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In Brief 5-year-old Missouri boy fatally shoots 9-month-old brother ELMO, Mo. (AP) — A 9-monthold northwestern Missouri boy is dead after his 5-year-old brother playing with a handgun accidentally shot him in the head.

Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White says the baby was pronounced dead at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City just before noon on Monday.

The sheriff says there is no reason to believe the shooting was anything other than an accident.

Supreme Court sets stage for historic gay rights ruling WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is getting back in the marriage business.

The justices agreed Friday to decide a major civil rights question: whether same-sex couples have a right to marry everywhere in America under the Constitution.

The court will take up gay-rights cases that ask it to overturn bans in four states and declare for the entire nation that people can marry the partners of their choice, regardless of gender. The cases will be argued in April, and a decision is expected by late June.

Iowa Sen. Ernst promises GOP focus on Americans’ concerns WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Republican Congress understands Americans’ suffering from the economy, health care system and Washington gridlock the newly minted senator delivering her party’s official response to the State of Union address promised Tuesday.

Mixing calls for bipartisanship with a flexing of GOP muscle, freshman Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, called on Obama to cooperate with Republicans to simplify the tax code by lowering rates and eliminating unspecified loopholes and to ease trade barriers with Europe and Asia.

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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Washington, as Vice President Joe Biden applauds and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, listens.

Obama addresses taxes, wages JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Refusing to bend to the new Republican Congress, President Barack Obama unveiled Tuesday night an ambitious State of the Union agenda steeped in Democratic priorities, including tax increases on the wealthy, education and child care help for the middle class and a torrent of veto threats for the GOP’s own plans.

In a shift from tradition, Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress was less a laundry list of new proposals and more an attempt to sell a story of a national economy emerging from the “shadow of crisis.” He appealed for “better politics” in Washington and pledged to work with Republicans, but he showed few signs of curtailing or tweaking his own plans to meet the GOP’s platform.

Instead, the president vowed to use his veto pen to strike down the Republican leadership’s efforts to dismantle his signature accomplishments, including his health care and financial reform laws.

“We can’t put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street or refighting past battles on immigration when we’ve got a system to fix,” Obama said in his hour-long address. “And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things, I will veto it.”

The president sought out more common ground on foreign policy, pledging to work with Congress on a new authorization for military action against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as well as legislation to guard against cyberattacks. In a rare move away from his own party, Obama also renewed his call for fast-

tracking free trade agreements with Asia and Europe, generating more applause from pro-trade Republicans than skeptical Democrats.

Obama’s address marked the first time in his presidency that he stood before a Republicancontrolled Congress. Yet the shift in the political landscape has also been accompanied by a burst of economic growth and hiring, as well as a slight increase in Obama’s once-sagging approval ratings — leaving the White House to see little incentive in acquiescing to Republicans.

After ticking through signs of the rising economy, the president turned toward Republicans sitting in the chamber and said with a wink, “This is good news, people.”

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Res Life searching for renovation dollars

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Peace March

ANDY CAMPBELL

Chief Reporter | @SirAndyCampbell

The campus tour is essential during any college selection process for prospective students. It gives them glimpses of the campus, the classrooms, the dining hall and their future residence. During this tour though, prospective students may not be seeing the whole picture.

Northwest has nine residential halls- two of those being apartmentsall built over the years to accommodate the growing enrollment numbers at the University. Each residence hall comes built with show rooms that Northwest presents on each campus tour.

“You can’t see the pipes,” said Rose Viau, director of residential life. “ … the tour room looks really neat.

The floors they go on for the tours look really nice.”

Even on move in day, as students are hanging posters and filling their closets, squeaky bed frames are the least to be concerned about.

“We’ve done a little bit of continued maintenance throughout, but we’ve never really done any renovations,” Viau said.

Franken and Phillips were built in

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1968. The other two high-rise dorms, Dietrich and Millikan, followed in 1971. With only “continued maintenance” taking place, windows, walls and pipes are nearing 50 years old.

Freshman animal science major Marea Ferry said a lot of the conditions in the residence halls depends on the group of students living there.

“My floor is kind of sloppy and messy,” Ferry said.

Unfortunately, many problems, especially those caused by students in the dorm, are not easy fixes, according to Viau.

“When you replace something, it affects everything else,” Viau explained.

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Computer Science program accounting for growth JAMES HENDERSON III Chief Reporter | @jendersoniii

Students wanting to pursue a graduate degree in a popular Northwest program will face an even more stringent application process to get in.

Over the last few years, Northwest’s Applied Computer Science graduate program has seen a tremendous amount of growth – so much so that last semester the University was faced with the decision to cap one of its most popular programs or take on more staff. The decision was to use

both solutions to solve this problem, one that Michael Steiner, dean of arts and sciences, describes as a good problem to have.

“High quality programs across the country do this quite regularly,” Steiner said. “They figure out what number the program works most effectively at and quality students are allowed to get in, and other students may be disappointed. But, I don’t think it will diminish the demand at all.”

According to Steiner, the University over-enrolled students into the program last fall to the point of nearly

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jeopardizing the quality of the program. The dean and other members of the University worked together to develop a plan that would both fight against the rising population problem as well as allowing a good number of students to be a part of the program.

They decided to add two full-time faculty members to their program.

That addition of teachers still was not enough to attribute for the amount of students the University attempted to take on in the fall. Northwest then decided to lower the number of students allowed in the program by

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80 students. Steiner said this was the number they were looking for all along.

“We now are enrolled at what we think our physical and instructional capabilities are,” Steiner said. “Our plan in the future is to stay as close to that number as we can.”

The number of students the graduate program has enrolled was the original number the University had in mind when this problem began.

However, the school had underestimated the number of students that would attend. From now on, Steiner said that will not be a problem.

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“Once we hit the number we thought was appropriate, we actually pulled our application from the website,” Steiner said. “Students who didn’t make it or waited too long to apply can always apply again in the future.”

According to Provost Timothy Mottet, the undergraduate program is one that is still popular and growing.

They are faced, once again, with addressing the problem of what to do.

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Provost initiates faculty briefings

Provost Timothy Mottet discusses dual-credit opportunities with Graduate Coordinator Terry Long. Mottet will meet with members of faculty twice per month until May 2016.

Mottet, Jasinski aim for conversation, insight CHRIS ROUSH News Editor | @ChrisRoush30

Since arriving on campus, one of Provost Timothy Mottet’s top priorities has been to visit with each member of faculty. To achieve this, Mottet, along with President John Jasinski, created a new set of meetings called faculty briefings.

“The idea was very simple,” Mottet said. “It is an idea for me to have an opportunity to sit down and have an informal conversation with 12 to 15 faculty members from across the University.”

With several hundred faculty members on campus Mottet realized it would be difficult to sit down and talk individually with each faculty member.

“Good conversation happens

when you take faculty out to lunch, and you sit down and just chat,” Mottet said. “With over 200 faculty, I can’t invite them to lunch, but I learn a lot from those conversations.

I wanted an opportunity to sit down with them and have an informal conversation, and I wanted them to get to know each other as well.”

Although the idea of a faculty briefing sounds like a run of the mill faculty meeting, Department Chair of Communications and Mass Media Matt Walker says these meetings give faculty an opportunity to express issues or concerns.

“I think he wants to get to know faculty and understand what they do,” Walker said. “I think as part of that; I think he kind of wants to know, also, where are the gaps that we need to fill.”

The briefings, which are taking place twice per month until May of 2016, will give Mottet an insight into what the faculty goes through each day.

“To kind of use an Army reference, the faculty are the ones on the front line and they see students every single day,” Walker said. “So they kind of know, ‘boy it would be nice to have this and this option to give students to help with this classroom, to help with this problem they have outside of class.’”

During his tenure at Northwest, Walker does not remember the faculty having an opportunity exactly like this. The briefings will not only help faculty express their ideas and concerns, but it will give faculty ideas for the future of the University.

“In the years ahead, there will be a lot of changes happening, and there is a lot of ideas I want to share with people,” Mottet said. “I want to get reactions from them, and I want them to tell me what they think of ideas.

Those ideas and their responses to those ideas will help us move this institution forward.”

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Spanish Department undergoes further change DARCIE BRADFORD

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The Spanish Department at Northwest is on the verge of change, after a turbulent trimester. The department will welcome a new professor, see fewer classes in the future and continue offering the two new electives that were added this spring.

The department has begun a search for one new professor to join the program. Northwest hired two temporary professors for the 2014-15 academic year and are now searching for a professor to hire in a tenure position.

Dr. Michael Hobbs, department chair of English and modern languages explained the situation.

