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wwW.thecurrentonline.com VOl UME '10, ISSllE 121(, . . THIS WEEK NICOLE ALLEN: 1986-2007 Candleligbt Vigil to Campus reviews .sec urity remember VT massacre Car accident· claims A candlelight vigil will be held Monday, April 23 at 8:30 p.m. in remem­ protoco.ls .after VT tragedy brance of the Virginia life of UMSL student Tech campus tragedy. The By JASON GRANGER cussions have intensified. vigil will take place in Quick Read . "Since Monday, some questions By MELISSA s. HAYDEN News Editor Campus police are reviewing security front of the Provincial have come up," Schupp said. measures after the 'Vi rginia Tech massacre ' House on South Campus. . Ideas presented in those discu's­ Managing Editor last Monday. Revamped ideas include Banners and cards will be In light of the recent tragedy sions include an alarm system or Nicole Allen, junior, studio arts, was at alarm systems and better ways to notify signed and sent to stu­ VlfginiaTech in Blacksburg, Va., some other way to notify students killed in a car accident that occurred last dents at Virginia Tech. the students faculty and' staff of students in case of an emergency. ------of an emergency, Schupp said. Friday around midnight after 27-year­ UM-St. Louis are taking a long "We've discussed a sort of old Pedro Santos crashed a Lincoln INSIDE .' l.ook at how. well prepared the the buildings safe. reverse 9-1-1 system," Schupp Town Car into the back of the Acura in University is in light of a similar Before the tragedy at Virginia said. "That way, we could call which Allen was a backseat rider. incident. Tech, Schupp said, discussions had every phone on campus to issue an Santos, an admitted illegal immi­ John Bul Dau 'speaks UM-St. Louis police Sgt JohI! already begun regarding improv"e­ alert. grant, was charged with involuntary about war-torn Sudan Schupp said the University is con-' ments in campus security. manslaughter last Saturday. He is sus­ stantly reviewing security to keep However, with that event, the dis- See SECURITY, page 9 peCted of drunk driving. . Syracuse University student He hid from police in woods not far tells UMSL how he and from the crash scene and was arrested "lost boys" survived war. Saturday at approximately 3 a.m., as soon as he was found. See page 3 The accident took place in Maryland Nicole Allen MIRTHDAY STRIKES GOLD Heights, Mo. at Marine Avenue and ' Bennington Place, and Allen died at the Louis. scene. "I thought she was a wonderful per­ Larry Lane, the 24-year-old driver of son and a great student," said Dan the Acura, sustained minor injUlies and Younger, professor of art and art history. his front-seat passenger, Charles Miller, ."I t's just a sad thing that it happened." 28, cracked two vertebrae in tlle crash. This semester, Allen was a student in Both Lane and Miller were hospitalized two of Younger's classes, Advanced Saturday at St. John's Mercy Medical Problems in Photography 2 and History Q&A witb Goldfinger Center in Creve Coeur. of Photography. Younger sent an e-mail Santos was said to be the only person Sunday morning informing students in The Current caught up in the Lincoln. those classes of Allen's death. with drummer Darrin Allen, the daughter of Denise In the e-mail, Younger said Allen pfeiffer after the show Buchholz and Mike Allen, turned 21 on was a "promising artist" and she was sans pants .. Jan. 6. She lived with her mother and nearing the completion of a "beautiful See page 6 stepfather Brian Buchholz. She graduat­ portfolio of color work" for the AP2 ed from Parkway North High School in class. Creve Coeur in 200·t the year she began attending classes at UM-St. See ALLEN, page 11

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By SARAH O'BRIEN SGA Election Results Next year)s student-senators named Assistant News Editor The "Moying Forward" slate of can­ Stuffed Teddy Bear By CANDACE ANDERSON "It feels great to be elected to sen­ didates has been elected to the three top ate," said Randall, senior, intemation~ Student Senate Election Results spots on the Student Government StaffWl'iter al business. Randall said the urge to Association executive board for the 229 Stuffed Puppy Mark Bacon 351 next school year_ be more politically active on campus Antionette Dickens 346 Thirteen candidates were elected inspired him to run for Student Andrew Walker 344 The slate included Bryan Goers for Stuffed Kitty to the Student Senate last Wednesday Senate. Miranda Dom 336 president, Cadence Rippeto for vice and Thursday. Student voting was "I was involved in politics at my Dorian Hall 336 president and Katie Moore for comp­ conducted online through previous school, but here it is a bigger Scott Willer 319 troller. (:,,,'<.,S (:,'O'fl' (.0"-'<.' i\99"''--0 ~rf',e ~,,-':;I>\:)"''\ Stuffed Pepper MyGateway. deal," Randall said. ' Out of most of JB Carroll 313 The elections were held last ,<0 Kamran Ahmed, Mark Bacon, the candidates, I was probably one of Rob Randall 311 Wednesday and Thursday via • PresidelH Race Vice President Itxe CompD"Dlier Ra(f Dave Brown, JB Carroll, Antiollette the least knoVffl_" MyGateway. II Other Stuffed Animal Thomas Helton 310 Dickeiis, Miranda Dam, Jonathan A­ Randall said the main issues he . Johnathan A-l Eftink 298 Along with Goers, the other cand.i­ Quick Read L Eftink, Dorian Hall, Thomas want~ to focus on are financial aid Dave Brown 291 dates for president were Mary Ann l'hi:s. week's question Helton. Rob Randall, Jim TlIU.per. and curriculwn. Kamran Ahmed 289 Coker and Ted Gatlin. A total of 642 students voted in this year's What do you think of the Andrew Walker and Scott Willer Hall, sophomore, accounting, said Jim limper 285 Voting closed at midnight on April student government elections. up from SGA election results? were elected to student senate out of a he was -looking forward to his term. 19. 569 last year. total of 18 candidates. He said he views it as an opportunity Desiree H . Johnson 282 Brian Rails, elections committee According to the organization's to make changes on campus. Samantba Conforti 279 chair, said while the votes have been some issues that arose during the cur­ Web site, the Student Senate is a paI.t "I am honored that so many peo­ Marcel Scaife 277 tabulated, some work remains. rent campaign. INDEX of the University Assembly, the gov­ ple thought I was qualified to be a stu­ Kelly Pisane-Cooley 254 "There is still time for candidates to "In the rules reading we had dis­ LaGuan Fuse 246 What's Current 2 erning body of the campus. The dent senator," Hall said. file complaints. They have about two cussed the fact that you needed to get University Assembly is made up of Hall said that he would like to see business days. They also have to file the organization president's approval Cri'meline 2 40 faculty members, 13 student mem­ . more changes on campus and the best expenditure forn1s, we still have to take before campaigning on a listserv," Rails Oei,mions 4-5 bers, three staff member!; and six way was to become a part of the gov­ Affairs Committee because it deals a look at that to make sure they're said. administrators. erning body of the campus. with student issues directly. claiming ev'erything that they spent on The candidate in "question, Joel A&E 6-7 Each spring, members of the "Parking is one of the biggest Student senators serve on decision the campaign," Rail s said. "And there Pottebaum, comptroller candidate, sent 10-11 Student Senate are elected at large. by issues," Hall said. "It affects not only making corrunittees, including the have been no complaint<; a<; of yet." . it out on the entire Greek listserv Sports ----- the student body. Students serve a students but faculty alike." pUblications committee, which over­ Rai Is said to ' the SG A at the last according to Rails. ' Comics 15 ------term of one academic year and can For th.e upcoming term, Hall said sees The Current; and selects each asse.mbly meeting, speaking of amend- ."--.. -- --. ~ ~.-.,------.-._._ .. _--- .. _._------._ .. _-- c .. "...., ..... I" • • '" .... 1:,.,,.. 1-.... _,",,,1r>."'~"""..-f Fr"\~ nnr."h"".,... t-OrTT\ hp u/nlllrf l1v,.. tn ~1 t 1""11"\ thp"- f1Ir1~nt , ...... he. h .. ,l .... ,,- , ... ,...,f' ""1 ""' .... h,...... ~, ..... " ..l,~ ...... _ Page 2 1:hc [UlTcnt April 23, 2007 CAMPUS GALLERY 210 FEATURES 'PARENTAL ADVISORY' 1thc O:urrrnt The Universily of Missouri-St. Louis SrudelU Newspaper Since 1966 CRIMELI STAff Adam D. Wiseman. 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By STEPHANIE CLINES and a $38.83 student, facility and per credit hour and nonresidents will incur a $412.70 fee. This is in addi­ said that some students may have to to Tuition and Fee Increases Staff Writer health fee. All fees listed are per cred­ be charged $791.33. tion the standard educational fee. take fewer classes in order to afford it hour and do not include parking. Students enrolled in the School of Students in the Professional MBA the cost of tuition. The result, she The fee for nonresidents will be Optometry also will face an increase. online program will get hit with $595 said, will be that it could take students • Undergraduate resident fee will $641.63, up from $625.54. The stu­ Residential students will face an per credit hour. longer to graduate and would cost increase from $28334 to a $286.43* Tuition costs will keep up with dent, facility and health fee will also increase from $581.14 to $59l.43 and Students at UM-St. Louis said that them more money in the long run. inflation and increase at UM-St. rise to $45.83 in Fall 2007. nonresidents will pay a grand total of they chose to attend UM-St. Louis "It's stupid," said Heather • Undergraduate nonresident fee will Louis, beginning during the Summer Justin Nemeth, senior, chemistry, $1,093.13, an increase of $10.29. because the tuition was low compared Schmoele, freshman, psychology. rise from $641.63,to $625.54* 2007 semester. was not happy to hear about the Some other fees that will also be [0 other St. Louis colleges and uni vel'­ "We already pay enough. Why should Effective May 14, tuition and fees increase, which he said would place an increasing are fees that are accessed sities. we pay more?" • Graduate resident fee will increase for all four UM System schools will even larger economic burden on him. for certain courses. For example, Michael Rankins, assistant director Lynn Becker, cashier, said that the from $332.44 to $337.43' increase about four percent. The fee "It sucks," Nemeth said. "I'll have there is a flat rate of $193 for Applied of the Office of Student Life, said that Board of Curators decides how the • Graduate nonresident fee will rise for undergraduate residents and met­ to get another job or take out a loan." Music and $23.50 per credit hour for people want to be able to access high­ money will be spent. from $769.74 to $791.33* ropolitan students will rise from Graduate and optometry educa­ Studio Art courses. er education. For a complete list of fees and costs $283.34 to a $286.43. tional fees also increase. The cur­ A Special Educational Fee for alge­ "Students are always interested in for the 2007-2008 school year, stu­ will ('Includes information technology fee, The fee is broken up as follows per rent graduate fees are $332.44 for res­ bra/math workshop is $309. This is a keeping educational costs as afford­ dents can visit the Cashiers Office at student, facility and health fee) credit hour: a $235.90 educational fee, idents and $769.74 for nonresidents. flat rate, not per credit hour. Nursing able as possible," Rankins said. 285 Millennium Student Center or call an $11.70 infonnation technology fee Missouri residents will pay $337.43 students who wish to study online will Nicole Martine, junior, psychology, 516-5151.

