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Dijaspora Bošnjačka: Broj 21
No full textBosniak DiasporaIII21Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was launched to share information and perspectives about the aggression toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people between 1992 and 1995, as well as to promote the values, traditions, and culture of Bosnian Muslims.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue
Plima Magazin 2.3
No full textMaj/Juni 1998II3Plima Obiteljski Magazin is a bi-monthly Bosnian-language publication that was published in St. Louis, Missouri between 1997 and 2000. It was created by journalist, editor, and publisher Dijana Groth in response to increasing numbers of refugees resettling in St. Louis from her home country of (former) Yugoslavia. With an entertaining and informative format, Groth used PLIMA – translated to Ocean (New) Tide and geared at the whole family – to address the needs and concerns of the newly arrived refugees.Missing: Godina I, Broj 1; none published in August 1999. Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue
Sunrise
No full textScannedII041SabaH is a Bosnian-language weekly newspaper that was published in the United States between December 1997 and October 2014. It was founded in Astoria, NY. In 2006, publishing was relocated to St. Louis, MO, but the newspaper continued its national distribution. A typical issue contains about 50 pages and features bold headlines and many photos, with articles from both Bosnia- and US-based contributors. SabaH was established to help Bosnian immigrants deal with life in their new home and keep them informed of events in their war-torn country. Its name translates to 'sunrise', symbolizing the arrival of a new generation of Bosnian immigrants in the US.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue. This project was made possible by a generous donation from Susan Powers of St. Louis, MO. Digitization is ongoing
Sunrise
No full textScannedII044SabaH is a Bosnian-language weekly newspaper that was published in the United States between December 1997 and October 2014. It was founded in Astoria, NY. In 2006, publishing was relocated to St. Louis, MO, but the newspaper continued its national distribution. A typical issue contains about 50 pages and features bold headlines and many photos, with articles from both Bosnia- and US-based contributors. SabaH was established to help Bosnian immigrants deal with life in their new home and keep them informed of events in their war-torn country. Its name translates to 'sunrise', symbolizing the arrival of a new generation of Bosnian immigrants in the US.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue. This project was made possible by a generous donation from Susan Powers of St. Louis, MO. Digitization is ongoing
University News - Volume 099, Issue 004 (October 17, 2019)
No full textMislabeled as Volume XCVIV. 24 pages.VOL. XCVIV No. 4 / October 17, 2019
Photo by Michelle peltier
COVER Design by Rebecca LiVigni
UTHE UNIVERSITY NEWS
5years later
his week, the Office of
Diversity and Commu-nity
Engagement host-ed
OccupySLU Week to
commemorate the 2014
Occupy SLU Protests,
which are best remem-bered
for a week-long
sit-in at the SLU clock tower.
In the summer of 2014, the killing
of unarmed teenager Michael Brown
by a Ferguson police officer sparked
a national conversation about racial
tensions and systemic racism in the
United States. In early October 2014,
Vonderrit Myers, the 18-year-old son
of a SLU delivery worker, was killed
by a police officer. As part of the Fer-guson
October demonstrations, there
was an event held at Chaifetz Arena,
as well a protest and vigil for Myers
several miles away. Students, commu-nity
members and activists from these
events and elsewhere began to march
to SLU and occupy the space around
the clock tower.
Many protesters camped out for the
week in order to highlight the issues
of race, equality, systemic and insti-tutional
racism, and the experience
of SLU students of color. Daily “teach-ins”
were held at the clock tower so
that community members could en-gage
in discussion and learn more
about the issues. The Occupy SLU
protests concluded with the drafting
of the Clock Tower Accords—a list of
thirteen resolutions aimed at high-lighting
and solving the issues raised
by the protesters. These demands are
in various stages of implementation,
and in the eyes of many, there is signif-icant
progress to be made.
Luella Loseille, the Atlas Program
Coordinator, was a sophomore at SLU
when Occupy SLU took place, and is
now leading the commemorative pro-grams
this year. Loseille remembered
the tensions on campus during the
protest, and that many people felt
that Occupy SLU was an opportuni-ty
to finally hold SLU accountable to
their mission. While progress has been
made, Loseille is still reluctant to say
that SLU currently lives up to its mis-sion
when “marginalized communities
are having horrible experiences” on
campus. The current undergraduate
population of SLU was not present for
the Occupy SLU protests, and Loseille
believes that the commemoration of
the event is an important step in en-suring
that the Clock Tower Accords
are fulfilled.
