2 I 'mlr Q1)rrrnt I JANUARY 17, 2012 I WWW.THECURRENT-ONlINE.COM I I NEWS 1thc<iuITrnt VOL. 45, ISSU 1364 WWW.THECURRENT-ON E.COM Yesteryear's tornadoes still leaving marks in EDITORIAL Editor-in-C hief... ..... ... ,...... ..... .... .. ... .... .. ............. .Matth ew 8. Poposky Managing Editor. ,............ :........................ .... : ... .... ...... Jeremy Zschau St. Louis; pdates on damages and recoveries Ne':';s Editor........... .. ... ... ............................ ... .. .. ....... ... Hali Flin rop Features Editor ......... .. .. ........ .. ........ .... ...... .... ,.. ... ..... .... Ashiey Atkins Sports Editor. .... .. ............... ......... .. ......................... .O wen Shroyer A&E Editor.. ... .... .... ........... ..... ....... ..................... ....... ... Cate Marquis 'Tornadoes of New Years Eve and Good Friday 2011 Opinions Editor ...... ,.. ,.. .. ,., ... ,. .................... .......... Aladeen Klonowski Copy Editors...................... Sa ra Novak, Ca ryn Rog ers, Casey agers still marking communities, birth rebuilding projects Staff Writers .. ,. ...... ,. ............. ......... ,... ........... ... ,.... ... ... .. David VO Il Nordheim, Yu sef Roach, Eli Dains, Da ll Spak, Joseph Gra e, Dian ne Ridgeway, Janaca S<:herer, Sh aron Pru itt, Le on Oevance, Sa ad Shari eff CAT E MARQUIS D ESIGN A&E Editor Design Editor... ........... .. ... ,.. ,..... ,. ..... ,....... .................. .Jan aca Sche rer Photo Editor,..... ,,', ... ................ .. ........... .. ,..... ,.. .. ... ....... .. .Nikk i Vahle For t he recent New are sti.ll recovering from ripped up on that street." deal with that situation as Web Ed itor .. " .... " .. .. ." ... " .......... ,...... ,.. ,..... .... .......... ..... .. yuset Roach Year the eather was 2011. "Everything is not '\ hen the tornado hit, well." Staff Photographers ... ... ... .. ........... ....... ..... .. ... Ja rred Gastreich, Sarah surprisingl mild, but nee saril back to normal Perniciaro was at his job at The First Baptist . Lowe, Jenny Meahan a ea.r ago it \~ a w ild. but I thiJlk we ar(: setding Bailey's Chocolate Bar in Ferguson church at Royal Illustrators ................ ,............ ...... .. ......... .. ... ..... ,., ..... .. Karl ee Sellais Tornad e o n N w ear's inro a nev normal," Pam Lafayette Square. 'I was at and Florissant was hi t. E e u. l r in 2011, a H.-lton, assistant to the work but m y parents were "\'V'e \\ ere blessed that BUSINESS rouuh ~ eather year in Cit Ianager of Ferguson home. They were down in all the damage to the Business Mana ger, ........................ ,...... ..... ,. .. .,', .. ........ .John Wallace Ii souri. said. "There are some the basement. They said buildings were in the Advertising Director. ,..... ,...... ..... ..... ., .......... .. .. ' .. ,. ...... .... Jo hn Wallace The ational eather businesses that are stUI. they just barel. got do\yn education buildings. Distribution Manager. ...... .. .. ............. ., ..... .... ..... ,... ... ., .. .. .M avi s Hollis en ice reported rhat working on recovering, in the basement in time for Our worship center was Advisor. ..... .. ............ , ............. .... .. ...... ,. ... ,. ,... ,.Charlott Petty nine to rnadoes touched and there are still some the tornado to come by," virtually untouched by CONTACT US ) vn in and around homes that are in that Perniciaro said. the tornado," associate St. Loui around mid- repair process." Homeowner's' insurance pastor Ron Beckner said. Address 388 MSC, 1 University Bt a da. on December 31 , Royal Avenue which helped. "'VIle are pretty "Although it came through Saint Louis, 0631 21 - 400 010. Harde t hit" as runs between 1 o rth much re-built now.. A on Good Friday, right Newsroom 31 .-516-5174 unset Hills , where a Florissant Road and N . coupJ(: of months after the after we had had our Good Business/Advertising 3 -516-5316 Fax 314-516-6811 tOrnado rated EF-3 on the Elizabeth venue, w s tornado, very thing was Friday sen ices here in the E-mail (General) thecul rent@umsl .edu National Weather rvi e's on such street hea il fixed up,' Perniciaro said. ch urch we were able to -E-mail (Advertising) thecurrentads@umsl,edu Enh need Fujita Seal darnag d in the tornadoes. N ot everyone in the have a c.al1ulelight sen:r ice E-mail (Employment Inquiries) thecurrentjobs@umsl .edu desuoyed 5 v ral home "There is one street called neighborhood recovered as on Easter Sunday morning E-mail (Tips / What's Current) [email protected] and killed one p r on. Royal where the tornado easily. 