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Board considers sexual orientation c ause Protest disrupts meeting '. as Curators implement · order into system policy ...... ~ .. ,,', ,,',',' : BY SUE BRITT
" .: .'. " . ~ .. ~ " . staff associate . : :. :~ '.: .~ :: ',' .',; : ', The Board of Curators voted Friday at UM-St. Louis I~ I . ,': ...... : :': ': . . ,, ' . ,' to make executive order three into system policy, eliciting . . :: : ~ . ~ :. :. .'. .'. '" ' .' ~. a protest from some students who said the order does not go fa:r enough to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation. "The policy [executive order three] was established to create a positive work environment and to enable all mem bers of the University community to effectively perform their work 0, to achieve their educational goals," said Manuel Pacheco, President of the UM system. "It was intended to include all legal categories of nondiscrimina . tion as well as other types of discrimination, including that based on sexual orientation." Pacheco said that a committee was put in place to study the issue of including sexual orientation into the anti-discrimination policy. Public hearings were held Nov. 13 at Columbia wherein fac ul ty, staff, and students from all four campuses addressed the commit Stephanie Platt/ 17Ie Current tee in person and hundreds more commented through let UM-St. Louis Director of Institutional Safety Robert Roeseler confronts prot esters as t hey disrupt the Board of ter, e-mail, fax, and telephone. Pacheco said that after Curators' meeting Friday. The protesters, upset over t he Board's decision 0 11 a pro posed sexual orient ation reviewing all that was submitted, the executive committee clause for the UM system anti-discrimination policy, were eventually led from t he room by police. held a telephonic meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the issue. Pacheco said that the committee asked him to present the Board with his recommendations which included mak ing an extended version of executive order three imo pol Curators pass fee hike package icy. The order reads, in part, that the University should BY D A V I D BAU G HER In addition, the Board approved minor increases in the provide an environmem "where all individuals are treated ' ~ '''''' ''' ' '' '' '' ' ' '''''''' ' ' .... . ---- ...... , ...... _.. with respect, regardless of their status." se ni or e d ito r student activiry and student service fe es as recommended by . P4checo &lid mjlt .one of rJte criti~ f executive The UM Board of Curarors gave final approval ro a pack SGA leaders. At the December SGA meeting, the SGA was order three was that it could be struck down by a future age of fee in reases at its Friday meeting on campus; the unable to come to a consensus on a recommendation for the president. Making the order in to polic ' eliminates that package will increase student fees by approximately S.l % for two fees with Ben Ash, SGA comptroller, favoring small possibility. Other additions to the order included proce the average full-time UM-St. Louis studem. increases whilt: Jim Avery, SGA president, hoped w keep the dures to make the poli cy more broadly distributed, train TIle propDsal, which passed the Board unanimously, will fees where (hey were after large increases for the 1998-99 fis ing programs, and a spelling out in the policy of the griev bring the fees for a stud ,nt taking L credit hours from cal y(;ar. In January, SGA recommended a two-cem increa.se ance procedures. $270.60 w $284.40. In addition to a 20- em per redit hour in the studem ac tivity fee and a three-cent increase in the Stu jump in [he recrea ion fee and a 45 -cent pt:r credit hour rise "Training programs devised wi th the ad ice from the dent service fee. T he Board pas, ed both recommendations. in the athletics fee, there was also an adjustment of tht Equiry Access Council includes four modules)" Pacheco At [he December meeting, the SGA did nOt make any rec H ealth Services fee. said. "Racial discrimination, sexual discrimination, sexual ommendation on the rest of the fee package because irs lead orientation, and disability awareness." T he fee, formerly coUe ted as a $9.00 fiat rate expense per ers sai d that the University administration did nOt meet semester, was changed to an $] .20 per cr dit hour fee . This SGA's timelines in presenting its proposal. During the discussions fo ll owing Pacheco's report to the Board, it was asked if this policy would be proa tive, am o~nts to a 60% increase for an ilyerage full-time UM- t. The Board made no changes to the $9.65 U niversiry Louis student. Center fee . TI1C fee ma re than doubled last year. and Pacheco responded that it was time to move forward to eliminate harassment and assured everyone that the pol icy would be enforced. Also in the discussion CuratOr Paul Steele discussed his views in opposition to making executive order three into board policy. "$e;.,:ual orientation is a private matter or it should be a Viva IT Papa private matter, a personal inner matter, and I believe-it should rel1!ain that way," Steele said. "And I believe that UM-St. Louisans we should nor cominue to add to this list." were among t he Within the meeting im mediately foU owing the decision faithful gathered a student from U M-Columbia, Dean Anderson, shamed to see Pope John Out, "Full inclusion. Nothing less." Paul II at Kiel Others began chanting, "Inclusion now." Center as part of The group of students protesting the decision was his swing removed from the meeting and then continued their throught St. protest in the hallway outside the meeting doors for a peri Louis. For a full od of time. Protesters then continued to espouse their photo ~ssa y of position outside the ].c. Pel1l!e' Building. Tim Peacock, the pontiff ' s visit vi ce-president of the Lesbian, Gay, BiseA'U al Students for and the campus' Change complained th:1t the Curators did not go far connection see page 6. en ough and that executive order three did not specific;lliy list sexual orientation as a prOtected group, unlike Other groups who are specifically listed in under the system's anti-discrimination clause. Photos by "[The decision is] a load of something," Peacock said. Stephanie "All the other things [included in the ami-discrimination clause J are delineated, and they ne ed to delin eate this Platt
see DISCRIMINATION, page 8 Desegregation forum to start African-American Hislorv Month
