st. louis

Riding the Mystery Bus: I let SPB kidnap me for the day

I sat on a school bus with just a notebook, a pen, and $20 in my pocket for lunch, alongside roughly 25 other WashU students whom I had never met before. I had no idea where we were going, only that I was supposed to look “picture ready” (per the organizer’s instructions) and would be back on campus by 4pm I was being (voluntarily) kidnapped for the day!

| Junior Scene Editor

WashU’s rent is too damn high

As an exchange student currently studying at WashU, one section of my application especially stood out to me. On-campus housing was really, really expensive. Having grown up in the US, this struck me as odd.

| Contributing Writer

‘Beautiful Blue Collar Boy’: BabyJake on his music, fans, and influences

Before BabyJake — also known as Jake Herring — sat down with Student Life, his band’s soundcheck reverberated throughout the building: loud drums, crunchy guitar riffs, and, of course, his textured vocals.

and | Contributing Writers

St. Louis summers get a bad rap — here’s what the StudLife staff has to say about theirs

  The Student Life staff had many adventures during this past summer, but special recognition goes to those who survived a St. Louis summer. The infamous summer, clouded by raging humidity and grueling internships, are a necessary part of the WashU experience. As we head into the upcoming semester and students look toward their summer […]

| Senior Scene Editor

Bringing football back to St. Louis: Battlehawks enter season three with promise and fanfare

But no matter how the team finishes, they now hold an additional responsibility: the Battlehawks are St. Louis’ team and have brought something that the city has been missing for the past few years.

| 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.

St. Louis City SC: St. Louis’s hottest new ticket on and off the field

Now, almost four years later, it’s nearly impossible to walk around Mudd Field without seeing the navy-blue and pinkish-red hues of St. Louis City SC’s (STLSC) logo on hats, sweatshirts, and more.

and | Sports Editors

Oh St. Louis City…  reasons to support St. Louis City Soccer Club

Here are a few reasons that everyone from a weekly Champions League viewer to someone brand new to soccer should make their way over to CITYPARK.

| Senior Multimedia Editor

Americanist scholars discuss progressive activism in St. Louis

The University’s American Culture Studies program hosted an Americanist Dinner Forum on Zoom titled “Introducing ‘Left in the Midwest: St. Louis Progressive Activism in the 1960s and 1970s.’”

| Staff Writer

The St. Louis Metro: Two States, One City, Thousands of Strangers

I am certainly no expert voice on transit, nor on St. Louis. But what I can do is hold a microphone (read: my horribly cracked iPhone 7, opened to Voice Memos) to people I hope have more authority on the Metro and their city than I do — everyday riders.

| Managing Scene Editor

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