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A technical glitch compromosied the safety of residents living on Spring Halls fourth floor.

Technical glitch allowed all student ID cards to open rooms on a Spring Hall floor

Ulaa Kuziez, News Editor January 31, 2024

Keycard scanners malfunctioned in Spring Hall and temporarily compromised the safety of residents living on the hall’s fourth floor.  The technical malfunction allowed any student ID card to open...

Snow Day Zoom Scandal

Sophia Brummond, Copy Editor January 31, 2024

Uninvited students made insensitive remarks and bullied the professors and students through Zoom conferences over a snow day at Saint Louis University.  After school was called off on Monday, Jan....

Campus dining card update causes confusion

Mariya Yasinovska, Copy Editor January 31, 2024

During the first week of the spring semester at Saint Louis University, several on-campus dining locations were unable to accept Flex dollars, causing food access issues for many students on campus.  One...

OccupySLU hosts sit-in at campus Starbucks in support of Gaza ceasefire

OccupySLU hosts sit-in at campus Starbucks in support of Gaza ceasefire

Zekhra Gafurova, Senior Writer January 28, 2024

OccupySLU, a student organization continuing the work from the original 2014 movement, organized a two day student sit-in at Starbucks to protest SLU’s “complicit role in the genocide of Gaza,”...

The Good Place actor Jameela Jamil talks disability justice at SLU

The Good Place actor Jameela Jamil talks disability justice at SLU

Shah Shamsipour and Zekhra Gafurova January 28, 2024

SLU’s Great Issues Committee hosted Jameela Jamil, who stars as Tahani Al-Jamil in The Good Place, as their first guest speaker of the year. Jamil, who has a disability called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome...

Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz speaks at Saint Louis Universitys 12th annual tribute for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18.(Aditya Gunturu / The University News)

Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, shares the value of learning self-love at MLK tribute event

Fatema Rehmani, Contributor January 26, 2024

Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz recalled the day when she stood alongside her three sisters and her pregnant mother, Dr. Betty Shabazz. On Feb. 21, 1965, in what was formerly the Audubon Ballroom, Betty witnessed...

Dorms switch to keys after student compromises keycard security

Charlie Preiss and Mariya Yasinovska January 25, 2024

A Saint Louis University student compromised Grand Hall's key card system and broke into another student’s dorm on Nov. 7, 2023, resulting in numerous changes to how students now access their dorms.  The...

Janette Holemon, parking attendant at the Laclede parking garage at Saint Louis University, poses for a photo with a group of Oriflamme students during move-in. (Jennifer Robb/Parking and Card Services)

Beloved SLU parking attendant celebrates 30 years of employment

Allie Eveld, Contributor January 25, 2024

The sharp sounds of a whistle and the shouted greetings of a familiar face can be heard near the Laclede Avenue parking garage at Saint Louis University. Most students know those are the sounds of the...

On a wall inside College Church, a long black banner hangs bearing the names of children killed in the Gaza Strip.

Vigil at College Church honors victims killed in Gaza

Ulaa Kuziez, News Editor January 19, 2024

The names and ages of children killed in the Gaza Strip echoed for two hours inside St. Francis Xavier College Church during a public vigil.  Attendees were encouraged to “mourn collectively” and...

The construction site where South County YMCA’s Adaptive Sports Complex is set to open in Spring 2024

South County YMCA’s $5.2 million inclusive Adaptive Sports Complex to open in Spring 2024

Brendan Brunette, Senior Writer December 5, 2023

An ambitious multimillion-dollar inclusive sports complex, funded by local organizations, will open at the YMCA South County campus next spring.  The highly anticipated initiative will look to offer...

Eighteen candles are displayed on a table at a vigil hosted by the Jewish Student Association on Oct. 18.

Some Jewish Students at SLU Feel Isolated, Unwelcome

Grant Bellchamber, Staff Writer November 30, 2023

Following Hamas’ attack on Israel and in the ensuing war on the Gaza Strip, Jewish and Palestinian students alike continue to mourn those they have lost. The war has devastated not only Gaza, but also...

(Shah Shamsipour / The University News)

Hundreds Gather to Support Palestine and Demand University Action

Lauren Hutchens, Owen Herdrick, and Ulaa Kuziez November 30, 2023

Around 300 protestors gathered at the Saint Louis University Clock Tower in support of Palestine, demanding the university call for a ceasefire and cut ties with Boeing, a local manufacturer of weapons...

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