The University News

Picking a positive experience

[email protected] • November 13, 2014

Many SLU students have yet to complete their class registration. For those that are on the fence, we at the UNews would like to recommend some of our favorite classes. We hope you enjoy our suggestions! Ryan...

The changing face of marriage

[email protected] • November 13, 2014

On Nov. 5, St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison overturned Missouri’s ban on gay marriage, citing a violation of the due process and equal protection clauses in the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Missouri...

Bringing down the housing

[email protected] • November 11, 2014

We hope that everyone had a chance to read staff writer Max Hammond’s front-page article last week detailing the new student housing projects that SLU has in store for the near future (early 2015). The...

Flawed, but tobacco-free

[email protected] • November 11, 2014

This past November, a tobacco-free policy at SLU was presented to all University governing bodies by Edwin Trevathan, M.D., M.P.H., Dean of the College of Public Health and Social Justice. In response...

U.S. Ebola Overreaction

[email protected] • October 30, 2014

As Ebola spreads rapidly throughout many countries in West Africa, namely Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and, more recently, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fears of its deadly advance have increased...

How to survive midterms

[email protected] • October 9, 2014

The midterms are coming! The midterms are coming! The UNews is coming to you, Paul Revere style, to discuss how you can defend yourself against the attack of the midterms. Our editors talk about the...

Who can speak at SLU?

[email protected] • October 9, 2014

Last Saturday, the Hindu Student Committee and Interfaith Alliance hosted Arun Gandhi to speak at SLU’s campus and discussed the importance of service through nonviolence. On Friday, Oct. 17, Gandhi...

Yakkin about social media

[email protected] • October 2, 2014

While talking about the power of Yik Yak and the funny yaks we’ve read recently, one of our editors talked about a new app called Fade. “What is Fade?” we all asked before one of our editors described...

ESPN: You must not tell “lies”

[email protected] • October 2, 2014

Last Wednesday, ESPN suspended popular columnist Bill Simmons due to an epic rant against Roger Goodell after allegations came out that suggested NFL officials hadn’t been completely honest in handling...

Not a not-for-profit university

[email protected] • September 18, 2014

As the first few weeks of classes draw on, the inevitable honeymoon phase between SLU and its students begin to fade to realistic expectations and grievances against the University. These potential problems...

The “new” face of the NFL

[email protected] • September 18, 2014

On Feb. 15, the then- Baltimore Raven Ray Rice and his then- fiancée, Janay Palmer were in a physical altercation. Janay was rendered unconscious by Ray after he struck her in the head with his hand. After...

Hacked: Responses and Lessons

[email protected] • September 11, 2014

Last week, a hacker made the news for uploading hacked photos of Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, as well as a multitude of other stars, to online sources such as 4chan and Reddit. Since that time,...