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BY LAURA 'BROWN the SGA. Since there are no chal­ ...... special. to The Cun-ent lengers to . the incumbent president, Connor will become president for a This week's Student second term mainly by default. Only Government Association election one student is needed to .cast a vote will offer voters little choice on the for each candidate to become elect­ ballot, ed. The expense needed to establish 200 t -2002 with only and run more than one polling loca­ one can- tion with supplies and personnel is , Thishilarious d i da t e unj ustified. B lantonsaid. running ''1' m at a loss why there are so diary is worth in each few applicants," said Blanton. \ ' position. A deadline was set fo.l,' interested peeking into SGA elections will be held for students to get their name on tlle bal­ Student Government President, lot. Because so few candidates Bridget weighs too much, Vice President a11d Comptroller. applied, the deadline was extended, smokes too much, drinks too Nine oth~r candidates are running but no one else signed up. much anc;l. is afraid of approach­ for Assembly Representative posi­ Blanton said he believes there ing "spinsterhood." To overcome tions. None of the candidates are could be several reasons for this . . these problems, she makes opposed by anyone else, giving little Either students are completely satis­ some resolutions and buys a reason for campaigning. fied with how things on campus are diary to record her progress. . Ryan COlmor, CUlTent SGA pres­ going right now and do not see a You may flot think this sounds ident, is running for reelection. Joe need for change, there is a lack of like a promising premise for a Flees is the vice president candidate, confidence in the entire system or comedy, but that's where you'd . and Brian King is running for the' there is just no interest in the elec­ be wrong. Bridget's self'-effac- office of comptroller. tion all together, he said . . ing humor turns her pedestrian One polling place on each cam­ . "I think competition is healthy. It concerns and her diary into high pus will be open for the election on makes the product better," said humor. Tuesday and Wednesday. On North Blanton. Campus it will be located in the There is always the possibility a ... See page 6 Millennium Student Center, most wtite-in candidate could win the likely nC?I the cross walk where election, but that appears to, be most of the traffic through the build­ unlikely since there has been no ABOVE: Nao Kobayashi, a junior ing occurs. The location on South campaigning fmone on campus to majoring in business, takes a Campus hadn' t been determined as this point. B I s ride on the swing~ at Mirthday. of press time. Organizers brought in several There is no need for more than Vis.i t thecurrentonline.com to find out carinival rides like this one for one polling locettion on each cam­ more about the candidates in our SGA Big Event will' students to enjoy. pus, said Rick Blanton, adviser to Voter's Guide. help St. Vincent's LEFT: Students crowd together near the mail'! stage to hear L udacris. one ot-three musical BY RHASHA D PITTMAN Police chase acts that performed at Mirthday. ,J " •• " .• "' - siajj;~; ;~'i ;~:' " - '' ''''''''-''' '' A new pOSition overseeing man with gun campus housing has been creat­ ed in. an effort to help increase the number of students living through campus " on campus, which is one of the primary goals of Chancellor Blanche Touhill. O RY- & P OTOS BY JOSH RENAUD to a telephone near the MetroLink The director of residential senior editor parking lot. Gardiner gestured to a life and housing will handle the Normandy police officer who was business operations for all the A man was arrested last approaching from the opposite residence halls on campus hous· Wednesday after an incident involv· direction culd dley stopped the sus­ ing fadlities, which includes ing a gun on Florissant Road. The pect at the telephone. Mansion Hill Condiminiums and man was apprehended by NOt1llandy "The Normandy officer was the residence halls. MoDOT to reroute traffic at police with help from the UMSL attempting to cuff him when · he Reinhard Schuster, vice chan­ . . . police after a chase that crossed cam - . broke free and started to mn through cellor for Administrative pus. the MetroLink lot," Gardiner said. Services, said that the The chase occurred around . 7 He culd the other officer began University currently has 1,000 intersection of I·70, Hanley p.m., about an hour after the cbasing the suspect, Gardiner said, beds for on-campus students Mirthday festival ended. when he saw a gun had fallen. and Touhill is looking to expand Sgt. Bruce Gardiner of the 1!1e officers chased the suspect to 2,500 in the next five years. BY JOSH RENAUD until 5:30 am., westboW1d traffic will you weren't used to before." UMSL police explained that he and through traffic on East Drive and Lisa Grubbs, campus housing . senior editor be detoured off the interstate at the MotOlists will not be able to eros., other ofiicers were handling a sepa­ past the new East Drive parking administrator, is the only inter­ Banley Road exit and entrance ramps over the Hanley Road bridge while the rate incident at Hollywood Park garage onto the private Lucas prop­ nal applicant that is being con­ Evening students who nonnally and then back onto the interstate. On disITh1Iltling is W1derway. The Hanley Apartments wh~n a motorist flagged erty east of the garage. When more sidered fonhe position. Grubbs come to campus by taking 1-70 east tei April 24, westbound 1-70 \\o;ll be open Road bridge will be restricted to one them down and said a man was officers joined the chase, the suspect has managed all campus hous· Florissant Road may run into delays between 10 and 11 p.IIJ. for St. Louis lane in each direction through late pointing a gun at another man fcu1her reached. for his waistband, Gardiner ing as the campus housing this week as crews dismantle half of the Cardinals traffic. 2001. down Florissant Road. said. There was enough light that the administrator for the past seven bridge over 1-70 at Hanley Road. On April 25 and 26, from 8:30 p.m. The other half of the bridge will be Gardiner notified Normandy officers could see he didn't have years. "Her position will end Most of the' work' will be done at until 5:30 am., eastbound traffic will dismantled in 34 months, probably police, since the incident occurred in anything in his hands. . once a director has been select­ night during the week. weather-permit­ be detoured at the exit and entrance near the end of summer, Evers said, their jurisdiction. The UMSL offi­ "They were going to protect ed," said Gary Grace, vice ting, said Tom Evers, MoDOT project' ramps and then back onto the interstate. depending on hm.... quickly the first half cers located the victim of d1e inci­ themselves if they had to," Gardiner chancellor for Student Affairs. manager. On April 27, the far right lane of is rebuilt dent and then an UMSL police dis­ said. "That guy was lucky it was still 'Tve been here for seven "The times will vary, but we're eastbound 1-70 will be closed at Hanley The Hanley bridge is being replaced patcher infOlmed them that the sus­ daylight. He went in looking, and I years," Grubbs said. "I love it. I going to staIt from the westbound side from 6 p.rn. lmtil5 a.m. as part of the six-year HI~70 corridor pect had been sighted on the don't think he realized he'd dropped want to be here a lot longer." to the eastbound side, removing the "At the worst, the students v.ill have project" which is scheduled to be com­ MetroLink platfotm. his gun." If seLected for the new posi­ blidge deck from one direction to the to sit for a little bit," Evers said "1-70 is pleted in 2003. Work on the Hanley Gardiner approached the plat­ The suspect was fmally caught tion, Grubbs said that one of other," Evers said. not being dosed, but you ",ill have to Road bridge is expected to be complete fOlm from the south and was spotted and arrested on the MetroLink tracks ,her goals for the dormitories is On April 23 and 24, from 8:30 p.m. sit in five to 10 rrlinutes worth of traffic by late 2002. by the suspect, who begcu1 walking necu' the Luca'> property. to have more "peer·to-peer support," where students help each other. Grubbs said that many stu; UMSL to offer dents living in the dormitories Legislator discusses alma mater, telID limits . . have similar schedules. She wants those students to team Tim Green, chair of the courses online BY DAN GALLI "UMSL has always been on the up and help each other. short end of the stick," said Green. Missouri House of "You can have two students special to The Current Representatives "[The House Budget Committee] BY TIM THOMPSON [living in the same hall] sitting Budget, visits UMSL TIm Green, chair of the Missouri approves ·a lump sum to the UM staff write.,. on opposite Sides of the same House of Representatives Budget System and then the Board of Curators students at ASUM's lecture hall and do not even . "Brunch With a Coirunittee, visited the Millennium and president [Manuel Pacheco] Faculty members in the College of know they're tI1ere,." she said. Legislator" event on Student Center at UMSL, on April 16. decide where the money goes," Education and the CoUege of Nursing April 16. Green dis­ Green was here for the first annual Green believes a lot of St. Louis will begin teaching online during the cussed topics ranging ''BruncliWith A Legislator,".sponsored delegates are more supportive of the sununer and fall semesters 2001 from UMSL's share of by the Associated Students of the Columbia and Rolla campuses. He respectively. the UM-System budget Univen;ity of MiSsouri. said a lot of people really haven't seen The Nmsing tean1 members will be to term limits for Green, a Democrat who represents what UMSL can do for the communi­ Jean Bachman, Sandra Lindquist, . the 73rd District in the House of ty. Missouri politicians. Cynthia Mitchell, Dotma Musser, and Represe.ntatives, is a graduate of Five of Green's siblings graduated Mary Jo Su·alka. 111e members of the .B.':I:!.~~~l.n. .. "~ard .... _."".".,, .... ~ U1viSL He spoke about his back­ from UMSL. His wife is currently Education program w ill be Susan Features ' 3 ...... ~ -...... _. __ ...... _---- ground and his job, and also fielded attending the University to receive a Catapano, Mai'y Cooper, Carl 9..P.iF.li..() .':l ~ ...... ,. ... " ...... _...... ~ ...... ~. questionS from the audience. bachelor of sGjence in nursing. So Hoagland, Allison Hoewiscb and .~p~r.ts... " ...... " ...... " ...... ,,~: One of the more interesting topics whlie Green respects UMSL a 10t­ Ou-istopher Simon, a graduate student. unlike many Df his peers in the Sl Arts & Entertainment 6 disc.ussed was UMSL's lack of fund­ When the idea of online classes ...... mg. DMSL has about 30 percent of the Louis delegation-he believes little was being kicked arowld during the Classifieds 1; 1 ...... -...... •.- ...... students in the UM System, but I~~ .. ~ ~~~9. ..T.~.b..I .~ : ,...... 1..1-. receives only 12 percent of its budget. see LEGISLATOR, page 8 Mutsumi Igarashi! The Cu rrent see ONLINE COURSES, page 12 . .Page 2 ~Ite. Current April 23, 2001

