Author: Neil Schoenherr

Photo by Kevin LowderStudents at First Friday, the annual event that marks the celebration of the first Friday of the new school year and features free food, inflatable games, student group sign-ups and entertainment.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 2-8. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Sept. 4 11:03 a.m. — A handcart […]

To help facilitate interest and participation in the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate and presidential election in November, the Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service is coordinating an all-day, campus-wide voter registration drive Sept. 18.

Photo by Kevin LowderStudents living in the Wayman Crow, Brookings and Liggett/Koenig residential colleges in the South 40 may notice a few “more mature” fellow residents this year. Asad Q. Ahmed, Ph.D. (above, with family), assistant professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies; Ian MacMullen, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science; and Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, all in Arts & Sciences, have moved into apartments in the residential colleges as part of the faculty fellows program.

The Community Service Office will be sponsoring four University-wide blood drives throughout the academic year beginning Sept. 16.

William A. Frazier, Ph.D., C. Charles Gu, Ph.D., James E. McLeod, Jason C. Mills, M.D., Ph.D., and more…

Students are invited show what youth are thinking in this election season by entering the Make it Clear multimedia competition, a collaboration between the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper and the Vice Presidential Debate Programming Committee.

With the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate quickly approaching, many people are looking for ways to get more involved in the political process. To help facilitate interest and participation in the debate and election, the Gephardt Institute for Public Service is coordinating an all-day, campus-wide voter registration drive on Thursday, Sept. 18.

With an increased emphasis on service this election year, the Community Service Office will once again be sponsoring four University-wide blood drives during the academic year. The first drive will be held Sept. 16.

Now that the U.S. government has taken the controls of distressed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, American taxpayers facing billions of dollars in losses in home loans issued by the private sector are left wondering, “What does this mean for me?”