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BY NICK BOWMAN .': .... staff writer --"-- Baseball Rivermen "Can we park there yet?'.' seems to We are waiting for results be the question on many students' unstoppable over minds as they look out the east doors of tests done on the microsil· of the Millennium Student Center. icone concrete that was last two weeks There, they see a brand-new parking used in the garage structure. structure waiting to be filled with cars Since being swept by and trucks. If things go as plarmed, -Sam Darandari indianapolis two weeks ago, the according to Sanl Darandari, director Director of Campus Planning and Construction baseball Rivermen have gone of Carllpus . Planning and on a hot streak, boosting their Construction, students will have record to 8-6 in the Great Lakes access to the new parking garage with --,,-- Valley Conference and 20-13 in two months. The problem has stemmed from the open for the sununer semesters. overall. "Even if the tests come back nega pending results of two concrete tests. "Stl1lcturally, the building is very tive, we will be able to coat the gar-age and let it set for five weeks," said sound," said Darandari. "However, we .. See page 5 Schuster. "We're not going to rush are waiting for results of tests done on the microsilicone concrete that was anything this late into the semester if used in the garage structure." we don't have to." Earlier this year, two tests were Administrators say garages C and conducted on the concrete used in the D have become eyesores on the garage, a rapid test and a long-ternl UMSL campus, and there is unani BRIEFS test, both designed to test the perme mous agreement to tear them down as ability of the concrete, and to decide if . soon as possible. "Chancellor [Blanche TouhilJ] was the garage needed another silicone coating. TIle garages were made with asking me when we were going to get International Week rid of those awful things," said this certain concrete because of its low begins Monday permeability, which should help them DaraIldari. "We look out the window stand up longer to the elements. Salt of this brand-new building and we star-e straight ut thern." and water will nor penetrate the struc International Week .2001 tures as easily a regular con<..Tete. Schuster said that be would like to begins Monday witb ao have garage C down by the end of this Results w re suppos d to be given to national fashion show from tbe Dni ersity April 4. sunmler, and take D down in the next noon·1 p.m. in the Millen'nium "We are expecting the results to SWlllner, although Dar~mdari has yet to Student Center_ The week cul come in hy mid-week,"' said put together the demolition packages. minates with an international Darandari. "We will begin taking garage C dinner this Saturday at 6 Another prohlem in opening the down on July 1 if at all possible," said Schuster. p.m., also in the Student East Garage now is the secmity. This proposed demolition should Center Tickets for the dinner According to Reinhard Schuster, vice not affect the number of student are $5 and wi.ll be available chancellor of Administrative Services, the white lines and other minor fea spaces, a<; the opening of Ea.,t garage at international student Gov. Ann Richards speaks with Mark Magas, a real estate agent, before giving her speech last will add about 650 spaces, wIllie the ture bave not been painted in the booths this Wednesday during Friday. Richards, former governor of Tex.as, came to UMSL· to talk about women in political pos demoliti.on of C will take away 524. garage. Regardless of the result~ of tbe the Mirthday carntval. titions. test, however, he projects the garage to Temporary surface parking will be provided as well . • Awards honor those who help disabled Universities receive good marks on 'report card'
BY TIM THOMPSON encourages high school students to addition, the number of degrees award higher education from 21 million in financing their bigher education. TIlls Students with disAbilities stafl writer take college-level courses in order to ed dm1n cr the sarne time period 1993 to 'a proje.cted 54 milJjon in _00 1. could lead to many dropouts if more Association and Disability prepare them for the many challenges increased by 14 percent This reflects nearly a160 percent rise. nmds are not allocated. Access Services presented The Missowi Coordinating Board that lay allead. TIle report also detailed encourag The report wasn't completely rosy, Moreover, students' dependency their "Most Accommodating" for Higher Education met at Logan Secondly, membership in the ing news in the category of equal though. Cheryl Schroeder, the public upon loans has jumped from 40 per awards last week to faculty, College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield AdvaIlced Placement Program bas opportunity in education. For example, infOlmation officer for the Missouri cent in 1981 to over 59 percent in 2000. staff and departments for on April 12 to receive the armual increased over the last year, further over the last eight years. the number of Department of Higber Education, stat 111is, coupled with the fact that the efforts made to help students progress report on statewide initiatives enhancing the likelihood a high school minorities e
Put it on the Board: II ~udel1l orwl11izaliollS mid . Josh Renaud· Editor·in·Chie! dedft'ee of dmrge to a -I 0 d 's 5 Anne Porter· .lfanaging Editor . Board is a service prol'l . ent Even ts Bulletin Boar I The ('1I n-enl El'e1lt5 Bulletin .. ' [)eadlillejor sub11liS)lons to The CUI r . Zationsand is 011 Inshirah • Business Manager . tents (!I1d dll'lS101lS. . ' '. ' en to student O1ga/ll AI • Bawazeer Bulletin Board ['nil [irs/tv depm ill . 'w!ion Space ll ksprior el·e/ll. bl cOIH;/deratlo /.\ gIV . to tiJe Judi Linville • FaG"!)' Adviser . . TI rsda\' beJare pu I· . . . . b posted at least twO u·ee _ p .lIl. el.eT) JU . . H'f <1'ooes! a/l SUb I1I1SS I011S e . lAO 62J?1 or (ax )166811. Tom Wombacher· Adllel1isil7g Di/'. '~ erued basiS. we ""'00 'd R~ - rI St LoUIS ;YI '-1 - J' afir'St-(ome. fi./""5 . ' 79-iO Natural 8n ge lM<-~ . Prod Associate Tuesday, April 1 i . 'OIlS /0 ' Violeta D/I/lltroua, Wednesday, April 18 Selld $[/b rlllSSl . • .nc!. ted. therwlse I lea 516 prefixes unless 0 Danen BNne • Photo Director S .Colloquium- "Interviewing for ·Rec Sports Deadline for Tennis A1llistin9 use . Sunday, April 22 Prod A 8001 Natural Bridge Rd. St. Louis, Missouri 63121 THE CAIVIPUS C RIIVIELINE Newsroom. (314) 516-51 '4 Advertising. (31 516·5316 Business. (314) 516-5175 April 4, 2001 April 7, 2001 terfeit student parking permit. The Garage "N" was found to have a counter Fax • f3l 4) 516-6811 A pers on reported that on 4/ 6/ 01 p,ermit was confiscated, and the inci feit parking penn it displayed on the win campus: At 2: 10 p. m., a vehicle parked at the between 2 p.m . and 10 p.m. both front dent will be referred to the Student dow. The student parking permit was con 388 .11illennium. Student Center Honors College was found to have a and rear license plates were stolen Affairs Office. fiscated, and the incident will be referred email: counterfeit student parking permit. from the vehicle, while it was parked to the Student Affairs Office. [email protected] The permit was confiscated, and the at UMSL North MetroLink. A student residing at the University website: incident will be referred to the Student Meadows reported that on 4/8/01 April 12, 2001 bftp:/ltilU~ II. lbecum!1llol1[ine.col1l Affairs Office. A Panasonic VCR was stolen from 78 J. between 1 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. a A vehicle parked on Lot "E" at 11 a.m . e. Penney Building between 10 a.m. roommate damaged purposely a num was found to have a counterfeit park he a.n-ent isp.tllished_ty 00 Mcndays. 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In honor of its 15th anniversary in Smith says that pcut of the success St. Louis, Habitat for Humanity, an of the program lies in the cooperation organization in which volunteers and between the buyers, the volwlteers and homeowners work side by side to professionals. "We have professionals build homes for the first-time home to assist in certain areas, but the volun buyers, will build 15 houses in IS days teers and the buyers really do every in the city of Wellston, starting April thing," Smith said. 28, for the 2001 Blitz Build. Smith, who has been a volunteer On Aplil 28, Habitat will begin for Habitat for eleven yecu's, thinks that building the homes, StaIting with the the most satisfying thing about dle exterior walls and blue boards, and organization is the relations between will continue through the dedication the homeowners culd the volunteers. ceremony on May 13. "Once we start "The most gratifying part has been the building the exterior walls on Aplil28, dedication ceremonies where we hand nothing will stop us," said Howard the owners the deeds, the keys, and the Smith, president of Habitat for bottle for the dedication," Smith said. Humanity-St. Louis Board of "Many of them are first-generation Directors. home buyers, and their parents never Smith said that community had a home of their own, so the looks involvement in this project is very on their faces are just wonderful." important. "We chose Wellston Volunteers are still needed to help because of the large impact to the com build dle homes, in any capacity from munity," Smith said. "We want to get laying out dle groundwork to putting more people involved in the communi in the nails. Volunteers are also needed ty and empower them politically in the to help prepare food for the builders. principalities." For more information, please call Photo courtesy of Habilal for bumanil)' The Blitz Build will mark the first Maxine Goldstein or Claudine Colbert Habitat for Humanity is planning to build fifteen houses in fifteen days starting in late April. major project done by the organization at (314) 725-5255. Because of the rapid building process entailed, this project has been nicknamed Blitz Build. for this year. In the fall. Habitat plans School violence is becoming more popular \ BY JENNIFER D ODD campaigns going on in schools and school to shoot or kill classmates. about them. We need to bring these culd movies. I blame the media as ," . 0 • • , , • • ••• • __ ...... , •• •• ••••• •• ••• •• special to Tbe CUI7'('nt some schools even have no fight zone Yet at Ul\1SL. the education pro issues about, and get it out at school. well. signs posted. Also, schools should granl is n'ying to change things for the We shouldn't probe the kids if they "Also, the more guns we have, the keep in mind that they should have better in schools. "Last year we hired don't want to talk, but instead have more violence there is due to the pro The contents of a typical fiftb high expectations of behavior and Mcuvin Berkowitz, who wrote a book small discussions." aid Shelman. liferation of guns. We have more grader's bookbag include some pens content," said Dr. Helene Shelman, on Columbine. Berkowitz teaches After the Columbine scare . many weapons in our society and guns cu'e and pencils. and perllaps a squashed Associate Dean of Education at "Developing Character and schools took drastic measures such as the most effective," said a dismayed banana.. from a lunch that was never U1vISL. Coursework.'