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In early 2017, WashU’s Investment Management Company (IMC) invested about $50 million in SpaceX. Now, the stake represents WashU’s biggest investment position ever, roughly 10% of the school’s $17.7 billion endowment.
Certain WashU faculty have raised concerns over classroom assignments throughout the past several years, including various scheduling issues and classrooms misaligned with class sizes.
International scholars compose around 40% of WashU’s graduate population and face an ever-shifting immigration landscape
In early 2017, WashU’s Investment Management Company (IMC) invested about $50 million in SpaceX. Now, the stake represents WashU’s biggest investment position ever, roughly 10% of the school’s $17.7 billion endowment.
On Sunday, Oct. 18, Bui added yet another achievement to her list of accolades: a first-place finish in the ITA Cup Singles Final. Bui is the first person in program history to win this elite fall tournament.
After settling for a tie against Carnegie Mellon University last week, No. 1 women’s soccer returned to Francis Field on Friday, Oct. 23, and Sunday, Oct. 25, for the final time this regular season. The Bears had a University Athletic Association (UAA) doubleheader against two ranked opponents, No. 23 University of Rochester and No. 21 Emory University. The game against Emory was a highly anticipated national championship rematch from last year.
Coming off a University Athletic Association (UAA) championship last year, the men’s soccer team now faces a difficult reality in order to defend their title: They have only won two of five conference games so far this season. The team had some unfortunate results last weekend, losing 1-2 to the No. 3 University of Rochester and tying 2-2 to No. 2 Emory University at home. The games leave them with zero margin for error to win the conference and secure a spot in the postseason.
It has now been about a month and a half since U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s visit, and University administration has yet to speak on what the meeting entailed. As a student of WashU, I take issue with our administrators’ continued lack of transparency.
The staff of Student Life recently published an editorial on how WashU should move forward after the Cornell 7 case’s virality, arguing that “more outreach, peer-to-peer education, improvement to Title IX enforcement, and campus-wide conversations about RSV [Relationship and Sexual Violence] are always better than less.” I want to push further and argue that, at present, awareness-raising programming like The Date and other online educational training have brought prevention as far as they can.
With midterm season coming to a close, the time has come for students to think about courses for next semester. Here are some course recommendations to mitigate the stress of crafting the perfect schedule.
Jugglefest, WashU’s annual juggling festival, returns for a successful second year post-hiatus. As the largest free juggling club in the St. Louis area, WashU Juggling welcomes enthusiasts of any level.
When you first get to college, it feels like everyone repeats the same pieces of advice to you: go to class, drink responsibly, and don’t date the people on your floor. It's the essential college handbook. But, every year without fail, people start to fall for their floor mates. The question of whether or not to date people you live with or near has troubled people for generations, but don't worry. We’re here to give you the answers you crave and the validation you need to go for it.
Directed by James Watkins from a screenplay co-written by horror royalty Mike Flanagan, the film, Clayface, marks the new DC Universe’s first venture into the genre.
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