University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2000s) Student Newspapers 3-11-2002 Current, March 11, 2002 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, March 11, 2002" (2002). Current (2000s). 104. https://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s/104 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 (2000s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOLUME 35 March 111, 2002 ISSUE 1047 Spring Break in St. Louis .... See page 3 THECURRENTONLlNE.COM UNIVERSITY OF M ISSOURI - ST. LOUIS Breaking News UMSL honors five al mnae Tuition hike is result of budget Trailblazer ceremony commemorates 19th amendment BY TATIANA SKLAROVA women. .... .. ....... ............ ., ... ............ ... ................... ... ... StajfWriter Five UM-St. Louis alumnae were cuts, ASUM says honored at the event. The Annual Trailblazer Ceremony Anne C. Ream was in the first was held in the MilleQIlium Student graduating class of the School of BY DAN WIEGERT ......... .... " ... .. .. ..................... ............................. Center on March 4. The ceremony Optometry and was the first woman . StaffMito,· commemorated the 82nd anniversary to serve as the president of the of women's suffrage and the passage Missouri Optometric Association. Associated Students of the of the 19th Amendment to the She is also a curator of the University University of Missouri lobbyist Constitution. of Missouri system. Elizabeth Grindstaff said proposed Jacqueline R. McBrady was invit­ Vickie L. Sauter was the first budget cuts would raise the cost ed to speak about the women sustain­ female faculty member to receive of education for UM-St. Louis stu­ ing the American spirit. She serves as tenure in the College of Business and dents at a press conferen<r:e March the executive vice-president of the the first to become of member of the B. UM-St Louis Alumni Association and management infonnation systems At the conference, held in the the chief financial officer of Sonacom . area of the college. While there, she Pilet House, Grindstaff stated that Inc. founded the MIS mentoring pro­ Missouri Governor Bob Holden ''Now it is a time to celebrate what grams. wants to cut $46 million from the women achieved. But they should not Jayne E. Stake was the first female UM budget. stop, should not give up, but keep faculty member to be promoted to full "To put that into prospective, going farther ahead.," McBrady said. professorship in the psychology $46 million is equivalent to the "I suppose women [have] department. She established and yearly apparitions of UM-Rolla. It's achieved success [everywhere] except served as the first director of the like cutting an entire campus," [in] American business. They are vice Community Psychological Services Said Grindstaff. presidents, but not the presidents yet," clinic. State was also the first female Chancellor Blanche M. Touhill said. faculty member to direct the doctoral ''But we are coming." program in clinical psychology. fThe bad "Even though we have such Sherri B.Sullivan was the first departments as education, nursing or female alum to serve as an associate the college of optometry, which are circuit judge for the City of St. Louis news is that very attractive to women, and women judicial district. She was appointed to studies as well, recently a lot of serve on the Missouri Court of women have been involved in busi­ Appeals by the governor. things are ness administration department too," April R. Woods is a master of Vice Chancellor Jerry D. Durham social work student who is the first going to said. female to be legally blind while hold­ Chancellor Blanche Touhill and Equal Opportunity Office Director Deborah Burris flank the 2002 The UM-St Louis student body is ing a nursing position in the neuro­ Trailblazer award winners Sheri Sullivan, April Woods, Jane Stake, Anne Ream, and Vicki Sauter. 60 percent female, and 54 percent of surgery department at Barnes Jewish get worse the employees at UM- St Louis are Hospital. before· the onors ollege opens get better." Enron scanllal . Esther Haywood-D doors for prospects State Representatives, 71st part BY FARIICA RUSLI instead of having exams. Because of the heavy work load., of lesson • ••• •• ••• • ••••••••• 40 ............. .... ..... ............ , •• • •••••• • • _ district taffWriter "I do think there is an important students have a tremendou amount of place for exams. They are good to say research and homework. To recover the cuts, UM-St. Louis will raise student fees_ The Pierre Laclede Honors College to students 'here is what you need to "You have to prepare yourself by UMSL held the first open house for the know and you better learn it,'" Bliss reading the material before class," stu­ been plans at amount has not yet final­ semester on March 2. said. ''But when doing a paper, stu­ dent Kristen Rush said. ized, but two weeks ago The According to Robert Bliss, Dean of dents have a chance. to show what they The open house ended by a campus Current reported that next years BY CILLAH HALL Honors College, the open house was can do when their memory is not the . tour. Seventy guests, who are mostly raises could be up to eight per­ ............. ... ........... .. ... ... ..... .... .......... .... Staff rxfriter to encourage people to apply and to issue. They also learn to work through high school students, and their fami­ cent. give more information to people who a project to succeed." lies attended the event. to According Grindstaff, the are interested in joining the program. It When students have problems, the "I think they gave me enough University would have to ralse The sudden bankruptcy of the fees by over twenty percent to Enron Corporation has given UM-St. was held in Provincial House so that honors college can help to a point. information," guest Jeffrey Dewitt Louis accounting professors a real they could actually see the place and "For freshmen, we can do all the said.. Dewitt, a high school student recover the year's losses if it were life-teaching tool. met some staff member and students advising and registering classes. But who is also taking some courses at to put the burden solely on the when smdents work in their major, I Fi\I-St. Louis, will join the Honors students. Assistant professor of accounting there. Stephen Moehrle talked about Enron In his introduction, Bliss explained encourage them to ask advice from the College next fall and is going to live in "No matter what, the current cuts will cause tuition to go up, before the collapse, when it was what advantages students could get department adviser so that they know the donn. 'The main thing is I don't ranked seventh on the fortune 500 list, from honors classes. people in their department. And of have to drive anymore and spend and serviceswitl be cur," as well as the people who got hurt by 'It is a challenging class. We give course people in the deparunent will much time going to school. I also love part Grindstaff said. ''The scariest the company after the scandal. something that won't be easy beca.use know more than I do," said Birgit the environment here and I think the is t.hat the above scenario will only teachers are good too." occur under the most optimistic "Sophisticated institutions have students' academic success is our Noil, honors lecturer. lost billions," he said. "Individual goal," Bliss said. "It is also a small In this occasion, some honors stu­ Students interested in joining the forecast. " investors have lost catastrophic sums class so that you can make more direct dents also shared their experiences. Pierre LaClede Honors College need Grindstaff also said if there are Stephen Moehrle, UMSL assis­ and some employees have lost much access to fac ul ty." They told the guests about the study to turn in the application by the end of any additional cuts, the price of tant professor of accounting. method, the teachers, living in the tV,iQ higher education in Missouri will of their retirement fund." It is also an unusual class annos­ the first week of classes, letters of Moehrle said that Enron would phere that encourages faculty to try donn, how to get advise and working rc{;ommendation from previous teach­ be at or equal to that of private . experiments and new things. For on campus. ers and two recently written academic schools. The high cost would put help bring change to the accounting studenl~ "In UM schools out of the reach for profession, including the fees paid to r'-here are a example, watched "General Honors, we do the opposite essays. Austin" on film and compared the from the classes on main campLL~. We The next open house will be on many Missouri students. their auditors, Arthur Anderson. '''There are a lot of big mistakes movie to the original novel. have to move around and talk. The May 4th. For more information con­ "The Univer.;ity of Missouri is that we can leam from, for example The other thing that makes it professors actually make you talk," tact 5l6-6870. already the J1l{)St expensive insti­ lot of big unethical practices such as document unusual is honors students do papers said Luisa Alvarez, honors student. the tution in Big 12 Conference shredding [and] very little description and further budget cuts will only mistakes that Pierre Laclede widen that gap, " Grindstaff safd. of contingent liabilities and debt acceleration provisions in debt con- Honors College ~\lready there is a hiring freeze 1facts," he said. held the first set for next year, and Ulfrent fac­ we ·can learn He further stated that as a result of open house for ulty will not receiVe arry raises.