To grow, we have to put ourselves in situations that are uncomfortable and scary. Running away at the first sign of failure prevents us from growing, both as students and people. 

$51 million was invested into the Loop Trolley only for it to not keep its promises.

It’s that time of year: rejection season. Across the country, high school seniors are beginning to hear back from their top choices. But these aren’t the only students getting rejection letter upon rejection letter; here at Washington University, those letters are all too familiar.

I felt a lot of pressure. It wasn’t just a pressure to get good grades, although that was certainly part of it. It was, for lack of a better way of describing it, a pressure not to “fail.”