· Through this cow-se, lmiforms in public school and metal Shemmn. eaten, a~ sociated with a trade involv- The two-year anniversary of the we see how to deal with children aJ.1 d detectors. "Metal detector are not the A final point in the uma veli.ng of • • ~ ~I -I' llb chocolate pudding snacks~ so i.n Colmubille High School shooting - in group dynamic as well as the foun answer, and no one tool is 100 percent the safe school is that the [anull' has the bookbag are books, folders, and uttleton, Colo. is coming up on April dation. .A.l 0 , the college students effective. Instead, we should use cbanged. every on;e in a while a weapon sneaks 20. In these shootings many kids dicd leam how to deal with a situation that cOW1SelOrs such as Peter Yaro, from "From what I see. the schools in. culd an upper middle-class conunW1.i can lead to violence," said Sherman. Peter, Paul. and Mary, and he sing, haven't really changed and the Unfortunately, the school-shoot ty was affected. A Good Morning UMSL's education program is also 'Don't Laugh at Me.' In this song it biggest hanges have been with the ing trend is still a problem, culd in fact America poll found that most stu trying to implement more techniques talks about people being made fun of fanuly. More children are getting the most recent occurence happened dents feel safe, and that their concerns so that St Loui schools don't end up due to their race, shyne s, social cIa '" . poorer and the rich children cue being in Scultee, Calif. Charles Andrew are no worse- culd in some cases bet like another Jonesboro, Ark. or etc. Yaro goe s to different school and put into private schools, that dleir Williams is accused of killing two stu ter--than they were after the shoot Oregon incident "We are trying to put sings this song and it helps the kids," fanlilies can aff rd . There is a moving dents and wounding 13. Williams had ings at Columbine. in courses that are lnstmctional said Sherman. away f money and resources for EDITOR reportedly been a taI-get of bullying at Also according to the poll , one in Methods. In these courses. the soon There are some other tactics that these poor kids and they are staying his school. eight says he or she personally knows to-be educators will be taught more would be useful to put an end to clumped together. There is too much 'There cue: some preventive tactics a student who's brought a gun to way to incorporate preventive tac school violence. "In this ociety. it has poverty. and it is a vicious cycle," CATHERINE dlat schools have to decrease the vio school, and one in ten has heard of a tics. Also. we need to acknowledge become increasingly violent due to conclud d Sherman. MARQUIS-HOM EYER : lence. There are a lot of anti-bullying plan by one or more students at their the kids' emotional needs and talk the graphic nature of video game , features editor phone: 516-5174 fax: 516-6811 Do it for your mother: Earth day is April 22 EVENTS: I was given by an authority in the the Missouri environment and great BY C 'ATHERIN E field, Dr, Deborah Clark. You may source of information on how you M ARQUiS-HOMEYER not be aware that in addition to pro can help. Other sponsoring orga staff editor viding our area with natural beauty, nizations include the Sierra April the Missouri Botanical Garden is a Club of Eastern Missouri, Mother Earth is certainly having world-class facility that takes pmt MissoUll Department of a hard time ihese days. in a significant amount of research Conservation, City of 18 Environmental issues have been in in tropical biology, in conjunction St. Louis Pcu'ks, St. the news lately with our govern with a local university. This univer Louis County Parks. Mirthday ment's decisions not to support the sity, with its research center in the St. Louis Kyoto protocols to control green Central America, is probably the Science Center, 19 house gases, and to not regulate premiere research program in trop the Zoo, the The Center For Intemational arsenic in drinking water, along ical ecology in North America, Hi s tory Studies presents "The Irish Fiddle,". with the looming issue of global drawing students and faculty from Museum, the a perfomlance with hi storical reflee': warming and the spread of animal m'ound the globe who m'e interested Missouri lions , featuring Patrick Ourceau: diseases like mad cow and hoof in this vital topic. Which university Botanical master fiddler. 12:30 p.m.- J:45 p.m. and-mouth in the global economy. is this - Washington University') St. Gm'den and the in room 205 Music Building. Free. And now, just in time, comes a day Louis University') No, it's our very International Call Free. Call 516-5273. to ponder the fate of the planet's own at University of Missouri-Sf Center for environment. Lows. Dr. Clark is research profes Tropical The Center For lntemational Earth Day is April 22. As the sor at La Selva Biological Station. Ecology, along Studies presents "Inventing flowers of April bloom, it is a good Costa Rica and University of with numerous Paradise: The Greek Joumey of.. time to think about taking care of Missouri-SI. Louis. Although you other local organi Modem Hellenes and Philhellen es' ~ the natural environment. Earth Dav may have missed this lecture, infor zations, agencies and by Dr. Edmund Keely, Profes so~ businesses. The events Emeritus, Princeton U. 7 p.m. rece~ is the day to n·ad.itionally con s id~r mation on this important topic is !lities primarily focus on water li on, 7:30 p.m. lecture in th~ and speak up for issues concerned available from the International at 7 issues and range from Millennium Student Center. CentU1'): with the health of the planet. Center for Tropical Ecology at the p.m. Call child-centered fanuly activi- Room C. Free. RSVP by calliniit Although Earth Day is officially University of Missouri-St. LDuis in AlA for ties to more serious or scholar- 516-7299. I April 22, the events concerned with the Research Wing between more infonna ly discussions. The focus is on the it often span the month, making Benton and Stadler Halls. tion. long range and historical view, 21 ~ April both the month of the envi Official Earth Day events begin Saturday, April 21 , - rather than current events, and The Center for ronment and the blossoming of on April 19 and mn through April has events around town. Intel1lationa~ many of the events are hands-on and Studies presents the seminar "1'he: spnng. 27. The theme of this yecu"s St. Activities at the Mississippi River, acti~ities, Most of the events are Future" at the Missouri History Changing Triangle: The U.S., China: Earth Day-related events for the Louis event is reclaiming our water the Missouri River, River Des free, although a few charge a fee for Museum at 7:00 p.m .. with lecture. and Taiwan" 9 a.I11.-5 p.m. in the J~ month have already started, k.icked and our rivers, since St. Louis was Peres, area parks and other loca mater.ials. Most of the events on on St. Louis' historical relationship C. Penney Building. $20. Call 51 6-\ off by a lecture last week at the founded at the confluence of two tions are featured. Among these, great rivers, the Mississippi and the Earth Day itself take place at Forest to its rivers. The lectures will be 5972 to register. ... Missouri Botanical Garden the Mi s ~oUli Botanical Garden is Park. Details on all the events are followed by a reception and music. (Shaw's Garden) on "How Tropical Missouri. A number of organiza sponsoring demonstrations and dis available at the official website: Call 314-962-5838 for infonnation. Forests Work." This discussion on tions are sponsoring the events, plays by the MissoUli The Public . Policy. Researc~" www.StLouisEarthDay.org. Then, on April 20, the Missouri Center' presents ''The C[ty: Digitat how tropical forests (sometimes including the Missouri Coalition En·.ironmental Fund organizations The first ofilcial event is "St Botanical Garden present~ inforn1a Photographic Works ," an exhibit o~ called the "lungs of the world") for the Environment, which is an from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., incl~ding Eco- function and impact v",orld climate excellent organization suppOlung Louis As a River Town: Our Past tion on healthy homes and commu- ...... -...... __...... photography by Thomas E. Patto~ see EARTH D AY, page 8 through JWle 28, 8 a.I11.-5 p.m. iD,l room 362, Social Sciences Build.ing~ Free. Call 516-527. ~ .1 ~ ( _Pa~g_e_4 ______~_ ~~Curnent April 16, 2001 - , OUR OPINION Organizations build atop For its own safety, SGA layers of success, failure hildren love builcl.ing things. rebuilding the Jewish Quarter of Giant block LOwers, space Jemsalem. There are references to must select Student Court C armadas built out of !egos, Hezekiab's Wall in the Old domino houses. Testament of the Bible, It was rather At last week's SGA meeting, mer months. He asked the Assembly For one reason or another. God amazing to see. President Ryan Connor made a sur members to volunteer to be part of the The issue: put in us a desire to create. When I After last week's SGA meeting, it prising announcement: he would not grievance panel and came away from was a kid., I was into Legos, and I clid struck me that organizations are be submitting any candidates for the meeting with five names. SGA has neglected all like to build space annadas---differ much like my Lego creations and the Student Court before the end of the We have DO doubt that Connor will year to select students ent starships, land rovers, starbases. old cities of the Middle East. SGA, of year. This is an unfortunate decision make sure this election grievance to serve on the Student Then my brother and I would enact course. is rebuilding after a horren epic space battles, Inevitably, aU the dous year last year. This yem- they've that will mar an otherwise decent year panel is unbiased and that the mem Court, as required by its for the SGA. bers of the panel are not connected good guys' ships and been 1m'gely success This problem has roots in the con with any of the candidates. He assured constitution. Because of bases would get ful. fusion of last year: the canceled spring The Current that the Office of Student this, Ryan Connor, SGA destroyed. Then we'd My ovm organi elections, a "provisional govern Affairs would handle background president, has decided spend time rebuilding zation has been on a ment," and the unprecedented fall checks of the volunteers, which is to form a temporary them, and the good "building boom" the past five years or so. elections, Ultimately, though. it good, "grievance panel" to guys would decimate comes down to a failure this year to But we have to disagree with his the bad guys. And that Each year seems to follow the SGA constitution's clear logic in not submitting a Student handle any problems would be thal bring more success guidelines. COllrt. with the elections. This constant thilll the year before. After the fall elections, SGA It's tragic that the same year the destruction and Sure we make mis re builcli ng proved to takes along the way, immecliately got down to business. SGA successfully pushes a new con We suggest~ But as other issues like the new SGA stitution through, it then violates that be a vicious cycle. but by and large, constitution came to the forefront, the constitution. The Student Court is not Over years, pieces we're putting togeth SGA must have a Student would get lost, er something grand duty of selecting Student Court jus optional, just as the U.S. Supreme JOSH RENAUD tices was forgotten in the background. Court is not optional, The Student Court, even if it only instruction manuals here atop 34 years of editor-in-chief The issue didn't come up until Court has several specific, important serves for the summer. would disappear, and