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Performer and former UM- St. Louis student Siren accepts money from an UMSL student at the drag show. The show was organized by Prizm and celebrates National Coming Out w~ek.

THE STUDENT VOICE OF UM-ST. LOUrS SINCE 1966 I ~WWW. THECURRENTONLINE.COMlvOLUME 43; ISSUE 1291 I OCT. 12,2009

Google's Wf1Ve making a spla~h to show it at UM-St.Louis-in See BU5ines~lTech, page 8 ~ ANDY PHIPPS were in it for the long haul, ------.. _------Asst. BusinesslTech Editor . great part because the produc­ both the director and her pro­ Women's golf earns historic er's sisrer: Dr. Sonja Rahar is an duce..r imbedded themselves in finish . On Tuesday afternoon the associate professor of biophysics the community they were film­ See Sports, page 9 --~------..... ---'------~- Sruden t Government Asso­ at the nniversity. ing and gave it their alL ciation chamber doubled as a The film originally-began as a "We were actually "rorking movie theater as it pbyed host project 'to produce a shorr film at Qther jobs during the first to director Nmudena Carrace­ _about undocume~ted workers several years of this project, JUSt do, producer Robert Bahar and . by Carracedo. because we believed that this their Emmy-a"vard winnlog It later evolved into a story about these women and film '~Made In LA" 70-minure feamre) shot over Los Angeles should be tOld," 1he director and producer five years, that was aired on the Bahar said. 'Scribblenauts' game inge­ extended their film's first visit PBS in September of 2007. Director Almudena Carracedo spoke at the screening nious. yet lacking [0 Missouri for an extra day just Once they knew thar they See MADE IN LA., page 8 and signed autographs afterwards. See A&E, page 1:7 Pedestrian struck by car on campus

~ JOE SCHAFFNER and (Pc injur:ed party \vas Staff Writer checked into -a hospital. The student was released from the . \Vednesday, a student at hospital with reports of mini­ the Universi[), of Missouri­ mal bruising t~ the side. St. Louis was SHuck by a car The vehicle was traveling Our Opinion: misunderstood on the University Boulevard at a speed less than 10 mph, process, misdirected anger crosswalk berween Benton Thomas _ McEwen, UM~St. See Opini.ons, page 21 and Woods Hall around 8 .Louis police sergeant, said. More comics to enjoy! . a.m. The student was hit "The impact knocked her See Comics,. page 27 · while crossing the street, and down. She didn't fiy onto the the student had the right of hood of the car or get dragged way. Injuries were minor and under. We're fortunate it oc­ News 2-3 no charges were pressed. Nei­ curred at such a slow speed," Statshot 4 ther the name of the injured McEwen said. party nor the person who Students . walking by JENNIFER MEAHAN I THE CURRENT Business/Tech 5-8 had been driving the car have showed a positive contribu­ been released. Police officers, tion to the overall wel1ness of Sports 9-12 responding to calls from campus life by calling in the - Features 13-16 Lac Nguyen (rigiht). sophomore. biology and Miika Liisanantti (left), senior, business ad­ multiple people passing by, accide~ t immediately, McE­ 17-20 ministration, are .painting fabric squares in the MSC on Tuesday. Alpha Phi Omega hosted arrived at the scene within a wen said. A&E uProject Linus" which offered UM-St. Louis students the opportunity topaint the squares. minute of its occurrence. Opinions 21-24 Later the squares will be stitched together to create a quilt for terminally ill children. . An ambulance was called See ACCIDENT, page 8 -( ~ assilieds 25 PuzzJes 26 MON. TUES. WED. THURS'. FRJ. SAl SUN. Comi.cs 27 Whatrs Cu rrent 28 2 'IDlt ([urrrnt OCTOBER 12, 2009 NEWS. Fewer ti(kets in 2009 effect of -several-year effort

EDITORIAL t> ANNA MARIE CURRAN been workil1g to free up more 2009. In 2008 there was an of the student COUIT, said that Editor-in-Chief...... :...... Jessica Keil News Editor parking space on campus for average of 867 tickets given fewer tickets are issued when Managing Editor ...... :...... Matthew Hill those who purchase the cor­ out each month, but in 2009 students follow the rules News Editor ...... Anna Marie Curran As lhe Current reported rect permits and do not vio­ the average has been closer to of Parking and, Transporta­ Assistant Features Editor...... Sequita Bean in a previous issue., .the Uni­ late parking ruies. Gutierez 238 per month. Rosas said tion. Bono said that he un": BusinesslTech Editor ...... Gene Doyel versity of Missouri-Sr. Louis said that to accomplish this, . that in areas where ~ Parking derstands it is frustrating for Assistant BusinesslTech Editor...... Andy Phipps Sports Editor ...... Cedric Williams has "cracked down" on giv­ man, measures have been and Transportation ticketed students who receiv'e tickets, Assistant Sports Editor...... Anthony Padgett ing tickets to members of the taken: some streets were 30-40 cars per hour, they are but that if they understood A&E Editor...... : ...... Cate Marquis University's community who converted to one way streets now only cl~eting one or why the ticket was issued they Opinions Editor" ...... Andrew Seal were violating parking and in order to fr~e up on-street cwo. m;ly be 'more understanding. Copy Editors ...... Stacy Beckenholdt, Rebecca Nuckolls rransportation rules. Yet, ac­ parking, new parking garages One of the areas of park­

MCMA UM System to ,evaluate P-20 ta~kforce \g I> JOHN DUNN a,s an individual." require remedial coursework issue. The Current is the student newspaper at the University of Missouri-St. Staff Writer According to Lowry, Mis­ to meet reading standards, "Thinking back to when Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on Mon­ souri is behind the national while the math level is higher I was in high school, I know days. Advertising rates are available upon request; terms, conditions, Gary Forsee, president of average of high school s,tu­ at 22% of students. that money concerns were and restrictions apply .. the Current, financed in part by student activi­ the University of Missouri dents ent0ng higher edu­ "Those are not statistics the most important factor in ties fees, is not an official publication of UM-St. Louis. The University System, has set out plans for cation~57 percent versus that' we're proud of in any whether I attended college or is not responsible for the content of The Current and/or its policies. All the coming year detailing ar­ figur~ higher than 60 per­ way," Lowry said. Identifying not," Ruggles said. "I think materials contained in each printed-and online issue are property of eas of improvement. One of cent. Only 20.9 percent of the principle ,concem for the it's great that universities are The Current and may not be reprinted, reused, or reproduced without his programs is the "P-20 task Missouri 12th grade students taskforce is to raise the levd the prior, expressed and written consent of The Current. . addressing' the issue of funds force." will enter college and gradu­ of prepara.tion for college and making it easier to get fl­ The Current accepts letters to the editor. All letters should be brief, and The P-20 hopes to achieve ate Within six years. education, which in turn will . nancicJ aid." those not exceeding 250 words will be given preference. The Current a higher levd of graduates Male students ' in particu­ raise graduate figures. Ano' er important P-20 edits letters for clarity and length, not for dialeq, correctness, intent or from high school entering lar are performing statisti- "Lack of parent involye­ initiati . is to commimicate grammar. All letters must be signed and must include a daytime phone higher education,and address . cally lower in higher educa­ ment and money is the top state-wide willi other univer­ number. and, where applicable, student number. The Editor-in-Chief issues of student achieve­ tion, establishing a gulf in concern to them, as well low sities to deneify the methods reserve's the right to respond to and to deny any letters. ment. the male-to-female student expectations of teachers.," of srudept .development that CONTACT US Dan Lowry, co-direqor ratio. A four-to-six percent Jay Goff, vice provost and have w;r:ked for them. of the UM Partnership for increase in male students by dean of enrollment manage­ This is in an effort to Address 388 MSC, 1 University Blvd Educational Renewal, spoke 2017 would offset the decline ment at Missouri UniverSIty bridg~ die regional gap be- ' Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400· of the program on a podcast in college attendance that is of Science. and Technology, tween ~i~souri universities, Newsroom . 314-516-5174 released by the UM System. predicted at present. said. "They felt [the students] as well .~ to widen the pro­ Business/ Advertising 314-516-5316 "The P-20 taskforce is a . Surveys into the lIM Sys­ diqn't have the skills. for high- . grams &at work in the UM Fax 314-516-6811 deliberate focus from kin­ tem's freshman population er education." System to include the rest of E-mail (General) . [email protected] dergarten level all the way up reveal figures that suggest Matt Ruggles, graduate, the sr.ate. · . E-mail (Advertising) [email protected] through 12th grade," Lowry students entering the UM business, explained that he · The-president hopes to an­ E-mail (Employment Inquiries) [email protected] said. "You .can call it a pipe­ System are not prepared for feels th~ problem of h~w nounce c system-wide recom­ E-mail (TIps) [email protected] line. We want every student collegiate education. Eleve~ students can afford a higher Twitter . umslcurrent mendations by November to realize their full potential percent of incoming students education has always been an . into D~cember of this year.' OCTOBER 12, 2009 l1lrhf ~rrrnt I 3 Chemistryresearch pulls in granl I> AARON HOLDMEYER and Demchenko, respec­ a sponge, but it does when Staff Writer tively. you look through a micro­ Prior to their study, the scope," Stine said, "Once we After three years of work majority of scientists used create this sponge-like mate­ and a 57-page proposal to the bead polymerization to cre­ rial, we increase the surface National Institute for Health, ate molecular structures. This area by seven thousand times University of Missouri-St. was done by building off of . " With the highly porous Louis's Keith Stine, professor the surface of a highly porous material, each of these pores of chemistry and biochemis­ material, which allowed the can be filled. It allows ... try, and Alexei Demchenko, formations to bind to min­ for carrying out synthesis of associate professor of chem­ ute holes on the surface of relatively large quantities on a istry and biochemistry, have this material. This was then relatively small support." received a $1.1 million grant dipped into reagents that These gold plates, about to continue their studies on constrllct certain molecu­ the size of a dime, are then the "Development and Ap­ lar formations. Demchenko staked onto fabricated Teflon plication of Surface-Tethered wanted a simpler method shelves forming a stick. This Iterative Carbohydrate Syn­ for this synthesis, so he ap­ stick is then placed into reac ~ thesis." proached Stine, who pro­ rive agents and by repeating The tvvo previously re­ posed the use of porous gold. this process, complex sugars ceived a grant from NIH Stine said that porous gold is can be created. in 2006, which was used to a white gold and is often used "This is a new type of prove their theory that com­ for jewelry. It is called "po­ IChemical approach as we be­ plex carbohydrates could be rous gold" or "white gold' lieve, to synthesis because we constructed on the surface because it is less than 50 per­ don't need to mix reagen ts, of nanomate.rial.s. This proj­ cent gold, Stine said. we don't need to extract ect required expertise in two "It's an alloy, and when them, we don't need to purify distinct fields: nanomaterials treated with acid we create them:' Demchenko said, and synth.:-tic organic chem­ some kind of highly porous istry, which are filled by Stine material that doesn't look like See GRANT, page 25 UMSL w'ins award from I S ANNA MARIE CURRAN people who live in both the said that one of the greatest News Editor City of St. Louis and St.. strengths of the program is Louis County. The program the high number of volun­ The Internal Revenue Ser­ is cosponsored by UM-Sr. teers who dedicate their time vice has recently given the Louis chapter of Beta Alpha and energy to it. Volunteer Income Tax As­ Psi-the Gamma Psi Chap­ "The strength of our pro­ sistance program at the Uni­ ter-UM-St. Louis' account­ gram is a core of dedicated versity of Ivfissouri-St. Louis ing department, the GECC coordinators and certified an award for "Outstanding Tax Coalition, and the IRS. volunteers," Chew said. Community Service in the The VITA program was "Through the program, Ollr category of Sustained Supe­ starred at UM-Sr.. Louis volunteers are able to give rior Performance." The award in 1973 by Dean Emery back to the community. It that the VITA program re­ Turner and Lindell Phillip gives them the opportunity ceived was one of seven that Chew. Chew explained that to help those who otherwise the IRS gave to individual the idea for the program would not have the means to Beta Alpha Psi chapters spurred from a meering be­ prepare their returns." around the world. tween three officers of Beta Chew also said that the According to the program's Alpha Psi and himself. Chew VITA program has had the website the VITA program, said that he feels programs "highest volume of returns" "provides free tax preparation like this are important be­ for the region. VITA has had for low income, disabled, and cause they provide students over 2,100 tax returns filed elderly members" of the com­ experience with "community over the last two tax seasons. munity. VITA is a nation­ service, experiential learning The program also received an wide program, and students and brand equity." award in 1996 from Chan­ who volunteer to help receive The program has had over cellor Touhill for the "top training on basic tax prepara­ 1600 students participate student-based community­ tion prior to the lax season. since it was created. This year service program." According At UM:-Sr. Louis the faculty the program has had about to Chew, the VITA program advisor for the VITA pro­ 50 students parricipate. In was featured in the UM­ gram is Leslie Vaughan. a news release posted on the St. Louis magazine and her The program extends to UM-St. Louis website, Chew ucommunity address'1 as well. 4 I ~hf

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Dave Letterman was recently caught in an affair with one of his interns. How do you feel about the Olympics no~ being in Chicago? What do you think of the scandal? • Indifferent. I don't watch "Every time I believe "In my opinion he the Olympics. . that I cannot get should be immedi­ Bummed , I was hoping to shocked, society ately terminated or go up and see some of ,it. finds a way to meet at least demoted. its quota. It's weird Everyone makes mis­ Kinda Glad. South America deserved this one. how society accepts takes, but through - this behavior." his actions it is very Totally Stoked. Hosting the Kevin Ross Nicole Shellum obvious this was not OlympiCS are something Junior Junior a mistak.e." St. louts still has over Chicago! Social Work PSU

"1 think it's ridiculous "He is an idiot." This week: How do you feel about the that people will try Obama getting the Nobel to exploit celebrities Peace Prize? as much as possible. It just seems people Answer at just want to make www.thecurrentonline.com money. They don't Annie Steiner care if they ruin John White Junior someone's life to Senior Undecided get there." Rne Arts

Stealing Under $500.00 I 3 Arrests - MSC Bookstore At about 2:50 PM the UMSL Police were notified by an employee of the bookstore that three people in the bookstore were acting very suspicious and appeared to be trying to steal items. The employee followed the subjects from the bookstore and gave a description of them to the dispatcher. The responding officers located the three subjects on the patio area of the Millennium Student Center. All three were detained and during the investigation, textbooks stolen from the bookstore were in fact found under the shirt of one of the individuals. That subject admitted to the theft and was placed under arrest for stealing. All three suspects were arrested and transported back to the Police Station . The two suspects with warrants were fingerprinted and photographed and released to the other Police Agencies. The suspect that admitted to stealing was also fingerprinted and photographed, and subsequently released. One of the two subjects is an UMSL Student. This matter is being sent to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorneys Office for review of the Criminal charges.

Burglary 1st Degree - University Meadows Apartments Between 4:00 PM and 4:30 PM person(s) unknown entered an unlocked apartment and stole 2 Dell Laptop computers. Two of the residents in this apartment went outside to meet other team members in preparation for practice. They went back about 30 minutes later and discov­ ered that their two computers had been stolen. A resident was at home during this burglary, however was asleep in an adjacent bedroom and did not hear or see anything. The victims advised that they had left the front door unlocked, because other people were going to be com­ ing in and out, and they would not be away very long. There are no suspects.

