THE UM-ST. LOUIS SINCE 1966 STUDENT NEWSPAPER
October 15, 2007
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Homecom· THIS WEEK ing King Themon "1" Reinhard Ryan and No Child Left Behind Homecom· ing Queen at 'News at Noon' Homecoming Antionette Dickens Schuster Lynn Beckwith and Susan share the Catapano will discuss first dance "The Reauthorization of the night of No Child Left Behind after the an· returns and Its Implications for nouncement Schools." MSC Room 313 brings kings, of the win· Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. ners trom Extended leave Free and open to students. Homecoming court. prompts questions INSIDE queens and By THOMAS HELTON Design Editor South Campus will see Former Vice Chancellor of Admin more dining hours istrative Affairs Reinhard Schuster re . turned from an extended leave on Sept. 10 to the newly created position of As See page 3 winning teams """D sociate Vice Chancellor of Managerial ~~~~ ____ ~ ______~ f and Technological Services, under Jim Krueger, Vice Chancellor of Managerial and Technological Services_ In his fonner position, Schuster's sal ary was $166,099.92 annually. His new pay, according to UM system Human Re sources, is $169,500. In addition, accord ing to Gloria Collins, manager of Pro curement Services, the University also purchased a new vehicle for Schuster to Soccer teams have use in his position. 4-0 weekend Collins said the vehicle, a 2007 Chev rolet Uplander, is registered in Schuster's See p~ge 8-9 name. Schuster's supervisor, Krueger, was out of the office all last Quick Read week and was Read The Current's Schuster returned unable to com from leave to a new interview with ment regard position and a new ing the vehicle. car while questions Machine Head The Uplander remain about an comes standard age discrimination See page 7 for $20,55 1, ac and retaliation case. cording to the A juror from the Kelley Blue case speaks about Book. Only two Schuster's return. ON THE BACK other vehicles are registered to administrators, one to Chancellor Thomas George and one to Robert Roeseler, director of University police. Bob Samples, director of Media Rela tions at UM-St. Louis, and Schuster both said the vehicle is used for tours and al lows Schuster to check on buildings and Danny Reise' .'WljJPooirJgropber projects around campus. Schuster referred to his extended Homecoming week Tara Reitz, midfielder and forward for the women's soccer team, had three shots on goal, scoring once, at the Homecoming game on Friday against Indianapolis. UM·St. Louis won the game 2·1. two-phase leave as "voluntary medical event photos leave," which started in early December 2006, but he preferred not to say if he See page 14 had been paid or tmpaid. According to Spirit Week ends with Triton soccer teams sweep system policy, medical or family leave is unpaid, but employees can use sick days ONlHEWEB and vacation days while they are gone. soldout crowd at dance all homecoming games Samples explained Schuster's new position is essentially a new title. Sam ples explained this is a process the chan By PAUL HACKBARTH By SCOTT LAVELOCK them into a tie with the Grey cellor started when he came ·to UM-St. Editol'-in-Cbie! hounds for eighth in the GLVC. Louis involving the consolidation of de . taJ! W'riter Web poll results: The top eight teams will advance Check out submitted partments that report to him. What Homecoming Homecoming week marks a to the conference tournament at The process involved taking nine to event are you looking Homecoming week photos at: A thick smoke from a neighbor season's end. 10 different direct reports and turning forward to the most! time for not only shldents, but also www.thecurrentonline.com alunmi to show off their spirit for ing house fire covered Don Dal "This one was huge," Head them into four, Samples said. UM-St. Louis. las field at UM-St. Louis before Coach Beth Goetz said. "The teams That was certainly the case soccer games, which he said was Friday's women's soccer match that are closest to us are kind of the for Ken Hudson, fonner UM-St. the first time he has been back to against Indianapolis. most important right now." Louis alumnus and homecoming campus since he stopped coaching By game's end though, it was Goetz also emphasized how court candidate, who played on the the women's soccer team in 1996. the Greyhounds who had gone up hard the team has been working on To view portions of the trial men's soccer team from 1970 to Hudson is responsible for starting in smoke. as the Tritons torched In shutting teams down with their de transcripts and the court's written 1973, with the last year being the the women's soccer program at the dianapolis with a comeback effort fense. Tara Reitz. who scored the opinion, log on to: year the men's team was named University .. that erased a 1-0 deficit and gave game-winning goal with 19:02 left vvww.thecurrentonline.com national champions. them a 2-1 win. in the game, agreed. Hudson joined the' celebra The win was vital to U1VI-St. tion Friday night at the Triton See HOMECOMING, page 14 Louis, as it temporarily moved See SOCCER, page 10 See SCHUSTER, page 12 • The dance, duh. r------When it is over (LEFT to RIGHTI Courtney Gib • Soccer. son, senior, the I MAKESOME atre and dance, • I Rachel Ogborn, Steppin'. freshman, the • atre and dance, Big man on campus. I NOISE Amy Jordan, • Karaoke. Touhill event as· sitant, Matthew Amend, junior, early childhood This week's question: education, and How well did you do on 'Noises Off' opens Joey Walsh re your midterms? hearse a scene for the upcom· Tuesday at the Touhill ing play 'Noises INDEX OW. What's Current 2
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Sports Editor Nothing else was missing or dis Thomas Schnable. Ass!. Sports Editor turbed. Melissa 5. Hayden. Web Editor Angie Spencer. Proofreader Thomas Helton· Design Editor WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10 Matthew Hill· Photo Editor I Distribution STEALING UNDER $500 - PARKING LOT KK The victim a UM-St. Louis Staff Writers Parking and TranspOItation em ployee, reported his personal Elizabeth Staudt, Jill Cook, Stuart Reeves. computer (palm pilot) stolen Chris Baum. Jeremy Trice, Uyama Umana from inside the work vehicle. The Rodgers, Scott Lavelock victim indicated that he had a stu Staff Photographers dent in his vehicle at the time of the theft and left him there alone \·;aria Jenkins, Danny Reise, while he assisted in removing a MaHhew HiD • Pbow Edilor Courtney A. Strong vehicle immobilizer boot from a vehicle. When the victim went Panel members for the Intellectual Diversity Forum were (LEFT to RIGHTI Mark Bacon, junior, political science; Thomasina Hassler, Page Designers back to the vehicle he discovered graduate student, undeclared; Marty Rochester, professor or political science and Carl Hoagland, endowed professor of Technology the computer was not there. The & Learning. The forum discussed House Bill 213 that was passed earlier this year. The bill, also know as the "Emily Brooker Intel Shannon McManis suspect was later arrested and re lectual Diversity Act" is intended to balance the intellectual perspectives on Missouri college campuses. leased pending the application on Cartoonists a stealing charge. This matter will Elizabeth Gearhart, Sherry Holman, be referred to the St. Louis Coun Stazie Johnson, John A. McGrath, Cody ty Prosecuting Attorneys Office "What's Current" is a free service for all student organizations Perkins for review. and campus departments. 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For more information, MCMA Laclede Honors·College plans to use for the In the "Stats Cornex," the first game la contact Laura Westhoff at (314)516-5692 or Paul Hackbarth at (314)516-5183. CHERP science program includes land which .U beled "Ott. 5 at BellelT:l1ine" should have """"" belongs to St. Louis County and is part of St. -.'" This week: "The Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind and Its Implications read "Oct. 5 vs. Indiana." Th,e second for Schools." MSC Room 313 Vincent's Park. The University and the Hon should read "Oct. 4 vs. N. Kentucky W ors College has no intention of attempting to (3-2)." .. October 15, 2007 1ChE ~nrr£nr Page 3 EASY AS PIE Chartwells to expand South Campus dining By JEREMY TRICE "There's a survey out right now," cnce. Staff Writer Lori Liming, marketi ng manager of The questions on the survey ask Chaltwells, said. "It peliains to the about tbe person's "top three off dining hall opening on weekdays." campus eateri es," what food items he The dining hall in the Provincial E-mails with the survey link and or she wo uld want available to stu House will no longer be accessible infonnation were sent out by tile Stu dents in the dining hall, the time that only to residents nor will it be open dent Government Association and it should open and close and other only on weekends. from Dean Robert Bliss of the Hon questions. Next semester, the Provincial ors College. Cun-ently, the closest thing to the House dining hall will expand to According to Liming, the hours upcoming dining hall is the Oak Cafe weekday use. This means that stu of operation of the new South Cam C-Store in Oak Hall. The cafe serves dents on South Campus, or students pus dining hall wi ll be determined by Seattle's Best Coffee, frozen foods, wishing to dine somewhere di fferent the survey, which is currently online. snacks and outtakes among other than that Nosh or La Cantina Loca Liming said tbe survey asks about things that a standard convenience can go to the Provincial House to food "offerings based on customer store would have to offer. eat. and campus desires." The meal op 'Nhen asked if the dining hall in Residents cUlTently have access tions that are on the survey valY from the Provincial House will compete to weekend meals in the Provincial a salad bar, sandwiches options, grill with tbe Oak Cafe, Liming said th e House cafeteria. The meals are pre offerings and "home-style" cooking. Dining Hall and the Cafe will open paid as a part of the resident's meal The survey also asks about what at different tin1es, so that there would plan, but declining balance dollars students, the Ch311wells customers, be no issue of competition between can be used to pay for the meals. want out of the dining hall expcli- the two. www.thecurrentonline.com at the MARK TWAIN BUILDING Matthew Hin • PbaloEili,Ot" Erica Brown, senior, communication, gets some pie in the eye from John Klien at the Delta Zeta pie throwing fundraiser