When friends (or the friendly neighborhood 9-year-old) come by, your home reveals what you like and how you see yourself. More than that, it’s an ode to all things you. Being at home means getting to be in a rejuvenating space specifically personalized for you by you. The objects, walls, furniture, smell — all of it lives and breathes who you are.

With the spring semester ending soon and many WashU students returning to their hometowns for the summer, the Student Life editorial staff wanted to share ways to reconnect with your community and adapt to the changing friendship dynamics that may hit you when you get back home.

To grow, we have to put ourselves in situations that are uncomfortable and scary. Running away at the first sign of failure prevents us from growing, both as students and people. 

On the surface, it’s incredibly annoying. Even if it stems from a deep insecurity about intelligence or some manifestation of imposter syndrome, it’s hard to see anything other than someone bragging about their not-really-accomplishments. But I want to propose a flipside.

With everyone still trying to navigate Workday, planning your fall class schedule can feel like just one more thing to stress about. But don’t worry, as registration approaches, the editors of Student Life are here to share some of our favorite classes to help make your decision a little easier!

The original op-ed offers me an opportunity to share a bit of what the Engineering Communication Center does and the ways we value and support critical thinking and the writing process in our courses. I hope this also dispels some misconceptions about engineering students and the engineering curriculum.

Slasher summer requires us to disconnect from an online and professional presence. When we allow this distance in our lives, we are able to connect with ourselves as people outside of trying to impress others and alter our personality for the workplace

I think we are more practiced in rejecting misogynistic interpretations of female characters than in rejecting misogynistic characters disguised as endearing, attractive love interests.

No matter where our game-day grizzly appears, one question is sure to follow: what’s your name? The truth is, the WashU mascot is nameless. But, how did this happen, and what does it say about WashU?

We ask that all students and members of the WashU community, regardless of their political affiliations, be willing to protect everyone’s inalienable rights, whether that be through writing letters to the WashU administration or standing up for peers who are being threatened and targeted. We also urge the University administration to clearly and transparently state the actions it intends to take if a WashU international student’s visa or green card is revoked without the University’s consultation, and if federal agents attempt to detain a student on campus grounds.