Vol. 32 Issue 911 University of Missouri St, Louis

T H E STUDENT VOICE OF U M",S T. L OUIS

:: . St udents convene forum : Communication betwee n students and administrators dominated a Wednesday Tuition gets modest hike from curators gathering of students, See page 3. BY MA RY LINDSLEY ~ta fTw-;Tt~-r - .-.------.. -----~. - Curators call rise

J The Universiry of Missouri Boa rd of Curators ap proved {inflationary increase a recommendation by system President Manu el Pacheco to increase educ:l.tional fe es at a meeting on C:lmpus Thursday. at the U11 System's other three campuses range from 1.9 per­ The measure; \vhich was pas ed Llfi aniITlou sly and v,;ithout cem to 5.2 percent. discussion by the b03rd, will inc rease undergraduate cf-uu-ges The Unive rsiry's comparatively high percentage was system wide by S3.70 per credi t hour, from 5 124.80 to auribmed to the adoption of a separate $6.05-per-credit-hour $128.50. Graduat f es will rise rom 5157.9 '0 5162.60 per fee that will be used for debt service on the new Universiry credit hour. could di sappo i Center. In addition to this new fee, the existing Universiry Pacheco said ,he 3 percent inc rease, which \'rill take effe ct you after the Center fee, currently $3 .54 per credit hour, will go up to in the 1998-99 academic year, is co nsistent with rising inHa­ 53.60 per credit hOll[. first trac k. tion costs. See page Pacheco noted that the new Universiry Center fee had "Today's recom me ndations maintain the board's com­ been approved by UM-St. Louis students, a reference to a mitment, followin g fiv e years of significant an d programmed Student Government Association resolution in December to ~. Transf­ increases in educatio nal fe es , to limi t further increase to the suppOrt the increase. cost of inflation," Pacheco said. er credit : In addition, the board's proposal ",ill increase room and Gary Grace, vice chan ceilor of Studen t Affai rs, said in a Annette board charses on campus by 0.1 percent. The instruct ional subsequent interview that the fe e hike is "not unreasonable D Brandy comp uting fee will go up by $1 per credit hour to $8 per cred- and that some universi ties are raisi ng educ.1.tional fees by 5 brought ~ ~~ . percent to 6 percem a year. talent Pacheco said [he computing fees will be used to ·add more Grace said th at the addition~j revenue will offset COSt of with her computers and to expand the hours of operation of the li ving raises for facu lry and staff saiari es as well as intlationary in5tlUctional labs throughout [he UM System. from price increases in suppl ies. Newly appointed student curator Sarah Welch flips through her j unior col­ The measure also calis for a 47 perc nt increase in the packet at the board of curators meeting held here Thursday. lege. U niversi ry's student acti vi ty fees. Increases for the same fees see CURATORS, page 3 Welch will serve for the next t wo years. See page 7.

Editorial: It's time to get SGl\pnNdmt past futile argu ments about Making Room for Mercantile the necessity of the Performing Ar.ts Center. U should. BY MARY LINDSLEY See page 4...... _.. _...... __ ..- ...... staff writer 'buy' exSting The director of the The St . Louis UM-St. Louis Mercantile Ubrary is libraries says that lJCenter Penn State prof plans are proceeding t he oldest library west prostests law according to schedule of the M ississippi to move the River. The coiiection from.students by smoking Mercantile Library consists of: collection to the - 17re General (Core) Administrator says Joint' at V Gates Thomas Jefferson Collection of 210,000 library. books. show us your deed Joan Rapp, STATE COLLEGE, PENN. - Ihe Bamger Collection libraries director, said BY D A VI D BAU G HER (U-WIRE) - Penn State­ of 40,000 books, docu­ ...... -...... ~ .. , .." ...... -...... -.•. that students and fac­ staff writer Uni versity Professor ments and photos on ulty should have Emeri t us Julian Heickl en is American Railroad history. a man of his word. Two access to the collec­ • The Pott Waterways Ground has nOt yet been broken weeks ago , the Univers ity tion by the beginning Collection on river and on the new University Center, but chemistry professor claimed of the fall 199 8 semes- inland watenvays history. controversy may already be brewing he would be back to smoke tel'. • Periodicals and current over what to do with the facility it another "jointn at the "It's an extremely newspapers. will replace. University Gates. fast timeline," Rapp • Reference collections with Jim Avery, Student Government Thursday, he lit up again said. "When we stan­ general, local and histori­ president, said he feels the present with the promise he will ed, we didn't trunk we cal materials. center belongs to the students and return every week until his could be done in less • Special collections that they should be compensated cause is reached. Heicklen than a couple of years, including original manu­ for its use. The building is likely to .approached the crowd, set but by the time we're senpt sources, archives, be converted to other uses after the up his lawn chair and started finished, it will have photo and clipping files new center smoking before about 100 taken us about a from the St. Louis Globe opens around people. University Police yeaL" Democrat, 2000. Services officers then con­ Since September, -Historical newspapers, "We own fiscated the cigarette. A work has focused on and rare book and art col­ [the old cen­ member of the crowd then reorgalllzmg the lections. ter]. We paid handed him another ciga­ library to make room for it," Avery rette. for the collection on said. "r would The confiscated Cigarette the first and second floors. All books and periodicaIs pre­ like to see is not yet confirmed as mari­ viously on those levels have been moved to the fourth that money Jim Avery juana, said University Police and fifth floors, respectively. Both floors have new car­ . returned to Officer Wayne Weaver. peting and fumitur'e, and a help desk has been added to th e students in the form of putting Heicklen also said he will the fifth floor. it tOwards the University Center be back next week and invit­ Rapp said she was pleased with the renovations. "It that is being built." ed others to join him. He did looks far better than before." Avery said he feels students not encourage marijuana She also noted that "people have been amazingly should receive fair market value for smoking, but he sa id that if patient" as work is being done on the library. the build;ng. He said that the people wanted to join him, Rapp estimated that about 3 pe'reent of the library's money could go to expanding the he would have no objections. books have been removed in order to fit all of the books new center or to decreasing student "I only ask that you on one floor. Faculty members plan to review the titles fees. He added that if no compensa­ arrange your own bail and no that have been eliminated to ensure that they won't be tion were offered, the student cen- Stephanie Platt/The Current violence," Heicklen said. needed in the future. . ter should continue as a "student­ Mike Ort of M&W Const ruction Co. installs high density storage sys­ In the meantime, Rapp said that the final design pbns use building." tems for the new Mercantile Library collection to be housed in floms -Emily Rehring for the renovation of the first and second floors are now · ''I'm going to make a strong one and two of the Thomas Jefferson Library. All periodicals from Daily Collegian being finalized. She said Chancellor Blanche ouhiJI will those floors were moved to level fivej all books were moved to level T stance that if they don't want to pay 4. According to Ort , installation of high density shelving increases us for it, then we 'won't unoccupy capacity by over 200 percent. see MERe, page 10 see BUY , page 1 0 BULLETIN BOARD ...... 2 NEWSWIRE .... ; ...... 3 EDITORI~L ...... •...... 4 Construction projects will allow freer space allocations, change deparment locations ODDS & ENDS ...... • .... 5 Schuster, vice-chancellor for Administrative "One idea is to take the top two floors of Plan which says that in the future we should A&E ...... 6 Services. According to Schuster, the ' Woods Hall, which is all administrative. and try to move ~1I the academic activity to the SPORTS •• ...... 7 Underground dining facility will also be elim­ move that into part of the [existing] North Campus," Schuster said. fIFE IN HELL ...... ••...