Sports

WOMEN’S SOCCER Jumps seven spots in poll The women’s soccer team opened the 2004 season with two wins over top-25 teams at the DePauw Classic in Greencastle, Ind., and quickly saw its ranking jump from No. 16 to No. 9 nationally in the NSCAA/adidas Division III Women’s Soccer Rankings. On Sept. 3, sophomore MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn […]

Campus Watch

The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 1-8. 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. 1 5:50 p.m. — A student […]

Dedication to service

Photo by Mary ButkusNearly 1,100 freshmen participated in Service First, volunteering their time to clean, landscape, paint and renovate 11 St. Louis public schools.

Oberschelp professor

Photo by Mary ButkusLeila Nadya Sadat is installed as the first Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law Sept. 7 in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Of note

Todd S. Braver, Ph.D., Kyongtae T. Bae, Ph.D., Leif Johnson, Anne Niven, Ph.D., Jin-Moo Lee, M.D., and more

All aboard

Photo by Claudia BurrisFirst-year medical students enjoy the annual dean’s welcoming party, held Aug. 19 at the Saint Louis Zoo.

Jazz at Holmes

St. Louis guitarist Steve Schenkel will perform for Washington University Jazz at Holmes series from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23.

The Rubber Frame: Culture and Comics

Original cover art, “Love and Rockets” #15There is no shortcut from popular art to cultural respectability, but few have wandered longer than comic book, which has only recently begun to receive its critical and scholarly due. In October, the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis will present The Rubber Frame: Culture and Comics, a book and a pair of complementary exhibitions that together trace the evolution of comics from early precursors in 18th and 19th century England and Switzerland to turn-of-the-last-century newspapers, the raucous undergrounds of the 1960s and ’70s and the literary alternative comics of today.