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~ ANDY PHIPPS operating on the case. Both Business/Tech Editor department~ have also sought As a new year and another the help of other area law en­ semester begin at UM-St. forcement agencies in their Louis, fear still hangs in the search for suspects. air over t\V'0 sexual assaults Studem reaction to the that took place on campus two assaults was one of shock. late last year. Pam Berrs, senior, liberal The first incident took studies said, "It's kinda scary. place on Dec. 8 in a ladies re­ I don't travel to the south SIToom in the Social Sciences campus at ail, but just the Building on North Campus. idea of [the assault in the Though the victim was SSB] is scary; it's not even unharmed, her assailant did safe to go into the ";'omen's flourish a knife, . Lt. John' bathroom." Betts said that Schupp of the UM-Sr. Louis though in the past she had Police Department said. felt safe on campus, the as­ "Just that act in itself con­ saults have given her' second stitutes a serious felony," Sch­ thoughts. ,"Now. it's kinda upp said. like, maybe I should be a COURTESY / UMSL , Despite a search of the little leery," Betts said. (Top left) Des Lee and Tom G'eorge playing their instruments. (Right) Des Lee in his office, behind him is the hanger invention campus, the assailant man­ Matt Bohn, , senior, crimi- ' his business was founded upon. (Mid left) Des ~nd , BI~nche Touhill. (Bottom left) Des and a middle sch_ool student, go-karting. aged ro get away. nal justice, was also shocked Two days later on Dec. 10, by the two assaults. ~ JESSKA KEiL time he sold his business, the company was worth over $80 a woman was assaulted oft" "1 just think that it's crazy Editor-in-Chiel million. West Drive on South Cam­ that it happened in our own Last Tuesday, while middle and high school students filled But for Des, giving away his money seemed to make him pus. The assailant forced her backyard ... 1 guess we just me Touhill for the Des Lee Big Band Jazz Festival, me uni­ far happier than spending it. into the backyard of a private take our safety for granted on versity's flag flew at half staff, in remembrance of the life of "He's given away; clearly, when you count the dollars, residence in Bel-Nor and sex- campus," Bohn said. philanthropist,:E. Desmond "Des" Lee, who died earlier that nearly $80 mHlion, so he must have made at least that much ,; uaily assaulted her. The UM-St. Louis police morning at the age of 92. from his company,'" George said. The location of the crime department responded swift­ 'He loved that festival," Chancellor Tom George said. "He always used to tell me, 'I've given ail my money rook this second incident out ly to the incidents to ensure . "He Im.'-ed big, bands, he loved jazz. One of his favorite runes awayl'" ofUM-Sr. Louis polite juris­ that students would feel safe was 'When the Saints· go Marching in.'" Specifically, Des gave a significant amount of his money diction. on campus in the. wake of A World War II veteran~ Des Lee w?S also a successful to the Univetsity of Missouri-St. Louis. Bel-Nor police did arrest both incidents. businessman who "starred from scratch and built his own a suspect and both police business" in Jackson, Mo. after t.he war, said George. By the See DES LEE, page 2 departments have been co- ,See SECURITY, page 2

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EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief...... : ...... Jessica Keil Managing Editor...... Matthew Hill News Editor...... ;...... Anna Marie Curran Features Editor...... Sequfta Bean BusinessfTech Editor...... Andy Phipps Sports Editor ...... , ~ ...... Cedric Williams . The . veteran conttibured of closest friends Assistant Sports Editor...... -...... Anthony Padgett' hope to the St. Louis region AU Des) called to stop by and view the A&E Editor...... : ...... Cate Marquis over $14 millio'n to establish ".. he identified with that, · refer to .him as a "people­ proceedings) but would not Asst. A&E Editor...... Joe Schaffner . 19 endowed professorships and wanted to nurture that," person," some~ne who loved be satisfied by JUSt. watching. Opinions Editor...... ,...... Andrew Seal and operate the Des Lee Col­ George said. ]jfe, and loved to be cQgaged. Sranding' ar 6".foot-5-inches, Copy Editors ...... Stacy Beckenholdt, Rebecca Nuckolls laborarive Vision, underwrite Des Leeis passion in life That . is possibly why Des Des squeezed himse).f in a Proofreader...... : ...... Chera Meyer scholarships. such as the Des was education, his -director wanred to start the innovative tiny go-cart: with a 9th-grade - . Staff Wrfter.s ... -;-..... ~:.. ..-...... AafOn ' Holdmeye~ Lee Scholars program. and for the Des Lee Collaborative Des Lee Collaborarive Vi­ girl. Matthew B. Henry, Jen Q'Hara l support construction on the Vision and good friend, Stef­ sion) consisti!1-g of en40wed.. "She drove off like a mani­ Kevin Korine~ ; Chris Stewart Technology and Learning fawe Rockette, said. professors who are required ac with Des in the passenger's Center as well as the Touhill "' He made his money the to spend exactly half of their sear," Rockerte s."l.id, "and he DESIGN Performing Arts Center on old tashioned way-through . time en~jng and working was wa~ving and having the Design Editor...... ,...... Gene Doyel best time of his life. That's the . Photo Editor ...... :...... : ...... ,...... Michelle Kaufman campus. hard. work-and education wi th the disadvantaged in the Assistant Photo Editor...... Jennifer Meahan His service in wwri had made a major dLfference community. Des I know.-" _ Page Designers ...... Zachary James Kraft, Phil Freeman mighr have something to do in his life," Rockette said. Des would often have Des Lee's memorial ser­ Staff Photographers ...... Ahmad Aljuryyed, Erin Sturguess, with his deep connection to «He believed rh.at every good lunch meetings with the en­ vice was held 1hu~sday, and Web Editor...... : ...... Zachary James Kraft UM -S(. .La uis, considering kid deserves a chance at edu­ dowed professors just to find Chancellor George, Ste.ffanie Iliustrators ...... Paul Maguire, Cody Perkins his alma mater is actuall} cation ... he believed that re­ out how their community Rocketre, Blanche Touhill, Washington Unive rsity: Dur­ gar~ less of wrong-doing, that work was going, while pre­ the St. Louis Symphony Or­ BUSINESS ing the war, D es led a uhlt of poopl a{e good, and educa.­ fe.rril1g an informal setting. chestra and his wife Mary Business Manager...... Da n Pryor all African-American _oldiers tion \ s hope. He loved all Rockerte~ who frequently Anne and three children Advertising Director...... Dan Pryor and would often talk of the of us." planned the meetings, said \ ere onl} a few of the near- Distribution Manager...... Erin Sturguess discrimination he "messed Des Lee has been caUed Des required three things at: 500 people '\>'\iho packed the Training Director ...... Andy Phipps Adviser...... ,...... Charlotte Petty which had lasting efFect on ' the man of 20 questions. every luncheon: an Arnold church in his memory. At the him. Nor only did he srrrve to Palmer,_ chocolate chip cook­ end) just as Des would have "We serve m re under­ ensur educa.tion for anyone ies, and decaf coffee." liked it, the congregation privileged and disadvantaged ·WWW.thecurrentonline.com who w:anted it, he also had an Des Lee essentially loved marched our of the church studenrs rhan anyone else, insaticwle appetire for Je~rrr­ engaging and me~ting llet-V singing "When the SaintS go we have the largest diversity ing. p'cople, especially children. Marching in." MCMA population, [and] we have "When he fi.rst mer you Rockette recalled a

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Back to school! What did you do over Winter Break?

"I played Borderlands "I got engaged over and Cau of Duty 4: the break to Grace­ Modem Warfare 2 on Marie Ritter." the Xbox 360."

This week: How was your Eric Callaway Josh Unn wj nter break? Junior Senior CCJ Mathematics Answer at ------___ -- __ - __ - - --- _____. - - - ___ . _a ______.______www.thecurrentonline.com Stats taken frof!! Gal/up. com "I went to Minnesota to "I moved from Illinois to visit some friends. I also Missouri." went to Indianapolis."

Property Damage/Stealing Under $500.00 - Parking Lot ww Sometime between 7:15PM and 9:30 PM person(s) unknown broke out the window of a Phillip Han Rebecca Mokuolu parked vehicle and stole a man's watch from inside. Nothing else was taken and there are no Sophomore Sophomore suspects in this incident Pre-Pharmacology Economics

Burglary 2nd Degree - Provincial House . Sometime over the weekend person(s) unknown unlawfully entered into an office and stole a laptop computer and digital camera from inside. There were no immediate signs of forced entry into the area. The crime scene was processed and all items of evidence collected are being sent to the St louis County Crime lab for analysis in order to identify a suspect.

Assault .: Social Science and Business Building On Tuesday 12-08-09 at approximately 4:20 pm a student was accosted on campus. The student was approached in the woman's restroom on the first floor of Social Science and Business. The suspect was not successful in his attack and fled the scene. A search of the area was conducted afterward, and the suspect was not !n the building.

Institutional Vandalism - MariHac Hall Men's restroom SOfTletime overnight the men's bathroom in the lower level of Marillac Hall under the Barnes library was vandalized. The suspect deposited human feces on the back of the toilet tank and flush handle assembly area. ,It appears from the investigation that the placement of the feces was done intentionally and not deposited by accident.

Road Rage/Fugitive Arrest - ,West Drive parking ga_rage The UMSL police were called about 2:00 PM for a suspicious vehicle occupied by several subjects following the caller onto campus and rnto and subsequently out of the West Drive Garage. The caller indicated that the other vehicle was following her and she was afraid for her safety to stop. The UMSlPoHce located the vehicles in question on West Drive and was able to stop them near.the intersection of West Drive and Mark Twain. Once all ohhe information was gathered, it was d-etermined that a "Road Rage" incident b~gan off campus 'on Northbound \-170 at the Highway 70 Eastbound entrance ramp, and continued all tbe way to the campus. The two drivers are UMSL students. JANUARY 19, '2010 I ~hc (turrent I 5

~ANDY PHIPPS Business/Technology Editor t used to be that everywhere you looked there would be somebody talking on a ceU phone. Now, 'almost every-· I where you look there- i? a person using their cell phone to surf the net, watch a video or playa game. AU of these additional distractions have been made possible by high-speed ceUular data networks and new smartphones designed to make use of them. These technologies have changed average cell phones into incredible powerful handheld computers with prices that have fallen considerably. But, JUSt lik.e in the 1990s when a flood of cheap personal com­ puters created a platform war between Microsoft and Apple, com­ peting mobile phone platforms and senrice providers are currently doing the saine thing. The big difference now is freedom of choice, If you are in the market for a smanphone these days, you have more than twO choices. Here is a rundown of the five most popular smartphone platforms, models and service providers.

P~m Pre (Palm) iPhone 3G/3GS (Apple) Available through Sprint Available through AT&T Price: 5149 with contract Price: $99 TO $199 with contract Storage: 8GB Storage: 8 TO 16GB • Web Brow inglE-Mail: Yes \,\feb Browsing/E-Mail: Yes Wifi: Yes Wifi: Yes . GPS: Yes GPS: Yes Camera: Ye ,3.0 Megapixels, No video recording Camera: Yes, J.O Megapixels, 'ideo recording only 'On 3GS NfP3 Audio/MP4 Video Player: Yes MP3 AudioJlv1P4 Video Player: Yes Available Applications: :'\00+ Available Applications: 90,000+ Talk time: 300 minutes Talk time: 300 minures A.... erage monthly cost: $89.99 Average monthly cost: $109.99

Blackberry Storm (RIM) An,ilable through Y, rizon Price: 9.99 (\'Xlirh contracr/upgrade from Verizon) Storage: 1 GB Web Browsing/E-lvfail: Yes 'X1ifi: GPS: Yes Camera: Yes, 3.2 lvlegapixe1s with Video Recording 1tfP3 Audio/MP4 Video IJbyer: Yes ' Available Applicarions: 2,000+ Talk time: 300 minutes Droid (Motorola) with Google Android OS Average monthly cost: $89.99 Available through Veriwn Price: $199 with contract , Storage: 16GB Web BrowsingiE-Mail: Yes Omnia i900 (Samsung) With Windows Mobile Wifi: Yes Available thropgh AT&T and Verizon GPS: Yes Price: $389 ' Camera: Yes, 5.0 M~apixe1s) vi'ith video recording Storage: 8 or 16GB MP3 Audio/MP4 Video Player: Yes - Web Browsing/E-Mail: Yes ' Available Applications: 10,000+ Wifi: Yes Tatkrime: 600 minutes GPS: Yes Average monthly cost: $109.99 Camera: Yes,' 5 Megapixels with Video Recording 1v1P3 Audio/MP4 Video Player: Yes· Ayailable Applications: 400+ Talk time: 600 m~nutes Ave~age monthly cost: $109.99 6 I ~hc ~rrcnt ! 19 2010

