EDITORIAL 'No. 1 fan' Do you as a student of UM -St. Louis think of yourself as a customer of the U rtiversity? Steven Wolfe a.k. a. 'Wo(fle' becomes FEATURES UM-St. Louis' unofficial mascot at men's and women's basketball games. Brady movie brings back a bunch of old memories, but is it worth a look? Scott Lamar examines. SPORTS Members of UM-St. Louis' swim team have season's best performances at Mideast Classic.

Issue 817 , UNlVERSffY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS February 20, 1995

Complex battle: City of Normandy Robbery attempt backs statistics by Brian A. Dashner mask. Road toward Normandy. news editor "It happened so fast," Robinson Robinson called 911. The operator orders UM-St. Louis to stop construction said, "but if he had been able to point connected him with the Cool Valley An unidentified man attempted to the gun, he probably would have shot Police Department. Robinson said the by Am y Pierce be treated like any citizen or business Also last Monday, a dispute be­ hold up Spirits Plus, a liquor store me." officers responded quickly. associate news editor whether the issue is traffic, police, or tween Normandy and UM -St.Louis located at 8436 Florissant Road, near Robinson hid below the front Joan Cronin and Mike Marshall, zoning," Schuster said. "Butwearenot occurred when students were tick­ the South Campus Monday night. Cool counter as the gunman entered the store. the police officers who responded to The City of Normandy ordered . subject to any local ordinance ." eted on the South Campus for parking Valley Police said the attempt occurred "When he entered the store he the call, were unable to commentalxmt UM-St. Louis and its building con­ Attorneys from UM-St. Louis met on the side of the road. around 10:30 p.m. and no one wa~ shouted 'Give me ... ,' then he stopped the incident because it is still under tractors to cease construction on the with officials from the City of "A municipal ordinance restricts reported injured.'" Police also said dead in his tracks." Robinson said. "He investigation by the Cool Valley Police. University's planned IO-building. Normandy on Tuesday, Feb. 14, and parking on unpaved areas," saidDon nothing was taken in the attempt. couldn'ts'ee what1 was doing under the According to a special report which apartment complex Feb. 14. agreed that the construction of the Driemeier, deputy to the Chancellor. "I caught him (the robber) out of counter, and I guess he thought I had a aired on Channel 4 News (a CBS af­ UM- St. Louis is not obligated to apartments could resume as planned On Tuesday, students, faculty, the comer of my eye," Dave Robinson gun." filiate) last week, Normandy and Cool seek permits for zoning through the Thursday; Feb. 16. .and staff were also ticketed for using said. Robinson was the clerk on duty at . Robinson said that the robber fled Valley both have higher crime rates City of Normandy. Butacwrdillg to Elizabeth Hullahan, the mayor of the right-hand turn lane at Aorissant . the time of the robbery attempt. the scene immediately. than most cities in the St. Louis met­ Reinhard Schuster, vice chancellor Normandy, said that negotiations be­ Road by the Mark Twain Building Robinson said the robber had a gun "As soon as he took off, I went to ropolitan area. of Administrative Services, tween UM-St. Louis and Normandy to enter onto the UM-Sr. Louis in his hand and a hood over his face. He the door to see which direction he went," The report, which is compiled an­ Normandy doesn't give UM-St. will continue. campus. described the robber as an African Robinson said. nually by the Federal Bureau of In- Louis any privileges. "I am in no position to comment on see Feud, page 4 American male, but he could not tell Robinson said that the robber got see Robbery, page 4 "Normandy believes we should · the situation quite yet," Hullahan said. what age the robber was due to the into a car which fled south on Florissant MacLean announces Schnell to serve as March·1 as target date interim dean while Vice chancel/or to discuss fee with Touhil/; Transcript fee committee threatens action search continues by Jeremy Rutherford by Lyn Blrrane managing editor • The six proposals are of The Current staff listed on page 4. After a 30-minute meeting \vith the Chancellor Blanche Touhill has Transcri pt Fee committee, Vice UM-system. appointed Thomas Schnell the interim Chancellor of Student Affairs Lowe AtUM-Columbia, the cost is $4 for dean of the UM-St. Louis School of "Sandy" MacLean said he would dis­ a transcript picked up in person, $5 for Education effective immediately. cuss lowering the fee with Chancellor a mailed transcript and $10 for a faxed A national search has begun to fill Blanch Touhill and have an answer for transcript. this poSition, and Schnell will assume ~ ents b] March 1. TIM-ROlla ~eS'$4 fO£ students S lei' Beth TltJow (left) listens to UM-St. Louis adminis­ an active rol . in interviewing future Members of the committee met not currently enrolled, but enrolled trator Thomas McPhail (right) and Lowe 'Sandy' MacLean (middle) poten tial applicants. with MacLean and Thomas McPhail, students receive three free transcripts discuss the possibilities of lowering the transcript fee Thursday. Schn ' 11 has been in vol ved with the interim associate vice chancellor of each semester. School of Education and mostrecenLly Academic Affairs, Thursday in At St. Louis University, students . The committee proposed six op­ file on who has used their free tran­ served as an associate dean. ?Y1acLean's office. The committee are charged $3 per copy (picked up or tions to the Chancellor, each entailing scripts and who hasn't.," MacLean said. The School is the University's proposed six options to the adminis­ mailed) and $10 for a faxed copy. a.price reduction. The last of the pro­ "That just becomes a hassle." seco nd largest in terms of enrollment. tration , and all of the options entailed a St. Louis Community College is posals recommended a return to the old Barnhart said MacLean's state­ The undergraduate student body is 997 drop in cost of transcripts at UM-St. among the lowest in the area with a $2 policy, which would make transcripts ments are contrary to MacLean's own and there are 1,073 graduate stud enl~. Louis. • uggestions at the Student Senate Af­ Schnell said that UM-St. Louis has Tom Schnell Transcripts at UM-St Louis had fairs Committee meeting last year. an excellent reputation in preparing appointed interim dean been free until the 1993-94 academic "He proposed one free transcript in undergraduate students for the doctoral year. That's when Touhill approved a 'We will draw up a list of hidden fees at our discussions," Barnhart said, "So program. consistently been able to accomplish $S charge for all uanscriptsat UM-St. Louis and mail it to surrounding high it's not a problem of accounting," Schnell returned OIl Thursday from this." MacLean' s recommendation. schools.' The mem bers of the transcript Fee a American Association of College Schnell attributes part of the MacLean said Thursday that he thought committee said the admin istration has Teachers (AACT) meeting in Wash­ School'S success to the fine level of the fee was appropriate. - Eric Barnhart, member to choose one of the six options. ington, D.C. AACT is a national orga­ teaching. "I wanted to gel it over with, so we of the Transcript Fee committee "It's either these options or noth­ nization that meets annually and sug­ "Also our good national reputation didn't have to keep raising it every ing," Titlow said. ''These are the options gests guidelines that affect our pu blic has been of result of the tremendous couple of years," Maclean said. "I we will accept." schools and colleges. local impact in our community ," he know it's high. But I knew that even­ Barnhart said the committee has ThcSchool was recently accredited said. tually inflation would catch up." charge for transcripts. free of charge. follow-up plans if the Chancellor de­ by the National Council for Accredi­ Schnell feels that the University MacLean said that the cost was The Transcript Fee Committee Touhill rejected a recommenda­ cides not to accept one of the options. tali on oITeachers Education (NCA TE), has been able to respond sensitively to meant to offset inflationary changes in representativeS included chairman Clint tion made by the Senate Student Affairs "We will draw up a list of hidden after 12 years of not being recognized. the needs of our student body by pro­ the future. Zweifel, Eric Barnhart., Beth Titlow, Committee last year that would have fees at UM-St Louis and mail it to "'There are not many schools na­ viding an atmosphere of academic ex­ The average cos t of a transcript is and Dirk Roberts. Jason Gretzschcl, charged students $3 for each transcripts surrounding high schools," he said. tionally that have been able to meet all cellence. However, Schnell cites the significantly less at other area colleges who is also on the committee, was not after two free transcripts. the criteria," Schnell said. "But the lackoffaculty as one problem he would and universities, including ones in the present "Then you have to keep a separate see Fees, page 4 University of Missouri St. Louis has like to resol ve. Falsestart Faculty Council calls task force report an insult to its intelligence