Property Damage - University Meadows Apartments The victim reported that sometime between 9:00 AM and 3~30 PM on 10-07-09 person(s) l:mknown did damage to his vehicle. The victim's vehicle was parked on the parking lot. The driver's side door lock and door handle assembly had be~n damaged in an apparent attempt te enter the vehicle. The locked was punched completely out, however the vehicle was not entered and nothing from the inside was stolen. There are no suspects in tht~ incident.

Report any suspicious activity to the UMSL Campus Police at 314-516-5155. OCTOBER 12, 2009 I rm:h(~llrrrnt I 5

Recognized St.·Cp.arlescompany provides 100% recycle solution for computers

~ AARON HOLDMEYER IBM's first Pc. Over"the past found in the computer cycles ogy,·you have to meet certain packaged together· to be nies getting rid of old com­ Staff Writer 25 yearS, the company has that corporations go through. guidelines and one of them is " sold to companies that reuse puters needed .more-guar­ changed. Surviving unpre­ 1his led to partnering end of life recycling,'" Fuller them. Everything from the anteed solutions that their Behind the sliding doors dictable economic situations with CSI-Leasing: a St. LOuis said. metal and plastic off internal information would be safely of what was OIice a Target _ and an e'Ter-changing envi­ company that specializes in "We had to close the loop. components to the packaging disposed of. store in St.Charles, the half­ ronment in the technology equipment leasing who even­ We not only could buy their and software that comes with So, EPC adjusted again off specials and brightly col:" industry, thq now operate as tually bought them out .. old. technology but we had the computers is recycled. and began .offering a detailed ored. advertisements have a refurbishing and recycling "We built everything we to take care of anything that EPC recently received a tracking ·sys-temand mobile been replaced by shelves and business in a variety of tech- had surrounding accept­ wasn't sellable and make SUIe new machine, funded by a hard drive shredders that pallets of refurbished com­ · nolbgies, mainly computers ing the lease returns," and it didn't get dumped off­ grant from the Solid Waste travel around the country to puters, "printers, monitors, and their components. \ then, "getting [the comput­ .shore-make sure it didn't District, which compacts the destroy hard drives right in modems and an · assortment "In the mid-late '90s we ers] ready for sale and selling get dumped in a landfill." ~ Styrofoam packing that the front of the customer's eyes. of salvageable computer parts saw that we were primarily them," Fuller said. The first As a result, EPC started to computers come in, thus sav­ EPC's green-: business at discount prices. This makes doing resale of new comput­ company they approached construct a proc~ss of 100% ing it from going in the trash model won them the St. Lou­ the St~Charles headquarted ers," Dan Fuller, founder and was . GE Commercial Fi­ recycling to provide compa­ and landfills. is Business Journal's Heroes Electronic Personal Comput­ president of EPC, said. nance, which was closing a nies a solution for complying As the information age of the Planet Award for 2008 ing a heavenly site for com­ After finding that . they data center, but simply tak­ . with environmental laws. progressed, sensitivity to the and the City of St. Charles' puter geeks with small pocket could not compete with the ing the usable materials off of If the equipment they re­ information stored on com­ 2009 Employer of the Year . books. blooming computer industry, GE's hands, then refurbish­ ceive from a company cannot· puters as they were put out of award. Their retail location is Founded in 1984,· EPC EPC starred operating strictly ing and reselling them was be resold, they are stripped service became a concern to located at 3 41 Harry 5 Tru­ initially sought to sell com­ in the refurbishing business. nor an option. dmvn to their individual EPC's corporate customers. man Blvd, St. Charles, MO puters to insurance com­ This meant finding a source "They said 'If you are go­ parts and recycled. Due to increasing anxieties 63301 and they em be found panies as a in the wake of for nl.aterials, which they ing to handle our rechnol- All (he materials· are then over privacy issues, compa- on the \veb at epcusa.com Witricity's approach signals long overduemove towards the future of power ask YOut one's self: isn't this yet also simpl:', ignored. Wireless electricity too good to be true? \'\Trong-. Now fast forward t o the Wi Trtc it Is 0lmmercializing technology developed at M IT t hat sends power hrough the ai r The invention of 'wirelessly present and the Massachu­ to run de ices like laptops, D 0 players, cell phones, and other comillon lec tronics. transferring electricity is no setts Institute ofTechnology ne\\' idea. department of phy·sics, led o Citt;Uit converts standard AC electriclty to a hi9her frequellC'{ and feeds it to a WiTricity source.. The current WiTrJt;ity source clm be install ed in thti cening. Each electroniC' jnskL the source lndt ces an oscillating magnetic fl~ld. As a largely complex pro­ by Professor Marin Soljalic, produc m ust have ~ ,W iTriclty cess and history, the details where they developed the WiTriclty source device to rece~ve'"pOwe l'. will not be discussed in full theoretical basis of a novel here because of time con­ method for wireless electric straints so here is the short power rransfer in 2005, and CIrcuit Osc.illating version. ,,-alidated their theories ex­ ma~netic fiald In 1820 Andre-fvfari Am­ perimentally in 2007. e The WiT ridty device to phere described Amphere's Currently the K1IT col­ be powered is tuned to law of electrical current to laboration is a commercially the same frequency as th2 source, and, in We are the culture of the · the ability of creating mag­ viable venture dubbed, Wit­ a process caled £;Urure, technology rules our netic fields. nClty (www.• vitricity.com). "resonant magnetic coupling," pow!!!" is world and elecaicity is the Later Michael Faraday Witricity is one of the few transferred from the e The energy or the life-blood that keeps our in­ published . the electromag­ companies today building source to the device. oscillating ma§fletic field induces an electrical formation and communica­ netic spectrum, and then half \vireless add-ons for mobile. curmnt ill the WiTricity tion alive. a century later Nikola Tesla devices phones, MP3 play­ WiTriclty device device, lighting the bulb.

Now think of that power invents a . Hertz-wave < RF ers-as well as televis~ons lights as free Rowing and ubiqui­ power trans~tter that can and even electric Cars. COURTESY / WWW.WITRICITIES.COM · tous: everywhere from homes "\virelessly power lights at his Now as remarkable as this to parking lots. · Fifth Avenue laboratory in tech may be; what is more IS ill their interest to know alarming, as it is hard to dents should push forward A seemingly far-off fanras­ New York. remarkable is that ir· has nor abOut and. provide the lat­ see average ~orporare chain amazing advances as such. . tical wish, but electricity itself This method is referred to been reported widely by est technology; questions stores change their mode of Of course technology of 'is about to become ,virel~. as Resonant Inductive Cou­ mainsrream news. regarding Witricjty are still operations quickly, or even this magnitude will bring a No strings attached, bat­ pling; a ·means of transferring Even at retail venues such met with raised eyebrows and at all. wave of social change. teries included, and no in­ electricity acr9ss distances as home improvement or confusion. As consumers and produc­ ·structions requjred. One may wirelessly. Simply incredible, electroilics stores where it Now this might not be ers of information we as stu- See WITRIClTY, page 12 6 I nt Q":urrrnt I OCTOBER 12, 2009 S i~ new gadgets, gizmos; and te·chno-toys 1) Powermat 2) Electric motorcycle

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0):" just generally thanjusta shirt thanks toa absent-minded new line of uber-geeky ap- from scalding prel. . themselves. One popular model It is also par­ (shown right) features a -. ticularly useful blue-wave Wireless detector with mixer- that, yes, lights up a num- style faucets ber of bars in accordanc~ ~ shown). . with the available wireless COURTESY / WWW.IATESTBUY.COM But more than signal. 'COURTESY /WWW.THINKGEEK. anything, it is just kind tivated LED devices that temperature, and glowing Another, the electric of cool. Speaking of cool, turn the water streams red when the water rises drumsetmodel (shown left) the device attaches a pres­ glowing blue when it is above 31 degrees celsius. produces the sounds of -each anomer shows audioequalizer els in a room, rising and falliing ' . ! sUre and ' temperature ac- cold, cool, or even room drum piece when tapped. Yet bars that react the the so.:I"nd lev- ' to the beat of the music. 7 • Captains of Industry: Frank -Cusumao re 0 ts St. o IS

~ ANNA MARIE CURRAN to intern at · big time sta­ Dr. Murray. [Dr. Mike Mur­ knew, work on a radio sta­ job position similar to yours?: tion,. pur as many hours in News Editor tions, as opposed to going to ray,] was one of my favorites. tion on campus and write for FC: To really get your as you possibly can. Forgo schools in small, little dwnpy He helped get me ready for the paper, and intern at these hands in ' everything, you sleep, because the work you Originaily from West college (Owns where you what I eventually ended . up big stations got me ready for know. Get internships,. work do at a young age will pay off

County, Frank Cusumano wouldn't really get exposed (0 doing. Hel taught broadcast­ what I'm . doing right now. . at every, you know, local at a later age. grad~ared from UM-St. Lou­ major media markets." ing·classes. ' . No question about it. newspaper, local radio sta-' is in 199.4 with a B.J\. in m~s TC So, dttending UM-St. TC It sounds like you were TC When you first began communication. Louis opened up a lot o/intern­ involved with a lot of different at·UM-St. Louis, did you envi­ Cusumano currenrly ship options for you? projects and groups on campus, sion that after graduation you works at KSD K Channel 5, FC: It did. You know, you betwe~n playing basketball would have the job you have St. -Louis' local NBC affiliate gQ to class, you go ' to prac­ working at The Current and now, or did you have some­

where he is the sports anchor tice, you go (0 your intern­ working on the campus radio thing else in mind? and co-host of "Sports Plus." ship, you study and you go station. Was it difficult foryou FC: I think when I was The Current: How did you (0 sleep. to juggle academi~ with all of seven years old I had an idea

end up selecting University of TC What was your experi­ the other activities you were in­ that I was [going (0] do news Missouri-St. Louis for continu­ ence at UM-St. Louis like?: volved in? casting. I always knew I was

ing your education after high PC: It was very enjoyable. "PC: I also interned at [going (0] dd' television and school? I played basketball there, and Kl,,10X and KSDK, so I al­ radio supports ... that's what I Frank Cusumano: Well I "rorked on the school news­ ways Jelt that the more you always knew I wanted (0 do,

went on a basketball schol­ paper [The Current] and the" had (0 do, the more you and that's what I always knew arship, you know, my father campus radio station, so it did. It kept me busy for four I 'was going (0 do. Frank Cusumano at work at Channel 5 KSDK. Mr. Cusumano also (Old me "if you go (0 ' was good. Really good. I yea~, no doubt about it. I TC Do you have any advice graduated from UM- st. Louis in 1994 with a bachelor's degree UMSL, you'll have a chance had great teachers at UMSL, think that being able to you . for students aspiring to /and a in mass communication. Invasion of Jap.anese robots

