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. SGA constitution This Old Barn to be presented at next meeting
BY DAVID BAUGHER senior editor SGA President Jim Avery and Comptroller Ben Ash have apparently come to an agreement regarding the presentation of a new constitution to the student body. Avery said Ash will allow a version of the con stitution he worked on over the summer to be revised and voted on by the assembly before the end of the semester. Ash had earlier withdrawn his document from consideration after becoming discouraged by poor attendance at special meet ings held to revise SGA's governing document. "Ben and I had a discussion and decided mutually that the best thing for SGA would be for Ben to bring forward the constitution that he worked so diligently on and we will have the presentation at the Ash, Avery next meeting and all the members can go decide back and review it to against pro make any necessary TUSCALOOSA,AJa. - changes," Avery said. posed stu Smdent: Gover.mnem Association Presidmcia1 eandidate Pabien Zinga S tephanie Platt/The CIiTTent Ash and Avery dent gro up both said that the new rea:ived a threatening phone call A crowd gathers outside The Arena demolition site after the historic building was tom down Feb 27. For student constitution makes no freezes, see loaded '\Vim racimt slurs late Monday reaction to the demolition of the "Old Bam," and photos of its final moments, see page 6. major changes from night, and he belie es the University's page 7. the old one though urldergro~Dd fraternity-based .organi both agreed it would zation known as ,·the Mlwhine' was clear up vague or imprecise wording from the old behind the threat. VITA program helping community document. "I could rell by the voice on the "It's a lot cleaner, a lot more to the point, a lot phoBe that it was .1 white man." said better organized, a lot fewer mistakes, a lot of Zinga.a senior in prl"-med. "He main with income tax return assistance things that have been fleshed out ..." Ash said. ly aid a lot of curse words, but the Ash said that the document was not all it one thing that reilly caught my .men- BY SUE BRITT could have been ho er. . was when h sai Ie going mey" staff associate New tax law changes may ''I've always said that this is a skeleton consti to hang me up on a tree." Volunteer Income T ax Assistance is seudinO" volunteers to tution," Ash said. "Perhaps that's what this The Uni 'erstty D epartment of assist area citizens with their income tax returns. hile new tax school wants, something that has a lot of stuH Public SafetY i investigating, but benefit college students laws could allow UM-St. Louis studems to sa on tax.es this ear. that can be read into it instead of a lot of hard and Zinga said h hdieve. the 1¥lachine is $1,000. Chew said this is subject to reduction or elinLination The UM-St. Louis program, sponsored by the School of fast rules." the culprit. depending on the level of modified adjusted gross income. Business Administration, has been operating since 1973 and is the Acccording to the SGA bylaws the Assembly The Machin a select coalition of There are another couple of new deductions to b nefit college largest university-based income tax service in the region. must pass the new constitution by a tWo-thirds traditionally white frat€mity and students or their parents. One is the Hope Scholarship cr di t and Volunteers, including upper-division undergraduate and graduate majority before it moves to a vote of the student sorority members designed to influ the other is the Lfetime Learning credit. acc01mting students, alumni, and certified publi accountants body. Avery said that the SGA election has been ence campus polinc , has a long hist.o "There's some real benefit here in terms of educational expens assist senior and low-to-moderate income tax pa) ers at several delayed until late next month in order to give the ry on the Univ:ersity .:ampu . es," Chew said "The Hope Scholarship credit is a tax credit for locations throughout the area. The service began Feb. 13 and will . student body a chance to pass the constitution In 1993. pre:.idential hopeful tuition and related expen es incurred for the first two years of continue until the middle of April. while electing SGA oHicers. The document ·Minda Riley was .lttacked, allegedly post-secondary education. So it could be trade school, it could be Lindell Chew, instructor in the School of Business needs a simple majority of the student body to by a member of the Machine, result junior college, community college, or it could be a four year uni Administration, is faculty advisor for and co-founder of the vrr A pass. ing:in the.n-Vice President of Student versity like [UM-St. Louis). The credit is a maximum oi $] 500 program. Chew said there have been some recent changes to the "Instead of having an election and then ten :Mlairs Harry Knapke's shqtcing per student. So, that's a big chunk if you can shelter $1 ,500 of income tax laws that may be of interest to college students or par days later have another election, the plan was that d0WD SGA. tuition and related eJ<.'PeIises." tae ents of college students. we were going to wait until after the SGA meet- Chris Strong. one ofZinga's oppo Chew said that there is a new de'ducoon for student loan inter The Lfetime Learning credit applies to tuition and related nents, received several phone dlls est paid ",rjthin the first 60 months that interest is due for up to see VIT A, page 7 see SG A, page 7 threatenmg physical harm tm'ee , weeks pri"r ro the Stan of campaign ~. Amaada Jarrell, Strong's. CUll paign manager, also said ;she was Campus senate election threatened I>y phone. StrQng said Winter's Comeback 'th~r-e is a po il5i:lity the Machine is ;mvol~ but h does not want to point a finger yet. Jarren said me turnout reported as high thinks someOne :iswilling to do any regarding the senate elections this year. thing they can 'to 'liminate the·com- BY SUE SR ITT staff associate English said that with all the discussion Turnout for senate student elections was about lack of student involvement in the said he did ~Ot rq>oIt the higher this year than last. senate and in the Student Government placed to hlmself ana Iarrelf The cause of the increase Association, students ,Ut:~aUlil~e knew ~ SJi.ch as th.u was credited to a combi were more encouraged to . hap~ ",-hen he decided to run ...... --- ,,--- nation of factors by the take a stand. She said the · £01' office~ Just encouraged students who voted may University President Andrew staff of the office of the have been trying to con · &mmsen condenmed the mrea-r, hut senate. the professors vey that they do care and said tiJk of shuttitig down the SGA This year 317 students to model the right will become involved. Was pretnature. voted for other students behavior for the stu English also said Gail In addition to the threatening can. running for senate seats [I Babcock was a vital con 14 of the 16 signs Zingaand his !lUp-' compared to the turnout dents.. asked t h m tributor to the success 'f2<,")nersJIU! out on C3.tnpns have been last year of 224. There to help] recruit stu were also rwo more stu this year. Babcock, a co either"d dtroyed OT vandalized.. dents they felt would dents running for the 25 chair of the election available student seats take the respenslblU.. committee, spoke before than last year. Forty-four t, (of senatorl nd the senate at its last ran this year. (to help recruit) yol meeting, and English BuLt"lmN B'OARD • • •• ••• ••...2 Sue English of the sen unt•• ,s . said that she set a good .:F'EA1l.JRES ••• ••• ; •• , ••••••• 3 ate office said a strong example for the rest of -Gail Babcock, co-chair of the sen- the students. C~ARY . ••· •••••••••... 4 group of students brought ate student election committee SPOlcrS . • ~ . • . • • . . • • . • . . • . . 5 awareness to the student "I just encouraged the
I SPEON. FEATuRE ~ ...•.••. . • 6 body concerning the need _~ ____ " ______professors to model the THE NERD TABLE••.••.•••• , .7 for involvement in senate right behavior for the CI:.A,~D9.... ' . ••. .•• ••• " 9 Issues. students," Babcock said. "[I asked them to "We had a great student subcommittee help) recruit students they felt would take Newsroom • [ this year] that made sure we had volunteers the responsibil~ty [of senator] and [to help . Advertisillg • to man the polls," English said. "They recrui t] volunteers." Fax • passed out hundreds of flyers. They put Babcock said the support of the staff at them in each student organization mailbox the polls was a great help. She said more Stephanie Platt/The CUTTent and on billboards. They also talked to dif than half of the volunteers were fac ulty and A g oose leaves his footprints in the snow after a brief winter ferent professors and asked them to staff. . storm hit campus early last week. The storm coated the area [announce the elections J." "They deserve credit," Babcock said, with about half an inch of ice and snow, most of which melted English said the advertising and articles in "[because) it wasn't about them, it wasn't within hours. the Current also increased consciousness for them-it was for the students." Page 2 mbe QC u rrent March 15, 1999
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Conmentary _ rourms reIIect the opinion of vehicle while it was parked on the t op floor of ! Hall. The vi ctim had left the coat and bookbag in At 8:10 p.m. a person was arrested on the South the ntvldual author. UnsI~ e a f i r m co n 9 rat u I a t io [IS Emst & Young the most dynamic profeSSional services firm At the same time, we would like to congratulate our own team for their foresight in acquiring some in the world, would like to congratulate the following of the best and brightest graduates anywhere. The se students will soon be invaluable to the University of Missouri· SI. louis students for accepting success of our world-class organization. As key members of our global team, they will enable us to a challenging and rewarding C Amy Lombardo, Features Editor Phone 516-5174, Fax 516-6811 Litterbugs ruin joy of of an ntLEr culturE Hungry for entered the back room filled \vith items from Japan. Narita proceeded to hand each urban living guest a coin with a ribbon tied through it. knowledge? "This is a five-yen coin from Japan," Narita said. There are many things in life There was a sign posted sayingthat "goen" means "5 yen" in Japanese. that I do not understand. I'm not The third Tomoko Sukegawa, a senior in communication theory, explained the other mean ashamed to admit this. ing of "gaen." I can rarely follow anything annual "It means (Tood luck to meeting good people," Sukegawa said. o 'k math-related, 1 know very little Japanese Japanese students also wore traditional gowns for this festive event. Man 0 about brain surgery, and I can't Noguchi, a senior in communication theory, describes the kimono (a traditional for the life of me figure out why Student dress) and the yukata (a summer version of the kimono), which she was wearing. men don't like to ask for direc "[The J kimono is the traditional dress, and is made of silk," Noguchi said. "It is tions. But one thing I really do Association very expensive. It is like buying a car. [The] yukata is made of cotton." not comprehend on any level is Dinner was These gowns are worn for graduation, adult days (when a person reaches the age the act of littering. of 20), weddings, funerals, and regional festivals . In the past, more than twelve lay This may sound pretty trivial, an oppor ers were worn under the gowns; now only two layers are worn. but perhaps it is the very fact that Yoshiko Shimizu, a senior in anthropology, is the president of the Japanese it's such a minuscule thing that · tunity to Student Association. Shimizu welcomed the guests, introduced the officers, and really grinds me. Because it's real directed the guests to the buffet table. ly nOt a big deal to shove that gum understand The Japanese cuisine represented at the buffet was yakisoba (fried noodles), wrapper in your pocket until you the foods, · yasai-itame (fried vegetables), buta-no-syouga-yaki (pork with ginger and soy find a trash can. It's no major sauce), soba (buckwheat noodles), sushi, and potato salad. Later, during the Jodo effort to leave that fast food bag in arts and and Shotokan Karate presentation, guests were introduced to green tea ice cream for your car until you get home. dessert. There's no difficulry involved in people of Dave Lowry, current president of St. Louis/ SUWA Executive Planning Board for holding on to the Japanese Festival demonstrated "J odo," an older Japanese art form (different that empty the richly from "Judo") with his student, Bill Lough. soda can for a "It's a form that not many people in Japan see," Lowry said. "We don't have few extra min cultured competitions. Maybe 200 people in Japan practice it, and 100 people outside of utes. Japan." So, what's island David Campbell and Girish Chandranmenon, members of the Washington the problem? nation of University Shotokan Karate Club, and Tabitha Miller, a member of the University Are these Yuka Sato (left) and Kanako Zaitsu prepare sauteed ginger of Missouri-St. Louis Shotokan Karate Club demonstrated the techniques while people afraid AMY LOMBARDO polk for the Japanese Student Association's third annual Japan Robert Miller, also a member of the UM-St. Louis Shotokan Karate Club, describes that SOlne- 'F'~'~T~ '~'e's'-'E"~ii-t'o~' dinner, Sat urday. . the purpose of the move ments. one might "In the beginning stage, the students learn a series of turn s," Miller said. "We're give them something important E.I .:'. ....L..I .. ~ .. ~... .~ .. :...... p..~.. ! ..r. . I . ~...... of the Current staff to put in their pocket and that rrying to get the student to move from the ir body center." The Japanese Student Association held their third an nual dinner at the South piece of paper will take up toO After the dinner and the presentations, the guests returned to the back room to much room? Is she scared that Campus Residence Hall on Saturday, March 6. learn hov,' to do origami, an artwork using paper and fol ding techniques to make a she 'Will be ridiculed for not par While the guests arrived, members of th e Japanese Student Association contin frog or the pupular ·:ranc ..1 Jso, guests had their names written in Japanese by cal taking in a finer dining establish ued to make last minute preparations for the dinner. Japanese music played softly ligraphy. as the guests walked into the entrance of the room, mesmerized by the Japanese ment? Does he have :I fear of For those who mis ed this fes tive event, don't miss it the next time. Contact being labeled the "Empty Can masks, pictures, and posters that decorated the walls. Yoshiko Shimi zu for more information about the Japanese dinner or the Japanese Man?" Megumi Narita. a junior in communication theory, welcomed gues ts when they Student Associati n::lt 516-7045. Lee's' fact: it, the worse thing .that could happen is a possible lin gering burger odor in your vehicle if you forget about the trash for a e will set sights few days. It JUSt b ggles my mind that a sociery such as ours that is supposed to be civilized in most on future of female leaders areas can be so .. . barbaric. That's a pretty strong word, I BY ANNE PORTER Through this conference, Mis ouri college know, but I think it's pretty fit staff associate women will be able to experience the differen t ting. Here we are, this cultured In Missouri, only about 20 percent of the aspect of public policy, and will le arn many lea der and progressive group of people, General Assembly members are women. This num ship skill s. and we can't even tOss our used ber may seem low, but it is a record-breakin g p ' r The agt nd :l includes meeting with elected tissues into a wastebasket. centage. In 1990, only 15 percent of the General w men offic i:tls, gove rnment le :lders , Jnd policy I'd now like to share a few hor Assembly were women repres entatives . makers. The conference also includes a trip to ror stories I've personally wit The 21st Century Leadership Training con er Jefferson ity to meet with state le:lde rs and to par nessed. Before I begin, I'd like to What other uses for the ence has decided to change this. ticipate in a mo k legislative session of their own. say that any reader who are eas i At the 21st Century Leader hip Trainin g confer Dayna St ck is the manager for the Sue Shear ly disgusted with the obvious Arena can you th ink of ence bst year, 25 participants attended. This year, Institute for Women in Public Life . hypocrisies and indecencies that the 21st Century Lea dership conference will pro "\'l/e reall y wa nt to encourage women interested continue to poUute humanity, vide 36 new participants fr om nine Missouri in public policy. It seems that public pol icy is an proceed with caution. I've seen instead of tearing it down? schools with new in sight into the world of public area where women are underrepresented. So we are some abominable occurrences in policy. trying to take college women [who are] interested my day. There was the time that a This conference, only in its second yea r, is a and introduce them to women in pu blic policy so grown man dumped out the "Give to community and organiza tions for various functions.)) week-long program that will be held at the Pierre that can se em more :1 ttainable," Stock sa id. entire contents of his overflowing Lacl ede Honors C olle e on the UM-St. Louis c:lm Stock s:l id th:\[ the ove rall effects of this confer- ashtray OntO the parking lot in -Salim Phillips pu s. The conference will begin on Mar. 23 and end broad daylight. I once watched a Junior/Graphic Desig n on Mar. 28. see WOMEN, page 7 kindly grandma clean Out her purse at a bus Stop by indiscreetly dropping the undesired items on the ground ... directly next to the Concert Review trash can. I looked on as unat tended children ripped open pop "The world's largest Chinese buf sides and immediately threw the fet." Son Volt heats up stage wrappers into a nearby bush with -Eric Eiler out a second thought. Then, when Senior / Communications Son Volt wrapped up the tour supporting their and powerful endings. they finished their snack, they - latest release, "Wide Swing Tremolo," with two The new re lease's slower folk and country brace yourself - discarded the consecutive sold out shows at Mississippi Nights inspired runes, such as Hanging Blue Side. Carry You sticks in the exact same manner. on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27. Do'UiYl, and Dead Man's CLothes, were a surprise to Ohhh, the INSANITY! ThroughoUt most of February, on Volt tOured hear since tht: recorded versions employ organs and I am repeatedly confounded by "I think they should've thrown across the nation, playing :I show almost every night. pedal ste el gu itars. However, multi-instrumentalist this SO rt of behavior. The laSt two shows were not only the end to this a huge party in the Arena. And Dave Boquist compensated with beautiful fidd le I don't know, maybe it's JUSt grueling schedule, they were al so a chance for the playing. then tear it down." nOt a priority to anyone but me. band to play for their friends and fami ly . "Wide Swing Tremolo's" other more uncategori Maybe some people feel that the -Heather Baudino Singer and guitarist Jay Farrar and drummer Mii;:e cal s('ngs, like Driving the Vieu' , kfcdlcine Hat, ~nd earth needs a little "decoration" in Senior / Education Heidorn both come from the St. Louis vicinity and Blind Hope, were also jusr as goud, if not better, the form of unwanted, dirty mate had much of their fam il y and friends in attendance. than the recording. rials. Once, a litterbug tried to Some of the more recognizable guests were FredJy Of co urse, mixed within their new material were explain to me how he was helping Friction of the Highway Matrons and some of the various gems from Son Volt's t,,';O previous record the economy by giving work to "Another UM-St. Louis cam members of The Botrlerockets. ings, Trace. and Straightaways. Songs, such as Tear the trash collectors and street pus: UMSL East.)) The opening act was singer/ songwriter Richard Stained Eye (which featured a harmonica solo by I cleaners. Okay, so suppose with Buckner who was backed up by his girlfriend on the Farrar), CalJiatid Easy, an electric version of that logic, you could say that can -Jacqueline Sarris drums. Buckner's solemn folk/rock performance IX/ind/all, Live FI'ee, 10 Second News, and Dmwn, all cer is actually a good thing Junior/ Communication suited the crowd's tastes, and he was very well evoked an enormous response from the audience. because it provides doctOrs and rect:ived. Son Volt's performance reflected the Both nighrs ended with loud covers that allowed surgeons with plenty of patients, sound of their new release-more rock n' roll than the band to "CUt loose." Friday night ended with a or that car accidents and divorce ever. furious Del-Vens song called Last Time ArOlmd, and benefit society by ensuring the Son Volt performed almost every song off of on Saturday night, they ended with an old Uncle "Use it to hold all of jobs of countless attorneys? "Wide Swing Tremolo" with amazing accuracy and Tupelo tune from "Anodyne" called Chickamauga. No matter how many excuseS McGwire's homerun balls." tasteful arrangements, further supporting their repu Even though Son Voir is not the kind of band ro are invented, fact is fact. It's just tation as one of the finest live bands around. smash th<:ir guitars and jump into the crowd, it is plain laziness, and there's no -Gabriel Douek The rock songs from the release such as Flow , 'lhvays exc iting to see them because they rely so lel y rationalizing Sophomore/ Business it. Deal with it, and Questiorl, Right on Through and Straight/ace we re JUSt on the qualiry of the music, which in itself is an then dispose of it in the proper as impressive as the recordings with their dropped extremely rare trait among rock musicians. comall1er. L..._..:. __,:";,,,,;:.. ______.... tunings, mellow vocal harmonies, driving rhythms, -Kevin Buckley Page 4 'Urbe Q[urrent March 15, 1999 Goofs are not as Editorial Board funny as they seem David Baugher -~) [dllor in Cill'ej TilE n..-t :rn_~~'"'j ", ... ,,~~ ) CU UR.f,.r I ~ ,,_n .Recently, a newspaper has been circulating around the Joe Harris office getting a chuckle or two. I will not name the publica _'-- ---r-= Malluglng Editor & tion (just that its not ours, thank God) but w'i1l tell you Ed/trmal Page Editor Mail about the minor error that's left more than a few folks in Fax Letters to the editor Telephone stitches. "O"r Uplnion" rellects (he (314) 516-6811 E-mail 7940 Natural Bridge Road (314) 516-5174 On the front page above the fold is a dull-looking article OIJllllOn of tlw eriitonai bawd [email protected] St. Louis, MO 63121 with an equally dull headline (something like "New Commisioner Named"). The layOut also includes a mug shot of the fellow in the story. However, the photo'S cutline (thar's a caption, for those of you not knowledgable in the .------11 OUR OPINION ~I------, lingo of newspaper production) where the person was sup posed to be identified contains only the immortal words "Name Here." Ooops! It was the son of boner you expect during the choas and con Senate election or popularity contest? fusion of page design and layout. Someone forgot the name and put in a The Issue: Last week's senate student election ,,:as very successful This system may have worked in the past when the sen filler caption and someone else missed in regards w the high number of candidates funning for ate was literally begging for students to run, but it doesn't The student senate it during final proofing. the 25 student seats in the campus body. The election am-more. There needs to be more information on the can My first inclination upon reading it race had a surprising marked the highest number of candidates in the recent his didates ,,"ith more students running. was to laugh. But perspective is a number of applicants wry of UM-St. Louis with 44 candidates nmning for the \Vhen the best student candidates gel: into office, many funny thing. What is it about other _"p~~UGH__ E_~ __ _ this year. However, lit seats. In fact, it was only the second time in recent school of the complaints about student participation in the senate people's mistakes th,lt's so hilarious? I Editor-in-Chief tle information was his wry that they had more candidates run than seats avail nuy disappear. Faculty senate members have continuous bet the guy who layed out the page given about these able. ly blasted students about poor attendance by elected Stu wasn't laughing. If I had been doing his job I wouldn't be. Yet it's considered socially accepcable to lampoon the fail candidates on the bal The senate election committee should be applauded for