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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT PUBLICATION NOV. 14 - 20, 2012 Student run since 1911

Regents renew charter school sponsorship HANNAH PARENT STAFF WRITER

Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀ sponsors฀Lift฀for฀Life฀Academy,฀a฀ charter฀school฀that฀was฀the฀first฀of฀its฀ kind฀to฀open฀in฀the฀St.฀Louis฀area. The฀school฀enrolls฀about฀575฀ students฀and฀has฀been฀sponsored฀by฀ Southeast฀since฀2000.฀It฀started฀off฀as฀a฀ middle฀school฀and฀expanded฀through฀ the฀12th฀grade฀in฀fall฀of฀2011. The฀Southeast฀Board฀of฀Regents฀ approved฀an฀extension฀on฀Oct.฀19฀for฀a฀ five-year฀contract฀with฀Lift฀for฀Life฀that฀ will฀continue฀Southeast’s฀sponsorship฀ of฀the฀organization. Vice฀president฀of฀the฀Board฀of฀ Regents฀Jim฀Limbaugh฀said฀the฀board฀ chose฀to฀sponsor฀the฀Lift฀For฀Life฀ Academy฀because฀it฀was฀going฀to฀be฀ governed฀by฀a฀volunteer฀board฀of฀ directors฀made฀up฀of฀community฀ leaders,฀rather฀than฀a฀private฀management฀company฀like฀other฀proposed฀ charter฀schools. “Southeast฀wanted฀to฀get฀involved฀ in฀creating฀an฀academic฀pathway฀for฀St.฀ Louis฀students,”฀Limbaugh฀said.฀“Forty฀ percent฀of฀our฀enrollment฀comes฀from฀ the฀metro฀St.฀Louis฀area,฀so฀it฀was฀ definitely฀a฀good฀investment฀for฀us฀to฀ get฀involved฀with฀Lift฀for฀Life.” Limbaugh฀said฀the฀most฀important฀ goal฀is฀to฀get฀students฀excited฀about฀ postsecondary฀education,฀but฀they฀are฀ not฀required฀to฀attend฀Southeast. “Public฀schools฀in฀St.฀Louis฀are฀ tough฀and฀the฀educational฀outcomes฀ are฀not฀always฀very฀good,”฀Limbaugh฀ said.฀“Charter฀schools฀are฀more฀ structured,฀so฀there฀is฀less฀distraction.฀ We฀chose฀to฀sponsor฀Lift฀for฀Life฀ Academy฀because฀they฀seemed฀to฀have฀ a฀vision฀for฀consistency฀and฀continuity฀ in฀learning.” Southeast฀freshman฀Dionne฀Wagner฀

started฀attending฀Lift฀for฀Life฀in฀the฀ sixth฀grade.฀She฀said฀that฀her฀experiences฀with฀public฀schools฀before฀that฀ were฀rocky฀because฀there฀was฀a฀ different฀principal฀every฀year฀at฀the฀ public฀school฀she฀attended. “I฀remember฀when฀my฀mom฀ enrolled฀me฀in฀Lift฀for฀Life,”฀Wagner฀ said.฀“My฀first฀year฀there฀they฀were฀ already฀giving฀us฀a฀tour฀of฀Southeast฀ University฀and฀encouraging฀us฀to฀think฀ about฀college.฀I฀don’t฀think฀I’d฀be฀at฀a฀ university฀without฀Lift฀for฀Life’s฀ encouragement.฀Public฀schools฀don’t฀ offer฀the฀same฀opportunities.” According฀to฀Dr.฀Bill฀Eddleman,฀vice฀ provost฀and฀dean฀of฀the฀School฀of฀ Graduate฀Studies,฀Lift฀for฀Life฀recieves฀ $60,000฀for฀administrative฀needs฀from฀ the฀state฀of฀Missouri฀thanks฀to฀ Southeast’s฀sponsorship. The฀founder฀of฀Lift฀for฀Life,฀Marshall฀ Cohen,฀said฀that฀students฀who฀attend฀ the฀academy฀come฀from฀St.฀Louis’฀ poorest฀neighborhoods. “Lift฀for฀Life฀Academy฀hopes฀to฀give฀ parents฀another฀choice,”฀Cohen฀said.฀ “We฀focus฀on฀getting฀St.฀Louis฀students฀ academically฀caught฀up.฀We฀are฀more฀ hands-on฀than฀public฀schools฀and฀ place฀emphasis฀on฀postsecondary฀ education.฀We฀offer฀another฀choice฀for฀ parents.” According฀to฀Lift฀for฀Life’s฀website,฀ 95฀percent฀of฀the฀students฀at฀the฀ academy฀are฀African-American฀and฀ over฀90฀percent฀of฀students฀live฀in฀ households฀with฀incomes฀below฀the฀ national฀poverty฀level. The฀academy’s฀website฀says฀that฀ most฀new฀students฀enroll฀with฀reading฀ and฀math฀skills฀1-3฀years฀below฀their฀ grade฀level.฀Lift฀for฀Life’s฀attendance฀ rate฀was฀95฀percent฀in฀fall฀2011,฀as฀ opposed฀to฀86฀percent฀in฀the฀St.฀Louis฀ Public฀Schools. Recent฀research฀has฀been฀done฀on฀ the฀effectiveness฀of฀charter฀school฀

education฀and฀how฀it฀compares฀to฀the฀ public฀school฀system฀in฀the฀St.฀Louis฀ area. A฀not-for-profit฀leadership฀ organization฀called฀Focus฀St.฀Louis฀did฀ a฀study฀on฀17฀charter฀schools฀in฀the฀St.฀ Louis฀area฀during฀the฀2010-2011฀school฀ year. Focus฀St.฀Louis฀concluded฀that฀ “charter฀schools฀can฀provide฀a฀powerful฀ model฀for฀improving฀educational฀ options฀in฀low-performing฀school฀ districts.฀However,฀according฀to฀the฀ latest฀data,฀while฀many฀charter฀schools฀ are฀performing฀better฀than฀the฀ traditional฀St.฀Louis฀public฀schools,฀ none฀of฀the฀17฀charter฀schools฀meet฀ statewide฀academic฀standards.” The฀report฀emphasized฀that฀test฀ scores฀are฀not฀the฀only฀way฀to฀judge฀ charter฀schools’฀performance.฀It฀said฀ one฀problem฀with฀MAP฀testing฀is฀that฀it฀ does฀not฀take฀into฀account฀where฀ students฀started.฀A฀student฀may฀have฀ improved฀immensely฀but฀still฀not฀meet฀ state฀standards.฀The฀report฀also฀stated฀ that฀charter฀schools฀are฀still฀the฀better฀ alternative฀to฀public฀schools,฀even฀ though฀they฀still฀need฀improvement฀in฀ some฀areas. Limbaugh฀is฀sure฀that฀since฀Lift฀for฀ Life฀now฀accommodates฀students฀until฀ they฀graduate,฀it฀will฀be฀able฀to฀keep฀its฀ students’฀education฀more฀consistent. “Expanding฀the฀curriculum฀through฀ high฀school฀is฀important฀because฀the฀ middle฀school฀students฀won’t฀have฀to฀ go฀back฀to฀[public]฀school฀in฀St.฀Louis฀ and฀possibly฀get฀lost฀in฀the฀shuffle,”฀ Limbaugh฀said.฀“Hopefully฀the฀ students’฀experiences฀at฀[Lift฀for฀Life฀ Academy]฀will฀give฀them฀the฀desire฀to฀ continue฀their฀education.฀This฀ expansion฀is฀a฀big฀challenge,฀and฀the฀ potential฀is฀significant.฀Growth฀for฀ growth’s฀sake฀is฀not฀always฀better.฀What฀ we฀are฀much฀more฀interested฀in฀is฀ outcome.”

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BRIEFS Contribute Southeast-ailiated men’s work is published in anthology A฀Southeast฀alumnus,฀professor฀and฀student฀were฀published฀in฀an฀anthology฀called฀“Proud฀to฀Be:฀Writing฀by฀ American฀Warriors”฀that฀was฀released฀on฀Veteran’s฀Day,฀ according฀to฀a฀press฀release.฀This฀is฀the฀first฀volume฀in฀a฀ planned฀series฀of฀anthologies. Three฀organizations฀worked฀together฀to฀publish฀the฀ anthology:฀the฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀Press,฀ Missouri฀Humanities฀Council฀and฀Warrior฀Arts฀Alliance. Three฀members฀of฀the฀military,฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀ University฀master’s฀student฀Levi฀Bollinger,฀professor฀ emeritus฀of฀history฀Larry฀Breeze฀and฀alumnus฀Nicholas฀ Watts-Fernandez฀were฀published.

Grant Students will beneit from federal grant A฀federal฀grant฀worth฀$204,211฀awarded฀to฀the฀Masters฀of฀ Science฀in฀Nursing฀program฀at฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀ University฀in฀October฀will฀help฀pay฀tuition฀and฀fees฀for฀ students. “We’ll฀at฀least฀do฀16฀students,”฀said฀Dr.฀Elaine฀Jackson,฀ the฀director฀of฀graduate฀studies฀in฀the฀nursing฀department฀ at฀Southeast.฀“If฀we฀have฀extra฀money฀then฀we฀might฀ consider฀more.” The฀Advanced฀Education฀Nursing฀Traineeship฀federal฀ grant,฀presented฀by฀the฀U.S.฀Department฀of฀Health฀and฀ Services,฀is฀for฀students฀who฀are฀studying฀to฀become฀family฀ nurse฀practitioners,฀which฀covers฀families฀all฀the฀way฀from฀ birth฀through฀death.฀ “And฀it฀would฀include฀pregnant฀women฀–฀not฀delivery,฀ but฀kind฀of฀watching฀them฀through฀their฀pregnancy฀and฀ making฀sure฀that฀they’re฀staying฀healthy฀and฀treating฀them,”฀ Jackson฀said. Students฀eligible฀to฀receive฀benefits฀from฀the฀grant฀have฀ to฀be฀preparing฀to฀work฀in฀primary฀care฀in฀a฀health฀ professional฀shortage฀area฀like฀southeast฀Missouri. Read฀the฀full฀story฀at฀southeastArrow.com.

Survey Kent Library conducts online survey The฀strategic฀planning฀committee฀at฀Kent฀Library฀wants฀ user฀feedback.฀Faculty,฀staff,฀students฀and฀alumni฀are฀asked฀ to฀participate฀in฀a฀survey฀that฀will฀be฀open฀until฀Nov.฀21.฀ Anyone฀that฀takes฀the฀survey฀can฀be฀entered฀to฀win฀a฀Kindle฀ Fire฀or฀one฀of฀seven฀Walmart฀gift฀certificates.฀To฀take฀the฀ survey,฀visit฀surveymonkey.com/s/KentSurvey฀or฀click฀on฀ the฀link฀on฀the฀Southeast฀portal. Basketball฀photo฀by฀Ashleigh฀Lee฀of฀the฀University฀Daily฀ Kansan

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SOCCER season comes to an end REDHAWKS FINISHED 7-10-4 OVERALL AND 5-3-2 IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDINGS

Southeast center midfielder Torey Byrd moves the ball past two UT Martin players during a Sept. 28 game at Houck Stadium. Photo by Nathan Hamilton

Redhawks’ emotional season ends in conference tournament semifinal KRISTINA LAUTENBACHER ARROW REPORTER

After฀an฀accident฀in฀July฀that฀resulted฀in฀a฀broken฀back฀and฀ broken฀wrist,฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀soccer฀ coach฀Heather฀Nelson฀was฀expected฀to฀miss฀the฀entire฀2012฀ season.฀Nelson’s฀husband฀and฀associate฀coach฀Paul฀Nelson฀ became฀the฀interim฀coach฀in฀her฀absence.฀Nelson฀said฀that฀it฀ was฀a฀difficult฀time฀for฀her฀because฀the฀team฀is฀her฀extended฀ family.฀But฀she฀was฀comfortable฀that฀the฀players฀were฀in฀good฀ hands฀with฀the฀staff. “It฀was฀different฀without฀coach฀being฀there,”฀sophomore฀ center฀midfielder฀Torey฀Byrd฀said.฀“Paul฀runs฀the฀practices,฀and฀coach฀will฀give฀second฀opinions,฀so฀it฀was฀weird฀not฀ having฀her฀there.฀We฀tried฀to฀stay฀connected฀with฀her฀while฀she฀ was฀gone.” But฀on฀Sept.฀9,฀senior฀soccer฀player฀Meg฀Herndon฀was฀placed฀in฀intensive฀care฀after฀a฀collision฀on฀her฀scooter.฀Though฀ Nelson฀was฀not฀medically฀cleared฀to฀return,฀she฀felt฀that฀her฀ place฀was฀with฀her฀team,฀and฀she฀travelled฀with฀the฀players฀to฀ Memphis,฀Tenn. Nelson฀stated฀that฀it฀was฀emotionally฀draining฀taking฀care฀ of฀each฀other฀and฀Herndon’s฀family,฀and฀it฀ultimately฀took฀a฀ toll฀on฀their฀soccer฀performance.฀The฀Redhawks฀lost฀to฀Memphis฀5-0. Herndon฀died฀from฀her฀injuries฀on฀Sept.฀20,฀and฀the฀home฀ match฀against฀Louisiana฀Tech฀scheduled฀for฀Sept.฀23฀was฀

cancelled. “I’m฀very฀proud฀of฀this฀team฀and฀how฀well฀they฀reacted฀and฀ represented฀themselves,฀Meg฀and฀the฀university,”฀Nelson฀said.฀ “I฀couldn’t฀have฀asked฀for฀more฀from฀them.” Nelson฀said฀an฀endowed฀scholarship฀has฀been฀set฀up฀in฀ Herndon’s฀name฀to฀carry฀on฀her฀legacy฀and฀that฀University฀ Foundation฀Accounting฀Services฀is฀now฀accepting฀donations฀ for฀the฀scholarship.฀Those฀interested฀in฀donating฀should฀contact฀secretary฀to฀the฀foundation฀Susan฀Burton.

