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- ISSUE '1 O:;~:J Read about the Athletic Department's first wave of inductees to the UMSL Sports Hall of Fame. Find out who the twelve people are who made it and why they did at thecurrentonline.com. ... - See page 5 NTONLINa•. OOM UNIVERSITV OF M ISSOU RI '- ST. LOUIS INSIDE Long-awaited garage to open

BY NICK BOWMAN open on Fri, June 15, but needed to of the micro ~s ilicon e tests that were one reason or another they were get­ ASTM handbook so that does say ...... " ...... staff editor give the silicone sealant, which is used taken earlier in the year. ting erroneous results." something as to the problems we' ve to defend the concrete slabs against ''The garage is way behind sched­ The test was exclllded from the had with the test." According to Reinhard Schuster, inclement weather, time to set and dry. ule," Schll';ter said. "We've set one American SOCiety of Testing Rather than take chances with the Vice-Chancellor of Administrative . The garage, which has been date after another, VI'hat the contractor Materials handbook in that organiza­ concrete, Schuster decided that the ServiCes, the new East Drive garage delayed for a number of reasons, had has done is hire an expert in the field tions latest edition. ASTM is the gov­ garage should be coated and sealed. will open before the end of the week been slated to open at the beginning of of micro-silicone. He has a complicat­ erning body for tbese types of tests. Schuster had projected the garage to the summer semesters, pending results ed and sensitive series of tests, and for "The test was taken olll of the see GARAGE, page 12 Chancellor CONGRATUlATIONS GRADUATES! Beautiful and awards weird, Moulin Rouge sings a many at beguiling song . report to Not your average musical, Moulin Rouge introduces a fresh look at 1900 Paris in the most community fabulous nightclub of the Bohemian district, the Moulin

Rouge. This comic and some­ BY JENNIFER DODD times tragic love tale is full of ...... " ...... "" ...... " staff writer brilliant colors in a dreamlike setting that should only be seen What exactly do puzzle pieces on the big screen. have to do with UMSL's 25th Annual Chancellor's Report to the ... See page 5 Community? TIle pieces were on each table and they had to put together by everyone at the tables to form a com­ plete puzzle. 'The puzzle pieces are a new perspective and retlect our color­ ful region. The needs vary greatly in I FS St. Louis and UMSL is an essential piece of the puzzle to connect illld educate St. Louis," said Chancellor Dean deparling Blanche M. Toutllll on May 24th. There were 1,100 people on hand for desert at the America's Center for the event, which featured Greg Freeman of the David Young, Dean of Arts and St. Louis Post-Dispatch as the master Sciences, is departing UMSL to of ceremonies. SGA President Ryan Connor ~md notable celebrities such as become Dean of Liberal Arts and Buzz WestfalL Sciences at Arizona State One of the main presentations at University. Young said that he the luncheon w a- the 2001 was leaving because ASU offered Thousands gathered at the Savvis Distinguished Service Awards. The him a better opportunity. Center in downtown St. Louis Sat., first award went to a very nervous May 19, to honor this year's UMSL Kirk Richter for his involvement in graduates. campus-wide services. Richter gradu­ Petfonning Arts ated from UIvrSL in 1968 with a bach­ ABOVE: UMSL faculty show their sup­ elor's degree in business administra­ Center slated port as the students and faculty are tiOJl. Richter ha5 volumeered more seated. than three decades of his time to the for completio1) Alumni association and other UMSL LEFT: On of the many graduates activities. He is on the Chancellor's in 2003 stands smiling while enduring count­ Council as an alumni representative less photographs taken by family and and serve on the Advisory Board of friends. the College of Business Association. H. Sam Darandari, Director of Richter also devotes a lot of his time to Engineering and Planning at several scholarship committees. UMSL, said that the construction Another service award went to· .. for the Performing Arts C(>nter Irene Follman, for unit-based service . wlll be finished by early 2003 .

The Performing Arts Center, .let> REPORT, pa.Ci.e 12 which will be located on the North campus, will "provide facilities for theatrical and musical performances and will UMSL to offer new ttonors CO lege finds new support the university and pub­ lic functions", Darandari said. It will be used by the campus Ph.D. program in fall home on south campus staff, 'students and alumni as well as the community at large. BY TIM THOMPSON the nation." The seating capacity of the the BY TIM THOMPSON After hav­ Marius A Janson, a Profe SSor in Performing arts center is 1650 in staff 1l'17/er slaff writer ing the College of Business resided in the Performance Hall and 300 in Administration, described how tbe The University of Missouri St. The Provincial House on South an Music Theater Hall. Darandari idea of a Ph.D. program III Louis will offer a Ph.D. progranl Campus is now the new home of Incarnate said that he plans to successful­ Infonnation Systems originated. 'The beginning with the Fall Semester 200 1 the Pierre Laclede Honors Word ly complete construction within that will be a first in the state of idea took shape about 5 years ago:' College. The move began Oll May building in schedule and budget. Janson said. "All faculty in the IS area Missouri. It will be termed 29 and took four days to complete. the Village plus the office of the Dean were Information Systems, and is part of Robert Bliss, the Dean of the of Bel·Nor involved in the Ph.D. planning the School of Business. Honors College and Associate for 12 Information Systems encompasses process and putting together a coher­ VMSL honored Profes~or of. History. is enthusias­ years, the ent and credible program. The Cllllege specific fields dealing with design. tic about the new location. "The of Business Administration selected ~"[I!I!I"--"'''' Pierre for grounds development and management of building is grand enough:' Bliss Laclede the Ph.D. emphasis in IS because computer-based infonnation, telecom­ of said. "It is also much better suited Honors the strength, national and intemational UMSL recently received the munications, and internet applica­ f,'r the needs of our current sru­ College tions. reputation of IS faculty members." Landscape Award from North dents. our faculty, and furure Sill­ has moved County Inc. for exceptional The Ph.D. progrdlll will consist of J anson went on to say that the. dents." to the movement toward a Ph.D. program in lawn care. 75 credit hours of coursework above The Honors College wa" locat­ Provincial . and beyond the Bachelor's Degree. IS was also in response to the world­ ed at the Incarnate Word Convent House on wide scarcity of qualified IS people Students will also be required to pass at the comer of Bellerive and south a comprehensive examination as weIJ both in industry and academia. Normandy from 1989 to 2001. campus, Rajiv Sabbelwal, Director of the as a supporting field examination in a 'rhe Convent was commonly formerly I chosen area Ph.D. progranl in Infonnation referred to as. "Laclede HalL" occupied Chancellor Blanche M. Touhill is Systems and the Emery C. Tume:­ The decisiun to relocate the by the enthusiastic about tbe advent of this Profe,~s or in IS, commented on the Bulletin Board 2 Honors College was fOlmulated in Daughters new addition to the Business cunicu­ desired qualities of prospective stu­ the 1998- 1999 academic year, of Charity. Features 3 dents. "We are looking for students ...... lum. "More than 16 percent of our stu­ with Chancellor Blanche M . dents are enrolled in information tech­ who have a basic desire to create and g.P.i~i.()~~ 4 Touhill givin~ her approval. impart knowledge. who have a b~ic 5 nology related programs, reflecting Before the plan could even get ?p()r:ts... W1derstanding of business.. informa­ the explosive growth in tlllS field," off the groW1d, however, celtain Arts & Entertainment 6 tion systems, or other relevant tields, . ToubiU said. "Having workers with emoUment targets had to be real- .....Classifieds...... 11.... this advanced degree puts our region The Nerd Table 11 at a great advantage over other parts of see INFORMATION, page 12 5('1' HONORS, pag!? 10 Maggie Matthewsl Thl' Clfrrelff .,. Page 2 '11r.e Current June 18, 2001

