T V OICE OF UM-ST. LOUIS October 19, 1998 The University of Missouri-St. Louis Vol. 32 Iissue 933 Arts Center Art imitating life design comes under fire ...........................BY BRIAN .. DOUGLAS staff edltor The senate budget and planning commit­ tee passed a resolution that petitions Chancellor Blanche T ouhiH to reconsider the current plan of the proposed Performing Arts Center. The resolution, passed Friday, calls on the Chancellor "to cease implementation of the current plan for the Performing ArtS Center, and participate with the campus communit}' in establishing a process intend­ ed to reexamine the scale and the design of the faciEty, so that any Performing Arts Center built on the campus will reflect the campus' overall educational and program­ matic needs." The resolution indicated that the com­ minee supported "the expansion of per­ forming arts programs and a perfonning arts facility on the UMSL campus." Touhill has previously-said that she will not consider changing the Center's desigr:. The resolution cited concerns about the potential risks to UM-St. Louis' budget and programs which might be posea by the operational costs of the proposed Center, as well as a belief that the present design of the facility is geared more towards commercial use than educational needs. Stephanie Plattl TIle C,{;Tent Touhill remained adamant that the build­ Peruvian artist Polo Ramirez Zapata demonstrates the Pre-Columbian technique of creating ceramics in the J. C. ing as currently designed is academic in Penney Building Oct. 7 while Jennifer Gindra provides commentary for a group of 2nd graders from St. Ann nature, and said thelt she is not troubled by Elementary school. Ramirez was on campus to celebrate Peru '98 , a part of Hispanic/latino Heritage Month the idea of using revenues from commercial sources to assist ",,-jth the operational costs of the proposed Center. .. • Enrollment campaign declared a success BY JOSH RENAUD dIe. .-.---.---.-... -- --.. -- .. ---.-... ---.-... -~.... ~ ..- ..- .....__ .. _ ._.- .... _.- •... dent volunteers calling people who had b(')en admitted, but of the Current staff Accord.ing to G race, the increase was the result of a con­ who hadn't registered yet. to try and convince them to come The effort of the administration, faculty, and staff to certed effort by faculty and staff to retain students already here." increase enrollment has paid off according to the recent enrolled and to pursue more new students. Nelson said that in order to increase the University'S visi­ Enrollment Summary from the Office of the Registrar. "We see ourselves as a comprehensiyc, full-service universi­ bility, they began an advertising campaign that included TV The official on-campus enrollment for this semester is ty," Grace said. "A university is defined by its classes. We commercials and they worked hard to get information to the 12,140, which is a 2.4 percent increase over the 1997 fallsemes­ don't eVer want to abdicate the traditional underclasses. press. ter. In add.ition, the number of on-campus credit hours Freshman are important to student hfe, so we want to build "This has benefited the school," said Jim Krueger, vice­ jumped 3.8 percent over the 1997 fall semeSter figure to ~tcl~~." . chancellor for Managerial and Technological Services, 110,463 this semester. The campaign to recruit students began earlier this year. "because We have better-qualified students, .a more diverse stu­ "Most of our numbers are up," said Gary Grace, vice-chan­ Grace said that faculty and staff did more follow-ups and dent body, and more full-time students." cellor of Student Affairs. "Vle have fewer students in educa­ spent many evenings making phone calls. Krueger said that student fees provide approximately 45 tion, and we had a decline in nursing, but that was a planned "'I{fe did calling campaigns," said ]ac¥ Nelson, vice-chan­ decline. It's hard to find a negative in the whole kit and caboo- cellor for Academic Affairs. "We had faculty, staff, and stu- see Enrollment, page 6 Alcohol Awareness Week Curators give approval . ' . ' , ' to Fine Arts expansion '::: .:' :' : ::: :" to focus on responsibility BY SHONTA DODSON Issues. A mOVie, "Binge Drinking special to the Current Blowout," will be showing at the Printmaking facility Promoting the safe usage of alcohol is University Meadows Clubhouse on the purpose behind National Collegiate Wednesday. A mocktail party in the to highlight new Alcohol Awareness Week. University Center Lobby will be held on The theme, "make choices you can live Thursday, and all drinks are on the house. BFA addition with," reflects that idea. Information, red ribbons and pledge cards BY DAVID BAUGHER ''We just ask, if you are going to drink, will also be available in the University senior editor please do it responsibly," said