Dominic Vogelbacher, '27 4/6/25 Dominic Vogelbacher, '27 4/6/25

Transgender Veteran Discusses Modern American Communications

Charlotte Clymer, a transgender veteran and activist, speaks on media communication.

“I firmly believe that there has never been a more difficult time for folks to enter the communications space,” remarked Charlotte Clymer to listeners at Washington and Lee’s Northen Auditorium.

Clymer, an Army veteran, activist, and communications consultant, spoke to students and community members on March 19, 2025. During the talk, Clymer advised listeners about effective communication strategies to get messages across.

Clymer pointed to America’s increasingly divided society as the most essential reason why communications is such a challenging field to enter right now. Clymer discussed the prevalence of “information shortcuts,” mental heuristics that create “an automatic assessment of someone or a situation based on one characteristic.”

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Sociology Professor Speaks On Cardi B and Trap Feminism

The talk covered black identities, trap feminist ideology and politics, and the white gaze.

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The W&L Political Review Returns to Campus

Students restart the Williams School academic journal after a hiatus.

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How DOGE Could Impact Virginia Elections This Fall

Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to federal workers could influence important state elections.

Dominic Vogelbacher, ‘27 and Wesley Mazzucco, ‘27 3/3/25 Dominic Vogelbacher, ‘27 and Wesley Mazzucco, ‘27 3/3/25

Challenges to the Proposed Institutional History Museum

W&L faculty, along with community leaders, express concern about the proposed museum.

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Art History Students Read Tarot Cards, View Nude Photos

Surrealism students read Tarot cards and are shown graphic sexual images.

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Vandalism at W&L’s LGBTQ+ Resource Center

On the morning of November 7, an act of vandalism was discovered in the Red House, W&L’s on-campus LGBTQ Resource Center. Spray paint-graffiti was found on an inside wall and a door.

The exact words used in the graffiti were erased, and have not been released to the public.

In an email to students, President Dudley asked the W&L community to support the “LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff whose facility was targeted in [the] incident” and stated that “there is no place for harassment, intimidation, or vandalism at Washington and Lee.”