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1Chc [:UlTtnt VOLUME 43, ISSUE 1293
Cover illustration by Kill Freeman, Michelle Kaufs-up-blood & Zachary Braaaaaios Kraft ~ CANNIBAL CURRAN but he would always stop EVIL EDHORIAL News Editor short of providing any sort of Editor-in-Chief...... The Undead Jessica Keil detail that could help to iden
Managing Editor...... Matthew II EI Monstro" Hill The neighborhood of Bel tif}T the little boy who was al News Editor...... CannibaI Curran Nor that sits across the street legedly possessed. Features Editor...... Spooky Sequita Bean from the University of Mis' However, Halloran al BusinessfTech Editor...... Demon Doyel souri-St. Louis campus has lowed author Thomas B. Al Assistant BusinessfTech Editor...... Richard Millhouse Phipps a secret sitting at 8435 Roa len to utilize his account of Sports Editor...... Cedric Killiams noke Drive. the exorcism (so long as he Assistant Sports Editor...... Anthony "The Animal" Padgett The three-bedroom brick kept the boy's identity anon A&E Editor...... Cate "Du Freak" Marquis colonial house that stands ymous) in his book Possessed: Opinions Editor...... Andrew "Clubbin' Baby" Seal is 1he True ofan Exorcism. Copy Editors.The Late Stacy Beckenholdt, The Estate of Rebecca Nuckolls there the house that Wil Story Proofreader...... Chera Meyer 'n' Brimstone Ham Peter Blatty's novel "The According to Allen, the Exorcist" (later made into a StaffWriters...... Aaron Hellfire, John" Brooks &" Dunn, family of the boy first became AHHHHH!-MAD ALJURVYED / THE CURRENT film) was based upon. concerned when they heard Matthew B. Haunted, Sarah "House on Haunted" Hill, 8435 Roanoke is where the events in the novel and movie uThe Jinxed Jen O'Hara, Bridget "Ghost" Ryder, Joe Stabber, Spider Webber It was in this house where "odd n oises" at their home Exorcist" occurred. "Some people came on Halloweento take DASTARDLY DESIGN the beginning stages of the in Washington D.C., where pictures of the house, n a neighbor said. Design Editor ...... Demon Doyel exorcism allegedly took place, they lived before moving to Assistant Design Editor...... Chris Stewed-her to have been continued at the St. Louis. "findings" in Strange Maga the exorcism before being Photo Editor...... ,...... Saeamin' Sofi Seck Alexian Brothers Hospi tal The boy is said to have zine, and while he never transferred down town, Assistant Photo Editor...... ~ ...... ".Michelle Kaufs-up-blood and St. Francis Xavier Col first been possessed on J anu specifically notes the child's Sophomore Edwin Vance Page Designer ...... lachary Braaaaains Kraft, Kill Freeman lege Church on the Saint ary 15,1949, and fr~d of the name, he lets the reader know Butier, liberal studies, said Staff Photographers...... AH HH HH! -madAljuryyed, Jennifer Mean, Chera Meyer 'n' Brimstone Louis University campus in demon on April 19th of the how he came to find it: using that the only thing he really Web Editor...... Zachary Braaaaains Kraft downtown St. Louis, Mis sam.e year. a trail of census reports, mu knew about the exorcism is souri. Although the possessed nicipal directories librar that it was performed by Illustrators ...... Paul "The Wolfman II Maguire, Gory Perkins and BONE CRUSHING BUSINESS The boy and his family boy's identity still remains ies. Catholic priests., and the boy Business Manager...... Decapitated Dan Pryor were living at the house in unknown , numerous efforts The Riverfront Times foL was rumored to have lived in Advertising Director...... Banshee Lee Bel-Nor before [he exorcism have been made to reveal it. lowed Opsasnick's trail and Bel-Nor. Distribution Manager ...... scare Beeman had begun, making the house In an article for the River came to the conclusion that Because of the proxim Training Director...... Chris Stewed-her me last-standing remnant of front Times, Allen said that a the possessed boy was Ronald ity to UM-St. Louis campus, Adviser ...... Charlotte "Sunshine" Petty the story as the church recto television show offered him a Hunkeler, nephew to Edwin numerous studen ts select ry and Alexian Brothers Hos reward if he would release the Hunkeler and his wife who Bel-Nor as their place of resi ~.thecurrentonline.com pital are no longer standing. name of the boy. owned the house in Bel-Nor. derlCe despite the old house The first nvo weeks of the «Soon after the book came Ronald Hunkeler is said. to on Roanoke Dr. MCMA exorcism is said to have taken out, a television show offered reside somewhere along the Ryan Penfield, junior, U • -B place at Roanoke Dr., where me $15,000 if I'd identify the East Coast. He is 74-years business management, said ~ Jesuit priests Father William kid," Allen said. "I passed on old now, and is rumored to that he is not concerned with The Current is the student newspaper at the University of Missouri-St. Bowdern, Famer Raymond it." have selected the name of the rumors regarding the Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on Mon Bishop, Father Willi.am Van Allen also said that while "'Michael" for his fust son house because he does not days. Advertising rates are available upon request; terms, conditions, Roo and Father Walter Hal he was conducting research after the "archangel who res believe the boy resided there, and restrictions apply. The Current, financed in part by student activi loran attempted to free the for his book, he sent the boy cued him from Satan's clutch although he knows he was ties fees, is not an official publication of UM-St. Louis. The University young boy from the de two letters and never received es." Hunkeler returned to treated in St. Louis. is not responsible for the content of The Current and/or its policies. All mon. There are few details a response. Alexian Brothers in St. Louis I\.1ichael David Bittner, materials contained in each printed and online issue are property of regarding specifics of the Allen said that since he in August of 1951, but has student at UM-Columbia The Current and may not be reprinted, reused, or reproduced without process as all of the priests re "never heard back from him, not been back since. and former resident of St. the prior, expressed and written consent of The Current. fused to talk about it, saying [he has] to respect his pri U1vl-St. Louis students ap Louis, expressed a different The Current accepts letters to the editor. Ali letters should be brief, and that it would be a violation of vacy." pear to have mixed opinions opinion. Bittner said that he those not exceeding 250 words will be given preference. The CUrrent the boy's privacy. No credible media has regarding the home of the does not believe the exorcism edits letters for clarity and length, not for dialect, correctness, intent or Father Halloran, who died ever repofted the actual name possessed boy being so close ever actually happened in St. grammar. All letters must be signe.d and must 'include a daytime phone in March of 2005, was the of the boy, but in 1998 Mark to campus. LO)1is, much less in Bel-Nor number and, where applicable, student number. The Editor-in-Chief only witness of the exorcism Opsasnick researched the Jonas A. Kersulis, fresh near the univ~rsity campus.
reserves the right to respond to and to deny any letters. ,- who would provide any sort story and came to the conclu men, electrical engineering, ''I'm not an expert, but CONTACT US of insight to what actually sion that the allegedly pos said that since his arrival on I really don't think it hap happened. sessed boy originally lived in campus he has not heard the pened," Bittner said. "I just Address 388 MSC, 1 University Blvd Halloran is said to have Cottage City, Md., and came rumors that the possessed think it has been exaggerated Saint Louis,MO 63121-4400 kept a detailed journal of the to St. Louis for "rreatment." boy was residing in Bel-Nor over the years." Newsroom 314-516-5174 happenings or the exorcism, Opsasnick published his for the beginning stages of Business/Advertising 314-516-5316 Fax 314-516-6811 - E-mail (General) [email protected] WEATHER E-mail (Advertising) [email protected] E-mail (Employment Inquiries) [email protected] MON. 60 ruES. 56 WED. 63 E-maii (Tips) [email protected] Twitter umslcurrent 49 49 55 OCTOBER 26,' 2009 1:hr (iurrrnt 3
~ CHRIS STEWED-HER tion BSED said. When asked and the meal staff does not Asst. Design Editor if she was creeped OUt by the have "contact with the stu presence of the quarantined dents" or know anything At first, general precau Unwell, Angle replied that about who they are. Thus in tions were suggested in the she thinks the university fected students are taken care face of the oncoming HINI measures make sense, saying of nutritionally, though they virus. However, when the that she just "[doesn't] wanna will soon most likely begin full, terrifying potential of get sick." to crave far more insidious the HI N I strain was realized, Though panic seems to be tastes. stricter measures were taken. spreading nearly at the rate Brains as well as brawn Hand sanitizers were in of the ghastly virus itself, are being used to prevent the stalled in Oak Hall, the Uni it will prove unfounded if wider spread of the virus at versity of Missouri-St. Louis' Residential Life's protective UM-St. Louis. Beyond cam primary dormitory building. measures hold up. Efficient pus e-mails, Health, Well Unforrunately, even this steps have been taken, from ness, and Counseling staff could not stop the infection the installment of the sani have tabled in the Millen from spreading quickly over tizer stations to the designa nium Student Center, given the campus. As the rest of the tion of an isolation chamber. speeches to Oak Hall resi world was swept up and even Residents who are confirmed dents, distributed literature other' Missouri universities as infected with HI N 1 will and displays on HINI and inundated with the Living soon be transformed into the viruses in general, and coop Sick, UM-St. Louis remained Living Sick and transported erated with professors in se a safe haven where weary, un to a special room where they mester policy stating that stu infected pilgrims would seek are kept for the duration of dents exhibiting symptoms of shelter. their infection. There they are the Unwell stay home with However, a campus-wide provided with all basic neces out academic repercussions. e-mail was sent out Septem sities and even brought fresh Careful pains have been ber 24, stating «We have had meals from the Provincial taken to outline the specific one case of HINI on our -House Dining Hall. symptoms of HI N 1: avoid campus." Panic ensued. Be "They get breakfast (fruit, day-walkers who still seem fore long, the unstoppable a muffin, water) and lunch normal and say that they only infection had claimed four (one meat dish, one starch have colds, but are actually more. Of these five, a cb.ill dish, vegetable, a salad, and on their way to becoming the ing announcement was made bottle of water),'" Juanita Living Sick. that several of the Unwell Blanks, Ch~ells staff The spreading infection were indeed students living member said. thus f.u has been a compar in the residential facilities Blanks went on to say that atively minor presence on here. the meals are packed in dis campus. This successful pre "People should rake prop posable con tainers and then vention speaks to the muIti er precautions. I don't mind left at the front desk at Oak pronged approach through having hand sanitizer every Hall. She said that the dor which UM-St. Louis has where here," Chelsea Angle, mitory staff handles deliver prepared for and handled this sophomore, special educa- ing the food to the infected unholy plague. 4 I nc: (turrrnt I OCTOBER 26, 2009 Statshot .
(UJ~~[Q)~~uoor~Mlf by Michelle Kaufs-up-blood What do you want to be for Halloween? Should we be sending more troops overseas?
America F**k Yeah! ! "My boyfriend is "I'm probably going We should. gonna be the Sham to be Dr. House." Wow guy, and I'm Who cares? I don't. gonna be the beaten No, There was no reason to up hooker from the in the first place news story. It'll be interesting to see if I don't like it but I think its needed. Jaime Schwartz people actually get Peter aeveland Senior it." Freshman Spanish Ed Computer Sciences
"Captain Jack "I don't dress up for Sparrow or Jesus." Halloween because This week: I go trick or treating Do you believe in ghosts? with my baby brother and sister.n Answer at www.thecurrentonline.com
Greg Bender Brittni Brown Senior Sophomore Sociology Accounting
Stealing Over $500.00 - Villa Music Building Sometime during the day person(s) unknown stole two musical instruments and other items. The instruments were stored in an office which was left unlocked during the day. There are no suspects in this incident
Property Damage 1st Degree-Clark Hall and Social Science Tower Around 5:00 AM the morning custodial workers found severa ~ toilets in the Men's and Women's restroom damage~. It is believed to have occurred sometime overnight. In all incidents it appears that someone broke the lower portion of the ceramic/porcelain toilet base and bowl. The damage was limited to the toilets, however all of the affected units will have to be replaced and the restrooms affected will not be serviceable until the repairs are made. The UMSL Police are still investigating this incident and following up on all possible leads to identify the suspect.
