Aliana Mediratta

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‘Educate and Elevate’: ABS events during Black History Month

2 months ago | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

This February, the Association of Black Students (ABS) has a lineup of events centered around education and elevating Black students at WashU. From a Super Bowl watch party to a panel with Black law professionals, sophomore and ABS President Spencer Snipe hopes to engage the whole WashU community this month. “When we first met as an Executive Board last spring following our election, we made it imperative to have meaningful and consistent programming throughout the year,” Snipe told Student Life.
Athlete of the Week: Sprinter Jasmine Wright talks training, motivation, and pre-race music

2 months ago | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

Junior Jasmine Wright has entered her third track season at WashU with a bang. Wright was recently named University Athletic Association (UAA) Athlete of the Week and just took first at the John Croft Invitational with a time of 7.71 seconds in the 60 meter dash. Wright sat down with Student Life to discuss how her team pushes her to do better, her goals for the future, and what songs she’s bumping before a meet. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Be there or be square: Why you need to show up to sports games this semester

Jan 16, 2025 | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

Towards the end of last semester, on the weekends, there was one place you could count on me being — Francis Field, watching the WashU women’s soccer team absolutely dominate. As the soccer season carried into the cooler months and my halftime snack went from a hot dog to hot chocolate, excitement in the stands grew. With the team’s sights set on the program’s second-ever national championship, every playoff game brought higher stakes. Would the Bears keep up their unbeaten regular-season streak?
It’s time to start walking the walk

Dec 3, 2024 | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

On any given night, if you ask me to pick one of the best parts of my day, I am liable to talk about my walk home from campus. I live on Waterman Boulevard, which is basically the Narnia of off-campus housing even though it’s only a mile and a half away. It takes roughly 20 minutes from the moment I step out of my door to when I sit down in McMillan for my 10 a.m., which feels like an hour now that it’s starting to get chilly out.
Professor no longer teaching organic chemistry amidst allegations of inappropriate touching

Nov 21, 2024 | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

Editor’s note: This article contains discussion of sexual violence. Resources and helplines can be found at the bottom of the piece. Amidst allegations of inappropriate, non-consensual touching from multiple students, Associate Professor of Chemistry Jonathan Barnes is no longer teaching his section of organic chemistry for the rest of the semester, as of Nov. 14.
Man who vandalized South 40 underpass receives two years probation

Oct 23, 2024 | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

One of the vandals who defaced a Black history mural on the South 40 underpass with white supremacist messaging in December of 2021 was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation Tuesday morning. Mitchell Wagner — a 24-year-old white man from Florissant, Mo. — was arrested in January 2022 and subsequently charged with felony first-degree property damage after surveillance footage showed him and three others vandalizing the mural. Wagner was the only individual who was identified and charged.
Sexual misconduct survey shows statistics about assault and harassment

Oct 21, 2024 | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

WashU released the results of a survey Monday morning detailing lower numbers of sexual assault and harassment on campus compared to statistics from five years ago. Alongside nine other universities, WashU participated in the Higher Education Sexual Misconduct and Awareness survey, which was available to any student obtaining a degree at WashU in the spring 2024 semester.
Honey spill attracts swarm of 1,000 bees outside Olin Library

Sep 26, 2024 | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

Students looking out of the window at Olin Library to see the buzz on campus were in for a sight on Wednesday afternoon: a swarm of a thousand bees, yellow tape, and multiple police cars. The cause of the sticky situation? A few jars of spilled honey. WashU Hillel Rabbi Jordan Gerson said that it was a new experience for him, as he watched a beekeeper move insects off the table where Hillel had put out apples and honey as part of a Rosh Hashanah snack spread.
Connection Lost: What WashU is Doing to Fix its Wi-Fi

Sep 26, 2024 | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

If you’re a student at WashU, you’re likely familiar with the struggle of staying connected to one of the schools many Wi-Fi networks: from eduroam, to wustl-guest, to wustl-encrypted-2.0 and back again. Over the past year, WashU steadily made updates to its Wi-Fi in hopes that students and staff alike can have a more seamless Wi-Fi experience, but students still report some technical difficulties.
Resolution calling to disarm WUPD, drop student suspensions, and for Chancellor Martin’s resignation is passed by Senate, vetoed by SU President

Sep 12, 2024 | studlife.com | Aliana Mediratta

Student Union (SU) Senate passed a resolution calling for WashU to drop suspension cases against students and faculty, disarm the WashU Police Department, and create an Indigenous Studies department, Sept. 10. The resolution, which passed 11-7 with two abstentions, also called for Chancellor Andrew Martin to resign from his post. On the morning of Sept. 12, senior and SU President Hussein Amuri vetoed the resolution, saying that it would divide the student body.