Southeast Arrow by Gary Rust

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Alumnus participates in Boston Marathon Southeast alumnus shares what he saw as the explosions occurred. Read the story on page 6 +

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT PUBLICATION May 1 - 7, 2013 Student run since 1911

Southeast alumnus Downing chosen to speak at spring graduation ceremony KELLY LU HOLDER STAFF WRITER

Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀has฀ welcomed฀numerous฀commencement฀ speakers฀over฀the฀years฀such฀as฀Gov.฀Jay฀ Nixon,฀Lt.฀Gen.฀Clyde฀Vaughn฀and฀Sen.฀ Roy฀Blunt.฀This฀spring’s฀commencement฀speaker฀is฀Southeast฀alumnus฀ Gary฀Downing. Downing฀earned฀a฀Bachelor฀of฀ Science฀degree฀with฀a฀major฀in฀ marketing฀and฀a฀minor฀in฀economics฀in฀ 1972. Downing฀has฀been฀employed฀by฀ several฀companies฀over฀the฀years. He฀has฀been฀the฀vice฀president฀of฀ sales฀at฀Gillette฀Oral-B฀division,฀a฀ partnering฀founder฀and฀CEO฀of฀ Medtech฀Labs฀LLC฀and฀the฀CEO฀of฀ Lansinoh฀Laboratories.฀Downing฀now฀ works฀as฀the฀CEO฀of฀an฀over-the-counter฀pharmaceutical฀company฀located฀in฀ Trevose,฀Pa.,฀called฀Insight฀Pharmaceuticals฀LLC. Downing฀always฀has฀been฀active฀not฀ only฀in฀his฀industry฀but฀in฀his฀community฀as฀well.฀He฀and฀his฀wife฀Jennifer฀ currently฀reside฀in฀Fairfield,฀Conn.,฀in฀a฀ historic฀area฀called฀Greenfield฀Hill.฀ Because฀of฀its฀rich฀and฀historical฀ background,฀Downing฀and฀his฀wife฀are฀ engaged฀in฀preserving฀their฀community.฀They฀also฀are฀the฀sponsors฀of฀the฀ Gary฀and฀Jennifer฀Downing฀Scholarship฀Fund฀at฀Southeast.฀This฀scholarship฀ is฀awarded฀to฀an฀outstanding฀student฀ with฀high฀academic฀achievement฀and฀ involvement฀in฀the฀Harrison฀College฀of฀ Business. “It฀is฀a฀sincere฀pleasure฀for฀me฀to฀ return฀to฀Southeast฀and฀have฀the฀ opportunity฀to฀honor฀and฀address฀the฀ graduating฀class฀of฀2013,”฀Downing฀ said฀in฀an฀email.฀“This฀is฀a฀very฀exciting฀ time฀for฀them฀as฀they฀begin฀the฀lifelong฀

process฀of฀shaping฀their฀professional฀ and฀personal฀careers.” According฀to฀the฀assistant฀to฀the฀ president฀Diane฀Sides,฀the฀executive฀ staff฀at฀Southeast฀gets฀input฀from฀a฀ variety฀of฀different฀places฀before฀ choosing฀a฀commencement฀speaker. Sides฀said฀sometimes฀the฀president฀ will฀ask฀students฀who฀they฀want฀to฀ speak,฀sometimes฀a฀department฀chair฀ will฀know฀of฀an฀outstanding฀alumnus฀ that฀is฀available฀and฀sometimes฀it฀ comes฀through฀a฀dean,฀but฀anyone฀can฀ submit฀names฀or฀ideas฀to฀be฀ considered. In฀the฀end,฀the฀executive฀staff฀makes฀ the฀final฀decision฀in฀who฀is฀invited฀as฀ the฀commencement฀speaker.

“It is a sincere pleasure for me to return to Southeast and have the opportunity to honor and address the graduating class of 2013.” Gary Downing “He฀[Downing]฀is฀just฀an฀outstanding฀Southeast฀alum฀who฀is฀very฀ successful,”฀Sides฀said. According฀to฀Sides,฀Downing฀keeps฀ in฀touch฀with฀the฀foundation฀and฀ supports฀the฀university฀in฀a฀number฀of฀ ways฀with฀his฀presence฀at฀activities฀and฀ events. “Over฀the฀years฀I฀have฀had฀the฀ pleasure฀of฀keeping฀in฀touch฀with฀ several฀faculty฀members฀and฀members฀ of฀the฀administration,”฀Downing฀said.฀ “It฀has฀been฀exciting฀for฀me฀to฀watch฀as฀ the฀university฀has฀continued฀to฀expand,฀ build฀and฀shape฀its฀curriculum฀ —฀always฀with฀a฀dedication฀on฀

BRIEFS Comedian Eric O’Shea to return to perform at the UC Performing฀at฀70฀universities฀a฀year฀may฀seem฀like฀a฀hectic฀ schedule,฀but฀for฀Eric฀O’Shea,฀it’s฀a฀normal฀year.฀Armed฀with฀ a฀photographic฀memory฀and฀a฀knack฀for฀imitations,฀O’Shea฀ has฀been฀building฀a฀fan฀base฀for฀the฀past฀20฀years฀and฀has฀ gained฀notoriety฀for฀his฀“Songs฀for฀Commercials”฀YouTube฀ video,฀which฀has฀gained฀more฀than฀4฀million฀views. O’Shea฀tours฀colleges฀and฀performs฀as฀part฀of฀corporate฀ shows.฀He฀even฀recalled฀the฀time฀he฀came฀to฀Southeast฀to฀ perform฀around฀10฀years฀ago. “I฀don’t฀remember฀anyone’s฀name,฀but฀I฀remember฀ sitting฀around฀and฀talking฀and฀having฀a฀great฀time,”฀O’Shea฀ said. Kayla฀Mengwasser,฀the฀comedy฀coordinator฀for฀the฀ Student฀Activities฀Council,฀really฀pushed฀for฀O’Shea฀to฀ return฀to฀Southeast. O’Shea฀will฀perform฀at฀the฀Late฀Night฀Breakfast,฀which฀is฀ an฀opportunity฀for฀students฀to฀come฀to฀the฀University฀ Center฀and฀Towers฀to฀take฀a฀break฀from฀finals฀and฀get฀free฀ food฀as฀well.฀O’Shea฀will฀perform฀at฀10:15฀p.m.฀May฀6฀in฀the฀ south฀dining฀area฀in฀the฀University฀Center. Read฀the฀full฀story฀at฀southeastArrow.com.

Elect Gary Downing. Submitted photo improving฀preparedness฀of฀the฀student฀ for฀the฀future.” Sides฀believes฀that฀Downing’s฀ success฀and฀presence฀as฀a฀commencement฀speaker฀is฀inspiring฀and฀different฀ because฀of฀the฀fact฀that฀he฀is฀a฀ Southeast฀alumnus. “I฀think฀one฀of฀the฀things฀that฀he฀can฀ certainly฀show฀all฀of฀us฀is฀that฀an฀ education฀from฀Southeast฀Missouri฀ State฀University฀can฀take฀you฀very,฀very฀ far,”฀Sides฀said. Sides฀also฀said฀that฀people฀have฀to฀ be฀innovative฀to฀become฀successful฀ these฀days฀and฀that฀is฀one฀of฀the฀things฀ that฀Southeast฀excels฀at฀—฀turning฀out฀ innovative฀graduates฀not฀only฀today฀ but฀also฀in฀Downing’s฀time. “We฀live฀in฀exciting฀and฀changing฀ times,”฀Downing฀said.฀“When฀each฀ student฀made฀the฀decision฀to฀attend฀ Southeast,฀it฀was฀in฀preparation฀for฀a฀ time฀that฀they฀would฀begin฀to฀involve฀ themselves฀and฀eventually฀lead฀ through฀these฀times. “They฀should฀be฀very฀proud฀of฀the฀ decision฀they฀made฀and฀feel฀very฀ confident฀that฀they฀will฀be฀well฀ prepared.”

New oicers elected to RHA for next year The฀Residence฀Hall฀Association฀at฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀ University฀elected฀new฀officers฀for฀the฀2013-2014฀academic฀ year. The฀new฀RHA฀officers฀include฀Devin฀Melton฀as฀president,฀Kayla฀Kammermeyer฀as฀vice฀president,฀Preston฀King฀ as฀treasurer,฀Mercedes฀McWilliams฀as฀the฀public฀relations฀ chair,฀Janay฀Wilkins฀as฀secretary,฀Sarah฀Procter฀as฀the฀ national฀communications฀coordinator,฀Katelyn฀Bright฀as฀ the฀national฀communications฀coordinator฀in฀training฀and฀ Naomi฀Bevill฀as฀the฀programming฀coordinator. RHA฀is฀a฀student฀organization฀designed฀to฀be฀the฀voice฀ for฀students฀who฀live฀in฀residence฀halls฀on฀campus.฀RHA฀ also฀is฀designed฀to฀make฀sure฀that฀students฀are฀active฀in฀the฀ university฀and฀the฀residence฀life฀policy-making฀process,฀to฀ encourage฀cooperation฀between฀the฀various฀residence฀halls฀ on฀campus,฀to฀promote฀student฀development฀in฀residence฀ hall฀issues฀and฀to฀help฀improve฀physical,฀social,฀educational฀ and฀cultural฀standards฀of฀living฀on฀campus. Read฀the฀full฀story฀at฀southeastArrow.com.

Art Faculty members to have artwork displayed Faculty฀members฀from฀the฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀ University฀Department฀of฀Art฀will฀have฀their฀work฀displayed฀ in฀the฀Rosemary฀Berkel฀and฀Harry฀L.฀Crisp฀II฀Museum฀at฀the฀ River฀Campus.฀The฀Biannual฀Faculty฀Exhibition฀will฀open฀ on฀Friday฀and฀remain฀open฀until฀June฀23.฀There฀will฀be฀a฀ reception฀for฀the฀public฀from฀4-8฀p.m.฀Friday.฀The฀exhibition฀ will฀have฀ceramics,฀paintings,฀prints฀and฀multimedia฀works.

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SPRING FOOTBALL GAME

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The offense won 16-13 over the defense in Southeast football’s spring game on Saturday at Houck Stadium.+

BASEBALL team has family ties INTERIM COACH STEVE BIESER’S SON COLE BIESER AND FIRST COUSIN JASON BLUM ARE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM

Left: Southeast interim baseball coach Steve Bieser. Right: Southeast baseball player Cole Bieser. Photos by Drew Yount and Colby Powell

Coach, son and cousin talk baseball, spend time together on and of ield Southeast interim baseball coach Steve Bieser coached Cole Bieser and Jason Blum’s baseball teams since they were children BRAD CONWAY STAFF WRITER

Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University’s฀Cole฀ Bieser฀and฀Jason฀Blum฀have฀been฀teammates฀in฀baseball฀since฀they฀were฀little฀kids.฀ But฀while฀Cole฀Bieser฀is฀the฀son฀of฀interim฀ baseball฀coach฀Steve฀Bieser,฀Blum฀also฀is฀the฀ coach’s฀first฀cousin. “Jason’s฀my฀first฀cousin,”฀Steve฀Bieser฀said.฀ “It’s฀kind฀of฀a฀weird฀deal.฀Those฀two฀guys,฀I’ve฀ basically฀coached฀all฀their฀careers,฀and฀they’re฀ both฀versatile,฀they’re฀two฀guys฀I’m฀very฀ comfortable฀with฀because฀I฀know฀what฀they฀ can฀do฀on฀the฀field.” Steve฀Bieser฀played฀baseball฀at฀Southeast฀as฀ a฀catcher฀and฀an฀outfielder฀before฀being฀drafted฀by฀the฀Philadelphia฀Phillies฀in฀the฀32nd฀ round฀of฀the฀1989฀MLB฀Draft.฀In฀1997,฀he฀ made฀his฀debut฀on฀the฀field฀with฀the฀New฀York฀ Mets฀and฀played฀47฀games฀as฀a฀utility฀player.฀ He฀made฀his฀last฀MLB฀appearance฀in฀1998฀ with฀the฀Pittsburgh฀Pirates฀and฀played฀in฀13฀ games฀with฀the฀team. Now฀he฀is฀the฀interim฀coach฀for฀the฀Redhawks฀for฀the฀2012-13฀season.