BY JOE HARRIS .. __ .... _ ...... - . .. . History Mom h theme. "The Legacy of Afri can-Ameri can of the lives of the many Women she has kn WIl. senior editor Leadership for the Pre em and the FutU re." "I Am a Man" is a play about the black Sanitation workers' The UM-Sr. Louis Office of Equal O pponunity "ill kick "I don't see wh), a n ~'o ne wou!ci n Ot rake pan," N nnan to union strike in Memphis and [he historical eVents leadinoo- off Africall-AmenCa I1 History Month ronight at 7:30 p.m. Seay, director ' f the Office of E q u ~J O pportunity, said. "Black D r. Martin Luther Ki ng's assassi.nation. Robert Himes, direc- with a roundtable discussion entitled "The D esegregation History M onrh is a ri me to refl ect upon a!l f rht connibu w r of [he Sr. Louis Black Repertory C ompany, along with cast Proposal: The Legacy of Ame ri can Leadership for thE Present ti ons A frica n-Ameri cans have made w society. It s an oppor members 'Wi ll pres ent the play. The room number has been and the Furure" at the]. C. Pe nney auditorium. tunity to seek role models." changed for th is event. The play ,viII now be held at 11 :30 a.l11 . The discussi on will be moderated by KSDK Channel Five The Office of Equal Opportunity is also sponsorin g three in 222 J. C. Penney on Feb. 22. education reporter Sharon Stevens. In addition to the round other events to celebrate African-American H iSt ory MOnth. "Slave N arran e" will cu lmina te Afri can-American Historv table discussion, Minnie L. LIddell and Dr. Everette E. Nance They are co-sponsoring "Rivers of \'{Io men" and "1 > m a month on f eb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the J. c. Penney auditoriun~. will be special guests. Lddell started the case Liddell vs. Board Man" ,,;ith the Cenrer for the Humanities, an d they are spon The St. Louis Black Repertory Company v;jJI present the play of Education that led the wa\' to dese[!Tegating St. Louis soring "Slave N arrative" performed by rhe St. LOllls 13lack and the llM-St. Louis crospel choH' will perform as well. schools. Nance is the dean of the UM-Sr. Louis Evenin g Repertory Company. Seay wants students to know that everyone not just College. "Rivers of X· o l11en" 1'. ~11 also take place today at n OOn i.i.1 African ~ A m er i c a n students, are invited to th e s~ eve'nts. The discussion will link the currem de,c:gregation proposal 229 J. c. Penney. UM-St. Louis professor and internationally currently being debated ',\~th this Ye.n's Afri can-American known poet, Shirl ey Le Flore will presenr ;J. look at the tcxrure see MONTH, page 8
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Today I will be address- . ing an issue that is more se ri ous than BY...... ANNE _...... PORTE . the "\'Vara Dance." my usual carefree bamer. I wam to staff associate Before coming to UM-St. Louis, make it perfectly clear up front that Imagine moving [0 the beat of a West Bathil), performed and choreo any sarcasm I may sneak in is not, in African djembe drum while the wa rmth of the graphed workshops for the ''Village any way, intenqed to diminish [he room mingles with the body and the soul. of Arts and Humanities," which is a importance of the topic. I may poke This is what participams do in the West communiry development project in a little fun, but my intent is not to African Dance Experience "rith instructor urban Philadelphia. This production offend, but to add a bit of color to Diadie Bathil),. . W"2S caUed "TIME Montage." my wrmng. Bathily comes from Cote D'Ivoire, located Bathily is currently learning to speak That being said, I begin. in West Africa. He is a native of Mali and has Engiish in University City at the I used to think that fra ternities performed since he was three years old. English Language School. He already were only about parties, drinking Bathil}' has taught dance allover the world, speaks French, Jula, and Soninke fluent- and rash behavior (not that there's including Africa, Europe, and the United ly. about anything wrong with that.) I am dis States. Bathily first carne to UM-St. Louis in African city and mre covering, however, that that is a very T o learn more about African dance, Barhll)' Se ptember of 1998. Since then, he has urban life, Story- Africa," Bathily nartow point of view. T he more I attended the Mariam Guiraud's Sch ool of desiO'ned an African dance learning station in telling, and food pre para said. get to know these guys, the more I Dance and C ulwral Exchaflge located in the Conter for Human Origin and Cultural [Jon techniques, and play African musical Joe Hellweg, who helped in the creation of realize that, although they are no Abidjan and Adama Drame's Dance Ins titute Diyersiry (CHOCD). lDStrumems at the African Culmres the African Cultures Lab, is hosting Bathily stranger to fun , it's nOt their oflly in Bouake, Ivory Coast. From his education, CH "cI5 controls two laboratories, the Laboratory. while he is working at UM-St. Louis. function. Bathily formed his own dance troupe, called Human Origin Laboratory and the AfricalI The programs host a variety of individuals, "I think it's important to learn about Africa Take, for Cultures Laboratory. In from fifth graders to graduate smdents. The .. . Here is an opportuniry at UM-St. Louis to example, the Dance teacher Diadie Bathily has designed addition to African dance, lab can accommodate 10-50 people. The lab is learn about a part of a region in some detail in Sigma Tau an African dance learning station in the peopie can learn open on Wednesdays and Fridays from a participatory way," Hellweg said. Gamma fra- Center for Human Origin and Cultural 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The importance of African dance is in the termty on Diversity (CHOCD ). The Bathily teaches the Ngoron, story about the dance. The Story tells not only campus. In lab accomodates which is the dance of the Senoufo what the dance is for, but when it takes place, the words of everyone from children people. The Senoufo reside in Cote and why it is performed. The stories of the D 'Ivoire. their Vice- AMY LOMBARDO to college dances vary with different West African cul ----_... _--.'. .