Friday, November 7, 2008 SU Working to Mend Budget Implementation Kelly Fahy Contributing Reporter
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PANCAKES IN THE HOUSE PAGE 7 STUDENTS REACT A double review of Find sound bytes Uncle Bill’s Pancake from Wash. U. House gives a students about 360-degree look the outcome INSIDE PAGE 9 at one of the best of the election fl apjack restaurants online. STUDLIFE.COM around. GARGOYLE PREVIEW Sthe independentTUDENT newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis LIFE since eighteen seventy-eight Vol. 130 No. 34 www.studlife.com Friday, November 7, 2008 SU working to mend budget implementation Kelly Fahy Contributing Reporter Hoping to remedy the controver- sy that surrounded the approval of Student Union’s general budget last spring, Student Union executives and senators want to implement a number of changes to the budget ap- proval process. According to Student Union (SU) Vice President of Administra- tion Jeff Nelson, many leaders with- in SU are questioning what qualifi es certain groups to be executive com- mittees, and why executive commit- tees are held to different standards LUCY MOORE | STUDENT LIFE than other, or category, student Student Union Treasury members vote in this fi le photo. Currently, Student groups. Union is examining the effectiveness of the budget approval process. “There was no documentation about how executive committees were exempt from.” ceive funding per semester from the came to exist or what their purpose The current executive commit- SU budget, executive committes re- was,” Nelson, a junior, said. “Cate- tees are WUTV, KWUR, Hatchet, ceive allocations for the year. gory student groups had a fundrais- Team 31, Campus Programming But despite these issues, Nelson ing expectation whereas executive Council, Gargoyle Committee, said that category student groups committees did not. The spending of Filmboard, Mr. WashU, Student “have not been directly affected by category student groups was limited Health Advisory Committee and any of the controversies surround- by a number of SU policies and pro- Connect 4. cedures that executive committees While other student groups re- See SU BUDGET, page 8 Linus to hold benefi t party by Washington University students in alumni. 2005, hopes to draw more people than “Our last event had well over 500 University-founded ever before to a benefi t tonight called attendees and we are hoping to far ex- philanthropic or- “All Aboard the Linus Express” at ceed that number this time around,” se- Union Station. nior Dan Horan, head of public relations ganization to host The event aims to raise money for for the organization’s St. Louis chapter, children’s charities. said. benefi t “We’re looking to get record atten- Ticket prices for the event have dance,” senior Emma Fleischer, presi- ranged from $40 to $50, and 80 percent Dan Woznica dent of the St. Louis chapter of the Linus of proceeds from the benefi t will be do- Staff Reporter Foundation, said. “Everyone always has nated to Our Little Haven, a shelter that a good time.” provides residential care for abused, ne- MATT MITGANG | STUDENT LIFE As of Wednesday evening, more glected, drug exposed and special needs The St. Louis chapter of the Li- than 520 tickets to the 21-and-over children. Graduate student Andrew Lopez celebrates Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday night in the Danforth Center. nus Foundation, a national non-profi t benefi t had been sold in advance of the YOUTH VOTER TURNOUT REACHES RECORD NUMBERS SEE PAGE 2 philanthropic organization founded event, mostly to University students and See LINUS, page 3 Students voice safety concerns Language clubs Jeremy Rogoff raise enthusiasm Staff Reporter Sophie Adelman and other activities, but as a club you Last week’s fatal shooting of a po- Lauren Olens have to meet regularly and come lice offi cer just blocks away from the Contributing Reporters constantly, which is hard some- Washington University campus has times,” Wei Wang, a Chinese lan- forced students to think twice about guage professor, said. their personal safety on and off cam- But Chinese students do par- pus. Following approval by Student ticipate in language tables, in which Following the Oct. 31 death of Uni- Union last month, a new club will students can listen to Chinese mu- versity City police offi cer Sergeant Mi- be saying “guten tag” to campus sic, eat Chinese food and have time chael King at the corner of Leland Av- soon. to practice their Chinese. Given the enue and Delmar Boulevard, students That group, the German club, already-rigorous Chinese program, have expressed a desire for a number of will not only be involved in depart- it is little surprise that a Chinese improvements by the Washington Uni- mental activities, but will also plan club has struggled to fi nd a