“Their relationships to each other really remind you of what’s important in life.” Heather Nelson “It฀was฀emotional฀for฀a฀while,”฀Taylor฀Byrd,฀junior฀midfielder฀said.฀“It฀was฀hard฀being฀in฀the฀locker฀room฀without฀her.฀ Through฀the฀week฀Paul฀made฀practice฀as฀normal฀as฀possible฀ —฀one฀day฀we฀played฀games฀unrelated฀to฀soccer฀that฀took฀our฀ mind฀off฀everything.฀But฀we฀really฀came฀together฀as฀a฀family฀ and฀that฀helped฀a฀lot.” The฀Redhawks฀took฀the฀field฀again฀at฀home฀and฀began฀Ohio฀ Valley฀Conference฀play฀against฀UT฀Martin฀on฀Sept.฀25,฀one฀day฀ after฀Herndon’s฀funeral.฀Nelson฀said฀the฀team฀played฀for฀Herndon,฀and฀the฀Redhawks฀were฀able฀to฀tie฀UT฀Martin. “The฀UT฀Martin฀game฀really฀took฀a฀weight฀off฀our฀

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shoulders,”฀Nelson฀said.฀“We฀really฀came฀back฀to฀ourself.฀We฀ were฀the฀only฀team฀to฀tie฀UTM฀this฀year.” Three฀days฀later฀the฀Redhawks฀gained฀an฀OVC฀win฀against฀ Murray฀State฀6-0. “We฀played฀really฀well฀in฀the฀game฀against฀Murray,”฀Taylor฀ Byrd฀said.฀“Everyone฀got฀a฀chance฀to฀play.฀It฀gave฀us฀a฀big฀confidence฀boost฀for฀the฀rest฀of฀the฀season.฀We฀knew฀we฀deserved฀ to฀be฀in฀the฀tournament.” The฀Redhawks฀took฀three฀OVC฀losses฀from฀Austin฀Peay,฀SIU฀ Edwardsville,฀and฀Eastern฀Illinois฀after฀the฀win฀against฀Murray฀ State.฀Southeast฀gained฀two฀more฀OVC฀wins฀against฀Eastern฀Kentucky฀and฀Morehead฀State,฀which฀began฀its฀six-game฀ unbeaten฀streak. On฀Oct.฀26฀they฀hit฀a฀major฀milestone฀in฀a฀5-1฀win฀against฀ Tennessee฀Tech.฀This฀game฀secured฀the฀Redhawks฀spot฀in฀the฀ OVC฀tournament฀for฀the฀third฀consecutive฀season. The฀Redhawks฀entered฀the฀OVC฀tournament฀against฀fifthseeded฀Belmont฀and฀won฀1-0. They฀then฀lost฀to฀top-seeded฀UT฀Martin,฀who฀ultimately฀ won฀the฀tournament. But฀after฀a฀tough฀season,฀the฀Redhawks฀soccer฀team฀is฀closer฀than฀ever.฀The฀Byrd฀sisters฀said฀that฀the฀team฀is฀always฀hanging฀out฀on฀and฀off฀the฀field,฀and฀that฀the฀team฀has฀a฀family฀ relationship. “The฀way฀they฀recovered฀and฀came฀together฀after฀Meg’s฀ death฀was฀amazing,”฀Nelson฀said.฀“Their฀relationships฀to฀each฀ other฀really฀remind฀you฀of฀what’s฀important฀in฀life.”

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SOUTHEAST ofers rugby club MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR HOUSTON SCHUERGER CREATED THE RUGBY CLUB THREE YEARS AGO

BRIEFS Southeast Volleyball Redhawks win OVC West Division The฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀women’s฀volleyball฀ team฀won฀their฀20th฀game฀of฀the฀season฀against฀Tennessee฀ Tech฀3-1฀(25-15,฀15-25,฀25-15,฀25-17)฀at฀Houck฀Field฀House. Southeast฀Seniors฀Karlee฀Lursen,฀Brittney฀Kalinoski฀and฀ Samantha฀Lowman฀played฀their฀final฀home฀games. Lursen฀led฀the฀Redhawks฀with฀14฀kills฀and฀10฀digs฀while฀ Southeast฀sophomore฀Meredith฀Stranges฀had฀three฀aces฀to฀ help฀the฀Redhawks฀win. Southeast฀sophomore฀Kelsey฀Keeve฀had฀13฀kills฀and฀junior฀ Emily฀Coon฀added฀nine.฀Taylor฀Masterson฀also฀contributed฀ with฀11฀kills. Julie฀Shives฀had฀four฀aces฀and฀dished฀out฀46฀assists. The฀Redhawks฀improved฀to฀an฀overall฀record฀of฀20-12฀and฀ 12-4฀in฀the฀Ohio฀Valley฀Conference. The฀Redhawks฀will฀be฀the฀No.฀2฀seed฀in฀the฀OVC฀tournament฀and฀will฀play฀against฀Jacksonville฀State฀at฀1:30฀Thursday฀ in฀Morehead,฀Ky.

Southeast Women’s Basketball Redhawks win first regular home game Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀women’s฀basketball฀coach฀ Ty฀Margenthaler฀turned฀to฀freshman฀Dru฀Haertling฀when฀ starting฀point฀guard฀Jordan฀Hunter฀got฀into฀early฀foul฀trouble฀ during฀Friday’s฀game฀against฀Wright฀State. Haertling฀ended฀up฀making฀quite฀an฀impression฀during฀the฀ Redhawks’฀78-66฀victory฀over฀the฀Raiders฀to฀begin฀the฀2012-13฀ season. Read฀more฀of฀this฀story฀on฀southeastArrow.com.

Southeast Men’s Basketball Redhawks lose to Kansas 74-55

Redhawks rugby club scrums, which is the most common way rugby restarts after a minor penalty. Submitted photo

฀ he฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀men’s฀basketball฀ T team฀walked฀into฀Allen฀Fieldhouse฀as฀the฀underdog฀and฀held฀ its฀own฀against฀No.฀7฀Kansas฀for฀the฀first฀25฀minutes฀of฀the฀ game.฀In฀a฀valiant฀effort,฀the฀Redhawks฀lost฀to฀the฀Jayhawks฀ 74-55.฀The฀Redhawks฀played฀in฀arguably฀one฀of฀the฀loudest฀ basketball฀arenas฀in฀front฀of฀a฀sold-out฀crowd฀of฀16,300฀people. Read฀more฀of฀this฀story฀on฀southeastArrow.com.

Upcoming Basketball Schedule Men’s Basketball Nov. 15 McNeese State, 7 p.m. Nov. 18 CBE Classic vs. Chattanooga, 2 p.m. Nov. 19 CBE Classic vs. Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 20 CBE Classic vs. Troy, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 24 at Illinois-Chicago, 3:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball Nov. 14 at Kansas, 8 p.m. Nov. 19 at Arkansas State, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 23 David Jones Classic vs. Houston, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 24 David Jones Classic vs. UT Pan-American, Noon Nov. 29 at Missouri, 7 p.m. OVC Standings Conference WEST 0-0 Austin Peay 0-0 Murray State 0-0 Eastern Illinois 0-0 SIU Edwardsville 0-0 Southeast Missouri State 0-0 Tennessee-Martin EAST 0-0 Jacksonville State 0-0 Belmont Eastern Kentucky 0-0 Morehead State 0-0 Tennessee Tech 0-0 Tennessee State 0-0

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Southeast’s rugby club plays year-round ANDREW CARRICO ARROW REPORTER

The฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀Redhawks฀rugby฀club฀was฀created฀ three฀years฀ago฀when฀mathematics฀professor฀Houston฀Schuerger฀wanted฀students฀to฀have฀a฀chance฀to฀play฀the฀sport฀ competitively. According฀to฀Zac฀Nickless,฀a฀ Southeast฀alumnus฀and฀former฀player฀for฀the฀Redhawks฀rugby฀club,฀the฀ club฀plays฀other฀collegiate฀teams฀in฀ tournaments. “If฀we฀have฀any฀matches฀here,฀we฀will฀ play฀at฀the฀Osage฀Center,”฀Nickless฀said.฀ “However,฀the฀main฀facet฀of฀the฀Redhawks฀team฀is฀to฀play฀in฀collegiate฀tournaments.฀They฀will฀actually฀be฀playing฀ in฀one฀Dec.1฀at฀SIU฀Edwardsville.” The฀rugby฀season฀is฀played฀yearround.฀During฀a฀game,฀15฀members฀per฀ team฀play฀on฀the฀field. There฀are฀35฀to฀40฀members฀total฀that฀ play฀in฀the฀tournaments฀and฀games,฀ with฀about฀20฀students฀who฀make฀it฀to฀ the฀practices฀on฀a฀given฀day.฀The฀team฀ practices฀at฀5฀p.m.฀on฀Tuesdays฀at฀Parker฀Field฀and฀at฀5฀p.m.฀on฀Thursdays฀at฀ the฀Osage฀Center. “A฀student฀can฀contact฀the฀team฀ through฀the฀Recreation฀Services฀if฀they฀ want฀to฀join,”฀Nickless฀said.฀“We฀normally฀get฀about฀60฀new฀guys฀to฀come฀ out฀at฀the฀beginning฀of฀the฀fall฀semester,฀but฀it’s฀all฀about฀retention.฀After฀ some฀people฀come฀to฀a฀couple฀practices฀and฀even฀some฀matches,฀they฀quit฀ because฀it฀is฀a฀very฀rough฀game,฀but฀the฀

players฀who฀stay฀work฀out฀very฀well฀for฀ us.” The฀Kohlfeld฀Scorpions฀rugby฀ team฀also฀plays฀competitively฀in฀Cape฀ Girardeau. Mike฀Kohlfeld,฀owner฀of฀Kohlfeld฀

“The Scorpions are always looking for players from the collegiate side. The younger players usually have a lot more speed than the older guys. The Scorpions games are usually few and far between so they play the Redhawks rugby team to practice.” Zac Nickless Distributing฀Inc.,฀started฀sponsoring฀ the฀team฀in฀1972.฀Kohlfeld฀is฀a฀beer฀distributor฀located฀in฀Jackson,฀Mo.฀He฀ pays฀the฀required฀dues฀to฀be฀a฀team฀in฀ the฀Missouri฀Rugby฀Union. “Kohlfeld฀is฀very฀good฀to฀the฀team฀ because฀they฀pay฀for฀the฀dues฀to฀be฀ a฀part฀of฀the฀Missouri฀Rugby฀Union,฀ which฀aren’t฀cheap,”฀Nickless฀said.฀ “They฀also฀help฀us฀with฀any฀expenses฀ that฀may฀come฀up฀along฀the฀way.”

