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NOV. 1, 2010 VOL. 44; TheWWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM Current ISSUE 1327 You Decide: Election 2010 See Pg. 10-11 ALSO INSIDE Tea Party discussion Tritons volleyball Dark Star Orchestra 3 NAACP speaks at Tea party event 5 Wins two out of three games 7 Pageant hosts psychodelic light show 2 | The Current | NOV. 1, 2010 ,, The Current Vol. 44, Issue 1327 www.thecurrent-online.com Statshot EDITORIAL The UNDERCURRENT by Zheng Zhang “What do you do to prepare for the Editor-in-Chief...............................................................Sequita Bean upcoming winter?” News Editor.....................................................................Ryan Krull Features Editor.................................................................Jen O’Hara Sports Editor..........................................................Michael Frederick “I eat a lot of Teddy Grahams so I can bulk “Gloves, warm black socks, long coat and A&E Editor.....................................................................William Kyle up for the winter.” a hat!” Assoc. A&E Editor........................................................Cate Marquis Opinions Editor..............................................................Andrew Seal Copy Editors...............................Cassandra Trammel, Lauren Wilding Proofreaders............................................Grace Searle, Sara Novak Dorian West Esther Njoroge Staff Writers......................................Minho Jung, Demarko Timmons, Biology Nursing Caitlin E.L. Myles, Matthew Poposky, Ashely Atkins, Janaca Scherer, Junior Senior Chardais Bastien DESIGN Design Editor.....................................................Zachary James Kraft Production Designer...............................................Zachary Schwartz “I wear shorts throughout the winter so Photo Editor............................................................Jennifer Meahan “I make sure [to] wear lots of layers” the only change is wearing a jacket.” Web Editor.........................................................................Louie Liu Staff Photographers................................Abigail Gillardi, Nitesh Jain, Riki Tanaka, Yumeto Yamazaki, Zhang Zheng, Chenhao Li, Sofi Seck Illustrators.................................Zachary Kraft, Gail Fike, Samuel Kayser Vanika Spencer BUSINESS Dance & Com Tyler Bedell Ad Director.......................................................................Jessica Keil Junior Music Ad Associates................................Zachary Schwartz, Rick Feldman Graduated Distribution Manager........................................................Ryan Krull Business Manager........................................................John Wallace Advisor......................................................................Charlotte Petty AFFILIATIONS Comments from the WEB VERBATIM on “Should the U.S. cut off relations with Iran completely? | No: Iran needs to be treated ” issue 1326 “I realize filmmaking is a collabora- tive effort, and this decision ultimate- The problem with your whole argument lies right in these few ly did not have the full support of my ABOUT US words: The United States has a responsibility to the world and entire cast and crew. its peoples. The Current is the student newspaper at the University of Missouri-St. – TODD PHILLIPS, ABOUT WHY MEL Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on Mon- We only have a responsibility to fix our own country first and GIBSON WAS DROPPED FROM HIS FILM days. Advertising rates are available upon request; terms, conditions make sure Americans have their needs sufficed before worrying ‘THE HANGOVER 2’ and restrictions apply. The Current, financed in part by student activi- about the problems of another country. Ever since America went ties fees, is not an official publication of UM-St. Louis. The University internationalist after WWII, it has been nothing but controversy is not responsible for the content of The Current and/or its policies. All after controversy and America being put last by it’s own. There materials contained in each printed and online issue are property of is nothing wrong with other cultures and experiencing it, but ““Troublemakers will not have the last The Current and may not be reprinted, reused, or reproduced without we don’t owe it to Iran to stick around. word in a democracy, a republic.”” the prior, expressed and written consent of The Current. If this country is so determined to fix other countries, why not – NICOLAS SARKOZI, The Current accepts letters to the editor. All letters should be brief, and fix Mexico? I mean we can only look the other way for so long FRENCH PRESIDENT those not exceeding 250 words will be given preference. The Current with all the illegal immigrants before our country is no longer edits letters for clarity and length, not for dialect, correctness, intent or the America we have known it to be. grammar. All letters must be signed and must include a daytime phone number and, where applicable, student number. The Editor-in-Chief I am just sick of our country being the World’s Police, let other “The U.S. did not turn a blind eye to reserves the right to respond to and to deny any letters. countries do more for once and let our country just focus on our torture in Iraq.” country for once. CONTACT US – GEORGE CASEY, Address 388.MSC,.1.University.Blvd Why waste time trying “fix” a country that refuses to be fixed? U.S. ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400 You can’t change what doesn’t want to be changed. Newsroom 314-516-5174 Business/Advertising 314-516-5316 -EC Fax 314-516-6811 E-mail.(General) [email protected] WEATHER E-mail.(Advertising) [email protected] E-mail.(Employment.Inquiries) [email protected] MON. 63 TUES. 61 WED. 62 THURS. 61 FRI. 60 SAT. 65 SUN. 64 E-mail.(Tips) [email protected] Twitter umslcurrent 41 34 40 39 40 45 41 NOV. 1, 2010 | The Current | 3 LOCAL NEWS News Metro retirees overpaid by $1 million Metro has overpaid retirees by more than $1 million collec- tively over the years because of errors and miscalculations that went unnoticed until a recent internal agency audit. In all, 236 retirees received more pension benefits than they were entitled to and will be asked to repay all or part of the overpayment, Metro officials said. The St. Louis-based transit agency also has shorted 196 retirees collectively $717,000 as the result of errors, the audit found. Those retirees will be repaid, with interest, for the underpayments. Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Slay’s development chief leaving City Hall after nine years The brains and muscle behind Mayor Francis Slay’s devel- opment team is leaving City Hall. Deputy Mayor Barb Geisman, who has been with the mayor since his first term, is retiring. Her departure has been rumored for months, but was made public today with a resolution from the city’s Board of Aldermen. Geisman is the frequently frenetic and occasionally harried devel- opment czarina who has presided over a building boom downtown, from the new Busch Stadium to the resurgent Loft District. If anybody knew the ins and outs of the intricate tax-increment and incentive packages offered to city builders -- and, because they were so complicated, it sometimes felt like no one did -- it was Geisman. Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Charles County Council approves color- Adolphus Pruitt, Vice President of St. Louis NAACP, speaks at the Tea Party event. NITESH JAIN / THE CURRENT coding roads for bike danger The St. Charles County Council has moved ahead with The Tea Party: Racism or conservatism? plans to designate roads in two semi-rural areas according to their level of danger for bicycling. Under a bill passed MINHO JUNG Tea Party and advocates for the NAACP Party movement emerged right after the Monday, maps will be distributed to bike shops, parks and Staff Writer was sparked by the first question, “What current president was inaugurated is be- other places showing the red, orange and green ratings is the Tea Party movement? What are its cause what we see about the new health for roads in southwest and northeast parts of the county. “The Tea party: Racism or conserva- goals?” care issue, I believe, is beyond the power Related signs also may be posted on some routes. The vote was 6-0. The council, meanwhile, deleted a proposed tism?” discussion presented by the Black “Tea Party is not a political party our federal government should have, requirement that bicyclists on some roads carry mirrors Leadership Organizing Council and the therefore it does not have a leader. This which we have never seen in the history allowing a view of the road behind them Alpha Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha is a social movement, concerning about of this country,” Evans said. Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Fraternity aimed to discuss the motives where the current administration is The most pressing issue of the discus- of the Tea Party and