~ ANDY PHI-PPS/SARAH Hill for companionship. De­ ences in cultural perceptions . Asst BusinessfTech Editor pression is common of robots in Japan and the among the ill and dis- United States. Dr. Chikako presl'nted by UNIVERSITY OF IvlISSOURl-ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF NURSL"IG On . Thursday, October abled and PARO robots are said, "Japanes.e people em­ MSL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 15th, Japanese robots will in­ designed to counteract the brace robots; they are not UMSL EXECUTIVE L A DERSHIP CONSORTTlJ 1\-1 vade UM-St.Louis. symptoms. frightened. In movies, hu­ W'e£(nesday'. October 21 J 2009 The Japan-America Soci­ "The interaction is very mans and robots are friends." ety, in association 'with the helpful to feel friendship, . This is c;Ussimilar to some 5:30 p.m.· Program 6:30 p.m.· Reception Japanese E~ternal Trade Or­ that they are not alone," Dr. ~erican representations, ganization and the Regional Chikako Usui, President such as the Terminator. Millennium Student Center, Chamber and Gwwth fu­ of the UM-St.Louis Japan The reception begins at Century Room on II! camplt · oj fit . nil'ersily oj1I1 i.\·.w uri -SI. Louis sociation . will host an exhi­ American Society and Asso­ 5:30. A fruit plate, coo~es, bition on campus featuring ciate Professor of Sociology tea, ,coffee, and soda ~ill be JEFFREY S. BROOKS, D.P.l\1. recent advances in Japanese, said. provided for those who at­ Topic: aprofessi.on .. Passion, InVe!ltiOIl '" robotic te'=hnology and two Along with Dr. Shibata, tend. Children are welcome. Df; Jeffrey S. Brooks is a leader in the field of podiatric medicine. He is a. ~ e.xperrs who have helped de­ Yasushi Sumitani, of the "Whether or not UM-St. practitioner, a professor, an administrat01; a publisher and an invefltm: He is velop them. Chicago, ill, bised Japanese Louis will hold another Japan a licensed, b-oard certi;fied podiatrist in til field~· of surgery and orthopedics. The event will feature External Trade Organization Robot night depends entirely H£' has licensed intellectual properties and developed products with the PARO, a robot seal designed will discuss the trends regard­ on the turn out. following companies: Nike, Johnson arul Johnsoll Biomedical Division and to provide therapeutic ben­ ing service robots in industry, Pay/ess. SJweSource. efits for the disabled. the latest irulovarions in tech­ Dr. Brooks isfmmder ofLife and Limb, a not-Jor-profit organization to aid in PARO's inventor, Dr. nology and ideas currently in . thefumting of/tea/lh care/or the in digenr cmd jmmtier afFrom Th e Heart llnd Takar;ori Shibata, is an En­ development. to the Sole, an organi;:.atioTl providing shoes to the uflderpril'ileged and disaster relieJ areas around the world gineer and Senior Research The exhibition" is p~ of He has beel! awardeA several p atents, including ]),: Brooks Insole, Dr. Brooks Scientist at the Japanese Na- . the Japan American So~iety's Ins-oleJOutsole and Pseudo Plantar Insole. He also has numerous lrademnrks rional Institute of Advanced ongoing efforts to bring dis­ usedH'ortdl-vide. Industrial Science and Tech­ cussion of Japanese issues to I nology. Dr. Shibata will be th.t campus. Monrhly pro­ discussing the therapeutic grams have covered economic benefits of PARO and dem­ issues, technological advance­ This el'enf is FREE and open to the puNic. For more infonnatioJl call (314) 5J6-5446. onstrating the robot's capa­ m~nts> and social interaction bilities. - between Japan and America. The PARO acts as a mood Incorporating anthropol­ Check us out on the Web. Now. lifter, utilized in assisted liv­ ogy into robotics research ILLUSTRATION BY ing centers, nursing homes, helps to identify the differ- ZACHARY JAMES KRAFT 1Chc([urrcllr0nlinc. (om 8 ~ ,[:ht I[UITcnt I OCTOBER 12, 2009 Google's Wave makes asplash .Melting organic memory live. Anybody can see what live editing and shared inter­ or closed. Advances by Intel accumwated, it is effec­ ~ ANDREW SEAL ~ AARON HOLDMEYER Opinions Editor you type when you type it, view notes. \""\lhen it is fully Staff Writer and STMicroelecrronics have tively 30 times faster than like an instant message. opened up to the public) been able to stabilize the glass conventional flash memory. For years, communicat­ Wave users would have I\:1ilian thinks it cOlJd usher Those in the market for a in muJriple states. This has al-· Incredibly durable, PRAlvf ing with others online has faster conversations and see in a new era of communica­ fl~h drive will find limited lowed the possible memory is also expected to have at been done through early '90s edits as they happen. tion and collaboration. options at the UQ.iversity of capacity of PRAM-based de­ least 10 times the life span technology: instant messag­ A playback feature would Wave's current abili- Missouri-St. Louis book­ vices to double in capacity. of flash memory," Samsung, ing, e-mail, and chat rooms. even allow users to rewind ties are, "just a sliver of store. While the products Samsung is preparing to in a 2006 press rciease on the Developers Stepha- the wave in order to see who what [Google] intends it available are fully capable of mass-market this technology technology, said. . nie Hannon and Lars and said or edited something to be eventually." Accord­ suiting the needs of students, and on June 23 announced a The only potential p;ob­ JensRasmussen at Google and when. Waves can also ing to an in-depth article they are a bit old fashioned partnership with Numonyx, lem that could arise for asked: why not combine be published as a standalone on techcrunch.com, Wave compared to Samsung Elec­ a company that produces PRAM -is the fluctuations these methods and create a entity, allowing them to be could revolutionize the way tronks and other companies semiconductors specifically in temperature needed to new technology for a new indexed by a search engine. bloggers connect with their utilizing me new technology for flash drives. The goal change or erase data. For in­ . Interne't .age? The result \vas According to Google, . audiences. A blogger could of phase change memory, also of the partnership is -to de- ' stance, the chalcogenide glass Google Wave. the service is supported by a. post an open wave and allow known as PRAM. velop ,flash drives that utilize needs to be heated to 1112 Revealed in May at the number of extensions which visitOrs to join in the blog PRAM is a glass-like sU",b­ PRAM technology. degrees Fahrenheit in · or­ Google I/O Web Devel­ provide .things like full spell and all 01 the conversations stance made of a mLxtUre of They said PRM1 is "a der for data to be written or oper conference, Wave is a and grammar check, as well and information would be gennanium, antimony and next generation memory erased from it. "personal communication as "aUtomated translation pm into the original wave tellurium. The unique trait technology that ,,,ill help en­ Still, Samsung and Nu­ and' collaboration tool," ac­ between 40 languages." post. of this combination is .that its able makers of feature-rich monyx are working to make cording to a video on wave. On September 30, 2009, Google's communication electrical resiSTance varies ac­ handsets and mobile applica­ this new type of memory google.com. It is a Web­ the public was able to get revolution is not quite ready cording to its p~ysical state. tions, embedded systems and commercially accessible as based service, like Google's its first taste of Wave when yet, as Wave is being acti\'~ly Tiny heaters in the mixrure high-end computing devices soon as pDssibfe. "Common Documents and Gmail ser­ Google ~eleased 100,000 worked on and is not avail­ determine the physical state to meet the increasing perfor­ specifications between the vices. Yet, a wave is more invites to (he public. While able for wide release. For in- of the glass by melting it. This mance and power demands two companies will be com­ than a conversation or a doc­ still young in its develop­ stance, changes its physical proper­ for platforms loaded with pleted this year, with both ument; it also incorporates ment cycle, Google Wave Wave's primary crash ties and create.s ones and z.e­ content and data." companies expecting to have ''text, photos, videos, maps, has already shown that it has message is a quote from the ros, the base components of Two of the benefits of uti­ compliant devices available and more." some unique and appealing TV series "FireRy": "Curse binary code, which is how lizing PRAM in mobile de­ next year," Samsung said. Waves are shared between uses. your sudden but inevitable data is stored on computers. vices include it's ability to read If both companies make people and anyone involved "Wave could be used to betrayal!" These physical states and write -data at faster rates good on their promises, it is in the wave can reply any­ change n~ws gathering," Until the kinks are worked mimic the basic concept of ' than conventional methods possible that sometime in the where in the message and Mark Milian of the Los An- ' out, it looks as though the traditional flash memory, and its possible longevity. year 2010 UM-St. Louis stu­ edit its content, like a Google geles Times said. This coul4 futUre of the Internet may which uSes tiny switches that "Because PRAM can re­ dents cowd utilize this new Document done in real time; allow for greater collabora­ have a way to go before it be­ represent binary data based write data wi thout having technology to store those pre­ but everything in Wave is tive reporting., complete with comes a reality. on whether a circuit is open to first erase data previously cious term papers.

M.ADE IN l.A., from page 1 Neither· the director nor workers to protest the major two year,s, accompanying it The event was sponsored "The movie shows the said. the producer could resist the manufacturers chat pay them to 12 film festivals. In addi­ . by a myriad group of campus incredible strength that peo­ Expectations for 'the aUure of (heir subjects. less than minimum-wage tion, Made In L.A. has won organizations, from Amnesty ple have, under great odds screening were high for the "1 basically· started falling salaries, demanding compen­ 13 awards including a 2008 International, Institute for to struggle against a 1l1ajor film's director. in love with the women, with sation and equal rights and Emmy Award for Outstand­ Women's and Gender Stud­ company," Marilyn Lorenz, "I just hope that the stu­ their sense of humor, with their lives change as a result: ing Continuous Coverage of ies, Center for Humanities, program coordinato'r for the dents and the people who ~ .' their humanity and their "It's about their personal a News Story-Long Form. Anthropology and Languages, IFCLA said. come really leave with a big­ courage," Carracedo said. transformation in the context The screening was fol­ and the Center for Character "If everyone walked into ger sense of humanity about The film tells the stories of of immigration, s\-veatshops lowed by a question and an­ and Citizenship. The screen­ every stOre they visited and .inlm.igrant issues," Carracedo three Latina women and their and their empowerment as swer period that lasted over· ing was also presented in Con­ asked, 'is this fairly traded? I said. "[I hope] that they leave struggles as undocumented women," Carracedo said. an hour and allowed the stu­ junction with outside organi­ wonder what kind of wages thinking that they are part of workers in the sweatshops of Carracedo and Bahar dents "who attended to ques­ zations, such as the St.Louis they received,' we would have the solution and participate Los Angeles' fashion district. have traveled internationally tion the director and produc­ Inter-Faith Corrimittee on a revolution. We just buy in the dialogue." The women unite with other wi th their film for the past er about their experiences. Latin America. things, we don't think," she

ACCIDENT, from page 1 Though the accident was department was quick to act ler, sophomore, liberal arts, ing failed to see the student of way ~o step in front of cars and come to an intersection, minor, the awareness and de- in this instance and issued said. and, subsequently, hitting while on the University BoJJ.­ even if I haye the right of way - cisiveness of students at the the help that was necessary, The driver's VISIOn was her. . levard ctosswalk. However, I make the assumption. that incident was a display of gen­ McEwen said. , impaired by both the bushes No tickets or summons students should still be es­ every car doesn't see me," uine concern for the health "It looked like there were ~at border the intersection were issued and that police pecially cautious when cro.ss­ McEwen sai~. 'Md obvious­ of their peers. Sergeant McE­ three [pollce] cars there. The and the glare from the sun officers on the scene found , ing the street even when they ly, when driving I make sure wen expressed his gratitud~ .. guy was on a stretcher. Traffic that affeCts drivers in the no fault in the driver, McE­ have the right of 'Yay, McE- ­ to follow traffic laws and pay - Jor the calls. was slowed and the area was morning; campus police said. wen said. wen said. attention to what's going on The UM-St. Louis police cleared," witness Edwin But- ' The driver was upset at hav- Pedestrians have the right "When I'm out w

Women's golf earns ahistoric finish Tritons weather overtime

~ MARK WEBBER Shweta Galande, fresh­ the spring and cap off what ~ ANTHONY PADGETT Staff Writer man, psychology, led UM­ has been a UMSL Sports Hall Asst. Sports Editor St. Louis by earning I1)edalist of Fame worthy career." This season's University of honors. Her 149 score was Galande, Vila, and Ko­ A massive storm front en­ Missouri-St. Louis Triton In­ the best out of any individual erner shared similar success gulfed the St. Louis area last vitational was one for the ages in the tournament. last week. The difference this week and edged St. Louis as the UM-St. Louis women's "Shweta's performance week may have actually come closer to its first frost. From golf team stampeded to a re­ was amazing. Especially her from two freshmen who Wednesday until Friday, the markable first place victory. last nine holes of competi­ came through in the dutch. rain never ceased and forced Coach James Earle called tion. Shweta birdied three of Chelsea Kellogg, fresh­ both the women's and men's the performance the great­ her last seven holes and fin­ man, nursing, and Brittany soccer teams at the University est in the history of UM-St. ished stronger than any other Rogers, freshman, account­ ofMissouri-St. Louis to make Louis women's golf player in the field. Her deter­ ing, finished with much bet­ changes to their schedules. After the first day featured mination to POSt a low score ter second day rows than The women were sup­ a stunning 316 scored per­ carried her all the way to the first day that likely pushed posed to play two home Jack McKenna, junior, forward in a game earlier this season. formance by the Tritons that medalist honors. 1his is just the Tritons over the rop. games this week at Do n lin. The Tritons would not the ball outside of the goalie put them in second place, the the first of many tournament Coach Earle does not seem Dallas Field, but both were be denied their vital fifth win box due to pressure giving team came back the second victories in Shweta's career," too surprised at how his team postponed. The game on of the year so easily. At the the Tritons a free kick just day and slammed the door coach Earle said. has progressively improved to Wednesday against Washing­ 35th minute, Ryan South, outside of the box. on the competition with a While Galande's perfor­ become the team that domi­ ton University was pushed senior, scored his first goal of Chris Clarkin, senior, took magnificent 313. mance was remarkable, she nated at UM-St. Louis Triton back to Nov. 4. the year off a head ball from the free kick which Johnny That was more than good was only one of three Tritons Invitational. The other home game, Ryan Vines', senior, business O'Mara, sophomore, headed enough for first place as they to finish in-the top 10. Clara "The team keeps improv­ against Maryville, was administration, corner kick. in to the goal, keeping the Tri­ beat tied second-place finish­ Vila, junior, psychology, tied ing because of three things,>' changed to Tuesday, Oct. 13, The game went into half­ tons playoff hopes alive. The ers University of Southern for fourth place with a 153 Earle said, «talent, hard work at 6 p.m. at Don Dallas. time tied at 1-1. Those fans victory snapped the Tritons Indiana and William Woods score and Arnie Koerner, se­ and the determinacion to be­ The men were also sched­ that did brave the elements three-game losing streak. It University by three strokes. nior, early childhood educa­ come the best possible team uled to play Maryville at Don dashed for their cars to warm was the fifth overtime game The even t took place on tion, earned an eighth-place we can. I think we will finish Dallas lasT Friday, but had up during halftime. for the team, which is now Oct. 5 and 6 at Gateway Golf finish with a 154. the season in the top 20 in their match moved up to 1 In the second half. 2-1-2 in overtime games on Links in 1.1adison, Ill., with "Clara Vila continues to the nation. Right now we are p.m. and moved to a neu­ MaryviUe would regain the the year. the St. Louis skyline looming play amazing," coach Earle 22nd." tral site: St. Louis Scott Gal­ lead 2-1 after Erik Roediger After the match, Dan in the background. The at­ said. "No one has been more While the UM-St. Louis lagher Complex in Maryland scored. Less than one minute King, ninth year head coach mosphere, fueled by a cham­ steady than Clara. She is very Triton Inyitational was cer­ Heights. later, UM-St. Louis marched of the Tritons, anribured the pionship feel, was filled with comfortable in playing with tainly one to remember, their Maryville entered the down the field and tied the win to the "never say never" excitement. and bearing the top players in coach believes there is plenty game ranked 14th in the game, thanks to Jack McK­ attitude of the team. "(That is "The competition was very the nation." more to come. GLVC and had yet to win a enna, junior, who scored his the) personality of the team, strong," coach Earle said. "Af­ Coach Earle also po in ted "I could not be more game this season. The weath­ third goal of the season unas­ [we] never gave up-we don't ter day one there were eight out that Koerner is clearly proud of how this team has er conditions were quite mis­ sisted off of a rebound. quit," King said. teams wi thin 10 strokes of back into the form that improved since the first tour­ erable with nothing but dark Fans that had been sitting On Monday, the Tritons the lead. That is very uncom­ made her UM-St. Louis's first nament," Earle said. "We are clouds, temperatures in the in their cars gOt Out to have a will travel to Fayette, Iowa mon to have so many great NCAA selection ever. not even close to playing our upper 40s, and cold winds. bener view as the game wen t to play Upper Iowa at 1 p.m. teams in one field. And any "She is hitting Jhe ball best yet. I think we are going A number of fans watched in to overtime. It would take After that, the team will re­ time you can beat the No.7 longer than ever and I think to shock some teams in the the match from the comfort the Tritons less than five min­ turn home to Don Dallas to tearn in the nation (Universi­ is the best driver of the golf spring and do something re­ of their cars as the parking lot utes to take the lead for the play its final home stand of ty of Southern Indiana), you ball in the conference," coach ally special." was located right next to the first time and "'.... in the game the season. On Friday at 7:30 know you have done some­ Earle said. "There is no doubt field. 3-2. p.m., they will play Southern thing special." that she is going to go low in Maryville would score the Five minutes into the first Indiana. Then on Sunday, the first goal of the game at the overtime, Maryville's goalie, Tritons will play Kentucky www.thecurrentonline.com 11:44 mark from }'1ax Lub- Michael Fiately, picked up Wesleyan, at 2:30 p.m.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER MEN'S GOLF Oct. 13 MARYVI LLE DON DALLAS FIELD 6:00 pm Oct. 12-13 at Lewis Fall Classic (Prairie Bluff GC) Lockport, III. Oct. 16 SOUTHERN INDIANA* DON DALLAS FIELD 5:00 pm 10 I 'UChc I[UITrnt I OCTOBER 12, 2009

(EDDIE SAYS ... eoac Yay 0 s' looks for tur round However, she has learned said. "That is what I teach as ~ MARK WEBBER Wanted: Hoop dreamers Staff Writer that despite all of the obsta­ a coach." cles she has faced at UM-St. Coach Taylor understands \X'hile the Tritons Wom­ Louis, the teams have stuck the hard work that it takes to .. CEDRIC WILLIAMS That's what time the team been done before. And Pilz en's Basketball season is together and will start seeing turn a team around, but be­ Sports Editor practices, and according to is dead serious when he says about a month away from the results of working hard lieves it has its benefits. Coach Pili, any guy wanting he believes there might be a the regular season, Coach and pressing fOf'Nard. "It is more rewarding Ceddie says." Life is all to join the team should be player on this campus no one Lisa Curliss-Taylor is prep­ Curliss-Taylor, originally when you work for some­ about raking your best shot willing to "get out of bed and knows about that can help ping the team for what she from Oklahoma City, Okla., thing and get success than when opportuniries present come practice that early." the team this year. hopes to be a big year. played collegiately at the when you don't give it your themselves. Unlike other schools, I've talked "rith Coach In her third year as head NCAA Division I level at all," Curliss-Taylor said. "You I believe in that. 1hat's UM-St. Louis won't charge a ,Pitz a couple of times and I coach of women's basketball Oral Roberts University be­ can really appreciate winning my life credo. I believe we fee to participate (at Mizzou, know that he is very excited at University of Missouri-St. fore transferring and coach­ when you feel that you have should all always go for it, they charged all the hopefuls about his squad this year. Louis, Coach Taylor expects ing at University of Okla­ truly pur in the time and even if there's only the slight~ $35 just to get in the door). But the Great Lakes Valley to see an improved team homa. There she spent two dedication to get that win. est chance of actually reach­ 'The only requirements are Conference just happens to from her previous seasons seasons as a student-assistant 1he team realizes that now." ing our goal. that you be a full-rime stu­ be the roughest Division II here. coach, while the team went Coach Taylor admits her That is why I was so excit­ dent, that you have proof of men's basketball league in the "We will be better overall 25-8 and advanced to the frustrations, but is excited ed to hear about University insurance, and that you have COllltry. at every position," Curliss­ NCAA Sweet Sixteen. about what she sees. of Missouri-St. Louis men's taken a physical in the last six Last year, nine teams fin­ Taylor said. "We have more Her success didn't stop "1hey can now walk onto basketball coach Chris Pili's months. ished the year with winning depth at every spot." there. For twO seasons as an the court and know that they decision to go forward with All anyone interested has records. No other conference In the first two seasons assistant coach at Washburn have worked hard and de­ walk-on tryouts at the Mark to do to sign up for Friday's had more than six. Six GLVC since Coach Taylor came to University, the team went serve to win," She said. "For Twain Building this Friday, tryout is contact assistant teams made the NCAA Tour­ rebuild the program UM-St. 53-11. Afterward, Coach the first time since I took this Oct. 16. coach Steven Gum. His email nament. No other league had Louis women's basketball has Taylor took a head coaching job, I can truly say that I en­ I love it when regular guys address is [email protected] more than foUT. It's a hard a record of 14-41. Last year's position at East Texas Bap­ joy this team. I think I can get offered a shot, and Coach and his office number is 314- league to win in. team, which was marked by tist. Her four-year tenure trusT them and they can trust Pilz has decided ro give any 516-6734. Gum will be run­ So Coach Pili is hoping a pl3.0oue of injuries, finished there earned a 57-48 record me in decisions we make as male UM-St. Louis student ning the walk-on workout, to find somebody, maybe a 7-2l. that included a 40-14 record a team. I want our seniors to who believes he has got game along with veteran assistant couple bf ,somebodies, that "My overall experience in the last two seasons. have a special year and walk a chance to prove it and pos­ coach Chico Jones, while are willing to do "whatever is [at UM-St. Louis] has been Coach Taylor's overall re­ away after their final game sibly join the Tritons this sea­ Coach Pili will be on hand necessary" to help the Tritons good, yet challenging," cord is 71-89 in six seasons as and be proud to be aTriton." son. observing. reach their goal of making it Coach Taylor said. "Chal­ a head coach. Despite almost The Tritons women's bas­ That means any of you Any of you who are think­ to the postseason tournament lenging in that when I got half of her losses coming at ketball team is expected to that still have hoop dreams, ing about trying this should this year, after they narrowly here, we had a long way to UM-St. Louis, she believes play exciting basketball. whether they are from your know that you are not as big missed last year. go to get where we need to her past experiences and "'Our games will be fast high school glory days or a longshot as others might I am going to bethere Fri­ be. Good, because we are history will help in turning paced with tough defense your time as a star at the think. 1here has been a cou­ day cheering on every one of now seeing the light at the things around here. and fast breaks," Coach Tay­ YMCA recreation league, or ple of times during Pilz's ten­ you that shows up, because end of the runnel. The team "'The experiences I had lor said. "We have fun play­ even from as far back as your ure that a walk-on made th.e in my mind, the only thing is catching on and working as a player, as a student as­ ers to watch and hope that youth league days, if you team. Just last year, forward better man going for it my­ harder than ever." sistant at Oklahoma [and] everyone will come out and think you can play, Coach Alex Jackson made the team self is rooting for other regu­ She believes that having the success at East Te.xas and support us and help make Pili wants- to see you Friday as a walk-on, and actually be­ lar guys like me to do well the patience to get through Washburn taught me what it UMSL Women's Basketball a at the Mark Twain. came a starter by the time the when someone passes them losing seasons is difficult. takes to win," Curliss-Taylor powerhouse in this area." The walk-on workout will s~son began. a chance and says "take your begin at 7:30 a.m. on Friday. So it is possible. It has best shot."

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WITRICITY, from page 5 ~-=-- - -- .. ~ One that college students which most likely will be the first MEII'S SOCCER WOMEN'S SOCCER - VOLLEYBALL generation to become accustomed to it on a daily basis. So embrace the future of all your gadgets and entertain­ Team GLVC Overall Team GLVC Overall . Team GLVC Overan (W-L-T) (W-L-T) I ment peripherals, by simply discussing with other students (W-L-T) (W-L-T) (W-U 1W:U 9-0-0 12-0-0 N. Kentucky 8-2 11-2-0 Lewis 8-0 18-3 and working that Google machine on the interwebs. Drury N. Kentucky 7-2-0 10-2-1 Bellarmine 8-2 10-2-0 Indianapolis 7-1 22-1 Lewis 7-3-0 8-3-1 Drury 8-2 11-3-0 UM-St. Louis 6-2 15-7 UW-Parkside 5-2-2 9-2-2 Indianapolis 8-2 11-3-0 N. Kentucky 6-2 - 15-7 Bellarmine 6-3-0 8-3-1 Quincy 8-2 10-4-0 Rockhurst 5-3 12-10 " I Rockhurst 6-3-0 8-5-0 . - UW-Parkside 6-3-1 7-3-2 st. Joseph's 5-3 11-11 Missour S&T 5-3-1 5-4-1 Rockhurst 5-4-1 6-6-1 Drury 4-4 12-8 Quincy 5-3-1 6-5-2 S. Indiana 5-5-1 6-7-2 Bellarmine 4-4 7-6 Missouri-St.Louis 4-4-2 5-5-2 Missouri S&T 5-5-0 5-6-1 S. Indiana 4-4 10-10 Saint Joeph's 3-4-2 6-5-2 Maryville 4-4-1 5-6-1 Missouri S&T 4-5 8-17 IndianapoHs 3-5-1 5-5-2 UM-St. Louis 2-6-1 2-7-1 UW-Parkside 3-5 15-8

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~ CEDRIC WILLIAMS But anyone who has seen else, and she is allowed to sub Sports Editor her play can a.ttest to this in and om more often, and fact. Carolyn Holstein is for more players than anyone Ask most sports fans to completely redefining what else on the team. define toughness, and you toughness is with her play The logic behind the li­ are most likely to hear amaz­ as the starting libero for the bero position is to have your ing stories about heavyweight Tritons. best defensive player stay in sse .. champ Muhammad Ali or "She's absolutely fearless," the back row as much as she the tall tales of Bears Une­ UM-St. Louis head volley­ can so that she is always in backer Dick Butkus. ball coach Trent Jones said. position to prevent the op­ or L campus You might get told about "She'll sacrifice her body to ponent's best hitr.ers from the time Michael Jordan go get a ball. She doesn't care putting away their spike at­ .....l&.Ii16.5155 from JOur cell. played in the NBA Finals if she gets bumps and bruises tempts. with the Bu, or when Jack if she can get a touch, and In volleyball, a success­ Youngblood played the entire that's one of the most impor­ ful spike attempt is called a playoffs with a broken leg. tant things for that position." 'kilL' It's the UberoJs job to What you are not like­ The Ubero in volleyball keep that potential kill from ly to hear about is a 5'7, is a defensive position, and hilling the ground. Her job is 120-pound volleyball pixie most teams pick their best to keep the point alive, and if a.ck out tIis fa- ... safety tips. from Brownsburg, Ind., who defensive player to play the she manages to pull it off she 'rdtp:11 safety.urnsJ.edul pdice/acces html has been doing her thing all position. gets credit for a 'dig.' season long for the University She gets to wear a differ­ ofMissouri-St. Louis Tritons. ent color jersey than everyone See NAILS, page 25

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ANIME AT UMSL .Cartoons explore ~ CHRIS STEWART . Asst. Design Editor Japanese culture PRIZM's annual Drag Show had a problem, but it is the best problem to ~. BRIDGET RYDER 2D complex. A 2D com­ have had. It is one of the University of Staff Writer plex is an emotional feel­ Missouri-St. Louis's most popular events .ing of love for an animated and because of this, it lost its beloved An academic symposium character. venue in the Pilot House. This year's on cartoons may seem like a Born compared the de­ show took place in the MSC Century paradox. • velopment of a 2D complex Rooms Thursday night. Last Saturday, October to eating Jolly Ranchers. "We were actually breaking the fire 3, the Center for Interna­ Eating ~ lot of fruit-flavored codes in the Pilot House because so tional Stuaies and the Japan Jolly Ranchers could make many people were coming, but we're American Student Associa­ one eventually prefer Jolly glad to have the Century Rooms -this tion sponsored "Anime at Ranchers to real' frui t. is a great space, great venue," Ryan Ord­ UMSL: Postmodern Japan The fact that the candy way, senior, media studies, said. comes to St. Louis" on may be more easily ac­ Ordway is a member of PRIZM.. AJexis Principle fllips her 10l1g locks as she perf{)rms at the 6th Annual Drag Show, put campus. The symposium cessible and cheaper than UM-St. Louis'" queer/straight alliance. on by Prizm Thursday in the Century Rooms in the MSC. explored aspects of Japanese fruit only makes replacing PR]ZM was ass' ted by a half-dozen culture surrounding the fruit with candy that. ~uch stUdent volunteers' this year who ran ice with a barrage ofR-ratedhumor. The event 'vias co-sponsored by RHA popular fonn of Japan~se easier. tables, ushered audience members in, '''Who here is scared of cross dress­ (The Residence Halls Association), the anifl\ation known as amme. The same thing happe~s and heLp.ed out performers thro.ughout ers?'"' Pepsi purred at the audience, a few GLBT (Gay, Lesbi.an, Bisexual, and . Anime are Japanese car­ with a 2D complex . the show. . The tables offered T-shirts at of whose members soon gleefully point­ Transgender) Resource Center, SGA toons distinguished by their After looking at so many discount rates for s dents, and, a color­ ed out their squeamish friends. Pepsi (Student Government Association), Al­ triangular faces, large eyes idealized, stylized images of ful array of free condoms and lubricant. then approached them) and needless to pha Phi Omega, the University Book­ and small mouths. Anime feminine anime characters, The T-shirts' were emblazoned with this say, let them face the.ir fear up close and store. and UM-St. Louis' Encore Dance has reached great popularity some men prefer the image' year's theme: ''I'm a Funkin' Queen." personal. Subtlety, as Pepsi made clear, group. Missing this year was traditional not only in the Asian world, to the reality. The evening's emcee was Dieta Pepsi. . was not the goal of the evening- when co-sponsor University Program Board. : but in the United States and Born showed pictures of Miss Pepsi, ever the entertainer, was at she announced: ~We want people on the The opener wa.<; Tabby Cat, a tall other western countries as a man who wore a body pil­ her usual full-throttle as she broke the highway ro hear us!" brunette whose look hearkened to the welL low hanging from his neck bad girhmage of Joan lett, Pat Benetar, At ''Anime at UMSL: with an image of a female and other female rockers, who.se mu­ Postmodern Japan comes carroon character printed sic Tabby Cat danced to. Next was the to St. Louis," Christopher on it. He took his pillow on evening's sole drag king, Ryder, who ad­ Born, a lecturer in the Hon­ dates. opted a scrappy pool hall junky look as ors College at UM-St. Lou­ Born said the problem he struttecf to pop punk nwnbers. Third is, discussed the subculture with 2D ·complexes is that . was UM-St. Louis' mvI1 Siren, a class of surrounding anime in his these men seem unable to 2006 graduate who also won Mr. & Mrs. presentation "1hird Order achieve self- actualization, RHA. a smaller, informal, srudents-only Simulcra and the Otaku cling to the images of child­ drag shbw. Finally, newcomer Alexis 'moe' Phenomenon." hood, and are unable to en­ Principl~ performed, adding a hip-hop "The Otaku are the'fans gage in mature, adult rela­ flare to the evening. of anime," Born said, "[and tionships wich worp.en. '1t went better than expected," Jillian are] generally characterized Should this phenome­ Richardson, ~ice president of PRlZM, as the, prototypical nerds or non continue to grow, Born said after the show, as audience members geeks." concluded, it will m~e it milled about having their picrures taken, They are usually men­ difficult for Japanese society thanking performers, and scooping up though ther~ are also a cer­ to move forward. the lasr of theT-shirts and condoms. tain percentage of women La'Onruil Brown ~ senior, "We were on our to~we wanted to among the Otaku subcul­ French, attended the sym­ vamp it up, make sure it doesn't look too ture-ranging in age from posium. He has seen friends conference room-y," Richardson said. their late teens to middle develop a 2D complex. The new location did not change the forties. "Peopfe watch anime vibrancy of the performance, r::he general Born said that the en­ . and get lost iI;1 the fantasy," Performer and former UM- St louis student Siren accepts mooey from an UMSL stu­ naughty fun atmosphere and the buzz thusia.<;m of some Oraku for Brown said. dent at the drag show. The sl:low was put on by Prizm and celebrates Nattorial Coming of students getting to ~perience the di­ anime goes beyond mere Out week. . verse pleasure of our campus and city. adolescent obsession to a See CARTOONS, page 22 14 ~hf ~UITrnt OCTOBER 12, 2009 Students with Talent

.. JOHN DUNN sphere and a good opportu­ . Staff Writer .nity co perform," Jake Hay- . ward, freshman, opt·ornetry, Angel Husher won the Ar­ said. tistic Vision Showcase talent Hayward was the first con.,. show for her rendition of Bc­ testant to perform, singing a yonce's ''At Lastn at the Pilot song he wrote himself. House on Friday night. The Most of the sears in the show was the first of its kind Pilot House were filled, with to be held by the School of ~ound 80 people in atten­ Opcometry. dance. Proceeds &om the show's Nicole Pogue, organizer ticket sales will be put toward of the eveht and parr of the the Missouri public school National Optometric Asso­ system's eye care program, ciatIon, is optimistic for the which sponsors eyeglasses future of similar events and for those who cannot afford for the charity money raj:sed them. by the talen t show. The show also hoped "We're hoping to raise at The band Riverton performed "l ooking Forward" in Artistic Vision Talent Showcase in the Pilot House last Friday: co raise awareness of the least 300 dolla,r::s from the National Opcometric · As­ ticket sales," Pogue said. tion is open to every Uni­ orous " complete with a . lab the apathy of student life Her name, ironically, was sociation, with a focus on Husher, the winning partici­ versity of Missouri-St. Louis coat and oversized spectacles. with "Dumb," their take on misspelled on the set-list leaf­ minority involvement in the pant, boosted the cotal by do­ sruden t as well as staff and Even Bryan Hoke's Poi spin­ Linkin Park's (eNumb:' let distributed to attendants. profession. Overall, the show nating her $200 prize. faculty. ning was a feast of LEDs. One contestant, Juhina Eric Jerde, master of cer­ was a light-hearted a1fai~, fea­ "It's something -we defi­ There were a wide range Second prize of $125 went Naheen, showed off her emonies, kept involvement turing friendly competition nitely want to repeat in the of entries, and most cried to Hanna Kim, who played unique talent to spell any­ high. Throughout the night, between the participants. future, hopefully with an to celebrate science and· the rock and roll on her violin, thing backwards, with audi­ Jerde also encouraged further ''!'mnot that concerned even bigger ~ttendance," profession, such as Nat!ilie while the third place prize ence members shouting out · charitable donations from with winning, I just think Pogue said. Crothers's optometric inter­ of $75 went to the comic difficult words for her to the crowd in quiz rounds and that it's a great friendly auno- Pogue said that pan:icipa- pretation of Fergie's "Glam- duo "9pm" who captured spell. rafRe draws. UM-St. Lou·s' Peer Mentors are here to help our students succeed

