October 28, 1996 Chancellor Shuffles Administrative Duties Says She Wants Student Affairs to 'Build a Community of Students'
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Sports: The women's soc A&E: Steve Buscemi can't cer team finished second cut it in Trees Lounge. in the GLVC Tourney. See page 5. See page 7. i f The Student Voice 30th Anniversary of UM-St. Louis 1966-1996 rSSlle 869 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS October 28, 1996 Chancellor shuffles administrative duties Says she wants Student Affairs to 'build a community of students' >y Scott Lamar hill poin ted to a small student affairs centrate on building a community of and Vice Chancellor of Student Af sion. said the only communications he has !ditor in chief staff and said that Bob Schmalfe ld , students. " fairs Lowe "Sandy" MacLean. "That fee would become the pri received on the matter have been two fo nner University Center director, She said the new vice chancellor MacLean said that his and Schuster's mary responsibility of Administra memos sent from the Chancellor. In an effort to build a campus reported that 80 percent of his time of Student Affairs will be charged opinion of what is to be moved are tive Services to make sure the facili However, Blanton said he doesn' t ociallifc , Chancellor Blanche Tou was spen t on adm inistrati n. with that responsibility. different. ties operated in an efficient manner." think his office is bogged down with ill will move the financial respon i "I want student st<rvi es to fo cus At this point, it is unclear what "The two of us both have a pro Schuster said. administrative chore·s. ilities of Student Affai rs over to the on the students," Tourull said. "We new responsibilities Reinhard posal on the table," he said. "It's still. MacLean said that he would rec "I thought we were doing an ad ice chancellor of Administrative have very fe w people in student ser Schuster, vice chancellor of Admin up in the air." ommend that the student activity and mirable job hom the standpoint of ervices. vices who focus on student acti ities. istrative Services, will have. The only Schuster said the only other student service fee st:ly under the what we were accomplishing with The Chancellor said that people I want to put the administration of thc thing that has fallen under his control change that will take place is the fiscal control of Student Activities. the size staff we have," Blanton said. Student Activities spend too much student center in the han ds of Admi n so far is Food Services. The specifics management of the University Cen Rick Blanton, interim director of "We get a lot done with what we've me handling administrati ve con istrative Services and have student of the remainder of the plan are cur ter Fee. In addition, the buildingrnain Student Activities, said he is unsure rns than on student services. Tou- servi e personnel fundamentally con- rently being negoti ated by Schuster tenance will be under his supervi- how the move will play itself out. He see Move, page 4 acLean Horizons suggests alternatives to getting drunk Scare tactics avoided efuses UM-St. Louis in week-long campaign students' alcohol by Bill Rolfes i Kappa of The Current s taff comsumption UM-St. Louis student "Dared to Care" by self-reports Ipha's participating in National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness W ek Oct. 21 through 25. • 30 perce t of stu Ho rizons Peer Educators sponsored differ ent activi ties ea h day of the week-long cam dent surveyed said ppeals paign. This year their theme was ·'Dare to IIgettIng drunk." was Care". Horizons urged students to pl edge that they their major reason for Jennifer Lynn would encourage alc ohol awar ness. The group drinking" The Current staff passed out cards with five pledge concerning tlri nking written 011 them . Students cou]d check Pi Kappa Alpha president Ron one or more. • 13 percent of stu amberlin's atlempt to get his fra Students could also wear ret! ribbons that dents said they did nity b3ck on campus was thwarted came pinned to the pledge cards as symbol of t week by Vice Chancellor of Stu their promise. omething th.ey e nt Affairs Lowe "Sandy"MacLean. Mike Nolan, Horizons' treasurer, said the photo: Shelley Satke After iting numerous internal gretted after drinking. groups had so many pledges that they ran out of Maria Bastida (left) an d Ann Lange (right) gave out information at anges, Chamberlin asked that the ribbons and had to make more. Horizons' booth during Alcohol Awareness Week. nate Studen t Affairs Committee, Nolan and other volunteers took pledges which he is a member, vote of • 21 percent of stu and held daily raffles in the Un iver ity Center. on Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the