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loud “ping” resonated from her pocket, and fear filled a void her thirst for knowledge used to inhabit. She knew it wasn’t her friend texting again about the new homework assignment. Looking down at her phone, her eyes moved slowly across piercing words, and suddenly her fear morphed into something greater.

A burning anger took over each thought, coming in a million at a time. This time, it was someone close. Twin boys of her mother’s dear friend, who were all but fami-

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Volunteers rescue several families from the rising waters of Hurricane Dorian near the Causarina bridge in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Sept. 3, 2019. The storm’s punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters devastated thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics.

ly – gone in an instant amid the uncontrollable tragedy that enveloped her beloved home.

Eldaneka “Neka” Rolle walked to class knowing something more profound than anything she could have learned in four years at Northwest – what tragedy does to the human heart. A student from the Grand Bahama island, Neka Rolle embraced her daily schedule knowing numerous extended family members are just gone, passing without a whisper of a goodbye or solitary conversation providing hope for the better.

Hurricane Dorian leaves thousands more sharing her affliction

from the Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands, where the death toll now reaches at least 45, a number expected to grow exponentially as officials sift through the aftermath.

“They are still, at this very moment right now, uncovering bodies,” Neka Rolle said. “People back home are crying out to the world for help.”

Dorian moved past the Bahamas and is growing weaker from when it hit the U.S. as what experts call a post-tropical cyclone.

However, its devastation still left tens of thousands of people homeless and searching for loved ones through international recov-

ery efforts. Neka Rolle’s family is no exception.

Due to massive flooding and debris from toppled infrastructure, search and rescue has become increasingly difficult. Neka Rolle’s aunt, Sharon Rolle, who was recovered along with her son by a helicopter, said the roof came off of her home while the hurricane sat over the islands, leaving them exposed to 185 mph winds.

“You can literally smell the death in the air as the water dries up and the sun comes out,” Sharon Rolle said on the phone with CNN. “It’s so unreal.”

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Trial sparks call for accountability RACHEL ADAMSON Editor-in-Chief | @rachadamsonn

A crowd stood in a rough circle - hands clenched together, heads bowed - outside of the courthouse minutes before Northwest senior Kylan Harrell accepted a guilty plea agreement to resisting arrest.

Harrell was out at Molly’s Party Club March 15 when he realized a friend he came with was no longer in sight. Harrell searched around for his friend and found him being escorted out the front door of Molly’s by a Maryville police officer.

Harrell said he tapped on the arm of the arresting officer, asking what was going on. The officer shouted something Harrell couldn’t hear and turned away. Harrell reached for the officer’s shoulder again, this time being thrown to the ground and arrested by another Maryville police officer.

Harrell spent the next 12 hours in a holding cell, without being told his charges. Harrell said he was told he could be let out of the holding cell if he agreed to wear a scat bracelet for the next three months.

Harrell agreed.

On Tuesday afternoon in the Nodaway County Courthouse Robert Sundell, Harrell’s lawyer, turned around from his seat at the defense table blankly scanning the 10 full rows of the gallery, face lighting up when his eyes landed on Harrell.

Harrell stood and made his way to take the empty seat next to Sundell.

Judge Douglas Thompson entered the courtroom and read Harrell’s plea agreement aloud.

Harrell pleaded guilty for count 3, resisting arrest Sept. 10. Counts 1 and 2 for assault of a police officer were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.

Thompson told Harrell his 48hour jail time sentence would begin 6 p.m. Sept. 13 in the Nodaway

and older brother live on Grand Bahama, where the neighboring island of Abaco is deemed inhabitable by residents and where officials banned flights not related to aid.

“There is nothing here,” Sharon Rolle told CNN. “Abaco is demolished; it’s finished. We need help.

We need to evacuate. We need to get out of here.”

Many dead bodies were recovered from the eastern side of Grand Bahama.

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Northwest senior Kylan Harrell called for a group prayer outside of the Nodaway County Courthouse Sept. 10 before his trial. Harrell accepted a guilty plea agreement for resisting arrest.

County Jail. Harrell corrected the judge on his name pronunciation and said he understood.

“I’m innocent,” Harrell said after the trial. “I’m 100% innocent.”

Harrell said he had less than 48 hours to decide to either accept the plea deal or try to fight the three charges.

“I didn’t want to plead guilty, but I got the short end of the stick,” Harrell said. “If I didn’t plead guilty to resisting arrest, I would have had a slim chance of winning the other two counts. I would rather take this and continue my fight with the justice system.”

According to the police report, Harrell “slapped my hands and pushed me in the chest with both

of his hands,” when the second arresting officer attempted to stop Harrell from touching the first officer again.

The second arresting officer struggled to gain control of Harrell briefly and was able to take him into custody with the help of other officers, according to the police report.

Harrell’s trial is a small piece of a bigger picture. Harrell said minority students do not feel safe in Maryville because of the police force. He said his experience is not uncommon.

Harrell hosted an informational meeting a day prior to his trial in front of the J.W. Jones Student Union. There, he asked for support and for everyone to meet him 15

minutes before the start of his trial to pray outside of the Nodaway County Courthouse. He hopes his trial shines a light on what minority students are experiencing when they leave campus.

Isaiah Massey, a friend of Harrell’s, attended Harrell’s trial.

Massey said the situation, though unfortunate, is one things that “just comes with it.”

“It’s one of those things that happens on a day-to-day basis with everybody,” Massey said. “Everybody when it comes to us.”

Harrell’s trial lasted all of five minutes. The judge closed the case, a collective sigh of knowing the end all too well was released throughout the gallery as all stood to leave.

Exactly a month after a gunman killed 22 people at Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the CEO of Walmart issued a new policy discouraging customers from openly carrying guns in stores and no longer selling certain types of ammunition.

Walmart stores will sell through and stop selling .223 caliber and 5.56 caliber ammunition, handgun ammunition and handguns at Alaska stores, the only state where Walmart still sold them, according to Walmart CEO Doug McMillon’s news release Sept. 3.

The specific sizes of ammunition that Walmart will no longer sell, according to the news release, can be used in some hunting rifles but can also be used in “large capacity clips on military-style weapons.”

Nodaway County lead for Moms Demand Action Jessica Piper said her first thought when she heard about the new policy was her daughter-in-law Konnor, who ran from a Walmart in Kansas City, Missouri, three weeks ago when two armed men entered the store.

“She ran several blocks and called my son who called me not knowing if she or my granddaughter were OK in that moment,” Piper said.

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New strategic plan guides Northwest Leadership Team SAMANTHA COLLISON Campus News Editor | @SammieCollison

University President John Jasinski unveiled Northwest’s new strategic plan, Adventure 2030, and the Northwest Foundation’s new

campaign, Forever Green, at the all-employee meeting.

In alignment with the new plan, University Police Chief Clarence Green joined the Northwest Leadership Team as the vice president of culture.

Black Student Union kicks off second semester KEJI AKINMOLADUN Chief Reporter | @OluwatoyinKeji

Kicking off its second semester on campus, Black Student Union put the “Hot Girls” against the “City Boys” in their discussion of dating and relationships.

Black Student Union President

Tubias Johnson said the mission of Black Student Union is to develop a lasting appreciation of social, moral, intellectual and cultural values to uplift black students in the pursuit of academia and heighten the cultural consciousness of all students in all aspects of student life.

Suicide prevention taught at RESPOND Training CAILEY HARTENHOFF Chief Reporter | @caileyrae_

Wellness Services organized and held an interactive RESPOND training Sept. 4 for Northwest faculty and staff to learn about mental health and suicide as it affects college campuses.

The program is intended to make staff and faculty aware of the severity of these issues across college campuses nationwide and teach them how to respond appropriately and actively to students they believe might be experiencing poor or degrading mental health.

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Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority members welcome 43 new bids Sept. 9 in front of the J.W. Jones Student Union. Northwest’s five sororities gave out a total of 222 bids, making it the most successful recruitment to date.

Sororities boast record recruitment retention CAILEY HARTENHOFF News Reporter | @caileyrae_

​Overcast skies and intermittent drizzles of rain could not dampen the spirits of the newly recruited and current sorority members on Bid Day. ​Current sorority members decked out in glitter, feathers and pompoms flocked outside of Northwest’s J.W. Jones Student Union Sept. 9, exuberantly chanting and cheering in support of the recruits who waited on the third floor to find out what sorority they had gotten into. The eager recruits cheered and waved back, their excitement-filled faces framed by partially opened windows as they peered down at the sea of girls below them.

F ​ ormal recruitment consisted of a sorority showcase, open house day, philanthropy day, preference day.

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cruitment is so rewarding because of how much work goes into it,” Grutt said. “All of the hard work pays off because of the new members.”

Sophomore Hannah Hetzel found the most stressful part of recruitment to be not knowing if the potential new members she had grown close with during the recruitment process were going to choose her sorority as their top preference. “ I t ’s r e a l l y e x c i t i n g a n d nerve-wracking,” Hetzel said. “We’re getting new members but we don’t know if they’ll pick us, and a lot of us get really attached to some of the PNMs.” A ​ t 6 p.m., recruits were allowed to open up their bids, which told them what sororities they had gotten into.

In total, 222 bids were given out. Alpha Delta Pi had 49 bids, Alpha Sigma Alpha had 43, Phi Mu had 44, Sigma Kappa had 43 and Sigma Sig-

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“The recruitment process was very long but super exciting,” recruit Cierra Farrow said. “I met so many new girls and built friendships that I see lasting a long time. Now that recruitment is over, I feel thankful for the experience but am so ready to start this new adventure with my new sisters.”

