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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:

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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. It learns your routines neering knowledge. I would abso- do hands-on.” of the UMSL members were just of distributed generation for utili- making your life easier, saving you lutely do it again.” The 90 day experience was unreal.” ties, encourages energy investment money on your energy bills. You can Vaughn said he enjoyed the probably the coolest experiences in Davontae Anderson, senior, by property owners and enables ac- control the plug with your voice us- networking atmosphere at Cortex. my life. It was 90 days of new chal- marketing, was paired with Sensr cess to lower rates for everyone. ing Siri, Alexa and Google. It’s the “Networking through the intern- lenges, new answers. I had a fiscal Trx. He said, “I really enjoyed the Rebate Bus is a platform for only smartplug in the world to offer ship was an everyday event. What I product we had to track through the program. One of the biggest take- utility programs to deliver in- open source API for developers. mean by that is that every day you process. Not only to say that we had aways from the program would be stant rebates online via high traffic Several UMSL students were were at Cortex you had a chance a goal, we coded it whatever. We can the connections I made. Not only e-commerce stores. placed in an internship with these to meet someone from Ameren say, okay we have printed the front with the startups or the higher ups SensrTrx is an analytics applica- startup companies and worked with who could be a potential employer plate of the plug, we have designed in UMSL Accelerate like Dan and tion focused on using industrial data them during the 12-week program. for you in the future… I met a man the interior of the plug. The weekly Ala, but with the other interns. I to improve uptime, performance, Andrew Vaughn, senior, me- named Steve. Steve and I remained accomplishments were pretty cool.” hope to start my own marketing firm and reliability of manufacturing and chanical engineer, was paired with in contact for a while. Now Steve is Zvibleman explained there one day, so knowing I have friends industrial systems. Switched Source. Vaughn said, “My looking to get me a possible job after was some difficulty communicat- that I can say ‘hey I need help de- Switched Source provides experience with the Ameren Accel- I graduate. The networking through ing sometimes because his boss at signing this website’ or ‘hey I need equipment solutions for electric erator internship was phenomenal. the Ameren Accelerate is fantastic WIFIPLUG had to return to the UK help marketing this product’, having distribution companies that make I had a chance to work on real world and it is an everyday activity,” said several times because he had a son. those friends and connections with the grid more resilient and efficient, problems where I could use my en- Vaughn. Zvibleman loved the internship de- other interns is probably the big- while supporting the integration of gineering knowledge to design a Alex Zvibleman, junior, busi- spite the added difficulty. He said: gest takeaway from this internship. Protests Erupt After STLCC Professor Arrested Steven Doerhoff been “voicing his displeasure with plause during the public comment board members,” according to a po- istrators but not for anyone else?’” Archivist ground rules laid out at the meet- portion of the meeting. This did lice report. “The suspect continued Following the arrest, Taylor had ing” before ultimately being escort- not deter the audience, which be- toward board members and the offi- been notified by the college that he n October 19, 53-year-old ad- ed out by police. gan clapping after the first public cer took the suspect to the floor and wasn’t allowed on any of the school’s Ojunct math professor, Steve The college released video of speaker had finished and was again handcuffed him,” the report added. campuses, which he has taken as his Taylor, was slammed to the ground the incident on October 20, which reminded by Gee that they would Taylor has said he was simply termination. Taylor, who was the and arrested during a St. Lou- showed Taylor being tackled to the be asked to leave if the applause trying to regain his balance as the recipient of the 2015 STLCC-Wild- is Community College Board of ground. In the video, Rodney Gee, continued. officer yanked his coat backward. wood Faculty to Faculty Award, Trustees meeting. According to the Vice Chair of the Board, instructs It was after this that Taylor can “All of a sudden my jacket is pulled which is awarded to faculty mem- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Taylor had the audience to refrain from ap- be seen moving to the center of the violently from behind me, and I in- bers who demonstrate excellence in room speaking out as he is repeat- stinctively pulled forward,” Tay- teaching and support of student suc- edly told to leave. As he continues lor said in an interview with the