The฀Biesers฀spend฀plenty฀of฀time฀with฀each฀ other฀off฀the฀field. “It฀seems฀like฀it’s฀always฀baseball,”฀Steve฀ Bieser฀said.฀“I฀like฀to฀fish฀and฀used฀to฀hunt฀a฀ little฀bit,฀but฀baseball฀has฀kind฀of฀consumed฀ our฀lives.฀Rather฀than฀fishing,฀we฀would฀go฀out฀ and฀hit฀an฀extra฀bucket฀of฀balls.฀We฀both฀enjoy฀ hanging฀around฀and฀doing฀those฀little฀things฀ as฀a฀family.฀I’ve฀got฀a฀wife฀and฀three฀girls฀as฀ well,฀so฀we฀just฀like฀to฀do฀a฀lot฀of฀family฀stuff฀ together.” Steve฀Bieser฀also฀said฀that฀he฀and฀his฀son฀ love฀the฀game฀and฀like฀to฀talk฀about฀strategies. “It’s฀probably฀one฀of฀the฀biggest฀topics฀at฀ the฀dinner฀table,฀and฀that’s฀something฀that฀ my฀wife฀gets฀tired฀of฀hearing,฀is฀that฀‘Can฀we฀ talk฀about฀something฀other฀than฀baseball?’,”฀ Steve฀Bieser฀said฀while฀laughing.฀“It’s฀just฀ something฀that฀we’re฀both฀passionate฀about.฀ Sometimes฀it฀results฀in฀an฀argument,฀and฀ sometimes฀it’s฀just฀an฀education฀session.” Cole฀Bieser฀said฀that฀they฀are฀both฀football฀ fans฀and฀like฀to฀go฀fishing฀and฀that฀they฀talk฀ about฀MLB,฀not฀just฀their฀own฀team. “Baseball฀has฀always฀been฀something฀that฀ has฀brought฀us฀together,”฀Cole฀Bieser฀said.฀ “We฀talk฀about฀it฀a฀lot,฀but฀we฀do฀have฀other฀ interests฀outside฀of฀baseball.” Cole฀Bieser฀recently฀injured฀his฀left฀wrist฀on฀ a฀diving฀play฀April฀16฀against฀Arkansas฀State,฀ and฀an฀MRI฀revealed฀torn฀ligaments฀that฀will฀ result฀in฀him฀missing฀the฀rest฀of฀the฀season. “When฀it฀actually฀happened,฀it฀looked฀ pretty฀bad,”฀Steve฀Bieser฀said.฀“Once฀we฀saw฀ the฀doctors฀and฀got฀some฀immediate฀feedback,฀it฀was฀torn.฀We฀figured฀the฀best฀thing฀to฀ do฀was฀to฀get฀the฀surgery฀right฀away.”

Cole฀Bieser฀batted฀.306฀and฀was฀first฀in฀the฀ Ohio฀Valley฀Conference฀with฀15฀steals. “It’s฀hard฀to฀have฀to฀watch฀the฀game,฀especially฀when฀I’ve฀had฀success฀this฀season,”฀Cole฀ Bieser฀said.฀“At฀the฀same฀time,฀I฀get฀to฀watch฀ my฀best฀friends฀play฀it฀now,฀and฀I฀can฀step฀ back฀for฀a฀couple฀months฀here฀and฀come฀back฀ ready฀to฀go฀in฀the฀fall.”

“It’s probably one of the biggest topics at the dinner table, and that’s something that my wife gets tired of hearing, is that ‘Can we talk about something other than baseball?’ It’s just something that we’re both passionate about. Sometimes it results in an argument, and sometimes it’s just an education session.” Steve Bieser Steve฀Bieser฀said฀that฀he฀will฀give฀players฀an฀ opportunity฀to฀play฀the฀outfield฀position฀but฀ wanted฀to฀give฀Blum฀the฀first฀shot฀at฀it.

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“He’s฀our฀leading฀candidate฀to฀take฀it฀ everyday,”฀Steve฀Bieser฀said.฀“We฀really฀need฀ to฀go฀find฀that฀guy฀that฀can฀really฀go฀out฀there฀ and฀run฀it฀down฀and฀have฀that฀range฀out฀ there.฀We’re฀giving฀Blum฀that฀first฀crack฀at฀it.” Blum฀had฀been฀playing฀second฀base฀this฀ season,฀but฀Cole฀Bieser฀has฀given฀him฀tips฀on฀ playing฀in฀the฀outfield. “He’s฀[Blum]฀probably฀one฀of฀the฀grittiest฀ players,”฀Cole฀Bieser฀said.฀“He’s฀one฀of฀those฀ guys฀that฀is฀not฀very฀boisterous,฀not฀very฀loud,฀ but฀you฀look฀at฀his฀box฀score฀at฀the฀end฀of฀the฀ day฀and฀you฀see฀that฀he฀had฀two฀hits,฀got฀on฀ base฀three฀or฀four฀times.฀He’s฀the฀kind฀of฀guy฀ that฀is฀very฀steady฀with฀everything฀he฀does.฀ He’ll฀show฀up฀and฀play.” Even฀though฀baseball฀is฀the฀biggest฀topic฀ on฀their฀minds,฀Steve฀Bieser,฀Cole฀Bieser฀and฀ Blum฀try฀hard฀to฀set฀it฀aside฀at฀times. “I฀love฀to฀hunt,฀I฀love฀to฀fish฀and฀hang฀out฀ with฀my฀buddies,”฀Blum฀said.฀“Actually,฀it’s฀ turkey฀season฀right฀now,฀and฀I฀haven’t฀got฀out฀ yet,฀but฀those฀are฀my฀main฀hobbies.” Blum฀and฀Cole฀Bieser฀also฀talked฀about฀ their฀respect฀for฀Steve฀Bieser. “I฀don’t฀really฀have฀any฀dirt฀on฀him,”฀Blum฀ said฀with฀a฀laugh.฀“He’s฀a฀great฀coach฀and฀ cares฀about฀you฀as฀an฀individual,฀you฀on฀the฀ baseball฀field฀and฀has฀genuine฀concern฀on฀ every฀aspect฀of฀your฀life,฀not฀just฀baseball.” “The฀one฀thing฀that฀I’ll฀take฀from฀him฀is฀ that฀passion,”฀Cole฀Bieser฀said.฀“I฀see฀everyday฀ the฀passion฀he฀has฀from฀baseball,฀for฀this฀ team.฀That’s฀something฀I฀want฀to฀take฀from฀ him.฀He’s฀always฀taught฀me฀from฀very฀young฀ until฀now฀that฀if฀you฀keep฀working฀hard฀then฀ you’re฀going฀to฀get฀where฀you฀need฀to฀be.”

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COACH RECORDS 600TH WIN Southeast softball coach Lana Richmond recorded her 600th NCAA Division I victory in the Redhawks’ 14-7 win over SIU Carbondale on Thursday.+

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CHANGE of venue for football game SOUTHEAST AND SIU CARBONDALE WILL PLAY FOOTBALL ON SEPT. 21 AT BUSCH STADIUM IN ST. LOUIS

Southeast football will face regional-rival at Busch Stadium KARLEE LURSEN ARROW REPORTER

For฀the฀first฀time฀since฀the฀new฀Busch฀Stadium฀opened฀in฀2006฀two฀football฀teams฀will฀ clash฀on฀the฀field.฀The฀Southeast฀Missouri฀ State฀University฀football฀team฀will฀face฀regional-rival฀SIU฀Carbondale฀on฀Sept.฀21. Busch฀Stadium฀has฀held฀thousands฀of฀ events฀including฀meetings,฀weddings,฀charity฀events฀and฀concerts,฀but฀never฀has฀held฀ a฀non-major฀league฀baseball฀sporting฀event฀ before฀this฀year. The฀first฀non-MLB฀sporting฀event฀to฀be฀ held฀in฀the฀stadium฀will฀be฀a฀match฀between฀ two฀English฀Premier฀League฀soccer฀teams.฀ Chelsea฀and฀Manchester฀City฀will฀play฀there฀ on฀May฀23. Southeast฀and฀SIU฀Carbondale฀are฀only฀ about฀45฀miles฀away฀from฀each฀other,฀and฀it฀ takes฀just฀about฀an฀hour฀to฀get฀from฀one฀university฀to฀the฀other.฀The฀football฀game฀was฀ scheduled฀to฀be฀played฀at฀Houck฀Stadium,฀but฀ officials฀from฀both฀schools฀reached฀an฀agreement฀with฀the฀St.฀Louis฀Cardinals฀to฀hold฀the฀ first฀NCAA฀football฀game฀in฀Busch฀Stadium. “We฀have฀a฀huge฀alumni฀base฀up฀there,฀ about฀24,000฀alums฀in฀the฀greater฀St.฀Louis฀ area฀and฀[Southeast฀director฀of฀athletics]฀ Mark฀Alnutt฀thought฀of฀the฀idea฀and฀brought฀ it฀to฀me,฀and฀I฀thought฀it฀would฀be฀a฀great฀ idea,”฀Southeast฀football฀coach฀Tony฀Samuel฀ said. Billy฀Nickelson,฀a฀recent฀Southeast฀graduate฀living฀in฀DeSoto,฀Mo.,฀near฀St.฀Louis,฀ is฀excited฀about฀the฀football฀game฀at฀Busch฀

Stadium. “When฀I฀found฀out฀about฀there฀being฀a฀ football฀game฀being฀played฀at฀Busch฀Stadium฀ next฀year฀I฀was฀a฀little฀shocked฀because฀you฀ don’t฀really฀hear฀about฀stuff฀like฀that฀around฀ these฀parts,฀but฀how฀exciting฀it฀must฀be฀for฀the฀ athletes฀to฀be฀part฀of฀Busch฀Stadium฀history,”฀ Nickelson฀said. Combined฀the฀teams฀have฀approximately฀ 40฀players฀from฀the฀greater฀St.฀Louis฀area฀on฀ their฀rosters. “We’ve฀got฀24฀kids฀from฀that฀area,฀so฀they฀ are฀excited฀and฀just฀the฀idea฀of฀playing฀in฀ Busch฀Stadium฀is฀huge,”฀Samuel฀said.฀“It’s฀a฀lot฀ of฀media฀and฀the฀stadium฀holds฀30,000฀fans. “They฀have฀made฀a฀great฀plan฀for฀tickets,฀ going฀to฀be฀$5฀for฀students.฀Also฀they฀are฀ trying฀to฀come฀up฀with฀a฀way฀to฀bus฀students฀ up฀to฀the฀game.” Southeast฀football฀player฀Ben฀Schmidt฀is฀ from฀Ohio฀and฀even฀though฀he฀is฀not฀from฀the฀ area฀and฀has฀never฀been฀to฀Busch฀Stadium,฀ he฀is฀excited฀about฀the฀experience฀playing฀in฀a฀ big฀stadium. “When฀I฀found฀out฀I฀was฀playing฀in฀Busch฀ Stadium฀I฀was฀pretty฀excited,”฀Schmidt฀said.฀ “Not฀a฀lot฀of฀college฀athletes฀get฀the฀chance฀to฀ play฀in฀a฀venue฀that฀large฀with฀a฀crowd. “I฀have฀never฀attended฀a฀sporting฀event฀at฀ Busch฀Stadium,฀so฀to฀be฀able฀to฀play฀inside฀it฀ for฀my฀first฀experience฀is฀pretty฀cool.” The฀football฀game฀not฀only฀excites฀the฀ members฀of฀the฀team,฀school฀and฀alumni,฀but฀ also฀has฀a฀huge฀impact฀on฀the฀surrounding฀ community. “There฀was฀a฀rumor฀way฀back฀that฀this฀was฀ going฀to฀happen,฀so฀we฀had฀a฀lot฀of฀people฀

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The Southeast and SIU Carbondale football teams will play in the first-ever NCAA football game at Busch Stadium on Sept. 21. Photo by Erin Neier asking,฀which฀means฀that฀a฀lot฀of฀people฀are฀ interested,”฀Samuel฀said.฀“This฀is฀a฀big฀St.฀ Louis฀Cardinals฀country฀in฀the฀first฀place,฀and฀ I฀know฀a฀lot฀of฀people฀in฀the฀community฀and฀ campus฀are฀going฀to฀want฀to฀get฀up฀there฀to฀ check฀it฀out.” Samuel฀hopes฀that฀the฀game฀will฀attract฀ a฀lot฀of฀fans฀as฀well฀as฀get฀some฀alumni฀to฀ attend฀the฀game,฀boosting฀the฀number฀of฀fans฀

in฀the฀crowd. “The฀players฀were฀fired฀up฀about฀the฀ game,”฀Samuel฀said.฀“Every฀time฀we’ve฀played฀them฀at฀home฀the฀stadium฀has฀been฀sold฀ out,฀and฀if฀we฀can฀get฀up฀there฀and฀get฀30,000฀ fans฀there฀then฀that฀is฀triple฀what฀we฀would฀ have฀here.” Southeast฀opens฀its฀season฀against฀ Southeastern฀Louisiana฀on฀Aug.฀29.

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The Southeast Wind Symphony and Concert Band will perform a concert entitled “Them Bones” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall.+

MUSICIAN hosts Songwriters Night BRUCE ZIMMERMAN HOSTS A NIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO PERFORM ORIGINAL MUSIC AT PORT CAPE GIRARDEAU

Free faculty recital includes professor on classical guitar J.C. REEVES STAFF WRITER

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Cape Girardeau resident provides local song writers a chance to perform their original work CALANDRA JONES STAFF WRITER

Cape฀Girardeau’s฀downtown฀area฀has฀ been฀a฀place฀of฀entertainment,฀dining฀ and฀shopping฀for฀many฀locals฀and฀tourists.฀It’s฀a฀place฀where฀many฀go฀to฀have฀ a฀good฀time฀and฀to฀check฀out฀historical฀locations.฀For฀Cape฀Girardeau฀ native฀Bruce฀Zimmerman,฀it฀is฀a฀place฀ where฀he฀would฀like฀to฀bring฀a฀taste฀of฀ Nashville. Zimmerman฀is฀doing฀so฀by฀hosting฀ Songwriters฀Night฀every฀second฀and฀ fourth฀Tuesday฀at฀Port฀Cape฀Girardeau฀ Restaurant฀and฀Lounge.฀Songwriters฀ Night฀is฀an฀event฀that฀gives฀writers฀from฀ different฀music฀genres฀the฀chance฀to฀ perform฀their฀original฀work. “What฀I฀do฀is฀I฀allow฀an฀avenue฀for฀ anybody฀who฀writes฀songs฀to฀get฀the฀ chance฀to฀perform,”฀Zimmerman฀said.฀ “I฀don’t฀care฀whether฀or฀not฀they฀are฀a฀ great฀musician.฀I฀want฀to฀give฀them฀a฀ chance฀to฀have฀an฀avenue฀to฀do฀it.฀It฀ gives฀them฀an฀incentive฀to฀write฀more.” Songwriters฀Night฀is฀not฀only฀for฀writers฀to฀perform฀songs.฀Zimmerman฀

said฀regular฀performers฀often฀network฀ with฀one฀another฀and฀have฀co-written฀ songs.

