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New union rising on South Campus

Multipurpose building slated to open in 2011By 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-square-foot 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 high-resolution 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

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

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,”

SOA’s legacy: ambiguity

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

By CHAD CARSONStaff Writer

See “SOA” on Page 3

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.

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

Diversity grade: C- ... SLU needs work

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

By KRISTEN MIANONews Editor

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 See “Diversity” on Page 3

Saint Louis UniversityMarquette UniversityWashington UniversityGeorgetownLoyola ChicagoYale University

C-C-C+BB-A+

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

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

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

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.

See “Requirement” on Page 3

Diversity: Headline

By JULIA CHRISTENSENStaff Writer

The Education Union will include a 225-seat modern digital auditorium, student lounges and a café.Illustration courtesy of Saint Louis University Media Relations

See “Union” on Page 3

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THE SLU SCOOP

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

Saturday, Oct. 303:35 p.m. - STEALING A student reported her GPS unit stolen from her car parked in the John Carroll lot.

Monday, Nov. 112:10 p.m. - ELEVATOR ENTRAP-MENT Ten students were trapped in a Griesedieck elevator between the third and fourth floors. No students were in-jured. No counseling was required.

12:50 p.m. - AUTO ACCIDENT Student was struck by vehicle as he crossed Laclede Ave. near the La-clede parking garage. A minor injury to student’s arm was sustained.

Tuesday, Nov. 210:25 p.m. - ELEVATOR ENTRAP-MENT Student was trapped in Rein-ert service elevator between first and second floor. No injuries were

By SEAN WORLEYAssistant News Editor

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 per-petrators” was written and submitted by student Stacy Vojta, not Thomas Bloom, as previously attributed.

SGA creates new transportation optionBy SEAN WORLEYAssistant News Editor

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

In their tenth meeting of the year, SGA passed legisla-tion 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 com-mittee 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 sena-tor, Dustin Paluch said.

It is for that reason that SGA will also be the prima-ry source of funding for the board’s maintenance, namely purchasing paper for the car-pool 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 administra-tion, 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 opportuni-ties for students to use the board in order to find rides home.

While finding a ride cross-country for University holi-days 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. Bridge closes.

The legislation passed with a unanimous vote.

Noah Berman / Photo Editor

“A geek” is how Michael Rozier, S.J., was described in February 2002 as The University News editorial-ized 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 some-thing inside kind of churn-ing 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 undergradu-ate 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 medi-cal 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 satis-fied with his choice. “[I] abso-lutely 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

decision: whether or not to practice medicine.

“The way my head was working, I was more interest-ed 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 becom-ing healthier—it’s sanita-tion, 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 leav-ing 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 pri-mary 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 evi-dent, 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 conversa-tion 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 pro-grams at the university.

“I played in the orches-tra 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 indi-viduals.

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 every-thing right back,” Rozier said, as he spoke of his time as a student as a current faculty member.

“We have incredible stu-dents here; not only really bright, but good, good peo-ple,” Rozier said. “I love being a faculty member for that rea-son.”

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.”


News 3

Speaker focuses on racial educationBy KRISTEN MIANO

News Editor

Student group brings undead to campus By PAUL ESKER

Staff Writer

Orange and black bandan-as are not a new fall fash-ion— 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 per-son who is chosen to be the Original Zombie.”

This Original Zombie was selected from a pool of play-ers 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-

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, allow-ing her to infect more humans and get the game rolling.

Now it may sound as though the situation was dis-mal 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 chemis-try; it was kind of a letdown” freshman Ben Minden-Birkenmaier said.

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

to take a break from studies and enjoy some friendly com-petition.

“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 (figura-tively, of course) or to fend off a multitude of invading zom-bies, keep your eyes peeled for Humans vs. Zombies: Round two, which will be coming soon SLU. May the best species win.

SOA: Trip is a learning experienceContinued from Page 1 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 democ-racy, 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 impor-tant 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 responsi-ble 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 advo-cate for the school’s closure, Smyth said that SLU students who attend also gain a learn-ing 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 stu-dents 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.

