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VOL. 44, ISSUE 1328 WWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM Armed robbery at Mansion Hills EDITORIAL studying at the Social Science Building. ball practice the next morning." Accord­ Editor-in-Chief ...... Sequ.ita Bean MICHAEL FREDERICK "I saw guys walking up from the curbed ing to Seib, Coach Brian Levin, Tritons News Editor...... Ryan Krull Sports Editor Features Editor...... Jen O'Hara hill headed to Mansion," Ammons, who head softball coach, gave advice to keep Sports Editor...... Michael Frederick is a Tritons baseball player and lives in . his student-athletes safe. "Coach told A&E Editor...... william Kyle A student and his mother were Mansion Hills, said. "1 saw they had us to carry a side purse with monopoly Assoc. A&E Editor...... Cate Marquis robbed at gun point at Mansion Hills big dark jackets and you could tell they money and fake keys to make it .look Opinions Editoc ...... ,...... ;...... Andrew Seal apartments near 1-70 and New Floris­ might have had something with them." real," Seib said. "Basically anything to Copy Editors ...... Cassandra Trammel, Lauren Wilding sant Road. According to a campus wide According to the Clery Release, one sus­ make it look real to throw at them and Proofreaders ...... Grace Searle, Sara Novak Clery Release e-mail by the University of pect is a male \vith gold front teeth. run." StaffWriters ...... Minho Jung, bemarko TImmons, Missouri-St. Louis police department, Coach Jim Brady, UM-St. Louis head A former Mansion Hills teSident Caitlin E.L. Myles, Matthew Popasky, Ashely Atkins, Janaca Scherer, the robbery took place at about 1: 11 baseball coach, spoke to the UM-St. mentioned that while the event was up­ Chardais Bastien DESIGN a.m. on Thursday, November 4. Several Louis student and his mother. Accord­ setting and unfortunate it was not sur­ members of the U~1-St. Louis baseball ing to Coach Brady: the assailants ac­ prising. 'I lived there for 2' and a half Design Editor...... : ... Zachary James Kraft team witnessed the aftermath. The vic- costed the lJM-St. Louis student before years and now I live with my parents," Production Designers ...... leo Fernandez Novelo, Zachary Schwartz tims' names were not reported. _~ his mother arrived and the robbery took Adie Bennett, senior, liberal studies, Photo Editor...... :...... Jennifer Meahan Web Editor...... louie Liu Jonathan Lidgus, residential life di­ place. "They went. up to him and asked said. "UIvISl police go through in like 5 Staff Photographers ...... Abigail Gillardi, Nitesh Jain, rector at UM-St. Louis, said that the if his name was Kevin," Coach Brady seconds and never get out of their cars." Riki Tanaka, Yumeto Yamazaki, Zhang Zheng, Chenhao Li campus is rdati~ely safe. But also men­ said. "He said 'no' and went back into According to Bennett, resident assistants Illustrators ...... , ...... tioned how often the police parrol areas. his apartment to call his mothe.r to tell at Mansion Hills parrol the facility, even Zacha ry James Kraft, Karlee Sellar, Stephen Peterson, Samuel Kayser "They usually go up to t-.1ansion Hills her to sta) in her car.' after dark. and the Provincial Ht1use once or twice Once the student's mother pulled up The Current attempted to speak with BUSINESS a day,' Lidgus said. to the lvlansion Hills parking lot in an several di.fferent resident assistants, but Ad Di rector...... ,...... Jessica Keil Kurt Driemeyer senior, business ma­ airpof[ rental Cadillac she., according to was informed that the were not al­ Ad Associates ...... Z achary Schwartz. Rick Feldman jor and r ident of ansion Hills, was Coach Brad , noticed that the assailants lmved to speak to media outlets regard­ Distribution Manager ...... Ryan Krull among tho present after the robbery. had a gun to her son's head. ' He ga~e ing Mansion Hills. The U1Vf-St. Louis Business Man-ager...... John Wallace "They St I her pur wallet: laptop and them the ke s and said ' take the car'. student and his mother returned tei their Advisor...... Charlotte Petty verything in her car Drierneyer said. If h did not do that who knm what home in Houston. It is unknown if he CONTACT US [Th mother] just came from H U5ton> ould have happened, Coach Brad will return. Address 388 MSC, 1 University Blvd '] . The UM-Sr:. Louis srudent was said . Saint Lo uis, MO 63121-4400 s h duled to hay arm sur r Amanda Seib, senior, finance ex­ Newsroom 314-51 6-5174 day and his m ther H in to e wir.h pr . ed. concern for her safety at Man­ Busi ness/ Advertisi ng 314-516-5316 him. Spencer Ammon , junior biology; sion Hills. «It kind of freaks me our," Fax 314-516-6811 as omin/:> back. to h is apartment ftom Seib said. 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We surpassed our do to persuade others to vote?" best previous campaign by 20 1hanks to a successful fall percent with more contribu­ "What I think that would help people go fundraising drive St. Louis tors and new donors than out and vote is if it is talked about more Public Radio will remain a we've ever received in the sta­ on campus with propaganda." fixture in local broadcast­ tion's 38 year history," Gen­ ing. KWMU will stay on the eral manager Tim Eby said. JaMarius Jelks University of Missouri-St. "It wa,.'; a tremendous dem­ Psychology Louis campus, continuing to onstration of support for the Sophomore , .. _... _---"_. ,--,. _ -.•... " .. __. ",.. .. --,,,.: .. _,.. .. " ...... , ... " .. "' , .... ,-..,,, .. inform public life and enrich­ services the station provides "1 think people can give out flyers on ing the St. Louis culture as the commwlity." campus and talk about voting on UMSL well as its listeners' daily lives . They received more than radio so that 'going to vote' remains on K""WMU's mission is to $560 000 in pledges from a everyone's mind." help people achi ve a more record 05 5 contributors. Yuki Takashima thoughtful 'and useful life Of rh total pledges, 1 577 Master of Accounting \-\lith programs and services were from firsr-time donor ~~~~~>_G:raduate that give citizens in the St. to the station. The station "Make it a group event and take the trip Louis r gion information was fo unded in 1972 and the to the polls together." they n d to understand. studios are located in Lucas K\'ifJ\1U has a fu ll-time H all. KWMU also have of­ staff of 33 professionals who fices located in Clark Hall. Ashley Ward handle all aspects of the sta­ Their future plans call for Psychology tion's operation. This would them moving their studios Bob McCabe, Morning Host of St. Louis Public Radio sitting in studio Senior