by Amy Pierce associate news editor

The Faculty Council, a subgroup of the UM-St. Louis I Senate, was unsupportive of a task force report designed to enhance university responsiveness. The members voiced their concems at Tuesday's Senate meeting. "This task force report makes numerous unconvincing arguments for treating students as customers, which is certainly the poorestchoiceofterms possible," said Herman Smith, presiding officer for the Faculty Council. Smith does riot agree that students should be referred to as customers. "Are we to believe that the customer is always right? ," Smith said. "Do we sell a product to our customers?" Smith compiled data that was used by the task force. He Donald Drlemeier, deputy to the Chancellor, dis said that the commiuee misrepresented the data, which cusses campus Issues at the Senate meeting. documented students' complaints about the University's a

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by Matthew J. Forsythe responsibility to the people who pay editor-in-chief the dues at this institution. LeLoup even said he hoped the A juicy debate flared up at this report would stimu1ate debate. I don't week's UM-SL Louis Senate meeting. think he has to worry about that hap­ Presiding officer for the Faculty pening. Council, Hennan Smith, said the re­ But, sadly I think that.much of the port that the Chancellor's Ta<;k. Force work. that the committee put in will for Responsiveness recently published come to naught. I just don't think the is increasing the administration's "un­ administration will read their own re­ realistic demands" on the POrL faculty. His even said that The report itself was the thinking behind the very interesting. report was clearly misin­ The Survey of Cur­ terpreting data Smith rently Enrolled Students himself gathered about the shou1d be looked at espe­ University's responsive­ cially closely. Forty­ ness. seven percent said that fi­ I took some time to nancial aid department read this document that was a big hassle, and 33 the facu1ty council has declared "an percent said that they were dissatisfied insulL" I don't know about mis~pre­ with the social life at UM-St. Louis. sented data, but I did see evidence of These are just two of the five or six big problems that the University has really big problems that I think the had for quite some time. administration, faculty, staff and stu­ But, the report seems to be more of dents could all agree on and take some suggestions that the university might action on. f want to follow; or rather, a general . But, the important thing remains direction the University might want to that the administration now has a docu­ turn toward in the future. ment setting in front of them telling The nice thing about suggestions is them the top studen t headaches on this that you can take them or leave them. campus. A document done by their The Faculty Council is getting bent out own committee with information from of shape about nothing. One thing that their own students. I think it is the we can all rest assured about at this responsibility of the administration to University is that there will be lots of get the ball rolling and get something UM-St. Louis tries to paint a.better picture discussion about many issues, but done on this. thankfully there will never be any ac­ That is why the facu1ty shouldn't by Jeremy Rutherford drilling. make the campus suitable for all and transcript fees from SO to $5, just like tion on the big, blatant problems. be worrying about anything. The re­ managing editor Blit it was what happened after this uncomfortable for none. that. I don't know if you could say the I fully expect the administration sponsibility for this report rests in the worker had left, and everyone had re­ So far this year I think the Univer­ students were at fau1t, but regardless, and the facu1ty to become entangled in hands of the administration. Until the Class at UM-St Louis hit an all­ opened their notebooks that got me. sity has been very receptive to the no one complained about the hike for a philosophical debate about whether a power hierarchy at the University is time low last week. My professor took another couple of students concerns. With the one year. student is a "customer" or not Mean­ rebuilt I assume the really big decisions Asoneofmy professors began his minutes to explain the University's goal University'S track record, I'm having Just shy of two years later, theSGA while the other really big problems the will be made on the top. You wou1dn't lecture, the door opened and in walked for this year and future years. trouble believing this isn't a show. Transcript Fee committee met with 'report mentions will go on. FInally expect an important policy decision to a middle aged man. Generally speak­ He said the University was trying The academic year started off with Lowe "Sandy" Maclean, vice chan­ cellor of Student Affairs, Thursday to someone on administration's side will come from someone on the bottom, ing, thestudentsdidn'tpay to make the campus user­ a bang when the Student Government discuss the matter. say that they need to do another study Jike say theeditor-in-chiefofthe student any attention because at friendly for students this Association (SGA) and Student Ac­ Chancellor Blanche Touhill has to resolve all the arguments before any newspaper. UM-Sl Louis we're used year - meaning no tivities Office went public with their already rejectedoneproposal that would action :is tRken. Viola! An iinporta1l1 The administration will pay the. to middle aged men walk­ hassles. Clearly thisinci­ differences. What did the administra­ have essentially knocked the price down report rendered useless. report lip service, but that is about all of dent was a hassle for stu­ tion do? It sent in a mediator that l.is­ ing into class late. to$3. But MacLean remains optimistic As far as the report goes I think it is the action that will take place. I don't This gentleman, how­ dents and one, in particu­ tened to each side until both were that with the options presented to the full of good advice for the University. expect anything to be done in regard to ever, had on white work. lar' who commented he somewhat happy. No more problems Chancellor Thursday, she will take a I think Chainnan Lance LeLoup and the really big problems, and I'm sure pants with construction was serenaded by the to report. lon ger look at the issue. the othe.rs on the committee stuck their the administration will not disappoint boots, a T-shirt, and a hat same drill earlier that the Now strap on your seatbelL The MacLean said he expects to have necks out when they decided to call a me. with the bill bent like an morning while taking a adn1inistration was blindsided with the an answer for the Transcript Fee Com· student a "customer." I salute them for I think I am right beyond a shadow upside-down letter "Y. n And he had a test. controversy over the "Sexy Legs II" mittee by March 1. Even if nOthinE this action. They knew that they were of a doubt, but, who knows, maybe drill in his hand. We at UM-SL Louis, though, are sign