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Issue 6631' University of Missouri-'St_ Louis 1990 Profs. To See Where No Man Has Seen Before have a vested interest in the success of the nebula. As gas passes through the lose two years," scientists will gamer for the research go the HST Mission. Out of 1,500 sci en- shockwaves it becomes even more One of the advantages of the HST ing on at the UM - SI:. Louis campus. tists worldwide who submitted over 600 super-heated and emits light. This visi mission is th e influx of NASA money in Schwartz feels that there's a tendency project proposals to NASA for use of the ble lightshow of colliding forces is to the astronomers' coffers, NASA picks to think of UM -St. Louis as a "junior new facility, both Scwartz and James' known as a "Herbig-Haro object." up the tab for most of th e projects' ex co llege" and not a university where proposals beat out the stiff competition James' project deals with observing penses, and NASA recently agreed' to legitimate research is taking place. and passed the final muster. the climate on Mars and using the high match funds for the purchase of a work "There are astronomers in Chicago, Only 60 projects landed precious resolution capabilities of HST's cameras station where Schwartz aJ1d James will at Harvard, and Berkeley who didn't get viewing time on the new space to map the planet from all sides, James be able to analyze the data from their their projects on the space shuttl e," says telescope, says that one of the major advantages projects right on campus. Schwartz with pride. "We're hoping that For both men the HST project offers of HST to his work is the advanced view- Another important ramification of this will bring to the attention of the a chance to enhance years of research ingtime the space telescope offers as Schwartz's and James' involvement in state and it's legislators that there is real in their special areas of interest. opposed to limited earth based viewing. the HST project is the recognition the research going on here." For ;lchwartz, who has spent years "It takes Mars two years to go around studying a phenomenon associated with the sun," explained James. "When the the development of young stars known EaJih passes Mars, their orbits are very as "Herbig-Haro objects;', the HST's ad- close to each othe·~. Then Mars is very vanced picture-taking capabilities will large and easily viewed; other times it's give him the chance to more closely behind the sun." observe and measure the objects' uni- "With an earthbound telescope, you EYE IN THE SKY: The Hubble Space Telescope If be deployed by que properties. can only profitably look at Mars for two NASA April 10. Two UM-St. Louis Professors have projects related to it. "The objects aJ-e one of the few visi- or three months, every two years;' ble manifestations of the young star; James said. by K,C. Clarke Once deployed, the $1.5 billion-dollar unless yo u are looking at them in in- But with the Space Telescope, view- reporter telescope will begin to send back to frared;' said Schwartz. "The major goal ing time would be increased by up to Earth high-resolution images of the of our project is to get sharper pictures six months, due to the HST's unique When the Space Shuttle Discovery stars and planets with a clarity that no to compare with our theoretical vantage point in space. lifts off at approximatly 8:47 EDT on earthbound telescope can match. models ." James ex-pressed his delight in the for- Tuesday, April 10 it will carry with it the Back on planet Earth, at least two Young stars are often hidden from . tuitous timing of the HST mission. Mars' hopes and dreams of scientists around people at the University of Missouri-St. view by the nebulous clouds of gas and present position will bring it close to the the world. After years of delays and Louis will be following the mission with dust from which they are formed, Ac- Earth for the next six months. technical improvements, the hi ghly more than professional curiosity. cording to Schwartz, the young star "We're lucky the launch comes so touted Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Dr. Richard D. Schwartz, a professor emits a supersonic, bi-polar outflow of nicely in phase so that we can get in six A STAR IS BORN: Professor Richard Schwartz hopes the Hubble will finally take orbit 380 miles above of astronomy, and Dr. Philip B. James, heated gas that will create shock waves months of viewing," said James. "If they Space Telescope will allow him to see how stars come into being. the Earth's surface. head of the physics department both when it collides with gas and debris,in had delayed the launch too long we'd (Photo by Michelle McMurray) Underground Shape~ UJL ~ Conduct.Co de Revised Again Senate Appoints by Michelle McMurray was found running loose in the with the OIiginal proposal. sidered int imidation] What I thi nk I'm Current Editor reporter cafeteria. Employees closed the by Kevin Kleine "One of the most constructive things doors to the Undergroui1d and pur going to propose we do as students is editor that happened during this process is form a committee of our own ami form by Shawn M, Foppe After several weeks of controver sued the rodent amid cheers from a that a number oi p020ple made us aware managing editor sy, the UM-St. Louis Underground crowd of students who witnessed the our own conduct code. I think students The ad hoc committee dealing with of some of the difficulties in the was granted an "A" rating by the event. can very well hand le their own conduct The Senate Student Publications creating a new student conduct code language and the some of the conse County Health Department on April The mouse eventually ran down a if we openly discuss it. A real positive Committee has appointed Laura 3. hol e, and the Underground has revised the original document to ad Quences of their application," said com step would be to get involved in this Berardino as editor of the Current "The staff at the Underground has re-opened. dress some of the concerns students had mittee member David Robertson of the oursell' es. It seems the students I have for the 1990-91 school yeaJ: done everything humanly possible to' But things are changing, says Har ex-p ressed. Political Science Department "We have talked to sti ll ha\'e some problems with Berardino, who cUll'ently serves as co rrect deficiencies in the food ser ris. "[The alleged food poisoning] • Student Representative to the Board eliminated all the "Hostile Environ the code." associate managing edito r, was one vice department," said Food Service was an unfortunate accident;' he ad Qf Curators, Paul Matteucci, said that ment" language from this and made it Another point in the code that Mat of two finalists for the p')sition, She the revisions have dealt satisfactorially as explicit as we can. Director Chris Harris. mitted, "and we tried to apologize to teucci opposes is the right of the com began her career at the CUIit?nl one The Underground came under fire the lady it happened to, We have with all but two of his nine concerns Conduct will no longer be covered plaintant to appeal a ruljng in the and a half years ago as a rep Olter. recently after reports of multiple stayed on top of things since it hap under the blanket statement "conduct discipline case, The proposed code She quickly moved up to the posi health code violations and an alleg pened." which affects a student's suitability as a Underground over the weekend, would allow, for example, a professor to tion of associate features ed itor and ed food poisoning. The salad bar is back, after hav member of the academic community." seek the exp ulsion of a student for th en featu res editor. Over the last few weeks, the Coun ing been brought up to standard- although six months had not pass if it passes the University Senate and the ed since its last use . cheating on an exam after the Vice She serves as both Secretary to ty Health Department has cited the down to 50 degrees. senates of the other three campuses in In addition, fifteen employees Chancellor for Student Affairs had the newspaper's organ ization and as cafeteria for violations ranging from The salad bar is kept cool by plac the UM System, The code attempts to came in over the weekend to clean already nJled that the punishment shall Organizational Representative to the presence of roaches to mouse ing ice around the crocks of salad cover the many concerns of faculty, droppings in the untensils. ingredients. The management said the place from top to bottom, Har be of a lesser degree than the e.xpulsion . Student Governmen t Association. ris said. students and staff in areas of discrimina Matteucci argued that the situation is Addi tionally, BeraJ'dino is actively in On March 28, the salad bar was the problem carne about because it tion and harassment. ordered removed after a Health . wanted to have a wide variety of He also mentioned that a new comparable to double jeopaJ-dy in the volved in the Missouri College employee was recently hired to deal Matteucci says that he is happy with U.S, legal system. Newspaper Association. Department inspection found that selections on the salad bar; but there the code for the most part, but two ma the Underground had not maintain specifically with daily sanitation, in Steve Meinhold, student and Chair of Berard in o intends to pursue a wasn't enough space left for ice to jor issues keep it from being a fair docu ed it at a safe temperature. The code