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!
People have fought for the right to learn about marginalized and minority identities, their cultures, and their histories at WashU. People are also actively fighting against that same right. It is imperative that students from all backgrounds take classes that involve identities other than their own. Unfortunately, this is not nearly as common as it should be.
Those of us whose relationships to power are more contingent, more conditional should wield those tools at our own risk or, perhaps, not at all. Instead, we should model for our students what it looks like to destabilize the truth claims made by those in positions of power — with deep respect, but rigorously.
Ahead of the presidential election on Nov. 5, WashU launched a new political science course for the fall 2024 semester, “Topics in Politics: The 2024 Presidential Campaign,” focusing on the 2024 United States presidential election.
Student Union recently filed a petition calling for Washington University to make election day a campus-wide holiday and cancel class, to allow students more time to vote.
Our Editorial Board has gathered a list of courses we recommend in order to provide a reference for those struggling to fill their registration worksheet.
During the last couple of weeks, I have found myself battling a frustrating distraction that I take issue with: students talking during lectures. What upsets me is not that many students tend to talk during lectures; I don’t mind students conversing in low voices to help each other understand a lesson.
I’m sure we all take school seriously, but there are some days when I don’t feel like doing work or I’m just too bored to pay attention. And on those days, I foray into the Internet in search of games to play to kill time between now and whenever my body shuts down.
“Mean Girls” is one of my favorite movies for a number of reasons. Not only is it based on my hometown—and quite accurately so—but it also features a variety of […]
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