VO l. 48 ISSUE 1445 SEPT 15, 2014 UMSL'S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWS Meal plans mandated for residents CULLEN WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER
While the University of Missouri - St. Louis .is seen as mostly a commuter school, roughly 1,000 students chose to live on campus. The campus has a number of residential halls and apartments, but for those who live in either Oak Hall or Villa Hall this means a mandatory meal plan, with the exception of Honors Living Community in Villa Hall. The meal plans range from $1599-$1840 per semester, depending on which option the student purchases. The current meal plan options were put in place after Sodexo, an international food services company, was awarded a five year contract with UMSL, which started in January of 20 II . The meal pl:lll options available {or lower classmen 3:e as listed "tM Nosh. M5C.'s food court ot north campus bdow: Option 1: 100 meal blocks to purchase a meal plan in residential halls had adequare Bros. Bagels in the Millennium blocks] get chopped off, which with a $350 declining balance order to live on campus. cooking space for the students. Student Center. However, is really frustrating." ($ 1599 per semester) Ac ...... , .. , ...... , ...... I ~ " ~ UJ o ' ! ~~ Vl . .( Z Album Review pg 8 2 THECURRENT·ONLlNE.COM September 15, 2014 THE CURRENT STAFF THE CURRENT ONLINE EDITORIAL News Brief Editor-in-Chief Anna Glushko Managing Editor Kat Riddler News Editor Kat Riddler 1-70 shutdown protest shutdown Features Editor Kariyne Killebrew Sports Editor Eric Harris KAT RIDDLER A&E Editor Cate Marquis NEWS EDITOR Opinions Editor LaTwuanna Troupe Copy Editors Dominique McPherson, ProtestOrs seeking a special One woman in a protest Jessica Caudill, Jane lakayll prosecutor appointed for the shirt eluded police and made it Staff Writers Cullen Williams, Donna Michael Brown case planned onto the highway. She crossed Brandy. Daniel C. Hodges, Ashlee to gather at ]·70 and Hanley to the westbound traffic lanes and Carlstrom, Christian Deverger. Abby stop traffic during rush hour. made obscene gestures towards Naumann, Aaron C. Clemons. Protestors arrived around 3:20 the police and threw a botrIe at Tiffanee Arthur, Jacqueline lrigoyen, p.m. and we re met by potice them before being taken into Albert Nail from surrounding communities. custody. Most protestors did along with St. Louis City and not want to cause trouble and County officers and th.e Missou· wanted a peaceful protest. DESIGN ri State Highway Patrol block· A previous shutdown was Design Editor eric Wynen ing off each access point to the plan ned on September I, but Photo Editor Ryan Brooks highway: Po lice to ld protestors was cancell ed due to the family's Web Editor Cate Marquis they had a right to prorest but request. Some proresrors did nO( Staff Photographers Emily lewis, they could not protest on the receive notice of the cancell a Lotte Jonsson highway because it would be a tion and stopped traJlic briefly Cartoonist/Mists Brett Heuer,Greg safety hazard fo r both protestors around 4:40 p.m. at ]·270 and HartJ, Mike "MR " Nash and drivers. West Florissant. Officers warned the approx· The idea to shur down the imate 150 protestors to stay off highway cam e from a previous the ramps to the highway or be successful shutdown in 1999. BUSINESS arrested. Sergeant AI Nothum Activists shu t down ]·70 de· Business Manager Cate Marquis of the State Highway Patrol said manding the ·hiring of more mi· Advertising Director Britn! Fischer 35 people were arrested. No· norities. While the Stated goal of Distribution Manager Lori Dresner mum also said protesters threw closing ]·70 was not achieved by SodaI Media Director uTwuanna Troupe rocks, concrete blocks and protestors, me demonstration bricks. Most are being charged did necessitate the closin g of the with unlawful assembly and Hanley exit near the MerroLin.k COM,.AC't US station near the University of a. fe.w are bc\ng charged with Protesters gather as police redirect traffic through UMSL's campus assa ulr ofan officer. Missouri-St. Lows campus: 388 MSC, 1 University Blvd Car damage and property Sf. Louis, MO 63121-4400 Campus Crime Report Newsroom theft at Meadows 314·516·5174 [email protected] WILLIAM PATIERSON KAT RIDDLER CRIME REPORTER NEWS EDITOR Business/Advertising 314·516·5316 [email protected] A multitude of events have Garage near Thomas Jefferso n On September] 0, the Uni· requires universities to disclose happened in the University of Library; [he orner accidents ve rsity of Missouri--St. Louis of any crime on and near cam Fax Missouri-Sr. Louis communi ty occurring on South Campus Police D epartment rel eased a pus. Along with car dan1age, 314·516-6811 this past week. Starting early and in the Millennium South CLERY Timely Warning about some victims