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 diver-sity conflicts the University faced last year. Several stu-dent-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,”

Diversity: Grade inspires hope for future improvements

“It may have less to do with what and how you’re teach-ing, 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

Requirement: Changes to core seek to promote diversity Continued from Page 1

Continued from Page 1 the comment reads. “In the past year, many students from diverse backgrounds, mainly of differences in racial, politi-cal and sexual orientation differences have been dis-criminated 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 adminis-trative 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 reflect-ing on the past, and that influ-ences the grade,” Vazquez said. “They have a hard time looking to the future.”

Sophomore Chelsea Jaeger admits that she’s disappoint-ed that SLU scored so low, but she hopes the school will strive to improve it’s stand-ing.

“I think it’s probably a pret-ty accurate representation of diversity at SLU,” Jaegar said. “But I think the student body

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 understand-ing what it means to be “inter-culturally competent.”

diversity that probably won’t count under the new [require-ments],” Ellen Carnaghan, professor of political science and chair of the political sci-ence 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-

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 fair-ly practical; not about the essence of the requirement, but whether or not there would be enough to choose from,” said Carnaghan.

Tim Wise knows it’s not easy to talk about racism. But as one of the most prominent anti-racism writers and educa-tors 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 discus-sion with an important story regarding roommates, house-hold 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 cultur-ally. 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 poli-tics 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 con-cerned about what messages [my kids] are getting and

what messages we’re send-ing and how they are coun-teracted by messages in our culture.”

The speech concluded with a question and answer ses-sion in which Wise addressed issues like the end of white privilege, the government role in the “racialization” of pris-ons, 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 posi-tively 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 his-tory 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.”

Kati Cundari / Photographer

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.

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

“I don’t think we have very good [advertising] this year for this polling place,” said ju-nior 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 dis-engaged with what the politi-cal process and that making voting decisions depends on personal education of issues.

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

Bloom, who is studying po-litical science, also attributed the lack of understanding of the political process to politi-cians.

“Many politicians do not make an effort to speak for young people’s interests,

Voter turnout lower than previous yearsBy ANDREA ROYALS

News Editor

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

Christopher Grabau, man-ager 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 basi-cally because we are mem-bers 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 be-cause it’s a place that is con-ducive 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 in-terests,” Bloom said. “At the end of the day, young people are responsible for making their own voices heard.”

Andrea Royals / News Editor

Union: New facilities provide more resourcesContinued from Page 1

Alderson said. “This collabo-ration is the key as we are bringing all of these profes-sions together.”

Students from multiple health care professions will be able to utilize common space such as SLU’s stan-dardized 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 allow-ing for better feedback in this learning environment.

This new learning environ-ment is causing a lot of excite-ment 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 educa-tional atmosphere which will be wonderful for the South Campus,” Smith said. “It will be absolutely marvelous, it is going to be a home for stu-dents similar to Busch [BSC]

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-square-feet, 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 com-pleted in the spring, the facility will feature a NCAA-regulation, 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 addi-tions 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, rec-reation 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

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 cam-puses 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.

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

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

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

While nearly 250 graduates of the school have been con-nected 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 coun-tries 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 per-sonally knows several gradu-ates who have returned to serve in her country.

“When people return from SOA, they exercise their pro-fession in an honest manner,” Torres said. “While there are some involved in corruption that doesn’t help our coun-try, 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 respec-tive 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 stu-dents 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 stu-dents 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 argu-ments for the school, but it has shown itself to be a less than effective tool in the

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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 mis-sions statement, and with good reason. We not only have one of the best programs for pre-medical studies in the country, we have one of only 42 health colleges nationwide.