- President of Features Editor students. The Ngoron is an ini tiation dance mres as they all have different names for therr Membership, which consists of four steps. This dances. Mark Hessel, ''We're sick and tired ci.'lnce is a rite of passage that regards "I want smdents to take the class with me of people saying fraternities are no kinship and the cominuity of the genera md learn different dances of West Africa. We tions. This kinship is matriline.l! which good to the school, no good any learn many dances," Bathily said "African dance continues the cultural significance where, they're just a bunch of is good exercise for the body and the mind." through mothers. parriers that are causing trouble." For more information on the eight-week "I the students are interested I admit, that was pretty much my think d.ance class at Mark Twain Athletic and about the culture I am teaching. They assumption ... until I saw the other Fitness Center, call (314) 516-591l. dance very well. They are smart, and the:- are side of the coirl. For more informacion on the dance stacioD curious. I'm bappy because they are listening. It ,so happened that one of their at the African Cultures Lab, call (314) 516- ... They want to stay and learn about the cul- alumni brothers, Joe Poropat, '227. recently had a tragedy in his family. Joe's cousin, Mike, seemed to be liv Concert Review ing a golden life. He graduated from college last spring with a double major in Mass Communications and Public Relations. He interned at TWA for a while and received a round-trip ticket to the destination of his choice - Europe. Mike, a pas sionate soccer player, tried out and was chosen to play for a profession al soccer team in Sweden. He came. back to St. Louis temporarily, and has been practicing with the Ambush until his return to Sweden in February for pre-season. Unfortunately, a twist of fate If you guest star on any threw him a curve. Mike was in a horrible accident this past November and his right TV show, what would it arm was severed at the shoulder. To make matters worse, Mike was with be? out medical insurance at the time, so all costs are pretty much going to be "Howard Stern show." out of pocket. The cost for a pros thetic arm alone runs about $20,000 ·Sherry Carey these days, . not exactly pocket Senior/Biology Photo by Jeff Callen change. Eric Leonardson and Carol Genetti Mike's family has been trying to come up with ways to raise money to pay for the mound of accumulat Unconventional instru ~ments ing bills. When Sigma Tau Gamma heard about their situation, they "Friends! Because I really like decided to help out. those girls." Now, this kind of selflessness is make' for interesting music ·Tom Grealich not what I would have expected Concert Review touching certain objects was amazing. Freshman/Computer Engineering from a fraternity. But, I guess I am Genetti, Leonardson, Marshall Her paq:ners then joined her for some improvisa proving a time-honored proverb Experimental Music tion~l pieces. Leonardson, an inventor of musical wrong. Perhaps you can, in fact, instruments, played on an instrument called the teach an old dog flew tricks, because Have you ever banged on something incessantly springboard. It was a collection of stuff to bang on. my initial impression of "frat boys" because you like the sound, of it? Do not fear. In lt consisted of wires, springs, metal bars and an is changing. (I would also like to "The Wayans Brothers." some social circles, creating new and unconventio~al empty can of wood sealant as an amplifier. add, for the record, that I consider noises is considered music. Leonardson reminded me of that kid in school myself neither "old" nor a "dog.)" ·Lamar Brown Caroi • Genetti, Eric Leonardson, and Scott ' that was always banging on something during class. The fellows are taking a couple of Senior/P.E. Marshall debuted their experimental music Jan. 9 at Practice paid off. Leonardson's contributions to the . . actions to suppOrt Mike and his the Forum for Contemporary Art as par~ of the New . tnO were ImpreSSIve. family. Music Circle '98-'99 concert series. New Music Their music invoked random mental images. This Friday, Feb. 5, the guys will Circle is a n.ot-for-profit organization rlevoted to There were no well-developed ideas. At times I felt set up a table in the Universiry bringing new and experimental music to St. Louis I was waifing for the Tyrannosaurus Rex to emerge Center to collect money for the from all around the world. from Jurassic Park or that I was walking through the cause. Later that night, they will "Dawson's Creek, because they . The performance started with Genetti performing wicked witch's haunted woods. The lack of continu host a benefit party at their house seem like really friendly people a solo piece called "Hear What I Hear"· by Joan ity was both exciting and disturbing. with all of the proceeds being donat unlike the students I've met LaBarbara. On a· table' there were six plates, each Some might not call this trio's performance ed. All students ' are welcome, the here." with a different object on them. Genetti had been music, but rather sound effects. Some might say that fiesta kicks off around 9 p.m. and separated from the objects. She didn't know what they're just three people making noise. Yet, there is ·Mia E. Lawrence wraps up at approximately 2-2:30 was on the table. She emerged blindfolded and was an aesthetically·pleasing aspect to their music. There Junior/ Poliical Science a.m. As the fraternity is well-educat taken to the table so she could feel the objects. is a sense of amusement in their performance. It is ed in the ways of parrying, it should Genetti used her voice to describe the objects visually entertaining. In fact, it is hard to experience be a good time for all and - bonus! "WCW Monday Nitro because with amusing, emotionally charged, powerful and the full impact of the. music without seeing them - an opporruniry to help out some unnatural sounds. She would "ooh" for curved I'm in love with Buff perform. one in need. After all, a friend in pieces of rubber and giggle at rubber worm fishing Their music will not appeal to everyone. But if need is a friend indeed. (Sorry, I Bagwelll': lures. She trilled her tongue for glass beads and you want to experience something unusual and couldn't help that last one.) sighed for cotton puffs. If you closed your eyes you ·Ricki Ehrhard entertaining, it is worth the time to see this talented Show your humanity, give a little, could almost feel what sbe was feeling. Her ability Freshman/ Accounting group. have a good time. What else is there? to express the emotions people experience when ·Stephanie Platt Page 4 \&ije \!!.,current February 1, 1999 Preparing for Y2K THE STUDE:-':T. VOICE of UM~ST. Lows According to a January article in Time magazine, people are Editorial Board still going crazy over the Y2K problem. Many are adopting f David Baugher survivalist philosophies, storing food, buying generators and Editor in ChieJ just generally preparing for the end of the world. Oh well, I guess everyone needs a hobby. Joe Harris The problem, for those of you who've been living in a cave Managrng Edllor & without Internet access, involves the fact that computer pro Editorial Page Editor Mail grammers in ancient days' (such as the 1960's), used only two Letters to the editor Fax Telephone E-mail digits instead of four to represent the