Please report any suspicious activity to the UMSL Campus Police immediately by calling 314-516-5155. ., .. '
by Officer Gary Clark, campus police
A RAPPER'S LAMENT Left my bag in the hall- And you'll be all right- WRONG - WRONG - WRONG! DAY -AND - NIGHT! Thieves took it all- If you see any suspicious thing- GONE - GONE - GONE! TIME - TO - LOOK - ALNE! Got my cell, lap, and books- Call the campus po po TOOK - TOOK - TOOK! FIVE - ONE - FIVE - FIVE! Who done such a thing? Tell 'em what's goiNg down - CROOKS - CROOKS - CROOKS! JUST - THE - FACTS! My advice to thee- And we'll have a safe town - SAY - SAY - SAY! TO-THE-MAX! Is don't be like me- That's the end of my tale - HEY - HEY - HEY - HEY! THAT - AIN'T - NO - LIE! Keep your stuff in sight- So fare thee well - RIGHT - RIGHT - RIGHT! BYE - BYE - BYE! ~ NEWS OCTOBER 26, 2009 1:hE lLurrrnt 5 No ghost stories found in the
~ CHRIS STEWED-HER Asst. Design Editor history of Provincial House News at Noon, a pro gramming partnership co ~ AARON HELLFIRE . "Four sisters came from arched entrance," a pamphlet sponsored by two journalis Staff Writer Emmetsburg [Maryland] to written by Sister Frances tic organizations, is hitting Walking through South start the first Catholic hos Mary Rutt said. She said an irs srride after its second Can1pus at night could pro pital West of the Mississippi other example is the hammer week this semester. voke a spooky feeling. Taking . .. by 1910 ... the American beam ceiling made out of The program seeks to cre a turn toward the Provincial province had gotten too big solid oak in the chapel. ate a dialogue environment House might inflate this fear. to manage from Emmets "It is as if man is reaching among the students and With its large windows and burg," Prietto said. "Ie was out from this material world to faculty members that attend aged architecture, the build decided by superiors in Paris grasp the spiritual," Rutt said. the open event. ing looks like the perfect to create a second American "One cannot help pausing in SCREAMtN' SOFt SECK / THE CURRENT The close-quartered table place to be haunted. Howev province to be headquartered wonder at the skill of those discussion format suits the On Wednesday, News at Noon was held discussing the issue er its history provides an an in St. Louis." who constructed it." of health care in the MSC. Professor Joyce Mushaben, politi purposes of News at Noon, tidote to these possible fears. In 1914 the ground was During the time it was cal science, attended and talked passionately about the topJc. whose topics are inherently Prior to the Provincial broken and building began. being built the sisters stayed timely and often controver procedures were described currently being debated. House coming under the The firm Barnett, Haynes, in the St. Vincent's Asylum, sial. as causes of this increase. Their answers were ownership of University of and Barnett, designers of the which is now Castle Park This week's topic kept This has led to concern matched against the answers Missouri-St. Louis, it pro Cathedral Basilica in St. Lou Apartments. An interesting to that format, with the over the possibility of a pub of the teams on either side. vided a home for the Prov is, made the plans for the Pro literal connection exists be discussion labeled "Health lic option being propose.d The exercise led to a dis ince of the Daughters of vincial House. They modeled tween St. Vincent's and the care Reform: Killing Peter as Medicare is a current ex cussion regarding the mis Charity. This religious order it after the Hampton Court Provincial House. A tunnel to save Paul?", which was ample of government-nUl conceptions concerning has its roots in France, and Palace in Gre-.at Britain, uti filled with pipes ,vas created based around the content of health care. health care and specifically after coming to the United lizing the architectural style for the purpose of transfer an article that appeared in After this brief period, the proposals of the White States, the order expanded. known as Norman Gothic. ring heat from the hospital. Tuesday's New York Times. Feigenbaum introduced HOlJ..Se's bill ~The story of the sisters here This technique is visible in This explains "an erratic pat Susan Feigenbaum pro herself and said that this dis The article and exercise in St. Louis actually begins "the [building's] height, the tern" of graves in the Marillac fess'o.r of economics, led the cussion would begin with an opened the possibility for in 1828," Carolie Prierro, intricate stone trim, the lan Cemetery. Rutt said. discussion, which followed interactive demonstration. a 'wide range of topics all provincial archivist for the cet windows, the clock tower, the few minutes allotted to Three attendants, alum of \,rhich are currencly sub Daughters of Chariey, said. the crenelated roof, [and] the See PROHO, page 12 let attendants arrive, eat piz ni, were selected to sit in a jects of the heated partisan za. (provided by the Times), row of chairs arranged at the debate, whether in for and read ov~r copies of the front of the room. mal ''town hall meetings" CORRECTIONS article that Feigenbaum dis, The three people to their or blogosphere comment The Current regrets that Jornetimes in the making ofthis pu.bLicatioll, we make mistakes. TXlhat tributed. right and left were designat boards. UJ~ do not regra is correcting 011.1' mistakes. Please Let us know ofany corrfctions that need to be made. The article described re ed teams. Feigenbaum spoke. at In the Oct. 12 issue of The Current, in the article 'Students v.. ith Talent: there were a few cent increases to the average "Anyone remember The length on these matters, inaccuracies. The fundraiser was for the St. Louis Public Schools Foundation Emergency Eye monthly cost of Medicare, Match Gamet' Feigenbaum pausing frequently to ad glasses Program, not the Missouri public school system. In addition, Nicole Pogue is the secre which is above $100 for the asked, and explained the set dress the questions and ta.ry of the UMSL chapter of the National Optometric Student Association, not the National first rime. up of the exercise. comments of attending stu Optometric Association. Recent increases in the The three alumni were dents~ alumni and faculty In the Oct.. 19 issue of The Curre?lt, in the What's Current section, the Political Science Acad number of people eligible then asked questions about members. emy's meeting was on Oct. 29 not on Oct. 22. We apologize for the inconvenience. for Medicare and the de healthcare, 1.1edicare1 and Let us know of any corrections that need to be rnade. E-mail us at [email protected] or mand for a wider range of the proposed health care bill See DEBATE, page 29 drop by 388 MSC
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~ SARAH" HOUSE ON ticular type of phenomenon. As any scientist knows, Albeit with most technology, chlogists. ever, with integrated tools, HAUNTED" Hill Utilizing various techniques tools of the trade are benefi unrelated environmental fac Thermal scanners can dif the individual tools can suffer Staff Writer for detection, parapsycholo cial to success. According to tors can alter electromagnetic ferentiate the temperature a stilt in quality. gists attempt to identify the the Atlantic Paranormal So frequencies, causing the read within the room and relay As part of almOSt every Crashing Halloween fes seemingly intangible entities ciety's website, the Tri-field ings to be skewed. data according to its analy study, there is room for error. tivities, ghouls, ghosts, spec known as ghosts. EMF detector "independent "Electric and magnetic sis·. By analyzing the variance The Society for Paranormal ters and poltergeists bring The Society for Paranor ly measures/detects electric fields (EMF) are invisible in temperature, the thermal Investigation offers a tutorial, on the spook, while human mal Investigation in the field and magnetic fields and lines of force that surround scanners are able to manifest covering the mistakes associ curiosity and insecurity aids United States lists the basic imagery. Depending on how ated with investigation. ilL obsessing over the afterlife. necessities in paranormal re it appears, parapsychologists Lack of research and tech Due to this, paranormal search: durable yet comfort can deduce the presence or nology prep work, insuffi manifestations are extensive able footwear, a map of the absence of a thermal being. cient battery power, unsuc ly studied, utilizing special prospected area, a fust aid One tool in particular ap cessful documentation, poor equipment for detecting en kit, bug repellant, a utility preciated by paranormal in choices on where to set up ergy from beyond the grave vest or belt, gloves ~ a wrist vestigators is me NightRun the investigation stdLion, and and outside of the holiday. watch, flashlight, batteries, ner 1000. A multi-faceted improper conclusions drawn As defined by Michael A identification, . a cleaning tool functioning specifically from inept skills with tech Thalbourne in "A Glossary cloth, a notepad with a clip for paranormal research, this nology are ,tll factors which of Tenus Used in Parapsy board, and a Polaroid instant instrument features a built-in cause failure in studies. chology," me paranonnal is camera. IMAGE OF RECORDED WHITE NOISE El\1F detectOr, a side-mount CurrentlY. the state of "any phenomenon which in Along with this more ad is properly scaled to indicate any elecuical device. Power ed flashlight, camcorder with Missouri does not have a rec one or more respects exceeds vanced equipment-such as the full magnitude of cur lines, electrical wiring, and night vision, thermometer ognized paranormal investi the limits of what is deemed camcorders.} EMF detectors, rents produced inside a con elecuical equipment all pro for indoor and outdoor use, gation society. physically possible on current walkie talkies, GPS and bin ductive body:~ duce EMF," according to the a compass, and an auxiliary Perhap a few spooks over scientific assumptions." oculars-Me listed as part of Since the energy associ Atlantic Paranonnal Society. face light. the upcoming Halloween Considering that ghosts do a ghost hunter's gear. ated wi th ghosts is said to Misinterpretations are com According to the Society may frighten a few interest not reside within the realm of Still, there is other high alter these fields, the Electro mon amongst paranormal for Paranormal Investigation, ed students into becoming scientific explanations, para tech gear to be found in any Magnetic Frequency detector investigators who are still although the EMF meter is founders. psychology is the investiga professional ghost hunter's is a handy piece of technol begi.nners, and can still oc subpar, the NightRunner tion and analysis of this par- tool box. ogy for parapsychologists. cur c:ven in seasoned parapsy- 1000 is widely utilized. How-
Coming back from the dead: hope for a thawed f ture
~ AARON HELLFIRE dead, then there is a theoreti "Cells and organisms need been rev;ived from a deep and recoverable." said. "Cryogenics is still more Staff Writer cal chance that your memo not operate continuously freeze. While the science is not science fiction than reality in ries and personality can be to remain alive. Many liv Yet this does not ham per there yet, a few people are the eyes of most individuals, Technology has continu reinvigorated if medicine and ing things, including human their work. With their focus still inclined to invest a con and there are no published ally advanced throughout technology can save the rest embryos~ can be successfully on future technology, they siderable amount of money studies that I could find on time. It now provides us with of your body. cryo-preserved and revived. suggest it is only a matter of into freezing their dead bod factors that influence atti a longer life span than a per Cryogenics is another Adult humans can survive time before this is reality. ies. Alcor charges roughly tudes towards cryogenics or son living just a few decades name for this, however it is cardiac arrest and cessation "It is now possible to fore $150,000 for full body pres plans to use cryogenics. So, ago, so one might assume that also shared with the scientific of brain activity during hy see specific future technolo ervation, and as of Septem we don't really know." it would continue to get bet study of extremely low tem pothermia for up to an hour gies (molecular nanotechnol ber it has 88 bodies frozen in Stefan also poin ted out ter and our longevity would peratures. For instance, scien without lasting harm," Alcor ogy and nanomedicine) that storage. that "Death has been, and continue to increase. At least tists' pursuit of 0 Kelvin-the Life Extension Foundation, will one day be able to diag Ann Stefan, University of continues to be, a primary this is the assumption that state of matter where there is self-proclaimed world leader nose and treat injuries right Missouri-St. Louis psychol fascination in all known cul people like Ted Williams and absolutely no atomic move of cryonics based in Scotts down to the molecular level," ogy professor, teaches a class tures, including our own ... other "patients" of cryonics ment-would be relegated to daJ'e Arizona, states on their Alcor srates. "Such technol on me psychology of death there are a variety of sociocul prescribed to. the stUdy of cryogenics.. website. ogy could repair and! or re and d}ing. When asked tural influences on our un The basic principle of On the other hand, cryon However, they admit that generate every cell and tissue about reasoning behind an derstanding of death, includ cryonics is the freezing of a ics deals mainly in theories this is still theoretical and in the body if necessary. individual's participation in ing family, school and peers, human body in hopes of pos and a aust in future technol that technology has not al For such a technology, any cryonics.: "Unfortunately, we and mass media." Based off s.ible reincarnation by future ogy. The latter is mainly what lowed them to reverse the patient retaining basic brain don't have access to psycho this, society's allure to cryon medical breakthroughs. Sim cryonic firms endorse and process of freezing. To this structure (the physical basis logical research that can help ie's functionality is not so far ply put, if you are nor brain utilize in their work. day no human being has ever of meir mind) \vill be viable answer that question," Stefan fetched, even if the science is. _8_1~~_! h_E__ ~_U_IT __ rn_t-LI_O_CT __ O_B_E_R_2_6_,~2_0_0_9______:11~11@1~~iii#iji:'" a gs, blood a ake-bereve Internet privacy a lost realni
