Current, August 21, 1995 University of Missouri-St

University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (1990s) Student Newspapers 8-21-1995 Current, August 21, 1995 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: http://irl.umsl.edu/current1990s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, August 21, 1995" (1995). Current (1990s). 178. http://irl.umsl.edu/current1990s/178 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (1990s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. EDITORIAL Jenny Surton, last year's leading Find out how the Title III Development scorer, returns this season to help Grant is making life easier for students on Riverwomen swim through the com Page 3. petition. See page 9. FEATURES Julie Pressman tells us why it's fun to do the Metro thing on page 5. SPORTS Experience count~ , and Men's soccer has a lot of it. Check out Mark Kenny's preview on page 9. Issue 828 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS August 21,1995 ere c o University Meadows Apartments open with the semester Aylttey Bannennan-Menson for double units from August of The Current staff through May. University Meadows has three UM-StLouis now has a $12 mil different units; efficiency, double lion apartment complex to house stu occupancy and a unit that houses dents. four people. They also offer nine Chancellor Blanche Touhill cut and 12-month contracts which range the ribbons to officially open the between $2160 to $2742 and be University Meadows complex where tween $2794 and $3480 respec 264 students will move in by the end tively. of August. By mid-November, the 10 Grubbs said their rent included buildings will provide enough space room and board, local phone ser , for 504 students. vices and utilities. University Mead In a brief ceremony, Chancellor ows does not include board, and Touhill said that as part of the residents have to pay for .their own University's merger agreement with electricity and phone services. Bames College of Nursing, UM-St. Jim Short of Century Develop Louis needed to provide apartments ment said that plans were on sched for 200 students. She also noted that ule to finish the remaining four build · the completion of the apartments had ings by November. He said the UM been a :esult of a lot of hard work and S1. Louis apartment complex is one cooperation of lli~illbers of both the of his company's "crown jewels." University and the wider commu He said his company enjoyed a very nity. good re lation ship with the Those attending the ceremony University'S administration. · included Mayor Beth Houlihan of Short said he was confident that Normandy, chairman of the board · of trustees of Bel Nor, Robert the success of these apartments Dimmitt, and Student Government would Association President Beth Titlow lead to the development of more and Vice President Clint Zweifel. apartment complexes, but, as of yet, The Chancellor noted that more nothing else was in the offing. He student hOlising ~ay be in the offing. noted that the project had cost 50 "We percent more than had been antici would like to house at least 10 photo: Mike Bowdern pated, and he attributed that to the percent of our student population or University Meadows Apartments opened with the official ribbon cutting on Aug. 16. 264 people will be moved into th e complex by the Au g.31. high cost of wages in Missouri. about 1,500 students," she said. The complex was developed and Devetta Oliver, a business ad situation," Oliver said. "There is no Heidi Hengsbach, a third-year Privacy as well as other ameni rules, the apartments also have their fi nanced by the Missouri Housing ministration major, who had previ curfew for our friends and company student, also suggested the extra free ties such as the swimming pool and own set of rules. "It is only a percep Partnership, a subsidiary of Century ously lived in Honors Hall, says she who visit us." dom ' as an adde<l incentive to move the jacuzzi also provided an incen tion of freedom," she said. Development Under the lease agree is eager to move into the new com . In the residence halls, visitors had from the Residence Hall in to the apart tive to move into the apartments. Rent for both places vary. The ment, Missouri Housing Partnership plex. to leave by midnight on weekdays ment complex. She plans to move in Grubbs said that even though mos t residence hall cost between $4616 will operate the apartments for an "We are now in a more adult and by 2 a.m. on weekends. with three friends. students thought only the halls have and S4388 fora single unit and$3948 other 40 years. 'Phase Two' of'nursing Anthony Georges named director of Financial Aid merger complete by Scott Lamar Georges is currently working on dealing with money, emotions of The Current staff a proposal to computerize the finan run high. When a student who is cial aid system which, he said, would counting on the money and th ey Anthony Georges was speed the process up by 3-4 weeks. are denied, he said, they will natu by Michael O'Brian students doing their clinical work at named the Director of Financial "I'd like to see electronic data ex rally be very upset. "Financial aid is very frus of The Current staff the hospital," Martin said. "There is a Aid at UM-St. Louis on May 22, change CEDE) up and running this trating," Georges said, "you re stop located a~ the hospital, and the 1995. Georges, a native St. year," Georges said. "I'd like to see ally want to help people, and tell The UM-St. Louis/Bames Nurs ride takes 12 minutes from the north Louisan, came from Jefferson us reach a point where our turn around time is within a week to pro ing someone that they're not eli ing College merger has now com campus stop." College where he worked for 11 cess an application form." gible for financial aid is the hard pleted "phase two" one year after the Martin said that the clinical of years as the Director of Financial Georges said he was aware of est part about this job." two organizations came together. fice at Barnes is part of the commit Aid. problems in the Finapcial Aid Office Georges said that changes at The official merger between the ment the university made with the Upon obtaining his under the federal level have made itdif two entities occurred August IS, hospital to continue close ties be graduate degree in psychology, but he was quick to point out that ficalt to predict what will happen 1994. The first phase of the merger tween the two organizations. Georges worked for three years every financial aid office has its with fmancial aid. was the introduction of a four-year "We are delighted to continue counseling people who were just . problems. "You don't know if [Con ' nursing degree offered at UM-St. our close relationship with Barnes getting out of federal and state "Every financial aid office has gress] is thinking about student Louis. This phase introduced 500 new Hospital," Martin said. "Barnes Hos penitentiaries to develop a parole an Achilles heel that is vulnerable to students into the university popula pital is one of the top hospitals in the program. The following three criticism," Georges said. He said that whenever you are see Georges, page 4 Anthony Georges tion. country. One of the strong motiva years were spent monitoring de The second phase of the merger is tions for Bames was for the Univer velopmental employment con what Shirley Martin, Dean of the sity to maintain a close affiliation tracts School of Nursing, calls "the actual with the hospital." with the public sector using physical merging of the two organi "With many of the students in the federal monies to help employ zations." The remaining administra nursing program living on campus economically disadvantaged New Financial Aid program makes process easy tion that had been located at Barnes (due to the new University Mead people. From there, he went to Hospital is now located in the Ad ows), we feel student government Jefferson College. Student sends in Free Student fills out ministrative Building on south cam- ' organizations will benefit from this Last year, Georges com Application for Federal Prom issary Note Financial Aid Office pus. program as well," Martin said. "Our pleted his doctoral degree in Student Ald. and sends back draws money from "Before this move, there were students are very active and are inter higher education and he decided to Financial Aid ...~ government and I some problems," Martin said. "Com ested in organizations. AtBames, the to take the job at UM-St.Louis. Office. munication waS not as effective. Even . students had a very strong student "1 am very excited about be transfers it to the though the administrative staff now government." ing here," Georges said. "I hope Cashiers Office. occupies two buildings (some are This campus has already seen to improve on what Pam has currently at the Daughters of Char some of the student involvement from done. She took the office to a ity) it's better than the 10 or 15 miles the nursing merger with the election higher level and I hope to equal that separated us before." of nursing student Pat Rauscher to her efforts." The Barnes Hospital Complex is the office of SGA comptroller.

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