ANDREA GILS
MC 322-01 Southeast Missouri State University
FROM BOTTOM TO THE TOP
What skills should a public relations professional have by 2020?
S
ocial media is evolving exponentially; there are new social media outlets, software, applications and services that are invented every year, week and day, each trying to encompass better features of previous versions or competitors’.
The next generation will know how to communicate through these media and use them as tools in their public relations strategies. But in order to use them not only as a way to see how many viewers a website has, how many followers a Twitter account has or how many Likes a Facebook page has, public relations professionals will need to know how to interpret Andrea Gils and analyze the data that the new soPhoto by Agathe Pompom cial media monitoring programs gather. If they know how to interpret
the data gathered, they will be able to tell what is working and what is not in their public relations strategy.
“Analytics of media monitoring tools and the use of these should be included in public relations programs nationwide.” Andrea Gils Public relations professionals need to be able to analyze data to recognize individual and cultural patterns of behavior to identify niche markets, weak and strong markets, and track e-commerce. Knowing how to use and interpret data gathered from Hootsuite or Wildfire facilitates development of strategy.
International mass media student receives PRSSA’s 2012 National Conference Grant By Andrea Gils
Andrea Gils, who came from Uruguay to study at Southeast Missouri State University, is a recipient of the 2012 National Conference Grant from the Public Relations Student Society of America. The grant will help her attend the PRSSA National Conference in San Francisco in October. Gils is already a leader in the PRSSA-SE chapter, and this grant will help her pursue a national leadership role. “I want to become part of the National Committee,” Gils said. “My aim is to address the controversies that arise in countries around
the world when the code of ethics and national laws conflict.”
“I want to become part of the National Committee.” Andrea Gils The first international student elected to the PRSSA-SE chapter’s highest office, Gils represents the Latin American community and exemplifies the global growth of the public relations profession. Gils holds an IBO bilingual diploma and a TESOL certificate from
Trinity College London. She is also a reporter and copy editor for the Arrow campus newspaper and is pursuing a B.A. in Journalism and a B.S. in Public Relations at Southeast. PRSSA is the foremost organization in the world for students interested in public relations and communications. Founded in 1968 by the parent organization, the Public Relations Society of America, PRSSA includes more than 10,000 student members and advisers and is active at more than 320 colleges and universities.
Gils’ projects for academic year 2012-2013 ✴ Arrow Copy Editor since fall 2012 ✴ Arrow reporter since spring 2012 ✴PRSSA President-elect 2012-2013 ✴ PRSSA Student-run Firm Director since fall 2012. ✴ Contributor to a research from the Psychology Department with Dr. Nancy Aguinaga and Dr. Ken Callis. ✴ Presenter of research at Student Research Conference in spring.
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HALLOWEEN
How it all began...
U.S. consumers spend on Halloween costumes
2.5 billion on candy, crafts and deco-
and rations.
The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts wondered the streets on all Hallows Eve so they began wearing masks and costumes in order to not be recognized as human. The jack-o-lantern tradition comes from an old Irish folk tale about a man named Stingy Jack. It was said that he was unable to get into heaven and was turned away from the devil because of his tricky ways. So he set off to wander the world looking for a resting place. For light, Stingy Jack used a burning coal ember in a hollowed out turnip. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S. during the Great Potato Famine of 1845-1850, they found that turnips were not as readily available like they were in the homeland. So they started carving pumpkins as a replacement for their tradition. On Halloween, Irish peasants would beg the rich for food. For those that refused, they would play a practical joke. So, in an effort to avoid being tricked, the rich would hand out cookies, candy, and fruit – a practice that morphed into trick-or-treating today.
2
Y K O O SP s r e b m nu
Halloween is the
2nd most com-
mercially successful holiday, with
Christmas being the first.
Halloween is the
3rd
biggest
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ANSWER
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2- Wrap!
, 3- a sa
nd-witch
, 4- A so
ur puss
.
Page 8
1.5 billion
Halloween, referred to as All Hallows Eve, was originally a pagan holiday in which they honored the dead. It was celebrated on October 31 since this was the last day of the Celtic calendar. The celebration dates back some 2,000 years.
on Halloween, If you see a it’s believed to be the spirit of a loved one watching over you.
party day
of the year.
86% and colors
are Halloween because orange is associated with the fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
of Americans
decorate their
homes in Halloween.
Source: http://www.examiner.com Page 9
Newspapers in Education
HALLOWEEN
How it all began...
U.S. consumers spend on Halloween costumes
2.5 billion on candy, crafts and deco-
and rations.
The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts wondered the streets on all Hallows Eve so they began wearing masks and costumes in order to not be recognized as human. The jack-o-lantern tradition comes from an old Irish folk tale about a man named Stingy Jack. It was said that he was unable to get into heaven and was turned away from the devil because of his tricky ways. So he set off to wander the world looking for a resting place. For light, Stingy Jack used a burning coal ember in a hollowed out turnip. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S. during the Great Potato Famine of 1845-1850, they found that turnips were not as readily available like they were in the homeland. So they started carving pumpkins as a replacement for their tradition. On Halloween, Irish peasants would beg the rich for food. For those that refused, they would play a practical joke. So, in an effort to avoid being tricked, the rich would hand out cookies, candy, and fruit – a practice that morphed into trick-or-treating today.
2
Y K O O SP s r e b m nu
Halloween is the
2nd most com-
mercially successful holiday, with
Christmas being the first.
Halloween is the
3rd
biggest
th inl a e h e t favori e h t lins? s b i o t g a h d n W Q1: ind osts a k h e g t i r r o o f e y ’s fav m suranc m u m at ’s a Q2: Wh ch who t i ? c w i s a u l of m u cal o y o d t a Q3: Wh oss h? A: r c c a e u b o e y th when t e g lives at u o at do y h on? W m : e l 4 a Q h at wit c k c a l ab
ANSWER
i-Scare, S: 1- med
2- Wrap!
, 3- a sa
nd-witch
, 4- A so
ur puss
.
Page 8
1.5 billion
Halloween, referred to as All Hallows Eve, was originally a pagan holiday in which they honored the dead. It was celebrated on October 31 since this was the last day of the Celtic calendar. The celebration dates back some 2,000 years.
on Halloween, If you see a it’s believed to be the spirit of a loved one watching over you.
party day
of the year.
86% and colors
are Halloween because orange is associated with the fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
of Americans
decorate their
homes in Halloween.
Source: http://www.examiner.com Page 9
How it all began...
Halloween, referred to as All Hallows Eve, was originally a pagan holiday in which they honored the dead. It was celebrated on October 31 since this was the last day of the Celtic calendar. The celebration dates back some 2,000 years.
SPOOKY numbers
The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts wondered the streets on all Hallows Eve so they began wearing masks and costumes in order to not be recognized as human.
U.S. consumers spend
The jack-o-lantern tradition comes from an old Irish folk tale about a man named Stingy Jack. It was said that he was unable to get into heaven and was turned away from the devil because of his tricky ways. So he set off to wander the world looking for a resting place. For light, Stingy Jack used a burning coal ember in a hollowed out turnip. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S. during the Great Potato Famine of 1845-1850, they found that turnips were not as readily available like they were in the homeland. So they started carving pumpkins as a replacement for their tradition.
on Halloween costumes
On Halloween, Irish peasants would beg the rich for food. For those that refused, they would play a practical joke. So, in an effort to avoid being tricked, the rich would hand out cookies, candy, and fruit – a practice that morphed into trick-or-treating today.
TRICK OR TREAT (True/False) 1. You should walk, stalk, slither or sneak only on sidewalks on Halloween night. 2. Before going up to a house, you should always check that it has Halloween decorations. 3. If there’s a Jack O’lantern on the porch you should avoid going to that house because the candle may light your costume on fire.
4. You got a yummy, crunchy chocolate at the first house and you’re hungry! But your sister says to wait until you get home to eat it. 5. Everyone should get their own flashlight on Halloween. 6. The best way to have fun on Halloween is to stay out as late as possible and get as much candy as you can!
1. Treat! (True) Sidewalks are best. Be sure also to cross the street only at marked intersections and look both ways for cars or errant broomsticks. 2. Trick! (False) Although Halloween decorations are fun, the most important thing to look for is a well-lit home with the front porch light on. Most people turn the light on to say “come visit” and turn it off to say, “not now.” 3. Trick! (False) Although it IS smart to avoid candles, you don’t have to avoid the house altogether. If the front porch is well-lit, watch your step and your costume when approaching the door and steer clear of the lighted Jack O’Lantern. 4. Treat! (True) Sis is right. You should always wait until you get home to eat anything so that your parents can help you inspect your candy in the light. Be safe rather than sorry and have a snack before you head out instead. 5. Treat! (True) Everyone should see and be seen for safety, so a flashlight is essential. It’s also a good idea to attach reflective tape to your costume to make sure drivers can see you.
2
1.5 billion
Halloween is the
2.5 billion on candy, crafts
and and decorations.
Q1: What is the favorite health insurance for ghosts and goblins? Q2: What’s a mummy’s favorite kind of music? Q3: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? Q4: What do you get when you cross a black cat with a lemon?
commercially successful
1/4
Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
on Halloween, If you see a it’s believed to be the spirit of a loved one watching over you.
2nd most
holiday, with Christmas being the first.st.
Of all the candy sold annually, of it is sold during Halloween time.
3rd biggest party day
Halloween is the
Tootsie Rolls were the first
of the year.
wrapped penny candy
in America.
46
Trick or Treat for UNICEF
Years since the premiere of the classic TV special, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!"
started in 1950 in Philadelphia.
