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behind the cranes, using sheet music to create the paper birds added even more meaning to Lucy Parsons’ actions.

“We are a very musical family,” Mannasmith said. “My husband is a retired music teacher, Vanessa is a music teacher; music is very important to us, so using the sheet music was a perfect way to not throw it away or recycle it.”

Lucy’s mission continued to spread and word eventually made it to the University Relations office where Mannasmith works. Coworkers gathered together and ordered 50 of the cranes, now hanging on a tree inside the front door.

Two days before spring classes begin for students at Northwest, Bearcats baseball coach Darin Loe had his players report to campus to begin practice with the regular season just weeks away.

Beginning Monday at 6 a.m., Loe’s players know they are expected in the basement of Lamkin Hall for hitting practice in the three batting tunnels and pitching. In the evening, the athletes make their way to Bearcat Arena for throwing and catching exercises.

“We utilize what we can … All athletes want to get back and get ready for the spring, and we just don’t have a lot of space to do it,” Loe said. “Over the next three weeks, that’s going to be difficult as we’re all trying to be as prepared as we can be for our spring seasons.”

In the midst of Bearcat baseball practice, a number of other athletes and students file through the space for conditioning and training of their own.

Simply put, the space does not accommodate all 14 NCAA Division II teams at Northwest – not including cheerleading and dance squads. At a university that offers a wide array of fitness and recreational opportunities to more than 6,000 students, times get tough for teams seeking the proper preparation when the weather does not cooperate.

For example, when soccer coach Tracy Hoza is days away from a match and her outdoor fields are flooded, her girls move into the basement of Lamkin Hall, Martindale Hall or to the Student Rec Center for conditioning, or to the racquetball courts for footwork drills.

“We make do,” Hoza said. “We have to improvise a lot. However, in the offseason with the cold weather we use the facilities the best that we can … You have to use what you have available.”

While Bearcat Arena houses the basketball and volleyball teams, baseball and softball tend to join tennis and track for practice time, and it can get hectic for athletes of the track team like senior multi-event athlete Hannah Churchman.

“It’s very chaotic. Our track is right around all the doors so if someone is coming in, it’s almost in our way, too,” Churchman said. “When basketball is going on, it’s very loud in there and it’s hard to hear our coaches.

“Having an indoor facility would benefit all the teams.”

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Nine-year-old Lucy Parsons smiles with her origami cranes. Lucy creates these cranes to help raise money to support her grandmother’s battle with breast cancer.

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Origami - the art of paper folding, and art of hope for one Maryville family.

In January 2013, Administrative Assistant for University Relations Rhonda Mannasmith was diagnosed with breast cancer. After treatment, she was lucky enough for her cancer to go into remission. Last trimester, though, Mannasmith learned the cancer had returned.

The world stopped spinning for her family, including her 9-year-old granddaughter, Lucy Parsons. Lucy Parsons searched for a way to support her grandmother and ended up finding it in the book, 1,000 Paper Cranes.

“A boy (in the book) was told if he

made 1000 paper cranes or more, he would live a thousand years of life and good health,” Lucy Parsons said.

The story inspired Lucy to learn the ways of origami in her spare time, and she began her own mission to create 1,000 paper cranes for her grandmother.

“I kind of had a flock of cranes on my desk,” Lucy Parsons said. “I couldn’t write or use my desk anymore.”

“We were finding them all over the house,” said Vanessa Parsons, Lucy Parson’s mother.“She was not very happy with the idea of throwing them away and wanted to continue to make them, so I said ‘Why don’t we sell them?’”

The Parsons began their mission on Facebook with friends and family members. Lucy asked for $1 for each paper crane to support her grand-

mother’s recovery. None of them imagined how quickly the project would gain attention.

“It was kind of like a computer virus,” said Lucy Parsons. “Over Thanksgiving, we delivered a ton that people had ordered.”

The Parsons say the craziest part was that the orders were not coming in for just one or two cranes; friends were ordering them in large numbers.

“I got 50 as my first order. And then another friend ordered another 50, so I had 100 cranes to make from the beginning,” Lucy Parsons said. “I started with just twine and regular paper, but then we had tons of sheet music that we didn’t need and friends had origami calendars they didn’t want.”

Besides the emotional sentiment

New facility planned for Kansas City

University members discuss plans to create accessible education JAMES HENDERSON III Chief Reporter | @jendersoniii

Northwest, in cooperation with other groups, has begun planning a new facility in the Kansas City area aimed at streamlining the process for higher education.

This new facility, known as the Innovation Campus, will house programs and degree opportunities through Northwest, in Kansas City. The Innovation Campus is the joint work of Northwest, Metropolitan Community College (MCC) and the Northland CAPS programs.

Their goal is to make the process of obtaining higher education a faster one. Computer Science professor Carol Spradling said she is excited for Northwest to have this opportunity.

“This is going to help us grow in the future,” Spradling said. “I think we will be seen as a leader in education in the future as a result of this.”

The partnership between these three groups and their various business partners has very few like it in Missouri and is the only partnership of its kind in the Kansas City area.

In the end, they are attempting to design a faster way to receive college diplomas. The partnership is offering new dual-credit courses for high school students, new community college opportunities and new four year college opportunities.

“This is an opportunity for Northwest to have a new facility in

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Northwest President Dr. John Jasinski addresses media, educators and business partners gathered at Cerner World Headquarters as the University announced its designation with Northland CAPS and Metropolitan Community College as an Innovation Education Partnership.

Kansas City and reach out to students who may not have thought about us in the past,” Spradling said.

Northwest already possessed the ability to teach out of the Kansas City area through facilities inside MCC. However, thanks to a nearly $850,000 grant from the state of Missouri, they now have the ability to create their own facility to help with the overall goal of speedy advancement.

“Northwest is proud and humbled to work with our partners as we continue to develop a seamless pipe-

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line to complete a Northwest degree connected to industry needs,” President John Jasinski said.

The main worry expressed by some students and teachers is the effect that this new center will have on the enrollment amount of the main campus. It is no secret that Northwest has seen a decline in enrollment over the past few years. So much so that there has been one dorm closed every year for the past few years and that trend is expected not to change. Freshman Tori Oldenkamp said that she

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thinks this will just add to the problem.

“I just feel like the school should be doing more to get students on campus,” Oldenkamp said. “This new center will make them coming to campus not necessary.”

However, thanks to Northwest being the only four-year institution in this partnership Spradling is not worried about this being a factor.

“It’s too early to know for sure what the effects this will have on the campus will be, but that is a possibility,” Spradling said. “However,

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I think that this new facility will do wonders for branding and open us up to new students who never thought about Northwest. This has the capability of increasing population off and on campus.”

According to Spradling, this facility should be up and running sometime in 2016. There is no set plan for what programs will be offered there. Still, she said that the plan is that programs will cost the same as they would on the main campus.

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Money in politics deters youth vote CHRIS ROUSH

News Editor | @ChrisRoush30

Each year, voters, young and old, watch, listen and read political ads, trying to figure out who or what to believe in. Now more than ever, money is the chief influence of elections at all levels.

Political Science professor Ryan Reed said the amount of fundraising required to run for office has become so high that it can potentially shut out good candidates.

“Congressmen have become afraid (probably with good reason) of the amount of money that could be spent against them in re-election campaigns, which seems to have an effect on their Congressional voting behavior,” Reed said. “This phenomena results in some lawmaking outcomes that may not be aligned with what the general public wants.”

In Missouri, this issue is especially relevant. Ethics reform was among the leading policies being discussed in the Missouri legislature as their session began this month. Currently, Missouri has some of the most relaxed regulations on campaign contributions and gifts from lobbyists in the country.

