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Up, up & away: Balloon Glow takes Forest Park by storm

The Balloon Glow began celebrations on Friday, Sept. 20. Food trucks, activities, inflatables, and games kept visitors entertained until sunset, after which the Balloon Glow was planned to begin.

| Contributing Writer

Coming soon to Forest Park: Evolution Festival

WashU’s backyard is hosting a music festival. No, WILD has not come eight months early. Rather, on Sept. 28 and 29, Evolution Festival will be hosting its second annual festival […]

| Staff Writer

Staff Editorial: In St. Louis for the summer? Here are our recommended activities

If you’re spending the summer in St. Louis, you’ll find plenty of fun activities to keep yourself busy. Here are some of our favorites.

Flavors of fall: Our recommendations for fun and festive feasts with friends

Just in time for the first real cold snap of the year, Scene staff writers compiled a list of quintessentially fall things to do — and mostly, to eat — for the remainder of Pumpkin Spice Season. 

Men’s tennis beats defending national champion Emory on their way to NCAA tournament bid

The men’s tennis team capped off the regular season with an 11-1 record, losing only to Division I University of Memphis in the first match of the season and earning an at-large bid to the NCAA regional tournament.

| Senior Sports Editor

Clean our Green: WU senior sets out to complete mammoth park clean-up project

While the Wash. U. environment has a dedicated team behind it, most smaller parks in St. Louis do not.

| Staff Writer

Emma Walter, a cross country walk-on, is unbeaten so far this track season

Student Life caught up with Walter to check in about her track season, goals and favorite ice cream. 

| Senior Sports Editor

Loop Trolley Transportation Development District seeks to revive the Loop Trolley

Leaders of the Loop Trolley Transportation Development District are hoping to resurrect the Loop Trolley after its 13-month run was cut short in December 2019 due to insufficient revenue.

Sulan Pathiranage | Contributing Reporter

Wash. U. to help fund greenway connecting Forest Park to Gateway Arch

Great Rivers Greenway, an organization dedicated to constructing greenways—scenic outdoor spaces connecting areas of the city—is hosting a design competition to help create “Chouteau Greenway,” an area that will connect Forest Park to the St. Louis Gateway Arch.

| Contributing Reporter

A comprehensive guide to St. Louis’ parks

We all know that Forest Park is one of the best parks in the country—and, to have it in our front yard as Washington University students, the park can more than satisfy us. However, there are many other prominent parks in the St. Louis area that provide many opportunities to get away from the Wash. U. grind, so here’s a guide for just a few of those parks, in addition to Forest Park.

| Senior Scene Editor

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