bring the crocks down to 50 degrees. addition to other duties. the Senate Student Affairs Committee, caJ-ee r in either journalism or public ment. Under section four of the "class requires that the salad bar The problem was remedied by The CountY Health Department ex-plained to the com ittee that students relations after graduation. temperature not exceed 50 degrees . removing a few of the toppings and had inspectors give the Underground P\' violations, the most serious, contains are concerned about the possible abuse "I look forward to being re>'pon Farenheit. . building the ice up to the top of the another inspection this week. "The phrases such as "including but not of power that the document appears to sive to the university community and That came less than two weeks salad bar. inspection went fine," said Shimeliss limited to;' and harassing, intimidating allow by granting complaintants the to taking the challenge that faces us. after a UM-St. Louis student claim The Food Service is also b)'ing to Demissie, of the Health Department or threatening another person," that right to imp ose the stiffer penalties I hop e students wi ll take time to stop "UM -St. Louis has done ed to have gotten violently!" from rid itself of rodents. Matteucci feels need to be defined Meinhold cited the need for change by the office and meet the staff," a salad she purchased in the A process called "the fog' ; which everything possible to combat the better. in the document, but wamed about the problem. The A rating was sustain Berardino said, Her appointment Underground. is effective in killing unwanted in "Exactly what constitutes harassment time restraints involed. He suggested ed;' said one Health Department will take effect after the April 26 edi The latest development occured sects is usually administered every six or intimidation?" Matteucci asked. "Can that the changes be made on the Senate tion of the Current, although she will on Monday, April 2, when a mouse months. but was used in the official. a heated discl'ssion in the hall be con- floor in a open discussion of th e code. begin strate~ic planning immediately, Student Government Electiolls: The Presidential Candidates DY Kiril Dickinson semester, "so the campus knows whafs by Shawn M. Foppe was a student senator on the Universi- I by Kevin Kleine . it," Ho'ran said, ''There's not much need news editor being done. If someone's not doing their managing editor ty Senate last year. i editor job, we can say, 'Hey, do it or hit the PruzhansKy ana linmes plan to ad- to be adl1crsarial." Another POlllt III their CaJ1\paign is to The card reads, "lustice. .. Efficien- road.'" Building better facilities for iJl,t-St. dress the issues of: The In ternal structure of student make student government ser.'e as the cy ... Accountability... Bryan Wyatt for Stu- Another of his priorities is the Louis students, implementing ~inority - More financial assistance for UM-St. government will be the target of refom15 informational provider of the campus dent Body President." cafeteria. "We need to do something partIcIpation programs, and taking more loUiS students by Jennifer Horan if elected as president also. This UM-St. Louis senior has been about the Underground;' he says. "I notice of students' opinions ar~ the - More, updated, parking_ od student government. ''Too many students do not know how here three years majoring in political always thought it was too expensive for thmgs Student Go,:,€mment AssOCIation -Dorms Horan and her running mate, Gary to get involved, get a 'ob on campus or science, with a philosophy minor. He the quality of food there," (SGA) presidential candl?ate AlIa -Implement minority participation Garufi, plan to change the way the Stu- how to ftle a griev an( ~ ," Horan sai d. does not currently hold a position in Pruzhansky promises to bnng to stu- . ., _ dent Activities Budget Committee is pr~grams "Promoting awareness is an import.ant t d t g ment although he was Wyatt wants to introduce more com- dent government at UM-St. loUiS. We really do beheve ItS time for chosen, Thev suggest that each s u en overn, . d h k d h . te h " Pru h k 'd Sh It th t - aspect of of the ro le of student govern elected 10 the Student Government petitive bidding or get "a goo commer- Pruz ~s y an er fl:Innm~ rna, c ange, z ans y SaJ, e ~e a recognized student organization take a ment on campus, It takes participation Association (SGA) Assembly last year; cial service to replace the catering ser- Mark Gnmes, feel th~t It IS time to ~o.rkl!1g. to get more students to par- tum serving on the SASC, rotating posi- he couldn't accept the position because vice we llave now:' He added that he change SGA to ,make It more respon- tiClpate m student government was very tions every yea!: for thing to change. No one participates of work conflicts, would not be averse to using student slve to students needs. Important. "The problem will be getting people if they are not aware of what is giong on. We need to help them [student This year Wyatt is running for SGA funds to keep the prices down, since the Both Pruzhansky and Grimes b~ng pruzhansky will not, however, use the top follow it," Horan said. organizatrionsj understand that they President. His card reads, "It's very sim- Underground "touches all students." extensIve expenence from orgamzations power of .the purse to force Umverslty The main thrust of her campaign will don't need to shout for us to listen," she pIe, I will get things done." He believes that the cafeteria should and student government to their organizations to attend SGA meetings_ be to increase student the level of said. "SGA can be a heck of a lot more ef- have' cheaper food "if for no other campaigns, "1 can't do that to them. They only representation of students, Horan has been active in campus ficient; ' he maintains, "Right now we reason than to promote student unity, Pruzhansky currently serves as a hurt themselves;' pruzhansky said. The One way she plan to increase their politics for the last three years. A have people [in SGA] with a lot of good to get them to hang around and member of SGA as an elected represen- ' Student ACtiVIties Budget COmmittee representation is by implementing the Political Science and Spanish double intentions but no follow-through:' . socialize." tative. In addition, she serves on the passe~ a. rule last year requmn~ all Parliamentary system proposed recently. major, she has served the assembly as As an example, he cites the recent University Senate and sits on the orgamzations to attend SGA meetings The proposed system would make the well as the University Senate. Her SGA election conb-oversy in which plans Wyatt would do other things to com- University Grievance Committee, the on a regular b~ls. . . SGA president more accountable to the Achioevements include: to conduct an election by mail were bat student apathy, such as having University Disciplinary Panel and the Those organizations that fail to asembly and give them control needed stalled. surveys taken, "They would ask students Campus Master Plan Committee. regularly a~end m~etings are suppose to approve appointments that have been -Char oi University Program Board "The election deal is typical of what 'what would it take to get you involved Both Pruzhansky and Grimes have to have theLr finanCial support Withheld. contrm'ersial topics between the presi- -SGA Assembly rep SGA has been like," claims Wyatt. in this campus?'" he explained. "And experience on Student Court. Grimes Th. e rule has been ineffective, though, dent and the assembly_ -Member of senate Ry Laws And, then I would focus on those issues." tl Stud t C rt th ( th 10 t f th To remedy the situation, the wouid- curren y serves as a en ou WI [ewer an. percen 0 . e Horan added that the administration Rules Committee 'd t h ent! added His other ideas to increase student in- justice. Pruzhansky served as Chief recogmzed orgamzatJOns attendmg can be of assistance to the students in be SGA P res! en ,II' 0 rec Y I' SGA P . -Political Science Academy senior Tim Gartin to his ticket for the voh'ement include an all-campus spor- Justice of the Court last year, Assemb y meetings_ Current ~esl- implementing their plans. representative pOSition. ' 0f VlCe-' Presl 'd en,t wants to have ting event and a "casino night;' with Additionally, Grimes has been vice- dent,h Thrrence.. Small, refusesfail' to pentt lzed "If we have a goal in mind, we would "If we want to see the university groll', SGA committees and officials publish ef- some of the money going to SGA and president and interim president of the t ose orgaruzations I.ng to a en take that issue to the administration and them these are the ares th at studnts ficiency reports in the Current twice a some to charity_ Associated Black Collegians in 1988. He meetmgs, Pruzhansky said she agreed. make them see that this is how we want need to be involved in," PAGE TwO ." April 5, 1990 CURRENT Page 2
r Monday 9 " . . , eArchiFax. Judith Ciampoli, coordinator of Volunteer Services for the St. Louis Art Museum, will lecture on "The Story of a Great Building: The St. Louis Art Museum" at noon in 229 J.c.Penney. For more in formation, call x5180.