the Sigma Pi fraternity used to comes oUlof it, progress is being made going to take some heat, but they did it someDne in administration will decide This man began to fiddle with the used to planes, trains and cranes oper­ promote a party. Although our Student primarily by the students, but by the anyway, because using the word "cus­ to follow up on this report. knob on the door, which caused an ating at aU hours of the school day, so Court looked like the unrespected University as well. tomer" implies the University has a big Good. Please prove me wrong. · awfu1lot cif unnecessary noise. Need­ let's ignore that for th e time being. People's Coun, the administration It's too early to tell if the adminis· less to say, my professor was amazed . . Let's get back to what the professor watched with both eyes and opened an tration is putting on a performance. Just when everyone was waiting to said about a user-friendly campus. ear to each side -regardless of who won tvraybeclassar UM-St. Louis hitar electronic fnail contact hear about the effects of supply and He said that the University has cirlosl. all-time low last week, but the demand,we were being forced to sit realized students are fed up with get­ Finally, students gotthc shaft when University 's overall respect for stu· Follow these instructions to subscribe to The Current's public through 10 minutes of high intensity ting the runaround, and that it wants to the administration decided to raise dents has improved. bulletin board. First, log on to eMS on the University's computer network. TIris can be accessed. through Internet Next, mail to [email protected]. L'1 the txxiy of your note, type sub current and then your full name. After you have subscribed, to read or send mail to the bulletin board, mail to [email protected]. If you want to send a private letter to the editor, mail to Student sa'Ys charges of racism are 'ludicrous [email protected]. Dear Editor, placed a copy of Currenl Chauer on a eled at The Current. Ms. Hutchinson paper, I believe that they work hard For purposes a/verification, ail letters to the editor must bear board part bulletin with of it circled. said that by including the African accurately report student views. In th I thewnter's handwritten signature, address, studentidentification found Tonya Hutchinson's letter Through many of us might walk right American student's comment about week's Current Chatter, the questic to the editor in February 13 (issue 816) by such an ambiguous posting and not number and home or work telephone nUmber. If requested, ail fmancial aid, the newspaper implied was "What are you thinking right now' issue of The Current ludicrous and give it a second look, our beloved efforts will be made to maintain the writer's anonymity. that mo st African Americans felt that The one African American student i downright nasty. Apparently Ms. campus activist saw this as an opportu­ way . Anyone with the ability to think eluded responded by saying, "I a Hutchinson noticed that someone had nity to stir things up (after aU we haven't logically knows thatoneperson 'sviews hungry ." Is The Currenl implying th had any juicy controversies yet this can never be taken as the views of that African Americans cannot afford foo semester!). person's entire race, sex, neighborhood, The studentvo ice Would that implication be present on Acknowledging, perhaps unwit­ church, and so on. To get a more "fair" if a white male or a pig tacked tJ tingly, that her anger stemmed entirely ofUM-St. Lcuis answer, should The Current have gone article to a bulletin board and cirell from an assumption, Ms. Hutchinson around asking people the sarnequestion that particular comment? Obvious accused the unknown person of being Address all correspondence to: Tht: Currellt until they found someone with exactly not. a bigot who went out of their way to be 8001 Natural Bridge Road • St. Louis, Mo. 63121 the opposite reaction to the tuition In short, I think that comments aJ extremely racist" She referred to that Business and Adverti!Sing (3U) 516-51'7'5, Newsroom and Editotial (314) 516-5174 or fax (314. 516-6811 question? Would such deliberate ma­ attitudes like those of Ms. HutchinS( person as "he" (another unfounded nipulation of student responses have do nothing but increase racial tensil assumption) and as a "pig." However, Matthew J. 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Robbery from page 1 • new transcript fee proposals vestigation, cited Ironton as the safest Clark said. city inMissouri. Channel4 airedresults According to Clark, the campus of 90 cities within the Channel 4 watch will have two specific purposes. 'We would have viewing area. The first will be to teach the campus never pursued this Normandy ranked 67th and Cool , t community better ways to prevent Valley was 87th. The report was 'issue if students didn't crim es from happening, and the second printed in the 1993 FBIUnifonn Crime will be to teach methods for victims of want it.' Report, which contained only data re­ crime to contact the campus police in a ported by cities to the FBI about 1993 - Clint Zweifel committee chair crime statistics. timely manner. "Most crimes committed on cam­ The information was averaged per Option 1 pus are unwitnessed property thefts," 100,000 residents for statistical accu­ • $2.50 for pick up or mailed copy racy. Because many cities in the St said Clark. wuis Metropolitan area do not have He described the average crime on • $3 for a faxed copy (national or international) that many residents, the report aver­ campus to be the theft of personal items • one free transcript ' . ages the number of crimes which would which have been left unattended. Option 2 be committed in acityof 100,000 if the As a Normandy police officer, • $2.50 pick up or mailed copy (national or international) same rate per resident occurred. Clark instituted a neighborhood watch photo: Monica Senecal • $3 fax (nC3,tional or international) "We advertised a list of cities, No. program for that city. 1 being the safest city in the area and Gary Clark, a UM-St. Louis police officer, directs a student. Clark "In Normandy , we tried to getabout Option 3 No. 90 being the least safe," said Marc plans to Implement a campus watch program in March. 12 houses together," Clark said. "People • $3 pick up or mailed copy Cox of Channel 4 . said that the numbers seem very high borhood, the crimes committed in have a tendency to participate more if • $4 faxed copy (national or international) The report was a homogenate of in some instances because each crime Normandy and Cool Valley are usually it's a smaller group." • one free transcript six specific crimes, including: homi­ committed in an area where there are robberies, thefts and domestic disputes. , According to Clark, Normandy Option 4 cide, robbery, assault, burglary, lar­ fewer residents counts as a consider­ To prevent crirnes on campus,UM­ police had tried to assign positions for • $2.50 pick up or mailed copy ceny and vehicle theft ably higher percentage. Cool Valley Sl Louis is instituting a campus watch trained individuals who could watch • $3.50 faxed copy in the U.S. Cox said that the FBI report listed reported 1,300 residents, and program. Gary Clark, a UM-St. Louis for possible crimes and report them. Normandy very close to the national Normandy reported 4,446 residents. police officer, has been instrumental in "The problem with that is that • $4 international fax ,average in almost all crimes except "Normandy may be high (on the designing the watch. Clark plans to people who are trained to watch for Option 5 vehicle theft According to Cox, Cool list) because of the high vehicle theft meet with those involved in the watch crime feel like they have special pow­ • $3 for all transcripts Valley rated 77 in property crimes. rate," Cox said. '''The other crirnes seem program March 13. ers," Clark said. "People who aren't Cox said that many police depart­ Option 6 generally low." "I look for a meeting of the campus feel as if they have no responsibility at ments think that the report is unfair. He • Free transcripts (old policy) Because it is a residential neigh- watch for Honors Hall before that date," all."