~ JOE SCHAFFNER credits and the new atmo­ Center to provide encour­ StUdents and the retention new campus and the variety The event featured various Staff Writer sphere . .Often this can lead to agement and support for of their interest in academia of student organizations that activities designed to help "transfer shock." students at an approachable upon arriving at UM-St. it offers can be a daunting relieve the anxiety and suess Working toward a degree That is where guidance level. _Their employees and Louis. task Peer mentoriog can help that comes with final exams, is a task often laden with counselors come in. UM-St. volunteers are all transfer stu­ "At UMSL we have -a consolidate and filter the ar­ including a punching bag to confusion. Which· classes are Louis has taken this service dents who have faced similar plethora of resources avail­ ray of choices for students. hit and bubble wrap to pop. pertinent to a degree? How to the next level, employing challenges. able to assist s.tudents in They are there to help and "Final Stress Blow..off" was to succeed in classes? How qualified, involved and en­ "We too are transfer stu­ achieving their degree," Tapp are anxious to help find a an immense success and is to enjoy a rich student life? thusiastic students within me dents and have successfully '· said. "Often times, students social network befitting the scheduled to take place at the These are all. questions that Office of Transfer Services to transitioned into UMSL after do not know they erist or are predispositions and interests end of this semester. may need addressing. fulfill this role as Peer Men- attending other institutions; unsure of how to get the ~ of students. Students interested in get­ 'Add to this the fact that rers. we understand the transition sistance. Our most common An· inyolved group itsel£ ting a Peer Mentor or \IOlun­ the University of .Missouri­ The office is located at the process and its difficulties, es.,. job is assisting students in Peer Mentors sponsored -the teering as one are encouraged St. Louis has a large trans­ Center for Student Success pecially transfer shock," Scott .findirig these resources, and "Final Stress Blow-off" in to. contact Peer Mentors by fer-student base (over 75% in the Millennium Student Tapp, senior,' peer mentor second to that is advocating conjunction with the .Center phone at (314) 516-5176, in 2008), the confusion can Center. said. for transfer and non-tradi­ for Student Su~cess last win­ eIl1ail at askamentoT@WRsl. be heightened · for many by Peer Mentors works close­ Their work is focused on .tional students." ter in the Millennium Stu­ edu, or go to the Center for', virtue of llnacknowledged ly with the Wellness Resource the recruitment of transfer Getting a.cclimated to a dent ·Center. Student Succ.ess (225 MSC). OCTOBER 12, 2009 'l:hE [nrrrnt 15 felon ~hareshis DUI story "

does not mean that they are old high school. I will be talk­ not as smart as other stu­ ing further about '.!;he docu­ JENNIFER MEAHAN / THE CURRENT dents. Our programs allow a mentary during the Monday A photographer, former student to have two thirds of Noon series on November 2. ~ SEQUITA BEAN fell silent when photos of . "I thought the presenta­ director of the Art depart­ his or her education outside TC: What do you have to Asst Features Editor the 200 yard-long accident tion was good and eye open­ ment, and instructor of Il­ of math and English. We are say about art in the world scene appeared at the end of ing," Megan Walker, senior, lustration and Phofog;aphy, offering students alternative today? "How many people have the video. accounting said. Walker Dan Younger spends his time in telligences. DY; It has come ro a point ever driven a car while they Just two miles from their said that she always drives teaching and researching TC: What do you like in which contemporary art were intoxicated?" Mark condo, Sterner swerved off herself when going out t<:> both in and our of his studio. about photography over has led people to discount Sterner asked the crowd of the road into a tree. The parties and won't drink. "I The Current: How did other artforms? it as a field. Critics say that University of Missouri St. crash crumbled the rented don't rely on other people to you get involved with the DY: Photographers deal it has proven itself to be im­ Louis students on Wednes­ Town Car, crushing one of make that kind of decision University of Missouri-St. in reality. Most pe0ple will at potent. A lot of artists pick day night in the JC Penney the passengers. Three' oth­ for me," she said. Louis? some po.int in their life take something goofy and weird. auditorium. In the room of ers, including Sterner, were Another student, Amber Dan Younger: As I tell a picture, so why not have I want to teach my students about 125 students, only catapulted 40 yards from Sparkling, senior, educa-· my students, UMSL was the it be a good one? \X'here do how ro find their own a{t and a few bravely raised their the vehicle into the woods, tion said that drinking an.d school I · flunked out of A you learn how to make it a train to have more consider­ hands. and the fifth passenger suf­ driving is not worth the campus big shot at the time good one? 1n art, rules must ation for the viewer. You have ' sremer 's next question, fered minor physical inju­ risk. "I would call a cab or told me that I was not nor be broken-rules about what to think about the viewer as «How many people have ries. spend the night if I'm over a would I .ever be college ma­ is good and what. is bad in the completion of your piece. ever killed their three best Three people died at the friends house,'" she said. terial. t...faybe he was right art, in the search for what We're mutarions in the friends while driving a car scene, and Sterner was taken Alcohol related acciden ts about the first part, but he is your art. If a kid who has aesthetic gene pool. Not all intoxicated?" silenced the to the hospital with severe involving 18 to 24 year olds wasn't right about the sec­ never taken a picture in his mutation is progressive, but audience, and only one injuries, including nine bro­ accounted for 31 % of all ond. After gerring my 11.A. life comes into my class and eventually one kid might hand was raised --his. ken ribs. He slipped in and deaths in the United States and M.FA, 1 started the I ask him to take: a picture of hav~ anaesthetic discovery. During Spring Break OUt of comas for two weeks in 2008,; B.F.A program with T-om a stool, by the first week we Then society is lik~ "oh yeah," 1994, Sterner and four of and when he finally awoke, In Missouri, the number Parron and Ken Anderson in have a reco~izable picture and moves over towards that his friends rented a Lincoln he was greeted by Sanibel of traffic fatalities involving 1996. When they needed a of that stool. Then we have idea. Town Car for their week­ police officers who charged drivers with a blood alco­ director for the department, 15 weeks to figure out why it - We- should teach everyone long stay in Sanibel, Florida. him with three counts of hol concentration of 0.8% thej looked to me b"ecause I was done ... what he wanted to find their own art. They Each night, while four guys manslaughter. His mug shot and above was 310 in 2008, was well rou:nded. to do. If he were to draw the have to get rid of all other ap­ partied, one person would was taken from his hospital and 53 people were killed in TC: U'1hat goals do you stool, it would take weeks be­ proved and disapproved ideas refrain from drinking to be bed. Missouri where one driver have for the art students at fore finding out why. about what makes art good . the designated driver back Sterner's blood alco­ had a blood alcohol con­ UM-St. Louis? TC: You are currently or bad.· to their rented condomin­ hol level was .1. 7~· while his centration between 0.1% DY: I don't personally be­ working on a documentary. Do iL 1 can't say it will be ium. That night, the group friend's were 2.2. Although and 0.7% according to the lieve intelligence lies only in What is its foctis and wh4t a success-it may be a fail­ decided the least drunk he was the least drunk of the National Highway Traffic· math and English. A lot of are the motivations behind ure, but it is left for society to person would drive' which four, his was twice the legal Safety Administration. our studenrs are more tal­ its creation? sort our. Someone ",rill be the ended up being Sterner. limir. He served rhiee years Drunk driving in Mis­ ented in art than they are in DY: It is a still-ph.oro show flash we need to pull society Sterner showed a ten in prison. souri costs a $500 fine, plus math and English, but that and a documentary on my together. It needs to be better. - minute video chroni­ After his presentation six months in jail, and a 30 cling the last night of their Sterner packed up and of­ day license suspension, fol­ Spring Break. The audience fered to· answer questions lowed by a 60 day driving C·heck US out on the ,,,reb. . roared with laughter watch­ in the hallway. There Was suspension on the first of­ ing Sterner and his friends no preaching to the choir, fence. The second offence take shots, crack jokes, and instead he allowed studenrs costs $1,000 in fines, plus a 1Lh;c[:urrcnr0nttnc.,(Om , 'I dance off-beat to reggae to hear his story and make year in jail, and a five year' music. The room suddenly 'their own decisions. license suspension. 16 I ~hf' cr11rrrnt I OOOBER 12, 2009

- -, OCTOBER 12, 2009 I tchr ~ITcnt I 17 Ent 'Scribblenauts' game ingenious, vet lacking Who would win in a battle and a Velociraptor? Just like is given and specific objects blenauts." The game's con­ between the dread elder god in Jurassic Park, the T-Rex have to be used to solve the trols are just plain wonky. Cthulhu and God? wins. Funny story: the king level. The stylus controls Maxwell, In "Scribblenauts," God is of dinosaurs can also beat \V'hat makes "Scrib- while the d-pad controls the the clear victor. Between God Cthulhu. blenauts" so special is its game's camera, instead of the and a vampire, though, God Part of the allure of "Scrib­ positively colossal vocabu­ other way around. ends up as a wmbie, and the blenaurs" is simply writing lary. Nearly anything you can The controls are hard to only thing that can kill him down things to see how they think up can be written down get used to, particularly be­ then is Cthulhu. react to one another. Write and turned into an item in cause the camera has a ten­ It's a vicious cycle, you see. down "bomb" and you get a . the game. dency to snap back to Max­ Perhaps that is the best way classic, black, round bomb However, therein is the welL to describe "Scribblenaurs," with a fuse. Light that fuse problem: despite the massive You could be watching the new Nintendo DS game with "fire" and watch the library, not all of the words your latest creation (Cthulhu from developer 5th Cell. bomb <:xplode. are- particularly handy. I can­ versus Shoggoth, the ultimate There is no doubt that it is a In fact, some players may not ever think of a situation in Lovecraftian throwdowns, ground-breaking game, but it never even get intO the ac­ where I would need to actu­ where Cthulhu wins yet has its fair share of problems. tual game. Since the menu ally use Cthulhu in the game again) yet if you try to move Each problem, in turn, begets is interactive, they may only aside from my own sick, 11axwell closer to the action, another problem. get that far before watching a twisted amusement. the camera will move to his The game revolves around bear and a shark fight to the The game has virtually no current location which is a the player's ability to write death (the bear wins, natu­ story. You get the main char­ safe distance away from the down anything and see it rally). acter's name (Maxwell) but interstellar carnage. Sigh. appear before their eyes. Of And that is one of '(Scrib­ that is just about it. The only 5th Cell has touted "'Scrib­ course, brand names, copy­ blenauts'" greatest weak­ compelling reason to keep blenauts" as a prime example righted creations or anything nesses: the game itself. The playing is that completing of "emergent" gameplay. The rude or of a sexual nature ob­ gameplay revolves around each level nets Maxwell "01- idea is all about letting the viously won't work, but near­ collecting each level's lars" with which he can pur­ player play the game their COURTESY / 5TH CELL ly anything and everything "starite.' The idea is for the chase new areas and different way, and "Scribblenauts" else will. player to write their own avatars. does just that. It is just a triguing story take away from all-it is just not as great as it Want to see who wins solution to the level's prob­ The lack of story is not shame that poor control deci­ the. experience. That does not could have been. B- -Andrew in a fight between aT-Rex lem. Sometimes an objective the only problem in «Scrib- sions and the lack of an in- make it a bad game, not at Seal Tomlin takes Touhill crowd for colorful spin Last Saturday night, Oct. 3. at 8 p.m.. racism, sexism and even ageism with co­ the audience. She expressed concerns the Touhill presented "An Evening of medic observations and interpretations. that if not for commercials, people Classic Lily Tomlin." The audience fell Transitioning back and forth to Trudy, a would go to the store and stand there, into silent anticipation of Tomlin's on­ character from "'A Search for Intelligent never knowing what to buy. It was corning arrival onstage. Once the stage Life in the Universe," Tomlin cleverly during this that the technical difficul­ opened to Tomlin, the crowd stood up expressed these conuoversial ideas to the ties-which continued throughout the to welcome her with cheers. audi.ence. remainder of the show-appeared. With She pranced onto the stage and im­ "An Evening with Classic Lily Tom­ her mic phasing in and out, later fall­ mediately met the crowd's joyous up­ lin" truly began with a comedic crack at ing off, and a confused pianist, Tomlin's roar with gratitude. Her chair, table and the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tri­ show could have easily ridden a path two water bottles were the extent of the tollS. Tomlin noted the change from the downhill. decorations on the dimly lit stage. Clad former Rivermen and Riverwomen and Instead, the technical and musical in a white silk shirr and black pants, provided the audience \vith a quote from difficulties-which only removed one Tomlin provided a colorful personality the UM-St. Louis top naming commit­ skit from her performance-gave Tom­ to the audience while presenting a slew tee regarding the "unwieldy" (i.e. hard to lin an easier way to win the audience's of her well-known "Laugh-In" charac­ handle due to size, weight or complex­ approval. Her responses to each occur­ ters ranging from Edith Ann to Ernes­ ity) gender issues associated with the rence, the choice to resort to her humor tine, and Trudy to Judith Beasley, while old name. Erupting laughter greeted her and understanding rather than negativi­ also touching on a six-year-old version definition of "Triton," when she noted ty, helped to make these difficulties·seem ofherselE its masculine nature as a god of the sea almost nonexistent. Throughout the show, Tomlin cov­ and son of Poseidon. ered various issues such as gay marriage, Tomlin also explained her worries to See TOMLIN, 'page 20 18 'ijChr IUlrrrnt OCTOBER 12, 2009