A recent project that has been develop-ing for some years holds all the promise of tremendously improving our already well-developed Medical Center. In a laudable effort by the administration, construction south of Frost Campus is ushering in new and necessary 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 auditori-um for lecture classes and a mock doctor’s office where students will interact with actors to practice recognizing and diagnos-ing 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 suf-fered the lack of study space available to them. Juniors and seniors, who have nearly all of their classes there, have to

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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 service 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 stu-dents.

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 health-oriented 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 stu-dents together from both campuses to share in the Billiken spirit.

In the country that our history books tell us has one of the greatest democracies in the world, the voting polls ironically ring hollow with the empty spaces that voters should be filling. Apathy is endemic, and one of the worst evils that plague a democratic society. This is especially a problem when it comes to college students.

We do not yet have the responsibilities of our parents; most of us do not have families, mortgages, white-collar jobs, etc. We have time and energy that we can dedicate towards improv-ing our government. There are municipal elec-tions, activist organiza-tions, awareness groups - where is our time going? It is conceivably spent in puerile activities like Facebook, television, or even complaining about laws. So many students don’t even know the names of the candidates running for the positions that ultimately make policy decisions that can determine our futures.

Later, we are the quickest to complain about the increasing dictatorial powers of the federal government, under any administra-tion. Little do we, as students and citizens, know that we are the true cause for this apparent unbalance.

Student apathy towards activism is sad and disparaging

Apathy is endemic, and one of the worst evils that plague a democratic society. “

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Saint Louis University has this same dire problem of voter apathy in its own unique microcosm. Compared to many state schools, such as the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, SLU has a tiny number of political-ly active organizations (College Democrats, College Republicans and Political Round Table are the only three under SLU’s Political Action Student Organization Cabinet). UNL has eight, and that is the average for state

schools. With the organi-zations we do have, few students attend politi-cally charged events, and/or remain ignorant about activist goings-on on campus. Although The University News and other groups on campus tried educating students about how and where to vote and how to get involved, a large number of students still did not vote on Nov. 2

for the elections.Without caring, we do not take action.

Without action, democracy cannot preserve our rights in the self-governing way we like to envision that we do.

With each vote lost to that black hole of “don’t care’s,” we move one step closer to a society run by the very few who do in fact care. This, if we might say, is called an oligar-chy. Cheers, folks.

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current upkeep

This is in response to the article “SLU Athletes Play on Solid Ground” which appeared in the October 21 edition of The University News.

This is my ninth semester here at SLU, and I can attest to the truth of Keith Labitska’s “mas-tery” in keeping the Robert R. Hermann pitch looking as professional as possible. Michael Johnson’s article, however, unintentionally dem-onstrates 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 pro-grams?

I was content with everything that I was read-ing 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, cur-rently 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 potas-sium” 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 partici-pate 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 Vande-venter 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. Obvi-ously, 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 non-athletes.

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

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Opinion 5Non-profit groups bear burdens to serve those in need

Take a step outside the aus-tere wrought iron boundaries of Saint Louis University, and

you are on the streets of one of the most dangerous cities in the coun-try. The h e i g h t -ened crime rates, how-ever, are most likely attributed

to the well-established status of St. Louis as one of the nation’s poorest urban land-scapes.

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 per-ception, and you shall be-come chillingly aware of the negativity that appears to per-vade all discourse concerning metropolitan living and urban policy.

As a city, St. Louis is ac-customed 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, spot-lighting news media’s ten-dency 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 phe-nomenon, 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 unas-suming building on the corner of 23rd and Pine – Redevelopment Opportunities for Women, Inc. (ROW) has its city office.

This non-profit organiza-

Haiti suffers one tragedy after another with no relief in sight

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

He pulls my pass-port up into the air and studies it. “How old are you?”

“ I ’ m 19.”

“ W h e n is your birthday?”

“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 c o u r s e I’m sure.

“ Ye s , that’s my mom.”

H e g i v e s my pass-port one last look b e f o r e handing t h e m b a c k . “ H a v e 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 stereotypi-cal-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 ques-tions that you begin to ques-tion 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 intoler-ance 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-

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 any-where and everywhere, who battle through hunger, through extreme heat and ex-treme cold, and most impor-tantly, 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 oth-erwise.

