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NGUYEN WINS SCIENCE AWARD Chemistry project also wins grant. PAGE 6 Jerry McCrave, Carl Hoagland, Vanity Gee, Joel Hollinger, and Anne Bartin created the documentary “How the Debt Crisis Impacts UMSL.” CATE MARQUIS/ THE CURRENT ISRAELI UMSL documentary on student debt CATE MARQUIS Floros mentioned, student debt in of about 20 formed a circle for afordability in the front of CULTURE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF this country exceeded credit card a discussion on the topic. Many whatever you do,” Byrd said. Byrd debt for the frst time last year. participants suggested that said that it was important to look Te message of a new Young Activists United St. Louis, education on student loan debt at the net costs and what federal WEEK documentary on student debt, UMSL Chapter, is sponsoring a begin early, in high school or even and state fnancial aid provides. “How the Debt Crisis Impacts “Twitter rally” on April 23 to mark in grade school. “As a university, you have to READ PAGE 3 UMSL,” which was created by the anniversary of student debt One of the attendees was supplement [loans] to make sure students at University of Missouri- reaching $1 billion nationally. Courtney Hayes, junior, English, you make your school afordable St. Louis, was that borrowing for More information is on their who was also a candidate for for your demographic.” college should be approached Facebook page: www.facebook. Student Senate in last week’s Byrd noted that UMSL has with caution. com/pages/Young-Activists-United- election. many lower-income students. FLAMING LIPS Te documentary debuted at St-Louis/137168796345975. “I was happy with the outcome “Right now, net cost is well the Student Debt Film Festival “How the Debt Crisis Impacts of the flm. I was really excited to over $36,000, when most of ‘THE TERROR’ on April 16 in Marillac Hall on UMSL” brought a local focus be a part of it,” Hayes said. “One our students don’t make over ALBUM REVIEW South Campus. Te flm was the to the issue. Te documentary thing I took away from it [was $25,000,” Byrd said. “We have last in a monthly series on student opened with news footage of a that] it seemed like students are to do our part to close that gap so debt presented by Young Activists recent incident in downtown St. having to adjust to the changing students can actually work their PAGE 5 United St. Louis, UMSL Chapter Louis in which a college student tide, and there’s not much way through on a work-study and the Dean’s Committee on shot his fnancial adviser and then demand for the government to job.” Social Justice. himself. Both survived, but the change anything or for the people When asked by another faculty Alice Floros, senior, history event brought the student loan who run the [student loan] system member if Byrd thought faculty education, is inter-campus crisis to local attention. to change anything, I think. We’re understood this, he replied, coordinator of Young Activist Te documentary ofered kind of having to pay the price for “Probably not.” United St. Louis. She and faculty interviews with present students something we didn’t cause. It’s not “I often fnd myself in a room sponsor, Dr. Carl Hoagland, and recent graduates at UMSL really fair ... something needs to with faculty who were full-time teaching professor and Emerson and other local universities. Also change with student debt.” college students who didn’t Electric Endowed professor of featured in the flm was Alan “All the conversation so far fxes work. Te number one job in technology and learning, were Byrd, dean of enrollment, who responsibility on the student,” Dr. college was to learn, and it is on hand to moderate the post- was present for the screening. Bob Bliss, dean of the Honors difcult for them to understand screening discussion. Te flm noted that while credit College, said. “Te student has you have people who have other Hoagland’s class created the short card debt, debt built up from some responsibility, [but] there responsibilities, where they documentary. Jerry McCrave, extravagant lifestyles or even are other areas of responsibility can’t just put everything on the graduate, adult education; Joel gambling debt can all be wiped you can focus on. Te university back burner and concentrate on Hollinger, senior, adult education out in bankruptcy, student loans could organize itself a little more school,” he said. ST. LOUIS and Anne Bartin, graduate, adult cannot. It also noted that some efciently.” Bliss’ comment Hoagland, Floros and others education, contributed to the student loan payments now rival brought agreement from other involved in making the flm hope JAZZ FEST script. Vanity Gee, sophomore, mortgage payments, an enormous faculty in the room, but it brought to show it again on campus, media studies, served as video burden for someone just starting some qualifcations as well. possibly in classes. Tey are also editor. out. “At any public institution, considering ways to distributing PAGE 5 Hoagland described Floros as the After the screening, the audience you have to keep access and the documentary more widely. “energy behind the flm series.” As

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EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief ...... Cate Marquis What’s Current Managing Editor ...... Sharon Pruitt “What’s Current” is the weekly calendar of UMSL campus events and is a free service for student organizations. Submissions must be turned in by 5 p.m. the News Editor ...... Sharon Pruitt Thursday before publication; frst-come, frst-served. Listings may be edited for length and style. E-mail event listings to [email protected], with the Features Editor ...... Anya Glushko subject “What’s Current.” No phone or written submissions. Sports Editor ...... Leon Devance A&E Editor ...... David Von Nordheim MONDAY, APRIL 22 Opinions Editor ...... Hung Nguyen Copy Editor ...... Sarah Novak Research & Innovation Week with flms Silver University Wind Ensemble Spring 2013 Casey Rogers Linings Playbook and Lake Windfall Conducted by Gary Brandes, the UMSL Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Staff Writers ... Marcus Barnett, Rachelle Brandel, University of Missouri - St. Louis will be celebrating Research & Innovation will premiere a three movement suite written by composer Barbara Harbach, Yiqun Cui, Maddie Harned, Karlyne Killebrew, Week. As part of this celebration, the Offce of Research Administration and 7:30 PM Touhill PAC Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall. Free. For Info: Touhill the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH) are pleased to present two Carolyn Hoang, Albert Nall, Paul