reporred property Editor-in-Chief Sunday morning juSt after mid· Garage. car damage and property theft missing from the cars overnight [email protected] night, UMSL Police drove over occurring at 'TIle Universiry as wel l. Internships and Volunteer Positions to Country Club Hills to assist Meadows Apartments. The Anyone having informa [email protected] u with a shots fited call. UMSL vandalism and theft .occurred tion concerning these incidents 1l1ere have also been a over the past se.veral nights. Letters to the Editor is asked to contact D etective number of car accidents on th e [email protected] PD The Jeanne Clery Disclosure Kevin Buchheit by phone, 314· UMSL campus. Two of which of Campus Security Policy and 516·5160 or email buchheitk@ Twitter happened in the WeSt Drive Campus Crime Statistics Act @UMSLTheCurrent umsl.edu. Facebook ITheCurrentStudentNews Visit thecurrent-online.com for additional content LETTERS TO THE EDITOR GET INVOLVED - want to be -- ...... ••...... •••...... •...... ••...... •••...... • Letters to the editor shou ld be brief, and those not exceeding Do you have a tip regarding a story? Have a correction to report? 250 words will be given preference. 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THE CURRENT Current reserves the right to deny letters. thecurrent -(lnli ne.com/a bout·us/employment MON79HI TUE 70H' WED 72 H' THU 76HI FRI 82 HI SAT 85HI SUN 79HI 52LOW 48 LOW 55 LOW 53 LOW 62 LOW 66 LOW 600w September 15, 2014 'OChc (iurrcnt NEWS 3 NEWS BRIEFS MyGateway and internet downed for hours during storm KAT RIDDLER NEWS EDITOR Campus internet service varying effects of the outage and however, lingering rechni cal the university's internet service nor with the internee. Rogers and MyGateway both went said, "One srudenr was in the difficulties, according to their provider had identified a cause said, "The interesting thing was down September 9 at approx middle of a math assignment report, including users message for the outages like the severe the sense of communicy that imately 5:20 p.m. with service that did not save her work. She light remaining lir on their munderstorms that were rolling developed in response [Q [the not returning lIntiJ September ended up losing an hour of her telephone handsets, some areas through the area that nigh t. outage]. Many students were 10 around 6:30 a.m. This major time because of it. Another thar continu ed to have network Cisco Systems is an internation seeking our other students to computer outage affected both student was attempting to write service outages including SCB al communications company acquire the assignments for their north and south campuses. a paper, but all of his readings 102 classroom, Campus Police headquartered in San Jose, classes, discussing how [Q ac Students living on campus faced for the paper were online." building, Nursing Admin build California. The website for the complish their homework with the dual problem of having "I wasn't able to get my ing and some ColdFusion and company says that they are the people they would not have neither access to MyGateway documents and I ended up web appli cation access ibility. "worldwide leader in network otherwise talked to. Everyone nor access [Q any internet for losing 10 points on an assign Memos from the UMSL ing- transforming how people was equally affected by it and research and classwork. In addi ment because I couldn't see the ITS department, while outlin connect, communicate and it seemed CO create a sense of tion, phone service on campus, criteria," Luke Gerber, senior, ing the scope and duration of collaborate." unity." except for emergency phones, psychology, said . "I was able to the problem, did not indicate if Students did connect, but were also down. Students off get partial credit for the assign campus who had their own mem by using my brother's internet service providers could internet because he is at Webster still not access MyGateway for and he uses a differem source." online class meetings or to get ''At 6:00 p.m. ITS engaged homework ass ignments posted. our network vendor Cisco Ken Voss, director IT, Systems for sup pan," Voss said, infrastructure services, said, "At approximately 6:30 a.m. on "The core network. even with Wednesday morning rhe vendor me redundancy components we and ITS staff we re able to recov have in place. became inaccessi er most network functionality." ble even for ITS staff to trouble The IT department also shooe" reported that at 8:38 a.m. an Victoria Rogers. junior, bi email was sent OUt thar mistak ological chemistry, who worked enly claimed that all the issues in the peer menror lab, saw had been resolved. -nlcre were Screen capture of UMSL website homepage UMSL gets a handle on student printing! DONNA BRANDY STAFF WR ITER Why is there an additional pages originally provided. In $30.00 charge for printing? order to print pages, students The question most students at mUSt enter their SSO 10 and the University of Missouri - St. password intO the Print Job De Louis have been askin g since the tails box. Students will see how beginning of the semester. In many black and white pages or actuality there is no additional color pages they want to print, P'1I'l1 lOb Ce ~e An.31Y1' C;'.lIdefines.pdtIO Color p~ ~ 1 Siad andWhtte paget I ha_ ..., charge for printing. Students the COSt, where each black and t.,l61 co~t .