Couples Retreat that focuses exclusively on and Favreau wrote their own Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman repairing broken marri~ges. characters. Of the women, Universal Pictures, PG-13 The other three couples Bell turns j~ an admirable are miffed at first, but Jason job as a logical, organized Divorce can be an ugly, assures them that the six of housewife who really JUSt ugly thing. When the union them can all have fun in the wants to forget her mar­ of two people goes down­ sun while he and Cynthia riage and fertility troubles to hill, the resulting fallout work on their marriage. party. damages nor only the people After a little late-night Akerman - is decem: as involved but their family convincing, Jason gets Dave Vaughn's other hili, and she and friends as well. It goes to agree to go and the others and Vaughn have a real on­ without saying that divorce follow Dave's lead. screen chemistry that makes is to be avoided at all COsts. Once on the island, they their marriage believaQle. Anything that can be done discover to their dismay that Davis, on the other hand to prevent it should. they have to participate in (someone get that woman That is the basic prem­ the couples' skill-building a burger, quickly!), appears ise behind "Couples Re­ exercises or be forced to re­ quite emaciated during the creat." The film revolves turn home. soon-to-be-infamous yoga around four couples: Dave Vaughn and Favreau have scene. (Vince Vaughn) and Ron­ reur;ited once again, and There are a lot of touch­ nie (Malin Akerman); Jason . though this movie is heads­ ing and poignant mo~ents COURTESY / SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT - (Jason Bateman) and Cyn­ and-shoulders above some in the film that really make "Zombieland" has zom­ Ohio, hoping they might still stock-in-trade plots of zom­ thia (Kristen Bell) who are of their previOUS films, this the viewer reflect on mar­ bies, zombies everywhere­ be alive, On the road he en­ bie and horror rucks, general­ fruitlessly trying to conceive is no "Swingers." riage and the process of be­ and plenty of laughs too. counters another survivor, ly with hilarious results. This a child; Joey (Jon Favreau) Vaughn turns in the same ing with someone for the While the comedy "Zom­ a zombie-hunter ' deluxe-a kind of story is just made for and Lucy (Kristin Davis) performance that he seems rest of your life. Luckily, the bieland" does not quite match nutcase with a serious yen for Harrelson, but a nice bit by who hate· each other and are to for all the films he is in: heavy stuff is broken up into "Shawn of the Dead" in the Twinkies, played by Woody Bill Murray is the film's top­ married in name only; and the jaded know-it-all. For manageable chunks. laugh quotient, it has plenty Harrelson, in full-out hilari­ per. Amber Heard also plays Shane (Faizon Love) and the many flicks this would be Sadly though, the char­ of guffaws. ous mode. This is the kind of an early victim in a flashback, much-younger Trudy (Kali a handicap, but he and Fa­ acters reconcile with each Structured like a parody, comic role Harrelson does so with an enamored, hopeful Hawk). vreau co-wrote the script, so other and improve their it follows the usual zombie well and he does not disap­ Eisenberg. Jason and Cynthia ~mly he is perfectly suited to the marriages (even Dave and horror-@m outline of the re­ point. The emphasis is on com­ announce to their friends movie. Ronnie's, who they thought sourceful lone survivor ' in a Harrelson is headed , for edy, not frights. Although that they are going to get-a The men's performances did not need improving) by devastated land of the living Tallahassee but agrees to give there are suspenseful twistS, divorce. That is unless they are easily the best of the the end of the film. dead, who rums out to not be the student a ride part way. the zombies behave as they do something drastic, like movie, though again, per­ all alone after all. After these twO reluctantly should and there is plenty try an exotic couples retreat haps that is because Vaughn See COUPLES, page 20 In this case, the resource­ pair up, they eventually come of movie gore, plus gWl­ ful survivor is Jesse Eisenberg across a sister team (Emma fire-with bigger and bigger in his usual awkward-virgin Stone and Abigail Breslin, guns-and stuff blowing up. mode. the young star of "Little Miss Mostly, it is tongue-in-cheek Also in Theaters The nameless survivor-a Sunshine"). However, these silliness and has enough fun student at University of Tex­ two have their own survival with the genre to keep every­ - Toy Story. With a third installment anriounced and impcmding, the good folb at Disney as at Austin-has outlasted skills in a pleasantly surpris­ one gorily entertained. Pixar have fe-released their collaboranve deb~ to theaters for a ~ run. ~ fitst feawre­ those around him, he tells us ing twist. The effects are good, the length film entirely in eGIs., -"foy Story~ still has a good Joo~ good jokes;p:soligS and in voice-over narration, be­ Rather than exchange situations are clever enough a great villain in Syd the sadist teenager whose comeuppance WiD bring a siniIe to the face cause he is basically a loner names ill this broken land­ to amuse while familiarity of even the most hardened Lynch f.ms ollt,there. In 3-.:.0 and shown as a double'feature with anyway, with no friends and scape, they call each other wi thin the genre is being lam­ "Toy Story 2" in many thea\'eiS. B+ - T/;J~ C"rmrd Stcrrt M OfIie lnsiJn: no girlfriend. That and be­ by city names-Colum­ pooned, but do not look for cause of his rules. Rule one: bus (Eisenberg), Tallahassee any deeper social commen­ Whip It. Flien Page, hyper-lovable star of "Juno" warms audiences h~ again in this cardio, so you can oucrun (Harrelson), Wichita (Stone) tary here as "Zombieland" is heart-warming joyfest ~bout a lackluster lass ho ,finds her ~ pizzaz 1ti toUer derby. those shambling zombies. He and Little Rock (Breslin)­ sttictly fun and games. , Drew "bubblegwn" Barrymore diretts this 'Winniilg little FIll sure t Cj) blah bhah blah. B- .,.. , has a long list of other rules, places they are headed to­ The pace is brisk and the '1he Currents Smtt M()vi~ JnsiJer. which pop up as graphics on wards or away from. film jaunts from one comic screen. He also has a long list Like every ' wasteland­ zombie-@led encounter and Pandorum. The latest in the string of film., ~ired by &uss~ sci-fi masterpiece qSoIaris~, , o~ phobias, which he credits themed horror Bick, someone shoot-out to another, dodg­ all Qf which so far have reminded audi~s o£1be fact that ~SolariS" was the best in the with making him super-cau­ has an idea about where there ing the lumbering undead genre. Wdl "Sunshine" was goo4, but then again. Who saw Sunshine?" C+ -The CfPm}fs tious and therefore harder to ' might be a zombie-free zone, while littering the landscape S~cret MoW insider. kill-a clever reversal of the or where an enclave of other wi th twisted bodies and steely hero. survivors are hoLed up. In this twisted jokes. But now that he is alone case, absurdly, it is a Coney "Zombi eland" is simply he kind of misses people, Island style amusement park the place for gory fun. No even his parents, with whom near Hollywood. Think car­ "Shawn of the Dead" but he was never close. So he sets nies and de'mon clowns. good enough entertainment. out to go home to Columbus, The film plays with the B -Cate Marquis What do you think of Zombie/and? www.thecurrentonline.c.om OCTOBER 12, 2009 1 "m:he: Q)}rr_Ellt 119

iTUNESTOP 10 DOWNLOADED "Phantom" stitt owns the shadows of the heart SONGS Watching live theater is of a small firework and then an experience unl~e any slowly rising from the stage other. . Boor to suspend itself over The buzz before the show the audience. begins, the empathy felt Also part of the aesthetic for the characters fluttering feast: the proscenium arch about close by, and the or- . attached to the Fox's original chestra conductor wielding arch for the Phantom of the his baton all culminate in Opera (Tim Martin Glea­ a personal experience that son) to lord over the per­ is reminiscent to being part ceived and literal audiences, of the show, rather than just maniacally laughing from 01 3 viewing it. above while inexplicably The Singles Collection "The Phantom of the Op­ crashing the 1,000 Ib chan­ Britney Spears era" at the Fox Theater takes delier to end the first act. such sentiment to the nth Such production achieves degree. an eerie effect; even after the The Phantom of the Op­ lights come on to announce 02 Party in the USA era is a musical set in a grand intermission, the Fox has Party in the USA theater in the late 19th cen- transformed into the haunt- "Phantom" is spine-ringling the play "Beyond the ,Lake" wide-considering the near­ Miley Cyrus rury. ed Paris Opera House, 'with excitement culminating is the quietest in the show, perfection of the script and The "Fabulous" Fox is a · the elusive Opera Ghost po­ in fireworks and booming yet is cacophonous in emo­ score. 03 Whatcha Say grand theater renovated to tentially hiding around every sound effects. tion. The scene transfixes "Phantom" casts and Whatcha Say look as it did in the e~ly comer. There are several scenes watery eyes to the stage us­ crews today need only per­ 20th century. Seeing "Phan- The second act is no dif- in the play that are· gentle, ing nothing more than mu­ form the show as it was in­ Jason DeRulo tom" at the Fox is like rak- ferent. heartWarming, and even sic-box notes and the fallen­ tended for it to magically ing a step back in time, back Using surround sound, heartbreaking. from-grace quivering final entrance the audience. Suf­ 04 Fireflies to the artful extravagance the phantom speaks sinis­ "All I Ask of You," sung lyrics from'the phantom. fice it to say, the 36-member Ocean Eyes of Paris near the rum of the terly to the · Opera House by soprano Christine Daae It comes as no surprise ensemble and The Cameron cenrury. guests, seeming to be ev- (Trista Moldovan) and that Andrew Lloyd Web­ Mackintosh/Really Usefual Owl City The set direction for the erywhere at once, shocking Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, ber's musical based on "Le Theaue Company, Inc. pulls show helps achieve this audience members when his (Sean Maclaughlin) needs Fantome de l'Opera" by this offat the Fox, 05 Down magic, offering the stunning voice is heard in their right no special effects for the Gaston Leroux is the longest The show will run until Down opening image of a broken ear and men, seconds later, soothing voices and lyrics to running show in Broadway's October 25, with perfor­ Jay Sean chandelier coming back to in their left. delight the senses. history and has grossed an mances every day except . life with the pop...and Bash However, not all of In fact, the final scene of estimated $5 billion world- Monday. A -Jessica Keil 06 Paparazzia The Fame Interview with "Rhantom" star a(tress, Trista Moldovan Lady GaGa 07 I Gotta Feeling ~ JESSICA KEIL also appeared on the soap TC: What's it like be­ on how you guys pulled off live theater. Editor-in-Chief opera's ':All My Children," ing part of a show as weO­ some of Phantom's incred­ TC: How many times The E.ND. "The Guiding Ligh tn and Imoum a.,ul beloved · as ible special effects? have you preformed Phan­ Black Eyed Peas Trista Moldovan plays the "As the World Turns." Phantom! TM: (laughing) Well I'm tom? ingenue soprano Christine The Curren:t: "What's it TM: Phantom was a huge contracmally obliged to say TM: I've been with the 08 One Less Lonely Girl Daae in the stage production like touring the country influence on me growing up that's just the magic of the­ show for about a year, Let's One Less Lonely Girl of "Phantom" at the Fox with Phantom? ... sort of what got me into ater. see ... I counted up the per­ Theater. Moldovan grew up Trista Moldovan: I love musical theater. I grew up iri TO Got it. You may not formances a couple of weeks Justin Bieber in Clevdand, Ohio and is a traveling and seeing parts of Cleveland and saw it when­ be able to talk about this ago, it was, I think, 315 per­ graduate of Baldwin-Wallace America I wouldn't normally ever it came through .. , it's then, but has anything ever formances; and I'm planning 09 Replay _ Conservatory of Music. Re­ see, like St. Louis. I love St. very special to me. gone wrongf on staying with the show an­ Replay cenciy, she worked with Julie Louis, it's such a great city, TC: Have you seen the TM: A couple of times other year and a half. Lyaz Andrews in "Simeon's Gift," and I'd never have seen it most recent movie? we've had to stop because the TC: How do you keep and has a history in m usica1 otherwise. TM: I watched a bit of chandelier malfunctioned. your energy up with that theater working off-Broad-' TC: Have you had a the movie and then stopped re: Oh wow, what .did many shows? 10 It's My Life way in "Me and My Girl," chance to sightseer .,. it was so different, it's not youguysdor T"'I: Well, there are al­ It's My Life "Paul Revere," and "Faces TM: Not yet, but in the really comparable, so no, I TM: Yeah, you have to ways understudies and ev­ Glee Cast of War." Her resume also next few weeks I hope ({) haven't seen it. I didn't really work around it. The audi­ eryone performs a little dif­ indudes performances in re­ get to Forest Park, the City like what I did see, ence has been good sports, ferently, so that keeps things gjonal shows such as "Gyp­ lYfuseum and some .of these TC: well thinking they all clap when it Starts interesting. What's your favorite albtlm? s)'," "Carousel" and "Les places I'm hearing about. about the show, I was wan­ working ., . they understand let us know: Miserables,'" Moldovan has The Lemp Mansion? dering ifyo'u could let me in these things happen with See PHANTOM, page 20 [email protected] 20 ~hc [:urrrnt OCTOBER 12, 2009 ew Ha bac opera '0 Pioneers!' brings prairiethem sto Touhill Turn-of-the-century Ne­ in the Arts," the opera's de­ into a thriving business, was braska came to life at the velopment of the twO main played by Gina Galati, St. Touhill Performing Arts Cen­ characters and insight into Louis native and founder ·of ter with the world premier of their inner struggle, com­ New Opera St.. Louis. Galati "0 Pioneers!" on Friday. bined with acting that plied used calm, measured move­ Part of the "Women in the the depth of both characters, ments and a deep, even tone Arts" program at the Univer­ brought the show to life. of voice that well expressed sity of Missouri-St. Louis, "0 Ann Hoyt, critically- Alexandra's straight-laced, Pioneers!" was composed by acclaimed New York opera level-headed exterior, while Barbara Harbach, professor singer, was every bit the also developing the passion­ of music at UM-St. Louis. young, free spirited, beauti­ ate and maternal side. Though a world-renowned ful Bohemian Marie. Hoyt Marie and Alexandra's ro­ performer and composer, this moved easily and lightly mantic interests, Emil and is Harbach's first opera. about the stage dancing and Carl, were played by Tommy The curtain opened to laughing, yet her facial ex­ Wazelle and Robert Boldin reveal the green and brown pression and tones of voice, respectively. Wazelle, playing £OFI SECK / THE CURRENT prairie of Nebraska, the set­ ranging from serious to satiri­ opposite his fiance Hoyt, is '0 Pioneers!' made its world-premiere last Friday at Touhill A-8 Hall. It's a new opera, based on ting of the Willa Cather cal, showed the more-than­ also from New York Wazelle WiJla Cather's novel of tragedy, transformation and redemption. novel on which the opera "0 girlish sentiments of Marie's portrayed a bland, almost Pioneers!" is based. It is the heart. Her long, dark, curly stilted Emil and did not seem the beginning of the perfor­ returned, somewhat laconic, ture-themed allegories added story of two strong women, hair and dresses that added to be able to bring his charac­ mance. Boldin, who most re­ childhood sweetheart. depth to the opera, David Marie and Alexandra, both gypsy Bair to the period cos­ ter to life as well as Hoyt. cently played Damon in '~cis '-'0 Pioneers!" also had its Dillard, of Southern Illinois daughters of pioneers who tuming completed the effect. While i [ improved and Galatea" at the Chicago muse in the character of Ivar, University Carbondale, did carved farms and towns out Alexandra, a middle-aged throughout the performance, Culrural Center, did a great the town sage. not do ,the part justice. of the Nebraskan wilderness. woman who has nuned her his voice was a little weak and job with his role as Alexan­ While his narrator!muse True to the goals of «Women deceased father's failing farm overpowered by the music at dra's long-lost but recently tole and lines couched in na- See 0 PIONEERS, page 25

