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Local news stations broadcast live, as the nurses and community members rally behind them, saying, “We want a contract.”

SLU-SSM nurses hold vigil for patient safety amidst nine months without a contract

Nivindee Fernando, Contributor March 5, 2024

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital nurses called for a fair contract and better working conditions at a vigil on Feb. 29. The nurses have been without a contract for eight months and say a...

Meet the 2024-2025 SGA Candidates

Brooke Kenworthy, SGA Election Commissioner February 26, 2024

Presidential Candidates Reueline Arulanandam Hello Billikens! My name is Reueline Arulanandam (she/her) and I am a junior studying Public Health with minors in Political Science and Urban...

Q&A with 2024-2025 SGA candidates

Brooke Kenworthy, SGA Election Commissioner February 26, 2024

Presidential Candidates Nikolay Remizov What are your goals for this position?  My fellow students, as we embark upon this journey together, let us hold fast to the dream that every voice...

Economist Julianne Malveaux speaks at a briefing held by the Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved on Feb. 8, 2024. Malveaux helped the group calculate the value of wages for enslaved people who labored at Saint Louis University.

Descendants of enslaved people who helped build SLU want compensation, recognition

Zekhra Gafurova, Ulaa Kuziez, and Lauren Hutchens February 23, 2024

The descendants of enslaved people who helped build Saint Louis University argue the institution owes them upwards of $74 billion in restitution for their ancestors’ stolen labor and wealth.   At...

Woody is two-year-old English Labrador Retriever whose job is to play with and support people at SLU. He is photographed at the Simon Recreation Center on Jan. 25, 2024.

Meet Duo Dog Woody, SLU’s new facility dog

Sky Carroll, Senior Writer February 22, 2024

Depending on where you meet him, Duo Dog Woody will be ready to cater to whatever you need at that moment. He might bring you a toy, come up to you for pets or just sit with you in comfort.  Woody,...

Overview of excavation site in Italy, led by Saint Louis University team.
(Photo by Douglas Boin / Spello Project)

SLU Professor makes archaeological breakthrough in Italy

Grant Bellchamber, Senior Writer February 22, 2024

A team in Italy led by Douglas Boin, a professor in Saint Louis University’s History Department, excavated three walls belonging to an Ancient Roman Cult Temple in the summer of 2023, a discovery with...

Houses that line Shaw neighborhood, packed with cars as people return home for the day.

Gentrification transforms the Shaw Neighborhood

Lauren Hutchens, News Editor February 21, 2024

The Shaw Neighborhood, previously deemed unwelcoming to outsiders, has undergone a profound transformation, now emerging as an up-and-coming area due to gentrification. The gentrification in the South...

Humphreys Restaurant & Tavern sits on the corner of Spring Street and Laclede directly across from SLUs campus.

Aggressive incident at Humphrey’s shocks community

Kaleb Yu, Contributor February 18, 2024

Updated on Feb. 19 at 6:38 p.m. to include information provided by Humphrey's management. A previous version of the story named the bar owner but the name has been removed at the request of the individual.   After...

American flag flipped upside down saying, Boeing killed 20,000+ and counting on the railing in front of the Richard A. Chaifetz Business School on Feb. 9. (The University News / Lauren Hutchens)

Chaifetz School of Business locks down, shutting out protestors’ calls to cut ties with Boeing

Owen Herdrick and Lauren Hutchens February 13, 2024

To protest Saint Louis University's partnership with Boeing and Israel’s persistent bombing of Gaza, around 70 people gathered in front of the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business on Feb. 9. The...

SLU Omkara onstage at the Origins Championship at UCSD.

SLU’s Omkara competes in national Indian classical dance championship in San Diego

Aditya Gunturu, Staff Writer February 12, 2024

As students were beginning to return to campus, a group of Saint Louis University student dancers were preparing for their biggest event yet. On Jan. 14, Omkara, SLU's classical Indian dance team, traveled...

Students decorated the sidewalks outside Simon Recreation Center with chalk during their Wellness Day on Feb. 9 (Shah Shamsipour / The University News)

SLUdents take off for the fourth university wide Wellness Day

Shah Shamsipour, Staff Writer February 11, 2024

Students dedicated their Friday to wellness while enjoying the day off. For SLU’s fourth Wellness Day, the university arranged 10 events ranging from an art creation station to gardening. The first...

A technical glitch compromosied the safety of residents living on Spring Halls fourth floor.

Technical glitch allowed all student ID cards to open rooms on a Spring Hall floor

Ulaa Kuziez, News Editor January 31, 2024

Keycard scanners malfunctioned in Spring Hall and temporarily compromised the safety of residents living on the hall’s fourth floor.  The technical malfunction allowed any student ID card to open...

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