Our campaign, Disaggregate the Diaspora, is based on the fundamental truth that those in positions of power—not at Wash. U., not anywhere—cannot serve students while generalizing individual diasporas into these wide labels.

Nonetheless, Sayed’s view of George Washington ignores the qualities which made our first president stand out among many leaders in the early United States.

All the University chose to see was vandalism. At the conduct meeting, I was listened to, but I was not heard.

It is embarrassing that Washington University currently offers zero dedicated buildings for students of diverse racial, socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds: Turning over fraternity houses to underrepresented students is a necessary first step to reverse this trend.

Washington University claims to care about its students, and learn our names and our stories—but those words are hollow if we do not make radical changes to how we approach the remainder of this pandemic.

When we do not make Election Day a day off (and make the following day free of exams and homework), we fail our students and prevent each student from taking part in the most fundamental component of our democracy: voting.

As we near the midpoint of this semester, with very low numbers of active cases, we want to say thank you for doing your part in keeping us safe.

As the long days of summer neared an end, I began to realize that I likely wouldn’t have an opportunity like this again. That’s when the dread started creeping in.

In the fall of 1985, the fate of Student Life (SL) was in the hands of Danforth.

In light of our very own Washington University alum, Bob Behnken, being launched up into space to live and work on the International Space Station (ISS), I was motivated to find out what it takes to follow in his footsteps.
In order to fulfill my search for answers on what it takes to become an astronaut, I decided to ask one.