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Just a Thought ______byDonBaroes ______'Wolfie: School spirit second to none columnist Justa walk 'UM-St. Louis' Number #1 Fan' becomes the unofficial mascot Louis Rivermen . Decked out in the In Kuchno' s opinion, Wolfewould by Scott Lamar girls' games because I have class." sailor suit worn by his father and a like to see UM-StLouis students more features editor Wolfe is a graduate student going through the for a masters in secondary education. humongous captain's head mask, he involved on the campus as opposed to As far as crowd rousers go, Mizzou He said that he wanted to be the team's sashayed around the court clapping his a "go to class and leave" campus. "Deep down, he wanted to be the has the AnUers and Truman the Tiger at mascot to continue the tradition and to hands and dancing in a most unortho­ park basketball games. In baseball, the Car­ keep up the school spirit dox manner. lf it didn't pep the crowd mascot," Kuchno said. ''Wollie would like UM-St Louis to have a more dinals have Fredbird and the Padres "As far as students go, Wolfie is up, it made them laugh. have The Chicken. Been thinking aboutparks lately. I made my way to the top of a We here at UM -S t. Louis have our Almost every community has a little series of square, wooden platforms own new mascot. "Wollie." park of some kind. Unlike most of and took a look around. I could see Steven Wolfe, also known as you, I actually grew up in this area the back of sOuth campus to my ''Wollie'' among players, coaches, and across Natural Bridge in the village north and the Honors College to m y regular fans is infamous for his antics in of Bel Nor. I went to the junior high west. There's an ancient cemetery the stands. Among his school that borders UM-St. Louis to that borders on the east I suspect stunts is standing in front of opposing the east. 1 caddied at the golf course it's St. Vincent's Cemetery, bul I teams as they attempt free throws and by the Honors College. I bussed realI y don't know. This area has SO shouting, "Miss ill". His high-pitched tables at a little place down the street many cemeteries. But all of the shriekis easy to identify even ina packed called Spiro's in my mid-teens. I headstones in this one are the same auditorium. . even worked for the street depart­ design -- short, medieval looking "Come on Rivermen. Defense! De­ ment for a whiJe by painting lines crosses. It's really very pretty. And fense! Get that ball," Wollie cries in an for those pesky stop signs I like to then trees trees trees to the south attempt to spur on the team. run through sooften. And I spent a concealing a couple of parking lots Woife, who has been attending UM­ lot of time atourcommunity park-­ that you can hide oul in and watch St. Louis for a long, long time, tries to St. Vincent's. the train from. attend every men's and women's bas­ I went there the other day with a There's actually quite a bit of ketball game. During breaks between I friend of mine to kill some minutes park at St. Vincent's_ They even the action, Wolfe often dances in the Steven Wolfe-out of unIform. Wolfe entertaining at the basketball games. while he waited for his bus. It had have the standard tennis courts and aisles -- mir~ulously avoiding injury been quite a few years since I had two or three baseball diamonds pI us to himself and others in attendance with the number one fan," said SportS Infor­ In reference to Wallie's mask: tilt- . traditional atmosphere with more sw­ visited the place, and I was really plenty of open space to do whatever. hisfunlcy,offbalancedancemanuevers. mation Director Jeff Kuchno. "He ing to one side, one onlooker com- dents coming to games. Coming to pleased with the way they had main­ So, as a resident of the village Wolfe is a diehard UM-St. Louis rarely misses games. He stands out mented that he thought W olfie needed games is part ofhis college experience. tained itnot to mention the additions of Bel Nor, I invite you all to visit sports fan. However, men's and because he is so vocal." a chiropractor. - lfmorestudentswouldfollowhislead, they had constructed. They had St. Vincent's Park, when the warm women's basketball is his favorite sport. "It's been so many years that I have "My neck is killing me," Wolfe it would add to their college experi. added another playground for tod­ months arrive, if you fmd yourself "Basketball is played inside, and lost track," Wolfe said, on how long puffed following the men's 74-7310ss ence too." dlers, I'm guessing, because it was in the mood for a slide or some sun the fans can get riled up," Wolfe said. "I he's been coming to games. to Southwest Baptist University. ''I'm "I wish more fans had as mud surrounded by a 6 foot blue-and­ between classes. And if you're liv­ try to make all of the games, although I Last Wednesday, Wolfe became very tired too. That mask is heavy, and white fence. They built a rather ex­ ing in the residence halls or dorms haven't been able to attend all of the .. the unofficial mascot of the UM-St thereisn 'talotof room to move around." see Mascot, page 6 tensi ve life station exercise area. (aren't they the same thing?) you And they now have a recreation might want to remember it's there center or park information center or for when you "just need someplace something; I'm not sure what be­ to go!" Author Wale Amusa offers resolutions to cause I didn't go inside. Attractive The only problem is that at building though, buill into the present there is no north side en­ landscape and painted in earth tones. trance for vehicles; there is just a reduce conflict among African Americal1 s- We parked and decided to take a bike path. The only way to get there by Scott Lamar points in history when blacks hav walk over to the old playground; the in a car is the main entrance off St. features editor been oppressed, starting with tb one I remember screaming around Charles Rock Road, al though I'm Revolutionary War. on. Everything looked the same -­ sure you could park at the Honors 'The present generation is confused Wale Amusa gave a speech tiUed "Our founding fathers rioted., an only smoother around the edges. College and walk the couple of about what they should be fighting for. ' "Diminishing Conflict Among African when that failed, they took on the Bri Two of the more dangerous attrac­ hundred yards from the fence to the AmeriCMs" last Satuf!1ay, February 11 -Wale Amusa, author of 'Diminishing ish Empire," Am usa said. "Alongwil tions had been removed: a slide made centcr of the serenity. Come to think at the J.C PelUley Building. Amusa is the African Americans, the foundir of metal rollers and a tie that the of it, they do have picnic tables just Conflict Among African Americans' promoting his book, "The Essential fathers defeated the British. Crispt swings had been suspended from, inside the bike path entrance set up Elements of Love". Auucks should be the first foundir which makes it three things gone under some shade trees. I don't Amusa discussed the problems that Amusa said. "They need to be fighting Amusa said. father because he was the first to die j because the swings went with the know. It's just a thought. African Americans have faced in the for equal opportunity." "To understand how to reduce the the revolution. This history has bet tie. PS Have a grew break. past and solutions to protect the gains "Every since the conception of this conflict," he said, "we must understand conveniently hidden." African Americans have made. country, African-Americans have been the things that have been kicking us all Amusa said when the framers 5aJ "The present generation is confused in a struggle for equal opportunity for over this country." see Arousa, page CHANGE OF FACE : about what they should be fighting for ," equal enjoyment of equal rights." Amusa made several references to Current Chatter Psychologist speaks on Multiple Personality Disorder by Monica Senecal by Julie Pressman admit that they are afflicted with the She said the patient had other dis­ photography editor associate features editor disorder. turbing symptoms such as personality On Tuesday, Feb 14, Masters and shifts. 