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Questions surround sexual consent definition DARCIE BRADFORD

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Freshman Mariah Teague practices self-defense with officer Martinez Feb. 13. Martinez hosts self-defense classes to help students understand self-defense.

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As the conversation about sexual assault on college campuses continues on, it is easy to begin to worry about how safe students actually are on their own college campus.

“Typically, most situations that occur within our college environment, there is a known offender.

Probably, about 98 percent of the cases we’re involved in its a known offender,” University Police Chief Clarence Green said.

There is talk about rapes on college campuses becoming more frequent; however, this also may be because students are reporting these crimes at a higher rate.

No matter how much time has passed since the crime was committed, it is still important to report the crime. Not only to receive justice for the crime committed against you, but to prevent the criminal from committing further violations.

“It presents some challenges, but I say that should never hold back [from reporting the crime],” Green said.

Green discussed the process UPD goes through when handling a report and investigation of a sexual assault crime committed on campus.

“They have several options, they can make a police report, which would be contacting UPD either by phone or coming over,” Green said. “At some point we are going to need to meet with those individuals to collect some evidence, to talk to them about possibly going to the hospital to have a sexual assault examination performed on them by a trained nurse and take down their statement and figure out if they want to force criminal charges and align them with some other resources such as a sexual advocate.”

Living on a college campus presents risks. Some are more severe than others, but living in such close quarters may present some unfavorable situations.

“There is a study that was conducted that 1 in 4 college students – primarily female – will be a victim of sexual assault, in general society its 1 in 5 or 1 in 6. So, as a college student, your risk factor is increased,” Green said.

With recently reported cases of sexual assault at Northwest, it is important to understand the protocols that come into play when reporting such crimes to the public.

“Is the campus in an immediate safety risk to release a timely warning? That is what we are trying to determine,” Green said. “So if there is a rape where someone is walking down the street, they’re snatched and grabbed and someone rapes them, that perhaps typically will lay in into that timely warning fashion.”

However, as stated before, most cases handled at Northwest involve a

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University Police works on providing students protection skills

The last thing I want you to have to do is fight, and if you do have to fight I want you to react as swiftly as possible with as much determination as possible.

Kristina Martinez University Police Officer

known offender and therefore, calls for different procedures.

“In most cases, when its a known offender and we can identify that offender and can make contact with them in a pretty quick manner, we really lessen that risk to the entire campus so then we are not doing a timely warning in those actions because we do not deem that as an immediate risk to the campus community,” Green said.

Northwest offers several services to its students in regards to protection. Many students either do not take advantage of the self defense program or are simply unaware of it.

Officer Kristina Martinez is one of the Self Defense Coordinators at Northwest. She has attempted in the past to schedule self defense classes weekly for student to attend; however, the turnout was consistently low. Due to this, self defense classes are offered on a request or as need basis. Popular venues include residence halls or events for groups on campus such as sororities.

Officer Martinez stresses that it is important to remember that if you ever feel uncomfortable with someone, friend or not, be aware of the situation.

“I always start with students that I am training to first be responsible with yourself and then check your surroundings and then we get to the fighting part,” Martinez explained.

“In the event that you’ve done all the above or you fail to do something in the above category and now you are involved in a one on one physical altercation we talk about some basic things, just how to move, how to prevent from getting pushed down, in the event you fall to the ground, or how to get out of grab.

“The last thing I want you to have to do is fight, and if you do have to fight I want you to react as swiftly as possible with as much determination as possible.”

Self defense classes are typically geared more toward women, simply because in most cases a women is the victim of a sexual assault. Despite this, Officer Martinez is not opposed to men attending her classes.

Sexual consent is defined by Title IX policy as an “affirmative act or statement by each participant.” It should be informed, freely given and mutually understood, but that is easier said than done.

Consent can be more complicated than just a verbal agreement, making some situations hard to read. Consent can be verbal as well as nonverbal, and according to Title IX Coordinator Rebecca Lawrence, a verbal cue and a nonverbal cue can contradict each other.

“I think there is a misconception that if someone gives you a verbal cue then that is consent,” Lawrence said.

“But if the physical cues are a no, like they are withdrawing from you, they look uncomfortable, they’re crying, something like that, then you need to take a step back and evaluate if yes, really meant yes.”

Freshman Cailey Barnhill also feels that consent is a nonverbal communication, but often times it can be unclear.

“If someone tried to touch me and I pushed them away that’d be me saying no, without actually saying no. If I did something nonverbal and it’s obvious that should be enough.” Barnhill said.

“If you’re teasing, or something like that, but you don’t actually want sex, that is what can make it all confusing.”

Health Educator BK Taylor contributes his opinion as to why communicating consent can be such a difficult conversation to have.

“Consent is not just you have it or you don’t have it,” Taylor said. “It is something to be maintained. So in a sense of having consent it is a process of maintaining that consent, and at any point that consent could be taken away or ended and it is important that you are mindful of maintaining that consent across the board. “ Senior Devon Tracy said she believes the reason communicating consent is difficult is because in that situation people are shy or embarrassed about the subject. However, it is very important to be sure that consent has been given.

According to the Missouri General Assembly, there are three things by which a prosecutor will charge a defendant with sexual assault: first, that sexual activity did happen; second, that the defendant did so without consent; and third that the defendant knew there was no consent. Not being aware of sexual consent can result in charges of sexual assault, sexual misconduct, or even rape.

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Career services prepares students for post-graduation

MIRANDA PATTON

Digital Reporter | @MirPatt92

With mid-terms coming up and the end of the spring semester approaching, seniors at Northwest may have something more pressing on their minds: post graduation employment.

“We like to think that there are things that they should be done all the way through their college time, adding experience to their resume, working on their resume, practice interviewing, mock interviews,” Career Development Coordinator Rosalie Weathermon said. “It’s not something that they

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start just before graduation but they’re working on their preparation the entire time they are at Northwest.”

Northwest reports a 97.5 percent post graduation employment rate. However, many do not know how Career Services calculates this percentage.

Career services tries extensively to reach a high response rate: the year of 2012-2013 yielded a response rate of 78.9 percent for the entire graduating class. The information goes on further by breaking down the employment date between categories including: employed, continuing education and other, a category which

includes graduates who are not seeking employment. The categories are then added to create the 97.5 percent placement statistic that is advertised.

Weathermon suggests considering where you would want to look for work and research the type of employers you want to end up working for. Career Services should also be utilized to help finalize career documents, such as cover letters, resumes and portfolios.

“Networking is really important.

60-80 percent of jobs and internships are found through some connections to somebody else,” Weathermon said.

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dent when looking for employment.

While some areas of study may hire more than others, it is up to the student to make sure they stand out among the rest of the applicants.

“Take advantage of Career Services. Make sure you utilize your advisor, show them that you want to be successful. A major part of my success was because my advisor Carol Spradling pointed me in the right direction,” alumnus Zach Ewing said.

“Obtain an internship before your senior year, the more you have, the better your chances for job offers. Do not wait until the last minute to try to do all of

this because you will more than likely be unemployed after graduating.”

Ewing was offered two jobs before his last semester as an undergraduate. He believes his experience in internships gave him an edge over the other potential employees.

Ewing currently works at Cerner, and says he is satisfied with his job because the company is constantly changing and growing.

Kansas City is a high employer of Northwest graduates.

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process begins before hard copy is available follow up email is sent graduation with email at “Cap and Gown” after four months asking graduates to complete online survey

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if no response by six months, two telephone attempts are made

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non-participants are considered “no responses and are not calculated into the report

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Missouri hunters discuss future regulation changes CHRIS ROUSH

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Over the past few years, the Missouri Department of Conservation has developed a plan to improve deer hunting seasons.

“We have a deer plan and a draft form of it was available last January, which was available to the public,” Deer Biologist Emily Flinn said. “We gained feedback from the public at our open houses last summer, but that really sets goals, objectives and strategies for deer management.”

The proposal to the deer season would begin in 2016-2017 season includes shortening the firearm season to nine days, expanding the late youth season to three days, reducing the length of antlerless portion to three days and eliminating the urban zones portion.

“I do believe this is a good idea due to the change in numbers from 1995, when the season was lengthened, to now in 2015,” Junior Emily Porter said. “Just in the past five years, I can tell a difference in the number of deer I’ve seen in the areas I hunt.”

Porter is not the only one that has seen a decrease in the amount of deer in the area. Flinn believes this proposal would ensure that the population would not fall to a desperate rate.

“In many areas, including northwest Missouri, it has decreased.

Throughout the state, the deer population varies which includes, whether or not it is increasing or decreasing,” Flinn said. “10 or 15 years ago in northwest Missouri, we did have too many deer, so we liberalized regulations and also extended the November portion by two days.”

