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Recycling kick-off to highlight ‘sustainability plan’ SIFE takes lead in developing policy; event set for Feb. 6-10

By MEGHAN BARTON Collegian Managing Editor During the 2010-11 academic year, CMU’s Board of Trustees approached the SIFE team (Students in Free Enterprise) to craft a campus sustainability policy. This task was accepted by the SIFE team and lead by Danny Vachalek who graduated last May. After much work, the SIFE team proposed a “Sustainability Policy” to the Board of Trustees which was subsequently endorsed. The policy then was reviewed by Vice President for Finance & Administration Julee Sherman and Academic VicePresident/Dean Rita Gulstad. It was then submitted to President Marianne Inman with their endorsement.

Last semester, Inman noted

her excitement in introducing the new policy to CMU at a faculty and staff meeting. It received unanimous approval.

The statement reads: Central Methodist University prepares students to make a difference in the world by emphasizing academic and professional excellence, ethical leadership and social responsibility. The Student Handbook defines the role of university life as one that “emphasizes honesty, integrity, civility, and a strong sense of personal responsibility as integral elements of character and leadership.”

This responsibility includes excellence in advancing environmental stewardship and sustainability on our campus, in our academic and research programs, and in our public service and outreach activities.

Our decisions and actions will be guided by CMU’s mission statement, reflective of the university’s resources, and informed by the CMU Sustainability Committee for CMU.

CMU and SIFE have begun to establish a Sustainability Committee, a component of the sustainability policy, to oversee the program.

The implantation principles include various areas like academics, operations and activities, campus planning and construction, administration, and implantation.

Plant Operations Director, Derry Wiswall, has embraced SIFE’s ambitions for this project. Along with Project Managers Tom Walker (Junior, Accounting and Business Major) and Kayla Sanders (Junior, Business Major), Wiswall has partnered with Kit Brewer of Boonslick Industries to establish a long-term recycling program.

CMU students, faculty and staff now may better recycle paper, plastic, aluminum, glass and cardboard. BI (Boonslick Industries) has provided 19 of the blue 40-gallon containers to accept bottles, plastic and cans. Along

with the blue bins are also four of the green 25-gallon paper bins.

Both types of bins are spread throughout residential and academic buildings on campus.

There also are two large 4-cubic yard dumpsters near the dining hall and one large 6-cubic yard bin near the maintenance shop. These larger bins are predominantly for cardboard. While the totals will vary week-to-week, BI notes that they currently pick up about 2,500 pounds of cardboard and 480 pounds of other materials each week.

To promote the new recycling program, SIFE is planning a “CMU Recycling Kick-Off Week” scheduled for Feb. 6 to 10.

Various activities and events are

planned throughout the week to promote staff, faculty, and student participation and, most importantly, to gain a sense of commitment to the program.

To learn about the program’s progress and updates, click on Central Methodist University SIFE on Facebook. Also, keep a look-out for a SIFE Twitter account.

In the future, SIFE hopes to expand the project. It is the hope of SIFE members that every time you pass a trash can, a recycling bin is placed directly beside it.

SIFE members are grateful for the wide participation in the program thus far. Project Manager Tom Walker is especially thrilled at the results and has called on SIFE to adopt his own personal slogan of, “Recycle…or we’ll find you.” SIFE students hope to to see the number of recycled materials climb with each passing week.

Modeling gig ‘life-changing’ for CMU student Katie Gladbach chooses hometown fire department as the beneficiary of $7,500 donation from Maurice’s Main Street NOTE: The following account comes courtesy of the Linn County Leader in Brookfield and is the work of sports editor Dustin Watson. It is reprinted with permission. ***** MARCELINE — For Katie Gladbach, a 2009 Marceline High School graduate and student at Central Methodist University, placing in the top 12 of the Maurice’s Main Street Model competition has been a life-changing experience. And it culminated the weekend of Jan. 14-15 as Katie presented a $7,500 check to the Marceline Fire Department,complete with a photo shoot in her home town.

“This past year has been an absolute dream come true,” said Gladbach. “From entering the competition, to actually being chosen as one of the 12 models has made for a phenomenal year. After taking part in the Maurice’s holiday photo shoot, and a couple months later seeing my face on flyers and then going into the store and finding a giant picture of myself on the walls is an indescribable feeling!”

Katie underwent the pain of braces three

times, and then had her jaw reconstructed after a nine-hour surgery. With this humble beginning, this farm girl from Marceline has come a long way.

“I always see beautiful girls on the walls of my favorite stores, but for once, I knew one of the pictures was me!” exclaimed Katie. “I’m so excited for the photo shoot this weekend, it is going to be an experience I’ll never forget.”

So what was the feeling like when Katie saw herself blown up as a part of the advertising in a Maurice’s store? It was as unbelievable and unforgettable as one would expect.

“Walking into the Maurice’s stores and seeing a giant picture of myself on the walls gives me a feeling I’ve never experienced before,” said Katie. “It makes me feel proud that I overcame adversity, and had enough courage to put myself out there to enter a contest like this. It’s an absolutely amazing, yet unreal feeling!”

All through her life, through the normal and exceptional trials and tribulations, Katie has had the support of her family.

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CMU NURSING MAJOR Katie Gladbach is surrounded by grateful representatives of the Marceline Fire Department and joined by sister Kenzie (in foreground) during a check presentation earlier this month. The $7,500 Gladbach won is going to be used for financing a recently-built stage in the city’s Ripley Park.

(Photo courtesy of the Linn County Leader)

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Central F lashback

Not many folks today realize that CMU’s HowardPayne Hall was at one time appreciably larger than it is now. Following the completion of Holt Hall in 1957, the oldest part of HP at the north end was razed because it was believed to be unsound. In addition, large porches which had surrounded the building also were taken off, a move that was wildly unpopular with alumni and townspeople.

Here, demolition proceeds in the fall of 1957.

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CMU, Wal-Mart partner to help women entrepreneurship; event is March 2-3

Central Methodist University members of SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) have been awarded an additional grant from Wal-Mart for a project to better small business creation in Howard County. The event will be held on campus at CMU on March 2 and 3.

The group has been awarded $1,500 by the Wal-Mart Women’s Economic Empowerment Project. The students plan to use the

donation to focus certain aspects of the project towards womenfriendly details.

One of these aspects includes babysitting, which will be made available to all participants interested in attending the event. Amy Dykens, CMU-SIFE Co-Advisor, said, “We are so excited to receive extra support for women participants, including funds earmarked for babysitting,” she said.

For those interested in par-

ticipating, CMU-SIFE is inviting community members with a business idea to come and gain handson techniques on how to put their ideas into action.

Students and business professionals plan to assist guests in how to construct a business plan, identify marketing objectives, and help with other facets in starting their own business.

Guests at the end of the two day event will be make a business

pitch to judges, with the winner taking away a cash prize and additional counseling with the professional of their choosing.

Project manager Addie Layne (junior business major from Poplar Bluff) stated, “Our team is excited to help Howard County’s small business growth, and gain experience to help us influence the communities we’ll impact after graduation.”

Places are still available for CMU’s third New York City trip next July

Plans are under way for CMU’s third summer trip to New York City, July 11-15. The excursion will be led by professor emeritus Joe Geist, curator of The Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art, and Stephanie Lewis, director of development.

The adventure is open on a first-come basis to a maximum of 40 participants. The first of three

payments ($700) toward the total cost of $2,200 is due at sign-up.

The cost covers round-trip airfare from Kansas City or St. Louis, hotel accommodations in the theater district, four theater performances, entrance fees to slated attractions, and other incidentals.

The itinerary will include at least four Broadway performances, the Metropolitan Museum of

Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the 9/11 Memorial Site, and excursions to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

In past years, the groups have seen top-drawer performances, such as The Lion King, Billy Elliott, Memphis, Wicked, How to Succeed in Business without even Trying, and War Horse.

Life-changing experience these strong bonds that Katie turned out to be a strong and self-assured woman.

“My family has been so supportive throughout this experience. They absolutely love going into Maurice’s and seeing my picture all over the walls,” said Gladbach. “My grandpa, Bill Toops, told me he thought it was the neatest thing he had ever seen. He told me he couldn’t take his eyes off of my picture and that it made him so proud. That comment alone made me even more glad I decided to enter this contest.”

Katie’s friends have been a support network for her as well through her hectic modeling experiences. “So many people have commented to me on how awesome they thought it was that they could go in Maurice’s, anywhere in the world, and see a picture of me on the walls,” said Katie. “I think my boyfriend even feels pretty cool being able to say his girlfriend is a ‘model.’ Everyone has been so excited for me throughout this experience.”

After winning as a Main Street Model, Gladbach had to choose a worthy charity in her home town and had no trouble finding her charity of

On the schedule this year is a visit to the newly opened third part of the New American Wing Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which features paintings, decorative arts, furniture, and sculpture from the 18th through the early 20th centuries.

For more information contact Stephanie Lewis at 660-248-6397 or slewis@centralmethodist.edu.

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choice, the Marceline Fire Department. The Gladbach family knows the importance of this organization, as the MFD had aided the Gladbach’s with a house fire in the recent past.

“After experiencing a house fire first-hand and seeing how the department rushed to our need and did everything they could to get the fire out, I felt like it was a calling for me to give back to that great group of firemen,” said Katie.

The donation was presented at halftime during a recent Lady Tigers basketball game and Katie came to center court with her little sister, Kenzie, joined by members of the Marceline Fire Department, and “Project Runway” celebrity designer Christopher Straub.

“Sometimes a company as big as Maurice’s gets so big it loses track of its customers,” said Straub. “Maurice’s pays attention to their roots, in small towns like Marceline and all over the world.”

For Fire Chief Cecil Bezoni, the donation means a lot. “The department is appreciative for Katie and Maurice’s donation. She could have chosen to give the funds to anyone, and we’re very pleased that she chose us,” he said.

The $7,500 will be put toward a new stage that the department erected in Ripley Park just in time for Marceline’s most recent Fourth of July celebration. “I thought this was a great idea and am so glad I could help,” she said.

