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Petit Boulevard works displayed Vincent van Gogh may be the most prominent of the Petit ISSUE 1015 Boulevard painters and may have even coined the term, but he certainly wasn't the only one. Find out more about them inside. ... See page 3
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BY DALILA WAHEED Samples, d.i.rector of University located adjacent to the East Garage the fee be frozen at $18 per credit hour you. It may tiuce you an extra 45 min ...... ~ .... ~...... ,,", ...•...... -.-.. ' .... -., ...... - .- • special to The Current Communications. and one north of MetroLink-muSt be until ' other alternatives had been utes to get to school. But, my solution According to the 1993 Campus built to replace garages C and D. explored by students with TouhilL The to you is to take the MetroLink here.''' Chancellor Blanche Touhill decid Master PhtiJ., existing garages C and D . The parking fee will rise again if group suggested that the fees be sup- But is taking two extra hours to ed March 1 to increase the student must be demolished and three new ~ ese additional garages are built, said I plemented by alumni donations or cor- commute really practical, the group parking fee to $18 per credit hour start garages will be built, said Samples. amples, and Touhill is not placing a porate sponsors, or that the University asks.
ing July 1, despite seveniI student ' Garages C and D were built for tern! . ap on projected fee increaseS. build parking 10ts instead ofg~_ ,b. > '!@ur ~g;isq;tbis'·is·[_ 8:!P ' ~qS groups' requests to halt·the rising fee. p~rary use and have been failing I "Projected fees could go as high as The . meeting began calmly, but class campus. Most of us have jobs, Toubill had until March 1, when' inspections., he said . $24," said Samples. 'Tve heard differ- ended with tension, said Stephanie sometimes two, we can't take out extra the fall Schedule of Courses is pub , The newly built East Garage, locat- ent estiniates, I don't know what the Falast, Student Social WOrk Club loans to park on campus," said Falast. lished, to make a decision on parking ed on East Drive, directly across from fee is, nobody knows that factor," said member. Erica Mueller, a senior majoring in fee. . the Millennium Student Center, is Samples.' 'The problem is that she just didn't MIS, remembers when it cost $25 per The $2 fee increase is attributed to among the three and' will be opening The Student Social Work Club met care,"said Falast. '''Her whole thing ...... 'Down to Earth' new parking garage costs, said Bob soon. Two add.i.tional garages-one with Touhill March 6, to request that was, 'The MetroLink is provided for see PARKING FEE, page 10 remain stuck on the ground . Lack of funds
This film is at its funniest when stops science the camera just lets Chris Rock do lJis stand, up work, which he does so well. The problems renovation with the film come in other sec· tions. Find out more about this BY STEVE VALKO ...... ,." ..... film and also read .our interview stajf write.,. with Rock inside. Students have new science labora .& See page 6 tories thanks to phase one of a tbree part renovation of Benton-Stadler Halls. The problem is that there is no money for the other two phases. "We were hoping to get the funds ONLINE from the state to continue, but we did n't get the money," said Sam Darandari, director of Campus Planning and Construction. The completion of the first phase brought about the conversion of stor
,- ...... - V-"" age space to more efficient use. "Phase One was primarily biology. We converted the (storage) space into lab space," said Darandari. TIle second phase would include a renovation f chemiStry labs a!ld cl sroorns. "[pbase Two] is the reno vation of all of the chemi. try teaching labs, that are very much in need of [renovation] . Tbey're basically the Cast your vote in same labs that were copstructed to the mid aod early 60's," said Gordon our online polls Anderson. chair of the chemistry dep3J.tment. The chemistry depart ment was really looking forw3J.·d to Visit The Current Online and this renovation, be said. make your voice heard on lots The third phase was supposed to of different subjects. You can deal witb the heating 3J.ld cooling ~;ys also look at previous polls and tem. It also would try to increase the see how others felt! While number of clas.room spaces. you're there, check out all the Members of the Bethune-Coo~man College Steel Orchestra play their steel drums, or "pans." The group performed in TheNosh "(phase three is] putting new fans oth.er features The Current early last week. Pans are native instruments of the Caribbean Islands. During the 1940s Ellie Manette and Simon Phillips cl)n on the roof'and new beating systems. Online has to offer. struct.ed the first pans and began the development of modem steel bands The BeC Steel Orchestra was developed to promote It's nothing that student. or faculty education and awareness of global ~usical cultures ,and tours the country annually. .& thecurrentonline.com see RENOVATION, page.JO Assembly elections will Norm'andy Hospital to reopen BRIEFS give students ability to by July w ·th focus on elderly Nobel Prize winner " BY RHASHAD PITTMAN to talk at UMSL shape campus policies _...... - · ~t;;jj;;;;:ite ;: · ...... -.... _.. .
Charles Townes, a former A privarn investment company Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Will BY LAURA BROWN ralke.ct about how the SGA's recent based in New Orleans recently •.•• ~ •. _...... _...... u. _•.•••• ..•. talk on "Stellar Iterferometry at special to The Current parking fmum was full of concerned acquired Normandy Hospital, 7840 the Mid-infrared Wavelengths" students. According to Barton, if these, Natural Bridge Road, with plans of this Friday at 4 p.m. in 451 Thirteen student seats in the students would run for the Assembly reopening the facility by July 1. Benton. Townes won the prize University Assembly will be up for and sit on a committee, then their voic National Health Care Investments for his work in the development election late March or early ApriL So es would be heard. lnc. plans to gear the hospital, and it's of lasers. far, only three students have applied, 'We need forceful and articulate. 80 beds, towards the elderly and offering little competition. people: said Barton. patient.~ in need of orthopedic proce The Assembly is the govenllng These committees mah.'e· decisions dures, says I\1HCI spokesperson Date r~pe drugs body of the campus, consisting of 75 such a~ what buildings go where, the David White. faculty members and up to 25 student price of parking on campus and library "We saw the opportunity to to be discussed members. 'These representatives, hOllIS. The Ii i of 20 committees reopen the hospital and provide a elected by the UMSL student . body, includes Budget and Planning, quality healthccue facility \J,.ith long Amy Schoenberger of ·have an important influence. on cam Grievances, Appointment, Tenure and term stability to serve the local com- Universrty Health Services and pus policy. Promotion, Cuniculum and munity." White said. ' Bob Roeseler, director of UJVISL sIDdent and current mem Instruction and Student Affairs. If Currently NHCI is in the planning University Poltce, will present ber of the Assembly, Joe Bees, is con you ve ever had an idea or suggestion stages, \Vhite said, as they renovate a program on date rape drugs cerned about the lack of interest on on any of these university policies, this the hospital that has been closed for this Wednesday. The program behalf of the student body. Bees is your chance to be heard. over a year. . begins at 6. p.m. in Century senres on the. Libraries Committee, 'The secrit is to get students to When it does reopen, an limited Room' B of the Millennium and the Student Affairs and Student work together and speak with one emergency room will be open to the Student Center. . Publications Committee. voice," said Barton . public. White said. UninslIIed "When there's no student presence Part time and full time students patients will be accepted in the emer at the meeting, the administration who have completed at least nine gency room, but a payment plan picks up on that and that affects their homs of credit and maintain an UMSL would have to be worked out he A private investment company recently acquired Normandy perception of student involvement on cuinulative GPA of2.0 and above are said. NRC! hasn't decided what Hospital with plans of reopening the facility by July 1. The hospi the campus," Flees said. eligible to filll for the one year tenn. in ur,mce companies will be accept tal will be geared towards the elderly and patients in need of Most students don't even know the Serving requires being on at least two ed, White said. orthopedic procedures. Assembly exists. When several stu otthe 25 committees and attending the 'We're extremely happy," said Bulletil1 Board 2 dents were asked what they thought committee meetings. Certain commit George liyeos city administrator of said. "TJJIle is very clitical." she said. "It's [also) convenient, I ...... ~.~~...... ,... ~ ..." .... ,...... < . -.~. "...... tees meet once a week, while others Nonnandy, pointing out that the Nancy Magnuson, Administrator think, for students. because it's just Features 3 about the University Assembly some ...... -...... __...... ---_ .. _...... assumed it was the same thing as the only meet once a semester depending nearest hospitals, DePaul Health of University Health Services, 125 right across the street basically." Qp..~~1 .~.~~ ...... ~ Student Gov! rnment Association. on the committee. The deadline for Center in Bridgeton and Christian Iv1illenniuIl1 Student Center. said that CUlTently, Magnuson said that .~I?~.~.~ ...... :? Hardly any of them knew the impor applications ' due to the Student Hospital Northwest in Flori ant, are her office used to refer students to students are referred to other nearby. Arts & Entertainment. · 6 tance of the students' involvement in Activities office i~ still undetemrined. both fifteen minutes away. Nonnandy Hospital, particularly for healthc3J.'t prQviders depending on ...... _...... , ...... -.. . the organization . For more information, log onto the 'The key is' getting the emergency X-rays, before it closed in January of the situation. Classifieds 9, ...... -.,-..- .. .-. .•- ...... ' ...... Lawrence Barton, chair of the Assembly's website. The address is room back open as it relates to ser .last year. . "If it's something that we can't The Nerd Table ' 9 Assembly and professor of chemistry, www.umsl.eduJcommittees/-senate. vice for this immediate area," Liyeos "It was very convenient fDr that," handle in the office," she said. Page 2 '1he Current March 12, 2001