St. cess, said he didn’t blame the police to talk, a community college offi- Louis Post-Dispatch. It is difficult officer but the board, which he de- cer comes up behind Taylor and to discern from the video, which scribed as “restricting free speech.” grabs his jacket. Taylor then begins was shot from the back of the room, The following Monday, protests moving forward toward the board whether Taylor was moving toward by several dozen students, faculty members and is tackled by the offi- the board members in an aggres- and staff, were held on the Meramec cer just in front of the table. “If you sive manner or to merely regain his campus in Kirkwood. The protest- can’t clap, then I don’t want to be a footing. ers were there in response to the Aubrey Byron October 22: No incidents to part of your college,” Taylor can be Taylor had gone to the meeting arrest and firing of Taylor, pressur- News Editor report. heard saying in the video as he was prepared to speak but spoke out of ing the college for a new contract October 23: At 5:47 p.m. an removed from the meeting. turn as the audience was remind- for adjunct professors including job he following is a series of dai- UMSL student was transported to St. Louis police have charged ed of the no applause rule. “The security and a higher salary. Many Tly crime and incident reports the hospital via ambulance after Taylor with general peace distur- board never issued a similar warn- protesters wore bright orange Ser- issued by the University of Mis- passing out in the Recreation and bance and resisting arrest. Tay- ing when people clapped for admin- vice Employees International Union souri- St. Louis Police Department Wellness Center. lor had been grabbed from behind istrators,” he said, “I stood up and Local 1 shirts with the “Faculty For- between October 19 to October 26. October 24: At 9:34 a.m. an from a college officer after he “ag- said ‘Excuse me, how is it we can continued at October 19: At 1:30 a.m. a UMSL student was transported to gressively forced his way toward clap for the chancellor and admin- thecurrent-online.com non-student was arrested for tres- the hospital via ambulance after suf- passing and outstanding warrants fering a twisted ankle. At 1:28 p.m. after being found sleeping in the UMSL PD retrieved a lost phone Social Science Building. The subject charger and held it for the owner. Currently Involved Column was released to Maplewood Police At 2:52 p.m. UMSL staff reported an Department. At 1:02 p.m. an UMSL unknown female stole headphones his week in the Office of Stu- reflection in order to prepare them the parents. faculty member was transported from the bookstore. At 11:53 p.m. Tdent Involvement at the Uni- for future leadership experiences at • The ongoing process of coming to the hospital via ambulance after a shuttle driver turned in a pair of versity of Missouri-St. Louis: UMSL and beyond. Interested stu- out is often difficult and navigating difficulty breathing. At 11:30 p.m. found eyeglasses. They were held • The Emerging Leaders pro- dents can learn more, and apply, by the world from a marginalized space an UMSL student was transported for safekeeping. gram is now accepting applications. visiting the Emerging Leaders por- can be emotionally and mentally to the hospital via ambulance after October 25: No incidents to Emerging Leaders is a unique op- tal in TritonSync. taxing at times. Join the Office of feeling light headed. report. portunity for undergraduate UMSL • Tiny Tritons and the St. Louis Student Involvement for a conversa- October 20: At 4:15 a.m. UMSL October 26: At 1:09 a.m. a found students to get on the fast-track to Science Center present Icky Sticky tion on mental and emotional health PD assisted a non-student in need of ID was turned in by a shuttle driv- student leadership, campus and Science, happening November 11 in the LGBTQ+ community and en- emergency housing. er and held for safekeeping. At 1:01 community involvement. Students from 10 to 11 a.m. in the J.C. Pen- joy activities to engage in wellness October 21: At 3:17 p.m. Touhill p.m. an UMSL student was trans- participating in the Emerging Lead- ney Summit Lounge. The event is activities. Refreshments will be pro- patron was transported to the hos- ported to the hospital via ambu- ers program will receive an insider’s fun for the whole family! Hands on vided. The event is October 30, from pital via ambulance after suffering lance after suffering a seizure. At perspective on Student Involvement activities for our Tiny Tritons in- 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge. a fall. At 6:09 p.m. an UMSL student 3:43 p.m. UMSL student reported at UMSL. Throughout the program, cluding: learn about material sci- The Office of Student Involve- was transported to the hospital via a concerning conversation that was students will have an opportunity ence, create your own slime, make ment can be contacted at 314-516- ambulance after experiencing a se- overheard. to develop their leadership skills your own silly putty, and so much 5291 or studentinvolvement@umsl. vere headache. through workshops, activities, and