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VOLUME 38 Februar:y 1 3, 2006 ISSUE 1115 NSIOE TBECUIIREIII1JNUNE.C8M Valentine's Day NightLife llliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillll_____ .. _____ .... __________________________ _ UNIVERSRY Of MISSOURI- S'[ WUIS Power lailurecloses UMSl campus North campus loses power for the second time in less than four months BY PAUL HACKBARTH & when initially determining the source many possibilities why it happened," school closings posted on Channel 5, MELISSA s. HAYDEN of the outage. he said. and Katie Couric didn't tell me any­ Confusion also described the state News Editor & StaffWriter Edwards explained the first thing thing," he said. of students who were in class when the University does in a power outage Kaestener did not experience the the power went out. Students waited is check . the elevators to make sure same confusion last semester when a For the second time in the past two in the snow or inside dark hallways nobody is stuck in them. If a person is power outage closed campus on Sept. semesters, a power outage on North . for more than an hour to find out if trapped, each elevator is equipped 20. ''Luckily, last time I had no class­ Campus caused UM-St. Louis to can­ classes were cancelled for the rest of with a phone line that is connected es," he said. cel all day and evening classes last the day. directly to the campus police to call Samples said the two incidents Wednesday. "If r go home, I would miss class for help. "There are also emergency were unrelated. "Last time, lightning Parts of north campus lost power at by the time I got transportation, so I'm lights that work in every single build~ struck a telephone pole, which caused approximately 9 a.m., and power was stuck waiting around until I know for mg," he said. the power outage," he said. This time, restored an hour and a half later. sure," said Elona Johnson, junior, While certain students waited out­ the problem was off campus. The power outage affected certain mass communication. "It's really side their classrooms, others took Frank Kochin, director of facilities buildings on North Campus, includ­ inconvenient. I take public transit, so advantage of the time. Muhammed services, said, ''There's not much we ing the Millennjum Student Center by the time I get up here, I can't just LaMotte, junior, pre-social work, can do to prevent another outage. and other buildings near the Quad. turn around and go back." started what he called "a new tradi­ Other equipment failed. It had nothing The Mark Twain Center, the police Another student, Jennifer Ream, tion" by throwing snow balls at peo­ to do with our campus," he said. station, Gallery 210 and the Fine Arts junior, communication, said, "I ple and at the University of Missouri Kochin explained that two feeder Building on Florissant Road were not thought it was very inconvenient. I seal on Clark Hall. Students also took lines typically power the campus, but affected by the power outage. had to drive an hour and a half to get advantage of the snow to play and "we're upgrading the substation, so "Essentially what happened was here, and I don't know if my other build snowmen. there's only one feeder line at this the substation near Page [Avenue] classes are closed." When the announcement to cancel time and it puts us a little more at with a feeder line into north campus Ron Edwards, coordinator of classes came, certain students were risk." failed," said Bob Samples, director of audiovisual services for Building frustrated at waiting around for noth­ When classes were finally can­ media, marketing. and printing ser­ Operations, said the decision to close ing. celled, Johnson left for the Metrolink vices. the campus was difficult until the Josh Kaestener, senior, criminal to enjoy her snow day but said, "I Samples said different electrical source of the problem could be found, justice, said, ''I know they don't have wish they could have some kind of Adam D. Wiseman! nJe CW7'flll lines feed into different parts of the "With an electrical problem, we any control over it, but it takes me consistency in figuring out when to A student braves the snow Wednesday before campus campus, . which caused confusion simply don't know. There could be so over an hour to get here. I watch the close." offiially closed at 10:30 a.m. See PAGE 3 for more photos. 3 Proposed Student Fees for UM-St. Louis ROTC takes aim at UMSL "'" (If approved by Board of Curators, fees would beg1n In fall 2006) • Business School Course Fee· $32 per credit hour • Media Studies Lab Course Fee $25 per credit hour • Sctence Lab Fee $10 per credit hour ·fee would be implemented 2007 Proposed Student Fee for Entire UM system • Fadlity Fee $1 0 per credit hour UMSL students may pay four more fees has gone up pretty dramatically," he said In the fall semester, student cred­ it hours for business majors increased Three proposed specific UM -St by 8 percent and this spring, they Louis campus fees and one UM sys­ increased by 6 percent. temwide fee could mean that certain ''We're in the circumstance in the Adam D. Wiseman! The Current students may be paying more for their College of Business where demand is major. increasing so cutting back doesn't Nicolas Intrieri, sophomore at SLU, ta.kes watch over his portion of the perimeter secured by his sqaud. He and nearly 60 The. ' College of Business sound like the right answer," he said. other ROTC members, including six from UM-St. Louis, took part in a three-stage training exercise Saturday morning. The Adn:riniStration is considering the first Womer added, "I know that ROTC program In St. Louis is named "The Gateway Battalion" and is looking to recruit more UM-St. Louis students. fee, one for undergraduates enrolled increased costs are a problem We in the department The proposed fee need more funds in order to one, hire would cost students about $32 per high quality faculty, but two, our stu­ credit hour starting in 2007 if the dents are getting squeezed pretty hard Missourians have mixed reactions to ·sa le of MOHELA Board of CuratorS approves it at their with respect with tuition and other next meeting in March. costs." Dean Keith Womer said from the The proposed business fee is simi­ BY BEN SWOFFORD building projects, $100 million for MOHELA was outdated and fewer plan, has managed to get most to sup­ --- - - curators' point of view, it is iinportant lar to the one that exists at UM­ News Associate Editor and endowed scholarships and the rest students used the program every year port it, . including certain student that student fees for similar programs Columbia, as well as the student fee for promoting Life Sciences and its sale could give a cash jump­ groups like the Intercampus Student are consistent, but from his perspec­ for the master's in business adminis­ Technology. start to many programs. Council. · , tive, "It has to do with the cost of pro­ tration program at the UM-St Louis The Missouri Higher Education The Missouri House of Blun.t has approved the MOHELA Surprisingly, in the last few days viding high quality business educa­ graduate leveL Loan Authority has become the latest Representatives created MOHELA in sale and the Missouri legislature is Blunt has received opposition from an tion," he said The second fee would apply to political debate as Missouri Gov. Matt 1981 as a program to provide students behind him, but Blunt has critics unlikely quarter. Republicans in the "My hope is that we'll be able to media studies course in the College of Blunt and his political opponents have with low interest loans for college. screaming at him from all sides. state legislature have created a counter construct a fee increase and a corre­ Fine Arts and Communication. The squared off in the last weeks over his MOHELA provides banks with stable Many are upset at the timing of the plan on how to use the money from sponding funding for need-based department's proposal would cost stu­ proposal to privatize MOHELA and bonds that banks can then loan to stu­ plan. Blunt announced the sale Jan. 26 the MOHELA assets. The Republican scholarships," Womer said dents taking those course $25 per use the income to fund educational dents at lower rates. The program has and MOHELA endorsed it Jan. 31 plan calls for an increase in the fund­ According to the proposal, 20 per­ credit hour. initiatives and scholarships. slowly built up loan assets worth bil­ with changes. Certain groups feel that ing for student scholarships from the cent of the fee would go to need-based Dean John Hylton said current The plan, called the Lewis and lions. MOHELA and the public were blind­ Blunt plan and a decrease in funding scholarships, while the remainder funds do not allow the college to bet­ Clark Discovery Initiative, will sell Critics say that private companies sided by the plan and not given suffi­ for buildings and life sciences.