Groundbreaking Expected for New Saint Louis Arena: The Board of Trustees for Saint Louis University has approved a resolution that authorizes the construction of an $80 million, on-campus arena.The arena will be paid for through fundraising efforts and $8 million in funding and bonds, which the school will repay with revenues generated from the arena. The facility will include a 10,600-seat arena, two practice courts, and athletic department offices and support facilities. In addition, state-of-the-art strength and conditioning and sports medicine areas will be part of the facility. Groundbreaking for the facility will take place by September, and the university will announce a specific date sometime during the summer. Saint Louis has not yet picked a name for the facility.
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach