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'OFFICIAL' DANCE CREW AIMS COULD THE LSAT BE A TO DISPELL STEREOTYPES THING OF THE PAST? The student group focuses on countering Asian American stereotypes but welcomes students of any ethnicity.
The American Bar Association is considering dropping the test as a requirement for law school admissions.
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CAMPUS DINING
TUITION
Curators to vote Finding the new Forsee Eva J’s to change on tuition Friday A “single digit” tuition increase is the curators' goal.
The UM system has had to alter funds in their budget during past years.
-$61.5
million Cuts in Year 2009-2010
Potential 7%
reduction:
-$29.8 million Cuts Identified for Next Year:
6
-$11.3
Source: UM system news release SHELBY BROKAW | GRAPHIC DESIGNER
tional $12 million in scholarship funding for students. UM System Interim President Steve Owens responded with gratitude to the proposed cut,
See TUITION, page 6
Computer error releases health care information UM System officials notified about 750 faculty and staff members Friday that their health care information was mailed to incorrect addresses earlier this month. Coventry Health Care, which administers the system’s medical benefits plans, said in a news release a computer malfunction was the cause of the error. The program that prints the names and addresses on the envelopes aligned the names with the wrong address. “We discovered that the computer error occurred between January 6th and 10th, and upon learning of the error, we took immediate corrective actions to address this error,” said Roman Kulich, President and CEO of Coventry Health Care/GHP in St. Louis in a news release. “After correcting the error, we began working with officials to notify those affected. In addition, we implemented
GARRETT RICHIE Staff Writer
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UM SYSTEM HEALTH CARE
MEGAN HAGER Staff Writer
A replacement dining option, Sabai, will offer Asian cuisine.
Nixon’s Additional Scholarship Funds
The UM System Board of Curators will set a goal of keeping a tuition increase for 2011-12 “in the single digits” when members vote on potential rate increases Friday, Nikki Krawitz, UM System Vice President of Finance and Administration, said Monday. Krawitz said the university has been recommending a tuition increase to the curators over the course of the last few board meetings and feels the public is ready for it. The tuition increase will be one of many efforts UM System officials put forth to close a funding gap of $72 million, in part created by a proposed 7 percent cut in funding Gov. Jay Nixon proposed last week. During his State of the State address Jan. 19, Nixon said, despite the fall in public university funding, he plans to allocate an addi-
REDUCTIONS
+$12 million
ALLISON PRANG Associate Editor
focus
UM SYSTEM
new system safeguards to prevent this type of error from happening again.” The mailing error only affected employees and their families receiving Choice Health Care Program benefits. No participants in the Catastrophic Medical Program or Retiree Indemnity Medical Program were affected. “We have taken the error very seriously,” said Kelley Stuck, associate vice president of the UM system. “Any time employee information is released incorrectly we are concerned.” Benefit statements, health services letters and new ID cards were mailed to the wrong person due to the error. This revealed personal information such as name, member number and birth date. Unlike a mailing error made last year by the UM system’s Internal Revenue Service that released several students’ social security numbers by
See ERROR, page 6
NICK AGRO/PHOTO EDITOR
Former UM System President Gary Forsee stands on the sidelines at Arrowhead Stadium on Nov. 27, 2010 during Missouri football’s game against Kansas. The UM System Board of Curators are beginning the search for Forsee’s replacement, and members say they’ll remain tight-lipped about the candidates they consider for the job, as they have during past searches for university presidents. SEE PAGE 3 FOR FULL STORY.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
DSA requests funds for Angelou visit DSA requested $15,000 to close the funding gap for the event. KELLY OLEJNIK Staff Writer The Missouri Students Association Department of Student Activities Speakers Committee has requested $15,000 of Contingency and Reserve funds to bring poet and author Maya Angelou to MU. “The $15,000 is a request for funding that would go toward bringing a guest speaker to campus,” DSA Director Ben Hansen said. “The ideal speaker choice we are looking at is Maya Angelou, however if she is not available then we will look at a speaker with similar impact and purpose.” According to the Speakers Committee C&R request form, the estimated total cost of bringing
DSA REQUESTS
FUNDS
DSA does not have enough money to bring Dr. Angelous to campus.
$37,300 cost of Dr. Angelou Committee -$7,000 Speakers remaining budget -$17,000Expected ticket sales not $13,300 funding accounted for Amount of C&R Requested:
$15,000
Source: Missouri Students Association ASHLEY LANE | GRAPHICS ASSISTANT
Angelou to MU is $37,300. The Speakers Committee has $7,000 left in it budget, after paying the expenses of two other speakers, Soledad O’Brien and Duff Goldman,
See ANGELOU, page 6
Effective in fall 2011, Eva J’s will be converted into Sabai, an a la carte, Baja Grill-style dining location that will focus on Southeast Asian cuisine. Students who frequented Eva J’s during the fall semester might have noticed the dining hall frequently offered a new variety of East Asian dishes. This experimental offering of new dishes is part of the informally dubbed “Sabai Project,” which focuses on testing potential dishes at Eva J’s, Campus Dining Services Executive Chef Eric Cartwright said. “Most recently we’ve worked on the Sabai Project, which features food sampling and discussing the idea of converting Eva J’s into this kind of concept,” Cartwright said. “The feedback we’ve gotten from students has been very positive.” CDS spokesman Andrew Lough said one of the reasons
See SABAI, page 6
INSIDE GRADING BRADY
Faculty Council will conduct a review of Chancellor Brady Deaton's first five years as MU's leader. PG. 5, NEWS
VEGETARIAN NO MORE
Forum columnist Alex Pesek details his path to vegetarianism... and back. PG. 11, FORUM
CONGRESS' MUSICAL CHAIRS 60 lawmakers plan to sit across the aisle, beside members of the opposite political party during the State of the Union on Tuesday. PG. 7, OUTLOOK
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