“These problems still persist,” said
Loseille. “I think that since Occupy
SLU, the university has done a better
job of recognizing the systems at play
such as racism, classism, sexism, ho-mophobia
and transphobia, ableism,
etc. that influence the decisions and
actions of the University. I can attest
that some of the conversations we have
on campus today probably would not
have been common on campus more
than five years ago, but there are still
many more conversations that need
to be had to create and maintain an
inclusive and respectful environment
for all.”
The events of Occupy SLU Week be-gan
on Monday with the annual read-ing
of the speech given by Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. at SLU. “So many of
the things he [Dr. King] expressed in
that speech are still so relevant,” said
Loseille, “You could take any line of
that speech and apply it today.”
On Tuesday, the #ThisIsOurSLU
Teach-In was held. At this event, at-tendees
spent time learning about and
remembering the Occupy SLU pro-tests.
They also participated in break-out
groups where they learned about
current issues of marginalized groups
on campus and discussed ways these
issues could be solved. Loseille said
this event was designed to mimic the
teach-ins held during Occupy SLU.
The theme, #ThisIsOurSLU, is also
the theme of a current photo cam-paign
being undertaken by the Office
of Diversity and Community Engage-ment
and the Cross-Cultural Center.
Photos of SLU students will be posted
along with their stories of experiences
here at SLU. The goal is to highlight
both the negative and positive experi-ences
of SLU students to create an ac-curate
picture of the campus life here
at the University.
On Thursday, the final event will
be a screening of the movie “Whose
Streets,” followed by reflection and
discussion of the film’s themes.
“Whose Streets” is a documentary fo-cusing
on the activists and community
members involved with the Ferguson
protests following the killing of Mi-chael
Brown.
Loseille said that these events are
extremely important as the true goals
of the Occupy SLU protests have not
been fully realized, and it is there-fore
vital that students are aware of
the work that is left to be done. Once
students accept the responsibility for
bringing SLU’s environment in line
with its professed values, they can ac-tively
work to effect change through
research and education, reversal of
personal biases and advocacy work.
OCCUPY SLU:
PROGRESS
THROUGH
MEMORY
02 NEWS
T
(Trenton Almgren-Davis / The
University News)
Occupy SLU
Week
commemorates
past protests
and builds
momentum for
further change
By SAVANNAH SEYER
Staff Writer
News 03
By LEAH GEORGE
Staff Writer
ince May, con-struction
has
been taking place
on both the west
and east side of
SLU’s campus.
Due to the prev-alence
of construction, pathways
have been blocked and students
have had to take longer routes to get
to their destinations.
Laasya Sarva, a freshman, pointed
out that most students don’t know
why the construction is going on.
Furthermore, Sarva added: “It’s in-convenient
if you have classes on
polar opposite sides of campus.”
The construction manager, Dustin
Montgomery, attempted to alleviate
these concerns by explaining the
motivations behind the construc-tion.
There are two types of construc-tion
going on at this time: the con-struction
of the new science build-ing
and the utility project. Both
have been in the works for a long
period of time. In fact, the designs
and blueprints began to be written
up about two to three years ago. In
regards to the utility project, Mont-gomery
said, “What we’re trying to
do is make sure the infrastructure
to the buildings on campus are not
aged. The pathways to the buildings
and the electrical and gas systems
need replacement.” A new, more
efficient, and reliable substation
is replacing the old one in order to
allow for reductions to utility costs
and energy consumption. This will
result in lower costs down the road
for all the systems. These reductions
will allow this construction proj-ect
to pay itself back in around ten
years.
The utility project is also replac-ing
piping and cabling underground.
“We’re installing all new pathways
and cabling, as well as assisting IT to
ensure that if a network goes down,
there’s another source to feed that
building,” said Montgomery. Also,
over winter and spring break, all of
the buildings will need to be connect-ed
to the new substation, so there will
be various shut-downs during these
times to put everything on the new
substation. This project will wrap up
in the spring around March.
What many do not realize is that
the hardest part of the construction,
including widening West Pine by six
feet, tearing up the sidewalk near La-clede
and building the new patio for
the Busch Student Center, was actu-ally
finished over the summer so that
there was less inconvenience for stu-dents.
What is being done now is only
a fraction of the work that the workers
did over the summer to make sure that
there wasn’t too much traffic on West
Pine once the fall semester began.
Regarding the science building,
Montgomery expressed that it will
be a very beautiful building and will
open up in August 2020. Sarva said,
“Having the new science building will
be a great resource, especially with a
lot of the population of students be-ing
STEM majors.” This new science
building will create many new oppor-tunities
for SLU as a whole, through
resources like new classrooms and
new research and lab areas.
