Active Minds sponsors Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Washington and Lee’s chapter of Active Minds sponsored Eating Disorder Awareness Week from March 1-4. The week’s featured event was the student panel on March 4. Held in Stackhouse Theater, the panel...
View ArticleBlue Phoenix Cafe set to open
Looking for another option to eat healthy, local food with friends in town? The Blue Phoenix Cafe & Market is a vegetarian café and market that is projected to open on Monday, March 7. Blue Phoenix...
View ArticleQuestioning Honor
Over the course of five issues, the Phi will cover the beloved Honor System that is synonymous with Washington and Lee. While the Honor System has given most students a feeling of safety and trust on...
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Student cars and residence target of anti-gay graffiti
Anti-gay sentiments were found early Thursday morning spray-painted on four Washington and Lee student cars and the doors of a student residence, indicating an act of vandalism. Washington and Lee...
View ArticleLegally Blonde hits the stage
Washington and Lee student performers recently broke out their best pink attire and belted the familiar tunes of “Omigod You Guys” in this year’s exuberant Bentley musical: Legally Blonde. From March...
View ArticleSaying thanks to donors
Washington and Lee’s Office of Annual Giving sponsored W&L’s first annual Say Thanks Week from March 7-10. During Say Thanks Week, students, faculty and staff had the opportunity to stop by Commons...
View ArticleA “sweet” lecture on candy
Do you expect to consume tons of jelly beans on Easter? Do you wonder what makes jelly beans chewy and sticky? Richard W. Hartel, a food engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and...
View ArticleIMs give students chance to play during spring term
Spring Term at Washington and Lee University is a time of relaxation, intense classes… and lots of free time. Director of Campus Recreation Ray Ellington says he thinks W&L students should get...
View ArticleTennis team aces start to season
The Washington and Lee men’s tennis team is off to a hot start to the spring season, winning six of their first eight matches. The Generals are doing more than just winning, they are decimating their...
View ArticleMen’s Lax buries Mary Washington
A.J. Witherell, ‘19, tallied five goals and one assist to lead the Washington and Lee men’s lacrosse team to an 11-6 victory over Mary Washington on March 9. The Generals jumped out to a 4-0 lead...
View ArticleAfter tough opening schedule, women’s lax hopes to improve
The Washington and Lee women’s lacrosse team shook off a rough start and recorded its first win of 2016 on March 9. The Gennies opened the season on a four game losing streak, including two close calls...
View ArticleGolf tees off spring season
The Washington & Lee Men’s Golf team opened its spring season in Pine Mountain, Ga. at the Callaway Gardens Intercollegiate, hosted by Berry College. W&L finished in eleventh out of 17 teams...
View ArticleGeneral of the Week: Kyle Ruedisili
Phi: What made you want to start playing baseball? KR: I’ve loved playing ball ever since the tee-ball days with my dad and my older brother, Kody. Phi: Where do you think the team has improved this...
View ArticleAdLib Conference provides fresh perspective for students
Washington and Lee alumni who work in advertising, marketing and communications returned to their alma mater on Friday to speak to student and faculty participants in the fifth Annual AdLib Conference....
View ArticleJohnson Weekend brings in hundreds of finalists
Around 200 high school seniors from all over the country roamed the Washington and Lee campus early last week as participants in the annual “Johnson Weekend.” The visitors stayed with current W&L...
View ArticleThe investigation process: An honor violation accusation
When a member of the Washington and Lee community suspects an honor violation, they are encouraged — but not required — by the White Book to report the action in question to the president of the...
View ArticleThe investigation process: the Phi weighs in
In reading this week’s article, ‘The investigation process: An honor violation accusation,’ on the Executive Committee’s investigative process, most students will be struck by the amount of sheer...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: LGBTQ+ student community
On March 3rd, 2016, the residents of the Sustainability House awoke to find neon staining the windows of our home. At 3:30am, one resident had come home to find, wet and dripping in pink, words of...
View ArticleBe true to yourself: The W&L bubble
Many Washington and Lee students seem like walking Facebook profiles—beautiful pearl smiles, extracurriculars galore, 4.0 GPAs, athletes of the week, etc. Sometimes I feel like I’m on a never-ending...
View ArticleThe future face of technology
Technology policy expert Alec Ross said tomorrow’s economy will not tolerate mediocrity in a speech he gave to Washington and Lee students on March 14. “We are sort of chapter one, page one, for a...
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