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Put it on the poard: . II student organizations and Josh Renaud'· Editor-in·Chief . . 'ded free of dJalge to a ··d - Anne Porter • Mana[Ji17g Editor _ lIetin Board is a sen:ice prom '. 1 cummt Events Bulletm BO(II 1.5) TlJe Cun'enl Euel1ts Bu . . . Deadline for submiSSIons to T/.e . 'zatiollS al1d is on Inshirah • Business Manager . lts and dw/SIQ]lS. · . . . . en to student orga/1l ' AI • Bawazeer lil1iversltV depm111le1 b" t'011 Space consideratIOn IS gw . .'ce"sprior to tbe eVe11l. Judi Unville • Faculty Adviser -sdf, ,before pu .Iea I . d t least two Il k P,III cl'er\' Tblll !\;ed ba" We suggest all submissions be paste a . La ' \10631.2101' fa.x 516-6811. Tom Wcmbacher • Advertising Dir, a first-collie, first-sel SIS" 7940 Natural Bridge Road, SI. UlS 1 Prod Associ ate '.' 11\ to' Vialeta Dllllltrova, Monday, March 12 Sel1d su IJIlI/SSlO - ' • - d' ted. . otherwise In Ica Darren Brune • Photo Director .Seminar-"Robbing Drug Dealers: . 516 prefixes unless All listings use , Prod. Associate .On-campus Interviews will be held at Violence Beyond t.he Law, "present- Dave Kinworthy • Sports Editor 327 Millennium Student Center. It is a eq by Dr. Bruce Jacobs, associate pro faculty/staff from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sunday, March 18 Catherine • A&E Editor free all-day event. Students must be fessor, Criminology and Criminal Justice. the Mark Twain Weight Room. No Marquis-Homeyer .Catholic Mass will be held at the registered with Career Services. Please Tlleseminar is held from noon to 1 p.m. advance registration, but weigh-in Erik Buschardt • \lleb Editor South Campus Residence Hall Chapel / call 516-5111 for more information. at 229 J. C. Penney Building. For more required at noon today. Call 516-5326 Zarina • Business Associate infonrnation, call 516-5273. for details .. at 7:30 p.m. Syed-Khaja Tuesday, March 13 Maggie Matthews' Ad Representative .Meeting for OUT -UMSL's Lesbian, Friday, March 16 Monday, March 19 Charlene Hoskins • Ad Representative Bisexual,Gay and Transgendered Candace Mangin • Prod. Associate • Looking for a Bible Study Alliance-in Room 384 at the ·Monday Noon Series Mutswni Igarashi' Photo Associate Non-denominational Bible Study meets .Soup with Sister 12:05 p.m_ at the Millennium Center, from 4 p.m; to 5 "What do we mean by genius?" is a lec V'1OIeta Dimitrova • Prod. Assista17t in Room 313 of the Millennium Student Catholic Newman Center, 8200 Natural p;m. Call Mathew at 516-5013 or at ture presented by Catharine Stimpson, Cop), Editor Center, from 11 a.m.to noon. There is Bridge, ac:ross from the West Drive 636-230-7483. a New York University professor and Tiffany McPherson • Distrib, Assistant also a meeting on Wednesdays from entrance to North Campus. For more founding editor of Signs: Journal Theresa Autry • Proofreader 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Bring your information, call 385·3455. of ·On-campus Interviews will be held at Women in Culture and Society. The James Laury • \¥feb Assistant lunch. For details, call 516-6901. 327 Millennium Student Center. It is a Saturday, March 1 7 lecture is held from noon to 1 p.m. in free 'all-day event. Students must be 229 J. C. Penney Building. Free and .Catholic Mass/will be held at the Catholic Staff Writers: registered with Career Services. open to the public. For details, call Newman Center at 7:30 p.m. at 8200 .Sue Shear Institute for Women's Nick Bowman, Charlie Bright, Please call 516-5111 for more infor Karen Lucas at 516-5699. Natural Bridge Road, located across Leadership Lecture will be held at the Lori Callander, Jennifer Dodd, mation. StefanieEllis, Rhashad Pittman, from the West Drive entrance to North Century Room, Millennium Student Sara Porter, Tim Thompson, Campus. For more -information, call Center, from 1 :30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Emily Umbright, Steve Valko, 385-3455. speaker will be theU. S. Senator Jean Tom Weathersby Thursday, March 15 Carnahan. For details, call Dayna Stock Wednesday, March .14 at 516-6623. 8001 Natural Bridge Rd . • Weightlifting Contest for students and St. Louis, Missouri 63121 Newsroom. (314) 516·5174 Advertising. (314) 516-5316 Business. (314) 516-5175 Fax. (314) 516-6811 THE CAWIPUS CR'IIIIEL'NE campus: 388 Millennium Studrnt ernter email: cUl,ent@jil1X,tllI/sf.edu March 5, 2001 March 6, 2001 A student reported that his Winter 2001 March 8, 2001 parking permit and a Sharp calculator website: http.·!iww1V.liJecurrentol1fine.com were stolen from his vehicle, while A student reported that her purse was A student reported that her Winter 2001 A faculty member on the South Campus parked on the first floor of Garage "0," missing from the third floor hallway of ,."". . he Current is published weekly en Mmdays. received a harassing letter at 9 p.m. parking penrnit was stolen from her vehi J!.. ~ rates avaii1t>1e upoo request. between 2/19/01 at 10 a.m. and 3/1101 Lucas Hall., The student had forgotten the . Terms, cmditIcru and restricticns apply, The The letter is believed to have come cle on 3/1/01 at 5 p.m., while the vehicle at 6 p.m. purse after using the copy machine. 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I SM L_~ ,______2 PLAYER Ro\1I 1 COUPON PER VISIT , ~ l eft Co as t. Rig ht J0 b. March 12, 2001 .. van Gogh on display at the St Art Museum ~~:iv~~~~~ mrt * BY ANNE PORTER used strong visible brush strokes to 1 ~ create an image. This can best be seen ~ I, senior editor ~~"?::W""' It~~W.~. .~' ~~-~""w.~,_'~ ~ ~ ; in "Wheat Field with Cyresses" in the cloud swirls and "Self-Porttrait with a VIncent van Gogh may be the most Felt Hat" prominent of the Petit Boulevard "Cloisonnism," a style that incor painters and may have even coined porated strong black countour lines to the term, but he certainly was not the accent flat color regines, was invented ; ... onlyone. by Bernard and Anquetin. "Iron Many of van Gogh's counterparts Bridges at Asnieres" by Bemard best exhibited the same talent and dedica serves as a great example of this new tion, but are publicized far less than form derived from Impressionism. van Gogh. This reason makes the In addition to new style, the "VIncent van Gogh and the Painters of Impressionist, also documented the the Petit Boulevard" exhibition at the industrial trends, provincial lives and St. Louis Art Museam an excellent traditions of the rural areas, the educational, as well as enjoyable, nightlife and cafe life of the cities, excursion to take. portraits and landscapes. Other artists featured in "VIncent "Vincent van Gogh and the van Gogh" include Charles Angrand, Painters of the Petit Boulevard" offers #A_""'*,"0""<~"="·"<~,»<;<~"",,,,"",,,,,,,,4 }- Louis Anquetin, Emile Bernard, Paul a great contrast in styles of the indi ~; Gaugin, father and son Camille and vidual artists included. One great Lucien Pissarro, Georges Seurat, Paul example is a side by side contrast of 1 '"'''<'<" .W'< '· ·~·'·'·<·''''W''' ' the viewer's eye. The one disappiontment to van ;'\""»>=...J:i ::i.:<~~'';;;':''' : «<-'''';''''*~''''~ ·f' ~ Seurat studied theories of science Gogh is the expensive admission i< and color to develop this new and price ( $12 adult, $10 students) and innovative, although time-consuming, the elinunation of the option to PW' technique. "A Sunday Afternoon on chase to use of the headphones to take the Island of La Grande J atte" best the self-guided tour. The self-guided exemplifies Seurar's work in Neo toW' cost less and aJJowed for more Impressionism. freedom. Van Gogh strength presented best see VAN GOGH, page 7 • Carnahan promotes women in politics ... BY EMILY U MBRIGHT process. Founded in 1996 at the Goshorn Award for public service, as dutifully took her hu 'band's place in those years. she focused on women, family. and children 's issues, serving staff lL'riter Uruversity of Missouri-St Louis. it well as 1999 Woman of the Year by the race for . enator, w i mung the elec seeks to aid women's success as paI' the St. Louis Zonta Clubs tion by a 48.000-vote victory wit h on the Budget Committee and the ticipants in public policy and office . International. Her experience as for pronu. es of upholding her husband's Higher Education Committee. She March is Women's History Month. TI1e Institute offers various workshops mer fu'St lady living in the Govemor's \1ews. Cmnahan poses as a leading w a~ the chairman for the Joint Tn efforts to promote the involvement designed to enhance leaderslup and Mansion prompted her to publish two figure for women striving to make it Committee on Healthcare Policy and of women in public poEtics, u.s. commllllication skills, as well as lec books, "Christmas at the Mansion: Its in aIly profe. ional field because f Planning. in addition to being vice Senator Jean Carnahan will speak at ture topics that deal with issues Memories and Menus." and "If Walls her strength. re sponsib iJ ity. and ch ir on the Appr priations- \ the first Leadership Lecture sponsored women in the pubEc eye face. Could Talk," which takes a historical involvement under the pre:sure Ulat Education and Public Safety by the Sue Shear Institute for Women Before stepping into the spoilight. look at the Missouri First Fanulie, comes with being invoked in politics. Committee. in PubEc Life on Saturday, March 17. CaITIahan was Missouri's First Lady who Eved at the mansion before her. In 1998, the In ·titu te for Women in Not only d oe~ the event honor in the Millennium Student Center. for eight years, advocating issues cen Last yeaI', a collection of her speeches Publ~.c Life renamed itself in honor of Women' History Month. but it is al~o Jean Carnahan plays a pivotal role tered on J\.1issouri families, jobs and was compiled and published under the MO-Rep. ue Shear. Like Carnahan. the late Sue Shear's birthday. Held on in promoring the ideas and issues the schools. She co-founded Children in title "Will You Say a Few Words:' Shear's role as a femaJe leaJer in pub March 17. at 1:30 p.m., it will take Sue Shear Institute for Women in the Worl-place, an organization that Former Gov. Roger Wilson lic life is admired by the Ins titute. place in the Century room on the 3[(j ITOR Public Life tries to relay to its partici encourages employers to offer on-site appointed Carnahan after the death of H lld ing the longest record for a tloor of the Millennium Student pants. The Institute is primarily con daycare to employees who double as her husband, Gov. Mel Carnahan. on Missouri woman to sit in aI1 elected Center. It is free for anyone wishing to cerned with stimulating women to paI-ents. She has also received numer Oct. 16. 2000, just weeks before position, she served J3 terms in oftice attend. For more infornlation call W E NEED ONE! play active pmts in the goverruuental ous awards, including the Robert C Election Day. Despite the tragedy, she after being ele.cted in t 97'2 . During 516-66'23. features editor phone: 516-5174 Any plans for spring break? fax: 516-6811 EVENTS I but expect to drop some money. • BY JENNIFER DODD populaI1ty back in the '90s and has been going strong ever since. DB is in They have video games where the the southern Florida near Sea World actual game consists of you riding a March and Walt Disney World. Besides see simulated motorcycle, race car, or ing Mickey Mouse and the gang, stu even a speed boat. They also have old It is that time once again: time for dents can play golf, go fishing, sail favorites, such as pinball machines UMSL students to strip off those ten i.ng, boating, or just Jay on the beach and skee-baJJ. They also have basket 12-Aug.11 layers of winter clothing, throw cau and catch some waves. ball, as well as simulated golf and tion to the wind and embark on a This spring break, some UMSL many other exciring games. Sheldon Art Galleries will spring break. students are staying at home. "I'm not Another aspect of D&B is that the present "American images: Some will spend their break in going anywhere and am just going to food is very good and in large por Southwestern Bell Collection Florida or someplace exotic replete work at the KETC Store of tions, with such choices as the Jack of Twentieth-Century with scantily clad co-eds, sunshine, Knowledge at Crestwood MaJJ ," said Daniel's chicken, or the south American Art." The gallery and daI1cing till dawn. Others will use Rob Hoffmann, junior. west vegetable wraps. hours are Monday and the week-long hiatus to make some "1 an, staying at home as well and There are many other Tuesdays 9 a.m.