Recruitment was also stressful but exciting for the sorority girls who had rushed last year and were now able to experience what it is like being on the other side of the recruitment process for the first time.

Sophomore Hannah Grutt said she discovered the magnitude of work that goes into organizing and making recruitment fun and successful as someone helping with recruitment as opposed to going through it.

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Nonpartisan groups wither post-election SAMANTHA COLLISON Campus News Editor | @SammieCollison

Northwest students have created two nonpartisan political groups on campus in the last three years, but they are only kept alive by one student.

When senior Taylor Moore came to Northwest in 2016, Lauren Harris, who has since graduated, had just started No Labels, a nonpartisan group that discusses political issues. However, Moore didn’t join No Labels at first, instead helping alumnus Daniel Foose rebuild College Republicans.

Moore, from suburban Kansas, was raised conservative and identified with her parents’ views until she came to college.

While she didn’t know much about the Libertarian party at the time of the 2016 election, Moore said she remembered being frustrated with the polarization of the country and students.

“I’m a big fan of bipartisanship because I don’t like arguing,” Moore said.

While working on former Kansas Congressman Kevin Yoder’s 2018 campaign, Moore made a

friend who introduced her to Libertarianism. When she came back to campus in the fall of 2018, she started a Young Americans for Liberty group at Northwest.

Moore said YAL is a group that accepts members of all parties or people who identify with no political parties. She served as the YAL president for the school year, but the group has not met this semester due to lack of student interest.

“What I liked was that they can pretty much find common ground on at least one issue,” Moore said.

“For example, I could be completely libertarian-minded and someone could be completely socialist, but we could find common ground on humanitarian issues.”

Moore said she is the only remaining member of No Labels, which met regularly until Harris graduated in April 2018.

Political science assistant professor Luke Campbell, adviser for No Labels, said the group had 10 or more students at each meeting, but lost traction following the election.

Campbell said there have been efforts to put the group back together, and it has met a few times, but

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it suffered in the lull between presidential elections.

Both College Democrats and College Republicans have experienced surges in interest from stu-

dents this semester in the lead-up to the election year.

Campbell said it’s difficult to maintain any political group during an off-year, but especially during a

time in politics that feels polarizing.

“Talking to some of the partisan groups on campus, they’re going through some similar stuff as well,” Campbell said. “But with a group like No Labels, it’s harder to attract because it’s something that takes a lot more sustained and focused energy because it’s easier for people in politics to find their team.”

Nationally, nonpartisan voter identity tends to drop around elections and rise in off-years.

According to Gallup polling, independent voter registration usually dips by around 3% in the leadup to a presidential election year, then rises about 1% in the year post-election. In 2017, independent voter registration rose 3%, landing just 1% shy of the three-decade record high of 43% in 2014.

The average percent of registered independent voters, according to continuing Gallup Polling, was 42% since January 2018.

Campbell said he hopes No Labels can come back and serve as an intermediary or a third voice in debates or discussions with College Democrats and College Republicans.

Nodaway County citizens celebrate Clear Creek Energy Center KENDRICK CALFEE Community News Editor | @KoalaCalfee

More than 175 Nodaway County community leaders and landowners gathered to celebrate the construction of Tenaska Clear Creek Energy Center, hearing project leaders and elected officials speak Sept. 10.

The event included dinner and speakers who gave project updates and thankful regards to those who contributed to its success. Attendees had the opportunity to sign a wind turbine blade, which will be installed during the finalization of the project.

Clear Creek Energy Center is a 242-megawatt wind farm located north of Maryville. Its project office is located on Icon Road, where the nine turbines can be seen already erect. When complete, Clear Creek’s turbines will provide renewable power for Associated Electric Cooperative Inc., based in Springfield, Missouri.

AECI provides local wholesale power to six regional cooperatives, including Northwest Electric Power Cooperative Inc. of Cameron, Missouri.

Tenaska CEO and Vice Chairman of Clear Creek Jerry Crouse attended the event as a featured speaker.

“We are proud to be a part of

northwest Missouri, and we plan to be here a long time,” Crouse said.

“This blade signing event illustrates the important role each of these individuals plays in the success of the wind farm. Their support and their trust in us has been critical to making Tenaska Clear Creek Energy a reality.”

Tenaska has 170 lease agreements with landowners in the county, working on 31,000 acres of land.

In order to transport the tools needed for construction, Tenaska improved 63 miles of roads.

Tax revenue from the project is expected to be more than $1.2 million, allocated to local governments and another $1.3 million to local landowners through lease payments.

Tenaska established a community fund that will support government programs in Nodaway County. It presented a check to the county commissioners, who will work to allocate the funds, at the celebration event noting a contribution of $15,000 a year for 20 years.

Nodaway County Assessor Rex Wallace said Tenaska is showing a commitment to the community.

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The Nodaway County Commissioners received a $300,000 donation for local government spending from Tanaska Clear Creek Energy Center at the Construction Celebration and Blade signing event Sept. 10.

they care about,” Wallace said.

“They donated to the Nodaway County Fair, the livestock auction, the food bank, Big Brothers Big Sisters and United Way, just to name a few.”

The project also donated $5,000 in school supplies to North Nodaway Elementary School and Eugene Field Elementary School teachers, students and staff when school began in August.

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Student secures internship KENDRICK CALFEE Community News Editor | @KoalaCalfee

A Northwest student participated in a prestigious chemistry research internship at the University of Kansas, having been selected from a list of worldwide applicants looking to implement knowledge and skills to specific studies.

Senior Delaney Lynam, a chemistry major from Omaha, Nebraska, was one of 95 who KU chose from thousands of applicants around the world to conduct focused research at its yearly Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates.

KU hosts REU every summer, an internship funded by the National Science Foundation. Lynam’s sector consisted of a group of 10 to 12 students, where her research consisted mostly of computational chemistry – the use of a computer program to study a specific compound.

“We used a modeling program to study a compound, and then we would give that information to the experimentalists who would then test things like whether it would react or not,” Lynam said. “Our goal was to use it to produce hydrogen and look at hydrogen as a renewable fuel source, as opposed to fossil fuels which produce carbon dioxide.”

Lynam and her group studied the properties of Rhodium (III) complexes which can participate in a catalytic cycle to produce hydrogen. She focused on studying how this could be used as a clean renewable resource and provided information to others to conduct experiments testing the innovative idea.

According to KU, each participant in the summer internship program receives a competitive stipend plus full room and board and a travel allowance, a total value of approximately $8,800.

Lynam applied to eight pro-

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CONTINUED FROM A1 The central part of the island, where Neka grew up, was completely destroyed and the single hospital on the island came to be underwater, forcing its evacuation.

Nearly every home was severely damaged or destroyed near Neka Rolle’s family residence in Grand Bahama. According to the Bahama officials in Harbour, Abaco, at least 60% of homes were wiped away, compelling civilians to turn toward one another, using jet skis, boats and whatever resources available to help rescue people stuck or lost in treacherous debris.

Neka Rolle was able to contact her family from the U.S. in spurts by way of a cell tower that survived hours of massive winds and heavy rain.

“A cell tower from a new phone company in Freeport, Bahamas, called ALIV stayed up during the storm,” Neka Rolle said. “It was a miracle.”

The Category 5 storm surged over the islands for 48 hours, moving at a pace slower than 1 mph according to several Freeport, Bahamas, and New York Times reports.

It ripped apart schools, businesses, homes and infrastructure Neka Rolle and her family will never see again. Memories preserved only in photographs were washed away in the storm. .

As words translated from overwrought minds, to fingers, to a welcoming screen connected what seemed to her like two different worlds, Neka Rolle was able to let her mom know she was not alone.

“I feel like the only thing that I could do on this end right now is be strong and continue to look past what’s going on right now,” Neka Rolle said. “You still gotta deal with life after. I think that’s what’s keeping me going – the fact that there will still be life to live after this.”

The Rolle family has two daughters who call Northwest their second home, attending on govern-

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According to Fox 4 Kansas City, the two men entered the store to buy hunting supplies armed with handguns. Missouri has no laws against open carry of firearms in public, but according to McMillon, this new policy will prevent such incidents from causing pan-

grams the previous year and came up empty, but after applying to just six in 2019, she knew her efforts weren’t all for nothing.

“I remember getting the email; I was up in Fine Arts practicing,” Lynam said. “I called my mom, and I was so excited I ran to Garrett-Strong to tell my adviser.”

A devoutly involved member of music ensembles on campus, Lynam keeps herself busy with her second great passion: making music with her friends every day.

As a non-music major, she is one of the most involved students in ensembles, holding the position of principal trumpet in the Northwest Wind Symphony, section leader of the mellophones in the Bearcat Marching Band and plays for the trumpet section in the studio jazz band.

Lynam, who attends Northwest with a trumpet scholarship, also won the Northwest Concerto Competition last spring, being the first non-music major to do so.

Having every weekday planned out by the hour, Lynam still finds time to squeeze in trumpet lessons with Northwest’s Dennis C. Dau Endowed Professor of Instrumental Music William Richardson.

“Her internship this summer at the University of Kansas is a big deal,” Richardson said. “She’s very organized, a really, really great student, and she’s good at setting priorities for herself and what she thinks is best for her academic and musical career.”

Lynam maintains a 4.0 GPA and is continuing her research during the fall 2019 semester. She strives to earn a PhD studying theoretical chemistry, which is largely math based research in the field.

