SLU Community Remains Strong Amidst COVID-19
Conor Dorn, Associate News Editor
April 1, 2020
Over the past few weeks, the entire community at Saint Louis University has been affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 in dramatic and unprecedented ways. Students have left their dorm rooms and apartments, faculty have moved courses online, study abroad programs have been canceled and internships, on-ca...
New Wellness Center Opens in Place of Library Annex
Klaudia Wachnik, Staff Writer
February 21, 2020
On Feb. 11, the Anthropedia Center for Well-Being, comprised of the Anthropedia Academy and The Wellness Agora, opened its doors to the public. After being approached by the previous owner, the Wellness Agora is now located in where the Library Annex once resided. One of the main purposes of the center is to...
How to Vote While Studying Abroad
Mikhail Faulconer, Staff Writer
February 12, 2020
Voting in the U.S. can be complex due to the variation in state laws regarding registration. The process can be further complicated by voting via absentee ballot, even more so for submitting an absentee ballot from outside the U.S. The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) reported that the t...
SLU Named Among Top 9 Percent for Financial Aid
Seyoon Choi, Contributor
January 23, 2020
Financing college is often one of the daunting tasks for students and their families. But according to a new LendU report, Saint Louis University ranks considerably high in the amount of financial aid awarded for the 2019-20 school year. The site indicated that SLU is among the top 9.4 percent of coll...
SLU Study: Indian Fruit Shows Promise As Cancer Fighter
Leah George, Staff Writer
January 23, 2020
SLU researcher Dr. Ratna Ray recently completed work on the effects of a popular Indian fruit called bitter melon. Ray’s work suggests that the bitter melon has the potential to delay the growth of cancer cells and tumors. The bitter fruit is an example of a natural treatment, and Ray hopes that p...
Sr. Catherine Mutindi Wins $1 Million Opus Prize
Conor Dorn, Associate News Editor
December 6, 2019
On Thursday, Nov. 21, SLU hosted the 2019 Opus Prize ceremony in the Center for Global Citizenship. Sister Catherine Mutindi was announced as the 2019 Opus Prize Laureate, winning $1 million for her charity, Bon Pasteur. The Opus Prize is an annual award that rewards faith based human...
Interdisciplinary Center for Autism Services
Klaudia Wachnik, Contributor
November 25, 2019
In July of 2019, the lower level of Fitzgerald Hall opened its doors to the public as the Interdisciplinary Center for Autism Services. The center is designed to be a safe, reliable space where children can be tested for autism or any type of autism spectrum disorder. Families then will receive cons...
Response to “Better Apart: SLU Should Sever Its Ties to Rex Sinquefield”
Enbal Shacham, Contributor
November 7, 2019
This letter is in response to a few vocal faculty members that have been providing a perspective that does not reflect the large majority of the faculty here at Saint Louis University. On Oct. 17th, the student newspaper published a letter from one faculty member suggesting that the Board of Trustees...
Volunteers Exposed to Flu for New SLU Study
Caroline Lipski, Staff Writer
October 31, 2019
The only thing not pleasant about receiving a $3,310 check and state-of-the-art hospitality is potentially receiving the flu because of it. Last week, SLU’s Center for Vaccine Development initiated its human influenza challenge to better understand the flu and learn how to best prevent it in the f...
The Unfortunate Truth Behind Where Our Waste Ends Up
Jordan Bailey, Staff Writer
October 31, 2019
What would modern life be without plastics? According to the World Economic Forum, plastic production has skyrocketed over the last 50 years, growing from 16.5 million tons in 1964 to 343 million tons in 2014. But with this huge rise of plastic manufacturing comes immense negative impacts of improper or...
SLU and WashU Join Forces to Create COLLAB
Caroline Lipski, Staff Writer
June 18, 2019
Despite being only half a mile away, the Cortex Innovation District remains a mystery to most SLU students. A 200-acre hub for technology and science, the Cortex buzzes with over 400 companies and thousands of employees on a daily basis. To generate this same buzz for the Cortex among their own stud...
Ideas Become Realities at 1818 Grant Showcase
Riley Mack, News Editor
April 10, 2019
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 beginning a new project – the 1818 Grant Program. In honor of SLU’s bicentennial year...