'There are at least that was incredible," Twitter umslcurrent On April 2, 2 011 basicaU went right up one or n vo abandoned Beckner said. Facebook The Current Good Friday an EF-4 the street and ripped most houses on the street, and Repairs are still tOrnado ripped through of the trees out of the a couple more in the underway and that total A BOUT 'i:llc Q1}rrcnt the St. Louis North from-\'ards. This was an neighborhood," Perniciaro cost of repairs would come The Current is the student newspaper at the University of Missouri­ County area. It tore area where the front yards said. to "around ("wo and three­ St. Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on through !v1aryland probably had not seen the " \~Te had 700 homes quarters million dollars. Mondays, Advertising rates are available upon request; terms, condi­ Heights, BridgetOn, light of day in fift years. that were damaged," ''A lot of those houses tions and restrictions apply. The Current, financed in part by student Lambert St. Louis Suddenly, all that tree Hylton said of Ferguson on Royal) have been activities fees, is not an official publication of UM -St. Louis. International Airport and canopy they were used as a whole. "We still have restored and are being put The University is not responsible for the content of The Current and! Ferguson, a community to is no\v gone, so they about 93 homes that back together, with some or its policies. All materials contained in each printed and online is­ sue are property of The Current and may not be reprinted, reused, or near the Universit of are struggling with a new are in the repair phase. areas that are a little slovyer reproduced without the prior, expressed and written consent of The Missouri-St. Louis campus. normal." The city is tracking and to recover and homes that Current. Despite widespread "I live on Royal. The trying to encourage the have been abandoned," The Current accepts letters to the editor, All letters should be brief property destruction from tornado pretty much tore restoration of those homes . said Hylton. '«But I think and those not exceeding 250 words will be given preference. The Cur­ the Good Friday tOrnado, down one side of that However, some of them, that slowly but surely the rent edits letters for clarity and length, not for dialect, correctnes~ in­ no one was killed. street," 11ark Perniciaro the homeowners did walk whole community is on tent or grammar. All letters must be signed and must include a daytime j'yfany communities said. "A lot of houses were away, so we do have to the way to recovery." phone number and, where applicable, student number. The Editor-in­ Chief reserves the right to respond to and to deny any letters. AFFILI ATIONS MON. 59 lUES. 36 WED. 34 FRI. 52 SAT. S4 ~UN . 60 MCMA ------------ ------------ -----.. ------ - .. ---------- - - - - ... ------ U 30 18 27 36 43 38 NEWS I I WWW.THECURRENT-ONlINE.COM I JANUARY 17, 2012 I '([he (turrrnt I 3 Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama in Iowa caucus Traditionally unconventional caucus attendees' voices are heard in end results DIANNE RIDGEWAY Staff 'vVriter Winning the first round percent of the vote and refer to themselves as the cally, ~llowing time to per­ of Iowa to the other," said the caucus. "The whole of the presidential nomina­ candidate Jon Huntsman "99 percent" based on the suade the neighbors before American poli tical blog thing that makes Iowa im­ tions in Iowa last week, gor..6 percent of the vote. statistic that one percent of casting votes. Republicans DailyKOS. The party larer portant is the media that it President Barack Obama Also joining the Iowa Americans own the major- ­ typically write their votes released a statement chang­ generates for the winner," and Republican frontrun­ caucus this year was ity of wealth, leaving the on blank pieces of paper, ing their position, deciding said David Yepsen, politi­ ners l\1irr Romney and the group Occupy Iowa remaining 99 percent in then submit them. to count and report the cal reporter, Des Moines Rick Santorum had an Caucus. They visited need. Events aired on the The controversy re­ 136 votes. Register. "It's the cover of eventful and controversial Democratic offices, Barack cable channel C-SPAN and volved around the Republi­ Some democratic at­ Time magazine and what couple of days. The leading Obama's campaign of- local PBS stations of Oc­ can Party's decision not to tendees showed up in the networks are talking Republicans were separated fice and each Republican cupy Iowa caucus included report vores of "undecided" "uncommitted" groups, about. That's the prize," b-y only a tenth of a percent candidate's office in Iowa. music, poetry readings and to the media from rhis dissatisfied with President Yepsin said. (eight votes) out of the Occupy Iowa Caucus; speeches prepared and ad­ year's caucus. The)' planned Obama's past three-year \Vinners of the Iowa over 100,000 votes cast. originally Occupy Wall libbed by those who were to "hide rare," meaning