86%
ANSWERS: 1- medi-Scare, 2- Wrap!, 3- a sand-witch, 4- A sour puss.
HALLOWEEN
Newspapers in Education
of Americans
decorate
and colors
are Halloween because orange is associated with the fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
their homes in Halloween.
Source: http://www.examiner.com
How it all began...
Halloween, referred to as All Hallows Eve, was originally a pagan holiday in which they honored the dead. It was celebrated on October 31 since this was the last day of the Celtic calendar. The celebration dates back some 2,000 years.
SPOOKY numbers
The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts wondered the streets on all Hallows Eve so they began wearing masks and costumes in order to not be recognized as human.
U.S. consumers spend
The jack-o-lantern tradition comes from an old Irish folk tale about a man named Stingy Jack. It was said that he was unable to get into heaven and was turned away from the devil because of his tricky ways. So he set off to wander the world looking for a resting place. For light, Stingy Jack used a burning coal ember in a hollowed out turnip. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S. during the Great Potato Famine of 1845-1850, they found that turnips were not as readily available like they were in the homeland. So they started carving pumpkins as a replacement for their tradition.
on Halloween costumes
On Halloween, Irish peasants would beg the rich for food. For those that refused, they would play a practical joke. So, in an effort to avoid being tricked, the rich would hand out cookies, candy, and fruit – a practice that morphed into trick-or-treating today.
TRICK OR TREAT (True/False) 1. You should walk, stalk, slither or sneak only on sidewalks on Halloween night. 2. Before going up to a house, you should always check that it has Halloween decorations. 3. If there’s a Jack O’lantern on the porch you should avoid going to that house because the candle may light your costume on fire.
4. You got a yummy, crunchy chocolate at the first house and you’re hungry! But your sister says to wait until you get home to eat it. 5. Everyone should get their own flashlight on Halloween. 6. The best way to have fun on Halloween is to stay out as late as possible and get as much candy as you can!
1. Treat! (True) Sidewalks are best. Be sure also to cross the street only at marked intersections and look both ways for cars or errant broomsticks. 2. Trick! (False) Although Halloween decorations are fun, the most important thing to look for is a well-lit home with the front porch light on. Most people turn the light on to say “come visit” and turn it off to say, “not now.” 3. Trick! (False) Although it IS smart to avoid candles, you don’t have to avoid the house altogether. If the front porch is well-lit, watch your step and your costume when approaching the door and steer clear of the lighted Jack O’Lantern. 4. Treat! (True) Sis is right. You should always wait until you get home to eat anything so that your parents can help you inspect your candy in the light. Be safe rather than sorry and have a snack before you head out instead. 5. Treat! (True) Everyone should see and be seen for safety, so a flashlight is essential. It’s also a good idea to attach reflective tape to your costume to make sure drivers can see you.
2
1.5 billion
Halloween is the
2.5 billion on candy, crafts
and and decorations.
Q1: What is the favorite health insurance for ghosts and goblins? Q2: What’s a mummy’s favorite kind of music? Q3: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? Q4: What do you get when you cross a black cat with a lemon?
commercially successful
1/4
Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
on Halloween, If you see a it’s believed to be the spirit of a loved one watching over you.
2nd most
holiday, with Christmas being the first.st.
Of all the candy sold annually, of it is sold during Halloween time.
3rd biggest party day
Halloween is the
Tootsie Rolls were the first
of the year.
wrapped penny candy
in America.
46
Trick or Treat for UNICEF
Years since the premiere of the classic TV special, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!"
started in 1950 in Philadelphia.
86%
ANSWERS: 1- medi-Scare, 2- Wrap!, 3- a sand-witch, 4- A sour puss.
HALLOWEEN
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of Americans
decorate
and colors
are Halloween because orange is associated with the fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
their homes in Halloween.
Source: http://www.examiner.com
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HEALTH
WHAT IS SAFE SEX? Being safe with sex means caring for both your own health, and the health of your partner. Being safe protects you from getting or passing on sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and an unplanned pregnancy. There are lots of ways to enjoy physical intimacy with your partner without having oral, vaginal or anal sex.
Safe sex also includes lots of other activities like kissing, cuddling, rubbing, massage, stroking, masturbation (touching your own genitals) or touching each other's genitals. Why not explore other ways to be intimate which do not put you at risk of sexually transmissible infections or an unintended pregnancy?
Male condom
How you can stay safe?
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Always use condoms if you have vaginal, oral or anal sex.
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Condoms is the only method of contraception that protects against both STIs and pregnancy.
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You have the right to say NO if your partner does not agree to use condoms.
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Never have sex if your partner has a visible sore, ulcer or lump on their genitals or anal area. STIs can be passed from one person to another by oral sex. Especially if you have
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If you have unprotected sex, talk to your partner about the risks involved.
Contraceptive pill
a cut or sore on your mouth or lips or bleeding gums.
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STIs can be transmitted if you use sex toys. Use condoms and change the condom for each person.
Contraceptive implant
Don’t be afraid to talk to your partner about sex. Don’t avoid the topic.
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/istaysafe/be-safe-with-sex/contraception
Number of women becoming pregnant out of 100 using contraceptives I.U.D.
No contracep5ve method
Diaphragm
Female condoms Diaphragm IUD implant Contracep5ve pills Male condom 0
20
40
60
80
100
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/summarychart.html
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Southeast bookstore and textbook rental system may change in 2013, officials considering possibilities ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
Southeast Missouri State University may outsource its bookstore and textbook rental systems next semester to keep up with technological changes by signing a one-year contract with a new vendor. According to a press release from Southeast, the university issued a request for proposals on Nov. 30 to vendors that might be interested in placing a bid. Within weeks, students will have the opportunity to listen to the vendor’s proposals before university officials make any decisions. When Southeast Bookstore manager Jan Chisman announced she was retiring, Kathy Mangels, vice president of Finance and Administration, said it was an opportunity to look at different models of operation and at the same time keep up with today’s technological advances in the classroom. Jack Dunn, a student worker at the bookstore, said that new technology won’t make much difference. “Taking the words from a book you don’t want to read anyway and putting it on a tablet doesn’t make you read it any more,” Dunn said. “There’s a lot more procrastination that goes into technology, I think, for students than actually doing work. Whether the coursebook is on an e-book or whether it is on a hardback, you’re not gonna read it either way. So I think that that is all for looks and not for really student benefit.” Southeast has received bids from Follett, Barnes and Noble
and the University of Missouri. Proposals had to include specific information about the bookstore’s operation, including retail sales, clothing and other merchandise as well as information about textbook rental, including costs, operation and incorporation of current Southeast staff in their models. Mangels said Southeast will compare the vendors and the bookstore’s current textbook rental models. Mangels said students will have a chance to hear how the vendors will operate first hand and be able to ask questions during an open forum that will take place the last week of February or the first week of March. Mangels said Southeast will use the feedback from the forums and the information provided to make a recommendation to the Board of Regents, which will make the final decision. “The textbook rental is a very important program to students, and we will consider the vendor with regards to how it is set up to students,” Mangels said. “We have a very successful program compared to other institutions. ... We are not looking to change that. … What we are looking at is how we can provide students the cost-benefits of a rental program that access to the new technology that gives them course materials in a whole new way.” Mangels said that if the recommendation is to work with one of the new vendors, Southeast will work with that vendor to finalize what it proposes, which would include textbook rental pricing. Dunn said he thinks there will be an increase in the price of
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Southeast is considering outsourcing its textbook rental program to another company. Photo by Drew Yount textbook rentals and that students will see a difference in how the bookstore is run, according to what he has been told by his supervisor. “I have it that none of the rental plans are as good as the ones we have now, either in price or in how many books are available to be rented,” Dunn said. “It would just be more of a rate to rent any books, or a percentage of new, and it wouldn’t be cheaper than the 25 dollars that we have now,” Dunn said. “If they say they are going to get money for different things to be able to do better things for the school, they can’t do anything better. … Nothing helps everybody more than textbooks. … Even if they said they are going to give us more technology, I don’t think they are going to help anybody.” Mangels said that there may be some changes in merchandise offered, including electronic equipment like iPads and laptops, which the bookstore does not
currently offer. Mangels said she is observing the courses that currently use e-books to see if there is a difference in outcome when electronic materials are involved. “Nationwide, only about 5 percent of all books in courses currently are e-text, but we anticipate the industry that it will continue to grow,” Mangels said. “It’s still very new. ... There’s still analysis to be done to see how faculty can incorporate these along with traditional print materials and make the best of the learning experience.” Mangels said that the outsourcing is not about trying to make more dollars and any profit would go to funding student scholarships and other things the bookstore’s revenue already does. “We are trying to be proactive on behalf of our students so we can offer the materials in the classroom and also watch for them from an affordability standpoint,” Mangels said.
According to the Associated Press, Quazi Mohammed Rezwanul Nafis pleaded guilty to terrorism charges Thursday. Last fall, the former Southeast Missouri State University cybersecurity major attempted to bomb the Federal Reserve Bank with what he thought was a 1,000-pound car bomb. He was officially charged with an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction and to provide material support to the al-Qaida. Nafis, 21, said in court that he felt remorse and no longer sees himself as a jihadist. Read the story on Hannah Parent’s blog at southeastArrow.com.
Career Linkages Annual campus-wide career fair will be held March 7 Southeast Missouri State University’s Career Linkages is hosting a campuswide career and internship fair on March 7 for all majors on campus and for one day. A new feature provided through Career Linkages, located on the second floor of the University Center, will allow students unable to attend the fair to submit their resumes for review by staff members at Career Linkages online through the university’s homepage under Career Linkages “News and Events” link. “This enhancement to the career fair experience adds additional potential to connect students with employers to provide an impression that lasts both before and after the actual event,” said Joyce A. Hunter, experiential learning coordinator for Career Linkages. Read the story at southeastArrow. com.