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Book Your Appointment Today! 381-0 50 June 18,2001 71w. Current Page 3 Summerin Riverpup, move over! Jordan taken the hot city to the "Max" BY SARA PORTER BY JENNIFER DODD ...... ' , ' ,, ' " senior writer staff writer BY ANNE PORTER This sunmler promises to have What has one red long leg, one staffwnler enougb events througbout the city of long blue leg, a long torso, and a "Michael Jordan may be famous i ~~_-=""~1it ". St. Louis, to keep everyone busy until horse-like face? It isn't the new for basketball, but it was his continu­ September. UMSL mascot, or public relations ous, 'never give up' attitude that For music lovers, Riverport, the ploy to attract new freshman. made him known. 'w===~ , Pageant, the Fox, Mississippi Nights, Instead it is a new sculpture tIlat J ordatl' s story is depicted in the / ., and Blueberry Hill, have concerts that was made by Gratlt Asmus, a OMNIMAX movie "Michael 1 " ~"" .. ':/ i. appeal to various music lovers. Junior. Jordatl to the Max", which is cur­ 1 ":'.>~ .. J~ t Riverport has Destiny's Child head­ "TIle requiremenrs for tlus art rently offered at the St. Louis lining MTV's Total Request Live fea­ was that it had to be in general Science Center. turing acts such as Nelly, Dream, atld fOlID; mannequin and the sky was "Jordan to the Max" focuses on Jessica Simpson on July 29; Rod the linut as far· as creativity goes. Jordan's fmal season playing for the Stewart on July 12; John Cougat There was no real Chicago Bulls atld goes all the way Mellancamp on July 21-23; atld constraints, to tile final shot of his career. Matchbox 20 on September 15. said Phil Ironically, tIlat shot won the J999 The Pageant will feature Billy Idol Robinson, an NBA Championships. on June 2 atld Lucinda WilliatnS with assistant profes­ Included also in tile production the Roots atld the Urge on July 15 sor of art and art ate scenes and history detailing Mississippi Nights will feature the history at UMSL Jordan's short baseball car·eer, his Average White Band, on July 15, and Asmus's statue, charity activities, and some of ._ _. ~ Blues Musiciarl Aaton Chilton will along with several other stu­ Jordan's life philosophy. "f; play at the Blueberry Hill Duck Room, dent designs, will be di splayed Jordatl said in press release about on June 20. until October. This statue is locat­ the fLlm, '·'.Michael Jordrul to the For music fans that want conceIts ed near the north Metrolink sta­ Max' celebrates some of the most that ate more outdoors arld less expen­ tion, atld is a very interesting piece triumphant moments in my career sive, there will be some outdoor con­ of work to say tile least. atld has given me at1 opportunity to certs. Kiener Plaza will have it's City When Asmus's sketch draw­ shar·e myself as at1 athlete and a per­ Day's Celebration featuring Punch atld ings were in the rough and the son. I hope tllat my story, captured in Judy on June 1; Sguint on June 8, Wild, funds were low, there was hope at the powerful large-fOlIDat medium, Cool, arld Swingin' on June 13; the end of the tulUlei. will inspire people of all ages for Gatgoyle Lounge on June 22; and "The St. Louis Regional Arts year:; to come." Mindoversoul on June 29. Union Committee accepted his design TIle movie took over two years to Station will feature That Thursday for their 'People Project', and the make atld uses the same tecl1l1010gy Thing that will feature Ralph Butler on administration helped with the ini­ used in the Matrix to create tile slow June 3, Superfunk Fantasy on June 14, tial money to get the mannequin slam dunk move that Jordan is prob­ LP Outsider on June 21, and Javier off the ground," said Robinson. ably most fanl0us. This effect, called Mendoza Batld on June 28. The People Project is a public ·'bullet time technology", shows the Fourth of July weekend will have art awateness initiative by the slanl-dunk in a surreal way, four ;~~~ the ar1l1ual Fair St. Louis including air Regional Arts Committee and floors lugh atld very slow, so that the .~ shows, food from local restauratlts, and FOCUS St. Louis. According to audience sees each muscle flex as it Vi concerts that will feature the Beach Satah Aldridge, UMSL Magazine, moves. ~''''''''''''lfP'' I!llr"""""""w,"""! ' Boys And Leeann Womack on June 'The Project will encompass a TIlluugh "Jordatl to the Max", 30, Patti LaBelle on July 1, Diamond latge pOltion of the bi-state area, the viewer i.s able to see Jordatl and Rio on July 2, atld Cheap Trick atld the displaying 400 mannequins in 12 hear' his actual words about how he Commodores on July 4. counties in Missowi atld Illinois lives his life, what he hopes to For the theatre- goers, The Muny from April through September. adueve, atld what hi s life before the will include it's usual SLIlllli1er musicals, Sponsors will adopt a "person", NBA was like. These ate things the including Brigadoon from June 18-24, which will be displayed for six media atld press never did show Miss Saigon from Jl1l1e 2S-July L months in a public place, such as when Jordan was leading the Bulls .' Romatl Holiday flum July 9-15 , Wuard on a street comer or in a park." to another chanlpionslup. of Oz from July 16-22, An Evening of With art movements such as Jordan desClibes the pain of los­ Gershwin from July 23-29, My Fair the Van Gogh art exhibit at the St. ing his father, not making tile high Lady from July 3D-August 5, and Evita Louis .M Ivluseum and the school basketball team, and his bat­ flum August 6-12th. numerous UMSL art projects, tle trying to gain respect as a baseball For the more family oriented events, hopefully St. Louis will be famous player. the Science Center will hold the grand for more than just sports history John Stem, co-director and co­ opening of the James Mc Donnell platl­ atld Ted Drewe's frozen custard. producer of Jordan to the Max, said etatium on June 22, which 'Will feature ·With the mannequin and the in a press release. "Our goal was to space oriented exhibits. including the People Project. this will rally Teate an inspirational p"mait of a Liberty Bell capsule ret.'Overed from the attention to the St. Louis regi on. champion who·s athletic achieve­ sea. The art museum will feature We do very intere'·ting ~tu ff here, ment could not have resulted from Shoenberg Art exhibit. lhe Botanical atld we hope that the M SL com­ talent alone- but instead stemmed Gardens will host the Whitaker Jazz munity will share in the excite­ from a combination of atIlletic abili­ Festival, feanning jazz acts such as ment,"' said Robinson. ty, di scipline. deternlination. team­ Chad Evans on June 13, and Mae "This is a tllri'

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Blue keeps the beat ANNE PORTER "Star Apocrypha" takes a delightful look sounds of matly of their favorite origi­ BY J OAN HENRY features editor nal insrruments including the . t{!ff writer at Middle Age, the Stars, and Everything Drumbone. which is featured in some phone: 516-5174 Remember those blue guys from of the Pentium 4 commercials. AU of the Pentium -+ commercials') TIley the Blue Man originated instruments fax: 516-6811 BY SARA PORTER Buckley also ously describes going to ar-en't figments of the Pentium used in '"Audio" are diagramed atld senior writer recalls the events of the beach and his appre­ Company's imagination. Chris explained in the CD insert. Iu s youth, while hension that everyone is Wink, Phil Stanton, and Matt Instruments not original to the Blue .. Apocrypha is defined as "atly writ­ growing up in the staring and laughing at Goldman founded the Blue Man Men included in "Audio" are drums, QUOTES ing, anecdotes, etc. of doubtful late fifties and early him. Group when they donned tile black pi ann~ , guitars, a zither and atl elec­ authenticity or authorship". TIle title sixties. He brilliatlt­ Another topic that cosnmles, hald caps, atld blue face trOlUC dog toy. brings doubl but when the reader is ly recollects his Buckley seems to write paint to create a stir ,-,.'hen visiting