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

Ever since I can remem-ber, 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 deep-

ly love and a p p r e c i -ate.

In a c o u n t r y where we are taught constantly that we s h o u l d s t a n d out from the rest t h r o u g h our talents, a superior higher ed-

ucation, 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 immigra-tion. To forget that it is a ma-jor 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, apa-thetic or progressive?

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

You choose.

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

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Domestic violence deserves your attention more than ever

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Daniela monDragon

With only 12 months in a year and hundreds of impor-tant causes, October is a busy

month for awareness. Just to name a few examples, O c t o b e r is the des-i g n a t e d month for arts and hu-mani t ies , dental hy-giene, and of course, breast can-

cer 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 oth-ers. 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 allevi-ate that, here’s a story about my family.

The earliest memories of my childhood are of my fa-ther 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 hand-cuffed 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 rath-er 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 can-cer, but really, it was domes-tic violence.

Domestic violence is a se-cretive, 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 domes-tic violence is to talk about it and get help. If you’re a victim of domestic violence contact the National Domes-tic 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 fi-nally got help.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence fact sheet, twenty-five percent of women will be a victim of domestic violence in her lifetime. It is estimat-ed 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 vic-tim 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 po-lice.

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 be-tween life and death.

Katerina Canyon is a fresh-man in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Tolerance is not a habit for many Americans, regarding immigrantsI am a woman born and

raised in the United States. Since I was little I was told

to take dai-ly showers, wash my hands after using the r e s t r o o m or touch-ing unclean i t e m s . When I want a drink of water I go to the nearest wa-ter fountain

which contains clean, purified water or buy myself a bottle with the “filtered water” guar-antee. 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 oth-ers, 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 coun-try 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 earth-quake.

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 miner-als 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 liv-ing 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 consid-ered 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 per-sonal hygiene is not a com-mon daily routine.

Why some countries flour-ish 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 fight-ing these types of troubles.

It’s the major poverty level that contributes to these out-breaks and the massive earth-quake definitely did not help.

People bathe in lakes and rivers because indoor plumb-ing costs money that these people do not have. It’s heart-breaking 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 rem-edy 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 be-cause their access to clean water and overall atmosphere is scarce.

Some doctors, includ-ing Paul Farmer, created “Partners in Health,” a non-profit organization to help al-leviate some of these health problems.

He and his team of re-searchers are not only try-ing to cure the immediate problems, but also to work on long-term goals they hope will eventually help the na-tion 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 ei-ther.

Nicole Palazzolo is a fresh-man in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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

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tion is committed to assisting women who have been vic-tims of, and removed them-selves from, Intimate Partner Violence. Through their inno-vative approaches to the pro-motion 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 in-spired to believe in the rights – not the wrongs – of our so-cial and political climate.

R e d e v e l o p m e n t Opportunities for Women pio-neered a revolutionary pro-gram that has become central to their outreach.

Their Realizing your Economic Action Plan (REAP) Institute, creatively couples income assistance with finan-cial 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 pro-vided its services no matter the unemployment and reces-sions 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 hard-ship.

As one can imagine, ma-neuvering America’s competi-tive, ruthless economy as a non-profit ‘business’ that is vying for resources and seek-ing expansion is a wearying feat.What’s more is that ap-proximately 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 – num-ber of non-profits that fail each year would only further fuel our preoccupation with

negativity and color our per-ceptions.

It is due to the presence of ROW, and similar organiza-tions, that we are urgently reminded to guard ourselves against an empty preoccupa-tion with societal ‘failings.’

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

Jacqueline Fuqua is a soph-omore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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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 pro-ducer in April 2011.

In the past 14 years, Isaacson has produced over 15 Broadway plays, musicals, national tours and London productions. He and his part-ner, Kristin Caskey, have pro-duced 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 musi-cals and plays to theatre.