“Because my research was done all on a computer, my faculty mentor at KU gave me the opportunity to continue my research this se-

POLICE BLOTTERS for the week of Sept. 12 Northwest Missouri State University Police Department Sept. 3

A summons was issued to Garrett Pistole, 20, for harassment at Hudson Hall.

Sept. 5 A summons was issued to Micheal Moore, 20, for weapons possession at Tower Suites.

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Northwest senior Delaney Lynam was one of 95 students nationwide who participated in a chemistry internship this summer at the University of Kansas.

mester,” Lynam said. “The hope is to eventually write a paper over all that I have done, which will help my applications into graduate school.”

Lynam said her advisor Richard Toomey helped her tremendously in the process of applying for internships, recognizing his support as a great push in the right direction.

Toomey had Lynam in his General Chemistry II class and has known her since her freshman year.

He recognized her as a humble individual with a thorough understand-

ing of chemistry and personal independence.

Lynam won the 2019 Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry for Northwest April 6, where she was recognized for outstanding performance by the American Chemical Society.

Toomey said she was deserving of the award and that her hard work ethic manifests not only in the classroom, but as a person.

Lynam is expected to graduate in May 2020 with an American Chemical Society certified Bachelor of Science in chemistry.

A summons was issued to Domonique Jackson, 19, and Amiyah Williams, 19, for third degree assault at the J. W. Jones Student Union.

Sept. 6 A summons was issued to Ryan David, 18, for driving while intoxicated at Lot 20.

There was a closed investigation for a liquor law violation at Lot 38.

There was a closed investigation for a liquor law violation at Lot 26.

There was a closed investigation for two liquor law violations at Lot 10.

Sept. 7 There was a closed investigation for seven liquor law violations at Tower Suites.

Hurricane Dorian Statistics

Sept. 10 There is an open investigation for stealing in the Administration building.

Dorian is the 5th Hurricane to reach category 5 over the past 4 hurricane seasons

A cruise ship brought nearly 1,500 survivors to a port in Florida Sept. 8

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ment and University-funded scholarships. Neka Rolle came with her sister Shonte Rolle as freshmen in fall 2017, but due to financial setbacks, Shonte no longer attends.

Neka Rolle applied for a position in the Registrar’s Office in 2017, earning her first campus job as a freshman and taking on another job with Student Affairs in 2018.

Managing two jobs on top of classes, she also serves as the government affairs vice chair and on-campus representative of the Student Senate.

Neka Rolle is nearing her senior year as a Bearcat and said she receives a tremendous amount of support from students and faculty on campus who know her.

“All of these departments and people that have been there – I can’t leave anyone out because there are students who pass me and ask if I am OK,” Neka Rolle said. “It provides a glimpse of peace and encouragement.”

The 1,331 miles that separate Neka Rolle and her mom grow

smaller with every shared word.

Then a dull reality sets in the next morning, as she wakes up in Missouri and not in Grand Bahama.

Seeking ways to help her country, Neka Rolle met with departments and organizations on campus, hoping there was some way the Northwest community could send help to those in need, if only just kind words or small donations.

“I met with the International Involvement Center, Student Affairs, Res Life, the Lighthouse and Navigators,” Neka Rolle said. “I was so happy when they responded and were all so on board.”

The Bahamas took an economic hit from a Category 4 hurricane, Matthew, in 2016, but the damage incurred from Dorian’s Category 5 strength put people in a situation Prime Minister of the Bahamas Hubert Minnis said requires extensive international attention.

“We are in the midst of one of the greatest national crises in our country’s history,” Minnis said in an announcement Sept. 3. “No

amount of effort or resources will be held back.”

As teams on Abaco and Grand Bahama wade through waist-high water and artifacts of life as it used to be, families like the Rolles attempt to put together pieces of broken hearts.

“It’s bad,” Neka Rolle said.

“There’s no other way to describe it; there’s no big word you could use. It will still go back to that same three letter word; It’s bad.”

Neka Rolle walked to class looking down at her feet, seeing not the gray concrete or the approaching fork in her path, but her toes in crystal-white sand drawing near to the calm. She doesn’t see an oak tree standing four feet to the left, but light glistening through the thin supple leaves of a young palm waving at her in the breeze as it passes through her veins. A day-dream inspired by colors of the ocean, her love of home remains mightier than the waves that broke it.

ic in stores.

According to the news release, law enforcement officials and those licensed with concealed carry permits can still bring guns into Walmart stores.

Since Walmart’s announcement, Aldi, Kroger, Walgreens, CVS, Meijer and St. Louis grocery chain Schnucks have asked customers not to open carry in their stores.

Freshman Nick Cummings, an emergency and disaster management major and a member of College Republicans, said he doesn’t know anyone upset about the policy because he hasn’t seen many

people open carry in public in his hometown outside of St. Louis or in Maryville.

“Missouri is like the wild west when it comes to gun laws,” Cummings said. “We’re a constitutional carry state, which I’m in favor of, but I don’t think it (the policy) sets that much of a precedent.”

Cummings said while he wouldn’t make the same decision as Walmart if he owned a business, he supports its right to make decisions about its own stores and reputation. He said he hopes that Walmart taking up less of the firearms and ammunition markets will

allow smaller retailers to grow in small towns like Maryville.

Piper said she hopes businesses like Walmart and Aldi making these policies puts pressure on lawmakers.

“If our current lawmakers in Missouri are unwilling to make changes to our gun laws, we are thrilled to see companies listening to Americans on gun safety,” Piper said. “We will continue to apply pressure to our elected representatives to do something about gun violence in our cities and state.”

Walmart’s media relations team did not respond in time for publication.

A summons was issued to Mason L. Silence, 19, of Shenandoah, Iowa, for driving while intoxicated and failure to display tail lights on the 900 block of South Main Street.

Sept. 3 A summons was issued to Derrick J. Garnett, 31, for driving while suspended on the 100 block of North Market Street.

There is an ongoing investigation for burglary on the 400 block of North Saunders Street.

Sept. 6 A summons was issued to Samuel R. Walker, 18, for minor in possession on the 400 block of North Market Street.

Sept. 7 A summons was issued to Keyton K. Pettlon, 19, for minor in possession and disorderly conduct on the 300 block of North Main Street.

A summons was issued to Jadan D. Whitney, 19, of Trenton, Missouri, for driving while intoxicated, minor in possession and an equipment violation on the 300 block of North Market Street.

Firearms were recovered on the 500 block of South Hester Street.

A summons was issued to Joseph M. Ethridge, 19, for minor in possession on the 400 block of North Buchanan Street.

Sept. 8 A summons was issued to Jacobi R. Tunnell, 19, of Mound City, Missouri, for driving while intoxicated, failure to yield and open container of alcohol in a moving vehicle on the 300 block of North Buchanan Street.

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Mental illness doesn’t define identity CORIE HERTZOG Opinion Columnist @Miss_Kitten1067

CHRIS YOUNG | NW MISSOURIAN

OUR VIEW:

Politics more than red, blue With election season around the corner, Americans continue to reinforce their lines in the sand with respect to where they stand politically. As more lines are drawn, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Republican and Democratic Parties continue to stand as giants over their third party contenders. ​Northwest’s community is no different with student political organization numbers reflecting the national parties.

College Democrats has over 30 members with College Republicans close behind at roughly 20.

Meanwhile, one person is the single member of both No Labels and Young Americans for Liberty.

This is due to low student civic engagement, polarization and a lack of cross-club coordination. ​A Washington Post article from 2017 cited a study that recorded where students at the University of California at Los Angeles aligned politically. The study found 20% of UCLA students identified as conservative, 38% liberal and about 42% as middle of the road. ​These numbers, alongside the

member counts for political groups on campus, reveal a severe lack of student civic engagement on campus. If the majority of Northwest students were engaged civically, No Labels and Young Americans for Liberty would be thriving right now — both with more members than College Democrats and College Republicans. ​S tudents should be engaging with the clubs much more. By doing so, they can convey their opinions and share their voices, leading to stronger understandings of the side they align with and the opposing side. ​T his is especially important during election season. Electing a president impacts everyone, so everyone should be voicing their thoughts on the issue to learn from one another. ​Engagement shouldn’t decrease outside of election season, however. Every year important issues arrive, and students should do their best to learn about them and share their opinions on them. ​Take municipal elections and voting issues for an example. They

often have far less engagement than national elections; however, they have far more direct consequences for their communities.

The Use Tax passed in Maryville in April is a direct example of this. ​I n Nodaway County, the Use Tax passed in April 2019, implementing a local sales tax on all online purchases, angering Northwest students. If students had been engaged with the issue, they could’ve turned the vote the other way. ​To help increase this engagement, College Democrats and College Republicans should strive to avoid polarization in their organizations. Polarization and focus on extreme issues leads students to avoid getting involved due to feeling a group is too liberal or too conservative for them. ​Combine students feeling like a group is too extreme for them with the desire to go home and eat carry out and you have a recipe for low engagement. ​T his issue can start to be addressed by having more coordination between both College Democrats and College Republicans

as well as No Labels and Young Americans for Liberty. ​All four organizations should work together to have more opportunities and events to engage with each other. In the past College Democrats and College Republicans have had debates, but this isn’t enough. ​T hey should also host events without the competition aspect of a debate. This would help promote an atmosphere where students feel more comfortable to ask questions and share their ideas without the fear of “losing.” ​I t’s also important to include No Labels and Young Americans for Liberty in these events. This would bring their equally important views to the table while also reining in College Democrats and College Republicans from getting too extreme. ​If the political clubs of Northwest work toward these goals, they’ll hopefully see an increase in numbers across the board, and No Labels or Young Americans for Liberty might have a shot at the race to 250 members.

we began to realize that some battles just aren’t worth fighting for.