Peanick, ticket offce at 314-516-4949. flms on Thursday, April 25th.The frst flm, Lake Windfall, is a locally produced Latwuanna Troupe, Heather Welborn post-apocalyptic flm with hearing, hard of hearing and deaf characters. Lake Windfall will be shown from 10am-noon and will be followed by a brief Talk THURSDAY, APRIL 25 DESIGN STAFF Back session with clinical psychologist Dr. Felix Vincenz of MIMH. The second Lake Windfall Showing and Q&A Designer ...... Jenny Lin flm, Silver Linings Playbook, is a recent hit that deals with bipolar disorder. It will be shown from 2pm-4:30pm. After this flm there will be a brief Talk Back Lake Windfall is a locally produced post-apocalyptic flm with hearing, hard of Photo Editor ...... Jenny Lin hearing and deaf characters. Lake Windfall will be shown from 10am-noon in Web Editor ...... Cate Marquis session with Dr. Joe Parks, Director of MIMH, who will answer questions about the featured mental and behavioral health issues. Both flms are open to the Touhill PAC Anheuser-Busch Hall. Followed by a brief Talk Back session with Staff Photographers ...... Leon Devance, clinical psychologist Dr. Felix Vincenz of MIMH. For Info: Andrea Purnell at Sarah Myers, Mike Plumb, Siyun Zhang public and will be shown at the Touhill Performing Arts Center in the Anheuser- Busch Performance Hall. Admission is free, but tickets will be required for Silver 314-877-6404. BUSINESS STAFF Linings Playbook to ensure seat availability. Tickets are available at the Touhill Silver Linings Playbook Showing and Q&A Box Offce on a frst-come, frst-serve basis. Business Manager ...... Courtney Oelkaus Silver Linings Playbook is a recent hit that deals with bipolar disorder. It will be Advertising Director ...... Sarah O’Brien Plant it for the Earth-Day shown from 2 - 4:30 pm in Touhill PAC Anheuser-Busch Hall. After this flm Distribution Manager ...... Sarah Myers University Program Board’s plant event, 11 AM in Millennium Student Center there will be a brief Talk Back session with Dr. Joe Parks, Director of MIMH, Adviser ...... Charlotte Petty Patio (Pilot House if raining). For Info: Scott Morrissey or other UPB member who will answer questions about the featured mental and behavioral health issues. at 314-516-5531. Admission is free, but tickets will be required for Silver Linings Playbook to CONTACT US ensure seat availability. Tickets are available at the Touhill Box Offce on a Open House at The Current frst-come, frst-serve basis. For Info: Andrea Purnell at 314-877-6404. Mailing Address ..... 388 MSC, 1 University Blvd The Current is having an Open House, 3 - 7 PM in Current Offce, 388 MSC. St. Louis, MO 63121-4400 Interested in writing? Photography? Illustration? Editing? Design? Ad sales? Jubilee: What to Eat? Food Selection in Primates Business? Need an internship, or just want to get some volunteer experience? & Humans Newsroom ...... 314-516-5174 In honor of UMSL’s Jubilee year, the Department of Anthropology, Sociology [email protected] Come learn about UMSL’s only student newspaper, have a snack and play some games! We’re hiring for all positions & we’ll also be selecting the winners of our and Languages will sponsor an evening featuring faculty experts on the topic Business/Advertising ...... 314-516-5316 Mirthday raffe, who will be going home with a movie prize pack, a newsie “What to Eat? Food Selection in Primates and People,” 6:30 - 8:30 PM in JC [email protected] fedora or two tickets to the local broadcast of the NPR news trivia program Penney Room 402. Dr. Patti Wright, Associate Professor of Anthropology will “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” on May 2 at St. Louis Mills, O’Fallon, or Gravois deliver a talk titled “An Archaeological Perspective on Food Choice” and Dr. Fax ...... 314-516-6811 Bluffs cinemas. For Info: Sharon Pruitt at 314-516-5174. Chris Shaffer, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, will give a talk titled “Monthly Variation in Food Selection in Bearded Saki Monkeys. A Lesson in Editor-in-Chief ...... [email protected] University Orchestra & Singers Combined in Concert Economic Risk Management.” Free. Refreshments will be served. For Info: Beth The University Orchestra and University Singers join their talents in our annual Landers at 314-516-6546. Internships...... 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Letters to Editor ...... [email protected] Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall. These ensembles perform under the direction of Robert Charles Howard and James Henry. For Info: Touhill ticket FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Twitter ...... @UMSLTheCurrent offce at 314-516-4949 Honors College ‘Celebrating the Arts Jubilee’ 2013 Facebook ...... /TheCurrentStudentNews WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 Reception for this year’s Honors College annual jury art show, “Celebrating the News at Noon discussion & pizza lunch with Arts Jubilee 2013,” is noon to 2:30 pm in Provincial House on South Campus. Prof. Granger The exhibit “Celebrating the Arts Jubilee 2013” will be open for visitors April 22-26, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, in Provincial House. With Earth Day this week, join The Current for free pizza and a student- centered discussion led by Dr. Charles Granger, Curators Professor of Biology Skyzone Trip and Education, on “Examining the Foundation of the Ecological Crisis: Is We are headed to jump at Skyzone and have the place reserved for us from 1-3 JOIN THE Degradation Inevitable?” 12:15 -1:30 PM in MSC Century Room B. “News at pm at Skyzone (17379 Edison Ave Chesterfeld, MO 63005). Discounted price Noon” is a monthly forum for student-faculty discussions about current events, of $6 an hour so come hop into this bouncy good time! Let Rachelle know if sponsored by The Current and the New York Times, with support from the you are coming! For Info: Rachelle Simon at 314-385-3455. CURRENT! Center for Teaching and Learning and the Offce of Student Life. For Info: Cate Marquis at 314-332-3328. Alarm Will Sound: 1969 Concert by 20-member contemporary classical ensemble, 8:00 PM in Touhill The Current is seeking: Japan Drama Night 6 PAC Lee Theater, who has been making waves in world of modern chamber Japan Drama Night 6 From Kitsch to Cool: The Geisha Apprentice in Japanese music since the members began playing together while studying at the Eastman Popular Culture, 4:30 - 7:30 PM in 331 SSB. With Dr. Jan Bardsley, Associate School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. The members have diverse experience in ► Photographers Professor and Chair, Department of Asian Studies University of North Carolina composition, improvisation, jazz, early