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Shuttle service seeks new path Delays plague

bridge plans again

By MARK J. ZINN Staff Writer

Noah Berman / Photo Editor

Students load into the express shuttle, a new route added to alleviate congestion created by a large number of students traveling between the Frost Campus and the Health Sciences Campus. Members of Facilities Services, Student Government Association and various schools are working on plans for the shuttle system as the closure of Grand Bridge approaches.

Plans to test alternate routes; feedback wanted

By ERIKA MILLER Enterprise Editor

The shuttle system run by Saint Louis University transports students from the main Frost Campus to the Health Sciences Campus regularly. However, scheduling conflicts, high demand of transportation and the delay of Grand Bridge reconstruction has made this process into a complicated web of logistics, leaving many students and staff unsatisfied.

“I think in its current form [the shuttle service] is not giving the service we need. The University needs to invest further in transportation services,” said Philip Alderson, vice president for the Health Sciences Campus.

Currently, SLU Facilities Services operates three shuttles, each of which holds 28 seated passengers. The choice for the number of seats is well above the average number of passengers, according to Tom West, director of Mail, Distribution and Transportation Services.

“We have our peak times, but at times zero people are riding the shuttles, so that choice [of seating] was made as the most efficient way to do it,” West said.

Right before the start of fall break, an express shuttle route was implemented to alleviate the crowding of peak riding times. This route picks up at the Busch Student Center and runs to the corner

of Caroline Street and South Theresa Avenue.

“We took a look at where the peak times were and where [the students] are getting on and getting off, and that’s kind of how we established that express run,” West said. The new route puts a shuttle departing the BSC every seven to eight minutes.

Adding an express route is the direct result of the flood of students trying to get down to the School of Nursing and Allied Health for early morning classes, particularly for an 8 a.m. class of more than 200 students.

According to Joe Stumpf, a Mail, Distribution and Transportation Services supervisor, “There’re about two pickup times when [students] are just flooding the busses.” The express route is meant to alleviate the congestion caused by these peak times, which can often cause the shuttle schedule to be disrupted.

Michael Shay, a sophomore in the Doisy College of Health Sciences, said he has yet to take the shuttle to his classes this year due to the unreliability of the shuttle service.

“I have waited for shuttles for long periods of times this year and have decided to walk instead, beating the shuttle to the [medical] campus,” he said.

Allison Usher, also a sophomore in Doisy, echoed Shay’s account, stating that this year the shuttle seems to be

more unreliable.

“It feels like every time I wait at the shuttle stop, I seem to have just missed the shuttle, and I am usually there on time for the set arrival/departure,” she said.

Heavy congestion during shuttle routes will be further disrupting once the Grand Bridge is taken down, a project that has now been delayed until February. The constant changes in the start date have complicated plans for alternate routes that the shuttles will use once Grand is no longer the main thoroughfare between campuses.

“We’re going to try and remain as flexible as possible,” West said.

West said that the plan includes working with the city to determine where the city will redirect traffic, and then adjusting shuttle routes accordingly.

Facilities Services is also working with members of a Parking and Transportation Committee and a Grand Bridge Closure ad hoc committee, which includes representatives from Student Government Association, to get feedback on the current status of the shuttle system, and to make adjustments in light of construction projects.

“We’re trying to be more proactive than reactive at this point,” SGA President Courtney Anvender said.

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We asked students: What do you think of the shuttle service?

“The shuttles are only reliable when I take the extra time out of my personal schedule to wait for them.”

“Before this year I wouldn’t consider it a reliable mode of transportation, but it’s better now.”

“It’s hard to fit all the people on the shuttle, and I feel it’s unsafe to have people standing on the stairs.”

Amelia Bernauer Freshman, Doisy College of Health Sciences

Amy Keys Sophomore, Doisy College of Health Sciences

Caitlin McCumber Freshman, School of Nursing

Patrick Wessel, 25; SLU-TV activist, newspaper cartoonist

By SEAN WORLEY Assistant News Editor

Those that knew Patrick Wessel would not have expected for him to end up in New York City working as an aspiring model. They were also, for the most part, taken aback by his recent death.

Wessel died on Sunday, Oct. 24 from cancer. Wessel was 25-years-old.

Having graduated from Saint Louis University in 2007-the youngest of eight siblings who are also SLU alumni-Wessel obtained a degree in entrepreneurship. Yet Wessel is not remembered for his field of study but instead for his interactions with all those around him.

Friends and loved ones of Wessel expressed that he was more than just creative,

more than just determined, the shared accreditation, Wesand more than just an average sel has been attributed to the person. Wessel has been de- result. scribed as cultured, compasWessel used his creative sionate, accepting, genius to incorpounique and inspiring, rate many different amongst so many aspects into the stuother descriptions. dent organization. It Nonetheless, the was Wessel that camabove adjectives canpaigned for, and ultinot seem to do justice mately brought, live to the unreserved broadcasting to the emotion behind those SLU campus. It is Patrick Wessel words that were used in the works to have 1985-2010 to describe Wessel. the SLU-TV studio Few could match his cre- named after Wessel in honor ative prowess at any level and of his commitments and conthis claim, that those close to tributions to the organization.

Wessel make, can be support- Wessel was also an illustrator ed by Wessel’s unrelenting de- for The University News from termination to transform what 2006-2007. was then a struggling SLU-TV From talks with former station into what it is today. teachers, faculty mentors, Wessel was one of three core friends and Jesuits, there members that helped truly seems to be one conclusion form SLU-TV, but even with from his death: no one will

ever be able to live up to the persona of Patrick Wessel.

Those who knew Wessel valued his individuality and Illustration by his aura of Patrick Wessel humanistic published in the 26, 2006 authenticity; Sept. issue of The his unique University News gait and his even more eccentric hairstyles; his iconic wire-rimmed glasses and oversized coat.

Those who knew Wessel remember his smile that radiated with acceptance and warmth. Those who knew Wessel will miss him dearly.

A memorial service at St. Francis Xavier will be held in Wessel’s name on Friday, Oct. 30 at 10:30 a.m.

When Richard Bradley, P.E., began working as an engineer for the City of St. Louis 23 years ago, plans were already underway to replace the then-aging Grand Bridge.

However, the actual construction of the bridge is not set to begin until early spring 2011.

The Grand Bridge connects the Frost Campus at Saint Louis University to its Health Sciences Campus, and its renovation could pose obstacles for members of the University community traveling between these locations.

Although he believed that the reconstruction project was deemed necessary, Bradley, now the city’s chief engineer, said he witnessed numerous setbacks, like funding, that have plagued the 50- year-old bridge.

Currently, that same vision to enhance the bridge is now becoming a reality, despite a new delay that postpones the start date of the renovation project— again.

“The schedule slipped just a little bit,” Bradley said when discussing the recent twomonth pushback in closing the bridge.

The bridge, as previously reported, was scheduled to close this January, paving the way for a year-long reconstruction. Bradley said that numerous compliance issues had to be met between the city and the Missouri Department of Transportation

(MODOT), the state agency who oversees federal highway transportation dollars given to the state.

These compliance issues are especially important because 80 percent of the project is federally funded.

Although the project is behind schedule, Bradley said that compliance issues have now been met and MODOT gave the city final approval to advertise for bids on Oct. 13.

The Board of Public Service said they plan to open the bidding for the $25 million estimated project on Nov. 23 and issue the notice to proceed in early February.

This means the current bridge will likely be torn down in March or April and open again in early May of 2012.

Junior nursing student Mary Clare Hogan expressed some frustration with the new delays.

“I will not be able to utilize the new bridge,” Hogan said. “I will only face the inconvenience of the construction.”

Others said that they did not know that the reconstruction project was even taking place.

“I haven’t heard a thing about [the bridge project] from anyone, not even Newslink,” said Rich DeClue, a first -year graduate student in the School of Public Health.

While many questions remain about getting around the bridge’s closure, Hogan said that she knows one thing is certain: “Most of my classes begin at 8 a.m., so the construction will require me to leave much earlier.”

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Freshmen Tabitha Williams (left) and Priya Dixit (right) study in the Cross Cultural Center.

Cross Cultural Center notes improvements

By JULIA CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer

In response to last year’s racial incidents on campus, Saint Louis University was faced with calls for change and justice. One semester later, that feeling still lingers.

“We served as a support and presence for the students directly involved in and impacted by these events,” LaTanya Buck, Program Manager of the Cross Cultural Center, said.

