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New union rising on South Campus SOA’s

legacy: ambiguity

By CHAD CARSON Staff Writer

Photos by Noah Berman / Photo Editor | Top middle: Illustration courtesy of Saint Louis University Media Relations

Construction has begun on the 30,000 square-foot Education Union for the Health Sciences Campus that is scheduled to open summer 2011. Workers have finished demolishing the interior of the existing building and are now prepping the site for the foundation of a new addition.

Multipurpose building slated to open in 2011

By JONATHAN ERNST Editor-in-Chief

Beginning summer 2011, Saint Louis University students will be able to eat, collaborate and relax on the Health Sciences Campus in one unified location.

Construction is underway that will double the size of a building once owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation, an investor-owned health care delivery system, and transform it into a new 30,000-squarefoot Health Sciences Education Union.

“The Education Union will truly be a multipurpose building as it covers a broad range of student needs and I hope all students will find it as a comfortable environment,” said Philip Alderson, vice president for the Health Sciences Campus and dean of the School of Medicine. “It will serve to bring together the academic and social aspects of this campus.”

The interior of the existing building is now demolished and workers are prepping the site for the foundation of the new addition. The Education Union will feature a 225-seat, state-of-the art auditorium that will house large lecture classes, a café-style restaurant, student lounges, teaching space for simulated education programs and the Interprofessional Education Center.

Alderson described the new auditorium as the centerpiece of the building, as “we needed another large and modern classroom on this campus.”

This modern digital auditorium will be located on the first floor, and an entire wall of the auditorium will be covered with 25 high-definition video screens that can display a single image or be divided into quadrants, which will allow professors more flexibility in presenting material. The highresolution images on these screens are so crisp that the lights will not need to be dimmed during presentations. While the tables will be fixed to the floor, the chairs in the auditorium will not, allowing

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The Education Union will include a 225-seat modern digital auditorium, student lounges and a café. for team collaboration and group learning as students in two consecutive rows will be able to turn their chairs around.

Irma Ruebling, the Director of the Interprofessional Education Program, thinks the project is “a tremendous addition,” as it will allow for more interprofessional projects that are a growing part of the curriculum.

“It allows us to do things we haven’t been able to do, this state of the art technology is going to enhance the educational experiences for students,” Ruebling said.

The Interprofessional Education Program, an innovative program that emphasizes collaboration

Diversity grade: C- ... SLU needs work

By KRISTEN MIANO News Editor

Collegeproweler.com is a college review website that assigns letter grades to specific aspects of universities they believe prospective students will find important.

Saint Louis University’s profile on the website is by and large impressive, save for one area.

SLU received a C- in Diversity from College Prowler, the lowest grade listed on the University’s “report card.”

“St. Louis University is not very diverse, but it’s trying as hard as a Catholic, Jesuit school can,” said one student review on the website, “The minority clubs are strong, insofar as their presence is felt on campus; unfortunately, they don’t have the numbers that their public faces might imply.”

College Prowler assigns a diversity grade to an institution largely based on the ethnicity statistics of their student population. According to Omid Gohari, the Chief Operations Officer at College Prowler Inc., the website uses government data to take into account the percentage of

Diversity Report Card Grades found on each school’s respective profile on collegeprowler. com. Each grade is based on student surveys that addressed different aspects of diversity.

Saint Louis University Marquette University Washington University Georgetown Loyola Chicago Yale University each minority group that is represented.

“We factor in student answers from a survey, which [can be] seen on the Diversity page,” Gohari said. “We also factor in the percentage of students that are out-of-state and the percentage that are international.”

The survey on the website addresses the student body’s perception of how well their college exhibits diversity in areas such as economic status, ethnicity, international

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origin, political affiliation and sexual orientation.

Oscar Vazquez, the Vice President of Diversity and Social Justice for Student Government Association, stated that while he thinks this grade reflects poorly on the University, it does not fully encompass how committed SLU is to diversity.

“The website is based on statistics,” said Vazquez, “The University is making an effort See “Diversity” on Page 3

and teamwork to tomorrow’s health care professionals, will have five office suites in the Education Union. The goal of this program is to prepare graduates of the Doisy College of Health Sciences to work together to provide the highest quality of patient care in order to improve health care for all people. This collaborative care model is the focus of the Health Sciences Campus going forward, according to Alderson.

“This Union will be a part of shaping our campus with the collaborative care model of healthcare that focuses primarily on the patient and their needs,” See “Union” on Page 3

A&S diversity requirement will increase to two in fall 2011

By JULIA CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer

Starting fall 2011, freshmen in the College of Arts and Sciences will have an additional core requirement.

While current students are only required to complete one cultural diversity course, next year’s freshman will be required to complete two courses.

“The faculty felt we’re worried about the increasing internationalization of everything,” said Fr. Michael Barber S. J., Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “In addition, it [the requirement change] happened in accordance with last year’s [diversity] events.”

The new requirement will be broken up into two categories: U.S. Diversity and Global Diversity.

“The more we know how to relate to people in our culture, the better we can relate to people in other cultures, and vice versa,” Barber said.

The change was an idea from the previous dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Donald Brennan.

Although the change will not affect any current students, it is providing a considerable amount of paperwork for faculty.

“The faculty has to resubmit all the courses for cultural diversity,” Barber said. “The faculty is engaged in showing how all kinds of courses will meet that requirement.”

The required paperwork is causing quite a stir within the English department.

“Based on the last faculty meeting, people were left just a little uncertain,” Joya Uraizee, associate professor of English and affiliate faculty with international studies said.

To gain status to meet the requirement, forms must be filled out explaining how the course meets either new categories of cultural diversity, along with a section that quantifies the amount of time spent on each topic.

Uraizee said that quantifying topics within English is proving to be difficult.

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Students from Saint Louis University will have the opportunity to travel just before Thanksgiving on Nov. 19-21 to Fort Benning, Ga, to protest the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), more commonly known as the School of the Americas (SOA).

Each year, members of the SLU community participate in the protest because 19 graduates of the SOA were connected to the murder of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. The murders took place on Nov. 16, 1989, at the University of Central America in El Salvador. According to SOA Watch, an organization opposed to WHINSEC, the 19 graduates either participated in, planned or helped to cover up the massacre.

Doug Marcouiller, the Provincial Superior for the Jesuits of the Missouri Province, said he has had an extensive past with the University of Central America and knew the six murdered Jesuits. Marcouiller began working at the University in 1986 and taught an economics class there this past summer. A close friend of the six murdered Jesuits, Marcouiller described them as impressive people, bright men, theologians and philosophers.

While there could be many reasons for their murders, Marcouiller believes that the deaths were a result of the actions of SOA graduates.

“They were killed because they exercised leadership in education in a very ideological society,” Marcouiller said.

“They weren’t afraid to ask questions and people were afraid of the truth.”

While 19 of the 29 men found connected to the murders were graduates of WHINSEC, the institution claims that there is no correlation between the murders and the school.

“There’s no way to show any kind of relationship between the fact that they came to attend a course, and then participate in a crime,” said Lee Rials, the WHINSEC Public Affairs Officer.

Rials said that protestors often do not understand the specifics of the curriculum provided at WHINSEC. “The SOA Watch use of the term ‘SOA graduate’ is really disingenuous because they don’t tell you what the person took, when he took it and what it has to do with the crime,” Rials said.

In addition to murders of the six Jesuits, Roberto D’Aubuisson, also a graduate of the school, was connected to planning the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980. “[D’Aubuisson’s] only attendance was in 1972 for a course for communications officers learning to operate telephones and radios,” Rials said. “In my opinion, it’s a little remote to say that eight years See “SOA” on Page 3

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Let Us Introduce You Michael Rozier

Aspiring Jesuit hopes to help many, enjoys good conversation

By SEAN WORLEY Assistant News Editor

“A geek” is how Michael Rozier, S.J., was described in February 2002 as The University News editorialized about Rozier’s election as Student Government Association president.

That was then.

Now, Rozier—currently the program director of the Undergraduate Community Health program—can be described as a visionary, a servant, a man of God and even as a self-proclaimed political junkie.

Rozier graduated from Saint Louis University in the spring of 2003, and instead of continuing on to medical school as he had planned since his freshman year, he entered the priesthood.

“There was always something inside kind of churning in me, this question of whether I would be called to going into the priesthood,” Rozier said.

Though Rozier’s inklings of being called have been with him throughout the majority of his undergraduate career, it was not until his junior year that he acquired a spiritual director and looked into becoming a Jesuit. He made the decision to defer his acceptance into medical school for two years to explore the Jesuits in further detail.