~he Cu rrent Put it on the Board: II student orga1liZations and Josh Renaud· Edil01·.in-C!Jie! ' ded free of cbarge to a ' d' r I till f3o(I rri is a servicePI,)l1 . ' . Clm,mt E[lents Btuletm Boar IS) Anne POrter· .1Ianaging Editor J7.Je ClImmJ ElIenlS BI/1 e Deadlt'l'wJor SubIJII SS/01LS to 71Ji! '"",hOI15 uiui is on ii!'isiolls" ..' went O1J.:anI"""H Inshirah • Business Manager d lllen st Bulletin. Board Unit ,er.;ity dep{IJ1l11 ellts ~UI { bl ' /'0' / SMce consideratiOlllsg to t eks prior to tbe event. AI • Bawazeer . -sda 'bejote pu lea I I. Y"' ,' . t d at least twO we p,1ll. el 'ery (1)w.l .' \'f/, suggest all subnusswn, be pos e , M063121 01'j"aA:516-681l. Judi Linville. Faculty AtMser aftrst-col/,e.ftrst.sen'ed /XlSIS, . e . 794D Na tural Bridge Road, St. loUiS Tom Wombacher· :\duertising Dir, Monday, April 23 Natural Bridge Road, located Serld submissions to: Vio/ela DlJIlItrova, ise indicated. ' Prod .~ociare across from the West Drive . 516 prefixes unless otheI"W All listings use Darren Bnme • PiJoto Director ent ~a nce to North Campus. For • "The Development of the European Prod, Associate more information, call 385-3455. Sunday, Apri I 29 City" will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 Dave Kinworthy· ports Editor p.m. at 331 Social Sciences and to 10 p.m. at the Millennium Student Catherine • A&E Editor Business Building. Free. Call 51 6-649 5 Wednesday, April 25 Center, the Lobby on the first floor. ·Catholic Mass will be held at the Marquis-Homeyer ' for more information. For details, call (314) 741·4706, after South Campus Residence Hall Chapel Erik Buschardt • W('b Editor . Conversations About Teaching and , 6 p.m. at 7:30 p.m. i Zarina • Business Associate SyedoKhaja • Spencer and Spencer Mathematics Technology: This Semester's I Lecture will be presented from 7:30 Lessons/Ideas for Next will be held Friday, April 27 Monday, April 30 Maggie Matthews· 3d RepreSelJlalil 'e p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Summit from noon to 1 p.m. at Marillac Hall. , Chartene Hoskins • M Represelllalil'e Candace Mangin • PlOd. AS50Ciafe Lounge. Free. For more information, Free and open to faculty. Fore details, .Soup with Sister 12:05 p.m. at tbe .Monday Noon Series Mutswni Igarashi • Photo Assoriale call 516-5446. call 516-6082. Catholic Newman Center, 8200 Natural "An International Storytelling Odyssey" is V'JOIeta DimItI'ova • Prod Assl~·lanl Bridge, across from the West Drive presented by Annette Harrison, Kenya Copy Editor Tuesday, April 24 . Meeting for OUT -UMSL's Lesbian, entrance to North Campus. For more Ajanaku and Peter Theodore. All of James Laury • \Veb Assistant Bisexual, Gay, and Transgendered information, call 385-3455. them share tales from their ethnic lJistrib. Manager • Looking for a Bible Study Alliance-in Room 385 at the heritage as a preview for the annual Tiffany Mcl'toet SOli. Distrib. ..lssi;1 anl Non-denominational Bible Study meets Millennium Center, Student ·Annual Multicultural Awareness St. Louis Storytelling Festival, May 2-5. 1beresa Autry· Proofreader in Room 313 of the Millennium Student Organization, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Celebration will be held from 10 a,m. The event is held in Room 119, J.e. Center, from 11 a.m. to noon. There is Call Mathew at 516·5013 or at 636- toi p.m. at the Millennium Student Penney 'Conference Center, from noon Staff Writers: also a meeting on Wednesdays from 230·748 3. Center, Century Rooms A, Band c;.. All to 1 p.m. Free and open to the public. 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Bring your are welcome for a multicultural fash­ For inquiries, call Karen Lucas at 516- Nick Bowman, Charlie Bright, Thursday, April 26 ion show and various cultural perfor­ 5699. ' Lori Callander, Jennifer Dodd, lunch. For details, call 516 -69 01. Stefanie Ellis, Rhashad Pittman, mances. For more information, call Sara Porter, Tlm Thompson, ·Catholic Mass will be held at the Catholic • The Spring Si ngerISongwriter 516-6807 . Emily Umbright , Steve Valko, Newman Center at 7:30 p.m. at 8200 Showcase wi ll take place from 7 p.m. Tom Weathersby

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BY ANNE PORTER ipants guessed who would be on the ...... senio1" edito1" . card, they either won a piece of candy, or went double, or nothing. Horizon Peer Educators had the Webster, . in the NewWorld Volkswagen Bug with the flowers and Dictionary, defines mirth as joyful­ "Be True to Yourself'. message for ness, gaiety, or merriment, especiiilly everyone to admire and to drive it when characterized by laughter. The around. the parking lot. definition of that keyword certainly Groups with booths reported explains why Mirthday, celebrated favorable results from their time and last Wednesday, was so much enjoyed energy invested in the event. by students, faculty and staff. Jessica Schneider, a freshman who Last Wednesday, unlike ·the week is currently undecided, staffed the before, was somewhat cooler, Horizon Peer Educator area, although this did not seem to detract '1 was happy with how everything from thec[owds. went. We worked hard at putting these Orinthia Montague, the student things together and making sure services coordinator, helped plan things ran smoothly. We handed out Mirthday with the University applications, and we actuiilly ran out Program Board. of prizes. I reiilly had a great time ''I'm very pleased [with the. handing out sunglasses and piggy results]. The past two years Mirthday banks," Schneider said. has seemed similar to EXPO. I want­ If joining a group wasn't a goal, ed to do something different this then what about getting a job? UPS spring," Montague said. was answering questions, as well as Changes that Montague made this registeling for Pointfest tic:kets. year included no breaks in the opera­ Speaking of music, three bands tion times of the eve~t, a nationiilly performed on the Mirthday stage. recognized band, different location, First up was Ludacris with their two iill-ages rides and a focus on Greek rap hits. Then the Fifth Element, a Week. . local band that offered a rock show for Montague thinks many of these the crowd. The last band to perform changes worked well to improve the Mutsumi IgarashlJ Tbe e"'Tellt • was the Javier Mendoza band, whose songs have been played on 101.1 The carnival atmosphere of Mirthday, and UMSL students who attended Mirthday were-treated to food, rides, concert performances and vari~ she plans to implement them next year ous fun games from UMSL student organizations. River. Mendoza played for a sparse as well. audience, but the music still sounded Montagtlf also noted a few people "This Mirthday had its good and Bell said. ist as a memento. like it was a show of a 1000 with its who helped make 1vfu1hday a success: bad points. I liked it on the grass bet­ Rides at Mirthday included a Ferris For an educational appeal, many American Hispanic mix of rhytluns Randy Vogan of Accounting Services, ter. They didn't take meal plans, but wheel, a scrambler, mechanical organizations staffed booths to provide and beat. Gloria Leonard and Gloria Collins of there is more to do and more music," swings, a carousel and a spinning cir­ interested students and faculty with The fraternities and sororities had Business Services and Facilities Cave said. cle. similar to the Tom's Twister at Six information about what they do and their own skits on the mainstage, Seryices respectively and the UMSL People who worked at Mirthday Flags. how to become involved. which included many parodies of tele­ police. also enjoyed many of its activities. These rides made it possible for Most had a game of some sort and vision shows, such as the Man Show What did students think about the William Bell, of Food Services, students with children to bring them to used one of them as a chance to win a and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.' new Mirthdiy? helped make sure that everyone hun­ the carnival as a family outing. . prize. It's imI,lossible to see into the . Jermifer Cave, a junior majoring in gry was fed. If lides were not on the agenda, ope Music for Charity-the UMSL future and what exactly next year's mass communications, waited in line ~'This was my first time. I enjoyed could find out the future with the psy­ group which supports local musicians Mirthday will offer, but one thing is for a psychic reading. while she visit­ it. I felt like a kid again. Popcorn, chics or palm readers and also have and music groups-bad to match the certail.1- it should be a good time for ed with other students. rides, what more could you ask forT their own portrait made by a caricatur- character to candy game. If the partic- students, faculty and staff. UMSL women -march to Student artists bring wondrous · ~take back the night' variety to .Galle ry 210 exhibit