“Nobody is losing a job from the department,” Hobbs said. “When we found out that we needed to hire two new faculty for this year, it was too late to get the entire department involved in the job search so we just decided to do a search for faculty that would be here for only a year. We are doing the full blown

search this year and the faculty that are here have applied for the position.”

According to Hobbs, there are 12 job candidates, including the temporary professors already teaching, who the University will conduct interviews with this week.

Along with hiring a new professor, the department also made the decision to cut classes from the program in order to accommodate for having one less faculty member.

“It will be easier for the faculty to deal with it by diminishing the classes by a couple,” Hobbs said. “Some of the intro classes we may hire adjuncts for, and we may try to do an additional class in the summer but it all depends.”

According to Hobbs, the Spanish program had approximately 50 students enrolled in fall of 2012. After the department made studying abroad a requirement the number of students started to go down, until it reached the approximate 20 to 25 students enrolled in the program today.

“We deleted the study abroad

requirement because students didn’t think they could afford it, and they were opting out of the Spanish program. So we think it was causing potential Spanish majors to choose to major in something else,” Hobbs said.

“But we hope that, since it’s an elective instead of a requirement, we will get some of those students back that were thinking they couldn’t afford a Spanish major.”

Hobbs said that he is optimistic about the changes the program will be seeing and is confident that even though it is small, the Spanish program will remain a viable program.

“I want our students to still be confident that we are going to offer Spanish, and what I really want is for people to understand is that we are going to make our major work,” Hobbs said. “Whatever we do, we don’t want to discourage students from becoming Spanish majors if that’s what they want to do. We are going to have a Spanish program.”

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an itinerary,, and sometimes that can shy people away from attending. The faculty briefings in the coming months will have a different approach.

Each meeting will have a random selection of faculty members attending, but unlike most meetings, faculty are not required to attend.

Before becoming the provost at Northwest, Mottet was the dean of fine arts and communication at Texas State University. With the job now, Mottet wants to take the time to be more hands on with the faculty.

“I would like to know what faculty are researching,” Mottet said. “I want to know what they study, what courses they teach, what they are teaching.

I’m curious that way. I just want to get to know that better.”

While the duties of a president of a university and provost are rigorous, Walker believes they do a good job of making themselves available to faculty and thinks these meetings will help

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faculty make a better connection.

“Generally, by and large, they are pretty responsive anyway without these (meetings),” Walker said. “If we have a problem, I know through the proper channels it will get to President Jasinski, it will get to Dr. Mottet, it is going to get to our dean. I like this approach because it is different. It is a little bit more of, instead of us going to them they are coming to us with pretty much an open notebook.”

Faculty will receive emails regarding their specific time and place for their faculty briefings and Mottet said he cannot set and accomplish new goals without the faculty.

“When I was a dean, I was a manager. Here, I am a leader. We are developing new things,” Mottet said. “I need faculty input on what to develop, you need to develop where your expertise is. I am dependent on them to help guide me in where we should be going. I need them.”

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Northwest, Special Olympics gear up for annual basketball tournament

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An ongoing partnership between Special Olympics Missouri and Northwest continues this weekend as Northwest hosts the North-Area Basketball Tournament for a fourth consecutive year.

For these athletes, a full day of competition awaits, but the athletes are not the only ones who enjoy it.

Volunteers look forward to the event every year, and the general consensus is the same no matter what role they play – it’s a great time for everyone.

Program Coordinator for NorthArea Special Olympics Missouri, Alyssa Humphreys, says the Maryville community is incredible with the event.

“All of my volunteer spots are currently filled, which is amazing,” Humphreys exclaimed. “Those mostly come from the law enforcement in Maryville, which is a big supporter of Special Olympics Missouri, as well as the Northwest students.”

According to Special Olympics Missouri’s website, a benefit of these events is “through the power of sports, people with intellectual disabilities discover new strengths and abilities.”

Students from many different organizations participate in the tournament. Assistant Athletic Director Nate Davis said athletes at Northwest enjoy getting involved when the opportunity arises.

“Their schedules don’t allow them to be as involved as they’d want to be,” Davis explained. “This year, our basketball teams are on a bye week, so both those teams will be involved in the event with the opening ceremonies.”

Davis says this Saturday will be an “extremely fun” day and the atmosphere will equal that.

The Special Olympics athletes will be competing to qualify for the state tournament. Humphreys said these athletes have worked hard to get here.

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Northwest Torchers from St. Joesph athletes Tommy Tatro, Meanie Brelsford and Trenton DAWGS athlete Tabby Glenn watch as NW Torchers athlete Darrell Pendley goes for a shot Feb. 4, 2012, at the Special Olympics Missouri Basketball tournament in Lamkin Gymnasium.

“Usually the athletes have been practicing anywhere from two to four months. They practice just like any other sporting competition,” Humphreys said.

For many of the athletes, the tournament becomes more than

just a game.

“For many of them this is a social event as well,” Humphreys said.

“They get to see friends that they’ve met from across the state.”

This year’s tournament will bring 250 unified partners and athletes to the

Northwest campus Saturday. Thirtyfour teams, along with individual competitors, will be a part of the event.

According to those involved, one of the greatest benefits the tournament has is its ability to bring the community together.

“I talk to people across campus and they always look forward to being involved in it. I always get numerous emails and phone calls,” Davis said.

“They’re all questions about how people can be involved. It’s just a really great thing for the community.”

Gym traffic increases with New Year resolutions James henderson Chief Reporter | @jendersoniii

The pursuit of physical health is something that many people find themselves in. This is especially true when the New Year’s resolution season rolls around.

While everyone says that “this year is the year,” the majority of American’s forget their determination and their resolutions.

Sophomore Jon Strickland is no stranger to the “New Year’s lifter.”

“A great deal of people join gyms just for New Year’s resolutions,” Strickland said. “The first couple of weeks back, you have to wait in line for machines because the gym is just overloaded with people.”

He also said when the workouts first begin, everyone is devoted. The people working out are focused only on sculpting their bodies and fulfilling that promise that they made

to themselves. However, he said the “new year, new me” mindset does not last for long.

He compared watching new lifters to the popular game show “Survivor.”

“Only the strongest and the fittest survive,” Strickland said. “We watch and see who’s going to be sent home and who is going to be kicked off the island.”

Senior Blaise Heckman is one of these newly devoted exercisers. He said he has taken up the challenge due to a need for it.

“I just felt lazy,” Heckman said.

“I had no physical activity in my life.

I worked out before, but school and work stopped it for a while.”

Strickland said he wanted to make it clear that he was not rooting against these new lifters. He understands the need for the healthy and strong body that lifting can provide. According to the Mayo Clinic, it can also help to increase mood and boost energy.

Strickland said he is worried that they are devoted to the wrong thing.

“Don’t do it as a New Year’s resolution, do it for yourself,” Strickland said. “If you do it out of a commitment to yourself, you will be more likely to continue it and see actual results.”

Heckman said that he was going to draw his motivation from day-today determination.

“I’ll take it day-by-day,” Heckman said. “Each day I’ll try and find things to keep me motivated.”

Strickland had some advice for people looking to start a new workout regimen.

“Just remember that results take time,” Strickland said. “It doesn’t have to be two-hours a day or anything crazy like that. Even if it’s only for 30 minutes. If you keep doing it and force yourself to stick to a routine, you will get results.”

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OUR VIEW:

OPINION

University silent on issues with dorms The high-rise dorms here at Northwest are the butt of far too many jokes. Exemplified by Dieterich Hall’s permanent nickname “Dirty D,” these ancient halls are routinely ridiculed as freshmen abuse them every year. Bearcats should never expect a pristine dorm, but they should be concerned with the lack of long-term planning for all the dorms on the part of University administration.

Everybody knows about the derelict condition of the high-rise dorms on campus. Students living in Hudson-Perrin likely laugh as their fellow students tell tales of toilets clogging, or darkened rooms in Millikan and Franken. However, Residential Life director Rose Viau mentioned in an interview with one of our reporters that the shiny new Hudson/Perrin halls were merely temporary dorms themselves. Although temporary dorms often survive longer than expected, it’s disconcerting to know that the “brand new” dorms that we heard about on our first tours of the campus were not made to last.

To be fair, the high-rise dorms were built to last. Built in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, they were made to last for decades. However, there have never been any major renovations since the dorms were built. The University has proposed renovations in the past, but were put on hold because of unforeseen costs.

In her interview with the Missourian, Viau detailed the issues

with completing any major renovation of the high-rise dorms. Much of the furniture and structures in the dorm were built together, so fixing one thing almost makes it necessary to repair the entire dorm room.