epremiere Performances pre- eLaserFax. Joyce Guest, pro sent pianist Helene Wickett at 8 fessor of Chemistry at the p.m. at the Ethical Society, 9001 University of Cincinnati, wililec Clayton Road. Tickets to all con- ture on "Looking at the certs are $12 for the general Photochemical Reaction public, $8 for students, senior Pathways of Laser Ecited Car adults, UM-St. Louis faculty and bonyl Compunds" at 4 p.m. in staff, and Ethical Society R120 Research wing. Members, and $6 for KWMU Refreshments will be served at Studio Set members. For more 3:30 p.m. For more information, information, call x5818. call x6200.
Tuesday 10 .. e"Communicating Across eStar Talk. Bruce Wilking will Cultures" is an experiential speak on "Cosmology" from viorkshop from noon to 2 p.m. in 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 211 Clark Hall. The workshop is R223e Research Wing. Wilking is for people of all races who are in- a UM-St. Louis professor in the terested in understanding com- physics department. munication styles of other Refreshments will be served at cultures. Preregistration is re- 12:15 p.m. Call 553-6200. quired. For more information call x5380. Wednesday 11 e"PMS & Endometriosis:' Karen Gorman, a head nurse at Barnes Hospital, will lecture on "PMS & Endometriosis" from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 211 Clark Hall. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) -the END and endometriosis are disorders that can significantly affect a woman's sense of well-being. This seminar covers diagnosis and treatment options for these disorders as weill as ways to cope with the problems caused by the disorders. Call 553-5380.
Thursday 12 . -.'-..,. . eMammography Mobile. S1. Luke's Hospital will bring their Mobile ~ammogra~hy Unit to campus from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This unit pro Vides screening mammography to detect breast cancer in low-risk wome~. The fee is $50, contact St. Luke's at 851-6062 for more in paVTCtUlr formation on appointment times and pre-test instructions. IMf / II[ a1E5J/'T UY!i IfCA'E /' t********************* \ B uddah from page in the illusion of control. 1rying to stop 3 others from smoking ganja is just one manifestation ?f this frame of mind, just one such illusion. The failure of the ongoing police war malijuana smoke, what's wrong with against users of this drug is, I think, an that? Why shouldn't especially the peo omen for what this frame of mind is ple who are most prone to smoke pot destin ed to lead to. In the world of the like th e notoriously nice Rastafarians future, even uptight people must learn be allowed to? to accept that they can force only so Give me a reason . much of th emselves onto others. (This Now, give me your real reason. Your is a sentiment I might have expressed real reason is just that yo u don't do it rather more strongly if I were still an or yoti don't like it and you don't want anarchist, but I am not.) anybody else tQ be allowed to, either. Besides-and on this I would not lie But isn't that the way of things these smoking th e ganj helps you clearly days? As the world seems to get bigger organize your thoughts (like me) and faster, the bourgeousie become con· although it does have a detrimental ef fused and afraid, and they find comfort fect on your... um , yOur. .. "'******************** ~/ Dixon Assailed As One-Woman Morality Patrol by Julio West columnist
of shenanigans by now. speaks of extramarital affairs, drink- Mear Jean the legislatin' machine But no. . ing and loosing women in bars. is back in action. Jean Dixon the state Jean has come up with the idea to What about the song "Love For represLntative from Springfield that is. label records that she finds obscene. Sale" from the 1940's? My mom and First she opposed a play that the Let's consider the source. Jean is from dad were pretty damned obscene but studetn:; at Southwest Missouri State the same town that has the head- who knew? Univer~ily wanted to put on . The play quarters of the Assemblies of God There are a couple of phrases that was abllut homosexuals. church. keep coming up in political science Naxt, she said that the way girls Until now I have refrained from call- classes that Jean seems to have forgot dress today invite rape. ing these people anything like bible ten. Maybe she skipped school that Now she wants to put labels on belt red necks bent on limiting the day. We are a nation of laws, not men records that have lyri cs she doesn't First Amendment. But that's what (or women). You cannot legislate like. I believe the actual wording of the they are. morality. bill mentions; satan worship, bestiali The Reagan revolution would be There are reasons the Constitution ty, suicide or unnatural sex. better described ' as the redneck was wlitten that way it was. They Let's take thing in order, the play. revolution. didn't make mistakes. While I am not a homosexual, "Burn my flag and I'll bum your The First Amendment was not perhaps a play about homosexuals ass" and the Supreme Court and the some quirky thing put in to amuse the would help me understand them. I Constitution be damned. Ollie North founders of our country. wish I would have lived in Springfield for President and the heck with the They were escaping the laws and at that time. I would have went just Constitution he ignored. whims of a man who didn't see things to piss off the rednecks who picketed Brother and sisters we got to stop the same way they did. the performances. this Endowment for the Arts if we We are a "melting pot" that means No, J am not a rapist. Nor do I think don't like the art we are endowing. we absorb a little bit from other im- anyone deserves to be raped; no mat Brothers and sisters, we got to put migrants who are different from us; ter what they wear. What Jean says to labels on them records because some not that we boil everyone down to be me is if you don't do, say or wear what kid commited suicide listening to that like us. Jean approves of, you get what you got heavy metal stuff. If Jean had her way, you couldn't coming. Yeah right, it probably had nothing read this. I used the word homosex Maybe if I wear realtightjean, a nice to do with his parents (they are uals three times, damned twice, ass shirt and some cologne, some woman members of the church), or il failed once and pissed off once. Ifyou want him to use a condom, would rape me. We woudl go to trial relationship or any of the other Don't show your kids. and Jean would testify in my assailants thousands of things that depress behalf because I got what I deserved. teenagers. It was that damned music. this is all you have to say. You would think the people who put You can't just single out rock music Jean in office would be a little tired Jean. What about country that often MISSOURI Call 800-53~3-AIDS RESPONDS *******************************j TOAIDS ~******************************* E DITORIALS April 5, 1990 CURRENT Page 3 Changes Not Enough Students sent a message to the faculty of the University Senate when they pulled together to oppose the revisions in the university's student conduct code. " he ad hoc committee set up to revise the code told the Current that the changes sparked a lot of dialogue about the code and that students pointed out oversighs that the committeee may have missed because of looking at the,docu ment from only their point of view. , This proves that students can get things changed on this campus if a little effort is applied. The job is not finished yet. There are still two major points in the code that could be a disadvantage to students if there was a broad interpreta tion of the code by the disciplinary committee or one of the administrators in the process. I , One point almost seems like double jeopardy since it allows the complaintant to appeal the ruling to ,imposed a harsher penalty. Victims of crime in the world do not get a chance to set the penalty imposed on the accused, so why should students give up their right to a fair trial just because they , chose this ' university for their education. The second point that makes the document unacceptable is that terms such as harassment, intimidation and catch-all phrases such as "including but not limited to;' are to vague to be fair to students caught in the system. ,
What exactly' is harassment? Would a heated debate on .~ politics in the hall outside of class be intimidating? No one knows because there is no definition. Committee chair Vickie ~T. Ml KAAu ...