Technology Review: ve good y

o e , ype o ·wa e IMAGE CO·URTESY OF GOOGLE INC. Google losing its edge on the Internet? example. Likewise, it's one wave shared by many; not a lot of product, fails when applied to Google . Wave. Collaborative ~GENE DOYEL e-mails flying back and forth from per-fon to person cluttering . projects -like the ones Google Wave hopes to house usually Design Editor up the inbox. work better with a lot of people: and the nature of only allow­ finally got Google Wave .. The grocery list was a resounding success, and a lot easier ing select people in dll.[ing the beta period,qJ.a.kes the collab­ After months of being teased by the prospect of a than calling back and forth on the phone, or wasting time orative aspects of the system limited, if not nonexistent. . I new Google service (following up the awesome Gmail writing everything down on paper and then scratching it out They do, however, provide you with a number of invites, and useful Google Voice), and weeks of begging people for when I changed I?Y mind. But this is a fairly simple collabora- so I suppose that you could get more people on, but at the . invites, I finally got it: Google Wave, the end-all be-all of in­ same time, there's thousands upon thousands of people on the ternet applications. Or, at least that's what they want you to In ternet that would kill or at least maim your enemies for an believe. invite. Al)d the invites take a while to go through; after having Google advertises it as an online tool designed to let the "Communicate and the system for a few weeks, I still only have 7 people that I can· . user "communicate and collaborate in rea! time." Or, less ad­ collab~)fate with. vertising-y, a bunch of people can work.on a 'project together collaborate in real time." In short,· while Google Wave h~ enormous potential to at the same time, only they don't have to be in ere same room. • change and improve the way that people work together, it will Anxious to get in my, Google Wave account and get col­ _ -Google be interesting to see if it will catch on. Hopefully the current laborating, I called my girlfriend (also a Google Wave user) to users don't stop using' it while waiting for others to join up. make our grocery list for the week. The process is pretty straightforward: create a wave for the tion; what about more complex projects, like planning that project and attach people you want to work on the project to .vacation or the company's quarterly"budget? the wave. Everybody can then work on it at the same time. Impossible to ·know! Google's familiar beta-release system, What's great about the system is mat It's a little richer in fea- . which allows only select people to use their product at first Rating: [ures thah e-mail: the ability to add polls and embed video, for wbile they work out the kinks and generate buzz about the JANUARY 19, 2010 I ~hc (turrent I 7

TECHNOLOGY HOTWIRE

3~D technol.ogy: industry savior r just Cybercriminals take advantage ofH aiti Tragedy:

In th~ wake of the earthquake that killed over 100,000 another false profit? people in Haiti, scam e-mails quickly began appearing in e-mail inboxes soliciting donar,ions to aid organizations There were ·ultra-thin HDT­ ing heady 30 years old. Re­ has always been. that would wind up in the pockets of scammers. Vs, even-smaller tabletPCs member when 3-D took the That's because watching P~ople interested in donating to relief efforts are en­ and e-readers galore. theater world by storm back 3-D at home is a curn,per­ couraged to give through the Web sites of aid organiza­ The oft-hoped-for Apple in the 1980s? No? _some business, requiring each tions directly to avoiq fraud. tablet was not present, but What about when it de­ person to have a pair of 3-D rumors about it swirled wild­ buted in the 50s? No again? glasses. It's all well and good Late night talk feud highlights a crumbling-broadcaster: lyon the show Boor. Point in case. when a new release comes The very public battle between Jay Leno and Con~n However, it was 3-D tech­ The thing is, 3-D is a gim­ . with some; the movie Cora­ O 'Brien brought into focus the troubles NBC/Universal nology that had the larg­ mick. Ir always has been, and line, for exa~ple, came with faces as its -acquisition by cable provider Comcast draws est presence at CES. Ar this it always will be. Sure, James four pairs. nearer to completion. expo, a lot of things were Cameron's Avatar is taking Families or groups with The $30 billion deal would take the broadcasting giant, three dimensional: expensive the world by storm, with over more than four people are which has seen declining ratings in recent years, under the 3-D ca1neras, a 24-hour 3-D $1 billion earned so far and out of luck though, reduced management of the largest cab!e services provider in the TV channel -(co-pioneered over 70 percent of its viewers to cannibalizing pairs from United States. . by ES-PN, Discovery, Uv1AX, watching the movie in 3-D. other releases that included ~ ANDREW SEAL Opinions Editor and Sony), new_kinds of 3-D But Avatar has also been _glasses. Rumors swirl about supposed Apple tablet: glasses, the first 3-D DirecTV in the works since 1994, and Moreover, noV{ is not the A product that was not even there domiclated the re­ For the past 43 years, the broadcast, as well as a new the decision to film in 3-D time for pricey new televi­ cent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: the .greatly first few weeks of January generation of 3-D TVs and was only made as recently as sions_ There's an economic rumored Apple Tablet. The device, which will allegedly be have been home to the Con­ computer monitors. 2006. crisis currently in full-swing, priced benveen the· $199 iPhone and the $99 M acBook sumer Electronics Show, or But, does anyone really It was an isolated inci­ and on tOp of that, hom~ 3-D they currently offc::-[, is expected be Apple's answer to cheap CES. This year's CES featured care about 3-D? Ir's · hardly dent-but even if it turns is usually lousy. PC netbooks that have Booded the market in recenr years. a wealth of new and fascinat­ a new technology with the our nor to be, 3-D will still An Apple media event scheduled for Jan- 27 is its rumored ing technological products. "modern: ~ version of 3-D be- be regulated to theaters like it See 3-D, page 15 introduction date. Small and vahwble, ,ele,ctronics are high priority items for IBivi. CEO sap go green or get left behind: Easy targets In an address at the Royal Institute of International would be campus crImInals . Affairs in the U.K., IBl\1 CEO Sam Palmisano said that ~ ANNA MARIE CURAN Detective Marisa Smi th Smith said. "[Once] I was working at companies th;t do not" actively work toward reducing News Editor of the UM-St. Louis police "This makes it easy for the library and this lady -and a waste in their operations would be left behind in the re­ department Said that while anyone to rake items that do friend were studying. emerging economy. - Students having items Sto­ the theft of digiral devices on - not belong to them." She went down to smoke a Palmisnao has previously embarked IBM on rEsearch len while on campus has been campus does occur, it is not a . Like th~ majority of crimes cigarette, came back, and her endeavors aimed at providing solutions to businesses in­ a problem at college campus­ common problem. committed on campus, it is laptop, which she had left, terested in reducing waste generated by their use of tech­ es for several years. Smith also said that sru­ ·not usually Sl:Udents srealing was gone," Beeman said. nology. The police deparrm-ent at dents often increase their risk the digital devices of other "She saw a guy wi th [the University of !\1issouri-St. of having their personal be­ students_ Smith said that same] black bag that was leav­ Wide variety ofelectric -hybrid cars make dr-but at Detroit Louis said rhat one of the rea­ longings stolen without even "most of the suspects [that ing and a couple weeks later auto show: sons srudents often find their realizing itl simply by assum­ have been] caught have not he was back with the sanle In the wake of; the financial crisis and ongoing energy belongings taken is because ing that it is okay to leave been students_" exact computer." problems, the number of soon-to-be available elec[riclhy­ they leave them either unat­ them unattended. Library e~ployee Claire Beeman went on to say brid cars on display at this year's Detroit uto Show was te~ded andJor in plain sight "Our common problem is Beeman, senior, business ad­ that the man was a "regular" greater than it has been in previous years. for potential thieves. students leaving their prop­ minisuation, said that she has to the library and that other Toyota had its 2010 plug-in hybrid Prius model on dis­ The theft of digital devices erty- unattended, which al­ noticed there are some people students had noticed him play while American auto makers had their own offerings. such as laptops, phones and lows a thief to steal anything who are "regulars" at rhe li­ "eyeing their stuff." GM introduced a finalized version of the Chevy Yolt hy­ MP3 players are no excep­ from books, cameras, laptops, brary who are not necessarily brid while the 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid won best of show. tion. to money and credit cards," students. See TARGETS, page 28

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Men's basketball falls short to Quincy Triton men getting ready for 'some wins at hom~

~ CEDRIC WILLIAMS point attempts. Quincy hit throws on Quincy's next pos­ as they'll host five straight Sports Editor . 52 percent of its field goal session before Jeremy Brown, home games at the Mark tries, tncluding a sizzling -senior, physical' education, Twain Building beginnirtg Quincy, Ill.-The last time 5-of-8 from three-point made the game very int~rest­ . Monday, Jan. 18, when Bel­ the University ofMissouri-St. range, to grab a 40-24 half­ ing with back-to-back threes larmine comes to town. ' Louis men's basketball team time lead. that cut Quincy's lead to 63- Quite possibly the big­ faced a nationally-ranked The second half began .55 with just over five minutes gest home game of the season team' with a 14-0 record, the with more of the same as left. . will take place on Thursday, Tritons sOWldiy sent that Quincy twice pushed its lead The Tritons· twice cut the Jan. 21,owhen UM-St, Louis t~am (Bellarmine University to as many as 22 points. deficit to seven points with 'will host its Pack the Stands in Feb. 2009) home with its But in the firial 10 min­ about three minutes' to play, Night game againsr- rival St. first foss of the year. utes, UM-St. Louis mounted b~t Quincy's . Billy Baptist, Joseph's. ~s season, UM-Sr. a furious rally. who led all scorers ''''ith 26 That night, the university Louis had the same kind of Adam Ka:atm an , senior, points, hit an 18-foot jump­ is hoping to set its attendance opportunity as it traveled to accowlting, got the Tritons er, and Burke added a dagger high for the season by in­ Quincy University's Pepsi going when· he hit a three­ three-pointer with less than a. viting all current students, Arena last Thursday evening pointer from the wing. minute left to put the game alumni, faculty and Staff to to face the unbeaten and No. Eddie \X7hite, junior, ele­ away. attend both the men's and 14 ranked Hawks. mentary education, followed Starters Brown and Beau­ women's basketball games Unfonunately, the ~)Ut. that with a "lay-up that fur­ mont Beasley, sophomore, against St. Joseph's by offer­ come was ~ot nearly the ther cut i\1to Quincy's lead. undecided, each scored 15 ing free admission, free food same as with Bellarmine; the Quincy's Tyler Burke an­ points to pace the Tritol!s on and giveaways to all that at­ Hav..rks built a big lead against swered with a three-point Thursday. Key reserves Kaat­ tend. the Tritons, then held on late bucket for the Hawks. ' man and White came off the Also that night, the ~i­ for a 75-63 win. However, Kaatman an­ bench to make strong contri­ versity's new mascot will be "They're a good swered back with another butions. unveiled to fans for the first team," Ulvf-Sr. Louis head three of his own that seemed Kaatman finished with time and the athletic depart­ coach Chris Pilz said. to fire up his teammates and nine points, and · White ment's new cheerleading "They're better than us forced Quincy to take a time­ had 11 points and four as­ squad will be making their right now. They were able to · out. sists. debut. force us into bad shots in that After the timeout, White The loss dropped UM­ The other three games on first half. JUSt too many bad made two brilliant plays on S!: Louis' record to 10-6 on the Tritons' five-game homes­ Gaurd Jeremy . shots." back-to-back possessions, the season and 4-3 in Great rand ,,:;rul be Saturday, Jan. 23 in action against Ch The Tritons shot a dismal including a sprawling layup Lakes Valley Conference play. against Illinois-Springfield; Brothers on Dec. 21. 33 percent in that first half, and three-point play that cut The Tritons will get sev­ Thurs~ay, Jan. 28 against making just 9-of-27 shots, Quincy's leag to 12. ~ral chances to l!nprove those Drury; and finally Saturday, including just 4-of-15 three- Burke made ,twO free marks in the comi!lg weeks, Jan. 30 against Rockhurst. . FILE PHOTO / THE CURRENT . Men's basketball 10-6, will begin semester with five home games Our Triton men prepare for the final home stretch in the new year