BY SARA PORTER the artists' many talents and interests. "Cliff," depicted a man surrounded BY KATIE STUCKENSCHNEIDER staff Il'riter The photography exhibit, for exam­ by colorful streaks, and "August" • special to The Current ---."--- ple. had many different photos, from showed a woman whose mouth W e need to voice our The 200l-juried student art exhib­ land~capes of the Big River to a sad­ stands out in her face; both presented Join womenas they "take back the it, held in Lucas Hall, Gallery 210, concems about the vio­ faced clown. Each photo told a bit models with unusual twists. night" at .;I- p.m. April 27 in front of brought a lot of visitors, a lot of excel­ about the photographer taking it. ;"Cliff' is an expression of who Marillac Hiill on the South Campus. lence in our society. lent art work and a lot of variety in In her picture "Dennis Bergkamp the model is with a splash of color." EDITOR The ·'.Take Back the Night" march Everyone is welcome to the fields of·painting, sculpture, pho­ at Highbury," photographer Kate Massey said. '" August' is a portrait of C ATHERINE ' tography, computer graphics and lith­ a I is a program that provides support to 'take back the night.' Cassidy displayed love for photog­ my neighbor, always thought that MARQUIS-H OMEYER iill victims of violence. ography. raphy and English footbiill. her most beautiful body part is her "[Violence] is a big problem in our . -Annette Curdt The exhibit was presented. "I traveled through Britain going mouth. Most artists go for the eyes, features editor according to Terry Suhre, director of country, > Annette Curdt said, pro­ Program director of the Women's Center to footbiill games, and I snapped this and I thought it W:J;; the least interest­ gram director of the Women's Center. Giillery 210, to show the different picture of Dennis Bergkamp, an ing part about her face." phone: 516~5174 The annual, inteniationally- styles of art .. ' intemational Dutch player." Cassidy At the end of the opening exhibit, fax: 516-6811 acclaimed event began in 1976, when ~'Theprogram is an Oppoitunity to said. "Football is my niche." the winners were announced. They Belgium held the first march. UMSL coordination---,,--- with the National Crime display the best work under many A fairly new exhibit this year was were awarded as follows: began the tradition last year. The Victims' Right Week that runs from artistic disciplines," Suhre said. the waterless lithographs, printmak­ First place-Sowell for "Cliff." Women's Center as well as the divi- . April 22-28. Last year, around 75 Suhre says he was impressed by ing without using certain chemicals. Second place-Peter Pranschke for EVENTS sion of counseling and student organi­ people participated in the . program. the artistic talent embedded in the Leonard Massey, a student lithogra­ aMI. Potato Head and Power zations are planning the event Curdt hopes it will be"even larger this works. pher, showed three displays-two Ranger."Third place-Derek Dylan The march starts at Marillac Hall year." 'They are very sophisticated and from his water lilies and one of the Sinunons for "Roderick in Red," April and ends at the Thomas Jefferson The program began at UMSL have a strong sense of professional­ Roman pillars in Lyon, France. Merit-Betty L. Jehle for "First Pbal." Library where Melissa Hartmon, when H. Lori Schnieders, assistant ism." "I chose the Roman colurrms Honorable Mention--Chris Draper director of Admissions, and Curdt professor in the division of counsel­ Besides the professionalism of the because of their architectural signifi­ for "brainstorm st!" website. Massey 23 will be speaking about the violence of ing, mentioned to Curdt that "Take works, their variety was also striking. cance," Massey said. 'They are pure­ for "Water Lilly Pink," Gina TIle Arianna String Quartet will women and children in today's soci­ Back the Night" would 'be beneficial 'There isn't a particular UMSL ly Roman with the way they are made Lumsden for "Innocence," Abril perform with the University ety. in helping to take a stand on violence. style," said Dan Younger, coordinator with the columns out of stones and Borrego for "Reflection" and Grant Singers in a Spring Concert at 7:30 "Last year, the walk included a lot "We need to voice oUT concerns of the B.F.A program. "Everybody is then covered in marble." Asmus for "Beyond the Mental p.m. in the Provincial House of women and a lot of men from cam­ about the violence ·in oUT society. doing their own thing with their own The paintings were quite colorful Capacity." The exhibit will run Chapel on the South Campus. pus," Curdt said. Evelyone is welcome [to Take Back particular style." and portrayed the artist's talents. through May 9 at Giillery 210. It is Free. Ciill the music department at . The march at UMSL this year is in .the Night']," Curdt said. The works themselves displayed Painter Larry Sowell's portrait. free and open to the public. 516-5980 for details .

The Public Policy Research Center presents "TIle City: Digital Photograph.ic Works," an exhibit UMSL student making his way to a hopeful career of photography by Thomas E. Patton. Now through June 28,

BY JENNIFER DODD close to Troy. want to do, so I can help them in their nosed \vitb a rare form of cancer. Jim high school plays. I got the lead in my from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in room 362 at Social Sciences Building. Free. special to The Current "1 would have liked to have gone time of need. I also have put off other and Connie. Miles run the camp, and I high school's spring play, Neil Simons. away to school somewhere like friends, so I can hang out with the close went there for fours years as a brother. . Rumors. ' and I had a three page mono­ Call 516-5273. You pass a guy in the hiillway, he is Southwest Missouri State University, ones when they need me. When Then the Miles ciilled me to be a coun­ logue that involved some Spanish," The Public Policy Research about 5 feet II inches tiill with a medi­ but it would have been too far away. 1 TIffany's Grandpa died and she ciilleD selor, (which 1 was) for five years, 'This Dunn said. Center's Metropolitan Issues um build, spiky dark blonde hair have gotten pretty close with my fami­ me at 3 a.m. in the morning. I let her cry past summer, I became a group leader. Dunn didn't stray away from the Forum Series presents a lecture "Is frames his face. He is dressed in khakis ly recently, and I would have reiilly on the phone till 6 a.m. and I had a test The camp's purpose is to help kids acting bug his senior year of high St. Louis Safer: Community and a Tommy Hilliger shirt. He smells missed my friends Josh, Alesha and the next day," Durm said. understand their feelings about this scbool at iill. Policing and Crime Reduction" good when you walk by, but you don't Tiffany. It was a battle between the Dunn works eight hours a day, five ordeal with their sibling, and whatever . "1 did quit the community theat r, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m at the think anything of it. The person you brain and heart, but I think. I made the days a week at Magellan. He is a sym­ they're feeling is okay. The kids feel but I continued to act in my high. Millennium Student Center. just passed is Jason Dunn, a senior at right choice," Dunn said pathetic ear. everything emotional from jealousy to school. I won awards for duet acting, Century Room C. Free. Ciill 516- 5273. . UMSL, majoring in mass communica­ Dunn goes out of his way for his ''I'm a customer service representa­ being scared. A lot of the campers from improvization, and I got the lead in the tion. , friends and family. On Saturday nights, tive at this insurance behavioral health the summer still call me everyday and senior play which was a musical," Dunn is not your typical U1'vlSL stu­ when he doesn't feel like going to the cOmpany. Customers \\.ill call me and let me know about what's bothering Dunn said . The Center For International dent; first of iill. it takes him about an . clubs, he baby-sits his best friend just be bawling on the phone, and some me. The problems range from the can­ Although Dunn is extremely ' Studies sponsors a lecture "TIle hour and a half to drive to school each TIffany's daughter. are contemplating suicide. 1 often stay cer issues to pre-teen issues. and 1 try to attached to the IJMSL community Development of the European morning because be lives in Troy. Mo. "When Tiffany feels like going to . on the phone with them till I can calm help them through it," Dunn said. because of his friends. and also enjoys City," by architect Hill Burgess, "A typical weekday for me is get~ the clubs, I will stay at her apartment them down and a professional can talk Dunn does J.1ave a lighter side to his his hometown Troy, he feels he needs from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Room ring up at 7:30 a.m. and getting ready, and take care of little Sarah. TIffany is to them. Often they threaten to hurt personality, and il can be found on the to be on a coastal city. . 331 of the Social Sciences and being at school by 10 a.m for my a single mom, who gets no financial or themselves, and they also talk about stage. "After I graduate, 1 am going to Building, Free. RSVP by calling first class. Then at about noon I go to emotional support from Sarah's father.' their problems with me," Dunn said. "When I was a freshman in high save some money for about a year and 516-6495. work at Magellan Behavioral Health, I don't mind helping her out and in fact Besides being a customer service school, I got lhe lead role in 'Dracula' then move to 'New York City or Los in Earth City, and work till 8 p.m. Then my mom takes care of kids for a living rep and a student at UMSL, he is also a at the local community theater center. Angeles. ] am going to stay in either 25 it takes ~e about an hour to get home. so it rubbed off on me," Dunn said. group leader at a cancer camp during Then, when I was a sophomore. I took city for at least six to eight months, so I The Public Policy Research I try to watch some decent TV shows, Besides babysitting, DUIlIl is the summer. The camp is for the broth­ some acting classes, and'l got the lead can prove to myself that I can handle it. Center's Applied Research get in about an hour and a half of study­ always willing to lend an ear to a trou­ ers and sisters of cancer patients who comedy role in the high school spring lf, for some reason. I fail, I will move Seminar Series "City Streets and ing and then crash," Dunn said. bled friend are going through the traumatic ordeal. play, which was highly abnormal for a back to St. Louis and work, and try for· Neighborhood Identities" by Dr. One of the reasons Dunn chose "If my friends are having a person- ' '1 got involved in this when I was sophomore. in my junior year, r was in either city a little bit larer," concluded Andrew Hurley, associate profes­ UMSL was because it was relatively al crisis, I will miss out on things that I 10 years ole( and my sister was diag- the community college plays, as well as Dunn. , sor, History Department. Free. Ciill 516-5273 for details. Page 4 'lire CUrrent April 23, 2001

