While “clanker” spread through algorithms, it has also slipped into the real world, expectedly, among younger circles. People use the term in conversations in ways that mirror online comments, carrying the same undertone of bigotry and appearing only in contexts of bigotry.

I hear students criticize St. Louis all the time. Whether making fun of the city as a whole or calling any neighborhood outside of Clayton “ghetto” or “dangerous,” students can be insensitive when it comes to describing the St. Louis area. However, these criticisms are often misguided, sheltered, and classist.

Former St. Louis mayor Tishaura Jones will join WashU through a newly created fellowship offered by WashU’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2), where among other things she will “engage both campus and community audiences in dialogue around critical issues of race & ethnicity,” according to the center’s goals.

Pulling off I-55 on a cool Saturday evening led to dusty paths looping around the track, where bored volunteers in neon orange tees and curling mullets waved us through to a giant gravel lot. The sun was just beginning to set over “I Heart Hot Moms” and “Let’s Go Brandon” flags flown in a stack above rows of parked campers.

Triathlon might be perceived as a hardcore, exclusive sport, but the WashU triathlon club (Tri Club) makes it accessible to athletes of all skill levels. There are around 40 active club members, with around 30 active undergraduates and 10 active graduates.

People have fought for the right to learn about marginalized and minority identities, their cultures, and their histories at WashU. People are also actively fighting against that same right. It is imperative that students from all backgrounds take classes that involve identities other than their own. Unfortunately, this is not nearly as common as it should be.

One of the vandals who defaced a Black history mural on the South 40 underpass with white supremacist messaging in December of 2021 was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation Tuesday morning. 

Heather McGhee, a New York Times bestselling author and policy advocate, gave a lecture titled “The Sum of Us: Moving Beyond the Myth of Equity as a Zero-Sum Game” in Graham Chapel on Feb. 1.

Colin Gordon, professor of history at the University of Iowa, delivered a talk on his new book, “Patchwork Apartheid: Private Restriction, Racial Segregation, and Urban Inequality,” in the Bryan Cave Law School Moot Courtroom on Monday, Nov. 6.

The Washington University Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences hosted Professor Robert Sellers from the University of Michigan as the speaker for the inaugural Robert L. Williams Lecture on Oct. 23. The lecture was a part of the University’s efforts to honor Williams’ legacy after his death on Aug. 12, 2020.