music and world music, and are at Chapel Hill, and flm screening of the 2007 comedy “Maiko Haaaan.” Free committed to innovative performances and recordings of today’s music. For ► Page Designers pizza. For Info: Bob Ell at 314-516-7299. Info: Touhill ticket offce at 314-516-4949. ► Sports Writers ► Staff Writers Campus Crimeline FORMATIONAL REPORT – MANSION THEFT – WEST DRIVE GARAGE LOST OR STOLEN ARTICLE – SOCIAL AUTO ACCIDENT LEAVING THE HILL APARTMENTS April 9, 2013 – Report # 13-155 SCIENCE BUILDING SCENE – LOT C April 9, 2013 – Report # 13-153 An UMSL student reported a parking April 10, 2013 – Report # 13-157 April 15, 2013 – Report #13-171 UMSL Police responded to a smell permit was stolen from their parked An UMSL student reported a fash An UMSL student returned to their Job descriptions of marijuana coming from a balcony car. Disposition: Report taken. drive was missing from a computer parked car and discovered minor at Mansion Hill Apartments. AUTO ACCIDENT LEAVING THE lab. Disposition: Report taken. damage. Disposition: Report taken. Disposition: Report taken. & application at: SCENE – WEST DRIVE GARAGE. AUTO ACCIDENT LEAVING THE ASSAULT – MARK TWAIN GYM AUTO ACCIDENT LEAVING THE www.thecurrent-online. April 10, 2013 – Report #13-156 SCENE – LOT D April 16, 2013 – Report # 13-173 SCENE – WEST DRIVE GARAGE An UMSL student states that on April 10, 2013 – Report # 13-158 A non-student was arrested for com/about-us/employment April 9, 2013 – Report # 13- 154 April 8, 2013 between 11am & 7pm An UMSL student reported someone assault after an altercation following An UMSL student returned to their someone struck and damaged their struck and damaged their parked a basketball game. Disposition: parked car and discovered minor parked car in West Drive Garage. car between 8:00am and 2:45pm. Report taken. damage. Disposition: Report taken. Disposition: Report taken. Disposition: Report taken. APRIL 22, 2013 3 www.thecurrent-online.com NEWS Youth Violence Conference discusses safety ALBERT NALL assaults. Esbensen stated that youth DiPietro spoke on “Te Risk and that need to be acted upon to STAFF WRITER According to Stephanie DiPietro violence comes in many shapes and Resilience of Youth Violence in increase safety in school. Isom Te Youth Violence Prevention of the Department of Criminology runs the gambit from bullying to Immigrant Communities.” remains optimistic and believes that Conference took place on April and Criminal Justice at University gun homicide to suicide. “My hope is to dispel some compared to other environments, 11 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the of Missouri-St. Louis, the Youth “Youth violence impacts not popular misconceptions about the schools are still safe havens for J.C. Penney Conference Center. Violence Prevention Conference only the immediate victim and alleged criminality of immigrants,” students. Speakers discussed victimization has been held for the last 12 years. ofender, but the surrounding DiPietro said. “Violence is a small portion of and strategies for reducing “Te department chair of [the community, be it the neighborhood Isom addressed the audience the problem with all schools. Setting adolescent aggression. Research Department of] Criminology and or school, the extended family or from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on many clear expectations for students, fndings from St. Louis and other Criminal Justice has organized friends,” Esbensen said. issues facing the law enforcement certain and impartial enforcement cities were also presented in order this conference every year, and the Esbensen said that while youth community. “Tere is no secret that of rules, police ofcers and police to identify the level and type of interest is campus-wide and has violence rates are lower than they there are strong prejudices toward departments working in a support abuse and harassment occurring been developed and maintained were in the 1990s, youth violence law enforcement that are directed role to schools [and] anti-bullying in the community and in schools. over the years. Te conference has remains a social problem. toward the institution of criminal strategies are all ways in which we Evidence-based policies and received many favorable reviews,” “Tis conference seeks to justice by a community,” Isom said. keep students safe,” Isom said. programs for violence education DiPietro said. share information about some Still, Isom did not suggest that Isom also addressed the were also discussed. “Tere’s an opportunity for specifc issues in youth violence the community is as polarized on misconception about what appears According to the Centers for individuals to learn about crime and to familiarize attendees with criminal justice as may be projected to be a lack of people in the Disease Control, youth violence prevention issues that are of interest some strategies for preventing or by the media or politicians. community who want to make a is described as a public health to them as professionals and intervening to reduce the problem,” “I don’t believe there is a diference. epidemic. Te CDC website cites members of the local community at Esbensen said. large divergence in terms of my “Professionals and volunteers statistics from the FBI that state this conference,” DiPietro said. Speakers at the conference colleagues in the criminal justice do tend to work within the narrow that homicide is the second leading “More than 200 people attend included DiPietro; Dan Isom, a department. We all have diferent perspective of their individual cause of death among youth aged the conference, including students, retired City of St. Louis police perspectives and opinions. opinion of what works or doesn’t 10-24 in the U.S. Violence is also faculty, youth workers, law chief, now a professor of criminal However, we also are in agreement work in law enforcement. Still, the mentioned as a major cause of enforcement, teachers, counselors justice at UMSL; Chris Melde around many of the core issues people who have the ability to work non-fatal injuries among youths. and others,” Finn-Aage Esbensen, from the School of Criminal Justice and best practices regarding youth with and through the paradigm In 2009, a total of 650,843 young an E. Desmond Lee professor of at Michigan State University and violence prevention,” Isom said. of other partners and stakeholders people aged 10–24 were treated youth crime and violence in the Allison Payne from the Department Isom stated that gun control, in a common purpose will have in emergency departments for criminal justice department at of Sociology at Villanova University. school security and mental health the most success in efecting good non-fatal injuries