'. ' . A&E - VOLUME 33 Oscar fever: Everyone loves to speculate on who will take home March 20, the film industry's biggest prize. Check out our thoughts on nine , 2000 of this year's Academy Award '. categories. ISSUE g as ~ See page 6 . UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI- - S T. LOUIS rehire·retiring administrators BY BENJAMIN ISRAEL· ........... ... ................ , .... , .... .............................. staff editor System preSident supports action despite rule against it Are four top administrators violat­ "- ing the provisions of the University's Opportunity, were tiling early said, Reached at her home Friday VoluntMy Early Retirement Incentive retirement, but would be back "Chancellor," Judd replied. evening, Van Uum said, "I can't com­ Program by taking retirement and tben next year as parttimers. ' ''I'm not asking about an indi­ ment. I haven't talked to the Chancellor coming back as part-time staffers next According to the pamphlet vidual matter; I'm asking about since the meeting." year? . about VERIP distributed to fac­ an admii1istrative matter." Asked about whether rumors that Dennis Judd, presiding officer of ulty members and available on "I'm just hesitating to talk . she would run for the 1st District seat in the Faculty Council, raised this ques­ the Internet, employees could about a personnel matter," Congress now held by Rep. William tion to Chancellor Blanche Touhill at return on a part-time basis Touhill answered. Clay, Vari Uum said, 'Tm thinking the University Senate meeting on without benefits. However, the The next day, The Current about it. If I were in Congress, I would­ March 14. policy text read, "Under no cir­ called and left messages for n't be on campus next year." The professor of political science cumstances will senior system . , Touhill Judd Driemeier and Smith, but they . On March 16, Touhill issued a state­ said' ·he heard that Betty Van Uum, or campus officers be allowed . did not reply. Seay confumed ment that read, in part, 'The General assistant to the Chancellor; Don to remain in their administrative posi­ tive-level positions reporting to these that he was taking early retirement, and Counsel believes that participation in Driemeier, deputy to the Chancellor; tions [or similar positions] and draw officers." would be back at 74 percent next year. VERIP is an individual personnel Wendell Smith, interim vice chancellor retirement. Sernor system and campus At the meetirig, Touhill declined to Seay said that employees must work at action and therefore the list is not a for University Relatlons, and Norman officers are defined as vice presidents, comment. "It's a personnel matter, and least 75 percent to be eligible for bene­ Seay, director of the Office of Equal chancellors, vice chancellors, or execu- . I'm just hesitating to respond," she fit.,. see RETIREES, page 10 Committee prepares governance proposal u.pstage.com 7x7 , contest to showcase ., for Board of Curators student talent BY BRIAN DOUGLAS uled to meet on Thursday. ·' · · · · ·· · ··· · ····ojf6~·· C;; ;;.~~2 t· ~iajj:··· Pierce said the president usually BY ELiZABETH AFlJlOWSMlT H insists on having infonnation for the "' ~~" .' . .,,, ,"'" The Daily L'n.l;)e7'S€ In response to concerns raised by Board meeting~ two weeks in advance the UM System's General Counsel, the so that it can be prepared for the meet­ (U.WIRE) PROVO. Utah - The 7 x University Senate Committee on ing. but in this case he made an excep­ 7 contest -- seven winners. seven Bylaws and Rules revised the proposed tion. weeks _. is 00. Upstage. coin is oow faculty governance document with '''This time [an exception was made) accepting entries for . {lebut talent hopes of having it ready for this because they realized that we're ~d er competition. The site, which officially kicks off Thursday" meeting of the Board of a time crunch be aus we're wanting Cum rs, to be abl to -CalI)' out e ections .and In mid·April . targeh Generation Y (1 to M-year-<JId) artists and performer; Marvin "Bunky"' Wright, the gener­ implement the new faculty governance who are looking for a forum to pest al counsel who provid legal advi e to structure before everyone leaves for the ontihe portf otios, shOwcase work, the UM System, reviewed the pro­ summer," Pierce said. participate in a collaborative environ­ Mlnhelle Van Iseghem/ 1b;t Cum'1ll posed change in govemance structw-e Pierce said thin if substantial ment and promote themselves to tat­ and sent it back with a list of 26 com­ changes are requested, the document . Sean O'Hara, D. Mike Bauer, SGA chair, and Michael Rankins, acting SGA president, listen to a E.'fit scouts and agents. ments and concern . Mark Burkholder, will go back to the Committee On member of the Assembly during last Thursday's meeting. The i neffidef1lCies