OUR OPINION Eyeryone has fascinating Next year, SGA officers stories to tell, if you listen ,, J oin The Current and see circumstances with different out­ the world!" When I got looks on life. I remember the day I m ust establish structure this editor-in-chief job found out a Black Student last spring, I had no idea that that dis­ Orientation was going to be held on tortion on a Navy slogan would turn campus later in the evening. I was Normally, this time of year, just tives. Despite a redesigned SGA web­ out to be so true. surprised I hadn't heard anything before the SGA elections, The CUlTent site arid officers who promised a host The Jssue! But this year, I've been to so about it before that point, but I want­ creates and prints a voter's guide of new features at several SGA meet­ many places I've never previously ed to make sure The Current had a where we endorse the candidates we ings, only one link on the site actually With one candtdate run­ been to, like New York City, presence there. believe are the best choices. works, and it's a link to the old consti­ ntng for each position, WashingtonD.C., Georgia and Israel, i recruited another staff member This year, however, only one candi­ tution. it's no mystery who next to name a few. These trips were to come with me and set up a little date per position is running, so that And next year, the SGA must do year's 5GA officers will blessings, and they . .. table. We talked with notion seems useless in this election. something to address the dreadful . enabled me to meet a folks about the paper Instead of a voters guide, The problems they've had pUblicizing be. Whtle this y.ear was lot of new people. and got their opin­ Current has decided to suggest solu­ events this year. For instance, if the mildly successful, SGA I love to meet peo­ ions on it as well as tions to problems we see. We hope candidacy deadlines had been publi­ could be much, mucll ple. When I visited , offered job opportu- next year's officers will create a more cized better, more students would be more. The goals these New York in ·ties to anyone who positive student government that repre­ running for the positions of president, individuals choose to December, I decided was \interested. I sents students more effectively and is vice president and comptroller. to check out the NBC ended up meeting more accessible to theIIL SGA has publicized the upcoming pursue next year will be Studios. I didn't have some great people, Ryan Connor, who is running for . election in very thorough manner, very important. much money, so I especially in the re-election as SGA president, said in which should help to increase voter nixed taking the paid gospe~ choir. My his application that the key to future turnout. Unfortunately, those voters tour. Instead, I wan­ favorite, though, was success for the SGA is "structure." will have no actual choices to make. dered through the gift the guy showing off Connor did not elaborate much on this Next year, maybe the president shop, marvelling at his web design abili­ idea, but we believe he is on the right could select one person to be a "PR These individuals should JOSH RENAUD the vast array of TV ties on a little laptop path. director" supervising the publicity of focus on building struc­ junk-everything editor· in-chief he brought with him. There must be a consistent method events, elections. meetings or whatev­ ture within the 5GA from Cheers T-shirts We didrrt know each of passing resolutions which document er is happening that involves the SGA. Assembly, improving to Katie Couric playing cards. other. but we hit it off instantly, shar- 'J and make official the voice of the stu­ This one person \vould be the point event publidty, having a An employee noticed my red S1. ing the cornmon language of technol­ dent body. man or woman, and would be account­ Louis Cardinals stocking cap and ogy (some rnight call it ')argon"). One way to create this consistency able to the Assembly legislative agenda, and . interrupted me. We quickly struck up This y\=, I've relished Ply oppor­ is to use committees. Committees are The past academic year has been getting a Student Court. a baseball conversation, since the tunities to develop relationships with given particular areas to focus on, like semi-successful for the SGA. Sure no Cardinals had been knocked out of janitors, police officers, secretaries, "parking." Acomrnittee works to solve presidents were arrested. but much th.e playoffs only a couple months telephone operators (especially a problem and then when the more could have been accomplished. earlier by the New York Mets. UMSL "Operator 1"), rnailtoom per­ Assembly meets, the cOImnittee pre­ The major achievements include Write a letter to the editor Inwardly i smiled as I listened to this sonnel, international students, the sents its proposed solution for discus· passing a constitution (with a very about this issue or anything man through his thick New York folks in Graphic and Printing sian and a vote. small voter count), holding a parking accent. I was talking with a real, live Services, and that MetroLink guy This method may not be the quick· forum, and passing a resolution against else on your mind. New Yorker! who missed the last train late one est, but it does work and the results are parental notification, as well as begin­ In Israel, I remember meeting so Sunday night (or 'Monday morning, recordable and concrete. In order for ning to research handicapped accessi­ ment many fascinating people, including depending on how YO]J look at it). this 10 work, the conunittees would bility issues. Both these candidates seem like an ultra-orthodox rabbi who They are the ones who have the have to standing and the leaders would One major disappointment on the they have qualities which will make answered one of my biggest ques­ most interesting stories to tell. I need to make sure the members.attend­ part of Connor was his procrastination them successful in their positions. tions ("Why do the ultra-orthodox regret we at The Current didn't do ed regularly. This is perhaps the most in setting up a Student Court to deal Finally, the most important thing wear the style of clothing they do, if more to share their stOljes within difficult part of student govemment­ with grievances. This can't happen that SGA can do next year is to fight it's not mandated in the Old these pages. It's my hope that our keeping people involved. again. students' disinterest in the SGA. The Testament?") lmd a beautiful Israeli successors will do better next year. At the beginning of the year, it may Joe Rees is running for Bce presi­ officers can do this by leading by Arab woman with distinctive Persian Yes, the University is a place be helpful to \vrite an agenda of all the dent and he has a lot of experience example. Take the initiative by passing features, who is trying to be a voice where we can all be.enriched by the issues the SGA officers wou\d like to \vithin legislative structures, as a mem­ resolutions, holding forums, and mak­ for an overlooked and increasingly sharing of opinions, beliefs and cul­ address over the course of the year. ber of ASUM and a student representa­ ing the student body's opinion known. disheaItened segment of the Israeli tures. I just think you have to look This syllabus of sorts would be tive to the University Assembly. We If it could get its act together, SGA population. beyond the stuffy-nosed administra­ changeable, meaning the SGA could hope he uses this experience to get could really wield some power and At UMSL, I got countless tive and academic gobbledygook to add issues or remove them, as they are committe~ ' established in the SGA int1uence with the lJMSL administra­ chances to meet people in vaIious find it solved. Assembly He's also helped to plan tion, as the mouthpiece of the students We hope the next SGA administra­ things like the Big Event, where stu­ those administrators are hired to serv.e. tion will keep the website up-ta-date so dents helped to dean up at St. When SGA speaks loudly. it will that interested students can find out VIncent's Home for Children. set an example and students will want when and where meetings will be heleL Blian King. I1mning for comptroller to be involved. Only then, can SGA Neglecting family can download candidacy applications, or has worked for the SABC and has truly serve those it was designed to, the I' . . , .). ... lemn how to conttict their representa- some experience in stuclent govem- studeots. t • • .7 . ... -... lead-to pride, bitternes's

