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Until recently, anyone with a WashU email address, including every WashU student, was only a few clicks away from accessing hundreds of sensitive internal University documents. Student Life notified the University that the documents were available on Thursday, Oct. 29, after which many files were taken down.
On Oct. 19, the WashU Assembly series hosted Doris Kearns Goodwin, who shared her belief that the past can give us hope and that quality leadership helps the country persist through challenging times. Goodwin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer, reflected on leadership that has brought us to this moment. She spoke before a large audience in Graham Chapel on Monday, Oct. 19. She covered the key values she’s identified in transformative U.S. presidents over the course of her research and writing. Goodwin has followed the executive office for 59 years, starting as a White House Fellow for Lyndon B. […]
In fall 2023, international students accounted for 46.3% of WashU’s total graduate population. By the 10th week of fall 2026, that number had fallen to 38.2%, according to data from the Office of the University Registrar. This decline in international student enrollment is felt most strongly in master's degree programs.
After this past midterm election, Missouri voters turned down a state abortion ban, voted to place stricter controls on state lawmakers’ changes to citizen-initiated ballot measure, voted against redistricting the state, and awarded Democrats an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The fall and winter seasons are overlapping, and what Student Life has dubbed the “sports eclipse” has begun. While the sky began to darken as first contact was made over the weekend, No. 4 volleyball defeated the best team in D-III, No. 1 women’s soccer team and the men’s soccer team both defeated the New York University (NYU) Violets, and No. 11 women’s and No. 15 men’s swimming and diving teams started their seasons.
Over its 139-year history, WashU football has seen generations of players take the field, winning 16 conference championships and appearing in three Division III NCAA tournaments, but before Saturday afternoon, the Bears had never seen an 8-0 record. With a decisive 37-14 win over Denison University, the No. 88 WashU football team etched its name in the history books, as it secured the best start and longest single-season win streak in program history.
On Saturday, Oct. 31, the No. 8 women’s and No. 7 men’s cross country teams traveled north to the University of Chicago, where they placed third and fourth, respectively, in the UAA championships.
I realized why campus seemed so much busier: It was both Parent’s Weekend and Halloween. In my academic frenzy, I forgot this specific weekend was supposed to be enjoyable.
I never want to think to myself “they won’t make movies like this again” when there will always be innovative, hard-working people who would spend their whole lives creating art for others if they could make a sustainable living for themselves. But we as audience members and consumers of art have to provide them that opportunity by supporting their work.
I don’t want to persuade you to nap because it will help you be more productive. While that post-siesta fresh feeling is an upside, the true art of a nap is in its ability to help you lead a wholly unoptimized yet fulfilling life in college.
“Fjord” rises from a bland, simple story to a layered, dense, and consistently uncomfortable work.
The record is a perfectly crafted spiritual awakening delivered through 15 minutes of electronic dance anthems.
A girl I live with always brings my only sworn enemy at this school over to our apartment. My roommate knows our bad history and brings her over every week regardless. Is there anything I can do?
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