'The challenge of diagnosing What do you think about the OJ. Simpson trial? At a bad point in your life have you Johnson psychologist TeriPokrajac gave this patient gave the idea for my disser­ ever wished you were someone else? an hour speech in Room 229 of the J. C. tation." Sounds nonnal enough. PelUley Building about her research on Her speech centered mainly on the I think it is terrible that a man For an increasing number of people MPD and Borderline Personality Dis­ similarities between MPD and BPD. this is not only a wish but a reality. order [BPD]. These similarities include a high in­ treats his wife bad. According to These people become someone else to The research stemmed from herdis- stance of physical or sexual abuse in all of the evidence, I think he's cope with childhood stress and trauma . sertation. She did research in five Mas­ childhood and a high instance of dis­ guilty. that still haunts them in their adult sachusetts hospitals and interviewed association. Jinyan Du lives. They live with the curse of approximately 35 patients afflicted with In the case of MPD, this disasso­ Multip1ePersonality Disorder [MPD]. Junio~ either disorder. ciation leads a person to develop other Biology For the past several years the disor­ "Before I received my Ph.D. I saw a personalities to cope with daily life. der has been dramatized on popular patient who was very depressed had a . "Multiple personality disorder pa­ television shows like the now defunct tendency to have angry outbursts; she tients often have gaps in their cmrent The prosecution has so L.A. Law. often left my office in a huff and then memory," Pokrajac said. ;'This is uSu- much against him, but due to his It has become so acceptable that would call me in a panic threatening to even superstars like Roseanne Arnold Teri Pokrajac kill herself," Pokrajac said. stardom he will prooobly get off. see Disorder, page 6 Cheryl Wilson Oa Oa Ou Ou Oa, Here's thestory.. .of a stupid movie Sophomore Nursing by Scott Lamar Los Angeles-sounds awesome, huh? features editor Everything about the Bradys is exactly the same, including the lingo "The Brady Bunch Movie" was, (such as "groovy" and "far out"),the Who's O.J. Simpson? for me, an unexciting journey back bell-bottoms and butterfly-collars, the through time. station wagon, the hairstyles and even I remember watching 'The Brady the general appearances of the cast -­ Jeff Laumann Bunch" on television as a kid and the TV Marsha and the movie Marsha Freshman thinking it was pretty cool. However, are almost identical. Criminal Justice as most people grow older, they don't The plot circles aroUnd the stupid think the same things are as humorous idea that the Bradys, living in the same as they once were. house with the same AstroTurf lawn, I think they're carrying it out The Bradys, who ooze family val­ refuse to sell their house so that devel­ entirely too long and the publicity ues, are better off being left alon~ than opers can come in and build a shopping thrust into a movie that lacks any sense. mall. that they have given the case is Director Betty Thomas, of "Hill Their next door neighbor, Mr. biased .. Street Blues," has taken the popular Ditrneyer,played by Micheal McKean, Keesha Moore 70's TV show, duplicated every as­ loathes the Bradys who aren 'tip touch The new, but not so improved Junior Communications .1 peet, and placed them in modem day see Bradys, page 6 Brady Bunch page 6 FEATURES February 20, 1995

Bradys from page 5 Disorder from page 5 Mascot from page 6 with the 9O;s cultufe and won 'tsell their have different definitions for the word know Guns-n-Roses from Burl Ives. ally a sign that another personality was forapproxirnately six hours to complete enthusiasm as he does," said Rich home, which also is the same as it was "protection." The dope chases all of the women active at that time." her research. Approximately 35-40 Meckfessel,themen'sbasketballcoach. on television. Unfortunately, Thomas never re- around school bothering them with his Both groups exhibit symptoms people viewed the presentation, Wolfe said that.all schools should . The Ditmeyer children also dislike ally utilizes these generational differ~ lame song, which·he must of played 25 . such as depression and in more ex­ Pokrajac's speech was sponsored have a mascot. He also wants the cheer­ the Bradys. The son Eric, played by ences to make the movie funnier. She times during the movie. treme cases suicidal tendencies. by the Center for Trauma Recovery . leaders back as well as spirit night. Jack Noseworhty of MTV's "Dead at merely rehashes the show many of us The same is true for the rest of Other symptoms of the disorder and the Psychology Department at UM- "They used to have spirit night but . 21" ,for some unknO\vn reason wants to watched as kids and sets it into a charac~rs who are oblivious to the include,impulsivitY, unstable inte~r­ St. Loms. they took it away," he said. "They need beat up Peter. brain dead plot-saving the Brady home. cultural changes . around them. This sonalrelationships, identity disturbance Pokrajac, who has been practicing to get it back." His v,TIe, played by Jean Smart, is a (The anal. retentive Bradys need makes them outcasts to almost every­ and eating disorders. her profession for nine years, said she Wolfe doesn't spend all of his time drunkard who tries to. get a Brady male . $20,(XX) to prevent their house from one not only because they are strange "Many patients often report a feel­ gotinto psycology because she wanted at sporting events. He teaches swim- to mow her yar'd ~ being auctioned off.) . ming and works as a lifeguard. but because they are so annoying, and ing of watching themselves go through to help people. As far as being the mascot, he has The Bradys are naive about a lot of Jan (Jennifer Elise Cox) is so not furmy as the writer's intended. life from outside theirbodies,"Pokrajac "1 know it sounds corny, but 1 like no idea how long he'll do it. things. Living in the 90's with a 70's jealous of Marsha, she begins hearing If you remember watching The said. people and wantto help them," Pokrajac "I think 1'11 J' ust wait and see what mentality poses some problems, which voices and runs away. Her schizo­ Brady Bunch back in its heyday in '69- said. ' Pokrajac then described the five happens," he said. is where the movie's strongest points phrenic episodes are a weak attempt at '74 and have seen all 116 episodes, stages ofdisassociation . The fifth stage, lie. For example, when Marsha goes humor, much like the restofthe movie. seeing the movie might have a nostal­ identity alteration, is the lI10st prevalent Amusa from page 5 out with the campus stud on a cold Greg (Christopher Barnes) is an' gic impact on you. If you weren't a big in MPD patients. night, Mrs. Brady's and Marsha's date aspiring rock singer star who doesn't fan of the series, you'l1 hate the movie. "These people exhibit different 'all men are created equal' ,they weren't feel threatened by a small nation of personalities with different needs and referring to African Americans. Only only lOO,(XX) people," Amusa said. ,...------.. . different behaviors. Some patients may after Northerners succeeded in push­ "Reagan also was responsible for bust­ even call themselves by different names ing their own interests did blacks count ing unions and losing 5 million jobs in The Political Science Academy and have several different wardrobes," as human beings, and it was only three­ industry-positions held my most Afri­ Pokrajac said. fifths of a person. can Arnericans," Presents Pokrajac interviewed each subject 'Thefounding fathers set up agov­ Amusa said that George Bush, who ernment where the essence of the sys­ once headed the CIA, didn't believe in tem denies freedom to every black civil rights. man, women and child,"Amusa said. At the tirneofBush's inauguration, Apartment: Arnusa said it is no wonder why the child is 20-years-old and eligible to Emmett McAuliffe, host of the Emmett · young black children are so antisocial vote. However, Amusa said, this man McAuliffe Program on KJSL, 630 AM, ·$295 and have no regard for their being is a part of a world that tells him, 'there when they come into a system and is no future". which airs from 4-7 daily, and Eric Vickers. · government that neglects their needs. "Kids are mentally dropping out in Heat Included! 