·5 p.m.; extra money and forget about school I am going to work my job at the selections as well, but the Tuesday evenings and work police station," said Pascha Parker, wait on a table can be Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For It is about t"vo weeks until break, JUIllor. long. more information, call and there is still some time to do some One of the reasons HoffmaIll1 is If staying in SI. Sheldon Art Galleries Director plmming, if you are interested in going staying at home is because it is a ques Louis is simply intolera- at (314) 533-9900. ext. 31. someplace warmer or even exotic. tion of timing. "All my friends go to ble, two popular exotic desrina One of the most popular spring break different schools such as J\tlizzou, tions to spring breakers are 15·18 destinations is Panama City, Florida. SLU, Truman, and Wash U. We have Jamaica and Cancun, Mexico. This sun-lover's dream is situated on all had different spring breaks since Cancun can be very expensive, but if The Fox Theatre will pre· the emerald coast of Florida and offers my freshman year." you search on the intemet for trips sent "Be Careful What you quite a few temptations for weary and Since more than just these fWO with student discounts, you Pray For," a gospel play writ sleep-deprived college students. Some students aI'e staying here and working, will be able to find at least ten by Lisa G. Reynolds from of the more populaI' clubs at PCB here are some places in St. Louis that some kind of sav- St. Louis, at 8 p.m. on (panama City Beach) are Shark-ys, are fun and nearby. Creve Couer lake ings. STA Thursday and Friday; 3 and 8 Spinnakers, and the always packed is extremely busy after Memorial Day Travel's least p.m. on Saturday, and 3 and Club La Vela. La Vela is always jump and during the weekends. It is a scenic expensive Cancun 7: 30 on Sunday. Tickets range ing no matter what night it is; in fact, place to fi sh or to sit on the sand and packages cost beQNeen from $21. 50 to $28.50 and are ... on the 26th of March, Ja Rule will be watch the ducks. If you are on the $700-800 a person for a stay on the money available at The Fox Theatre performing there. active side, Creve Couer lake has beach. The least ex:pensive package once again. \Vebsites such as studen and all Metrotix locations. If rap isn't your idea of entertain paths for runners, walkers. bikers, and Council Travel offers is as low as tadvantagecom, or springbreak trav Other srudents are planning a more ment, the WCW will be there on the roUerbladers. They also have volley $400 a person for a foW'-person group, el.com offer discounts. and let you resoW'ceful spring break. 'Tm going 22-24 26th as well ball nets and you can even walk your but this package does not include a check the v.;eather as well as driving to two debate tournaments with If you are interested in staying in dog there. Creve Couer lake is free of hotel on the beach. directions if . 'Ou aI'e going (0 stay in UMSL We are going to Boise, Idaho On campus at UMSL, "El Florida, another option is Daytona admission and is located in NOlthweSt Jamaica is also a very popular des the states. "I had a great time when I and Denver, Colorado." conunented Capitan," the comic opera by Beach. Spring Breakers have been St. Louis County, just off Dorsett Rd. tination thanks to its u'opical climate went to Negril, Jamaica last year. I Cesare Venegoni, junior. John Philip Sousa, will be per going to this hotspot for a long time. Another place to go to in Saint and friendly, laid-back people. went with about fOlir or five buddies. Whether students go and lay on formed in the J.e. Penney Daytona Beach was popular in the Louis is Dave and Busters. TIus enter Jamaica CaI1 drain your wallet, so look but 1 didn' t get a lot of sleep though;' the beach or earn some extra cash tills Auditorium, sponsored by the 1950s, then it had a resurgence of tainment venue is a great place to go, to internet sites to help you save said Dave Sosnoff, junior at Iv1i1.Z.o u. year, at least they have a week off Music Department. Page 4 '1& Current March 12, 2001 TV impersonators raise Normandy Hospital must significant questions here's usually some pretty lots of oldies tunes can be pretty funny television shows on enjoyable. But the idea of watching meet needs of community T late at night. One of my one man pretend to be the flamboy favorites is called "Your Big ant Elton 10hn just didn't seem When NOlmandy Hospital closed area residents in case of an emer Break." It offers contestants a appealing to me. in January of last year, it Just added to gency situation. chance to dress up as their favorite Now from what 1 heat'd, d1e the increasing shortage of hospitals in In an article that ran in The music stars and perform one of folks who attended had a good North County and throughout the St. Cu rrent in February 2000 about the With the closing of their songs. The audience then time, and rill glad they did. But all Louis region. This decline in health closing of the Normandy Hospital. Normandy Hospital and chooses the best perfonnance and these memories got me thinking. care facilities has resulted in poten Michael Spezia. one of the 16 physi the changes in other the winner gets a cash prize. Why do these people want to spend tially dangerous situations for many cian-investors of the hospital, pointed Last weekend I had come home their lives mimicking someone SL Louis city ,md county residents. out that 1,250 patients came through North County emergency late from work on else') Many neighborhoods in the area the emergency room during the last rooms, a potentially Saturday night (or My personality do not have a hospital nearby as a month it was open. In that same atti dangerous situation has Sunday morning, drives me to seek rc,ult of these closings, which also cle, Thomas Walther, chief executive arisen for many St. Louis depending on your recognition. I have me,ms that emergency situations are ofticer of the hospital at that time, city and county residents point of view). For an llUlate desire to prolonged due to ambulances having noted that the hospital averaged about looking for care. some reason, when I make a name for to nd~e long dri\C~s to hospitals in "27 or 28 patients a day," work late, I find I myself. And it's just other municipalities. And even then, With those numbers in mind, think want to wind down impossible for me to there is no guarantee that patients will of d1e effect the hospital closing had before actua]]y going imagine that some receive medical attention once they on the community and nearby hospi to sleep, either by one could be con anive because of the frequent prob tals. After Normandy Hospital closed, The company reopening reading a book or tent taking advan lem of overcrowded emergency thousands of its former patients were Normandy Hospital . watching television. I tage of another per rooms. now entering emergency rooms at flipped through some son's popularity in should do more than just charmels and found order to make a liv An altic!e that ran in the St. Louis DePaul Health Center and Christian JOSH RENAUD Post-Dispatch in November of last Hospital Northwest among other area speciaUze in treating the ' "Your Big Break" ing. editor-in-cbief year reported that emergency room hospitals. This domino eft'ect is evi elderty. They should also and decided to watch But as 1 thought visits have continued to increase as dent a]] throughout the metropolitan reopen the emergency for a few minutes. about more, I real ambulances are being tumed away area in the wake of trauma center room and serve the At one point in the show, a for ized that everyone has tried to be hom hospita.ls, Subsequently, the lack closings and cutbacks. The struggling mer contestant gave a testimonial, like somebody else. That's what '1 of hospitals only adds to more over hospitals that are still in existence needs of the community explaining how hi s "big break" had our culture does when it idolizes crow'ding of the few existing emer now have even more patients to around it. come when an agent from Las sports figures, movies stars and, gency rooms left. attend to, yet fewer resources. Vegas saw his perfom1ance and yes, music stars. \Ve have heroes, ""In Mi souri and around the With the reopening of Normandy offered to get him a regulat' gig in role models, and figureheads that nation, emergenc y room visits have Hospital in the upcoming months, a the ganlbling mecca. we want to be like. surged llV' l" the p~L~ t three ye~lrs . In Jarge burden may be lifted from area Write a letter to the editor "Now I make lots of money and There are certain people who metropolitan St. Louis, they jumped hospitals and a few more lives may be about this issue or anything I love my job!" the man exclaimed. have qualities or chat-acteristics more than 9.3 percent in 19')') alone." saved. Watching the contestants trans that make them worth emulating. In We believe that the reopening of This can only happen if the new else on your mind. fonn themselves into such stat'S as my own life, I realized, I anl trying Normandy Hospital can help deter owners choose to meet the needs of John Lennon and Donnie Osmond to follow the example of Jesus the problem of QvercrowJing emer the community. To stay profitable, OPPOltunity right now to impact the reminded me of an event in the Christ. Adherents to other religious gency rooms and also provide a they have said the hospital will spe regional hospital problem by reopen summer of 1999. To kick of faiths follow the teachings of oth much-needed local medica! facility cialize in treating the elderly. ing the hospital's emergency room, Welcome Week that year, UMSL ers. for student:; living on-campus .md But the owners have a tremendous We hope they dOll' t miss it. brought in an Elton John imperson Maybe the idea behind "Your ator called "Even Stephen." Big Break" isn't that fat'-fetched, No offense to the planners of after aU . I think the larger question -~ - -- - that event, but at the time, I thought is, who are you going to mimic? I • J.! 'I~; ,~ETTERS it was pretty silly. I enjoy listening don't know about you, but I think to old songs as much as the next I'll stick with Jesus over Elton John South Campus parking overlooked guy. Heck, listening to bands cover any day of the week. This is in response to the alticle:' in of the building. Our choices of cuisine tion? 