GET PRIMED ~A~~!:R lUESDAY * SINCE 1966 STUDENT NEWSPAPER * February 4, 2008 . \,()I\ i ~lI >!l,ISSI ' 1 12\S THISWEEK BOARD OF CURATORS Clinton campaign Architect named for science lab "Do not forget to vote renovations Tuesday, Feb. 5 student support By PAUL HACKBARTH Missouri and Illinois are Editor·in·Chief two of 'more than 20 states The Board of Curators named holding primaries this Tues- Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. " day. Polls are open from 6 (HOK) of S1. Louis as the design­ a.m. to 7 p.m. Check with build bridging services for the Ben­ your local municipality for ton-Stadler science complex addition polling places. and renovations Thursday at its meet­ ing here. HOK was chosen after campus INSIDE administrators interviewed three ad- . ~ ditional firms: Health Education & Research Associates, Inc. (HERA), Cannon Design and Mackey Mitchell Architects, which were ranked sec­ ond, third and fourth respectively. About $28.5 million of the $350 million in assets from the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority was set aside for improvements in labs and classrooms in the science Quick Read complex. Despite a The sci- snowstorm, the ence complex UM Board of It's a gas, gas, gas includes five ~ buildings: Ben­ Curators approved Wayne Garver, UM-St an architect for a ton Hall, Stadler Louis physics instructor and Hall, Research revamp to Benton­ research scientist, converted Stadler Halls and Building, An­ a 4.1 pe rcent his Volkswagen into an heuser-Busch electric car. col o ;Y Ilnd tuition increase ior Co nse r a­ students next YEar. See FEATURES, page 6 To read tion CompJex more about (Greenhouse), the Board and the Center of Curators When the president for Nanoscience meeting, see (CNS) Build­ page 3. gets schooled ... ing. Political Science Professor The total area of the five buildings is 354,750 David Robertson teacb~s (TOP) Jus~n Nilhas, junior.· business, was confronted by a member of Hillary Clinton's staff during her daughter Chelsea's visit to the square feet. students a timely subject MHiennium Student Center 011 .an. 28. Nilhas was holding up a homemade sign for Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul. (ABOVE> Chelsea Clinton answers students' questions about social security, education and more for her mother's campaign for the The University requested the ser­ during this election year. Democratic presidential nomination. vices ofHOK at a "not-to-exceed fee See FEATURES, page 6 of $582,000," with a total estimated project cost of $50 million. The first phase will be covered by Hannegan's mixes good Chelsea Clinton rallies voters for her mother $28.5 million promised by the MO­ HELAsale. Ii food with politics The remainder will come from By SARAH O'BRIEN the United States not only to help her Quick Read said about the stigma that college Check out The Current's motber, but to encourage students to maintenancelrepairs capital pool and The daughter of presidential campuses are more geared toward review of Hannegan's Res- News Editor vote. rival candidate Barack Obama. the infrastructure fee, as well as land candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to a taurant and Pub in time for Clinton traveled to Kayak's Cof­ "The democrats in the media say grants and loans as needed. large crowd last Monday. including Last Monday in the Millennium fee near Washington University in that more conservative, and older The plans for the renovations were Super and Fat Tuesday. a student with a poster supporting Student Center, Chelsea Clinton, addition to other Missouri universi~ liberals will vote for Hillary, and the included in the request to name HOK See A&E, page 11 Republican candidate Ron Paul. daughter of presidential hopeful ties to speak to students. liberal college students are all for as the architect. (I Hillary Clinton addressed students "It doesn't matter if you don't Obama." . Student Goverrunent President ON THE WEB questions about her mother's cam­ want to vote for my mom," Clinton of the College Democrats at UM-St. Chelsea commented on how nice Bryan Goers said the plan is to build paign. said, "but please at least vote." Louis. the MSC was, saying, "It's nicer than a new building while renovations are Clinton is the daughter of Demo­ Clinton was introduced by Johna­ " I think that it's amazing that anything I had at Stanford." occurring in the other buildings. 