sustained from UMSL, said. From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., services are all community decisions outcomes for children,” Isom said. Israeli Culture Week celebrated UMSL research fair RACHELLE BRANDEL students about the exciting events want to encourage all those who showcases student work STAFF WRITER happening later in the week. are interested in joining and to On Tuesday, Martin Rochester, introduce themselves to those who KARLYNNE KILLEBREW STAFF WRITER Te Jewish Student Association professor of political science at may not yet know them. celebrated its newest event, Israeli University of Missouri-St. Louis’s their religion,” Shamow said. Te UMSL, held a discussion titled Te JSA also holds other events, Culture Week, starting April 15. graduate school collaborated with research is a comparison based “Te Israeli-Palestinian Confict at such as their Chocolate Seder. Te JSA only recently became an Sigma Xi and hosted their annual on the major principles in “Te 65: Will it ever end?” in the third- A Seder is a ritual performed by active group on the University of Graduate Research Fair on April Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of foor meeting rooms of the MSC. those in the Jewish faith, and it Missouri-St. Louis campus. Fall 15. From 4 to 5:30 p.m., attendees Capitalism” and some of the root Te Israeli-Palestinian confict involves a retelling of the Israelites’ 2012 was the association’s frst were able to explore the exhibition causes of crime in the nation. became violent around the 1920s liberation from slavery in ancient semester as an active UMSL group, and pick UMSL graduate students’ Te Graduate Research Fair was and continues to this day. Historical Egypt. Participants also partake in brains. an example of how research, the and since then, the group has set out grievances and recent events have food and drink that hold additional Spread around the Millennium driving force behind many large- to quickly make themselves known led some to believe it is impossible symbolism. UMSL’s JSA considers Student Center’s third-foor scale, nation-impacting decisions, to the student population. Te JSA for them to settle their diferences. their Chocolate Seder to be a more rotunda and spilling into the has the power to divide, unite, picked April 15 to begin their Israeli On April 18, the JSA welcomed laid-back take on the event. It is Century Rooms were multiple destroy or improve. Culture Week because it is also Israeli folk dancer Rachy to UMSL. a fun, festive and unique way to science fair-style presentation Graduate students Dongxue Israel Memorial Day. April 16 also Rachy, a famous Israeli-style dancer, celebrate an important historical, boards detailing participants’ Zhao, Gang Wang and David happens to be Israeli Independence demonstrated and led Israeli dances cultural and religious holiday. Te theses, the accompanying research, Peaslee, all of whom are pursuing Day, and the association could not that evening, bringing an exciting JSA also celebrates the Jewish New their conclusions and the numerous doctorates of philosophy in think of a better week in which to close to the week of events. Year, Rosh Hashanah, and hopes to possibilities for which those physics, presented a collective efort celebrate Israeli culture. Te JSA wanted not only to hold many more events in the near conclusions laid a foundation. concerning the improvement of On Monday, members of the JSA promote Israeli culture on campus future. Te presentations, as well as the hydrogen energy storage. When hosted a table on the Millennium through Israeli Culture Week, Te JSA can be contacted through presenters participating in the event, asked to give a brief, simplifed Student Center bridge, handing out but to seek out fellow students their Facebook page, UMSL JSA, came from multiple disciplines of synopsis of their project, Zhao, water, candy and information about who might like to join. As they and can also be contacted by email study: social sciences, humanities Wang and Peaslee said, “We’re their club. Tey also informed are still a new organization, they at [email protected]. and education, as well as the trying to characterize sodium- physical and life sciences. Visitors aluminum hydride to improve its were provided with programs efciency in storing hydrogen in listing the various felds of study, transportation and fuel cells.” projects and presenters, as well as a Zhao, Wang and Peaslee had been brief summary of each project and working on their particular project directions as to where they were for two years and said that they were stationed. excited to fnally present their work. A look around the rotunda Opportunity for presentation is a yielded everything from images of big issue within the graduate studies complicated chemical structures community. Many people work and scientifc, multi-syllabic words tirelessly researching topics that to in-depth analysis of the efects of they fnd interesting and useful to social structures on individuals and society but cannot seem to connect communities as a whole. with like-minded individuals easily. Listening to presenter Allen Dr. Judith Walker de Felix, Shamow, graduate, criminology, dean of the graduate school, has who presented “Crime and the been hosting this event annually Protestant Dream,” one could see since 2002. “Tere’s so much good how research can draw connections research out there. Students don’t between unlikely sources and have a way to fnd out what others perhaps use such knowledge to are doing,” Walker de Felix said repair any social malaise that has regarding the purpose of the fair. erupted as a result. Te UMSL graduate school and On the other hand, it can Sigma Xi partner yearly during potentially cause issues with some. Missouri Graduate Schools Week to “[Some] people think I’m attacking host the Graduate Research Fair and JSA members Deborah Medintz, Sydney Daniels and Jess Reisner staffng table. SARAH MYERS/ THE CURRENT their religion. I’m not attacking help to eliminate that problem. 