UC Berkeley professor Scott Straus urged the WashU and international community to bear witness to the events and possible genocide in Sudan during his Holocaust Memorial Lecture on Nov. 10. 

WashU’s Program in Film and Media Studies (FMS) kicked off its Colloquium Lecture Series with a lecture from visiting professor Alfred Martin, who presented “Ease on Down the Road?: Engaging the Serious Study of ‘The Wiz’ as a Scholar and a Fan.” The Colloquium series focuses on how past representation in film, particularly of minority groups, can teach us about our world.

As this week’s print issue marks Student Life’s last staff editorial of the academic year, we would like to remind the WashU community to continue engaging with a variety of news publications. Though Student Life’s regular content will be on summer break, the news doesn’t stop, and it’s important to stay up to date with information from reliable sources.

We call on the WashU administration to fill that information gap with improved access to all local media for the WashU community.

Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl” is more than Harris Dickinson shirtless, more than Nicole Kidman having orgasms, and more than a guilty pleasure. “Babygirl” is a bold display of female fantasy through its eroticism and vulnerability.

We group other art forms like comic books, graffiti, digital art, and more as lesser-than as well, but when we perpetuate this stereotype on these types of media we cut ourselves off from the power of their art. In doing so, we simultaneously cut ourselves off from different perspectives.

Washington University hosted Didier Pourquery, Editor-In-Chief of The Conversation, France, in Olin Library, March 26. He spoke about the need for a collaborative news outlet such as The Conversation and his plans to engage younger audiences with journalism.  

The pick-me phenomenon is spreading as the definition grows more and more ambiguous. In turn, we are all becoming implicated in a greater misogynistic culture.

This change seems reflective of a larger social phenomenon: a widespread distrust of people in power. 

If something shocks you, talk about why without glorifying it.