Everyone quits at some point in their lives. If we all didn’t quit our first jobs, we would all be managers at fast-food restaurants with insane amounts of tenure.

Sometimes quitting is the best feeling of all time.

Have you ever quit being friends with someone you don’t like very much? It’s an amazing feeling, and you should do it right now.

T ​ he problem is that quitting gets a bad wrap sometimes.

We get peer pressured into believing that whatever we are doing is the best option for us, even though it definitely isn’t. ​Yes, there will always be backlash for quitting, but the person that knows what’s best for you is you.

And only you can decide when to quit something that isn’t in your

best interest. ​T here are a few cases where quitting isn’t a good idea. If you quit impulsively without any second thoughts, you are most likely going to regret it.

Quitting should be a wellthought-out decision based on what is best for you.

With that in mind, all of us go through a phase where we think we know what is good for us, and it totally isn’t. ​T his could be something like smoking, drinking or an extra helping of gravy on Thanksgiving.

We know we should quit before it gets worse, but we continue on anyway.

Quitting is necessary sometimes, and that’s just the way it is.

If there were ever a person on this Earth who did not quit at least one thing, I would feel awful for them.

People also like to rephrase the word “quit” to sound more acceptable. They’ll use terms like “moving on,” “resigning” or “I won’t play for the Raiders if I can’t wear a helmet from 1990,” and it’s just another way of announcing you have, indeed, quit.

People should be able to say they quit something without getting the condescending looks or the classic “oh wow” phrase that is used so often. Instead, we should all agree to accept quitting openly, so we’ll feel more free to open up and do what really makes us happy.

So, go on, quit. Hate your job?

Quit working there.

Don’t like to play sports anymore? Quit playing them altogether.

Losing at a board game? Flip the board and quit.

Because it’s okay to quit sometimes, as long as it’s right for you.

Quitting is necessary for happiness

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​Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the phrase “winners never quit” are the biggest lies we as people were ever be forced to believe. It’s been pushed into our brains our entire lives as a way to motivate us to finish through on what we started. ​There’s not a problem with that at a young age — mostly because when we are young, we don’t really have anything so tough that it makes sense to quit.

I mean, was pee-wee soccer really that much of an inconvenience to your 5-year-old lifestyle that you needed to hang up the cleats? Don’t think so.

Hopefully, as we all got older,

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​Many people turn their mental disorders into their biggest personality trait. It’s in their social media bios, and it’s what they constantly talk about. Everything relates back to their depression, their anxiety.

M ​ ental health is not an aesthetic. ​Depression and anxiety aren’t some trends to be used for likes, hearts and upvotes. They are messy and scary.

They are laying in bed all day because the thought of removing the safety of the covers sends chills down spines and makes it difficult to breathe. They are sitting in the dark, alone, thinking that everyone hates you.

H ​ aving depression doesn’t make anyone special. ​A ccording to the National Institute for Mental Health, in 2017 an estimated 11 million U.S. adults had at least one major depressive episode. ​In data collected by the World Health Organization, in 2018 more than 300 million people of all ages suffer from depression around the world. ​In a 2017 study conducted by National Comorbidity Study, an estimated 19.1% of U.S. adults had any anxiety disorder in the past year. ​But, what would I know? I’m happy.

I am an upbeat girl with a sunshiny personality, and there is no way I have depression or anxiety.

I don’t have any right to comment about mental health. ​Wrong. I do have depression. I do have anxiety.

I remember sitting in the tub, red Solo cup in my hand. In the other hand, I clenched the three pages of goodbyes I wrote and reworked five times.

The overly floral scent of toilet bowl cleaner stung my nose. It’s the smell I remember most about Jan. 4. ​I remember coughing up bits of what I assume to be lung tissue and blood. It isn’t something to be photographed and posted online with a black and white filter or to brag about at parties. ​“Frantically cleaning up blood stains off Mom’s new rug” isn’t something to make an Instagram caption out of. ​To treat mental illness like a hashtag to spruce up a Twitter account is insulting. To act like it’s the only personality people have is demeaning. To self diagnose without consulting a doctor is offensive. ​I busted my rear end to battle my depression. It consumed me so wholly I let it destroy a part of my soul.

My anxiety still tries to tell me how stupid I sound as I mentally practice saying something as simple as my name for rollcall. My depression still wraps around me like a well-worn sweater if I’m not actively trying to fight it.

I​ ’m not saying I’m cured by any means. I am saying I refuse to let it define me.

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HOROSCOPE

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 You are naturally trusting of others, Libra. But keep a small amount of skepticism going so that no one takes advantage of you. Once you vet friends, keep them close.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Conversations with friends the next few days prove to be a great mood-lifter, Taurus.

Things in your life will continue in a positive direction for some time afterwards.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Spending too much time worrying about what others are doing or what they think of you is not productive, Scorpio. Focus on what makes you happy and don’t worry about others.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, even though work life and home life are separate, there are some instances when they might overlap. Use this time wisely to build deep relationships.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 You have a trustworthy circle of friends, Cancer. If the going gets a little tricky this week, call upon the people who just can’t wait to support you.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, do not feel like you have to change much about yourself to fit the mold others have created. It is okay to be unique and be proud of your differences.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, things that may have confounded you in the past will be much clearer this week. Someone comes into your life and will explain what you need to know.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Let supervisors know just how much you have been contributing at work and how it has been beneficial to their bottom line. This can be the doorway to a pay increase, Leo.

DIVERSIONS

You may have taken on too much, Sagittarius, and now you think you can’t get it all accomplished. It may take a few long nights, but your initial goal is still attainable.

It is okay to seek perfection, Capricorn, but not when others are helping out. Be grateful of all they have to offer, even if you may need to fix something along the way.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you must follow through when you say you are going to do something this week. If not, others may associate you with empty promises, and that reputation is not easily remedied.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 This is a good weekend for kicking back and relaxing, Pisces. If you feel like hosting, open your home to some guests for even more fun.

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Local nostalgia

Melody Blair stands in her antique shop, Minnie Lane, located in the main square of Maryville on East Third Street. Blair named her store after her grandma.

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er passion for antiques and the stories behind each started in the form of a binder filled with countless pages of magazine clippings, centerfolds and display ideas.

This dream eventually became reality through connections and family necessity. Melody Blair, 58, has owned her antique store Minnie Lane for more than four years.

The local business sits in the main square on East Third Street and is aptly named after her grandmother.

Originally, Minnie Lane wasn’t going to be a brick-and-mortar business. Blair toyed with the idea of an online store, but due to certain circumstances within her family, she ended up opening a business again.

Her boss even allowed her to rent out the space next to his. Eventually when he moved his sign business to another location, he gave her the rest of the space to expand upon.

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She’s really nice and sweet and occasionally offers free coffee.”

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Filled to the brim with various odds and ends from voodoo dolls to Bearcat-green decanters to vintage hats, the store has hosted many items on its wooden shelves.

Blair’s daughter Dina Green

helps around the store every once in a while and knows just how often items pass through the store.

“None of us need more stuff, but we all need more joy and inspiration,” Green said. “And if there is something that you see, anywhere, but if you see it here in this store and it brings you joy and reminds you of grandma or Aunt Tilly, then buy it and put it where you can see it.”

Within all the nooks and crannies that hold an abundance of objects, Blair has formed what she considers a safe haven for everybody, even proudly displaying a “diversity triangle” outside her shop on the glass door.

From joking with her vendors to changing the layout of the store to accommodate her customer’s walker, Blair tries to understand her customers on a personal level and be that person who is willing to listen to their problems and their stories.

Northwest junior Melvin Gray III has been coming to Minnie Lane since last year. He said he feels welcome at Minnie Lane every time he comes.

“I feel like there’s lots to show people,” Gray said. “She’s really nice and sweet and occasionally offers free coffee. It’s just like really nice to stop by here even if you’re not buying anything. It’s nice to look around, catch up, see how everyone’s doing. ” Blair recounted her first meeting with Gray. She said when he first approached the store, he was really shy and asked if he could enter.

After letting him know it was fine, he then asked if it was OK to keep his backpack on.

Gray is now a regular and comes about once every week on his gray bike, which is his main form of transportation.

Even though he already had what he was going to buy — a dark green decanter, a pair of sterling silver earrings for when he gets his ears pierced and a floral patterned contain-

er — Gray took over 30 minutes in the store conversing with Blair.

Green said her mother’s signature long braid and her thin round glasses resonate kindness and add to the “priceless quality of likability” that people instantly feel once they walk through the door.

“I still struggle with singling out one out of a lifetime of continual kindness,” Green said. “In the same way that she helped each one of her children to feel special and loved, she also then makes the individuals who come into her shop feel special.”

Along with Blair’s sweet personality, Gray comes for the unique items. Often times, he even tries to bring some of his friends along since they never know what they might find, like an antique Boy Scouts book hidden in the shelves.

“Some of it’s for decorating; some stuff like the decanter set has actual functional purposes,” Gray said.

“I bet you can’t guess what,” Blair said jokingly, getting a small chuckle from Gray.

“Then other things you buy here is more so just conversation pieces,” Gray said, finishing his thought.