4 APRIL 22, 2013 FEATURES www.thecurrent-online.com Annual UMSL Mirthday celebration once again a hit the mood and on their feet. Grou- sporting bedazzled socks over black plove then performed songs from dress shoes. He then took it down a their frst album, including the notch and sang an acoustic version popular “Tongue Tied,” and a few of “Animal” while playing piano. songs from their newly fnished Toward the middle of the show, second album. Te lights and mu- Tyler called everyone down to the sic were loud and intense, and the front of the stage, wanting everyone band jumped and danced around on their feet and rocking out hard the stage, completely energized to the music. Tyler’s devil-may-care by their songs. Teir song “Lovely attitude showed as he stufed his Cup” reminded a few in the crowd mike into his pants, fell asleep on of Brittany’s song “My Cup” from the stage and then woke up with the television show “Glee.” Te enough time to give the crowd the song “Slow” had much of the crowd bird. He even heckled the crowd swaying to the slow and hypnotic a little, saying that he hated when rhythm and voice of singer Hannah people sat while his band played Hooper. Te crowd was on their and commanding everyone to stand feet and having a good time, if a or leave. Tyler may not have realized little blinded by the intense and nu- that Mirthday can be tiring. merous strobe lights. In the middle Te group’s last song, before The Mirthday celebration in full swing. SARAH MYERS/ THE CURRENT of their show, drummer Ryan Rabin they continued with two encores, RACHELLE BRANDEL Te carnival rides were a blast, and games such as the bean bag toss and got out a snare along with some was another favorite, “Everybody STAFF WRITER the funnel cakes were a hit with a balloon pop while learning about light-up drumsticks and dazzled the Talks.” Te band knew how to work large number of students. Many UMSL clubs. crowd with some astonishing drum the crowd, and where Grouplove On April 17, University of Mis- people won candy, along with lit- At 4 p.m., Mirthday attendees skills. had seemed to emulate the dirty souri-St. Louis held another suc- tle goodies displaying useful club and workers packed up their things When the Neon Trees perfor- grunge bands of the 1990s, Neon cessful Mirthday. While the weather information, when they played the and grabbed a quick bite of dinner mance began, the crowd went wild. Trees’ futuristic clean-cut sound report had sparked concern about games set up in each booth. Te before attending the Grouplove and Te lead singer’s mike lit up with seemed more modern and fresh. thunderstorms and rain, the day cotton candy was sweet, and some Neon Trees concert in the Anheus- white lights, and the band opened Te day then ended, with an- ended up being bright and sunny, people needed the sugar rush to er-Busch Performance Hall of the with their hit song “Animal.” Tyler other successful Mirthday under if just a little humid. Te Mirthday get the courage to wear the snakes Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Glenn seemed to be paying hom- UMSL’s belt. Students can now shirts this year were royal purple in the booth next door. Many peo- Center. Capitol Kings, the opening age to Michael Jackson as he per- look forward to the end of the se- with an unwound cassette tape that ple found the international photo band, played popular radio hits and formed moves like the moonwalk mester and hope for another suc- spelled out “Mirthday” on them. booth to be lots of fun and enjoyed succeeded in getting the crowd in and balancing on his toes while cessful Mirthday next year. Symphonie Fantastique brings fine music to Powell Hall ANYA GLUSHKO Pascal Tortelier. Tortelier began his movements. Tis piece featured a songe d’une nuit du sabbat. Tis fnal movement turned into an in- FEATURES EDITOR musical career as a violinist at the unique timing: quick chords, trills work was heavily inspired by the tense alternative to the main theme Tere is nothing like the relaxing age of 14. He has a conducting his- and double-stop thirds. Te musi- music of the Romantic era. How- that was voiced by a shrill clari- night in a St. Louis Symphony Or- tory at Orchestre National de Cap- cians handled this challenge with ever, Berlioz took it to a completely net and portrayed demolition and chestra, with its roaming sounds of itole de Toulouse, the Ulster Or- great professionalism, showing their new level. He created a new form of wickedness. percussion and strings, late Victori- chestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony stamina and ability to play syn- art for the twentieth century. Augustin Hadelich included ca- an architectural style and audience Orchestra, the Sao Paulo Symphony chronically as one body. Tis tril- Te frst movement bore only a denzas composed by himself and decked out in extravagant outfts. Orchestra and the Royal Academy ogy consisted of rhapsodic fights, small resemblance to the sonata about 20 minutes of perfectly On April 13, the University Pro- of Music in London. dramatic accents from trombones form. Te second movement, fea- memorized and sophisticatedly gram Board provided an opportunity Te concert opened with “L’ital- and double bases and multiple so- turing two harps, was similar to a performed solo playing. He played for students to get away from stud- iana in Algeri Overture.” Te tune los by various string and wind in- waltz and combined sophisticated the work with exceptional use of ies, stress and work and spend their started quietly with only strings, struments. Te work was passionate romantic ball music and other in- accents, energetic movements and night at the Powell Symphony Hall later developing into an explosion and driving, but at the same time, novative styles that strove to portray application of various styles and in downtown St. Louis. Te bus left of sound from the whole orches- it contained a signifcant amount of the composer’s own life. Te third techniques. Paganini with Hadelich Provincial House at 7 p.m. and took tra. Te theme was followed by the precision and discipline. movement was meant to convey the has won the Gold Medal at the In- about 20 students to experience St. woodwinds and rolling percussion. After intermission, the Symphonie artist’s despair and concealment. ternational Violin Competition of Louis’s symphonic concert. Te program continued with “Vio- Fantastique brought a grand fnale Te fourth movement featured the Indianapolis, Lincoln Center’s Mar- Te concert featured works from lin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. to the evening. Its movements in- climax of the work and conveyed tin E. Segal Award, an Avery Fisher Rossini, Paganini and Berlioz, and 6,” which included allegro maestro, cluded reveries, un bal, scene aux the march style and commanding Career Grant and the Borletti-Bui- the program was conducted by Yan adagio and rondo: allegro spiritoso champs, marche au supplice and beats of a percussion drums. Te toni Trust Fellowship. Jubilee Flashback ALBERT NALL HISTORIAN The Current has been part of the university since 1966. For the campus’ fiftieth anniversary, we are re-printing selected articles from our archives. This article originally ran on April 25, 1968.

Martine Luthre King was assassinated on April 8, 1968. The university held memorial service on April 8 but this story did not run until April 25.