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I pate in and support my Tea Party. To be perfectly blunt, If tion proposed this past Wednesday rights advocate, had to say is that what "When we are creating our you are a person hurling around the invective phrase of by Jac Stringer at a lecture spon­ seems weird or freaky to one individual own community we create our "Racism! ", the first part of the solution is to look in the sored by PRIZM, University of Mis­ might be perfectly normal to another. own aspects of identity," Jac said. mirror. Those accusing others of racism are, in my experi­ souri-St. Louis' LGBT organization. "Freak is a word that is applied to As a corollary many students in the au­ ence, THE RACISTS. UM-St. Louis students came to listen anything that's weird or out of place_ dience spoke of the struggle to stay with­ Racism is not just another word for "visiting the sins of and discuss the many varied aspects of So our concept of freak is anything in their own social groups while being the father upon the son ." I've never owned slaves. I've what makes up gender and sexu~ity in outside of our norm and concepts of labeled as one gender or sex or the other never treated someone differently based on their differ­ modern times. normalcy don't actually exist," Jac said. stating that within every social group ences. I've committed on ~ y the crime of being born white, The lecture was followed by a con­ The discussion also covered parts there is a type of comfort zone of normal. and for that indiscretion I will be labeled a racist for the versation with students who gave their of the history of assumed gender con­ rest of my life. No evidence, no trial, just automatic guilt. IfTHAT isn't racism, then I don't know what it is. own thoughts on the subject on po­ structs along with a laundry list of be­ See PRIZM page 6 -Robert M. sitions of gender and sex in society. havioral and biological reasons for per- 4 l1rhr a::nrrrnt I Nov. 8, 2010 I WWW.THECURRENT-ONLlNE.COMII NEWS Analysis of the elections from UMSL professors were well-positioned to bury the Republi­ won with a larger margin. This margin is go­ voted heavily against it while they voted for RYAN KRULL can Party as a serious competitor, given the ing to be very significant to the people who Republican. candidates. Metropolitan area News Editor widespread disenchantment with the Bush redraw Missouri's U.S. House districts after voters voted for it whether or not they voted administration," Rochester said. "They made the census and future Republican challengers, for Republican candidates. For example, St. Just as analysts predicted, the midterm a colossal blunder and squandered that op­ who will find the margin very encouraging." Charles County voted for Prop B even while elections yielded big gains for the RepubH­ portunity by moving too far toward the Pe­ In another narrow victory, ballot initia­ they voted for Roy Blunt by a very large mar­ can Party both in Missouri and nationwide. losi-Reidleft-wing base of the party on health tive Proposition B passed in Missouri with gin," Robertson said. Even though Democrats Come January the GOP will take control of care, immigration and other issues. just 51.6 percent of the vote. The new law still have control of the United States Senate, the House of Representatives in Washington While most elections in Missouri did end limits dog-breeding operations to no more a handful of Tea Parry candidates have won D.C. as well as both Missouri's state senate in Republican victories, most notably Roy than 50 breeding dogs and sets standards for election to that body. The effect that soon to and state house of representatives. Some pun­ Blunt being named the state's next senator, veterinary care. Supporters of Prop B hope it be Senators like Rand Paul of Kentucky and dits contend that the colossal .nwnber of bal­ a handful of local races bucked the trend. will curb 1v1issouri's reputation as America's Mike Lee of Utah will have on the nation as lots cast for the GOP symbolize a repudiation Incumbent Democratic Congressman Russ «puppy mill capital." "Clearly, many farmers a whole remains to be seen. Both men have of the left policies that have thus far dominat­ Carnahan managed to narrowly defeat Re­ and others in rural parts of t.1issouri saw the made staunch commitments to deficit reduc­ ed President Obama's presidency. Others be­ publican challenger Ed Ivfanin in the 3rd pupP/ mill bill as taking the state down a slip­ tion and fiscal responsibility. lieve that the Republican gains are merely the Congressional District. Carnahan's margin pery slope that would lead to greater govern­ "A key issue to watch will be the next time result of voters punishing the party in charge of victory was razor thin with approximatei} ment regulation of chicken farms and other there is a vote in Congress to raise the debt for a bad economy. 4400 votes separating the twO candidates . farms. Whether this fear was ju dEed or nor li mit. In the past, these votes always passed, J. Martin. Rochester, a curators' distin­ l\1artin has yet to concede. "Martin was a well it reRected the anti-government mood of the but some of the more conservative Republi­ guished teaching professor of political science known candidate with a lot of backing," Da­ electorate.," Roches ter said. cans may vote no as a wa? to fOrce cuts in gov­ at the University of 1v1issouri-St. Louis, falls \'id Robertson, distinguished teaching profes­ Toting on Prop B \vas not split along party ernment pending," David Kimball, associate into the former camp. sor of political science at UM-St. Louis, said. lin but along geographical ones. "Rural p rofessor in political science, said. "After the 2008 elections the Democrats "But in this district, Carnahan should have vOters turned out in large per enrages and

