Below are my writing samples from Student Life, Washington University's independent, student-run newspaper. I began as a staff writer in the fall of 2016, transitioning to Junior News Editor spring 2017, Senior News Editor winter 2018, and Director of Special Projects fall 2019. To view my writing samples from The Cape Cod Chronicle, please click here.
Fight for $15 rally interrupts Chancellor Wrighton’s Parent & Family Weekend address
October 28, 2018
Washington University Graduate Workers Union rallied and marched into Chancellor Mark Wrighton’s Parent & Family Weekend address to deliver a petition with approximately 1,300 signatures supporting raised wages for campus workers Oct. 27...
Title Mine and WUGWU show support at McDonald’s #MeToo protest
September 20, 2018
St. Louis McDonald’s employees rallied in a national protest inspired by the #MeToo movement Tuesday. Members of Title Mine and the Washington University Graduate Workers Union (WUGWU) attended the protest in solidarity...
Wrighton to consider creation of transparency committee
March 26, 2018
Chancellor Mark Wrighton met with undergraduate representatives from Fossil Free WashU and Washington University for Undergraduate Socio-Economic Diversity to discuss the creation of a transparency committee to increase accountability in the University’s investment, endowment and socioeconomic diversity...
Graduate students forge ahead
November 16, 2017
Despite being stalled in their unionization process due to 174 challenged votes, graduate students continued to put pressure on the administration by rallying outside Brookings Hall...
Graduate students begin vote on unionization, face administration opposition
October 26, 2017
Voting to determine whether graduate students will unionize—an issue complicated by Washington University’s multiple emails to graduate students and faculty that were perceived by some students as discouraging and anti-union—began Oct. 25 and will continue Oct. 26...
Protesters take to Loop after Stockley verdict
September 18, 2017
Protests broke out on the Delmar Loop Saturday following the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a white former St. Louis police officer who was found not guilty of murdering Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old black man, while on duty in December 2011...
Graduate students rally, file for election with National Labor Relations Board
September 18, 2017
Washington University graduate students gathered at a rally outside the Danforth University Center and marched toward Brookings Hall in order to speak with administrators about their plans to unionize through the Service Employees International Union on Thursday, Sept. 14. The following day, the group filed for election to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board...
Unionization focus shifts from lecturers to graduate students
August 31, 2017
This past April, Washington University lecturers planned to unionize under the Service Employees International Union Local 1, an organization through which adjunct faculty unionized in April 2016. Although lecturers were gaining momentum in the spring, the vote failed to go through, and the discussion ended with the Service Employees International Union Local 1 this summer...
Lecturers consider union representation, administration pushes back
April 27, 2017
Lecturers at Washington University are set to vote on union representation by the Service Employees International Union Local 1. About 120 non-tenure track, full-time faculty members will vote on union representation to achieve better working conditions and increased benefits that typically are granted to tenured and tenure-track faculty members...
Debate stand-ins prepare for WU-hosted presidential debate
October 10, 2016
Not many college students can say that they have stood in the same spot as a presidential candidate or had a hand in preparing the stage for a debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but four Washington University students were given the once in a lifetime opportunity to act as stand-ins for the candidates and moderators of Sunday night’s debate...
A life well-lived: A conversation with Bill T. Jones
September 29, 2016
A genius. An innovator. A legend. These are all titles that world-renowned choreographer Bill T. Jones has received throughout his career. Jones will be presented with the Washington University International Humanities Medal today, an award given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the world of letters or the arts...