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ALBUM REVIEW ‘The Terror’ a break from Flaming Lips’ colorful indie-pop DAVID VON NORDHEIM fears of mortality and ruminations on A&E EDITOR the human condition, heavy themes Grade: C+ even for dyed-in-the-wool indie Even nearly three decades into their rockers like the Lips. storied career as the reigning heads In keeping with its intense subject of the freak scene, a new release from matter, “Te Terror” is a lush, the Flaming Lips is still a galvanizing atmospheric listen. Te album opens proposition. A group that thrives on with the pulsing hum of “Look ... Te unpredictability, their prolifc output Sun Rising,” a track whose fractured has seen them gradually evolve from beats and distant, echoing choruses acid-fried psychedelic rock to the provide a ftting introduction for signature brand of whimsical indie pop the rest of the album. Te record that characterizes their most celebrated often resembles an especially emotive works, “Te Soft Bulletin” and “Yoshimi Boards of Canada, its sumptuous, washed-out production recalling Monterey Jazz Fest on tour. COURTESY OF TED KURLAND ASSOCIATES Battles the Pink Robots.” Never content to rest on their laurels, the latter group’s 2002 release Monterey Jazz Festival brings modern jazz legends the Flaming Lips created an album “Geogaddi.” Afable mastermind that marks another dramatic departure Wayne Coyne plays a decidedly more PAUL PEANICK STAFF WRITER in sound for the fearless freaks. subtle role throughout the album, his Coming of their 2009 space rock vocals functioning more as an extra Te annual St. Louis Jazz Festival witty, timeless and mercurial. with synergy in one of the great jazz layer in the dense production than presented the Monterey Jazz Festival, Bridgewater joined double bass capitols, St. Louis, blew the roof of the odyssey “Embryonic,” “Te Terror” is a subdued, down-tempo suite of a vehicle for his typically witty and celebrating its ffty-ffth anniversary master Christian McBride, a world- house. Te sassy, husky voice of Dee colorful lyrics. before a packed house in the Blanche renowned double bassist considered Dee Walker led many of the tunes. electronic mood music, its lack of indie pop energy and arena-sized choruses Subtle almost to a fault, “Te Terror” M. Touhill Performing Arts Center a prodigy since before his studies at Opening with “Let the Good Times is far more concerned with creating an on April 19. A sextet of jazz masters the Julliard School of Music. At 40, Roll,” Walker’s beautifully haunting seemingly a direct challenge to the “race for the prize” crowd. absorbing, album-length experience had gathered to deliver a stunning Bridgewater’s experience of almost voice flled the hall, foating on a cascade than individual highlights. Still, the performance. three decades as a bassist has honed that of notes from the other musicians. Nash Early hype for the album focused almost as much on the greatest moment on the album might University of Missouri-St. Louis’s Jim young prodigious skill. Watching him then played a brilliant drum solo before be the churning, formless “You Lust,” Widner, associated teaching professor onstage, the translation of thought into Walker led the audience through Billie unconventional promotional material used to announce its release as on the the dark, enigmatic lyrics of which of music, and his Big Band delivered sound is so exquisite and perfect that it Holiday’s classic “East of the Sun (And make for one of the stirring tracks the the opening punch. Part emcee, part can bring tears to one’s eyes. West of the Moon).” music itself. Promotional maerials included skull-shaped USB drives Lips have released in years: “You got a conductor, Widner led members of the Pop jazz pianist Benny Green sat Walker, Ambrose and Nash briefy lot of nerves/A lot of nerves to f**k with UMSL jazz ensemble to deliver their poised on the grand piano. A modern left the stage to showcase the rhythm that contained limited edition rarities and advance singles from the album me/Better kill your emperor/Because renditions of classics like John Coltrane’s jazz great, Green frequently teaches jazz section. Nash, Green and McBride you know you’re just like me/You lust, “Impressions,” Pat Metheny’s “It’s just at workshops around the U.S. and is a played a harrowing series of rhythmic were deposited at select Flaming Lips shows, quickly becoming a coveted you lust, you lust.” Tis is clearly not the Talk” and Doc Severinsen’s “Tomorrow regular composer. pieces before Walker returned to sing “A same band that slightly over a decade Night.” Widner also showcased a few Bridgewater introduced the rest of Child is Born,” a song composed by her collector’s item. Despite the lack of hype over the new tracks, “Te Terror” ago was singing about an intergalactic solos from some of his own projects. the group. own mentor, jazz legend Tad Jones. warrior who karate chops evil robots. By the time Widner and his ensemble “Tis next player is a true jazz great, As the world-famous musicians left is well worth the four-year wait since the group’s last proper studio release, More skeptical listeners may readily left the stage and smoky maroon, orange a living legend. Please welcome super, the stage, the lights dimmed, and Green dismiss “Te Terror,” but it is best and violet hues bathed the vaulted stage super bad drummer, Lewis Nash!” she played a delicate, moving piano solo. excluding last year’s collaboration album “Te Flaming Lips and Heady viewed as an emotionally provocative and auditorium, the audience was said. One wanted to languish in those notes statement. It is the most un-pop release alight. But Widner’s purpose was just Lewis Nash was jazz magazine’s “Most forever under the dim violet lighting. Fwends.” “Te Terror” demonstrates a much greater sense of focus (and Coyne and company have attempted to prepare the audience for the multiple Valuable Jazz Player” in 2009. Nash has But at last all returned, and Bridgewater since their four-disc foray into music salvos of classic jazz to come. one of the longest discographies in jazz closed the show with, “Te Gospel headiness) than the entertaining but inconsistent “Fwends,” a concept concrete, “Zaireeka,” and more inspired Tree-time Emmy award-winning and can play in almost any genre. according to Billie (Holiday).” than the group has sounded in years. singer/songwriter Dee Dee Bridgewater Joining him and rounding out the An emphatic standing ovation album oriented around existential stepped out onto the stage in an emerald sextet was accomplished saxophonist, followed, and together, the six greats gown as the lighting lifted just a little. composer and author of over 15 albums took bow after bow. It was truly a night ASQ welcomes new violinist Possessing a wide range and an eerily Chris Potter and up-and-coming to remember. spectral timbre, her voice is at times trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. ANYA GLUSHKO State Orchestra, Caracas Philharmonic, almost narcotic. As a performer, she is Te group of musicians, seething FEATURES EDITOR the Iowa Orchestra and the Montreal University of Missouri-St. Louis’s Symphony Orchestra. Department of Music welcomed a new Sakharova holds three degrees in member to the Arianna String Quartet. violin performance. She is currently Violinist Julia Sakharova performed with a teacher and a mentor, and her INVITE YOU TO A pianist Alla Voskoboynikova at the E. students have won numerous awards Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Teater of and competitions, including the Lois SPECIAL ADVANCE the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Pickard Scholarship Competition Center on April 15 at 7:30 p.m. with the Alabama Symphony and the COLLEGE SCREENING Te frst half of the concert featured American Protege International Piano the works of Richard Strauss and Pyotr and Strings Competition. Ilyich Tchaikovsky, featuring “Sonata After the intermission, compositions for Violin and Piano in E-fat Major, from Sergei Rachmaninof, Bohuslav Op. 18,” “Melody, Op. 42” and “Valse- Martinu and J.S. Bach were performed. Scherzo, Op. 34.” Te delightful sounds Teir works included “Trio elegiaque of the violin paired with the soothing No. 1 in G minor” for piano, violin and Wednesday, April 24 melodies of the piano left the audience violoncello, “Tree Madrigals” for violin in awe. Both soloists’ techniques were and viola and “Concerto for two violins 7:00pm flled with sophisticated style and fnger in D minor, BWV 1043.” In the second movements. 