University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2010s) Student Newspapers 10-23-2017 Current, October 23, 2017 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current2010s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, October 23, 2017" (2017). Current (2010s). 276. https://irl.umsl.edu/current2010s/276 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (2010s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Vol. 51 Issue 1544 The Current October 23, 2017 UMSL’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWS Haunt 'Til You Drop Halloween Guide *Note not all events are on campus and not all events are free. Please look up events to see if there is a cost.* Booterfly House Hurricane Kirkwood shows, face painting, storytelling, Spooky Shoot and more. There will be canine October 1 through 31 Maria Trivia Halloween Walk performances and adoptable dogs October 31 10 a.m. at the show. 7 p.m. Butterfly House Night Fundraiser October 26 at 5 p.m. UMSL Community Garden (South Stop by the Butterfly House to Downtown Kirkwood Campus) see some slightly scary bugs and October 25 Kids will enjoy dressing in costumes Legends Stop by the community garden for botanicals. 7 to 10 p.m. and trick-or-treating at participating a spooky photoshoot with your MSC Nosh merchants in Downtown Kirkwood. & Lanterns costume. All proceeds donated to the Hur- Boo at the Zoo ricane Maria Relief Fund. Tables October 27 through 29 of 10 for $100. Halloween costume Halloween 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. October 17 through 30 contest and gift basket raffle. Regis- Saturday, 12- 5 p.m. Sunday Haunted Honors 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. ter on Triton Sync. Storytelling 230 S. Main Street, St. Charles, MO St. Louis Zoo 63301 October 31 Children are encouraged to wear A little silly, a little macabre, but 8 p.m. costumes. Children 12 and under Don’t Be a Scaredy October 28 all in fun, Legends & Lanterns will Provincial House (South Campus) will receive a treat bag, but the 10 a.m. allow visitors to get in the "spirit" Tour UMSL’s most haunted build- event is not a trick or treating event. Cat Blood Drive Pavilion at Lemay for All Hallow's Eve. The festival ing on Halloween. This will be a kid-friendly event will feature scarecrows, hayrides with Halloween storytelling and through history, and ghostly guests Fabulous Fox October 26 crafts. Kids will be welcome to with historic Main Street as its Halloween 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. wear costumes to add to the fun. backdrop. Ghost Tours MSC Century Rooms or Ed Boo-nanza Collabitat (South Campus) October 23 First time Mississippi Valley Re- Central West End Trunk-or-Treat October 31 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 9:45 gional Blood Centers (MVR- 6 p.m. Fox Theater BC) donators will be entered to Halloween Party October 28 North County Recreation Complex Tickets are $40 each and include a win an UMSL hoody. All dona- October 28 12 to 2 p.m. This will be a family-fun event fea- one-hour guided tour of the Fabu- tions go to benefit the MVRBC. 11 a.m. MSC South Garage turing hayrides, a bonfire, and a lous Fox and parking. Maryland and Euclid Avenue Open to campus and community. marshmallow roast. Kids will have Trick-or-treating at businesses in Kids can trick or treat in a safe en- fun with a costume contest, crafts, the neighborhood will begin at vironment from the student groups and Haunted Caverns. PLHCSA Hayride Science noon. The dog costume parade and and campus departments at UMSL. part will begin at 1 p.m. There will Trick or Treaters must be 12 years October 24 Spooktacular also be kid-friendly live entertain- old or younger. Halloween Hoopla 5 to 7 p.m. ment and music. At 6 p.m., the event Check out PLHCSA’s first ever October 26 will turn into an adult only party. at Frontier Park hayride. Bring an in-kind or mon- 5 p.m. Fabulous Fox etary donation for Gateway Pet St. Louis Science Center Guardians and get a free hayride This will be a family-friendly Hal- Haunted Hayloft at Ghost Tours October 31 to or from Oak Hall and Provincial loween celebration with spell-bind- 3 p.m. House. ing science and fun with learning. Purina Farms October 30 Frontier Park in St. Charles Activities will include Spooky Sto- 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 9:45 Halloween Hoopla will be a free rytime, Halloween themed showed October 27 through 29 Fox Theater family-friendly event featuring in the OMNIMAX Theater, hands- 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 each and include a family activities. You can drop by on activities and more. Purina Farms Visitor Center one-hour guided tour of the Fabu- while trick-or-treating along Main This will be a not-so-scary event lous Fox and parking. Street. with entertainment for kids, in- cluding trick-or-treating, magic What’s Inside: Amazon Bid pg. 3 'Wizard of Oz', pg. 5 Contamination, pg. 9 Ameren Accelerator, pg. 11 2 October 23, 2017 CURRENT STAFF EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Michael Plumb Managing Editor Kat Riddler News Editor Aubrey Byron Features Editor Now hiring! Sports Editor Roderick Wilbon A&E Editor Chris Zuver Opinions Editor Kyle Mannisi Copy Editors Janeece Woodson Staff Writers Harold Crawford Mike A. Bryan Trevonte Harris Staff Photographer John Deasy DESIGN Production Editor OPEN Photo Editor OPEN Math Problem of the Week Web Editor OPEN Multimedia Editor The first correct answer was given by John Beck. Roderick Wilbon Cartoonist/Artists Amanda Royer Mike Diliberto This week’s puzzle: A farmer goes to the market BUSINESS Business Manager and buys a hundred animals for a total cost of Cassandra Filip Advertising Director $10,000. If cows cost $500 each, pigs cost $100 Michael Plumb Ad Representatives each, and Rabbits cost $5 each, how many of each Now hiring! OF FLICKR COURTESY Distribution Manager animal did he buy? Chris Zuver Social Media Director Email solutions, guesses, comments to [email protected]. 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The winner retailer giant plans to open a second of the bidding war by the company headquarters somewhere in North will be decided on sometime next America and is letting cities bid for year with a promise of $5 billion in the opportunity to host the expan- investment and at least 50,000 jobs, sion. St. Louis and Kansas City have according to Amazon. put together their own proposals, University of Missouri System but Missouri Governor Eric Greit- President Mun Choi said, “This is ens pitched a third concept—to uti- an outstanding proposal, and we’re lize the entire I-70 corridor in the very excited to be a part of the state state of Missouri. of Missouri’s proposal to create an The corridor is the highway innovation corridor from St. Lou- system which connects Kansas is to Kansas City by way of Colum- City, Columbia, and St. Louis. The bia that benefits the entire state of details of the proposal have been Missouri. Attracting Amazon to the made public and do not favor one state of Missouri at this time in our COURTESY OF HYPERLOOP ONE OF HYPERLOOP COURTESY major Missouri city over the other Hyperloop One is a mode of transportation developed by Elon Musk. It travels up to 700 miles per hour above land or underground history will transform our econom- but pushes for a statewide initiative. via a system of tubes. ic, housing, health, communication The twelve page proposal contains ten routes selected around the contender for the bid. However it Denver to be the most likely. Other and transportation infrastructure, everything from statistics on college world. Winning corridors included did highlight the key reasons one predictions pointed to Washington leading to more innovations and graduates to touting the award for Orlando to Miami, Florida, as well Missouri city could be attractive.