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EDITORIAL ~ ANDY PHIPPS to learn (mrselves, and when grants ayailable through the not always that easy with an Editor-in-Chief...... Jessica Keil News Editor things happened, we didn't state for free money as long organization at UMSL with Managing Editor...... Matthew Hill know what would be the af­ as it's used for community it being a commuter campus. News Editor...... Andy Phipps Some University of 1vfis­ tereffects," Wilson said. service,' Rosner said. Sometimes if people live off Features Editor...... Sequita Bean souri-St. Louis student or­ The Ulv1-St. Louis His­ Currently Rodriguez is campus it's not always that BusinessfTech Editor...... Andrew Seal easy to get up to campus on Sports Editor...... Cedric Williams ganizations have received panic Latino Association, working with the mayor of A&E Editor...... " ...... Cate Marquis funding decreases from the which provides counseling Normandy to try and secure a Friday," Beeman said. Assistant A&E Editor ...... Joe Schaffner Student Activity Budget and scholarships to Hispanic ou tside funding to keep the Rosner defended the Copy Editors ...... Stacy Beckenholdt, Rebecca Nuckolls Committee for the upcom­ srudents who are struggling group afloat for the next year. policy of mandatory 10 per­ Proofreaders ...... Grace Searle, Sejin Lim ing fiscal year. The cuts come in adjusting to college life, Meanwhile her own College cent budget cuts, saying that Staff Writers ...... Samuel Abraha, Ashley Atkins, coupled with increases to received no funding for fis­ Republicans received a $515 such regulations are neces­ Pat Canoy, Michael Fredrick, Jen O'Hara, Matthew Poposky, some organizations' budgets cal year 2010-2011 after they decrease to their budget for sary to hold student groups Amanda Roach, Janaca Scherer, Chris Stewart in addition to funding be­ failed to file a budget by me next year when the group ran accountable and aim the ing provided to new orga­ .submission deadline and had afoul of SGA rules when its budget. "There has to be some nizations for the first time. received no fundlng the pre­ representative missed what method to eliminate some DESIGN However, some student lead­ vious year. Lauren Rodriguez, SGA deems to be an ex.ces- money from groups and to Design Editor ...... Gene Doyel Photo Editor ...... Jennifer Meahan ers have questioned SABC's junior, anthropology; an ac­ . sive nwnber of meetings. make cuts places, because the Page Designers ...... Zachary James Kraft, Phil Freeman method in dolling ou( the al­ tive member of the group According to Rosner'J SGA cuts are very hard to make at Staff Photographers ...... Ahmad Aljuryyed, Riki Tanaka locations and whether or not and treasurer of the College held 12 meetings is past year times," Rosner said. Despite Sofi Seck, Leanna Bales they are fair. Republicans, said that she and any group whose repre­ Rodriguez and Beeman's crit­ Web Editor...... Zachary James Kraft Some organizations re­ begged SGA comptroller ~d sentative misses three overall icism, Rosner believes that lIfustrators ...... Jeffery Grossman, Paul Maguire, Cody Perkins ceived no funding this year SABC committee member or two consecutive meetings attendance is necessary in or­ because of lapses in leader­ Dan Rosner to let the group gets its budget frozen. If a der for SGA to keep students ship. The UM-St. Louis Gos­ submit the budget late so that group's budget was frozen at and organizations informed BUSINESS pel Choir received no 5.ABC the group could receive fund­ the time budget requests and about what is happening on Business Manager...... :...... Oric Sui hmds this year after their ing and continue its work allocations were made, they campus. He feels that consis­ Advertising Director ...... Tommy Bach SGA representative failed to on campus. Her request was automatically received a 10 tent absences by an organiza­ Distribution Manager ...... Erin Sturguess tion's representative breaks Adviser...... Charlotte Petty attend meetings, which got denied. "1 think that the uni- percent cur to their funding their budget frozen. In the ersiry has an obligation to for the following year. down this process and could end, the group was not gi en minority students to ensure Rodriguez is one of the serve as an indicator of the a budget allotment for this that the have the services student leaders who are ques­ strength of a group's leader­ www.thecurrent-online.com reason. that . they need in ord r to tioning the fairness of this ship and their responsibility "There were a lot of things be successful in life. It's on practice. in handling allocated funds MC MA that came up against the thing if a person doesn t hay "I think that being tough from SABC. U gospel choir as far as with the motivation, but if access on the rules is important. "You are allowed nvo the budget being frozen and to programs and funding isn t However I think there consecutive [absences] , or The Currentis the student newspaper at the University of Missouri-St. there was so much stuff going available what options do should be an option if an three per year. We've had 12 Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on Mon­ on, so we were working hard the· have?' Rodriguez said. SCA rep were to miss the. meetings this year, so that's a days. Advertising rates are available upon request; terms, conditions, trying to get things settled,)' Rosner said that there are meeting to submit an excuse fourth of our meetings if they and restrictions apply. The Current, financed in part by student activi­ Krystal '~fi1son, sophomore, other avenues for such groups .. . Because I know that some­ miss all three meetings, and ties fees, is not an official publication of UM-St. Louis. The University communications and gospel to peruse for hll1ding, in­ times you ma, be sick; things I think that's a pretty high is not responsible for the content of The Current and/or its policies. All choir president, said. cluding co-sponsorships and come up, life is unpredictable rate," Rosner said. «There materials containec in each printed and online issue are property of In the case of the gospel grants &om the state. «There and I think that should be an needs to be some level of ac­ The Current and may not be reprinted, reused, or reproduced without choir, the president and vice are a lot of co-sponsorships option." Rodriguez said. countability for the money. the prior, expressed and written consent of The Current. president of the group were available for a lot of these or­ Her feelings are echoed by I mean, we're handing out The Current accepts fetters to the editor. All letters should be brief, and transfer students who had re­ ganizations as well. There is a Claire Beeman senior, busi­ money and weJre really only those not exceeding 250 words will be given preference. The Current cently come to Ulvl-St. Louis diversity initiative co-'spon­ ness administration and trea­ asking for sometimes an edits letters for clarity and length, not for dialect, correctness, intent or and were unaware of how sorship that is available, UPB surer of PRIZM. The group hour-not a lot of time." grammar. All letters must be signed and must include a daytime phone student organizations were does a lot of co-sponsorships fell victini to the 10 percent In addition to the 10 number and, where applicable, student number. The Editor-in-Chief structured and administered. ... [SGA gives] out $250 at cut when their budget was percent cut, PRlZM lost an reserves the right to respond to and to deny any letters. "There were things we had a time, which is more than frozen. additional $400 from their CONTACT US to learn, it wasn't like some.:. enough money to do a sub­ ('It would be nice if they requested allocation for next one just took us by the hand stantial amount of program­ would be a little but more year as it had been allocated Address 388 MSC, 1 University Blvd and said, 'Ok, this is what ming, UPB gives out up to flexible-I mean, than.kfUlly in their budget to be used for Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400 you should do and this is $500 at a time. As far as do­ we've had a good SGA rep­ giveaways. Newsroom 314-516-5174 this and this and that.' 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Beeman believes that got the sorority the funds INCREASES/DECREASES IN FUNDING FR SELECTED STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS SABC was not educated on needed to attend their chap­ the namre of the allocations ter's national convention. and what the giveaway items In all, 10 of the 15 Greek would be when they decided organizations at UM-St. lou­ o 52,000 $4,000 $6.000 S8~OOO $10.000 $15,000 to cur the amount, wruch ac­ is received budget increases Alpha XiDetta [ "] cording to Rosner, they be­ for the upcoming fiscal year. '~ 1 tl J : :~ lieved were unnecessary. The Panhellenic Counsel, "A lot of the money that which represents all sororities College Re:pub "cans ... :.2 .., . ~ 1 we asked for were for con­ on campus, received an addi­ [ r E'. doms and that is to promote tional $3,795 for the coming GO$J)eI Choir :3 :) sexual responsibility," Bee­ fiscal year. . man said. The group says it uses the c-;- :I Pa.nhellenlc CouneiJ = Another group, the Help­ funding to hold recrui unent ,_"J. ~ -;:.<,=-~...... ,. . - "J. Yo I I II o ; b -~ ing Hands Student Organi­ events for sororities, which Prizm , Ii' zation, which provides coun­ interested persons already pay ..... -I Rec:ieved 2010-2011 seling to African American $20 to $25 to participate in. U D student Activity I: :'1111 students struggling to adjust In addition, $9,575 of their Budg t Commi . 1 to college life, received a $12,075 allotment for next U o ~ecieved 2009-2010 .similar cur from their bud­ year will be used for various get. The funding that was cur programming events, such as had been asked for to pay for Big Man on Campus. a social educational trip to "Our big things are re­ Chicago. cruitment and Big Man on "During their presenta­ Campus, and I think we just tion, they said that they were need the extra money for OVERALL BUDGET CHANGES going to go shopping ... And that. So, certain things we've our members didn't feel that had to cur back on in the past was a good use of student because of the low amount funds," Rosner said. that we've gotten before,n ®~ Groups that believed their Chelsea Italiano, treasurer budget allotment was unfair of the Panhellenic Counsel, were allowed to appeal their said. budget recommendation to In total, $641,588 dol­ the SABC. One such orga­ lars in student activity fees nization was sorority Alpha were allocated to 75 student Xi Delta, which saw a $925 organizations, 17 of which Funding Decreased increase in their budget after are new groups that will have appealing. to put forth a variety of pro­ "There has been an in-~ graming and maintain com­ • crease in our funding, gen­ pliance with SGA rules and Funding Unchanged erally, because in past years SABC guidelines if they are our chapter has been able to to retain their funding next provide a lot more for us, bur year. According to Rosner, in these hard economic times the increase in the number of Funding Inceased everyone's been hit pretty groups is part of the budget­ D hard. So, we just figured that ing headache itself. we'd ask for some other things "1bere's a lot of promising from the school to see if we groups and leaders on campus could get them and some that are fighting for the same *Based upon funding for veteran other things we just managed amount of m;ney that we've organizations, new organizations not included to get." Erin Jenkins, Alpha had for the past three years, Xi Delta president, said. and unfortunately there has In addition to the funding to be cuts somewhere," Ros­ increase, their budget appeal ner said. LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! Speak up at our online forums! 1rhr<-turrrnt -Gnlinc.com 4 I 'ij[hc ~rrrnt I MAY 3, 2010 POll Would you use a Metro pass if it were free?

