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VOLUME 36 December 1, 2003 ISSUE Your source for campus news and information 1104 See page 14 'The Comedy of Errors' doesn't err. T HECURRENTONLINE.COM U N IVERSITY O F MISSOURI - ST. L O U IS UMSL grad SGA approves new fee increases ~students B Y BECKY ROSNER us to be proud of our school, for us to News Ediio;' ~ develop school plide and for us to develop intrical relationships that we redesign haven't had," Dolan said. "We are very At the Student Government passionate about what we do." Association meeting on Fliday, Nov. Dolan also said that UM-SL Louis is 21 , many proposals were discussed and funded 10th out of 11 schools in the •Hannibal passed by popular vote of the assembly. conference. She stated that UM-Rolla Increases in student fees are among the has more funding and that UM-St. propositions that will go to the Board of Louis does not offer as many amenities Museum Curators. to the student athletes. Some of the student The student fee BY BECKY ROSNER fees for the 2004-05 increase would still ..... ...~-- ..- .- - . ..- - . ."1 News Editor year may go up by as --"-- leave the University much as 90 cents per behind many others in credit hour. Currently, The majority of the conference. TIle Graduate students in museum all students pay $9 per assembly passed the studies have been presented with an credit hour for an that [increase] will fee. opportunity to redesign the Mark athletic fee. These fees go towards student Student Life is Twain museum in Hannibal, Mo. The go toward all of the organizations. asking for a 46-cent >t! project began last year and is athletic teams, events increase. Orinthia progressit,g as scheduled. and activities involved Montague, director of A group of consultants from the with the University. - Orinthia Montague, Student Life, spoke director of Student University have been working on the The proposed increase about the reason for Life project, including Jay Rounds, E. for the next school year the proposed fee Mike Sherwin! nJe CuneJ11 David Dodd, SGA chairperson, confers with Kristy Ru nde, SGA president, as vice president Beth Desmond Lee professor of museum is 35 cents. increase. The studies, Caitlin McQuade, adjunct Three people spoke University currently Grindstaff looks on during the Student Government m eeting Nov. 21. 11 instructor in museum studies, and at the meeting for the --,, -- funds 82 graduate students Kristin Little and athletic departmenL A student athlete, organizations. Some of the Megan Benn. An exhibit designer and Chris Pilz, the new basketball coach organizations make money in other Many more organizations continue to Health Services is also requesting a woman who spoke on behalf of Health the consultants have been working and Pat Dolan, director of the athletic ways, but others cannot fundraise. "The become active, as well as others asking fee increase. The reason behind this is Services said that students are with the museum to create a new department, represented the department majOlity of that [increase] will go for more funding every year. There are the demand for more staff in the constantly seeking health attention and design. "We are looking for ways to to tty to persuade the assembly to vote towards student organi.zations," cun-ently about 112 organizations on department. A psychiatrist, two the staff is not always there to support improve existing exhibits in the on the increase. "We are trying to Montague said. campus. Much more money is often additional nurse practitioners and a the demands. museum and create new ones," create, for the students at the University Since the beginning of the semester, requested than can be provided. The fee receptionist in the Wellness Resource tit McQuade said. of Missouri -SL Louis, an arena for all of there have been five new organizations. was pa~sed by popular vote. Center are among the requests. The see SGA. page 3 The museum in Hannibal is located next to Twain's house. It is the house that he returned to, in memory, to create some of his most ! prominent novels. Both McQuade Police cftliser crashes in Lot K The Pikes are back and Rounds said that the offer was .