Thursday, June 8, 2023

Behind the Scenes of the Webster COVID-19 Task Force

The COVID-19 Task Force has been responsible for keeping students and staff updated all semester.  By: Charlotte Renner As Webster University students, along with faculty and...

Coronavirus could cause major impacts for SLIAC schools

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner Dick Kaiser saw collegiate games get canceled after 9/11. He remembered a campus measles outbreak canceling a team’s...

Connecting with Students in the Age of COVID-19

Graphic by Nermina Ferkić When the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the United States in January 2020, nobody could have predicted the aftermath....

COVID-19 affects Webster Groves, the first few weeks in photos

On March 11, Webster University announced all classes would move online until April 3 in response to the coronavirus outbreak. However, as the situation...

UPDATED: Incoming freshmen remain positive despite uncertainty during COVID-19

“Going in as a freshman, knowing that everyone's going through this together, I feel like it's really going to help me there as a...

Historians Seek Stories of the Pandemic

By Sarah Hammeke The COVID -19 pandemic and its impact on society will forever be in the history books as the Missouri Historical Society (MHS)...

National Collegiate Athletic Association grants extra season to student-athletes

Webster students have been granted an extra season of their spring sport. Seniors are left deciding what to do after planning on graduating this...

Webster gives students choice on pass/fail grading

Webster students have the option to make any of their courses pass/fail until April 24. Webster University adjusted its pass/fail policy for the spring semester...

Webster announces remote learning for summer 2020 courses

Webster University's summer 2020 classes will now be held online. The decision was announced by the COVID-19 Task Force on April 9. Today, Webster’s COVID-19...

Film majors conquer challenges caused by campus closure

While the Webster University campus has been closed, film major Brooke Kinsley has focused on film making. Other film majors, however, feel the shutdown...

Work-study students relieved about pay during COVID-19

Many work study students have been unable to work after Webster University shut down its main campus. One week ago, the COVID-19 Task Force...

Local store Blue Dahlia Designs restructures business to survive

Mother and daughter duo Angie and Alyssa Mangan opened their dream interior design store last August. Now, COVID-19 caused them to rethink how they...

Webster launches World Report Podcast

“The idea behind the program was to create a form of electronic communication that would add to the sense of community in these times...

BREAKING: Recent Webster graduate dies from COVID-19

Mohammad Ahmad Zain, a 2019 graduate of the Walker School of Business and Technology, passed away on April 1. A recent Webster graduate, Mohammad Ahmad...

All parks in St. Louis County to close this Friday

Well, there goes that shred of happiness. St. Louis County announced in a release Thursday night that it will close all public parks starting Friday...

Third member of Conservatory diagnosed with COVID-19

The employee noticed the symptoms as they self-quarantined. All 54 people on the trip were asked to isolate themselves when they came back from...