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~ JEN O'HARA bitious words, there have tion. Staff Writer been discrepancies within He is looking to promote Metro pass program the media department that the campus' actors and ac­ UMSL-TV and the Me­ question the possibility of tresses, da.ncers and models dia Production Society were promoting and keeping the to perform in front of the ~ RYAN KRULL universal pass program was are aware of and take advan­ finally deemed as a dual or­ organization sustained. camera. Staff Writer acmally made in April 2008, tage of the universal pass. ganization in mid-April, due Initially planning to rein­ Also, he would like to en­ when a referendum to do Given the minimal to that fact they both have troduce the organizations late courage those who wish to Right now, 50 cents per so was passed by a student­ amount of money involved the same general mission. in !vlarch, the process was work behind the scenes-di­ credit hour of a University wide vote. But because of per smdent, as well as the The idea of the two collabo­ stalled because of conflicts rectors, producers, caroera­ of lv1issouri-St. Louis stu­ confusion among UM-St. nature of collegians in gen­ rating was formed less than within the depa.rtment. An e­ men-ro JOll. Thompson dent's tuition subsidizes the Louis administrators about eral, most UM-St. Louis stu­ a half year ago, but the hope mail from Rita Gapo-Sweet, has expressed original ideas cost to students who ride which fees would be lim­ dents are likely to agree with that improvements would be associate professor of media for shows and movies, such as the Merrolink. This coming ited by the tuition freeze Jacquelyn Greber, junior, made to each society began studies, described the situa­ music videos, comedy skits or fall, that number will jump agreement, which blocks communications, who said, over two years ago. tion. even a spinoff of "American to $2, but for that price, any increase in tuition, the "I don't care. My parents pay Originally, student Ryan "There have been some se­ Idol" with "St. Louis Idol." every student will receive a universal pass program was for it," concerning the fee Ordway pursued the idea of rious complaints that he con­ The idea is to bring life back Meuolink pass. Depending not given the OK from the increase. media improvements on the tacted people about working into UM-Sr. Louis media on who is asked, that may Board of Curators until ad­ But others take a more University of Missouri-St. on a film, they started con­ with a high rate of student or may not be a really good min.istrators took the pro­ thoughtful view. Daily Louis' campus, but because tacting others, and then he participation. deal. posed fee to them at their ?\'1etrolink rider Rachd Hos­ of a lack of response the orga­ disappeared and left everyone Students in the perform­ On one hand, there are April 15 meeting. na, freshman, biology, sa.id nizations remained in limbo. hanging. The department is ing arts and media majors the students who rely on the The UM-St. Louis Office that the changes sounded Derrick Thompson, ju­ looking into this right now have had a positive response Metrolink to get to and from of Student Affairs is opti­ "Nice for me but I guess it nior, media studies, is finish­ because of the unprofessional to the idea. class and currently pay $110 mistic about the changes blows for all the people who ing his second semester at manner in which this was "I think that it is a won­ per semester for the service. coming in the fall, saying in don't use Metro." Hosnh UM-St. Louis and has taken handled," Csapo-Sweet said. derful idea and I think this These students will only have a written statement, "With said she hopes the universal an interest in reigniting sm­ Also, a lack of response for group is long overdue. We to pay $2 per credit hour for the passing of Proposition pass will have the environ­ dent involvement with the weeks from faculty deemed as have an excellent theatre and transportation starting this A, the campus feels strongly mental benefir of encourag­ organizations. advisors or having a relation­ dance program, and radio fuJI. But that fee will apply that Metro will be able to ing UM-St. Louis students "I think it was a matter ship with the group begs the station. I think it's time for to all students except those provide students with valu­ to drive less. of not getting out there and question as to how an..xious TV and film groups to be de­ only taking online classes, able access to the campus Jasmin Halilkanovic, ju­ doing the work," Thompson the group is to promote the veloped as well. It would give whether they use the Metro­ and Saint Louis as a whole." nior, psychology, is one of said. "There's a lot of students organization. practical world experience link or not. D'Andre Braddix, assis­ the many smdents who do that want to make televi­ Neverthel es ~ . there seems about being on camera to the On the other hand, there tant to the vice provost for not use the 1\.1etrolink to get sion and movies here, you to be some encouragement aspiring actors, and techni­ are students who do not and the Office of Student Affairs, to campus and are leery of just got to talk to thern, and \vith the act of passing out cal c:xperience to the people never will use the Metro­ said that there is some inher­ any tuition increase, how­ get people motivated to do fliers and setting up a table behind the camera. I am very link and would rather keep ent risk involved in charging ever smail, tor the uni\ ersal what they want to do. Lots of during Mirthday. much looking to participate the $1.50 per credit hour in every student for a service pass. But when reminded people are sitting back want­ Should the organization in the organization," Kate their wallets. that not everyone will use. the universal pass could also ing to do things and they just get off the ground, Thomp­ Rehagen, senior, theater and Fees for the program will Braddix said the Office of be a way to avoid expensive don't do them." son has a number of ideas to dance, said. be capped at 12 credit hours. Student Affairs would be parking for Cardinal games, Despite Thompsons' am- contribute to the organiza- No student will pay more spearheading an ad cam­ Halilkanovic said, "I could than $24 per semester. paign in conjunction with think about that." The decision to go to a Metro to make sure students

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~ MICHAEL FREDERICK said before the S&T series. Brady said. the Tritons leading 4-0, two Staff Writer "We took three out of four The Tritons lost the first outs and a runner on a first, against a real tough team. If game 5-3. But before the sec­ the Miner's second baseman, Last Saturday, senior day we play like that here and ev­ ond game of the doublehead­ Brandon Cogan, worked a at the University of Mis­ erything falls into place, we er, Gurdine Acklin turned to full 3-2 count on Acklin. souri-St. Louis baseball field, can keep playing ball." his downtrodden teammates. "Cogan refused to go Tritons southpaw Gurdine In game one, the Tritons "Guys, we're not giving up down ,\\rithout a fight. But I Acklin, senior, liberal studies, committed four errors and this easy," the hard~throwing was not going to give in, not made certain that he would left nine men on base. Acklin said. on senior day and especially go out a winner against Mis­ Despite a stellar pitch­ According to the Tritons not on my last pitch," Acklin souri S&T. ing performance by start­ athletic web site, Acklin said. Entering Saturday's dou­ ing pitcher Brandon Fear, stands at six feet, five inches. Tritons catcher Dean bleheader against the Miners, junior, finance, the UM-St. "He can reach high 80s and Streed, senior, physical edu­ UM-St. Louis baseball had a Louis bats failed to hit in the low 90s on the gun. He's also cation, called for a fast ball sporting chance to qualify for clutch. Fear threw over 100 coming off a couple of qual­ on the third 3-2 pitch. "I just the Great Lakes Valley Con­ pitches in seven and one­ ity starts," Andy Ford, gradu­ leaned back and threw that ference Tournament as an third innings giving up four ate assistant coach. secondary ball as hard as 1 could. It was eighth seed wild card. nms on ten hits. education administration, my best pitch all game," Ack­ "There are a lot of 'ill,'" In the bottom of the eighth said. lin said. Jim Brady, UM-St. Louis with two outs and UM-St. Acklin did not give up The senior's fastball was head baseball coach, said. Louis down by one run, the on his Triton teammates or too much for the !vliner's "If we win at least three as-of-late hot-hitting Manny coaches. second baseman as he SWlll1.g out of four this weekend, if Flores, junior, physical edu­ In what could be his fi­ and missed to end the game, 1vfaryville beats Rockhurst, if cation, struck out swinging nal collegiate baseball game erupting the Tritons dugout Quincy loses, and if we come on a 2-2 wrap-around break­ the West Plains, Mo. native with applause and hollers. to play.'" ing pitch. threw a five-hit, complete "I am vcry proud of my Entering the four-game After the strikeout, Flores, game shutout victory. son," Acklin's father, Gurdine series, Tritons baseball SPOllS who hit two homeruns at While pitching to contact Acklin, Sr., said after the game. a 3-20 record at the U1,1-St. Rockhurst, threw his helmet and working around two After the \veekend series with Louis baseball field, but are in the dugout as an act of Triton errors, Acklin walked ~1issouri S&T, the Tritons .500 at visiting ballparks with frustration. only one hitter and struck baseball season will possibly a 10-10 record. "Flores worked so hard out nine. end, but Acklin's dominant "We came to play at Rock­ this off-season and during the But Acklin, whose mother, shutout performance kept hurst; there's no doubt about season. He does everything father, and sister were in the UM-St. louis alive for the MICHAEL FREDERICK I THE CURRENT that," third baseman Erik right and to see him struggle bleachers for senior day, saved GLVC playoffs. Walk, senior, liberal studies, just isn't fair to him," Coach his best pitch for last. With Gurdine Acklin plays catch before game at Rockhurst.

