I~"""""""""".-""'~"" ~"""· ""~""""".·' ~"""""'~"".'·"""' ....~ " .. I ...' .... In This Issue Old Time Rock n' Roll Revival Campus Reminder Editorials page 3 70s rock star Bob Welch formerly of Fleetwood ' Mac Features , page 5 The Riverwomen's softball and a sUccess in a solo career, team had a rough start, but SGA Elections will be ,SGA Candidates pg 7 talks about MTV, and life after they hqve managed to build April 23 &24. Get out and v O,t!;' Sports page 9 I' moving from the headliner to up a winning record at the the opening act. halfway point in the season, Classifieds page 6 See Sports, page 7 See Features, page 5. - 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.