dent senators. However, the senate needs to look no far ings of some poor anonymous schmuck page designer none their efforts and attempts to run the election as sm oOthly ther than themselves to find a solution to the problem. lots. of us even know. Human beings have a terribly cruel streak as possible. Not only did they have to prepare the list o f The solution lies in giving student voters the informa in them. We Suggest: candidates on a ballot, they Iud to organize yolumeers Sta ti on they need about senate candidates before they vote. A As an editor myself, I know the pain of having your tioned at various polling places around campus. name and a major just doesn't COYef it alL Perhaps more The senate should screw-ups published and distributed to the community-at U nfonunately, ,,"ith the increasing number of candi time to campaign \vauld allow greater dissemination of take steps to better large. Sometimes small things, Sometimes bigger ones. But dates running fo r student seats come, an other concern information. Instead, all a student has to do is to get their inform the students mistakes do happen and when I have the misforrune of mak aly,ut the voting process which the senate d ection com fraternity, sorority, or orga nization to vo te them in and ing them. I certainly don't like to be snickered at. Yet, I'll for whom it is they mittee needs to address before next ve.u-'s dection. This it's over and done with. Th ey look good when they put it are voting. laugh as hard as anyone at the frailties of a guy doing the concern is how the candidates were listed un the hall oe o n thei r resume, their organization looks good because same job I am, whose bloopers CQuld, but for the grace of This year all 44 candidate were listed in alphabetic al they ha a ,tudent senator, and th e ' don't even have to So what do you God and a good copy editor, be my own. order and next to their names were their majors. There was sh ow up for the meetings. Okay, so mistakes are funny. It is for better or worse think? to u r no way know about qualifications, past experienc e, If the student senate attendance fiaures continue to be human nature to laugh at such things. Perhaps laughing at Let us hear from you the candidate's expecta ti ons for the future. .1bysmal, then the students and the senate have no one but others will make us feel better about ourselves. But while The lack of voting knowled crc turn ed the senate ball ot th emselves to blame. More time to campaiO'n to inform the on this or any issue in we can't control our impulse to gi ggl e ail the time, maybe ing into a popularity contest instead of an in formed studem s or more information provided on the ballot as to we could at least try to regulate it. After all, to err is human, a letter to the editor. choice. Many students only vo ted for those students who the candidate's quali fi cations would be a good first step. no one's perfect. So next time you see someone else's goof, they knew instead of voting for the most quali fied candi Afte r that it's the studems' job to choose the best ones. pause a little before you laugh, just to remember that every [email protected] dates. Let's Stop the popularity contes t. mistake has some anonymous person's feelings wrapped up in it. Perhaps someune a lot like you . .. ~ .~ ,. , . • 'f (Clever column ending here.) ;1) - ---- • • !"I LETTERS TO T HE EDITOR Social discomfort Comptroller owes group an apology reveals deepest fears If we think about it, most of us live a pretty charmed life. The Student orgamzatlon of the National Education for the slight lie with Ben Ash, comptroller of the SGA, whose We have a warm roof over our heads, we are intelligent, hey, Association requests a formal apology from SGA comptroller Ben visage and comments appear on the front page of The Current. we can even walk. Unfortunately, all too often, we take Ash. In the Mar. 1 issue of The Current, Mr. Ash submined the While an article in the Mar. 8 issue of The Cp,rrent states that the these blessings for granted. name of our organization as one of the campus organizations list SNEA "should not have been listed," we are of the opinion that Recently, on one of my frequent visits to QuickTrip ed on page eight that "have missed four or more [meetings J and Mr. Ash should not have made such serious accusations without (you'd be surprised at how much caffeine helps you work may be facing expulsion." thoroughly researching the history of each organization listed. late hours) I had an eye-opening experience. In 1996, the prevIOUS SNEA orgamzatlon disbanded. In To both the current and future members of the SGA: the I walked in to get my customary 64-ounce refill of soda. When got to the soda fountain, I heard a loud, incoherent, October of 1998 six UM-St. Louis students decided to reorganize SNEA is not an irresponsible organization. We arc young and r voice_ I turned around to see a mentally-handicapped gen the SNEA. The would-be co-president submitted the necessary growing, and very earnest in our attempts to reestablish ourselves. tleman with a young boy. The young boy, who was not men paperwork to register us as a student organization on campus. If there are fears that we will not remain on campus for very long, tally handicapped, was helping the man with his soda and When she attended the Oct. 29 SGA meeting, the university did freezing our budget will certainly help along those fears. \Y/ e have telling him what to do. not yet officially reorganize the SNEA. All meetings since then no intentions of allowing ourselves to be stricken from the SGA, The boy couldn't have been more than ten years old, but have been attended. and we want to assure the members of the SG A of our continued I was impressed that he kept his composure when the man In the five months of our existence we have increased our mem cooperation. Thank you. didn't understand or listen to him. He obviously had a lot of bership to over 100 members. We greatly appreciate The Current's experience in dealing with the man and I realized that with journalistic integrity, and so assume that the paper faithfully -Katherine Davis out the boy, the man would be totally helpless. printed the information it received. Therefore, the responsibilities Co-President, SNEA Unfortunately, the scene caused me to experience a feel ing within myself. I was uncomfortable. I wanted to get away as fast as I could so I hastily finished pouring my soda and left. I, Why? I felt immediate guilt once I got to my car. Why did I react that way? There was no way that man could have hurt me. He wasn't Unfilled seats are SGA's real problem talking to me, or even acknowledging me. I felt bad. In a way, my actions lump me in with the worst hate groups. I was The real problem of the Student Government Association is are not 1t1 campus orgamzatlons and have no representatlon In at least as intolerant of him as these not Jim Avery. It is the lack of representatives that represent the SGA. I" groups are of different cultures. whole student body. The reputatlOn of the SGA has fallen 1t1 recent years. I thought about it more later that The SGA is not just made up of the three executive officers. It Something has to be done. One possibility is to have students night. I didn't want my actions to be is also made up of the representatives from student organizations run to become representatives from the various schools and col on a bigot'S level. I was raised better.. __. JoE HARR,I_~. __ ._ as well as supposedly, representatives from the various schools leges in the upcoming SGA election in April. If the seats for the than that. Managing Editor and colleges, of which there is only one: me. As Graduate School various schools and colleges were filled, we'd have approximately However the question of why I reacted the way I did still representative, I am the only student that represents students, 25 more seats on the SGA working for the studer-Its. Having ded went through my head. Then I found my answer. I reacted as strongly as I did because I could actually see not just students in a particular organization. The other seats rep icated representatlves who represent students, not Just the a bit of myself in the gentleman. In fact, I could see a bit of resenting the other schools and colleges were not filled in