Students living in residence halls on the South 40 and fraternities are turning off lights and printing fewer pages to win the Green Cup. The Green Cup contest, which kicked off March 28 and ends April 22, recognizes the residential college and fraternity that reduces its energy use by the highest percentage and performs other tasks centering on sustainability. FULL STORY

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“Opening Doors to the Future: The Scholarship Initiative for Washington University” has just received a big boost by alumnus John D. Beuerlein (right) and his wife, Crystal, with a pledge of $1 million to establish an endowed scholarship for WUSTL graduate students. FULL STORY

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McDonnell International Scholars Academy members leave the U.S. Capitol and head to a tour of the Library of Congress March 15. The scholars were visiting Washington, D.C., to learn more about the U.S. government. MORE

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Broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien will present “State of Race: On TV, Behind the Scenes and in Our Lives” for the Assembly Series and the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, in Graham Chapel. FULL STORY

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The insult-laden screaming matches that often mark today’s political and religious disagreements don’t have to dominate the national dialogue, suggest two former St. Louis clergymen. A panel discussion on the future of interfaith cooperation, featuring Rabbi Steve Gutow, JD, and the Rev. Michael Kinnamon, PhD, is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. FULL STORY

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• 4 p.m. Vision Science Seminar Series. “How to Build a Mammalian Retina.” Seth Blackshaw, asst. prof., Dept. of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins U. School of Medicine. Sponsored by Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. Free and open to the public. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. (314) 362-3315.

• Recycling fact sheet posted online. WUSTL has many initiatives in place to ensure that the university is diverting as much waste as possible from landfills. To help keep the university community updated on the recycling efforts of the university and its partners, a summary of WUSTL’s recycling initiatives, including single-stream recycling and RecycleMania, has been posted at wustl.edu/initiatives/sustain/recycling.html.

• Softball sweeps doubleheader from Blackburn. The softball team picked up a doubleheader sweep (16-2, 10-5) over Blackburn College March 23. The Bears recorded 34 hits in the two-game sweep and hit .540 as a team. WUSTL (16-5-1) returns to action Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, at the Hy-Vee Classic in Grinnell, Iowa, to take on Simpson College at 11 a.m. and No. 10 Central College at 1 p.m. April 1, followed by a 10 a.m. doubleheader with host Grinnell College April 2.