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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT PUBLICATION FEB. 20 - 26, 2013 Student run since 1911
Department recommended for full accreditation RACHEL WEATHERFORD MANAGING EDITOR
The Department of Mass Media at Southeast Missouri State University has been recommended for full accreditation following a visit by the site team from the the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. The department has been provisionally accredited since 2010. “This says we are on the right track, however it plays out,” said Dr. Jack Zibluk, the chair of the Department of Mass Media. “Now, this is just a recommendation. We have to have it finalized by two committees and then by the whole accreditation agency this summer. So, it’s not final, but this is the turning point that everybody says we have done almost everything right and we’re on the right track.” Zibluk was told the department was being recommended for full accreditation within a day of the two-person committee leaving the campus. “I think it’s important,” said Stephanie Smith, a senior who is studying public relations at Southeast. “I think it looks nice to be from an accredited program because more people take you seriously in what you’re doing.” The members of the committee from the ACEJMC visited the campus in 2010 and found some aspects of the program lacking, so the members granted the department provisional accreditation. Provisional accreditation means that during a site visit, the committee finds some aspects of a program lacking, and, if the changes are made, the program likely will be able to earn full accreditation again within a few
years. There are nine standards that each accredited program must meet. The members of the committee said there were three areas that Southeast needed improvement, which were curriculum, assessment and governance. The members of the 2010 committee said the department had too many options within its degree program. The department was renovated last fall from five options to four options and no longer offers a bachelor of arts degree, only a bachelor of science degree. The department now offers a bachelor of science degree in mass communication with options in TV/Film, public relations, advertising and multimedia journalism. The department had been offering five options and two degrees, a bachelor of science degree in TV/Film, public relations, advertising or radio and a bachelor of arts degree in journalism. The committee liked the reduction. According to Zibluk, assessment issues were addressed with the development of Student Learning Outcomes. SLOs are a list of objectives and goals that each faculty member must teach their students and what students should be learning from their classes. “In the one area we were a little short, and that would be assessment, which is making sure that you are actually learning something,” Zibluk said. “After classes we give you tests, and then we make sure that you retain some information and that we’re not just throwing stuff at you. So that’s what assessment is about. We’re a little behind where other schools are on that one, but we’re doing all
Dr. Susan Gonders and Michael Simmons help students majoring in public relations during an advising session on Feb. 15. Photo by Drew Yount the right things to make sure that that’s in place.” The right things include SLOs. SLOs are now required to be developed in every class across the university. “It says this is what we expect you to learn, and we’re taking measures to make sure you’re learning, so we have in tests a couple of embedded questions to measure if you’ve actually learned something,” Zibluk said. “What I’ve required, too, is to have every teacher at the end of every class say, ‘This is what worked, this is what didn’t work. This is how we can do better.’ Every class, every time, we are trying to do better. And we enforce the things we’re doing well.” The committee in 2010 listed governance as another concern. According to Zibuk, there had been three chairs in seven years before he was hired last year, creating unstable leadership that the committee did not approve of then. He also said that the upper management had stabilized since
2010 during the first visit. Zibluk said the faculty members and the former chair, Dr. Tammy Baldwin, worked hard to improve in all the areas the department was marked down in. “I kind of tied the ribbon on top of the cake,” Zibluk said. There are only two schools in the state that are accredited, the University of Missouri and Southeast. “We do that to make sure you are getting the best deal possible,” Zibluk said. The ACEJMC evaluates mass communication programs at universities and colleges across the nation. Zibluk said over the summer the department will find out if it has received full accreditation. “They liked us,” Zibluk said. “And that goes a long way.” If the program gets re-accredited, the next site visit will be in 2016. “The students are getting the biggest bang for their very high bucks,” Zibluk said.