John Bul Dau recounts story World Ecology Center's director of surviving in war-torn Sudan awarded science education honor By CATHERINE world. and the biology graduate program By SARAH O'BRIEN lowed many others amid the stonn of crocodile infested river. However, MARQUiS-HOMEYER The Center does this through pro­ attracts some of the best tropical ecol­ bullets from attackers. He followed a troops arrived quickly, and as the boys viding a graduate biology program at ogy graduate students in the world. Assistant News Editor Science Columnist man whom he believed to be his swam, about 9,OCYJ were lost in the UM-St. Louis, to prepare scientists in "Our biology department and trop­ father, only to later realize it was his river, whether shot by militants, eaten Dr. Patrick O'sbome is receiving an tropical ecology and world conserva­ ical ecology programs are well-known John Bul Dau, student at Syracuse neighbor Abraham. by crocodiles, or from drowning. academy award, from the Academy of tion, and by promoting collaborative among St. Louis scientists. Actually, University in New York, spoke to an Dau and Abraham traveled east to After a six-month trip on foot, the Science of St. Louis, that is. effOlts between the partner science the program is probably better known audience last Monday night, relating Ethiopia, eating roots of grass and boys' numbers dropped another 6,000 Dr. Patrick Osborne, executive institutions and by offering programs internationally than it is on campus, ." his story of survival in war--torn sometimes stealing pumpkins from from exhaustion, and hunger, as the director of the Whitney R. Harris for public education on biodiversity said Osborne said. Sudan. farmers' fields, just barely escaping Sudanese chased them into Kenya. World Ecology Center at UM-St. and conserva­ The diverse nature of the student Dau spoke of his country and vil­ the Arab militia, as a few run-ins with In Kenya, the boys would find not Louis, will be presented with the tion. population in the biology graduate lages, explaining that "Sudan is divid­ the militants left them alone and only food, but clean water and med­ Science Educator Award at the 2007 Among the program offers another benefit for the ed by a river, but is also divided in sometimes beaten badly. ical attention from the United Nations. Outstanding St. Louis Scientists programs that campus, Osborne said. another way. The people in control are "I was hit with a stick very hard on "They made us milk for the first Awards ceremony. the Center "Students here can not only leam Muslim, and the southern citizens are my head, there was blood all over my time in a long time," Dau said , The award is one of severa! pre­ offers are the about ecology around the world but, mostly Christian. body and then they twisted and describing the excitement the boys sented by the Academy of Science of annual by getting to know the graduate stu­ 'There was a law made that you uprooted some of my hair," Dau said. experienced when UN aid workers St. Louis at their annual banquet, 'Whitney and dents, they can learn about the culture could not hold a position of power if It took three months for John, gave them dehydrated milk as drinks. which is scheduled to take place Anna Harris of those countries," he added. you were not Muslim, then war start­ Abraham and many of the other "lost Dau would enter school in Kenya Tuesday, April 24, at the Chase Park Conservation Sometimes students are surprised ed," Dau said. The war began in 1983. boys of Sudan" to get into a town on at the age of 17, and in 200 I he was Plaza's Starlight Room. Forum in the Patrick Osborne that a world-class program in tropical Dau was born in 1973 into a fami­ the Sudan-Ethiopia border where con­ chosen to emigrate to the United "It is nice to be recognized, of fall , the Jane and ecology is based in a city in a temper­ ly of farmers of the Dinka tribe in ditions, while better, were in no way States, where the film God Grew course, but this award really honors Whitney Harris Lecture Series in the ate climate zone, Osborne said. Sudan, who were not involved in safe or sanitary. Tired of Us related his and the other the work of many people," said spring, which features a renowned sci­ "It really does not matter that the fighting the war. However, in 1987, Two to three of the children would boys' tragic orde.al to audiences across Osborne, referring to the World entist or author who gives a biology University is not located in the tropics, when refugees from a neighboring vil­ die every day from diseases like the United States. Ecology Center. ''It really is a collabo­ talk for a general audience, and the since most research is done in the lab," lage arrived at Dau's relating stories malaria, and some starvation. The Dau is now involved in building rative effort" annual World Ecology Award. he said. of massacred men and stolen women, mostly male children, totaling about medical clinics for Sudanese refugees , The World Ecology Center, for­ The Outstanding St. Louis Students often spend summers he realized that the genocide had 27,OCYJ, made up the camp. In 1990, and is involved in multiple organiza­ merly the Intemational Center for Scientist Award that Osborne will be doing field research in the tropics and reached his village. the Ethiopian governnlent was over­ tions directly geared towards ending Tropical Ecology, is a collaboration receiving is one of several presented then return to campus to analyze their 'That night, I was not enjoying my thrown by Sudanese rebels and a the genocide in Sudan. between the l11'vl-St. Louis biology aru1llally by the Academy of Science data, Osborne said. milk," Dau said. He said his intuition troop was sent out specifically to take "You can never succeed without department, the Missouri Botanical of 5t Louis. Osborne also noted that there are a did not lead him wrong, as he woke up out the lost boys that were on the bor­ struggling," Dau. said of his current Gar'dens arld the St. Louis Zoo. TIle UM -SI. Louis is home to one of the number of graduate students on cam­ in the middle of the night to the sound del'. success and his pa~t hardships. "T Center's mission is to promote science world's best, and best-lmown, tropical pus studying birds, and that migratory of gunfire. In order to escape, according to drank human urine, and fm here like education and research in biodi versity ecology gradu3te research and educa­ paths often cross between the tropics Running out of his hut, he fol- Dan, the boys were forced. to cross a you." and conservation throughout the tion programs, according to Osborne, ,md temperate zones like Missouri.