1 bedroom, Amusa employed an analogy of a fourth and fIfth grade," he said. Mr. Vickers is a lawYer specializing in civil 2 room efficiency, new black child growing up in an era of . Amusaofferedseveral ways to help rights cases. appliances, new carpet, "Benign Neglect". resolve conflict between African­ some furnished. 6 months Prof. Fred Springer's Home "In 1976, Jimmy Cane.r was presi­ Americans. Among the ways men­ or 1 year lease: $285-$295. tioned were respecting the humanity of 6920 Amherst Or a 2 bedroom, 1 bath dent and the child is 8-years-old." he others, trust, positive communication apartment: $315-$350. said. "During Carter's administration, University City, MO 63130. the prison populatiop exploded. Carter and handling change. Refreshments Provided: BYOB. did more for the country after his presi­ "The way we communicate "vith Bermuda dency than during." each other, when it's positive, is like a Amusa had nothing positive to say glue that holds various parts of the Heights about Reagan or Bush either. Amusa community together," Amusa said. 7738 Springdale described Reagan as "a virile cowboy" "When it's negative, it's like a dagger Normandy who didn't believe there was racism in in the heart of a community." this country. He also criticized Reagan Amusa's talk was sponsored by the for attacking Granada. 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by Rob G~eker was unbelievable. At one point she by Rob Goedeker sports editor turned to me and said 'Mary you go sports editor coach, I'll set it up'. I'm glad I had that The 1995 Mideast Classic, held at luxury for one day. That made a huge Going into the 1995 MideastClassic the St Peters Rec-Plex this past week­ difference for our team." last weekend at the St. Peters Rec-Plex, end, received rave reviews from the Beeson also had some support from UM-St. Louis swimmer Clif Morlan coaches involved. SLU.· felt like he was in top condition. "The response has been over­ "We had some help from our sports He, like all of UM-St. Louis' whe.gly positive," saidSt. Louis information office," Beeson said. "If it swimmers, trained extremely hard for University head coach Richard 'Doc' wasn't for them, we probably couldn't this meet. And in the end, his hard work Beeson. "So much so, that we're trying have ran the diving events." paid off. to make arrangements to book this But Beeson feels finances by the Morlan set a new school record in complex for next year's meet." university have to be more prevalent. the l650-yard freestyle, placing fifth The hosts and organizers of this "They can't just throw a token out with a time.of 17:06.31. He broke the year's meet were Beeson and UM-St for us and say 'That's what you get, go old record of 17:19.35, which he set Louis head coach Mary Liston. They do what you can'. 'This event is just too himself earlier this year at the India­ both worlced very hard to organize the big for that" napolis Invitational. meet, but Beeson said that both he and One example of the hard work that . Morlan credits UM-St. Louis head Liston ·need more support if they want . UM-St Louis' coaches had to endure coach Mary Listen for his success. · to host it again. at the meet was the response of assis-, ''I'm really happy with the way "If we're not able to get the finan­ tantcoach Dan Bostelmann when asked I've been swimming this meet," Morlan photo: Ken Dunkin cial and staff support from our own how his team had been swimmiIJg. said. "Mary pampered us really well. universities to run a meet of this mag­ "I don't know, lhaven't even seen UM-St. 'louis swimmer Cllf Morlan dives Into the pool Friday at the St. Peters 'Rec·Plex. Morlan set a She knew what she was doing with our nitude, it would be difficult for us to be them," he said. "All I've done is sat new school record at the Mideast Classic In the 1650-yard freestyle wl1h a time of 17:06.31. swimming. I'm happy with it, and I able to host it again," Beeson said. down behind the computer." hope I can improve on it next year." Both Beeson and Liston had been University of Indianapolis head faster than he was last year in the 50- "It's been an outstanding meet," coaches hope the Rec-Plex will host UM -St. Louis captain ChadFow ler unable to coach their swim teams be­ . coach Gary Kinkead was excited to be yard freestyle. and he was seven places Mullin said . the meet for years to come. also performed well in the meet, plac­ cause all their time was taken up with competing in this year's Classic. lower," Kinkead said. 'There will be a Since I've been involved with this "I hope We can stay here for a ing fourth in the 200-yard butterfly organizing the meet. Liston received "It's been a fantastic meet," lot of NCAA Division 1, II, and III cuts meet, this is the best one," he said. while," Mullin said. "I've really en­ with a season best time of 2:02.28. some help from · within the UM-St. Kinkead said. "TIus is a great facility." coming out of this kind of meet because Mary and Doc have done an outstand­ joyed this meet, it's a great place to "I'm pleased with my time," Fowler Louis athletic department Kinkead said the Rec-Plex and the of the facility and the competition." ingjoborganizingthemeet Weappre­ have it. said. "1 beat it by two seconds. I swam "Our assistant athletic director level of competition has made this UM-Rolla head coach/athletic di­ ciate their efforts." With the proper support, a major really well." [Denise Silvester] was here for 12hours year's Mideast Classic exceptional. rector Mark Mullin was impressed with In the past, the Mideast Classic has college swim meet could call the St on Thursday," Liston said. "Her help "One of my sprinters said he was organization of the meet. 'traveled all around the Midwest. The Louis area home." see Swim, Page ii Rivermen drop Riverwomen can't buy a win Ken Dunkin fourth in a row associate sports editor by Nick Farrel The UM-St Louis Riverwomen reporter saw their record fall to 7 -15 as they lost to Southwest Baptist Ilifferentgan:Jt. same !-lOry. For the second game in The Riverwomen lost last succession, theUM-St Loui's Rivennen lost on a last second Wednesday ro.86 even though tJiey shot and fell to the Southwest Baptist University Bearcats played perhaps their best game in a few 74-73 Wednesday night at the Mark Twain Center. weeks. It was deja vu as, for the third game in a row, the TheygotofftoarockystartasSBU Rivennen were unable to hold on to a comfortable second ran up a 13-0 score leaving many to halflead. wonder if this game was over from the "I've never seen anything like this in 36 years of beginning. The Riverwomen had been coaching, let alone experienced it," said Rivermen coach fighting uphill battles all year as a resul t Rich Meckfessel. of having only seven players, so this The loss kept the Rivermenreeling and frustrated as they was nothing they couldn 'thandle. They lost their fourth game in a row. They proved once again that fought back and, eventually, tied the photo: Ken Dunkil no Rivennen lead is safe at any point in the second half. game at 27. Laura Satterfield then be­ ''We just broke down and lost our composure," said gan to get the open shots that make her Rlverwoman guard Laura Satturfleld tries to steal the ball fron UM-St Louis guard Marcus Albert. "We're just not playing eyes light up, and she hit three 3-point­ Bearcat Robyn Douglass (#34) Wednesday at the Mark Twain BId as a team anymore. " ers in a row. women shot 81 percent from the char­ shots. The Rivermen started out strong in the first half as a tight Photo: Ken Dunkin "I was