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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT PUBLICATION APRIL 15 - 21, 2015 Student run since 1911
River Campus budget explained
TAY BENDER AND ALEX NIZNAK ARE IN THE RUNNING TO BE SOUTHEAST’S NO. 1 QUARTERBACK. READ MORE ON PAGE 4. +
The River Campus has a complicated budget. To see a detailed overview, head to pages 8-9. +
JESSIMAE PELUSO OF MTV’S “GIRL CODE� WILL VISIT SOUTHEAST ON APRIL 21 FOR THE LAST STANDUP COMEDY PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR. READ MORE ON PAGE 7. +
Rick Ray named men’s basketball coach NICK MCNEAL SPORTS EDITOR
The Southeast Missouri State men’s BASKETBALL PROGRAM GOT ITS TH COACH ON -ONDAY WHEN 2ICK 2AY WAS announced as the team’s new coach in A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE 3HOW -E #ENTER 2AY IS THE TEAM S FIRST !FRICAN !MERICAN HEAD COACH IN THE PROGRAM S YEARS AND HAS AGREED TO A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT WORTH A YEAR PLUS A ANNUITY 4HE CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED BECAUSE ADDITIONAL incentives and contract details are still BEING AGREED UPON 2AY S PREVIOUS COACHING POSITION WAS AT -ISSISSIPPI 3TATE WHERE HE COACHED FROM AND HAD AN OVERALL RECORD OF In his three years as the team’s COACH 2AY NEVER HAD ABOVE A record overall or in the Southeastern #ONFERENCE $URING 2AY S TENURE AT -ISSISSIPPI 3TATE THE TEAM MADE IT PAST THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 3%# 4OURNAMENT IN HIS FIRST TWO SEASONS BUT FAILED TO DO SO IN HIS LAST WHEN THE "ULLDOGS LOST TO Auburn. 2AY IS INHERITING A SIMILAR PROGRAM at Southeast, which has only made it PAST THE FIRST ROUND OF THE /HIO6ALLEY #ONFERENCE 4OURNAMENT FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST SIX YEARS BUT NEVER ANY FURTHER 3OUTHEAST S $IRECTOR OF !THLETICS -ARK !LNUTT SAID BEFORE THE SEARCH BEGAN THAT THE NEXT COACH OF THE MEN S BASKETBALL PROGRAM NEEDED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THE /6# AND HOW THE TEAM OPERATES IN THE CONFERENCE 2AY GREW UP IN +ANSAS #ITY +ANSAS
AND HAS RECRUITED IN A NUMBER OF AREAS that are close to Southeast. When Ray was an assistant coach at Indiana State he was two hours away FROM 3T ,OUIS 2AY ALSO COACHED AT 0URDUE AND IS FAMILIAR WITH THE )LLINOIS AREA &INALLY HIS TIME AT -ISSISSIPPI
3TATE ALLOWED HIM TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE RECRUITS IN -EMPHIS 4ENNESSEE 2AY TALKED ABOUT 3OUTHEAST S PROXIMITY TO LARGER CITIES IN -ONDAY S PRESS CONFERENCE AS A KEY COMPONENT FOR A TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE /HIO 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE h7ITH THE FACT THAT WE RE JUST TWO HOURS AWAY FROM 3T ,OUIS THREE HOURS AWAY FROM -EMPHIS AND WE HAVE THE Southeast area in between those two DESTINATIONS THAT GO OUT AND PROVE QUALITY HIGH SCHOOL KIDS TO COME TO Southeast Missouri State to me is SOMETHING THAT S REALLY IMPORTANT v 2AY SAID h2ECRUITING IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF ANY PROGRAM AND TO ME WHEN YOU RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING SOMEBODY TO come to Southeast Missouri State is MUCH LIKE SELLING A HOME 9OU RE NOT going to sell your home unless you get FOOT TRAFFIC 3OMEBODY HAS TO COME INTO YOUR HOME AND PHYSICALLY SEE THE HOME IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BUY IT v !NOTHER COMPONENT 2AY TALKED ABOUT FOR HOW 3OUTHEAST CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IS THE UTILIZATION OF THE 3HOW -E #ENTER WHICH WILL UNDERGO RENOVATIONS THIS SUMMER (E SAID IT IS ONE OF THE FINEST ARENAS IN THE /6# AND could even be used as a recruiting tool. Ray won’t start recruiting until he GETS A STAFF IN PLACE TO DO SO (E SAID IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT HE WILL GIVE CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN EACH OF THEIR OWN VISIONS OF THE PROGRAM TO SEE IF THEY MATCH WITH HIS 2AY SAID HE COULDN T PROMISE THAT HE WILL KEEP ANY OF THE THREE CURRENT STAFF members on the team, which include *AMIE 2OSSER 3TETSON (AIRSTON AND *USTIN !RGENAL 2AY S CURRENT FOCUS IS CREATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PLAYERS ON THIS team, and he was able to meet the team ON -ONDAY PRIOR TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE h4HE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE HAVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD v 2AY SAID h)T starts by us being honest with each
BRIEFS Attend Ozzie Smith to speak at Southeast /ZZIE 3MITH A MEMBER OF THE "ASEBALL (ALL OF &AME IS COMING TO 3OUTHEAST -ISSOURI 3TATE 5NIVERSITY S CAMPUS 3MITH A FORMER #ARDINALS BASEBALL PLAYER IS KNOWN AS h4HE 7IZARDv AND IS FAMOUS FOR PLAYING AT SHORTSTOP 3MITH WILL CLOSE THE 5NIVERSITY 3PEAKERS 3ERIES AT 3OUTHEAST 4HE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT P M ON !PRIL IN THE 3HOW -E #ENTER 4HE EVENT IS FREE FOR STUDENTS FACULTY AND STAFF WITH A VALID 3OUTHEAST )$ 4HE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN PURCHASE TICKETS FOR EACH AT SHOWMECENTER BIZ AND AT THE 3HOW -E #ENTER "OX /FFICE
Rick Ray was named the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach at a press conference on Monday. Photo by Jeganaath Mudaliar OTHER 4HE .O RULE IN OUR PROGRAM IS telling the truth, and it’s the hardest RULE TO KEEP )T S NOT JUST THE PLAYERS telling me the truth, it’s me telling the PLAYERS THE TRUTH v Prior to this last season, Southeast WAS PICKED TO FINISH SECOND IN THE /6# behind Murray State, and this IMPRESSED 2AY SINCE IT LET HIM KNOW THERE IS TALENT IN PLACE Ray has been able to evaluate the PLAYERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE 3OUTHEAST ROSTER BY WATCHING THEIR FILM online. &ORMER 3OUTHEAST COACH $ICKEY .UTT WAS FIRED ON -ARCH AFTER THE TEAM FAILED TO ADVANCE TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE /6# 4OURNAMENT ON March 4. 4HE SEARCH FOR THE TEAM S NEW COACH BEGAN THE DAY AFTER .UTT S TERMINATION was announced. !LNUTT SAID .UTT WAS LET GO SIMPLY BECAUSE HE DID NOT MEET THE EXPECTATIONS THAT HE AND !LNUTT MADE PRIOR TO the season that he has with each coach. !LNUTT WILL EVALUATE 2AY LIKE ALL OF THE FIRST YEAR COACHES HE HAS HIRED
INCLUDING 3OUTHEAST FOOTBALL COACH 4OM -ATUKEWICZ BY LOOKING AT THE STABILITY OF THE PROGRAM AFTER THE FIRST season.
Support Department of Theatre and Dance to host Taste of Cape on April 21 4EN RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES IN #APE 'IRARDEAU WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE h4ASTE OF #APEv RESTAURANT HOP ON 4UESDAY !PRIL !LL THE PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT WILL GO TO 3OUTHEAST -ISSOURI 3TATE 5NIVERSITY S $EPARTMENT OF 4HEATRE AND $ANCE TO FUND ITS ANNUAL 3ENIOR 3HOWCASE AND summer Theatre and Dance Academy. 0ARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT ALL RESTAURANTS AND EAT A SIGNATURE ITEM FROM EACH LOCATION 4ICKETS ARE AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT EACH LOCATION 4HE EATERIES INCLUDE !NDY S &ROZEN #USTARD "EL !IR 'RILL
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Enjoy Pop culture celebrated at Semopalooza ! VARIETY OF POP CULTURE INSPIRED ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD AT THIS YEAR S 3EMOPALOOZA NAMED 3%-/#/. 4HIS YEAR S event is hosted by Southeast Missouri State University’s 2ECREATION %NHANCEMENT #LUB AND THE CLASS MEMBERS OF 2# IN THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT 4HERE WILL BE MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A 3PIDERMAN ROCK WALL CHALLENGE AN )NDIANA *ONES $ASH INFLATABLE OBSTACLE COURSE AND MORE 4HERE ALSO WILL BE PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS 4HE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM TO P M ON !PRIL 3%-/#/. IS FREE TO ALL STUDENTS FACULTY AND STAFF AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE 3TUDENT 2ECREATION #ENTER .ORTH Read more about the event at southeastArrow.com.
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