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According to a report by Justin W. Patchin at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 10 percent of teens have been victims of cyberbullying in the last 30 days.
Regulating Internet harassment proves difficult JAMES HENDERSON III Editor in Chief | @jendersoniii
With the Internet growing from a mere source of information into one of the most immediate and widely used mediums for human interaction, lawmakers and enforcement officials have been tasked with regulating what happens in the ever-changing cyber-world. Be it Internet fraud, pirated music and movies, or the growing world
of cyber terrorism, managing what happens on the internet has proven to be a difficult endeavor. This is especially true when attempting to monitor the different types of bullying and harassment that occur via the Internet. Social media harassment and cyberbullying became a new, vicious problem for Internet users as social media took its place in national prominence. According to nobullying.com, 25 percent of teenagers said
they had been bullied over the Internet or their cell phone. However, these issues have proven just as hard to define as they are to maintain. The common misconception is that the two offenses are one in the same, however that is not the case. Cyberbullying and social media harassment are two different things. According to Missouri statute 160.775.1, cyberbullying falls under the classification of bullying in general.
“‘Bullying’ is intimidation or harassment that causes a reasonable student to fear for his or her physical safety or property,” according to the statute. “Bullying may consist of physical actions, including gestures, or oral (actions), cyberbullying, electronic, or written communication, and any threat of retaliation for reporting of such acts.”
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NEWS BRIEF Mulligan spotted again, arrested in Franken Hall A Kansas City, Missouri, man charged with multiple crimes outside of Franken Hall earlier this year was found on campus once again. Dalton James Mulligan was arrested for trespassing at Franken Hall Oct. 11. This is the second time Mulligan has been removed from Northwest’s campus in handcuffs. Mulligan was arrested for third degree assault, possession of marijuana and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia Sept. 5. This came after an altercation with his girlfriend at the time Celsea L. Killian and Scott K. Mullins, who intervened in the altercation. Both Killian and Mullins are Northwest students. According to University Police Chief Clarence Green, Mulligan came to the campus to visit someone when he was spotted by police. Green explained how that can make it difficult to keep Mulligan off campus. “With domestic violence and relationship violence, a lot of those times the survivors of these incidents reach out to the same person again,” Green said. “We’re trying to work with those individuals to strengthen them and insure they have the assistance and resources so they know what they need to be successful. But, many times they reach out to the person and that’s difficult. It’s difficult for us all.” Green said keeping Mulligan or anyone off campus is a difficult task. “We (have to) stay vigilant in our efforts to ensure that if he is on campus, we are arresting him. We have foot patrols and vehicle patrols that are out to make sure he isn’t on our campus,” Green said. “In Missouri, you cannot post photos or information about individuals saying they are banned from our campus, so I think it is important we stay vigilant to ensure he is not on our campus. I really applaud those officers for knowing that he was here, making contact with him and arresting him right away.”
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, and Hillary Rodham Clinton laugh during the CNN Democratic presidential debate, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas.
Democratic debate sets front-runner JAKE MCKNIGHT News Editor | @jbmcknight93
The Democratic candidates for the U.S. presidential election held their first debate of the 2016 election campaign in Las Vegas Oct. 13. The candidates: Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, and former Secretary of State Hill-
ary Clinton– ran through a series of hot policy questions. They were questioned about gun control, immigration, climate change, recreational marijuana, wealth inequality and criminal justice. In the debate, there were a few policy clashes. Sanders was attacked about gun control and Clinton was called out over Syria and her vote in favor of Iraq. However, there were brief moments of coop-
eration too. Sanders bailed out Clinton on her use of private email as secretary of state: “The American public is sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails,” Sanders said. “Me too, me too,” Clinton said. “Enough of the emails, let’s talk about the real issues facing America,” Sanders said. Sanders earned a few points by knocking down “casino capitalism” and asking millions of Americans
to confront the business classes. He sums up how he wants the economy to be fixed in a policy to award the most wealth to the 1 percent. Clinton quickly took to the stand and noted that she could get results by being progressive, not just taking stances. Clinton also stated she was the candidate best suited to take on the GOP.
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October 22, 2015
Communication students roll out new media truck DARCIE BRADFORD Managing Editor | @Darcie_Jeanne_7
Student media held its first live broadcast from its new, fully equipped media truck. The truck was purchased last year and prepared for live broadcast throughout the 2015 spring semester. Television and video engineer Will Murphy said the entire process of getting the truck prepared to use has been challenging, but not the biggest problem student media has faced. “There has been a pretty large expense in getting the truck going. So, making all the gears work at the same time through a bureaucracy like the university is sometimes a little challenging, though our biggest problems were just making sure we had everything lined up before our upcoming event, which in this case, is homecoming, which will be our big one for the fall,” Murphy said. Murphy also said the truck was built from scratch, but this has been good experience for both himself and his students. “We’ve stripped it down and even replaced the floors. All the racks and electrical were taken out, tested and put back in. What we are left with is a 95 percent functional truck,” Murphy said. The truck’s capabilities include broadcasting audio and video over a data connection locally, up to 16 channels of audio and HD uncompressed video, as well as the ability to, using data, go live to the internet right out of the truck in full HD. The truck saw its first outing at the Spoofhounds football game Friday night. There were two crews
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for the first live broadcast out of the media truck. There was an A crew, which was more experienced with the truck and a B crew which was still learning the operations of the media truck. Murphy said that having such an accessible media truck will be a great benefit for students. Many TV outlets now require broadcasters to have one or two years of training as an assistant before using a media truck on their own. Murphy said having this truck will cut the time students will spend training after graduation because they will already have the experience they need to work out of the media truck on their own. “Everything in the truck is at the same level, maybe not as much equipment, as Kansas City Metro Sports or Miles Media Trucks. The equipment will be used in the same way so students can go into those trucks and feel at home,” Murphy said. Junior Preston Kralicek said he and several other students are excited about the truck and the experience they will gain from it. “It’s not very often that, in your college experience, you get to work out of a truck like this. So it’s pretty awesome to be able to come out of college and go into interviews saying you’ve worked out of a truck like this.” Kralicek directed the broadcast of the Spoofhounds football game Friday night. The media truck will broadcast the homecoming parade and is also scheduled to take student media members to cover the Iowa Caucuses live in spring 2016.
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Top: Junior Preston Kralieck works inside the media truck during the Spoofhounds game Oct. 16. Bottom: The mass communication department’s broadcast truck is one of only three of its kind at colleges in the nation.
Focus remains on Run. Hide. Fight. DARCIE BRADFORD Managing Editor | @Darcie_Jeanne_7
In light of recent shootings on several college campuses throughout the nation, Northwest Crisis Management Coordinator Mike Ceperley held a “Run. Hide. Fight.” briefing for management staff located in the student union as a preventative measure should a dangerous person enter that building. Ceperley’s presentation consisted of three main points: prevention, who to call and how to respond. As far as preventing a dangerous event, Ceperley said there is almost no way prevention is possible. “Nothing can stop these events from happening unfortunately, there is no one-stop-shop answer. If someone is determined enough, they will do it,” Ceperley said. The one thing that could prevent a tragic event is early recognition. He advised against allowing strange or threatening behavior to go unnoticed, and said to call University Police when threats of violence are made, or when dangerous tendencies are seen in an individual. “JDLR stands for ‘Just Doesn’t Look Right,’ such a simple acronym. We’ve seen these things numerous times in our lives. But we just put on our blinders and go about our business,” Ceperley said. “When you’re looking at active shooter cases, a lot of indicators are things that just don’t seem right. Things that people pick up on, but don’t follow through with reporting. If you see something, say something. It doesn’t just pertain to sexual violence, it pertains to anything. We have an ownership in our community. Our friends and family, they are here. We owe it to them to say something.” Reporting the warning signs could break the cycle. If an individual showing dangerous or threatening tendencies needs help or any other resources, UPD can address the dangers and give the individual the resources needed to
move forward. The second main point in Ceperley’s presentation was who to call. Ceperley stressed that faculty, staff and students call University Police. Calling 911 could help, but Ceperley said that after having experience in Maryville Public Safety, he has seen 911 calls come into MPS from Maryville, Virginia and Tennessee. Dispatchers can only track landlines. Cell phone calls can be misplaced. Calling University Police puts one in contact with the closest law enforcement agency to his or her location and from there UPD can contact backup such as MPS or Nodaway county. The final point in Ceperley’s presentation was how to respond. If such a situation ever occurred, there are three things one can do: run, hide or fight. One of the best things you can do is run. Run in the opposite direction of the immediate danger, get as many people to go with you as possible and go to a safe location off campus. Hiding is another alternative. Lock and barricade doors, windows and other entrances to the room you are in and turn off the lights. While the dangerous individual may know the room is occupied, Ceperley said the people carrying out such dangerous actions aren’t looking for obstacles. They know they have a certain time frame before authorities respond, so they will find the easiest targets possible. Fighting is the final response one could have. Ceperley advises that if people are comfortable with fighting the intruder, they should do so in a group. It is best to have a few people distract the intruder, a few to overwhelm and disarm them and a few to contain them until authorities arrive. “One of the things I hear people say is, ‘Well, they have a gun and we have no weapons.’ Well I tell you what, I have a gun and I’d hate to come in here and have trash cans
and things thrown at me,” Ceperley said. “They don’t want resistence. They will usually quit or give up in these instances. And there are several success stories where students have swarmed the intruder, taken him down and saved countless lives.” Ceperley said when he talks to students about “Run. Hide. Fight.,” he is amazed at how many students are shocked that they can fight back. Ceperley assures all students that no repercussions will be taken against them for protecting their lives in such a situation. Ceperley said that if any threatening activity were to happen on Northwest’s campus, he would guess it would happen in the student union. It is a central location, very well populated and something suspicious could go unnoticed in the heavily populated areas quite easily. “It comes back to a community approach, and we are all a part of the community, so each one of us has a part in how we protect not only ourselves, but our community,” Ceperley said. Campus Dining Services Director Spencer Martin said the presentation was very meaningful and shared a powerful message for him. “That presentation was amazing. The way he pulled such a powerful message followed by an emotional response - I had goosebumps by the end of it,” Martin said. Aramark District Manager Brian Krockey said that as part of his job, he oversees several campuses and he is proud to see Northwest taking steps to increase vigilance in this issue. “I have six other campuses I oversee, including Missouri Western, and I tried to stress in a phone call to them last week, I said, ‘please try to get involved with your campus ... to see what is in the best interests for security.’ Walking in today, I didn’t know this was going to happen, and this is great. This is important stuff. The stuff I do is not as important as this,” Krockey said.
