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Fixing failure Students receive assistance to improve academic skills

classroom.

“One of the biggest features of this program is that we are working with students to build academic skills by us-

DARCIE BRADFORD Chief Reporter | @darcie_jeanne_7

ing the classes they are enrolled in,” Pregeant said. “We

Students at Northwest have a wealth are working on note taking skills, reading comprehension of resources to take advantage of. Re- and writing skills using the classes they are enrolled in. It cently, that wealth has been added to makes the content more relevant to them.” with the hiring of academic success coaches.

The goals of the success coaches, according to Provost Three new faculty members were hired this fall to serve Timothy Mottet, are to have a resource available to stuas success coaches for many first time freshmen. This tri- dents who are on academic probation and to retain stumester, the success coaches work from the B.D. Owens dents.

Library in the Talent Development Center.

“Every year there are approximately 250 students on Senior Nick Shepherd is excited about the new pro- academic probation, most of which tend to be first year gram. He only wishes it was available when he was a students,” Mottet said. “The ultimate goal is for students freshman. to return to Northwest the following semester and not be “I think it is a great idea,” Shepherd said “I did not have on academic probation.” proper study habits as a freshmen but if I would have had According to past institutional data from the 2013that opportunity I would have utilized this program and I 2014 school year, by the end of the 2013 fall semester, 214 think it would have helped me succeed.”

students were on academic probation. Of those 214, 53

According to success coach Kat Donovan, in the fall, did not return to enroll in the spring. the coaches work with students who have been condition-

However, the number of students finding themselves

ally admitted to the University due to stipulations of low on academic probation is slowly decreasing each year. In high school GPA or ACT scores. For the spring trimester, 2009, by the end of the fall semester, 270 first time freshthe coaches will work with all students on academic pro- man were on academic probation. In 2013, the number bation, or students with below a 2.0 grade point average.

went down by three percent and only 214 first time fresh-

There are 90 students under the wings of the academic man were on academic probation. success coaches. That number is expected to rise to approximately 250 students in the spring semester.

Success Coach Heidi Webster said that she believes the program is working and that students are receiving the

The 90 conditionally-admitted students are required new program well. by their enrollment contracts to hold weekly meetings

“From what we can see so far from the midterm point

as determined by the assistance program. The coaches we think it is working. To see their overall score in a class structure meetings to help students further develop skills go up 30 percent in 10 weeks is a really awesome feeling.” such as note taking, reading comprehension and writing Webster said. skills.

Mottet said that involving success coaches on campus

Success coach Ashley Pregeant shares how the pro- has been in the works for a while.

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Computer Science master’s program faces cap, limits number of students JAMES HENDERSON III Chief Reporter | @jendersoniii

The enrollment cap looming over the applied computer science master’s program could threaten opportunities for international students at Northwest.

Over the last two years, demand to be a part of the Program has soared.

It reached the point in which the University is facing a problem with a lack of faculty and facility resources, according to Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Michael Steiner.

Bharath Patsa, a student in the Master’s program from India, cautions the University when it comes to capping this program. He warns that if this program limits its applicants, it will have a negative impact on students attempting to come from India to America.

“People would have to go other universities with not as good course-

work and struggle with getting their graduate degrees,” Patsa said. “They shouldn’t limit the number of students in the program so as many people can have the opportunity to have this good education.”

Steiner said the only option at this point is to continue capping the students allowed in the program.

“We want to limit the program to a target number of students that will still allow us to maintain a high quality program,” Steiner said.

Steiner said that while the program has seen a massive increase in the last two years, it reached its limit going into last spring’s semester.

The program had another large number of applicants going into this fall semester.

Steiner said he believes while this is a good problem, it is a problem none the less. He declined revealing the exact ratio of students and faculty, but insists that it is a high number.

“It’s above what we are comfortable with so we are making improvements to fix that,” Steiner said.

It is impossible to ignore the effect that capping will have on international students. According to Steiner, the applied computer science Master’s program consists of 485 international students. These students are predominantly from India and Steiner said the number of domestic students is comparatively a handful.

Despite the reliance international students have on the program, Steiner does not think this will be a problem for international growth on Northwest’s campus. He said they are pursuing growth in other programs which still allow opportunities for international students to take advantage of. However, Steiner is sensitive to this problem and said that the University is being careful in the future with this situation.

“I think the growth of international students at Northwest has

been a tremendous benefit to the community,” Steiner said. “One of the reasons we don’t want to outgrow our capacity is because we want to keep that a positive, and not create a circumstance where this growth problem is detrimental to the success of our program.”

Naveen Kunisetty, also from India, completely understands why students would want to come to this country.

“The United States is the place where software is born,” Kunisetty said. “There are a lot of opportunities here.”

He said that people choose to go to Northwest specifically because of the structure of the program.

“They (the faculty) start with the basics instead of expert level coursework,” Kunisetty said. “This keeps fresh students with no computer science experience from getting lost.”

Steiner said they have recently

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approved a plan to increase the number of faculty in the program for the fall of 2015. He also said at that point they will reevaluate the situation of the program and decide what to do about it.

Steiner also said that money, in this case, is not a primary issue.

“We are focused more on looking at our resources and maintaining a high quality program rather than worrying about money,” Steiner said.

The growing issue facing the computer science program is one that the department, as well as the Board of Regents, will address as the year progresses.

see A4 for related content: the missourian editorial board makes a case for hiring more computer science professors

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Study Abroad gives Spanish majors difficult assignment

SHANE STEELEY

Chief Reporter| @shane_steeley

After recent troubles regarding a requirement that Spanish majors must study abroad in order to get their degree, a new proposal from the Department of Modern Languages is working to no longer make it mandatory for Spanish majors to study abroad as a requisite to graduate from Northwest.

Spanish professor Eric Dickey stated that this requirement, while beneficial for learning, can make it hard for students who want to major in Spanish but do not have the proper means to study abroad.

“We have seen an impact since that requirement was implemented about two years ago, the number of Spanish majors has drastically reduced,” Dickey said. “I have talked to many students who have expressed the concern that they want to major in Spanish that they can’t afford studying abroad, and they either drop or switch to a minor.”

While the proposal is only in the beginning phase, Dickey is optimistic.

“It hasn’t completely gone through all the steps, but so far so good,” Dickey said. “Right now the proposal is going well, it has gone through a few different committees but it looks like it will hopefully pass.”

For some students like Spanish major Christopher Johnson the requirement to study abroad is a good idea, but the opportunity needs to be easier and less expensive for students.

“I think it is a good requirement but the faculty trips never happen,” Johnson said. “I have been waiting a few years to go on one and now I have to go alone.”

The study abroad requirement will continue to be a topic of discussion for the Spanish majors. The idea of studying abroad tends to illicit the idea of going away and experiencing different cultures and ideas but there may need to be a conversation on how can students achieve it while not breaking the bank.

see A4 for related content: contributing columnist jessica lundquist discusses pros and cons of study abroad requirement

Community supports former Bearcat in fight with rare cancer

Chief Reporter | @shane_steeley

Jayde Wilmes, a Northwest alumna , is fighting the biggest fight of her life.

It has been almost a year since Wilmes was told she had a rare form of cancer called Hodgkin Lymphoma, a disease which compromises your body’s ability to fight infection.

Jayde’s husband Evan Wilmes, also an alumnus of Northwest, continues to be hopeful.

“We are holding in there,” Evan Wilmes said. “It can seem overwhelming and big, and from the outside looking in it’s like, ‘oh gosh I don’t know how they are getting through this,’ but we just take everything a step at a time.”

Thanks to family and the Maryville community, Jayde Wilmes will not be fighting it alone. They will be getting more help Nov. 1, from an upcoming masquerade at the Maryville Country Club.

Evan Wilmes is floored by the support the town has shown and is so happy to see the town come out to help like they have.

“I appreciate it. From a distance, so many people came together and said ‘I can give this much,’” Wilmes said. “I appreciate it so much and just love them all.”