The amount of days in November firearm season would decrease and there have been hunters that oppose the idea.

“I do not agree at all with the regulations that deal with shortening the November portion or the antlerless portion,” Junior Seth Rulon said.

“Some hunters are not successful the first weekend and are the last, or maybe they were not able to go due to conflicts the first weekend. I think it will limit the number of hunters who are either able to go or that are successful. I think both portions are just fine the way they are.”

According to the Conservation department, the introduction of a crossbow would allow for older hunters to be involved as there are physical limitations involved when pulling back on a bow.

“We see it as an opportunity to allow more folks to be engaged in hunting without significantly affecting the deer population,” Finn said.

“Especially youth hunters, who have a difficulty maintaining a vertical bow pulled back. It allows folks to be out in the woods beyond firearm season and from other states, it appears it does not significantly increase the total harvest.”

Even though it appears that adding the crossbow to the archery season is a no brainer, Porter believes crossbows can take away from the hunting aspect.

“Out of all the potential changes, this seems to be the one that I have heard the most mixed opinions about.

Bow season can be a very demanding challenge and crossbows are currently only allowed during rifle season, unless someone has a handicapped permit,” Porter said. “In the eyes of some, this change is the equivalent to using a silent firearm during archery season. Crossbows take away part of that special skill and challenge that a compound or recurve bow gives a hunter during archery season.”

Amongst some hunters, there is a belief that the crossbow is an alternative to the firearm, but Rulon shares a different view.

“It is not that they are more of a firearm, it is that the way they are made feels like a gun,” Rulon said.

“You still have an arrow like projectile, as well as bow limbs. A bow shoots around 300 feet per second, a crossbow shoots around 350-400 feet and a rifle can be up to 3,000 feet, it is not even close.”

The conservation department has created opportunities for the public to come out and have their voices be heard.

With the 2016 deer season two years away, the public has plenty of opportunities to have their opinions heard. The open houses will take place across the state beginning next week and running until the end of March.

Although hunting is not for everyone, Porter says that hunting is done for a variety of different reasons.

“I hunt for the core value of conservation and the betterment of wildlife populations. Sustainability is a vital aspect to our environment and affects you whether you hunt or not,” Porter said. “I’ve grown up with a passion for the outdoors and that passion has taken me from hunting and outdoor recreation to making it a part of my career once I graduate.”

Deer hunting proposals FIREARMS SEASON CHANGES Maintain the current timing of the November portion and reduce length to nine days Expand the late youth portion to three days beginning the first Friday after Thanksgiving Reduce the length of the antlerless portion to three days and begin on the first Friday in December Eliminate the urban zones portion

ARCHERY SEASON CHANGES Allow crossbows as a legal method during the archery deer and turkey season Reduce the limit of antlered deer during the archery season to one

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The Missouri Department of Conservation will propose regulations that could change hunting experiences throughout the state.

Lobbyists, businesses battle over orientation discrimination JAMES HENDERSON III Chief Reporter | @jendersoniii

A lobbyist movement currently gaining traction in Missouri may limit local government’s ability to protect the rights of some of its citizens.

In the past years, state legislature has consistently batted away attempts to protect the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, specifically when it comes to job discrimination.

In response, many local governments throughout the state have began implementing their own laws to protect these people from job discrimination.

A few business groups have gotten together and started a campaign to eliminate the power of local governments to make such laws and leave that power to the state; which, based on current laws and the history of the state legislature, would leave the LGBT community mostly unprotected.

This has been met with resistance from major cities like Kansas City and Saint Louis, but Executive Director of the Greater Maryville Chamber of

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Commerce Jordyn Swalley, who said she was speaking on behalf of herself and not the entire Chamber, said she believes this could be good for the state.

“It needs to be a decision made on a state level,” Swalley said. “If one city agrees with and one doesn’t, you can create tension between these communities and businesses.”

Swalley said she recognizes that the state government has not done a lot in regards to this issue and supported local businesses rights to govern the people in their area, but she just believes a broad law will be better in the long run.

“The state makes a lot of decisions and with the current legislative session, they have a lot of ideas going across their desks,” Swalley said.

“But, what cities should be doing is getting lobbyists and activists together to make sure they are heard by the State legislature. If you get enough people together, they have to listen.”

She said once those people start to stand together, it would be up to the businesses whether they wanted to support the movement and move

forward with changes.

Freshman Brian Wackley said that as much should be done as possible to protect the rights of people.

“If people cannot get protected, taking action to make sure they can become protected is a very smart idea,” Wackley said.

Wackley went on to say that this should not be an issue in society at all.

“I think denying anyone rights is ridiculous,” Wackley said. “People are still people, regardless of their sexual orientation or any other type of diversity.”

When it comes to employment opportunities, HR manager Amy Strough said Maryville follows laws passed down by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to their website, the EEOC protects a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability and genetic information, but excludes sexual orientation from being protected. This means Maryville currently has no specific laws protecting the LGBT community from hiring discrimination.

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Scams create worry during tax season James henderson III Chief Reporter | @jendersoniii

The beginning of every year, after new year’s resolutions dies out, has come to be known as “tax season” and with it comes a plethora of tax fraud scams.

Be it through emails, letters or phone calls, tax fraud scams have been used for years to steal the identity of the unsuspecting tax filer. This is especially common for college students.

Many of them are filing their taxes for the first time and are not aware of the scams that can come by.

H&R Block Office Manager Deanera O’Riley said scams can come in various shapes and sizes.

“People will say that the IRS has called them and requested information,” O’Riley said. “The IRS doesn’t make phone calls, typically. They send emails and letters first.”

However, O’Riley said not even letters can be trusted completely.

“Some come in with false letters that say they need to send in certain information,” O’Riley said. “They should already have your social security number and other information.

They won’t need to ask you for that.”

Freshman Hunter Dittus filled taxes for the first time this year and has been looking into the best way to do it. She says these scams can be convincing.

“I got an email from someone saying they could help me with my taxes,” Dittus said. “They seemed like they were pretty legit, but then, when they started asking for things I didn’t think they needed, I got a little worried. After looking into them a bit I realized that they were fake and deleted the emails.”

However, not everyone catches the scammers before things go too far.

For those that do, not all is lost. The IRS has paperwork and different processes in which to fix these problems.

“They would report to the IRS and fill out a special form,” O’Riley said. “They would have to report fraud on their social security number, get a credit check and put a fraud report on their credit card. There are a lot of steps to go through to protect someone who has had their identity stolen.”

Other than frauds and scams, O’Riley said a major issue students need to be certain about that their parents are not claiming them as dependents. If the parent is claiming them and they attempt to file their

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taxes, it will not go through.

O’Riley said another thing to look for are hidden fees, as well as making sure they get all that they are due.

“They need to make sure they get everything that is out there for them,”

O’Riley said. “For students, the education tax credit is an easy one to forget.”

Dittus said that this was a bigger worry for her than scams.

“I really need all of the money that I am entitled to,” Dittus said. “So

I paid a lot of attention to make sure I got it all.”

O’Riley said that it is just important to make sure that wherever or however one files taxes they make sure they do it with someone they can trust.

Suicide prevention bill calls for more awareness in school districts Andy campbell Chief Reporter | @SirAndyCampbell

Rising suicide rates in Missouri have lawmakers searching for an answer. A new bill may be the first step in preventing these tragic circumstances.

Senator Jill Schupp sponsors the bill known as “Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention Education.”

Created in two parts, it would require the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a model plan. From there, individual districts would use DESE’s plan to create their own strategy.

“It’s designed to help teachers and administrators get training through the school regularly to identify what some of the symptoms, or the characteristics of a child that may be in crisis would be, in order to intervene and prevent another suicide,” Schupp said.

According to Schupp, the bill is not mandating any sort of training, but providing professional development for teachers and administrators.

The only existing form of professional development in this area is a series of web links sent from DESE for teachers to review.

“We need to start wrapping our hands around getting good policies in place,” Schupp explained. “One of the options is to offer a two hour course to the teachers around understanding the

symptoms and being able to identify a student in crisis to help intervene.”

These courses would provide teachers the opportunity to learn those signs of a distressed student, and would become a requirement in order to keep an accredited status.

Maryville High School senior Payden Dawson sees the necessity of suicide education in legislative action.

“Sometimes I think they see it, but they don’t really do anything about it,” Dawson said. “They know that it happens and you can see them kind of glance over it.”

While the bill’s target impact is elementary and secondary education, it is clear the issue goes beyond just high school. Northwest has seen no exclusions to these circumstances, having lost a student last year to suicide.