~ $0 03 have always paid for printing white page cost $0.03 and each Tm- c(d will be billed to MOCOOI'! ~35 PHAFIOS STUOENT PRlNTlN i'.:.! via tuition and fees. In the fal l color page cost $0.10, and their Yo'," reornetn,ng bal&nc ... it 1.22 11 2012, the Paper Cut system remaining balance. Do you ~c~ 11'\1" r-h6fge? provided a 1,000 page quota to Although it may see m like students for printing. UMSL a hassle under this new printing was printing about I million method, transfer student Sam pages per year gradually totaling Killingsworth, junior, finance 12 million pages having been major said. "Ir's fine with me. Pharos. SysteluS printed and st.ill counting. Over I went to Meramec before and the past couple of years there there is only one place you has been a reduction of about can get free printing, so I like 4 million pages being printed it." The advantage of s[Ud enrs with the changes in the printing repeatedly typing in their SSO methods. It is believed the In 10 and password adds secu ri ty formation Technology Services, because "it proteCts you. If you Screen capture of print message the Directors, and the Chief didn't log off of a computer and 1,000 pages at one cime, it can can reimburse the stud.ent for where they can reserve their Information Officer wanted to somebody comes and sirs down be done," said Doug Wi lliams, the number of pages in correctly printing uncil they have access look at bow to save paper and at yo ur computer, they had total manager. instructional support printed. to a secure device [0 release cost, thus implementing the access to your page count. They service, however; [he student For future semesters, if a the print job by scanning their Paper Cut 1,000 pages quota could print your 1,000 pages then would exhaust their supply. student, staff, and faculty mem TritOnCard. Any student who and now the currently Pharos [and] nothing could stop them," For this semester, if a student ber has exhausted their $30.00 wants to track th eir printing dollar system. said Rachel Vaughn, nutsi ng, did exhaust their supply they limit, a 'Triton Personal Print' transactions and would like to The Pharos system, which senior. Previously, 20 pages was could ask for assistance to com declining balance system will know more information about shows a $30.00 balance billed the limited number of pages a plete a work ticket to request have been created to add funds tbe new printing method, please to the MOCode SAX35 Pharos student was allowed to print at $10 in additional pages. If the in $5.00 increments by credit log on to http://www.umsl.edu/ Student P~int i ng account, is me any given time. Now, "If they student has problems when card. Students will also be able tritonprintl and click on the equivalent of the same 1,000 [the student] chooses to print all printing pages, the staff worker to use the 'Secure Print Queue' MyTritonPrintapplication link. 4 FEATURES THECURRENT-ONlINE.COM September 15, 2014 UMSl blood drive meets and exceeds goals DANIEL C. HODGES STAFF WRITER was well-advertised; srudents fur), and, if it is there first time On Monday, September 8, Headquartered in Davenport, ice cream [0 srudems, faculey, donating blood, to bring a form 63 students, faculty, and Staff Iowa and serving a population and staff who donated a pint of interviewed saw infonnarion of identification. Due to the each traded a pint of blood for of over four million people, blood. In the Anika Barnes's about tbe blood drive Orgsync, sudden blood loss, blood donors a pim of ice cream, breaking a the blood center handles over opinion (MVRBC), offering the the MSC bridge, and the inside are at risk of Iightheadedness campus goal of 44 pints at the 250,000 units of blood from free ice cream certainly impact of the MSC rotunda. and fainting. Staff on site ad first blood drive of the 2014- more than 180,000 donations ed turnout positively--j;iving In the past, the blood drive 2015 academic year. per year a! their 16 perman ent away anything frec wo uld. has attracted more than 70 vised donors to eat the provided snacks (cookies, pretzels, cheese The Mississippi Valley donation sites and over 4,000 Several students noted that the UMSL donors in a day. This Regional Blood Center (MVR blood drives. Each donation promorion was not a faeroe in