Michael Rankins was voted in as permanent vice president for the Student Government Association at its meeting on Thursday. Rankins, a graduate school representative and former SGA vice president, filled the seat left vacated by Carrie Mowen on Sept. 17. Steve Wolfe has been the interim since.
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U may change policy on reporting drug, alcohol violations
An amendment to the Family Educational Right to Privacy Act (FERPA) may have an effect on how UM-St. Louis handles the drug and alcohol violations of students under age 21.
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Campus Computing increases network security after hacker destroys professor's research
In response to a computer hacker who wiped out 18 months of a UM-St. Louis professor's work, Campus Computing has erected a fire wall around the campus computer system.
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MoDOT to hold open house on planned I-70 changes
In a move that would dramatically change the north end of campus, the Missouri Department of Transportation plans to move Interstate 70 a little closer to campus and reroute Florissant Road to the east by the end of 2002.
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UM-St. Louis discontinues reviewing charter school applications, angers state legislators
State legislators' push for charter schools in St. Louis has been hampered. UM-St. Louis and St. Louis Community College have decided not to review applications as a matter of policy under the current Missouri statute.
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Department of Energy plans to transport nuclear waste on I-70
If the Department of Energy carries out its plans, in 2010, giant stainless steel trucks accompanied by armed guards carrying high-level nuclear wastes would drive past the UM-St. Louis on Interstate 70.
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