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Saint Louis University (also known as SLU) is a private, co-educational Jesuit university in the United States of America located in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1818 by the Society of Jesus, SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. SLU's athletic teams compete in NCAA's Division I and the Atlantic 10 Conference. It has a current enrollment of 12,309 students representing all 50 states and more than 80 foreign countries, making it the 4th-largest Jesuit University in the United States.[3] [4] The university provides undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. Its undergraduate program is currently ranked 80th in the 2009 U.S. News and World Report rankings of "America's Best Colleges."
[edit] HistorySaint Louis University is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second-oldest Jesuit college in the nation. (Only Georgetown University has been in existence longer). It is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The first M.D. degree awarded west of the Mississippi was conferred by Saint Louis University in 1836. [edit] Founding
Saint Louis University traces its origins to the Saint Louis Academy, founded on 16 November 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Du Bourg, Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, and placed under the charge of the Reverend François Niel and others of the secular clergy attached to the Saint Louis Cathedral. Its first location was in a private residence located near the Mississippi River in an area now occupied by the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. Already having a two-story building for the 65 students using Bishop Du Bourg's personal library of 8,000 volumes for its printed materials, the name Saint Louis Academy was changed in 1820 to Saint Louis College (while the secondary school division remained Saint Louis Academy, now known as St. Louis University High School). In 1827 Bishop Du Bourg placed Saint Louis College in the care of the Society of Jesus, not long after which it received its charter as a university by act of the Missouri Legislature.[5]. In 1829 it moved to Washington Avenue and Ninth at the site of today's America's Center by the Edward Jones Dome. In 1867 after the American Civil War it purchased "Lindell's Grove" to be the site of its current campus. Lindell's Grove was the site of the Camp Jackson Affair in 1861 at the beginning of the war. The Affair turned into a riot in which 28 were killed and was to lead to the Union government marching through the state to evict at point of arms the state's elected governor Claiborne Fox Jackson. The first (and most iconic) building on campus, DuBourg Hall, began construction in 1888 and the college moved to its new location in 1889. 
During the early 1940s, many local priests, especially the Jesuits, began to challenge the segregationist policies at the city's Catholic colleges and parochial schools. After the Pittsburgh Courier, an African-American newspaper, ran a 1943 expose on St. Louis Archbishop John J. Glennon's interference with the admittance of a black student at the local Webster College, Father Claude Heithaus, professor of Classical Archaeology at Saint Louis University, delivered an angry sermon accusing his own institution of immoral behavior in its segregation policies. By summer of 1943, Saint Louis University had opened its doors to African Americans, after its president, Father Patrick Holloran, secured Glennon's reluctant approval.[6] [edit] ExpansionDuring the past twenty years, the University has seen significant improvements, including the modernization and construction of campus buildings as well as the revitalization of surrounding Midtown St. Louis. Some of the highlights of Biondi's tenure at SLU include the investment of more than $840 million in enhancements and expansions including including the major expansion of the John Cook School of Business; construction of McDonnell Douglas Hall, home to Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology; the Center for Advanced Dental Education; the Doisy College of Health Sciences Building and the expansion and renovation of the Busch Student Center. Furthermore, the University completed construction of the $82 million Edward A. Doisy Research Center in 2007 and the on-campus Chaifetz Arena in 2008. [7] In addition, for over thirty years the university has maintained a campus in Madrid, Spain with a student body of around 1000. The Madrid campus was the first freestanding campus operated by an American university in Europe and the first American institution to be recognized by Spain's higher education authority as an official foreign university. In the early 1970s, the campus was the site of an emerging new stream of Bible-based liturgical music that has enjoyed a worldwide impact. The composers were known as the St. Louis Jesuits. After a twenty-year hiatus, they released a new album in the fall of 2005. [edit] Shift to Majority Lay Board of TrusteesIn 1967, Saint Louis University became one of the first Catholic universities to increase layperson decision making power. At the time, then board chairman Fr. Paul Reinert, SJ, stepped aside to be replaced by layman Daniel Schlafly. The board also shifted to an 18 to 10 majority of laypeople.[8] This was largely instituted due to the landmark Maryland Court of Appeals case, Horace Mann vs. the Board of Public Works of Maryland, in which grants to "largely sectarian" colleges were declared unconstitutional. The Second Vatican Council has also be mentioned as a major influence on this decision for its increased focus on the laity, as well as the decreased recruitment of nuns and priests since the council.