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{;~ . 4 worried about rage in her new book . Features 6 two important bird flu? ~ports .--8. Crossword Puzzle 7 conference wins ~ ~ 'Life In Hell' 7 Page 8 See page' 5 See page 6
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For more information or the J.e. Penney Conference The lecture will take place in Sources" in Century Room C 445 Benton Hall. Call 5393 for to reigster, call 5974. Center from 8:30 a.m. to noon. 120 Research Building from 10 I Staff Writers of the MSC at 7 p.m. Call more information. , The workshop costs $25 per a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Call 5393 l 6226 or e-mail An Evening with Ice-T Monica ~Iartin , TJffany Golatt, NaKen), he CUrrent is pU>Iished weekly 00 fl'oodays. L .______Advertising r Students - kick off the spri n 9 semester with two of America's biggestsu perstars: A I, n' I -T I 1 Friday, Janu a ry 20, 8 p .m . Comedian David Alan G ri e r* Saturday, Janua ry 21, 8 p.m. Controversial Soeaker Ice-T* *In/~nded for mature audiences C a II 51 6 ~ 4949 for tick e t S 0 r pur c has eon lin e at. www . to u hill ." 0 r 9 . UMSL students receive 25% off two tickets to both these performan~A~' 'r 8 Donlt forgetto 'check the availabil_ity of half-priced -t ' JlkkkJl!t'-fJJ"IJd~{): Metro ~."Im/" Stu den t R u s h tic k e t s bye a " i n 9 1 h 0 u r prj 0 r to /curt a in. ~ CLEARCHANNEL RADIO January 17 11u!. Current Page 3 65 Vashon seniors move to UMSL Floyd donates raise to four tenn. In November 2004, the Board with the anthropology department, UMcampuses of Curators approved a 3 percent but he is affiliated with the Publi() raise, which Floyd declined. Policy Research Center and is staIt UM President Elson Floyd ing a new project on the Scott Joplin received a $21,000 raise approved by Baumann honored for State Historic Site. the Board of Curators on Dec. 16, archaeology work 2005. The curators approved the .6 UMSL gets new electric cars percent raise by a vote of 6-3 , in addi TImothy Baumann, former assis tion to approving to extend Floyd's tant professor of anthropology at In an effort to conserve energy tenn as UM system president to UM-St. Louis, received the 2006 costs on campus directed by a state 2010, an extra two years as promised John L. Cotter Award in Historical mandate, Facilities Services at UM under his contract. In response, Floyd . Archaeology last week in St. Louis bought three electric cars. announced he Sacramento, Calif. "The John L. The cars, less than a year old, include would donate Cotter award is the highest award tVv'o trucks and one five-passenger his raise among given to a historical archaeologist for van. Frank Kochin, director of facili the develop hislher early career achievements to ties services, said although three elec ment cam the field," Baumann explained in an tric vehicles out of 20 to 30 mainte paigns of the e-mail interview. "Needless to say, nance vehicles is not a large percent four UM cam this is a great honor and I am truly age, the electric cars do save on cer puses equally. humbled by this award," he wrote. tain costs. The electric cars have a top Each campus Baumann received the award for his speed of 25 mph and get 30 to 40 will use the excavation work for nearly 10 years miles per charge. Kochin said the money as pri- Floyd at Arrow Rock, Mo. about 150 miles Facilities Services staff has mixed vate funds to UMPr esident donat· west of St. Louis. His work included reactions about the cars, but Kochin sup pI erne n t ed $21,000 raise "attempting to document the lives of said, 'They function fine. They're a other funding African-Americans from slavery to good thing and easier on the environ sources. Joe Moore, University freedom" at the Anow Rock site. ment." Kochin .explained the Relations director for the UM system "Excavations were conducted as University is looking at alternate said, "In light of the fiscal crisis over . summer classes operated through options to save energy costs. the past four years, [Floyd] felt it was UMSL and in conjlmction with the "Someone even approached us about appropriate to give his raise back to Arrow Rock State Historic Site and selling a hych:ogen car," he said. the University." Moore said Floyd the Fliends of Arrow Rock," he Adam D. Wisemanl The CUI'IWU has never accepted a raise during his explained. Baumann no longer works Andy Fankhauser, junior, business administration, takes Vashon Highschool Students on a tour of the Mercantile Library on Thursday afternoon. 65 students will be attending classes here at UM St. Louis for the remainder of their senior year. They will be on campus every day except Wednesday where they will be" attending another school. The reason for the move is to downsize Vashon's population. CARdACKING, from page 1 '.. Since Brady was here when the Athletic Director Pat Dolan said. to support the players. reductions occuned, he was reinstat "I think the leadership coming out "I think being able to recruit with ed to full-time status on Dec. 1. The of [Vice Chancellor of Student out all of this is great. It catches up to softball and volleyball coaches at the Affairs] Curt Coonrod's and you," Brady said. "It will allow us to time of the reductions have since left George's offices is very strong," get an extra blue chip or two." so the University posted the posi Brady said. "It's about giving stu "We are going to return to nation tions and began the hiring process. dents every possibility on and off the al prominence," Brady said. The softball coach position was field and sends the message by being Brady also does not have to work filled by the part-time Head Coach there full time that we really care." the day job he had when his job at Chuck Sosnowsb. The volleyball For the baseball team, the move is the University was downgraded. head coaching position is still a boon, Brady said. It will improve "It sure beats the hell out of get vacant. his ability to attract and recruit play ting up at 5 a.m. to work for the "My desk is full of resumes," e~s while letting him work full time teamsters," he said. F U NDING INC R EASE, from page 1 . ------~ not necessarily translate to no "I1.ior to my service as governor, allowed for the increase in state increases in tuition. "If there are no colleges and universities were hit appropriations to universities and raises to the staff and faculty, there with significant cuts. This year, my colleges across the state, "The state will be an increase in tuition, but not budget calls for a $17,000,000 is turning around," George said. a double digit [increase]," he said. increase for state colleges and uni "We're seeing mqre dollars, and George added if salaries were versities, providing them with the putting this money into higher edu raised by 2 percent, half of what resources they need to improve cation is important." Blunt recommends for state employ quality and hold back tuition The Missouri Senate must ees, tuition would increase by 10.7 increases." . approve the $17.1 million increase Detective Anthony Griemel shows where a carjacker attacked a UM-St. Louis student before taking percent, a measure George said he Blunt went on to say, "We that would begin July 1. George said his car in the north staircase of the MSC North Garage. He explained that the criminal then took would not recommend. ensured that last year's budget pro last year, Blunt's prediction of fund the victim to his car where he was made to get in and show him the way out of the parking garage. George reaffirmed that UM-St. vided public colleges and universi ing for higher education was close Louis would try to "minimize the ties witp. more funding than any to the actual amount received. "Monday, we were notified, and we rence on campus," he said. or find an alternate route to their vehi increase and keep tuition as low as budget of the prior administration." George also discussed Floyd's went down to the impound lot and To lessen the risk of being car cle if they see a suspicious person. possible. We really want to benefit After years of flat appropriations continuing directive for a 10 percent recovered evidence and took finger jacked, Griemel said, "Hide valuables The UM-St. Louis police reminded the student from this," he said. or cuts, "the 2 percent increase will reallocation of increasing efficiency prints from inside the vehicle," in your trunk or carry them with you." students that blue emergency phones The increase in state appropria move us up to the 1998-1999 lev in each campus's administration Griemel said. No suspects have been While crujackings do not happen in garages and red phones on campus tions for next year comes after sev els," Samples said. This translates to costs. A preliminary report is due in identified at this time. often, GriemeJ suggested that students are there for safety reasons. "Call for eral previous years of flat appropria a $51 million budget for UM-St. April, with a frnal report due in In his seven and a half years work travel in groups. "Be aware of your an escort if you're taking evening ti ons. According to Blunt's speech Louis for fiscal year 2007. June. Cuts in administrative costs ing at UM-St Louis, Griemel said he SurrOlilldingS, what you 're doing and classes," Griemel advised. from the St Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri's economy last year could happen as soon as July 1. has only seen one attempted crujack where you're going," he said. Grieme! Anybody with information regard ing about three to four years ago and also recommended that students ing the crujacking incident is asked to this recent incident. '1t's a nrre occur- should walk in the opposite direction call the police department at 516-5155. E~.!,:.~ ESS SCRIPTS. from paj{e L __.__ ..______.______._.______ Littlejohn said. The people category, Womer said., diversity of [Express Scripts'] work ny also expressed interest in using The partnership betvveen UM-St. ting good ideas of what we'd like to The other goal of organizing work was probably the most talked about as force," he said.. campus facilities. Louis and Express Scripts may also achieve together," Littlejohn said, groups has already begun. "Different it includes discussing possible intern Although Womer has interests in a Womer said if Express Scripts expand to the surrolmding neighbor "we're at the stage of scoping out pos subcommittees are in the process of ships, job placement opportunities, partnership with the Business College, employees use facilities on campus, it hoods. "Another clear potential benefit sibilities, and we came out feeling very being formed to target different areas mentoring, student research and train he said Express Scripts serves a wide might lead to possibly expanding those of the partrlership is economic devel excited and encouraged." of the partnership," Braddix said.. The ing and educational programs through variety of people's needs. 'There's facilities , such as the Mark Twain opment in the Sllrrounding area," Womer added, 'This certainly is a different target areas include creating Express Scripts. opportunities across the board.," he gymnasium or even a new \\'ellness Womer said. Possibilities of more crucial partnership between the partnerships through people, informa "With respect to students, certainly, explained. Center. According to a report ii-om the businesses and restaurants coming to University and a major corporation, tion technology, research and data internships and job placement are cru From an Express Scripts perspec Budget and Planning Committee the community may be an indirect but I don't think by any stretch of the analysis. public policy research, sales cial activities that we see as being very tive, Littlejohn said the company is meeting on Nov. 8, 2005, "Express effect of Express Scripts moving to imagination it will be the last" and marketing, operations, sunound involved.," Womer said. With UM-St excited for the "potential of tapping Scripts has indicated it will spend at campus. The next committee meeting is ing communities and external reJa Louis student involvement, Womer into the knowledge and expertise of least $100,000 armually renting cam While the first meeting involved "a scheduled for the latter half of tions. predicts an "increased potential and the resources at UMSL." 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The ing with optimists? silver lining appeared: I Sometimes, though, I just would spend another day A tudent was attacked Dec. 7 in a Disclosure of Campus Security Policy University should utilize the most want to grumble, feel sorry with my new nephew ~ stairwell of the MSC North Garage, and Campus Crime Statistics Act, inexpensive and effective tool avail for myself and smack the while mechanics worked then dragged to his car, and taken for a Universities are required to take four able: Call1pus-wide email. overeager grin off those on my car. By the time ride by the assailant. who clai med to courses of action (or face penalties By sending out a notification that a cheery faces ...figmatively , the tow dragged my car have a weapon. The student was then from the fedeml government): crime against a student had occurred of course. off to the auto shop, my dropped off at a nearby golf course, • Maintain crime statistics for the and an assailant is at large, students Despite how ineffective positive outlook had and the perpetrator drove away with canlpus could have at least been armed with that behavior sounds, it's returned and I didn't KATE DROLET the studenL car, • Publish an annual report of those the knowledge of the crime and might not a completely bad idea have to fight back This was not in the middle of the statistics have taken steps to exercise extra cau On occasion, we all crave Managing Editor unshed tears. night. Rather. it was in broad daylight • Maintain a crime log, listing all tion while on campus, If nothing else, the bitterness of a freshly It's difficult to convey at approximately 3 p.rn. incidents involving the University (the we all should be on the lookout for baked pity cake (ingredi- sympathy. In retrospect, Have you heard about the caIjack last 60 days of which must be accessi suspicious behavior. ents: lots of salty tears, a dash of ire, 1 my incident ranks pretty low on the bad ing? Have you been told to be aware ble to the public during normal busi UM-St. Louis is blessed with a very cup helplessness, a pinch of resentment luck scale, How do we offer consolation that a student has been attacked and ness hours) low crime rate. Indeed, it is statistical and a bit of cynicism to taste. Cook until to a friend who has suffered a death in forcefully taken in his OW11 car? More • Provide timely reports of crin1es ly the safest campus of its size in the black, ice ,vith misery), As long as we the family? People get tired of hearing, ~ inlpOltantly. have you heard that the that present an ongoing threat to the region. don't develop an affinity for the flavor, 'Tm so sorry" and "Everything's going assailant who targeted a UM-St. Louis campus. That is why it is all the more impor everyone can benefit from a moment of to be okay." stud nt is still at large') While the University follows the tant that when crime does occur, the gloom. Instead of sending regrets, offer a More than likely. you haven·t. letter of the law in respect to the Clery University takes the safety of its stu After "treating" my car to brand new hug and say, '1.bis must be really tough Instead of raiSing 'awareness that an Act, which allows for some