failures, tJiumphs, February's SGA meeting, when duties: handling traffic ticket appeals, SGA should ask the vol gradually the ships and lore. I guess it's been a while since COlmar announced he had a slatc of hearing grievances, hearing impeach unteers on the grievance began changing because we couldn't students who wanted to serve on the ment cases, and interpreting the con rebuild them the way they were Olig we've been sacked and burned Court. He said he would bring them stitution. Granted., the administration panel to continue serving inally made. actually. foUl' years to be precise. before the Assembly for a vote at the has taken away the Court's privilege as Student Court justices. On my trip this winter to Israel. That's when somebody tried to bum March meeting. of conducting the traffic ticket many of the older cities were that down our old house. Hopefully, it But things changed. Apparently. appeals. But the other three duties are way, especially Jerusalem. Houses will be quite a while before it hap some of these students backed out, essential to SGA's well-being. today in Jerusalem sit atop the the pens again. and at the March meeting. COImor We hate to be negative, but not Write a letter to the editor remains of many otJler houses built But there are little things that can ttt rt' didn't have a slate to present. Connor having a COUlt to handle constitution about this issue or anything long ago. This is mostly because of happen to hurt an organization, and said he would bring two candidates al problems that could arise the last war. Jerusalem would be sacked and those are the things, groups like oms and 1 alternate before the Assembly at few weeks of this semester or during else on your mind. burned, and then people \vould return and the SGA always have to guard the April meeting-not in time to han. the summer, is suicidal. There are and rebuild atop the renmants. against. Things like a leader who sets dIe any grievances that might be filed plenty of cli sasters that could realisti Student COUlt, we believe it's not too One side effect of this is that a bad exanlple or makes a fool of during the SGA elections. Connor cally happen: election grievances, late to rectify the probJem. Instead of everywhere you go in the Old City, himself. Or a group that becomes suggested that a "judicial conunittec" grievances over Mirthday, problems clissolving the grievance panel after you're seeing historylfyou don't see complacent instead of challenging or "gtievance panel" be fornlcd to with SABC allocations, and more. the SGA elections, Connor should it immecliately, then you're probably itself. handle any complaints that arose out How would the SGArespond if some present the five students as a slate to standing on it. Amir Tadmor. a for Hmd times will come every now of the election. thing were to happen') All of the the Assembly at its final meeting in mer government official, explained ,md then. that is certain. The tough Which brings us to Jast week's SGA's work this year-to restore May, where they can be approved as to us how Hezekiab's Wall \vas part is paving over the ruins to keep meeting, Connor announced he had order and build a solid foundatioI} Student COUltjUSticcs. found by Israelis when they were reaching for the sky. changed his mind and decided it was would be nushed down the toilet. This would be an excellent way to n't worth assembling a Student Court Even though the SGA has gone finish the task of restoring order to the that would only serve during the sum- alm(\q an entire year without a SGA after last year's debacles. Group interviews make _ I • - LETTERS people un,comfortable ,. ' got the message last Thursdav said that the reason they choose this that they wanted me to come for particular method for interviewing I was because you can't tell everything a gtDUp rntervlew. VMSL must stop rising cost ofparking 1 called back Friday, but it was from a resume and that if you can after office hours. so Ijust decided to represent yourself well in room of try again on Monday, forty people you don't know tllen I am writing this letter in response campu,es pay to park-I just don't for the new car. With placards you On Monday, when I talked the you can present yourself and tJle to the recent events that have occurred think it is right that a student attending could just take it out of your old car office manager, she said that it would company well. with counterfeit parking stickers and a public institution should have to pay and put it in your new car, also allevi be at 5 p.rn. and to call if I had any 111is all made sense to a poinl EDITORIAL the ever-incre.asing parking fee. First, I this rate to park their car so that they ating the problem for people who problems. That point became known later when will address the issue of illegal stick can attend. drive multiple vehicles on clifferent BOARD Sounds nonnal, I discovered that this ers, and then I will cover my thoughts Another peeve I have with these days. right? That's what I AND THE POINT IS". position required on the fee and what should be done. stickers is that tlley are stickers that I am not out to get the campus by JOSH RENAUD thought. heavy phone sales Counterfeit stickers I know some you must stick to your vehicle. What providing studenl, with counterfeit I dressed in casual and tllat the only A NNE P ORTER people would probably attribute these would be the issue with having win parking permits. If I were out to do business attire early people you meet in to a website that I have created. Like dow placards, or whatever you want to that, I know I could create a decal that ERIK B USCHARDT in the clay, so that I person would be Police Chief Bob Roeseler states in tJle call them. that would just hang from would be almost impossible to distin could leave from The ones that you had R HASHAD PITTMAN article by Steve Valko, my website tJle rear view mirror of each car~ guish from the real thing. I am just try Current and be on already met. clearly states that the scanned linages Can anyone who regulates parking ing to provide students a place to get TIM T HOMPSON time. The competition are not for use as parking stickers. put up some valid reasons for using infonnation about parking stickers, as About 4:55 that began with who While I do not know if the statement stickers over these? If the argument is well as post ideas on my message "Our Opinion" reflects the afternoon I walked could be the most that using a counterfeit sticker can be that these can be stolen, check out the board about how to deal with the park majority opinion of the into the office and personable when prosecuted as a felony offense is true, recent crime blurbs in The CUlTent. ing problem. If the campus would like editorial board was greeted with a introducing them this reason alone should be enough to There have been quite a few reports of to provide me with more infonnation brochure about what selves to the group keep you from using such a sticker, stolen stickers in there as well. If a stu on the site about parking rate and the this company offers, ANNE PORTER and ended when we I do believe, however, that IDISL dent buys a new vehicle during the cost of new garages, please feel free to The office manag introduced our- must do something about the rising semester, they have to take the time to e-mail them to me. managing editor er showed me to the selves one other costs of parking. I won't go into the remove the sticker from the old car, L s room where I joined about 20 other time, this time adding why each one dollar amounts tllat students at other and get a new sticker from the police --Chris Hammond people who were already waiting, of us is the most qualified for the job. I didn't know what a group inter So why the need to have all of us face MAIL view was, but I was about to find out. each other and be in open competi The Current Everyone in the room also had the tion with one another for one posi 8001 Natural Bridge same pamphlet I was handed when I tion ~ St Louis, MO 63121 High fee will drive students elsewhere arrived. The thoughts ran through my I could understand if you worked FAX mind, At first I thought this was real out in the public interacting with peo ly misleading. Telling all of us that ple in a one-to-one situation all day. (3 14) 516-6811 I wonder if the administration has who attend the University also hold ing rent, food, gas, and I won't even this was a job opening and then hav This was not the case, though. taken note of the rise in counterfeit part- or full-time employment on the get started on books. Maybe it is ing us sit through a sales presenta This type of interview only makes EMAIL parking pennits, It is amusing that a side. At my current wage, it took two time the administration steps back current@jinx,umsl.edu tion. people feel ill at ease and probably sudden rise in the number of coun and a half weeks to payoff my park and realizes UMSL is not a private All of this began to upset me more will not produce whatever qualities telfeit pennits is now being discov ing fees. It is no wonder that students institution, and that many students and more the longer I sat in that the company seeks. What it will pro ered. It doesn't take a great deal of me compelled to produce counter were attracted by the school's afford office chair. duce is someone who can act really, Letters to the editor should observational power to notice that a feits. Given alternatives such as ability, Before long, the quarter-and While all of this was happening, reaUy well without filling the require be brief and those not large portion of parking pennits has lower fees or alternative rates for dollaring of students is going to 20 more people wandered in the ments at all. exceeding 200 words will be been fake all semester, and an equal open lots and garage usage, I believe drive them off to other institutions. room and tried to find a seat. So to all you companies who use amount of vehicles only have last given preference. We edit let more students would "be honorable" Then the company officials this sort of hiring technique, I recom ters for clarity, length and semester's parking permit. UMSL and purchase pennits, The fact is that --Jason Papke entered and greeted all of us. Shortly mend you ask at the meeting what has long been known as the "work grammar. All letters must be $16 a credit hour is a hardship on a Senior, Biology after the two businessmen gave tJle subjects think about this method signed and include a daytime ing college," since most students working student who is also cover- schedule and explanation of how this and you might change yom mind as phone number. group interview would run. The man well as your hiring procedures. _ Igarashi I\ft1.ItS1.lf'l'l· bY staff pbotograpber Lydia Egubay Carlos Rodriguez Kim Su·jin Lui Wan Ship Junior I Computer Science Junior I Business Senior I American Studies Junior I MIS from Eritrea from Mexico from Korea from Hong Kong ----,,------,,------,,------" ,.... ---- We have good food, nice It's a wonderful place for Consistent and hard-working Taekwondo (martial arts) and beaches, beautiful girls, and shopping and food, the pearl people. Massawa, a port city. kimchi (food). me. of Asia. ----,,------,,------" ------" ----- April 16, 2001 "tire Cu,.rent Page 5 Riv,ermen undefeated ·in· weeks Baseball team unstoppable since loss to Indianapolis BY DAVE KINWORTHY staff editor If all it takes is losing to bne of the - tOp 10 teams in the nation before going on a hot streak tOwards the end