Beyond taking care of the shop, Blair and her husband are kept busy with their seven children and multiple sets of grandchildren.

All but one daughter has moved away from Maryville, Missouri, but Blair has still found herself centrally located between her children as her sons and daughters moved to states like Maryland and Washington.

Back in 1991, before her and her husband moved from Pennsylvania, Blair chose Maryville carefully since she wanted to live between her and her husband’s hometowns.

They looked into three cities – Maryville; Marshall Town, Iowa; and Poplar Bluffs, Missouri – and asked for phone books so they could call random numbers to get a genuine feeling for their potential home.

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Displayed on Minnie Lane’s front door is a “diversity triangle” put up by Blair in hopes that everyone who comes to her store will feel welcomed and safe.

“Unbeknownst to me, I can actually trace my family back here five generations, and I picked it off a map,” Blaire said. “So I think I’m meant to be here. It causes me goose bumps still after all these years.”

Throughout the years in Maryville, Green has created many memories with her mom and the regular customers.

There is one specific memory Green had of a woman who came into the store, not looking to buy anything but to see if anybody would love her old items as much

Minnie Lane is home to many vintage objects including doilies (pictured above), kitchenware, film cameras, jewelry, books and furniture.

she loved them.

She was no longer able to live by herself so for most of her belongings, her children had already begun planning to pack and auction off her stuff.

“What she came in for was just to see, ‘Do people still care about old stuff?’” Green said. “‘Do people really love it? Will someone buy my stuff that will love it as much as me?’ And I think that is something (Blair) has facilitated is finding someone to love your old stuff as much as you did.”

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Community members relax in lawn chairs while enjoying Christian music of all types at the Breaking Chains Music Festival. To appeal to a wide variety of music fans, it featured rap, country, contemporary and metal worship music.

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Music and prayer drifted from the Pavillion just before sunset Sept. 6, signaling the beginning of the 4th annual Breaking Chains Music Festival.

The two-day Christian music festival invited friends and families from across the community to enjoy 16 acts of musicians and join together in worship.

Breaking Chains Event Coordinator John McBride hoped to use the music to reach out to any and all, especially those in a rough place in their faith or in their life.

“What we hope to do, through the music and the speakers, is to kind of reach people where they’re at and maybe resonate with them ... and maybe help them in their walk,” McBride said. “For me and for a lot of people, music is something that bridges the gap; no matter who you are or where you’re at in

life, music resonates with people.”

In an effort to reach college students in addition to the community, this was the first time Breaking Chains hosted the event while school was in session.

“The last couple years, we’ve almost tried to schedule ourselves out of reaching people, in a sense.

It sounds crazy, but it’s like, ‘Well, this is going on, this is going on; we’ll just wait to do it while school isn’t in session,’” McBride said.

“And we really felt led, this year, to try and find a way to do it while college is actually in session.”

While only a few students could be spotted in the crowd, the family-friendly event drew people of all ages. Young children livened the entire atmosphere, playing in the grass, helping hand out programs and participating in various activities run by emcee Whitnee Ice in between performances, such as sharing with the crowd why they

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Your Bearcat wants juiced-up athletes I like to think I’m a simple man.

Slave away during the week in classes and sleep three hours a night in between those. But when it comes to the weekend, sports are like a crack pipe for me; I just can’t get enough.

But what really irks me is when games just aren’t interesting enough to watch. I mean c’mon, if another football game comes down to another chip-in field goal that wins the game 10-7, I’m gonna lose it.

I think it’s time that athletes are forced to give the best performance that scientists can engineer. I don’t mean like robotic legs and stuff; I mean steroids.

Think about it, who doesn’t want to see LeBron James literally fly from the 3-point line, do a frontflip, and shatter the backboard like it’s peanut brittle on Christmas?

Now that is something I can look forward to on the weekends.

Just a quick shot in the lock-

er room before warm-ups, and we will have record-breaking games on a weekly basis.

This doesn’t have to be limited to your big name sports like football and basketball. Imagine watching golfers drive a golf ball 600 yards or volleyball players having to wear helmets because spiking the ball could lead to death.

Every sport you like to watch would be so intense that you wouldn’t want to miss a single second of it.

And yes, there would be a lot of health issues with it. But if no one cares about football players getting chronic brain injuries for over a century, why suddenly care about their health now when it gets interesting?

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loved Jesus.

The crowd sat perched on blankets and lawn chairs as Christian music of all types — rap, country, contemporary and metal — poured from the covered stage the evening of Sept. 6 and through the whole day Sept. 7.

The festival featured speakers and performers, both solo and group acts, that not only played music but also desired to connect with the crowd.

“I think it’s a great tool to reach people,” McBride said. “If you can provide an environment where something can really resonate with them from a musical standpoint, maybe they follow up with the artist afterwards ... we try to make it a little more intimate of an environment, that way. We try and bring artists in that want to do as much work offstage as they’re doing on stage.”

Bands included local acts such

as Crimson Ruttenberg and Jonah Seeley as well as bigger names like Adelaide, Lydia Laird and War of Ages.

To demonstrate the meaning behind the music, many performers shared small sentiments and personal stories of experiencing God’s grace in their lives.

Co-lead singer of G2G, or Glory to God, Megan Masilko thought their purpose for performing was quite simple.

“We just want to go up there and worship Jesus, and that’s what makes it so much better. We’re just up there having fun, praising Jesus,” Masilko said. “Our purpose here on earth is to worship Jesus, and so it’s just a little practice for when we get to Heaven.”

The festival’s third act, Jayme Green, invited the crowd to join in as he sang a cover of Chris Tomlin’s “Our God.” With a little motivation, he got the whole crowd

on their feet.

“If you’re lifting your voice up to the Lord, he hears it,” Green said.

It was just one demonstration of the connection with music, with God and with others that the festival aimed to facilitate.

McBride experienced a dramatic conversion at age 33 during a News Boys performance in Omaha, Nebraska. He hoped just one other person would experience something similar this weekend.

“If there’s a need, and generally it seems like every year you run across somebody who’s in that place, at that point in life, that something like this speaks into their life. And it’s been that way every year,” McBride said. “You could have 10,000 people here or you could have 10 people here ... but honestly, if one life is affected in a positive way, it makes every minute, every hour, everything we do to prepare for this, worth it.

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Northwest boasts over 200 student organizations, according to the University website. These organizations include anything from academic organizations to Greek Life on campus. Greek Life rush weeks are major events for the beginning of fall and spring semesters, but they are not the only ones who are looking for new recruits each semester.

Comedy Inc. Comedy Inc. is a mix of all comedy forms from stand up to improv to sketch comedy.

“If you think like ‘SNL’ plus ‘Whose Line is it Anyway,’ those are two popular TV shows, (Comedy Inc.) is a combination of that,” President Krysta Ott said.

Comedy Inc. hopes to help educate people on performing comedy and improv through lessons and skits at their weekly meetings.

Ott encouraged people to come and watch even if they do not want to perform because the goal of the club is to make people laugh.

“If you are having a really bad day, it’s like the best place to be because laughter is the best medicine,” Ott said.

Comedy Inc. meets at 5 p.m.

Wednesdays in the Ron Houston Center. Ott is hoping to further increase the group’s outreach outside of the theater department. Comedy Inc. averages about 20-30 attendees at each week’s meeting, most of those coming from within the theater department.

Comedy Inc. hosts a few large events throughout the year including a large improv show and a lip sync battle in the spring.

SISTAH Spiritually Involved Sisters Together Achieving Harmony or SISTAH is an organization for women of minorities on Northwest’s campus.

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“Our goal is to basically have a safe haven for everyone to voice their opinions and also make sisterhood friends for the years to come,” the group’s secretary, Lara Watson, said.

Watson, a transfer student from the University of Oregon, said that SISTAH gave her a safe place where she felt comfortable voicing her opinion without judgment at Northwest.

SISTAH meetings normally revolve around one specific topic, with a slide presentation from one of the members. The floor is open to anyone that has anything to say on the topic. Watson said that SISTAH only has one simple requirement for showing up to meetings.

“Bring yourself, bring a friend, just come sit down and be willing to interact with us,” Watson said.

SISTAH is mostly comprised of African American women on campus with some other minorities and a few international students sprinkled in.

Watson wants to put an emphasis on getting more international students involved in the organization because she feels they are often overlooked during organization recruitment.

Watson has seen the group membership increase drastically from last year to this year and hopes this trend continues.

Sigma Society Sigma Society is a female service organization that is exclusive to Northwest and will be celebrating 50 years on the campus of Northwest this spring. Co-Recruitment Officer Alexis Riggs said Sigma Society is about getting female students serving and involved.

“We just want to get involved in our community and better our community any way that we can,” Riggs said.

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Tennis team reaps benefits of new facilities

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With the addition of two new courts, the dedication of the Mark Rosewell Tennis Center and all tennis facilities being resurfaced, the Northwest tennis team is seeing huge impact with both a rise in interested athletes and a growing fanbase.

As the 2018-19 season came to a close, plans to further develop the tennis facilities at Northwest were a major priority, not only for the future of the tennis team, but also for the improvement of campus life overall. After the No. 24-ranked women’s team finished their 2019 campaign with a loss in the quarterfinals against No. 6 University of Indianapolis, the amount of attention brought to the Northwest team was notable.

“As a team, we’re competitive,” sophomore Fabien Calloud said. “I think that brings a lot of recruits.

We’ve got a good group this season, the past few years actually, and I think that brings a lot of attention. People that want to play tennis

at a high level can compete here at Northwest and that’s good for us.”