TOMLIN, from page 17 At one point, Tomlin took the from of the stage and Lily Tomlin" ended with a a drink and proceeded to plopped onto the stage floor. few more serious questions pour water ontO the Boor, While sitting, she announced and answers. stomping around to splash it that she would now answer Upon concluding the ~ 'the linrrrnt across the stage. questions. show, the crowd rose to ap­ This was her introduc­ For a few minutes, Tom­ plaud her presence as it had INVITE YOU AND tion to Edith Ann. To be lin entertained silly questions in the beginning, confirm­ more convincing as Edith about animals and ice cream. ing the success of her perfor­ A FRIEND TO Ann, Tomlin walked towards "An Evening with Classic mance. A -Sarah Hill AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF COUPLES, from page 18 There does not appear to particularly funny, just em­ watch with your loved one be a whole lot of character barrassing, both for the actor or a group of friends, look no growth, but then again it is involved and the audience. further. not that deep of a movie. It seemed more suited to "Couples Retreat" is a The film is stocked with something out of a teen com­ funny, enjoyable film that, plenty of gags, both vocal and edy than an adult romantic despite its random comedic Logon to (sadly) physical. comedy. misses, does not disappoint A particular scene involv­ However, if are looking with the funny. B -Andrew thecurrentonline,com ing masturbation was not for a fun weekend film to Seal TODAY, October 12th to out how you PHANTOM, from page 19 find

Also, . Sean [Raoul] and performances, you have to be . it's not impossible. I mean, could win a screening p~s Tim [the phantom] are amaz­ on your toes. if you want to do fil~, LA. for two. ing actors and we always have Te: Do you have any ad­ is the place to be, and New a lot of fun. vice for young actors, aspir­ York for stage, sure, but. St. wwwtwelcometothefamilytcom TC: Do you still ever have ing students? Louis, Cleveland ... have a Puses art aYllilable 00 a lint-come, linr-tuved basu. No purehllSe little problems like missed TM: Well, it's definitely a lot of great' regional theaters. ncc:es.sary. While 5upplies last. Employees ~f all promotio.w parlncrs cues? difficult career, but don't let TC: Is that what you did? IlIId their agencies an: .Dot eligible. One admit-two pa» per penon. The film is rated PG-13 for intense uqumces of violcnce, disturbing TM: Oh yeah, it happens. anyone tell you it's impossi­ TM: Yeah I did a lot of re­ imaga, /IIlI1UlC thematic awmal and IImf smsnality. Even though we've done 300 ble. If you love what you do, gional theater. OCTOBER 12, 2009 l1:h£ Q:urrrnt I 21

Misunderstood PJo~ess, misdirected anger Friday morning, President been inaugurated. prov~n successful." can public does not hold ref­ Obama woke to learn that he Others might point out The Nobel coITl11iittee it­ erendums on who receives had joined th~ ranks of only that Obama has concretely self cited the reason for the the prize. three other U.S. presidents, achi~ved very little during his award as Obama's effort to Thus, despite what Ameri­ by winning the. Nobel Peace tenure thus far, and therefore engage other nations in dia­ cans think about Obama's Prize. should not have received the logue to solve the challenging merit and despite what Maily, including Obama's award until much later. issues facing the world, es­ Obama thinks about his own staff, ",rere surprised. It was 7he Cun-entfeels that while . pecially nuclear' nonprolifer­ merit, Obama is now a Nobel reported that even the report­ Obama does indeed need to tion. laureate. The Nobel commit­ ers presem during the an.,. show some results on a num­ While we accept Obama's tee has made its decision, and nouncemtmt audibly gaSped, ber of issues (health care, the receipt of the award, we now the matter is closed. Almost instantaneously, economy, the Iraq war and suggest humbly that he must Ihe Current must won­ the backlash began. Michael LGBT rights to name a few), earn it. der why Obama's deuacrors Steele, the oft-mocked chair o bama has succeeded in Obama made a multitude chose this as fodder for criti­ of the Republic National changing the tone in interna­ of lofty promises during his cism? Committee, commented tional politics. Gone now are campaign for the presiden­ After months of socialist in a fundraising letter that the 'days ofBush"':era unilarer­ cy, and now that he has the witch-hunts, misguided con­ Obama won the award "for alism, with Obama increas­ stamp of the Nobel commit­ cerns aboU( death panels and awesomeness." ingly seeking to bring other tee, he should make good rumor of the elusive Kenyan . He followed that icshows nations imo the fold. with them. birth cenificate, we wonder if "'how meaningless a once While Obama's time in the But most imponanciy, they simply ran OU( of other honorable and respected presidency has been short, 7JJe Current feels that tOO things to criticize him for? award has become." Rush and his accomplishments few many ~ using this award to It seems that the level of Limbaugh called Obama's at 'this poim, the detractors criticize Obama. We lament political discourse has fallen award a "greater embarrass­ fail to realize the 'historical that one of the most pres­ so far that the opponents of ment" than losing the Olym­ context of the Nobel Prize. tigious. awards in the world Obama are refusing ro see pics. Erick Erickson of Red­ The Associated Press released has become merely another anything for which to com­ State suggested that Obama "Common misconceptions opportunity to detract from plement him, considering won the award. to fill a Nobel about the Nobel Peace Prize" Obama. that he is even ctiticized on Pea·ce Prize "affirmat~ve ac- on Friday, which said that The simple fact is that the basis of winning the No- . tion quota."

At the University of M-is­ UM-St. Louis the largest has been hisrorically more lax drag show, a show that was so forward-thinking is uncom­ religion is at the fore&o;'t of . souri-St. Louis we have over . university -by enrollment in when it comes to supporting popular, the organization had mon. educatipn. - 120 organizations to fit every the St. Louis area. causes. to switch venues &om the Pi­ It is good to know that Our school may not be the student's interest. With over 15,500 stu­ This support has ocurred lot House ro the Millennium the university is nor stuck in most prestigious in the coun­ Whether you are into deh~ from every walk of life, regardless of how politically Student Center's Century its ways, nor do they let per­ try, Missouri, or even the city math, movies, ope:ra or poli­ our student organizations correct or controversial. Room JUSt to 'fit its audience sonal feelings get in the. way of Sr. Louis, but our school tics, mere is something for represent' u's. Believe it' or not, rP.ere are­ Most all Missouri univer­ of what is best for the studem represents a progressive you to join at UM-Sr. Louis. Most imponantly, they still universities around the sities have lesbian, gay, bisex­ body as a whole. America-an America that is It is good to have all of celebrate what UM-St. Louis U.S. (most all of them Cath­ ual, rransgender (LGBT) stu­ UM-St. Louis does not diverse in terms of race, age, these organizations, too. is known best for: diversity olic) still banning The Vagina dent organizations, bur there force a certain type of think­ gender, sexual orientation, re­ Mos~ people want to belong Diversity is what makes us MonologueS,. a play that .the has yet to be a drag show on ing onto us students. ligion; and social class. .. to something,right? different &om o·ur other St. Center for Women and Gen­ some of their campuses. .They allow us to make our We ought to be proud chat Having a variety of differ­ Louis area universitycoun­ der Studies here at UM-St. That alone speaks volumes own decisions and support our school's administration ent organizations gives our terparts. Louis puts on every February. about our administration's what we want. allows organizations and sup­ stUdents options and makes This is not to say that This past Thursday, our commitmenc to diversity and Unfortunately, that can­ ports events that reflect our finding other like-minded. other area universities are not . -campus . enjoyed . the enter­ equality. not be said about some high­ student body rather than one people easy. diverse, but UM-St. Louis tainment of PRIZM's annual In this day and age, such er learning institutions where standard viewpoint. i2 I ~Ir( ~rrrnt I OCTOBER 12, 2009

-Volunteering andpersonal motives -don't mix Defining the Zeros

In-some aspects, I tend to there is nothing wrong with At the beginning of this leaning towards a less-is­ be· naive. That being said, I helping others and getting century there was a contest more apathy that curiously recently discovered that some some personal benefit from it held in the U.K. to come up resulted in a split into either people volunteer at organiza­ as well. People volunteer for with a name for this'decade, vapidly 'bright, but self- -· tions for no other purpose a number of reasons, such as with the winning submis­ ayvare, apathy (Sugar Ray,

than to help or benefit them­ . making new friends, gaining L sion being "The Zeros." Per- _ 'Clueless, Aqua) or the ni­ selves. job experience, or even for so nally, when I think about hilistically dark (Nine Inch Kind of an oxxmoron, fun. that it seems like a very '90s Nails, Fight Club, Marylin ' right? -- My personal annoyance thing to name the decade. Manson) apathy. ~ At one point in time, vol­ lies with people who do not I can't imagine anyone Regardless, the point was unteering held no other rea­ even enjoy volumeering. referring to it that "\vay. It to pretend you didn't care soning behind it than that of These are the people that vol­ begs the question: what is and to reject intellectualism altruistic imentions. That is, unteer because their school the zeitgeist of this current regardless of the depth of people volunteered simply to told them to, or people that grams for the sole reason. of generation? expression you were trying _or join a group trying to help_ People would volunteer only like to use volunteering introducing and encouraging If the '80s were about to communicate. gather a million members. for sheer lov~ of life, people, for pick-up lines. Of course volunteering to students who the . fusing of technology It seems that in a possible True, every little bit helps, and all good, warm and fuzzy they like to "help animals" may have not thought they and fashion with heavy em­ subconscious reactio'n to but it also builds a digital things. and "help the children." would like giving their time. phasiS on hedonism and the . the highly cliqued system~s wall between us and the Growing up primarily in Why even bother with vol­ On the other hand, it can '90s were slacker-chic, what of the '80s and '90s (which actual experiences of the the South, I grew accustomed unteering if not interested? also create a road for stude.nts mindset and worldview will were themselves reactions to very injustices and tragic to Southern etiquette. One of Instead of helping, disimer­ . to take advantage of a situa­ the "Zeros" be associated the nebulous, vague free-ev-. situations that we're cry­ the millY things a southerner est creates a bigger problem. tion. \Vith that idea, it le.ads with? erything culture of the '60s ing to change. Less .and less should know is the idea of People become bitter and back to -everyone being frus­ Popular culture is driven and '70s) the "Zeros" has people burn for a cause, but helping out your neighbor. frustrated because those who trated with the volunteering by the lS-to-2S-year-old made it popular to be part most people glow: Where. ·· I grew up, we need help are getting this world as a whole. . age-group who do most of of every group. I don't reflect on these learned to water someone's help from those who have a Volun_teering should not the consuming and thus This fracturing has af­ matters to bash the decade. plants when they were away, lethargic or inconsiderate at­ have to be something we as have a great effect on what fected all realms of life. The A lot of good has come and _ lend them a hammer, or help titude. a society should be bribed is produced. . popularity of social actIvism I think that the dissolving make meals for }VIrs. Smith, There should be more with_ This is called a job. I think that "buried" that laSTed through the past of clique-based culture has an 85-year-old lady who volunteering going on in the However, as time goes on, is one word that comes. to few decades after bloomi.rlg allowed for the accepta1\ce ' broke her leg two weeks back. world, but not at the risk of more and more people are mind. Astonishingly rapid some forry-odd years ago of many people. After nine years of volun­ creating bigger problems. _"donating" their time and fractUring of - personali ry has taken a hi t. Alternate lifestyles of all teering at an organization, I Programs such as the energy solely from hopes of has occurred thanks to new It seems that there has -softS,...-from sexual prefer­ realized that not everyone felt A+ program or President reaping some sort of benefit. routes to self-definition. been a shift from people ences to Jap~imation ob­ or grew up the same way. Gen­ o bam a's volunteering for What ever happ'ened to In the '80s, your apart­ (not that there were . an session-have found spots erally speaking, some people tuition allow students to vol­ helping out our fellow man? J)1enr, dothi~g, and CD abundan.ce, but there was at the cool kids' table. who volunteered did it for unteer to co_mpensate for par~ - collection was your Face­ always one in the- group) . That's something to themselves more than others. tial (if not aD) college tuition len O'Hara is a staff w1"iter book. The new' album or who are p~ssionate about cheer .for, but let's hope Granted, in some aspects, costs. I applaud these pro- for The Current. gadget you just bought was one or two causes because that we don't hold on to the a status update in the tru­ of personal connection to apathy . and superficiality est sense. A new suit was i it. . that plagued preVious gen­ changed pro@e picture. N?w it is hip to care. erations as we move on to In the '90s, mainstream about any cause possible shape the ... 'lOs. culture shied away from and hell, maybe even do­ Chris Stewart is Training

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Brown knows people wo . help, friends trapped in their St: Louis" also featur~d an . have deveoped 2D com­ fantasy world come back to example of anime in the plexes.- reality. screening of ,"Paprika." The Brown sars that the hy­ "We have to hdp them film is the story of Dr. At­ per reality of mime becomes realize that the -animated suko Chiba, a 29-year-old not just an intermittent es­ characters are a part of th.eir scientist with an alter ego 'cape fr~m reality but an ac­ life, but we are here, too," }1e named Paprika.. tual replacement of reality: .said "1 search out the more in­ With the support of oth­ ''Anime at UMSL: Post­ teresting anime. Paprika yvas ers, Brown has been able to modern Japan wmes to definitely that'." Brown said .. OCTOBER 12, 2009 1Chr Q:urrent 23 Transcending crappy life with the television: one man' .search for-nlimacy ~ - .. rIf

Ralph Waldo Emersop., TV trast to everyday real life. an American poet who gaied I t is dismissed is as People in front of a reflectively imo Walden 'Pond digital soma, no more camera are respected for daY$, looked past it to find llseful for the ' better­ for their ability to be something that could awaken ment of ourselve ~ than, alive, to play the game, a deeper meaning in his exis­ sucking on a thumb full to be attractive, act~ve, tence: transcendence. offoimula. and completely devoid It is also known as a freak­ That we ~e above 'it, of self-consciousness, ish, obsessive-compulsive that we are better than and to be frighteningly disorder that is hell-bent on it, that we do not need in control of the pace creating an illusory babble it. of their speech and the out of our experiences and But we aren't, we're miniscule movements of perceptions. not, and we do-at their eyebrows. Enter the television, cham­ least, for now. And yet, it is all still the commercial. pion of erroneous staring: Pop culture is culture, fake. It is a counterfeit TV: The most ridiculed It does not matter that we though 'perhaps of an signature of the man best friend most will ever see through the facades? the admittedly cheap vari­ appearing on the other have. tricks, the advertisements, ety. side of the sheet of glass I have lived, loved, died, and general fakery that we see It does as much for designed to get you to and laughed with so many in it. the counery's economy think about exactly what characters from so many We have come · to expect . as . anything else, and he wants. walks of life that are not it in our everyday lives and even President Obama The point though, only implausible for .me, but . appreciate it for providing commented on Kanye is to disregard this ex- downright science fiction. us with mirage at speeds West's outburst ar the ILLUSTRATION BY ZACHARY JAMES KRAFT istential problem, and So maybe it does not help only analog waves propelled MTV Music Awards. remember that we watch us transcend our lives in the against a screen of dots by It gives us a va.ca- on "The Office," cate~ to our we see on the screen so we this thing for fun. most ultra-natural way that Emer­ chemical reaction can. tion from our OVvTI horrible mean side when Mac inter­ can go and talk about them of the time. son wanted. And in the cornfor;t of our self-consciousness so that we rupts Sweet Dee with some with others trapped in the A lizard is not actually sell­ I still don't mind. I really living rooms for goodness can gawk hazily and, at best, "bad news guys'" on "It's Al­ same extrasensory adventure ing car insurance, but we ap- just appreciate the remark­ sake, coming Out of a screen. scathingly into paradise. ,,-ays Sunn and generally as we are. preciate the idea being hand- ably clever company. Academia often tries to \Ve laugh longingly at Jim admire everything about the There is no yawning al- ed to us, :md somehow we are Joe Schaffner is a staffwriter make us forget why we epjoy and Pam's perfect wedding demigods and symbols that lowed on Tv, much in con- actually anxious to listen to j Ul'''The Current. Net neutrality will save the Internet