BRIEFS Speakers Events for National Entrepreneurship Week will include two speakers Southeast Missouri State University will continue celebrating National Entrepreneurship Week through Saturday. Events will include two speaker sessions. Extreme Entrepreneurship is from 2-4 p.m. Thursday in Glenn Auditorium at Dempster Hall. Extreme Entrepreneurship is an event on the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, which travels across the country and stops at colleges. The people on the tour try to inspire young people to pursue entrepreneurship. There will be exhibits, workshops, presentations and a question-andanswer session. Clifton Taulbert, a best-selling author who has had 13 books published, will speak about leadership and entrepreneurship at 11 a.m. Friday in the University Center Ballroom. He also will host a webinar at 1:30 p.m. He founded the Building Community Institute in Tulsa, Okla., and is the president of the institute.
Rental Services Southeast will host open forums about textbook rental, bookstore Follett and Barnes and Noble will be on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University Feb. 28 and March 1, respectively, to present on their companies, as the university considers outsourcing the Southeast Bookstore and the Textbook Rental services to another company. Follett will present at 1 p.m. Feb. 28 in Glenn Auditorium and Barnes and Noble will present at 1 p.m. on March 1. Both presentations will be open for all students, faculty and staff, and people attending can ask questions after the presentations and offer their opinions and feedback on each speaker.
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PORTER OUT FOR THE SEASON
Southeast basketball player Michael Porter has been plagued with injuries throughout his college career. Read about him at southeastArrow.com/sports.+
TENNIS team has no new players THE TEAM FINISHED 2-7 IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE LAST YEAR AND WERE PICKED TO FINISH NINTH IN OVC PRESEASON POLL
BRIEFS Men’s basketball Redhawks extend winning streak The Southeast Missouri State University men’s basketball team had three guards score 20 points or more in its 96-74 win over Ohio Valley Conference opponent UT Martin on Saturday. Marland Smith led the Redhawks with 22 points, shooting 5-of-6 from 3-point range. Nick Niemczyk finished with season-high 21 points, including 6-of-7 field goals and 7-for-8 on free throws. He had not played the past two games due to a sprained ankle. Lucas Nutt added 20 points. He was 5-for-7 on field goals and 7-of-8 on free throws. Southeast’s record improved to 14-13 and 6-7 in the OVC. Southeast’s next game will be against Jacksonville State at 7 p.m. Feb. 20 in Jacksonville, Ala.
Women’s basketball Redhawks drop conference road game The Southeast Missouri State University women’s basketball team lost 75-61to defending Ohio Valley Conference champion UT Martin on Saturday. Bailie Roberts led Southeast with 18 points, Kara Wright added 15, Olivia Hackman had 13 and Patricia Mack finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Jordan Hunter had a season-high eight assists. The Redhawks are now 10-16 and are 4-9 in OVC play. Southeast faces Jacksonville State at 6 p.m. Saturday in Jacksonville, Ala.
Heather Robinson prepares to hit the ball at practice on Wednesday at the Redhawk Tennis Complex. Photo by Alyssa Brewer
Injuries, short roster could inhibit tennis team SPENCER MICHELSON STAFF WRITER
Baseball Redhawks open season with series sweep The Southeast Missouri State University baseball team opened its season with three wins against the University of New Orleans Privateers over the weekend. The Redhawks won 7-4, 6-1 and 11-2. Southeast scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning in its game Friday to overcome the Privateers’ one-run lead. Junior Derek Gibson led the Redhawks offensively. He was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Southeast pitcher Zack Smith struck out a careerhigh 10 batters Saturday. Freshman Clayton Evans led the Redhawks offensively. He was 1-for-2 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored. Sophomore pitcher Will Spitzfaden pitched a complete game on Sunday. Third baseman Jason Blum led the Redhawks offensively. He was 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs. The Redhawks’ next game is against Mid-Continent at 3 p.m. Feb. 20 at Capaha Park.