of the season, then so be it, as the Rivermen's baseball team haS rebounded to win their past foUr games . since the 'sweep by Indianapolis two weeks iloou and boost their record to 8-6 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and to 20-13 over all. UMSL played host to Harris StOwe and came out hot as in the second inning, RBI singles from firstbaseman Nick Post and outfielder Jason Meyer got the Rivermeu qn the scoreboard. The Rivermen then exploded in the 'first inning, scoring five runs, keyed bY' catcher Chas Wigger's three ~run double to pull away from · Harris Stowe. Outfielder Brody Jackson also Riverman Buddy Simon refrains from swinging at a high ball in this past TUesday's double-header against Harris Stowe. The had an RBI single in the inning. Rivermen went on to sweep the Hornets 9-7 and 14-4. . UMSL. then posted another run in the seventh inning on another RBI sin slump, batting .214 in 30 games while like this to effect his psyche. He is one the Rivermen leading 4-1. UMSL . giving up seven hits and striking out 11 gle by Post and thirdbasenian Brett striking out a teain-high 33 times. of the go-to guys on this club. When it would score six more runs in the sixth Harris Stowe batters, Katz put the Rivermenup for good "He needs to keep persevering," does come together, it is going to come inning on only two hits, as the Harris The Rivermen then hosted a tlu'ee ,\lith a solo homerun, giving the Head Coach Jim Brady said. ''He . in volumes." . Stowe pitching was exploited. The game skid with Kentucky Wesieyan . . Rivermen a 9-7 victory in the first needed to come to the park and work . In the second game, a continuation Rivermen won the final contest 14-4. In the first game, the Riverrnen got game. bard and eventually it levels out. He is of a previously played rain-out, the Pitcher Joe Curtis picked up the Previously, Post · had been in a too good of a hitter to allow something . game resumed in the fifth inning with win, going seven innings, while only see BASEBALL, page 9' Tennis team holds head high R·Women lose at 114 as regular season ends another. three, EDITOR BY NICK BOWMAN DAVE KINWORTHY now-11·19 ...... staff writer SP01'1S editor The Rivermen missed the No. 1 BY TOM WEATHERSB Y But the Riverwomen added a phone: 516-5174 overall spot in th Great Lakes .. -.. - ...... - .. ·iiajf,;.;:;ii; ·_·_.... ·····_·· .. run in the seventh. UMSL scored fax: 516-6811 Valley Conference by one match. on a -in gle by Christine You pick the one. The UMSL Riverwomen went Langenbacher but could not score At Indianapolis on April 8, 1-3 last weekend in Great Lakes any more runs. losing the first UMSL took on the Indianapolis Valley Conference play, as th y game 5-2. Greyhounds in the last GLVC con split a double-header with SIU In the second game, Southern test of the regular season. In singles, Ed~ardsville losing the first game Indiana again jumped out on top GAMES Minh Phan, Mario Gruden and Ryan 3-0 and winning the second game first by scoring twice in the second Trela took home wins, as did the 3-2, and also were swept by inning and twice in the third to doubles team of Phan and T. J. Southern Indiana . in which they lead 4-0. In the bottom of the third, Baseball Shaeffer. Eric Schrumpf, playing in rallied but fell short, losing the the Riverwomen came alive and the No. 4 spot, took Indianapolis' first game 5-2 and the second re ponded with two lUns to cut into at Quincy (DH) Ryan Stickley to the wire before game 7-6. S1's lead. Katie Meyer scored the 2:()() pm, Wed, Apr. 18 falling 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 and Matt In the first game, Southern first run and Chrissy Vaulkhard and Josh Heape fell in Indiana got on the scoreboard first Langenbacher scored the second straight sets . by scoring two lUn s in the third run on a bases-loaded walk to v. St. Joseph's (OH) The loss set the Rivermen in the inning to take a 2-0 lead. The make it a 4-2 game. UMSL theri 12:()() pm, Sat, Apr. 21 No.3 spot heading into the GLVC Riverwomen answered with a run cut the lead agaip to make it a 4-3 tournament, to be held April 20-21 in in the fourth inning on an RBI sin game. Indianapolis. . gle off the bat of Kelly Jackson to USI then scored two runs in the 'That contest could have easily cut the lead to one. USI then fifth inning and UMSL countered Softball gone either way," Head coach Rick scored three runs in the fifth inning with single runs in the fifth and Gyllenborg said, ''but the wip. would to bust the game open and took a have put us in the top spot, but I v. Lincoln (OH) commanding 5-1 lead. see SOFTBALL, page 9 think that we can still move up in the J()() p17i, Tues, Apr. 17 tournament. Either way, we will fin ish at least third in the conference." at Battle Creek, Ml (GUAC) The Rivennen played a non-con Apri120-23, TEA ference match against Vmcennes Top Riverwomen Batters (Indiana) University April 12. Vmcennes is the 4th-ranked junior No. Name Average college program in the United States, with a roster made up primarily of Christine Langenbacher Division-I-caliber players who 7 .336 Tennis couldn't make the grade. Adriano 33 Kelly Jackson .324 Biaselaa, VU's No. 1 player, is 5 Andrea Wirkus .324 at lllinios/Springfield 4·()() pm , Tues , Apr. 17 ranked 800th in the world, and he 20 Chrissy Griefe .323 showed his fonn in defeating Vaulkhard 6-0, 6-1. Only Phan was 16 Allison Maurer .263 GLVC Tournament able to come out with a victory, 19 Brandy Winters .231 April 19-21, TEA downing David Gustafsson 7-6, 4-6, 1 Katie Meyer .224 10-3. Schrumpf played his opponent. Brian Slack, very close before losing 18 Andrea Sczurko .209 the third set 12-10. The only other 14 Cassey Attebery .204 UMSL win came from the No. 2 10 Megan Kuebler .182 Visit the UMSL athletics DarrenBnmel The CUI1r.>nt doubles squad of Heape and website at Matt Vaulkhard sets up for a serve at a recent match. The bfformation acquiredJi'Oln MSL AThletics website www.umsl.edu/servlcesl Rivermen just ended their regular season at 7-2 in the GLVC. see TENNIS, page 9 athletics/ athletics. html Blues may break playoff losing streak this year oW that the St. Louis Blues Most people, myself included, acquisitions of Keith Tkachuk and for the most points in the league. tion if the Blues could possibly have finally made the play- view the Blues as a team that has Dallas Drake, along with Scott The key question for the Blues, avoid the plague that has encom N. offs, can the Blues aVOld the been injury-bound all season long Mellanby, really showed their worth as any critic would say, is the ahility passed them for so many years? fate that has occurred each and with Al MacInnis, Chris Pronger, as the Sharks were out-muscled by of Roman Turek to play steady and This' city would erupt into a circus, every time that they make the play Pavol Demitra and even Pierre the Blues and out-fore checked as great in the net for the Blues. He has but the Blues cannot play like one if offs: namely, cholcing--especially Turgeon going down at certain well. had his ups and downs this season, they plan to beat the teams like the last season, when the Blues were . points of the season with injuries. The Sharks may have Owen but being the main goaltender in the Avalanche and even the Red Wings ou'sted by the lowly San Jose The Blues are viewed as a team that Nolan and Vincent Damphouse, playoffs (that is, if Brent Johnson (minus Steve Yzerman, who is out Sharks. will not put it all together when it along with an explosive Teemu does not play) will give him the con for the season). As fate would have it, the Blues comes playoff time because of the Selanee, but they were overpowered fidence to allow the Blues to make a The goaltender must remain have another shot at redeeming rash of injuries that have occurred. in this ftrst round of the National run at Lord Stllnley's special posses tough for the Blues, but the Blues as themselves from the previous year If the first game of a playoff Hockey League playoffs. The Blues sion. a whole must battle and be consis as they face San Jose in the fust series speaks any volumes, then the have shown weakness at times this I remember what happened to tent in their run to break the fate of LATEST SCOOP round of the playoffs. This year does Blues just silenced the critics season, but it appears (I stress this city When the Rams won the exiting in the fust round and being not have the hype of the team with around the world with a stellar 3-1 appears) as if they have finally come National Football Conference Super upset by another team, disappoint DAVE KINWORTHY the most overall regular season victory over the Sharks at the Savvis together as the team who was com Bowl, but can you imagine all of the ing the fans who will be forced to points" though. Center. . They played well and the peting with the Colorado Avalanche die-hard Blues fans and their reac- regroup for next season's disaster. age 6 7ke Current April 16, 2001 Along comes another thriller with 'Along Came a Spider' BY CATHERINE MARQUiS-HOMEYER ...... staff editor "Along Came A Spider" will almost' certainly be a popular hit and make lots of money. It has a popular star, Morgan Freeman, of a genre flim that audiences can't seem to get enough of right now. Freeman is also paired with an attractive co-star and all the trappings of well-done big Hollywood movie. It provides the polished look and plot twists in an atmospheric noir set ting expected by fans of this kind Hollywood thriller.' TIlls film is the prequel to the 1997 Top (h~ft to right): Craig March, Kim Hawthorne, Morgan Freeman, mOvie "Kiss the Girls," which also Charles Andison, Dylan Baker and Monica Potter. starred Morgan Freeman a~ criminal Left: Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross profiler Alex Cross. Both films are based on James Patterson's bestselling Alex Cross novels, but it isn't neces uncover the tcal motive behind the engrossing, properly suspenseful, \vith sary to have either read the books or crime, and the audience is given plen plot twists taking the audience by sur seen the other movie to enjoy this one. ty of action and atmosphere along \vith plise. Late in the movie. some of the The movie gets right down to work, the surprises. suspense unravels as the story opening irnnlediately with a breathless Morgan Freeman is a superb actor becomes both more transparent and chase replete with cliff-hanging spe whose cinematographic stillness and less logical. Still, the entertainment cial-effects thrills. At the end of the skill as a pedormer lends dignity to level is maintained for the greater part sequence, Alex Cross (Morgan any role, so it's always enjoyable to of the movie. Freeman) is left traumatized by the watch him work. Underplaying is TIlls movie is no art film, nor is it a death of his partner. Detective Cross Freeman's strong point which Strits the genre classic like "Silence of the EDITOR withdraws into retirement but eventu quiet, intelligent Alex Cross chardcter Lambs," but it is an entelta:itiing ally a message from a kidnapper draws well The director Lee TamallOri gives example of a very popular type of CATHERINE hinl out. The kidnapper, Gary Soneji the movie its expected dark but lush film, done with polish if not with (Michael Wincott), who has snatched noir thriller look while also providing much originality, If you're not a fan of MARQUiS-HOMEYER Megan (Mika Boorcm), a senator's the audience with eye candy in the this kind of Hollywood "popcom" a&e editor daughter, is especially interested in form