“There was no visit from an angel or lightning bolt, as much as we would like that for those bigger decisions in life,” Rozier said. “It was more of a gradual process. To be honest I felt that I was being led up closer and closer to the edge of the cliff. I had to decide, ‘Am I willing to jump or not?’”

Rozier decided to take the plunge and is incredibly satisfied with his choice. “[I] absolutely fell in love with the life,” said Rozier.

Rozier expressed that his decision to give up his life to Society of Jesus was solidified with his experiences working at a federal prison in Belize during his first two years in the order.

After professing his vows, Rozier had to make another

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her motor scooter. The male student denied the claim. Matter referred to Student Conduct.

Wednesday, Oct. 27

Noah Berman / Photo Editor decision: whether or not to practice medicine.

“The way my head was working, I was more interested with the social structures associated with health and decided to get my degree in public health,” Rozier said.

Public health, according to Rozier, is an under-recognized discipline.

“If you look at the major changes that have gone on in terms of people becoming healthier—it’s sanitation, water, vaccinations and food security,” Rozier said.

“Those things, the things that have most improved people’s health, are public health.”

While Rozier will be leaving the University at the end of this academic year, he will attempt to incorporate his passion for public health into his theological studies.

“Theology will be my primary focus, but guys who are interested in other fields find a way to blend that field with theology,” said Rozier. “I don’t plan on stepping away from public health entirely. I don’t think I could.”

While those who have Rozier in class see that his fervor for public health is evident, an interest of Rozier’s that is not as obvious is his love for socializing.

“My favorite thing is going out and having dinner with my friends,” Rozier said. “I don’t think there’s anything better than a good conversation and having that over a

good meal, that’s it for me.”

Rozier is also a musician, having played in the Johns Hopkins’ Medical Institute Orchestra which is composed of students studying in the various health science programs at the university.

“I played in the orchestra and a woodwind quintet, and the clarinet [player] for the quintet was the head of the American Diabetes Association,” said Rozier as he expressed how interesting it was for him to play among such similarly minded individuals.

Though Rozier has had many experiences outside the SLU realm, he greatly enjoys being a member of the SLU community.

“It’s one of those places that you can give yourself over to, and it gives everything right back,” Rozier said, as he spoke of his time as a student as a current faculty member.

“We have incredible students here; not only really bright, but good, good people,” Rozier said. “I love being a faculty member for that reason.”

Rozier leaves the SLU community with one piece of advice. “Find something, or things, that you deeply love and give yourself over to it,” Rozier said.

That “thing” for Rozier: “It’s loving people like we see people being loved in the Gospel.”

2:23 a.m. - INFORMATIONAL DPSSS officer interrupted a fight in progress on Forest Park Parkway.

One subject not affiliated with SLU was arrested. Three SLU students, were victims of assault. Two were transported to SLU Hospital ER.

Saturday, Oct. 30

3:35 p.m. - STEALING A student reported her GPS unit stolen from her car parked in the John Carroll lot.

Monday, Nov. 1

12:10 p.m. - ELEVATOR ENTRAPMENT Ten students were trapped in a Griesedieck elevator between the third and fourth floors. No students were injured. No counseling was required.

Saturday, Oct. 30

2:30 a.m. - PROPERTY DAMAGE A female student reported a male student intentionally damaged

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10:25 p.m. - ELEVATOR ENTRAPMENT Student was trapped in Reinert service elevator between first and second floor. No injuries were Check out unewsonline.com for this week’s officer profile!

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SGA creates new transportation option

By SEAN WORLEY Assistant News Editor

With the holiday travel season approaching, carpooling has made it onto the Student Government Association’s agenda.

In their tenth meeting of the year, SGA passed legislation that will create a SLU Ride Board.

The SLU Ride Board will be kept in the Busch Student Center near the Grand Marketplace on the second floor.

The board will be a place for students to submit requests for drivers or passengers.

SGA’s Civic Affairs committee will be in charge of maintaining the board; this is due in part to the board not being able to be solely online. “[Saint Louis University] will not sponsor the board if it is online,” Flats at 374 senator, Dustin Paluch said.

It is for that reason that SGA will also be the primary source of funding for the board’s maintenance, namely purchasing paper for the carpool requests.

“The BSC will pay for the [physical] board,” Paluch said.

While the initiation and upholding of the project is a cooperative effort between SGA and the BSC administration, the ride board will not be able to continue without interaction from students.

The board is based around a map of the United States having been divided into seven zones.

The zones are divided by the ten most popular states in terms of feeding into the student population.

By having strategically separated the country into the zones, SGA hopes that there will be many opportunities for students to use the board in order to find rides home.

While finding a ride crosscountry for University holidays is the primary focus, students will also be able to use the board for more local travel. One such example is carpooling to the Medical Center once the Grand Blvd.

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The legislation passed with a unanimous vote.

Corrections:

In last week’s news article,“Patrick Wessel, 25; SLU-TV activist, newspaper cartoonist,” the date of the memorial service for Wessel was incorrect. The service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 5 at St. Francis Xavier Church.

The letter to the editor “SLU needs to recognize the true victims and the true perpetrators” was written and submitted by student Stacy Vojta, not Thomas Bloom, as previously attributed.

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Student group brings undead to campus

By PAUL ESKER Staff Writer

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Tim Wise, author of “Colorblind: the Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat for Racial Equality,” spoke in the Wool Ballrooms on Thursday, Oct. 28.

Speaker focuses on racial education

By KRISTEN MIANO News Editor

Tim Wise knows it’s not easy to talk about racism. But as one of the most prominent anti-racism writers and educators in the United States, he has an idea or two about how to get the conversation going.

So when he came to speak at Saint Louis University on Oct. 28, he eased into the discussion with an important story regarding roommates, household cleanliness and a giant messy pot of gumbo.

“I came to understand the most important lesson I had ever learned before then or after that moment,” Wise said, “It didn’t really matter that I hadn’t made the mess.

All that mattered was that I was tired of living in that funk. But I was tired of living in the residue of someone else’s actions— actions for which I was not to blame but actions that had an effect on everyone in that house. You see, the same is true with human society.”

Wise is the author of five books, including his latest book, “Colorbind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat for Racial Equality”. A graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans, he said that his experience in college was one of the greatest factors that influenced his campaign.

“I was in the midst of this really white college, but I was in the middle of a black city demographically and culturally. The contrast was really stark for me.” Wise said.

Wise spoke about how even though we live in what we consider to be a largely post-racism world, race still plays a huge part in our politics and our daily lives, but it’s a topic we are hesitant to have a conversation about.

“It’s sort of like Fight Flub.

First rule of fight club: we don’t talk about Fight Club,” Wise said, “And the first rule of race in America is we don’t talk about racism. We can’t talk about it even when it is blatant. “ Wise pointed out how much of our dialogue about government programs and social dynamics changes when we introduce race and minorities into the equation.

The effect is subtle, but when the layers of language are peeled away, the presence of racism is very apparent. Wise attested, however, that he did not see the problem of not talking about race until he became a father.

“When you’re a dad or a mom, you look at your kids and you try and figure out how they learn stuff,” Wise said. “I’m obviously concerned about what messages [my kids] are getting and

what messages we’re sending and how they are counteracted by messages in our culture.”

The speech concluded with a question and answer session in which Wise addressed issues like the end of white privilege, the government role in the “racialization” of prisons, political correctness, and the recent controversy over the firing of Juan Williams from National Public Radio.

“I think the firing of Williams was ridiculous… not because what he said was okay…but the fact that he acknowledged [his bias] is a good deal better and more helpful than those who deny that those thoughts come into their heads,” said Wise.

The speech was followed by a book signing.

The event was mostly positively received by many of the 1150 students who attended.

“It was a very enlightening speech,” freshman Charles Bowles said. “As a history major, I appreciate that he knew and addressed the history of America.”

Freshman Kunaal Bajwa came to the speech with low expectations, but ultimately enjoyed the event. “I thought it was going to be a boring speech. But I learned a lot and laughed a lot. It’s one of those issues that needs to be talked about.”

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Alderson said. “This collaboration is the key as we are bringing all of these professions together.”

Students from multiple health care professions will be able to utilize common space such as SLU’s standardized patient simulation education program, which will be on the second floor.

This program offers students hands on experience as they can practice new diagnostic and communication skills on “patients,” or actors feigning illnesses. These labs will feature state-of-the art video cameras and software allowing for better feedback in this learning environment.

This new learning environment is causing a lot of excitement among the faculty and departments on the Health Sciences Campus.

Jody Smith, Department Chair of the Health Informatics and Information Management department, is “very happy” with some of the space being dedicated to interprofessional education in the Education Union.