blood drive fell short of such an and crackers, and the free pint of ice cream), to avoid alcohol BC), a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit made can save up to three lives. their donation. Some, like Josh August number with only 63 organization. recOIned once The MVRBC is always accept ua Jansen, freshman, biomed donations, though well past the for up to 24 hours, and be sure again to the University of ing applications for volunteers ical engineering, were instead goal of44. to rest if they feel Iighthcaded. Missouri - St, Louis to run the co aid with operations, support. compelled to donate blood. The Mississippi Valley All donors must have 56 days blood drive from 11 a.m. to 3 or outreach. More information "[f'm donating blood] because Regional Blood Center typically between each blood don arion. p.m. in the Century Rooms of can be found on their website it's the right thing to do," Jansen runs blood drives at UMSL ap the Mi llennium Student Center (h rtp:llwww.bloodcenter.orgl said. Others noted that the proximately every three months, (MSC) . In comparison to an join-our-ream/volunteer-op pint-for-a-pinr offering wasn't but wiU run the next one earlier organizarion such as rbe Red portunities/volunteer-pro well advertised; Tiffany Shock on October 30, also in rbe Cen Crpss whose blood donations gram-overview.aspx). ley, senior, criminology and tury Rooms of the MSC. Stu are distributed worldwide, the In addition to the MVR criminal justice. "didn't even den ts planning on giving blood MVRBC provides blood to Be's free t-shin"che Universicy know [the ice cream] was there are advised to get plenty of 88 hospieals across Missouri, of Misso uri-St. Louis partnered un til 1 was up there." On the sleep, drink water, eat a healthy Illinois. Wisconsin, and Iowa. with them to offer a free pint of orber hand, the donation itself meal (high in iron and low in Associated Black Collegians host welcome week KARLYN E KILLEBREW FEATURES EDITOR From September 7 until the previous night's merriment has repeatedly said is, "our duty Undergraduate members from early promotional activities September \2, the Associated was kept up amidst the easy to raise me level of retention each of tbe 9, historically black encouraged s[udencs to pur ?'\ack Co\\eg"ms lI\BC) hosted competi. tion and the sweet and rare ... it \s our responsibility Greek letter organizations were chase ticketS to the Cardinals rheir annuaJ Welcome Week. salty snack tabJe provisions. to express the importance of present ro talk about the history, vs. Colorado Rockies game Five days ofevenrs, chis years The evenr was held on staying involved and overall we general purpose, and values of from the Office of Student ABC welcome week was filled September 9 breached into are accountable t.o making sure meir respective ocganizarions. Life and attend the game with with a variery of opporrunicies more serious rcrricory. grom 4 that our students graduate," Each organization also did a the Associated Black Colle for any srudent to enjoy them p.m. to 6 p.m . in room 316 of This theme could poren little step or.StroU characteristic gians returning members and selves and meet people. the Millennium Student Center tially have been seen in the of their particular group fur E-board . Although attendance The opening event was a ABC h.osted a transition forum following night's event on Sep tbe crowd. StudentS potentially would have surely helped build Welcome Barbecue Picnic hosr called #lWishIWouldveKnown, tember 10 , StOmp tbe Quad. interested in being involved in relationships am.ong rbe ABC ed at Oak Hall from 4 p.m. ro A representative from each of Originally set to be held in tbe Greek Life or simply looking to community, it would also give 7 p.m., on September 7. There the major departments essential Quad, the event was relocated learn something about it were me students opportunities to was a buffet style food sration to studen t success came out to to the Pilot House because encouraged to come ou[ and get engage with the UMSL com with build your own burgers, chat with students about the of inclement weather. Stomp to know some of the members. munity at large. Judging by the hot dogs with traditional sides, particular services their offices the Quad presented th e entire The wrap up event for crowds and the Inseagram traIIic like potato salad and coleslaw. provide, as well as the lesser UMSL campus with a chance to the week continued wirb [he on #ABCWW [ABC Welco me They even had veggie burgers acknowledged opportunities learn sometbing abOUt National spirit of getting UMSL students to catcr to those with a more Week], there was no shorrage of available to students who utilize Panhellenic Council (NPHC) involved. in campus commu particular palate. student engagement. those resources. The Office of Greek