'When we, as students, teach for a When it comes to roaches, " The Currell! regarding parling fee ~ m'C dried up hot-dogs or Nachos. Other semester, we are still expect.ed to pay scalation. I am a senior, majoring in than that. they are al ways waiting for a parking fees. although we are on Cat11- Education, ~U1d all of my classes are on ""delivery:' which explains why their pus half a day a week at ma'illnuID. other putzes don't cut it the outh Cam p u ~, I do not use the shelves are bat'e . We do not have beau True, we are supposed to get a reduced North Campus at alL yet I pay fu ll tiful and cO llvenient parking gat'age,~ , rate in parking during this semester, price fm a pluting pemlil. For those in. tead we drive ,u'ound and around but J'm sure it won't be a significant hey darted across the Hoor TIle man sprayed with his tin who ,m~ not familar with d1e South until a spot ope~ up, reduction. two days after I moved into sprayer around the doorway and a T It Campus , it's not much to brag about. According to Chancellor Blanche I would like to see the parking fees the new apartment. couple of other locations. We do nllt have a fancy Millennium Touhill, dle parking fees are a "user reduced for a]] students and more I had a suspicion what they were, 1 asked if he was going to spray in Student Center to h,mg out in, nor do fee." Does that mean, since I and the money to be spent on the South but I didn't want to acknowledge I the pantry or in the cabinets. He said we have The Nosh, where we cat110ad m[~ority of Education at1d Optometry Campus. Without us, your kids will was living with roaches. I thought a]] the smff had to be cleared out. He E ITORIAL up on reasonably g food at high students do not use the North Canlpus not learn, nor will they be able to see! maybe this was just a minor occur said to his fIiend the lal1dlord v,ith j p!ices. lnsteacL we h, ve a tiny conve parking garages, we are exempt from rence, but I knew d1e truth. TI1ere are the sanle classic flavor, "You told OA nient U-Mart, I(x:: ated way in the back this fee or at least entitled to a reduc- -- Tam111i Emge no sma]] epidelnics of those nasty them they had to clean out the stuff, .. creatures. didn't you')" ,JOSH RENAUD When you see AND THE POINT [s ... My landlord, one, it is Just a repre who I pay rent to ANNE PORTER Freeze won't solve parking problem sentative of thou every month, ERIK BUSCHARDT sands of others lurk moaned a half-wor ing on the walls, thy "no." RHASHAD PITTMAN In meeting with Chancellor TIle ChatlCellor suggested we drive al 45 minutes to pat'k would meat1 I under the stove, I then clarified BlatlChe Touhill last Tuesday, March to one of the many Metrolink stations lose the second job. TIM THOMPSON evelywhere you that I wanted the 6, we were met with some difficult and then arrive here on campus in that The best way to deal with the park don't want them to pantry sprayed and issues. The high parking fees on can1- manner, adding that it will take an "Our Opinion" reflects the ing fees and other can1pus issues is for be. he said, "I'm pick pus are just an example of the real additional 45 minutes to get to cam students to voice their opinion. The majority opinion of the The next night ing up what you're problem. Student's rights are being pus. I drive over 45 minutes to get to more the administration heat'S of stu editorial board when as I was loung throwing down. But over looked! The real solution doesn't school already (over an hour in traffic) dents caring about such issues, the ing in my papazon, I I've been doing this just lie within the parking fees being so adding on an additional 45 minutes more likely it is that they will create saw another one lin a long time." frozen or reduced, d1e real solution is to get a free parking spot just doesn't "student-friendly" alternatives to the gering on the screen. ANNE PORTER He offered to knowing the students and seeing how seem practical! lack of funds.We have to remember .. ',,- ...... ". I had slammed the come back later, but difficult it is to continually adjust to all The chancellor needs to remember that the longer the silence remains, the managing editor LE s first one with my never set up a time. the high fees. Some students are taking that I have two jobs to contend with, longer the struggle will continue, shoe. If I had not been home I would out second 10at1S in order to make ends one of which is to help pay for her I knew I had to call the landlord. never have known what a lousy job meet, just so that they can find a park already astronomical parking fees! So, MAIL --Stephanie Falast To my surprise, he said he was this guy had performed. ing spot on their campus I taking her offer of adding an addition- Tbe Current going to call me that week to ask if I I know from this experience with 8001 Natural Bridge had seen any. When he was working Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum that St. Louis, MO 63121 next door with the stove, he said he in order to not have "Joe's had seen two of those disease-carry Apattment" live, I have to do this FAX ing threats. chore myself, (314) 516-6811 This seemed like a good sign. I went to Target and purchased The landlord said he would call three bug bombs, the equivalent of EMAIL [email protected] How do you feel about the • The North County hospital crunch and tell me when the pest controllers Hiroshima in my apartment. ThenI'll • Parking fee increases were coming and that day, last have to wipe everything down, I Wednesday, I happened to be home. think this method will work • Problems with roaches Pest sprayer Bob walked in and I don't mind learning lessons. Letters to the editor should topics we've written about? annOlmced in a hickish accent, "This The one I learned from this: be brief and those not won't hurt you girls," sometimes in you have to do it your exceeding ZOO words will be 1'11 say now I hate to be referred to self or else some putz will do it and given preference. We edit let • Submit a Letter to the Editor as a girL I'm 24 years old and should say it's finished, ters for clarity, length and You can make your voice • Write a Guest Commentary not be classified as a child. Not to I just wish I didn't have to learn .) grammar. All letters must be mention I knew by his tone that this with roaches and my apartment signed and include a daytime heard in a variety of ways! • Visit the Campus Issues forum on guy thought I knew nothing except involved. phone number. thecurrentonline.com how to make fluffy pancakes. _ Ig arashi Niu1:Surn' by staff' photographer Krystal Pease Paige Casey Casey Brown Matt Kaskowitz Senior / Special Education Senior / Political Science Junior / Political Science Junior / Communication " " " I get together with" friends and go out all day_ I try not to I don't have stress, so I'm I go for a good run. I work_ think about stressful things in not SUre about that. my life. " " " " March 12, 2001 '1k Current Page 5 Riverwomen enter season 4·2 BY DAVE KINWORTHY mustered one hit by Allison Maurer staff editor throughout the seven inning contest. The other loss in the tournament The UMSL women's softball against Evangel was a close contest team has won three consecutive where Evangel scored twice in the games, improving their overall bottom of the seventh-inning to even record to 4-2. the contest at 4-4. In the Riverwomen's opener, In the eighth inning, an error by UMSL defeated Central Arkansas 4- shortstop Brandy Winters proved 3. In the game, Andrea Wirkus costly as Evangel hit a single with a \ "'''-' ", M.,-,ll scored the game-winning run. In her runner on second base to score the attempt to steal third base, the catch game-winning run. Pitcher Cassey .,'-,.... f' " 7:""-Y"'1: l er from Central Arkansas ovelthrew Attebery picked up the loss for the third base, allowing Wirkus to score Riverwomen. in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Riverwomen then hit a stride Pitcher Meghan Kuebler picked following three games against up the win for the Riverwomen McKendree and a double-header going seven innings and only giving against Lincoln. The Riverwomen up four hits on three runs while doubled the score of their opponent Wirkus went 3-3 from the plate, with in each . contest, defeating a run and a run batted in. McKendree 4-2 and Lincoln 2-1 and The Riverwomen then went on a 6-3. Kuebler picked up two of the two-game skid in the Central three victories for the Riverwomen, Arkansas Tournament, losing 5-0 improving her record to 3-0 for the against Northeastern State and 5-4 season. against EvangeL UMSL hits the road this week to Northeastern State jumped ahead face Western Ulinois and Truman early, scoring two runs in the third State in double-headers before inning and adding two more in the returning home to begin Great Lakes fifth and one in the sixth to secure Valley Conference play against Darren Brunei Tbe Cllrrenl the victory. Pitcher Kelly Jackson Lewis University March 24. A Riverwoman hits a line drive to the opposing team at a recent game. The Riverwomen won three picked up the loss for the games in a row earlier this season, contributing to their 4-2 overall record. Riverwomen while the offense only Rivermen get first win, now 2-1 Baseball team BY NICK BOWMAN ...... kicks off strong staff luritel' ;- The UMSL men's tennis team i served up their first win of the season, BY DAVE KINWORTHY outs in five innings. j by defeating McKendree College 7-2. stafIeditor Bryan Beckmann led the Rivennen }' with a 3-5 day, including one run, two The Rivelmen won all three doubles /i nms batted in, a double and a home .. :.,,,,,,,~,/ matches and lost on two of their sin The men's baseball team started off "r" ! this season slowly, with two consecu run. Brody Jackson al so added to the gles matches on their way to the win. \."."" . ~» '"".,~ / ,/' tive losses, but appear to be coming cause with a 3-5 outing with a double The doubles competition started out the match by sweeping together as the Rivernlen have won and a triple. UMSL returned home for their sea McKendree with Matt Vaulkhard and three straight, moving their record to 3-2 overalL son opener, featuring a double-header Mario Gruden beating McKendree's t\lm against Southwest Baptis t. Daniel Aldaberti and Leandro Gubler In the first losses of the season. 