According to Buck, the Hate Crime and Biased Related Incident Protocol has been written in response to these events.

“We’re making strides,” Buck said. “I did see students come together after the events. I don’t want students to forget about it because it’s not as hot of a topic as it was last spring.”

This year, the Cross Cultural Center plans to hold monthly panels and discussions and to increase collaborations with the Career Center and the Office of Student Development. According to Buck, the center has created a new position that will conduct research and develop retention and support programs for minority students. The new position will also oversee programming of the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship.

The Cross Cultural Center was also criticized last year, as students felt it promoted separation of the SLU community.

“Are we separating people with the intent of creating diversity? The Cross Cultural Center doesn’t have a lot of white students,” Michael Harriss, former Student Government Association President, said last year. “Maybe it’s because of the presence of all the multicultural organizations there, but are we building a home for diversity or are we still keeping groups separate unintentionally?”

“It’s my role to create a comfortable and safe place for all students, but I think it is up to the students to look into themselves and ask why they’re not comfortable walking into the Cross Cultural Center,” said Buck in See “CCC” on Page 3

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George Staley

Seminarian enjoys playing violin, spiritual growth

By CHAD CARSON Staff Writer

George Staley finds himself in a place that most college freshmen have never considered: the seminar y.

After months of discernment during high school, Staley said that he applied to Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, and ultimately decided to attend. He intends on becoming a parish priest in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

“Joining the seminar y doesn’t commit me to a life in the priesthood,” Staley said. “The seminary offers me a multifaceted experience allowing me to discern whether or not God is calling me to the priest life, the married life, or the single life.”

Staley has been considering the seminary since March of his junior year at St. Louis University High School. He eventually decided to apply to Kenrick-Glennon in addition to several other colleges, including Saint Louis University.

While Staley lives and takes several classes at KenrickGlennon, he is often on SLU’s campus with other seminarians taking some of the core requirement classes. After the completion of the first four years, Staley will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy.

“My first four years are a little different, but I’m still going through a somewhat typical undergraduate education,” Staley said.

In addition to the classroom commitments, Staley and the other first-year seminarians participate in other spiritual formation exercises.

In an effort to help foster the four pillars of the seminary— academic, spiritual, pastoral, and the human element— the seminary requires Staley to participate in apostolic service, helping the elderly every Tuesday.

In addition, the seminary requires Staley to take part in a formation conference with the other seminarians

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female. The message was not directed to any specific person. Vulgar remarks were made.

Friday, Oct. 22 11:30 a.m. - INFORMATIONAL A student reported that he and his roommate awakened on Thursday morning to an unknown African American male sleeping on their dorm room floor.

The stranger got up and left.

Wednesday, Oct. 20

11:55 a.m. - LOST PROPERTY DPSSS received a report of the President’s office missing their golf cart. The office has the keys in their possession, just the cart is missing.

Thursday, Oct. 21

8:39 a.m. - HARASSMENT BY TELEPHONE A employee received a message on her voicemail from an unknown person who sounded

Erin Twiehaus / Photographer on Wednesdays.

While much of Staley’s time is devoted to the seminary, he still finds time to continue his hobbies. Having had the opportunity to play at Cardinals games and on Capitol Hill, Staley has played the violin since he was eightyears-old. In addition to his love for the violin, Staley follows sports and enjoys reading about western civilization.

“I enjoy balancing a lot of things because there is not just one thing I’m devoted to,” Staley said. “It’s important to grow physically, intellectually and spiritually, and that balance allows me to do that.”

Staley’s devotion to growing as a person is recognized by his peers.

“George is the type of guy who finds many interests and dedicates himself to those interests,” said John Schneier, a fellow seminarian and high school classmate. “He is very passionate and gives his whole heart to everything he does.”

Staley said that he credits his ability to balance many interests to his experiences at SLUH. In high school, Staley served as captain of the swim team and was a member of the wrestling team. Staley said that he also was involved in Student Council and participaterd in Campus Ministry as a retreat leader for Kairos.

Before moving to St. Louis, Staley spent the first three years of his life in Orange County, Calif. Staley’s parents moved to St. Louis to be closer to their family, and his home remains in Des Peres where he is the oldest of five children.

Before attending SLUH, Staley graduated from St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church in Des Peres, a local suburb of St. Louis. Up until the eighth grade, however, he had been home schooled.

“The transition to eighth grade and then to high school was a big, but exciting, experience that prepared me for the transition to the seminary now,” Staley said.

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4:42 p.m. - INFORMATIONAL A student reported that her boyfriend, also a student, placed his hands around her neck to prevent her from leaving his apartment. She stated that he did not choke her.

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SGA lifts e-mail ban for department

By SEAN WORLEY Associate News Editor

Transportation around SLU and transportation around the United States; the theme of the most recent Student Government Association meeting was transit.

After a week of hiatus, SGA gathered as a caucus, some senators arrived in Halloween garb, to discuss seven pieces of business, five of which involved senate action.

The first order of business was a presentation by Ann Gioia, Director of Parking and Card Services.

Gioia’s intentions for presenting to the student leaders were simply to express the work that Parking and Card Services has been doing this year and to describe how SGA can be of assistance to the department.

Gioia explained how it would be beneficial to be able to directly interact with the student population and the best method to do so is via email.

SGA has the authority to grant or decline various departments the ability to e-mail the general student body.

According to Kripa Sreepada, Doisy College of Health Sciences senator, SGA revoked Parking and Card Ser vices e-mail privileges about three or four years ago.

“We researched the archives and couldn’t find the exact reason for taking [the capability] away,” Sreepada said.

Gioia expressed that the power was rescinded due to the belief that students “were being bombarded by junk

mail.”

Parking and Card Services was once again granted their e-mailing capability after a unanimous passing of a senate resolution. The department was given this power under the stipulation that emails would be reserved for priority circumstances only.

The other issue of transportation that was discussed pertains to a SLU Ride Board.

The board, which would be housed in the Busch Student Center, would be a common place for students to find rides home; no matter if home be as close as Illinois or as far as California.

The Flats at 374 senator, Dustin Paluch, gave a presentation about the details of the board but the actual senate resolution cannot be voted on until after a week of being tabled.

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YOU DECIDE 2010 Only a few days remain until the Nov. 2 election. Before you exercise your civic duty in the voting booth, be sure to familiarize yourself with the contested topics and opposing candidates that will appear on the ballot for the St. Louis city 1st Congressional District.

By MARK J. ZINN Staff Writer

United States Senate Sen. Robin Carnahan, D-Mo. Carnahan, incumbent, supports ending “bailouts and giveaways,” pledges to create jobs and stop wasteful government spending. Carnahan meets opposition from Roy Blunt, who criticizes her support of the stimulus plan and the $105 million awarded to an alternative energy company owned by her brother, Russ Carnahan.

State Auditor Susan Montee, D-Mo. In a statement to The University News, Montee, incumbent, said, “Being the only Certified Public Accountant (CPA) running for State Auditor, I will continue to rely upon my background as a CPA and attorney to continue the strong tradition of Missouri having a fiercely independent auditor’s office.”

Tom Schweich, R-St. Louis The former State Department Official and U.S. Ambassador is currently a professor at Washington University. On his website, Schweich said he pledges to be “the tough, fairminded and efficient taxpayer advocate you deserve.” He said he will work tirelessly to make sure that taxpayer dollars will not go to waste, fraud or abuse.

U.S. Representative 1st District

Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. Blunt currently serves as a U.S. Representative in Southwestern Missouri. Blunt voted against and criticizes the stimulus package passed last year and supports a freemarket approach to job creation. Carnahan has criticized Blunt’s 14 years in Congress and his ties to lobbyists and special interest groups.

William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis In a statement to The University News, Clay, incumbent, said, “My critical issues for the First Congressional District never waiver. I focus on jobs, education, health care and housing.” Clay said that he has a life-long commitment to higher education and making tuition affordable for everyone.

State and City Propositions Amendment 1 The State Legislature approved this amendment for the ballot that aims to mandate St. Louis County, not the independent city of St. Louis, to have an elected county assessor. Currently, St. Louis County has an appointed assessor. The ballot language also excludes Jackson County, Mo. from this mandate.

Robyn Hamlin, R-St. Louis Hamlin, who currently runs an insurance agency devoted to group health insurance plans, said on her web site, “My major focus is to control and even reduce spending according to [Missouri’s] constitution.