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ASHLEY ATKINS some of the top players in the country," Redel Hall of Fame. Tappmeyer replaced previous up from Redel during a missed layup on a Staff Writer said. Triton coach, Chris Pilz. fast break. Bur, he still refers to his most memorable "1 really enjoy the group of players thar we "I thought for sure the orher rearn would Zach Redel, junior, business administra­ moment in basketball happening senior year are working with at UM-St. Louis," Tapp­ get the rebound because all of my teammates tion, referred to as "Z man" by his closer in high school when his team won the stare me. er said. "We laid the groundwork for would still be back court assuming I would friends, plays center for the University of championship ar Lhe University of Missouri­ what expecrations would be to each one of make it; however, Z Man was righr there to Missouri-Sr. Louis -men's basketball team. Columbia's Arena while Fox SportS was at the them individually and to this point I have tip it in," Raimondo said. "He never stops He intends on helping the Tritons make it to game. been pleased with how they have gone about hustling." the National Collegiate Athletic Association From high school he went on to play for their business." The foundation goal of the Tritons men's tournament this year. one semester at Central Missouri State Uni­ "His.biggest emphasis rhis year is commu­ baskerball ream is to represent themselves as a . Consumed by the sport since Hoopster versity where he started 28 out of 35 games, nication/' Redel said . team that makes positive progress throughout basketball in grade school, he says he thrives won an 1HAA conference title and made an Coach Tappmeyer mentioned how Redel _ the season and to play the best basketball that for the competition of the game. Redel at­ NCAA Elite Eight semifinal appearance. He is an easy person to coach due to his readiness they can. It is believed that Redel can help tended Webster Groves High School where then made the decision to transfer to UM-St. to compete at a high level and how his high achieve this through not only his coach) but he played center for the school along with Louis. basketball 1Q is valuable to the teammates his family who have been coming out to his an Amateur Athletics Union team outside of "UM-St. Louis was one of the schools that around him. games since high school. school, sponsored by Nike. recruited me the most," Redel said. Roommate and Triton guard, Vinnie Rai­ "For as long as I can remember, he has al­ <1'1 played for the Sr. Louis Eagles while I At UM-Sr. Louis he plays under Coach mondo, sophomore, middle school educa­ ways dedicated his rime ro the sport and get­ was in high school," Redel said. "We traveled Steve Tappmeyer who has been inducted into tion, has played basketball with Redel since ting better at it," Sara Redel, Zach Redel's sis­ across the United States and played ~oainst the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association high school recollected an unexpected back- ter, said. "I always looked up to him for that." 6 I 'l:hc ltorrcnt I Nov. 8[ 2010 I WWW.THECURRENT-ONLlNE.COM I SPORTS COLUMN Tr'itons give Bilikins a scare up hill sprint season The B ues winning MATTHEW B. POPOSKY night. I want us to be aggressive, run the last-minute strategic discussions and the Boor and rebound pretty well. If we do back-and-forrh pattern of scoring, con­ ways are back Staff Writer that, I think we'll be in good shape," she sistent throughout the game, remained.· said. In the end, the final score was 82-78, Davis Payne has brought Despite the Tritons being division II At tipoft~ Tritons (Ook the ball for a Billikens. Although the Tritons lost, Tay­ the Sr. Louis Blues back and Billikens being division 1, the ex­ strong starr down me court. The ball lor did not seem let down. from oblivion. After winning hibition match last Thursday exploded changed hands several timeS \vithin the "We made good strides last year and

on Thursday, November 4 with passion and excitement. The Tri­ first minute, leading (0 a layup by the won our first conference game. lhis against the San Jose Sharks tons faced oft- in their .first exhibition Billikens early: year, we're expecting to grow on that," at Lhe Scotuade Center the game against St. Louis University Billik­ This was generally the course of the Taylor said. Blues have seven wins and ens at Chaet1tz Arena. first half of the ga..!p.e. Timeouts usually St. Louis University's coach had her only three losses to start the "This is considered prese-ason. Our saw the Billikens ahead by a basket or own opinions on the game as well. 2010-2011 season. actual season will start next week, in a twO but the t\vo teams remained stead­ We got exposed tonight. We looked The Blues did more than tournament at Lincoln University in Jef­ fast at each other's feet and neither could like a team who hasn't played competi­ just beat the Sharks, 2-0, in ferson City," Lisa Taylor) University of gain too much ground. tiYely since last :tv'farch and it was obvi­ every aspect of hockey, but 1\fissouri-Si. Louis head women's bas­ The Tritons began making massive ous to anybody watching. We were very they also showed a kind of ketball coach, said. strides toward half-time. Within the rusty," Shimmy Gray-Miller, Saint Louis toughness and gnttlness crowd, which was also Stu­ Ta.ylor also stated that the second four minutes, the Tri(OllS managed to University's women's basketball head that St. Louis sportS fans are dent night for all college game was to take place on Sunday, No­ pull ahead br several baskets. Although coach, said. drawn tow.uds. smdents with a valid campus vember 7 at Indiana State Lnivetsity in ,the BUlikens m'l11aged to regain a bit "UM-St. Louis' team played \vith Late in the first period ID, were so boisterous for the Terra Haute, Indiana. of ground, the Tritons held a solid two a great deal of heart and passion. One

the Blues took the lead on Blues to finally starr out their fu the players began w-arming up on score lead at the buzzer. team is always expected (0 win and one a goal by right winger Matt first 10 games with a winning both sides, Coach Taylor expressed her This success only seemed to incite the to lose. UM-St. Louis had the underdog D'Agostini. Before play re­ record that the entire arena concerns for the night. "'It's going to be Billikens. Their foot-speed and defense advantage in this game," Gray-Miller starred at center ice following shook Last season the Blues tough tonight. SLU is a division I team, tightened up in the second half, as did said. the goal, Blues left winger were dismal under head whereas we're a division II. They're pretty their offensive feryor. The Billikens man­ The Tritons may have had an "under­ Brad \'Vinchester got into a coach Andy Murray. Payne, talented in lots of areas, and we're using aged to even the score and pull ahead by dog advantage' in this game but their fight at center ice with for­ who has been through the this to prepare for our season," Coach nearly 10 points soon after the second passion and teamwork was evident as mer St. Louis player Jamal Blues farm system and has Taylor said. half fired up. well. With such strengths supporting Mayers. As with many Na­ coached many of the young As for her specific goals for the eve­ The final two minutes of the game saw this young team, the coming season is

