. Prepare,to . ' v ... ·vonl'·s '1u1o'(' ro ""jnY'~9 VALENTINE'S DAY celebrate the VOLUME 34 lover's holiday Check out our special . , Februa~ 5, Valentine's Day tabloid, inserted in the newspaper. 200j We've gathered lots of helpful ideas and reviews :ISSUE 1010 I to make the day perfect! ~ Tabloid insert UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ST. LOUIS Rolden budget could hurt UMSL BY TIM THOMPSON percent increase in base appropriations costs have soared. In fact, the current of assumptions. One of them being the ly detelmine the potential impact upon .,' .. ............. ., ..... ., ............ -_ ......... ..................... , staff writer was going to be cui:, now it looks as if gas and electric bills are running 109 anticipation of a 2-percent increase in UMSL, and the net revenues that the it will be." and 69 percent ahead of last year . state funding. campus generates. Second, UMSL An anticipated 2-percent increase What does this all mean to UMSL? respectively. TIllrd, $1.2 million had "Now that it appears-based upon officers and members of the Budget in base appropriations for all schools Schuster offered some insight. already been set aside for faculty rais- . recent information-that there will not and Planning Committee will make in the University of Missouri System "If the cun'ent proposal is passed es," Schuster said. ''The extra funds be any increase in state funding, cer­ preliminary decisions on where and has apparently been eliminated in Gov. by the state legislature, it stands to rea­ from the state were going to be used to tain budget cuts may have to be what to cut. Third, a flnal decision on Bob Holden's state budget proposal son that cuts will have to be made, cover these expenses. Now they are made," Krueger said. "When we sub­ budgetary cuts will be made and sub­ for the fiscal year 2002. This could along with a lot of budget realloca­ going to have to come from some­ mitted our Financial Resource Plan mitted to the Chancellor for review." have dire consequences for UMSL. tions," the vice chancellor said. where else." back in August, we were already fac­ Durand said he wanted to empha­ Holden's announcement came as a "Potentially, this could lead to lay­ Jim Krueger, vice chancellor for ing a budget rate cut of $1.2 million. size one point. complete shock to many UMSL offs." Managerial and Technological At this point, I honestly don't know if "Nothing is for certain right now. administrators who were counting ,on A state law mandates fuat all UM Services, who was also surprised by there will be additional cuts, we'll The govemor simply submitted his the extra funds. Reinhard Schuster, campuses balance their respective Holden's announcement, described have to wait and see." budget plan to the legislature," he said. vice chancellor for Administrative budgets annually. This could place how the entire process started. Doug Durand, interim vice chan­ There might be changes to it. It would Services, was one of them. UMSL in a tight squeeze. "Last August, the president of the cellor for Academic Affairs, outlined be premature at this time to say what "Holden's announcement took me Schuster outlined some of the chal­ UM System [Manuel Pacheco] asked the steps that will be taken if the cur­ \vill be cut, if anything. 111ere might completely by surprise," said Schuster. lenges that could be faced in the near each of the four campuses to submit a rent budget proposal is passed by the have to be some belt-tightening, there "The State of Missouri has experi­ future. "Firs~ of all, enrollment projec­ financial resource plan for the fiscal Missouri State Legislature. might not. We should have more Love blossoms at enced considerable prosperity over the tions for fue winter semester have not year 2002," Krueger said. "The plans "First, the Chancellor [Blanche definitive information by the late Botanical Garden last few years. I didn't think that the 2- been achieved. Secondly, operations were submitted based upon a number Toul1ill] will call a meeting to careful- spring or early summer." In spite of the wintry weath­ er of February, Missouri Botanical Garden serves as a glorious getaway in all seasons SGA officers answer critics of for sweethearts who stroll through the beautifully-main­ • • • tained grounds . const1tut1on vote at meetmg .. See page 3 BY RHASHAD PITTMAN staff wl7'ter The low turnout of students at the Student Government Association election sparked some criticism from BRIEFS members of the SGA Assembly at last Tuesday's SGA meeting. Less than 1 percent of the student asks \xxIy passed a new SGA constitution Survey why on Jan. 23. Voting students were given