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Student Union (SU) announced the results of this semester’s SU election, Nov. 14. In the election, 29.4% of WashU’s student body voted in 12 new senators and 12 new treasury representatives, as well as new members of the Arts & Science Council. …
“Pick me. Choose me. Love me.”: The evolution of the “pick-me girl”
Feb 28, 2024 · The pick-me phenomenon is spreading as the definition grows more and more ambiguous. In turn, we are all becoming implicated in a greater misogynistic culture.
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Nov 13, 2024 · Transgender rights activists and fiancées, Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed, spoke to around 200 WashU students and visitors on Thursday, Nov 7. They discussed their relationship, the state of transgender rights in America, how transgender rights are connected to other social issues, and how to find hope in dark times.
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Nov 20, 2024 · WashU Club Pickleball has recently formed a competitive branch that aims to compete in collegiate pickleball tournaments later this year. The tryouts for the competitive team attracted over 80 students, from which seven female and seven male players were selected by the seven-member executive team.
WashU drops to No. 24 in U.S. News rankings following changed …
Sep 20, 2023 · Washington University ranked No. 24 in the annual Best National University Rankings list by U.S. News & World Report, nine spots lower than last year’s No. 15 ranking. The report was published on Sunday evening. The change follows an adjustment to U.S. News’ methodology that was announced in May. The new ranking methodology places increased weight on a university’s “success in ...
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Sep 16, 2024 · Join hosts Aliana Mediratta and Lily Taylor as they bring the heat in a special student edition of the hit YouTube talk show Hot Ones. In this episode, they sit down with WashU English professor Heather McPherson.
Strengthened not weakened: Celebrating the High Holidays at …
Oct 30, 2024 · In the past year alone, the percentage of Jewish students nationwide who said they feel comfortable with others on campus knowing they are Jewish dropped by almost half. A plurality of Jewish students no longer feel physically safe on their college campuses. Talk to Jewish students at WashU, however, and you will find a community strengthened, not weakened, engaged, not discouraged.
Students enrolled through a new mid-year transfer program …
Jan 24, 2024 · Twelve freshmen and sophomore students enrolled at Washington University as mid-year transfer students this semester, the first time in recent history that students were accepted in between semesters. Several of these students are Jewish and said they came to the University after feeling unsafe on their previous campuses due to antisemitism.