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NEWS
October 22, 2015
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Career Day offers job opportunities for students MICHAEL BARBOSA Chief Reporter | @mbarbosa30
Students all around campus got their first chance at the real world. Career Services put on a Career Day Tuesday, Oct. 20, in the Lamkin Activity Center. The Career Day had two different components: Career Dayand Education Expo. The Career Day lasted from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Different companies came to talk to students about possible jobs or internships. The companies range from various agricultural business to Buckle, a clothing chain. Director of Organizational Development for AgriVision Equipment Mark Ford was very pleased with the Northwest Career Day. “We have always been really impressed with what Northwest Missouri State has for its student body and community, with our prospects and their community,” Ford said. “Northwest Missouri State Career Day is very well organized. They do a great job. I’m very impressed with the Career Services Office. We love being here every year.” Ford was not looking for any certain kind of major. He was open to a wide variety of majors for different job opportunities in his company. Ford explains how the Career Day is so important for up and coming students. “It’s almost like a supermar-
ket for students. They can figure out what they want to do. This is a fabulous opportunity for students to come here, and meet a lot of different employers. We’re excited to meet them and we’re talking to everyone that stops,” Ford said. Graduate Information was offered where different colleges and universities came to show off their graduate programs. These include Iowa State University, Drake University and Northwest Missouri State University. If students wanted to continue schooling, this was a great time to get information about different colleges and talk about potentially going there. The final part of the day was the Education Expo where different schools and districts from the area come to hear soon-to-graduate teachers and talk to them about potential job openings in the spring. Some of the local school districts include Maryville School District, Savannah School District and Rock Port School District. Zac Coughlin, principal at Savannah High School, was very happy about meeting future teachers. “I think it is an opportunity for us (as a school district) to see people who are going to be entering the workforce, and us getting a chance to meet them, hopefully bringing the great ones to Savannah,” Coughlin said.
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Junior Jordan Grove talks with an employee from Northwestern Mutual during Career Day Oct. 20.
Not just future high schools teachers came up to Coughlin. All different types of teachers came up to talk about future employment. One of these future teachers was Bailey Cook, a senior Spanish education major from Salem, Il-
linois. “Career Day was overwhelming, but after talking to the first school district, it got a lot calmer,” Cook said. “Career Day got me out of my comfort zone by going up and taking to complete strangers. It was
a very good way to help me to figure out what questions to ask in future interviews and what to expect in the real world.” If anyone missed this Career Day, there will be another one in March 2016.
Student senate approves requested funds MICHAEL BARBOSA Chief Reporter | @mbarbosa30
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Hugh Slaton announces the approval of Code Dreamers as an organization at the Student Senate meeting Oct. 13.
Three different organizations recently came to student senate asking for their approval. These different organizations were asking for money to help them out with their projects they are working on and asking for their approval to becoming recognized. The first organization to present its case was the Newman Center, which requested $400 to help fund their retreat. The student senate has a $28,000 budget to help organizations through the course of the year. The retreat will be held in Nebraska City where students will be able to learn about the foster community and connect with other individuals from Northwest. Jared Ohm, a senior from Wichita, Kansas, is the Student President of the Newman Center. “We wanted to use the money to help put on the retreat to help the students meet new people and form important relationships that will last the rest of their time at Northwest,” Ohm said. After Ohm presented his case, the stu-
dent senate voted to approve the funding for the retreat. “I was excited. That way, I know that we will have enough money to put on the retreat,” Ohm said. The next organization to go to the senate was Alternative Spring Break. This student organization gives Bearcats the opportunity to spend their spring break helping others in need. This year, the group is going to two different locations to help others in need. One group is going to Washington D.C. where they are teaming up with the Sign Language Club to rebuild projects and help alleviate homelessness and hunger. The other group is going to Nashville, Tennessee to help with the disaster relief projects in that area. Alternative Spring Break requested $1,000, which is the maximum that student senate can give to a single organization, to help cut funds that they have to raise throughout all of its other fundraisers. Student senate voted again to approve the request for money. The last organization to present was the
Code Dreamers. Code Dreamers is an up and coming organization requesting student senate to recognize them as an official organization on campus. Code Dreamers’ goal is to learn, compete and develop students in the world of coding. Right now, it has 179 members interested in the organization. Student senate voted yes to recognized Code Dreamers as an organization on campus. Ty Franklin, a junior from St. Joseph, is the student body treasurer and encourages organizations to come to student senate for help. “Definitely encourage them. We can’t give them all of the money, we’re there to help them out when they need it,” Franklin said. “If you present a good case, then you’ll get the nod from student senate. That’s what the Newman Center and Alternative Spring Break did where they said they needed the money for this, this and this.” All of the student senate meetings are open to the public and students are encouraged to attend the meetings.
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October 22, 2015
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OUR VIEW:
University Police hide behind false excuses We understand not many people pick up the newest issue of the Missourian as soon as it comes out on Thursday. Most people pick it up if there is some big news, or they heard about something controversial in it. However, one section gets looked at every single week: the blotter. Most parents like to read the Missourian so they can see if their kid got in any legal trouble without telling them about it. Students like to look in the blotters to see if anyone they knew had been in it. There comes one problem with this though. The University Police are hiding behind a false excuse, saying student names in criminal cases on campus are protected by the “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.” FERPA is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. These records include grades, classes, the progress the student has made and who is allowed to see this information. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an
applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education, according the U.S. Department of Education. When asked why we cannot receive the names of students charged with “violations” on campus, we get the same answer. That they cannot share the name of the student because the student is protected under FERPA. This is a lie. In 1994, FERPA laws changed, saying that it protected educational records, but that an educational record does not include “records maintained by a law enforcement unit of the educational agency or institution that were created by that law enforcement unit…” found in Title 20 USC Section 1232 Subsection (a) (4) (B) (II) shows our right to receive these names. This basically says that if students get caught for something illegal, their record is public. The state of Missouri has no law against releaseing students names on campus. All criminal records in Missouri are open to the public.
So why are the University Police hiding this from us? Do we not need to know what is happening on campus? Is that something we should really hide from the public? One argument is the fact that since it happened on campus, this means it should be classified as FERPA protected, but this still does not constitute it as a FERPA act. FERPA focuses on education. No matter where it happens, an “alcohol violation” is not an educational right. Therefore there is no reason for offenses like these to be protected by FERPA. We should be allowed access to the names of these students. If a student commits one crime after another, should we not have the right to see who it was and why they got caught another time? One thing that comes to mind is if they are hiding the names of students who might be important to the university later on in their college life. Are they hiding it because releas-
ing the name has the possibility of coming back to haunt the university? If we see a name pop up in the paper for being arrested on campus, then a couple years later that freshman is the star quarterback for the football team, the university is at risk of looking bad. We do not understand why these records are kept from us when we should rightfully be able to get our hands on them. There is no reason the names of these students should not run in the paper. There is no reason we shouldn’t be able to access these records at any time we please. The state of Missouri says we are allowed to, and the false excuse of FERPA is a proven lie. It is time to come out and give us a real reason why we have not been getting the names. Make a real excuse or start releasing the names, because this whole “protected under FERPA” thing is a lie and an excuse we are tired of hearing.
