. Louis.

[media-credit name="Kate Oberg" align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] As the final weeks of the school year approach, many of us are entering crunch time. This crunch is not just due to exams and projects, but also due to trying to finalize summer plans. As the usual grind becomes more grinding, take a moment to think about how to free yourself from being ground down.

After more than two decades of discussion, efforts to create an office to lead Washington University’s sexual assault prevention efforts are picking up pace, but there remains no consensus on how soon the position will be filled.

On Tuesday, March 31 students and members of the St. Louis community came together in Brookings Quad for the annual Take Back the Night rally to raise awarness about and to prevent sexual violence.

Nearly two years ago, a man tailgated into Myers Hall, forced his way into a female student’s dorm room and raped her. That incident jumpstarted a campus-wide conversation about security and sexual assault on campus, prompting many of the security measures that students are familiar with today, including peepholes in doors, closed-circuit video monitoring in [...]