Three members of WashU’s Student Union (SU) Senate resigned from their roles — two on Sept. 17 and one on Sept. 25. Multiple senators told Student Life that they are considering leaving or not running again due to an environment that is divisive and stressful.
“I've been in St. Louis for three years now, and I’ve never spent a summer here,” said senior Caroline Fong. She and many other St. Louis Fellows echoed the same sentiment: while WashU is in St. Louis, students find it hard to actually engage with the community. In the business of changing that, the Gephardt Institute runs their St. Louis Fellows Program each summer.
Students looking out of the window at Olin Library to see the buzz on campus were in for a sight on Wednesday afternoon: a swarm of a thousand bees, yellow tape, and multiple police cars.
WashU’s Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards (OSCCS) released an updated Student Code of Conduct over the summer of 2024. The updates came after a semester of internal discussions and feedback from Student Union (SU) members about University policies and procedures.
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