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A scene from "All in the Timing" by David Ives, the theater department's spring production. It consisted of a series of absurd, SNL-like skits rather than a single play.

Mini-Golf. Hamlet. Trotsky. The Common Denominator? “All in the Timing”

Caroline Fields, Staff Writer April 30, 2025
The theater department's production by David Ives was a series of absurd, SNL-like skits
Beloved receptionist Roweena Sehwani smiles to welcome a student entering PRH. The student reaches toward a bowl of fruit set out each day during the month of Ramadan by the Campus Ministry as a break-the-fast snack for the Muslim community.

“Auntie” of PRH Makes Campus Feel Like Home

Tate Kramer, Caroline Fields, and John Skrobis April 30, 2025
Students appreciate receptionist Roweena Sehwani's little acts of kindness
An American flag flies in the Puerta del Sol during a protest this spring against Trump's executive orders.

Students React to Trump’s First 30 Days in Office

Hannah Goodwin, Staff Writer April 27, 2025
One political science students sees job prospects drop with federal program cuts
The building on Calle de La Viña, was SLU-Madrid's original building before being bought by Suffolk and repurchased by SLU.

SLU-Madrid to Open Fifth Building

Sophia DeSantis, Staff Writer April 19, 2025

Shortly after the opening of the “hotel-like” Manresa Hall filled with “chic furnishings”, SLU Madrid is embarking on its next step on the journey to expanding. A fifth building has been purchased...

Several SLU students attended an anti-Trump rally in Puerta del Sol wearing masks and hoodies to hide their identity.

Students React to Trump’s First Month in Office

Hannah Goodwin, Staff Writer April 4, 2025

Many SLU-Madrid students are concerned about the consequences of current President Donald Trump’s actions taken in his first 30 days in office.  “We’ve got to take it day-by-day…but the first...

A student walks through the cafeteria trying to find a seat during the peak lunch rush hours.

Students Seek Peace and Quiet on Packed Campus

Josie Pellerito, Willa Reynolds, and Kevin Healy April 4, 2025

Sanskriti Gupta, a junior from Missouri, values having a peaceful space on campus to escape from the stress of school.  But as the weather grew colder and more students sat inside San Ignacio Hall...

A Period Piece: Students Welcome Sanitary Bins in SIH Bathrooms

A Period Piece: Students Welcome Sanitary Bins in SIH Bathrooms

Sabine Gillelen, Staff Writer March 19, 2025
For years, menstruating students had no way to discretely dispose of their used pads and tampons. Now, there are bins in half the stalls of SIH bathrooms. Here is how they got there.
Convivium Magazine’s Open Mics: A Stage for Every Story

Convivium Magazine’s Open Mics: A Stage for Every Story

Agatha Thomas, Staff Writer March 7, 2025
From poetry to music to whatever lies in the bottom of your notes app, anything goes at Convivium open mics. The first of the 2025 Spring semester was hosted in collaboration with BASU.
The creative team poses on stage after the final performance of Rapture, Bilster, Burn! in December, 2024. Top row (left to right) Javier Sowatskey, Carson Poteet, Brendan Guzman | Bottom Row (left to right): Ernesto Lange, Leticia Mondada, Kate Ivanova. Photo courtesy of Namita Chawla.

Behind the Scenes at the Fall-Semester Play: Rapture, Blister, Burn!

Namita Chawla, Staff Writer December 30, 2024

“Alright everybody, let’s run Act 2 Scene 4 - but remember I want you to create an improvised foolish version,” Ernesto Lange, one of the assistant directors, shouted from across the theatre. “Think...

Before the PhDs: Faculty at Our Age

Before the PhDs: Faculty at Our Age

Namita Chawla, Staff Writer December 1, 2024

Student uses one of the new, fancy bathrooms in Manresa Hall.

Manresa Hall Opens With Modern Spaces and Labs

Charles Mut-Tracy, Shane Kirkland, and Sofía Ordoñez November 29, 2024

Manresa Hall, the newest addition to the SLU-Madrid campus, opened this September with six classrooms, a conference room, and labs for engineering, communications and nursing majors. About 250 meters...

Bill Johnson gives a speech to SLU-Madrid's faculty and staff members.

Bill Johnson Chosen as New Rector at SLU-Madrid

Amelie Van Hess, Editor-in-Chief November 29, 2024

After a year of trial and error through temporary campus leadership upon Paul Vita, former dean, leaving after many years of leading the university, dawn broke on a new era at SLU-Madrid. As of Oct. 1,...

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