Facebook ~ JINXED JEN O'HARA ~ SARAH U HOUSE ON Staff Writer HAUNTED" HILL stalker Staff Writer r esorted to creat Halloween is most notori The bubbles of toil and ing pro ous for the wardrobe people trouble form to burst as files under wear during the celebration, Facebook unintentionally aliases in addition to spooky occur assists stalkers sub-cultural and then rences and getting a cavity development. As a product request- from eating candy. of me information age, so ing again. Among a number of cos cial networking sites create Although tume and Halloween novelty an easier path for stalkers to it did not shops in St. Louis is Johnnie acquire information that is work, it ILLUSTRATION BY ZACHARY BRAAAINS KRAFT Brocks Dungeon, a year not meant for prying eyes, led to fur round costume shop located lar time of year, Mardi Gras Preparations for Hallow yet this information, intrud ther obses in Hampron Village and in is the second-most popular een take almost a year to ed upon by internet prowl sion. Ac downtown Sr. Louis. at the stores which sell mer plan. ers, is conveniently provided cording to During the Halloween chandise with no relation to «That's my favorite time by the stalked. Hilker, at season, Johnnie Brocks Halloween. of year, going to the con With most services cre one point opens temporary stores . During other holiday sea ventions and the Halloween ating a profile-age sex, the male throughout St. Louis to ex sons, they sell costumes that shows to do the buying for locale hobbies and media described pand their Halloween stock. correlate with them, such as the next Halloween Rodri interests--allows the new one of the Johnnie Brocks first Santa outfits for Christmas, guez said. "We start that in user to construct a mask and girls me opened as a costume, nov Easter Blll1ny wear, and lep December, so we starr going costume to be worn in the ticulously elty and party shop in 1983. rechaun attire for Sr.Patrick's to New York and Las Vegas inter-webular world. on his Before becoming a parry Day. Also sold for seasonal to buy [the products]' Finishing the pro£le and page as a shop, it was a gift shop that celebrations are accessories Most employees find confirming your statu.s as a res po nse opened in 1929. such as wigs, hats, novelties, working at Johnnie Brocks Facebook member allows to a Per "I believe it was [the makeup and props. to be interesting and fun. A this masked version of the fect Girl" owner's} great-grandfather Because it is principally a worker at the Hampton lo individual and all his/her in question [who} opened a card store parry store] Johnnie Brocks cation described having fun formation to be displayed to naire. downtown, and it kind of also sells gener-at celebration putting together a "swine the online friends who agree I don't grew ftom there," Lauren items. Examples include flu" costwne, consisting of a to be friends. see this Rodriguez, general manager bachelorette parry supplies, pig costume and kleenex. Therein lies the problem. particu of Johnnie Brocks, Hamp such as boas, tiaras, and ris "My personal fuyorite Today, when person A meets lar person ton Village, said. que' items for adults. thing is being able to be cre person B in the real. world as very "Eventually it turned There is also a 21st ative and help people come and both have Facebook, thre-aten into a Halloween store, and birthday section of the store up ¥lith costumes," Craig a friend request appears in illg, , Hilk because they used to do a which holds items such as Stanfill, assistant manager of their future. Yet sometimes er said. big Halloween party at the shot-glass necklaces and Johnnie Brocks, west county, people are not trust\VOrllY "It never ILLUSTRATION BY ZACHARY BRAAAINS KRAFT Brocks' house, they also sashes. said. and do not illu.strate this un went any schoolS-:-and employers are started selling Halloween Prices on costumes gen Johnnie Broc:L~s has been til later in the game. further, but I can see how making judgments based merchandise since they were erally range from $8.99 around for several decades, Utv1-St. Louis' Student, people are easily stalked 011 off of Facebook and similar so into Halloween." for value-price costumes to and with party enthusiasts Kelly Hilker, sophomore, [Facebook} ." social-networking sites. The primary store and the $249 for theatrical-quality in the St. Louis area, will be nursing, related a personal Negative situations in Perhaps a life lesson downtown warehouse store costumes. Rental costumes around for many more to Facebook-stalking experi volving other students and will inevitably occur as the are open year round. While can cost in the thousand dol come. ence. As part of a group of Facebook, such as pictures friends pile up, and the Halloween is the most popu- lar range to purcha.se. ten girls whom a male and taken in precarious positions friends. of those friends can fellow student consistently and then posted onto Face see your information by asked on dates: "This guy book can also lead to em verbal and sometimes visual was seriously creepy, so of barrassment, uncomfortable proxy. course we all kept saying entanglements and regrets. This .might mean learn no," Hilker said. "People don't realize the ing that accepting friendship After realizing that most serious potential danger," with someone can go in both of the girls had Facebook Hilker said. 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trip down to Rolla, to take on practice-Monday through - That was when Jones ask a backup setter to do, but Missouri S&T. Thursday-then be ready to turned to his bench, hoping that's the role she has and I The Lady Miners came go on Friday." that playing more of the re thought Sam played well," into the match up with UM The Maryville match serves for more points than Jones said. "She did what I St. Louis with a 9-20 record, started pretty well as . the usual would provide a little asked her to do." and had lost seven of their UM-St. Lollis jumped out to spark. If it hopes· to keep win previous 10 matches. a. 5-0 lead in the first set, but UM-St. Louis got that ning, UM-St. Louis will have This should have been a the Saints rallied to tie and spark when backup setter to play much better when it dominant win for the Tritons. even held several leads in the Samantha Manley, junior, spends its Halloween week Instead, S&T pushed the first set, as their very loud and came in late in the second set. end traveling to road matches match to five grueling sets boisterous crowd seem to fire The 5'10" transfer from Neo at Southern Indiana on Fri before UM-St. Lollis was able up the Maryville tearn. sho County Community day, and Kentucky Wesleyan to claim a 20-25, 25-23, 25- The Tritons eventually College played the rest of on Saturday. 21,22-25, 15-13 win. won the first set, but were the match-finishing with a The Tritons next home Liz Cook, junior, had a just dismal in the second set, career-high 28 assisrs-as the march will be Friday, Nov. 6, match-high 19 kills, and which only seemed to give Tritons won the final two sets when they'll host Bellarmine, teammate Weslie Gaff, soph Maryville even more momen to claim the match. at 7 p.m. in the Mark Twain omore, added 18 kills as the tum. "That is a tough thing to Building. Tritons outhit the Lady 1\.1in # 5 Samantha Martley, junior, biology, pushes the Tritons ers 70 kills to 59. towards victory against Maryville University. A big reason for UM-St. Louis' hitting edge against
~ CEDRIC KllllAMS week's wins over GLVC rivals S&T was the superb pass Sports Editor Missouri S&T and Maryville, ing of setter Kayla Kinzinger, look nice. The Tritons are junior, who matched her sea Even though his team had 18-9 on the season, and 8-2 son-high wirh 57 ·assists. just finished off its second in league play. It was a nice win for the "lin in two games this week, Warching in person, the Tritons, but not nearly as University of Missouri-St. . Utvf-St. Louis volleyball ream crisp a performance as Jones Louis women's volleyball didn't look ~ CEDRIC KILLIAMS fact alone is usually enough basketball. road ganles." of its members (the top three and its first winning season Sports Editor to get fans of the league ex "I like the changes," Chris Last year, the GLVC rearns from each division and since 2006, the UM-St. Louis For many years now, the cited about basketball season. Pilz) University of t-.1issouri featured 13 teams, which t\vo wild-cards) to play in the men's team missed out on the Great Lakes Valley Confer But this year, GLVC St. Louis men's basketball played in two separare divi GLVC Postseason Tourna postseason by one ganle. ence has been nationally rec fans have even more reason coach said. sions (East and \Vest). Each ment~ an annual event the This year, because the ognized as one of the best col to get pumped up for the "I like how it's split up. r team played the orher reams league uses to determine irs GLVC added two new lege basketball leagues in the season, thanks to the league's like the faa that we've got in its division twice, and then champion, which also sen'es schools (Illinois-Springfield country. realigned three division for more teams in Missouri in played a single game againSt as a precursor to the NCAA and Maryville University), In both men's and wom- mat and expanded postseason the league now. It sets up a rhe teams in the other divi National Championship and now has 15 members, en's hoops, the GLVC often tournament, which will offer lot of natural rivalries. and sion. Tournament. the basketball league will produces some of the besr more teams from the league a makes it easier for our fans Through thar schedule, Lasr rear, even though it compere as three. reams in Division II. That shot at playing some playoff and the parents to travel to the league invited just eighr finished with a 14-13 record See BASKETBAll, page 14 12 ~hc [brrcnt OCTOBER 26, 2009 SPORTS .... Top Triton Jessica Hampton: scaring the opposition all semester ~ ANTHONY "THE ing to improve their 4-7-1 She has played soccer last season. was able to briefly interview and hopefully the recrui,ts ANIMAl"PADGETT Great Lakes Valley Confer- with the Trirons for three Her ability ro stay healthy Jessica Hampton after prac- that come in are going to be Asst. Sports Editor ence record. . years and has played in every shows great durability and re- tice on Wednesday. able to contribute. I think we A key part of any success- game thus far in the season. liabiIlty. In 2008, she also re- She told me she has been will be fine." At three in the afternoon ful team is defense. Jessica In 14 games, Hampton corded one assist, three shots, playing soccer since she was TC: Any plansfor HaLiow- on Thursday, the women's Hampton, junior, is one of has recorded nine shots, with and two on goal. In the last four years old. S~e starred em? soccer team here at the Uni seven defenders on the team. six on goal giving her a shots- twu seasons Jessica has had a playing forward but was "Depending with how we versity of Missouri-St. Louis All seven players are not in on-goal percentage of.667. .667 shots-on-goal percent- moved to defense halfway do this weekend-hopefully departed for Louisville, Ky., their senior years and will be Jessica has one goal on age. through .her freshmen year we win-and if we win both to face Great Lakes Valley returning next season. the season and it was against In soccer, there are no here at UM-Sr. Louis. games, there is a chance we Conference rival Bellarmine Prior to college, Hamp- another GLVC rival, TIlinois- defensive statistics such as TC: What do YOll think of can make it into the GLVC on Friday. On Sunday the ton played four years of soc- Springfield. blocked kicks or steals. If next season, can the team re- tournament. team will play another con cer at St. _Thomas Aquinas Jessica scored her goal, there were such statisti-cs they place seven ~'enior'S? If we do that, the hrst ference rival: Northern Ken High School in Overland unassisted, in a 4-0 blowout would show why Jessica is a "It is going to be hard. It round of the GLVC will be rucky. Park, Kan., and helped lead at UIS. In 2008, she played in pivotal part of this Triton will sort of be a rebuilding the weekend of Halloween These are the last two the Saints to three straight every game of the season-IS team and its future. season, but the players we are so the team will be traveling. GLVC games of the season class 5A State Charripionsrup total-and has played in 32 Before leaving for the last keeping will definitely con- That's what I would like to be for the Tritons who are look- seasons. straight games going back to two games of the season, I tlnue to help us ne..u season, doing on Halloween.'" PROHO, from page 5 On Sept. 27, 1916, the vided a place for sisters to go Daughters of Charity ... St. Louis in 1976," Prieno of The Daughters of Char "There was a lot going Provincial House was conse through their formation into those buildings [such as the said. icy since 1962 s.ister Rosa on ... it was all about prepar crated and began to be used. the community, and also pro .l\.1arillac Hall and the Ward The rest was sold in the Lee Kramer has seen the ing for service." Kramer said. From then to 2002 the sisters vided a place of retirement E. Barnes Library] were origi 1990s. The only thing that Provincial House transform. She finds the grounds and their staff worked out of for the elderly sisters. nally built in the 1950s for remains is the cemetery plot Being her home for roughly around the Provincial House these buildings. "Much of UM-St. Louis' a college that the sisters ran which is still in the ownership 40 years she experienced the to be more possessed by this They performed the busi South Campus is land mat that was called Marillac Col of the sisters. campus life of the now gone spirit of service than any sup ness of the province, pro- used to be owned. by the lege .. . [it was] sold to UM- Having been a member Marillac College. posed hauntings. Are you planning to graduate this semester? Have you applied for graduation? If not, visit your aCDdem;c advisor today!!! 2009 DECEMBER Commencement SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19,2009 MARK TWAIN BUILDING 10 A.M. - College of Educatiofl - College of Nursing - College of Fine Arts & Communication - School of Social Work - Master of Public Policy Adm inistration 2 P.M. - College of Arts and Sciences (includes BGS/BIS) 6 P.M. - College of Business Administration - UMSlJWU Joint Undergraduate Engineering Program All Graduating Seniors Don't Miss the Grad Fair Activate your Free Alumni Membership! November 3,4, 5 at the UMSl Bookstore • Get a FREE UMSl Alumni license Plate in the MSC • 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Frame November 3, 4, 5 Purchase your cap, gown and tassels, etc. • AI the Grad Fair, MSC - Bookstore AHire available in bookstore after these Stop by the UMSl Alumni Asso(iation dates but a S10 late fee will apply after Table Friday, November 27. I(JSit the UMSl Commencement webs~e at www.umsl.edu/commen(ement for more informofion . and to pre-register for your (ommencement photos with Gradtrak® by Chappell. OCTOBER 26/ 2009 ,[:hr (turrCTIt 13 Ghosts of regular season remain as GL Csoccer tou nament begins in vidory . ~ MATIHEW B. HAUNTED They accomplished this feat They also lost senior Blair Johnny O'Mara, sophomore, fault." the No. 1 seed. Staff Writer despite a loss on Friday night, Spencer-who had been on an assist by Andy Schaul, Shut him down he did. Earlier in the season, Drury because on Sunday they beat playing all season with rods senior. "It was a team thing, defeated UM-St. Louis 3-0. The University of Mis conference opponent North and pins in his leg-dur Schaul was one of the but Vines did most of UM-Sr. Louis' regular sea souri-St. Louis men's soccer ern Ken tlicky 2-1. ing the game with what men who missed Fri the work," King said. son record finished at 9-6- team came into their final The Northern Kentucky was thought to be a bro day's game with the flu. Goalkeeper Tim Boruff, 2. Their record last season week of regular season action Norse where ranked No. ken leg. Fortunately, x-rays Northern Kentucky's lone sophomore, had to have was 6-10-2. with a record of 8-5-2. 