While Graham Chapel’s stage frequently serves as a platform for influential speakers, these events are currently not an integral part of campus culture. We urge WashU to prioritize these events by making them more accessible to the student body, and we urge students to give these events a chance.

Student Union has secured contracts for seven of the eight approved Trending Topics speakers, with the eighth and final speaker expected to sign a contract soon.

Over 30 students discussed community involvement at OWN IT: WashU’s spring event Tuesday in a way that mirrored the “break-out session” structure of their upcoming fall summit.

Every year, Student Union puts aside an inordinate amount of money to give students the opportunity to hear from a wide range of speakers on a number of topics—from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights to feminism to global health.

Student Union Treasury voted to allocate $49,800 to bring Garry Kasparov to campus at its weekly meeting on Tuesday. Pending final contracts being signed, Kasparov will be coming to campus […]

Student Union Treasury reversed its rule of refusing repeat speaker appeals after a straw poll of members at its meeting on Tuesday. The need to change the standard arose out of complications from the new SU Speaker Series, which was created to encourage groups to appeal for high-cost speakers at the beginning of the first semester rather than throughout the year.

With the most recent announcement that Sofia Vergara would not be coming to Wash. U., students are once again disappointed that a big speaker has cancelled after having high initial expectations for a year filled with Al Gore, Vergara and John Legend.

Student Union Treasury voted to allocate $105,569 to bring John Legend, Sofia Vergara and Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School and author of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, to campus in a meeting flooded by about 100 students Tuesday night.

Student Union Treasury voted Tuesday night to allocate $92,350 for the College Democrats to bring vice-President Al Gore to campus. Student reactions to the decision are mixed. The vote in favor of funding Gore for that amount was 12-1 with two abstaining due to conflicts of interest.

Every year, Washington University students are given the opportunity to see academics, authors, activists and other renowned people speak as part of the Washington University Assembly Series. This year, the Assembly Series brought a wide range of speakers to campus.