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University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2000s) Student Newspapers 1-29-2001 Current, January 29, 2001 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: http://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, January 29, 2001" (2001). Current (2000s). 41. http://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s/41 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (2000s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Greyhounds I roll over for VOLUME .34 Rivennen The Rivermen came out January 29, in a rush, immediately going on a 1a·point run ~001 before the Indianapolis head coach was forced to I SSUE 1009 call a time-out. ..... See Page 5 U NIVERSITY OF M ISSOURI - ST. LOUIS • Only 117 students tum out to vote on constitution) but pass it overtuhelmingly ·BY ROBERT CHALUPNY to learn about the election. South Campus polling places opened Connor said that because he had to Last Mmdl, though, the Student Comt ... .. ·.. spec;:~i· i~ ' ih~' Cu:;;;e;~t SGA President Ryan Connor said at 12 p.m. instead of 10 a.m., Connor ask the Staff Association on short was sllipped of this duty by the admin he posted a notice in a message forum said. The polls, which were manned notice, he could only ask for one day istration. Instead, a three-person panel Students voted Tuesday to approve on The Current Oriline Jan. 18. by the Staff Association, opened late. and he takes full responsibility for that. made up of one srodent, one staff, and a new constitution for the Student "It wasn'tas public as it could have A staff meeting that was held that "I think this was a fair election," one faculty member was set up to hear Govermnent Association. been," he said. morning made it impossible for the Connor said. all campus ticket appeals. Grace sent a The few students who voted Connor also said that SGA was in polls to open on time. Connor met with Vice Chancellor memo deSClibing the change to the Tuesday made their choice clem: The the process of rebuilding and Another problem at the South Gary Grace on Jm1. 26 to discuss the court. Chancellor Blanche Touhill ulti final tally indicated 108 votes for the described the new constitution as "a Canlpus location was that for the first new constitution. It must be signed by mately approved the decision. new constitution and 9 votes against it. step forward." 20 minutes there were no copies of the Grace to become official. "There was no substantial dialogue The low turnout reinforced critics Students voted at three different new constitution. One part of the new constitution with the srodents involved about any of the constitution and the voting pro polling places: in the Millennium No problems were reported at the has sparked recent discussion. The of this," said Rick Bccher, former chief cedure. Steven Wolfe, one such critic, Student Center, on South Campus and other two polling locations. new document gives the Student Court justice, at the time. "The Student Comt said one of the problems he identified in the Fine Arts Building. This was the Wolfe also expressed concern that the right to decide all student traffic was never involved in making the • 'Crouching is that students were not given a great first time a polling place was located in the constitution vote was held only one ticket appeals. decision." Tiger' leaps to deal of notice about the vote. He said the Fine Arts Building. day. SGA elections are normally held Hearing the appeals has been a tra Ryan Connor, SGA president, said that the story in the Jml. 22 edition of There were a few problems with over two days, to give all students a ditional duty of the Student Court; as head of the list The Current was students' first chance the voting on South Campus. The chance to vote, he said. mandated by the previous constitution. see CONSTITU TION, page 8 If you have been reading the film critics' lists of the best films in 2000, one of the things Post-tenure review you're sure to have noticed is Parking fee go-ng up that "Crouching Tlger, Hidden Dragon" has taken the No. 1 spot on nearly every list. And Cost of nell) garages has increased fee 400 percent since 1997 draws mixed reaction with good reason. BY JOSH R ENAUD BY R HASHAD PITTMA N Martinich said that post-tenure .... See page 6 senior editol' rowth s staff writer review was implemented for essen tially two reasons-to ll-y to institu U1vlSL's parking fee may be $20.00 The University of :Missouri tionalize a system-wide faculty eval increasing again, this time to $18 per Board of Curators voted 7-2 in favor uation process and to provide some credit hour for the fall, administrators of post-tenure review on Jan. 19. guidelines for all the UM campuses. said last week. Under the new policy, tenured Yet, he added, faculty on each Jim Krueger, vi.ce chancelJor for faculty must submit a \vritten annual campus will administer their own Managerial and Technological $15.00 report to their department chair evaluation proc s. Services, said he expected the fee to unlike before when a discussion "The details are left up to the rise $_ from the current rate of $16, between the two would have iY'...en campuses:' he aid. "It won't be UMSL students based on the sufficient. administered centrally." most recent After five years a comprehensive WilIanl Long, associat professor Turn to $10.00 start week~y show projec tions. review will occur. If the faculty of optometry, expressed concern Chancellor page 8 member's perfonnance 0 er the about the new revi.ew proces du ring B Y .JEFF GRJESMER Blanche five-year period is "wlsatisfa tory," the Senate meetillg. _. .... ... ........... ......... ............. ...... ..,.. ......... ,.-- ... speaal1Q The Cwnmt TouhiU con- for more the faculty member will receive a After the meeting. Long . aid that tilIned that $5.00 three--year prof; ional development post-tenure review might po e a Soon UMSL students witt be number in arl stories on pJan. "number of potential problems" that encouraged to sit around and interview Jan. parking If two years of the three-yem' plan he didn't think were "considered watch TV to enhance their col· 24. Krueger are considered "Wlsatisfactory:' the thorougbJy." lege experience. said the fee would be probably contin faculty member may be dlsmi. sed or Although he refused to go into Does this sound like a dream ueto be increased at $1-2 increments $0.00 receive a two-year development detail, Long did predict that post come true? Well, dream no over the nh t several years. plan. tenure review would "change the longer because the Television If the parking fee is increased this In a Faculty Senate meeting on working environment" on campus. and Cinematography Club is fall, it 'Will be the lastest in a series of Jan. 23, Dr. Jo eph Martinich, pro Martinich said that he didn't becoming active again under increases dating back to 1997. For the fessor of business administration and think the new review process would UMSL representative to the the leadership of Andy Schloss winter 1997 semester, the parking fee l1'!fo1mation (.Ompiled by josh Renaud. Fa1l 2(){)1 f ee is a preliminary projection make a big impact on the University. and Alex Bub, the president wm: $3.88 per credit hour. Over the last (li"k1 could cbange. Intercampus Faculty Council. said ''if it does;' he said. "it' because and vice president of the club. 4 years, it has increased more than 400 that three of the four UM campus of the faculty not being collegial." Soon, they will begin broad percent to its present level. voted in favor of the new policy Jeanne Zamcchi, foruler cbair of casting a weekly TV show on The fee is being increased to pay for here, and [the fee] is really high," said UMSL's fee increases have made it UMSL, UMKC. and UM-Rolla the University Senate, recently campus televisions. Schloss four new parking gm-ages. One of those Sean Ragan, a sophomore majoring in one of the most expensive campuses to "pretty much with the idea that it expressed her opposition to the new said that it may start out as a garages is open now, and another is business. "I went to a colDII1unity col park on in the area The parking fees at was the better of two evils:' review proces . biweekly program untH the expected to open in February. The lege in Kansas City, and parking was Washington University, S1. Louis MmlY faculty members at UM "I considered it unnecessary club can get more students remaining two garages are still in the free. If we were. downtown and space University, SIU-Edwardsville, and Columbia vehemently oPPO ed the because the UM system al ready ha interested and involved. planning stages. was at a premium. I could Wlderstand UM- Kansas City are all s igllificantl~ new policy ever since UM Sy tem safeguards to deal with ca~es f fac There hasn't been a weekly Srodent reaction to the fee increase the high cost. But we 're not." lower than UMSL's. President Manuel Pacheco began ulty who are not productive." she UMSL television program since has been mixed. Some expressed frus Administrators defended the fee Bob Samples, director of talks of the idea over a year ago.