year in dated informa "Our Opinion." rejlec1s the majority .7940 Natural Bridge Road (314) 516-6811 [email protected] (314) 516-5174 tion. This means that when the clock strikes midnight the opinion oj the editon"al board St. Louis, M 0 63121 morning of January 1, 2000, computers, who are allegedly less intellegent than human beings, will go haywire. Anyway, while the programmers try desperately to con OUR OPINION vince their PC's what year it is, sizable portions of the American public are apparently waiting for the collapse of civ ilization as we know it. According to the Time/CNN poll in the article almost half of all Americans Sexual orientation not represented might take extra money out of their bank account to prepare. Thirty-eight The UM Board of Curators' decision Friday to apparent intent and their actions. percent believe riots or "other social unrest" are likely to occur. A third will The UM Board of Curators adopt executive order three as policy was a step in the We suggest that the Board make its policy a consis right direction though it did not go far enough. The stockpile water and food while more has passed a version of tant one. Either sexual orientation should be included other alternative, inclusion of a specific phrase protect in the UM system's anti-discrimination policy as a pro than a quarter may keep family mem executive order three into bers at home. ing se:A'Ual and gender orientation in the system dis tected group or the policy itself should be changed to policy but did not add crimination .policy, would certainly have been pre replace the listing of cerrain protected groups with a Guess that will put a damper on sexual orientation to the ferrable. blanket statement barring discrimination against any those New Year's Eve parties. D A:yi.D.s."'U..IlHE..R.. Even more disturbing, 13% say they Editor-in·Chief system's anti-discrimina While the wording of the version of executive order group. If the version of excutive order three is truly may arm themselves with a shotgun when three adopted by the Curators is lofty and well-inten meant to protect those with alternative lifestyles why tion policy. the bug hits. Somehow it's not particularly reassuring that tioned, hoping to provide a "positive work and learning not word the discrimination policy the same way as the more than a tenth of the American public plans to lock-and environment where all individuals are treated fairly and order? We Suggest: load instead of singing Auld LangSyne. with respect regardless of their status" it COntains no Until then however the debate over the policy's The Board of Curators Even more interesting, 12% say they may actually move to specific language protecting sexual Olientation or any inconsistancy.will continue. Here's hoping, however a rural area to avoid the millennial mess.' should incorporate sexual other group. that it will continue in a more productive manner in the I am sure I am just trapped in a complacent cocoon of my , orientation under this policy. System President Manuel Pacheco said that the future than it did Friday. The student protest that dis own naivete but renting a U-Haul and packing the family off order was meant to /protect against all forms of dis rupted the meeting, while staged in a good cause, was to Petticoat Junction seems an extreme move even for a large crimination, including sexual orientation but if this is So what do you in fact irrelevant and pointless at best and counterpro scale bug like Y2K. I am not saying that we shouldn't take the true why are certain groups listed as protected under think? ductive at worst. Numerous resolutions and open Year 2000 problem seriously. We certainly should. Heck, you'll the UM policy while sexual orientation is not? \XTbyare forums as well as previous protests have made the Let us hear from you probably find me in line at the bank December 31 like every certain groups found worthy of specific prOtection Board well aware of the depth of student feeling on this one else. Better safe than sorry .. on this or any issue in while Others fall under the vague, nebulous umbrella of issue. They will choose to act on that feeling or ignore Still, the hype may outweigh the facts. Overreacting to the a letter to the editor. the executive order's wording? Are some groups enti it. Noisy disruptions in Board meetings may make latest "crisis" is historically a boon only for panic-mongers and tled to more protection than others. Anyway you look good newspaper copy but will likely do Little to change profiteers. Y2K may provide employment for professional at it there is a clear discrepancy between the Board's the minds of the CuratOrs. ) [email protected] worriers and the occassional cult leader but predictions of doom and gloom rarely benefit anyone else. Y2K will cause malfunctions. There is no doubt about that. The only question is the extent of the problems. Bur for the pronosticators of 2000 one wonders if they may be disap .-----....,..,--...,.---· ------11 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tl------~ pointed on January 1 if the world is still here and society is still , functioning more or less as inefficiently as it usually does. . Then again I might be wrong. Perhaps society'S technolog Performing Arts Center j u~t lJl isunderstood ical house of cards will tumble around our ears when the ball drops in the Big Apple. If so, feel free to let me know by send In last week's issue of The CUITent Uan. 25) there was a letter to the ages will came to bear V;:1mess to some of the wonderful events that ing your complaints to me on New Year's Day. Go ahead, I don't mind. I recommend e-mail. editor written in response [Q my guest commentary wrirren the week take place. I would think that this would even increa e the UM-St. prior about the planned Performing Arts Center. The letter (signed Louis enrollment. Jake Parker) pointed out the cons of even bothering to erect such a Thirdly, since when has the University adopted the policy of dis building. Unfortunately, there were a few fallacies cited in his letter. criminating against minorities, whether it be race, gender, or even (per Goodbye, Old Barn Mr. Parker stated that the students of UM-St. Louis would like to ish the thought) field of interest? I think it's about time someone took see their money going tOward more developed departments on campus nOtice at what's become one of the fastest developing departments on Do you believe in miracles? Yes! rather than the performing arts. campus. Those famous words from broadcaster Al Michaels as the First and foremost, the students are not paying for the Perf; rming For whatever reason, Chancellor Touhill