Wednesday. Proceeds went to help support St. Joseph Institute for, the Deaf. Police evacuate Clark Hall after finding false bomb threat note SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 B y PAUL HACKBARTH original note written in bi g letters we had no idea how long it'd been that mentioned a bomb going off there. If someone had called it in or 10 A.M. - College of Nursing EriitoFill·Cbit'j wrote it on a bulletin board, it's a dif "Today-Tuesday'- ' Under the origi - College of Education nal message were two smaller re ferent story." Classes and offices in Clark Hall sponses. Campus police: conducted a thor - College of Fine Arts & Communication ,ve re e,'ac uated during th e afteruoon "It seems that it may have been ough search of the building prior - Bac helor's in General Studies of Tuesday, Sept. 25 after canlpus there for a while," Schupp said. "We to th e fire alaml and waited untll police found a bomb threat message didn't want to take any chances. so well after 4 p.m. lUld nothing suspi - Bachelor's in Interdiscipl inary Studies that turned out to be a false alarm. we decided to evac.uate the building, cious \\'as fou nd. After the search - Master's in Publi c Policy Administration During a routine ,earch of the so we set off the fire alarm." was complete and the building was building Sept. 25 around noon, po At about 4 p.m. all people in deemed safe, all people were al 2 PM . - College of Arts and Scienc es li ce found graffiti in an empty cubi Clark Hall were evacuated. Profes lowed back inside. cle of a study room in Clark Hall. sors were told that evacuation was According to the campus police's - School of Social Work "It looked like [the Lubicle J was due to a fire drill and were not fur website, if a bomb threat is made, - Master's in Gerontology the least used." Sgt. John Schupp of ther informed. the senior police officer or incident the campus police said. "Someone Schupp said some class- commander will make the decision wrote a note on the back of thc cubi es were disrupted, but he saw whether an evacuation is necessary, 6 PM . Colleg e of Business Administration cle that said a bomb was going to go some profes sors continue to and people are asked not to spread - UMS LNJU Joint Undergraduate off Tuesday. It was found on about hold classes oUtside ill the Quad. ullconfinned threats or needless Engineering Program noon on a Tuesday, but there was no paranoia. date, so there was no way to tell how Schupp said the reason for not In addition, the chancellor makes - UM ·Rolia Engi neering Ed ucation Center long it's been there'-' re porting the bomb threat campus all final decisions regarding work Schupp ~;a id officers found an wide was that "it was so indirect and and class schedules. The Current is looking for LUCAS an assistant news editor 1 and news writers. HUNT VILLAGE The Assistant News Editor is responsible for writing one story per week APARTMENTS and is paid a $25 weekly salary. News writers are paid $15 per story. 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Now that midterms are over, ety of intramural sports at no cost to oring book and forget about staying Gatsby. You decide to solely on their view we are ill the final stretch of the se fac ulty, staff and students. Students in the lines. Take coloring to a new take a sta nce that the points and beliefs. mester It is crunch time. Classes have the opportunity to play sports level. Make your own crazy version rcason for the death The discussion are getting harder. finals are getting with out the commitment of joining of modem art. Make a new work of of Jay Gatsby is that came about in re closer and for SOme students. gradu the school team. They offer all types art each week and display it proudly he did not follow the sponse to the "Emily ation is approaching. of sports from badminton to wiffle on your refrigerator. AJ1 can be ther commandments fi'om By PAUL HACKBARTH Brooker Intellectual As students. we have struggled to ball. apeutic and seeing the finished prod the Bible. Editor-in·Chief Diversity Act," which deal with the stres e S that come with Horizons undergrdduate peer edu uct on th e fridge will cheer anybody While your profes- the Missouri House be ing in college since we started the cators group is part ofUM-St. Louis up. sor may want you to of Representatives application process. '\l,lhether we are Counseling Sen·ices. The group of 00 to the playground and rc take a di fferent approach that fo cuses passed last spring. worried about gaining the "Fresh fers workshops in time management Iivc those days when we had recess. more on intellectual findings instead House Bill 213, which was spon man 15" or scared that our adviser and stress management. Counseling Climb the monkey bars, slither down of basing your argument on the Bi sored by Rep. Jane Clmningham, will ca ll us to let us know we can Services also offers professional the slide and see if swinging higher ble, your professor has no choice but (R-Chesterfield), would require all not c:;nduate this emester because counseling related to personaL so than the bar is possible as a college to let you argue your point without higher education institutions to start we m issed taking one of our general ciaL educational and career matters. student. facing a grievance stating your pro reporting steps being takcn to ensure education classes during sophom re For more infonnation about this Tum the park into an obstacle fessor discriminated against your intellectual diversity. year, ';;c all have stresses that take group, students can find the counsel course and race your friends to see personal viev.'Point. The bill also would look at how their toll on us. ing offi ce in 427 SSB. who can complete the obstacles first. Or take this scenario: you are colleges and universities are incorpo Chronic fatigue. anger at those Another stress reliever is to take Remember recess is aU about taking assigned to "nte a paper about the rating intellectual diversity in admis people making demands. self-criti a study break outside by the MSC a break and having fun. process of evolution, but because of sions and hi.Jing practices, student cism, irritability, frequent head Lakes or in a quiet study lounge, A ball and some friends is all that your religious beliefs (for example, course evaluations and in the class- aches. sleeple sne:s. feeling of somewhere that provides a comfort is needed to play four square. This you believe in Creationism). you room . helplessness and in creased degree of ing: environment. simple game will allow anyone's challenge your professor that you .Americ an universities have been risk taking are ali waming signs of These strategies for stress relief competitive side to shine. Eliminat cannot write the paper since you do criticized a'l teaching and instilling bumout. arc tried and true, However, we at ing competitors and solving disputes not believe in evolution. Your pro liberal values into students with a Exercise. meditation and time The Current have come up with our with showdowns is sure to put a fesso r, not wanting to discourage lack of conservative expressions and management arc ail common ac own activities to fight anxiety. smile on every player 's face. free thought and openriess to diverse ideas to balance the equation. ti vities used for relie\ing stre and ur approach: go back to the Wi th a new bike trail on cam vie\\'Points, lets you slide. In the case of Emily Brooker, for burnout, and all of these stress re days when we did not know what pus, get out that IO-speed from your While the two examples above whom the act is named after, she filed lievers can be practiced on campus. tre and responsibilities were. Be childhood and see where the h'ail can be seen as extreme cases. they a lawsuit after one of her professors UM- t. Louis Campus Re re a kid again. goes. Go ahead and put some play are scenarios faculty and students asked the entire class to write and ation oilers many well ness classes This week's foreca<;t is calling for ing cards in tlJe spokes to make the have to consider with tl1e possibility sign a letter to the Missouri legis for all fitness levels. From ardio showers. Take tb is opportunity to go bike sound like a motorL'ycle and re of Missomi universities and colleges lature supporting gay adoption, but training to yoga to tai chi. these Oll! to dance in the 'din and plash in attach that squeeze hom for old time including intellectual diversity in the Emily said because of ber religious EDITORiAL BOARD classes can h ip stuctellis al1evinte the puddles. We do n (encourage go 5akc. classroom. beliefs, she could not sign the letter. anxiety and r lax, ~ tud nt: an r g ing out during a lighrning storm and Whate er you do to relieve your At the last Board of Cmators Paul Hackbarth i ·ter for thes classes in 203 Mark risking your life. but dancing in the stress. remember that making time meeting, a discussion arose about Carrie Fasiska Twain Budding. drizzle is a great way to let loose. fo r yourself can keep an xiety at bay. a new Web site otTered through St';' DIVERSITY. page 5 Sarah O'B rien Candace Anderson Amy Recktenwald STAFFVltwDlRDrr . [ ate Marquis La Guan Fuse Tom Schnab le Thom as Helton Pharmaceutical advertisements risk TV and medical professionals "Our Opinion" reflects A friend greeted me recently with college sporting event as a commer better handled by the majority opinion of a question that bowl d me over with cinl for erecti le dysfunction. a specially trained the Editorial Board laughter: "Hey buddy. how'S your Guess \i 'hat consumer age group is educator. stream?" most li kely to a) watch said sporting Do not get me Thi s particular salutation became event, and b) run the tisk of having wrong. it is notjnst WE WANT TO our new inside joke after noticing a weak stream, and/or "perfonnance" the kids this affects. The healthcare high number of urinary dysfun ction issues? system as a whole suffers. HEAR FROM YOU medication commercials that aired Chances are, if you are a fan of a If \ve are, in fact, to believe ev during our weekend football watch certain prime-time television show erything we see on ing ritual that airs on one of the three major net television, then it ap As a forum for public As humorous as it was to me as a works about a group of doctors that By STUART REEVES pears the masses are expression on campus, 20-someth ing male whose stream is sleep with each other at inopportune depressed, sleepless The Current welcomes SlajJ\'riile-r just fine, one might say "mighty river