marion department. "He has son by playing in the ESPN Kelley High in Tulsa, Okla., UMSL hosts af nal Signing Day the ability to excel on both Rise High School National announced on April 24 that sides of the ball and we are Championship Game. she too had decided to join ~ CEDRIC WilLIAMS choosing. high school soccer standout extremely happy to have a Haden chose UM-St. the UM-5t. Louis women's Sports Editor The signing period actu­ Matt Burrus, who chose the player of his caliber commit Louis over hometown pro­ basketball next season. ally lasts until May 19, and Tritons over Great Lakes Val­ to our program for the next grams Drury University, Mis­ Robertson averaged eight One of the most im­ any time during that 36-day ley Conference rivals Quincy four years." souri State University, and points and four assists a portant dates for' any col­ period, a student-athlete University, Drury University, Another new Triton who nearby Missouri S&T. game her senior year at Bish­ lege sports program came can make his or her college and Missouri S&T. made her college choice of­ "I am pleased to have op Kelley, where she was also and went several weeks ago, choice official by signing an A three-year letterwin­ ficial on National Signing Hana join our program," a two-time all-conference with some good immediate NLI agreement with that ner, who scored 35 goals and Day was women's basketball UM-St. Louis women's bas­ selection after helping her news for the University of school. added 21 assists in his high player and Springfield, Mo., ketball coach Lisa Curliss­ team win the Oklahoma Missouri-St. Louis athletics But because that first day school career, Burrus is a native Hana Haden. Taylor said in a separate Class SA Regional Champi­ program. of' the signing period tends two-time all-conference and Haden, an all-conference statement released by UMSL onship as a junior. April 14 was Nation­ to be one of high anxiety and all-sectional honoree and was and all-state performer at sports information. "She is Robertson and Hadcm join al Signing Day for many excitement for both the stu­ an Illinois all-state choice by Kickapoo High, after lead­ coming from a prominent Kai.din Sweatman, a prime­ NCAA sports, including bas­ dent-athletes and the college the Chicago Tribune his se­ ing that team in assists her high school program that has time storer from Owen Val­ ketball, baseball and softball. coaches that recruited them, nior year. sophomore and junior years, helped her prepare for this ley High in Spencer, Ind., Officially, April 14 is just the that date is usually the most "Matt is a very accom­ transferred to Oak Hill Acad­ level of competition. Hana who signed with UM-St. first day any prospective col­ observers look to the most. plished midfielder with great emy in Virginia. will be able to help us at the Louis during the November lege student-athlete can sign This year, UM-St. Louis potential," UM-St. Louis Oak Hill, one of the top point gl!lard position." early signing period, as the a national letter of intent received two signed NUs on men's soccer coach Dan King high school programs in Another standout player, newest members of the Tri­ (NU) to accept a scholar­ April 14. The first to come in said in a statement released the country, was 14-3 last Phoebe Robertson, a versatile tons women's basketball pro­ ship from the school of their came from Quincy, Ill., with by the UMSL sports infor- year and finished its sea- guard/forward from Bishop gram. MAY 3, 2010 I Ur. ~rrrnt 17 Basebal finishes seaso strong

~ MICHAEL FREDERICK education, threw first pitch tons starting pitcher Austin & CALEB HARRIS strikes to the first four hit­ Schuler, sophomore, media Starting pitching was es­ ters. But after a foul bail on studies, ,vent to the bump semial to the University of the bat handle of Missouri in game £\vo. '"I feel really Missouri-Sr. Louis' five wins S&T Miners second baseman good today and hope to fin­ in their last seven games, in­ Zach Caner, Carter protested ish the season on a winning cluding winning three games the call, claiming that he was note. We didn't play well this our of four against the Rock­ hit by the pitch on the elbow. year, but finishing with a win hurst University Hawks in After the two-man umpiring would make the off-season a Kansas City two weekends crew convened, Carter was bit better,n Shuler said. ago. awarded first base. With the 11-6 win, the On Sunday at the UM­ Coach Brady jolted out Tritons finish the season St. Louis baseball field, the of the dugout and into the 15-37 overall and 11-21 Tritons attempted to end the first base umpire's face, argu­ in GLVC play this season. season strong against Mis­ ing the overruling by the first Coach Jim Brady mentioned souri S&T. base umpire. that he would be looking for The Tritons split the first Despite Ford staying quality players this summer. two games of the four-game around the plate, he could "We will be recruiting heav­ series, led by left-hander not recover from the frustra­ ily and we would like to have Gurdine Acklin, senior, liber­ tion of the blown call b,· the a much better record ne..xt al studies, who threw a com­ Division II umpires. "\\'e just spring," Brady said. plete game four hit shutout. wanted an explanation and The Tritons Vl.ill have Sunday, the Tritons, although the umpires couldn't give us plenty of holes to fill for ne.'\.t LEARN FRENCH IN dropping the first game of a decent one, Ford said, "I,l,.'ho baseball season. M-St. Lou­ the series, finished the season pitched in his last collegiate is baseball will be losing eight JUST 8 WEEKS! by winning the final game of baseball game. seniors, including five regular the season, 11- . The Minor's relief pitcher, starters. "When Kenny Ford Andrew Paige, kept '1-Sr. "I don't know what I'm re­ For information, call the Languages pitches to contact and has a Louis hitters off-balance with ally going to do after school," defense behind him, he can sharp curveballs and a well­ third baseman Erik v.::Talk. Office at 516-6242 really have a good game," Jim mixed fastball. After coming senior, liberal studies, said Brady, UM-St. Louis head into the game in the fourth, after his final collegiate base­ baseball coach, said before Paige struck out the side in ball game. ''I'll probably go the game. the fourth and fifth innings. home, work, cool off a bit Ford, senior, secondary Texas native and Tri- and eventually settle down."

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'This Is Happening' is more than fun dance music The tag on LCD Soundsystem is that it is fun dance muSic but better, because it is a full band comprised of an insightful fanboy from New York Games Murphy) and his cool friends. Murphy figured it out, so to speak. He micro-edited, commented on, cross-sectioned all of his favorite styles and sounds and produced great, thought­ ful dance rock better than his influences, bener than any­ one. It took a little time, but people have forgonen to criti­ cize him for being old and pu~oy because, lyrically, he is toO obviously correct to disregard and, musically, he is toO good v.rith a cowbell. "This Is Happening" is the fou.rth full-length album from LCD Soundsystem. It is also purported to be the last album Murphy will make performing under the name. It is safe to expect all-night release parties that play "Losing My Edge'~ at earthquake-inducing levels every half hour. Lead-off track "Dance Yrself Clean" starts off slow and COURTESY I ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS suspicious, sparse electronic blips complement repetitive only obliquely. Ultimately, and sha1..-y yocals. the film focuses more on ro­ It quickly builds into one of the more assertive jams LCD Keeping upwith 'The Joneses' mance and each family mem­ Soundsystem has put out. Murphy tries to remain thought­ ber's desire for personal free­ ful but seems compelled to shriek as the song crescendos dom, rather than on qualms with an ecstatic synth riff that sounds Like something DFA on wayto fi ancial trouble about their unwitting cus­ label mate Jona Bechtolt (from YACHll has done. The tomers. The focus becomes connection is interesting because Murphy practically built Heard of "viral market­ pecially pointed now, and a make a living. But the Jonese's being true to one's self, not DFA and undoubtedly influenced him. ing"? It is the concept of a brilliant idea for a film. But are just so likeable, everyone questioning if one's deceit is Apparently, they do recycle at world-class record label company selling things· by "The Joneses'" falls short in quickly stops asking ques­ v,rrong. offices. identifying "trend-makers" execution, losing its nerve tions and soon, the whole One of the film's prob­ on campuses or among the to bite the commercial hand neighborhood is all about lems is that it seems to strike See LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, page 10 young and affluent, and pay­ that feeds it. keeping up with the Joneses. a pose of snubbing product ing them to promote the David Duchovny and Out of the public eye, the placement while simultane­ company's products by using Demi Moore star as Steve Jones family is much more ously engaging in product them and talking them up and Kate Jones, who have just business-like, much to the placement. The film creates Trailer Stars without letting on Lh.at they moved into a huge new house disappointment of newest such a rosy picture of the are paid salespeople. along .with their teenagers team member Steve, a for­ Jones' lavish lifestyle, paid for The year in film, good bad and otherwise. The ambitious satire, "The Jenn (Amber Heard) and mer pro golfer and car sales­ by the company, that audi­ Joneses", takes viral market­ Mick (Ben Hollingsworth). man. Steve has romantic de­ ence members might be more ing to a new level, creating an Although their furniture has signs on Kate, the sales team prone to wonder how they The Twilight Saga: New Moo. n~ Vampires not entire family of perfect style­ just arrived straight from an leader, but Kate is focused on could land that cushy job juicy enough for ya? Weve got wolve) men! Still not setters. The company sets Ethan Allan showroom, the their sales numbers and their than to think there is some­ enough juice? Hot wolvey men! Still craving a drink of them up in a McMansion in Jones family eagerly wel­ upcoming visit from corpo­ thing deeply creepy about the sweet juicy juice? Hot nati:v~ Am~rican:wolvey men! Yet a high-income gated commu­ comes neighbors Larry (Gary rate, in the form of Lauren marketing strategy. further juice doth y~ desire? Main hot Native American nity, with all the goodies­ Cole) and Summer (Glenne Hutton. Strangely, when the Jone­ \Vo[vq man is under~! Now [hat's· the juice. D -Chris furnishings, cars, clothes and Headly). Although Larry The actors are all good, ses begin to chaff in their fake Stewllrt. high-tech toys-needed to and Summer do not have and there is a kind of off-beat roles, questions about giv­ drive their neighbors wild children for Jenn and Mick chemistry between Ducho­ ing up all that money hardly Avatar. Th~ monsrrou;S Na~:avi Ql€Hmt~ .everythlng .in with envy and straight into to befriend, they do seem vney and Moore. It is director seemed to come up, unlike sighc.wim their rail tendTuswh1ch are ~irher sex Of~S or the nearest high-end store. impressed with all the Jones' Derrick Borte who loses his follow-your-heart platitudes. .sorne kLrtd {If US'B porr:~ Either war,-ffGb0,d:r is's:rl"e, not Of course, Jones is not stuff. Score one for the sales nerve in going for the satiric That is not to say the film sacroo trees~l fJ.¥4tg d~t1o -: MIld;s, or _ e;.yen ~QtliJ~t ,Na'~vi. ·StiIl, their real name. In fact, they team. jugular. does not make some chilling \vatdh1n$ ~!~"fflo~ie4;i~~tamjl~ ~ . birttrl'l- , anUI1cterW;Qter are a bunch of strangers, Of course, all the neigh­ Having set up its incen­ points, just that is does not nafm_RasteI r~hew l~~: ~::-"Chris Stlfiv.d1J. . carefully selected salespeople bors are wowed by the new diary premise, the film loses go far enough. hired to pose as a family and Jones family's non-stop steam as it unfolds. It offers "The J oneses" is a good covertly sell, sell, sell. stream of new goodies, al­ some commentary on spend­ film with a premise that "The Joneses" is a satire of though there is some curios­ ing beyond one's means and could have made it a great consumerism gone wild, es- ity about exactly how they empty consumerism, but one. B -Cate Marquis MAY 3, 2010 I '([he Q1rrrrnt I 9