tional Hockey League games players on the team>. has in­ ning, Taylor was strictly focused. "I'm massive bursts of energy by both teams. sure (0 show continued strides for Tri­ fights are common, but the stilled in the team a sense looking to see how our chemistry is to- Tlffieouts were called on both sides for toIlS women's basketball. Blues seemed to rally around of dignity and comradeship Winchester and Mayer going the likes of which St. Louis PRIZM, from page 2 to fisticuffs. Blues fans have nor seen

In the second period, in three seasons. Payne has These reasons also tied into a per­ sion (0 change one's sexuality or gender for what is excepted to be normal that Blues forward David Perron brought a culture of not just son's sense of belonging both in het­ when he or she feels like it. causes invalid stereotypes." took an elbow to the head winning hockey games, but eronormal and LGBT communities. "We have a problem with the concept The talk given by Stringer and the from Sharks defenseman winning the Blues way. He "When we are creating our own of normalcy and visibility of what we see PRIZM organization spent more than and enforcer Joe Thorton. has made this young team community we create our own as­ as the fluidity of sex.ualiry and gender two hours conversing on the topic of According to ESPN and the into a formidable adversary pects of identity," Stringer said. identity. When you have someone who societal norms and preconceived con~ NHLs website Thorton was for rivalries such as the Stan­ As a corollary many students in the au­ identifies as straight, but then starts dat­ structs of gender and sexuality. The end kicked out of the game and ley Cup Champion Chicago dience spoke of the struggle to stay with­ ing a boy or someone who is gay for 15 of which resulted in giving students a will be fined and suspended Blackhawks and Detroit Red in their own social groups while being years and then finds a partnership with more rounded idea of what can be con­ by the NHL. But before the Wings. labeled as one gender or sex or the other a woman and people who identify as sidered a person's own personal term . game misconduct, Blues en­ University of Missouri­ stating that within every social group one gender for a long rime then come for what is normal. For more informa­ forcer Alex Pietrangelo sent St. Louis students should there is a type of comfort wne-of normal. out as transgender," Stringer said. So go­ tion about Jac Stringer or UM-St. Louis' a message to the Sharks by consider taking advantage of Mr. Stringer also spoke about the issue ing through these different motions of LGTB community students can contact going after defenseman Lo­ next Thursday's home game of fluidity within LGBT community or self brings a concept of "I can't recog- · the PRIZ~1 srudent office located in gan Coulrure. The officials against the Nashville Preda­ any social group that finds it difficult to nize what this is" and it is that concept Srudent Life. eventually restored order, tors. It is college night 'again adjust with people who make the deci- of legitimacy thar is placed on someone but not before the Blues gave with $15 tickets. For those San Jose and the NHL a clear who are still unconvinced message: they will not be out of this team's tenacity and muscled by any team in pro­ grit, take advantage of every fessional hockey. opportunity to watch the By the third period, with St. Louis Blues in person. the game well in doubt for They are full of surprises this thecurrent-online.com San Jose, the Scotuade Cen­ season.t The greatest student news website in the world. : ter was once again chant­ Michael Frederick is Sports .~ ing, "Let's go Blues," rather Editor for The Current. than, "Let's not lose," as fans did last season. The sellout WWW.THECURRENT-ONlINE.COM 1:hr Q1)rrrnt 7

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CATE MARQUIS ro Broadway for a year-long run. Although glon than being gay. Like his parents, Luke is the scene-stealer is often Susan Greenhill's this is one of the Rep's Studio Theater produc­ Christian bur while he lives an openly gay life Arlene, who charms us \vith her unfiltered A ss oc. A&E Edi or tions, it is not being staged in \Xi'ebster Groves in New York, he has never had the courage quirkiness. Larger-than-life Burch is played but instead at the Grandel Theater, near the ro share that fact with his family back in the perfecdy by Keith Jochim. THEATRE Fox, at 3610 Grandel Square. The play runs South. His father Burch is a brash, successful One of the most striking things abour the until November 14. man, a traditional man's man, whose person­ production is the marvelous scenic design by "Next Fall," the Repertory Theater of St. The story begins in a hospital waiting ality does not encourage such a revelation. His Brian Sidney Bembridge. The stage is framed Louis' latest production, is the rarest of things: room, where friends and family are gath­ mother Arlene is' talkative, country, bubbly, in large white slats, like giant vertical blinds a play about controversial social issues that re­ ered awaiting word ftom doerors after Luke bur has a checkered past. Luke's middle-aged and a similar, curved structure of vertical ally gives all sides a fair chance to speak. Better (Colin Hanlon), a rising young New York lover Adam, who was raised without religion white slats slides in and out of the stage for yet, it takes what could have been a grimly actor, was in an accident. As they wait, they and finds Luke's faith both exotic and intrigu­ scene changes, moving away ro make room serious play and transforms it into something recall the past, setting up flashbacks ro hap­ ing, thinks Luke should tell them the truth. for a sliding backdrop of white walls and both witty and intelligent, thanks to its won­ pier times. Luke's friends, Holly (Marnye The fearless, sparkling, sharp-\.viued dialog bookcase for scenes in their apartment. Sim­ derfully sharp and honest dialog, Young) and Brandon (Ben Nordstrom), ar­ is the real key to this play's success. The ac­ ple modern furniture is re-purposed for differ­ Funny, provocative and unpredictable all rive first, followed by Luke's parents, Arlene rors create characters that are memorable and ent scenes bur a yellow, cleanly-modern rect­ describe this intelligent, moving play. The (Susan Greenhill) and Burch (Keith Jochim). well-roUnded under sure-handed direction by angular bench remains in every scene, eying srory takes place mostly in flashback, while Although long divorced, Burch and Arlene Seth Gordon. Luke, as played by Colin Han­ things together. The sheer clever inventiveness family and friends are gathered in a hospital remain friendly. Finally Adam Qeffrey Kuhn) lon, is sweet and appealingly well-grounded, a of the sets is amazing. after an accident that has left a loved one in arrives, setting the stage for the flashbacks and contrast to Jeffrey Kuhn's more meandering, "Next Fall" is the kind of fresh and original a coma. an exploration of attitudes on gays, religion less self-assured Adam. Marnye Young's Holly work that theatergoers relish. It may be the Playwright Geoffrey Nauffts' "Next Fall" and the culrnral divide. is sweet and accepting, much like best friend Rep's best production this season, well worth began as an off-Broadway production th'at A secret helps create the play's tension bur Luke. Brandon, played by Ben Nordstrom, is the trip to the Grande! off Grand. gained such popular support that it made it in many ways the play is more abour reli- aloof and formal and a bit of a mystery. But 8 l1Chr ~rrrnt I Nov. 8, 2010 I WWW.THECURRENT-ONUNE.COM I IA&E 'Force Unleashed II' will unleash players LATEST + GREATEST