College students must understand importance of consent MIRANDA PATTON
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There needs to be a college course that teaches students what qualifies as consent. Many people cannot distinguish between the blurred lines as to what consent really is, or believe they already know everything there is to know. Northwest students are familiar with the Title IX quiz requirement, and have complained about it ever since it became mandatory. The fact of the matter is consent is one of the single most valuable lessons a person can learn in his or her lifetime. Some may have this preconceived notion that they know what consent is, but it is more multifaceted than many would expect. Individuals need to know what it is
and what their rights are if they ever find themselves in an unfavorable situation. A recent article posted by the Huffington Post authored by Lucy Sherriff discusses a student’s protest to taking consent classes. George Lawlor attends Warwick University in Coventry, England and was personally offended when he received an invitation to take a consent class. He retaliated in the blog “The Tab” stating: “Let me explain, I love consent,” said Lawlor. “Like any self-respecting individual would, I found this to be a massive, painful, bitchy slap in the face. To be invited to such a waste of time was the biggest insult I’ve received in a good few years. It implies I have an insufficient understanding of what does and does not constitute consent and that’s incredibly hurtful. I can’t stress that enough.” Other students came forward
as well, stating that they are being called a rapist because they were invited to a consent seminar. First of all, to be personally offended after being invited to a consent seminar is an insult to every sexual assault victim. It invalidates everything they have been through because someone believes consent classes are a waste of time. How about Mr. Lawlor says this to the face of every sexual assault victim and see how far he gets? Consent is a growing problem in colleges nationally. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), one in five women will be a victim of rape and one in five women will be sexually assaulted in college. One in 16 men will be sexually assaulted in college and one in 71 men will be a victim of rape. Feeling personally victimized by simply being invited to a consent seminar that, no doubtedly, many other students were invited to is a slap in
the face to sexual assault victims. Another argument Lawlor puts forward is that he “does not look like a rapist.” There is no designated appearance of a rapist, that fact is, according to the NSVRC, eight out of 10 women knew the person who sexually assaulted them. A woman is more likely to know and trust the person that sexually assaults them before it happens, which is another one of those scary statistics we always hear about; except this time it’s true. Here’s the thing: rapists look like everyday people, many times people that we trust. Knowing that yes means yes and no means no is only scratching the surface and the idea that this is what constitutes as consent is ridiculous beyond belief. Consent classes are not a waste of time, and the people teaching them are doing something they feel is important. We need to know our rights so if a person is sexually as-
saulted, he or she won’t question whether it was legitimate. If the victim does not say no, that doesn’t mean consent was given. If the victim is not in the right state of mind to recognize the events taking place, that is not consent. Even if the victim is a significant other, that is not consent. Admittedly, Lawlor does address what consent is in his letter, even the tricky situations where there is no yes or no answer. However, the fact that he went out of his way to insult those who teach the classes is disrespectful. “Self-appointed teachers of consent: get off your f-----g high horse. I don’t need your help to understand basic human interaction. Secondly, go and do something. Real people need your help and they deserve better than you,” Lawlor said. These teachers are doing what they are passionate about and to invalidate that is, as he put it, “a massive, painful, bitchy slap in the face.”
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October 22, 2015
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University to dedicate Michael L. Faust Multimedia Lab MAUREEN PROKSEL Missourian Reporter | @MaureenProksel
The beginning of the 2015 fall semester brought the opening of a new multimedia lab for Communications and Mass Media students. Before this fall, Wells Hall’s media lab resided in the basement, which led to issues with flooding any time there was heavy precipitation as high levels of mold in the room. The students sat at long tables arranged in traditional rows, with large Mac monitors in front of their faces that had to be turned sideways to see the instructor. On some occasions, instructors
DEBATE CONTINUED FROM A1 “I think I can take the fight to Republicans, because we cannot afford to have a Republican succeed Barack Obama as president,” she said. Sanders was questioned for his past votes against gun control. In his attempt to defend himself, he reminded everyone he was from a rural state and people had to understand the practicalities of actually legislating on the issue. They were soon overshadowed by Clinton in her vendetta against the NRA. It seemed Clinton was barraged with several questions about her past, regarding her changing positions, her emails, her views of Libya and Benghazi, her personal wealth
SOCIAL MEDIA CONTINUED FROM A1 Cyberbullying deals more with threats exchanged over the Internet. Social media harassment can be more related to nonstop insults, specifically after a request has been made to stop. “It’s that repetitive action,” University Police Chief Clarence Green said. “If you say, ‘Hey, don’t send me this anymore,’ and that person continues to send you that, that would make it repetitive.” However, even after it is clear which of the two are being committed, it is still a difficult case to prove. Not only do police have to prove who the owner of the account is, they also have to prove if they had access to it at that time. Even though this can be a difficult part of the process, pinpointing the suspect is made easier by the fact that a majority of these crimes are committed by someone the victim personally knows. Justin W. Patchin led a team at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire to investigate this developing problem. “In our research, about 85 percent of the time, the target knows who the bully is, and it’s usually
Faust said. “I wanted to do something for the school of communication.” Faust said that his career in the communications industry had a significant impact on his choice to contribute to a media lab upgrade. “The bottom line is basically, most of my career was related to communication and business. It seemed appropriate,” he said. Faust said that in collaborating with the Northwest Foundation to assess what kinds of repairs or projects the buildings needed, he discovered that the old lab needed work. He raised the idea of private funding to make the new lab a priority,
especially since the school already planned to install new equipment. “It seemed a shame to put new equipment in an old lab,” Faust said. The new media lab is now located on the main floor in room 117, eliminating the risk of flooding and the danger of mold. Computers are lined up against the walls and a large table is in the center of the room, creating a space much more open and conducive for instruction and discussion. The room also features LED lighting, a SmartBoard, a projector and three flat-screen TVs that show what is being displayed on the SmartBoard or projector at the front of the room.
and her name as a Clinton. However, she was well suited in answering them. While she powered through on the topic of wealth inequality, Clinton declined to take a stand on recreational marijuana. Webb and Chafee seemed to be in the back. Webb made repeated complaints about not getting enough speaking time. He tried to spark up some heat with his allusion to killing a man in Vietnam, which was followed with Chafee playing to be a total opposite by referring himself as “a block of granite with no scandals to his name.” O’Malley managed to generate some interest by bringing up his record as a leader on gun control and climate change. He then withdrew into the background when his less than enthusiastic attempts to hit Clinton on Syria didn’t stick.
Clinton rolled out the “first woman president” title a few times, including in response to a question about how her presidency would not constitute a third term for Obama. She defended the issue with single women and widows as groups who are in need of extra social security help. Clinton stomped on Republicans regarding reproductive rights. “They [the Grand Old Party] don’t mind having big government to interfere with a woman’s right to choose and [attack] Planned Parenthood,” she said. With stats calculated by CNN, it’s in the popular opinion that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won the Democratic debate. While CNN and others may agree Clinton was the clear winner, others view the debate was a close verbal battle that settled on friendly
terms between Clinton and Sanders. One such was political science professor Daniel Smith. “But I did think that Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley had good nights,” Smith said. “O’Malley started weakly, but he had several of the most compelling statements of the night and the best closing statement, hands-down. Clinton was the most poised, comfortable and persuasive; in the vernacular, she was the most presidential. “But then again, the entire debate, substantively, was on Bernie Sanders’ terms, and other than bumbling a bit on the guns question he had a good night as well. The other two demonstrated why they’re pretty much afterthoughts in the race. I’m from Virginia and have admired Webb for years, but he’s clearly not up to the challenge of a
national stage. They came across as grown-ups with serious plans; I really couldn’t say that about any of the Republicans… again, so far.”
somebody from their social circle,” Patchin said in an interview with CNN. Green said the familiarity commonly associated with these crimes can give officers an edge when trying to track down the perpetrator, but it is still difficult to prove. “Typically, by the time those (posts) are reported to us, they’re already gone,” Green said. “So it is a difficult case to prove. You have to prove what person said it from what device and it’s a very lengthy process if you want to go the criminal route. Now, we have had some good results in using our student judicial system and in resolving those type of matters.” Whether or not the situation goes the criminal route or the student judicial route is based again on defining the crime. Social media harassment is a university offense, whereas cyberbullying would be handled on the criminal level. “The way we would deal with it is it might just be a student judicial matter where it might not rise to the criminal level,” Green said. “So if it doesn’t rise to the criminal level to meet that statute of cyberbullying, it’s just a social media harassment attack and we have clear evidence that some one said, ‘Cease,’ we would then refer it to our student judicial process.”
Some students, like junior Adam Nelson, do not believe police should be involved in these cases at all. “No (they should not be involved),” Nelson said. “I think law enforcement already has enough on their plate to have to also worry about cyberbullying. I think monitoring and policing that should be in the hands of other organizations.” Social media harassment and cyberbullying were bigger issues at the beginning of the social media reign, but seem to be tapering off. “We used to have quite a bit of it when social media first made its presence,” Green said. “There used to be a lot more social media sites that were anonymous, like, ‘Yik Yak,’ a lot of folks would post things about students, or former partners that they would have in their life, or other individuals. This year, we’ve had a couple cases reported to us like that. One in particular, I know a student said, ‘Cease the communication,’ and the person continued to communicate with them. But it’s been more along the lines of a Title VI violation which is more along gender and race lines as well as sexual orientation.” According to a report done by US News and World Report, bullying in general has gone down from a high of 31.7 percent of 12-18-yearolds reported being bullied in 2007
to 21.5 percent in 2013. Green said this decline can be attributed to a couple things. “I think it’s a combination of (responsibility and regulation),” Green said. “I would say, perhaps, people are more responsible with social media and I think social media is something people are becoming more comfortable with. I think that helps keep us more honest. Typically those crimes are associated with someone you know, so it’s easier to find out. I think having a few of these cases investigated and solved is helpful also, but I think people are generally becoming more responsible.” However, some students may have just stopped caring about what someone else with a keyboard says, taking away their power to influence their decisions.
“It is just someone over the internet, it doesn’t bother me,” Nelson said. Sophomore Erin Wilkinson attributes this decline in an increase in maturity as a society. “People aren’t really concerned with social media anymore,” Wilkinson said. “They are more worried about people in the real world and the connections they have there.” While the problems of cyberbullying and social media harassment seem to be fading due to a lack of concern by users and a rise of people being responsible about social media usage, the problems do still exist, causing difficult situations for different organizations and law enforcement.
Blotters for the week of Oct. 2 Maryville Department of Public Safety
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There is an ongoing investigation for identity theft at 200 block East third street.
