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University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2000s) Student Newspapers 1-30-2006 Current, January 30, 2006 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, January 30, 2006" (2006). Current (2000s). 278. https://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s/278 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 38 danuar;y 30, 2006 ISSUE 1113 Your source for campus news and information Who will win Super Bowl XL? See p. 10 ~====;:==;;W;~~"""""""""""""""""~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~"""""""""""""""'UNnnBsnYOFMISSOURI -SlUWIS U Sl will keep Pachyderm paintings .. , c rator position .Bl l1nt will·r equire another selection process to fill seat BY MELISSA S. HAYDEN St. Louis curator should have begun . ..........._ .... _-_. _._.. .. _.. .. Staff Writm' on Jan. 1, 2006 and would serve until Dec. 31, 2007." Curtis said the memo indicated Concerns of students and faculty that the governor's office would have driven Gov. Matt Blunt to have a reselection process sometime decide to allow UM-St Louis its full this year. According to Curtis, a two-year student representation to UM-St. Louis student will hold the the Board of Curators. position of the next student repre­ In a public telephone conference sentative to the Board of Curators call at the Student Government from his or her appointment until Association meeting last Friday, January 2008. Maria Curtis, graduate student, pub­ "James Harris (director of boards lic policy, and student representative and commissions for the state of to the Board of Curators, shared Missouri) would ask that the statements in a memo she received Intercampus Student Council recon­ fro'm Blunt's office. vene in the fall and the selection In the memo, Blunt states, "It has process will start over again," she come to my attention that there is said. some concern that Maria Curtis is 'The interview process is pretty serving a short term of office." long. It took about six months from Blunt also stated that he has filling out the application until the made it one of his priorities to bring actual selection was made," Curtis the teml limits and dates of service said. for the student curator back into Curtis will continue to serve until compliance with the rvlissouri a new representative is appointed. statutes. However, she is eligible to reapply Adam D. Wiseman! TIN Cilm~1 1 "Basically, what they're saying is for the position if she would like to Chancellor Tom George viSits the 'Elephant Art' currently on display in Gallery Visio. The new exhibit, on display until last semester; I was filling out a por­ continue to serve. Feb. 2, features paintings created by elephants that reside in Southeast Asia. Proceeds from purchased art will go to tion of the Kansas City representa­ Gallery Visio and the non-·prorrt Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project. tion," Curtis saieL "The term for the see CURATOR, page.3 Future of MOHELA, higher ed funding take the floor at SGA BY PAUL HACKBARTH the Curators' meeting, if tuition increas­ Braddix saieL As an example, Braddix UM-St Louis sinoe the other campuses News Editor es by 6 percent for example, undergrad­ said true tuition might cost about do ndt rely on the loan authority as sig­ uate admission would increase from $10,000. While the student pays nificantlyas UM-St Louis does. $216.50 to $229.50 per credit hour. $4,000, the state pays for the remaining \Vhile certain groups oppose the The Student Government However, Joe Moore, director of amount sale, Bradrlix said that the money from Association leaders discussed the future media relations for the UM system, Certain students are not only con­ MOHELA that goes to universities of tuition increases and student loans at reminded students that Floyd and the cerned with tuition increases, but Gov would mean about $80 million for their meeting last Friday afternoon in curators are only discussing possibili­ Matt Blunt's proposed sale of the loan maintenance costs of the the SGA chambers. ties. Moore said the scenarios would be agency MOHELA also has received BentonlStadlerlRese3ICh building com­ SGA President D' Andre Braddix voted on at the next Board of OJrators mixed reactions from students and plex, which Braddix named as the high­ discussed scenarios involving 'an . meeting at UM-Rolla in March. financial aid offices. MOHELA is cur­ est p1.iority on campus. increase in tuition for the next fiscal According to Braddix, Floyd is no rently owned by the state, however, '1:be Also of note at the SGA meeting, year as well as the outlook for the sale longer pursuing his