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[email protected]. T V OICE OF UM-ST. LOUIS October 19, 1998 The University of Missouri-St. Louis Vol. 32 Iissue 933 Arts Center Art imitating life design comes under fire ...........................BY BRIAN .. DOUGLAS staff edltor The senate budget and planning commit tee passed a resolution that petitions Chancellor Blanche T ouhiH to reconsider the current plan of the proposed Performing Arts Center. The resolution, passed Friday, calls on the Chancellor "to cease implementation of the current plan for the Performing ArtS Center, and participate with the campus communit}' in establishing a process intend ed to reexamine the scale and the design of the faciEty, so that any Performing Arts Center built on the campus will reflect the campus' overall educational and program matic needs." The resolution indicated that the com minee supported "the expansion of per forming arts programs and a perfonning arts facility on the UMSL campus." Touhill has previously-said that she will not consider changing the Center's desigr:. The resolution cited concerns about the potential risks to UM-St.