“What I do is I allow an avenue for anybody who writes songs to get the chance to perform. I don’t care whether or not they are a great musician. I want to give them a chance to have an avenue to do it. It gives them an incentive to write more.” Bruce Zimmerman According฀to฀Port฀Cape’s฀website,฀the฀restaurant฀was฀established฀in฀ 1974.฀It฀is฀well-known฀for฀its฀food฀and฀

entertainment.฀Zimmerman฀said฀he฀ chose฀this฀location฀because฀of฀his฀long฀ relationship฀with฀owner฀Don฀Cain. “I฀have฀been฀playing฀at฀Port฀Cape฀ with฀my฀band฀on฀Sunday฀nights฀for฀ over฀20฀years,”฀Zimmerman฀said.฀“I฀ have฀a฀good฀relationship฀with฀the฀ owner.฀I฀approached฀him฀about฀doing฀ this฀on฀Tuesday฀nights,฀and฀he฀was฀ receptive฀to฀it.฀It’s฀grown.฀We’ve฀been฀ doing฀it฀for฀a฀year฀and฀a฀half฀now.” Port฀Cape฀is฀a฀small฀venue,฀which฀ serves฀as฀an฀ideal฀environment฀for฀Songwriters฀Night. “The฀atmosphere฀is฀very฀conclusive.฀ It’s฀a฀small,฀intimate฀atmosphere.฀It฀ lends฀itself฀to฀Songwriters฀Night,”฀Zimmerman฀said. Being฀a฀part฀of฀this฀night฀is฀a฀simple฀process.฀Writers฀come฀in฀and฀sign฀ up฀on฀a฀sheet฀of฀paper฀and฀then฀perform฀up฀to฀three฀songs฀in฀the฀order฀that฀ they฀sign฀up.฀Zimmerman฀said฀that฀this฀ is฀to฀ensure฀that฀there฀is฀no฀precedence฀ given฀to฀a฀particular฀artist. Songwriters฀Night฀falls฀on฀every฀ second฀and฀fourth฀Tuesday฀of฀each฀ month฀at฀8฀p.m.

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Guitar฀professor฀Patrick฀Rafferty฀has฀played฀many฀free฀concerts฀during฀his฀career,฀but฀has฀yet฀to฀play฀one฀at฀Southeast฀ Missouri฀State฀University. “I’ve฀been฀wanting฀to฀do฀free฀concerts฀for฀a฀long฀time฀at฀ the฀River฀Campus,”฀Rafferty฀said.฀“Unfortunately,฀it’s฀not฀ something฀that฀happens฀all฀of฀the฀time.” Rafferty฀said฀his฀mother฀made฀him฀begin฀playing฀the฀ piano฀at฀an฀early฀age,฀and฀he฀started฀playing฀the฀guitar฀in฀ fourth฀grade. Rafferty฀credits฀the฀idea฀for฀his฀free฀concert฀to฀his฀time฀in฀ graduate฀school฀at฀the฀Peabody฀Institute฀at฀John฀Hopkins฀ University฀in฀Baltimore฀and฀the฀fact฀that฀he฀was฀late฀to฀register฀the฀event. “All฀of฀the฀concerts฀that฀they฀would฀put฀on฀were฀free,”฀ Rafferty฀said.฀“The฀public฀would฀definitely฀take฀advantage฀ of฀it.฀You฀would฀see฀a฀lot฀of฀the฀general฀public฀coming฀to฀ these฀concerts,฀and฀I฀kind฀of฀always฀felt฀like฀that’s฀the฀way฀it฀ should฀be฀at฀a฀school฀to฀a฀point.฀It฀should฀be฀something฀the฀ public฀should฀be฀able฀to฀have฀and฀experience฀for฀free.” Rafferty฀said฀this฀concert฀will฀be฀a฀more฀casual฀experience฀ for฀the฀audience฀rather฀than฀the฀typical฀formality฀of฀most฀ concerts฀that฀are฀performed฀at฀the฀River฀Campus.฀However,฀ Rafferty฀explained฀that฀he฀will฀still฀conduct฀the฀concert฀in฀ a฀professional฀manner.฀He฀also฀said฀that฀he฀has฀a฀few฀artistic฀and฀creative฀ideas฀that฀he฀plans฀to฀include฀in฀the฀concert฀that฀the฀typical฀River฀Campus฀concert฀attendee฀will฀not฀ experience. Rafferty฀is฀using฀this฀concert฀as฀a฀warm-up฀for฀an฀international฀guitar฀competition฀that฀he฀will฀compete฀at฀in฀June. “It’s฀the฀Guitar฀Foundation฀of฀America,”฀Rafferty฀said.฀ “They฀have฀an฀annual฀competition.฀This฀year฀it’s฀taking฀ place฀in฀Louisville,฀which฀makes฀it฀a฀little฀bit฀more฀accessible฀than฀it฀has฀been฀in฀past฀years.” The฀competition฀will฀be฀Rafferty’s฀first฀international฀competition,฀and฀he฀will฀perform฀a฀variety฀of฀songs,฀including฀ Fernando฀Sor’s฀“Village฀Fantasy”฀and฀Radames฀Gnattali’s฀ “Samba฀Etudes,”฀which฀he฀also฀will฀perform฀at฀his฀concert฀ at฀the฀River฀Campus. While฀Rafferty฀is฀excited฀about฀competing฀in฀the฀international฀competition,฀he฀wants฀the฀free฀concert฀to฀be฀a฀treat฀ for฀the฀students. “It’s฀kind฀of฀a฀gift฀to฀all฀of฀the฀students฀for฀completing฀their฀ spring฀semester,”฀Rafferty฀said. Rafferty฀will฀perform฀at฀7:30฀p.m.฀May฀8฀at฀the฀Robert฀F.฀ and฀Gertrude฀L.฀Shuck฀Recital฀Hall฀at฀the฀River฀Campus.฀The฀ concert฀is฀free฀to฀the฀general฀public.

Patrick Rafferty will perform at 7:30 p.m. May 8 at the Robert F. and Gertrude L. Shuck Music Recital Hall. Southeast Missourian photo

PERCUSSION POPS The Percussion Ensemble will perform the free family concert Performance Pops at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall.+

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THE FINAL DANCE CONCERT OF THE SEMESTER WILL BE AT 7:30 P.M. MONDAY AT THE DONALD C. BEDELL PERFORMANCE HALL

Southeast students rehearse for their performances in Last Chance to Dance. The concert, at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall, will be the final opportunity for students to perform this semester. The event is free and open to the public. Photos by Colby Powell and Alyssa Brewer

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MAN SHOWERS IN VANDIVER A man made it into a girls’ suite in Vandiver Hall and used the shower. Read about how Residence Life responded at southeastArrow.com.+

RACE

ALUMNUS witnesses second explosion GREG SOUTIEA WAS WALKING ACROSS BOYLSTON STREET WHEN THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS OCCURRED

Top: Southeast alumnus Greg Soutiea poses at the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15. Above left: Greg Soutiea picks up his race number for the 117th Boston Marathon. Above right: Greg Soutiea runs during the Boston Marathon on April 15. Submitted photos

Southeast alumnus finishes Boston Marathon before explosions, feels safe JEN GRADL STAFF WRITER

For฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀alumnus฀Greg฀Soutiea,฀getting฀up฀and฀running฀is฀ something฀he฀is฀used฀to.฀But฀on฀the฀morning฀ of฀April฀16,฀Soutiea฀put฀on฀his฀running฀shoes฀ and฀ran฀the฀streets฀of฀Boston.฀He฀did฀not฀run฀ because฀he฀needed฀to฀train฀for฀a฀race฀but฀to฀ honor฀those฀affected฀by฀the฀Boston฀Marathon฀ bombing฀and฀simply฀because฀he฀did฀not฀ know฀what฀else฀to฀do. A฀native฀of฀Pevely,฀Mo.,฀Soutiea฀began฀his฀ racing฀career฀by฀running฀in฀the฀Freedom฀of฀ Speech฀5K฀in฀Cape฀Girardeau.฀He฀graduated฀from฀Southeast฀in฀2007฀with฀a฀marketing฀ management฀degree฀and฀ended฀up฀in฀Boston. He฀runs฀about฀80฀miles฀a฀week฀and฀has฀ spent฀more฀than฀eight฀years฀competing฀in฀ triathlons.฀Soutiea฀started฀the฀morning฀of฀ April฀15฀just฀like฀he฀had฀the฀past฀two฀years. Soutiea฀traveled฀on฀a฀bus฀some฀26฀miles฀ outside฀of฀the฀city฀early฀that฀morning฀to฀compete฀in฀the฀Boston฀Marathon.฀He฀was฀in฀the฀

first฀wave฀and฀third฀corral,฀which฀is฀a฀sectioned฀area฀where฀runners฀are฀grouped฀together฀ according฀to฀their฀expected฀finish฀time. “I฀just฀relaxed฀and฀waited฀for฀the฀race฀to฀ start,”฀Soutiea฀said. Soutiea฀paced฀himself฀during฀the฀race฀as฀he฀ ran฀into฀the฀wind฀the฀whole฀time.฀The฀race฀is฀ notorious฀for฀its฀hills,฀but฀he฀was฀pretty฀familiar฀with฀the฀course฀since฀he฀had฀trained฀on฀it฀ before. Soutiea฀finished฀the฀26.2฀mile฀race฀in฀2฀ hours,฀54฀minutes,฀24฀seconds฀with฀an฀average฀time฀of฀6:39฀per฀mile. “The฀second฀half฀of฀the฀race฀was฀faster฀than฀ the฀first฀half,”฀Soutiea฀said. When฀he฀neared฀the฀finish฀line฀he฀said฀ everyone฀in฀the฀crowd฀was฀cheering฀and฀ yelling฀the฀runners’฀names฀and฀that฀he฀almost฀ fell฀over฀once฀he฀actually฀crossed฀the฀finish฀ line. Soutiea฀then฀went฀to฀shower฀and฀meet฀up฀ with฀his฀brother฀and฀roommate.฀As฀they฀crossed฀over฀Boylston฀Street฀from฀the฀Plaza฀Park฀ Hotel฀to฀head฀over฀to฀a฀bar฀to฀meet฀some฀

friends,฀they฀heard฀a฀sound฀echo฀the฀streets. “It฀sounded฀like฀a฀big฀firework฀boom,”฀Soutiea฀said. But฀after฀being฀a฀participant฀in฀the฀ marathon฀for฀the฀past฀two฀years,฀Soutiea฀ knew฀that฀fireworks฀were฀not฀part฀of฀the฀ event. “I฀knew฀it฀was฀a฀bomb,”฀Soutiea฀said. Soutiea฀and฀his฀friends฀looked฀around฀ in฀confusion.฀They฀checked฀Twitter฀to฀see฀if฀ anything฀had฀been฀tweeted฀about฀what฀they฀ just฀heard.฀He฀then฀jumped฀up฀on฀a฀barricade฀ to฀look฀down฀the฀street. Boom. Soutiea฀saw฀the฀second฀bomb฀go฀off฀less฀ than฀a฀minute฀apart฀from฀the฀first฀one.฀Soon฀ people฀started฀coming฀toward฀Soutiea฀and฀his฀ friends. “A฀guy฀was฀on฀his฀cell฀phone฀and฀his฀legs฀ were฀bloody,฀but฀he฀didn’t฀want฀to฀talk฀about฀ it,”฀Soutiea฀said. They฀headed฀toward฀the฀site฀of฀the฀bombing฀to฀find฀runners฀they฀knew.฀Along฀the฀way฀ they฀helped฀others฀by฀letting฀them฀use฀their฀

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phone฀since฀many฀runners฀did฀not฀have฀their฀ phones฀on฀them฀during฀the฀race.฀They฀helped฀an฀Australian฀man฀by฀lending฀him฀their฀ phone฀so฀he฀could฀text฀his฀wife฀to฀let฀her฀know฀ that฀he฀was฀OK. After฀about฀30฀minutes฀the฀police฀told฀everyone฀to฀go฀home.฀Soutiea฀and฀his฀friends฀hopped฀on฀a฀city฀bus฀that฀was฀shuttling฀people฀ out฀of฀the฀city. Later,฀Soutiea฀found฀out฀that฀everyone฀he฀ knew฀was฀safe฀and฀had฀not฀been฀hurt,฀but฀ some฀of฀his฀close฀friends฀lost฀friends฀during฀ the฀bombing,฀including฀8-year-old฀Martin฀ Richard,฀whom฀one฀of฀his฀friends฀coached. Four฀days฀after฀the฀marathon,฀one฀of฀the฀ suspects฀involved฀in฀the฀bombing฀was฀caught฀ about฀a฀mile฀away฀from฀Soutiea’s฀house฀when฀ the฀city฀was฀in฀lockdown.฀Soutiea฀and฀his฀ brother฀were฀out฀of฀town฀that฀day. “It฀doesn’t฀feel฀any฀less฀safe,”฀Soutiea฀said.฀ “I’m฀angry,฀not฀scared.฀They’ve฀accomplished฀ their฀goal,฀they฀win฀[if฀we฀are฀scared].” Soutiea฀plans฀to฀run฀in฀the฀next฀Boston฀ Marathon฀“without฀any฀hesitation.”