of the beautiful Monica Potter as movie, it doesn't offer anything new to having the famous author and criminal Cro~s' co-investigator. The action is draw you in. But if you like this kind phone: 516-5174 profiler Cross document his crirne, big and splashy, the sets and characters of carefully crafted entertainment fax: 516-6811 Jez7ie Flanigan (Monica Potter), a fuliill all the audience expectations for movie, "Along Came A Spider" pro Secret Service agent who had been the genre, but the emphasis is more on vides a chance to see Morgan assigned to guard the kidnapped girl at suspense, plotting, and fast action than Freeman's always enjoyable work in the plivate school where she was on gore, in a refreshing change. The an entertaining yam of suspense and snatched, soon becomes Cross' assis thrill aspect of the movie doesn't suf ~urprises> and it will be an excellent tant in the pursuit of Soneji, Th.e plot fer at all from the lack of grisly details. evening spent on the edge of your seat MUSIC twists and winds as they strive to For most of the moyie, the story is in the dark, munching on popcom. April . CD REVIEWS 18 Ani Difranco's intense cs strike again ·Juices flow, as At the Drive In Mississippi Nights BY KATIE STUCKENSCHNEIDER belated Peach 7:30 p.m. speCial to The Cun'ent 20 If you're jamming in the car, then album is released listen to disc one; if you're reflecting Dropkick Murphy's about your life, then check out disc BY EMILY UMBRGHT ocean, and its British musical base Mississippi Nights two, staff /Un'ter dist011S the typical dark and. heavy 7 p.m. Not many times is there a choice sound coming from the hard on double albums, usually song after With wave after wave of ill1llOy rocklaltematiY0 geNe. bI'ingiag.f0rth J J String Cheese Inddent song either sounds the s'ame or varies ingly unoriginal hard rock/alterna morc melody with hints of new Fox Theatre slightly. Singer/songwriter/guitmist tive bands dominating musical out wasc. 8 p.m. Ani Difranco succeeds yet again in let~ itis difficult to find some decent Creaky distortion oozes then halts bringing something new to the music music of that genre. Perhaps the against sharp riffs, as "Spasm" Cowboy Mouth industry. solution to the monotonous madness churningly opens the album. While with Southern Culture Difranco's double-disc album is to trace the lines that lead to the richly filled \Vitll black noise, what is on the Skids ReveliinglReclwning, containing all source, One of those sources is the most surprising about this song is the The Pageant new material, just canle out on April interwoven. guttering sounds almost poppy chanting of 'Are you 10, Difranco plays solo sometimes on swirling obscurity known as Tool. scared you'll be forgotten" towards Denyce Graves the album, but at other tinles she has Tool.fans '",ill be happy ( a~ they the end, which reminds the listener T he Sheldon help from her band: Julie Wolf on can be)' to know that the new album that there is definitely something dif 8:15 p.m. keyboards, Jason Mercer on bass, is due out in May, and will hopefully ferent about Blit rock. It works, Daren Hahn on drums, Hans Teuber , bl1ng some dynamic back into the .though and the songis followed by a Shame Club on alto sax, and Shane Endsley on mechanical grinding of the neo dense tumbling of bass lines and a The Way Out Club trumpet. Sax man Maceo Pm'ker and metal sphere, twisted, lime-like guitar hail in trumpeter Jon Hassell have come If, however, the soun'd discovelY "Naked." The Black Sabbath roots 21 back to add beauty for a second tinle of A Perfect Circle is waning, and , uIIderIille each note, but the sound Ani DiFranco to a Difranco album, and Texas-bas4d the box set did not tide you over, contains a pulsing groove and tlnust The Pageant pedal steel man Lloyd Maines makes there is another outlet. It lies in the ing lyrics, which gives Peach a 8 p.m. an appearance on one track. belated release of Giving Bilrh 10 a melancholic sound of their O\VU, The first disc, Revelling, offers a· Stone, .stemming from Tool bassist The fourth song, "Velvet," sounds Hoover McNoover with more jazzy style \vith a wide vmiety Justin Chancellor's original band, a bit dated, but it has strong hooks the Movement and of lyrics. The second song, "o.k." Peach, Released last autumn, that abruptly voyage off into some Junkyard contains a funky electric guitar intro ' "Giving Birth to a Stone" tirings to thing more modem. It is as if Peach The Creepy Crawl that breaks into Difranco's angelic the surface some of the background were fated to play with Tool, because yet 11lstic voice. "If you see me walk work that goes into the "Tool both bands' sounds are so similar, Photo By Husband by you better just let me walk by." Sound." and yet remain unique in certain Ani Difranco The Way Out Club The seventh song, "Kazoointoit," Chancellor started his musical aspects. In "Douglal," the lead on Revelling is a creati ve song includ Reckoning starts off with a grue excuse but I stand conunitted to a love career in England, with Simon singer's , voice seems to capture the 22 ing excerpts of an answering machine some description of society in the that came before." , Oakes, Ben Durling, and Rob James. wanes of the music in high-pitched Project Object and a kazoo. The continuing voice of song "Your Next Bold Move," when The album ends with "In Here," Tool, looking for an opening slot for caresses that can instantly turn bel Cicero's Jason Mercer pops up in between Difranco sings, "i am cancer, i am positive outlooks on a life companion. their Europeml'Tour, asked Peach to ligerently harsh, Difranco's spoken word and says, "I HIV, and i'm down at the blue jesus We have been through tears, smiles share the stage with them in 1994. "You Lied" hammers the harsh 23 love us both and I'll see ya" blue cross hospital." of joy, and a dance or two with Peach later broke up when attributes into a watery, spine-tin Arianna String Quartet The second disc, Reckoning, is a By song thirteen of the second Difranco, and now it is time to Chancellor replaced former Tool. gling block of cryptic clamor. The Provincial House Chapel lot more on the quiet side than disc, "School Night," the listeners applaud and give a standing ovation to bassist Paul D' Amour. Despite the momentum gathers more force as the UMSL Revelling. It is like a 60-minute med have been through a self-discovered yet another amazing production by group's lack cif recognition until CD continues into "Don't Make Me itation: listening to the words is thera whirlwind with DiFranco, With a tear Ms, Ani Difranco and crew. now, Giving Birth to a Stone exem Your God." Again, the vocals har peutic. Reckoning is an intense in the eye, we agree with Difranco Ani Difranco will also be appear plifies the same raw and aggressive monize with the slowly falling metal description of society and DiFranco's when she sings, "You'll never know ing at the Pageant on April 21 at 8:00 talent Tool expressed dUling the sounds .that pervade the album, and life. It is a heartfelt story from the dear just how much I loved you, p.m. same time period, The difference? beginning to the .end. you'll think this was just my big Peach formed on the other side of the see PEACH, page 7 Reasons why the , oaring '20s'really did roar A few weeks back, our esteemed found changes in society. Think of The 1920s wasn't only a decade of "good ecpnomy" of the 1990s) but As for the mid-'20s Florida real histOlY columnist wrote about how the '20s and you tlrink of: populariza economic prosperity for many peo this was the beginning of the assem estate crash, it is important to point the "Roaring '20s" weren't really so tion of the automobile, the record ple, but a time of great social bly line system and before the devel out that the Florida land boom had no great after all. I have to strongly dis breaking achievements in air flight, changes, advances in art and technol~ opment of labor unions and labor real base to support it. Florida was agree with this assessment, consider exploration of the North and South ogy, and the decade when the new laws, such as the forty-hour work mostly undeveloped swamp, albeit _ _ ing the fact that the 1920s is my Poles, climbing. Mount Everest, century really becmne the 20th centu week. The laissez-faire, unregulated with the potential for recreational use, favorite decade of the 20th century. women getting the vote, the Harlem ry. Let's ~ook at the economy, society; system of the 19th century gave way However, the land boom took the As a fIlm historian, I have studied Renaissance and the beginnings of and the arts in the ' 20s. to the more socially equitable work form of a . classic land speculation this decade quite a bit, since it was the civil rights movement, the bilth First, the '20s really were eco-. place that ended the '20s. T11le. the pyramid scheme, in which minimal the Golden Age of silent film and the of Hollywood and mass_communica nOm!c good times for most income of the rich far exceeded that development occurs wbile specula- real birth of the film industry, and I'd tion, advances in medicine, biology~ Americans. Our historian spoke . of tlie working class, a fact even tors buy up land they only intend to to offer some of the reasons why the chemistry, physics, and social sci about the economic changes that fol more tlUe in the past decacie, but in sell to other speculators for a higher '20s really did roar. ence. And the list goes on. lowed the end of World War I, but the '20s, just like in the ' 90s, the mid p - h a structure always coI- It's hard to imagine how anyone A number of factors determine the WWI ended in 1918 and, by 1920, dle class did better than in the previ l< 1tually. There was another could describe the '20s as anything nature of a decade. One of these is the the American economy had settled ous decade, and supplemented their 1< that OCCUlTed in the 1920s, MARQUEE RAMBLINGS but fabulous-it was the decade economy. Economic boom times are into a pattern of pr0sperity and wages with investments in the. stock Oi rted by a booming new when the century really began in so . often assoCiated with memorable expansion. There was indeed a great market. Middle-class investment in III that location. This was in CATHERINE many ways. The advancements in decades, but that's not the whole pic disparity between the huge profits the stock market is a relative rarity, se ilifornia, where the citrus culture, art, science, exploration, ture. Booms in the arts, culture, soci being reaped' by manufacturers and WlARQUIS-HOMEYER and something that drove. the stock gr ounding the tiny town of technology were seemingly bound ety, and technology often really the wages earned by the average fac market boom of 00th the ' 20s and less, and they were coupled with pro- determine whether a decade is great. tory worker, (just as there was in the '90s. seE! ROAR, page 7 current April 16, 2001 Page 7 . ROAR, j1-om page 6 RESTAURANT REVIEW ...... '2 •••••••••••••••• " •••••••••••• , ...... - ...... Hollywood, near the modest-sized The '20s was tbe decade when painters such as Picasso. TIle mod city of Los Angeles, was trans pop culture was invented, thanks to em novel. was being developed by 'Tangerine' drips with originality formed by the explosive growth of a the new concept of mass communi writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald. new industry; the movies. This land cation- radio, records and the Changes occurred in . philosophy, boom is still going on today, a~ this movies were all