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Saint Louis University

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    March Madness Game Preview: SLU Billikens vs. Memphis Tigers

    ​I wrote a print edition article this week, looking at the brackets in the NCAA Tournament, doing some complaining about the selection committee's seeding choices, and previewing the road the Missouri Tigers will have to travel -- through the first couple rounds, at least -- if they want to get th ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 1, 2012

    Devils in the Details: Diablitos Cantina aims to stand out in a very crowded culinary field

    ​I wrote a print edition article this week, looking at the brackets in the NCAA Tournament, doing some complaining about the selection committee's seeding choices, and previewing the road the Missouri Tigers will have to travel -- through the first couple rounds, at least -- if they want to get th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Rev. Lawrence Biondi Threatens to Pack Up SLU Medical and Head West

    ​Saint Louis University President Reverend Lawrence Biondi last night told the city's planning commission that unless SLU received the necessary permits to demolish the historic Pevely Dairy complex at Grand and Choteau, he would be forced to shut down the SLU medical school and move everything ou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2011

    More than A Cupples of Flowers

    ​Saint Louis University President Reverend Lawrence Biondi last night told the city's planning commission that unless SLU received the necessary permits to demolish the historic Pevely Dairy complex at Grand and Choteau, he would be forced to shut down the SLU medical school and move everything ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    SLU Proposes Destruction of St. Louis Landmark: Pevely Dairy

    ​Saint Louis University has asked the city's Preservation Board for demolition permits to raze the old Pevely Dairy complex on the southwest corner of Grand and Chouteau. The brick campus -- complete with its signature smokestack and giant P-E-V-E-L-Y -- was built around 1915 and served as headqua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    SLU Sues U.S. Department of Education

    Financial aid forms don't always tell the whole story, according to federal statute​Has the U.S. Department of Education pulled a bait-and-switch by demanding that Saint Louis University fork over $2.8 million in student loans paid out by the government fifteen years ago? That's what administ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    St. Louis Chefs Are an Educated Lot

    Chrissy WilmesChris Williams of Franco studied at the Culinary Institute of America in New York.​Last week Eater asked chefs if they thought culinary school was worth the time and expense for aspiring chefs. The answer was a resounding "probably not." The discussion made us wonder how well-e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    High School Kids Keep Campus Kitchen Running in the Summer

    Image courtesy of Amy LeeLast summer's students on delivery with one Campus Kitchen's clients​Nationwide, 29 Campus Kitchen Projects operate with college student volunteers who learn about cooking, nutrition and food conservation while preparing and delivering meals for the needy. But what hap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Vargas Llosa Wins St. Louis Literary Award

    image via​It's really hard to top a Nobel Prize, but once you've won that, what else are you going to do? Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist who won the big prize last year, has elected to keep on collecting awards, notably the St. Louis Literary Award, presented by the Saint Louis Univ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Live Chickens Arrive at SLU Culinary Camp

    Image sourceJanelle Criscione sends one of her chickens off to college.​Six Rhode Island Red hens came home to roost at Saint Louis University's summer culinary camp last week, where they were feted with cornbread and toasted with mint lemonade before they were permitted to settle down to thei ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 26, 2010

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    SLU Basketball Players Won't Be Charged For Sexual Assault

    ​St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce announced yesterday that she would not seek criminal charges against three SLU basketball players arrested and questioned for an on-campus sexual assault Saturday. Joyce called the allegations against the athletes "extremely serious" but said there was "i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    SLU Students Rally Tonight Against Racial/LGBT/Ethnic Hatred on Campus

    SLU Students for Social Justice​It's not been a good year so far for Saint Louis University's reputation as a tolerant place to go to school. Racial slurs have been scrawled on walls and a student's door was vandalized. Another student was called a nigger and threatened with a lynching. A cros ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    SLU Student Attacked in Bathroom; Perp Dressed as Dalai Lama/Grieving Widow

    The Dalai Lama wears maroon robes. Jackie Kennedy wears a black hat and thin veil.​A female student at Saint Louis University was reportedly attacked Monday night in a restroom in the school's Xavier Hall. The victim says she was grabbed around the neck from behind and pushed to the floor around 7 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Lorenzo Romar: The Sweet 16 Coach SLU Let Slip Away

    Image via the Seattle Times These nets could've been yours, St. Louis​Full disclosure: The author is a graduate of the University of Washington, a four-year member of the school's student rooting section the Dawg Pack (aka Romarville) and one of the most rabid Husky fans on the planet. Now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Saint Louis University Resorts to Fake Owls to Battle a Very Real Crow Problem

    Life is imitating art at SLU.​Saint Louis University is inundated with hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of crows. The ravens are coating the campus with bird crap and proving to be a real menace for maintenance workers assigned to clean up the mess. "The cars in the back of the [Marchetti parking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Save the Beavers! (Translation: Fight Violence Against Women!)

    courtesy Save the Beavers​For the second year in a row, a group of Saint Louis University students will be organizing a Save the Beavers benefit party. And, uh, yeah, it's just what it sounds like: raising money for organization that protect women from violence, particularly rape."'Beaver' is a co ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 29, 2009

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Redemption! SLU Defeats La Salle Wednesday

    photo by Keegan HamiltonAfter losing their final home game of the season to La Salle last week, Saint Louis University's men's basketball team exacted a little revenge and won a rematch against the Explorers Wednesday night in the first round of the A-10 tournament. Freshman Kwamain Mitchell made th ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 11, 2009

    Featured Review: Good Friday

    photo by Keegan HamiltonAfter losing their final home game of the season to La Salle last week, Saint Louis University's men's basketball team exacted a little revenge and won a rematch against the Explorers Wednesday night in the first round of the A-10 tournament. Freshman Kwamain Mitchell made th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    SLU's "Bar Row" To Lose One More Watering Hole

    The Post-Dispatch reports today that Laclede Street Bar & Grill will soon close to make way for a new apartment building to house Saint Louis University students. I've never been a huge fan of SLU bars (something about the stench of stale beer and urinal cakes repulses me), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    The 2008-2009 SLU Cheerleaders...

