2 ~E ~rrrnt APRil 12, 2010 NEWS~ 51. Louis County EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief......... .. ..... .... ............... .. .... ... ......... .. .. ....... .. .Jessica Keil Managing Editor. ...... ..... .... .. .... ... ....... .. ........... .......... ... ... Matthew Hill passes Proposition A News Editor.......... .. ...... .. .. .. .... .. .. ... .. ... ........ .. ......... ...... ... Andy Phipps Features Editor. .... .... ... ...... .... ... ..... ... ...... ...... .... ........ .. .... Sequita Bean pansion of all Metro services. Sports Editor..... ..... ..... .. ...... .... ... ........ .... .... ........ .. ... ... Cedric Williams ~ MATIHEW B. POPOSKY Staff Writer There will also be extensive A&E Editor. .......... ... ....... .............. .. .... .... ............ ...... ... ... Cate Marquis Assistant A&E Editor..... ...... .... ..... .... ........ .... ...... ... ....... .. .Joe Schaffner future growth to services~ us­ Copy Editors ..... .. ........ .. ........ .... .. Stacy Beckenholdt, Rebecca Nuckolls Last Tuesday, Proposition ing public input to help plan Proofreaders .... ...... ..... ..... .... ....... ..... ..... .. Sejin Lim, Cassandra Trammel A passed on the April ballot for development in high­ StaffWriters ........ .. ....... .. ....... Samuel Abraha, Ashley Atkins, Ryan Krull, with 63 percent of the vote. need areas first. Jen O'Hara, Matthew 8. Poposky, Amanda Roach, Janaca Scherer, The passing of this bill means This will also lead to eco­ Andrew Seal, Chris Stewart, that throughout St. Louis nomic development, as more City and County, there will service areas for MetroLink be a half-cent sales tax in- will allow for employees to DESIGN crease. reach jobs, and will allow for Design Editor.. .... .... .. .. ...... ........... ......... .. ..... .. ........... .. ..... .Gene Doyel This increase in sales tax greater access to the commu­ Photo Editor.... .... .... .... .. ................... ...... ... ........ ... ..... Jennifer Meahan will irrunediately benefit and nity. Page Designers ... .. .. .. ...... .. ............. .Zachary James Kraft, Phil Freeman Staff Photographers .. .......... .... ..... ...... .... Ahmad AJjuryyed, Riki Tanaka provide revenue for the res­ Many University of Sofi Seck, Leanna Bales toration and expansion of Missouri-St. Louis students Web Editor.. .. .... ........... .... ...... ... .... ... .. ... ... ...... .. .. Zachary James Kraft MeuoLink. throughout the showed a positive reaction to Iliustrators .. .... ...... .... ..... .. JefferyGrossman, Paul Maguire, Cody Perkins Missouri and illinois lines by the future implementation of generating an expected $75 the sales tax. million a year in revenue for ''I'm in support of this tax. BUSINESS public transit. I'm more than willing to pay Business Manager.... .. .... .... .. .. .......... ........ ........... ... .. ........... ... Oric Bui This bill's implications for an extra half-cen t sales tax to Advertising Director. ......... .. .... .. ............ .. .. .... ...... ... .. ....... Tommy Bach residents of Missouri and il­ help pay for MetroLink A Distribution Manager. .. .... .... ..... ... ... ......... ... .. ....... ......... Erin Sturguess linois go far beyond a simple lot of othe:r.places around the Adviser ..... ... ....... ...... .. ... .................. .. .. .... .... ........ .. ...... Charlotte Petty JENNIFER MEAHAN / THE CURRENT sales tax increase, however. world, like Europe and Chi­ The actual services na, have great public trans­ Vote for Prop A signs sit on the Pilot House tables on Tuesday. planned within the past year portation, and St. Louis has less to expand. I say go for it: senior, music education, said. alone include restoration of been sauggling just to keep tax us a little bit. It will help service cuts, along with ex- what they have open, much with expansion," Casey Kell, See PROP A, page 3 www.thecurrent-online.com,,; · MCMA . ' ~ ft, " UMSL works to improve registration rates The Current is the student newspaper at the University of Missouri-St. ~ STACY BECKENHOlDT mer opens up at the same Either way, Gadel stressed low end of retention rates Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on Mon­ Copy Editor time, so probably our busiest that helping students with for first-year students is 75 days. Advertising rates are available upon request; terms, conditions, On April 5, registration time would be the open reg­ whatever they need is of the percent, yet UM-Sr. Louis is and restrictions apply. The Current, financed in part by student activi­ for summer and fall classes at isuation days when open reg­ upmost impoI't<¥lce. "We re­ only at 72 percent. ties fees, is not an offidal publication of UM-St. Louis.. The University the University of Missouri­ istration begins," Gadel said. ally; really, really try our best In comparison, UM­ is not responsible for the content of The Current and/or its policies. All St. Louis began for currendy Students have the option to help students and give Columbia has an 86 percent materials contained in each printed and on line issue are property of enrolled senior, graduate and of registering online through them what they need to get retention rate, and UM-Kan­ The Current and may not be reprinted, reused , or reproduced without doctoral students followed by MyGateway's MyView sys­ done, whatever it is," Gadel sas City's is 76 percent. Of the prior, expressed and written consent of The Current freshmen-, sophomore- and tem or in person at the Of­ said. the universities with which The Current accepts letters to the editor. All letters should be brief, and junior-level students register­ fice of the Registrar located While Gadel and her UM-Sr. Louis competes for those not exceeding 250 words will be given preference. The Current ing on April 12. in room 351 of the Millen­ coworkers assist students students, the top six are UM­ edits letters for clarity and length, not for dialect, correctness, intent or "The first two weeks of nium Student Center. GadeI through the registration Columbia, Missouri State, grammar. All letters must be signed and must include a daytime phone registration for both fall and explained that since the in­ process, Alan Byrd is doing Southeast Missouri State, number and, where applicable, student number. The Editor-in-Ch ief swnmer, and winter interses­ ception of the MyView sys­ what he can to send more Truman State, Lindenwood reserves the right to respond to and to deny any letters. sion and spring, are reserved tem, she has not noticed a students their way. "We are and Southern Illinois Uni­ CONTACT US for students who are already difference in the number of sort of underperforming as versity Edwardsville. Addi­ here," Alice Gadel, Office of students who register in her an institution," Byrd, direc­ tionally, UM-St. Louis is not Address 388 MSC, 1 University Blvd the Registrar, said. April 19, office, just an increase in the tor of admissions, said. "We meeting the national average Saint louis, MO 63121-4400 2010 is when open registra­ number of phone calls the of­ are a selective institution and for any demographics. Newsroom 314-516-5174 tion starts for all other stu­ fice receives requesting help [retention] rates don't match Business/Advertising 314-516-5316 dents. "Fall term and sum- registering through MyView. thar." According to Byrd, die . See REGISTRATION, page 3 Fax 314-516-6811 E-mail (General) [email protected] E-mail (Advertising) [email protected] E-mail (Employment Inquiries) [email protected] E-mail (Tips) [email protected] Twitter tllnSJcurrent APRIL e12, 2010 ~hc (i:nrrrnt 3 UMSL students win big at local adverfsing awards -WORLD NEWS ~ RYAN KRULL ADDY for her "Mini Coo­ timeframe, UM-St. Louis and educational experience. Justice Stevens announces retirement Staff Writer per" newspaper ad and a students studying advertising "You get to see everyone's Supreme Court jl:lStice John f2ut Stevens announced his Student Silver ADDY for her have also received 16 local work on display, including retirement from the bench late last week. Hi~ retirement The University of Mis­ "UMSL College of Nursing" certificates of excellence from your own," Magraw said. "So wit! begin once the court adjourns for their summer.tecess. souri-St. Louis was well rep­ logo design. Manderbach, se­ AdClub St. Louis. it's a great way to familiarize Stevens, who was appointed to the court in 19-75 by President resented at this year's local nior, media studies, won two After winning gold in St. yourself with each agency's Ford has the distinction of being the second-longest serving ADDY Awards with four stu­ Student Silver ADDYs for Louis, Drebber's "Mini Coo­ work. There is always free justice to serve on the court and the only veteran serving dents taking home honors. his "Zoo Date" radio ad and per" ad has advanced to the beer and hors d' oeuvres and there. A successor is expected to be nominated by President The ADDY Awards are "the her "It Takes U" television regional ADDYs in Lincoln, everyone preny much walks Obama following the beginning of Stevens' retirement. world's largest and arguably spot. Magraw, senior, me­ Neb. Judging for this compe­ around and mingles until the toughest advertising com­ dia studies, rounded out the tition took place March 19- awards film is shown." petition," according to The mix, winning UM-St. Louis' 21, but the results have not "UMSL students are in Polish president killed in crash American Advertising Fed­ fourth Student Silver ADDY yet been announced. UM­ sync with this award