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Lab reports and scientifc papers Many have probably not heard When she regained consciousness were a breeze. Te essay was, and about the “death doctor” before. 12 hours later, she found that the still is, a totally diferent animal. Kermit Gosnell, better known as abortion had been performed Tey were long, and they took the “death doctor,” was an abor- against her will. time, time I could have spent with tion provider in Philadelphia un- One woman, 28, had to return friends or doing whatever else I til January 2011, when he was to the clinic four days after an fancied doing. I believe these ini- arrested and charged with eight abortion because of intense pain tial impressions were a product of counts of murder. One patient how writing was taught to me as hindering her from walking. Ul- And yet many people have yet to order to convey the complex con- died while under his care, and a child. In high school, I did not trasounds showed that fetal re- hear about this case. Te lack of structs of his or her mind. seven newborns were allegedly feel like anything was gained by mains had been left in her womb, media coverage is appalling, con- Te rewards in this process killed after being born alive. He is penning a term paper on the rea- which Gosnell suctioned out sidering the facts. Many remem- are the interrogation and explo- now on trial for frst and third de- sons for the Eurocentric modern without anesthesia. ber Caylee Anthony, in 2011, ration of an idea. Writing is a gree murder, illegally prescribing age or how Upton Sinclair’s “Te Te most well-known story is whose story and mother’s trial means of physically manifesting drugs, illegal abortions, medical Jungle” demonstrated the histor- the thoughts and concerns of the that of Karnamaya Mongar, a were broadcast on the news out- malpractice and corruption. ical nativism and rich-poor class writer. Te subject of contempla- 41-year-old refugee from Bhutan, lets 24/7. Yet this was the murder Gosnell’s employees were unli- struggles that characterized the tion must be sustainable and sub- who was given a lethal dose of an- of one girl. Surely the murder of censed, unqualifed and unsuper- immigrant experience. stantive; its very life depends on it. esthesia and painkillers and sub- one woman, at least seven babies vised, yet were misrepresenting Writing consisted of methods How a writer proceeds to logi- sequently died. Te Pennsylvania and the mistreatment of countless themselves as qualifed clinicians that made, as I later found out, cally construct an elaborate argu- Department of Health never acted other women deserve the same to patients. Some did not have a quite rewarding act into work ment spanning several pages and when they were informed of Gos- amount of airtime. Tis story high school degrees but were still that seemed to have no person- the arguments chosen are reveal- nell’s involvement in her death. should be front-page news, but allowed to administer anesthesia State ofcials had not visited or al reward. Te problem with ing and distinctive to him or her. and perform abortions. Workers it is mostly found it in opinions how writing is taught, a topic of But during that time, the intensi- inspected Gosnell’s practice since columns. Melinda Henneberger were trained to manipulate ultra- 1993, even after Delaware Coun- long-standing debate, is that it is ty with which a writer can interact sounds in order to fraudulently re- from the Washington Post said a purely mechanical, instrumental with his or her subject is highly ty’s medical examiner alerted the reason this story was not on cord gestational ages, resulting in them that Gosnell had performed means to an end: to communicate personal, and the product of that the front page is because “the only some snippet of information or many illegal late-term, third-tri- an illegal abortion on a 14-year- exchange is what gets written on abortion story most outlets ever argument to a reader. At its core, mester abortions, with hundreds old who was 30 weeks pregnant. the page. It is the necessitated in- cover in the news pages is every this is an accurate, global state- of fetuses believed to have been Te conditions of the clinic were teraction with the subject matter single threat or perceived threat ment of the situation: a writer sits fully viable. extremely unsanitary, with blood, that catalyzes a sense of relevance to abortion rights … Te efect is down to write, and when he or Women were given the labor-in- animal feces, urine and other nox- to the individual. A writer is asked one-sided coverage.” she is done, the reader reads the ducing drugs in the middle of the ious fuids and waste covering the to partake in a conversation about As humans, we should be dis- fnished product to retrieve the day and forced to wait until late in foor. Police found months-old fe- what he or she feels is relevant gusted that this story is being information the writer imparted about a topic, about which argu- the evening for Gosnell to arrive, tal bodies and parts being stored hidden simply so that abortion to the page. ments are plausible and which are resulting in many women deliver- in “jars, bags and jugs.” Almost might not be seen in a bad light. But the process of writing is implausible. ing babies into toilets. Abortions all of the clinic’s lifesaving and Every person I know, whether minimized, reduced to mystery If the act of writing is also taught were performed by inducing labor monitoring equipment was bro- they be pro-life or pro-choice, and mystifcation, from that view- and characterized as a pathway to then snipping the spines of the ken, and workers were re-using would agree that Gosnell’s actions point. For each writer, as for each cognitively process the informa- babies after they left the mother’s disposable supplies. During an were acts of murder and greed and person, there is a set of ritualistic tion, then it becomes clear that it womb. Tese practices were con- interview with FBI agent Jason would never want this story hid- steps that leads to a fnished draft. is not merely a series of mechan- sidered standard and routine at Huf, Gosnell, who had just per- Gosnell’s clinic. den in order to push an agenda. But on sitting down, a process of ical steps to convey information. formed an abortion, was said to thinking undoubtedly takes place. He also performed abortions Which is the more criminal act: Tere is something in it for the eat his dinner while wearing his Te writer considers how to efec- on minors. One girl, 15, accom- Gosnell’s “House of Horrors” or writer, too. It is an activity in “bloody latex gloves,” which had tively write sentences and words panied by a relative, decided she the media’s attempt at sweeping self-discovery and an extensive “some holes in them,” as testifed and where to strategically position didn’t want the abortion. Gosnell the dirt under the rug? mode of critical thinking. by agent Huf. punctuation and quotations in STAFF OPINION: Media outrage over Justin Bieber’s Anne Frank comments a reality of celebrity