8-4 followed by Josh Heape and the Rivennen battled against In the first game the Rivennen Alabanla-Hwltsville, the No. "I-ranked were even at going into the tlfth Minh Phan wirming 8-6, and Ryan I-I inning. but UMSL scored four 11111S in Trela and TJ. Schafer winning 8-4. team in the nation. In the opener. the Rivermen trailed 3-0 going inro the the inning to secure the victory. E R In the singles competition, Matt fourth inning, when llMSL evened the Sophomore Greg Bierling picked up Vaulkhard came from behind to win his tlrst victory the se ason for the No. 1 singles match over Daniel score out with single~ from both of DAVE KINWORTHY U11SL. Aldaberti. After loosing the first set, Brody Jackson and Olas Wi gger. The second game got UMSL out of sports editor Vaulkhard defeated Aldaberti in the Alabama-Huntsvi lle then evened the out at until the eighd1 the gate early a.' the Rivemlen led 5-~ second s~ t 7-6 in a tiebreaker. then score 6-6, inning, '.vhen labama-Huntsville after five ilmings. but Southwest phone: 516-5174 took fu'e third set 10-5 in an ext~nded capitalized and sc red the game-win Baptist scored three mns in dle sev tiebreaker that was played and fin fax: 516-6811 enth inning to even the score. In the ished just before it got dark. ning run against pitcher Keith Wallace and moved on with a 7-6 ,ictory. bottom of the seventh inning Wigger Josh Heape lost a close match at In the second game. Alabama hit a sharp ::'''Youndball to the shortstop. the No.2 singles, falling to Leandro Huntsville jump':d ahead early, sC,1r but Southwest Baptist committed an Gubler 6-3,2-6,7-4. :Minh Phan won ing five in the first iJUling~ a-, error and allowed Jason Meyer to for the Rivemlen at No.3 singles, 6- nlJlS Iv.,' the Chargers took the nightcap 11-5. score the ganlc-Wil11Ullg run for d1e GAM S 2, 7-5 as did Gruden at No. 5 singles Rivelman Buddy Simo]] went 1-,", Rivemlen in a 6-5 victory. match 6-0, 7-5 and Ryan Trela also in the game, while hitting his first Ul\!lSL moveJ on this past \H.:ck won at No.6 singles, defeating Dusty end to play in the Central Missouri Foy 6-3,6-1- homerun of the ~e.a Sll n. Baseball Darren Brunei Tllt! t i tm'JII The Rivermen then avenged their State Tuurnament, \vhere the The Riverrnen will play the next early-season losses to Alabama Ri \'~rn1~n f his is dle end. Another great a fraternity. Everybody has to work. portive of the campus that has given not u basketball fan , then go to the are not in an organization, that you T season of UMSL basketball But I am fairly certain that most us our charter and this is how we games for the music. Nobody hates cannot do anything on campus. _ has come to a close. Both employers do not schedule all repay them" I would love to see basketball and music. Unless they transfer, UMSL is going tearns had winning seasons. Three UMSL students to work only during cheering sections where we could And then there is the group that to be their college experience and it athletes were named to the All basketball season and only on ganle banter back and fOrtil , hurling insults "live too far away'-' Then make it a is what you want yOll make of it. Conference teams and everything nights. and hot dogs while we watcl~ UMSL point to stick around on game day. Why squander the final yea.rs of went virtually ul11loticed by all but I've been to more than a handful stomp on the Bellarmine Knights. Get out of class around ~:OO p.m., do our youth') Yes, many of us are in the me and Mr. Bojangles and I can only of games myself and no, not just Heck, the bald guy with the thick your homework (something that we midst of om transition from studel1l ask why') because it is my job, bur because it is glasses that they bring with them is all should do more of) and head to life to professional life, but you have I have been here for the larger a really cheap date. With $10, I can louder than a whole Sigma Pi chap the gym around 5:00 for the double all heard the saying, "All wOlk and part of two years (that is two basket get my girlfriend (who I met for the ter') I do not think so. header. After the game, head down to no play makes Jack a dull boy." Jack ball seasons) and 1 still fail to realize first "sober" time at arl UMSL bas About the only organization that Golden Greeks for a couple of $4 must be quite a bore. why students just refuse to attend the ketball ganle) in the front gate, feed has shown any support of the teams pitchers and call it a night. How is So the next time you open anoth basketball games or any other games the both of us and walk home wid1 on this campus has bee.n the pep that not the perfect college date') er issue of The Current and you see J...ATEST Scoop for that matter. some cbange. band. Whether there are ~O fans or I fail to understand how so many that Mark 1Wain will be hosting Let's dig deeper into the issue. I Speaking of fraternities, where 200, the band is out there pumping of my friends can find so much to another epic struggle, check it out. I NICK BOWMAN know that we all have to work. I cur are you guys on those nights? As up the 'crowd' with a fresh mix of complain abour. They seem to feel could really use some company at rently have three jobs and belong to Greeks, we're supposed to be sup- jazz and classic rock. So if you are that if you do not live on campus or the next game. • 4 Page 6 ~'. , 'Down to Eart remains stuck on the ground G po'''w'''4~'~I ' BY CATHERINE MARQUiS-HOMEYER .1., __ '...... stajf editor I have to admit it: I really like Chris Rock. There's something about his rapid fIre smart-mouth delivery, wide-eyed look, and likeable class clown manner that makes me want to laugh. His boundless energy and direct, in-your face approach in comedy makes him someone you can't ignore, and then he softens his comic blows with the most charming smile, as he says ''I'm just playing." I just can't stop laugh ing at everything he says. "Down to Earth" is a remake of WarTen Beatty's "Heaven Can Wait," which was a remake of the earlier "Here Comes Mr. Jordan." Any film that's been remade so many times is going to seem rather familiar, and it would be hard to mine too much new material out of such a source. Chris Rock, who co-wrote the screenplay, gives it a try anyway and comes up with a few new twists, but the fi.lm overall is rather ordinary stuff. Regina King plays Sontee and Chris Rock plays Lance Barton in "Down to Earth." E ITOR For those not familiar with these previous films, the basic story is about mistake, the authorities in heaven rion with Wellington. chose techniques that interrupt and lion to the camera and the filmmaking a young man who mistakenly die attempt to correct this by returning The film is at it's funniest when the detract from Rock's comic perfor process and away from the comedian CAT HER INE before his time. Lance Burton (Chris him to earth in someone else's body. camera just lets Rock do his stand up mance, rather than just letting hi s per and the comedy. M ARQUiS-HOMEYER Rock) is a struggling young comedian Unfortunately_ a suitable body isn't work, which he does so well. Rock's formarlCe carry the scene. This is Chris Rock is a comedian, not an . . "" ... .. , ...... who hasn't yet hit his stride ,md is suf available and the young man is sent usually raw material is toned down for especially true in a scene where Rock actor, but he does tolerable well \vith a&e editor fering from a little stage-fright too. back as a rich old guy, Charles this romantic comedy, but still works passes a wall of TV sets, and d1en the dramatic parts in the film. While crossing a street, Lance is sud Wellington, who has just been mur wonderfully. The problems with the moves back and forth as they switch However, his performance could have phone: 516-5174 denly confronted with an immeding dered by his \ ife and her lover. The film come in other sections where the on and off. This bit could have been been better with a little help from the fax: 516-6811 tra ffic accident, which causes his new twist here is that the lich old guy tiredness of the basic story comes very funny, but the directors chose to directors. overly cautious guardian angel to is while, wherea the young comedian through. chop it up, cutting back and forth Overall the fIIn1 works best when it snatch him away to the afterlife just is black. The problems of the film are less between a long shot of the action and showcases Rock's stand-up comedy, before he's hit. The problem is: he While Lance waits for his "pernla the fault of the writing than how it's close-ups of Rock's face, rather than and it's unfortunate that it isn't a wasn't going to be killed in the acci nent" body. he meets and falls in love directe.d. Directors Chris arld Paul just staying with a long shot so we strong vehicle for him. Die-hard fans dent. Since the angel that plucked him with Sontee (Regina King), a conllTIu Weitz (whose previous work includes conld watch Rock's whole comic may still enjoy it. arld hopefully future MUSIC from earth before hi s time made a nity acti vitist engaged in a confront a- "i\lnerican Pie" and "Antz") often reactions. The technique draws atten- Chris Rock tllms \vilJ be better yet. March RESTAURANT REVIEW , • '>'-, - > 12 Peabody Trio Rock never stops rolling 'Vietnam Star' offers 8 p.m. The Ethical Society • • • • BY CATHERINE surprtsmg CU1Sme Sarah Brightman M ARQUiS-H OMEYER 8 p.m . sta.O·editor The Fox BY STEPHANIE ELLIS potpourri of ethnicity at am table that stn[f li'l7ier everting, which sp3Jmed across more 15 In connection with the opening of thar) just A~ia My mother is Gelman Shame Club his fIlm "Down to Eatth," I was able It was just one of those nights. We and she was eating Chinese food, I anl I The Way Out Club to speak with comedian Chris Rock could hear the rain tearing down on the part Lebanese and was eating by phone during a conference call roof as we flipped through cable chan Vietnamese food, and my boyfriend is 16 with the press. While some stars ar'e nels, hoping to find a good movie that something of a mutt and he ate every 7 Shot Screamers sometimes surprisingly [lull or guard might save us from this lackluster thing but the napkins. ed when interviewed, Chris Rock is Saturday night. It was cold, and my For appetizers, my mom ordered The Way Out Club neither of these. He was in fact companions and I were hWlgry. But crab rangoon ($3.45). I thought they refreshingly accessible, bright, and the rain was coming down in buckets. were very good--oisp and flavorful, 17 personable, joking with me and the "Should we even go out at all?" my not too greasy. They were served with Maggi , Pierce and E.J. other interviewers on the conference mother nervously inquired. a peanut dipping sauce. I wouldn't pair ABBA inspired eclectic trio call, and possessed of a seemingly "Yes l " I screamed, as I politely the two, but it was nice to see a spin on 10 p.m. endless energy. pushed my mother and my boyfriend the same-oJ' , same-o!' version of these Three-1- Three During the course of the interview, through the door. "We can do this!" fried cream cheese wraps. I ordered Rock described the many projects Rain cap in hand (not on head), I the vegetarian spring rolls ($1.95), 17 he's involved with now. Besides the forged a path to the car and we hud which are basically cilantro, lemon Lofreq with just-released romantic comedy dled inside, shiveling all the while. As grass, and vermicelli noodles wrapped Red Squares and Spiders "Down to Eru.th, " he was working on my car timidly passed Midland and in steamed rice paper. They are served The Way Out Club another fIlm to come out soon, an journeyed down Olive, I wondered with a delicious sweet-3JId-sour chili action/spy thriller rated R, and was where I might find a decent restaurant sauce. The difference between this and due to start another fi.lm next month without venturing too far'. The Loop the typical sweet-and-sour sauces is 18 with Anthony Hopkins. Beside.., this, would be too lisky- the parking usu that this is thin and almost watery, with Maureen McGovern he is in talks with director Kevin ally requires too much of a trek to the bits of red pepper floating in it. It's not with the John Pizzarelli Trio Smith, with whom Rock had worked restamants. We needed someplace thick and com-star'ch based like other 7 p.m . in "Dogma." where we could just jump out and hurl sweet-and-sour sauces, which gives it at The Sheldon "Next week I'm meeting with our bodies onto a covered porch. As I a unique quality that is absolutely deli Kevin Smith (who also directed drove onward, I remembered there cious. The rolls aren't anything excit "Clerks") and I'll be in his next being a Vietnamese restaurant not too ing, but can differ in flavor from 2 1 movie," said Rock. far from 1-170: Vietnam Star. restaurant to restaurant. I wasn't too Everclear with Matchbox 20 The romantic comedy of ''Down As I made my way into dIe par'king impressed with them here-they and Lifehouse to Earth" appealed to Rock. "I wanted lot, I saw something too good to be lacked the "oomph" that I have found Chris Rock at Sawis