“Continued maintenance” has kept the aesthetics of the dorms fairly presentable, but the lack of major renovations has resulted in the retention of some 50-year-old pipes. A pipe bursting in Phillips is something that the University can’t ignore when considering funding major repairs.

Capital investment is the problem and one can’t underestimate the difficulty of finding money to appease everyone at the University. Each department will make the case why their needs are the first that need to be addressed. Yet, considering the lack of any extensive renovations, it appears that the University has largely turned a blind eye to the crumbling dorms.

Even more, considering that another high-rise is empty this year, one can’t help but wonder what Northwest will do with entire dorms being out of use year after year.

All of this points to a lack of strategic vision. Viau made it clear that it is extremely important that Northwest find capital for major dorm renovations. It’s apparent that the longer they wait, the worse the problem will get.

Still, the lack of transparency from the University on this issue has been the most perplexing revelation of all. Throughout the process of our

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reporting on this story, with the notable exception of Viau, the Northwest administration has stonewalled The Missourian in our pursuit of information on the long-term plans for all the residence halls. Even if there were plans, we were never even given the opportunity to examine them.

After speaking to Viau, our reporter made efforts to reach out to other campus leaders to corroborate the claims of Viau and to dig deeper.

After attempting to contact representatives in Facility Services, University administration began inquiring as to the direction of the story. Soon, the current project list on the Capital Program Management section of the Northwest website was taken down.

Turn after turn, Northwest gave the impression that they had information that they would rather not share with the student body.

Due to the University’s silence on

this matter, we don’t truly know how urgent the residence hall maintenance problem is. The director of Res Life seems to think it’s quite important, but it would be unfair to use only her analysis when drawing general conclusions.

Current and future Bearcats deserve to know the University’s strategic vision of their residence halls. Any continued suppression of information will only lead to further uncertainty and speculation from students.

Creeping ‘Islamaphobia’ must be shut down in wake of Paris attacks THOMAS DRESSLAR Opinion Editor

Far too often the violent actions of a radical few speak for an immense, diverse community. The collective voice of a community made up of divergent economic classes, cultures and historical backgrounds are routinely lumped with the deafening cries of its most fanatical members.

As a result of the recent terrorist attacks in France, Islam is the latest group being turned into a monolith in the court of public opinion. It’s easy to forget how effortlessly the public can be whipped into such an irrational hysteria.

So-called “Islamophobia” has been spreading in Europe and resurfacing in America following the deadly attack by Muslim extremists on a satirical magazine in Paris. Several mosques in France have been targeted in the wake of the attacks.

Here in America, many conservatives are picking up where they left off after the 9/11 anti-Muslim delirium subsided. Fox News came under fire this past week when they did not question a guest’s claim that entire areas in Europe are “no-go zones” for non-Muslims, and governed under Shariah Law. Self-proclaimed “terrorism expert” Steve Emerson even went on to say that the entire city of Birmingham, England is “...totally Muslim where

King’s legacy is alive and well today CARLTON WILCOXSON Contributing Columnist

ADAM MCNAIRY Contributing Columnist

For this column, Adam and I were asked the following question: “What does the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mean to you. How has his impact shaped you as a young leader today?”

King once said, “If your peers think enough of you to call upon you to lead them, it is your obligation and duty to do so.” I think we are both in agreement. This quote speaks to young people. As students in college, it is easy for us to get down on ourselves and ask “why me?”

We’ve seen many students question their ability to lead, not because they lacked passion, but they simply didn’t believe in themselves. You may feel as if you’ve been thrust into a leadership position but I guarantee that you’re there for a reason. You wouldn’t have the respect of your peers if you didn’t exemplify the attributes necessary to lead.

When you find yourself in a leadership position, remember why you’re there and believe in yourself.

It’s okay to have feelings of nervousness. don’t let them consume you.

As humans we find out what we’re truly capable of in times of intense adversity. It’s in these moments where we can accomplish greatness. We strongly believe that it’s the times when we’re out of our comfort zone that force us to do things we aren’t accustomed to doing and get results that we’ve never seen before.

So, we encourage you to take a leap of faith, you may surprise yourself.

Once you’re in those positions of leadership take a moment and advocate for other demographics as well as your own organization.

Dr. King fought for equality for everyone, not just African- Americans. It is truly astounding when someone chooses to fight for other demographics besides her(his)own … That’s the ultimate measure of selflessness. Put good out into the world and it will come full circle. I believe that wholeheartedly.

As for Dr. King’s legacy, we would like people to understand that his fight against injustice went beyond just segregation. People love to associate Dr. King’s legacy with only issues regarding segregation in America, but he fought for more than that; he fought against some

of the practices in Vietnam War, he fought for safe working conditions for sanitation workers in Memphis and even showed public support of women’s rights.

Today we are faced with issues of race, police brutality, value of life in America, and international issues of freedom of speech worldwide. As Americans, we have to know that our work is never truly over. There will be issues of gay rights, issues of tension between the rich and the poor, and even the issues of terrorism trying to limit the God-given rights of man. It’s our duty to not only celebrate Dr. King’s life but continue his legacy; to stand for something, because “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

So what does this mean for you, where do you sit in the fight? Really ask yourself. Will you fight for justice and freedom for all like Dr. King did, or will you be a bystander to those who struggle for opportunities to achieve the American Dream? Will you continue Dr. King’s legacy or will just make up an excuse to not to be proactive in the fight for freedom and justice for all?

We are here to tell you that if you choose to fight, you are not alone. I will continue to keep the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. alive and I hope that you will too.

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Northwest students Carlton Wilcoxson, Ve’Shawn Dixon and Adam McNairy lead the annual MLK Peace March Monday.

non-Muslims just simply don’t go in.” In perhaps the most British moment imaginable, UK Prime Minister David Cameron reportedly “choked on his porridge” when he heard the absurd claim on Fox. Fox later ran a rare retraction of that segment. Yet this it is only one attempt in a wave of misguided attempts to incite fear, and paint Muslims with a broad brush. It would be ridiculous if Christianity, as a whole, was seen as a serious threat following a string of attacks on abortion clinics.

People do not practice their religion in a vacuum.

Religious scholar Reza Aslan has said on numerous occasions that “people don’t derive their values from their religion — they bring their values to their religion.” The religious experience is deeply personal and its effect on an individual is next to impossible to measure. Therefore, it’s nonsensical to believe that the experience of the most frenzied members of a religion represent the majority.

In the end, Islam itself is not the problem. Any religious worldview that espouses violence to achieve its goals is a problem and virtually all Muslims would agree. Sadly, many believe Muslims are complicit in the horrific actions of jihadists.

While persons may not come in contact with many Muslims here in rural Missouri, it’s important to be careful when coming to conclusions about an entire culture. If left unchallenged, such conclusions have bred and will breed further jingoism, racism and xenophobia in our world.

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CONTINUED FROM A1 The centerpiece of Obama’s economic proposals marked a shift away from the focus on austerity and deficit reduction that has dominated his fiscal fights with Republicans.

In a direct challenge to GOP economic ideology, Obama called for increasing the capital gains rate on couples making more than $500,000 annually, to 28 percent.

The president’s tax plan would also require estates to pay capital gains taxes on securities at the time they’re inherited and slap a fee on the roughly 100 U.S. financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion.

Much of the $320 billion in new taxes and fees would be used for measures aimed at helping the middle class, including a $500 tax

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CONTINUED FROM A1 “We want to replace the windows: But when you take out the window, the window ledge is part of the desk. Now you have to take out the desk, which leaves a hole in the carpet. Now you have to replace the carpet. So it’s not just windows; it’s windows, window ledges, desks and carpet, and that’s where the problem is at with renovations.”

Sophomore organizational communications major Kenna Brown resides in Roberta Hall and believes improvements could be made to the rooms and showers.

“There’s black spots in the showers, or the rooms are always really dark. I turn the light on, but it seems like it doesn’t do anything,” Brown said.

Ferry says she has had similar issues regarding the conditions of the bathrooms.

“We’ve had three out of the four sinks clogged and our toilets clogged,

credit for some families with two spouses working, expansion of the child care tax credit and a $60 billion program to make community college free. He also has called for expanding paid leave for workers and moved on his own to lower a mortgage insurance premium rate that could attract new homebuyers.

“Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well?” Obama asked. “Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?”

The president’s proposals seemed more about giving his party a platform in the 2016 election than outlining a realistic legislative agenda. Even before the president’s address, Republicans were balking at his proposals and painting a far less rosy picture of the economy.

and so our bathroom eventually closed for the entire weekend.” Ferry said. “Basically the entire floor had to use one bathroom, with three sinks and three toilets, and it wasn’t good

by Monday.”