The news has not been easy for anyone, but Evan Wilmes has been handling it well. While being thousands of miles away from family and friends for Jayde’s treatment, Evan and Jayde Wilmes have found solace in each other.

“Everyday can be a struggle but

we know if anyone can do it we can do it,” Evan Wilmes said. “We rely on one another and we are carrying on.”

The goal is to raise money for Jayde’s travel and treatment. There will be dancing, music and a silent auction during the fundraiser.

Evan’s sister Leah Fletcher will be coordinating the event and is excited for the potential.

“They have raised about fifteen thousand dollars before the event ...

We wont see how much we make till after the event,” Fletcher said. “Really, anything is a positive, anything being received from the community, be it monetary or support, it’s all toward beating cancer.”

Bearcat Football Coach Adam Dorrel, who will be speaking at the upcoming event, discussed how important this is to him.

“I have known them for a long time. I grew up in Maryville and (Evan) grew up in Maryville,” Dorrel said. “I know Evan’s father, who is the team doctor. They both have been a part of our Bearcat family for a long time.”

As the mantra of her Alma Mater goes, ‘Once a Bearcat, Always a Bearcat.’ Jayde Wilmes will continue to claw and fight until she is ready to continue after such a life changing event.

“Jayde and I want to send out a thanks to everybody,” Wilmes said.

“To be honest, when I was playing ball I always kind of laughed at the notion ‘Once a Bearcat, Always a Bearcat’.

But it really does mean something a bit different nowadays. We really feel like Maryville is holding it together for us a bit, and we appreciate everything we get there.”

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Beacons wins Battle of the Bands, to open for We the Kings JAMES HENDERSON III Chief Reporter | @jendersoniii

Beacons took the stage Saturday night at the Battle of the Bands with shaky hands, a month of work on their songs, and no stage experience together. Despite these details, they left the stage with an opportunity to open for We The Kings at the SAC fall concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 8.

The band consists of lead singer Michael White, bassist John Cerrone and multi-instrumentalist Brian White. They could not believe the opportunity they were presented with and could only describe it as “awesome;” they “never expected to be at this point so early.”

“We were looking for prestigious things to be a part of and just see if we can get into it,” Michael White said. “I was told about the Battle of the Bands and thought, ‘OK, well, there’s where we’ll start, that’s where we will get attention,’ and here we are.”

Beacons’ unification sprang from a group of friends and brothers with a common dream to make music and escape the mundane.

“When we started this band, I was fed up with my job,” Michael White said. “So, what I did was I took my student loans, paid off rent until May and said, ‘I’m going to play music.’”

According to Cerrone, friendship was everything.

“Building the friendship first, before the band, was a key thing,”

Cerrone said. “They (the White brothers) had years of harmonies down and I just kind of jumped in with my bass grooves.”

From that point on, the band put in approximately 20-30 hours of work into making songs and its own specific sound.

“We’re somewhere between Skrillex and Aretha Franklin,” Brian White said jokingly when asked what the band may be similar to.

Michael and Brian White said that they started a lot with blues and folk music growing up, what they called their “grandfather’s music.”

They listened to a lot of pop-punk music ( e.g. Blink-182) and went on to be in bands that were similar to that.

Cerrone was brought up with a combination of classical and metal guitar. He, like the White brothers, went on to play in punk bands before making the recent transition to solo folk music.

During their rich, musical pasts, each member of the band became well versed in a number of instruments.

Cerrone plays harmonica, banjo, bass guitar, and acoustic guitar; Michael White plays acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and lead vocals; Brian White plays drums, guitar, piano, cello, saxophone, and bass guitar. They also joke that each one of them are masters at the recorder.

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“frontman,” because there are only three members and each member has a large role in the band.

“We are one unit of sound,” Cerrone said.

The band hopes for even more success in the future.

“There’s no guarantee in the music world, but it’s all I want to do with my life,” Cerrone said.

Michael White said their devotion to working hard is going to be integral in their growth.

“We’re willing to do the footwork,” Michael White said. “We’re willing to, kind of, do things the old fashioned way and get our name out there.”

Beacons as a whole said that they would like to thank SAC and all those involved in this competition for giving them the opportunity. They would also like to thank the other bands that competed and the people that came out to support live music.

Cerrone had a few final words for anyone looking to fulfill their dreams in the music industry.

“If you feel like you have something to say and no one is listening to you, grab a guitar, get on stage and now, they have to listen to you,” Cerrone said.

Beacons opens for We The Kings at SAC’s fall concert 8 p.m., Nov. 8, at the Ron Houston Performing Arts Center.

The concert is free to all students and tickets are currently available.

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Missouri schools adopt controversial national standards DARCIE BRADFORD

Chief Reporter | @darcie_jeanne_7

Common Core standards, a controversial topic within educational communities, were adopted by Missouri in 2010 and are now in the process of being implemented at a local level.

Common Core is a set of national standards for each grade level, kindergarten through grade 12. The standards apply to math and language arts. The objective is to provide a way for all schools in America to be proficient under the same standards in a subject area.

Common Core also seeks to increase the rigor of school curriculum.

As students progress through each grade, they are expected to be able to do more and build upon what they learned in the previous year.

According to Professor David Kiene, Common Core was proposed to level the playing field for all of the states.

“Before Common Core, in the state of Kansas all you had to do was pass 50% of the questions on the math section and you would be proficient in math, while in Missouri we had the second hardest language arts test in the nation,” Kiene said “It solved the issue that we had going on with the bar being set at different heights in different states. It didn’t nationalize the curriculum, but it nationalized the standards.”

On the other hand, some believe it is better for individual states and school districts to cater to the needs of the students in their district.

Congressman Sam Graves is against Common Core entirely. In a newsletter released by Graves Aug. 25, Graves said that the last thing Missouri needs is more one-size fits

all education standards.

“I have long held the belief that state officials and local school districts are much better suited to handle the individual needs of students and their parents than bureaucrats in Washington,” Graves said. “I’m pushing the Secretary of Education to work with elected representatives in Congress, in order to reform education standards in a meaningful way.

The last thing we need is more onesize fits all education standards.”

Forty-three states have adopted Common Core and according to Maryville High School principal Thom Alvarez, that is a good thing.

“I think it is a great thing to have standards and benchmarks that you can see go all the way through education,” Alvarez said “We’ve been doing that forever in education, in terms of setting standards and making sure that we are touching on certain subject material in each course.”

Implementation of the standards, according to the Common Core website, is entirely up to the state.

Missouri’s implementation of the standards involves online assessment tests from the company Smarter Balanced. New teachers will be trained on how to teach according to the new standards.

The first of the new assessment tests were administered in the spring of the 2013-2014 school year.

According to Kiene, the results schools will be receiving this semester from the new tests will simply be bad.

“The results are going to be very low because the test is much harder,” Kiene said “Kids haven’t ever taken this type of test before; it’s no longer mostly multiple choice, its mostly constructive responses. But we want to see growth from that baseline.”

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Teacher Performance Evaluation Amendment faces tough opposition

CHRIS ROUSH

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With the “big” day just a few days away, voters will freshen up on their knowledge of candidates and ballot issues. This year’s election may seem like the run-of-the-mill midterm election where the Republican Party attempts to reclaim the Senate, but for Missouri voters this election hits home for other reasons.

Among the local politicians attempting to secure a seat this year, there is one amendment on the Missouri ballot that could change the very face of education in Missouri.

“I think when you start taking the power out of the local school districts, you take control away from the people who are most knowledgeable about the subject matter,” Rock Port School Superintendent Craig Walker said. “Again, we’re mandating from the state or federal level and it takes the power away from the teachers and teach the students what they think is most important. We live in test crazy society right now.”

The Missouri Teacher Performance Evaluation, or Amendment 3, consists of four sections. The first

section would require teachers to be evaluated on a standard-based performance evaluation system and each local school district must receive state approval to continue receiving state and local funding.