The฀Scorpions฀recruit฀college฀students฀who฀start฀out฀playing฀with฀the฀ Redhawks฀rugby฀club.฀Because฀they฀ play฀in฀the฀Missouri฀Rugby฀Union,฀the฀ team฀is฀not฀only฀for฀students. “The฀Scorpions฀are฀always฀looking฀for฀players฀from฀the฀collegiate฀ side,”฀Nickless฀said.฀“The฀younger฀players฀usually฀have฀a฀lot฀more฀speed฀than฀ the฀older฀guys.฀The฀Scorpions฀games฀ are฀usually฀few฀and฀far฀between฀so฀ they฀play฀the฀Redhawks฀rugby฀team฀to฀ practice.” Southeast฀junior฀Ely฀Thayer฀began฀ playing฀for฀the฀Redhawks฀a฀year฀ago,฀ and฀then฀played฀for฀the฀Scorpions.฀ Thayer฀said฀both฀teams฀are฀one฀in฀the฀ same,฀but฀playing฀for฀the฀Scorpions฀is฀a฀ little฀different. “The฀fact฀that฀the฀people฀who฀the฀ Scorpions฀play฀are฀older฀means฀that฀ they฀are฀more฀experienced,”฀Thayer฀ said.฀“This฀makes฀them฀more฀strategic฀ with฀their฀plays.” The฀Scorpions฀finished฀their฀fall฀ season฀on฀Nov.฀3฀and฀expect฀to฀begin฀ another฀season฀next฀spring. “A฀lot฀of฀American฀sports฀focus฀on฀ the฀individual,฀like฀in฀football฀there฀is฀a฀ running฀back฀or฀quarterback฀—฀there’s฀ single฀stars,”฀Thayer฀said.฀“In฀rugby฀a฀ lot฀of฀times฀it’s฀more฀about฀the฀team,฀ like฀how฀the฀team฀puts฀together฀a฀ drive฀to฀score.฀Whoever฀scores฀doesn’t฀ get฀the฀credit,฀whoever฀set฀that฀person฀up฀with฀a฀pass฀gets฀the฀credit.฀It’s฀ just฀more฀of฀a฀team฀game฀with฀a฀lot฀of฀ comradeship.”

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Southeast students join with online community to write novels

SAVANNA MAUE ONLINE EDITOR

The฀Transition฀Spaces฀in฀the฀Rosemary฀Berkel฀and฀Harry฀ L.฀Crisp฀II฀is฀featuring฀an฀exhibit฀of฀Crystal฀Wagner’s฀work฀ that฀is฀different฀from฀any฀piece฀that฀has฀been฀in฀that฀space฀ before฀because฀it฀is฀an฀installation฀instead฀of฀a฀print. An฀installation฀is฀a฀piece฀the฀artist฀brings฀in฀and฀is฀similar฀to฀a฀sculpture฀because฀it฀stands฀out฀away฀from฀the฀wall฀to฀ which฀it฀is฀adhered. “We฀had฀never฀really฀done฀a฀huge฀installation฀before.฀ Most฀of฀the฀exhibits฀that฀we฀have฀had฀out฀here฀are฀pretty฀ much฀works฀that฀just฀go฀on฀the฀walls,฀paintings฀or฀drawings฀ or฀something฀like฀that,”฀museum฀director฀and฀instructor฀of฀ art฀Peter฀Nguyen฀said. Wagner฀used฀both฀recycled฀and฀original฀elements฀such฀ as฀relief฀print,฀screen฀print,฀cut฀paper,฀birthday฀party฀table฀ cloths,฀cable฀wire,฀chicken฀wire฀and฀mylar฀to฀give฀her฀instillation฀elements฀of฀sculpture฀as฀well฀as฀prints฀in฀order฀to฀ make฀the฀piece฀stand฀out฀more.

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Starting฀on฀Nov.฀1,฀anyone฀who฀chose฀ to฀participate฀could฀begin฀writing฀ a฀50,000-word฀novel฀and฀continue฀ writing฀it฀throughout฀the฀month฀of฀ November.฀Participants฀join฀an฀online฀ community฀of฀people฀who฀are฀all฀involved฀in฀the฀event,฀called฀National฀Novel฀ Writing฀Month.฀Some฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀students฀are฀participating฀in฀the฀event. English฀education฀majors฀Annie฀Holzen฀and฀Shea฀Moore฀are฀both฀writing฀ novels฀while฀also฀balancing฀school,฀ extracurricular฀activities,฀including฀the฀ co-educational฀national฀service฀fraternity฀Alpha฀Phi฀Omega,฀as฀well฀as฀ jobs.฀They฀work฀on฀their฀novels฀during฀ breaks฀they฀have฀throughout฀the฀day฀ and฀at฀night฀before฀they฀go฀to฀bed. Holzen฀said฀she฀found฀out฀about฀ National฀Novel฀Writing฀Month฀while฀ she฀was฀procrastinating฀by฀being฀on฀the฀ StumbleUpon฀website฀instead฀of฀writing฀a฀paper. “This฀may฀be฀kind฀of฀dark,฀but฀I’ve฀

“This may be kind of dark, but I’ve always been really paranoid of dying without ever accomplishing the major thing I wanted to — writing a novel.” Annie Holzen always฀been฀really฀paranoid฀of฀dying฀ without฀ever฀accomplishing฀the฀major฀ thing฀I฀wanted฀to฀—฀writing฀a฀novel,”฀ Holzen฀said.฀“As฀much฀motivation฀as฀ that฀should฀be฀to฀just฀get฀something฀ written฀on฀my฀own฀time,฀I฀have฀a฀hard฀ time฀finishing฀things.” Moore฀said฀she฀discovered฀the฀event฀ while฀reading฀about฀one฀of฀her฀favorite฀

Annie Holzen works on her novel in the University Center. Photo by Jessica Bolhafner authors.฀She฀chose฀to฀participate฀ because฀of฀the฀support฀system฀provided฀by฀the฀online฀National฀Novel฀Writing฀Month฀community,฀which฀is฀pushing฀her฀to฀continue฀and฀finish. There฀are฀different฀support฀systems฀ available฀for฀those฀involved฀in฀writing,฀ such฀as฀Facebook฀groups฀and฀the฀official฀website฀nanowrimo.org. “I฀have฀terrible฀motivation฀when฀ it฀comes฀to฀finishing฀stories,฀and฀the฀ community฀of฀support฀that฀comes฀with฀ National฀Novel฀Writing฀Month฀really฀ helps฀boost฀my฀productivity,”฀Moore฀ said. Holzen฀has฀been฀working฀on฀the฀idea฀ for฀her฀novel฀for฀a฀few฀months. “I฀usually฀carry฀around฀my฀notebook฀ and฀just฀write฀down฀anything฀I฀think฀of฀ when฀it฀comes฀to฀me,”฀Holzen฀said. Although฀Moore฀knew฀about฀National฀Novel฀Writing฀Month,฀she฀didn’t฀ decide฀to฀participate฀until฀it฀was฀almost฀ time฀to฀start฀the฀50,000-word฀task. “I฀only฀had฀three฀or฀four฀days฀to฀ develop฀characters,฀plots,฀supplies฀and฀ the฀self-confidence,”฀Moore฀said. Both฀said฀participating฀in฀National฀ Novel฀Writing฀Month฀has฀not฀affected฀ their฀class฀work—฀yet.฀Holzen฀said฀she฀

now฀uses฀homework฀to฀procrastinate฀ working฀on฀her฀novel. Even฀though฀Moore฀said฀she฀is฀dedicated฀to฀National฀Novel฀Writing฀Month,฀ she฀recognizes฀that฀her฀classes฀are฀very฀ important,฀and฀has฀become฀OK฀with฀ not฀getting฀to฀exactly฀50,000฀words. “I’m฀going฀to฀try฀to฀not฀let฀it฀interfere฀ with฀my฀classes,”฀Moore฀said. Both฀Southeast฀students฀said฀National฀Novel฀Writing฀Month฀is฀a฀fantastic฀way฀to฀get฀people฀to฀sit฀down฀and฀ write.฀The฀two฀said฀bringing฀together฀ people฀with฀the฀common฀goal฀of฀writing฀a฀50,000-word฀novel฀while฀building฀ a฀support฀community฀is฀a฀great฀way฀to฀ help฀people฀with฀dreams฀of฀writing. According฀to฀nanowrimo.org,฀National฀Novel฀Writing฀Month฀began฀in฀1999฀ with฀a฀group฀of฀21฀people฀in฀San฀Francisco.฀Six฀of฀them฀made฀it฀to฀the฀goal฀of฀ 50,000฀words.฀By฀the฀second฀year,฀they฀ had฀140฀people฀participate฀and฀went฀ international.฀In฀2011,฀the฀13th฀year฀ of฀the฀event,฀they฀had฀256,618฀participants฀with฀36,843฀people฀who฀reached฀ the฀goal฀of฀50,000฀words. Moore฀said฀she฀is฀really฀excited฀to฀be฀ a฀part฀of฀the฀community฀they฀have฀built฀ around฀this฀“insane฀idea.”

Crystal Wagner’s installation. Photo by Savanna Maue “When฀you฀look฀at฀her฀work,฀just฀the฀structure฀and฀the฀ way฀it฀moves฀and฀the฀way฀it฀feels฀is฀very฀organic,฀very฀biomorphic฀and฀she฀does฀reference฀those฀things,”฀Nguyen฀said.฀ “She฀[Wagner]฀does฀talk฀about฀the฀fact฀that,฀especially฀with฀ technology฀nowadays,฀people฀are฀glued฀to฀their฀TVs฀and฀ their฀video฀games,฀so฀they฀spend฀more฀time฀indoors฀than฀ outdoors฀and฀so฀she฀is฀referencing฀the฀outdoors฀and฀bringing฀it฀indoors.฀A฀lot฀of฀the฀colors฀are฀references฀to฀colors฀ that฀she฀is฀seeing฀in฀her฀residency฀and฀have฀gotten฀grants฀ to฀travel฀to฀various฀places,฀and฀these฀are฀some฀of฀the฀colors฀ that฀she฀would฀see.” Wagner฀is฀an฀assistant฀professor฀of฀art฀at฀Georgia฀College฀ and฀State฀University.฀She฀earned฀a฀Bachelor฀of฀Fine฀Arts฀at฀ the฀Atlanta฀College฀of฀Art฀and฀a฀Master฀of฀Fine฀Arts฀at฀the฀ University฀of฀Tennessee฀and฀is฀currently฀completing฀her฀ residency฀at฀Washington฀University฀in฀St.฀Louis. The฀installation฀will฀be฀on฀display฀through฀Dec.฀9.

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LOCAL MUSICIAN JOEY PARENT WILL PERFORM WITH LOGAN VENDERLIC FRIDAY AT CUP’N’CORK

Logan Venderlic is a singer and songwriter from West Virginia who will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Cup’N’Cork in Cape Girardeau. Submitted photos

West Virginia singer-songwriter plans to bring his folk wave music back to Cape Girardeau to perform with local musician MARISSA FAWCETT ARROW REPORTER

Crazy฀college฀neighbors,฀wild฀high฀school฀graduation฀speeches฀and฀stories฀of฀traveling฀dentists฀are฀a฀few฀things฀that฀have฀ inspired฀singer฀and฀songwriter฀Logan฀Venderlic’s฀music. Venderlic,฀who฀will฀perform฀with฀local฀musician฀Joey฀Parent฀ at฀7฀p.m.฀Nov.฀16฀at฀Cup฀‘N’฀Cork,฀will฀showcase฀his฀“folk฀wave”฀ music. “Folk฀wave”฀is฀Venderlic’s฀simplified฀way฀of฀describing฀his฀ music,฀which฀he฀said฀is฀a฀blend฀of฀indie,฀rock,฀folk฀and฀newway฀punk. Venderlic฀said฀he฀admires฀artists฀such฀as฀Bob฀Dylan,฀Bruce฀ Springsteen,฀the฀Misfits,฀Replacements฀and฀Blink฀182. “I฀get฀inspired฀from฀a฀lot฀of฀different฀things,”฀Venderlic฀said.฀ “I฀need฀time฀alone฀to฀reflect฀on฀things.฀Driving฀from฀one฀show฀ to฀the฀next,฀I’ll฀make฀notes฀in฀my฀phone.฀Then฀once฀I’m฀off฀ road,฀I’ll฀put฀them฀together.฀I’ve฀had฀plenty฀of฀relationship฀ songs,฀songs฀about฀girls,฀but฀I฀also฀get฀inspiration฀from฀personae฀as฀well.” Venderlic฀said฀his฀song฀“Blue฀Pill/Red฀Cup”฀is฀based฀on฀a฀ crazy฀lady฀who฀lived฀next฀door฀to฀him฀during฀college,฀while฀ the฀track฀“Baccalaureate”฀was฀inspired฀by฀an฀unusual฀speech฀a฀ man฀gave฀at฀his฀high฀school฀graduation. Venderlic฀said฀he฀hopes฀to฀receive฀the฀same฀turnout฀he฀did฀ last฀summer฀when฀he฀played฀with฀Parent฀at฀Pitter’s฀Cafe฀and฀ Lounge฀and฀to฀meet฀up฀with฀friends฀he฀made. The฀crowd฀had฀a฀great฀reaction฀to฀his฀“folk฀wave”฀music฀and฀ it฀was฀a฀great฀show,฀Parent฀and฀Venderlic฀said. “There฀was฀a฀woman฀who฀bought฀a฀shirt฀and฀CD฀and฀forced฀

me฀to฀take฀extra฀money฀for฀gas,”฀Venderlic฀said.฀“Since฀that,฀I฀ was฀determined฀to฀get฀back฀to฀Cape฀because฀everyone฀was฀so฀ nice.” Parent,฀who฀plays฀every฀second฀Wednesday฀at฀Cup฀‘N’฀Cork,฀ described฀his฀personal฀style฀of฀music฀as฀kind฀of฀folk฀revival,฀ singer฀and฀songwriter฀and฀a฀little฀bit฀traditional. Venderlic’s฀tour฀has฀kept฀him฀on฀the฀road฀with฀shows฀almost฀ every฀night.฀He฀began฀his฀performances฀up฀north฀and฀is฀ making฀his฀way฀south.

“I don’t think I’ll ever be a millionaire, and I don’t want that. I just want to play music, travel and make connections with people. My ultimate goal is to be able to afford my hotel room.” Logan Venderlic “We฀had฀a฀weird฀start฀because฀I฀was฀supposed฀to฀play฀in฀ Brooklyn,฀but฀with฀Hurricane฀Sandy,฀that฀night฀they฀closed฀all฀ subways,”฀he฀said.฀“I฀played฀[Oct.฀30]฀at฀Chapel฀Hill.฀The฀tour฀ is฀pretty฀young,฀though.฀Cape฀will฀be฀the฀next฀to฀last฀date.฀I’m฀ excited฀to฀be฀headed฀south.” Venderlic฀said฀the฀audience฀can฀expect฀an฀energizing฀show฀ at฀Cup฀‘N’฀Cork฀when฀he฀is฀performing. “I’m฀definitely฀the฀storyteller,฀get-people-involved฀kind฀of฀

guy,”฀Venderlic฀said. He฀wasn’t฀always฀this฀comfortable฀on฀stage,฀though. “I฀started฀playing฀guitar฀when฀I฀was฀10,”฀Venderlic฀said.฀“I฀ was฀writing฀songs฀before฀I฀knew฀how฀to฀write.฀I฀struggled฀with฀ stage฀fright฀for฀a฀long฀time.฀I฀didn’t฀really฀start฀playing฀out฀on฀ stage฀until฀my฀freshman฀year฀of฀college.” Raised฀in฀rural฀West฀Virginia,฀Venderlic฀wanted฀to฀show฀people฀the฀stereotypes฀of฀his฀hometown฀were฀not฀all฀true. “That’s฀a฀big฀part฀of฀who฀I฀am,”฀Venderlic฀said.฀“I฀used฀to฀not฀ want฀to฀play฀in฀my฀hometown.฀Then฀I฀realized฀that฀I฀loved฀my฀ hometown,฀but฀I฀hated฀how฀outsiders฀perceived฀West฀Virginia.฀ I฀have฀that฀chip฀on฀my฀shoulder฀that฀drives฀me.” Venderlic฀advises฀aspiring฀artists฀to฀be฀persistent฀and฀resilient฀and฀to฀not฀let฀bad฀things฀get฀them฀down. “There฀are฀people฀when฀you฀start฀off฀that฀won’t฀pay฀attention฀to฀you,”฀Venderlic฀said.฀“You฀might฀just฀[be]฀that฀kid฀from฀ West฀Virginia฀or฀Cape.฀Be฀nice฀to฀people฀—฀they’ll฀remember฀ that.” Venderlic฀doesn’t฀dream฀of฀becoming฀a฀superstar,฀but฀he฀ does฀have฀simple฀goals฀that฀are฀important฀to฀him. “I฀don’t฀think฀I’ll฀ever฀be฀a฀millionaire,฀and฀I฀don’t฀want฀that,”฀ he฀said.฀“I฀just฀want฀to฀play฀music,฀travel฀and฀make฀connections฀with฀people.฀My฀ultimate฀goal฀is฀to฀be฀able฀to฀afford฀my฀ hotel฀room.” The฀show฀at฀Cup฀‘N’฀Cork฀will฀not฀have฀a฀cover฀charge,฀and฀ Venderlic฀and฀Parent฀said฀they฀encourage฀anyone฀to฀come.฀ Venderlic฀and฀Parent฀will฀each฀play฀for฀about฀an฀hour. “Logan฀is฀a฀really฀cool฀guy฀to฀see,”฀Parent฀said.฀“He’s฀got฀a฀ lot฀of฀energy.฀He’s฀a฀really฀good฀guy,฀talented฀guy.฀I’m฀really฀ excited.”

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Tony La Russa reflects on his year after retirement ERIN NEIER INTERIM EDITOR

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LinkedIn฀is฀a฀tool฀college฀students฀can฀ use฀to฀expand฀their฀list฀of฀professional฀ contacts฀and฀explore฀job฀and฀internship฀opportunities. Launched฀in฀2003,฀LinkedIn฀has฀ since฀become฀the฀leading฀professional฀online฀network฀with฀more฀than฀ 187฀million฀members,฀according฀to฀the฀ company. “Students฀will฀ask฀me฀how฀to฀get฀in฀to฀ meet฀an฀employer฀and฀nine฀times฀out฀ of฀10฀that฀employer฀has฀a฀LinkedIn฀profile,”฀Career฀Linkages’฀St.฀Louis฀specialist฀Quen฀Agnew฀said.฀“It’s฀a฀good฀way฀to฀ break฀the฀ice.” Agnew฀works฀with฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀students฀that฀are฀ looking฀for฀internships฀or฀jobs฀in฀the฀ St.฀Louis฀area.฀She฀advises฀students฀to฀ use฀LinkedIn฀because฀it’s฀an฀easy฀way฀ to฀get฀their฀names฀out฀there฀and฀see฀ what฀companies฀are฀talking฀about฀not฀ only฀in฀St.฀Louis฀but฀all฀over฀the฀world,฀ she฀said. LinkedIn฀is฀growing฀so฀rapidly฀that฀ there฀are฀two฀new฀members฀every฀ second฀and฀over฀2.6฀million฀companies฀ with฀LinkedIn฀pages,฀according฀to฀the฀ company฀website. Agnew฀believes฀that฀LinkedIn฀realizes฀it฀has฀captured฀the฀market฀of฀ 25-year-olds฀and฀older,฀and฀now฀they฀ are฀trying฀to฀get฀more฀18฀to฀24-year-old฀ members. Sophomore฀Chris฀Hayden฀said฀he฀ made฀his฀LinkedIn฀account฀when฀he฀ was฀16฀years฀old. “I฀decided฀to฀get฀one฀because฀I฀was฀ trying฀to฀get฀an฀internship฀with฀Mentz฀ in฀Fenton,฀a฀massive฀public฀relations฀ company,”฀Hayden฀said.฀“There฀was฀a฀ spot฀on฀the฀application฀for฀LinkedIn.฀

I฀wanted฀to฀appear฀more฀readily฀available,฀and฀I฀wanted฀to฀have฀something฀ else฀than฀Facebook฀if฀they฀looked฀me฀ up.” LinkedIn฀should฀be฀used฀to฀showcase฀the฀member฀in฀a฀professional฀way,฀ not฀personally,฀Agnew฀said. “The฀proper฀way฀to฀look฀at฀it฀is฀if฀ you’re฀trying฀to฀get฀an฀internship,฀look฀ at฀it฀as฀your฀brand,”฀Agnew฀said.฀“Use฀ it฀as฀a฀way฀to฀create฀job฀relationships,฀ seek฀out฀opportunities฀and฀keep฀it฀ updated.”

“LinkedIn is a space where you can spread your professional wings more than any other site.” Rachel Hunsell Agnew฀advises฀students฀to฀check฀ LinkedIn฀twice฀a฀week฀if฀they฀are฀looking฀for฀an฀internship. “The฀more฀you฀utilize฀LinkedIn,฀the฀ more฀your฀profile฀shows฀up฀on฀a฀hot฀ spot฀page฀where฀people฀can฀connect฀ with฀you,”฀Agnew฀said. Through฀the฀Public฀Relations฀Student฀Society฀of฀America,฀senior฀Rachel฀ Hunsell฀has฀met฀a฀lot฀of฀professionals฀ that฀want฀to฀link฀with฀her,฀such฀as฀the฀ director฀of฀ticket฀sales฀and฀services฀for฀ the฀St.฀Louis฀Cardinals,฀she฀said. Other฀than฀connecting฀with฀people,฀ LinkedIn฀offers฀other฀convenient฀tools฀ and฀features. Hunsell,฀a฀public฀relations฀major,฀ said฀she฀enjoys฀subscribing฀to฀public฀ relations฀groups฀so฀she฀can฀receive฀ weekly฀updates฀and฀job฀opportunities. Some฀of฀the฀groups฀Hunsell฀has฀joined฀include฀#PRintern฀and฀#PRSTUD,฀

she฀said. If฀a฀member฀has฀an฀interest฀but฀there฀ is฀not฀a฀group฀for฀it,฀that฀member฀can฀ create฀their฀own฀group฀too,฀Agnew฀said. Another฀feature฀that฀Hayden฀said฀he฀ likes฀is฀how฀LinkedIn฀allows฀members฀ to฀be฀endorsed฀for฀the฀skills฀they฀have฀ and฀being฀able฀to฀see฀the฀mutual฀connections฀they฀have฀between฀people. Agnew฀mentioned฀that฀LinkedIn฀ also฀has฀a฀button฀called฀“Students฀and฀ Recent฀Graduates”฀that฀can฀be฀used฀to฀ find฀internships฀and฀jobs฀refined฀by฀the฀ job฀level฀and฀location. Even฀with฀so฀many฀features,฀LinkedIn฀is฀very฀simple฀to฀use,฀Agnew฀said. “You฀just฀go฀in฀and฀create฀a฀profile฀of฀ yourself,”฀Agnew฀said.฀“Copy฀and฀paste฀ your฀resume฀and฀add฀a฀profile฀picture.฀ If฀you’re฀reading฀any฀books฀you฀can฀add฀ that฀too.฀It฀tells฀you฀how฀complete฀your฀ profile฀is,฀and฀it฀will฀then฀tell฀you฀what฀ you’re฀missing.” There฀is฀no฀cost฀to฀set฀up฀a฀basic฀ LinkedIn฀account,฀which฀appeals฀to฀ many฀companies฀because฀they฀can฀ post฀opportunities฀without฀having฀to฀ pay฀any฀fees฀like฀other฀job฀sites฀might฀ require,฀Agnew฀said. Although฀Hunsell฀has฀not฀found฀an฀ opportunity฀that฀has฀fit฀what฀she฀is฀looking฀for฀from฀LinkedIn฀yet,฀she฀said฀she฀ likes฀the฀fact฀that฀the฀opportunities฀are฀ still฀there. “I฀think฀if฀you฀aspire฀to฀be฀in฀any฀professional฀space,฀you฀need฀to฀[join],”฀ Hunsell฀said.฀“It’s฀not฀worth฀being฀part฀ of฀any฀social฀network฀if฀you’re฀not฀going฀ to฀be฀engaged฀on฀it.” Hayden฀and฀Hunsell฀both฀agreed฀the฀ hardest฀part฀is฀making฀sure฀that฀their฀ profile฀is฀constantly฀updated฀because฀ professionals฀can฀look฀at฀it฀anytime. “LinkedIn฀is฀a฀space฀where฀you฀can฀ spread฀your฀professional฀wings฀more฀ than฀any฀other฀site,”฀Hunsell฀said.