•.. 9 The year 2000 may bring radical shifts in inated by plans for a large food coun in the University Center, then bring the School of Th move would also bring Marillac Hall Newsroom • 516-5174 the way space is allocated on campu s, accord­ new facility. Education from the South Campus and let one step closer to being converted into a resi­ Advertising • 516-5316 ing to University officials. Schuster said the lower floors of Woods them occupy all of Woods Hall and pan of the dence hall. Fax • 516-6811 The changes are due to the construction of Hall will be vacated as well since University [existing] University Center," Schuster said. "We've already moved nursing out of it," the new University Center, which will virtual­ Health Services, Financial Aid, the Cashiers' Schuster said the plan made sense due to Schuster said. "If we could move the School of ly empty the present University Center, cur­ Offices and other student-related services are the rapid grmvth of the School of Education, Education out of it, all we'd have to move is rendy home to the Office of Studem slated to ~ove to the new center. which is currently scattered across several optOmetry." Activities, the Bookstore and the offices of Schuster said there are at least twO plans for South € ampus buildings. many student organizations, says Reinhard using all the extra space. "That kind of helps us 'fulfill the Master . see SPACE, page 3 Page 2 February 2, 19981

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BY BILL ROLFES dent,s and the adminiStration. has for the students," Babcock said. staff writer . "Basically this was a meeting called by a couple The group tried to find ways to communicate different groups of concerned students in terms of with students. Students suggested voice mail mes­

" In an effort to promote discussion of major students not having a voice on campus," sages on all campus phones and Listservs. decisions on campus, a group of students met to Hutchinson said. Both Hutchinson and Babcock expressed dis­ discuss possible forms of communication between She explained that students do not have a voice appointment at the number of people at the administration and the student body. unless they attend Student Government Wednesday's meeting - 10 people showed up. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend the Student Dialogue Brown Bag Series III, "Concerning Race Tonya Hutchinson, a social work major, and Association meetings. . "We've got to get more people involved if we Relations," from a.m. to p.m. Thursday in Room Gail Babcock, coordinatOr of Students for Quality Babcock expressed her disgust for the way the want to have a voice," Babcock said. 11:30 1:30 126 of the J.C. Penney Building. International consultant Marlon Smith , Education, invited all students to express their administration presented fee increases to the Stu­ Babcock extfained, however, that many of the will be the guest speaker. Call Linda Sharp at 6807 for details. :" \ opinions about fee increases and new buildings at dents at November's SGA meeting. She said the students who had shown an interest in attending a noon meeting Wednesday, in room 72 of the students did not have enough time to discuss Wednesday's meeting were in class . The 22nd annual Chancellor's Report to the Community will be . ].c. Penney building. them. The group did not set an exact date for the next Friday, May 1, in the Grand Ballroom of the America's Center At the beginning of th e meeting, Hutchinson "The way that was handled at the SGA meeting meeting bur agreed that it should be on a Tuesday downtown. The day will begin with a reception at 11:15 a.m., fol­ expressed the need for "dialogue" between stu- shows what kind of respect [the administration] or Thursday at 1 p.m. 0 lowed by a luncheon and a program at noon. Call Cindy Vantine at 5442 for details. .. an individual ---" --- SPACE, , from page 1 basis and most deCision has Douglas Wartzok, associate vice chancellor for research and would probably dean of the Graduate School, has been appointed to a three-year A,not been term as a member of the Committee of Scientific Advisors to the be kept, depend­ Feb. 2 Kick-Off of African­ The South Campus Music Building may also ing on their con­ made. There are a U.S. Mari"ne Mammal Commission. He was also reappointed to a become a residence hall, due to the construction of an Am~rican History Month dition and the number of alterna­ second term as a member of the Outer Continental Shelf unr~lated project - the proposed Performing Arts Scientific Committee of the Minerals Management Service, U.S. ''R£jfming Our ~ PrejxJration to mat need for space. L?m Center - adjacent to the Genera! Services Building. tives that have Department of the Interior. the DIalkge ifthe Fu1ure" Spnker DrJa:mes H In the long term, The Music Dypartment might then be shifted into been explored. apdPn>sident and OriefF.xtrutire 0Jticer of the however, • the General Services with the an center's completion, University may Two alumni of the School of Education have received the Urtxm ifMetrop:1itan Stlouis 7:30p.m . ·Donald Driemeier President's Award for excellence in teaching math and science . expected in about five years. have other plans deputy to the chancellor Patricia Burkhart ('76), a teacher at Hazelwood Central High Feb. 10 Another proposal would keep the School of for the area. Education where it is and instead move psychology ---- 1·~ ----­ School and Jan Davenport ('74), a third grade teacher at UM-St.Lruis SynphorOC fuui will rrfmn, !'Our inten- ... ./ and criminal justice into Woods Hall. Under this Parkwood Elementary School, were among the 214 honored tion is to some- ProfoNJr MiJrJEdFlliotwill put on a ~ across the United States. Winners were selected for perfor­ plan, the administrative offices would still move to day take that whole block and put in a new alumni at noon mance, leadership, continuing education and dedication. the old University Center but would share it with center," Schuster said. Feb. Continuing Education. Both Schuster and Donald Driemeier, deputy to is A series of faculty library clinics will be held from noon to 1 The Underground would be convened to class­ the chancellor, stressed that none of the ideas had yet Dj/fereru!s and the lbrtray1l ofPlnd?s: A Content p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, Feb. 9, 10, 11 and room space under either proposal, but Schuster said been approved. Driemeier said that the process of Am/yii5 ifGeneml Media VernJS 0itwuIly 13 in the Thomas Jefferson Library Instruction Room. Sessions . thar The Cove might be preserved if the existing deciding space issues had only begun and the plans TargF1ted TV Adwtisment, GoonimD Prai1 will will include demonstrations of advanced techniques for using the University Center were given to COntinuing were some of many ideas under consideration. ~ 4 p.m in theJ C Ferney Auditorium Library Catalog. Contact Franny Behrman at 7008 or bye-mail at Education. "I don't think a decision has been made," [email protected]. Feb.1S Also in question is the fate of several smaller build­ Driemeier said. ings along the south side of Narural Bridge Road. Dr. RmiiaHdm!swill put on a~ it "There are a number of alternatives that have Schuster said the buildings would be assessed on Contact Mary Lindsley at 516-5174 to submit items for N ffi)swire .. Salute to GIrIm," W3tAfiin and UM StLouis" been explored." 0 Feb.23 research initiatives. The BlaR &p:rtory Tlunter with Ron Hines CURATORS, from page 1 "The state has said that the only way budgets are aIongwifhDMG going to increase is if we strengthen and enhance our mission," Grace said. "Part of our mi ssio n, as a land 1997_ Ution for one year 1997·98 student fees for "As we move more and more into the use of tech­ gram unive rsity, has been research and public service in Feb.25 one year (24 hours) nology for educational purposes," Pacheco said, "it puts addition to teaching." Wldei~acI (24 hoIn) AjiW in the 21 st Cen1UJy: TheAmEroln a stress on both the laboratories that we have and the The governor has also recomm ended $50 million for $2,99520 $354 Ommiion l;y Dr. Jean-Gennaine ems computers that we have available for students." capital improvements, including $23.1 million for the Feb.27 Mission Enhancement gets funds proposed Performing Am Center. "We're just delight­ 199899 Ution for one year 1998-99 student fees for Pacheco derailed Governor Mel Carnahan's bud get ed Governor Carnahan understood and recognized th e UlvJerOacl (24 hoIn) one year (24 hours) AJazz R5timl, arfict-Ndu!!fz Chaniff ofLa; proposal for the UM System. Part of the $394 million value [of the proj ect] to this campus," said newly el ect­ $3,084,00 $523 AngdRsdrwnmer~ and 97ngufilff operating budget includes $15 million for "mission ed board president Theodore Beckett. enhancement," a plan to support both the endowed "I trust we are going to be fully supported by the I (3 percent increase) (47 percent increase) chairs and professorships programs as well as various legislature." 0 ! jm z .. ; d . ~ l ---- -_ .. ,