Southeast Missouri State University’s tennis team has only one new addition this season — its coach. Southeast hired Josh Moore, who was the coach at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, an NCAA Division II school during the school’s first tennis season in 2012. Former coach Mark Elliot coached six seasons at Southeast but didn’t have his contract renewed after last season came to an end. “For me personally, it’s a new club and I’m not used to having to defrost my windows as much coming from south Texas,” Moore said. “Every school is a little unique in what you’re recruiting to. Before, I was recruiting to palm trees, sunshine and now I’m recruiting to the Midwest, so it’s a little different level, different record.” Southeast did not sign any new players for this season due to the coaching transition. Elliot’s contract was not renewed in April and Moore was hired in August, which left no time for recruiting players for this season, which Moore thinks that this is both an advantage and disadvantage. “Everyone on the team knows each other quite well, but you don’t have freshmen pushing the upperclassman to keep their spots and to do better,” Moore said. Southeast is at a disadvantage with its roster size. The team returns six players this season, five scholarship athletes and one walk-on. Six players is the minimum number of players a team can have on its roster. According to Moore, most schools have six to 12 players and eight scholarship athletes. The top teams in the OVC
have eight scholarship athletes, Moore said. “We have about four or five players that are all about the same level, so the middle of the lineup, we should win the vast majority of matches in the middle of the lineup,” Moore said. “And they all get along pretty well, so that helps out quite a bit.” Eastern Kentucky grabbed 10 out of a possible 11 votes to finish No. 1 in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll voted on by the league’s coaches. The coaches could not vote for their own team, so UT Martin received one vote to finish in first. Both EKU and UTM have eight athletes on their rosters. Southeast was chosen to finish ninth in the poll. “Some of the coaches are probably looking a little bit more at last year’s [OVC] results, which were pretty disappointing at 2-7, but I mean the only thing we can do is play each match and hopefully prove them wrong,” Moore said. The Redhawks finished 5-12 overall last season. Elizabeth Nyenwe led Southeast with a record of 14-10 in singles play. This season, she was tabbed as the seventh best player in the OVC preseason top-10 player rankings, voted on by OVC coaches. But Nyenwe is currently suspended due to a violation of team rules, according to Moore. She has to meet requirements before she can come back. Moore did not say what the requirements are or what team rules she broke. Moore thinks that the team could be better, but looks at the losing records of the past few seasons as a weakness. “Psychologically, if you look at the team’s record the past few years, we haven’t won more than two conference
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matches in a season,” Moore said. “It’s a matter of going into a match as confident instead of thinking about last year’s record. Talent wise they can match up with anybody in the conference, it’s just a matter of believing in themselves.” Southeast also returns sophomore Melissa Martin, who went 13-9 in singles and 8-14 in doubles last season. Nikole Novikova, the team’s No. 1 singles player last season and lone senior is also returning. Novikova was 6-17 in singles last season. “I think everyone is really good, we all get along really well,” Novikova said. “We just need to try and keep it together, and I think we’ll win matches.” Martin, who prefers playing doubles, would like to improve her doubles record this season. “Just trying to keep the ball in play, don’t go for anything too soon, just to be more steady in it, to be more controlled and commit less errors,” Martin said about how she is trying to improve her doubles play. Moore hopes the team is able to make it into the field of six teams that qualify for the OVC tournament this season. However, half the roster is constantly getting treatment for injuries. Martin, Novikova and junior Lauren Schaper have been battling minor injuries. They are expected to be able to start the season healthy, and if the team can stay healthy, it has a chance to make the tournament, according to Moore. “Our goal is definitely to make the conference tournament this year,” Moore said. “Might sound a little high, but our goal for next year is to win it and then the year after, to move up the national rankings.”
FORMER SOUTHEAST ATHLETES COMPETE IN INTRAMURALS
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A group of former Division I athletes compete on an intramural indoor soccer team. Read about them at southeastArrow.com/sports.+​
JUDO Club competes year round THREE MEMBERS WILL COMPETE AT THE COLLEGIATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON MARCH 16 IN AMES, IOWA
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Members of the Judo Club practice at the Student Recreation Center-South. Photo by Colby Powell
Judo Club practices unarmed combat JEN GRADL ARROW REPORTER
The sign on the door reads “no shoes allowed.� Inside, the air is sticky and humid, with the sound of a fan whirling in the doorway. A sea of students dressed in long sleeves and pants have sweat dripping from their foreheads as they unleash aggressive grunts. A loud boom echoes in the room as a man hits the red and blue colored mat and a woman grabs his hand to help him back to his feet. This is the Southeast Missouri State University Judo Club. Judo, which means “gentle way,� is derived from the martial art jiu-jitsu and is a form of unarmed combat. It is made up of Te waza and Ne waza. Te waza consists of standup work, including grappling and throwing, while Ne waza is ground work that can consist of chokes, pins and arm locks.
