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Unseasonable severe weather came through the St. Louis area Sunday night, causing disruption for students living on campus.

Graduating international students with student visas have only a short time to find jobs in the U.S. before no longer being able to reside here legally.

On March 1, faculty at Webster voted in favor of an alternative general education plan for new and prospective students.

Dressed in white Tyvek sanitary suits, members of the Webster Students for Environmental Sustainability (WSES) jumped into dumpsters in the rain and waded through the trash in search of bags of garbage last Saturday.

Around 12:45 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21, the power went out in parts of Webster Groves and Shrewsbury.

A panel discussion on Black History Month drew a full crowd and passionate opinions about black culture on Feb. 22 in the Presentation Room of the University Center.

After receiving complaints from teachers and students about email performance issues, information technology (IT) put a three-step program in place to fix the problem.

Promoting global citizenship is more than jet-setting across the country, speaking six different languages or wearing a ‘global citizenship’ badge. On Feb. 8, Webster University held a Global Citizenship Forum, allowing students in any of its campuses to log in online and give their opinion of what it means to be a global citizen.

Since mid-January, Webster faculty has experienced technical difficulties with the one and only server for the University. 3,400 worldwide faculty and staff whose Webster email resided on the POP server.

Since 1996, Webster University has led a campaign through a program called UNITE to educate middle school and high school students who have gotten into trouble with drugs or alcohol.

Webster University closed for two days due to the heavy snow and ice that fell on the area. The snow days caused the flow of some classes to be disrupted. The snow has forced teachers to cram everything they had planned into one class or cut it out all together.

Hanan Rahman, a sophomore double majoring in legal studies and human rights, and five other Arab-Americans spoke with Senator Claire McCaskill’s regional director Michelle Sherod to express their discontent with U.S. military aid to Egypt.

Meramec, a St. Louis Community College campus located in Kirkwood, is a primary source of transfers for Webster because of its proximity. More students transfer to Webster from Meramec than any other community college.

Three crimes are now under investigation by the Webster Groves Police Department after multiple cars were broken into on the Webster Groves campus.

About 70 student leaders attended the spring 2011 Officers’ Summit, held in the Sunnen Lounge. The main issue students were concerned with was the condition of academic facilities and how they could be improved, which received 46 votes.

Construction on Marletto’s Marketplace, the largest restaurant on Webster University’s main campus, is being completed after several months of delays. Among the improvements made to the eatery were new hallways, a pathway from Loretto Hall and Webster Hall, new windows and doors and a newly landscaped courtyard.