Proposition B A “yes” vote on this amendment would place more regulations on Missouri dog breeders. Currently, Missouri has the largest number of dog breeders in the country.

Regulations include requiring food and water once a day and yearly veterinarian visits.

Amendment 2 A “yes” vote on this amendment would exempt former prisoners of war living in Missouri from paying property taxes.

Amendment 3 A “yes” vote on this amendment would prohibit real estate transfer taxes from occurring. Missouri does not currently have this tax, which levies the sale or inheritance of a property.

Proposition A A “yes” vote on this amendment would prohibit and municipality in the state to impose new earnings taxes on people living or working in the particular city and require St. Louis and Kansas City to have a municipal election. The earnings tax in St. Louis currently comprises 30 percent of the city’s operating budget.

Proposition L A “yes” vote on this proposition would raise the maximum fine for an ordinance violation in the City of St. Louis to $1,000. Currently, the maximum fine is $500. The proposition needs a two-thirds majority to pass, and similar propositions have failed in previous years.

WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO VOTE IN THE BSC ON ELECTION DAY?

Preferential Proposition L This is an advisory vote only.

No direct action will be taken by this preferential proposition.

You’ll need a valid form of personal identification (this could include a driver’s license, a Missouri voter ID card, a social security card, your SLU ID, a bank statement or paycheck addressed to your SLU mailbox).

Shuttle: Seeks to improve service using student feedback Continued from Page 1

West said that Transportation Services is looking to get as much student feedback as possible on the shuttle system, especially as the bridge closure draws near. Student suggestions are brought up during committee meetings, and members of transportation services have been riding the shuttles to talk to riders.

“We want to see what they wanted from us, what they needed, what they were looking for so that we could adjust and make [the shuttles] as accommodating as possible,” West said.

Currently, several shuttle routes are being tested, including alternate routes down various side streets. The shuttles move through these routes and make stops as if these were actual routes that may be used.

To determine these alternate routes and plans, Transportation Services and Parking and Card Services have looked to past instances of construction, including construction plans that temporarily shut down Compton Ave. and Vandeventer Ave., as well as a short-term shutdown of Grand Ave. during a resurfacing project.

“We’ve had to deal with this on a much smaller scale before,” Ann Gioia, director

of Parking and Card Services, said.

Another essential component of the planning centers on working with the individual schools on the Health Sciences Campus to coordinate student schedules around transportation.

“That’s what we’re trying to do, work with the individual schools and the students and find out what they want and when they need it,” West said.

This includes scheduling more time in between classes and also looking at where the students are going next so that the shuttle service can be ready to transport students to their next destination. Several committees are in place and administrators on the Health Sciences Campus are working to be advocates for the students in their transportation needs.

Alderson participates in regular town hall meetings with various students and faculty members to gauge concerns and communicate these needs back to central administration.

“Trying to improve the service is the primary thing,” Alderson said, “We still have to be flexible in watching the way that the patterns change and see what’s happening.”

Part of this flexibility will include communicating changes to the shuttle ser-

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vices effectively to students.

West said his staff is going to “communicate with every means possible,” including announcements in SLU Newslink and direct e-mails to students affected by changes.

Those involved in transportation planning for the bridge closure said they are also encouraging students to speak out about their experiences with the shuttle.

“As we watch the system we’re going to be looking for feedback from students through SGA,” Alderson said.

Some of the student feedback on transportation issues has centered on alternate options students could utilize to travel between campuses.

Gioia said that currently the Department of Parking and Card Services is not planning on providing other parking options when the Grand Bridge closes. She said that more than enough parking is available in the parking garages, and that parking only gets crowded during the morning rush.

“Students on the [Grand Bridge closure committee] tossed around the idea of working with different student groups to get carpools set up,” Gioia said. She said that such efforts, along with the express shuttle route will ease congestion that results from construction.

Students who do not have

access to a carpool have had to look at other options to avoid shuttle congestion. Usher purchased a bike to travel to the Health Sciences Campus, an option that she said is much faster than the shuttle.

“It has been the best way for me to get back and forth, so I don’t know what I am going to do when they take out the bridge on Grand,” Usher said.

As plans for the bridge closure are formed, all groups involved said that they plan on adjusting to changes as quickly as possible and taking student feedback into consideration.

“Our hope would be that we’ve sized up the problem accurately and that what we’ve put in place will solve the problem, we’re looking for feedback,” Alderson said.

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Jenae Dearing, sophomore, and Alex Lee, junior participate in Make a Difference Day

Students celebrate day of service

By ASHLEY SELAS Staff Writer

The 13th annual Make a Difference Day (MADD) at Saint Louis University brought 2,778 people together to volunteer a total of 13,890 hours in various areas around the city of St. Louis on Oct. 23.

“Each and every one of us has a tremendous ability to impact the lives of others in a positive way. Every day we have the ability to do that and we can always find ways to help others, and improve the quality of life for our entire community. That is what make a difference day is all about,” keynote speaker Mayor Francis Slay, a graduate of SLU and the mayor of St. Louis for nine years, said.

Over 130 student organizations were represented, as teams came prepared to tackle some of the volunteer work to be done.

The entire SLU community bonded over the shared impact of working together to make a tangible difference in the lives of others, as the participating student organizations ranged from Greek life organizations to academic honor societies.

“This is truly an event that brings our SLU community together. For 364 other days in the year, we may be engaging in community service individually or in small groups but at least for this one day

we stand united in service,” Oscar Vazquez, the master of ceremonies at MADD and the Vice President for Diversity and Social Justice in SGA, said.

Vazquez said that SLU participants work with past service sites as well as new organizations each year, both on and off campus.

MADD coordinator Rob Wessel, the assistant director for the Center for Community Service and Engagement, said that the day-long event fosters service throughout the whole year.

“That is the whole point of the day— that they have such a good experience with the organization that they continue to volunteer with that organization on a regular basis or at least just volunteer on a regular basis,” Wessel said.

Students said that the presence that SLU brings into the community on this one day a year is recognized on personal, local and national levels as a meeting of values within the Jesuit mission.

Students at SLU have commented on the personal development that MADD brings to their lives.

“I love spending time with my friends while serving groups all over the St. Louis area. Each year I’ve had a great time and have made memories that my friends and I still talk about,” junior Katie Kuemmel said.

CCC: Looks to expand services Continued from Page 1

response to that criticism Reactions to last year’s events did not just come from the administrative and departmental levels. Student responses were also clear.

“As people, we came together to say ‘Hey, this is not okay,’” said Sarah Holland, a representative of the Students for Social Justice.

Students for Social Justice, an open forum organization, was created in direct response to last year’s incidents and was responsible for the No Hate Rally, a demonstration in which students voiced their concerns abut diversity issues.

“Is racism and discrimination gone from SLU? Of course not,” Holland said.

“Did we raise awareness that students are invested in changing that? Yes.” Although not much has been heard from the Students for Social Justice this semester, Holland assures it is a good sign.

“There’s not been an action alert,” Holland said. “That being said, the core group of students involved [are] all leaders in student groups.

They’re active in making sure the idea of justice is not dropped at SLU.” There is another outlet present on-campus regarding the theme of justice and rights: the American Civil Liberties Union. According to Lindsay Dencker, an academic adviser in the Major Exploration Office and cofounder of SLU’s ACLU chapter, the group was in the works before the incidents that occurred last spring. “[The ACLU] was another forum for students’ voices to be heard,” said Dencker. “It seemed like there should be a chapter in a school with an emphasis on social justice.”

Holland, also a representative of the ACLU chapter, said the group is currently focusing on membership, creating ties to SLU’s School of Law and building a relationship with the Missouri ACLU.

ON THE WEB>> View an exclusive preview on our website for the next Great Issues Committee speaker, author Tim Wise, coming to campus at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28 in the Wool Ballroom.

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Cooperation between students and officials can move mountains with the issue of poor shuttle services

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Upon seeing hoards of students battling with their peers for spots on the Health Sciences Campus shuttles, one can only wonder how we let such a crucial source of transportation fall under. Students enrolled in larger-lecture courses mob the shuttles during rush times when those Health Sciences Campus classes are held.

We now have to suffer the problems of backed-up shuttles and dis-ser viced students. This problem, while it has been around for some time and has steadily worsened with the growing student body.

With the coming of the Grand Bridge reconstruction project, it grows more crucial day by day that the administration work with students to resolve this issue.