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EXPERIENCE

BLUES front oice reaches out to student JOURNALISM AND TV AND FILM MAJOR DAVID BELLEVILLE’S GRANDFATHER DIED TWO DAYS AFTER THEY ATTENDED A BLUES GAME TOGETHER

Student and grandparents make memories at Blues games SPENCER MICHELSON STAFF WRITER

The฀St.฀Louis฀Blues฀played฀the฀Anaheim฀Ducks฀in฀a฀midseason฀ game฀on฀March฀16. Junior฀David฀Belleville฀witnessed฀a฀2-1฀overtime฀victory฀ from฀ice-level฀with฀all-inclusive฀tickets,฀which฀included฀free฀ beverages฀and฀free฀food฀throughout฀the฀game.฀He฀attended฀ the฀game฀with฀his฀grandfather฀Ed฀Weckherlin,฀along฀with฀his฀ great฀uncle฀and฀a฀family฀friend. “It฀was฀just฀a฀really฀great฀night,”฀Belleville฀said.฀“It฀was฀the฀ first฀and฀only฀time฀that฀I฀ever฀went฀to฀a฀Blues฀game฀with฀my฀ grandpa.” The฀game฀fell฀on฀the฀first฀Saturday฀of฀Spring฀Break.฀Two฀ weeks฀earlier,฀Weckherlin฀told฀Belleville฀that฀he฀wanted฀to฀go฀ to฀a฀game฀with฀him฀and฀then฀bought฀two฀nosebleed฀seats฀for฀ him฀and฀Belleville.฀A฀week฀later,฀his฀grandfather฀called฀and฀ said฀that฀his฀aunt฀had฀gotten฀them฀four฀all-inclusive฀tickets. Tragedy฀would฀unexpectedly฀occur฀just฀two฀days฀later฀when฀ Weckherlin฀died฀of฀a฀sudden฀heart฀attack฀at฀the฀age฀of฀64. “That฀kind฀of฀caught฀my฀whole฀family฀off-guard,”฀Belleville฀ said.฀“Nobody฀was฀really฀expecting฀it.” Belleville฀then฀felt฀compelled฀to฀fill฀out฀a฀customer฀service฀ survey฀he฀found฀online,฀telling฀the฀Blues฀organization฀about฀ his฀great฀experience฀at฀the฀March฀16฀game. “There฀was฀a฀section฀where฀they฀asked฀you฀about฀your฀ experience,”฀Belleville฀said.฀“And฀I฀filled฀that฀out฀and฀I฀basically฀ told฀them฀everything฀and฀how฀it฀was฀the฀last฀time฀that฀I฀got฀to฀ spend฀time฀with฀my฀grandpa฀and฀how฀it฀was฀such฀a฀great฀night฀ and฀what฀they’re฀doing฀is฀making฀a฀difference.” Belleville฀did฀not฀anticipate฀that฀anyone฀would฀get฀back฀to฀ him. “I฀thought฀that฀survey฀was฀going฀to฀end฀up฀somewhere฀in฀a฀ cubicle,”฀Belleville฀said.฀“I฀thought฀it฀was฀literally฀going฀to฀go฀to฀ some฀guy฀working฀in฀a฀cubicle.” Instead,฀Belleville฀heard฀back฀from฀four฀members฀of฀the฀

David Belleville (right) with his grandpa (middle) and great uncle at St. Louis Blues hockey game. Submitted photo St.฀Louis฀Blues฀front฀office฀offering฀their฀condolences,฀including฀owner฀Tom฀Stillman.฀The฀Blues฀front฀office฀thought฀that฀ Belleville’s฀story฀was฀touching. “His฀story฀was฀very฀emotional฀with฀the฀loss฀of฀his฀grandfather,฀and฀we฀were฀honored฀that฀their฀last฀time฀together฀was฀ at฀a฀Blues฀game,”฀St.฀Louis฀Blues฀vice฀president฀of฀public฀relations฀Mike฀Caruso฀said฀in฀an฀email. Bruce฀Affleck,฀a฀former฀Blues฀player฀and฀broadcaster฀even฀ attended฀Belleville’s฀grandfather’s฀funeral.฀Affleck฀told฀Belleville฀to฀keep฀in฀touch฀with฀him฀since฀the฀Blues฀wanted฀to฀get฀ Belleville฀in฀the฀press฀box฀the฀next฀game฀he฀attended.฀Being฀a฀ journalism฀and฀TV฀and฀film฀major,฀getting฀to฀go฀to฀the฀press฀ box฀was฀a฀good฀experience฀for฀Belleville. Belleville฀stayed฀in฀contact฀with฀Affleck,฀and฀he฀gave฀Belleville฀a฀list฀of฀dates฀to฀choose฀from฀to฀attend฀a฀game. April฀16฀stood฀out฀to฀Belleville฀the฀most.฀That฀was฀his฀

grandparents฀Ed฀and฀Sue฀Wechkerlin’s฀anniversary. He฀was฀supposed฀to฀go฀by฀himself฀but฀asked฀the฀Blues฀if฀he฀ could฀bring฀someone฀else. “When฀I฀found฀out฀the฀game฀was฀on฀my฀grandma฀and฀ grandpa’s฀anniversary,฀I฀thought฀it฀was฀perfect,฀and฀that฀I฀had฀ to฀take฀[my฀grandma]฀then,”฀Belleville฀said.฀“Her฀and฀my฀grandpa฀had฀season฀tickets฀back฀in฀the฀60s฀and฀they฀were฀both฀big฀ Blues฀fans฀forever,฀so฀I฀thought฀it฀was฀right฀to฀bring฀her.” When฀Belleville฀and฀his฀grandmother฀arrived,฀Caruso฀was฀ waiting฀for฀them฀with฀tickets.฀They฀were฀taken฀to฀the฀press฀box,฀ and฀Belleville฀got฀to฀sit฀in฀the฀KMOX฀radio฀booth. Belleville฀sat฀next฀to฀Chris฀Kerber,฀the฀play-by-play฀broadcaster฀for฀KMOX฀and฀Blues฀hockey.฀Belleville฀even฀wore฀a฀ headset฀and฀got฀to฀give฀his฀opinion฀to฀Kerber฀during฀commercial฀breaks. “He฀was฀giving฀me฀pointers฀and฀was฀going฀over฀what฀he฀was฀ doing,”฀Belleville฀said.฀“He฀was฀constantly฀updating฀me฀on฀the฀ notes฀he฀was฀taking฀and฀how฀he฀retrieved฀his฀information฀and฀ how฀he฀organized฀it.฀It฀was฀a฀pretty฀cool฀experience.” Belleville฀could฀not฀believe฀how฀generous฀the฀Blues฀organization฀was฀to฀him. “I฀thought฀[the฀survey]฀was฀literally฀going฀to฀go฀to฀some฀guy฀ working฀in฀a฀cubicle฀and฀I,฀for฀my฀own฀personal฀reasons,฀I฀ thought฀I฀needed฀to฀write฀that฀or฀fill฀out฀that฀survey,”฀Belleville฀said. “And฀then฀it฀blew฀up฀to฀something฀where฀I฀heard฀from฀ four฀members฀of฀the฀front฀office฀offering฀their฀condolences฀ and฀they฀offered฀me฀free฀tickets฀and฀the฀time฀in฀the฀booth.฀It฀ showed฀what฀a฀classy฀organization฀the฀Blues฀are,฀and฀I฀appreciated฀it฀a฀lot.” One฀month฀after฀witnessing฀the฀Blues฀win฀in฀overtime฀with฀ his฀grandfather,฀Belleville฀got฀to฀witness฀a฀2-1฀shootout฀victory฀over฀the฀Vancouver฀Canucks฀with฀his฀grandmother฀on฀his฀ grandparents’฀anniversary. The฀Blues฀skated฀off฀the฀ice฀victorious฀and฀Belleville฀shared฀ an฀experience฀with฀a฀grandparent฀at฀both฀games.

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PROFESSORS learn to use iPads in classes THE 2013 OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY’S TEACHING AND LEARNING IPAD ACADEMY WILL BE AUG. 14 AND 15

Southeast’s Internet half the speed of some universities The฀Internet฀on฀ campus฀runs฀at฀500฀ megabits฀per฀second J.C. REEVES STAFF WRITER

Slow฀Internet฀connection฀and฀disconnections฀ can฀be฀frustrating฀during฀times฀when฀the฀ Internet฀is฀an฀asset฀to฀one’s฀education. Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀freshman฀Lucas฀Beard฀has฀had฀such฀experiences. “Last฀semester฀during฀chemistry,฀all฀of฀the฀ homework฀and฀quizzes฀were฀online,”฀Beard฀ said.฀“I฀got฀kicked฀off฀at฀least฀once฀every฀time.” Beard฀also฀mentioned฀that฀the฀Internet฀ speed฀on฀campus฀can฀be฀inconsistent,฀being฀ slow฀sometimes,฀while฀fast฀at฀others.฀Beard฀ also฀has฀experienced฀disconnections฀while฀ using฀the฀Internet฀for฀recreational฀purposes฀ in฀his฀dormitory. “I’ve฀had฀a฀significant฀amount฀of฀disconnections฀when฀all฀I’m฀doing฀is฀watching฀Netflix,”฀Beard฀said.฀“Tumblr฀and฀even฀Facebook฀ take฀an฀extremely฀long฀time฀to฀load฀the฀whole฀ page.” According฀to฀assistant฀vice฀president฀of฀ Information฀Technology฀Archie฀Sprengel฀and฀ manager฀of฀technical฀services฀Tre฀Wallhausen,฀Southeast’s฀Internet฀runs฀at฀500฀megabits฀ per฀second.฀Southeast฀obtains฀an฀Internet฀ connection฀through฀the฀Missouri฀Research฀ and฀Education฀Network฀and฀provider฀AT&T฀ Inc.฀Southeast฀uses฀an฀Ethernet฀connection฀ to฀connect฀to฀the฀Internet. Southeast’s฀Internet฀connection฀is฀significantly฀slower฀than฀some฀of฀the฀other฀regional฀ universities.฀SIU฀Carbondale฀and฀Missouri฀ State฀University฀both฀run฀two฀separate฀Internet฀connections฀that฀both฀run฀at฀one฀gigabit฀per฀second฀a฀piece,฀totaling฀an฀Internet฀ speed฀of฀two฀gigabits฀per฀second฀for฀each฀respective฀university.฀Missouri฀State’s฀Internet฀is฀ delivered฀by฀fiber฀optic฀cables฀from฀MOREnet.฀MOREnet฀has฀five฀distribution฀nodes฀in฀ the฀state฀of฀Missouri,฀one฀of฀which฀is฀located฀ at฀Missouri฀State.฀A฀fiber฀optic฀connection฀is฀ typically฀faster฀than฀an฀Ethernet฀connection. To฀put฀it฀in฀simpler฀terms,฀one฀gigabit฀is฀ equal฀to฀1000฀megabits,฀which฀means฀the฀ Internet฀speeds฀at฀SIU฀Carbondale฀and฀Missouri฀State฀are฀twice฀as฀fast฀as฀the฀Internet฀ speed฀at฀Southeast. Even฀at฀a฀speed฀twice฀as฀fast฀as฀Southeast,฀

SIU฀Carbondale’s฀chief฀information฀officer฀David฀Crain฀does฀not฀agree฀that฀it฀is฀a฀fast฀ connection. “Not฀necessarily,”฀Crain฀said.฀“We’re฀ currently฀using฀60฀to฀70฀percent฀of฀that,฀so฀ we’re฀probably฀going฀to฀have฀to฀increase฀[the฀ bandwidth].” Officials฀from฀Southeast,฀Missouri฀State฀ and฀SIU฀Carbondale฀all฀claimed฀to฀have฀few฀ problems฀with฀the฀Internet฀on฀their฀campuses.฀Most฀on-campus฀problems฀arise฀from฀ issues฀with฀the฀device฀that฀is฀connected฀to฀ the฀Internet,฀such฀as฀malware,฀interference,฀ a฀misconfigured฀device,฀slowness฀or฀a฀faulty฀ device฀between฀the฀Internet฀connection฀and฀ the฀Internet-based฀destination฀and฀device฀ failure.