Center to do a romatic comedy for a long true-a covered porch. Aldl0Ugh it in rolls from other Vietnamese estab time. I didn't want to do a fi.lill with looked a bit like an old fast-food li shments. My boyfriend Justin had guns but romantic comedy has two pletely different from his. This film is kids could see. It's romantic comedy. restaurant, Long John Silvers, per the fried pork egg rolls ($2.60) . He Blueberry with Leah Kessler elements I like: comedy and women. to Beatty's 'Heaven' like Eddie They're not rated R " haps? Seems so. But the smell of usually eats nothing, but took one bite The Way Out Club Of course, because it's romanitic com Murphy's 'Nutty Professor' is to the Despite that, Rock said the movie grease and fish batter had long since and pushed them away. I did the same. edy th e film had to be PG-13, so I had Jerry Lewis original." was "not different from doing stand evaporated, and a new smell lingered They were overly-saturated with pork 22 to tone down some of my material." Chris Rock's previous work has up." When someone wondered if in the air-that of fresh seafood and flavor and came to us extremely Rock said that he got the idea for the included stand-up comedy, a run on there was any original stand-Up mate steamed noodles. greasy. TIley left an uru;ettling taste in Sullen fi.lrn after having a casual lunch meet Saturday Night Live, and his support Iial in the film, Rock answered "Yes, We found th at despite the weather, my mouth. The Way Out Club ing with Warren Beatty, who starred in ing roles in films include ''Nurse in about the lniddle and at the end." there was a good-sized crowd. We For dinner, Justin ordered the Moo "Heaven Can Wait" on which this Betty" and "Dogma." Asked to com Rock was the executive producer of were immediately seated and upon Shu chicken ($7 .95), which is a 23 new film is based. 'WarTen really pare "Down to Earth" to his previous the film and also co-wrote it. Asked if opening our menus, gasped in shock: hoisin-sweetened onion, cabbage, and Rory Block liked the idea of me playing this part, work in stand-up, Rock responded he had "writer's block" at any time, it was nearly 10 pages longl This is chopped chicken mixture rolled into 8 p.m_ although he said he'd thought about it '11ris is more mature, another side of he answered "No, we had four writ partly because the Vietnam Star is both crepe-like pancakes. I wasn't thrilled before, and had envisioned me. No one's seen me be light. People ers, and we did the draft for the script a Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant. with the plmgent sweetness of the The Sheldon Mohammed Ali in the part" said will laugh and then say 'Hey, that was They provide a comprehensive selec Rock, "But the film is really com- clean.' I wanted to do something that see ROCK, page 7 tion from both countries. We had a see STAR, page 7 The good, the bad, the ugly of 5t. Patrick's Day t. Patlick's Day, that celebra There's always the smaller, more Day is really an American holiday, be really Irish at McGurk's (or at like Christmas for bars-their tion of everything Irish, is fast family-like Dogtown Sf. Paddy's started by Irish immigrants home least celebrating that heritage). But biggest sales day of the year. All that 5 approaching. For some of us, Day par-ade, where at least there's a sick for 'The Old Sad" Until recent all the crowding and green beer is drinking means there's a lot of ama this means green beer, green hair, arld little more space for that inevitable ly, it wasn't celebrated in Ireland at too much for me, so I'll hide out at teurs out there having way too much a night of rowdy dtinking in a crowd crowd, sponsored by the local all, although now many Irish towns home with my corned beef and cab to drink, and a few of those fools ed sports bar. For some, it's a visit to Ancient Order of Hiberians (that have big celebrations to cash in on bage (more Irish-American rather will actually try to drive. the big downtown parade. For those means they're Irish, or at least their American tourists. So, really, the than really Irish, again). Maybe I'll So if you go out for that green who like a little more Irish in this ancestors were) Personally, I prefer holiday has been exported to Irel3Jld, listen to the Chieftains, a truly fabu beer, or even that Guiness at an Irish "Irish" holiday, there's a visit to a the Dogtown parade to the bigger, along with several other American lous tradi tional Irish band, on the pub, be careful. Watch out for the real Irish bar like McGurk's in offi cial downtown parade sponsored holidays (like Halloween) that are CD player. fools on the road and, certainly, Soulard, to hear some real Irish by that fine Iiishman, Clarence now celebrated in other countries, McGurk's is really a great Irish don't be one of those jokers your music played by real Irishmen, and O'Hannon, but it really depends primarily to draw American tourist pub, opened by an Irishman (can self MARQUEE RAMBLINGS the quaff a Guiness (an wonderful more on whether you like the big dollars. you tell this is one of my favorite I'll be home with my cabbage Iiish beer) sanS the green food color. floats and marching bands or the Don't take this wrong. Since I'm watering holes?), but I'm going to and potatoes, listening to the CATHERINE Of course, you'll still be crammed in homemade efforts in the smaller part Irish, and love Irish music and visit it some other night. People who Chieftains, thinking about my Irish MARQUiS-HOMEYER like sardines as at the sports bar, or parade. the Irish pub atmosphere, 1'd love to work in the restaurant and bar busi grandmother and pining for The Old maybe even more so. But the truth is this: St. Patrick's spend St. Paddy's Day pretending to ness know that St. Patrick's Day is Sod. March 12, 2001 'lite Current Page 7 • - ~ < - '" BOOK REVIEW 'In the Blood' laced with humor with a heartbreaking finish BY SARA PORTER staff ll'n: ter On the surface level, one could say that Scott Miller's novel "In the Blood" is a story similar to Anne Rice's "Interview 'With the Vampire" in that it has a stronger immortal vampire leading on a younger man and the two of them begin an affair. But on a deeper level, Miller's novel gives it a fresher perspective, pre senting a story laced with wit and J. Mascis humor that climaxes to a heartbreak ing fInish. Based on Miller's musical of the More Light shines on the mysterious Mascis same name, "In the Blood" centers around Zach Church, a vampire res cued from suicide. While in the hos BY EMILY UMBRIGHT Some of the songs on More Light for the soundtrack to the .Alison Anders pital, Zach meets Adam, a gay staff writer are more mature then anything that movie "Grace' of My Heart," which he hematologist, and the two embark Dinosaur ]r. could have ever gotten also appeared in. He recently played a on an affair. When Adam reveals he Above the leafless treetops, stars away with. "Ground Me to You" is an drummer in her new movie ''Things has HlV, Zach is torn between mak • materialize from the dusky sky. example of Mascis's ability to careful Behind the Sun." He says that \VIiting ing Adam a fellow vampire or letting Headlights trace the yellow lines of a Jy an'ange a track with layers of hum for a movie is different from writing him die. windy country road. The car dips, and ming ha">S lines, cyclic pipe-sounding for an album in that the approach is "In the Blood" raises the issue of the headlight~ dimly pierce the fog. 1. organs, and note-chasing guitars. more structured. choosing suffering in immortality or Mascis, guitar master of the belated Rather than the focal guitar solo, 'The music's for some specific pur dying young, which is prevalent in Dinosaur creates brutish music that Jr., which appears in the background of pose," he said. "You can watch the many vampire novels, but it is pre lawfully spins off into the woods. this song, there is a keyboard break scene and play the music. The music sented with humor and irony. Much "You need more light to cut down. The sensitive drawl of his voice kinda plays itself.·· of the humor centers around Adam's through the fog, or something." J. as he sings '"1 don't want another pic From the loose texture that con friends, Danny and Chaz-devoted Mascis trails off as he discusses his ture ! I need you" seems to flow natu nects all of the songs on MI Ire Light, it fans of '70s televisioJ}-and their new solo album "More Light." The rally out of the different shades of the comes as no surprise why Mascis female friend Rebecca all serving as shy and mild-mannered Mascis drives music. enjoys directing his music towards a commentators on Adam's and his pre-classic rugged guitar sound "1 wrote some of the song, on the goal. This CD should not leave the CD Zach's lives. towards faithful fans with the help of piano, which was difterent," J'\'Ia~is player for at least a month, because it The characters are well-written be loved. Anyone could relate to him. given just to let him live'? Many of his backing band, The Pogo The studio said. In addition to "Ground !VIe to will take that long to notice every and multi-faceted. Zach proves to be The end of the novel brings all of these questions are ans\'vered, some makeup of The Fog consists of post You," he refelTe d to the mellower detail. More LigJu is one of those a vet)' likable character, displaying the emotions out and raises many unsatisfactorily, in a very wrenching punk heavy weights Kevin Shields of "Waistin" and "Can't I Take 11lis On" albums that becomes better and better his vampiric impulses, yet showing questions. Should Zach allow Adam conclusion. Zach's decision proves My Bloody Valentine, doing some as songs th at were approached from a upon every listen just because every his devotion to Adam. Adam is also to die? Should he give Adam the eter to be the only answer when there is vocals, percussion, and guitar, as well different angle on the album. song fits and flows so perfectly togeth an excellent protagonist, yearning to nity of suffering that Zach had been no right ar1Swer to this problem. as Guided by Voices' Bob Pollard, for Slightly darker, "Anunaring" has er. Not a single song is better then the some additional vocals. some blouse hook:; that are interrupted other. Even the all-ton-cheery "All the After 14 years and seven studio once again by Mas<:i,, 's trademark Girls" lures the listener in after the recordings, Mascis decided to call it wailing guitar feedback. While he does third or fourth go- arow1d Rather than y~.~ ~.~.~.~.,J~?!!~.P.a..e.