VOLUME 38 January· 17, 2006 ISSUE 1111 See Nightlife p. 9 Check out Pepper and Nectar _iiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiii_____ iIIII._IIIII!I_~ .. ---IIiIIII--iiil----------------------. UNIVERSITYOFMISSOURI - st. lOUI~ Higher ed increase could mean $1m illion lor DMSI t Lt. Gov. Peter r-----~~~---....,." BY PAUL HACKBARTH- that he places importance . on higher and maintain UM-St. Louis' ongoing Managerial and Technologica . - -- . - -.~ •... - .. education. programs, George said. Samples Services, said the money·would addi Kinder talks with News Editor student Dustin Of the $17.1 million increase to added that the Budget and Planning tionally be used to cover the ri s in~ Coffell, after a Gov. Matt Blunt reaffirmed his higher education that Blunt promised, committee would discuss which pro­ costs of utilities and maintenance anc press conference faith in higher education during his half or about $8 million will go to the grams have priority to the money. repair to campus buildings. Mone) in the MSC on State of the State address on University of Missouri system .. George named increasing the per­ will also be used for insurance, infor­ Friday. Kinder Wednesday, Jan. 11 with a proposed 2 According to a carnpuswide e-mail centage of money donated to need­ mation technology and hiring new fac· spoke in support percentor $17.1 million increase to sent out by George and Bob Samples, based scholarships as one priority. In ulty. of Gov. Blunt's Missouri colleges and universities. director of University Relations, "Not his e-mail, George wrote that state The 2. percent increase will alS( 'State of the Chancellor Thomas George attend­ calculating a further funding gap appropriations "also would lessen the affect tuition rates. George said ar State' address ed Blunt's address in Jefferson City adjustment, this would translate into extent of internal reallocations to cover increase in state appropriations woule which called for and said his remarks were well approximately $1 million to UMSL." salary and benefits increases and other not necessarily translate to no increas· a 2 percent boost received. George said the University A . 2 percent increase would help costs." es in tuition. to higher ed. should thank: the governor for showing lower the University's budget deficit Jim Krueger, vice chancellor of see FUNblNG INCREASE, page 3 Police investigate UMSL celebrates Martin Luther King ' Day campus carjacking Incident took place in the afternoon in the MSC North Garage; student not harmed BY PAUL HACKBARTH Griemel explained the suspect News Editor asked for the student's wallet and keys and forced the student into his car. With the help of the student's UM-St. Louis police are directions, the suspect drove out of involved in an ongoing investigation the garage and onto Florissant Road. of a carjacking on campus that took The suspect reportedly drove to place during the afternoon of the Glen Echo Country Club golf Wednesday, Dec. 7 ill the course on Lucas and Hunt Road. Millennium Student Center North There, the suspect told the student to Garage. get out of the .car, and the suspect Detective Tony Grieme! from the drove off. The student called the UM-St. Louis police department UM-St. Louis police from the said a male student was carjacked Country Club. Griemel said the stu­ after walking to his car, which was dent was not hurt in any way. parked on the lower level of the "On Saturday [Dec. 10] evening, garage. The ineideftl- occuned at the car was involved in an aute acci­ approximately 3 p.m. that dent near Grand Avenue and Wednesday. Highway 70 in St. Louis city," According to Griemel, an Grieme! explained. A black male, a unknown black male approached the black female and two children were student and "pressed something witnessed leaving the accident hard hidden in his coat against [the scene. student's] back, implying he had a weapon." However, no weapon was observed. see CARJACKING, page 3 Adam D. Wisemanl Ttx> CIIITI'III Brian W. Kelum, Artistic Director/Conductor for the St. Louis Youth Chambber Ensemble, plays "Some Where Over the Rainbow" on the piano during the celebration for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday at the Touhill on Manday morning. Brady regains full-time MLK event focuses on Rosa Parks' legacy BY MIKE SHERWIN INSIDE: "Jim Crow Sr. is dead. Jim Crow Jr. is alive status as baseball coach Editor-in-Chiej and well," Neal said Education and national An excerpt of Myron McNeil's first­ dialogue, he said, are vital to unify society and calling for the reorganization of ath­ With music, drama and compelling orators, place MLK Essay combat lingering vestiges of rascism in America. • Volleyball, softball letics under Student Affairs and an UM-St. Louis celebrated on Monday the life and See page 4 Three UM-St. Louis students were given increase in funds and infrastructure legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther awards for their entries in the Martin Luther coaches also full-time for the athletics department King, Jr. Democratic Governors Association, said Parks King, Jr. Essay Contest. Myron McNeil, Josalin "This move is consistent with the However, King was not the only one com­ exemplified agape, or unconditional love for Hunter and Jason Wendleton won first, second BY BEN SwOFFORD recommendations I received in memorated Rosa Parks, who died in October, humanity. and third place prizes, respectively. McNeil won August from a task force I appointed 2005, was remembered as a civil rights hero, "She bad a love for her community. She had a $500 prize for his winning essay. News .A5sociate Editor to review our athletic program and whose refusal to give up her seat on a a love for us," said Neal, who attended Parks' The annual King Day event, held by the consistent with my personal belief Montgomery, Ala. bus sparked the bus boycott funeral. Office of Equal Opportunity, also featured. the After three years and one court that a healthy athletic program that led to a Supreme Court decision bolstering Despite the gains of the civil rights move­ St Louis Black Repertory Theater, which per­ case UM-St. Louis Rivermen enhances campus life and ultimately the civil rights movement. ment, Neal cautioned that rascism still exists, but formed a dramatization of Parks' life in the . Baseball Head Coach Jim Brady is student learning and growth," Brandon T. Neal, deputy director of the in less outward ways . Montgomery bus boycott. again a full-time employee of the George said, in a memorandum University. dated Dec. 13. In December, "It's consistent with the chancel­ UM-St. Louis lor's task force and consistent with Chancellor Tom the belief that a strong athletics George officially department is important to a vibrant made the head university community," said Bob UMSL, Express Scri.pts discuss potential partnerships coaching posi­ Samples, director of University tions of the base­ Relations. ball, softball and In July 2002 the coaching posi­ BY PAUL HACKBARTH ing a true partnership," he said the company," he said. this partnership, Womer expJaine tions where made part time, report­ News Editor The UM-St. LouislExpress Scripts Womer noted the committee devel­ The task force wilIlook into develOJ volleyball teams Jim Brady full time. edly due to state funding issues. task forcecomrnittee met for the first oped two goals. "One was to try to ing a few projects initially that wou UMSL Baseball "This is about Brady's reduction to part time When Express Scripts announced time Dec. 14. Dean Keith Womer of come up with some guiding princi­ produce observable results to sho student athletics HwiCoach became a key component of his age it was moving its headquarters to cam­ the Business College and Steve ples," he said. "And then secondly, to the potential benefits to both the car: and the fact that the chancellor rec­ discrimination lawsuit against UM­ pus, SGA President D' Andre Braddix Littlejohn from Express Scripts were organize some working groups that pus and the company. Womer hopes ognizes the importance of athletics St. Louis that he won in 2004. The was among a handful of students ini­ appointed co-chairs. The committee might focus on looking at particular identify these projects in the ne to the University and that the student University is still appealing the case. tially skeptical of whether the compa­ consists about 10 individuals from ways in which we might form partner­ month or two. athletes need support full time," said "The fact is it never should of ny would be just a neighbor or a tme UM-St. Louis and 10 from Express ships." ."If we can find opportunities Brady. happened," Brady said, adding that partner. Scripts_ Braddix said the guiding principles begin doing something now versus 1 The reinstatement of Brady and in his discrimination case, he proved . After a six-bour meeting between Womer said the committee will be discussed included quick wins, months'trom now, it ,viII strength. the softball and volleyball coaches is state funding did not have a direct University and Express Scripts offi­ "exploring all the possible ways in defined measures of outcomes and the validity of the partnership ar in line with recommendations sub­ correlation with athletic funding. cials, Braddix was assured it would be which we might have a partnership support of both University and people can see the value of it," mitted in fall 2005 by a chancellor the latter. "I was surprised at how with Express Scripts, expecting a full Express Scripts missions. appointed task force on athletics see BRADY, page 3 receptive Express Scripts was in creat- partnership between the campus and The goal of quick win~ is crucial in see EXP!!!!:SS SC!!!!!"TS, page 3 INDEX Rivermen pick up Should you be Professor studies road QfI{;~ .