After thorough investigation, WUnderground’s top journalists have concluded that “Sorority Bid Day” is actually a front for the largest annual cocaine shipment into Missouri. Under the innocent guise of a looks-based popularity competition, more than 200 tons of the drug circulated come through St. Louis annually. While WashU’s administration has ...
Read More »Decade in Review: A WUnderground Recap of the 2010s
Ah, the 2010s; a decade of contrasts. The decade after the 2000s, but also the decade before the 2020s. It’s astonishing how quickly time has flown by. It feels like a mere 9.9166 years ago that we were ushering in 2010, and within the snap of the finger and approximately ...
Read More »Dissolving Freshman Friend Group Frets as Secret Santa Exchange Looms Near
As winter break approaches, a dissolving freshman friend group has become increasingly worried about how they should go about the Secret Santa exchange they had planned months prior. They had planned it one September afternoon post-apple picking while wearing vests, but as their friendships are fizzling out, the question of ...
Read More »WUnderground’s Declassified School Survival Guide to: Final’s Week
Whether you’re a First Year panicking because you haven’t been to Macro all semester, or a Senior desperately trying to convince yourself grades don’t matter at this point, finals can be a stressful time. Just breathe. No, not like that, slower. Jesus, not that slow. The point is, WUnderground has ...
Read More »Chancellor Martin Announces Gateway Arch 2 As Next Campus Project
Just in time for his first Christmas as Chancellor, Andrew Martin announced last week his new gift to the WashU community: a daring vision for a 1:3 model of the St. Louis Arch, which will begin construction on campus this spring. When asked about the motivation behind the decision, Chancellor ...
Read More »Confederate Flag Really Tied Tinder Profile Together
Garth Fletcher was taking dating apps by storm; he was the most-swiped man his town had ever seen. But after changing his profile, nothing was the same. WUnderground spoke with local women about the man who had once driven them crazy. Bailey Banks, on Garth’s flagless profile: I’ve seen him ...
Read More »Habif Health Center to Replace Therapy with Prescribed Mood Rings
Citing a shortage of trained psychologists and psychiatrists, Student Health Services has announced they will now prescribe Mood Rings for students in place of therapy. This revolutionary new technology should reduce the need for psychological care, according to SHS. “I think this new method will simplify a lot of the ...
Read More »John Delaney Starting to Think He Might Not Win This Thing
It is now being reported that presidential hopeful John Delaney has started to think that he just might not win this thing. Sources close to the unremarkable moderate candidate have noticed a recent dip in his unwarranted confidence. “Honestly, we’re surprised that it took him so long,” said Alexander “Xan” ...
Read More »WashU Implements New 2-Factor Authentication System
In a joint statement made on Sunday, WashU Information Technology Services and WUPD announced that students will now be required to use WashU 2FA (two-factor authentication) when accessing WUSTL websites and buildings. In addition to swiping their plastics—WashUID, not Amex—students must scan their Canada goose emblem against a biometric scanner ...
Read More »Excerpt: The Evening Murmurs of a WashU Emergency Blue Light
Ever wondered what’s up with those wacky blue lights all over campus? Wonder no more: the WUnderground Recording Desk (WURD) has helpfully wiretapped your most private emergency communications to shed some light on the happenings at these brooding pillars.
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