y co. usin Nickolous is get­ notified. My cousin Julie divorced. EDITORIAL ting married on May 26 in The list continues. MSl Chm·les. And all these are major events. BOARD TIris may not seem like anything We never celebrated holidays like special if you don't know the situa­ most fatnilies do, and this didn't real­ JOSH RENAUD tion behind this. ly affect me until this illvitation . . My grandma Elda died when I I realized I let bitterness fill me ANNE PORTER was 13 years old. She co=ected my over the years. Out of pride. I blamed ERIK BUSCHARDT St. Louis family with my father's them fot everything that had dis­ RHASHAD PITTMAN side of the family, who all live in tanced us. For instance, they would How do you feel about the topics we've Murphysboro,Ill. never tell us anything. TIM THOMPSON Elda planned the Christmas gift But wenever told them anything exchange, fixed din­ either. "Our Opinion" reflects the written about this week? ners for us, took us AND THE POINT IS ... I see now how all majority opinion of the shopping-every­ these years have editorial board thing a grandma been wasted in that • Priorities for next year's SGA officers does. respect. Since .her death, Sure · some may • Meeting new people and leaming about the.m I we have grown say, they are only . increasingly distant, inviting us so they LET ERS • Creation ism and evolution and for years, the can get a gift. only person I have Sometimes couples spoken with on my do invite everyone MAIL dad's side is my they ever knew, The Current grand dad. including their first 8001 Natural Bridge But even that has gi-ade teacher, just so St. Louis, MO 63121 been strained. ANNE PORTER they can get more _. ""." .. . ,,, You can make your voice heard in a Over the ·last 11 managing editor gifts. FAX years, I have only I don't believe (314) 516·6811 seen him about three times. I only that, and that makes all the differ- variety of ways! heard from him at Christmas, with a ence. EMAIL [email protected] card once a year. And even then he What I am trying to say with all stopped sending those a couple of this is if you have these family dis­ years ago, because we never sent him tances, make a call, write a letter, • Submit a Letter to the Editor thank you notes, I am sorry to say. send a fax, do whatever you need to Letters to the editor should . " . We would find out about happen­ close the gap. be brief and those not • Write a Guest COlT)mentary ings on the illinois side from my dad. Pride can take years away. Those exceeding 200 words will be We found out my cousin Julie' years slip through your fingers, and given preference. We edit let~ • Visit the forums on thecurrentonline.com (Nickolous' sister) was getting mar­ when you try to pick. them up, they ters for clarity, length arid ried one day before it happened. My evaporate. grammar. All letters must be dad's cousin Vern was illarried, and I am fortunate that I discovered signed and include a daytime we found a year after. My grand dad the truth before it became too late for phone number. was in the hospital; we were never me to meet my family again. .

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Christina Kraft Drum Crenshaw Kanaina Karichu Katie Minnigerode Department assistant f Bookstore Junior / Vocal music Senior I MIS , Junior / Secondary Education --,----"------,,------,,--- -'--""";'-"--- More events with big musical An event similar to Mirthday, A day done by international UMSL needs more focus on guests, because this seems to with all departments showing students with food, games, students getting together catch a lot of people's atten­ what they do and with all pe.... displays, etc. from countries and cooperating with each tion. forma,:,ce majors perfonning. represented on campus~ other. ----" ---,-- " " April 23, 2001 'lite Current Page 5

BY NICK BOWMAN stood at the No, 3 spot by virtue of "' ·'·····" ""'.. '· " "sioiJi~rit~" their 7-2 GLVC record. Southern Indiana, who the Riverrnen.4 aced in Due to a canceled match against the second round, and Indianapolis, the University of Illinois-Springfield, the No. 1 seed, are the only teams to the UMSL men's tennis squad entered' defeat UMSL in GLVC play this year. the Great Lakes Valley Conference In the GLVC tournament, the tournament after a seven-day 'stretch Ri verrnen were victorious in the first without a match, This made for a well­ round, as UMSL defeated SlU­ rested team, but a cold one, as the Edwardsville 5-0 to advance into the Riverilleu, ranked third in the GLVC, s'econd , round of the tournament, had not won a contest since April 7 where they would face Southem when they defeated Indiana-Purdue at Indiana-a team who has won the Ft Wayne 9-0. GLVC title for the past two years. The Riverrnen had hoped to use the Against Southern Indiana, the match, which was originally sched­ Rivennen won two out of the three uled to be played in the beginning of doubles matches, but lost ail four sin­ the season at Springfield before being gles matches, falling to the Screaming cancelled. the first time, to .gauge Eagles 5"2. where they stood, UMSL piayed SIU­ The Riverrnen took on Bellarmine Edwardsville in the first round of the for third place and were victorious 5-2 tournament, a team which UMSL as UMSL won all four singles match­ downed 8-1 in the regular season, with es and one of the three doubles match- . T. J. Shaeffer suffering the only loss es. The Riverrnen finished the season for the Rivterrnen, with an overaiJ record of 13-6. Prior to the tournament, UMSL •

LEFT: Riverman Matt Vaulkhard reaches to connect with the ball at a recent match. ABOVE: T.J. Schaefer lobs one over the net for UMSL in a recent game against Vincennes. The Rivermen entered the GLVC tournament last week at No.3 and finished third. Baseball team splits doubleheader with Quincy EDITOR DAVE KINWORTHY BY DAVE' KINWORTHY Nick Post. Katz had two of the three were unearned. Brody Jackson. The Rivermen then the Great Lakes Valley Conference, ...... _ ...... ~. ._ ...... _.. _ ...... _.u.. staff ediJor Rivermen hits in the game. The other The Riverrnen bO\lllced back in the scored two more to take a 4-0 lead in The Rivermen are cuircntly tied with sports editor hit came from designated hitter Scott second game of the doubleheader as the fifth inning. UMSL added four Southern Indiana for second place in Miller. QuiJicy pitch~r Josh · Kinney they defeated Quincy in the second more runs going into the eighth inning the GLVC South Division, phone: 516-5174 aUow¢ only those thre 'ts as he game 8-1. Rivermen pitcher Mart to ecure the victory. The only Quincy OYer this past .weekend. the fax: 516-6811 s yed-i~thefullseveninrung .-deliv­ Robinson shined ashe went 7.1 run canle in the e ighth inning on a Riverrnen played four GLVC games ering eight strikeouts to illvlSL hitters innings. while only giving one run on solo homerun that Robinson allowed. at home against St. Joseph's and in the process. five Quincy hits, Keith Wallace came Post and Beckmann each had, tv;'O Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne. Quincy University ended that streak UMSL . starting . pitcher Tim in to close the game out as he struck­ runs and two hits for the Riwnnen in The Rj vermen will travel on the . as the Riverrnen fell 9-1 in the open­ Stringer went 4.2 innings in the game, out three in the last 1.2 innings. tile victory. Jackson had two runs road this week to play at Truman State er. allowing eight runs on nine hits while The Rivermen's offense exploded scored and two runs batted in for the April 24 and at SIU-Edwardsville GAMES The Rivermen's omy run came irf striking out three Quincy hitters. The in the second game as Bryan UMSL victory. April 28, before returning home to the fifth inning when Brett Katz hit an Rjvermen did not' help Stringer's Beckmann led the game off with a TIle split against Quincy put the finish off the bome-and-home series to chances as three of the ru.ns allowed triple and later scored on a double by Riverrnen at 22-14 overall and 10-7 in with SIU-Edwardsville April 29. RBI; single score first baseman Saseball

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BY DAVE' KINWORTHY Andrea WlIkus went 5-9 in the the fifth and sixth innings to tie the . staff editor doubleheader, including four runs bat­ ganle at 2-2. Softball ted in and two runs scored. Megarl UMSL rallied in the eighth inning The women's softball team split Kuebler picked up the extra inning win as Chrissy Griefe scored on a ground­ at Saint Joseph's (OH) three doubleheaders last week against for the Riverwomen as she went eight ball hit by Christine Langenbacher to 1-00 pm, Sat , Apr. 28 Great Lakes Valley Conference foes strong innings while only allowing win the second extra inning game in Kentuc1.J' Wesleyan and Bellarmine three earned runs to cross the plate. two days for the Riverwomen. at IPFW (OH) The Riverv,IOmen then moved on to along with Lincoln University to move The flext conference match pitted 1:00 pm, Sun. , Apr, 29 their overall record to 14-22 on the the Riverwomen against Bellarmine, split another pair of games against season, The Riverwomen lost a close 2-1 in Lincoln University as UMSL dropped In the match with Kentucky the first game but came back once another close, low-scoring game 2-1 in Wesleyan, the Riverwomen lost a again to 'rally in extra innings in the the first game. In the second game, the heartbreaker 7-6 . The Ri vern'omen got second game to defeat Bellarmine 3-2. Riverwomen exploded out of the gates off to an early 4-0 lead in the first two The Riverwomenjumped out to an and their bats got hot as they disman­ Tennis innings. but Kentucky Wesleyan early 1-0 lead as Kelly Jackson scored tled Lincoln in the second game 13-3, answ~red that with two runs in the on an Allison Maurer double. But The Riverwomen scored four runs third. one run in the fourth and four Bellarmine ended a no-hitter attempt in the first inning. added one in the sec­ Look for a wrapup of the runs in the sixth inning to take a 7-5 by Megan Kuebler in the fifth inning ond and touched home plate seven Tennis season next week. lead. UMSL rallied late with one run in as Bellarmine loaded the bases and times in the third inning to put UMSL the seventh and final inning, but fell scored two lUllS on a double that up for gooeL short 7-6. clinched the ganle, Griefe, Jackson and Brandy The Rjverwomen avenged that In ' the second game, the Wmters all went 3-4 for the game as Riverwomen went up on Bellarmine Wmters had three runs batted in and early loss by yountering in the second Visit the UMSL athletics . game of the doubleheader. UMSL once again with runs scored by Cassey Jackson scored three runs. Attebery scored seven runs, in four innings, Attebery and Jackson, but the' got the win for the.Riverwomen as she website at including four 'in tile extra inning to Riverwomencould not hang on to the went five innings, allowing three runs Andrea Wirkus fields an out a recent game. The Riverwomen have www.umsl.edulservicesl secure the victory. lead with Bellarmine scoring runs in while striking out five Lincoln batt.ers. won every other one of their last six games for a 14-22 record. athletics/ athletics. html Cardinals sat on hands ·too long at contract time