~ CEDRIC WILLIAMS said his team hit a bit of a lull Christmas,"·Pilz said. back once the calendar and Indianapolis. (152), points in a half (83, Sports Editor during the firSt part of the "1 don't really think the turned. That win over Maryville which UM-St. Louis scored win ter break. guys were distracted much. They went on ·to 'win three on Jan. 2 was quite a show. in the second half), total as­ After starting the year with The Tritons lost three We juSt didn't play well in o( the4 first four i-unes in UM-St. Louis set five pro­ sists (39), team shooting a 6-0 record for the first time nonconference games in a some games against some 2010, including . a record­ gram and three GLVC re­ percentage (70 percent), and in school hisrory, and ' see­ rdw to close out December, good teams. And when you setting win over new Great cords with its 152-107 win total field goals (63). ing that record go to 7-1 by and were in danger of wast- . don't play like you're sup­ Lakes Valley Conference rival over the Saints that night, The 152 points scored was the time first semester finals ing their red-hot start with a PQsed to, y~u're gonna get Maryville University, and ~o UMSL sports information also a record for most points were CDmpleted, University winter-cold finish to 2009. beat." straight hean-pounding wins said. in a GLVC game. of Missouri-St. Louis men's "We didn't play ~ea1 well Fortunately, the Tritons at home in the final seconds The Tritons set new all­ basketball coach Chris Pilz in those games right aroUIid managed to get their groove against Northern Kentucky time marks for poims scored See MEN, page 12 _10~1~_!_hc_~_u_IT_m_t~I_JA_N_U_AR_Y_1_9~,2_0_1_0 ______~-- ~~~~~-::-< .~-~~--~----~- Super freshman, super sophomore Excitment on the volle ball'court

~ MATTHEW B. HENRY feet ten inches, off a three­ she obtained this improve­ Staff Writer step approach at the net," ment over last season------':'was Jones said. "So she's about put together by Jones. It in­ University of Missouri-St. t\'vo feet above the net and cluded lifting weights for 45 Louis middle hitter, Weslie that's what we look for. We minutes-either upper body Gaff, sophomore, is one of want kids to contact the ball or lower body-and then the most imposing figures high above the net, because running 20 minutes on an in all of Great Lakes Vallt.::: they can then hit it over elliptical or 15 minutes of Conference volleyball. blocks, and the angle of hit­ sprints. The 6'1 Gaff recently be­ ting the ball into the court is' Another aspect of her came the GLVC leader in greater." training is playing club vol­ total blocks (78) and solo Even at 6' 1 Gaff consid­ leyball for Illini Elite. It is a blocks (23) on the season, ers herself "a little short" for member of the Junior Vol­ and is a major reason why her position, and believes her leyball Directots Association UM -St. Louis where teams \~as tied for se-c- ...... travel allover FILE PHOTO / THE CURRENT ond pla"ce ,'lith " ... she's about two feet and compete for a 12-6 record the U.S. Volley­ ~ MATTHEW B. HENRY Setter Kayla Kinzinger, junior, educa­ heading into last above the net and that's ball Champi­ Staff Writer. tion, directed the UM-St. Louis offense weekend's play. onships. When with. 43 assists against Lewis, and 51 against "The biggest w hat we look for.. " asked what she The University of Missouri-St. Louis uwp. While the best libero in the cQnfer­ thing for Weslie -Trent Jones, Head Volleyball Coact"! thinks of Coach women's volleyball team might be setting .ence, Carolyn Holstein, junior, business, is she is tremen- Jones: ('He's a some kind of record for exciting matches lead the defensive effort with 32 digs on Fri­ dously stronger ...... -...... great guy," Gaff this season. day and 25 on Saturday. than she was last year as a leaping ability helps her verti­ said. Even when the Tritons do not play their The 1-1 weekend gives the Tritons a 13-7 freshman," head Triton vol­ cal reach. Jones agreed. "He's really personable, he best, they still seem to somehow make a record on the season, and leaves them in a leyball coach Trent Jones said. "She's a great middle­ really c~es about his girls a match exciting, and it has been that way all four-way tie for fourth place in the GLVC, "That's really important for blocker (with) tremendous lot, and tries to make things season. That is what happened in both of • with Drury, Rackhurst, and Southern Indi­ her position, middle-blocker, leaping ability," Jones said. best for them and puts in a UM-St. Louis' matches last \veekend. ana. All four teams have a 4-2 conference because you hay~ to be 'really "She's a really

• CEDRIC WILLIAMS The Ladyhawks hit 16-of-26 three-point Burgin's hot shooting erased what had frustrate Quincy coach J.D. Gravina. But it Sports Editor attempts in the contest to turn what began as been a fantastic start for the Tritons, who led was not long before the Ladyhawks got going. a close game into a lopsided 99-57 win over 17 -11 with just over 10 miriutes left in the Led by a mid-range jumper and back_-to­ Quincy, Ill.-Some seriously hot three­ the Tritons. - first half. UM-St. Louis had hit three early - back threes by Burgin, Quincy went on a 15-0 point shooting by the No. 22-ranked Quincy - Five different · Quincy players hit at least three-pointers of their own, including a 23- run to grab a lead it would never relinquish Ladyhawksproved too much for the Univer­ two three-pointers against UM -St. Louis, led foot bomb by Lindsey Ransome, senior, com­ at 26-17. sity of Missouri-St. Louis women's basketball by senior Janette Burgin, who hit four shots munications, to give them the lea,d. team when the teams played last Thursday at from long range and led all scorers with 18 The Tritons fired-up start to the game Quincy's Pepsi Arena. points. managed to silence the Pepsi Arena crowd and See QUINCY, page 11 JANUARY 19, 2010 '([he ~ITrnt 11

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Still, the Tritons held the game by sinki!1g free throws where we're crying tog9." Moments later, Kristi a 19 ~ run, which included Currently, UM-St. Louis record for less than a: week, as with less than a minute left. " The Tritons are nov:, 10-6 " White, senior, accounting, two more three-pointers by sits in fourth place in the Southern Indiana scoted 153 ' Against NKU, Bea5ley hit on the· season,"and will look had the highlight play of the Burgin in the final five min­ GLVC West with a 2-5 mark points against Maryville six the second of two free throws to improve on that mark with night fo~ the Tr,iton,s .when utes ofthe half to lead at the in league games. But the Tri­ days later t~ set a new m~k. with 35.7 seconds left, then five straight home games .over she hit a three-pointer while break 47-32. tons will get their chance to " Although th ~ outcom~ of helped force an errant game­ the next two weeks. getting 'mauled by a Quincy The second half began improve their record with . the Maryville game was de­ winning shot attempt by the During" thar- time, . UM­ defender, for a four-point with a promising start for five straight home g~leS " termined very early on, the Norse to seal a 57-56 win -for­ St. Louis will host GLVC play that made the score 26- . the Tritons as White made over the next two weeks. same could not . be said for the Tritons. contests against Bellarmine 21. a layup and got fouled for This week, UM-St. the two home games UM-St. Then two days later, on J~. 18; Sr. Joseph's on Teammate Kelly Carter, a three-point play, and Louis will host Bellarmine ~ Louis h<;ls played in 2010. against UIndy, Beasley broke Jan. 21; Illinois-Springfield junior, elementary 'educa­ teammate Hailee Deckard, on Monday, Jan: 18; St. Both the Jan. 7 contest a 60-60 tie with nvo free on Jan. 23; No. 22-ranked tion, followed up White's sophomore, secondary edu­ Joseph's on Pack the Stands against NKU and the Jan. 9 . throws with just 2.4 seconds Drury 01'i. Jan. 28; and Rock­ effort With a brilliant play of cation, hit two free throws Night on Thursday, Jan. 21 ; matchup against UIndy came left to " give U1v1-St: Louis a hurst on Jan. 30. her own on UM-St. Louis' to pull Ulvl-St. Louis within and Illinois-Springfield on down to the final seconds, 62-60 win over the Grey­ Each of these very impor­ next possession. The 5-foot- 50-37. Saturday, Jan. 23. with the Tritons pulling out hounds. tant matchups vvill be played 7 guard from Blooming­ But that was as close as Next week, the Tritons wins both times. "We were much better at the lYfark Twain Building. ton, Ill., beat one defender the Tritons would get in a will host Drury on Thurs­ Beaumont Beasley, sopho­ [against Northern Kentu~ky F~rthermore, they will off the dribble, then spun second half when they were day, Jan. 28 and Rockhurst more, undecided, had' the and Indianapolis}," Pili said. go a long way rO\vard deter­ away from another to hit a outscored 52-25. Carter, on Saturday, Jan. 30. game in his hapds both "[The GLVC] ' is the besr mining when and where the dazzling fadeaway jumper, De~kard , and Ransome led All five' "games will times. And borh rimes, the league in the country, and it's Tritons m}ghr pl~y when the while also getting fouled for UM-St. Louis in scoring in be played ar the Ma-rk Tritons' starting point guard gonna take that kind of effort postseason begins in late Feb­ a three-point play that made the game with eight points Twain Buildjng with and leading scorer won the for us ro win games and get ruary. the score 26-24. apiece, while · White and the Monday and Thursday The teams traded buck­ Kelly Mitchell, junior, com­ contests scheduled for 5:30 ets on each of rheir next munications, ~dded seven p.m. tipoffs, while both ?at­ Coaches Corner while other teams them every season. And I'm possessions before Quincy points each as the Tritons urday cor;tests are scheduled have comebacks not one to make jU~OTI1ents took control for good with fell to 6-10 on the season. to begin at 1 p:m. ~aainst you. What on ariyone. enjoyed watch­ ~ CEDRIC WILLIAMS r Sports Editor is it about this team that, no ing him play, and r think it's matter "what, we as observers good that he spoke out and Each week, sports editor can be sure the game's going finally got it all out. r just Two sides of Trito sba sketball Cedric Williams ""rill sit down to be exciting at the end? hope that ir -helps other peo­ with one of the UM-St~ Louis " CP: -We try to create ple, young people" especially ~ MATTHEW B.. HENRY Lisa Curliss-Taylor said "As low single digit deficits. coaches and have a conversa­ an identity where we're going make better choices. Staff Writer far as on the court, as far as The ke.y to the Tritons' tion about all kinds of sports to be the hardest-playing and C: And finally coach, In classic English litera­ earning even a nl!lmber­ performance that night was and life issues. This \veek, Ce­ toughest team on the floor. If UMSLs Pack the Stands ture there is that double fig­ even a uniform-you got: to the career-high 3 1 points by dric spoke with m n's basket­ people come out and see guys Night promotion" is com­ ure representing the good of earn it." Kristi "The Captain" White, ball coach Chris Pilz. Here is like Eddie White, or Ryan ing up., and that's going to life and the bad of life: Rob­ 'Then queuing up that senior, accounting, or K.J. just a snippet of that conver­ Lawre.nce, or Zach Redel, be a pretty exciting night for ert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Je­ old phrase so often said in as she is affectionately called sation: people are gonna see what Urv1SL basketball. \'i7hat's kyll and Mr. Hyde. Sports and repeated by win­ by her teammates. Ceddie: Well coach, you . effort is. We've got gUys that it like for you guys getting The University of Mis­ ners everywhere, "When the Another bright spOt in guys are 10-6 now, heading dive on the floor,.. and step ro play in that atmosphere souri-Sr. Loui~ Triton bas­ going gets tough, rhe tough rhe 5 and 2 run was Hail­ down the final stretch of the over and take charges, and at home, with a big crowd, ketball team is only halfway get going," Dr. Jeykll arrived ee "Spin Move" Deckard, season. What do you guys (hat's why I've enjoyed com­ lots of noise and excitement, through their regular season, with the good of life. sophomore, secondary edu­ have to do now ro be the ing to practice with them ev­ when usually you've some and they have had a Dr. Je­ The Lad)' Tritons created " cation, with a _career-h igh team vou want to be when err .day, and why We' ahvays smaller crowds " for home kyll and M r. Hyde first half a record of 5-2 in their next 28 points in the win against postseason gets here? have some excitement in our ganles this year? of a regular season. even games, finish ing the Lincoln. Coach Pilz: \Xi'here we're games. CP: I can't stress enough Opening th sea on with first half y" ith a record of Then came Caitlin going ro make our piggest C: Coach, I knowyuu're how much it helps to ha'.- .: a mn over Linden ood on 6-9. "6-foot-3-inch' Moody, gains is our preparation in also a big fan of some other big ero ds in our g) m for th Chu k m ith oUft, Wh n asked about this sophomore, ph)' ical educ - practice. We' e gor to get our Sr. Louis area sports teams games. I played here in the r. H d , or ill bad of rurnaround, "The Com­ rio n, with a career-high 27 execution in practice, and and the:"ve all got some majoi." late 80s and earl) 90 back ' life appeared. Suddenly; th mander' Curliss-Taylor said po int· in the win c gainst our intensity in practice -up n s going on \ iIb them. So when we used to ha\ e a 10 t Lad ~ Tritons w re 1-7. 'The chemistry is back. That Missouri &T, and Kelly a little bit more. We've got I'm just gonna ask our opin­ of big CfO\ -d . So I know it O ne bright spot within was the biggest turn round "The lvlodes(" Carr r ju­ to take care of the basketball. ion of a couple of other T L gives y u a lot of ex h emenr that seven-game "bad of ill past few we '." illo r. elementary education, And we've got to mature and sports que tions ... hat do and en rgy to play when y u life p ruon as Kelcy "I And one of rh e tvv with a eer-high 22 point grow, and kno\.... that every f­ you think of the hole Mark se lots of pe pl com out to " lik to bang up on p pte" loss s in !:har s cond half of in the \ rin against Northern fensive possession and every McGwire conuO\ters with . se 'y u play and ou knO\: Hulbert s. junior, elem' n­ th fi rst half of the regular I -en tue k)'. defensive possession matters his recent admission thar he they 'appreciate the hard Iary ducation; fi rs t CO ntest season was to GLVC rival W hen ask d which play­ when you play in this league. did use steroids while he was work ou pur in and how ou ba k when she manufac­ and (hen-ranked o. 16, er's p "rforma nce stood OUt C : FOF whatever reason, playing? play. tured a double-doubJe, " 12 Quincy. the most during the 5 and it seems every game you CP: Well, I'm about -like HopefUlly, we'll get a lot of points and 12 rebounds. In the Quincy contest 2 run, The Commander" guys play winds up with anybody else from around those crazy students to come But because Hulbert t4e Tritons were down tWO Curliss-Taylor was quick to some kind of excitement here. I'm a lifelong St. Louis out and support us, and we'll sPOrtS # 12 on her jerse times by 15+ points but answer. at the end. You guys make Cardinals baseball fan. I love have a lor of fun playing that head' women's basketball dug deep and manufactured comebacks on other teams, the Cardinals and cheer for game on Thursday night. coach, "The Commander" point ru"ns to come back t.o See TWO SIDES, page 27 . 12 I rm:hr (tUITrnt I JANUARY 19, 2010