“I think every single administrator feels sick,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Matt Baker. “We may not individually look in the mirror and say, ‘I should have done something different,’ but we look at every policy and every procedure.”

Schupp recognizes this need at the college level. She believes her bill could potentially have a specific effect on colleges and how they prepare faculty and staff.

“I know kids that are in college are often away from home and their families for the first time. It’s a major change in their life, and there’s a lot

of stress and pressure around that,” Schupp said. “We know that there’s a need for young people, even at the higher education level. I’m hopeful this will expand, and colleges will learn good plans and policies that will help them deal with this issue as well.”

Northwest senior Alissa Wiederholt plans on teaching middle school in the future. This new bill could impact her professional development upon accepting a job, but she recognizes the usefulness.

“Teachers know that students are depressed or see signs of it, but they don’t really know how to handle it,” Wiederholt said.

During her time at Northwest, courses that focused on behavior in the classroom may have overlooked student depression and anxiety.

Wiederholt serves as a student teacher in the Independence School District and feels unprepared for certain behavioral situations.

“Right now, I really wouldn’t know what to do,” Wiederholt said. “I would probably go through a coworker or someone in an administrative position just to see how our school handles that situation. That’s all I can really do, other than maybe talk to that student.”

The trouble is, faculty in administrative positions may not have received the necessary professional development to field the same scenario. Schupp has a background in

teaching, which has provided her insight into the field of education “My passion for education and my passion for children and learning, and for kids to grow up and be successful and live full lives, could be pieces of why I took the lead on supporting this piece of legislation,” Schupp explained.

Should this bill gain approval from the state, this new professional development could change the way crisis management is conducted.

With a model policy that would be created by DESE, districts would be able to create procedures that could potentially save lives.

“It’s really important,” Wiederholt said. “Our number one goal, ask any other teacher, is to keep the kids safe. They all matter so much to us, so why not give us another way to make sure we are doing that.”

Missouri’s suicide rate has hit an all time high of 15.9 per 100,000 people, making suicide a leading cause of death among young people.

In Schupp’s opinion, statistics can be important, but the purpose of the bill is to focus on the individuals involved.

“Anyone that will speak to a family that has dealt with this will tell you that this is critical,” Schupp expressed. “When we look at comparing numbers by state, that’s really important, but if you really get down in to this by individuals, you’ll see the families involved, and

the number of families that were impacted. It’s substantial.”

Following a suicide, families are often left with questions and guilt.

With the bill’s potential to impact the lives of young people, Baker believes there could be a significant drop in the suicide rate.

“There’s still a stigma about going to a counselor,” Baker said. “If we can get students strong enough to ask for help, we’ll see a decrease in the suicide rate. When people can say, ‘I need help,’ and that’s okay, we’ll see that go down.”

The bill places emphasis on the faculty and staff of a district, however a lot of the issue boils down to the students. A potential “side effect” of the legislation would be a necessary dialogue among students.

“The more teachers know, the more they’re able to impart the wisdom onto the students,” Senator Schupp explained. “I would like to think that the students are talking to each other. There can’t be anything more difficult than knowing that a friend of yours has died of suicide.”

“Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention Education” has only been in the Senate for a few weeks, however it’s initial response has been positive, according to Schupp.

“If we can even save one life in the state of Missouri, I think that we have an obligation to try,” Schupp said.

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OPINION

College job placement rate misleading

You’ve all seen the numbers advertised. “97.5 percent of undergraduate and 99 percent of graduate students at Northwest secure employment or continue their education within six months of graduation.”

Wow, those are incredible numbers; perhaps even unbelievable. It must feel great to attend a school that defies the gloomy college graduate job field we’re so accustomed to hearing about. However, students will be disheartened to find out that these numbers are completely unreliable.

The story on page A1 gives some insight into how Career Services collects data on graduates’ employment status. However, a much clearer picture will come from simply reading the official Placement Report, which is available on the Northwest website.

The reality that emerges from a quick read of the report is much cloudier than the extraordinary numbers reported by the University.

Almost of all the data is self-reported, meaning that they come from surveys provided voluntarily by students in the months following graduation. They also make two telephone calls to the graduate before looking at graduates’ social media for a job status. As stated in the story on page A2, any graduates not participating are considered “no responses” and are not calculated into the report.

Before getting into the issues with drawing any serious conclusions about Northwest’s actual job placement rate from this data, the advertising of these numbers should be addressed. The University freely advertises these numbers throughout campus and on the website, but does not prominently disclose that the data is all self-reported. Prominent advertisements of these “statistics” give the impression these numbers are legitimate and can be objectively verified.

They are not and cannot be.

At any time during the process, the Northwest graduates who have decided to respond to the email can report they have gotten a job. Still, those responses don’t take into account the temporary, unstable jobs that students take following graduation. Only people who marked “seeking employment” are sent any follow-up emails.

Additionally, the data includes postgraduation internships in their “employed” category without referencing if the internships are paid or unpaid.

Perhaps what’s most misleading is that these numbers don’t reveal if the jobs that students get actually relate to their fields of study or career paths.

They include those with part-time jobs as well as those with full-time jobs.

After looking at the jobs the survey respondents secured after graduation, a complex reality emerges.

Nationally, 48 percent of graduates are in jobs that require less than a four-year degree, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A deeper reading of the survey reveals that former Bearcats are not an exception to this trend. An English major working at Casey’s and a wildlife/ecology major working at Home Depot are just some of the countless examples.

Career Services reported that its response rate for its most recent survey, the 2012-2013 graduates, was 78.9 percent. Still, with the issues mentioned above, one should question the reliability of those who are responding. The research largely depends on the truthfulness of the respondent and that a fair sample of graduates is obtained. In an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Mark Schneider of the American Institutes for Research, argues that an adequate response rate is hard to gauge “until you find out what that selection bias is.”

Northwest is far from the only bad actor in this game. The practice

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of manipulating and dressing up job placement numbers is almost ubiquitous. This creates widespread problems when prospective students attempt to evaluate potential colleges.

Each college often has different ways in which they gather postgraduation data. The Chronicle re-

Missouri must embrace equal protection THOMAS DRESSLAR Opinion Editor

When signing the landmark Civil Rights Act in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson challenged all Americans“... to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country.” Then, it was controversial to prevent private businesses from discriminating against blacks. Today, the fight against legal discrimination has shifted. Those with alternative sexual orientations are now bearing the brunt of statutory discrimination.

In Missouri, the arguments coming from the opposition to nondiscrimination policies mirror the intolerant, preposterous arguments made against this country’s paramount civil rights legislation.

Missouri is one of several states in the U.S. that does not prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Currently in Missouri, you can be fired, evicted from your residence or refused service simply for being gay.

This is state law, and while several bills have been proposed to add sexual orientation or gender identity to the nondiscrimination policy, none have been signed by the governor.

Still, several progressive- leaning cities, such as Columbia and Kansas City, protect LGBT citizens from discrimination. Quite unsurprisingly, Maryville is not among these cities.

Still, many Missourians believe

merely allowing cities the right to extend further legal protections to gay people is going too far. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry is among those mounting an effort to forbid local governments from passing their nondiscrimination laws that conflict with state law. The Kansas City Star’s Jason Hancock reported that business groups “expect a warm reception in the Missouri General Assembly.” I would be remiss if I didn’t point out the irony of small government conservatives utilizing a larger government to impose its will on smaller governments.

According to the same Kansas City Star article, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce is simply “... trying to get regulatory uniformity” statewide. However, any positives that come from regulatory uniformity should be superseded by the legitimate concerns of a historically oppressed minority. Thousands of businesses nationwide have already began prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Much like during the Civil Rights Era, the times are changing and businesses must change with it.

Those opposed also fear a barrage of new lawsuits aimed at businesses.

However, cities in Missouri that legally protect LGBT citizens have only seen a small number of lawsuits since amending their nondiscrimination policies.

Of course, any talk of legal protection for gay people inevitably draws the ire of the church. Missouri Catholic Conference lobbyist Tyler McClay mentioned in a St. Louis

Post-Dispatch article last year that these laws could force businesses to participate in same-sex marriages.

Same-sex marriage is illegal in Missouri, but even if it were legal, these concerns are still irrelevant.

Religious arguments were used to exclude African-Americans from businesses. History will prove discrimination against gays as similarily indefensible.

Curiously, considering its perceived LGBT-friendly atmosphere, Northwest Missouri State itself does not include sexual orientation or gender identity in its nondiscrimination policy in the student handbook. The University requires only student organizations, upon creation, to adopt a policy that includes these minorities.

However, the overall nondiscrimination policy on admissions, employment, housing, etc. does not include gay, lesbian or transgender students.