he St. Louis Cardinals were Hudler heart and did anything and Dlll1ston's contract was up and he Dunston. Eric Davis, a former time, though? Nothing, because the supposed to come into the everything to get on base in order for was sick of waiting to see if Hampton Cardinal outfielder who came close to two have been on the disabled list T the Cardinals to bave a shot at win­ would become a Cardinal, so he . retirement, also signed with the more than Darryl Strawberry has been 2001 campaign with more depth at the pitching position,more ning the ballgame. became a Giant. You can't blame a ' Giant5 I just wonder if the Cardinals in a rehab clinic. The two pickups powerful hitters and a weaker bench. While Dunston was with the guy who gives every ounce of energy even offered Davis a contract or if were worthless for the Cardinals and Nothing could be farther from the Chicago Cubs, he was the starting in a ballgame and then was not repaid they just as~umed that he was retiring by signing Dunston, both of these truth thus far in the 2001 season, as shortstop with a carmon of an ann at with a contract extension at least for from the garrie of baseball forever. salaries could have been eliminated. the Cardinals are depending on more the position. He later became a jour­ another year. Even Michael Jordan is entitled (I The bitt!!rness of not signing of their bench players, Bobby Bonilla neyman, utilized his talents and adapt­ What the Cardinals did to Dunston guess two times now) to come out of Dunston has been a big deal for me, and Cl'aig Paquette, than ever before. ed well in the outfield. The Cardinals should give them a wake-up call to retirement. but the Cardinals better take notice The one big problem during the used him anywhere the tearn needed show that a human heart can always The Cardinals tried everything in that if the Giants do make the post offseason fer the Cardinals was the his talent But before long, his con­ be broken. The Cardinals ignored a their power to replace Dunston this season, and if the Cardinals pitching fact -that they lost one of the most tract ran out arid Mike Hampton, an talent that they should not have arld offseason with the acquisitions of does get better, you might see LATEsT SCOOP valuable, pinch hitters in. the le

------A peek at 'Bridget dones's CoHeE_AT REVIEW Diary' proves' to be hilarious T:hePageant !h'osts BY CATHERINE MARQUiS-HOMEYER staff editor three risli,ng' ~tars Bridget has some problems: she weighs too much, smokes too much, BY CHARi..IE BRIGHT racketball with Brian RosenwOI'cel, d!inks too much and in her early thir­ stafJ' writer Guster's legendary conguero (see ties is afraid of approaching "spinster­ linterview ~ low). Ryan anno1fficed hood." To overcome these problems, The best news that you will read that if Adam got ''really, really mto she makes some resolutions and buys today is that Guster will be back. it," be w.oul d stand up . at so.me a diary to record her progress. You On Thursday, April 12, the three point in Nie CGp.ceJit. may not think this sounds like a members of Guster did not just Of .CGurse, Adam did get into it promising premise for a comedy, but appear at The Pagerult, they single­ and eventually he stood, receiving that's where you'd be wrong. For handedlv made the new venue screams of approva!land applause. Bridget is possessed of a dark, biting wOJth c;nstructing. Of course, their With efforts like tpese, Guster man­ and self-effacing humor, that turns her concert at The Pageant was sold out aged totorn evenlthings that might pedestrian conceqlS and her diary into and couldn't handle the scores of have wocked agairl.sr.them to their high humor. Guster fans who wanted tickets, but advantage. ~ This romantic comedy, based on a for those who saw the concert, it The Guster live-concert tradi­ best-selling book, is really a tour-de­ was an almost spiritual experience. tions of bubble blow~g ,and ping­ force by American actress Renee The opening act was remarkable pong balls were there, as well as the Zellweger, in a British film \vith a only for the fact that it represented obligatory guy with a DAT sharp sense of hLUnor. Zellweger not a single performer with a guitar. recorder, making bootleg tapes to. only flawlessly masters the accent, but The audience was appreciative of trade around the Guster commum- the timing and flCJil!or as well, to pro­ John Mayer's talent, but the overall ty. duce a character that is nmny and fal­ consensus was' that evelY musician They put on a first-rate show lible, and whom we come to care needs a band. no matter how gDod whether playing songs from their about no matter how goof) she is. he is individually. In general, the hit CD Lost and Gone Forever, Gr BJidget's biting inner commentary audience was just waiting through something from their early !:!ays on EDITOR on her ordinary life shows her intelli­ its soup and salad· until the main the album Parachute (whie Brian gence and appeal, yet .nearly every course arrived. told me "some people swe.ar by"). time she opens her mouth.. things go The frrst thing I noticed about And it wasn't jlist the fantastic CATHERINE all wrong, with very comic results. Guster's appearance was the lights. music that made the ooncert an MARQUIS-HOMEYER Bridget is aware of her self-destructive A half-dozen mechanical spotlights unforgettable event; it was the tendencies, but still can't seem to help twirled and spun a plethora of col­ band's sensitivity ~o the needs of a&e editor herself Although she is aware that her ors, shapes and designs throughout the audience as weil. In aconversa­ boss in the publicity depru1rnent of a the hall. It reminded me of stepping tion w'ith the congliero, I melltioned phone: 516-5174 publishing house -the handsome through the looking glass and that my favorite Guster's song is • fax: 516-6811 Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant)-is a walking into wonderland. They had "Two Points for Honesty," which cad, she still becomes involved with . an amazing setup that coordinated they played in the midd~e of their him, following a very humorous the light show with the music and set. After the concert, Brian told me exchange when she comes into the d!'ove an already .ravenous audi­ that it was the first time in months office wearing a very short skirt. The ence into a feeding frenzy. they'd played it, but he kllew how .. MUSIC short skirt prompts him to e-mail that They started with some Guster much I liked it. so he told the guys . her skirt seems to be "missing" that Bridget to the newly-dj 0 d sao of one has a bjt more of tbe comic siru)t classic.s and moved into oe\ver to give it a shot. day and inquiring if she just forgot it; a neighbor, f' [ark Dare (Colin Firth), to it. The film delivers the romantic as music. Ryan Miller, the band's Guster never misses their mark. or whether the skirt is "out sick," w ith the helpful .) ou remember weli, although it doeSJi t tw)} out quite frontman, began his characteristic This concert was another Jxample which prompts her to reply that her Bridget, he used to play naked. in as you might expect The supporting humorous dialogue with the audi­ of why this band is on its way into April skirt is indeed present, and perhaps it your pool. when he was three." cast is e l good as well, with the ence, claiming that sometimes he the mainstream of pop eultul'e. is. management that is sick-an Bridget's embarras ments give her chamcters played more broad! and felt more like a standup come.dian Ryan, Adam and Brian are making exchange you'd never see in a politi­ both a uniqueoe and a universal e centrically than the usually are in than a musician. music in a unique and pow·erful cally-correct American office! The quality. as all ingles have endure{! an American film, using a typical 'The Arch and toasted ravioli!" way that \\'ill catapult them to the 23 he yelled spontaneously to thunder­ heights of fame. Arianna String Quartet film offers Hugh Grant, \.vho nearly awkward introduction like this. British humor. always pw.ys nice-guy romantic leads, orne viewers \ bo are not fans of Director harun 1aguire lets her ous applause. As I mentioned earlier, the best Provincial House Chapel In addition to having a great news you'll see today is that they'll UMSL a chance to play a villain, albeit a dark humor, or the British humor. heroine lead the way and just uses ber charming one. might find some of the ideas behind skilJ to support tb comic e Teets, gen­ sense of humor, the band al so has a be back. Sure. Guster haven' t even Bridget's Ii Ie is also bedeviled by this film unappealing, but Renee erally ti m Bridget'. P9int of iew. strong sense of irony. Adam finished touring the East Coast yet, Star Death with V For Gardner was forced to sit through but ,vhen they do, be on the look­ Vendetta well meaning but oddball Iiiends, who Zellweger's perfomlllnce and person­ nle . you really hate British humor most of the concert while he played out. because they put on a show The Way Out Club are alway trying to fix her up with . al charm on the creen are so strong (a few peopJe do , Renee Zelh eger is someone; her mother, " ith her mvn that she'll win you over and make you going to 1 a e you with a smile, after guitar and sang, because . of an you won·t want to miss.