more. Coffee will be provided for edu. 4 features October 30, 2017 St. Louis Public Radio Partners with Goshen Coffee Aubrey Byron brew coffee is a V60 single cup pour News Editor over. “It’s the cleanest, most consis- tent cup I’ve found.” With an auto- t. Louis Public Radio, an affil- mated brewer, you can’t be sure that Siate of University of Missou- it is saturating all of the grounds. ri-St. Louis, has partnered with With another pour over, if you do Goshen Coffee to provide coffee not pour for 30 seconds, it will be- for the station’s three story, Grand gin “degassing” which lets out C02 Center office. Goshen Coffee is a and flavor. local roasting company based in As for his favorite coffee? It’s the Edwardsville, Illinois. Partner and “secret stash” at Goshen. The brew- roaster, Argus Keppel, came to the ers spend sufficient time research- Grand Center campus to discuss ing and finding new beans to get roasting and coffee. excited about. These stashes come Keppel was not always a fan of in tall, narrow boxes rather than coffee. He said, “I wasn’t into it at sacks. He opened one box of the all.” When he landed a job at Foun- raw beans, and a strong fruity aro- dation Grounds as a prep chef with ma flooded out. “It smells like a fruit COURTESY OF GOSHEN COFFEE OF GOSHEN COURTESY shifts starting early in the morn- smoothie,” he exclaimed. Argus (left) and Head Roaster, Carl (right) sit on burlap sacks of fresh coffee. ing, he started drinking it to help Goshen is very excited about him wake up. Almost immediate- Grand Marquis and started com- air. A monitor in front of the door “We downright look at the import- the partnership with St. Louis Pub- ly he started asking questions, like, muting to Edwardsville half of the shows the temperature and “profile” er and how they are working with lic Radio at Grand Center. “All of us “Why does this Sumatra taste differ- week. of the coffee. As I talked to Keppel, the coffee farmer.” They used to use listen to St. Louis Public Radio… and ent than an Ethiopian?” He started That was a little over five years Carl, the Head Roaster, frequently only Fairtrade and organic certified we’re mainly happy we can provide going to more coffee shops, exper- ago. Keppel said, “People in St. Lou- walked into the room with the roast- products, but it was limiting. A lot of partnership with them.” imenting at home, and getting to- is didn’t want to talk to me about er to make minute adjustments. farmers could not afford the certifi- Goshen coffee can be found in gether with other coffee lovers. roasting.” So he began to reach out When speaking about the roast- cation to be recognized. They began Schnucks, Straub’s, Dierbergs. It is Every week when the roaster to roasters in Chicago and Kansas ing process, he said, “So basically to seek out farmers that deserved noticeable at any store because of its would drop off the delivery from City. He found people who roast on you have sugars in coffee and our the certification, but maybe didn’t Rosie the Riveter inspired label, fea- Goshen, Keppel would bug him for similar roasters who were willing to job is to caramelize the sugars...That have the money to buy one yet. He turing a tattooed woman flexing her insights. “He never wanted to an- give advice. “Dark Matter [In Chi- said, you can also burn the sugars.” said fair sourcing is “our highest arm. Atomic Dust handled the label swer the questions, never wanted to cago], especially, were so friendly It is 370 degrees when the caramel- priority.” design and “they knocked it out of talk to me,” Keppel said. After a year to me.” They still get together once ization starts and at 470 degrees, the Argus said his favorite way to the park,” according to Keppel. or so of trying to make plans to tour a year. sugars and caffeine will start to burn the facility to no avail, one day he Within first three months, he off. Somewhere in the middle is the asked Keppel, ‘Do you want to roast was brought to a roasting competi- sweet spot. coffee?” He immediately said yes. tion. Keppel said, “We do ‘America’s The giant burlaps sacks hold It turned out the roaster was Best Espresso.’” Since he started, “green” coffee beans, meaning they selling the company and after three Goshen has done five competi- are raw before they get roasted. The weeks of training, Keppel became tions and placed in the top three for beans come from a fruit and taste the head roaster and then eventual- three of them. “They’re like summer the best when picked at the ripest. ly a partner. His roasting career be- camps. You see the same people and “It’s a raw, organic fruit.” The pick- gan with what he describes as “a lot it’s really awesome.” ers sometimes use bracelets or even of trial and error” At the warehouse facility in Ed- nail polish to determine if the fruit “I didn’t even have a car.” After wardsville, a buzzing can be heard is the right color for picking. getting dropped off on a Saturday from the roasting room. The Flu- Coffee is a product that can of- and watching one roast get pulled, id Bed Air Roaster, as opposed to a ten come with human rights issues.