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OUR~PIN10N STAFF VIEWPOINT Learning lessons from tragedy Our murder nation Has the tragedy at I say, instead of By now we have all seen numer­ \\,hy were these ominous signs protocol for an immediate response to Virginia Tech made waiting for the crazy ous images of the tragedy that hap­ ignored? any student behaviors that create sus­ you angry or do you man with the gun, pened at Virginia Tech--33 dead The administration at universities picion of their intentions towards think it's just another let's stop this insanity including shooter Seung-Hui Cho. typically is concemed with not dis­ classmates or themselves. day of violence in now. Let's take the The news reached all of us either via criminating against any studen t. Even At such a large campus, keeping a America? Are you guns away, let's get the Intemet, a friend's phone call or at UM-St. Louis, discrimination personal interest in students can be an numb to the recurring depressed and psy­ breaking news on the television. charges are annual events. Yet there is arduous task. In fact, it is nearly violence in this country chotic people help in Of course, after such a traumatic a way to protect your school without impossible to know everyone. One or do you believe this is mental institutions, incident, America and many universi­ discriminating against these mentally person or even a few cannot accom­ a tragedy of huge pro­ let's pay attention to ty students are looking to place blame charged plish this, yet every student, faculty portions and shocked the signs of danger, on poor campus security. This leads to in di- and staff member should attempt to that it happened') By ADAM D. WISEMAN and let's not wait until further scrutiny over campuses' secu­ vid- ingratiate themselves in the interests However you feel it's too late to see the Editor-in·Cbie! rity shoncomings. of their peers. about this terrible inci­ epidemic of violence We believe that while campus While there may be a few holes in dent, maybe it's time that you wake up in our country. security may have been (and may the security system here at UM-St. and take action! The President says that he is dealing very well be) to blame, it is a serious Louis, by far the largest is the lack of The VIrginia Tech murders are not an with tenorism on the enemies' land lack of personal relationships concern for others. The best way to isolated incident; the people that died at instead of here at home. Well, Mr. between the staff and students that ,.__ ..,. protect yourself very well could VIrginia Tech are just the latest and President, here's my question: How do could insti gate a distraught stu­ be by becoming involved with largest number of victims of the epidem­ you explain all the acts of violence that dent to take sllch profollnd meas­ the lives of your fellow stu­ ic of murders in this country. Many pe0- happen regularly here at home? Are we ures. dents. ple meet the same fate as those students not being terrorized here on our own soil CNN.com reported that 1:\'10 A lack of secure action may and faculty at VI, but the murders of one in our home towns? years ago, Cho had been declared be to blame for the massacre at or two people at a time don't make the Our government has trained us to "mentally ill" by a Virginia special VIrginia Tech, but it was only second­ national news. look to the skies and wonder when the justice and an "imminent danger" to ary to the University's failure to Our society is obsessed with death next plane is going to crash into a build­ himself. MSNBC.com reported that address Cha's displ ays of emotional and evelY time something happens on a ing, yet our govemment does nothing to Cho referred to Eric Hanis and Dylan instability. Had there been a solid large scale we all get together and say protect us from the mentally ill and Klebold, the school shooters at response to Cho's writings, his things are going to change, but they deranged people \vith access to guns that Columbine high school in 1999, as social awkwardness and the com­ never do. It's time for us to stop the live in our neighborhoods. martyrs. plaints against him, perhaps he insanity of sitting back and doing nothing We should not have to put up with ter­ According to CNN, some of could have received the help he while our lives are in danger. rorism in any form. We need to go to our Cho's writings were described by needed. But this insanity nllS deep into the legislators and tell them that we are tired fellow classmates as being "twisted" The VIrginia Tech massacre psyche of America We are not allowed of the lidiculous laws that are failing us. and "violent." A fellow classmate of expresses a greater need for a watch­ to see the breasts of a woman on Tv, but We need gun control, not more guns. Cho 's, Ian MacFarlane. said he and uals: offer students a certified coun­ ful staff and student body and an we can watch a woman being raped, The t:ra."oedy ofVlfginia Tech is anoth­ other students worried about whether selor who Gll not only deal with col­ active position not only towards the beaten, and even killed. We see so much er wake up call for America Let's not fail he could be a "school shooter." lege angst. but al~o with individuals threat of school violence but also violence on TV that we think we could the memories of these indivi.duals by just The warning signs were there. who are dangerously depressed. toward the threat of self-violence. have stopped the gunman at VIrginia remembering them; let's do something However, after t\'iO complaints were That i:; not to insult the current Our hearts, along with everyone Tech. I actually heard people talking about our very own terror state. filed to the University's administra­ Counseling Service, program, where else's, go out to the victims and their about what they would have done if they Wake up, open your eyes, see what's tion, no real action was taken. Cho staffers are more than. willing to help families. This is a pain that no person encountered a man holding a gun. They really going on, and change this country. agreed, after speaking with the students in need. But they cannot do it should have to feel. We hope that exclaimed '1 would have rushed him and If you don't care enough to change it, Virginia Tech Police officers, to see a alolle. along with the healing, the system can tried to bring him down." who will') counselor at an independent health In addition to keeping a close rela­ be repaired to encourage a vigilant ccnter. tionship with students, there should be approach to signs of distress. STAFF VIEWPOINT EDITORIAL BOARD STAFF VIEWPOINT "Lynched" and Duke lacrosse Adam D. Wiseman Mel issa S. Hayden Why do tragedies stick in your head? players do not go together Myron McNeill Pa ul Hackbarth So where were YOU':' schools were trying to keep it from On April 15, I was I believe .that the Patricia Lee At the moment. this probably happening in their schools. I had been watching a round exaggeration of the trial Jason Granger seems like a tasteless question, given grateful I had already graduated. table discussion is partially due to ... the Amy Recktenwald the events of April 16,2007. It is inap­ And Sept. 11 ? Where were you where the Duke rape news craze in America LaGuan Fuse propriate because we are cunently in then? I was at work when my boss case, or should I say and partially to other (ate Marquis this moment, so why ask where were called me, urging me to tum on the acquittal, was the things like the demo­ Sarah O'Brien you') TV. I remained glued to my TV for topic. It was an all graphics of those Inevitably, though, this question weeks after that, hyperventilating male panel, and the involved. "Our opinion" reflects will be asked, and everyone will have every time there was an incidence of opinions of some of So, where do we the majority opinion of his or her answer, given so many anthrax or a war report. the men were disturb- begin') First off, I must the Editorial Board times it will seem rehearsed. Well, on April 16, 2007 I was sit­ ing. say that usually when I When the Oklahoma City bomb­ By RACHAEL YAMNITZ ting in front of my computer, chatting During the discus­ think of lynching, I ing occurred, I had been toiling away WEWANT TO StaJJWriter amiably with a classmate. I was get­ sion, one male spoke By MYRON McNEILL don't think of someone on a rather bad painting in one of my ting ready to take a drink when I saw in a powerful or "last being falsely accused of Opinions Editor HEAR FROM YOU an classes. I remember being fright­ the news on Yahoo!, my drink froze in word" manner about something, where the ened and wondering if it meant the \\'hat about Columbine? Where mid-air. how the players were scrutinized, results lead to the possible tarnishing of As a forum for public end of everything as we knew it. were you when you heard about it? I Twenty-two people dead, includ­ ruined, falsely acclised and lynched. their "names" so to speak.. expression on campus, Where were you when Princess was sitting, reading idly by my bed ing the gunman? No ... that couldn't This panelist also said that due to the When I think of lynching, I think of The Current welcomes Diana died? I had been babysitting and listening to music. It was a peace­ be. Virginia Tech is a college. rm in false accusation, these young men's something deeply rooted in slavery and letters to the editor and until the wee hours of the morning. ful moment, and initially, the news college. That means it could not have lives were mined. the .African American community. I also guest commentaries When the parents got home and told didn't register. I heard it and then I happened. He felt that the young woman (the think of lynching being associated with from students, faculty, me what happened, I laughed it off. It continued to read. accuser) should beheld accountable and death, not a tarnished reputation. staff members and oth­ was too preposterous to me that she Afterwards, I read all of the reports prosecuted. He finally said that if she is When I think of the word lynch, I ers concerned with had died. She was a plincess, after all. of what happened and how high See TRAGEDIES, page 5 not prosecuted, she should at least be think of the Civil Rights Era and people issues relevant to the required to get psychological help. like Emmit Till, who wasn't a student at University of Missouri­ As the telecast proceeded, viewers a prestigious university. Till was falsely St. Louis. saw snippets of recorded interviews of accused of flirting with a white woman the families' thoughts on the acquittal and then lynched. There is no need for and false accusations. further explication. Letters to the editor Some of the players also held press If you get my drift, you'll see that should be brief, and conferences to give their opinions on the lynch is a poor choice of ' words to those not exceeding matter. describe anything these young men 200 words will be given • Learning from Virginia Tech Now, from the title of my article you went through. Case closed (no pun preference. We edit let­ How do you feel about can see that I have a problem with the intended). ters for clarity and • Post -constructionism word lynch being used to describe any­ Next, I am forced to think about this length, not for dialect, thing associated with people having wicked ideal of "an eye for an eye" type correctness, intent or the topics we've covered? • Duke lacrosse their public persona tarnished from a of justice. The panelist's comment about grammar. All letters false accusation. I am strong on this and how the accuser should be prosecuted must include a daytime I will expound on this shortly. for falsely accusing these young men phone number. Students You can make your voice • Submit a letter to the editor Before I get there, I think the whole showed his lack of common sense and must include their stu­ process of the televising the acquittal his predatory mindset. dent ID numbers. • Write a guest commentary was extreme. 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Mail: "I'm not too familiar HI don't really know what ·Seems like a waste of "It would help create a What do you think? Send your own response ·1 have an inherent suspi­ with them. But it does One University Blvd. they do or what they sion of what corporations needed space. It dosn't better tax base for the Room 388 MS( to [email protected]. The person who submits sound like they will offer. But the building are doing with academia. make sense for the community and the cam­ 5t. Louis, MO 63121 the best response each week wins a free T-shirt. create a lot of new looks nice." I'm anxious to see what school to use up land, pus. 't could also provide Email: jobs." the benifits will be.· just to buy more land. • a great job oppertunity [email protected] tot UMSL graduates." r . ------r April 23, 2007 Page 5

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As the death toll grew, so did my Shawn Hornbeck, would they even dismay. Is it really possible that know who I was talking about? The How to know if a building is LEED certified someone went into a school ruld discovery of the tViO boys had been a In honor of Earth Day and the new Leadership in Energy The organiza­ program offers design guidelines for killed so many people so senseless­ local happiness, and people in the St. Express Scripts green building com­ and Environmental tion has a database green building and offers an evalua­ ly'7 Louis area know what I am referring ing to campus, let's talk about "build­ Design standards. of green building tion of a building's green features . As I ponder what this "moment" to, but people in other places do not. ing green," or creating envimnmental­ The LEED Green projects including LEED uses several areas to evalu­ means, I turn to why people tend to So again, that begs the question: ly fTiendly offices and homes. Building rating sys­ the Express Scripts . ate a building: sustainable sites, water remember such horrendous events_ why do we ("we" being the entire TI1ere has been a lot of recent talk tem uses "a whole­ project. efficiency, energy & atmosphere, What is it about the ones that strike country) remember the bad events? about "going green" in buildings. But building approach to The LEED materials & resources and indoor horror into our hearts that make us Perhaps it is our own fear of death what makes a green building? How sustainability by rec­ Green Building environmental quality. A building is remember them? Why do the happi­ that causes us to remember these Earth-friendly must a building be to be ognizing perform­ Rating System is a given points for each area. There are er moments seem so few in compar­ "Where were you?" moments so called a green building? ance in five key areas voluntary program. four levels of certification on a rising ison? lucidly. The first thing I thought The new Express Scripts head­ of human and envi­ It certifies as green scale: certified, silver, gold and plat- I can remember where I was when I heard about the shootings quarters on campus is reportedly a rorunental health: By CATHERINE buildings, those 1I1um. when I heard the news that Ben was "What if that had been UMSL? "green" building, but locating it closer sustainable site __ _ M~RQU~~-Ho~EY~R__ that are environ­ Express Scripts' cOlporate head­ Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck had That could have happened to me." to either campus MetroLink stop and development, water Science ColumnL,t mentally responsi- quarters scored LEED NC 2.1, so it is been found. I had been drivi.ng in my Tmmediately I worried about the stu­ providing better pedestrian access savings, energy effi­ ble and healthier. The certified. car and had noticed the interruption dents at VIrginia tech and their plight. would have made it greener. ciency, materials selection, and indoor system was created with a goal of 250 workers already have begun to in the middle of a song that I did not All I can do now is keep the vic­ The non-profit U.S. Green environmental quality." The organiza­ establishing a recognized common move into the building, with 180 particularly like. It had been joy! tims in my thoughts and prayers and Building Council describes a green tion's Web site includes guidelines for standard of measurement for what Express Scripts employees to follow Elation l hope it will never happen to me. As building as one that can meet campus building projects. constitutes a "green" building. The in the coming weeks. But if I asked someone who lived for my "Where were you?" in Oregon where they had been when moments, I'm going to try to remem­ LEITERS TO THE EDITOR they heard about Ben Ownby and ber the happier ones as well.