There is an ongoing investigation for Burglary at 500 block East 7th Street. Oct. 7 There is an ongoing investigation for a fire at 300 block East Summit Drive. Oct. 8 A summons has been issued fo Christina M. Plummer, 21, for failure to obey a traffic signal. A bicycle was recovered at 400 block West Thompson. Oct. 11 There is an ongoing investigation for stealing at 2000 block South Main Street. Oct. 12 There is an ongoing investigation for larceny from a motor vehicle at 100 block North De-
Northwest Missouri State University Police Department Oct. 14 A summons has been issued for Drug Law Offense in the Admin-
Murphy said he feels that the modern, updated layout and equipment will positively impact class instruction. “One of the most interesting things about the new configuration is having so much area in the room without computers,” Murphy said. “It has changed dramatically how we teach with the computers. We can use it as both a lecture room and as a computer lab. You get the best of both worlds as far as teaching styles. The addition of flat-screen TVs around the room gives us the ability to share students’ work. Students have benefitted from the ability to learn from other students.”
had to take their classes and equipment to other rooms as a result of flooding, Television and Video Engineer Will Murphy recalls. “The air quality in the former lab was poor. There were mechanical issues with the room, and flood issues when it rained,” Murphy said. “A number of times, we would end up extracting water from the floor.” Michael Faust, the visiting dean of the Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies, donated money to be used to build a new lab in a better location.. “We were in the quiet phase for a new campaign for Northwest,”
Oct. 14
A summons has been issued to Caleb C. Crabs for Driving While Intoxicated, and Improper Turn at 300 block East Street. A summons has been issued to Trevor D. Lowe for Driving While Intoxicated and Failure to Affix Front License at South Hester and East South Avenue. A summons has been issued for Edward Richey for Minor In Possession at 300 block North Market. A summons has been issued for Joesph D. Burns for Minor In Possession at 300 block North Market. Oct. 15
and Equipment Violation at 300 block South Main. Oct. 16 A summons has been issued to Landon D.V. Mings for Driving While Intoxicated and Speeding at 300 block East 7th Street. Oct. 18 A summons has been issued to Brett M. Eickemeyer for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Equipment Violation at 400 block North Mattie. A summons has been issued to Tyler D. Jacobson for Minor in Possession and Speeding at 2100 block East first Street. A summons has been issued to Derrick B. Reeves for Minor in Possession and Speeding at 2100 block East first Street. Oct. 19
A summons has been issued for Christian M. Neuroth for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia,
A summons has been issued to Justin P. Smith for Minor in Possession, Failure to Register A Moving Vehicle at U.S. HWY 71 & U.S. HWY 136.
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A summons has been issued for Liquor Law Violation in Perrin Hall.
A summons has been issued for Stealing at the Tower Suites.
A summons has been issued to Miranda Mart for Driving While Intoxicated at College Park
Four summons has been issued for Drug Law Offense at Millikan Hall.
Democratic polls 62% of Democrats Said that Clinton was the winner
35% of Democrats Said that Sanders won
1% of Democrats Said that former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley won
1% of Democrats Said that former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb won SOURCE: CNN
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It was announced that Chris Rock will host the 88th Academy Awards show. This will be his second run as host after hosting the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. The 88th annual Academy Awards show will air Feb. 28, 2016.
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The trailer for the new Star Wars movie, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was released Tuesday Oct. 20. The film is directed by JJ Abrams and will be released in theaters Dec. 18 2015. Pre-sales for tickets have already begun. Wednesday Oct. 21 marked “Back to the Future” day. For those who may not know, this is the day in which Marty McFly and Doc Brown timetraveled to in “Back to the Future Part II”, the sequel to the original. The film “Steve Jobs” starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet premieres in theaters Friday Oct. 23.
Adele confirms her new album title as “25”. This will be her third album and proceeds her last album titled “21” that was released in 2011 and “19” that was released in 2008.
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16. Portable shelters 17. Swiss singing 20. Body of an organism 22. Opposite of “yes” 25. 41st state 26. 007’s Fleming 27. They speak Muskhogean 29. Payment (abbr.) 31. “Spud Papers” author’s initials 34. Large vessel for holding liquids 36. Nanosecond (abbr.) 37. Worn to Mecca 38. 1/100 rupee 40. Of I 43. Distributed cards 45. Public promotion of a
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Common Ground hosted a candlelight vigil in honor of the life of Matthew Shepard, who was killed for his sexual orientation Oct. 12, 1998.
Northwest finds common ground in equality movement MIRANDA PATTON A&E Editor | @MirPatt92
The month of October marks the LGBTQ+ pride and history month. It is a month to highlight the history of this group of individuals as well as show pride in different identities. LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex asexual and pansexual. However, these terms do not cover every identity. In recent years, a movement has formed to gain more rights for the LGBTQ+ community. The movement has made strides towards success with the recent legalization of gay marriage in the United States. Here at Northwest, Common Ground is an organization that shares this goal for acceptance and freedom. Throughout October, Common Ground will be hosting events at Northwest to promote the significance of the LGBTQ+ movement. “Common Ground is the queer ally coalition on the Northwest campus,” said Common Ground President Korbin Jones. “Our main goals are to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for both queer and allied individuals on campus who are both out and not out … and to have a safe place to talk about things. We also focus on trying to make the surrounding community and the campus itself more LGBT+ friendly by doing informational events, fundraisers and things like that.”
Monday, Oct. 12 Common Ground hosted a candlelight vigil to honor the life and legacy of Matthew Shepard. “My favorite event was the vigil, because Matthew Shepard didn’t die in vain. His legacy lives on and I am proud that I get the chance to share his life with those around me,” sophomore Makenna Deckert said. Common Ground also held a fundraiser last week called Supporting Hands. “Common Ground is working with Multicultural Student Success for two events. Right now, we are doing Supporting Hands (and) we are raising money. 50 percent (of the funds) will go to our organization and 50 percent will go to the women’s and family shelter in town,” said Jones. “The other thing we’re doing is we are having the first ever, as far as I know, Pride March. That will take place Oct. 29 and will go from the bell tower to the pavilion.” Sophomore Brittany Coppock serves as the Events Coordinator for Common Ground and discussed various events taking place this month. “With Multicultural Student Success, we are planning to have a coffee talk over LGBTQ+ information at the info booth in the union from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 28,” said Coppock. “Oct. 29, we are having our biggest event of the month at 6 p.m. We will have our Pride March starting at the Memorial Bell Tower and ending at the College Park Pavilion where we will have free food
courtesy of the (office of) Multicultural Student Success.” Common Ground serves many different purposes depending on the person and the reason for joining depends on the individual. “I joined the organization because I am very much an activist and I like fighting for equality, and I’m still with the organization because I love what it stands for and I love how it brings people together for the greater good,” said Jones. Coppock joined Common Ground for reasons similar to Jones. “I joined this organization a year ago because, as an openly gay woman, I am a huge advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and our rights,” said Coppock. “I take comfort knowing that we have a safe place on campus for students to go and be who they are without fear of judgement.” No matter the reason for joining, Common Ground is a place for Northwest students to gather without fear of ridicule. Common Ground offers a welcoming environment and is open to anyone wishing to join. “Common Ground is definitely for people who aren’t sure who they are. As I said, you don’t have to identify as queer or gay or transgender or anything to join, because we have members who don’t know what they identify as and we accept that and I think that is one of the great qualities of Common Ground. Wherever you are in life, whatever you identify as, we accept you,” Jones said.
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‘I Will Listen’ challenges mental health stigmas REBECCA BOREN A&E Reporter | @beccalynnboren
Intercultural Week and the Hispanic Film Festival reminded Northwest students that there is a strong need to be culturally diverse and accepting of all different ethnicities of people. Organizations are working diligently to provide students with the understanding that everyone is different, but also the same. However, this is not the only kind of diversity that is important to this university. I Will Listen is a campaign fighting against the stigmas of mental illness. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines stigma as “a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something.” To combat this, the Behavioral Sciences Association (BSA) put on an event to educate the student body about mental illness and who it affects Oct. 14. One of the members of BSA who helped to put on this event was senior Jessica Farber. “Mental health stigmas stop people from getting help,” Farber said. “It’s a real struggle for many people to even admit that they are struggling with depression or anxiety and to add on the judgments of others just makes it that much harder for people to go seek help from a counselor or therapist.” Farber argues that it is vital for students to come together and be there for their classmates who may be struggling with mental illness. “One in four people suffer from a mental illness… By making the pledge to listen, you are saying that whenever someone comes to you and discloses mental illness, you will stop and you listen non-judgmentally,” Farber said. Mental illness affects a large majority of the general public. Junior Katherine McLean said I Will
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Senior Lyndsay Garrison recieves a henna semi-colon tattoo during the I Will Listen event Oct. 14. Listen opened her eyes to the immensity of this issue. “Before this campaign, I’ll admit, I was a little naive about how much mental illness was around, but now I see how prevalent it is in today’s society,” McLean said. McLean says that the event gained a lot of traction last year, but the real success of the program and the number of pledges they received.
Senior Gina Bumgarner got involved with I Will Listen last year. She took a trip last summer to New York and participated in a walk with the National Association of Mental Illness. “What made the event successful was that it was fun and inviting, instead of too serious and scaring people off,” Bumgarner said. “The whole point of the event is to make
things easier to talk about.” I Will Listen is a movement focused not only on getting students to listen to their peers suffering from a mental illness; it is also about pushing individuals to talk about their mental illness and get help with it. I Will Listen encourages people to take their mental illnesses seriously and for their peers to recognize when their friend needs help.