Katie continues her work as a CMU nursing student and does not plan to make modeling a full-time occupation. “I’m still super busy trying to make it through nursing school, but I try to make it to Maurice’s as often as possible to see my picture on the wall.”

She continued: “My plans include graduating from Central with a degree in nursing, passing state boards and becoming a registered nurse. I intend to find a good job in a hospital, and eventually have a family of my own to which I can tell my kids about a time when their mother was a Maurice’s model.”

In the end — and despite a number of new admirers — our local girl is still the same three-sport athlete and honors student that we all know and love. “I’m still the same ole‘ Katie Gladbach,” she notes. “I was just blessed with an amazing opportunity that has been a major part of the past year.”

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Stephens Museum hours remain same Second semester hours for CMU’s Stephens Museum in T. Berry Smith Hall will be the same as observed during the fall semester according to Dr. Dan Elliott, curator.

Hours are 1 to 3 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Special Tours can be arranged by calling Elliott’s office at 248-6370.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 • PAGE 3

On Seniors

By BRITTANEE JACOBS COLLEGIAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

By MEGHAN BARTON

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Plans advance for annual expo More Than 40 businesses, organizations and other groups will participate in major CMU career planning event.

Sean Faulkner Name: Sean Faulkner Hometown: Lee’s Summit Major: Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Activities: Alpha Phi Gamma, Students in Free Enterprise, Soccer Favorite CMU Memory: “Without question, my favorite memory is run-through [for Bid Night] my freshman year.

Second favorite: the first tequila night.”

Advice to Freshmen: “Always do. The amount of fun and the depth of friends you can make at any overblown state school; you can make here. CMU is what you make of it. If you stay in your room and complain about how boring Fayette is, then Fayette will be a rather boring place. However, if you put even the slightest effort into being outgoing and at least try to have fun, you will more than likely find it.”

Plans after Graduation: “I plan on moving to Australia and working as a market researcher.

I’ll see where the world takes me after that.”

Gear Up CMU Students! Start preparing to dress up, update your resumes and get a major preview of future employment opportunities during CMU’s upcoming annual Career EXPO set for Feb. 16.

More than 40 businesses, organizations, school districts and graduate and professional schools will take part in the one-day event There will be opportunities for part- or full-time employment, summer jobs and internships, graduate and professional schools and study abroad.

Some of the employers and recruiters attending are CMU alumni, so come say hello and network for the future.

Participating organizations will have booths set up in the Jacobs Conference Center on the fourth

floor of the CMU Student and Community Center.

The event will begin at 10 a.m. and run until 1:30 p.m. Additional sponsors are welcome to participate, Career Development Director Nicolette Yevich said.

For more information or to participate, e-mail the Career Development Center at:career@centralmethodist. edu<mailto:career@centralmethodist.edu or http:// www.facebook.com/CMUCareer.

Students from area colleges are welcome to attend the CMU Career Expo, but should contact the James C. Denneny Jr. Career Development Office first.

Like us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook. com/CMUCareer for up-to-date Career EXPO information.

Where’s theBeef!

By COLLIN BRINK Some dishes enjoyed Collegian Faculty Advisor by my one of family or friends include chicken I decided to stay local this jade orzo which is a pasta dish time and tell with chicken, green beans, sauyou about Em- téed spinach, asparagus, brocmet’s Kitchen and Tap located coli, and a roasted garlic vinaijust a few blocks from campus on grette; and the beef tenderloin the square. I have certain dishes pasta which includes asI eat at Emmet’s so my personal mushrooms, knowledge is limited but I can paragus, red onion, mention some other choices fam- garlic, baby spinach, Worcestershire ily and friends have eaten there.

My choices are predictable sauce, olive oil, blue almost every time I walk in the cheese, and fettucdoor. I start with an order of Bay- cine pasta. Both of ou Shrimp as an appetizer. Bayou these meals have shrimp are flash-fried and come been enjoyed by with a jalapeno dipping sauce. I family and friends normally follow the shrimp with an on more than one ocorder called Heaven and Hell pasta. casion with always results.

This pasta dish comes with shrimp, positive angel hair pasta, and Hell’s red chile Other meals which tomato sauce. Yes, I like shrimp have been enjoyed and hot, spicy food. If I do not fol- are the triple-decker low the shrimp appetizer with the club, Rueben, and pasta dish, then I choose the Chuck baby back ribs. All of these are and Sirloin Burger. It is hard to go good.

In addition to these meals, Emwrong with a burger.

CMU Band performs Thursday at MMEA in-service event As part of the annual Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) Conference and In-Service Workshop, the Central Methodist University Concert Band has been selected to perform this Thursday, Jan. 26, at Tan-tar-a Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks.

The band, conducted by Roy

“Skip” Vandelicht, a 1977 CMU graduate, has been refining its music all fall in preparation for this honor.

Only three college/university bands were selected to play, based on their audition tapes. CMU’s band secured the prime Thursday evening performance slot.

Central bands were last honored with an MMEA invitation in 1993. This month’s performance marks the seventh time since 1975 that the Central Band has been invited to play at this conference.

This performance is open only to registered participants of MMEA.

met’s offers various appetizers, salads, sandwiches, pasta, and other entrées. They also offer some great sides such as sweet potato stix, grilled asparagus, and grilled green beans among others. A good compliment to any of these meals is one of the specialty cocktails or domestic brews offered at Emmet’s.

The prices at Emmet’s are reasonable and should be a place you visit more than once in your time here at Central Methodist University.

The old blue dress is really being stretched to the limit as this series continues. I hope it makes it to the next column. I will talk to you then.

Wednesday January 25th: Weight Lifting competition for Intramurals.

Thursday January 26th: • First 5-on-5 basketball intramurals begin at 9:30 p.m., continue through the evening on every Tuesday and Thursday night.

To participate in any CMU intramural program you must sign up prior in OSD and be enrolled as a student. Last year, CMU had more than 250 students participate in intramural basketball.

• ZUMBA class at 8:15 p.m. in the Youth Parish House. Open and free to all CMU students thanks to SGA. Sunday January 29th: • Sunday Night Movie in Stedman 200. Title will be announced in daily announcements.

Tuesday January 31st: • SGA Meeting at 7 p.m. in Stedman 200. All students invited to attend.

• ZUMBA class at 7:45 in the Youth Parish House. Open and free to all students thanks to SGA. Thursday February 2nd: • ZUMBA class at 8:15 p.m. in the Youth Parish House.

Saturday February 4th: • First 50 students to sign up are going to the Negro League baseball museum and Jazz museum in K.C. Also, going to world renowned BBQ Arthur Bryant’s for lunch, then the away women’s and men’s basketball game in Olathe, Kan., vs. Mid-America.

Wednesday Feb. 8th: • Mind reader Robert Channing, 8:30 in the Little Theatre.

He is a world renowned mind reader and one of the best in the college market.

Saturday February 18th: • Frst 50 students who sign up are going to Saint Louis Blues hockey game vs. Minnesota Wild.

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OPINION: A day without the Internet

By SEAN FAULKNER COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

Remember Jan. 18, 2012.

This marks a monumental achievement in the history of the Internet and social media.

Outraged by proposed legislation in the United States Congress, several influential online organizations, including Reddit, Wikipedia, and Google participated in a self-imposed “black out,” rendering their sites useless.

An attempt at accessing any part these sites redirected users to a black screen educating them to the dangers of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Properties Act (PIPA).

The legislation was lobbied for by what the New York Times titled as the “giants of K Street” (the metonym for the United States lobbying industry). This group includes the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picture Association of America (led by former Senator Chris Dodd), the United States Chamber of Commerce, and most of the media giants of the United States (NBC, ABC, CBS, etc.). These bills would change the burden of proof of copyright infringement from the private sector to the public sector, placing the act of policing copyright infringement on the government.

While this may not seem to be an important moment in the eyes of the average citizen, the power created in the language of these

bills is horrifying to the First Amendment implications applied to the Internet.

In short, the passage of these bills, let alone one of them, would grant the powers of censorship to the government. Any page on the Internet which contains any copyrighted material which has not received the permission of the author would be subject to being blocked by the government without due process. These consequences, according to the proposals, could include the individual page or the entire site.

Simply put, if a single video on YouTube containing even a partial clip of an episode of “Louie” in the background, unrelated to the actual subject of the video, was discovered under these laws, the video or even all of YouTube could be blocked or completely removed from the Internet. If one person was to share a link on Facebook or Twitter which contained copyrighted material, the entire site could go down. Permanently. This would produce power for a select group which could block or censor whatever they pleased.

However, these institutions did not anticipate the unrivaled opposition taken against their lobbying dollars. Major companies including Bank of America and Netflix did an about-face and opposed the bills as pressure was mounting from the voice of the Internet.

Attempting to access most pages on Wikipedia on the 18th

would result in the user being prompted by a black screen urging one to “Imagine a World without Free Knowledge.” In fact, the only link which would work on Wikipedia was a link to the pages over SOPA and PIPA, allowing Internet users to educate themselves.

The “blackout page” also contained a box in which one could enter in a ZIP code under a section which encouraged them to contact his or her representative.

Doing so would then present the user with the phone number, email address, and postal address of their representatives.

In an interview on CNBC, Alexis Ohanian, the creator of Reddit which is one of the largest internet communities in the world, made an interesting observation. He tells the hosts, “I can’t understand why Congress can’t seem to agree on anything that really matters in this country.

They’re totally deadlocked. But when Hollywood pays lobbyists $95 million last year to get a bill passed, Republicans and Democrats line up to sponsor it. They’re not serving the best interest of us, the citizens. They’re serving the interests of lobbyists.”

This is all too clear, especially with the recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 about which I previously wrote. That bill now allows the President of the United States to indefinitely detain American citizens on American soil in military prisons without being charged with a crime, without access to a

lawyer, and without an opportunity to appear in a court of their peers. This went largely unnoticed by the population.

As demands increased for votes against SOPA and PIPA increased, Congressmen flooded to their social media outlets to exclaim their opposition to the bills due to their constituents’ calls.

Interestingly enough, one of the first congressmen to publically oppose the bill was one of its co-authors, Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida.

Our own Senator Roy Blunt, a Republican, also came out in opposition.