This is likely a simple oversight on the part of the University. By all accounts, Northwest is a truly inclusive school and there’s no reason to believe any such discrimination is taking place.

Still, it’s time their nondiscrimination policy reflected that reality. Several Missouri colleges, such as the University of Missouri and Missouri State University, include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination policies. Why not Northwest?

Statewide, it’s time for the legislature to resurrect the defeated Missouri Nondiscrimination Act and pass it this year. If it doesn’t, cities should continue to have the right to pass their own laws protecting minorities.

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ports that this makes “comparing information across universities or for any group to speak on behalf of higher education communities literally impossible,” according to Manny Contomanolis of the Rochester Institute of Technology.

To eliminate unreliable job place-

ment numbers advertised at various universities, there needs to be national standards on the reporting of these statistics. Whether that comes through new laws or self-governing, students deserve an objective look at a school’s job placement outcomes.

Letter to the editor: Adjunct professors face struggles everywhere, including Northwest Marcus Meade

Northwest student ‘06-’10 Usually, sometime during the first week of classes, I end up talking about the situation of labor in higher education with my students.

They think I’m a professor because I teach at a university (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), an understandable mistake. I’m not a professor. So, I explain what I am (a graduate instructor) in relation to what their other teachers are. I explain that I make way less and have way less power than their “professors.” Then, we talk about adjuncts and we all get a little angry.

The situation related to adjunct teaching has developed in higher education over the last few decades. During that time, universities have shifted toward less expensive labor, while some adjuncts experience lives of financial insecurity, professional disappointment and constant stress.

Though I am not an adjunct, I am a former Bearcat and university teacher. So, of course, the issue of adjunct labor at Northwest interests me.

In an article in last week’s Missourian, Provost Timothy Mottet indicated that the situation at Northwest is different than most places with regards to adjunct labor, and that he sympathized with those adjuncts dealing with poor working situations. That was encouraging to hear, and in my experience at Northwest, it seems accurate. Northwest doesn’t seem to utilize adjunct labor as much as some universities, either on principle or due to other circumstances, and I know a number of Northwest faculty members who are opposed to the labor situation that has formed around adjunct teaching.

Still, others like Elizabeth Dunning who was interviewed in the article, see adjuncting as a great experience. That’s the difficulty with understanding the adjunct labor issue; it’s complicated.

Some adjuncts are happy with their working conditions; some do it just to pick up extra cash on top of another job; some do it because they don’t need to be the primary source

of income for a family; some are happy to spend time adjuncting while they wait for a more permanent position; some actually make good money (see Harvard’s pay rates per course).

Others, though, are trying to earn a living doing this at schools that don’t pay like Harvard, as I’m sure Northwest doesn’t. Pay for adjuncts differs greatly based on institution and discipline, but two years ago the Chronicle of Higher Education found that roughly $3,000 is the average pay per course for adjuncts surveyed as part of the Adjunct Project. That means a full course load (four classes per semester) pays $24,000. Of course, some adjuncts make less than that and most do not receive benefits.

Adjuncts who teach writing often make as little as $2,000 per course, and of course, no adjunct is guaranteed courses. That’s $16,000 a year, if they can get eight courses.

For many adjuncts in this country, and perhaps even some at Northwest, the math just isn’t adding up. As Mottet indicated, the labor market is shifting. Because of shrinking or stagnant resources, universities are allowing tenured faculty to retire and replacing them with adjuncts. With enrollments increasing and diminishing resources, universities are turning to adjunct labor as the solution to an impossible problem.

And right now, there’s no end in sight to this shift. While Northwest may utilize adjunct labor less than most universities, I would be shocked if its use hasn’t increased in the last 20 years.It may stand to increase even more moving forward, not because the people who run Northwest want it to but because through a system of circumstances this is what happens.

As the editorial in last week’s Missourian pointed out, it’s important for the students and faculty of Northwest to pay attention to this issue. Yes, as an ethical issue, but also because shifts like the one affecting the labor of higher education have a way of spreading everywhere. Until something changes, this shift will threaten the integrity of the education being offered at American colleges and universities.

Page A1 Career Services sheds light on their job placement practices. Page A2 Missouri may prohibit cities from enacting further legal protections for LGBT citizens.

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CONTINUED FROM A1 “I believe that Northwest’s small classroom sizes really help students get a lot more hands on experience and training that you will not get at a larger university, Director of Culture at Sullivan Higdon & Sink Farrah McGuire said.

McGuire says the company looks for graduates that were involved during college. This includes being involved in special interest groups on campus, sororities and fraternities, student government and other leadership groups.

“I like seeing portfolios and a presentation that is organized around what the job position is about,” Digital Strategist at Voltage Corey Morris said. “Showing relevant experience and tailoring the portfolio to the position and company is a huge plus.

“Doing the research and homework to understand what the role is, what technology is in use and what my company is about is very appealing and puts candidates at the top of

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Northwest Officer Kristina Martinez works with students in a hands-on experience.

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CONTINUED FROM A1 “If there are men willing to come to the class then there’s men we should be working with,” Martinez said.“ Men are just as vulnerable to an attack that women are vulnerable to ... Its not always about rape, sometimes people assault people to just assault people.”

Most of the time, attacks do not come from strangers.

“77 percent of the assaults are by a known subject, so we can really start our security issues by knowing who we hang out with,” Martinez said, quoting national sexual assault statistics.. “6 out of 10 incidences occur in your own home or a home of a friend, or someplace that is familiar to you that you feel safe in.”

We often think that rape happens with people we don’t know in unfamiliar places, when it is the exact opposite that is happening. It is also important to inform individuals on what constitutes as consent, as too often there are cases where the victim

... you know, when you get scared you tend to stop breathing and your muscles lock up and if you’re not breathing you’re probably not screaming for help.

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is unable to say no and that is when the lines become blurred.

“Males surveyed said that they feel like that after they were educated about what rape is, 16 percent of them feel like they participated in a rape in some way

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But more than keeping out of legal trouble, Taylor said consent is matter of human right and respect. He said he believes that as an adult, one should hold a high expectation about consent and take the initiative in starting the conversation.

For some students, starting that conversation is easy and they feel they are responsible enough to make sure consent has been communicated clearly.

Junior Fred Vogel feels very strongly about verbal consent and clear communication between partners.

“Sexual consent is fairly straightforward to me. Two people without consumption of any illegal substances agree to engage in sexual acts with one another,” Vogel said. “I think consent should always be verbal, no question about it.

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my list.”

With all the different ways to stand out in a job search or interview, it is easy to overlook the things not to do in an interview.

“Standing out is good, but don’t get too cute or be too arrogant in correspondence. I’ve had some situations where people have come across too strongly or have phrased things inappropriately,” Morris said. “I also see the other side of this with too passive and general communications …

Don’t send me a one-line email or a blanket generic message.”

Students should not wait until their senior year as an undergrad to start building their credentials. They need to take every opportunity to improve their skills and create great content to add to their portfolios and resumes.

“Find ways to get the skills and experience needed to get hired in your field. Don’t look at class work and projects as being just for a grade, but as portfolio pieces and tailor them to the field of study. Do internships and networking constantly and don’t wait until graduation … start as early as possible,” Morris said.

I always want to make sure that I don’t overstep my boundaries. It’s all about making sure the other person feels safe.”

But for others, like Freshman Carter Herrman, sexual consent is a nonverbal communication.

“I feel that consent usually come in the form of an action,” freshman Herrman said. “Giving consent would be like taking off each other’s clothes and denying consent would be pushing away.”

Taylor said the solution lies in treating the situation with respect and sensitivity.

“Sex and engaging in sex with another person is a commitment and there is a sense of vulnerability in that situation. In that situation, this expectation of establishing consent needs to be a priority where we take initiative,” Taylor said. “Having those verbal conversations, coming to the conclusion, not only weighing in the physical cues.”

shape or form,” Martinez said.

Even if a person has no prior self defense training, there are ways to avoid or escape from a dangerous situation. It is important to be able to recognize when compliance should and shouldn’t be used. Most of the time compliance should be the last option. According to Officer Martinez, it is better to be in a populated and well lit area as opposed to allowing ourselves to be led away by an assailant and never be seen again.

According to Martinez, if someone ever finds themselves in an unfavorable situation it is important to remember one’s voice.

“Our voice is really important.

I think to often people get quiet and they get tunnel vision when they get scared,” Martinez explained. “Maybe you are driving on ice, practice being able to breath, you know, when you get scared you tend to stop breathing and your muscles lock up and if you’re not breathing you’re probably not screaming for help.”

Blotters for the week of Feb. 12 Maryville Department of Public Safety

Feb. 6 An accident occurred between Megan R. Riley, 20, and Austin M. Jones at the 700 block of West 16th Street.

