Vol. 22 No. 27 April 9, 1998
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| Nancy Fahey, coach of the University's national champion women's basketball team, hurls a sizzling ceremonial first pitch right over home plate into the hands of Ed Macauley, another St. Louis basketball great, to start the Cardinals' opening day game March 31. Veteran sportscaster Jack Buck (second from right, back to camera) calls the play. (See story) |
Bon Appetit! -- new food service company chosen
Washington University has selected The Bon Appetit Management Company of Menlo Park, Calif., to operate its dining service programs. A five-year agreement will become effective July 1, subject to negotiation of final contract details.
Bon Appetit is a multistate food service management firm that has won awards for its creative and innovative menus.
University lab blazing trail toward 'wired world'
Imagine a "wired" world: Instead of magnets and scotch tape holding messages on your Frigidaire, there's a monitor displaying voice, written and even video messages. You access the monitor by a hand-held remote control device -- a "palmtop" computer. Using the palmtop, you can read messages from family members, browse the Web, watch "Wuthering Heights" or cheer on the Chicago Bulls, all while you ride the MetroLink home from work.
You bank and shop across the Internet with "digital cash," which replaces your credit cards. You invest in financial markets using the same currency. The corner video store is a thing of the past because you can sit at home and, through a World Wide Web interface, request any movie you want at any time of the day. In education, network users bring the schoolroom into their homes by interacting with school-based teachers who have videotaped their lessons. If you missed a lecture early in the semester and finals are staring you in the face, you can call the lecture up on the professor's Web site archive and rest at ease.
Graham Chapel renovations to enhance beloved building
A highlight of the Hilltop Campus soon will be a bit brighter. Last week, bid requests went out for renovation work on Graham Chapel -- work that will include illuminating the structure's ceiling.
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| Artist Joe Ando's work is among the many prints and drawings on display at this year's Printmarket. (See story) |
Students design neighborhood marker
Two graduate architecture students hope their winning design for a marker at the entrance to the Forest Park Southeast Neighborhood will not only welcome residents and visitors but uplift them as well.
"We selected elements that would blend in with the existing neighborhood but also would be contemporary and symbolize the future and promise the neighborhood holds," said graduate student Monica Moore of the design she created with Tomislav Zigo, also a graduate student.
Their design for the east entry along Manchester Road calls for a 28-foot steel tower that brings a sense of prominence and firmly establishes the site as an entryway. A low brick wall with the neighborhood's name emblazoned in bold letters curves in front of the tower.