~ one that was impossible to tum down. Twain is a model for both of them. on campus, officially They have a shelf full of Twain books in the office so that they can do as much research as possible on the 4fter 8 years, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity autiloI. Being able. to bring the project to regains official recognition the University provides a real-world BY ANGELA ASHLEY You could literally feel the energy • experience for the museum studies Stajf\Vriter coming from people. For Pikes, it was graduate students. This is a reason the greatest feeling imaginable," Mike that UM-SL Louis was chosen to Wenger, junior, marketing, president participate in the important task. The Christmas came in the middle of of Pi Kappa Alpha, said. students work in the office and November for one student The fraternity members are not the participate in presentations. "UMSL organization on campus. The Pi only people e .cited about being back has a set of resources that are Kappa Alpha fraternity was granted on campus. Members of Sigma Pi ~ extremely useful in a project like recognition on campus after eight delivered a congratulatory note to Pi this," McQuade said. "The most years. Kappa Alpha's house. Later on in the important resource that UMSL is Pi Kappa Alpha is a large week, members of both fraternities offering right now is the graduate fratemity, with over 210 international celebrated Witll the Pikes at Golden students who are working on the chapters. The Zeta Phi chapter of the Greeks, a local bar. The three project" fraternity began at UM-St Louis in fraternities have plans in the works to Rowlds said that he has been 1969 and to this date has more than form an inter-fraternity council to "especially pleased with the students 470 alumni members. The fraternity work together to make the fraterniti es who have been working on the lost their recognition in 1995 due to both individually and collectively project. One reason that he decided to ' claims of sexual assault that were later stronger. "We are so excited to work do the project was to gi\e the students proven false. While they were still with the other fratemities," Wenger hands-on experience. They are an recognized nationally as a chapter, said. important part of the design ideas that their ultimate goal was to be back on The brothers are also exci ted to are being projected into the museum. campus. participate in mixers and Greek week ~. The project began last year. when To be granted recognition, the events with the three sorOlities. A they began to work on the I fraternity had to submit an application member of Zeta Tau Alpha, Katie interpretative master plan. The plan to a Student Affairs Committee. Once Gierse, junior, nursing, expressed her was finished in the spring of this year, approved by the committee, the happiness about the fraternity's return. and then the musewn decided that UM-St. Louis police examine a wrecked police cruiser in Parking Lot K; west of t.t!e Performing decision was passed to on Curt "It's great to see a group of guys that they did in fact want to go ahead with Arts Center, on Monday evening. Around 6 p.m., UM -St. Louis police sergeant Thomas M cEw en's Coonrod. vice chancellor of student have the same heart and dedication as the design. At the end of May 2004, vehicle crashed into a light pole in a single-car accident. According to Pclice Lieutenant Albert affairs, and Chancellor Thomas the rest or the Greek community to be McEwen had been responding to a call about a suspicious person in a vehicle outside of the ~ the first phase of the project will end. Wirt. George. All parties agreed, and a letter able to help UM-St. Louis tudent life Genera! Services Building. While following the suspicious vehicle, his attention w as diverted and Eventually, the entire museum is to signed by Coonrod later arrived at the grow t1lfough the Greek system," the police vehicle struck the light pole. Sergeant M c ~wen was examined on the scene by an ~MT be redesigned by the group. fratemity's house, congratulating Gierse said. Graduate students are required to c rew, said Wirt, but Mc Ewen's injuries were not serious. them for their return to campus. work around 20 hours a week on the "We were so excited and pumped. project, and McQuade and Rounds s<;e GREEKS. page 3 are both full-time. Graduate students ~ in a museum studies practicum class . have also helped with the project. Presidential candidate One of their assignments was to make a display for the museum, which was a window in the museum, advertising the changes coming in the future. The LaRouche visits campus group tries to go to Hannibal at least .. once a month to oversee the progress BY BEC K Y R OSNER the Missouri representatives gave an LaRouche speak, and he made a of the redesign. New!> Editor introduction of the presidential good impression on her with his Part of the design for the museum candidate. The evening community visions. "Aiter listening to what he is a storyline of Mark Twain. They forum brought in around 70 people, had to say, I was very impressed and are looking at references to Hannibal where laRouche again spoke of the Lyndon LaRouche, Democratic wanted him to come to St.