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Global Foods Market to Delmar Loop? Grocer, Wash. U. Comment on Unconfirmed Report

Rumors of this or that grocery store opening a Delmar Loop location have run rampant for years. The chatter has only intensified since Washington University announced its plans to build a massive retail-residential development in the Loop. Construction on the Wash. U. project is now under way, and ... More >>

Wash U. Chancellor Mark Wrighton Named 4th Highest Paid College President

A new survey of private college president's pay by the Chronicle of Higher Education ranked Washington University's Mark Wrighton fourth highest-paid in the country. In 2010, the most recent year for which federal tax records were available, Wrighton took home $2,268,837. Since many recent Wash U g ... More >>

Man Arrested for Robbing, Kidnapping Wash U. Student at Knifepoint

A 22-year-old from Downtown West was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he robbed and kidnapped a Washington University student last August. According to St. Louis County Police, William J. Cobbins was the man who approached the 23-year-old female victim as she was getting into to her car in a ca ... More >>

Wash. U. Student Senate Votes to Ban Plastic Bags

Student leaders at Washington University went all San Francisco this month, voting to prohibit retail businesses on campus from handing out plastic bags to customers. If adopted by school administrators, the resolution would take effect the fall semester of 2013 and impact just three businesses -- t ... More >>

Wash. U. Alum Shows 20-Somethings How to Land That Perfect Job

​By all accounts, entering the job market sucks if you're a twentysomething these days. For young graduates, "Oh the places you go" too often refers to parents' basements and temp agencies. Happily, a new book published this week by Washington University alum Laura Dodd offers a roadmap for yo ... More >>

Enterprise Rent-a-Car Founder Jack Taylor Gives $25 Million to Washington University

​Washington University announced today that it will soon be $25 million richer, thanks to a generous gift from the founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Jack Taylor.The money will go toward undergraduate scholarships. Taylor made a similar $25 million gift in 2001 -- the largest scholarship donati ... More >>

Voting Group Challenges State Senate Election; Wash. U. Students Turned Away at Polls

​Advancement Project, a national voters' rights organization, is asking the St. Louis County Election Board to review the results and circumstances surrounding last week's race for the 24th District of the Missouri State Senate. Republican John Lamping squeaked out a narrow victory over his Democr ... More >>

Students Protest Speech by Peabody Energy CEO Greg Boyce at Wash U Research Symposium

Photo by Keegan HamiltonWash U students had a message for Peabody Energy's Greg Boyce at the Symposium for Global Energy Future​Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody Energy, the world's largest privately held coal company, stepped to a podium Saturday afternoon at Washington University's Symposium on Global ... More >>

Wash. U. Study Got It RIGHT: Smoke Eaters Don't Work

Martin Pion is founder of MO-GASP (Missouri Group Against Smoking Pollution)​Washington University researchers recently released a study of smoking pollution levels in various restaurants and bars in metro St. Louis. Airborne nicotine was used as a measure of secondhand smoke (SHS). Important ... More >>

Male Bonding Apparently Kicked Out After Its St. Louis Gargoyle Show -- For Drinking

On Tuesday, noisy U.K. trio Male Bonding opened for Best Coast at the Gargoyle. During its set, Male Bonding made note of the show being dry -- e.g., sans alcohol, since the Gargoyle doesn't serve booze -- and quipped that it might have been its first sober show ever. This morning, Pitchfork publish ... More >>

Those Moles On Your Butt May be Real Bad, Sez Washington University Dermatologist

Image viaButt moles? Or melanoma? Better watch the video. ​Got moles? OK! Got Melanoma? Not OK. Here's a YouTube video of Washington University dermatologist Milan J. Anadkat, MD, explaining the difference. (We're not sure why he's doing this; it just appeared on the Internetz a few days ago). NOT ... More >>

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10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, April 16-18, 2010

This weekend's especially good for having fun on a budget: You can find proudly weird $5 art auctions, the free opening of Grant's Farm's season, local hip-hop shows and more. Here are our ten suggestions for weekend fun that will cost you less than $10. Looking for live music? Here's the weekend co ... More >>

