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SAU Weekly’s Miranda Richards takes you back in time for a look at what was once Leclaire Hall. It featured a gymnasium and indoor track, and the first indoor, underground swimming pool west of the Mississippi River. Elements of these can still be seen within the newly-renovated Higgins Hall of Innovation and Human-Centered Design.

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