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Issue 734 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI· ST. LOUIS August 31, 1992 Robber Makes· Not Career ·P acement So Quick Trip Receives Grant by Greg Albers parallel participation in which they by Bill Farnsworth susp,ectrunning from the store toward Current news reporter work while they are attending classes, news editor UM-St. Louis. When the suspect saw or alternating participation in which the patrol car, he slowed to a walk. Students who would like to get they work for a semester then attend Being in the right place, at the Police said Mehlen, who believed practical work experience before classes for a semester. right time, was the leey factor in the the _suspect was exhibiting strange graduation are in for some good news. "Right now, demand is highest arrest of a suspect in an early morning behavior, had pulled alongside him On Sept. I, Career Placement for Uobs in] accounting, computer­ robbery of a convenience store near when he heard the dispatch detailing Services will receive the fIrst of fIve related jobs, biology, chemistry, UM-St. Louis . an armed robbery at the QuikTrip annual grants that will total $350,000. physics and sales/marketing," said Normandy police said the store. The grants are from the U.S. Depart­ Kettler. "But our efforts are across the QuikTrip convenience store, 8230 Mehlen followed the suspect who ment of Education in conjunction with board. The industries that are hot for Flori ssantRd. , was robbed at gunpoint began running just before he reached the Title 8 Cooperative Education the future are service related." early Thursday, August 20. There the entrance to UM-S 1. Louis. Mehlen Program. Career Placement has been oper­ were no injuries. pursued the man and apprehended In addition to the $350,000 fed­ ating the cooperative education pro­ Police said an 18-year-old black him after the suspect threw a bag eral grant, $300,000 that was con­ gram since the University opened, male entered the QuilcTrip store at behind the UM-St. Louis sign on Mark tributed by the University will be used but never to the degree planned now approximately 1:30 am., only 10 Twain Drive. to expand the cooperative education that it has the grant. minutes after an officer left the store. After searching the suspect and program run by Career Placement "We never hit it that hard in the The man, whom police refuse to taking his gun, Mehlen retrieved the Services. past," said Kettler. "Now we will be identify, approached the service bag containing $114. The cooperative education pro­ marketing more aggressively to stu­ counter and, pointing a gun at the Wyatt Phillips, vice president of gram finds degree-related work for dents and employers to get more clerk, ordered that he be given all the marketing for QuilcTrip, Inc., said the eligible students while they are en­ people involved in the program." money in the register. robbery was of considerable concern rolled at UM-St. Louis. Students with Kettler said job placements are }>olice said while the clerk was to the corporate office in Tulsa, 30 or more credit hours who are in expected to increase from 120 last gathering the money, the suspect saw Oklahoma. Phillips said hiring a se­ good academic standing are eligible. year to 368 by the fifth year of the his image on a security monitor be­ curity guard for the store could be an "It gives students a real leg up program. The department will also be hind the service counter and shot the option. He added that security guards with the state of the economy these hiring an additional secretary and a screen, destroying it. are not usually utilized unless the days," said Debbie Kettler, director marketing specialist to handle theex tra The suspect then fled with the store is robbed more than once. of Career Placement. work. money and his gun and was crossing Phillips said the stores are, how­ photo: Jeff Parker Positions are available for all de­ To apply for the program , stu­ ever, monitored 24 hours a day, both Lowen Drive where Nonnandy Police A view of the QuikTrip on Florissant Road that was robbed on August greeprograms. Many of the positions dents should visit the Career Place­ Officer John Mehlen was approach­ 20. The suspect was caught on campus minutes after fleeing the are paid. Students have the option of ment Office in 308 Woods Hal l. .ing Florissant Rd. Mehlen saw the see ROBBED, page 3 convenience store. Underground And Dorms nC8mpusl Spurl~ Get New Food Service by lauren Tsuglta ence $at the key to a successful food See page 11 f or afea­ Current news reporter operation is the manager," said tureon new UM-St. Louis Schmalfeld, "Bruce Colvin (food .Athletic Director Rich In the past two years UM-S t Louis service director for ARA) is an en­ has seen two different food service thusiastic and energetic manager who Meckfessel. .p roviders come and go. ARA Food is willing to make great changes." Services, lnc., which has a new five ARA is different from any of the year contract with the University, is previous food services because they the third to arrive. have franchise agreements with vari­ ARA will provide food service ous fast food restaurant chains. for the donni tories and for the Under­ Dunkin Donuts is already one of ground, the cafeteria located in Uni­ the franchises that ARA has intro­ versity Center. duced, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell will Service America, the previous also be introduced by the end of the Rick Meckfessel food service company, also had a five semester. These three are all noted for year contract with the University, but their quick Service. wanted to renegotiate the commis­ "UM-Sl Louis should look for sion that was paid to the University new changes and upgrades. In the for the food sold in the Underground. future, we may host other franchises to provide good service for the cam­ Check out page 10 Service America wanted to reduce the University'S commission by fifty pus community," Colvin said. for the Fun Page and percent. Another difference thatARA will page 8 for the review on A cut this large was not some­ initiate is a revolving menu formal "The Gun in Bettylou's thing that the University could accept, Lunch menus will be on a four week schedule so customers can experience Handbag." according to Robert Schmalfeld, di­ rector of University Center. Requests a variety of food. Dinner menus will forbids were made and the University also be different from the lunch menus. received replies from nine different There will also be a new look to companies. the Underground. The walls have been A committee of students and ad­ painted a lighter color and large photos ministrators selected, based on a set will be hung. There are now plans for of criteria, two companies to consider replacing or refurbishing the booths photo: Paul Sarris to make them more comfortable and as finalists for the contract. The REAL ~OCK RADIO: KSHE (94.7 FM) welcomed back stu dents and provided . committee then invited the two pro­ better looking. entertainment for those waiting in line with a live broadcast from the bookstore on th e first spective managers from these com­ Four different food "areas" will "The GIUI in Bettyloi's HlJIIIlbag" panies for an interview. day of classes, As part of the promoti on, they were holding a drawi ng for a fre e Corvette. "We know from previous experi- see ARA, page 3 Kloster Compressor Crunches Car On Campus Turn to page 2 to find out how to winfree movie by Bill Farnsworth mated at nearly $3,000, and could increase. The dam­ passes to the movie news editor age is on the right rear comer of her car. The car is now in the body shop awaiting repairs; "Wind"! Students now have yet another worry when it repairs that Raphael is worried might become her comes to parking on campus - Kloster Company, responsibility. The driver of the truck had referred Inc. Kloster is constructing the Metro Link Light Rail Raphael to Jack Cook, a controller at Kloster. System under a contract from the Bi-State Develop­ "It seems that every time I called (Cook], he got ment Agency. more and more angry with me. The only thing I needed Mary Raphael, a UM-St. Louis student, came out was a rental Car before I had to go to work," she said. of the Mark Twain Building after her 11 a.m. class on Raphael said Cook had originally said that Kloster Tuesday, Aug. 25, to find the rear of her car smashed would pay for all damages to her vehicle and a rental and a campus police officer taking a report on the car. "Wind" accident. Raphael was told that a piece of machinery Raphael also said when she called Kloster to had fallen off the truck and had struck her car. arrange for a rental car and for payment of the damage, Raphael's car was parked immediately across from she was told that Kloster would not be able to procure parking lot "M" when it was hit by the machinery from a rental car for her until Thursday at6:30 p.m., an hour the Kloster vehicle. and a half after she needed to be at work. Police will only be is- . Officer Gina Whitfield said the truck was carrying She said Kloster also requested that she submit the suing warnings for the an air compressor and was headed uphill on Mark estimates for her car repairs.

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