last minority of students who are in student organizations will create society as a whole in him. April's election. an environment for the SGA to work for a better UM-St. Louis I realized that we are all one bad car accident away from for all students. The organizations make sure that their representatives are at becoming a paraplegic, a vegetable, or the fellow at Quick the meetings in order that they do not lose their funds from the However, if UM-St. Louis students are truly apathetic, then I Trip. That fact scared me - that's why I reacted the way I Student Activities Budget Committee. But do these representa propose a second solution. Maybe, SGA should be abolished. did. tives really care about the student body as a whole) Would they Then student organizations could get their funds without attend Sadly, I realized that I wasn't the only one in the store be there if their funds were not being held hostage, pending their ing SGA meetings. There would be more funds available for these acting that way either. Other custOmers seemed to migrate aucndancc at SGA meetings? Even with the mandatory atten organizations since there would be no SGA budget. Then these to other sections, and the "always friendly" clerks seemed to dance requirement (which treats organizations like they are. in organizations could go about their activities without worrying have better things to do. high school, not college) SGA Comptroller Ben Ash is planning about the rest of the students who help pay for these clubs with lt's time that we all learn to enjoy the simple things in to expel 28 student organizations for not attending SGA meet- theif student activities dollars, life. Things like taking a walk on a warm summer day, dri lng-so ving a car, or reading a good book are abilities taken for These organiz,ational representatives represent only a small -Steven M. Wolfe granted by most people - including myseLf. These are pre cious abilities and freedoms that many of us hold dear but number of the UM-St. Louis student body. Most of the students Graduate School Representative don't realize it. Unfortunately, often, we aren't thankful for these bless ings untjl it is too late. " March 15, 1999 m:bc Q[urrcnt Page 5 Ken Dunkin, sports editor phone: 871-2192 fax: 516-6811 e-Illai I: kdunk i [email protected] I ~ Rivermen bounce back, win four in a row SLU will be hard pressed to fi nd Team puts "fluke" loss behind them Winter sto rm another Spoon while streaking to a 4-1 record cancels tourney The news went down a cou BY KEN DUNKIN "This team has really played well together," BY KEN DUNKIN ple weeks ago that Charlie -----~ ~~.- staff editor he said. "They really get along, and with the sports editor 'cSpoonhour had retired after the The season may not have started off as winning streak it is all building up. If we can With the threat of snow and Billikens' disappointing 1999 planned, yet Rivermen baseball has high hopes put together a solid winning streak, things can inclement weather, the Central Missouri • campaign. for the remaining portion of the season. really build up for a great finish to this year." Stare tournament was canceled this This was a huge hlow to the The first game ended in the bottom of the The big winning streak may come when weekend. Billikens and college basketball ninth when a Westminster player smashed a the team makes their annual trip to Florida to The Rivermen were due to leave St. fans around St. Louis. two-run game-winning home run off of play seven games in five days. Louis on Friday for the weekend tau rna Spoonhour exemplified Rivermen pitcher Mark Winfield. Since the In the past the team's play in Florida has men t. Reports of upwards of 10 inches of excellence and smoothness on loss in the season opener, the team has been dictated the play for the remaining portion of snow kept them from leaving the Mark and off the court. He built a on a roll defeating Mount Mercy College and the season. Twain Building. Billiken program up after Rich Missouri Southern in double header banks. "We really have a good run of games in "I'm thankful we didn't have to pull Grawer had destroyed it. "That was a tOugh loss to Westminster. We Florida," Brady said. "\V./e will see some good the bus off the lot," Rivermen Head Players such as Scott could redo that inning 10 other times and it competition. Then the following week we will Coach Jim Brady sai d. "It would have • Highmark, Erwin Claggett, H wouldn't happen again," Rivermen Head play two tOugh teams in SIU-Edwardsville been very disappointing to have gone Waldman, and Larry Hughes Coach Jim Brady said. "It was a fluke. We and Quincy. It is a must that we play well in down there and spend the whole week came out of the disipline and have J-e-grouped since then and have been play all of these games." end in a hotel." mold that Spoon hour had on ing good baseball." One of th~ strong pointS ' in the first five The cancelation of the the tournament them. He made each of these The team put up solid numbers in their games for the Rivermen has been their team means the Rivermen will have a week lay players rise above the adversity games against Missouri Southern last week. speed. They tumed several key double-plays off from game competition. They last Sam Kasle/ The CWTent of their teams and play with They won the first game 6-0 on a seven inning against Missouri Southern. Rivermen hurler Jon Buckingham (43) played Mar. 10 against Missouri leadership and heart. shut-our by Jeremy Birdeau. The win was They have also wreaked havoc on the base pitches against Mount Mercy College in Southern. Their next game will be against That is one thing that no fan helped along v.rith a two run homer from des paths, srealing 14 bases in 15 attempts. Third the first game of a double header on SOlltheast Missouri State this Tuesday. f could e',!er ignated hitter Mark Haglund. The secund baseman Tyler Bates leads the team wi th four March 7. Buckingham and the "It is tough having games not played doubt-the game saw the same winning results as Steve stolen bases. Joe Christian is second with Rivermen won the game 5-1, and took due to weather. We just have to keep up heart of any Stamm wem seven innings, giving up one three. the second game 7-1. our work ethic as usual. We probably Billiken earned run in the 3-1 Rivermen victory. "We can run. Our overall speed is one of must haw good team speed. Our pitchers can need to work harder than usual to stay ballclub. The victories helped to give the team the our biggest bright SpOtS," Bradv said "That put the ball in pb)', and with our outstanding fresh," Brady said. "If we do that, it will They came chemistry that Brady feels they need to h;1\'<: .1 aspect of the game has come more into play defense they can track down almost any payoff when we are playing games near to play, succe~siul season. with wood bats being used. T ,:,lms that win thing." ly every day." whether it be good or bad, each DAVE KINWORTHY Softball continues to struggle, falls to 2-6 and eve ry~'p ' ~'~'t~'~~~ '; ~i ' ;';t '~ night. They I were well-mannered and com posed themselves as Spoonhour Back to back 1-3 weekends leads to taught through his actions. What would have happened closed door team only meeting to Spoon though if all of the St. Louis talent had stayed home? BY JOE HARRIS of the season. Vancil pitched a complete game You ~ould have a surplus of senior editor with seven strike OutS and no walks in her first talent on a ballclub that was at The Riverwomen softball team suffered Start of the year. best a .500 club this season. through a bad,sequel to their season's opening "[Vancil.] kept them off-stride, he threv. Pattonville graduate Brian weekend as they once again" em 1-3 in last drop ball after drop ball, she threw an off Grawer or St. Charles West's weekend's St. Louis Invitational. speed here and there, she spotted the fas t ball, Ryan Robertson would have run The Riverwomen lost 8-1 to Alabama and we actually allowed them on the board the point guard position, while Huntsville, 5-3 ro Wayne State, and 6-5 to early in the game or she would have shut them they would have Larry Hughes Quincy. Alabama-Hunrsville was ranked no. out," Kennedy said. as the shooting guard, if he still 15 in Division II last week, and Wavne State Though they lost to Alabama-HunmiLle remained in college. The for and Quincy are tOugh regional opponents. 