organizations, commonly nity life: "Take Me Out to the OJ Kimmy Nu or Kimiya Financial Aid, Academic Afhirs, referred co as me "Divine 9." Ballpark with'ABC: Their Simpson, junior, media studies. Career Services, Health Services, provided the musical enter Residential Life, Multicultural tainment for the evenjng. A Student Services, and the ORice sizeable crowd with a large mix of Student Life each brought of majors, classifica ti ons, and pcnincm informat.ion about ethnicities eventually filled up being successful at UMSL. Also, the patio area in front of the OJ these offices brought c.om booth ro dance the night away. memorative little personalized John Hood, fres hman, succeed trinkets fo r the attendees, such program participant, wowed rbe as UMSL pens and cups. If an crowd wi th his pirouette skills attendant had any preliminary and flexib il ity. He later noted questions that they wanted ad thac, "it was awesome." dressed or any pose event com The next day's event pro mentary, [hey could have posted vided another chance for people it on Twitter or Instagram and to get to know each other and hash tagged it #IWishlWouldve play around a bit. From 8 p.m. Known. to 11 p.m. the Pilot House was . Although the social aspecr sanctioned as the place of ABC of ABC is a major component Game Night. Participants could and significant factOr in real come and bring their favorite izi ng [he organization's overall games, or show up with nothing mission, the Transition Forum but themselves, ready to chit was hosted to also augment chat and challenge their peers. what ABC President Tierra Despite a slighdy smaller crowd, Brown, senior, media studies. Students at ASSOCiated Black Collegians' Wekome Bamecue Picnic September 15/ 2014 1Chc [urrcnt A&E 5 LouFest ends summer with a bang CHRISTIAN DEVERGER STAFF WRITER Sr. Louis' premier music running straight to [he gates of festival , LouPest, did not fail to the festival. Entering me festival deliver this year. The 20 14 event was also quiee hassle free, lines provided a weekend of excep were short, and bag checks were tional musical performances in simple. the beautiful Forest Park. Head Upon en cering the festival lined by the Arctic Monkeys grounds, the size of the event and OutKast, the festival drew became immediately apparent. dose to 36,000 attendees in its The grounds opened up and two-day run. the four stages appeared, each While LouFest has only spaced around the concer[ been a festival for 4 years, it grounds. This allowed up to has exploded in popularity. The four different artists to play festival has allowed St. Louis to simultaneously. Even though experience big name performers there were often many artists that many would never gee [he playing at once, there was little chance to see otherwise. so und overlap around the stage Crowd flocks to Forest Park sou nd stages at the Lou Fest Arriving on the first day, areas. The grounds themselves most noticeable conve me never felt cramped, and the backyard games. finally the song "R U Mine'" food, and all were local favor nience was ease of access. The stage spacing welcomed the Day one performances the Arctic Monkeys delivered an ites. Restaurants like Sugarfire Me There is a "Comic Ex and white, but a few are in comics that leave the crowd plosion" at The University of color. The comics in color give a smiling. One of those comics is Missouri- St. Louis this month. more modern vibe, with a Jap about a squirrel showing. fel Gallery Visio, the student-run anese comic appearance. More low squirrel his ElVorite pastime: art gallery located in 170 Mil than half of the pieces are drawn running in front of cars at me lennium Student Ceneer oear with pen and ink, while the rest last possible secon UMSL Night bats at the ballpark ABBY NAUMANN STAFF WRITER On September 12. the before [he game. Our job [as Office of Scudenr Life led one of crew leaders] is to pump up the its most popular outings called, students going to events, getting University of Missouri-St.Louis people exciccd abom UMSL." Nighc ac [he Ballpark. as a pan W hile some S[udents met of [he Weeks of Welcome. A[ with leaders. such as Winnegar. this outing. UMSL S[udems at Oak Hall before taking [he UMSL alumni. facul ty and students (right corner) cheer on the St. Louis Cardinals playing agai nst Colorado Rockies were invited to experience a MetroLink to Busch Scadium. taste of true St. Louis culture- a others arrived on their own. Cardinals game. The [ickecs. Tt became cl ea r upon entering which coS[ $15 for S[udems. or the stadium that there was an YOU AND dered ahead of time. guarameed UMSL feve r. A sea of red and a free UMSL-[hemed Cardinals gold hacs made [heir way up to A GUEST baseball cap and a free hoc dog their seacs. and when d,e UMSL and soda ac the scadium. Seeing mascot, Louie the Triton, made as