Campus life at Washington University in St. Louis
Known as SU for short, it sponsors large-scale campus programs including WILD (a semesterly concert in the quad), free copies of The New York Times, USA Today, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch through The Collegiate Readership Program; the Assembly Series, a weekly lecture series; and the campus television station, WUTV and the radio station, KWUR and Filmboard.
The university is home to one of the largest collegiate Relay For Life in the country, raising over $200,000 last year in total donations.
[2] Greek Organizations are governed by the principles of Arete, which focuses on Integrity, Loyalty, Philanthropy, Responsibility, Friendship, and Intellectual Curiosity.
Recent resolutions of the Senate include improving Wi-Fi capabilities, improving relations between Alumni & Development and the Career Center, adding new capabilities to student ID cards, forming a LGBTQA task force, requiring all professors to distribute course syllabi and midterm grade progresses, and increasing the minimum wage of university workers.
[5] There is a large interest in A cappella music on campus, spawning groups such as After Dark, The Amateurs, The Aristocats, Deliverance, The Ghost Lights, The Greenleafs, More Fools Than Wise], The Mosaic Whispers, The Pikers, SensAsian, Staam, The Stereotypes, and Sur Awaaz.
[6] An umbrella organization known as ACAC (A Cappella Advisory Council) oversees auditions for its member groups each fall.
Other student organizations, such as the Social Programming Board bring in popular musical acts for Walk In Lay Down and lesser-known independent performers.
Recent WILD performers include Karmin, Chance the Rapper, Wolfgang Gartner, and Matt Kearney.
In coming years, the university will be allowing upperclass students the option of mixed-gender housing, whereby any combination of males and females can live in the same suite if they so choose.
The university is nearing the end of an era of replacing older residence halls with newer construction.
In addition to a Subway restaurant, nearly all locations are operated by the catering service Bon Appétit Management Company.
Residential Colleges include: Each Residential College includes the following amenities: The South Forty Center is a mixed-use facility consisting of dining locations, a small auditorium, fitness center, convenience store, lounges, and residences on the upper floors.
The dining location, known as Bear's Den, which includes stations such as the Cherry Tree Cafe (coffee and baked goods), Ciao Down (pasta and pizza), Grizzly Grill (burgers and other "American-style" food), WUrld Fusion (Indian inspired Global cuisine), L 'Chaim (fresh, Kosher meals), OSO Good (Mexican fare, such a tacos and burritos), and Sizzle & Stir (Mongolian-style stir-fry).
A cappella groups on campus include After Dark, The Stereotypes, The Amateurs, The Pikers, The Aristocats, More Fools Than Wise, The Ghost Lights, The Mosaic Whispers, The Sensasians, Staam, and the Greenleafs.