~.? ...... quits with the highly innovative and indeed incorporate different instru dwelling on the fact that Dinosaw' Jr. ... influential Dinosaur 1r. mentations to convey emotion that dif will never have another album. think ''Van Gogh and the Painters of the exhibition details the lives of the to interpret an old model. "It just seemed like it was over," ferentiates this album from a music of More Light as a continuation of Petit Bouevar'd" enables the viewer mtists in relation to each other in way "Vincent van Gogh and the Mascis said. "It seemed like a good Mascis made with Dinosaur Jr. , ulti Masci. ·s musical process. For fans to see what many Impressionist the previous exhibitions have not. Painters of the Petit Boulevard" \\"ill time to start something different." mately it all goes back to the guitar. All looking for something tracing back to artists were doing, not the just big "Vincent varl Gogh" departs from be on display through May 13 at the From the way the solo album of his personal restraint becomes invi - his former role in the highly influential names. Combined with the incredible traditional methods of explOling St. Louis Art Muesum. For more sounds, he has definitely moved on. ible and nonexi. tent when he speaks to band, check out the last song, which art and background information, this lmpressionisl<; and leaves a new way information call (314) 721-0072. The elaborately arranged music on the his audience with his guitar. shares i title with the name f the album seems to speak for itself. Quiet 'T m Not Fine:' one of the album. and reserved, Mascis is one those tal strongest and more confronting song' Mascio's light will pien::e the douds ented individuals whose intuitive mind on the albwn, is another example of in St. Louis at Blueberry Hill on is more comfortable expressing ideas Ma'icis"s uruuly style. The force of this March 26. Representing The Fog will articulately through his art form. He song is felt by the warlike banging of be fOImer guitari<;t for the Stooges Ron says that he tends to write the music the drums and flame-flickering riffs. Asheton, former Minutemen and • fIrst. The lylics, while straightforwardly fiREHOSE member Mike Watt on 'The lyrics are the last thing," he sinlplistic, seem to point out evet)' base, and George Bea from Dinosaur "SPRING" INTO SAVINGS .AT said about his songwriting process. change in the music. And of course, Jr. on drums. Ironically, Blight Eyes After a pause he continued, there is a "vintagey" fInger-in-the will be opening. Doors open at 9 p.m., "Sometimes 1 have a couple words I electrical-socket guitar solo at the end. and tickets are $15. For more informa try to fit in." Mascis has done some song writing tion, call 314-727-0880. ROCK, from page 6 STAR, fr.o.~y!pqse 6...... in two weeks. Plus, we were doing a mixture, but I found the portion to be say that from what I sampled, I was remake, so it was just a matter of writ quite generous. My vegetarian din n't too impressed by the taste, but ing new jokes." ner of stir-fried egg noodles and veg that doesn't mean that there aren't When asked how much he thought etables ($5.95) was delicious. lloved better things on the menu. The prices his charcter in the movie was like him the taste and texture of the noodles, are average and the atmosphere is self, Rock responded "A lot like me, and the vegetables were fresh and casual, so this might be a good place really." Vv'hen asked if he'd ever gone crisp. I didn't have anything left to go if you're on a budget and have after a woman the way the character over. My mom ordered the chicken companions who desire Chinese cui does in this movie, Rock quipped "1 with teriyaki sauce ($6.95), which sine or others who opt for have but it doesn't work." she didn't care for. It was much too Vletnamese. Vletnam Star is family '. One of the two co-directors on this bitter-tasting, and while I normally owned, and I always like to support film was new to directing, so I wanted eat off of everyone's plate more tban family-run businesses. I'll have to to know how different this was from my own, 1 was happy with my din give this one a big question mark working with his other directors. "One ner choice. until the next rainy evening brings of them worked with the actors and the It's difficult to cbaractelize me back. other did the technical stuff. I had Vletnam Star. With such an abundant Vletnanl Star is located at 7930 more of a say in what I was going to menu, it wouldn't be fair to rate it on Olive Blvd. Their phone number is do-more of a collaboration, since a scale from one [0 ten without sam (314) 721-8838. they were new to it. With my other pling more from the selections. I will films, I just put myself in the hands of the director." Rock has been working tirelessly to promote tillS fIlm, with interviews and TV appearances. Of talking to the press, he said, "Talking to the press is not a drag, but it's still work. I've done ,. about t.vo weeks of non-stop press. There's a lot of press out there." One of the interviewers on the caU noted that Rock's birthday had been the pre vious week, and asked if he took any . ~ time off. "No, I did an interview with Oprah. While it's was great to be on RI~¥~R CITY 1,1 her show, it's still work; 1 would rather have just had lunch with her. But that's ...... i\NOLO GIES ~ not a complaint, I'm really glad to be doing this for the movie." !:rojection Systems Solutions Rock was asked about his clitelia for picking a movie project. "I look for a good wliter and a good director when I decide on a project," said .. Rock. As far as his next step in fllms, DAY:' Rock said "I would like to tt)' to direct , AN'D PLANT as well as write. 1 would have directed this one bur I had to go back to work YOURSELF AT THE VILLAGE .·.,.H·'''''.'.'· on the show. I might direct the next o , :fi;~ '''$ one I do." As the interview was winding up, Chris Rock was asked, since this movie is sort of about reincarnation, if he were to be reincarnated, what would he like to come back as. Rock immediately responded "l'd come back as Oprah's dog-that dog is Visit Us Online: www.rivercitytechnologies.com treated vet)' well!" Page 8 -~/IM Current March 12,2001 Mustang galloped onto scene in 4 1964 • n some respecrs,1964 was truly face the way in which Edsel did. an outstanding year for the Ford was thoroughly skeptical at I United States. The Beatles spear first. but Iacocca kept pressing. headed the Blitish Ii1Vasion, a coni Finally, dlUing a heated face-to-face prehensive Civil Rights package discussion, Ford pointed his frnger at £lew through Congress. and our own Iacocca and said, "If I approve this St. Louis Cardinals, on the incredi new car, can we seU itT lacocca ~le pitching arm of Bob Gibson, out jumped from his chair and shouted, ~ueled Mickey Mantle and the New "YES I" Ford then put his signature York Yankees in the seventh game of to it, and work began on the rhe World Series. . Mustan»:. : It was also a banner year for Ford Ove~ the next three ye.ars, nearly ¥otor Company. For in the spring of 1,800 engineers would labor day and 1964, they would unveil a phenome night creating the perfect design. ~on that would lacocca himself worked revolutionize the seven days per week &utomotive indus every week making cer try and captivate tain that everything every generation connected with the of Americans. It Mustang was complet was christened the ed with the greatest MUSTANG, and amount of precision and its legend is unri efficiency. valed in automo Finally, in the spring tive history. T I M T H OMP S O N of 1964, the first : The story of the history COIU.lIlillst Mustangs arrived at Mustang begins on Ford dealerships. a rainy October night in 1960. Lee The car appeared irnultaneously Mark Hendershot (right) listens as Joe Flees (center) makes a point during the March 6 SGA meeting. Iacocca, the head of Ford Division. on the covers of Time and went to dinner at a local hotel in Newsweek. 100 were donated to downtown Detroit with about a major new paper reporters thr'ough dozen engineers. Iacocca was a out the United States. EnoID10us SGA asks for Student Court nominees young man, just 36 years of age, and advertising space was purchased in liked to sUlTound himself with more than 2,600 publications. In BY DAN GAL LI youthful, energetic people who were addition, the Mustang became the ·· · · · ;jje~ia{io.. ]1J e·C;.;:;e;li Court luon't be approved in time jor elections) Connor says open to new ideas. pace car for the Indianapolis 500 and Over steak and potatoes that was displayed at the World's Fair in The need for applicants for the The candidates '..viH not be hour, effective July 1, 2001. Brooks He claimed that many things on ~vening , Iacocca and his engineers New York City. The president of Student Court highlighted the brief approved in tinle for the SGA elec said that the request for a freeze on campus advertised as handicapped ~xamined the possibility of creating Chevrolet was actually sent one as a SGA meeting on March 6 in the tions. The Student COlln normally fees for the following year was accessible are not. The electronic automobile for everyone. gift 1 an Srudent Government Chamber. handles any grievances about the denied. door by the University Bookstore is : By the time desert was served, - All the intense preparations paid According to Ryan Connor, SGA election. So why weren't candidates Ellory Glenn. SGA vice president, not opening electronically. There is no this new car, code named "T-5," had off, and then some. 100,000 president, the Student Court handles put in place in time for tins year's said that April 18 would be the tirst electronic door, only a ramp, in the taken shape in the minds of the engi Mustangs were sold in the frrst f ur matters of grievances between organi election') day for elections. He said that rules SSB by the coffee bar. Restrool11S are Beers. It would be small, comfort months alone, and nearly 500,000 zations and students. It also handles "It's tough to fInd people. There and applications would be available not ea,ily accessible for the sight able, light, sturdy, quick and sleek. found their way into homes around impeachment proceedings for the are many people who are graduating soon in the student govelnment inlpaired and it is also difficult for the The car would also be a sporty two the world by the end of its ftrst year. SGA pr ident and interprets bylaws this semester who would have done it offices, Student A activities, Thomas sight-inlpaired to walk across the door model, yet.would be able to New factorie and assembly line, of the SGA Constitution when in the fall ," said Connor. " I anllook Jeft~rson Library, and main bulletin blidge and through the Millennium four people, giving it an imme had to be built to keep pace with the ~eat reque 'ted, ing for quality people bccafue I want boards. Student Center because there is no cliate advantage over the Corvette. unbelievable demand. The automo It does not at thi, time handle hear a strong Student Court and it is hard to "My last goal as a student is to get consistency on the path. ; There was one significant obsta tive industry had never seen any . ings on traffic appeals, he said. find people who want to get the 20 seats frlled for the at-large rep Tisda! wanted to work with the cle confronting Ford, however. 