Michael the week. The Board of Curators gave final Hachmeister, directOr of Horizons Peer approval to the construction of a new wing Educators. to the Fine Arts Build.ing at a meeting in Hachmeister, a graduate student, has Columbia, Friday. worked with the program for the past two The low bid of $1.5 million, submitted years. The other five members of the orga­ by Orf Construction Co. of Bridgeton, nization are undergraduates. Mo. includes plans for an addition to the Horizons Peer EducatOrs are the main building, according to a system sponsors of Alcohol Awareness Week, but other organizations help out as well, by spokesman, who added that non-construc­ advertising, distributing information, and tion related expenses would bring the wing's total cost to about $1.9 million dol­ either coming to the activities planned, or helping to put the activities together. lars. The activities going on throughout the BF A coordinator Dan Younger said Stephanie Platt/ The Current week are in different locations arounn the that the extension, which will occupy part Kathleen Fisher paints in a stUdio of campus to give as many students as possi­ of the building's parking lot, would greatly the Fine Arts Building. The Curators ::,, :. : ble, the opportunity to participate. expand the department's facilities. approved the addition of a new wing "We are trying to have [the activities] at "It almost doubles our size," Younger to the structure Friday, which will a variety of places, so that different people said. include a new printmaking facility. can come to our events," Hachmeister said. He said that it will also provide office ished." The week kicks off with a visit from and classroom space for Des Lee Endowed Younger said that the new wing would 105.7 The Point, who will be set up on the Professor for Art Education Louis University Center Pano. There will also be Lankford. make it possible for the program to add the Fatal Vision Goggles demonstrations. "It's an even clearer path toward getting art of printmaking to its list of majors, with Tuesday, at the Honors College, there will an art education major," Younger said. the creation of a 3,800 square foot print­ be a forum with UM-St. Louis police offi­ "That's something he has to work out with making facility. The department has cer Kevin Hanebrink about alcohol-related education and art...It's an idea that has already aquired] eff Sippel, a master print.- become a proposal but it's not yet fin- see BFA, page 6 m:be Qturrent October 19, 1998 N a m e d UM·St. Lou ! S 9 9 B B e s Campus Put it on the Board: The Cumnt EIJe11is Bulletin Board is a service pro­ uided fire ofchmge to all student organizahons ana UniL>ersity departments and , divisions. Deadline far submissions to The Cwrent EWlts Bulletin Board is 5 David Baugher· Editor-in-Chief pm. eJJeJy Thursday befare publicaiion. Space ronsideratioll is given to student Ashley Cook • Managing Editor organizations and is on a flTSl·romeJlTSt-served basis. We suggest aUsubmis­ Pam White • Business Manager sions be posted at least tuxJ u:eeks pnor to the event. Send submissions to: Todd Appel, 7940 Natural Bridge Road, 5L Louis MO 63121 ar fax 516-681 J. Judi Linville • Faculty Adviser All listings use 516 prefixes unless otherwise indicated. Tom Wombacher • Advertising Dir, Brian Douglas • News Editor Commun t y B u d n 9 Program Amy Lombardo • Features Editor Ken Dunkin • Sports Editor Stephanie Platt • Photography Dir. Illinois . Monday, Oct. 19 • Alcohol Awareness Week: a~~~---Ir=::~, oct~~-;-' -~-----1 A&E Editor • Monday Noon Series: The Ethics of Information Table from 11 a.m. to 2 ! : SOUP AND SOUL FOOD (free lunch Virtue and the Value of Change in the p.m. in the U-Center Lobby. Contact: • UMSL Jazz Ensemble will be play- and a time for prayer and medita- Em Sbell'mei • Prod, Manager Hunters Society of Ivory Coast, West Horizons Peer Educators, 5730. ing the music of Duke Ellington tion) from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dave Kinworthy • Sports Associate Africa-A Slide Talk. Joseph Hellweg, under the direction of Dr. Don N. at Normandy United Methodist Mary Lindsley • Ad. Associate lecturer in anthropology, UM-St. Louis, • The Political Science Academy Parker in the J.C. Penney Auditorium Church at 8000 Natural Bridge Rd . explains why hunters recently trans­ Meeting at 7:30 p.m. will be at the at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. Sponsored by the Wesley Foundation Todd Appel • Prod, Associate formed their regional, secret society home of Professor Martin Rochester. Campus Ministry. Everyone invited. Craig Holway • Business Associate into a national anti-crime force. This Maps are available in the political sci­ • Biological Society Meeting at 2 Contact: Roger Jespersen, 385- event will be held in 229 J.C.