The music itself is smplisingly " A good book is the best done with tIus book of poetry. they wild te en years, on is a search for reli­ New York bars. \\lhile their tours of suotIling even though it is played main­ understand everything about Buckley; which consisted of gion or spiritual guid­ the bar were relatively wleventful, ly through percussion and percussion of friends, the same to­ his youth while growing up in the late bot rods, eatly rock atlce. Two poems pat­ tile three started experinlenting with like instruments. It also keeps a steady day and forever." fifties and his fears about growing old. music, and Janles ticularly reflect thi s, industrial tubing atld other resources rock beat atld fast tempo. Even though • Tupper The poems bring a nice freshness Dean movies. In his ·'Road to Damascus,"' to make music atld created the Olig­ there are no words to the songs, they Credit: www.quotablequotes.net to the blank verse that is so often inu­ poem, "Last Days wnich takes it's title inal Blue Man Group. ate catchy and even addicting, making tated by countless writers. Buckley of the Hot Rod from the story in the The Blue Man group can be seen listeners regret turning off the CD. doesn't try to sound pretentious; Kids," recalls his Bible in which Saul was in the tIleatre production "Blue \latl Since the music is played mostly " The only way to have a instead he spills out his feel ings in yeats as a \vild blinded with a religious Group: Tubes" in New Y,'rk. tIuough the different lengths of indus­ friend is to be one .'~ poetry fmID, treating most of Ius con­ teenager, as well as his confusion vision on his way to the city of Chicago, Boston, atld most recently trial tubing, the sound is usually round­ fessionals like diary entries. For exam­ about growing up eatly sixties, when Danlascus, and "Apologia: the Bible in Las Vegas. The show does not ed and musical, instead of dmm-like. -Ralph Waldo Emerson ple in his poem ·'Prayer to Escape the events such as the start of the Vietnam Student Returns Home," ill which rour because the Blue Men use a The PVC Instrun1ent, a three-sectioned Credit: www.quotablequotes.net East", Buckley describes a chance War atld the Kennedy assassination Buckley recalls all of the things he variety of substances, including instmment made of different lengths of encounter with a stranger: '·\\fho's that coincided with hi s entering adulthood. leamed in Bible class while coming bananas, Twinkies, atld toilet paper, polyvinyl chloride pipes srmck with " Every generation on Coast Highway II blond as Tab Buckley also refers to hi s fears home for the holidays. to create characters for the Men and p~ddles, cover tIlree octaves atld is Hunter or Sandra Deel pulling up to about middle age atld nerves about I enjoyed, "Stat Apocrypha". It to accent their music. USLIally the used in 'Tubes'· to play the theme song laughs at. the otd fash· Trancas/ in a convertible growing old. In his poem, was a wonderful memoir of a man c\e<1l1 lip time runs over three hours. to ··Mission: Impossible·· atld on four iOJls~ but follows reli. Chevrolet. ... , "Observation, Middle Age" ,he hilari- who grew up in a turbulent time. Their first CD, ·"Audio:' uses the ullcks of 'Audio." giously the new."

.Henry David Thoreau St. Louis could learn something from Chicago Credit: www.quotablequotes.net

For 24 year's I have lived here in attractions. both center atound a large months that travels to all the local W011h it. Groups like Metropolis ate Sf. Louis. During that time I have body of water. atld both offer many attractions. already laying the groundwork for the come to love thi s town and appreciate old building and ar'cllitectural styles to AltIlough I did really like visiting future. for the beautiful atld historical town celebrate. Chicago, I don't think I would want to \Vhar would make this go so much that it is. What I appreciated about Chicago live there. 1 still belong here in Sf. smoother and faster would be it the As witIl all great love relation­ was that their public u'ansportation Louis. But I do think that St. Louis city and county would combine ships, 1 look at tins town and see irs system actually goes somewhere and can learn much from Chicago. efforts. Web flaws and weaknesses, as well as its covers much of tbe city. Lake We can learn how to attract I understand the city has problems su·e ngths and virrues. Miclligan was a clean aqua hue that tourists, how to build to public transit and tbe county doesn 't want to thingy You may wonder where I am had a c\eatl beach to go along with a system that really works (What a con­ become involved and share those going wi th tllis, so I will explain. well-kept harbor. (1 don't think they cept.), and how to take care of our issues. Wouldn't it be nice th ough is Two weeks ago some people from dwnp pollutants in it like we do. city. By that, I mean keeping it beau­ we could all work together for the goes tile CW1'ent, both new and old staffers, which nlight explain that.) And the tiful, protecting our rivers, building greater improvemenLI Instead of and friends took a trip to Chicago. other most notable thing is they cater downtown, having people downtown Ballwin, Normandy, the Hill, St. at night and not just on Washington. Chatles, it would just St. Louis. here ANNE PORTER 1 was amazed at the similarities to tourisrs who want to explore down­ between our two cities. Both have a town. They do this by offering a free In order to do tlus, it will require so After all we all ar'e St. Louisians, latge patk with matly museums and troUey service (]u'ougb tile summer much work, but tile rewards will be aren·t we') Page 4 '11re Current Jline 18, 2001 True leaders simply Student fees not tum to see followers ell, in these fu'st weeks as money for the class and basically the boss here at The picking up the officers' slack. They W Current-which, I may were far too busy being '·coo1.'· understood by most add, have been very, very long-I One day of that fateful junior have learned my frrst of what is sure year, I was walking down the halls to be a series of lessons on life: the of my high school. giving my mea­ As students of the University of vehicles to school are required to deflnition of the word "leader." ger hellos and head-nods like the Missouri-St. Louis, we all pay cer­ purchase a parking pemlit. It is not a Recently, I attended a banquet "cool nerds" m'e supposed to do. I tain institutional fees so that the secret that parking accomodations at Fees such as Parking and where Lou Brock, the famed base­ was heading to an English class University can operate. These fees, UtvlSL are less-than-stellar, but stealer for the St. Louis Cardinals, when something came over me. I which include educational fees. without the monies to renovate the Tuition are neccessary was invited as the keynote speaker. turned my shoulder to see if I could instructional computing fees, facili­ facilities, they will continue to dete­ for the overall expansion Now, usually I get a little jaded recognize arlyone else before set­ ties fees, and health fees, to name a riorate. of the University of when speakers come to events th at tling into class and I saw something few, are integral for the University [0 The UM System has made valiant that would forever change my per­ Missouri system ~ and stu­ have no emotional appeal to them, function at a high level. efforts to improve the UMSL cam­ but Mr. Brock did take a class at spective. People were following We feel that the animosity that pus. In 1993, the Curators of the UM dents, faculty, and the UMSL (which he had to drop once me. Nick Bowman. that happy-go­ students feel tQ\.vards the University System approved the UMSL Master community at large ben­ people found out who he was), so I lucky, smart Taiwanese guy with the as a result of the expenses tbat a.re Plan that 'outlines placement of efit equaUy from the listened to him. During his speech weird hair. The guy who everybody incun'ed in going to school stems future buildings, road alignments projects that are he talked about what makes a leader. knows but whose phone number from a misunderstanding of where and property purchases'. This was a Loosely quoted (sony was absent hom all these monies go. landmark in