![W&L's taxable property is worth $9.9 million, including leased buildings like the business office.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_1502-900x675.jpeg)
Inside Washington and Lee’s real estate tax exemption
W&L only paid $91,000 in real estate taxes this year for its off-campus property valued at $57.6 million. The university supports Lexington in other ways. But is it enough?
![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
![SPEAK members read stories submitted by student survivors.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_3280.jpg)
SPEAK event provides forum for W&L students to share their stories
Survivors of sexual assault find support at annual event
![Sion Jang ,’24, prepared pork and kimchi dumplings for the PAACE table.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Sion-Jang-24-prepared-pork-and-kimchi-dumplings-for-the-PAACE-Table.-Photo-by-Elena-Lee-25-900x601.jpg)
Students celebrate culture with food at POC-luck
Multicultural clubs shared family recipes and traditions
![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
A year in review: Washington and Lee back and better than ever
This year, students finally felt a sense of normalcy after a year-and-a-half of restrictions
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We Didn’t Tell You The Whole Truth
Debunking Claims On Washington and Lee’s Website
![Photo by Mikah Holcomb, ‘21.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSCF8012-900x600.jpg)
Two Worlds in One Small Town
Washington and Lee students and VMI cadets may have more in common than they think
Students’ first exam: the swim test
Washington and Lee University requires every first-year student to take a swim test once they arrive on campus, but is this a fair or even necessary assessment?
![After a year of remote Zoom meetings and dwindling club participation, students can now meet in person to pursue their passions in new and old clubs alike.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Image1-900x600.jpeg)
New year, new student organizations
New student organiations include Native American Student Organization, Film Society and NAACP chapter
![Both the first edition (front) and the centennial edition (back) of the Ring-tum Phi are shown here. The first issue was released Sept. 18, 1897.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210922_155420-806x900.jpg)
New organization emerges, aims to explore and preserve local history
Students for Historical Preservation started ‘in the midst of a controversy.’
![Washington Hall. Photo by Hannah Denham.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC_0019-900x600.jpg)
Washington and Lee denies it acted with anti-male bias in 2017 sexual misconduct case
The former male student is suing the university after he was suspended for non-consensual sexual penetration of a female student, denied readmission