ro be the walking toy dinosaur, who staggers (ja lery Visio's around the room and greets the guests. Gallery Visio and the University of Nfis­ souri-Sr. Louis' environmental group, the En­ '(jiv·ng Tree' vironmental Venture Organization, have been planning this collaboration since last year. The collection of green recyclables, such as Moun­ tain Dew bottles, was pulled rogether by do­ reinvents nat re nations throughout the campus and the Sr. Louis City Museum, \vhich is already known ~ ASHLEY ATKINS for its extensive use of recycled materials to Staff Writer create playgrounds for its visitors. For the student who lives for the "Go Web Innovations and Technology Services Green" lifestyle, the "The Giving Tree," an donated the wiring. interactive and collaborative installation, is The organization, whose slogan is "Build­ currently being showcased at Gallery Visio, ing Communities through Reuse, Recycling, located on the lower level of the Millennium and Education," has rescued material from Center. The free exhibit runs from April 22 landElls, finding ways ro reuse them in society to June 24. and as a result has contributed ro the preserva­ The ultimate idea of the exhibition is ro tion of natural resources. express how much waste our society actUally As Missouri's largest non-profit recycler, JENNIFER MEAHAN / THE CURRENT creates. This is displayed on an artificial tree they have worked with UM-Sr. Louis in the The Giving Tree exhibits photos taken by Julie Wise, and the tree is made up of cups, bonles, boxes made out of green recyclables and computer past, including holding an electronics drive and green paper. parts. on campus last spring. The photography was a nice complement more campus promotion other than word-of­ The rop of the tree consists of green The walls of the exhibit are decorated in to the constricted room, but it would have mouth at Student Government Association streamers, dangling bottles, Mountain Dew phoros taken by Julianne Wise, senior, pho­ been good to see more of a variety of broken meetings. Avoiding the worry of wasting a cree products, green plastic, cardboard beer cases, rography. They focus on the placement of electronics, such as cell phones, laptops, and to spread word around campus turned our to and green Mardi Gras beads. The tree stump broken electronics back in nature, where they radios. be a promotion issue, so maybe a campus flier was created out of black and white computer once existed as the plastic hom rubber trees. While this was a wonderful project to fol­ could have been sent through student e-mail. cords. Sitting under the tree are a variety of Most of the pictures involve a broken com­ low Earth Day, with its use of cords, com­ Next time, why not take it to another level black records, the contents of a computer, purer, television, and keyboard placed in fields puter pieces, green streamers, and recyclables, and create a rainforest of recyclables, heavy on and a petite tree. The star of the exhibit seems on the side of the road. it could have been exrreme had there been the walking baby dinosaurs? 'The flexibility of the class schedules o ina as aaSI as ABC has let me work part-time. U • No renting a Get smart this summer. truck • No towing the Attend classes at car St. Louis Community College­ • 2 Vaults fit in a they're affordable, transferable and convenient. regular parking View the summer course space schedule and register online today! With Smart Vaults Get started at Across US <10 days www.stlcc.edu Self to Full Service Option or call 314-539-5002.

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"Drunk Girls" is about having a good time. It comes across ob­ terpiece, "Heroes." The refrain ''All I want is your pity/All I want is noxiously brazen, hedonistic and blatant variation on the Velvet Un­ your bitter tears" may seem desperate and unlikable, but considering derground's "White LightlWhite Heat" theme at first, but as usual, the intelligence that permeates throughout the rest of Murphy's work, Murphy proves himself to be a grower. After a few listens, the Eno they are ultimately courageous. influences start to make sense, the dense outro reverberates with good It is not hard to imagine a problem with LCD Soundsystem. Mur­ feeling and the realization that the song will be absolutely crazy when phy's stuff is pretty derived and mutable, maybe even a tad dishonest. it is played live sinks in. Listening to it over and over can turn into a name-game of finding his The three-minute intro to "You Wanted a Hit" is a pastiche of reuo influences. On the other hand, the update from someone who really Aphex Twin. It is beautiful, it changes and then it mellows into an does the legwork, who cares about figuring ,out what is best in pop austere guitar and two-step flute arrangement. The song also features music and produces some of the best dance rock songs in response to very curious lyrics, "You wanted a hit, but that's not what we do," his discoveries, is easy to appreciate as well. which are delivered with the melody and confidence you would expect There is some weird stuff going on with the production; sounds to find on a hit. The spacey intro effects integrate themselves back in will whimper when they should not and the vocals are always low. It at the end, bringing the well-crafred song to a crashing, glitzy close. probably sounds better on big speakers, but it seems like LCD Sound­ "All I Want" might be the ultimate tribute Murphy could make to system could have benefited from collaborating with"people more ex­ his influences. The prominent and high-strung guitar line that slides perienced in the studio. Regardless, "This Is Happening" is a great around is practically identical to the guitar on David Bowie's mas- album. A -Joe Schaffner MAY 3, 2010 1 ~hc ltllITrnt 111 nowhm:mq

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The 2009-2010 school year at the University of Missouri St. La] are ol:!r picks of the top UM-St. Louis news stories for this scho wells still be grilling UMSL burgers next year? Did Nixon really storiE

Since 2002, Chartwells has been the food service provider for the UM-St. Louis campus. In February, Student Services hosted food service forums with students and faculty to gauge the opinions of those who utilize and rely on campus dining. They were asked what they thought about the current offerings and what could be done to improve them. The input was compiled and passed on to Chartwells as recommendations for improvement. However, it is doubtful that Chartwells will be able to implement the recommendations] as the university has since decided not to renew the contract with the food service provider when it expires this December. "The needs of the campus have changed," Curt Coonrod] vice provost of Student Affairs, said. ItThere are a lot of things that are different from the university's side-for example, having more students and more residents needing a weekend meal plan. Chart­ wells has expressed interest in making some addend urns to the contract we had with them and we felt now was a good time to open it up to Chartwells or anyone else to submit a proposal." Coonrod said that the information obtained at the February food service forums will be used by the food service committee in the Student Affairs office when they evaluate potential food service vendors in the fall. Tangie Brooks, manager of client relations, said that the new vendor would begin providing service in Jan. 2011. However, Chartwells is allowed to bid again. Coonrod implied that students will be given an opportunity to get involved in the final decision over the new vendor. On March 3, the seven-season coach of the UM-St Louis be if Pilz chose to leave the team or if he was asked to resign. J. as the new mens head basketball coach. Tappmeyer is currently most focused on recruitment for nE league in the next year or two.