Montgomery continued saying,
“In the long run, [the construction]
will allow for a better environment
for students to learn in and allow the
campus to sustain and grow for years
to come.” In order to have a campus
that grows and adapts with the times,
these types of upgrades need to hap-pen.
If they are neglected, students
risk electrical, network and gas prob-lems
down the road.
ae Green
Cox, loving-ly
known as
Ms. Mae, was
transferred to
a new position
on SLU’s Med-ical
Campus on Wednesday, Oct.
16. Known as the bright face of
Grand Dining Hall, this decision
was not taken lightly by her many
supporters on campus. An online
petition soon began to circulate,
adding up to almost 1,800 signa-tures
to date.
A St. Louis native, Ms. Mae’s
first job at the University was
serving priests at Jesuit Hall. Upon
its opening in 2017, she moved to
Grand Dining Hall—now, she is
coming up on ten years of work-ing
in SLU’s dining halls.
Ms. Mae’s warm personality
and representation of the Univer-sity’s
values led to her very own
section of Grand soon after its
opening, called “Miss Mae’s Com-fort
Corner.” She found out about
this through a Facebook post and
described that she felt “love, ex-cited
and all of those other good
words.”
Upon seeing the new sign for
the Comfort Corner in Grand, Ms.
Mae became emotional. “All of
my friends thought I was sad, but
they were happy tears,” she told
the University News.
Some students, upset with the
transfer, think the problem lies
with Sodexo, the food service that
manages Grand’s dining. When
Ms. Mae was offered a higher
paying position at SLU Hospital,
Sodexo “did nothing to try and
keep Ms. Mae in our dining hall,”
said Tyler Guist, the creator of the
online petition. When Sodexo did
not fight for her to stay, “she was
hurt” Guist wrote.
Gary Prellwitz, Resident Dis-trict
Manager of Sodexo ad-dressed
one student’s concerns
about Ms. Mae’s transfer at the
SGA Senate on Oct. 16. Prellwitz
stated that the Hospital’s branch
of Sodexo “seems to be agreeable
to sharing her” and that Ms. Mae
will be returning to Grand once a
month.
“She has committed to, I think,
to come back in for the late night
breakfast. She always played a
pretty important role in that,
welcoming all the students to the
building,” said Prellwitz.
In a Facebook post a day be-fore
she started her new position,
Ms. Mae wrote, “I will always be
there for my babies,” and that she
wants to thank everyone for their
support and encouragement in
this tough time.
Although they will miss Ms.
Mae’s famous sayings about all
students being “her babies” and
that “we’re all a big family,” the
SLU community is proud to have
such a warm representative for
them in their Hospital’s cafeteria.
Still, when students come to grab
a sweet treat from Miss Mae’s
Comfort Corner, they will think
of the influential woman it was
named after.
M
By RILEY MACK
News Editor
DISMAY OVER MS. MAE’S
TRANSFER
(Emma Carmody / The University News)
CONSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS:
WHAT’S GOING ON?
(Trenton Almgren-Davis / The University News)
S
COMMON CORE PROPOSAL UNVEILED
04 NEWS
Once the committee had a rati-fied
set of goals from which to base
the common curriculum, they began
the complex process of creating a
proposal. The committee engaged
in research on core practices at oth-er
universities and gathered mod-els
with which useful comparisons
might be drawn. The committee en-couraged
campus wide conversation
by hosting workshops, guest lectures
and other events. To complement
the knowledge
g a i n e d
f r o m
c o m -
mu-n
i -
t y
out-reach
efforts,
t h e
c o m -
m i t t e e
sent out an
open call for
design sub-missions,
and
after receiv-ing
thirty-six
i n d i v i d u a l
submissions,
p r e s e n t e d
three “Core
Prototypes” to
the SLU com-munity
for
additional
f e e d -
back.
With
a n
a b u n d a n t
amount of feed-back,
the committee set to work on
a synthesis of their research and the
feedback kindled by outreach efforts
into a Common Core Proposal, which
is the product that was first unveiled
in an email sent to the SLU commu-nity
on Oct. 1.
That proposal contains the de-tailed
plan for a thirty-five credit
general education experience com-pleted
by all baccalaureate students,
regardless of major, college, school
or campus. The proposed core con-sists
of a number of essential areas:
the First year experience, Theo-logical
and Philosophical Founda-tions,
Eloquentia Perfecta, Ways
of Thinking and Collaborative
Inquiry. These areas provide
structure and
ac-adem-ic
rigor
while still
p r o m o t i n g
flexibility and
ensure that
all students,
regardless of
major, will be
able to com-plete
the core
and graduate
in four years.