times, and all have great hair, you and have very restless letters to the ed itor and like" even, it brought to my attention have seen ads for medications to treat legs at night. guest commenta ries throughout the following weeks the depression as well as herpes or Hu cial for an STD medication that only The point is, thanks to the ket, or keep from students, faculty, number and variety of pharmaceuti man papillomavirus (HPV). heats or better manages its symptoms prevalence of these commer them out there, staff members and oth cal ads on television. It is also just as likely that you are . and misconstrues this as a cure? \Vhat cials, rampant selt~diagnosis over others in order to recoup ers concerned with issues While some of these cCliainJy a female between the ages of 18 and if their parents drop the ball in point- could lead to a log-jam of diagnostic the costs of researching and develop rel evant to the University possess an innate amount of comedy, 36, the group most likely to contract ing out that mistake? This just shines resources in doctors' offices across ing these drugs. As a result, a dan of Mi sso uri- St. Louis . they all betray some veIY disturbing sexually transmitted diseases. light on that old political chestnut of the counny which could lead to an gerous homogeny in therapy emerges concerns. Now, I am not saying that we sex education in secondary educa adverse affect on costs. that could compromise the quality of There is, point blank, an over satu have to be naive about the existence tion. More frightening is the thought patient car'e and reduce doctors to pill Letters to the edi ration of phamlaceutical ads on tele of such maladies, or their heatments, I will grant that there could be an that some of these medications are dispensers, ' tor shou ld be brief, and vision. The folks responsible for get but there is a time and place for ev opportunity for father and son to have becoming household names. This is So there you have it. Listen' to your those not exceeding 200 ting them on the air are very good at elYthing, and television is not it. the horrific and time-honored "birds dne, in part, to the sheer cost of de body and your doctor and receive a wo rds will be given pref what they do. Although the placement of these and the bees" talk upon the son ask veloping these drugs and getting them higher quality of care andJpeace of erence . We edit letters Take for instance the aforemen commercials is thoroughly thought iug why a NASCAR driver is being through the testing and FDA approval mind, or listen to your T vi imd 11.m for clarity and length, tioned urinary dysfunction commer out, the infom1ation in them can be sponsored by an erectile dysfLmction process. the risk of allowing advertisements not for dialect, correct cial -- it aired in the same commercial vague. medication at Tallad~ga, but maybe Phamlaceutical companies are and marketing to dictate yet ness, intent gramma r. or block dming a nationally televised What if a teenager sees a commer- that particular conversation would be likely to push certain therapies to mar- area of your life. All letters must include a daytime phone number. Students must incl ude Submit ·a letter·to the edito])'1 their student 10 numbers. Faculty and staff must Write' a guest pommentary. in clude their title(s) and department(s) Editor-i n ViSIt our ottline forums ,. chief reserves the right to respond to letters. The Current reserves the right to deny letters How do you feel about stress, pharmaceutical advertisements, intellectual diversity? Guest commentaries are typica lly longer (gen erally 400-600 words) on a specific topic of in terest to readers. If you UNDERC RRENT are interested in writing By Danny Reise • Staff Photographer a guest commentary, please contact The Cur rent's editor-in-chief. What was your CONTACTUS favorite part of Homecoming week? John Garvilla Ken Hudson Rick Gyllenborg Paige Dubman Alex (herman Mail: Director of Alumni Men's and Women's Sophomore Freshman One University Blvd . Athletics Class of '73 Tennis Head Coach Political Science Psychology , Room 388 MSC 51. Louis, MO 63 121 "Besides the games, the "I get free beer in the "The crowd "Definitely not getting "What is Homecoming?" parade, BMOC and the alumni tent and that I participation, " third place in the float , What do you think? Send your own res ponse to step show," was on Homecoming contest. I also liked Email: thecu rre [email protected] or talk about it in our online [email protected] court." dressing up as a water fOI'ums at www.thecurrentonline.com nymph." October IS, 2007 1rhr Where·would we be without the i ,I. Nobel prize recognizes winner who discovered iPod technoldgy / I Some years, the names of the The technique i.s one o,lthe foun Nobel Prize winners in science are dation techniques in gehe therapy .'• unfamiliar, and even the work that and is part of the reason for high " won the p11ze can seem obscure, no hopes in stem Gell resefu.ch. • ...... a matter how significant and ground Evans discovered that embryos I •• • , ••• breaking it is. that are only a few days old are • t • • This year, some of the award made up cells that have the poten winning breakthroughs are imme tial to give rise to any and all cells diately recognizable by the general and tissues in an anima!. Evans' lab • public, even if the scientists' names discovered that if they' altered the are less well known. If only the me cells, later called stem cells, and re dia covered scientist's contributions By CATHERINE implanted the embryos, the female MARQUiS-HOMEYER half as well as it covers celebrity mice gave birth 'to genetically al meltdowns. Science Columnist tered offspring. However, everyone is aware of Capecohi discovered a way to the contribution of the miniaturiza ence's Open House, Oct. 30, 4 p.m. target specific genes, in order to tion of electronic devices. The tech to 7 p.m. The Center is offering a knock them out. Smithies designed nology that gave us the iPod and short program in the Benton Hall "knock-in" mice whose genetic ma lightweight laptops was recognized Auditorium, next door to the Center, nipulation cures them of diseases. when the Noble Prize for Physics followed by a reception inside the The Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to France's Albert Fert and Center. The Nanoscience labs will went to German scientist Gerhard Germany's Peter Gruenberg. be open for visitors, so you can have Ert!. Ertl won the prize for his work It is the first time a Nobel Prize a real look around. in surface chemistry, which has im has recognized a contribution in nan The Nobel Prize for Medicine portant applications for the chemical otechnology, which made it possible recognized the pioneers of "knock industry. His work has also helped to put large amounts of data in tiny out" mice, Mario Capecchi, Martin researchers and industry .in uncover spaces. Fert and Gruenberg discov Evans and Oliver Smithies. Rather ing how fuel cells function and how ered giant magnetoresistance, which than referring to really good-look the catalysts in cars work, and other yields a big electrical response to a ing mice, the name "knock-out" re processes. small magnetic input. fers the development 'of a process in This year the Peace Prize even Ultra-thin layers of atoms on a which a single gene could be inacti has a science connection. AI Gore hard disk behave differently than vated, or "knocked out, ' so the ac won the Peace Prize for his efforts thicker layers. the scientists de tion of the one gene could be isolat to educate people around the world signed a way to build up ultra-thin ed for study. The technique has been about the dangers of global warming layers of magnetic and non-magnet enormously powerful in molecular and climate change. ie'atoms to produce giant magneto biology research. The Intergovernmental Panel on resistance. The result: MP3 players "Knock out" mice are geneti Climate Change, a panel of scien and more. It is rare that prize-win cally engineered strains of lab mice tists which surveys the research on ning science is this pop culture. with specific mutation widely used climate change, its effects and steps If you are curious about nanosci to study the behavior of individual we can take to address it, and which ence, you might want to attend the genes in both disease conditions and has issued reports on its findings, campus' new Center for Nanosci- normally. shares the Peace Prize with Gore. In order for students to have a a difficult time finding equal yet op dents receive. well-rounded education they need posite literature (communist versus This education has, in some cases, to be educated on all sides of the capitalist) fOT students to read, sirn been worn dO\\11 by the unnecessary issue. However, a forced, artificial ply including the opposite side or intrusion of faculty interjecting their balance of both left- and right-wing the side less often beard will make politic;al viewpoints during clas ses~ perspectives \'lould be irnpo sible to - 3 student's educatiQIl more valuable wbich includCjl Temaining neutral on achieve and that is not what the bill tlnl:e the. enter the workin.g world. controversial topics. Let the students asks for. What the bill does ask for to decide for themselves what side to While literatme classes may have strengthen the education that stu- take. Page 6 nt~£ltt October 15,2007 PERFORMANCE PREVIEW CD REVIEW How much is Radiohead's new album worth? By ELIZABETH GEARHART Illustrator "Don't get any big ideas. They're not gonna happen," said Radiohead's fronhnan Thorn Yorke on "Nude," one of the songs on the band's latest album In Rain bows. In Rainbows is a return to preDominantly guitar driven songs, but fans hoping for another OK Com puter might be disappointed. There is no standout track like "Paranoid Android" here or are there any A&EON CAMPUS of the experimental electronic soundscapes that made up most of Kid A and Amnesiac. Instead, Ra diohead has presented a surprisingly coherent and TUESDAY, OCT. 16 focused piece of work filled with jazzy drumbeats and haunting string arrangements. 