subjectiv dents seriously by alerting them to the tires, brakes and parts I'd never heard of, for you." incident had occurred. and that the ity of the term "ongoing threat," by fact that an incident has OCCUlTed, and my little wallet ached last week. Trying Participating in a moment of self suspect has yet to be apprehended. the neglecting to provide timely reports on remind the campus of tips to stay safe to remain positive, I accepted the spend pity just means acknowledging your ~ University has chosen to keep quiet serious incidents such as the caIjack and secure on campus. Common sense ing spree as the cost that comes with negative feelings rather than forcing about a potential threat to students, ing in December, it fails to follow the behaviors, such as not walking alone, owning a vehicle. The next day, I went them behind a shiny, happy exterior. Without knowledg of the caIjack spirit of the law, which seeks to pro or calling the police (516-5155) to to bring my fiance lunch and the car Learn to time pity parties appropriately. ing. students attending classes dlUing mote crin1e awareness as a means of have an officer escort you to your car wouldn't start. At first I laughed out Breaking down during the middle of final week of winter semester had no preventing future incidents. or the MetroLink, can significantly loud, appreciating the irony. Then I went class or in traffic can invite negative reason to take extra precaution while University officials and campus reduce the possibility of personal in the house and called my mom, cry consequences. Grit your teeth if the urge on campus. police should expand their definitions threat ing. to wail overcomes you during unsuit- • TIle University should take more for 'ongoing threats' to include any There is no reason not to take extra She didn't tell me to stop blubbering, able conditions, and find a place to ~ seriously the need to promote aware erious crimes that involve violence precaution when crin1e erupts, The nor did she make light of the situation. bemoan your existence in private. ness of potential dangers to students on against students or campus personnel, University should err on the side of Her first words included, ''Ob, sweetie, Pity cake can ease distress, but don't campus when serious crimes occur, particularly when the assailant has not sending too many 'timely reports: that sucks." She let me wallow in eat so much that your sorrow becomes and assailants are not apprehended. been found. rather than sitting quiet while a poten unabashed despair for a minute before unwieldy. Used sparingly, it can clear According to the Jeanne Clery \\'hen serious crimes occur, the tial threat exists, helping me resolve the situation. your head, giving optimism a steady After numerous futile attempts to ground .. ,MLK embodied, promoted and Alita's 'forgetfulness' concerning James Frey I hate thing. For example, in understood the cycle of utopia you. I've never met you, 1985 when Alito J hadn't even heard of you applied for a high rank until a few days ago, but ing position in the on his mental desk. His every word better, People are seeking utopia. " So I hate you nonetheless. Justice Department, he whistled the greatness of utopia. His they can promote life and unity. I spent a few hours wrote that he belonged speeches and demands quenched the Activists protest and work ,daily for over the last few days to Concerned Alumni dry hearts and minds of the oppressed, UIlderstanding or merely to be heard, doing research for two of Princeton. AgrouI,> of He observed the battlefield of imprac ignoring the opposition and their tac possible columns, and Princeton alums found ti cality. His actions, thoughts and tics of destruction. Once again, there had to abandon them ed the organization in I speeches revealed that he was imprac are people who work and come home. because I realized I 1972 to protest the tical. Yes, he was incapable of dealing Law abiding people who vote and pay couldn't be sure of all admission of women to efficiently with pmctical manners, It taxes. They aren't famous, They ar-e the facts, at least not BEN.JAMIN ISRAEL Princeton. Sen. was practical to deny Negroes voting ordinary people who inspire multi before deadline. Columnist . Edward Kennedy read or schooling. It was practical for tudes by their conduct. Like profes Then you, James an article from CAP's MIKE SHERWIN mcism, segregation and violence to sors, teachers, advisors, construction Frey, best-selling writer of something mllooazine that wouldn't be out of place KATE DROLET exist. It was practical for a nation to workers, deities and mentors that you call a work of non-fiction that has in a Ku Klux Klan publication. Here di vide itself in half: one side being ignore illness and other pains to teach been atop the New York Times paper are two sentences he read. ''People MELISSA MCCRARY MVRON McNEILL White and the other Black However, classrooms, give advice, heal hearts back best-seller list for months, nowadays just don't seem to know PAUL HACKBARTH 2006 Essay 'X'inner Martin Luther King was impractical. and give flow and direction to chaos. acknowledge that you made up some their place. Everywhere one turns, PATRICIA LEE King was a manifestation of utopia. They are apart of the impracticality of the stuff in your purported work of blacks and Hispanics are demanding His dreams of a world in utopia were that King was apart of. They experi non-fiction. A New York Times jobs simply because they're black and CHRJSTINE ECCLESTON Utopia is word, when spoken, caus spoken. His dreams left residue on the ence and help others to experience reporter wrote that you said you made Hispanic." "Our opinion" reflects the es the lips to gesture as if one were hearts and minds of humanity .. , utopia. They fulfill the dream that up probably less than 5 percent of the Alito said first he didn't remember majority opinion of t he beginning to whistle, Then the mouth His words of utopia still linger King spoke of on Washington. They book, and quoted you saying that was belonging to the group. He put it on a Editorial Board . shifts to where the end of the word today. Everyday the lines of social are the dream of King's imagination. If "within the realm of what's appropri resume, but claims to have forgotten roles off of the tip of the tongue, injustice are erased. The perpetual you listen to the whispers, observe ate for a memoir." he joined. Then he said he joined it to exhibiting beauty in enunciation and elimination of the lines of hierarchy their actions and process the meaning I get paid a lousy $15 for each col restore ROTC to campus, oratorical action. When the word amongst races and social classes behind them, you will be convinced umn and agonize over every detail. I In 1990, when the other George E T reaches the auditory nerves, it sounds allows people of all walks of life to and demanding of yourself to promote don't know how much money you Bush nominated Alito to a seat on the like a drink that could quench the thirst participate in the greatness of our utopia ..Utopia is the repetition and life made from your book, "A Million Third Circuit Court of Appeals, he told '.... MAIL of a sundry/sandy tongue. Once the nation and also the task of furthering cycle of the famous quote that Martin Little Pieces," but since reliable the Senate in a written statement that ..(' TbeCurrent brain digests the word and pulls the file the goal of eliminating social injus Luther King used in his "I Have A sources say it sold more copies in 2005 since he had invested hundreds of 388 Millennium Student Center from its station, the meaning of the tice ... Under the Wllbrella of King's Dream Speech" and originated by than any book but the new Harry thousands of dollars in the Vanguard 1 University Blvd. word embodies a place where perfec dreams, all forms of life are compact Thomas Jefferson, "We hold these Potter, it would be safe to say you Mutual Fund, he would recuse himself St. Louis, MO 63121 tion of ideals that are moral, political ed, connected, uni£ed and gradually truths to be self evident, that all men made a lot. if a case involving Vanguard came up. FAX and social ar'e expected. The word also moving towards utopia. This unified are created equal." I respect my readers. I believe that A suit against Vanguard came before 314-516-6811 decries an impractical idealistic state of bliss helps us realize that the if put something in my column that him in 2003 as part of a three-judge E-MAIL scheme for social or political reform, best has yet to come. looks like a fact, then 1'd better be sure panel. He cast the deciding vote to dis current @jinx.umsl,edu Every part of the word has flavor and Moving toward the future and it is, And if I find out later that it is not, miss the case. Then oops, he forgot expectation, No matter how it's spo pushing for the existence of utopia, I will put a correction in my column. something. He later said he would ken or hear'd, the word refreshes the many hope to create legacies that pro Myron McNeill is an English nuljor Which is why listening to the recuse himself if it came back to the Letters to the editor should be brief, soul's desires arld is provocative yet mote ideologies that go beyond them at UM-St. Louis. He is active in the Samuel Alito hearings on the radio court . . and those not exceeding 200 1V0rds will convincing in its demands. Martin selves, People push for reform not to theatre community, a member of Phi gives me the willies. Alito, who may I guess honesty is not the best poli be given preference, We edit letters Luther King Jr. expelienced the word achieve acclaim. People seek and fight Theta Kappa, and a student in the soon be a Supreme Court justice, cy if I want to be a best-selling writer for clarity and length, not for dialect, utopia. His brain kept the file of utopia for reform to change the world for the . Pierre Laclede BoYUm College. sounds to me like he is hiding some- or a Supreme Court judge. correctness, intent or grammar. All let ters must be signed and must include a daytime phone number, Students must include their student ID numbers , American exchange student gets acclimated to London culture Faculty and staff must include their title(s) and department(s). Editor-in chief reserves the right to respond to an island program with Missouri pro down when the agent said "I cannot let blocks away. I cannot think 'of any pubs, I wound my way back to the flats . letters. The Current reserves,the right fessors teaching the classes on the you into the country without proper thing more conspicuous than 50+ stu and fell straightaway into my bottom to deny letters. Imperial College campus in London. documentation." Fortunately, a super dents walking in a line down the streets bunk. Whoever said "getting there is half visor took pity on me and allowed me of London with cameras at the ready. The next morning we toured the fun" should be dragged out into the in after getting a lot of information At lunch -fish and chips, of course- we Central London. We covered the major Submit a street and shot. I left St. Louis on Jan. about the program itself (I suppose that met a local Bobby (POlice officer) to hotspots, including St Paul's lD and caught a connecting flight in assured him that I was, . indeed, a stu give us a brief safety lecture. Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Piccadilly letter to the editor Chicago. I took the group flight out of dent traveling for school). "Yes, we all feel ridiculous in the Circus, Buckingham Palace, and of Chicago on Air India, a company of We arrived to the flats (not apart little hats we wear," he remarked at course, the changing of the guards. which I am not a big fan, Imagine ments) without incident and proceeded first. He also gave us an insight to the During the afternoon two other girls seven hours squeezed between people to move ourselves in. Having lived in differences between English and and I wound around Trafalgar Square Write a you don't know, in a seat meant for a the dorms at UM-St. Louis, I am not a . American police'men. English where we visited the National Portrait guest commentary LAURA AVERS child that doesn't go back properly, stranger to student accommodations or Bobbies do not carry guns, though Museum, which contains portraits of London Correspondent infants screaming in the backgroUIld, European accommodations, for that some choose. to carry mace (which is important British persons from Oliver _ and a meal made of something resem matter. My current residence is over illegal for citizens to own). He also Cromwell to lK RaWling. bling vomited curry. Not to mendon ' 110 years old. Needless to say, it told us that in case of an emergency we Afterwards, my roommate and 1 Visit the online Hello from London! I will be the fact that we left over two hours shows its age, But everything is clean, should dial 999. went to a grocery store nearby to stock studying in London for foUl' months late, and arrived at 10:30 in the morn and as we keep telling ourselves, it's "If you cali9ll, you will still reach up. Has anyone heard of Merba's forums at· with the Missouri London PrograI11 ing. all part of the adventure. us," he said, "because a lot of stupid Chocolate Chip Cookies? Because I (ivlLP) from UM-St. Louis. I traveled However, once we arrived in r have one actual roommate and people here watch too many American haven't, but according to the package to London several years ago and I am London, we had no trouble finding two other flat mates, two from police shows and movies." Merba boasts ''the famous American so excited to be back for a longer stay. luggage and our escorts from IE, A Missouri State University one from That night we embarked on an cookies." Also slightly frightening was -+ TheCurrentOnline . While .MLP is facilitated through the note about customs: always carry , Truman State, unofficial pup crawl in the neighbor the alarming number of BlackCurrant sUidy abroad office, a separate group proof that you are enrolled in the host Once we reached our home for the hood. The idea was keep us awake so products. I don't know what a Black com' called International Enrichment (IE) university. Yours truly forgot ·her semester, we took an hour of rest jet lag would not floor us for weeks Currant is, let alone if I 'want a Capri actually conducts it. The semester is acceptance letter and nearly broke before we all walked to lunch a few afterwards. After visiting about four Sun of that flavor.. . f} January 17, 2006 ~Ire Current Page = Should you be worried State funding 'fix' not 'efficienf UM-St. Louis students, prepare to the least understood concepts in eco arrive in three to five days. I look f( learn the hard way. nomics, much less public finance. In ward to understanding where Vedd As the state legislature reconvenes, general, the more efficient the system, and subsequently Bearden and his fl a number of bills will be presented that the more it can do with less. Here, that low voucher enthusiasts, see the futu about bird flu? may profoundly affect our lives. At means greater educational output for of PhD's (which are all but non-ex: least one will attempt to "fix" higher less money, apparently. tant at for-profit universities), laborat education funding. I write "fix" Rep. Bearden and others who call ry sciences (which are poorly learn, Should you be wonied about bird into a new species and infects a cell because, while the CU!Tent system of for greater "efficiency" in public high over the intemet), and the