The UUCC
hosted two
open fora
on Oct. 10
and 11
in or-d
e r
t o
r e -
view
t h e
d e v e l -
opment of
the proposal
and open a dia-logue
for assessment and cri-tique.
Faculty and students from
across the SLU community were in
attendance, and a number of critical
disputes were raised.
For example, some faculty mem-bers
from the Department of Lan-guages,
Literatures and Cultures
seemed to be more concerned with
what was kept out of the core, rather
than what was included. If the pro-posal
is accepted, proficiency in a
foreign language will cease to be a
requirement, regardless of college or
school.
A number of LLC faculty mem-bers
at the open forum viewed this
decision as a betrayal of SLU’s com-mitment
to the Jesuit educational
tradition, one of the foundational
elements of the nine Student Learn-ing
Outcomes. The importance of
foreign language study has been in-tegral
to the Jesuit vision of educa-tion
since the first draft of the Ratio
Studiorum in 1586, and many faculty
members argued that the complete
elimination of a language require-ment
is a step in the wrong direction.
The committee response reasserted
that the core is “deeply Jesuit,” both
in the theories which underpin it
and the courses which students will
be required to take, and that the ab-sence
of a foreign language require-ment
is a lamentable but necessary
step which other peer universities
have taken during the implantation
of a common core.
These open fora were a useful op-portunity
for faculty and students,
both undergraduate and graduate,
to participate in a vital conversation
with the UUCC that ensures all those
who will be affected by the transition
to a common core have an opportu-nity
to make their voice heard.
The proposal which was sent to
the SLU community on Oct. 1 is not
the final proposal which will appear
to be voted on next year. Feedback
received from outreach events, open
fora and assemblies will be consid-ered
before a final proposal appears,
most likely at the start of the spring
semester. By Mar. 1, 2020, faculty
councils and assemblies from each
college or school will hold a “Yes/
No” vote on the question of whether
the proposal will be adopted as SLU’s
Common Core.
I
By CONOR DORN
Associate News Editor
n November 2017, the
University Under-graduate
Core Com-mittee
was estab-lished
and charged
with the develop-ment
of a new com-mon
undergraduate
core which, if imple-mented,
would stan-dardize
core requirements across all
twelve of SLU’s colleges and schools.
On the 1st of October, the UUCC pre-sented
a detailed proposal to the SLU
community.
The desire to transition towards a
common core model was motivated
by feedback from current and for-mer
SLU students who, according
to the UUCC, “desire greater agen-cy,
flexibility and conceptual clarity
in our Core structure and delivery.”
Students also experienced difficul-ties
when changing majors between
colleges or schools, and are often
dissuaded from doing so because of
the current core, which is not stan-dardized.
This proposal is a culmination of a
rigorous and involved process which
began when the UUCC was first con-vened.
The committee was chosen
with cross-campus representation as
a goal, and to that end, the Universi-ty
selected representatives from ev-ery
college, as well as an SGA student
representative, to collaborate on the
development of a core curriculum
which encourages students to be
“intellectually flexible, creative and
reflective critical thinkers in
the spirit of the Catholic, Jesuit tra-dition.”
After the committee was chosen,
Core Student Learning Outcomes
(SLOs) were ratified. These nine out-comes
undermated the criteria that
any Common Core proposal should
meet. The SLOs stress a commitment
to SLU’s Catholic, Jesuit tradition,
the development of critical thinking
skills and the general attributes of a
liberal education. Graphic by Rebecca Livigni
roposals to cul-tivate
gardens,
engineer educa-tion
and human-ize
homelessness
were among the
recently an-nounced
win-ners
of SLU’s 1818 Community
Engagement Grant Program. The
Center for Service and Community
Engagement piloted this program
last year in celebration of SLU’s bi-centennial
year. By awarding up to
$1,800 for student-led service and
advocacy projects, it provides stu-dents
the opportunity to make the
difference they want to see in our
world.
“It’s a chance—and a challenge—
to put our Jesuit mission into ac-tion,”
says Andrew Sweeso. Sweeso
serves as the President of SLU’s
Labre Ministry with the Home-less,
one of the recipients of the
grant. Labre is an organization that
aims to build fellowship between
students and those experiencing
homelessness in the St. Louis com-munity.
