Azama and Otey discussed topics like conference realignment; the impact of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) on Division III athletes; WashU’s plans for the land purchased from Fontbonne University; and what excites them about the UAA and WashU athletics for the 2024-25 school year.

In a joint session on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Chancellor Andrew Martin addressed Student Union Senate and Treasury in a rare Q&A, expressing gratitude to the student leaders and fielding questions regarding campus protests, encampments, and concerns with Title IX policies from various Senators. 

Washington University Chancellor Andrew Martin sat down for an interview with Student Life on Friday, Sept. 13. Martin spoke about the state of faculty governance on campus, provided updates to WashU’s recent property purchases, and shared his go-to order at a bar. The Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. 

Student Life sat down with the incoming Editors-in-Chiefs to talk briefly about their thoughts on journalism and their goals for the upcoming year. Nina Giraldo (NG) formerly served as Senior News Editor and Avi Holzman (AH) formerly served as Managing News Editor. Their tenure started on April 1.

A couple of weeks ago, Student Life sent out a form for students to anonymously ask their sexual and reproductive health questions to a gynecologist. For this year’s Sex Issue, I wanted to give people a place to ask these questions, so I called my mom, obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Jody Steinauer.

Student Life sat down with Grace Chapin James, Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions, to unpack how the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule affirmative action will impact future classes at Washington University. 

  Emily Chen, current Student Union (SU) President, sat down for an interview with Avi Holzman, StudLife’s Managing News Editor, following last Friday’s release of the SU Executive Board’s term-goals […]

Washington University is lucky to host one of the top-ranked mathematical-system-contrarian bands, Non Euclidean Geometry — and Student Life was even more fortunate to get to talk to them about their music.

Four WashU students who have just returned from their overseas programs shared stories of their adventures with Student Life — just in time for current sophomores to start deciding on their abroad excursions. 

Last spring, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Professor Knapp sat down with StudLife to break down the conflict from both a historical and intelligence perspective. Now, eight months later, Knapp returns with an update.