'Noises Off' at Touhill Songs like "Bodysnatchers," and "Jigsaw Fall "Noises Off," a 1982 comedy ing Into Place" showcase the band's skill in writing about the onstage and backstage solid rock songs, with "Bodysnatchers" featuring antics of a touring theater troupe Courbtey A. Strong· SlalJ Photographer heavy bass lines and strong guitar work. performing an sex farce called (LEFT to RIGHT) Mattew Steiner, Rachel Ogborn, Amy Jordan, Daniel Frumson and Joey Walsh rehearse a scene for the Other songs like longtime fan favorite "Nude" "Nothing On," from Oct. 16 upcoming play 'Noises Off,' which will run from Tuesday Oct_ 16 to Saturday Oct. 20. and "Reckdner" showcase Yorke's chilling falsetto through 20 at 8 p.m. atTouhill. and Green";ood's orchestral synthesiz~. Fans fa Opening-night tickets (Oct. 16) are miliar with the frantic, hard-rocking live version of only $2 for UMSL students, faculty and staff with ID; tickets to later "Reckoner" ~ll be surprised by its transformation performances are $5 to $8. Info: 'Noises Off' will make noise at PAC into a much softer yet incredibly memorable song. 314-516-4949 or cannonja@umsl. "Faust Arp," a short Beatleseqsue ballad, is less edu. characteristically Radiohead than the other songs, By ELIZABETH STAUDT as Brooke, Amy Jordan as Poppy, Rachel Og going public a glimpse behind the scenes of and it is refreshing in its simplicity. "All I Need" born as Belinda, Matthew S. Steiner as Tim, what happens in a production." and "ArpeggifWeird Fishes" start off simple but WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17 "tuff Writer and Joey Walsh as Frederick make up the Most of the cast members are juniors or become lush and melodic towards the end. seniors pursuing a Bachelor's in theater and The album finishes with "Videotape," a beauti University Symphonic Band nine person cast concert at Touhill Opening Tuesday, October 16, UM-St. "Noises Off' will run from Tuesday, Oc dance, with two exceptions: Daniel Frumson, ful piano-driven song about death that, in classic Campus' student formal concert Louis TIleater and Dance Department will tober 16 until Saturday, October 20. Each a media studies senior, and Curran Bajwa, an Radiohead fashion, sounds uplifting and depress band, with guest Hazelwood present the comedy "Noises Oft" at the performance begins at 8 p.m. and will be in economics graduate student. All have per ing all at once. Central High School Symphonic Touhil!. the E. Desmond and Mary Lee Theater in the formed in a variety of productions for both In Rainbows has less of a sense of fear and fore Band, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info: 314- "Noises Off," written in 1982 by Michael Touhill Performing Arts Center. Tickets are UM-St Louis and the community. boding than Radiohead's previous work, and its 516-5980 Frayn, is now a modem comedy classic. The $5 to $8, but will be $2 on Tuesday, opening Shaun Sheley, an adjunct UM-Sl Louis honest, open, play follows a group of English actors as they night, for UM-St. Louis students, faculty and professor of theater, is directing with visiting and occasion- rehearse and perform a play-within-a-play. staff, with ID. professor oftheater, Jason Cannon, assisting. ally hopeful THURSDAY, OCT. 18 Their play is a bedroom comedy appropri The play is being sponsored by the De- , Tim Poertner, assistant professor of the sound com- ately titled "Nothing On," which the audience partment of Theater, Dance, and Media Stud ater, is working as the technical director. mands your Irish band Misla at Touhill will be allowed to see during the third act of ies at UM-St. Louis. Erika Huster, freshman, theater and dance, is emotional at International Performing Arts Series "Noises Off" ""'Ioises Off' has enjoyed two successful the stage manager and Angela Boen, graduate tention. concert of traditional Irish music This rendition of "Noises Off" features runs on Broadway and was made into a film student, education, is the property master. There is not on traditional instruments, Touhill a cast consisting entirely of UM-St Louis starring Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, From all accounts, "Noises Oft" looks to a bad song on at 7:30 p.m. nckets $7 - $15. Info: students. Marthe Amend ,as Lloyd, Curran JDhn Ritter and Garol Btll1Ictt, in 1992. be a wonderful rep.,d··o of theatrical rom the album. Ev 3i4-~16-4949 " I , J~ J t, t fit , ' Bajwa,·as.Garry,·Daniel Fturnsort aslSelsdon" Director ShmlIl. Sheley; says of fbI( p. .'1- _ , ~y'! ,'t(ith a gar.gaLn price of $2 fo opening erything 4Iows Courtney Gibson as Dotty, Devon Johanning within-a-play plot line "it gives the theater- night, who could miss,it; together to cre- t www.radiohead.com FRIDAY, OCl. 19 ate something that is unex- 'Treasured Tales: Traditional AT THE TOUHILL pected yet expected from a band like Radiohead.In Narrative Song and Rainbows is a definite accomplishment and a good, Puppetry' at Penney Aud. solid album that gets even more enjoyable with re Japanese traditional arts, JC Penney peated listens. Auditorium at 8 p.m. Intemational Performing Arts Series .. Free but call For now, the songs are only available digitally, to request tickets. Info: 314-516- but for 40 pounds ($81 U.S.), fans can also pre-or 7299. der a discbox including In Rainbows on CD and on 12-inch vinyl records, band artwork and a second CD with more songs. SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Those wanting to buy the CD alone will have to wait until sometime in 2008 when In Rainbows is Des Lee Playwriting rumored to hit shelves. Competition winning play at However, the band, whose revolutionary ap History Museum proach to songwriting has made. the one of the "The Seamstress of Saint Francis most well-known musical groups in the world, Street," full-length play winner of is working with another revolutionary 'dea of its new competition for plays about own: letting the fans choose how mucH 0 pay for African American experience in Mo, performed by Theatre, Dance and Radiohead's music. Media Studies dept., 2 p.m. at Mo. The 2003 release of Hail to the Thief, Radio History Museum. Two short play head's sixth studio album, signified the end of the winners were performed Od 12. band's contract with Parlaphone. Instead p f signing Free. Info http://www.dis-umsl.com with a new label, the band decided to ~ lease its or 314-516-7299 new album by the band itself. However, Radiohead took things one. step fur- . ther and released the album for downloa through their Web site. On Oct. I, the band announced In . TOP iTUNES Rainbows would be available for pre-order on the site. DOWNLOADS Fans trying to pay to download were greeted with a form where they could enter their oWn price 1. Gimme More - (''No really, it's up to you," the Web site sa' a). Lis Britney Spears teners could pay nothing if they wished, but would Dancers from the Georgian State Dance Company perform at the Touhill Friday evening. it work? 2. Crank That - Sure enough, even those who ordered the album Soulja Boy Tell 'Em for free received an e-mail Oct. 10 telling them where they could download it.Many believe Radio head's method of bringing new music directly to its Georgian State Dance Company fans is the inevitable effect of file sharing. Musicians may no longer have to sign them selves over to record companies in order to make money, but smaller bands probably will not se any benefit from selling albums on their own. For bands with large, devoted fan bases, the 3. Bubbly ligh s p theTouhill PAC stage idea certainly is feasible. Trent Reznor of Nine Colbie Caillat Inch Nails, who is no longer signed with a label, 4. Apologize (feat. By STEPHANIE SOLETA and consisted of lush fabrics, glittering jew performed by men. has recently announced plans for a digital do'fll els and intricate designs. What made this dance so impressive was load version of his new remix album. OneRepublic) - Staff Writer Timbaland The first act consisted of 10 dances, that a good portion of the choreography was Earlier this year, people who purchased a copy each representing a different part of the rich ballet of the British tabloid Mail on Sunday could expect 5, Stronger Georgian culture. While each dance was per The men wore boots made of a soft and to find a free CD containing Prince's latest album, KanyeWest As the curtain rose, a small band appeared formed superbly, there were two that were flexible material, which were not hardened a move that caused music retailers in the United against a flaming red background. Once the particularly impressive to me. like ballet shoes. Kingdom to boycott the paper. 6. No One - music began, I knew I was .going to experi The Khevsuruli, performed near the be The men literally danced on the tips of Will it work for Radiohead? Will people be Alicia Keys ence a performance unlike any other. Danc ginning of the first act, is a battle dance per their toes while performing the ballet chore more inclined to pay for music if they kno tHe 7.Rockstar - ers leapt onto the bare stage and filled it with formed with swords by the people of a Geor ography. As stated in the playbill, training for artist directly profits from sales, or will they , ump Nickelback graceful yet powerful movements. gian mountain village. The swords used were this dance required years of practice. Their . at the chance to get something for free? The dances performed by the Georgian real metal, so long and intensive preparation fluid movements drew a thundering applause I According to a BBC Radio 1 poll, 30.6 er 8. Ayo Technology (feat. State Dance Company ranged from simple to was necessary for this performance. from the awed audience. cent said they chose not to pay for In Rainbows, Justin Timberlake - complex, yet even the simplest moves were Each move was precisely choreographed, As intermission began, the audience while 26.6 percent said they paid five to 10 poJnds 50 cent made with great precision and poise. and intense concentration showed on the buzzed with excitement of what was to come (around 10 to 20 dollars). 9. The Way I Am - The performance, divided into two 45- faces of every dancer involved in this per in the second act. However, the second act Only 7.4 percent downloaded the album for ess Ingrid Michaelson minute acts was so splendidly entertaining formance. Swords clashed so fiercely that was decisively less impressive than the first. than a pound_ Apparently, it is working for Ratlio that it made time pass in an instant. sparks even flew across the stage. head. The band has put its album out there, and 10. 