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There is no Washington People for this issue of the Record.

Campaign staffers, stressed segment producers and high-profile television anchors began swarming immediately after the debate.

Nearly 600 invited alumni and guests heard pre-debate thoughts and post-debate analysis.

John C. Danforth, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will deliver a major policy address at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in Graham Chapel. The event is free and open to the University community. Danforth has a distinguished record of public service. Best-known for his 18-year run as Republican senator from Missouri, he also has served […]

The candidates butted heads issues including foreign policy, national security, the economy and deficits, health care and stem-cell research.

Many students joined friends in the common rooms of their residence houses or at one of the University’s eight remote sites.

“The students are very excited,” says volunteer coordinator Elizabeth Lukas. “They’ve been so good. They just jump right in.”

Courtesy PhotoAmazones: The Women MasterDrummers of Guinea will present a pair of Edison Theatre shows Oct. 23.

Bill Kaiser’s hearty laugh broke Olin Library’s quiet as he looked at a photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson playfully pulling on the ears of one of his pet beagles. “(Johnson) got his tail in a crack with that one,” he said. The caption on the prize-winning photo, taken by Maurice Johnson in 1964, said, […]

Detail of the 1899 plan for Washington University’s Hilltop Campus.One hundred years ago, the eyes and ears of the world turned to St. Louis — and the newly built campus of Washington University — for the 1904 World’s Fair. On Oct. 17, Washington University will honor that centenary with a performance by the Saint Louis Wind Symphony. A Grand Concert of Band Music Performed at the 1904 World’s Fair will feature a representative sampling of music heard at the fair, including works by Philip Sousa, Peter I. Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss, Jr., and Carl Maria von Weber.