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Maya Lora, '20, is one of the news section editors.

Maya Lora, Editor-in-Chief

Maya Lora, '20, is the co-editor-in-chief. She is a double major in English and journalism. She is from Miami, Florida. Maya has been writing for the Phi since her freshman year. Besides the Phi, she works with Amnesty International, the Latinx Student Organization, and Residential Life.

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Hannah Denham, '20, (left) and Maya Lora, '20, (right) in the Ring-tum Phi office.

For the last time

May 18, 2020
Rafay Hassan, ‘22, enjoys iftar with Assistant Professor of Arabic Antoine Edwards (not pictured) on Sunday, May 17. Photo courtesy of Hassan.

Being your own community: Celebrating Ramadan in quarantine

May 18, 2020
Washington Hall, from the steps of Lee Chapel. Photo by Hannah Denham.

Judge requires university to turn over redacted Title IX records in federal lawsuit with former student

May 18, 2020
Traveller employees before a shift during Mock Convention weekend. Photo courtesy of Lauren Fredericks.

For some students, remote learning means a loss of income

May 4, 2020
Students chalk the sidewalk at the Third-Year Village on March 14, 2020. Photo by Emma Coleman.

Sophomore housing selection postponed “until further notice”

May 4, 2020
Photo by Hannah Denham.

University proposes adjustments to grading and registration for rest of academic year

March 27, 2020

Book club forms in response to “American Dirt”

February 12, 2020
Participants march with flags during the Lee-Jackson Day parade. Photo by Hannah Denham.

Sons of Confederate Veterans offer a tour of black Confederate sites on Lee-Jackson Day

January 28, 2020
Photo by Hannah Denham.

Overload requests from seniors nearly tripled in one year

November 18, 2019
Washington Hall. Photo by Hannah Denham.

Washington and Lee denies it acted with anti-male bias in 2017 sexual misconduct case

July 18, 2019

Virginia governor facing calls for resignation

February 4, 2019
Leeann Passaro, ‘20, is the LGBTQ+ editor for Diverge. Above, she hands out Chipotle burritos during one of the club’s fundraising events. Photo by Jordan Diehl, ‘22.

New club sparks campus controversy; rapper pulls out of launch concert

February 4, 2019
Mickie Brown, ‘21, said this bed sheet along with several of the posters were taken down on Monday. Photo by Mickie Brown, ‘21.

W&L counselor being sued for negligence, medical malpractice is still seeing students

January 14, 2019
Captain Scott Kelly captures audience, talks future of missions in galaxy

Captain Scott Kelly captures audience, talks future of missions in galaxy

October 1, 2018
Veteran representative voted in to chair the SJC

Veteran representative voted in to chair the SJC

April 9, 2018
Campuswide election slates EC leaders for upcoming school year

Campuswide election slates EC leaders for upcoming school year

March 26, 2018

For pyschology majors, gender disparity not necessarily a downside

March 19, 2018
Sree Sreenivasan speaks in Stackhouse Theater on March 9. Photo by Maya Lora, ‘20

Digital, social media strategist keynotes Ethics Institute in Media

March 12, 2018
Members of Beta pose outside of their Red Square home last week. Residents moved out of the house this past weekend. Photo courtesy of Alpha Rho chapter of Beta Theta Pi

Beta Theta Pi suspended until 2022 for hazing violations

March 5, 2018
Confederate flag replicas were removed from the main chamber of Lee Chapel in 2014 following discussions wiuth W&L law students who were concerned by the symbols' impact on students. Now, a different law student coalition recommends that the unviersity move all mandatory student events from Lee Chapel to other venues. Photo courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

Law student group presses administrators, undergrads for swifter campus change

February 16, 2018
The William School's Huntley Hall

Williams School administrators quell rumors of overcrowding, class caps

January 30, 2018
Photo courtesy of Washington and Lee

University approaches choice of next “Quality Enhancement Plan”

November 7, 2017

Beyond Charlottesville: W&L begins exploration into own history

October 10, 2017

Public Safety works to address harassment, Charlottesville and more

September 22, 2017
T-Pain performed at the sold-out show in the Pavilion. Photo courtesy of GAB.

Sold-out T-Pain concert rocks W&L community

March 27, 2017

Discussing the state of cyber law, warfare in the new Internet age

March 20, 2017
Mark Sanders speaks on Cuba. Photo by Maya Lora, ‘20.

Emory professor discusses racial representation in Cuba

March 2, 2017

W&L Student Arts League seeks more active presence on and off campus

November 14, 2016

Students and faculty discuss Muslim discrimination, Islamophobia

November 7, 2016
Diana Henriques. Photo courtesy of W&L.

Renowned journalist, author, tells story behind Wall Street’s most notorious fraudster

October 31, 2016

Nabors Service League makes impact in local community

September 26, 2016
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