An open letter to the Internet from Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, explains that SOPA and PIPA creates (sic) a version of the Internet “in which those with money and lawyers and access to power have a great-

er voice than those who don’t”.

President Obama’s administration has stated that the President will not sign these bills into law.

This news caused several prominent Hollywood donors to withdraw their donations to the Obama campaign. The most outspoken of media moguls was the extremely ethical Rupert Murdoch.

The lobbyists in favor of this legislation are currently outraged and are eagerly waiting until their own pawn can sit in the White House to sign the bill into law. Take the time and call your representatives. Please call Senator Claire McCaskill at (202) 224-6154 or Senator Roy Blunt at (202)224-5721 and let them know that Internet censorship is unacceptable.

FACULT Y INTERVIEW: Dr. Dan Elliott

By EILEEN STACY COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

Dr. Dan Elliott, professor of biology, has had his fair share of college experiences.

After all, he has taught here at CMU since 1974, meaning he had been here for nearly 40 years. Before that, he taught in the public school system.

Besides being a teacher, he was drafted into the Army and sent to Vietnam to work with artillery after only his first year of public school teaching.

Here at CMU, he has taught geology and has always enjoyed the subject, along with archeology and of course biology. In fact, if you go into his office anytime soon, you will find the shelves full of interesting fossils, Indian

tools and different forms of rocks.

Sadly, this will be the professor’s last year here at CMU, as he will be retiring in May. But, he is walking away with many great experiences and memories.

When asked what his favorite memory of CMU was, he found it a little difficult to answer. “I can’t think of one memory that was better than any others. I am walking away having met so many wonderful people, professors and students alike. I’m still good friends with many of my own students, past and present, which is really a wonderful part of my job.”

Dr. Elliott still keeps in contact with many of his student via Facebook and has had the chance to see a few of them even though many have come and gone.

So what does Dr. Elliott have

planned once he gets all this extra time on his hands after retirement? “Fishing. Lots and lots of fishing, especially at Truman Lake. And of course I’ll go hunting too.” (He hasn’t missed a single deer season yet.)

“I’ll probably keep on fossil hunting as well. I enjoy always finding something new and writing about it in various publications.”

He has been all over the U.S. on various excavation sites, helping in finding dinosaurs. In fact, Dr. Elliott discovered a rare breed of starfish in a fossil found by the Missouri River that was never found anywhere else in the world. “You never know what you will find if you look hard enough,” he said.

He has other plans as well. Dr. Elliott currently is remodeling his

home here, because “Fayette will be our home-base once we start traveling again.” He is planning on traveling to many places like Alaska, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Scotland.

He enjoys the idea of visiting Scotland especially, since he has traced back his family line into the 13th century there. “I have always had a fascination with genealogy. My family line came from Scotland, and my direct grandfathers were the chiefs of the Elliott clan. Even further back, I found that we were Normans, in other words, Vikings.”

CMU will be saying good-bye to one of many people’s favorite professors. But before he leaves, he does have a bit of advice for all students currently, or soonto-be, in college. “Read your assignments, and do what is asked

Dr. Dan Elliott Veteran CMU biology professor of you in class. Just do the work.

That’s all it takes.”

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CMU will offer new major in church leadership

By MICHAEL D. POPE United Methodist Church Liaison

Did you know that CMU has a new Religion and Church Leadership major? Yes, that’s right. In fact, we already have two students signed up for this practical program for the fall of 2012, according to Daryl Jefferies, associate professor and chair of the Humanities division at CMU. However, he was quick to add, “That’s just from students checking our website because we haven’t even advertised this new major yet.”

Dr. Jefferies said the idea for this new program at Central actually started years ago when discussions occurred with others, including Bev Boehmer, ministry coordinator for youth and young adults for the Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) and a CMU Distinguished Alumna (Class of 1968).

“This new major is exciting,” Boehmer said. “Many churches are hiring lay staff in youth ministry, Christian education and others areas within the church that are not clergy. Someone with this background will provide a great resource to our local churches. Per-

sons with this training will make excellent candidates and provide churches with leaders with solid backgrounds and experiences.”

However, the most recent impetus for the new major occurred through conversations between the President’s Office and the Chaplain’s Office at CMU. The idea was actually launched in discussions between President Marianne Inman and the Rev. Bob Farr, director of the office of congregational excellence for the UMC’s Missouri Conference.

“Central Methodist University has been preparing leaders in many professions, including the church, for more than 150 years,” Inman said. “The needs of the church for contemporary leaders, both clergy and lay, now must be met through experience with multiple disciplines, and thus we have designed the major in Religion and Church Leadership.”

In a recent telephone interview with this writer, Farr said: “Today’s 21st century church needs leaders who can lead effectively must be trained in a multi-disciplinary way to meet the needs and challenges facing our churches. We need religion and theology studies to

be foundational in order for pastors and lay leaders to be successful. But those called to lead our churches must also display knowledge and skills developed in other areas, especially leadership theory and practice.”

Farr is uniquely qualified to speak to the need for CMU’s new major because he has proven his ability to effectively lead churches as a pastor in Missouri, with more than 20 years of experience in church growth.

He discusses some of the vital principles of church growth based upon his extensive experience as a pastor and church growth leader in his recently published book, “Renovate or Die.” Farr serves not only as director of congregational excellence in Missouiri Methodism, but also recently was given a vote of confidence from Bishop Robert Schnase, episcopal leader of The UMC in Missouri (along with numerous other church leaders) to answer his calling to be an episcopal candidate (bishop) for the Missouri Conference. Farr received the honorary doctor of divinity degree from CMU in 2011.

Dr. David Kerr CMU ‘67, a

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retired pastor who most recently served as the senior pastor of Salem-in-Ladue UMC in St. Louis, and was also a member of CMU’s Board of Trustees had this to say about our new degree: “I was privileged to serve Christ’s Church for 46 years. My educational background at Central Methodist was foundational. My major in business administration, along with a minor in economics, provided me with tools that I heavily leaned upon. The new Religion and Church Leadership major will provide a well-rounded exposure for future leaders. My hope is that students will come to CMU and have decades of service to be used of God to change the world.”

The CMU website describes the new major clearly: “The Religion and Church Leadership major is an interdisciplinary degree designed to help students develop the skills and knowledge necessary for successful ministry, lay or professional, in the Christian church. Students will take a core set of classes helping them establish a solid foundation in biblical studies.They will also choose from a variety of electives in religion, providing further back-

ground in Bible and Christian history and thought. Along with the Religion classes, students will take courses from other disciplines selected to round out their knowledge of cultural and social dynamics and of ethics. Finally, students will learn the fundamental skills in communication and management in order to help them develop skills necessary to succeed in leading ministry programs.”

Lucas Endicott, chaplain at CMU, described the new academic venture this way: “CMU’s new Religion and Church Leadership major was designed with practical ministry in mind. This major will provide students the kind of multidisciplinary approach that is necessary for pastoral ministry. CMU is committed to equipping the next generation of church leaders, and this is helping lead the way.”

More information regarding this new major can be accessed at the CMU website at http://www. centralmethodist.edu/academics/ religion_leader/index.php. Please contact Michael Pope, UMC Liaison, at mpope@centralmethodist. edu or call me at (660) 248-6390 with questions about this program.

What’s on your iPod?

By BRITTANEE JACOBS, Collegian Editor-in-Chief

By EILEEN STACY COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

What comes to mind when you think of Marilyn Monroe?

Beauty. Fame. Glamour?

What many people don’t know is the hell this woman really went through behind the closed doors of Old Hollywood. Her life, although advertised as the vision of beauty and sex, was actually going through an on-going hell.

She was trapped within her own psychological hell to which Hollywood had contributed.

Michelle Williams, who plays Monroe, plays an Oscar-worthy role, made even better by the fact she had studied Monroe for months before taking on the part.

Williams examined every movement, every word she spoke, and made sure to even match her voice to the real woman.

The movie is based on real events by Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), who desperately wanted to work with motion pictures. He got a job as an assistant for the Marilyn Monroe movie, “The Prince and The Showgirl.”

A small love forms between the two, and is fueled by Monroe’s changing personality, sub-

From left: Brink, Burgin, Barton, Jameson This week we focus on the musical tastes of CMU’s communications department. The five last songs from one professor and three communications majors are shown.

If you think your department/team/ organization should be the next feature of “What’s on your iPod?” then shoot me an e-mail!

Actress Michelle Williams during a recent appearance, left, and the original Marilyn Monroe who died of an apparent drug overdose in 1962. stance addictions, and constant yearning for someone to love and understand her.

She led a double life, one as Hollywood’s sweetheart, Marilyn Monroe, and one as the person she had always truly been, Norma Jean Mortensen. One of the most profound lines she says in the entire movie sums her up. She looks at Clark, while fans are applauding and admiring her, and says, “Should I be her?”

This is a great drama here for

everyone, even those who don’t know much about Marilyn Monroe. It gives the viewer an inside look at her psychological hell and shows how overwhelming, and not glamorous, drugs, fame, and fortune truly are. You will leave with a new and complex understanding of Monroe by thinking she may have been mentally ill, but had a beauty to her that will leave you breathless and in love with her even more than before.

• Collin Brink, Assistant Professor of Communications “One” by U2 “Sunday Morning Coming Down” by Johnny Cash “The Highwayman” by The Highwaymen “Angels Flying Too Close to the Ground” by Willie Nelson “Kentucky Rain” by Elvis Presley • Lauran Burgin, senior communications major “Always” by Blink-182 “Grand Theft Autumn” by Fall Out Boy

“Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn” by Hellogoodbye “Phone Home” by Lil Wayne “All Your Life” by The Band Perry • Meghan Barton, junior communications major “Wild” by Robert Kelly “In Spite of Ourselves” by John Prine “Mercy Me” by Alkaline Trio “One Hand in My Pocket” by Alanis Morissette “Airstream” by Miranda Lambert • Skyler Jameson, freshman communications major “Walking on a Dream” by Empire of the Sun “PA Nights” by Mac Miller “Dear Professor” by The Dean’s List “Martians vs. Goblins” by The Game featuring Tyler, the Creator “The Future Freaks Me Out”

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International Focus by Danial Mullan This week’s edition of international student spotlight focuses on the Irish exchange student Lisa Bohil. Lisa is currently on a oneyear exchange program all the way from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is a native of Queens University, Belfast. She took a moment to answer a few questions about how she made it to Central Methodist, the purpose of her stay, and what she has gained from the experience so far. ******** Lisa was first prompted to give a little insight into her background. She explained: “Well, I have already studied two years of accountancy at Queen’s University, Belfast, which is located in Northern Ireland. It is an amazing university with a great atmosphere and a thriving group of young and prosperous students.

