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Chancellor Andrew D. Martin spoke about WashU’s political engagement in Washington, D.C., threats to federal research funding, and rationales behind larger expenditures by the University in a joint Student Union session on Sept. 29.
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin spoke about WashU’s political engagement in Washington, D.C., threats to federal research funding, and rationales behind larger expenditures by the University in a joint Student Union session on Sept. 29.
The Faculty Fellows Program, which placed faculty members in apartments in residential colleges, is being phased out due to “a significant inconsistency in residential engagement between residential communities,” Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success Sheryl Mauricio told Student Life in an email.
The fight over Missouri’s congressional map has drawn national attention ahead of the November general election. After months of political maneuvering and conflicting court rulings, Missouri voters will ultimately decide whether to approve the state’s new congressional lines.
No. 10 WashU volleyball took on their first University Athletic Association (UAA) conference games this weekend against No. 17 Emory University, Brandeis University, and No. 21 New York University (NYU).
Earlier this month, the Oberlin College football team made national news for all of the wrong reasons when The New Yorker profiled their program. Their roster includes just 41 players (for reference, WashU has 99) and a student body that has debated in the campus paper whether anyone should care. The piece also reported that when the Oberlin Yeomen do win, the postgame jazz party is one of the biggest nights of the year on campus. On Saturday, the musicians got another night off.
It’s the last weekend before fall break, and instead of holed up in their rooms studying, the Bears took to the field, court and course. The women’s tennis team dominated in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) regional championships. The No. 1 women’s soccer team continued their unbeaten streak, despite letting up two goals. The men’s soccer team won both their games, totaling 6 goals over the weekend. Golf finished fourth at the Tartan Invitational in Farmington, Pennsylvania.
Amendment 6 will appear on the Missouri midterm ballot and, if passed by voters, would prevent Missouri politicians from overriding the will of the people.
Missouri midterms are coming up soon, on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Since election time is right around the corner, it’s important to start thinking about registration.
I argue that many individuals are motivated less by accuracy than by loyalty to their political affiliations when they evaluate takes they hear online, so as for them to accept claims that favor their side with little scrutiny while dismissing those that don’t. This process of interiorization soon compels the individual to offer their own takes on the subject, often mirroring the nature of the takes they see online.
With over 90000 subscribers on YouTube, senior Sadie Rosen and her father Larry Rosen (B.A. ‘88) reveal the power of empathy through their channel, The Enemies Project. The pair bring together strangers with fundamentally opposed political beliefs for a sit-down conversation. Their docuseries aims to break online echo chambers through vulnerability. It’s working, as across their 16 uploaded episodes, all the enemies have left connected.
After two years of preparation, WashU Satellite is launching their first satellite into space. Formed in 2024, WashU Satellite is a completely student-run team, giving undergraduates full responsibility over the satellite’s design, testing, and execution. With two upcoming launches, the group is building flight experience through testing these capabilities and inviting the WashU community along for the ride.
I was surprised with a lingering hope I didn’t know I needed in the wake of reading John Green’s newest novel, “Hollywood, Ending,” chronicling the lives and love of twenty-somethings trying to make it in Hollywood. Set as the growth of their movie “Andy Warhol Never Gets Old” takes on an exponential trajectory, actors Juniper Castillo and Kai Laramie balance their growing notoriety while forging a way forward when faced with their pasts.
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