alumni

Alumni bring production of coffee to South America

Many students depend on the invigorating powers of coffee to get them through their days, but most fail to consider the origins of their favorite morning drink.

June Jennings and Mike Toomey | Contributing Reporters

Alumni: Divest from Wash. U. until Wash. U. divests from Peabody

As alumni, we write to express our support for the student movement demanding that Washington University break ties with Peabody Energy. Despite a dirty reputation of social injustice and scientific misrepresentation, our alma mater continues to propagate the myth of clean coal and Peabody’s CEO Greg Boyce continues to sit on the University’s board of trustees.

Kady McFadden, Todd Zimmer, Jennifer Marienau (2010), Jeremy Pivor (2013), John Delurey (2012), Rachel Binstock (2013), Alex Kaufman (2013), Amy Plovnick (2012), Dan Cohn (2013), Adam Hasz (2012), Frank Bergh (2008), Rachel Lyons (2008), Henry Ordower (1967), Irene Ordower (1967), Martin Witchger (2011), Patrick O’Brien (2008), Joe Thomas (2007)

The Best of Harold Ramis – a Cadenza Tribute

Harold Ramis will be remembered for his versatile talents; he was a brilliant comedy actor, writer and director but also an incredible person and a great famwily man. Washington University lost an alumnus when he died, a fact that not many students knew until Monday. He was one of our most notable alums and also an alumnus of the Wash. U.

University students and alumni found app company, release first app

Connect 4 hasn’t changed much since Milton Bradley created it in 1974. That is, until three Washington University alums and a fifth-year student decided that the game would be better if you could knock out your opponent’s pieces.

| News Editor

Wash. U. alums selected to write ‘The Jetsons’ movie

Former Wash. U. students Evan Susser and Van Robichaux have taken their talents from the bubble to Hollywood and have just signed a deal to write a script for a live-action movie version of the famous cartoon “The Jetsons.” The Susser-Robichaux team began in Los Angeles when the two were writing and performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre.

| Cadenza Reporter

The Whittemore House tries to redefine its image

Long marked by an aura of exclusivity and inaccessibility, Whittemore House might update its image soon. “My personal view is that we should open up our membership as wide as possible,” said Art Casolari, an employee of St. Louis Catering and general manager of Whittemore House.

| Scene Reporter

‘Meet Me (Again) In St. Louis’: 1996 alum Nicholas Tamarkin

Before becoming a Washington University freshman, Nicholas Tamarkin had performed in two Tony-nominated plays, one during his freshman year and another during his junior year of high school. He had acted in Paris and Berlin, met Al Pacino and Paul Newman, and gone to Kevin Bacon’s wedding.

| Scene Special Features Editor

University initiatives take lead on alumni relations

For many students, entering the real world can be both daunting and terrifying. Student Union Senate’s University Initiatives Committee (UI), looks to address these fears by creating stronger ties between students and recently-graduated alumni.

| Contributing Reporter

Students, Alumni satisfied with DUC despite crowds

Though hordes of students may at times test the Danforth University Center’s maximum occupancy limits, Washington University alum Katrina Marshall loves the building—and the crowds that come with it.

| Senior News Editor

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