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Sgacandidates Debate Key Campus Issues• University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2000s) Student Newspapers 4-14-2008 Current, April 14, 2008 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: http://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, April 14, 2008" (2008). Current (2000s). 213. http://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s/213 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (2000s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SINCE 1966 STUDENT NEWSPAPER April 14, 2008 INSIDE 1be Current brings home highest honor from MeMA The Current won "Best in State" for the second con­ secutive year at the Missouri Collegiate Media Associa- tion awards. ' See NEWS, page 3 Candidates (LEn to RIGHT) GraceMarie Ritter, Jessica Cowan, T. Ryan, Peter Talluto and Dorian Hall sit in the SGA chambers for their debate on Thursday afternoon. SGAcandidates debate key campus Issues• Three little maids By CARRIE F ASISKA Quick Read should have adequate funds to pay for the many events they hold on campus. Managing Editor Candidates for this year's SGA from school are we .•. elections debated student fee He would also give funding priority to SGABALLOT allocations, student apathy and a groups that have administrative duties Mikado makes a big impres­ Candidates running for student gov­ smoke free campus. Students can on campus. sion at the Touhill PAC. eniment offices next year were put to vote until" :59 p.m. Friday, online. Tallulo would focus on organiza­ o GraceMarie Ritter - President See A&E, pa'ge 8 the test at a debate on Thursday, which tions that hold community service was hosted by the Student Government events and try to allocate money to ' o T. Ry~n - Vice President Association and The Current. accounting and Peter Talluto, junior, keep groups running. He would give Jessica Cowan - Vice President The Current Editor-in-Chief Paul finance. The questions were directed at more ftmding to the most active orga­ D Hackbarth moderated the event by ask­ concerns surrounding the Student Ac­ nizations on campus and those paJ1ici­ D Dorian Hall - Comptroller ing questions from The Current and tivities Budget Committee and allocat­ pate heavily within the community. questions collected from the audience ing funds. The vice presidential candidate Peter Talluto - Comptroller before the debate began. Hackbarth al­ Hall said· be believes the most im­ Jessica Cowan, junior, psychology. o lowed the candidates two minutes to portant criteria when deciding student criminology and criminal justice and give an opening statement and intro­ budgets is ho ¥ the money is going to Themon Ryan Jr. , junior media tud­ For a list of student senators that are duce themSelve.s to the crowd. benefit the campus as a whole. not just ies. \ ere ne ·tio de ate. After all of the candidates w~re in­ individuals in the groups. runnin g, see story on page 3. troduced., the debate began with comp­ As a member of the Universi ty See SGA DEBATE page 3 Dewey's Pizza is a troller hopefuls Dorian Hall, junior, Program Board, Hall believe-s UPB slice above the rest Nestled in the heart of Full Senate will Kirkwood, Dewey's boasts GETTING A TASTE FOR RELAY FOR LIFE traditional and unusual pies. hear Textbook See A&E, page 8 Transparency Act UMSL Arena: nothing By RYAN SCHERR more than a dream? News Editor Check out the third story in The Missouri State Senate Commit­ a five-part series about how tee on Higher Education voted Wednes­ UMSL would fare in Divi- day to pass consent on the Textbook Transparency Act. The Missouri House sion I. • of Representatives has already passed See SPORTS, page 9 the bili, which would require textbook publishers to break up bundles of text­ books and supplementary materials. Teri Vogler, textbook supervisor in ONTHEWEB the University Bookstore, said the bill would "definitely help students" afford books more easily. t "If bundles are broken up, then the M<U.ILQ'.Wf. bookstore will be able to buy more used Web poll results: textbooks and students can buy books at a cheaper price," said Vogler. How do you commute to , The,Associated Students of the Uni- UM-St. Louis? versity of Missouri, which is the student lobbying group for the UM system, has been a strong supporter of the Textbook Transparency Act since its inception. Andrew Walker of ASUM spoke in fa­ (LEFT) Katie Magraw, sophomore, vor of the bill at the March 7 Student media studies, was the only woman , Government Association meeting. to participate in the fear factor chal· "All of ASUM supports this bill and lenge at Relay for Life on April 11 it's getting a lot of support from the and 12. Other activities at the all· people in Jefferson City," Walker- said. night fund raiser for cancer research "This bill will help all of our students included midnight chili, costumes a lot." and music. Vogler said the bill "would not af­ fect