liberal 3J flu? that ah'eady harbors a flu virus that allocation is untenable, the proposed er education tend to quote the book approach to education (which will n For the past few years, epidemiolo readily infects people, it can acquire solution may not inlprove affordability "Going Broke by Degree" by econo be included in a certificate type of ed gist, virologists, and those who work in that characteristic. or quality of public education. mist Richard Vedder. Vedder argues cation). I also wonder how such me public health has expressed concerns In October 2004, Yoshihiro Tbis bill will likely focus on a for the "for-profit" university model (a sures will increase "efficiency" 3J about a future influenza pandemic. Kawaoka of the University of voucher system, an experimental sys la University of Phoenix), more dis whether the plivate, not-for-prof .' Influenza pandemics have re-occurred Wisconsin-Madison and the tem of funding that pays schools per tance learning via the internet, and schools would stand up to this test . throughout human history. Some of University of Tokyo announced find student The intent of such a bill seems more non-university certification pro efficiency. . them are more deadly than others but ings that a change to a single gene for to be to increase "efficiency." I write grams. Jeremy Loscheider the most deadly recorded was the 1918 haemagglutinin may have been "efficiency" because I think it is one of Amazon.com tells me my copy will Graduate Student, Economics so-called "Spanish Flu," which spread responsible for the strain's virulent worldwide and killed 20 to 50 million spread. Previous research at the people, even more than died in World BY CATE MARQUIS Australia National University in 200i War I. The 1918 flu was remarkably Colurnni"st had indicated that the 1918 genetic Drag show and editorial are unpatriotic contagious and quick, killing within Science changes had arisen from recombina days or even hours rather than weeks. tion within the avian strain rather than It also was unusual in attacking the, they restart an epidemic. Only people the combination of two different The Current's Dec. 5,2005 editor into a lot of bars for the simple fact that other offbeat programs have b~ . young and healthy, targeting ages 15 to who were alive during that pandemic strains. A February 2004 study first ial pertaining to recent opposition to that I was not 21, even though I had presented at UM-St. Louis before.l 34. would have antibodies to it. Only published by' a Harvard scientist and the drag show is very misleading. no intention to chink. Does the edito me congratulate The Current for the Recent years have seen outbreaks recently have we had both the knowl one based in wildon in the online ver Apparently the author of this editorial rial staff call this censorship? lack of originality! Just because it h of bird flu. Cases where a deadly strain edge to contain the virus and to sion of the journal Science found that does not believe in freedom of Children should not have been admit been done in the past does not me. of bird flu, H5Nl, has spread to people sequence it for study. the haemagglutinin of H5Nl bird flu speech, because. they absolutely blast ted to this event peliod! that it should continue. For those who live or work closely with birds, There are three types of influenza was more like the 1968 Hong Kong flu a gentleman who spoke out against We are very fortunate to have the you who study history, part of wI has resulted in several deaths, mostly viruses but it is the Type A, which than the 1918 flu. this campus event. It is interesting to freedom of speech in this great coun we study hiStOlY is so we do n in Asia. infects humans, some mammals and Less deadly pandemics in 1957 and note that our society is so willing to try. I would never trade that freedom, repeat the mistakes of the pa Does this mean the next influenza birds, that is the concern for pan 1968 were also from avian flu strains call a person who exercises his or her but we must all realize that it must be Clearly this pornographic, offensi pandemic will come from bird flu? Not demics. Two surface proteins in but were created by combination with right to speak out against something used wisely. I do not suppose that drag show should not be present· necessarily, despite the recent media influenza are involved in infection. human strains, rather than a purely that they deem socially unacceptable UM-St. Louis would support a ku again. If The Current wants to call ll ,. hysteria Flu strains that have acquired Strains of the virus are identified by avian source like the 1918 flu. Such a a supporter of censorship_ klux klan rally or a neo-nazi rally, but remarks censorship then be my gue - the ability to move from one species to these two proteins, haemagglutinin and reassortment event, like in 1957 and The question must be begged, I guarantee that if there were student but always know that the freedor another, as H5Nl apparently has, have neuraminidase, with numbers for the 1968, with H5Nl might produce a less "why did this gentleman have a prob sympathizers with these groups, and we as Americans possess are not only half the requirement for a pan variations of the proteins, such as deadly strain. lem with the drag show?" Did the edi let's hope not, that they would be right but a privilege. Brave men al demic. Should you be concerned about HIN1, HIN2 or H5Nl. Other flu pandemics have originat- torial staff actually ask this question? yelling censorship as well. This drag women fought and died to ensu bird flu? Yes, but panic is not right the Haemagglutinin is the protein involved . ed in pigs. The Australian study found Maybe the free, offensive t-shirts paid show, from the letter I read describing future Americans these basic fre response. Preparedness and pressure in getting the virus into a cell for infec gene similarities that suggested the for by student activity fees made him the event, was pornographic, offen doms, and by sponsoring such ind on government for more research to tion and neuraminidase is involved in 1918 flu likely came from pigs but the raise a red flag; or maybe the fact that sive to heterosexuals, and overall cent events we are basically tellil produce and develop anti-viral drugs the r;lease of the virus particles to October 2005 sequencing found that it children were at this event made him indecent. My student activity fees that these brave men and women that th and an improved method of vaccine spread to new cells. Anti-viral drugs appeared to be purely bird flu. One of very uneasy. It is inconceivable how, I work so hard to earn should not be died in vain. God bless America f development are the more useful like Tamiflu inhibit neuraminidase, the world's premier virologists, Dr. knowing the nature of this program, employed in such a disrespectful and the brave patriots of the past, presel response. Let's look at some facts and contain infection that way. Robert Webster, has suggested that children were admitted when clearly unwise manner such as the drag show and future whose job it is to protect about influenza. Different species are susceptible to pigs may be the missing link in the it contained adult material. A couple two months ago. all! Influenza is a very changeable virus different haemagglutinins. HI is a chain towards human to hunlan trans of years ago I could not gain entrance The Dec. 5 editorial also mentions Dennis Stoll, Senior and transfonns into new strains eveIY human haemagglutinin and ill is a mission of a new pandemic flu strain. year. Pandemics occur when a new bird one. Once, the 1918 strain was Putting birds and pigs together, as is strain spreads to which few people designated HINI but its type was real commonly done in Asia, might not be have immunity. Many species can be ly unknOVill. In October 2005, a study a good idea right now. Granger plays 'Monday morning quarterback' in letter affected by or carry influenza but dif was published in the journal Nature We will likely see a flu pandemic in ferent strains infect different species. It that identified the 1918 strain as a pure our future but whether it will be H5Nl is thought that pandemics usually ly avian flu that had jumped to avian flu is far from certain. It's all too easy to play Monday entire generations of people. standing contingent of troops lar occur when a deadly strain acquires the humans. Only ten amino acids changes Furthermore, a November 2005 report morning quarterback such as Jason While I won't disagree totally enough to wipe out dissent, , ability to move from one species to separated the 1918 strain's polymerase by Dr. Robert Belshe at St. Louis Granger has in his last letter to the that we should not be making pre could not have won. Hi tory boo I another:-'the"deadly 'strain of bird flu, protein from avian polymerases. The University, published in the New editor in the Dec. 5 issue of The emptive strikes, to ignore blatant agree that without some dumb JU( .. . HSN1, seems to have the ability to study also found that many of the same England J oumal of Medicine, points to Current. Instead of being short disregard for human life is an atroc we would have lost. UnfortunatE - jump from birds to people but there has ten changes were present in the current "spectacular" recent advances on bird "sighted and pointing blame at Bush, ity unto itself. Is it right to watch a the people of Iraq have be not yet been a clearly confumed Ga'>e H5Nl avian strain infecting humans. flu. Our government has been slow to we should have an open discussion guy get assaulted in the streets oppressed for generations and thE of transmission of the virus from per As alarming as that sounds, what respond and we are far behind other about support for the war in Iraq. because you do not know him? No are people who do not know wt son to person. It seems to have taken really matters is if the H5Nl flu strain nations in taking reasonable, practical George Tenet was the head of the it's not, so we can apply that to life without the dictator would the first but not the second step to can acquire the ability to easily spread steps to address the health threat of a CIA prior to the war in Iraq. He macroeconomic principles govem like. Put yourself in th e shoes of becoming a possible pandemic. from human to human. The key to that future flu pandemic. wanted nothing more than to make ing politics and now we have to Iraqi. One of the most encour30o-illg pieces is in the haemagglutinin, not the poly The right thing to do it to increase his newly elected President happy stand up for the thousands massa Imagine being alive and one m of news is that scientists have recon merase, although that research shed research, not look for legal ways to call following his controversial election cred by Hussein. Although it may strictly controls key aspects to t structed the deadly 1918 flu virus so Ii ght on why the 1918 flu was so dead out the troops to restore order or in 2000. He has been quoted by seem a minor point now, the U.S . lives of citizens of Iraq . You ha they can study its genes and find out ly. enforce quarantines, the bizarre con many sources as stating, "Mr. did go to the UN, who gave their one newspaper that only prai what made it so deadly. This will allow When Mo different strains of flu cerns voiced in our government's President, [the WMDJ is a slam approval but were unwilling to pro Saddarn because fai lure to do them to focus efforts on the most dan infect the same cell, they can exchange belated response to the issue in dunk." Tenet has since resigned. The vide the muscle to make Hussein would result in the death of the j Ol gerous aspects of the virus rather than genes to create a new strain. This October 2005. realblanle lies with bad intelligence comply with the seventeen resolu nalist. Does that seem as crazy as taking a more scattershot approach. genetic change is called antigenic shift The scariest thing about bird flu is provided by the head of the CIA. It tions he openly ignored. sounds? We have an infinite spirit Little had been known about that and the source of greatest conc= for our government's slow and misdirect was not Bush who molded the infor The American Revolution pro freedom. It's ingrained in our ps flu strain and the few preserved sam the rise of new pandemics. If a strain ed response to the possibility of any mation to fit their bias. vided us with our unending sense of che from birth. Freedom is a sca ples had been handled carefully lest that had acquired the ability to move future flu pandemic. Granger presents some valid freedom; however, without the help thing when you have never expe questions. Vv'by are we attacking of the French you and I might have enced it. someone for human rights viola a British accent. We had the backing It's easy to blame others after t . tions? Clinton was in charge when of a powerful nation coupled with fact. Life is undeniably better nc the US went into Kosovo. Did you the fact that the British needed to than when Saddam wa in pow· forget that Slobodan Milosevic send their troops by boat to fight us. That is indisputable. P ople a ordered the slaughter of thousands Logistically it was simply far easier happy that we did liberate the: The Current is looking for candidates to complete of Albanians? He is now on trial for for us to fight, than a totally While they do not want us to st what else, crimes against humanity. unarmed contingent of those who any longer than we have to, they a • . I Need a practicums for the winter semester in the following Crimes against humanity became a had never fired a gun. 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Some of the Louis, has an extensive background people who participated in the in researching and studying the study came voluntarily, while oth psychology of road rage. In ers were mandated by a court to October, Galovski had a book pub attend. lished, "Road Rage: Assessment Galovski said that the program and Treatment of the Angry, was successful because she saw Aggressive Driver," which depression and anxiety factors describes the different forms of this decrease. behavior, how people de'clop it "Aggressive driving is danger and some of her study findings. ous on roadways and is a problem Galovski said that she decided to that is amendable to treatment," she write a book investigating this topic said. because there are not too many Galovski wants readers to be other published books covering it aware of this problem and said she and because she became interested is working on re-establishing an through her past work experiences. aggressive dJiving program at UM "1 used to wo,l: with motor vehi St. L ouis. cle accident victims who suffered "College students are in the age from Post Traumatic Stress range to have road rage and there Syndrome and I wanted to see what have been high statistics for them to was causing the majority of these be involved in accidents," she said. accidents," she said. Although this is the first book Tara Galovski, assistant research professor at the Center for Trauma and Recovery, authored a book Galovski's book reviews avail Galovski has published, she said about how to treat road rage. able literature on aggressive driving that she is in the process of working and gives in-depth reports on on an edited book about women research which she conducted in who are professionals in the field of Treatment of the Angry, Aggressive the University of Albany, State Albany. Readers can view her book Albany, New York. psychology and how they balance Driver," was co-written by University of New York and Loretta and buy a copy on the American Part of her study entailed per work and family. Galovski with the help of Edward Malta, a mentor and licensed p sy Psychological Association's web sonality and psychology profiles, "Road Rage: Assessment and Blanchard, psychology professor at chologist at the University at site at www.apa.org. Professionals offer career path advice "Take advantage of net,vorking Handbook, produced by the U.S. Dept BY NAK ENYA SHUMATE opportunities," said Heather of Labor and O*Net, the Occupational Staff Writer Cunningham, aSsistant account execu Information Network. If you are tive for Casey Conununica.tions, a st. among those who. are unsure where 'Would you let a 19- or 2a-year old Louis based public relations and mar their life is going after college, "we choose your career path for you? If keting firm. Cunningbam is a recent give them that ability to focus," said you are a college graduate, you proba UM-St. Louis graduate wi.th a master's Teresa Balestreri, director of Career bly did just that when you chose your in communication who took advan Services. "We help with all of the college major," said Jim Pollock., pro tage of a networking opportunity that stages of the job search, that empowers ducer of the Encarta eLearning Center. earned her a successful position in her them, and [they] have those skills to Hopefully, students have a path field. progress in their careers." they plan to take after graduation. For Cunningham becanle acquainted How can UM-St Louis graduates them, finding success in a career is the with Casey Communication through compete with the public market for payoff of years of diligent study. Professor AI Akerson while working jobs? 'We rue an urban university, a Adam D. Wisemanl 1Qe Curr81lt Others may not know exactly what as a teaching assistant. "Cultivate con percentage of graduates stay in the Melissa Hattman, director of transfer services and articulation, they intend to do after graduation, yet nections [and] talk to your professors," area," said Balestreri. St Louis based discusses available opportunities and services with a transfer their need for a rewarding career is just said Cunningham. Students may only companies rely on those graduates for student. Transfermat ion took place on Friday, Jan. 6 in the MSC. as strong. Inevitably, what to do with see professors as the people doling out their commitment to the region. this new degree is the pressing ques passing or failing grades. In reality, U.S. News & World Report rated tion when graduates seek successful they are the experts in their field of audiologists, professors, physician employment. study and are invaluable resources to assistants, landscape architects, 'librari TRANSFERmation Since there is not one single guide the road to success. ans and engineers as some of the best for college graduates to implore when The Career Services department of jobs to have in 2006. UM-St. Louis seeking career success, students have the University offers a vrui.ety of career graduates are finding those careers. 59 to do research and consult many dif building solutions to degree-seeking percent of graduates from May and gives new students ferent sources to stay at the top of their students and to alumni. They can be a August 2005 responded to the career game. Students should seek out career resource for students to consider when services survey and 88 percent of EDITOR building organizations for personal seeking career success. Career those responses stated that they were expert assistance, begin networking Services provide career coaching and employed or in graduate school. ~ELlSSA McCRARy with professors and current employers, counseling. a taste of UM-St. Louis consult economical guides to the job They utilize economical guides Features Editor market and attend job fairs. such as the Occupational Outlook see CAREER PATH, page 8 BY P ATRICIA LEE and to learn where things are and the phone: 516-5174 Features Associate Editor resources that they have on campus fax: 516-6811 and the things we have for them to Psychology professor's educational values be involved and become a true part As the winter semester begins, of campus if they are able to do so," more than 600 transfer students will Wilson said. start attending classes at UM-St. "I think this really does help with shape her goals for teaching sludents the week's Louis. On Dec. 6, they had the retention because they feel like they chance to familiarize themselves are important and they don't just BY BRIAN E. OLIVER Besides her numerous life experi with the campus at show up here their flIst day and try Staff Writer ences, Siciliani's strongest passion is TRANSFERmation, an orientation to wander around and find out seeing her students succeed. I best program for transfer students. where things are," Wilson said. She might seem like an ordinary One reason she feels compelled to Traditionally, orientation includ "The hope is if they attend orienta teacher at UM-St. Louis but Jennifer see that students succeed is because ed both first-time freshmen and tion, they already have that feeling Siciliani, assistant professor of psy she is a first generation college gradu bets transfer students, but in the past and they already feel like they're chology, has spent most of her life with ate. None of her brothers or sisters year, the University has placed more part of the community when they helping students and educating the attended college and she believes this emphasis on the specific needs of start classes." public about the field of psychology. was because nobody had talked to transfer students and tailored pro "One of the things we find about Perhaps the most remarkable thing them about how to go to college. New Food Services grams specifically for transfer stu transfer students, in order for them about Siciliani is . the fact that she is ''It had nothing to do with intelli dents. to be really successful in persisting only in her early 30s and is currently gence," she explained, "because they "Many don't necessarily need all to complete a degree is to feel con co-authoring an introductory psychol were all quite intelligent. "As an under Beginning Jan, 17 the information a first-time fresh nected to their transfer institution," ogy textbook. graduate, Siciliani herself faced the man would need in coming to cam said Melissa Hattman, director of Introduction to Psychological same experiences that her siblings had. MSC pus but they do need to know how Transfer Services and Articulation. Science is being written by Siciliani No one had explained the limits she things differ from the campus Transfer students now make up a along with Daniel Corts of Augustana would be faced with a bachelor's in they're coming from," said Allyson significant majority of the student College and Mark Krause of ~ Cantina Loca, a new psychology or with how to apply to Wilson, student services coordina body at UM-St. Louis. According to University of Portland. According to graduate school. Being unaware that ~mpus food venue, will tor. the Office of Academic Affairs' Fall Siciliani, the book is exciting because Adam D. Wiseman! The Current )en today in the Pilot, she needed to apply early for graduate "Many of them are students who 2005 student profile, 77.9 percent of "this is the single most competitive Jennifer Siclliani, assistant school, Siciliani took a year off after )od wi II be served have families, who work full-time new undergraduate students were collegiate textbook that can be written. professor of psychology, is obtaining her bachelor's degree. =tween 10:30 a.m. and jobs, and need to know how they transferring from another institution. Many millions of dollars are invested co-authoring an introductory Having encountered her own mis :30 p.m. Monday through can balance all the different realms Hattman said that in a typical in this by Prentice Hall." psychology textbook. understandings with college, she has -iday. Also, Aroma's of their lives and use the resources year, 2500 new students transfer to She said that writing and marketing become a very active professor who akery is now we can offer them in order for them UM-St. Louis, mostly from area this book keeps her extremely busy. ber of the Dean'~ Advisory Committee, wants to see her students succeed and ~rving the full Starbuck's to be successful and accomplish community colleges in St. Louis, St. "We are heavily involved in the is an editor at Psi-Chi Journal (a jour reach their educational goals. )ffee menu. their goals in the timeframe they Charles and Jefferson counties. marketing of the text and were at the nal of undergraduate student's work) One way that she helps students have set," Wilson said. Anita Zeba, junior, marketing Prentice Hall national sales meeting in and maintains an active research pro plan their educational future is by not Orientation included a welcome and accounting, transferred from St Orlando last week in order that the gram that includes presenting original only being an understanding teacher, 'ree Recreation Classes from UM-St. Louis provost Glen Louis Community College reps at the national level could meet us research at annual meetings of the but also being the director of psychol Cope, and students got to meet other Meramec. "1 decided to come here is and we could meet them. We have American Psychological Association. ogy undergraduate advising. In this transfer students, buy books, learn because I heard that it's a good traveled all over the U.S. and have In addition to her professional role, she and her advisers explain to Jan, 17 -Jan, 20 about the resources at the University accredited school for business and contracts that will have us traveling to involvement in psychology, she has students what they need to do to obtain and get acquainted with the various it's affordable," she said. many major conventions each year," many life accomplishments. As an a degree in psychology, talk to stu Mark Twain student organizations on campus. Recently, UM-S,t. Louis has said Siciliani. ordained minister of a non-denomina dents about what can be done with this Wilson said that attending orien placed an increased emphasis on Another remarkable fact about the tional church, Siciliani had the chance degree and discuss whether the stu tation was an important first step for transfer students. The newly created book is that, when published, Siciliani to marry two l,JM-St. · Louis students ampus Recreation well ness dents' futures include graduate school. a student to become a part of the Office of Transfer Services and will become one of only two or three on New Year's Eve. Other past Part of her drive in advising students is .asses are free this week, UM-St. Louis community and plays Articulation, located in 225 MSC, female first authors of an introductory achievements include being one of that she does not want them to get egister at the Campus a role in student retention. will provide support services and psychology textbook. two vocalists in a 12-piece band that trapped by some ofthe hurdles she bad =creatjon, 203 Mark Twain. "Orientation is very important "promote and facilitate the positive Beyond being an author, Siciliani opened for several notable perfOlmers, to overcome. 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The game would have con After losing three straight games, Before the game, Head Coach The win against NKU was the tinued except Adam Brames of Fuse Bowl the UM-St. Louis Rivermen regained Chris Pilz said the boys would need easier of the two games. On Bellarmine, going for a tying three their momentum and took two trying to play hard and tough to get the win Saturday, the Rivermen battled pointer, missed. conference wins at home. against Northern Kentucky. Bellarmine University where the The Rivennen won the game 92- I watched college in a bowl game. On Thursday against Northern The men knew that they would game was sent into overtime. 89. Griffin had the team high with 28 football a little more Seriously? These Kentucky University, the Rivennen not be able to make up the losses UMSL and BU were tied after the points scored. He was also 14 of 16 this year than I ever teams won half of were down after the first half 30-26. against the tough conference oppo first half at 39. After one team scored, from the free throw line. The win have before. I already their games and Momentum arose and the Rivermen nents, Lewis and Wisconsin so did the other. With three seconds brings the team record to 10-4 and 4- knew that college qualified to be in a dominated the second half with 40 Parkside, so they had to play to their left in the second half, Derrell 3 in the GLVC. The men play football did not use a nationally tele points. With less than 30 seconds to best ability. Minner went for the layup with the . Thursday at STU-Edwardsville for a playoff system like vised bowI game. play in the game, the score was tied Paul said that the win against assist by Jonathan Griffin tying the GLVCgame. the NFL, but I had no When did cham idea that there are 28 pions start coming bowl games. from the middle The first bowl of the pack game of the 2005-06 instead of from Riverwun1en win against Bellarmine, lose to NKU season was the New the top? Orleans Bowl, where I have an idea BY LAGUAN FUSE for next seasOR; BY LiNDSEY BARRi NGER 4-0 lead. Head Coach Lee Buchanan said With nine seconds left in the game, the Southern Miss NKU came back and took the lead that the girls' energy level was fantas UM-St. Louis's Jennifer Dewell went Golden Eagles defeat the first annual Sports Editor StajJIVriter from the Riverwomen and did not let tic but they just did not get the "w." for alayup and made it but was fouled ed the Arkansas State Short Fuse Bowl: them have it again until the was only The loss to NKU did not hinder the by Ashley Lewallen of Bellarrnine. Indians 31-19. Wait a Instead of tak:ing After winning six straight games at six minutes left in the game giving Riverwomen on Saturday at home The foul shot was good and it gave the minute, it is the New the best teams, or the beginning of the season, the UM-St. Louis a 46-44 lead. The lead against Bellarmine. At the half, Riverwomen the lead and ultimately Orleans Bowl but neither of the two even the teams who win half of tJw. Riverwomen's basketball team has did not last long and NKU took total Bellarrnine had the lead at 36-27. defeated Bellarrnine 68-66. teams are from Louisiana That does games I want the two worst teams. I posed an up and down season, losing control of the game. UM-St. Louis started the second half The win against Bellarrnine put the n't really matter because Southern want to see the two teams with the important GLVC games on the road "We should have had that game scoring eight points narrowing the Riverwomen's season record at 9-5 :M:iss beat North Texas 31-10 last sea worst records play to find out which of and at home. . and we knew it would be a fight till gap. and 3-4 in the GLVC. Jennifer Martin son to win the New Orleans Bowl. the teams are better, leaving an official On Thursday night, the women the end but we let it get away from The Riverwomen's energy and also posted a career high with 25 Since the first New Orleans Bowl in worst team in college football. . • were defeated at home by Northern us," said Miller who contributed three determination during the second half points. 