“I come from a university that has large class sizes, and frequently two-hour-long lectures.

We have little interaction with the lecturer, and normally just an end-of-term exam as opposed to a continual assessment on a weekly basis, as in Central classes. I live off-campus in Belfast, in a house with a few friends. It’s pretty convenient because my house is a 25-minute walk from the city center and the university is a 10minute walk, which is incredibly convenient.” ******** Explain how you found out about Central Methodist.

“In Northern Ireland we have a program called “Study USA.” It gives five Irish universities the chance to send a student to an American university, and the opportunity to experience the American way of life. Queen’s University is one of those universities given funding by “The British Council” to send a third-year student to America. The aim of “Study USA” is to give students the opportunity to study business in an American university so that the student can increase

his or her learning and knowledge of business practices, but also to experience true American life. The British Council funds the program in the hope that it will increase a student’s chances of employability upon return, plus providing great experience for that student, and potentially bring aspects of American business back to Northern Ireland.” ******** Explain what you have achieved so far, the goals you set yourself, and some of the experiences you have acquired so far since your arrival here.

“Through studying at Central Methodist I have found myself far more outgoing and confident as a person. Arriving in the U.S was a daunting task, as I was completely alone, and had to make new friends fast to settle down. Not an easy task, and quite frightening at times.

“My goals when moving across the Atlantic were to increase my knowledge of business and to get a better understanding of the American way of life. One of the main personal goals I had set myself was to travel as much as possible in the time I have here in the United States. With that in mind I set my course for Kansas City, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Orlando and Pittsburgh.

I also got a chance to see many parts of Missouri. I do not intend to stop there as there are many

Lisa Bohil more places I intend reach.

“The program wanted us to increase our knowledge of business in the United States so that we can become well rounded businessmen and women within Northern Ireland. I feel that my knowledge of business has been widely increased due to the varied classes which I have taken and also through my involvement in SIFE and also through the International Eagles Club.” ******** Did you have any concerns about making the move?

“I did initially. The program warned us continually about the level of culture shock which we were going to experience, but no amount of guidance or training can fully prepare you for what we embark on as exchange students.

When I first arrived I was made to feel welcome by the staff and the students here, but I was still over-

whelmed by the massive changes I had to encounter.

“I previously was used to having everything I needed at walking distance. so to be so isolated in a small town was a hard to adjust to. I also found that I needed to neutralize my accent so I was more easily understood.” ******** Explain a little about the process of finding the next Irish student.

“The next application forms for ‘Study USA’ are currently out, so there will be a batch of students applying right now. From there some will be selected for the interview process. Then, after the interview process, he/she will find out if he/she has been accepted onto the program. The next stage is for them to complete a ‘Matching Form’ about what they hope to gain from the experience and then have a ‘Matching interview’ with a Study USA representative, usually an American. Then after this interview they will be matched with a college that “Study USA” feels is most compatible with that applicant.” ******** Are there any aspects of Northern Ireland that you miss?

“I mostly miss the independence that I have in Ireland in terms of easy transportation and having a car, but students here are very accommodating in terms of giving you a ride to and from

places. I also miss my Mum’s cooking and a decent plate of potatoes, but I have found that most items can be easily replaced and substituted. Nonetheless, I will miss a lot of things from America.

I will miss the changing seasons as the weather in Ireland can be quite rainy, and of course, I will miss the wonderful friends that I have made here at CMU and the sense of community that arises in a small town college.” ******** Do you have a favorite memory of your time here in the United States?

“The one that sticks out for me was the moment I found myself astounded by the school buses. I could not believe they were actually yellow! The first thing I did was call my friend to tell her: “Wow, it’s just like it is in The Simpsons’. It was a funny and surreal moment for me.” ******** What do you think about the American culture and way of life?

“One thing I have noticed most about people in America is they are a very friendly set of individuals. They are welcoming and hospitable, especially to us ‘Brits’. They tend to experience great pleasure in meeting a British person and feel compelled to tell us if they have ever visited.

Sometimes they mention a place they have stayed, and most of the time I’ve never heard of it. But, I smile and say yes that’s a very nice place. To be honest, sometimes it feels like being a celebrity. As soon as people hear the accent, they are intrigued, curious, and often times mesmerized. And trust me when I say that some of us ‘Brits’ definitely use it to our advantage. Americans embrace us as a family member instantly. In general, everyone I have spoken to has been extremely helpful and kind, which has made my trip to the U.S. One of the best things I have ever done.”

CMU News and Notes Mission trip scheduling conflict; watch for details Suggestion box in place for movies, other shows A scheduling conflict has occurred, so the spring break mission trip will no longer be to Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Several alternatives are being discussed at this time; the trip will most likely be in San Juan. The cost of the trip will increase between $50 and $100 per person making the total cost $400 to $450.

Had the trip to Arecibo worked out, accommodations would have been free.

Food costs may also be higher with the new location. Another change to the trip is there will be no practicum hours offered for nursing students because of the lack of

opportunities available. Those opportunities will be a part, however, for the mission trip to El Paso, Texas ,in 2013.

Campus Chaplain Lucas Endicott hopes to have the San Juan trip’s details solidified soon. It will cost $150 to secure a spot on the trip, which is due immediately. The deadline for the CMU Service Grant applications is now Feb. 1.

For more information about the mission trip or service grants, contact Endicott via e-mail (lendicot@centralmethodist. edu) or by phone (660.248.6222).

Did you know there is a space on campus where you can check out movies for free? Yep that’s right. It’s the library.

Thanks to SGA funding and donations of the Sunday Night Movies, we are able to provide movies of all kinds.

We are always looking for movies that you all find relevant and fun. So, we aks you, yes you, what movies, films, TV shows, musicals, etc. you would like to see in our collection.

You will find our bright green sugges-

tion box in front of the movie collection on the second floor (floor with main desk and computers) of Smiley Memorial Library.

We appreciate any suggestions and we hope to increase our collection with many more great movies that you (Our Amazing CMU Students) want.

John Coleman

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Fashion by Sophie Wilensky What to Wear and How to Wear It

Imaging Yourself as a One of a Kind Brand While Still Keeping The ‘Old School State of Mind ’

Not Your Average Joe

By ALEX HARRELL, Collegian Sports Writer On Sunday, Jan. 23, 2012, college football lost its single mostrecognizable person of the last 50 years. This was a man who wore glasses as thick as storm windows, a shirt and tie, white socks, and pants that barely reached his ankles.

We watched as his hair transformed from jet black to grey as gently as the leaves change from green to shades of yellow and red.

He kept the same job for 46 years and took what people consider “success” to a whole new level.

After 409 wins, five undefeated seasons and two National Championships, his phone number is still listed in the College Town, PA, phonebook. His full name wasJoseph Vincent Paterno, yet to Penn State fans and those of us who looked up to this man, he’s simply known as JoePa. Coach Paterno, statistically, is the greatest college football coach in history. Period. There’s no disbuting his numbers. But looking past that shows how many lives he touched and how he showed that there can be more than meets the eye.

After his hiring in 1966, he began what he called the “Grand Experiment”: combining success on the football field with above average success in the classroom.

When he won the ’82 National Championship, he walked into a board of trustees and scolded them. He urged the board to raise entrance requirements and to spend money on the library. And in 1997, he raised $13.5 million dollars for the same library.

It was efforts like this that pushed Penn State players to demonstrate higher academic success than other Division-I schools. In fact, Coach Paterno used his Ivy League education to help his players attain a 78 percentgraduation rate during his tenure, which is 11 percent higher than the national average for D-I football teams. You either passed

or you didn’t play.

And that’s how Joe liked things: simple. Penn State has donned the same unadorned white helmets and plain white pants since the early 1940s, the jersey merely has a swoosh over the left breast to show that Nike made the jersey. There is no name on the back. Why? That would promote individualism, which is a no-no with Joe. The cleats are solid black. Why? Give the appearance of being slow. Or at least that’s what Coach said. Always.

It is often said that Walter Camp is the father of American football. And if that’s the case, then Joe Paterno was the grandfather. Hell, he was old enough to be anyone’s grandfather. And that’s how most sports fans looked at him. In an era when coaches throw tantrums, cuss and scream, Joe Paterno always had a kind word. He slung his left knee over his right and held the leg up there during his joke filled postgame interviews.

He cried when Adam Taliaferro laid paralyzed on the field and he cried when less than a year later Adam lead the team onto the field. JoePa had that quality.

Though he had only 17 maternal grandchildren, many football fans thought of him like a grandfather.

The soft smile, the eyes they danced, the voice that was raspy not from yelling but from telling his beloved wife Susan he loved her every day for 50 years.

He was the face of not only Penn State, but the face of college football and arguably the state of Pennsylvania.

Yet, as the Paterno and America morns the loss of Joe, I think back to a quote from The Sandlot that I honestly believe describes Joseph Vincent Paterno in every way: “Remember, kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong.”

When was the last time you woke up and realized this could be the best day of my life? Or when was the last time you realized that “hey I have the power to be whoever I want to be?”

Becoming who you are supposed to be in this wonderful journey we call life can sometimes be difficult, but also rewarding at the same time. Styling and projecting yourself as a unique individual is the best way to build a one-of-akind image for yourself.

Lady Gaga is a prime example of an artist/unique individual that has used her wardrobe pieces as a way to identify her as a “one and only.” The queen of pop herself has not only become a mega pop star, but her own brand and image.

