Category / Wash U & St. Louis / Wash U & St. Louis 2020
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Productivity and Pandemic: Reflections from a Wash U Senior
Warm afternoons sitting on Mudd Field, picnicking on Art Hill or strolling down the Loop. Readings that didn’t really matter anymore, lazy mornings with my roommates, and final adventures exploring the parts of St. Louis that our too-busy schedules had not allowed for up to this point. This is how I had imagined the final…
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Helping our Community in a Post COVID-19 World
In 2020, the world has turned into what could serve as a backdrop to a dystopian science fiction novel I read in middle school. Unnaturally quiet metropolitan hubs, shuttered retail businesses, and empty school campuses are now the norm, as well as overwhelmed hospitals and long grocery lines. And while there isn’t an alien invasion…
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Serendipity
Look forward, Merry May, yes, now. Last October, I got into the habit of chasing the setting sun. Riding my bike forward as fast as I could, I felt my fast punching heart, the speedy wind crossing through my hair, and the blurry sceneries I left behind. I fixed my eyes at the sunset, resisting…
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The Slowest Death: Charities
With each day, more discoveries are made which expose newer ways in which the coronavirus is, either directly or indirectly, impacting the lives of every single person on the planet. One of the worst impacted groups—which usually gets some of the least coverage—is international charities. High levels of anxiety, hope, instability, and joy have marked…
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A Plan for the Worst
COVID-19 has already uprooted Wash U’s 2020 Spring Semester, with in-person classes canceled for the remainder of the semester and most students sent home. Wash U has also shifted Summer classes online, and grim as it may seem, administrators and students should begin planning for the possibility that the pandemic may continue to pose an…
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How Public Schools Can Better Fight Food Insecurity
Exposure to nutritious food is something many of us, as university students, take for granted. Dining halls, from which we can get a balanced meal at the swipe of an ID card, are littered throughout campus and restaurants and supermarkets are not far away. Unfortunately, our privilege of having access to a diverse range of…
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The Invisible Struggles of Refugees During the Coronavirus
Emotions of disbelief and distress are rocking the WashU community as the coronavirus pandemic forces virtually all undergraduates to return to our childhood homes and transition precipitously to online instruction. Uncertainty surrounding work and housing arrangements, an inability to see loved ones, and restricted movement detrimentally affects our health and emotional well being. Although this…