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Sorority members representing all chapters at Southeast posing for a photo during 2012 fall recruitment. Submitted Photo
Southeast may add new sororities to campus Five of the six social Panhellenic sororities are over their totals ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
As Greek recruitment grows at Southeast Missouri State University every year, university officials contemplate the idea of making new sorority additions to Southeast’s Greek life options. Christine Loy, interim assistant director of fraternities and sororities and Greek hall director, said she has talked about the possibility of additions to a number of sororities casually, but no process has been started yet. Loy said she has received requests from transfer and new Southeast students who are interested in starting a new chapter.
“A lot of people are worried that we are just gonna add one [sorority] and they are gonna come in a month or something, but it’s a long process, so it’s possible we won’t have it at all.” Christine Loy Sophomore Samantha Vogel said she likes Delta Zeta chapter because its members volunteer for speech and hearing organizations like the Starkey Hearing Foundation. “When I rushed I dropped out halfway through and only got asked back to one of the six houses,” Vogel said. “That feeling was absolute rejection. I was aware a lot of
women were feeling this way, so I decided to do research and take action. If you don’t like something — change it.” Loy said adding a new sorority on campus is a structured process, which could take anywhere from a semester to a year. “Our sororities have been growing pretty much every year for the last few years, and currently five out of the six are over total,” Loy said. Southeast sororities have a limit of 80 members, but they are allowed to go over that total if they reach quota through recruitment. Five out of the six sororities on campus are over total. The other, Sigma Sigma Sigma, has 58 members. The bigger a chapter is, the greater the quota is during formal recruitment. Any chapter that has not met its membership quota can do informal recruitment during the spring semester. “The fact that the sororities are so different in size and some of them are so much higher over total, means that if we were to add another sorority, it would kind of equalize things,” Loy said. The process to add a new sorority would begin with forming an interest committee that would go through statistics and recruitment numbers to analyze if Southeast can support another sorority on campus. The committee would provide the Panhellenic Council with a recommendation about whether a new organization should be added or not. Loy said they have not even started the process. “A lot of people are worried that we are just gonna add one [sorority] and they are gonna come in a month or something, but it’s a long process, so it’s possible we won’t have it at all,” Loy said. National headquarters of the sororities that are not at Southeast have already been contacted. “Our National Panhellenic Conference has advisers for every district, and the adviser of our district has already talked to headquarters
to see what they would think about it and they said that nationally, they are all interested,” Loy said. Having more sororities on campus would mean potential new members would have more options to choose from. “Some people are worried that it would take away members that they could get, but I don’t really think that’s much of an issue since there are so many women that go through recruitment, and not that many spaces for them,” Loy said. Public relations major and the annual progress report chair of Alpha Xi Delta, Elaine Quitos, said new sorority additions would be good for Greek life at Southeast since there are more fraternities than sororities on campus. Quitos said she believes her sorority’s recruitment would not be affected. “Having new chapters will allow for evening out in numbers for each chapter,” Gamma Phi Beta member Chelsea Nesbit said in an email. “This could also go in a negative direction by having more girls/guys being more interested in a new chapter that does not have any title already.” Any sorority that opens a chapter at Southeast would have one or two consultants that work for the organization to recruit and get an interest group started at Southeast.
“Most sororities like to expand and have more chapters, it just means a bigger sisterhood,” Loy said. “If they [other chapters] would see the benefits of SEMO, that we do have a strong student population, the Greek system is very strong here and it’s growing, it’s something that would be attractive to other sororities.” A new chapter would mean the need for a new Greek house. The housing issue is one of Nesbit’s concerns. “There is already not enough room for living on Greek hill,” Nesbit said. “Not having all the chapters on Greek hill already places some fraternities to be shunned from some events and being noticed. There just isn’t any room for the increase of new chapters.” Loy said that if a new chapter opened, it would not have a building on Greek hill. “If they are here at Towers, they would be close enough and probably just as beneficial. ... But it is possible that they do not have a house,” Loy said. She said that there are some Greek organizations in other universities that do not have a house and if this were the case, they would just need to find a place to have their meetings and events. “The most important thing to remember is that it’s not definite yet,” Loy said.
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Southeast designs Greek accreditation process ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
Southeast Missouri State University is implementing a new mandatory Greek accreditation process to better evaluate and monitor organizations on campus. Greek chapters have a national accreditation process that assures national standards are followed, but Southeast officials are only given detailed information about sororities or fraternities if a chapter applies for a President’s Award given to one or two outstanding student organizations each year. Because of this, director of Residence Life Bruce Skinner, former assistant director of fraternities and sororities Teena Reasoner and Michele Irby, the director of Campus Life and Event Services, designed a new mandatory accreditation process last year to ensure that chapters meet Southeast’s standards, according to Christine Loy, the interim assistant director of fraternities and sororities. Skinner, Loy and Irby will assess the standards on a score-based system. The standards include academic achievement, chapter operations and management and philanthropy and service, among others things. All 18 Greek chapters must show they meet at least the minimum standards each year to earn acceditation. Loy said the new accreditation process will give Southeast a snapshot of how Greeks organizations are doing and can motivate Greeks to apply for awards. Accredited chapters will receive the awards, but Loy said she did not want to speculate as to which type of awards there will be since it depends on the kind and amount of information the applicants submit. According to Loy, Reasoner developed the idea of the new accreditation process last year with Irby before Loy took over the accreditation process and informed Greek organizations’ presidents about the new process at the beginning of the fall semester. The deadline for fraternities and sororities to submit the application with information pertaining to 2012 was set for Jan. 30, but
Areas of evaluation for the accreditation process Academic achievement Chapter operations and management Membership education and development Recruitment and sustainability Philanthropy and service Stakeholder relationships Risk management multiple Greek leaders said they knew little about the process last week. Amber Cason, a sophomore majoring in mass media and history, is the new president of Alpha Chi Omega. Cason, who has been in office just two weeks, said she had little information about the new accreditation process. “I haven’t talked to anybody from the head of Southeast Greek organizations about accreditation,” Cason said. “Everything I’ve heard has been kind of word of mouth, that might happen, might not, so honestly I don’t know. But I feel that they won’t be outrageous standards that we won’t be able to meet.” Cason added that she has talked about the new accreditation process with her sorority’s executive board but, since she had not heard from Loy, did not announce it to the other members. “When someone comes to me and says ‘This is what we are doing’, then I’ll be happy to announce it to my chapter,” Cason said. Loy said accreditation will be especially helpful during recruitment, when students interested in joining a sorority or fraternity will see some organizations are accredited and some are not, inclining them to apply for those accredited. She also said that the reputation of non-accredited organizations could be hurt. Cason didn’t agree that accreditation will affect Greek organizations’ reputations. “I think the people of an organization
make the reputation,” Casen said. Cason said that having academics as part of the accreditation is important to her, and her chapter takes pride in having a good academic standing within her own chapter and within the university. Cason agreed that the new accreditation would affect recruitment because when it comes to any organization or program, if a program is accredited, it is good and people want to be involved in it. “I don’t think the end result will be negative,” Cason said. “Some organizations might realize that they are not as organized or doing as much as they thought they were. But I feel accreditation would help them reach their potential, help them get more organized and help them realize the things they need to do. … It might show some problems within the organization, but I think it would definitely help.” Alpha Xi Delta president Jamie Teague said in an email that her chapter would be in favor of applying for accreditation, although she also said she was not very aware of the process. “I think the new accreditation process is a good thing because [it] exemplifies the Greek system and shows others that we really are a strong community on campus,” Teague said. “It’s not just having fun,” Loy said. “It shows at levels we’ve got at stake, and how they’re doing, make sure they’re doing what they should be doing.”
BRIEFS Director Southeast still is searching for a director of Recreation Services The search for a new director of Recreation Services has not yet begun, according to Dr. Bruce Skinner, assistant vice president for Student Success and the director of the Office of Residence Life. Troy Vaughn, director of Recreation Services for seven and a half years, resigned from his position on Aug. 31, 2012, which left the department of Recreation Services without a director last year. Mike Buck stepped in as interim director on Sept. 3. “It has been very rewarding for me,” Buck said. “I have enjoyed every second of it. We have a great staff, both professional and student, who have made the transition a very smooth one.” Skinner said typically searches to fill positions in Student Affairs, which includes Student Recreation Services, begin in mid to late spring. Once a position is available, Skinner said a hiring committee is selected that is made up of a variety of faculty, staff and students. Read the full story at southeastArrow. com.
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LAST Chance to Dance SOUTHEAST STUDENTS TO PERFORM 35 PIECES LASTING NO MORE THAN EIGHT MINUTES
Students exhibit talent in last dance concert of semester ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
From lights and sound, to costumes and choreography, students will be in charge of the semester’s final dance concert, Last Chance to Dance, where everyone can “unplug” before finals. The idea behind Last Chance to Dance is students will have their last opportunity to perform in the semester. This informal concert is always the Monday before finals week, so students are able to have a final hurrah at the end of the semester, according to concert director Hilary Peterson. In Last Chance to Dance, students submit all kinds of work including hip-hop, contemporary, jazz, duets and bollywood. According to senior musical theatre major Keith Johnson, the students performing know what students want see, so the concert will include pieces that students enjoy watching. Submissions began a couple of weeks before the event, and Peterson said she received most of them on the first day. There will be about 35 pieces with each piece lasting no longer than eight minutes. The short length gives more students opportunities to present their work. Freshmen, sophomore, juniors and seniors will perform and the time limit is the only restriction. “It’s so funny to me because when I first came to the dance department, there were about 11 pieces in the show, and the majority of them were things we were doing in our classes and we performed at Academic Hall. … Now students can only submit two pieces of work for Last Chance, and the show is performed in the Bedell Performance Hall and
it now has a time limit,” said Leshay Mathis, senior dance and corporate communication major. Senior Rachel Hunsell said it is a chance for students whose work didn’t get into either Fall for Dance or Spring into Dance performances or for those students who don’t feel comfortable auditioning their work yet, to present their pieces. Hunsell choreographed two tap duets. She said she has high expectations for the show since the Department of Theatre and Dance is continually growing and getting stronger, which in turn makes the concerts even better.