Global Warming CO2 trails behind temperature? As the would have you believe. Earth. Many scientists believe that as TIle thought is unfair ru1d disgusting. Also, as shown at both Columbine Throughout the course of this temperature rises the result is that the Now take a look further into the the sun goes through phases of The concept of man made global and VIrginia Tech, police departments semester I have seen 2 or 3 articles in world's oceans emit more and more past. About 1000 years ago the temper­ increased activity and an increase in warming is so popular because it is failed both times to stop the carnage The CUlTent that touch on the topic of C02. As the temperature decreases, the ature was significantly higher. It then sun spots, the result is the heating and now a political movement. The expla­ from happening-both thimes sadly the global wRnning. The "science column" oceans emit less C02. The reason for dipped into a "mini ice age" and has cooling of our planet. Isn't that a far nation of how we got to this point will officers merely cordoned off the written by Catherine Marquis­ the lag time is that the world's oceans since then increased. Did the world more likely possibility than the flimsy have to be saved for another time, but killings and allowed them to happen. Homeyer in the March 19 edition takes are so big and deep that it takes hun­ come to an end 1000 years ago because argument that my opposition sets for now please print what I've written The fact is that police intervention is a the cake though. I was disappointed to dreds of years for them to heat and the temperatures were so high? Of forth? in its entirety. People need to have the myth, as any criminal justice under­ see that there was no science in the sci­ cool. In fact, oceans are the world's course not, so why all the doom and We can not afford to drastically OppOlllmi.ty to hear both sides of this grad can attest to, most police do not ence column, only biased rhetoric. In largest source of C02. gloom talk? Polar bears adapted just reduce or prevent the usage of coal and debate. stop crimes; they merely investigate the interest of letting both sides of the C02 is not a pollutant, and is fine to the changes the mother Earth oil as a precautionruy measure just in after the fact. argument be heard I am ""Titing this required for most things to live. Both was experiencing. Hwnans survived case man made global warming does Matt Willer This is not in any way to deride rebuttal to her article. you and I are composed of C02! Of all too along with just about every other exist. There are over two billion people Senior police officers because they do serve a The primary argument in support of the gases in the atmosphere such as species. who don't have electricity, or 113 of the Business Administration social function and serve it well. man made global warming is that there oxygen, nitrogen, etc., C02 makes up Every year supporters of man made Earth's population. In Africa there is an However, the end result is that in situ­ is a correlation in the rise of C02 and only .054%. Of that percentage, the global warming point to articles show­ abundance of coal and oil that could be ations like Columbine and Vuginia the global temperature. This was most amount of C02 in the atmosphere as a ing the edge of the ice caps melting, utilized, but currently is not due to Virginia Tech Tech, students were left defenseless. famously pointed out by AI Gore in his result of humans is a mere single digit and icebergs melting away. They fail to political pressures to save tlle planet The events at VIrginia Tech ru-e This is not a sound bite or some movie "An Inconvenient Truth". Al percentage of the .054. It is an astro­ acknowledge that it happens every sin­ from hrumful man made global warm­ tragic and should serve as a reminder form of party rhetoric (I don 't belong Gore was correct in this a%essment, nomically small number. Still, those gle year as seasons change, just as ing. The result is that countries in to us all of the consequences of misbe­ to any political party), but a suggestion and during his presentation he showed who support the concept of man made leaves fall off of trees every year dur­ poverty are unable to develop into gotten university policies that prevent for Chancellors, Provosts, Board the correlation of C02 and temperature global warming use non sequitur logic ing the fall . The Earth goes through industrialized nations at a sufficient students from protecting themselves. Members, and Student Leaders to hon­ over the last 650,000 years. However, to insist humans are the cause. periods of warming and cooling. It is rate, and at this pace may never be able Campus policies that limit lawfully estly discuss alternative strategies for his c1ain1 is that C02 causes the tem­ In the last 150 years, the tempera­ perfectly natural. We should not and to. Hundreds of thousands of people licensed students and faculty from pro­ dealing with such tragedies from hap­ perature to rise and that is incorrect. In ture has risen just over half a degree can not change this fact. The ice caps are dying as a result of poverty. My tecting themselves using concealed pening rather than allowing people to reality the temperarure causes the level Celsius. Most of the increase took will increase in size when the Earth critics will say that wind and. solar carrv should be abolished and replaced die waiting for a law enforcement of C02 to rise and fall. If you were to place plior to 1940. In the post war cools again. energy should be used instead of coal with sensible alternatives. (perhaps response. take a closer look at AI Gore' s timelule, econornic boom when hwnan~ were Clearly the ClUTent temperature ::md oil, but that technology costs three al so registering your concealed carry Do not allow UMSL to be another you would see that the rise in C02 lags putting all time high levels of C02 into trend is an increase. but it is not a result times as much as the conventional license with the university would be Virginia Tech. behind the rise of temperature by the atmosphere, the temperature of human activity. What tl1en causes it? method.s we use to pO\\cr our home s. one solution). roughly 800 years. That consistency dropped until 1975. After that it began You need look no fwilier than the and it is not nearly as reliable. Why Sadly. UMSL and the UM sy stem Dan Donahue ha~ existed for at least 650,000 years. to increase again. If you take a look at bright orange ball in the sky. our sun. should the most impoverished people m-e similar to Virlo.'inia Tech in that we Senior '.AlGore chbse to leave out that vital only the last ISO years, C02 levels do There is a stunning correlation between in the entire world have to pay the most s stematically deny our students the Public Policy dJpl&e"'& irlfonnation. How is it that not correlate to temperature as sbme solar activity and the temperature on just to have mildfy reliable electdciry'l right to defend ourselves.

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MOVIE . VIEW Lethal humor scores a hit in 'Hot Fuzz'

B y CATE M ARQUIS Ac.-E Editor

If you loved British zombie comedy "Shaun of the Dead·' as I did, you will be delighted to know it was no one lnt wonder. Co-writers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wlight deliver another hilarious spoof packed with dry British wit in cop buddy parody "Hot FUll." The ti tle might not be as catchy and I admit some reservations about the comic potential of the genre in their sighl<;. but the film is hilarious. Actor Simon Pegg and dire<: tor Edgar Wright nail the absurdity of cop buddy action flicks in ·'Hot Fuzz." They even manage to throw in nods A&E CAMPUS to mysteries, suspense and a little bit of "Stepford Wi ves·' scariness in their well-tended suburban paradise. April 24: Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon The University Si ngers Pegg) is the pelfect cop, a decorated hot and a ca ppella group shot with amazing H t F Voca l Point will perform skills and an arrest 0 UZZ at 7:30 pm., April 24 in record that's 400% the Anheuser-Busch hIgher than every- ****-t? Performance Hall at the one else 's on the Touh ill . Jim Henry, asso­ London force. In Starring: Si mon ciate professor of music, fact. it is too per­ Pegg, Martin Freeman fect, and he', mak­ w ill be t he conductor for and Bi ll Nighty ing everyone el se both groups The con­ look bad. cert is free and open to The solution Directed by: the public, and spon­ for chief h"pector Ec gar Wright sored by the Department Kenneth (Bill of Music. Cali 5980 for Nighy) and the more information. other London bobbies is to transfer Angel to a small peaceful village ill th e April 28: countryside named Sandford. The hmnorbs Angel. a type a personality Swing revival kings Big (TOP) Sergeant Nicholas Angel Bad Voodoo Daddy will who Ii ve~ for his work, is appalled at Angel for info ahout police work in (Simon Pegg) and Met Sergeant perform modern big being exiled against his will to the London. (Martin Freeman) star in the bucolic boonies. Excitement in Sandford is rounding band music at 8 p.m . new British comedy, 'Hot Fuzz,' II.ngel g(JeS to work immediately, up stnr, swans for the local aristocrat by the creators of "Shaun of the April 28 in the rounding up J few minor lawbre:lkcrs at and settling di ·putes about trimming Dead.' Anheuser-Bu sch the local pub even before he is supposed hedges, or so it seems. A series of a ci­ Performance Hall at the to report for duty, only to see his VYork dents might say otherwise. To uhill . Tickets are $35, undone by the easy-going, kindl y old ·'Hot FuZZ" ' is packed v:ith laughs (LEm Sergeant Nicholas Angel $30 and $25. UM-St. village police chief Inspector Frank from subtle and clever jokes to the played by Simon Pegg prepares for battle in "Hot Fuzz," direct­ Lo ui s students rece ive a Buttc:TI1an (Jim Bruadbentl. downright silly. Sometimes the hun10r ed by Edgar Wrigftt. 25 percent discount. an d Misdemeanor., CdD he punishable by is Pythoneque, others times more devi­ UMSL employees and buying cake or ice cream for the whole ous. The movie follows a series of al umni receive a 10 per­ police force. The hum r style runs the gamut. grisly accidents that rock the vil­ Angers new partner is the chief s Rude and crude jokes slip past in th e cent discou nt on two lage of Sandford and Angel son Danny Buttennan (Nick Frost), background along with some brilliant (Pegg) is convinced that tickets by presenting who ha~ een every cop action film and biting stuff. Sandford is not what it ~IJI ~ ' '" valid UM -St Lou is identi­ made and daydreams about being able Always, it is entertaining. fication at the ticket to tire off rounds of ammo in a shoot off office. Call 4949 to with the bad guys. He eagerly pumps See HOT FUZZ page 11 rese rve tickets

April 30: PERFORMANCE!>REVIEW The Un iversity Percussion En semble and Afro­ Big Bad Voodoo Daddy swings into Touhill PAC II Will play April 28 at 8 p.m. Cuban Ensemb le w ill perform at 7:30 p. m. Calloway. This kind of jumping jazz is retro. But they do have that jump and ~Ulc es, asked Morris if he wanted to be in the globe. April 30 in t he E. By CATE M ARQUIS the inspiration for Big Bad Voodoo jive sense offun. the movie. TIm~e featured songs in the Their newest release, "Save My Desmond and Mary Ann AE:E Editor Daddy. A love of horns is necessary to They are really too small to be a big movie launched the band with a CD and Soul," came out July 8, 2003. This one Lee Theater at t he enjoy their style of wild music. The band. Starting out as a trio, the band is TV soundtrack, followed by major label is a tribute to New Orleans, MOlns' Touh ili Th e ensembles Last week, Rat Pack fans got their fill influence of jazz great Louis Amlstrong, now a seven piece. release of debut CD "Big Bad Voodoo favorite musical city. The album came w ill perform music by of '50s martini music at the Greater St­ New Orleans-born and Chicago-pol­ Scotty Morris on guitar, Kurt Daddy." out of their experiences at the New Thomas Zirkle, Michael Louis Jazz Festival at the TouhilL This ished, is unmistakable. Sodergren on dmms, Dirk Shumaker on Hits include "You & Me & the Bottle Orleans jazz fest, and draws off inspira­ Horv it, Miles Davis and week, fans ofthe modem version of ear­ But don't call them retro. Big Bad slnng bass, Andy Rowley on saxo­ Makes 3 Tonight," "Go Daddy-O," a tion from Professor Longhair, Fats the Dave Matthews lier swing jazz can break out their zoot Voodoo Daddy frontman Scotty Morris phone, Glen 'The Kid' Marhevka on version of Cab Calloway'S "Minnie the Domino and of course, Louis Band Matt Henry, lec­ suits and fedoras. Modem swing band prefers modem swing, because they are trumpet, Karl Hunter on saxophones and Moocher," and a cool "I Wanna Be Like Armstrong. The album is bluesier in turer in music, directs Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is set to cast a modem version that recreates the ener­ clarinet, and Joshua Levy on piano. You" from the Jungle Book. tone than previous releases . . their spell at the,Touhill on April 28 at 8 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy shot to fame both ensembles. The gy' rather than all the sounds, of the high Big Bad Voodoo Daddy was among Audiences can hear it themselves pm. energy pop music that made teens dance in the 19905 with the movie "Swingers," the first bands at the forefront of launch­ next week at the TouhilL concert is free and open Some prefer the fmger-popping earli­ in the '40s. when actor Jon Faveau, a regular at their ing the new swing style in the 1990s. Visit www.touhillorg for more infor­ to t he public, and spon­ er jazz style that conjures visions of Cab Morris calls them the altemative to underground Hollywood club appear- The band has toured relentlessly around mation. sored by the Department of Music. Cali 7970 for more information. Feeling Younger in ais Mind: Interview with Daffin Pfeiffer of Goldfinger