Viau said problems within the dorms comes down to capital requests and budgeting. Residential life makes requests to the Capital Management Program on campus. These requests are brought into consideration based upon importance when creating the projects list. Viau said they recently assessed the condition of the dorms to make these requests.

“We went through with maintenance, custodial and residential life people. We really looked at all the different areas of the residential halls,” she said.

This condition report allowed them to prioritize these capital requests and analyze the budget. The unfortunate end of the truth is once all expenses are paid in the overall budget (salaries, utilities and other upkeeps,) very little money is left for

“We see our neighbors agonize over stagnant wages and lost jobs. We see the hurt caused by canceled health care plans and higher monthly insurance bills,” said Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who delivered the Republican response.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Obama’s economic initiatives weren’t just “the wrong policies, they’re the wrong priorities: growing Washington’s bureaucracy instead of America’s economy.”

With an eye on a swirl of foreign policy challenges, Obama defended his decision to return to military action in Iraq and also authorize airstrikes in Syria. He said Congress could “show the world that we are united in this mission” by passing a new resolution formally authorizing the use of force against the Islamic State group.

As the U.S. eyes a March deadline

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There was a problem in Phillips where a pipe had started to rust out and it exploded. It didn’t affect very much, but there’s a lot of pipe in those buildings.

If that one is starting to rust inside the walls, how many others are rusting.

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capital funding. Viau said it is extremely important to find this capital funding for the dorms.

The bill moving through the state senate which would provide funding to universities for deferred maintenance projects could land Northwest just under $7 million.

Blotters for the week of Jan. 15 Maryville Department of Public Safety

Dec. 26 There is an ongoing investigation of burglary at the 600 block of East Seventh Street.

Jan. 10 An accident occurred between Tammy R. Alumbaugh and an unknown driver at the 500 block of West Second Street.

Jan. 11 Salvatore V. Ingargiola, 19, St. Joseph, Mo., was charged with driving while intoxicated, minor in possession, and failure to stop at a posted stop sign at the 300 block of North Market.

There is an ongoing investigation of larceny at the 100 block of West Ninth Street.

Jan. 12 There is an ongoing investigation of domestic assault at the 1200 block East Second Street.

Jan. 13 Tara Myers, 33, Maryville, was charged with failure to register a motor vehicle at the 100 block of West South Hills Drive.

the plates of another at 500 block of West South Avenue.

There is an ongoing investigation of a vehicle at the 600 block of East Seventh Street.

Jan. 15 Jeremy L. Booher, 21, Tarkio, Mo. was charged with driving while intoxicated and illegal U-turn at the 200 block of East Sixth Street.

An accident occurred between Katharine J. Penisten, Maryville, and Oral D. Lewis, 79, Ravenwood, Mo., at the 1200 block of South Main.

An accident occurred between Lane H. Heard, 26, St. Joseph, Mo. and David T. Henning, 31, at the 100 block of East South Avenue.

Jan. 16 An accident occurred between Rebekah P. Piercy, 20, Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Alva O. Pierson at the 1200 block of North Main.

An accident occurred between Kaley M. Coulter, 28, and Wilma G. Dreher, 86, at the intersection of West South Avenue and South Main.

Jan. 14 Russell C. Hamilton, 24, Ridgeway, Mo. was charged with displaying

Jan. 17 Haley K. Fitzpatrick, 18, Maryville, was charged with minor in possession at the 300 block of West Cooper.

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Jan. 13 A summons was issued for disorderly conduct at Lot 41.

A summons was issued for a stolen Northwest laptop at Owens Library.

Jan. 11 A summons was issued for liquor law violation at Perrin Hall.

Jan. 12 A summons was issued for a stolen Northwest laptop in Iowa City, Iowa.

Jan. 14 A summons was issued for a minor in possession of intoxicating liquor at Roberta Hall room 204.

Jan. 15 A summons was issued for minor in

for a framework agreement with Iran on its disputed nuclear program, the president vowed to veto any effort

by Congress to pass new sanctions legislation. Such a step, he said, “will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails — alienating America from its allies and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again.”

The president also heralded his unilateral move last month to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba after a half-century of animosity, and he urged lawmakers to follow his lead by lifting the economic embargo on the communist island.

Yet the guest boxes in the House chamber underscored the sensitive politics that hang over efforts to overhaul the long-standing U.S. policy toward Cuba.

Among the guests sitting with first lady Michelle Obama was Alan

Gross, the American man who spent five years in a Cuban prison and was released as part of the deal to end the freeze between Washington and Havana. In a nod to the concerns of Cuban dissidents and pro-democracy advocates, House Speaker John Boehner’s guest was Jorge Luis García Pérez, who spent 17 years in a Cuban prison. Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio brought Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo, whose father was a well-known Cuban dissident who was killed in a car accident that his family believes was suspicious.

Obama appeared at ease throughout the address, adlibbing at times and responding to the audience reaction. As he neared the end of his speech, he declared, “I have no more campaigns to run.” As Republicans erupted in laughter, Obama retorted, “I know, because I won both of them.”

This money will be put toward maintenance projects in three main areas: electrical systems, a physical plant chiller and absorber operating system, and window replacements.

Electrical systems maintenance will apply mostly toward the powerhouse on campus. Repairing these electrical systems will prevent events like campus-wide blackouts, similar to the two that have taken place in the last three years. The chiller and absorber operating system controls the University’s air conditioning. The window replacement will only take place on educational buildings.

Viau said as this deferred maintenance money begins going toward other projects, she remains focused on the dorms.

“We have to get in and start looking at those kinds of things; we have to get in and look at the windows.

Electrical, pipes and windows all need to get done,” Viau explained.

Though the deferred maintenance money is required by state to be used on educational buildings, the

funds never seem to be made available from Capital Management at the University. Capital Program Manager Allen Mays Jr. declined to comment on the subject.

Renovations and maintenance are all done through capital requests, but no major renovations have taken place. As Viau puts it, some of the dorms are in a “declining condition,” and improvements need to be made.

“I think Roberta is fine,” Brown said. “I know with the high-rises, they probably should take some time and really fix them.”

Viau said the buildings that were made nearly fifty years ago were built like rocks, and built to stand. Minor improvements and maintenance fixes could be the key to not only student safety, but student satisfaction.

“There was a problem in Phillips where a pipe had started to rust out and it exploded. It didn’t affect very much, but there’s a lot of pipe in those buildings,” Viau said. “If that one is starting to rust inside the walls, how many others are rusting?”

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worry that the increase is a fluke. The growth in this field was due to a large amount of international recruiting.

Mottet said that he is worried how long this growth will continue, or if they will even be able to match these numbers in the future.

“If we’re looking at a constant growth that shows sustainability, then we will invest the resources,” Mottet said. “But, if this is just a temporary bump we are going to be more cautious about investing the resources.”

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Mykaila M. Stephens, 19, Maryville, was charged with driving while intoxicated and equipment violation at the 300 block of West Cooper.

Graham J. Hoffman, 19, Maryville, was charged with minor in possession at the 300 block of North Market.

However, Mottet does not see any capping in the future.

“I don’t see capping as a solution in the undergraduate program,” Mottet said. “I see that as an opportunity to expand resources rather than capping programs.”

Mottet said the only worry when addressing problems with a programs increasing population is the

Derek A. Pulliam, 25, Maryville, was charged with improper registration and no insurance at the 400 block of West Eighth Street.

Jan. 18 Rodney T. McDuffie, 20, Maryville, was charged with driving while intoxicated and equipment violation at the 1000 block of North Mulberry.

There is an ongoing investigation of larceny at the 200 block of South Frederick.

Property recovered at the 600 block of North Buchanan.

Jan. 19 Ryan C. Huff, 20, Omaha, Neb. was charged with minor in possession at the 300 block of North Market.

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From camping under the stars in the Sahara desert to standing on the edge of the Cliffs of Moher, Carrie Christensen had quite an interesting fall semester. The Northwest junior spent the last three months in a program called Semester at Sea, sailing the ocean in a floating classroom, making port stops in 18 countries in a matter of 100 days.

The trip of a lifetime, which she called “the most phenomenal semester of my college experience” brought Christensen to far flung locales across the globe, with stops in Europe, Africa, South America and North America.

Between ports, Christensen lived with approximately 600 other students aboard the passenger ship, the MV Explorer, which functioned as a traveling campus.

Christensen nearly missed the boat, though, as obstacles emerged to prevent her travel plans. When she initially submitted her proposal to Northwest’s Study Abroad office she was immediately denied.

