School Board Refines “Sexually Explicit” Policy
A second month of deliberation revises superintendent's draft, which still lacks board consensus
Students, Professors Shelter in Glass Box
Trapped inside the glass entryway to the Stemmons Plaza entrance of Tucker Hall, two professors and two students hunkered down as they awaited updates from the university’s emergency alert system in the late afternoon of Wednesday, November 1, 2023.
Would W&L have protected students had the threat been real?
70% of mass shootings end within 5 minutes. Yet 19 minutes passed before law enforcement arrived at Washington and Lee University on Wednesday, November 1 in response to a violent threat. Had the threat been carried out during that lengthy interval, how much harm could an attacker have inflicted?
The Bureaucratic Quashing of Free Speech
The University can deter events through vague rules, despite pro-speech statements.
An Interview With Professor Lynn Uzzell
Before the first class of each semester, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics, Lynn Uzzell, asks her students a question: “What do you think is the most pressing political problem in America today?”
Students and Community Honor 9/11 Victims
Third annual memorial service places thousands of flags and spotlights passed alumni…