new and exploding economics, religion-indeed, in is some of the most expensive real in populatity. Film, which existed nearly evelY aspect of society, as and delightful veget~att cuisine estate in the world. only as cheap, rather primitive the world was remade into the Apart from the economy, the' entertainment before this decade, shape of the new centwy. '20s were a time of great social, became an industry and an art form, No other decade in the 20th cen BY S'rEFANIE ELLIS mus . this dish, they once again did oot dis- artistic, and technological cl!ange. transfonning itself into what we tury saw as many wide-sweeping ...... ,,, ... ~ ...... -, ...... " .. , ...... staff writer . I started with what I thought I appoint. They were delightfully Women got the vote in 1920. The now consider movies. This was the changes as the 1920s. For most peo would be a cup of the soup of the day, crunchy and full of flavor. The rest, aut.omobile, suddenly available to era that invented all the icons of ple it was a time of new freedoms You have to love a place that's curried lentil with a dollop of cilantro however, was far too bland for my . nearly everyone' thanks to thenew Hollywood and pop stardom: glit and oppOltunities, freed of the named after a citrus fruit It just cream ($3.95). Ihstead, I was given a taste. The fish didn'Leven appear to idea of the assembly line and mass ter, glarnom, rags-to-riches stories, social class restrictions of the past screams originality. The.fact that it's a bowl big enough to swill' in. Not a be sauteed. in olive oil, let alone any production, transformed society as world-wide stardom, rich, spoiled and a time when the American super-hip, eclectic vegetarian restau- . problem, however. It's not difficult to ·other flavor enhancer. I would've everyone became mobile. The long stars engaged in outrageous excess Dream seemed within anyone's rant hidden in a pot-hole infested part dqWn a bowl of soup that's so incred liked 'to have seen it ~th a soy-ginger . skirts and social restraints of the es and bad behavior, movie stuQios grasp. The other two great econom of downtown certainly gives it a flair ible you' d like to ask it out on a date. or honey-mustard glaze. The polenta late-Victorian era gave way to the spending ridiculous amounts of ic booms of the century, the '60s all its own. So too does the cold pitch rm a huge fan of lentils, but anyone , beneath it was even more drab. It was liberated flapper in a short skirt and money to make a film--every and the '90s, did rwt see the same er of water waiting for you at your who kllows about these little gems pure cornmeal with no additional sea with short hair, ' dancing the movie or pop culture stereotype you level of culture expansion, although table, with a rea!" orange, masquerad knows that soups come in 'many dif sonings. While it was surprising to . Charleston instead of a waltz, can think of. the bigger economic boom of the ing as a lid, on top. What a clever tie ferent variations, and not every one is hear thar something non-vegetarian smoking cigarettes (8. new product The '20s saw the buth of jazz '60s (yes, this was a decade of pros in to the name of the restaurant. Still, . pleasing. But this one was perfect. It was being offered, it was also under rather than the older pipe and cigar), music (it is sometimes called "the pelity as well as social change) saw my companion and I wondered why it had a l.ovely c.olor and didn't over standable why it w.ouldn't be as good. and drinking newly-banned liquor Jazz Age"), which eventually led to a much broader cultwal expansion was an orange, and not a tangeririe. whelm the tastebuds with curry fla Tangerine specializes in'meatless cui (the rather odd consequence of the a variety of popular music: swing in than the '90s. Sure, many econo "I've been asked that a lot," laughed vor. It was spicy, but oilly mildly so. sine, so perhaps an occasional slip-up first women's votes and high level the '40s, the descendants of today's mists have looked back at the ina our waitress . ."1 don't really know In the soup were onions, can'ots and is forgivable. of concern about social welfare at rock. TIle invention and wide popu tional exuberance of the 1920s, why. They won't tell me back there." fresh cilan~o. While I do enjoy Besides the food, Tangerine's the time), going on dates with a latization of records and the radio widespread stock market specula Hmm... we couldn't just let it go at cilantro, I felt it to be too much when atmosphere is equally original. The "boyfriend." Yes, dating and meant you could enjoy music with tion, the ignored inflation that that, so we all took stabs at possible infused with the soup. It .overpowered decor is m.odern, yet there's a slight "boyfriends" were new concepts of out going t.o a conceit hail or being malTed the end of the decade, and reasons. The waitress guessed that the natural curry flavor and I was "beatnik" feel to the place, which is the '20s, prior to this time relation a musician yourself. Also, you especially the lack of banking and oranges were less expensive. happy that it only really became an very fitting for its Washington ships between single men and could now · hear pel10rmers from financial regulations, and see the My companion thought perhaps issue when! had a few spoonfuls left. Avenue address. I recognized quite a women were much more restrained around the countly, even the world. seeds of the stock market crash of that because of its size, a tangerine For dinner I ordered the fusilli few local artists strolling in after 9 and serious, and only impending In other art forms, great changes October 1929 and the subsequent might fall through the wide lip of the ($7.95), . which came mixed with p.m. without 'a care in the world. This engagement was considered a occurred too. Painting was being Great Depression of the 1930s. But pitcher. "That makes a lot of sense," sugar snaps peas and tomatoes, and is the tyge of place akin to a late-night respectable relationship. transformed to ' modem art by. it truly was a glorious decade while our waitress said, looking as if she'd bathed in a shallot cream and herb poet's lounge in New York Besides it lasted. just cracked a code of some kind. As broth-infused sauce. It wasn't the best its restaurant, Tangerine is also a bar, she placed before us Tangerine's ver pasta dish I've had, but the peas were offering some truly unique concoc sion of bread. and "butter," we quick crisp, not overcooked, which was tions. All in all, this is a "hip and hap ly forgot the topic at hand. She had nice. The pasta was the perfect con pening" kind of locale. The food, for . ~~,?at4 just given us 5-grain bread "''ith a side sistency and everything was made to the most part, is quite good. The of hummus made with white beans order. I'm not sure I liked the pairing . pdces are reasonable and the service AIRPORT BILLIAR DS instead of the standard chickpea I'm of cream and herb broth in this par is excellent. The location might not 4454 WOODSON ROAD a huge fan _ of authentic Middle ticular dish, though normally, if done be ideal, but it's well worth the drive. 428-2200 Eastern hummUs, but this was some correctly, it's a nice blend of ingredi If you're in the mood for something of the best I'd ever tasted .. The white ents. My companion had one of the truly different, Tangerine can supply. "WHY PLAY ANYWHERE ELSE?" beans gave it a less pasty cOnsistency night's specials, which was pan Whether it be ambiance, drinks or • Pool, Darts. Video, Pinball and the taste wasn't as overwhelming seared salmon on a bed of .polenta, eclectic dining, it's worth checking • Ladies $4.80 with Escort as regular hummus. It was creamy accompanied by sugar snap peas and out The only problem: I didn't see • 9 Foot and 7 Foot TabJes and flavorful, ~thjust the right blend red and orange peppers ($11.50). It orange juice on the menu. • Cold Beer. of garlic and salt The bread was also was a beautifully colored dish, but it . Tangerine is located at 1405 ·Pizza, Sandwiches, Hot Dogs a nice departUre from pita bread, lacked taste. There was a theme on Washington Ave. Their phone nwu • Fountain Drinks Airport which normally accompanies hum- the menu with sugar snap peas, and in ber is (314) 621-7335. • Great Music 4454 • Coffee & Ice Tea • Pool & Dart Leagues PEACH, from page 6 • Instruction Less than 4 miles from campus! • Table & Cue Repair carry on to the last song ·'Peach." more lighthearted away. For Tool band comes from two different direc The layers of melody laden \','ith fans, it w.ould be a mistake to c.ompare tions. 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Page 8 EART H DAY, from page 3 ...... , ...... , ...... , .. . Adventures and other family' boats made from recycled materi Louis Science Cent!=r: 9 a.m.-5 Author·tells about vic3rious life activities. Events at the various als, with prizes and celebrity p.m., you can explore water edu locations include riverside bike judges. Call UMSL (314-516- cation activities and environmen trail rides, a tour of the waste treat 6826) or St. Louis Teacher's tally friendly homes. The day's ment plant, bird watching at the Recycle Center (636-227-7075) events conclude with a closing in boat journey across America river, wetland restoration and edu for free materials to build a boat. ceremony at the Pavilion at 6:45 cation activities, park clean-ups, At 2-3 p.m., there is the All p.m. tree and plant give-aways, and Species Parade, with participants The Earth Day official events BY SARA PORTER children's hands-on activities. dorming masks and costumes to . conclude with a Water staff wn'ter Earth Day is Sunday, April 22, parade through the Zoo and back Symposium at the Missouri with the day's festivities starting at to the Pavilion. Call the Zoo (314- Botanical Garden on April 27, When I was little, I wanted to trav- . the World's Fair Pavilion in Forest 768-54D6) to participate. . 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., with speakers el through America by boat. I had Park at 10:30 a. m. with an inter Besides the main events at the and panel discussions Qn water always loved the water, and I had faith celebration of water. The fe s Pavilion, other events in Forest quality and quantity issues and the visions of traveling like the great tival commences at 11 a.m. with Park are taking place. There is an place of rivers and streams in com explorers and sailors of the old days over 80 booths, fo od, music, edu Operation Clean Stream clean up munities. You must register to par to see nothing but the ocean in the cational events, and hands-on of the park's streams, 8 a.m.