With all of the renovations and updates coming to campus, it’s time we say goodbye to Weyer Hall as crews prepare to tear it down, making way for a new residence hall. 

Weyer Hall opened in 1950 and was named in honor of Dr. Frank E. Weyer, a long time Dean of Hastings College. Weyer was also the first building on campus that was named after an official of the school. Since then, Hastings College now has the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC), the Morrison Reeves Science Center and Hurley MacDonald Hall. 

In 1972, artists who were residents of Weyer decorated the walls with murals and paintings. Each floor had different paintings and stories to tell. Throughout time, those paintings have faded or been covered up with fresh coats of paint, leaving only echoes of times past.

Weyer Hall was definitely one for the books in 1976. In an artist’s conception of an event, a reporter at the time wrote about Weyer Hall being “saved from Invasion.” This reported “invasion” consisted of residents running around the hall with hairdryers before resident assistant Ian Roberts “saved the day.” 

But that wasn’t the only eventful thing to occur in 1976. Believe it or not, Weyer Hall had toilet paper banned from the building. As some residents were stealing the toilet paper and others were throwing it around the building, the only logical solution there seemed to be, was to ban it from the building. 

The author who wrote the article about what became known as the “Toilet Paper Incident” had a few creative solutions to keeping toilet paper in the building. One of these ideas was to station “armed guards in all the restrooms on campus,” thus solving the toilet paper problem. 

While this might not be the most logical solution, it would certainly have gotten the job done. 

Severe plumbing issues in 2022 closed Weyer Hall permanently. As it would cost more money to fix the hall, it was decided that tearing it down and building a new dorm in its place would be a better option. 

Although Weyer Hall will be torn down in the coming months, it’s important to remember the memories created in this building throughout the years.