he decided “I want to be a part of drum roaster, is unique because it Argus talked a little about Gosh- CURRENT BYRON/THE AUBREY this.” He bought a $640 Mercury uses convection heat, basically hot en’s practices on that issue. He said, Carl pulls a freshly roasted batch of beans from the roaster. The World of Virtual Reality for Video Games Mike Rademacher cantly better than its competitors. It VR controls. So, the big challenge at Guest Writer makes sense that PSVR was doing the moment is finding a way to de- better, considering that it is one of velop games for VR that don’t make he video game industry grew the cheaper options at launch only people sick. But Garrison did iterate Tfrom humble beginnings to a costing around $400 for the hard- that games, while the main medium multi-billion dollar industry over ware and another $400 dollars for a for VR, aren’t the only virtual reality the course of about 40 years. The Playstation 4 (the other two require experiences out there. He said there industry hoped to increase their a $1000+ PC, plus the $600 Rift or are certain smaller experiences that already impressive profits last year the $800 Vive at launch). let the user experience what’s go- by introducing technology that the But are the PSVR sales ing on around them that are usual- public had seen before, but with really that impressive considering ly much more enjoyable. “There are updated hardware for a newer gen- there are about 60 million Play- ones that make videos where you’re eration. That technology was virtu- station 4 owners? This leaves only actually riding in a roller coaster… al reality (VR) and they hoped that about 2 percent of those owners also it makes you feel like you’re really OF FLICKR COURTESY despite the failure of mainstream owning a VR unit. The bestselling there,” Garrison said. These are less Samsung's Virtual Reality MWC 2016 Press Conference. adoption in the past, they would fi- VR unit is only selling a small frac- interactive experiences than playing as opposed to court side that might described, might be a more viable nally succeed this time. Even though tion of its install base and that is not a video game, but Garrison empha- be more interesting.” Stewart ex- market for VR than video games. sales seemed strong starting out, VR good. Of that small fraction of PSVR sizes that they are interesting none pressed that VR could be used in So, why would companies did not set the world on fire like the owners is John Garrison, assistant the less. Because these smaller ex- more meaningful and interesting keep pouring money into a technol- gaming industry had hoped. manager at the local GameStop. periences are less likely to induce ways than it is right now. For one ogy that is not being utilized proper- There are three main con- Garrison said, “It’s pretty good,” re- nausea and are more accessible, it the ability to experience things that ly as of now? VR units are expensive tenders for VR in the gaming space, ferring to the VR unit, however, he might be a good idea for VR to in- many people may not be able to ex- and playing video games is an ex- the Vive from HTC, the Facebook says he has not used it much late- vest in more of these smaller expe- perience due to lack of funding or pensive hobby, so it seems like the backed Oculus Rift, and the Playsta- ly. “Part of the issue is that there are riences to reach a broader audience. physical limitations. right fit. But with everyone experi- tion VR (PSVR). The Rift launched not that many titles that have been Jacob Stewart, a vid- “That might be where the encing nausea and people like Stew- in March of 2016 and the Vive released for [VR],” said Garrison. eo game enthusiast, had used VR hot spot is for VR… I don’t really art showing very little to no interest, launched in April of 2016 and their Not many game developers are de- in this way to watch a basketball have the funds or the stamina to go it may be time to change the focus of sales were rather lukewarm as of veloping for virtual reality and that game, however, he was not all that climb mount Everest… [to] experi- VR. Stewart says that he would rath- February 2017 (only selling around is why VR units may not be selling impressed. Stewart said, “I watched ence it digitally might be kind of a er use VR to experience real life ad- 600,000 units between the both of like the industry had hoped for. Af- a basketball game and it was court cool experience,” Stewart said. Be- ventures that he normally could not them according to Paul Tassi’s arti- ter all, it is difficult to develop video side… It was cool at the time, but I ing able to use the technology in this