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CAC Audited APRIL 14 – 20, 2011
COMPLIMENTARY
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NEWS ANALYSIS
Koster argues both sides of mandate FILES LEGAL BRIEF AGAINST NATIONAL HEALTH-CARE LAW By William H. Freivogel For the St. Louis Beacon Photo by Wiley Price
Dr. Henry Givens, Jr. shares his plans to retire as president of the Harris-Stowe State University on Tuesday, as Board of Regent member Wayman Smith stands in support. The announcement came at a mid-morning press conference in the university’s Bank of America Theatre.
Dr. Henry Givens Jr. retires Held longest tenure of any university president in Missouri By Rebecca S. Rivas Of the St. Louis American Dr. Henry Givens Jr. is the longest serving president of any university in Missouri – leading HarrisStowe State University for 32 years in May. On Tuesday, Givens told a room of longtime supporters – including elected officials, business leaders and staff – that the time has come to retire. Givens will stay on board until the university’s national
search produces a new president. Under his leadership, the university has nearly tripled its student population. It has grown from one building with only one degree to what will be eight facilities in the fall and 14 degrees. “He has overseen the renaissance of this institution over the past 32 years,” said Thelma V. Cook, chairperson of the Board of Regents. “His unwaver-
“He has overseen the renaissance of this institution over the past 32 years.” – Thelma V. Cook, chairperson of the Board of Regents
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2011 Stellar Performer Awardee Teri A. Murray, Dean of the Saint Louis University School of Nursing, RN, PhD, Associate Professor
SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE
SLU alum leads school to diversity 2011 Stellar Performer Awardee Teri A. Murray, RN, PhD, Associate Professor By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American In a bold red suit, Teri Murray, the dean of the School of Nursing at Saint Louis University, strolled down a hallway of faces in picture frames until she found hers. “I graduated in 1979,” said Murray, RN, PhD, associate professor. Her index finger stopped on an African-American young woman with a white nurse cap and a big smile. “You see, ‘Teri Clark’ right there,”
“What I’ve learned from leadership is that it’s not for the timid or the shy. Leadership is risky business.” – Teri A. Murray
she said. “It’s really great to lead where you went to school because at St. Louis University, we educate the
BUSINESS
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed an unorthodox and highly nuanced legal brief in the lawsuit against the national health-care law. It argued both sides of the legal issue. At one point, Koster argued that Congress exceeded its previously recognized power under the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause when it passed the mandate requiring everyone to buy health insurance. At another point, Koster said that the court still might approve the healthcare mandate under the Commerce Clause, if it made clear that health care was the only arena where Missouri Congress could go that far. Attorney At still another point, General Koster said that the healthChris Koster care mandate might be constitutional under Congress’ taxing power. Despite fancy legal footwork, legal experts were unimpressed by the friend-ofthe-court brief filed this week in a Florida case before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “It appears that the attorney general is trying to split the with this He “has chosen baby amicus brief, to sacrifice hoping to satisfy affordable and those who demanded that accessible he take a posihealthcare for all tion against the Missourians in Patient exchange Protection and Affordable Care for political Act’s constituexpediency.” tionality while – U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy also signaling his support for Clay speaking about the underlying Missouri Attorney policy,” said General Chris Dave Roland, Koster’s action director of litigation for the libertarian Freedom Center of Missouri, in an email. “The brief looks like an adept political maneuver, allowing the attorney general to claim to have opposed the Affordable Care Act while signaling to health-care law’s supporters that he is really on their side.” Bruce La Pierre, a constitutional law expert at Washington University Law School
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SPORTS
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POLITICAL EYE
Mark returns to chair Leadership Society
U. City, Belleville West host track invitationals
Firefighter pensions and the bottom line
Richard Mark will return as the chair of the African American Leadership Society for United Way of Greater St. Louis.
Fort Zumwalt West girls edge Hazelwood East to win the team championship at University City Track Invitational.
Former Comptroller Virvus Jones was forthright to the EYE about the police and fire unions.
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