The influence of money in politics is felt everywhere in America.

According to the website Open Secrets, the amount of money from the 2012 presidential election has nearly doubled since the 2000 presidential election. The 2012 election consisted of just over $2.6 billion, and that’s not even adding in the Congressional races. The number with Congressional races jumps to over $6.2 billion.

Ashton Raffety will spend his final semester at Northwest interning in the office of Minority Floor Leader Missouri Representative Jake Hummel, D- St. Louis County. Raffety said, while young people tend to be one of the biggest groups not showing up the polls, people in general can feel discouraged by all the money going toward Super PAC’s, or big campaigns.

“It kind of discourages people from getting out there to vote. Or do anything with politics, because they know their opponent or if they aren’t opponents, there is a ton of money in politics,” Raffety said. “You know,

you got big campaign contributions buying our politicians. In some cases, I feel it does not matter who you vote for, both are going to be bought out by some special interest group.”

Money continues to be a focal point as to why people do not turn to vote, but another reason for low turnouts can be traced back to the types of elections.

“Last year, of course, was not a presidential election year. This resulted in lower voter turnout in general, but dramatically lower voter turnout among younger voters,” Reed said. “Younger voters seem to be more likely to be swept up in the drama of presidential elections; these candidates are running to lead the free world. Congressional elections on the other hand just don’t possess that kind of excitement.”

Raffety and Student Senate President Cody Uhing share similar thoughts.

Presidential elections bring out scandals and those interest voters more. However, Uhing said money shapes the election because the campaign with the most money will have their message out there for a wider audience, compared to any smaller campaign.

“It comes down to who has the most money and that is really unfortunate if you have a candidate that has the best ideas; who has not sold out to different corporations or political parties,” Uhing said. “The presence of money is a newer advent in politics, so you really haven’t seen that until more recently. The companies getting in there and shilling out the money in hopes of owning the politician once they get into office. You see it a lot in Congress and even at the state level.”

With the next presidential election approaching, voters will begin to see campaign ads for nominees and the money will continue to flow.

However, Reed said there is one way to convince people to become more aware and vote.

“Remind them that at the end of the day, we count votes, not dollars,” he said.

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The physical plant chiller is one of three identified areas of need that will benefit from the bill.

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A lack of budget or funding restricted for deferred maintenance has universities across the state in need of repair.

Deferred maintenance is generated when projects are put on hold to save money. As years go by, equipment and infrastructure deteriorate, resulting in problems like campus-wide blackouts.

“We haven’t done any type of bonding for over a decade now,” Sen. Mike Parson, R, Boliver, said. “We’ve basically pushed off a lot of deferred maintenance in the state over the years, and now we need to get caught up on some major projects.”

The bond includes $200 million specifically designated for universities and institutions. Just under $7 million is expected to be granted to Northwest.

Division of bond money was based on criteria explained by Parson.

“One, is there truly a need for it?”

Parson said. “Two, does it involve public safety, and three, the longevity of

it. If we’re going to bond money for 20 years we want those projects to last.”

Northwest’s Vice President of Finance Stacy Carrick was a part of the decision making process for the university.

“Each institution was asked to submit deferred maintenance needs to the state,” Carrick said . “Northwest had a study done in January 2011, to assess our deferred maintenance needs across campus.”

This study examined university buildings, facilities and campus infrastructure. Three areas of need were identified: electrical systems; the physical plant chiller and absorber operating system; and window replacements. Despite recognizing these, Carrick says a problem still remains.

“We’re extremely excited and grateful for the $6.8 million,” Carrick said. “But this will not be enough. The study done showed $120 million in deferred maintenance needs for the university, and each year that goes by inflates that number.”

Carrick says the University first

looked at safety concerns and made the school’s electrical systems the top priority. These funds will help address the power distribution system, which is at life expectancy, with no additional capacity. She says many of this deferred maintenance is a result of a lack of funding.

“We have an annual operating budget,” Carrick explained. “The state provides state appropriations, which include two things: operating appropriations, which have continued to decrease over the years, and capital appropriations that are no longer routine.”

The $6.8 million provided by the deferred maintenance bill would make an impact on the University’s needs, but Carrick anticipates only about 5 percent of the overall needs will be met.

“That’s the risk when you’re limited,” Carrick said. “Wear and tear is deferred maintenance, and it can become abused. As an institution, we try to evaluate the highest risk - highest need - and project what is going to happen.”

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Broadcast truck enhances student media capabilities darcie bradford

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Northwest student media has an array of new opportunities in store after purchasing a broadcast production truck.

Eight years ago, Television and Video Engineer Instructor Will Murphy put a broadcast trailer on the Instructional Equipment Committee list. Instead of a trailer, student media seized a short bus from surplus, which had previously been used by Athletics. The bus was repurposed, repainted and made into a production vehicle.

Murphy said that this past year student media was finally allotted the funds to buy the trailer he had originally requested, but he put in a new request.

“We asked if, having used the short bus for a few years, could we use that same amount of money and look into a truck,” Murphy said. “We just happened to come across this one, in amazing condition, from a Florida television station and we were able to purchase it for the same amount we would have spent on a trailer. Except, we have a vehicle that is much more useful and much more equipped than we had ever hoped for.”

The 1999 Mac production truck, with the equipment compliments, would cost $325,000 according to Murphy. The University was able to purchase the truck with no equipment for 43,000 dollars.

“Basically we have a new 1999 production truck because it has less than 10,000 miles on it and less than 1600 hours on the generator, which equates out to one maybe two years of use,” Murphy said.

It is a self-contained radio and television control room. The truck is approximately 30 feet long,12 and one-half feet tall and the width of a semi. Murphy said eventually the

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Northwest administration approved the purchase of a multimedia production truck for Northwest Student Media.

truck will have the capabilities of live video, audio and data feed within approximately five miles of Wells Hall.

The truck also has a 15,000 watt generator which would allow the truck to support live sound setups.

Radio instructor Phil Beskid said this will allow student media to take the show on the road.

“Normally we try to participate in any sort of campus or community activities, but since it’s on wheels -

obviously - we can take that a little further and do news reporting on regional kind of things if we wanted too,” Beskid said. “If we wanted to follow sports teams around we could.

There are a lot of possibilities that have opened up, as opposed to staying within KZLX range.”

Murphy said that even though the truck does not have any equipment, it will be used as an opportunity for students and instructors alike to build the

truck from the inside out.

“Some of the students who have interest in engineering and technical skills, they will help us build the truck,” Murphy said “So we aren’t going to professionals, we are building it here in house and that will, one, let us get more out of the money we put into it, and, two, give those students as well as ourselves a chance to look at it and say, “Hey, we built that.’”

The short bus will be still be in use

while the production truck is being built. Murphy said building the truck will take time because they want to emulate the same kind of production vehicle used by any major television station.

“Hopefully by the end of summer we will have it set up as a completely outfitted broadcast production truck, the same thing you would find if you went to a KC television station,” Murphy said.

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Cornerstones of Care, a Kansas City based organization, has expanded into northwest Missouri seeking foster families.

A new program made its home in Maryville, and its mission is to help foster children and their families.

Cornerstones for Care, an organization based out of Kansas City, created a new branch in Maryville.

Cornerstones is a program dedicated to helping train foster families so they can properly benefit children in the foster system. Cornerstones’ Director of Resource Development Shelia Rancatore said she believes this new branch will help bring this mission to a larger amount of people.

“Our goal is to get our services into the community where families need it,” Rancatore said.

This branch is a part of a large contract Cornerstones signed with the Missouri Children’s Division.

The contract, signed in 2013, allows for them to spread to 30 new counties in Northwest Missouri. Since the contract signing, Cornerstones has increased their number of families helped to 1,100.