experience and there are many oth- cle on Forbes). However, Playstation games for VR that don’t make peo- felt like my experience wasn’t bet- way was a lot more appealing for ers out there just like him. VR sales were looking quite strong, ple nauseous. tered.” While he thought that the Stewart and may be more appealing Stewart said, “I just think according to Tassi it sold around “I played for about 15 min- court side view in VR was inter- to others as well. “That is honest- VR, as it stands right now, just feels 900,000 units by February 2017 and utes and started feeling sick to my esting, he still would have rather ly more of an interesting concept,” like [sort of ] a big gimmick.” With considering that it had only been stomach,” Garrison said referring to watched it on television or attended Stewart said. Using VR for once thoughts like that, it may be time for on the market since October 2016 the game Resident Evil 7 that obvi- the game. Stewart did say, “If they in a lifetime experiences, like the developers to find a different use for it sounded like it was doing signifi- ously didn’t work too well with the made VR with a bird's eye [view] Mount Everest experience Stewart virtual reality technology. October 30, 2017 arts & entertainment COMMENCEMENT 5

Looprat's MCs on Are you planning to graduate in December??? Have you applied for graduation??? UMSL Campus If not, visit your academic adviser today!!! continued from page 1 some songs featuring all of the MC’s Both cite classic blues and jazz and some focused on just one. The as major influences, as well as group has been producing music to- University of Missouri–St. Louis golden-age hip hop— mostly east gether since late 2013. Their music coast—driving the live band and is “innovative, but timeless and rel- hip hop combination. They both re- evant,” said Yentumi of music that is vere Black Spade and Price E.A. for a combination of hip hop and jazz, their contributions to St. Louis mu- with a little funk and soul, but “more 2017 sic. The live show is reminiscent of energetic due to the presence of the the hip hop band vibe of The Roots live band.” According to Berkowitz, or Ozomatli, combined with the dy- it is “some s*#t that your mother Fall namic MC style of Jurassic 5 or The could appreciate.” Beastie Boys, but not quite like any The collective has been busy of the aforementioned bands and lately, making appearances at vari- more akin to Guru’s Jazzmatazz ous festivals, along with some spe- series. Seeing them live is always cial local shows. At the Delmar Hall a unique experience–the dynamics Slumfest Awards this past summer, August & December Graduates of the collective produces an ener- LOOPRAT was awarded “Best Hip gy that defines the idea of live hip Hop Group.” Earlier this year, they hop and jazz. especially enjoyed the experience December 16, 2017 The duo work on projects out- of playing the Riverfront Times side the LOOPRAT collective, and ShowcaseSTL. In October, the col- Yentumi will be dropping a solo al- lective paired with the culinary ex- Each ceremony will be approximately 11⁄2 hours long. bum soon. As MC’s and beat makers, perts at Spare No Rib to produce a No tickets required. they revere the jazz, soul and funk sold-out pop-up dinner and concert style of DJ Premier, which can be experience, called “Soul Food for heard in their work with LOOPRAT. Thought.” There are plenty of op- While Berkowitz played some pia- portunities to see LOOPRAT per- Mark Twain Building no in his younger days, he spent 2-3 form live this fall and winter, and years playing percussion in middle the best place to find information on 10 a.m. Ceremony school. Both are members of the the collective is at www.LOOPRAT. – College of Education Pierre Laclede Honors College, and com. Their music can be found on intend to graduate with honors. In Apple Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, – College of Nursing their down time, they are fans of an- and Bandcamp, and is available for – School of Social Work ime, with “Sword of the Stranger” a free download. – Master’s of Public Policy Administration favorite. Looprat has been featured on They were working on music 104.1 and Fox News, and is current- together when they decided to join ly played on 88.1. The UMSL radio 2 p.m. Ceremony forces with the band that makes up station, The U, does not play them – College of Arts and Sciences the LOOPRAT collective, and an- due to the need for clean edits of other MC named Nat King Flo. The their songs. They truly are a home- collective now includes even more grown group, playing a modern 6 p.m. Ceremony members, up to 13 total, with two style