“I’ve been in St. Louis for three years now, and I’ve never spent a summer here,” said senior Caroline Fong. She and many other St. Louis Fellows echoed the same sentiment: while WashU is in St. Louis, students find it hard to actually engage with the community. In the business of changing that, the Gephardt Institute runs their St. Louis Fellows Program each summer.
WashU Votes and Washington University’s Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement hosted a polling place in the Danforth University Center for the Missouri Municipal Election for the first time in the University’s history, April 2.
Student Union (SU) announced the results of the spring 2024 elections on their Instagram, March 8.
Twenty-nine point two percent of Washington University students voted for Student Union (SU) this year, a 6% increase from the 23.4% that voted in the Spring of 2022. The increase […]
This fall’s 34% voter turnout came after many years when turnout stayed below 25%.
Student Union’s spring election was characterized by a lower than usual level of competition, while the field of candidates differed over the importance of experience versus new ideas for advocacy, March 30.
The members of the Student Life Editorial Board were divided into groups in order to best analyze the individual platforms of each Student Union candidate in their respective positions. After considering the platforms, the goals of the candidates and past goals and accomplishments, these groups of Editorial Board members gave their endorsements.
Here is a peek into Election Day for Wash. U. students—from the on-campus polling site to the South 40 dorms to taking it all in from home.
As Washington University students, we have an opportunity to make our voices heard and elect a president who will represent our values.
We as an Editorial Board read through and critically discussed each candidate’s platforms.
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