“It’s awesome. You get to beat up boys.� Lauren Ditto Members of the Judo Club not only practice with each other almost every day of the week, but they also compete in tournaments year round. Junior Tyler King has participated in 12 competitions during his three years in the club and placed first in all but two of them. King, along with three others, will travel to the Collegiate National Championship in Ames, Iowa, on March 16. Competitors are divided up by weight class for tournaments. Though each tournament’s rules are different, the matches consist of two people and are based on a one-point system. A person can win by having a perfect throw,
which is a person landing on his or her back with force and their thrower having complete control. A competitor also can win by pinning someone down for 20 seconds or by submission, which is when one uses chokes and arm locks. “We’ve got a good club, and it’s just fun,� King said. The practices range from working on different techniques to Randori. Randori consists of two people per mat, standing up, trying to score one point and win the match. “When we do that, it’s for two reasons,� alumnus Cody Edmonds said. “So everybody not only understands the techniques that are involved but the tradition and how you present yourself. And to prepare anybody who wants to do tournaments.� The club is made up of mostly males and has only one girl who attends all of the practices. Lauren Ditto, a junior at Southeast majoring in anthropology, is no stranger to martial arts. She holds a third degree brown belt in another style, Kenpo. “It’s awesome,� Ditto said. “You get to beat up boys.� Randy Rhodes is the instructor of the judo club practices held on Sunday. He also teaches a for-credit college class at Southeast. He not only teaches judo to students but also works with juveniles on probation. The kids can come work out with the club for six months, which takes place over their probation period. Club president James Dreger said that Rhodes currently is working with some of them. “A lot of times they’re not in good places, so this gives them a nice place to meet people,� Dreger said. “And it teaches them to take care of people.� The club will host a tournament at Southeast on April 27, and anyone is invited to attend. Anyone interested in joining the club should contact the Semo Judo Club on Facebook.
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CELTIC NIGHTS
The Show Me Center is hosting the touring show Celtic Nights at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27. The show will include Irish step dance and vocal performances.+
LOCALS display various forms of art CAPE GIRARDEAU RAP ARTIST AND NEW FACULTY MEMBERS EACH CREATE WITH THEIR OWN STYLE
Local rapper uses multiple platforms CALANDRA JONES-JACKSON ARROW REPORTER
The rhythmic sounds of hard beats pour from the windows of the home of local rap artist Cobret Joe. The sound is just one of many music tracks Joe has produced for himself and other artists. Joe, 25, of Cape Girardeau is better known by his fans as Co-Dean. He is not only a local rap artist, but a self-taught videographer, producer, graphic designer and director of his community outreach program, Ape Squad. According to Joe, the name Co-Dean is not affiliated with the use of drugs. It was a name appointed to him because of his lyrical content, which includes life lessons. Joe aspired to be a rapper since the age of 11 and looked up to artists like C-Murder, Eminem, Chamillionaire and Tupac Shakur. Joe began his rapping career when he helped back and manage a rap group called “Bang ‘em Down.” Joe helped the group book shows, one of which was with well-known rap group Three 6 Mafia. Three 6 Mafia is best known for their Oscar win in 2006 for best original song, “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” in the movie “Hustle and Flow.” “I got them a couple of shows with Three 6 Mafia, but they [Bang ‘em Down] weren’t acting right. They had no business mind at all,” Joe said. “People were like why don’t you drop a mix tape.” Joe’s first mix tape, a CD that rap artists put out to showcase their lyrical skills by rhyming over familiar beats, was titled “Thriller.” One of Joe’s favorite songs and videos from his first independent album is called, “From
the Mo.” The song expresses the pride of being from the state of Missouri. In the song Joe recognizes many cities in Missouri, including St. Louis, Kansas City, Sikeston and Cape Girardeau. “I never lie in my music, that’s just not my thing,” Joe said. “I won’t put any restraint on my mouth, I’m going to say what I feel.” Joe is a local rapper but has performed about 100 shows from Cleveland to Florida. Joe is preparing a showcase for the record label E1 Music for this spring or summer. Jim Jones, a famous rapper and star of his own reality show on VH1 called “Chrissy and Mr. Jones,” is the vice president of E1 Music. “You have to show them that you’re a good product to put money behind and sign,” Joe said. Joe has made a name for himself as a rapper, but his passion lies in making movies. “That’s what I really want to do, I want to shoot movies,” Joe said. “I always looked at cameras like they were magic. You can capture real life. I love creating life and putting it on there and seeing people’s reactions.” Joe attempted to make his first horror film last year around Halloween, but he had to put the movie on hold. “When I first started doing music videos, I wanted to do short movies like Michael Jackson did. That’s why I named my first little independent album, ‘The Thriller,’” Joe said. Joe’s ultimate goal for his music and love for making videos is to make Missouri better known in the music and entertainment business. “I’m trying to get known,” he said. “I’m trying to get everybody known.”