“I hope this new branch will help increase service and support for people in the area,” Rancatore said.

“I hope it will also help increase the number of families we help.”

Valyn McClellan is one of two people hired from Maryville. She is a manager for three different districts, including Nodaway County. She said she is excited for this new opportunity in her hometown.

“I am very excited to be working back in the area where I was years ago,” McClellan said. “I’m excited to help kids again.”

McClellan said the main focus of this new branch is to find and pro-

vide new foster parents for Nodaway County and the surrounding area. She said there is a large need for more families to take up foster children. She and Rancatore both urge people interested in getting involved in the foster program to take their class in February.

The class is a 27-hour course that is required by Missouri to become foster parents. Rancatore said besides its requirements by the state the program provides possible applicants with important information regarding the difficulties of foster care.

“The class is over how abuse and neglect can affect children in the foster system,” Rancatore said. “It will also teach them about the court system as well as how to handle birth families.”

Rancatore said the new office hopes to have an open house for the new facilities sometime in early February.

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Youth must avoid political apathy

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nered only 14 percent of youth voters.

British newspaper The Guardian poignantly wrote that the midterm election “raised profound questions for how political parties interact with the country’s next generation.”

This sentiment is prevalent among college students of all walks of life: “How can my one vote make

a difference,” “protests are pointless,” and “politics are completely corrupt so I choose to ignore them,” are gripes commonly heard throughout campus and at parties on the weekend.

Unfortunately, these attitudes preserve the status quo. Theodore Roosevelt once commented that “a vote is like a rifle: its usefulness de-

pends upon the character of the user.” If college students want things to change they must engage themselves in the political conversation. The more informed you are, the better able you are to affect change. Democracy fails if its citizens succumb to passive indifference.

The detached attitude also ignores countless cases of successful youth activism in recent years. The Arab spring protests that began in 2009, organized largely through social media, is still having effects on political and societal changes in the Middle East and North Africa. The 2012 Occupy protests, while unsuccessful in shaking up Wall Street, sprung up numerous successful protests at universities across the country.

Even the much maligned “hashtag activism” has, at times, achieved goals of creating change. The Trayvon Martin case didn’t get widespread media attention until #trayvonmartin was trending on Twitter and a Change.org petition garnered 2.2 million signatures. While the media firestorm often got out of hand, the Florida legislature likely would not be debating its “Stand Your Ground” law without it.

We all may be tired of that annoying Facebook friend constantly posting his or her political screeds. We may scoff or laugh at that online petition your friend signed to end homelessness. However, it’s important that we don’t dismiss activism as a whole.

Engaged, informed and passionate political advocacy has, and will, continue to make changes in our government and other institutions.

Admittedly, today’s youth activism looks quite different from the one portrayed in “Selma.” There is no tenacious, resilient leader like King.

The organization structure may have changed, but the goals remain the same. We must continue to be politically engaged if we want our voice to be heard in a crowd dominated by corporations.

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Last Friday, the movie “Selma” was released in theaters. The dramatization of the famous march for civil rights in 1965 is already garnering heavy praise and criticism from historians and activists alike. Brushing aside the debate over historical accuracy for a moment, there are invaluable lessons to be learned from the film. It’s imperative that the youth, especially college students, see the power of political activism for themselves. In an age of “hashtag activism” and general malaise towards politics as an institution, “Selma” is timely a film as any.

The story on Page A2 of this week’s Missourian examines the feelings of our fellow college students toward political engagement in the midst of current events in the Missouri legislature. Ryan Reed, political science professor at Northwest astutely described how the influence of money in Missouri politics affects our view of government in a personal opinion piece.

Both give some sort of reason for the general feeling of indifference toward politics on the part of our fellow Bearcats. They feel powerless compared to the financial interest that continues to inundate itself in politics at all levels. To be fair, this frustration with government is warranted and shared by youth across America.

A 2014 Harvard poll found “historically low” levels of trust in government on the part of people age, 18-29, across the country. The poll’s “composite trust index,” which compiled the youth’s trust in six government institutions, has dropped at least 8 percentage points over 4 years.

The latest midterm elections gar-

Ethics reform is essential to restoring trust in government Students describe their frustrations with the corrosive influence of money in politics

A2: News Editor Chris Roush takes a look at how much money influences politics today and why it discourages youth from voting in elections.

RYAN REED Assistant Professor of Political Science

At the beginning of every term at Northwest, I face a classroom of students in my introductory Political Science course, many of whom are skeptical about government. A commonly expressed opinion is that government, at both the national and state level, is unresponsive to, and disconnected from, average people.

While this opinion is not completely supported by empirical research, it is not surprising that students may hold such an opinion.

The influence of money on our elections and the broader political system has certainly had a deteriorating effect on the public’s view of government. In response, leaders in the Missouri legislature have announced they will take action to pass new ethics legislation that will address these concerns in the state.

Such ethics reform is important for a number of reasons, but I’ll give

Obama community college plan shows need for expanding access to higher education DUSTIN MCMAHON

Contributing Columnist

Earlier this month, President Obama released a short video that teased a bit of what his administration has in store for his few years left in office. Namely, that he wants to see the country follow Tennessee’s lead and make two years of community college free for all “who are willing to work for it.” This progressive idea has generated both optimism and controversy.

Little has been announced yet as to how a program would be installed, how it would be paid for and whether it is even feasible within the United States. Currently, no specifics have been outlined as to how such a law would be put on the books, though the program in Tennessee may be the key to progress with such legislation.

For that reason, I will not speculate on those issues. Rather, I am interested in the merits of such an education system and the possible impacts it could have.

It is hard to be against higher education for the populace. Rather than brushing it off as common sense, there are working case studies around the world that verify the idea that an educated population is beneficial to the progress of any country.

Education is unique in that it is not really a good or a service; it lies somewhere in between. Education is also viewed as a personal experience; of which value is derived from the impact on one’s future. As countless studies have shown, an educated person typically makes much more money than a non-educated person.

However, rather than looking simply at it as an individual’s means to get a higher-paying job, it is important to understand the benefits it would bring to society as a whole.

An educated population is less-likely to fall victim to ill-conceived mandates from the government and other administrative bodies. All who are educated then become watch dogs. Education gives people the tools to analyze what they read, rather than just accept it. The system of government in the United States presupposes an educated population.

Mandating the education would be a way to verify the understanding of our political system within the masses, as well as an active participation.

The idea of a free education beyond a kindergarten through high school format is foreign to many of us. However, the installment of such a program at either the federal or state level would, over time, outweigh much of the initial opposition.

A college education creates producers within our society. Producers,

rather than consumers, help drive much of the international success in economics, as well as in diplomacy and intergovernmental relations.

Furthermore, with more producers comes more competition in the economic marketplace - domestically and internationally.

The curse of low-income status leads people to forfeit their goals of a higher education before many of them even know what it could provide. Rather than an attainable goal, higher education is seen as a reservation for those who can pay for it. For far too many the anticipation of next Friday and when the next paycheck will come is as far as they can allow themselves to plan for.

Imagine the difference it could make to students of single parents, underprivileged households or working class families who, without the ability to go to college, have no legitimate chance of improving their future situation. On a large scale, this stimulates the abilities of the working-class in a way that tax breaks or welfare-like programs may not.

It is unclear whether any progress on this issue will be made within President Obama’s administration.

Still, the public forum is now a place for discussion and cultivation of the idea. Hopefully, within its new arena the idea of free higher education will grow into a reality.

sectors over the mere possibility of voter fraud. Now, what we should realize is that allowing unlimited contributions, in a very real way, hands more influence to those who can afford to contribute, (hey students, that is probably not you) and diminishes the political influence of those who cannot (hey students, that is probably you). A situation like that is, arguably, a situation of political inequality.

