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PAGES 2 & 3 PAGES 4-7 STUDENT LIFE the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since eighteen seventy-eight Vol. 131, No. 83 www.studlife.com Monday, May 10, 2010 MATTTT LANANTER | STS UDENU T LLIFE One Brookings Drive #1039 Newsroom: (314) 935-5995 Editor: [email protected] Please #330 Danforth University Center Advertising: (314) 935-6713 News: [email protected] St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 Fax: (314) 935-5938 Calendar: [email protected] Recycle 2 STUDENT LIFE | PHOTO Photo Editor / Matt Lanter / [email protected] MONDAY | MAY 10, 2010 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR PAUL GOEDEKE | STUDENT LIFE MATT MITGANG| STUDENT LIFE CEDRIC XIA | STUDENT LIFE MATT MITGANG | STUDENT LIFE JOSH GOLDMAN | STUDENT LIFE MONDAY | MAY 10, 2010 Photo Editor / Matt Lanter / [email protected] STUDENT LIFE | PHOTO 3 MATT LANTER | STUDENT LIFE CHRISTOPHER LO | TEAM 31 MATT MITGANG | STUDENT LIFE JOHN HERGENROEDER | STUDENT LIFE LUCY MOORE| STUDENT LIFE 4 STUDENT LIFE | NEWS NEWSNews Editor / Michelle Merlin / [email protected] MONDAY | MAY 10, 2010 Senior Year: So Fo Ho, Mother’s Men and tomatoes Lauren Olens among other things. class decided to take a stand News Editor At the same time, University against discrimination. After dis- lecturer Jeff Smith resigned from cussion with the management, the his Mo. Senate seat and dropped bar agreed to publicly apologize The 2009-2010 school year his course for the semester after to the seniors and require diver- began with the transformation of he was charged and convicted for sity training for its employees. the South 40 and was highlighted obstruction of justice. Furthering the quest for diver- by student activism and campus Students, however, still took sity, Student Union Senate passed controversy. an active role in community a resolution to form the Diver- The year began with the open- life. WU/FUSED (Washington sity Affairs Council. Treasury ing of the new South 40 House, University for Undergraduate rejected the council the same which included not only soph- Socioeconomic Diversity) was week, but involved students did omore housing but also a wide founded on campus, and by the not give up and brought the issue selection of new dining options, end of the year, it grew to become to the University’s spring elec- including new grill items, a com- a part of U/FUSED (United for tions, allowing it to fi nally pass fort food station and a kosher Undergraduate Socioeconomic and become a part of Student station. Construction on the South Diversity), a multi-university Union’s structure. 40 proceeded around the Swamp initiative. Controvery on campus to fi nish building several new, As the year continued, many continued when Bon Appétit modern dorms. seniors attended their class trip stopped providing tomatoes to Despite the construction on to Chicago. During the trip, six the University community from both the 40 and the Danforth black students possibly became November through March. The Campus, which focused on new victims of discrimmination after Florida tomato farms were not engineering buildings, the Uni- Mother’s Night Club Original paying their tomato-pickers liv- versity made budget cuts in other Bar denied them admission to the ing wages, so Bon Appétit took areas. The recovering but still bar, citing a no baggy jeans pol- its own stand against this issue. hard hit endowment prompted icy. The seniors responded with a By springtime, the food service the decision to close the Center protest the next morning near the giant was able to purchase toma- MATT MITGANG | STUDENT LIFE for Ethics and Human Values by bar, but they refused to stop at that toes from farmers who met the the end of the year and alter the The Mother’s Men address a crowd of over 300 at town hall style meeting on October 26. At the small gesture. After much discus- meeting, students discussed the prevalence of racism locally in addition to the possible incident at degree of landscaping on campus, sion back on campus, the senior See SENIOR, page 6 Mother’s Night Club Original Bar. Junior year: Debate, election and an ill economy Dan Woznica Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., area houses to register vot- Matthews.” Palin had succeeded in prov- the election. Students focused Managing Editor surprised the country by ers while Bon Appétit started Several students