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Esteem flourishes through pageant BY DAKOTA JONES Missourian Reporter
life you come from,” Kiva Coppage sophomore contestant said, “You build a Beauty pageants can be sisterhood with the other brutal. Constant primping girls. You build relationand dieting can ruin con- ships with them.” testants’ self esteem and Although this is a combreak their spirit. The Black petition and only one conand Gold testant can Pageant is move on, all designed to It’s a great of the comdo the opstatexperience no petitors posite. ed that the matter what friendships Colleges across the size, race and they have nation host made will age you are.” last a lifethe Black and Gold time. They pageant to are more like Kiva Coppage reward one family than deservever before. ing winner per school with The competition conan academic scholarship. sists of four parts. The Another scholarship is re- business portion is a suit warded to the contestant and heels introduction of that sells the most tickets to the girls’ majors and life the pageant. philosophies. Swimwear “It’s a great experience, shows the judges and audino matter what size, race, ence how confident each and age you are or walk of
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The rate of women in Missouri that will experience domestic violence in her lifetime
36,943
Fighting against abuse BY KARRA SMALL Missourian Reporter For some people, life is not so perfect. Denise, 63, never realized that she deserved better in her life. Dealing with a husband who was mentally and physically abusive was tough, heart wrenching, and silently shameful. It was also her life. That changed the day her granddaughter, Eliza started dating. While at her grandmother’s house, Eliza’s new boyfriend Dan started calling every few hours to check in on her, demanding to know who she was with and what they were doing.
“Are you sure you’re at your Grandma’s house,” he would ask. “Why can’t you see that he’s controlling you,” Denise questioned. And then, Denise had an epiphany. Eliza was following in her footsteps. Rachel, 31, never thought she would be a victim. Growing up in a middle class family wrought with values and confidence she looked at domestic violence as something that happened in a faraway place, in the bad part of town. She would never be the woman who let her boyfriend control her every move. She was wrong. Rachel has been married for seven See ABUSE on A5
Number of domestic violence incidents in Missouri this past year
751
Number of clients served by the Children and Family Center in Maryville
51%
Increase from 2008 in the number of clients at the Children and Family Center To learn more about domestic violence awareness month, the Children and Family Center in Maryville, and how to volunteer visit our website.
Brothers raise funds for special athletes BY EMILY DEMAREA Chief Reporter The six on six volleyball tournament, hosted by the men of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, was held last weekend at Beal Park. Attendees each paid a fee to participate, and all of the money was donated to the Support for Special Olympics Headquarters in St. Joseph. “We had all kinds of teams sign up this year,” Porter said. “Sorority teams, fraternity teams, community teams, and also just friends that got together to play.” Each of the 12 teams that participated in the tournament paid a $50 fee, amounting to a total of $600 for the Special Olympics. The philanthropy chair of Phi Sigma Kappa, Patrick Laky, organized the event and said it set a new bar for Spike tournaments to come. “This was definite-
ly our most successful Spike tournament so far,” Laky said. “In the past, the weather has had a bad effect on the tournament, but we were very successful this year.” The tournament ended up lasting nearly four hours this year, before a winning team was declared champion. Each member of the team received a T-shirt from the fraternity for the Special Olympics. Laky said that he was very proud of the outcome, and he applauded all of the participants for their sportsmanship. “You could see that everyone wanted to help out,” Edwards said. “It was a lot of fun, and I think people really enjoyed it and they liked meeting other people.” Aside the Spike charity event, Laky said the fraternity will be having a clothing drive this spring and a Christmas event for the children of the St. Joseph Orphanage.
Powwow brings culture to campus BY TREY WILLIAMS News Editor Native American music and the steady pulse of bells and drums surged through every nook and cranny of Bearcat Arena last Saturday, accompanied by the delectable aroma of fried bread, Indian tacos and vendors selling Native American necklaces, bracelets and other trinkets. Over the weekend, Northwest played host to approximately 30 Native American tribes as members from the Dine Navajo, Crow,
Northern Cheyenne, Lakota and many other tribes got together for their annual Powwow celebration. Jayme “Bad” Warrior, a fullblood Lakota, expressed the importance of gathering the many different tribes together to celebrate. “It’s a celebration to bring everyone together -- their beliefs,” Warrior said. “They honor us by dancing. They honor us by singing and we want to honor the people who come to watch by sharing it with them. It’s kind of like a circle, everyone gets a piece.”
This is a time for the tribes to reflect, celebrate and share Native American culture and tradition. The Powwow consists of a dance contest, native songs and food. For the dance contests, participants get decked out in full regalia; a fusion of different colors, patterns and textures each with its own tribal and family meaning. Barbara Crossland, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, serves on the Powwow council that has enabled this event to take place at the University for See POWWOW on A5
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DANCERS MAKE THEIR way into Bearcat Arena during the Grand Entrance on Saturday. About 30 tribes were present for the powwow.