has deemed it necessary to U.S. hockey team defeated Russia in the 1980 Olympics sym Arts Center. Over 90 percent of the funding has already been provid build a new Performing Arts Center. Whether it's a "quest for self-pro bolized hockey in the 1980's. Now, ironically, a miracle is what it would take to save the Arena, a building in which many great ed for the building. Students have not had to pay a dime. Nor will they motion" as Mr. Parker stated, or JUSt that she's noticing a great thing hockey memories took place. for the remainder. starting to bloom and she wants to" help in any way she can, it's going "The old barn", as it is affectionately called by some, is Secondly, I have great doubts that performing arts students are "the to happen. scheduled to be torn down later this month and, with it, about only ones who would even step inside the Center." On the contrary, I . Have some faith. You may even like it. 70 years of memories. This, despite the attempt to save the believe the new Center will be something of an attraction. People of all -Thomas Wombacher Arena by the philanthropic group, "The Gateway Foundation." According to The Post-Dispatch, "The Gateway , Foundation" offered up $600,000 to get the city to temporarily delay its current ,demolition plans. The group offered to pay $50,000 a month to cover the city's mortgage payments on the GUEST COMMENTARY property for as long as a year to allow time to find a morc eco nomical way to use the building. Harmon rejected this proposal, though, in favor of demol ishing this landmark for an office park. Unity is theme of Ramadan and Eid celebrations An office park! It's a sad day when one of St. Louis' mOSt historical land marks is demolished in the name of another generic office park. Recently the end of Ramadan and Eid were celebrated in UM-St. dressed up in traditional dresses and everyv.,here you go you get tradi- However, instead of wasting this column space by showing Louis with a variety of feelings. tional food to eat. It's like conducting a nationwide marriage. what a stupid decision this is (that would be toO easy), here's a Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calender. It is com- It's nOt the same in non-Muslim countries, though, but Muslims brief look at the Arena's colorful history: --On October 12, 1929, the Arena opens with the National prised of 29 or 30 days, depending on the position of the moon. It's like to celebrate with the same spirit. Dairy Show. At the time, the Arena had a the month when Muslims all over the world fast during the daytime. "It's one of the human things," one of the Muslim students said. dirt floor suitable for agricultural displays. The exact definition of fasting is translated by John L. Esposito as, At UM-St.Louis, Eid prayers were held at the Mark Twain build- --In the 1940's-50's, the Arena hosts "Refraining from eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse ing. The attendance at the prayers was astonishing. There sorrie of the Chicago Blackhawks' "home" all day from da"l'fIl till sunset during the whole month of were many Muslims from all over the world and of all ages games. Ramadan each year with the intention of showing sub- and sexes. The Imam (person wh; conducts prayers) --On February 10, 1959, a tornado mission to God's command." emphasized unity and peace for the Muslim world. destroys one of the "Dairy Show" towers Actually, according to most Muslims, the most Later in that week, there was a get-together of Muslim and tears a hole in the roof. --On October 11, 1967, the St. Louis important part of the definition is, "submission to God's students at the International Student House, along with a Blues pia)' their first National Hockey J command," not "refraining from food, drink, and sexual party arranged by ISO. The main organizers of the event . . h OE HARRIS League game agamst the Mmnesota Nort ~-...... - ..... :.... ---.~ ... . Managing Editor intercourse." Although these are the requirements of were Marcos, vice-president of ISO, along with Salha and Stars. The game ended in a 2-2 tie. fasting, they are not the spirit of fasting. The spirit of Inshirah, two Muslim students in the business school at --In 1977, Ralston-Purina buys the Arena and changes the Ramadan means doiog all that God likes them to do. As UM-St.Louis. The event was pretty well-organized, along name to the Checkerdome. one student said, we can starve all day long and it would with s'ome Arabic music, dances, and St. Louis-style pizza. --In 1983, Harry Ornest buys the Blues and the not matter. What matterS is that we follow the require- ...... 9..~.~.I.? .. q~.~.:':.. M..:':.:r ...... The event was very muhicultural. Checkerdome. Ornes~ changes the name back to the Arena. ments of fasting and obey the rules of Islam at the same Guest commentary "The best part of celebrating Eid in here is that you get to --In 1986, a group of local investors buys the Blues and the tlme. know Muslims not only from your country but from all over the Arena from Ornest. --In 1994, the Kiel Center opens, closing down the Arena. The fasting process starts in the morning before the sun rises, when world," as one of the participants named Mazin said. This is a very brief history of the Arena. It doesn't even do it the Muslims eat (they finish eating JUSt before the sun rises). The fast I suppose that was the highlight of the event. justice, but it does more justice than, say, blowing it up does. goes until evening when the sun sets and Muslims break their faSt; this "I don't miss my country a lot after coming here with Arab music The Arena is much more than dates and figures. It is about meal is often referred -to as breakfast. There are special prayers held in and people from my country," one of the Muslim students from carnivals, the St. Louis Hawks, and concerts. It is about the the night. In these prayers Muslims mostly recite one thirtieth of the Oman added. Billikens, the Blues, and all of the minor league hockey teams Quran everyday for a full month. Muslims all over the world wait for Ramadan all through the year. before them (including the lowly Blackhawks). After the full month of Ramadan arrives the Eid. It's a national hol- It is the holiest month of the year for them. They celebrate it, they The Arena conjures up memories and nostalgia. It is about iday in Ehe Muslim World. The day starts with Eid prayers which are cherish its memories, and they try to take its spirit and live with it another miracle, the Monday night miracle when the Blues came to held early in the morning. After the prayers, Muslims go to their throughout the year. They celebrate Eid, not because Ramadan