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Former฀St.฀Louis฀Cardinals฀manager฀Tony฀La฀Russa฀sat฀ down฀at฀a฀table,฀a฀microphone฀in฀front฀of฀him,฀to฀field฀questions฀from฀the฀media.฀He’d฀done฀this฀nearly฀every฀day฀for฀33฀ years฀but฀seemed฀nervous. “I’m฀out฀of฀shape.฀I฀haven’t฀been฀doing฀the฀two-a-day฀ thing฀that฀you฀had฀to฀do฀for฀all฀those฀years,”฀La฀Russa฀said.฀ “It฀was฀interesting฀to฀watch฀[Cardinals฀manager]฀Mike฀ [Matheny]฀work฀his฀way฀through฀it.฀It฀looked฀to฀me฀as฀the฀ year฀went฀on฀he฀enjoyed฀it฀less฀and฀less.฀He’s฀right฀on฀time.” La฀Russa,฀who฀retired฀as฀the฀Cardinals฀manager฀after฀the฀ team฀won฀the฀2011฀World฀Series,฀spoke฀Thursday฀night฀at฀ the฀Show฀Me฀Center฀as฀part฀of฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀ University’s฀Speaker฀Series. “This฀is฀a฀night฀I’ve฀looked฀forward฀to฀because฀it’s฀been฀ awhile฀since฀I’ve฀been฀around฀Cardinal฀fans,”฀La฀Russa฀said. “I฀hate฀disrespecting฀Oakland฀A’s฀fans฀and฀Chicago฀White฀ Sox฀fans,฀but฀the฀Cardinals฀fans฀are฀a฀breed฀to฀themselves.฀ They฀are฀different.฀They฀are฀with฀you฀win฀or฀lose,฀not฀just฀ win฀or฀tie.฀And฀there’s฀no฀doubt฀in฀my฀mind฀that฀the฀successful฀years,฀they฀contributed฀too,฀because฀the฀guys฀feel฀ that฀support฀and฀when฀the฀adrenaline฀gets฀pumping฀they฀ play฀better.” La฀Russa฀said฀he฀will฀never฀manage฀again฀but฀is฀glad฀he฀ still฀is฀able฀to฀be฀involved฀with฀baseball฀by฀working฀in฀the฀ commissioner’s฀office.฀He฀watched฀about฀125฀games฀this฀ season. “From฀the฀first฀day฀of฀spring฀training฀to฀the฀end฀of฀the฀ season,฀I฀never฀once฀missed฀being฀in฀the฀dugout,”฀La฀Russa฀ said.฀“I฀mean฀I฀had฀my฀time,฀passed฀the฀baton,฀had฀not฀one฀ issue฀with฀it.฀But฀when฀it฀got฀to฀October,฀that฀is฀such฀a฀fun,฀ all-or-nothing฀experience.” As฀part฀of฀his฀job฀in฀the฀commissioner’s฀office,฀La฀Russa฀ was฀involved฀in฀the฀decision฀to฀implement฀a฀new฀playoff฀ format฀that฀gives฀two฀Wild฀Card฀teams฀from฀each฀league฀the฀ opportunity฀to฀play฀a฀one-game฀playoff฀to฀move฀on฀to฀the฀ division฀series. “I฀know฀the฀Braves฀had฀a฀better฀record฀than฀the฀Cardinals,฀and฀they฀lost฀a฀game฀and฀they฀complained,”฀La฀Russa฀ said.฀“That’s฀part฀of฀what฀you฀have฀to฀do฀as฀a฀Wild฀Card.฀You฀ have฀to฀win฀an฀extra฀game,฀and฀you฀have฀to฀use฀up฀the฀rest฀ of฀your฀club. “Well,฀what’d฀the฀Cardinals฀do?฀They฀went฀out฀and฀won฀ the฀next฀round,฀so฀I฀thought฀it฀added฀a฀lot฀of฀excitement,฀ and฀I฀just฀happened฀to฀be฀there฀when฀that฀thing฀was฀decided฀and฀discussed.”

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TONY LA RUSSA Former Cardinals manager spoke on Thursday night at the Show Me Center. Read about his speech at southeastArrow.com.+

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International Education Week Events Wednesday:

There will be a lunch and learn at noon in the UC program lounge that will provide a presentation with employment tips. There will be a study abroad workshop at noon in the UC Heritage Room. There will be a Global Trivia Night at 6 p.m. in the UC Redhawks room with prizes provided by International Education services.

Thursday:

There will be a lunch and learn for students who could attend on Wednesday at noon in the UC program lounge that will provide a presentation with employment tips. There will be a get-hired: international impressions workshop at 5 p.m. in the UC Redhawks room. There will be an Explore Bangledesh at 6 p.m. in the Redhawks room with students presenting about Bangledesh There will be a Nepali Night in the Ballroom at 6 p.m. in the University Center hosted by the Nepalese Student Association with food from Nepal as well as presentations about the country.

Saturday:

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Â฀10฀ARROW฀•฀week฀of฀Nov.฀14฀-20,฀2012

FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAM

RETURN

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OFFICE of Residence Life expands RESIDENCE LIFE CREATED NEW POSTION TO IMPROVE ON-CAMPUS LEARNING COMMUNITIES

Coordinator will develop faculty relations and help students Kari Talik, the new coordinator for student leadership and residential experiences, began duties Oct. 15 JEN BAIRD ARROW REPORTER

The฀Office฀of฀Residence฀Life฀at฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀has฀created฀and฀filled฀ a฀new฀position฀for฀a฀coordinator฀for฀student฀ leadership฀and฀residential฀experiences. Kari฀Talik฀began฀her฀duties฀in฀the฀Office฀of฀ Residence฀Life฀on฀Oct.฀15.฀Talik฀did฀an฀internship฀with฀Southeast฀when฀she฀began฀her฀career฀ in฀student฀affairs฀and฀also฀has฀worked฀in฀ Michigan,฀Indiana฀and฀Virgina.฀Talik฀said฀she฀ knew฀when฀the฀position฀was฀created,฀it฀was฀ time฀for฀her฀to฀return฀to฀Southeast. “After฀the฀completion฀of฀my฀internship,฀I฀ knew฀that฀someday฀I฀would฀reunite฀myself฀ with฀the฀Residence฀Life฀office,”฀Talik฀said฀in฀ an฀email.฀“I฀thoroughly฀enjoyed฀my฀internship฀and฀the฀people฀that฀I฀worked฀with฀in฀the฀ department฀and฀the฀university.฀Southeast’s฀ Residence฀Life฀program฀is฀always฀changing฀ and฀is฀striving฀to฀be฀better฀than฀the฀years฀ before฀and฀providing฀an฀excellent฀out-of-classroom฀experience฀for฀the฀students฀who฀reside฀ in฀the฀halls.” Talik฀said฀she฀will฀help฀students฀have฀a฀ great฀experience฀at฀Southeast฀while฀also฀creating฀and฀maintaining฀faculty฀relations.

Myers Hall resident assistant Adam Thieret talks with Kari Talik, the new coordinator for student leadership and residential experiences with Residence Life, on Friday in the Office of Residence Life in Towers. Photo by Nathan Hamilton “These฀partnerships฀will฀aid฀in฀the฀goal฀ of฀collaborating฀with฀academic฀and฀student฀ affairs฀in฀the฀residence฀halls฀by฀creating฀learning฀communities฀and฀themed฀housing,”฀ Talik฀said. Learning฀communities฀are฀floors฀of฀residence฀halls฀dedicated฀to฀specific฀academic฀ areas,฀such฀as฀the฀honors฀floor฀on฀the฀fifth฀ floor฀of฀the฀Williard฀Duncan฀Vandiver฀Hall. Themed฀housing฀includes฀floors฀that฀are฀ dedicated฀to฀specific฀groups,฀such฀as฀transfer฀students,฀which฀means฀only฀transfer฀students฀live฀on฀that฀floor.฀They฀are฀not฀academic฀based. Talik฀also฀will฀collaborate฀with฀

campus฀departments฀to฀boost฀camps฀and฀ conferences. “Camps฀and฀conferences฀are฀a฀great฀way฀to฀ show฀off฀our฀facilities฀and฀programs,฀which฀ will฀hopefully฀increase฀future฀enrollment,”฀ Talik฀said.฀“Camps฀and฀Conferences฀is฀centralized฀out฀of฀the฀university’s฀scheduling฀office฀ with฀partnerships฀with฀athletics,฀housing฀and฀ dining,฀facilities฀management฀and฀academic฀ departments.” Talik฀already฀is฀working฀with฀Southeast฀and฀ its฀students. “I฀enjoy฀being฀a฀student฀affairs฀professional฀because฀I฀truly฀believe฀that฀out-of-theclass฀experience฀is฀one฀of฀the฀most฀important฀

aspects฀of฀college,”฀Talik฀said.฀“I฀get฀to฀provide฀ opportunities฀for฀students฀to฀gain฀leadership฀ and฀life฀skills,฀which฀will฀help฀them฀be฀successful฀after฀they฀graduate.” Dr.฀Bruce฀Skinner,฀the฀director฀of฀the฀Office฀ of฀Residence฀Life,฀said฀in฀an฀email฀interview฀ he฀wanted฀to฀improve฀communication฀and฀ programs฀on฀campus. “It฀is฀my฀desire฀for฀a฀greater฀connection฀ with฀our฀learning฀communities฀and฀academic฀affairs,฀and฀to฀accomplish฀this,฀we฀need฀ someone฀who฀can฀work฀with฀the฀student฀life฀ and฀academic฀affairs฀elements฀of฀Southeast฀to฀ improve฀our฀theme/learning฀communities,”฀ Skinner฀said.฀“With฀the฀addition฀of฀this฀position,฀we฀can฀look฀to฀build฀upon฀our฀current฀ camp฀and฀conference฀program.” Talik฀was฀chosen฀out฀of฀a฀pool฀of฀candidates฀nationwide. Skinner฀said฀the฀office฀looked฀for฀someone฀ with฀previous฀experience. “We฀were฀not฀wanting฀to฀find฀someone฀ who฀was฀new฀to฀the฀residence฀life฀profession.฀ It฀was฀important฀that฀we฀selected฀someone฀ who฀had฀worked฀on฀these฀same฀issues฀[and]฀ opportunities฀at฀other฀schools฀and฀had฀a฀proven฀record฀of฀success,”฀Skinner฀said.฀“I฀am฀ very฀pleased฀Kari฀has฀joined฀Southeast,฀and฀ I฀believe฀she฀will฀be฀an฀asset฀to฀our฀students฀ and฀our฀residence฀halls.” As฀for฀Talik,฀she฀hopes฀to฀use฀her฀position฀to฀ benefit฀students฀and฀Southeast฀as฀a฀whole. “I฀am฀a฀very฀driven฀professional,฀so฀I฀have฀ many฀goals฀for฀my฀work฀at฀Southeast,”฀Talik฀ said.฀“However,฀I฀think฀my฀main฀goal฀is฀to฀use฀ my฀knowledge฀[and]฀experience฀and฀continue฀to฀move฀the฀residence฀life฀office฀forward฀ in฀their฀present฀and฀future฀goals.”

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IMPROVE

STUDENT organizations on campus SOUTHEAST GREEK FRATERNITIES SIGMA CHI, PI KAPPA ALPHA AND SIGMA TAU ARE ON SOCIAL PROBATION

Three social fraternities are currently on probation at Southeast KRISTINA LAUTENBACHER ARROW REPORTER

Three฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀ Greek฀fraternities฀are฀on฀social฀probation.฀ According฀to฀the฀Office฀of฀Student฀Conduct฀ and฀Interfraternity฀Council฀President฀Ryan฀ Manning,฀the฀organizations฀are฀Sigma฀Chi,฀Pi฀ Kappa฀Alpha฀and฀Sigma฀Tau฀Gamma. Manning฀said฀he฀did฀not฀know฀why฀these฀ organizations฀had฀been฀put฀on฀probation. Social฀probation฀is฀a฀punishment฀for฀fraternities฀and฀sororities฀that฀do฀not฀adhere฀to฀the฀ bylaws฀of฀their฀organization฀or฀the฀university’s฀ code฀of฀conduct฀for฀students. “A฀number฀of฀things฀can฀get฀an฀organization฀on฀social฀probation,”฀Manning฀said.฀“It฀ can฀be฀underage฀drinking,฀hazing,฀dirty฀rushing,฀being฀disrespectful฀at฀philanthropy฀ events,฀etc.” Decisions฀of฀social฀probation฀are฀made฀by฀ Southeast฀officials฀through฀Judicial฀Affairs. Once฀an฀organization฀is฀put฀on฀social฀

probation,฀representatives฀from฀national฀ chapters฀of฀the฀organizations฀will฀come฀to฀ Southeast฀for฀a฀membership฀review฀to฀evaluate฀individual฀members. They฀then฀collaborate฀with฀the฀university฀ on฀improvements฀the฀organizations฀need฀to฀ make. “When฀Greeks฀are฀put฀on฀social฀probation฀ they฀are฀not฀allowed฀to฀do฀any฀social฀or฀philanthropic฀activities,”฀said฀Kelly฀Lu฀Holder,฀a฀ member฀of฀Alpha฀Chi฀Omega฀and฀delegate฀ on฀the฀Panhellenic฀Council.฀“This฀can฀include฀ Greek฀Week,฀formals,฀homecoming,฀etc.” Manning฀said฀that฀a฀social฀event฀consists฀of฀ an฀event฀with฀five฀or฀more฀chapter฀members฀ being฀present. Manning฀also฀stressed฀that฀many฀times฀it฀ is฀a฀few฀members’฀actions฀that฀will฀hurt฀the฀ whole฀chapter.฀He฀said฀that฀when฀situations฀ like฀this฀occur฀it฀deepens฀negative฀preconceived฀notions฀held฀by฀non-Greeks. “These฀are฀good฀organizations,฀they’ve฀ been฀nationally฀awarded,฀and฀I฀think฀highly฀

of฀them,”฀Manning฀said.฀“It’s฀a฀shame฀to฀think฀ that฀one฀person฀or฀a฀group฀can฀cause฀problems฀for฀the฀whole฀group.฀These฀are฀organizations฀with฀truly฀meaningful฀values.” According฀to฀Holder,฀Pi฀Kappa฀Alpha฀Fraternity฀has฀been฀on฀social฀probation฀for฀ almost฀a฀full฀calendar฀year.฀Once฀their฀probation฀ends฀Dec.฀31,฀the฀organization฀will฀be฀ able฀to฀attend฀functions฀and฀philanthropic฀

