Silver-screen Bean is not the man we've grown UM-St. Louis' Jim Brady is the 1997 Collegiate to love. See page 3. Baseball Classic Coach of the Year. See page 5. THE S TUDENT V OICE C ELEBRATING 31 Y EARS OF UM-ST. LOUIS OF CAMPUS COVERAGE V OL. 31 I SSUE 902 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS NOVEMBER 3, 1997 Police target repeat offenders with new tire boots by Joshua Stegeman mobile is moved while the boot is intact. "The person has to contact t.f-te police department staff writer The boots <U"e primarily being used on all staff's, fac­ because we put a sticker on (here "indow advising them Campus police are stepping up their efforts to enforce Ulty's, student's and visitor's vehicles who have more not to move their car because it could cause damage. We parking codes with the use of two new vehicle immobi­ than 5 unpaid parking tickets. Other reasons for using explain to them the violation and there is a fine associat­ lizers. the boot include blocking building and maintenance ed with removing the boot," Wirt said. UM-St. Louis police officer Alfred Wirt said the entrances and 'parking on sidewalks and in handicap A $25 fine must be paid by the violators to remove the devices, commonly referred to as tire boots, are general­ spaces. The boot is also being used at University boot, as well as paying any other fines associated with I y used as last resorts. \ Meadows and. to prevent Metrolink commuters from their vehicle being immobilized. A state summons is "The first reason for getting the boot was mUltiple parking in student's and other unauthorized spaces. given to violators of handicap parking. violations," \virt said. "People continously park in viola­ The boot has only been used tm'ee times: once for a Towing the vehicle and issuing tickets are the only lion; we give them tickets, and it just doesn't seem. to do staff member, once for a student and once for a visitor. other measures taken by the police department to prevent any good." According to Wir,t the boot has been very effective, but Ashley Cookffhe Current safety violations and hazards. Towing would be use in Jim Stewart, emergency service driver, demon- The oevices can cause damage ~o a vehicle if the auto- it ,',Iill be us~d sparingly. the case a vehicle blocking a firelane, Wirt said. strates the new tire boot. Alcohol newest f . Halloween Hap iness addition to campus U organization s visit to local dining services by David Baugher . hospital mutually rewarding staff writer The Cove, UM-St. Louis ' waited service restaurant, for children, student nurses will begin serving alcohol today, said Ron Medley, direc­ tor of fo od services. by David Baugher Offi cials had plan ne d to incl ude beer and wine on the staff writer menu as early as mid-September but according to Kay Ten student nurses brightened the Halloween holi­ Morgan, manager of The Cove, the li quor li cense had day for al most one hundred youngsters at St. Louis been "hung up in le galities" with Bellerive Acres. Medley Children's Hospital on Wednesday night. said all the necessary state and local licenses had been The e ent, sponsored the Barnes Student Nurse obtained by the middle of last week. Associati on, allowed hospitalized children to enjoy Morgan said The Cove will serve a variety of Missouri some fr iendly faces and re eive a few small gifts, wines including Chardonnays and a house wine. such as erasers. and face paint. Medley also said beer would be available, both on tap Johnnie Brock's Dungeon don ated some materials and bottled. Anheuser-Busch products such as Budweiser, for the event. Michelob and O'Doul's will be featured. "! think it's great for the kids who aren't able to go Medley said that residents' meal-plan money cannot be ou t for Halloween,' said Jill Duin, a child life spe­ used 10 purchase alcohol and there will be a two-drink cialist at Children's. "It's great for the kids to be able limit on both beer and wine. All con urnption will take to feel that even though they can't be in Dived in their place on the premises. neighborhoods for Halloween, that they can have 'There's no package Ii ense involved," Morgan said. something up in their rooms or in the playroom to "It's strictly r r service in the rcstaurant." do." Other changes in the Cove have already been imple­ Patty Rowe, a sophomore nursing major partici­ men ted. paling in the project for the firs t time, said it was " 3. Free interactive trivia games on the National Tri via good opportunity