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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT PUBLICATION OCTOBER 19 - 25, 2011 Student run since 1911

Online courses grow in number Southeast administration pushes to keep university ahead of curve Savanna Maue Arrow Reporter

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stantly changing. What was modern two years ago is now considered old, and statistics that are calculated can become out-ofdate by the time they are shown to the public. Southeast Missouri State University professors are trying to prepare students for careers that have yet to be invented. “The way people develop knowledge and disseminate that knowledge is different from 20, 30 years ago,” Southeast Provost Dr. Ronald Rosati said. One of the biggest pushes for change in academics at Southeast is online education. There are three undergraduate and two graduate programs available that are completely online, with hundreds of others that are a mix of both face-to-face and online learning, commonly known as a blended course. Two of the most successful online courses Southeast offers is the registered nursing to bachelor of nursing course, and the Master of Business Administration program, which was recently recognized “as one of the highest online courses for both quality and affordability in the United States,” Southeast President Kenneth W. Dobbins said. Southeast’s goal is to incorporate an online aspect

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Technology is changing so rapidly that if we don’t make changes now we will not serve you, or employers, well. Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins into certain classes throughout the university to help add richness to the classroom environment, Rosati said. Rosati said Southeast is always encouraging faculty to try online classes, providing both training and learning management systems to help put classes online. Dobbins hopes to emphasize

online learning and maintain it so that “quality is identical” to hands-on learning. “We need to have professional development for faculty, quality control and practices to insure students that the content is still there,” Dobbins said. Both administrators are adamant that Southeast has no intention of converting to all online classes. They wish to keep the high quality standard providing students with “leadership and interpersonal skills, keeping students fully engaged in the whole university community,” according to Rosati. Programs are chosen based on how they will beneﬁt Southeast. To test the effectiveness of a program, faculty initiates a pilot program, observes the program for ﬁve to seven months, evaluates it and then makes any necessary changes. One class that is applying these steps right now is the registered nursing to bachelor of nursing program. In this class a student must have his or her nursing associate degree and preferably have some type of work experience. They are then eligible to complete the online course, which utilizes many of the same concepts that a regular class offers. The course is eight to 16 weeks long and allows students to earn their bachelor’s degree in nursing. According to nursing professor Dr. Janet Weber, this type of program has received outstanding evaluations, many positive comments and is greatly appreciated by the student population. One of the many reasons this program gained popularity is because approximately 98 percent of all students participating work full time in addition to taking the class. Once the evaluation period occurs in the spring, faculty will

decide the future of the nursing program. The administration will consider the types of advising, counseling and financial aid that would be necessary to continue with the course. Expanding would require more classes and more faculty members to manage the courses. Dobbins is hopeful that online curriculums continue to increase in popularity because it could provide additional revenue and increase the university’s enrollment without the need to provide more space for new students. Many people worry that teaching nursing online is not the most beneficial way to ensure a registered nurse’s capabilities. However, the registered nursing to bachelor of nursing course does not teach the basic nursing skills, it only enhances them. The survival rate of a patient is higher the more of an education their nurses have. Nursing instructor Madonna Weiss tries alternative methods to provide students with the one-on-one interaction they’d find in the classroom. Weiss’ class requires the students to have a Skype account, through which she can give evaluation assessments. Weiss instructs nurses across the country. She is currently providing feedback to one of her pupils in Austin, Texas, who is soon to perform a physical assessment on a patient. “Technology is changing so rapidly that if we don’t make changes now we will not serve you, or employers, well,” Dobbins said. It is the Southeast administration’s goal to keep students as prepared as possible for their future careers. The planning, according to Rosati, will keep Southeast “ahead of the curve, ahead of the standard institution.”

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BRIEFS Politics Speak out against slander From 7-8 p.m. on Oct. 21, a pub-

lic forum will be held in the University Center’s Redhawk Room. The purpose of the forum is for students and community members to discuss how exaggeration and name calling in today’s political debates discourage and mislead the American public. Matt Lawler, Southeast student, will open the event with a speech and short video of outrageous political claims.

Greek Life Fraternity Events The men of Alpha Phi Alpha

fraternity understand the importance of education and how to use it to help communities that do not have the ability to help themselves. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated was founded by seven men on Dec. 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. In 1922 the group established the “Go to High School, Go to College” program. The program was and is intended to afford Alpha men with the opportunity to serve as role models for high school aged children and younger. Visit southeastArrow.com for the whole story.

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Homecoming Yard art introduced Homecoming is often a celebra-

tion of tradition, but this year an innovative newcomer replaces an old homecoming favorite – window painting. “We no longer do window painting,” Michele Irby, director of Campus Life and Event Services, said. “Last year was the ﬁrst year we didn’t paint. We stopped for a couple of reasons.” The reason included getting complaints from business owners whose windows were being used for the large, colorful murals. Visit southeastArrow.com for the whole story and photos.

