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NOV. 8, 2010 VOL. 44; TheWWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM Current ISSUE 1328 ALSO INSIDE Define Heteronormal Tritons beat the Billikins ‘Next Fall’ 3 PRIZM hosts lecture on gender in society 5 Womens basketball give Billikins a hard game 7 Audiences fall for provocative play 2 | The Current | NOV. 8, 2010 | WWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM | | NEWS TheCurrent VOL. 44, ISSUE 1328 News WWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM EDITORIAL Armed robbery at Mansion Hills Editor-in-Chief...............................................................Sequita Bean studying at the Social Science Building. ball practice the next morning.” Accord- MICHAEL FREDERICK “I saw guys walking up from the curbed ing to Seib, Coach Brian Levin, Tritons News Editor.....................................................................Ryan Krull Sports Editor Features Editor.................................................................Jen O’Hara hill headed to Mansion,” Ammons, who head softball coach, gave advice to keep Sports Editor..........................................................Michael Frederick is a Tritons baseball player and lives in his student-athletes safe. “Coach told A&E Editor.....................................................................William Kyle A student and his mother were Mansion Hills, said. “I saw they had us to carry a side purse with monopoly Assoc. A&E Editor........................................................Cate Marquis robbed at gun point at Mansion Hills big dark jackets and you could tell they money and fake keys to make it look Opinions Editor..............................................................Andrew Seal apartments near I-70 and New Floris- might have had something with them.” real,” Seib said. “Basically anything to Copy Editors...............................Cassandra Trammel, Lauren Wilding sant Road. According to a campus wide According to the Clery Release, one sus- make it look real to throw at them and Proofreaders............................................Grace Searle, Sara Novak Clery Release e-mail by the University of pect is a male with gold front teeth. run.” Staff Writers......................................Minho Jung, Demarko Timmons, Missouri-St. Louis police department, Coach Jim Brady, UM-St. Louis head A former Mansion Hills resident Caitlin E.L. Myles, Matthew Poposky, Ashely Atkins, Janaca Scherer, the robbery took place at about 1:11 baseball coach, spoke to the UM-St. mentioned that while the event was up- Chardais Bastien DESIGN a.m. on Thursday, November 4. Several Louis student and his mother. Accord- setting and unfortunate it was not sur- members of the UM-St. Louis baseball ing to Coach Brady, the assailants ac- prising. “I lived there for 2 and a half Design Editor.....................................................Zachary James Kraft Production Designers............Leo Fernandez Novelo , Zachary Schwartz team witnessed the aftermath. The vic- costed the UM-St. Louis student before years and now I live with my parents,” Photo Editor............................................................Jennifer Meahan tims’ names were not reported. his mother arrived and the robbery took Adie Bennett, senior, liberal studies, Web Editor.........................................................................Louie Liu Jonathan Lidgus, residential life di- place. “They went up to him and asked said. “UMSL police go through in like 5 Staff Photographers................................Abigail Gillardi, Nitesh Jain, rector at UM-St. Louis, said that the if his name was Kevin,” Coach Brady seconds and never get out of their cars.” Riki Tanaka, Yumeto Yamazaki, Zhang Zheng, Chenhao Li campus is relatively safe. But also men- said. “He said ‘no’ and went back into According to Bennett, resident assistants Illustrators.................................................................................. tioned how often the police patrol areas. his apartment to call his mother to tell at Mansion Hills patrol the facility, even Zachary James Kraft, Karlee Sellar, Stephen Peterson, Samuel Kayser “They usually go up to Mansion Hills her to stay in her car.” after dark. BUSINESS and the Provincial House once or twice Once the student’s mother pulled up The Current attempted to speak with a day,” Lidgus said. to the Mansion Hills parking lot in an several different resident assistants, but Ad Director.......................................................................Jessica Keil Kurt Driemeyer, senior, business ma- airport rental Cadillac she, according to was informed that they were not al- Ad Associates................................Zachary Schwartz, Rick Feldman jor and resident of Mansion Hills, was Coach Brady, noticed that the assailants lowed to speak to media outlets regard- Distribution Manager........................................................Ryan Krull among those present after the robbery. had a gun to her son’s head. “He gave ing Mansion Hills. The UM-St. Louis Business Manager........................................................John Wallace Advisor......................................................................Charlotte Petty “They stole her purse, wallet, laptop and them the keys and said ‘take the car’. student and his mother returned to their everything in her car,” Driemeyer said. If he did not do that who knows what home in Houston. It is unknown if he CONTACT US “[The mother] just came from Houston, would have happened,” Coach Brady will return. Address 388.MSC,.1.University.Blvd Texas.” The UM-St. Louis student was said. Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400 scheduled to have arm surgery on Thurs- Amanda Seib, senior, finance, ex- Newsroom 314-516-5174 day and his mother flew in to be with pressed concern for her safety at Man- Business/Advertising 314-516-5316 him. Spencer Ammons, junior, biology, sion Hills. “It kind of freaks me out,” Fax 314-516-6811 was coming back to his apartment from Seib said. “We all heard about it at soft- E-mail.(General) [email protected] E-mail.(Advertising) [email protected] E-mail.(Employment.Inquiries) [email protected] E-mail.(Tips) [email protected] Health and Wellness Center joins Disability Services Twitter umslcurrent health center started on the first week mum academic potential,” Magnuson Facebook The Current MANUEL WYNN ABOUT The Current Staff Writer of school, according to school health said. “We are excited to have disability The Current is the student newspaper at the University of Missouri- sources. Two separate entranceways di- access services join our area. The reno- St. Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on The health center at the University vided these two entities, but not even vation allows for more collaboration Mondays. 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