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I , February 2, 1998 Page 4 t Clean water: THE STLJDE:-<-r VOICE Of UM4ST. lOUIS Editorial Board Doug Harrison TilE I'll drink to that editor in chief CtJ ~Rrr4T Bill Rolfes ometimes I think thar histOry will call ours "the . managing editor & period when man could identify a thousa nd prob­ editon"al page editor Mail S lems and only a few simple solutions." Wendy Verhoff Letters to the editor Or at least it seems that way co me. LaSt week the healch community relations director 7940 Natural Bridge Road Fax E-mail Telephone department sent this innocuous looking letter co our home. Jr's "Our Opinion" reflects the majority opinion St. Louis, MO 63121 (314) 51&6811 [email protected] (314) 516-5174 basic thrust was that water safety officials had identified "fecal of the edi/oral board matter" in our drinking .water. I could imagine the letter before even looking at it: "Such ,.------OUR OPINION ------, contaminents, while harmful in large quanraties, have proven co , have no adverse effects co humans in the levels currently found in your water." Making Watergates Well, fine. Arts center begs one question: Why? Even before the official announcement, our family started out of molehills filtering its water -with one of his week, in order to comply pus more frequently, enhancing the uni­ or those of us whose first those impressive looking devices The Issue: with the Hancock Amendment, versity experience for all students. Many Fpolitical frames of reference that purports to purify regular tap T came after that infamous burr Missouri will begin mailing tax- of these events might even provide a water to pretty near perfection. With Gov. Mel payers refund checks. Because money source of revenue. Moreover, its very gled burglary in 1972, this premature Not that it's neces sa rily help­ Carnahan's rec­ generated from taxes and other sources construction will generate hundreds of talk of presidential resignation and mg. ommendation to has surpassed the revenue ceiling set jobs for the metropolitan area. impeachment rings particularly hollow. I've thoroughly examined this forth in this amendment, the state must However, in consideration of the fact It's not that we doubt the profound the state device and, though I admit my sci­ give excess revenue back to that enrollment has consistently failed to effect our elders assured us Watergate entific and mechanical literacy is Legislature, the Missourians. meet expectations and budget shortfalls had on the presidency and the country. especially basic, this water filter proposed Meanwhile, UM-St. Louis is laying the only last year led to the consolidation of But it seems that many of the jour­ we're using doesn't impress me. Not one bit. Performing Arts groundwork for a new Performing Arts several departments, the proposed nalists. the politicians, the Republicans In fact, it looks like glorified chicken wire encased in a plas­ Center most like­ Center, and it promises to yield a number expansion will occur under a pall of corr involved in this latest Waterage impos­ tic doohickey that makes the water drip, drip, drip Out of the tor possess an obscene .predilection to of benefits that make it worthy of student troversy. "filcer" really slowly, as if it's eking Out every laSt bit of "fecal ly will be a reality. catch, ensnare or even entrap by any support. On a campus that opened 35 The question remains as to whether m·atter." What's more, the POst-purification water doesn't taste means possible the first successful years ago as a one-building operation the building's operational costs and that any different than tap water, but then I guess "fecal matter" is We Suggest: two-term Democratic president since with only a handful of students on the of the expanded programs which will not especially tasty. Harry S Truman in some "impeach­ premises of a former country club, the occupy it can be met without diverting Water purification for dummies, you could call it. Students should funds from other already strained depart­ able" offense, as if to exorcise whatev­ construction of such a facility should For my part, I'd just as soon not have known -with this begin seriously ments, resulting in a kind of zero-sum er political demons Watergate left unre­ mean the dawning of a new era of much scientific certainty about the inrestinal waste products in questioning the growth. game. solved. my drinking water. It only confinns what I suspect every day The fact that this building will, in reali­ Students should indeed ask why. Perhaps our youth has left us with larger forces at when I drive across the Poplar Street Bridge: that water is re-al­ ty amount to something less should com­ Why must the University risk more an incomplete appreciation of all things work that, like Iy nasty, and it stinks. pel every student to ask why. Why will financial hardship to pursue the sexual, but we find it a little perplexing Not a "pew wee; that's odoriferous" stink. I'm talking "roll dominoes, affect this project fall short of all that it might Performing Arts Center, an obviously ben­ that older men and women are so up your windows and hold your breath till your face turns almost every be? eficial addition to the campus at the enthralled with the dalliances of the blue" stink. (In the four years since I began my commute, I've aspect of their True, funding for the $5Omillion facili­ same time the state mails away money. president. And as for Kenneth Starr, narrowed the stench down to somewhere between rotting ani­ education. ty will come entirely from state resources This question transcends the authority of who so desperately needs to unearth or private donations, and as a result, stu­ administrators and even the chancellor. It presidential culpability in something mal carcass and sulfur.) Besides that, it JUSt looks septic. And So what do dents will pay nothing. falls instead under the jurisdiction of the more than sordid passion, he and his since we get our water straight from the Big Muddy (or the Big Doubtless, the new building will also highest authority in the state. carte blanche investigation have Fecal), the only surprise is that we didn't find a strain of the you think? spur the development of a first-rate drama As UM-St. Louis has been placed in proven only that subsidized, litigious Ebola-virus along -with solid animal waste. program at the same time it provides a such an awkward position by a lack of witch hunts are as ineffective as Still, it's more than I wanted co know. Ever since that letter Let us hear from venue for students in the music depart- adequate financial support, the Student tabloid journalism. arrived, showers and face-washings and toqt bI;J.lshifl!} ~e~ms _ " I you on this or ... ment. ' ,. '''. .Government Association on this campus For those of us unimpressed with . linl.e pointless. , r" 11 ~rt"r" m'llch.,,.. ~ any issue in a ~ .. 1 While it attracts new students plarr should play a vocal part in organizing stu­ Mr. ~ Starr's "investigation" so far, we. What I would really like to find out is that, 10, we have dis­ letter to the edi­ ning careers in fine arts, the 165(}seat dent opposition to the misguided have only to marvel that America covered a way to eliminate "fecal matter" and other undesirable "matters" from drinking water. tor. auditorium and 400seat recital hall will Hancock amendment, a campaign worth allows the world to watch us humiliate also provide an opportunity for prominent far more than the usual discussions about ourselves far more than Bill Clinton or Until we make that discovery, I'll just drink a little more speakers and popular shows to visit cam- parking and student involvement. 0 Monica Lewinsky ever could. 0 orange juice. 0 .