Realistically, the Missouri legislature is unlikely to pass any legislation that truly addresses the issue of money in politics. Generally, lawmaking bodies do not pass laws that work against their own self-interest.

Unlimited campaign contributions and lobbyist spending is in the selfinterest of lawmakers, even if it is not in the interest of voters.

At any rate, I will be modest and suggest that the legislature should pass a law that sets a reasonable contribution limit – perhaps $1,000 per election – then allow that limit to increase over time at the rate of inflation. In addition, contribution reporting needs to be improved so that the public can easily know who is backing each candidate.

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Candidates should have to wear their largest contributor’s names on their suits just like NASCAR drivers. That way, voters would clearly know exactly who sponsors – I mean supports – each candidate.

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CONTINUED FROM A1 Mannasmith became emotional as she spoke of the encouragement from her colleagues.

“From making sure things I am responsible for get done, to bringing us food, and cards and words of encouragement, it has just been phenomenal the way everyone has supported me and our family,” she said.

That support also emerged from Horace Mann, where Lucy Parsons

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CONTINUED FROM A1 Northwest is not alone among universities lacking the quality and quantity of practice space in the MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletic Association; seen as one of the most historic and competitive conferences in Division II. That is why Pittsburg State finalized and broke ground on a $15 million state-of-the-art facility that is expected to be completed this Spring.

Pittsburg State Director of Development of Intercollegiate Athletics Kendall Gammon said that in order to put out the best product the athletes needed the proper facilities. The talks began nearly four years ago when the athletic department realized each team was fighting for practice time inside the university’s basketball arena and surrounding hallways.

“It just wasn’t adequate. It was not even controlled chaos, quite honestly,” Gammon said. “It was out of need. (Weede) was too small for our needs at this point.”

Pittsburg State’s Robert W. Plaster Center features a 100-yard turf field surrounded by a 300-meter track, and 1,500 seats that will come in handy when it plays host to the 2016 and 2018 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track Championships.

The 154,000-square-foot facility will also encompass a 11,000-squarefoot weight and strength room, in comparison to Northwest’s 3,000-squarefoot facility, as well as offices, meeting rooms and locker rooms for the track and field and football teams. The project is part of an overall renovation of the Weede Athletic Complex, which was built in 1971.

“Anytime that you’re able to take a perspective student-athlete into a 154,000-square-foot building, that’s a pretty big thing,” Gammon said.

“We’re not sure if there’s actually five of these in the US, let alone Division II, with everything that we have in there.”

Similar to the Griffon Indoor Sports Complex at Missouri Western that opened in 2010, Pittsburg State’s facility will offer opportunities for the community to enjoy the track and other amenities, along with the possibility of intramurals and community

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“A lot of our friends and colleagues at Horace Mann purchased the cranes,” Vanessa said. “They also ask on a regular basis how mom is doing, and they check in with the girls as well.”

Over the holidays, with the help of friends, family and even strangers, Lucy reached her goal to make 1,000 paper cranes, with her final total being 1,021. With more than $1,000 raised Lucy began talking

with her grandma about what to do with the money.

“She is going to divide the money. We thought Make-A-Wish was important to donate to, and Backpack Buddies, so some of the money will be used here locally in Maryville,” Mannasmith said.

Mannasmith says she and her husband decided they did not need the financial support as much as these organizations do. Lucy Parsons’ mission and determination to create the cranes out of love and care provided the needed support for Mannasmith.

sports down the road.

With Fort Hays completing a 50,000-square-foot facility to house a 50-yard indoor football field and weight room, it is up to the rest of the MIAA to join the arms race – this includes Northwest.

With no established figures or finalized renderings, the Northwest athletic department has held internal dialogue since before Tjeerdsma took over as athletic director and served as one of the reasons he returned to Maryville. As part of the Bearcats since the ‘90s, upgrading the facilities was a vital part of Tjeerdsma’s plan.

“I felt before I retired that was something that we really need,” Tjeerdsma explained. “I just feel real strongly about it now. It’s not just football; I feel real strongly about our track and field programs, and for baseball and softball … Those three sports don’t really have what they need right now and it’s really not fair to ask them to compete in this conference and compete against schools that have those type of things.”

With Northwest still in the quiet phase of its $45 million Forever Green comprehensive capital campaign, Northwest is in conversation with alumni and donors about a proposed agricultural learning center and indoor athletics facility. Tjeerdsma said the plans may be released within “six months to a year,” but there is still plenty of work to be done.

“It’s still real early stages. We’re doing a lot of investigative stuff now, meeting with a lot of different groups, with our coaches, with recreation people, intramurals, students,” Tjeerdsma said. “It’s a big process right now. When you have a project as big as what we’re looking at, it takes a lot of people and it’s a lot of involvement. You have to amass a lot of material and a lot of facts and start to simulate from there.”

With Pittsburg State’s $15 million facility nearing completion and Tjeerdsma visiting the facility before Christmas break, it has become apparent how Northwest wants to approach the design of the complex. “(Pittsburg State’s facility is) similar to what we’re thinking about … we want something that’s very, very multi-purpose,” Tjeerdsma said.

“I guess we’re going to be in that neighborhood, somewhere in there.”

The facility would give members of every Northwest sport a place to practice when weather is not cooperative, as well as many other options – intramurals, band practice, graduation ceremonies and concert, along with many ideas that would benefit the community.

“What Mo. West does at this time of year is a lot of youth soccer, baseball and softball in there over the weekends. I think we could do things like that,” Tjeerdsma said. “There could be some revenue streaming there. It would be a huge benefit to high schools in this area with track … There’s a lot of benefits in a lot of different ways.”

Though Pittsburg State’s project includes revenue from students fees, alumni donations and a city contribution, Tjeerdsma says Northwest’s project, at this phase, would be completely funded by donors and will dictate how fast the project moves.

“If the right donors come along and drop the big dollars and say ‘This is something we want,’ it come happen pretty fast. It could happen in a couple years. Otherwise, it could take longer,” he said.

With Northwest students contributing a $4 fee that will begin during the trimester the Robert & Virginia Foster Fitness Center opens, presumably Fall 2015, Tjeerdsma says the idea of another student-fee funded project is just speculation.

“Our students really stepped up as far as the fitness center is concerned … If our students see that and the quality we’re giving them then I think after that there could be a time where we talk about an additional fee,” Tjeersdma said. “That’s just all speculation, there’s nothing at all planned on that.”

The proposed idea is to keep the facility on the Southeast side of campus near where the current football practice facilities are, within accessible range of every team and leaving minimal disruptions to the area. With indoor facilities popping up across all divisions across the country, it has become as much a battle for the extra edge when practicing as much as it is on the recruiting trail for players and coaches.

With a season like the one Loe faces,

“The outpouring of support for Lucy’s project was an outpouring of support for me,” Mannasmith explained.

The simple folding of paper displayed the power of family during the time of struggle. The Parsons and Mannasmith agree; family is everything to them, not only during this time, but always.

“Our family is our blood family, but we have brothers and sisters in Maryville that are community family, that are church family, that are Northwest family,” Vanessa Parsons said.

“That word is used so frequently, but

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Maryville is our home and our family.”

During life’s hardships, strength and hope can be hard to find, but so easily provided. It can come from the hug of a loved on, the story of a boy trying to save his life or the mission of a nine -year-old girl trying to save her grandma’s. Lucy’s project proved that hope can be most easily found in the loved ones that surround us everyday.

“I just want to say thank you,” Mannasmith said, fighting back tears. “To everyone: my family, my Northwest family, my friends. Thank you to everyone.”

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Pitt State’s facility will house a 100-yard turf field and 300-meter track.

where a majority of games are played on artificial turf fields and South in warmer conditions, he can see the definite advantage it would bring Northwest.

“It would be tremendous,” Loe said.

“It would be a huge benefit to all sports to be able to utilize the space we have much better. (Baseball and softball) need a large, open space to practice and the way we’ve designed that facility, it would be very user friendly to all sports involved. At this time, anyway, all of our wishes are under one roof.”

For Tjeerdsma, it’s as much about keeping up with the national trend as getting Bearcats athletes situated with the proper space and equipment.

“It separates you,” Tjeerdsma said. “Until you are actually in one

(an indoor athletic facility), you don’t realize the magnitude of it.

“There always that thought, that competition, that if they have it, maybe it’s something we need too. I think it’s something that we look at … We need to do something for track, baseball and softball - they’re behind the eight ball.” `The competition to have the biggest videoboard, the nicest field turf and the nicest locker rooms is exactly why Gammon and Pittsburg State hopped on board to revolutionize the athletic programs.

“It’s the next evolution,” Gammon said. “It’s an arms race in terms of recruiting the student-athlete. The only thing worse than being in the arms race is not being in the arms race.”

Blotters for the week of Jan. 8 Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office

Dec. 3 Tyuan M. Moore, 23, Independence, Missouri, was arrested for theft/stealing.

Dec. 4 A Maryville subject reported property damage to his vehicle.

Courtney L. Miller, 25, Clarinda,

Iowa, was arrested for driving while revoked/suspended.

John J. Beeson, 31, Clarinda, Iowa, was arrested for resisting/interfering with arrest.

Dec. 8 Howard R. Wright, 43, Estherville, Iowa, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

Desomond Matthews, 20, Raytown, Missouri, was arrested for assault.

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Dec. 11 One summons was issued for stealing at Perrin Hall.

Dec. 9 Richard N. Luzier III, 35, Maitland, Missouri, was arrested for forgery.

Dec. 10 Joseph L. Ruelas, 33, Maryville, Missouri, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

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Students begin new careers in Emergency Management SERENA TROSHYNSKI Features Editor | @serenatro

Semper Gumby is an unofficial motto for Northwest’s Emergency and Disaster Management program, and a favorite saying of EDM Program Coordinator Mark Corson. Semper, is Latin for “always” and Gumby is a reference to the green, bendy cartoon character.

“It means to always be flexible,” 2014 alumna Chance Long explained.

“It means to know the plan, but also to know that the plan will change.”

Adapting to sudden deviations in any plan is a critical skill for graduates of the new Emergency and Disaster Management program. Formerly known as Comprehensive Crisis Response, Emergency and Disaster Response is a multidisciplinary major and minor option that prepares students to respond to natural and manmade disasters.

Field experiences, like Atlantic Hope, put students to the test via a simulation of one of the various types of disasters. As students and faculty arrive in Fort Pierce, Florida, they become responders to a humanitarian crisis. They are no longer in the United States, but rather the fictional country of Atlantica. Torn apart by civil war, the citizens of Atlantica have been further devastated by an earthquake.

Students must respond to the dangerous and stressful situation by taking on multiple roles of disaster management. Part of their responsibilities in Atlantica include acting as first responders, preparing shelter and supplying first aid. As part of the simulation, students may act as hostage negotiators and manage the logistical elements of emergency response.

According to Sara Parks, 2014 graduate and an attendee of one session of Atlantic Hope, the field experience component is a critical piece of the EDM program.

“The memorable moments were bound to happen when you have to rely and work so closely with these classmates, peers, professors, and professionals,” Parks said. “We became a family, not just a degree program.”

Field experience allows graduates like Jessica Sigman to be prepared to handle any crisis situation in her new job as Communication Supervisor of the Maryville Department of Public Safety. Her education allows her to be aware of what police officers face when she sends them out to respond to a call. She is familiar with the “fear of the unknown” that first responders experience in handling emergency situations.

According to Sigman, “Most people will call 911 on an average of twice in a lifetime.” It is the responsibility of the person receiving emergency calls, like her, to “meet them at the worst possible moment they’ve ever felt.”

As a 2014 graduate from the EDM program, Sigman is ready to meet the challenges of her job.

Those challenges include “separating the job from home” and remaining calm in the face of crisis.

Some students can’t handle the stress, but Sigman says the stress has helped her learn more about herself.

She is also responsible for overseeing five part-time and two full-time employees, along with local administration of the statewide system of wants and warrants.

Chance Long agreed that field experiences were the most important part of her training. As an attendee of both Atlantic Hope and Missouri Hope, she put her education into action in the disaster simulation experiences.

Driven by a desire to do positive work, Long chose the EDM program as a way to do good in the world and alleviate human suffering. Long’s experience with the EDM program prepared her for her job as the Disaster Recovery Coordinator for Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments. Part of her job description includes writing grants, evaluating roads, creating hazard mitigation plans, and helping businesses create economic resiliency plans.

While the EDM program does emphasize a boots-on-the-ground approach, the major and minor degrees prepare students for careers beyond first response. Parks majored in geography and EDM, and now works for Bannock State Park in Montana. Her responsibilities include: helping to preserve photos, documents and a sixty building ghost town from one of the largest mining operations in Montana. Not to mention, she works on creating emergency plans for the park.

The wide variety of post-graduate employment is only one factor that explains the rapid growth and success of the EDM program. There are 65 students in the program who can expect to have many choices of specialization after completing their education. According to Corson, graduates from disaster management program are highly sought after by businesses as resiliency becomes more of an emphasis.

In keeping up with the changing disaster management field, the EDM program prepares students to handle various aspects of crisis response, including logistical and psychological response. Corson says one way Northwest adapts to changes is by altering the types of electives offered, like the Case Management class. This is in response to the increased “professionalizing” of the field “beyond first response.”The value of the encompassing major means students are more marketable for a wide variety of jobs.

About pursuing careers in the field, Sara Parks had one final word of advice.

“If you are passionate about what you do that will always shine through,” she said. “Start early, be persistent, don’t sell yourself short.”

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Comedic duo entertain during Golden Globes Once again, the dynamic duo Amy Poehler and Tina Fey made the Godlen Globe Awards a success. The 72nd Annual Golde Globe Awards aired on NBC Jan. 11 and for the third year in a row, Fey and Poehler hosted effortlessly, bringing forth their comedic skills and fashionable attire to successfully end their hosting streak. The night was filled with the expected humor only these two could have pulled off.

The opening monologue delved right into the most memorable events in film and television of the year. One of the more popular jokes was told by Amy Poehler.

“The biggest story in Hollywood this year was when North Korea threatened an attack if Sony released The Interview, forcing us all to pretend we wanted to see it,” she said.

One of the more entertaining moments of the openinvg monologue was the introduction of the nominated actors, actresses, movies, and television shows. Poehler and Fey continued poking fun at their fellow actors. The most memorable roast of the night was delivered by Fey. “George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year,” she said. “Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor to Kofi Annan regarding Syria and was selected for a three-person UN commission investigating rules of war violations in the Gaza strip. So tonight, her husband is getting a lifetime achievement award.”

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On the more risque side of the evening, one certain joke caused some negative reactions, with members of the audience responding with a loud sounds of disapproval. The joke involved famed Bill Cosby and the allegations he has faced recently.

“In Into the Woods, Cinderella runs from her prince, Rapunzel is thrown from her tower for her prince and Sleeping beauty just thought she was getting coffee with Bill Cosby,” said Poehler. However, the duo moved right through this bit flawlessly into the next, despite such a strong reaction from the audience.

Throughout the night, Fey and Poehler kept the crowd entertained with their natural chemistry that could only stem from being close friends for as long as they have. The two started out on the show Saturday Night Live before moving onto their own projects. Watching the two women successfully host the Golden Globe Awards for three years in a row only goes to show how much of a connection they have. It will be difficult finding a new host, or even a duo of hosts, to take the mantle for next year’s show. Speculation from several online sources suggest Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader to be the ones to take their place, due to their charismatic performance when presenting the award for Best Screenplay.

Overall the night was filled with nostalgia and laughter, among many other emotions. It was an end to an era of film and television from the year 2014, making way for what the new year will bring us next.

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Welcome back students to another semester of hell, where classes only seem to get harder and days seem to get longer.

I hope you had a wonderful break (actually I don’t) and are ready for a fresh new start. Prepare yourself, because I have some tips to help survive spring semester since it’s the longest and hardest semester.

Tip #1: Get enough sleep. By that, I mean only get 4 hours at night, go to class then take a two hour

nap (maybe another one if you’re like me.) Take those opportunities when you have so much to do and recognize the truth: sleep is much more important.

Tip #2: Go to class. Read: only skip the right amount days.

Tip #3: Eat whatever food you want. Everyone’s “New Year’s Resolution” is always eat healthier, get into shape ... To avoid the crushing disappointment that will eventually happen, let’s just drop

that. Eat some cake for breakfast.

Tip #4: Try to study for tests. It doesn’t hurt to have your textbook open next to you as you binge on your favorite Netflix show … your body might learn how to absorb the information this year.

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for trying to defend yourself from those creepy noises at night.

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CONTINUED FROM A12 Let me preface this argument by saying that I had Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State in my top four. Considering how far Ohio State went, the committee did a fantastic job in letting them in.

Yes, the committee picked the Buckeyes instead of the Horned Frogs, and so did I. There are several reasons for that but that would be in a column of the past. You could also make the same amount of reasons that TCU deserved to be in the inaugural playoff.

When you have five power conferences in college football, how can you justify picking one champion over another when they both have one loss? You need to have at least as many spots in a college football playoff as the amount of power conferences. You can either do it with six teams - NFL style - or a more traditional route with eight teams.

If you go six, each power conference champion would get in, one at-large bid would and the top two teams get byes the first round. The rankings would have gone like this: No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Florida State, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Baylor and No. 6 TCU. Florida State would have faced TCU in the first round and Oregon would have played the winner. Baylor would have gotten a chance to prove its worthiness against Ohio State and Alabama would have played that winner.

If you go eight, each power conference champion would get in, one mid major conference, and two atlarge bids (this is my personal preference). The rankings would have gone like it is above except No. 7 would have been Mississippi State (I’d rather see Michigan State but I’m going off the end of the season rankings) and No. 8 would have been Boise State (the highest rated mid-major team).

Alabama would have played Boise, Oregon would have played Mississippi State, Florida State would have played TCU and Ohio State would have played Baylor.

This years new model was an overwhelming success, but that was because it was an overwhelmingly bad model before. It will probably take 15 years to change anything, just like the last model, but we still will not know our true champion unless we get all of the conferences involved.

Sorry, Buckeyes.

BASKETBALL

CONTINUED FROM A12 The Bearcats had a rough shooting night, shooting just 49 percent from the field.

McCollum says that the loss taught them that they have to be ready to play each and every night.

Men’s basketball head coach Ben McCollum gathers with his players during a timeout in Northwest’s 70-64 loss to Washburn Jan. 10.

MCCOLLUM

CONTINUED FROM A12 The Bearcats had a rough shooting night, shooting just 49 percent from the field.

McCollum says that the loss taught them that they have to be ready to play each and every night.

“Teams are coming to try to beat you. We say that Pitt State played their best game of the year against us.

Washburn played their best game of the year against us,” McCollum said.

“Teams are coming to try to beat you. We say that Pitt State played their best game of the year against us.

Washburn played their best game of the year against us,” McCollum said.

“That’s what happens. If you want to be on top you have to be able to handle those things and win even when you aren’t playing your best.”

“That’s what happens. If you want to be on top you have to be able to handle those things and win even when you aren’t playing your best.”

Senior Grant Cozad agrees that the loss taught them how to deal with adversity and will give them a chance to improve upon their mistakes.

“We just want to learn from it.

We need to go over film, see what we did wrong, correct those mistakes and hopefully we can bounce back strong,” Cozad said.

The other big story for the men’s

team is the emergence of redshirt freshman guard Justin Pitts.

Pittsburg has averaged 16.8 points per game and is shooting 58 percent from the field in his first year with the Bearcats.

The Bearcats face a very tough Central Missouri team this weekend.

Cozad says that in order to come out with a win they will need to focus on being themselves.

“We kind of got away from that when we played Washburn,” Cozad said. “We’re going to try to get back to

what we do best by defensively locking in, helping each other out and just playing team defense.”

The Bearcats will need to play well on defense to beat the Mules, who are 8-2 at home and averaging just more than 77 points per game.

The game against Central Missouri will tip at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Warrensburg.

The Bearcats also took on Southwest Baptist University Wednesday, but the results were not available at the time of publication.

Senior Grant Cozad agrees that the loss taught them how to deal with adversity and will give them a chance to improve upon their mistakes.

“We just want to learn from it. We need to go over film, see what we did wrong, correct those mistakes and hopefully we can bounce back strong,” Cozad said.

The other big story for the men’s team is the emergence of redshirt freshman guard Justin Pitts.

Pittsburg has averaged 16.8 points per game, and is shooting 58 percent from the field in his first year with the Bearcats.

The Bearcats face a very tough Central Missouri team this weekend.

Cozad says that in order to come out with a win they will need to focus on being themselves.

“We kind of got away from that when we played Washburn,” Cozad said. “We’re going to try to get back to what we do best by defensively locking in, helping each other out and just playing team defense.”

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Boys basketball gains steam AUSTIN HEINEN Chief Sports Reporter | @HEINOHeinen

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Sophomore guard Spencer Morrison hits a deep three at the end of the third quarter as the Spoofhounds beat Chillicothe 55-45 Jan. 13.

School is back in session and the Spoofhounds boys basketball team has returned to the hardwood. After playing only two games throughout the past two weeks Maryville is ready to shoot hoops and crash the boards in 2015.

During the break Maryville won games against South Harrison, Jefferson Conception, Kirksville, Trenton and Chillicothe but lost in a rematch against Lafayette. Head coach Matt Stoecklein is happy, but not satisfied.

“It’s good to get back,” Stoecklein said. “We’re working hard and doing everything we need to do to get better.”

Stoecklein has seen growth from his team and says they have come a long way since day one. With some momentum out of the holiday break Stoecklein feels that a lot a pieces are coming together.

“We’re starting to recognize who does what on offense,” Stoecklein said. “Certain people do a different thing with ball screens and certain guards do different things. They are

starting to recognize who’s doing what and who can do what defensively with man-to-man. They are starting to understand and really get it down.”

While the players still rest plenty during the break, the players and coaches kept their minds to the game and improving as a group. Senior forward Jacob Cacek spoke about returning to practice and working towards the improvement.

“It feels good,” Cacek said.

“Christmas break was good because we got a little time off, but it’s always good to get back out and playing again.”

Senior guard Payden Dawson also commented on getting back to the hardwood.

“It’s great,” Dawson said. “We had a couple practices over break. It’s a total different feeling when you’re in school and play with your team.”

While the Hounds practiced over break, they found other ways to improve themselves as a team, such as attending Northwest’s game against Nebraska-Kearney.

While the Bearcats won 80-

48, the Spoofhounds observed a team that, scheme-wise, is similar to themselves and picked up a few pointers.

“What I really took notice of was what their bigs were doing,” Stoecklein said. “I mentioned it to some players and told them to watch them. Lately in practice I’ve had our posts trying some of the things they did in that game, and some of the things their guards were doing, our guards are trying to do now.

“It was good for us to see it happen and see that things went great when the Bearcats did it, and we’ll be looking do it just as well also.”

Cacek, one of the many players that attended the game, also picked up a few things as well mostly just observing the little things not just from Northwest’s post players but also from the guards.

“They guard and get downhill really well,” Cacek said. “They open up the paint and it opens up the bigs a lot to get easy looks and lay-ups or make post moves. Just little things like that; setting screens the right way, running the offense in different ways.”

With Maryville winning five of its

last six games the Hounds start the second half of the season with a record of 7-5. Stoecklein feels the team is building momentum and will look to carry it into a tough January schedule.

“We went down to Trenton and beat two solid Kirksville and Trenton teams,” Stoecklein said. “Our goals are to continue to work hard. We got some teams coming up that are really going to tell us where we are at.”

Chillicothe was Maryville’s only home game in January. The Spoofhounds won Tuesday’s matchup 55-45.

Cacek and the team will look to get some solid wins on their long road tour in fight for position for district ranking for the postseason.

“We need to start good in conference play,” Cacek said. “Just at least stick around the 500 mark and then head down the stretch, look forward to get a few wins and get a place in districts.”

The Spoofhounds will travel to Falls City, Nebraska, Friday. The Tigers are 9-1 on the season.

Maryville’s next home game is not until Feb. 6 against Smithville.

Girls basketball deepens slump as win column remains vacant JACOB BLAND

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Junior guard Abby Van de Ven cuts around the outside on Dec. 2.

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The freshman point guard for the men’s basketball team racked up a total of 34 points, eight assists and four steals in the Bearcats’ two games against Nebraska-Kearney and Washburn.

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Candace Boeh’s first season as head coach of the Maryville High School girls basketball team has not started off with the type of bang she probably had hoped for.

Coming into this week, the Spoofhounds (0-11) are still in search for their first win of the season.

Poor defensive play and the lack of carrying out specific fundamentals have plagued the Spoofhounds all season long.

“Overall, defensively, we’re still going back to those basic fundamentals on how to guard screens; how to guard cutters going through the lane; how to stop dribble drive, dribble penetration, and really, just being able to handle ball pressure,” Boeh said.

Despite their poor start and a Christmas break that was cut short because of basketball, the girls have remained competitive, and most importantly, they have remained positive.

“I think keeping positive is tough for any team, because basketball is such a long season, and especially during winter break when everybody is celebrating Christmas and our girls have to be back here the 26th,”

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The junior guard for the women’s basketball team tallied 30 points, eight rebounds and five blocks in Northwest’s two games against Nebraska-Kearney and No. 13 Washburn last week.

Boeh said. “I think as a team, it really brought us together and we are starting to figure some things out.”

With the team starting to mesh, they have started to play better and subsequently have been losing some really close games.

“I think our team as a whole, we’re finally coming together and figuring out where each other is going to be, and each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and how to play off of those,” senior Ashton Reuter said.

To put how much the Spoofhounds have improved into perspective, they lost their first three games by an average margin of 26 points.

Their past three games, they have lost by an average margin of 16 points.

During the Spoofhounds’ last game, they outscored Lafayette in the second half, something they have not been able to accomplish all season.

They ended up losing that game, but they showed they can outpace a competitive team for 16 minutes of basketball.

“We beat Lafayette in the second half 17-15, thats huge for us,” Boeh said. “Christmas break was tough for us, but I think this second half really showed that we still have the heart, and we still have that effort to compete.”

With conference play starting up, Boeh and her players recognize the challenges they face ahead. One challenge Boeh has for her team is for them to become more multidimensional on the offensive “I really want to see everybody being able to handle the ball when there is a lot of pressure, because you know in the MEC teams will be putting out ball pressure,” Boeh said.

Boeh is not the only one that realizes the need for better ball control, heading into conference play. Ashton Reuter also feels that the team needs to better limit their amount of turnovers per game for them to have a chance to win.

“I know one game we had 28 turnovers and in only 32 minutes of basketball and 28 turnovers, that’s a lot,” Reuter said. “You can’t win with that many turnovers.”

With her team suffering through some painful losses and a season that has been marked by zero wins so far, Boeh is very pleased with the way her team has responded.

“It’s not easy being 0-11 and having some adversity, but I’m really impressed because this adversity, when they become adults, is going to be huge and they can fight through these hard times,” Boeh said.

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The Bearcats football program replaced a former All-MIAA performer with another last week. Brandon Clayton, who served as a team captain and played in the Northwest secondary from 2005-2008, was hired on as the defensive back coach Jan. 8.

“It was a dream,” Clayton said. “I didn’t know if it was a reality. It was one of those things that while I was here playing, I thought this was the best place in the world as far as the college football world goes.

“But then I moved on and I was really caught up at Morningside and I really enjoyed my time there. There was not a lot of places that could have pulled me away from Morningside, but, obviously, Northwest is one of those places.”

The position opened when former defensive back coach and special teams coordinator Ken Gordon bolted for a defensive coordinator position at Nebraska-Kearney after season’s end, teaming up with former

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There was not a lot of places that could have pulled me away from Morningside, but, obviously, Northwest is one of those places.

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Northwest quarterback Josh Lamberson, who was hired on as the Lopers’ head coach earlier in the month.

Head coach Adam Dorrel said the driving force behind the hire was keeping it in the family, as Clayton already knows Northwest football mentality.

“It’s going to make the transition a lot easier for him because he understands the culture,” Dorrel said.

“He understands our community.

He embraces it. He understands the expectation here … He’s very loyal.

He’s very loyal to Northwest Missouri State. He’s very loyal to Maryville and that was very important to me.”

Clayton made four national championship appearances as a player, but he and the Bearcats failed to win any of them. However, he was apart of the 2009 national championship as a graduate assistant where Northwest beat Grand Valley State.

Dorrel was the offensive coordinator at the time Clayton served on the coaching staff in 2009 and 2010.

“I’ve always felt like as a graduate assistant coach and my dealings with him, when I was on staff here, I don’t know if I’ve ever met one our graduate assistants that was as thorough as he was,” Dorrel said. “He’s got really good communication skills. He’s got really good people skills … The one thing that I was really, really pleased with, is that in the time that he left here, he’s also grown immensely.”

Dorrel prides himself and his program on growing student athletes on and off the field. He believes Clayton embodies these areas of growth in the way he lives his life, as well as the way he coaches his student athletes.

In his four years serving as the defensive back coach and special

teams coordinator at Morningside College, the NAIA program won four conference titles. He also had several defensive backs and special teamers earn All-American honors on the field and academically. In just four years, his position players tallied 78 interceptions, 185 pass break-ups and 19 blocked kicks.

“Working for (Morningside) head coach Steve Ryan, that was a great experience,” Clayton said. “He was really big on having a vision for that program with team development, player development, team building and things like that. That was huge.

And helping just the overall process of developing a kid and helping me become a man.”

The past two years the Bearcats have lost four All-MIAA performers from its defensive backfield in Brandon Dixon, Brian Dixon, Jared Fox and Travis Manning. Senior Bryce Enyard is the only returner with experience, with sophomore Marcus Jones a minor exception. Jones played a limited amount of time until starting the final five games.

“We’re going to be very young and inexperienced in the secondary,” Dorrel said. “Just like we’re going to be very young and inexperienced as a team next year. So with inexperience, it just takes kids time. We can do all the coaching that we want but there is no substitute for inexperience.”

Regardless of how inexperienced the group may be, Clayton is eager to coach the amount of young talent that has been left for him.

“We got a couple kids that are coming back that have experience,” Clayton said. “I’m excited about the group that I’m inheriting. That’s my job: to make them better football players and better men.

“I called a few of them this past week. I got an opportunity to meet a couple of them as they came up to the office today. They’re great guys.

They’re a great group. I know they’re young and they’re talented, and I know they got a lot of potential but no one is going to hold that against us in the fall, so we got to be ready to go.”

Junior guard emerges as a top scorer RYAN EDWARDS Chief Sports Reporter | @RyanaldoEdwards

After an early season loss to William Jewell, Northwest women’s basketball head coach Michael Smith sat at the podium and asked for a member of the team step up and become a leader. It did not take long until his request was granted.

Tember Schechinger responded to Smith’s request in a big way. A junior guard from Manilla, Iowa, where she starred at IKM-Manning High School, answered her coaches plea for someone to take on part of the scoring load from senior guard Ariel Easton, the teams leading scorer (13.8 PPG).

Schechinger has been dealing with a nagging ankle injury that has held her out during practices the past few weeks, says Smith.

“We’ve had to hold her out of practice for a few days,” Smith said.

“She was not able to practice (Monday), but as soon as we get her and everyone else healthy we will only get better.”

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Junior guard Tember Schechinger drives to the basket against Washburn Saturday.

The Bearcats lost 77-65, bringing their overall record to 4-12.

way Schechinger has developed and played over the last month. Smith says that Schechinger has been growing as a player on and off the court and he likes what he sees from his junior guard.

“I think the biggest thing that I have been most proud of is that she bought in,” Smith said. “Last year, she really had a chance to buy into what we are trying to do to her but right now I really feel like she’s really locked in into what’s best for the program.

“Every coach goes through the first in the program. I think that she has bought in and that’s a good thing.”

Schechinger thanks her teammates mostly for giving her a chance to put up career numbers and she believes that she can take the big shots when the time calls for them.

“We always try to find the open person, no matter what. It just so happened that the other day I was on a roll,” Schechinger said. “It’s a big confidence booster for me to get those opportunities to make big baskets.”

Schechinger is averaging 8.3 points per game throughout her three-year career at Northwest. Despite that statistic, she is showing flashes of leadership and taking her game to the next level.

In Northwest’s last two games against Nebraska-Kearney and Washburn, Schechinger is scoring better than at any point in her career.

She is averaging 15 points per game, while shooting 75 percent from the field, including 5-5 from beyond the arc.

In her last five games, Schechinger is averaging 14.2 points per game, with a career- and season-high 28 points coming in a 71-58 victory over Missouri Valley earlier in the season.

“It’s a huge confidence booster.

It’s just playing, and playing good basketball,” Schechinger said. “Since we aren’t a good three-point shooting team coach has really preached to us and he has emphasized on taking good shots throughout the game.”

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McCollum tallies 100, begins legacy JACOB BLAND Chief Sports Reporter| @NWMSports

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As a former player turned coach, Ben McCollum has shown that he knows how to win at both levels.

January 5, McCollum notched his 100th win as head coach of the Bearcats in convincing fashion, with an 83-59 victory at Northeastern State. McCollum’s 100th victory is just one of his many accomplishments that he has achieved with Northwest Missouri State.

To get where he is at today, McCollum has taken a long journey – a journey that has consisted of many challenges, but also, many victories.

McCollum started his college playing career at North Iowa Area Community College, where he earned All-Region honors twice.

After two years at North Iowa Area Community College, McCollum transferred to Northwest Missouri State to close out his college playing career.

As a player in 2002, McCollum participated in the school’s first ever Elite Eight appearance, a season that included an MIAA title. McCollum was a part of 51 victories over two seasons for Northwest.

After McCollum’s senior year, he wanted to explore the field of coaching, eyeing the opportunity to make an impact on the student’s at the school.

“I just felt like I could make a difference in kids’ lives,” McCollum said.

“I just felt like this was one of the best avenues to make an impact on a kid, so I wanted to do it.”

Former head coach Steve Tappmeyer gave McCollum his first opportunity by hiring him as a graduate assistant.

In McCollum’s two years as a

graduate assistant and under the tutelage of Tappmeyer, he helped guide Northwest to 58 wins and its second Elite Eight appearance.

After two years as a graduate assistant for Northwest, McCollum departed to become an assistant at Emporia State, where he served under coach David Moe for four years.

During McCollum’s two years as a graduate assistant and his four years as an assistant at Emporia State, he gained a lot knowledge and experience by learning from experiences basketball coaches.

“Coach Tappmeyer, the old head coach here, I think he has 400 wins, that’s where I get a lot of the program philosophy and mentality from,” McCollum said. “Coach Moe, my head coach at Emporia State, that’s where I got a lot of my Xs and Os from. His basketball mind is as smart as anybody I have been around.

Those two in particular have really influenced my program.”

In 2009, it was announced that McCollum would be named the 20th head basketball coach of Northwest replacing his former coach, Tappmeyer.

Taking over for a coach who has over 400 wins would not be an easy feat for anyone, especially someone in their mid-20s, but McCollum was up for the challenge.

“They took a big risk. I was 26 years old and an assistant head coach who had never been a head coach,” McCollum said. “For a university to put that kind of faith and trust in me, I think that meant a lot.”

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Inaugural playoff can be improved TYLER BROWN Sports Editor

They sold this college football season as the first time we will have a true champion. It had us all on the edge of our seats.

Finally, computers were not deciding who would make it into the championship game. They got a committee together to see what teams passed the eye test, rather than a bunch of metrics measuring a reallife sport as if it were a video game.

A computer should not decide something that young men put their blood, sweat and tears in to.

In fact, if computers were still picking the teams we would not have had the two teams that were in the championship, in the championship.

Alabama was No. 1 and the computers always loved them. Florida State would have gotten in because they were the lone undefeated team, even though they didn’t seem to pass the eye test.

Not only do computers not decide who plays in the championship anymore, football fans got to see its first ever playoff. People have been begging for this for years and they have gotten it. It worked out like it was suppose to when you consider a No. 4 seed Ohio State team upset the No. 1 Crimson Tide and they went on to beat the No. 2 seed in Oregon. The championship was finally played out on the field.

But does college football have its true champion it so long coveted? I am here to tell you that it is still unknown. The reason for that is because TCU did not get into the playoffs. You could also make an argument for Baylor, since they beat TCU. But they also had an awful loss to West Virginia and TCU passes the eye test with flying colors.

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Freshman Justin Pitts drives up the lane to attempt a layup during the Jan. 10 game against Washburn. The Bearcats lost 70-64 to the Ichabods.

Northwest catches fire to start conference play TYLER MARTIN

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While most of us were at home relaxing over Christmas break, the Bearcats men’s basketball team was hard at work.

During the month-long break from classes, the Bearcats went on a

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six-game winning streak before losing to Washburn, Saturday.

The Bearcats had big wins over Iowa Wesleyan, Fort Hays, Avila, Central Oklahoma, Northeastern State, and Nebraska-Kearney.

During that six-game winning streak, the Bearcats were scoring an average of nearly 84 points per game

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and were outscoring their opponents by an average of 24 points.

Head coach Ben McCollum said the fact that his team has a high basketball IQ played a major part in the winning streak.

“I thought we were really locked in and focused on executing our scouting reports,” McCollum said.

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“The teams that we played, played a lot of zone and changed defenses a lot, and as a high IQ basketball team that favors us a lot.”

The Bearcats’ streak ended Saturday with a 70-64 loss to Washburn, dropping Northwest to 123, including 5-2 in the MIAA.

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