· Sauter said in a public hearing friday that she did not believe that faculty would try to use any influence with the diciplinary committee that they might possess. The fact remains that it is a possibility , ) FOR-GIVe:. ME:" F"ATHE.R; The Right Stuff FO~ I ~AVE. s nJNE:..D . \ Across the state, UM-ST. Louis is considered by some WA~ TO 6 1V~ UP ~R.U~6 to be the stepchild of the UM System. Professors here are AN~ srA~T A Ne:.W L.,1f: E.. · proving that we can keep up with the larger, more research W~AI MuS.i \ ~o ~ oriented intitutions. Richard Schwartz and developed projects that will use the Hubble Space Telescope that will be deployed YoU MUST B~ by the space shuttle when it launches AplillO. The payload PU~\SH'ED· is the largest and most expensive sattellite ever put in orbit. And UM -St. Louios has the distinction of being part of it. Since Chaneellor Marguerite Barnett has come to this university, the research here has grown tremendously. Last fall, .the National Science Foundation presented the school ' with a grant of $7 million, the largest NSF grant ever given 'to any campus in the UM System. , In order to 'achieve Barnett's goal of becoming a world class university, increased support for higher education is necessary from the state. Increased support would allow research institutions to have the equipment available to take on the demanding projects and attract more grants. Letters Policy The Current welcomes letters to the auth or's name can be withheld by editor. The writer's student number request. and phone number must accompany The current reserves the right to all letters. Non-students must also in- edit all letters for space and style elude their phone numbers, Letters consideration. The current reserves should be no longer than two typed, the right to refuse publication of double-spaced pages. No unsigned letters. letters will be published, but the by Kiril Dickinson or anl·thing, but th ere are just certain dha and Tho as a cure for existentialism. dhists are basically harmless, (I mean, news editor things \,·'u can't do. Well. sure. Th e thing is, the whole they just sit there) He kinda had me there. because of religion is based on sitting, OK? The And now I' ve got my column! Ha! DAMN! I finall y got a column , Hal course anarchy isn't just no leaders, it's point is that you sit for long peri ods of (Now the topic, Kiri!, th e topic.) Oh ! And speaking of Buddha, I'm When I got this job, they promi sed me no iolb\'ers, S0 I admitted I would pro time and let go of the self. which is an a column, but, you see, I was 'an anar bably break all those unwritten rules if illusion anyway, and fee l at one with the rather fond of a certain gift of nature th at vaill glorious politicians in chist then, and there V{, M, Faisal Malik LETTERS To THE EDITOR director of business affairs Shawn M. Foppe Felicia Swiener Weedin~ Out Is Necessary Process In Education managing editor advertising director sitv campus~ . f'erllaps they did not curve? Why bother to put in the extra that really do care. The care about Laura Berardino Whitaker Varley I am writing this letter in response to receive. or did not make an effort to effort when I can get th e same grade associate managing editor Advertising Sales the letter printed in the March 29th academ ic standards that give a degree issue of the Currellt regarding the receive. an adequate seco ndaT}' ed uca without the trouble? The real loss, value. Greg Albers Kiril David Dickinson "weeding out" process as a "prejudice tion. Perhaps they did not have cultural though is that those students who were Mr. Cunington's letter seems to be a associate business manager news editor of administration vs. students: ' Quite and educational opportunities prior to give n an 'A' as a gift will find that they plea for th e indiscriminate granting of frankl y, I find the letter appal ling, and their university "careers" that enable are not prepared fo r higher level college degrees (even better-with Scott Brandt David 'Barnes th em to compete. While this is unfor courses-much less graduate schoo l. honors) so that "everyman" can reach photog ra phy editor sports editor I truly beli eve that if enough of the VI'I St. Louis population fail to take it tunate, academic standards at any professional school, or even careers his career goals, In response I say career Laura Eichhorst Mike Van Roo seriously, or even fail to voice opposi un il'ersity campus should not be sacrific related to their field of stud y! goals are just that-goals. Not everyone copy er it6r assis(ant sports ~itor tion, this university will neue,- be an ed so lIlat failing students can get "Weeding out" is a necessary process will fu lfill his goals but will have to academically respected institution. The degrees of equal l'a1ue (at least in the. on any post-secondary campus. It is not modify them according to his ability to Reporters: Michelle McMurray purpose of the university is not to hand eyes of society) to the degrees obtained a matter of prejudice but a matter of real acheive them. In the meantime, I want Candace Carrabus assistant photo editor by students who do perform. world competition necessary to maintain my degree from UM-St. Louis to carry Lee Conrad out a degree to aJ1yone who "works hard ['m sure I'm not alone wh en I feel certain standards. If a post-secondary some weight in the eyes of the academic Cathy Dey David Workman to pay for college" or "studies hard for Mark Prusaki copy editor tests:' but to award degrees to thuse cheated because I've put in an effort and degree is to have any academic/profes and professional community. I worked John Ryan students who perform up to standards turn ed in an academically sound piece sional value whatsoever it cannot be hard to pay for college, too. I study hard Renee Schopp that are meani ngfuL of work only to learn that ninety per given to anyone who "tries hard:' While for tests, too, Jenny Washington cent of the elass has received the same effort certainly is important, perfor Julio West It may sound a bit elitist, but not al l grade. What, I ask, does the 'A' mean? mance is the bottom lin e. Those pro Ton i P. Douaihy high school graduates belong on univer- Wha.t ever happened to the bell-shaped fessors who grade critically are the ones IDEAS/OPINIONS April 5, 1990 CURRENT Page 4 And I Rage: Dealing With Campus Racism 'J'he following exerpt is taken from Derogatory and supposedly humorous ·history. Yet. I tire of only hearing of crossed his face. I guess they had never Angeles in the 1980s. And J Rage. prejudice. Maybe I will encounter that The Daily Californian,' the campus statements are made about the man whites in history. It sickens me to hear seen a black RA before. After asking _ Last year, I went to a fri end 's party in child as she fears my presence as her newspaper for the University of nerisms of blacks. If I speak up I will be that Lincoln lI'as .this great guy who him to tum down their music, I walked a predomincu:tly white upper-middle Resident 4.ssistant. Or perh aps I will California-Berkeley. The author, condemned as a radical. If I say nothing cared about slaves when it is proved that away and wondered if I had been white class area. As I walked in. his father's mee t her son as he attempts to "talk Christopher D. West is a student at the it will be as if I am condoning it. I speak he was as racist as th e rest. I tire of on e if they would have reacted in tlle same gaze said that I should be serving food. jive" to try to be cool in his upper university. up and I am ostracized from the group. line blurbs which mention the Trail of way. Probably not. And I Rage. instead of mingling with gu es ts. r sit in middle-cl ass white crowd . And I Raqe. I want to believe that one day they will Why must I have to check their com Tears, Cesar Chavez. or Nate Turner. It At home, my fath er told me a storv the cormer and am left alone as others und"rstand what I am going through. ments? Why must I be their conscience, is as if these events are not important. of a day when he fac ed racism. He wor~ speak about going to the countrv club As I come home from school. I turn I hope that one day they will be able to why can't they be sensitive to others' And yet, when people of color de as a Traffic Control Officer and was on and Harvard University. I fe el like the on the tel evision and I an inundated by understand why I feel theway I do. Un concerns? Can't they see that their com mand the light for one lousy class his way home from work. As he drove character in Ralph Ellison's novel "[n a society rel'eling in racism. Th e sensa til that I RAGE. ments offend? And I Rage. (ethnic studies) what happens? There is through the intersection near his job, visitile Man:' a man wh o can sit in socie tional lead storv on th e news is of a white woman who has been raped by a I walk into a classroom and there is Once, a professor returned a paper to only red tap e, foot dragging, and he was pulled over by two whi te poli ce ty or in a room and still be igno·red. And a discussion on an "ethnic or cultural" me I wrote on the topic of racism. There hypocrisy in a system seeking to teach officers. They accused him of running J Rage. black man. It then continues to show issue, and I am supposed to be the was a C ,4ritten on the last page with only a Western focus. This is ironic. a red light. One officer pushed my fath er Chicanos stealing a car. and then gays Last week , I walked down the street and the rising icid ences of AIDS (which. authority on the subject. I feel like I am the following comments: "You are too since this nation is based on tolerance and u~ed racist derogato ry slurs. When and. a middle-aged white lad\' walked the newscaster lets th e audience know. here ~o exhibit what "black America" emotional, you should make a rational, and equality. And I Rage. the officer's supervisor arrived . the of tQward me from the opposite direction. is the punishment gays are receiving for feels about their topic of conversation. intelligent argument." Because he does This year, I'm working as a Resid ent ficer accused my father of pushing him. She noticed me and switched her purse their sin). What I do not see is any At the same time, there is no concern not feel or understand racism r am ir Assis~t in the reside nce halls. til e dor When they discovered that my father to the opposite side of where I was walk positi\·C' story on these abo\'e-mentioned fo' issues which affect people of color rational. I cannot be unemotional when mitories all the Berkeley campus. One' worked in the same police department ing. So I moved to her opposite side and groups. . on the University of California-Berkeley I face this supposed "historic" topic night I took duty for ano ther RA. This he told my father. "Boy, I should make she immediately switched her purse [ tum the TV off and wonder if society campus or in the larger society. When everyday on this campus. What is so in- included walking the floors and being you quit this department today." back, this time tightening her glip. As . will e\'er attain the lofty goals of "liber I attempt to bring up these issues in the telligent about racism? Yet [ must write available for locked-o ut residents. while Eventually my father was issu ed a I pass. I laught to myself at the stupidi ty and justice ior all" on which it was classroom, there is bewilderment at my in their style, being unemotional and checking the buildi ng I walked onto a ticket and forced to pay a fine. No ty of her feaJ' of my skin co lor. established? Does anvone out there real anger. A questioning of why I am not unfeeling, or I will not succeed in their ., floor where a party was in progress. apology, no restitution for hi,> humilia Then I stopped to think. "If this ly caJ'e about what is 'going on? As I walk g.