Riley was charged with careless and imprudent driving, not caring a valid driver’s license and failure to maintain financial responsibility.

Feb. 7 Michael J. Kurtz, 24, Columbia, Mo., was charged with disorderly conduct at the 100 block South Main Street.

Feb. 8 An accident occurred between Shirley A. Witham, 62, Albany, Mo., and

Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office Feb. 6 Eric L Supinger, 24, Maryville,, was arrested on a Nodaway County warrant for burglary.

Gloria L. Clark, 23, Maryvillle, was arrested on a Nodaway County warrant for burglary.

Samantha L. Mires-Allen, Hopkins, Mo., at the 1100 block of East Edwards.

Feb. 10 There is an ongoing investigation of a stolen vehicle at the 2800 block of South Street.

Feb. 11 There was a bicycle recovered at the 2800 block of South Main Street.

Feb. 13 Ryan M. Knight, 24, Fairfax, Mo., was charged with wanted on a warrant for failure to appear at the 400 block of North Market.

Feb. 14 Noah P. Edge, 31, Parnell, Mo., was charged with not having a valid driver’s license, displaying the plate of another and no proof of insurance.

Feb. 12 There was vehicle parts recovered at the 600 block of East Fourth Street.

Emma M. Draper, 18, Raymond, Nebraska was charged with a minor in possession at the 500 block of North Walnut.

An accident occurred between Kristy D. Kicksey, 36, and Christopher A. Wiltfong at the 400 block of North Market.

Feb. 15 An accident occurred between an unknown driver and Caleb E. Weers at the 600 block of East Seventh Street.

Feb. 7 A Maryville subject reported identity theft.

Feb. 11 A Ravenwood, Mo., subject reported a burglary to a business.

Feb. 9 A Skidmore, Mo., subject reported identity theft.

Feb. 12 Richard M. Parham, 31, Maryville, was arrested on a Nodaway County warrant for trespassing, failure to appear on charges of domestic assault, and failure to appear on charges of theft stealing.

Feb. 10 A Parnell, Mo., subject reported forgery of a check.

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V I N Y L I S B A C K Millenials dust off vintage turntables SERENA TROSHYNSKI Features Editor | @SerenaTro

A needle scratching a vinyl record may seem like a sound from the past. For a new generation of listeners, though, vinyl is the preferred medium for music.

Twenty-somethings everywhere are foregoing convenient digital versions of songs for old school LPs, echoing their parents’ music preference from decades ago.

Northwest senior Jessi Johannes initially became interested in records because of her parents’ collection. ”My parents have had cases and cases (of records) in our basement for the longest time,” she said. “And I wanted to listen to them, so I had to get a record player.

So I ended up getting one when I came to college.”

Senior Ashley Cavanaugh experienced a similar start to her record collection.

“I’ve always been interested in seventies and eighties rock and my dad had a record player, it’s actually his record player that he gave to me,” Cavanaugh related.

For new listeners, the appeal is the quality of the sound and the accompanying static that evokes a time gone by. According to Johannes, “I like the way vinyl sounds. For me, the sound is a lot more pure and more real.”

Junior Hailey Liston agrees.

“I prefer the record player over other kinds of music,” Liston said. “It’s just the sound. I’m sure a lot of people don’t like the scratchy sound of it, but I like it just because it’s more vintage sounding.”

The medium also preserves the qualities of the original recordings, as Liston explained.

“I’ve always loved the Beatles and other old music, and it’s just something that goes along with it,” she said.

“They didn’t come out as CDs, they didn’t come out on iTunes, they came out as records. So I want the records to hear what it sounded like.”

In addition to dusting off old classics from the basement, youthful record consumers are making new album

purchases from thrift stores, auctions and online vendors like Amazon.

Liston has been proudly building her record collection with old and new albums.

“I got my record player this last Christmas as a gift.

I’ve always wanted one, but it’s just one of those things you don’t splurge on for yourself,” she– said. “Since then, I have at least fifteen or twenty records that I’ve either gotten as gifts or I’ve gone out to record stores and just bought a couple.”

Johannes describes her record shopping strategy.

“I’ve purchased a handful but most of my records have come from my parents,” she said. “But I buy them from all over. I go to thrift stores, Vintage Stock, Hastings.

Vintage Stock and Hastings have a mix of the older stuff and newer stuff. I like thrift stores for when I look for original stuff.”

Locations in Maryville to purchase records include Treasure Island Thrift Store and Northwest Pawn & Thrift Shop. These stores offer a huge variety of records, especially for fans of really old gospel and other deeply obscure artists. Local offerings are slim and for Liston, it’s better to venture outside of Maryville for record purchases.

“I’m from Des Moines so there’s a couple record stores that I go to, and they’re all less than ten bucks,” she said. “Other ones that I’ve gotten as gifts, that are like twenty or thirty bucks, from Barnes and Noble or CD stores.”

Cavanaugh also travels for most of her record collecting.

“I own at least sixty records and I’m finding new ones all the time. I actually go to this place called Kanesville Kollectibles in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They have a ton of records,” Cavanaugh said.

There’s something undefinable about holding a tangible record in your hands, compared to the more popular digital format as Johannes explains: “I like physical music. I would much rather have CDs and tapes laying around rather than digital.”

The physical quality extends the highly collectible appeal of records, according to Sydney Catlett, Northwest senior.

“I’m an art major, so the cover art is amazing and all

my records are something I’m very proud of collecting,” Catlett said.

The fact that vinyl is reemerging is clear, but the reasons for its returning popularity are unclear. Liston views it partially as a status symbol.

“Everyone just wants to be different,” she said.

“And it started out as something different, and now it’s turning into this big thing where everyone is trying really hard to be a hipster and dress really indie even if they’re not.”

Liston’s love of records stems from pure enjoyment.

“I think it’s cool,” she said. “I don’t think it’s cool because a bunch of people think it’s cool, I think it’s cool because I actually enjoy sitting in my room for hours listening to records versus going out.”

The experience of listening to a record is unlike any other consumption of music. The process of sliding the vinyl out of the sleeve, placing it on the record player, and lowering the needle onto the record almost becomes a ritual.

“I usually listen when I’m cleaning my apartment or I have people over,” Cavanaugh said. “There will be days I just sit on my bed and listen, have my own little jam session.”

Catlett also experiences records as a relaxing ritual.

“I love just before I go to bed just to listen to it, to ease my nerves,” she said.

Records may not be as convenient as digital music, but the appeal remains. For Johannes, digital music has its place.

“Normally I just use my phone for music if I’m out and about doing stuff,” Johannes said. “I definitely prefer vinyl 100% but I can’t take that with me. I can’t take my record player to the gym.”

Catlett explains the return to tradition that record players represent.

“I’ve always been into antiquing,” she said. “Our society is so caught up in convenience, and a record player isn’t that. There’s just something about that that I’m attracted to.”

Reasons for the growing popularity of records are various, but one thing is clear: vinyl is back.

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AT YOUR LEISURE

Nicolas Cage proves to be national treasure

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News Editor | @ChrisRoush30

In today’s world of cinema, very few things get an audience’s adrenaline pumping more than action scenes or Michael Bay blowing stuff up. Yet, there is one man that has been able to conjure up the perfect storm of action, drama and romance.

His name: Nicolas Cage.

Before you throw the paper down and storm off in disgust, I want you to think about something. How many actors do you know that get criticized more than Cage?

He is the Nickelback of the big screen. People love to hate him with their friends, but love to watch him when they are home alone Friday night.

I am going to convince at least one person that there is a good side to the fire and brimstone that comes with Cage.

Whether he is driving a car, saving his son/daughter from an evil spirit , going to Hell to find the bad guy or escaping Hell to seek revenge, Cage has found a soft spot in people’s hearts.

Here are my top five Nicolas Cage movies of all-time.

5: National Treasure This film is a shift from the usual character he plays. In 2004, he starred in the first National Treasure movie.

The sequel, albeit interesting, was a little too over the top and unrealistic.

In National Treasure, Cage plays a historian that comes from a family of treasure-hunters. The Gates family has been in search of a secret, hundred year old treasure that was supposedly hidden by the United States Founding Fathers.

This movie did not resemble other Cage movies, but it offered a great

story line and his acting was not completely over the top. Plus, Jon Voight was in the middle; how do you not like that movie?

4: Con-Air In the movie, Cage is a former United States Army Ranger convicted of manslaughter and ends up on a prisoner plane. The other prisoners on the plane take over and Cage’s character, Cameron Poe, must help save the day.

Even in this movie, we see the big loveable softy that he is as he earnestly tries to return home to his wife and daughter.