entered ing her knowledge of national on campaigning for vari- picking Sarah Palin, the little- selling political party-themed into a heated argument with and international politics. ous political issues including known Republican governor elephant and donkey sugar some non-students in the Following the debate, just The year began with the of Alaska, to be his running cookies. crowd carrying McCain-Palin over a month remained before See JUNIOR, page 5 opening of the Danforth Uni- mate. The excitement culminated signs, which the students felt versity Center, Washington Palin was transformed on Oct. 2, when thousands of deliberately misrepresented University’s new LEED Gold- into a celebrity almost over- media personnel converged on the views of the University’s certified sustainable student night, ensuring that the campus to cover the vice-pres- student body. center, and Seigle Hall, a new vice-presidential debate on the idential debate. The night of the debate, law and undergraduate build- University’s campus in Octo- During the day, students more than 400 students with ing on the west end of campus. ber would become one of the rubbed shoulders with well- winning lottery numbers On the South 40, construction most exciting moments in the known journalists, politicians entered into the Athletic Com- began on two new buildings— year’s historic election cycle. and media personalities, plex’s ultra-secure debate hall, new Wohl center (now South In the weeks before the including Katie Couric, John where PBS newscaster Gwen 40 House) and new Umrath media stormed campus, the Oliver from “The Daily Ifill moderated the debate Hall. University saw a surge in Show,” Howard Dean, Rudy between Biden and Palin on Soon after students arrived political awareness and activ- Giuliani and Joe Lieberman. matters of domestic and for- on campus, then-Sen. Barack ism among students. Student A large crowd of stu- eign policy. Obama, D-Ill., announced via Union allocated $55,000 for dents gathered behind a stage After the debate, the text message that then-Sen. student programming related set up outside Graham Cha- general consensus from politi- Joe Biden, D-Del., was to be to the election. Students from pel, where MSNBC filmed cians, pundits and students on his running mate in the presi- all ends of the political spec- live news coverage and epi- campus was that both candi- dential race. One week later, trum canvassed dorms and sodes of “Hardball with Chris dates had argued well and that SAM GUZIK | STUDENT LIFE The two vice presidential nominees of 2008, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, debated on Oct. 2 at the Athletic Complex. Y OUR PLAC E FO R C ENTRAL L O FT L I VING $500 off your 1st month present this coupon, 1 per lease. offer expires May 1, 2010 CONGRATS TO THE 2010 GRADUATES— NOW, CHILLAX! The coolest frozen yogurt shop is now open. 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Other websites Sustainability rose to the blanketed in over six inches of The Student Union (SU) Talk’s concert there. such as Facebook were in the forefront of the campus debate, snow in March. Classes were executive board was elected WUPD had its hands full this spotlight for gathering personal as groups like Green Action led not cancelled because of the mostly unopposed and encoun- This school year started with school year as multiple robber- information of users and selling the charge for greener facilities. snowstorm. A 5.2-magnitude tered the 2008-2009 budget students protesting the Student ies occurred over winter break it to companies. Bear’s Den now had silverware, earthquake rocked St. Louis in controversy upon taking offi ce. Technology Fee rate hike. As in the Myers and Hurd dorms. Several construction proj- and the sustainable garden cre- the middle of April, surprising Several student groups mobi- the year progressed, tensions Many students became more ects were completed or neared ated by the Burning Kumquat many members of the commu- lized their supporters to make cooled as Student Technology conscious of their surroundings completion this year. The new took root. Green Action’s Sus- nity. Squirrels were reported to their voices heard as the bud- Services backed off and wire- after a freshman was mugged at 560 Music Center debuted in a tainabilitree joined the ranks have attacked several students get was passed by Treasury less internet gradually became gunpoint on the South 40.