Students put together an online petition last week calling on all academic departments of Washington University to allow students, both undergraduate and graduate, to opt into any class pass-fail with few restrictions and to count those courses toward major, minor and graduation requirements, or for students to choose to keep a letter grade.

The recent Duke controversy concerning 2010 graduate Karen Owen has drawn the attention of national media outlets and sparked a debate about the implications of her actions. Owen composed a 42-slide PowerPoint presentation in which she ranked 13 men with whom she had been sexually involved.