“It’s a shame to think that one person or a group can cause problems for the whole group.” Ryan Manning events฀at฀the฀beginning฀of฀next฀semester. “Pike฀lost฀a฀lot฀of฀their฀members฀when฀they฀ were฀put฀on฀social฀probation,”฀Holder฀said.฀ “But฀since฀then฀they฀have฀improved฀a฀lot.฀I’m฀

very฀proud฀of฀them฀for฀how฀much฀they’ve฀ improved฀and฀how฀much฀more฀positive฀ they’ve฀become.” Sigma฀Tau฀has฀started฀its฀social฀probation฀ and฀has฀had฀its฀membership฀review.฀Sigma฀ Chi฀is฀still฀in฀the฀judicial฀process.฀Messages฀ sent฀to฀the฀organizations฀were฀not฀returned. Holder฀is฀worried฀about฀the฀image฀that฀ is฀portrayed฀when฀organizations฀are฀put฀on฀ social฀probation. “It’s฀sad฀that฀the฀all฀of฀the฀good฀is฀ignored฀ and฀the฀bad฀always฀makes฀front-page฀news,”฀ Holder฀said.฀“The฀stereotypes฀have฀been฀ around฀forever,฀but฀Greeks฀aren’t฀just฀about฀ partying.฀It’s฀a฀big฀disappointment.” Manning฀said฀the฀general฀assumptions฀ about฀organizations฀from฀non-Greeks฀are฀ because฀they฀don’t฀see฀the฀Greek฀organizations฀internally. “Everybody฀makes฀mistakes,”฀Manning฀ said.฀“In฀a฀situation฀like฀this,฀it’s฀really฀easy฀to฀ put฀a฀target฀on฀the฀Greeks’฀back.฀But฀being฀ Greek฀is฀all฀about฀being฀a฀better฀person.”

Club Red starts at Southeast, will assist SEMO American Red Cross CALLIE LEITTERMAN ARROW REPORTER

Club฀Red,฀a฀new฀organization฀on฀campus,฀ will฀assist฀the฀SEMO฀American฀Red฀Cross฀ with฀its฀mission฀to฀help฀victims฀of฀disasters฀ and฀help฀prevent,฀prepare฀for฀and฀respond฀to฀ emergencies. Kelsey฀Boeser,฀a฀senior฀studying฀public฀ relations฀and฀advertising฀at฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University,฀started฀the฀club฀on฀ campus฀and฀is฀the฀president฀of฀Club฀Red. “I฀started฀my฀internship฀with฀the฀SEMO฀ American฀Red฀Cross,฀and฀I฀didn’t฀know฀what฀ they฀did฀and฀everyone฀assumes฀that฀they฀just฀ do฀blood฀drives,฀but฀its฀so฀much฀more฀than฀ that,”฀Boeser฀said.฀“They฀solely฀depend฀on฀ volunteers,฀and฀especially฀at฀these฀times฀with฀ Hurricane฀Sandy,฀the฀student฀body฀could฀really฀be฀utilized฀getting฀involved.”

“They solely depend on volunteers, and especially at these times with Hurricane Sandy the student body could really be utilized getting involved.” Kelsey Boeser Boeser฀contacted฀Sara฀Gerau,฀executive฀ director฀at฀SEMO฀Red฀Cross,฀about฀interning฀ and฀had฀to฀go฀through฀a฀routine฀interview฀ process.฀Boeser฀writes฀press฀releases,฀creates฀ advertisements,฀manages฀social฀media฀sites฀ and฀assists฀with฀event฀coordination.฀After฀ Boesler฀graduates฀in฀May,฀she฀would฀like฀to฀ work฀for฀a฀non-profit฀organization฀while฀she฀ attends฀graduate฀school฀at฀the฀University฀of฀ Florida. The฀first฀meeting฀for฀the฀club฀was฀Nov.฀5. More฀than฀25฀people฀attended฀the฀meeting. “We฀are฀very฀excited฀about฀the฀initial฀student฀interest,฀and฀we฀are฀looking฀forward฀to฀ see฀the฀organization฀grow,”฀Chelsea฀Welker,฀ a฀senior฀studying฀communication฀disorders฀ at฀Southeast฀and฀vice฀president฀of฀Club฀Red฀ said. The฀club฀had฀several฀events฀already฀

planned. The฀first฀event,฀the฀Hurricane฀Sandy฀Donation฀Drive,฀will฀take฀place฀from฀11฀a.m.฀to฀1฀ p.m.฀Nov.฀12฀through฀Nov.฀15฀at฀the฀University฀ Center.฀The฀event฀will฀help฀raise฀money฀for฀ the฀American฀Red฀Cross,฀which฀in฀turn฀will฀go฀ to฀the฀victims฀of฀the฀recent฀disastrous฀hurricane฀on฀the฀East฀Coast. “We฀will฀have฀a฀table฀set฀up฀that฀will฀have฀ information฀on฀Hurricane฀Sandy฀that฀will฀ help฀show฀students฀how฀severe฀it฀really฀is,”฀ Boeser฀said.฀“At฀the฀table฀as฀well,฀any฀student฀ that฀is฀interested฀in฀joining฀can฀do฀so.” Another฀event฀that฀Club฀Red฀will฀have฀is฀its฀ own฀version฀of฀the฀American฀Red฀Cross’s฀Holiday฀Mail฀for฀Heroes฀Card฀event.฀This฀will฀take฀ place฀at฀5฀p.m.฀Nov.฀19฀in฀the฀Program฀Lounge฀ at฀the฀UC.฀The฀event฀is฀an฀open฀event฀for฀ anyone฀that฀wants฀to฀donate฀cards. “We฀will฀get฀cards฀together฀that฀will฀in฀turn฀ go฀to฀local฀veterans฀and฀soldiers,฀but฀there฀ are฀guidelines฀with฀the฀cards฀that฀have฀to฀be฀ followed,”฀Boeser฀said. According฀to฀the฀American฀Red฀Cross฀website,฀the฀cards฀can’t฀be฀postmarked฀later฀than฀ Dec.฀7.฀No฀care฀packages,฀monetary฀donations฀or฀any฀kind฀of฀inserts,฀such฀as฀photos฀or฀ letters,฀can฀be฀sent฀with฀the฀cards.฀Glitter฀is฀ especially฀banned฀from฀being฀on฀the฀cards฀as฀ it฀can฀aggravate฀health฀issues฀of฀ill฀and฀injured฀ soldiers.฀More฀rules฀and฀regulations฀for฀the฀ cards฀can฀be฀found฀at฀redcross.org. Boeser฀plans฀to฀do฀other฀events,฀such฀as฀a฀ blood฀drive,฀soon. The฀high฀turnout฀at฀the฀first฀meeting฀came฀ as฀a฀surprise฀to฀Boeser฀and฀Welker,฀but฀they฀ both฀still฀hope฀to฀have฀an฀increase฀in฀involvement฀over฀the฀semester. “A฀lot฀of฀times฀students฀don’t฀know฀how฀to฀ get฀involved฀with฀big฀organizations฀like฀the฀ Red฀Cross,฀so฀this฀is฀a฀good฀stepping฀stone฀ allowing฀students฀to฀get฀involved,”฀Welker฀ said. Meetings฀for฀Club฀Red฀will฀take฀place฀at฀5฀ p.m.฀Mondays฀in฀the฀UC฀Program฀Lounge฀for฀ right฀now,฀but฀the฀time฀might฀change. Since฀Boeser฀is฀the฀public฀relations฀intern฀ at฀SEMO฀Red฀Cross,฀she฀will฀get฀updates฀weekly฀on฀the฀needs฀and฀upcoming฀events฀at฀the฀ organization. “We฀are฀going฀to฀support฀the฀SEMO฀Red฀ Cross฀by฀doing฀anything฀that฀we฀can,”฀Boeser฀ said.

More than 25 people attended the first Club Red meeting Nov. 5. Photo by Callie Leitterman

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HURRICANE Sandy afected millions 7.5 MILLION PEOPLE LOST POWER AND MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE DIED

Southeast student affected by spread of Hurricane Sandy CALLIE LEITTERMAN ARROW REPORTER

Elizabeth฀Fritch,฀a฀senior฀at฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀studying฀TV/film฀and฀ journalism,฀is฀a฀production฀intern฀at฀NBC฀ Universal’s฀“The฀Maury฀Show”฀and฀“The฀ Trisha฀Show”฀in฀Stamford,฀Conn.฀Last฀year฀ she฀was฀the฀Arts฀and฀Entertainment฀editor฀ for฀the฀Arrow.฀Fritch฀experienced฀some฀of฀the฀ effects฀of฀Hurricane฀Sandy,฀which฀hit฀the฀East฀ Coast฀on฀Oct.฀29.฀According฀to฀CNN,฀dozens฀ of฀streets฀were฀turned฀into฀rivers,฀7.5฀million฀ people฀lost฀power฀and฀more฀than฀one฀hundred฀people฀have฀died. Fritch฀was฀interviewed฀via฀email.

What part of the East Coast are you located? I฀live฀in฀Stamford,฀Conn.,฀where฀I฀work.฀It’s฀in฀ the฀southwestern฀region฀of฀Connecticut.฀It’s฀ about฀an฀hour฀northeast฀of฀New฀York฀City,฀and฀ I’m฀about฀a฀15-minute฀drive฀from฀the฀coast฀of฀ Long฀Island฀Sound.

Was your area expected to get the efects of the hurricane? Oh,฀definitely.฀There฀were฀warnings฀all฀over฀ the฀television.฀They฀were฀tracking฀the฀storm฀ for฀a฀while.฀We฀knew฀it฀was฀going฀to฀hit.฀But฀ since฀I’ve฀never฀been฀in฀a฀hurricane฀before,฀I฀ honestly฀didn’t฀know฀what฀to฀expect.฀I฀wasn’t฀ that฀worried฀about฀it฀until฀about฀a฀day฀before฀ it฀hit฀when฀my฀family฀kept฀texting฀me฀asking฀if฀ I฀was฀ready฀for฀it.

What kinds of precautions were you told to take, and did you do anything to prepare for it? In฀the฀beginning฀I฀hadn’t฀really฀prepared฀at฀ all.฀I฀had฀a฀few฀candles฀and฀thought฀I฀was฀set.฀ It฀wasn’t฀until฀about฀a฀day฀or฀two฀before฀the฀ storm฀that฀I฀really฀paid฀attention฀to฀the฀warnings฀on฀the฀news.฀The฀news฀is฀what฀really฀ worried฀me.฀It฀was฀on฀TV฀constantly,฀so฀I฀finally฀figured฀out฀it฀was฀a฀bigger฀deal฀than฀I฀was฀ making฀it฀out฀to฀be.฀I฀have฀some฀family฀friends฀ in฀Middletown,฀Conn.,฀that฀have฀lived฀here฀ for฀over฀10฀years,฀so฀they฀took฀me฀shopping฀ and฀told฀me฀exactly฀how฀I฀needed฀to฀prepare.฀ It฀wasn’t฀until฀a฀day฀before฀the฀hurricane฀that฀ I฀realized฀I฀could฀be฀without฀power฀and฀water฀ for฀a฀while.

