activism

‘What’s gonna happen…’: Taylor Mac gives annual Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture

“What’s gonna happen…”
Audience members sat patiently, holding their breath, eyes fixed, as with three words Taylor Mac called the room to action in the Clark-Fox Forum at Hillman Hall. The biennial Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture Series invites renowned artists and colloquium speakers to discuss the power of theater beyond entertainment.

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‘Telling You Again’: students launch Coalition for Liberated Students

The Coalition for Liberated Students, composed of students advocating for change, joined together to launch their coalition on Feb. 28 in Umrath Lounge. The event also announced the beginning of the coalition’s “Telling You Again” campaign, which seeks to create a better campus environment for students of color.

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‘A spirit of collegiality’: Reverend Jonathan Weaver talks about activism and 1968 sit-in

When Reverend Jonathan Weaver arrived at WashU as a first-year in 1968, there were 27 Black students in his class. Just a few months after he moved in, Weaver helped organize a sit-in to protest an incident of police violence toward a Black student that led to meaningful changes on campus that are still in effect today, including the creation of the African and African American Studies Department. 

| Managing News Editor

Reverend Jonathan Weaver to deliver keynote speech about Brookings Quadrangle sit-in

At 6 p.m. this evening, WashU alumni Rev. Jonathan Weaver will be addressing an audience at Graham Chapel to talk about his role in organizing a sit-in at Brookings Quadrangle in 1968 where students protested against racism. 

| Managing News Editor

Staff Editorial: Activism starts with awareness: Read local news and fight local fights

We call on the WashU administration to fill that information gap with improved access to all local media for the WashU community.

38th annual MLK commemoration highlights responsibility

At the 38th annual Danforth Campus Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration, audience members gathered in Graham Chapel to hear various speakers and choirs address themes of responsibility, resilience, and justice, in accordance with King’s lessons.

| Staff Writer

Students establish first-ever WashU NAACP chapter

After a year of development from student organizers, WashU will have its own chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). This development comes after decreased Black-student enrollment this year following the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action.

| Special Issues Editor

First time absentee voting: less fanfare, same impact

While some WashU students flocked to the red, white, and blue decked polling locations on Nov. 5, hundreds of others carried out their slightly-less-ceremonious ballot submissions through absentee voting in […]

| Contributing Writer

A newcomer’s guide to last year’s campus protests

New students: now that you are familiar with our recent past, it is up to you to decide our future. I cannot overstate how extraordinary that power is.

| Senior Forum Editor

Student demonstration in solidarity of suspended peers disbanded by administrators

Around 30 students stood outside the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards to express support for senior RJ Lucas, who was suspended from Washington University following the pro-Palestine Bear Day protest. The students demonstrated while Lucas was meeting with the student conduct board around 2:45 p.m., April 17. 

| Editor-In-Chief

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