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HOMECOMING game 2011 SOUTHEAST’S FOOTBALL TEAM WILL PLAY AUSTIN PEAY SATURDAY AT HOUCK STADIUM

Statistical breakdown of homecoming game Southeast Homecoming History

Southeast’s key players Matt Scheible, QB 1,145 total yards, eight TD’s D.J. Foster, WR 244 receiving yards, three TD’s Ron Coleman, FB 148 rush yards, one TD Blake Peiffer,LB 74 tackles, two forced fumble Darrick Borum, LB 39 tackles, one INT

Austin Peay’s key players

Southeast will play Austin Peay at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Houck Stadium. Southeast’s record is 1-5. Southeast is in eighth place in the OVC and Austin Peay is tied for fourth.- Photos by Kelso Hope

Jake Ryan, QB 1,207 pass yards, 10 TD’s Ryan White, RB 459 rush yards, two TD’s

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OPPONENT

Oct. 12, 1991 Oct. 31, 1992 Nov. 6, 1993 Oct. 29, 1994 Oct. 7, 1995 Oct. 26, 1996 Oct. 11, 1997 Oct. 31, 1998 Oct. 9, 1999 Oct. 21, 2000 Oct. 20, 2001 Oct. 19, 2002 Oct. 4, 2003 Oct. 30, 2004 Oct. 29, 2005 Oct. 21, 2006 Oct. 20, 2007 Oct. 25, 2008 Oct. 10, 2009 Oct. 30, 2010

Tennessee Tech W 34-31 UT Martin W 37-13 Eastern Kentucky L 35-21 Austin Peay W 31-10 Tennessee Tech W 33-12 Middle Tennessee W 16-13 Tennessee Tech L 17-14 Middle Tennessee L 21-19 Tennessee Tech L 21-7 Murray State L 38-28 Murray State L 45-35 Eastern Illinois L 44-27 Eastern Illinois W 30-17 UT Martin W 35-7 Murray State W 52-27 Eastern Kentucky L 27-21 Murray State L 31-17 Tennessee State W 27-20 Austin Peay L 24-14 UT Martin W 24-17

Devin Stark, WR 447 receiving yards. five TD’s Antwaun Majors, DB 51 tackles, one INT Amius Smith, DB 42 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss

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HUMANS vs. Zombies

HVZ COMES TO SOUTHEAST IN ANNUAL GAME OF TAG

BRIEFS Women’s Volleyball Team splits home games The Southeast women’s volley-

ball team is tied for third place in the OVC with a 7-4 conference record. The team defeated Eastern Kentucky 3-1 on Friday at Houck Field House, then lost to Morehead State 3-1 on Saturday. Southeast’s next three games will be on the road beginning on Friday at Tennessee State.

Women’s Soccer Redhawks class of OVC  The Southeast women’s soccer

team is in ﬁrst place in the OVC with a 6-1 record. The Redhawks beat OVC foe UT Martin on Friday 2-1 then, lost to Iowa State 2-0 on Sunday in a nonconference game. They will host UT Martin on Friday in the second of the team’s four home games to end the season.

Athletics Director Southeast still searching  Southeast Missouri State Uni-

versity remains without an athletics director after John Shafer retired from the position in June. Southeast president Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins said that the university is working to ﬁll the position by early spring of next year. Visit southeastArrow.com to find out more about the search.

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Students fight the zombie apocalypse with Nerf guns and socks Spencer Michelson Arrow Reporter

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Zombies are taking over the campus. Not the blood-covered, limbless and undead zombies in Hollywood movies. These zombies get their name from the game that takes over hundreds of colleges every year, Humans vs. Zombies. Beginning Oct. 26, the taglike game will be played for a week at Southeast Missouri State University and in Cape Girardeau. The Urban Gaming Coalition, a student run organization that bases itself off the principal of human interaction through urbanstyle game play, hosts the annual event. Stephen Myers, president of the Urban Gaming Coalition, has been playing Humans vs. Zombies for three semesters. “I like the adrenaline. The whole week is just an entire adrenaline rush,” Myers said. Humans vs. Zombies is essentially a giant game of tag. To start off the game, one person starts as a zombie and the rest of the players are humans. Zombies are able to turn humans into their own kind by gripping a human ﬁrmly but not enough to hurt him. All players must wear an orange bandana to signify that they are playing the game.

Humans attempted to repel the zombie horde at Capaha Park in a capture the flag game on Oct. 9. - Photo by Kelso Hope

Myers said that he likes to play as a human. Humans are able to defend themselves from the impending zombie epidemic by throwing rolled up socks at the zombies, which stun them. Humans used to be able to use Nerf guns, but those were quickly banned on campus. “The very ﬁrst game we had a run-in with Kenneth Dobbins, the president of the university,” Damian Todd, a veteran player on the incident that led to the banning of Nerf guns, said. “We were playing on the steps of Academic Hall, and he came out and said ‘I don’t know what it is you’re doing but stop.” Later, an announcement showed up on the portal explaining why the Nerf guns were banned on campus.