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a new song, showcased lead guirarist Ian power-punched the crowd. lvkCau­ A Year Ago in MUSIC 'Neil on vocals and a catchy chorus ley screeched as the band traded much that got th h d.s and heans of me au­ of the swing of "Spend the Night" for A beautifu lly photographed and -' \ i'.~.. ·I.·~ D er Ti k from Pro id nc Rhod raucous distorted power. "Smith Hill" acted film about a wealthy family , It· , dience pump ing. \. .' Island, £fered St. Louis' O ff Broadway During "C rying harne," M cCauley and hrist Jesus spilled a ladle full of in Munich haunted by the death of ~~ , .•. heir gifted college-aged son a year a rau o us and playful Halloween parry, left the guitar duties to O 'Neil, entured sorrow and intro pection McCauley's ago. Particularly crushed by the loss ~. replete with fan-favorite origi nals and a with ill microphone into the crowd, oeals transported the crowd to a COffi­ is his sister Lilli (Karoline Herfurth), stunning array of cover songs. promprl· picked the nose of a pretty Il ld under a lonely moon. M cCaule a strugg ling but beautiful dancer. When her mother (Carina Harfouch) O n crober 31, guitarist at d I : d young woman, lung his arms around dedicated the p heddic dreamy and com mission .a portrait of he daughter and her de~d son, she finds man John]. McCauley III, sauntered on tw adoring dude-f.:ms and high-fi d " F ~ ebird -esque " angel> ro the crowd's a connection with th~ craggy, reclusive middle-aged painter (Josef stag dr ed as the construction worker anyone that issued a p alm. The crowd Hallo "Ie n acid-heads before encoring Bierbichler). irector Caroline Link fQllo up her international hit from th Village P opIe. Bassi '(, Chris­ huddled in and lifted their voices to the v im a mini-set of cover songs. Includ­ II No 'her~ in Afri a" with an excelfent exploration of family dynamics topher D ale Ryan, was the leather ear­ ceiling, what a crying shame, a crying ed were La Bamba by Ritchie Val ens , and com ing of age, featuring strong acting and Herfurth's lumines­ ing biker; lead guitarist, Ian 0 ' eil as shame, what we became." Me, Me, Ivfe" by MG&V and 'Mon­ cent beauty along with thought-provoking twrsts. the cop; ke I oardist/sa..xophone player, Deer Ti k powered through piano ster Mash" by Bobby Pickett. After their Rob Crowell the Indian; and drummer, and guitar plucking in "20 Miles" and final cover song, "Macho Man" pumped Women Without Men Dennis Ryan was, well, drummer, Den­ on into «When She Comes Home," over the house speakers and Deer Tick A breathtakill9ly beautiful, surreal movie that uses kind of magical re­ nis Ryan. Two other lucky anonymous which featured a haunting church organ, danced ofF stage. McCauley and crew a alism to deSGfibe the plight of women St. Louisans filled out the Village People searing, distorted guitar and McCauley's leapt into the crowd, led a Conga line, in 195Q~ Iraq, as the dernocratically­ lineup with a cowboy and a G.!. heart-broken, yet tongue-in-cheek, vo­ shook up beers and sprayed each other elected goveTAmen is overthrown by After Deer Tick pantomimed cal delivery. The song exploded toward and danced for a good 15 minutes with foreign powers. Scenes range from YM.C.A. as it blasted over the house the end, as Dennis Ryan propelled the the wild, adoring crowd. With hilarious the bizarre and nightmarish to the speakers, !v1cCauley bared his gold inci­ tempo into the stratosphere with epic stage antics, irreverence, manic decibels, dream-Uke but always symbolically sor and slipped into an up tempo version dnunmmg before McCauley leapt back a free-wheeling spirit and much drink­ p[esent the. powerlessness of vari- of "Old Shoes," which clattered along in with the killer vocal line, "The whole ing, Deer Tick cast a Halloween spell on · ous women c.;aught in tAe rnale-domililated so!:iety -. single women like its featured lost lover. "Choir of An­ world is wrong today!" Off Broadway. Their set was boisterous forced by her bruther to marry, an aging but-intJuential' bff81,1ty and a starving prostitute. A~ J ~rhewomefl find tHemsefyes drawn to a lush gels," the lead off track from 2010's 'The "Baltimore Blues No.1" offered and well rounded to include a score of $UDUfOan g ~rde n just: outside the cif¥, IR an ,ee-rle but moving se- Black Dirt Sessions,' ebbed with subtle Doors-esque guitar and sparse drums original hits matched with a handful of · ,quence.Thfs film will be a-strangeandwondeduJ;eweriencethat also alt-surf rock. McCauley's nasally, booze­ before the staccato organ and bass cover songs. Deer Tick's show was one edl,lcates about the ·bistery of the · r€lantry~witn gorg~,us photogr~ addled vocals lulled the costumed crowd dropped. McCauley peered out from. that every alt-country, whiskey-indie , · phyand p~Y{~rful ~ d:in'9, . . , as the country chorus conjured dusty behind his fake Oakley's and gleamed rock fan ought to witness. trails and lonely taverns. "Bury Deep," a big, gold-tooth smile, as the hook A -William Kyle ADVERTISEMENT I . 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...... estife... m - ~) §Ul-4iIIIn7 WWIII'...... eduifn!:llife - UftVUIII Grosso makes it a point to others that JEN O'HARA Features Editor classical music and those associated with it do not fall into its exceedingly "stuffY" hey say music reputation. speaks moun­ "We're actually pretry casual people. tains and for We don't really see that the expression those who are of [he music requires any sort of h:>rmal­ not flucnt, the ity. The composers themselves were not Arianna String [formal] people. They weren't stufFed Quartet gave shirts at: all and classical music has got­ some assistance ten a reputation of being kind of snobby. in the matter. Really, that's so weird because the com­ O n O erober posers themselves were most rebellious 29, the Arianna String u,lrtet graced kind of rule breaking in your face kind of the stage in the E. Des and MRry Ann people. Even somebody like Mozan , was Lee Thea ter for their first Ariann:l String really v ry edgy for his rime. l hu's why . Qu:UtCt b request perfo rmance. 'TI H: en­ he died in poverty; he was JUSt too edgy THE UNIVERSITY t.ire theater was fi ll ed by 8 p.m. as doze ns fc)r the peo Ie around him. He was wri t­ PROGRAM BOARD p iled in to hear the sO llnds ,mel sryle of ing music thal was too expressive," said PRESENTS: classic string. McGross<). Prior t t he performance, the quarret 1he 12 songs chosen were picked provid.::d di. cllssion as a part of'}() uhill 's beca use they were diverse in their ori­ , ! Pcr/-o rmances. E3! Perfo rma nces gins, coming from di fferent places sta nds for "Exploting, Experien ing, and :r.nd rim.es in class ical his to ry. Also, the Engaging" and. prom(>(es audience par- quartet took it as an oppor·cuni.ty to ~ It's really inspiring to see it happening live. , , -Segura-Wong

