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Student Life (StudLife) is the independent student-run newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis. It was founded in 1878 and incorporated in 1999. It is published by the Washington University Student Media, Inc.[1] and is not subject to the approval of the University administration, thus making it an independent student voice.[2]
| "The independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878" | |
 The Danforth University Center, which houses Student Life offices | |
| Type | Biweekly college newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | 21" print, web |
| School | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Owner(s) | Washington University Student Media, Inc. |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Headquarters | 1 Brookings Drive #1039 St. Louis, MO 63130 |
| Circulation | Print: 6,000 / Web: 200,000 per month |
| Website | studlife |
It is published regularly every Thursday. Special issues include orientation and commencement issues, an April Fool's Day issue (called Student Libel); and a Valentine's Day issue centered on sex (called Student Love).[3] It has won multiple National Pacemaker Awards, recognizing the best college newspapers in the country, most recently in 2011.
It is an affiliate of UWIRE,[4] which distributes and promotes its content to their network.
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- News is the largest section in Student Life, appearing in each issue. This section reports on events pertaining to the Washington University community, St. Louis news, and national news.
- Forum also appears in each issue and consists of columns written by the regular Forum editors and staff columnists. Contributions are also accepted from the University community. Forum also publishes a staff editorial written by the newspaper's Editorial Board. The Editorial Board is led by the Senior Forum Editor, and it consists of the Forum Editors, Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor(s) and Senior Editors. Letters to the Editor and Editorial Cartoons are also published in Forum.
- Sports appears in every issue and provides the latest scores in Bears games as well as profiles of the players.
- Scene is the lifestyles section in Student Life. It runs in every issue and focuses on campus trends and the activities of students and faculty. Scene covers a broad range of topics. Scene also runs an advice column called “Save Me, Scene!”
- The Photo section occasionally publishes photo essays ranging in topic from engineering antics to profiles of homeless people.
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- Ken Cooper — former national editor for The Boston Globe[2]
- Bill Dedman — Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author of the bestselling biography Empty Mansions[13]
- Jonathan Greenberger — ABC News Washington bureau chief and executive producer of This Week with George Stephanopoulos[14]
- Michael Isikoff — chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo! News, formerly of NBC News, Newsweek[2]
- Sarah Kliff — healthcare journalist for The New York Times, formerly with The Washington Post and Vox[14][15]
- Jeff Lean — investigative editor at The Washington Post[2]
- James T. Madore — business reporter at Newsday[16]
- Lorie Cranor — former chief technologist for the Federal Trade Commission and computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University
- Laura Meckler — national education correspondent for The Washington Post, former White House reporter for The Wall Street Journal[17]
- Mike Peters — winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning and creator of Mother Goose & Grimm[2]
- Perry Stein — national Department of Justice reporter for The Washington Post[18]
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