--- GUEST CoMMENTARY ------, Blame it on the Get involved infamous 'they' EA~.1. have been given the honor of being able to be a ''''CREA~Etl 8E(AVrE i{ part of the guest commentary. At first I was of IHRAT'OtJ, TIiE feel sony for whoever "they" are. 'They" are always getting I ontER 1 % WAS not going to take advantage of this opportuni- blamed for problems that occur when people don't know 17sm To BUILD I ty but then (obviously) I changed my mind. Why 'THIS •• • 'THE who for sure to blame. For example, when road construction not? '!be only people that read The Current are Stu­ " 8\ANC!\E -A-NAioR is holding up traffic on the highway, I will say, usually: 'They are dents that are involved -with this campus or at least in always doing construction on this highway." their mind want to be But I don't know who "they" are. I just feel like complaining , involved but for some when traffic slows me down, and blaming "they" is convenient unknown reason feel enough to satisfy my crave. they just can't. '!be makers of "South Park" seem to parody this need to place U1v1-St. Louis has blame. In every episode, except for the Christmas episode, one of the many problems when it character's says, "Oh my God! '!bey killed Kenny! " comes to student panici­ We are always searching for someone to blame for any unfonu­ paticin and yet the ~­ nate incident. gue.,st comm'e)ri"tator dents still complain about When I'm sining in traffic and running late Iusually curse all of r.E MoNwHy 1\.{lnoN WIll be RAISED k:> Ij . . how lame or "non-college" the other drivers for not going at least speed limit. I wonder how traf­ FAI1 ••• kNoW WHAT)I'f") NoT"fHAr5HOC.KE"Dr like the atmosphere is here. Personally, both faculty YA fie can be jammed even when there aren't any accidents on the high­ and students are to blame but more so the students. - tJ1ARTY- way. Why? Because we do not suppOrt crap, not even our As far as the eye can see, cars are lined up in a Stop and go pro­ pretty decent baseball and soccer teams! cession. Somebody has to be causing this. I usually imagine four old Some students and faculty arrange for activities and READER RESPONSE --.-----:-----!- guys putting down the highway at about 10 miles an hour, causing f put time and effort int9 events that end up entertain­ everybody else to be late for work. ing only a handful of students. Imagine if you were Despite editor}s comments, SGA er course in the English language, as well as one of Many times we try to figure Out that individual organizing a function and each time the rather intriguing courses in Antebellum litera- who is to blame for an incident simply hardly anyone shows their face (Don't you feel pro­ resolution will make a difference . ture offered by our fine institution of higher learn­ so we can hold someone accountable. ductive). I would definitely say screw this and proba­ ing. Of course, that still may do little to improve We spend a lot of time and energy It is standard practice among government bodies ' bly convince myself that this is a commuter campus! the proof reading, the misquotes or the misinfor­ searching for a culprit rather than a Well no ####! But please only whine if you are to use a certain style of English when formally pre­ mation . .. solution. senting resolutions. They are, after air, iegal docu­ involved in some sort of organization whether it be Now obviously this letter is written with a light When I was working at myoid job ments, not confabulations. A rather elegant exam­ Greek or the Heterosexual awareness club! My point heart and with a big smile, fo~ . of course it is well (in an engineering department for a ple of this usage, of which you might have heard, is is there are 120 organizations on campus; I am sure known that I have histOrically been a strong sup­ small company) we had to change assem­ known as the Constitution of the United States of you can find your niche. It doesn't matter what you porter of The Current. Additionally, I am quite sure bly drawings on a daily basis - either pans were changed, someone America. I had assumed that as well educated Stu. get involved in, just GET INVOLVED. I know that you must be both aniculate and well-versed, or found a better way to put together different products or the draw- dents at a university which I feel is thorough in its sometimes it's a pain in the buttocks and you might no doubt surely another would presently fill the ings were wrong. If a drawing was incorrect we would tty to figure English requirements for most majors, all members attempt to join something and figure Out everybody spot of editor in chief Furthermore, the resolution, out who screwed it up, and curse him or her if that person was not i within this group is a complete! m~ron! Well, guess of the Student Government Association could eas­ although perfectly appropriate in its wording, was around. ily comprehend, and indeed be amused by, a flow­ what - that moron might be on the SGA. Therefore, certainly somewhat dramatic. Nevyrtheless the If the error was my fault, I usually had a pretty good excuse. I'd ery three-quarter page form of this country's pri­ speaking for the student body! Oh, but wait. We as unwritten rule around these parts has historically blame ignorance - I was just some dumb college kid pursuing a mary language. However, the rigor of reading com­ students are too busy, we have class, then work, then been that if one can dish it out, one had better be degree in English: I've never had any schooling in engineering or prehension on this level was appatendy intimidat­ South Park and then maybe even a good J eny . able to take it. Throughout the whole of last semes­ design . ing to one Doug Harrison, who expressed his dis­ Springer fight on later! Sony to vent and yes I am ter, I have remained in good humor over here in On Wednesday I waS . refereeing a freshman boys basketball dain in no uncertain terms by means of one of his hooked on South Park (no comment about Jeny). SGA while upon a platter before me you have game. I missed a completely obvious cillo '!be coach complained { weekly editorial columns. No doubt, the disquiet I apologize for offending anyone but every semes­ dished out quite a mount of corruption, and little about the call, and I apologized and told him it was "my bad." felt by one so challenged by the composition of ter we go through the sanle sequence of events. First did I say. It is apparent that this semester will be To that he responded with a somewhat harsh, "You gotta ?-,atch the Sexy Legs scandal then the intermittent flashers such commonplace resolutions must be particular­ more of the same. Therefore, my dear editOr ... that." ly acute when experienced by the editor in chief of from the library to ill.'l-St. Louis is raising fees again. bon appetite! " I nodded my head and thought to myself, "Geez, I told him I was This whok IT,enu needs to change but nobody can the campus newspaper. But of course, we have Incidentally, we here in the SGA are fluent not sony." I began to feel sony for myself, but I quickly changed my make a difference on campus until we The Student noticed the vernacular dialect which characterizes only in the wording of such resolutions, but also in mind. (It's very rare that I will let a coach know that he is right.) I fig- f some articles in The Current. For those infernal ured I was to blame for the mistake, and I deserved to get bitched at. spells of aphasia and agnosia which leave one For once, putting the blame on someone turned our to be pro­ see GUEST, page 8 dere1ict in the sea of vocabulary, I suggest a refresh- see LETTERS, page 8 ductive. I worked extra hard at calling a good game. It was nice hav- . ing some kind of motivation when refereeing a freshman game. 0 February 2, 1998 'Utbe <[utrent Page 5

Becky Rickard, features editor phone: 516-5174 fax: 516-6811 e-mail : [email protected] .edu column Walking in a winter wonderland !