ended, back against the Calgary Flames win Game Six of their play off serie, in 1986. Doug Wickenheiser scored the game winning friends' and relatives' houses to wish a happy Eid. It's celebrated with but because they fasted for thirty days and fulfilled all the physical and goal for the Blues that night, sparking a city-wide celebration. great enthusiasm. I find it to be like a cultural day when everyone is spiritual requirements of this month. Wickenheiser died of cancer last month. May both Wick and the Arena rest in peace. February 1, 1999 ZEbc Q[urrcnt Page 5 ------~------ Ken Dunkin. sports editor phone: 871-2192 fax: 516-6811 e-mail: [email protected] Tigers pounce Rivermen in 7 -3 win, Bowling: it's not just for Loss dampers UM- St. Louis' dollars anymore national tournament hopes I would like to get off the basketball and hockey beat BY JOE HARRIS Boccardi and the Rivermen ,vould take advan and talk a little bit about a senior editor tage ofthe rusty back-up just 1:41 later. Junior Sport that I have loved since I The u1vl-St. Louis Rivermen ice hockey David Hessell beat Vadivelu to tie the score at 1-1. was five years old. team's national tOurnament hopes took a However, JUSt 22 seconds later Missouri The sport is bowling. blow Friday night as they lost 7-3 to the Missouri Tigers. had an answer. Medolla scored, while the Yes, It IS that game that Rivermen still celebrated their OVin goal, to some believe has no point to it A questionable goal at 16:55 in the second give the Tigers a 2-1 lead. The Rivermen whatsoever. period turned out to be the game-winner for wouldn't catch the Tigers again. Ever since I was strong the Tigers. A Missouri player appeared to be Medolla scored his second of the game at enough to pick up a six pound in rhe crease before the puck crossed rhe line. "There was definitely a guy in the crease," the 9:23 mark in the second to expand the bowling ball, I have grown Rivermen Head Coach Gary Gevers said. Tiger lead to 3-1. Seven and a half minutes accustomed to the sport. Gevers let his frustrations known as he fol later Missouri capped the period off \1iith the Bowling does not have any lowed the officials to their locker room after questionable "crease" goal. tackling or hitting involved, rhe period while verbally stating his case. "There was no intensity," Gevers said. unless, of course, you think of The goal put the Rivermen in a 4-1 hole "[The Rivermen] thought they could turn the it rationally. However, you do from which they never recovered. scoring off and on at will, and before we know have a physical sport in the The Tigers jumped on the Rivermen early it we're down 4- L Now the score forces us to game of bowling. with a goal from Sam Bodine at 4: 15 in the Start scrambling for offense." It takes physical and men tal first period. The fast stan helped the Tigers The Rivermen showed life early in the third preparatIOn to excel lD this cling to a 1-0 lead after the first perioel, even period. Ryan Craig was robbed point blank sport. though the Rivermen outshot them 14-6 in just two minutes in, but Missouri would strike Stephanie Platt! The Curren1 It is kind of like the game of the first 20 minutes. first 58 seconds later to make it 5-1. Rivermen goalie Justin Smallen (30) dives on the puck after stopping Missouri's golf In The Rivermen would come alit flat again to The Rivermen sponsored a bus for their Sam Bodine (12) moments earlier in the first period of Friday night's game. ways. start the second period, but were helped by fans to the game. As the ,~core got Out of hand, Smallen stopped 24 of 31 shots in the loss. You the play of freshman goalie JUStin Smallen. the UM-St. Louis fans did more jeering than the Tigers a 6-2 lead. The Tigers would score gOt down early, then we had a little dissension can be Smallen momentarily kept the Rivern1en in cheering. At times it sounded more like a ru two minutes later upping their total to seven. on the bench. Guys started yelling at each great at the game with several good saves including an ternity intramural game than a college hockey Craig scored on a slapshot with three sec other." h e amazing save on Missouri's Jeff Medolla who game. onds to go to finish the scoring. Hessell also believes the bus the team s p 0 r t found himself in all alone after a Rivermen Scott B3kol gave the Rivermen, and their The game got very physical as the Tigers' brought 'Ivith fans from UM-St. Louis w.as one defensive turnover. fan s, some life \1iith a goal at 5:40. Craig lead grew, but amazingly there were no penal another distraction. minute, Two minutes later, Missouri's only loss of almost Cllt the deficit to twO when he hit the ties called in the entire game. The loss hurts the Rivermen's chances of and the night happened when goalie Mario POSt one minute later. "A lot of our guys were lying on their lau going to the national tournament, but there is rea 11 y g.. ~_v..~ .... ~~.~.~_I:).!:l. .!..I:I.~. Boc(;Jrdi injured himsdf after StOpping the "If we had any chance to get back into the rels," Gevers said. "A lot of our guys were still hope. suck the sports associate Rivermen on a two-on-none breakaway. The ga me [that goal] was it," Bakol said. worrying about the officials instead of execut UWe have a lot of spirit on this team," next. loss turned out to be huge. The Tigers have "Ullfortunately we had a defensive break ing. Winners execute." Bakol said. "Our backs are againsr the walL I am currently averaging lost Boccardi for at least the rest of the season. down on the same shift that killed it." Rivermen captain Jason Hessell believes We need to win four out of our last five games around 197 right now, but it is if not pennanently, \1iith a severely torn groin The Tigers destrovcd any momentum the the team suffered an emorionalletdown. and maybe that won't even be enough. And if not easy to become good. muscle. Rivermen had at 8:57 of the third period when "We hadn't lost since Nov. 17 and we had we can't ,, hitting the lanes, give it a try. , L-______~ ! The second half was more intense scor- The victory pushed the squad's overall You might like it. h:~~~&~~:tm:~J.~:1;&1~~1%;W~:?~lafllif.~1:~~:~*Eill.m~~l§f1%%[:;m~~=@iM;m;;::r;~~:::.~t~~®~f;M~it11?:W}[email protected]~;®~~m.