“Students will find a home

and a unique educational experience with this space and this is going to create a good student and educational atmosphere which will be wonderful for the South Campus,” Smith said. “It will be absolutely marvelous, it is going to be a home for students similar to Busch [BSC]

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It will be absolutely marvelous, it is going to be a home for students similar to the BSC and Simon Rec are for the [Frost] Campus - Jody Smith

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and Simon Rec Center are for the [Frost] Campus.”

The east lobby area, which will look toward the Arch, will be able to host events such as award ceremonies and special dinners. At 30,000-squarefeet, the Education Union will be 1/3 of the size of the Busch Student Center on the Frost Campus, so student activities will still be driven to the main

campus.

“This building is much smaller than the BSC and it only has one place to go for food so the BSC still has a lot going for it and this building will not take away from that,” Alderson said.

The Health Sciences Campus is also adding a new athletic complex just a short walk from the Education Union. Expected to be completed in the spring, the facility will feature a NCAAregulation, eight-lane running track and soccer field. This addition will give the track and field team a permanent home as well as providing club and intramural teams another field to play on. Alderson believes that these additions will add “energy” to the Health Sciences Campus, as students from Frost Campus will be able to come down to watch the track and field team compete.

While these additions will provide necessary study, recreation and work space on the Health Sciences Campus, some students have expressed concerns that the projects will increase the divide between the Health Sciences Campus

Orange and black bandanas are not a new fall fashion— and no, Nerf guns are not a fad again. There was, however, a zombie invasion at Saint Louis University last week.

The first-ever game of Humans vs. Zombies took place at SLU from Oct. 25-29.

The game was organized and sponsored by the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SLU SEDs), also known as the Space Club.

According to the official SLU Humans vs. Zombies website, “Humans vs.

Zombies is essentially a game of tag consisting of two teams, the humans (resistance) and zombies (horde).

All players start out as a human with the exception of one randomly- selected person who is chosen to be the Original Zombie.”

This Original Zombie was selected from a pool of players who indicated that they wanted to be the Original Zombie.

At 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 25, the Original Zombie was able to begin ‘feeding on’ (tagging) humans, and the zombie invasion spread from there.

The 153 participants iden-

to attract and enroll a more diverse student population. I think the grade we got does not reflect all the resources we provide.”

Vazquez believes that our grade is the result of diversity conflicts the University faced last year. Several student-authored comments expressed dissatisfaction with the events.

“SLU promotes diversity and acceptance as apart of its mission and goals, but is lacking it actual diversity,”

the comment reads. “In the past year, many students from diverse backgrounds, mainly of differences in racial, political and sexual orientation differences have been discriminated and emotionally hurt. SLU has taken strides to address the problem, but much improvement needs to occur.”

After several bias-related incidents, large numbers of students responded to what they saw as a lack of administrative response with protests and email campaigns. While the outrage has since quieted,

the lasting impact is reflected in the University’s C- minus grade in diversity.

“Students are still reflecting on the past, and that influences the grade,” Vazquez said. “They have a hard time looking to the future.”

Sophomore Chelsea Jaeger admits that she’s disappointed that SLU scored so low, but she hopes the school will strive to improve it’s standing.

“I think it’s probably a pretty accurate representation of diversity at SLU,” Jaegar said.

“But I think the student body

By ANDREA ROYALS News Editor

Members of the Saint Louis University and Midtown community gathered Nov. 2 at the Busch Student Center in the Wool Ballrooms to cast votes for the 2010 General Municipal Election. The turnout was slow throughout the day.

“I don’t think we have very good [advertising] this year for this polling place,” said junior Andrew Hulten, who cast his vote in the afternoon Senior Thomas Bloom, who encouraged students to vote outside the BSC during Election Day, also said that students are sometimes disengaged with what the political process and that making voting decisions depends on personal education of issues.

“There are a lot of barriers to youth participation in the political process,” Bloom said. “Many SLU students are unaware that they can register to vote on campus if they are from another state.”

Bloom, who is studying political science, also attributed the lack of understanding of the political process to politicians.

“Many politicians do not make an effort to speak for young people’s interests, and the Frost Campus. “I think that there is so much of a divide already that this won’t make much of a change.

As a Health Sciences student you have to accept that you are going to be away from other students,” Murphy Vandenberg, a junior in the School of Nursing, said.

Though the two campuses are geographically and intellectually separated, administrators and students hope that new spaces on the Health Sciences Campus will increase the flow of students between campuses. At the very least, Health Sciences students will soon be able to take advantage of facilities on two campuses.

should embrace any strides made to improve it.”

Vazquez would also like to see the grade improve, and encourages students to voice their concerns more to help the University improve faster.

“Some of the best ideas I’ve heard and have acted on have come from students,” said Vazquez, “If students would vocalize [their ideas] more, we could move forward a lot faster. It’s not going to happen; Some students might have a hard time understanding what it means to be “interculturally competent.”

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“It may have less to do with what and how you’re teaching, and more with how you fill out paper[work],” said Uraizee.

One major concern of the new requirement is whether or not classes that previously counted will make the grade.

“There will be some classes that used to count for cultural

diversity that probably won’t count under the new [requirements],” Ellen Carnaghan, professor of political science and chair of the political science department said.

“There will probably be some shifting around.”

Carnaghan was on the Core Curriculum Committee when this change came to pass.

“We spent a lot of time dis-

cussing it,” Carnaghan said.

“There were some people who objected.”

According to Carnaghan, the idea was first discussed by the old committee, then the Faculty Council. It was then discussed by the Core Curriculum Committee, and then handed back to the Faculty Council who voted the concept into place.

Carnaghan said the sci-

to take a break from studies and enjoy some friendly competition.

“I had a ton of fun and I thought the Space Club pulled it off really well… I would definitely play again,” said Minden-Birkenmaier.

The success of the game was a product of all of the hard work that Landers and the rest of Space Club put into the planning and execution of the game.

“I heard about it last year and thought it would be a great game that we could play as a Space Club… I began working on the idea last year, and towards the beginning of the year this year we began getting ready for the game itself” Landers said.

As a result of the game’s popularity, there are already talks in the Space Club of organizing a game again in the spring.

“We would like to do it in the spring again. There were several people who didn’t know about the game and wanted to sign up but weren’t able to,” Landers said.

So if you have the desire to devour human flesh (figuratively, of course) or to fend off a multitude of invading zombies, keep your eyes peeled for Humans vs. Zombies: Round two, which will be coming soon SLU. May the best species win.

Voter turnout lower than previous years

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tified themselves with orange and black bandanas, which humans wore on their arms, and zombies wore on their heads. The Original Zombie, however, was allowed to wear the bandana on her arm until she had infected six humans so as to remain stealthy, allowing her to infect more humans and get the game rolling.

Now it may sound as though the situation was dismal for humans, but they were allowed to defend themselves against the zombie invasion by using balled up socks and/ or Nerf guns.

If a sock or a Nerf bullet hit a zombie, that zombie was ‘stunned,’ or not allowed to feed for the next 15 minutes.

In addition, zombies could only survive 48 hours without ‘feeding’ on a human.

According to Katlin Landers, the Head Moderator of Humans vs. Zombies, the game ended on Friday night with 64 humans left in the resistance, 55 zombies in the horde, and 34 zombies that had deceased.

“I survived from Monday until Friday afternoon. I got killed coming out of chemistry; it was kind of a letdown” freshman Ben MindenBirkenmaier said.

Even though the fate of many of the participants was becoming a zombie, the game provided students with a way

ences department seemed the most concerned, as many students within that college already have an extremely full schedule with little room for change or added classes to the core requirement.

“The concerns were fairly practical; not about the essence of the requirement, but whether or not there would be enough to choose from,” said Carnaghan.

causing many young people to feel disconnected from the issues at stake in elections,” Bloom said.

Christopher Grabau, manager of the BSC, said that the decision to host a polling location started with the 2008 presidential election, where the voter turnout was high . “[The University] thought that it was important basically because we are members of the community, and we should be able to offer a chance to participate in civic obligations,” Grabau said.

Grabau said that providing a polling location on campus that is accessible to students is beneficial to those who may

have limited access to other polling locations due to lack of transportation.

“I think it is an honor and privilege to have and offer the facility in [the BSC],” Grabau said. “I think that we have been getting repeat inquires to host a polling station because it’s a place that is conducive for it.”

Bloom said that he thinks it is important for students to be present at polls .

“If we don’t speak up, other people speak for us, and the result is not always in our interests,” Bloom said. “At the end of the day, young people are responsible for making their own voices heard.”

Andrea Royals / News Editor

Thomas Bloom (Left) and Stacy Vojta encourage SLU to vote.

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later that’s why he decided to help participate in a murder.”

While nearly 250 graduates of the school have been connected with various atrocities in Central America, Rials said that another 60,000 graduates have a clean record. “[The 60,000 graduates] have returned to their countries with the tools necessary to protect democracy and human rights for their fellow citizens,” Rials said.

Irene Torres, a citizen of Honduras, said that she personally knows several graduates who have returned to serve in her country.

“When people return from SOA, they exercise their profession in an honest manner,” Torres said. “While there are some involved in corruption that doesn’t help our country, most are good men and women who give their service to a good cause by helping our country.”

After graduates of the school return to their respective countries, Rials said that the school has no formal way of tracking their actions.

Rials said that each course offered by WHINSEC starts with a focus on protecting democracy through the armed forces, human rights and ethics in hopes that students will do the right thing with the material they learn.

“We can’t predict how our students will react, but we ensure that each of our students learn in the context of using their skills in the right way to protect their citizens,” Rials said.

Marcouiller, who knew the victims firsthand, said he believes the school should be abolished.

“I understand the arguments for the school, but it has shown itself to be a less than effective tool in the

promotion of democracy,” Marcouiller said. “The SOA is an instrument not up to the task it has been assigned.”

While he believes some of the graduates from WHINSEC have failed to promote democracy, Marcouiller said he finds it important to focus on the source of the injustice.

“While we tend to blame the soldiers for deaths in the Salvadoran war, it is important to focus on the men who gave the orders,” Marcouiller said.

Opposition to WHINSEC increased at SLU after the 1993 Truth Commission Report to the United Nations, citing the 29 men responsible for the murders of the Jesuit priests and the men responsible for assassination of Romero.

“Our opposition is a way to be a voice for the voiceless and speak out against policies that affect the marginalized,” said Campus Minister Ben Smyth.

While he believes the main objectives of the protest are to show solidarity with the victims of the graduates of WHINSEC and to advocate for the school’s closure, Smyth said that SLU students who attend also gain a learning experience.

“The purpose of attending the protest is not to force a way of thinking on students, but rather expose them to an experience that forces them to think critically,” Smyth said.

In an effort to force students to think critically, Smyth said that Campus Ministry tries to present both sides of the issue with links to both SOA Watch and WHINSEC on their website.

WHINSEC offers tours during weekdays.

“We invite anyone that’s interested to come to Fort Benning,” Rials said.

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New Education Union and recreation area will improve SLU, but might break us in two Saint Louis University boasts of its focus on the health sciences, even in our missions statement, and with good reason. We not only have one of the best programs for pre-medical studies in the countr y, we have one of only 42 health colleges nationwide.

A recent project that has been developing for some years holds all the promise of tremendously improving our already welldeveloped Medical Center. In a laudable effort by the administration, construction south of Frost Campus is ushering in new and necessar y facilities for med-campus students.

Beginning with the construction of the Edward A. Doisy Research Center in 2007, fresh rumblings of construction have been resonating from the Saint Louis University Medical Center. The new Education Union, similar in function to the Busch Student Center, will be finished in 2011.

The new facility will alleviate some of the meddling inconveniences that medical center students endure, such as a lack of study spaces at the Medical Center; the new edifice will sport student lounges, study areas and a café-style restaurant.

The 30,000-square-foot facility will also house a state-of-the-art, 225-seat auditorium for lecture classes and a mock doctor’s office where students will interact with actors to practice recognizing and diagnosing illnesses. Rounding off this cascade of development is a new athletic center with an NCAA-regulation track and soccer field, which will grace the Medical Center a short distance from the union building.

Med-campus students have long suffered the lack of study space available to them. Juniors and seniors, who have nearly all of their classes there, have to

inconvenience themselves by crossing the Grand Bridge to study on Frost Campus, since the study spaces on the Med Center is inadequate to student demand. With study lounges and dining facilities, SLU students who spend significant amounts of time at the med-center will not have to bear the hassle of moving between the two campuses (especially with a shuttle ser vice that is greatly in need of reorganization, and a bridge that is closing down in a few short months.)

The administration has assuredly acted upon a student need. In coming years, the comfort level of the Med Center will increase exponentially for these SLU students.

We celebrate the coming advancements, however, with a grain of salt. Frost Campus and the med-center have begun to grow into distinctive worlds, as students with healthoriented majors spend greater amounts of time and energy together immersed in their respective fields of study. Campus events that bring diverse groups of students together are held on the Frost Campus.

We have begun to see a divide between the two groups, and it is crucial that we retain our identities as Billikens; with the new facilities, it will be more than easy for Med Center students to separate into their own group. We wish to see all students pursue, wholeheartedly and studiously, their majors and interests. In this process, however, we need to find ways to bond and grow as Billikens.

We urge greater advertising for student events on the Med Center and greater efforts by the administration to bring students together from both campuses to share in the Billiken spirit.

Student apathy towards activism is sad and disparaging In the country that our history books tell Saint Louis University has this same us has one of the greatest democracies in the dire problem of voter apathy in its own world, the voting polls ironically ring hollow unique microcosm. Compared to many state with the empty spaces that voters should be schools, such as the University of Nebraska filling. Apathy is endemic, and one of the at Lincoln, SLU has a tiny number of politicalworst evils that plague a democratic society. ly active organizations (College Democrats, This is especially a problem when it comes to College Republicans and Political Round college students.

Table are the only three under SLU’s Political We do not yet have the responsibilities of Action Student Organization Cabinet). UNL our parents; most of us do not have families, has eight, and that is the average for state mortgages, white-collar schools. With the organijobs, etc. We have time zations we do have, few and energy that we can students attend politidedicate towards improvcally charged events, ing our government.

Apathy is endemic, and/or remain ignorant There are municipal elecactivist goings-on and one of the worst about tions, activist organizaon campus. Although The evils that plague a University News and other tions, awareness groups democratic society. where is our time going? groups on campus tried It is conceivably spent educating students about in puerile activities like how and where to vote Facebook, television, or and how to get involved, a even complaining about large number of students laws. So many students still did not vote on Nov. 2 don’t even know the names of the candidates for the elections. running for the positions that ultimately Without caring, we do not take action. make policy decisions that can determine Without action, democracy cannot preserve our futures. our rights in the self-governing way we like Later, we are the quickest to complain to envision that we do. about the increasing dictatorial powers of the With each vote lost to that black hole of federal government, under any administra- “don’t care’s,” we move one step closer to a tion. Little do we, as students and citizens, society run by the very few who do in fact know that we are the true cause for this care. This, if we might say, is called an oligarapparent unbalance. chy. Cheers, folks.

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Intramural fields need improvement beyond current upkeep Editor’s Note: This is in response to the article “SLU Athletes Play on Solid Ground” which appeared in the Oct. 21st edition of The University News.

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This is my ninth semester here at SLU, and I can attest to the truth of Keith Labitska’s “mastery” in keeping the Robert R. Hermann pitch looking as professional as possible. Michael Johnson’s article, however, unintentionally demonstrates a disparity present under the current administration.

The commentary focuses on the work done by University staff in professionalizing a facility for “SLU athletes.”

But what about the rest of the students here who participate in non-NCAA sanctioned programs?

I was content with everything that I was reading about Labitska in Johnson’s article until I reached the second to last paragraph.

Johnson notes here in the article that aside from the soccer pitches, “he also oversees the baseball, softball, intramural and practice soccer fields. The new multi-purpose athletic fields, currently being built at the medical campus, will also fall under his jurisdiction.”

Wait, what?! Let me re-read this. You mean to tell me that the man who takes samples of grass and dirt from the Hermann field into the lab to test the level of “nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium” is in charge of all of the fields?

The first question that popped into my head was “how is it possible to test for these elements in a field of sand.” For many of you who participate in Club/Intramural sports, you know what I am referring to.

If you do not participate in these activities or just haven’t gotten around to both the east and west ends of the main campus, I am referencing the Olive/Compton and Vandeventer playing fields.

These past years, I have seen the condition of these playing fields decline.

Every summer I watched the University close access to the fields while the grounds crew laid new turf down in preparation for the new school year.

Every fall semester, without fail, these fields turn to a mess of divots and sand within two months. This year it came earlier, as the Vandeventer field was shut down for a few days only one week into intramurals. ONE WEEK. The Olive/Compton playing field is just as bad.

This semester the University decided to try to remedy this by putting more sand down. Obviously, this compounded the problem. What have I learned from this?

The University and administration has failed in providing adequate facilities for all students who participate in recreational activities.

I know I am not the only one who as observed this deterioration; and I know that I am not the only one invested in the condition of the fields.

Personally, I have lost my desire to play on sand and chunks of turf; it’s no longer fun. I have seen and heard of injuries that occurred on these pitches.

So here is a solution, and it’s pretty simple.

Close down the fields, and do it properly. Placing turf with one to two inches of sand on top of soil will not, and has not, worked. The administration cannot be ignorant of this.

I cannot imagine that the President or Vice President have avoided seeing these fields in the past four years.

By not acting, they are showing the disparity in the value that they place on athletes and nonathletes.

-Max Nash-Howe is fifth year student in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Non-profit groups bear burdens to serve those in need Domestic violence deserves Take a step outside the austere wrought iron boundaries of Saint Louis University, and you are on the streets Commentary of one of the most dangerous cities in the country. The heightened crime rates, however, are Jacqueline Fuqua most likely attributed to the well-established status of St. Louis as one of the nation’s poorest urban landscapes.

Odds are, this isn’t news.

From friends and nationally published rankings alike, you’ve heard it all before.

Take a step outside the tidy confines of popular perception, and you shall become chillingly aware of the negativity that appears to pervade all discourse concerning metropolitan living and urban policy.

As a city, St. Louis is accustomed to reading tales of rapidly dwindling educational funding in the Post-Dispatch, or watching coverage of the latest violent disturbance on Channel 5.

Make no mistake, spotlighting news media’s tendency toward the negative and the sensational is by no means original. It is also, by no means, my point.

Instead of disparaging a deeply embedded social phenomenon, or discrediting the authenticity of our nation’s politicians, it is time to bestow long overdue commendation.

Merely two miles from SLU’s campus - in an unassuming building on the corner of 23rd and Pine – Redevelopment Opportunities for Women, Inc. (ROW) has its city office.

This non-profit organiza-

tion is committed to assisting women who have been victims of, and removed themselves from, Intimate Partner Violence. Through their innovative approaches to the promotion of economic literacy and empowerment of women, they serve as a reminder of success amongst struggle.

Some would consider my opinion biased; I volunteer as an office assistant twice a week. In the time that I have spent answering phones and making copies, I have been gifted with an opportunity.

Each week I see ROW’s seemingly tireless employees in action and am newly inspired to believe in the rights – not the wrongs – of our social and political climate.

R e d e v e l o p m e n t Opportunities for Women pioneered a revolutionary program that has become central to their outreach.

Their Realizing your Economic Action Plan (REAP) Institute, creatively couples income assistance with financial education.

It was the first program of its kind in the nation. Today, countless domestic violence agencies across the country empowering battered women use the REAP method.

ROW has impressively endured three decades of economic oscillation and provided its services no matter the unemployment and recessions to which St. Louis – and the country – have been subject.

Make no mistake. While the organization’s history is certainly encouraging, it has also been riddled with hardship.

As one can imagine, maneuvering America’s competitive, ruthless economy as a non-profit ‘business’ that is vying for resources and seeking expansion is a wearying feat.What’s more is that approximately 90-95 percent of

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small, for-profit businesses will fail within five years.

Rationally, one can thus understand the impossibility of definitively quantifying the number of non-profits that are forced to close yearly.

Just as how some things are best left unsaid, I believe this is something that is best left unknown.

Citing the precise – likely astronomically high – number of non-profits that fail each year would only further fuel our preoccupation with

negativity and color our perceptions.

It is due to the presence of ROW, and similar organizations, that we are urgently reminded to guard ourselves against an empty preoccupation with societal ‘failings.’

When you become discouraged, believing that St. Louis is devoid of virtue and beauty, look closer – it’s there.

Jacqueline Fuqua is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

With only 12 months in a year and hundreds of important causes, October is a busy month for awareness.

Commentary Just to name a few examples, October is the designated month for arts and humanities, dental hyKaterina Canyon giene, and of course, breast cancer awareness. With all of these issues in the spotlight during the same month, it’s easy for some causes to get stuck in the shadows of others. One of these causes is domestic violence.

Though October is also National Domestic Violence Awareness month, there weren’t many stories in the news promoting it.

The stories are anemic compared to the stories that promote breast cancer awareness. In order to alleviate that, here’s a story about my family.

The earliest memories of my childhood are of my father as he beat my mother.

He didn’t save all that special attention for her.

My brothers and I have been beaten with bullwhips, stabbed, choked and handcuffed to telephone poles.

When I was ten years old, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a mastectomy.

When I was 17-years-old, the cancer returned, and she held off treatment because she was afraid that my father would get upset with her for going to the hospital.

Do you get the insanity of that? My mother would rather have cancer than deal with my angry father.

When my mother fi-

nally made it to the hospital, her cancer had spread to practically every organ in her body.

She died two months later.

When people ask me how my mother died, I say it was cancer, but really, it was domestic violence.

Domestic violence is a secretive, insidious creature.

Most people who are victims of domestic violence are ashamed to talk about it. I know I was.

The only way to be saved from something like domestic violence is to talk about it and get help. If you’re a victim of domestic violence contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline for help at 1-800-799-7233. I know it’s tough to call that number. I stared at it for years, but my life didn’t get better until I finally got help.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence fact sheet, twentyfive percent of women will be a victim of domestic violence in her lifetime. It is estimated that 1.3 million women are victims of assault by an intimate partner each year.

One-third of female homicide victims were killed by their intimate partner.

This means that you likely know someone who is a victim of domestic violence. If that’s the case, do not be a silent bystander. Reach out and help.

Odds are, the victim will not ask you for help. If you hear neighbors arguing, and it sounds violent, call the police.

Domestic violence is one of the most underreported crimes in the country. If you see it, report it. You could be the one thing standing between life and death.

Katerina Canyon is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Haiti suffers one tragedy after another with no relief in sight Tolerance is not a habit for many I am a woman born and raised in the United States.

Since I was little I was told to take daily showers, Commentary wash my hands after using the restroom or touching unclean i t e m s .

When I want a drink of water I Nicole Palazzolo go to the nearest water fountain which contains clean, purified water or buy myself a bottle with the “filtered water” guarantee. I at three meals a day and make $8.50, minimum wage. I am going to college to get a higher education and receive a job that excessively exceeds the minimum wage limit.

Yet, I go about my day with blind eyes. I, like most others, assume everyone lives this way, forgetting that were the lucky ones and people a couple continents away do not have our daily luxuries.

Haiti has always been known as a third-world country where devastatingly poor people live and struggle with the mundane tasks we take for granted.

Recently, Haiti has been in our prayers and hearts as news reports of a massive earthquake has swarmed and taken control of the world headlines.

However, even as relief organizations are trying to pick up shattered homes and even more shattered people, another massive catastrophe has hit Haiti once again.

This time, however, it is not a nature-related disaster but a disease called cholera, that is affecting people almost as drastically as the prior earthquake.

Cholera is a disease where bacteria releases a toxin that causes extra water to invade the large intestine and results in severe diarrhea.

The loss of salt and minerals is what eventually kills the person. So far there have been as many 4,700 cases of cholera, with more than 350 deaths.

Many cholera treatment centers are being set up, but the disease is not ceasing.

Hospitals are overwhelmed as more and more people are becoming infected.

The main source of the problem is the Artibonite River, two hours north from the capital, Port-au-Prince The most common way to catch this disease is to ingest

contaminated water or by living in a place where personal hygiene is hard to find.

People in the U.S. take for granted that most of our drinking water supply is cleaned and filtered before reaching our lips, and that our daily showers are considered a dream to people who are lucky to shower once a week.

However, for people in Haiti, who are happy to make $2 a day, clean drinking water is hard to come by and personal hygiene is not a common daily routine.

Why some countries flourish while others struggle for daily necessities is a question that could be the basis for a novel. While many nations and organizations send over relief funds and people are going to serve as an aid to this crisis, it seems that places like Haiti will always be fighting these types of troubles.

It’s the major poverty level that contributes to these outbreaks and the massive earthquake definitely did not help.

People bathe in lakes and rivers because indoor plumbing costs money that these people do not have. It’s heartbreaking to see the pictures that flash on the screen of the news. However, in order to cure these outbreaks, some-

one would need to come up with a cure for poverty.

There is a solution or remedy for cholera.

It is a simple powder one adds to their glass of water.

Therefore, people are dying not because we do not know how to save them but because their access to clean water and overall atmosphere is scarce.

Some doctors, including Paul Farmer, created “Partners in Health,” a nonprofit organization to help alleviate some of these health problems.

He and his team of researchers are not only trying to cure the immediate problems, but also to work on long-term goals they hope will eventually help the nation rise above its third world status.

Still, I have to wonder if that is enough to save this country. It seems as though Haiti can’t catch a break.

I am a woman who was born and raised in the United States, and who drinks clean water and bathes daily, but I am not blind anymore.

Hopefully, you aren’t either.

Nicole Palazzolo is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Americans, regarding immigrants “Daniela?” he says holding our passports, one on top of the other. “That’s me,” I say.

He pulls my passCommentary por t up into the air and studies it.

“How old are you?” “ I ’ m 19.”

“When is your Daniela birthday?”

Mondragon “March 7th, 1991.”

“Are you sure?” His face is stone, no emotion; it’s not a joke.

“I’m positive.”

“Who is she?” he says pointing at my mom in the driver’s seat.

“That’s my mom.”

“Are you sure?” I pause, not because I’m questioning myself, but I don’t understand, is that a valid question? Of course I’m sure. “ Ye s , that’s my mom.”

H e g i v e s my passport one last look before handing t h e m b a c k .

“Have a nice d a y, ” and with a swish of his hand, we’re allowed back into the land of the free.

My hair is brown, my eyes are hazel and my skin is light.

I am not your stereotypical-looking Latina. English in school and Spanish at home has made me fluent in both languages, no accent.

I am an American citizen, yet I’ve lived with questioning sessions like the one above my whole life.

I know what it is to have been asked so many questions that you begin to question yourself, even though you know you’re telling the truth.

I watched the US-Mexico border wall go up, and now I’m forced to watch as an excess of power and intolerance bring out the Arizona immigration law.

Tangible symbols of this immigration war.

The Arizona immigration law is an excuse to racially profile legally, to question, and to threaten immigrants.

Both the border wall and the AZ Law are intimidation tac-

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tics that have no long-term benefits.

History has taught us that physical walls will do little to stop anyone in search of a better life, a better world.

Immigrants, from anywhere and ever ywhere, who battle through hunger, through extreme heat and extreme cold, and most importantly, through leaving their families, their jobs, an entire life to work their way up to what they’ve always dreamed of, will not be stopped with a wall.

It’s irrational to think otherwise.

When did we become a country that focused more on intimidation and wars and less on freedom and equal opportunity?

Ever since I can remember, my grandma has always pointed out how “lucky” I am to have light skin and colored eyes - how lucky I am, not to fit in into the culture I so deeply love and appreciate.

In a countr y where we are taught constantly that we should s t a n d out from the rest through our talents, a superior higher education, and a broader sense of the world, why then does it insist in boxing us in?

If we are meant to stand out, why is our light clouded by the background that made us so unique?

Why do we silence those that could teach us more than what we know?

What ever happened to “Love thy neighbor?”

Of course, in no way am I condoning illegal immigration. To forget that it is a major problem in the U.S. would be naïve, but this is not just a political issue. Neither is it one of tolerance. Tolerance is not enough.

Immigration has become an intimidation game of who gives up first.

If you had to check a box, which one would you check: tolerant, understanding, apathetic or progressive?

It’s our country, it’s our world, but most importantly, it’s our future.

You choose.

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If you had to check a box which one would you check: tolerant, understanding, apathetic, or progressive?

Daniela Mondragon is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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This November, the Fabulous Fox will host the classic musical “South Pacific.”

Although a classic, this 60-year-old show had to take strides in order to stay fresh and appealing to younger crowds.

“I think a lot of people think ‘South Pacific’ is an old corny show,” conductor and music director Lawrence Goldberg said. “I think that’s only because it’s rarely done with the kind of realistic truth that this production is done with. This director brought out things in the show that have rarely been brought out.

It’s easily one of the best road shows you will ever see.”

This is certainly a lot for a musical to live up to. Perhaps part of its charm comes from the huge orchestra that is used in this production.

“This is the largest orchestra I’ve ever had in a traveling show!” Goldberg said.

Twenty-two of the instrumentalists are hired in each city to play with the three traveling musicians. Musicians are hired in advance, and music is sent two or three weeks in advance. Goldberg has only a four-and-a-halfhour rehearsal the morning of opening night in each new location.

“I have to trust that they’ve done their homework.

Sometimes we go to smaller cities where the musicians are not that experienced or talented, so it’s tricky,” Goldberg said.

However, these challenges

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(Top): Lawrence Goldberg is the conductor and music director for “South Pacific.” Twentytwo of the orchestra’s instrumentalists are hired in each city the show takes place in. (Bottom Left): The Company performs “There is Nothin’ Like a Dame.” (Bottom Right): Carmen Cusack, as Ensign Nellie Forbush, and the nurses of “South Pacific.” are outweighed by the benefits of the wider range of musical expressivity of the larger orchestra.

“Typically, a keyboard replaces the string section.

This huge amount of people within a section make the music sound alive,” Goldberg said.

Perhaps the production is “one of the best road shows” because of its relevance to society today.

“It’s sixty years old, and it still speaks to us today,” Goldberg said. “The show is important because it speaks to a lot of important issues that we’re dealing with in this country, but it does it in a very engaging and entertaining way, so it’s not preaching.”

Given that we are in two wars, face immigration issues and constantly debate the morality of gay marriage,

“South Pacific” would be a valuable experience for any student interested in his or her own development.

“It deals very overtly with race issues and being in love with who you love despite what society might think,” Goldberg said.

Songs like “You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught,” in which one character speaks against prejudice, and “This Nearly was Mine” deals with racism head-on.

Goldberg began his musical journey as a four-year-old taking piano lessons. His first time conducting was in junior high band, and although his childhood dream was to be Billy Joel, he has instead become a musical director in New York City. Aside from enjoying musicals like “South Pacific,” Goldberg is also a big ABBA fan.

“But I liked them before

they became big again,” he said.

For the past year, he has been traveling around the country with his wife and dog, conducting for “South Pacific.”

Despite the challenges of out-of-suitcase living that touring productions create, Goldberg could not have more fondness for and confidence in the show.

“The audience gets drawn into the ‘South Pacific’ world and the wartime setting that has relevance for us today,” he said. “Our production is anything but corny.”

“South Pacific” will be playing at the Fox from Nov. 9-21.

Student tickets, $25 each, will be available at the box office starting two hours before the show. This offer is good on all performances of “South Pacific.” For more information visit fabulousfox.com

‘Due Date’ doesn’t match up to success of ‘The Hangover’ Humorous moments overshadowed by predictability of storyline, characters Director Todd Phillips’s (“The Hangover”) most recent film, “Due Date”, begins with Peter Highman, Film Review played by Rober t Downey Jr. (“Iron Man”), flying home to see his first- bor n c h i l d .

H o w e v e r, Luciano Formilan his plans quickly go awry when he gets forcefully removed from the plane, after being shot by a rubber bullet.

While being removed by the United States Marshall, he forgets to pick up his wallet. So, he is left without any money or identification to rent a car.

Highman is then offered a ride from Ethan Tremblay, played by Zach Galifinakis (“The Hangover”), the person who got him removed from the plane in the first place.

If you have watched any TV in the past month, you have undoubtedly seen a preview for “Due Date.”

Unfortunately, if you have seen the previews, you have actually seen all the best parts of the movie.

The storyline of the movie tries to appeal to the audi-

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The Good: Zach Galifianakis played a good comedic role.

The Bad: The storyline was predictable, and character development was slow.

The Verdict: Rent it. Don’t pay to see it.

ence of Phillips’s hit movie “The Hangover”, but sadly falls short.

Only in the world of movies, can two unsuspecting people have an adventure after just meeting, even if the circumstances are not perfect.

It comes with some irony then, that the one actor in this film who looks as though he would have “Free Candy” spray-painted on the side of his van, is the one offering the ride.

This does not matter, however, because if it were not for Galifinakis’s humor in this film, it would not have been worth making.

The character development

throughout the film follows a predictable pattern.

Highman does nothing but complain and criticize the entire movie.

It is not until he witnesses his child’s birth that he is able to comment on something other than how Tremblay is destroying his life.

Thankfully, Tremblay’s witty comments and adventurous demeanor offset his anger.

Throughout the trip, Tremblay’s antics are humor-

ous. However, they are much like that of his character Alan in “The Hangover.”

Due to its predictable storyline and some familiar characters, “Due Date” definitely falls short of being a hit.

This is not to say that it did not have its moments of comedy.

However, these moments were overshadowed by the movies predictability.

The film did not reach its potential and would be best seen if rented.

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Zach Galifianakis (left) and Robert Downey Jr. (right) star in Todd Phillip’s most recent film “Due Date.”

Saint Louis University alumnus Mike Isaacson did not initially think that he could have a future in theatre.

Despite his initial thoughts, Isaacson now works as the Associate Producer at the Fox Theatre and will be joining the Muny as its executive producer in April 2011.