Elizabeth Fritch, shown here with her parents in her Stamford, Conn., apartment, is a production intern at NBC Universal’s “The Maury Show” and “The Trisha Show.” She experienced some of the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Submitted photo

What did you experience when the hurricane inally hit? Honestly,฀where฀I฀live฀nothing฀really฀happened.฀There฀were฀high฀winds,฀about฀40-50฀ mph,฀with฀some฀wind฀gusts฀of฀90฀mph,฀ but฀that฀was฀the฀scariest฀thing฀that฀happened.฀They฀called฀for฀an฀evacuation฀of฀some฀ of฀the฀coastal฀streets,฀but฀I฀was฀fine฀where฀I฀ was.฀Over฀50฀percent฀of฀Stamford฀lost฀power฀ though,฀so฀I฀was฀very฀lucky฀to฀have฀it฀the฀ entire฀time.

31]฀I฀had฀to฀work,฀and฀I฀was฀so฀excited฀to฀get฀ out฀of฀my฀apartment.

When you inally got to get away from home, was your area damaged badly? Not฀really.฀I฀live฀downtown฀and฀walk฀to฀work,฀ so฀I฀didn’t฀get฀to฀see฀a฀lot฀of฀Stamford.฀I฀saw,฀ like,฀one฀huge฀tree฀that฀was฀torn฀up฀at฀the฀ roots.฀Other฀than฀that,฀there฀wasn’t฀much.฀I฀ heard฀there฀were฀a฀lot฀of฀trees฀down฀around฀ the฀area฀though.

crazy.฀Lower฀Manhattan฀and฀the฀coast฀of฀New฀ Jersey฀were฀hit฀the฀worst.฀It’s฀so฀crazy฀to฀see฀ the฀damage฀on฀TV฀knowing฀I฀only฀live฀a฀few฀ hours฀away.฀I฀know฀people฀that฀still฀don’t฀have฀ power,฀and฀one฀of฀my฀friends฀I฀work฀with฀said฀ he’s฀not฀been฀in฀his฀house฀since฀the฀storm.฀ He’s฀had฀to฀bounce฀around฀from฀house฀to฀ house฀because฀his฀house฀is฀flooded,฀and฀they฀ still฀don’t฀have฀electricity.฀He฀says฀he’s฀pretty฀ sure฀it’s฀ruined.

Was there anything that you gained from experiencing such a disaster?

Did you have to stay a home for a couple of days like a lot of people did?

Did more of the surrounding areas around you get it worse, and what is the worst you have heard of?

I฀stayed฀at฀home฀the฀day฀before฀to฀prepare฀for฀ the฀storm.฀Then฀I฀stayed฀home฀on฀both฀Monday฀[Oct.฀29]฀and฀Tuesday฀[Oct.฀30]฀when฀the฀ winds฀were฀the฀worst.฀On฀Wednesday฀[Oct.฀

Yeah,฀a฀lot฀of฀the฀surrounding฀areas฀were฀ pretty฀bad.฀There฀were฀quite฀a฀few฀coastal฀ areas฀in฀other฀towns฀in฀Connecticut฀that฀were฀ flooded.฀The฀number฀of฀power฀outages฀was฀

To฀pay฀attention฀and฀to฀listen฀to฀the฀authorities.฀If฀they฀tell฀you฀to฀evacuate,฀leave.฀It’s฀ not฀worth฀risking฀your฀life฀to฀stay฀in฀that฀ kind฀of฀situation.฀I฀can’t฀imagine฀what฀it฀ would’ve฀been฀like฀to฀wake฀up฀and฀my฀whole฀ apartment฀have฀been฀flooded.฀So,฀yeah,฀listen฀ to฀the฀authorities฀and฀take฀all฀of฀the฀necessary฀ precautions.

Kayla Ham I really like the caramel frappuccino.

Alyson Adams My favorite drink is the peppermint mocha.

What is your favorite drink from Starbucks?

Chelsea Mills My favorite is the caramel frappuccino. I don’t go there much, but I really really like it.

Shayne Sanders My favorite is the caramel apple spice drink.

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WIN sponsored event hopes to inspire women to achieve entrepreneurial success KELLY LU HOLDER ARROW REPORTER

Playing฀a฀game฀of฀rummy฀and฀the฀final฀moments฀she฀had฀with฀ her฀mother,฀before฀she฀died฀at฀the฀age฀of฀51฀from฀a฀rare฀and฀ deadly฀form฀of฀bone฀cancer,฀is฀what฀inspired฀Tracy฀DeGraaf฀to฀ go฀out฀and฀tell฀her฀story. “Even฀when฀she฀had฀lost฀all฀control฀of฀almost฀every฀part฀ of฀her฀body,฀except฀her฀brain฀and฀her฀hands,฀and฀only฀had฀ days฀before฀she฀died฀from฀a฀horribly฀painful฀and฀debilitating฀ disease,฀she฀kept฀things฀uplifting฀and฀positive,”฀DeGraaf฀said฀ in฀an฀email. DeGraaf฀is฀the฀featured฀speaker฀for฀the฀Women฀Inspiring฀ Entrepreneurship฀event฀called฀“Women’s฀Night฀Out.” She฀is฀an฀author,฀entrepreneur,฀comedian฀and฀mother฀of฀ five฀boys.฀She฀will฀talk฀about฀her฀struggles฀through฀life,฀from฀ losing฀her฀mother฀while฀only฀in฀her฀20s฀to฀raising฀five฀healthy฀ boys฀and฀publishing฀her฀book฀“Laugh฀Anyway฀Mom.”

“For women, giving birth to a business is kind of like having a baby. ... we will push and grit our teeth and well, do whatever it takes to get it on its feet.” Tracy DeGraaf “My฀mission฀is฀to฀bring฀encouragement฀to฀the฀women฀in฀ the฀audience,”฀DeGraaf฀said.฀“I฀want฀to฀encourage฀them฀that฀ anything฀is฀possible฀and฀everything฀is฀probable฀if฀they฀just฀ do฀the฀best฀they฀can฀with฀what฀they฀have฀and฀never฀give฀up.฀I฀ know฀the฀blood,฀sweat฀and฀tears,฀lots฀of฀tears,฀that฀come฀with฀ following฀a฀dream.฀Bringing฀comedy฀to฀the฀challenges฀we฀face฀

is฀one฀way฀to฀make฀them฀tolerable.” DeGraaf฀is฀the฀cousin฀of฀Janey฀Radford,฀an฀Douglas฀C.฀ Greene฀Center฀for฀Innovation฀and฀Entrepreneurship฀staff฀ member,฀and฀was฀excited฀to฀join฀in฀on฀the฀festivities. “I฀am฀totally฀excited฀about฀coming฀to฀the฀WIN฀event,”฀ DeGraaf฀said.฀“First฀of฀all,฀as฀the฀mother฀of฀five฀sons฀it฀means฀ I฀live฀in฀a฀literal฀testosterone.฀I’m฀glad฀to฀be฀getting฀out฀of฀the฀ house฀and฀hang฀out฀with฀some฀estrogen฀for฀a฀change.฀I฀love฀ connecting฀with฀women฀entrepreneurs.฀We฀have฀that฀‘no-quit’฀ attitude.฀For฀women,฀giving฀birth฀to฀a฀business฀is฀kind฀of฀like฀ having฀a฀baby.฀We฀will฀push฀and฀grit฀our฀teeth฀and,฀well,฀do฀ whatever฀it฀takes฀to฀get฀it฀on฀its฀feet.” Erin฀Fluegge฀Wolf฀is฀the฀event฀coordinator฀for฀WIN.฀She฀has฀ been฀a฀professor฀of฀management฀at฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀ University฀since฀2008. This฀spring฀she฀became฀a฀faculty฀fellow฀for฀The฀Innovation฀Center,฀and฀“Women’s฀Night฀Out”฀is฀the฀first฀event฀she฀has฀ coordinated. “It’s฀going฀to฀be฀a฀great฀night,”฀Wolf฀said.฀“We฀have฀a฀comedian,฀and฀that’s฀Tracy,฀and฀she’s฀just฀hilarious.฀What’s฀going฀ to฀happen฀is฀you’re฀going฀to฀come฀in฀and,฀I฀don’t฀want฀to฀give฀ too฀much฀away฀because฀we฀have฀some฀special฀things฀that฀are฀ going฀to฀happen฀when฀you฀first฀walk฀in,฀but฀you฀can฀expect฀to฀ have฀lots฀of฀local฀women.฀So฀it’s฀going฀to฀be฀business฀owners฀ who฀are฀looking฀to฀start฀businesses,฀and฀then฀just฀people฀ from฀the฀community฀who฀want฀to฀be฀around฀other฀fabulous฀ women.฀We฀have฀hors฀d’oeuvres฀and฀there฀will฀be฀drinks฀so฀ you฀can฀have฀a฀nice฀little฀celebration.฀It’ll฀be฀laughs฀and฀good฀ times฀and฀just฀a฀really฀inspiring฀event.” “Women’s฀Night฀Out”฀will฀be฀from฀5:30฀p.m.฀to฀7฀p.m.฀on฀ Nov.฀15฀at฀the฀River฀Campus฀Atrium.฀Tickets฀are฀$10฀and฀registion฀is฀available฀online฀at฀www.semo.edu/win. “To฀me฀entrepreneurship฀isn’t฀just฀owning฀a฀business,”฀Wolf฀ said.฀“It’s฀leading฀a฀creative฀entrepreneurial฀life฀is฀what฀it’s฀all฀ about.฀If฀people฀get฀that฀message฀that฀they’re฀inspired฀to฀try฀ something฀new฀or฀just฀consider฀something฀that฀they฀haven’t฀

Tracy DeGraaf is the featured speaker for the Women Inspiring Entrepreneurship event called “Women’s Night Out.” Submitted Photo previously฀then฀I’ve฀done฀my฀job.” Wolf฀said฀details฀are฀still฀being฀worked฀out฀for฀the฀spring฀ event,฀but฀there฀will฀be฀different฀sessions฀and฀a฀social฀networking฀component. The฀spring฀event฀is฀scheduled฀for฀March฀9,฀2013. “God฀bless฀all฀the฀women,฀entrepreneurs฀and฀moms,”฀ DeGraaf฀said.฀“Our฀nation฀is฀filled฀with฀beautiful฀women฀of฀ all฀ages฀who฀are฀juggling฀a฀million฀things฀and฀doing฀a฀fine฀job฀ of฀it.฀Sometimes,฀all฀they฀need฀is฀a฀little฀laughter฀to฀encourage฀ them฀to฀keep฀going.”

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What is your favorite thing to do while on Thanksgiving break, and why is it your favorite? Alyssa Francis My฀favorite฀thing฀to฀do฀over฀Thanksgiving฀Break฀ is฀Thanksgiving฀of฀course!฀I฀love฀that฀all฀of฀my฀ friends฀and฀family฀come฀over฀and฀it฀seems฀ like฀we฀spend฀the฀entire฀day฀cooking฀and฀preparing฀for฀dinner.฀Time฀with฀the฀ones฀I฀love฀ always฀reminds฀me฀what฀I฀am฀thankful฀for.

Elizabeth Fritch The฀day฀after฀Thanksgiving฀we฀put฀up฀our฀ Christmas฀tree฀and฀all฀of฀our฀decorations฀ around฀the฀house,฀and฀then฀my฀family฀comes฀ over฀to฀eat฀leftovers฀from฀the฀day฀before!฀It’s฀ always฀been฀my฀favorite฀part฀of฀break!

Ashley Elizabeth I฀always฀go฀up฀to฀a฀cabin฀in฀Pere฀Marquette฀ and฀spend฀the฀day฀there.฀It’s฀a฀nice฀getaway

Jessica Bolhafner Watch฀all฀the฀Thanksgiving฀episodes฀of฀ Friends฀because฀they฀never฀get฀old.

