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SLU Professor Renounces Endowed Chair in Protest

Conor Dorn, Associate News Editor April 22, 2020

Last month, David Rapach, Ph.D, previously the John Simon Endowed Chair in Economics, renounced his chairship in protest of perceived violations of academic norms surrounding the $50-million-dollar donation...

Visualizing the Numbers of COVID-19 in Missouri

Visualizing the Numbers of COVID-19 in Missouri

Rebecca LiVigni, Managing Editor April 16, 2020
Each day, the news is bombarded with numbers: 6 feet apart, no more than 10 people at social gatherings, hundreds and thousands of cases and deaths. These numbers may seem hard to conceptualize or even meaningless when looked at alone, but when visualized, they create a trend that only ensures what is being said on the news: we are in unprecedented times. It is everyone’s responsibility to practice the precautions necessary to reduce risk of exposure and to flatten the curve. 

A Letter from the Editor

Emma Carmody, Editor-in-Chief March 19, 2020

The University News has strived to be the student voice of Saint Louis University in good times and bad for nearly 100 years. This year, we laid out three values that we would shape our goals around: community...

SLU student first confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in City of St. Louis

SLU student first confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in City of St. Louis

Emma Carmody, Editor-in-Chief March 14, 2020

16 March 8 p.m. At 7:43 p.m. on March 16, President Fred Pestello, P.hD. sent out an email announcing that the first the first confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in the City of St. Louis was a SLU...

Graphic by Emma Carmody and Rebecca LiVigni

Study Abroad Students Sent Home Due to Coronavirus Concerns

Mikhail Faulconer, Staff Writer March 5, 2020

The outbreak of the coronavirus variety COVID-19 that began in Wuhan, China last year and has since spread globally is now affecting the ability of study abroad programs to run safely.  Although SLU has...

Riley Tovornik / Photo Editor

SGA Candidates Present Their Platforms at Debate

Colin Thierry, Staff Writer February 20, 2020

On Feb. 18, the 2020 SGA Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debate was hosted at Carlo Auditorium. The candidates took time to outline the issues central to their respective campaigns and why they are...

Photo Courtesy of Riley Tovornik

Iowa Caucus Debacle Casts Shadow Over SLU Watch Party

Colin Thierry, Staff Writer February 6, 2020

On Monday night, over 150 SLU students gathered at the CGC for the watch party of an Iowa Caucus that announced no official winner. The app used by the Iowa Democratic Party to relay numbers from precinct...

Billikens Show Heart in White-Out Game

Billikens Show Heart in White-Out Game

Brynn Bachman, Contributor January 23, 2020

SLU competed against Dayton University in last Friday’s white-out basketball game. Despite the electric atmosphere inside Chaifetz Arena, the Billikens came up just two points short. Friday’s game...

GIC and SLU Athletics Present Abby Wambach as Next Speaker

GIC and SLU Athletics Present Abby Wambach as Next Speaker

Rebecca LiVigni, Managing Editor December 6, 2019

Abby Wambach, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup Champion, is coming to SLU on Jan. 28, 2020 in the Wool Ballroom at 7 p.m. as the next speaker for the Great Issues Committee in collaboration...

Photo Courtesy of Patrick Cousins

Ministry Transcends Border in El Paso

Conor Dorn, Associate News Editor November 25, 2019

For the past twenty-two years, three dioceses of El Paso, Las Cruces and Ciudad Juarez—all situated around the U.S-Mexico border—have hosted an annual border mass in El Paso, Texas in a show of international...

Photo Courtesy of SLU Chess Team

SLU Chess: Best in the Midwest

Conor Dorn, Associate News Editor October 31, 2019

Earlier this month, the SLU chess team continued their hot streak as they competed at the Midwest Collegiate Chess Championship at the University of Missouri. Held from Oct. 6 to 8, SLU’s chess team...

(Rebecca Livigni / The University News)

UPDATE: Student critically injured near campus

Emma Carmody and Rebecca LiVigni October 24, 2019

(Update 7:50 p.m.) St. Louis Metropolitan Police have confirmed that the student found at the 3900 block of Lindell did not suffer gun shot wounds, but has undetermined injuries. Police have also confirmed...

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