Author: Neil Schoenherr

Mary ButkusLamara Warren and Sandy Graham of the Office of Student Activities help construct a playground at the University City Children’s Center.

KaramustafaSince Sept. 11, 2001, a leading scholar of Islam at Washington University in St. Louis has sought to help an inquiring American public separate stereotype from complex reality and Islamic extremists from the many-sided moderate majority. Ahmet Karamustafa, Ph.D., chair of the Religious Studies program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is trying to help Americans see that although Islam has its radical factions, these factions are small in number and the majority of the world’s Muslims are peaceful people.

Officials with both President Bush and Senator John Kerry agreed to three debates, including one on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, at a press conference held September 20. Both Steve Givens, assistant to the chancellor and chairman of Washington University’s debate steering committee, and Jonathan Greenberger, editor in chief of Student Life, express excitement and relief over the announcement in this article by Philip Dine of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The 53,495-square-foot residence hall, at Big Bend Boulevard and Shepley Drive, opened for students this fall.

As the Oct. 8 presidential debate approaches, many in the University community are getting involved, including the student body . The trio of graphic design students in the School of Art, who graduated in May, — Jessica Sonkin (from Washington Township, N.J.), Victoria Caldwell (Paducah, Ky.) and Ilana Breziner (San Diego) — designed the two logos below for the debate. Seniors Nyla Batts and Meredith Nadler, also in the School of Art, designed commemorative items — posters, lapel pins, buttons, tote bags, and T-shirts — while working as graphic design interns for the University’s Publications Department.

An important debate among the three candidates for Missouri’s hotly contested 3rd District seat in the U.S. Congress will begin at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 in the May Auditorium of Simon Hall. Free and open to the public, the candidate debate is sponsored by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, and three local media outlets: KETC-TV Channel 9, KWMU public radio and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

More than 670 students and 106 faculty and staff members have volunteered to help with the Oct. 8 debate.

Six blood drives will be held on the Hilltop Campus in 2004-05 to help increase supplies for the American Red Cross and Community Blood Center of St. Louis. The drives will be held Sept. 13-16, Oct. 11-14, Oct. 25-28, Jan. 24-27, Feb. 14-17 and March 21-25. On Sept. 13-14, the drive will be from 11:30 […]

In test runs, students reported that online was quicker and easier, and they felt more comfortable filling out the forms away from the classroom.

The goal is to point out that the majority of University students are making moderate decisions with regards to alcohol.