thinking how could 1be this ity stripe. They would have to improve "When your opponents get a pres defense and a patient offense helped UM-St Louis build a wide open?," Satterfield said. ''They Rlvennan guard Lawndale Thomas (#3) Is stuffed their play, however, for this game to working effectively, they will gel t.hret comfortable41-33 halftime lead. TheBearcatslooked help­ were in ahalf~urt trap, which means by Bearcat Dustlri Mullenix Wednesday at home. stay close. four, five, or even six turnovers in less in the first half as they missed countless short shots and I will be a little open, but I was more Cutting the seven-point deficit was row,"saidSatturfieki. ''The game cam shot only 30 percent from the field. open than usual because Angie "We were trying to play smarter down the stretch to hold the number one priority for the team, down to the press. We played gre< Meanwhile, Albert lead the Rivermen with l3 points. Stubblefield was giving screens. I the lead," Albert said. and cutting it would mean not letting defense, but the press kills us ever Oveiall, the Rivermen shot 46 percent from the field in the wouldn't have been open ifit wasn't The Rivermen appeared well on their way to victory SBU score. The Riverwomen put on a time." first half. for Angie." leadingby 12 points with only 2:50 to play in the game. But great show of defense by stopping SB U Thereweremanytimesondeferu As the second half began, you couldn't help but wonder Even though Satterfield hardly those who have been at games lately should have known not from getting the same easy shots they that the Ri verwomen blocked the Lad if the Rivermen would find a way to blow another one. missed a shot in the first half, the to leave, since the Ri vermen have a knack for making games had gotten in the first half. Bearcats view of the basket. Howeve Apparently not this time, the Rivermen came out strong and Riverwomen still went into the inter­ exciting down to the wire. The Riverwomen took the lead on SBUhitits desperation shots and brok looked like they were going to hold this one. Both teams got missiondown45-38. Thebiggestprob­ Once again, the Rivermen showed signs of previous a Stubblefield shol They even built the game open, leaving theRiverwome sloppy nlidway through the half, but the Rivermen settled lem they had was their shooting. As a choking and the wheels slowly came off again. their lead to as much as five points, but stunned. team they shot 34 percent from the floor down and worked the ball around for open shots to take The Bearcats whittled away at the lead and cut it down they CGuldn't hold on. SBU found that "We played great as a team. The in comparison to SBU's 51 percent control of the game. to four points, 73-69, \'lith only 26 seconds to go. On the the most effective way to stop the Riv­ just hit a few lucky shots that broke 0\ The game would have been in serious As the Rivermens' second half lead approached double Bearcat's next possession, Guard Rodney Mullings hit a erwomen on offense was to press them momentum," Nicole Christ said. "V'! jeopardy had it not been for their fabu ­ figures, they slowed down their attack considerably to cut into making bad passes arid taking bad down on the Bearcat's chances to score. see Bearcats, page 8, lous free throw shooting. The River- see Effort, page l ! Way' over the (blue) line ~I - St . Louis won't save much by banking on move

by Eric Thomas, of The Curren't staff by Rob Goedeker j The tlM-5'1. Louis Hockey team qilietandnotas tense as coach Wayne spOrts editor What's the difference? I trav.eled to DaytOn. Ohio, to play tbe Ghoulson would have preferred. . If UJv1-S t. Louis decides to move to .Daytbn Flyers in a toumamenf Feb. "'I think the seven hour bus trip Time Miles Time Miles I l@\. 12. After a deciSive, 7-1 victory really took a . lot out of them," the Great Lakes Valley Conference MIAA GLVC over Sru-Caroondale Ghoulson said. "I sus- (GL VC), they won't receive any more j Central Missouri State .. lasn\!l~Y',the; Ri ... c t tlmt they may drag benefits, as far as travel is concerned, 3.5 192.5 4.5 247.5 Bellarmine 1 ennen were feeling at the beginning of the than what they currently have in the Emporia State 6 330 6 330 Indiana Purdue at Fort Wayn j confident abOUD the game." Mid-America Intercollegiate AthIe.tics Lincoln 2 110 3.5 192.5 Kentucky Wesleyan Association (NfIAA). I upcoming matches. I The first line must Misouri Southern State 5 275 4 220 Lewis . went ontmeexcUfSion . have heard these dis­ "We might encounter more snow Missouri Western State 4.5 247.5 Northern Kentucky witfu. tfieRivermenanrl heartening words be­ in the winter, and in the spring we 6 330 spoke' with team cause ten seconds af­ might encounter cooler weather, but, in Northeast Missouri State 4 220 2.5 137.5 Quincy president Dan ter the puck was tenns of travel distance, it's aboutthe Northwest Missouri State 5.5 302.5 4 220 University of Indianapolis Dagenais during the dropped, defenseman same," said UM-St Athletic Director Pittsburg State 5.5 302.5 6 330 Saint Joseph Rich Meckfessel. nue about the team.' s, Glen LeCour slid a Southwest Baptist 3.4 187 .5 27.5 SIU-Edwardsville I chances in Dayton. pass, to Dagenais, who was on the. The average distance to all of the UM-Rolla 2.1 115.5 University of Soythern Indian "Although the whoTe team is· IlO~ move'IDto, the FIyers' zone. A slap­ schools in the MIAA is 232.5 miles 3 165 I making the nip, rill Jj>OsIDve that we shoHater, the score was 1-0 in favor . compared to an average. of230 miles in Washburn 5 275 6 330 Wisconsin-Parkside willgivelhem arnnfOF their mOliley," of the Rivennen. the GLVC. Dagenais said. "The; B ~ ers . wiUhave The bench went crazy, and the . As far as travel is concemed, a TOTALS 46.5 hrs./2557.5 miles 46 hOIJrs/2530 mi1es tJJcir hands' f ILl'ir with illS.. " move to the GL VC wouldn't really Th (~ \ oc.kcrroom atmf), pherc was' see Ya on page 8 Times are calculated at 55 miles per hour with no stops. see Trave/~ page 8

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lefit UM-St Louis by that much. mentforbaseball in the GLVC, it might all the flexibility in their scheduling, crowd was silent. 'The second line, · on the left side ofthe chin :mdwas out LeCour said ofPerkinS , perfor­ "It's a dime toss," said UM-St have to travel to schools like Wiscon- they are able to play most of the schools consisting of Barclay PoOle, Bryan for the rest of the trip. It took one mance; "He saw more rubber than a uis baseball he¥ coach Jim Brady. sin-Parkside and Northern Kentucky, in the GL VC for their non:-eonference · HoI t, . and Chad Bartoszk:iewicz Dayton doctor, two nurses, and twenty skunlC on a trans-<::anadian highway." In the pas~ coaches and players which are each six hours from St.Louis . . games. headed out onto the ice and promised stitChes to close that wound. "It's all right guys. We'll kill 'em I'e complained about the traveling Brady feels that the move would "Half of those schools we wOlild . to add to the lead. However,it wasn't Following that play, the referees tomorrow night," declared Lou les to some of the schools in the Just increase the spending for his pro­ play anyway, whether we move to the until the second period that UM-St called open season on our guys. There . Grabou, the second-\iiledefenseman. [AA, . but a move to the GL VC gram. conference or not, because they 're close Louis added to its score. were numeroUS five~on-threes, which Theday: Saturday. Thetiine: 5:30. 