New faculty member Justin Miller speaks to students in one of his classes at the River Campus. Photo by Callie Leitterman
Assistant professors newest addition to Department of Art ASHLEY BENNETT ARROW REPORTER
Assistant professor of art Justin Miller and assistant art history professor Dr. Joni Hand are new to the art department. Hand earned her Ph. D. from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 2010, has a Master of Arts degree in painting from Hunter College in New York and has a Bachelor of Art in graphic design from Kent State University. Hand came to Southeast Missouri State University after spending 10 years in New York. She grew up in Ohio, but this is her first time living in Missouri. “It’s something to get used to,” Hand said, in reference to moving from New York to Cape Girardeau. Hand is an assistant professor of art history, and her research focuses on illuminated manuscripts from Northern Europe and female patronage in the late-medieval period. Her book “Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550” was published this month. According to Hand, there is a big difference between teaching in New York and teaching at Southeast. She has had to revamp her style of teaching to make sure students are gaining the best experience. “Cape Girardeau is different in the sense that there aren’t as many museums here as there are in New York,” Hand said. “Students don’t have the same exposure, so you have to rely more on books; however, I like it to be more activity based than lecture based.” Hand stated that the way she keeps her class more interactive is by playing YouTube videos and having projects for the students to do. “I don’t want to bore the students by always doing lectures,” Hand said. “I want to keep it fun and interesting. That is my goal.” Justin Miller is an assistant professor of art at Southeast. Miller grew up in a rural community in central Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Arts in art education and his
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Master of Arts from Eastern Illinois University. He also received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Notre Dame. After completing his education, Miller taught at a university in Fort Wayne, Ind., before coming to Southeast in the fall. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Cape Girardeau,” Miller said. “I am also very proud to be a part of the Southeast faculty. The art department in particular has been incredibly helpful and welcoming, making it a relatively easy transition for me.”
“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Cape Girardeau. I am also very proud to be a part of the Southeast faculty. The art department in particular has been incredibly helpful and welcoming, making it a relatively easy transition for me.” Justin Miller In addition to teaching, Miller is a practicing and exhibiting artist and is represented by Zg Gallery in Chicago. “I try to inundate my students with images of contemporary painters,” Miller said. “We live in the technological age, which allows me to bring up videos and images of other practicing artists. I think this helps inspire the art vernacular of today. I also try to take students on field trips so that they actually see paintings firsthand and better understand other artists’ processes. “Ultimately I want students to feel connected and see that they have the potential to be a part of vast artist community. I am just trying to bring my enthusiasm, experience and love for art-making to campus.”