--ateful that the university let me attend system. And I Rage When I went to see who the residents tion. As my father told me this story I woman had a child, she has probablv toward th e window I liloticed three in the first place. And I rage. Recently, I declared my major in were. the\' attempted to close the door could see the anger and hurt well up in instilled her fear and hatred into he;' dnlnk white students approach a female For example, I am in a meeting. history with a focus on American in my fac e. A resi d nt came out and per his eyes. He is a man and yet he was children " It struck me that for everv black s"tudent. Th ey jostle her as she sisitently asked wh o I Wa5 . When I told treated like less than a man. This was parent who looks in fear, th ere is a child passed and th en tum in unity to yell. No One Gets Left him that I was an RA. a look of disbelief not Alabama in the l%Os. this was Los who has been instilled with the same '·nigger." And I Out With Holidays ---_A JOH.N WATERS FILM ____ For Everyone by Scott Brandt photo editor Commentary o H N N Y DE P P A column on the editorial page this semester sparked an idea for me. It stated that Martin Luther King Jr. Day millions believe him to be the real was a national holiday to appease a "King". I know, what about his drug con special interest group. I found this a victions? Hey, he may have used drugs. most interesting concept so I have come but, he did not 0.0. on them like th e .H e's adoll. up with my own list of people or things other "King': Maybe we should have one that need to be recognized with a holiday to honor all the Rock & Roll ar holiday. tists throughout history. It should be It is my opinion that these extra scheduled for the same weekend that He'sa ~eamboat. holidays will be wholeheartedly endors the concert at Woodstock was held. FM ed by the banking community. It will stations allover the country could play give them another reason to keep us a set of music by a paJticular arti st every from our money. These new holidays will few minutes all weekend long. It would also be accepted by school children be the first nation-wide "No Repeat He'sa deooquent. across this great land of ours. They will Weekend" in history. The stations would have the day off to celebrate in their own . start at midnight with a set from Bill special way. I know that in the case of Haley & The Comets and finish with the my own children they will spend the day latest fly by night group. Disco. of with friends in silent meditation or course, would be skipped completely. joyous celebration. If you honestly Oh Buffy, Bift', have I got a holiday for believe this, then I've got a bridge for you. It's called "Blue Collar Day". This sale, cheap. is actually a two day holiday. On the first On to the matter at hand, the new na day all owners of BMWs, Volvos and tional holidays. Some are for all the peo custom-made suits must wear blue jeans, ple, some for that very special interest preferably faded , and drive a '75 Chevy group. pickup truck. This day will remind you How about a day honoring the man of who you are using as rungs as you gave us some of the most improtant climb the corporate ladder. On the se words in our history, the "Declaration cond day you must repent by praying to of Independence_" There is no holiday the goddess of greed, Leona Helmsley. honoring Thomas Jefferson. We have a You must ask her forgiveness for giving day honoring the Declaration's reading, up peasant stomping for even that short but not the writer. Why don't we retitle twenty-four hour period. Penetence will July Fourth as "Declaration of Indepen be to kick a mother and her two dance Day" so that we can celebrate children out of their home. By religious both. The U.S. government does not ly following this ritual each year you can seem to have a problem combining almost rid yourself of the guilt of the holidays, just ask Mr. Washington and love of money. Mr. Lincoln. All Prosecuting Attorneys should We also need a holiday to celebrate receive off as a holiday the day the Zsa two of the most important inventions in Zsa Gabor was convicted 'of viciously civilized history. We need a day for the slapping a police officer. Due to this electric light and the telephone and the overwhelming victory all P.A.'s deserve men who invented them, Thomas it off, never mind that those greater Edison and Alexander C. BelL We shall crimes of murder, rape etc. go un call it "Invention Day". On this day at prosecuted. I can finally sleep at night exactly 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard knowing that this cop slapper has been ,.' Time, 2:00 p.m. Central, every taken off the streets. American will tum on all the lights in How about a national holiday, for all their home and call someone on the Americans honoring all the Presidents phone. Teenagers should kneel down we have had. You know the ones I spe~ and pay special homage to Bell, for of, guys like Millard Fillmore, Jam es where would they be without the phone. Polk, ah, uh, oh, you know, what's his People with the latest variatiun of the name. It will be during any month phone, car phones, will continue to without a three day weekend and will drive at 75 m.p.h. or faster not paying be forever known as "Forgetable any attention to their driving. Presidents Day". We must have a day in honor of The National Rifle Association should Missouri's only President, Harry S request a holiday. On this day only Truman. This is a national holiday for lifetime members will receive the day off Missourians only. It should be on the to attend the sacred ceremonies. At day that he ordered the A-Bomb drop these very special ceremonies the presi ped on Hiroshima. It will be called "Big dent of the N.R.A . will lead the massive Boom Day". Here is a man who was throng in a reading of the fourth amend couregeous enough to make use of the ment of the Constitution. Once the product that Franklin D. Roosevelt reading is completed he will shoot a spent millions on. Truman changed the handgun virgin in tribute to the gods of course of historY with this one simple gunpowder. The Prosecuting Attorney order. He is not like the politicians of will not file murder charges due to the today who spend thousands to deter fact that he is already over budget mine the sexual activity of the common because of the Gabor cop-slapping trial. earthworm. Who cares? Truman made Finally, conservatives would like a day the most of the money that was spent. to call their own. It will be in November John F. Kennedy deserves a day of his each year to honor the man that drove own. How many people are employed the beast from the White House. Peo today due to his desire to have an ple of conservative persuasion will look American on the moon. to the west, bow and sing praises to their The day Elvis Presley died would be leader. The name of this man will be a good day for a celebration. Here is a known as St Ronnie. Not to be outdone man millions of people ' consider the liberals will also demand a day for "King of Rock & Roll". Every year on themselves. They will bow and sing the date of his death thousands ' go to praises to their leader, whomever it is Graceland on some sort of religious this week. Could it be St. Ed (Kennedy) trek. I suppose they are hoping to see or St. Jesse (Jackson), maybe st. Paul him rise from the dead, if he really is (Simon) or even St. Dick (Gephardt). My . dead. With this kind of following how personal choice would be St. Walter ' can we flot have a holdiay in his (Mondale). OPENS FRIDAY~ APRIL '6 TH -' memory. If we are to honor Elvis then If you agree that these should become we should honor John Lennon. Lennon national holidays write to your con gave us more and better music and gressman and the White House. AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU. FEATURES April 5, 1990 CORRENT PageS Disabled Students Raise Campus Awareness by Laura Berardino ass-ociate managing editor ly one wheelchair. "A few' minutes Emily Earth-Spirit, vice president and before classes the elevator was full of for the Disabled Students Union, by Michelle McMurray able-bpdied faculty; ' explained Pelli. helped ' organize the week's events. reporter . "Instead of offering to get out they "We promote learning by doing;.' she said, '1 guess you'll have to wait for the said. "If you ride in a wheelchair, you UM-St. Louis students have been next one.' " getting a feel of what it is iike to be