In the past 14 years, Isaacson has produced over 15 Broadway plays, musicals, national tours and London productions. He and his partner, Kristin Caskey, have produced multiple hits including “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and the revivals of “Death of a Salesman” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” as well as “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” During his time at the Fox as the Vice President of Programming and the Associate Producer, Isaacson brought more than 100 musicals and plays to theatre.

Isaacson will make the move to the Muny in April 2011, where he will begin working as the executive producer for the outdoor theatre’s 2012 season.

How did this SLU English major become part of the St. Louis theatre scene?

When Isaacson first began his involvement with theatre in junior high, he did not have any interest in being on stage.

“I was always interested in the business of it,” Isaacson said.

Originally intending to attend a university closer to the theatre scene of New York City, Isaacson was offered a scholarship from SLU that he could not refuse.

When Isaacson attended SLU, the theatre program did not produce any musical theatre productions, so he took this responsibility upon himself. He and his friends started a theatre group, where Isaacson produced shows like “Grease” and “Godspell.”

They were the first group to use the Xavier Chapel as a Black Box Theatre, which is its current status.

After graduation, Isaacson landed a public relations job for McDonnell-Douglas.

He also held various jobs at SLU, including the position of Biondi’s assistant.

During this period of time, Isaacson wrote reviews for the Riverfront Times in order to receive free tickets to shows.

His initial job at the Fox was the result of a suggestion from a friend to take the president of Fox Associates out to lunch.

“I told him my situation, and he suggested I come to work for him,” Isaacson said.

Isaacson credits his success in part to his past at SLU. “You better think big,” he said. “I learned a lot from Biondi. He has huge visions and shares them.”

Isaacson relates the Muny to SLU in that they both require an understanding of the history and a drive to move forward.

“As executive producer, I’ll be responsible for everything that’s on the stage and bringing together the creative talent,” Isaacson said. “I look forward to working for this generational, historical institution. It is unlike any other in the world.”

As a SLU alumnus and a St. Louis resident for over 20 years, Isaacson has some valuable advice to offer to students: “Art is essential to one’s development. One of the real gifts [of the University] is its location. [Students] don’t understand everything they can do in this phase of life.

With more weight of responsibilities, you will kill for the opportunities that you had at SLU,” Isaacson said.

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Secret Sound Society showcases independent artists, musicians

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The band Beth Bombara (above) played at the first Secret Sound Festival on Oct. 30. The festival was put on by the Secret Sound Society, which aims to support independent music.

By ASHLEY JONES Arts Editor

Last May, a group of local musicians, concert promoters, publicists, music critics and graphic artists realized that if they wanted to see change in the local music scene, they would have to bring it about themselves. It was with this mentality that the St. Louis Secret Sound Society was formed.

“At that point, we decided to start putting on shows and our first large undertaking, the Secret Sound Festival,” Liz Deichmann, a founder, said.

On Oct. 29 and 30 the group held their first Secret Sound Festival on Cherokee Street. The festival featured independent music and art.

“Our purpose was to pair the vibrant and eclectic Cherokee Street neighborhood, that is really an epicenter of creative resurgence in St. Louis, with independent art and music. We highlighted businesses on Cherokee Street by choosing them as venues for the festival and also encouraging business to be listed on the festival bro-

chure,” Deichmann said.

Local groups such as So Many Dynamos, Sleepy Kitty, Black Spade, and Troubadour Dali performed at the festival.

National acts included Cowboy Indian Bear, Netherfriends, Idiot Glee and Jookabox.

The Firecracker Press, Foam and 2720 Cherokee were among the Cherokee Street businesses highlighted.

Local artists David Langley and 18andCounting brought visual art and music together at each show. The artists created Halloween-themed stage construction and design for each venue.

“It was particularly amazing to see their work come together at The Festival After Party at 2720 Cherokee where the stage’s back drop was a large mummy head and a pile of dirt at the front of the stage with candles and tombstones,” Deichmann said.

Deichmann said that the group is happy with the outcome of the festival.

“We were able to bring people to Cherokee Street for the first time or to have them visit stores and locations that they hadn’t known

of before. Also, creating the opportunity to bring stellar underground national bands to St. Louis - a place that can be easily skipped over on tours - and share it with festivalgoers is really wonderful,” Deichmann said.

She hopes that in the future the festival will continue to grow and include more businesses on Cherokee St. At this time though, the group has no specific future plans to report.

“I look forward to collaborating with some of the wonderful resources available to the St. Louis music community from blogs to venues to bands. We have lots of ideas for possible multi-media projects and look forward to starting as our next endeavor,” Deichmann said.

Deichmann is a Saint Louis University alumna. While at SLU she was I was involved at KSLU and The Billiken Club, where she gained experience promoting independent music.

“I held a variety of positions in both organizations that really drove me to continue to be involved in music after I graduated,” Deichmann said.

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Lassry gives audience a “Sum of Limited Views” Viewing Elad Lassr y’s work at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis is rather discomExhibit Review f o r t i n g -- at first.

Context for the work ranges from very little to none, with even the museum’s Noah Berman description of the exhibit only managing to catalogue the sorts of things that are present in Lassry’s images.

It follows, then, that they should title the exhibit “Sum of Limited Views” - the exhibit-goer is presented with fairly small prints, neatly in a row, placed into colored frames that match the photos within.

Organized, sort of, by wall, all the prints are more or less the same size. In another room, two 16mm films by Lassry play side-by-side to the tune of a hard-working projector.

In short: here is some visual art; you are going to look at it or get out.

Personally, I would recommend sticking around to look: Lassry’s works are powerful, if not necessarily expansive. Definitely not Gregory Crewdson but not quite Edward Weston either, Lassry’s pictures are rigid depictions of forms, from lip-

stick to cats to kitchen implements to people. People are blurred, perhaps in-camera or perhaps digitally, often with duplicate eyes or ears or other parts of the body. A dog on one wall sports six legs. The color scheme of the images appears tightly controlled; I very much doubt a single one was shot anywhere but within a studio. This is a good thing; Lassry has isolated not only the shape but the colors of the objects he’s shooting. Having a small color palette means that what colors exist in the images are intensified, giving even the more mundane objects an intensified look.

This further breaks the items down into more a collection of shapes than a standard commercial image of, say, eggs.

The video pieces that feature as a part of this exhibit are of a similar, tightly controlled appearance. One features a shot of a woman’s face followed by a zebra; another features actors making bland faces and gestures at the camera while sitting in and around an optical illusion. The focus is just as tight, the colors just as intense and specific as in the still images. We’re not meant to see anything beyond what is just in the image itself - the “meaning” or whatever you’d want to call it is all within the frame, within the objects on the screen or a print. The exhibition is called “Sum of Limited Views” and that is

just what we get: a collection of very, very controlled images, explorations of the forms of items both produced and living. They combine together in a way that looks in an almost uncomfortably deep manner at our own lives and the ‘things’ we use.

Sum of Limited Views is, apparently, Elad Lassry’s first major museum show (at least in the United States), but it will not be his last. These images and films may not be excessively complicated, but they do more than just show the viewer a series of objects or people or actions, they ask the viewer to look more closely at the world around them, to see the shapes and colors that abound in everything one encounters. The images of living creatures can be unsettling, but that, too, is a “form” of life - just as the meaningless gestures or empty stares in the videos are a part of how we act every day. A picture is, no matter what, a “limited view” - the audience sees only what the photographer wants them to see - and this is a conceit that Elad Lassry takes great advantage of, controlling everything about the way we see the things he wants us to see.

Elad Lassr y, “Sum of Limited Views” runs until Jan. 2, 2011 at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. See contemporar ystl.org/ for more information.

Astha provides listeners with cornucopia of sounds

By NATALIE TJADEN Contributor

A cappella group Astha will hold their fall concert “A Concert of Cornucopious Proportions” on Nov. 6.

Astha, which formed five years ago, started as a Hindi a cappella group with songs from Bollywood. Their name means “faith” in Hindi.

Today, it is still an a cappella group, but it now incorporates pop songs into their Bollywood influence.

“When you do popular song from Bollywood, you are almost guaranteed people know it,” senior Sakshi Mathur said. She is the president for the group. This is her fourth year as a member.

“You would be surprised everything happens to magi-

cally work out,” Mathur said of the mix of pop and Bollywood music.

After starting with only seven members, Astha has grown to 13 performing this semester with one member abroad, the largest it has ever been. Mathur remembers when Astha was one-year-old, and no one really knew what it was. Today this is not the case.

“I love how we are so loved,” Mathur said.

The group has two major performances a year: one in the fall and one in the spring. They also perform with Beyond All Reason and Bare Naked Statues and at events for the Indian Student Association.