of music that so many people – College of Business Administration more MC’s in the mix, Armani and can appreciate. Two of their gifted David Bohlen. Armani has also just MC’s grace us with their presenc- – UMSL/WU Joint Undergraduate released a solo project, and Bohlen es here on campus at UMSL. If you Engineering Program also produces music under the name get a chance, go see this group per- Napalm. The band includes guitar, form, and watch your fellow Tri- keys, bass, drums, saxophone, and tons kill it on the mic. You will not trumpet, in addition to a backup be disappointed. The next show is singer and the five MC’s. Berkow- on November 4th, and details can be itz and Yentumi are grateful to the found at www.LOOPRAT.com. Kansas City entertainment label Wednesday, November 1 Indyground for support during the early years by putting LOOPRAT on & Thursday, November 2 lineups at local shows. The story of the band is fasci- Triton Store, 209 MSC nating, with almost all members having been close friends and play- 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. ing music together since elementary school at a place called the Sunrise Conservatory in University City. * Purchase your cap, gown and tassel (this registers All original members of the LOO- you for the ceremony) PRAT collective, with the excep- * Order or purchase announcements tion of two, are from University City, and have strong connections to the * Look at class rings Sunrise Conservatory. The group is 1. Visit the Triton Store dynamic, meaning that a slightly dif- 2. Go online at umsltritonstore.com ferent collection of artists performs OF EMMA BRIGHT COURTESY at each show; the recorded music Looprat's MCs Berkowitz and Yentumi at reflects this diversity as well, with SoFar Sounds StL Please note: Oak Hall Cap & Gown is the official UMSL vendor for caps and gowns, and Jostens is the official vendor for announcements. 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King Movies Visit the UMSL commencement website Michelle Reynolds tions to make your Halloween even at umsl.edu/commencement for Staff Writer more terrifying. more information and to pre-register Carrie for your commencement photos ringing you horror since 1974 From the book that started it all. with GradImages™. Bwith his first novel “Carrie,” Whether you watch the 1976 origi- Stephen King wants to help make nal, the 2002 remake or the 2013 re- sure you never sleep again. Here make, they are all based off the book are five Stephen King movie adapta- continued on page 7 6 sports October 30, 2017 Tritons’ Volleyball Extended Winning Streak Ended Roderick M. Wilbon sophomore, business. Sports Editor The Tritons wanted to put the Hawks away in the fourth set, but n October 27, University allowed them back in the game to Oof Missouri-St. Louis Tri- tie 24-24. Miner would end the set tons faced off against the Quin- on two powerful kills for a 26-24 set cy Hawks. The Tritons are on a and 3-1 overall win by the Tritons. five-game win streak entering the “I’m glad it’s a W and I’m glad game. The matchup was a back and it’s over,” said Head Coach Ryan forth nail-biter where every point Young. “That team serves tough counted. Both teams seemed evenly and passes well, it was a battle but matched, but the Tritons used pow- we came out with the win.” ered up offensive and a few trick “We pulled it out, we were really plays to throw the Hawks off. scrappy on defense,” said Waedekin. ontamination will be November 4 and 5 at the including the show floor with vendors, artist alley, and UMSL won the first game by “Our first ball touches needed an CCrowne Plaza St. Louis Airport. celebrity guests. There will be a big cosplay/costume 25-19 after a late 5-0 run to win the adjustment, and started passing the November 3 is a free preview day of the convention contest for prizes on Saturday. set. The Hawks did not go away ball better to put them away.” and starts at 8 p.m. The Haunted House and the Movie Every year Contamination has an overall theme though. They won the next set 16- The Tritons went on October Room will be the only things open and available to ev- based off the time of year and celebrity guests that are 25. Danielle Waedekin, senior, nurs- 28 to face the McKendree Bearcats. eryone. The movie room will be centered around the introduced. The promoters build the lineup with the ing, played a wonderful game with The Tritons came into the game celebrity guests coming. They will be showing horror, mindset to have a small intimate con with a big con feel. 23 digs with 11 of those in the first with a six-game win streak. The sci-fi, and pop-culture movies and tv shows. This year will have a larger horror theme since the con- set. The Tritons won the third set Bearcats came into the game with On November 4 and 5, the con will fully be open vention takes place the weekend after Halloween. 25-22, a tight set, that was opened zero losses in the Great Lakes Val- by key aces from Alex Miner, junior, continued at psychology, and Morgan Childers, thecurrent-online.com Hernandez Regimen Paying Off for Tritons TYLER OBERMARK/THE CURRENT One of the captains of the swim team, Radoslow Chupka

