University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2000s) Student Newspapers 8-27-2001 Current, August 27, 2001 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: http://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, August 27, 2001" (2001). Current (2000s). 60. http://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s/60 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (2000s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. --- - VOLUME 35 August 27, 2001 Let's get ready ... ------- Your . Expo welcomes students to the new year ISSUE '1025 at UM-St. loui.s See page 3 THECURRENTONL INE.COM UNIVERSITY OF MISSOlJ.RI - ST. LOUIS INSIDE Cut Off! Telephone Services discontinues·long BY E MILY UMBRIGHT distance for resident students ............... A"&E·AS..~oCiate ····· · ... ... .......... easier for Telephone Services. distanc.e calls and. do not see the "A kind of secondary reason was a changes as alarming. shortage of manpower at Telephone "Long distance doesn't bother semester, has Services, ' he said. billing was kind of me " Emily LaBelle. a Mass been implemented due to the horrendous \~ith trying to get the bills C01IlIllunicatlons major and resident switch in phone companies from QUt. That's when we decided pre­ of the Uniye-~ity Meadows -said men­ AT &T to Southwestern Bell. paid calling cards were a tioning the availability and relatively While calling cards have been fair­ good answer . low cost of calling cards that can be Dark experimen­ ly common.in previous sell1esters, entire Among students, purchased at the University Bookstore Some the optiou of having a long distance apartment. the debate about and cost between $20 and $50. "One ' tal noise made students returning service that can be charged to stu­ The mandarory $150-per-semester whether the thing I don t like is that we all have to . for repeat button to campus housing dent's university account has been cannot be divided among apartment have our own phones. I don' t use the this semester may have erased from the system. dwellers, making the payment diffi­ phone enough' to pay 150 a semester, The music coming out of the noticed changes regarding Underlining the changes in phone cult for students that are used to a and I wish that we could have . an gothic scene is none other than telephone procedure.s and procedu.res is the modification in divided bill cial is . option not to have a phone." former Skinny Puppy co­ their monthly phone bill. UM­ actual billing as the monthly rate of It is easier to settle up accounts evenly Wbile the changes may initially founder 'CEVIN Key's "The St. Louis's department of $30-per-month switches to a single Don Boelmker, director of Telephone divided. bring criticism from those affected by Ghost of Each Room," Support and Telephone semester payment of$150 that will be Services said. The number one reason the campus telephone system, Services, a di ision of charged immediately to a students [we did this] was .to save students Boehnker insisted that the new plan A See page 6 'I n for mat ion a I a.cc9unt upoo phone installation. mouey. In the past when we were· will be beneficial to students in· the Technology Services, has While billlmr will not affect stlldent~ dealing with AT&T the average cost inconve­ long-term. completely · eliminated the living in residence halls that include was $0.23 a minute, and it doesn't "n i e n t . " Ultimately, they"re going to be ill -d - long distance feature from its list of phone ~harges in the room and board take a genius to see that you can get a method to pay saving money using prepaid call­ B__ woul curb amenities for students living in uni­ fees, the change comes as a hurdle for lot better rates. for long-dis- ing cards," he said, adding that the versity housillg. Also being blocked some inhabitants of the University While the changes allow for a tance; others have sv,.jtch to a lump sum payment is a students' credit­ from use are all in-coming collect Meadows Apartments who bad the cheaper calling card alternative, used cell-phones or . "better management tool" for students calls. option ofhavmg a separate phone line Boelmker said that the elimination pre-paid calling cards that no longer have to plan ahead for card debt The new policy, which went into or a connection that was shared by an also makes communication charges in the past to make long- monthly phone bills. BY ERIKA PE:TER.SON The Maneatet' (U-WIRE) COLUfvIDIA, Mo. New C-Store conveniently located in the srudent union - University of Missouri junior Andrea Gioia said she came by her BY DEL YLE R OBB INS toothpaste and aspir.n have not been first credit card easily in Brady ............. ...........~~tajj · i;;;ii;;;:· .......... ',..... ...... available on tbe 'orth Campus inee Commons. But the debt she racked the University. Center store closed up with it was not as easy to handle. 22, last year. From that time until the "1 filled out an application so As of Wedne'day, Aug. UM­ OpeIllnO of the :Millennium Student they'd leave me alone," Gioia said. St. Louis students can now pick up Center store, students could only buy Mer applying for the card, needed convenience items right on tho e e ntial items at the University Gioia said she found it easy not to campus. as well as grab that sential Mart on South Campus.a.k:ing think about the consequences of cup of coffee or bag of chips. The tbose items more ace - ·ble.. as well making purchases with the carcl. Campus Convenience Store opened as providing an addition "I thought it was going to be Aug. 22 and is located on the second pl.IrChase frut Ii iten \l J ~ really easy; uld buy thatever I floor of the Millennium Student dog• . na.ch and soda,· the aim of want, have aU this m ney,' Gioia Center, aero fromAroma BakeJy. the new store location. said. "But when the bills started The tore will be pen ·Monday The Campus COllvenience Sture is coming in, I thought, 'Oh, my through Thursday frOID noon to 10 owned and operated by Food Service 000.' I spent more money than I p.m., Friday from noon to 5 p.m., and Consultants as are all food service thought I did." Saturday from 10 :l.ill. to 4 p.m. \·ennes on campus. Thi make.s pric­ Accordlng to a study by the Residence Hall students will be able ing and payment options consistent General Accounting Office of the to place purcha~es on their meal throughout the campus according to u.s. House of Representatives, plans, while other students can pay Betcher. Other food service venues one-fifth of the nation's college stu­ with cash or credit card. A suggestion include the Uni ersity Mart on South dents are carrying credit-card debts box will be provided for further ideas Campus and the Pony Espresso in of more than $10,000. on what items and services to offer. According to manager Jill Betcher, SSB, as well as the Nosh and Rep. Louise Mcintosh Aroma's Bakery. Slaughter, D-N.Y, introduced a res­ convenience items such as shampoo. olution this year that would amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prevent credit card issuers from taking advantage of full-time, tradi­ tional-aged college students. The resolution is not yet sched­ Dancing the night away .. ~ uled for a vote. The resolution proposes credit limits for college students to not exceed 20 percent of the gross BV: SARA PORTER income of the student or the product senior writer of $500 and the number of years since the account was opened. Starting this year, the Honors "I racked it up over vacation, College has moved from its former but, for the most part, it's been good . building In Bel-Nor to the Provincial so far," Smith said. "I only have a House on South Campus. The move $500 credit limit, so I can't get into was well received by' students and too much trouble with it." faculty members alike. The GAO study found only one "The Provincial House has larger of the 12 campuses studied prohilr space for classes and more office ited credit card solicitation, and space for faculty members," said only two others had strict prohibi­ Dennis Bohnenkamp, associate tions. director of the Honors College. Gioia said she thinks credit-card Students have also expressed a companies should be banned from positive impression of the new resi­ soliciting on college campuses. dence hall. "It's kind of overwhelm- '''Their main target is college . ing," said Levi Locke, a junior and . kids who don't have money to MIS major, "It's large and accom­ begin with, and the college kids end modating for both the faculty and up screwing themselves in the end," . Residential Life to work with." Gioia said. Though the move fmally hap· Although Smith said she thinks pened in June, it had actually been most students are responsihle planned for nearly six years. 'The enough to handle credit cards, she old building wasn't big enough to said she thought credit card solici­ accommodate our classes and the tors should be restricted on college mission is to grow to 600 students in campuses. the Honors College.