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Department of Education Title IX Policy Changes To Take Effect

Conor Dorn, Associate News Editor | September 14, 2020

In early May, the U.S Department of Education (DOE) released its Final Title IX Rule, a set of documents outlining regulations concerning campus sexual harassment and sexual assault. The Rule is a finalization of regulations that were drafted in 2018 by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the DOE, and officially went into effect on Aug. 14, 2020. The regulations were issued by the DOE’s Office of Civil Rights, which undertook...

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Brooke Kenworthy, Contributor | September 20, 2020

With the threat of COVID-19 looming over college campuses, many schools are taking extraordinary measures to keep students safe and the virus in check. SLU has seen success in the first five weeks on campus, with the infection rate holding steady at 0.5 percent. This is highly encouraging compared to the infection rates of other colleges, both private and public, who,...

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A Pandemic Perspective on Art

Grace Rakestraw, Staff Writer

September 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has demanded changes from the world, welcome and unwelcome. The art world of St. Louis has adjusted accordingly. St. Louis has several vibrant museums along with outdoor art and sculpture parks. SLU students who are looking to find...

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A Mental Health Pandemic

September 20, 2020

2020 has thrown an infinite amount of curveballs, especially towards students. One of the biggest of these was the toll on health, including more than...

Love In the Time of COVID-19

September 20, 2020

The announcement of stay-at-home orders came with a spike of dating app usage. With nothing to do, singles flocked to apps like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge...

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Sports

Student Athletes Are No Longer Quiet

John Lewis, Contributor

September 20, 2020

In the past, college athletes have been kept quiet. Today, they are no longer under the radar. Steps are being taken. Voices are being heard. They’ve gone to the internet and they’ve marched in the streets. Student athletes across the country have...

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Maya Taylor brings the Equal Justice Initiative to SLU

September 16, 2020

For most student-athletes, just juggling academics and athletics can be a major challenge. or volleyball senior, Maya Taylor, however, in addition to these...

COVID-19 proves detrimental to NCAA budget

September 9, 2020

Most college sports fans look forward to the biggest event of every year, March Madness, with expectations of Cinderella stories and highlight reel buzzer...

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Opinion

Are You Still Committed?

Anh Nguyen, Staff Writer

September 20, 2020 • No Comments

We are a month into the fall semester. We have been nasal swabbed, zoomed out in class (yes, I did it again), vigorously questioned and have experienced the emotional roller coaster of returning to college in the middle of a global pandemic. Being back...

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All of us can do better

September 14, 2020

I’m sure we all know that we’re in the worst pandemic in a century by this point. From masks and social distancing, to dried-out hands from compulsive...

Zoom From Your Room. Whether You Like It or Not.

September 10, 2020

Since the COVID-19 pandemic reached national attention in March, universities across the country have scrambled to adopt online learning. The lives of...

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More Than a Swing Set

April 29, 2020

When the word park is mentioned, an image of a biking trail, playground set and picnic table pops into people’s heads. Although a park is a place where children can run...

Limbo: Life Back Home

April 15, 2020

An Empty Heart: SLU After the Outbreak

April 10, 2020

Pages Turning: The Art of St. Louis’s Streets

April 4, 2020

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