The process to participate in Semester at Sea proved difficult beyond her expectations.

“My friend Berlin and I went through a huge appeal process,” Christensen said. “We appealed through committee, we talked to deans, we even talked to the provost. The professors in the classroom were supportive, but none of the administration was behind it. And it ended up being that they said I had to drop out of school to do it, because they wouldn’t support it.”

While Christensen was struggling to make her dream come true, a poster advertising Semester at Sea hung in Valk, a bitter irony for the frustrated student.

Berlin Elgin, who applied to Semester at Sea at the same time, shared Christensen’s frustrations.

“We both applied and went through the process as if we would both be going,” Elgin said. “We were not encouraged in the least. We were told it was a drunken boat and there was no reason we should want to go, that it would be a poor choice.”

Ultimately, Elgin was unable to participate in the Semester at Sea program because Northwest would not release her to use federal or financial aid money.

“They would not sign off on those forms,” she explained. “I wasn’t going to be able to financially do it if the school wouldn’t cooperate. The fact that the school said no wasn’t necessarily the reason I didn’t, but the fact that they weren’t allowing us to get federal aid or aid from the school, that’s why I wasn’t able to. We were also told the classes wouldn’t count.”

When contacted about the Semester at Sea program, Jeaneth Puriel Study Abroad Coordinator said in an email, “We don’t encourage students to participate in Semester At Sea simply because we do not have an affiliation with Semester At Sea. We encourage students to participate in programs with whom Northwest has agreements established with.”

Eventually, Christensen resigned herself to dropping out of Northwest for a semester to participate in the study abroad program.

“I really, really struggled to make this trip happen. But it was worth it,” she said. “I ended up having to jump through so many hoops. I would say if anyone at Northwest wants to do it, just go, take a semester off. Your credits will transfer. You can’t expect help, but I would recommend it to absolutely everybody.”

The struggle proved to be worth it as the academic benefits of pairing classroom learning and field experience were hugely beneficial to Christensen. While onboard she was enrolled in a total of 15 credit hours including: Math and the Arts, Colonialism and Postcolonialism, World Cities in Time, Place and Culture, Cultural Conversations in

Spanish, and Travel Writing.

Beyond the classroom, the trip fostered her desire to immerse herself in other cultures, and to truly experience other countries beyond a superficial visit.

“Before, I would show up to a place, take a picture, and leave,” Christensen said. “I think the difference between a traveler and a tourist, is that a traveler is someone who comes and understand a way of life. I want to understand the way French people live, not just take a picture of the Eiffel Tower and then leave.”

At first, Christensen was intimidated by the differences in social norms. Going through customs in St. Petersburg, Russia, was a culture shock. Russian citizens seemed less expressively cheerful than American citizens.Despite her initial impression, she quickly found Russian citizens to be accommodating and kind. These experiences taught Christensen about connecting to other people, despite differences in culture.

“People are just people,” she said. “They’re concerned with the same things: paying their bills, getting a nice job, sending their kids to school, what the neighbors are saying. People are the same everywhere.”

Once she made that eye-opening realization Christensen was no longer afraid to interact with locals. The language barrier did prove to be difficult, although Christensen learned a valuable lesson about overcoming obstacles to communication.

“I realized that there’s so much more than spoken language,” she said. “You’re able to communicate with so much more than that, with gestures, with emotions, with music. It doesn’t matter that we don’t speak the same language. We are able to communicate with so much more.”

In addition to the irreplaceable memories, Christensen describe experiencing priceless personal growth.

“It completely changed my life,” Christensen said. “The number of things I learned about myself honestly surprised me. I thought that I was just going to be learning about the countries; about the places we visited. But I ended up learning, on so many levels, such incredible things about myself, like what I’m capable of. I pushed myself to the absolute limit.”

Such deep introspection was often prompted by the most beautiful scenery in the world, for instance when Christensen visited Ireland; the eighth stop on the trip. She described her experience vividly as she recalled it.

“I absolutely fell in love with Ireland,” she said.

“One of my favorite days, we went to the Cliffs of Moher, which are these cliffs that just kind of zig-zag off into the distance, through the mist. And I stood there on top of them, it’s a 900 foot drop, and just looking down you realize how small you are. How insignificant you are to this beautiful thing that’s been here for centuries, and you’re just standing there, hoping to see it again.”

Christensen, a double major in English and Spanish, plans to change degree programs to study Global Studies. She explains she wants to find a way to spend her life travelling.

“Now that I’ve gotten back, I keep looking at my map, and I look at all the places I’ve been, and I realize I’ve barely scratched the surface,” she said.

“There’s so much out there that I haven’t seen yet.

I’m so restless. I want to get back out there and see more. So I’m always looking for more opportunities to travel. I keep looking into the Peace Corps, or an internship overseas. I probably won’t mess with Northwest Study Abroad again, though.”

Junior Carrie Christensen traveled to 18 countries during her three month voyage with Semester at Sea. Some of her favorite stops included Ireland and Brazil.

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Dr. King honored in historical movie Maureen proksel Missourian Reporter| @TheMissourian

Set in Alabama in 1965 during the Civil Rights movement, the storyline in “Selma” is based closely on the peaceful demonstration marches led

by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, which eventually led then-President Lyndon Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The film is a detailed historical account of the peaceful marches from Selma to Montgomery, and local and state law enforcement’s often brutal resistance to King’s cause. The film shows the everyday racial discrimination that took place in American society, especially in Alabama, during the time which kept most black people in the South from voting.

During some of the scenes at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, we see intermittent clips of actual TV footage of the marchers, helping even more to bring the film to life.

This is significant for two reasons: First, public attention to the issue is the main vehicle Dr. King believed would convince President Johnson to make the Voting Rights Act bill a priority. Second, it helps viewers feel as though they’re actually watching these events unfold.

In one scene, demonstrators march again to the Pettus Bridge - with the memory of their previous march being met with violent, bloody resistance from police hanging over their heads. Viewers get a sense of the fear the marchers felt; of the real, physical danger they knew they might face.

The story of King’s personal and family life during the 1965 Voting Rights campaign is a large part of the movie. We see some of the personal dilemmas he encountered, including the many death threats that were aimed not only at him, but at his wife Coretta and his children. We see Coretta visit him in jail, and we watch him grieve the loss of a friend who was shot by police.

In one scene, following a death threat left on their answering machine, Coretta says that she feels like “death hangs over the house like a fog,” and it is “so thick that [she] cannot see.”

The outstanding acting includes performances by David Onelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper, and Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon Johnson.

The film received two nomina-

tions for Best Picture. Onelowo’s performance was especially superb, and was deserving of a Best Actor nomination. He portrayed King’s renowned speaking ability in a remarkably realistic manner. It was almost as though it were King himself, inspiring the crowds with his words and appealing to Johnson to open his eyes, to the urgency of the voting rights issue.

The movie is well produced, and a careful, accurate examination of an event that is a key part of history. While there are parts that are difficult to watch, these scenes are crucial to the historical accuracy of the movie and serve to illustrate to the viewers what was going on at that time. If you’re looking for a wellresearched account of an important historical figure, I recommend going to see Selma.

Rating: 5/5 Title: Selma Release Date: Jan. 9, 2015 Nearest showing: Regal Hollywood 10

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Endearing, adorable and delightfully British, “Paddington” is a warm-hearted comedy for everyone.

“Paddington” is based on the children’s book series of same name, which features a talking, marmalade-loving bear from “Darkest Peru.”

The young bear goes to London in search of a better life after an earthquake destroys his home. He soon finds that life in London is not what he expected and seeks refuge at Paddington Station. Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville), his wife Mary (Sally Hawkins) and their two children (Madeline Harris and Samuel Joslin) find him with a label around his neck that reads, “Please look after this bear. Thank you.”

The Brown family names him “Paddington” and takes him home to stay with them until they can find him a home. Charming misadventures soon follow, and the Browns become attached to Paddington.

However, Millicent Clyde, a deranged taxidermist played by Nicole

Kidman, takes interest in the rare bear. Millicent is determined to nab Paddington, and enlists the help of the Browns’ strange, nosy neighbor Mr. Curry (Peter Capaldi.)

“Paddington” is, like most films aimed at children, light-hearted and fairly straight-forward. Dig a little deeper and viewers can find underlying subject matters, such as immigration, and having an open mind and heart. Such issues are apparent but not too heavy, instead lightly suggesting that everyone be given a chance, no matter how they appear. In a letter to his aunt back in Darkest Peru, Paddington writes, “In London, everyone is different, but that means anyone can fit in.”