1rbrcE cratic hopeful Hillary and former than Eftink, sophomore, undeclared, campuses aren't supposed to be for President Bill Clinton. The 27-year­ who endorses Hillary Clinton for Hillary and there are all these stu­ See BENTON·STADLER, page 3 Web poll results: old is campaigning to st\ldents across president. Eftink is also a member dents here supporting her," Eftink See CHELSEA CLiNTON,page 10 Do you plan to vote on 'Super Tuesday'? Oh , theweamer outside was frightful. By ANGIE SPENCER Read Proofreader . " Campusciosed'Thursday evening and . Yes. .ali:day Fri1:Jay for snow. The only event "Let It Snow! Let it .Snow! Let It that was· not cancelled was the Board of Curators meeting, which was held No. Snow!" ." That is what UM-St. L6Uis;tu­ bo'th Thursday and Friday on campus. Not sure. dents were thinking last Thursday when around 10 a,m. it began to snow information." That information was It's Super Bowl and they hoped UM-St Louis would not released. Sunday, not Super canceJ classes. Students received the same e-mail Tuesday, duh. By 3 p.m., however, the school still at 3:37p.m. stating that evening class­ remained open. es were cancelled. This week's question: As of 2:46 p.m. on Thursday, the They ·then received a second re­ How did you spend your . University was plannmg to remain minder e-mail at 3:55 p.m. snow day last week? open, according to an e-mail sent to At 5:01 a.m. Friday morning, stU­ the faculty and staff by Glen Cope, dents were sent an e-mail stating that vice chancellor for academic affairs. all activities on campus were can­ However, less than an hour later, at INDEX celled. Matthew Hill • Photo EdIIOr precisely 3:33 p.m., a ' s-econd e-mail Snow covers the campus Friday morning after about 8.5 inches fe I from a snowstorm that swept What's Current 2 was sent out stating that the Univer­ See SNOW CLOSING, page 3 through St. Louis Thursday evening and Friday morning. Thursday evening classes and events and all Crimeline 2 sity would be closing "based on new classes and events on Friday were cancelled except for the of Curators meeting. Opinions .._. 4-5 ... ''r Feat u re~ 6-10 Stay· Cu';-rent E 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday ........ Thursday Friday .Saturday Sunday ,.• A& . .... .. ..... ......"_ ... ".. ....... ; I , ........ ;1:- witkl this, ~ <" HilLow: 45/29 Hi/Low: . Hi/Low: 5\1}35 SP?rts ... .. 12-13 ~ilL~~: " 65/48 HiILCMt~ Sl '/~( .Hif!!ow: 35/25 Hi/Low: 44/31 week's weather Precip: 30% Precip: 10% Precip: 10% Cartoons/Puzzles 14 Predp: 30% Precip: 80% Precip: 10% Page 2 1Cht trUITmt February 4, 2008 CAMPUS BEATING MASTER CHIEF AT HIS OWN GAME 'Jhe Universirv of MiSSOUri-SL Louis Srudem N~wspaper Since 1966 CRIMELINE STAff Paul Hackbarth. Editor-In-Chief FRIDAY, JAN. 29 Carrie Fasiska • Managing Editor Melissa S. Hayden· Business Manager Rob Borkin • Ad Director STEAliNG OF ACREDIT DEVICE - Judi linville • Adviser UNIVERSITY MEADOWS Mabel Suen • Copy Editor Justi Montague· Copy Editor The incident occurred some­ Shannon McManis • Design Editor tin1e in November 2007. The vic­ Sarah O'Brien • News Editor tim reported that someone stole Cate Marquis • A&E Editor her mail, containing ber credit laGuan Fuse' Sports Editor card and then used it in November Tom Schnable • Asst. Sports Editor of 2007 to make purchases with­ Angie Spencer' Proofreader Ollt her permission. Gene Doyel • Web Editor The victim discovered the theft Matthew Hill' Photo Edftor Danny Reise Asst. Photo Editor I when she received a statement Distribution from tbe credit card company. The investigation is continuing. Staff Writers Stuart Reeves, Jeremy Trice, Bianca The UM-St. Louis Police De­ Powe ll, Greg Gatcombe, Scott LavelocK, partment is open 24 hours a day. Stephanie Soleta, Christa Riley, Camila ~ry01l see anyone that looks suspi­ Buechler, Chris Stewart, Jessica Keil ciOliS or out ofplace you are en­ couraged to call the UM-St. Louis Staff Photographers Police at 516-5155 or 911 if it is an emergency. Courtney A. Strong, Sofl Seck Remember that crime preven­ tion is a community effort, and Page Designers anyolle having information con­ Tom Bremer cel71ing these or any othir inci­ dents should contact th e campus police. 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