I! could be less than 'wonderful BY AM Y LOMBARDO them off if they want to," Clark says. warmer because you've gOt two or three from behind. This will make a person feel .1 staff writer Materials like wool and sy"nthetic fabrics layers of clothing that has a real small, basi­ warm, and when the return trip is facing the I such as poly-propylene are excellent for cally a molecule, layer thick of air to act as wind it will cause a loss in b od ~' core tem- columnist It's springtime. The sun is shining, the wllner work-ours. insulation," Clark explains. perature. I birds are singing and the weather is warm. "They basically draw the moisture away Another thing to consider is the wind It is beneficial to insulate hands ;lnd feet ~ y academic path has It's not hard to get mOtivated to go out­ from tl~ e skin so that it doesn't sit right on chill factor. Clark said that the worst thing well for shorter periods of exercis e, while been a long string of doors and exercise. In the winter months, the surface. That way it tends to keep you to do is to start Out with the wind coming the tOrso is more imporranr for longer Mmisguided attempts however, the situation is signifi­ exposure to the elements. Clark rec om­ to reach an unwanted goal. Take cantly different. mends mittens instead of-gloves because my first major in college. I start­ Exercising outside when the they allow the fingers to be next to each ed college with the somewhat temperatures are freezing is not other and .able to generate more body ludicrous idea that I would start usually a tempting option, due to heat. in pre-med. It all began in my the many physical hazards. It is pos­ The discomfort felt from breathing in early high school years when I sible to make it more enjoyable by extremely cold air is due to the dryness discovered that nothing really knowing some sensible tips . of it. The solution to this phenomenon interested me except for biology Bruce Clark is an exercise physi­ is to simply wear a scarf or mask-type and French. I didn't like English ologist and associate professor of face cover. classes until my junior year, when physical education at UM-St. Lours. "People think you lose about h;l1f they finally started tcaching con­ He shares a few guidelines for Stu­ your body heat from your head, and temporary literature. As a major, dents to follow when faced with that's pretty high, unless you have a French didn't seem to be an chilly circumstances. " really big head," Clark says. "You do option because nobody seemed to "The mo st common mistake lose probably somewhere between make a living at speaking French, people make When preparing for ab out 10 to 15 percent, maybe up to 30 except maybe French salesmen. exercise in the cold, is overdress ­ or 35 percent, of your heat from your Being a girl who won science ing," Clark said. head depending on how much heat awards, I seemed destined to a The amount of clothing worn is you're generating. Therefore, wearing a life of a high-paying career. What key in remaining comfortable. It is cap or a hat or something on your head nobody tOld me until college was best to wear layers of breathable is a good idea." that science loses its charm clothing to provide insulation and Following Clark's guidelines can immediately after you fill the allow the sweat to evaporate. help prevent dangerous conditions, such \ chern lab with a noxious-smelling "What I recommend people do is as frostbite and hypothermjJ.. Moist and yellow smoke and set off all the dress in layers, and make the layers windy weather can increase the risk of smoke alarms in the process. fairly lightweight so they can take Daniel Hazelton/The Current hypothermia. 0 I stuck it out though, until my first year at college. My most memorable science class has to be Discovering the global woman' my journey through advanced- j placement biology. In this class, Speaker discusses feminist potential of new world economy r we had the spooky task of dis­ BY BECKY RICKARD Okazawa-Rey discussed me "amaz­ ence mat me US. has the second high­ secting any number of once-living ' -"'-~-"--""- "" """""" ...... - ...... _ ...... creepy-crawlies - a job to which staff writer ingly militarized economy" revolving est rate of imprisonment in me world. I was grossly ill-suited. around me national securiry of the US. However, She believes me "we need Although I did not become a Globalization, new conservative She believes mat the US. is deceptively more [prisons] or else" syndrome isn't vegetarian until I was nineteen, I agendas, marriage and family and the taught to fear Soum American drug helping solve criminaliz..'ltion. " had the soul of a vegetarian. I had growing U.S. pris.on syst~m ~ em tt trafficke ~~ ' ~~I~~ I)orea _'¥1d the . "In the 1970s, crimes committed by a problem eating meat from the oppOsite _endS' 01 t)Je aca de~c s.pe~~ 1" ?vliddle East, resulting in an economy African-Americans decreased steadily ; time I finally figured out Where it trUm, . right? According the Margo desigtled to.protect against war. while me n urn ber of African-American came from, and almost refused to Okazawa-Rey, visiting social work "Much of me funding that could go prisoners has tripled. Crime is going take my first Communion after I professor from San Francisco State " toward socially useful spending, down and criminalization is going up," found out it was supposed to be University and recent feminist teXt instead is siphoned off to me military," Okazawa-Rey added. the Body of Christ. Romping book aumor, these issues have a large Okazawa-Rey said. Almough Okazawa-Rey criticized \ around in the innards of dead ani­ What do you think about the impact on me securiry of women and Okazawa-Rey also believes that the many tenets of US. society, she also mals in the name of science left proposed 'stop hour'? children. globalization of the economy has a offered ideas as solucions. Some of her me retChing more often than not. In her presentation, "Globalization: severe backlash on women. solutions involve "reframing the policy I didn't spend the entire Redefining Security for Women and International companies, such as Nike, split" berween domestic and foreign school year this way. During the Children" which was cosponsored by contribute to me feminization Qf labor policy, redefining personal securiry and genetics unit, I managed to kill the Institute for Women's and Gender in substandard factories and sweat­ safery, constructing genuine democra­ Studies and The Center for shops in Third World countries like off my little city of fruit flies in "I don't think that giving peo­ cy, demilitarization and promoting a International Studies Monday, Malaysia and Indonesia or women liv­ world view instead of individualism. less than thirty minutes and was ple time to be involved or mak­ Okazawa-Rey confronted issues with­ ing in Third World countries must Wim the growing influence of the relegated to watching other stu­ ing it more convenient will nec­ dents' insect populations multi­ in the spectrum of me growing eco- " move from therr homes to find jobs. -Institute of Women's and Gender essarily increase involvement." ply. I thought something was . nomic world market and it's effect on Okazawa-Rey also criticized the Studies, Okazawa-Rey's presentation women and children. belief mat maniage and family creates wrong when -unlike the other ·Marcus Jimerson broadened me range of issues typically security. kids - I did not find this at all no major " [Okazawa-Rey'sJ work recog­ . covered by feminist philosophies. exciting. Looking back, I should nizes the realities of a global economy "All kinds of statistics show mat me However, me imbalance of gendered have realized that my adolescent of a free trade, post-communist world home is one of the least safe places for studies seems to be narrowing. male lab partners would have "Build, build, build We don't need as a conteXt for U.S. feminism," women and children," Okazawa-Rey "It really calls upon the Whole stu­ Nanora Sweet, director of The . said. been happy to watch anything "stop hour."We need dorms. If we dent. It is really a form of humanist breed. get people to move on campus, Women's and Gender Studies, said. Okazawa-Rey revealed to the audi- education," Sweet said. 0 My all-time bizarre experience they'll get more involved" \ in this class was the cat dissection ·Marquida Y. Bacon ~unit. My cat apparently had a lot sophomore/ educational psych. Cross-over ·to 210I of personality in life and died in the midst of some riotous Jiving, if the expression on his face Duo's work featured at gallery meant anything. It was somewhat "I think the University will do ~.. ~.... A . ~.. ~.... ~. 