They say it’s your birthday… you’re gonna have a good time. But celebrating in style doesn’t always seem easy in St. Louis.

You may know him as “that bald guy in the blue suit” or “the Hitzeman mailman,” but long before he took our I.D.’s and handed us our packages, Kevin Simon was the drummer for a band that played venues across the country.

While acclimating to the geography of Wash. U., freshmen should know that there is more to each building than bricks, windows, and—in the case of Elliot Hall—a more modern approach of concrete. Here are the less obvious places within those buildings that will help us adapt to our home for the next four years.