“What makes ThurtenE special is the fact that it ties everyone together. ThurtenE is one place on campus … where we’re gonna see all these people together,” junior Anurag Challagundla, ThurtenE PR and Marketing Chair, said.

There is a small and silly movement growing that is showing up on water bottles, laptop cases, trash cans, car bumpers, and street signs around WashU. Silly Squared, a student-run sticker organization, is turning everyday objects into canvases for student art while reshaping how creativity circulates on campus.

On most days, eating at Bear’s Den on a Monday night sounds exactly like what you’d expect: students chattering about midterms and tales of eventful weekends, often between bites of BD’s All You Care to Eat food. However, on March 23, Risa Commons transformed into an indoor concert venue and brought the raucous, shredding noises that come with it — all thanks to Battle of the Bands.

The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement collaborated with Response in Action: Students for Immigration Justice (RAISE) to host an event where participants designed quilt squares and wrote positive […]

Two former federal staffers offered WashU students and community members a behind-the-scenes look at how policymaking on Capitol Hill works on Feb. 11.

Sometime a few weeks ago, Scene editor Hannah La Porte and Editor-in-Chief Sydney Tran decided to be “dumb stupid idiots” (according to a former Editor-in-Chief) and spend 24 hours in the Danforth University Center (DUC). By no small miracle, they lived to tell the tale. Here are those 24 hours. 

Seventeen years ago, long before many of their current members learned to waddle, much less juggle, the binder had been filled with notes, letters, and instructions written by Thom Wall, WashU alum and one of the original founders of Jugglefest. The binder told the story of a club that once helped put St. Louis on the juggling map.

Now in its seventh year, PorchFestSTL has become a neighborhood tradition that transforms Skinker Debaliviere into an open-air concert venue. For WashU, the festival highlights how shared experiences can bring the campus and community closer together.

After nearly a decade, Mosaic Whispers, WashU’s oldest co-ed a cappella group, is headed back to the ICCA Finals on April 26. They will be competing against the top 10 groups in the country at New York City’s Beacon Theatre. 

At KTalks there’s nothing at stake — just students showing up however they want to. Speakers find themselves reflecting and uncovering thoughts they didn’t even know they had.