9. . ~.~.~.. FI.~g ...... reminiscent of Bill the Cat from whatever the University wants." staff writer " . . \ the Bloom County comic strip. -Christine Hostedde In fact, my lab partner and I junior / underwater marksmanship A new exhibition, Crossings, came to Gallery 210 on Jan. named it Bill the Stiff in tribute. 20, 1998. It features a combination of works from two On the Friday night before a artists, T anja Softie and Tom Koole. The gallery is located on now show­ big exam, I took the cat home the UM-St. Louis North Campus in Lucas Hall. Ing at "[Stop hour] is a dumb idea, espe­ with me to study. My parents The tide Crossings reflects the joining of two unique Gallery were out of town for the week- cially for a commuter campus... ways to look at the world through artistic expression. Softie 210 by ~end and I shoved the formalde­ Build more dorms, or at least insti­ creates large drawings mat visually reflect on her struggles, artists hyde-reeking corpse into my par­ tute some interesting activities." issues and her cultural roots. Koole relates today's technolo­ Tanja ents' bathroom, where I promptly -BrIan Gracey gy to the primitive artifacts from the past through his sculp­ i' Softie and forgot about it. Forgot about it, junior/English tures. . 'J'" 'l .. ". " . ; Tom Koole. that is, umil my mother came Softie, a Yugoslavian, is a native to me city of Sarajevo. remarks, ironically, that she seems to fall in home and got one good look at it She cime to the U.S. in 1989 to attend graduate school at the love wim things mat show their perishabiliry. wedged between her sink and "Stop hour would be extremely Universiry of Virginia. She found that the professors in the American Koole agrees wim Softie's observation about ltowel rack. After my mOther helpful as a nap time. Then, per­ U.S. were not interested in her purely visual style, bui: in the United States' need iobring social and political issues became conscious again, I kept social issues in art. into art. He strives to understand human nature and fmd telling the 'rems that none of this haps, I will not sleep through all '1 was really suprised. Everyone wanted to hear about why behavior is so full of contradiction. would have ever happened if they my c1 asses. " Bosnia, everyone wanted to hear my Story, but nobody waS "[I am] looking for knowledge in different places, trying had only let me have a pet as a -Susan Klwala really interested in looking at the slides. They were wonder­ to find alternative ways of understanding," Koole said. child.' unknown/ pyschology ing why I was doing this abstract form," Softie said. He feels that society does not learn from history, and has And they bitChed about dog Initially ,after moving to Winterpark, Florida, she did not nor progressed emotionally as far as it has technologically. 1air on the furniture. 0 have a studio to work on large pieces, so she focused on He mixes primitive tOols with pieces of technology to make - You read The Current and we'd like to thank you. smaller mediums. She compiled books that Showed, through a complete piece. Koole believes that simpliciry and balance The Current's own features associate will be at a different Jill Barrett's column picrures and a few select words, the conflict in Bosnia and the are the important factors in life. location each Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. with FREE movie world in general. . Softie and Koole traveled to Sarajevo together in the sum­ appears every other week. passes. Find her and the passess are yours. This week's What Softie dubs her "angry period books" came from mer of 1996. For Softie it was a return home after six years, Write her at 7940 Natural movies are Blues Brothers 2000, The Apostle and Oscar and her feelings of helplessness and despair about Bosnia, and the but it was Koole's first visit. They were invited to exhibit in Br!dge, St. Louis, MO Lucinda. Tickets are 'courtesy of TCI Cable and its new half­ indifference she found in people. She saw me war becoming the ciry, and donated some pieces to the museum perma­ 63121; call her at516- hour entertainment show, EQ, hosted by FM 101.1 The nothing more than party conversation for some. nently. 5174 or e-mail at River's Ken Williams and Dave Doerre, premiering this Her work is a collection of skeletal and floating forms Their show Crossings will remain at UM- St. Louis month on TCI channel 3 and Charter Cable channel 8. [email protected] ..edu that show, not necessarily death, but possibility. She through February 21,1998. CJ Page 6 'Qrbe ([urrent February 2, 1998

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D·cl(ens Rle Good cast helps Poor adaptation disgraces text of author ·Desperate Measures Great Expectations ily (a whi;e trash sister and her Twentieth Century Fox unskilled laboring boyfriend) large Despetate Measures Officer Conner spends [he Rated: R sums of money to entertain her and TrStar Pictures majority of his time running Running time: 93 minutes her niece, Estella (Paltrow). But Rated: R around throughout the hospital, Now Playing this isn't what the story pursues \ RUlVling TIme: 1:40 then the San Francisco police i ' and neither is some ridiculou~ Now Playing headquarters, and finally a car "There either is or is not the way encounter Finn has with an escaped chase through the streets of San things are," Ethan Hawke's annoy- can (Robert DeNiro). They just Deep in the city of San Francisco, aU the while chasing ing, far-tOo-scripted sounding kill time until the movie startS mak­ Francisco, officer Frank Conner McCabe and trYing to keep from voice-over intones near the begin- ing some poorly chosen transitions (An dy Garcia) is has been look­ killing him. ning of "I'm through the next 10 years ("segue" Great Expectations. ing frantically for a bone marrow An excellent cast was chosen not going to tell this as it happened must never have cropped up in the donor for his cancer stricken for Desperate Measures. but how I remember it." film school director Alfonso son. After his wife's death, Although Conner's obsession of Well that's too bad. Maybe if he Cuaron attended) Finally, after a Conner sees his son as the only saving his son's life was earned a had told it the way it was, (vis a vis- seperation of several years, Finn thing he has left and is ·willing to little too far at points, it still the way Dickens intended it to be and Estella reconnect in New York; do anything for him. At first, it made for an action packed III the first . Finn a successful ,I ____ appeared to Conner that fate had adventure of chases, torture, and place) Hawke artist (or so he ~ dealt him a good hand when he even a little singing by Keaton and co-star I n the end, tone thinks), Estella a discovered there was a compati­ himself (man sings like a crow). G w y net h was one of only grown up verSIOn of ble donor for his son. On the Desperate Measures is a good Paltrow might the tease we were sup- other hand, this potential donor movie for anyone who enjoys not have made several other basic posed to beleive she was the convicted multi-murder­ Michael Keaton as a psychopath, such perfect elements ... miss- was in her childhood. er, Peter McCabe (Michael or anyone who just wants to go fools of them- ing from this atro- Again, more Keaton) . McCabe agrees and see another action flick. selves. cious adaptation.