1234 - The costumes worn by the performers and The final dance of the act, the SheIjibri, people are listening to it whether they paid for it . t .1 '1 October 15, 2007 Page 7 Machine Head discusses 'The Blackening,' politics and 'Die Hard' By ELIZABETH STAUDT things like that, it blows our mind. What do you say? Thank you. We Stajf Writer set out to make a timeless record. We really wanted to make a record Check out the photo gallery Sunday, Oct. 7, I was privileged that would be revered as a classic from this show on the Web at to sit down and talk with Robb Fly from this band and as a classic, in www.thecurrentonline.com nn, lead singer of the metal band, the larger sense, of the genre. When Machine Head. we would write, we wouldn't know popular as "Master of Puppets"? Do The band played later that same what that meant, we didn't know you think it will cross genres and evening with co-headliners Arch what that would be. There were even bring metal to non-metal heads? Enemy, as well as Throwndown and times when we were writing it and RF: I think it could. When you Sanctity. recording it that we were like "We're look at "Master of Puppe~s," it isn't Machine Head released their opening with a ten and a half min Metallica's biggest record. It's one latest album "The Blackening" in ute song; are we losing our f"'***** of those records that's just continued March 2007. minds? Are we becoming com to sell a lot of records over a long Since then, they have been get pletely self-indulgent a**holes?" period of time. When it came out, ting rave reviews. We had these conversations and the it wasn't like this massive album. It Some going so far as to call this only thing that we could go on was was very slow in laying down the the "greatest album of all time" pos that it just felt right. The songs, even foUndation they were building and sibly even edging out Metallica's though they were long, longer than that's just what we're trying to do. "Master of Puppets" (Maximum we had ever had, or even though If "The Blackening" sells a million Metal). they were more LYRICALLY? abra records or if it sells a hundred thou-, At the concert, Sanctity and sive than we've ever had, it just felt sand records, we're not cognizant Throwdown warmed up the audi right. of that. We're not writing music t~ ences for amazing performances TC: Did anything on this album sell product. We're writing music t6 from both Arch Enemy and Machine happen on accident? make art, to get this s*** that's in- Head. RF: It was totally by accident. side of us out. : The Current: How do you feel We were as surprised as anyone. If TC: Was the move back to more about ''The Blackening" being called a song goes on too long, then it just political lyrics intentional or just a the "Master of Puppets" of this gen feels boring. We're short attention natural progression "Through the eration or the even the greatest metal span guys. Ashes of Empires"? album of all time? TC: Do you think "The Blacken Robb Flynn: When we hear ing" will ultimately be as universally See MACHINE HEAD, page 10 Machine Head performs songs from its new album, 'The Blackening' on Oct. 7. Writers make a play for the win Badaboom! Symphony season begins By UYAMA UMANA-RoDGERS ine. One-Act Play Prize $200 By JILL COOK "This unique and fun piece fea has 52 members and will perform The . opening performance, tures UM-St. Louis percussion per eight concerts on campus this school StajfWriter Tanesha Walker- "Twenty Years" Staff Wrjter "Mothers Day," which was the formance major Josh Daly, a talented year. Many of the students in the Runner-up One-Act Play runner-up in the full-length play young percussionist who is doing a band also perform with Triton Sound, Adrienne Wartts- competition, written by IE. Rob Music lovers rejoice. On Wednes wonderful job with this challenging which will play at the 15 home bas Calling all play revelers, a true "A Matter of Choices" inson, was based in East St. Louis cultural event has arrived. and focused on the life of a black day, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m., the Univer piece," Gary Brandes, assistant pro ketball games this year. Some stu Winners of the E. Desmond Lee Full-length Play Prize $1000 moderate Republican from illinois sity Symphonic Band will perform at fessor of music and band conductor, dents also perform in the two jazz Professorship in AfricanlAfrican Mario Farwell- who decides to run for a U.S. Sen the Blanche M. Touhill Performing said. bands, which will give five concerts, American Studies, Theatre, Dance "The Seamstress of st. Francis " ate seat. Arts Center in the Anheuser-Busch The concert will also feature and in small chamber ensembles. and Media Studies playwriting FuJI-length Play Runner Up However, through the course of Performance Hall. performances, including "Amparito Many students in the band are lE. Robinson- "Mothers Day, " competition held the first perfor the play, the candidate reveals to his For those who are not quite the Roca" by Janlie Texidor, "Chorale not music majors--a common mis mances of a nvo-weekend series wife that he is having an affair with classical music fan but need some and Shaker Dance" by John Zdech conception, Brandes explained. The last weekend at the St. Louis His Ten Minute Play Prize $~OO his high-school girlfriend, a white thing to do that night, you can re lik, ''Tribute to Grainger" arranged common thread that brings together tory Museum in Forest Park. Lou W. Robinson-"Stoned" Jewish girl. joice, too. The concert is free and by Chalon Ragsdale and "Rush" by such a variety of degree-seeking stu The E. Desmond Lee playwrit Runner-up Ten Minute Play This play was a fine example open tq the public. Samuel Hazo. dents is simply the music, he said. ing competition series included Lou W. Robinson- "The Bench" of just some of the things wat one The musical selection for the up The concert will also feature a "Why should music-making stop readings of the winners of the Cen sacrifices when they are involved in crowd out fQr .tJ!e fiq;tr~d is guest appearance by the Hazelwood after high school? Students who en ter for In . III Studies'Compe turDeP politics. - ~ coming concert varied with the ing Qf. the.:'p1ays, SQntC;. ,qf which Central. a band, tition. TI:l~ter J.E. Robinson sa:! dhis bope of providing music everyone High School Sympbonic joyed being part of a choir , ~ arigipaL plays focused on were submitted by UM-St Louis submission is a precms61' to a larger will enjoy. One of the musical pieces Band under the direction of Robert or orchestra [before college] can still students. the African-American experience completed play. that \>,'ill be performed is "Concerto Altman. participate," Bmndes said. in Missouri, particularly St. Louis. The presentation was a multicul The next play, "A Matter of for Timpani and \Vrnd Ensemble" by "We are looking forward to shar For more information on Wednes tural event so needless to say there Submissions were judged in three Choices" written by Adrienne Ney Rosauro, a percussionist, com ing the stage with such a very fine day's concert, please call 5980 or vis were young, old and various races categories: full-length play, one-act Wartts, was the · runner-up in the poser and educator originally from high school band," Brandes said. it the Touhill online at http://touhill all present and accounted for to play and 10-minute play. Brazil. The University Symphonic Band pac. urnsl. edu. On Saturday afternoon, a large watch, feel, laugh, think and irnag- See PLAYWRITING, page 10 Africa defined by Africans By ELIZABETH STAUDT could have kept the audience in formed during each performance staffWriler segment The second film of the evening, For the first two weekends in Oc "Elephant People: An African Secret tober, the UM-S1. Louis Center for Society and Globalization," attempt International Studies hosted "Africa ed to deny the claim that globalization World," a seven-day film festival at is destroying unique world cultures. the Tivoli Theater and the Contem While making this very broad state porary Art Museum in St Louis. ment, this documentary by Lyombe "Africa World," which consisted Eko focused solely on the Mahle se of 60 documentaries, focused on dif cret society and its relationship with ferent aspects of the African identity. colonial Christianity. Topics included breaking cultural ta The broad claims were not fully boos, preserving unique societies and backed by the documentary as too introducing the Western world to tra much of the 27 minutes were devoted ditional and contemporary Africa. to explaining the Mahle. The history Instead of being defined by an of Cameroon, where the Mahle was outsider, this film festival allowed founded, was used to explain the sig Africa to define itself as a continent nificance of Christianity, but the ar of individual countries, each with its gument was too narrow to be applied own voice to add. Documentaries to globalization as a whole. were featured from Cameroon, Ethi "Movement (R)evolution Africa" opia, South Africa, Cuba, and parts stood out as the evening's best docu of Europe and America. mentary. For 65 minutes, the audi On Friday, Oct. 12, the Contem ence is given four close-knit acts of porary Art Museum in St. Louis dance performance segments with VOLLEYBALL screened three documentaries: "Arn explanatory interviews from the cho Divsion:Mens &Wom n azones," "Elephant People: An Af reographers, dancers and experts. rican Secret Society and Globaliza African dance, as exemplified by Date:Oct 17 tion" and "Movement (R)evolution this film, has moved from the tradi Time:Wed 7-10pm Africa." tional tribal movements the Western "Arnazones," by Valdas Koto world expects to a more experimen Place: MT Gym vas, followed the touring women tal blending of contemporary and drumming group of the same name traditional art. These dances took on Deadline:Oct 16 through Montreal in 2006. The film incredibly important themes, includ focused mainly on the practices and ing Africa's poverty, genocide and LAZERTAG performances adding only a smatter existence in a modem context. ing of interviews. Some of the highlights include Divsion: OPEN The interviewees were the found the fierce violence of "Fagaala," Date: Oct 18 er of the drum group, Mamoudou which showed stylized, but graphic Conde, and a few of the perform renditions of the Rwandan genocide Time: Thur 6-10 ers. One· audience member also gave atrocities. Dancers bathed in flour as a strong testimonial declaring the a symbol of life and drank from an Place: Adrenalin group t? be "very subtle" but also empty water bottle---the sound car Deadline: Oct 16 expressive. rying dramatically through the the While the 29-minute film con ater-to demonstrate the poverty. tained several long segments artisti These dances were lauded as giv cally showing the colorful drumming, ing Africa its own identity, for the dancing and singing, "Arnazones" first time in history, as opposed to left the audience in the dark about taking the identity given to Africa by the cultural history and significance the outside world. of the instruments and songs. While the third film of the evening Only a few opening captions ex definitely overpowered the earlier plained what the documentary was two, the whole presentation was in trying to express. Even the names of credibly educational. "Africa World" the instruments: balaphone and djem presented an excellent representation -i< US. Cellnlar be, were only mentioned in passing. of the many facets of the continent, More audience reactions and in informing a Midwestern audience of U.S. Cellular is wireless g el usc.CC terviews would have fleshed out the one tiny aspect of the African iden where you matter mosr.