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Naturally, the new 3-D-enabled TVs announced at CES should help fix thar.But shees"h, people! You had huge problems getting consumers to buy televisions rhat were digital broadcast- A,legacy :continued enabled! ' " . 3:.D technology is nothing new. What~e of greater interesr to me are the new "augmented 'Students, faculty, and visitors pull reality" glasses announced at CES. 111ey're very similar to 3-D glasses, yet they incorporate cameras, screens, and a whole host of other. interesting and expensiv~ things. Imagine being able to wear these- augmented reality glasses and be able to view specially together for MLK day program printed web links in magazines or books on the Internet in real time, right inside your glasses. f:Iowever:. there are three problems: one, (he glasses make' you look like a pretentious idiot; [Wo, the glasses cost $800; three, the glasses make you look lik~ a pretentious idiot, .. SEQUITA BEAN & Louis English . instructor of which are overse~n by . It may be the Future soon, but it is definitely not right now. AnNNA MARIE C~RAN Jabari ' Asim who spoke on Megan Hill. . Wake me up when the companies at CES starr showing off virtual reality. Remember how the parallels of the life of All of the volunteers were VR spread during the 90s like wildfire? Yeah, me too. Dr. King and the election of . assigned a "service site" to Oli Iv10nday, Jan. 18, the President Barack Obama. visit in the afternoon. University of Missouri-St. "Martin Lurher King's The lise of service sites THE RUNWAY Louis celebrated Dr. Martin life and legacy is really about were all local ~nd included Luther King's life and legacy. lessons ro me. a youth detention center as through the "Dr. Martin He wasn't. officially ·a well as the construction of Luther King Holiday ob­ teacher, but you know that's a house. Linn ilio said rhat serv'ance program,'" and [he really what he was so what none of the volunteers were Skimpy no fash·o able "Martin Luther King Day of bener place than unhtersiries aware of what their specific . Service." to explore the me:rning of service project would b~ un­ There is a thin line between The day was sponsored his lessons?" sa~d Asim in an til they anived for lunch. mrough Studen ts of Service, imervJew. '"'It's, part of the experi­ looking sexy and oversexed . . the Office of Equal Oppor­ "~1har better audience to ence tbat we're shooting for tunity, the Student Govern­ absorb the lessons of King ... to get out there and meet ment Associatio'n, Univer­ and carry them ' on than ' new people and [for the vol­ others. If their clothes make skimpy clothes? There is no sity Progra..rn Board and rhe through people who are in­ unteers] to not know where them feel comfortable, confi­ pracrical need for them, even Office of Student Life. tellectually equipped to do they're going," Unn said. dent, sexy and beautiful, they when it's hot ourside. It is nor All of the volunteers for something with his lessons?" 1-1egan Hill, rhe pro­ should wear them regard­ that women should dress like the service day reported to Asim also commented gram's c~ordinator, said that .-L.-?~ . less of how unstylish others nuns, but there is a fine line the campus at 9 a.m. to reg­ on the performance:s qual­ one of the things that make deems them. between looking seJl."y and ister and to hav~ breakfast, 'iry, and congratulated the MLK Day of Service unique C' Rock on, I say, ro everyone looking oversexed. after which they attended talents of. all the sruden t5 is that it is not o~ly students who is comfortable express­ A good fashion rule is that me observance program at involved. B~rrice Wash­ or members of the commu­ ing themselves in a non-tra­ 60% of your body should be . the TouhiH Performing Arts ingron, -UM':St.Louis 1990 nity helping out, but that it ~ ditional way. covered in your sexiest outfit. Cenrer on campus. alumna, agreed with Asim. also brings the two together.. On the ~]ast season of Either legs or cleavage may Ar the Touhill were vari­ , «r am really so proud," Hill said that the volunteers \ I "How Do I Look," show con­ be revealed, bur never both at ous speakers and perfor­ Wasb-ingron said, "ro come consist of families, students, Sequita Bean testant and mother of nine, the same time. mances, and me winner of back to UMSL and see this faculty, Staff and kids. . Chastity ,vas made over from Mos[ of us women, from [he MLK essay contesr read celebration really made my "MLK day is a ~nique People might be surprised a raunchy, scantily clad chic time [0 time, like to wear a the viTinriing essay. day. Dr. King was such an volunteer experience be­ to know that as a fashion en: to a classy career woman. I short skirr, a revealing top or Past president of Alpha honorable man and ro see cause it brings rogethcr thusiast, I do not fancy televi­ may sound contradictory, but a tight drc5s, and honestly, Phi Alpha fraternity In- him celebrated so beautiful­ community members wim sion shows like the Style Net­ in Chastity's case, her make~ mOst of the time looking sexy • corporated, Charles Piller ly b}T my alma mater makes the campus, ) Hill said. work's "How Do I Look" and over was necessary. is the mo·tivation. Sexual at­ presented the first pla~ me very, very proud." "And all the groups ~TLC's "What Not to Wear." During the show she men­ tractiveness has always been winner of the essay contest, After the ' show, the stu­ (were] split up where it's like While ~hose shows and shows tioned several times that her an influential parr of our so­ Juliette Jacobs, senior, busi­ dem volunreers returned a hodgepodge of commu­ like them are entertaining, I clothing irems were designer ciety. ness administration, who to the Millennium Student nity and studenrs, f~culry do nOt like the overalI theme nam~ brand, and that they The bottom line is: leave moved the " audience with Center at noon for lunch and staff'. We [had] everyone of them: changing someone's were in fashion. Chastity some of your allUre to oth­ her winning essay about before breaking out to their volunteering, whjch is cool." appe.'lrance to make rhem should never have confused ers' imagination. The fact is, not allowing fear and vio­ service projects. The volun­ Linn said that he felt more stylish. That vision of skimpy ' with fashion, re­ you could be taking a risk lence' t:O overcome love, and teers returned to campus at MLK Day ofServlce at UM­ style is usually left up to the gardless ' of who designed it. that women , will think you strengthening c.ommuniries. 5 p.m. for dinnes and the St. Louis was an important styliSt of the show (who most Besides, putting roge[her are trashy; guys may like it, "In the end we will remem-' closing ceremonies. tribute to Martin Luther of the time is a host), and the raunchy pieces from several bur for all the wrong reasons. . ber nor the words of our en­ Josh Unn, senior, math­ King Jr. end result is always what (he designer collections has little Yes, people should be able emies," Jacobs quoted King ematics, and a .member of "Today is a celebration stylist envisions, with little [0 do with the designer and ro wear what they want if it in her speech, "but the' si­ the planning commitree of Martin Luther King Day input from the people them­ more, [0 do with the person makes them feel confident lence of our friends." for MLK Day, said that the ,and everything that he's selves. wearing it. and beautiful, bur if skimpy UM-St. Louis'. own planning committee has done fOT us," Linn said. The comestant almost al­ As far as fashion srare­ attire truly makes a person Dickson Quarret performed been working on planning "What berter way ro cel­ ways looks uncomfortable menLS go, skimpy attire is one feel beautiful, then rhey need String Quartet number 12 MLK Day sin~e the begin­ ebra.re somebody who gave which makes it truly agoniz­ of tbe most straightforward to check their self-estee~ .. ' in F major for the ceremony, ning of the fall semesler. so much to the community ing to watch. People should and the message is very clear. Instead, let's leave the nip-' followed by guest speaker, Linn said that there are five than to do community ser­ be able to wear what rhey Given the associated hazards, pie pasties and hot pants to author and former' UM-Sr. or six Committee heads, aU vice." want without the opinions of why do we even bother with strippers and Lady Gag-a. 16 1Chc

vall}es. She was inspired to add community service into her .must enhance the course conrent," Maltby said. "The literacy course by colleagues at William Jewell College. them~ provided an obvious' connection with volunteer work Community After arriving to teach at the University of Missouri-St. connected to reading, writing, and learning." Louis, she began her plan to implement service learning into This program not only benefits the students being tutored, • her curriculum in hopes of not only benefiting the commu- but also the students .in Maltby's course. In addition to a goal nity, but also her students. . of writing improvement, there is also a self-awareness aspeCt. "I had two main goals in offering service-learning as an "1 really saw how I made a d.ifference in a lot of those kids' (0 position option in English 3100," Maltby said. "My first, simplest, lives over just a six week period," Brittany Hill, senior, biology, and most imponant goal was to help my students improve said. «I looked forward to seeing those kids every week, no their writing. For the students who do the service-learning, matter how wild the class may have been. The experience really English students a considerable amount of the course writing is related to the inspired me to c'ontinue to take strides in the future to do what service-learning project. They become extremely engaged in r can to help out our youth, and continue to .encourage them the project, and students simply write better if they're engaged and inspire th~." . participate in in their topic." Hill took Maltbys' class during the spring semesfer 2009. Maltby's second goal in creating service-Ieam.ing involved She opted .to volunteer in the program, and worked at Berke­ uniting her students with the outside community. ley middle school over a six week period. service-learning "Connecting 'With the community is a significant, aspect of In the fall semester, all of Maltby's 60 students participated service-learn.ing, along 'with hands-on learning, as reiterated in in some fOIm of service-learning ~ - the literature about best practices in service learning," Maltby Those who could not or did not wish to volunteer at the project said. schools spent time working in a group researching and writing The students in her class volunteer at d.ifferent places, in­ about situations in St. Louis schools and urban school reform. cluding an after-school program in Normandy, ~eady Read­ The fall students provided a total of over 600 hours in volun­ ~JEN O'HARA Staff Writer ers, and 11altby's first community partner Berkeley Middle teering. Campus Compact, an organization promoting serVice School. and community involvement, estimated the value of volunteer President Obama has been encouraging altru.istic activities, Her students involve themselves in activities such as assist­ time at over $20 an hour. and while men in the general population are doing their share, ing students with homework, ·writing skills, reading aloud to "1 would absolutely recommend the class roanother person servicing others also takes pan in the education system. children or just stopping in to visit. . and have done so already:' Hill said. ''Aside from just getting Deborah Maltby, assistant teaching professor in the de­ It is necessary to mention that "service-learning" is not syn­ the lite changing experience from participating in the service panment of English, started service-learning opportunities in onymous with "volunteering," although that can, and often is, learning . projeCt, the whole course expands your thinking, her 3100 Advanced Expository Writing class as a way for her a pan of service-learning. .. thought processes :irrd the 'way you look at things. I felt en- _ students to experience new environments, populations · ~d "For vol~nteerin.g to be service-learning, the volunteer work ligh.t~ned at the end of the course." l"iiMD!i1:P ~ ______J_A_N_U_A_RY __ l_9~,_20 __ 10~1_1[ __ h(_ · ~__ IT__ rn_t~l_l_7 . ., Ibe 'new-'and-improved'·U Radio show .revamps for the new year