UMSL's short history, financed throughthese Mr. Brock, I didn't of the "party lists." The University of MisSOUl1 is not and a giant step toward the future of fees. write this down) he That 5-6 120 lb. a for-profit organization: monies that this University. said a leader is a man receiver who played it collects pay foc the institution of As students at this school, we who, while walking varsity football, it's policies, very similar to the fed­ deserve to attend an institution [hat down the street, will although "played" eral govemment. When a citizen we can be proud of. Vle deserve to look behind him ,md was far from the pays his taxes, he is in effect paying have the finest instnlctors teaching Students should realize see men following operative word. to be a part of an institution. These the widest variety of courses on the that the University does him. Nick, the most pop­ I thought on this, ular of "the dorks" tCLX dollars go to the implementation most elegant campus. not profit from these of policies set forth by the govem­ The UMSL region deserves to and as I pondered it's had a group, arId in a ment: i.e roadways. parks, a police have a top-quality University in it's fees, and that the over­ moral implications, I wild and strange system, that benefit tbat citi ze n. backyard to stand as a pillar of all good of the UM began to realize the twist of events. was answer to a question NICK BOWMAN milloited it's leader. As the cost of living lises. so do strength for the sUlTounding areas, System, a systemtn ...... that I've wondered TIle funny thing the fees tbat m'e charged. and an example of a solid corrulluni­ which the students are editor-ill-chief Even The Current has been hit ty. for years: Am I a was I never once with this affliction, as a steady rise in However, these things cost, and an intricate factor, is good leader? knew I was in charge . It just seemed production fees m,lY force us to without proper funding hom all taken into consideration I've been in leadership positions to work out that way. increase our advertising rates by involved, the se things will never be before any fee is raised. for most of my life, and I've always In Fratemity circles \ve talk about 10%. Vie are not planning all nor accomplished. felt that leaders ar'e born, not made, the foW' bones: jawbones, knuckle­ ex.pecting to make any eXlra money and that leadership comes as a result bones, wishbones, and backbones. of contlict. Like a sieve that seper­ Jawbones like to talk, but never off of this hike, rather the incre (l~ e is ates the crear11 from the milk, situa­ work. Knucklebones like to tight, necessary for our budget to balance The UMSL Master Plan tions seperate the leaders from the but not reason. Wishbones like to at the end of the fiscal year. Write a letter to the edi­ In addition, many of theSe fees. can be seen at: followers. Even as a kid, I was dream, but not act. And backbones, slIch as parking and the individual http://www,wnsl.edulser­ tor about this issue or any­ always the one that invented garnes well. backbones are what make the that we could play-I had, and still world work, and never realize it. I College fe es i.e . NU rsing and thing else on your mind. l'iceslpuhlic_ajfairslpresen!a­ have, the most solid wiffle-ball rules was a Backbone. I carTied out every­ Optometry, are considered lIser (Indian style, of course) of anyone to tlling that I said I would, l~Jt because taxes. Only students who drive their tiol7slbetty2lsld003.htm ever play the game--{)r orgarJ..ize of pride, fame, fortune, or gain, but just about any ac tivity that my bud­ because it was the right thing to do dies and I would endeavor on. at the light time. And that is what , ::,~ J :':'3':,~ ~.~,.~~, " .' L - In high schooL 1 was the secre­ makes a good leader. Am I a good - ' •• C L·· •. -, ::-. '. • ETTERS ... ~- -,~"!'~ .:-.~. tary of the junior class. a position leader,) Well. a true leader wouldn't usually given to the token dork of be able to answer that question. Just the "in" group. I was no exception. ask the people that depend on me for However, as the secretary I recog­ help. They're right behind me, right Lack of coverage given to visiting nized my responsibility as the over my shoulder. ar1d I will never. "leader of the nerds" and pulled never let them down. language scholar not acceptable more than my shm'e of work, raising Growing up is hard to It h3S been a while since I have faculty of Modem Languages. microwave ovens, we as a university been this disappointed in The University'S Marc-Bloch Strasbourg could increase the respect we receive EDITORIAL Current as the newspaper of record il, has been a visiting scholar' at from the University of Missouri sys­ for the University of Mi",,"uri-St. UMSL this past semester. It is rare tem and Chancellor Touhill couJd do; at least watching BOARD Louis community. The article in the for UMSL to have scholar'S visit at include some clippings from The May 7, 200 I issue describing the lec­ all, let alone a scholar of his stature. Clirrellt in her Strategic Plan presen­ hen I was a teenager, my see the movie. but I did see the lust­ NICK BOWMAN ture given by visiting scholar There should have been a sidebar tations to the UM system administra­ Mother tried her best to ful "Lady Mar'malade" video, and it STEVE V ALKO Christian Civardi on the develop­ about Professor Civardi as well. tors. W keep me away from TV did strike fear' into my heart. ment of a united Europe. in my opin­ Perhaps if The CUlTent devoted shows and songs unsuitable for As a big brother, am I concerned ERIK B USCHARDT ion, requires an apology. His name more space to the academic opponu­ Sillcerely, children. One of the big shows she about what she sees and listens to? might have been mentioned in the nities available on this campus as -Richard Bamhm1 Jr. tried to keep me away from was No question. Does it affect her in "Our Opinion" reflects the article. Professor Ci vardi, dean of the opposed to parking fees and stolen MarTied ... \Vith Children. But as a her lifestyle,) I'm not so sure. majority opinion of the hard-working single mother, she She has many constructive hob- could only monitor bies such as play­ editorial board me so much. I ing the piano and remember her telling being on the swim me that if I did watch team at the local tbe show, I'd regret it pool. She discov­ when I was older. ered the sport of LE E Now I'm staring lacrosse and was to understand what such a powder keg she was talking at the JV level that MAIL The Current about. the varsity team 8001 Natural Blidge As I remember ended up recruiting watching the IQ her. And with all of St. Louis, MO 63121 • Student fees at UMSL How do you feel about the depleting show of the extra-cunicular FAX • Leaders you know sex, bad jokes, and activities, she was cheeling AI Bundy still able to pull (314) 516-6811 STEVE VALKO • Young people influenced by flushing the toilet, I down close to a 4.0 topics we've written about? JIlanaging editor EMAIL television and radio filth can only think of my GPA. [email protected] fifteen-year-old sis­ She has the ter. As she is growing up, I can see same concerns that a normal 15 her making some of the youthful year old girl would have; which boy indiscretions that I made. I like, how does my hair look, and if Letters to the editor should be Take her taste in music: hip-hop her cat is getting enough attention. brief and those not exceeding and rap. As a big brother, I sudden­ She's healthy, bappy, and a bundle 200 words will be given prefer­ • Submit a Letter to the Editor ly fmd many lyrics highly offen­ of joy to be around. ence. We edit letters for clarity, You can make your voice sive. Just the title of Mystikal's Will her music mId movie tastes length and grammar. All letters • Write a Guest Commentary "Shake Ya Ass" draws my ire. negatively impact her down the must be signed and include a • Visit the Campus Issues forum Some of the movies she sees line? daytime phone number. heard in a variety of ways! scare me as well. Not too long ago, Or is watching her grow up Students shoud also include on thecurrentonline.com I picked my sister and her buddies har'der than actually growing up their student ID number up from, "Moulin Rouge". I didn't myself?