12 in the NCAA's Division turned out to be negative. goal came at around the 80th eight staples placed in his leg During rwo-a-days in Au They also had a great II at. game time on Sunday. That loss brought UM-St. minute when All-Ameri at halftime to close an open gust, King s~id, "[The] team is chan~e at making it into Northern Kentucky had just Louis' record to 8-6-2 and can forWard Steven Beattie wound. He came out and in really good physical shape the GLVC soccer tour beaten No.3-ranked Drury their chance at a GLVC tour scored. Beattie had 16 goals played a great second half. and I thought they came back nament with two victo last week. nament spot close to nil, but this season and 48 career UM-St. Louis' second goal prepared to strive to improve ries or one victory and a Drury fell in the rankings losses by other GLVC teams goals in 58 games so far. came at around the 83rd min on last yeat's record-which little help from a loss by to No. 7 this week. left the door open and a win Beattie was to be marked, ute of regulation play when was one of our goals--'-:and some other GLVC schools. On Friday, the UM-St. against Northern Kentucky played man-to-man, by UM Justin Barwick, junior, passed I think they are prepared UM-St. Louis plays Drury Louis men~s soccer team lost became a must. St. Louis' Ryan Vines, senior. to Jordan Bruce, freshman. It to strive to reach that goaL" next weekend in a first round 2-0 to Bellarmine. The Tri At Nonhern Kentucky, "I have no doubt if I have was Bruce's firsr career goal Game time for UM-Sr. game. "Everyone who ever tons where short three start the game started off "'lith a to mark anybody that I can and the gan1e winner to boot. Louis' first round GLVC wore the Triton jersey would ers at the beginning of the goal by UM-St. Louis at the shut them down," Vines said UM-St. Louis will be seed playoff game on Sunday was have been proud today, , game. Two were our with the 52-minute mark of the sec in an interview earlier in the ed No. 8 in the GLVC tour not yet announced before Head Coach Dan King said. Bu. ond half It was scored by season. «If he scores it's my nament, while Drury will be publication. Women's soccer face the terrifying 1st ranked team in the GLVC ~ ANTHONY "THE 24th in the nation, and sec 4-1 and would score their goal the entire game and re overall record is 4-11-1 and ty. Wash U plays at the Divi ANIMAL" PADGETT ond in the GLVC. only goal in the 80tb minute corded nine sa es while al ends any chance they had for sion III level, with an overall Asst. Sports Ed;tor The Tritons stepped up ¥irith DanieUe Dahm, senior, lowing four goals. Northern a GLVC playoff run. record of 10-2-1, and cur The women's soccer team their game and did not al scoring her third goal of the Ken rue outshot the Tritons A rainout from Oct. 7 rently sits in first place in the at the University of Missouri Iowa single goal to be scored season. Both Anne Nesbit. 31-13 and had more shots on has been re$cheduled for University Athletic Associa Sr. Louis is nearing the end against them in the first and senior and Sarah Stone, Se goal with 13 to the Tritons' Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 tion. It will be the final game of their season. · They played second halves, but the offense nior would receive assists for six. p.m. at Don Dallas Field of the season for the women's three of their final four games for the Tritons failed to score the goal. Boehm again played With the loss, the Tritons against Washington Universi- soccer tearn. of the year last week. a goal for the second straight On Tuesday, the Tritons game. It was not until the. hosted SIU-Edwardsville at 72nd minute of the second Don Dallas Field. SrUE w as half thar forn ard Jesa Jen once a member of the Great kins, sophomore would have Lakes Valley Conference, but the first shot of the (Tame for now comperes at the Division the Tdtons. The game \ ould I level and entered T uesda 's go into double overtime be match with an overall record fore BeUermine "ould score of 1-8-1. th.e game winner. The Tritons would lose It was the fifth time the the game 4-0, and end their Tritons were shutout this sea four-game homesrand wirh son and the second 1-0 loss a record of 2-2. The Tritons on the season. The Tritons failed (0 score a single goal were outshot 19 (0 5. Boehm and had only four shots with played goalkeeper the entire one on goal. SlUE had 14 game, 103 minutes, and re shots with five on goal. Amy corded four saves while allow Boehm, senior, played goal ing one goal. On Sunday, the keeper the entire game for the Tritons faced another tough Tritons and recorded one save conference school, North while allowing four goals. ern Kentucky, who is ranked On Friday, the team took 12th in the nation, and -first to the road to Kentucky to in the GLVC with an overall face the conference foe Bd record of 14-2. larmine. Bellarmine entered It was the last GLVC game the match with an overall re of .the season for the Tritons. cord of 11-2, and was ranked They would lose the gam~ The UM-St. Louis women's soccer team closed out a fOUT game homestand with a 4-0 loss to SIU-Edwardsville. 14 1Ehr ([nrrrnt OCTOBER 26, 2009 CEDDIE SAYS ..• Flag football playoffs: sOlnething to do on Tuesday besides stalking the living in search of blood league. Suicide Kings and the Free "1 th.?ught we played pret physical education, who re til next week when they'll ~ CEDRIC KllliAMS Sports Editor If you have ever watched Agents. ty good as a team, Binf-ord cently left the team to pursue face the winner of the _ vs. even one of the campus rec The Suicide Kings jumped said. 'We really wanted to a professional hockey career 5 game bet\\'een Eye W'in The campus rec flag foot football games, then you out to a 14-0 halftime lead) win this game. I think if w.e in Italy. and the IvIidwest Maulers. ball playoffs are here, and I know those guys are half-way thanks to a touchdown pass keep playing good defense If the camp us rec folks It should be an excellem have to admit, I am ~lS excited nuts, but it's cool, because so and a brilliant touchdown like \ve did today) we have a gave out an MVP award, matchup. about them as I am for any of amI. rWl by dynamic quarterback real good chance to win the Tallo would have won it the The middle game on Tues the other campus sports here Last week, the folks that Harvey Binford, freshman, championship." last nvo years, but Sig Pi day will pit the Suicide Kings at the University of Missouri work at the Mark Twain dance, but somehow the Free The Suicide Kings fin team member Mike Dowd, against the league's only win St. Louis. Building must have thought Agents managed to tie the ished the regular season 5-1 senior, marketing, said his less team, the Pikes. That one That is not a knock on I was completely nuts. I w-as game up early in the sand and 'will enter the pIa oftS as team is perfectly capable of might be a slaughter. The first our varsity sports teams. I am supposed to be watching the half. the No.2 seed. That's because winning with someone other game of the day is another proud to be a Triton, and by men's and women's basket I am disappointed that three-time defending league than Tallo at quarterback. fun matchup between the now, everyone oughtta know ball teams practice inside the I did nOt see ho\y they did champ Sigma Pi earned It's not like we built me Free Agents and a new team I am UM-St. Louis' number gym, but I just couldn't help it-I had gone inside to the No. 1 seed by holding off team around the guy,'" Dowd called the PE Gongshow. one sports fan. going back outside to the rec 'watch the women's basket Eye 'Win, 13-12 in the final said. «\Y/e'Yf: got a bunch of I m gonna be there and Instead, my sometimes field to find out what \vas go ball tcam practice-but I re game of the day. good players. As long as ev I hope you will too" because wacko interest in the flag ing on in the football garnes. rurned to the gridiron in time The win was significant erybody sho up, we"ve still here at U1vf-St. Louis, it just football league comes from The b t game from last to see Binford throw another for Sig Pi because it was got a solid team: doesn't get any better than my deep love for the gam it Tuesday was a ma[chup touchdown pas in the game their fir ( ictory in more The Sig Pi guo 's w-ill the fun we have playing and. self and my heartfelt support f twO of the m r xcit final minutes to lead his team than two ears without star get a bye in the first round "" atching camplls rec flag for the guys that play in ill ing [ean s in th league: the to a very im portant in. quarterback P.J. Tallo junior and won t hay to play un- football. BASKETBALL, from page 11 SIAfBt>}( MEN'S CER '5 SOCCER VOLLEYBAL.L five-team di is ions, wi (h ence rourn ment ecially Team GLVC Overall Team GLVC Overall Team GLVC Overall (W-L-T) (W-L-T) 12 r ams (the top three in for our s nlors. The work fW:Ul fW:Ul 1W:U lW:.U Dru ry 11-0-0 14-1-0 N. Kentucky 10-2-0 13-2-0 Lewis 8-0 21-3 each division nd thr e wild they've PUt in, they deser e N. Kentucky 10-2-0 13-2-1 Bellarmine 9-'2-0 11-2-0 Indianapolis 7-1 26-1 ards) ualifying for th po t to get to that po tseason." Lewis 9-3-0 11-3-1 Quincy 9-2-1 11-4-1 UM-St. louis 6-2 16-9 season. UM-St. Louis will r main UW-Parkside 7-2-2 12-3-2 Drury 9-3-0 12-4-0 N. Kentucky 6-2 16-9 Thanks to th pan d in the GLVC West this a Bellarmine 7-4-0 9-4-1 Indianapolis 9-3-0 12-4-0 Rockhurst 5-3 14-11 p stseason format. teams all son, and will play a home Missouri 5&T 6-4-1 6-5-1 UW-Parkside 7-3-2 8-3-3 st. Joseph's 5-3 11-14 over the league are excited and-hom sed against oth UM-St.Louis 6-4-2 8-5-2 S. Indiana 6-5-1 8-7-2 Bellarmine 4-4 10-6 about th ir chances to reach er West Divi ion memb rs: Quincy 6-5-1 7-7-2 Rockhurst 6-5-1 7-7-1 Drury 4-4 12-10 the postseason. And the Tri Drury ( pringfi ld, Mo.), Rockhurst 6-6-0 8-8-0 Missouri 5&T 5-6-0 5-7-1 5. Indiana 4-4 11-12 ton men seem like one of the Maryville (Chesterfield), st. Joseph's 5-5-2 8-6-2 Maryville 4-7-1 5-9-1 Missouri S&T 4-5 9-20 teams most likely to benefit. Missouri S&T (Rolla), and Indianapolis 5-6-1 7-6~2 UM-St. Louis 4-7-1 4-8-1 UW-Parksi.de 3-5 18-8 "Everybody in our league Rockhurst (Kansas City). S.lndiana 3-9-0 4-10-1 Ky. Wesleyan 4-9-0 7-9-1 Quincy 3-5 6-16 Ky. Wesleyan Lewis 3-8-1 4-9-2 is pretty good," Pili said. The GLVC East will con 2-10-1 5-12-1 III. Springfield 1-7 8-15 Maryville 1-10-1 1-13-1 5t. Joseph's 1-11-0 2-13-0 Maryville 1-8 3-17 "So I don't think there's sist of out-state schools Bel III. Springfield 0-12-1 1-13-1 III. Springfield 0-13-0 2-13-0 Ky. Wesleyan 0-8 2-20 an easy way to get in the larmine, Indianapolis, Ken GLVC Tournament. That tucky Wesleyan, Northern said, I think our team is very Kentucky, and Southern In capable (of qualifYing for the diana, while the remaining postseason]." teams, Lewis, Quincy, St. Jo The UM-St.Louis wom seph's, UIS, and Wisconsin en's basketball team will play Parkside, will form the new the same conference schedule GLVC North. is the men. And although the The UM-St. Louis wom Triton women are coming en will get the hoops action off a 7-21 season, they also started this season when they seem like a ream destined to host their home opener at reach the postseason this year. the Mark Twain Building on "Either way, I wanted a Monday, Nov. 16, against better shot at making the crosstown rival Lindenwood. conference tournament," Lisa The TritOn men will host Curliss-Taylor, UM-St. Louis their home opener two days women's basketball coach, later on Wednesday, Nov. said. "Whether it was in three 18, against Blackburn. Both divisions or two, our goal this games will tip-off at 7 p.m. year is to get to the confer- OCTOBER 26, 2009 l1:hc Q:urrrnt 115 Group gathers to greet and glean from ghost hunters Hawes and Wilson presence of these men. Either and hopefully you guys can of people." way the crowd seemed overly figure our what it is or rule it Adam Feldm anis , junior, pleased by what they were out," Wilson said. accounting, would agree with presented with that night. Earlier in their talk they mese reasons for attending. Hawes and Wilson took made it clear that the major Having continually watched the stage and explained their ity of cases they come across the show since its beginning, methodologies of ghost hunt can be explained by natural he was definitely excited ing. Their slideshow took the reasons. about seeing the twO in per crowd through case srudies, They mentioned a couple son. photos, videos and audio re of cases where it was comi He finds their show more cordings from their hunts. cally obvious, such as in appealing man others be!,Ause A portion of the night was vestigating a homeowner's mey present their evidence in plunged into darkness when claim of paranormal activity. a more trustworthy manner. they showed footage of para Upon searching the house "There's a few out there that normal activities. Scenes of they found the culprit to be I have watched and I don't a dark apparition speeding a cookie jar full of marijuana. believe them ... I feel like down a hallway to a possessed Srudents from the Uni they are acting for the camera gate that continually closed versity Program Board held and I don't get mat with these when approached were part the event this year. Marcel guys ... Their goal is to dis of the presentat.ion. Scaike, senior, liberal studies, prove," Feldmanis said. In a quesrion-and-answer was one of the students that Caitlyn Kelly, sophomore, The line for the Ghost Hunters event wrapped around the third floor of the MSC on Tuesday. The doors session after their presenta brought the Ghost Hunters criminology and criminal opened at 6: 15 p.m. and though the line was long, the wait wasn't. tion, a boy asked whether to University of Missouri-St. justice, finds trust to be the they had ever come across any Lows las[ year. main reason why she is at ~ AARON HELLFIRE The men on the other popularity of their show was "rear' paranormal activity. "We brought them to tracted to the show. Staff Writer side were Jason Hawes and evident. Crazed fans were dis While eliciting a good laugh . campus and we got up to "They're really