8-1, that score may be a bit misleading. The wards would consist of W ebster Their lone win came against Lincoln, 6-2. Ri\"erwomen jumped in front 1-0 in the fi m Groves' Johnnie Parker, Despite the games cbeing played in poor and Allison shut down Alabama-Huntsville's Cardinal Ritter's Chris weather conditions Riverwomen Head powerful attack for five innings until Carawell, and an academically Coach Charlie Kennedy refuses to use that as Al abama-H untsville struck back \\'irh an eligible Justin Tatum. The cen an excuse. opposite field home nm to make it 2-1. ter spot would be a battle "I think the weather affected everybody. The next inning, they got rwo more runs between Cardinal Ritter gradu TIle conditions were nOt the conditione you on a controversial call at first base, and in the ate Loren Woods (currently sit would want to play in on a nonnal basis," n Xt inning Alabama-Huntsville gOt Qur ting out a season after leaving Kennedy saicL "I can't say that [the weather] more after an apparent stJike three Was call d Wake Forest and enrolling at had anything to do with it, but it had some ball four to set up the inning. Arizona) and Hazelwood thing to do with evel;'body playing in the "The game JUSt blew out of proporrion Central's Pat Schumacher. same conditions." when it should have been a 2-1 ball game," This team would and could Kennedy said that he really wasn't disap Kennedy said. "We hit the ball hard. It v,.-as our compete with any team in the pointed "\\rith his ream's play; he was JUSt dis best offensive performance as far as hitting nation. They may not be as suc appointed in the fact that they let several with nothing to show for it." cessful as I make them out to be, games get away. With the team struggling, Kennedy and his "There's dis:lppoinrment in tWO of the playe rs sat down in a closed door meeting but they would compete for the Sam Kasle/ 77le Current losses this w~ekend because they are regional after the games. The team mer last Monday title in Conference USA. Riverwoman Sybil Wall (22) attempts to slide under the catcher's tag at home Spoonhour did a great job teams in Wayne State and Quincy. In both of during one of their days off. "Everybudy came together, it was a round plate in the St, louis Invitational last weekend. with the talent that he had and those games we led the game and ler it slip away," Kennedy said. table, and if was an opportunity for evel)'b d , Parkside. T he game against \'I? isconsin teams in the region and the top four get to go made players compete to the Parkside is imponant for the to the NCAA rournamem. Right now we're best of their ability, but with his D es pite the results, Kennedy was once to get things in the open and move on," p ~ rticularl. Kennedy s~id. River.vomen because of the t"'O regional loss sitting at 0-2 behind Quincy who is 2-0 and vast knowledge about the game again pleased v.~rh his pitchers. Jennifer Vancil Moving on is what the Riverwomen need es against \\/ayne State and Quincy. \Vayne State who is 1-1 and we're not even \ and his coaching memality, he and Kori Allison had gllod performances for the Riverwomen. to duo Aht:ad is the tough Kennes saw Sute "If you're not in the (OP four [in the listed in the top ten. That tells me that we're deserved better. Kennedy said Vancil pitched an outstand Ini"itational that includes national power region) you don'r have a shoe at the NCAA preny far off the pace and we're going to have At Southwest Missouri State, ing game against Lincoln ro earn her first win Kennessav.· State and regional foe Wisconsin- rournament," Kennedy said. "There are 24 to pick it up." this talent would have been acceptable, but at SLU, a team competing in a much more .------~------Sports Opinion ------, physical and media oriented conference, the talent was lack- 1I1g. Spoon did the best he could, Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? but the mental strain the head coaching job took on him was Spring, a rime when life begins anew. The flowers come played for baseball's mOS t glamorous team, he married players of raday. These players make ten times more than too much. He did not want to back, the birds starf chirping, and baseball begins another Marilyn Monroe, and he signed baseball 's first ever DiMaggio did, but aren't a tenth of the player he was. $100,000 contract. leave the city of St. Louis saying season full of promises for the futUr ll while srill chelishing I'll neve r forget the stOries of old time baseball my the past. Sadly, one pan of baseball histOry lefr us laSt Those who knew him said be was a gemlen1.1n bOth on "I screwed them." He simply grandfat her told me. He spoke of the greats- Lou Gehrig, Monday when the Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio, died and off the field. Even though his marriage to Monroe only said that he was retiring and that Babe Ruth. His favorite was Ted Williams, but DiMaggio after a five-month battle Viith lung canoer. lasted ten momhs, he still arranged for her funeral eight always seemed to have a special place in hi s hean. Maybe was that. DiMaggio's career achievements speak for themselves. years later. Spoon has a certain comedy my grandfather, himself being the son of immigrants, felt He batted .325 lifetime and hit 361 home runs. He was also The son of Italian immign;nts, Joe and his brOthers the connection that America did with DiMaggio. about him, and that will be named rhe American League'S Most Valuable Player three Vince and Dam all played professional baseball. In dea th, though, that connection still holds strong, missed. times, played in 11 All-Star games, and was inducted into DiMaggio's mystique drew even the mos t pmverful per beca use even though oltin' Joe mav nOt be with us any I watched the Billikens play J the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. sonalities to him. He visited with Presid ent George Bush, longer, his legacy remains. It "rill be 'passed down through in the NCAA tournament last However, aside from the statistics, the 10 pennant win shook hands with Russian President ?vlikhail Gorbache\"; the ge nerations. Like my grandfather passed it on to me, I year and Spoon was the only ners and nine World Series champiOllships, Joltin' Joe will and Vias a central reference in Ernest Hemming'.vay's clas will pass it down to my kids, and so on. coach not wearing a tie; he was always be remembered for his 56 game hitting streak in sic novel "The Old Man and the Sea." In the meantime, I am reminded of the famous Simon wearing his usual turtleneck and 1941. Despite intense fan and media pressure, DiMaggio "I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing," and Garfunkellyrics: khaki pants. This style and his got a hit in every game from May 15 to July 17 during Hemmingway wrote. "They say his father was a fisherman. humorous anticS will be missed. which time he hit .40S \'\rith 15 home runs and 55 RBIs. The Maybe h~ was as poor as w~ are and would understand." "\'\'here have you gone Joe DiMaggio)" I wish Spoon the best of luck record still stands roday, over 50 years later, and it may The quote from the old fisherman in the no\"el sums up "Our nation turns its londy eyes to you." in his future endeavors and wish never be broken. what DiMag?;io was to America-someone who under "\'>/h3t's that YOU say, Mrs. Robinson'" even more luck co the upcoming But DiMaggio \V,lS more than JUSt a ballplayer; he was an stands, a frien d to all. "JoI6n' Joe bas left and gone away." coach of the SLU Billikens. He American Jeon. He lived every young boy's dream. He These lessons could serve notice to the primadonm. -Joe Harris will need it. Page 6 March 15, 1999 Amy Lombardo, Features Editof SPECIAL FEATURE Phone 516-5174, Fax 516-6811 One last 00 at the Arena Many St. Louisans will always renlember where they were when the majestic 'Old Barn' fell UM-St. Louis students' opiniuns differ on the Arena implosion BY SUE BRITT in the next election because of this decision." staff associate Senior Edward Belter is neutral on the subject. Last month the implosion of the Arena, fonner "It really doesn't matter one way or the other. home of the St. Louis Blues left many UM-St. The city has theif agenda, and they're going to do Louisans with only memories of the landmark held what they want an)way," Belter said. "Plus the dear. Arena has been dead ever since they took hockey Diane Parker a senior at UM-St. Louis majoring away." in Business Administration said she has fond mem Belter said his favorite memories of the Arena ories of the concerts and special events she attended were going to Blues games with his father. at the Arena. She also loved the architecture. "We used to be Blues sea on ticket holders, and "One of my [favorite concerts] would ... proba my dad and I would go to a lot of games," Belter bly have to be the Funkadelics," Parker said. UThat said. "I remember one time r wa drinking a soda concert was there, with the mothership and all that. when the Blues scored and I got so excited that I That was one of my favorite concerts. I'll always spilled my soda allover the woman ill the row below remember that." us. I am luch.