The CGI of Paddington is surprisingly well done. There were several complaints about the CGI bear not looking cuddly, but instead too slim and his face too sharp.

Those issues were fixed before the release. The film incorporates some whimsical storybook-like elements that are subtle but dazzling. A tree painted in the Browns’ home loses its leaves when Paddington runs

away to find a home but blossoms again when he returns, subtly hinting at Paddington’s significance to the family.

When taken more than at face value, “Paddington” could start to seem a bit cliché. The family members fall into predictable, tired roles. The gruff, stern father who eventually comes around and ends up liking Paddington; the kindhearted mother, curious son and stuck up daughter seem to be a little overdone.

This movie does not require that much deep thought. Viewers should simply take “Paddington” for the witty, warm-and-fuzzy British comedy it is.

Rating: 4/5 Title: Paddington Release Date: Jan. 19, 2015 Nearest showing: Hangar Cinema

New Panda Bear album offers psychedelic melodies kade maupin Missourian Reporter | @TheMissourian

The new Panda Bear record is a vivid trip well worth taking. With “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper,” Noah Lennox has perfected his craft. Lennox, who goes by the stage name Panda Bear, is one fourth (and a founding member) of the critically acclaimed psychedelic group Animal Collective. For well over a decade the group has been producing off-kilter, forward thinking, psychpop masterpieces that incorporate elements from nearly every style of music imaginable.

Panda Bear already had four solo records under his belt prior to releasing his new masterpiece. Each time Panda releases a new album, it defies expectations and garners more acclaim than those previous. Lennox is not only on an uphill trek musically, but commercially as well. This could perhaps be attributed to his high profile feature on the Grammy Awards pick for the best album of 2013: Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories.”

“Mr. Noah,” is perhaps the catchiest song Panda Bear has released to date. Released as the first single to

promote the album, accompanied by a wildly trippy video, this track embodies the soul of the whole album in a beautifully bouncy and intriguing pop shell with a deeper emotional core than anything in the Top 40 offers.

Another standout track to be found on this record is “Boys Latin,” the video for which premiered on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim late night programming block. This track gives off a beautifully woozy vibe. The sea of samples and vocal effects Panda Bear creates welcomes the listener with open arms. This track, like the record as a whole, is very pop while retaining those ever-important independent credentials, as is commonplace for the brilliant artist known as Panda Bear.

Rating: 5/5 Artist: Panda Bear Album: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper Label: Domino Release Date: Jan. 9, 2015

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Your man wants the school to stop wasting money I would say 60 percent of people come to Northwest simply because we are a football town. The other 30 percent come here to get an education. If you look at Northwest’s mission statement it says: “Northwest Missouri State University focuses on student success - every student, every day.” So, why the hell are we spending million of dollars to build a fitness center when we could spend it on fixing problems on the campus?

Northwest is set to receive a grant

of $7 million to help repair items around Northwest. Did you know that we could have easily used the money put forth toward the new fitness center to help remodel the high rises, fix leaky pipes or repair the countless broken shit around campus? You didn’t? Well, now you do.

But okay, let’s look at this. As a lover of sports myself, and as much as a new sports complex or fitness center would be nice, I think for a D2 college, its a little unnecessary. For

a SEC, Big 12 or Big 10, yeah, they could use it. But for a small D2 school, probably not.

You obviously didn’t come to Northwest just to watch sports every weekend, did you? No, you came here to get an education. We’ve already given them a new jumbotron. They don’t need a larger room to lift those fifty-pound weights. If you think sports is more important than education you really need to re-think what coming to college really means.

In my opinion, I would rather save thousands of dollars of debt and not go to college if I thought the sports team would receive new, unnecessary equipment while our residential houses fall apart around us.. I’m here for a reason, and that is to further my education. To help me land a job of my dreams (maybe not a dream job, but in the field of my choice).

So, if you are here for sports, you should really re-think why you went to college; if you’re more worried

about the student athletes than the other students, then you should really re-think why you are in administration. Don’t waste thousands of dollars only to watch or play sports. Be a man/or woman and get an education while you are here.

-Your Man

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Freshman guard Justin Pitts went from one of Kansas City’s most underrated top prospects to a leader on the Bearcats.

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Candace Boeh knows the importance of team chemistry and relationship building has been an important aspect of her plan as she tries to build the team that she envisions.

“We’ve come together as a team and she has made it clear that even if you’re not the best of friends, you’re still teammates and you need to be there for each other,” senior forward Rachel Auffert said.

With someone who has been with her all of her life and someone she has learned to build chemistry with, Candace Boeh has benefitted from having her twin sister as an assistant coach on her staff.

“It has really reaffirmed what we’re

doing and reassured that we’re doing the right thing, and that we are both growing and learning together,” Candace Boeh said. “We both watch film together, we both encourage the girls together and we both give criticisms of the girls in order for them to improve.”

With a little more than half of the season already completed, Maryville sits at the record of 0-13.

Despite a third straight season with 10 losses, Maryville has shown some improvement and it looks like Boeh’s coaching philosophy has finally started to rub off on her players.

“We’re getting better shot opportunities by reversing the ball, we’re working on our transition game, our communication with each other has gotten better. There are things that even though you haven’t seen in our 0-11 record, there are some improvements that are coming along,” Candace Boeh said.

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Alexis Boeh (left) and Candace Boeh continued their basketball career following their time at Northwest as the new coaches at Maryville High School.

“I loved this place when I came here,” Pitts said. “Coach Mac (McCollum) and the great coaching staff, I knew once they offered me, I was coming here … Coop (DeShaun Cooper) and Bryston (Williams) helped out a lot. It felt like a good home environment.”

The “hidden gem” has achieved wonders on the court as Northwest sits tied for third in the MIAA with a 6-3 conference record and 13-4 overall record. McCollum regards Pitts as the Bearcats’ best offensive player, as he averages 16.1 points per game, 33 minutes per game, more than three assists per game, shoots nearly 57 percent from the field and almost 52 percent from beyond the arc.

“He’s a team player,” Cozad said after a Jan. 8, victory against Nebraska-Kearney. “He does his role. His role is to take what the defense gives him. If he can go by them, he goes by them. If they guard him and he can hit the roll, then that’s what he does. He’s a big asset for us.”

The Bearcats had little to no expectations from outsiders when the season first opened, due to the departures of Cooper and Dillon Starzl.

Pitts had even less expectations.

Having to fill in for Cooper, who was an All-American, fourth in all-time scoring at Northwest and second in assists, Pitts was not even slated to start at point guard coming into training camp.

“I heard that a lot. People were like ‘big shoes to fill.’ That was kind of putting a little bit of pressure on me,” Pitts said. “But once the season started I was ready to go.”

Cooper, – another McCollum small guard product, stood at 5-foot8 and 165 pounds – knew all along what Pitts was capable of. Cooper now plays professional basketball in Germany, but has had a chance to stream several of Northwest’s games overseas, and had this to say about Pitts’ play.

“I always knew Justin Pitts had game,” Cooper said. “I always knew that just from when we practiced with him all year last year, but I just knew coming into this year he was going to be ready to explode just by having that redshirt year, just by sitting out and being away from basketball.

“When you sit out that long, you miss the game. Once he got back to the game, and once he gets back into the game, you’ll see some things you’ve never seen before.

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Just by his emotions and the way he plays the game.”

One of Pitts’ underrated strengths is his calm emotions on the court. He shows the same demeanor no matter the situation. Since McCollum spent the last four years with Cooper’s fiery attitude, this has been something he has had to quickly adapt to.

“He’s very even-keel,” McCollum said. “I think to a fault sometimes.

I think if that would be a weakness, that would be it. Sometimes you need to show emotion, and show that fight and show your team that you’re engaged mentally. Sometimes that actually hurts him but most of the time it helps him maintain that poise.”

Pitts is undoubtedly on the right track as he is currently sixth in scoring in the MIAA, fourth in field goal percentage and second three-point percentage. However, what should scare the MIAA is that he is still just a freshmen and McCollum thinks there is plenty of room for growth.

“You don’t ever have to calm him down,” McCollum said. “I think those end game situations, you got to develop that killer to go get it. I think throughout a game, it’s great … Justin maintains that composure and is great for 35 minutes. Now, I just need to get him that killer in the last five.”