Roderick M. Wilbon relay in huge fashion. Patryk Golins- Sports Editor ki, sophomore, computer science, and Gabo Jimenez, sophomore, civ- he University of Missou- il engineering, came up big in the Tri-St. Louis Men’s and Wom- individual races. Golinski won 100 en’s swimming teams held a home freestyle and the 1000 freestyle and tri-meet against Maryville and was part of the 800-freestyle relay. Lindenwood-Belleville October 27. Jimenez won the 100 butterfly and This was UMSL’s first home stand 100 breaststroke and was part of the against other schools in which winning 200-yard medley team. case both teams combined to win “The meet was awesome, it was 16 events. UMSL last matched up one of the best home openers we’ve against Maryville on October 13, had so far,” said one of the captains where both men’s and women took of the swim team Radoslaw Chup- second place to Maryville’s third ka, junior, international business place finish. That was a tri-meet and marketing. “We had a lot of sup- that included the Truman Bulldogs. porters, we won a lot of events, there Free Food, Apparel, & Coupons The Women’s side took the 200- was a lot of energy in the building.” yard medley relay and both Mer- Chupka would go on to say, “I felt el Visser, sophomore, criminology, really good, we had a couple days Check–in to earn rewards and Aga Blocka, sophomore, mar- of rest before this meet...The hard keting, were leaders in individual work in practice is paying off and is races. Blocka won 100 freestyle and really worth it from coach.” Exclusive Discounts 100 breaststroke while Visser won “We’ve gotten into the pace and first place for 100 butterfly and 500 speed portion of our training and it freestyle. The Women took six total showed in this meet,” said Coach first place finishes. Hernandez. “This meet gave them a Interact on Social Media The Men’s side took the 200- lot of confidence for the next meet yard medley and the 800-freestyle next week in the Drury Invitational.” October 30, 2017 opinions and a&e 7 Ethical Shopping: It's Top 5 Stephen King Easier Every Day Movies continued from page 5 Caitlin Dearing ed success for companies who go ularity, which allows them to hire with the same premise about a mis- IT Guest Writer the extra mile to create products even more women. When they start- fit teenager named Carrie White Fear of clowns and red balloons? in an ethical way, such as Krochet ed out, they only had 10 women who who unleashes her newfound su- Released September 8, “IT” f you were to look at the tag of Kids. The company was founded crocheted hats and gloves, and now, pernatural power on the classmates completely smashed it in the box Ithe shirt you are currently wear- in the midst of the aforementioned just about five years later, they have who bullied her. Whether you have office. “It” is a long ride, clocking in ing, what would it say? scandals, and it decided it was go- an entire catalog of clothing being seen any of the movies, most seem at 135 minutes. It’s slightly cheesy If you bought it from any of the ing to do what it could to solve the made by nearly 300 women. to know that iconic scene of a girl at but full of jump scares, making it the trendiest stores (H&M, Forever 21, problems facing impoverished peo- They have also changed the way Prom covered in pig’s blood. perfect movie for the easily scared. Urban Outfitters, and many more), ple—especially impoverished wom- their consumers interact with the Ah, high school memories, This remake is about seven young chances are it would bear the name en. Each of their items is made by people who make their garments. anyone? outcasts from Derry, Maine, whom of an Asian country where U.S. com- women who are using their training Since each item is signed by the 1922 face a shapeshifting evil that comes panies are paying workers next- with Krochet Kids to elevate them- woman that made it, customers can Based off the novella published out of the sewers to terrorize their to-nothing wages and providing selves out of poverty, and to provide write a thank you note to her. This in King’s 2010 collection “Full Dark, town and prey on