U I'm not going to make a lot of guarantees, but we don't 1 Tappmeyer said his coaching style is different than Pill's a

During the 2009-2010 school year, the University Program On Nov. 17,2009, Governor Jay Nixon visited UM-St. Louis to Board and Student Life brought a myriad of celebrities to announce that for the second year, all Missouri universities had the UM-St. Louis campus. Some of the guests were very well struck a deal that would allow them to receive 95 percent of their known] such as Dr. Drew, and others could hardly be deemed state funding if they would hold all in-state, undergraduate tuition famous, such as the band that 'played at the Oak Hall MTV and fees flat. Despite the simplistic nature of the agreement, Beach Party last fall, Nothing More. complications from it have been felt on campus and statewide. Katie Magraw, senior, media studies, and executive chair of On March 10, the Tritons baseball team had their first hor First, there was confusion related to the definition of which UPB, said that next year UPB is going to try to bring more big­ field was torn down when Express Scripts came to campus a student fees would be subject to the agreement, which put name speakers to campus, although no names have been con­ home field for so long. Jim Brady, the head Triton baseball cc several fees on hold, until UM System president Gary Forsee firmed. Magraw mentioned that low attendance at the Mark "There are stili tweaks to iron out, like we need public fi clarified what would be subject to the agreement. Since then, lupan and Jeff Corwin events compared to attendance at the clubhouse someday. We need to find an area where the um~ the freeze barely survived the Missouri Senate budget committee. Dr. Drew event was frustrating, and that next year UPB would the best situation ... Also we need the addition of field light However, the measure is expected to p.ass with the entire state like to bring fewer celebrities to campus in order to spend more Brady would like to see more fraternity, dormitory and U budget before the legislature's summer recess. money to bring in bigger name stars. next year. MAY 3, 2010 I nt Q1]mnt 113 VI w Editor-in-Chief nsisted of resignations, pandemics and dancing red Tritons. These r. Did the police ever arrest anyone for those assaults? Will Chart­ ~ tuition costs indefinately? Here are updates to the biggest news he year.

With the world panicking about the impending chaos that the H1 N1 virus (better known as Swine Hu) was supposed to

cause, campus Health, Wellness, and Counseting Services pre­ ..~ The 2009-2010 school year was monumental for the new pared by ordering vaccinations for UM-St. louis at the begin­ UM-St. Louis mascot Given a face on Jan. 21 at the literally ning of the new school year. On Sept. 25, 2009, the first case of

packed" Pack the Stands II basketball game, and a name on the Hl N1 was diagnosed at UM-St Louis. same date in April, Louie the Triton is now the face of UM-St Since then, Health Services has offered swine flu shots to Louis athletics. students for $1 0 and Chartwells delivered food to infected stu­ So what's next for Louie? According to Lori Flanagan, di­ dents' dorm rooms. Overall, there were a total of 21 cases of rector of athletics, the university plans to market the mascot Hl Nl documented at UM-St. Louis and 380 vaccinations were as much as possible. "We are going to market him more so given out to students, faculty and staff. that people identify him ... when you see Fredbird, you know The panic over Swine Flu has since died down and the De:­ he is with the Cardinals and we are going to market Louie so partment of Health recently picked up 40 unused H1 Nl vac­ ill team, Chris Pilz, resigned from his post. It was never confirmed when you see him you immediately know he is with UMSL," cinations from Health Services that were due to expire at the I month later, on April 7, the university named Steve Tappmeyer Flanagan said. end of April. Marie Mw.eller, nurse practitioner, said there have Flanagan expressed her happiness that students welcomed been "very few" requests for the vaccine as of ~he last couple r's season and said that he hopes to be competitive in the GLVC the mascot and that 500 people helped to name him. months.

) wait three or four years to be competitive," Tappmeyer said. change will be exciting for fans next season.

The January disaster in Haiti made quite an impact on the world, but also on the UM-St. Louis campus this school year. The benefit concert" Hope for Haiti," held on Feb. 11, was one of many efforts on campus to raise money for the devastated country. Jean-Germain Gros, associate professor of political science and public policy administration, is from Haiti and took part in many of the events. J'The response [at UMSL] has been very supportive of the Haitian plight/ Gros said. "I would have liked to see more fundraising, but perhaps that would be asking too much. I would hope that interest in Haiti will be sustained next year [and.that] we continue to focus on it because the reconstruction will take a long time."

On Sept. 22, Express Scripts, Inc., pledged a donation to the university of $2.5 million, adding to past donation·s of $1.5 million. The donation was announced at the 18th annual Founders Dinner at the Ritz-Carlton hotel downtown. Martin Leifeld, vice chancellor for University Advancement, said that the money wilf go to the College of Business Administration, and partially for" new ideas in circular development." He also said the univerliity has submitted another proposal to Express Scripts for a donation of $600,000 to go toward the Bridge Program. . Whether or not Express Scripts decides to donate the money will be announced in a few weeks. The Founders Dinner will be held again in the fall to update friends of the university on any and all additional fundraising progress.

CAMPUS ASSAULTS REMAIN UNRESOLVED ~ in five years at their new field on South Campus. The previous reseen problems, such as flooding, kept the team from having a On Dec. 8 and 10, -2009, two separate sexual assaults were reported to have occurred on the UM-St. louis South Campus. Since d that the new field is a "good start." then, the Bel-Nor and campus police have made no arrests but continue to search for a suspect or suspects in the case. It. John Sch­ s and the elementary school gym we would like to turn into a upp of the UM-St. louis police department said that it is still an open case, one thilt is being actively investigated. dress ... Right now they have to dress in their cars and its not Recently, a Clery Release was e-mailed campus-wide notifying recipients of a reported sexual misconduct on April 27. The release y said. stated that the suspect revealed himself and inappropriately touched the victim in the computer area of The Nosh. I Meadows students come to baseball games on the new field Schupp said that the police department has no reason to believe that the recent sexual misconduct has anything to do with the sexual assaults reported last year. -.

Most Innovative Program: "Just Stand Up" Cheer Classic (ZTA) Organization ofthe lear: Catholic Newman Center Best Sustained Program: . - . STUDENT Lunch and Learn (UPB) LEADERSHIP Greek Leader 0/the Year: AWARDS 2010 Kyle Kersting Non-Traditional Student Award: Award Recipients Paul "Tony" Laurence Distinguished Service Award: Student Leaders ofthe Year: Gloria Schultz D aniel Rosner & Marcel Scaife Student Athletes ofthe lear: A dvocate ofthe Year: Kristi White (Women's Basketball) G. Scott Tapp Katie Bartlett (Softball) . Best Overall Program: Ryan South (Men's Soccer) Pizza with Professors (SGA) Resident Advisor ofthe lear: Best Community Building Program: Daniel Rosner Campus Safety Walk (SGA) Residental Life Program ofthe Year: Outstanding Service to the Community: Damaris Carter & Jewdquelle Ballinger's Kerry Manderbach HopeRdease Student Life Award: ResiJent ofthe Year:

Jennifer Sicilianit Ph.D. Dakota Dancy Rising Letuler: Desk Assistant ofthe Ye4r: KrIsta Hedrick . T iara Mayo IGHtr 16 I ~he ([urrrnt I MAY 3, 2010 For the past 24 years, the University to study medicinal purposes of certain faculty and students, according Dr. Joel of Missouri System has been sharing its plants used by certain healers in South Glassman, associate provost for Aca­ teachers 'with a higher education insti­ Africa to treat a variety of illnesses. demic Affairs director of the Center for tute in South Africa. In the past two de­ Some may not work, some may work, International Studies and associate pro­ cades, over 400 faculty members study­ but there hasn't be a scientific stUdy of fessor of political science. "It's a wonder­ ring-ng Afr-ca ing in over 40 different fields have been those plants, and we at UM, along with ful learning opportunity. We get to in­ exchanged with those of the University our partners, received the grant from teract with their outstanding faculty in of Western Cape. NIH to smdy to see if they really work addition to learning about South Africa's The University oHvlissouri South Af­ or not," Uphoff said. education system," Glassman said. 0 rica Exchange Program has been in exis­ Typically, eight to ten teachers are Despite the program's bountiful to fro t oor chosen to do research at the University learning experiences, the program's fu­ tence since 1986. It is the first agreement ever between a United States institution of Western Cape campus. When the ap­ ture may be in jeopardy. "We are con­ and a historically black South African plicants are chosen, the teachers' are sent cerned about the program during times Teacher exchange program institution. over for anywhere from two weeks to of financial scarcity," Glassman said. As "We have been recognized by outside more than a mon tho During their time wim all extracurricular opportunities, brings new learning groups that consider this partnership a there, the faculty members will meet Glassman is worried that budgets may model relationship between a United with their counterparts from the UWC be cut because of current economical experiences States ullIVersity and African school of and work on their research. situations. higher education," Rodney Uphoff, the Associate professor of sociology, However, Uphoff has very high hopes director of the UMSAEp, said.. Nancy Shields, has had the opporrunity for UMWCEP's future. "1 am very .. JANACA SCHERER The program has received multiple to participate in the exchange program hopeful that not only will we be able Staff Writer grants, including the most recent one multiple times. "Lois Pierce and I have to move forward to build more research for over $4.4 million from the National been collaborating with Kathy Nadasen collaborations, but I am also hopeful Institute of Health. The grants help to at the University of the Western Cape," that we will have more opportunities for send the teachers overseas and also assist Shields said. Together they have written our students to srudy abroad at the Uni­ them with their research. three works on the topic of community versity ofWestern Cape," Uphoff said. "'Researchers from UM are teaming violence both here and in South Africa. up with scientists from Western Cape The program is a great resource for National Academy of Sciences of Argentina elective at UM-51. louis

