University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (1970s) Student Newspapers 2-9-1978 Current, February 09, 1978 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current1970s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, February 09, 1978" (1978). Current (1970s). 230. https://irl.umsl.edu/current1970s/230 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 (1970s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. , - Issue, No.~ 302 , February 9, 1978 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI -- ST. LOUIS Weldon Springs group charters land plans Emmons also stated the university ' presently oper­ 'The center would also contain a Biological Study Earl Swift ates a farm on the Weldon Springs property; Center, and nature trails similar to ' those at the The animal behavior, study would include an area in Archeological Research Center. An 8,OOO-acre tract of university ' land near Weldon which facility users could observe the natural habitants ' The final portion of the proposal ca11s for the Springs may be used as a four-faceted educational of Missouri wilderness. Also present in the center, establishment of a Youth ' Agency Training Center. center according to Ardath' Emmons, the University ' of Emmons said, would be an area set aside to 'raise rare This center, Emmons said, would be available to 'train Missouri's vice-president for research. species of anima1s. He said the St. ' Louis Zoo ,is leaders of such youth ' aaencies as Boy Scouts; The Emmons, who served as chairperson of the currently seeking sl\ch an area. center would provide educational programs, a training university's Weldon Springs land use committee, A primate' colony would also be established. area for recreational trainers, and a recreation area for outlined plans for the property ' at an open meeting at Emmons said the National Institutes of Health' are study. UMSL February 2. looking for ... place to raise monkeys. The colony would "There is adequate 'space for all of tlIese and more," The committee's, proposal calls for the establishment apparently~ enclosed by a ten-foot, ' sheet-metal; said Emmons. of an Archeological Research Cent,er, and Animal fence, canteQ inward. ' The meeting was held after Steve Vossmeyer, a Behavior Study Center. The third facet of the proposal made by the Missouri state ' Representative, charged the university ' The archeological center might, 'according to ' Em­ committee would be the establishment of an Ecological , with 'running a "feudal lordship" by permitting use of mons, include archeological trails, horticultural sites Research Center. This center would consist of a river the land to 'persons not affiliated with'the university 'in and an operating, modern farm. ecology 'study site ' on the portion of the property ' that an arbitrary manner. Emmons said the area contains at 'l east 200 borders the Missouri River. According to' one source, the university' gave archeological sites, including the remains of Hamburg, Emmons said the committee would also be interested permission last year for a business to ' cut down trees a pioneer 'town. Emmons said Hamburg might be in the founding of a Bareland Study Area, which would on the property; The university ' was paid S40,OOO. reestablished as an example of an early midwestern make it to 'observe the effects 'of pollution on [See "_Spring," p. 5] Parking fees pay fo, police, travel Dan Crone compliance with the university; Perry said, "that regulation will Expenditures from UMSL have to 'be changed." parking funds have been made He said the University-wide for salaries, wages, travel and !dministration initiates changes communication, over at least the upon the recommendation of the past four years. University proper campus officials. regulations restrict the use of According to ' James S. New­ parking fees to maintenance berry, General Counsel for the , constructlon of parking lots and University of Missouri, "It (com­ garages. pliance with the regulation) is a Regulation 11.0408.03 of the 'question- of interpretation of " University ' of Missouri Rules 'maintenance' ." and Regulations" states, ' All Newberry said it would be a money collected from parking " misuse" of funds only if one fees and violation notices goes took a very narrow interpretation into ' a special fund and is used of the word maintenance. "It is for maintenance of existing park­ not unreasonable," said New­ MAINTAINlNG THE LOTS: A portion of the $25 parldng fee collected from students semester ing lots, construction of new berry, "to have those costs that pays the salaries of some campus pollce_ A university regulatlon restricts the use of parking monies to lots, and the construction of new are not associated with ' building use In construction or maintenance of lots and garages [photo by Terry Vogel]. parking garages.' and grounds protection pro-rated The secretary for the Board of to pay for police