200 I, there has not been a single team For example, the two teams to play: Kentucky University where the Norse points to the game. was what gave UM-St Louis the win. "We get better every day. As long from Louisiana playing in any of the in the Short Fuse Bowl for the 2005-' dominated the game. The The last two minutes were crucial With 26 seconds left in the game, as they believe in each other, then games. 06 season would have been ' the: Riverwomen only ha9 the lead in the times where the ladies appeared to Bellarrnine's Destiny Mattingly took they'll get better," said Coach As I continued to watch highlights Temple Owls (0-11) and the New_ first half in the first tWo minutes of have lost their focus. 'They scored a one point lead with a layup and was Buchanan. from bowl games on ESPN, I noticed Mexico State Aggies (0-12). I am sure, play when Jennifer Martin made a two-three point shots in a row and fouled by UM-St. Louis's Watts. The Riverwomen look to improve that the n~es of the bowls had that neither team . would want to ,be jump shot to start the game. Taylor those really hurt us," said Courtney Mattingly could not make the foul their record with a win at STU absolutely nothing to do with the game official worst team in college football, Gagliano was fouled and made both Watts. "It was a close game and it shot to give Bellarmine a two point Edwardsville Thursday in a GLVC itself. Companies spend money to so it would be a great game. This foul shots to give the Riverwomen a could have gone either way." lead. game. have their names included with bowl would be great for fans because one of games. For instance, the Navy the teams will win at least one game. .------.------Midshipmen defeated the Colorado The best thing is that the game wo1ll.d State Rams 51-30 in the first ever San be a bowl game. CAREER PATH, frOm page 6 SICILIA NI, from page 6 Diego Country Credit Union With 28 bowl games, each with a ------Poinsettia Bowl. unique name, I am sure that ·the According to Career Services they ality will guide students toward satis- I Siciliani's colleagues have praised Mark Krause, one of the co-writers Colorado State finished the season NCAA, the BCS or any of the other are working at companies such as: faction in their jobs. i her and have said how they are also for the textbook, has known Siciliani 6-6 and was able to play in a bowl acronyms associated with college Citirnortgage, Mallinckrodt, A.G. Ultimately, career satisfaction will i quite impressed with her abilities. since 1996 when they were in graduate game. The ' South Florida Bulls, football can find room for another Edwards & Sons, Solutia, Ernst & equal career success. It is not too early i Ann Steffen, associate professor of school together and agrees with the Houston Cougars, BYU Cougars and bow 1 game. So look out San Diego Young, Monsanto and Boeing, to to start up the ladder of success. I psychology and director of clinical assessment that Siciliani is an out the Arkansas State Indians also fin Country Credit Union Poinsettia name a few. Students approaching graduation I training, was on the review committee standing teacher. ished the season 6-6, and each played Bowl, Short Fuse is coming. Job fairs are an easy way to see should bear in mind that a "typical job I' that evaluated Siciliani's application "She's very popular with students," many companies at once. Students search is 3 - 6 months," said for employment and has known Krause said. "She reflects a lot on what should plan to attend one of the job Balestreri. I Siciliani ever since. it was like to be a student and has great fairs being offered this semester. The Students should also network, I What impresses Steffen is compassion. " ____ to sell II UM-St Louis Teacher Job Fair will be attend career fairs and seek advice i Siciliani's commitment to teaching and As far as Siciliani's long term aspi held on Feb. 17 and the UM-St. Louis from professors since they are profes- i to the field of psychology, as well as rations go, one of them involves fin- I .... __ .-...... Spring Job Fair will be held on March sionals in the major. To learn more i her ability to mentor students. ishing her book Aside from that hav- I .... k~~~~ .. 10. Each event will be held in the about what to do after graduation visit I "In tenus of professional strengths, ing a college level textbook published, I ...... CiII-. .. __.... filii: Mark Twain Building and is sponsored "What can I do with this major?" at ! 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Who knew he could dance like that and 'The Producers" is directed, not by powerful weapon, and the sight of a the irnpovelished, deranged Nazi play the man can really sing, too. Vma Mel Brooks, but by Susan Stroman, prancing, dancing, gay version of the wright Franz Liebkind, sincerely com Thurman is also surprisingly good in who directed and choreographed the famously homophobic Third Reichwas mitted to showing the ''lighter side" of their duet, playing a Marilyn Monroe Broadway hit. Stroman is making her a deliciously hilarious blow. The movie Der Fuhrer. Also returning from the like, language-challenged Swedish dish movie directing debut, with Brooks as won Brooks an Oscar for Best Original original Broadway cast are the wonder who innocently embraces her sexuality. producer, The play was opened up for Screenplay. ful Gary Beach as flamboyant director Thurman is a natural as a dancer and the screen by including some iconic When Brooks adapted his film into Roger DeBris and delightful Roger Bart did her own singing, too. Nathan Lane Broadway and New York locations like a full-blown musical, he had to add as his assistant and companion smoothly sails through his numbers. the famous Sardi's restaurant, Fifth more musical numbers, something he Carmen Ghia. He is especially good in the number Avenue and Central Park. Studio shots has long shown a comic flare for doing. The :film opens a bit shakily with a . wh ere he dances across the city were done in New York, giving the pro He hit real pay dirt with the cast of timid, neurotic Leo doing an overblown smooching a seemingly endless chorus duction access to Broadway performers Nathan Lane and Mathew Broderick bit about his insecurities. However, of identically dressed old ladies with for the supporting roles. The director on Broadway, and the musical became having gotten that out of their systems, walkers, the play's soon-to-be-bilked was looking to create the feel of a clas a smash hit and winner of a record-set the :film settles down to delivering one backers. Will Farrell is perlect as the sic musical like "Singing in the Rain," ting 12 Tony awards. hilarious bit after another, with a liber perfectly dreadful singing and dancing and succeeded well. Lucky for us, this dynamic pair of al sprinkling of brightly colored musical Nazi. His big song-and-dance number The bright, hilarious "The Nathan Lane and Mathew Broderick is production numbers. Any doubts you comes where he persuades the produc Producers" is the perlect holiday movie back in the film version of the may have had about the fihn version of ers join him in a rooftop dance, along break. It also may be the best musical Broadway hit, taking the film full circle. the Broadway musical are quickly dis with his goose-stepping Muppet or comedy of the year. After ilie movie, Added to the cast are Vma Thurman, in pelled by Mathew Broderick's excellent pigeons, before agreeing to sign on. It is you should stay through ilie credits for an eye-popping role as the Swedish sec singing and dancing in his first show one of the :film's many hilarious show a little Mel Brooks treat at the end of retary/receptionist and play's leading stopper "I Want To Be A Producer." stoppers. the film. You will be sony if you miss it. 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A History of Violence - One and Motown-Inspired pop melodies as t he inspiration for t heir craft. The band will perform Jan. 21 in Belleville, III. and Feb. 3 in downtown St. Louis. Truman Capote as he researches and of the most surpIising films of the year, this effort from Canadian direc 1. Go od Night and Good writes his great non-fiction novel "In Luck - The best overall film of the Cold Blood." Another excellent peri tor Cronenberg has the underlying Animated Soulful songs and tin ering tOIS: the music 01 Bandon Baker year, from its visual style in recreat od piece but also a film that might structure of a great Western but with Wallace and Gromit: ing the look of the smoke-filled give insight on why the book was the furious violence of "Straw Dogs." Curse of the Were-Rabbit BY MABEL S U E N been able to do more of what I want to melodica, baking sheets, toy xylo they're not funny. I think that some Capote's last great work. The film turns all our assumptions -- ... newsrooms of the 50S to the power Madagascar _ do musically. We see eye to eye on a phones and a battery-powered Alfie times I get what I'm talking about, Night Life Editor house performance of David 5. The Producers - The re about the characters in these tales Robots lot of things," said Baker. robot. and some people get something dif Straithairn as journalist Edward R. translation back to film of Mel upside down. Knuckle-biting sus When asked to describe their The music they create is that of ferent from that. And that's fine with Murrow to its subject of the people Brooks' musical is just plain fun arid pense and action, this year's edgiest . First thing's first. ~t's get this music, neither Baker nor Hamon lucid dreams. Resultant of a combina me, I'm not trying to get a particular finding its voice against a national just plain funny, even if you do not onscreen sex and terrific acting from straight. Brandon Baker is not a folk could pinpoint the sound. They went tion of various thoughts and muddled message across - I'm just trying to talk bully. This fact-based film is power like musicals. Nathan Lane, Uma Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, and ... musician. through many words and phrases emotions, the songs are not always about what's going on in my life but ful and a much needed reminder of Thurman and especially Mathew William Hurt in a character-driven At his shows, which he plays fre includirig "acoustic," "experimental clearly defined. However, it is always not from a standpoint that's really our history and a true American. And Broderick are simply delightful, and tale of good verses evil confronta quently in area dubs and coffeehous instrumentation," and even "noise enchanting with Brandon's unique obvious," explained Baker. best movie music of the year too. the over-the-top fantasy numbers tion. es, you would be able to notice him as pollution." None of them seemed to and powerlul voice that swells and So what does the future hold for are just completely entertaining. If 10. Brokeback Mountain - 2. Cinderella Man - This film the handsome bushy haired, dark do justice. - ebbs -like. a tide, although with less Brandon Baker? "Musically as a goal, was released too early, in summer, you like Mel Brooks' work at all, you Perhaps the most talked about movie ·complexioned guy jovially greeting "People are going to call it what consistency. Often mystical sounding I don't want to stay the same thing. I and did not get the push it deserved . will like this one. of the year, due to its subject, it is still . everybody in the time surrounding they want," said Baker. "Right now and beautiful in nature, their songs want to make really interesting Actor Russell .crowe does perhaps 6. Downfall - It was a hit a powerful performance by Heath his set. Whether you've met Brandon it's an acoustic thing, but I want to use have the ability to develop into some music," said Baker. If that's all he's Foreign Fi lms his best work yet, along with Paul around the world and played else Ledger as a lonely, emotionally iso or not, you'll feel like you've known all kinds 6f different things. I don't thing surreally nightmarish. going for, I'm pretty sure that he's Best of Youth Giamatti, in another fact-based, pol where in the U.S. in 2004 but the lated young cowboy who was him for ages after witnessing one of want to be the traditional acoustic He explains thiS in the central already achieved it. 2046 ished period film about a real persci'n, German film "Downfall" did not orphaned at a young age and raised his intimate performances. person that's always in the cafe play- theme of his new album, already in Check out myspace.com/bran boxer Jim Braddock, who was also a show up here until about mid year. by emotionally distant older siblings. Kung Fu Hustle When I met with 20 year old ·ing songs about his ex-girlfriend. I the works. "Everyone's life is really donbaker to sample songs from the quintessential American archetype. This film took us inside the Hitler's While tending sheep together on a Walk on Water Brandon and his somewhat soft spo want to do soinething completely dif- precious and it's something that's new album as well as the Child-Like A classic American story of a second bunker in the waning days of the distant mountain, this near-silent, The Edukators ken partner-in-crime JJ Hamon in ferent." special no matter how bad it's gotten Hymns EP. Experience Brandon chance, driven by love of family, this . war, for an astounding look inside reserved character is befriended, and the Loop on a windy afternoon, he The two musicians are heavily· or how good it's · been to you. Baker live at Three-I-Three in oddly-named film is more about the minds of fanatics. then more, by another young cowboy was bundled up in a green hooded influenced by, but don't necessarily Sometimes life is beautiful in an awful Belleville, Ill. o'n Jan. 21 and at redemption than boxing. This is a 7. Paradise Now - Another (also well-played by Jake sweatshirt smoking a curved wood~n incorporate elements of delta blues, way." Cummel's Cafe in downtown St. Louis film of real American family values, look inside the world of the fanatic, Gyllenhaal), who falls in love with pipe. traditional African music and Although not a concept album by on Feb. 3. Also see JJ Hamon's group not the partisan kind. Ron Howard but in this case it was the minds of him. Yet another period piece, whose "Don't get me wrong. I don't do Motown-inspired pop melodies, definition, Baker says that a lot of his .Jonas Lyn perform at Cummel's on directs what is his best film ever, a two young Palestinians who had start in the homophobic early 60S this all the time. I just started a few among other styles, into their songs. . words stem from his own life. "A lot of Jan. 20. For more information on far better boxing film than last year's been recruited as suicide bombers. and setting in the culturally conserv days ago," he said through a reassur "A lot of noise influenced things my lyrics are really personal. I think these artists and more, go to Million Dollar Baby. Renee Beautiful photography, fabulous act ative West are impOltant to the trag ing smile, while stopping to say hello that we're experimenting with are they're kind of like inside jokes, but www.thewisemanagement.com. ing and astonishing insight on the ic turn of-the story. TIle film is more to a friend. coming from inventing things," said r------...., Zellweger is also very good as Braddock's wife and everything inner workings of terrorism. complex and layered than you might Baker and Hamon have been per Hamon, an instrument crafting afi Newsroom . (3J.1) 5J(j.5 1 7~ comes together to recreate the 8. Syriana - A challenging, expect, not just a gay love story, but a forming together for almost a year, cionado. Hamon complements 11{;Jtt's/!