Global Warming WashU’s Newest DEI Initiative

Have you found walking across campus different this December? Though the leaves have fallen, the sun still shines bright above. Students still prance about campus with exposed arms, wrapping discarded sweaters around their waists. And it’s not just the usual suspects, like the men who insist on wearing shorts in ...

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OP-ED: How EST Turned Me Into An Anti-Vaxxer

On the surface, I am your average WashU student. I’m an Ivy reject, I get decent grades, and I eat an açai bowl at Collins Farms every other Wednesday. My mother is a work-from-home gynecologist, and my father runs a multi-tier combined intercontinental cryptocurrency pyramid scheme and hedge fund. I ...

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Riney Loves You

On a warm July night in the summer of 2024, a group of middle school nerds attending a WashU math camp heard something strange on the way back to their dorm from a pizza party in the Women’s Building. “Waaaaahhhhhh, waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!” A strange crying noise rang clear through the trees. ...

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It’s Not Easy Being a WashU Hunk

December brings a lot of things— gifts, finals, and of course, cuffing season. With the cold seems to come the contagious desire for a boyfriend—and hey, we get it! Who doesn’t want someone to hold hands with in Whispers or hard launch on your Instagram story, earning you a whopping ...

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Reader’s Guide to Workshop Day

The fateful day has finally arrived. You’re a STEM major who hasn’t had to submit a coherent sentence for a grade since College Writing: Technology & Selfhood (the latter being much harder to understand than the former). And yet now you’re here, a senior in your final semesters of college, ...

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Inside the Ziggurat: WUndercover at Scientology

Authors note: I actually did go. And missed a WUnderground meeting because it took 3 hours :( Names and identifying details have been fictionalized, but this article is about 74% true. Have you ever been joyriding on the shuttle, dreamily gazing out the window, and noticed something strange at the ...

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Missouri Ballot Measure Threatens to Ban All Gender Reveal Parties

A controversial Missouri ballot measure is garnering support across the aisle. This November at the ballot box, residents will be asked to vote “Yay” or “Nay”  on articles 1-8. While sports gambling, police funding, and reproductive rights are shaping up to be contested battles, Amendment 7’s proposed ban on gender ...

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