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Dawn Lehmann Alice Oh Susan Manuel Miwako Otake Senior I Education Senior I Nursing Graduate I Public Policy Senior I Accounting Administration ----,,------,,------,,------,,---- My favorite thing to do in St. My favorite thing was the The Omnimax at the St. Louis Louis is go to a Cardinals I like going to the U·City exhibit of Vincent VanGogh at Science Center. game. St. Louis really is the Loop. the Art Museum. best baseball town. ----,,------,~------,,------" --..,.--- June 18, 2001

Coaching, and Distinguished Service. ....BY...... NICK...... BOWMAN.. - ...... staff editor For athletes a candidate must have been an athletic participant as documented by university record; Honor the Past - Celebrate the must be a graduate of UM-St. Louis Future was the message at the inau­ (this requirement may be waived by a gural UMSL Sports Hall of Fame majority vote of the selection commit­ reception. The event, held in the tee), must have at least a five-year Century Room of the Millennium lapse since he or she last participated Student Center, drew a crowd of 165 in UM-St. Louis athletics (this who donated $75 each to attend the requirement may be waived in excep­ gala event. tional circumstances by a majority Past coaches, student-athletes, fac­ vote of the committee), and must have ulty, and friends of the University displayed and maintained fine charac­ came out in strong support of the 12 ter and commitment to the ideals and members of the inaugural class of principles to which UM-St. Louis 200 I, which included four coaches, adheres. A candidates athletic-related seven athletes, and one trainer. accomplishments after leaving UM­ Jim Goessling, vice-president of St. Louis may also be taken into con­ KTRS 500 AM radio, served as the sideration. master of ceremonies for the night. Coaches were judged by how Goessling, a member of the Sigma Pi well the candidates are recognized as Fraternity from UMSL, was a four­ an authority and leader in their sport, year letter-winner on the 1973-77 the length and quality of their coach­ Rivemlen basketball squads. ing records and the growth of the pro­ The Hall of Fame was the brain­ grams under their watch. Individual child of Chuck Smith, the first men s achievements accomplished after basketball coach at UMSL and one of leaving U11-St. Louis may also be the honorees of the night. He taken into consideration. Coaches approached ' Marty Hendin, chair of must wait at least five years after their the Athletic Task Force at UMSL and active coaching careers to be consid­ vice-president of the St. Louis ered, altllough the conunittee may Cardinals. and Athletic Director ' Pat make exceptions to this rule in extra­ Dolan ,,~th the idea. Both Dolan and ordin3!Y circumstances. Hendin were in the process of devel­ To receive the Distinguished oping programs to help bolster interest Service Award candidates must be in the fledging fan support of UMSL Athletic Director Pat Dolan (left) presents St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Farner Lou Brock (right) people who do not fall into either ath­ RivermeniRiverwomen athletics with a gift. Brock was the keynote speaker for the inagural UMSL Sports Hall of Fame. lete or coaches category but who have when Smith inquired about the possi- made a significant cont:Jibution to ath­ bility of a Hall of Fame. . keynote address, and I m thrilled to base-stealer if he believed in free Smith s idea was accepted with letic programs at UM-St. Louis. . Many schools have instituted a be here to share in the ·event. speech. open anTIS, and shortly after guidelines Over thirty candidates were con­ Hall of Fame to help bring a better of Brock served as the keynote speak­ Brock agreed, and Hendin replied, were set. Candidates for membership sidered for membership into the Class sense of tradition, baseball hall of er as a favor to Hendin, who on a I hope so, because you re speaking at had to fit into one of three categories; of2001. famer Lou Brock stated during his recent trip with asked the former Cards UMSL on Saturday. Athletic Letters, Excellence In Golf team makes No. 12 national Bradybal12oo1 ranking tying all-tim UMSL high fal 5 short of goals DIY R ....B .X.. .~ . , .£~. .. ~!?~.~~~...... tions," Kreitner, one of two depart­ The Rivemlen do face a lmique ...... ~:;: . ~I.<:K £.'.()\Y. ~~ ~ .. held the UMSL offense deep into the stalf editor ing seniors. said. "We played well disadvantage compared to other staff editor seventh, when Buddy Simon con­ NICK BOWMAN through the year and got to th e NCAA progranls in that only six stu­ tacted with an infield single to break The 2001 UMSL men's golf national championship and we dent-athletes are on the team. At the end of the re!!ular season, up the no-hitter. Scott Johnson (3-8) acting spans editor squad tied it's highest-ever ranking expected to play well. This year our NCAA nrle, llelegate that five mem­ the UMSL Rivermen sat at the TO. 5 took to los on his record as UMSL editor-in-chief in school history, finishing the expectations were a little lower, and bers must compete in each tourna­ slot in the Great Lake: alley lost the conte t 8-3, and effectively National Collel2'iate Athletic really Vie're just playing golf, and ment. Conferen e. InU h lower than u. nal. ended the 200 1 campaign. The phone: 516-5174 not wOlrying about where we'd fIn­ "We had six guys on the te,uu, The Rivemlen, who had been on a Greynounds went on to wi'n the AssociatLon Divisi;n n tournan1ent fax: 516-6811 ith it four -row1d total SCi re of ish." and only five traveled." Kirchoff . kid, winni ng only one game in the GLVC title . 1226, good for the No. 12 spot in the On the year, the Rivelmen fin­ said. "With other teams. they play­ month of May. were looking for The Rivelmen finished the season national polls. The ranking matches ished no lower than IOtl1 in any of off between themselves. and when revenge on the SlU-Edwardsville with an overall mark of 29-23, and the performance of the 1993 squad. the 10 toumaments that they com­ they go to toumament, you see their Cougars in the flfS t round of me 15-12 in the GLVC, good for third who with, RivemulD James Trittler. peted in (excluding nationals) best fi\'e guys at every match. With GLVC tournanlent. place in the South division. WEB now the head coach of the UMSL including a season-high second us, we only had five guys. That is The Cougars ffense had other Head coach Jim Brady is slated to men's team, finished at the No. 12 place flnish at the fall Great Lakes not to say that we can't compete, but plans. however. a' SlUE knocked 10 10 e six players to graduation this For expanded coverave of seed in NCAA Nationals. This was Valley Conference tournament. it would make it a lot easier for us j,f base hit , including six doubles and a season with slugger Brian these stories, as well as up­ Trittler '5 fIrst year at the helm of the . Lees, a junior, showed the highest we had the numbers." pair of triple , to take a 6-3 win and Beckmann playing out his eli)!ibility to-date coverage of UMSL Rivennen. finish of tlle squad, placing in the top When Schwab and Kreitner send the Rivermen to the losers this year. Pitcher, JeremyP:.utney. athletics, log on to The finish also marks the contin­ three at the GLVC tournament. arrived at UMSL in the fall of 1997, bracket. SlUE slugger drew 7 Lance Wilson. Kevin Meyer, Tim ual upswing of the golf progran1 at .A.lthough Kreitner and Schwab they saw a program that perennially walks in the conte L the . econd­ Stringer, and Johnson will also be thecurrentonline. com UMSL In the 2000 campaign, the whose eligibility has expired, will finished in the lower four teams of highest total given up by UMSL this leaving the team. traveling squad of Doug Kreitner, be mis-sed the team will be left in the GLVC. As they leave this sum­ sea on. With a team batting average that Also, visit the UMSL Athletics Dennis Lees, Scott Kirchoff, Kyle very capable hands. Lees will be the mer, however. they can look back on In the loser's brackeL the hovered around the .260 mark for homepage at Szcesniak, and Andy Schwob took lone senior of next year's squad, and two national title appearances and Ri ermen faced No, I-seeded most of theseason, Brady will have the Rivennen to their first national Kirchoff and Szcesniak have seen numerous top-five finishes. Indianapolis. who was upset by the to find a replacement for www.ums/.edu!services! athletics! athletics.html tournament since the 1993 sea~on. play at the national level in their first Whether that success is a direct sixth-seeded orthern Kentucky Beckmann's bat. Beckmann batted UMSL placed at the bottom of that two collegiate years. Kirchoff shot a result of their efforts remains Norse in me opening game 5-3. The at .337 on the year, second-highest series. l'vlatt Stiles also contributed pair of75 rounds in the tlllais to fin­ unknown, but as the fall rolls Greyhounds cut through tbe UMSL on the tean1. 