![Rick Thomas brought a helicopter on stage for the performance.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1.-Rick-Thomas-brought-a-helicopter-on-stage-for-the-performance.-Photo-by-Zuhaira-Noor-‘27-6.jpg)
Internationally renowned illusionist performs at Lenfest Center for the Arts
Rick Thomas brings his international tour Mansion of Dreams to Washington and Lee University
![oSTEM’s mission is to provide resources and community to LGBTQ+ students studying STEM.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/photo-by-Catherine-McKean-24.jpg)
oSTEM supports LGBTQ+ students in the sciences
Washington and Lee is now one of over 100 colleges to host the LGBTQ+-focused organization
![Wesley Hunt addressed Mock Con on Feb. 10.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/S3_WesleyHunt2_Stephenson-1200x799.jpg)
Wesley Hunt calls for a restoration of the nation’s soul
The Army veteran turned Congressman said the left is trying to divide the U.S. based on racial lines
![The Massachusetts float recreated the Boston Tea Party.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parade_Kolosova-1-1200x800.jpg)
Students show off state pride at Mock Con parade
Virginia’s first lady, Suzanne Youngkin, presented Puerto Rico, California and Louisiana with awards for best floats
![Keisha Lance Bottoms says MLK’s legacy lives on](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bottoms-600x400-1-e1705947412320.jpg)
Keisha Lance Bottoms says MLK’s legacy lives on
The former Atlanta mayor served as the keynote speaker for W&L’s week of Martin Luther King Jr. programming
![Stage set at the Keller Theatre before “Odyssey.”](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_6942-1200x900.jpg)
The Acting Company brings a fresh take on Homer’s Odyssey to W&L’s Keller Theatre
The all-female cast told the classical story through a lens of migrants
![Co-editors Roxana Cazan and Domnica Radulescu at the book launch.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Domnica-Radulescu-at-her-book-launch-with-co-author-Roxana-Cazan-by-Veronika-Kolosova-25-1200x900.jpg)
Professor launches new book of immigrant stories
Immigrant authors tell their pandemic stories through different art mediums.
![The upcoming season at Lenfest will feature many exciting new shows.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/The-upcoming-season-at-Lenfest-Center-for-the-Arts-near-the-box-office.-Photo-by-Veronika-Kolosova-25-1200x1014.jpg)
Lenfest Center for the Arts is ready for the new season
Highlights of the diverse lineup for 2023-24 academic year
Will AI improve human creativity or destroy it?
The approach to AI needs to be collaborative, not just opposing
Highlights of the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards
How the biggest awards show celebrated its 10th anniversary
![A blonde woman with a bedazzled white guitar raises her hands above her head in a heart shape.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_0260-900x882.jpg)
Yes, I’m in my “Eras” era. Who isn’t?
Who can say that the world doesn’t revolve around Taylor Swift now?
![Kate Dewing, ‘23, hosts the show “Aural Pleasure” once a week. Photo by Steve Cross](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kate-Dewing23-by-Steve-Cross-rotated.jpeg)
W&L’s campus radio expands, innovates
The journalism department helps students get on the air
![The Johnson Theater stage transformed into the Hispaniola for “Treasure Island.” Photo courtesy of the Washington and Lee Facebook page](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/treasure-island-from-soc-900x600.jpeg)
‘Treasure Island’ takes W&L on a swashbuckling adventure
W&L’s stage adaptation of the childhood classic was a success for the theater department