~ JESSICA KEIL or athlete during every show. ·However, what Edwards, is most Editor in Chief excited for are the live sports broadcasts, which star1;ed last ,se­ n its four years of existence at, the University of Mis­ mester. souri-St. Louis, the campus radio station, The 'U, has "I am I~oking forward to expanding the universiry's sports I moved locations, gone through budget consaaints, coverage in the near future to doing 'more live games," Ed­ fired I?Js for playing offensive music, and continually grown wards said. "\Ve currently had a 36-game schedule from this and learned from the experiences. This year the station is get:­ academic year tohopefully 50 [for] next [year] ." ring a makeover, or at least a' tummy-tuck and eyelift or (Wo. Edwards will broadcast five men's baseball games and five The station's manager, Keith Robinson, is the force behind women's softball games over the 2010 spring semester. the revamp of The U. Along with broadcasting live Triton games, The U is also "We ,are changing how' we do -things internally and exter­ broadcasting itself live through the newly installed webcam nally in the radio station,n Robinson said. «Our focus rhis se:­ and the TV set outside the studio. mester is on trying ro give back to the universiry, arid trying ro The recorded radio shows will be archived on The U's web­ work more with student organizations, and just [ro] try ro get · site, and will include interviews.with bands or other guests. the word out to the campus about what we do." The TV set outside the studio will play music videos and visual . To do this, me station is implementing "focused formats'" representations of the PSAs read on the air. for their shows. DJs will be expected to read public service an­ l\'Iainly, Robinson hopes the changes will benefit not JUSt nouncements sent in by organizations, me campus calendar, the starion but also the universiry as a whole, such'as the other or some son ofUruversity news. studem organizations. . Additionally, the station is working ~1.th the University "We believe all the organizations here are just as important Meadows apanments and Oak Hall do~itory to play music as we are, and we have a station here where we caf? actually on South Campus during the weekends when The U is closed. get the word out ro a lot of people, and we want to use that at In the past, The U attempted to set up Studio en in Oak the benefir co all the other organizations here," Robinson said. Hall and even secured a room, bur it was taken away when the To listen ro The U when not walking across the MSC station did not have enough SABC funds to make use of the bridge, go to their Web site at umslradio.com. Do not expect space. Now, Robinson plans on trying again, this rime through to hear the "standard thing that you hear usually on the radio," their ulvfobUe Dr' tearn who would tra'.rcl over to South Cam­ Robinson said. Anticipate listening to an eclectiC mix of talk or pus and broadcast music for the residents. an obscure genre of music like eel-pop," short for Japanese pop. Another aspect of The $ revamp is the station's plans ro «I think that with the formatting that we're doing for the focus more on UM-St. Louis athletics. John Edw.uds is the station and the other things we~re doing, [it] will show that sports director for The U and hosts "Triton Zone." Triton we're here for not just us, but for tlle entire university," Rob­ Zone focuses solely on UM-Sr. Louis sports and ""rill be newly inson said. "Hopefully more people will tune in and support formatted this year to include an interview of a Triton coach what we're doihg here at the station because of it."

~ MATTHEW B. HENRY "Staff Writer Site Supervisors. "1 started. as a student here at UM-St. Lows of student workers we hire to work and maintain of the six heJiping provide classroom support and have been [working] computer labs we have on campus. I interview, hire, sup~rvise The Information Technology Services department at the full time since 2001," Chris Scheetz,. supervisor of instruc­ and crain them. The computer labs have 30 to 40 students in University of 11issouri-St. Louis contains a suppon division tional computing, said. "From a classroom support point of its staff." called Instructional Computing that keeps the campus up and view we are responsible for ensuring mat the technology in the "We ""rill write the content [for the I.C. 'short courses'], running. But don't try and find its headquarters. That would classroom works." provide the power points, and teach," Williams said. "I came be like rryingto find Q's department in a James Bond flick or Those classrooms can be a very bastc one, or what is called here in September of 2005 from the University City school Barman's cave. an "advanced learning studio:" Clark 400 is an example of one system where I was a technology inscructor," Christopher Instructional Computing is specifically designed to provide where flexible t.echnology of laptopS, dual projection, mUltiple Boyce, site supervisor, said. suppon to· all open classrooms and computing labs·. Some of instruction points and flexible,seating are used. "I have a staff of 14 to 17 and [I] am in charge of the tech­ those services are accessed by management of classrooms and On UM~St. Louis' campus there are over 1100 computers nology classrooms. We have over 100 on campus." ~ abs, providing real-time technical support, man.aging the on­ available for use bet\veen the labs and classrooms and also 16 Boyce works with David Maczynski, another site supervi­ line testing centers, providing training workshops, and "short computer labs. sor, who has a staff of about six, and mainly handles south courses" on a variety of technology related topics at ho cost to The biggest lab is in Social Science Building 103 which campus. _ me user]. the Instructional Computing July 2009 flyer states. stays ope~ until 1 a.m. IIlany nights during a semester. "My goal is maximum uptime, to not lose a class, and to KeEl! Voss, Director-'Computing Services, has Chris Scheetz, "1 started here in 2003 after completing my CompUter Sc~­ make sure everyone is fully functional," Boyce said. tcMy staff Supervisor-Instructional Computing. Scheetz has Doug Wil­ ence degree from Webs.ter University," Doug Williams, si~e is also responsible for responding to problems reported from liams, Christopher Boyce and David Maczynski who work as supervisor tor l.C~, saidi UNly main respon~a)ility is the Staff the instructors with their classroom systems;' 181 ~hc (turrcnt 1JANUARY 19, 2010

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Vampire novels are virtU­ 'no lights, no movement in­ ally everywhere these days. side, and repeated attempts There are the Bellas/Ed­ by the tower to hail the wards for the tween' crowd, plane go unheeded. the Sookies/Bills for the Naturally, a whole host oldler audiences, and the of government agencies are good-old-faShioned 11inal called in to assess the situ­ Dracula for the classic liter­ . arion. One of those is the ary junkies. CDC and Ephraim. Nmv more than ever, the Of course, everyone on vampire sub-genre of super­ . board the Bight is ' dead. So natural horror is quickly be­ far, so good - the opening is coming oY~r-saturated. an homage to Stoker's icon­ Luckily, ,every few years ic image of Dracula arriving a cruly remarkable book in Britain. 'That ca.n be ap- comes along that turns the preciated. . tired concept on irs head Unfortunately, that scene and revitalizes (he whole signals the beginning of the genre. Stoker's "'Dracula" end. Ephraim and a co- . is the most well-known; worker discover a mysteri­ King's "'Salem's Lot" is an­ ous coffin-like box -aboard other. the plane, and it just so hap­ "The' Strain," by Guill­ pens that it is not listed on ermo del Toro and Chuck the cargo manifest. . Hogan is not one of those For that matter, it is also remarkable books. In fact, it empty except for a layer COURTESY / SONY PICTURE CLASSICS is anything but. of soil in the bottom. This Former 'Monty Python' member Terry Gilliam has crafted a visual smorgasbord in the fantastical 'Parnassus,' in which mysterious The novel follows die would be the point where stranger Tony played by Heath Ledger (top) is "transformed n half way through the film into three versions of himself played first exploits of one Ephraim at least one of the multiple by Johnny Depp (bottom left), then by Jude Law (bottom center) , and finally by Colin Farrell (bottom right). ' Goodweather. Yes, you read doctors in the book should that right. ' The main char­ say, "Hey! This seems famil­ Be sure to bring your imaginarium: it's gonna get weird acter's name is Ephraim iar. Didn't this happen in a Goodweather. No, he is not movie or a book?" Terry Gilliam is the kind of recogniz­ not have become involved with The telling becomes the engine that drives an old man dedicated to an­ Instead, every s!ngle able, idiosyncraTic and skilled filmmaker Devil (the one and! only Tom Waits) in a the film. nihilating everything vam­ character goes on to ignore that your friends who go to poetry read­ way that affects Valemina, who may be The movie's mechanics mostly hinge pire - though. the book does the empty coffin, just kind ings refer to as "an alltellr."'1his means 12 years old, or 16, or much older. around Parnassus'sspecial mirror, which have one of those. of disregarding it. In th~ a Gilliam film is always going to be just The whole scheme is turned on its is actually some SOrt of portal into Imag­ The problem with "The great number of people that that, and his direction is more influen­ head when the traveling group Spots ination. Here we are shovm the deep­ Strain" is not the ridicu­ examined the plane or its tial on the tone, and content of the proj­ Tony (Heath Ledger's final, incomplete est (and vivid, colorful, and expansive) lous way the characters are passengers ' or cargo, there ect than the cast, script, production, etc. performance) hanging apparently dead desires and dreams of the person who named (S ure, there is Zack was not one person who With "The Imaginarium of Dr. Par­ from a bridge. This unsettling introduc­ has entered the mirror. Do not even ask and a Nora ... and then there had read Dracula or seen a nassus," he has finally found the proper tion to Ledger's Tony is the catalyst for what happens when two people emer. , is an Ephraim, a Fet, and an vampire film ever. venue for his visioill. Here is the film the film's plot, which is odd and some­ This is Gilliam's way.to draw up surreal­ Eldritch. ELDRITCH. I Thus begins "'The Strain," that "Brazil," "The Adventures of Baron what hard to follow, though in a way istic canvases that are pm Lewis Carol, kid you not). It is also not which goes on to introduce Munchausen" and even Gilliam's sketch that manages not to be bothersome. part Salvador Dali, and part Biblical. the hackneyed writing. a Holocaust survivor/pawn­ sequences with Monty Python, have ' When a political thriller takes an un­ Plummer, a true actor's actor; embod­ The problem is that the ' broker who has , encoun­ been pointing to. It is an ambitious, necessary tangem or a fantasy film is ies the Parnassus role wi(h gravity and book reads like a combina­ tered. vampires before and h~elt, weird and lingering film . It hazy aboU[ who has what powers, it los­ theatrical woe. Ledger, playing a charac-_ tion of a Wikipedia entry just so happens to be situ­ al~o does not readily lend itself ro plot es something. Yet when "Imaginarium" ter whose own true nature and intentions and an essay on literary cli­ ated in New York City right description. spends 10 minures in a visually extrava­ do not develop until lace in the film, is ches. when the ' vampire arrives The essentials are as follows: Doctor gant rendering of a poor Londoner's intriguing, physical, and impossible to . For example, the book from Europe. Him, and a Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) runs psyche, or shows us a group of monks look away from. Halfway rhroJ..1gh the opt;ns with a mystery. Af­ ~at catcher who also hap­ a traveling show along with his saucy who keep the world existing by repeat­ film, Ledger's Tony goes through (hree ter an overseas Bight makes pens to be a r€markably apt daughter' Valentina (Lily Cole), his gur­ ing an endless story, or simply drops in' consecutive "transformations" which are a successful landing at JFK vampire hunter. tersnipe hited help Anton (Andrew Gar­ on the conversation of a young couple. ie son of explained and SOrt of fir. International Airport, the field) and comrade Percy (Verne Troyer). all somehow seems to fit. Gilliam's own plane goes silent. There are See STRAIN, page 21 At some poim, Parnasslls mayor may , imagination and obvious loye for story- See PARNASSUS, page 22 20 I '([hE [:urrrnt I JANUARY 19, 2010 " I JANUARY 19 rm:hc ~rrrnt 21

Avatar. James Can1eron's soaring tribute to colonialism. details the rrials of anoble, pure human captured by a savage race of aliens known as the Na'vi, who·spend their time prP.c­ tieing the. kinds of pseudo-mystic pantheistic planet: worship that :w-ould make any)'llppy who's ever been to a crystal shop proud. When they're not doing thjs ~ the monstrous Na'vi are mounti'ng everything in sight ..vith their tail tendrils-which are either sex organs ot some kind of ulua USB port. Eimer way, nobody is safe-neither sacred' trees nor fiying dyrto­ birds, nor other Na'vi. None of this, however; detracts from the fact that visually; wa~ching this movie is like bathing in a marine biologist's beautifuJ dream. B+ -C;hrij--Stewart.