time." Curators, and the General Coun­ The second expenditure in­ Council votes on student fees' sel for the University, conflrmed volves 575,933 spent on travel that this regulation is currently and communication from 1972 in effect. ' (the earliest year expenditures Earl Swift three, calling for reduced fees Mays, student body president, is In fiscal year 1975-76, 525,749 were itemized in the Financial for part-time students,' be se­ that it offered a more equitable was spent for salaries and Report Supplements) to 1976. Central Council voted to rec- lected as the fee structure after alternative than the present fee wages. John Perry, vice-chan­ "Travel and Communication" is o om mend the university select an increase this fall. structure, because right now cellor for admitlistrative ser­ the line item classification used the third of three alternatives The alternative would have part-time students pay around vices, said, "Several patrolmen ,in the financial reports of the concerning the method in which students pay 530 per credit hour 70 per cent more than full-time are being paid out of parking University of Missouri. The next semester's fee increase up to 12 hours. A fee of 5360 students for the same education. (fund)." This is done, said largest of these expenditures should be handled, at a Feb­ would be assessed of students It won't make that much differ­ Perry, because "one-half of the was 540,352 in fiscal year 1973- bruary 5 meeting. taking over 12 hours. ence to the full-time student." patrolmen's time is spent polic­ 74. The group also voted to sup­ Under the present fee struc­ According to Mays, the Co­ ing parking lots." Perry said this expenditure port the establishment of an ture, students pay 534 per credit lumbia and Rolla campuses favor Perry also said he does not was for the shuttle bus service optometry school at UMSL. hour up' to nine hours, after alternative one, under which think Academic Services or Gen­ which ran between the E. J. Council passed a motion to which a fee of 5300 is assessed. part-time students would pay eral Services accounts should Korvette ' parking lot and the recommend to the Board of "The main reason we chose have to ' pay for the policing of Curators that alternative number number three," said Charles [See "CouncU," page 2] parking lots. :when asked about [See "Fees," page 2] Bond speaks out on politics, civil rights movement Thomas Tuchlnger "In 1976," he began, " we believe now, Bond was not celebrated the end of the first officially seated until ' two years Politics and the civil rights ' 200 years of the American later, when the U.S. Supreme movement were among topics experiment with ' democracy and Court ruled in his favor. After discussed by Julian Bond, the beginning of four years of serving four terms in the House, Georgia State ' Senator, February potentially great promise. The he was elected to ' the Georgia 1 in J.C. Penney Auditorium. American people wanted a Senate 'in 1974. Bond was a co-founder of the government as good as they "1976 appeared tO 'be the first Student Non-Violent Coordinat­ thought they were, and so they year in which black Americans ing Committee (SNCC) and, in elected a candidate 'who said he finally demonstrated political 1968; became the first black ever ' wanted the best." maturity;" he_ continued. to be nominated for the vicf)­ Bond, 38, first attracted na­ "Ninety-one per cent of the presidency. tional attention in 1965 when he black people voted for the Car­ A near-capacity crowd listened was elected to the Georgia ter-Mondale team. They pro­ to his speech" titled "What's House of Representatives. vided the margin of victory and Next?" which dealt 'with the The House denied Bond his more in 13 states, states which political condition of the United seat because it opposed his gave the winning side 216 of the States and the legacy of the civil views on the Vietnam war. rights movement. ' Though it seems difficult to' [See "Bcmd, ". page 8] Page 2 February 9, 1978 UMSL CURRENT Ne,w ga,age may be built approximately across from Bugg provide space for intramural Dan Crone Lake. Perry said, "This location fields. would provide student parking Perry also said he would like An additional parking garage on a side of campus where no to " upgrade the open lots from may be built at UMSL, accord­ . student parking is presently gravel (the present surface ma­ ing to John Perry, vice-chancel­ available." , terial) to asphalt. This would lor for administrative services. " A drawback to this site," he aid drainage and make snow tThe ultimate decision, Perry said, "is possible turmoil with removal easier in the winter." said, will be made by the Fiscal Bellerive Acres residents." All expenditures for the exist­ Facilities and Maintenance Com­ Several houses in that neighbor­ ing parking structures were met mittee and the Fiscal Resources hood, including the Chancellor's during the 1975-76 fiscal year.