• pathetic attempts at sees this simple trip to the hospi­ I wish I enlightened, . self- tal as the chance for freedom. -Tom Wombacher could isolate ----j, ---- aware introspection Ethan Hawke as Finn Ben and Gwyneth Paltrow as Estella in some particu­ from the narrator Great Expectations. larly telling incidents in this ram­ ("Get those cue cards higher," , bling disconnected miscarriage and came to mind every time he started screening for free, thartkfuIly), cite them as proof, but the whole babbling) who seems more inter­ Cuaron could have cut the cord Music Review ----~------movie was so thoroughly discom­ ested in doing anything with these completely and disassociated this bobulating that my mind swims voice-overs than the one thing a disaster from the still ' respectable Standout single may outshine Creed's debut album just recalling it now. narrator is supposed to do: estab­ name of Dickens and his novel on As for plot, there is none. A lish tone. which this movie purports to be oung Finn Bell catches the eye of In the end, tone was one of only based. My Own Prison rest of the album seems to blend into lacks the likability of the title track. the terribly senile and terrifically several other basic elements (along Save your money. Don't go see Creed one. The remaining songs do not hideous old crank, Ms. Dinsmoor ",,jth acting ability, decent writing it. Don't wait for it on video. Stick Wind - Up Records have the distinct personality that -MatthE11) Regensburger (Ann Bancroft), who lives in a run­ and a manageable story) missing to Dickens and just pretend this makes "My Own Prison" a stand­ d0wn estate (Paradiso Perduto) from this atrocious adaptation. For movie was never made. Everyone Just when you think grunge is out. near the edge of town. She pays my money (or rather, the promot­ else will. dead, along comes Creed and their Hailing from Tallahassee, Creed Finn and his cobbled together fam- . er's money that sent me to the debut album, My Own Prison. This is far removed from the grunge -Do?tg Harrison album sounds as if it comes straight scene in Seattle, but the influence from Seattle around the tum of the can be heard in all of the songs. At decade. However, it is not the heavy times, lead singer Scott Stapp can be New 'dark comedy' isn't a complete Zero grunge which Seattle is so famous easily mistaken for Eddie Vedder or for; it is on the lighter side. Scott Weiland. Creed, however, is ZeroEffed from the files of "the world's greatest see if anyone else is laughing. The first single off the disc is the missing the distinct guitar riffs of I Rated: R private investigator," one Darrel Ben Stiller surprisingly delivers an tide track of the album. It is a great those bands. Everything taken into Running time: 90 minutes Zero: an extremely eccentric "master excellent performance as the assitant testament to the band's ability to account, Creed's debut album is not Now playing of observation," as he would call lackey. His character is comically and write incredible songs. However, the as good as the single. It definitely himself. truly the sane one of the pair. The Usuill Suspect; meets The film is dark comedy, but Ali in all, the film is not bad, but , Inspector Cleuseau of The Pink unusually, the plot is put tOgether not great. The bottOm line is this: if P,mtJ7er - that's probably the best well, and it follows the case through you decide to pay full price to see this way to describe Zero Effect. The various tv,,jsts and turns that actually mo\~e, you won't feel cheated. But if KROYD film's leading role is played by Bill add suspense. Zero's narrative inter­ you want to wait to catch it at the Pullman, probably one of the most ludes prove distracting though end dollar show or off the video shelf, DAN AYGOODMAN , underrated actors out there tOday. v..'ith clever witticism, and although yyou won't feel left out .. Zero Effect takes the audience these are laugh-aut-loud moments, JOHN through your basic blackmail case you find yourself looking around to -Bill Clifford

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OU T~~ W~ll Riverwomen I Got All Ball! split on road

Women's basketball falls to St. Joseph's and beats Quincy in two away games

BY DAVE KINWORTHY ome things stick out in ...... ,...... staff writer S your mind forever. --hether" -----a team is The first car you The women's basketball tea m W 0-20 or 20·5, drove, your first girlfriend and came home after two road games your first sporting event. you do not know if with a 13-6 record. For me the first game r went you will win on the The team lost to St. Joseph's to was an adventure. It was 1983, 93-69 in the first game. road. It is a scary a year after St. Louis had been The team was down at halftime Cardinals crazy. r was one of the thing when you go on 40-30 and never rebounded from many grade school kids who the road. that deficit. St. Joseph's then . dreamed someday of playing in I. outscored the Riverwomen 53-39 Busch Stadium. in the second half. -Shelly Ethridge I watched all of the games on head coach "It was one of the worst games television and listened to the we have played all year," head games on the radio, though r coach Shelly Ethridge said. "We ------,,------never understood why Jack Buck did not seem prepared for the One would think this would be and Mike Shannon always were game at all." an easy road victory for the talking about drinking cold frosty Daniel Hazelton/ The Cu rrent Ethridge also pointed out that Riverwomen, but Ethridge dis­ Budwiesers. being down ea rly in the game agrees. Freshmen guard Kyle Bixler feels the after­ player Saturday night. Bixler was charged I was a obsessed fan . spells problems for the team. "Whether a team is 0-20 or 20- math of a collision with a Southern Indiana with the foul. The Rivermen lost 92-73. After pestering my dad for "It puts pressure on them," 5, you do not know if you will win months he finally broke down Ethridge said. "When the pressure on the road," Ethridge said. "It is and took me to a game. is on, we do not handle it well. We a scary thing when you go on the game. My dad doesn't really like make foolish mistakes. It has been road." Coach Ethridge has nothing sports. He would watch SpOrtS a learning exper.ience with seven The Riverwomen defeated but re spect for Weber. Hawks soar past casually when the local teams games left." Quincy 92-73. "She is a blue collar worker and were winning. So it was quite an Melanie Marcy exploded with a The team was led by Annette a tremendous player," Ethridge achievement to get him to take huge game as she scored 24 points Brandy and Beth Ragsdale who said. "She ha s won player of the Rivermen 87·68 me to the game. and had 18 rebounds. The 18 each had 21 points. Marcy added week in the conference almost The San Francisco Giants were rebounds ranked fourth all-time in 13 points, 8 as sists and 6 steals to every week." BY JOE HARRIS Hawks put the game away for good. in town. The Giants at the time ._------_ .. _---_._------...... - Riverwomen history. the winning cause. Coach Ethridge also ha s Special to the The Current Kyle Bixler led the Rivermen were a poor team. Joel Although the team lost by 24 Coach Ethridge seemed pleased respect for Southern Indiana as a with 26 points and Jeremiah Foots Youngblood was one of their few points, Ethridge commended with the effort that Ragsdale gave whole. The Rivermen endured another had 18 points. Both players came good players. Marcy on her effort. the team. "To co mment on JUSt one play­ lon g bus ride home Thursday night off the bench. Bixler and Foots They also had Jack Clark who "[Marcy] is a tremendous ath­ "She was a great lift for the er would not do [Southern after the team was defeated 87-68 by were 7-11 and 6-12 from the field would later star for the Cardinals lete. Ask her to play any spon and team," Ethridge said. "When she is Indiana] justice," Ethridge sa id. the Quincy University Hawks. and 4-7 and 4-8 from three-point and who I would later learn to she will," Ethridge said. "She is - on, she is on. If she had not been 'They are a very we ll rounded The team was vic timized by 19 land respectively. hate. In 1987 he and Steve Lake no question - the best rebounder [on], the four-point lead at half­ team." turnovers, with 12 of those coming The loss dropped the r.e£use.d to sign an autograph for Ion the team. Wifuout hel, we time could have been turned Th ~ keys . to winning_ the &ame in the first half alone. Rivermen's record to 6-13 and 2-9 ~'1lbere was no Of'Ie else around would not be where e are today. around." according to Ethridge are in the The early turnovers PUt the in Great Lakes Valley Conference and they kept walking. Clark "She is getting double and triple The team noW faces Southern fundamentals. Rin :nnen in a hole early. Two play. It also makes the second loss played but I prefer to leave him teamed in the inside and handling Indiana, the number five ranked "We need to work on breaking turnovers in the span of 24 seconds in a row for the Rivermen who felt out of my memory. it well." team in the region. their press and rebounding well," found the Rivermen trailing by nine 88-79 to the St. Joseph University The Cardinals went on to The team then traveled to Southern Indiana has 6-0' for­ Ethridge said, "We have to be points ",ith 4: 12 remaining in the Pumas. defeat the Giants. There was a Quincy, a team with a 0-20 overall ward Eileen \\feber who is averag­ smart on whether to set up an first half. At halftime the Hawks The road does nor get any easier major collision in which tWO record. ing 27 points and 13 rebounds a offense or take it to the basker. h 0 had bUllt a 43-32 advantage. for the Rivermen as the team faces Giants players had to be taken off The deficit was toO much for the Wisconsin-Parkside on Thursday. the field by the trainers. Rivermen to overcome. In the sec­ The squad has already dropped a The one big thing I remember ond half the team could only get game to Wisconsin-Parkside this though was how much fun the within eight points before the year. 0 game was. My dad and I had a Junior college transfer aids blast. Sure the ushers kept making us move. We had nose bleed seats women's successful season Local high school athlete and the players looked like ants. It didn't maner to me though, I was at a baseball game. BY DA VE KINWORTHY signs with softball team r loved everything about the staff writer ------"------~ game. The parking lot before the here is more BY JOE HARRIS awards for third base. During the sea­ game that is caUed 1-70 and the Junior guard Annette aggressiveness special to The Current son, she hit a pair of home runs, had parking miles away didn't matter Brandy has come to the aid of in the GLVC. At 27 RBIs and scored 29 runs. the Riverwomen's bas ketball The Riverwomen softball team Kennedy looks to use Curley to me. The game was fun . junior college, I don't think a game has been team and been a major asset to received a shot in the arm recently as right away. After ,his season the as fun since. I've been to plenty the team in conference play. there is a lot of Melissa Curley signed a National Riverwomen lose two pitchers, a of games, I've seen Lee Smith Brandy grew up in Chicago talent and good, Letter of Intent ro play softball for catcher, a third baseman and a center where she played on an all t break the saves record, Mark fundamentany lJM -St. Louis next year. fielder to graduation. ''There's no McGwire crush tWO home runs. I boy's basketball team ill grade Curley, a standout third baseman doubt that Curley will start," saw both games the Seattle school. In eighth grade, she sound players, but from Patronville High schoo!, figures Kennedy sai d. "It's JUSt a matter of Mariners played at Busch. Those was the best defensive player here you have to to be big in head coach Charlie when." games just don't match up, on the team, guard everybody Kennedy'S plans. "She's [Curley] a Tha, could be at the beginning of "There was no girl's team in Di\~sion I caliber player," Kennedy the season or towards the middle The first game broke me in I respect ively. guess. It was so much fun. grade school," Brandy sai d. "I said. depending on Curley's adjustment to Don't get me wrong I love to was the only child and all of my Curley is a three-fold player. She the level of play. The fact that she is go to games, The Cardinals aren't cousins were boys, I was not -Annette Brandy has powe r, speed and she is good versatile will help her cause, she can my team anymore. I don't idolize accepted until I was in eighth guard defensively. She is a very consistent play center field and first base as well the players. grade." player and under her leadership the as third. Tom Herr is long gone but the From there Brandy moved Pattonville Pirates have won the Curley made trips to Ohio memories of the 1983 team and to RobertO Clemente High Junior College All-American" team. Suburban North Conference tWO University and St. Louis University the greatest second baseman of School where she was a three­ and led her team to a third place With the team currently years in a row, including a perfect 7-0 before visiting and deciding on UM­ the '80s live on, time aU-s tate selt!c tion. She led finish nationally. standing at 13-6 overall, conference record this year. Sr. Louis. One of the reasons she Maybe it was myself being in the city in scoring twO years in Brandy says the difference Brandy believes the team is After the season, C~rley rook All­ decided ro play for the Riverwomen awe or the game, maybe it was a row while averaging 38 points between junior college and finally getting the recognition Conference, AU-Metro and All-State is so she would be closer ro home. 0 going to the stadium with my and 9 rebounds a game, Division II is the intensity. that it deserves. .n .. n..nnn.nl dad, I think it Was a cord:>ination Brandy helped her school to "There is more aggressive­ "People in the conference of bath. its first conference champi­ ness in the GLVC," Brandy did not have respect for us," The stadium was cut from the onship while making her mark sai d. "At junior college, there is Brandy said. "\V/e were seeded same cookie cutter mode as every in th e record books. She scored a lot of talent and good, funda­ last, but conference opponents I 63 points in a single game, mentally sound players, but are starting to recognize our : iContact the ~--s-a-tu-r-d-a-Y ---ll other stadium, it looks tons bet­ : jAthletic Thursday talent, " ter now. "I was just in a zone," here you have to guard every­ : : Depart ment for Brandy said. "I only missed a body respectively." With the motto "Basketball : i;nformation The team has bigger-name : : about these and ~-----;I players and the ushers are more few shots all game." In her first season at UM-St. is li fe, the rest is JUSt details," 1 lother events. 5 The point total placed her Louis, Brandy is averaging 20 Brandy feels the sky is the limit · 1 ._---- .------: '----__7 ------.J 11 people friendly. founh all time in a single game points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists as far as the future is con­ I'll take the basic plain setting vsi vs i I of that summer day in 19S3. in the state of Illinois. The per game. Her current season cerned. Wisconsin-Parkslde; Lewis i "More women are playing ·iJ:@Men ! Some memories JUSt don't fade record is currently held by Lisa high is 28 points. Brandy came : . ! 7:30 p.m.: 7:30 p.m . I I to the Riverwomen hoping to and competing for a reason," : : i away. 0 Leslie, a WNBA player who scored 101 points in one game. make a difference. Brandy said. "The WNBA, · ! · ~: ------' '---_____--'1 I From high school, Brandy "I just wanted to come in ABL and overseas are OppOrtu­ Want another look into went on to Illinois Central and be a contrihutor," Brandy nities for women. If given the : ! @w~.;;:;.~.~...... wlsconsln-parkSi~: ...... Lew\::'ll, the world of sports? Junior Coll ege where she aver­ said. "I felt that my defense opportunity, I would just hope · ; 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. I Check out the sorts aged 26 points, was named a and intensity would help the to make a difference." 0 ; i ! . , ; ! Analysis on page 8. · . 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