Philip Alderson, Vice President for the Health Sciences Campus, is working to help students overcome this sticky situation.

By gauging student reactions, researching ways to modify class times to allow students some leeway to take shuttles, and working as an advocate for students, he is putting forth a great and commendable effort to improve what the administration has recognized to be a headache for so many students.

Transportation Ser vices is testing various alternate routes in an attempt to determine the best side streets for time-efficient shuttle transport. They are also obser ving student travel times to assess the need for more or fewer shuttles.

It is not acceptable that some peak times have insufficient shuttle ser vice, while there are times when the shuttles carr y no students at all.

Despite all of these efforts, few students are even aware that these intended improvements are under way. Alderson mentioned that he is counting on Student

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Government Association to garner student feedback, but no such outreach has come to the attention of the student body. The gap between the administrative groups and students yawns wide open on this issue; we need to see more outreach from the administration. We encourage them to open obvious and direct lines of communications between students and those working for our benefit.

We saw the massive amount of feedback that SGA received on the Pius Librar y initiative; it is not impossible to grab our attention and call upon us to do our civic duty to fill out a sur vey. Just as Chartwells had their representatives takings sur veys directly in the dining areas with iPhones, Transportation Ser vices already has people riding the shuttles and collecting student responses as they use the ser vice; more such measures are highly desirable.

With the delay of the Grand Bridge reconstruction project, there is even more time to initiate these measures; there is more room for us, as a result, to work as a team.

On the reverse side, we call upon all students to reciprocate this kind of participation. Resolving problems requires us to work as a community of individuals - not as fractured and conflicting sides, one side being “administrators” and the other “the student body”.

If we wish to see better shuttle ser vice that can take us to our destinations with greater ease, we need to see these projects to come out into the open with more direct student involvement. Meeting this kind of offering to us is our way to reciprocate. We stand in firm support of a conjugal arrangement to help us through what will assuredly be some tough times.

Students drive our news stories through civic journalism Contrary to popular belief, The University News finds its stories not simply through our own investigations. We are also part of that common, organic force of nature that we have rightfully termed “the grapevine”.

We watch our Facebook invitations for ongoing Saint Louis University events, pick up news from daily conversations and read the Newslink e-mails that, for many of our peers, often remain neglected. We use these external sources to augment the news we officially gather from our sources and contacts.

As people with a boundless curiosity for the how-and-why of the hum-and-thrum of campus events, we perpetually look for interesting happenings to report on.

We write to inform you, the SLU student body. We work to bring news stories to increase and enrich your knowledge about your environment.

But there are only so many of us, and we can only speculate about the expansive number of events and curiosities that paint our campus ambiance.

So we started Civic Journalism, an effort by us to further serve the SLU community and learn about what students wish to hear in our paper.

We open ourselves to you by allowing you to posit questions to us dealing with the abundance of curios you wonder about daily.

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from students about the mysteries of SLU, but this also allows us to investigate issues that may otherwise never come to our attention.

Students are also more likely to learn more than they expect; with our unique capabilities to contact individuals and tap our abundance of resources, we can form a more complete picture of the issue than the average person could compile by herself.

In a truly democratic and grass-roots effort, civic journalism seeks to represent the student voice. It validates and elevates your thoughts because, by reporting on stories in direct response to your queries, we make it a principle to allow the student body to drive the content of the newspaper.

Last year, we answered questions about things like the mysterious origins of the cow in front of Au Bon Pain, and SLU’s lack of debate team.

Questions ranged from food service to the hermaphrodite statue in front of DeMatthias Hall. We’d like to help you find out what you’d really like to know. .

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SLU needs to recognize the true victims and the true perpetrators Like many of you, when I heard of the sexual assault last spring I was saddened, shocked, and deeply angered. But I have never been more disappointed by my peers at Saint Louis University then in the recent response to the two basketball players being taken off the team.

We, as a community, are more concerned with the fate of the basketball team then the life of the victim of the assault.

We are quick to doubt her story, to accept the rumors, and to judge her choices. We blame her for losing the season.

Where was the story in The University News about how to prevent sexual assault from happening on campus? Where was the statistic that one in four women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime? Where was the judgment of the assaulters’ choice that night? Where was the article about how courageous she was for telling her story and how sad we are to lose her at SLU? She may not have brought crowds to Chaifetz, but her voice on campus was important and ought to be valued.

If and when another person is sexually assaulted on campus – and it is likely to happen – we are telling the victim that their story doesn’t matter. We won’t listen. Maybe they won’t report the incident at all.

I understand the legality of printing details about the victim. But in the response to “Free Willy” signs in the quad, Facebook statuses lamenting the Billkens’ doomed season, and nothing on the justice that was served, I had to speak up.

How we responded to this incident is not unlike how society at-large responds to sexual assault. I urge my SLU community to break this cycle, to reconsider who we value at SLU, and to truly be men and women for others.

-Thomas Bloom is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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We’re making strides. I did see students coming together after the events.

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Political discourse today is just radical, childish gibberish Newt Gingrich needs to shut the hell up. Really, I would pull a van Gogh and cut off my own ear if it Commentary m e a n t that words ceased to come out of his mouth.

T h i s isn’t a political issue.

Though I disagree Ben Eldredge with his economic policies, I think he can and should be able to espouse them. I disagree with his social conservatism, but I think that engaging in debate is essential for progress.

What I don’t agree with is his hypocrisy, idiocy, and inflammatory rhetoric. How can a twice-divorced adulterer campaign for family values and still retain any credibility?

How? Then there’s the things he says.

Back in 1995, Gingrich proposed legislation that would allow the death penalty to be used on drug smugglers, and even suggested that mass executions of those convicted might prove an effective deterrent.

“The first time we execute 27 or 30 or 35 people at one time, and they go around Colombia and France and Thailand and Mexico, and they say, ‘Hi, would you like to carry some drugs into the U.S.?’ the price of carrying drugs will have gone up dramatically.”How are there murmurs of this maniac running for president in 2012?

He also has some interesting delusions about Obama and the Muslim community.

“We should have a federal law that says sharia law cannot be recognized by any court in the United States.”

Oh yes, that’s just brilliant, Newt. Wouldn’t want to install a theocracy here...unless it’s yours.

Here’s what he said about

est thing I’ve ever read, and I follow Sarah Palin on Twitter.

And this guy isn’t some Glenn Beck misspelling words and making up conspiracy theories on a chalkboard, no, Newt is somehow mainstream.

Of course, it’s not just Gingrich making things worse for us sane people. This midterm season, there has been a theme of rudderless stupidity taking precedence over reasoning.

Nowhere has this been more evident than the Tea Party, which is not actually a libertarian movement for smaller government, but an elaborate construction by David and Charles Koch, billionaire brothers.

The movement has produced multitudes of candidates for whom ignorance is a virtue and reason is an enemy.

Take a look at Sharron

If you care about this country - vote!

With the exception of something life-threatening, if you are registered to vote by Nov. 2, there is Commentary no excuse not to cast your ballot.

I don’t care if you think you’re not being listened to, or that “one vote can’t change anyNoah Berman thing,” or if you don’t support any of the political parties on the list. You want to change those things, right?

You want to have politicians in place who will listen to you, you want to feel like you’re living in a democratic political system and you want political parties that you can respect, right?

Well, then (and I mean this in the nicest way possible): vote, dummy!

There’s simply no other (peaceful, legal) way to change the system.

It can feel pretty awful sometimes, having to vote for the lesser of two evils, but in a gigantic country like ours,

The man who shared stories of his Peace Corps trip to Africa while I served him breakfast at Humphrey’s, the little girl who read me a Winnie the Pooh book as we waited for our respected loved ones to finish getting their haircuts, and my boyfriend, who has listened patiently as I have opened up for the first time about many fears and emotions, have all had a part in shaping me.

No matter how small an encounter may seem at the time, everyone who makes an appearance in your life helps define your individuality.

Individuality is not solitude.

It is how we take our time and meetings with others and let them affect us.

Individuality is a beautiful experience that is constantly shifting and growing, as long as we allow others into our hearts and minds.

Every word in each sentence that we formulate serves a purpose. Whether our selection of words is deliberate Commentary or not, each of those we choose carries an indelible power.

Granted, the argument is often that words - much like Jacqueline Fuqua the juvenile criticisms from middle school bullies – are only as powerful as we allow them to become. Sticks and stones, right?

Keeping this in mind, now consider the following: ‘Calorie.’

‘Cellulite.’

‘Diet.’

These words have begun to dominate the manner in which women around the nation speak about, and even think about, their bodies.

Such words have amassed an incomparable power to incite insecurities and reignite dormant sentiments of selfloathing.

In a society where 90 percent of high school girls – as of 2007 – considered themselves ‘overweight,’ something is heinously wrong. That number is startlingly up from 34 percent in 1995, a mere 12 years prior.

Ironically, just as individuals may or may not deliberately strive to construct the perfect sentence, millions of our women have deliberately - or otherwise - begun the ceaseless construction of the perfect physique.

The argument that women’s perception of self-image has been deeply impacted by overwhelming societal pressures is not novel. In fact, women and girls have been subjected to and consumers of such urging for centuries.

‘Weight.’

A heavy word – pun intended – nowadays, has slowly claimed mastery over the lives of 7 million American women and girls. Correction: 7 million is simply the most recently documented number of those grappling with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorder.

Collectively constituting ‘eating disorders’ (ED), these three conditions are a physical manifestation of the sordid relationship between society and the feminine form.

As we’ve heard thousands of times before, we are bombarded daily with images of women as unnaturally thin and often unfortunately provocative.

Young girls are told to be everything from a demure, modest caretaker, to an assertive, strong leader, to a flirtatious, seductive object of male desire. With so many conflicting roles, we can fall prey to tragic mechanisms to both cope and conform.

‘Eating disorder.’

Two simple words. Those two words together though, wield an ineffable allure.

The allure, however, is nowhere near as frightening as how easily ED victims, as well as society on the whole, compartmentalize the severity of these diseases.

The National Eating Disorder Association even conducted a study amongst college women, exposing that 1 in 5 – 20 percent - willingly admitted to having suffered, or currently suffering, from an eating disorder.

Keep in mind that that statistic does not include the indefinite number of suffering women inhibited from admittance.

Consider now the common responses to the concerns of weight gain and self-abhorrence as voiced by friends and strangers alike.

“It’s normal.”

“Don’t worry; everyone feels that way.”

Remember: Our words have meaning.

We cannot allow such serious anxieties to be trivialized.

Physical dissatisfaction should not be accepted as, or even considered, a commonplace issue in women’s’ lives.

We as people have an innate inclination for placing distance between ugly dimensions of the human existence and ourselves. Eating disorders are far from easily understood, and even farther from the forefront of our social concerns, yet strikingly close to home.

Laura Hicks is a sophomore in the College of Education and Public Service.

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

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Obama: “What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?”

Gingrich asks. “That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior.”

He got this “information” from an article in the September issue of Forbes, in which Dinesh D’Souza interprets Obama’s memoire, Dreams From My Father, to mean the following: “Incredibly, the U.S. is being ruled according to the dreams of a Luo tribesman of the 1950s. This philandering, inebriated African socialist, who raged against the world for denying him the realization of his anti-colonial ambitions, is now setting the nation’s agenda through the reincarnation of his dreams in his son.”

That is literally the dumb-

sweeping change takes time.

Now that we’ve gotten that little issue out of the way - and all of you who are reading this and are registered to vote are planning to vote - let’s talk about good and bad reasons for the ways in which we cast our ballots.

First and foremost: revenge. This is a bad reason to cast a ballot.

I know, oh believe me I know, just how irritating the people running the country can be. And it seems like a really great idea to take a swing at them.

Don’t like Barack Obama’s policies? Think he’s not quite liberal enough / that he’s a socialist? Stinks to be you, because he’s not on the ballot this year. Voting one way or another is not going to get back at him in the way you think it will.

Instead, should you choose to vote out of a desire to “get back” at the president, you’ll effectively put the kibosh on the nation’s political debate, furthering it into crazies fighting crazies.

We don’t want that. Instead, if you wish to send a message to the president, utilize any of

the options on the following website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact or just call 202-456-1111.

Suppose you don’t want to send a message to the president but you do want to change the policies by which our country operates.

Excellent. This is a good reason to vote.

A midterm election is an excellent chance to send people who follow the policies you support to Washington, because it’s ultra-local, yet you can actually change the lineup of the governing bodies of our fair nation.

The only way to do this, however, is to ignore any and all political advertising you have been seeing or will see over the next few weeks and instead try to track down policy statements on candidate’s websites, or read interviews with them in papers and online.

Look at real information to help make your decisions: the government has pages upon pages of raw and/or user friendly data out there about the way in which the country is functioning.

Talking heads will tell you that - to stay away from ongoing campaigns - the president is failing across the board at everything he wants to do look at the data, look at the way in which the country set up to run and you will see that things aren’t quite as bleak as they appear.

What I’m getting at here is that you should not allow other people to make your voting decision for you.

Take in as much information from others and have lengthy discussions about everything involved, but don’t allow someone like me to make the decision for you.

Let me help, certainly, but I won’t tell you who to vote for.

For now, then, just remember the following: vote, you wonderful person you, and when you do so, do so because you’re voting for policies, for ways of handling issues large and small, that you can agree with.

You might not support one hundred percent of a candidate’s platform - such is life but you want to be able to pick one platform over another and know why you’re doing so.

I will be voting on Nov. 2. I hope to see you at the polls.

Noah is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Angle, Nevada GOP nominee for Senate, running opposite Democrat Harry Reid.

“People ask me, ‘What are you going to do to develop jobs in your state?’ Well, that’s not my job as U.S. Senator.” Oh really, then tell us, Sharron, what is your job?

Or how about: “The Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenry...This is for us...

This is for when our government becomes tyrannical.”

Hmmm, encouraging violent overthrow of our government ... classy.

And of course, where would we be without conspiracy theories?

“I guarantee it’s one of their long-term goals, to have one sort of borderless mass continent,” so claims Rand Paul, Kentucky GOP Senate nominee and Tea Partier, referring to plans to unite the U.S., Canada, and Mexico into

one big Socialist Nazi Liberal Homosexual Communist Immoral Sex Party. AAAAH! This kind of political rhetoric is not helpful to the progression of our country. Of course, the Democrats aren’t innocent from these flame wars.

In a recent ad, Florida Democrat Alan Grayson called his opponent Daniel Webster, “Taliban Dan,” and quoted him as saying, “Wives submit yourself to your own husband... that’s in the Bible.”

Webster did say this, but he was being sarcastic, a fact that Grayson had no problem ignoring.

In conclusion, the less intelligent members of both parties need to shut the hell up and let the adults do their jobs.

Ben Eldredge is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Understanding the meaning behind finding individuality I believe that we learn more about ourselves from the people that we are surrounded by than what Commentary we will ever learn in solitude.

As I began my pursuit for a better understanding of self, I thought Laura Hicks that the best way to do so was to sit in my apartment, read my new guidebook to life, Eat, Pray, Love, contemplate the words that effortlessly seeped into my soul, and w r i t e d o w n s o m e sort of reaction to them.

There was no question that I was lear ning about myself through this process, but it was like trying to grow a rose bush in a flowerpot.

Only a limited amount of growth is possible before the walls stop true potential.

I’ve always been a shy person. I enjoy social settings, but I am not the girl you see at parties that seems to attract people with some sort of social magnet. I never minded stepping back and letting others be in the spotlight.

This isn’t some surprise I stumbled upon while reading and reflecting, but what did surprise me was the voice in my head telling me, for the first time, that it didn’t have to be that way.

I could be whoever I wanted to be because I finally had found enough self-confidence to make that decision myself.

I had reached my walls and it was time to break out of the flowerpot.

Since that realization, I have made it a point to create more life experiences for myself.

More specifically, I’ve made it a point to create more life experiences I can share

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The true weight our words carry

with others, whether they be family, friends, or strangers.

It has been in these past few weeks that I finally feel like I may actually discover who Laura Hicks really is.

When I think about the possibilities I can’t help but smile and fill with butterflies, as cliché as it sounds.

It’s like finally getting to meet somebody that has always impacted your life but you’ve never been able to meet in person.

I know I’m moving in the right direction, and it is because I opened myself up to the beauty and craziness of the shared human experience.

No matter how small an encounter may seem at the time, everyone who makes an appearance in your life helps define your individuality.

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Evil Dead: The Musical Stray Dog Theatre Tickets are $18 Friday, October 29 6 p.m.

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Bare Naked Statues release third album Three years of hard work pays off of Panic! At The Disco’s “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” Ben Folds’ “Fred Jones, Pt. If senior Micah Russell 2,” and Flo Rida and Travis could explain the Bare Naked Barker’s “Low Remix.”

“We try to show off a good Statue’s newest album “All Expenses Paid” in one word, balance of songs on the CD. it would be “refreshing.” BNS We didn’t pick too many songs is Saint Louis University’s all- that were the same genre or had the same tempo. We try male a cappella group.

“With the past CDs, you to mix it up between some get one feeling the whole more fast, fun 90s songs and way through, and I think a rap song or two, a couple that this one is very refresh- more slower ballads just to ing because it shows a lot of kind of show the range of the diversity and shows off our group,” Paetow said.

He explained that this talent and all the work we put in for these last three years,” decision was made to combat some of the criticism that they Russell said.

BNS will be holding a have received in the past.

“That’s some of the critiCD-release party on Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the cism…that we always pick Quad to promote the release that same generic, poppy 90s of their new album. BNS, in song,” Paetow said.

The newest album was addition to SLU’s all-female a cappella group Beyond All recorded over a span of three Reason, will be performing at years. The process began in 2008 when Russell, Summary the party.

“All Expenses Paid” is the and Paetow were freshman.

“We started recording third album that the group has recorded since their for- at the end of my freshman year, and mation in now I am a 2000. senior, so “We looked it’s kind of at the old CDs like my litand looked at There were nights when tle pet projthe reviews we went over by a few hours, ect,” said of them and just sitting their trying to Russell. said, ‘how can work out minor little things Paetow we get away just to try and make the CD and Russell from the bad b o t h stuf f, keep as best as we could explained the good -Paul Paetow that many stuff and then hours went make it even into the more than r ecor ding that’,” Russell process. said.

“There were nights when Their first album was “Please Don’t Feed The we went over by a few hours, Statues,” which was released just sitting their trying to in 2004. Russell said that the a work out minor little things, cappella community had over- just to try and make the CD done many of the songs on as best as we could,” Paetow this album. The group later said.

The title for the albums released their second album, “Pitches” in 2007. Russell comes from a trip the group explained that this album took to Boston two years ago, lacked the energy that their where they performed with latest album has and that it the MIT Muses.

“The joke with it is that had a melodramatic mood.

“If you hear from our first BNS funded everything. We CD to this one now, it’s just did fundraising and everynight and day. Just the hours thing so that none of the guys of recording that we actually would have to pay out of pockput in- the way that we actu- et,” Russell said.

Former SLU student ally sat down and recorded and went through editing and Lawrence Hwang formed mixing the CD,” senior Paul BNS in 2000. The original group was made up of seven Paetow said.

Senior Nic Summary was members. However, the size has doubled since then, with of a similar opinion.

“I honestly do feel that this a current group of 16 memCD is leaps and bounds above bers.

“The group has changed a the other two,” Summary lot in terms of its seriousness said.

The album features a See “BNS” on Page 8 diverse track list with covers

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From Left to Right: freshmen Jim Kane, Alex Bolano, Mark Ofreneo and Will Carver of SLU’s all-male a capella group Bare Naked Statues attend their general practices.

New album has dynamic mix of genres The Bare Naked Statues spent three years making their most recent album “All Expenses Album Review Paid” and it shows.

T h e group does an excellent job of adapting popular songs into a cappella Ashley Jones pieces with beautiful harmonies.

While these songs are being transferred into a cappella pieces, they still maintain the vibe of the original. The soloist voices often mimic certain qualities of the original artist.

BNS aspired to combat the criticism that they only play poppy 90s songs. They hoped to do so by creating an album with diverse genres and tempos.

This aspiration was realized with “All Expenses Paid”.

The album features an eclectic arrangement songs ranging from Panic! At The Disco’s “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”, Flo Rida and Travis Barker’s “Low Remix”, and John Mayer’s “Comfor table.”

While all of the song’s on the

album are impressive, There a some that stand out more than others.

The group’s adaptation of Panic! At The Disco’s “I Write Sins Not Tragedies is one of these. The song starts off soft and slow but quickly becomes fast-paced and punchy. They draw the listener in with their slow harmonies and keep them listening once the song picks up.

Their cover of “Low Remix”

by Flo Rida featuring Travis Barker is another great addition to the album. Although it is an a cappella version, this song is a great example of how the group maintains the rap-vibe of the original song.

“War on Sound” which features female a cappella group Beyond All Reason adds a different element to the album.

In an album full of only male voices, the addition of female voices and higher pitches is a welcomed surprise.

Hands down, the best track on the album is their cover of John Mayer’s “Comfortable”.

Soloist Mitchell Johnson soulful voice portrays the emotion of the song well. His voice coupled with Gregory Johnson’s smoothly flow over the background rhythms. This is one instance where the soloists

voice mimics the original artists. Johnson’s voice has the same mellow, soulful qualities as Mayer’s voice.

“Save Kr yptonite” is another great addition to the album. The group has mixed Eagle-Eye Cherry’s “Save Tonight” and 3 Doors Down’s Kryptonite to create an interesting track. They do an excellent job of making two very different songs flow together as though they were made to do so.

“All Expenses Paid” is a delightful album full of an array of catchy songs and beautiful harmonies. But, it would be hard to expect anything different from a group made up of men with such impressive vocal talents.

Album cover courtesy of Bare Naked Statues

Swank, Rockwell excell in role of siblings in “Conviction”

Biography tells tragic tale of Monroe’s life

Beginning with the plot, “Conviction” tells the true case of Kenny Waters (Sam Rockwell), who was Film Critique wrongfully convicted of murder in 1983 and sentenced to life without parole. In particular, it follows Brent Lang his sister, Betty Anne Waters, along her 18-year quest to free her brother, beginning with the completion of her GED, then college, and finally law school, all while raising two children as a single mother. Regardless of whether or not this film is a completely objective account, it is a story that teaches us about the everlasting bond between a brother and his sister, and the lengths that people will go for those they love.

In terms of the direction, director Tony Goldwyn has been limited mainly to television and is known better for his acting in such films as “Ghost,” delivers a dramatic and touching film here.

His ability to depict the poverty of these characters, which has enabled this imprisonment to continue, is a motif that he subtly presents throughout the film.

By comparing the house of Betty Anne with that of her ex-husband, as well as other scenes which depict their childhood home, Goldwyn conveys a message to the audience without doing so explicitly. Also, the cinematography of the closing long

“ S a d l y, while she attempted to remain in the present, her past haunted her almost as much as her future f r i g h tGina Cassaro ened her,” J. Randy Taraborrelli noted in the beginning of his new biography “The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe.”

Taraborrelli paints a vivid picture of Monroe’s life, including many details and events that have never before been reported on the glamorous star’s upbringings and secret ongoing battle for her mental wellness.

As Taraborrelli describes in the preface, much of the information expressed within this biography has recently been made known through a newly released archive of diaries, poems and letters in the celebrity’s handwriting, but has never before been revealed.

Also, inter views from those that previously refused to reveal Monroe’s secrets yielded new information on her ongoing battle against the receiving the same fate of both her mother and her grandmother, who were committed to insane asylums.

Many of those who were inter viewed were older.

Although the previously wanted to protect Monroe’s privacy, they felt that they could not let Monroe’s secrets die with them.

Taraborrelli’s biography encompasses the message that, behind Monroe’s glam-

shot serves as a sharp contrast to the confining, medium and close-up shots that pervade the prison scenes. This contrast reminds the viewer about the nature of freedom, for which Kenny battled most of his life.

However, the best part of this film is by far its acting, with Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) delivering an amazing performance as Betty Anne Waters. Her range of emotion and use of body language convey the roller coaster of emotions which Betty Anne herself likely faced as she fought for her brother’s freedom.

Noteworthy too is the acting of Sam Rockwell, and his ability to present a truly human character with obvious flaws, in his portrayal of Kenny Waters. The acting in “Conviction” was superb, disproving Hitchcock’s portrayal of actors as mere cattle.

Even though this film is anticlimactic at times if you are already aware of the ending, it is nevertheless a good film. It will not disappoint.

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The Good: Hillary Swank and Sam Rockwell’s acting.

The Bad: For those who know the outcome, it can be anticlimactic.

The Verdict: It is worth seeing in theaters for the acting alone.

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our and impeccable beauty, there was a sad story and a person very different than who everyone thought her to be.