honest Grant \Vilson. Once former membering books for auto from the crowd, the answer 600 students and outside people. They don't sugar-coat Peering through the crack plumbers, they now investi graphs and the line for entry revealed that these two men community to participate. It stuff like most shows like that between the doors, posse,ssed gate paranormal activity on encircled the top floor of the were not forcing conclusions was so well received, we de do. They show you when fans caught a glimpse of the their popular television show MSC. It was not clear wheth onto their viewers. cided to bring them back mis something is just your heater two men who attracted a "Ghost Hunters," which airs er the people packed into the "I don't know. All I can do year," Scaike said. e'I mink making noise ... they really large crowd of believers to the ~egular.ly on the SyFy chan Century Room were there is rule stuff our until I run they have a huge following. are there to help the person :Millennium Student Center nel. to validate their supernatu our of information, then I I think paranormal activity is who feels scared from their on Tuesday night. On Tuesday night the ral beliefs or just to be in the can how it to people like you something that'interests a lot experiences," Kelly said. E-mail hoaxes, scams, and urban legends have come to terrorize your computer opened, Dr. Robert Banis srudent(at)umsl.edu in- now is about a .lime girl lar retailers like Abercrom es that say you must update ~ SPOOKY SEQUITA BEAN Features Editor teaching professor of logistics stead of [email protected] named K) lie who is dying of bie and Fitch, Gap, Whole your eBay or PayPal login and operating management, to avoid your e-mail being a heart defect. Foods, and even the Japanese information for security pur One of the most annoying said. picked up with the e-mail The e-mail even has a car maker Honda. E-mail poses. things for anyone is getting These viruses are sent search. picture of the child, and en- reCIpIents are encouraged «You automatically know a hoax e-mail. Most of them out in mass~ to inillions of Then there are e-mail ur- courages readers to forward to forward the e-mails for a that's false because PayPal is are harmless, and say things people, but how? "There is ban legends. Most all are by saying that billionaire Bill "chance to win" gift certifi not going to send you some like, "Y(;m will get a kiss at computer software you can harmless, but the e-mails sug- Gates will donate $1 every cates, prizes and even cash, thing like that," Banis said. midnight from your crush buy tha~ can.search the inter gest forwarding, oftentimes time the e-mail is forwarded. Snopes.com said. Another way to tell if the e if you forward this to seven net for e-mail addresses," said by guilt. "Students can find out E-mail recipients can mail is a hoax is if it contains people," but some of them Banis. "When I get those e-mails . what is true or not by visit avoid all the confusion and severely broken English and are viruses that can wipe our "If you put your e-mail (that say] 'forward this to 30 - ing http://www.snopes.com... forwarding woes by simply grammar. .your entire operating system. address 011 a Web site, then people to save this child's life' Banis said. Snopes.com is a moving their cursor over any The sender is most likely More recently, an e-mail the software can be used to I say to myself 'Oh I'm a bad site that will dispel any e-mail links in the e-mail and check from anomer country, and with the subject line "Bad search on the Web for any person if I don't forward,'" hoax, virus rumor, or urban ing the status bar to see where is trying to gain money from times" has been circling the thing that has a formatted e Angela Williams, junior, legend, like the one about the link leads to. "Most of the the e-mail recipient. Web. mail address." business administration, said. Kylie. time it's going to either Rus 1his virus will wipe out Dr. Banis suggests writ An e-mail urban legend Some hoaxes are fraudu- sia or China," Banis said. your entire hard drive if ing your e-mail address like going around for a few years lently coming from popu- Beware of me e-mail hoax- See HOAXES, page 20 16 I "OCht lDIrrrnt I OCTOBER 26, 2009 STORY AND CAPTIONS BY THE UNDEAD JESSICA KEIL PHOTOS BY CHERA MEYER 'N' BRIMSTONE After dark, after the night classes are let out, after "the university staff has locked all the locks, after all living souls have vacated the premises, the University of Missouri St. Louis campus is transformed. Somewhat. Recently, a few staff members at The Current rook a walk around cam pus in order to find out the low-down on "UMSL After Dark. fI It was a breezy night, and a light drizzle fell upon the reporters' heads. Starting on South Campus, the Provincial House was first. A place many who do not attend the Pierre Laclede Honors College might not be familiar with, the Provincial House is unique for a college campus. Formerly owned by nuns and built in the beginning of the 20th century, the Provincial House includes classrooms, dorm rooms, a courtyard, a chapel and a dock tower. However, if the anti quated building is interesting to explore during the chylight, it is downright eerie in the darkness. The group was most frightened by the basement of the building: from the sinister-looking vacant restrooms, to the haphazard items lying on the floor or on shelves (journals) old toys, trophies), to the indiscriminate noises he-Md. However, reporters hiding around corners and then yelling "boo!" at other reporters, may have helped keep pulses high. On North Campus there were an uncanny few cars in the vacant parking lots and the group never encountered another person" not even a single graveyard shift security guard. The halls were silent, the Quad. forlorn; nothing but the sound of windblown leaves scraping concrete could be heard. Strangely enough however, from the Quad the Social Sciences Building could be seen and of 13 Boors lined with ,vindowed offices, just one was lit. It was a frightening waste of energy! Visiting UM-St. Louis after dark certainly came with its share of creepy moments, although there is nothing to repon in the paranormal activity department. Campus slept quietly, and the MSC bridge, while shadowy, still played The U's runes, albeit for a non-existent audience. The experience itself was edifying, as the group was undoubtedly able to view the U1vl-St. Louis cam pus in a different light - a darker, slightly menacing, but different, light. OCTOBER 26, 2009 ~(Q:firrrnt 17 . - 18 l1Chc ~nrrrnt I OCTOBER 26, 2009 M f Info Call Ext. 5531 r Email Upb · UI1.1I.edu OCTOBER 26, 2009 ~hE [:lllTrnt 19 .~ ~ SPOOKY SEQUITA BEAN ries class? There are a lot of things to Features Editor KN: 1 don't really look at debate, so we really investigate the gothic element of ghosts. that aspect of it. Now I'm not Women and gender studies What I look at more is a [phe going to say we're above saying instructor Dr. Kathleen Ni nomenon] through the 19th this is a really creepy Story, we gro's disserrarion focused on century; which is the fastest do share those very popular , . . . women s wnnngs 1ll nature, grovring religion in the United culture things, bur we really which has spawned an interest States of all time. try to keep the focus on issues in unique topics such as 19th A million p~ople called of power in 19th century; cer century spiritualism and femi themselves spiritualists and tainly in terms of the spiritual nism in witchcraft. nobody knows anything about ist nl0vement. The Current: So why teach that religion today; .. I[ grew TC: You also teach a class gender and women. studies? up basically around the time about witchcraft andfeminism. Dr. Kathleen Nigro: When of the Civil War, where people KN: It's really a very serious I was studying not only for lost so many loved ones, and study into why, [and] when that degree but also earlier de really .wanted to believe that there were women who sup grees, gender studies was really the membrane between the posedly had a cerrain amount relegated to certain classes, like two dimensio.ns was much of power, did they have [0 be \Vomen in Literature. That thinner and more permeable destroyed? was me only place you would than they might of believed or \X-'hy were we so terrified of stud. gender. had been taught. women having knowledge and As I wrote my disserration It was really a perfect time power? \\le kind of look at that .. -- ... I realized how influential for people who felt they could through time, not only about the issue of gender, socioeco mediate those two odds, me that time which is the literal nomic class, [and] power is diums, to be able to commu witch hunt, but also meta sues are so intemvined with nicate. N ow wh ther or nor p ho ~ i cally how do e see that our realities becal .e we have rhe really did communicate, notion of by ar we afraid of gr iWn up that way or that w will n ver know the answ r peapl gai ning power fro m the the rid in which we w re t that question. 'TIle point is ruling class. born we really n r thought that peopl want d [Q believe TC: Whllt ~lse does gendn b lit it. in that. and womm studif!S have to offir I really b cam very in ne of th main focuses of students? rrigu d jn looking how tl1 0se the dass in t rms of gender is KN : There is no occupa hat we, call intersectio , op- that this is th firsr and only tion that a person can go inra rar.ed in the world, nor 01 religion in the . aired ~ tat in tha you could name, that the in li teratur but also in politi . h women had a founding knOVl I dge that they would . .. kind of to go back and re voice and a directing oice. gain wo~ d not benefit th m examine how rhos things af You really hay [0 discuss ... I think the trun g ab ur it is fec ted everything I had ever when someone i speaki.ng such a "click" exp rien when learned ,hich of cour e in through somebody; i.s tll t you realize that you hadn t v idated erything I had ever om on el e's oice or is that thought about this but how learned. the voice of the person who is much you can rethlnk what re.: Do. 'ou teach a ghost sto- speaking? you thought. Halloween events, on and off campus • 8R~DGET "GHOST" RYDER vincial House will be turned as his dark poetry. <'.Annabell Ronald McDonald House. In its first annual Vampires Ball. Center. For over five years, Staff Writer into a most unusual scene of Lee," "The Raven," "The Tell the eclectic atmosphere of the That the atmosphere will be ilie Newman Center on devils and angels dancing and Tale Heart," "The Black Cat,' Mad Art Gallery, the Haute "elegant, with a little creep)( Natural Bridge across from Halloween is one ·of the dining together. "Dream Within a Dream," Halloween will include a de Kim Keplar, assistant man- campus has been convening most fun nights of the year. As the tide implies, at and excerpts from "The Fall cade dance party with music ager, said. their garage into a ~ JINXED JEN O'HARA tude this Halloween. 4. "High School Musi Staff Writer In addition to the fairy cat' tale theme, there are Dis As another Disney chan Whether they are five or ney movie classics. Many nel sensation, expect many forty-five years old, almost stores are selling a number tiny Troy Boltons and Gabri everyone enjoys dressing up of Disney women characters, ella Montezs, with the possi for Halloween. namely Alice in Wonderland bility of singing and dancing Here are the top five cos and Cinderella. coming along with them. tumes for men, women and children. 3. Farrah Fawcett 5. Mario Brothers Another ode to lost ce Characters Men lebrities, Farrah Fawcett Whether it is Luigi, Yoshi wigs and 1970s outfits have or Mario himself, the Mario 1. Zombie been selling out in numbers Brothers are e.."'{pected to take Zombie costumes have among women. oYer sueets this year. rarely gone out of style. Why would they when people are 4. Decade Costumes General only given a chance to be the With a wide range of years living dead once a year? to choose from, decade cos 1. lvfichael Jackson tumes never go our of style. Imitation is the sincerest 2. Barack Obama Most women take preference form of flattery, they say. As Presidents are usually in the 19205, 1950s, and an ode to the recently de prone to become Hallow 1970s. ceased king of pop, many are een costumes. As the new taking it upon themseh-es to president in office, Barack 5. Superhero mimic the infamous white Obama's face \-vill be appear Superhero women that gloves, curly hair, and red ing in abundance on .All Hal are popular this year include jacket. low's Eve. Superwoman, Robin, and Batgirl. 2. Vampire 3. "Star Wars" "Tv.... ilight" fans have esca Most men love new tech Children lated the demand of vampire nology and science fiction. costumes this year. Expect Star Wars themed Hallow 1. Hannah Jvlontana lots of Edward Cullen and een costumes allow them to The Disney Channel sen Bella Swan look-a-likes run "use the force" without being sation has spread inBuence to ning around among the tra looked at with raised eye little girls everywhere. This ditional vampires. brows for one night. Halloween will consist of a number of blonde \vigs and 3. Pirate 4. «Star Trek" fake microphones to emulate Arggh! Pirates An addit.ion to the science the superstar. in style and a hot costume, fiction theme, Star Trek also thanks mostly to the por holds popular among men. 2. Witches trayal in the "Pirates of the Becoming Captain Kirk or In addition to the tradi Caribbean" series. Spock on Halloween gives tional pointy hat and broom new meaning to "Boldly go witches, are Harry Potter fans 4. Reality stars ing where no man has gone who will be donning wands,. This includes that of Jon before." capes, and most likely one of and Kate (minus the eight), the four houses emblem. the judges of "American 5. A1ichaelA1~ers IdoL" and the Kardashian What would Halloween 3. ((Transformers" sisters. be without a crazy murderer These were originally toys impersonation? man ufacrured by Hasbro. 5. Community The recent movie releases members Women have inspired more Bumble These are known as the bee and Oprimus Prime cos finest in our community, 1. Fairy Tales tumes. including firefighters and From Red Riding Hood to policemen, generally with a' Maid Marian, fairy tales will little twist. be coming to life in multi- OCTOBER 26, 2009 I ~h£ (turrent I 21 TOP 10 SCARY MOVIES by Spooky Sequita Bean Tim Schafer is one of Depending upon personal taste and level of fearfulness, . gaming's icons. the scariness of a film can vary from one person to another. Known for his witty and Here is my list of top ten scary movies of all time. genius work on LucasArts classics like "The Secret of 10. "Jesus Camp" (2006) Monkey Island," "Day of the This documentary film is about kids attending a camp Tentacle" and "Grim Fan for Pentecostal children. The scariest thing about this film? dango," Schafer has set the The fact that the children deprive themselves of normal bar for engaging, comedic child behavior to protest at abortion clinics, call Harry Pot plots. ter the devil, and find humor in reading Jack Chick comics. He left LucasArts in 2000 to found Double Fine Pro 9. 'the Shining" (1980) ductions, whose first game This psychological horror film is based on a Stephen "Psychonauts" would go on King novel and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The story fol- to win a bevy of awards for its 10\\'S Jack Torrance (a writer), his wife, and his son Danny, hilarious humor and creative who has psychic abilities. characters. Double Fine's sophomore 8. "Candyman" (1992) effort, the .tvi -rated "Brutal Say his name in the mirror five times and you will sum Legend,'" is not nearly as fun overlap between medieval And he did. for metal bands, metal icons mon him ... at the cost of your own life! This horror flick. ny or precocious as its T-rated warfare and heavy metal ... "Brutal Legend" is an or influential rockers. is based on an urban legend of a slave murdered for his predecesso r. That ali gets put together, the eclectic mix of all genres Even the wildlife is hard relationship with his master's daughter. However, it is an amazing heavy metal, and the rock, of metal and rock, lovingly core, from the metal-quilled game that deserves to be en and the battling, actually crafted into a liVing, breath porcupines to the half-boar 7. (I Jeepers Creepers" (2001) joyed, if you can look past its does happen. Let's not flirt ing world. half-motorcycle creatures. This movie tells the tale of siblings returning home flaws. around with this, let's just do Many of the characters from college only to find an ancient demon known as "The "Brutal Legend ... [is] this it," Schafer said. and places are named after or See BRUTAL, page 29 Creeper." 6. ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) A group of friends pick up a hitchhiker and run out of 'lhe Darkness' continues to frighten gas in the wrong place at the wrong time. The hitchhiker turns out to be part of a cannibalistic family who's most Created in 1994, '!he refused, suggests he will find greenhouse with oversized is also a store where visitors psychotic member has a knack of chasing down his victims Darkness" haunted house, a way to convince them, plant creatures, including a can purchase horror para with a chainsaw. located in downtown St. while the rest of the people massive, man-eating Venus phernalia such as the poster Louis near the Soulard Mar in queue stand wondering Flytrap! for their favorite horror flick 5. 'the Devils Rejectsrt (2005) ket, continues to terrify every where the screams inside are Arguably one of the best or an action figure of their 'This Rob Zombie clirected thriller follows a murderous, year around the time of Hal coming from. Once inside, it parts of the Darkness is the favorite spook. Guests also mentally unstable family as they run from the police. loween. is eerily quiet, building ten newest addition of the "Ter have the option of paying to Since its creation, over sion until the first monster ror Visions in 3D." This lat be "electrocuted" or to have 4. "Rosemary's Baby" (1968) '600,000 people have run pops out from behind a door. est nearly $1 million adclition their fortune read by a tarot TIlls Roman Polanski directed thriller stars Mia Farrow from the various haunts in Continue on through the gives guests the opportunity card reader. as Rosemary Woodhouse, who becomes pregnant after hav side., making it one of the two story attraction and one to experience the terror of If a person is looking for ing a dream about being raped by the devil. "top ten most visited haunted will encounter a "swarn.p a 3D haunted house, com a professional haunted house 'attractions in America, ' ac house" filled with a maze plete with crazy clowns that that really knows how to 3. "Halloween" (1978) cording to USA Today, AOL. and animated monSLers that chase the guests an ice-cream get the blood flowing, they Michael Meyers makes your pesky little brother seem com, and Hauntworld.com. pop out when least expected. killer, and the puppet from should check out "The Dark like an angel in this classic horror flick. The film centers The haunted attraction was Next is the graveyard, and "Saw" who charmingly asks ness." For more information, around lvfeyers, who escapes from a psychiatric hospital to also spotlighted on the Na then the "mansion." each guest if they wish to potential vi CtllnS , er, visirors kill his sister Laurie. tional Geographic Channel, The mansion part of the "playa game.'" can visit http://www.scaref the "Today Show," and The attraction has various rooms, The attraction ends in a est.com. Between the mon 2. "Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) History Channel's ''Modern including a meat room, pig "Monster musell1Il" with cos sters roaming through the Directed and written by Wes Craven,-the story follows Marvek" man-bloody-cleaver-in-hand rumes and props used in Hol attraction and the animated teenagers as they are terrorized by serial murderer Freddy Ar the door ro the -attrac included. Also in the man lywood Horror movies such machines that seem to pop Krueger, although he can only haunt them in their dreams. tion, a man with a bullet sion is a maze of mirrors, as the ghost costume from out from nowhere, "The through his head kindly of trapping visitors with who "The Haunted Mansion," Darkness" gives its guests 1. "The Exorcist" (1973) fers a wedding .band- to ev ever happens to be hiding and the bicycle puppet used more than their money's Adapted from a novel of the same name, a Catholic ery girl in sight and when in the shadows and a giant in the "Saw" movies. There worth. B+ -Cannibal Curran priese attempts to free a young girl hom demonic posses- 22 1ll:he Q:urrcnt OCTOBER 26, 2009 FILM ..... Cirque du Freak: down theater in the seedy Reilly. The Vampire's side of town. Parents are A star of musical theater Assis,tant outraged at the thought of a in Chicago before switch John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson freak show but Darren and ing to movies, gifted aotor Universal Pictures, PG-13 Steve sneak off to see it any Reilly strikes just the right '.vay. balance, gracefully menac Cirque du Freak: The At the dusty theater, a ing with voice pitched lower Vampire's Assistant" mixes whole qSt of outcasts dazzle than usual and amusingly vampires, circus sideshow and frighten the audience droll as a wise-cracking vam freaks) magic and Grand with Halloween-flavored pire, who has found a new Guignol theater into a magic show and circus acts, life in a traveling spooky spooky comic entertain including the tap-dancing vaudeville show. His fright ment but what really makes magician Larten Crepsley wig hair and caveman face the show is the de Ughtful Oohn C. Reilly). However, add just the right (Quch John C. Reilly as a vaudevil there are sinister forces to his hypnotic, graceful lian vampire who tap dances tracking the performers, vampire who is clothed in with his deadly trained spi more scary than the magic elegant, dark 19th century der. on stage. Darren is drawn attire and flowing overcoat, Oh, come on, you know to Crepsley's colorful spider all elements turned to good you want to see that! and soon the boys are both use, as he plays the character COURTESY / PARAMOUNT PICTURES "The Vampire's Assis dra'wn in to the world of the straight-faced. tant's story centers on two Cirq ue and the more sinister There is also the sur There IS a revolution in together is haunted. Things tour of the house. The begin high school friends: Darren world they are fleeing. prisingly good supporting horror movies currently go tend to happen at night ning moments of the film are (Chris Massoglia), a good Spooky suspense, action cast, which includes Wil ing on. "Paranormal Activityn there are random noises and all about pacing and slowly kid who gets good grades and comedy all blend to lem Dafoe as mustach10ed is in theaters right now, and other spooky things happen setting up the heavy atmo and obeys his parents, and make director Paul \Veitz's vampire ally Gavner Purl, it is doing horror differently. ing-so Micah purchases a sphere for later on. lt seems his rebellious best bud Steve movie a kind of vampire Salma Hayak as the psychic, For too long, "fright" video camera to record what easy for the casual watcher to Oosh Hutcherson) who has world fun ride. The tale bearded (sometimes) lady movies have ' been con happens while the couple is be lulled into a false sense of a little taste for vandalism of good and evil vampires Madame Truska, Ken Wata fused with the horror genre. sleeping. security. and secret wish to be a vam is based on a series of teen nabe as ringmaster Mr. Tall Fright movies rely on sudden The atmosphere of "Blair "Paranormal Activity'" is a pire. books but its humor tack (who is), Daniel Fugit as scares, cheap thrills, and the Witch'" was made spookier by hard movie to review. A new factor enters their makes it entertaining to all blue scaly-skinned Evra the antagonist(s) are usually hu the entire thing occurring in To talk ' about the plot suburban lives, with a Bier audiences. Snake Boy, who really just man in nature. the woods at night, which is would give toO much awa. for a one-night only freak Of course1 this is all wants to be in a band, and The word "fright" implies fairly creepy stuff. Suffice to say that the plot is show" by a uaveling troupe tongue-in-cheek Halloween Orlando Jones as !viT. Ribs. "a sudden shock or fear," USll "Paranormal Activity," on exquisitely paced and incred called Cirque du Freak, at fun but what really makes ally of short duration, accord the other hand, takes place ibly engaging. an old abandoned and run- trus film work is John C. See ASSISTANT, page 24 ing to the Oxford English entirely in the couple's un It is also incredibl. - scary. Dictionary. Horror, i)n the remarkable house, which at You will jump ou[ of your other hand, implies a "sense first glance appears average seat, and multiple times at of shock at a danger that is and mundane. that. Also in Theaters also evil." . One of the more intrigu The actors do an amazing The last decent horror ing aspects of "Paranormal job. You really get the feeling film was "The Blair Wi tch Activity" IS its back story. that you are getting a glimpse Project" in 1999. Sure, it was Director Oren Peli shot the into the lives of a real couple. a little over-marketed, but movie in 2007 using only Micah's camera shows the it at its core, it was a good . $11,000, with a handful of couple's day-in, day-out ac movie. Its use of "shaky" cam amateur actors In his own tivities, while the events oc and actor-filmed scenes was house. curring at night continue to something that had not been Paramount picked up the worsen. attempted on a mainstream film this year. The breakdown of the lov scale, and it was very com The movie was distributed ing couple as the paranormal mercially successful. virally, originally opening in activity increases. is master "Blair Witch" and "Para': 13 college towns across the fully done. normal Activity" have some U.S. For the jaded horror junk similarities. Both were shot From there, people were ie tired of the same old Hol In a non-traditional way encouraged to vote to bring lywood remakes, "Paranor (documentary-style), both the film to their town. mal Activity" is a godsend. had a smaller-than-normal If it garnered 1,000,000 It is a breath of fresh air in budget, and both involve the votes, the film would be re the crowded horror genre. It paranormal. But there the leased nationwide. is currently selling out across similarities end. It got more than enough, the COUntry, and its viral sta "Paranormal Activity" IS and the movie was released tus is well-deserved: this is the tale of Katie (Katie Feath nationwide Oct. 16. one hell of a film. erston) and Micah (Micah The film begins in media Go see it now, and do Sloat), a couple who believes res, with Micah turning on not go alone. A+ -Andrew the house they are living in the camera and giving a quick "Ctubbin' Baby" Seat .. MUSIC OCTOBER 26, 2009 ~hc ~ITcnt 23 iTUNES TOP 10 DOWNLOADED SONGS "La Boheme," a French Ivfimi (soprano Elena Raz opera, was performed at gylaeva), a seamstress, spoke the Touhill Performing Arts of their love for each other Center on Wednesday, Oct. so well. 1hey start off juSt 22 at 7:30 p.m. An opera meeting accidentally, but after Louis-Henri 1vlur it is dear from the begin ger's Scenes de La vie de bo ning they are enamored wilh heme~" it was performed by each other. Fronl co r looks the European opera tour to accidental touches, the ing compan Teatro Lirieo fall head-over-heds for each D Europa. And an excellent other. It was exciting to see 01 Fireflies performance this touring two performers carry out Ocean Eyes company presented. Encore their craft so wel]. Owl City encore, encore. Then you have the painter Where to start a tres, or Marcello (baritone Marian SCREAMIN' SOFI SECK I THE CURRENT "ery, positive review is di.f Jovallovsklr) and his former "La Boheme" performed at the Touhill Performing Arts Center Last Wednesday. The Show ficult. lover, and soon ro be 10 er 0 2 Party in the USA was performed in Italian with English supertitles. The Opera was production by Teatro Lirico It is a tragedy about all over again, 1v1usetta (so Party in the USA d'Europa. Arguably the most beloved and the most often performed of all operas, Puccini's talented, but broke, starv pran.o Saejana Dramcheva). tender yet tragic tale depicts the struggles of young artists as they fight to cling to life, love and Miley Cyrus ing and dying French art 1hese two are at each others laughter in the seedy world of Bohemian 19th century Paris. ists in the 18005. But the throats when the audience 03 Meet Me Halfway main theme in this opera is first meets them. 14usetta her legs. but they are all monetarily company as they travel. It amour, or loye. These singers arrives with another man, This is mtally effective for broke. But in a sacrificial felt very much as if Paris The E.N.D. communicated this' great weaJthy and elderl} Alcin her in winning the complete move similar to O. Henry's ,vas in St. Louis, Mo., at the The Black-Eyed Peas est of emotions excellently doro (baritone Hristo Sara attention of l\1arcello. You "'Gift of th Magi," Musetta TouhiJI PAC. throughout the entire per fov) but cannot smp trying can almost see his heart stop. sells her prized earrings. The costumes \ 'er first 04 Whatcha Say formance. to get tvfareello's attention. The} then are once again in Another friend Schaunard rate in every respect. TIle Whatcha Say Quite an accomplishment Musetta describes hriar each others' arms and are (baritOne Plamen Dimicro ), "hellcat" Musetta's flaming Jason DeRulo since the opera is French but cello as just a ~ house paint throughout the balance of a musician, pa ns his long red dress in the beginning sec it is sung in Italian, the tradi er.' Marcello calls ~1usetta the opera. Another aspect beloved overcoat, a sacrifice her