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University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2010s) Student Newspapers 10-30-2017 Current, October 30, 2017 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current2010s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, October 30, 2017" (2017). Current (2010s). 277. https://irl.umsl.edu/current2010s/277 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (2010s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Vol. 51 Issue 1545 The Current October 30, 2017 UMSL’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWS Yentumi and Berkowitz: Your Friendly Local Triton Rappers MICHAEL PLUMB/ THE CURRENT MICHAEL PLUMB/ Kids enjoyed stopping by the different trunks at UMSL like SGA's "Moana" trunk. Chris Zuver from UMSL student organizations, A&E Editor departments, offices, and individ- COURTESY OF ROD MILAM OF ROD COURTESY uals, parked cars and set up their Looprat at the chesterfield amphitheater right after they finished at the 'Burbs Music and Arts Festival. n October 28, the University trunks, and passed out candy and Mike A. Bryan articulate manner, mixed with a er since long before they joined the Oof Missouri-St. Louis’ Annual other treats to children ages 12 and Staff Writer healthy dose of hip hop aphorisms. collective. The name was invented Trunk-or-Treat took place at the under. The trunks were decorat- The allusions to hip hop in their by Berkowitz at an open mic with Millennium Student Center South ed in various styles, some made to s Aesop once said, “appearanc- speech are the first indication that Yentumi in late 2013, and refers to Garage. UMSL students, staff, and look like giant monsters. Both adults Aes can be deceiving.” If you're these students have creative sides as all sorts of loops - beats, life cycles, faculty gathered in the morning and children were dressed up as fa- not paying attention, Alex Yentu- wordsmiths and beatmakers. If you and the Delmar Loop. Some quick to set up. The event was hosted by mous monsters and other fictional mi, senior, civil engineering, and dig a little deeper, you will find out facts about each student: UMSL Tiny Tritons, UMSL Stu- characters. William Berkowitz, senior, inter- that Berkowitz goes by the moniker Ages: Berkowitz - 21, Yentumi dents of Service, and the Office of UMSL’s Trunk-or-Treat has national business, both seem to be Will-Be, while Yentumi is known - 23 Student Involvement. been a tradition since 2010, when normal, everyday college students. as Zen Mugen, and both are MC’s Origins: St. Louis born and At noon, the event opened to at- roughly 75 children attending. Over Once you get a chance to interact in the local live hip hop collective, raised, mostly in University City tendants. Activities included various the years, the number has grown to with one of them, however, you will LOOPRAT. They grew up on the Biggest musical influence: The activity and information booths, as over 300. The event went on until 2 be impressed and delighted by an same block in University City, and Roots well as the main feature: the “trunk- p.m. extremely funny, intelligent, and have been working on music togeth- continued on page 5 or-treating,” where various people Ameren Accelerator Demo Day Big Success for Startups and UMSL Students Kat Riddler process including their own “Shark Managing Editor Tank” like presentations to the se- lection team. Each of the winning he University of Missouri Sys- groups received $100,000 in seed Ttem, University of Missouri-St. capital to participate in the 12-week Louis Accelerate, Ameren, and Cap- program. The startups presented ital Innovators hosted the first-ev- plans and prototypes of their new er Ameren Accelerator Demo Day energy technology they have been on October 26, at the Blanche M. working on. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The program started at 1 p.m. The highly anticipated event at- with remarks by UMSL alumnus tracted more than 500 RSVPs. The and Chairman, President, and CEO event was from 1 to 5 p.m. and al- of Ameren Corporation Warner lowed attendees to interact with the Baxter. Founding Executive Direc- seven startup companies who par- tor of the UMSL Accelerate Dan ticipated in the Ameren Accelerator. Lauer spoke next. Lauer was fol- In Ju the program was announced lowed by Judy Sindecuse, CEO of and the innovative program aimed Capital Innovators. Then each of the at promoting energy technologies seven participating startup compa- and economic development in St. nies spoke till about 3:30 p.m. Louis began with seven companies The startup companies were chosen out of the 200 applications Blossom, Hyperion Sensors, Ome- from 31 countries and 22 states who ga Grid, Rebate Bus, SensrTrx, applied. Switched Source, and WIFIPLUG. THE CURRENT MICHAEL PLUMB/ There was an intense selection continued on page 3 UMSL students were able to work with the Ameren Accelerator startup companies for twelve weeks. What’s Inside: Goshen Coffee, pg. 4 Halloween Movies, pg. 5 Swim Team, pg. 6 Ethical Shopping pg. 7 2 October 30, 2017 CURRENT STAFF EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Michael Plumb Managing Editor Kat Riddler News Editor Aubrey Byron Features Editor Now hiring! 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As a bonus, Mike Toohey also noticed that 100 pigs is also a solution! how can you be Involved? • Get even More News and Content online at thecurrent-online.com • Send Story Tips to [email protected] • Be Featured or Feature an Undercurrent • Respond to stories with Letters to the Editor • Like us on Fb /TheCurrentStudentNews TCINDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWS • Volunteer, Intern, or Work for the Paper • Follow us on Twitter @UMSLTheCurrent MON 54 TUE 50 WED 54 THU 73 FRI 64 SAT 68 SUN 73 35 37 50 55 56 56 60 October 30, 2017 news 3 Ameren Accelerator Demo Day Big Success continued from page 1 ness management, was paired with “I would do it again in a heartbeat. It Blossom is a way for two parties WIFIPLUG. Zvibleman said, “I was 90 days of stress. It was 90 days to exchange anything of value using think the greatest experience with of missing tests and classes and not simple digital agreements set by us- the UMSL Ameren Accelerator was being on top of my game. But this er-defined rules. Blossom’s energy the opportunity to see challenges experience outweighs any experi- solution allows users to easily ne- put in real companies’ faces then to ence I would get in a classroom.” gotiate the selling, sharing, trading, see them achieve goals to overcome Zvibleman also had a positive or storage of excess energy capacity those challenges. It was especially networking experience. He said, by bartering with others. interesting because I’m looking to “Once you told people you were part Hyperion Sensors has developed start my own venture.” of the UMSL Ameren Accelerator a substation hardened distributed Zvibleman continued, “To know people were like ‘let me shake your fiber optic sensor for high voltage that these are experience that I will hand and get a little more informa- assets that allows these large grid have to go through at some point tion.’ It definitely opened up a larg- assets to become "intelligent". In is reassuring. That experience is er field. I’ve been offered more jobs KAT RIDDLER/THE CURRENT KAT other words, enabling IoT within The logos from all of the seven startups that participated in the Ameren Accelerator. something that you can’t get in a within the last 90 days than I have the smart grid. more distributed generation. product for my company. It was a textbook, in a class, or from a teach- in my entire life. So networking, Omega Grid is a market soft- WIFIPLUG is the smartest of great experience to use my engi- er even. It is something you have to the support, the continued backing ware that removes the revenue risk smart plugs.