Apparently, faculty and students had expressed concern about the Nerf guns on campus. In addition to the massive game of tag, there are also missions. “A mission usually occurs at Capaha Park,” Todd said. “They are objective based. “You have a human objective, like defend [a certain] area from zombie attack for however many minutes and if zombies succeed, [humans] get some kind of penalty. If [humans] succeed, zombies get some kind of penalty.” Southeast’s campus is in play from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., or whenever the sun sets. However, off-campus locations are always in play for a zombie uprising. “If they’re wearing their bandana off campus, then it’s free for all,” Myers said.

There are safe zones for humans to scurry to for hiding designated throughout campus. These include classes and the inside of buildings. “We aren’t here to disrupt class or anything,” Myers said. “[Humans vs. Zombies] is something to do while you’re not in class.” A person wins the game if they make it through the entire week as a human. However, that usually doesn’t happen. “We have a ﬁnal mission the last day that is geared towards the zombies just completely over riding the humans in some epic last stand,” Myers said. “It always ends in the human’s demise.” There is still time to sign up for the game taking place this semester. To sign up for games visit hvzsource.com/semo.

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Once a month outside Buckner Brewing Co. in Cape Girardeau, a passerby can hear the wail of a trumpet, the sigh of a saxophone and the beat of a double bass through the door and on to the sidewalk of Broadway. The Jazz Sultans was formed ﬁve years ago by Dr. Robert Conger, director of the Jazz band program at Southeast Missouri State University. Conger called upon some of his colleagues and a student to start up the Jazz group. “We began this out of our desire to play some Jazz together, and it grew into monthly ‘rehearsals’ at Buckner’s after work,” Conger said. The members of the Jazz Sultans include Southeast’s collaborative pianist Matt Yount on piano, Mike Goldsmith, a faculty member at Mineral Area College on tenor saxophone, Sam Goodwin, a Southeast alumnus who works at Shivelbine’s Music Store on bass, Jay Contrino, a music faculty member at Southeast on drums and Conger on trombone. “These folks were asked to play because they are incredible musicians who help the group achieve a wonderful chemistry,” Conger said. “I booked us a few gigs and told everyone they’d better show up on time, and they did.” Conger and Yount are two of the original ﬁve members that started the Sultans of Swing, which later was renamed the Jazz Sultans. Their love for Jazz started early and has been

Local band, the Jazz Sultans, is composed of Southeast faculty and an alumnus, they play once a month at Buckner Brewing Co. -Photo by Kelso Hope a huge part of their lives. After being the pianist in the Studio Jazz Ensemble when he was a student at Southeast, Yount began teaching Jazz Appreciation at the university. Conger is not only the director of the Jazz program at Southeast but also organizes the annual Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival. “When I was young, in high school, I was able to have some incredible experiences in Jazz,” Conger said. “I played in a local ‘invitation only’ big band which gave me the Jazz fever. I have never been able to shake it, [I] just love listening to Jazz and playing Jazz.” The Jazz Sultans get together once a month to play Jazz standards, tunes that hold up over time as compositions in the Jazz genre, at Buckner Brewing Co. for a large audience

of students, faculty and other members of the community. According to Yount, the Sultans never rehearse — the performance is their practice. “Because Jazz combo music is improvisational by nature, and because we’ve played together for so long, what happens when we come together doesn’t require rehearsal to be exciting, fresh and spontaneous,” Yount said. Students who arrive to enjoy the gig bring their friends and fellow classmates to see their professors perform. The professors encourage students to come out for extra credit because experiencing Jazz music live is much different from hearing a recording. “Jazz is very much a kind of music where the interaction of the musicians is important to witness and understand, and that’s a

dimension of the music that’s missing when we just play a CD in class,” Yount said. “To witness Jazz being performed live by players who are making spontaneous music and engaging in a nonverbal dialogue together is the objective for students in my class.” Jazz Appreciation student Dalton Hewitt attended one of the Jazz Sultan’s performances and enjoyed the music, to his surprise. “I think it’s good,” Hewitt said. “We listen to it in class all the time, but I’ve never heard it live, just the recording. This is cool.” He added that he planned to come back. Yount said that he’s had several students tell him that they enjoyed the performance more than they thought they would. “I try to make the point in class that even though Jazz sometimes has an unfair reputation as being old-fashioned music, it was college-aged

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listeners that supported this music 60 or 80 years ago and made it this country’s dominant pop music until rock came along,” Yount said. Juggling teaching, rehearsals and lessons creates some timecrunching, but the Sultans have never had a problem with ﬁnding time for their performances. “I schedule the gigs, and they always can’t wait to play,” Conger said. “We have a really great time playing together, and we always look forward to those evenings. We are well-supported by the folks at Buckner’s and love the space in which we play. Playing at Buckner’s is home for us. We always seem to attract a large crowd on the evenings we perform, and we love playing for everyone.” The Jazz Sultans will be performing at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at Buckner Brewing Co.