we're calking Busch Scadium. an appearance, the section ARE INVITED where a regular soda goes fo r went wi ld. Louie acc~mpanied $5.50 and [he Build-Your-Ho[ Cameron Roark. Vice Pres idem TO SEE dog for $9. [h is was a consider of the S[udem Government able value. That's not including Association. as Roark threw out the rickers themselves. which the first pitch. T U S K were val ued ac $4 1 a piece. Overall. [he UMSL Nigh[ Besides (he outrageous ac [he Ballpark was a success fo r value. students shared their For your chance to receive a [he Office of Student Life and enthusiasm about experiencing Office of New Student Pro complimentary admit-two an important part of St. Louis grams, who reported a revenue run-of-engagement pass, email tOgether as a universiry. Kristin of 300 studene tickecs. The nex[ [email protected] Winnegar, junior, communica WOW Adveneure pm on by tions, gave her perspecti ve as a telling us your favorite New Scudene Programs will be group leader wi th New Stu Kevin Smith film. Sepcember 26 co the Ciry Muse dent Programs. "New Student um. Be sure to check out future Programs has crew leaders who evenes in your Weeks of Wel A24 1i:hc [uITtnr have led students at events since come booklet or online at www. •... hl. film hu bc-en r.urd R. f'U$C'II~lvaU ~ b k on II fi rll-co~. thi s summer and the Triton fim 'Kn'ed ~l$. No pun:hlM: n«e5Arf. While supPlies b.sL One umsl.eduinewstuden[programs. admlt·two pas$ pel" pt"114)n. Takeoff LaS[ weekend we had our first adventure at the St. Louis Zoo. [This weekendll2 to 14 freshmen me< with LI S AWED-THA -~--"-'L_..- ' September 15, 2014 1:hr (turrent OPINIONS 7 Findi ng the best time to upgrade a computer TlFFANEE ARTHUR STAFF WR ITER Computers ofren have to You may realize your com- Programs take a longer time to is much harder to fix because memory. or insercing a new keep up with the ever-chang- purer is slow when you turn on load. somecimes crash in mid there is nOt a programmer who driver may also help. ing world of technology and your Mac or PC and it takes a use or it JUSt will nOt open at can wri te the upgrade for the 5. A more modem com - constantly have to improve long time to finish the starr pro- all. As your computer gets older somvare anymore. Ie makes a puter software and programs to stay cess or it takes longer [Q open and updates are more frequent. problem that was once a easy Some computers are just so functional. Having an outdated or close a ptogram. Opening a the progtams suddenly can- fix become almost impossible outdated that you cannot up- co mpu ter can lead to numerous program usually takes a lot of not function as well anymore which means yo u might need an grade them. Connection cables problems that can wreak havoc memory to process. When it because your computer is falling upgrade. will not fit to newer systems on a person's life. Even open- takes a longer time than normal behind the technology curve. 4. Usage has changed because the standards change. ing a PDF file can be a hassle to stan lip a program, this can This can be a sign that it is time Computer users are un- It countS the modem speed in if your computer is not up to indicate that the memory of the to upgrade. Although there are predictable. It is very common ki lobytes per seconds. With all date. Si nce technology seems to computer is low o r that there other solutions to th is problem, fot a user to suddenly want to this and more it is just rime to move at the speed of light, it is are internal issues. a new motherboard or a better change how th ey want to use get with the times and upgrade very important to get the latest 2. Programs crash way too video card can be purchased to their computers. Have an old to a better functioning, newer · software and ptOgrams and often help resolve the issue. computer bur want to use the computer. constantly update. When first buying a 3. Software or programs latest edition of Photos hop? Use th ese tips and decide - Parting from an old com- computer and using a program are out of date It is much harder to do with a if it is rime to throw out the purer cao be bard but to stay on for the first time, the program Since technology never old model computer. Trying to old computer. Technology does .top of the technology you have usually runs normally. The stops moving, a lot of programs add new compo nents to an old not slow down and everyday it to be prepared to get rid of the speed of the programs gener- and software tend to fall behind technology may be very frus- see ms mere is something new in outdated Mac or Pc. Hete are al ly are fast, with no signs of the times. These programs and trating and can come with a lot the tech world. Go ahead and 5 ways to tell when it is time to slowing downs or crashes, but software become unsupported of problems. Instead of buying make that