Sherlock Holmes. No, he's nothing like the Holmes you know; bur let go of your COURTESY / THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY attachment to the brilliant Arthur Conan Doyle-novels and you'll have more fun at this George (Golden Globe nominee Colin Firth) is a grieving man who finds solace with artist Charley movie than shouJd be allowed. 1vfakes most popcorn flicks seem duJ!, unromantic, and (Juluanne Moore) as he deals with the loss of his lover. . crass. A winner, though again, bearing near.!y no rememberahce,to the sOluber conteIl1pla­ tive, Baker Street original'- A- -C~l:is Stewart. Searing dram~ the suburbs where he keeps ' cinematography barb skill­ hisprivare life discreetly hid­ ful.ly conveys the plot and Up in The Air. Clooney doing the usual, Reimian doing the usual, and an increasingly used to explore den. He and his long-time the feelings of the moment familiar range of meta;- indie "truths" being explored. Still, the script is sharp and tries hard companion shared a house, while adding sheer visual (faidy successfully) to be grovm up. What it never is sadly, is "surprising. B- -Chris Sttwart. gay grief in but nothing in public cal.!ed beauty. Director/writer Tom attention to the idea they Ford! better known for cos­ closeted world might be more than JUSt rume design and his business roommates. turnaround of-Gucci, does an In "A Single Man," ac­ For the most pan, GeOIge amazing job in his directorial tor Colin Firth turns in a is alone in facing hi~ grief debut. • Birth Control Se rvice s • Annu al GYN Exams · bur he does have one friend remarkable performance as The emotionally-moving • Emergency Contraception • STD testing & treatment middle-aged college profes­ nearby who knows the truth. StofY is rold through one day sor George Falconer, who is Flamboyant, ar;dstic Charley of the professor's struggle to • HPV Vac cine • HIV testi ng & cou nseling secretly grappling with his QuJianne Moore); another keep going, with flashbacks grief Qver the loss of the love British ex-pat, is his closest to memuries, including meet­ of his life, in a film char also friend and with her, he can ing his lost love and their life Come.to us in confidence features breathtakingly beau­ share some of his pain. But together. Although his day - with confidence. tiful visual images. The grief their shared history is com­ STartS grimly, small events is secret because his lost love plicated and strained further throughout the day-an en­ is -another man, and the story by her oym self-absorption. counter with a little girl at a is set in homophobic 1962. Although the Story isabout bank, kindness from a stu­ The script is based on a story a gay man and has some so­ dent, an evening with an old by ~rrirer Christopher Isher­ cial 'commentary on thar, the friend-add more reflective, wood, who also wrote "Berlin larger focus is on the' human philosophical andeven hope­ Stories," the basis for "Caba­ experience. Alolig with Firths ful layers to his experiences . reL" Oscar-worchy work, Julianne in the bittersweet day. We are A Single lv1an" is set in Moore delivers a striking per­ left to ponder our common an earlier dille when even a fo~mance as the fiery, needy humanity, no matter who dif­ hint of being gay could mean Charley, a mL'( of affection ferent we seem, and our com­ a lost job and exclusion from and selfishness. mon mortality but also the sociery. The film opens with One. of the most stunning power of small kindnesses. · !ndividuals without Group Coverage Solutions with choices are easy, just call the dearh of che professor's things about this excell~t, Strong acting from both 'Independent Contractors David Jackson long-time companion Jim heart-rending drama is the Julianne Moore and Colin · Dependents an d Students 314-923-5531 or 800-541-4254 (Matthew Goode), as Georg~ rematkable dream-like and Firth, coupled with the lovely · COBRA I Al ternative www.davejackson-insurance.com (Colin Firth) comes to grips lovely photography. Begin- photography and skillful, · Self-Employed Davi d Jackson with the anguish he is not . ning with an opening se­ thought-provoking direction, Oavid [email protected] AuillOr llcd Agent permjtted to openly express. quence underwater, images · "A Single Man" is a moving · Small Businesses The professor is a bespecra­ that capture the emotion of a drarna well worth seeing. It is cled, reserved Brirish ex-par person drowning in a sorrow now playing at Plaza Fronte­ . AntheIll.+' living -a q uier closered life in tha~ musr be kept hidden, the nac. A -Cate J\JarquiJ _

STRAIN, from page 19 Several segments of the book attempt to~ teU". "The Strain" has a whole.ot of telling e Current is back! dc;:rail exactly whar Eph does at rhe CDC, going on. . complete with medical jargon and step-by- If this book is anI' indication of '.vhar is to Prepare yourselves. step analysis. come, then avoid it~ Avoid it like the bright, The cardinal-rule of fiction is "show, don'r burning light of the sun. D- -Andrew Seal 22 1Ihc ([urrmt JANUARY 19, 2010 : •. 7. Year'sf nniest play '39 Steps' at Repertory Theater is humor and Hitchcock

"The 39 Steps," a 'wildly-comic stage version of i\lfred Hitchcock's classic film; may be this year's funniest and most enjoyable, theater experience. The Mainstage production, now running at Repertory The­ ater of St:., Louis, located on the Webster University campus, (~The 39 Steps" has both thrills and laughs. Fout actors take on 150 roles in a story set in pre-w·ar 1936 Britain, which includes a train to Scotland, a hunt with bloodhounds, a plane crash, romance, crazed SCOtS, intrigue and Nazis. Hitchcock's films are known for suspense but also their sly humor. This stage version of "The 39 Steps" takes the comedy already in the movie, takes it up several notches and then runs all over the place with it. Of course, it helps if you are a classic movie buff, but you do not have to have seen this particular ... t Hitchcock film to enjoy this wild romp. But if you have, it does add a layer of delight. Paul DeBoy p!ays the lead character, an amateur sleuth un­ willingly thrown into a mystery plot, with Marina Squerciari playing all the female roles (well, all the attractive ones). Mi­ chael Keyloull and Tyrone Mitc~ell Henderson play everybody COURTESY / REPERTORY THEATER OF ST. LOUIS else. Due to clever costume changes, resourceful direction and The Repertory Theater's riotous "39 Steps" recasts the tense World War II Hitchcock thriller it is based on, proving that with a sheer acting aplomb, the result is nor chaos but comedy. Side­ snappy script and a little crossdressing, any situation can be funny. Running nightly through the month of January. grabbing, snorting, guffawing cbmedy delight, the kind that leaves your face hurting from laughing. Many Hitchcock films feature an innocent man caught up roli in from off-stage, drop froni overhead or spin around and After an evening at the theater ro see a performance by a in circumstances, who must tace to solve a mystery in order beco ~ e s9mething else. The rapid pace means COStu..rTl'eS must mind-reader called Mr. Memory, man-of-leisure Richard Han­ to save himself~ usually with a beautiful woman caught up in uansform quickly, and if nothing else, we are astounded by the nay (Paul DeBoy) is relaxing in his London apartment when a the same current of events. But in this case, that man is a wise­ actors' ability to take an item or two and create a new charac­ mysterious woman with a Russian.accent (Marina Squerciati) cracking, resourceful an1ateur sleuth, a character from a series ter, and to make all those changes without crashing irito each breaks in and begs him to hide her. Pursued by secret agents, of classic British detective novels. other. And all the while, winking at the audience and looking she tells him of a secret society with Nazi ties, and a plot to This caSt may be small but they are mighty talented, espe­ like theY'are having a great time themselves. steal-British military secrets. Hannay is skeptical but a murder cially Michael Keyloun and Tyrone Mitchelll--Ienderson, who -In short, "The 39 Steps" is non-stop and non-stop funny, launches Out reluctant hero on a run that takes him to SCOt­ play all those roles while camping it up and mugging at the one of the best comedies to grace local stages. It runs nightly land, with one wild encounter and double-cross after another, audience. With so many rol~ and some many locations to at the Rep until Jan. 31. With its thrust stage, there are no not to mention enough farcical twists and comical characters cover, the cast-and the props and sets-are in constant mo­ bad seats at the Rep and student discounts and bargain "rush" to take anyone's breathe away with laughter. tion. The Rep works its usual magic in this area, with sets that tickets are offered. A+ -Cate Marquis

PARNASSUS, from page 19 These new Tonys (all of acters run-wants to show xquisite f od warms the soul at the Ice Kitchen whom look, essentially the something larger, gran.der, same) are played by Johnny and more incredible than The newest member bf the Drunken their Web site. the uniqueness of this simple soup that Depp, Jude Law and finally, w'v ever seen before. Gil­ Fish sushi restaurant and lounge family The entrees are listed as "small plate" is named for the type of garlic used. Colin Farrell. liam has always striven for is the Ice Kitchen, located at \'(lestport and "large plate,~' but this does not neces­ Topped with small croutofiS and a bit of The film never sinks un­ that, bordering the line be­ Plaz.a in tvfaryland Heights, fdo. This sarily refer to portion siz~s. As explained Inelted cheese, there simply cannot be a der. the weight of its imag­ tween macabre and magnif­ gem of a restaurant opened in April of by Jose (a.k.a, .serv·er extraordinaireL it. berrer soup in St. Louis .. ery, and while some may icent. Bur he has never had lasryear, bur having already been award- can refer to the robusmess of flavors. The assorted spreads may have been · be put off by Gilliam's not characters so oddly appeal- . ed "Best Small Plate" by St. Louis Nfaga- W"e. selected two appetizers: a trio of a bit out of our league as we discov­ caring ro explain anything, ing, or a story that m8.kes 'line, its youth is of no consequence. soup flight (roasted corn choyvder, ror- ere'd that we are not fans of baba gha­ ever, it is overall a fittingly for a great listen, even if it One gets a sense of being at a S\vanh.7 tilla and elephant garlic) and assorted noush. However, the asiago crustini was verwhelming experience. occupies · a world that no­ New York night dub with the cool, spreads. · Akin to presentations seen on a flavorful 'delight in and of itself-no It is a work that evokes body bur Gilliam may ever dark atmosphere encompassed in blue TV's "Iron Chef," the soup was served spread needed. ·The entrees we selected much, asks much, and­ completely understand. B+ and silver hues. The martini bar literally 'in what look like large shot glasses that were surf and turf (hanger steak and ti­ like the carnival its char- -Chris Stewart takes center stage, t;immed with blue were lined up on a long, white ~ serving ger shrimp served with Israeli couscous qghts and surrounded by a unique bar platter. The assorted spreads were simi·­ and brown butter bearnaise sauce) and that keeps patrons drinks at the perfect la~ly presented with the breads tucked. in grilled wild salmon with black beluga temperature. between the serving bowls. lentils, golden pea tendrils and atruffie- The menu is a "culinary fusion of The favorite of these was the elephant saffron vinaigrette. ' American, Asian, Medit~rranean, 'and · , garlic soup or "heaven in a bowl," if you . Latin tapas and entrees,'" as .~tated on will. There simply is no w.ay to describe See ICE KITCHEN, page 18 JANUARV19, 2010 I ~h( IUlrrrnt I 23 SWEET JAMS S per MarioBr o . 4 is amust buy for any Wii owner This week's top S iTunes downloads as reviewed by ~ JOE SCHAFFNER · Asst. A&E Editor 1he Current's Chris Stewart

