For 10 weeks, Washington University students were able to conduct medical research by dancing.
Despite the growing financial crisis, admissions counselors at high schools and students applying to Washington University do not believe that there will be a drop in the number of University applicants for the 2008-2009 admission year.
After two successful blood drives and a range of service activities, the Community Service Office hopes to continue to expand its programming. The recent blood drives in September and November managed to collect more than 1,000 units of blood.
A recent study concluding that the political views of university professors have a minimal impact on their students’ views is drawing mixed reactions from Washington University undergraduates.
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For the students who belong to the Burning Kumquat, a Washington University cooperative and organic farm, autumn has ushered in a harvest ready to be used for student meals and cooking.
Two weeks after the election circus, with the balloons deflated and the champagne bubbles settled, students may expect to find a dearth of political activity from student groups on campus. Not so, most Washington University organizations said.
The secret's out on the Obama family's Secret Service code names, and the Iraqi government agrees to let American troops to stay in the country until 2011.
As most students hurried across campus this week to get out of the near-freezing temperatures, a few individuals sat huddled together outside of Graham Chapel petitioning students with cardboard signs.
The St. Louis community will hold the “Join the Impact” rally as part of a nationwide protest against California’s Proposition 8 on the steps of the historic Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis tomorrow.
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Students look for more dialogue on the issue
As part of its effort to join national trends in green building, Washington University has set out a plan to evaluate its effort to become a more sustainable institution.
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In the past few years, students interested in international affairs have watched a major political issue fall out of the spotlight: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Sign-ups for Washington University’s emergency text-messaging service have increased more than fourfold this school year and have reached a 43 percent participation rate within the student body.
Students in a Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies class completed a study last week on the culture of “hooking up” at Washington University.
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Professor and author discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the region's political future
A Paula Abdul fan dies outside the celebrity's house and scientists sight faraway planets.
St. Louis Police Department investigating
Several cars in the parking lot between Skinker and McPherson boulevards were broken into Tuesday night, according to a report by the St. Louis Police.
Administration may step up efforts
After the murder of a police officer and the mugging of a student near the Delmar Loop, members of the campus community are frustrated with the Washington University administration over its alleged lack of communication regarding off-campus crime.
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Project aims to make campus greener
No one knows who brought free bicycles to the Danforth University Center. These bikes belong to the Washington University Green Bicycle Project (WUGBP), a student-run enterprise that allows University students, staff and faculty to use the bicycles without charge.
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A record number of 740 Washington University community members signed up to donate blood on Sept. 16.
Despite nation-wide economic woes, University restates committment
In response to the continuing worldwide crisis in financial markets, universities around the country are starting to feel the impact of their endowment funds posting significant losses in recent months.
Deer returns to campus after being escorted off
A deer that entered the east end of campus drew crowds of students and faculty Monday morning and made a surprise return on Tuesday.
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A deer that entered the east end of campus drew crowds of students and faculty Monday morning before grounds services escorted it off campus; the deer then returned on Tuesday afternoon.
A lost deer visits campus, Obama deals with his first Presidential issue, and Peru offers its advice on the future White House pooch.
Student Life sat down with Newsweek Editor in Chief Jon Meacham on Saturday and spoke to him about the election, the coming Obama administration and the future of print media.
Despite its rising costs—and to the surprise of many students—Washington University was not included in Consumerist.com’s recent list of the top 25 most expensive colleges for the 2008-09 school year.
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Correction appended below To offset maintenance and cleaning charges, the Washington University administration may soon require non-Student Union groups to pay to use rooms in the Danforth University Center next semester.
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Students currently enrolled in Washington University’s writing program offered words of praise for the faculty, the course material and the philosophy behind the program.
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Although the audience at the Washington University Faculty Showcase Recital on Saturday evening in the 560 Building was small in number, attendees found a performance of skillfully-played music.
SU assists with green campaign
Washington University students returning to campus after winter break will find that the Dasani and Evian bottles in the vending machines and campus bookstore will be gone.
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China plans to drop half a trillion to fight the effect of the global economic crisis on the country; nearly 100 children die in the collapse of a school in Haiti; and the government adds student loans to its list of buy-ups.
Hoping to remedy the controversy that surrounded the approval of Student Union’s general budget last spring, Student Union executives and senators want to implement a number of changes to the budget approval process.
Last week’s fatal shooting of a police officer just blocks away from the Washington University campus has forced students to think twice about their personal safety on and off campus. Following the Oct.
Allyson Gibson, a doctoral candidate in physics in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, was one of 85 women nationwide to receive the prestigious Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award for the 2008-2009 school year.
Correction appended below Following approval by Student Union last month, a new club will be saying “guten tag” to campus soon.
As early as 6 a.m. Tuesday morning, University students started forming lines in the Wohl Center to vote for their first time in a presidential election.
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University-founded philanthropic organization to host benefit
The St. Louis chapter of the Linus Foundation, a national non-profit philanthropic organization founded by Washington University students in 2005, hopes to draw more people than ever before to a benefit tonight called “All Aboard the Linus Express” at Union Station.
A New Zealand woman drives her sleeping attacker to the police, Missouri voters hit the polls in record numbers, and Todd Shepard was arrested as a suspect in the recent murder of University City Sgt. Michael King.
Near 90% vote for Democrat; Proposition M fails despite campus support
Proving the improbable, the University student body aligned with the American public to make history by electing Sen. Barack Obama as the 44th, and first African-American, president of the United States on Tuesday.
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The Missouri Highway Patrol in the Kansas City area has made an arrest of a suspect in the murder of Sergeant Michael King of the University City Police Department.
Crowd watches results in DUC
Washington University students waited for up to three hours Tuesday to cast their ballots—many for the first time—and in contrast to past years, encountered few problems along the way.
Criticizes Obama, defends Bush
Speaking to a packed Graham Chapel Monday night, conservative political analyst and former White House adviser Karl Rove spoke about the current election cycle, giving credence to his career with the Republican party by questioning the experience of Democratic president-elect Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.
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While most Washington University students have been to, or know of, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, they may not know the local roots of the museum.
As a result of the market downturn, many industries have seen their companies folding, and the academic world is also feeling the effects of financial difficulties.
Photos by Matt Mitgang, Lucy Moore and Sam Guzik
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Steve Fossett is officially confirmed dead, weight loss drugs find legitimacy, an Iranian minister resigns after faking an Oxford graduate degree, and a Winnie the Pooh drawing rakes in $50K.
Manhunt underway as gunman remains at large
University City police officer Sergeant Michael King was shot and killed at 10:20 p.m. Friday on the Delmar Loop, at the corner of Leland Avenue and Delmar Boulevard. He was an alumnus of Washington University and a 25-year veteran of the force.
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