“Watching them just lavish in their own creativity and passion for what they do is so enjoyable and so rewarding.” Hilary Peterson “Every Last Chance is different, and that’s the beauty of it,” Hunsell said. Students have rehearsed some pieces for months and others only a few weeks. They are in charge of scheduling their own rehearsals, and the only dress rehearsal is the Sunday before opening day. Mathis will perform in three pieces, two of which she choreographed, including “Well Well Well” by Duffy, which has four dancers and is more of a “jazzy piece with a bit of comedy,” according to Mathis, and “Express” from the movie Burlesque, which has 11 dancers. The final piece is a senior piece.
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For graduating senior Chance Hill, this dance concert will be bittersweet since it is his last one, though he said it will be a great memory and a great stepping stone. Hill choreographed the piece “Okay... Recap,” which he said will be humorous and witty. “If you go to both Fall for Dance and Last Chance then it will make so much more sense,” Hill said in an email. “I chose this piece because all of the dancers need a good laugh after such a long semester of rehearsals of the same piece. It takes everything in a different light. We have been preparing for this only for about a week. There are eight fellas, which is fabulous because there are few male dancers.” Johnson is also in the Fall for Dance concert parody and said the piece is hilarious, energetic and entertaining. Johnson is also performing in the piece “XY” with five male dancers, which he referred to as being a “man dance for the ladies.” Johnson said the student choreographer of “XY,” Taylor Pace, wanted to give male dancers the opportunity to show what they can do. “This piece is specifically choreographed for guys,” Johnson said. “It’s tough, masculine, hard, rock, sexy, it’s everything that a man wants to show and do.” Peterson said that the audience will see growth in the professionalism of students’ work. “Students grow so much in one semester, and this concert is an opportunity to show their growth, like freshmen who come in August, and after three months grow to the point that they are a different dancer in one semester,” Peterson said. “Watching them
Keith Johnson, below, lifts and throws Chance Hill, above, while rehearsing. Photo by Andrea Gils just lavish in their own creativity and passion for what they do is so enjoyable and so rewarding.” Mathis has been hired for several choreography jobs and works for the largest dance company in the world. She said dance has taught her never to give up on her dreams and that hard work and a positive outlook are important. “Everyone says majoring in arts is a silly idea, but I love what I do and I have been pretty successful,” Mathis said. Last Chance to Dance will take place at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $3 for students with a Southeast ID. They can be purchased at the River Campus box office. For more information call 6512265 or visit rivercampusevents.com.
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COMMUNITY can learn about cultures MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK THIS YEAR
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International Education Week showcases student diversity ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
International Education Week was established in 1990. Southeast has celebrated it off and on over the years. This year, it will include more events than last year, when there was limited programming. According to Suzanne McKinney, assistant director of international programming in the Department of International Education and Services, International Education Week is not only for international students, but also for people who are interested in learning about other cultures, studying abroad, religion, dance and music. “International education has had a big importance on this campus,â€? McKinney said. McKinney decided to reinstate International Education Week based on her previous experiences as a graduate student at Appalachian State University. “Last year we brought it with limited programming,â€? McKinney said. “We did Student Presentation Night, International Social Hour. This year we are trying to expand it and encompass the full week with different types of activities that will hopefully pique the interests of different groups on campus.â€? McKinney said she works to integrate international students with the campus and open people’s eyes to the big world that is out there. “We’re always trying to expose people to new and different things,â€? McKinney said. “Sometimes there are misunderstandings about cultures, whether that’s American culture, Chinese culture, Muslim culture. ‌ There are certain perceptions that occur because of the media.â€? “I feel here Americans don’t know about
many cultures,� said Reshma Timilsina-Joshi, a Nepalese foreign exchange student pursuing a master’s degree in international business at Southeast. “They just know about the U.S. and not even the U.S.� Timilsina-Joshi said International Education Week allows students who haven’t traveled outside the U.S. to learn about the world. “There are so many different cultures and different countries, and they should know about that,� Timilsina-Joshi said. “It’s good for their general knowledge. I’ve talked to so many American students, and they don’t know anything. People should know these kind of things from school.� There are many international students who study at Southeast for only a semester or two. This makes the annual event different every year. An estimate of 50 to 75 people are involved in the event this year. International Education Week is for everyone, McKinney said. The events are not only for students, but also faculty and parents, because some parents are interested in what their children are learning and with whom they attend class. International Education Week activities will take place throughout the week in the University Center. “Truly, I want people to take part,� McKinney said. “I hope that whether it’s coming out to listen to presentations, or coming to a fun event like Nepali Night, or Global Trivia Night. Take part in something different that we haven’t seen in a while at this institution. It’s an opportunity for everybody to learn and share.� For more information, or if interested in taking part in International Education Week, email Suzanne McKinney at smckinney@ semo.edu.
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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.
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Iaskedateacherinmyclass lastyearwhatThanksgiving meant,buttheydidn’texplain ittome.Buttheydon’treally knowwhy.ThefirstThanksgivingIwaswith Lindsay,myAmericanroommate.Iwentto herfamily’s. Ihaddinnerwithherfamilyandherboyfriend,andwehadalotoffood.Itwasactuallyprettyinteresting,allthedifferentkindsof thingsthattheyhad,andthatitisallabout thefamilyreunion.Theyhadpumpkinpie,I lovepecanpie.Theyhadturkey,greenbean casserole,mac‘ncheeseandmashedpotatoesandgravy.Andalotofbeer.I’mgoingto spendThanksgivingwithherthisyearagain. Lastyearsomepeopleaskedifwehad ThanksgivinginFrance,whichisaverystupidquestionsinceitisanAmericancelebration.ItislinkedtoAmericanhistory,so itdoesn’tmakeanysensetocelebratethat. OnlyCanadaandAmericacelebrateit. Whentheytoldmeitwasafamilydinner,Iwasexpectingustobesittingatthe tableandhavingameal,butno,itwasjust abunchofdifferentdishes,platesandyou grabbedfoodandwentaroundthehouse
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InEcuador,Thanksgivingis notverycelebratedasitis hereintheUSA.However,my familyisChristian,andwe docelebrateit.Ithinkit’snicetocelebrate Thanksgivingbecauseit’samomentinthe yearwhereyoucanbetogetherwithyour family,reflectanddolikeastopandgive thanksforthegoodandpositivethingsthat happenedduringtheyear.Also,givethanks toGodforthat,inthecaseofChristianfamilies,likeinmycase. IthinkIwouldcontinuethistradition withfuturegenerationsbecauseitisgood tohavethatstopintheday-to-daythatisso crazy,andstopandsay‘OK,thisisgood,this hashappenedandthankyou’andnotjust livetolive.Iwouldliketocontinuethistraditionwithmychildren,aswellasothercelebrationslikeChristmasthatcomesfrom generationtogeneration. InEcuador,Thanksgivingisnotreally common,butmyparentsstartedthetraditionlikeeightyearsago.It’snotsomething we’vealwaysdone. Mydadstarteditbecausehewantedusto thankGodforthegoodthingsthatwe’vehad
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duringtheyear.AndwedoitthelastSunday ofNovemberbecauseSundayisthedaythat familiescanallbetogether.Nooneisworking,andthere’snostress.Thefoodisvery similartohere,theturkey,thatistraditional, withitssides,likesaladandaspecialrice, andyouservethefoodonthetableandeach getswhatevereachwants,likeatChristmas. ForthisThanksgiving,Ihavenoplans becauseI’malonehere.Ihavenofamily,no friends.Mytworoommatesareleaving,one isgoingtoSanFranciscoandtheotherone isinvitedtospendThanksgivingwithateacherorsomethinglikethat.SoIdon’thave aplan. ThelasttwoyearsI’vebeenlivinginGermanywithmyhusbandwehaven’tcelebratedit,whichisIthinkverywrong.Icould haveinstilledthattraditionwithMarcel [myhusband]butIhaven’t,andIambeing veryungratefultoGodtheselastyears.But nowthatI’mtalkingaboutit,Ithinkmypast year’sattitudeshavebeenhorrible,andthe nextyearthatI’llbeinGermanyIwillcelebrateitwithMarcel,andstartanewtraditioninourfamily.
