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SLU Pounds Harris Stowe

November 9, 2006 By

Saint Louis University finished its exhibition season with a 95-47 thumping of nearby Harris-Stowe. The Billikens received double-digit scoring from five different players led by junior Danny Brown’s 18 points. Tommie Liddell chipped in a double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds.

Early on, Harris Stowe looked like they might be able to pull off the upset. They only trailed the Billikens 32-28 with about five minutes to play in the first half. The Hornets used some hot shooting to stay close nailing four of their first seven attempts from behind the arc. The Billikens then used a 34-6 run to put the game away.

The early touch Harris Stowe displayed from three-point range in the first half was gone after halftime. The Hornets missed nine of their first 10 shots in the second half. They were never able to get back into a rhythm.

SLU begins regular season play on Saturday against Division II Quincy College.

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Son Of Legend Signs Contract

November 9, 2006 By

The legend of former Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson lives on. The legendary Gibson’s son, Chris Gibson, signed with the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League.

The younger Gibson was drafted by the Cardinals out of high school, but decided to attend Southeast Missouri State University. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Gibson spent two seasons with the Redhawks where he batted .223 with 32 RBI. He also stole 15 bases in 19 attempts.

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Missouri State Settles Student Lawsuit

November 9, 2006 By

Missouri State University in Springfield has settled a lawsuit with a student who says she was punished because she refused to sign a class-project letter supporting homosexual adoption. School president Michael Nietzel says the school’s investigations of allegations by student Emily Brooker raised some concerns about some actions but did not support all of her allegations. The professor named in the suit is no longer the head of the Master of Social Work program. Professor Frank Kauffman remains on the faculty but has been relieved of classroom duties. The settlement will pay Brooker $9,000, waive academic fees for two years of work toward a Master’s degree, pay her living expenses during that time, and will clear her official record of a grievance filed in the case.

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Stowers Ready to Expand in Kansas City

November 9, 2006 By

The head of the Stowers Institute in Kansas City says he will immediately start recruiting new stem-cell scientists for the institute now that the stem cell initiative has passed, albeit narrowly. Dr. William Neaves says approval of the initiative is a signal to proceed. The head of Kansa City’s Area Life Sciences Institute, Irvine Hockaday, Jr., says he hopes stem-cell research opponents will not try to undermine the results of the vote. Some opponents already have indicated they will.

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Top Missouri Democrat Happy, But Cautious

November 9, 2006 By

The head of the Democratic Party feels good about the gains made during this election, but cautions fellow Democrats to keep things in perspective. State Democratic Party Chairman Roger Wilson is encouraged that Democrats picked up five seats in the Missouri House and two in the Senate. He says it reverses a trend of losses in the state legislature the party has suffered the past several years that eventually resulted in the loss of control; first of the State Senate, then the State House. Wilson says Democrats cannot afford to overestimate the gains, adding that it is difficult to determine why candidates won. A number of factors can play a role, according to Wilson. Voters might have been ready for a change or they might have thought that the Democrat was a better candidate. Wilson does say, though, that discontent with President Bush played a role, even on the state level. He says unhappiness with budget cuts approved by Governor Blunt and the Republican majorities in the legislature might have played a role as well. Democrats still remain very much in the minority in the state legislature. Republicans hold a 92-71 seat majority in the House and 21-to-13 in the Senate. Wilson says Republicans face a choice: work with Democrats to address issues important to Missouri or lose more seats in ’08.

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