ALBERT NALL Amsterdam, Frank and her fam- visited the Anne Frank House. In He would have been truly repen- and Justin Bieber: the general lack STAFF WRITER ily secretly hid in an apartment the guest book at the house, Bie- tant by the time his parents got of a deepened experience between Troughout his career, Justin annexed by the Nazi police. After ber wrote the following: “Anne through with him. him and his single mother, who Bieber has been a source of con- two years, the family was cap- was a great girl. Hopefully she But perhaps this is what the Bie- worked menial jobs to support troversy everywhere he goes. His tured in a Nazi raid of the apart- would have been a belieber.” Te ber controversy is really about: a the singer’s prodigious ambitions. misdeeds run the gambit from al- ment. Tey were transported to reason why the comment in the despondent demeanor, which the It would not surprise anyone that tercations with the paparazzi and the Westerbork Transit Camp in book evoked online ire comes young superstar hides so well un- Bieber wrote the comments that various threats to controversial the Netherlands, where Anne, her down to a couple of interpreta- der that tough hide. Does it ever he did in the guest book at the remarks about the U.S. health- mother and her sister died from tions. really occur to anyone that Bieber Frank House because he knows care system and sexual attitudes. a typhus epidemic that killed It is actually possible that Bie- and his parents are of German that anything that he writes or Te most recent controversy 17,000 prisoners at the camp. ber is indeed the preening, con- heritage and descendants of that says will be taken out of context. with Bieber involves the Anne Frank is most known for her dia- ceited and narcissistic rogue that tragic legacy? Further, does any- Bieber has nothing to lose with a Frank House in Amsterdam. ry, which she kept from the age of the media makes him out to be. one know that it was the Cana- media that will sensationalize the Anne Frank was a German Jew 13 to shortly before her capture Many parents, if their child had dians and key victories in World most trivial detail of his person- who fed with her family to and death, documenting her ex- behaved in a disrespectful and War II in the Netherlands that set al experience. Many may indeed Amsterdam after Germany fell periences of the Holocaust. She is impertinent way toward such a up British troops to liberate the have a right to be disheartened by under Nazi control during the considered by some to be a sym- tragic historical event or fgure, camp where Anne Frank died? a young man who is fnally real- Holocaust, when Jewish citizens bol of the Jewish Holocaust itself. would have taken their young- Tis is a very important part of izing that this is the price that he were captured and transported to Tis brings us back to Bieber, ster aside and given him a lesson Bieber’s Canadian heritage. and his family have to pay for his concentration camps. While in who was in Amsterdam for a con- in world cultures that he would Tis is the diference between celebrity. cert. While exploring the city, he remember for the rest of his life. most survivors of the Holocaust 8 APRIL 22, 2013 SPORTS www.thecurrent-online.com Perryman and Luce deliver for UMSL softball

LEON DEVANCE a short-lived 1-0 lead as UMSL SPORTS EDITOR committed two errors. Quincy senior Monica Gray reached on Te University of Missouri-St. the frst error. Francis then helped Louis women’s softball team has fol- herself as she singled to right feld. lowed the softball axiom that dom- Gray advanced to third and then inant starting pitching and timely scored on an UMSL throwing error. hitting produces wins. UMSL quickly got the run back UMSL followed that axiom to as Brianna Butler, sophomore, edu- win a close pitching with Quincy cation, reached on an infeld single. starter Wendy Macias to win 1-0. Katie Wood, sophomore, biology, Game one starter Hannah Perry- then grounded out as Butler moved man, freshman, criminology, tossed to second. She then advanced on a complete game, allowing Quincy a wild pitch. Luce, the game one hero, squeezed Butler home as she three hits. reached on a felder’s choice. Te big hit was delivered by And that’s where things rested pinch hitter Allyson Luce’s, junior, until the fatal tenth inning. Tis physical therapy, ffth-inning solo time Gray led of and stroked a dou- homer. UMSL collected three hits ble to right feld. Sophomore Emma as Katie Rutledge, sophomore, el- Topps followed with a single to ementary education, and Haleigh score Gray with the game-winner as Madison Zbaraschuk records the out at home. LEON DEVANCE/ THE CURRENT Jenkins, senior, physical education, Francis closed the door on UMSL. gave UMSL a chance to sweep the [Zbaraschuk, sophomore, commu- gap, but then I saw my frst base both singled. Head Coach Brian Levin said twin bill, the ofense lagged against nications] is a great catcher because coach’s face. She was smiling and Te split, according to the UMSL that UMSL played two good games Quincy. she helps me when she is behind the clapping and said ‘good job,’ and website, gave UMSL a 29-11 over- against Quincy. “We got nothing from the of- plate. Madison snags the balls when that is when I knew it was out. I was all record and a 20-4 conference re- “Our defense was pretty good fense. We were not disciplined I throw one high, and she frames so excited, and I could not wait un- cord. Quincy is now 16-26 overall today against Quincy. We made enough at the plate because we were pitches well. And Allyson picked til I got home and celebrated with and 11-17 in the Great Valley Lakes the routine plays, and I believe we swinging at pitches that were out of my teammates,” Luce said. Conference Western Division. turned three double plays against the perfect time to hit her home Levin said that UMSL has one However, win number 29 will Quincy. Except for the two errors the strike zone,” Levin said. run,” Perryman said. have to wait, as Quincy bounced in the second game which cost us a Perryman insisted that she want- While Perryman was stringing ze- goal every weekend: to put wins to- back to secure a 2-1 victory in 10 run, we did a good job on defense ... ed to establish a tempo of throwing ros together, Luce said that she just gether. innings. UMSL never got the big Both Perryman and Brittni Chap- strikes. wanted to positive impact for her “We have eight regular season hit, as they left two runners in scor- man pitched to their strengths and “I just wanted to hit my spots and team. games left. We want to win every se- ing position in the ninth inning. got outs. Perryman was efective make the ball move. I threw a lot “I got one at bat in the opener, ries we play where we get three wins Quincy senior Lauren Francis in getting pop-ups, and Chapman of curves that rose and fastballs. I and I knew the team was counting out of four games. So far, we been limited UMSL to two hits through pitched to contact well,” Levin said. did not have my good stuf today, on me, so I did not want to disap- pretty successful with that formula,” four innings. Quincy then grabbed While the pitching and defense so I relied on my catcher. Madison point them. I thought I plugged the Levin said.

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