children every abysmal working conditions. a more comfortable life for their is a revolutionary way to consume No Stars,” “1922” is now streaming 27 years. This movie is still playing In 2015, a documentarian name children. Instead of mass producing goods, and it is satisfying for both on Netflix. According to the Net- in some theaters and as Pennywise Andrew Morgan released a film en- thousands of each garment, they are seamstress and customer. Perhaps flix synopsis of the movie, “1922” is would say, after watching this mov- titled True Cost. In an hour and a hand cut and sewn by these wom- if people could see the face of the about a farmer who pens a confes- ie, you’ll float, too! half, he explained just what it costs en, signed, and when they run out of women working in those South Asia sion admitting to his wife’s death, Gerald’s Game when consumers participate in a product, they are out of it for the sweat shops, they would feel differ- but her death is just the beginning Released on Netflix streaming what has come to be known as “fast foreseeable future. In short, Krochet ently about the shirt they bought of a macabre tale. “1922” has been September 29, “Gerald’s Game” is fashion.” Kids and companies like it could be from Forever 21 that likely won’t called a “reminder of what Stephen a delightfully horrifying addition. What it costs is human lives. considered “slow fashion.” hold up for the summer. King does best” by The Verge. From the man that brought you Two years before the release In the ten years since Krochet If consumers continue to use The Mist “Oculus,” Mike Flanagan directs of the documentary, a Bangladeshi Kids began, the women they have their wallet as a way to demand Yeah, Stephen King even made this character-driven movie about a garment factory where clothes were trained have increased their income change, not only will companies like fog scary! married couple, Jessie (Carla Gugi- being made for companies like Wal- ten times, increased their savings Krochet Kids grow another thir- The 2007 movie “The Mist” no) and Gerald (Bruce Greenwood), Mart and GAP collapsed killing over twenty-five times, and this finan- ty times, but larger companies like is R-rated and based off of King’s who go to a remote lake house hop- 1,000 people. Factories like this are cial independence has led to a drop Wal-Mart and GAP will be forced to 1980 novella of the same name. The ing the trip will spice up their fail- scattered all over South Asia, and a in violence, and a gain in quality of make the changes that should have Mist is roughly two hours in run- ing marriage. They decide to try large majority of them are putting life. The great thing is that Krochet been made long before now. ning time and involves residents in something new and soon after Ger- the lives of their workers in danger. Kids is constantly gaining in pop- a town which suddenly fall under ald handcuffs Jessie to the bed, he These garment workers face not a mist. The main characters find dies of a heart attack, leaving Jessie only low wages, but also harassment themselves held-up in a grocery alone to fight for survival. from management, forced overtime, store, as they try to defend them- If you are afraid of the dark af- and punishment for attempting to selves from creatures that appear ter watching this movie, you’re not unionize in order to improve their from the strange air. alone. Let us hope the Moonlight situation. Even after the issue re- Like “Carrie,” however, this Man will not come and get you. ceived international attention for movie is not streaming on Netflix Sure you could go to a Hallow- multiple news cycles, conditions and is only available on DVD. een party and get dressed up in a fun have not changed in these factories. However, just recently made avail- costume, but why put in all that ef- However, the attitudes of con- able for streaming on Netflix is first fort? Instead, lounge on your couch sumers are changing, and there is no season of the 2017 series “The Mist,” in the best costume of all – pajamas better way to send a message than which is also based off the book. – and let the magic of movies trans- with money. Whichever version you watch, port you into the world of horrors Over the last five years, the de- it’ll make you hesitate the next that Stephen King has perfected mand for ethically made goods has time you see a haze outside. over the years. So dim the lights and increased greatly. This has creat- OF PIXABAY COURTESY get the popcorn and candy ready, Over the last five years, the demand for ethically made goods has increased greatly. those movies are not going to watch 8 October 30, 2017