'while knocking in 27 to the teams success. traveling to ish No. 70 in the nation, and around, expectations will be high for pitching staff. chalking up 14 hits base-runners. He was also third on three tournaments tlns year. Szcesniak was right behind him, fin­ UMSL, both from the players, and ousting the Ri vermen from tlle ishing at No. 8l. coaches and the community. tournanlent. Indy ace Rick Hummel see BASEBALL, page 10 NEXT "Last year we had high expecta- ISSUE The Current will hit the R-Women in like lions, out like lambs in GLVe stands on August 20 with a preview of the 2001 Rivermen and Riverwomen BY NICK BOWMAN 2001 canlpaign. By the end of March ' ule that we coulcln't hang with. It felt 'Throughout tlle season, we were by four-time All-GLVC senior Andrea ...... " ...... -...... -...... kickers staffed il.OT the girls split a sel1es ~th Mi"ouri like aroller coaster ride. We knew that in every ball game." Bonee said. Wirkus; UMSL prevailed 2-0 and Western and stood at 9-9. That was the if we could ever just get it together, we "There were games where we'd hit 11 - moved on to face SIU-Edwardsville. The 2001 Rivern'omen drove to last time they saw the even mark for 25 would be fine." 13 times and not core, there were Again the Riverwomen won 2-0 earn­ Wisconsin with a hot bat. Having not games. But like any good coaster, there is games where we'd score only one or ing them an extra day in illinois. lost a match since April 17, UMSL After dropping a pair of games to always a very big rise. After losing tv.. o runs, there were game ' where Hov:ever, on any coaster, what know I was frus­ was more than ready to face tlle rest of Quincy University, Bonee saw her that Lincoln contest, which set their we'd play six good innings of defense goes up must come down, and the .. 1 " the Great Lakes Valley Conference. team head into a tailspin oflosses, with overall record at 13-22, the girls and fold in the seventh. Y, u could Rivelwomen le3!lled this the hard trated because I know The rest of the season, however, is a no apparent end in sight. played through the next 16 games look at that negatively and say we beat way, dropping their third-round con­ that we were a better different story entirely. "[TIle slump] took a combination ~thout em1f, winning each one and ourselves, but we knew that. We were test agai.nst Lewis 1-0, and SlUE sent ball club than we were The Riverwomen started off the of things," Bonee said. "You play setting a school record for consecutive in every game. the tean1 back down the river with a 6- season with high expectations, having together in the fall, but the pressure "vins to finish the regular season 27-22 The rise took them to the fIrst rOlll1d 2 victory. playing as... just played a spectacular fall exposi­ and competitivenes is much different and grab a spot on the bus to the GLVC of the GLVC tournament, held on the UMSL finished the season 29-24, -Lesa Bonee tion sea~on. But they played with an in the spring. I know I was frustrated conference tournanlent. Although mis campus of the University of witll a [2-10 GLVC record. good for air of mediocracy, trading off wins and because I know that we were a better streak may have seemed like a \Visconsin-Park;;ide. where the red-hot fifth place in tlle conference. Riverwomen Softball Head Coach losses and hovering arowld the .500 ball club than we were playing as. Cinderella story, head coach Lesa Riverwomen faced a Southern Indiana mark for the first two months of the 1bere was not one team on that sched- Bonee ha~ a different look. that had swept them back in April. Led ---,,--- Chee rle'aders to rock Mark Twain In• the Fall

or years our student-athletes bloomers. Barring approval from the wearing their UMSL colors. After squad' trying to get across. If tius squad can . have played to crowds tlIat Student Activities office and the downing a fe\\' "colas" (The Current Oh, tlle cheerleading squad. As get the numbers and the money, it F would make the attendance at Athletic Department, these girls will does not endorse the consumption of they warm up in the East stands, the would be a very welcome addition to my staff meetings look good. Every put on the fLIst UMSL Cheerleading alcoholic beverages prior to colle­ crowd begins to cheer. .. for the the UMSL community but without game, the spectators in the stands are unifOims in recent history. giate sporting events) a mass of 20- cheerleaders' They fini sh warming the support of the UMSL communi­ usually outnumbered by the number Oh, can't you just see it') Actual 40 students flock to the gravel lot. up, and just then the starting line-up ty, it will'never come to pass. In my of players on the bench, and every cheerleaders cheering for actual stu­ where the barbeques are lit, and the for the Rivelwomen basketball squad three years as a Riverman, the one year r write a column pleading for dent-athletes in an actual NCAA con­ meats are grilling. is annowKed. The squad irrunediate­ thing that has always irked me is the students to come out to some of the test' Sounds almost like college ath­ After the m eat~ are gone and the ly breaks into formation as the PA extreme lack of participation by my games. But not this year. No, this letics, doesn't it" Heck, we even cans are empty (and put into their screams out coach Ethridge's latest fellow classmates. I know in high year 1'm not going to beg, plead, have one of the better pep bands in proper receptacles, I imagine) the project, and the spirited crowed goes school your Student Council tried to bribe, ask, or in anyway othernise the Midwest. students march onto tlle Mark Twain into a rafter-shaking frenzy. (For cram the "school spirit" down your prod. Because after you hear the Just picture this: a group of stu­ complex, burning coaches in effigy those of you who don't know: tlu'oats (and yes, I was in StuCo in LAIEST Scoop news, I won't have to. dents congregating in the 'Len (who­ and chanting many a-song. "Riverrnen Hall:' as it was called high school) it sure as hell i&n' t Yes, for this year a small but spir­ ever came up witl1 that moniker for As they approach the cOLllts the back in the day, can seat about 5,500 going to kill anyone to try. This NICK BOWMAN' ited group of women have decided to the Student Center needs to be strung crowd is greeted with a collective people.) dust off their pompons and don their up by their tongue) around 4:30 warm smile from ... the Cheerleading Well, you guys see the point I'm see BOWMAN, page 10 Page 6 "fk Current June 18, 2001

-~.. ' ...... ~ ""',t f-' "Moulin Roug1e" sings a beguiling song Radiohead BY CATHERINE ences to th e pm'allels between these mixes time MARQUiS-HOMEYER bohemians and the 19605 hippies, as sta.f! editor well as to the tum-of-the-century par­ allel to our own time. It is tins draw­ and influnces Do you eyer dream in color? ing of time parallels that smoothes the Imagine the most beautiful and color­ way for the music later introduced. ful dr'eam, and you will have a sense TIle boy-meets-girl premise is time­ of the look of "Moulin Rouge". less a~ it is fannliar, but it is the way it There is no easy way [0 describe is told that is the difference. this film: "Moulin Rouge" is a musi­ Why pop music works in this set­ cal like no other; with dream-like ting is hard to describe, but work it visual beauty in a historic backdrop, do~s. For one thing, the songs are, at mixed wjth familiar pop songs of least at first, introduced to draw a recent years. The songs are used part­ laugh. First the characters start quot­ ly for comic effect and pmtly as an ing the fanliJiar lyrics m1d ti1en as they instantly recognizable reference to finally burst into song, the audience tell the audience what the characters roars with laughter, as much at the are thinking or feeling. Although it's absurdity as anything. TI1e inherent BY EMILY UMBRIGHT hard to describe, the result is engross­ absurdity of all musicals (in which ...... ingly entertaining. However, this is a people suddenly break into song out sta/flniter film for those who like the magic of on a street or in the middle of a room) theater - if you only like films with is hence used for comic effect, mak­ Anyone recall the tenn shoegaz­ gritty realism, this one's probably not ing the movie fun even if you don't er'? The late 80's-early 90's British for you. like musicals. \Vhafs