injury he sustained while playing -~ U!II", ).1.,1.1 Edgar Meyer "issues," bent on the same task as laugh ,anyway. Romantic comedi s your peek into Bridget Jon ' dimy. The Sheldon wdL One of her mother' attempts in vary' in terms of whether th lean to Oll' pl . 'ing t;J1 'hose Park Plaza, 8 p.m. this quest leads her to introduce the romantic or the comic ide. This D Peres 14 and Olher fh a/I!I" . INTERVIEW 26 Catch 22 The Creepy Crawl Johnny Oepp Brian Rosenworcel on Lofreq with Swampass (left) and and Syrup Jordi Molla . • The Way Out Club star in New mus1c, life and Guster Line Cinema's 27 drama,8low The Promise Ring BY CHARLIE BRIGHT really a words kind of guy." The Galaxy ··.. ··· .. st;jjj;·i,riie;:·.. ·.. ···· ······ .... ·· Ryan Miller is the band's "words kind of guy," writing lyrics to songs Final Theory The credits on his band's latest like "Fa Fa" and "Barrel of a Gun." The Way Out Club album credit Brian Rosenworcel as a Iv1iller and Gardner play guitar and "legendary conguero." A sing harmonies that can't help but Leon Redbone "conguero" is a drunllIer with a evoke powerful and often depress­ The Sheldon touch of insanity. Rather than using ing imagery. 8 p.m. sticks or mallets to play percussion, 'They all sound like break up Brian plays with his hands. He plays songs," Brian said with a chuckle. 28 hard, he plays well aild he is one of . "Ryan. writes the lyrics, and I've TInfed with the driving forces behind the success lived with him for ten years. He has­ the Psychedelic Furs of the band Guster. . n't broken up with anyone." The Pageant Fortunately, Brian tapes . his Their most recent pass through .hands before concerts, .because with St Louis was on their own tour, Trip Daddys the enthusiasm he exudes on stage though they came to the Savvis The Way Out Club . smacking around bongos and cym­ Center a few months earlier, opening bals, he would probably not have for B¥enaked Ladies. '8 ow' ishil-and-m·ss any hands left otherwise. His pen­ "We became friends with those chant for hurting himself in the guys [Steve Page and Ed Robertson

BY CATHERINE so, presents a look at his times. Hom 'George's career advances and. he name of magnificent music has of BNL] back in '98 on the MARQUiS-HOMEYER his East Coast working-class origins, makes the switch to cocaine, he earned Brian the nickname "the Hordefest tour. From a guy who ...... staff editor where watching his good and hooor­ becomes .the American connection .for insane one." likes to criticize other people, I still 1 ~ble ·father (Ray Liotta) suuggle to Pablo Escobru' and the Colombian In an interview before their con­ have only great things to say about Frank Black and the "Blow" takes a different look at make a living and his pare~ts " stormy Medillen cartel; this odd juxtaposition . cert at The Pageant 00 April 12, them," Brian said. Catholics with House how dmgs could mess up your life. relationship, young George vows never of a . reliable, ethical young business­ Brian explained the advantage of While touring with larger name of Large Sizes Instead of the usual tale of addiction to be poor. George (Johnny Depp) trav­ man in a destructive, illegal business being a conguero over being a tradi­ bands, Guster members often · The Galaxy and violence, this movie focuses on els with his childhood friend Tuna remains, and jail (not addiction or vio­ tional. drummer. encountered a problem with secmity 9p.m. how a youthful decision to pursue a (Ethan Suplee) to Califomia for a life lence) becomes his priniary nemesis. "It makes you more creative," he at their own concerts. business outside the law mined the life on the beach. There, George and Tuna The movie presents a truly fascin.at­ said. "You have to find ' something "We're breakillg down the bam­ 2 of a person who could otherwise have discover marijuana, as so many young ing kaleidoscope of its times, surpris~ creative to back up the guitars. You ers between· perrormer and audi­ Keller Williams been a decent and successful entrepre­ people did at that time, but instead of ingly accurate, although limited to ·the can't just rely on some preconceived ence," Blian said: "A lot of our fans Mississippi Nights neur. For George Jung was not the falling into a stupor of addiction, exPeriences of its cenU'al character. A drumbeat" are college students. There are so p.m. 9 usual stereotype of the gangster drug George immediately sees a way to great deal of attention is paid to details Guster's music has been many times when if I don't have my lord but an organized, resourceful, make big money of the time period with. sets, costumes described as easy to hear but impos­ laminate [identification] on, (conceit 3 dependable businessman who just hap­ Unlike the typical pot-smoker, and even contemporary music. We see sible to classify. With soft harmo- . security] ~on't let me past We iook Vertical Horizon ' pened to import illegal substances. By George t1kes the approach of an entre­ the almoSt illJ10cent gathering of young . nious ballads, Biian (aIong with like college students." The Pageant the time George realizes he doesn't preneur, locating a grower and contract­ people on the Califomia coast in the cohorts Adam Gardner and Ryan Of their songs, Brian cites "All want to be in an illegal business, it's too ing to buy his entire crop on a regular late '60s, naively experimenting \vith Miller) has taken the country by the Way Up to Heaven" and "I Spy" late-it's the only way he knows to bm;is. He sets up an arrangement with a marijuana in the days before drugs storm in a series of national tours as his favorites, but says that the earn a living. hairdresser, Derek Foreal (Paul were in evelY high school; on beach promoting their'unique sound. . other band . members disagree. Based on the real . life of George . Reubens), to distribute it and eventuai­ parties with "stewardesses," before "The go31 with the last · album "Everybody has their own ·favorite," Jung, the man ' who was the fIrst ly buys ' planes and hires . pilots. they were called flight attendllI)ts and it was to capture the live sound," Brian he explained, "and I think that's a American drug dealer to bring Conventional and resourceful entrepre­ was a job for young girls who liked to said of their latest CD Lost and really good indicator of the strength Catherine Colombian cocaine into the United neursmp. admirable in its organization travel, rather than a career for women. Gone Forever. o(the album." .~ States, "Blow" is more biography than but with the one small problem that The . snapshot, of the chmlge of While on tour, Guster pas been Guster will be touring the East Marquis­ an overview. of the U.S. drug trade, as George chooses to overlook- it's ille­ women's role in society and of the sub­ hard at work on music for its forth­ Coast for the next month before many previous fllrns on this subject gaL culture of mgh school is almost worth coming album. recording their next album. With the Homeyer's have been. By taking a personal view Even as big inoney struts to roll in, the admission for a fan of'r ecent histo­ . "Creatively, we want to experi­ shru-p character of their music and of the life of an insider in the dmg trade, George remains the nice boy-next-door, ry. ment. I don't think: we're gonna have fervent dedication of their fims, it is co'lumn · we learn more about the history ofms loyal to his friends. modest and reliable, TIle film also accurately pOLtrays any limitations. When we get around only a matter of time before they times- from his hippie clays in the late kind and loving towards his stewardess the mid to late '70s. wmch revisionists and jam, w'e play any instrument but return to 51. 'touis. will return . '60s to his final arrest in the mid­ . girlfriend Barbara (pranka Potente). like to paint as a time of economic what we usually play." The multitude of fans isn't the '80s-in a slice of ~ife look at the The things that go wrong in George's hru·dship. In fact it was a time of eco­ Brian confessed that he was sole­ only attraction the Gateway to the changes in American society during life are tragedies that could happen to nomic prosperity, with glittering Plllties ly a conguero, and that he had no West has for ·the band, Brian admit­ those years. anyone. not particulru1y linked to drugs, and conspicuous consumption, where aspirations as a singer. ted. The film follows its subjectfrom his except for the issue of the law, which "If 1 try to sing along, I usually 'The Arch is our Achilles' heel," childhood to the present,. and in doing sends him to jail periodically. ,As 'see BLOW, ptlge 7 get the words wrong. But I'm nof he said. "We Gan't get en0ugl:! of it." April 23, 20'01 _ cJlte Current Page 7