“I’ve had a significant amount of disconnections when all I’m doing is watching Netflix. Tumblr and even Facebook take an extremely long time to load the whole page.” Lucas Beard “I฀would฀say฀probably฀70฀percent฀of฀the฀ calls฀we฀get,฀and฀that’s฀not฀a฀hard฀number,฀are฀ related฀to฀issues฀regarding฀student฀ID,฀their฀ SE฀key฀password,฀their฀access฀to฀things,”฀said฀ Todd฀Williams,฀help฀desk฀supervisor฀and฀user฀ services฀support฀at฀Southeast. The฀Internet฀on฀Southeast’s฀campus฀is฀ monitored฀at฀all฀times฀by฀Southeast฀and฀ MOREnet.฀In฀the฀event฀there฀is฀an฀issue฀with฀ the฀Internet,฀corrective฀steps฀are฀typically฀ taken฀before฀students฀even฀realize฀that฀there฀ is฀a฀problem. If฀a฀student฀or฀faculty฀member฀experiences฀ any฀problems฀with฀their฀Internet,฀or฀any฀other฀ technology฀they฀may฀use,฀it฀is฀important฀contact฀Information฀Technology,฀as฀it฀depends฀on฀ the฀users’฀comments฀and฀assistance฀to฀locate฀ and฀fix฀problems. The฀IT฀help฀desk฀is฀located฀in฀Memorial฀Hall฀room฀101.฀The฀hours฀are฀Monday฀ through฀Friday฀from฀8฀a.m.฀until฀5฀p.m.฀and฀at฀ Towers฀Complex฀room฀109฀Sunday฀through฀ Thursday฀from฀5฀p.m.฀until฀10฀p.m.฀The฀IT฀ help฀desk฀can฀be฀contacted฀by฀phone฀at฀573651-4357฀or฀by฀email฀at฀helpdesk@semo.edu.

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The 2013 Office of Instructional Technology’s Teaching and Learning iPad Academy will take place on Aug. 14 and 15 for professors who are chosen to receive an iPad to use in their classes in the fall. Photo Illustration by Drew Yount

OIT will select and train 12 professors how to use iPads ANDREW TYAHLA STAFF WRITER

The฀2013฀Office฀of฀Instructional฀Technology’s฀ Teaching฀and฀Learning฀iPad฀Academy฀on฀ August฀14฀and฀15฀will฀provide฀an฀opportunity฀for฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀ faculty฀to฀learn฀how฀to฀use฀an฀iPad฀in฀their฀ classes฀and฀to฀increase฀productivity. The฀idea฀to฀integrate฀iPads฀as฀a฀learning฀ tool฀occurred฀to฀Mary฀Talbut,฀instructional฀ designer฀at฀Southeast,฀when฀she฀went฀to฀a฀ conference฀in฀February.฀One฀of฀the฀presentations฀she฀attended฀showed฀her฀how฀another฀ university฀conducted฀a฀program฀to฀encourage฀ the฀use฀of฀technology฀in฀the฀classroom. “I฀am฀a฀strong฀proponent฀of฀faculty฀development,฀especially฀when฀there฀is฀a฀new฀tool฀ involved,”฀Talbut฀said.฀“You฀can’t฀just฀give฀ someone฀something฀as฀powerful฀as฀an฀iPad฀ and฀think฀that฀they฀will฀know฀all฀they฀can฀do฀ with฀it฀without฀some฀interaction฀and฀instruction฀from฀others,฀whether฀it฀is฀a฀teacher฀or฀a฀ student.” In฀order฀to฀participate฀in฀the฀academy,฀fulltime฀Southeast฀faculty฀members฀must฀submit฀a฀memo฀of฀500฀words฀or฀less฀that฀answers฀ several฀questions.฀Some฀of฀the฀questions฀ include฀why฀the฀staff฀member฀is฀willing฀to฀ put฀aside฀time฀for฀the฀academy,฀whether฀or฀ not฀they฀have฀any฀experience฀with฀using฀new฀ technology฀in฀teaching฀or฀research฀and฀how฀ they฀plan฀to฀use฀the฀iPad฀to฀assist฀in฀research฀ or฀service฀activities฀and฀increase฀productivity. This฀memo฀must฀be฀submitted฀to฀Talbut฀by฀ 11:59฀p.m.฀on฀May฀10.฀Those฀chosen฀will฀be฀ notified฀by฀the฀end฀of฀finals฀week. “Those฀chosen฀will฀depend฀on฀the฀answers฀ to฀the฀questions฀and฀who฀applies฀will฀determine฀who฀gets฀chosen,”฀Talbut฀said.฀“In฀addition,฀every฀effort฀will฀be฀made฀to฀have฀representatives฀from฀each฀college.” Twelve฀full-time฀members฀of฀the฀Southeast฀ faculty฀will฀receive฀a฀third฀generation฀iPad฀

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and฀an฀amount฀of฀money฀to฀spend฀on฀accessories฀and฀programs฀to฀use฀in฀the฀classroom฀ funded฀by฀the฀Information฀Technology฀Committee.฀Twelve฀faculty฀members฀who฀already฀ have฀iPads฀will฀also฀be฀selected฀to฀participate฀ in฀the฀academy. “Depending฀on฀the฀content,฀not฀all฀programs฀and฀accessories฀will฀be฀used฀the฀same฀ way,”฀Talbut฀said. According฀to฀the฀OIT฀Academy฀Web฀page,฀ participants฀will฀be฀expected฀to฀attend฀the฀ two-day฀academy฀workshop฀on฀August฀14฀ and฀15. They฀also฀must฀develop฀a฀plan฀to฀integrate฀ the฀iPad฀into฀at฀least฀one฀of฀their฀courses฀for฀ the฀fall฀semester฀and฀research.฀During฀the฀ semester฀they฀will฀need฀to฀attend฀at฀least฀two฀ follow-up฀sessions฀and฀regularly฀contribute฀to฀ the฀OIT฀Central฀Web฀page.฀Finally,฀the฀participants฀need฀to฀be฀prepared฀to฀share฀their฀experience฀and฀ideas฀for฀iPad฀integration฀with฀the฀ rest฀of฀the฀Southeast฀community฀at฀a฀“Take฀ Away฀Friday”฀professional฀development฀meeting฀or฀at฀other฀venues.฀Once฀the฀academy฀is฀ completed,฀the฀faculty฀member’s฀department฀ will฀assume฀ownership฀of฀the฀iPads. According฀to฀Talbut,฀some฀of฀the฀technology฀packages฀in฀the฀classrooms฀already฀have฀ connectors฀for฀the฀iPad฀and฀the฀projectors. There฀also฀are฀plans฀to฀add฀AirServer฀units฀ to฀the฀tech฀packages.฀This฀device฀allows฀iPad฀ users฀to฀wirelessly฀stream฀content฀from฀the฀ tablet฀to฀any฀PC฀or฀Mac฀using฀the฀AirPlay฀feature฀on฀the฀iPad.฀It฀also฀allows฀for฀multiple฀iOS฀ devices฀to฀connect฀at฀the฀same฀time,฀allowing฀ students฀to฀show฀their฀ideas฀to฀the฀rest฀of฀the฀ class. “There฀are฀new฀programs฀out฀there฀which฀ can฀impact฀teaching฀in฀many฀different฀content฀areas,”฀Talbut฀said.฀“You฀just฀have฀to฀look฀ to฀find฀them฀and฀have฀some฀imagination฀on฀ how฀they฀can฀be฀incorporated฀into฀the฀educational฀setting.฀This฀is฀a฀mobile฀device,฀which฀ means฀ultimately฀the฀classroom฀could฀change฀ as฀well.”

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MISS Jackson hopes for Miss Missouri MARY BAUER WILL SOON COMPETE IN THE MISS MISSOURI PAGEANT FOR THE FIFTH TIME

Student to enter Miss Missouri pageant KRISTINA LAUTENBACHER STAFF WRITER

From฀the฀age฀of฀6,฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀student฀Mary฀Bauer฀has฀had฀her฀feet฀in฀the฀world฀of฀pageants.฀The฀ senior฀public฀relations฀major฀currently฀holds฀the฀title฀of฀Miss฀ Jackson,฀a฀part฀of฀the฀Miss฀America฀program,฀and฀will฀compete฀ against฀30฀other฀women฀for฀the฀title฀of฀Miss฀Missouri฀in฀June. Bauer’s฀role฀as฀Miss฀Jackson฀is฀to฀be฀an฀ambassador฀for฀ the฀community.฀She฀has฀been฀a฀spokesperson฀for฀the฀Special฀ Olympics,฀the฀American฀Heart฀Association฀and฀the฀American฀ Cancer฀Society. Bauer฀also฀is฀an฀ambassador฀for฀Children’s฀Miracle฀Network฀hospitals฀and฀is฀a฀mentor฀with฀Big฀Brothers฀Big฀Sisters.฀ She฀also฀speaks฀at฀several฀area฀schools฀about฀leadership฀and฀ volunteerism. Bauer฀first฀started฀pageant฀competitions฀in฀the฀Tiny฀Miss฀ Jackson฀pageant,฀a฀pageant฀children฀can฀participate฀in฀between฀5฀and฀7฀years฀old.฀She฀said฀she฀has฀always฀loved฀participating฀in฀the฀pageants฀in฀Jackson,฀Mo. “It’s฀not฀what฀you฀see฀on฀‘Toddlers฀and฀Tiaras,’”฀Bauer฀said.฀ “My฀mom฀just฀always฀wanted฀me฀to฀be฀able฀to฀get฀on฀stage฀ and฀speak฀in฀front฀of฀other฀people฀and฀to฀do฀my฀talent.฀So฀I฀ caught฀that฀fever฀when฀I฀was฀6,฀and฀it฀just฀has฀stuck.”

“I just loved doing it so much, and I wanted to give back to an organization that has given me so much that I started competing right at age 17. So I’ve been competing in Miss Missouri now and have made the top five the past four years.” Mary Bauer Bauer฀won฀Miss฀Preteen฀Missouri฀when฀she฀was฀12฀years฀ old.฀She฀began฀competing฀in฀Miss฀Missouri’s฀Outstanding฀ Teen฀program฀at฀13.฀She฀competed฀in฀that฀pageant฀for฀three฀ years,฀and฀won฀the฀title฀her฀third฀year,฀winning฀a฀scholarship฀ from฀the฀Miss฀America’s฀Outstanding฀Teen฀scholarship฀program.฀Bauer฀then฀qualified฀for฀the฀Miss฀Teen฀America฀pageant. “Getting฀to฀do฀that฀was฀an฀amazing฀experience,”฀Bauer฀ said.฀“That฀scholarship฀paid฀for฀almost฀my฀entire฀college฀ education.” When฀Bauer฀was฀17฀she฀became฀eligible฀to฀compete฀for฀the฀ title฀of฀Miss฀Missouri.฀She฀said฀that฀many฀people฀told฀her฀not฀ to฀start฀competing฀immediately฀even฀though฀she฀was฀eligible฀ because฀she฀was฀so฀young. “I฀just฀loved฀doing฀it฀so฀much,฀and฀I฀wanted฀to฀give฀back฀to฀ an฀organization฀that฀has฀given฀me฀so฀much฀that฀I฀started฀competing฀right฀at฀age฀17,”฀Bauer฀said.฀“So฀I’ve฀been฀competing฀in฀