Isaacson will make the move to the Muny in April 2011, where he will begin working as the executive pro-ducer for the outdoor the-atre’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 the-atre productions, so he took this responsibility upon him-self. He and his friends start-ed 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 sugges-tion 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 suc-cess 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 bring-ing together the creative tal-ent,” Isaacson said. “I look forward to working for this generational, historical insti-tution. 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 stu-dents:

“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 respon-sibilities, you will kill for the opportunities that you had at SLU,” Isaacson said.

Alumnus steps into executive producer role at The Muny

By KRISTIN MCGUIREAssociate Arts Editor

‘South Pacific’ spans generation gap

By KRISTIN MCGUIREAssociate Arts Editor

Photo Courtesy of The Fox Theatre

(Top): Lawrence Goldberg is the conductor and music director for “South Pacific.” Twenty-two 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 ben-efits 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 entertain-ing way, so it’s not preach-ing.”

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 musi-cal 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 confi-dence 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 play-ing 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 informa-tion visit fabulousfox.com

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 orches-tra I’ve ever had in a traveling show!” Goldberg said.

Twenty-two of the instru-mentalists are hired in each city to play with the three trav-eling musicians. Musicians are hired in advance, and music is sent two or three weeks in advance. Goldberg has only a four-and-a-half-hour 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 talent-ed, so it’s tricky,” Goldberg said.

However, these challenges

‘Due Date’ doesn’t match up to success of ‘The Hangover’

Film Review

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Director Todd Phillips’s (“The Hangover”) most recent film, “Due Date”, begins

with Peter Highman, played by R o b e r t D o w n e y Jr. (“Iron Man”), fly-ing home to see his f irst -bor n c h i l d . However, 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 for-gets 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 pre-view 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-

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 circum-stances 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, how-ever, 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 adven-turous 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 sto-ryline and some familiar char-acters, “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.

Humorous moments overshadowed by predictability of storyline, characters

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

the good: Zach Galifianakis played a good comedic role.

the Bad:The storyline was predict-able, and character devel-opment was slow.

the veRdict:Rent it. Don’t pay to see it.

Secret Sound Society showcases independent artists, musicians

By ASHLEY JONESArts Editor

Noah Berman / Photo Editor

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.

Last May, a group of local musicians, concert promot-ers, 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 neighbor-hood, that is really an epicen-ter of creative resurgence in St. Louis, with independent art and music. We highlight-ed 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 highlight-ed.

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

“It was particularly amaz-ing 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 tomb-stones,” Deichmann said.

Deichmann said that the group is happy with the out-come of the festival.

“We were able to bring people to Cherokee Street for the first time or to have them visit stores and loca-tions 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 festi-valgoers is really wonderful,” Deichmann said.

She hopes that in the future the festival will continue to grow and include more busi-nesses on Cherokee St.

At this time though, the group has no specific future plans to report.

“I look forward to collabo-rating with some of the won-derful resources available to the St. Louis music commu-nity from blogs to venues to bands. We have lots of ideas for possible multi-media proj-ects and look forward to start-ing 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 experi-ence 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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Arts 9Lassry gives audience a “Sum of Limited Views”

Viewing Elad Lassry’s work at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis is rather

d i s c o m -f o r t i n g -- at first. Context for the work r a n g e s from very little to none, with even the museum’s d e s c r i p -tion of the e x h i b i t

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 exhib-it-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 rec-ommend sticking around to look: Lassry’s works are powerful, if not necessar-ily 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 imple-ments 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, giv-ing even the more mundane objects an intensified look. This further breaks the items down into more a collection of shapes than a standard com-mercial image of, say, eggs.

The video pieces that fea-ture as a part of this exhibit are of a similar, tightly con-trolled appearance. One fea-tures a shot of a woman’s face followed by a zebra; another features actors making bland faces and gestures at the cam-era 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 collec-tion 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 close-ly at the world around them, to see the shapes and colors that abound in everything one encounters. The images of living creatures can be unset-tling, but that, too, is a “form” of life - just as the meaning-less 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, control-ling everything about the way we see the things he wants us to see.

