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The independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878 VOLUME 140, NO. 33 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019 WWW.STUDLIFE.COM SEX SURVEY SING THE BLUES VEGAS WOK Scan this QR code The St. Louis Blues’ Lesser-known to take Student late season resur- Loop establishment Life’s annual sex gence gives hope to offers high quality, survey, with results St. Louis sports fans reasonably priced published Feb. 14 (Sports, pg 5) fare (Scene, pg 8) Student Union Crimes reported in WU community late releases general Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning budget proposal ELENA QUINONES SENIOR EDITOR Student Union released its 2019-2020 general budget pro- posal, which lists out students’ requests for funds from the stu- dent activities fee, in an email to the student body Feb. 4. In total, students requested $4,175,899.03, but the fund from the student activities fee stands at $3,620,164.34. This means SU must cut $555,734.69 from the current proposal. On Feb. 23 and 24, SU’s Vice President of Finance junior Shelly Gupta will present the general budget to Senate and Treasury who will then vote on recommendations for what to cut and keep in the budget. Gupta wrote that she hopes “to make this the most transpa- rent general budget yet” in her email to the student body. “I think at the end of the day, GRACE BRUTON | STUDENT LIFE as we make the process more A MetroLink train pulls into the Big Bend MetroLink station. A Washington University employee was robbed at the Big Bend station platform earlier on Wednesday transparent and have more enga- at 7 a.m., leading to a campus lockdown while officers searched for the suspect. The lockdown was lifted after it was confirmed that the suspect had left the area. gement with the process, I think the amount that we have to cut will be less difficult,” Gupta said. WU employee robbed at Student carjacked Tuesday Students can send comments and questions through a general Big Bend MetroLink station night on Waterman Avenue budget feedback form, go to SU members’ office hours or attend EMMA BAKER WUPD confirmed that the sus- EMMA BAKER The subject then drove away engagement sessions on the SENIOR NEWS EDITOR pect had left the area surrounding SENIOR NEWS EDITOR in the student’s car alone in an general budget to provide Stu- campus, and the lockdown was unknown direction. The vehicle dent Union with feedback on the A Washington University lifted at approximately 8:10 a.m. Tuesday night, a carjacking was last seen north on Union general budget. Engagement ses- employee was robbed on the plat- In a follow-up email, Executive was reported at the 6100 block of Boulevard near Page Avenue and sions will be held Feb. 8 at 3 p.m., form of the Big Bend MetroLink Vice Chancellor and Chief Admin- Waterman Ave at approximately was later found in a parking lot Feb. 14 at 5 p.m. and Feb. 22 at 3 station at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. istrative Officer Hank Webber 10:30 p.m. A student reported that near the intersection. p.m. in the SU office. 6. explained that the lockdown was when they were exiting their car, Glenn said he is unaware of Student Union hopes to have a The suspect left the station done “out of an abundance of they were approached by a subject whether the suspect has been high level of engagement around following the robbery and was caution.” with a handgun. caught or the student recovered the General Budget. initially believed to have fled to WUPD Police Chief Mark The subject demanded the their stolen belongings. “I would encourage stu- Danforth Campus. Due to this Glenn said that he was not aware student pass over their car keys, “We’ve been coordinating with dents to come out during concern, the Washington Uni- of any injuries to the university phone and wallet. According to St. Louis City Police Department general budget and voice their versity Police Department issued employee. The St. Louis County the student, there were three other to make sure that they have every- concerns, because after all it’s a campus lockdown around 7:45 Police MetroLink Unit is still inves- individuals in the vicinity at the thing, but we have not heard that our money—it’s everyone’s a.m. while officers searched for the tigating the robbery with WUPD time of the carjacking. No injuries suspect. assisting. were reported. SEE CARJACKING, PAGE 3 SEE BUDGET, PAGE 3 Physics department to add new astrophysics major, biophysics track in fall CURRAN NEENEN interdisciplinary majors can draw NEWS EDITOR students who might be in those fields to the physics department,” The Washington University Orden said. “That gets us a more physics department approved a diverse set of students.” new astrophysics major and a bio- Chair of the department’s physics track for physics majors. diversity committee professor The University approved Mairin Hynes said physics stu- the new astrophysics major for dents were expressing interest for fall 2019 last May. The physics more interdisciplinary programs. department faculty approved the “Students realize once you get biophysics track this week and it’s out there, you’re not just doing expected to be an option by fall physics, you’re blending different 2019 as well. things,” Hynes said. The push for expanded pro- Chair of SPS curriculum com- grams in the physics department mittee junior Austin Stover says began last year when the Society while diversity is important to of Physics Students (SPS) keep in mind, it wasn’t the only formed a curriculum commit- motivation for the creation of the tee to explore the creation of new programs. majors in biophysics and math- “I think the physics department ematical physics, as well as a new is actually fairly diverse compared astrophysics major. The phys- to a lot of the other science heavy ics department currently offers departments. The diversity prob- two minors in astrophysics and lem in the department is more astroparticle physics and biomedi- upper level, as in most of the pro- STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE cal physics. fessors are male,” Stover said. Crow Hall is home to the physics department. The physics department recently expanded physics program- SPS president senior Tyler Stover said the unanimous ming by offering two new majors. With the establishment of astrophysics and biophysics majors, the depart- Orden said the driving force approval of the new astrophys- ment aims to draw more female students to the department. behind the new programs was ics major is partially because department,” Stover said. “They the department yet. We’re still larger cohort of women in the for the mostly-male physics the physics department fac- actually wanted to make an astro- trying to find a professor who can department. department to draw more female ulty is heavily populated with physics major from the get-go.” take it up,” Stover said. “We’ll try “Once you have more equality, students. astrophysicists. According to Stover, a math- and talk to a bunch of the theoret- then more people will come in “The idea behind mathemat- “There’s certainly a bunch ematical physics program has yet ical physicists and see what they and build a community,” Hynes ics and biology is that there of research and classes in the to gain traction with faculty. think.” said. “We want people to feel like are greater percentages of department, because of the large “Mathematical physics hasn’t Hynes says she hopes the there’s something available for women in those fields; so, those number of astrophysicists in the gotten a ton of acceptance from new programs will foster a everyone.” CONTACT BY POST CONTACT BY EMAIL CONTACT BY PHONE ONE BROOKINGS DRIVE #1039 [email protected] NEWSROOM 314.935.5995 #320 DANFORTH UNIVERSITY CENTER [email protected] ADVERTISING 314.935.4240 ST. LOUIS, MO 63130-4899 [email protected] FAX 314.935.5938 2 STUDENT LIFE EMMA BAKER | SENIOR NEWS EDITOR | [email protected] THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019 WU hosts town hall meetings with Metro Transit to address theFLIPSIDE safety concerns, student needs THUR 7 FRI 8 SAT 9 SUN 10 RAIN/WIND SUNNY MOSTLY SUNNY RAIN/SNOW 51/11 25/12 35/27 37/27 NOAH SLAUGHTER The University part- Action Plan that will CONTRIBUTING REPORTER ners with Metro Transit implement measures like to provide students with creating a shared radio Washington University free U-Passes for the system between different EVENT CALENDAR will host four town hall MetroLink and MetroBus. police teams, updating meetings with Metro According to Vice camera systems and rede- THURSDAY 7 Transit this month, Chancellor for Operations signing some stations. enabling students, faculty and Technology Transfer Metro also hopes to and staff to receive infor- Dedric Carter, the two rebrand the transit system HomeGrown STL summit on black boys and young men mation and give feedback institutions worked in a more positive light. Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum, 8 a.m. about recent and upcom- together regularly over the Additionally, Metro The HomeGrown STL third Regional Summit on Black Boys and Young Men: “Build- ing changes to the Metro past two years. plans to redesign its bus ing Capacity for Community and System Change” will take place in Hillman Hall. The system and about their “There’s a lot of work routes, effective this com- summit will focus on HomeGrown STL’s goals and outcomes for stakeholders and the partnership. on this just on a daily ing fall, to shorten wait agencies involved. Sponsored by the Brown School’s Center for Social Development.