Miss฀Missouri฀now฀and฀have฀made฀the฀top฀five฀the฀past฀four฀ years.” This฀will฀be฀Bauer’s฀fifth฀year฀competing฀and฀she฀hopes฀that฀ this฀will฀be฀her฀year฀to฀win. “I’ve฀worked฀really฀hard,฀and฀I฀really฀think฀I฀would฀do฀a฀good฀ job฀of฀representing฀Missouri,”฀Bauer฀said. The฀competition฀for฀Miss฀Missouri฀is฀a฀weeklong฀event,฀ from฀June฀1-8.฀Contestants฀start฀out฀with฀rehearsals฀and฀social฀ events,฀and฀competition฀begins฀June฀5.฀That฀day฀Bauer฀will฀ have฀a฀10-minute฀private฀interview฀with฀the฀judges.฀That฀evening฀she฀will฀compete฀in฀the฀talent฀portion฀of฀the฀competition,฀ where฀she฀will฀sing฀“Bridge฀Over฀Troubled฀Water.” The฀next฀night฀will฀be฀the฀evening฀gown฀and฀on-stage฀ question฀portions฀of฀the฀competition.฀June฀7฀is฀the฀swimsuit฀ competition. “On฀Saturday฀evening฀everyone฀is฀out฀on฀stage฀and฀they฀ announce฀the฀top฀10,”฀Bauer฀said.฀“Those฀10,฀their฀scores฀are฀ all฀wiped฀clean฀and฀they฀will฀compete฀in฀everything฀again฀that฀ night,฀and฀they฀come฀up฀with฀Miss฀Missouri.” If฀Bauer฀wins฀the฀Miss฀Missouri฀title,฀it฀will฀be฀her฀full-time฀ job฀for฀one฀year.฀She฀said฀that฀the฀winner฀signs฀a฀contract฀on฀ stage฀and฀immediately฀is฀sent฀to฀her฀first฀press฀conference. Miss฀Missouri฀will฀then฀go฀on฀a฀10-day฀media฀tour฀and฀ begin฀preparations฀for฀the฀Miss฀America฀Pageant฀in฀September.฀During฀this฀time฀she฀tours฀the฀state,฀visiting฀schools,฀churches฀and฀participating฀in฀different฀community฀events฀as฀her฀ service฀duties. Bauer฀is฀no฀stranger฀to฀community฀service.฀Along฀with฀holding฀the฀title฀of฀Miss฀Jackson,฀she฀is฀also฀a฀member฀of฀Alpha฀ Chi฀Omega฀on฀Southeast’s฀campus. “In฀Alpha฀Chi฀Omega฀one฀of฀our฀main฀goals฀is฀to฀enhance฀ our฀love฀of฀service,”฀Bauer฀said.฀“That’s฀everything฀that฀Miss฀ America฀is฀about,฀so฀they฀work฀hand฀in฀hand.฀Alpha฀Chi฀has฀ encouraged฀me฀to฀do฀well฀in฀school,฀further฀my฀education฀and฀ ultimately฀serve฀others,฀and฀the฀Miss฀America฀organization฀is฀ very฀high฀on฀scholarship฀and฀service฀as฀well.” Bauer฀also฀said฀that฀from฀a฀young฀age฀her฀parents฀instilled฀ in฀her฀the฀love฀for฀helping฀other฀people฀and฀advocating฀for฀ organizations฀she฀believes฀in.฀She฀said฀that฀St.฀Jude฀Children’s฀ Research฀Hospital฀and฀Children’s฀Miracle฀Network฀always฀ have฀held฀a฀special฀place฀in฀her฀heart.฀Her฀parents฀donated฀ to฀those฀organizations฀as฀she฀was฀growing฀up,฀so฀she฀in฀turn฀ loved฀them฀as฀well฀and฀wanted฀to฀do฀more฀for฀them. “When฀Miss฀America฀partnered฀with฀Children’s฀Miracle฀ Network฀Hospitals฀a฀few฀years฀ago,฀it฀was฀like฀God฀kept฀putting฀ different฀opportunities฀in฀my฀life฀and฀experiences฀that฀kept฀ linking฀me฀back฀to฀children’s฀hospitals,”฀Bauer฀said. Bauer฀said฀that฀as฀Miss฀Jackson฀she฀feels฀she฀is฀already฀ doing฀part฀of฀what฀it฀means฀to฀be฀Miss฀Missouri฀with฀her฀tours฀ and฀services.฀But฀she฀knows฀being฀Miss฀Missouri฀will฀impact฀ charities฀even฀more. “Just฀this฀past฀weekend฀I฀hosted฀a฀fundraiser฀myself฀ called฀‘Rockin’฀For฀Miracles,’฀and฀all฀the฀proceeds฀benefitted฀ Children’s฀Miracle฀Network฀hospitals,”฀Bauer฀said.฀“It฀raised฀ over฀$10,000.฀I฀thought฀if฀I฀could฀do฀this฀as฀Miss฀Jackson,฀oh฀my฀ goodness,฀what฀I฀could฀do฀for฀Miss฀Missouri.”

Top: Mary Bauer at a fundraiser. Bottom: Mary Bauer as Miss Jackson. Submitted photos

Missouri Mission of Mercy to provide free dental clinic in Show Me Center J.C. REEVES STAFF WRITER

The฀Missouri฀Mission฀of฀Mercy฀ is฀coming฀to฀the฀Show฀Me฀Center฀on฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀ University’s฀campus฀on฀May฀3฀and฀4฀ to฀provide฀free฀dental฀care฀to฀thousands฀of฀patients฀who฀may฀not฀normally฀be฀able฀to฀afford฀dental฀care. Mission฀of฀Mercy฀has฀hosted฀dental฀clinics฀all฀across฀the฀United฀States฀for฀13฀years.฀Since฀the฀first฀Mission฀of฀Mercy฀clinic฀in฀2000,฀more฀ than฀200,000฀patients฀have฀received฀more฀than฀$50฀million฀worth฀of฀ dental฀care฀free฀of฀charge. “[Mission฀of฀Mercy]฀came฀as฀ a฀result฀of฀the฀fact฀that฀we฀know฀ that฀there฀are฀patients฀that,฀for฀one฀

reason฀or฀another,฀have฀problems฀ with฀access฀to฀care,”฀said฀Dr.฀Janet฀ Ruopp,฀owner฀of฀Ruopp฀&฀Ruopp฀ Dentistry฀in฀Cape฀Girardeau฀and฀ chairperson฀of฀this฀year’s฀Missouri฀ Mission฀of฀Mercy. The฀stop฀at฀the฀Show฀Me฀Center฀will฀be฀only฀the฀second฀time฀ the฀Mission฀of฀Mercy฀has฀come฀to฀ Missouri. The฀first฀Mission฀of฀Mercy฀clinic฀ to฀come฀to฀Missouri฀was฀in฀Springfield,฀Mo.,฀in฀2011.฀It฀attracted฀1,856฀ patients฀who฀were฀provided฀with฀ more฀than฀$1.1฀million฀of฀free฀dental฀care฀by฀1,046฀dental฀and฀general฀ volunteers. This฀year’s฀Mission฀of฀Mercy฀clinic฀will฀start฀at฀5฀a.m.฀and฀last฀ until฀5฀p.m.฀both฀days฀of฀the฀event.฀

The฀dental฀workers฀will฀provide฀ cleanings,฀fillings฀and฀extractions฀ for฀patients. The฀professionals฀at฀the฀clinic฀ will฀not฀be฀able฀to฀provide฀services฀such฀as฀installing฀crowns฀and฀ bridges,฀performing฀root฀canals,฀ providing฀full฀dentures฀and฀denture฀repair,฀wisdom฀teeth฀extraction,฀teeth฀whitening฀or฀cosmetic฀ dentistry. Ruopp฀is฀expecting฀to฀have฀a฀big฀ turnout฀at฀this฀year’s฀clinic. “We฀are฀anticipating฀that฀we฀will฀ probably฀see฀2,000฀to฀2,200฀patients฀ in฀our฀two-day฀clinic,”฀Ruopp฀said.฀ “And฀probably฀do฀$1.5฀million฀of฀ free฀dental฀work.” Ruopp฀also฀said฀that฀the฀organization฀needs฀many฀Southeast฀

Missouri฀State฀University฀students฀ to฀volunteer฀to฀help฀with฀the฀clinic,฀ along฀with฀200฀dentists,฀100฀assistants฀and฀100฀hygienists. “There฀are฀tons฀of฀places฀that฀students฀can฀volunteer,”฀Ruopp฀said.฀ “And฀we฀will฀teach฀them฀their฀jobs.฀ They฀don’t฀need฀to฀come฀with฀specific฀skills.” There฀are฀going฀to฀be฀student฀ volunteer฀jobs฀available฀for฀translation฀for฀patients฀who฀do฀not฀speak฀ English,฀set฀up฀and฀take฀down,฀hospitality,฀escorts฀to฀guide฀the฀patients฀ around฀the฀Show฀Me฀Center฀and฀ provide฀personal฀hygiene฀bags฀to฀ patients฀as฀they฀exit฀the฀arena. “Obviously,฀I฀think฀they’re฀hoping฀ to฀serve฀people฀who฀can’t฀afford฀it฀or฀ don’t฀have฀dental฀insurance,”฀said฀

Michele฀Irby,฀director฀of฀Campus฀ Life฀and฀Event฀Services.฀“But฀really,฀they฀wouldn’t฀turn฀anyone฀away฀ from฀dental฀care.” The฀clinic฀is฀going฀to฀work฀on฀a฀ first-come,฀first-serve฀basis.฀People฀ will฀be฀allowed฀into฀the฀clinic฀until฀it฀ reaches฀capacity. “I฀love฀helping฀people,”฀Southeast฀ student฀volunteer฀Sarah฀Stoverink฀said.฀“I฀like฀seeing฀the฀transformation฀when฀people฀get฀their฀ teeth฀clean,฀and฀how฀happy฀they฀are฀ when฀they฀get฀dental฀work฀done.” Students฀who฀are฀interested฀in฀ volunteering฀can฀visit฀the฀Missouri฀ Mission฀of฀Mercy฀page฀on฀modental.org฀to฀register฀for฀the฀clinic. “It’s฀hard฀work,”฀Ruopp฀said.฀“But฀ it’s฀so฀rewarding.”

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INTRODUCING the new editors THE EDITORS FOR THE 2013 - 2014 ACADEMIC YEAR HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND WILL BEGIN THEIR NEW POSITIONS AT THE END OF MAY

Meet the new Arrow staff for the 2013 - 2014 academic year This฀year฀the฀Arrow฀staff฀has฀gone฀through฀many฀ different฀changes.฀There฀have฀been฀multiple฀breaking฀news฀stories฀and฀even฀editor฀changes฀throughout฀the฀course฀of฀the฀year,฀but฀we฀have฀continued฀ to฀grow.฀On฀April฀24฀the฀final฀members฀were฀added฀ to฀the฀2013฀-฀2014฀Arrow฀staff.฀In฀addition฀to฀the฀ editors฀listed฀below฀Steve฀Amrhein฀was฀chosen฀as฀ advertising฀manager฀and฀Tommy฀Crossen฀as฀marketing฀manager. This฀week’s฀question฀is฀“What฀did฀you฀learn฀ from฀the฀Arrow฀this฀past฀year฀and฀what฀are฀you฀

most฀looking฀forward฀to฀for฀next฀year,?”฀which฀all฀ the฀future฀staff฀members฀answered฀below.฀ As฀for฀me,฀this฀year฀has฀been฀a฀huge฀learning฀ opportunity฀for฀me.฀I฀came฀into฀the฀online฀editor฀ position฀with฀no฀experience฀other฀than฀what฀I฀gained฀as฀an฀Arrow฀reporter,฀and฀I฀continued฀to฀grow฀ from฀there.฀I฀made฀some฀great฀friends฀and฀learned฀ many฀valuable฀management฀and฀journalism฀skills฀ over฀the฀past฀year. Next฀year฀I฀take฀on฀the฀role฀of฀editor฀for฀the฀ Arrow.฀This฀has฀been฀something฀I฀have฀been฀

working฀toward฀for฀quite฀a฀while,฀and฀I฀am฀so฀excited฀to฀finally฀be฀able฀to฀be฀an฀example฀to฀other฀ writers.฀ I฀look฀forward฀to฀working฀with฀my฀new฀staff,฀ introducing฀new฀writers฀to฀the฀wonderful฀world฀ of฀journalism,฀making฀great฀strides฀in฀the฀types฀of฀ stories฀we฀produce,฀advancing฀our฀online฀product฀ and฀ultimately฀enjoying฀my฀senior฀year.฀If฀anyone฀ ever฀wants฀to฀share฀an฀idea฀with฀me฀or฀just฀say฀‘hi’฀ please฀stop฀by฀our฀office,฀I฀look฀forward฀to฀it!

Savanna Maue Editor

Kelly Lu Holder Managing Editor

Jen Gradl Sports Editor

Jami Black Design Editor

I฀grew฀up฀right฀here฀in฀ Southeast฀Missouri฀in฀a฀ small฀southern฀town฀called฀ Scott฀City฀where฀we฀are฀no฀ stranger฀to฀suspenders฀and฀ cowboy฀boots.฀I฀will฀be฀a฀ senior฀next฀year,฀working฀ my฀way฀to฀earning฀a฀degree฀ in฀journalism฀and฀advertising฀with฀a฀minor฀in฀creative฀ writing.฀ I’m฀also฀a฀proud฀sister฀of฀the฀Alpha฀Chi฀Omega฀ sorority!฀I฀would฀not฀be฀the฀ woman฀I฀am฀today฀if฀it฀wasn’t฀ for฀the฀unconditional฀love฀ and฀drive฀my฀sisters฀give฀me฀ on฀a฀daily฀basis.฀ I’m฀fairly฀familiar฀with฀the฀ Arrow฀ofice฀and฀how฀things฀ are฀done.฀By฀working฀on฀the฀ Arrow฀staff฀I’ve฀gained฀reallife฀experience฀and฀learned฀ the฀responsibility฀of฀scheduling฀and฀meeting฀deadlines.฀Next฀year฀I’m฀looking฀ forward฀to฀really฀connecting฀with฀the฀students,฀faculty฀and฀staff฀here฀at฀Southeast฀and฀producing฀a฀quality฀ paper฀every฀week.฀I฀cannot฀ wait฀to฀get฀started!

This฀year฀was฀my฀irst฀year฀ working฀for฀the฀Arrow.฀I฀was฀ a฀little฀nervous฀at฀irst฀since฀ this฀would฀be฀the฀irst฀time฀I฀ would฀put฀my฀writing฀skills฀ to฀the฀test฀outside฀of฀the฀ classroom.฀ Working฀for฀the฀Arrow฀ taught฀me฀that฀I฀could฀do฀ this,฀I฀can฀be฀a฀writer.฀The฀ staff฀helped฀me฀improve฀my฀ writing฀skills฀and฀expand฀my฀ horizons฀by฀writing฀all฀different฀types฀of฀stories.฀ Getting฀compliments฀and฀ feedback฀not฀only฀helped฀ me฀improve฀but฀boosted฀ my฀conidence฀in฀the฀career฀ path฀I฀have฀chosen. I฀didn’t฀think฀that฀after฀just฀ a฀year฀of฀working฀for฀the฀ Arrow,฀I฀would฀have฀the฀ honor฀of฀becoming฀sports฀ editor,฀and฀I’m฀extremely฀ excited฀to฀begin฀work฀for฀ my฀position.฀I฀can’t฀wait฀to฀ cover฀sporting฀events฀and฀to฀ work฀with฀the฀other฀members฀of฀the฀staff฀to฀improve฀ the฀paper.฀It’s฀going฀to฀be฀an฀ amazing฀experience,฀and฀I฀ can’t฀wait.

