Youth Day

The annual Youth Day will be held during the men’s and women’s home basketball games Feb. 8 at the Athletic Complex. The event will feature the WUSTL bear, WUSTL cheerleaders, autographs from team members, photos, face painting and JJ Jumper, the NCAA mascot.

University installs closed-circuit television system on Greenway Walk

The installation of a closed-circuit television system on the Greenway Walk began Feb. 2, announced Don Strom, chief of Washington University Police. The Greenway Walk pedestrian walkway is located in University City between Melville and Westgate avenues, north of the Forest Park Parkway overpass connecting the Danforth Campus to University City. Cameras also are being installed on Melville Avenue from Kingsbury Boulevard to Washington Avenue.

Entertainer Lee gets even by getting angry

Multifaceted entertainer Lela Lee will be the featured speaker for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in Graham Chapel. Lee, a cartoonist, artist and actress, said growing up in America as a female and a member of a minority made her feel surrounded by racism and sexism. In the early 1990s, while […]

A graceful new year

Students perform the Element Dance, based on the three elements of fire, water and earth, during the Lunar New Year Festival Jan. 31 at Edison Theatre.

Campus Author

Larry May, Ph. D., J.D., professor of philosophy in Arts & Sciences, wants to turn the traditional understanding of aggression on its ear with his book, “Aggression and Crimes Against Peace.”

Of note

Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D., Peter M. Burgers, Ph.D., Roger Chamberlain, D.Sc., and more…

Obituary: Dillon, 82

Richard T. Dillon, J.D., the Lehmann Visiting Professor of Law in 1990, died Jan. 21, 2009, in Hospice Woodside in Pinellas Park, Fla., after a long illness. He was 82.

A Super sport

Photo by Mary ButkusMahendra Gupta, Ph.D., dean and the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management at Olin Business School, caught the “winning pass” at the ninth annual Super Ad Bowl sponsored by the Olin Marketing Association on Feb. 1 at the Knight Center.

Road has been good to men’s basketball

The No. 2 ranked men’s basketball team remained unbeaten in the University Athletic Association (UAA) with a pair of road victories. Senior Sean Wallis had 12 points and a game-high 11 assists as the Bears posted an 80-75 victory at Brandeis University Jan. 30. Junior Aaron Thompson led all scorers with 18 points, while junior […]