AUDREY ASSAD CONCERT
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Catholic Campus Ministry is hosting Audrey Assad in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Rose Theater. The event is free for all students, faculty and staff.+
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EMMETT Till lecture in Crisp Hall SPEAKER HENRY OUTLAW HOPES AUDIENCE LEARNS HOW THE EMMETT TILL MURDER IS CONNECTED TO CIVIL RIGHTS
Visiting speaker to present Emmett Till lecture Till was a 14-year-old African American whose murder was important to the start of the Civil Rights Movement ASHLEY BOOKS STAFF WRITER
In September 1955, while making his way to the south side of Chicago, Henry Outlaw felt the tension in a city that was holding one of the most important events that would help inspire the Civil Rights Movement: the funeral of 14-year-old African American Emmett Till. “At the time I didn’t know who Emmett Till was, I didn’t know anything about the case,” Outlaw said. “It just sort of happened to be a serendipitous experience, I just happened to be in Chicago when they were having it.” Outlaw, a retired professor from Delta State University, will speak at Southeast Missouri State University about the Till trial and murder. Till was murdered in 1955 while visiting his uncle in Mississippi. During a visit to the grocery store, several white men thought that Till was flirting with a white woman who worked there. He was kidnapped from his uncle’s home in the middle of the night, beaten and shot. His eye was gouged out, and he was thrown in a local river by the white men. His body was then transported back to his hometown of Chicago for the funeral. Outlaw left Chicago and eventually forgot about what he had seen. It wasn’t until his retirement from teaching in 2002 that he became interested in the case. Outlaw received a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council, and it was then that he began interviewing various people involved in the trial. During the course of the project,
Outlaw interviewed the sons of the prosecuting attorney, Robert Smith. Outlaw discussed their experiences with the trial and specific incidences they remembered. The interviews were also the start of the exhibition. Outlaw interviewed the district attorney’s son, Gerald Chatham, who supplied Outlaw with several artifacts relating to the case. “I got ready to leave and he said, ‘I got something I want to show you,’” Outlaw said. “He went back to the closet and pulled out a big cardboard box, and in that box were 300 letters that his father had gotten during the course of the trial. A lot of it was hate mail, some of it was in favor.”
“When they asked Rosa Parks why she would not give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, you know what she said? She said ‘I thought of Emmett Till, and I couldn’t do that.’” Henry Outlaw Over the course of the interviews, Outlaw retrieved newspaper clippings, photographs, letters and various artifacts that came together to create the exhibition. Outlaw also met Wheeler Parker, a cousin of Till, who contributed photographs of Till as a child. “That led to a good friendship with this person who was in the house with Emmett Till when the killers kidnapped him,” Outlaw said. Outlaw said one of the aspects of the case that intrigues him is how the story continues to evolve as he interviews more people. “I think what fascinates me so much about it is how the story changes,” Outlaw said. “I don’t know much about history, but I’m learning a little bit about history and history’s stories have
developed a life of their own. You’ll talk to one person, and they’ll have a certain memory about an event, and you’ll talk to another person who was in the vicinity and their story will be totally different.” Outlaw plans to discuss the relationship between “To Kill a Mockingbird” and the Tom Robinson case and the trial and murder of Till during the lecture. “One night when I was working on the oral history, and I had just met Gerald Chatham and he had told me about his dad, and I woke up in the middle of the night in a sweat,” Outlaw said. “I woke my wife up and said ‘I think I’ve just found Atticus Finch.’ And when I told her that she said ‘Why?’ I said ‘There’s a lot of interesting parallels the Emmett Till case and the fictional trial of Tom Robinson.’” Outlaw also will discuss the case in relation to William Faulkner and his views on civil rights. “It’s like Sandy Hook,” said Dr. Robert Hamblin, the director of the Center for Faulkner Studies, referring to the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting that happened in December. “We’ve had gun violence before, but the outrage now seems greater because there are children involved. And I think that’s the effect that this Emmett Till case had on Faulkner.” Hamblin hopes the lecture will give students a better understanding of the case and also how it relates to Faulkner and his views on race. “When he deals with race, he describes the world that is, not the one that he wishes would be,” Hamblin said. Outlaw also hopes that his speech will help students understand the link between Till and the Civil Rights Movement and how his murder sparked this movement. “When they asked Rosa Parks why she would not give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, you know what she said? She said ‘I thought of Emmett Till, and I couldn’t do that,’” Outlaw said. The Emmett Till lecture and exhibition will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Crisp Hall.