ticipation befof" , during and after Touh ill enrich themselves further. Audience shows. Th e "Expl oring" aspect involves members liked rhe sC);le of the concen. those involved in rbe performance ex­ plaining what will rake place during the "1 think concert by request is a really great show, while "Ex.perienci ng" is the actual opportunity co get the audience involved performance. A reception follows as parr in the decision making that comes in the of the "Engage" experience, where per­ process of choosing their performances" fo rmers in.temct with their audience .. Mei-Mey Segura-Wong, senior, music, A~ a growing trend in the music scene, said. "The performance was grade A. It the Arianna String Quartet decided to was almost flawless. Although I see them perform a ~re ques t concert," a show on an everyday basis, every rime I see in which Arianna fans were allowed to them play they blow my mind. It's really choose the songs rhey wanted to hear. impiring to see it happening live," Segu­ O ver a five monrb period, fans voted on ra-Wong said. their top song choices out of a List of 12. Although they are not sure if or when Among the song choices were classics another request concert will take place, such as Quartet in F minor by Beethoven rhe overall outcome showed positive re­ and "Italian Serenade" by Wolf The win­ sults. ners of the dozen were "Quartettsatz," by "I Joved the whole process. I thought Franz Schubert, Quarter in F Major by it was great. I hope that we do it again. I Maurice Ravel, and Quartet in G minor think if we do it again, we'll try and make by Edvard Grieg. it even more dearly expressed concept John McGrosso, associate professor in and try to involve more people in it" Mc­ music, is a violinist in the quarter. Mc- Grosso. 12 I 1JLhr [urrrnt I Nov. 8, 2010 FACULTY PROFILE: DAVE R. GANZ

ave Ganz, associate dean of the college of business, has been with UM-Saint Louis for over 40 years and was given the nickname II Mr. Urns!. II ABIGAIL GILLARDI! THE CURRENT Talking with "Mr. UMSL," Dave a