Wash U. Kids, Busted by U. City Police for Drunken Tomfoolery, Protest Heavy Hand

joemonster.orgToo much learning!​A classic lil' bit of town-gown tension is flaring up in the streets around Wash U, according to our colleagues at the Post-Dispatch. Why? Because apparently, college kids are cavorting like intoxicated zoo animals at odd hours, preventing responsible University Ci ... More >>

Feel the Fusion

Wash U. Students Steamed About "Dirty Energy" Flash Executives

Wikimedia CommonsWash U. kids show big balls in protesting reception attended by energy executives, including some from the coal (above) industry.​Actually, it was a flash mob. Some 100 students clad in yellow T-shirts and arm-bands paraded into the "America Energy First Conference" cocktail recep ... More >>

KWUR's Stack Sessions Showcase National, Local Acts

KDHX isn't the only game in town when it comes to in-studio interviews and sessions, did you hear? The cats over at KWUR (a.k.a. Wash U's radio station) have been doing a bang-up job bringing in local and national bands for interviews and performances. Called the Stack Sessions, the series has showc ... More >>

Miami Youth Hip Hop, Poetry Tonight

Tonight at Washington University, a Miami-based group called Youth Expressions, funded by progressive Kimberly Green and her Green Family Foundation, will perform a combination of hip-hop and poetry to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in Africa.The touring version of Youth Expressions numbers ten young p ... More >>

"Politically Incorrect" Islamic Scholar Ignites Debate Prior to Tonight's Wash U. Talk

jihadwatch.orgRobert SpencerAn editorial in the Washington University Student Life newspaper has caused something of a furor among supporters of divisive Islamic scholar Robert Spencer.  Spencer -- the author of eight books including The Truth About Muhammad and The Politically Incorrect Guide ... More >>

Two Wash U A Cappella Groups Appear on Ben Folds CD

Congratulations go out to two Wash U a cappella groups, Mosaic Whispers and The Amateurs, who are two of the eighteen acts appearing on a Ben Folds a cappella CD. (Unfortunately, the Stereotypes aren't on there. Aw.) The Amateurs perform "Luckiest," while Mosaic Whispers, whom you might remember fro ... More >>

Wash U. Scientists "Nose" How to Cure Tough Sinus Problem

flickr.com/photos/chrisharteNow that's a powerful nose!Scientists at Washington University recently published a study showing that steroids can help people suffering from chronic sinusitis -- a persistent inflammation of the nose and sinuses that affects up to 14 percent of people in the United Stat ... More >>

Tonight at Cicero's: The Subjects MP3

Although tonight's show at Cicero's is billed as Washington University Night, don't infer that it's a bill filled with local college bands. Why? Well, one of the acts on the bill is Brooklyn, New York's The Subjects -- who will be playing shows with the Heartless Bastards, Tapes n Tapes and Wild Lig ... More >>

Michael Pollan at Washington University This Afternoon

Sorry for the short notice, but I learned this moments ago: Author Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food) will be honored with the Washington University International Humanities Prize today at 4:30 p.m. The ceremony is at Graham Chapel. Afterward there will be refreshments and ... More >>

Wash. U Student Launches Sarah Palin Limerick Blog

Vintage Vinyl Gets Into a Vice Presidential Debate Mood

Worlds Within Worlds

The spirit of radio

The Twist of It

Now. What?

Walter Bargen and Lorin Cuoco

We're Working on Our Fitness

Be our witness

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

The Promises of Palmer

Art in the Now

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the local art scene.

Jose Gonzalez at Graham Chapel, Smog's Bill Callahan/Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg at the Duck Room

Man Tased at Girl Talk show at the Gargoyle: A Follow-Up Story

Taser Incident at Washington University's Gargoyle

Washington University's a cappella group Mosaic Whispers: Rilo Kiley fans

Opening Nights 2006-2007

The Riverfront Times' performing arts guide

Frozen Food Section

Saturday, December 31; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Gland of Opportunity

Dr. William J. Catalona built an unrivaled repository of blood and tissue samples. Washington University wants to keep it. Now a judge will decide: Who owns the prostates?

Best Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, St. Louis Shakespeare

Best Place to Make a Left at Rush Hour

University City Loop

Party Crashers

Ralph Nader tries to derail the corporate-sponsored presidential debates with a lawsuit. Protesters have their own plans to disrupt the Bush-Gore affair at Wash. U.

What Have You Done Lately to Better the Environment?