NW WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MIAA STANDINGS

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Fort Hays St.........................16-1 Emporia St...........................14-1 Pittsburg St..........................16-2 Central Oklahoma..................13-5 Missouri Southern..................11-4 Central Missouri.....................11-6 Nebraska-Kearney...................10-7 Washburn.............................12-4 Northeastern St......................8-8 Southwest Baptist...................6-9 Missouri Western....................7-8 NORTHWEST..........................6-12 Lindenwood...........................8-7 Lincoln..................................6-8

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Lafayette..............................10-3 Cameron.............................. 6-8 Smithville..............................5-6 Chillicothe.............................11-5 Benton..................................7-6 MARYVILLE............................7-7 Bishop LeBlond..................... .7-7 Savannah..............................1-9

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Upperclassmen providing stability on wrestling mats

Tyler Martin

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A few Spoofhounds wrestlers are hitting their strides as the regular season winds down in the final month of the season. With the district and state tournaments right around the corner the Hounds senior leaders are stepping up at the right time.

Seniors Nathaniel Alexander and Brendan Weybrew both placed high in the Mid-Buchanan Tournament last week. Alexander took first place in the 126-pound weight class, while Weybrew took second in the 285-pound weight class.

The Spoofhounds picked up wins against Falls City and Sabetha in the Falls City Triangular, as well as wins against Albany, Rockport and South Harrison in Albany, last week.

Although all of these wins may seem like a major accomplishment, it is just another stop on the road for a team with a greater goal.

“We are just trying to get as good as we can down the stretch and keep improving,” head coach Connor Kellerstrass said. “What we preach to the boys all the time is that we’re training for districts and state, not for Mid-Buchanon and Albany.”

Even though the district and state

tournaments do not start for nearly a month, Alexander comes into this final stretch of tournaments with his eyes set on the ultimate prize of a state championship.

When Alexander was a sophomore, he placed sixth in the state tournament. Last season, he was wrestling on a torn ACL and a separated shoulder but still managed to place fifth in the state tournament.

Alexander says that having the experience of placing has helped him throughout the season, and it will continue to help him during the district and state tournaments.

“I knew I wasn’t 100 percent (last season) and I still placed,” Alexander said. “That has really helped me to just say, ‘Hey, I can compete with all of these people in the state.’”

Alexander also says his team has vastly improved since last season.

“A lot of it - with the new coaching - has been the conditioning. I feel like not only me, but the whole team is better conditioned,” Alexander said. “Especially when we get into those late matches that go into the third period, our conditioning is a lot better than it was last year.”

Weybrew, who placed second in last years state tournament, says that because of the new coaching his con-

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Senior Nathaniel Alexander tries to escape an opponent at Maryville’s first home wrestling match Jan. 8.

ditioning is also much better and that they have him trying things that he never would have even tried before.

Kellerstrass says the Spoofhounds have shown great improve-

ment since the beginning of the year.

He attributes most of this improvement to the film room.

“Every time we compete, we come back in and were really good

about watching the film with the boys,” Kellerstrass says. “They can actually see their mistakes, and we come in and correct them, and, so far, it has paid off.”

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The Spoofhounds have embarked on what will be an extensive road trip. Despite losing tough games at Falls City and Mid-Buchanan, the Spoofhounds have won five of their last eight games after starting the year 2-4.

“We just look to continue to find more about us as a team,” head coach Matt Stoecklein said. “Continue to find out who to go to what and who can be a go-to guy. (We will) see what else we can work on to get in the best shape for districts.”

Sophomore guard Trey Oglesby says the Spoofhounds’ defense has greatly improved, which has played a big part in the success over the past month.

“I think our defense has really started up,” Oglesby said. “It’s working a lot better. We’re playing through our defense and we know if we play good defense our offense will start up.”

As a team with only three seniors, the underclassmen have

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been forced to take on big roles.

According to senior forward Jacob Cacek, those players have stepped up to fill those roles.

“They’ve matured a lot,” Cacek said. “At the beginning of the season it was somebody else’s fault more than their own. It’s come a long way.

We’ve all blended as one and we’re really working well together. I like playing with them, they are all very good basketball players. ” In the Spoofhounds’ string of wins, Stoecklein has watched his team improve to another level. Oglesby, thanks to some advice from his coaches, feels much more comfortable on both sides of the ball.

“I feel like I’ve played a lot better defense,” Oglesby said. “I’ve talked with (Stoecklein) and other coaches.

They just tell me to relax and just get a quick tempo, but play good defense and take care of the ball.”

Though the early struggles worried the team, Cacek believes the team has changed for the better since its 2-4 start to the season.

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“We were a little worried in the beginning of the season,” Cacek said.

“Things just weren’t going the way we thought they should. But now we’re starting to win games, and we think that is where we should be. So, we are looking forward to a few road games and get a few wins; come back home in front of our home crowd.”

When a streak of road games lasts for nearly a month, coaches tend to think about one game at a time to achieve an overall goal.

Stoecklein spoke about what his team is striving for when the road trip comes to a stop.

“We hope to finally have all of our stuff figured out,” Stoecklein said. “We want to be comfortable with plays, so when we call it we know it will be executed. We know the defense we’ve been working on day in and day out will work without having to think as much, and it becomes more of a reaction. That is our biggest goal, offense and defense just reacting instead of spending too much time thinking.”

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The senior guard for the women’s basketball team tallied 37 points and shot 51 percent from the field in Northwest’s two games against Southwest Baptist and Central Missouri last week.

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Women’s hoops captures two MIAA wins

RYAN EDWARDS

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Before last week’s thrilling victories against Southwest Baptist and Central Missouri, the Bearcats had not put a complete game together since they beat Missouri Valley in nearly a month.

The Bearcats struggled to win after that mid-December game. They struggled on the road in Oklahoma, losing to Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State. After eight days off for rest and spending time with family, the Bearcats got after it in the hope of a change in direction. Northwest head coach Michael Smith said the time off really helped his team develop.

“We needed a Christmas break,” Michael Smith said. “You just feel like you’re getting beat that first semester. Having a bunch of new kids, and having a bunch of young players we just had a lot of things that didn’t go our way.”

Since then, Northwest has shown signs of improvement. The Bearcats were able to compete with NebraskaKearney and Washburn; however, they did not make enough plays to win. They appeared to learn from those losses and applied them last week in crucial situations that helped

the Bearcats capture victories against Southwest Baptist and Central Missouri in exhilarating fashion.

“I think coming off that break we were able to start new, and start fresh,” Michael Smith said. “We had new attitudes. We’ve had great ethics in practices and we’ve had kids coming back from injuries and illnesses, and that has been big. That’s what you look for right now this time of year.

You want to be playing your best basketball this time of year.”

Junior guard Taylor Shull says the team is starting to buy in to what Smith and his staff have been preaching.

“I wish it wouldn’t have taken so long for it to happen,” Shull said. “I think we just needed that first win.

Coach has never given up on us and we haven’t given up on each other.”

In Saturday’s game at Central Missouri, freshman guard Bailey Smith came up with three clutch three-pointers in the team’s 61-60 win in Warrensburg. Smith says the team is starting to feed off of one another and play for each other.

“I think that everyone is just starting to figure it out,” Bailey Smith said. “I think that we are all starting to know how each other plays, and that just takes time. We have a lot of new

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The Northwest women’s basketball team celebrates after a 61-60 win Jan. 17 against Central Missouri.

players that are playing together for the first time.”

Michael Smith has done this before at Truman State. His first season as the coach of the Bulldogs

did not go as he had hoped, going 8-19 that year, but they improved every year after that. In his final season at Truman State, the Bulldogs went 20-6 and spent 11 weeks ranked in the Top

25. He said it’s just a matter of time before Northwest can do the same.

“It’s a process,” Smith said. “The kids have to trust what you are and what you’re about.”

Track races impressively despite month off TYLER MARTIN

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The Bearcats track and field team hit the ground running as they returned to action last weekend. After a long Christmas break, the team picked up right where they left off.

The Bearcats competed in the 2015 Holiday Inn Invitational at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, their first meet since winter break.

The team had two athletes that placed in the top two in their events.

Junior Nolan Zimmer finished in first place in the 5,000-meter event with a time of 15:00.34, seven seconds faster than any other runner.

Sophomore Wick Cunningham also finished second in the 3,000-meter event with a time of 8:39.93.

Graduate Assistant Porter Groves said having athletes place in the meet directly after Christmas break is always an accomplishment.

“Christmas break is four weeks off of practice, and then to come back Monday, and then Friday to have to

compete is a big turnaround,” Groves said. “Just to get that meet underneath them and the starting point is a big one since the season is so long.”

One thing that Groves noted the team needs to work on is fighting for position on the track. One big difference between the indoor and outdoor season is that the indoor track is only 200 meters ,compared to the 400-meter track outdoors.

“Getting in a nice position is key because you can get stuck behind someone, or stuck in front of someone that you probably don’t want to,” Groves said. “It’s easy to get grouped in there and not be in your rhythm.”