    It's a bit of a down time for the Bills.The Saint Louis University basketball team is bridging the gap between its tough, early non-conference games, and the start of A-10 play in January. In the meantime, the team has faced some perennial pansies (they pounded Savannah State 55-37 last weekend, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    A Cheap-Eats Map for St. Louis University

    It's a bit of a down time for the Bills.The Saint Louis University basketball team is bridging the gap between its tough, early non-conference games, and the start of A-10 play in January. In the meantime, the team has faced some perennial pansies (they pounded Savannah State 55-37 last weekend, a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 27, 2008

    Charlie in Charge

    It's a bit of a down time for the Bills.The Saint Louis University basketball team is bridging the gap between its tough, early non-conference games, and the start of A-10 play in January. In the meantime, the team has faced some perennial pansies (they pounded Savannah State 55-37 last weekend, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    A Memory, A Monologue: A Rant and a Prayer, Part 2

    It's a bit of a down time for the Bills.The Saint Louis University basketball team is bridging the gap between its tough, early non-conference games, and the start of A-10 play in January. In the meantime, the team has faced some perennial pansies (they pounded Savannah State 55-37 last weekend, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    KSLU FM on XM Radio, Sunday, February 3

    It's a bit of a down time for the Bills.The Saint Louis University basketball team is bridging the gap between its tough, early non-conference games, and the start of A-10 play in January. In the meantime, the team has faced some perennial pansies (they pounded Savannah State 55-37 last weekend, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    Larry Hughes: URL All-Star

    It's a bit of a down time for the Bills.The Saint Louis University basketball team is bridging the gap between its tough, early non-conference games, and the start of A-10 play in January. In the meantime, the team has faced some perennial pansies (they pounded Savannah State 55-37 last weekend, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    Larry Hughes: URL All-Star

    It's a bit of a down time for the Bills.The Saint Louis University basketball team is bridging the gap between its tough, early non-conference games, and the start of A-10 play in January. In the meantime, the team has faced some perennial pansies (they pounded Savannah State 55-37 last weekend, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2007

    This Week's Issue

    It's a bit of a down time for the Bills.The Saint Louis University basketball team is bridging the gap between its tough, early non-conference games, and the start of A-10 play in January. In the meantime, the team has faced some perennial pansies (they pounded Savannah State 55-37 last weekend, a ... More >>

  • News

    October 17, 2007

    Big Man on Campus

    Sit back and marvel as Rick Majerus hoists SLU basketball from the morass of mediocrity. (Just don't let him near your pizza.)

  • News

    August 15, 2007

    Arms Race

    All security guards at Saint Louis University are now required to carry a gun.

  • News

    July 11, 2007

    Those Were The Days

    Have a heart and give our St. Louis Munchkin a star on the Walk of Fame.

  • News

    May 9, 2007

    High Times

    Smoking pot leads to a wicked case of the munchies? Who knew?

  • News

    October 25, 2006

    Grand Debate

    Can a Catholic university like SLU chow down at the municipal trough?

  • Culture

    April 20, 2005

    Capsule Reviews

    Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2004

    Kickin' It

    The Street Soccer Cup USA is taking it to the, um, streets

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    Letters

    Week of May 5, 2004

  • News

    January 1, 2003

    Import Duty

    A former pro basketball player from Israel has to be bigger, stronger and faster for the American college game

  • News

    August 28, 2002

    SLU Blue

    Week of August 28, 2002

  • News

    August 14, 2002

    Father Knows Best

    Lawrence Biondi radically remakes St. Louis University, leaving resentment in his wake

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    Penalty Kick

    Faded soccer glory seen in a U.S. World Cup team without St. Louis talent

  • Dining

    April 24, 2002

    Grand Funk

    Wildly successful restaurateur Eddie Neill does it again -- or does he?

  • News

    October 11, 2000

    Prescription for Resignation

    Upset over a new pay policy, docs are checking out of St. Louis University Hospital

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    What Is Your Greatest Athletic Feat?

    Upset over a new pay policy, docs are checking out of St. Louis University Hospital

  • Music

    November 24, 1999

    CLUB FOOTING

    Despite their location in the shadow of SLU, beloved gay bars Magnolia's and the Complex aren't going anywhere

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    BIONDI OWNS THE STREET, TOO

    SLU's president issues a no-parking order on side streets around St. Louis University Medical Center

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    The Sacred & the Profane

    Father Lawrence Biondi is praised for revamping the campus of St. Louis University and boosting its endowment. But the enemies he's made along the way claim that behind the fountains, statues and donations stands a Jesuit bully who's more interested in th

  • News

    April 21, 1999

    Short Cuts

    Father Lawrence Biondi is praised for revamping the campus of St. Louis University and boosting its endowment. But the enemies he's made along the way claim that behind the fountains, statues and donations stands a Jesuit bully who's more interested in th

  • News

    April 7, 1999

    War and Parking

    In an era about nothing, SLU student activism is a welcom sight

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    Hit Parade

    In an era about nothing, SLU student activism is a welcom sight

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