She has accomplished this through expressing herself in extravagant and unusual clothing, and because of this, the public eye has been able to give her a very unique, yet defined, reputation. As well as Lady Gaga, other artists such as Drake, Yellow Wolf, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne

and especially Nicki Minaj have built their brand and image empire based off of not only their musical abilities, but their power to transform into something so different and unique, just by having a certain style that can define them at all times.

As I was at home over this past Christmas Break, a local group from Plano, Texas, named CREW had just started to get their big break in the music business. CREW is a new hot and sizzling group of multi-talented and extremely hardworking, unique young gentlemen that takes a modern and fresh twist on songs, while still keeping the old school hits as a humble reminder.

They are hitting the music world with a thunderous and pronounced bang all while balancing the norms of college life and finding out individually who they are as young artists. As CREW is finally getting what most artists can only dream of, their “big break,” it is important for them to establish a group image as a whole early on, as well as a cer-

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Devil Inside’

The trailer for The Devil Inside coaxed many to flood to the theaters, myself included. The trailer promised a thrilling movie stocked full of suspense and the paranormal. It appeared strangely refreshing from other similarly-made films. Such promises brought more money to the film than any other film in its opening weekend. If only those promises could be fulfilled, then it would have made a difficult review to write; however, this will be pretty easy.

The film begins with instant tension. In 1989, police arrive on the scene of a crime after receiving a suspicious call from a woman claiming she has murdered three people. Most people have heard the “recorded call” on one of the many trailers seen in theaters. The house is cluttered, alluding to something you may see on Hoarders.

As the officials make their way through the crime scene, the bodies are found in gruesome positions next to their murder objects.

After the police reach the basement, they are instantly attacked by the murderer, a middle-aged woman hiding in the crawl space.

Fast forward 20 years later to 2009. Meet Isabella Rossi. She is a normal young adult, struggling

to understand herself, lost in the world, and daughter to an infamous murderer who was found innocent based on insanity. Isabella is convinced that her mom was possessed.

Continuity errors immediately come about. Isabella claims her mom was arrested when she was only six years old. This would put her birth between 1982 and 1983.

Yet, in 2009, she is 29 years old.

I assume the director or writers came about this by figuring that 2011 minus 1982 is 29; they must not have remembered that in their movie it was 2009. This almost single-handedly ruined the movie for me, and it happened within the first 10 minutes.

For the next 20 to 40 minutes you might as well take a nap because literally nothing happens.

Isabella goes to Rome/Vatican City where her mother was moved after the trial by the Catholic Church because they claim that her mother is not possessed and is indeed crazy.

At this point I began to wonder, “Why would an unqualified institution move someone to their religious headquarters for a supposedly unrelated issue? Isn’t that a bit…stupid?”

Isabella sits in on an exorcism class, meets up with the priests

tain image for each member. By doing this, they are allowing the public to have a stable and secure way of always being able to identify them.

Although you must be talented in order to become known and recognized, building a strong image for yourself or group is just as important. It is a way for people to really capture and hold on to your identity as a powerful and one-of-a-kind individual.

Whether you are famous or not, designing and creating an image for yourself is the only way people will really understand who you are. No matter where you are in the world, each person is allowed his or her own personality and style, it is just up to the individual to keep that “Old School State of Mind,” (CREW’s first hit song) while adding a new modern twist to each image. As soon as this happens, “everyone” suddenly turns into “I am the only one.”

Xoxo “To define oneself is an elusive endeavor. The only way to do it is to live.”

By SEAN FAULKNER COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

and other members of the class afterward at a bar, and does a lot of video journaling.

The next action comes when she visits her mother in the institution which is in the Vatican. Her mother is full-fledged crazy. She has practiced self-mutilation, has some creepy pictures and drawing, and is generally incoherent.

Somewhere along in her psycho-babble she mentions that Isabella should not have gotten an abortion, which apparently Isabella never told anyone about. This leaves her obviously upset. After this comes more meaningless nonsense dialog. There are only two other scenes which I could describe as being “suspenseful” including a good ole’ fashioned Catholic baby dunking gone horribly wrong because of…the devil!

The Devil Inside is exactly what you expect of it. In the tradition of other found footage horror films such as Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield, Quarantine, The Last Exorcism, and, for the most part, all of the Paranormal Activity movies, this film promises too much, begins too slowly, lacks actual horror, and ends abruptly with everyone dying.

I just saved you $20. You’re welcome.

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FOOTBALL BOWL PERSPECTIVES

By BRITTANEE JACOBS, Collegian Editor-in-Chief

Country music star Sara Evans signs her new book at a signing event held Jan. 17 at the My Favorite Things store located in New Franklin. Approximately 100 people lined up to buy a copy and get it signed. Evans grew up in rural New Franklin and graduated from NF High School. She briefly attended CMU before decidiing that classical music instruction was not her thing.

Evans was born in Boonville and was the eldest girl of seven children. By five she was singing weekends in her family’s band.

At age eight, she was struck by an automobile in front of the family home, and her legs suffered multiple fractures. Recuperating for months in a wheelchair, she continued singing to help pay her medical bills. When she was 16, she began performing at a nightclub near Columbia, a gig that lasted two years.

Evans moved to Nashville in 1991 where songwriter Harlan Howard was impressed by her demo of his song “Tiger by the Tail.” His help led to a contract with RCA. In 2007, Evans released her first album for RCA, “Three Chords and the Truth.” Critics praised the album for returning to traditional country and included it in many of their yearly “Top 10.”

In 1998, NCAA football was changed forever—this was the year the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was created. BCS rankings are determined by two human-voting polls (Harris and Coaches) and one computer pool.

The human poll rankings are based on the voting committee.

Both of the human polls function in the same way: each has 59 voters; each voter ranks their top 25 teams.

The higher the team is ranked, the more points the team gets.

The computer-ranking system takes the rankings a team gets from the other two polls and uses these results to rank the teams.

For a certain team’s ranking, the computer takes a team’s ranks from the other two polls, drops the highest and lowest rankings, and then divides the remaining total by 100.

When deciding which teams gets to play for the National Championship, a computer calculates a team’s strength of schedule along with several other factors.

There is a lot of controversy with the BCS rankings and current bowl-game system. Prominent conferences are given the advantage for several bowl selections. This hurts the chances of a smaller school in weaker conference from getting a well-deserved bowl selection.

Because the BCS favors undefeated teams, teams include weaker opponents in their schedules in order to have a better record.

The way the BCS is currently set up, teams can receive unfair selections. In the 2007 season, the Missouri Tigers were 11-2 prior to

‘Heads Up, Seven Up’

By MEGHAN BARTON

COLLEGIAN MANAGING EDITOR

In almost every column I’ve written thus far, I’ve preached about following your desires and working to get what you want. After numerous interrogations by my best girlfriends, I’ve come to realize your own advice is sometimes the hardest to follow. If you like a guy, tell him…right?

As much as I want to, I’m seriously enjoying the G-rating element of this situation. As elementary as it is, it’s thrilling.

I’m intrigued that he’s anything but forward. He’s challenging, unpredictable, and hilarious.

He’s also fluent in sarcasm, one of my top relationship requirements. The lines are unclear. He doesn’t schmooze me.

He’s real.

I continue to question if some-

their bowl game. The Oklahoma Sooners handed Missouri both of the losses that season—one in the regular season and the other in the Big 12 Championship. The Tigers finished #6 in the BCS rankings and were selected for the Cotton Bowl (a non-BCS bowl). Illinois was selected for the Rose Bowl and Kansas the Orange Bowl even though Missouri beat both of these teams in the regular season.

Because of instances like these, it is argued for the NCAA to change from the current BCS system to a playoff system like the NFL. Arguing for this change is probably pointless, but what if the NFL used a BCS-like system rather than a playoff system?

The 2007 NFL season was an interesting one. The 10-6 New York Giants were the fourth seed in the NFC. The 18-0 (including the playoffs) New England Patriots were defeated by the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. However, if the NFL used a BCS-like system, the Giants never would have even qualified for a bowl game, let alone the “national championship.”

In the current NCAA Division-I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), there are a total of 35 bowl games (5 BCS games and 30 nonBCS games). Seventy teams are selected for these bowl games which means roughly 58 percent of the 120 total teams participate in bowl games. In the NFL, there are 32 teams, so for a proportionate amount of teams to play, there would need to be 9 bowl games (5 BCS and 4 non-BCS). Teams in the NCAA must have at least 6

wins in order to be bowl-eligible, which is 50 percent of the regular season games.

If the current NFL regularseason results were used to formulate bowl selections, teams would need to have at least 8 wins in order to be bowl-eligible. The bowls would be the Visa National Championship, the Verizon Wireless Bowl, the Coors Light Bowl, the Pepsi Bowl, and the Reebok Bowl (all of these are currently major NFL sponsors).

The Green Bay Packers and the Baltimore Ravens would be the selections for the Visa National Championship. Although none of the NFL teams finished undefeated this year, the Packers had the best overall record of 14-2.

There was a three-way tie of 13-3 for this season, but the New England Patriots had the best overall division-record (6-0 in the AFC North); thus, the Patriots would be the #2 team.

The Verizon Wireless Bowl would be between the NFC North #1 and the AFC North #1, so this game would be between the Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Ravens. Green Bay is the actual #1 seed of the NFC North, but they are playing in the Visa National Championship Bowl. The Reebok Bowl would be the NFC West #1 and the AFC West #1. The #1 NFC South would play the #1 AFC South in the Coors Light Bowl. The Pepsi Bowl would be the AFC East #1 versus the NFC East #1.

Visa National Championship Game - #1 Green Bay Packers vs. #2 New England Patriots Verizon Wireless Bowl – De-

troit Lions vs. Baltimore Ravens Reebok – San Francisco 49ers vs. Denver Broncos Coors Lights – New Orleans Saints vs. Houston Texans Pepsi – New York Jets vs. Dallas Cowboys The Atlanta Falcons (10-6) and the Cincinnati Bengals (9-7) both had better overall records than the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. However, by the way the BCS is set up, these teams would not compete in BCS games, and only the Atlantic Falcons would be able to compete in non-BCS games. This would leave four non-BCS games: the Al Michaels Bowl, the John Madden Bowl, the Cris Collinsworth Bowl, and the Tom Hammond Bowl.