more, tile songs movement that featured layer upon The story is set in 1900 Paris in the are preSented like a kind of parody of layer of distortion, fuzzy feedback bohemian district of the city, at the the unreal staging of musicals, in and loud drones, which hatched an most fabulous nightclub of the dis­ which beautiful lighting and dramatic egg of colorful bands like My trict, the Moulin Rouge. In spite of sets suddenly appear. The results are Bloody Valentine and The Stone this historic setting, it is filled with scenes that are both beautiful and Roses. Maybe it was the heaviness pop music from the 1960s to the pre­ funny. The songs themselves are often of the music loaded onto the sent. As those who stayed awake in medleys or reinterpretations of the scrawny necks of each musician, or EDITOR art histolY classes will recall, the originals, designed to suit the story perhaps the work involved in creat­ Moulin Rouge was a real place, a and tbe results are both powerful and ing the dense sounds, but the term favorite of the mtists, poets, and wlit­ perfect. The scenes are dazzling came from these ultra-cool modem i CATHERINE ers who lived nearby, and the blends of color, movement, and music rockers who. engrossed in their MARQUiS-HOMEYER bohemians of tum-of-the-last-century with fantastic characters in period music. never lifted their heads to the . . . .. , -...... Paris were much like the hippies of costumes and sets. Spectaculm', in tl1e crowd. a&e edfto1'" tile 19605, full of rebellion and ideal­ . real sense of that word, is the best way With this in mind, remember tile Ism. to describe it. song "Creep" that pretty much phone: 516-5174 From the opening credits. which Although the fllm is set in a real launched Radiohead into the eyes fax: 516-6811 are as carefully crafted as the rest of time and place, this is not a historical and ears of America? Riding in the the film, the look is Df the lush, dark film. Of all the famous artists who fre­ wake of the shoe gazer movement, colors and peliod detail of the late quented the Moulin Rouge. only the band never quite looked into the Victorian era, yet the film also imme­ painter Toulouse-Lautrec appears as a CarI,lera for their video. While the movement waned off to a hurn, Ewan McGregor as Christian and Nicole Kidman as Satine diately establishes the fantasy ele­ ment. The film draws quick refer- sel! MOULJN, page 8 Radiohead seemed to last. despite MU Ie the threats of falling into tl1e land of one-lnt-wonders. With the release of the band's fifth album. "Amnesiac" exempli­ June fies the pomt in \vlncli a band trans­ forms itself from a money-making device with a thrilling rock'n'roll lifestyle as ,m employee perk, into a 19 nowl foolm for the creative process Bodeans to mn its course. While tile band Mississippi Nights Smtorini (Don I oveUo) a demolition's has taken a lot of criticism for not 8 p.m. expert who is a bit too in love with his work, Doc Sweet !Phil MOlTis) a being the guitar-driven irulovators 21 good hemled medic. Gaeren they were with "The Bends," "Mole" Moliere (Core Burton). a Radiohead has evolved into some­ Doves a as thing more. ",A• .I1mesiac" is a work The Webb Brothers lecherous geologi t as ell the ,in­ of art best viewed ti1rough a digital Galaxy ister General Rourke (James Gamer) kaleidoscope. 8 p.m. mld the sexy Helga SUlclair (Claudia Chri. tian). frer finding Atlantis, Thealbl,lm begins with the mel­ low. slightly urban sound.., 'of "Pact Smashband Mil becom embroiled in the lives of it's people. including Prine " Kida Like Sardines in A Crushd Tin Box" Club Sevens (Cree Sununer)in an attempt to pre­ before gliding into "Pyramid Song," serve their world. the typical heart wrenching 23 Radiohead ballad accompanjed by a Core Project The animation is spectacular, one of the best I've seen in a long time. The piano, violins, 3!1d a tunnel-like Galaxy senior lI'riter swirl of distOltion. After dipping 8 p.m. characters, particularly Milo and Disney's previous feature 'The Helga, were drawn in more of the pulp into some experimental ambient Emperor's [ ew Groove" was a slight, 40's and 50's style, giving the movie a dlUm machines and computerized 24 but hihu'ious pm'ody of itself and of 'graphic novel' look. The backgrounds voice-overs, the b3!ld bobs back Collective Soul Milo Thatch, Preston B. Whitmore and Commander Rourke animated films in general. above sea level with "You and The Pageant of Atlantis are impressive. from the '"Atlantis", however. has a much turmels and caves to the continent in this story In fact, it is something of a beautiful scene that helps fmther Whose A1111Y." Starting off melod­ more dran1atic, action packed stOlY. il<>elf, which looks like it rises above a non-event. Summer does a wonder­ their development as people, and not ic and slow, the song canies the feel 26 The movie feels more like a live­ the scene. A scene where the band of of an old song playing in French Nothingface ful job as the voice of Princess Kida, caricatures or stereotypes. action film than an animated movie. adventurers battle Leviathml appears cafe at 2 a. m. That is, until the Pop's giving her an ethereal quality. but her The villains are also weU-drawn. 1be plot centers around the brainy, to be animated characters supelim­ character is very minor to the story. Gmner's Rourke, in p3!ticuJm, is a dr1.UUS kick in mId tile pimlO gets yet absent-minded linguist named posed on a live-action background. To make up for that, Disney has memorable one; able to play the heavier turning the song into some­ 27 Milo Thatch (!'vlichael J. Fox), an The characters are wonderful. As thing more musically dense and John Mayer given us it's most fleshed-out support­ folksy chmming fellow one minute, expert in the stOlY of Atlantis. After he modem. with Howie Day !'villo, Fox gives a superb performance. ing cast in a long time. In past films, and a deranged madman the next. 111e is ridiculed by his professors, he is Milo is a velY spastic, awkward hero "r Might Be Wrong" just might Mississippi Nights we haven't gotten to know the side­ ending battle is a classic, and what recmited by PrestonWhitrnore (John who ultimately does the right thing: kicks velY well, as they often appear happens to Rourke and Helga is tme be the most agreeable lnt among 8:30 p.m. Mahony) to lead a team of adventurers Fox seems to be bom for animation in on screen to provide comic relief. In a poetic justice. Radiohead fans. It is deftnitely the headed for the lost continent. The team hm'dest song on the albWl1. With the Moe his deli vely. velY touching scene, each member For animation fans and non-fans includes Audry Ramirez (Jaqueline Unlike other Disney films, the love hook.)" repeating guitars bouncing The Pageant talks about his or her past and family ill alike, Atlantis should stand as one of Orbradors) a hyper mechanic, VirulY story is not the most in1portant subplot an effOlt to get to know .each other. It is the best fans of the year. across a ' synthesized hurruning background, one can almost picture 29 Thom York singing "Let's go down Airflight the watelfall" as if it really is, like Mississippi Nights the lyrics, "noiliing at all." 8 p.m. The album gains momentum Disturbing the Peace treks across Ice World without slipping along its downhill stretch with the trickling indie guitars of "Knives BY EMILY UMBRIGHT with their name. "We looked up riot in New Ice Age." that "it's like rock with a lot of melod­ the thesaurus, and it said disturbing the "We had our first CD for so long," ic pmts- there's a lot of emotion." Out," which is probably tile most staff l1'riter peace. I don't even think of the mean­ Tweedie explained, .. that we'd almost If there is one thing that Disturbing understandable song on 111e sounds ffiTest you. The words ing anymore," he adds. "It might as be embarrassed to give people om old the Peace remains 111le to, it is the gut­ "Amnesiac" in tenns of experimen­ Web tumble around inside your mind. well be like 'X' or '2'. It doesn't mat­ CD because we didn't even sound like less, raw, emotion packed into every tation, and the surrealistic "Morning Distmbing the Peace frontman Rob ter." that anymore." song. Whether it is found in the BelliAnu1esiac" that tweaks onto Tweedie feels the energy peaking and And over the past six. years, the The three-year gap between their assertive, riff driven songs like the borders of Pink Floyd (think thingy leaps from the stage into the stretched music has evolved into something first album "Planet Nine," and their lat­ "Godspeed, Brave Astronaut" and "Piper at the Gates of Dawn"-era). out hands of the crowd. With an beyond a name. Tweedie met bassist est release has proved to be beneficial. "Insomnia," or the tingly, almost While some of the sounds found goes instinct for risk, Tweedie leads his band Josh Werner in middle school, where Drawing from bands like Deftones, Weezer-sounding stOlY depicted in on "Amnesiac" are borrowed from along the rocJ..)I road to stardom. the two went on to high school and 311, and Incubus, Tweedie feels the 'The Whisper Song," the band joins Radiohead's predecessors, the "Our freshman year we played a joined forces with guitar player Greg bmld has developed into "more our together to bring audiences into their fusion of their sound with sounds here battle of the bands at our high school Haupt and dnmuner Mike Jost. own sound than our influences." musical realm. 'The New lee Age" from the past brings the songs off and a mosh pit broke out," Tweedie February marked the release of the "We get classified in tins hmTI, also contains a cover of Bjork's said, describing how the bffild came up bands second CD release entitled '1l1e modem rock 3!'ea," he said, but adds see PEACE, page 8 see RADIOHEAD, page 8 Here's the t ruth about those AFI movie ists