-12 ticipate, and there is a fee, but horizon.and going to uncharted lands. water activities for kids. Activities noon, highlighting the restoration some scholarships are available. Reading William Least Heat Moon's include Native American story of the parks' stream system. Call Call 314-421-4220 for informa interesting book "River Horse," I'm telling, World Bird Sanctuary 636-225-6605 to register, and tion and to register. glad I never did. shows, EarthLinks Art Bus paint meet at the Muny Lower Lot. The A lot more is going on in con The book chronicles Heat-Moon's . TIMES BEST' ELLER ing in progress, and tree give Missouri History Museum hosts a nection with Earth Day. For more journey across America by boat from aways from the Department of mask-making works~op 12 noon- information on the day's events the Hudson River in New York to the Conservation. Music is provided 2 p.m., then provides a shutt1e to and on other Earth Day-related Pacific Ocean in Oregon with his fel by several bands, including Dasha join the parade, and at 3-4 p.m., events, visit the official St Louis low river pilot Pilotis (in reality six Ray, Doogie Armstrong, the storyteller Chris Limber mixes Earth Day website at different men and one woman, Flying Mules, Soul Reunion, and stories and songs to teach conser www.StLouisEarthDay.org. according to Heat-Moan's dedica NE'RJ Jake's Leg. At 1-2p.m., there will vation, and recycling with an his tion) in Heat-Moon's ship Nikawa, be a tvlini Boat Regatta, of mini torical perspective. At the St. River Horse. The book deals with the beauty of nature and the adventure, . but it also deals with the hardships of travel: the bad weather and the occa O~E sional boredom of the journey, and . Across America by Boat the irritation with traveling compan . ~ . "Heat-Moonls accounT Hzzes ~ili ions. t in.telligence and high -piriTS.~ Heat-Moon and Pilotis encounter many wondrous sights on thejr jour - OUTSIDE ney-from the gritty bustling port of the Erie Canal to the rustic backwa ters of the Missouri River. The set invites you and a friend to stop by tings and the characters, for example 'ike Current's information booth at the a Native American wedding and a Mirthday Celebration Wed ., April 18 persistent professor and photographer who wanted to capture the duo's jour (ou15ide the Millennium Student Ceoter) ney, are described so vividly by Heat and enter to win passes to see Moon that the reader could see them happening light before him or her. The better scenes, and the ones writing on the occasional monotony frailties and weaknesses who just that are easier for me to relate to, are of traveling when one stretch of water happen to be traveling, not travelers the more dranlatic ones that describe is like another and after awhile the who are symbols of great adventur at any Wehrenberg Theater in some of the worst things about travel states start to run together. He also ers. the St. Louis area. Also be sure to pick up ing. Heat-Moon and Pilotis spend excellently describes the few times "River Horse" is a hetter than when he and Pilotis are so irritated average book about a journey by your free gift for stopping by 1/.'G. Current. most of the state of Montana trying to dodge a sev.ere thunderstorm. Their \vith one another that they want to get water and living vicariously the jour fear and the danger involved is very as far away from each other as fast as ney. Although, after it was over, I No puchase necessary while supplies last. present in Heat-Moon's narration. they can. In these passages they was glad I didn't have to make the Heat-Moon also does a good job become well-rounded people \vith journey myself. . '7k Current Get caught up in it. APRIL 20 ONLY IN "THEATRES Want to get students involved in' your campus department? Give us a call and we'll help you Opens in theatres Friday, April 20th ADS PAY make it happen. 516-5316 .. Stu ent'Gover ment ns (Pick up packets in 375 MSC) Campaign: April 17-25 Meet the Candidates: April 18th @ Mirthday .Ele ctions: April 24th &25th April 16, 2001 ~IwCurrent Page 9 BASEBALL, from page 5 SOFTBALL, from page 5 ...... ; ...... -...... excellent pitchin,g from starting pitch Miller hit a sacrifice fly with the bases sixth innIDgs to make it a 6-5 the games also. Coach Bonee said er Lance WI1so~ who went through loaded and one out in the fourth inning game. Going into the last inning, she felt that the errors were both four innings canying a perfect game. ·to provide all the offense the Rivermen USI scdred an insurance run to physical and mental. ill those innings, the Rivermen's bats would need in a 2-0 victory. take a 7-5 lead. "I think it was a little bit of came alive as Scott Miller had a two Left-handed pitcher Scott Johnson But in the bottom half of .the both,'" Bonee said. She continued on run single in the first inning, to put went 7.2 innings, blanking Kentucky seventh, the Riverwomen to say that she was happy with the UMSL ill the lead Jackson and Meyer Wesleyan in the run department and refused to give in and tried to way the team is playing now and also got RBI singles in the second only allowed five hits. Keith Wallace rally. Brandy Winters got a big they are still striving to reach the inning and Wigger followed with an came on in the final inning to close out RBI single knocking in Kelly tournament. If UMSL can flnish RBI'double in the third. the game for the Rivermen. Jackson, making it a 7-6 game. strong, they could end up with the Wilson did the rest as he went six UMSL plays at Quincy April 18 in But UMSL could not get the hit NO.5 or 6 seed in the toumanlent innings giving up only one run and a double-he!lder before returning they needed. Winters was left Christine Langenbacher played two hits, while striking out 10 batters. home for a weekend series against St stranded at second and the well. She sparked one rally and In the second game of the series, Joseph's and Indiana-Purdue at Fort . Riverwomen came up short los made some key defensive plays. ing 7-6 despite playing a strong. Kelly Jackson continued to swing second game. the bat well too. Coach Bonee said TENNIS, from page 5 . Coach Lesa Bonee said after that she felt that the team was start ...... ; ...... wards that she felt the team ing to come out of their batting and played well. "They came out flat offensive slump. Andrea Wirkus Schrumpf, who won out 8-6. us no good to play weak opponents," the first game and I wasn't also has been batting well as oflate. "Vmcennes was our best competi said GyJlenborg. "Springfield is a pleased. I was very pleased with . "I thought we played really tion of the year easily," said very strong NAIA school, and will the way they played in the sec well," junior shortstop Brandy Gyllenborg. "That match was really give our guys ·a workout ond game." Coach Bonee said . Winters said. designed to be a tune-up for the tour before we travel to Indy." . . that the Riverwomen played UMSL is now 4-8 in the GLVC nament. We plaimed to have our The GLVC tournament bracketS . with lack of intBllsity the [lIst and 11-19 overall. This week will be toughest competition toward the end . have been announced and UMSLis game but picked it up in the sec another important week for the of the season to keep the guys sharp. facing cross-town rival SIUE in the ondgame. Riverwomen. They will play host to I'm not disappointed in the least that first match. A win would probably The Riverwomen are still Lincoln University on Tues., April DarrenBrunel Tbe Currelll we lost that one. Vincennes is a place 'UMSL against No.2 Southern having a problem coming up 18, and will travel to Battle Creek, Riverwoman Chrissy Griefe runs home just before a Kentucky power." Indiana in the second round. with the bit hit when needed. Mich. for. the weekend. Wesleyan has time to make the tag at last week's game. UMSL will have one more tune Southern Indiana won 7-2 in the pre "Timing," Banee said. "A timely up match when they face Illinois vious meeting. hit was all we needed. Other than Springfield April 19 at Springfield. "We should defeat SIUE, but we that, they played a heck of a ball This match was originally scheduled can' t look too far ahead," said game. We didn't beat ourselv.es. to be played earlier in the season, but GyJlenborg. "If we're not careful, They beat us. We came out flat in r------,· inclement weather forced the we'Jl be going home early, but if the first game. · But the second I change. Southern Indiana catches us on a game we came on strong." Summer "We've come this far, and it does good day, then they are in trouble." Some errors hurt the team in I Leagues I I· NOW I I FORMING I Sign up I infoa;natiQB t;K>oth at the Mi rthday I this Wed., APrtl 18 from 12-6 and register to win TODAY!!I I __ new Tgm Green moVIe, FREDDY GOT FI GERED. I FREE ~~~~~~--~~~~--~--~I atse have t&smrts and more free stuff to give away. 12249 Natural Bridge Buy one game at It!JH~T MISS 0UTI1I I Bridgeton, MO 63044 regular price, 314-2 91-321 5 and get one free! 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We offer the lowest educational fe es of any BSN l1lf1'sing school in St. Louis. ofNurslng Funds for scholarships and other financial aid a~'ailal)l e for those qualifying. Page 10 1k, Current Apri116, 2001 University prepares to Connection b,etween North, South build next two garages Campus still needs work, officials say BY RHASHAD PITTMAN add an east entrance to North campus erty was worth. • .. H .. •• • • .. ·• ..... • •• • • ••• - •• " •• • •••• " • • •• • .•••••• ••••• • staff writer that would wrap around Normandy 'We're still looking for a North BY NICK BO_AN Sverdrup [now Jacobson to $20 by the Fall 2002 semester, and Junior. High School, cross Natural South connector," Samples said. "How ·········stajjiuriier Engineering] and Kennedy a probable increase of $1 per credit Since 1993, it was suggested by a Bridge Road, and run through an exist we achieve that we don't ki::tmv yet." in Engineering to finalize the specifica hour the coming years. These pro planning firm that UMSL increase ing street between the Music Building Currently, UMSL is negotiating By an 8-0 unanimous vote, the tions of the new garages. Both of jections are over the next five years. traffic flow between North and South and Normandy Hospital on South another contract with Sasaki to address University of Missouri Board of these firms worked on the West Drive The UM System cannot issue any campus as part of a university master campus. The entrance would be one of new campus issues dealing with more bonds without a build contract, Curators has passed an action to garage and the East garage and we plan. three main entrances that run through campus housing, property usage, and authorize the sale of approximately want the structures to be consistent according to Director of More traffic flow would "establish both campuses. road systems that will chauge Oecause a $42 million in bonds in order to raise throughout campus. . COIUlnunications Bob Samples. stronger connections between the However, the property on South of the reconstruction of the 1-70 and money for the renovation and con Reinhard Schuster. vice chancel Samples also stated that Chancellor North and South Campuses and Campus that is essential for the new Florissant Road interchange. Touhill is still hearing input from stu struction of parking facilities. UMSL lor of Administrative Services, has address the potential acquisition of the enuance to work is privately owned 'There are going to be some real dents as to how to address this issue, will receive $27 million of this, while projected that groUlldbreaking for the institutions separating the two campus and out of the University's price range, questions on how to best use the north II Columbia will take the remaining $15 Phase garages will take place in which has been hotly debated in es," the plan states. Driemeier said. end of cainpus," Driemeier said. January 2002. After Sverdrup and recent months. million. The bond issue was The international fum, Sasaki Child Center of Our Lady, a health Drierneier said that the contract Kennedy have hammered out the "We are trying to set up a more addressed at the March board meet Associates, Inc., was contracted by care organization tl1at provides hous negotiations should be finished by the design and specifications, Darandari formal process to handle student con ing on a recommendation by the UMSL to study