of ClJITent who chaired the committee which gen­ Bylaws and Rules for further revision methods of find talent for films, erated the proposed re ision, character­ in preparation for the Ma meeting of music alld other creative disciplInes ized the changes the general counsel t.he Board of Curators. spurred the idea. said ~ ,ucas fledooW5, ((f·C.W and founder of requested as mo ;tly minor. Pierce said the earliest it \VouJa be Const itution stalled by lac Lois Pierce, chairperson of the possible to know if the proposal would Upstage. The site focuses on seven medi­ Senate s Committee 011 Bylaws and be going fOIWard to this week's Board ~ms '" aig\ta~, visual, musk, fi!mmall­ Rules, outlined the concem of the meeting would be Tu day. mg, perfomling, modellng and writ· of quorum at SGA meeting general counsel at Tuesday's Senate Pierce expressed optimi m that the ing. meeting. She said some of the changes proposal would be ready for the Board Its Cl.'Tfent target audience, 18 to were a matter of wording. In other meeti ng this Thun;day. 24-year-o!.ds, is people that are likely BY .JOE HARRIS make it harder to l-each a quorum. other amendments will pass when cases, langu1l!,>e that had been bor­ "A.,."ter working on this all year to be up-and-coming talent and are ...................~ .., ... ....... " ....... , .... , ... .. .............. ~ rowed from the current bylaws and we're velY hopeful that it will go for­ ready to do someMling about it, senior editor "Organizational representatives discussi n on the proposed constitu­ rules wa'i found to need revision. ward to the Board in March," Pierce BeOQ(.1\ro/& said. unfortunately ~ think for their own tion is resumed. really "Even 11 you Gln't make: it ilSCI Four am.endments to the pro­ self-interest," Wolfe said. Ben Ash, SGA Parliamentarian, Pierce later said she did not fe.el the said. '1 think it is an improve­ st'3r, youcao do something on an posed Student Government Another amendment propos ,d said the propose<;l constitution is too changes would vitally alter the docu­ ment. It's a good integration of what I amate!.!f le\le~ • he said. Association constitution failed and that instead of automatic expulsion ague, ment. think is the be ~ t of the Faculty Senate T~ site will award a grand priZE . another was tabled before a lack of for groups missing two meetings. "The first thing about this consti­ "I don't think there are any changes and the Faculty Council" mrn1€r 11) ench ,,atego!)' 01 ttJe. 7 x 7 quorum effectively ended the SGA that the total be increased to three. tution j it doesn't describe power that we were asked to consider that • TIUs latest version of the faculty contest with an all expense-paid meeting Thursday. Opponents argued that after three very well in the student govern­ would change the intent of the facuJty governance proposal grows out of the seven· wee\<. trip to Europe, a lQ}Jtep The amendments were part of 18 meetings the semester would be over ment," Ash aid. "It'. not a very good governance document," Pierce said. work done last year by the Select romPUter, a, vldeo camr:orrlm', lug. proposed amendments to the pro­ therefore making ex.pulsion no more document for illustrating what pow­ Pierce said the revised version of Committee on Faculty Governance an gage a ..digital camera and an MP3 the new governance proposal was dis- ad hoc committee formed to I:refImline player, arnong other prizes. posed constitution, All of the amend­ than a slap on the ",'Iists. Proponents ers we should have, what powers we tributed to the faculty after the workings of the Senate. The pro­ . The group Will travel together to ments were introduced by Steven said that an appeal process needs to shouldn't get." J)ubli.n, \.tl!ldorJ.. furlS, Amsterdam, Wolfe., SGA interim vice president. be added for groups who miss meet­ Ash said the constitu tion needs to Wednesday's meeting of the posal generated by the Select ilertin, Prague, Munich arid Vienna :to Of the four that · failed, the first ings with Iegitim..'lte excuses. not only ens-ure tl)at SGA officials Committee On Bylaws and Rule.-:. 111e Committee ~alls for splitting the eJd t­ CtIllectivel.y produce an original film amendment would have had the "I think while this is tabled we keep the powers they already have, deadline for receiving comments was ing University Senate into two bodie.s, while a professional c.amera CTEI'\' fo!· most impact. The amendment called can. work out something," Wolfe but !hat tho powers are added to. to be noon Monday. Pierce said if there a campus wide University Assembly IQ~ them arQQnd -. road-ru!es meets for an at-large representative for said, "I hate to say this, but I think Ash said that way administration has are no major concerns aired, the pro­ and a Faculty Senate., Although that reaJ-wortd style.