[9] From 1985 to 1992 the Chairman of the Board of Trustees was William H.T. Bush (younger brother of former President George H. W. Bush). The younger Bush also taught classes at the school.[10] Since the move to lay oversight, debate has erupted many times over how much influence the Roman Catholic Church should have on the affairs of the university. The decision by the University to sell its hospital to Tenet Healthcare Corp. in 1997 met much resistance by both local and national Church leaders, but went ahead as planned. In 2008 SLU basketball coach Rick Majerus was interviewed for a local news agency at a Hillary Clinton rally promoting stances on embryonic stem cell research and abortion contrary to Catholic beliefs. Despite criticism leveled by diocesan Archbishop Raymond Burke, University President Fr. Lawrence Biondi, SJ, refused to censure the coach, citing that Majerus was representing his own personal views and not those of the University.[11] 
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Saint Louis University has four libraries. Pius XII Memorial Library is the general academic library. It holds over 1 million books, 6,000 journal subscriptions, and 140 electronic databases. The Knights of Columbus Vatican Film Library holds a unique collection of microfilm focusing on the manuscripts housed in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. The Omer Poos Law Library houses the law collection and is within the School of Law. The Medical Center Library serves the health and medical community at SLU. The University also has several museums, including the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. [edit] HousingSaint Louis has both dormitory and apartment space on-campus. As part of the Freshman Year Experience (FYE) program, resident freshman students live in one of four freshman-only buildings for their first year, after which point they are able to live anywhere else on campus. [edit] FYE Options
The Griesedieck Complex (also known as "Gries", pronounced "greez") contains 16 stories of living space in its main building, with additional dorm space in its two wings, Walsh and Clemens. Gries is located in the heart of the campus, in front of the quad, and has an average freshman living space, 10' 7.5" by 18' 2", with community showers and bathrooms. Reinert Hall, named after Jesuit Father Paul C. Reinert, is located two blocks south of the main campus in a converted hotel; sometimes referred to as "the Island." Where the building lacks in location it makes up for in living space, containing some of the largest dormitories across the country, 12' 1" by 27', complete with private full baths in each room. Reinert also has access to a private pool and 24-hour in-building study/meeting rooms. [edit] Upperclassman Options
Several housing choices exist for sophomores, juniors and seniors. SLU does not have Greek houses on campus; however, the Sigma Chi chapter owns a house located less than a block from campus, and DeMattias Hall acts as a Greek dormitory and de facto community House. Next to DeMattias Hall is Marguerite Hall, which offers 8 floors of suite-style two-occupancy dorm rooms. Continuing up West Pine Mall, is Notre Dame Hall. While many honors students choose to live here, it is upperclassmen housing open to all students. Another dorm option is Fusz Hall, catercorner to the University's Clocktower. It contains a food court. Grand Forest, the Village, and the Marchetti Towers are the apartment options available. Because of its proximity to the Chaifetz Arena, many student-athletes live in Grand Forest. Similarly, the Village, just across from DeMattias, houses many Greeks. The Village is also very close to the local SLU bars -- Humphrey's and Laclede's -- making it an especially popular location for juniors and seniors. The Marchetti Towers are just west of Grand Forest and consists of two, 12-story towers. Marchetti is very popular with sophomores coming out of FYE housing, though it also has a strong junior and senior population. During the summer of 2008, Marchetti Towers underwent a $3.8 million renovation. [edit] Major Building and Renovation Projects[edit] Edward A. Doisy Research Center
SLU recently completed building a $67 million, 10-story tall research center connected to its Medical Campus Building. It is designed to be a green building and is named for Edward Adelbert Doisy, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate of 1943 and a long-time faculty member at SLU's medical school.[12] With improvements to other research building facilities, the total cost of the project is forecast to be around $80 million. The building had its official dedication ceremony on December 7, 2007, with faculty and staff having begun to move in during the previous weeks. [edit] Chaifetz Arena
The multi-purpose arena, construction of which was completed in early April 2008 at a cost of $80.5 million, contains 10,600 seats for basketball, a training facility, state-of-the-art locker rooms, and a practice facility that can house an additional 1,000 spectators. It is located on the eastern-most end of campus, just north of I-64/U.S. Highway 40. The arena replaced Scottrade Center as the University's primary location for large events, notably Commencement celebrations and varsity sports. On February 28, 2007, the arena was named in honor of University alumnus (1975) Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz, founder and CEO of ComPsych Corp., who made a $12 million naming rights gift to the Arena.[13]The University's official dedication ceremony for the Arena was held on April 10, 2008.[2] [edit] Saint Louis University School of LawThe school recently unveiled plans for a new building. The school is currently attempting to raise the estimated $30-35 million necessary, with groundbreaking being estimated to being in 2010. [edit] Athletics
