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WILD, produced by the WUSTL Social Programming Board, is sponsored by the Washington University Student Union and is the largest student run event at the university. [2] WILD is free to university undergraduate students and has rooted itself in the campus culture as an exciting time of the semester for students of the university to get together ...
Chaifetz Arena (/ ˈ ʃ eɪ f ɛ t s / SHAY-fets), [4] is a 10,600 seat multi-purpose arena in St. Louis, Missouri located on the Saint Louis University campus. The arena began construction on August 28, 2006, and opened on April 10, 2008.
The Church of Scientology owned the building between 1974 and 1985. In 1988, Saint Louis University acquired the mansion and converted it to become an annex to its law school, previously housed in the adjacent Morrissey Hall. However, in the mid-2010s, the law school was relocated to downtown St. Louis to Scott Hall.
Washington University was conceived by 17 St. Louis business, political, and religious leaders concerned by the lack of institutions of higher learning in the Midwest. [17] Missouri state senator Wayman Crow and Unitarian minister William Greenleaf Eliot, grandfather of the poet T. S. Eliot, led the effort.
The stadium is an early 20th century horseshoe-shaped stadium, with seating added on in the "open" (south) end zone. The original horseshoe is completed by a grass berm in the curved end, which is used for general admission on game days. The berm is famous for the giant block "M" made of painted white stones located behind the end zone.
It was the home of the Saint Louis University basketball team, and hosted the NBA's St. Louis Hawks from 1955 to 1968. Municipal Auditorium as it appeared in a 1934 nighttime view From 1913 to 1930, the site was home to Charles H. Turpin 's Booker T. Washington Theater where performers included his brother Tom Turpin .
Brookings Hall is a Collegiate Gothic landmark on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The building, first named "University Hall", was built between 1900 and 1902 and served as the administrative center for the 1904 World's Fair. [1] The first cornerstone was laid on November 3, 1900. [2]
The area gets its name from a streetcar turnaround, or "loop", formerly located in the area. [2]Delmar Boulevard was originally known as Morgan Street. According to Norbury L. Wayman in his circa 1980 series History of St. Louis Neighborhoods, [3] the name Delmar was coined when two early landowners living on opposite sides of the road, one from Delaware and one from Maryland, combined the ...