\V'ii owners have had reason­ able gripes with their system's lack of games. Nearly the only "Ke$ha, what deep company that knows how to uti­ fears are you trying lize the Wii system to its fullest to run.. from with your potential is Nintendo, and they wild "getting tipsy" have proved it once again with and ,your outland-, the new Super Mario Brothers 4. ish "partying"? Is it the same thing . that 1his is the first Mario game for makes you sleep with the lights on? Is it the \X1ii that brings traditional \Nhy you're so scared to love? Who hurt you, m'o-dimensional Mario to Nin­ Ke $ha? Let's talk. tendo's newest gaming' system. Nintendo masterfully blends the original 2-D platform's forme~ Hey, Soul Sister Train elements with new innovations 2 so well, one wonders why it took Yet another burbling this long for a new Super Mario COURTESY / NINTENDO love song with lyrics Brothers game for the Wii to be that try to be poetic , made. right at home. The controls are Super Mario Bros. 4 offers ' may find themselves tempted to and whimsical and The firST Super Mario Broth­ simple to learn and easy to pick many new features. The best sabotage other players by pkk- end up with lines like "Your lipstick stains ers was developed in 1985 for up bur. take time to master. The new feature by far is multiplayer. ., ing them up and throwing them on the front lobe of my left -sid~ brains." the original Nintendo gaming game requires only a \Vii-mote Up to four players can join up off cliffi or speedif!.g through the One simply can't sing like they're Jason console. turned sideways. The addition or compete with each other for stage and killing their teammates Mraz and write lyrics like they're Orgy. More than ~8 years later, the of wall-jumping and turning in coins throughout the levels. This who \vere tp slow to keep up. newest iteration still feels like mid-air to gain extra distance is \-vhere (he game truly shines, In multiplayer, players can classic Mario. Anyone who has . on long jumps dedicates devoted as mulriplayer is a blast with bubble up if they are about to die. played any of the previous Super players who 'want to achieve the friends or flmily as you struggle Mario Brothers games will feel impossible. for control of the screen. Pl:.1\'.:rs See MARIO, page 28 Lady GaGa, it seems, will keep reigning over her little ' corner Venice (afe's 0 e Mi( fngs t eblues with ,( ass of the world until she has run out of ways to say" I like weird, crazy, dirty shit" or her ~ JOE SCHAFFNER tion for the variety of acts that poignant atmosphere together. a song, Hagerty expressed his ,sly hair finally all fa!ls out from c~emical poi­ Asst. A&E Editor take the stage. That is, Df course, Long pla~.' ed a banjo, and apart confidence in the matter: "We're soning. Sadly the strongest song this week , if they don't mind. After all, the from the oddity of one \\L)man's a going to continue to blow ~; all's Going to open mic nights is whole idea of the Venice Cafe's cappella poetry, everyone kept in minds. That 'is, unless you sign an affair that proceeds with trepi­ open mic is to provide a welcohl­ line with the plains,ong aesthetic up and help us blow minds." "Of dation. All tOo often, a kitschy ing environment for the creative of his lead. course, these: folks didn't starT off knockoff of Jack Johnson takes output of the eclectic community \,(lorth mentioning is the solo eating the bar with their radiantly the stage, hoping to pull girls, that supports it: work of Jon Bonham, who plays positive energy. It takes time to It's got everything a .,.,...... ".;-.; look cool, and avoid any legiti­ And there is a good deal of folksy acoustic songs. The com­ get there. MUes Long sp01

Unsigned editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Editorial Board: Jessica Keil • Matthew Hill • Anna Marie Curran • Andy Phipps • Gene Doyel An~hony Padgett • Sequita Bean • (ate Marquis • AndfewSeal

There is no question that the earthquake Caribbean forces and declared their indepen-­ that rocked Haiti to its very foundations and dence from France. r ' .I threw the entire country into ch'aos was a ter- However, that .was only the beginning of rible thing. . ' the end. It is so heartvv'arming to see everyone pitch- The Fre.nch demanded reparations to the ing in and volunteering their money and time . tune of 150 million gold francs. waid those who were involved and injured'in Haiti is the only country in the entire world the catastrophe. . where former slaves were expected to pay a Especially in this time of economic woes, hostile foreign government for their freedo~. the amount of people coming forward and According to the Times article, Haiti was willing to donate is staggering. There has been "spendirrg 80% of its national budg~t 'On re­ suchan outpouring of suppOrt from n'ot only payments" by the year 1900. [he U.S., bur also around the \\'odd. On top of that, in order to pay back France While these efforts are indeed noble and faster, Haiti took out several high-interest admirable, where was the outpouring of sup- . loans from countries like France (itself]), Ger­ port and aid for Haiti, a nation with an 80 many ... and the U.S. ' percent poverty rate, before Jan. 12? The last reparation payment was made in Ina world where the internatioHal focus is 1947. With the yoke of repayment lifted, always on other things (the Middle East, oil things should have gorten beITer for Haiti. prices, and war), events like the genocide in However, a scant 10 years later vicious dic­ the Darfur region of Sudan, the daily atroci­ tator Fran<;:ois "Papa Doc" Duvalier forcefully ties in the Gaza strip and the criminally poor took over the country {ud bankrupted it, tak­ citizens of Haiti often go unnotked. ing out even morehigh-imerest loans to pay ILLUSTRATION BY ZACHARY JAMES KRAFT / THE CURRENT In an article entitled "Haiti: the land where for his lavish and corrupt lifestyle. children eat mud" from May of last year, the The Duvalier family reigned over Haiti for ignored for 30 years. Also, the western world inhabitants hate us, su-rely we can do it in a New York Turies took a detailed look at why, 30 bloody years, killing tens of thousands of refuses to forgive Haiti's debt. small island nation. exactly, Haiti i; the "poorest 'country and only Haitians with the financial assistance of coun­ . All that we at' The CUTrent are saying is: Televangelist Pat Roberrson said that the lhird World nation in the western hemi- tries like the U.S. The rest of the wodd turned do not srop offering your money, your sup­ earthquake happened because Haiti made a - sphere." a blind eye, ignoring the Haitian peoples' port, and your aid once Haiti has gotten to .·deal with the devil. Maybe, just maybe, Rob­ To make a long, sordid and nauseating tale cries. Finally, a 1986 rebellion was success­ irs collective feet. We all need to continue to ertson is right. short, it is the western world's fault that Haiti ful at overthrowing the Duvaliers and ending support them and help them to rebuild en­ Haiti did make a deal with the devil. It is the way it }s roday. their reign of terror. tirely-not jUst their homes and work places, agreed to bankrupt itself to pay the western In 1804, after 12 years of war, Haitian Today, Haiti is still trying to payoff the but their entire country fra'm the ground up. world for its freedom, and we greedily ac­ revolutionaries finally defeated Napoleon's massive debt of a cruel dictator mat me world If we can do it in a country where many of the cepted . . Des-Lee: an example that will be hard fo follow . The University of Ivfissouri-St. Louis conuminity · was Yet, in mourning Des Lee it is counterproduCtive to think . also been described as a jokester, a man of 20-questions (who shocked ro learn of the death of the campus' largest donor and of his death as the end of an era. Instead, his life should serve never stopped at JUSt 20), and an energetic drummer, who good friend E. Desmond Lee last Tuesday. Desmond, called as a'_reminder ~f what collaborati~n, hope and generosity can would drum with a middle schooler and then the St. Louis "Des" by most and "Desi" by some of his close farnilymem­ do for a community. Symphony Orchestra. bers, contributed over $14 million university and· countless In the same way that the recently celebrated Dr. 11artin It was said by Chancelloe George that -Des Lee chose to more dollars to the St. Louis community. Luther King Jr. holiday reminds us to love and help others, so d~nate so often to UMSL 'because he believed in oUf cam­ -. His death is not only mourned by 1he CU7,ent and UMSL, should the life of Desmond Lee, a man who strived to help the pus and identified ~ith it. Des saw how diverse our campus is but by Washington University (his Alma mater), the St. Louis underdog, provide education to all children, fight discrimina­ and wanted to support that and help foster our growth. Now Symphony Orchestra, the Missouri Botanical Garden, most tion and sUppOrt the arts. Des Lee's legacy has set an example that he is gone, we· must remember what Des loved about our St. Louis high schools and school distriCts, and arguably the for all of us, especially for those of us in college who under­ campus and continue our struggle for diversity, be that in our entire St. Louis region. stand the importance of an education. student body or in our departments, from biology to the per- . On the St. Louis Public Radio show "St. Louis on the Air" A rich man, Des certainly could have spent his money on forming arts. . on Monday, Steffanie Rockette, Des' director for his coIlab­ lavish vacations, parties, mansions or cars, instead of scholar­ Des believed in our university, saw something special in it, .orative vision, estimated that Des' contributions reached over ships, endowed professorships, fine arrs programs or intercity and we should do the same. 500,000 people in St. Louis a year. school districts. • E: Desmond Lee was a gift to St. Louis and his legacy lives Truly, the man's generosity was incredible, and his impact He was an upstanding example for the wealthy, that money on in the innovative Des Lee Collaborative Vision, the schol­ on the St. Louis community, immeasurable. It is unlikely that should be spent to help others and .ri~t oneself His generosity arships in hIS name, the buildings he helped build, ~d the oUI campus or city will ever see a person quite like Des Lee was likely the key to his happiness, as all his closest friends . countless lives he changed for the better. He will be dearly again. describe him as a lover of life, children and all people. Des has missed. JANUARY 19, 201 0 ~hf [urrrnt 25

" , The Joy of reacracy GUEST CQMMENTARY " , The rise of airport idiocy in 2009

In defense of the Thomas Luckily, his bomb mak-_ tic" (as his friends call hirri) to ~ie, we were so high up. ing skills were as bad as his jumping security to sneak I thought to myself I Jefferson Library's hours choice in undergarments. I one last dramatic kiss from hope we don't crash and mean really, whitey-tighties? his departing girlfriend? I burn or worse yet landing in Everyone knows that the think not! the ocean, living through ie, A Response to "Exten"ded tional funds. fashion-conscious wannabe Surely that's worth only to be eaten by sharks, or library hours at UMSLare We' have no way to isolate terrorists are wearing boxer ~ grounding a few planes for a worse yet, end upon SOD!.':: over-due" certain areas of the Libraries briefs these. days. Sheesh! few (si x) hours, right? Surely. place like Gilligan's Island, ro allow for even limited ac- R gardless, all i\bdul­ There is an oft-forgotten stranded, or worse yet, be Dear Anria Marie, cess. m utallab managed to do subspecies of airport moron eaten by a tribe ofheadhunr­ \Vhile I appreciate your Our monetary resources was to ignite his junk and that put in an appearance ers, speaking ofheadhunrers, concerns about access to are limited by th" same fiscal get tackled by irate Christ­ this holiday season as well: why do the: just eat outsid­ quiet study areas, I feel that issues being faced by the rest mas (fanJers. Ouch. I \vish airportus nincompoopum ers, and not me family mem­ I should respond to your of the university. more · terrorists \vere like aqueous,-virginus the' "first bers?" Opinion piece about extend­ 'X"e ,vould all like ro have \Vhat is it about airports him, though; the 'd practi­ time flying over water" mo­ Thank goodness there is ing iibrary hours. That may access ro additional funding, that make.s people abandon cally defeat themselves! ron. not a stupidity checkpoint at seem like an easy thing ro but are doing the best we can all of their common sense Next on the list of ('air­ I refer to one ]o eph Hed­ airports, eh? Talk about long do, but it really is not. wi th what we are getting. and logic? porrus nincompoopum" is lund Johnson, who got an­ lines.

The libraries are open 85.5 The libraries have done This past holiday sea­ th C he-should-have-known­ gry that he was not able to Last, but' not least, is an h0L!IS per week. studies and kept statistics of son \ as esp cially terrible better" exploits of Haisong tow a carry-on bag below extremely recent event. On The Thomas JefFerson the numbers of patrons in the for both the American and Jiang, a Rutgers graduate his exit-row chair during his the 16th, JFK International Library building is open buildings at any given time, imernational breeds of "air­ student who shut down part flight from Oregon to Ha­ airport vI'as shut down for until 10:30 p.m., Nfonday and the numbers just do not pOrtuS nincompoopum," of the Ne ark airport for the waii. So what does he do? "several hours" after an un­ through Thursday and the support maintaining late more commonly called the better part of six hours afrer Like any smarr, cool­ known person or .persons WE. Barnes Library is open night e..,xtended hours. "'airpOrt moron." he eluded securiry and got headed airline passenger, he triggered' an alarm after those days from 8a.m. until As for "rude" behavior It all started \vim the into me terminal without writes a vaguely-threatening opening a door marked for 10 p.m., with the R-esearch from lab technicians, I would botched bombing attempt being creened. not,e ... and then hands it to airline employees only." Commons computer labs ask that you walk in their by the now-infamous Foreign national or not, a stewardess mid-flight. Clearly, this is an obvious . dosing 1/2 hour earlier. (SSB shoes. Crotch Bomber. He is also Jiang should have known She of course notified the case of airportus nincom­ 103 computer bb is available I bet they would like to get known by his decidedly:'less­ better than to deke security captains, who turned the poopum. The holidays are until 1 a.m. on those days) . off at the appOinted time so funny name ofUmar Farouk after all, he only shut down bird around, la~ded back in a hectic tiine for everyone, The librari~~ hav5 extend­ that they can go home, roo. Abdulmurallab. Terminal C for six hours, in­ Oregon, had Hedlund taken particularly airline passen­ ed their hours on the week­ Of course, truly rude behav­ This intelligent, lonesome con eniencing thousands of into T SA cusrody, and then gers. ends by four hours. ior is entirely different, . and soul was reportedly encour­ passengers in order to follow took off again for Maui­ All I am asking is that·· if TJ Library now opens an should be reported. aged by an ex. tremist Islamic his girlfriend and give her a sans Hedl undo you belong to one of these hour earlier than previously In my opi~ion, it appears cleric to annihilate himself' farewell kiss. His note, by the way, not-a!i:-rare-as-you'd-think _ on both Sarurday and Sunday thai: me greater parr of yo~r and a plane full of people for Have i\mericans become sounds like a 5th grader try­ species of airport moron: (8 a. m. and noon, respective­ request is for a quiet area me glory of his peace-loving so jaded that we cannot ap­ iAg to explain an episode of Stay off my plane, please? ly), and the' Barnes Library where students can get a\vay deicy. preciate a "hopeless roman- . Lost: "I thought I was, going closes an hour later on those from noise and distractions. days (6 p.m. on Saturday and I am not sure that extend­ 10 p.m . on Sunday). The ing library ho.urs is the best, SSB lab is open umiJ 7 .p.m. most cost-effective means for on Saturday and 1 a.m. on mat. s abo Sunday. As to your last point, we Free access (-0 the libraries are investigating the possibil­ is a benefit of being a Stu­ it)' of extending hours during dent, but library buildings finals. We cannot be open without su­ pervision. Since(ely, \'X7ith . the valuable col­ Frances Piesbergen lections-books, electronic ' Co-Leader resources, art work, etc.-it Reference Leadership Team www.thecurrentonline.com would not be a responsibl~ Thomas Jefferson Library choice for us ro have the buildings accessible with­ Note: ,The original article ap­ out providing staff/security, peared in our Nov. 30, 2009 which would require addi- issue. 26 I ~£ [:urrmt I JANUARY 19 1 -