- ~- 1-888-BUY-USCC film, and an explanatory voiceover tity with each film. Page 8 ~hE ttnrrrot October 15, 2007 .,. ATHLm OF THE WEEK Danny Reise· 5taffPboIogrupbe,. Sarah Stone, defender for the women's soccer team. shoots and scores the second goal during the game on Sunday against St. Joseph's. The Tritons won 2·0. Tritons secure spot in GLVCt ournament with shutout • By LAGUAN FUSE 2:38 into the game. The goal came year for the duo . cessful Senior Day. ' from about seven yards out and was UM-St. Louis finished the game UM-St. Louis will host UM-Rol ports Edilar With this" win, we are with 21 shots, 10 of which were on la on Oct 17 in the last horne game assisted by Tara Reitz. in the conference Sarah Stone and Krisie Mue goal. Fox led the team with four total of the 2007 season. Amy Fox and Sarah Stone both senfechter worked together to give tourname1lf, We just shots, two of which were on goal. After that the team will travel scored in UM-St. Louis' 2-0 victory M-SL Louis an insurance goal in have to keep willning. "We definitely have a little mo to Southern Indiana on Oct. 19 and over St. Joseph's on Sunday. the 15th minute of the game. Stone mentum," said Head Coach Beth then will finish the season facing of With the win, the Tritons improve cored the goal fonn about five yards -BemGoetz Goetz. "If you are going to peak. against Kentucky Wesleyan on Oct. ! Blair Spencer their record to 8-6-2 (5-4-1 GLVC). out and Mue enfechter was credited Wbmen's Soccer Head Coach now is the time to do it." 21. } The Tritons entered tbe g ... ith jhe assist. The win was not 9nly important \Vjth jess than two \ " eks.before Blair Spencer, sopho with wins in three of their last four The Tritons were able to get fi e in terms of GLVC standings, but the start of the Great L ak~~ VaIley more, midfielder and for games. All three of the wins ended shots off during the first half of the The Tritons' defense was able to the Tritons also won on Senior Day. Tournament every win is vital in the ward for the men's soccer " with a final score of 2-1. After this game. keep the Pumas at bay and did not al There are four seniors on the wom team's hope in winning the tourna team is deserving of this win, the Tritons aI'e currently riding The team turned up the intensity Iowa single shot during the game. en's soccer team this season, Jaimie ment. Goetz said that the team " is week's Athlete of the Week a three-gaIne winning streak going during the second half and were able Mary BebrrnaIU1 started the game Pitterle, Tara Reitz, Jamie Clark and going to take it on game at a time.' after scoring the winning into the final games of the season. to record 16 shots as they attempted at goalkeeper for the Tritons and Sierra Ellis. "With this win, we are in the con goal in overtime against In Amy Fox gave the Tritons an to add another goal to the score Amy Boehm came in at the half to "It means a lot to have family ference tournament," Goetz said. dianapolis Friday night in a early lead over the Pumas by scoring board. complete the third shutout of the here," Goetz said. "They bad a suc- "We just have to keep winning." 1-0 shutout. On Sunday, Spencer scored another goal against st. Joseph's in the Tritons 4-0 shutout against St. Joseph's. Before coming to UM-St. Louis, Spencer played on the soccer team at Glenwood High School. UPCOMING GAMES Men's Soccer Oct. 17 vs. UM-Rolla 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at Southern Indiana (ABOVE) Colin Huber, forward, shoots and scores to increase 7:30 p.m. UM·St. Louis' the lead to 3-0. The Tritons went on to win the game 4·0. Oct. 21 (LEm Mike Simpson, defender and midfielder, for the men's soc· cer team, hops over Saint Joseph's keeper to follow the ball into at Kentucky-Wesleyan the goal during Sunday's game. 2:30 p.m. Women's Soccer Oct. 17 Men's soccer shuts out st. Joseph's on Senior Day vs. UM-Rolla 5 p.m. By LAGUAN FUSE finished the game with four saves. Oct. 19 Sports Editor UM-St. Louis and St: Joseph's at Southern Indiana stayed close with the number of total Seniors Mike Simpson and Antho shots during the second half as well. In 5 p.m. ny Obemuefemann both scored a goal fact, both teams ended the game with in UM-SI. Louis' 4-0 blowout against 15 total shots, but it was the Tritons Oct. 21 st. Joseph's on Sunday. who were able to score the goals. . at Kentucky-Wesleyan The Tritons came into the game "I think we did a good job," Ober against the Pumas after picking up a nuefemann said. "We have really been Noon win against Indianapolis last Friday. coming together as a team." With the win the UM-St. Louis pro The men's soccer team was able to Volleyball pels its record to 6-8-1 (2-7-1 GLVC). pick up the win on Senior Day, with Oct. 17 St. Joseph's record falls to 3-14 (2-9 Anthony Mike Blair two of the team's seniors scoring in GLVC) after the loss. Obernuefemann Simpson Spencer the game. The Tritons have three vs. Washington Univ. "Today we got the job done early," players on the active roster who are 7 p.m . Head Coach Dan King said. seniors, Simpson, Obernuefemann, Mike Simpson scored the first goal two of the team's seniors worked Both teams were close in total from about 15 yards away. and Justin Weissmann. Sean Johnson Oct. 19 of the game for UM-St. Louis in the together to give UM-St. Louis a 3-0 shots during the first half with UM Mike Bober started the game at is also a senior on the team who is red vs. Quincy 11 th minute of the game. The assist for lead before the end of the half. An St. Louis on top 7-5. Only two of SI. goalkeeper for the Tritons and record shirting this season. 7 p.m. the goal went to Chris Clarkin. thony Obernuefemann scored from Joseph's shots were on goal while five ed two saves in 45 minutes of play. The Tritons will have their last Colin Huber added another goal to five yards away with the assist going of the seven shots were on goal for Trevor Noonan came in at the half to horne game of the 2007 season on the scoreboard in the 25 th minute of to Simpson. UM-St. Louis. finish out the shutout. Noonan made a Oct. 17 against UM-Rolla. The team Oct. 20 the game. The assist was credited to "It was great," said Obemue The Tritons added to the lead in few great saves in the second half in will then have to play at Southern In vs. SIU-Edwardsville Matt Burch and came from about 10 femann. "Everyone wishes to get a the second half when Blair Spencer cluding a save on a penalty kkk with a diana on Oct. 19 before closing out 3 yards away. goal on Senior Day, I was able to do scored Ii goal in the 64th minute of the little over 12 minutes left in the game the regular season at Kentucky Wes- p.m. a s oal to keen St. Jo~e:nh)~ !:It '7prn.. hll'V'\n!:an October 15, 2007 ~hc [:urrent Page 9 Volleyball splits weekend road matches By TOM SCHNABLE closed out the Rangers in the fourth and .361 percent attack rate, Trame, game 30-26, Medina, Cook and Nichols all fin Assl~'la/lt Sports Edito}' The team featured a balance at ished with over 30 total attacks, and tack, with seniors Heather Nichols Nichols and Bro\.vn each chipped in Not everyone at UM-St. Louis and Claudia Medina, juniors Chel over 20 digs, was able to enjoy homecoming fes sea Baunlstark and Christy Trame, But with only three service aces tivities this weekend, and freshman Elizabeth Cook all in the entire match, the Flyers were In fact, sOllle organizations had finishing with over 30 total attacks. more than the Tritons could handle, to travel to participate in school Medina and Nichols, along with The team's record falls to 11-13 activities, One of those teams, the juniors Lisa Brinker and Joslyn overall and 7-6 in GLVC play, tied women's volleyba ll team, had im Brown, and freshman Carolyn Hol for third with Southem Indiana in pOJ1ant conference business to at stein led a defensive effort each with the west division, and still in search tend to away from horne, double-digit kills apiece, Brinker of a conference toumament bil1h. In tbe first game of the team's ended the day with 57 sets. UM-St. Louis will retlUTI to the weekend tlip, the Tritons traveled The Tritons continued their trip Mark Twain Building for some to Wisconsin-Parks ide for a match on Saturday with a match in Rome home cooking this week and next. with the Rangers last Friday. oville, Illinois with the Lewis Uni After welcoming Washington Wisconsin-Parkside, with a Great versity Flyers, University in on Wednesday, the Lakes Valley Conference record of Lewis, with an 11-2 conference team has important conference 4-9, who are good enougb for fourth record sitting in second place in the match ups with Quincy on Friday i.n the east division, proved to be east division, ended up being too and SIU-Edwardsville on Saturday, little trouble for UM -St. Louis. Danny Reise· Siq!l P/»"'gmpber much for UM-St. Louis to manage. Tile Quincy game will be the Blair Spencer of the Tritons runs to score the winning goal during overtime phiy at our homecoming After winn ing the first two games Lewis WOll three games to none, night the Tritons honor their seniors game against Indianapolis on Friday night. of the match 30-21 and 30-26, the by scores of 30-28, 30-24, and 30- at senior night. Missouri Baptist will Tritons werc beaten the third game 20. come in for the last home game of Tritons triumph on Homecoming 21-30. The ladies carne back and Trame led the way with 15 ! By S COTT L AVELOCK Those fans all shot up in their seats The Tritons' best oppOltunity in Distribution Manager SlaffWiiter in nearly perfect uni son when Spen the first 11alf came twenty minutes in, cer booted the ball past Indianapolis when Spencer circled around the left Bring a cover letter and resume goalie Matt Spaulding, It wouldn't comer and scooted a pass toward the It only takes one, have happened, though, if not for middle. to The Current office at 388 Such a time-honored piece of the pass by Matt Burch, who spotted Mike Simpson came in with a MSC, or email it to sports wisdom was never more true the opening in the trap and fonnd an feet-first slide to try and knock it [email protected] , For than it was for UM-St. Louis on Fri open Spencer on the right side. in, but the ball bounced off his foot day evening, Spencer then dashed directly to and was saved by Spaulding on the more information call 5174, In front of a homecoming crowd ward the goal, and he took care ofthe bounce. ,~£~~.\ Position pays $75 a week , on a crisp fall night. Blair Spencer rest himself. Indianapolis responded five min provided that oh-so-elusive one. His "1 wanted to take it tOIVard the ules later. as some fancy footwork The Current is an equal overtime breakaway goal ended 97 middle to cut ofT tIle angle for the by Justin Sullivan gave him an open minutes of frustration for both teams goalie and just put it away in one of look, but Tritons' goalie Mike Bober opportunity employer. and sent the third place Indianapolis the side pockets," Spencer said. dove to knock it away and deflect it Greyhounds packing with ::l 1-0 loss. UM-St. Louis had to deviate from ofrthe po. t. It had been a long night fo r the their usual offensive attack to adjust UM-St. Louis took control in the Tritons after se\'en offLid e ca lls had to Indianapolis's defense, second half, with Indi anapolis failing stymied many of their scoring op "We ",,'ere just trying to dump to get off a single sh ot attempt. The portunities. \ ith 2:42 left in the firs t it over the backs or play it through Tri tons had a few chances, especially o\'ertime per iod. howc\'er, they fi there," Head Coach Dan King said, late in the hal f. nally broke [h e Gre hounds' ofTside "That's why there were so many off olin Huber reCeived a beautiful trap. sides in this game. but that's what pa 'S and reyerscd his Ijcld to try :lIld "I knew one ti me they wo ul d miss caught them in the end." get some space. but he was do uble it and we 'd g t through." said pen Th e -corin g opportunities were teamed and coull n t get a shot off. cer atkr hisiirst 'goal of the year, "It·. few and faT between for both teams.. good to get the fans out here and get as t h~ r~ wrc only five:h l, on 'oal them to an exciting game ," the entire game. 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Page 10 ~hc lturrrnt October 15, 2007 ~ ~CHI NE HEAD,ji'OIil pagel Robb RF: Well there are still intro on this flag-waving bandwagon and very idea of these words being said ing down hard vocals, Flynn, spective lyrics on there in songs there are these real American 'love is now enough to have the offend TC: How has the tour been with lead singer of like "Beautiful MOlllning," "Slan it or leave' metal bands. \Ve were ers removed? The first [venue1 was out bassist Adam Duce, \vho broke M achine "-<','-..,',. derous," ""Valves." I think that one just didn't agree wi til that. So about definitely like "we're phasing Ollt his leg dirt biking? Head talks consistent thread that Machine Head three months before we went into metal" and there's nothing wTong RF': It's Weird. He's n 'ver missed about his has always had with lyrics is ques record, 1 brought all thc lyrics to the with that. It's not unusL131 for that to a sho".· in Machine Head's career. return to tioning of authority. Even if you baek band and said, 'Tm saying to pretty happen. 'Arhat is unusual is to have Vv'ben I look over to my left, I don't politically see that blond mop of hair flailing ev charged to songs off the first album, like "A heavy s*** here and wanted to make a shm\1 go on sale for six weeks, two lyrics 1110usand Lies," which is about the sure you would all stand behind this. months, and then the record gets re erywhere. It's bizane, but we got the during an Gulf War. \Vhen we went into this We could lace repercussions." They viewed by some internal process and two guys fill in. We could have him interview album, we had just seen a lot more, read it and one by one they all came because they disah'Tce with the things up in a wheelchair, but he was like with The we were questioning a lot more. We back and said "This is totally what I we're saying then our show is being "That'll be lame" He joins us in a Current. had gotten turned on to movies like believe in" and that they would stand moved. We're not politicians. We 'week and a half. We don't want him "Loose Change" and 'The Ground alongside me with these lyrics. drink everyday. r think Republicans to come back and risk damaging it Truth," which is a movie made by TC: Having just been removed suck; 1 think Democrats suck. All Robb Flynn also reports that the Iraq \Var veterans who are now from two House of Blues venues by we're saying is that there's a lot go band favors a drink called "brown against the war. These things came Disney, do you think that is some of ing wrong and, we don't have the an eye" which is essentially vodka and into our psyche. There's a lot of stuff those repercussions to your album or swers, but this is what we're pissed coke. now that even the govemment has just a reaction to the metal scene in about and \ye're going to sing it "We dlink Grey Goose," says said is bad information and we were general" TC: Co-headlining with the Flynn. "'vVe even have a saying for pissed about it. We were in a very RF: They're phasing out metal. Swedish band Arch Enemy, do you promoters: No Grey Goose. we va 3nb'I)' state. And in some ways it \vas Our album \vent under some kind think that brings the Amelican and moose. also a reaction to what was going on of internal review. We thought that European fans together'! Also, he laughingly reported that in music. If you look at the Vietnam we might tace repercussions, but we RF: Totally. It's great because dll.lllmer Dave McClain may in fact era music, there were a lot of protest didn't think that the people inflict there are so many more girls in the be related to the infamous John Mc songs even with the popular artist ing those repercussion would suc audience too. Girls totally dig [An Clain from the Die Hard movies. like Bob Dylan. Where are the Bob ceed. It's 2007. America. Is it so gela Gossow's] vibe and they're em "He has a very secret life and he 's Dylans now? Everyone has gotten had off in this country now that the powered to see a girl on stage thraw- bald." S OCCER. frem jN/ge J PLA YWRITINC.. . P'OII1Pqg,t'} "Everyone played good hard de good times for the Tritons and their couple yards in front of her, making "A Matter of Choices" is a 30- nity." sholVS that opposites really do at tense," Re itz said. "We possessed fans on homecomillg. T\\ el ve min an\' angle for a shot very difficult minute submission set in St. Louis Ron, as Kyle's dad constantly tract. really well." utes after the Greyhounds' only goal. "1 was just thinking 1 had to make in old Laclede Town during the reminds him, attends UM-Columbia It is about a creatively evasive That defense was a little shaky at Rachel Lee answ red back with her something of it." Reitz said. "I tried 1970s, which was at the pinnacle of and studies to be an attomey. Kyle man David, and his girlfi'iend, Ra first, as Indianapolis's Amanda Re fi ft h goal of the year. It came from to pass it back but no one was there, the "Black Power" movement. The constantly says Ron is a sellout tor sheeda and Davis, Rasheeda, who is ese scored just six minutes into the the top of the box off of laimie Pit so I said to myself, 'I'm gonna shoot strong-willed youngest son of a tra making that life choice. Kyle holds a very hardworking woman, orders game. terle's first assist, it and see what happens' ." ditional black family, Kyle, is a re this opinion of his brother until one David to do his share and clean their She put it into the right corner UM-St. Louis continued to con What happened gave UM-St. cent high school graduate. night he is put in a position to see apartment for her parents' visit, but of the goal from the left of the box trol all scoring opportunities late in Louis a lead they \vould never relin Kyle is determined not to go to how Ron's life choice will save David has other ideas. after receiving a pass from Caryn the fi rst half and on into th' second quish. The ball deflected off Swihart college at the University ofMissoUli Kyle's life. Saturday Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. is the Nieman. half and trickJed into the lett side of the - Columbia, but his parents and his The third play of the aftemoon, last day to see more oftle plclys, in In the 84 minutes that remained, All they could c me up with, net. older brother Ron want him to at 'Stoned," which was the winner of cluding "T\\'enty Years" the one-act however, the Triton defense sutf o though, were near misses by Lee, The Tritons stayed tough defen tend. the 1O-minute play competition writ prize winner by Tanesha \Valker, cated the Greyhounds' key players Reitz. Amy Fox, and Krisie 1ue sively for the rest of the game. Mary Instead, Kyle wants to stay in ten by Lou W. Robinson of Rich 'The Seamstress of St. Francis," the like the cloud of smoke that had sen rechter. Behrmann and Courtney Carmody the community to "lift his brothers mond Heights, ,vas a well-received full-length prize winner by Mario enveloped the field JU t a few min The Tritons fi nally broke th ro ugh each had to make only one save in and sisters out of poverty, ,. He also comedy. Farwell and "The Bench," the run utes earlier. They were only able LO on a loose ball that sta rted innoclO l1t their respective halves minding the wants to "go dOWl1 in black hi,tory "Stoned," an extremely short ner-up in the ten-minute play com take three total shot: the re t o f the ly enough by squirting towar'd the net for U 1-St. Louis , \vho out-shot as a forerunner for his own eommu- piece that was power packed and petition by Lou W. Robinson. game. baseline just to the [-igllt of thlO goal. In dianapolis 12-4. " We shut down their better play Reitz came out of nowhere, th ough, "Today \ e just kept going for DANCERs.jrom page 6 ers, and that made a d iffe rence," said sprinted around her defender. and ninety minute :' said midfieldcr Goetz, w ho co llected hcr I I 5th win ga ined control as sh~ tiptoed the Dani Dahm. "At the end of the While each of the e ight dances 'Watching each drummer's hands has continued for three generations. a the UM-St. Louis head coach, line. game, when we're up, sometimes I were pelionned beautifully, there fly across the top of the drums was The ompany has made over 200 "We were also able to gel po . . e:sion he then turned toward rhe goal. feel li ke we don't posse as much. were no dances that impre sed me dizzying. tours to 88 cOIDltri es on 5 continents for the mo _t part, and we attacked only to sec that he was in a tough We get panicked, but we were re a much a the Khevsmuli and the It is hard to imagine that a per and has performed nead y 10,000 prelly well ." position as India napolis goalie An ally calm today, and that obviously Sherjibri. However, the band 's in son can move so quickl;, Jnd mHin concerts tor more than 50 million From there, it was nothing but drea Swihart was 'tanding jus t a helped." strumental piece called "Georgian lain such meticulous precision. Af .. peop.le. Rhythms" made an impr i;: ion . ter [b e ti na I fiance peJio mlallCe, the. e compan had In,ade l!J tu ' The dnlIl1s in this performance audience rose to give a much eanle.d in the United States since its fi rst in were particularly notable. It seemed standing ovation. 