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ST. LOUIS NEWS TODAY - Sunday, November 4, 2007
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Hundreds of families and friends waited in line at Washington University to photos, video and to sign a 37-foot, four ton steel beam. The beam, part of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Tribute Exhibition, will be used in the construction of the National Sept. 11 Memorial.
National September 11 Memorial & Museum Tribute Exhibition Tours the Nation
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), November 4, 2007 - Hundreds of families and friends visited the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Tribute Exhibition on the Danforth Campus, November 3 - 4 on the parking lot at Washington University.
In a statement, Joe Daniels, the president and CEO of the National Sept.11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center, said "9/11 was a defining event in this country's history, and we are creating a national symbol like the Statue of Liberty that will tell us something about who we are as Americans." Daniels is a 1994 Arts & Sciences graduate of Washington University.
The exhibition tells the story of 9/11 from the perspective of families, responders, survivors, volunteers and everyday people who came together that day and in the weeks that followed. It includes photographs, artifacts, a short film and a detailed timeline of the events of 9/11.
Members of the John Thompson family signed the steel beam that will be used in the construction of the National Sept. 11 Memorial.
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John Thompson brought his family to sign the 37-foot, four ton steel beam. Responding to a question about the personal significance of the beam, he said that he believed it was an important rememberance to keep that date alive and the feeling that brought everyone together.
"I believe that this is an educational process," stated Thompson, referring to his kids. "They are old enough and witnessed it themselves. I think it's important to keep that memory."
The traveling exhibit that pays tribute to the victims and heroes of September 11, 2001 began crossing the nation this Sept. 11 to build support for the creation of the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. The tour has yielded nearly $1 million in contributions.
The national tour is part of a grassroots awareness and fund-raising effort to involve as many Americans as possible in contributing to the National Memorial & Museum that will honor the innocent lives lost on Sept. 11 and in the World Trade Center bombing of Feb. 26, 1993 and preserve the memory of the events for future generations.
The Memorial design, created by Michael Arad and Peter Walker, consists of two pools that reside in the footprints of the original Twin Towers, surrounded by a plaza of oak trees. The Museum will display monumental artifacts associated with the events of September 11. Construction on the Memorial began in March 2006. At the end of this year, steel is expected to begin to rise at the site.
Fontbonne University Agrees to Code of Conduct Regarding Student Loans
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), November 4, 2007 - Fontbonne University, a four-year private university in St. Louis with more than 2,900 students, has entered into a code of conduct agreement with Attorney General Jay Nixon regarding its relationship with the student loan industry.
To date, 27 institutions of higher education in Missouri have agreed to a code of conduct, which Nixon says will help current and future students and their families by ensuring they have adequate information and protection when choosing a lender.
"As they consider lending options that best fit their situations, students and their families need to make those borrowing decisions with sufficient and appropriate information," Nixon said. "The loan process can be intimidating, especially in preparing for the first year. These colleges and universities are doing a valuable service for current and future students and those students' families."
Almost 175,000 current college and university students in Missouri are now protected under the code of conduct agreements obtained by Nixon. As part of its agreement with the Attorney General's Office, Fontbonne University also paid the state's investigative costs to review the college's practices.
Since the beginning of the year, Nixon and other Attorneys General across the country have been looking into student loan lenders and their relationships with higher education institutions. Nixon has expressed concern about, among other things, students being steered by universities to "preferred lenders" without the students and their families receiving information about how those lists were compiled; revenue-sharing arrangements that reward institutions of higher education that put lenders on such lists; and gifts being given by lenders to institutions of higher education or their employees.
The codes of conduct include:
- A prohibition on certain remuneration to the schools, specifically through revenue-sharing agreements, and a prohibition on remuneration to school employees.
- Required disclosures related to preferred lending lists. The school would be required to adequately inform students and their parents of the school's decisions regarding its preferred lender list.
- A prohibition on steering students to certain lenders' master promissory notes (MPNs). Students are often provided MPNs in paper or electronic form. The Code of Conduct will ensure that the lender box on the MPN is not pre-selected, so the student has the opportunity to enter his or her own choice.
- A limitation on school employees' participation on lender advisory boards in exchange for compensation or reimbursement of any expense.
Inquiries from consumers should be directed to consumer@ago.mo.gov or 1-800-392-8222 (from within Missouri) or 573-751-3321 (outside Missouri).
Chrysler Announces Product and Plant Changes
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), November 4, 2007 - Chrysler LLC has announced that it would make volume-related reductions at several of its North American assembly and powertrain plants, and eliminate four products from its line-up.
Shifts will be eliminated at five North American assembly plants which, combined with other volume-related manufacturing actions, will lead to a reduction of 8,500-10,000 additional hourly jobs through 2008.
Additional actions include reductions of salaried employment by 1,000 and supplemental (contract) employment by 37 percent. The Company also plans to eliminate hourly and salaried overtime and reduce purchased services due to reduction in volume.
The volume-related actions are in addition to 13,000 jobs eliminated by the three-year Recovery and Transformation Plan (RTP) announced in February. The objectives of the RTP remain the same.
"The market situation has changed dramatically in the eight months since Chrysler established the Recovery and Transformation Plan as its blueprint," said Bob Nardelli, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Annual industry volume (U.S. market) then was running at a 17.2 million clip. Now, we expect a seasonally adjusted annual volume for 2007 to be significantly lower and carry over into 2008."
The company announced that it will eliminate four models through 2008, including Dodge Magnum, the convertible version (only) of Chrysler PT Cruiser, Chrysler Pacifica and Chrysler Crossfire. In the same time frame, Chrysler will add two all-new products to its portfolio: the Dodge Journey and Dodge Challenger, along with two new hybrid models, the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango.
"These actions reflect our new customer-driven philosophy and allow us to focus our resources on new, more profitable and appealing products," added Jim Press, Vice Chairman and President. "Further, these product actions are all in response to dealer requests."
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