B y M ABEL SUEN Goldfmger song we played tonight and another song calJed "Free Kevin Jonas." TOP iTUNES Assistant Copy Editor CURRENT: What's your favorite DOWNLOADS thing about playing shows? Ska-punk superstars Goldfinger PFEIFFER: The show itself - feeding wrapped up Mirthclay following DJ off the energy of the crowd. Playing 1. Give It to Me­ Unk's pelfomlance in the Touhill PAC music is a gift and a thrilL It's a privilege Timb alanrl on Aplil 18, 2007. Audience members really when I get on stage and see the crept as close to the stage as they could, kids having a good time singing along to with the immovable theater seats as an our songs. obstnlction preventing the fonnation of CURRENT: How did Goldfmger a mosh pit. manage to pelfonn 385 shows in 1996? Lead singer John Feldman quickly PFEIFFER: It was one of those situ­ noted the disturbance, urging the audi­ ations where we starting to tour - one of ence to chant "F* ;'* you seats" along those three and a half month tours - with with him in retaliation. This premise for the Voodoo Glow Skulls, Save Ferris proactive audience interaction quickly and Aquabats. Then, we went on a set a precedent for the rest of the month and a half tour with No Doubt evening, in which Feldman constantly and then another tour with Sugar Ray. 2. I Tried - Bone Th ugs-N­ called upon the crowd to sing along with During that tour, our manager called Harmony feat Akon familiar songs. and would say there was another two The group did not disappoint old fans months in Europe, Australia and Japan. 3. Girlfriend- Avri l Lavigne by playing a range of songs from their They just kept corning and there was six-album discography, including songs next to no days off. We did two-show 4. Buy U a Drank- T-Pain such as "Superman," "Open Your and three-show days quite a bit and it all featuring Yung Joe Eyes," "Here in Your Bedroom" and added up. their popular cover of "99 Red CURRENT: That's crazy. How do 5. Glamorous - Fergie Balloons." you keep that energy level up? Does it Feldman also invited audiences to ever get tiresome after having done it for 6. Before He Cheats­ join the band on stage dluing the per­ so many years? Carrie Underwood fonnance of their hit song "Mabel," off Carrie Fasiska • Amcitlie Pboio Editor PFEIFFER: Not really. We're all a of their debut album. Drummer Darrin Goldfinger Drummer Darrin Pfeiffer crowd surfs during the Mirthday concert in the Touhill on April 18. Ettie older. We all have families now and 7. Beautiful liar- Pfeiffer, clad in bright orange boxers, have IGds, so we tour for about a month 8eyonce and Shakira upped the antics by having the crowd or a month and a half. Then, we'll go body-sUlf him from the right side of the been up to? What can we expect from radio station in Canada called The Edge. by the end of the year, it will be released home for two weeks and relax, recharge 8. What I've Done­ stage to the left. you guys in the near future? John Feldman has been producing and we'll go on a big toUT. the batteries and then go back out for Lin ki n Park After a lively set that lasted just PFEIFFER: We 've been working on evel)thing under the sun. Like in LA, CURRENT: Awesome. I've heard another month. under and hour, The Current caught up a new record, recording a new batch of he's producing the new Used record and that you guys are also recording a live Back then, we were a lot younger 9. The Sweet Escape - with Pfeiffer (who still wasn't wearing songs and making sure that they're air now he's doing the new Story of the two-song EP. Do you know what songs and vibrant and full of energy. Now we Gwen Stefani pants) during a post-perfom1ance meet­ tight and really good. It's been taking Year record. He's really busy with that, are going to be on it yet') just take it easy. and-greet some while because I've been busy so it's taking some time to get the new PFEIFFER: Yea, probably a song 10. Don't Matter- Akon CURRENT: What has Goldfinger starting a record label. I'm also on a Goldfmger off the ground, but hopefully called "Get Up," wh.ich is a new See GOLDFINGER, page 12 April 23, 2007 1:1l£ Q:urrrnt Page 7 UMSL partners withlergUson to open gallery Ari's offers good Greek food BY By Sao SOURIYAVONGSA with pita bread, calamf!ri, spinach pita and fried onion rings. Appetizer prices ApprOximately five to six shows are expected for next year in 7,000 square-foot facility StajJWritt:r ranged from $4.95-$9.95. • I ordered a gyro sandv.·ich for my By STEPHANIE CLINES The shuttle stops at over 20 exhibition are

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Emmure appears to be a relatively new metalftuirdcore (metalcore) group to enter .the fray, with their debut album "Goodbye to the Gallows" which came out on March 6, 2007. Fans of most grunge, death metal music may like v.nat Emrnure has to offer. Personally, I do not really listen to nor understand a lot of this kind can apt' R get a real feel **tttttt for what it had "G oodbye to the Gallows ' to offer. I apol- ogize in advance to fans of the genre or any Emmure fans out tbere. Emmure's members are Frankie Palmeri on vocals, Ben Lionetti and Jesse Ketive on guitar, Mark Davis on bass and Joe Lionetti on drums. "Goodbye to tbe Gallows" was released under Victory Records. Previously, the group produced an EP called "Complete Guide to Needlework" in 2006 under This City Is Burning records. Nearly all tbe songs on the "Goodbye to the Gallows" CD sound yery similar to one another or exactly like a screamo band. Many of the lyrics are indistinguishable and indeci­ pherable, ucless you are able to read tbe lyrics somewhere or if you have an experienced ear for hardcore, guttural yelling and screaming. All tbe songs possess a tbeme about having a lot of pain, and anger is infused in them, as per tbe music's genre. There are technically 10 tracks to . this CD, but only nine of them can be really considered songs. Track 6, called. "Travis Bickle," was just a shOit collaboration of sound effects of some­ body seemingly making foofsteps through foliage, like they were walk­ ing through a forest or marsh. All the while, there is a sound of a heartbeat in tbe, background, as well as what seemed to be frogs or crickets chUping. All of this goes on for a' few minutes before tbe·heart pulse ends and fades to u.s. Cellular gets us .. silence. The songs on this CD are not very ·so we can get together, long. It took inside of an hour to listen to the whole thing, even tbough I bad even we Ire not. I I to listen to 'Travis Bickle" twice to when make sure it wasn't a glitch. Track 4, fJ~ "Rusted Over Wet Dreams," had a way National Family Plans Take our best network challenge. different mood in its beginning, before test our products, experience our returning to its hardcore tbeme. Track (even friends c~m share) customer seIVice and make sure 10, "When Everytbing Goes Wrong, they are ri ght for you. Take The Easy Way Out," got off to a • 14 00 minutes for $89.99 a month quick and strong start. and ended with the mightiest of grungy roars before trailing off to music. After this track • UNLI MITED appears to end, it begins to play a Mobile-to-Mobile Minutes 1< US. Cellular small, upbeat kind of rhythm right W(' ,·onnut u'lm ),0U". before the sound of an eerie wail or a • UNUMITED semi-truck approaching, laying do'WIl Night & Weekend Minutes on tbe hom tbe whole time. After tbat, Check out the CD ends. (S tarting at 7:00 p.m.) the To me, if one listens to it on a CD ALL NEW getuse.com player and doesn't pay attention, sever­ • FREE Tt1IC)I al songs may be mistaken for one very Incoming Text Messages Molorola Fire Red RAZR , -S88-buy-usec long one. Few songs had clearly com­ Tennessee prehensive speech in tbem but all seemed 10 sound the same. If you are a fan of heavy metal, metalcore or even screamo bands and their style of music, then Emmure's .. "Goodbye to tbe Gallows" may be a " . J . !".r..-:'-' n• .'_~ , " _ ~~.' ,' ..... ',< ').:., ·r .. ~~. ! ',J~' , : • . •,.. good choice to a.dd to your musical "-':';~J ~~"" rl . ... "- ~ ' . , ••~~:' :<1)0 .~ ; ._ ?", -I." .', ,__ ." collection. • • _~ "',.:.1: Ja.~t'•• _~j"" :'o:'t'Jr);'. '':'' f ... '1 I -.:-' ..... , Page 8 ~he(!urr£nt April 23, 2007

Students were invited up on stage by Goldfinger's lead singer John Feldmann during the Mirthday concert this year• • •

Planning and hard work result in 'great turnout' at annual Mirthday

B y CANDACE ANDERSON live from the MSC patio as planned. that was put into the process," Nicbols 51ajJ "WrilRr Instead, the DJs continued with their said. regular shows. All proceeds from UPB's Mirtbday t­ The UM-St. Louis University The U 's promotions director, Travis srurt sales went to Crisis Nursery, along Program Board hosted the 23rd annual Crosby, said one of the issues was the wi th the profits from the d1,lllk booth, Mi.rthday celebration last Wednesday in. uncertainty of the content of the artists' wruch featured guests such as Student front of the Millennium Student Center lyrics. Some of the local performers Government Association President Ni.ck lakes. used profanity in their lyrics., wrueh Koecrug. SGA Comptroller Shanna The cam.ival featured a' host of Carpenter and John Klein, director of games, Pl1zes, rides and free snow cones Residential Life. provided by the office of Student I,.i.fe --"~.-- In the past, Mirthday would end with and other organizations. 'This year's a concert held outdoors on a main stage. Mirtbday was 40 times better than last The event was well organ­ This y=, because of cost and uncertain year s," said Themon Ryan. sophomore. ized and I could tell there weather conditions, UPB decided to eommunication and

(LEFT) Yiming Zhang and Shu Yapg take a ride down the fun slide dur­ ing the 23rd annual Mlrthday on Wednesday, April 18.

(RIGHT) Johnathan Lidgus, assis. tant director of Student Life, and Shanna Carp'enter, hand out snow­ cones at the Student Life booth . during Mirthday.