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SHOW Me Center event DISNEY LIVE! MICKEY’S MUSIC FESTIVAL TO INCLUDE CHARACTERS FROM DISNEY MOVIES AND SHOWS
Disney Live! event brings classic characters to Show Me Center ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
Children and young-at-heart grown ups will be able to see Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy perform in Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival at Southeast Missouri State University. There will be other special guests, including Sebastian and Ursula from the Little Mermaid, Woody, Buzz and Jessie from Toy Story, and Aladdin, Jasmine and Genie from Aladdin. Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival is a rock festival that includes singing, dancing, acting and storytelling. Although the event is targeted to children and families, according to Show Me Center marketing director Joshua Hanlon, it is fun for people of all ages, and Disney shows have always been a success at the Show Me Center. According to Nick Manna, who will perform in the show as Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story movies, the show is a rock concert for families, but families could be any age. “My grandparents came to the show, and they loved it,” Nick Manna said. “And my young nieces came, and, of course, they loved it as well.” Before performing in traveling shows, Manna danced in parades and shows at the Walt Disney Resort until 2010. “I was ready for a new experience, a new adventure. ... This is taking Disney to new cities and new places,” Manna said. Manna will rollerblade and dance in the opening number with Aladdin and will perform the scene “Out of Space” portraying Buzz Lightyear. As a ritual before starting every show, Manna said he gives a big hug to
Mickey Mouse. “He’s our boss,” Manna said. “He truly is such a rockstar, so it’s a nice hug like saying, ‘Have a great show, pal.’” Manna said children can run to the front of the stage and give characters a high five at Mickey’s Music Festival, which is a brand new show that has not travelled through the U.S. before. Manna has performed in different places, including Canada, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia and the U.S. “I had a great experience in Australia, but honestly I’d say every country has been very welcoming to us,” Manna said. “I would recommend that if you had the opportunity, go travel overseas as much as you can. It’s a wonderful experience.” Manna said he does not get bored in his job. “Every city we travel to there is something new, a new experience,” Manna said. “Seeing families and children smile makes you love what you are doing.” Nick Manna will play Buzz Lightyear in Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival Nov. 10 at Calandra Jones-Jackson, a Southeast the Show Me Center. Submitted photo junior and mother of 2-year-old Camille Moore, plans to take her daughter to the show. Jones-Jackson said her daughter watDisney, they learn from it more, they get begin at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Nov. 10 at the ches Disney Channel, plays games on the more out of it,” Jones-Jackson said. Show Me Center. Internet that have to do with Disney and lisThe show is 90 minutes long with a Tickets are $15, $23, $32 and $50, depentens to Disney Radio on Pandora. 15-minute intermission. ding on the seats’ proximity to the stage, and “I like seeing her reactions because she “I believe live theater is such a great tool, can be purchased online at www.showmegets so excited about seeing the characters,” and I think it will truly change their lives,” center.biz, at all Ticketmaster outlets or by Jones-Jackson said. “She doesn’t know they Manna said. calling 800-745-3000. aren’t real characters, and she learns so much Hanlon said he expects between 2,000 to There is no student discount and children from them.” 5,000 people to attend the show. under 2 years old do not need to purchase a Jones-Jackson said she thinks it is impor“If you have children, your kids will love ticket. tant for children to be exposed to Disney you for taking them,” Hanlon said. “The There will be a $5 per vehicle charge and because they can learn so much from it. audience will leave the Show Me Center with $10 for premium parking, both collected in “Sometimes as a parent you don’t know a smile.” the Show Me Center lots. how to teach kids some things, and with Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival will
Crisp museum features environmentally friendly exhibits SAVANNA MAUE ONLINE EDITOR
Mother and son artists Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Neal Ambrose-Smith are featured in the current exhibit at Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus. The Tribal Diversity exhibit has been in the planning stages for over a year now and is being shown through Jan. 27. Quick-to-See Smith and Ambrose-Smith presented their works and have both lectured and offered workshops at a printmaking conference at the River Campus Nov. 1-3. “Compared to the other ones [exhibits] that we have done, this one I think for me has a stronger connection with the artists because I had to work with them to put this exhibit together,” museum director and art instructor Peter Nguyen said. Nguyen also said that he does not think the mother and son have worked together very much and that it is rare to have an exhibit where they show their work together.
Quick-to-See Smith became interested in the environmental aspects of art at an early age. She accredits this to her father and her tribe. Ambrose-Smith also cares about the environment and has been teaching non-toxic printmaking for five years. Quick-to-See Smith creates work addressing the myths of her ancestors in the context of current issues facing American Indians while Ambrose-Smith often mixes tribal imagery and humor with current events and political issues. “I would describe Neal’s work as more experimental. He’ll use many techniques, so I would describe them in the difference between the two. His work’s images to me are more contemporary and where as Jaune’s work is more traditional,” Nguyen said. Many of Ambrose-Smith’s newer works incorporate elements of his past such as comic books while also using aspects from his Native American heritages as well. AmbroseSmith’s pieces are classified as various media but are mainly classified as prints. During the Smiths’ lecture last
Wednesday, Ambrose-Smith said he began painting at 22 months old. From the time his mother gave him some chocolate pudding to eat, his style of art has constantly been evolving. Many of Ambrose-Smith’s earlier pieces centered around animals. From there he expanded his work to cover another aspect of his childhood. Ambrose-Smith spoke about his 1966 Batman comic book that was the basis for one of his prints. Recently he has completed a few more pieces using different printing types to achieve different styles. “Everything that I do is the complete opposite of what you are supposed to do in a professional print shop,” Ambrose-Smith said. “I break all of the traditional rules. I don’t use any newsprint; I put a shower curtain on the press bed because then I can just wipe it off. I’m not generating waste, and I’m not using water and I’m just cleaning up with a dry rag if there’s any residuals.” Quick-to-See Smith spoke about her son’s creativity saying, “My work is old fashioned compared to my son’s, who I consider to be cutting edge. My work is either a lithograph
or an etching, or it’s a wood cut because that’s the tradition that I came through.” Quick-to-See Smith’s work addresses issues pertaining to the Native American experience, especially what’s going on today. Nguyen said “even when we look at someone’s work we tend to look at what they’re focusing on, and even though they’re focusing just on specific subject matter if we look at it more broadly it can be applied to other elements and issues.” While lecturing Quick-To-See Smith said some of her main focuses are “humor, community and tribe. When we come together that is when America is the strongest. Nature and medicine are also together. Nature is our church; it is our place of worship. And medicine comes from the nature. Wisdom and knowledge are also for the elder people. We celebrate elders for their great wisdom.” Quick-to-See Smith has had over 100 solo exhibits in the past 40 years and has done printmaking projects nationwide. During that time, she organized and/or curated more than 30 Native American
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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith discusses one of her pieces being shown in Crisp Museum. Photo by Savanna Maue exhibitions and lectured at more than 200 universities, museums and conferences internationally, most recently at five universities in China. Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. on weekends.
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Fault-Line Film Festival accepts films from any Missouri college student ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
The Fault-Line Film Festival is a competition organized by the mass media department at Southeast Missouri State University for students to showcase their talents by putting together a story for film. Dr. James Dufek, professor of mass media and TV and film operations manager, said this festival is not just for TV and film students. “It’s for everybody because everyone has a story,” Dufek said. Students from all disciplines can tell a story through comedy, drama, science fiction or animation. Dufek said that students have the propensity to use profanity in every film they make. “Last year the festival was for a mature audience because they were very expressive with their dialogue,” Dufek said. “This is not for kids. Some of the things are very simple and wouldn’t offend anybody, and some are trying to make a point by using their tools available.” Dufek said that he does not want the audience to categorize the event as one where only profanity is shown. “We don’t know what the product will be this year,” Dufek said. “You want them to be as open and expressive as they feel necessary.” Students and faculty work together to organize and produce the event, including the Department of Mass Media, Department of Theatre & Dance, Earl and Margie Holland School of Visual and Performing Arts, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology and the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Southeast. According to Dufek, there is an artistic and creative background with all the developers and the judges. The seven or eight judges will select the winners and runners up according to a determined criteria, such as contextual and storytelling techniques, composition, sound bed, music, dialogue, acting and lighting.
Dufek said it is a combination of production and storytelling. “We had a couple of submissions where the quality of the product is just beautiful, but there’s no story,” Dufek said. “Then we have some that the story is developing but the production quality is so bad we weren’t able to hear it, understand it.” This is the third year of the festival but the second year that it is going statewide. Any student from a Missouri university is eligible to participate in the festival. There were almost 50 entries last year and organizers hope to have more this year. There is no limit to the number of students that can be involved in each film, but films can be only 10 minutes long. Last year there were some teams that had 20-30 students involved, while some groups had only four members. Students who are not mass media majors are not allowed to use the department’s equipment becuase it is expensive and they need to teach students to use it. Students have used their own cameras and iPhones and edited on their laptops. “It’s been proven now that you don’t need the highest end, high-end digital HD stuff to do a good story,” Dufek said. “It would be wonderful to have a shot in HD and better lighting, but the fact that the story was told was moving, did its job, you look past some of the production elements that could have been better because they did a good job with what they had.” Associate professor Fred Jones and Dufek worked with the advertising and public relations students to build a plan. But when they had a marketing and development plan, they had no way to fund it nor resources to promote it. According to Dufek, this is where James Stapleton from the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship came in. Dufek said Stapleton wanted to include the mass media in the center’s Global Entrepreneurship Week. “This wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” Dufek said.
Students celebrate after the announcement of the Audience’s Choice award winner last year. Photo by Hunter Hempen TV and film graduate Robert Speurlock developed the logo while he was a student at Southeast. “We wanted to tie in the earthquake faultline with the festival,” Dufek said. “If you are from this area we are sitting in a pretty intense fault line that could erupt in any time so we just tied in with the FFF.” The Fault-Line Film Festival Group was formed to combine different talents and share resources, abilities and skills to make the festival possible. The group also helps with the marketing, set up, screening and other manual labor activities. The festival features a guest speaker each year. Steven Poster, 2002-2003 president of the American Society of Cinematographers in Hollywood, was one of the featured speakers Southeast brought to talk about light shooting in the masters class during the award winners ceremony last year. This year’s speaker will be David Johnson, president and partner of Coolfire Media and board member at Cinema St. Louis. Coolfire Media is a St. Louis company that produces commercials and a reality show called “Sweetie Pie’s” on the Oprah Winfrey Network. The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall. There will be $4,000 in awards and prizes. Each team will get a crystal trophy if they win an award.