3: Lord of War This movie is actually a breath of fresh air when it comes to Cage. It centers around an arms dealer named Yuri Orlov. Orlov is supplying illegal weapons to different parts of the world, including African countries.

He manages to befriend a Russian general to sell for him. The movie focuses on how arms dealers can do the dirty work for countries, without them getting in trouble.

If you have not noticed yet, I have chosen movies that are not very similar. So here is the twist. In each movie Cage has a love interest or shows his soft side. Yes, Cage has soft side while fighting bad guys and trying to escape from Hell.

In Lord of War, he realizes the extent of his work as an arms dealer and the damages it causes, but knows that it is a necessary evil.

The last two movies that I am going to review are movies from over 15 years ago.

2: Gone in 60 Seconds The movie is based on Cage’s character, Memphis Raines, in the auto theft world. Cage’s crews attempts to boost a set of vehicles and

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in a planned heist *cough* Fast and the Furious *cough*, minus Vin Diesel and his skin tight white tees.

The final movie I am going to discuss features another famous actor-John Travolta.

1: Face/Off. One of the coolest movies I have ever seen. How do you not like a

movie where people have surgery in order to disguise themselves and foil a terrorist plot?

Although it seems like Nicolas Cage has become an actor only capable of yelling, whispering and blowing stuff up, he has had some great movies over the years.

Remember, he has played an

arms dealer, a convict, a historian, a “Ghost Rider”, and continuously escapes from Hell, along with many other characters.

Besides, we should all take a step back and be thankful that he did not end up playing Aragorn in Lord of the Rings, or Willy Wonka or Scarecrow in the Batman Forever series.

Highly anticipated film disappoints

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ fails to please fans MAUREEN PROKSEL Missourian Reporter | @TheMissourian

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The first ten minutes of watching “Fifty Shades” are reminiscent of a mushy romance novel and is cheesier than a stuffed-crust pizza. Sparks fly between the romantic leads Christian Grey, played by Jamie Dornan, and Anastasia Steele, played by Dakota Johnson, the first time they meet, and their developing relationship is the focus of the movie.

The character development is skeletal. Anastasia and Christian are the only two characters that get much attention aside from Anastasia’s roommate, Kate. We know that Anastasia is a literature student at a university in Washington State who seems to have no career or life aspirations. Christian is the classic, lonely billionaire with bad social skills and every material comfort, who claims that his hard work is what propelled him to success. Interestingly, we never see him do any actual work. His time is spent pursuing his obsession, Anastasia.

Other than that, we know very little about who he is and it becomes evident that no one else really knows him either. His mysterious character finally is unearthed, showing him to be an insecure, lonely, troubled control-freak with no real human relationships, who uses loveless sex and money to fill his empty life. In the one or two scenes showing that he actually has parents and siblings, he shows no interest in them.

The plot relies largely on Christian’s repeated attempts to convince

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Your Man wants you to stop hating

So I promised to write a thrilling slam piece about Greeks this week. Let me tell you, I really tried to. Unfortunately, for the majority of the student population that has better things to do than pretend to like someone because you drank out of the same handle of McCormick’s, I couldn’t meet the word count because I just don’t care that much about y’all.

Greek hate is overrated.

The guise of hating something because it’s popular among the cro-magnons of the population is just dumb. Don’t act like that’s not the reason. It is.

Those individuals who hate Greeks because you don’t need the extra confidence boost to just walk up to someone and say ‘Hi’ in order to make friends: why do you hate them? You’re better off anyway!

Those of you who hate them because you didn’t get a bid, drop the jealousy. Enjoy the ability to day-drink on walk-out day and homecoming. Pomping is not fun, nor is it something I would recommend. The paper tears and the glue smells like a horse’s anus.

Those who hate Greeks

because they cheat on all the quizzes and get higher scores than you, remember, karma.

Also - Administration, you may want to skip this part don’t act like you didn’t use ‘the bible’ in Oral Communications then post on Facebook about how you got an ‘A’ on the ‘final’.

(Administration, I personally didn’t. I’m just saying …)

You know what else isn’t fun?

Mandatory study hours in the library because some chapter head knows without them, their overall GPA will plummet faster than Justice Ginsberg’s consciousness during the State of the Union.

I hate that place. It’s jail. You can find me at a table studying all through the night in my favorite academic building. Nobody bothers me and I save money by not buying Starbucks.

Those of you who hate them because you can’t get into the frat ( you’re not a fraternity) parties except for those select few you have to pay to get in. What part of being around a bunch of drunk 18 year old’s screaming “more ‘shotz’” do you enjoy? Go to

Molly’s and get the same thing without the judgmental stares from the TKE that sits in the back of your chem class … when he actually shows up for class.

Those of you who hate because you can’t live in Roberta: It’s old, breaking down (wait … so are the high rises), haunted and full of girls. As a guy who has lived with girls, they don’t tend to always get along well. Do you girls really have catfights because that Phi Mu stole your TKE boy (not a man) who wasn’t even faithful to begin with?

See GDIs, hating on your Greek counterparts is just a useless waste of your energy, hence the reason I chose not to write a column directed at them.

The good news is their literacy rate is so low, they’ll probably give up trying to read this stroller by this paragraph. I’ll let you in on a secret. I personally pity them.

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Anastasia to sign a “business contract” (that’s how Mr. Grey does things) acknowledging that she is willing to be part of a dominant-submissive relationship, and Anastasia’s doomed quest to change Christian into the type of man she would want to bring home to her parents. They carry on a purely physical relationship anyway and Anastasia never does agree to sign the contract.

The dialogue at times seems repetitive. It bounces between the contract in question and Anastasia begging to know why they cannot be a normal couple.

The movie was strategically released for Valentine’s Day weekend and billed as a “romance chick-flick.”

Ironically, for all the graphic, X-rated scenes, this story lacks any trace of romance. Anastasia falls in love with Christian, even though he has no interest in bonding with another human. There’s no hope of a future for this couple.

The story is basically about a lonely billionaire deciding that he wants this innocent, naive, passive girl to be his next “submissive.” Because he lacks any people skills, he uses his money to impress her and take advantage of her. For example, he takes her for a ride in his personal helicopter, shows her his collection of at least six or seven luxury sports cars and his mansion before buying her a luxury car of her own.

By the end of the movie, it is impossible to figure out why Anastasia continues to stick around. Christian is increasingly controlling of her in every aspect of her life. He tells her that she must wait for him in the bedroom whenever he demands, gets angry because she plans to visit her mother in

another state without his permission, tells her what kinds - and how much - alcohol she is allowed to have, that she must pick from a “prescribed list of foods” to eat, and without her true consent, takes her away from a night out with friends.

Despite the fact that she graduates from college about halfway through the movie, he gives her no encouragement to pursue any kind of career. Quite the opposite in fact; he explains to her the benefits of living life under his control.

The movie has been criticized by some as romanticizing domestic violence. While the story itself does not condone violent acts, for those who have lived through such a situation, it is evident why they might draw some parallels between Christian Grey and an abuser. Grey has a controlling nature and in one of the movie’s last scenes, he “punishes” her for “breaking the rules.” It’s hard to see anything but abuse in that scene.

If you are looking for a romantic film, you will be fifty shades of disappointed by this one. There are many other movies out there with characters that fall in love and show real commitment to one another.

Before long, after everyone has seen it, most copies are better off buried under fifty feet of dust.

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From left: Trevor Zimmerman, Jacob Partridge, Nathaniel Alexander, Brenden Weybrew, Cayden Dunbar, and Matt Twaddle all head to Columbia, Missouri Feb. 19 for Class 1 State tournament for wrestling.

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CONTINUED FROM A12 “(Last season) I was able to watch the home matches and I was kind of sad because I couldn’t play,” Tete said. “... but I was so excited because the next season I was going to be able to play. I was looking forward to it.

Freshman Josef Altmann will play No. 4 singles, followed by sophomore Hicham Azzaoui at No. 5 and Fin Glowick, a returner who earned All-MIAA first team last season and is No. 12 in the central region, at No. 6 singles. Riveros/Boissinot are the No. 3 doubles pairing in the central region

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CONTINUED FROM A12 Disconnect between athletes and the media comes from a form of jealousy and bitterness. The jealousy is on the part of the media wanting to be as good as the athletes are and the bitterness comes from the criticism that athletes receive.

The media’s job is to inform fans

and are anticipated to play No. 1 doubles for Northwest, followed by central region No. 7 Altmann/Golwick.

“I’m very happy to play with them (Boissinot and Riveros). They give you support because you’re not alone in the team,” Tete said. “You have good players so you know you can count on them and they can count on you.”