The Billikens moved from Conference USA (which was created by a merger between the Metro and Great Midwest Conferences) to the Atlantic 10 (where they are the westernmost member, and both the first member located west of the Mississippi and in the Central Time Zone) on July 1, 2005. This is the sixth conference affiliation for SLU since 1937. SLU has been affiliated with the Missouri Valley Conference (1937–1974); the defunct Metro Conference (1975–1982); the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the Horizon League (1982-1991); and the defunct Great Midwest Conference (1991-1995). [edit] Soccer
The men's soccer team has won 10 national titles (1959-60, 1962-63, 1965, 1967, 1969-70, 1972-73), the most in NCAA Men's Soccer Championship history. SLU also holds the record for most NCAA Tournament appearances with 43. Several Billikens have gone on to play professionally, including Shane Battelle, Brad Davis, Vedad Ibisevic, Brian McBride, Matt McKeon, Al Trost, Dipsy Selolwane, Mike Sorber, Joe Clarke, Bob Madison, Martin Hutton, Jack Jewsbury, Tim Ward, and Will John. The soccer team plays at Hermann Stadium on campus. Legion 1818 is the official supporters group for the team. [edit] BasketballSimply known to all as "The Program", the Billikens were ranked first in the first AP basketball poll during the 1948–1949 season. Ed Macauley of the Basketball Hall of Fame and SLU won the NIT championship in 1948 and have played in the NIT 18 times, most recently in 2004. Larry Hughes of the Cleveland Cavaliers played one season at SLU in the 1997-1998 season, where he was selected as the consensus national Freshman of the Year. They have made the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in 1952, 1957, 1994, 1995, 1998, and 2000. The Billikens are currently coached by Rick Majerus. The Program officially relocated from the Bauman-Eberhardt Center, the third oldest facility in NCAA Division I sports, to Chaifetz Arena on the eastern edge of campus for spring workouts in early April 2008. [edit] Ice HockeySLU had a Division I hockey program that played in the CCHA from the 1970-1971 season until the program ended in 1980. The team was a strong team in the CCHA and over the 9 seasons of play SLU made the championship 6 times[3]. The current team began play for the 1996-1997 season and is a member in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and fields a Men's Division 1 team in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL). When it needs to, SLU Hockey also has the option to field a D2 team to give a place to student-athletes to develop their skills. The team plays home games at the Affton Ice Arena Affton, MO, but the University has plans to build the Saint Louis University Ice Pavilion to bring them closer to campus. [edit] Other Sports
The university fielded an intercollegiate squad from 1899 to 1949, going undefeated in 1901, 1904 and 1906[14]. St. Louis competed at the club-level during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Although the school no longer has a football team, the sport made a lasting mark as the 1906 team, coached by Eddie Cochems, threw the first legal forward pass in football history. Moreover, the "Billikens" nickname still used by the school derives from the physical appearance of former football coach John R. Bender.[15]
In 2006, the Billiken baseball team earned the program's first NCAA Tournament berth since 1966 by winning the Atlantic 10 Tournament. SLU's most successful baseball team of all time was the 1965 squad, which qualified for the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the College World Series.
The women's volleyball team qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2006 by winning the Atlantic 10 Tournament, marking the program's first-ever NCAA appearance and its first post-season bid since earning a spot in the 1995 National Invitation Tournament. The team plays its home games on the practice courts of the recently completed Chaifetz Arena on the eastern edge of campus.
The Saint Louis softball team enjoyed the best season in program history in 2007. The Billikens established a school record in wins with a 29-33 slate and established team records in hits, runs, doubles and home runs. As the Number 3 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship, the Billikens advanced through the field to the title game before losing to host and top-seeded Massachusetts. [edit] Student Life[edit] Student OrganizationsSaint Louis University has a large number of student organizations that cover a variety of interests: student government, club sports, organizations focused on media and publications, performing arts, religion and volunteerism and service. A current list can be found here on the university's website. 
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[edit] Greek LifeSaint Louis has 12 fraternities and seven sororities on-campus.[16] [edit] Fraternities
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Saint Louis University Fight Song Root, Root, Root, for S-L-U We are out to win the game We always fight for the white and blue Now let's cheer ‘er valiant name Saint Louis U! Saint Louis U! (chant) Go Bills! Go Bills! Go Bills Go! (chant) [edit] Notable graduates[edit] Academia
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