April 13, 1998 ' Vol. 32 Issue 920 University of Missouri St. Louis T HE STUDENT VOICE OF UM-ST. L OUIS , Check out the Board: if you want to know what's going on "I was glad to "I thought it around campus, check out the see such a award winning Current Events was a good good voter • Bulletin Board. See page 2. race. I'm Officer turnout for proud of our once. Todd put campaign for ~Good News, on a good staying Bad News. campaign. He The good clean. " had a lot of fired for news for Chancellor clever ideas." -Todd Appel Blanche Touhill: she's the -Jim Avery Citizen of the Year. The Bad News: half of the alleged faculty want her out as chan­ cellor. See pages 1 and 6 for Avery, 'Progressives' sweep elections these stories . ••••••••••• Barb Collaso, (right) SGA office coor­ dinator, sorts through bal­ lots Friday The comedy sensation of the from the decade: Michael Wagner takes SGA elec­ Case will go to prosecutor this week; a look at the cast and future of tions. About America's funniest foursome. 950 stu­ officer says he will file grievance See page 7. dents turned out BY BILL ROLFES curse him, I> Cit Cit •• &\ ••••• for the elec­ staff writer Anderson described the con- Editorial: A Faculty Council tions, rough­ versation: "He said something survey reveals some unsettling ly six per- A former UM-St. Louis to the effect of 'How are you news about the future of the cent of the police officer is i.n the process of going to arrest me, mal}? You Univer tty Senate. See page 4. University filing a grievance against the can't arrest me at my house. student campus police department, after You just come to my house and body. being terminated from his posi- get me.' Below, a tion Wednesday. "1 said sir, I didn't get you sign adver­ The officer, J ames from your house, I got you in tlsingthe Anderson, says he was falsely front of the station." Life on the stroll Progressive accused of slapping a prisoner Anderson said he finally got slate is and was 'Wrongfully terminated Howard's name from him and for Montreal tumed ba ed on that accusation. his file showed that he was upside According to the termina- wanted in Ferguson for assault sex workers down. Avery tJO n n o u ce " and di sturbing originally fro m Robert the peace, and -MONTREAL, QUEBEC (lJ..W1RE) - "No one ever hears vowed to R oe s e I e r , nderson said in St. Louis about hooker burnout. The corr pursue the di recror o f he grasped the City for failure stant harassment, the drinking, vandalism Ins t itutional to pay a the dangers on the job, the rela,. with a griev- Safety, "[aJn prisoner by the MetroLink fare. tionships you have with those ance but investi gation back of the head, After finding around you, objects down your did not after into the all ega- but he never hit out this infor- throat ... it's all part of the pack­ he won. tion reveals the h" mat Ion , age, And then we're told we 1m. photos by Stephanie PI.tt/ excessive us Anderson said don't have the right to feel burnt The Current out because we don't legally do of force he informed work," said an exhausted Jackie BY MARY LINDSLEY N early twice a many students as last alleged by the ---- " ---- Howard that he ........ , ....,. _. ......, .. , .. , .... ......... Reve. staff writer year voted in the election on pnsoner did was under Reve is a transgender prosti­ Wednesday and Thursday, casting 949 occur. In addition, the excessive arrest. tute in Montreal. At 36, she has Student Government Association ballots. The previous year's total 'was use of force was witnessed and T hey went to the booking already outlived the average confi rmed by an independent room, and Anderson asked transgender sex worker by four President Jim Avery was re-elected to a approximately 500. witness." H oward to sit down, but years. When she came on to the second term last week, defeating chal- Jason Brazeal, chairperson of the Ro es eler did not return Howa,rd refused. Anderson said scene in 1990, she was taught lengerTodd Appel in an SGA election committee, said that by the women on the stroll how election with one of the despite earlier concerns President repeated phone calls. he put his hand on the back of to walk properly ("You've got to highest voter tumours that there may not be James Avery ..... 565 Anderson said he gra sped H oward's head and drew him close to his face. hike up your skirt, honey ... show ill recent years. enough volunteers to Todd Appel . ",. , 337 the prisoner by the back of the off those great legs!" ), Now, Avery won with work the polls, all six head, but he never hit him. "I said, 'Let's get through Reve is actively involved in the Vice-President nearly 60 percent of the polling locations were Anderson gave this account with this so we can get on our sex worker community and Tom Albrecht . , . , 188 of the incident: at aboUt 7: 30 way,'" Anderson sa id. "He sat empowering its members. vote, earning 565 votes fu ll y staffe d on bOth days Aaron Grove, . , , . , 230 p,m.. ApriJ 2, Anderson down , and from that time on, I Organizations in major cities have to Appel's 337, Michael of the election. An~lRa~ .. 