The Maneater -- Volume 77, Issue 8

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Columbia, Missouri • Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Vol. 77, No. 8

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Carryover for MSA budget tops $120,000 The money could go toward STRIPES and other organizations. AMANDA CAPUA Reporter

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Fans watch as Marching Mizzou performs before the Tigers’ game against San Diego State on Saturday at Faurot Field. Attendance for football games has been down overall this season compared to last season’s first three games.

Tiger football attendance down JORDAN COOK Reporter Despite a 3-0 string of wins from the Missouri football team and a spot on the coaches poll top 25 rankings to open its season, game attendance has dropped notably compared to last year. “While it’s disappointing, it’s not a big shock,” Athletics Department spokesman Chad

Moller said. “ The sports industry is facing big challenges all over the country due to the (economic) time we’re experiencing.” The Illinois season-opener, typically bringing in more than 60,000 attendants in the past, came up a little short this season with a game attendance of 58,060 in St. Louis. The Tigers opened the 2010 home season against McNeese

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In a report to the Columbia City Council on Monday, Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton proposed four sites for the first downtown safety cameras. Local voters approved use of the cameras in April. Broadway Blvd. Hitt Street

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Jungle reservations CAMERAS opened for students Tenth Street

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Nick Comotto and Kirk Dryer, students in the School of Law and members of the Student Bar Association, enjoy a game of ladder golf at The Jungle tailgating spot Saturday. The student-only tailgating area is located next to Stankowski Field and opened prior to the Tigers’ first home football game.

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The Columbia City Council approved the city budget for the coming fiscal year Monday and also voted on funding for new pedestrian medians and crosswalks on College Avenue and an ordinance extending the closed campus boundaries at MU. The council also discussed a report by Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton on the installation of four new safety cameras in the downtown area. At the pre-council meeting, Burton gave his report on proposed security cameras. He proposed installing them

at four downtown “hotspots”: the corners of Hitt Street and Broadway, Tenth Street and Broadway, Tenth and Cherry streets and Ninth and Cherry streets. First Ward Councilman Paul Sturtz, Sixth Ward Councilwoman Barbara Hoppe and Fifth Ward Councilwoman Laura Nauser voted against a motion to accept the report and begin researching which company and camera would be used in the system. The motion passed 4-3. “It’s not a good use of funds for the effect and that there are better ways to address crime in

see MSA, page 6

State on Sept. 11, bringing in 55,582 attendants. The 2009 home season opener against Bowling Green racked up nearly 10,000 more with 65,401 attendants. “The opponents we’ve brought in aren’t ‘big name’ schools at least to the casual observer, even though they’re quality programs,” Moller said.

Council approves city budget, adds College Ave. crosswalks STEVEN DICKHERBER Staff Writer

The Missouri Students Association carryover from the last fiscal year totals up to $125,418. The 2010 fiscal year ended in June and MSA Vice President Danielle Bellis said halfway through this fiscal year, MSA calculated $61,026 of expected carryover. MSA advanced $70,000 from Contingency and Reserve funds to MUTV/Channel 23 and KCOU/88.1 FM in May. At that time, there was $81,063 in Contingency and Reserve.

After paying $12,321 in old bills, $125,418 was the remaining amount added to the MSA Contingency and Reserve funds Thursday. The total sum of money sitting in the Contingency and Reserve Fund is undetermined as the funds take up to three weeks to transfer using PeopleSoft, MSA President Tim Noce said. Reducing the total carryover is something MSA Budget Committee Chairman Matt Sheppard is already discussing with Senate. “We’ve talked with the Alumni Association and Student Affairs and a majority of it will be used for programming,” Sheppard said.

Cherry Street Source: Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton SPENCER PEARSON/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

Beginning Saturday, The Jungle tailgating lot will be open to any student who wishes to reserve a spot, rather than being limited to student organizations. “After meeting with administrators and police, we are able to open the event for anyone to reserve a space,” said Ben Hansen, Missouri Students Association Director of Student Activities and one of the event’s main coordinators.

On themaneater.com

Cancer and comedy

Listen to The Maneater's Word on the Street podcast for student reaction on declining football attendance. Check out our photo slideshow of The Great Forest Park Balloon Race.

Theater professor Heather Carver finds laughter in her battle with breast cancer through performing on stage. Arts, page 15

Originally, only student organizations were able to reserve a tailgating spot in The Jungle. With the previous restrictions lifted, students are encouraged to reserve a space to tailgate where they can bring tables, chairs, tents and grills. “We want students to have a fun and safe place to go,” MSA President Tim Noce said. see JUNGLE, page 6

No leg to stand on Missouri football's Aldon Smith is expected to miss one to two weeks due to a broken fibula. Sports, page 19


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