," THE PHIPPS PrHACTOR

... . . Glenn and Sarah ·sitti in atree. • cessfully ran for viCe -presi­ to Palin, _I would be a fairly" front of a TV camera anytime News contributor status ro . drawn from the Katie Couric dent and ~ecame the stirlet -wealthy man in petty cash afterward. get an hour-long' interview vintage, as she replied "all of of the right, and Beck has and change. Were it all off The greatest hits have been with her. them." Beck called the an­ . moved frorrithe insomniac­ Fox News, I might be able to recorded in the annals of re­ He began it by reading an­ swer out as "Bullcrap." Ted KaczYnski-with-cable . pay my electric -bill with the cent political history: But for­ entry from his journal that So, perhaps Glenn Beck's . timeslot to prif)1e time _on payoff. It ' seems to be some get all of the 'I can see Russia day: "Tomorrow I meet Sarah greatest fears have become re-. Fox News. kind of motif they have de­ from my house' stuff. -what Palin and her family for the ality. Perhaps Sarah Palin re­ Both of these personali­ veloped sometime after her matters is the lost material. Erst time. I'm actually a little ally isn't the hot-to-trot saint ties now reside there as com­ "drill baby drill" comment For instance, the Erst nervous, as she is one _of the of the right, but just the air­ memator and expert. Beck is that was mildly sexual in na­ t:ime Beck and Palin spoke only people I can see that can head the rest of us have sus­ now the televised Pentecost ture. in 2008, it was a true meet­ possibly lead us out of where pected her of being. of the fringe-right move- This is only if you have ing of soft heads. Beck starred · we are. But beyond that, the real . ment that talces guns with your mind in the gutter, and by talking about her newborn I don't know yet if she is question is 'vhy we are listen­ them to g~ see the president, this constitutes assuming that son and congratulating her strong enough, if she is well ing ro and raking seriously -and Palin is their sex sym­ the minds of defenders and and her husband Todd on enough advised, or if she the political opinions ofa A little more than a year bol-in a non-perverted way. fans of both do. their gracious handling of the knows that she can no longer former alcoholic disk jockey ago, Glenn Beck was a mar­ Or so ' they swear, because And I do. situation; which has an aw'ful trust anyone." and a failed beauty queen in ) - ginal character in the world they supposedly believe in The Jo;e affair between lot to do with politics. After explaining his para­ the first: place? ' of right wing talk, and S::u-ah abstinence and the Bible. them began right after she l\.nd that was just the first noid delusions about the gov­ For anyone who sees either Palin was the Governor of If I had a nickel fOf every took the stage with John Mc­ t\'Vo minutes of the interview. ernment, Beck asked Palin Df th.ese two as a beacon of Alaska. time Gle'Im Beck used the Cain in the presidential elec­ Fast forward to 2010, who her favorite founding real truth, I have no sympa­ Since then Palin unsuc- word "tapped" in reference tions 'of 2008 and stood in when Beck used Palin's Fox father w~s . Her response was thy at all.

SCIENCE COLUMN Why empirical logic and the scientific No faith req~ired method are enough to trust

who dismiss the science . Ironically, what makes sci­ entific journal, it must un­ and certainties. They always for both developing and de­ on climate change had not ence difFerent from other sys­ dergo peer review, meaning want more proof. veloped countries, what are done their due diligence to tems of gaining knowledge is other scientists and experts Any reasonably intelligent the criteria fo-[' good? become educated on the that no leap of faith is ever in that field check the ex­ person can always make the Using the median income subject, and witn more ef­ required because it is based periment for any errors in its effort to educate his or herself of the wealthiest and the fort they could really look on empirical evidence. structure and its conclusions enough to read a scientific poorest can give the impres­ at the scientific data on cli­ - Scientific informarion is and that the results can be re­ paper. After all, the scientists, sion that most or all incomes mate change themselves, the gained by experiments de­ produced. like all people, had to learn rose, but picking another evidence the author thotlght signed using the scientific This is not to say that de­ how to interpret these results. measure, like the income of was overNhelming. method. Variables are con­ sign Raws or mistaken. con­ Logical arguments are the great~ st number of peo­ Then he said something trolled so results can be at­ el usions cannot be drawn, something else. The argu­ ple, may reveal that most peo­ startling: that while he could tributed to only one factor. but scientists are constanciy ments might be easier to fol­ ple's incornes fell and it was follow the scientific research Scientific results must be rechecking the work of other low and take less preparation, mostly the already-wealthy to a point, beyond that, rep.roducible by that scien­ scientists or conducting new but there are nun1erous pit­ who beneEted.·These are twO ' understanding it required a tist or by another researcher. experiments that shed new falls. Logical arguments can very different outcomes. A week or so back, an au­ "leap of faith." Results must be measurable, light on previous results and be biased by incomplete in­ Logic arguments are prone thor was on the radio discuss­ He went on to contrast . quantifiable, and not subjec­ conclusions, meaning errors formation and are also prone to false conclusions from ing his book, which was one scientific information to log­ tively determined. As the ex­ tend to get corrected over to differing interpretations, fauI!:)! assumptions and in­ of those works like "Freako­ ic arguments, which he could periments are repeated, con­ time. False logic -arguments (all complete information. It re­ nomies." As he explained follow mOre easily and there­ fidence~in the results and the Some conclusions are sharks are fish, all salmon are quires a leap of faith that you his view of the world, he got fore found more verifiable, conclusions become stronger. strengthened over time by fish, and therefore all , sharks have all the facts and the right around to climate change and such as the assertion that This is the strength of sci­ repeated empirical evidence. are salmon) can appear. crit:eria. . its skeptics, globalization had benefited entific method. Most people would call them Criteria can also differ. For No such leap of fiith is The author said mat he people in both developed and In order for a stUdy to be facts, but scientists are natu­ example, if one asserted that required for science, just the felt that too many people . developing ~ountries. published in a' reputable sci- rally cautious about absolutes globalization has been good reproducible data .

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He partial scholarship, and then on phone bills Calling friends come you never comment on _ hobby, we are more interest­ Hammond was undrafted was coached by Mike Ditka, government loans and other and family, they can leave my -wall?" or "How come I'm ed in what so-and-so did or our of college. pl~yed \vith RB Walter Pay­ scholarships make up the messages and send mass party -not your top friend anymore said today. At the University of ton, QB Jim Mdv1ahon, difference. But a job may invites via the "Event" appli­ on -Myspace?" Despite all this, these so­ Missouri-Sc. Louis there are MLB Mike Singletary and still be necessary and travel­ cation. People have also been cial networking sites seem t6 many studen tl athletes who DT Refrigerator Perry. _He ing isn't by chartered jet. Ic is easier to display pic­ known to attack each other be becoming cruS;ial parts of have come from near and won a Super Bowl there. From . my time walking tures and videos for multiple online. our lives, as texring and the far and by some of the odd­ I've} played against others around the Mark Twain people to see at. once than For example, a girl com­ internet-.have. est paths. who were D 1 All-Americans Athletic - Complex and to spend six days sending it ments on another girl's boy­ My advice is to just be Shweta Galande, fresh­ and others that have won watching these D2 student/ through e-mail to every per­ friend's profile saying "Hey! weary of what you post on- man, psychology, who is Super Bowls. athletes doing everything I son who has asked. Love your shirt!" line. . ranked No. 3 golfer in In­ Father God sen t the had to do, and for so much Plus, artists, celebrities,. 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However, take a moment know v.ras that was her boy­ Also, realize that behind come from half way around out .in the dark of night To me often players get ~ t-o visualize that awesome friend's sister. the computer are actual peo­ the world. He also claims guarding the sheep in the to greatness ·oddly. Are any party that went on last week. While it is ok to do what ple. God sent him here. group Samuel first viewed. of the student/athletes here The 60 tagged pictures are ,ve like, there is now evidence Taking things out on the Hailee Decker, sopho­ But Father God, the creator, going to be Johnny U or now up on an int_ernet gal- . from that friend-of-a-friend keyboard seems easier at the more,· secondary education, didn't let Jessie's opinion of Larry Bird · or my friend? lerl', which would not have who took picrures or that in­ time because we do not get . and Caitlin Moody, sopho­ David prevent His choice Why don't yve just come out been so b~d if grandma had criminating comment on our the full idea how much it more, physical education, . for king to be overlooked by and watch and cheer? And not seen the rower of beer wall proclaiming how awe­ actually will affect a person, are Lady Triton baskethall humans. Samuel told Jessie wait to see what Father God can:s and her grandchild's half some whatever it is was. including ourselves at times. players. 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TWO SIDES, from page 11 "I think: Kelly Carter is coming comfortabl~ now." keep our toughness mentally as well the classroom as well as on the floor Some of the information ob­ along well at her new position. She "Our biggest challenge is that as physically," Curliss-Taylor said. this year. We are achieving that bal­ tained for this article came from the" was struggling a little bit when we there is not one team we play that "Our team has the highest G.PA. ance of being a student/athlete. We University of Missouri-St. Louis' fust switched her to the point posi­ is going to be 'easy.' Every team in for all the athletic teams this past se­ had at least 3 players that had 4.0s." ~thletic Department Records. tion, but I think she is feeling more this con~erence is tough. We hope to mester. I am proud of their effort in No dumb jock jokes here!

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VVednesdaY5Jan.20 UPB: Winter Expo School nas resumed and it's time to make a fresh start. The University Program board wants you to get involved and meet new people. So we have organized an Expo where you can meet and experience many of the organizations on campus up close and personal. Located in the MSC Rotunda at 11 :30 AM to 1:30 PM. Formore information con tad Darren Nesbsitt at 5.1 6-5531. '

Kosovo Showdown: How the us and Russia almost came to blows Come to an engag­ ing presentation on this epic piece of Cold War history. Please call 516-7299 if you require' a . parking permit. Located in the MSC Century Room A at 7:'00 PM. For more information contact .Bob Ell at 516-7299. .

Thursday, Jan 21 Pack the Stands Cheer on the Tritons as the Women's and Men's Basketball teams battle st. Joseph's. There will be free food, free tshirts, and the NEW TRITONS MASCOT will be unveiled! Free for students, faculty, staff, and alumni with an UMSL 10. LOcated in the Mark Twaic Center at 5:30 PM. For more information contact Miriam Huffman at-516-5291.

Friday, Jan. 22 Kuniko: Magic, Mask, Mime and Music of Japan Charming Japanese folktales are com.: bined with traditional musical instrl:lments, magical masks, origami and m.me to create story­ telling that will have audience spellbound in their seats. A favorite performer at Disney Epeot

I Center and The Kennedy Center, Kuniko Yamamoto's presentations promote cross-cultural com­ munication and understanding in entertaming way. Located in the Lee Theatre at 8:00 PM. Call the Touhill box office for more information at 516-4949.

Among the guests at Chancellor George's invitation-only luncheon held at his residence after the university's MLK programming were student and ·faculty performers from the Touhill pro­ gram. Also present was the program's keynote speaker Dr. Jabari Asim.