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

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Astha provides listeners with cornucopia of soundscally 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 tal-ented 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 inter-esting. Although she didn’t have any previous Bollywood influence, Humphrey said she likes how she is always learn-ing in Astha.

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

Astha’s “Concert 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.

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 cap-pella group, but it now incor-porates pop songs into their Bollywood influence.

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

“You would be surprised everything happens to magi-

By NATALIE TJADENContributor

Bills get back on the hardwood

By DERRICK NEUNERAssociate 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 com-petition 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 fresh-man Dwayne Evans. That de-cision, 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 play-ing just 15 minutes.

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

Ryan Giacomino / Photographer

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

Exhibition match tests young players

range. “Obviously we didn’t play

great, but it’s our first time to-gether, 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 fin-ished 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 gener-ally not indicative of future performance.

“Their attitude is excel-lent,” 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 situ-ation as every other group of freshmen.

“They’re good players, but they’re young and inexperi-enced. 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.

Women’s soccer closes season with strong finishBy 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 inexpe-rience 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 stand-ings.

However, head coach Tim Champion kept believing and pushing the girls, encour-aging 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 hap-pened. Something clicked. No longer were the bad breaks going against the Billikens.

The heartbreaks began to turn into triumphs. Despite the disappointing start, the team picked itself up off the ground and just refused to go down easy.

Limping into their game against St. Bonaventure with a 1-7-5 record and winless in conference play, things were looking bleak for the first 78 minutes of the contest until fresh-man phenom-enon Jenny H u m m e r t buried her second career goal past Bonnies’ goal-keeper Nicole M a r k e r t . Junior Colleen Kustura assist-ed on the winning tally.

Hummert, although a freshman, was a key element of the Billikens attacking game, tying for the team lead in points with six and starting 18 of 19 games. Her play was strong enough to warrant an A-10 All-Rookie team selec-tion.

“Jenny Hummert, com-ing in as a freshman, and playing as much as she did; she scored a lot of our goals and created a lot of oppor-tunities,” sophomore Maggie Baumann said.

Head coach Champion

holds similar sentiments towards Hummert, stating earlier in the year that she is a “mature player” and “has great speed and field aware-ness.”

After the dramatic victo-ry, the Billikens hosted the Richmond Spiders on Oct. 15, looking to carry their momen-tum forward.

After 90 minutes of stellar defense and goalkeeping, the Spiders e v e n t u a l l y cracked the otherwise stin-gy defense, putting a shot into the upper half of the net inside the far post, denying

the Billikens their first back-to-back wins of the season.

For the last home game of the season, George Washington traveled to Hermann Stadium to take on a Billikens squad that was determined to not only resume their winning ways, but to send off their seniors with one last home victory.

The Bills protected their pitch and did it with author-ity, defeating the Colonials 3-0 and in the process awak-ening an offense which had been dormant throughout the year.

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 excel-lence 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-ri-diculous 14 saves, a school record, and allowed only the one goal.

However, there was still an outside shot at mak-ing 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 finish-ing 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 strug-gles the season presented, the Billikens never quit, never became discouraged and never gave up.

As the saying goes, adver-sity 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 All-Confeence keeper Walsh.

None of us doubt-ed the team, and I think that’s why in the end we played the way we did.

“”—Maggie Baumann

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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 Wash-ington and Dayton next weekend.

Swimming & DiVing

Junior diver Chad Carmichael was select-ed the Atlantic 10 Con-ference co-Performer of the Week last week, after sweeping the one-meter 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 one-meter dive.

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The Billikens have their first exhibition match Thursday against University of Missouri-St. Louis, to be held at Chaifetz Arena at 7:00 p.m. The second exhi-bition will be held Sun-day 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 fol-lowed immediately by the men’s home opener against Austin Peay.

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