Just as success is starting to come from both the men’s and women’s teams, much of Northwest’s tennis facilities were renovated to accommodate the growing program and an increase in interest for the sport.

While two additional courts, an athlete shed and resurfaced facilities were all added before the 201920 season, better lighting and spectator seating are still in the works to improve the setting.

These plans to further improve the tennis facilities have not only brought attention from the outside community and possible future athletes, but the athletes themselves feel as though these improvements show just how invested and supportive of the University is in one of its up-and-coming programs.

“I think, not only have they brought attention to tennis, but they’ve brought it to most all the sports,” Rosewell said. “I’m really happy. And really, we’re moving in the right direction with this university. Not only in athletics but in oth-

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Northwest Athletics and the University dedicated the Mark Rosewell Tennis Center April 5.

er areas too.”

Although tennis is a small but growing sport, certain areas of support like what have been seen here at Northwest help to grow the backing and interest in the sport. Knowing this, when the University brings in donations for the program it not only draws attention to the sport but it also allows future athletes, spectators and the student body to see how updated the facilities are compared to years past.

For many of the students at Northwest, the facilities on campus are next to none. The new additions for the tennis team are just the start of improving all aspects of campus,

not only for student-athletes, but for the entire student body.

“We get lights and people like to recreate. I’m talking about people in the community; they’ll come out and play tennis,” Rosewell said.

“We have a lot of students that come out, not only intramurals but those that just like to play the game.

We’re even talking about some advanced seating down the line.”

While further improvements and new additions are being discussed down the line, the current renovations help to show how the University backs its student-athletes in all sports.

With many colleges, their top

tier sports like football and basketball are the ones taking in all donations and facilities but Northwest has shown that it plans to support and continue to further the facilities across all areas.

“It’s very nice to have Northwest back us up in athletics and the school and everything,” Calloud said. “They’re invested in sports, especially in our sport, tennis. One of the sports that we’ve seen in other universities that have got cut because of that. We’re happy to have investments and the support of Northwest continue in the tennis program.”

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Sophomore defensive back Trey Washington sacks Missouri Western quarterback Wyatt Steigerwald for a loss in the fourth quarter of Northwest’s 45-35 win over the Griffons Sept. 5.

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CONTINUED FROM A12 The performance earned Braden Wright his first MIAA Player of the Week award.

Braden Wright said he’s looking forward to once again facing the team that helped him put the conference on notice. But the reigning MIAA Freshman of the Year is focused on the here and now.

“Last year’s performance isn’t going to win us a football game this year,” Wright said. “We’ve got to go out and write kind of a new chapter against Washburn. A lot of things are different. I’ve got a different role in the offense this

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A perfect score in a meet is 15.

Northwest’s runners claimed the top four spots on the men’s side, propelling the ‘Cats to a first-place finish with a score of 16. That finish was good enough for Northwest to be well ahead of the second-place team, Missouri Western, which finished with 47 points.

Spearheading the meet for Northwest was none other than Achengli, who finished with a time of 22:15.74. Just six seconds after Achengli’s finish, the newcomer Lisoreng crossed the finish line to claim second place.

Juniors Jhordan Ccope and Mike Lagat rounded out the top four finish for the Bearcats.

Lisoreng said that the runners put in anywhere from 80-100 miles a week during the offseason and attributed their strong-showing to the

year being more of a leader. So I just have to be ready, and I’ve got to play better than I did last week, that’s for sure.”

The sophomore seems focused on preparing to do so. Ahead of Northwest Athletics’ weekly Pizza Ranch media luncheon, as athletes and coaches representing Northwest’s fall sports talked amongst themselves and ate selections from Pizza Ranch’s buffet, Braden Wright sat alone at a center table, waiting on his coach’s arrival, watching film on his phone.

When it was his turn to address the media, Braden Wright raved about the talents of his teammates, including senior transfer running back Justin Rankin, who rushed

for 130 yards on 20 carries in his Northwest debut against Western and who Braden Wright called “the ultimate bailout.” Braden Wright noted the depth of his team and said Northwest needed to be better prepared this week. He never mentioned himself, except to call himself out.

“The defense almost single-handedly got us a lead right there to start the game (against Western),” Braden Wright said. “It kind of went away because (the offense) couldn’t get anything going.

But that was great to see everyone fight back like that.”

The Bearcats will have a chance to iron out their Week 1 inconsistencies when they play host to

Washburn Sept. 14. Northwest will benefit from the return of a few injured defensive starters. Senior defensive back Chama Pierre, who Rich Wright said was thought to have torn his ACL in St. Joseph, didn’t. He’s expected to play against Washburn.

Additionally, junior defensive back J’Ravien Anderson, who was held out for much of the second half against Western, will play, Rich Wright said. Senior safety Jacob Gassman’s status is questionable for the contest with a hamstring injury.

Even without Pierre, Anderson and Gassman for much of the fourth quarter at Spratt Stadium, the Bearcats buckled down. The

team as a whole.

“That shows that we work so good as a team,” Lisoreng said.

“During the summertime, we worked to make sure during the cross country time we were in a good position.”

On the women’s side, Northwest comes into the season predicted to finish eighth in the MIAA by the preseason media polls. The Bearcats head into this year without much to show for last season and look to change that in the season at hand.

The women saw five athletes graduate from the program in April, leaving only one upperclassman on the roster for the fall season. A notable from that group includes stand-out Maria Mostek, who was the Bearcats’ top-finisher (50th) at the MIAA Championships last year.

Gibson didn’t add any transfers on the women’s side, but hopes to rely on an experienced returning

group alongside three incoming freshmen from the 2019 recruiting class.

Leading the charge for the women at the Bearcat open was sophomore Keely Danielson, who finished sixth overall and first amongst Northwest’s runners with a 5K time of 20:07.42. Sophomore Caroline Ross finished nine seconds after Danielson, good for a seventh-place finish overall.

The women finished third overall as a team, sitting right in the middle of the five teams that placed.

Although not as good as the start of the season could have been, Gibson noticed the effort that the women have been putting in and knows that they have much to look forward to for the season.

“They’ve been training hard and not really backing off,” Gibson said. “The course isn’t easy and it just didn’t suit some of them well.

Some of them just didn’t have good

days and really felt the fatigues. We lifted the night before the race, so we definitely weren’t fresh at all for it, so I think that definitely played a factor. … I know once we get onto a little bit easier of a course that they’re going to run much faster.”

This leaves both teams with two weeks before another opportunity to improve their times at the Missouri Southern Stampede Sept. 21.

Something that Gibson looks forward to seeing is how the team parallels in comparison to other athletes when they run against athletes in their own traditionally very competitive conference — the MIAA. “Just looking at the results from some of the meets, there are some really good teams that brought in some (athletes) that, it’s going to make it challenging and be a fun year to see how we stack up with all of these new (runners) coming in,” Gibson said.

offense settled and engineered a 4-point comeback and the defense allowed -15 yards after Western took a 35-31 lead with 12:38 left in the game. Still, the Bearcats expect to be better.

Northwest expects to see the biggest uptick in improvement all season between Weeks 1 and 2, Rich Wright said. He said the gains Northwest is able to make this week will indicate where the team’s ceiling might lie as the season progresses. He expects improvement and consistency in a physical conference matchup. Perhaps above all, Rich Wright expects Northwest to be just fine.

“It’s typical MIAA (football),” Rich Wright said. “Here we go.”

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CONTINUED FROM A12 “We can always strengthen relationships to better our passing.

We’re looking to add some layers offensively as well,” Woerth said.

Northwest players aren’t taking this 4-0 start lightly and believe this doesn’t change their mindsets or game plans.

“I think we are still focusing on what we can do to get better,” Sidney said. “We’re staying focused on the next game and the next practice.”

As a result of posting a perfect record to start the season, the Bearcats find themselves entering the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 at No. 18. This is the 10th time the Bearcats have been ranked in the AVCA Top 25.

Junior setter Maddy Ahrens was named MIAA Specialist of the Week.

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‘Cats winless to start season JD WESSEL Sports Reporter | @jdwessel123

The Northwest soccer team is winless after the first two games of its season. In result of the tightly-contested matches to start the year in southwest Missouri, the Bearcats came away with a loss and a draw.

The ‘Cats started off the season with an out-of-conference matchup against the Drury Panthers Sept. 6.

Although both teams started slow to begin the game with few shots on goal, Northwest’s junior midfielder Manuela Gonzalez scored in the 25th minute of the contest.

Coach Marc Gordon said his team looked good in the first half of the game but noticed the fatigue setting in midway through the game. In the 38th minute, sophomore forward Chloe Cash scored the first goal of the year for Drury. Roughly 15 minutes later, the Panthers scored another goal and took a 2-1 lead.

In the second half, the Bearcats were able to record a rather minimalized three shots on goal but managed to score in the 78th minute with a goal from freshman midfielder Kaitlyn Case. The goal was enough for Northwest to not only even the match, but also keep the game tied, which is how the contest stayed for the remainder of the game.

“We have a winning mentality, and we are all bought into the system this season. We started strong and then struggled throughout the match, but we stuck with the game plan and finished strong,” Case said.

In the second game of the weekend, Sept. 9, the Bearcats took on Southwest Baptist. Much like the Northwest ‘Cats, the Bearcats of Southwest Baptist were also a team that struggled a season ago finishing with a 2-15-2 record. Along with Northwest, Southwest Baptist also brings in some freshman attackers who could be making an impact this season.

Southwest Baptist’s freshman midfielder Lexi Lanzafame scored goals in the fourth minute and in the 19th minute to put the Northwest’s MIAA rival up 2-0 early in the match. Junior fielder Raegan Edwards also scored a goal in the first period for Southwest Baptist in the 36th minute to take a commanding 3-0 lead over the Northwest.

Northwest continued to struggle to get shots and apply pressure to Southwest Baptist. Throughout the entirety of the first period, Southwest Baptist’s goalie Ashley Gibbs was locking down the Bearcats scoring opportunities Northwest was again outmatched with shots in this match, only putting up 14 to Southwest Baptist’s 21.

“I have seen some instant improvements with the team including being better at attacking, the chemistry and the overall will to win,” Gordon said. “The team this year feels a lot different; everyone wants to become better.”

Gordon said throughout the game he made sure to keep his team motivated and determined. Along with Case, sophomore defender Tanith Beal would end up giving the Bearcats a spark to get Northwest on the board as the result of an assist from Beal. Four minutes later, Beal scored a goal of her own, notching her first one of the new season.

Despite Northwest battling coming back to within a lone goal, fatigue played a factor in the second half. That led to Southwest Baptist scoring two more goals, one in the 49th minute and the other in the 64th minute. With hands on their knees, an exhausted team of Bearcats didn’t have an answer to Southwest Baptist’s last two goals, leaving Northwest with a loss of 5-2.

“We know this rebuild will take more than an offseason and a couple of regular season games,” Gordon said. “We are going to improve from week to week until this thing is right.”

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Junior forward Adrie Gunn kicks the ball in Northwest soccer’s 3-1 win over Northern Iowa in an exhibition match Aug. 24.

‘Hounds use rebuild to lay foundation MADDISYN GERHARDT Sports Reporter | @maddigerhardt

As the 2019 season is in the early stages for the Maryville boys soccer team, the past few seasons, coupled with the start the Spoofhounds have had, has set the stage for this year’s expectations.

After graduating many of their previous starting players in May and suffering multiple injuries to start the season, the Spoofhounds look to underclassmen and inexperienced players to help them turn this rebuilding year into the foundation for seasons to come.

“I think it started off as one of those years that we could probably rebuild on,” coach Dale Reuter said. “Right

now, we have a lot of things out of our control. We’re just going to have to rebuild, and we’re just going to have to focus every day on getting better.”

The ‘Hounds have compiled a 3-3 record through six games thus far this season. And with stand-out players like senior Jaden Hayes, sophomore Tegan Haer and freshman Quinn Pettlon leading the charge for the ‘Hounds, some light has been shed on possible building blocks for the program.

Many of the underclassmen have not personally experienced the constant years of successful district and sub-state runs, but are now the ones being asked to buy-in to the program to return it to its high distinction.

“This year, I feel like we have a lot more teamwork,” sophomore

midfielder Jacob Ferris said. “I feel like we’re able to talk a lot better, and we can explain to each other what needs to be worked on.”

Only six games into the season, the ‘Hounds have already had players like Jaden Hayes breaking school and state records and Pettlon in the backfield holding the line. With 14 out of the 22 players on roster being underclassmen, a few of which are starters, many are looking to the future and how these underclassmen will build the program after taking leadership positions.

Though many are questioning the future leaders of the team and the results of the program separately, Reuter is moreover concerned with how the players will impact the program and continue to come back and build

a stronger group year after year.

“My worry about them is, ‘How do I get these guys to get up every morning and buy into the program and stay fighting and stay positive?’”

Reuter said. “I’m not worried about now. They’re going to grow. If they do that, then they’re going to grow. If they do that, those players are going to step up and be the leaders.”

As specific formations and starting lineups are slowly being set in stone, the focus then switches to future matchups this season. Despite future tournaments against traditionally successful teams like Excelsior Springs and Kearney, Reuter’s focus for the team is on bettering themselves.

“We got to keep it simple,” Reuter said. “I’m not really worried

about the opponent; I’m worried about us. Right now, everything else is on the back burner. I’m not saying it doesn’t matter, but it’s not in my immediate future of what we’re going to think about.”

Comparing this year’s lineup and possible success to years past highlights just how vast the differences are between the personnel, work ethic and push for success. The key to success for the ‘Hounds this year is to keep battling, along with using this season to lay a foundation of teamwork for years to come.

“From the last year, some of the players that were here, we thought it was easy,” Ferris said. “All of the games we won quite easily. This year it’s a lot more difficult. We just need people to step up on the team.”

Maryville volleyball starts conference play unblemished JON WALKER Sports Editor | @ByJonWalker

The Maryville volleyball team found a way to stay perfect at home after a five-set scare from Southwest Valley (Iowa) Sept. 10.

In the final match of the first full week of the season, coach Miranda Foster’s Spoofhounds hoisted an unblemished 3-0 record heading into the matchup against the Timberwolves, who were also perfect before facing the ‘Hounds.

With Southwest Valley making the hour drive south from Corning, Iowa, the two teams participated in an interstate contest — something that doesn’t happen all that often in high school.

“There’s a little less pressure with the record standpoint,” Foster said to Tucker Franklin of the Maryville Forum. “Obviously, every win counts, but just to know that team isn’t in your conference or in your district is just a fun time to go out and play some other people.”

The first set consisted of the ‘Hounds jumping out to a quick 8-4 lead before the ‘Wolves took a timeout in an attempt to slow down Maryville’s scoring attack. Seemingly ineffective, the Spoofhounds

went on to win the first set, 25-14.

Junior setter Macy Loe said that having significantly more seniors compared to last year has attributed to the ‘Hounds’ success to this point in the season.

“We have a lot more leadership and confidence with having older girls on the court,” Loe said. “We’re excited to see how this factor can contribute to our season.”

Throughout the rest of the contest, the ‘Hounds and ‘Wolves traded sets back and forth, until it came time to decide who would walk away win the win in the fifth and final set of the evening.

Much like the first set, Maryville was able to jump to an early lead on Southwest Valley. An 11-9 Maryville lead was enough to force the Timberwolves into calling another timeout to stop the momentum in the ‘Hound Pound.

The Spoofhounds eventually held on to secure the win by inching past the ‘Wolves with a 15-11 victory in the deciding set.

Although the contest shed light on some things that the ‘Hounds could work on, senior outside hitter Brooke Katen has found one of the strong suits of the program in her first year being a part of it.

“We have really strong team chemistry, and I feel like that helps

us a lot on the court,” Katen said.

“We always have a good time when we are together, whether we are in practice, in a game or at our team bonding activities. … I also feel like we all have a really good relationship with Coach Foster because she is tough on us and has expectations for us but we also have a lot of fun with her, so it is a good balance.”

The win against the Timberwolves brings the ‘Hounds to a perfect 4-0 start on the season. This year’s team has recorded the best start since 2016 when the program kicked off the season winning seven consecutive contests.

In addition to chasing the benchmark set at the start of the 2016 season, Maryville will make the 45-minute trek south to open MEC play against Bishop LeBlond. That matchup against the Eagles puts the ‘Hounds on notice for what they have to do to outlast the rest of the conference.

“In the game of volleyball, the team that makes the least amount of errors will win,” Loe said.

“Coach Foster has been telling us this from day one, and has weaved it into our practices, ‘As long as we limit our errors and keep our strengths consistent ... we will come out on top.’”

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Spoofhound junior and middle Serena Sundell tips a ball to the opponent’s side of the net on Sept. 10 against the Southwest Valley Timberwolves.

Maryville volleyball beat Southwest Valley in five sets, winning the fifth set 15-11.

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I feel like the whole offense has more confidence heading into this next game because we finally started to get things rolling.”

-BEN WALKER QUARTERBACK

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Junior quarterback Ben Walker (2) threw for 216 yards and a touchdown on 11-of-18 passing in Maryville’s 56-20 win over Harrisonville Sept. 6.

Spoofhounds set for start of conference play JON WALKER Sports Editor | @ByJonWalker

A heartbreaking loss against Blair Oaks, a rout of Harrisonville and an upcoming Week 3 matchup against Chillicothe leaves Maryville football in a nearly identical situation to where it was a season ago.

The Spoofhounds (1-1) will be a week removed from a 56-20 blowout of Class 4 powerhouse Harrisonville (0-2) by the time they take the field again. This week the ‘Hounds will open up Midland Empire Conference play against long-time rival Chillicothe (2-0) Sept. 13.

The win Sept. 6 not only added the first win of the 2019 campaign for the Spoofhounds, but kept a now 14-year streak alive — 14 consecutive seasons without starting the year with two losses. “(The win) feels great,”

Maryville’s coach Matt Webb said.

“I think we responded really good, and it’s a credit to the kids for a great week of practice, came focused with effort. That was something that we really talked about this week, is you can have great effort, but if you’re not focused, you make mistakes. I think we had at least fewer mistakes tonight, so obviously I was happy with that. We feel really good about getting a win.”

Something immensely different from Week 1 was the success the ‘Hounds had in the running game, as well as their passing game. A traditionally run-based offense compiled over 200 yards through the air via the right arm of junior quarterback Ben Walker.

This dual-threat approach sets the ‘Hounds’ gunslinger with another opportunity for a stat-filled Friday against the Hornets, who serve as an ideal candidate for Maryville’s passing game — a Chillicothe team that gave up 204

yards passing to an 0-2 Kirksville.

“I feel like the whole offense has more confidence heading into this next game because we finally started to get things rolling,” Walker said. “We are all pretty excited for this upcoming game.”

Chillicothe comes into the matchup with the Spoofhounds hoisting an unblemished record throughout the first two weeks of the season, a day-and-night difference from last year when the Hornets started the season off with three straight losses before picking up their first win. Included in those losses a season ago was a 47-0 shutout courtesy of Maryville in Week 3.

One of the things the Hornets bring into this week’s contest is a complicated offense partnered with the athletes that are equipped to run it.

The flex-wing offense, led by senior quarterback Jaden Winder, that the Hornets will present to the

Spoofhounds’ defense was good for over 600 yards rushing in the first two weeks of the season.

“We’re a team where, historically, we want to run the ball on offense and stop the run on defense,” Webb said. “That’s what wins games late in the season; that’s what has led to success. So, the kids know it, it’s a culture.”

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Maryville’s record in its last 10 games against Chillicothe High School.

The Spoofhounds, traditionally ending among the top ranks of the MEC every year, usually hold significantly skewed records against teams they face throughout the conference.

Ahead of this week’s matchup,

UP NEXT Maryville @ Chillicothe 7 p.m. Sept. 13

the ‘Hounds have won 9 out of the last 10 games against the Hornets.

“The Chillicothe Hornets have been a rival for years,” Webb said.

“Back in the early ‘90s when I played football at Maryville High School, you know, you didn’t really like black and red because that was (Chillicothe’s) colors.”

This week’s matchup gives the Spoofhounds another opportunity to get out of the gates of MEC play with a strong showing. Despite dominance against Harrisonville, the ‘Hounds are looking forward to the task at hand.

“If you want to win the MEC, it’s a lot easier to start off 1-0 than 0-1,” Webb said.

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Cross country enjoys solid debut

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Last year’s performance isn’t going to win us a football game this year. We’ve got to go out and write kind of a new chapter against Washburn.”

JON WALKER Sports Editor | @ByJonWalker

-BRADEN WRIGHT

QUARTERBACK

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Sophomore quarterback Braden Wright threw for 130 yards and two touchdowns on 8-of-18 passing in Northwest’s 45-35 win over Missouri Western Sept. 5.

Moving forward

‘Cats look to erase mistakes in home opener

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orthwest football’s season-opening matchup with Missouri Western Sept. 5 left the Bearcats with questions to answer, mistakes to correct, successes worth noting and, perhaps most importantly, a 1-0 record.

The No. 7 Bearcats took care of business at Spratt Memorial Stadium in St. Joseph, Missouri, last week, though they did so in an uneven fashion. The defense scored 14 points on turnovers but allowed more than 30 points. The offense lacked rhythm in the first half but settled late, engineering a fourth-quarter comeback against the Griffons and securing a 45-35 victory.

Now, with a Week 1 victory in hand, Northwest is looking to build as it inches toward its home-opening matchup with Washburn (1-0) Sept. 14 at Bearcat Stadium.

Despite the 10-point victory over Western, Rich Wright and the Bearcats were overall dis-

pleased with Northwest’s showing in St. Joseph.

The win, Rich Wright said, came with doses of both good and bad.

Wright complimented his defense’s first-half efforts and addressed a need for depth and improved tackling. He was impressed with the offense’s resilience but was underwhelmed with the unit’s balance and rhythm. He called Northwest’s kick-off coverage both “abysmal” and “terrible” within five seconds.

“I was getting ready to use a different word,” Rich Wright said.

“We’re addressing that as we speak.

I thought (senior kicker) Parker (Sampson) kicked the ball well as far as placement, but I was not happy with our coverage team at all.”

For Northwest, the Week 1 effort highlighted inconsistencies to correct and strong performances to build on. Rich Wright admitted the Bearcats “made too many mistakes” in their season opener, mistakes the team intends on addressing ahead of its matchup with the Ichabods, who scored a 49-27 win over Lincoln Sept. 5.

In some ways, the upcoming matchup with Washburn will pro-

vide increased pressure for the Bearcats. With a week’s worth of film and a chance to put the MIAA on notice, the Ichabods figure to come as prepared as possible, something Rich Wright said Northwest is used to from across the conference.

But the Bearcats aren’t overly preoccupied with Washburn. When the pressure turned on in St. Joseph, Northwest’s offense responded with a lead-taking drive and the defense didn’t allow a point for the remainder of the game. Northwest isn’t focused on the Ichabods — it’s focused on improvement.

“It’s really just one game at a time,” Rich Wright said. “I don’t concern myself with how the other team plays because ultimately I don’t control it. What I do control is how we execute in all three phases.

So we’ve got to put the lens back on us and worry about fixing the things we didn’t do well in Week 1 and try and make sure those are remedied in Week 2.”

Ultimately, Rich Wright said, the Bearcats will control their own fate against Washburn. He expects a focus on self-improvement to yield

Starting a season undefeated is no easy task, and Northwest is looking to replicate the 2016 season when the ‘Cats started out 15-0. Coach Amy Woerth saw the weekend’s success come through teamwork.

“They worked well together through some challenges,” Woerth said. “They’re very coachable and listen to the systems.”

Northwest is a team relying heavily on juniors and sophomores.

While most teams would not benefit from having under-experienced players, Woerth believes this does not impact the Bearcats.

“The ability for our juniors and seniors to go in and do their jobs at a high level was important,” Woerth said. “We grabbed some people off the bench the second day and had some huge subs that bought into their role.”

The ‘Cats fared well throughout the weekend with the help of three players that were named to the All-Tournament team. Sophomore Bethany Elkins, partnered with Lewis and Sidney, headlined the personal accolades for the team with those honors. Those three, although stand-outs of the weekend for Northwest, attributed their success to how much the Bearcats were coming together as a team.

“We’ve been working with each

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It was an eventful weekend at the Washburn Invitational for Northwest volleyball Sept. 6-7. The Bearcats started their season off 4-0 with wins over No. 23 Central Washington, Quincy, William Jewell, and No. 18 Drury.

Northwest began the tournament, Sept. 6, against Central Washington; winning three straight sets by scores of 25-23, 27-25 and 25-17. Junior Hallie Sidney led the team with 11 kills and 12 digs.

The Bearcats finished their first day of action with a four-set win over Quincy; winning by scores of 2517, 25-16, 21-25 and 25-18. Junior Morgan Lewis tied Sidney for a team-high 15 kills in the match.

As Saturday rolled around, Northwest beat William Jewell by completing a three-set sweep with scores of 25-18, 25-22 and 25-19.

The defense was the advantage for the ‘Cats as they held the Cardinals hit percentage to -.026.

The last game of the tournament came against No. 18 Drury. The Panthers kept the pressure on Northwest, but the Bearcats held on to win in five sets by scores of 24-26, 25-22, 25-21, 1725 and 15-10.

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a good result.

“I think if we take that approach,” Wright said, “we’re going to be fine.”

Northwest doesn’t lose to Washburn often; the team is 31-6 against the Ichabods in the all-time series.

The Bearcats haven’t lost to Washburn since 2005, beating 18th-year coach Craig Schurig and company in 14 consecutive contests — the latest of which came in Week 2 of last season, a 31-17 Northwest victory in that doubled as a sort of coming-out party for sophomore quarterback Braden Wright.

Then just a redshirt freshman starting his second career game at the collegiate level, Braden Wright exploded for 351 all-purpose yards while rushing for two touchdowns and passing for another in Northwest’s Week 2 victory at Yager Sta-

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A 2018 season that left the Bearcats with one All-American performer served as a learning point for Northwest men’s cross country, leaving the team with spotlighted areas of improvement heading into their 2019 campaign.

Nine months ago, Northwest’s 2018 cross country season came to an end as then-junior Karim Achengli crossed the finish line at the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Although Achengli earned All-American honors, becoming the first Bearcat since 1997 to do so, coach Nick Gibson made it an emphasis to bring it recruits to make this team that much better.

In efforts of boosting the program’s personnel, Gibson managed to lure five runners away from the respective programs that they competed for last season. Included in this group are three Division I transfers, sophomore Fedrick Kipyego and junior Jacob Nkamasiai join the Bearcats from Florida A&M and junior Augostine Lisoreng brings his talents from Liberty University.

These athletes, along with people aside from Achengli returning from last year’s team, helped the Bearcats come in at fifth out of 11 teams in the MIAA preseason media poll.

And with the addition of those three, coupled with two other transfers and a pair of freshmen, Achengli has noted how much better this year’s team compared to season’s past.

“Everything is much different, “ Achengli said. “These people, they are well-worked. … More experienced, they’re buying into the culture. It’s what we need.”

The ‘Cats fared well in their first showing of the season Sept. 6, at the Bearcat Open.

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other since July, so I wasn’t surprised by anything,” Lewis said.

“I was really proud of how we all worked together and our passing was on, which allowed our hitters to be on.”

Hannah Koechl, a sophomore transfer from Boise State, found high praise from Woerth in her first tournament as a Bearcat. Koechl had .53 assists per set and 2.07 digs per set.

“She was only playing through rotations, and she did a phenomenal job just with being new to the program,” Woerth said. “For her to step up and do what she did was really neat.”

However, the success the Bearcats accomplished did not come without some mistakes. The ability to face different schools with different skill levels brought to light some areas that can be worked on.

“We need to get better at serving and getting balls into play. We gave teams too many points,” Woerth said.

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Freshman Hannah LaPour hits the ball at volleyball practice Sept. 9 in Bearcat Arena.