Author: Neil Schoenherr

The Linguistic Profiling and Linguistic Human Rights conference will be held on campus April 28-29. Sponsored by African and African American Studies in Arts & Sciences and the Ford Foundation, the conference will explore issues surrounding legal considerations of linguistic profiling, fair housing, language restriction on the job and racial, sexual and deaf discrimination, among others.

She’ll serve as president-elect from June 1-May 31, 2007, when she will assume the role of president until May 31, 2008.

The resident of Beaumont House residence hall died April 16; he was a member of the Catholic Student Center and the Asian American Association.

Connie Diekman, director of University nutrition, has been named president-elect of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). “The honor of being chosen by my peers to serve the association is tremendous,” Diekman said. “The privilege of having the opportunity to lead the 65,000-member organization is overwhelming, exciting and rewarding. I’m eager to share with the organization the skills I’ve developed as a member of ADA to achieve our mission of ‘Leading the Future of Dietetics.'”

More than 120,000 people from the St. Louis area are expected to attend the annual Thurtene Carnival from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on the North Brookings parking lot April 22-23. This year’s theme is “Let Your Imagination Ride.” Already the oldest and largest student-run carnival in the nation, this year it aims to be better for the environment as well.

For the first time, the event will include recycling bins and disposal and recycling of construction waste, such as wood and unused paint.

Photo by Kevin LowderThe “Faces of Katrina” event showcased photographs & memories of WUSTL students who traveled to hurricane-affected areas during spring break.

Philosophy and psychology professors from schools around the country will discuss evolution’s impact on morality, moral reasoning and the psychology of happiness.

Arts & Sciences’ Laura Kleinman will receive $30,000 — $3,000 for the student’s senior year and $27,000 for two or three years of graduate study.

Your mood at the time might determine whether or not you help this woman.Do you consider yourself a moral person? Most of us do. But what is it exactly that makes us moral beings? A philosopher at Washington University in St. Louis thinks that circumstance and mood often have an extraordinary impact on how people behave, no matter what kind of character they may appear to have. Or, in other words, seemingly Sweet Sally may turn into Selfish Sally if in a foul mood. More …