Saint Louis University

SLU President Lawrence Biondi: "To Those Of You Who Have Been Critical...I Have Listened"

Father Lawrence Biondi has been personally hurt by the things his critics have said about his leadership as president of Saint Louis University. But he has listened to them. So says Biondi in a letter sent out university-wide today that, for the first time, appears to publicly recognize the need fo ... More >>

Which St. Louisan Should Be the Next Pope?

Yes, it may be a bit self-centered of us to think, as soon as we heard the news yesterday of Pope Benedict XVI's impending resignation, which St. Louisan should replace him? But really, isn't it high time there was a Pope from the Western Hemisphere? And why not from St. Louis, the most Catholic of ... More >>

Student Startup Madness: Local Collegians Compete to Be Next Mark Zuckerberg

Many people come up with the dumbest ideas of their lives during college. But, as Sean Branagan, director of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University, observes, some pretty good ideas have come from college students, too: Facebook, FedEx, Dell computers, Google, Reddit, t ... More >>

SLU Faculty Issues Comprehensive Report on Why Lawrence Biondi Sucks

Think tension between the faculty and administration at Saint Louis University has simmered down in recent weeks? - SLU Faculty Give Biondi a No-Confidence Vote- Biondi Threatens to Pack Up SLU Medical and Head West - SLU Law School Drama Think again. Today the faculty made public a lengthy report i ... More >>

A Cupples o' Blooms

Tidbits from Urban Chestnut, Pierre Laclede's

- Urban Chestnut Brewing Company (3229 Washington Avenue; 314-222-0413) announced today that its new beer garden -- or, if you prefer, biergarten -- will open this evening, June 7, at 6 p.m. Among the rules for the new space, Urban Chestnut will allow you to bring food from outside into its biergar ... More >>

Taco Takeover

Show-Me Skills

Half the Sky, All the Hope

Temple Set to Leave Atlantic 10 Conference

Were this the 2013-14 season, the St. Louis University Billikens would hold the No. 1 ranking in the Atlantic 10 tournament that's currently being staged. Securing top seeds in future A-10 tournies isn't an outrageous concept now that perennial Temple University has announced it's heading back to t ... More >>

Rally Planned to Save the Pevely Dairy

​Earlier this month Saint Louis University angered and alarmed local preservationists when the school asked the city for permits to demolish the Pevely Dairy complex (above) at the southwest corner of Grand and Chouteau. Now the St. Louis architecture buffs are fighting back. Tomorrow at 3 ... More >>

Tony Soprano or Mother Teresa: City Investigates Ownership of Controversial College Bar

​A new bar near the Saint Louis University campus featuring such classy promotions as "Free 'Till You Pee" is being investigated by the city's liquor control board amid concerns about its ownership. The bar, CHEA TER'S Sports Grill & Ultrapub, opened this summer in the space that previously ho ... More >>

Win/Win: Drink Beer, Help Guatemalan Girls

Drink some beer, so we can go to school!​Tomorrow's going to be a beautiful day, and it seems likely you might want to drink a beer or five. If you're going to be doing that anyway, why not benefit a project that helps women and girls in rural Guatemala have better lives through education?Four mid ... More >>

Burglars Invade Central West End Apartment, Hold Residents at Gunpoint

Three people in the Central West End are recovering from a scare after two armed men burst into their apartment early this morning. ​According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, a 22-year-old man was in his living room in the 4000 block of Westminster (above) when two black males wit ... More >>

Brandon Davies: Come Play for Saint Louis University, Sex Your Girlfriend All You Want

​Image ViaYou're okay with St. Louis, Brandon.​Brigham Young University, better known to sports fans the nation over as BYU, may very well have lost their chance at winning a national championship this year. They're currently ranked number three in the nation, and were widely expected to grab on ... More >>

Drum's the Word

Floors of Florals

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

Police Report: SLU Basketball Players Plotted "Pulling a Train" on Victim

Image viaKwamain Mitchell and Willie Reed​The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has closed an investigation into possible sexual assault involving four players from the Saint Louis University basketball team -- declaring the case inactive without recommending that charges be filed against a ... More >>

A Time for Champions

1 p.m. Sunday, November 21, at the Tivoli

Willie Reed Describes Sexual Encounter That Led to SLU Basketball Suspensions

Former Saint Louis University basketball star Willie Reed is providing details for the first time about the sexual encounter that led to his suspension from the university, along with teammate Kwamain Mitchell. Willie Reed​Daily RFT was not able to verify Reed's account. Police have refused ... More >>

Willie Reed and Kwamain Mitchell: SLU Basketball Stars No Longer Enrolled in School

Image viaKwamain Mitchell and Willie Reed​Breaking news coming from the Post-Dispatch via a brief written statement from Saint Louis University: Willie Reed and Kwamain Mitchell -- the starting center and point guard on the Billiken basketball team --- are "currently not enrolled at the University ... More >>

The Maine Event

St. Louis Stage Capsules

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

Show Review Setlist: Ben Folds and a Piano Triumphs Despite a Distracted Crowd

​ Ben Folds and his piano rocked the Chaifetz Arena last night, despite the less-than-intimate venue and somewhat-inattentive crowd. The personable popstar didn't chat as much between songs, possibly because it's hard to unite a crowd in an oversized venue like the Chaifetz. For such an intim ... More >>

Christmas: Live!

Blossom and Grow

Drink of the Week: Spanish Coffee

Café Ventana
3919 West Pine Boulevard
314-531-7500

Listen Up

The Chesterfield Writers Guild offers readings

Flower Power

The Cupples House blossoms

Minus Story

Slice of Life

John Vanderslice celebrates warmer weather with an exclusive mix of tunes.

Ranting and Raving

A Tree for You and Me

Rebuilt to Suit

SLU won't say what it has in store for the Locust Business District.

Death of a Professor

What drove Saint Louis University’s David Manor to put a bullet in his brain?

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Fly Like an Eagle

To Alton

Get Poked, Get Paid

Clinical drug trials offer good money, comfy dorms -- and sometimes even a free buzz. But beware: They're gonna suck your blood like Dracula.

Wrap the Pimp

We raise our glass to John Goodman, the Cubs (please don't hit us) and the almighty Pimp; plus, not everyone is buying what the Department of Homeland Security is selling

Best High School Athlete

Kevin Lisch
Althoff High (Belleville)

What Is It You Don't Get? (Part 2)

Week of June 11, 2003

Are We Really Going to War This Month?

Week of March 19, 2003

If You Could Choose the Manner of Your Death, What Would It Be?

Week of July 3, 2002

Public Displays of Affection: Turn-On or Turn-Off ?

Week of May 8, 2002

Chew on This

Chefs and musicians collaborate on a delicious piece of performance art

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY

By Ivan Turgenev; adapted by Brian Friel (St. Louis University Theatre)

Short Cut

1998: The Year in Sports