The second aspect requires teachers to be dismissed, retained, demoted, promoted, and paid primarily using student performance data in part with the evaluation system.

Also, as part of the Amendment, teachers would have to enter into contracts of three years or fewer.

If a group of teachers disagree with the evaluation system, they could not organize to negotiate the design of the system.

“Placing details, like how teachers are evaluated in the Constitution, is problematic,” said William Gordon, department chair of professional education. “I tend to believe that those things are best handled in the General Assembly, as opposed to in our Constitution, where they are much more locked down.”

While a number of individuals have spoken out against the amendment,there was only one organization that spoke out in favor of it.

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of Missouri began a campaign called “Teach Great” several years ago. The organization originally backed the amendment, but has since dropped its support. A substantial financial backer of the amendment, retired financial executive Rex Sinquefield, no longer backs the campaign. The organization declined to comment on the amendment.

On the other end of the spectrum, the Protect Our Schools campaign consisting of parents, teachers, superintendents, principals and school boards are working to prevent Amendment 3.

“Under Amendment 3, local schools would lose control of their schools and they would hand that local control over to the state,” said Communications Director for Protect Our Schools campaign Mike Sherman. “It requires all, every single school district in the state, to come up with an evaluation system that is approved by the Department of Secondary and Elementary Education.”

With Amendment 3 looking to evaluate teachers based on students’ success on standardized tests, it has created a backlash from several people.

“One of my biggest problems with it is that they are taking the focus off of the most important thing, student success. Teachers will be teaching to the test,” Senior Elementary and Special Education major Arianne Bredlow. “The quality of education the students will be receiving will decline.”

Bredlow was not the only person that shared similar thoughts when it came to the concerns of standardized testing.

“Third graders might inherently want to please their teacher and might try to do their best on the test,” Gordon said. “That’s not saying the same thing as some high school students. As a former principal, I’d be concerned that some high school students would decide to under perform on a test if they know it might come back and impact the teacher.”

Although Gordon feels standardized tests could impact teachers directly, he also feels that the possible removal of tenure could do more harm than good. Districts have the ability to remove tenured teachers, and there are steps that they can take to do it.

“I would contend that it’s hard

enough to encourage a young, married teacher and their family to move to a small school in Northwest Missouri, and stay there, and put down roots and buy houses,” Gordon said. “If they had to worry that they might be arbitrarily dismissed by the Board of Education without any protections.”

Senior education major Heather Dobbins is not necessarily worried about finding a job in education, but with Amendment 3 it may prove difficult to find a steady job.

“I don’t know that this amendment will specifically impact the ability of teachers to get a job. If anything, it may make it easier, because there will be a higher turnover rate,” Dobbins said. “With more teachers being fired, more positions will be opening up. However, it will certainly make it more difficult to keep a position. That is the point of the amendment.”

With the election Tuesday, individuals will have the opportunity to decide whether or not Amendment 3 will become part of the Missouri Constitution.

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New computer science professors greatly needed

on a golden opportunity to improve the already successful program if it institutes the cap.

Thankfully, the University appears to be looking for several other potential solutions to the problem.

Steiner and the College of Arts and Sciences have approved a plan to increase the number of faculty in the program. Even more encouraging is the fact that Steiner made the point that money is no issue, meaning that the University is prepared to move resources around to sustain the success of their quality program.

Hiring new professors would preserve an aspect of the computer science program that attracts the most students: the student-professor ratio.

Students in the program appreciate and will to continue to appreciate that class sizes aren’t out of control at Northwest. Smaller class sizes allows for more focus on the progress on individual students in the program.

Additionally, given the fact that students we interviewed praised their professors’ ability to teach fundamentals to students without computer science experience, it’s clear that the program would benefit from more teachers with the same skills.

It’s reassuring that the University appears to be getting out in front of this issue. If Northwest hopes to continue the success of the computer science program and stay competitive with other colleges recruiting international students, the plan to hire new faculty must be adopted.

THOMAS DRESSLAR Opinion Editor

It really is easy to complain about the lack of things to do in Maryville.

I’ve done it and it seems all Northwest students have done it at some point during their time here. While there is certainly some truth to these sentiments, I’ve come to realize that apathy among students towards any campus events is largely the culprit.

Having attended an excellent campus event this weekend, this trend needs to change.

On Saturday, I attended the Student Activities Council (SAC) event “Battle of the Bands.” I had a personal obligation to be there, as my friends were in a band that was competing. However, the event seemed like an exciting opportunity for students to enjoy some live music on a Saturday night. It’s not often that you get to hear your fellow classmates express themselves musically, much less on campus.

What surprised me was the abysmal attendance at the Ron Houston Performing Arts Center that day.

Aside from a few international students and people working for SAC, most of the audience was composed of people who personally knew the band members. Considering how most people I talked to about the event expressed interest in it, it’s odd

that seemingly no one bothered to come out.

In the end, it’s their loss. Students missed a rare sight: an inventive, entertaining SAC production. By allowing the winning band to open for Fall Concert headliner “We The Kings,” SAC made a serious attempt to reach out to musically-minded students.

Furthermore, they gave students somewhat of a voice in the selection of fall concert performers, which is something SAC music events have lacked in the past.

The lack of attendance at the Battle of the Bands concerned me because I felt SAC should have been rewarded for coming up with such an exceptional idea. Without people showing up to good events like this, SAC may not be compelled to continue putting them on.

However, the mediocre attendance cannot be solely blamed on apathetic students. SAC did not advertise the competition as heavily as they should. Additionally, many students are rightfully skeptical of most events SAC puts on, so it makes some sense that they wouldn’t come out for this one.

Ignoring their spotty track record, I think people should reward SAC for good ideas. The Battle of the Bands, the haunted house at Phillips Hall and the Circus Electronica show a couple weeks ago are all examples of this. SAC needs to continue coming up with fresh ideas and students need to reward these ideas with their attendance.

Requirement to study abroad for spanish degree ill-advised JESSICA LUNDQUIST Contributing Columnist

Since the 2014-16 catalog year, the Department of English and Modern Languages has required students studying a foreign language to study abroad before they receive a degree.

This spawns conflict.

Take the number of incoming freshmen pursuing degrees in foreign language each year. Subtract those who, based on a rough financial aid necessity estimate for the average Bearcat, would qualify. Those left are the ones able to afford the study abroad requirement, and I bet I can count them on one hand.

One of the degrees I will earn December is in Spanish. Though I did complete a semester-long study abroad, I did so under my own conditions: I wanted to and I was fortunate enough to afford it.

I am unquestionably a proponent for studying abroad; as a matter of fact, if you scan back through the Missourian to a certain issue from spring 2013, you’ll find a column I wrote about how extremely beneficial studying abroad can be for a student.

There’s even a two-page spread about my awesome experience in Argentina in last year’s Tower Press.

Biology major change unnecessary SHAYLEE MILLER Missourian Columnist

The University made a curriculum change that has become a huge pain for many students in the biology department, including myself.

When I enrolled here at Northwest in the fall of 2011 the only course requirement for upper level biology classes was General Biology, which I had completed as dual credit in high school. I proceeded to take classes at a higher level and continued to climb up in the course ladder throughout the years. Now, in my senior year, I find out that biology majors are required to take Principles of Biology, while the rest of the campus majors still only require Gen. Bio. The point of this requirement is to better prepare the biology students for the significantly harder classes they are headed for. This is a good thing. However, I feel that I should have been informed by Northwest that this was going to affect my registration process before simply being denied registration - after I had stayed up until midnight waiting to register. I couldn’t understand why when I was clicking the register button that CatPaws kept telling me I hadn’t completed the prerequisites when, to my knowledge, I had.

The next morning I marched to the Registrar’s office to be greeted by unsympathetic employees who simply don’t see the injustice in this. I am not in the catalog that requires this class, so why in the world do I have to go to all the trouble of meeting with professors and having them sign a piece of paper allowing me to register for classes? I shouldn’t have a problem registering for these classes at all.