want to examine the role of alcohol in students' ether the fraternity should be a Th y also distributed literature about alcohol University Meadows clubhouse. Students, fac Jives and in the lives of their fri ends," said dents said tbey have nstated by the University. abuse, blo d alcohol content and drinking and ulty and staff gathered fo r a short talk on alcohol Bridges. :v; ., "All I ask is it gets brought up on driving. awareness and took part in happy hour. No If a student has a problem with alcoholism or agenda,'· he said. "to take a vote Nikisha Bridges, director of Hori zons, said alcohol was served. has a friend with a problem, Hori zons' counsel t we sho ul d be allowed to be a they wan ted to avoid preaching and using scare Bridges said the idea was to show that ev ling service provides help that is free to students. ognized student organization." tactics because they don't work. eryone could have fun wi thout drinking. "That's the first step in helping ·with the On Feb. 27,1996, the committee "The focus of Alcohol Awareness Week is One of the greate t problelD s on which Al problem," Bridges said. The counselors can also ed to discontinue Pi KappaAlpha' s to emphasize the importance of responsible cohol Awareness Week focused, Bridges said, offer referrals and have more literature concern ognition and registration, stating drinking, if student choose to drink,:' she was drinking and driving, especially at parties. ing alcohol. t the fraternity provided an unsafe explained. "It's not Anti-drinking Week." Studies have shown that in most drunk driving Hori z.ons used to carryall the responsibility lvironment for its members and Instead of tell ing students, "Don't drink!" collisions, involving SOmeone of college age, for Alcohol Awareness Week, said Bridges. For Jests. The vote resulted from an ers. Horizons simply wanted to offer alternative th e driver had previously been at a party. activities. However, drinking and driving is not the source: Harvard School of Public Health see Pikes, page 4 It held a "Mocktail Party and Dessert Bar" only concern of Alcohol Awareness Week. "We see Horizons, page 4 uCol/ege Alcohol Study" for UM-St. Louis. concentrate Inside Attendence at lectures still a concern for business fraternity by Kim Hudson other sc hool, enjoyed speakers from Boucher said. "But people really news editor such conglomerates as Anheuser started showing up." Bu sch, General Mills and Ralston However, she said that as the fall Though everyo ne may have lis Purina. However, it was difficult for 1995 semester wore on, student at tened when E.F. Hutton spoke, Delta the fraternity to interest speakers in tendance started dropping. On Tues Sigma Pi's li neup of corporate speak UM-St. Louis. day the organization sponsored a lec ers is not drawing quite. as much re "It reflects poorly on the entire ture by Micheal Mayweather, a mar sponse. Wl1 ile the fraternity has been University when we expect a large keting representative from Channel able to attract more corporate speak turnout [to the lectures] and seven II Television. Riverboat casinos ers this year, attendance remains a people show up." said 1995 Delta "Only 2 students outside of our problem. SigmaPi Vice President Rei\gan Sala. fraternity showed up to that event." provide entertain Last year the UM-St. Louis chap According to 1996 fraternity Boucher said. ment for as little as ter o.f Delta Sigma Pi, a coed, interna president and senior marketing ma However, it has been much easier tional and professional business fra jor Jennifer Boucher, things have to obtain speakers from major corpo $2. Read Jill ternity, had problems scheduling changed just in time for the J996- rations. DeltaSigma Pi will host their Barrett's story on speakers and even bigger problems 1997 school year-to a certain ex final of three lecture events on Oct. page 3 attracting non-fraternity members to tent. 31 with a representative from its events. According to tbe Septem "I don't know if the article last ber 11, 1995 dition of Th e Current, year just got people hopping or what," see Concern, page 4 Editorial . .. 2 I Enrollment decreases this semester Features J •• • •••3 by Kim Hudson total student population breaks down number of transfer students from four news editor into 9,498 undergraduates, 2,536 year colleges and universities has in graduate students, and 163 optom- creased from 472 to 52l. 4 & E. ... " . " 5 The University experienced a etry students. Linda Silman, a computer pro minuscule decrease this semester in The University can attribute these gramming analyst for the Admissions overall enrollment, missing last year's declines to decreased enrollment of Department, has some ideas about Sports " .