“The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe” is a heart-wrenching novel that has the ability to draw tears to the reader’s eyes because of the unfortunate events within Monroe’s life that made her who she became. Taraborrelli writes in a very descriptive manner, painting the scene and action perfectly as to evoke strong heartache and distress for the seemingly perfect Hollywood figure.

Taraborrelli’s account of Monroe’s childhood of relentless abandonment cuts straight to the soul. The young Marilyn Monroe, formerly Norma Jeane, was a “helpless infant who had entered this world without any form of welcome,” according to Taraborrelli. “There was no freshly furnished nursery awaiting her, no tiny wardrobe, and in fact, no one on earth whose future plans included her. She spent the first few days of her life being sustained, not nurtured. She was a burden, one that needed to be unloaded.”

At one point in young Norma Jeane’s life, her grandmother came to visit her in a foster home.

Monroe’s fostermother, Ida Bolender, was returning from the kitchen with a glass of water for her guest, she found the grandmother tr ying

to smother the baby Norma Jeane with a pillow. This episode was one of many leading to her grandmother’s committal to an insane asylum for paranoia issues and dangerous mood swings.

Norma Jeane grew up as a lost, vulnerable soul that had never been able to truly claim one family or one home.

She was abandoned time and time again with no defense but to sit in grievance and weep. Her journey was a long and difficult one, which never could reach a stage of peace.

Taraborrelli’s “The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe” seems too farfetched to be true and continuously calls for the reader to revisit the fact that the novel is a trueto-life biography. The novel creates an understanding for the real woman behind the legendary Marilyn Monroe.

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This Must Be The Band to perform Halloween show

By SARAH FENTEM Staff Writer

Chicago-based Talking Heads cover band This Must Be the Band will be “burning down the house” this Sunday night at the Old Rock House downtown.

For those not familiar with the band, The Talking Heads were a rock band active throughout the seventies and eighties.

The musical pioneers combined elements of world music, art rock and funk to create music that defies genre.

Despite their avant-garde nature, their catchy songwriting and danceable beats scored the Heads many hits.

Songs like “Once in a lifetime” and “Psycho Killer” have become eighties standards.

Formed in 2007, This Must Be the Band (the name comes from the Head’s classic, “This Must Be The Place”) plays Kelly Hinderberger / Photographer

Sophomore Ellie Meyer (Above) was just one of the artists that performed at Zeta Tau Alpha’s Rockin’ For the Ribbon on Oct. 27. A capella groups, Bare Naked Statues and Beyond All Reason, and Irish Dance team, Elevation, also performed at the event.

The event was part of ZTA’s philanthropy week.

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It started out as a friend thing.

That’s how a lot of a cappella groups start out…it’s more selective, so our talent level has increased since its initiation,” Russell said.

He explained that the group has become somewhat of a fraternity.

“All the guys hang out a lot. It’s something special just to us,” Russell said.

According to Paetow the biggest change since the formation of the group is in the SLU community and the expansion of their knowledge of BNS. “Even outside the university, just in the St. Louis community, I feel like we’ve developed a pretty big name for ourselves in the past 10 years, and we are starting to get opportunities to perform on some larger stages outside of the university,” Paetow said.

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From Left to Right: Senior Paul Paetow, sophomore Maurice Roper, and freshman Will Carver are just three of the members of SLU’s a cappella group Bare Naked Statues.

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only music from the original band’s extensive catalogue.

The band’s seemingly limitless reserve of energy, combined with their stellar musicianship, contributes to a show that greatly transcends lame tribute band stereotypes.

Due to the concert being held on Halloween, the concert will have a holiday party element as well.

“It’s definitely a costume party,” Old Rock House promotions coordinator Erica Deiters said.

In addition to costumes and covers culled from the Talking Heads’ Afro-funkinspired albums, new wave anthology concertgoers can expect a fun atmosphere.

“There’s a group of people that’s definitely going to dance,” singer Charlie Otto said. He is the band’s “David Byrne.”

“It’s better than a lot of shows when there’s people just standing around.”

Those in attendance can also expect a lack of pretension.

“I think a lot of people take themselves really seriously when they play,” Otto said.

“I don’t think you can do that when you play the Talking Heads.”

The band remains silent on what Halloween surprises they have in store.

“Let’s just say we found an old TV show that fits the band pretty well,” Otto said.

The Old Rock House is located at 1200 South 7th Street. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show starts at 9 p.m.

Tickets will cost $10, with a $2 surcharge for those under 21. The show is 18 and up.

Everyone is encouraged to dress up in their Halloweenfinest and to wear comfortable shoes.

“If they know how to dance, then they’ll be dancing right away,” Otto said. “And if they don’t know…they’ll figure it out.”

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Rewriting the record books

The ladies have continued through conference play, splitting four games at home over the past two weeks. The Billikens started off the home stand with a 2-1 loss to Duquesne on Oct. 8, then rebounded two days later with a 1-0 win over St. Bonaventure’s.

Over fall break, Richmond beat SLU on an overtime game winner, the only goal of the game on Oct. 15.

On Sunday, the Billiken offense came alive with a 3-0 win over George Washington.

Last weekend, SLU travlled to Charlotte to face the 49ers on Saturday afternoon.

In a largely defensive match, Charlotte netted the game’s only goal to win 1-0.

The team finishes the regular season on the road this weekend, taking on Temple this Friday night, and visitin St. Joseph’s Sunday afternoon.

Men’s Basketball The 2010-11 season kicks into full gear next Tuesday Nov. 2, as SLU take on Cardinal Stritch in the first of two exhibition games this season.

The Wolves compete in NAIA basketball.

Game tip-off is at 7:00 P.M. at Chaifetz Arena.

In related news, sophomore forward Cody Ellis was named to the A-10 Conference’s preseason All-Conference third team, and freshman forward was selected to the league’s All-Rookie team.

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Margo Richardson (left) and Hilary Orf have been leaders on the cross country squad this year. The two have etched their names into SLU record books.

Richardson, Orf setting cross country records

By ANDREW BUSH Staff Writer

Junior Hilary Orf and freshman Margo Richardson have a pattern in their performances this year.

Through four meets, the two have alternated finishing first for the Saint Louis University women’s cross country team. This is a rare pattern, particularly for a sport in which teams usually feature a consistent top runner.

Even rarer is how close the two runners have been to each other throughout the whole season.

At the Duquesne Duals, Richardson and Orf finished first and second, respectively, and were separated by six seconds.

Next, at the Notre Dame Invitational, Orf crossed the finish line three seconds ahead of Richardson—they placed 4th and 5th.

Then, at the Richard Clark Invitational, Richardson finished 11th overall, seven hundredths of a second and one place before Orf. Most recently at the Bradley Classic, Orf finished 6th and Richardson finished 7th, and the two were separated by 11 seconds.

In other words, a total of zero out of hundreds of competitors have finished a race between Hilary Orf and Margo Richardson this season.

When one finishes the race, the other immediately follows.

Basic arithmetic reveals another

statistical surprise. After four rac- competition is the fact that records es, the combined times of Orf and are at stake.

Richardson are only about eight secIn her first collegiate cross counonds apart. try meet, Richardson broke the SLU When the SLU women’s cross women’s 5K record. This record only country team races this Saturday lasted for two weeks, however, when in Pittsburgh for the Atlantic 10 Orf broke Richardson’s record.

Conference Championships, their “Between us, we don’t really talk goal will be to place higher than any about records or anything like that,” previous team in school history.

Orf said. “But it’s kind of a motivator.

If they are to achieve their goal, She is my teammate, but it kind of they will need Richardson and Orf pushes us to want to do better and to to continue to keep improvlead the way, ing. no matter who We’re defifinishes first. nitely not bitWe’re always encouraging ter about Even though it they are con- each other, telling us each though.” stantly besting other, ‘one more, you can do Richardson each other, this’ or ‘come on, we’re almost agreed. Even both Orf and though reR i c h a r d s o n finished.’ cords are say that their —Margo Richardson at stake, competition Richardson is friendly in and Orf are nature. not distracted from their team-first “Cross country is a team sport,” mindset.

Richardson said. “All that matters is “I love our relationship,” Richardson how we finish as a team. said. “At practice we push each other; “Of course you want to improve on at meets we push each other—it’s just your times, but if we’re both running great to have someone there to help great times, it doesn’t matter who fin- make you better. I don’t have to go ishes first or second.” through the workout alone.