the campus and make ing and assistance for children with Board of Curators· May meeting. After and Schuster will contract a builder cems," Samples said. "Possibly the Finance Committee. suggestions that would address major behavioral problems, has owned the about a year of research, Sasaki should formation of a special committee or With the passing of the issue, Sam for the garages. issues on campus like student housing, 6.9 !lCfes of property for over 40 years, have some new insight into an updated Darandari, director of campus plan In order to pay for the bonds, park enacting feasibility studies to weigh campus expansion, and parking places. says James Bausch, the center's opera version of the master plan. Driemejer ing fees may have to be raised further. these concerns." Recent ideas include ning and construction, can now begin Most of the major issues that were tions director. added. As of March 1, Chancellor Blanche separating the parking fee from the planning the construction of Phase II, noted in the plan have been addressed, Bausch said that negotiations . Except for a few small "additions Tbuhill has approved an $18 per cred transportation budget, which also which includes another East garage except for one, UMSL officials say. tapered off between UMSL and the or deviations," UMSLhas consistently it hour fee, effective Fall 2001. James includes road maintenance and shut and a North garage. The connection between North and Child Center in 1999. The two sides followed Sasaki's ideas, he said. aWe can now fund the new tle fees. Bi-State has also approached Kruger, vice chancellor of South campuses has not yet been couldn't agree on a set price for the "1 think we've done a very gOl1d job Managerial and Technological the University about the possibility of garages with the bond issue passing," improved, said Don Driemeier, deputy property. of following their directions during the Services, projects a possible increase building off-site parking. said Darandari. 'We are working with to the Chancellor. Bob Samples, director of last six years or so, and I think it will ''I'm sure they will say that's a con University Communications, said that be interesting to find out their views OIl tinuing issue," Driemeier said. the Child Center's offers were far more the next 10 [years]," Driemeier said. Sasaki suggested the University than what appraisers thought the prop- e Music programs grow as Arts ren1': a--c:ar Center nears .com pletion National Reservation Ce nter St. Louis, MO BY DALILA WAHEED 300 years, said Richardson. The The music department . is also staff writer band's flexibility will be evident in excited about the new Performing its music selections, which range Arts Center, which will give them a Loo king for a summer internsh ip? UMSL will be experiencing a new' from "Bach to Ragtime, to place to practice and host their art The National Reservation Center of Enterprise Rent-A-Car is a St. Louis based culture next fall when the University Mendelssohn, to Broadway popular when it is completed. of Missouri Wind A ssemble, the and movie themes," said Richardson. "We are very excited because the company that handles all of the 1-800 business for Enterprise in the United States University's newest band addition, The band will include five to 20 building will be a major part of our and Canada. If you are looking to apply your customer service skills while obtaining will give its first pelforinance. members who will compose an recruiting," said Richardson. "As the valuable work experience, then don't miss this great opportunity to get started with The additional band is a part of a advanced woodwind quintet and a Performing Arts Center opens, we need to have students that are capa Enterprise Rent-A-Car as a plan to create musical groups that brass quintet. will enhance aspects of CanlPUS life, Richardson says they are looking ble of playing in an arena such as said Wilham Richardson, director of for ''the best available musicians in that" Customer Se rvic e Represen tative. the bands. UMSL, not just students in the band Richardson said, he anticipates Don't Wait - We have a limited number of positions available so make plans now for 'The band's main focus will be program. that the Willd Ensemble, which will playing chanlber music for functions Both music and non-music majors be portable enough to crave!. as well a great summer work experience!! Call our Summer Campus Hotline at on campus," said Richardson_ are invited to audition for the band on as the Performing Arts Center, will However, the band will also per April 29 . be another public relations tool for 1-800-235-9166 form off-canlpuS and at campus Scholarship money is available the University and the music pro related events, including functions at for students in this ensemble. so stu gram. EOEIM/F/DN Chancellor Blanche Touhill·s resi dents will not have to incur addition The expansion of the arts at denU!. al tuition fees, said Richardson. The UMSL is helping the music program The band will play and explore band will practice April 16 and 18, to become a "full partner in the contemporary music over the last from 3 to 4:30 p_m. University," said Richardson. April 16, 2001 "lite CUrrent Apollo 13 exemplified our ability to overcome problems ,, 0 kay Houston, we've magnification. They had completely control told Jack Swigert to turn on a had a problem." 'This bonded as a unit. Then, just 72 hours series of cooling fans in an effort to is Houston, say again before the launch, a flight doctor stir the oxygen in tanks one and two. please." "Houston, we have a prob informed the operations staff that Ken This was purely a routine procedure lem." These transmissions marked the Mattingly, the designated command that was categorized under "normal beginning of one of the most desper module pilot had been exposed to the housekeeping." The Current is accepting applications for ate times in the history of the United German measles. Over Lovell's Approximately 25 seconds after States space program. It was the mis objections, Mattingly was pulled from engaging the fans, Apollo 13 was sion of Apollo 13, the tearn and replaced by rocked by an explosion that destroyed the ma11aging editor and business manager and tested the lim civilian Jack Swigert Jr., one oxygen tank, while severely dam its of human who had never been in aging the other one. At best, the crew endurance. space before. Swigert had 60 hours of oxygen left. This was positions for 2001-2002. Apollo 13 was was by no means an only the tip of the iceberg, though. to be the third mis amateur, though. He was At the present time, they were sion to land men on highly educated and 205,000 miles from Earth and speed the swface of the quickly proved himself ing further and further away each sec Interested? Submit a resume and a cover letter to Nick at Tbe Current, 388 Millennium Student moon. Its three to Lovell. As a result, the ond at an astonishing 25,000 lImeS per Center. We would be happy to ans\ver any questions you might have. Just give us a call at ;16·5174! man crew consist mission was to proceed hour! The situation was nearly cata ed of: commander on schedule. strophic. Odds on their safe return James A. Lovell Jr., TIM THOMPSON On April 11 1970, at were 1 in 3. command module bist01J! columnist precisely 2: 13 p.m. EST, Faced with the enormity of such pilot Jack L. Apollo 13 blasted off difficulties, most ordinary people Swigert Jr., and lunar module pilot from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space would probably have just given up. Fred W. Haise Jr. Center in Florida. Things began to go Ground control in Houston and the Want to make a difference? Lovell was a veteran astronaut. He wrong almost immediately. All crew of Apollo 13 were not ordinary flew Gemini VII in 1965, Gemini xn Apollo spacecraft were hW'led into people, however. in 1966, and Apollo 8 in 1968. Apollo outer space by colossal 363 foot tall Working around the clock and 8 was the fIrst manned mission to rockets of the Saturn V SA class. They without sleep together, they devised a orbit the moon, coming to within sixty were handsome-looking rockets, aug plan to safely return to Earth. First, to How about a nautical miles of its surface. Lovell mented by black and white striping, conserve electrical power, the crew was always known for his sense of with American flags on either side. powered down the lunar module. humor. This was vividly displayed They were also extremely complicat Second, a makeshift condenser was while he was in orbit during Apollo 8 ed devices, filled with highly explo created to help filter out dangerous Leadership when a package containing a fur coat sive fuel. The rocket was designed to carbon dioxide. This device, made was delivered to his wife signed "To have five separate firing stages, hence with the help of a pair of tube socks, my loving wife on her birthday from the name Saturn V actually increa.~ed the anlOunt of Caree your man in the moon" Each stage on the Apollo 13 rnis available oxygen to 72 hours. Third, Apollo 13's destination was Fra sian fired longer than anticipated. to save on battery power, the moon's Mauro, a hilly upland region on the Also, the center engine of the SIT gravitational pull was used as a sling in the Health field? moon. The mission's objective was stage cut out two minutes and 12 sec shot to hurl Apollo 13 back toward the five-fold. First, they were to explore onds early, placing unexpected pres earth. the Fra Mauro region. Second, they sure on the four remaining engines, All these procedures worked to University of Missouri-Columbia were to collect samples of the lunar increasing the risk of electrical mal perfection. As a result, Apollo 13 suc surface. Third, the crew was to deploy function. Upon intense analysis; how cessfully splashed down in the South and activate a highly sensitive pack ever, ground control in Houston Pacific just four miles from the recov age of atmospheric testing equipment, decided that everything was A-okay ery ship USS 1wo Jima at 1:07 p.m. Graduate programs in: known as ALSEP. Fourth, the cre\v for a lunar landing. So the mission EST on April 17, 1970, almost 143 • Health Services Management was to further develop man's capabil proceeded. hours after its launch. It wa~ a tremen ity to work on the lunar surface. The At 9 p.m. EST, on April 14, a tele dously emotional scene that brought • Health Informatics fInal objective of the mission was to vision broadcast was conducted from tears to the eyes of many, including obtain precise photographs of future the command module of Apollo 13. flight director Eugene Kranz. lunar landing sites. At this time, each of the crew mem The mission of Apollo 13 failed to The crew went through intense bers greeted their families and land men on the moon. However, it App(V nowfor Fall admission. Financial assistance training for a full year prior to the Commander Lovell took the viewing succeeded in something far more tau available, including scholarships and fellowshipsl launch date. Sometimes this training audience on a tour of the intemal gible. It exemplitled the ability of took up to 20 hours per day. It paid workings of the spacecraft. The entire Americans to work together and to great di"idends, however. In fact, by broadcast lasted for 35 minutes, and improvise during moments of extreme See http://www.hmi.missouri.edu/umsl the first week of April, 1970, each was culminated by Lovell wishing difficulty. 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