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It's red hot!
Students work the cat walk at Red Hot Fashion Show with New York theme
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For the sixth consecutive year, Webster University students were able to strut their stuff on the runway. The Red Hot Fashion Show on Feb. 18 showcased 15 WU students in clothes from the ScholarShop - a resale shop located in Webster Groves. The show's theme, "A Night In New York," reflected the events of New York's fashion week which took place Feb.
WU holds watch party for professor's premiere on TLC
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Webster University hosted a "What Not to Wear" watch party Friday, Feb. 19 for the premiere of the episode featuring Gina Jensen, the assistant director of forensics and debate and adjunct professor. About 80 friends, family members and WU staff, faculty and students gathered in the Sunnen Lounge for the debut of the hour-long episode of the TLC hit show.
WU jazz dance instructor 'does it all'
Lorianne Hagan recognized among 11 instructors in dance magazine
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In the February issue of Dance Teacher magazine, Lorianne Hagan, a Webster University jazz dance instructor, was named as one of 11 teachers from across the country that "does it all." Hagan not only works at WU as an adjunct faculty member, but she also works in two dance studios in St.
Beckah Voigt: teacher, dancer, mom
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Beckah Voigt, associate professor of dance at Webster University and the artistic director of ANNONYArts, an organization whose mission is to create new work from performing artists and to provide educational programming, is a dancer, a mother of two and a feminist.
Conservatory's "Razzle" opens at WU
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The audience is right in the performers' pockets in the Conservatory performance of "On The Razzle" in the Emerson Studio Theatre. The fast-paced farce, which is playing from Feb. 17 to Feb. 21 and Feb. 24 to Feb. 28, takes place in 1890s Vienna. Two clerks, Weinberl (played by senior Matthew Folsom) and his apprentice, Christopher (played by junior Greg Fink) go "on the razzle.
Global Forum poster exhibit reflects 1945 bombing on Hiroshima
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Webster University's Emerson Library computer lab has 30 posters plastered on its walls depicting disturbing photos, statistics, graphs and drawings reflecting the atomic bomb drop on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945. The posters are on display until March 26 and are in the first exhibit of a series of nuclear weapon-related events as a part of "Global Forum: The Future of Nuclear Weapons.
Former president of Webster College recognizes struggles, achievements
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With her soft facial features and sweet voice, one would never guess that Jacqueline Wexler, who is now 81, was a pioneer in her days. As President of what was then Webster College, Wexler removed the school from the control of the archdiocese and the Catholic Church and turned it over to a lay, or non-religious, board in 1967.
Media MATTers: Losing Interest
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My Monday nights are jam-packed when it comes to TV. There are new episodes of FOX's "24," Logo's "RuPaul's Drag Race" and the Internet series "Frontier Guard" to whet my appetite. FOX's "24" has been one of my favorite shows since its debut in 2001, but lately there has been nothing to keep me watching.
Wellness for WU: The Health Plan
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Fad diets can help you lose weight fast. Sound good? Many of these diets, like the infamous Cabbage Soup Diet, can undermine your health, cause physical discomfort (abdominal discomfort and flatulence) and lead to disappointment when you regain weight soon after you lose it, states the American Heart Association Web site.