Richardson continued, “Just as “We’re always encouraging each long as we score points for the team other, telling us each other, ‘one more, and as long as we’re both improving you can do this’ or ‘come on, we’re our times; that’s all that matters.” almost finished.’ We’re on the same Another element of this friendly team. You’re looking to beat other

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teams—you’re not looking to beat each other. Because it doesn’t matter if you’re first or second on the team, you’re still going to get the same amount of points.”

The fact that Orf and Richardson have posted such similar results is not a coincidence. The tactic of running together gives the two a competitive edge.

Typically, Orf and Richardson make an effort to run with each other through about the two-mile mark in a race.

“We kind of have different styles of racing,” Orf said. “At the beginning of the year, she would go out faster and I would hold back later. But I think it works out better when we are working together through about the twomile mark. From there, it’s just about pushing each other to the finish.

“I would have to say that within those first two miles, if we’re not close by, it’s not a bad thing, but normally we should be within a few seconds of each other.”

Saturday in Pittsburgh, Orf and Richardson have lofty ambitions, both individually and for the team as a whole.

“Personally, I’m shooting for top 10. I think that would be great,” Richardson said.

Orf’s goal should not come as a surprise.

“Individually, I’d really like to place in the top 10.”

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Sophomore Benny Estes fights for possession of the ball during the Bills’ 2-1 victory Tuesday night over the Kangaroos.

Freshman forward Adnan Gabeljic entered Tuesday night’s game in the 76th minute, providing some fresh legs for the Billikens up top.

Just 16 minutes later, he netted the game winner to lift Saint Louis University to a 2-1 overtime victory over University of Missouri-Kansas City at Robert R. Hermann Stadium.

The match was SLU’s final non-conference game of the season, coming right in the middle of the Atlantic 10 schedule. SLU and UMKC have developed a tradition of playing each other in lateseason non-conference games, though SLU has won all seven of the teams’ meetings.

The action got started early off of a Devon Newport corner kick, SLU’s first corner of the game. Newport lofted the ball into the box and found the head of fellow sophomore

Benny Estes, who slipped it past UMKC’s Ken Cooper to put SLU on the board first in the 35th minute.

The Kangaroos (9-4-3) responded in the 66th minute by forcing an own goal from the SLU defense.

UMKC also had a goal called back earlier in the match because of a foul in the offensive box.

SLU’s defense held the Kangaroos to just three shots on goal during the match.

Sophomore Mark Pais was in net for the Billikens.

The game winning goal came just a minute and a half into overtime, as junior Beau Bellomy created some space on the right side of the offensive box. His centering feed to Gabeljic got through two UMKC defenders and gave the freshman a chance to put in the game winner.

Gabeljic beat the keeper by firing a shot just inside the near post, his third goal of the season.

The Billikens advance to an overall record of 5-6-2. In a season strangled by injury, SLU now has the goal of earning the best seed possible in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament, held Nov. 11-13 in Charlotte, N.C. Throughout the 92 minutes of soccer, only two upperclassmen saw the field Tuesday night.

Bellamy and fellow junior Alex Johnston each played major roles in the match, supporting a cast otherwise completely made up of freshmen and sophomores.

Freshmen Sito Sasieta and Jon Roeckle each netted two shots, and both had major defensive contributions.

The Billikens now return to A-10 play as the season winds down with four conference games at Hermann Stadium.

This weekend, SLU takes on Temple Friday evening at 7 p.m., and then faces St. Bonaventure’s Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.

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Club soccer provides ‘a good balance’ of fun, competition

By CHRIS ACKELS Sports Editor

For Jordan Hunter, soccer has always been a part of life.

“I’ve been playing soccer since I was four,” Hunter said.

But after her high school season ended, she was worried she may have to quit the game forever.

Though she may have had the talent, Hunter says she was never interested in playing NCAA soccer.

“I wanted to be a normal college student,” Hunter said. “I knew how much of a commitment Division I sports can be, and I knew it wasn’t for me.”

But for the physical therapy major from Denver, life without soccer would be incomplete. “I can’t really imagine not playing.”

The Saint Louis University women’s club soccer team offers the perfect balance for Photo submitted by Jordan Hunter Hunter and 20 other girls in Elise Landiak (10) plays in a corner kick during a women’s club soccer game in Colorado last the same situation.

The team competes in month. Landiak is the captain of the team, and a four year player. the Kansas-Missouri Soccer League, along with other Freshmen often hear about universities across the The ladies have reached the will be held over Halloween Regional Tournament each weekend at Texas Tech the team from flyers or from Midwest.

“It’s a good balance of the past four years while University in Lubbock, Texas. the annual Activities Fair at between just intramurals and competing in a conference The team has decided not to the beginning of each school full-blown NCAA athletics,” with schools such as Missouri, attend due to missed classes year.

The team holds tryouts Will Fuentes, a senior at SLU Kansas, Kansas State and and high costs.

Mark Luegering, a men’s at the beginning of every and a coach of the team, said. Nebraska. This year, SLU “It’s a happy medium, where has once again qualified for club soccer player and coach season, which begins with the people are having fun, but they the regional tournament with of the women’s team, said start of the fall semester.

Luegering said that the club gets still really want f i n a n c i a l these tryouts are usually the competition.” help from heavily attended and highly Club sports programs provide It’s a good balance between just intra- the Student competitive.

“We get a lot of people Gover nment students with the opportunity murals and full-blown NCAA athletics ... Association. who look like they haven’t to participate where people are having fun, but want to But he also touched a ball in years, and said that we get some girls who could on a team, in be competitive. most of the probably play NCAA Division an athletic and fundraising, II or even Division I if they c o m p e t i t i v e —Will Fuentes r e c r u i t i n g really wanted to,” he said. environment, And the girls will tell you and planning without the fullcomes from the girls on the that the competitive nature is time dedication of NCAA a record of 2-3-1. part of what makes it so much “We have a really team. athletics. SLU’s club sports “We really try to get fun. program offers over 20 competitive team,” Elise “We really play some different sports and currently Landiak, senior captain of the our name out there with flyers, tables in the Quad or good teams and some good includes more than 800 club team, said. schools,” Kelly Schoen, a “We have a lot of girls who fundraisers,” Luegering said. students.

The girls particularly try sophomore physical therapy It is also unique in that got college offers but decided But we are to generate interest among major, said. students coach fellow students not to play.

“It gives us a chance to play competitive, and we always freshman where, Luegering in a variety of club sports.

The women’s club soccer have a chance to make a run said, a lot of students are soccer but not take too much unaware of club sports away from our lives as college team is one of the most at regionals.” students.”

This year’s tournament opportunities. successful clubs at SLU.

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Volleyball: Bills on 7 game win streak In a weekend roadtrip to the northeast, the Billikens (14-9, 7-2) secured three sweeps, bringing their current winning streak to seven games.

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SLU sweeps Temple in Philadelphia Megan Boken, Alyssa Deno and Hannah Kvitle all posted double-doubles as the Saint Louis volleyball team swept Temple.

Boken finished with 11 kills and tied for team high honors with 14 digs, and Deno recorded a match-best 15 kills along with 13 digs. Kvitle notched 34 assists and 12 digs.

SLU kept the Owls quiet all night on both sides of the ball, limiting their kills and digs in all three sets. Temple did not have a single player reach double digits in kills.

October 23

Billikens down LaSalle in three sets Continuing a hot road-streak and fueling hopes for an Atlantic 10 Conference title, SLU was dominate again against the La Salle Explorers. The Billikens took the match 25-14, 2523, 25-11.

The Explorers scored the first four points of set three, but the Billikens responded by scoring 10 consecutive points. In addition to her match-high 15 kills, Andrea Beaty added five blocks for the Billikens. For the third straight outing, the Billikens did not allow an opponent player to record doubledigit kills.

October 26

Red-hot Bills light up Duquesne Freshman Andrea Beaty, this week’s Atlantic 10 Conference volleyball Rookie of the Week, finished with 15 kills on a careerhigh .577 hitting percentage to lead the Billikens in a sweep at Duquesne. SLU won by scores of 25-10, 27-25, 25-23 for its seventh straight triumph.

SLU took early leads in all three sets, though a fighting Dukes squad challanged the Billikens in the final two. Set three was tied eight times before SLU went on a 4-1 tear to take the set and the match. The Billikens now won 15 straight sets.

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