proposed fixed governor has proposed to sell Student Court will vote for a new jus­ of the MOHELA loan authority. tuition model from last year. The deci­ MOHELA," Braddix saieL tioe at the next meeting on Friday, Feb. Braddix spoke about tuition rate sce­ sion came after students and concerned With the sale of MOHELA, Braddix 17 at I p.m Student Court will also no narios for next semester that tJM parents from across the state of explained the money that the loan longer have alternate justices on the President Elson Floyd discussed with Missouri rejected the idea. agency owns would be given back to court the Board.of Curators in Columbia last Instead, Floyd is proposing a tuition higher education institutions, like UM­ Elections will also be held for two Thursday and Friday. The possibilities model that would keep tuition increases St Louis. new board m=bers for Associated Adarn 9 , Wi semani' Tix- ClIrr!'m presented at the meeting translate to in line with inflation rates, and both the "We're actually the only University Students of the Uni versity of possible increases in the range of 5 per­ Consumer Price Index and Higher in the system that uses MOHELA," Missouri, now known as Student SGA Parliamentarian Stephen Keener and President D'Andre cent to 7 percent, starting in the fall Education Prioe Index.. Braddix said. Legislative Association. The elections Braddix keep student curator M aria Curtis infonned about campu ~ semester. ''It puts more pressure on the legis­ Braddix said he was anxious to see will replace board members Thomas issues via telephone during Friday's Student Government meeting, According to board doc.uments from lature to fund higher education," the effect that the sale would have on Helton and David Dodd. - - --- _._---- --- -----_. Carl Williams, the student Vashon seniors get a jump start on collegiate success development coordinator for classrooms at Vashon High SchooL The high school students will e-ach reception at UM~St Lollis. the reform BY BEN SWOFFORD The program will take the Vashon receive six hours of college c..TeCl:it for 'The kids have absolutely loved it. program, hands News AssOciate Editor students in their senior year off their the two courses. The parents love it, and from all [that] i out paperwork to high school campus and into classes at During the first week, around 60 understand, tile students have been cry students from UM-St Louis for four days a week in a seniors start their day at Vashon High welcome on can1pus .· ' he said. Vashon High Early Friday afternoon, a group of one-semester college preparation pro­ School at 7 am The new learning environment for School. Every about 65 high school seniors shuffled gram intended to increase high school They are bused to UM-St Louis to the Vashon seniors is part of a larger St Monday and out of a classroom and into a quiet hall­ graduation and college enrollment take advanced classes in a new environ­ Louis Public School Distri t plan to Friday, the seniors way in the Social Scienoesand rates. ment with older students. Judging from refoml its major high schools. The will attend Business building. They were bound "Ultimately it gives to the students the students' reactiOD5, they seem to like freshmen class at Vashon has been colloquiums for buses to take th= back to Vashon and provides them with all the things the new environment and are adju..<tting moved to Williams School, one of the presented by High School in the city of St Louis. that are necessary for them to go on in to college life well. vacant scbool buildings o'Wlled by the various UM­ While UM-St. Louis reports that education and in life," Vashon Principal "rve learned a lot, especially in my SLPS. At Williams School, the fresh­ St. Louis 19.5 percent of area high school stu­ Calvin Starks said 'They will under­ two college classes we have. Both are men students will take high schoo! representatives. dents take classes at the University for stand and experience the rigors of what fun classes," Amanda Johnson, Vashon preparatory classes. college credit, this time things are dif­ college life· is all about" senior, said, referring to her sociology "It sends !l message ultimately of ferent The seniors are taking high school and anthropology classes. "Everything support to the students and signifies a That Friday marked the end of the style classes in the morning with teach­ is more than I've expected," she said. change and to those who, fDr various second week of a teaching partncrship ers from Vashon, who are bussed in The Vashon seniors will also be tak­ .slmdry reaSOD5, feel they are not on a intended.

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