Rosewell currently sits at 975 career victories as a coach at Northwest and has the chance to reach 1,000 wins by the end of March.

“It mean’s we’ve had at a lot of good players come through Northwest, that’s what it means,” Rosewell said while chuckling. “Players win

matches. Not coaches – players. I haven’t won a point for Northwest, but i’m certainly proud of it. We’ve had some great players… It’s been a long time coming.

Along with nearing the 1,000 win mark, Rosewell has managed a winning percentage of just under .700, a mark he says is tremendous for the competition his teams face.

“We’ve never, ever, ever once padded the schedule,” Rosewell said.

We’ve always gone out and tried to play the toughest schedule that we possibly can and the best teams that we can play. Having that kind of winning percentage against that kind

of competition I’m very proud of.”

The 2015 season is no let-down in scheduling, as Northwest faces nine of the top 50 Division II schools and the No. 5 NAIA school.

The Bearcats kick off the season Feb. 20, against Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.), in Red Oak, Iowa. The Blue Raiders are 2-2 on the season, with both losses coming to Division I opponents.

Lindsey Wilson provides a solid challenge to begin the season for Northwest with three players among the top 30, including two of the top 25 doubles pairs, as well as sending one singles player and a doubles pair

to nationals in October. Despite being in a lower-level, Rosewell knows the Blue Raiders will be an excellent early-season match for his team.

“I think they’re very good. We played them (three) years ago and beat them in a close match,” Rosewell said. “They’re good ... We think it’s gonna be a close match. It’s a great match to open up with.

With the 2014 squad making it further than any team in program history, Tete says the goals this season are quite simple.

“The goal as a team is to go to nationals,” Tete said. “As a player, win all the matches that I can.”

about what is happening with each team. Anytime the media writes an article that criticizes a player, there is automatically an animosity toward the reporter.

Some of that is the athlete letting everything get to him or her, but the other aspect is reporters know what kind of articles will get a bigger audience.

It appears that members of to-

day’s media truly want to be bigger than the actual sport they are covering. They do not care about the person they are badgering with questions, all they want is to meet a deadline.

I have been a part of Northwest’s Student Media since my freshman year. We have been taught how to conduct interviews, the proper way of writing, how to report a story but the one thing that can’t be taught in a

classroom is a reporter’s ethics.

Switching gears, do not get the idea that I am defending how professional athletes are acting. There are athletes that act like they are the “king of the world” and not one negative thing should be said about them.

Professional athletes get paid thousands to millions of dollars, but yet can’t handle one negative article a reaction to how he or she played. Not

each player is like this, but we will see more and more athletes go down this road if they see it being successful? (i.e. Marshawn Lynch.)

The battle between media and athletes will continue but each side needs to do their part to understand the other’s stance.

Either that or the word “yeah” will become very popular in the coming years.

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The Spoofhounds have won the games they have by playing with intensity and spreading out the scoring.

Spreading the scoring among everyone has helped make the Hounds a difficult team to play.

“It helps us because we can score inside and outside,” Stoecklein said.

“The outside score has been different every game, though I’d like to be more consistent inside to help our outside scoring more, but it makes it tough for our opponents to plan for us.”

For the players, it is a great feeling knowing that anyone could go off on any night, so if someone has an off night another teammates is there to help.

“Anyone could have their night at anytime.” Oglesby said. “We are all so balanced and even if someone does go off and we are still scoring it adds to a lot of points, it’s hard to play against when someone has a good game and everyone else contributes along.”

Oglesby lead the team in scoring and put up a career high, 31 points in their big win last Friday against Benton. The game before sophomore guard John Zimmerman lead the team with 16 points. Senior forward Payden Dawson says it is a comforting thing for the team knowing anyone can be the guy on any night.

“It’s a really good feeling knowing anyone can go off on any night,” Dawson said. “If Trey isn’t hitting, or Spencer isn’t hitting and someone else is, it’s really nice to know we have lots of guys who can score.”

When leading scorers alternate as much as they do with the Spoofhounds it can make scouting against them very difficult.

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Sophomore guard Trey Oglesby hands out high-fives to his teammates Friday against Benton High School as he finished with 31 points in route to Maryville’s 60-46 win.

“It makes things really difficult for the opposing teams as in who they need to focus on,” Stoecklein said. “If they focus on this kid then another kid can go off and scores 16 or 20 points.

We’ve been like that all year it makes

us a little harder to scout.”

The Hounds will play Savannah tomorrow night before a rematch with Cameron Feb. 24 in the first round of the district tournament. Maryville is 2-0 against Savannah but Stoecklein

and the team are not about to take the Savages for granted.

“We are definitely not overlooking them,” Stoecklein said. “Biggest thing we have to do is have high energy from the tip. I think we came out

very flat against them last time they hit some shot because our energy was down and their energy went up. So we have got to make sure that we come out ready to go with high energy from the get go.”

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The pending graduation of seniors Brody McMahon and Jacob Cacek starts the end to one era but the beginning of a new one for Maryville football.

The Spoofhounds have the task this offseason of replacing a senior class that took part in an unprecedented 42game winning streak and won backto-back state championships.

The Hounds are not even into the heart of their offseason schedule but so far they have not had trouble staying busy.

Recently, head coach Matt Webb served as the defensive coordinator for the under-17 USA Football team.

The events leading up to the game, and the game itself, took place in Arlington, Texas, the whole thing lasted one week. Webb’s latest appearance

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on the USA football staff was his second. Previously, In 2011 Webb served under Mel Tjeerdsma as the defensive line coach for the 19-and above USA national team.

“It’s an unreal experience to be able to feel like you are representing your country and coaching the game of American Football,” Webb said.

Webb and team USA capped off their week in Arlington with an impressive 24-10 win over team Canada.

With the USA football game wrapped up, Webb will now focus on preparing his team for next season.

Unlike most football teams, the Spoofhounds do not have specific goals they aim for when they enter the offseason.

“Our goals in the offseason are simple, lets get better each day,” Webb said. “That’s all we want to do is focus on the day ahead of us.”

Many football players play winter

and spring sports, but for the players that do not,are expected to be in the weight room every day after school so they can work on their strength and conditioning. During the offseason, it is crucial for players to keep inshape in order to prevent any sort of setbacks that may occur over the course of a season.

Working out and getting better on the football field is not the only thing that the Spoofhounds value. During their time away from the game , Webb expects all of his players to excel in the classroom and for them to give back to their community.

“We do a lot with helping out in the community,” junior Dakota Beemer said. “We’ll either help a lady move one night or we’ll rake someone’s leaves, scoop someone’s snow. We all try to get together, hang out and help people out in the community.”

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In basketball you’ll hear the phrases, “three-point specialists” or “sharp-shooter.” People might associate said phrases to NBA AllStars Steph Curry or Kyle Korver.

Northwest sophomore forward Zach Schneider takes these phrases to a whole other level.

There was a rare sighting at the last Northwest basketball game in Bearcat Arena. Six minutes into the game, sophomore forward Zach Schneider caught the ball in the paint and laid it in off the glass.

Schneider averages more than 12 points per game, so this should not sound all that uncommon. However, he has shot 183 field goals this year and of those shots, a mild 14 have not been two-pointers. Of his 84 shots made, 78 are from beyond the arc, all while shooting better than 46 percent from there.

“Well we obviously run a ton of ball-screens,” Schneider said. “Before I got here I know they played two true post and it’s still hard to guard but it’s not as hard as guarding the stretchfour because once you have that pop threat, it stretches the floor out completely. Especially when you got a point guard like Deshaun Cooper and Justin (Pitts), it gives them a lot of driving lanes too. Once I got here, I think he (head coach Ben McCollum) realized how tough a stretch four is to guard and I think he’s adjusted the offense a little bit more with me here.”

Not only did McCollum learn he could use a stretch-four in Schneider, he realized he could utilize him as a freshman. He made 70 threes in his first season while averaging only 21 minutes per game. He shot nearly 45 percent from deep and it earned him MIAA Freshman of the Year.

“He knows his role,” senior guard Matt Wallace said. “He knows what he’s capable of doing and he doesn’t really try to go outside of that. That built his trust with (McCollum) quite a bit, so he felt comfortable to play right away.”

In high school Schneider helped carry his team to the Kansas High School state semi-finals as he averaged 15 points per game, eight rebounds and three assists. Being 6-foot-7, he was primarily used as a big man in high school.

“In high school I was not a threepoint shooter,” Schneider said. “I shot a good percentage but I was thinking about it and I know my junior year I took 20 threes and my senior year I might have taken 25 or 30. Other than that I was all mid-range, all low-post, we ran a high-low offense. Coming here you got to adjust your game with better athletes and everything.

I just got on the gun, in the gym, it’s a machine that rebounds it for you.