Most of the professors I met with seemed to be just as upset with this process as I was, and were very helpful. Only one professor seemed reluctant to sign, expressing the opinion that I really should take the class in question.

The system won’t allow me to take Principles of Biology even if I wanted to because I have already passed classes at a higher level. So here I am, stuck in a rut. The system won’t let me move forward, but I’m not allowed to backtrack either.

Every course I needed to register for required a filled out pre-requisite form because of this catalog change - that I am not even a part of. That is a lot of signatures because not only does each individual instructor have to sign, but also the department chair as well. This put me days behind my registration date. I feel like I’ve been handed a punishment for something I had no control over. The University should have found a way for the two catalogs to register online at their as-

signed time.

Jake Padgett, a fellow biology student and senior, had an even harder time with this unwarranted hassle than I did.

Padgett recently switched majors within the biology department. To do so, he had to obtain signatures from his advisor as well as the departmental chair. This was a protocol that he was aware of and was able to successfully abide by, at first. After he had completed all the necessary steps, Padgett’s advisor changed her mind and decided that she wanted him to take the Principles of Biology course, even though his completed General Biology course had been approved as an appropriate equivalent.

In an appeal to Mark Corson, Chair of the Natural Sciences Department, Padgett said that “since I am a senior and have taken advanced classes, I am not allowed to take Principles of Biology.”

Thankfully, Corson overrode his advisor and got it approved by the registrar. Padgett said his advisor is now attempting to appeal his appeal.

However, he believes Corson is on his side.

This whole process is a massive inconvenience that biology students and faculty alike should not have to deal with. The University needs to right this wrong before the next catalog change.

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... had I been told at the beginning of my undergraduate career that I would be required to participate in the study abroad program, it may have chased me away from the department.

Jessica Lundquist

However, had I been told at the beginning of my undergraduate career that I would be required to participate in the study abroad program, it may have chased me away from the department.

Why? There’s an inherent liberty in choosing to receive a college education. That same liberty applies to where a student chooses to go within his or her education—in this case, where a student may not want (or have the ability) to go.

Demanding students studying foreign languages to study abroad

effectively halts any opportunities to those who would choose that path within the department, but cannot do so because of financial constraints.

A month ago, Sept. 23, the department held a book club event — which I attended in the role of upperclassman facilitator — as part of an involvement strategy for modern languages majors. Freshmen planning to enter the department were given one of two books. the plan was to discuss certain parts of the text at the meeting. The turn-out was unfortunately slim; to represent the student body, around five freshmen, two upperclassmen (including myself), and one graduate student attended.

After this experience, it strikes me as rather masochistic of the department to consider imposing the study abroad requirement on incoming students.

The motive behind the proposal is right on: if able, students should study abroad to increase proficiency in their chosen language and to promote cultural competence. I cannot contest that. What the Department of English and Modern Languages should consider is how a demand on students to study abroad might inhibit the growth of an already-struggling department, and, more to the point, how that demand might infringe on student freedoms.

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The serious issue the computer science department has been grappling with as of late should be one that most students can see with their own eyes. There seems to be more and more computer science majors, most of whom are international students, coming to Northwest every year.

While the problem has several different facets, the solution is clear. To continue the growth of the program, Northwest needs to shift money around to allow for the hiring of more computer science professors.

It was inevitable that the Computer Science department would run its resources thin in order to sustain the flow of new students. That’s a testament to the quality of the degree program. In our story on page A1, computer science students praise the program’s teachers and coursework.

Their experience in the department makes them concerned that others may not have the same opportunity if the cap is put in place.

Capping the amount of students in this popular degree program would have a detrimental effect on the future admittance of more international students to Northwest.

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael Steiner said the applied computer science Master’s program consists of 485 international students, most of whom are from India.

Considering current students’ favorable opinion of the program, along with the reputation the program has garnered among prospective students, the University could miss out

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CONTINUED FROM A1 “The hiring of success coaches has been underway for a number of

years now,” Mottet said “One of the best practices identified throughout the country is the use of a success coach and we decided to implement that and figure out what the best model is for our University.”

The academic success coaches role in the University is still being determined. If passed by faculty senate, success coaches could be able to teach a one credit hour class for students conditionally enrolled or on academic

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Mottet also said that he believes the coaches are a great investment for Northwest.

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Oct. 16 Kayla M. Hammer, 20, was charged with minor in possession at the 1800 block of Village O Drive.

An ongoing investigation of property damage at the 1100 block of North College Avenue.

Oct. 18 An accident occurred between Brianna D. Pierce, 18, Kansas City, Mo. and Nathan B. Blair, 37, St. Joseph at the 1000 block of South Main.

Brandon S. Phipps, 19, was charged with minor in possession at the 200 block of East Edwards.

Oct. 19 Jacob R. Stoll, 21, of Conception Junction was charged with driving while intoxicated and equipment violation at the 200 block of North Depot Street.

Nicholas R. Papenburg, 23, St. Joseph was charged with driving while intoxicated and fail-

Northwest Missouri State University Police Department Oct. 22 A summons was issued for stalking at Wal-Mart.

Oct. 23 A summons was issued for drug

Dakota J. Owsley, 19, Worth, was charged with minor in possession at the 1500 block of North Main.

An ongoing investigation of larceny at the 1200 block of South Main Street.

Oct. 20 An accident occurred between Jedidiah D. Burch, 25, and Gregory Coulter, 51, at the 1600 block of South Main Street.

Oct. 21 An ongoing investigation of property damage at the 300 block of North Dunn.

An accident occurred between Derek F. Method, 19, Decatur, Neb, John F. Harrison, 55, Mound City, Kaitlyn Petr, 20, Lincoln, Neb, and Keston M. law violation at Tower Suites East.

Oct. 24 A summons was issued for stealing at Franken Hall.

Oct. 25 A summons was issued for liquor law violation at Phillips Hall.

Oltman, 16, at the intersection of South Main and South Avenue. Derek F. Method was charged with careless and imprudent driving.

An accident occurred between Madeline K. Robinson, 26, Grain Valley and Noah D. Bonde, 32, at the 1100 block of South Main Street.

An ongoing investigation of property damage at the 1400 block of East Third Street.

Oct. 23 An ongoing investigation of theft at the 300 block of North Market.

An accident occurred between Koral J. Gunnerson, 20, and Bradley J. Luke, 31, Stanberry at the intersection of Ray Avenue and East First Street.

Oct. 24 An ongoing investigation of burglary at the 300 block of South Dewey.

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Oct. 28 A summons was issued for property damage at Millikan Hall.

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A Whole New World

LAUREN MCCOY Managing Editor | @Mccoy014

Twenty-two-year-old Shinya Saikachi has dreamed of this since he was young.

“I’ve wanted to come to the U.S. since I was a kid,” Saikachi said.

When he left Niigata, Japan, he had different expectations upon landing.

“I think, ‘the Kansas City Airport is not big,’” he said.” I thought the U.S. has everything big, but (I was) kind of disappointed.”

Saikachi’s disappointment about the small airport did not last, though, as he began to see what the American dream really is made of in the Midwest.

“I said, ‘Is this the US? No!’ Now, I think it is part of America … I feel so good, because I could come here and I feel America in the air,” Saikachi said.

Saikachi is one of many students to take the leap and study abroad here at Northwest. Within the English as a Second Language Program, students from China, South Korea, Japan, Brazil and Saudi Arabia are experiencing America, and it isn’t always easy.

“It’s culture shock,” said English as a Second Language Instructor Helen Konstantopoulos. “A huge, huge change. Not only is it the first time outside of their borders, everything around them is English.”

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I like asking questions, but can’t understand because they are talking fast and so much information. What is important?

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From the language, to making sure the students understand bathroom etiquette, a lot goes into the transition into American culture.

“Everything, our bathrooms, for one thing; the living conditions, plumbing … food is a big issue for them,” Konstantopoulos said.

