I . - Issue No, 265 Uctober 21, 1976 UMa" ", M' n .... - St. ...... Parking construction starts been having trouble gettini into ates were approved by the uni­ Tony BeD the parking garage. Besides versity administration. Accept­ Mark Nobs that, we'd like to provide a safe ance of bids from local contrac­ place for pedestrians to walk out tors for the work was then A single level parking lot to of the street." begun. serve visitors and extension stu­ Perry added that it is difficult Eight paving contractors sub­ dents is currently under con­ for visitors to find space on top mitted sealed bids by August 26. struction in front of the J.C. of the parking garage even According to Perry, "The uni­ Penney Building. The construc­ though they are sent a .map with versity is required to accept the tion, which includes a sidewalk,' their enrollment notifications. lowest bid offered on not just has no expected completion Perry said this particular spot construction work, such as this, date·. was the only suitable place for but also on supplies and mer­ The new parking lot will increased parking on campus. chandise. There must be a good provide 40 to 50 parking spaces. "We don't want to tear down reason for us not to accept the In the estimation of John Perry, the old Administration building low bid." vice-chancellor for administrative just to form one big parking lot, B&K Construction won the job services, the old lot had about which would look pretty ugly," with a low bid of 527,100. Other 20 or 2S spaces. He foresees explained Perry. "We'd like to bids were from Thoma Paving removal of some of the v.resent turn that space into a combi­ Co., 527,603; N.B. West Con­ . spaces for Extension parlfulg on nation mall and driveway where struction Co., 530,998' R.J. Am­ the top level of the parking people could get picked up and elong Construction, 531,981; garage nearest the J .C. Penney dropped off at the library." Centurion Construction, 533,959; ,building following completion of Perry said only sketc4 plans. Coffelt Paving, 534,686; fJ~rra­ the lot. have been drawn for a mall in'· wood's, Inc. 538,952; and Although Perry indicated that hat area. No engineers have Schaeffer, Meyer and Bougtrlan, the new space would probably ,lctually begun planning. $52,291. be used primarily for visitors, he Parking lot construction began Perry explained the wide said the lot's full use has not yet Oct. 7 after approval by the range in bids as indicative of the ,-- been definitely decided. University of Missouri Board of contractors' desire for business "The problem," Perry said, Curators. Architectural plans by at the time of bidding. · He "is that visitors and staff have Sverdrup & Parcel and Associ· commented that the current high degree of competition makes it a MORE CEMENT? UMSL has contracted for additional parking by [ continued on page 4] tbe J.C. Penney Building for visitor and extension parking. [Pboto What's inside by Romondo Davis] * Election '76 prepares student voters Council.wants ticket cou'nt on page 9 per Defense League and sec­ consists of ten stude nts, tt' onded by Dan Crone of the concentrate on the general taste~ In its meeting of October 17, Fighting Spirit. It was made in of the student body more than il the Central .. Council passed a response to a resolution con­ is thought to be doing now. Disco mania invades lounge resolution which asks the Uni­ on page II' cerning the board which had McMullan described that re~ · 1* versity Program Board to supply passed in the last meeting. olution as having been "meal:' figures on last year's ticket That resolution had recom­ ingless in a sense. almost irre· sales, and to submit figures on ~ports feature on Judy Whitney mended that the subsidy given sponsible," as the council had '* all future sales one week after faculty and general public tic­ not known what proportion of . on page 16 each performance. ketholders be discontinued. It tickets were actually sold al The resolution was moved by was argued that such an action faculty and general public Bill McMullan, of the Dr. Pep- would cause the board, which prices. "I think that passing last week's resolution hurt the credo ibility of the Council and I think that by getting some facts we'lI Chisholm speaks on political morality be restoring our credibility," McMullan concluded. Student Body President Curt Thomas Tascblnger October 13, at the J.e. Penney w'to has earned· the reputation of tion and Labor Committee. In 'Watts spoke in favor of the Auditorium on moral issues in being unbought and unbossed':' addition to her work with Con­ resolution, as did Jim Shanahan. Shirley Chisholm, the first politics. A capacity crowd