apart from every char tional! ~auage of opera. TIle in lyri.cs a 'hellcat." But that of this 10 e and caring in for a dying friend. acter on [he stage. Mimi's 05 3 singers conveyed that love is all a farce. These t\:vo can the Opeta -is shown by each The orchestra conducted green dress, although w ath The Singles Colledion b} effective acting, in looks not keep their tru~ thoughts friend's treatment of their by Krassimir Topolov, pro ered, fit her character to a Britney Spears and actions, as well as deeply reveaJed in actions hidden companions. It is an emo dluccdthe greatest of music "Tn And the male scarving moving lyrics in song. from the audience. Musetta tion so well imparted at the "v·hile never drowning out artist's clothing made you The characters of Ru even pulls the stunt of sit end when :tvIimi is dying and the VocaliSTS. The sets were feel as if you were in Paris in 06 Replay doJfo the poet (tenor Or ring down, pulling up her all of them are so distr-aught. crisp and clean, even though the 18005. A - Matthew B. Replay lin Goranov) and his lover fuH-length dress and flashing lvIimi needls medicine th~ move with the opera Htlunt~d Lyaz 07 Down Haunting contemporary music for Halloween Down If you are looking for the murderous militaristic cuff and homemade. at clubs in Nev.r York. 1his is seems like a good idea. Jay Sean some haunting music for beats reminiscent of punk With only a computer a new direction for No Age. Halloween, here are some forerunners Suicide. drum machine, a guitar and What has not changed, St. Vincent, "Actor" (2009) 08 I Gotta Feeling .occasiona] vocal tracks, they' though, is No Age's concern This is eerily beautiful like suggestions from more re Though a year old, this The E.N.D. cene- releases: record is still a must for any have thrown everything but with being a great band. the children in "The Shin one playing out on Hallow the ki [chen sink at rock 'n' They still make their fans ing." The affect seems to be Black Eyed Peas . Zombie Zombie, "A Land een who has enough sense to roll. wait, playing with artistic intentional, as the music of for Renegades" (2008) realize nobody acrually en Crust punk and eerie, feedback before leading into ren runts toward the poised 09 Paparazzi With a name like Zom joys dancing to «The Mon windy synth backdrops catchy guitar riffs and fast scores from old films. The Fame bile Zombie, it is easy to be ster Mash." make for a wonderful public paced drumming. St. Vincent herself is Lady GaGa misled. Best heard while: danc service announcement. Though it takes a little equally poised, and more Zombie Zombie, how ing with a guy -who is Best heard while: fighting while to get into No Age, than a little disarming. 1here ever; is perfectly indicative holding a bloody ax. with the pumpkin of Hal once the bug grabs hold, it is is a degree of intelligence in 10 Sweet Caroline of the music. Sinister ana~ loween past. ... an What could be better for man in a curious plan 'with a energetic work is required of Halloween than a Ii ttle mys touch of gamesmanship. them. Munson Hicks plays tery? How about a cat-and Deceit, class prejudices, Andrew Wyke with a broadly mouse game of trickery and disguises, age-versus-youth playful manner, a man who skullduggery? That is what and a will to win at any seems the life of the parry but "Sleuth," the cunent produc cost are all themes that run with a cunning spoiled brat tion at the Repertory Theater through this quick-footed, lurking underneath. When of St. Louis, offers-a Hal quick-witted psychologi the issue of game-playing, loween treat full of tricks. cal thriller entertainment. and who wins, comes up, Audience members who "Sleuth" was written by An- Wyke salivates like an ad have seen one or both of the . thony Shaffer, whose brother dict. 1vIichael Gabriel Good movie versions of this psycho Peter penned the Rep's season friend's Milo Tindle is a more logical thriller are still in for opener "Amadeus." Michael straight-forward man, some surprises, as there are chang Evan Henry directed the de one \\'ho prefers plain-deal es. Because the entertainment liciousl evil production. ing, and is clearl, a bit rarrled -..' \ depends on what happens, The Rep has a repuration by the larger-than-life gotis we will limit description of for some of the best staging tical Wyke-at least until he the plot to its set-up. Andrew and sets in St. Louis theater. too, gets into the spirit of the Wyk (!vfunson Hicks is a This opulent set reinforces game. succe { ul, w althy but aging that reputation. lhe plot plays games with upper-crust British mystery Th interior of Wyke s the audience, JUSt as the char writer. \Vyk specializes m mansion is all red and black acters play games with each me kind of murde.r mystery modern and Gorhi with oth r, but the r ulting play series in which his gentleman a grand staircase dominat is a satisfyi ng e ning's en sleuth our-fox s the plodding ing the cen ter, a balcony and tertainment. Conventions police in rooting out the real large, multiple-paned vin of murder mysreries and killer, in tales set in English dow on the back wall that preconceived notions aU get countryside manors, a sort supposedly opens on a back a work out. While all is re of Agatha Chrisde-Sherlock garden. There are doon ay vealed at the end, the Rep en Holmes hybrid. leading off stage, closets to courages you not to tell, lest Wyke has invited Milo hide things in and an entry you spoil the fun for the next Tindle (Michael Gabriel way with an unseen front audience. Goodfriend), the owner of a door-a set with plenty to "'Sleuth" runs through moderately-successful travel hide. Nov. 8 at the Repertory The agency who is the son of an The striking set was sup ater of St. Louis' Loretto Hil It~ian immigrant, up to his posedly inspired by the home ton Theater on the Webster posh but quirky country of Shaffer's friend, composer University campus. mansion to talk-abour lin Steven Sondheim, who was Information on show dIe's relationship with Wyke's partial inspiration for ' the times and ticket prices are COURTESY / REPERTORY THEATER OF ST. LOUIS wife. After some initial verbal game-loving Wyke character. available at the Rep website AndrewWyke, a prominent English mystery writer, invites young Milo Tindle to his isolated, elabo sparring, Wyke, who adores The two actors are on www.repstl.org. A rate country house to settle a rather unpleasant bit of business: Milo is having an affair with games, involves the younger stage most of time and some - Cate "Du Freak" Marquis Wyke's wife. "Sleuth" runs through Nov. 8 at the Loretto Hilton Theater. ASSISTANT, from page 22 Of course, the Cirque perfect, from the dusty dark that look like Golem in a tiny "freaks" are a good deal less theater, to the graveyard fight monk's robe. Because it is all freakish than the rigid towns scenes, to the Cirque's gypsy played straight but tongue people and less scary than camp. Costumes are spooky in-cheek spooky, !he Vam the mysterious villains like Halloween styles that hit all pire's Assistant" is very amus Murlaugh (Ray Stevenson) the right keys for circus, vam ing light entertainment. It is and Mr. Tiny (Michael Cer pires and Gothic. not great cinema, just lots of Your ad could be here! versis), who is not, lurking There are slapstick bits fun-the perfect popcorn in the shadows and plotting about learning vampire pow munching movie treat for around them. ers, some supernatural fight Halloween. B -Cate "Du thecu rrentads@umslsedu The visual elements are all scenes and nasty lirtle trolls Freak)) Marquis OCTOBER 26, 2009 I ~hE ([urrent I 25 Hateful tracts passed around campus What may be more hor individuals promoting this created Halloween as trickery all part of what Chick and co. are peace-loving people con love, Chick shows its readers rifying than the very idea of particular brand of Christian for naive Christian children, see as their God's divine plan. cerned with Uving and wor that this God is more apt to sacrilige is the exploitation of ity bear no respect for either to lure them into sinful ways. Another non-halloween shipping in the manner they slam the pearly gates in your it. Chick Publications, one of common courtesy, or Univer "Happy Halloween" fea tract, which exposes the choose. Deuteronomy 21: 18- face. Considering that this is the better known Christian sity bylaws. tures the death of a young "truth" of Islam, focuses 21 for instance instructs how how Chick views your aver tract companies, has a knack Even if someone had re boy, and his reckoning more on dehumanizing the parents should take their age person, we will spare you for being hateful. As the char quested a permit for these in Hdl. All the while, his members of the faith than it disrespectful teenagers our how they depict homosexuals acters representing ultimate publications, however, this friends and family members does on it's salvation message. to the city elders and stone and homosexuality.. evil are severdy exaggerated, would hopefully be immedi talk of how he could not have Alluding to violent ways and them to death if they remain As a final note. If there is a the tracts aim to sensation atdy denied. been saved, for lack of asking blatant disregard for other rebellious. God who is loving, forgiving, alize the presented evils of The spread of material Christ to forgive him. religions, the tract pain ts Is "This was your life" is the and perfect, He probably has non-Christian ways. Geared which often comes off as fear The tract "Boo" explains lanl's defendant as misguided top selling tract from Chick. a plan worked out in which towards converting sinful promoting, vile, lie-filled, Halloween's origins as nights and rough skinned - a stark Illustrating a rich man, sud the people that He created minds, Chick clearly seeks to stereotypical and homopho of sacrifice hdd by the Dru contrast to the Christian wit- denly deadened at the hands may live as best they can .. provoke more fear than love. bic (as well as generally zeno ids. In order to rday the ness. of the Grim Reaper, the tract God doesn't make mIS In the pasl few weeks, phobic) rhetoric tends to be dreadful character of the Apparently Chick does goes on to explain the wick takes, so Chick and co. piles of these tracts have been frowned upon by our univer Druids, the tract says, "Those not realize the rriultitude of edness in the man's life by needn't feel the need to criti left in various areas around sity. gu} s \vere really spooky." "iolence and violent-promot including only the most in cize other people, who also campus, including the t\1SC One reason for this recent Later, we are informed that as ing passages in the Bible that criminating aspect'). happen to be God's creation; study lounges. Inundation would seem to be judgement day approaches, most people are good enough It is immediately clear that even queers, muslims, and This was done, presum the approaching holiday. T..wo so will Satanic activity, "in to realize are not practiced the God of Chick Publica teens. After all, it's rude to ably, without University per of ChiCKS Halloween tracts cluding human sacrifice" the by most Christians, just as tions, will not budge. Instead criticize an artist's work when mits, thus revealing that the fDcus on the idea that Satan tract yells .. Apparantlr this is the vast majority of Muslims of open arms of everlasting you're living in their house. Come on and get motivized! For most of our coun example, he won the Nobel a • special guest speaker" wi th tivatecU web site as 'America's Bill Clinton does similar a motivational speaker seems tris 233-year history, ouf Prize in 2002 for his \\fork the Get Motivated! business Be.st Inspirational Speaker," engagements for Tony Rob downright wrong. Presidents have left office and to\Jjrard peace in the Mid-East seminar tOday at the Fort Rick Belluzzo "Legendary bins in Canada. We wonder what inspira passed into obscurity. and has comributed greatly Worth Convention Center President of 11icrosoft" and Bush's engagement, how tion this man can offer an The idea of a post-Pres to the successes of Habita-r for Arena in Forr Wonh Texas, Terry Bradshaw "Legendary ever, smacks of a type of audience after he filled to in idential career has largely Humanity; with a follo~ -up appearance l\.TFL Hall of Fame Quarter cheapness typically reserved spire the people of this nation been a product of the 20th SiIlce leaving office nine in San Antonio on December back." for get-rich-quick through for eight years? century, as our former leaders months ago the newest ex 2. While "i'e at The Cu Trot real estate seminars at the air Bush's Presidency was have lived longer and found President, George W Bush, Get Motivated!" is a find the idea of our 43rd port .Marriot and late night characterized by its self a need to lill the void in their has kept a low profile. production of Peter and Ta President moonlighting in infomercials for Cash4Gold .. serving, walk-tall attitude lives once leaYing the White Apart from speaking en mara Lowe, a motivational his retirement as a motiva com. and swagger, as \"lell as a ga House. gagements outside the U.S. speaking "dynamic duo" tional speaker a bit hilarious In particular, the idea of a it-alone ethos that alienated In some cases, their in Canada and China, he who's website describes their (the combined linguistic ac president whose administra our country internationally, achievements have eclipsed has rarely been seen in puh seminars as being, «world robatics of Bush and Brad tion has been called by Bob reducing our stature and in their time in office. tic outside of Senator Ted famous for its energizing, shaw is humorous enough to Woodward the most secre fluence abroad. Some have concentrated Kennedy's funeral or the oc action-packed, star-studded, consider). tive and dishonest since that The Current wonders if on preserving their legacy by casional Texas Rangers game. fun-filled, spectacular stage We also believe it to be of Richard Nixon, one that this leadership philosophy building their Presidential This may seem fitting for a show." degrading to the image of the . misled the American people will be Bush's message this museums or writing mem president who left office with As a part of his Fort Worth presidency and ill fitting of into a costly war, neglected afternoon and on November oirs, like Gerald Ford. Others a 22 .percent approval tat engagement, former Presi this one in particular. another conflict of greater 2nd. Moreover, we hope that have continued to work for a ing, but George W Bush has dent Bush will join the likes Retired Presidents doing importance and left our if it is, that his audience will greater good. finally booked his first state of Dr. Robert Schuller who speaking engagements for economy in its worst shape turn a deaf ear to it for their -Jimmy Carter is a notable side speaking engagement as is described on the Get !vIa- money is nothing new. since the Great Depression as own sake and prosperity. Bet you have