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PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE WILL PERFORM AT BEDELL ON OCT. 25 work with the percussion ensemble,” Mizicko said. For this concert the ensemble will be preforming Ludwig van Beethoven’s “5th Symphony, Movement I.” This ﬁnal piece will utilize more than thirty players throughout the piece. What separates this performance from others is its lack of strings, brass and woodwind instruments. The players will perform using more than 16 types of percussion instruments. The ensemble performs this type of concert twice a semester. During the ﬁrst semester the players perform at the fall concert on Oct. 25, and for the Family Holiday Percussion Concert on Dec. 10. During the second semester the ensemble will perform at the spring recital on March 22 and the Family Percussion Pops Concert on May 5. The Southeast percussion group will do many different types of performances throughout the year. Mizicko travels with the players, showcasing their newest gigging ensemble, the Southeast Steel Drum Band, which performs many times throughout the academic year. Mizicko and the ensemble travels to schools around the area to “help educate students and all that it includes,” Mizicko said in an email. The percussion ensemble can be seen at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall at the River Campus. General admission is $10.

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The Southeast Missouri State University Percussion Ensemble utilizes many different instruments in its recitals. Their sounds range from the deafening boom of a kettledrum to the softest tinkling of a triangle. The group of talented students can combine their individual skills and work together to recreate a beautiful masterpiece. This year the ensemble is made up of 20 Southeast students, containing both music and non-music majors. The ensemble welcomes any student who has experience in percussion, is able to read music, has a willingness to learn and has obtained the permission of the instructor, said associate director of Music Shane Mizicko. “The fall concert tries to showcase the particular skills of the percussion ensemble,” said Mizicko via email. “It features songs exclusively for percussion and its repertoire includes both works for a small quartet and pieces designed for more than 30 players.” The first concert of the year will be split into two distinct sections. The first will contain five pieces. “Ceremonial” by Paul Creston, which has a strong “quasireligious” feel and a hypnotic rhythm, will be performed by nine players of the percussion ensemble. “Bicksa” by Thom Hasenpflug, which has a more intense, aggressive feel, is to be performed by the percussion

The Southeast Missouri State University percussion ensemble, as seen here, is comprised of 20 members. - Submitted photo

quartet. “Palta” by Bob Becker, a very traditional percussion piece, involves a solo drum set and percussion octet. “Unleash the Fury” by Nathan Daughtrey ﬂuctuates between an exciting beginning and ending segment, incorporated with a slower, more peaceful middle, which is going to be preformed by the marimba

quartet, and “Stained Glass” by David Gillingham, which attempts to capture the vibrancy of stained glass and portray the bright colors through a three-part piece performed by 14 players in the percussion ensemble. The second half of the program will include the Golden Eagles Marching Band

drumline and front ensemble. The front ensemble consists of the marimbas, xylophones and other instruments found on the front sideline of the ﬁeld during the band’s performances. “Together they will perform excerpts from their 2011 performance season as well as a collaborative

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HOMECOMING reunites the old and new

Homecoming honorees throughout the years. - Photos from Sagamore

King and Queen by another name Josh Hinkle Arrow Reporter

aving a king and queen of an event is nothing new for society. The king and queen of the ball, of the fair and of homecoming are all familiar titles. At Southeast Missouri State University, this role is filled by Man and Woman of the Year. While the title of Man of the Year was not established until the late ‘70s, Woman of the Year has been around since the early ‘20s. According to yearbooks in Alumni Service’s online archives, the Queen of Sagamore was first crowned around 1923. Sagamore was the name of Southeast’s former yearbook. Along with Queen of Sagamore, Southeast crowned queens of sports and other activities in its yearbook. Over the years the title has changed from Queen of Sagamore, to Homecoming Queen and most recently Woman of the Year. According to the 1977 Sagamore, Southeast’s first Man of the Year was crowned during homecoming week of 1976. Three years later, Mike Tindall would be crowned Southeast’s Man of the Year for 1979. “I felt very honored,” Tindall said. “I think to get to come back my senior year and crown the new [Man of the Year] was a great opportunity. I felt very honored to do that and represent the school.” Tindall now resides in his hometown of Chester, Ill. and works as a buyer for GilsterMary Lee Corporation. Tindall said the process of winning the title was tough. “I was nominated by the

football team,” Tindall said. “Then we interviewed to be selected as finalists, and the students voted to pick the winner.” Since Tindall’s Man of the Year experience, the process of being selected as Man or Woman of the Year finalist has not changed much. Homecoming Selections Chair Jacquelyn Beattie, a Southeast sophomore, started the selection process with nominations coming from different organizations across campus. The nominations were due on Sept. 23. An all-male organization nominates a male for Man of the Year and an all-female organization may nominate a female for Woman of the Year. A co-ed organization may nominate a candidate for both categories. Beattie said the nominees’ academic records are then researched. Each nominee must hold at least a 3.0 overall GPA, be in good academic standing and have completed more than 60 credit hours. Beattie then schedules a 15 minute interview for each of the 24 candidates with a panel of judges. “We use between three to five judges,” Beattie said. “This year we used five from all parts of campus including Residence Life, the international studies department and the science department.” After the interviews, the judges select five finalists for both the men and the women. Students then vote for one man and one woman via Southeast’s portal. Voting closed Oct. 18 and the Man and Woman of the Year will be announced during halftime of the homecoming football game at 1 p.m. Oct. 22.