did not have anything formall formulated on G my mind. At that time, my professor, Charles Wauller., encouraged me to go to graduate school for [a} master's degree and eventual!} Dave R Ganzs peers respectfully refer to led me to teaching students in college. He is him as " Nfr. UMSL," which represents his 'now d ceased, bur he was such a wunderful profound influence on thousands of account­ person who helped me to form my thoughts ing students over the past 40 years since he and what I "vant to do in my career. began his teaching career at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 19.66. TC: Do you still keep in touch with alum ni? How are the:): dDing? The Current: When did you start your career here at UM-St. Louis? DG: I believe that we have about 4,500 alumni in accounting. My responsibility is to Dave R. Ganz: I started working at UM­ get in touch with students from [the] College St. Louis in 1966. I came here as an instruc­ of Business. I have definitely stayed in touch tor of accounting. There was only Benton with some of my students. They have been Hall and we did not have a separate business doing very well, puttihg their names on very department back then. Since UM-St. Lows responsible positions in major accounting started in 1963, we did not yet graduate our companies. They are also very loyal. They ap­ first class when I carne here in 1966. See what preciate the opportunities they had in Ul\.1-St. we have now, we have over 75,000 alumni. It Louis, which provided them with tools and has been a very rewarding experience for me. background they needed to make for [their} success. TC: Did you grow up in St. Louis? What kind ofstudent were you? TC: How has the accounting field changed for the past 40 years and hoUJ has the accounting DG: I am a native resident in St. Louis. program at UM-St. Louis corresponded to it? grew up here attending middle and high school in this area. When· I was in college, I DG: Our program has changed pretty wasn't sure what I wanted to do. I ended up much [in response] to changes taking place getting into business college in St. Louis Uni­ in the profession. One of the challenges the versity, not really sure if that is what I really accounting department faces is to keep it cur­ wanted to be. Later I found an interest in ac­ rem because there have been a lot of changes. counting courses, which eventually led me to The biggest change is the role of technologies where I am now. which have become a major part of discipline. In general, over the years the ac~ounting field TC: Did you have a role model who greatly has evolved to meet users' needs. Also, global­ impacted on your life? ization requires the world-wide standard in the accounting field. So there is work going DG: Before I graduated from the college, I on now to accomplish that currently. ADVERTISEMENT I I WWW.THECURRENT-ONLlNE.COM I 2010 I ~hc [:urrrnt I

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One of the greatest de­ green leaf although their col­ During a stroll through write a review about a crap­ lights of any fall season are ors are hidden by the chloro­ Forest Park, there were py, under-worked piece of uees in the full array of fall phyl's green. Fall leaves red joggers, golfers, beautiful art, when there is blindingly colors. Deciduous trees are and purple color comes from women and hot air balloons, good, well-made art out painted in shades of red, ,pigments called anthocya­ when, out of the air like there in the world? orange, yellow, purple and nins, which are not hidden. some divine sword, an idea Why do hwnans get such brown as weather grows cool­ \X1by anthocyanins appear sunk into the stone of my satisfaction from trashing er and days shorter. in fall leaves has been a bit of partially pink grey matter. something that obviously is \'<7hat determines those a mystery. Anthocyanins are A litcie boy s(Ooped to lacking? Irseems too easy, re­ colors? Some of them are red to blue pigments and are pick up a rotting crab apple. dundant and a waste of time there all along, masked by commonly found in Bowers He held it at arms length to issue a review on unwor­ the green chlorophyll. As the and fruit. In Bowers, they and tugged on his mother's thy art. uee is making carbohydrates attract pollinators but why (ate Marquis billowing sundress. She Rather, it appears much ro store for growth the next trees should make them in frowned and said" "Don't eat more productive to review year, it continually replaces soon to be shed leaves is less cyanins serve as sunscreens, that honey." The boy fussed, art that is doing something when it is a surprise that the the chlorophyll in its leaves clear. shielding the leaves' photo­ but eventually dropped important and othenvise art is in fact bad. Say, if it is and the pigment fades as it Different uees have differ­ synthetic tissues from toO­ the apple. His mother then unknown. Reviews ought a surprise that the newest, is exposed to light. The col-, ent ranges of colors. Maples bright sunlight as the uee opened her purse and gave to work to get the message highly anticipated Ludo re­ ors emerge as the uee stops range ftom yellow to orange re-absorbs their last nutri­ him an actual apple, a big, out that there is good art still cord is the biggest let daVID replacing chlorophyl in the to red, although orange is a ents. In 2007, res~archers in glowing, red, succulent, available in our apocalyptic this side of Fallout: New soon to be shed leaves. common theme. Dogwoods North Carolina suggested a Snow White apple-sans sphere, rather than smearing Vegas, if it is a surprise that Falling temperatures do are red and ginkos, which link bervveen nutrient-poor poison. The boy held it like the trappings of poorly made Franzen's newest book is an playa role in fall colors but change quickly and shed soils and the production of a shiny prize, bared his teeth art over the eyeballs and fac­ overblown, over wrought it is one of several factors. As their leaves suddenly. Sweet red anthocyanins by trees in and chomped into the red­ es of readers like cheese whiz nightmare, when it was pur­ days shorren in late summer, gums are a vivid, dark ma­ those locations. Others have \vonder with hunger and or caulk. ported to be the bees knees. uees undergo a number of roon to brilliant red. Black suggested that an tho cyan ins satisfaction. The crab apple As writers and readers, Let us simply ignore bad changes, One thing is that walnut leaves are yellow, pin discourage insects. remained on the ground, let us work toward pushing art. Period. Turn a blind eye the tree adds a layer of celis, oak leaves are brilliant red Several factors can aH'ect yellow, a little brown and good art, rather than bad. to it like the kid toward the abscission layer, thar begins but other oaks are dull red to fall colors. The ideal is plenty riddled with wormholes. Let us let bad art drop off crab apple and simply review to block the uansmission of brovm. of rain during the growing Instead of running off the radar ramer than give it something else. Something water and minerals to the leaf In the end, all leaves season, followed by a dry With crab apple held high press, even if it well-worded, worth our time and energy, and limits the transmission brown, as the other pig­ fall with wann days and cool above his head and trum­ scathing, bad press, for it something people need to of nutrients. ments fade away and only but frost-free nights. Sunny peting to the entire park is press just the same, press hear, see or experience. · Let's The yellow color comes the brown tannins, another days and lower temperatures how disgusting the rotted that allows filthy, bad art to represent good art in print from pigments called xantho­ pigment, remains. breaks down the chlorophyl old crab apple was, the boy propagate its message. and take the bad out back