These games would have the highest-remaining team in each division. For the NFC West-AFC East battle, the Miami Dolphins are the next-in-line in their respective division. However, they finished the season with a record of 6-10, and teams must be 8-8 to be bowl-eligible. Since the Cincinnati Bengals are the next bowl-eligible AFC team remaining, they would qualify for the Cris Collinsworth Bowl.

Al Michaels Bowl: NFC North (Chicago Bears) vs. AFC South (Tennessee Titans) John Madden Bowl: AFC North (Pittsburgh Steelers) vs.

NFC East (New York Giants) Cris Collinsworth Bowl: NFC West (Arizona Cardinals) vs.

AFC North (Cincinnati Bengals) Tom Hammond Bowl: NFC South (Atlanta Falcons) AFC West (Oakland Raiders)

That’s what she said! one other than my father can handle my extreme sarcasm. But, as much as I dish it out, he dishes it right back. I begin to wonder if this is a recipe for disaster. His unpredictability is refreshing and reassuring.

I’ve always heard that girls tend to end up with a guy that’s just like their dad. While I become immediately hesitant, I know Rick Barton is definitely one-of-a-kind. He “knows” no one is good enough.

I also know he would probably give this kid the time of day, which also for some reason makes me hesitant at the risk of proving my dad right YET again. He has goals. He’s professional, confident, and driven. He actually even has a vocabulary.

I’ve focused so much on being independent that I’ve forgotten how to interpret my feelings.

It took my girls repeatedly telling me before I realized that I actually, really…liked this guy (What?) I’m not afraid of rejection. I’m just currently enjoying myself. There’s no expectations; no limitations. He entertains me, and that’s all I need right now.

After having these walls up for so long, I’m concerned I’ve forgotten how to take them down.

And, for that matter, I’m comfortable behind these walls. I’ve repainted, and they’re pretty.

What I haven’t figured out is this: when do you know if it’s OK to start taking them down? Is there ever really a right time to do so? Or, do you just have to chance it, at the risk of losing all you’ve worked so hard to build?

It’s hard to comprehend. I’m not proud of all my past decisions, but I am proud of the progress I’ve

made since. The amount of pride and confidence that come from this is powerful. Again, is the risk of losing this something I even want to try to comprehend?

The power of my pride is has become a staple in my life, and I’m not sure I could handle another misadventure.

I feel like I’ve forgotten how to act around someone I like. Because I play that I am so uninterested, I assume, like any other girl, that he can read my mind.

Sometimes I wish it could be like the 3rd grade when I knew that Timmy Marcum liked me because he always came and got me out of prison in that game everybody played in PE with those weird, foam kickballs. He always gave up his swing for me, and always tapped my thumb in “heads up, seven up”… so romantic.

Right now I’ve got a firm grip on my reality. However, it is hard to avoid what’s right in front of me. Keeping a comfortable distance has worked like a charm. I’ve sworn to myself and my girls that I’m simply content with just myself, because no one has proven to be worth the risk. But I can’t help but wonder, is he the exception?

P.S. Obviously I know my column isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. If you don’t agree, or have an opinion, grow up and at least write a letter to the editor. Or, write for the paper yourself.

And just a tip—if reading it makes you want to vomit… don’t read it. Duh.

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By SEAN FAULKNER COLLEGIAN WRITER

Recently, I found a status on my Newsfeed from a girl which stated something along the lines of “if a guy only texts or calls you at night he only wants to hook up.”

This confused me. Not because it isn’t a true statement, because, for the most part, it is entirely true. No, I was confused because I wondered what reaction the author was intending. A girlempowering post which would be liked by her friends and reposted starting a revolution of never answering a call, text, or message in any media from any man ever again?

Perhaps she was waiting for a man to swiftly deny or admit to the charge and attempt to bridge the male/female misunderstanding. My personal response was

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partially stifled laughter followed by a “der.”

To me, this was closely similar to someone excitedly running into an intermediate physics class and extolling the new discovery of Newton’s first law. Of course that’s the intention of a message in the evening. This has always been the intention. Hell, Romeo made the late night call to Juliet on her balcony. So why do men do this? Because, according to my father, it works…sometimes.

Even the smallest chance of success still proves to outweigh the costs in a man’s mind.

If my father, and as I suspect, most everyone else’s father (and our father’s father’s, so on and so forth), did the same thing, one must then ask, “Why does this work?” This answer is easier to explain than it may seem and needs little psychological or so-

ciological investigation; because women are people as well as men.

Indulging in the revelry of youth is not a new thing.

Biologically, our undergraduate years fall at the end of our pubescent years. Since the beginnings of modern civilization, young adults such as us, have partied to excess and enjoyed (or suffered) the consequences thereof.

I suppose the question I am trying to explore is whether the “booty call/text/Facebook message” should be considered disrespectful.

I recognize that coming to the understanding that someone is less fascinated in your favorite foods, books, the first time you did yoga, and other interests; and is instead interested in other physical and hormonal attractiveness leaves one feeling possibly empty or insulted. Yet, there is

no binding contract attached to this attempt. You do not have to accept any try. There is no insult intended, instead from a more natural view point it is meant as a compliment of biological attraction. Socially, it is no different from meeting someone at a party or gathering and recognizing, through mutual flirtation, that you both prefer each other.

Romantic love which Hollywood pushes down our throats is a valiant aspiration. A special someone thinking of you constantly is for what most yearn.

However, that love is mysterious and one cannot force it, lest one be ready to accept the likeliness of chasing it away. Expecting a modern man to observe the courting ritual similar to that in the Victorian era is antiquated and to some extent offensive to both parties.

Some thoughts on the ‘Booty Call’

My message as a man as it concerns to this issue is such; you are a big girl, if you are interested, great; if you are not interested, that’s all right as well. The guys on this campus are big boys. We understand if you’re looking for something different than we are.

It’s better, in this writer’s opinion, to be forthright with a late-night call rather than either party in this dance to attempt a relationship for one end. We are all human. We all have the same urges, needs, and wants (even if some try to suppress them more than other people).

Let’s treat each other like humans; real humans, not fictional, “tea party and ‘Pride and Prejudice’” humans. If we reciprocally recognize each other’s urges, let us not make an ordeal of it. Embrace it, as humanity has always done.

My Two Cents by Alex Harrell College basketball is better than the NBA in the way that Sean Connery is a better James Bond than Roger Moore. Disagree? Well, here’s why you’re wrong.

For one thing, college basketball has the Duke Blue Devil, Rameses the Tar Heel, and Big Jay the colorful Jayhawk. Pro basketball has Chewbacca wearing a Kings jersey and a Cookie Monster look-alike doing front flips dunks off of a workout trampoline in Washington D.C. College basketball has the Cameron Indoor Stadium, Allen Fieldhouse, the Spectrum, the Carrier Dome, and Assembly Hall. The NBA boasts Bradley Center, the oldest arena in the league, and believe me, it screams “whatever the opposite of ‘showtime’ is.”

College basketball has rich traditions: National champions cutting down the net while “One Shining Moment” is sung, Jimmy V week, Midnight Madness, and Taylor College’s Silent Night.

The NBA has the Celebrity game during All Star Weekend which gives people like Justin Bieber and Chris Tucker the rare opportunity to wear baggy shorts and have their three-point-prayers swatted away by Scottie Pippen.

College hoops have Rocky Top, Wisconsin Jumping Around, and Kansas’ Rock Chalk Jayhawk chant. Pro basketball has 30-year-old mothers for cheerleaders dancing to “They’re Playing Basketball”. How sexy…

College basketball has rivalries that have not lost any intensity in 75 years: Duke-North Carolina, Minnesota-Wisconsin,

Indiana-Purdue, UCLA-USC, Missouri-Kansas, SyracuseUConn, and about 20 others that keep students camping outside of arenas overnight in 20=degree weather for tickets. Pro basketball hasn’t had a decent rivalry since Clinton was in office.

College has Grant to Laettner.

Pro has New Orleans to Utah.

(Which makes sense because historically jazz music has its roots in Morman country, right?

Right?)

College basketball has Dover, DE. , Fargo, ND. ,and Orono, ME. Pro basketball has not one, but two teams in Los Angeles.

College basketball is Bobby Knight throwing chairs, Mike Krzyzewski’s nose, and John Wooden’s winning streak. The NBA has Stan Van Gundy rocking a porn star-like mustache with

Not Even Close

a chin most turkeys would envy.

College basketball is Tyus Edney going end to end in 4.8, Christian Laentter’s turnaround in 2.1, UNC State’s air ball being dunked with 1.3. The NBA has Michael Jordan beating someone, somewhere, at some time.

College basketball has Gus Johnson saying, “They’re playing man to man” faster than any other human being and Dick Vital having more energy than most college students jacked up on Mountain Dew. The NBA has a round table with Charles Barkley making jokes about how Steve Kerr is the only white guy on the show.

College has March Madness, which gave us Bird vs. Magic well before they were Bird and Magic.

It showed us a tiny school from Northern Iowa could pull off an upset. It’s caused more tears than

a Nicholas Sparks novel and more heartache than a 7th grade dance.

It’s showed us the Fab Five, The Duke Power Company, Phi Slamma Jamma, and Danny and the Miracles. The NBA has the South Beach Supers, DLC and the DLeaguers, the Three Amigos, and the LeBroshAde, and that’s just for the Miami Heat!

And even if all of this doesn’t persuade you to change your view then think about this. A 15-year NBA veteran could play for six or seven teams, every arena in the league, and with countless players and coaches who’s names will elude him as he ages. Yet, no matter how many jerseys he wears, he’ll still have an alma mater, and he’ll still wear his class ring. AH

Second half surge not enough for Eagle cagers

By SKYLER JAMESON

COLLEGIAN SPORTS WRITER

The Central Methodist Eagles (7-11, 1-6 HAAC) faced off in a physical Heart of America Athletic Conference game against the Benedictine Ravens (11-7, 5-1 HAAC) Saturday afternoon at Puckett Field House.

The Runnin’ Eagles and the Ravens exchanged blows at the beginning of the first half trading the lead back and forth.