¢. CONTACT US: Advertising . (311) 5 / ~53 1 6 complex geopolitical thriller with a m!lch more complicated story of Bottom Three of '05 j!lulJlished by BusIness • (314) ;16-5/75 Depression era world. subsequent to Baker's open mic Brandon's acoustic guitar and vocals The Current good dose of action film that weaves friendship, different kinds of love Sound of Thunder The Current 3a8 Millenni.um Student Center Fax· (31'1) 516-6811 3. Constant Gardener - The phase. by singing harmonies and playing a Email . [email protected]./. qdu together several stories to create the and the price paid for not being one 2006 . One University Boulevard South American director of "City of Herbie: Fully Reloaded "I met the Hamons through a variety of different objects including, self. Editor: Mabel Suen St, Louis, Missouri 631 21 WIIJUI .lh ec Ul,·eltfol1lhl~.wm God" reworks a John LeCarre tale bigger picture of oil, politics and The Dukes of Hazzard mutual friend and ever since then I've but not limited to, electric slide guitar, t ,, " Page 10 January 17, 2006 January 17, 2006 u Page 3 Cure winte blues with weeknight excursions The Big Bang p avs to big crowds on the landing BY LAURA MCCARTHY hours crowd hits around midnight. Staff Writer But, of course, if you are part of the BY KATE S HAW girl, sweet Caroline and Davy from Orleans bar mogul Pat O'Brien, instrument. Our own national after-hours crowd, go for it. stafJWriter the Navy.) Misty-eyed, you will thrives from coast to coast. Further anthem appears to be are-working One of the best features of The raise your drink high, you will light investigation reveals that these bars of an old English drinking tune ("To Wintertime. The holidays are Cheshire is the more private rooms Remember when it was cool to the wrong end of your cigarette and, are usually found in tourist areas. Anacreon in Heaven") though at the over. There's nothing to do, or so it upstairs with oversized couches and hear great American hair-rock and God help us all, you will sing along. This would seem to imply that peo- Big Bang one is more likely to sway seems, and the best idea for a fireplaces-perfect on those chilly wedding staples performed by not However, for a larger donation, pIe are most comfortable being seen along to "Tears in Heaven." Tuesday or Wednesday night is to winter nights when it's too cold to one, but two piano players? At a the piano player will boot your song in a dueling piano bar outside of the No, there certainly won't be any catch some Seinfeld reruns or rent a jump from bar to bar-and you may pricy tourist destination? While off for someone else's self-actualizing city in which they live. atonal jazz to drive you and the gang movie, right? Maybe work on that just pick up a cool English accent key white people sing along to, and memories of yester-year. The most Unless they practice safety in (I love you guys) right back into the paper you've been putting off or too. get visibly sentimental over, "Every bread in the jar wins at a dueling numbers, like the large groups that cobblestone-paved streets. At the actually study for a test more than Among all of the late night des Rose has Its Thorn?" piano bar and what seemed at first tend to swarm the Big Bang five Big Bang you will hear the thread one or two days ahead of time. tinations in Soulard, Tucker's Well, it never was, but the Big like a simple night out on the town nights a week. Enter a diverse world bare hits and nothing but the hits Or, you could gather a few of Place, at 2117 S. 12th Street (right Bang wants you to forget about all could turn into a shrill battle of the .where fraternity boys and bachelors and you win get way too damned your buds and your favorite chunky next to McGurk's), is mainly a that. bucks between two distinct ways of mix pell men with sorority girls and excited about it. sweater and head out to a pub to restaurant known for its steaks, but Located on Laclede's Landing at life. The stakes are especially high bachelorettes and where roving And then, tiny lap-dancer, it is cuddle up with a pitcher of beer. it is also a low-key place to enjoy a 807 N. Second St., the Big Bang has during downtown sporting events. packs of conventioneers collide time to count the headlights on the While spring and summer bring few pints with your friends. What been selling nostalgia paired with For instance, during the Final Four effortlessly with the aftermath of highway and head home. You've countless things to do outside, there was once a four-family flat almost 30 lots of alcohol to its generally last March, some frenzied North office parties that start at 6pm and seen fire, you've seen rain and is one major pastime ideal for the years ago is now "one of the coziest packed house since 2001. The theo Carolina and Illinois fans bid up to still have legs enough for last-call at . you've made-out with someone winter: hitting the bars in the middle bars in Soulard, with seating down ry is simple: for a decent tip, one of $500 to have their respective fight 2:30am. from Des Moines. More important- of the week. stairs and up, one fireplace down the cute, personable piano players songs performed for a few minutes. The packed-in popularity of ly, you and the gang (let's never lose Unlike the hype that surrounds stairs in the smoking section, and will play the hell out of whichever Dueling piano bars may not be piano bars isn't surprising when one track of each other) have done the weekends at anytime of year, the two upstairs in the non-smoking sec song is guaranteed to take you back at the height of vogue but there are considers that drunken sing-alongs something fun that would otherwise middle of the week is when you tion which overlooks a bustling 12th to happier times. (Like maybe when plenty of them out there. A quick have been common to just about be unacceptable and embarrassing never plan on going out, but some Street. ABOVE: you would sit around drinking web search shows that the concept, every culture that has ever had . but which no one will be able to how it just happens Ceither you or But don't look for a wild and whiskey and rye with a brown-eyed frequently attributed to New access to some hops and a musical remember the next day. your friends agree on a whim, "Okay, crazy night at Tucker's, although A Tucker's Place cook plates one of the restaurant's famous steaks. let's go!"), and you decide on a place, those nights have been known to The customer demographic then leave all in a matter of about 10 happen. Think more of a laid back include mostly the 30- to 50-year minutes. It is this kind of sponta evening with the wind and snow old crowd, but a younger clientele neous attitude that often leads to a howling outside while you are enjoy joins the mix during happy hour. better night during the week than a ing your drink by the window or fire Jazz at the Bistro: still jammin' after ten years Friday or Saturday when you usually place thinking, "Boy, am I glad I'm have something planned. not out in that." St. Louis is chock-full of Irish Tucker's sees customers ranging BY EBONY HAIRSTON like Ahmad Jamal, Ann Hampton as we'd like, but some come down to well," said Bob Bennett, Director of pubs and .other small places where mostly from their 30S to 50S, with RIGHT: Staff Writer Callaway, Freddy Cole and James our shows. Operations. you can just about have the bar to some in their 20S, especially during Moody." said Bradford. Student pricing is at 10 or 20 They also have some of their Tucker's Place, located at 2117 S. An intimate venue that show Jazz at the Bistro started with a dollars and is sometimes buy one artists give private lessons to young yourself, but many of your favorite, happy hour. Monday-rThursday fea 12th Street, is a converted four more popular weekend destinations tures late-night happy hour with $2 family flat. With up and down. cases a variety of jazz artists, located special purpose in mind: "To pre get one free. To find out when we aspiring jazz musicians as the best become this same small novelty dur bottles and well drinks as well as stairs seain, several fireplaces right in the heart of Grand Center, sent world class jazz artists that the have student pricing, sign up for the student musicians in the area come ing the middle of the week. half-price burgers and appetizers. and a viw of the street, Tucker's Jazz at the Bistro started as a series . St. Louis public otherwise wouldn't email list, at www.jatb.org," said together for the THF Realty All-Star Weeknights during the wintertime Open Monday-Saturday until mid lends itself to a casual weeknight of concerts and quickly grew .. be able to see," said Bradford. Bradford. Student Ensemble. evening with ·friends. . are perfect to get a little creative and night, Sunday untillOpm. "Back in 1995 a lady named They say they're where the leg Many young people do not know What Bradford likes most about random with your choice of watering Uywelyn's Pub, located in the Barbara Rose held a series of jazz ends play. They feature well known much about jazz, so they set up a the Bistro is seeing people walk out holes when it seems like there is Central. West End, is a Celtic pub ball, and Golden Tee are all upstairs, back or rev it up. concerts at the Hotel Majestic. national artists and as well as program to get the word out to the of a great performance knowing that nothing else to do. Here are a few serving a full menu of traditional which overlooks McPherson's With happy hour from 3 to 7 When we first started, we were regional artists, each one with their next generation. they really enjoyed the music. Bob . suggestions to get you started: Celtic and American food. The antique shops and art galleries. p.m., drink specials on various under the umbrella of Grand own style, like Montez Coleman. "In addition, we have developed Bennett has also found a lot to love. The Cheshire Inn, located just crowds typically range from twenty Lywelyn's is laced with wood mold liquors, club tunes from a live DJ Center. In 1998, we became inde "Montez Coleman and Nicholas an outreach education emphasis off highway 40 at 6300 Clayton Rd., somethings to fifty-somethings and ings and seating, and high ceilings. It Wednesday through Saturday, an pendent and we've been going ever Payton (playing on Jan. 18-21) both program where we take artists that "I like that we are able to present at the corner of Clayton Rd and also largely include college students. also features a patio and beer garden upstairs seating and dancing area since." said Gene Dobbs Bradford, play straight-ahead jazz with piano, have performed at the Bistro to area world class jazz artists in a very inti .... Skinker, has already been a St. Louis With specials running . through the in the summer, and the capacity for and outdoor deck, Molly's is perfect Executive Director who has been bass and drums. Both put elements schools and universities. We also try mate atmosphere. It's a completely staple for years, but because it is one entire week, this is a perfect location private events. Open Monday for a more upbeat weeknight and for with Jazz at the Bistro for 7 years. of soul, funk and hip-hop in their to reach as many non-music stu different experience than seeing an of the only 3 a.m. bars in the Clayton for a happy hour outing or just any through Saturday until lam, Sunday wintertime bar-goers who refuse to Many great names have played music," said Bradford. dents as possible. We feel that the artist at a concert hall or in a larger area (open until 3 a.m. every night), night you feel like getting out by until midnight. only frequent Soulard when the live there over the years including Harry Jazz at the Bistro, currently not music students that are already venue. The audience can feel much it b~comes way overcrowded late on going in. Molly's, another Soulard gem, ly patios are open (although Molly's Connick Jr., Diana Krall, Ahmad a Widely known student hangout, enthusiastic they already get it, so more In touch with what's going on the weekends· and sometimes week Monday is all day happy hour, is a martini bar that caters to a wide does have one of the best patios in Jamal, and Michael Brecker. This has special deals available to anyone we target kids who maybe haven't stage. They can talk to the artists nights. The most intimate time to with $2.50 drafts and wine, Tuesday variety of customers: mostly 20- to Soulard). This bar proves Soulard year is a special one. with valid student identification thought about picking up an instru when they get off stage. It almost really enjoy the ambiance of this old is trivia night, Wednesday is 40-year-olds, and casual or dressy gets pretty lively indoors as well. "It's our tenth anniversary, so that provide a sharp discount to the ment or becoming involved in music feels like sitting at your living room world lodge, and to enjoy your Karaoke, and Friday and Saturday attire. At Molly's you can make what Open Monday through Saturday we're bringing back a lot of favorite 25-55 dollars they usually charge. in some way. Hopefully we can listening to a concert," said Bennett. friends, is to come before the after- feature live music. Pool tables, fuse you want out of your night-kick it until 1:30, Sunday until midnight. performers from"'the past ten years "We don't get as many students inspire some of those students as Page 4 u January 17, 2006 January 17,2006 u Page 9 Nectar and Pepper bring NYC style to ST Fresh food and fres,h, talent mleet a,t Cu . mm.t~l's Cafe BY M ABEL SUEN Linda Mixon, open mic host on somewhat neutrally spiced so that it's is a place where musicians support BY MELISSA MCCRARY Night Life Editor Thursdays, proceeded to give me a neither too much nor too little to han each other and the primary goal is to . ..._...... _" ...... Features Editor quasi tour through the building, hap dle." enjoy an evening of a variety of talent Cummel's Cafe seethes of fresh pily explaining that the eclectic collec With allegedly one of the best levels and styles without judgment." So you want to party like a celebri ness. From the wholesome home tion of chairs as well as various decor breakfast buffets in the area, there is Upon returning to a slightly more ty and go to a hot and trendy club but made food to the refreshing live acts throughout the cafe including cof also at least one vegetarian item on occupied Cummel's the next day, I do not have the money to fly to Los of up and coming musicians and feepots and pans had accumulated the menu at all times. In addition to found that relaxing with some of the Angeles, Miami or New York City? poets, the cozy cafe combined with over the years. The arrangement of the wide selection of food items, snacks from the kitchen and delight How about visiting club Nectar or the the downtown atmosphere down on eccentric items certainly lent a homey Cummel's is also a developing center ing in the sounds of soulful singing, Pepper Lounge, located on Locust Washington Avenue is one that is quality to the history of the place. for a community performance and strummed strings and the gentle Street in downtown st. Louis? hard to match in the region. Colorful paintings also covered bright art. beating of light brushes on a small Nectar is slowly becoming one of Of course, not everything is new yellow and brick walls that were host For those who feel like sitting softly rattling dmm set was the per st. Louis's most chic and high-class about the small business, which is at to rotating art collections. back and relaxing, or