“Within the three counties in northwest Missouri, the suicide rate is 19 per 100,000 whereas the national average is 11 per 100,000,” Farber said. “The fact that it nearly doubles in our area alone means that it is time to act. We need to make a change in order to make that number go down, and that change can all start with I Will Listen.”
The Force is with us once again, resistance is futile LUKE PETERSON Missourian Reporter | @TheMissourian
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Spoken word poet Carlos Andres Gomez performed Oct. 14.
SAC brings new form of poetry to Northwest REBECCA BOREN A&E Reporter | @beccalynnboren
Analyzing poetry in a literature class sounds like a nightmare to many students. There are always so many aspects, like meter, symbolism, rhyme scheme and allegories. However, spoken word has revamped poetry. Spoken word focuses not so much on following all of the rules of traditional poetry, but on creating strong emotions within the listener. Spoken word poetry is not meant to be read and analyzed, but to be heard and experienced. Spoken word poet, Carlos Andres Gomez performed Oct. 14 in the Student Union Ballroom. In 2015 alone, Gomez won the Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize and the Makeda Bilqis Literary Award. The Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize is awarded once a year to the first place winner of a poetry writing contest. The Makeda Bilqis Literary Award is given to poets that manage to expand world views and celebrate diversity by discussing different cultures. Junior Korbin Jones went to the performance and found that Gomez was extremely relatable. “I’m a huge activist and a lot of his beliefs align with mine,” Jones said. “Respecting identities, fighting oppression and working to make the world a better place, that’s what he
stands for and so do I.” Scribblers, the creative writing club on campus, decided to meet as a group and attend the poet’s performance together. Junior Ryan Muiller attended the event with Scribblers. “Spoken word is really interesting, but it definitely isn’t for everyone,” Muiller said. “It was different, but I really like experiencing different things.” Gomez performed one of his poems, “Juan Valdez” discussing labels and the dangers of using them. “Do I need to look like Juan Valdez and sell Folgers in a T.V. commercial, sift my fingers through Colombian coffee beans I picked myself, sitting on the back of my reliable mule, Conchita, next to a brokedown Chiva in an oversized sombrero, for me to ‘look’ Latino?” Gomez said. Senior Kennia Lopez related particularly well to this poem. “He is a Latino and so am I,” Lopez said. “He spoke a bit of Spanish in his poems and that brought me back to my roots.” Overall, Lopez believes the experience was successful and productive. “He was funny and polite and so sweet. And I definitely think our school should bring back more spoken word poets,” Lopez said.
Anticipation is building across the world for the new “Star Wars” film. The long time series will return to theaters Dec.18 with the release of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.” The film will take place 30 years after the events of “Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.” A set of new heroes will meet up with Han Solo and other characters from the previous films in a new adventure. “I am definitely excited for this,” senior Luke Piper said. “Since they’re not taking any storylines from the books in the Expanded Universe, I’m ready to see what stories they come up with.” The film will be directed by J.J. Abrams. Abrams is known for the recent “Star Trek” films, “Cloverfield,” and cocreating the TV show “LOST.” New heroes will be affiliated with the Resistance, and will be up against the First Order. The two affiliations are successors to the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire. The new heroes will be played by Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac. Ridley’s character Rey is a scavenger on the desert planet of Jakku before her adventure begins. Finn is played by Boyega, and was a Stormtrooper before defecting to the Resistance. Oscar Isaac will be Poe Dameron,one of the best X-wing pilots in the galaxy. Adam Driver will play the dark warrior and commander of the First Order, Kylo Ren. Other actors joining the cast include Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o and Simon Pegg. Tickets for the premiere went on sale Oct. 19. Fandango.com and other movie tickets sites all crashed from the increase in traffic. The sites still have remaining
tickets for the premieres. Along with the new film, new toys, books and video games are all being released to promote the series. Star Wars and Nerf have released new Nerf blasters based on various blasters in the series, including ones used by Stormtroopers. There are also novels and comics being released for Star Wars. These will help fill the 30 year gap between “Return of the Jedi” and the new film by explaining what happened after the Battle of Endor in “Return of the Jedi,” and how the new factions came from it. One of the most anticipated releases besides the movie is the reboot of the popular video game, “Star Wars: Battlefront.” The upcoming first-person shooter allows players to reenact the various battles from the original trilogy. “I’ve waited since I was a kid for another Battlefront to be released,” senior Matthew Mejia said. “Now it’s actually happening, and is out in only a couple weeks. I’m overwhelmed that my childhood can be relived again in some way.” The game is being published by Electronic Arts Nov. 17. The title is being developed by EA Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment, or DICE. DICE is best known for creating the “Battlefield” shooter series. “Battlefront” will also tie into “The Force Awakens” with the downloadable content, “Battle of Jakku.” The downloadable content will give players two maps on the planet that explain the crashed ships in the film’s trailers. The “Star Wars” series is planning a big return to the movie theaters with the seventh title in the series. The anticipation for fans will keep growing before the big release in December, but they are ready to return to a galaxy far, far away.
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Your Woman wants to be single Now don’t freak out, this is for all the single ladies; your woman isn’t desperate to break up with you. The truth is, many single women face ridicule because they are single, and most of the time, the people throwing shade don’t even realize it. We always hear “Why are you single? You’re awesome!” which roughly translates to “There’s probably something wrong with you, I just don’t know what it is yet.” Please, don’t ask why someone is single. It’s none of your business. Believe it or not, a woman doesn’t constantly need a man at her side to be happy in life.
Also, unless explicitly asked to do so, don’t set up someone on a date because you think they need to get back into the dating world. The only one who can decide that is the woman herself. One of the worst questions to ask is “Have you tried online dating?” Okay, online dating is in no way a bad platform to form a relationship. However, saying this to a single person roughly translates to “You can’t complain about being single unless you are doing everything in your power to change your situation.” Don’t invalidate someone’s feelings because of your beliefs. That person either wants to be sin-
gle, or hasn’t found the right person to be with. Never blame someone for being picky. They have every right to be picky with who they chose to start a relationship with. Some people take longer than others to find someone, and they don’t have to have a constant string of relationships. Be conscientious the next time you speak with your single friends. Nothing cuts deeper than invalidating their struggles or life choices. The Stroller has been a tradition since 1918 and does not reflect the views of The Northwest Missourian.
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CONTINUED FROM A12 “I told our kids, you’re basically looking at Cam Newton at quarterback and Reggie Bush at tailback with those two right now,” Dorrel said. “I mean, it’s amazing. That’s our No.1 challenge right there, those two guys. They are very dynamic. If either of those kids gets in the open, it’s not if they are going to score, it’s just how quickly they’re going to score. They outrun angles consistently, and it’s going to be a tough week of preparation.” The good news for the Bearcats is that while Fort Hays State has the No.1 rushing offense in the MIAA, the Bearcats have the No.1 rushing defense in the MIAA. The Bearcat defense continues to dominate opponents, holding teams to an average of 67.4 rushing yards a game. The Bearcats are also ranked first in pass defense, holding opponents to just 142.3 yards-per-game. According to senior cornerback Bryce Enyard, this matchup is one that the Bearcats will thrive on. “It’s a challenge,” Enyard said. “We always love stepping up to a challenge, especially with them having the No.1 and No. 2 rushing players in the MIAA and us having one of the top rushing defenses. It’s going to be a challenge for us and we’re pretty excited about it.” The Bearcats will also honor former outstanding Bearcat football players as they are inducted into the M-club Hall of Fame. Scott Bostwick, Josh Lamberson, Xavier Omon and Steve Coppinger are among the nominees. The entire Bostwick family will be in town to show its support for the longtime coach as he is honored. Coppinger was a former offensive lineman for the Bearcats that earned first team All-American, All-MIAA, and All-Region honors in his time with the Bearcats. Omon was a former running back for Northwest from 20032007. Omon had multiple first team All-American Honors, and also holds Northwest’s career and single season rushing yard records. Lamberson, a former quarterback for the Bearcats, twice earned second team All-MIAA honors as well as third team All-American honors in his time with the Bearcats. “It’s always good seeing former Bearcat players come in,” Enyard said. “When you talk to them, they talk about how happy they are that you are continuing the Bearcat tradition. That just always gives a good feeling for you, that you are able to make them that proud.”
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CONTINUED FROM A12 From the start, Holden’s speed translated perfectly from high school to the college ranks, but there was one aspect that she struggled with early on. “It took a little bit of time for me to adjust, mainly on how physical and how big the other girls were,” Holden said. “My first game, I remember I had the ball and I was trying to shield another girl off of it
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Junior wide reciever George Sehl caught three passes for 87 yards and two touchdowns against Pittsburg State Oct. 17.
and she completely clobbered me and took the ball. I just wasn’t used to how physical and how strong the other girls were. It took me a while to get stronger and be able to hold my own out there.” Despite struggling with the physicality Division II schools presented, Hoza saw Holden’s poise on offense. Even though Holden was a freshman, Hoza did not hesitate in giving her the ball in crucial situations. “I think the first actual game that I played in, we went into overtime and coach (Hoza) said kick the
ball to Anna,” Holden said. “That was very nerve racking since I was a freshman, it was our first game of the season and it was my first collegiate game. It put me under pressure, but on the other hand, it gave me some confidence knowing that she had confidence in me to do something, even as a freshman.” Even though she has been an offensive stalwart for the Bearcats, Holden has had a difficult time staying on the field. Holden’s inability to stay on the
field has had nothing to do with her performance, but rather the rash of injuries she has endured. Even when she is healthy, Holden does not play in a full game. To aide against future and current injuries, Hoza splits up Holden’s playing time. Despite limited playing time, Holden has always found a way to score. Recently, Holden climbed up Northwest’s all-time scoring list. In a 1-1 tie against Washburn earlier this year, Holden scored her third goal of the season.