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I฀asked฀a฀teacher฀in฀my฀class฀ last฀year฀what฀Thanksgiving฀ meant,฀but฀they฀didn’t฀explain฀ it฀to฀me.฀But฀they฀don’t฀really฀ know฀why.฀The฀first฀Thanksgiving฀I฀was฀with฀ Lindsay,฀my฀American฀roommate.฀I฀went฀to฀ her฀family’s. I฀had฀dinner฀with฀her฀family฀and฀her฀boyfriend,฀and฀we฀had฀a฀lot฀of฀food.฀It฀was฀actually฀pretty฀interesting,฀all฀the฀different฀kinds฀of฀ things฀that฀they฀had,฀and฀that฀it฀is฀all฀about฀ the฀family฀reunion.฀They฀had฀pumpkin฀pie,฀I฀ love฀pecan฀pie.฀They฀had฀turkey,฀green฀bean฀ casserole,฀mac฀‘n฀cheese฀and฀mashed฀potatoes฀and฀gravy.฀And฀a฀lot฀of฀beer.฀I’m฀going฀to฀ spend฀Thanksgiving฀with฀her฀this฀year฀again. Last฀year฀some฀people฀asked฀if฀we฀had฀ Thanksgiving฀in฀France,฀which฀is฀a฀very฀stupid฀question฀since฀it฀is฀an฀American฀celebration.฀It฀is฀linked฀to฀American฀history,฀so฀ it฀doesn’t฀make฀any฀sense฀to฀celebrate฀that.฀ Only฀Canada฀and฀America฀celebrate฀it. When฀they฀told฀me฀it฀was฀a฀family฀dinner,฀I฀was฀expecting฀us฀to฀be฀sitting฀at฀the฀ table฀and฀having฀a฀meal,฀but฀no,฀it฀was฀just฀ a฀bunch฀of฀different฀dishes,฀plates฀and฀you฀ grabbed฀food฀and฀went฀around฀the฀house฀

looking฀for฀whoever฀you฀wanted฀to฀talk.฀ That฀was฀a฀bit฀weird฀to฀me.฀Basically฀during฀ Thanksgiving฀you฀eat฀all฀day฀long,฀you฀start฀ at฀lunch฀and฀it฀lasts฀until฀dinner,฀and฀you฀ try฀to฀get฀some฀sleep฀because฀the฀next฀day฀is฀ Black฀Friday.

“Basically during Thanksgiving you eat all day long, you start at lunch and it lasts until dinner, and you try to get some sleep because the next day is Black Friday.” Marine Perot

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In฀Ecuador,฀Thanksgiving฀is฀ not฀very฀celebrated฀as฀it฀is฀ here฀in฀the฀USA.฀However,฀my฀ family฀is฀Christian,฀and฀we฀ do฀celebrate฀it.฀I฀think฀it’s฀nice฀to฀celebrate฀ Thanksgiving฀because฀it’s฀a฀moment฀in฀the฀ year฀where฀you฀can฀be฀together฀with฀your฀ family,฀reflect฀and฀do฀like฀a฀stop฀and฀give฀ thanks฀for฀the฀good฀and฀positive฀things฀that฀ happened฀during฀the฀year.฀Also,฀give฀thanks฀ to฀God฀for฀that,฀in฀the฀case฀of฀Christian฀families,฀like฀in฀my฀case. I฀think฀I฀would฀continue฀this฀tradition฀ with฀future฀generations฀because฀it฀is฀good฀ to฀have฀that฀stop฀in฀the฀day-to-day฀that฀is฀so฀ crazy,฀and฀stop฀and฀say฀‘OK,฀this฀is฀good,฀this฀ has฀happened฀and฀thank฀you’฀and฀not฀just฀ live฀to฀live.฀I฀would฀like฀to฀continue฀this฀tradition฀with฀my฀children,฀as฀well฀as฀other฀celebrations฀like฀Christmas฀that฀comes฀from฀ generation฀to฀generation. In฀Ecuador,฀Thanksgiving฀is฀not฀really฀ common,฀but฀my฀parents฀started฀the฀tradition฀like฀eight฀years฀ago.฀It’s฀not฀something฀ we’ve฀always฀done. My฀dad฀started฀it฀because฀he฀wanted฀us฀to฀ thank฀God฀for฀the฀good฀things฀that฀we’ve฀had฀

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during฀the฀year.฀And฀we฀do฀it฀the฀last฀Sunday฀ of฀November฀because฀Sunday฀is฀the฀day฀that฀ families฀can฀all฀be฀together.฀No฀one฀is฀working,฀and฀there’s฀no฀stress.฀The฀food฀is฀very฀ similar฀to฀here,฀the฀turkey,฀that฀is฀traditional,฀ with฀its฀sides,฀like฀salad฀and฀a฀special฀rice,฀ and฀you฀serve฀the฀food฀on฀the฀table฀and฀each฀ gets฀whatever฀each฀wants,฀like฀at฀Christmas. For฀this฀Thanksgiving,฀I฀have฀no฀plans฀ because฀I’m฀alone฀here.฀I฀have฀no฀family,฀no฀ friends.฀My฀two฀roommates฀are฀leaving,฀one฀ is฀going฀to฀San฀Francisco฀and฀the฀other฀one฀ is฀invited฀to฀spend฀Thanksgiving฀with฀a฀teacher฀or฀something฀like฀that.฀So฀I฀don’t฀have฀ a฀plan. The฀last฀two฀years฀I’ve฀been฀living฀in฀Germany฀with฀my฀husband฀we฀haven’t฀celebrated฀it,฀which฀is฀I฀think฀very฀wrong.฀I฀could฀ have฀instilled฀that฀tradition฀with฀Marcel฀ [my฀husband]฀but฀I฀haven’t,฀and฀I฀am฀being฀ very฀ungrateful฀to฀God฀these฀last฀years.฀But฀ now฀that฀I’m฀talking฀about฀it,฀I฀think฀my฀past฀ year’s฀attitudes฀have฀been฀horrible,฀and฀the฀ next฀year฀that฀I’ll฀be฀in฀Germany฀I฀will฀celebrate฀it฀with฀Marcel,฀and฀start฀a฀new฀tradition฀in฀our฀family.

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LAW Enforcement Academy STUDENTS ARE NOW OFFERED FOUR SIX-HOUR COURSES IN ADDITION TO THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CERTIFICATION

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Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀has฀ followed฀other฀universities฀and฀begun฀to฀ offer฀college฀credit฀to฀students฀who฀enroll฀in฀ the฀Law฀Enforcement฀Academy฀located฀at฀ Southeast. The฀students฀can฀take฀the฀classes฀in฀addition฀to฀earning฀full฀certification฀to฀become฀a฀ law฀enforcement฀officer฀in฀the฀state฀of฀Missouri฀from฀the฀Peace฀Officers฀Standards฀and฀ Training฀Commission฀through฀the฀Missouri฀ Department฀of฀Public฀Safety. “It’s฀pretty฀exciting,”฀said฀Carl฀Kinnison,฀director฀of฀the฀Law฀Enforcement฀Academy,฀full-time฀professor฀at฀Southeast฀and฀ former฀chief฀of฀the฀Cape฀Girardeau฀police฀ department.฀“I’m฀the฀one฀trying฀to฀make฀it฀ happen.” Those฀studying฀to฀become฀law฀enforcement฀officers฀who฀are฀enrolled฀in฀the฀Law฀ Enforcement฀Academy’s฀720-hour฀program฀ will฀qualify฀for฀the฀24฀hours฀of฀credit. The฀credit฀will฀go฀toward฀the฀student’s฀ completion฀of฀their฀720฀hours฀as฀well฀as฀earning฀their฀bachelor’s฀degree฀from฀Southeast,฀if฀

they฀have฀signed฀up฀for฀the฀courses. There฀are฀four฀six-hour฀courses฀members฀ will฀take,฀and฀they฀can฀take฀them฀during฀whichever฀semester฀the฀participant฀wants฀to฀take฀ them฀over฀the฀course฀of฀fulfilling฀their฀720฀ hours฀through฀the฀Academy. The฀classes฀are฀LE199฀Law฀Enforcement฀I,฀ LE299฀Law฀Enforcement฀II,฀LE฀399฀Law฀Enforcement฀III฀and฀LE499฀Law฀Enforcement฀IV. People฀who฀want฀to฀be฀law฀enforcement฀ officers฀do฀not฀have฀to฀have฀a฀college฀degree,฀ but฀they฀do฀have฀to฀attend฀a฀state-accredited฀ academy. According฀to฀Dr.฀Michael฀Brown,฀professor฀ emeritus฀of฀the฀Criminal฀Justice฀department,฀ in฀the฀past฀students฀with฀a฀degree฀would฀ apply฀for฀a฀law฀enforcement฀officer฀job฀and฀ then฀find฀they฀had฀to฀have฀certification฀ from฀an฀academy฀to฀get฀that฀job.฀Now,฀students฀in฀the฀academy฀who฀also฀want฀to฀earn฀ a฀bachelor’s฀degree฀can฀apply฀the฀24฀hours฀of฀ college฀credit฀toward฀the฀bachelor’s฀degree฀ and฀their฀hours฀at฀the฀law฀enforcement฀ academy. Students฀who฀want฀to฀enroll฀in฀the฀classes฀ would฀have฀to฀first฀enroll฀in฀the฀law฀enforcement฀academy฀and฀then฀sign฀up฀for฀the฀four฀ classes฀through฀the฀Southeast฀banner. The฀academy฀runs฀for฀18฀weeks฀in฀the฀ spring,฀from฀January฀to฀May. The฀classes฀will฀be฀taught฀face-to-face฀in฀ classrooms,฀as฀mandated฀by฀Missouri’s฀laws฀ regarding฀basic฀training฀classes. These฀aren’t฀typical฀college฀classes,฀Kinnison฀said. Kinnison฀said฀the฀four฀classes฀would฀ appeal฀to฀people฀who฀want฀to฀work฀in฀

municipalities,฀for฀example. “We’ve฀got฀four฀students฀expressing฀an฀ interest฀in฀the฀classes฀already,”฀Kinnison฀said. Kinnison฀said฀the฀classes฀should฀be฀taught฀ starting฀in฀January฀2013. Other฀schools฀have฀seen฀success฀with฀similar฀programs. The฀University฀of฀Missouri฀has฀an฀academy฀ but฀not฀a฀specific฀criminal฀justice฀program.฀ Students฀can฀take฀similar฀courses฀through฀ other฀universities฀like฀Columbia฀College,฀but฀ it฀counts฀toward฀their฀hours฀at฀the฀academy฀at฀

“We’ve got four students expressing an interest in the classes already.” Carl Kinnison the฀University฀of฀Missouri. “From฀our฀experience฀this฀is฀a฀valuable฀ opportunity฀for฀students฀who฀are฀looking฀to฀ go฀into฀law฀enforcement,”฀said฀John฀Worden,฀ the฀director฀of฀the฀Law฀Enforcement฀Training฀ Institute฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Missouri. “This฀is฀both฀time฀and฀money฀savings฀for฀ the฀student,”฀Worden฀said. Southeast฀students฀will฀take฀the฀24฀hours฀of฀ college฀credit฀as฀electives,฀so฀it฀will฀not฀count฀ toward฀any฀core฀requirements฀at฀Southeast. Drury฀University฀in฀Springfield,฀Mo.,฀offers฀ students฀18฀hours฀of฀college฀credit฀toward฀the฀ required฀700฀hours฀at฀their฀law฀enforcement฀ academy.฀The฀credits฀are฀the฀core฀classes฀for฀ the฀Associate฀of฀Science฀in฀Law฀Enforcement,฀

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as฀opposed฀to฀elective฀courses฀only,฀according฀ to฀Tony฀Bowers,฀the฀director฀of฀the฀Law฀Enforcement฀Academy฀at฀Drury. “We฀are฀starting฀to฀see฀more฀graduates฀of฀ the฀academy฀continue฀their฀process฀toward฀ the฀AS฀[Associate฀of฀Science]฀and฀the฀BS฀ [Bachelor฀of฀Science]฀degree,”฀Bowers฀said. Brown฀was฀instrumental฀in฀the฀process฀that฀ began฀two฀years฀ago. He฀helped฀get฀the฀four฀classes฀to฀qualify฀for฀ college฀credit฀to฀make฀it฀easier฀for฀students฀to฀ graduate฀with฀their฀degree฀while฀attending฀ the฀academy,฀instead฀of฀doing฀so฀much฀of฀it฀ separately. Brown฀believes฀there฀are฀four฀things฀students฀can฀do฀to฀have฀a฀better฀chance฀of฀securing฀a฀job. Students฀should฀earn฀a฀criminal฀justice฀ degree฀so฀they฀have฀the฀credentials,฀get฀an฀ internship฀in฀criminal฀justice฀so฀they฀can฀ get฀hands-on฀experience,฀have฀a฀clean฀background฀to฀pass฀the฀background฀check฀and฀ attend฀a฀state฀accredited฀academy฀to฀be฀a฀ licensed฀officer. “I฀can’t฀stress฀the฀importance฀of฀keeping฀ your฀nose฀clean฀and฀passing฀that฀background฀ check,”฀Brown฀said. Students฀should฀pick฀the฀agency฀they฀want฀ and฀identify฀requirements฀for฀that฀agency฀ and฀acquire฀the฀skills฀necessary฀to฀get฀the฀ job,฀Brown฀said,฀which฀“will฀provide฀students฀ with฀the฀attitude฀and฀skills฀necessary฀to฀be฀ successful.” People฀who฀are฀interested฀in฀signing฀up฀for฀ the฀law฀enforcement฀academy฀or฀the฀classes฀can฀contact฀Kinnison฀at฀ckinnison@semo. edu.