bookstore profits." She said that (ABOVE) Lauren Kluge, sophomore, • Walking without bundles, she "hopes the price psychology, was one of the partici­ pants in Relay for Life who walked of books will go down" and saVe the By Bike on the MSC bridge Friday night. students money. This marks the second annual Relay . • Metro The bill will not only break up bun­ for Life held on the UM·St. Louis dles, but would require publishers to campus. Driving / carpool disclose the price of textbooks to teach­ ers before they purchase them for their This week's question: classes. This way, teachers can use the book . Who do you think will win price in determining whether or not to the SGA eledions? use the book for their class. Also, the bill would allow for any unused financial aid to be used toward INDEX the purchase of textbooks. UM-St. Lou­ What's Current 2 is already allows financial to be used for ........... ....... ........ ............. .. " .... .. • FOR FULL STORY, SEE PAGE 6 purchases of bookstore materials . Crimeline 2 . ........ , _ • • •••••• • n'. _ •• • Opinions 4-5 ............_._ ........ .. ..... -.......... Features 6-7 Stay Current Monday ~ Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Weather predictions A&E 8 .... ........ with this taken from www. Sports 9 HilLow: 52/34 Hi/Low: 61/44 Hi/Low: 69/49 Hi/Low: 70/56 Hi/Low 60/51 Hi/Low: 63/48 Hi/Low: 67/55 weather.com ..................... ......... week's weather Precip: 20% Precip: 0% Precip: 10% Precip: 20% Precip: 40% Precip: 40% Precip: 20% Cartoons/Puzzles 11 Page 2 ~hc [;nrrrnr April 14, 2008 CAMPUS NO STRINGS ATTACHED 1the ~urr£11t The University of Missourh5t. louiS Studem Newspaper Since 1966 CRIMELINE STAff SATURDAY, APRIL 5 Paul Hackbarth· Editor- In-Chief Carrie Fasiska • Managing Editor Melissa S. Hayden· Business Manager STEALING OVER $500 - Rob Borkin • Ad Director OAK HAll -OUTSIDE Judi linville. Adviser Sometime between April 4 and AprilS, two bicycles were stolen Mabel Suen • Copy Editor Justi Montague· Copy Editor from the front of Oak Hall. Both bikes were locked up to the rail­ Shannon McManis • Desigfl Editor Ryan Scherr. News Editor ing, and the cables securing the bikes were cut. There are no sus­ Jessica Keil • Features Editor pects in this incident. Cate Marquis • A&E Editor . laGuan Fuse • Sports Editor . Tom Schnable • Asst. Spo rts Editor THRE.mNINC PHONE CALLS - Angie Spencer • Proofreader OAK HAll Gene Doyel· Web Editor Matthew Hill. Photo Editor The victim reported that she Danny Reise • Ass!. Photo Editor / received several phone calls from Distribution a private number. The first caller said they were going to do barm Staff Writers to the victim. The victim did Dot know who the caller was. The Jeremy Trice: Scott Lavelock, Ben Gillham, other calls were hang-ups. The Craig Besand, Tim Volkert UM-St. Louis Police Department Columnists is working to identify the caller's phone number through Telephone Stuart Reeves, Thomas Helton, Services. The investigation is con­ Michael Cosby tinuing. Staff Photographers Courtney A. Strong, Sofi Seck, Dustin lucas MONDAY, APRIL 7 Page Designers Tom Bremer STEALING UNDER $500 - • Courtney A. Strong· SiajfPbologro.ober MSC BOOKSTORE Cartoonists The Arianna String Quartet featured guest pianist Daniel Schene at the Touhill Performing Arts Center Sunday. Elizabeth Gearhart, Cody Perkins, Caleb True, Jonathan Kirner A juvenile was observed steal­ ing a pair of stereo headphones "What's Current" is a free service for all student organizations and Advertising Representatives from the bookstore. The juvenile campus departments. Deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. the Thurs­ Amanda Ward was apprehended by the UM-St. day before publication. Space consideration is given to student Louis police. The juvenile still organizations and is on a first-come, first-served basis. We suggest CONTACT US had the stolen property in bis pos­ all postings be submitted at least one week prior to the event. Email session and was arrested. The ju­ at' event listings to [email protected]. Got a tip for a story or photo opportunity? venile will be referred to the St. Your weekly calendar of campus events Have a correction to report? Do you have a Louis County Family Court on All listings use 516 prefixes unless otherwise indicated. question or comment for our staff? Are you charges of stealing. interested in working at The Current7 Please contact us : THURSDAY, APRIL 10 MONDAY, APRIL 14 TUESDAY, APRIL 15 Newsroom I 314-5 16-5174 DOMESTIC ASSAULT - Monday Noon Series Test Taking lips Advertising I 314-516-5316 UHIVERSfTY MEADOWS APARTMENTS Business I 314-516-6810 "Stories from the World Vi l­ Do you prepare for tests only Fax I 314-516-6811 At about 3:20 p.m., the victim lage" wi ll be presented by story­ to find you completely blank out reported that she was assaulted by teller Blake Travis at 12: 15 p.m.
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