High-school seniors who applied to Washington University received their admissions decisions earlier this month, and nearly 85 percent who applied were disappointed. Continuing the selective trend from last year, the acceptance rate for the incoming fall freshman class remains under 20 percent.

Missouri Democrats are troubled by the prospect of a primary race between Reps. Russ Carnahan and William Lacy Clay over the U.S. House of Representatives seat for Missouri’s first congressional district. Last week, U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan signed up on the first day of candidate filing to run against fellow Democrat U.S. Rep.

KWUR may not have come off the air, but its transmitter was functioning at below 10 percent of its original capacity last week when the group hired engineers from the Society of Broadcast Engineers to check up on its equipment. “They laughed when they saw our transmitter,” senior Robert Ling III, treasurer of KWUR, said.

Students with all different religions and belief systems are being encouraged to come together to celebrate their respective faiths during pluralism week. Sponsored by the Inter-Belief Council, the week’s events have expanded since its inception last year to include more student groups. “[Inter-Belief Council] had just barely started last time around.

Students discussed the particulars of sexual moans and enumerated all the different ways to refer to a woman’s vagina at the Washington University production of “The Vagina Monologues” this past weekend. The show brought hundreds of students and members of the community to Graham Chapel on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

As a part of an ongoing series about hunger and homelessness, students and faculty met in the Danforth University Center Formal Lounge on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the overarching issues outside of the United States.

In the first Assembly Series lecture of the semester on Feb. 10, author Dr. Parker J. Palmer spoke on how to make democracy possible through a “cultivated heart.” Although the student attendance was low, Graham Chapel was packed on Friday with attendees from the Washington University community and local area.

With the 2012 elections looming, a Washington University professor says increasing partisanship is impeding the government from finding a lasting solution to existing problems.

Bubbles floated through the 560 Music Building as students and their neighbors enjoyed soup and each other’s company at a Winter Wonderland celebration on Sunday.

Washington University is regularly recognized for its excellent and wide variety of food, but for once its been recognized for a specialty. College Prowler ranked Washington University’s kosher offerings the best of any school in the nation. The ranking was compiled through student surveys filled out on the college search engine’s website.