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Dec. 5, 2011 VOL. 45; ISSUE 1363 TheWWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM Current Happy Holidays from The Current PUBLIC DOMAIN ALSO INSIDE ‘TheMan Descendants’ Eating Sandwich review Muslim Student Association Men’s basketball 77 DarkNew familyart installation comedy/drama feeds turnsone man heads 1313 MSA presents on Muslim culture 14 Tritons smash conference opening 2 | The Current | DECEMBER 5, 2011 | WWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM | | NEWS TheCurrent VOL. 45, ISSUE 1363 News WWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM College websites increase in importance for EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief....................................................Matthew B. Poposky Managing Editor.........................................................Jeremy Zschau prospective students while searching colleges News Editor..................................................................Minho Jung Features Editor............................................................Ashley Atkins HALI FLINTROP Sports Editor...............................................................Owen Shroyer Staff Writer A&E Editor...................................................................Cate Marquis Opinions Editor..........................................................Jeremy Zschau The checklist used by colors like green or purple. exploration for a student; would expect a website Copy Editors.....................Sara Novak, Johanna Hoffarth, C. Rogers students when shopping Additionally, 94 percent if it is too difficult for that not only functions but Staff Writers.....................................................David von Nor- for an institution of higher of content throughout all them to learn about and impresses. dheim, Greg Laine, Yusef Roach, Ryan Krull, Maddie Harned, education seems to have higher education websites learn to love the university Yet, web design is still Endea Wilbert, Eli Dains, Dan Spak, Mavis Hollis, Sha- a new item creeping to is in some type of “Sans” online, the student may not the only, or even the ron Pruitt, Joseph Grate, Aladeen Klonowski, Hali Flintrop the top of the list: their font, which can also be not bother to look deeper most important aspect of DESIGN websites. As universities considered bland and not into a the university a university to consider. go online, letting their evocative. through other means and Hung Nguyen, freshman, Design Editor..............................................................Janaca Scherer websites do the talking, The idea is that websites go elsewhere. chemistry and English, Photo Editor...........................................................Jennifer Meahan Education News also said that, when he was Web Editor.....................................................................Yusef Roach which in turn causes the serve, in many ways, as Staff Photographers..............................Nikki Vahle, Jarred Gastreich, design and functionality a university’s head of reported some ironic looking for schools, if it Sarah Lowe, Erica Thompson of a university’s website advertising—they can be findings about very had been a strict contest of Illustrators................................................................... Karlee Sellars to play a large and ever the first contact a student technology centered web design, the University increasing role in a has with a university. schools and their of Missouri - St. Louis BUSINESS student’s decision to attend The issue is certainly technologically backwards website sucks, and he Business Manager........................................................John Wallace a particular university. more than just aesthetics websites. “Of the top would not even be here: Advertising Director............................................Thomas Wombacher There are a lot of such as color and font. ten engineering schools, other colleges win by far. Distribution Manager........................................................Ryan Krull mistakes universities can The websites should be several have a hefty “The website is one factor Advisor......................................................................Charlotte Petty make when designing their friendly, informative and share of W3C errors — in many factors. It does websites that can turn easily navigable. If they UC Berkeley is #4 and make a difference because CONTACT US prospective students off are not, or do not at least has 33 errors […]The the information about the Address 388.MSC,.1.University.Blvd rather than successfully provide other easy avenues University of Phoenix — school and the ease for Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400 attracting them. An through which a student the undisputed leader in students of getting that Newsroom 314-516-5174 Education News article can glean information online education — has information definitely Business/Advertising 314-516-5316 entitled “Best Education about the university and 198 errors in its CSS code, shows how much a school Fax 314-516-6811 Sites Shows Colleges That get into contact with the while the average for the cares and how prestigious E-mail.(General) [email protected] Rule the Web” reported university, the university top 400 university websites it is, but a lot of schools E-mail.(Advertising) [email protected] that the vast majority of runs the very real risk is around 40,” Education may be small and under- E-mail.(Employment.Inquiries) [email protected] higher education websites of discouraging students News, said. Lackluster, budgeted and can be good E-mail.(Tips / What’s Current) [email protected] Twitter umslcurrent feature bland colors, such and turning them off just poorly functioning schools without having the Facebook The Current as grey or black, while through their website. websites would be best website. The website few feature gripping, A university’s website especially crippling for plays a limited role. There’s ABOUT The Current aggressive colors such as is also often the most technological universities, only so much a website can The Current is the student newspaper at the University of Missouri- red or innovative, original convenient channel of from whom students tell you,” Nguyen said. St. Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on Mondays. Advertising rates are available upon request; terms, condi- UMSL November Police Report tions and restrictions apply. The Current, financed in part by student 11/21 - 9:30 a.m. - an unknown individual. An Meadows. 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WEATHER AFFILIATIONS MON. 38 TUES. 40 WED. 40 THURS. 43 FRI. 31 SAT. 42 SUN. 46 33 29 28 31 25 31 32 NEWS | | WWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM | DECEMBER 5, 2011 | The Current | 3 Susan Kendig takes charge of Missouri Task ForceThe UNDERCURRENT on Prematurity Infant mortality rates and prematurity stats analyzed and reported in Missouri MINHO JUNG News Editor Susan Kendig, associ- work on this very impor- problems and disabilities, According to the Mis- Task Force cannot prevent that such conditions are ate teaching professor of tant topic.” such as developmental souri chapter of the March every single occurrence managed and the woman is nursing at the University The Missouri