RESTAURANT REVIEW .~. .~ . ~.~'. l~?~. pqe~ .. ?...... _...... ,...... evelyone's coUStatltly growing "Blow" has a few glitches here­ well as the destructiveness of. drug his busu1ess is the looming threat in salaries. plentiful jobs, and easily avail­ the dark-complex character of Jolllmy addictions 011 people's personal lives. George's life and the reason why he able credit fueled the inflation that COD" Depp never looks very convincing as a George 's high-maintenance, dmg­ tries repeatedly to leave. But he is Plunge into·big Ilibuted to the crash of the early 80s blond-haired surfer \lude; the movie addi cted Colombian wife Miltha always drawn back, because it's the with the subsequent recession and dou­ gets some of the details wrong as (I;'enelope Cl11z) ' seems to move only business he's ever known and . ble-digit unemployment. . well-wealthy dmg lords of the mid through pregnancy unscathed. TIle he's so successful at it. Since this film The movie takes aD a comic tone at '70s probably never 'wore bright-red. ~mall amount of viol ence we see cen-. is told from the poult of vic\v of its cel1- city atmosphe~e this point, rese/l1bling the dmg humor leisme suits 'With red-and-white ters 011 the nuly SCaty dl11g lord tral character. its lack of concem about of the era, as seen in old "Cheech and checked shilts (attention K-mart shop­ Escobar and George's betrayal by his the destructiveness of addiction lliId Chong" movies. As the drug culture of pers!), as Depp does in one scene. friend and partner Diego (Iordi Molla) the dmg trade in society may hint that at Eau Bistro the ' 70s peaked. cocaine became so But what's strangely missing in this .These matters are only lightly George is not really just the nice guy mainstream that it. was laid out in stOlY is the inherent violence of the touched on and seem to have less who messed up his own life as the film bowls like caviar by . hosts of drug trade, as dealers struggle for tUlf meaning to George than the fact that portrays him. BY .STEFANIE ELLIS ...... _.. Hollywood patties. . and settle disputes with competitors, as his business is illegal. The illegality of staff writer Chase Park Plaza I used to' be jealous' of big cities. 212 N. Kingshighway ' Places like L.A. and Chicago are (314) 454-9000 teeming with the best bistros, tratto­ rias, tapas and sushi bars. If you live there, you only need to walk (lut your dressing. It was a slight disappoint­ door and with each step, pass an estab­ ment lishment better than the one before. For dinner, I had the wood-roasted While St Louis has some gn;at places Chilean Sea Bass on peppery' mustard to eat, you usually have to hop in your greens with hot-mustard Tamari dress­ car to reach them. Unless you happen ing ($23). It was to die for. The fish to be near The Loop or The Central was tender and mild, and the mustard West End, you're pretty much relegat­ . dressing was the perfect blend of ed to IHOP and Hardee's. But if sweetness with a slight hint of tartness. you're willing to drive a little, you The meal was accompanied by a ball may find a place you never knew it · of sticky rice, which helped to blend existed. . together all of the flavors. There was­ While Eall Bistro's marbled floors n;t a smgle drop left on my plate. My • and ornate tapestry certainlyrnalce companion ordered a large salad as a your jaw drop, don't be deterred by its meal-the spinach and spicy greens elegant atmosphere. You're more than with crispy potatoes, May tag blue welcome here: Whether you are heir to cheese, mango-red wine vinaigrette the Rockfeller fortune, or a college and cumin almonds ($6). He enjoyed student gleaning your sustenance from it very much, while I found that it also Spaghettis, don't fret The Eau Bistro sounded more elaborate than it tasted. at the Chase Park Plaza will make you For desselt, we shared a banana, remember just how lucky you are to pineapple arid coconut custard, live in St. Louis. Being rich and snob­ encased in abutter pecan shell, which by isn't a prereqUisite. was dipped in chocolate ($7). The cus­ While a name like Eau connotes tard wasn't too sweet or too plain, and something ritzy, the Eau Bistro isn't it delivered a subtle tropical flavor. It just that. It's actually quite unique. It was absolutely delicious. does well to capture both elegance and All in all, tqe evening was a true funkiness . The place is packed tighter delight. The menu is filled with inter­ than a sardine can on almost every esting and original dishes, and I hope night, and it's always loud enough to one day to try each of them. The flaunt its popularity, yet quiet enough atmosphere is Watlli and friendly, and to hear the person sitting across from you never feel like you' re out of place. you. , One might expect that from a posh As my companion and I pem~ed restaurant at a lUXUry hotel, but our menus, our server brought us a instead, you feel quite the opposite. plate of olive oil and portabella-dusted You may even feel for a moment that butter, served with warm French you' 'Ie just stepped out of your door in bread. The butter was incredibly a big city and walked five minutes to unique and was paired well ,,·ith the . get here. fresh,.soft bread. My companion and I You took in all the glamour, the shared a frisee and mixed green salad fine taste and, the trendy feeling that with alma bacon, sunflower nuts, one gets in an L.A. bistro or a Chicago cheddar cheese and avocado, tossed in tapas bar. You feel like you jUst went a dried tomato-buttermilk dressing someplace incredible. Then you look stlou is bestJobs. com ($7). It sounded elaborate_ but really around and realize you 're in St. Louis. tasted like a regular salad with Ranch and know that you're-right

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with foreign institutions that would International Week More internationals direct students their way. Before U11SL started focusi ng on recruitment, activities expose are coming to UMSL Glassman said that foreign students existed at UMSL but at a far lower campus to cultures to experience total, which didn't exceed 100 stu­ dents. from all over American culture Lui Wan Ship, 23, a Management Information Systems major from Hong Kong has been at UMSL for about two BY DALILA WAHEED BY RHASHAD PITTMAN years...... ' ;p'e~icli ' io ' ihe ' C;;n~e;it ...... "" ~-:;ajj~'i ;;~;'t~; " " " ,...... He carne to the United States in the su1l.Uher of 1999 and enrolled at UMSL's international community TIle foreign experierice at UMSL is lJMSL the following fall semester, collaborated to produce an informa­ becoming more significant due to the after taking · English as a Second tive and eventful spree of cultural dramatic increase in the international Language with other foreign students events during International Week last student popui'ltion during the past five Most of his friends are from other week. years. countries, he says, mainly in Asia. Intemational Week began with a Joel Glassman, director of the After almost two years in the fashion show on Monday, which Center for International Studies, says United States, he reflects and says that showed off traditional clothing from that UMSL has about 450 foreign stu­ he's enjoyed his experience away from many different cultures. dents and an additional 200-250 that Hong Kong, but it bas been very Yoko Yasunaga, president of the live here in the United States. Students ex-pensive. Japanese Student Association, mod­ have been recruited from over 70 coun­ Foreign students at UMSL pay out­ eled in this fashion show. Yasunaga tries, including Afghanistan, of-state fees at $409.10 per credit hour, said she wears traditional clothes Botswana, Brazil, Ghana and Nepal, which is approximately three times more often here than in Japan. She he said. more than what students from Missouri wanted to remind Japanese students 'There's a little bit of· resistance pay per credit hour. not to forget their traditions. between American Students and inter­ Although his family pays for his "I love kimonos," said Yasunaga. national students," Glassman said, "but education, Wan Ship said that he takes "It's easy to love these things more we keep working at it." classes at Forest Park Comlllunity since I've come here. It's just my Mutsllml Igarashil Tbe Curren! Saleha Al-Sabahi, an on-canlpus College to help cut the cost of studying thing, my country's thing." resident from the Middle Eastern coun­ abroad. At Mirthday on Wednesday, at Sachiko Fujimoto, a senior majoring in anthropology, and Aya Nemoto, a junior majoring in communi­ try Oman, said that she's eXperienced "For us it's very difficult," he said, least eight international student orga­ cation, try some Hong Kong cuisine. Lui Wan Ship (back), a junior majoring in MIS, and Cell Chow, a acts of prejudice from a few students in adding that be seldom heard of interna­ nizations hosted booths loaded with junior majoring in MIS, served the food. her three years at UMSL. tional students having scholarships. brochures, games, crafts and activi­ "When they hear the word Yet. despite the high cost, Wan ties. "Our purpose is to broaden the The Taiwanese try to be lmique Afshan Ahsan, president of 'Muslim,' they sort of get freaked out Ship said that the educational system in One student participating in some scope of what Aflica is," said and want to exhibit different aspects Pakistan Student Association, said and immediately think terrorist," Al­ the United States was ;;more useful, international events at Mlrthday was Kwabena Boaten, president of the of Chinese culture, Wang said. there are not many original Sabahi said. ''They ask me all these more open, and active." supportive of international Week. Pan-African Student Association. "We like baseball;' said Wang. Pakistanis here. but the 10 to 20 sorts of questions. But once they get to "Asian education is more tradition­ "} like it," said Kayvan Lavasani, "To break down the thinking that "Baseball is the biggest sport in our Pakistani students that she does know me, it's okay_" al, tougher, harder. [and] stubborn," he junior Computer Science student. Africa is just one country and also to country. In China 1 think it's soccer." know are in her organization. Glassman said that the University is said. ''The students just keep quiet and "You get exposed to other help show more of the diversity of The social atmosphere in Taiwan Through community efforts, a trying to encourage American students listen to the professor. [There's] not a cultures ... and get to see how other Mica." is different from China, said Wang. small group of Indonesian students to interact with international students lot of interaction between students and people operate from other parts of the Members of the Thai Student The political differences between the was able to bost a booth at Mirthday. and vice versa. teachers." world." Association, a fairly new' organiza­ two oft.::n make things difficult, said The crafts and brochures that these "We've made progress, but it's slow Preethi Nallu, a computer science An international soccer game \'..

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