to give back." Network have been available to customers since the 'Wh n you get an opportunity to do something beginning of the semester. Morgan said diners can pl ay like this, to help somebody in need, ta;';e it because the games on small handsets while they enjoy their meals. what · ou get out of it is going to wei gh so much ore "Everybody seems to be interested in it," Morgan said. than what you put in to it," Rowe said. "It's a slower paced game; its not designed to go real For Daniel Nolte, who helped head the project, it's quick. It's des igned to be played while people sit and talk about more than gi ving ba k. or eat." Nolte, 21, was once a patient at the hospital after Morgan said if the trivia becomes popular, it could be developing brain cancer at th e age of 18. expanded to tourn ament play with teams competing The diagnosis forced him to go through more than against one another. a dozen su rgeries and months of chemotherapy fol­ In addi ti on , QB I, an interactive game which all ows lo wed by grueli ng physical th erapy. fans to predict plays on Monday Night Football , was "I had to le.am to walk again , talk, think, move and introduced just a few weeks ago. Mondays will also fea­ everything." ' Nol te said. "Nothin g in my life is taken ture an all-yo u-can -eat buffet special where patrons can for granted." buil d their own chili dogs or nachos. Nolte, who s final MRI earlier this year showed his Morgan aiso said Wednesday nights may soon incl ude can er in fu ll remission, credits his friends' prayers live entertainment in the Summit area. for his recovery. Students will see other changes in campus food service "I was only gi ven a 10 percent chance of survival," this week. with the reopening of the campus coffee carts, said Nolte. "" Every second of my life is a gift." H barbecue smoker, and the Twain Station, a "light-fare Nolte, who a1 0 plann ed a similar event last year, restaurant" offering sandwiches, bottled water and other Ashley Cook/The Current said he hope.s to make it an an nual event. foods and drinks in the Mark Twain Building, Medley \ "To see those kids smile, I can't tell you how much Jenny Clark, junior and secretary of Student Nursing Association, plays a game said. I ' it means to me," Noite said. "That 's right exactly with Ashley Chapman, a patient at Children's hospital. The association visited Th South campus coffee cart is expected to reopen I where I was three years ago." the hosptial to celebrate Halloween with children there. this week. The North cam pus cart, in the Social Science Building, opened last week after a change in manage­ see FOOD, page 8 INDEX ~ Professor fears lor satetv While grievance against him slowlY proceeds Bulletin Board 2 I by Doug Harrison Karl Beeler, associate vice chancellor for Odds & Ends 3 l staff writer Student Affairs, contacted her in early t (police protection) is purely a precautionary measure. OptEd 4 University poIic are standing guard out­ October about "threatening" phone cali s side an Engiish professor's classroom after Sports 5 Onuska allegedly received shortly after -Robert Roe se!er the instructor expressed Co ncerns for his safe­ Long's allegations were made public. chief of UM -St. Lou is police UnderCurrent 6 ty, police say. "He (Beeler) said someone had been call­ life in Hell 7 According tc> chief of police Robert ing and threatening Dr. Onuska, and he Roc-seIer, detecti ve James Huelsing has been (Beeler) asked me if I had mad~ any of !.hose members of the COlmrottce immediately. I "Dr. Onuska has asked th at he be allowed "sitti ng outside" the classroom of John calls," Long said. think they're trying to hold this off until next to make his seledion from the new list," Editoria!s: Onuska, associate profe.ssor of English, for '"a Neither Onuska nor Beeler would com­ semester." N~lson Wrote. "1 believe he is within his couple of weeks." ment about the calls or any :L~pect of Ll'ng's In 11 It:!!cr to Long Oct. 8, Jack Nelson, rights to do so."' "It's purel. a pn-..cautionary measure," grievance. vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, Long said she had already selected Glenn Too few computer Roeseler said, indicating that Huel sing 's Meanwhile, Long, who deniGd any acknowledged that he had "e17ed" in previous White, associate professor of behavioral stud­ techs to support U assigmnent would likely end "soon."' involvement in the calls, said her grie.vance is correspondence to Long about the timeline ies.