can understand what a handicapped She added that some of the wheelchair mobile during Disabled person goes through. It tells the bathroom facilities are not accesible Awareness Week, April 2-6. students it's OK to join in the to wheelchairs. festivites, and it's not a stigma. It in creases our membership and it gives UM-St. Louis student Soyna Pelli The goals of the Disabled Student moral support for the goals we want spoke Wednesday about the du Union is to try and make the campus to achieve ." . ficulties of getting around in a more accesable, and to be a student wheelchair-for instance, the el~vator advocate for problems students might in Clark Hall has enough room for on- have. Wheel chair simulation was one of the activities promoted to students, faculty, and staff on Wednesday mor ning. Participants were loaned wheelchairs and challenged to go through their daily routines. Paul Mattuecci, Student Represen READY, S~T, GO: Students line-up for the wheelchair race on April 4 as part of the activities presented dur Ing the Disable Students Awareness Week. (Photo by Fred Appel) tative to the Board of Curators and Laura Paige, Vice-President for Stu off course and into the grass. "There's pearance to paJticipate in this event. fo r a translator or words to appear on dent Government Association found a lot of places that look level, but you th e screen. Besides, she added, out how difficult it was to go up and end up pushing with one arm the The movies--"Gabi: A True Story;' students would be watching the down hills on what was once a golf whole way;' Dugan said. "Rainman ," and "Help Wanted /The translator, and not the movies. course. Impossibl e Takes A Little Longer"- were shown at various locations and "When you're ready to break, "I used to work out all the time, but I still can't do it;' exclaimed Paige. at vari ous times on campus to raise break. I can't make it up this hill awareness of how the disabled get by. The week will end on Friday, April without breaking for a few minutes;' Dugan made a map for the 6 with an awards ceremony and ban Carol Dugan, president of the Disabl wheelchair races, wh ich took place quet in the Penney Building. When as ked why there weren't any 1.c. ed Students Union instructed her two Wednesday afternoon. About fifteen Students who will be recognized for special adaptations made for the see proteges. students said th ey would participate. awards are those who have par ing or heal-ing impaired for the HE WENT THAT'A WAY: Carol Duggan (right foreground) shows students Chancellor Marguerite Ross Barnett ti cipated in Disabled Awareness Week movies. Dugan stated that it would the racecourse. Duggan is president of the Disabled Students Union; More than once, the pavement, and various members of the ad and have frequently been of assistance cost an additional fi ve hundred dollars she degined the racecourse. (Photo by Fred Appel) which is uneven, caused them to go ministration made a surprise ap- to the Disabled Students Union. Rocker Welch Discusses MTV, McCarthyism And Ho Jo's sOllg~ dUU !ldVe SUllIe uegltx UI I""lllig by Mike Van Roo Before his two encores, Welch finish I think the people that say music think we have to learn to live without they need role models and little heart in th em without havi ng to kill yourself comtributing features writer ed the show with another standard oldie should stand on its own and the hell escape goats and take the respon throbs. Th e new generatio n now, the with MTV are right, but that's a sibilities ourselves. baby boome . the Eric Clapton generd called, "Oh Well," that deals with talk to do it. I've always liked jazz of that era. Rock star Bob Welch and his new ing to "the Almighty." nostalgia for the past. We (Avenue M) CURRENT: How's touring these days tion, th ey already did their grow ing up get into the whole visual thing rather compared to your days with Fleetwood al1d we' re in for a nice few years. CURRENT: What about some of the band Avenue M made an appearance The Current had a chance to inter superstars in rock like U2 and Bob than fight it and have a tortured soul Mac? last Monday night at Hi ts Music Club, view Welch before the show. Dylan? with it. We try to be visual, we pal' at This tour is more like what I would CURRENT: Who were some of your to help promote interest for a possible CURRENT: What kind of show would U2 is definetly a major fo rce. They're one expect to see when they come out tention to it and now its fun . It's a fun have done in th e early days of Fleetwood music id Is growing up, or maybe eve n new record deal and to gi\th er reaction Irish , , 0 th ey have to be passionate. You part of it, even though it's really not Mac. In those days, you'd fly into New some of your music ido ls today? from local radio promoters and music to see you? . have to be on one side or the other with music. OJ'leans and play there, then you would Edd ie Van Hal en is such an intuitive fans on hoI\' the band fares with their It's definitely not an oldies show. We're tl1at whole problem, that cuuntry is tom CURRENT: What about the drive to get on a plane at six o'clock in the mor genius. To me. a genius is som eone wrto "new material. doing some of m}' material from the apart. Th ey've neIped bring back some censor rock records? ning the next day and fly all day to Ed did som ething or popularized The band currently doesn't have a past, but we've realTal1ged it and put a political aware ne.ss. Their music is verv I have to admit there is some junk out monton. Alberta, then play that night. something brand new for th fi rst time. record contract or is promoting a new 90s twist on it. Were doing about 50-50, Celtic, not my favorite, I couldn't do it. there, but I think its a dramatization for Then you would go to Waco. Tx . You'd record at this time. flfty percent new stuff and you have to Th e guy (Bo no) is legimate though. political purposes. It's a great thing to go way south, then 'oI'ay north. The ro ad N ob od ~' else did it before. he does it with "You have to play live in front of au do some familiar stuff if you have it, al1d U2 has to be there. If I was Bob Dylan jump on. They were yelling about Elvis itself is better today~ there's more con suc h \~a r m th and humor. There's such diences to find out what's working and we haven't gone out and repeated it like I would go do ,i flashy Brnadway number the record.· This band has an definite Presley records in 1957 too, about how viences, truck stops, microwaves. Back fee ling in th way he loes it. It makes to build confidence in the band ," Welch me smi le, it's li ke heavy metal-jazz . with slick production numbers, just blow admits. "Rehearsing ih front of four edge, it's a rock band and not a heavy they were suggestive and would corrupt in 1971 all they had were Howard our morals. I think it's a non-issue, but Johnsons. Growing up. I always wanted to be a jazz your own mind and astound peo pl e, walls no matter how many times you do metal band. One of the keys to the band rather than perpetuate the legend: but I don't want to see any McCarthy hear CURRENT: \'lhere do you see some musician like Charlie Parker. [ roman it, is not the same. It's like sports in that is the post-Eddie Van Halen guitar style. wh o am I to talk about that. He's CURRENT: You seem to have a high ings happening in the 90s. And now of today's music going? ticized th music. the hard bop, and respect, an hour of practice in the world even the whole image of th e junkies and defi netly a key figure of our age. is not the same a.<; doing it in front of regard for Eddie Van Halen? that communism is no longer the big I think music may become a little less gest boogieman, now it's satanic teenage, a little bit more down to the drug taking. The suffering artist, A lot of these people (rock dinosaurs) people." Fom my point of view, Eddie Van should do something completely dif rockers. musicality, and the songs saying little bit Charlie Parker up in his atti c room do Welch , best known for his work with Halen is just as important in rock guitar ferent. scrub themse lves up and rub off as Eric Clapton was with his generation, I'm sorry, I don't buy that, I don't buy less of the pretty blond boys in the front ing his drugs, man in pain. Now I realize the ro ck super group Fleetwood Mac that you don't have to suffer to write th e mold . from the early 1970s and later headman or Jimi Hendlix was in the same tim e "he whole escape goat theory of life. I row. There will alway'S be teenagers and of his own group Paris. in the middl e period or Muddy Waters. I was pretty of that decade, is going back to his roots bored with the whole music scene for with his new band. awhile, then Van Halen came along and Avenue M's name is derived from a really re-energi zed the whole thing, at very famous street in Los Angeles call least for me. I find it really refreshing. Murray Receives Much l~/erit For Work ed Melrose Avenu e that is home to CURRENT: What do you think of to numerous rock clubs, trendy stores and day's music? I'm afraid a lot of my contemporaries by Mark Prusacki Professor Murray is currently study tions" as he tries to disc oL f what new thin gs" and that MU1Tay "gets nell' idea., fashionable boutiques. ... as he talks to the team members" Th e name can be partly attributed to have become a little bit snobbish about reporter ing how mutagens (substances that turns the research ha') tai,en. Postgraduate stude nt. Mcgh Si ng, Some day Murray's research