upgrade. Not every- upgrade. as the months and years go by on newer hardware. This means a new computer, purchasing a thing lasts forever, especially 1. Computer is very slow yo u may start to notice changes. if your computer has issues it new graphic card, adding more technology. Landing the interview: resume tips and tricks AARON C. CLEMONS STAFF WRITER Have yo u been having a of the do's and don'ts of resume projects an image into potential and strengths rather than create in order to avoid narrowing hard time landing an interview? writi ng. Please feel free [0 adjust employer's heads, you can give fulsifted ones. your job opportunities. H ave you been spending hours your resume accordingly. yourself a much needed advan Do: Ooub\e cbeck your Do: Researcb potentia\ em on end applying for new jobs? Do: PaInr a picture of your rage over ocher applicanls. spelling and grammar. ployers and rail or your resumes co meer ch eir needs. Are you tired of being stuck at sdfin your resume. Don'c: Be dishonesr in your [ have personally seen em ployers discard resumes the m o Presidenr John F. Kennedy a dead in job that is completely Are you a natural born resume. Dishonesry is not only menr chey run across a spelling once sajd c'ask not wbat your irrelevant [Q your long term ca leadet? An independenr minded or grammar error, and L believe country can do for yo u - ask reer goals? Well my frie nd, have innovator? A tech savvy genius? unethical it is downright they are justified in doing so. what you can do for your you considered tl1C possibility These are just some of the imag corrosive to the productivity After all, recruiters must sift country." Well said, Mr. Presi that your resume may be the es that you may want [0 project of an organi zation. That being through hundreds of resumes a dent! Bur in the case of resume problem? Now wait one second, to a potential employer. But said employers always fur ther day and they do not have time writing I would encourage you I know you are probably think how can you produce such an inquire into the history and nature of the experiences you to waste valuable energy on ap to "ask not what your co mpa ing, "Whar's wrong with my re~ image you might ask? 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Be sure to present It only takes an hour to apply! yourself in a professional man ner through all of these channels 1.855.855.1961 I [email protected] 8 THE(URRENT-ONlINE.(OM September 15, 2014 Ryan Adams album review JACQUELINE IRIGOYEN STAFF WRITER Thee years since the release a song from rhe Replacements songs the way be had always of his last full-length album or Tom Petty and the Heart envisioned. "Ashes & Fire: Ryan Adam's breakers. The vocals in "I Jusr Listening (0 this record, one new, self-titled album is a genu Might" reminded rhis reviewer may think that Adams is just ine. carefree love Story. of only one person: Bon Jovi, someone who has a hard time This album is different from and more specifically "Keep The finding and keeping love, or his previous work due to the Faith." Wirh the use of a smail who has been mistreated many fact that he self-produced this rock band and a different vibe, times that these words are just album through his own record this album feels more powerful from experience. The uum is, label, PAX-AM. His original al than "Ashes & Fire." Ryan Adams is always writing rernauvepcountry sound is gone Those th ree songs have a music that deals wi th his real and a new sense of freedom rheme dealing with the idea of life experiences and rhat is what comes through in his music. wanring more ou[ of a certain makes his music so appealing to In "Am I Safe," "My situation or even in life. and do listeners. Wrecking Ball," and "Let Go" ing more than juS! simply living A new sense of confidence the familiar soft tone with the life. Something that Adams has is definitely something the sound of [he acoustic guirat is always been known for is his use reviewer would say hel ped put shown and the vulnerability of dreary and mopey lyrics. In together such a fantastic album. clrar Adams has always used in rhis album, he pokes fun ar his With Ryan Adams not only at his lyrics is stm apparent. The own music for mose who say he a high poim in his career, but use of losr love or problems always sounds the same. While with his personal life as well, with communicarion berween it may seem like Adams has after giving up drugs and alco loved ones comes through in the the same reoccurring themes in hol, be has brought a whole new Ryan Adams' self-titled album cover art lyrics to "Tired of Giving Up." his music, ir would nor be the perspective [0 his music. to again and again and feels a rhe married folks but also the When lis ,. ~p~URBRN HEIGHTS SPECIRL RRTES FOR UMSL STUDENTS ONLY! 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