phylls. These pigments act to In North American and more rapidly, revealing the was granted a real apple, a This is not (0 say there like putting Old Yeller down supplement chlorophyll by East Asia, red is a common other pigments. Cool night­ masterpiece of an apple and is not a time and place for with a double barrel. Let's collecting light energy to be fall color but in Europe, yel­ time temperatures encour­ devoured it with extreme en­ a negative review, or that face it: there is much more used to make carbohydrates low is the dominate color. age the formation of antho­ joyment. all reviews must be glowing . weak art than there is good, that the uee uses for energy The difference is the presence cyan ins. However, freezing This scenario is akin to with whi,te teeth and fake, we ought to give the good a for'next fall. of red and purple anthocya­ temperatures shut down the writing critical art reviews Clockwork-ian, pin-back, chance. The orange color comes nins in our leaves. plant's mechanism for mak­ for a blog, a paper, or a site pseudo-smiles. A negative William Kyle is A6~E from different pigments, ca­ The amount of red in fall ing anthocyanins. Drought such as Metacritic. Why review ought to be leveled Editor /or The Current. rotenoids. A familiar carot­ fol.fage varies year to year. in summer can cause trees to enoid is carotene. Like the Unlike the other pigments, seal off leaves earlier, so they xanthophylls they supple­ anthocyanins are not pres­ drop off before full color de­ ment chlorophyl in harvest­ ent but masked in green velops. ing energy from sunlight to leaves. The tree adds them in Cate 1vlarquis is Associate make the plant's food. the fall, so they must serve a A&E Editor and a columnist We think William Kyle is kick-ass. Both carotenoids and xan­ function for the plant: for The Current. thophylls are present in the One theory is that antho- Do you? www.thecurrent-online.com 16 111Lhe Q:UITcllt I Nov. 8,2010 I WWW.THECURRENT-ONLlNE.COM I I OPINIONS nte oint

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One i tuck until pictures of our friend's Hal­ tern, but the ability to search and statuses to update, not over sleeps his alarm clock other person updating their the com purer users real.iz. he low n party, lies a terrible b, different parameters like to mention the time cesspool after working twO jobs the personal profile. or she is waiting. Or b ITer truth. workplace and education is that is Facebook games. previous night and pulling If a student spend their yet, his r her clas is about Believe it or not, it is' ac­ amazing. And it is undeniable mat an all-nighter. He has a 10 day in th seh 01 Library, it to start. Score. tuall a useful and vital com­ Try searching the UM­ there are few things more page paper on baby pygmy is assumed th t they ar try­ One could argue t 1ar the munication to 1- especially St. Loui.s e-m,lll system frustrating than venturing to marmosets due at the begin­ ing to get school work done banning f social w sit , to students . sometime for the last n ~une a computer lab only to find ning of his first class and his otherwis the T 'ould n t li ke Facebook, is a bit over Despite the fact that < Brown." Good luck Ending it overcrowded and backed primer just exploded. be there in the first place. A the top and ugg t that the Fa ebook b· a weight prob­ our classmate, unless you up-- mostly · thanks to the So , he sits through the student goes into the library school consider adding more lem-far too much bloat, know their first name and three people in the corner traffic jam on the highway, in with the intent of eventually computers to their labs, but not enough ease-of-access­ major too. sharing crops and giving each order to get to the schoolli­ being able to escape from it. let's be realistic about the underneath the games, me On the othet hand, with other cows on Farmville. brary on time to prim out his Using the computers to visit odds of that happening any­ incessant "places" check-ins Facebook, chances are good Common courtesy seems paper. When he arrives, ev­ Facebook does not help. time soon. If anything, the and targeted ads, there is still your classmate has a picture a lost art these days, but at ery computer is occupied. As Banning access to social introduction of additional the soul of a social network. up of themselves, making least asking the bidding e­ he walks out of the library in websites would also be ben­ computers would only at­ Facebook's ability to con­ themselves instantly recog­ farmers before going on the defeat, he passes a student at eficial for campus computer tract more Facebook junkies. nect students is unrivaled nizable. No more wondering warpath seems like a decent a computer, adding a wizard labs, such as the lab in the They would pour out of by even its once-competitor if "Robert Brown" or "Bob idea. gnome to their FarmVille. Social Science Building. Sit the woodwork that they have MySpace. Ba.nrllng it from Brown" is your classmate. Instead of causing a com­ It is because of unfortunate and observe one day and see been hiding under. It is this on~campus computers would Contacting said class­ motion and petitioning the events such as this one that how many people walk into reason alone that Facebook be a huge mistake. mate is as easy as clicking the university to block a useful access to Facebook should that computer lab only to creator Mark Zuckerberg Here is a scenario: a pro­ "send a message' button to, tool, why not ask the Face­ be banned from all campus walk right back out when it and his generation of spawn fessor assigns a class project. well, send them a message. book/Farmville users if they computers. is full, which is the majority will be set financially for the You do not necessarily know Banning Facebook on can share their computer for Of course, it would be of the time. rest of their natural born these classmates of yours, -,campus would pur an end the two minures it takes to easy to take the low road and In the Millennium Stu­ lives. By the way, has anyone and you have been trying to to that kind of thing. While log into Gmail and print out simply blame Tony's lack of dent Center1 the express seen "The Social Network" set up a rrieeting to work on Facebook is not the end-all­ that paper? time management for his ex­ computers which are con­ yet? the project for weeks. be-all of communication Chances are, they will let treme misfortune. However, venient for checking email Naturally, no one has tools, it is certainly extremely you. been responding to e-mails handy. Blocking it on cam- 7 Letters to the ~ditor by J. Putz

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News at Noon - Midterm Elections: The Tea Party Impact

From 12: 15 p.m. to 1: 45 p.m. Dayid Kimball leads a discussion about current events regarding the impact of the Tea Party Movement which is open to faculty, staff and students in MSC 314. News at noon is co-sponsored by The Current and The New York Times. For more info, cal l 314-516-4508 .

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