As students settle into the spring semester, many WashU community members are thinking about their families 2,000 miles away, in and around Los Angeles, where a series of devastating wildfires have scorched parts of the city they call home.

The dining report highlights key issues with campus dining, including its financial strain on students, widespread dissatisfaction with food options and quality, and its broader effects on student well-being.

BigSteppa Mori began working at Bear’s Den (BD) in early 2022, where she often prepared and distributed half-and-halfs or egg sandwiches alongside her father and sisters. She later moved to Collin’s Farms after it opened at the Law Café. She prepared lunchtime salads there with her two sisters. During the pandemic, Mori took up rapping as a way to pass the time. Now, her most popular song, “Westside Story,” has about 76,000 streams on Spotify, and the music video for the song has nearly 300,000 views on YouTube. She has also accumulated about 75,000 followers on Instagram.

After president-elect Donald Trump secured a decisive victory in the presidential election on Tuesday night, many WashU students came to campus the next day grappling with the news and processing a wide range of emotions.

For some, Wednesday was a celebration of a strong showing by Trump. But for many students on WashU’s predominantly Democratic campus, the day was marked by sadness, fear, and uncertainty about the future of the country. 

WashU shared its 2024 student health and well-being data with Student Life, providing key statistics on mental health and substance use on campus. The data showed significant decreases in the number of students drinking alcohol and using cannabis in recent years, mirroring trends in substance use among university students nationwide. The data also showed that emotional well-being among undergraduate students on campus has remained relatively stable, though there has been a slight increase in mental-health issues among graduate students.   Statistics on student health and wellbeing were gathered from multiple surveys emailed to large, random samples of WashU students last […]

As the sun set over Brookings Hall on Wednesday evening, nearly 350 people gathered in Brookings Quadrangle to listen as speakers lit candles, sang songs, and said prayers in honor of those killed and taken hostage, just over a year after Hamas’ attacks on Oct. 7. 

Washington University revised its Danforth Campus Facilities Access Policy and introduced two new subsections under the Safety and Security section of the policy. The new subsections outline the factors considered by administrators when determining event security needs and explicitly prohibiting sleeping or camping outdoors or in nonresidential areas without University approval. 

Several WashU students who were suspended after the April pro-Palestine campus protests interviewed with Student Life to recount their experiences with Washington University’s disciplinary process, discuss their grievances with the administration, and provide updates on their enrollment status.

Six WashU faculty members —- four of whom were also arrested — were notified that they would be suspended with pay two days after their participation in the April 27 pro-Palestine protest on campus. All of the suspensions were lifted in late June, and most of the professors continue to teach at WashU. 

Several of the faculty members met with Student Life and detailed their suspension processes, provided updates on their employment status, and expressed their disappointment with how they were treated by the University. 

Over the summer, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin released a statement to the Washington University community in response to the Supreme Court ruling to end affirmative action at higher education institutions. Martin wrote that, while administrators will abide by the law, WashU’s commitment to diversity will remain the same.  Expanded dining options opened on campus with […]