The awards include: Best in Show and a certificate to runners up, the Judges Award, and an Audience Choice Award. This award will be determined by tallying ballots handed out at the two-hour screening of the winners and other entries during a screening open to students at 7 p.m. on Nov. 16. at Rose Theatre. There also will be a screening open to the community on Saturday, Nov. 17. Dufek said he hopes students understand the script to screen process. “Putting that on their lap, giving it to them and saying produce this, with no support, no help, having to coordinate their production and talent schedules, post-production, plan their script, book locations, compose shots in a single camera style, are among the several things students need to take into account while shooting a film,” Dufek said. In order to collect funds, there will be T-shirts sold at $12-15, and the Saturday screening will cost $5 to attend. “We want to have a donation attached to it to help offset costs in the future,” Dufek said. There is no profit made with any of the selling. The money collected goes right back into the festival to help fund the event. The committee’s long-term goal is to make the festival nationally recognized. “We want this to be able to grow and students to get exposure to go to the next level, to independent film-making,” Dufek said. “We hope to go national.”
Haunted downtown walking tour gives eerie history of Cape Girardeau BRITTANY TEDDER ARROW STAFF WRITER
Port Cape, the Sherwood-Minton House and Old Lorimier Cemetery are just a few places in Cape Girardeau that have an abundance of history and ghost stories. The Haunted Downtown Tour is a walking tour that begins at the Boardman Pavilion across from Hutson’s Furniture on Main Street in downtown Cape Girardeau, travels along Spanish and Lorimier Streets to the River Campus and ends back at the pavilion. Christy Mershon, the assistant director of the Office of Extended and Continuing Education at Southeast Missouri State University, and local photographer Tom Neumeyer are the tour guides. Mershon said during the tour she and Neumeyer talk about and visit different buildings downtown along the corridor where Broussard’s, Buckner Brewery and Port Cape are located, depending on the time of night and how many people are in the buildings. “Sometimes we go into some of the buildings, depending on how busy it is,” Mershon said. “We’ve gone into Port Cape, the River Campus and the Glenn House property, a historic house right down from the River Campus.” Mershon said last year she heard some strange noises at the Glenn House while she was talking to a group of
teenagers about the history of the building. “It was a 16th or 17th birthday party, and the kids and their parents were with us,” Mershon said. “I was in the process of telling the history of the Glenn House, and we heard what sounded like either sobbing or laughter inside the house. The kids thought we staged somebody, but we definitely didn’t.” Mershon said there have also been stories of strange happenings during construction of the River Campus. “When we do the haunted tours, we hear a lot of people who say ‘I worked on that job site, and this happened,’” Mershon said. “It seemed to be a lot of things like tools being moved.” According to Mershon, the Sherwood-Minton House on Washington Avenue is arguably the most haunted place in Cape Girardeau. “It’s a house that is thought to be so haunted that in times that it’s been sold, the real-estate signs disclosed that the house has been said to be haunted to avoid any lawsuits,” Mershon said. Joel P. Rhodes, a professor in the Department of History, said one association of its haunting is the idea that the Sherwood-Minton House was a smallpox hospital during the Civil War. The legend is that the soldiers who died in the hospital were carried to the Old Lorimier Cemetery at night. “Some of the ghosts’ stories that are associated with that involve bobbing lights over in the cemetery, which
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apparently connects to taking the bodies out at night using lanterns or candles,” Rhodes said. There is also folklore that there is a tunnel that connects the Sherwood-Minton House to the Old Lorimier Cemetery, Rhodes said. However, there never has never been any proof. Mershon said that the alleged tunnel was used by the Union soldiers to take the dead bodies to the cemetery during the night because they did not want to show weakness or their forces thinning down. “It’s thought that potentially more Civil War soldiers died in Cape Girardeau than at the Battle of Appomattox, not because of the battle but because smallpox was so bad,” Mershon said. The tapping ghost is the most well-known story in Old Lorimier Cemetery, Mershon said. “You’re in the cemetery looking around, and you feel a tap on your shoulder, you turn around and there’s nothing there,” Mershon said. “Not a lot of people said they saw things, just felt a tap.” Mershon said people can bring flashlights and cameras, and they should dress appropriate for the weather and wear comfortable shoes to the tour. The next scheduled tours are at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Sunday. Each tour lasts 90 minutes. Contact the Office of Continuing Education at 573-9866879 for reservations.
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Esteemed alumni receive Alumni Merit Awards KIRSTEN TRAMBLEY ARROW REPORTER
Two former education majors are being honored this weekend with Southeast Missouri State University Alumni Merit Awards. Jay Wolz, the director of Alumni Relations, said this award is given annually to outstanding alumni members who are nominated by a selection committee, approved for nomination and approved by university President Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins. “SEMO is like family to me,” said Dr. Terry Adams while reminiscing about his years as a Southeast student and his connections to the university. Adams, Dr. Judith Gallagher and seven others will be recognized with an Alumni Merit Award during this year’s homecoming festivities. Adams lived in eastern Missouri for most of his life before attending Southeast. “I attended Southeast because it had a good reputation, it was relatively close to my home and it was affordable,” Adams said. Adams was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha and participated in intramural athletics and student-sponsored activities while at Southeast. “I really enjoyed my time at SEMO,” Adams said. Adams graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in education. Content knowledge, pedagogy and common sense were important topics that were emphasized by his professors, Adams said. Adams wanted to be an educator since his senior year of high school because of great role models. Immediately after graduation from Southeast, he began teaching elementary physical education and coaching junior high basketball in Union, Mo. Adams later worked in numerous school districts throughout Missouri in positions that ranged from teaching physical education and drivers’ education to being a guidance counselor, athletic director, director of federal
programs and director of special education. He continued to coach basketball and also coached football and track. Adams returned to Southeast to continue his education. He graduated in 1980 with a Master of Arts in education, guidance and counseling degree and in 1984 with a specialist degree in educational administration. Adams is in his seventh year as the superintendent of the Wentzville R-IV School District, the largest and fastest-growing school district in Missouri. He was named the 2012 Superintendent of the Year by the Missouri Association of School Administrators. The Wentzville R-IV School District has been growing by approximately 650 students annually for the past 10 years. “Our district is changing out of necessity, and I enjoy the opportunity to shape that change,” Adams said. “We are taking care of the issues of growth with respect to buildings and other resources, and … we have improved student achievement significantly.” Most of Adams’ family members have Southeast success stories as well. Adams’ wife, older daughter and two sons-in-law have at least one degree from Southeast. His younger daughter chose to attend the St. Louis School of Pharmacy. Though Adams and his family jokingly call her the “black sheep,” they are proud of her for graduating at the top of her class. Adams said he is thrilled to receive the Alumni Merit Award because he is proud of Southeast and appreciates that the university is proud of his accomplishments. Another recipient of the Alumni Merit Award is Gallagher, a two-time graduate of Southeast. The Sikeston, Mo., native graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science in education with a major in English and a minor in history. Gallagher attended Southeast because of the close proximity to her hometown and the esteemed education program, which she said made her confident that she could become “an effective teacher.” While an undergraduate student, Gallagher – the first person in her family to attend college
– was in the English and education honorary societies, Alpha Delta Pi and the steering committee for freshmen orientation. “The relationships I developed with sponsors, supervisors and other students taught me a lot about working relationships and teamwork,” Gallagher said. This sense of teamwork is very important in her life as an educator. After earning her teaching certificate, Gallagher taught middle school reading and high school English in Bloomfield, Mo., which is where she lived until she was 12 years old. “I was teaching in the very room where I had taken social studies classes as a seventh grader, so it was like coming home,” Gallagher said. Gallagher moved to Murray, Ky., after marrying her husband. She returned to Southeast to study for her Master of Arts in English. During her return, Gallagher was a resident adviser in Dearmont Hall and worked in the office of admissions. She then taught in various places throughout the Midwest before working for a healthcare company for a short period of time. But she soon returned to education. “I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher because I loved learning, and I wanted to be part of that world every day,” Gallagher said. Her passion for education transferred from the classroom to an administrative position in 2000 when she was named the dean of Humanities at Tarrant County College’s South Campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Gallagher enjoys sharing advice with professors at her college. She also teaches an evening education class at Texas Wesleyan University, which she enjoys because she can influence and inspire the next set of educators. Gallagher said being honored by Southeast with an Alumni Merit Award lets her know that she is doing well in life, but also that she has much more work to do. She never foresaw receiving this recognition, and said she is humbled by the honor. “Education can change lives,” Gallagher said.
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BRIEFS Honor Disability Services hosts events to celebrate Disability Awareness Month October is Disability Awareness Month. Disability Services is hosting several events in honor of the month. Events include “Things Aren’t Always What They Seem” at 6 p.m. Oct. 22 in the UC Redhawk room, a resource fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 24 in the UC Ballroom, “Quiet Campus” at 6 p.m.Oct. 24 in Rose Theatre and “Allies for Inclusion” from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 30-31 in the UC Program Lounge and Towers Hall Room 207.
Homecoming Alumni earn awards for service to the university and community Four alumni will receive the Distinguished Service Awards on Oct. 20 during homecoming. The recipients are Rebecca McDowell Cook, Michael K. Harris, Robert A. Lipscomb and Jim Mayer. The awards are given each year to alumni who made contributions to both their community and the university. The winners will receive their awards at the All Alumni Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. in the Kem Statuary Hall in the Aleen Vogel Wehking Alumni Center. The cost to attend is $10 per person.