As the half winded down, Derek Kitch hit a 15-foot jumper to send the Eagles into the half trailing 27-23. The second half started off just like the first with both teams trading points. It wasn’t until the Ravens went on a 10-0 run midway through the last half. This 10-0 run gave the ravens a 50-35 lead. This was their biggest lead of the night putting the Eagles in a tough spot

for a comeback.

However, the Eagles came soaring back with just 7 minutes left in the game cutting down the lead to 52-44 thanks to a strong 3-point play from the Eagles’ star forward Elliot Black. As the clock wound-down, the Eagles ended up decreasing the point deficit to just 56-51 with only two-and-ahalf minutes left in the game.

Kitch had an impressive 3-point play to cut the lead to 58-54 with only 90 seconds left in regulation.

During this 90-second-stretch, the Eagles were forced to foul. Benedictine took advantage of the free throws caused by the fouls which put the Eagles out of reach.

At the final whistle, the score read 6254 in a tough loss for the Eagles. “Both teams played well, they just shot bet-

ter than us and that hurt us,” said Black.

The Eagles shot just 37 percent from the field in this loss while Benedictine shot 43 percent. Some key performers for the Eagles in this game are Robert Mason who finished with a team high 15 points and a steal. Black recorded a solid 12 points and finished just short of a double-double as he also contributed 9 rebounds in the contest.

Another key performer was Eric Franklin who put in 13 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, and 2 steals.

Next on the schedule for the Eagles is Culver-Stockton College (4-13, 1-6 HAAC) in Canton on Thurs., Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The Eagles are currently sitting in the 8th in conference play while CulverStockton is sitting 9th.

Central Methodist is only five games

behind first place in a tough conference, so a run might be in store for the Eagles.

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AMRAP - On Fitness by Jacob Heppner Good morning Fayette-nam!

It is definitely rough coming back from three weeks of break.

We have to go to class, and we also have to do something about this winter “coat” that occurred from all the amazing food over break…darn you Grandma and your amazing apple pie!

It seems that with every semester it’s harder and harder to find time to work out between studying, playing games of Mario Kart, and sneaking away to take naps.

Our time is valuable, but let’s not forget that so is our physical health. After years of lifting for sports, I got tired of long, lifting sessions. A measure of being in shape isn’t how long you can kill time in the weight room/cardio room, but instead how much can you take.

So my ideas? Well, just be-

cause I love acronyms, and most of you probably think I make these up, here is another one: HIIT. HIIT is High Intensity Interval Training; it is comprised of short, intense intervals with even shorter recovery periods.

HIIT sessions usually last between 9 and 20 minutes. This can change though for some instances. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is possible to get a workout done in 9 to 20 minutes.

I realize what you are thinking: here we go, more crazy ideas.

They are crazy, but when I heard that Santa wasn’t real for the first time, I thought that was crazy.

But, I’ve lived with the crazy idea of Santa not being real, and it’s not such a bad life; at least I don’t get picked on anymore.

Like all crazy ideas though, I believe they are all worth a try.

Let me ask you a question: why are P90x and Insanity so popular?

Answer: they get results. Why do they get results? Because they are a HIIT (pun intended).

For those of you that have done Insanity, just think about it.

There are very minimal amounts of rest in between gut-wrenching periods of time doing movements that make your legs call you dirty names.

So, what if you don’t have access to these programs or want to try something different? I was hoping you’d ask. I introduce to you another crazy torture idea, Tabata Interval.

Yes, I know she sounds cute and cuddly, but believe me she is worse than your ex-girlfriend.

All you need is a stopwatch and the will to get into shape.

The Tabata Method is a

4-minute-long workout with 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest and then repeating the process, work, rest, work… etc. So, within the four minutes you will complete 8 cycles of work and rest. Your score for the workout is the lowest number of reps completed in one of the work time periods.

This scoring system allows for athletes to see improvement in their cardiovascular and anaerobic conditioning. So, what lifts or movements do you do for four minutes? Anything you want to; that’s the beauty of it. Sit-ups, jump rope, air squats, sprints, box jumps, burpees, and the list goes on. You can use the Tabata interval as a beginning to you getting into shape, as a warm up, to end the workout, or if you’re especially crazy, turn it into an actual

workout by stringing Tabata intervals together.

For instance, Tabata air squats, Tabata sit-ups, and Tabata lunges each for 4 minutes totaling 12 minutes of a sweat-induced coma.

Most of you must think, well this guy tells us these ridiculous workouts, and he has probably never tried them himself. No, ladies and gentleman, all this wonderful knowledge that I give to you comes from prior painful experience.

If you want to try it and have some questions, or are just interested, then come ask me, or better yet come give it a shot.

Lady Eagles defeat Culver-Stockton 71-68 in away game Central Methodist converted three free throws with under eight seconds remaining to defeat Culver-Stockton 71-68 on Jan. 19 in Charles Fieldhouse in Heart of America Athletic Conference women’s basketball action.

The Lady Eagles (8-10, 5-3 HAAC) used an 18-5 run midway through the first half to take a 13-point lead late in the period.

With the score tied at 16 at the 11:15 mark, Sami Dunger nailed a three-pointer to trigger the

spurt. A Raylyn Nuss free throw gave the visitors a 34-21 upper hand with three minutes to go in the half, and Central Methodist led 36-25 at halftime.

The Wildcats (10-10, 2-6 HAAC) rallied and took a fourpoint lead with 7:04 left in the game, but two Nakia Robinson free throws gave the Lady Eagles a 59-57 advantage at the 5:44 mark, and Central Methodist would never trail again.

Dunger and Towanda Sutton

finished with 15 points apiece.

Robinson added 13. Sammie Gathercole had 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

Aneshia Starks led CulverStockton offensively with 23 points and nine rebounds. Bailey Owen and Tromesa May had 12 and 11 points, respectively.

The Lady Eagles hit 26-of-48 (54.2%) from the field and held the Wildcats to only 35.9% (23of-64) shooting.

Eagles defeat Culver-Stockton to break 4-game losing streak CMU’s Elliott Black scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds to lead his team to a 70-42 win at Culver-Stockton Jan. 19 in Charles Fieldhouse in Heart of America Athletic Conference men’s basketball action.

The Eagles (8-10, 2-6 HAAC) opened the game on a 12-3 run and never looked back. After a Black steal and layup at the eight-minute mark made the score 21-10, Central Methodist never again led by fewer than double-digits. The Ea-

gles’ largest lead of the first half came with 19 seconds on the clock after Eric Franklin drilled a trey to make the difference 19 points, 35-16. The visitors led 35-18 at halftime.

CMU’s advantage swelled to as many as 31 points in the second half on three separate occasions with the latest coming with 5:20 left in the contest. Evan Lavery found the bottom of the net from distance to make the score 63-32.

Lavery finished with 12 points.

Franklin and Alex Barner each had

eight. Barner also recorded 12 rebounds.

Ronald Dukes and Jason Tucker came up with 14 and 13 points, respectively, to lead the Wildcats (4-14, 1-7 HAAC).

The Eagles hit 28-of-51 (54.9 percent) from the field. CMU’s defense allowed Culver-Stockton to convert only 33.3 percent (17of-51) of its field goals.

The Eagles outrebounded the Wildcats 40-19.

Taylor Cornelison of Fordland (right), joined here by CMU assistant coach Gabe Henry, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Central Methodist women’s basketball team. “Taylor is a big get for us,” said her coach, Jm Arnold. “She is extremely efficient around the basket and will really help us on the boards. Taylor obviously helps us inside, but she has great feet, hands, and runs the floor very well.”

Cornelison is averaging 16.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game this season for Fordland High School. She has also recorded 1.8 blocks per game and is a four-year letter winner for her school. Cornelison has also scored more than 1,000 points in her high school career.

Kelly concert an intimate yet successful show

By BRITTANEE JACOBS, Collegian Editor-in-Chief Robert Kelly, a singer/song- about the outside world and enwriter from Nashville, performed joy the concert. Kelly continued on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 8:00 with another track on his debut p.m. in the Eagles Nest. Kelly’s record entitled “Standing Still,” CD, Be Here Now, was released only this time it was a solo effort in March 2011, and those songs (the recorded version features Jilwere well-received by the 20-stu- lian Edwards). dent crowd.

The first cover of the night Kelly’s 13-song set began was song number three, and Kelwith the title track off his full- ly successfully mastered a song length CD. The audience mem- by the often-Grammy-nominee bers took heed to the lyrics and Coldplay. The transition back to allowed themselves to forget his own music came with “Run-

ning Faster,” whose powerful chorus shifts at the end of this ballad reminiscent on a past love.

“Breathe It In” was next, and Kelly explained the back story for the song: Norwegian soldiers and Damascus (for more of the story, attend a Kelly concert!).

A song by the folk band The Avett Brothers was the second cover of the evening. Kelly’s roommate got married two days after the concert, so he performed

TAB’s “January Wedding” as practice for the wedding. “All This Time” followed the cover, along with the crowd-favorite “Wild.” “Only the Start” helped ease the pain which is present in the subsequent song “Pages,” a tune with gentle guitar strums and heartbreaking lyrics centered upon a failed relationship.

The crowd requested a third cover, and with Kelly, decided on John Mayer’s hit “Daughters.” Kelly fol-

lowed with a story about an evening with a girl in Austin, TX, before playing the inspired song “What Do You See?,” an unreleased song. The show finished with the upbeat song “We Are Poetry.”

Though the crowd was small, the music created a unique bond between the audience and Kelly.

The concert was an unforgettable, intimate event. Check out Kelly and his music at www.robertkellymusic.com.

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Ashby-Hodge Gallery continues ‘The Last Show’ Exhibition runs through March 8

In preparation for its move to Classic Hall next summer, CMU’s Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art is presenting one more show aptly titled, “The Last Show: Executive Board Purchases through the Years.”The show runs through March 8.

“The Last Show” highlights many of the works acquired since the gallery opened in 1993 in the lower level of Cupples Hall (Smiley Library) with the prestigious Ashby Collection.