When฀I฀stepped฀into฀my฀irst฀ Arrow฀meeting฀at฀the฀beginning฀of฀this฀semester,฀I฀had฀ no฀idea฀that฀I฀would฀have฀ become฀the฀design฀editor฀ four฀short฀months฀later.฀ The฀Arrow฀gave฀me฀the฀ opportunity฀to฀step฀out฀of฀my฀ comfort฀zone฀and฀apply฀for฀ an฀editor฀position฀without฀ even฀starting฀out฀as฀a฀staff฀ member. With฀a฀passion฀for฀design,฀I฀ applied฀for฀the฀design฀editor฀ position฀with฀many฀doubts,฀ assuming฀that฀my฀skills฀ would฀not฀be฀suficient฀for฀ the฀job.฀Today,฀I฀am฀so฀thankful฀I฀took฀the฀risk฀and฀applied฀ because฀I฀can฀now฀call฀myself฀ an฀Arrow฀editor.฀ My฀experience฀with฀the฀ Arrow฀has฀taught฀me฀to฀follow฀my฀passion,฀try฀my฀best฀ and฀reach฀my฀goals,฀even฀ if฀they฀feel฀unrealistic.฀I’m฀ extremely฀excited฀to฀start฀ designing฀the฀Arrow฀next฀ year฀and฀I฀have฀already฀had฀ a฀blast฀associating฀with฀the฀ Arrow฀team฀for฀the฀short฀ amount฀of฀time฀I฀have฀been฀ involved.

J.C. Reeves Arts & Entertainment Editor My฀first฀time฀stepping฀foot฀ into฀the฀Arrow฀ofice฀I฀was฀ timid,฀shy฀and฀unsure฀of฀ what฀to฀expect.฀I฀was฀welcomed฀with฀open฀arms฀and฀ began฀my฀journalism฀career฀ right฀there.฀ Since฀my฀irst฀visit฀to฀the฀ Arrow฀in฀September,฀I฀have฀ learned฀so฀much฀about฀journalism,฀talking฀to฀people฀ and฀myself.฀It’s฀been฀a฀great฀ opportunity฀for฀me฀to฀creatively฀express฀myself,฀while฀ informing฀other฀people฀of฀ important฀information.฀I฀ didn’t฀exactly฀expect฀to฀even฀ be฀in฀the฀running฀for฀an฀editor฀position฀at฀the฀beginning฀ of฀the฀semester.฀Being฀the฀ arts฀and฀entertainment฀editor฀is฀such฀an฀exciting฀thing฀ for฀me.฀ I฀have฀an฀incredible฀passion฀for฀music฀and฀just฀being฀ entertained.฀I฀am฀most฀looking฀forward฀to฀broadening฀my฀journalistic฀abilities฀ by฀learning฀how฀to฀edit฀stories,฀use฀different฀programs฀ and฀be฀someone฀that฀writers฀ come฀to฀for฀advice.

Alyssa Brewer Photo Editor In฀2011,฀at฀the฀age฀of฀24,฀I฀ decided฀to฀leave฀my฀iveyear฀corporate฀job฀and฀go฀ back฀to฀school฀full฀time.฀ During฀my฀irst฀semester฀at฀ Southeast฀I฀took฀Dr.฀Baird’s฀ Fundamentals฀of฀Photography฀class,฀fell฀in฀love฀and฀ made฀it฀my฀major.฀In฀my฀ spring฀2013฀semester฀while฀ taking฀Dr.฀White’s฀MC201฀ class,฀our฀class฀toured฀the฀ Arrow.฀ I฀then฀became฀a฀photographer฀for฀the฀Arrow฀and฀ found฀my฀new฀passion.฀ What฀I฀learned฀from฀working฀ with฀the฀Arrow฀is฀that฀photojournalism฀is฀what฀I฀want฀to฀ do฀with฀my฀life,฀photography฀ is฀my฀own฀personal฀sport฀ with฀no฀off฀season.฀ I฀am฀most฀looking฀forward฀ to฀having฀fun฀experiences฀ in฀the฀Arrow฀ofice฀with฀my฀ teammates.฀Also,฀I฀am฀looking฀forward฀to฀having฀a฀free฀ media฀pass฀with฀a฀zoomedin฀front฀row฀seat฀to฀all฀the฀ awesome฀events฀that฀Southeast฀has฀lined฀up฀this฀year.฀

Andrea Gils Online Managing Editor This฀year฀I฀had฀the฀chance฀ to฀be฀part฀of฀the฀Arrow฀staff฀ as฀copy฀editor.฀The฀Arrow฀ gave฀me฀the฀opportunity฀ to฀get฀to฀know฀reporters,฀ grow฀as฀a฀reporter฀and฀perfect฀my฀time-management฀ skills฀because฀of฀my฀involvement฀in฀other฀student฀ organizations. Being฀the฀online฀managing฀ editor฀in฀the฀Arrow฀is฀a฀fantastic฀opportunity฀for฀me฀to฀ further฀develop฀my฀management฀skills฀and฀put฀into฀ practice฀my฀public฀relations฀and฀design฀skills.฀This฀ job฀is฀complex,฀but฀I฀am฀ very฀excited฀to฀push฀for฀daily฀ online฀multimedia฀reporting฀ because฀it฀will฀give฀students฀ the฀best฀journalism฀experience฀they฀could฀possibly฀get฀ before฀graduation.฀ Because฀this฀position฀is฀ new,฀I฀am฀very฀excited฀to฀ shape฀it,฀help฀the฀Arrow฀ grow฀even฀more฀and฀be฀part฀ of฀the฀team฀that฀will฀leave฀a฀ legacy฀at฀this฀newspaper.

What is your favorite word and can you use it in a sentence?

Zack Manning Pizza. I love to eat pizza.

Ben Kingen Cacophony. Unleash a cacophony of terror.

Tyler Morgan Better. I will do better next semester.

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COMMERCE BANK CLOSING Commerce Bank will close on May 10 and re-open as US Bank after July 1. Renovations to the bookstore will begin after May 10.+

DINE

CHARTWELLS and SGA consider changes SGA WOULD FUND ANY PROPOSED ALTERATIONS TO THE OUTDOOR SEATING AT SUBWAY IN SCULLY BUILDING

Chartwells contemplates dining option changes Island Oasis became Dippin’ Dots in April JAMES DEVON JONES ARROW REPORTER

Top: Dippin’ Dots opened in April at the University Center. Bottom: SGA is considering adding an outside dining area to Subway. Photos by Colby Powell

In฀order฀to฀adjust฀to฀a฀new฀set฀of฀circumstances,฀Student฀Government฀Association฀at฀Southeast฀Missouri฀State฀University฀recently฀implemented฀or฀considered฀ changes฀for฀Island฀Oasis,฀Rowdy’s฀Subs฀ and฀Subway’s฀outdoor฀dining฀capacity. Island฀Oasis฀was฀converted฀to฀a฀Dippin’฀Dots฀in฀April. According฀to฀Bradley฀Beran,฀the฀University฀Affairs฀chair฀for฀SGA,฀the฀need฀ to฀replace฀Island฀Oasis฀arose฀because฀ the฀vendors฀were฀unable฀to฀acquire฀the฀ ingredients฀necessary฀for฀its฀goods. “Island฀Oasis฀is฀going฀away฀due฀to฀ the฀difficulty฀of฀obtaining฀the฀smoothie฀ mixes,”฀Beran฀said.฀“They฀have฀gotten฀ down฀to฀the฀point฀where฀they฀can฀only฀ get฀a฀few฀of฀the฀least฀requested฀flavors.” By฀Beran’s฀account,฀the฀deciding฀factor฀in฀the฀replacement฀of฀Island฀Oasis฀ was฀the฀arrival฀of฀special฀equipment฀ that฀was฀necessary฀for฀Dippin’฀Dots฀ice฀ cream. “They฀were฀just฀kind฀of฀waiting฀on฀a฀ freezer,”฀Beran฀said.฀“They฀require฀special฀freezers฀for฀the฀Dippin’฀Dots,฀and฀ Dippin’฀Dots,฀the฀company,฀actually฀provides฀those฀freezers฀for฀the฀ university.” According฀to฀Beran,฀the฀new฀Dippin’฀ Dots฀and฀any฀future฀change฀to฀Rowdy’s฀ Subs฀will฀be฀funded฀by฀Chartwells฀

Dining฀Services,฀and฀these฀changes฀will฀ not฀affect฀the฀prices฀of฀the฀rest฀of฀the฀ food฀at฀Rowdy’s. Like฀Island฀Oasis,฀Rowdy’s฀has฀been฀ considered฀for฀alterations฀by฀Southeast’s฀ Dining฀Services฀Advisory฀Committee. However,฀the฀decision฀to฀alter฀the฀ eatery฀is฀not฀final. Beran฀explained฀that฀there฀is฀a฀need฀ to฀replace฀Rowdy’s฀Subs฀and฀what฀sort฀ of฀replacement฀has฀been฀considered฀by฀ SGA.

“The university has a specific standard of what they allow you to have on their campus.” Bradley Beran “Since฀the฀input฀of฀Subway฀on฀campus,฀the฀amount฀of฀people฀that฀are฀ ...฀choosing฀to฀eat฀Rowdy’s฀Subs฀has฀ gone฀down฀considerably,”฀Beran฀said.฀ “Subway฀has฀affected฀on-campus฀dining฀ considerably,฀so฀they’re฀just฀kind฀of฀looking฀for฀future฀options฀for฀Rowdy’s฀Subs.฀ There’s฀nothing฀set฀in฀stone฀just฀yet,฀but฀ one฀of฀the฀things฀they฀mentioned฀was฀ maybe฀adding฀a฀Burrito-Ville-like฀concept.฀And฀that฀would฀include฀maybe฀ Mexican฀burritos฀or฀stuff฀similar฀to฀what฀ you฀might฀find฀at฀Burrito-Ville.” In฀addition฀to฀affecting฀Rowdy’s฀ Subs,฀the฀acquisition฀of฀a฀Subway฀as฀a฀ part฀of฀the฀dining฀options฀at฀Southeast฀ has฀given฀rise฀to฀a฀need฀for฀an฀outdoor฀

dining฀capacity฀for฀the฀venue. “Student฀Government฀is฀looking฀to฀ revamp฀that฀area฀over฀there,฀and฀just฀ take฀advantage฀of฀some฀of฀that฀leftover฀space฀from฀when฀the฀children’s,฀I฀ guess,฀day฀care฀was฀taken฀out฀there,”฀ Beran฀said.฀“What฀we’re฀kind฀of฀looking฀ to฀do฀with฀that฀is฀add฀some฀benches฀and฀ tables฀similar฀to฀what฀you฀would฀see฀ outside฀of฀the฀Starbucks฀area,฀the฀university฀standard฀bench,฀which฀is฀like฀the฀ black฀bench฀with฀the฀rubber฀...฀coating฀ on฀it.฀And,฀the฀tables฀are฀similar฀with฀the฀ umbrella฀over฀the฀top฀of฀them.” Beran฀said฀that฀the฀budget฀for฀the฀ pending฀Subway฀project฀has฀yet฀to฀be฀ approved. In฀regard฀to฀the฀specific฀changes฀to฀be฀ made฀before฀the฀outdoor฀seating฀will฀be฀ added,฀Beran฀said฀that฀“the฀main฀goal฀is฀ to฀pull฀out฀all฀the฀sand฀that’s฀there.” He฀added฀that฀nothing฀was฀finalized,฀ but฀SGA฀wants฀to฀“clean฀the฀area”฀and฀ change฀the฀fencing. Unlike฀Dippin’฀Dots฀or฀Rowdy’s,฀the฀ alterations฀to฀Subway฀would฀not฀be฀funded฀by฀Chartwells,฀Beran฀said. Beran฀said฀that฀the฀funding฀would฀ come฀from฀the฀SGA฀“carry฀forward฀ account,”฀which฀is฀forwarded฀revenue฀ from฀previous฀terms. According฀to฀Beran,฀there฀are฀still฀ challenges฀to฀initiating฀the฀changes฀to฀ Subway. “There฀are฀obstacles,”฀Beran฀said.฀ “You฀have฀to฀use฀certain฀contractors.฀...฀ The฀university฀has฀a฀specific฀standard฀ of฀what฀they฀allow฀you฀to฀have฀on฀their฀ campus.”

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What made you choose to attend Southeast? Michael Benz From฀the฀very฀beginning฀the฀quaintness,฀and฀ beauty฀of฀the฀campus฀coupled฀with฀the฀friendlieness฀of฀everyone.฀Love฀my฀years฀down฀in฀Cape฀G.!!

Laura Diane Carter Scholarship!฀They฀also฀had฀my฀major,฀were฀ a฀good฀distance฀from฀home,฀and฀people฀were฀friendly฀and฀helpful.

Kristin Dillingham It’s฀cheaper฀than฀most฀schools!฀I฀had฀originally฀chose฀ Mizzou฀but฀switched฀here฀because฀its฀half฀the฀cost.