“They can’t find things that they can eat because they’re used to eating different types of foods, different spices and seasonings. It’s a lot to get used to.”

Ali Alali, thirty-two years old, left Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, to study here and has faced similar challenges.

“It was difficult because, as you know, missing family and friends and facing cultural differences can be tough,” Alali said.

Yui Tashiro, 20, said the biggest cultural difference was the language.

This was also the most nervewracking aspect for her. “(I’m) nervous speaking English, because I am not a good speaker,” Tashiro said. “Listening is hard, because everyone is speaking fast.”

Speed is not the only issue when it comes to language for international students.

“The biggest struggle is trying to express themselves, to get their message across,” Konstantopoulos explained. “The first couple of days, it’s not easy for them to stop someone in the street and say, ‘Where is Franken Hall,’ to get directions, and understand what the directions are.

“Americans speak very idiomatically, full of idioms,

colloquialisms … students around the world just study Standard English, so it’s hard to decipher the messages that are being sent.”

While the students practice Standard English in the classroom, they must learn an almost completely different language outside of it.

“They are also learning slang, and the Midwest style of speaking,” Konstantopoulos said. “It’s basically two different languages.”

When asked about the biggest cultural difference, Saikachi laughed.

“Excluding English?” he asked.

He collected himself and went on to explain one of the biggest differences was the diversity on campus.

“The nationalities come together like a melting pot,” he said, still smiling.

Although the US is true to its nickname, melting happens for the students within the ESL program as well.

“Cultural diversity, cultural exchange is a big part of our program,” Konstantopoulos said. “We’re also sharing and we put them into groups, what do you do concerning this topic in your country, how is it different … they really enjoy learning about the other cultures.”

Tashiro explained the biggest difference for her was the variety of activities offered for students.

“My university doesn’t have many events,” she said. “Every day: class, studying, then back to home.

Boring. This university is so enjoyable because study, event, study, event; it’s

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a good balance.”

Alali, on the other hand, takes his studying seriously and offers bits of advice to those coming to America in the future.

“I advise students to learn about American culture,” he said.

“I recommend them to find a small city or town, where there isn’t a lot of entertainment, because in my opinion, it’s comfortable for studying.”

Studying, especially English, is a driving force for several students who choose to come to the U.S. Speaking with native English speakers is the best way for these students to improve their English, but their practice is often limited and difficult.

“I like talking to someone, but I can’t (always) understand their answer,” Tashiro said. “I like asking questions, but can’t understand because they are talking fast and so much information. What is important? … Sometimes, I don’t know ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ because Americans don’t say yes, no. It’s easy to talk to Chinese, Korean, and other Asians; pronunciation is so easy to understand because …”

Saikachi, nodding during Tashiro’s answer, finished her sentence for her.

“Because we always talk slowly.

We kind of are at the same level, the same skill,” he said. “We can understand each other easier than talking with Americans.”

This is something both Saikachi and Tashiro wish was different, something they invite American

students to change.

“It’s difficult to talk with them first, because most of Japanese are shy,” Saikachi said. “We also don’t know how to interact with American students.”

Tashiro explained how she believes students can help break that barrier.

“I want American students to talk to me, when I eat lunch or dinner at the Union, for example,” she said. “Sit next to me; we can eat together.”

Even though the international students tend to stick to their own groups, Saikachi said it isn’t because they do not want to venture out.

“We don’t know what the best way is to make relationships or friends outside of class,” he said. “How do I behave, what do I say?”

Konstantopoulos emphasized that the bottom line is they are still just students.

“They are exactly the same as you,” she said. “They are just 20, 19 year old students. Imagine that you went to study in China, or France, or Greece … imagine how you could feel.

They have the same feelings as you or I, they were just raised in a different language and different culture.

“They are just the same, they want the same things. They want to make friends, they want to learn. They are investing their money and being away from their families to be here.”

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I said, ‘Is this the US? No!’ Now, I think it is part of America ... I feel so good, because I could come here and I feel America in the air.

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It was difficult because, as you know, missing family and friends and facing cultural differences can be tough.

Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

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Led Zeppelin re-releases fall flat KELSEY SCHILB Missourian Reporter| @KSchilb

Decades after releasing their last studio album, Led Zeppelin is still attempting to push their legacy with re-releases and re-masters of all their albums.

The most recent albums to be reissued along with new alternate mixes of each song are Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy.

Led Zeppelin IV boasts arguably the band’s most well known track, “Stairway to Heaven.” The alternate mix, recorded at Sunset Studios in Los Angeles, is not noticeably different from the original. It features a more dreamy, romantic sound with softer drums as the phenomenal guitar of Jimmy Page takes center-stage.

“The Sunset Sound mix of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ was actually mixed at Sunset Sound in L.A. in advance of the version that everybody knows,” Page said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I think it’s a really good embodiment of everything that’s on there. It’s a guitar mix, really.”

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As a whole, I wasn’t too impressed with the remastered albums. There is no new material and the differences for the most part are so subtle, listeners really have to strain to hear them.

The alternate mixes are essentially only releases of rougher demos and personally, unless the

version is significantly different from the released studio version, it’s not worth my time or money. Still, it’s interesting to see how a band’s sound evolves not only from album to album but even within a song. A dedicated Led Zeppelin fan would appreciate the remastered albums, but for the casual fan, stick with the originals.

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After 15 years of re-watching “The Matrix,” Keanu Reeves fans have something to add to their obsession with his new action film “John Wick.”

“John Wick” is the story of an ex-hitman for the Russian mob’s ultimate murder and mayhem revenge journey. After Wick’s wife dies of cancer, he receives a gift: a beagle puppy named Daisy to ease the pain and loneliness of his loss.

Naturally, the plot has to thicken somehow. The arrogant and entitled son of Wick’s former employer, Iosef, played by “Game of Thrones” star Alfie Allen, demands Wick’s vehicle.

When Wick refuses, the tension could be cut with a knife. It seems both Wick and Iosef messed with the wrong man at the wrong time, because Iosef just happens to be the little twerp son of the Russian mob boss Viggo, played

by Michael Nyqvist.

When Iosef and some thugs break into to John’s home to steal the car and teach him a lesson he already knew, all hell breaks loose. Killing a hitman’s dog seems like no big deal, but it releases a buried vengeance no mob can stop.

When a mutual friend warns Viggo of his son’s actions, Viggo informs him what this mistake will cost. We find out that Wick was called the Boogeyman, but clarifies that “he was the man you would send to kill the Boogeyman,” striking fear into the hearts of his son and the audience in one foreshadowing sentence.

John Wick is a little rusty coming out of retirement, but his rage keeps him going. I’m still uncertain that a

dead dog was a strong enough fuel for the fire to keep this movie relevant.

A wife killed by the mob, sure, but I sometimes forgot why Wick was so tortured throughout the movie. To make up for the mediocre plot, it had some ultimate action flick guys. Willem Dafoe, Ian McShane and John Lequizamo all graced the big screen with their presence to spice up the pretty pitiful plot.

While the plot line was my big issue with this film, the action sequences made up for the weak story line a thousand times over. Coming out of retirement to kick some major booty definitely calls for some heavy stretching and cardio. After five years of married life, Wick gets his hiney handed to him a couple times in the beginning of his hour and a half journey. His aim is still on point, giving his age an edge. But, let’s face it, Keanu Reeves never needs an edge.

The mind-shattering action scenes outweighed the very obvious plot holes. If you want to watch mindless shooting and butt-kicking for 90 minutes, this is the perfect movie for doing so. It doesn’t take a lot of paying attention or deep thought, therefore, “John Wick” is a successful action flick, out Oct. 24.

Rating: 3/5 Title: John Wick Director: Chad Stahelski Release Date: Oct. 24, 2014

As it is the season for horror movies, it would only be appropriate for a horror film to come out that is creative, shocking, scary, and allaround a great scare flick. Unfortunately, “Ouija” is none of those, and is more dull than death itself.