1u t thing like it. "We hope to be able to do traffic involved." resentatin:s." said Glenn. SGA to get a committee started to ~ few years prior, its leadin engi By the close of the 1960s, three e appeals again. It was handled in a Connor said he would recommend The administration thinks the make life on campus better for handi ~eers had nushed 250 million of the milljon Mu tangs ould be seen on careless manner. [The administration] tq the SGA at the next meeting that a SGA represents few students and that capped students at UIvlSL. money down the drain roads all acro merica. Ford had ~ompany's took it away and it' going to take Judicial Committee handle any griev it is splintered, said GleIm. The SGA Michelle Roth also spoke on ~ttempting to create another ' 0 - redeemed it'elf for the Edsel di. as- some work to get it back," Connor ances. will not be taken seriously until this behalf of University Health Selvices t ailed car for everyone. ter. said. LeAnn Brooks, a member of the perception is gone, he said. about an interactive discussion of the : Thev termed it the Edsel, and it The Mustang was far more than Connor said that he will hlin", for Student Social Work Association Chris Tisda! spoke on behalf of date rape mug. It will be held March was a disaster. just an automobile. It was a phenom ward two candidates and an alternate reported tbat she had met with S.T.A.R.S. (Students Taking 14, from 6-8 p.m.. in Cell oom : Iacocca had to convince H enry enon. Most import,mtly, it wa a at the next SGA ,meeting. and that b e Chancellor Blanche Touhill earlier in Advantage of Resource Services). B of the Millenni~n, §Hi ,,-11~ Center. ford II, the head of th ~ h mpany, hining example of American engi- wanted the Assembly to bring for the day. Touhill approved an increase Tisda! voiced the concerns of handi She hoped for a tumout 0'{'sd21'oo stu that this new car would not fallon its neering brilliance at its best. I ward one nominee and an alternate. in the parking fee to $ 18 per credit capped students on campus. dents. You know where dinner and a movie can get you ... Just think what the Symphony could do. 50% Off for College Students Must have valid student & photo LD, at time of purchase. Applies to Orchestral and Pops Series Concerts only, Seating is at the discretion of the SLSO Box Office. Powell Club excluded. Prior sales excluded. St~INT LQUIS ~ ORCHESTRA www.slsooorg 314.534.17°0 . March 12, 2001 11te. 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"They committed a breech of con In only their second year of exis Smith said, "and we're already com and twice as the plaintiff, LaMartina In a letter to Lamar B .Beyab, chief tract. UMSL believes that all day-to executive officer and founder of tence and already competing at a peting on a national level. This is said. Each round is one trial which last On Monday, March 5, ' 2001, day decisions in the cbarter school national level, the UMSL mock trial unheard of." . about three hours, Smith said. Judge Julian Bush of the '2nd City TAARP, Touhill stated that the new can only be conducted by the man team's success has been called "phe The national competition will be As a new organization, the mock Court in St. Louis granted TAARP charter, which was submitted ill Jan. agement partner. That is simply nomenal." similar to the format that the regional trial team started out with a $200 bud Inc. a preliminary hearing in its law 2000, repreSented "a serious breech untrue and also illegal." of our agi.-eement." ''This is huge," team president competition at Wash U had. Each team get, Smith said. But with th(( approval suit against the University of According to Beyab, a non-for Matthew LaMartina exclaimed, as the will be required to argue both sides, of Gary Grace, vice chancellor for stu Missouri-St. Louis. The hearing is Beacon Education Management profit organization that enters into an pitch of his voice goes ' up a few give opening and closing statements, dent affairs, and Joanne Bocci, interim scbeduled for May 7. Inc. severed its tieS with TA..\Rp on agreement. with a non-for-profit enti octaves. 'This is a massive, massive, and act as the defense or plaintiff in a associate vice chancellor for student The African-American Rite of Aug. 19, 1999 after the charter school ty cannot have total control over the undertaking. " civil case concerning a lawsuit against affairs, the team was able to receive Passage L;aming and Education failed to find the pr9per facilities nec management decisions. On Thursday morning, one of the a tour service at Mount Everest. supplemental funding for expenses to Institute and Arthur J. Kennedy essary to provide over 426 kinder 'This was the whole basis for te.am's three squads will meet on cam "It', a lot like what you would see the national mpetition. Skills, or TAARP, is suing UMSL galt!'!n pupils with a place to learn. UMSL's attempted revocation of our pus and get ready for a lO-hour drive on the TV sbow 'The Practice,'" said In the past year, and earlier this over the revocation of their charter by Michael B. Ronan, chief operating Charter," Bevab said. "In addition to to St. Paul, Minnesota, where the LaMaJ.tina. 'That's exactly what we year. Smith. says that the organization Chancellor Blanche Touhill on Sept. officer of the Massachusetts-based this, UMSL is now questioning annual National American Mock Trial do." was funded by Alumni and local attor 13, 2000. company, expressed his fmstration whether or not Charter Consultants is Association national competition will But Jcspite the lawyer!courtroom neys and judges. Touhill, after receiving the recom over the entire situation in an inter qua1i:fied to make management deci be held. Forty other teams will join atmosphere, LaMartina stressed that In between competitions, the mock mendation from a three person view given to the Post Dispatch. "We sions ." them. the team wasn't just a "pre-law or trial team is coached by local attorneys administrative panel, b4Sed ber deci have provided this charter school all This is yet another point in which Area schools such as Saint Louis poly-sci" organization. Chuck Caisely and Matt Devoti. sion upon the following information. the assistance we could," Ronan said. Bey ab completely disagrees with University and Washington University "ft's a program really based in In the midst of the three-hour week- . First, TAARP submitted a new appli "It was just not feasible for us to con UNISL. "Charter Consultants is a are also competing, Danielle Smith, problem solving, thinking logically, . ly team meetings; and the scrimmages cation for a charter school that was to tinue." higbly qualified organization," be the team's treasurer said. and thinking on your feet," he said. ,vith SLU on Sunday evenings, the be operated with the assistance of a . Soon afterward, TAARP began said. "They operate the Charter new and entirely different education searching for a new management Academy out of Bellevle which has The eight-member team will com "And analyzing data. It's all built . team members ~-pend about ten hours a pete in a Federal Courthouse in front around the confines of the American week preparing for competition, Smith al management partner, Charter partner:. eventually signing an agree been in business for 18 or 19 years, of some of the area's local judges in a trial system." says. Consultants. Secondly, this new edu ment with Charter Consultants, a firm \ and are known as the charter school real-life trial format from Friday At the national competition two "It's like a part-time job," she cational management partner would out of Belleville, ill. The partnership experts in this area They are velY through Sunday. more witnes: es will be added to the added. have a significantly smaller role than became effective in early Jan. 2000. qua1i:fied. " Smith, LaMartina, Gina Mitten. Mount Everes t case, and each (eam Yet, through the late nights of that of Beacon Education Upon receiving the letter of re 0- , When asked what might have Homecoming Queen April Cline, will be told only thirty minutes in stressing over competitions, Smith Management Inc., the previous part cation from Touhill, Beyab immedi motivated UMSL to revoke Lakisha Dowd, Charlie Rosene, Jen advance whether they act as the says that the whole exper.ience is "fun, ner, in the overall operations of the ately filed an appeal to UM System . TAARP's charter, Beyab said, "I Suedemeyer, and Mike White will all defense or plaintiff, which is the same fun, fun.' charter schooL This included, but was President Manuel Pacheco, who think they are looking at my past and not limited to the hiring and dis upheld Touhill's decision. . what happened some 16 years ago missal of instructors and plincipals, This led directly to the law nit when I was incarcerated. They are the setting of economic goals and being filed by TAARP. It didn't come making a poor judgment: ' ~~~~Y.~! ... ~~ ,.!! ..? 1n.: pqe.~.! ...... standards, as well as control over as a surprise to UNlSL administrators, Beyah went on to defend himself would see necessarily," said Anderson. teacher evaluations. Third, most of including Bob Samples, director of by stating, '1 rehabilitated myself The completed phase one cost these day-to-day operations would be University Communications. when I was in pli on. I have a wife around $2.5 million dollars. According run exclusively by TAARP officials "I believe we acted in the best and .::hildren and contribute to the St. to Darandari, Phase two would cost $5 rather than the new management interests of the community as a Louis community. ." million and phase three would cost partner, Charter Consultants: whole. This includes taxpayers, Beyah expre d his thoughts $16 million. The renovation is UMSL administrators are simply teachers, and students alike," said concerning the viability of his law- . financed by money in the state budget. not convinced that officials at Samples. "We did the right thing by snit. "1 feel very confident in the Anderson notes that the plan for TAARP have the sufficient experi denying the charter," eyentual outcome," he said. "I renovation has been in place for about ence, expertise, and qua4fications Lamar Beyab sees the simation believe we will be victorious." four years, but other issues came up necessary to "satisfactorily undertake from a different perspective. "What "[The project] didn't bappen then j because the Perfooning Arts Center became the number one priority of the campus. We pulled all th .e plans out .-.=::.~ .~. ...~~.~.~ .~~~ .~~.. fr.?~.P.~?~.1...... last year, and we re doing SO this year." semester to park at UMSL. , and discuss options with VariOllS pe0- $l~. So we don't have a lot of confi said Anderson. "I can handle $25 a semester. I ple on campus, including students, dence that she really going to con" The earliest hope to get the funding can't handle $200 per semester: said said Samples. sider our viewpoint before she makes for the project would be i.1l late 2002, Mueller. The fact that UMSL is a Falast questions the Touhill's ge:; the next decision." the start of the new fiscal year for the commuter school and students have ture. TIle Student Social Work Gub state. to drive strengthens the argument "She didn't really give the Sffi was invited to meet with Toubill "Most likeIy w won't get the against higher parking fees said dents a chance to meet with her again, within a month, in which they money until 2002. If tomorrow they Construction of a three-phase renovation of Bentol' and Stadler Mueller. before she made this decision," aid will share more suggestions. tell us we're getting the money, we can all halted fter completing only the first phase because of Over the next year, Touhill will Falast. ' She didn't give the student a get started tomorrow," aid Darandari. a lack" of funding. . . ask for alternatives to parking fees chance before she raised it from $4 to • Thursday, March 15th 1mam -·3 pm University Bookstore, 209MSC Representatives from Jostens will be available to take orders and answer questions about the purchase of your class ring! They will be offering gre~t discounts on all rings. Attention: All Faculty Jostens will also be taking orders for the purchase of fine quality Q'owns. If you have ever considered purcha~ing one of your o~n, now is the time to do it! 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