at the Botanical Garden, or they may be ad­ botany? many people know about? • JEN 0' HARA vised by somebody else, but they're doing one EK: An understanding of plants is essential to play the piano, very badly. And so no­ Staff Writer EK I component in my lab. The other chunk of the many of the issues facing the world today, in body knows about it, because I enjoy it qui­ Elizabeth Kellogg was recently accepted lab is my own kind of research mission, which terms of global climate change, and issues of etly to myself Well enough to take a lot of into the National Academy of Sciences of Ar­ is supported by my own grant. That is look­ fot>d security. And the United States in gen­ pleasure in it, not well enough for anybody gentina,' standing on the same grounds' as the ing at the evolution of grasses. What we study eral has to start producing more plant biolo­ to listen to it. I like sailing and canoeing, al­ infamous Charles Darwin. Serving the Uni­ is how those develop, who their relatives are, gists. though I don't do very much of it here. Sailing versity of Missouri-St. Louis since 1997, she how they grow, who they cross with-just a is very hard to do in Missouri. has promoted the study of plant life on and variety of studies on evolution. TC: What is something you like to do that not off campus. TC: How did you feel being elected into the Na­ 1he Current: How did you get into botany? tional Academy ofSciences ofArgentina? Elizabeth Kellogg: It's very interesting because EK: Surprised. I really didn't expect it. I mean, botanical knowledge in the United Stares is I've had a 10ng-stancUng collaboration with not spread around very much compared to al­ colleagues in Argentina, but I didn't think I'd most any place else in the world. I was just the done anything particularly special. A couple same as everybody else. The first botany course of my colleagues nominated me. I was actu­ I took was my last term in college, and I took ally nominated a couple of years ago, but I it just because I needed it. It wasn't because I went to Argentina this year for the formal was passionate about plants. I graduated with follow-up ceremony. a degree in biochemistry and worked in a bio­ chemistry lab for a year, and I really didn't like TC: What are your conn~ctiom with it. And I started thInking, 'What else could I Argentina? do that I know about?' and sort of randomly EK: I've collaborated with folks there for a ' thought 'Huh, maybe I'll do something about little bit over 10 years. It started because I was --- plants.' So 1 worked for the forest service for a planning a research project and realized that while, then I went and did a master's degree in the real expert in part of it was a guy named ecology. So you need to be very careful about Fernando Zulohea, who is one of my col­ whatever you take your last year of college. leagues. He had the tremendous expertise that -...... was going to be really important to the re­ TC: What do you do with your lab on campus? search project I wanted to do. I mean, I could EK: My lab has two functions. One is a lab for spend the rest of my life trying to learn what training students for the Missouri Botanical he knew, or I could collaborate with him. Gardens. Those students are not necessarily AHMAD ALJURVY THE CURRE working with me. They may have an advisor TC: What do you feel is misunderstood about Elizabeth Kellogg UMSL Botanist recently elected to The National Academy of Sciences of Argentina. MAY 3, 2010 I 'm:hc

Tu einto The Uon the new 1620 AM "The signal should reach public interest. "1h.i.s is a there isn't enough outreach ~ MATIHEW POPOSKY our entire campus area, with­ great step up for The U. Be­ from organizations on cam­ Staff Writer in distance of cars. It covers ing able to hear The U around pus, and that helps to keep For those who have man­ about a three-mile radius, campus will be a great way to UMSL stereotyped as a com­ aged to avoid hearing a radio although once you go past increase our listening base. muter school. broadca.st by the University campus, the signal declines It'll be great for the sports Information on activi ties of Missouri-St. Louis' stu­ greatly," Marcel Bechtoldt, broadcast, as well," Leanica and organizations students dent radio station, The U, information technology ser­ Adams, senior, business ad­ may be interested in, broad­ the excuses regarding lack of vices, said. ministration, said. cast over 1620 AM, could broadcast power off-campus The U covers a wide range Advancements around lead to greater involvement have now lost their value. of topicS. There are DJs who campus have been a general around campus," Bechtoldt The U recently purchased play music and little else. trend this year. "SElvfPA, Stu­ said. broadcast rights from the Talk shows are also presented, dent FJecrronic Media Pro­ The U's first use of the Federal Comm unications along with coverage of cam­ fessional Association, which new broadcast signal WrlS at Commission on AM station pus events. governs Student Campus Mirthday 2010 . The events, 1620. "We're really excited. In addition, The U offers Community Radio, as well as music and spirit of students that it gives the students in­ free advertisement to campus UMSL TV, are making huge in attendance could be volved in the radio station organizations, has recently advancements and will con­ heard over 1620. as stated another opportunity to ex­ begun covering UM -St. Lou­ tinue to do so," Granger said. by Granger and Bechto ldt, plore FCC regulations and is' sports, and is also working With such a magnitude within a three-mile radius of practices, and another di­ on a joint-effort broadca~t of growth, it is no surprise the campus. mension to their understand­ with The Current to broad­ that The U is excited about Could this be the first in ing of radio transmission cast ne\vs reports from the its own recent improve­ a line of improvements to and broadcasting," Charles paper. ment. The more departments student capacity to broad­ Granger, UM-St. Louis cura­ "If there are organizations around campus improve the cast news around campus? tor's distinguished teaching which want Public Service quality of their performanc­ Nobody can say for certain. professor, said. Announcements put out, es. the more the campus can However, one thing is cer­ Students have complained they can contact Alfonso grow as a community. The tain: student views and news that in order to tune in to Hines or Keith Robinson, as more the campus grows, the regarding UM-St. Louis are The U, one must either visit this new expansion of our better the education provided important matters to com­ the MSC or listen to inter­ service is open to use by any to students will be. municate to the commwuty. net broadcasts. The newly organization for free," Grang­ "1 think what will be pop­ So, tune in to 1620 Alvi installed antenna atop Lucas er said. ular on it is information, es­ when near campus! Listen to Hall, however, will allow stu­ Naturally, broadcasting pecially in the beginning of a what UM-St. Louis students dents to hear The U's broad­ Ulvf-St. Louis beyond the semester. Students at UMSL have to say. COURTESY / THEMAILMATRIX.COM cast campus-wide. campus will help to grow sometimes complain that

TECH COLU MN ·Pa ere y be an app for that ~ ANDREW SEAL to infighting and bickering, the bandwidth to transfer the There's also the fact that Business/Tech Editor they probably never will. book to the device is as well. for most bibliophiles and Ever since Apple an­ The first is price. When I That $16.99 price tag is ri­ reading addicts, absolutely nOWlced it earlier this year, can go on Amazon.com and diculous, even with the book nothing beats the feel of a the iPad has been hailed as preorder Stephen King's lat­ costing $4 more now. It is a book in the hand. Physical the Savior of Everything, est book "Under the Dome" fact that ebooks cost a lot less books are less hazardous to from Savior of the Publish­ for $9.99 before it's released to produce than real physical the environment, and they ing Industry to Savior of the or $16.99 for a Kindle edi­ books-their cost should re­ have the bonus feature of Comics Industry. tion, something is wrong. flect that. never running out of battery In reality, it's neither of Granted, the book was only Some will remember the life to boot. those. $9.99 for preordering it; as pricing spat that Amazon and Comic books, on the other The publishing industry of this writing, "Under the Macmillian had earlier this hand, are a different beast en­ has to contend with a few Dome" is $20 new on Ama- year: point in case. Until the tirely &om either the publish­ issues before ebook readers zon.com. publishing industry Starts to ing or newspaper industries. (like the Kindle and to an What exactly is being agree on a universal pricing extent, the iPad) really come paid for here? The e-reader point for books, nothing will See IPAD, page 18 in to their own-and thanks is bought and paid for, and get done. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY PHIL FREEMAN 18 I rm:hc ltuITmt I MAY 3, 2010

------. IPAD from page 17 Unlike (most) books, they like "The Dark Knight" and comic with a code to get the The F.A. Hayek Professorship lecture Series Presents are episodic, so the tales tOld "Iron Man" pull in a lot of same issue digitally, or m~rybe within are not self-contained. dough-sadly, more so than offering a discounted 'yearly While I love the stOries their weekly comic sales. subscription to certain com­ th y tell ("The Long Hal­ When the iPad was an­ ics. Offering the ability to loween" is one of my favorite nounced, popular science buy 'tpb' (rrader paperback Batman tales), I hate the fact blog i09.com hailed i[ as or the collected \'eJsion of an - that I generally have to wait the possible "savior of comic entire comic run}. \rersions till the next issue comes out books". of comics would do a lot to [0 find am what happened. On launch day it seemed appease on-

a big fan of comic books. Of that, thanks [0 lYfarvel rolling Both the publishing and the characters and stories, out a nice new I\1arvel Com­ comic book industries ha.ve yes, but not of the industry's ics app on the same day. been slow to adapt to this distribution model itself. Pur­ HO'vVeVer, JUSt like the pub­ new digital age-and they're chasing weeldy comics simply lishing industry, until Marvel not the only indusuies lag­ isn't my clUng: never done it, (and DC, whenever it gets on ging behind. There's eUl ocean never will. Collecting them board) won't be succcSEful in of hungry media consumers With Guest Speaker Dinesh D'Souza isn't panicularly attracti e the digi tal realm until they out there, JUSt waiting to be either. find a workable, sustainable tapped ... they just need to The always engaging' and often controversial Dinesh D'Souza is one of the most For years, the comic book distribution model. find out the right way to do prominent conservative speakers of our time. Everyone is welcome - we encourage industry has been strug­ Pos.sible ideas could be a it. gling. Revenue from movies slightly-mare-expensive print spirited discussion.