“Ouija” centers on a group of friends investigating the death of a friend who died while playing with an ancient Ouija board. Things only get worse from there in terms of story, acting and overall entertainment.

To begin, the premise of the movie is bland, as the whole ‘evil Ouija board unleashes bad things’ plot is overkill. Any opportunity for originality is fully missed and the story seems to be following a paintby-numbers guide. With some suspense scattered around, the feeling of being scared starts to slowly creep up, but then a jump scare happens, startles the viewer, and completely ruins the atmosphere.

The other main problem is the movie is not scary, it is just startling, almost solely relying on jump scares

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to evoke any feeling of horror. All this leads up to a disappointing ending, where the only consolation is that the movie is now over.

Acting is nothing to write home about, unless you enjoy sending rude letters to family. The cast does not put their all into their roles, and it shows.

Any emotion conveyed is bland and poorly executed. It’s like watching a poorly rehearsed school play with a large budget. It is particularly disappointing that Olivia Cooke did not try at all in this movie, as she has shown

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We have waited since 1985, let me repeat that, 1985. That is freaking 29 years of waiting. 29 years! That is too long. How can you not be happy for the Royals that they are in the WORLD SERIES. Let me repeat that, THE WORLD SERIES! Cardinals fans, I am sorry that you didn’t make it into the World Series. Really, I am. And still to this day, I can’t figure out if I really did want to play you guys in the World Series or play the Giants.

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I am not the best person to talk sports to, unless you specifically give me details on the how the game is played. But I do know this: the Royals went undefeated in the playoff season and had a pretty good regular season.

But, what about the city? The city has never been a “one big happy family” since we won the wild card game. Everyone is coming together, making bets with one another, cheering together, throwing parties together and tailgating together.

Never in my 20 years of living on this earth have I seen this city come together for one team. Well, except Sporting KC, but still. Just look at how much we have become a family.

We are one big family, riding this massive baseball rollercoaster, rooting for one team and one team only; The Royals.

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how wonderful her acting can be in “Bates Motel.” Effects are mediocre as well. Nothing spectacular happens that hasn’t been seen or done before.

Overall, the movie is horribly generic. Acting is stale and rigid like the cast were reading cue cards offscreen. The story is something that could have been written by a machine. No originality, no big drama and cliches not even trying to be subtle. Not much could be expected of a movie based off a novelty game sold

by Parker Brothers, but the movie should at least try to meet some expectations. I had zero expectations for the movie, and it still disappointed me. Do not see this movie, it is awful. The scariest part is when you realize you actually paid to see it, and you will most likely not get a refund.

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Have you seen the map on who is rooting for who? If not, let me put it this way: out of 50 states, I’m pretty sure only two states are rooting for the Giants. Sorry, I just have to laugh at that. TWO states are rooting for the Giants, the rest are rooting for the Royals. Talk about AWESOME! Now, your man will be saying for the rest of his life “Let’s Go Royals,” and he wants you to say it too. So join your man, chant like you’ve never chanted before, “Let’s Go Royals!”

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CONTINUED FROM A12 As far as his athletes’ individual achievements, they tallied up an astonishing number of 215 state qualifiers, 76 state placers and 15 state champions.

Drake also won district coach of the year 13 times.

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nwmissourinews.com Drake for two seasons and said one coaching trait stuck out in his mind that contributed to all the accolades the Spoofhounds won over the years.

“He was committed,” Kellerstrass said. “Over Christmas break, I know a lot of the coaches do this but, he didn’t give the boys many days off.

Even if the boys were out of town, he was there every day.”

With all the success on the mat as well as on his farm, Drake’s life has

come full circle in all facets of life. You could say that he is living the small town American dream.

“It’s been pretty complete,” Drake said. “I’ve gotten to coach for as long as I wanted to. I had some success and enjoyed doing it. I am in a situation now where if I want to, I can saddle up my horse and go ride my horse.

I’m doing it my pace, when I want to and how I want to. I think things have gone pretty well.”

For the first time since seventh grade Drake will not be attending a wrestling practice this winter. After wrestling throughout junior high, high school, college, and coaching for 40 years, he is hanging up the high top wrestling shoes.

And as for what is next for Drake, he will be more than happy raising his farm animals.

“We have a cow-calf operation,” Drake said. “We raise calves and we

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raise horses. I grew up on a farm in Iowa. My next passion in life was the horses and cattle. So when the wrestling started to come to an end, then I was prepared to step into something else. I wasn’t going to sit and do nothing.”

Drake also hopes to take his grandkids down to Oklahoma, where they will find a plaque with their grandpa’s name on it, in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

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Junior quarterback Brady Bolles scrambles to get away from the Fort Hays defense Oct. 25. Northwest went on to win 29-10, bringing its overall record to 7-1. Northwest’s next game is Nov. 1, against Missouri Western.

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CONTINUED FROM A12 “We need to have three really good practices,” Dorrel said. “Especially offensively. Our comfort level needs to be good … If we run the ball, we need to be able to block whatever front they’re in. When we throw the football, we need to know at least who we’re going to be blocking. The next three days are very critical.”

When a team uses a new scheme in the middle of the season, it is the offensive line that has to do the majority of the adjustments. Senior offensive lineman CJ Keeney says that not only are the linebackers flying around, but the linemen are athletic as well.

“They got more linebackers than linemen now. So I think they’re experienced but we need to come out firing,” Keeney said. “We’ve played good D-lines all year … If we do our practice right, get our steps in, get our technique right like we have against good D-lines, we’ll be alright.”

As tough as the Griffons defense has been on opponents, the offense has been on the opposite end of the spectrum. It ranks seventh in the league by averaging just more than 21 points per game.

This is in part due to them starting a freshman quarterback the first eight games of the season. Skyler Windmiller carries a subpar 54.2 percent completion percentage, eight interceptions, five touchdowns and has thrown for 156 yards per game.

Northwest averages almost four sacks per game, and that could spell doom for the Missouri Western freshman quarterback. However, Dorrel believes it is counterproductive to look at things like that.

“Honestly, no, we don’t talk about that kind of stuff,” Dorrel said. “I’ve always kind of been in the mindset in rivalry games, you’re better off not talking about that stuff … We really focus on the stuff that we can control … When you start looking at stuff like that, there is potential to start to deviate from your gameplan.”

The bright spot of the Griffon offense comes from the man behind Windmiller. Senior running back Rafael Spencer is in the midst of a potential All-MIAA type of season; averaging 110 yards per game, 4.8 yards

per carry with has six touchdowns on the season.

“Dynamic,” Dorrel said. “The number one thing I think about him, and I don’t mean this in a negative way at all, they’re so big on the offensive line and he’s not as tall as those kids, he’s hard to see. He fits in behind their kids really well. He just pops it and the next thing you know, he’s to level two and no one’s even seen him squirt through.

“I think he’s got very dynamic vision. Again, I don’t think you can coach that. A kid either has that or he doesn’t and I think he definitely has it … I think he’s really coming in to his own right now as a player in this league. He’s a good player.

He’s special.”

As stated before, Dorrel did not

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The Taveras family, baseball, Cardinal Nation, and the Dominican Republic lost its bright star last Sunday. Taveras, 22, and his girlfriend, Adilia Arvelo,18, were killed in a car accident in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

The tragic news surfaced in the fourth inning during Game 5 of the World Series. The Fox telecast let the baseball world know they lost one of its brightest future stars resulting in an on-air moment of silence.

San Francisco’s Giants outfielder Juan Perez, long time Dominican teammate of Taveras was spotted sobbing in the dugout in the midst of a crucial World Series game. He was so upset that he threw his phone in the trash in the clubhouse when the news was confirmed.

Perez did not start the game, but he came in three innings later and delivered a two-run double off the dominant Royals set-up man Wade Davis, to help the Giants to a 5-0 victory.

After the game, Taveras’ dear friend took to social media for a tribute.