of 400 Chisholm is the repr~sentattve gress, she is involved with the the vice-president. Yet both ~ . black Congresswoman and the listened to a forceful and articu­ from New York's 12th Congres­ National Organization for Wo­ continued to support their earlier first black to make a serious bid late speaker, who was intro­ sional District and IS a member men, the League of Women resolution. Watts and Shanahan for president, spoke Wednesday, duced as, " One political leader of the important" House Educa- Voters, the NAACP and the feel this most recent resolution United Negro College Fund. For would do nothing to hurt the one the past three years, she has passed earlier by Council. been on the Gallup Poll's list of A 'resolution asking the Pro­ the world's ten most-admired gram Board to meet with Watts women. and Shanahan "for input con· " One who travels around the cerning student feelings" prior country in the past few years as to its next meeting on Friday, much as I have," Chisholm October 22 was also passed. began, "can not help but learn In other b siness, the council what the American people think, discussed a resolution by Grie­ feel and hope for. Whatever vance Committee Chairperson, their background, Americans Stephen Platt. It called for the share the same ideals and aspir­ placement of three additional ations. Naturally, many of these "bitch boxes" in Lucas Hall, on .- wants are material, such as a the Marillac campus, and in the comfortable home, a job that University Center. Platt argued pays enough, decent schools for that such a move would en­ children 'and security in illness courage more correspondence or old age. from students. He -said that "Among these is one we may about 30 complaints had been not have been aware of until referred to the committee since recently - a form of govern­ the semester started, and not all ment we could believe in, car­ had been attended to. ried on by men and women we "I would wonder if we should could rely on." move to encourage more if we After delivering a sharp attack can't handle the number of grie­ on the oeroetrators of Water­ vances we're getting now? " gate, Chisholm said, "The effect Watts asked. McMullan said of Watergate has been to shake, .that he saw the problem as I and all but undermine, the faith "not boxes but a matter of pro­ of Americans in the men and motion." He moved that reso- CHISHOLM VISITS. Shirley ChI.holm attracted lID auditorium of UMSL .tadenta to ber adclreu on women in public office." - moral luae. In poUtIcs. ChI.holm ~8Cuued the public de.paIr and dI.truat of government. [Photo [continued on pag,:, 4] [continued on page 4] by J.Scott Petenen] , Page 2 October 21; 1976 UMSL CUIUlENT N-ew Technology Center dev~loping at MariDac Denise Durbin of the Educational Building, Upon completion, the new studio The Marillac campus has been will replace the one presently chosen as the site for the School in use at Clark Hall. of Education's new Instructional In addition to the new courses Technology Center. ' Renovation and facilities available to stu­ of the center's facilities are dents majoring in educational already in progress in the Edu­ technology, the center currently cational Building. Completion is provides services to both faculty ex~ed in about one' year. members and non-major stu­ Reasons behind the move are dents for academic support. expansion of UMSL's educa­ These services include instruc­ tional technology degree pro­ tion and assistance in overhead gram and the need for more slide making, utilization of color space to house newly acquiied 'transparencies and basic stencil instructional equipment. ' ·making. Informal lectures on the Among the programs under use of audio visual equipment in ' TV STUDIO IN THE MAKING. The former chapel at MarUlac fl c:arreDdy belDg ased for cluIeI. development by' the center are a classroom presentations are also The Dew ltudlo wID replace the ltudlo preleDdy In UIe In Clark BaD. [photo by RomoDdo Dam] proposed student radio station. available to student organiza­ and broadcast center. While tions and faculty. construction of these facilities Both academic and special hAs already been started, pro­ interest courses are taught by grams for their use are still Robert Jones, director of acade­ awaiting final approval. mic affairs for the School of E·vening College offers BGS Another new development is Education. and Donald Greer, the television' studio soon to be director of the Instructional . constructed in the former chapel Technology Center. iIl"t: oased on the relativity and The applicant is reviewed by five . MyraMou . educational objectives of the members of the faculty. H ap­ student.