Alpha Kappa Psi and Sigma Sigma Sigma prepare their homecoming float. - Photo by Kelso Hope

Pomping 101: float decorating explained Megan Richter Arrow Reporter

rap a small square of special, ﬁre retardant tissue paper around a marker, aligning the edge of the tissue paper with the edge of the marker cap. Make sure it is rolled tightly and fold down the rest of the tissue paper that is hanging off the marker. Dip the marker into a cup of glue. Stick the marker onto a plywood board and slowly lift, leaving behind the rolled up tissue paper and creating a pomp. Repeat a million more times. Congratulations, you have just learned how to pomp a ﬂoat. Pomping is something that is very common on college campuses during the homecoming

season. It is a way to decorate plywood boards that are just a small part of a larger float. There are several different ways to pomp a float, such as using chicken wire instead of plywood and creating pomps with fingers instead of markers, but on the Southeast Missouri State University campus, the technique used with plywood and small markers is the most common used. “Mizzou uses chicken wire but this just looks so much better,” Adrienne Hawkins, a senior member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, said while pomping one night. “You can do more detail.” For the past month, organizations all across campus – such as Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha, Habitat for

Humanity, and Alpha Xi Delta and Sigma Nu – have been working tirelessly to create a design, purchase materials and rally their members so their floats will be done by the homecoming parade. This is no easy feat since the floats are generally 28 feet long and almost 14 feet high. What each organizations’ homecoming leaders plan on, though, isn’t what they always get. “This is what happens every year,” Hawkins said. “We barely have any boards done with two weeks to go, the homecoming chairs yell at everyone, we don’t sleep the last week and it all gets done. It’s like tradition.” This will be Hawkins third homecoming and over the years she has perfected her pomping skills. “I don’t mind [pomping],” Hawkins said. “You get to hang out with people. I don’t like the required eight hours thing, but I don’t mind it.” Not everyone shares the same enthusiasm as Hawkins, though. “I would rather cross the highway and back,” Sigma Phi Epsilon freshman David Vo complained as he sat at a table rolling tissue paper around markers for the girls who would glue the pomps to the board. “It’s more tolerable when more people are here instead of just three or four people. You get nowhere [with only a few people].” Not every organization uses the pomping technique to decorate its float. According to Joanna Shaver, coordinator for Campus Programming, Theta Xi and Gamma Sigma Sigma, one of the ten teams submitting their float for judging, are mostly painting their float. “Traditionally, many of the Class A floats are a mixture of pomping, painting, paper mache and usually some sort of wood framing or construction,” Shaver said about past floats in the parade. “There are no rules regarding the materials that may or may not be used, except for no fire or any other hazardous component.” After working for close to six weeks, the builders of the floats won’t be worried about what materials were used; they’ll just be glad that they won’t have to look at small squares of tissue paper again until next year’s homecoming.

Homecoming football game highlights weekend

The Southeast football team will play its 21st homecoming game at the FCS level at 1 p.m. this Saturday at Houck Stadium. The Redhawks will face the Austin Peay Governors in their fifth Ohio Valley Conference game of the season. Running back Renard Celestin (above) is projected to start. - Photo by Kelso Hope

Alumni Association events bring graduates together Sarah J. Semmler Arrow Reporter

he Alumni Association has put together a full schedule of events that will bring Southeast graduates back to campus to enjoy the weekend’s festivities and show their enduring school spirit. “Homecoming is the number one day that we get alumni coming back and visiting campus,” Director of Alumni Services Shad Burner said. “It’s really hard to gauge what

that exact number is, but my guess would be in the thousands,” Burner said. “They love it. They love putting on their Southeast gear and hitting all the places they used to go to in town and seeing the football team.” The Alumni Association will kick off the weekend with the Endowed Scholarship Reception, in association with the Southeast Missouri University Foundation, at 4 p.m. on Friday at the Show Me Center. The reception gives scholarship recipients the opportunity to

meet with scholarship donors. The association’s Copper Dome Society and Merit Award Recognition Dinner will take place immediately after the reception at 6:30 p.m. and will honor alumni and faculty who have experienced success in their chosen professions. On Saturday morning, the All-Alumni Breakfast will be held at 7:30 a.m. at the Aleen Vogel Wehking Alumni Center. “Current students are more than welcome to attend the alumni breakfast,” Burner said. “We’d love to have students at

that. We usually don’t get a lot because it’s at 7:30 a.m. after what has sometimes been a long night for students. But it’s a great time to network with alumni because it has a more casual, laid back atmosphere.” Saturday evening the Alumni Association will mark the close of the homecoming weekend with its Diamond Club Reception for alumni age 70 and older at 4 p.m. at the River Campus. Burner said despite the fact that current students are welcome at all of the Alumni