There are an array of artists in the show — inclding national, regional, local and alumni. Among them will be William McKim (1916-1995), a student of Thomas Hart Benton; Romare Bearden (1911-1988), whose 100th birthday the gallery recently celebrated; Jerry and Joanne Berneche, Ben

and Brooke Cameron, all from Columbia; Ann Schafer, Lisa Baylor, Chase Thompson, Aaron Leimkuehler, all with Fayette connections; plus many more.

In the smaller gallery are featured some of the 23 pieces of artwork acquired during 2011. On display is Alfred Montgomery’s “Barrel and Sack Corn,” Jack Zitman’s “Bronze Nude,” August Laux’s “Still Life with Raspberries,” and several early works by Penny Brown, recently received.

The gallery is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday afternoons from 1:30 to 4:30 during the run of this new show.

Group tours are available by calling the curator, Dr. Joe Geist (248 6304).

AT RIGHT: A painting titled “Queen Anne’s Lace.”

Video Gaming with Tyler Bishop-Perera For my first review I wanted to talk about the video game “Dead Island.”

“Dead Island” is a new type of zombie killing game. The story takes place on the fictional island of Banoi where your main goal is to escape the island alive. You play as one of four characters who are immune to the virus creating the zombies.

Each of the characters has different abilities, such as tackle, and different weapon specializations, such as blunt weapons or firearms. Customization of your character in this game is restricted to the skills you select upon leveling up and the skills are different for the different characters.

The weapon selection of the game is very diverse ranging from a broom handle, frying pan, and kitchen knife, to sickles, automatic rifles, and Molotov cocktails.

In addition to the weapons, there are numerous weapon modifications (mods) for every type of weapon, such as the “tesla mod” which attaches to sledge hammers and, at a random chance, upon striking an enemy electrocute them and send them flying through the air.

The modifications not only increase the damage of your weapon but add elemental effects to your attacks; the tesla mod for instance adds electricity, while the phoenix mod adds fire damage.

The zombies also come in many varieties from the slow and weak “walker” type to the enormous and juggernaut like “ram” types. The combat of the game is

mainly based on melee weapons and has two different styles.

With regular style your swing is controlled by the trigger however with the analog style you control the direction and angle of you swing with the right analog stick giving you more options in combat.

Graphically, the game is not stunning; however, the environment of the tropical island of Banoi is beautiful in its massive scale.

For my second game review I’m going to talk about “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” also known as “MW3.”

“MW3” is the much-awaited threequel to the MW series and is an all-around improvement on the previous title.

The campaign picks up where the last game ended with Soap near death, and World War 3 already underway on American borders. I won’t give away any spoilers for the campaign, but its storyline is just as good, if not better, than the previous titles. However, I, like most people, bought the game not necessarily for the campaign but for the online gameplay. The set-up of the online multiplayer is for the most part the same with the addition of survival to the “spec ops” section.

There are many new weapons, perks, and kill streak rewards. The kill streaks underwent the biggest change with new kill streaks, such as remote turret and the crowd pleasing juggernaught.

You now also have the ability to

chose to use support kill streaks that help your team or hinder the enemy, which do not restart the count when you die but continues to stack, or the assault kill streaks which hurt the enemy but the count restarts if you die.

The online community hasn’t changed much and still has its share of campers and noob tubers but with the new weap-

ons and kill streaks like the FAD and juggernaught, and old favorites like the M4 and predator missile online matches have become more heated and entertaining.

BELOW: Historic Brannock Hall following a 2009 snowstorm.

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A visit with SACC president KB

By JACOB HEPPNER, Collegian Staff Writer Far back in the dark recesses of the SACC hallways, beyond the point where any sane student would venture, there sits an office. An office plagued with no windows, more seemingly fit to be called a dungeon. In this dungeon there reclines one person with unbeknownst power. Power only fitting of a president, our president, Kristen Bailey (KB) — at right in photo.

When I was given this article to write, my head was spinning with ideas of monarchical absolutism vs. populace-pandering democratic rule. Questions arose concerning what type of regime KB is working so hard to set up.

So, dependent upon my power of the press, I strode down the windowless dank hallway to her office to conduct this interview.

On April 8, 2011, KB was voted in as Student Body President. (Side-note for all of her potential suitors out there: this also happens to be her birthday.) KB is a chemistry major with a secondary education minor, a junior, and is involved in quite a few groups on campus from Chapel to Gamma Sigma Epsilon.

Me: Are you going to run for re-election in April? If so, do you think you’ll win?

KB: Yes, I do plan on running again for my senior year. I think that I have done well so far this year and hope that the students feel the same way and will elect me again.

Me: What great events do you have planned for Central this semester? Will that possibly include another wonderful ice rink outside the cafeteria?

KB: As of right now we (the cabinet) don’t have a whole lot of things planned, but we are going to be thinking of more things to do with the student body in the next couple meetings. There are a couple of possible upcoming events including maybe a Blue’s game in February. I have no comment on the ice rink however.

Me: Looking back on your first semester as our president, what would you change?

KB: Personally, I would change my organizational skills.

They were good this past semester, but I want them to be even better. It’s hard to keep up with upcoming events, and things

would definitely be smoother if I kept ahead of scheduled events.

Me: What are your hobbies?

KB: I really enjoy bike riding, hiking, spending time with friends, family, and Brian, and also an occasional puzzle.

Me: So what are the perks and disadvantages to being SGA President?

KB: First off, the perks are I get an office, I get a scholarship, I get to help out the school, and I get to work with Mark Stone. The disadvantages are I have long hours sometimes, I’m stressed about homecoming and all the planning, and everyone thinks I know everything.

All joking aside, KB is a wonderful addition to this campus and so far the most involved and capable SGA President I have seen in office at Central.

She has spearheaded many great SGA funded events, helps out with local church youth groups, and still has time to keep impeccable grades. Unless Harrison Ford himself runs for office in April, my vote will be for KB for the upcoming re-election.

RACE TO 2012 - Three Contests, Three Winners

By TYLER J. WINN Collegian Reporter It has been about a month since the last time I was able to update my fellow students on the political landscape and in politics a month might as well be a lifetime. Since December we have had the Iowa Caucus, New Hampshire Primary, 3 candidates drop out, and countless controversies. So here is your fast-forward political recap.

The Iowa Caucus came with all the hype as usual and ended with empty results as always.

Yes it is the first real test for the candidates but only 1 percent of the nation’s delegates are chosen through the Iowa convention.

Iowa is a place where you cannot win the nomination but is definitely a place where you can lose one. This was the case with Michelle Bachmann as she elected to withdraw from the nomination process after a disappointing last place finish.

Rick Santorum was able to visit every district in Iowa which along with his evangelical support allowed him to catapult himself to the top of the polls and win the 2012 Iowa Caucus.

John Huntsman elected to not campaign at all in Iowa and instead put all his eggs in New

Hampshire, a more moderate-receptive state. This did not prove to be effective as he finished a disappointing third. Shortly after

Huntsman also elected to withdraw from the nomination process and instead endorse his fellow Mormon, Mitt Romney.

On Jan. 19, Rick Perry followed suit, after disappointing finishes in both Iowa and New Hampshire, and ended his campaign for the Republican nomination, but sent his endorsement over to Newt Gingrich.

Gingrich took his momentum from the endorsements into South Carolina where he was able to capture that state’s primary. Gingrich was able to beat out Romney by 14 percent in an impressive first win.

Santorum and Paul finished

third and fourth respectively.

So here we are three contests in and three winners.

The stage now is set for Florida, the first major state to take stage in the primary race. Gingrich will continue his claim as the antiRomney, Santorum will campaign as the “true conservative,” Paul will focus on garnering as many caucus votes as possible, and then there is Romney.

A week ago it seemed that the race could be over after his presumed South Carolina win. Now Gingrich has risen from the grave, again, and will look to tout his southern roots in Florida. Health Care and immigration will be the key focus points in the debate.

Romney will have to answer Romney-care questions again while Gingrich’s soft immigration stance will also be brought into question.

The fact is though this is, has, and will always be Romney’s race to lose. He has the most money, the best organization, and polls the best nationally. If your betting on who will win put it all in on Romney, it just may take a little longer than he likes.

Coaching changes taking ef fect for Eagle football

By DARIUS PARISH, Collegian Staff Writer

The Eagles Football Program starts their winter training and spring ball off with some new changes. Not just the new faces of recruits that have landed from areas of Texas and California, but the changes within the coaching staff. Defensive backs coach Roshe Hepburn, wide receivers coach D. Bryant, and defensive ends coach/video coordinator Johnny Stilwell have departed for new coaching opportunities.

Roshe Hepburn spent two seasons with the Eagle football program as the defensive backs coach.

Coach Jody Ford, associate head coach and defensive coordinator, mentions his opinion of the absence of Coach Hepburn: “Sad about it, as Coach Hepburn did a great good working with the young men and developing them, not to only be great players but good young men as well. I am happy that Coach Hepburn is getting the opportunity to coach somewhere else full-time as he has done such a great good for our program.”

D. Bryant finished three seasons as the wide receivers coach as well as the offensive coordinator of the junior varsity. Coach Keith Setler, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, expresses his thoughts on the loss of Coach Bryant: “Losing a coach you feel happy and sad. [You’re] happy that they are having the op-

portunity to progress in their coaching career and sad that we are losing a member of the family.”

Johnny Stilwell was a member of the Central Methodist football staff as he served two seasons with the outside linebackers and one season with the defensive ends and video coordinator for the Eagles. “Not only did Coach Stilwell serve as a coach of the program, but also a mentor to the players which he helped guide to be good young men within the university and the community.”

Coach Ford says, “The coaches will be greatly missed, as it feels the Eagle program is losing members of their family.”

The process of trying to find replacements for the coaching positions that is open will be a hard process for the coaches, as they try to fulfill the hard work and dedication that the former coaches have left behind. Coach Setler mentions, “We get resumes in all the time once a position is available for a potential coach, but we have to take our time and deliberate if the candidates fit our program, fit what we are trying to pursue, and have the same goals as us.”

The Eagles will pursue their goal of making an appearance in the NAIA playoffs this 2012 season; they are preparing with training, practicing, and pride in order to succeed.