In the early 1920s, 14 virtues were engraved on the Missouri House Chamber walls: knowledge, liberty, equality, law, justice, fraternity, education, progress, honor, truth, virtue, temperance, enterprise...
In August 2022, as part of a new law that banned "sexually explicit" content in schools, nearly 300 books were pulled off the shelves in Missouri. Across the nation, schools and districts everywhere went...
The clock ticked in deafening silence after Deputy Superintendent Tiffany Holman-Besse, a board member, made her opening statement. Fifteen participants mulled the question: “How does poor mental health...
Past the towering brown brick walls with spires pointing skyward inside the halls of Washington University’s labs, senior Lauren McLeod assists in carrying out the latest brain-development tests on children....
As the college application season continues, seniors all over the United States frantically perfect admission forms. Throughout this process, many students wonder how one controversial admission factor...
Addie Gleason, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• September 28, 2020
Student activism has been apparent for many years, however now it takes on a new look with restrictions from COVID-19. Students have had to adapt their ways of protesting to ensure safety while still fighting...
After realizing the impact of the pandemic, some students used their time off during the summer to volunteer for organizations supporting people in need.
In order to be safe, sophomore Nikita Bhaskar...
As the news and social media booms with awareness and activism towards the Black Lives Matter movement, communities across the country are taking steps to support the ongoing fight against racism.
“I...
![The battle of ingratiating Black history into the mainstream has been arduous, especially with the media’s capitalization on villainizing Black history. Underneath this vilification lies a history that is abundant in culture and has impacted America more than it is typically credited with. “Representation is [a] really big [deal], and people want to do things that they can see themselves being represented in. I think that a lot of African Americans — and a lot of students in general — don’t know how rich the history of Black [people] is in America,” senior and Black Student Union president Lauren McLeod said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/vilificationofblackhistoryfeatured.png)
![At the entrance to Washington University, senior Lauren McLeod poses in front of her workplace. Through her internship at Washington University’s Social Cognition and Development lab McLeod exposed herself to a possible future career field. “I'm hoping to work on similar research, major in cognitive science, and expand more in [this] topic. This [opportunity] has impacted my life in a lot of [different] ways,” McLeod said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image1-900x542.jpg)
