Over the summer of 2024, then-rising-junior Kayleigh Hernandez was confronted with a notification that shocked her: She had an outstanding balance of $50,000 owed to WashU. As a first-generation, low-income (FGLI) student, Hernandez normally paid a greatly reduced tuition that ranged in the hundreds of dollars.

What’s more fun than a Political Party? A political party. Despite their attempts to appear to voters as bastions of civility and decorum, American presidents have been known to “rally.” Here are a few stories of them at their most devious, in roughly chronological order.

Every year, Congressional Democrats and Republicans face off in a baseball game (Republicans lead 46-42 games all time). This got us thinking — what if we did something completely different and unrelated? So, Student Life sat down to craft football teams of Republicans and Democrats from past and present, and we’re here to show you the lineups and our predictions for America’s real pastime.

The voter registration deadline for Missouri is this Wednesday, Oct. 9. Those wishing to vote in the Nov. 5 election should register online on the Secretary of State’s website. 

Divestment campaigns have achieved their goals at other universities. So what’s stopping divestment at WashU?

You walk into class for the first lecture and there are, literally, 300 students already sitting down. You find a seat towards the top of the lecture hall, and frantically attempt to write down every word your professor says as they jump right into the class material. Large lecture classes can be scary, but with the right strategies, you can make them feel small and be successful.

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 […]

Protesters have spoken out against Washington University’s administration after the WashU Police Department (WUPD) carried out more than 100 arrests at a pro-Palestine encampment, with some calling the response unnecessarily violent, April 27.

Around 250 Washington University students and community members staged a pro-Palestine march from Forest park to Olin Library and set up an encampment just outside the library before moving it to the East End of campus, April 27.

Three Washington University students have been suspended by administration after participating in a pro-Palestine protest that disrupted a Bear Day event for admitted students on April 13.