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The news that the University of and Student Affairs would be wise their Mediterranean offerings. signed. Maybe vendors could come agree that such competition forces Missouri-St. Louis decided not to to remember the complaints. Even so, JUSt because a vendor to campus one day and offer sam­ companies to adapt to consumer renew their contract in 2011 with Actually, the committee that offers gyros in its food service pack­ ples of their food to students? Such needs by improving quality, etc., food service provider Chartwells will eventually evaluate new ven­ age does not mean they are edible. a request might be fanciful, but me winning food service provider comes as a welcome surprise. Every dors for 2011 should not only use Meaning, just because a vendor these vendors want to work for us for 2011 will have a monopoly over year since 2002, when Chartwells the student input gained from fo­ can talk the talk, does not mean and they should have to first prove campus food. It is important that first carne to campus, students have rums held this year, but actually they can walk the walk (or should themselves worthy. Let's make the a majority of students are satisfied become more and more vocal in include students in the decision­ we say, cook the cook?). A vendor prospective vendors politic for our with the new vendor as there will their criticisms of Chartwells, with making process. One way to do could have more variety than any votes. be no orner food options available some of the most common com­ this is by surveying students, either other, but if their food is so bland The gist of it is that students not only for student's meals, but for plaints being that the food quality while they are eating on campus or that students cannot taste a differ­ need to be involved in this decision. other campus events too. is low and the prices high. Whether through MyGateway. For instance, ence between a ham sandwich and The food service provider affects ev­ The Current commends the or not the complaints are the reason if students were asked specific ques­ a hamburger, the university should ery one on campus, and the fact is university for taking the first step the university decided not to renew tions on what foods they would like not sign a contract with them. The that Chartwells was not meeting the towards improving the food on the Chartwells contract is beside to eat on campus and the majority students should get to voic:;e their needs of its consumers. One of the campus and hope they continue to' the point, but as the search for a said "gyros," then the committee opinions on the quality of the ven­ fundamentals of capitalism is com­ respond to the needs of the students new vendor proceeds, the university could grill the hopeful vendors on dors' food before the contract is petition. Whether or not one can in their search for a new vendor. 20 ~h( Q:urrrnt MAY 3, 2010

SCIENCE MATTERS oil sp -III g If ay ave lasting -m act The ongoing gulf oil spill will be bigger than Katrina or Exxon Valdez

a much larger, longer-term for stabilizing coast.il marsh­ the spill by adding chemicals cies, whose breeding season enough scrambling to pro­ scale. lands. The marshlands will be to make it sink to the bot­ has just started, was recently tect and preserve what can be What will happen to Gulf affected but the size of impact tom. Sea turtles are moving removed from the endan­ saved before the oil reaches Coast wetlands as the oil will depend on the amount of through this area of the Gulf gered species list. Other spe­ shore. Likely, we will pay a reaches shore? oil reaching shore. The marsh to spawning grounds now cies that may suffer greatly higher cost for this delay, in A whole ecosystem may be grasses can tolerate some oil, and may have clifE.culty as are Wilson's plover and the envirorunental and financial at risk. Fragile wetlands, wild­ bur a large amount may kill they surface for air through American oystercatcher. terms. life, commercial fisheries and them and undermine the the oil. An endangered At­ Out in the ocean, the sur­ Beyond the oil spill's im­ tourism will all be harmed ecosystem. lantic population of bluefin face oil slick has the potential pact on the Gulf coast, the by the spilL The oil slick is Beaches can be affected as tuna are spawning in this area to harm plankton and a va­ prevailing currents raise the expected to reach shore first well, but cleanup is easier on now, and because their eggs riety of larvae, mostly due to possibility of spreading the oil near the lv1ississippi delta beaches than in marshlands. and larvae are near the water's chemicals mixed "vith the oil. up the Atlantic coast as well, on the Louisiana coast. The On beaches, contanlinated surface, where the oil Boats, Biologists are unsure what expanding the environmental The recent explosion of a marshlands in that area are sand can be scoopeH up and the spill will likely impact the long-term impact will be, disaster even fanher. Efforts British Petroleum deepwater ecologically sensitive, serv­ removed. . that population as well. but they do expect it to be to stem the oil's flow have so oil drilling platform in the ing as nurseries for numerous The timing of the spill Bird populations will be bad. Researchers at Louisi­ far failed, and one remaining Gulf of Mexico and the re­ commercially imponant or is a problem for many spe­ harmed as well, as several im­ ana State University in BatOn option, drilling to re-direct sulting oil spill have brought critically threatened aquatic cies, both from a commercial portant bird areas are located Rouge are rushing to moni­ the oil to another platform, comparisons to the earlier species. Young fish and crus­ and conservation view. The nearby, including Louisiana's tor the effects on coastal sites. may take three months to devastation of Hurricane Ka­ taceans may be smothered by shrimp and oyster fisheries Delta National Wildlife Ref­ Other conservation groups complete. Meanwhile, the trina and the Alaskan Exxon the oil. may be strongly impacted, as uge and Pass-a-Loutre Wild­ may act as well. damage will spread. Valdez oil spill. But with oil Barrier . islands, which young shrimp are just emerg­ life Management Area. The Unfortunately, there seems Cate Marquis is a columist continuing to pump our into serve to protect the coastal · ing in coastal wetlands. Oys-: brov·m pelican, Louisiana's to be a too much of a wait­ and A&E Editor for The Cur­ the Gulf, this environmental wetlands from erosion, are ters, which are filter feeders, state bird, is among the spe­ and-see attitude, of ,,,aiting rent. disaster is still unfolding. It's stabilized by marsh grasses. may be smothered by oil, as cies likely to suffer harm for the disaster to rut and impact may ultimately be on The grasses are also critical efforts continue to contain hom the oil spilL The spe- then cleaning it up, and not • • • • • • ss --IPP es I a Ie I S The little incident with senior photos wearing a tux­ according to a statement from to "convert" people., they are with her. lesbian student Constance edo. Sturgis' mother Veronica. not out to offend anyone. The wearing of a tuxedo to 1v1dvfillen laSt month was a School officials, much Apparenciy, Copiah They are simply trying to live a prom by a female is for the gigantic public relations cri­ like the school offiCials from County deems that its drug­ their lives. most part a non-issue. Why sis for the Itawamba County Itawamba, overreacted and gies and drop-outs are more McMillen and Sturgis are these administrators saw the School District. Not only did chose to retaliate bY remov­ valuable to the senior class not trying to act out; they need to tell their students it attract national attention ing her senior pl;lOto and than one of its top students. are not trying to draw atten­ how to live their lives is be­ and the ire of LGBT activ­ nearly any mentio'~ of her Mississippi, it's about time tion to themselves. All they yond me. ists, bur the American Civil from the school yearbook. to get with the program. wan t is to be accepted and be It would have remained Libenies Union got involved This was just more than a You were the last state to themselves. a non-issue except that the as well. removal of her "controversial" ratifY the Thirteenth Amend­ For the most part, their school administrations of Sure, the school shut down picture; any mention of Stur­ ment abolishing slavery-in fellow students are fine with ltawamba and Copiah Coun­ Oh Mississippi. . the prom because McMillen gis as a student was removed 1995, no less, nearly 130 that. Sturgis' classmates nom­ ties made it a problem. Your delightfully back­ wanted to wear a tux. Bur at from the senior seCtion. She years after the rest of the inated her for prom queen. Sure, it's not the so-called ward ways and quaint anti­ least it recognized that she only appears in the various country. You have a deep his­ Sadly, because she knew the "norm," but freedom of ex­ LGBT antics are beginning was a student at the school. groups and sports teams she tory with not only the Jim administration would never pression is something guar­ to be not so endearing any­ Copiah County's Wesson was involved in, probably be­ Crow system of the early- to allow her that honor, she had anteed in the First Amend­ more. Attendance Center, on the cause learning the Photoshop rnid-1900s, but problems to bow out of the running. ment-which, by the way, Now, it appears as if your other hand, not to be out­ skills to remove h~l was not with civil rights in general. While some of McMillen's Mississippi ratified in 1817. county school districts are done, tried to delete an entire in the school budg~t. Your intolerance is well, in­ classmates have allegedly tak­ Andrew Seal is Staff writer just trying to see who can be student from its yearbook. In the senior se~~ion, there tolerable. Let ·me lay it out en to the Internet, calling her for The Current. more intolerant. Either that, Ceara Sturgis, a student at are pictures of the kids who clear for you: lesbian, gay, bi­ an attention whore and full or you have some serious Wesson Attendance Center have been busted for drugs, sexual and trans gender peo­ of hersel£ many more of her problems with girls wearing for 12 years, is a lesbian. She as well as a picture of a senior ple are not any different than classmates accept her for who tuxedos. also wanted to appear in her who dropped out of school, anyone else. They are not out she is and have no problem MAY 3, 2010 1 ~f ltuITrnt 1,21 ,-.. e • • s , fashion and miniskirts

