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Colleges tighten purse-strings, while students and faculty doubt value of online instruction. Amidst a global pandemic caused by COVID-19, the future of academia is a hot topic and a sector of the economy that may never be the same. Students and faculty alike have had to adjust to unprecedented circumstances to continue learning and teaching.Continue reading “The Pandemic Higher Education Needed?”

As the first person (probably) to ever live in both the great states of Kansas and Iowa for longer than a few hours, my sister Mehnaz Afrin gives her take on which state is better.

“American is definitely the worst.” As an individual who has visited and lived in multitudes of places all over the world, from Columbia, Missouri to unpronounceable parts of Indonesia, Isabel Colyer is certain of the airline she’s had the worst experience in. “I can’t…I can’t handle American,” she says, in what is possibly one ofContinue reading “Isabel Colyer, SLU’s Resident Nomad”

SLU women’s basketball won by a margin of 59-49 on Wednesday in front of a record crowd in Chaifetz Arena Saint Louis University’s women’s basketball team came into the game against Fordham with a 7-5 conference record, and could not afford to lose with only three more conference games remaining in the season. A historicallyContinue reading “Billikens Defeat Fordham on Education Day’s 10th Year Anniversary”

Sarah Fentem, a reporter for the St. Louis Public Radio covering health, and Lauren Trager, an investigative reporter with KMOV, attended Jean Whatley’s journalism class at SLU on the 13th of February to offer students advice and answer questions about being reporters. “If you lose sight of the fact that you have very big impactContinue reading “Reporters Speak to Journalism Students”

A Saint Louis University student was hit by a speeding white SUV while crossing the road near campus yesterday evening around 8 p.m. The driver, who remains unidentified, fled the scene, leaving the student severely injured. Witnesses to the event on Grand Blvd. between the Marchetti Towers and Laclede intersection rushed to help the injuredContinue reading “SLU Student Injured in Hit-and-Run Near Campus”