Kevin Gregory I฀chose฀Southeast฀after฀one฀of฀my฀favorite฀teachers฀in฀high฀school฀informed฀me฀that฀Southeast฀ was฀her฀Alma฀Mater.฀Once฀she฀recommended฀it฀I฀ knew฀that฀I฀had฀to฀least฀schedule฀a฀visit,฀and฀that฀ visit฀was฀all฀that฀it฀took฀for฀me฀to฀make฀my฀decision.฀The฀location฀of฀Southeast฀was฀perfect฀in฀that฀ it฀ensured฀that฀I฀would฀experience฀life฀on฀my฀own฀ whilst฀still฀being฀within฀a฀short฀drive฀of฀home฀in฀ case฀I฀ever฀needed฀anything.฀The฀campus฀is฀nothing฀short฀of฀incredible฀in฀that฀it฀offers฀everything฀that฀other฀universities฀do฀at฀an฀affordable฀ cost฀for฀tuition฀and฀other฀annual฀costs.฀The฀textbook฀rental฀program฀also฀puts฀Southeast฀among฀ the฀top!฀I฀have฀no฀regrets฀in฀the฀three฀years฀I’ve฀ been฀at฀Southeast฀and฀I฀look฀forward฀to฀watching฀it฀grow฀as฀it฀already฀has฀during฀my฀time฀here! Phi Mu Alpha fraternity hosted a life size living angry birds on April 25 on the academic terraces. Photo by Kristina Lautenbacher

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A-TEAM

HOW to make the most of your summer THE A-TEAM DISCUSSES WHAT WILL KEEP THEM BUSY OVER THE SUMMER

JEN GRADL A-TEAM MEMBER

BILLY SCHMITZ A-TEAM MEMBER

The฀best฀words฀of฀wisdom฀I฀can฀provide฀for฀having฀ a฀great฀summer฀are฀pretty฀simple฀and฀straightforward:฀Take฀a฀break,฀but฀not฀too฀much฀of฀a฀break.฀ No฀matter฀where฀you’re฀spending฀your฀summer฀—฀at฀ home,฀in฀Cape฀or฀anywhere฀else฀for฀whatever฀reason฀—฀ make฀sure฀you฀take฀time฀to฀relax฀and฀enjoy฀yourself.฀Go฀ for฀a฀jog฀in฀the฀late฀evening,฀grab฀something฀to฀drink฀ outside฀at฀twilight฀and฀watch฀all฀the฀movies฀and฀read฀all฀ the฀books฀you฀didn’t฀have฀time฀for฀during฀the฀school฀year.฀ We฀won’t฀be฀full-time฀students฀forever,฀so฀our฀summer฀ breaks฀are฀woefully฀inite.฀Set฀some฀time฀aside฀to฀shirk฀ responsibility,฀have฀some฀fun฀and฀enjoy฀being฀a฀young฀ adult.฀Go฀on฀a฀random฀road฀trip,฀drive฀an฀unreasonable฀distance฀to฀a฀concert฀and฀spend฀an฀entire฀day฀doing฀ absolutely฀nothing.฀Absolutely.฀Nothing.฀You’ll฀love฀it.฀ Have฀long฀conversations฀with฀friends฀at฀the฀nearest฀ coffee฀shop,฀relect฀over฀the฀past฀year฀and฀try฀to฀igure฀out฀some฀possible฀directions฀your฀life฀might฀lead฀ you.฀Make฀a฀couple฀to-do฀lists฀and฀then฀throw฀them฀ away฀to฀start฀over.฀Take฀a฀long฀drive฀with฀the฀windows฀ down,฀and฀set฀aside฀some฀time฀just฀to฀breathe.฀ At฀the฀same฀time,฀don’t฀spend฀your฀summer฀being฀ completely฀useless฀or฀you’ll฀regret฀it฀at฀the฀end฀of฀summer.฀Find฀an฀internship฀with฀fairly฀lexible฀hours,฀ or฀take฀an฀online฀course฀as฀long฀as฀you’re฀good฀with฀ deadlines.฀If฀your฀old฀part-time฀boss฀will฀have฀you฀ back,฀take฀him฀or฀her฀up฀on฀the฀offer.฀You’ll฀need฀some฀ spare฀change฀for฀all฀the฀fun฀you฀should฀be฀having.฀ Look฀into฀graduate฀schools฀and฀programs,฀and฀possibly฀visit฀a฀couple฀—฀this฀represents฀a฀great฀opportunity฀to฀combine฀something฀fun฀with฀something฀ productive.฀Try฀to฀build฀a฀network฀wherever฀you฀hope฀ to฀be฀working฀one฀day,฀as฀long฀as฀it’s฀feasible฀and฀ won’t฀leave฀your฀bank฀account฀furious฀with฀you.฀ Summer฀is฀an฀incredible฀time฀because฀we฀have฀a฀chance฀ to฀relax฀and฀be฀fruitful฀at฀the฀same฀time.฀We฀can฀do฀all฀ the฀constructive,฀valuable฀things฀we฀don’t฀have฀time฀for฀ during฀the฀school฀year,฀but฀we฀also฀have฀a฀good฀deal฀of฀ time฀to฀sit฀back฀and฀throw฀our฀feet฀on฀the฀coffee฀table.฀ As฀for฀myself,฀I’ll฀be฀in฀Cape฀taking฀a฀class,฀working฀an฀internship฀and฀giving฀tours฀for฀the฀admissions฀department.฀I’ll฀also฀be฀spending฀a฀pretty฀ good฀deal฀of฀my฀time฀having฀fun฀and฀reveling฀in฀ my฀leeting฀youth.฀Hope฀to฀see฀you฀around.

I฀love฀summer.฀It’s฀my฀time฀to฀relax,฀spend฀time฀ with฀friends฀I฀haven’t฀seen฀in฀forever฀and฀most฀ importantly,฀travel.฀I฀encourage฀everyone฀to฀ travel฀any฀time฀they฀have฀the฀opportunity.฀ This฀summer฀I฀get฀to฀go฀to฀England฀and฀an฀island฀ off฀of฀Spain฀in฀the฀middle฀of฀July.฀My฀roommates฀are฀ from฀England,฀so฀I฀get฀the฀chance฀to฀stay฀with฀one฀ of฀them฀and฀experience฀the฀culture.฀Needless฀to฀say,฀ I’m฀extremely฀excited.฀She฀also฀is฀taking฀me฀to฀Ibiza,฀ which฀is฀an฀island฀where฀a฀ton฀of฀DJs฀play฀over฀the฀ summer.฀July฀is฀going฀to฀be฀the฀best฀month฀ever.฀ So฀my฀advice฀to฀all฀of฀you฀is฀to฀travel.฀Get฀in฀the฀car฀ and฀take฀a฀mini฀road฀trip฀with฀some฀family฀or฀friends.฀ Driving฀to฀places฀like฀the฀Lake฀of฀the฀Ozarks฀or฀Chicago฀ is฀a฀short฀drive฀from฀St.฀Louis฀and฀splitting฀gas฀wouldn’t฀ cost฀that฀much.฀Taking฀an฀extended฀weekend฀trip฀to฀ somewhere฀new฀will฀not฀only฀allow฀you฀to฀expose฀yourself฀to฀a฀new฀place฀and฀new฀people,฀but฀you฀will฀create฀ memories฀that฀will฀last฀a฀lifetime.฀You฀can฀even฀get฀crafty฀ and฀make฀a฀scrapbook฀of฀all฀the฀adventures฀you฀had.฀ Last฀summer฀I฀did฀just฀that.฀I฀took฀a฀road฀trip฀with฀ some฀family฀and฀friends฀down฀to฀New฀Orleans฀to฀meet฀ up฀with฀a฀friend฀who฀lives฀in฀Mississippi.฀We฀spent฀the฀ four฀days฀going฀to฀the฀beach฀and฀exploring฀downtown฀ New฀Orleans.฀I฀made฀my฀friends฀try฀alligator฀and฀made฀ them฀watch฀the฀street฀performers.฀On฀our฀way฀home,฀ which฀was฀a฀lovely฀10-hour฀drive,฀we฀discussed฀how฀ it฀was฀the฀highlight฀of฀our฀summer฀and฀it฀didn’t฀even฀ cost฀us฀that฀much฀money฀between฀the฀ive฀of฀us.฀ If฀you฀don’t฀want฀to฀take฀a฀road฀trip,฀go฀and฀visit฀family฀who฀live฀out฀of฀town฀that฀you฀never฀get฀to฀see.฀I฀have฀ a฀ton฀of฀family฀all฀across฀the฀states฀and฀I฀know฀that฀if฀I฀ asked฀to฀stay฀with฀them฀for฀a฀couple฀days,฀they฀would฀ welcome฀me฀with฀open฀arms.฀Not฀only฀will฀you฀be฀able฀ to฀visit฀with฀your฀loved฀ones฀but฀they฀can฀take฀you฀ around฀the฀city฀and฀to฀the฀best฀places฀for฀the฀locals.฀ Whatever฀the฀case฀may฀be,฀go฀and฀travel.฀Expand฀ your฀horizons฀and฀step฀out฀of฀your฀comfort฀zone.฀ I฀know฀when฀I฀go฀to฀England฀and฀they฀start฀driving฀on฀the฀wrong฀side฀of฀the฀road,฀I’m฀going฀to฀hold฀ on฀for฀dear฀life฀until฀I฀get฀used฀to฀it.฀But฀it฀is฀going฀ to฀be฀one฀of฀the฀best฀experiences฀of฀my฀life.฀ Have฀a฀great฀summer฀my฀friends,฀and฀ take฀my฀advice:฀Be฀adventurous.

To฀me,฀making฀the฀most฀out฀of฀your฀summer฀involves฀two฀ things:฀accomplishing฀whatever฀personal฀goals฀you฀may฀ have฀and฀doing฀things฀that฀make฀you฀happy.฀As฀college฀students฀we฀generally฀have฀more฀free฀time฀in฀the฀summer฀—฀ unless฀you’re฀one฀of฀those฀students฀who฀works฀a฀full-time฀ job฀for฀the฀summer.฀Working฀is฀deinitely฀a฀good฀option฀if฀ your฀goal฀is฀to฀save฀up฀money.฀The฀drawback฀there฀is฀that฀ it฀does฀not฀allow฀for฀as฀much฀lexibility฀to฀do฀fun฀things,฀ such฀as฀taking฀a฀family฀vacation,฀volunteering฀at฀a฀summer฀camp฀and฀spending฀time฀with฀friends฀and฀family. Some฀of฀my฀best฀times฀over฀the฀summer฀have฀been฀ doing฀exactly฀those฀last฀two฀things:฀family฀vacations฀ and฀volunteering฀at฀a฀summer฀camp.฀When฀my฀older฀ brother฀graduated฀college฀in฀2010,฀he฀and฀I฀went฀to฀ Europe฀for฀two฀weeks฀after฀saving฀up฀as฀much฀as฀we฀ could฀and฀getting฀some฀help฀from฀our฀family.฀We฀went฀ to฀stay฀with฀a฀friend฀of฀ours฀from฀high฀school฀who฀was฀ studying฀abroad฀in฀London.฀London฀was฀an฀amazing฀experience,฀and฀we฀crammed฀as฀much฀as฀we฀could฀ into฀48฀hours.฀We฀saw฀all฀of฀the฀major฀sites฀and฀had฀ legitimate฀English฀pub฀food.฀I฀was฀very฀excited฀to฀try฀ English฀ish฀and฀chips,฀but฀I฀didn’t฀really฀like฀them.฀ Obviously฀a฀trip฀that฀requires฀a฀passport฀takes฀a฀lot฀ of฀planning.฀But฀even฀if฀you฀do฀stay฀in฀the฀states,฀you฀ can฀deinitely฀have฀some฀fun.฀There฀are฀so฀many฀great฀ tourism฀places฀in฀the฀United฀States฀that฀many฀Americans฀have฀not฀seen.฀Going฀to฀see฀out-of-state฀family฀is฀ also฀another฀one฀of฀my฀favorite฀summer฀activities. The฀other฀favorite฀activity฀of฀mine฀has฀been฀working฀at฀a฀summer฀camp.฀The฀past฀three฀summers,฀I฀have฀ volunteered฀at฀a฀church฀summer฀camp฀for฀youths฀aged฀ 12-18฀held฀near฀the฀Lake฀of฀the฀Ozarks.฀I฀have฀met฀some฀ awesome฀friends฀and฀really฀enjoyed฀my฀time฀there.฀As฀ I฀said,฀doing฀something฀that฀makes฀you฀happy฀is฀something฀you฀should฀aim฀for.฀The฀atmosphere฀of฀a฀religious฀camp฀is฀something฀I฀enjoy,฀as฀well฀as฀the฀many฀ awesome฀recreation฀activities฀outside฀and฀indoors. I฀think฀the฀way฀to฀make฀the฀most฀of฀your฀summer฀is฀ to฀do฀things฀that฀make฀you฀happy฀and฀hopefully฀relax฀as฀ much฀as฀you฀can.฀For฀some฀that฀is฀not฀possible฀as฀you฀have฀ other฀commitments฀you฀have฀to฀tend฀to฀such฀as฀work฀or฀ an฀internship.฀I฀think฀the฀best฀philosophy฀is฀to฀handle฀your฀ responsibilities฀if฀you฀have฀any฀and฀have฀fun฀otherwise.

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