This is new to a lot of the younger athletes because many of them have only participated in outdoor events.

Groves added that the indoor track gives everyone a chance to prepare for the outdoor season, which is the main focus in track and field.

Sophomore Kelsey Lacy finished 11th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.17. That time was just 0.33 seconds off the provisional pace.

Lacy said that although she is happy with her hurdle time this week, she is not satisfied.

“I felt like I ran a good hurdle race this weekend, but I definitely know there are things that I can improve on,” Lacy said. “I’m happy that I think I can get my time down to where I want it to be.”

Lacy is participating in the heptathlon in an upcoming meet for the second time in her career. She says this brings a whole new challenge compared to primarily doing hurdles.

“It’s hard; you’ve got to just focus on one event at a time since there’s five of them,” Lacy said. “First, I’ll take care of the hurdles and just see what happens from there.”

The Bearcats had a number of other young athletes finish in the top four of their events. Freshman Kevin Schultz and Sophomore Bryce Sheard tied for fourth place in the high jump, both jumping 6-foot-4.75-inches.

Senior Alexis Boyd finished the 400-meter dash in fourth place with a time of 57.38 seconds.

Former running back found dead

Former Northwest Missouri State running back, James Franklin, 23, died Sunday from a selfinflicted gun wound, police say.

A spokesperson from the Olathe Police Department said authorities were alerted at 6:50 a.m. Monday to The Edge apartment complex at 12200 S. Strang Line Rd. in Olathe, Kansas. Police found Franklin deceased in his apartment from suicide.

Northwest head coach Adam Dorrel made a statement Tuesday afternoon in wake of the news: “I was deeply saddened to learn about the passing of James Franklin. I think the one thing I will always remember about James was his contagious smile. I got a chance to know his family including his mother who is a great individual. I cannot imagine what his family is going through and my heart goes out (to) them and their loved ones.”

Franklin led Northwest in rushing in 2011 and 2012 after transferring from NebraskaOmaha before the 2011 season.

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pitts embraces critics

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Freshman guard Justin Pitts throws a no-look pass to a teammate in Northwest’s 77-73 overtime victory against Southwest Baptist Jan. 14.

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In baseball an all-around, multiskilled player is labeled as a five-tool player. Basketball has no such phrase, but you could make comparisons.

Northwest freshman point guard Justin Pitts can drive to the hole in acrobatic ways. He can sharp-shoot from behind the arc. He can dish out dimes and put opponents on skates with his ball-handling. While that list

is impressive, there is one thing missing that makes him a four-tool player; the prototypical size coaches long for.

“I’ve always played with a chip on my shoulder because of my size,” Pitts said. “People think I’m just not going to play hard, (or they) try to bully me. I don’t play my size, if that makes sense, so that helps a lot.”

Standing at 5-foot-9 and 135 pounds, Pitts provided Northwest head coach Ben McCollum with a hidden gem as the only coach Division II and above that offered the redshirt freshman standout a scholarship.

“I think he had a lot of feelers,” McCollum said. “ … I think he had a

couple NAIA offers, a couple junior colleges, but no Division II offers. Division II (schools) were even hesitant to take him. That’s pretty common with those smaller guards. I don’t have a lot of fear of them because they are impossible to guard.”

Those “feelers” McCollum was talking about were Division I programs Western Michigan and Eastern Illinois.

“It was pretty much my height that was the main factor,” Pitts said. “It was pretty much height and size. I had a couple DI looks, but I was passed up because of my height. I was good enough.”

Despite his size, Pitts managed to put up 16.4 points per game, matched

with 3.1 steals per game and a shooting percent of 67 percent from the field in his career at Blue Springs South High School. He earned conference player of the year, Independence Examiner Player of the Year honors and was named the top basketball player in the Kansas City metro area.

He did not get the offers he felt he deserved, but when McCollum showed no fear in his size by offering him a scholarship, he knew Northwest was the place he would continue his career.

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LEFT: Freshman guard Justin Pitts goes up for an acrobatic finish at the rim Jan. 10 at Bearcat Arena against Washburn. MIDDLE: Pitts shoots from the three-point line Jan. 14 at Bearcat Arena against Southwest Baptist. RIGHT: Pitts drives the lane Jan. 8 at Bearcat Arena against Nebraska-Kearney.

Hounds trying to turn corner under Boeh

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Rebuilding a program is considered a tough task by any experienced head coach. Rebuilding a program as a first-year head coach is not something just anyone is cut out for, but Candace Boeh has shown she has what it takes.

Before Candace Boeh started coaching Maryville High School girls basketball team, she actively played at the competitive level. From the age of five through her college career, Candace Boeh played alongside her twin sister, Alexis Boeh. That journey continued as they played together for three seasons at Northwest Missouri State, from 2009 through 2012.

During coach Candace Boeh’s sophomore year at Northwest, she helped the team capture the MIAA title and a trip to the Final Four. After her junior year, though, she was forced to retire from basketball due to back injuries.

With Candace Boeh’s playing career over, coaching was next on her list because basketball had prepared her for life and she wanted to translate that to other people.

“I’ve had some really good coaches in my past, and basketball has given me this opportunity and it’s helped me get my job,” Candace Boeh said.

“It’s (basketball) taught me the skills of dedication, hard work, discipline and self control; all these skills that are critical for life.”

Candace Boeh got her first

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opportunity when she began coaching for the Eclipse and the Extreme.

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After coaching for two teams in the AAU, she was offered the head coaching job of the girls basketball team at Maryville High School.

As the new head coach, Candace Boeh had the task of turning around a team that was coming off two straight seasons in which the team had lost 10 or more games.

“A lot of my plan was getting the girls to trust and to buy into the new program, because it is a new program BRIA CREEDEN | NW MISSOURIAN and there’s been a lot of changes,” Candace Boeh said.

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This year’s Super Bowl features two teams that the Kansas City Chiefs beat during the regular season. As a matter of fact, the Chiefs are the only team to beat both the Seahawks and Patriots this season.

Both teams need to thank the Chiefs for beating them or else they wouldn’t be in the Super Bowl.

You think I’m kidding? Look at the winning streaks each team went on after they lost to the Chiefs.

Let’s start with the team representing the AFC. The New England Patriots came into the game at Arrowhead Stadium with a 2-1 record. Now, some might argue that a 2-1 record is not all that bad, but the Patriots looked like their morethan-a-decade of dominance was a thing of the past. That Monday night, the Chiefs took the Patriots and Tom Brady to the woodshed. The Chiefs dominated the Patriots in every possible fashion, winning 41-14.

It was a beat down, and yes, I mean beat down. “The greatest living American” Tom Brady was benched in that game so the rookie quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo could get some playing time.

After the game, national media pundits were holding a funeral for the Patriots. They were asking, “Is this the end of the Patriots and Tom Brady?”

During his press conference with the national media, New England head coach Bill Belichick was quoted saying “our focus is now on Cincinnati.”

Boy, was it ever.

The Patriots destroyed the Bengals, 43-17. The following week the Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills in convincing fashion. This trend would continue for five straight weeks, continuing those plays all the way into the playoffs.

When the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks came to Arrowhead in Week 11 with a 6-3 record, they were in third place in the NFC West and in danger of missing the playoffs a year after winning the Super Bowl.

The Chiefs gave the Seahawks headaches all afternoon. The Chiefs used a daunting rushing attack to defeat the Super Bowl champs, 24-20.

Again, national media pundits were giving up on the Seahawks. After that loss, everything looked bad for the defending champs. They were in danger of missing out on the playoffs until they turned it around and went on a run for the ages. They won their final seven games in the regular season and two more in the postseason.

What I am trying to get at is that the Chiefs woke up both teams. In a sense, the Chiefs saved both teams’ seasons. So, I guess you can say the Chiefs are the true champions (I’m joking of course) because they beat both participants in this years Super Bowl.

In all seriousness though, the Patriots and Seahawks need to send a ‘Thank You’ card to 1 Arrowhead Drive, Kansas City, MO, 64129, because if it wasn’t for the Chiefs the Seahawks and Patriots wouldn’t be in the Super Bowl. Instead, they’d be where the Chiefs are now.

Bearcats cheer, steppers place at nationals

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcat Cheerleaders and Bearcat Stepper teams competed at the 2015 UCA and UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships at the Walt Disney World Resort over the weekend.

The Bearcat cheerleaders placed fourth overall in the Division II Coed Finals. The Bearcat Steppers, the team placed fifth overall in the Open Hip Hop competition. In the Open Jazz competition, Northwest placed sixth overall.

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