Association events, turnout has been minimal in the past. He hopes more students choose to attend this year and said alumni love the opportunity to speak with current students and reminisce about the past. “As you get older and you look back on your life, college is just one of those times that you remember with fondness because it’s a lot of fun and it’s a carefree time in most people’s lives,” Burner said. “People like to come back and relive that, if only for a weekend.”

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JOANNA Shaver talks homecoming COORDINATOR OF CAMPUS PROGRAMMING GIVES THE INSIDE SCOOP ON CELEBRATION PREPARATIONS

oanna Shaver has been Coordinator of Campus Programming in the office of Campus Life and Event Services for six years. She has also been planning Southeast Missouri State University’s homecoming parade for two years. Shaver gave insight about how the office is preparing for homecoming 2011 on Oct. 22.

go from there. But we start early. We handed out applications for businesses at the Welcome Back Picnic, so that was probably the earliest we would reach out to them. Then probably that ﬁrst week of September or so we sent out emails to the people that participated last year to see if they’d be interested again. They’re just coming out of the woodwork.

What does your office do?

How do you handle being in charge of so much without going crazy?

Shaver: At Campus Life and Event Services we cover so many areas on campus. We house Greek life, we house leadership programs, student government, Student Activities Council and then pretty much any other programming that comes to mind. We coordinate the University Speakers series. We coordinate family weekend, at least the day of family weekend. And then the student aspect of homecoming we coordinate.

Shaver: Luckily, I have two good student coordinators helping me, and I just have to take it in stride, like we set deadlines. I have three separate deadlines. I have one for students, then one for businesses, then one for bands. They have now become one big deadline because people are turning them in late, but having those three separate deadlines gives me about a week to kind of get each section in the spreadsheet, ready to go. And then you just take it day by day.

Is your office involved in the floats that participate in the parade? Shaver: We kind of coordinate the choosing of themes for the week, which usually it plays into the yard art competition and it plays into Mock Rock and it plays into the parade. You don’t have to have a theme to participate in homecoming; it just makes it a little more fun, I think. And this year our theme is “Southeast: Your Path to Fame” and each of our groups chose a musical legend or icon, a game changer. We try to choose a theme that is pretty universal because the Alumni Services ofﬁce will use that theme as well. So we want to make sure that it reaches everybody, not just our students.

How is the Homecoming Committee working to increase participation in homecoming? Shaver: I think it’s something we’re trying to do every year, and it just depends on the planning committee of that year how much effort goes into it, to be honest. I don’t know that we’ve done any special promotion other than we try to plan that you can come and do it as an individual. … We want people to feel like they could come as an individual or they could come as a residence hall ﬂoor or they could come as a Greek organization.

Where will you be the day of the event?

A float in last year’s homecoming parade, which runs from Capaha Park to the intersection of Main and Independence. - File photo from Southeast Missourian The Chinese Student and Scholar Association came to the homecoming meeting. I’m not sure they’re participating, but they at least came to get the information. We want to make our activities seem very welcoming to any student who wants to participate. There is kind of that stigma that this is a Greek event but we want to show that it’s not just a Greek event. We have two nonsocial Greek groups [Gamma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Kappa Psi] that have paired with a social Greek organization to do a large ﬂoat. So that’s exciting. That’s something new.

What do you do to correct the “Greek-only” stigma surrounding homecoming? Shaver: We just try to correct people as we’re talking. Like if somebody says, ‘Oh, I can’t do homecoming because I’m

not Greek’ we just make the conscious effort to say, ‘Oh no, yes you can. Here’s what we’re doing. Come volunteer or register to do some of these activities.’ So it’s more verbal. We just try to correct things. The Homecoming Planning Committee, which is a group of students, presents a budget to student government. And student government has been funding homecoming, at least the student portion, the last couple years. They’re paying for some publicity costs, ﬁeld day supplies, just general recreational supplies to put on the events no matter what they are each year. This year we’re having a spirit rally followed by an after party. So they are paying for a band and refreshments for that. We buy T-shirts, for Man and Woman of the Year there’s plaques and sashes for them, and then cash prizes for ﬂoat winners.

Who is on the Homecoming

Committee? Shaver: We have three advisers to that. All three advisers come out of our ofﬁce. But then there are students on each of the committees. For chairs, we have the president and then we have seven student chairs. We are currently taking applications for a support team that will kind of help with hands-on the day of the event. We’re struggling with how to reach out to students to want to get them involved with planning homecoming.