may yield an ~ .A . - b ase d group that Welch work things. I'm not going to name any cause mutations) and carcinogens names, it's like the only music that's any UM-St. Louis' Curators Professor, wh o is a member of the research team a cancer connection to ozone and pollu ed with, when one of the girl singers tion in the atmosphere. wrote a song called "Avenu e M." good or valid is what we did. Evelything Robert Murray was awarded the Univer (cancer causing substances) are produc says he is able to "leam many new "It's a nan1e that gives an impression that the younger people are doing is not sity of Missouri's Presidential AWal'd for ed in polluted atmospheres. Research and Creativity at the Univ er of something happening now;' Welch valid . I'm frankly bored stiff by a lot of Murray began his reseal'ch from the relates. "Th e whole poin t of the group things that my chronological contem sity of Missouri Board of Curators assumption that there is ozo~e and meeting on March 23 . Murray was is that it's modem rock and roll , it's hard poraries are doing these days, some of pollution present in the atmosphere, rock in the sense compared to Fl eet it has merit. But by and large, r find a chosen for the award for a lifetime of especially around urban areas. contributions to sci ence. wood Mac. These days th ough, it's not lot of it doesn't have any energy to it. Airborne pollution, also known as like 10 years ago when you say it's a snooze. "particulate matter,' contains polycyclic something is hard rock, or 15 years ago CURRENT: Name some of those you Murray's has contributed greatly to aromatic hydrocarbons which are com or twenty years ago, when back then like. the field of oxidation chemistry. His pounds that have multiply bonded car there was only two or three groups that Van Halen, the new and the old. The focus is on ozone chemistry. bons and hydrogens. Polycyclic aromatic were considered that (hard rock), say old is my favorite, because we (Avenue Last year, Murray received the hydrocarbons are produced such things Led Zepplein or Deep Purple and one M) is trying to do the same thing, com prestigious Midwest Region Award of as industrial production operations and or two others" bining high energy and humo~. not be the American Chemical Society. The cigarette smoking. Welsh noll' makes his home in the ing super serious, the guys were always Midwest AWalu, which distinguishes him _. Murray theory states that th e "ozone Phoenix area and recruited his current goofing around, having a good time ou worldwide, recognized him for his encounters the certlin hydro carb ons to lineup from that desert city. Playing lead stage, it always showed on stage, they "meritorious contributions to the field produce a dioxirane." Th e palticul ar guitar is Freddi e Robinson , formerly of did n' t take themselves seriously. of chemistry: ' dioxirane produced is dimethyl diox Aerosmith is an example of older guys irane or DMD. Rip-N-Tear. on rhythm guitar is Gl enn Ch emistry Department Chairman, Dejongh of The Urge, bassist 'Blitz' who have come back better than they The dioxirane molecule contains ox were when they started. lUke Def Lep Lawrence Barton called the award "a ygen atoms which in the atmosphere Yates came from Second Coming. and major achievement" for Murray and drummer Bob Milan ex of Surgical pal·d. Their last record was a classic can "encounter polycycli c aromatic sounding rock and roll record, the real UM-St. Louis. hydrocarbons and oxidizes them in a Steel. Since joining the UM-St. Louis The band gave a spirited 90 minute defin itive English super production. It's way to produce mutagens and car th e record Led Zepplein would have faculty in 1968, Murray's research has cinogens" according to Murray. pelformance of songs both present and attracted $2.3 million in grants, publish past. Th ey lead off with a rousing "Let's made if that technology would have ex Murray 's research on the dimethyl isted wh en they were making their ed more than 120 publications, and got dioxirane molecule has made UM-St. Go Jam." a new song that should make ten several patents for his research. its way onto a future album. Other past records. Joe Satriani is-a guitarist that . Louis campus a "world center of diox players in all these bands look to as be Dr. Lawrence Barton praises his irane chemistry " in the words of Murray. Welsh chestnuts included several songs renowned colleage as a "most off of his enormously successful and ing Mr. Top Guitar Player. He has distinguished faculty member" in the Murray's creative approach to the pro popular 1978 album "French Kiss:' broken through with a highly successful University of Missouri system and calls duction of dimethyl dioxirane in the lab Those songs included the Billboard record thats basically an instrumental him a "top chemist;' as proven by the yielded a new method. The new process Thp 10 hits of "Ebony Eyes," and "Sen record fe~turing crunchy sounding, American Chemical Society Award. Dr. creates dioxirane in solution instead of timental Lady." The latter being first per quasi-heavy metal guitar. CURRENT: What's your view of Barton also says that Murray has "pro the gas phase as previ ously done. Ac formed from his days with Fleetwood vided leader.;hip in many areas". cording to a member of Murray's Mac. Welch sang two other songs from MTV? research team , Daquan Cu , this that album , "Hot Love/Cold World;' and I wish MTV didn't ex ist. That fact is, Murray called the recognition he has discm'ery has "opened a new field " in "Outskirts:' unless you have a video on MTV, nobody's going to heal' of you. You have gotten "satisfying," but he ' is modest which "a lot of reseal'Ch can be done: ' An updated "1990s" more modem All of Murray's research takes place version of "Hypnotized" was perform to play ball with MT\~ you have to think about his accomplishments. "The in the lab. He explains that this indoor ed that featured a scorching guitar solo visually. I don't care if it's a bunch of awards are for not just my own efforts study of the environment is needed by Robinson. That song dates back male models in your band, or a bunch ... but all the people working with me from the Fleetwood Mac "Mystery To of big fat guys, it has to be a look. If since I moved to th e midwest". "because the reaction takes place very slowly in the environment:' Me" album of almost 20 years ago. it's going to be a bunch of male models, Murray now feels that he is "in com then make it high definition. The young pany with top chemists from all over the Professor Munay goes to the lab twice Another new song dUling the perfor CHALK TALK: Curator's Professor Robert Murray shows examples of bands grew up with this. Hey, to them, world." a day to "poke around and ask ques- mance called "So What" was dedicated molecular ~atter. (Photo by Michelle Mc Murray) to George Bush. it's like color television. Foreign Film Rates High by Mike Van Roo ~n or me mO'iIe he W~ "C:eTlsor humorous. GREED IS GOOD, movie reviewer ing. 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I * I - ~ IUPS; IDIELIIVIE,RI EIDDe,ATllaR S PORTS April 5, 1990 CURRENT Soft a ers 'Sporadic' B,ut Soar To 14-10 Mid~Season 1iijiiii nearly as good as being outside. Also, Injuries Have III "We don't have a batting cage because of the construction;' he said. Toppins said she has been having dif Shaken Team ficulty hitting recently. ''I'm in a slight slump," she said. Her batting average is by David Barnes at .284. At the beginning of the season sports .editor she said it was around .350. "I'm making contact:' Toppins said, The UM-St. Louis softball team has 'I'm just hitting grounders:' reached the 14-10 mark halfway through Toppins is second on the team w;lh the season. a fielding percentage of .990. In 204 "Sporadic:' is how head coach Harold chances she has put out 190 players, Brumbaugh described the way the team assisted 12 times, and made two errors is playing now. "We're hot and cold. One "She's a little disappointed in hersdi but game we'll hit real well and the next she's doing real well," said Brumb;I' \~ h . game we'll hit not as well:' Pitcher Sandy Hammonds has '·.LCk "\t.t: either have a good inning or a ed up a win-loss record of 13-9. Sh t lias bad inning," said first baseman Kristi pitched 149 innings so far this se~.'ion . Toppins. The Riverwomen rely on Hammar; i..; to I The team batting average is .324. pitch every game. Knowing that ~ :,' is "Some of the players' hitting is leveling the only pitcher "is a lot of pre i,·e. out but I'm not unhappy with their hit said Brumbaugh, although "she s, : ~ it 's ting," Brumbaugh said. "Batting Ol'er not. She's working real hard. .300 is real good: ' "We may have lost a couple of games The Riverwomen have had several in because of endurance, but she's doin,~ juries which have shaken-up the lineup, a great job:' he said, "We're just now getting over Hammonds' earned run average is some of the injuries. We've had some 2.20 and she has 42 strike-outs. She's unh ealthy situations, people have been thrown 23 walks and 7 wild pitches in in and out of games:' ~ ... -,..."' ...... ~ ' \. .. her 149 innings. - . SHADES: First baseman Kristi Top "It's hard to get used to different peo Kellie Leach is burning up the bases pins coming off the fi eld from are ple at new positions;' said Toppin s. "It's with her team leading .409 batting cent UM-St. Louis softball game. hard for some people to adapt." SOARINg SOFTBALLS: The UM-St. Louis softba11 