Four years ago, Student Life published “Invisible on Campus,” a five-part series focusing on the fight for Black undergraduate representation and inclusion at Washington University, both historically and in the present day.

After Phi Delta Theta’s permanent suspension from campus last month, Washington University accepted black students’ bid for their former house on Upper Row for fall 2018.

After the permanent suspension of PhiDelt, Wash. U. is considering re-assigning fraternity House 5 to one of two groups on campus—black students or the Women’s Panhellenic Association.

The Black Mental Health Forum, sponsored by the Association of Black Students, provided a space for students to openly discuss mental health in the black community Friday, Nov. 17.

The Association of Black Students (ABS) is hoping to clarify its goals and mission in an effort to better serve students in anticipation of Washington University’s plans to increase racial and socioeconomic diversity on campus. An upcoming election to decide the group’s executive members may be a step forward in these efforts.

Dawn-Elissa Fischer, a Washington University alumna and associate professor of Africana studies at San Francisco State University, spoke about her research into hip-hop and her efforts to improve racial diversity.

Appearing as a part of the Student Union Speaker Series and brought in by the Association of Black Students, actor, producer and education advocate LeVar Burton spoke to a full Graham Chapel on Thursday night.

Soledad O’Brien, host of CNN’s “In America,” drew students and community members to Graham Chapel Tuesday evening for her address entitled “State of Race: On TV, Behind the Scenes and in Our Lives.” O’Brien’s speech was the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture, which is sponsored by the Association of Black Students (ABS).

Student Union Treasury approved the Association of Black Students’ (ABS) appeal to bring CNN news anchor Soledad O’Brien to Washington University as part of the Assembly Speaker Series to headline their Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium Week in the beginning of April. Her speech and the following question and answer session will take place in Graham Chapel on April 5.

In spite of President Obama’s calls for bipartisan health care reform, only one Republican congressman—Rep. Anh Cao of Louisiana—voted for the House’s sweeping health care overhaul bill on Saturday.