University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2010s) Student Newspapers 8-21-2017 Current, August 21, 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, August 21, 2017" (2017). Current (2010s). 267. https://irl.umsl.edu/current2010s/267 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]. The Current UMSL’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWS Anheuser-Busch Hall Dedication Opens New Doors for Business Students KAT RIDDLER / THE CURRENT KAT The main entrance to Anheuser-Busch Hall. Construction on the $20 million building began in 2015. The building is the new home of the College of Business Adminstration and the first to be dedicated solely to the College. Kat Riddler heuser-Busch Hall (ABH). On Au- UMSL Chancellor Thomas George, Anheuser-Busch Hall is the new business college. Previously, the Managing Editor gust 17, over two hundred people University of Missouri System home of the College of Business Ad- college was housed in the Social gathered in the courtyard facing the President Mun Choi, local elected ministration. The 51,000-square- Science & Business Building (SSB). hose returning to the Uni- building for the Grand Opening of officials, and Anheuser-Busch rep- foot building is three stories and The temperature-controlled walk- Tversity of Missouri-St. Louis the $20 million building from 4:30 resentatives were among the many houses undergraduate and gradu- way from SSB to ESH extends to the campus may notice a new building p.m. to 6 p.m. at the ribbon cutting and dedication ate advising, faculty offices, and six new ABH building and is named the that is open just past Express Scripts The College of Business Admin- ceremony before the building was classrooms. This building is UMSL’s Porter Walkway in honor of the gift Hall (ESH) on North Campus: An- istration Dean Charles Hoffman, opened for tours. first dedicated building for just the continued on page 4 2017 Solar Eclipse Encapsulates Missouri Aubrey Byron visual art, percussion, theater and range includes Missourians within News Editor a reading by UMSL Poet Laureate the state and tourists from across Bridget McDonald. The show be- the country and abroad. Accord- solar eclipse will be visible gins at 7:30 p.m. August 20. ing to Connie Patterson, Director of A from communities across Mis- Special glasses are needed to Communications for Missouri De- souri on Monday, August 21. The view the eclipse safely. Looking at partment of Natural Resources, the path of total darkness stretches the total eclipse without protec- department is using a doubling of across the state and covers much of tion can result in permanent eye the local populations as a best guess the southern St. Louis region. Areas damage called solar retinopathy. for event attendance. in the path include South St. Louis Eclipse glasses are available for pur- One such community expecting city, Kirkwood, Chesterfield, Union, chase at the Triton Store and will be to double their population for the Cape Girardeau and entire counties available at many of the on campus event is Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. to the south like Ste. Genevieve. events. Ste. Genevieve, a town an hour south UMSL’s campus will see 99.93% The eclipse will be the first total of St. Louis on I – 55, is in the path of of the total eclipse. There will be a solar eclipse to be visible in Missou- totality. It has already sold out their campus viewing party which will ri since 1869, according to Missouri main viewing event. The main view- take place at 12:30 p.m. on the Mil- Department of Natural Resources. ing area of the town accommodates lennium Student Center Center Pa- Missouri is expecting a large influx 4,000 visitors, while there are other tio. There will also be a Planetarium of tourists in response to the eclipse. smaller viewings planned across the show later Monday evening and an Michael Zeller, author of the web- county. According to the 2016 cen- artistic performance at Touhill Per- site Great American Eclipse, esti- sus, Ste. Genevieve’s total popula- forming Arts Center on Sunday mates 323,000 and 1,291,00 visitors / HTTPS://LUCNIX.BE LUC VIATOUR tion is just 4,493. called “Art of the Sun” featuring to move into the path of totality. The A photograph of the 1999 total solar eclipse, as seen in France. continued on page 3 What’s Inside: Dead Cross Review, pg. 3 Soccer, pg. 5 ‘Breath of the Wild,’ pg. 6 Words Matter, pg. 7 2 August 21, 2017 CURRENT STAFF EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Michael Plumb Managing Editor Kat Riddler News Editor Aubrey Byron Features Editor Now hiring! Sports Editor Roderick Wilbon A&E Editor Chris Zuver 80 by 70 orthogonal maze Opinions Editor Brian Sherrill Copy Editors Now hiring! Staff Writers Ryan Obradovic Mike A. Bryan DESIGN Production Editor Giuseppe Vitellaro Photo Editor Now hiring! Web Editor Game Corner Apurva Sinha Multimedia Editor Aleeah Harden Cartoonist/Artists Mike Diliberto BUSINESS Business Manager Cassandra Filip Advertising Director Michael Plumb Ad Representatives Now hiring! Distribution Manager Chris Zuver Social Media Director Now hiring! Archivist Now hiring! 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However, that’s not what this album is about. n case you didn’t know, hardcore/ It seems that the aim of Dead Imetal supergroup Dead Cross re- Cross’ debut is aggression, attitude, leased their self-titled debut album and shock value more than anything on August 4th. Much hype had been else. The bass is driving, the drums generated around the band since are threating, and the guitar is cha- last December, when their former otic, often deviating into unmelodic vocalist was replaced by rock vet- territory. eran Mike Patton. Now that the al- The lyrics, meanwhile, are bum is out, it seems clear that while vaguely political and crude, often much of the hype was justified, the containing slurs, sexual messages, album doesn’t quite match the de- and scenes of violence. They re- gree of excitement that had been mind me exactly of the type of mu- simmering around the community. sical content that Tipper Gore and The album is a testament to the PMRC were so upset over in the hardcore, punk, metal, and even 80’s. Yet, for fans familiar with vo- some elements of industrial rock. calist Mike Patton, these crude pas- Most songs are less than three min- sages won’t be anything new. The utes, following the tradition of hard- former vocalist has had a long his- core punk. tory as a provocateur both in lyrics The quartet consists of mem- and performance. bers from high-profile music back- Overall, the album works best as grounds. Most notably, Mike Patton, a whole. The tracks can be appre- who has been the front man for var- ciated separately, yet since they’re COURTESY OF IPECAC RECORDINGS OF IPECAC COURTESY ious bands such as Faith No More, Cover art for “Dead Cross.” brief, they’re more effective togeth- Mr. Bungle, and Fantomas. Mean- er. Obviously, many people who while, on drums is Dave Lombardo, band The Locust. the album is, well, repetition. While check out this album will be fans of who most notably played for many The album starts with “Seizure the LP never lets up in its ferocity the member’s past work, and they years in the thrash metal band Slay- and Desist,” which begins with and its blatant dark atmosphere, it will not be disappointed. However, er, and also worked with Patton in mixed noises of digital sounds be- often repeats chants and passages don’t expect this to be a continua- Fantomas. On guitar is Michael fore opening into a barrage of fast- throughout. For instance, in one of tion of the members’ past projects. Crain, founder of the band who paced blasting drums and heavy the relatively slower tracks, “Bela Dead Cross is its own beast with a hails from hardcore group Retox. guitars. The vocals switch between Lugosi’s Dead,” lines like “Bela Lu- unique nature. However, that nature Last, but not least, is Justin Pearson larger-than-life melodic chants and gosi’s Dead” and “Undead, undead, often repeats itself, making for a fun on bass, who has had a history in Re- angry screams and screeches. undead,” make up a good portion listen, but not for every day.