So, for this podcast, Editor-in-Chief Via Poolos and Senior Multimedia Editor Jared Adelman sat down with two people who are intimately familiar with the process of dying. In Act One, Dan Loesche explains Washington University’s Gift of Body donation program and what it is like to be a mortician. In Act Two, we talk with Barbara Finch, who is signed up to donate her body to Dan’s program when she dies. 

What happens when a being of godlike status dies? What happens when someone of great power, influence, fame and love meets the same end as us normal mortals? What happens when a legend dies?

People remember past accomplishments but forget the person’s shortcomings. Alternatively, they forget how much they dismissed the person while they were alive.

I’m not here to say what is or isn’t appropriate, but instead to take a step back and look at the entirety of a person’s life, and not just the parts that fit your initial feelings.

A student was found dead early Friday morning in the East End construction site, an email from Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori White confirmed Friday afternoon.

O n Oct. 5, 2011, the Cardinals beat the Phillies 5-3, forcing a fifth playoff game and ultimately winning the series in a nail-biter of a finale. Awesome, right? Overall, I’d say Wednesday was a good day. Except for the big news that Steve Jobs died. I have to say, though, I didn’t really care. The guy had a particularly insidious form of cancer.

Dr. I. Jerome Flance, physician, professor and community activist passed away last Friday, at the age of 98. Flance died of old age, and left a long legacy, which was commemorated at his funeral this Tuesday. Flance was heavily connected to Washington University throughout his life.

Freshman Elizabeth Barry was found deceased this afternoon in her bed in Rubelmann Hall, according to a statement sent out by Washington University.