Washington University alumnus Chee Lee (’04) competed on the most recent season of “The Amazing Race,” the reality television series where teams of two race around the world solving clues and completing crazy challenges of any form, from watermelon launching to mountain climbing.

Diwali, presented by Ashoka, celebrated its 30th anniversary this weekend with dancing, theatrics and music. This year’s performance marks decades of bringing a spectacle of sound, color and, most importantly, light to the Edison Theatre.

Friday night’s Dance-Off: A Night at the Oscars was truly spectacular. For two hours, Washington University dance groups of all different styles—and an a cappella group, the Aristocats—performed in Tisch Commons, competing to be named “Wash. U.’s best.”

This was the team’s first time placing in a competition in four years.

Over the weekend, Ashoka staged its 29th annual show for Diwali, the festival of lights in South Asian tradition. More than 200 Washington University students came together to perform and produce this year’s Diwali: “Unbreakable Kaira Shree.”

Although Ashoka’s Diwali Cultural performance is over, the show’s Raas dance team has continued to rehearse and perform. The months of work team members contributed to the dance culminated in […]