Q&A with your new EC President
Wilson Miller, ’17 Q: What are you most looking forward to, in terms of the EC, in the upcoming 2016-2017 school year? A: We have three outstanding officers and great people running for representative...
View ArticleConfidentiality: A double-edged sword, The Phi weighs in
This week’s article on the Honor System, entitled “The Secret System,” reveals just how central confidentiality is to our community. In many ways, it is the glue of the Honor System. According to many,...
View ArticleVoting Regulations Board reaction
Early on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, the Washington and Lee student body received two emails from the Voting Regulations Board regarding the Executive Committee elections that took place the day before....
View ArticleRevived offense fuels women’s lax win streak
The Washington and Lee women’s lacrosse team has turned their slow start into a hot streak, winning their last five games. After starting the season with four straight losses, the Generals have...
View ArticleMen’s tennis makes name nationally
Coming off a loss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, it was easy for the W&L Men’s Tennis team to set new goals for the 2016 campaign. “The main team objective is to advance past the...
View ArticleJam-packed weekend helps track team prep for ODACs
The Washington and Lee Track Team had a busy weekend. The team competed in two separate competitions. First, on April 1, the Generals participated in the Colonial Relays at William & Mary and...
View ArticleGeneral of the Week: Danny Devereux
Phi: How did you earn such a huge role in the baseball team in such a short time? DD: I pretty much earned my role by just working hard every day and sticking to the daily grind. Phi: What went through...
View ArticleExecutive Committee responds to the “Questioning Honor” series
The past five issues of the Ring-tum Phi, concluding with today’s issue, have included articles aimed at educating our student body on the Honor System that we as W&L students hold so dear. The...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with being an astronaut?
Registration came out of nowhere into the week of finals preparation. During the last week of March, we were faced with deciding the course(s) of our lives. Fall registration came out of nowhere....
View ArticleWhat the Executive Committee doesn’t do: The Phi weighs in
In this week’s “Questioning Honor” article, What the Executive Committee doesn’t do, The Ring-Tum Phi explores the roles and responsibilities of Washington and Lee’s three judiciary bodies: the EC, the...
View ArticleWhat the Executive Committee doesn’t do
As the body charged with upholding Washington and Lee’s Honor System, the Executive Committee is seen by many as the judiciary body of W&L. Members of the EC decide the fate of students accused of...
View ArticleFormer Israeli Parliament member speaks on health and social issues
Israeli doctor, lawyer, and politician Dr. Rachel Adato addressed the importance of representing women’s health and body image in the media during a lecture at Hillel House last week. Washington and...
View ArticleFormer W&L student charged in vandalism case
A former Washington and Lee student, Sheamus Craugh, 20, of Kinnelon, New Jersey, has been charged with one count of vandalism following an incident that occurred March 3. The Sustainability House, a...
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“A Difficult, Yet Unavoidable, History”: Washington and Lee installs marker...
A marker recognizing Washington and Lee’s ownership of enslaved persons prior to the Civil War was dedicated Tuesday afternoon in a ceremony led by President Kenneth Ruscio. The marker itself, a plaque...
View ArticleUniversity of Oxford and W&L establish study abroad partnership
Students who dream of studying at England’s esteemed University of Oxford may have the opportunity to do so through a new W&L study abroad partnership with one of Oxford’s member colleges....
View ArticleDebunking gender stereotypes
With poems in their hands and a message in their minds, “Speak Like a Girl” founders Megan Falley and Olivia Gatwood started a conversation about gender norms and the perception of women in today’s...
View ArticleA winter music journey in spring
Jason Widney, a baritone soloist, and Jonathan Chapman Cook, a pianist, performed Franz Schubert’s piece, “Winterreise,” at the Lexington Presbyterian Church on Saturday. Jason Widney is on the faculty...
View ArticleSipping lemonade for a cause
Sorority women of Pi Beta Phi at Washington and Lee held an event Tuesday through Thursday to raise awareness of American illiteracy with the help of a classic all-American beverage. The event,...
View ArticleLeadership and chemistry propel lacrosse in ODACs
Team chemistry has led the Washington and Lee University men’s lacrosse team through this season and on to the ODAC championship game. After easily handling rival Hampton-Sydney 14-6 in the conference...
View ArticleTennis aces ODAC tourney
ODAC championship competition continued for the men’s tennis team this weekend as the Generals are one step closer to winning a seventh consecutive conference title. W&L punched its ticket to the...
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