meeting versity Police Department (WUPD) its own extracurricular events, in- time. that range from heightened security off cluding fi lms and games. Because “I think the reason we don’t have campus to improved emergency com- enrollment in German classes is not a club is that we have one-on-one munication systems. required on campus, the club looks [individual Chinese language prac- Some students think the recent to encourage involvement by as tice] so it’s already 7 hours a week shooting sheds light on long-held con- many students as possible. and it’s already individual contact cerns that have never been addressed. Eva Russo, specialist in foreign with students,” Wang said. “I think that if our tuition money language pedagogy at Washington Despite the time commitment should be going to one spot, it should University, praised the multifaceted and the lack of an extracurricular be going toward the safety of the stu- goals of the club. club, the Chinese language depart- dents,” senior Adam Luber, who lives “The mission of the German ment is still increasing in size. At in off-campus apartments on Kings- club is to provide students with a the start of this semester, there were bury Avenue, just south of the Loop, social environment in which they more than 300 students enrolled in said. “I know many girls and guys who can explore their interests in regard Chinese language classes and more will come home early from the library SAM GUZIK | STUDENT LIFE to German language and culture, than seven teachers in the depart- just to avoid the dark walk home.” Students walk past an impromptu memorial from Sgt. Michael King, the University City police offi cer murdered last [and] discuss study abroad opportu- ment. Eli Temkin, a sophomore living weekend. In recent weeks, students have been vocal about safety concerns around St. Louis. nities and possible career benefi ts,” The Chinese language students on campus, feels no more secure even Although many students are ques- on and off campus. last week’s crime, students reported a Russo said. include both ethnic Chinese students though he lives within the confi nes of tioning the campus’s security, Luber “I think to increase security and lack of information coming from law Many other languages at the and non-native speakers. Though campus. said he has seen a decent response from safety just north of campus, WUPD enforcement. University have clubs focusing on a both groups are growing, Wang be- “An event like this hits very close WUPD after the recent crime. should institute a satellite police depart- “I think there should defi nitely more language and its culture. lieves there is a cultural reason that to home,” Temkin said. “It shakes me “Since the recent mugging and ment,” junior Jordan Roberts proposed. awareness on campus about what hap- “All of the SU ‘language’ clubs there are more native speakers. as a Wash. U. student, especially since shooting, I have noticed a more frequent Roberts said that he believes the pened,” South 40 resident Alice Gold- also have a focus on sharing the “I think the Chinese people com- it took place in a place where we go patrol car in the area,” Luber said of the University should take advantage of enberg, a sophomore, said. culture of countries that speak the ing from mainland China mostly in often.” neighborhood just north of campus. the property it owns around the Loop to Goldenberg added that she had only languages as well,” junior Ciara the 1980s now are having children Given the perceived senselessness On Tuesday, police arrested Todd ramp up its patrol efforts. seen one poster on campus alerting stu- Caprara, Student Group Activities [who are] in college, so it’s time of last week’s crime, underclassmen Shepard, the lone suspect in the case. Luber offered a similar idea to start dents of the crime. Committee co-chair, said. for them to [learn] their native lan- living on the South 40 are also calling Shepard was driving the same car in diminishing the feeling of insecurity off “I think it’s ridiculous that WUPD But many language groups have guage,” Wang said. for a more visible WUPD presence. which he had fl ed the scene of the campus. didn’t send out text message alerts or e- not taken steps to establish a club As for the Romance Languages “I’ve always felt safe walking shooting; he has since been charged in “I think WUPD needs to have a mail alerts because it wasn’t Wash. U. on campus. For example, there is no department, no clubs are available across campus, but I probably shouldn’t Federal Court for being a felon in pos- permanent offi cer stationed on the walk related,” Luber said, citing the numer- Student Union-sanctioned Chinese to students, although there are lan- feel so safe,” sophomore Mary Lindsay sesion of a weapon. back to the off-campus apartments,” he ous students who live near the Loop.