sotnething to say about these hot opinion~. Let us know at: 1thc ([urrcnt<9nlil1 c. (Om ------26 I 'OChr ([urrrnt I OCTOBER 26, 2009 Unleashing America's sexual demons VampiJes suck, seriously Halloween is to volup result in fear. Why our love affair with the undead has led to a media flood tuous women in school Remarkably, something uniforms as Christmas is to as simple as a poor choice of There is absolutely noth "The Vampyre", all the way pleasantly plump men in words might deliver an up ing sexy about Vampires. back in the 1800s. Santa Claus suits. percut into slut status, the There, I said it. However, the success of Although festivities ben last place women are taught America's terribly misin Meyer's books has led to an efit from costumes, it is my to be. formed love affair with these oversaturation of the vam understanding that the for Imposing a self-inflicting supernatural suckers just pire genre. mer is usually frighteningly fear on women, society sa does not make sense to me. The vampire genre! There foxier. By hook or by crook, distically promotes accepting The nation's fascination is no such thing, or at least, a societal mutation in Hal a role of untainted subservi with these unnatural un there did not used to be. loween's evolution has mani ence in the patriarchal soci dead is remarkably repul Once, vampires were fested not only a night for ety. sive. relegated to the hallowed children tromping about All the while we see the They are deceased abom-: shelves of "Horror" and in costumes and collecting counterpart, the male "stud," upon girls and women with inations, immortal rotting "Fantasy' much like their -, candy, but one for an older and how it enforces the no costumes on Halloween, I corpses (corpses, mind youO zombie cousins. generation's annual garnering tion that only males are al have found it troubling that that rely on fresh blood just But now? Now, vampires These days ~ even if you of sexual demons. lowed to be sexually active statements like this are only to survive. have their own section in are a hack author, as long Varying from the Playboy and explorative creatures well-received on such a holi Sure, the blood tempo my local Barnes & Noble. as your book has sex, blood, BW1ny (I never recommend without backlash. If a wom day. rarily refreshes their desic The misguided worship and fangs and drama, it will be going dressed as a centerfold), an were to act in this fashion, This year, I plan to 'enter cated features) but in no glorification of these crea devoured. the tried and true school she may be considered a slut, tain the gender demons as way would it make them tures has reached a fever These books target teen girl (always a personal win but does the external really Tank Girl. Coincidemally, even remotely attractive. pitch. agers and young -adults, ner), the naughty nurse, the trump the internal? Pippi Longstocking is in fact Their inability to with Ahem: Ladies and gen making them like vam French maid (there is proba Even though I understand a popular costume this year. stand sunlight would not clemen, may I present these pires, and drinking up every bly nothing French about it), this as part of my culture, I To this I say "bah"'! My heroic make them sparkle during books for your consider blood-stained word on ev and even several scantily dad have noted that as many Hal Halloween harlot has a rank. the day. ation. e,ry blood-soaked page. popular media characters like loweens have passed, even fu it stands, the title of R MAD SCIENCE COLUMN Going bats for vampires! vampires? not only walk but can actu There are three vampire ally run, using their powerful bat species: Desmodus rotun forelimbs to propel them dus (common vampire bat), selves. DiphyUa ecaudata (hairy Like other blood-feeders, legged vampire bat) and Di vampire bats need a way to aemus youngi C' hite-winged prevent meir prey's blood vampire bat). Vampire bats from clotting as they feed. weigh about 30 to 40 grams. Their saliva contains an an Worldly celebrations of the dead The common vampire bats ticoagulant substance called, feed on mammals while the appropriately. draculin. Growing up, I actually of October-a fire is lit ev butterflies carried the spirits other twO species prefer birds. However, vampire bats do knew nothing about Hal ery night in order to show of dead ancestors. They range from Mexico to not really suck blood, they loween. the ancestors where their These celebrations are It is almost Halloween, so Argentina. lap it up from the wound site. In Senegal. we have noth families might be found. considered by many to be let's go bats-vampire bats. Feeding on blood is called Because vampire bats feed ing like Halloween, so I was Obon is one of the two the most important celebra Bats have long been asso hematophagy, literally blood on the same prey over several a little confused my fust year times throughout the Japa tiom of the year. ciated with Halloween, being eating. Several animals feed nights, they need a way to in America. nese year when the dead are The French, on the other nocturnal creatures whose on blood including leeches, find the same animal again. Truth be told, Halloween supposed to rerum to their hand do not celebrate Hal silent flight and eerie appear mosquitoes, ticks and lam A 2006 research study de is one of the world s oldest places of birth. loween in order to honor the ance make them all the more prey eels. scribed how vampire bats can and most-celebrated holi Along the Spanish-speak dead. mysterious. While some are opporru identifY their victims by meir day. ing nations mainly Mexico Halloween is acrually .And vampires are a Hal nistic blood-feeders, others breathing, much as we can HalJoween starred from a and Spain, Halloween is seen as ~ American holiday. loween staple. Folk legends are obligate hematophages, identify individuals by their Celtic celebration, known as recognized as 'El Dia de los Halloween in France is usu about vampires are found meaning they must drink voices. Samhain. 1.1uertos." which means the ally celebrated by costumed in various places around the blood. Vampire bats are the ~1hile the original prey I t was recognized as Hal day of the dead. It is a time people of all ages going to world. latter. Other species that of common vampire bats are lows Eve, as it took place the where faInilies celebrate parties at homes, restaurants Vampire bats are the only feed on blood, such as ticks rainforest mammals, they re day before All Saints Day their dead ancestors. or clubs. mammals that feed only on and mosquitoes, are more of portedly often feed on cattle which is November 1- It is a blissful and cheerful The costumes themselves blood. They feed only after a health threat, bUt there is now, less because of an ac marked the end of harvest holiday, a time to remember lean towards traditional dark and on the same victim, something creepy about vam quired taste for beef blood and was frequently linked friends and family who have mummies, ghosts and witch er... prey, over several nights. pire bats. man because cattle are more with death. died. es, bur trick-or-treating for But rather than being natives And "creepy" is the right available and easily accessible. I was surprised to learn To celebrate the dead kids is rare. In France, Hal of Transylvania, vampire bats word. Vampire bats creep Bur vampire bats are not that many countries around who are thought to return to loween is more about having are found only in Central and up on their prey to feed only aU bad. Like humans, vam the world celebrate Hallow their homes on Halloween, fun than anything else. South America. at night, when their prey is pire bats display a behavior een, and each in their own many families make altars Ironically, .Halloween did The vampire legends ac sleeping. After locating the called "reciprocal altruism" unique ways. in their home and decorate not originate from the Stares tually predate the discovery prey, they land nearby and because they share food with For example, the Japanese it with sweets, flowers, pho but rather about 2,000 of vampire bats in South walk up to it. The vampire unrelated members of their do not celebrate Halloween tographs and the deceased's years ago in the area of the America in the 16th century. bat makes a small wound in group. in the traditional western favorite foods. world that is now Ireland, They are not native to Europe the ankle or-lower leg from According to an article approach. To help the dead find the United Kingdom, and or Asia, so they are not the which it feeds. on http://www.sciencedaily. Actually; most people in their way home; candles are northern France. source of vampire folk leg Most bats are better at com about the above 2005 Japan know little about Hal burned every night. Celebrating the dead, as ends. In fact, it appears real Hying than walking but the research study, one researcher loween in the United States The families also deco well as death itself, can be vampire bats were named for common vampire bat is one called them "cute, adorable, or how it is celebrated. rate the graves of family found in a large number of the folkloric tales. of only two species that are big-eyed and family-orient Halloween is kind of like and friends who have passed different cultures around the However, "Dracula" a-u good walkers. ed." the Japanese celebration of away. world. thor Bram Stoker was cer Unlike most other bats, But they will still suck the Obon Festival because The entire celebration is As Halloween quickly ap tainly aware of vampire bats: vampires escape by scurry your blood. it is dedicated to the spirits about life from start to fin proaches in the States, it is He incorporated information ing away, perhaps to prevent of ancestors. Special foods ish. time to reHect on why these about them with the folk awakened prey from stepping Yes, it's as fun as it are made and red lanterns The fall season in Mexico traditions exist in so many tales in cr3.fting his 1897 nov on them while also allowing are then set to float on rivers is the time when untold different places. looks. el, and he even mentioned them to quickly return to re and seas. numbers of Monarch but S6, Happy Halloween -vampire bats in the original sume feeding. Apply at: During the Obon Festi terflies take shelter in Mex world, whether you celebrat vampire novel. A 2005 Cornell University 1thcQ:[email protected] val- which takes place dur ico's oyamel fir trees. ed it a couple of months ago But what about these real study said that vampire bats ing July or August, instead The Aztecs believed these or this week. OCTOBER 26, 2009 ~hE Q1}rrmt 29 Classified ads are free for students, faculty and staff. Other rates vary. 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I I t The Currenfs office will receive a free Current T-shirt! ucl BY ZACHARY BRAAAAA1NS KRAFT BY PAUL liTHE WOLFMAN" MAGUIRE 32 ~r ~rrrnt OaoBER 26 2009 Your week'ly calendar of campus events. UWhat's Current" is a free service for student organizations. Deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. the Thursday before publication. First-come, first-served. Listings may be edited for length and style. E-mail event listings to the€[email protected] wjth the subject "What's Current. n No phone submissions. All listings use 516 prefixes unless noted. Monday, Oct. 26 Haunted Scavenger Hunt Part of the University Program Board's Creepy Week series! Join us for a halloween-themed scanger hunt with prizes! The fun starts in the Nosh at 3pm. The 2 and 4 of latin, Cuban, and West African Music Matt Henry, director of percussion studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and members of the UMSLAfro-Cuban Ensemble ' demonstrate and explain concepts and styles in Latin, Cuban, and West African music. Located in 222 J.c. Penney Conference Center, from 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM . For more information con tact Karen Lucas at 314-516-5699. --- Tuesday, Oct. 27 Caramel Apple Bar Part of the University Program Board's Creepy Week series! Free apples and toppings! Join us in the Pilot House from 11 AM to 1 PM. Carve for a Cause Come carve up your best Jack 0 lantern! Sponsored by SGA & Delta Zelta. Benefits go to The Painted Turtle, a camp for children with life-threatening illnesses. Located in the Nosh, from 2 PM to 4 PM. Pumpkin Pickjng on a long-standing Newman tradition at our 10th annual Pumpkin Carv ing Contest! Tables, designs, and carving tools provided. Be sure to B.y'O.P (Bring your own pumpkin)! Located in Catholic Newman Center (8200 Natural Bridge), at 7:30 PM. For more information contact Liz Detwiler at 314-385-3455 . Wednesday, Oct. 28 Harry Potter & the Half Btood Prince Part of the University Program Board's Creepy Week I series! A free showing of the latest Harry Potter flick. Join us in the Pilot House at 6:30 PM . Carve for a Cause Help us judge who's best Jack 0 Lantern! Sponsored by SGA & Delta Zelta. Benefits go to The Painted Turtle, a camp for children with lITe-threatening illnesses. Located in the Nosh, from 11 AM to 2 PM. Spooky decorations adorned the quad last week as the spirit of Halloween took over UM-St l ouis. The skeleton and ghost were on display to advertise tRe Ghost Hunters' Jason Hawes and Noon at the Nosh Eat with your favorite CNC Staff at the Nosh! Located in 222 J.(, Penney Grant Wilson visit to campus on Tuesday hosted by the University Program Board. The pair dis Conference Center, from 12:00 to 1: 00 PM. For more info contact Liz Detwiler at 314-385-3455. cussed their investigations and shared some creepy stories as well as answered questions from students and faculty. ThursdaYJ Oc1. 29 Costume Contest Part of the University Program Board's Creepy Week series! Compete with Experience St. louis: SIX FLAGS This is our 5th year ending Creepy Week with our student your peers for top costume! Join us in the Nosh fat 12:30PM. trip to SIX FLAGS St. Louis. Fright fest is one of the best events that Six Flags hosts, and we want our students to enjoy it with Discounted tickets and free transportation from the University Trick or Treat in the MSC & Huge Spirit Sale Sponsored by the University Bookstore. Pick Program Board. Sign up in 366 MSC, and call us for more details. For more information contact up a free Trick or Treat back and visit the offices throughout the MSC. Also, check out the book Darren Nesbitt at 314-516-5531. store for some horrific deals! Political Science Academy Join us for a lively discussion of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and other hotspots. Speaker will be Dr. Martin Rochester. located at 7425 York Dr., Haunted Garage Transform the Newman Center's sometimes scary garage into a VERY scary Clayton, MO, at 7:30 PM. Haunted Garage for 350 neighborhood kids on Halloween! Help set-up, plan, or build in ad vance (talk to Liz), volunteer to be a creepy character, or show up at 6pm on Halloween night! Located at 8200 Natural Bridge. For more info contact Liz Detwiler at 314-385-3455.