October 1, 1998
Campus quiz: Striking a prayerful pose, this gentle creature watches over what Hilltop Campus spot? Answer below.
Wanderlust?
Explore distant destinations without ever leaving campus. The Washington University Association opens the 101st season of its Travel Lecture Series Friday, Oct. 2, with film writer and producer Sandy Mortimer presenting "Stories from the Holy Lands." Other locales featured in St. Louis' oldest and best-known travel lecture series are Italy, Cuba, Portugal, South Africa, Patagonia, the Rocky Mountains and Florida. The series, which continues the first Friday of each month through May, features travel filmmakers presenting and discussing their films. Each lecture will be presented twice, at 6 and 8:30 p.m., in Graham Chapel. The single subscription fee for the series is $26. Individual tickets for each lecture also are available. For more information, call 935-5212.
Research at Tyson
Along with undergraduate and graduate students conducting long-term studies, two independent conservation groups operate within the 2,000 acres of oak-hickory forest that make up Washington University's Tyson Research Center southwest of St. Louis. The Wild Canid Survival and Research Center is concerned with the preservation and re-introduction of canids and maintains a breeding colony of wolves. The World Bird Sanctuary began with an interest in the conservation of raptors but has expanded its range to include all birds. Both groups operate teaching and research programs.
Fresh air
University policy prohibits smoking on the Hilltop Campus in all spaces unless posted otherwise. Departments may designate a smoking area, but all areas without signs are considered non-smoking. Hilltop residence halls determine their own smoking policies. All provisions for smoking must be in compliance with Missouri's Smoke-Free Air Act.
Did you know?
The first art museum west of the Mississippi River was established by Washington University on May 10, 1881. Named the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, it later gave rise to the City Art Museum, now The Saint Louis Art Museum. The University facilities were renamed the Gallery of Art and the School of Fine Arts, now the School of Art, the first in the nation to come into being as part of a university.
Answer: This figure and a facing one, similarly pensive, stand vigil on the archway between Busch and January halls, facing east across Brookings Quadrangle.
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