The University News

09/08/2024

“U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved the sale of $20 billion dollars worth of military equipment to Israel on August 13.”

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✍️ Joseph Glaser

09/08/2024

09/04/2024

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09/03/2024

“If you were walking down West Pine Boulevard the morning of August 24th, it was impossible to do so without being stopped by one of the 200+ university clubs participating in SLU’s annual Involvement Fair.”

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✍️ Aditya Gunturu
📷 Aditya Gunturu

08/30/2024

“Career preparedness is one thing, but many agree that stories are the most important element gained from the college experience. Stories meant to be shared that portray the reality of the human condition. There are so many different stories all around you in college. You meet people who become your best friends in a week, yet once their true colors are revealed, you find them unbearable. You meet people with no concept of money because they have had the privilege of always being “comfortable,” and others who have to pretend they have money to fit in. Then you meet people who work two jobs and can still barely afford the cost of living but make it work for the promise of a better future. Sitting next to them is the student with a 2.0 GPA, who thinks college is stupid and doesn’t need to care because they have a well-paying pseudo-job set aside through familial connections.”

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✍️ Joseph Glaser

08/30/2024

Read two new opinion articles at unewsonline.com written by Julián B. García.

08/30/2024

“There is political violence coming from both the left and the right, and it has made America more divided than ever. But throughout all of this, one thing is certain: as Americans, we must unite against the threat of political violence, advocate for peaceful discourse and stand together in upholding the values that define our nation. Only by rejecting violence can we hope to maintain the integrity of our political system and our society.”

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✍️ Anthony Laurenceau
📷 Evan Vucci/AP

08/27/2024

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08/06/2024

“As college students, we have not taken the initiative to learn about the city we reside in, and Saint Louis University has failed to educate us on it. The boastful city of St. Louis is the pinnacle of beauty and waste. Filled with abandoned homes, the city neglects its potential by letting them rot depending on the economic status of each block. St. Louis is choosy. Street by street you feel the difference, and this can be easily seen just around SLU’s campus as well.”

“One of the more popular areas in the city, the Delmar Loop, attracts many St. Louis residents, particularly Washington University and SLU students. The street blossoms with color and attractions. As you walk with friends, you will notice a variety of shops such as record stores, tattoo parlors, art shops, clothing stores and other miscellaneous things. In my experience, Delmar flaunts with character and music.”

“Though, there are some things you will not see on the websites gushing about the greatness of the Delmar Loop, and that is that its bright neon signs pull the light away from the bleak and stark reality that it signifies the greatest racial divide in the United States.”

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✍️ Lauren Hutchens
📷 KSDK

08/05/2024

Read The University News articles about the upcoming Presidential election from writers Joseph Glaser and Aditya Gunturu.

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08/05/2024

“From the very first frame, it is clear that director Osgood Perkins attempts to create something different with ‘Longlegs.’ While the film may have all the trappings of the classic horror movies that came before it, such as, a mysterious killer, supernatural tendencies and a protagonist with an unknown past, the film is much more than a classic horror. It is something completely new, giving the audience levels of fear that must be seen to be believed. 

‘Longlegs’ follows the rookie FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) as she attempts to catch the notorious serial killer, Longlegs (Nicolas Cage), a mysterious murderer who managed to kill numerous families without leaving a single sign of his presence behind. While this plot may seem basic, Perkins manages to elevate this film by embellishing one important aspect: cinematography.”

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✍️ Aditya Gunturu
📷 Hollywood Reporter

05/03/2024

“Employees at Saint Louis University claim the university continues to offer an ‘unacceptable wage package,’ one that they have overwhelmingly turned down three times as SLU’s negotiation team offers little change.

The employees consist of Service Employees International Union local 1 janitors, ground and maintenance crew workers on campus. They claim as a collective that they are being underappreciated by the university despite ensuring a clean and safe campus environment.

About 25 union workers gathered in front of the Busch Student Center on Thursday, April 25, in protest of SLU’s wage package and subsections within the contract.”

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✍️ Lauren Hutchens
📷 Arthur Simoes

05/03/2024

“Approximately 500 SLU students filled the Wool Ballroom in the Busch Student Center after waiting patiently in line to see transgender social media influencer and activist Dylan Mulvaney at Saint Louis University on April 22. Protests erupted at Mulvaney’s arrival, supporting and disproving her presence.

While students were picking out their seats, a group of about 15 protestors were gathered outside, holding up signs that read ‘God! Help Us!’ and chanting Catholic prayers.

Michael Gomez, a protestor and National Guardsman not affiliated with SLU attended the event in protest of Mulvaney’s presence on campus.

‘We’re protesting today because a man will never be a woman and a woman will never be a man. Despite how many shots, hormones, or surgeries one gets, there is no such thing as switching genders. God loves us all. He made us in his image,’ Gomez said.”

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✍️ Ashlyn Jones
📷 Ashlyn Jones

05/03/2024

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Be sure to grab a copy of the May Edition at a blue Kiosk around campus or check out the articles online!

05/02/2024

“A crowd of over 400 gathered Wednesday evening at Saint Louis University for a peaceful protest in solidarity with Palestine. Encampments and protests across the country have been met with police crackdowns and brutalization, like Washington University’s controversial response to a protest on its campus Saturday which resulted in the arrests of over 100 people.

SLU DPS and police made no arrests during the nearly three-hour protest, barring two detainments made at the end of the event from a personal conflict.

Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier said she worked with SLU President Fred Pestello to ensure the event did not escalate.

In a letter before the protest, Pestello promised SLU would ‘meet peace with peace’ so students could ‘engage in advocacy’ without disrupting SLU’s operations.”

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✍️ Owen Herdrick
📷 Lauren Hutchens

04/29/2024

“Cinema in 2024 has been off to a rocky start. ‘Argyle’ and ‘The Beekeeper’ were mindless action flicks with inane plots. ‘Madame Web’ did not inspire confidence in the new age of superhero movies, and streaming films like ‘Ricky Stanicky’ and ‘Lift’ made people even more wary of spending their already limited time watching something new. ‘Dune: Part Two,’ very thankfully, broke that trend. 

Frank Herbert’s genre-bending space opera ‘Dune’ was a book once called ‘impossible to adapt,’ according to Aaron Bady at Slate. David Fincher was unable to condense the story properly in 1984. George Harrison was held back by a TV budget in 2000. Denis Villeneuve, however, had the brilliant idea to split the book into two films. This meant that there would be a lot of time for the background information to be laid out and for the proper moments to shine. Shine they indeed have.”

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✍️ Aditya Gunturu
📷 Associated Press