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SGA Candidates Face Off Ahead of Election

Savanah Seyer, Staff Writer February 26, 2019

On Feb. 21, the 2019 SGA Vice-Presidential and Presidential Debate was held in Kelley Auditorium. The candidates took the opportunity to outline their plans for the upcoming year and make their case for...

Photo Courtesy of Emma Carmody.

De Klerk Appearance Sparks Controversy

Meredyth Staunch, Editor-in-Cheif February 14, 2019

Silence is oppression. By not speaking out against misogyny, white supremacy or racial segregation – to name a few – one perpetuates the stigma. Translated as “apartness,” the Afrikaan word apartheid...

Photo Courtesy of Rebecca LiVigni.

The Exorcism that Haunts SLU 70 Years Later

Caroline Lipski, Staff Writer January 30, 2019

“If this happens to this kid, could it happen to us?" said John Waide, a 40 year historian and SLU alumus as he questioned the phenomenon that took place on SLU’s very own campus in 1949.   Even...

Martin Luther King Jr. visited SLU in 1964, two days before he won the Nobel Peace Prize and two months after his I Have a Dream speech. On the right, his son, Martin Luther King, III, visited SLU on Jan. 17 to commemorate his father and discuss the same injustices that are still prevalent from his fathers time.

Photo Courtesy of SLU Archives (left) and Emma Carmody (right)

Still Struggling with Injustices and Striving for Reform

Meredyth Staunch, Editor-in-Chief January 24, 2019

Both the young and old, white and colored, religious and non- congregated in a mass of over 250,000 at the Lincoln Memorial to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Over 50 years...

SLU Alum Manages NASAs Successful Mars Mission

SLU Alum Manages NASA’s Successful Mars Mission

Tannock Blair, Associate News Editor December 6, 2018

On Monday, NASA’s InSight robotic lander made contact with the rocky red ground of Mars’ surface. The event went somewhat viral after a St. Louis-born engineer involved in the landing was filmed celebrating...

Tragedy Befalls SLU Graduate Nursing Student

Tragedy Befalls SLU Graduate Nursing Student

Riley Mack, News Editor December 6, 2018

A St.Charles County mother was on her way to work an extra shift at SLU Hospital when she was killed in a car accident on Nov. 24, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Thirty-one-year-old nurse...

Kathleen Davis, Interim Director of Admissions

New Interim VP for Enrollment Announced

Kirti Veeramacheneni, Staff Writer November 29, 2018

In an email sent to the SLU community earlier this month, President Fred Pestello introduced Kathleen Davis as the Interim Vice President for Enrollment and Retention Management (ERM). Davis was hired...

SLU Freshman Carte’Are Gordon has been an impact player for the Billikens in all of their games so far this season.

Billiken Men Split East Coast Road Trip, Continue Unbeaten Streak at Home

Carter Chapley, Sports Writer November 29, 2018

When the Billikens left St. Louis for their first road trip of the early season, they knew they would be facing their largest and first real challenge of the year. A road matchup at Seton Hall in Newark,...

Farewell to a Compassionate Face of SLU

Farewell to a Compassionate Face of SLU

Nadia Sirajuddin, Contributor November 29, 2018

Annie Neidel, Ph.D., program manager of the Honors Program, passed away on Nov. 15 at the age of 41 due to breast cancer. How- ever, her legacy at SLU will live on with every student and coworker that...

Polarized Communities come Together for Election Watch Party

Polarized Communities come Together for Election Watch Party

Savannah Seyer, Staff Writer November 15, 2018

Held the evening of the midterm elections, the Political Science department invited all SLU students to watch the national election results all evening. The department supplied pizza and drinks for all...

18 SLU Groups Awarded 1,800 Dollars

18 SLU Groups Awarded 1,800 Dollars

Riley Mack, News Editor November 15, 2018

Last year, the Center for Community Engagement and Service announced that the end of Make A Difference Day was upon us. As SLU students mourned the loss of the beloved day, the Center wasted no time to...

Donated Bodies Honored at Interfaith Service

Donated Bodies Honored at Interfaith Service

Kirti Veeramachaneni, Staff Writer November 15, 2018

On Friday, Nov. 9th, students at SLU’s School of Medicine and Allied Health programs participated in an interfaith memorial ceremony honoring those who donated their bodies to SLU via the Gift Body Program,...

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