Campaign Southeast wants to raise $21,000 for the United Way Southeast Missouri State University is raising money for the United Way in southeast Missouri. Southeast’s campaign began on Oct. 15 and will end on Oct. 31. The university’s goal for 2012 is to raise $21,000. Southeast’s United Way co-chairs Tammy Underwood and Dr. Dennis Holt are working with the local United Way to help the community.
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Fall Percussion Ensemble musicians to play paper bags and 100 other instruments ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
The Southeast Missouri State University Percussion Ensemble will play unconventional instruments and have a special guest appearance by the Southeast Golden Eagles Marching Band drumline and front ensemble this fall. The faculty organizer of this performance is Dr. Shane Mizicko. Mizicko is an associate professor of music, director of the Golden Eagles Marching Band drumline and director of the Fall Percussion Ensemble. According to Mizicko, this year’s Percussion Ensemble is made up of 35 students who are mostly music performance and music education majors. The 35 students will combine to play over 100 instruments during the performance. Students rehearsed two or three times per week beginning the second week of classes depending on their schedules. “There are very elaborate parts .... one student could be responsible for four, five, six instruments, and that’s what makes it very interesting and exciting,” Mizicko said. The music repertoire is varied, including Latin-based pieces entitled “Sweet Rio” by Arthur Lipner and “Bomba É” by Rolando
Morales-Matos at the beginning and ending of the first half of the performance. According to Mizicko, 25 students will close the second part of the performance with the percussion of “La Vida Es un Carnaval,” recorded by the Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz. Other songs include pop song “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5, rock song “Carry on Wayward Son” by Kerry Livgren and classical piece “Introduction and Allegro” by Richard Schory. In one of the pieces, “Quartet for Paper Bags” by Larry Spivack, four students will perform with paper bags. “One person has a very small paper bag, a medium-size bag, a medium-large [bag] and the fourth a big shopping bag, just tapping on the bag and air blowing in them,” Mizicko said. “It’s a novelty kind of piece and to show you have percussion in almost anything and it’s an easy setup, it’s a simple little bag just on stage.” Students also will play wood blocks, bongos, congas, vibes, xylophones, shakers, agogo bells, triangles, gongs, rainsticks, djembe, shekere, bamboo wind chimes and other instruments. “All the music we play is all notated just like an orchestra would read,” Mizicko said. “All, even [the] paper bag is notated.” Mizicko said that it is hard to teach and feel the beat when Americans are too “rock ‘n’
Christopher Whited, left, and Shelby Ratliff, right, rehearse for the Fall Percussion Ensemble performance. Photo by Nathan Hamitlon roll,” and the feeling for Latin music does not run in the blood. Mizicko added that when people go to the River Campus they see that every piece has a different instrumentation. “People are walking up the stage after the concert to look up instruments and ask themselves what’s a shaker, and [they] look around to see who’s playing that weird sound,” Mizicko said. “If someone hasn’t been [to a percussion concert], people are usually amazed because there are literally hundreds of instruments.” The Percussion Ensemble will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in the Donald C. Bedell
Performance Hall. Tickets cost $10 for the general public and $3 for students with a Southeast ID and can be purchased at the River Campus Box Office. For more information, contact the River Campus Box Office at 573-651-2265. The Southeast Percussion Association accepts contributions to support events like the Percussion Ensemble, off-campus outreach and collaborative performances, percussion instrument maintenance and purchases and guest artists’ visits. People who wish to make donations can do so by contacting Dr. Mizicko via semofoundation.org.
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Sorority helps fight domestic violence BRITTANY TEDDER ARROW STAFF WRITER
One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Alpha Chi Omega, a sorority at Southeast Missouri State University, will organize events and raise funds to combat domestic violence. Southeast senior Abby Henschel, a member of Alpha Chi Omega, said stopping domestic violence is the sorority’s philanthropy, and it holds an event in the spring. “All the fraternities participate in our Frisbee sling, which is like ultimate Frisbee where they compete with each other,” Henschel said. “We have T-shirts made, and it’s a way for the community to come and participate as well.” Henschel said members of Alpha Chi have an item drive at least two times a semester to support the Safe House for Women. The Safe House for Women’s office is located at N. Spring Street in Cape Girardeau. “We bring at least two to three items to our chapter,” Henschel said. “All the donations are usually hygiene products, paper products and laundry detergent.” For Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Alpha Chi organizes an event called “Brewing Awareness,” where it runs a coffee house, and a couple of bands play throughout the night. “It’s like a relaxing night for the outside community to help give money,” Henschel said. “This year, it will probably be at Cup ‘N’ Cork.” Last year Alpha Chi sold wristbands that read, “Don’t Touch This.” The wristbands were $1 each, and all the proceeds went to the Safe House for
Women. “We will probably do that again this year because it was such a good turnout,” Henschel said. Henschel said she interned at the Safe House for Women last spring. She wanted to take the internship because of Alpha Chi’s connection with the shelter, but she never imagined what the women at the shelter had gone through. “It just opened my eyes up to what some people had to witness in their lives,” Henschel said. “I realized how strong these women are, and when they come to the shelter they literally have nothing. They just grow within that house each day.” The Safe House for Women was founded in 1991 and is a not-for-profit domestic violence shelter. Kyle Riddle, an educator at the Safe House, said it began as a domestic violence shelter for women and their children to give them a safe place to stay. The Safe House expanded to include its outreach office and counseling services. “We provide court advocacies [for] people who need legal help, education and counseling,” Riddle said. “We also have our thrift store, which consists of clothing donations and some appliances, where the women at the Safe House can shop at their convenience.” According to Riddle, domestic violence begins at a young age. Abusers can become emotionally or verbally abusive as early as fifth and sixth grade. Physical abuse is the most obvious form of domestic violence, Riddle said. However, emotional abuse is also a form of domestic violence that people may not be aware of. “Any kind of pattern of behavior that’s designed to break down someone’s self-esteem to try and keep someone trapped in a relationship or
emotionally dependent on another person is considered abuse,” Riddle said. Riddle said domestic violence is a societal issue and that communities need to get together to stop the abuse and reinforce ideas from a young age that abusive behavior is not tolerated and is not normal. “We’re here for help as far as prevention,” Riddle said. “The behavior begins early as sixth grade, so my job is to go to the high schools and junior highs around here and talk to students about healthy relationships.” Riddle said gender stereotypes play a role in domestic violence. Men are supposed to be masculine, and women are supposed to be submissive and quiet. “One in nine men experience domestic violence, and people don’t often think of men as victims,” Riddle said. “Men don’t like to report that they’re being abused because they think they’re supposed to be macho or they’re afraid people will think they’re weak.” The Safe House holds some events at the shelter. One event is a balloon release where the staff and clients gather around the shelter and release purple balloons. “We also have a big banquet at the shelter where all of our clients, staff and volunteers cook something and bring it,” Riddle said. According to Henschel, domestic violence is more common than anybody could imagine, and it is a topic that nobody wants to talk about. “I think Alpha Chi does a good job with bringing awareness on the subject instead of just hiding it underneath the mat,” Henschel said. “Even girls I would never imagine were telling their stories. I think it’s important to start becoming more aware of it.”
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BRIEFS Lecture Crader Lecture features Dr. Daniel Dreisbach A crowd of more than 500 people attended the Rhodes Scholar lecture “Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation,” Tuesday at Rose Theater. Dr. Daniel Dreisbach, professor at American University in Washington, D.C., and author of “The Bible’s Influence Upon the Founding Fathers,” discussed what Thomas Jefferson meant about keeping church and state separate. Read the full story at southeastArrow.com.
Election Voter registration deadline for November election coming up Southeast Missouri State University students still have options if they are interested in voting in the November 2012 election. The deadline for registering to vote is 5 p.m. on Oct. 10. Olivia Plumlee, event coordinator for Southeast’s College Republicans, said students can register at the public library on Clark Street or any federal building in Cape Girardeau. If a student is not a Cape Girardeau resident, they need to register in their hometowns and apply for an absentee ballot. All of this can be done through the mail. Read the full story at southeastArrow.com.
Accident No serious injuries in scooter accident near campus A scooter collided with a vehicle at the intersection of Bellevue Street and Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau at approximately 3 p.m. Sept. 25. A Honda Pilot was eastbound on Bellevue Street. The scooter was northbound on Sprigg Street. The driver of the scooter did not suffer any life-threatening injuries and was transported by private vehicle to St. Francis Hospital, according to traffic officer David Valentine of the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Read the full story at southeastArrow.com.
PRSSA PRSSA students will attend conference in San Francisco Southeast Missouri State University’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America will send 17 members to the PRSSA National Conference 2012. The conference will be from Oct. 11-16 in San Francisco.
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Gen. Colin L. Powell visits Southeast for Speakers Series ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
Retired Gen. Colin L. Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants and later became the Secretary of State, is coming to Southeast Missouri State University. Powell has devoted over 50 years of his life to public service. He held senior military positions, earned several civil and military awards and has held diplomatic positions throughout the presidential administrations. Powell was the National Security Adviser during President Ronald Reagan’s term, the first African-American officer to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during President George H.W. Bush and President Bill Clinton’s terms and he served as Secretary of State during George W. Bush’s presidency. Powell is part of the University Speaker Series, coordinated by Campus Life. He will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2, at the Show Me Center. This year’s coordinator of the event is Joanna Shaver, campus programming coordinator.