Students go for a spin during Mirttiday on April 18. Shanna Carpenter gets soaked while working the dunk tank. April 23, 2007 1rht (turrcnt Page 9

LYNCHED, from page 4 .~------. ------~--~--~ . Now, in all of the law cases in stances as mentioned before and freed evaluation. America wbere individual are' falsely as a result of judge, lawyer, jury, evi­ I am sorry that these young men STRIKE A POSE accused and acquitted. I have never .dence and wimess tampering. And went through this tragedy. I am glad heard of the accuser being tried for their accusers werell't prosecuted that justice was served and that they falsely accusing. because of false accusations in the were acquitted. However, I am 'not so No, I don't know the nuniber of court of law. This is nonsense, and I sure about all of the exposure that was statistics where people were accused can't believe the panelist had the granted to them. The conclusion of the '.and acquitted, nor am I familiar with audacity to say such a t;hing. case is-simple. the law and ~ts practices for scenarios Some of these men' and women, Three young men were accused of of this kind. However, I do know that who have been falsely accused and _a crime and acquitted. That's it. like several men of all races have been convicted, have spent time in jail, only everybody else that.has been through falsely accused and acquitted because to be freed later due to the unveiling of a similar process and ridiculed, they DNA samples revealed that they were the truth. But you don't hear people simply have. to live through it. It's not at the sCene of a crime and were · asserting that the accuser be.tried in unfortunate. not capable of committing a crime, the court of law for making false accu­ Like any tragedy that takes place in . but they were falsely accused and the sations in the court of law, .nor' do you humanity, others have experienced the accuser was not prosecuted for mak­ hear about people requesting that they Same thing. The accuser moves on and ing the accusation. be hospita1ized or required to get psy­ the acquitted moves on. All of the . Again, many young men of all chological evaluations. That is bogus! analogies, reprimands and statements races were and are in similar circum- The panelist needs a psychological ' using poor verbiage need to stop.

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We've even discussed that type putting metal 4etectors at every . can be stopped. of system with cell phones, because door. "I don't think there is a way to we figured pretty much everyone on "Basically, you'd have to turn grevent it," Rails said. "I've always campus has one, but that is out of this place' into a prison," Schupp abided by · the philosophy that if reach at this point." said. "That's not why students come someone wants to do something . Part of making · sure campus here." bad, they'll do it."

security is as tight as possible o Second, Schupp said when peo­ Koechig added that stopping includes 'making sure every police ple set their minds on going through someone with plans like that of officer at UM-St. Louis is up to date with a shooting rampage and have Virginia Tech shooter Cho on the most advanced techniques in determined they are going to die at . Seung-Hui is nearly impossible. police training. . the end of the crisis, officers have "There's no real way to stop it," Part of this training, according to no leverage. Koechig said. "Unfortunp.tely." Schupp, resulted from the "In a situation like that, if a per- . After tbe shooting, UM-St. Columbine High Scbool shootings son has barricaded themselves in or Louis Chancellor Thomas George of 1999, when those first on the have hostages, you usually can use sent a campus-wide e-mail reassur­ scene were not trained to deal with the threat of. death," he said. "In a ing students, facul~ artd staff that that type of situation. situation like at Virginia Tech where the University takes security seri- "In the past, you called in a spe­ the shooter was either going to kill . ously. cific entity to handle that, like a himself or get taken down by ·the "We consider your safety at SWAT team," Schupp said. "When police, there is. no longer the fear of UMSL among our top priorities," Columbine bappened, the officers death." George wrote. "We have ani,ntema­ in Colorado were criticized for it, The shootings at VIrginia Tech. tionally accredited police depart­ and police departments around the have done little to change students' ment wit]:! more than 20 state-com­ country realized it wasn't handled views · on scl:wity, however. Brian missioned officer~ and other securi­ as it should have been, though that's Rails, senior, business administra­ ty employees who monitor parking bow they were trained." tion, said he still feels safe on cam~ lots and selected buildings." Now, officers are trained to pus. George said the University will · respond to the situation when they "I don' t feel any less safe monitor the situation at Virginia first arrive on the scene, Schupp because of it," Rails said. "You Tech to "find ways that we can satd. . can't really let it affect your day-to­ improve our planning and response "With the newest training, when day life. If you let it get to you, all to crisis situations." we are confronted with a situation you can do is stay in your house. Schupp said one of the best ways like that, we know that ultimately And you aren't completely safe to prevent a similar situation is for we will have to eliminate the threat, there, either." everyone on campus to pay atten­ eliminate the person. As a police Nick Koechig, Student tion to their surroundings and peo­ officer, you've accepted this Government Association president, ple around them. J esponsibility, this duty, this dan­ agreed with Rails. "The police department really ger." 'The incident at Virginia Tech, does take seriously any complaint . Problems with preventing school while tragic, hasn' t changed my or any issue people think could be a shootings such as Virginia Tech or views about safety here," Koechig threat," Schupp said. "If you see ~.flml:rir7 ar twofold, lIccording said. something or someone suspicious, Angela ctouse • SlajJ~pher ~ to Schupp. Both Koechig and Rails agreed by all means call the police depart­ Antoinette Dickens, sophomore, communication, sports her professional attire at the fashion First, he said there really is no with Schupp's assessment that it is ment. I guarantee, we will show. The fashion show featured clothing provided by ScholarShop, an upscale resale shop owned way to prevent a shooting, short of not realistic to believe the shootings respond." and operated by the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis with proceeds helping area students.

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By RACHAEL YAMNITZ

Staff WriteI'

After a rough start at its first tourna­ ment, the UM-St. Louis Riverwomen golf team pulled together in the touma­ ments to follow, scoring its lowest team score of the year. Riverwoman Erin Konkol also became the' first UM-St. Louis woman golfer to earn All­ Conference honors, logging the highest finish in UM-Sl Louis history. The golf team started out at the Ferris State Bulldog Tnvitational in Big Rapids, Mich, where it finished 17th out of 20 teams, The Riverwomen rallied back in their second tournament of the year at the St Joseph's College Invitational in . DeMotte, Iud. The UM-St. Louis team notched a third place finish at the invita­ tional, and two women from the team pJaced individually in the top 10. Nicho1e Voss tied for third while Konkol tied for seventh. Their efforts," combined with solid performances by their teammates, put UM-St. Louis only two strokes behind the second place St. Francis team. "We feel like our team has "~ great support network and that has helped us get through both tough rounds and good ATHLETE rounds of golf," said Sarah Cissell, sophomore, elementary education. OF THE WEEK "The drive and the determination of our t~ support has helped us to work Matt Johnson • Photo MilOr' harder." Susanna Steimel, who plays second base and outfield, attempts to turn a double play while getting taken out by the Kentucky Weseyan Looking to continue to improve after player on Thursday night during a doubleheader. their third place finish, the Riverwomen headed across the Mississippi to the St. Francis Invitational in Joliette, TIL, where they placed fourth. The Riverwomen were four strokes behind both St Francis and Robert Morris Softball snaps four game"lo sing skid College. " Konkol improved upon her prior top 10 finish by placing fourth, while By LAGUAN FUSE and Casey Dierkes both ended the game pitched S.l innings and gave up one lUll and give the. Ri vervmmen th\11ead 3-1. Shannon Vallowe tied for ninth. going 3--3 from the plate with two RBh on eight~ hits. The only run was given Kentucky Wesleyan scored two runs After a 10th place finish at the USI . Sports Editor . each. Emily Wagoner hit a two-run dou­ up in the top of the second on an RBI in the top of the seventh, but Dana Screaming Eagle Classic in Evansville, Tony Soaib ble in the third innings and pitched three double by shortstop Lindsay Davis. Essner was able to close out the game Ind., the team traveled back to Missouri The UM-SL Louis women's softball innings, giving up three hits and no In the third inning with the score tied for UM-St. Louis. for the WIlliam Woods Fall Inyjtatioll.al Tony Soaib, a junior utility­ team won three out of four of their last runs. at one, Daillelle Votrian and Corie Jones "I think we are doing pretty well," in Fulton, Mo. man, played all nine fielding games, including a 10-1 victory against UM-St Louis broke a four-game hit back-to-back singles before Dierkes Votrian said. "We have to just come Six players shot season lows to he.lp positions last Thursday during non-conference Hillsdale. The losing streak when it won both games hit a two-RBI triple to give UM-SL together and get our hits going." illrl-St. Louis to a second place finish the 5-0 loss to SIU­ Riverwomen's record currently stands of a doubleheader against Kentucky Louis the lead 3-1 . " The next games for the Riverwomen for the first time in the season. Once Edwardsville. at 20-24 and they are 8-12 in the Great Wesleyan on April 19. The Dierkes went 1-3 in the game with are the last two home games of the year. again UM-St. Louis had two top 10 fin­ Lakes Valley Conference. Riverwomen won their last two confer­ 1\\10 strikeouts. Alex Pepin went 4-4 in UM -St Louis will play in a non-confer­ ishers. Konkol had her third consecutive Soaib started in right field, UM-St. Louis lost the first of two ence home games of the year when they the game and added one RBI to the ence ganle against Truman State on top 10 finish when she and CisseU tied then moved to left field in games at Hillsdale last Saturday, with defeated the Panthers 3-1 in the first game. April 26. for ninth. Voss finished just out of the . the second inning and center the fmal " of 9-1 . The Riverwomen game and 3-2 in the second game. Scoring in the second game did not The Riverwomen ollly have four top 10, placing 11th. Leslei Fischer, bounced back during the second game, 'The past couple of games, I think pick up until the bottom of the fourth conference games left this season. On Vallowe and Whittney Novack also field in the third inning. He defeating Hillsdale 10-1. we played better," Pepin ' said. inning when Pepin scored on an RBI April 28 they will face off against notched season lows for the team. moved to the infield in the "One ofthe reasons for this trip is we "Hopefully we will end the season on a single by Lisa Neukirch. Megan Lewis, who currently has the best Overall, the Riverwornen placed fourth inning, moving to are trying to settle in and play well on high note and hopefully get to the con­ Brussman was called in to pinch nm record in the GLVC, and Wisconsin- third in the tournament to round out the catcher, then to shortstop in the road," said Chuck Sosnowski, head ference tournament We are playing bet­ and scored after a RBI double by fall half of their season. the fifth ." coach. "It is tough to go on the road and ter as a team and hopefully that helps us Votrian. play well." in the end." Pepin hit an RBI single in the bottom See GOLF, page 1L He continued his tour around During the second game, Alex Pepin During the first game, Casey Moran of the fifth to bring home Beckmann See SOfTBALL, page 13 the field in the sixth, switch­ ing to third base, then sec­ ond base in the seventh. Men's golf In the eighth, Soaib pitched an inning of relief, then Soaib sets record, but switched to first base, com­ squad looks pleting the circujt around the hom . This game marked the baseball·still nets loss first time he took the field in to regionals center and left field. By TOM SCHNABLE field, moved to left in the second StaifWriter inning and played center in the third. By RACHAEL YAMNITZ For the fourth inning, Soaib did the " StaifWriter When a baseball team, or any catching. He played shortstop in the UPCOMING ·other sports team for that maner, fifth inning, third base in the sixth HOME GAMES -breaks a double-digit losing streak, it and had duties at second base in the Regional play in men's golf took nonrially becomes the talk of the seventh inning. In the eighth, Soaib place this weekend at the Lock Haven Softbal team for a while. But in this year's made a relief appearance at pitcher, Country Club. The tournament will pro­ edition of Rivermen baseball, which where he recorded precisely one out, vide experience for what is still a rela- has seen both long winning and los­ then switched over to first base, " tively'young UM-St. Louis M~n ' s Golf April 26 ing streaks, the attention is focused where he spent the rest of the gan).e. team. VS. Truman State on UM-St. Louis junior Tony Soaib. Before the game, the only two The majority of this year's team is 3 p.m. Soaib, who is listed on the team's posi~ons the versatile Soaib had not made up of freshmen and sophomores. roster as a utility player, brought that played yet were right field and center The four sophomores on the team are April 28 term to a whole new level last field. Luigi Wewege, Matt Thomas, Bryan at Lewis Thursday night when he played at all Despite this rare achievement, the Goers and Ryan Miller. Three freshmen Noon nine positions for the Rivermen in a Rivermen saw their losing streak bal­ filled ' roster spots-Joshua Kluas, 5-0 loss to Southern Illinois loon to 10 games. Matt Johnson • Photo &iilor Alexander Mair and TIm Swoboda. April 28 University-Edwardsville. Kyle Hargis delivers a pitch during Saturday's doubleheader against Jimenez was the lone senior and at Wisconsin-Parkside Soaib started out'the game in right See RECORD; page 14 Southern Illinois University· Edwardsville. Marcus Deckert was the only junior. "With such a young team we are still Noon . 1 trying to grow as players and I think that SHORT FUSE soon we will finally show everyone Basebal how good we really are," said Thomas, April 25 . sophomore, business administration. "Many people on campus might not vs. Kentucky-Wesleyan (dh) Note to The Current: Fuse wants a new contract realize how good our golf team really is Noon @ Edwardsville, III. and it's a shame," Thomas said. "We sports editor. I look at my job like an after a few seasons playing for The entering into the draft early might help have one of the most talented gro~pS in April 28 athlete looks at his professional career. Forum at Florissant Valley I made my my chances. the whole region and conference and vs. Bellarmine (dh) Every Monday we go out there and try way to The Current. I spent a year as the Now I am no Hall of Fame superstar we are growing more and more not only to out-do our previous week's perform­ back-up but I knew one day the top spot like Marty Hendirr (first sports writer) as individuals, but as a team as well Noon @ Alton, III. ance. We do it because we love this would be mine. And guess what, I made but my plays have contributed to a lot of every day." game! it. wins. I am not going to go as f¥ as say­ The Rivermen have failed to place April '29 I did not write sPQrts in high schooL My goal was to establish myself as a ing that the team needs me, but, hey, any higher than fifth in any of the tour­ VS. Bellarmine In fact, I was a wrestler. I wanted to dominant player for the team. Now that maybe they do. naments they have participated in this Noon write but the teacher had his favorite I have, I would like to talk abou ~ rene­ The team needs me as much ,as I season. Their first match was the 'Students in the class and never had an ~gotiating my contract. need them and that is why my agent Missouri Intercollegiate.Tournament at By LAGUAN FUSE open space. Each semester I showed up A lot of teams out there want to pick told me I need a new contact. I am not the Lake of the Ozarks, where the UM­ Women's Golf on registration' day, only' to be turned me up, and with only a few weeks asking for much, just' what my agent St. Louis team placed 13th in a field of . Sports Editor April 28 away by the teacher. remaining on my contJ:act, I think it is told me I deserve. 15. at Robery Morris I have written a lot of articles for The I did not let that stop me. I was deter­ time to talk. I am not saying that I want Current and most of them were sports mined to get t6 the top of sports journal­ to walk away from the team, but my Tournament articles. That is probably why I am the ism. I knew my game was rusty but agent has advised me that looking into See CONTRACT, page 11 See MEN'S GOLF, page 14 April 23, 2007 ~helturrmt Page 11

