Sam Flaster

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The Moth storytelling event looks forward to WU debut

This Thursday, Washington University will host the first of what organizers hope will be a series of storytelling events inspired by international organization The Moth.

| Contributing Reporter

Amidst calls for diversity, University joins alternative application coalition

Washington University has joined over 80 elite public and private universities in designing a new application system, which should offer an alternative to the widely used Common Application in order to increase applications from underserved communities.

Sam Flaster | Contributing Reporter

Students join nationwide support for Planned Parenthood with Pink Out day

Hundred of students rallied on Mudd Field as part of a national “pink out” to support Planned Parenthood amid claims that the women’s healthcare and family planning service illegally sold fetal tissue and calls to pull its federal funding.

Sam Flaster | Contributing Reporter

WU works to reduce recidivism, to host national decarceration conference

While hundreds of journalists, social workers, formerly incarcerated individuals and policy makers will convene at Washington University over the weekend to rethink and transform nationwide criminal justice, another group of the University’s professors has been focusing their efforts on a continuing education program for local prison inmates.

| Contributing Reporter

Demand for Burnham exceeds Graham Chapel capacity

On Wednesday evening, musical comedian Bo Burnham delighted students able to gain admission to a full-capacity Graham Chapel with a raunchy yet introspective show.

Sam Flaster | Contributing Reporter

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