That goal placed her in a tie for sixth all-time in goals scored at 11. Hoza believes if it had not been for injuries, Holden would have been statistically one of the best players to ever play for Northwest. “When you see her on the field, nothing can compare to it, it’s amazing,” Hoza said. “I keep wondering if she was healthy and could give us 90 minutes what type of player she’d be. I don’t think she’s reached her peak yet. The way that she plays is a lot of fun to watch.”
Volleyball season ends abruptly after tough loss in district tournament ISAIAH SWANN Missourian Reporter | @NWMSports
The Maryville volleyball team’s season came to a close Oct. 20 as they fell to Savannah in straight sets in the Class 3, District 16 tournament. The Spoofhounds survived the first round of the against Lafayette in dramatic fashion by a final score of 2-1 in Savannah Monday night. The stakes were high for Maryville Volleyball as coach Connor Kellerstrass and his team knew their season was on the line. The Spoofhounds fell behind early, losing the first set by a score of 19-25. Seniors Jacquelyn Ware and Leah Jasinski represented Maryville as captains. “I think during the first set, we hit a little bit of a rough patch. We weren’t playing to our full potential like we should have and that caused us to make many unforced
errors that cost us the set,” Jasinski explained. The second set was a much different story for the Spoofhounds. “We just made a couple of adjustments in the second set. We passed the ball at a higher level and we were able to take care of business,” Kellerstrass said. “It was really exciting because that is probably the best we have played in a very long time.” The ending score to the second set was a convincing 25-12 score. This gave the Spoofhounds major confidence going into the last set. “The second set we played a lot better. We played as a team, and we were pretty consistent throughout the whole set,” Jasinski said. The third and final set was the deciding factor in who would move on to play Savannah in the next round and who would go home for the season. “Third set, we kept it going. Lafayette struggled, but was also able to turn it around so that made
for a very competitive set and we were able to come in clutch in the end,” Kellerstrass said. Whenever a team comes off such a dominating set, it is very easy for the team to put themselves on cruise control and try to coast through the rest of the match. Ware said that was not the case for the Spoofhounds. “We had that momentum from the second set to really push us through and finish the match,” Ware said. The final score of the last set was 25-21, giving the Spoofhounds the narrow victory and advancing them onto the next round. The Spoofhounds fell to the No. 2 ranked Savannah Savages in the district semifinals Oct. 20. Maryville lost in straight sets by scores of 25-18 and 25-19, bringing the Spoofhounds season to a close. Maryville finished the season with a record of 13-15-1.
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Soccer carries momentum into districts JOSEPH ANDREWS Chief Sports Reporter | @Joe_Andrews15
Preparations are underway as the Maryville High School boys team (12-8) dives into the Class 2, District 16 tournament. The Spoofhounds have shown dominance on the field heading into districts in recent years. Despite the advantage, the Spoofhounds have not won a single district tournament. Maryville entered the 2015 season with hopes of a successful run based off of last year’s 11-9-2 season. A 5-6 start by the Spoofhounds caused the hopes to disappear. According to head coach Stuart Collins, there is no reason to panic. “We just have to play our game. It is good stuff,” said Collins. The team’s performance on the field also insures their skill level is at a steady point. “We have been talking and passing and cheering each other on and bringing our spirits up to motivate each other,” senior Tyler Stoll said. The Spoofhounds have gone on to win eight of their last nine games, giving the team an advantage as it heads into the district tournament. “It shows that playing from whistle to whistle works,” Collins said. “You just don’t quit. The guys don’t believe in quitting, and I’m proud of them because they don’t. That’s just the way we play.” Winning means a lot to Maryville, and pushing through the district tournament would take the team to the state tournament for the first time in years. The transformation of the Spoofhounds identity this season gives the
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Senior Amani Kegode defends possession against Chillicothe Oct. 13. The Spoofhounds won the game 1-0.
team an advantage on the field, no matter who is leading the team. “On any given day, you’ve got one or two guys who can’t get their finishing in,” Collins said. “You expect my three or four normal guys to do it, but when they don’t, you get a guy that’s still buzzing around.” The Spoofhounds will take on Cameron in the first round of districts. This season, the Spoofhounds
have played Cameron once, where they won 10-0. The result of that game will not make a difference in the way the team plays on the field. If the Spoofhounds defeat Cameron, they will play Chillicothe or Savannah in the second round. “I want to succeed through districts,” Collins said. “Everything up from there, we don’t know what
is going to happen, but we want to continue that role (winning).” The Spoofhounds finished their regular season with a 4-1 victory over the Savannah Savages Oct. 19. Senior Zac Brod capped his final regular season game as a Spoofhound with a hat trick against the Savages. Brod scored two goals in a three minute span between the 37th and
39th minutes of the game. Sophomore Chance Hermelink knocked in a free kick to finish off the 4-1 victory for the Spoofhounds. The Class 2, District 16 tournament will begin against Cameron Oct. 21 at 5:00 p.m. at Cameron High School.
Cross country hopeful heading into MIAA Championship tourney JOSEPH ANDREWS Chief Sports Reporter | @Joe_Andrews15
Northwest Cross Country will be competing in the MIAA Championships Saturday in hopes to prove the power of this year’s team. The men’s team has developed a dominant season, placing second in three of its four meets. Junior Nolan Zimmer has continuously contributed to this effort, finishing with the top Bearcat time in three meets. Adding in other results, Zimmer says the team is at a high point. “We’ve been making steady
progress each week,” Zimmer said. “We are going to keep adding to that, especially this weekend. I definitely think we are heading in the right direction.” The women’s team has seen opposite results, placing outside the top five in three of its four meets. Results show sophomore Samantha Laurenzo has stepped up to lead the team through the ups and downs. “As the season goes on, we are getting a lot closer,” said Laurenzo. “A lot of girls were disappointed with how they did in Arkansas and said ‘ok, we’re going to start working harder.’ I think that’s actually helping us in workouts. We are pushing more and more.
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NORTHWEST................... 7-0 Emporia St....................... 6-1 Central Missouri.............. 5-2 Fort Hays St..................... 5-2 Missouri Western............. 4-3 Pittsburg St....................... 4-3 Washburn......................... 4-3 Central Oklahoma........... 2-5 Lindenwood..................... 2-5 Northeastern St............... 2-5 Missouri Southern............ 1-6 Nebraska Kearney............ 0-7
“Everybody is at their own marks and getting our legs a little rest,” Zimmer said. “The workouts are still going hard. I hope we are all feeling good on Saturday.” Last year, the men’s and women’s teams both finished the MIAA tournament in fifth place. Lorek says each team could place higher if it performs at a high level. “If any of the other top teams has somebody that doesn’t have good day, it’s going to hurt them,” Lorek said. “We need good positive races out of everyone.” The Bearcat’s most recent meet was the Lewis Conference Crossover. Freshman Brayden Clews-
Procter was the first Bearcat to finish. Clews-Procter finished with a time of 25:12.11, which was good for 14th place overall. The Northwest men’s team had a second place finish at the meet. Senior Jessica Johnson led the way for the Northwest women’s cross country team at the Lewis Conference Crossover. Johnson completed the six-kilometer course in 23:21.33, which was good for a 36th place finish overall. The women’s team finished seventh overall at the meet. Both branches of the cross country team will compete in the MIAA Championships Oct. 24 in Hays, Kansas.
VOLLEYBALL MIAA 7-0 6-1 5-2 5-2 4-3 4-3 4-3 2-5 2-5 2-5 1-6 0-7
Oct. 24 NORTHWEST vs Fort Hays State Emporia State vs Missouri Western Central Missouri vs Northeastern St Oct. 31 NORTHWEST at Missouri Western Emporia State vs Washburn Central Missouri at Lindenwood
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Central Oklahoma................. 21-1 Washburn............................... 20-2 Central Missouri..................... 19-3 Missouri Western................... 15-5 Nebraska Kearney................. 17-5 NORTHWEST......................... 12-7 Fort Hays St............................ 12-10 Lindenwood........................... 11-9 Emporia St............................. 8-11 Southwest Baptist................. 3-16 Missouri Southern................. 2-18 Pittsburg St............................. 1-19
MIAA 9-0 8-2 7-2 7-2 7-3 5-4 4-6 3-6 3-7 1-8 1-8 1-8
Oct. 25 NORTHWEST vs Southwest Baptist Oct. 26 NORTHWEST vs Missouri Southern
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The Bearcats have faced obstacles of injury and illness throughout the season. Despite the obstacles, head coach Scott Lorek says this is something every team has to deal with over the course of time. “It is always a real important thing that will hit anybody,” Lorek said. “Right now, we are all healthy. Things are coming together at the right time.” Despite the struggles, each side knows what it needs to do in order to bring out the best of the team heading into the MIAA championships. “We’ve been running our workout as hard as we can,” Laurenzo said.
Class 3, District 8 Tournament Seeding Overall
Central Missouri................. 12-2 Northeastern St................. 11-3 Southwest Baptist............. 8-6 Central Oklahoma............. 7-5-2 Misspuri Western............... 8-4-1 Emporia St......................... 8-5-1 Fort Hays St....................... 7-7 Nebraska Kearney............. 4-7-3 Washburn........................... 4-7-3 Lindenwood....................... 3-7-4 NORTHWEST..................... 3-7-3 Missouri Southern.............. 2-11-1
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MIAA 6-2 6-2 5-3 4-2-2 4-3-1 4-3-1 4-4 3-4-1 3-4-1 2-4-2 2-5-1 0-7-1
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MARYVILLE...................... Chillicothe....................... Richmond........................ East (Kansas City)............ Lincoln College Prep...... St. Pius X.......................... Cameron.......................... Northeast (Kansas City)...