It really changed my game a lot and I can stretch it out.”

Despite winning the DiRenna award, which is given to the best basketball player in the Kansas City area, Schneider was still not convinced college basketball was

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of Schneider’s field goal attempts are threes for him. By the time he was done debating whether to take his talents to the next level or not, there were just local D II scholarships offered to him, and Northwest was one of them.

“I played AAU seventh, eighth and ninth grade,” Schneider said. “I really got burned out that ninth grade summer. I didn’t know if this was for me. I didn’t know if I wanted to play college basketball at that point. I didn’t even make a decision if I wanted to play till after my senior year, really. That whole last month I was going back and forth, so once I lost that last game I was like ‘I have to do this.’”

When you have a stretch-four that is as tall and can shoot as lights out as Schneider, one could wonder how he did not have any Division I scholarships offered to him. He would rank 12th in Division I in three pointers made this season and first among people of his height or taller. He ranks sixth among all Division II players.

“My athletic ability probably would have held me back from playing D I level,” Schneider said. “I couldn’t stay in front of half those guys. Those guys are freak athletes, but you sometimes wonder about it. I think the D II level is perfect for me. MIAA play is perfect for me and I love it.”

While Schneider acknowledges he can’t jump and does not have good side-to-side foot work, he says his defensive positioning makes up for that. He also says he’s not a great onball defender, but he is a good helpguy. That all may be true, but it does not keep his teammates and coaches making fun of his athletic ability.

“He can’t jump, he’s not very fast, he kind of runs funny,” Wallace said.

“He uses what he does have pretty well though. It’s been working for him. He usually has to guard somebody who is a lot bigger and stronger than he is. I think he takes pretty good pride in boxing out and not letting his man get offensive boards.”

While Schneider averages 33 minutes per game so far this season, his role will likely expand next season, either as a shooter or as a big man. With the Bearcats two seniors, Wallace and forward Grant Cozad graduating, he will be forced to fill one role or the other.

“In the next few years when he’s playing I’m sure he’s going to show other things quite a bit,” Wallace said.

“The three is working pretty well for him right now, but he can do other things. He’s definitely going to have to grow his game a little bit. People are going to close in and not let him shoot threes as much and he’s gotta have a few more tricks in his bag the next couple years.”

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Jacob Partridge

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Nathaniel alexander

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Cayden Dunbar

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Trever Zimmerman

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29-19

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Matthew Twaddle

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22-11

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Brendan Weybrew

285

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The Maryville wrestling team practices Feb. 17 before sending six wrestlers to Columbia, Missouri, for the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships, which starts today.

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One Spoofhounds wrestler continues to beat the odds as he heads into the state tournament this weekend.

For the second year in a row, Nathaniel Alexander will head into the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships after suffering a separated shoulder just weeks before. Alexander took first place in the 126-pound weight class in the Class 1 District 4 tournament Saturday.

Luckily, Alexander did not have to wrestle on the first day of the tournament due to a first round bye. This allowed him to get an extra day to heal up, but that does not mean the shoulder injury did not affect his wrestling.

“I was very hesitant on my feet and was really protective of my shoulder,” Alexander said. “In my finals match I think it really did show, especially when I gave up a reversal with 10 seconds left. It hindered me but not enough to stop the outcome.”

Since Alexander took first place in the district tournament, he will not have to wrestle another district winner until the semifinals.

Not only has Alexander been battling an injured shoulder, he also came down with the flu Sunday night, which caused him to miss practice Monday. The extra bed rest from the flu may have helped his shoulder to heal a little faster.

He said that he could already feel a difference in his shoulder Monday and that he thinks it is healing faster each day.

Although Alexander had more time to recuperate from his shoulder injury last year, his confidence is still sky high heading into this season’s state tournament.

“This year I definitely feel that I can wrestle with the best of them in my weight class and I think I have a good shot at going all the way,” Alexander said. “I have been put in prime position, and there is nothing left but to do it. I just have to go out there and

wrestle my heart out.”

Alexander may have won the district tournament with a separated shoulder, but he still understands that there are many things he needs to improve this week before heading to the state tournament.

“I have gotten myself into trouble, because I wrestle to go out there and do crazy, exciting moves,” Alexander said. “When I wrestle safer, more strategic and smarter it helps so much, and that is what I really have to focus on.”

Head coach Connor Kellerstrass was very impressed with how Alexander wrestled in the district tournament, but hopes the shoulder does not weigh on his mind going into state.

“Hopefully, throughout the state tournament he will learn to be more confident with his shoulder,” Kellerstrass said. “It is the last tournament of his career so if he leaves it all out there on the mat, hopefully he can get a state title.”

Alexander will not be the only

Maryville wrestler heading to Columbia, Missouri. The Hounds qualified six wrestlers for the state tournament which is an improvement from last year when they qualified just four, and is the most since 2008.

“I thought everyone did a great job, and we are taking six down to Columbia,” Kellerstrass said. “Even the young guys that did not make it found ways to get wins, and we got fifth as a team. It was exciting, so we will just build upon that for next year.”

Senior Brendan Weybrew took second place in the district tournament in the 285 pound weight class for his second straight state tournament appearance where he will look to improve on from last year’s second place finish.

Sophomores Cayden Dunbar and Matthew Twaddle will also make their second straight appearance in the state tournament this weekend.

Dunbar and Twaddle both placed fourth in districts, Dunbar in the 132 pound weight class and Twaddle in

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“Y’all don’t know s—.”

Those four simple words, well - depending on how you look at it have turned the sports world upside down. Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant uttered this statement last weekend and the entire media world has exploded. Why? Because the media has been called out yet again by another professional athlete.

For the past several years, there has been a growing disconnect between the media and professional athletes. This is not anything new, but it is being covered more by the media than it has ever been before.

I have read books by Boston Globe reporter Bob Ryan and NBC broadcaster Al Michaels. In each book, they talk about being able to travel with the teams and their ability to make a personal connection with the players.

However, there is not a connection like that anymore for a few reasons. I am not going to defend the professional athlete’s right to not talk, but I agree that the needling and prodding is a bit ridiculous.

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the 152 pound weight class.

Juniors Trevor Zimmerman and Jacob Partridge will wrestle in the state tournament for their first time after qualifying at districts. Zimmerman took third in the 160 pound weight class while Partridge placed fourth in the 113 pound weight class.

Kellerstrass said that this week of practice will be key in preparation for each wrestler that qualified for state.

“We are going to break them all up individually with coaches and just work on each thing from every position,” Kellerstrass said. “There is always things they can improve on, especially not giving up points at the end of periods. They just have to keep themselves in the match and they will be fine.”

The MSHSAA Wrestling Championship begins today in Columbia, Missouri, at Mizzou Arena and ends Saturday afternoon.

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Mark Rosewell is in his 33rd year of coaching collegiate tennis.

He has been through it all; 26 MIAA championships, 32 NCAA Tournament appearances and 975 career victories at Northwest. This season, though, may create more headlines for his men’s side than any previous year.

The Bearcats have a chance at a sixth straight MIAA title on the back of three returning All-MIAA first team performers. Romain Boissinot takes over the No. 1 spot after a 2014 campaign that earned him conference freshman of the year and will play a role in Rosewell’s journey to his 1,000th win.

The men’s side finished 2014 with a record of 19-4, including a MIAA tournament championship before being bounced from the NCAA National Championships in the quarterfinals, which is the deepest run in program history. After a successful fall season that brought Northwest success on the national stage, Rosewell says the team is as ready as ever to get back to real-time matches.

“We’re certainly ready for a match,” Rosewell said. “We’ve been practicing hard since the semester started against ourselves and we’re ready to get it rolling.”

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the MIAA and is ranked No. 1 in the MIAA preseason poll, picking up five of six possible first place votes and is ranked No. 17 nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Returning to the roster in singles No. 1 is sophomore Romain Boissinot, who played No. 2 in 2014 on his way to becoming MIAA Freshman of the Year along with All-MIAA first team honors. Boissinot is ranked first in the Central Region by the ITA after winning the regional tournament in September over his teammate Alvaro Riveros, who ranked second in the region. Boissinot placed seventh at the USTA/ITA Small College Nationals in early October.

“I’m happy to be number one. I think it’s more pressure,” Boissinot said. “I know in the team, the whole six players are very close to each other. I’m happy to play one, but if I play two or three, for me, it’s the same. The only importance is the team.”

Behind Boissinot, the depth is as strong as ever for Northwest. Despite being ranked second in the entire region, Riveros will take the No. 3 singles spot behind freshman Mauro Tete, an Argentinian who had to sit out the 2014 season due to NCAA eligibility issues.

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