“I just want us to continue to be as amazing-sounding

as we are this year,” Mathur said. “We have so many talented people.”

Freshman Eleanor Humphrey came to Saint Louis University and knew she wanted to sing in a co-ed group. She thought that Astha was the most interesting. Although she didn’t have any previous Bollywood influence, Humphrey said she likes how she is always learning in Astha.

“This is probably the most fun thing I’m involved in,” Humphrey said.

Astha’s “Concer t of Cornucopious Proportions” will begin at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Proceeds will go toward the group’s spring competition at the University of Iowa.

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Sports Billiken Briefs Volleyball Freshman Andrea Beaty was selected the Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Week for two weeks in a row, each of the final two weeks in October.

The middle blocker recorded 39 kills and 13 blocks in three matches.

The Billikens take on Duquesne and Fordham this weekend, then finish the regular season with matches against George Washington and Dayton next weekend.

Swimming & Diving Junior diver Chad Carmichael was selected the Atlantic 10 Conference co-Performer of the Week last week, after sweeping the onemeter and three-meter events on Saturday.

Carmichael broke two SLU records at the event, scoring a 370.55 in his three-meter dive, and a 324.40 in the onemeter dive.

Women’s Basketball The Billikens have their first exhibition match Thursday against University of MissouriSt. Louis, to be held at Chaifetz Arena at 7:00 p.m. The second exhibition will be held Sunday afternoon against Rockhurst.

The women’s team opens their season at home on Friday, Nov. 12, against Wisconsin.

The game will begin at 5:00 p.m. and will be followed immediately by the men’s home opener against Austin Peay.

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Bills get back on the hardwood Exhibition match tests young players

By DERRICK NEUNER Associate Sports Editor

Brian Conklin bulldozed his way underneath the net for a perfect 8-8 as the Saint Louis University Billikens routed the Cardinal-Stritch Wolves 73-53 Tuesday, Nov. 2, at Chaifetz Arena.

It was the first time this season that the Bills hit the hardwood and the first chance for the St. Louis community to see the post-Mitchell/Reed line-up.

Though the NAIA Wolves did not provide much competition for the Billikens, the game provided head coach Rick Majerus a chance to experiment with his young team; at one point during the second half, SLU was about as young as you can be with four freshman and a lone sophomore, Cody Ellis, on the floor.

Using what Majerus refers to as a “bastardized” line-up, the Billikens started juniors Paul Eckerle, Kyle Cassity, Brian Conklin, sophomore Christian Salecich and freshman Dwayne Evans. That decision, according to Majerus, was based on which players were most conditioned, not which were most athletic.

Every player saw the floor for at least 14 minutes.

Regardless of youth, it was the elders on the team that put up the points. Juniors Conklin put in 17, and Cassity added an additional 11, despite playing just 15 minutes.

Freshman Rob Loe knocked in 10 for the Billikens. SLU shot an encouraging 60 percent from the field despite shooting just 7-23 from 3-point

range.

“Obviously we didn’t play great, but it’s our first time together, our first time against somebody else other than people we see every day,” Cassity said.

“It was good to get those guys out there and get some experience. We’re going to learn from it.”

The most attention went to the freshman. Only one, Evans, started. Evans finished with eight points, seven rebounds and three assists.

Jordair Jett had eight points and four rebounds, and Mike McCall had five points and no assists.

Either McCall or Jett will be running the offense; McCall spend the most time there, but one game is generally not indicative of future performance.

“Their attitude is excellent,” Majerus said, “but like all freshmen, they don’t know how to play consistent yet …

I think they’re trying. They’re going through the same situation as every other group of freshmen.

“They’re good players, but they’re young and inexperienced. They’re going to get better.”

Whatever happens across the two exhibition games (SLU plays NAIA Division II Nova-Southeastern on Saturday, Nov. 6, at Chaifetz), the Billikens are going to have to get better quickly, again.

In just three weeks, SLU takes on SEC contender Georgia; and just a month after the season starts, the Bills head to Cameron Indoor to take on No. 1, and reigning national champion, Duke.

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Brian Conklin (14) lead the Billikens with 17 points Tuesday night in the team’s first exhibition game against Cardinal Stritch. Conklin was 8-8 shooting and recorded 2 rebounds.

Women’s soccer closes season with strong finish

By BRIAN BOYD Staff Writer

Saint Louis University’s women’s soccer team came into the 2010 season with a solid core of five returning starters and plenty of talent all over the pitch.

However, replacing six starters in a game like soccer is no easy task, and the Bills showed some signs of inexperience early on, posting a 1-4-5 record in nonconference play against the likes of Louisville, Iowa and SMU. When Atlantic 10 play opened up in October, it did so in heartbreaking fashion— the Bills dropped three games in a row by a combined 3 goals, digging themselves a deep hole in the A-10 standings.

However, head coach Tim Champion kept believing and pushing the girls, encouraging them and applauding their efforts regardless of the final score.

“We all stayed positive, and coach was a big help. He… and didn’t get mad about losses, so we… didn’t dwell on them,” said sophomore Allison Hu, a preseason A-10 All Conference selection.

Then the inevitable happened. Something clicked. No longer were the bad breaks going against the Billikens.

The heartbreaks began to holds similar sentiments turn into triumphs. Despite towards Hummert, stating the disappointing start, the earlier in the year that she team picked itself up off the is a “mature player” and “has ground and just refused to go great speed and field awaredown easy. ness.”

Limping into their game After the dramatic victoagainst St. Bonaventure with ry, the Billikens hosted the a 1-7-5 record and winless Richmond Spiders on Oct. 15, in conference play, things looking to carry their momenwere looking bleak for the tum forward. first 78 minutes of the contest After 90 minutes of stellar until freshdefense and man phenomgoalkeeping, enon Jenny the Spiders Hummert None of us doubt- e v e n t u a l l y buried her ed the team, and I cracked the second career otherwise stingoal past think that’s why in gy defense, Bonnies’ goal- the end we played putting a shot keeper Nicole the way we did. into the upper Markert. half of the net —Maggie Baumann Junior Colleen inside the far Kustura assistpost, denying ed on the winning tally. the Billikens their first backHummert, although a to-back wins of the season. freshman, was a key element For the last home game of the Billikens attacking of the season, George game, tying for the team lead Washington traveled to in points with six and starting Hermann Stadium to take 18 of 19 games. Her play was on a Billikens squad that strong enough to warrant an was determined to not only A-10 All-Rookie team selec- resume their winning ways, tion. but to send off their seniors “Jenny Hummert, com- with one last home victory. ing in as a freshman, and The Bills protected their playing as much as she did; pitch and did it with authorshe scored a lot of our goals ity, defeating the Colonials and created a lot of oppor- 3-0 and in the process awaktunities,” sophomore Maggie ening an offense which had Baumann said. been dormant throughout the Head coach Champion year.

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Seniors Ashley Brazill and Emily Kryzer capped off their final home showings in style, each notching their first goal of the year.

Four other seniors were recognized for their excellence in their four years of service to Billikens women’s soccer: Kristyn Gawin, Caitlin Werkmeister, Christine Steinmetz and Christina Brown.

With a dominant win under their belts, the Bills hit the road to play out the final games of their 2010 regular season campaign. The squad first headed down to Charlotte to take on the 49ers, a team boasting a 12-4 (6-1). Despite the differences in win-loss records, the Billikens were not fazed.

They played the 49ers hard from start to finish and were aided by a record-setting day by sophomore keeper Katie Walsh, but ultimately succumbed to the 49ers 1-0.

Walsh amassed a near-ridiculous 14 saves, a school record, and allowed only the one goal.

However, there was still an outside shot at making the A-10 Conference Championship tournament.

The team knew what was at stake and played accordingly in the next contest. Less than a week after the crushing loss

to Charlotte, SLU traveled to Temple and took out the Owls in dramatic fashion.

Unfortunately the Billikens’ fate was not in their hands.

Despite their victory and marked improvement from early on in the season, they did not qualify for the A-10 Championships.

The season wrapped up with a contest at St. Joseph’s, in which the Billikens tied the Hawks 2-2, finishing the season with an overall record of 4-9-5 (3-5). Despite finishing five games under .500, the Billikens finally meshed towards the end of the year and provided a glimpse into a very promising future.

“We started out pretty rough, but we stayed positive the whole season. None of us doubted the team, and I think that’s why, in the end, we played the way we did. It should have started earlier,” said Baumann.

Despite some of the struggles the season presented, the Billikens never quit, never became discouraged and never gave up.

As the saying goes, adversity breeds character. That character was on full display this season and sets the table for a 2011 season with a lot of potential, including Hu, Hummert, Baumann, and AllConfeence keeper Walsh.

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