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Experience to guide ‘Hounds through playoffs KEVIN HOUCK Chief Sports Reporter | @K_Houck14
Experience plays a big role for the Spoofhounds as they head into the district playoffs. Maryville will host Northeast (Kansas City) at 7 p.m. Friday in the first round of the class 3, district 8 playoffs. Northeast (1-8) has lost its last eight games since the season opener. The Spoofhounds are the winners of four straight Midland Empire Conference titles. The players have been through this routine before so they know the importance of each play and possession. Head coach Matt Webb said even though the Spoofhounds know what is expected, every year the leadership is different. “Every group is different,” Webb said. “We made playoff runs before, but our leadership is different. I think this year’s group will need to find its own way and so far throughout the regular season, they have been able to do that. We are used to having playoff runs with our coaching staff, our administration and our program. It boils down to getting on the field and how we practice each week.” Due to injuries, Maryville played without five defensive starters last Friday. A few of those missing starters contributed on offense too. The Spoofhounds relied on production from their backups on defense to cap off their undefeated regular season. The ability for players to get reps throughout the season while games were in hand plays an important role this time of year. “It pays huge dividends,” Webb said. “I think we saw that Friday night when we gave up 21 points. Other than those two long pass plays, we held that team to seven points. We held them to eight for 20 in passing, considering we had a lot of new guys in crucial situations
playing in the defensive backfield and defensive line.” Maryville found the big play when they needed to. Last week, senior defensive end Dustin Piper had two and a half sacks, a forced fumble and a safety that sealed the victory. Backup safety junior Spencer Morrison forced a fumble that senior Hunter Hayes returned into Lafayette territory at a crucial point in the third quarter. While teams have started to key in on senior running back Dakota Beemer the past two weeks, junior running back Matt Twaddle ran for 91 yards and three touchdowns in that span. Hayes said the importance of reps in practice pays off during games in those type of moments. “We rotate in and out a lot at practice,” Hayes said. “We go through our reps and watch film. A lot of guys have been there, and the ones that are hurt have coached them up just like it is them out there.” When injuries occur and the players understand the next-manup approach, it allows a coach to call plays as if the starters were still playing. Webb said it is rewarding for players to be able to contribute early in the season so that changes do not need to be made in the event of an injury. “It is very rewarding,” Webb said. “The credit goes back to the players. They realize they are one play away from having to be a contributor on the field. We don’t want to have a let down in any phase of the game because of an injury. It is rewarding to be able to watch them go out there and have that kind of success.” The Spoofhounds will need to be at full health if they want to make a run in the playoffs. Webb said the injuries should start clearing up in the next couple weeks, barring no set backs. “This is the time of year where you want to get healthy and make a
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Junior Cole Phillips and Freshman Eli Dowis celebrate after a Spoofhounds touchdown Oct. 16. long playoff run,” Webb said. “We will get a lot of those guys that were injured back in the upcoming weeks.” The last time the two teams played each other was in 2012. Maryville defeated Northeast 76-0 in the district playoffs, led by quarterback Jonathan Baker who threw for 343 yards and five touchdowns.
Webb said the team needs to stay focused and not overlook its opponent based on seeding. “We want to focus on ourselves and make sure we move onto the next round,” Webb said. “At the same time, we need to play the way a No.1 seed should play with the things we focus on every week. Regardless of who you are, you have
got to come out and play. Their biggest strength is that they can pull an upset that no one expects them to pull this weekend.” As for the start of the playoffs, Webb said it is a whole new season. “You put the regular season to bed and you start over,” Webb said. “You focus on the postseason and realize it is win or go home.”
Fishing club gears up for first home tournament at Mozingo TYLER MARTIN Sports Editor | @Tyler_Martin78
The Northwest Fishing Club is back in action this week as it prepares for its first and only home meet of the season. The Northwest Fishing Club will host the Bearcat Open Oct. 25 at Mozingo Lake. The Bearcat Open is unlike most of the tournaments you see around the area because anyone is able to participate, not just college teams. Northwest Fishing Club President Emily Porter said this could create some exciting competition. “People from our team may have a friend from home who isn’t
at a four-year university, who isn’t eligible to fish at the collegiate competitive level, but by opening it up to everybody, this person is able to fish with whoever they want,” Porter said. “Whether it’s father-daughter, or a buddy from home, or your sibling, they would be able to fish this tournament with you.” The Bearcat Open also has cash payouts for the first through third place teams. The first place team gets $400, the second place team gets $200 and the third place team gets $100. The payouts will increase with each team entry. The cost to enter in the tournament is $70 after Oct. 21, and $10 to enter the big bass competition.
For those that enter and do not win, all of the proceeds from the entry fees go to the Northwest Fishing Club to help pay for future tournaments. One reason many people from around the area are attracted to the Bearcat Open is because it gives them an opportunity to fish at Mozingo Lake. Northwest Fishing Club member Adam Almohtadi said Mozingo, in his opinion, is the best lake in Missouri. “Last year, Mozingo was in the top 100 bass fisheries in the nation,” Almohtadi said. “In my opinion, I think Mozingo is the best tournament lake in Missouri, especially for the size of it. If you go to the Ozarks,
or Truman Lake or something like that, it will take 22 or 23 pounds to win on a good weekend. If you come to Mozingo during a tournament in the summertime, it’s going to take at least 24 to 29 pounds to win.” Porter said the Bearcat Open has multiple benefits for members of the Northwest Fishing Club. “It helps us to get our name out there and to help out our sponsors,” Porter said. “It will help us keep our fishing skills on point, and we do a lot of networking with other people as well. We get to meet people that fish all over the nation. We’ve had Kansas State come down and fish, the University of Nebraska Huskers have sent down a couple of teams, we’ve fished against Mizzou, so it
helps to collaborate with other fishing teams in the area.” Many people may wonder why the Bearcat Open takes place in October and not in the summertime, which is the time that most people associate with fishing. Almohtadi said this is actually the best time to head out to the lake if you want to catch some bass. “Right now is when a lot of the fish are moving up,” Almohtadi said. “They are starting to eat for the winter. This will present people with a lot of chances to catch big fish because they are coming up, they’re eating and getting big for the winter, so this is the time you want to be out there.”
Brady Bolles
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The senior quarterback completed 15 of his 30 passes for 148 yards and two touchdown passes in the Bearcats 31-14 victory over Pittsburg State in Pittsburg, Kansas, Oct. 17.
The senior for the Northwest soccer team scored two goals on two shots as the Bearcats defeated Nebraska-Kearney by a score of 2-1 at home Oct. 18.
The senior for the Maryville soccer team scored three goals in his last game as a Spoofhound, leading his team to a 4-1 victory over Savannah Oct. 19.
The sophomore for the Maryville cross country team placed second with a time of 20:37 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Her time ranks as the second fastest time in school history.
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Senior defensive tackle Brandon Yost recovers a fumble for a touchdown Oct. 17. The Bearcats defeated Pittsburg State 31-14 to advance to 7-0.
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Northwest football set to take on Fort Hays State during homecoming weekend TYLER MARTIN Sports Editor | @Tyler_Martin78
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omecoming is filled with nostalgia, memories, honoring alumni and, of course, football. With all of the added pressure from alumni and former players to win the homecoming game, it would be easy for this young Bearcat football team to falter. Head coach Adam Dorrel said his team is more than ready to step up to the challenge.
“I think it’s fair to say that your homecoming weekend pretty much goes as the game goes,” Dorrel said. “I think our kids are excited for that challenge. I think they want that type of pressure on them. I think we look at it right now as positive pressure. It’s feeding our energy to go to practice and to work hard.” This season’s matchup won’t be an easy one as the Fort Hays State Tigers come to Maryville. Last week, the Tigers knocked off undefeated Emporia State, leaving Northwest in the driver’s seat in the MIAA as the only remaining undefeated team.
This Tigers team features the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked rushers in the MIAA. Sophomore running back Shaquille Cooper leads the MIAA with 1,009 rushing yards, averaging 144 yards a game. Senior quarterback Treveon Albert is right behind Cooper with 837 rushing yards, averaging 119.6 a game. Not only that, but Albert has thrown for 1,004 yards and nine touchdowns this season as well.
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Quarterback Brady Bolles dives for the endzone against Pittsburg State Oct. 17.
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Junior safety Kevin Berg intercepts a Pittsburg State pass Oct. 17.
Dynamic senior sparks energy for soccer JACOB BLAND Cheifs Sports Reporter | @J_Bland93
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Senior forward Anna Holden fights for possession against Fort Hays State, Oct. 16.
Throughout her soccer playing career, senior forward Anna Holden has displayed a dynamic combination of intelligence and speed. “She is probably one of the fastest players that we have ever had here at Northwest,” Northwest Soccer Head Coach Tracy Hoza said. “She is pretty hard to match one vs.one because of her speed. (When I was recruiting her) she literally blew by players. You can’t teach speed.” Holden knew in seventh grade she wanted to play soccer at the college level. At Harrisonville high school, Holden helped propel her team to three conference championships and one district championship. In 2012, after a successful a high school campaign, Holden’s seventh
grade dream became reality, as she joined Northwest’s soccer team. Holden had scholarship offers from different schools, but ultimately she decided that Northwest was the right place to continue her career. “I actually wasn’t even looking at Northwest because they didn’t have the major that I wanted at the time,” Holden said. “There was one week where I got something in the mail from Northwest almost everyday and I felt like that was God putting it in front of me. I came up here, took a tour of the campus, had lunch with some of the girls and I just fell in love with all of that. I had two other visits scheduled after Northwest and I cancelled them both because I knew I was coming here.” Since coming to Northwest, Holden has dominated on the offensive side of the ball and a lot of that has to do with her blazing quickness.