only a few days' notice· before students leave the election to re\'iew important Gary Grace, vice chancellor amendment changes. Thieves were able to get into a dorm room in t he South Campus for Student Affairs, r:ecently James Larrew, Political Scien presented the Budget -and Academy representative, called the sidence Han, stealing merchandise, keys, and a car. The inci­ dent prompted officials to remind residents to take common­ Planning Committee with the election a ·'tIm·esty: sense precautions. results of the annual Non­ "Students may decide the don't Returning Student SUrvey. need us," Larrew said. The NRSS found that of the Lmew criticized SGA President students who responded, 75.5 Ryan Connor for having voting polls percent had either dropped available for just one day instead of Thieves break into out or stopped with the intent two and suggested that SGA had to return later. rushed to ratify the constitution. The biggest reason students Connor took the blanle for the dorm room, steal car dted for leaving UMSL was lack of publicity and low turnout, but work or family conflicts. Over he also pointed out that he was under­ staffed and bombarded with numer­ BY STEVE VALKO the robbery might have been an inside 51 percent said this. .. - _. -•.... .. ... .... .. ... .. .......... 'Younger students don't ous activities leading up to and on the staff writer job, Grubbs said, 'We don't know. want to be poor while in day of the election. We're working with the police on the school," said Joanne Bocd, "We got something done that was­ On Jan. 29, thieves got into the situation. I don't think it would be an interim associate vice chancel­ n't done before." Connor said. "I apartment of Mike Auer, a resident intelligent guess on my part because I lor for Student Affairs. 'They think it's far from a travesty. I think assistant in the SOUtll Campus don't know." still want the nice things, and it's a huge success." Re.sidence Hall, taking merchandise Grubbs said that she doesn't know if don't realize that going to col­ Connor said that he would have and his car. the robbery was with forced entry or if lege is a sacrifice finandally as used more SGA funds for publicity "What was taken was his phone, the thieves had a key. well." but he didn't want to take money wallet, can1era, and automobile, a 1999 '·The only accessibility to a stll- .· away from advertising for bigger Ford Contour," said Bob Roeseler, dent's room, other than the student, of elections in the future. chief of the UMSL police. course, is through a master key secure­ "Let's face it, we're not going to "Pretty much someone got into ly locked in lock boxes. R.As don;t Couples get ideas get more than about 1 percent," of the [Mike's] room., took his stuff, and left," have keys to students' rooms. The keys student vote, Connor said. "We didn't said Lisa Grubbs, Director of are in lock boxes, which means that to for creative dates in the last election." Ryan Connor, SGA president, rearranges his materials after the Residential Life. get a key, you have to give up a key," Ellory Glenn, SGA vice president SGA meeting. last Tuesday. Connor defended his handling of the Auer declined conunent to The said Grubbs Student Activities and UPB said that he wasted $200 when he SGA constitution vote and other matters. "We got something Current, saying he didn't want to jeop­ Gruhbs said the residents at the will hold a "Creative Dating" printed 1500 ballots for the fall SGA done that wasn't done before," he said. ardize the ongoing investigation. South Campus Residence Hall are a program 7 p.m. this Wednesday, elections only to have a lack of par­ According to the police report, the very cohesive group. Grubbs also noted in Century Room C of the ticipation. Court, probably within a few weeks, Connor said that he had not decid­ robbery occurred during between 4:45 that the residents were selected for an Millennium Student Center. The "We're not trying to pull anything to handle smdent grievances and pos­ ed what actions he would take if the am. and 12:05 p.m. on Jan 29. award regionally for being the resident program will help participants over on the students," Connor said sibly student traffic ticket appeals. administration chose to continue One important question is how the community of the month. decide what they want from after the meeting. "Why would I be In an interview after the meeting, using the three member panel to thieves got into Auer's apartment. Grubbs said that this incident should relationships, overcome nega­ killing myself for the maltreatment of Connor said that he would m.eet with review the appeals. I1lere were no signs of forced entry.