even participat fect way to wind down after a hectic hangouts to spend a Friday or its third location in 17 years. When a After a look at their menu, which ing actively, Cummel's has an open week. Saturday night, that is, if you have the friend and I walked into the dimly lit changes on a daily basis, it was easy to mic for poets and musicians on Cummel's Cafe is located at 1627 money. This bar has been a hot spot for space on a Thursday night, we were see that the cuisine was both unique 'l1mrsday nights and live showcases Washington Avenue, a block away numerous St. Louis celeb:D.ties. confused as to whether or not it was and affordable, with dishes in the $5 of poetry and music including folk, from the City Museum. It is open From the velvet roped off entry in open for business or not. TIte only range and tasty desserts like gooey songwriter, classical, indie-rock and Monday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tues. the front of the complex to the door people around were a small group butter eoffee cake and pineapple more on Friday nights for only $5. thru Wed. from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and bouncers checking riames off of a VIP playing on instruments and singing in coconut muffins made from scratch "There are many great unknown Thurs. thru Sat. from 7 a.m. to as late list, one can see how this bar is trying front of the small stage by the doors. for only $1 or $2. The home cooked talented local musicians of varying as there are patrons. to maintain its upscale atmosphere. In After taking a minute to walle back rotating menu includes anything styles that perform at Cummel's See The Red Cliche, Jonas Lyn, addition to being able to request pri through the vacant seats at small from Cajun jambalaya pasta to a meal Cafe," said Dave Wise, booking direc Koffee-N-T and Owen Pye on January vate tables, purchase liquors by the tables, upon which fl owers in painted of meatloaf with real mashed pota tor. "Cummel's plays a new role, one 20th and Brandon Wann, I like the bottle instead of by the glass and the soda bottles sat, and past the open toes, glazed carrots and French bread. that has not existed in the St. Louis Future and The Future Likes me, King option to buy special VIP spots, visitors kitchen area that lines the left side of "You could eat here for six weeks community for a long time, which is Cobra and Factura on January 27th at can also receive free valet parking. the cafe, an amiable woman who was and never eat the same thing twice ... the role of a music community 7 p.m. Read more about upcoming The old brick building with the singing with the aforementioned unless you want to!" explained Mixon. focused on coming together to enjoy a acts atmyspace.comjcummelscafe orange NECI'AR letters hung on the group approached us and asked if she ''You can adjust the menu to your variety of musical styles and genres and for booking information, contact side does not look like much, but the Adam Wisoman! 71JC CUITent could help us with anything. tastes. The majority of the food is without competition. Cummel's Cafe Dave Wise at [email protected]. fancy decor, multi-levels and lit up bar makes its inside become more alive. to sit is a guarantee. free before 11 p.m. a club during the evening. High-top Besides their brightly colored window A DJ plays top music hits and Not in the mood to drink, but look tables and large leather booths circle curtains, their decorated lantern lamps mixes hip-hop for those who would ing for something sweet to eat? Nectar around the second room. With some give the bar an extra glow. like to dance. serves various deserts such as cheese spots to sit and relax, seating availabil The Strokes change it up with latest album, 'First Impressions' The long center bar is easily acces like every bar, guests must be 21 cake, chocolate fudge cake and pas ity depends on the time one anives. sible from all sides and is fully stocked years or older. Whether you are in your tries. In the left corner, the DJ booth BY ZACH MEYER group's iconic gritty sound. For the band's wisely chosen "Juicebox" the dueling guitars add a complex with hundreds of imported and mid-20s or 40s, Nectar makes a great Located right next door to Nectar ·~ _H •• ~ -._ blasts anYthing from 80S pop to reggae third album, the band decided to single, few of the songs have the and elaborate mix the dynamicS of exported_ beers and liquors. Shots, meeting place for co-workers, for is the Pepper Lounge. A typi® Friday Music Critic and hip-hop. While people can grab a record each song bit by bit, using same basement pop-rock elements the band. On "Vision of Division" martinis, and specialty vodka drinks . friends looking to have a good time or night will cost $5 to gain entry. drink at the bar, waiters attend to the only what they deemed "best." as on previous albums. The energy the guitars almost sound as if are some of their most popular bever for those who just want a night on the The Pepper Lounge has somewhat tables throughout. If one thing has remained undis However this change in the band's that was captured in songs like "Last they're battling each other with age choiCes; however, to add to their to\Vll and to be seen. of the same type of scenery as Nectar. Both Nectar and the Pepper putedly consistent through the recording process adds a layer of hi Nite" and "12:51" is almost com Hammond Jr. pounding the rhythm name, the bar is famous for their fruity It is not ttntil midnight when the The front restaurant room is a place Lounge should be experienced at least band's career, it is the band mem fi icing to the already sweet cake. As pletely absent on "First Impressions guitar while Valensi throws in the cocktails made out of assorted nectars. place becomes packed and people start where people can lounge around and once. Spending the extra cash could be ber's reliance on aestheticism. From a result, front man and lead vocalist of Earth." leading notes. For those who choose to purchase a coming in by the dozens. Cover charge socialize enjoying American cuisines, worth drinking and partying with the the debut album of "Is This It?" rock Julian Casabalancas lost much of That's not to say that the album Released on Jan. 3, "First . bottle of hard liquor, atable and a spot . is usually about $10, but ladies get in where the back room serves more like next rock star. critics immediately took note of the the gruff and dmnken slur that gave is not without any value. In place of Impressions of Earth" upholds The band's pretty-boy looks, artsy "Is This It?" and "Room on Fire" the pop-rock songs are more mature Strokes' credibility as one of the big ~\ "~~""~,""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""".. album covers, and stage perfor their incontestable charm. and somewhat aggressive tracks names in rock and roll, albeit it does mances which could be mistaken as , 1'1. Furthermore because so much such as "Heart in a Cage" and "Ize of lack the charisma of earlier albums. a fashion show mixed with live time was devoted to the recording the W orId". On "Heart in a Cage" . The biggest disappointment of " • Photographers music. "First Impressions of Earth," process, the lyrics seem lagging in Nick Valensi chops the song up with the album is the band's decision to . The CutTent needs your help. II The Strokes' third album, proves to quality and repetitive. On the much one of the most intricate solos on acknowledge the rock critics who be no different. hyped track "Ask Me Anything" the any of The Strokes' albums. Also, accused "Room On Fire" of being a Apart from the band's aesthetic chorus, consisting of the phrase Valensi and fellow guitarist Albert copy of "Is This It?" with different Gain·experience, get paid and have fun with a job • Sports Writers · tastes, there are some definite "I've got nothing to say," is repeated Hammond Jr. remain infallibly lylics. Hopefully, The Strokes will changes on "First Impressions of a tiresome eight times in a row. tight. It is easy to forget that two take this as a learning experience . at your award-winning . Earth." The first and most obvious The other downside to the guitar players are present when lis and depend on their own musical change is the increased production album is the lack of any catchy rock tening to the band as a whole. tastes instead of silly rock journal Please submit a cover letter and resume to Becky Rosner, Managing Editor, at 388 which has largely affected the riffs within the songs. Besides the However at a closer inspection, ists. campus paper. Currently ~g: MSC, or via email at [email protected] . • PageS u January 17, 2006 January 17, 2006 u Page 5 restaurants and a 20 percent tip is suit . ht Whttt's the rlq able for upscale restaurants or for par People watch-nu: cheap, unpredictable fun ties over six. . lJDDD~(j)G Q[:60 (D CUl:r "In most cases I will leave about $2 evening activity, but St. Louis area, the ing crowd is even better. Tips for BY BRONWEN Voss at restaurants and bars? per person or $5 for more people --...... -siaj/writer The Loop is a place that guar some places have abundance . of six Homf: CcckiH' depending on the bill amount," Nicole --"-- antees stellar people watching no proven to be better inch stilettos along . DINER Chromy, sophomore, accounting, said. matter what day or time you go. The than others. One of If you happen to get with some of the very There are many factors that qeter So, you want to enjoy a night on the best places to "tasteful" clothing best place in the U. City Loop to amusement out of I mine how much a person should leave. the town, but run into some prob options of the club checkout the individualist local begin this nightlife watching girls in six One factor depends on the type of meal lems? For instance, maybe you're activity is MoKaBe's. patrons can be quite crowd is the chain coffee shop tipping inch stilettos busting or entree that is ordered. Another por strapped for cash so you can't do Starbucks. The reason this is the Located at 3606 their rear ends on overwhelming. All tion that comes to play is whether there anything too extravagant. Then, Arsenal and open . joking aside, best place in the Loop to catch the way to the club, are alcoholic beverages involved. perhaps the club scene isn't high on untill a.m, this coffee Washington Ave. glimpses of passerby is because it is then people A how-to guide When most people receive their your list of things to do. -Finally, you shop offers free Wi-Fi, also offers a wide situated smack dab in the middle of bills, their total amount includes sales have already seen every movie that w atching is definitely selection of bars and all the action. decent people watch tax. GratUity should only be added to an ent ertainment If you want the best of St. Louis has come out in the last decade. This ing and an excellent nice restaurants. Pick for when and the cost of the check before taxes are option for you. illustration by Rudy Scogginsl tbe Currenl leaves you a couple options and one menu of food includ a spot, grab a beer if you need to go to the Central West applied. of those happens to be the ever-pop ing soups, sandwich you're 21, sit back End for the Creme de la Creme of ity of their tips for their paychecks. "I would make more money in tips Headwaiters and bartenders are the ular people watching. es, and excellent and enjoy the people watching - Coffee Cartel. how much to tip employees who should receive the most If you happen to get amusement desserts. There are --,, -- scenery. Coffee Cartel offers plenty of seating Many waiters and waitresses are paid working the dinner shifts on the week gratuity at restaurants. While headwait BY M ELISSA M CCRARY less than $3 an hour and some are ends than if I would work a Monday out of watching new couples swoon three sitting areas to choose from: If you want to party all night with window views allover and tons ers and maitre'd's expect a 15 to 20 per Features Editor required to splits their tips at the end of afternoon," Schumann said over each other, girls in six-inch the downstairs smoking area, the long and end the night with people of patio tables. The menu features cent tip, bartenders and wine stewards an abundance of choices including their shifts with busboys, food runners More expensive and formal restau stilettos busting their rear ends on upstairs non-smoking area and the watching, then make a stop at the contemplate a 10 to 15 percent tip. It is Going out to eat or grabbing some or hostesses, so receiving a good tip rants are often likely to provide better the way to the club or just watching patio. Central West End's Majestic many flavors of Edis ice cream. The not required for people to leave busboys drinks at a bar might seem like a breeze means more profit by the end of the service since they do not receive as the eclectic mix of our society inter What about those girls with Restaurant and Bar. Breakfast is thing that makes Coffee Cartel the or owners tips, unless one feels the -that is, until the check comes. night. much business as fast-pace chain twine, then people watching is defi their six inch stilettos busting their served at 6 a.m. on Saturday and number one Mecca for people need. Calculating how much tip to leave "I have worked in the restaurant restaurants. Tippers should be aware nitely an entertainment option for rears? The best place to see this Sunday when the crowds from clos watching is its hour. No matter what Coat check attendants, restroom can sometimes seem like a treacherous indusny for numerous years," said that some elegant restaurants might you. activity is the. newly renovated ing clubs and college parties start time you decide to stop in it will be attendants and valet parking attendants chore rather than a service compliment Tiffany Schumann, prospective student automatically add in a 15 to 20 percent St. Louis offers many places to Washington Avenue. Offering pouring in. The food and staff are open. It is a guaranteed 24 hours a can sometimes be found at certain Tipping at different restaurants and "At one of my jobs, I was required to do gratuity on checks. sit back and relax and enjoy this the widest selection of clubs in the excellent, but watching the incom- day of people watching. restaurants, night clubs and bars: In bars varies often making some cus a 3 percent tip out at the end of the Jennifer Cobbina, graduate stu these circumstances, the normal tipping tomers wonder, "How much is too little night, where a portion of my earnings dent, criminology said that she thinks amount for coat check attendants is $1 and how much is too much?" were split among other workers. more upscale restaurants do require a for one or two coats, 50 cents to $1 for Knowing what constitutes a superi Sometimes it would be anywhere frOm bigger tip, but the service is the biggest Gatch¥. 