Their project, titled “The
Labre and Friends Community Din-ner,”
will implement a community
dinner and resource fair on SLU’s
campus for students and those ex-periencing
homelessness.
Having access to this resource
will steer the group’s focus to coor-dinating
the community-building
aspect of the event as opposed to
raising the funds to make it hap-pen.
“Along with giving us a great-er
sense of confidence that we will
be able to put on this event on our
campus, this grant gives us hope
that SLU will become more open to
building stronger community ties
with our friends and neighbors,
and support our and many others’
efforts to build a much more in-clusive,
sharing campus environ-ment,”
Sweeso adds.
This sense of community spans
across every initiative, as all stu-dent-
led groups are required to
partner with a local non-profit
to carry out their goals. Last year,
through the joint efforts of 48
non-profit organizations and 306
SLU students and faculty, the Com-munity
Engagement Grant Pro-gram
impacted 1,100 children and
adults in the St. Louis area. The fact
that 16 of the 18 winning projects
from last school year plan to con-tinue
their individual programs
into this school year demonstrates
the program’s ability to make a
lasting difference.
Recipients of this year’s award
in addition to Labre include proj-ects
intended to support minori-ties
in STEM, promote immigration
advocacy, make possible healthier
eating and living habits and more.
Bobby Wassel, Assistant Director of
the Center for Service and Commu-nity
Engagement, acknowledges
the ability for the program to make
an impact on and off our campus.
“It impacts both in a tangible way—
the projects certainly impact the
St. Louis community” ... “but it also
has a positive impact on the devel-opment
of our students as leaders.
It teaches them the importance of
communication, resiliency, fiscal
responsibility, engaging in team-work,
etc”.
Wassal encourages students in-terested
in service to find more in-formation
by exploring the pleth-ora
of resources offered by the
Center for Service and Community
Engagement, including one-time
volunteer opportunities as well as
a database of over 500 community
partners, which are both housed on
their website. There is also the op-tion
to fill out a service form, which
will match one’s interests to volun-teer
opportunities around the area.
“We are a diverse group of in-dividuals,
and our identities may
certainly put us at a place of mar-ginalization
in life; however, we
all share a common privilege, and
that is attending a university in
pursuit of an advanced degree,” he
says. “Among many things, stu-dents
should use this privilege to
work for the betterment of society,
whether in small or big ways”.
1818 GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
P
News 05
Photos of previous 1818 Grant Recipients
courtesy of Saint Louis University
At 8:32 p.m. on 10/7, DPS respond-ed
to a call from a Spring Hall RA
which reported the finding of a
large knife while room checks were
being conducted. DPS responded
by seizing the prohibited item and
placing it in a secure locker.
At 10:40 p.m. on 10/7, an indi-vidual
suffered multiple seizures
while attending a concert at Chai-fetz
Arena. EMS staff at the scene
quickly requested an ambulance
for transport to the hospital. When
the ambulance arrived, the indi-vidual
refused transport and her
husband, who was also in atten-dance,
indicated he would escort
her to the hospital for evaluation
and treatment.
At 10:22 p.m. on 10/8, DPS re-sponded
to an auto theft that
occurred between 5:30 p.m.
and 10:20 p.m while the car
was parked at 3750 Lindell. The
victim, who was a SLU commut-er
student, reported that her
car was secured while parked. A
report was made with St. Louis
City Police.
By CAROLINE LIPSKI
Staff Writer
DPS REPORTS
06 Arts and life
ake a drive through
Forest Park, and
you’ll see them.
Walk down West
Pine during passing
period, and they’re
there. Shirts that
only two years ago were just an
idea, a design on a computer or a
sketch in a notebook are suddenly
everywhere you turn. Sami Maurer,
founder and mastermind behind
the St. Louis apparel company Se-ries
Six is just getting started. As
she just passed her two-year anni-versary,
we sat down to reflect on
what brought her to where she is
now, who she is and where she’s
going.
Summer between sophomore and
junior year of college at Spring Hill,
Maurer found herself wanting a St.
Louis Cardinals shirt that simply
didn’t exist. Instead of giving up
and settling for an already-made
shirt, she decided to create what
she envisioned. She designed a
Cardinals shirt with a chevron pat-tern
and ordered one unit, which
is far more expensive than order-ing
something in bulk, she noted.
It was an
Dijaspora Bošnjačka: Broj 04
No full textBosniak DiasporaI4Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was launched to share information and perspectives about the aggression toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people between 1992 and 1995, as well as to promote the values, traditions, and culture of Bosnian Muslims.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue