McCormick Auditorium
Part of Speech
Proper Noun
Alternate Forms and Pronunciation
- McCormick Auditorium [mih ‘kor mihk / awd ih ‘tor ee əm] Error in widget SC: unable to write file /var/www/html/nudictionary/wildwords/extensions/Widgets/compiled_templates/wrt68b31a5acd2871_03967985
- Norris Auditorium [‘nor rihs / awd ih ‘tor ee əm] Error in widget SC: unable to write file /var/www/html/nudictionary/wildwords/extensions/Widgets/compiled_templates/wrt68b31a5acf5715_98052809
Description
The large auditorium on the first floor of the Norris Student Center (see Norris), located at 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208. It is primarily used as a performance space by many dance and theater student organizations on campus to hold their performances. It is also used sometimes for other events that are not performing arts-related, such as hosting a guest speaker.

Usage
McCormick Auditorium is the most commonly used term within the Northwestern student community. As it is the official name of the auditorium, it is also commonly used in official Northwestern University writing. Norris Auditorium is an alternate form used by the Northwestern student community. It is believed that this term is used due to confusion between the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and McCormick Auditorium.
Example Sentence
- Are you going to see Legally Blonde tonight? It’s in McCormick Auditorium.
- Where is the movie tonight? It’s in Norris Auditorium.