$llif::;tID-m ing wise. The Riverwomen outscored record to 10-8 and 9-5 in the GLVC. Page 6 F'elb mary 1, 1999 FEATURE A historic day in St • Louis As His Holiness Pope John Paul II comes to town, UM-St. Louisans gather with others for a day they will remember for the rest of their lives One student shares her reactions to the pontiffs visit BY RHASHAD PITTMAN of the Current staff As manywitnes ed the papal vi it from tele vision, UM-St. Louis sophomore Jackie Anderson had the privilege of making it per sonally. As a member of the Newman House Catholic Student Center, Anderson had the opportunity to attend the youth rally held at the Kid Center this past Tuesday. Earlier that morning, she and other mem bers from the Newman House had mass before proceeding down to the St. Louis Gateway Arch by MetroLink. Shortly there after, they participated in the youth march along Market Street which led them to the'Kid Center. Before the pope's arrival at the Kid Center, the students, along with an estimated crowd of 20,000 others, were entertained with influential speakers, mass choirs, and co lorful bands. TOP' LEFT: Arial According to Anderson, the rally started off Boulicault, 8, of the slowly, but as the popular Christian band DC Falcons, a Polish gym nastics organization, Talk. began to play its alternative style of music, , sits above the fray to it livened up quite a bit. get a better view of "It seems like we were greeting a rock star the pope. instead of a little old man," Anderson said. "During the pope's speech, there was a tone TOP RIGHT: Dennis of interracial unity," said Anderson. "He was Chitwood of Newman trying .to work towards desegregation." House gives She was also very impressed with the Communion to Eric youth's reaction to the pope. "I think it's Taylor before Taylor amazing how much the youth admire him," departed for Tuesday's she said. youth rally. Having the youth rally in the beginning appeared appropriate due to the energetic LEFT MIDDLE: Hector atmosphere it provided for the rest of the papal Torres of Matachines, VISIt. a Chahuahua, Mexico Betty Chirwood, campus minister of the dance group, drums in Newman House also felt the energy of the a dance to honor the youth rally. Lady of Guadeloupe. "The enthusiasm of the young people was contagious to everyone," she'said. RIGHT UPPER MIDDLE: UM-St. Louisan Ga.iI Rimkus holds the "E" in Tuesday's youth marph from the Arch to Kiel Center. RIGHT LOWER MIDDLE: St. Louisans Jeanne Godar-Kriss (left) and Sandy Freiberg hold banners during Tuesday's rally. 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Sex .. / in clude .drug abuse violations which dou cri mes, other than rape, sho"l'.-cd a s-ubst:Jmi21 increas e, from bled in number from three in 1996 to six in zero in 1995-96. [Q 10 reported in 19?::-. 1997. Although the 19 97 campus report li sts that five Captain James Smalley of the U?I!-St. L o~ ;i s Police narcotics arrests were made, Smalley said that statistic is Departm"nt said that of the 10 cas .: s of sex crimes, other incorrect and that in all six cases arrests were made. than rape, it was mostly' a matter of indeccnt exposure. The campus report listed 143 reports of theft in 1997, a He said that, of the 10 cas es, seven have ended in aITest. decrease of almost nine percent from the 157 reports of theft "Of the 10 cases that are listed, fiv e were [allcgedl:< in 1996. commiued by the same person, an expo'sing person . .. He Smalley said that manY repons of theft are of personal acimined to all fiye. In nvo more," Smalley said, "twO of the property. He said that it is often a matter of the naivete of peo laSt cases, it was the same gu;... " ple about crime and that there is a false sense of security because this In reference to those tWO occurrences of exposure, the man arrest is a college campus. ed was wanted for the same t~'pe of crimes at the campuses of St. "In so many cases of theft [of personal pr..:' penyl from an office, . Loui's University and \Va s hillgt ,~ ' n Universi,"-' The suspect was cap the office was left unlocked," Smalley said, "It's a matter of people tured at Washington University. taking precautions." f "In seven of the 10 [sex crimes], arre,;[s wae made," Smalley said. Smalley said that leaving p'ersonal itefl1s unattended is a large con "Of the remaining three, there was no prosecution." tribution to the theft statistics. Smalley said thai: in the case of the one sexual assault reported in "So many thefts could be prevented," Small"}' said. New band peps up ·campus spirit BY KEVIN BUCKLEY ...... " ...... Stephanie Platt/ The Currellt of the Current staff Last semester, the musJC Nicole Pot ulsky of UM-Columbia shouts outside the Summit department and athletic depart l ounge after she and other protest ers w ere removed for dis ment co llaborated to form UM -St. ru pting Friday's Curator's meeting. too." Louis' first ever pep band. Founder and current leader of System spokesman Maurice M anring addres sed the issue of the this new organiz.,tion, professor differing opinions of whether to make the language of the p olicy Bill Richardson of th e m usic overly broad or specific. He said that some of the arguments to D epartment, d escribes the pep keep the language vague IS that it could be more flexible for future concerns that cannot be foreseen. H e also said that there are st ate band as "a studen~ organization d signed to suppOrt the chancel laws in place that could be applied to fo rms o f harassment that may lor's initiative to enhance stude nt occur. on campus. is also a support "It's purposely vague for the purpose of not being exclusive, in life It unit of the athletic department, to other words, no t bei ng limited," M anring said. "The problem everybo dy has is th at they list certain groups and then there's add some life and spirit to athletic something that y ou didn't anticipate. The re's an evolution in oci [home] "ames, basketball in parric ular." eey that you aren't p repared for. .. When someone b ri ngs a com "Pan o f the idea of the pep band plaint on that basis , you say, 'Well that 's noc on e of our protected is to engage non-music majors who groups.'" have some playing experience in Michael Rankins, vice-president f the Srudent Governm TIt Associatio n dis agrees w ith that argument. that activity and there are scholar "My rationale fo r wanting it to be specific is this-at this day ships involved.ju t for participating 111 regu lar and pep band," and time we know some of the target popula tions. That's why w e h ave things like race, gender, Vietnam veterans stams, physical Richardso n said. [disability]. All those are target populations for discrimination," As for the band itself Richardso n said, "There are about Ran kins said. "It's fine for a policy to be somewhat flexible, but Stephanie Platt/The Currellt 30 peop le involved; we would love vagueness only invites people to interpret that, 'Well, t hey'r e no t A trombone player plays in the UM-St. Louis pep band at a game last month. to have Of that mentioned, so they're not covered.'" 60." 