-y that she was very understanding." Regarding the demo1ition of the Arena Parker Others are not so concemed with t:he "Bern 1iti0I1 ~ said she was upset about it and has not been able to and seem to not need the building to remain as a even look toward the empty site when she passes it. symbol of their memories of it. They rake a more "1 really wish that they could have let it stay and practical view of it. George Sotiropoulos, a senior maybe have done something else with it, but if it's majoring in political science, is one. not financially feasible for them, you know, they "[My best memory of the Arena] would be the don't care," Parker said. "The aesthetic beauty of it, very first Blues game I ever went to and I got to see that's what they missed." Gary Unger and Bobby Gasoff play, some of the Some students are angry. Senior George Meier older Blues. I witnessed my fi rst hockey fight. I blames St. Louis City mayor Clarence Harmon. remember coming home all charged up. Bobby "Tearing down the Arena was a terrible decision. Gashoff is the one that got into the fi ght that I saw, It's an old place and has a lot of history," Meier said. and I remember from that time on he was my "Tearing it down for an office park is just not right favorite Blue," Sotiropoulos said. ")'ou know I'm and I think people should campaign against Harmon not as upset about [the destruction of the Arena] as other people. My memories are still there, and I did LEFT THREE PHOTOS: And the walls came n't need to have it standiIlg as a reminder. I mean those are things that will always be inside of me." tumbling down. A series of photos show the Arena before, during, and after implo sion. The 69-year-old Arena was implod ed Feb. 27, 1999 at 5:45 p.m. by Spirtas Photos by Wrecking CO. ABOVE: Spirtas employees Stephanie Platt watch as dust from the Arena settles. Shortly after the implosion, street photography director sweepers' began cleaning area streets. LEFT: A lone Blues fan takes a last look at the Arena before its Implosion. People wearing all sorts of sports and con cert memorabilia showed up to sayan emotional goodbye to the "Old Barn." ABOVE: Eric Splrtas (right) checks his watch to see how long until the implosion countdown while Debbie Wingbermuehle (left), the person chosen to push the plunger to implode the Arena, talks to reporters. R IGHT: Thorn Dowd carries the detonator to a press area. Debbie Wingbermuehle walks with him. March 15, 1999 moe SGA won't expel g.-oups, W OMEN, FROM PAGE 3 cnce are that the wo men who everyday life. participate have more con fi ---" --- No specific maj or is required freeze budget allocations dence ::l11 d believe they ca n do really want to be cause a more dive rse back great thing s. In addition, they encourage ground of majors creates more SGA Comptroller Ben Ash has apparentl y reached an le arn many leadership skill s ideas and energy at the confer women interested in agreement with President Jim Avery over the issue of Comptroller hopes for sterner which will help them succeed. ence. Some women may also be whether to expel more than [WO dozen swdent organiza Other sess ions with women public policy. It interested in public policy and tions from the assembly. policies for next year's SGA in public poli cy include ones seems that public not be a political scie nce major Ash had said earlier this month that he wished to eve n anaching it [Q the Swdent ACli\·iti es Budget de signed to teach the skills of as we ll, which is another reason freeze the organizations' budgets due to poor attendance. policy is an area Committee. netwo rking, public speaking, any maj or can attend. Avery refused to sign off on th e expulsions. Ash had said where women are "Whatever attendance rule we decide to follow it will locat in g a mentor, and co nquer The conference, which he may even take his case to the student COU rt, bur he be .. . in the future and ... it will most likely have some in g a han ds hake. underrepresented. includes housin g and most now said he feels that it's tOO late in the year to enforce thing to do with SABC," Ash said. Shannon Mayer, a graduate ·Da yn a Stock meals, is free to attend. the attendance clause. Ash sa id he hoped next year the SGA would "ge t off student at UM-St. Louis, Manager for the Sue Shear Institute The deadlin e for applications "I felt that... it's toO late to do anything," Ash said. for Women in Public Life the ground running." attended the co nference last is March 19, 1999. The applica "It was late on our part because with all of our changes in "Hopefully, next year we can get a dynami c presi dent year. leadership and our organizational structures also, the tion is very easy to complete. and one that will have a good leadership and a good fol Mayer is currently fini shing For more information or to time did just get tOO late to pursue someth ing that would lowing and one who ",rill really make students want to her coursework for demons trate lea dership skills and have a lasting impact." her Master's " fill ou t an appl ica tion, please call come to next year's meetings and not JU St make th em interest in publ ic policy. Public However, he said that he believes releas in g the names in sociology an d teaches an the Sue Shear Institute fo r come because because of their budgets ...," Ash said. policy does not ju st in clude pol i of the affected organizations was the right thing w do. undergraduate class in statistics. Women in Public Life at (314) "We're going to have dynamic leadership, that's going to tics, thou gh. It in cludes city gov "We have our rules. We have our guidelines. I was ju st In order to participate in the 516-6623. get people involved and let them know what's expected ernment, commissions, boards of saying this is what was in our rules," Ash sai d. 21st Century, women must of them and have people really come and support student commerce-almost all aspects of Ash said he hoped that next year SGA would choose government." to take the attendance clause more seriously, perhaps SGA, FROM PAGE 1 ing in April," Avery said. "That Rankins said that he would not be Jidn't res pond to my ca lls to get way we would have enough time involved in the remainder of the motivated and now that they have to put it on the ballot." election process calling it a "fia s that's great," Rankins said. Avery said that students Gail co." He said the committee mu st Rimkus said she could not Rimkus and Josh Stegeman had take responsibility for the process. co mment on the elections because recently been appointed to co "They have gOt to do it and the committee only exists pending chair the SGA election commit they are now [since the appoint approval by the Assembly at tee. ment of the co -chairs] but they Thursday's upcomin g SGA me et SGA Vice-Pres ident Michael weren't for along time and they mg. VITA, FROM PAGE 1 expenses paid after June 30, 1998. The credit is based on a 20 percent or up to $5,000 educational cOSt each year. There is no hmit on the number of years that can be claimed. "[The Lfetime Learning credit] appli es to [the J COStS of under Pragnanl? graduate and graduate students and those acquiring or improving their job skills through a training program .. Students who are learn ing job skills may claim the credit e ve~h , f@I' 'par t-~ ime attepdancc," Chew said. 