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. 

In the never-ending flood of college application essays, Washington University has long stood out as the lone soldier asking only for the generalized Common Application question.

For junior Wolf Smith, who is fluid between multiple gender identities, the choice between the male and female restroom is not so easy. The co-founder and co-facilitator of Transcending Gender prefers to use gender-neutral restrooms, but those can be difficult to locate on the Washington University campus.

Some of your writers, though, don’t seem to think that homophobia’s a big deal. In fact, they seem to view homophobia as a mildly ridiculous and totally harmless matter. Specifically, today’s “Itinerary for Freshmen” article proposed that freshman who get rejected by would-be flirtees should “assert that they are probably homosexual anyway.”