'Producers' scores a hit all over again restroom workers and $1 to $5 for car or, good and average tip can possibly $30 to $50 per night, but on very good key to how much she will leave. parking attendants. of their adding machines with the save one from an embarrassing or awk nights, I would still walk away with at "I will usually tip good if they pro BY CAT. MARQuis Leaving a tip means more than pay ward situation. least $200 of my own." vide excellent service and I will tip less if ·A&EEdt to; automaton precision of "Metropolis." ing for an employee to work at a restau Not leaving a tip is understandable Schumann said that how much I have to keep calling them over or ask Nobody does this kind of silliness like rant It is a common courtesy for the Mel Brooks. The film makes an excel if a person receives poor service; howev money a waitress makes also depends ing to be helped," Cobbina said meal in return. You want to see ''The Producers," lent transition back to the movie er, numerous waiters rely on the major- on the day of the week and the time. A 15 percent tip is nonnal for most to paraphrase the words to one of the screen, as a bon-bon of fun-making many catchy, show-stopping songs, and risque playfulness, with a visual in what may be the best musical com lybright movie splendor harkening edy movie of the year. back to the golden age of movie musi St. Louis Film Critics announces winners for year-end awards Mel Brooks' "The Producers" is cals. the movie musical version of the hit Set in 1959 New York, "The lets. The winners and runner-ups of -Sin City, Jake Gyllenhaal - Tsotsi -South Africa (runner-up: Broadway musical based on a movie Producers" has faded Broadway pro BY CATE MARQUIS the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Brokeback Mountain, Bob 2046 -China) comedy about two producers who set ducer Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) A&EEditor Awards were announced on Dec. 30, Hoskins - Mrs. Henderson Best Animated, Musical or out to present the world's worst musi faced with bleak finances after yet cal. Talk about getting the most out of 2005 and are listed below. Presents) Comedy Film: Wedding another failed play. That is, until shy The new St. Louis Gateway Film Best Supporting Actress: Crashers (runner-up: The your material. But recycled is never a accountant Leo Bloom (Mathew Critics Association announced its Best Picture: Brokeback Rachel Weisz - The Constant Matador) word you would use for this very Broderick) off-handedly mentions winners for the 2005 St. Louis M ountain (runner-u p : Good Garden er (runner -up: Michelle . Best Cinematography or entertaining movie delight. Winning that, if handled right, a producer Gateway Film Critics Awards, recog Night, and Good Luck) W illiams Brokeb ack Visual/Special Effects: King a record twelve Tonys on Broadway, could make more money with a flop . nizing the best in 2005 films. To be Best Actor: Heath Led ger - Mountain) Kong (runner~ up: Brokeback "The Producers" gives the audience than with a hit. Inspired, Max con The movie version of Mel Brooks' Broadway show "The Producers" features- a eligible, films had to either be shown Brokeb ack Mountain (nmner . Best Director: An g Lee - MOlmtain) one catchy, hum-able, humorous vinces a reluctant Leo to join him in star-stUdded cast of characters who set out to create the world's worst musical. ditty after another. The movie version in St. Louis, open in area theaters or u p : Philip Seymour H offman - Brokeb ack Mountain (runner Best Documentary: March of producing the worst flop ever, raising everyone, a ''light-hearted romp" with Brooks' way of taking a parting shot run in a film festival, or have a screen Capote) . up: George Clooney - Good the Penguins (runners-up (tie): adds big, bold movie extravaganza, way more cash than they need and Eva and Adolph called "Springtime at the Naiis, by subjecting them to the ing for critics. The St. Louis Gateway Best Actress: Judi Den eh Night, and Good Luck) En ron: The Smartest Guys in with the delight of a chorus line of then taking off for Rio with the money For Hitler." most over-the-top ridicule ever seen Film Critics Association is a profes Mrs. Hend erson Presents (nm Best Screenplay: Br ok eback the Room, Mad Hot Ballroom) dancing old ladies in walkers strung when the play flops on opening night. The original "Producers" movie on m ovie screens since Charlie sional association of St. Louis-area n e r-up: F elicity Huffman - Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Best Overlooked Film or across the sidewalks of New York in a They set out to find the worst cast, was not a musical, although it had the . Chaplin's "The Great Dictator." film critics, which promotes apprecia Transamerica) Diana Ossana (runner-up: Good Most Original, Artistically Busby Berkley style production num worst director and most importantly, ber or a roomful oflamenting , singing musical numbers from their tion for the art of cinema in st. Louis Best · Su p p ortin g Actor: Night, and Good Luck - George Innovative or Cl'eative Film: Sin the worst play ever written. They find appalling - play "Springtime for accountants pulling back the handles . and includes working film critics in George Clooney - Syriana (nm Clooney and Grant Heslov) City (runner-up: Me and You it in a play with something to offend PRODUCERS , Hitler." The play was sort of Mel see page 12 the st. Louis area from all media out- ners-up (tie): Mickey Rourke - Best Foreign Language Film: and Everyone We Know) Page 6 u Januaty 17, 2006 January 17, 2006 u Page 7 'Munich' is a worthy (and controversial) effort from Steven Spielberg BY CATE MARQUIS and toymaker turned bomb maker suspenseful and fast-paced, but is to allow both sides to speak. At one Film C1itic Robert (Mathieu Kassovitz). The also emotionally draining. The spy point in the film, Avner, posing as a team is given a list of names of tar thriller action alternates with its German communist, has a conversa Filmgoers expecting Steven gets, unlimited funds and instruc growing debate on ethics of their tion with a young Arab named Ali Spielberg's new film "Munich" to be tions that they are to only operate actions, with different characters (Omar Metwally). Ali shows no another ' Schindler's List" are in for a outside the Middle East. No matter giving voice to nearly every point of understanding of the Israeli point of surprise, for they will find a much how long it takes, they are to assassi view. The debate over the film all lies view. In Ali's mind, he does not see different film. While artistically, nate them all. in this subtext, not its qualities as why the Israelis are in his homeland. "Munich" is an excellent piece of The film uses heart-wrenching cinema art. "I didn't gas any Jews," he says. filmmaking, filled with both vivid These "South City Heros" have spent hours of quality time at Mangia Italiano. archival news footage of the Munich Like other controversial films of Fmthermore, Ali is convinced that imagery and splendid acting, hostage crisis early in the film, and recent years, there has been a great the world will eventually come to the "Munich's" underlying themes are intercuts bloody re-enactments of deal of discussion and debate about Palestinians' aid. When Avner chal far more likely to divide audiences. the tragedy throughout the film. this it, although few have seen the lenges this assumption, Ali only says To complicate matters, Spielberg "Munich" starts out with action film film itself. Some have seen an anti that his grandchildren and great aims to make an action film with bravura, with the team of hit men Israel message in the movie, notably grandchildren will continue the Jewish heroes, remind the world of confident, eager and unquestioning the Israeli consul in Los Angeles, fight, allowing Spielberg to conjure -South Grand the tragedy of the Munich Olympics, their mission. They make contact whose criticisms have been widely images of the centuries-long con comment on the cycle of revenge and with an apolitical information mer reported. In truth, the film chal flicts of Yugoslavia and the Irish make a plea for peace. Quite an cenary, a Frenchman named Louis lenges whether Israel's actions troubles. Eventually, Avner grills his ambitious order for a single film. (Mathieu Amalric) with the connec towards Palestinians are leading to Mossad handler Ephraim about "Munich" is a historical tions to find their targets. His infor peace, but-not Israel's right to exist, whether killing these plotters will put . serves up thriller/drama about the aftermath mation is always for sale to the high as some have hinted. Others have an end to the violence, something of the terrorist attack that killed 11 est bidder, S9 there are no guaran expressed respect for the film's com that clearly did not happen. Israeli Olympic athletes at Munich in tees he will not betray them as well. plexity and the moral questions it This is a fictional film, not a doc 1972. The attack was carried out by As they cross the names off their hit raises along with its cinematic value, umentary, and Spielberg takes some Brian Fagnanl the previously unknown Palestinian list, the film turns darker, the emo while acknowledging that the two liberties with facts. This is one of the cultu ral cu is ine terrorist group called. Black College students looking for a little extra income may become familiar tions tenser and , relationships hour and forty minute film can be criticisms leveled at the film. To be with Ray Weber, manger of A.J.R. Pawn Shop located on South Grand. September. The terrorist attack between the team become tighter as emotionally draining and daunting fair, Spielberg clearly states the film grabbed world-wide attention, and doubts about their mission arise. to absorb. is historical fiction. Other is a pur horrified them when a failed German Hollywood movies are famous One of the problematic aspects of ported biographical book by some BY GENELLE .JONES a late 1950S setting. It is open 24 hours upscale environment where Japanese Louis. It has been in the same location rescue attempt led to the deaths of all __M ' .'· ~ •.• _ for simplifying stories to good guy the film is that the victims all are pre- one who claims to have been one of for those late night cravings for cheese cuisine meets American culture. Enjoy of 18 years and is known as the "grand Staff Writer of the hostages and most of the kid bad guy, black-and-white tales of . sentedin their role as family mem the Mossad supported assassins, but burgers and hand· dipped chocolate the finest Japanese drinks of Sake and daddy" of Thai food. Their menu fea nappers. The film's story follows the heroism and glorious exploits. bers, or in other neutral contexts, whose link is unclear. While some shakes. Their menu also features any Sake Gekkeikan while waiting for a Grand South Grand is a VIbrant tures high quality yet affordable dishes actions of a Mossad-assembled team, Politicians and pundits are also given without reference to their terrorist or interpret Spielberg's film as a criti thing from the classic egg and district of authentic retail shops and fried table next to a cascading waterfall and of panang tofu, seafood salad, sticky . led by agent Avner Kauffman (Eric to simplifying events· to inspiring political activities. The director is on cism of Israel, others have suggested cheese sandwich to the New York strip a beautiful view through glass win Bana) , whose mission is to track restaurants. It is approximately six city rice with mango, Drunken noodles and tales of glory. As .any war veteran firmer ground when he points out that the film is really aimed more at dows. . blocks long and is located between steak. curry green chicken. It is the perfect down and kill all eleven Palestinians knows, real warfare, like real life, is that every terrorist eliminated is post 9/11 America, alluded to in the Arsenal and Utah in south St. Louis. It place to impress a date. responsible for the planning and exe more complicated and complex. quickly replaced, raising questions film's final shot that includes the is rich in international culture and Mangia Italiano is a lovely Qudoba' is an authentic Mexican cution of the attack. Spielberg's film is all about the com about how much killing will be New York skyline, with the now-van influence, and is known to many as St. romantic Italian restaurant. It is the restaqrant that features excellent Ifyou are not in the mood for food, Unlike the Mossad agent in last plexities. If movies have a single enough. There are the doubts that ished twin towers prominently in Louis' international neighborhood perfect place for a first date or to rekin Mexican dishes of Spanish rice, then one can easily have fun shopping summer's 'Walk on Water," Bana's author or a single voice, that voice is Avner raises about whether they are view. Still, agree with him or not, because many Gennan, Italian, French dle an old flame. Enjoy creative Italian tamales, nachos, enchilada de at 1 of 100 retail shops or enjoy a sooth character, Avner, is no cold and effi the director's. This is Spielberg targeting the right men. Spielberg's Spielberg is clearly making a plea for and Asian immigrants have made the dishes· such· as classic spaghetti and camarones and quesadillas! It is the ing cup of java at Mokabe's or South cient pro but a young, inexperienced speaking on his view of the moral most persuasive argument is when peace and believes that communica nearby streets their home away from meat sauce, creamy shrimp pasta and newest addition to Grand South Grand Grand Coffee Company. agent with a pregnant wife to worry complexities of a war on terrorism he asks what price, emotional and tion between Israelis and home. chicken panniguna over dim lighting but a great addition to this internation Grand Soq.th Grand is the perfect about. Despite his lack of experience, and the path to peace. moral, the Israeli team pays for Palestinians is part of the path to "It's kind of a mini Loop for resi and the soothing sounds of jazz. Goda al district of culture. You can dine in solution to an inexpensive night on the this son of a hero and Holocaust sur This is a difficult film to review. adopting the methods of their peace for Israel. vivors is picked by Mossad agent dents that live in this area," .said l' alimental and catch up on the latest sports high- town, or if you are out and about dur As a Hollywood movie, it is filled enemy. This film will be hotly debated Monica Jackson. . . lights, or eat out at a great table on the ing the summer months, Grand South Ephraim (Geoffrey Rush) and prime with action and suspense, the thrill Some people will simply not but in the end, it is successful as a Grand South Grand features Sekisui Sushi Bistro is a fun busy streets of Grand and Arsenal. Grand is the host for many festivals minister Golda Meir (Lynn Cohen) to of the chase and explosions. want to consider some of the ques piece of cinema art, whether you include a variety of culinary venues. beginning to the classic date night of and parades such as the annual PRIDE head up the secret mission. The "Munich" is violent, even grisly at tions Spielberg's film seems to ask. agree with the filmmaker's views or The South City Diner is an inex dinner and a movie. Enjoy sushi, tuna The King and I is known to be Fest and the International Festival. unofficial team is completed by the points, increasingly so as the story Spielberg asks us to consider if one not. Like all films with the potential pensive yet classic American cuisine in belly, yakitori and tempura in an one of the best Thai restaurants in St. . action-oriented Steve (Daniel Craig), unfolds. The acting is good and the runs the risk of becoming the evil for controversy, the best thing is to document-forger Hans (Hanns thriller story is well-plotted, with a one opposes and when one revenge see the film for yourself instead of Zischler), their clean-up man Carl script by Tony Kushner (Angels In killing leads to another, when does taking the word of others for its (Ciaran Hinds), who makes sure no America) and Eric Roth. The fihn is the cycle end. Spielberg clearly wants meaning or content. incriminating evidence, is left behind