From zombie fights and waterfall skirmishes to acai bowls and half and halfs, last year was defined by both excellent television and amazing on-campus cuisine. 2025’s best television seasons can be tastefully paired alongside a menu of WashU dining options to choose the perfect treat.

Reality TV indiscriminately and routinely proves to be harmful to viewers, contestants, and, worst of all, children. If you simultaneously criticize porn for all its flaws and habitually engorge the mental rot that is reality TV, you are a hypocrite.

People often dismiss the consumption of reality TV as a “guilty pleasure” and regard it as lowbrow, but I feel no embarrassment about my love for it. Beneath the chaos and confessionals, there is something that is worth taking seriously.

When Mariska Hargitay opened the envelope for the Outstanding Drama Series award at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles this past Sunday, everyone in the audience knew that only two shows had a chance at winning the most coveted prize of the night: “The Pitt” or “Severance.”

Originally, WUTV emerged in 2011 after breaking off from WUnderground. During the following years, WUTV gained prominence on campus, even claiming a designated room in the Harvey Media Center designed exclusively for the club. But the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 led WUTV to close up shop while the school took a temporary break. 

As a WashU student likely flooded with work, you deserve a show (or a StudLife article) that takes no brain energy to understand.

Women being held to a higher standard than men is not a new phenomenon, nor is it unique to sports. But that makes it no less frustrating, especially when we’re reminded every day of just how mediocre some men are at their jobs.  

Binge these historical dramas to pass your time in quarantine and escape to a different time.

Everyone could use some new TV shows to watch, and since it’s Black History Month, why not have them be on theme?

Like most people, I can’t resist a good trip down memory lane.