What role do you play in coordinating? Shaver: We actually start planning in the spring semester – we select our committee. Early in the spring semester we start to work with them and kind of go over the events from the previous year, decide what events we want to continue and then we kind of just

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Shaver: We start setting up at about 6:30 a.m. and the whole committee comes out. That’s when we number the stakes. And then each category is supposed to be in the park at a different time. Like the larger ﬂoats have to be there by 8 a.m. and then the class B ﬂoats have to be there at 8:30 a.m. And then the bands have to be there by 9 a.m. So we try to stagger it. And then at 9:30 a.m. we start the show.

How does the Homecoming Committee handle cleanup? Shaver: We are actually working with the Community Counseling Center. They contacted us and asked if they could work and clean up along the parade route for a small donation. So we’re doing that. And so they’re just going to follow along behind the parade route and pick up trash in public areas and in front of the businesses that are closed. The homecoming committee pays for it. The student committee has done it in the past, and this year this opportunity came up and we’re like, “Yes!”

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GOLDEN Eagles shine at homecoming MARCHING BAND KEEPS TRADITION FOR HOMECOMING GAME Amity Downing Arrow Reporter

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Southeast Missouri State University’s homecoming is celebrated in many ways by the citizens of Cape Girardeau come every October. Some choose to attend the homecoming parade and Redhawks football game at Houck Stadium. These two highlights of the day’s events host one group that celebrates its homecoming by marching—the Golden Eagles Marching Band. About ﬁve decades ago Leroy F. Mason, Southeast’s Director of Bands from 1957 to 1977, selected the golden eagle as the mascot for Southeast’s marching band. The golden eagle was the ceremonial bird of the Indians, Southeast’s mascot until the spring of 2005 when it was changed to the Redhawk. The Golden Eagles of 2011 will take the ﬁeld for Southeast’s homecoming football game on Oct. 22 to welcome back alumni of both the Indians and Redhawks. Golden Eagle Marching Band members have been playing their instruments for years, and most began marching in high school, with some starting in junior high school. Those who continue marching in college are more dedicated because they have chosen to be there, said Rachel Bagot, a sophomore saxophone player and drum major for the Golden Eagles. “I did it in high school, and I just couldn’t stop,” Bagot said. “I didn’t want that to end in high school because I had a good time, and it’s still a good time. To be in [college] marching band, it’s more special than high school because the people want to be there. In high school you don’t have much to do, but in college you have a thousand things to do, and to get that many people wanting to be in marching band and stay in marching band, I think that’s just fantastic.” The Golden Eagles practice every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for two hours. On game day, the Eagles practice at Houck Stadium six hours before kickoff, said Director of Bands Dr. Martin Reynolds. Homecoming has a different schedule and is a different experience for the marching band. The wake-up calls start early, between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. for some. Band members get dressed in their uniforms, grab their instruments and meet at Capaha

Park to warm up and tune. They march in the homecoming parade around 9:30 a.m. After the parade, the Golden Eagles take a short break for lunch and then get dressed in their uniforms once again to sing the Alma Mater on the front steps of Academic Hall, as they do before every home football game. After they hit the last note, the Golden Eagles proceed to the tailgate and afterwards play their signature pre-game show. The show is played before every Redhawk football game. It is a mixture of the national anthem, the Alma Mater and the ﬁght song. Once ﬁnished, the Golden Eagles sit in the bleachers and play stand tunes, short musical numbers that pump up the audience, until it’s their time to shine at the homecoming halftime show. “No matter what happens, the homecoming crowd will always like what you do,” Bagot said. “It really boosts the morale. It’s a lot louder, more camaraderie, I think. The thing is to go to the football game, so there’s a lot of people that are wild and happy.” Reynolds added, “Any time that the audience is larger and more involved and the alumni group is reminiscing, it makes it more exciting for the team.” Nerves of performing for the homecoming crowd are almost nonexistent after years of playing in a football stadium. It’s just another show, agreed Ethan Flood and Robb Davis, another chance to make their best performance. “We try to make the best show possible every game,” Davis

The golden eagle was the ceremonial bird of the Indians, Southeast’s mascot until the spring of 2005 when it was changed to the Redhawk. - Photo by Kelso Hope said, who plays the mellophone for the marching band. The Golden Eagles will be performing “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff, a well-known classical music selection, which Reynolds said may be a change for most of the band members. “I always like to change it up,” Reynolds said. “I don’t like to keep the same tune. It’s my mission to try to change up the halftime show. I don’t like to do exactly the same thing.” Flood and Bagot only see one potential problem with the new piece they just recently started practicing. “The hardest part is probably going to be just conducting time,” Flood said. “There will

be a lot of tempo changes.” Bagot added, “It’s hard to get over 100 people to follow you, even though you are physically put on a pedestal and are beating time. It’s different when they have an instrument in their hand, running around the ﬁeld.” After their performance, the Eagles head back up to the stands and play stand tunes until the end of the game. The very last part of their homecoming as a Golden Eagle is singing the Alma Mater on Academic Hall’s steps once again after the football game, this time along with the football players. The rest of the day is open for them to continue to celebrate homecoming. Reynolds looks forward to

seeing the alumni return to Southeast to visit their old campus and see how it has changed over the years. “I enjoy being able to experience the contrast and kind of having the chance to look at it through their eyes,” he said. “It’s kind of a cool opportunity, I think, to reconnect.” In the end, the Golden Eagles’ love for music and marching still runs through their veins as past members of the marching band return to where it all started. “I like seeing all my old friends that come back for homecoming.,” Davis said. “The Golden Eagles, to me, is a family.”