“That Double was 4 U Oscar! I’ll remember the Good Times,” Perez tweeted. “God Bless U Bro. I’ll miss U man. My Condolences!”

Giants all-star catcher Buster Posey may have said it best in his postgame interview.

“I heard about it in the fourth and had a sinking feeling in my gut,” Posey

said. “My first thought was, this game is not that important.”

As theatrical as his debut was in his second major league at-bat was, his second-to-last at-bat was even more climactic.

After struggling, hitting .239 with 3 home runs and 22 RBIs in his first regular season, Cardinal fans were looking for his signature moment.

In Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, they got it when Taveras put that captivative left-handed swing to use on a pinchhit game-tying home run in the seventh inning.

Taveras rounded the bases and pointed up at the sky with both hands as he touched homebase. The Cardinals faithful chanted “Oscar, Oscar, Oscar … ” With the classic vibrant Oscar smile, he climbed the dugout steps, took his helmet off and raised it to the admiring fans.

That was the last game Taveras got to play in front of the fans that planned on watching him throughout the next 15 years. He gave his first and last curtain call in his first and last game at Busch Stadium. I guess you could say he had a flare for the dramatic.

Within hours of the tragic accident, people started paying respect to Taveras at the foot of the Stan Musial statue in front of Busch Stadium.

All people can do now is wonder if the phenom would have one day had a statue next to Stan The Man. One thing is for certain, Taveras and his breathtaking swing would have made one stunning piece of art.

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talk much about the rank Northwest received in region three because he thinks it would set his team up for failure. But he did not stop short of talking about how talented the region is.

“I don’t think there is any question,” Dorrel said. “I think anybody that knows Division II football would tell you that our region is the toughest region, top to bottom … I think those guys are trying really, really hard to get this region balanced out and maybe see some regional realignment.

Hopefully soon …

“It’s no secret, this is the third year in a row now, that you know somebody is going to get left out that is a quality team. I can’t control it so I try not to think about it too much.”

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Nebraska Kearney...................22-2 14-2 Missouri Western....................19-5 13-3 Central Missouri......................16-8 13-3 Central Oklahoma...................21-4 12-4 Washburn..............................20-4 12-4 Emporia St............................11-10 7-9 Fort Hays St..........................12-13 6-10 NORTHWEST..........................9-15 6-10 Pittsburg St...........................8-16 5-11 Southwest Baptist..................8-16 3-13 Missouri Southern..................6-18 3-13 Lindenwood..........................5-19 2-14

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Soccer awaits District 16 final RYAN EDWARDS Chief Sports Reporter | @RyanaldoEdwards

The Maryville boys soccer team finished the regular season with a record of 11-9-2. The regular season concluded with a drubbing 9-0 win over Cameron last Wednesday, Oct. 22.

Senior midfielder Mitchell Worthington scored six goals and junior midfielder Dimitri Filopoulos completed the hat trick, leading the way to victory for the Spoofhounds.

“Mitch has played a lot better over the last week,” Filopoulos said.

“It opens up a lot of chances for others to score with the way he has been playing lately.”

Since the mid-season slump, the Spoofhounds have been able to get back over .500 and are gearing up for the final run.

“The team has been getting better,” head coach Stuart Collins said.

“Now we need to finish out the season on a high note.”

This year’s district tournament will be tough to navigate with the likes of Chillicothe, Cameron and Savannah, teams that Maryville matches up well against, says Collins.

“It will be difficult this year for

any team,” Collins said. “The games will be played on turf, so it will be fast and it will expose a lot of weaknesses.”

The Spoofhounds, the No. 2 seed, played Savannah, the No. 3 seed, Tuesday. The Hounds got on the board first in the 17th minute on a goal by Filopoulos, with an assist from junior forward Zach Brod, who would score in the 74th minute on an assist coming from Filopoulos.

“We have been playing well the last two weeks of the season,” Brod said. “Getting that second goal was huge for us.”

With the win, the Spoofhounds will face Chillicothe for the third time this season. The Hounds lost 8-2, and 2-0 in their two matchups this season.

“We have been playing really well, as of late,” Collins said. “Chillicothe is a good team. We will have to play disciplined in every aspect.”

The Spoofhounds play for the district title tonight at 5 p.m. at Chillicothe. With a win over the Hornets, the Spoofhounds would advance to Sectionals where they would play the winner of District 15.

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Maryville lines up against Kansas City East Oct. 24 at the Hound Pound.

After bearing down on East Kansas City, Maryville (10-0) will now have a rematch against fellow MEC opponent Chillicothe (5-5).

The last time these two competed was Sept. 5, which was the MEC opening game for each team.

Maryville crushed the Hornets 64-3.

Head coach Matt Webb knows that things have changed since then.

“That seems like a long time ago now,” Webb said. “Especially when you take a look at what both teams have done over the MEC season.

They’re a team that has rushed the football well and they’re coming off two great wins.”

The Hornets defeated Class 4’s Benton on the road in its regular season finale and then won its first round district game on the road against Richmond 35-27.

“They (Chillicothe) are a really tough team,” senior running back Brody McMahon said. “Their offense is tough. We are going to have to do what we do every week. They are

going to come in and probably figure some things out and it will make things tougher.”

McMahon rushed for 156 yards on eight carries in the last matchup with the Hornets.

Chillicothe head coach Phil Wilard also realizes that going against a team a second time can help from a scouting and game plan standpoint.

“Everyone knows they are a great football team,” Wilard said. “They execute as well as anyone ... You look at them on tape and they can amaze you with what they can do. We look to just do a better job of execution this time out.”

Chillicothe’s offense, like the Spoofhounds, like to pound it out on the ground. However, the last time the Hounds played the Hornets, they only had 76 yards rushing on 33 attempts and just 122 yards total offense. Wilard knows if things are going to get better this game, that needs to improve.

“It comes down to fundamentals,” Willard said. “We’re hoping to just do a better job with execution.

That’s a difficult thing to do against

the group they have, but we’re going to give it everything we’ve got.”

As Webb mentioned, it is a different animal when you go against a team twice in the same football season. Both teams have seen what one another runs offensively and defensively.

“You look at the previous time you played them and you see schematically what worked and what didn’t,” Webb said. “You think of what adjustments you want to make, what adjustment they will make … just the chess match of coaching going back and forth from a schematic standpoint.”

After week three’s embarrassment for the Hornets, one could question if revenge was on the team’s mind. Wilard has the answer to that.

“No, that has nothing to do with it,” Wilard said. “We respect what the Spoofhounds have done in the past.

For twenty years, it’s always been a great game and we’re just looking to go out and play a good football game.”

Kickoff for the MEC rematch is set for 7 p.m. Friday at the Hound Pound.

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Freshman running back for the Bearcats football team accomplished his first 100-yard yard game of his career when he rushed for 103 yards against Fort Hays last Saturday.

Freshman setter for the Northwest volleyball team tallied up 74 assists, nine kills and 14 digs throughout the weekend against Missouri Southern and Central Missouri.

Senior running back for the Maryville football team racked up 118 yards and two touchdowns all on three carries against East High School last Friday. He averaged 39.3 yards per carry.

Senior runner for the Spoofhounds cross country team ran her way to first team All-MEC as she ran a time of 22:37 in the 5,000 meter race at the MEC meet at Cameron last week.

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With 16 games behind the Bearcats soccer team, the chance to advance to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Association Women’s Soccer Championship comes down to the Northwest’s final weekend of regular season.

Northwest (6-9-1, 3-8-1 MIAA) ranks tenth out of 12 teams in the conference standings and is two points away the eighth and final postseason spot, held by Northeastern State. There is no margin for error if the Bearcats hope to make the postseason and senior defender Taylor Sellars is the team’s lone member to have been part of the playoffs.

“We kind of think of it as a revenge week ... we definitely put up a good fight against both of them,” Sellars said.

“We think of it as revenge and want to come back and beat them both.”

One of the biggest struggles for the Bearcats in 2014 has been keeping their offensive threats healthy.