The In.cernet as \ve know since its inception, this terner, small business owners The onl;' f;::oason for thi move is about equal a ce s to the it is in jeopardy. Internet ser­ has been the way the Int.eruet would never be able to get is pure unn:: ~tigated gree for nternet. vice providers from around works. Telephone companies their ideas and Web SiteS off great:;f and greater profits. Opponents of net neu­ the country are lobbying in are not allowed ru say \o\'ho of the ground because they A Net Neutrality Law trality are coming out of the Washington to try and stifle their customers can and can­ could never afford the price would prevent ISPs from oodwork LO aid the ISPs; your rights on the Internet. not call or what they can say of entry. locking or degrading la\\-ful t\vo weeks ago, the \X!ashing­ If the ISPs get their way, over the plione-why should "Net neutrality ensur . traffic 0 r th ir nem' rks, ton POSt published an anti­ the way the Web works will the Il~ternetbe any different? that innovatOrs can start and would make sure 1 P net neutrality editorial... be changed forever. The ISPs have been quite small and dream big about . do not favor certain content Instead of people having clear and open about their being the next eBay or or applications oyer others in Having an opinion on the ·equal access - ro everything, "plans to build a tiered In­ Google without facing in­ the Internet connecriO!l the:" matter is all \Vi 11 and good access to certain sites will be ternet with faster service for surmountable hurdles," Sa­ proyide. How is this a bad (indeed, I 'wrote 'this) , but restricted. ISPs .""rill deter­ the sel~ct few companies will­ veTheinternet.com said, and thing? the POSt is not being entirely mine what content gets to ing or able to pa)- exorbitant I could not agree more. The broadband companies open . ers are 'willing to go to spread you the fastest and first, and tolls," http://\V\\'W.savethein­ . Of course, the ISPs are cry thar they have poured. bil­ Cable One is a successful their propaganda. mey are more than willing t? ternet.com, an online advo-' crying foul-that a net neu­ lions of dollars into building ISP that services 19 states, Fight back agail1st the • charge content providers for cacy group for net neunality, trality law would stifle their netviyork infrastructUre-and and it is an opponent of net ISPs! Keep the information fust access. said. freedoms, restrict their cOI1)-­ a neutrality la\\' would mean neutrality. And who owns flowing. '. Help save the. Ih­ Now more than ever, the . If ,Congress does not do panies and minimize their that they would have little Cable One? The \X/ashington ternet: Contact Sen. Claire United States needs a Net something to Stop the ISPs, profits. or no control over the kinds POSt Company, of course. IvfcCaskill or Sen. Kit Bond . Neuuality Law. Net neurral~ they will desrroy the Internet However~ the way . the of informacion and technol­ Not only it this a gross and tell the'm to suppon HR ity is the idea that Internet as we know it, and worse, it Weh is now is the way it has ogy that flows through their breach of journalistic integri­ 3458, the Internet Freedom users should be able to decide will harm the economy. been since it began, and the network. Net neutrality is ty on the part of the Post, but Preservation Act of 2009. what they see and do on the If broadband companies broadband companies are do­ not about stifling the rights ir also shows how far the na­ Andrew Seal is Opinions Web. conrrolled,.the fate of me In- ing quite well for themselves. of broadband companies. It tion's Internet service provid- Editorfor The Current. 24 I rm:hr [urrrnt I OOOBER 12, 2009

SCIENCE COLUMN Sciente Center presentsa nother SdFest Segway-the Science Cen- · cussion of that topic would ter -offers periodic Segwai have been welcome, the list lessons, and Sci Fest can be of speakers reRected a poren- toured by Segway. tial for bias. SciFest 09 also included a Speakers were from the SciFest Fi]m Festival that fea- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Insti­ tured a rotating schedule of tute for Renewable Fuels at eight OmniMax films. the Donald -Danforth Plant All were educational, al- Science Center, AllerenUE, though only some~of them the Navy's Task Force on En­ were science and nature erg)" and Peabody Energy. Illegalimmigratio~: let's talk about it topics. Films included "Van The moderator . was Dr. Gogh: Brush With Genius" Phil Needleman, former First, let's admit that il­ be caged in, they are people . reason they are willing -to and "Walklng on the Moon." chairman of the Department legal immigration, like most trying to fi~d a-benerway of uve the way they do. Last year, the St. Louis Sci­ Controversial topics, . like of Pharmacology at Wash­ tru ngs , has both a positive Uk. - What would you be will­ ence Center won the right to climate change, were notice- ington University School of and n~o-ative side. The nega­ The problem is that ille­ ing to do to provide for your host the. U.S. version of the ably absent, as were figures Medicine and former head tives are plastered allover gal immigration in the U.S. family? wildly popular British-based li~e Charles Darwin, born and chief scientist at ~10n­ the news, so I will not dis­ is massive. More than' 11 Would you work a job Cheltenham Science Festival, two hundred years ago this santo/Searle/Pharmacia. cuss them. milllon illegal immigrants that no one wants, uve in ri­ an event dubbed «SciFest 08: year..Things were quite dif- Corn-based ethanol, coal and I am going to talk about now liv.e here and that num­ diculous 'conditions and face International Science Festi­ ferent from the original ver- nuclear power were well rep- the positives of having il­ ber is quickly growing. The hatred from people you have val." sion of this festival. resented. legal immigrants. Then, in­ existence of so many immi­ never wronged? This year, the St. Louis The themes of the 2009 Solar, wind, geothermal, stead of all the "build a huge grants is a testament to ap­ For these immigrants, Science Center is back with Cheltenham Science Festi- trash-ro-energy and small hy- fence!" craziness, we can try peal of the U.S. those are the prices they pay, "SciFest 09: International val, which took place in June, dropower were not. to actually control illegal im­ Even in industries with a but they do it to create a Science Festival." were a celebration of Dar- The St. Louis Science migration to some degree. high amount of illegal im­ bener chance for the people SciFest 09 featured five win's 200th birthday, Gal:ileo Center's version of SciFest First, how can .the U.S . . migrant workers,· the influ­ they love. days of science-related dis­ and the International Year seemed much bener at em­ decrease illegal immigration? ence is not as great as many If there were no illegal cussions and presentations of Astronomy, and climate bracing the "fun" aspect than Weli, you can start by fining people think. If there were immigrap-t~ available fo; with an emphasis on the fun change. the festival's int'ent, which is people who are caught hir­ not illegal immigrants\ vork­ these jobs, employers would of science and technology. This was meant to tie in to spark thought and discus­ ing a significant amount of ing in places like Miami, possibly spend their money The first day of the festival, with the U.N.'s Copenhagen sion on the challenging and illegal immigrants. Then, so then the need for legal work­ on new technology to re­ Wednesday, Oct. 7, was de­ Conference to discuss an in- controversial topics. that it is not cost effective to ers would increase, . ~vhich place workers with automa­ voted to programs for el­ ternational treaty to replace In fact, this year's program hire illegals, fine the lawyer, would mean wages would tion. ementary school children, the expiring Kyoto Protocol. looked remarkably similar to dentist and even the soccer rise. The _ economic impact and the next two days offered If there was a theme ro this last year's. mom hiring the illegal im­ But very quickly, work­ of illegal immigration is far programs for middle school year's SciFest, it was not im- Disappointingly, Darwin, migrant gardener. This will ers from other parts of smaller than other trends and high school students. mediately obvious beyond its Galileo and climate change make them less likely to hire the country would move in the economy, - such as These programs were best general every-yea:r mission to all went missing from SdFest illegal immigrants,- and · ille­ to those dties, and wages the growing use of automa­ suited to the Science Cen­ 'mak~ science fun.' 09. gal immigrants less likely to would go back down. The tion in development or the ter's everyday focus: middle The goals of the original The St. Louis Science De- make the journey'- net impact on wage would expansion in global trade. school. The w~ekend be­ Cheltenham Science Festival parunent has always seemed Let's face it; a fence is not be pretty small. Those two. things have a longed to progranls for gen­ were to· entenaln but · also squeamish about controversy, going to prevent desperate Illegal immigran ts . are much larger influence on in­ eral audiences. challenge' festival-goers, and shying away from presenting -people when there is -a job not here to take anything come, prices and the health Among the offerings were offer deliberately controver- information on the scientific market waiting for them. away from Americaqs. Most of the people of the. U.S. presentations on brain -sci.;. sial issues. evidence for evolution and If there is no money in it of these people ate victims . Honestly, we need to ence, a tour through the uni­ This year's Cheltenham Climate change, but it is es­ and too much of a risk; that of ci~cumstance; they want understand that illegal im­ verse, the science of flirting, Science Festival Included an peciaily sad to see this trend WILL deter people. nothing more then to work migration will never stop the physicS of guitar, baseball area for festival attendees to extended to SeiFest. But I think that support lrard and provide for their completely. But' is that · re­ and NASCAR and the sci­ discuss topics presented at 'Dlls even after the good for the governments of those families. And the process ally such a bad th.i:ng?And, ence b~hind science fiction. the festival. example shown by the odgi- countries is what will most of gettipg a green card or like thbse who came before The weekend was Capped While controversial topics nal Science Festival. affect illegal immigration worker's Visa is incredibly them, chances are illegal off with a talk by Segway in­ were missing at SciFest 09, Hopefully the 'Science into the U.S. hard and time consuming. immigran ts will help make ventor Dean Kamen, which bias may not have been. Center will re-think this , I , just find the idefl of a These are people who do not this country benerthan they' was especially appropriate One featured discussion trend for next year. . fence ro be incredibly insult­ have the time or money for found it. given .the Science Center's was "The Future of Energy," Cate Marquis isA&E Edi- . ing and ~egrading. 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Violin Making and Violins Geoffrey Seitz, who has been in the violin business in st. Louis for over 30 years, describes & demonstrates how violins are made and discusses violin history, facts, & myths. Located in the 222 J. C Penney Conference Center, from 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM. For more information contact Karen Lucas at 314-516~5699.

Smith Mentoring Project The purpose of this mentoring project is to help students meet their career goals after graduation. Executive fellows facilitate three sessions per program with small groups of three-to-five students. Students must attend all three sessions.. Faculty gives credit for student participation. 'Located at UMSL Executive Leadership Consortium, 427 SSB, from 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM. For more information contact Malaika Home at 314-516-4749.

Communicating Effectively In College Are you sabotaging retationships with your pro~es­ sors? Do you fully participate in the classroom? Effective communication skills and participa­ tion are both critical in college. Understanding faculty expectations is a key to your success ' and intentional participation will yield.great rewards. Learn how to fadlnate effective com­ munication with professors in a variety of situations and learn about the benefits of classroom participation. Located in 225 Millennium Student Center - Center for Student Success. from 2:00 AM to 2:45 PM. For more information contact Chad Hoffer at 314-516-5300.

Johnson Mentoring Project The purpo"se of this mentoring project is to help students meet their career goals after graduation. Executive fellows facilitate three sessions per program with small" groups of three-to-five students. Students must attend all three sessions. Faculty gives credit for student participation. Located at UMSL Executive Leadership Consortium, 427 SSB, CHERA MEYER / THE CURRENT from 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM. For more information contact Malaika Home at 314-516-4749. Artists celebrated EI Dia de lost Muertos last week in the FAB by displaying some of their artwork dedicated to the holiday celebrated by Latin Americans to remember their lost loved ones.· 'Wednesday, p~~ 14 ., _ Friday,-'c5ct. 16 News@Noon - Jaycee Dugard's Captivity and Road to Recovery Come enjoy free lunch and good discussion as Megan Schacht Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Manager of , "This is a Test ... this is only a test" Tips and Strategies Do you prepare for tests on Iy to find Children's Advocacy Services, tCjkes us into the psyche of today's victims. Located in MSC Cen­ you completely blank out when the test is placed in front of you or that your grade did not meet ' tury Room A, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM. For more info contact Megan Hill at 314-516-4031. . your expectation? Learn tips ~bouttaking certa~n types ohests: Multiple choice, essay, truelfalse, . etc. Get information to make your test preparation more productive and how to better manage UPS Lunch & Learn: Financial Planning Are books, commuting, and shopping emp­ test-taking jitters. Lqcated in MSC 225 Center for Student Success, from 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM. tying your pockets while in college? If your answer is the same as most it's YES!!! For more information contact Chad Hoffer at 314-516-5300. . Please come learn bout how to make the best out of the money you do have. U.P.B. is giving you free food, and a free speaker who will advise you on financial planning. Home Soccer Game Home #women's soccer game vs Southern Indiana. Join us at the Don We hope to see }!OU there! Located at MSC Century Room C from 12:30 PM to ~:OO PM. Dallas Soccer Field and root for your Tritons! Game time is 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. For more infor­ For more information contact Darren Nesbitt at 314-516-5531. ' mation, call Rick Gyllenborg at 314-526-7016. ,

Home Soccer Game Home men's soccer'game-vs Southern l'1diana. loin us at the Don Dallas Soccer Field and root for your Tritons! Game 'time is 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM. For more information, call Rick Gyllenborg at ~14-526-7016. UPS General Meeting Want to have a voice on what events come to campus? Come to UPB general members meeting and have your voice heard. Located in the SGA Chamber, from 2:00 , PM to 3:00 PM. For more information contact UPB at 314-516-5531 . SundaYi 'Oct. 18 Home Soccer Game Home women's soccer game vs Kentucky Wesleyan. Join us at the Don Registration Deadline for Fall Hayride & Campfire The entry deadline for Campus Rec's Dallas Soccer Field and root for your Tritons! Game time is 12:00 'PM to 2:00 PM. For more Hayride. The event is next Friday night, Oct. 23 at Old Halls Ferry Stable~. A campfire roast with information, call Rick Gyllenborg at 314-526-7016. ' hotdogs and s'mores is included. The cost is only $5 for students and transportation is pro- " vided. For more infoand to register, go online or visit the Campus Rec Office, 203 Mark Twain. Home Soccer Game Home men's soccer game vs Kentucky Wesleyan. Senior Day! JoiQus at the D~m Dallas Soccer Reid and root for your Tritons! Game time is 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM. For Japan Robot Night A longtime leader in ,the robotics industry, a different track of Japanese more information, call Ri~k Gyllen~org.at 314-526-7016. robotics has taken off - the p~enomenoil of service robots assisting humans. Robots - friendly, efficient, and interactive - will play 'a more significant role in Japan as human helpers. One ex­ ample'is PARO, a baby seal robot that interacts with people and makes them feel emotionally Read more event listings online at attached. Come meet PARD for yourself! Located in MSC, Century Room C, from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. For more information contact Bob Ell at 314-516-7299. - www.thecurrentonline.com