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ÂWhen SEMO emailed me with the information about living in Candlewood, I thought, “Wow, this will be cool to live in a hotel for a year!” After figuring out where would be cheaper to live (Dearmont or Candlewood) and the pros and cons of each, Candlewood won me over. So far I like living here. It gives you the “on-campus” environment, like living in the dorms, but it makes you feel as though you’re on your own. For starters, it’s off campus, but not that far from it (about eight minutes from the hotel to Grauel). Because we’re off campus we have to kind of be adults and go grocery shopping and stuff (we have our own kitchen). I don’t mind cooking because my food lasts me a long time. I go grocery shopping about twice a month and my family helps out with food, too. I would rather cook my own food instead of spending around $2,000 for a meal plan, a plan that’s not even that great when you actually think about it. You have to eat whatever they make, students have to eat at certain times (6 p.m. is way too early to eat dinner) and some places aren’t even open during the weekend. For me, I’d rather save $2,000 and eat what I want, when I want it. I like living in Candlewood, but there are some things that need to change for future SEMO students. First is the student parking lot. I understand that [Candlewood] doesn’t want [students] crowding the main

parking lot; so it’s great that they made us our own lot, but many of us complain about the gravel lot. Gravel isn’t the greatest for tires, and I don’t want to get a flat because of our parking lot. I think for the next school year, they should pave it. That would be so much better. Second is using ALL of what Candlewood has to offer! Unless we pay an extra $25 per month, we aren’t allowed to use the gym, pool or hot tub. Candlewood says this is for their “other” guests, but every time I go downstairs there’s no one using the pool or hot tub and maybe one person in the gym. It would be understandable if they gave us a time restriction of when we could/couldn’t use the gym, pool and hot tub; like, students can only use the gym and pool area 8-10 p.m. Lastly, which is a BIG issue the students are having, is the lack of washer and dryers. Candlewood has three washers and four dryers, but only two washers and three dryers work. It’s not like the washer and dryers are only used by the students, they are used by ALL guests of Candlewood Suites. That’s probably around 200 people using two washers and three dryers every day at any given time. I think the way to eliminate some of the hassles of sharing the appliances is SEMO putting some washers and dryers on our floor, so instead of sharing them with EVERYONE in the building, we’re sharing them with those that live on the fourth floor. All in all, I like living in Candlewood, it’s the best of both worlds (living the “campus” lifestyle, but still being independent). I also like the fact that when people ask me where I live I tell them, “in a hotel.” The looks on their faces are priceless.

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The Student Dietetic Association is collecting canned food and building its way toward helping needy families in the Cape Girardeau area. CANstruction is the SDA’s annual food drive to collect canned goods for donation to a local food pantry, and this year it will be for The Salvation Army. The CANstruction event will be held at noon Oct. 28 on the third ﬂoor of the University Center. “Salvation Army is really in need,” said Joel Ramdial, a graduate assistant at Southeast Missouri State University and co-chair of CANstruction. “The Salvation Army is giving away so much food that they’re actually having to go out and buy food to give to people in

the area who need food for their families. So there’s a big need for the donated foods.” Ramdial explained that starting this year, SDA will record how many cans they collect. The members did not keep track of how many cans they received last year, but they felt that they had a good turnout. “Last year we had 17 groups that participated,” Ramdial said. “This year, we’re hoping to get 15 to 20 groups.” Ramdial said that everyone is welcome to participate, including people in the community, organizations and faculty. “Community teams are more than welcome,” graduate assistant and co-chair of CANstruction, Alison Higgins, said. “We encourage it. If a bank or ofﬁce wants to put together a team to participate, we are more than

happy to work with them as well.” On the day of CANstruction, a student organization or a group of at least ﬁve people will bring as many cans as possible. The groups will have an hour and 45 minutes to build a sculpture that relates to the theme out of the cans of food they brought. “When we grade the sculpture, we look for creativity and relatedness to the theme which this year is ‘Building a Healthy Holiday.’ We also will look for sculptures that are built vertically rather than horizontally,” Higgins said. For those interested in participating in CANstruction, registration forms are available in Scully Building room 114 or Ramdial can be emailed at jsramdial1s@semo.edu or Higgins at achiggins2s@semo.edu. Registration deadline is Oct. 21.

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