GOLF, from page 10 SGA ELECTIONS, from page Z ALLEN, from page 1 He said he supported a proposal held there Tuesday, April 24 at 10 a.l11, The Riverwomen kicked off the "The elections committee gave him the eight to nine hundreds, Rails said. show. Likewise, Rails believes that the that was made for n3ITIing a schoI3l'­ and will continue at Travis-Noe spring tournament play by winning 3I1 infraction and you have to have "A lot of this has to do with C3ITI­ mediocre c3ITIpaigning may stem from ship for art students in Allen's honor. Funeral Home at 1008 Potter Avenue the Jolm A. Logan Tournament in three in order to kick him off of the paigning. Two candidates didn't C3ITI­ candidates' reliance on word of mouth "I 3ITI particularly dismayed at the in Kirksville, Mo, Carterville, Ind. at the end of March_ elections," Rails said. paign that 1 sa\\! on campus, Ted Gatlin c3lnpaigning, or the debate, lo ss of such a potential talent," Visitation will take place at Travis­ Next up was the Be1l3lmine The votes were tallied immediately and Joel Pottebaum," Rails said. "I saw "I'm indifferent to the outcome, all Younger said in the e-mail, "one Noe Tuesday from 5 p,m_ untiJ 8 p_m_ Invitational in Louisville, Ky., by MyGateway, according to Rails, a Facebook group for Pottebaum, I of tl1e c3l1clidates could have done a whose work may have informed and The funeral service will lake place where they earned a fourth place fin­ "1 just look at it 3I1d say 'yep that don't know if Ted did any C3ITIpaigning good job," Rails said. enlightened us for decades to come Wednesday, Aplil 25 at 10 a, m, at ish. Another match in Fulton, Mo. at makes sense, '" Rails said, besides the debate," Goers received 406 out of the total during what I can assurne would have Interment St. Mary's Cemetery in the Willi3lTI Woods Toum3ITIent Rails was, however, clisappointed in Rails was referring to The Cun -ent 622 votes for president; Gatlin came in been 311 extensive career in art." Adair, MO, gave the RivelWomen a ch3l1ce to the voter turnout. This yem', only 642 sponsored c3I1didate debate held two second with 117 votes, and Coker last VIsitation services for Allen will be Memorial contributions can be work on their g3lne for the Great people voted, 20 of which did not vote weeks ago. with 99 votes, Rippeto received 579 held Monday, April 23 from 3 p.m. made to the Nicole Allen Memorial Lakes Valley Conference for president, a turnout only slightl y Rails indicated that some voters rely votes, with Moore and Pottebaum until 8 p.m. at Orunann-Stip3I1ovich Foundation c3l-e of Citizens B3I1k, Ch3ITIpionships. larger th3l1 last ye3l-'s voter turnout. strictly on word of mouth, or the C3I1di­ receiving 393 and 229, respectively, out Funeral Home located at 12444 Olive 430 Rue St. Ferdinand, }lorissant, The team once again finished TIle year before, votes had totaled in date support that their organizations of622 votes for comptroller. Blvd. in Creve Coeur. Services will be Mo. 63031. second at the Willi3ITI Woods Tournament in its last match before GLVC Chan1pionship play. CONTRACT, from page 10 Their performance at the Championships was one of the most memorable aspects of the season for The off season is COIning up and we get it I just want it. Second, I want, would be nice, but I still have another Cissell. already brought home the state cham­ well no the office ""rill just about do it. ye3l' in me. I want to get this deal done "After our first day of the pionship, Some might see this as I take Since I know that I will not get the so I can start focusing on next season. Conference tournament, we were time to sit back and celebrate, but I am office, how about we settle for printing I want to be here next season so two positions back fTOm where we worki ng h3l'der than ever. I am "ShOlt Fuse" on all of The Current's t­ hopefully 1 get my new contract. If I wanted to be," Cissell said, "We increasing my typing speed and I even shirts? I think I will leave the rest of do not get it, I will understand. I will went into the second day with strong cany a tape recorder in my back pock­ the negotiations to my agent. just have to test out the free agent mar­ mind sets that we could move up, et. I want a new contract with a few On the other hand, I thought about ket. I will be playing next season, but Not only did we reach that team goal new perks, I am not asking for too an early retirement. I could spend my it is up to my agent and The Current to but one of our players, Erin Konkol. much, weekends golfing and fishing. Only find out what jersey I will be we3ling. shot her lowest and the school's First, I want an office overlooking problem is I do not play golf and I do Wait, can someone please tell me, lowest round of a 69 311d we also tennis COUItS, I do not care how you not like fishing. An early retirement when did I get 311 agent? shot a low team score of 320," This team score was the lowest single round score for the team this SlATS CORNER season. Konkol's three under par 69 on BASEBALL SOFTBALL TENNIS the second day of play I3I1ded her in a tie for second place overall in the GLVC standings : GLVC standings: GLVC Women's West standings: tournament. Konkol was also Team Overall W L Pet, Streak Team Overall W Pet. Streak Team W Pet. Streak awarded All-Conference Honors for Drury ,810 1'119 Southern Indiana 32 14 ,696 WI 5lU-Edwardsville 33 ,805 L1 13 2 her peJiOlmance at the GLVC 4 SIU Edwardsvi lle 26 13 ,667 WI Lewis 27 8 ,771 L1 Rockhu rst 13 .778 L1 Championships. She holds the dis­ ,52 6 Saint Joseph's 24 16 ,600 1'114 UM-Rolla 24 13 .649 WI Southern I:ldiana 10 9 L1 tinction of being the first and only SIU Edwardsville 912 Drury 23 18 ,561 1'113 Indianapolis 25 16 .61 0 1'113 421 11 woman golfer at UM-St. Louis to 3 9 ,250 L7 Quincy 21 18 .538 WI Sa int Joseph's 26 18 .591 L1 Quincy earn such honors. Konkol is also UM-St. Louis 414 Bellarrnine 23 21 ,523 L1 UW-Parkside 22 17 .564 WS .222 L1 logged the highest finish for any WE'LL GIVE You 10 WEEKS . Indianapolis 23 21 .523 W5 Quincy 22 18 .5 50 L2 Recent Scores: woman golfer in UM-St. Louis his­ Northern Kentucky 22 21 .512 W2 Southern Indiana 25 21 .543 L1 Did not play Ten weeks may not seem Iike much tim e to prove you' re capable tory with her second place finish. 21 .500 Rockhurst 21 1'115 Northern Kentucky 22 24 478 L5 of being a leader. But if you're tough, smart and determined, ten After the GLVC Ch3lTIpionships UM-St. Louis 16 19 .457 L1 Kentucky Weslyan 21 23 477 L5 the tean1 headed to the McKendree UM -Rolla 16 22 .42 1 L3 UM-St. Louis 20 26 .435 W1 weeks and a lot of hard work could make you an Officer of Marines. Tourn3ITIent in Leb3l1On, Ill. UW-Parkside 16 22 .415 L3 Bellarmine 19 29 .396 W1 And Officer Candidates School (OeS) is where you 'll get the The strong play III the Kentucky Weslyan 12 32 ,273 L3 Rockhurst 12 23 .343 W1 GLVC Men's West standings: chance to prove you've got what it takes to lead a life full of excite­ Ch3lnpionships carried over as the Lewis 5 37 ,119 L4 Team W L Pet. Streak team collected its third second-place ment, full of challenge, full of honor. Anyone can say they've got finish overall, Cissell said that most Rece nt Scores: Recent Scores: Drury 20 ,909 W10 what it takes to be a leader, we'll give you ten weeks to prove it UM·St. louis 11 7 .611 l1 of the successes of the te3lu come April 27 R H E April 21 R H E Rockhurst 10 8 .556 L1 from the varied strengths of the UM·Sl Louis 10 15 0 Win- Essner (7·4) SEE YOUR MARINE CORPS OFFIC ER SrU:CTlON TEAM UM-St. Louis 3 6 1 Win- Benson en (3-1 ) SIU Edwardsville 11 12 ,478 L1 squad. Loss- Tallm an (3-3) Hillsdale 1 4 2 Loss- Vandenburgh (3-3) SIU-E dwardsville 2 10 2 Southern Indiana 516 .238 L4 'We definitely believe that hav­ April 7 R H E April 27 R H Quincy 1 13 .071 L1 2 Captain Weisheyer IGunnery Se rgea,nt Bola ing a great support system on our . UM·St. Louis 1 10 1 Win- Eldrige (7 -5) UM·St. Louis 3 9 0 Loss- Sanders (1-2) temn is a great strength:' Cissell Hillsdale 9 10 2 Loss- Moran (4-7) 1-800-469-9531 SI U-£dwardsvi lle 4 11 Win - Litteken (4-0) Recent Scores: said. 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ARI'S, from page 7 ----~-.. ------..- --..- .- ----..------.. ------The gyro sandwich is served with try the sauce and see for yourself. range from $8.95-$12.95. fries, chips or coleslaw. The burgers and cod primavera. The entrees cost To sum up our meal, we ordered a a choice of french fries, coleslaw or If you don't feel like a gyro sand­ The soup menu consists of avgole­ range from $6.45-$6.95. between $11.95 and $21.95. Mountain Dew, an order of Ari's chips. The coleslaw was very creamy, wich, you can order pasta, salad, soup mono and the soup of the day. The The entrees are served with a We fInished our lunch with favOlite wings, 1:\.,.0 orders of gyro but I couldn't fInish it because it was or a burger. The pasta menu offers fet­ avgolemono is a soup made with house salad or soup, your choice of a dessert. I ordered the galaktobureko sandwiches, one side order oftzatzike just too creamy. My friend Josh tuccini alfredo, chicken alfredo, Greek chicken and orizo with egg and baked potato, g3J'lic mashed potatoes, and Josh ordered the tirarnisu. The sallce, one galaktobureko and one ordered his gyro with a side order of shrimp alfredo, pasta can broccolli, lemon. The soups cost $3.25. Soup sauteed Greek potatoes or french galaktobureko is similar to a custard tirarnisu. The final bill came up to fries and some rntzike sauce to dip spaghetti and meatballs, and tutto and sandwich can be ordered for fries. pie but ha~ a crust that's very flaky $32.56. them in. mare. $5.95. Options include the Greek combo and chewy. Unfortunately, the flaky Ari's was a good dining experi­ The fries were fresh and crispy, The pasta can broccoli has mush­ If you come to Ari's as part of a platter, Greek chicken, lamb shanks, and chewy crust makes it difficult to ence. The staff was friendly and the and dipping them in the sauce made rooms, broccoli, and shell noodles group but don't particularly like chicken kabob, lamb chops, pan fried eat. Taste-wise, it was good and restaurant was very clean and com­ them that much better. Josh told me tossed in a creamy white or red sauce. Greek food, don't worry, you can grouper, fIlet mignon, New York strip reminded me of a custard filled donut. fortable. his theory was the tatzik.e sauce was The tutto mare has crabmeat, order a good old fashioned burger. All steak, steak and shrimp, chicken blan­ The tiramisu would have been very Despite expensive entrees, they made from yogurt, lemon and relish. shrimp, clams and mushrooms tossed burgers are served with tomato, co, chicken pena, chicken florentine, good if the ice cream in it didn't have still offer good sandwiches and burg­ \Vhether or not this is true, you can in linguini sauce. The pasta entrees onion, pickles, and your choice of chicken modiga, chicken parmigiano freezer burn. ers for cus tomers with tighter budgets.

