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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.
On Sept. 28, the Bears once again allowed seven Cardinals touchdowns. This year, though, the Bears tripled their score, losing to North Central 49-9.
“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.
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