30, Richardson figures "there are Manring said he is well aware of the strong feelings toward the rock' n' ro ll wit h SOme R&B. . be involved." As far as require The Pep Band can next be seen m usic, political scieRce, engin eer Jssue. Popular music. Fas t and lively, we ments, Richardson is looking for Thursday, at the home basketball ing, sociology, business, and pre "T know this is sue's going to come back. This issue isn 't settled have a goo I time." students wh o "played in high game and the approaching home med majors; representative of the in our state. It isn't settled in our culture," Manring sai d . "Nobody At this point, Richardson is school band. n coming festivities. ~'h e n spring entire U niversity, including the has a perfect way to deal with it. I know we caught a lot of criticism looking to expand. H e espbins, Looking towards the future, happens, we'll probably do some Honors College." today because they didn't include the term sexual orientation "\X/e are looking for new people. Richardson said, "We would bke to imprompm concerts in the Quad During the games, the band today. I do believe, not that this is a vote, if we had added the term We'l! start auditioning people for become a part of the Univcrsity or in from of the Student "adds some life" by playing, sexual orientation that was JUSt a fractlon of the kind of criticism pep band Ap r. 1. We are especially wide festivities, -especially any Out Activities Office," Richardson according to Richardson, "basic we would take, and there would be a lot of unhappiness expressed looking for non-music majors to door activity." said. in the state of Missouri." , Ticket appeals hampered by student carelessness BY JOSH RENAUD these appeals forms," be said. "If it takes as many as three judges to try and done by hand," Bartok said. "It's being done 8y three people and [students ..- .- ...... ,.~ ... . statf assistant figure out what somebody's name is, then just forget it." are] complaining that we're taking tOo long to do the job. If [students] aren't Some students are filing ti cket appeals and then shooting themselves in Most disturbing to Bartok, though, are the students who have confronta going to do what they nee,d to do, it JU St slows everything down." the foot, said Steve Bartok, the student court chief justice, and he is con tions with the UM-St. Louis Police D epartment. If a student is issued a ticket, there are ways to make the ticket appeal cerned about it. "Instead of going and getting an appeals form and asking how to fill it Out, process go faster, Bartok said. The key is nOt to get frustrated ~ but to wait a At the Jan. 21 Studcnt Government Association meeting, Bartok some students go to the police station," Bartok said. "They go in ticked off couple of weeks, he said. explained that the COUrt has nOticed several troubling trends. One of those is and use four-letter language. The police are just trying to do their job and ''\X'hat they need to do first is stay calm," he said. "They need to make a large number of appeal decisi'ons that were sent to the addresses writtcn on make sure the rules are enforced. Wben students go into the police station sure that all their personal information is clearly written on the appeal. Their the appeals forms, but returned by the post office because the addresses were hot under the collar, I find out from the officers, and we take that into statement needs to be clearly written also. If I can't read something, then mcorrect. account." [the appeal] is automatically denied." "Right now we have twO dozen appeal decislOn letters sitting in the office In most cases, Bartok said, students will find Out the decision on their T a save time, Bartok suggested that students attach the actual ticket to waiting for the correct address," Bartok said. "We can't track all [the stu ticker appeal before it gets entered in the police computer. He said students the appeal. Relevant information, such as the names and phone numbers of dents] down, so we JUSt wait for them to call us." should avoid calling tbe police to find out the status of their appeal, because people who can verify the appeal statement or photographs that back it up j, Some of the students who fill out the ticket appeal'forms need to work the police usually don't know. " can make the judges' jobs much easier. on tbeir penmanship, Bartok said. Bartok admitted that the ticket appeal process can be slow, but he urged "It's like a puzzle and everybody bas their own little piece," Bartok said, "We are really startmg to have trouble reading some of the stuff that is on students to be patient as they wait for a decision. "but the judges get stuck trying to put it together." "We don't have a computer or copier right n ow, so_all this stuff is being Corrections In Issue 939, an editorial stated that no meetings had MONTH, FROM PAGE 1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN H ISTORY been sch€duled or announced to revise the SGA consti tution. An announcement of a meeting for that purpose "Black History Week, as it Luther King. Even though was made at an SGA meeting last semester. In t he was called, was started in African-Americans have M ONTH EVENTS AT A GLANCE same issue a fee proposal by Ben Ash was stated incor 192n.. ' It was established come a long way in the past rectly. Ash proposed a two-cent increase in the student because the achievements of few decades, Seay believes activities fee and a t hree-cent increase in the student African-Americans were nOt that there is still a long way to services fee . being recorded in print at that go . time. It was established not "There is still a' great deal In Issue 943, Johnnie Cochran's nam e was misspell ed . only as a way for African to be done," Seay said. "I In the same issue, Jeann e Zarucchi's name was mis Americans, to learn about believe Robert Frost said it sp elled. their culture's contributions, bes t w hen he said 'I have but for everyoni. else to learn miles to go before I sleep_' We regret any confusion these errors may have caused. about them as well," he said. There· are many challenges Accor.ding to Seay, several and hurdles to climb before contributio n s by African we can rest. Americans that are taken for "As far as controlling Got a gripe? granted are gas masks and behavior, we have done well electric street signals. by getting rid of the segrega Seay is no stranger to the ti on and the Jim Crow laws, Tell us. civil rights movement. In the but we have not yet devel Letters to the editor accepted at: sixties he participated in sev oped a mechanism to elimi [email protected] eral civil rights demonstra nate the prejudice and bias tions and even met Martin within society."