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Bearcats seek homecoming redemption TREY RANDLE Missourian Reporter | @TheMissourian
Looking to rebound from a tough homecoming loss to Pittsburg State one year ago, the Northwest Missouri State Bearcat football team is determined to have a strong outing against the Tigers from Fort Hays State Oct. 24. This year’s homecoming will hopefully be different as the Bearcats look to focus on each opponent, even if their record suggests it will be an easy game. “We’re looking to go 1-0 every week,” junior kicker Simon Mathiesen said. “We have to take every opponent seriously.” As of week six, the Bearcats rank first in the conference in total defense with 215.5 total yards-per-game and 3.2 yardsper-play. The Bearcats also make offenses one-dimension-
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2015 Homecoming candidates Each year, Northwest Missouri State students have the opportunity to vote for the Homecoming King and Queen. This year is no different. From Oct. 12 through Oct. 16, Northwest students voted on a unique cast of candidates. The students were able to choose between five men and five women. Each individual has went above and beyond in serving the community and excelling in the classroom. The following were Homecoming King and Queen candidates:
Katie McGuire Hometown: Omaha, NE Major: Organizational Comm. McGuire is a former secretary and current president of the Phi Mu sorority. McGuire is also a former student ambassador and is currently an assistant in the Human Resources office. When she graduates, McGuire plans to find a job in the field of human resources.
Miranda Lucas Hometown: Blue Springs, MO Major: Interactive Digital Media Lucas also minors in graphic design and advertising. Lucas is apart of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and she also serves as a member on the student senate. When she graduates, Lucas plans on becoming a designer for an advertising agency.
Hannah Krohne Hometown: Holt, MO Major: Nutrition Krohne is a member of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. Krohne also serves as a student ambassador for Northwest. When Krohne graduates, she plans on becoming a dietitian.
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Hometown: Friend, NE Major: Chemistry
Hometown: Kansas City, MO Major: Public Relations
Beckler is a permanent member of the Girl Scouts of America and is also a part of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. When she graduates, Beckler plans to enroll at a dental school. Beckler also hopes to one day open up her own dental office.
Calia is a member of the Phi Mu sorority. Calia is also a member of the Greek life honor society. After she graduates, Calia plans to move back to her hometown and establish her own bakery and coffee shop.
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Canned creations turn into donations MICHAEL BARBOSA Chief Reporter | @mbarbosa30
Monday, Oct. 19, organizations from all around campus had four hours to create a masterpiece out of can goods. The organizations will compete in a can art competition to gain supremacy points for their organization, and to help a good cause. The organizations will have to bring a minimum of 150 canned goods to make some sort of display of their choice, working with the homecoming theme, “Rockin’ Around The Bell Tower.” Competitors may wrap the cans in any kind of color paper to get a full effect of their displays, but cannot damage the cans at all. The displays have to be contained on a four-by-four foot board and must not exceed a
height of four feet. The organizations cannot start on the preparations of the canned food display until they get to the site of construction. Austin Coyner, a senior from Blue Springs, is in charge of Sigma Tau Gamma canned art display and has one goal in mind. “My goal in this competition is to get a cool design built for our team in hopes of impressing the judges,” Coyner said. “It’s cool to see what design everyone has come up with, and you get to build something that, in the long term, benefits someone else.” The competition is judged off of five main categories: color, organization and creativity, association to the homecoming theme, overall neatness and attention to detail. The scoring will be on a scale
from one to 10 where 10 is the highest score possible. The judging took place the same day as the construction of
the displays. All of the donated can goods will be given to the Ministry Center in town.
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Teagan Suey
Nicholas Smith
Hometown: Elkhorn, NE Major: Elementary Education
Hometown: Indianola, IA Major: Mathematics
Suey is a member of the Sigma Tau Gamma. He is also a part of the Cardinal Key honor society. When he graduates, Suey wants to become a special education teacher. Suey also plans to earn a master’s degree in behavioral psychology.
Smith is the president of the Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity and he is also apart of the Phi Mu Epsilon mathematics fraternity. When Smith graduates from Northwest, he plans to become an IT application analyst.
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Kyle Hufferd
Kyle Hyde
Hometown: Koenigswinter, Germany Major: Pre-Dentistry
Hometown: Omaha, NE Major: Elementary Education
Hometown: Leavenworth, KS Major: Philosophy
Hufferd is the Phi Sigma Kappa secretary and is the co-chairman for the homecoming committee. When Hufferd graduates from Northwest, he plans to become an elementary school teacher.
Hyde is a part of the Kappa Kappa Psi fraternity and the Bearcat Marching Band. When Hyde graduates from Northwest, he plans to attend the College of William and Mary to earn a degree in law.
Malldorf is the president of the Alpha Mu Gamma modern languages honor club. Malldorf is also a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. After he graduates from Northwest, Malldorf plans to enroll at a dentistry school and become an oral surgeon.
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Homecoming… the only thing that pops up in my head is the Homecoming Dance from High School that I got the chance to attend five years ago, which was mostly a ball. But I have heard that homecoming in college is different. Being from a different country where you do not have anything like a Homecoming week, it sounds pretty exciting. I saw it a lot in movies or TV shows and now I actually get to experience it. That is a great opportunity to learn even more about the American culture, because movies probably do not show every aspect. A lot of my friends in Germany also told me to take a lot of pictures and tell them how it really is. I do not really know what to expect. I know there are a lot of
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things going on like the homecoming parade, variety shows and of course a football game, which I still do not fully understand even after going to a couple games. Hearing that a whole town will be coming together to attend those events is amazing. You can see that the college is a really big part of Maryville, which can truly be described as a college town. In a city considered a college town (Aachen), it is a lot different. Special events that include the whole town are not really common. We have one week that gets prepared by the upper classes from each department, which most freshmen attend. It includes a rally through the town, fun activities and a big party at the end. Comparing that to what I have heard about American homecoming, I don’t know what expectations to have, but I am excited.
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Students take the stage in variety show ZAC DUJAKOVICH Opinion Editor | @Z_Dujakovich
Students will take the stage in the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts for the annual Homecoming Variety Show. The Variety Show consists of a series of comedic skits fraternities and sororities have been working on all semester. Organizations have been working on their individual skits for this year’s Variety Show since last semester. All shows must revolve around the theme of homecoming this year, which is a throwback year called “Rockin’ around the Bell Tower”. Junior Allison Parks, member of Sigma Sigma Sigma, said
that with each new year, more progress is made than the year before. “This year’s skit is more organized than last year,” Parks said. “Each year we get better at outdoing ourselves.” Each organization has to submit its entry form with their skit idea for the show before the semester begins. Parks said her sorority’s skit focuses on a single aspect of homecoming rather than everything that encompasses homecoming. “Our skit is centered around the homecoming game itself,” Parks said. “We have different members come out dressed as different artists from throughout the year to represent Northwest throughout the game.”
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Alpha Sigma Alpha and Phi Sigma Kappa perform a skit during 2014 variety show.
The Variety show will begin Oct. 22nd at 7 p.m. and continue into Friday Oct. 23rd. Tickets are free and will be available at the Student Services Center or at the door. Homecoming royalty will be announced after the Thursday show at 9 p.m. “A lot of people come together for the variety show.”
Homecoming Queen Candidate Senior Miranda Lucas said, “If we were to do it at the football game like they did in high school, people wouldn’t pay as much attention. The variety show has the biggest crowd and people will pay attention.” All activities are open to the public, students, faculty, alumni and family.
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Parade floats demonstrate pride LUKE PETERSON Missourian Reporter | @TheMissourian
One of the essentials of homecoming festivities is the parade with floats created by the various greek organizations. Usually, a sorority and fraternity will come together and build a big float. The process takes a lot of planning and hours of building. First, two organizations need to collaborate on a plan for the float. After the plan is set, a blueprint is drawn and measurements are estimated. Then, the designs are submitted to the Homecoming Committee for approval. The designs are looked over to make sure they are appropriate and that other organizations do not have similar designs. With approval, the construction begins. “Getting the materials is time consuming, but it is really easy for float,” sophomore Jacob Harris said. “It is just a trailer, lumber, chicken wire and pomps.” The construction involves cutting
the wood to make the frame of the float. Once the frame is in place, the chicken wire is wrapped around the float. After the chicken wire is on the float, the float will be pomped. This is the insert of folded colored tissue paper into the chicken wire. This process is time consuming and takes a large amount of tissue paper. “We had a few nights where some of our guys and the girls in the sorority we are working with came together to fold the tissue paper for pomps,” Harris said. “This was good because it allowed us to get a lot done with all the help we got.” Once the float is built and pomped, the last finishing touches are added before the day of the parade, including paper mache. When the float is ready, the trailer is attached to a truck for the parade. During the parade, each float is judged. The winning floats receive money and trophies. After all the hours and money put in, the floats are torn down and reusable FILE PHOTO | NW MISSOURIAN lumber is saved. The scraps are burned The winning float in each level of competition will to close out the float process. receive cash prizes.
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