8:12 the lU1dn't improve that situation by any ''Looking at it geographically, the to home," said UM-St Louis soccer . With to go in second aided Dayton. Ghoulson was furious, The place: Kenrenk ice. rink. The period,defensernanKirkSmith1enta and he was vocal to the refs. Upon action: face-off. The Riveffilen came :aIlS. distance and the expenses involved head coach Tom Redmond. "Travel­ ,helping . Shoulder by checking the offering his opinion to linesman Hess, out fighting Jor the puck, and it was . Travel time to all the schools in the would be much greater than what we ing wouldn't really change." Flyers' winger ~ 'be attempted .to end-tO-end action. · The Rivennen [AA takes four hours and 14 minutes have incurred in the MlAA," Brady Th~ one thing that would change is carry the puck into the zone,LeCour " suceessfull y kept the puck out oftheir the average. In th'e GL VC, UM-St. said. ''We can't get a bener deal than that the soccer team would make more grabbedtheloosePll?k,ska~tothe . IHe saw more end, andweren'tshy when it came to luis would only save three minutes of what we already have in the MlAA." than one trip to schools in the GL VC. neutral zone, and hit a Wide open . . .. passing out hits. . ''The tIp.vel might be a little more Iveling time. With stops for gas and UM-St. Louis softball head coach Poole. After a few nifty moves to rubber than a skunk The Rivermen were faced with Dd included, those three minutes are Harold Brumbaugh doesn't think a extensive than it is right now for ull," · avoidbodilyinjury,poolesnucko~ . on·a trans-Canadian even more problems t\lan they .en- . lignificant move to the GL VC would improve his . Redmondsaid. ''We usually go up once . past the Flyer. goalie and made ·the h' h ., . . countered the night ·before. Midway The ramifications of the change are traveling situation. a year and pick up Lewis and Wiscon­ score 4-2 in favor of the Flyers. 19 way into thesecondperiod,LeCourpulled It the same for all the UM-St. Louis "I'm notforamoveto the GLVC as sin-Parkside on the same trip." Trailing by two WljS no big prob- -Glen LeCour, a groin muscle. orts programs, so each program will far as travel is involved," Bnimbaugh Meckfessel said that the traveling lern, The big ~bl~m i.0r the !Uv~. . Riverman Hockey . .Jason Cutter Was in goal for the : affected differently. said. "Unless they have the same type differences won't be the primary con­ men was theofficIatmg;UM-St.Louts . . RiveIinen. He was pelted with shots In baseball and softball for exam pIe, of north and south conference that we sideration when making the decision to · tacked up over .22 minutes in penal- defenseman from the second period on. By the ~St Louis is placed in the southern have in theMlAA,itdoesn'thelpmeat move. The primary consideration is the ties Wld··that waS j!lStin the second . time the third period came around, vision of the MlAA, and it doesn't all." institutional philosophy regarding period. The Flyer's turned rather . the score was 7-zipin favor of Day- lve to travel to all of the schools in the Neither soccer programs will be intercollegiate athletics and the aca­ physiCal, and, when the Rivermen he was ejected. With 6:19 to go irl the ton. PJ. Rogers would not allow a mference. Without a regional align- affected by a switch totheGLVC. With demic character of the institutions. respoIicted, they got penalized. thirdperiodStevePapillo,rightwinger, . shut out and buried one at 7:33. The "The offlciating !eft a lot to be broke into DaytonJ s zone, let one go game was overin 18 seconds, butnqt d~sired. The referees were calling high on ·the glove side, and it was all for Papilla, whofoundit necessary to ;wim from page 7· Effort from page 7 everything on oUt guys. All in all, net Unfortunately, it was not enough, pay backtheHyers by beating up on tonights refs were some of the and the Rivermen went to the locker of their defensemen. It was sO bad crappiest I've ever seen,"'said one of . room with thoughts of a5-3 defeatthatthe goaltenderfor Daytonjumped Other highlights of the meet for . school swimmers. had their shot clock down to two, and M-S t. Louis in the finals events were Personal season's best times were the Riveffilen. "Chris Perkins was excellent in in. they threw up shots that went in." The game really took arum ~or · . goal," Ghoulson said. "My players did · . ''This team was not that good," I the 200-yard breaststroke and the set by most of the swimmers on the The Riverwomen ran out of gas at the worse whenGregMarcovltz re_their jobs. We should have won, and, said Dagenais. "We can beat them. )().yard butterfly. Thorn Bickplaced team. the end. SBU hit its free throws to ice ceived it giftfrom Flyer #55. Marco . without all of thosepisscpoor calls, we I'm dying to play them again. It will ~venth with a time of 2:15.79, and Overall, UM-St. Louis men swim­ the game and drop the Riverwomen's rian Widener placed eighth with a mers finished eighth in the Classic with took a high-stickjustund~r his,cage would ha've won." be a different story then." record to 2-11 in the Mid-America of 2:05.02. a total of 272 points. The women also me . Intercollegiate Athletics Association. On the women's side, Heather King placed eighth with a total of 108 points. They play Pittsburg State on Feb. Bearcats from page 7 ad an impressive performance in the UM-Rolla's men's team took first OO-yardindividualmedley. She placed place with 650.5 points, and Northeast 25 in the final home game of the year. ighth with a time of 2:23 .32. Missouri State's women's team took Bearcats 86, Rlverwomen 80 three-pointer to cut the lead to one. It underneath, and SBU guard Aaron Bearcats 74, Rlvennen 73 A couple of UM-St Louis swim­ first with 742.5 points. . Bearcats . wa~ the second Bearcat 3-pointer in a Elliot banked in a 10-footjump shot at lers, along with many other college row. On the next Rivermen possession, the buzzer to win the game. Rlvennen "'wmers, broke pool records at the Min FG 3pt FT Rb F TP sophomore forward Rodney Min FG 3pt FT Rb F PT Riefle 33 7-170-04-55 2 18 Fans and players alike were shocked Thomas 31 3-8 0-26-69 4 12 .ec~Plex, previously held by area high Johnston 8 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 8 Hawthorne was fouled immediately. with yet another tough loss. The frus­ Lash 31 2-5 0-1 2-24 3 6 Robbins 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 11 His free throws would have put the a tration is mounting on the team . . Albert 35 4-123-97-8 2 2 18 Erwin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 Week in review a Rivermen up by three with 14 seconds Robinson 24 2-7 0-1 2-4 4 3 6 Mikkelsen 32 4-9 0-0 8-8 5 2 16 "Some of our players have quit," to play, but Hawthorne missed both of Hawthome 28 3-71-1 1-4 5 1 28 Henson 13 1-5 1-50-0 1 2 3 Meckfessel said, "B ut most of them Lytle 19 4-4 0-0 0-2 6 3 8 Lost to Southwest Baptist Long 26 6-100-02-212 14 them, The Bearcat's raced down the Feb. 10-12 a haven't, so we'Usee if they can step up Bickel 20 4-9 0-0 4-6 2 1 12 86-80 . Douglass 29 8-153-60-0 0 2 19 court, and a shot was blocked by Hockey: . and try to pick up the pieces." Tu ckson 12 0-1 0-0 3-4 3 2 3 Feb. 16·18 Box 21 5-9 0-0 3-4 6 4 13 Hawthorne. Lost to Dayton 5-3 Barton 25 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 3 Albert led all scorers in the game Bearcats Swimming: 4 However, it appeared that three Lost to Dayton 7-1 Rlverwomen with 18 points, but that's not what was Min FG 3pt FT Rb F TP Rivermen stood there while the Mulli ngs 21 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 4 3 Placed eighth in the Min FG 3pt FT Rb F TP , Feb,15 important Elliott 27 3-10 0-00-0 9 1 6 Mideast Classic Ermeling 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bearcat's scrambled for the rebound Basketball (men): Schmedding 23 5-7 2-32-47 4 14 Satterfield 4010-227-131-45 2 34 "We lost, soI'm not happy withmy Basketball (men): and called timeout with only eight Mays 30 4-9 1-1 6-68 0 15 Lost to Southwest Baptist Yates 24 2-7 1-3 2-2 5 3 7 performance," Albert said. Lost toUM-Rolia 81-69 seconds remaining. Mullenix 9 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 74-73 Christ 38 3-8 1-3 4-4 3 3 11 Basketball (women): The Bearcat's inbounded the ball The loss dropped the Rivennen to Stark 23 6-180-02-4 9 5 14 Stubblefield 33 5-12 0-2 2-4 12 2 12 Basketball (women): 13-10 on the season. Leitzke 38 7-173-71 -14 0 18 Lost to UM-Rolla 94-62 Martin 35 4-11 0-1 1~2 5 3 9 Lom me rs~ 28 2-B 0-0 0-1 9 a 4 Tumer 27 2-5 0-0 1-1 9 4 5

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