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W&L hosts sports icon Mia Hamm

Contact Committee spearheaded the speaking engagement with the retired professional soccer player, who is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, two-time World Cup Champion and a well-known advocate for gender equality in sports
Rachel Hicks
February 16, 2018

UCLA professor focuses on laws enabling police brutality during Mudd Center lecture

UCLA Law Professor Devon Carbado discussed racial inequality and policing from the U.S. Constitution’s point of view
Rachel Hicks
January 30, 2018
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Williams School administrators quell rumors of overcrowding, class caps

Crowding in ‘The C-School’ is no cause for concern, according to department heads and professors, who are in discussions about how to handle the school’s growing pains
Maya Lora
January 30, 2018
Photo credit: The Columns

W&L student teachers begin 2018 as part of an officially accredited program

The Rockbridge Teacher Education Consortium received the stamp of approval late last fall
Lily Horsley
January 30, 2018
Lexington Chief of Police Sam Roman is sworn in to his new role on Oct. 2. Photo courtesy of Lexington Police Department Facebook page

New police chief strives to establish stronger relationship with students

Washington and Lee students and new-to-town police chief have both said the nature of student interactions with law enforcement can be improved
Bryn McCarthy
November 20, 2017
Geology students show off their hard work on the West Coast

Geology students show off their hard work on the West Coast

Four students had the chance to travel to Seattle to meet with geologists from across the country
Lily Horsley
November 7, 2017

“Know Your Rights” event educates and empowers students to self-advocate

Students heard from an ACLU expert on how to interact with police safely and legally, whether at a party or at a traffic stop
Rachel Hicks
November 7, 2017
Photo courtesy of the Roanoke Times

Hotly-contested Virginia governor’s race captures students’ attention

Both candidates have ties to Lexington, with Republican Ed Gillespie having spoken at Mock Convention in 2016 and Democrat Ralph Northam having graduated from VMI in 1981
Elyse Ferris
November 7, 2017
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