Lessons in Becoming a Woman after Leaving SLU
Sarah Hale, Alumnae Contributor
March 5, 2020
Fifteen years ago, I was a SLU freshman on the fourth floor of Walsh Hall—a suburban, white-bread, overachieving, mortifyingly insecure, fast-talking, quirky, 18-year-old Presidential scholar. Like everyone there, I was figuring out how to grow up. Just outside Walsh Hall was a statue of a ma...
Academic and Political Pundit Christina Greer Delivers Black History Keynote Lecture
Mikhail Faulconer, Staff Writer
February 20, 2020
Christina Greer, P.h.D., Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, gave a lecture titled “Challenges to Democracy: Activism, Education and the 2020 Elections” to a crowd of about forty SLU students, faculty and members of the community in the Busch Student Center Wednesday,...
Take Me Out to the Bills Game
Austin Glass, Contributor
February 12, 2020
“If you wanna be the wokest woke that ever woke, go to women’s sports events.” Abby Wambach came to speak at SLU last Tuesday and had these words of wisdom for the SLU community. As a longtime supporter of Billiken athletics and a big proponent of supporting both our male and female teams, hear...
2020: A New Year for Change
Aman Rahman, Contributor
January 22, 2020
Despite the cold and windy day in St. Louis, thousands of determined protesters attended the fourth annual Women’s March this past Saturday. The theme of the march this year was “Be Counted” in an attempt to motivate more people to vote in the upcoming 2020 presidential election. People...
Monica Lewinsky Coming to SLU: Cancelling ‘Cancel Culture’
Riley Mack, News Editor
November 21, 2019
On Monday, Nov. 11, the Greater Issues Committee announced that Monica Lewinsky will be speaking at SLU in early December. The GIC came to this decision based on Lewinsky’s content, which will cover topics like the price of shame and her life in the public eye. Lewinsky, an activist, TV personality and fa...
Get Her in the Game Keeps Diaz at SLU
Sam Glass, Sports Editor
October 30, 2019
In 1972, the historic Title IX was passed, granting women equality in education and athletics. Since its implementation, female student athletes across the nation have taken advantage of their opportunities to compete and receive an education. Saint Louis University Athletics promotes opportunities fo...
Climate Strike Strikes a Chord
Alexis Kayser, Staff Writer
October 3, 2019
On Sept. 23, Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden, delivered an intense, passionate speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit. Thunberg directly called out the apathy of her elders on the topic of climate change, repetitively stating, “How dare you?”, and claiming that...
Zeta Breast Cancer Event Provides Prevention Tips
Meredyth Staunch, Editor-in-Chief
May 2, 2019
Many women partake in breast cancer screenings as a form of early detection. The American Cancer Society recommends women between ages 40 and 54 receive mammograms annually and women above this age range be screened every other year. However, the ACS also justifies the benefits of performing self-exa...
Women’s Commission Honors Six “Remarkable” SLU Women
Riley Mack, News Editor
May 1, 2019
“Women are so inspiring and we don’t talk about it,” said Heather Brock, Award Committee Chair for the Women’s Commission and Assistant Director for Communication in Office of Admissions. “We don’t talk about what we do right, we talk about the things that went wrong.” Alt...
Using Your Power to Empower
Riley Mack, News Editor
March 20, 2019
Katlyn Martin – SGA President Senior majoring in Political Science with a minor in Urban Poverty, also Pre-Law What has been a key source of motivation for you? “In terms of SGA, the people I serve and get to serve with (so students and the rest of the executive board) are my main motivation. I love what I do on campus and really enjoy...
Period Pains
Caroline Lipski, Contributor
February 13, 2019
Just this past week I was trying to help a friend out when I made a discovery in one of the bathrooms on campus. This discovery—or lack thereof—was the absence of period products, which left me questioning my own value as a woman and student on this campus. My doubts were confirmed by the fact that...
New SLU Study Gains National Attention
Riley Mack, News Editor
January 30, 2019
In Ethiopia, the school dropout rate for girls remains at a staggering 51 percent, according to the Dignity Period project, a main cause for dropouts being the lack of access to menstruation products. Despite taking place halfway across the world, this problem is not foreign to St. Louis. Women ...