Riverwomen have a team batting average of .324. Kim average and 10 stolen bases. Toppins is second on the team Kim . Cooper has moved from Cooper leads the team with a .518 slugging percentage. . - Lisa Houska is a close second with a with a ,990 fielding percentage. rightfield to shortstop and done "a great .405 batting average and 15 RBI's. Sh e job," Brumbaugh said. leads the Riverwom en in hits wit~ 30. "We've been outside to practice on "I like playing shortstop better," team with a .518 slugging percentage come out of it;' Cooper said. "I look forward to an even stronger teams had it rough also." our field three times ." The team has Cooper said. "Ever since I've played and 10 doubles. The weather this year has been "a lit second half," Brumbaugh said. In a "We need to pull together;" said been forced to hold practice indoors at softball I've played shortstop:' "I was hitting better at the beginning tle frustrating: ' said Brumbaugh. "We've March 31 tournament his team finis h Cooper, "We can do as well as last year Cooper is batting .306 and leads the of the season. I'm doing OK. I think I'U had 10 games postponed or cancelled:' the gym whic~ Brumbaugh said. isn't ed 2-3, but "a couple of other good if we just pull together." Teflnis' Time: Two Teams Start Season by David Barnes pulls us through," she said of her ten . "All the players have been a help in 5 Jennifer Horton sports editor member team. our matches but a lot of times it comes 6 Juli anne Johnson On each team , the ind"idual players down to the doubles matches:' said 7 Jennifer Dickh erber The coaches of both UM-St. Louis and the various doubles combinations Steinmetz. 8 Stephanie Hahn tennis teams think their squads are off are ranked. They then play against iden On March 31 at the Missouri 9 Christy Tomlinson to a good start. tically ranked people on opposing Southern tournament the Riverll'omen 10 Karen Kren The women's team has swung its way • team s. were behind in matches 4-2. The In doubl es, the No. 1 ranked team is to a 4-1 beginn ing. "All the way down The Ri"er-women's first and second doubles teams then took the court and of FitzGibbon and VanMierlo and the the line we're getting some persistently ranked doubles combinations are 3-1. "we managed to win all three doubles No.2 team is Johnson and Sedej. [good) performances," said head coach Th e third ranked team of Anna Poole and win th e tournament," said The men's team is 2-2 with th em Pam Steinmetz. and Jenny Dickherber are undefeated Steinmetz. beating Parks College and Central "When one player is down another in four matches. Th e recent weather hasn't hurt the Missouri State University. Their losses team too much said Steinmetz, "We've hal'e come from the raquets of UM had a lot of good days for practice. Rolla and MU. Weather overall has been better." "We're off to a pretty good start,'· Silic( The team will occasio nally practice in head coach Jeff Zoellner. doors but Steinmetz said it becomes Freshman Jim Lesli e is undefeated "crowded and hard to accomodate and team captain Scott Poll ard has everybody." "been playing well," he said. Senior Peggy FitzGibbon has return Zoell ner said the tea m was "p retty ed from last year to step into the No. young, mostly sophomores. They're a 1 singles position. Nancy Sedej, who in good mix of pJavers. jured her back last year but was the No. "Sometimes players can be in 1 player the year before. will be in th e dividualistic. This year is a good blend, No.2 position. the y' re concerned with the team and Sophomore Shelly VanMicrio will be not just individual performances." the No. 3 player. Last year she was in The Rivermen have suffered "a lot of the No. 1 position. "Shelly was just a delays because of the weather;" Zoellner LON LEY AT THE TOP: UM - St. Louis diver Lenny Milier placed freshman, but she did an excellent job," said, "it's hard to get all the practices 19th in Division" diving competition. Miller is pictured here at an said Steinmetz, "Shelly will definitely be in, but everyone is under the same co n Omaha, NE meet. ,a top contender again: ' ditions. It's just one of those things you The other players in singles are as deal with." follows: Zoellner feels good about his teams rank chances, "I like the intens ity of the 4 Anna Poole players," he said. .Div er Miller Finishes 19th In Division II by David Barnes like [nationals] and then it ends," he sports editor said, "I had such a good season. But I do n' t th ink r was overconfident. I Perpetually unsatisfied, Lenny felt very contldent as a diver and an Miller is disappointed in his perfor ath elete." mance at th e NCAA Divi sion II div "I had th e harder dives but I didn't ing finals. execute at the meet. You only get The sophomore finish ed 19th in one chance." the country, an improvement from Miller is taking a brief sabbatical 21st place last season. from diving right now and concen "I didn't dive like I usually do ve," trating on his studies. He is also Miller said , "It was just one of those working the "grdveyard " shift at a days that you shouldn't have gotten printing company. out of bed:' Next year Miller will work on ad During the regular season, Miller ding th e front 3 1/2 dive to his reper LEFT: Peggy FitzGibbon practices tennis in the Mark Twain Building. Fit practiced several hours a day and toire of one-meter dives. But for now, zGibbon is the number one ranked singles and doubles player on the fini shed first in 12 out of 13 meets. Miller said, ''I'm not thinking too team. ABOVE: Nancy Sedej has returned from a back injury to be the "You work so hard fnr ~nmpthin>! much about next seas(l" " number two ranked singles and doubles player on the team. He uCOS red_ . . 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I rememb er a his superhuman feats for granted, as on game wh en Mich ael got 30 points and pro circuit of th at difficult and people and continu es to defy all logical fru strating-to-m ost-people spo rt. exp lanation of his gravity-busting ex If ever a team depended on one player page one of last Fliday's Chicago people walked away from the television to help lead them to the promised land, saying he didn't play hi s best game." Last fall he remarked that he played by Mike Van Roo ploits, put on one hell of a performance 7Hbune. There was a little intro to a than the Bulls certainly rely on Sir sports story about his non-stop, broken Michael Jordan epitomizes greatness, golf almost every day last summer. contributing sports writer against the Cavs, who were probably Besides, does Michael Jordan really more shell shocked than the bewildered Michael to accomplish this task. But in calr.ulator point barrage. The blurb was both on and off th e court. His likeness is on all types of sporting apparel, from need to practice basketball in the off 20,273 fans in attendance at the game this day and age of professional sports, entitled, "Long-range Jordan: Michael I know everyone has been caught up one-man teams win very few champion 'Air' Jordan's 69 po ints set personal and his hanging silouette showing a dunk on season? Or again, would we expect that played at Cleveland's Richfield to be beneath him? in the hysteria of the NCAA basketball Coliseum. ships. But if one man can carry ~ team , team records, but only one basket was sports warrnups, to his patented black playoffs of the past few weeks, and right especially in a team SPOlt like basket a dunk." low-cut $120 Air Jordan ba5ketball In light of that great scoring feat from ly so. Jordan scored an incredible 69 points ball, then like David taking on Goliath ... Only on e basket was a dunk?!! Are shoes. His logo is a5 recognizable as a last week, teammate Stacey King quip against the Cal's in the 117-113 overtime polo pony or green alligator adorning ped. ''I'll always remember it as the But Jordan's scoring outburst can't be you sure th ey even noticed that? Come This tournamen t is qu ickly becoming win. The Cavs surely must of thought on, this was one of the greatest modern clothing styles today, and pro bably more night Michael and I combined for 70 the most popular' and lucrative sporting he wore a large "S" emblazoned under overlooked. Jordan ended up sCOling 59 respected and in vogu e with today's points." I bet his own teammates are in pe rcent of his team's 117 points that day exploits by a basketball player, and el'ent in th e country today. It makes all his red Chicago Bulls jersey. they seem disappointed th at he only had leisure and health-conscious Am eri can awe of him. an d wonder what it must of the usuallv bori ng Super Bowls look Sixty-nine points?!! What happened to night. He scored 16 of his team's 27 public. be like to go up against him in practice? points in th e first quarter (59 percent), one dunk Jasket! amateurish -in both meaning and the defense that night? Jordan has a What do. ..Jlis guy have to do for an Jordan has already earned a spot in I sure would hate to be on the losing ou tcome. 15 of the 26 points scored by th e Bulls the Hall of Fame, and I guess he'll hang team in a scrimmage game, especially blistering 50.5 percent scoring average in the second period (58 percent), 20 encore? When people e.xpect greatness, But buried between al: the hoopla anything less doesn't really matter. As up his Air Jordans when he wants to. if th e losing sid e has to nm laps against the Cavs this year and has of the 36 points scored by them in the aftel-words. 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