glance at the date to make that a woman can be sexy diatribe, her logic IS also attire, it divides the female it is for any woman to wear sure it was not, in fact, 1985. and not wear high heels or quite flawed. In her arrogant sex and alienates us from the either pants or a miniskirt, The artist proved to be Elly miniskirts. She thinks there is attempt to distinguish herself courageous women who have play football or be a working Jackson, the 21-year-old Eng­ a lack of unique female role as a suong female trailblazer fought for centuries for wom­ mom. Sequita is an exempla­ lish from woman for La Roux models in music for young in the pop music indusrry, en's liberation. ry case of how far minority (the band name being fitting, girls to identify with. These not swayed by the temptation Sadly, La Roux's Elly Jack­ women and women have, as considering her lipstick color are all reasonable and agree­ to give in to male sexuality son is not the first to seem­ a whole, come toward equal and hairspray-swept, reddish able complaints. and patronizarion, she, in ef­ ingly abhor sexism while si­ rights, and as a feminist I hair). Picking Google's brain The rub, however, lies in feet, used the same trite logic multaneously cutting women am proud of Sequita and her a lime further, a link to an in­ Jackson's comments that "real that chauvinist men have for down. Actually, it has hap­ sterling fashion column. It is terview with Jackson seemed women" can be sexy wear­ decades. Serieusement, La pened all semester to the fash­ an honor to have someone as intriguing. Reading through ing "a plastic bag," implying Roux? Physical violence is ion columnist at The Current, proficiem as she take on my the interview, however, my that women who wear high never warranted, no matter Sequita Bean. When womens role as Editor-in-Chief next fu popular music has feelings on Jackson and La heels or short skirts to feel if the woman "attracted" her and gender srudies students year. become exceedingly hyper­ Roux morphed from intrigue pretty are insecure and infe­ abusive boyfriend after walk­ spend their time criticizing And as for Elly Jackson, produced and insipid, it is to admiration, then confu­ rior. Jackson even went as far ing around in a miniskirt. Sequita for writing about one her eccentricities may be re­ rare to happen upon a "Top sion and by the end, extreme as to say that women who In the 1970s, feminists of h<;:r passions, they are for­ freshing, but her hackneyed 20" music video featuring an indignation. dress that way attract abusive, burned their bras and made getting why women fought attitude could use a make­ androgynous woman harmo­ Jackson thinks that the "arsehole" men. In her own it fashionable for women to for sovereignty in the first over. Let's just hope it does nizing with a synthesizer and overly sexualized mainstream words: "Women wonder why wear pants. Yet, today there place. fu Eve Ensler says in not involve any more neon wearing orange lipstick. This popular culture, panicularly they get beaten up or having are juries that still base the "The Vagina Monologues," military jackets. is why, when such happen­ in America, has encouraged relationships with arsehole outcome of rape cases on "My short skirt is not proof Jessica Keil is E'tiitor-in­ stance occurred a few morn­ mindless conformity, pro­ men. Because you attracted whether or not the victim that I am stupid or unde­ Chieffor The Current. ings ago, the orange-lipped ducing dime-a-dozen, big­ one, you twat." was wearing a short skirt. cided, or a malleable little artist seemed worthy of a boobed, tanned and scant­ Besides the obvious gram­ When people like JacksoIJ girl." It is Sequita's preroga­ Google search-after a quick ily clad women. She believes matical errors in Jackson's scoff at other women for their tive to write about fashion as

clothing lines with having lit­ behalf before designing any­ tle involvenient in the actual thing for Port. Many young design process. The whole designers are afraid to do that idea behind it is that consum­ and stand up for themselves ers will see and recognize the in general. They think the celebrity's name and purchase opportunity to design for a the merchandise. fu manipu­ major label is a once in a life­ lative as that sounds, this time opportunity, and they marketing strategy works ev­ do not want to piss anyone ery time. The key is to make off. Also, it would not have Will the real designer stand up? sure everyone is getting their been a bad idea for her to credit, both monetarily and copyright her work, as well as on paper to prevent a mess keep a log of any work done Whitney Port, star of ed that Port was the line's de­ she decided to come forward fashion journalist to a fashion like Port's situation from for Port. Without some solid MTV's hit reality show "The signer and Baravetto was just with baseless claims. designer. Don't be fooled by happening. We will probably proof that she designed each City" is currently being sued a consultant. Now Baravetto The most vexatious thing the word "fashion" in from­ never find out the truth be­ and every piece in Whitney by her former employee is seeking $90,000 in back about this entire ordeal is the the two career tracks are hind the design ambitions of Eve, her chances for a court Adrienne Baravetto who ve­ pay along/with punitive and idiocy of both parties. Port miles apart. Just knowing the Whitney Eve, but it is safe to victory will be slim. hemently claims that she was statutory damages. started her career at various extreme contrast between the say that she, like most other Baravetto gets credit for the sole designer of Port's Of course Pon hired a fashion news outlets such two professions, it is not hard celebrities, probably had a only suing for $90,qOO. It is moderately successful name­ solid defense team and public as "Women's Wear Daily" to be leery of Port's design talented designer on her team not unusual for someone in . " sake clothing line, Whitney relations people to do some and "w Magazine." Anyone credentials. Despite having designing most of what we her place to go for humheds Eve. She also claims that she damage control. Her lawyer who has watched "The Hills" li me knowledge about her see on clothing racks. of thousands; if not millions. presented design ideas to Michael Taitelman says that will remember that she also actual talent, she should have fu for Baravetto, she, Hopefully justice is serVed for Port, who made little if any the lawsuit is without merit. worked for "Teen Vogue"· been smaner about the way like most other designers in whoever is the true designer modifications to her work. And that for more than two along with her co-star Lauren she went about her business. the industry who get stiffed in this case. The suit alleges that Baravet­ years Baravetto has been si­ Conrad as a fashion contrib­ A name means everything when a clothing line takes Seqita Bean is Features to was fired after Port's father, lent and now, at the height utor. Seemingly overnight, in this industry. Celebrities off, should have had a lawyer Editor and coLumnist for The Jeffrey Port, inaccurately stat- of Whitney Eve's popularity, Port changed from being a often slap their names on write up a contract on her Current. 22 I ~( (torrrnt I MAY 3, 2010

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CURRENT HOROSCOPES he Great American Oil Spills ARIES UBRA (MARCH 21 - APRIL 20) (SEPT. 24 - OCT. 2-3) ACROSS Don't panic if lITe is feeling cha­ A difficult week lies ahead, but 2. This ship released 5.1million gallons of oil otic. Instead, find some time to conflict early on will eventually figure out what's contributing to give way to compromise. Keep in some 60 miles south of Garveston in 1990. the confusion and start narrow­ mind that these challenges are 8. The tanker that ran aground of Nantucket ing your life back down to the for the best and can only help basics. you in the end. Island in 1976, spilling 7.7 million gallons of SCORPIO fuel oil. (OCT. 24 - Nov. 22) 4 9. An estimated 7million gallons were Friends and family usually love A friE~nd or loved one will 'give your idealism, but certain people spilled after this 2005 hurricane. you ample opportunity to re- i 6 might find it grating during the sent their happiness this week. week, Don't try to force your op­ Instead, you 'll surprise them by timistic outlook on others; they DOWN genuinely sharing in it. 1. An explosion on this deep-water drilling won't take it well. rig caused IT to sink, currently leaking 5,000 GEMINI SAGITTARIUS (MAY 22 - JUNE 21) (NOli. 23 - DEC. 22) barrels of oil aday. You may feel unusually with­ Difficult issues seem manage­ drawn and solitary this week. 3. The drunk captain of this spilled 10 able in light of the positive en­ Give yourself time to recharge million-plus gallons of oil, causing the worst ergy you'll be feeling early in the I but remember that this weekend week. Hang on to that positivity oil spill in US history. will be best spent in the com­ to get you through the week. 4. This exploratory oil well spilled an esti­ pany of friends. mated 140 million gallons of crude oil into CANCER CAPRICORN (JUNE 22 - JULY 22) (DEC. 23 - J AN. 20) the Gulf of Mexico in 1979. Trying to find a ba!lance between 5. 567,000 gallons of crude oil was let into work and play will be difficult Take time out to talk about your the lower Mississippi in 2000 from this this week. Don't be too hard on feelings to those you're dose yourself. though. You'll quickly with to help figure out what's re­ tanker. make up anything you momen­ ally going on. 6. This tanker collided with a barge on Janu­ tarily put aside, ary 7J this year, releasing 462,000 gallons , AQUARWS of crude oil. (J AN. 21- Fa 19 Why not shake up your usual Your emotions are running high 7. This ship broke in two near the Aleutian routine over the next few days? this week, so make time to relax. A new hobby or a trip some­ Islands in 1004, losing 337,000 gallons of oil. But make sure that you don't where you've never been might take others for granted while provide the boost of energy dealing with your own problems. you've been missing.

VIRGO (AUG. 22 - SEPT. 23) It may seem as though your This is a good week to make a friends and family are involving new start in any area of your life. CURRENT SUDOKU by Gene Doyel themselves a little too much in It may be easy for you to become your personal life, but be toler- ~ over-ambitious. Don't bite off This week's rating: ant. They're just trying to show more than you can chew. that they care.

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