“When Colin Powell came out and spoke of his failings and the truth, it restored a lot of my faith in the U.S. government having good people. I have always respected him for his intelligence and dedication.” Robin Frohn Campus Life has worked with several speaker agencies and contacted the Washington Speakers Bureau to bring Powell to Southeast. The selection of speakers and topics for this year’s Speakers Series began in the spring. Powell’s speech is entitled “Diplomacy: Persuasion, Trust, and Values.” He has another prepared speech about leadership, but Shaver decided not to choose it because another speaker of the series, former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, will speak on that topic. Shaver said she wanted to have diversity in the topics presented.
According to the biography provided by the Washington Speakers Bureau, during his time as chairman, Powell oversaw 28 crises, including the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Powell has received awards from more than 24 countries, including an honorary knighthood bestowed by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. Finance and accounting major Robin Frohn said he is looking forward to the event since he has had an interest in U.S. politics for a long time. “My feelings toward the U.S. became increasingly negative during the war in Afghanistan, Iraq, as well as their government and Republicans,” Frohn said. “When Colin Powell came out and spoke of his failings and the truth, it restored a lot of my faith in the U.S. government having good people. I have always respected him for his intelligence and dedication.” Shaver said there will be a round-table discussion for 20 students, who will be invited to join the meeting. Shaver is working with several entities on campus including the ROTC Office, the Department of Political Science and war veterans to select those 20 students. “We are looking for students that are intelligent — they are aware of current events, they have a genuine interest in getting this wonderful opportunity to meet Colin Powell almost on a one-on-one basis,” Shaver said. If Frohn was given the chance to have a one-on-one interview with Powell, he said he would ask Powell if he could get him a job as Retired General Colin L. Powell. Submitted Photo an intern in the White House, in the Senate or in Congress. Shaver said she is working with the Southeast Bookstore to have some of Powell’s books available for sale, but she does not believe he will sign any of them. Powell’s best-seller “My American Journey” has been published in more than a dozen languages. It chronicles his life and its influences, as well as what he has learned during his life about personal rules and character. His second book, “It Worked For Me,” was published in May. Students can get free tickets by presenting their Southeast ID on the second floor of the University Center. General admission is $10. For more information about tickets contact the Show Me Center box office at 573-651-5000 or online at showmecenter.biz.
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Guest introduces dance technique ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
Dancer and choreographer Brenna Monroe-Cook visited Southeast Missouri State University from Aug. 25 to Sept. 1 to work with dance students and dance instructor Philip Edgecombe. Monroe-Cook and Edgecombe worked to reconstruct the piece “Psalm,” which was originally choreographed by American-Mexican choreographer José Limón in 1967. Limón was a pioneer in the modern dance and choreography fields, and “Psalm” was the first piece that Monroe-Cook learned. It is a piece that she has been teaching and dancing for a long time. “It set up a love for historical work and way of moving, that’s why it feels such home to me and is integrated to the way I move,” MonroeCook said. Monroe-Cook began her dance training at the Academy of Movement and Music at the age of 3 and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Juilliard School in 2008. She lives in Seattle and is a full-time teacher at University of Washington. Monroe-Cook joined the Limón Dance Company in 2002 and toured internationally for several years, performing and teaching the work of Limón. “Limón and his work focused a lot in bringing a sense of humanity
and the real expression of the human spirits and not only the positive parts about that but often the struggles of it and our ability to overcome things that are a struggle,” Monroe-Cook said. “I think some of that is represented in the falling and rising. There’s this force that pulls us down, which physically is gravity and emotionally is sometimes just the up and flow of life that we have these moments of trying. But that there’s this desire for us to be up, that we want to push against the force of gravity or we want to pull against these forces that pulls us down so that we can overcome those things.” Monroe-Cook teaches the Limón technique and stages his reconstructed choreographies for companies and schools nationwide, including Southeast, where she helped students reconstruct “Psalm” for the upcoming event Fall for Dance 2012. Although the Limón technique is not taught at Southeast, Edgecombe took an intensive course while studying for his master’s degree at the University of Arizona and said Limón’s work affects what he teaches. “He is one of the greatest American choreographers,” Edgecombe said. Auditions took place on Aug. 25 to cast dancers for the piece. Monroe-Cook hand-picked the students to perform, which she said enabled
her to create a cohesive group with different types of dancers and body types. After the three-hour auditions, students began learning the piece and Limón’s technique. Sophomore Emily Brand, a dancer in “Psalm,” said that when she went to the tryouts, she tried to adapt to what Monroe-Cook was looking for and did her best to learn it quickly and perform it well. The week following the casting for the piece was intensive for the cast. According to senior dance major Danielle Albertina, the dancers rehearsed the 12-minute piece for four hours every day, and the final rehearsal day with the choreographer lasted nine hours. Following that first week, students have been rehearsing with Edgecombe three hours a week. “They have worked so unbelievably hard,” Monroe-Cook said. “All of us felt our muscles knotting up in our legs and shoulders because of the hard work we were putting into the piece,” Brand said. Albertina said Monroe-Cook used descriptive analogies that combine dance with everyday activities, which helped her make connections with her body and know how to move. She also said the piece is mentally challenging because there are so many different counts. Pieces typically use eight-counts, but this piece has 10-counts, sixcounts, five-counts and four-counts in different sequencing.
Guest choreographer Brenna Monroe-Cook, right, rehearses new technique with dance students. Photo by Nathan Hamilton Senior dance major Chance Hill said that “Psalm” is extremely difficult to perform. He said the Limón technique is intricate, and the upper body is always doing something that is completely opposite to the lower body. “There’s a sense of play with gravity that allows rising and falling, opposition of poles in different directions, beautiful articulation of torso and body,” Monroe-Cook said. “Those are principles that have become the way I move, regardless of the technique I’m doing.” Monroe-Cook said after her departure students would have to work on retaining the things they talked about during rehearsals. Edgecombe took notes and gathered information about the specifics of the movement so that they can continue to polish the piece. Monroe-Cook said that what students need to work on the most is to develop their sense of ownership and comfort with the material. “This piece, and Brenna, has taught me to keep pushing dance,”
Hill said. “What I mean by that is, do not replicate such a historical piece, but immerse yourself in it, and allow it to be appropriate for what is now.” Fall for Dance 2012 will be Hill’s last main stage show at Southeast. “I am so honored to be a part of the Limón work,” Hill said. “It really is a great way to cap off my undergraduate degree. I cannot wait to share with the world the fantastic energy and spirit of such an amazing piece. I also can say that I am a part of history. There are so many dancers who have danced this piece, and now I get to say that I have.” Hill said that he cannot stress how vital guest artists are and that he wished students had guest artists all the time. “Having more guest choreographers come to SEMO would be amazing,” Brand said. “The experience is great, and to have the chance to work with different choreographers is something that helps the dancer become even better.”
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Amy Fritsche, New Student Showcase organizer, gives feedback to students performing. Photo by Nathan Hamilton
Student talent performing at the annual New Student Showcase Showcase includes contemporary scenes written from 2000 to present ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
The New Student Showcase is an event for any student new to the Department of Theatre and Dance or to Southeast Missouri State University. It is an opportunity for students to show their talent to the theatre and dance faculty and staff, and to the community by performing a scene, singing or dancing. According to Amy Fritsche, faculty member and organizer of this year’s event, there will be four singers, seven acting scenes and 16 dancers. Fritsche is in charge of selecting the songs and acting scenes. Dance and choreography instructor Philip Edgecombe is in charge of mentoring the dancers. According to Edgecombe, three senior dance students will choreograph pieces for the showcase. Leshay Mathis will perform a contemporary routine, Kelcey Matheny a jazz routine and Kara Burley a hip-hop number. All of the pieces are group dances with no more than seven dancers each. During the summer, Fritsche selected the
pieces that will be showcased, and she will help with technical issues backstage, but her main role is to coach students. “We give them the idea to create a character and help them mold it,” Fritsche said. Fritsche selected scenes written from 2000 to present. Although the scene can be set in different
“Like the football games, this show is our way of showing the school what we can do, and how we plan to represent SEMO on the stage.” Maclin Schweger time periods, the writer must have written it sometime between the year 2000 and now. “We are working on very fairly contemporary work,” Fritsche said. There will be five group rehearsals, but students meet with their scene partners to work on their scene together and memorize lines independently. Students have to provide their own costumes and there will be no music except for in the dance pieces. Freshman acting major Maclin Schweger will present a scene with a partner that deals with political issues and aliens. Schweger received his scene recently, so he
said his biggest challenge now is getting his lines in correct order. The New Student Showcase is also a way for performers to support each other. The event is a product of a big team effort. Schweger said that he looks at the students in the program now, and he sees how they network with not only students in the department, but with everyone in their class. “The faculty at SEMO’s River Campus is incredible,” Schweger said. “Everyone treats their work with so much professionalism, respect for one another and the talent to boot. They all work together as a team, facilitating the needs of their peers to organize what is, in my opinion, a very successful program.” Edgecombe said that students should go to the event because it is exciting to see where freshmen are at this point in the year. He added that this is a very strong class. “See them where they are, and when you see them on stage this year or in a couple of years, and see how much they’ve grown. The showcase is just a lot of fun,” Edgecombe said. The River Campus is hosting its third annual New Student Showcase at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 in the Wendy Kurka Rust Flexible Theatre. “Everyone in the incoming class is incredibly talented and won’t disappoint,” Schweger said. “Like the football games, this show is our way of showing the school what we can do and how we plan to represent SEMO on the stage.” The event is free and open to Southeast staff, students and parents.
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Amy Fritsche works with Southeast student Gary Corse who is new to the theatre and dance department. Photo by Nathan Hamilton