1959. Dance STL presented the per that the drums OWlled the song, as The Georgian State Dance Com formance at the Touhill last week- if the other instruments were not pany was established in 1945 by the nd. For more infomlation on Dance needed. Sukhishvili-Ramishvili fan1ily and STL. yisit www. dancestlouis.org. 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Each of the fo ur Current. by Fro t, the jury do ubled fice of the Provo t, Managerial and coaches wa over the age of 40. the punitive damag awru-ded to Technological ervice and the Of Brady argued that retaliation oc Brady. fi ce of Equal Opportunity are the four curred when he filed grie\'ance for " Becau e of the way that Coach CONSIDER INDEPENDENT STUDY ' that r port dir ctly to the chancellor. age discrimination. Brad has been treated " Frost Work. around scheduling conflicts .. ' and get the courses you want. Schuster's new position was not Schuster, as former vice chancel wrote. "we deliberated and carne to Vi sit us at po ted for hiring through Human Re lor of Admini trative Affait over a consensus that Coach Brady de http://cdis.missouri.edu/go/currentfs07 .aspx sources, Peter Heithaus, director of saw Athletics during the time which served $225,000 in actual darnag • or call 1-800-609-3727, Human Resources, said. Posting the Brady brought forth hi s grievances. S750 000 in pWlitive damages from 150+ to request a free course bulletin. COURSES position was not necessary because One of the jurors in the case \ as the university, $200,000 from Schus UW,/ERSIT Shuster was assuming a similar "absolutely shocked'- that Schuster ter. and S I 00,000 from Dolan. We Offer.ed CEWE FOR DIS role. he added. was allowed t retW1l to the M-St. were able to agree 011 the $750.00 Schuster verified he did not go Louis, regardless of Chapter 330:0 10, once I had sugg sted that we double through an application proces for ecti n of the Collected Rules and Schu ter's and Dolan '8 punitive dam the position he Clmently holds be Regulations of the University, which ages, because it was very clear tbat cause he "was never not an employee states: "The personal conduct at all they were the ones instigating the of the University." times of any employees of the Uni whole ordeal against Coach Brady Before Schuster went on leave, versity shall be of such a nature as and the university has stood by and he was a defendant in a discrimina not to bring discredit upon the in let it happen." tion case in 2005 in the 21 st Judicial stitution. Conduct contrary to this After the jury found in favor of Circuit Court of St. Louis County, policy will result in the termination Brady, the University filed an appeal Division 12, that cost the University of such employees' connection with in the Eight Judicial Circuit Court. $975,000. Schuster was individually the University." The appeal process eventually ended liable for $200,000 for his role in the Curtis Frost, ajuror in the dis up in the Missouri Court of Appeals age discrimination and retaliation crimination and retaliation case, - Eastern District. case of Baseball Head Coach Jim said he was convinced that Scbuster On Nov. 28, 2006, Appellate Brady, brought discredit to tbe University. Judge Nannette Baker handed down Schuster, and Pat Dolan, former "Absolutely, witbout a shadow of tbe three-judge panel's opinion. Atbletics Director, were involved in doubt. [ScbusterJ brought discredit "In the case before us, the jury the trial, where Brady filed cbru'ges not only to UMSL, but to the UM had ample evidence to determine against the UM curators, Schuster system and to the state of Missouri," that UMSL, Schuster and Dolan dis and Dolan for age discrimination Frost said. "Brady was the only one criminated against Brady because and retaliation. In the discrimina willing to stand up to [Schuster and of his age and retaliated against him tion cbarges Brady claimed tbat the the University J." each time he filed a complaint," the University, along with Scbuster and According to a letter to the editor opinion stated. Dolan, cut four coacbing positions to in tbe JanualY 31, 2005 issue of The TRIUMPH, from page 9 With 7:20 left in regulation, Jack McKenna made a diagonal pass to Ryan South toward the right comer. South then sent it toward the middle to Huber, but he slipped and lost pos session. Three minutes later, Jared Smith made a nice no-look pass behind his body, but Simpson missed wide left after staggering a bit during his shot ~IEDIIJ~!I 3 TOPPINC; attempt. All those close calls only mounted $8.99 the tension a little more, thollgh, and it provided for some great drama as L.AR(;E 2 TOPPING the team mobbed Spencer after his $9.99 game-winning goal. "Coach was stressing to get a win Plus Tax. Deep Dish $1.00 Extra_ Delivery Charge MllJ' Apply. at home in front of our fans," Ryan South said. "We had a lot of alumni 3 Medium $5.55 each out, and he really wanted us to play see store for details well on homecoming, so we stepped up." 8"P izza, Bread it e m , &20oz The Tritons' first conference win Soda $7.9 9 definitely came as a shock to India valid after 9pm tion napolis, who dropped to 10-4-2,6-3-1 OPEN LATE NIGHT Ticket Infonna ~~~ ~-:£ www.tou!lill.org in GLVC play. The loss dropped them \a14) 818-41l49 . J.,v ...... 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Page 14 ~he (turrent October 15) 2007 BLOOD DRIVE KARAOKE Red and Reign Homecoming Week brings out the spirit Maria Jenkins' S/aJTPbolO!frnpber Danny Reise' SlaJT PiJoIo8l11piJe1' Ethan Chou, sophomore, criminology, donates blood Tuesday in in UMSL students Cozene Watson, senior, photography performs "Play That Funky the Century Rooms during a blood drive sponsored by the Missis Music" at karaoke last Monday in the Pilot House sippi Valley Regional Blood Center_ HOMECOMING COURT Matthew Hill • PboIOf!dilor Antionette Dickens, junior, media studies, and T-Ryan, junior, media studies, were named 2007 Homecoming Queen and King Saturday evening at the dance held at the Chase Park Plaza. HOMECOMING PARADE STEP SHOW "In 1980, it was just club sports, and we went 6-0," he said, The team went varsity in 1981, which marked the first of two con secutive years the team reached the Final 4, ''In 1983, we made the playoffs and then after that, the other schools got competitive." "I started a good tradition, and although we're Division II, it makes it hard to get the good players who go to Division I, but we have the best players in st. Louis," Hudson said. However, the soccer games were just one of the many events during homecoming week this year. Monday's karaoke contest in the Pilot House kicked off the week long events. "We had a lot of people partici pate," said Mark King, who along with Cadence Rippeto, chaired home Maria Jenkins' SlajJPixJlograpber coming this year. "We had about 30 UM·St. Louis students perform during the Associated Black Collegians Step Show on Thursday in the people singing and it was a packed J.C. Penney auditorium. crowd. It set a good tone for the rest oqhe week," King said. Ryan Hum HOMECOMING SOCCER GAMES phrey, freshman, music, won the ka raoke contest. On Tuesday, students supported the blood and canned f(lod drives. Rippeto said students filled two large trash can-sized bins with canned food and about 45 people donated blood. Rippeto said so many people donated that about 15 people were tumed away. On Wednesday, Louis McGhee, Andy Mulchek, junior, secondary education, throws candy at the sophomore, biology, was named this crowd during the Homecoming parade on Thursday_ Mulchek was year's Big Man on Campus. For Mc a member of this year's Homecoming court. Gee's talent, he recited a poem about UM-St. Louis. The other BMOC even.ing, hosted by Associated Black Homecoming King and Queen. "If candidates showcased their distinc Collegians, student organizations you're going to be homecoming tive talents, including Andrew Walk competed in a step competition. queen, you have to raise spirits," er, sophomore, business, who talent "I've never seen a show of that Dickens said. was sticky garbage, where he played caJiber or really any Step competi "The dance floor never was emp percussion on several garbage cans tion, and all the groups were really ty," King said. and Ethan Chou, sophomore, unde good," Walker said. "There was one At the end of the week, Residen clared, who broke boards with his girl who threw up, but she continued tial Hall Association won the spirit hands and feet. and ended up winning." award for the week. The spirit award Rippeto and King said the parade This year's homecoming dance is given to the student organization on Thursday had the highest partici was held at the Chase Park Plaza, and with the most representation and par pation of all of the events with more the 880 tickets for the dance sold out ticipation at the homecoming events. than 40 floats entered. Intemational in the first week they were available. While students had their own fa Student Organization won the parade At the dance, T. Ryan, jLUUor, me vorite part of homecoming, for Katie Danny Reise· SUifJ Pborographer contest for the student category. dia studies and Antionette Dickens, Moore, SGA comptroller, said, "1 Louis McGhee, sophomore, biology, cheers on the crowd at the Triton soccer games Friday night At the Step Show on Thursday junior, media studies, were crowned love cheering to UMSL." against Indianapolis. Both the men's and women's teams won Friday.