GOLDFINGER, from page 6 HOT Fuzz, from page 6 ... .. -=------~~~~~~~~~~------~ . Several cast inembers from store owner. underlining the humor of the absurdi­ Wc don't want to bum ourselves And my sister, who's a nurse, was arcade, or go to a hockey game. "Shaun of the Dead" return in this The police force is peppered with ties all around. out. like, "You know, you can get really CURRENT: If you could use a comedy, like Nick Frost again play­ stock action film, mystery and cop While the general point of the CURRENT: How did the whole really sick doing that. You can get voodoo doll on anyone, who would ing Simon's sidekick and Bill Nighy, drama characters. spoof is the action film genre, other Twinkie tradition start? hepatitis and all kinds of crazy dis­ it be and why? who played Shaun's stepfather in the The town itself has its share of genres and movie conventions are PFEIFFER: We did a collegc eases from spit. Especially if spit PFEIFFER: Probably Osama Bin earlier film popping up here as the .oddballs and busybodies, sprinkled skewered a~ well. show in California. At the backstage gets, you know, in your butt hole. Laden. That guy's an asshole. London police chief. with those wonderful Britisb rural Like "Shaun of the Dead," "Hot area, there was a box of donuts, and Just be careful." CURRENT: If you could have A bevy of great British actors also eccentrics and self-important local Fuzz" also makes pointeD comments Brian, our guitar player at the time, My wife found out about it was any super power, what would it be have roles, including Paddy big cheeses. about life in suburbia itself. was like, "Why don't you stick the like, "Are you crazy') You ' ll get and why? Considine, Steve Coogan, TImothy In typical British style, everything "Hot Fuzz" might lose the zombie donut in your ass and walk on stage? some sort of disease I" But it was PFEIFFER: I've thought about Dalton and Edward Woodward. is dry wit and tongue in cheek. Pegg fans from "ShaUll of the Dead," but It' ll be funny." funny. The crowd loved it. It's one this at length. I would actually like Dalton is partiClllarly delicious as a plays his cop character in a straight­ this first rate comedy is likely to gar­ So, I did. 1 stuck the donut up my of the stupider things that 1've done. to stop/freeze time as long as I want smirking, self-important grocery faced and straightfofW3J'd way, ner a whole new set of fans . ass and walked on stage and every­ CURRENT: Wow. What are to. You'd be loaded. You'd have all one was cracking up laughing. And some of your guilty pleasures or the money that you want. I'd walk then Brian goes, "Hey who wants to vices while on tour? into a casino and stack the deck. eat it out of his ass?" PFEIFFER: I really like Kelly CURRENT: What's your best A girl came on stage, so she just Clarkson. "Since You've Been piece of advice to aspiring musi­ took the donut right out of my ass Gone" is an unbelievable song, a cians? MED ICAL STUDENTS and ate it. really well written song. PFEIFFER: Quit. Get a job. No, And then we decided let's do it I also bite my nails quite a bit. I seriollsly. There's a nugget of truth with Twinkies because it's longer. just can't stop. in that statement. I don't want to It' ll stick out more. And you know CURRENT: What's your favorite squash people's dreams, but this YOU PAY YOUR DUES. what, it just kind of happened by song to play? business is incredibly difficult and mistake. PFEIFFER: We didn't play it with the Internet nowadays. There While we were doing that, we tonight, but it's a song called "Chris are probably at least 15 or 100 times WE'll PAY YOU RTUITION. never had a problem finding a par­ Cayton." It's on "Hang Ups" and it more bands than when we started in ticipant. A hand would go up right really incorporates everything we're '94. away. 'Til do it! I'll do itl I wanna all about. There's punk rock on it. A lot of them are good, but a lot Join the Army's Medical be the one who eats the Twinkie out There's ska. There's some reggae. of labels don't want to take the of Danin's ass." There's some pop. It's pretty much a chance. My word of advice would Corps and you can receive a CURRENT: Oh man, so it's prac­ comucopia of genres in one three­ be to get good, really good, and be tically sacred now. mlnute song and as a drummer, it's dedicated and motivated. but at the PFEIFFER: Well, we don't do it really fun to play. same time, there's a pretty good one- to four-year scholarship anymore. We just do it every now CURRENT: What album are you chance that you'lI probably fail. and then for special occasions. That listening to currently? Only a very small percentage of that provides full tuition, a gag ha<; been retired. So, that's prob­ PFEIFFER: l' ve been listening to bands and musicians out there make ahly one of the dumbest things I've the Crush Luther record, a band it, and it's too bad. monthly stipend of over $1,300 done. from Canada on my label and I just CURRENT Any final words for For a week and a half on tour love the band so much. You can go the readers of The Current') and reimbursement of most once, until my wife found out about to Crllshluther.com and check it out. PFEIFFER: Look for the new it and got really pissed off at me, I CURRENT: If you had one day Goldfinger hopefully sometime near academic fees, courtesy of the Army Health Professions would pull my pants down and have to live and had to spend it with the the end of the year. 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