246 brought the suspect, G ary gO t through the booking been successful at coordinating Rankins and Benjamin The announcement of B~.an Reed. , .... , . 216 the interests of those in the Ash, Avery's running the res ults brought to a Howard, into the UM -St. Louis process relatively easy." Comptroller industry. The Sex Workers mates for vice-president cl ose a campaign that po lice statio n after Howard After the booking process, BenJanrin Ash .... 277 Alliance of Vancouver (SWAV). and comptroll er, bOth candidates charac- reportedly urinated in the park­ UM-St. Louis police officers the Sex Workers Alliance of Kimberly Mew: . ' , , 88 ing lot outside the University transporred Howard to the respectively, were elect- terized as having become Paul Puricelli . , , , , 168 Toronto (SWAT) and San Police Department. He could Ferguson Police Department, ed as well. Next year increasingly negative, Taumya Reed . , , . , 184 Francisco organization COYOTE smell alcohol on Howard's ,Th e next day, Anderson said, (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) will be Rankins' second Erin Stremmel/ T"h.e Current Avery asserted that the St el-'e Wo!{e , , , , 131 breath. Roeseler called him into his have given political agency to as vice-president; Ash, who is currently tOne was set by Appel and his running Graduate School H oward reluctantly went office and said Howard and a local sex trade collectives. the interim chairperson of the SGA mate for vice-president, Brian Reed, Representatives In Montreal, attempts to unify into the p oli ce station with UM-St. Louis police officer had Assembly, will be serving his first term "It starred off with sign that said Steve Wo lfe, , , ' . ' , 613 sex workers into a cohesive as comptroller. " Don't get screwed, vOte Appel and Anders on. complained that Anderson had slapped the prisoner during the group have been less consistent. Steven Wolfe, who ran for both rep- Reed,'" Avery said. H oward had no identifica­ The earliest attempt died out in source: Jason Brazeal, chair. tion on him , and when the early '80s. The first local resentative and comptroller, was elected SGA election committee BOLD Indicates w inners in A."lderson bega n ro ask him for group to approach the media to the position of graduate student rep­ each race information, H oward started to see FI RED, page 6 actively was L'Association resentative to the assembly. see SGA, page 6 Quebecoise des Travailieusesj Travailieurs du Sexe (LAQTS), which existed 100 .........P /jr.cent from 1993 to 1995, 0 Theater program revived Half of faculty surveyed want 90 Touhill out as chancellor 80 Plays, musicals will help new center, prof says 70" '" "" .,," '''' BY DAVIO BAUGHER fall, and Professor Kachur and I BULLETIN BOARD ........... 2 BY BRIAN DOUGLAS not want to comment on the survey MORE NEWS • ........•..... 3 staff writer without having more information on staff writer have been kind of working on OPINIONIEOITORIAL. ..•... , . 4 how it was formulated and tabulated. this," Hylton said. Hylton said the initial results CROSSWORD .............. 6 According to a survey conducted But he said he felt confidence in the Students at UM-St. Louis ,~ ODDS & ENDS' . • . ..•. •• •... 7 by the faculty council, 49 percent of chancellor ran high, and pointed out could see the development of a of the program would probably SPORTS .•..•.•.....••.. •.. 9 faculty are not in favor of retaining that T ouhill had recently received an theater program on campus this be in twO parts. LIFE IN HELL .............. 11 Blanche Touhill as chancellor of a\Iraro for Citizen of the Year, fall. "We're still in a preliminary UM-St. Louis. "I think the chancellor enjoys Music Department chairper­ planning stage," HyltOn said. Newsroom. 516-5174 The survey, taken in March, was considerable success," Samples said. son John H ylton said that he was "We know that we're going to be ~ Advertising. 516-5316 conducted by mail, It was sent to all Two years ago, only 19 percent of already working with Barbara doing something, but what we're Fax • 516-6811 full time equivalent faculty members the survey's respondents said they Kachur, associate professor of talking about at the moment is and had a 43 percent response rate, did not 'Want to retain T ouhill as English, to develop the details of probably twO productions next !~~1&ollil~D~(!IJ1 W chancellor.