The AFl is at it again. Don't be revolving around film. That the AFI probably appear on such a list, the are PEOPLE I How could the AFI go films, fllins owned by the big studios fooled. was putting out a list of great otller third clearly were not of the so Wrong 3!1d overlook so many great 3!1d heavily slanted toward recent A few years back, the American American film sounded wondeIful, same caliber. What's more, many ' films? movies, films they could make Film Institute (AFl) released a list of and the fact that the list would be famous films that had appeared even The answer lies in an area familiar money on in video rentals. There was movies called the "1 00 Greatest announced on prime-rille TV with all in the top ten of lists of great films in to many music fans: selling out. The one exception to this ownership issue, American Films" to much fanfare. the hype and fanfare of the Academy the past were now totally absent from financially strapped AFI had made a that being the inclusion of two ' Recently, they annOlmced a new list Awards was astonishing. I knew that the list. What list of greatest films money arrangement with big Charlie Chaplin films. Although of films, tins time of American this worthy organization had been would exclud~ "the General", widely Hollywood studios. In exchange for Chaplin kept ownership of his films, thriller/suspense fllrns. But I caution struggling financially arid so, as a fan regarded as a mastelpiece and often invaluable promotions and advertis­ his ability to make money and gamer you in taking this list too seliollsly: of film preservation, I was heartened used in film history courses as the ing of their name and cash to help Cl1tical acclaim, as well as his amaz­ not eveIY film from this category was to see this great opportunity to high­ example of the "perfect script', while their film preservation effort and ing business judgment, bas kept him considered for tins Ji st. light great films of the past and the including 'The Jazz Singer", a film scho!m'ly work, th.e AFl agreed to as a kind of god to the Hollywood MARQUEE RAMBLINGS When I hem'd abou.t that first work of film preservationists. noted for populmizing talking films, choose the films for this list in a par­ studio community. "greatest American films" list, I was What really appeared on that list but not the really the first sound film ticu1ar way. Instead of considering all From this studio-sanctioned list, CATHERINE ' pretty excited. I knew the American was something else. While about a and also painfully bad to watch, or American films (and there are many the judges were to pick the films to go Film Institute as a scholarly organiza­ third of the titles on this "greatest "Tootsie", a moderately funny film in who thought this shouldn't have been on the top 100 list. But who were the' tion, devoted to the preservation of films" list were \vorthy of any list of which Dustin Hoffman dr'esses like a limited to only American films), the fiInls and film history. ~nd La research that kind and af\otber third could WOm3!I and discovers -gasp- women AFl started with a list of preselec~ed see AFI, page 8 I ~ ' I I ~ June 18, 2001 71t.e Current Page 7

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BY CHARLIE BRIGHT worked as a member and secretary of his daughter Nancy Reynolds. the Normandy Board of Education Schmidt had nine grandchildren and a approval, updlates staff ll'l'iter from J 954-1965, helping the great -granddaugbter. Raymond M. Sclunidt Sr. is a Committee of 28 to create UM- St. While the man has passed, his BY .JOAN HENRY Benton and Stadler Halls and the residential/dining facility and the ren­ name that is well known to alumni Louis in 1963 . In the mid-60's, vision endures in the buildings, peo­ special fa Tb e CUI7'ent 1993 Master Plan at UMSL, as well ovation of tlu'ee existing residence and faculty at UMSL for his pM in Raymond Sclunidt and his brothc:r ple and mission of UMSL. Raymond as the Life Sciences Building, th.e halls. Daniel Winship, UM the founding of the universiry and his sold Schmidt Bakelies to National Schmidfs life has rouched thousands, The UM Board of Curators held a Thompson Farm Ag station, the Healthcare CEO, stated that Boone dedication to his community. On Food Stores. leaving a brighter future for all those meeting on May 25. At this meeting, Hundley-Whaley building, the County had not only a market May 15, Sclunidt, 86, died of heart Sclunidt worked in real estate and he left: behind, and while his name one of the larger items on the agenda McKee addition andrenovation at increase, but also an increase of disease in his Chesterfield home. then became the food service director may not be very familiar to students was the approval of $458.3 million UMC, and the Pharmacy-Nursing patients, surgelies, and income. The As a member of UMSL's found­ at the Nonnandy School District a at the university, his works and tire­ budget for continuing operations for building at UMKC. hospital also had the honor of being ing Committee of 28, Schmidt was position he held wltil 1977 when he less devotion live on. the fiscal year of 2002, an increase of The governor has been autholized named one of the top 100 orthopedic awarded the Chancellor's Medallion retired. He wa~ a member of the Memorial contlibutions can be 3.6 percent. Of the $458.3 million. to sell bonds totaling $35 million to hospitals in the nation in 2001 by the from the University in 1996. Schmidt North St. Louis Lions Club and a sent to the University of r-.1issouri at $15 million will be used for the const:\Uct a new basketball arena in SACHSlThe Human Motion attended Purdue University in member of the Mizpah/Mount St. Louis. 8001 Natural Bridge Road, University of Missouri's final year of Columbia. The arena's cost is esti­ Institute. Indiana, but left: to assist his brother at Moliah Lodge No. 40, the Scottish St. Louis, Mo. 63121: Unity Health mission enhancement. Healthcare mated at $75 million, the excess to be However, UM System President Schmidt Bakeries. Raymond and Rite and Moolah Temple Shrine. Hospice, 1000 Des Peres Road. Suite received an increase of $17 million. covered by the UMC Athletic Manuel Pacheco stated that the Earl Schmidt ,vorked tirelessly doing Raymond Schmidt is survived by 200 B. St. Louis, Mo. 63131; or The revenue budget for 2002 will be Department with help from a $25 mil­ appropliation process was not com­ all the baking for the business them­ Melba V Gehring Schrnidt, his wife Sluiners Hospital for Children, 2001 around $2 billion and student fees lion anonymous donation. plete. TIle availability of state rev­ selves and giving back to their home of 63 years. his sons Raymond South Lindbergh Boulevard, St. total approximately $333.6 million. The Board of Curators also heard enues will impact the University's community. Raymond Schmidt Schmidt Jr. and William Schmidt, and Louis. Mo. 63131. Funding for the University's prior­ updates on the UMC Residential Life appropliation of funds. The new bud­ ity list ha~ been re-appropliated and is Master Plan and on the Columbia get will begin on July 1 and the next on hold due to Hancock amendment Regional Hospital Capital Plan. It Board of Curators meeting will be H O NORS, fronz page 1 lawsuits and anticipated shortfalls. passed approval for the hiring of con­ held in Chillicothe on July 19-20. Projects on the priority list include sultants to design a new ized to justify the need for addi­ Chairs and tiona
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