Northwest has been without leading its leading goal scorer, sophomore midfielder Ashley Cole (torn meniscus), and junior forward Anna Holden (torn ligament in foot) since Oct. 12. Sophomore defender Cassie Phillips (torn ACL) joined Cole and Holden with season-ending injuries.

“It’s had a big impact, not just having some of our key players out, but just being low on numbers now,” Holden said. “Our team has adjusted well to being able to play without our

normal starters but we’ve been struggling with not having the same number of subs as we usually would.”

Injury woes continued for Holden in 2014 when she tore a ligament in her foot and was only able to take the field seven times. During her time at Northwest, Holden has also endured two shoulder surgeries “It’s very frustrating. It’s hard not to ask ‘Why did this happen?,’ but it’s soccer, it’s a contact sport, it’s going to happen,” Holden said. “… It’s just another bump in the road that’s going to make you physically and mentally stronger.”

Despite the multitude of injuries, Northwest must travel to Missouri Western (9-6-1, 6-5-1 MIAA) Friday night for a rematch of the Sept. 19 bout, which ended in a 1-1 tie.

The Bearcats regular season finale takes place Sunday at Lindenwood, which defeated Northwest 1-0 Friday.

Though the standings are not necessarily promising for Northwest, Holden says the team is not short of confidence.

“After our game on Sunday, even though we did lose, we played almost better than we have the last half of the season,” Holden said. “The way we moved the ball around, the way we played as a team, that gave us a big confidence boost … If we can hang with them, we can hang with anybody.”

No. 9 Central Missouri, Southwest Baptist, Fort Hays State, Central Oklahoma and Missouri Western have clinched spots in the conference’s postseason tournament, which is set to begin Nov. 5.

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After a dismal 2013-14 campaign in which the Bearcats went 10-17 under the direction first year head basketball coach Michael Smith, they aim to get back on the winning side of things this season.

After returning six players from last year’s squad and adding nine new players this year, Smith believes Bearcats fans should be excited to see the product on the floor this season.

“There are a lot of expectations with this year’s group,” Smith said.

“We had to change the culture of the program. This year we are going with the mindset that there are no excuses this season.

“We are coming in every day at practice with the mindset that we are going to get better everyday. This

has been a tremendous group of girls to work with. This is one of better groups that I have had preseasonwise in a long time.”

The first few weeks of practice have been beneficial for Smith’s team, which is led by senior guard Ariel Easton, who is entering her second season under Smith.

“The first two days have been a success so far,” Easton said. “We are trying to get things set in stone. We are pushing forward with some of the things that we worked on over the summer.”

This year’s team has been developing a lot of chemistry, which started over the course of the summer.

“We had 14 of these girls come in this summer for summer school,” Smith said. “Anytime you put a new group of players together, it’s important that they get to know each other

and how they’ll fit in with the team.”

After losing a lot of leadership this past season, the girls are looking to the two seniors on this years squad, especially Easton.

“It really started with Ariel,” Smith said. “She went out this summer and worked on her game. But more importantly she got to know her teammates. We want our girls to lead by example, and I think that Ariel has done a wonderful job of that.”

The ultimate goal for the Bearcats is to get back in the MIAA Tournament in Kansas City.

“We also want to win every game too,” Easton said. “In order to do that we will have to be extremely focused, and work hard each day in practice.

We can’t take anything of any game for granted this season.”

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For the first time since 1974, there will be a new sheriff in town, as far as Maryville wrestling goes.

New Maryville head wrestling coach Conner Kellerstrass may have said it best.

“I got big shoes to fill,” Kellerstrass said. “Actually, there are no bigger shoes to fill.”

He is taking over for Joe Drake, a man who was the Spoofhounds coach for 40 years. He coached his way to a lot of success and while he gives his athletes all the credit he

was recognized last Sunday by being enshrined into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Anyone who has come into contact with Drake over his tenure at Maryville knows that he is a man of few words, but he did shed some light on his career in the acceptance speech.

“Mine was pretty short,” Drake said. “I’m not one for keeping people there a really long time. It’s long enough the way it is … I was thanking the people, my family, my wife, my friends and I explained what it was like to coach that long at one place.

That the athletes themselves are the ones that made it possible. That’s who I contribute all the success to.”

While the hall of fame ceremony holds a dear place in Drake’s heart, he could not decide which was more

special: the phone call from longtime referee and friend Jerry Middleton telling him was being inducted or the induction itself.

“The phone call was probably the thing that caught me off guard the most,” Drake said. “It was kind of an unbelievable moment to get the phone call that said you were going to get inducted into the hall of fame.

“Then yesterday, it was an unbelievable afternoon … It was kind of like going to a class reunion that you hadn’t been to in about 30 years … It was kind of an unreal situation.

You’re sitting there and they call your name out and now you’re a part of an elite group.”

What separates Drake from the rest of the pack is he did his job for 40 years. It seems unheard of for a

teacher or coach to stay devoted for that long. The dedicated coach spoke about what kept him going for so long.

“The enjoyment I got from working with the boys over the years, the young people, they know there is a lot of hard work to it and I was pretty tough on them, but to see the excitement on their face when they succeeded,” Drake said. “When the success finally got to them, just to see the glow on their faces, it’s just a unique feeling to be able to see those kids do that.”

While Drake says he is looking forward to watching his grandson wrestle in Iowa, as well as regularly attending Spoofhounds duals, he will miss hitting the mats everyday with his boys. He has no doubt he could still be out there coaching.

“To be honest, I’d love to be coaching this year,” Drake said. “I wanted to leave when coaching was still something I wanted to do. I did not want to get to the point to where I did not want to come to practice anymore. I didn’t want to get the point to where it became work.”

Drake taught for 32 of the 40 years and spent the last eight on his farm, where he raises cattle and horses.

Throughout his tenure, Drake had the Hounds raking in the hardware.

Maryville wrestling racked up 14 conference championships, 18 district championships, ten top 10 finishes and one second place finish at the state championship in 1985.

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By the looks of the new region three football rankings that came out Monday, it is becoming evident that Northwest (7-1) will host its final game of the 2014 season when it takes on Missouri Western (5-3) Saturday.

Head coach Adam Dorrel brushed off the No. 7 rank the team received and says the team is focusing on its rival game that is usually tightly contested.

“To me, when you play a good football team and they are, and you’re playing a rivalry game, the teams could be, maybe on paper look one way or another, and both teams are going to show up and play really well,” Dorrel said. “They are going to play at the highest level that they can.”

After falling to the No. 1 defense in the conference two weeks ago, the Bearcats will face the number two ranked defense, in terms of points allowed. The Griffons have allowed just more than 15 points per game.

Dorrel says on film, Missouri Western is up to par with the Pittsburg State defense that held Northwest to a season low 17 points.

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of us. They’re going to do what they do. They’re a very dynamic defense.”

During practice this week, Northwest will have to change some things offensively philosophy wise, in order to prepare for the 30-defense.

It was May 31, 2014. I had no idea when it would happen, but it was a day I had been looking forward to for more than two years when I pursued and found my beloved Oscar Taveras rookie card.

Just as the rain began to pour down on this particular Saturday afternoon, Taveras came to the plate for the second time of his major league debut and belted a moon shot for his first major league hit over the right field wall.

The, at the time, 21-year-old’s beautiful but vicious bat swing sent chills through the red sea of fans as he had been touted as the best prospect for the St. Louis Cardinals since they drafted Albert Pujols in 1999.

The fans were soaked but when Taveras came out for his first Busch Stadium curtain call, their faces became radiant and an uproar ensued as their Redbird’s future looked inevitably bright. “He literally opened up the clouds,” long-time Cardinals pitcher Jason Motte described it.

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yards per carry,” Dorrel said. “That’s a phenomenal statistic. They have only given up 14 points in the first quarter all year in every game they’ve played.

I think they are 7-23 or 6-23 on red zone tries.”

What makes the Griffons defense so challenging is they play a unique

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