WU sophomore stars in upcoming film
Washington University sophomore Patrick McCullough will be starring in the upcoming film “The Scoundrel’s Wife,” which opens on Friday in St. Louis. McCullough co-stars with Academy Award-winner Tatum O’Neal, who. The film is based on the true stories of the German U-Boats that sunk ships off the coast of Louisiana in 1942. In addition to co-starring with O’Neal, McCullough shares the screen with many other well known stars, including Lacy Chabert (“Party of Five,” “Lost in Space”), who plays his sister; Tim Curry (“Rocky Horror Picture Show”), who plays the village priest; and Eion Baily (“Fight Club”), who plays a member of the Coast Guard. McCullough finished filming the movie in the spring of his senior year of high school. While McCullough is a veteran actor in theater, this is hisfirst film.
Assembly Series to feature economics panel
This week’s Assembly Series is entitled “Current Thoughts on the U.S. Economy and the Stock Market.” The assembly will feature a panel of Washington University economics professors, along with other experts, who will be discussing the current state of the United States’ economy. The panel will include Steven Fazzari, a professor and the chairman of the Department of Economics; Alfred Goldman, corporate vice president and chief market strategist for investment firm A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc; Paul Rothstein, associate professor of economics; and Chris Varvares, president of Macroeco-nomic Advisers, LLC. David Nicklaus, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch senior writer and business columnist, will also be present to serve as a moderator for the event.