University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (1990s) Student Newspapers 11-16-1998 Current, November 16, 1998 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: http://irl.umsl.edu/current1990s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, November 16, 1998" (1998). Current (1990s). 287. http://irl.umsl.edu/current1990s/287 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 (1990s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOICE OF UM-ST. LOUIS ovember 16, 1998 The University of Missouri-St. Louis Vol. 32 Issue 937 Arts Center focus Parents, administrators of Council debate meet about Child Center BY ASHLEY COOK again," Roeseler said. "It's in a location ...that would senior editor Traffic, safety iSS11es then blow a fuse somewhere else outside the building.'" The chancellor attended Friday's Faculty Council meeting ro Schuster said that Union Electric brought in more participate in an open discussion on the pros and cons of the pro­ power from Bellrive ro South Oampus when the apart­ posed Performing Arts Center. prompt gathering ments at University Meadows were built, but that more Chancellor Blanche Touhill said that she felt that there would was needed ro accommodate future growth. be sufficient scheduling of academic events and commercial enter­ BY ASHLEY COOK senior editor "[Union Electric] under­ prises ro justify such a venue being built on campus. stands that as we develop "That's why I'm trying ro take this year in order to work with Parents of children from the South Campus Child more and more, we need more AMS [the consulting firm hired by the University] and the Budget power," Schuster said. Development Center met and Planning [committee], and work with the various departments A parent at the meeting 'with administrators Nov. 4 and get a better handle on the percentage bf commercial versus aca­ expressed his concern that the to discuss safety and parking demic [events]," Touhill said. old electrical equipment still concerns. Touhill said that contrary to some council members' com­ posed a hazard ro the chil­ ments, she felt that operating deficits would not present a problem. dren's center, even with FIRE SAFETY "I think that one never knows what's going to come, but I do prompt police response to fire Reinhard Schuster, vice have some ideas how to backstop budgets so that deficits can be sltuanons. chancellor for protected," Touhill said. "That's something that I would like to "We've dodged a bullet Administrative Services, said discuss with the Budget and Planning committee." t",,-ice. I have every confidel1oe that two recent electrical The chancellor said that the University was working to reinstate in you and your staff to take fires on South Campus were the theater program sometime next year, possibly in the spring. care of the children once you likely due to old equipment The program was "phased out" a few years ago in l budget cut. have been alerted, but it's that which couldn't handle sHong Touhill said that there just wasn't a space large enough to accomo­ interim space between an power surges. date the present needs of the University. event occurring and you get- "The electrical service to "Last year, I went to several events in the].C. Penney auditori­ , ring on site that makes it a this part of the campus is um that were over-subscribed. You could not get into the audito­ possibility for disaster," he very old and antiquated... as rium," Touhill said. said. this property is developed, Touhill also talked about providing space for future events, Roeseler said that with the there will be more of a when the University might be able to offer lectures from speakers new fuse design that there who would draw a crowd too Lvge for present halls. demand for power," Schuster wasn't much chance for future said. fi . "I go to universities where they have lecture series where the !res occurrmg. students come to lecture series because [the spe~.kers) are out­ As earlier reported, a fire last month, located in the "That possibility should be standing people," Touhill said. eliminated, and I say should basement under the Center, John Onusb, professor in the English'Department, said that he . f h because anvthing can happen cau e d an evacuatiOn ate . , " f felt that the emphasis on building the center would ne gatively 'ld h K h J Stephame Platt/ The Current as I m sure you re aware a , ch I ren to teat y . h" affect efforts to increase quality of education in other areas on . C Vinita Henry, professor of Optometry takes even m your own orne, W emman enter. campus. · f her children Emily (right), 4, and Elizabeth, Roeseler 5ald. R o b ert R oese I er, d!rector 0 . • "Our students are being short-changed," Onuska said . .rwe . al af 'd th 1., to their vehicle at t he Chilo 'Development institution s ety, Sal at have got to educate our students. We have got to put something Center Thursday afternoon. PARKING PROBLEMS step:; ha d bee n tak en to 1essen into general education, all these things ilia are m e cruciaL~ue ParentS also raised several the h'kelihood of aClClitional fires such as the one last but not building a theater for a commercial venue." concerns over the recent change of South Drive to one­ month which was caused by a power surge thit caused way, which requires parents to driYe around the back see To u hill, page 7 a cable to overheat and bum its insulation . .rwe put a fuse in to prevent this from occurring see MeeUng, page 8 Police investigate several electronics thefts Qn campus BY SUE BRITT staff associate Recent incidents of computer thefts on the UM-St. Louis campus remain unsolved. Campus police are continuing their investigations. Over the last year several computers and other electronics have been stolen on the UM-St. Louis campus. These thefts have occurred in several different areas of the campus and in a variety of circumstances. Last month, computers still in their boxes were stOlen from Benton Hall. This month, electronics were stolen from a locked classroom in the Social Sciences Building. In July, boxed computers were stolen from a locked room in Marillac Hall. 'We receive reports from a variety [of sources and circumstances]," Captain James Smalley of the UM-St. Louis police department said, "Sometimes [the com­ puters] are already installed. Sometimes they are waiting to be installed," Smalley said. "[The thefts] are just kind of spread out. Naturally, we investigate all the thefts." Smalley said that the variety was 'not only concerning the rypes of items taken and the locations they were taken from but also the methods used. Several of the thefts occurred from locked rooms. "If it's a person's office and they report that the door was locked when they left," Smalley said, "the door was still locked when they returned." Stephania Platt/ The Current Some of the most recent thefts occurred in Stadler Hall Two incidents occurred on Sept. 27 and 29, when a laptop computer, scanner and printer were stolen. In Senior communication major Sandra Tricamo converses with her mother·in·law October, two addotional computers were taken from Stadler Hall. Mary Tricamo about drawings of the Washington Avenue Edison Brothers "It seems like much of this activity is occurring around Stadler," Smalley said. Warehouse. The drawings are in Gallery 21.0 as part of the "What is a City?" The police department could not comment on the ongoing investigation. conference, which is intended to focus on the present state and potential 'We can't divulge the tactics that we use to investigate," Smalley said. "If every­ improvement of St. Louis. body knows what we're doing someone could come up v:.ith a way around it. But we are investigating." Newman House plans Hunger Awareness WeeK BY SUE BRITT Hugo in Florida. But mainly they work in Third-World "'Right now, they are at a shelter with no electricity, no staff associate countries." running water. They have lots of beans and rice and they have Hunger Awareness Week, which has been coordinated by This is the fourth Hunger Awareness Week organized by lots of bottled water," Chitwood said. "But they have no way Betty Chitwood of the Newman House for the past three the Newman House, the Catholic student center. Chitwood of getting back to their village. The bridges are out. It could years, begins today and will tun through Thursday. said each year it has grown. She said the president of the take anywhere from a month to three months to get back. Money will be raised by T-shirt sales in the University Student Government Association from four years ago sug­ Twenty of these children are under the age of five. This year Center lobby, FAST for hunger donations, a soup sale in the gested that Newman House involve the entire campus and a part of the money that I'm going to be collecting is going to Underground and the Hunger Banquet on Thursday. make the event a week long. go to Honduras." The majority of the money raised will be given to the orga­ "It's been wonderful," Chitwood said. "I have met some Statistics provided by Oxfam state there are 160 million nization Oxfam America. Oxfam is an organization that of the most wonderful people." children under the age of five that are malnourished and that mainly aids people in Third-World countries by helping peo­ One of those people is John Geerling, MD, MA theolo­ every 2.5 seconds a child dies from hunger related causes.