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BUCKLEY...... to the current economic condi Sugar Ray/Everlast of the Current staff tions in Japan, saying, "The The American Theater UM-St. Louis hosted the Ja pa nese economic policy has been March 7 annual Homer Jones Memorial toO tight since 1990. If we are cor The Ametican Theater was chaos waiting to happen Mar. 7, the evening of Sugar Lt:crure at the ]. C. Penney rect, it is extremely unfortunate Ray, Everlast, and 2 Skinnee ],s--or :It least it should have been. Outside were va~s Auditorium, Thursday, with for the people' of Japan, perhaps from three competing radio stations, but luckily only one was broadcasting thetr guest speaker Bennett T. even the whole world, that this music, mostly stuff heavier than what would be found inside. To hdp co ntrol the McCallum, H.]. Heinz professor view [a policy rule that uses a mon possible madness, security guards frisked all the 15 year-old girls to mal,e sure they of economics at Carnegie Mellon etary base as an essemial variable] weren't carrying tOO much lipstick, or some other devious item. Pulice officers sat University. did not prevail sooner." twiddling their thumbs at the predominantly pre-pubescent crowd, and chaos W.1S "He's extremely well known. In other words, if Japan had deterred for the show. He is also quite a bit in demand used a policy focused on the 2 Skinnee ]'s tOok the stage first, and their blend of rock, ska, and dorky these days," said Clinton Greene, amoum of money being primed Brooklyn rap won the crowd over. 2 Skinnee ]'s, nan1ed after their slightly built assistant professor in UM-St. and nm imerest rates, its currem frontmen, J Guevera and Special J, hosted what was easily the most energetic and Louis' economics department, recession might have been avoid most impressive set of the night. Their goofy lyrics mixed with an amazingly ener regarding McCallum. "He is a lit ed. getic and mobile band was more a sight to see than nearly any Dj, and the sound tle older than many of the new The late Homer jones (1906- concocted was nothing other than original. 'hot shot' theorists and has a lot 1986) was the senior vice presidem Evei-last, the musician responsible for the portion of the crowd old enough to of perspective on policy, theory, of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. drive, appeared next, along with a band consisting of a keyboardist, guitarist, D], and the history of the field." Louis and was nmed to have a deep stand up bassist, and drummer. Everlast's recent heart attack had apparen:]), taken The official tOpiC of involvement in monetary research its tOll on him, as his Set contained very little of the energy he was known ror 111 his McCallum's lecture was "The and statistics, paying the way for days of House of Pain. The folk/rap show sounded nice, but was nothing to get the Evolution of Monetary Policy famous economists such as MiltOn crowd up and moving, which seemed to upset Everlast a bit. He and his band, the and Analysis, 1973-1998." Friedman, last year's Memorial White Falx, trudged on through the rest of their set and made way for the headlin- However, McCallum said he speaker, John Taylor, and Bennett er, Sugar Ray. . would "focus more on the situa McCallum. When Sugar Ray pranced onstage, no one noticed a thing but the lead smger, tion of today" and address the Bennett McCallum is an estab Mark McGrath. This is obviously where the show could have ~umed into chaos, but recent research into Monetary lished authority on economic instead it was nothing more [han the previously mentioned 15 year-old girls scream Policy Analysis. McCallum first research an d contributes editorial ing at the top of their lungs while McGrath posed onstage. recognized the unprecedented duries to such publications as the There were tWO highlights of the Sugar Ray show, and neither involytd Sugar Ray increase in interaction and agree Journal of Monetary Economics, playing a thing. The first was a freestyle competition Sugar held between twO mem ment between theoretical econo the Journal of Money, Credit, and Bennett T. McCallum, H.J. Heinz professor of economics at bt:rsof the audience, one frightened high school kid, and one fearless Beatie Bob. mists and bankers concerning Carnegie Mellon University spoke Thursday at the J. C. Penney Banking, the International Journal Bearle Bob stole the show from Sugar Ray in less than a minute, and all he gOt for it monetary policy's goal of keeping of Finance and Economics, and Auditorium for the annual Homer Jones Memorial Lecture. was aT-shirt. The Other highlight was when Mark McGrath lamented the loss of a inflation low. Economic Letters. He is also fellow musician, Lynn Strait of Snot, who died in a car crash last December. McCallum then examined two ways in which one rna view eco involved with the National Bureau All in all, Sugar Ray showed their true colors as the metal band that co uldn't, so nomic policy: \\lth regard to monetary base or interest ra tes. If central of Economic Rese,lrch rhe Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and the band shamelessly played the pop music they used to mock. Mark McGrath's banks were to fo cus their money policy on the amount of money prim the Econom ni.: Suciery. onstage bravado wore thin after the first song, and I kept hoping that the clocks ed (monetary ba;e) rather than focusin g a ll interest ratcs, McCallum "1 di d not kn(m Homer Jones mys elf, but I've been very strongly reading 14:59 (the name of their new album) on top of the speakers would change proposes that bank> could do as good or better at controlling infla ti n. infl uenced by .:conomis ts who kn ew and admired him greatly," to 15:00, and their 15 minutes of fame would be over. Finally, McCallum applied equations wi th monetary base variables McCallum s.lid . -Cory Blackwood UM-St. Louis grad becomes START SPRINC BR K OFF Rle HTI next Curator Board member VISIT us THIS WEEK IN TH IVERSllY CENTER! ~.v..~.().~.H. ...~.~.I>I.'" LJf:) ...... _ The Board of Curators has nine 11:0 .M. - 1:00 P. MARCH 15-19 staff assistant voting members and for the fi rs t Usually, people get toothbrushes time ever, three of those nine will be and dental floss when they visit the women. ilverstein said she thought MONDAV - Pictu ' ~ Day: 105.7 The Point, olleyball dentist. On Feb. 18, when Connie that was a great thing. & Caricatures Silverstein went to the dentist, she "I hope we have a good broad rep re entation from acro s the state," . got a phone caJl from the governor In and a new job. 'hl! said. "The board ought ro be as On the other end of the phone diverse as the tate of Missouri is." call was Governor Mel Carnahan, Keeping Miss uri students in and he invited her to become a mem Mis sou ri universities and bringing in ber of the UM Board of Curators. more students fro m around the Silvers tein receive d the good news country i an im p nant ~ ():l1, Information whue wearing a lead vest and having Silverstein Silve rstein said. her teeth X-rayed. family resemblance, but none "We have to have the best possi THURS - Sun unglasses & Infoirmation "That morning, some people behaves quite like the others. 1 come ble product," he explai ned. "\Y/e I from the governor's office had called into the role with more kn owl~dgc .l lway~ want UM w be on the top of and asked if I could be at the phone of what's going on at UMSL, but 1 student'S minds, so it's a place people FRIDAY - Travel TI Information all day," Silverstei.n explained. "I told have more catching up to do 'O\~ th the aspire to attend." them I had an appointment with the other campuses." dentist at ten, but they said that was '~ fine and to make sure I had a cell Horizons Peer E'ducators phone with me all day." Students Helpinglt~dents Silverstein accepted Carnahan's A Prog·"'''''''i''r.+ Counseling Services /@}jvision of Student Affairs invitation. On Mar. 3, she participat 427 SSB 516-5730 ed in a confirmation hearing, and six days later she traveled to Jefferson You Can't Put Your Best Foot Forwa '. City to meet Carnahan for the swearing-in ceremony. . When Its On The Inteniewer~ ,Desk;. Silverstein, a UM-Sr. Louis gradu ~EW YO RJ,:-A I't.'amt sLuvey pf petSonnel executives at 200 of the ' ate herself, said she had interacted ,~ , Fortune :roO() c . npanies, CQooucte<;! fDr Commemorative Br