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Current, August 23, 2010 University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2010s) Student Newspapers 8-23-2010 Current, August 23, 2010 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current2010s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, August 23, 2010" (2010). Current (2010s). 19. https://irl.umsl.edu/current2010s/19 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (2010s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. AUG. 23, 2010 VOL. 44; TheWWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM Current ISSUE 1317 ALSO INSIDE Triton eyes PGA Scott Pilgram City Museum 5 Golf ace Matt Rau’s bright future 9 Best comic book movie ever 16 The only museum made for kids 2 | The Current | AUGUST 23, 2010 The Current Vol. 44, Issue 1317 www.thecurrent-online.com Statshot EDITORIAL STAFF WEEKLY WEB POLL Editor-in-Chief...............................................................Sequita Bean Managing Editor..............................................................Gene Doyel Features Editor.................................................................Jen O’Hara Sports Editor..........................................................Michael Frederick Did you get your free Assoc. Sports Editor...................................................Stephanie Benz 24% 6% A&E Editor.....................................................................William Kyle metro pass yet? Assoc. 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The Editor-in-Chief “It could provide more students due to reserves the right to respond to and to deny any letters. everyone using facebook.” “First time I heard that, I thought it had something to do with horses.” CONTACT US –Secretary of State Hillary Rod- Address 388.MSC,.1.University.Blvd Derrick Snow Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400 ham Clinton, discussing a bilateral Music investment treaty Newsroom 314-516-5174 Junior Business/Advertising 314-516-5316 Fax 314-516-6811 E-mail.(General) [email protected] WEATHER E-mail.(Advertising) [email protected] E-mail.(Employment.Inquiries) [email protected] MON. 88 TUES. 85 WED. 91 THURS. 96 FRI. 90 SAT. 91 SUN. 89 E-mail.(Tips) [email protected] Twitter umslcurrent 78 73 72 88 87 76 77 AUGUST 23, 2010 | The Current | 3 LOCAL NEWS Gateway Arch showing rust and decay News Almost 45 years into its reign atop the St. Louis skyline, the 630-foot monument is suffering from growing rust and decay. And nobody knows how extensive. Elevator repair causes controversy Corrosion, some of it feared aggressive and severe discoloration of the stainless steel skin have long been RYAN KRULL Representatives from UM- states. Tis allows Missouri work. Darandari responded present, according to engineering reports reviewed Staff Writer St. Louis said that in choos- crews to work in those states by saying Abell’s work is by the Post-Dispatch. The problem is not yet a safety ing to do business with Abell, and crews from those states guaranteed for a year and issue. Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Members of the Inter- they were not discriminating to work in Missouri. “Local maintenance will not be an national Union of Elevator against local labor, but were companies are working on issue. “Tese union guys are Highway 40 reopens after fatal truck crash Constructors Local 3 have simply going with the com- Marillac Hall, Music Build- trying to make a big deal out been picketing the University pany that could do what was ing and University Center,” of what is, in my opinion, A truck driver was killed in a Monday morning crash that of Missouri-St. Louis and dis- needed for the cheapest. Frank Kochin, UM-St. Louis nothing,” Darandari said. shut down portions of Highway 40 in the city for 5 hours. tributing fyers to motorists Sam Darandari, Director Facilities Director, said. “And Both Darandari and Ko- Thomas J. Niemeyer, 48, of Bethalto, died when he was who enter North Campus. of Planning and Construc- those are all bigger contracts, chin say that the IUEC Lo- ejected from his eastbound tractor-trailer after it began to “Shame on the University of tion for UM-St. Louis, said signifcantly more than re- cal 3’s real dispute is with drift to the left and slammed into the median at the Taylor Missouri-St. Louis” is written fve outfts put in bids for the placing a jack.” Missouri’s reciprocal law, not Avenue overpass, police said. Niemeyer landed in the in bold and underlined at the project and Abell’s was the According to Orr, the with UM-St. Louis. westbound lanes. It is unclear what caused Niemeyer to top of the union’s fyer. lowest at $68,000. It is UM- IUEC Local 3 is also con- “I have nothing against lose control, police said. Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Te union’s primary point St. Louis’ policy to go with cerned that Abell is not pay- these local guys,” Darandari of protest is the university’s the lowest bidder; a licensed ing their employees what is said, “but [they] need to be Obama grants Missourians disaster relief use of out-of-state labor for engineer and a state elevator called a prevailing wage. A more competitive instead of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says that President Barack repairs being done to an ele- inspector looked into Abell prevailing wage is essentially a shaming the university for vator jack in the Mark Twain for the university and gave wage that is fair for any given following a state law.” Obama has issued a major disaster declaration for building. Two full-time em- them the OK. Orr said that area and is set by the Depart- According to their fyer, “areas across Missouri hit by flooding, severe storms ployees from Abell Elevator, a local union could have done ment of Labor & Industries. the IUEC Local 3 has a dis- and excessive rain during June and July.” Such a a construction outft based in the work just as cheaply and “[Abell] is required to pay pute with Abell Elevator only, declaration means that the federal government will Louisville, Ky., are currently efciently as Abell, though a prevailing wage,” Kochin and is not calling for any cover 75 percent of the eligible emergency response employed on the project. he admits Abell did put in a said. “Te university system kind of boycott with UM-St. and recovery expenses, beginning with the storms on “UMSL should give work lower bid. Legally, construc- monitors that and [Abell] has Louis or any other institution June 12. Via St. Louis Beacon to local laborers who
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