Top: Emmett Till exhibit on display. Middle: Luther Brown (left) and Henry Outlaw (right) with a photograph of Emmett Till, below. Submitted photos
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JUMP ERIN NEIER EDITOR
Derrick “DT” Liddell sat in a chair on the baseline for nearly the entire basketball game. He was just like any other spectator. His eyes followed the players on the court, and he clapped when the Southeast Missouri State University men’s basketball team scored. But during a timeout with 3 minutes, 48 seconds left on the clock and Southeast trailing 71-63 to Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 2, he joined the Southeast Sundancers and cheerleaders on the court of the Show Me Center for his moment in the spotlight. “I dance with the band, I dance with the Sundancers,” Liddell said. “My favorite is ‘Jump Around’ by House of Pain.” That’s the song that plays at each game — usually during a media timeout with about three minutes left in the game — and every game that Liddell attends he is on the court dancing to it. He jumps around, waving his hands in the air and stomping his feet. He has trouble putting into words what he likes about dancing at the games, but his eyes light up and he’s visibly excited when he talks about it. At times throughout the game Liddell stands up and dances from his seat, or he’ll wander over to where the band is playing and nod his head to the beat or jump up and down. He’ll occasionally walk around —
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Loyal fan entertains at Southeast games smiling at some people, shaking hands with others. “Derrick is a fervent Redhawks fan that is always in attendance at the basketball games,” Southeast band director Dr. Martin Reynolds said in an email. “He is [a] happy, go-lucky young man that enjoys watching [Southeast] teams play and participating in the spirit of the contest. “He also enjoys interacting with the crowd and tries hard to get our fans involved in cheering and clapping. I find his energy infectious, and the band finds his ‘Jump Around’ entertaining to watch. I think that most people that see Derrick at the games have an appreciation for his participation and the energy that he brings in support of our teams.” Liddell, a Cape Girardeau resident, has never attended Southeast as a student, but he’s been attending Southeast basketball and football games regularly since he started working at the Show Me Center in 2007. He was able to get into the games for free because he was an employee. He continued to work there doing set up and take down as well as clean up for events until 2010, when he was laid off due to budget cuts. Many people may have seen him at games but might not know that he has a form of high-functioning autism. “Derrick was born with the disability. He was a
premature baby, so he had a lot of health issues as an infant,” Liddell’s mom Natosha Pearson said. “And then when he started school, I didn’t live here. I actually moved here to get him integrated into school where he could be able to be around what we would call ‘normal kids,’ have a peer system to mimic, because many autistic kids learn from what they see, the environment. He went through a lot of occupational therapy, speech therapy and me just never treating him as if he had a problem is what helped him get to the point that he is at now.” Liddell and Pearson lived in Pemiscot County, and Pearson explained that in the late 80s and early 90s not many educators understood autism and would send students to the special school district. “The special school district consists of a lot of kids that have down syndrome or other disabilities, and being that autistic kids learn from their environment, I felt like he would mimic their behavior and their learning patterns, which would make him actually move backwards rather than move him forward to actually becoming educated,” Pearson said. Liddell attended elementary school in Cape Girardeau, including Alma Schrader Elementary School. He graduated from Cape Central High School in 2007. He attended the football games, was the manager of the football team for two years
and was crowned prom king his senior year. “He never let his disability hinder him from integrating with the rest of the kids,” Pearson said. “A lot of the kids at Cape Central, they had known him since elementary school, and I don’t think they treated him any different than anybody else. I think by them voting for him to be prom king it was just the symbol of acceptance for him.” Pearson said that he has always loved to dance, but as he’s gotten older he only dances at Southeast games and not around his family members. Liddell and his mom are close and even live together, but he’s beginning to want more independence. “We are, but being that he is a young man, 24, I’m mom,” Pearson said. “As with any young man we have a good relationship, but then he’s discovering that he’s an adult and I’m still being the protective mom that doesn’t want him to get hurt or taken advantage of. So we do have disagreements, and he just doesn’t realize that I’m worried about his safety. We get along — a lot of times I feel like I’m more of his friend than his mother.” Liddell also participates in the 828 Campus Outreach program at Southeast. According to sophomore Taylor Snead, a member of the organization, the group meets at 8:28 p.m. every Wednesday in the University Center Ballroom and throws some type of event.
“This is the place where people that normally wouldn’t go to church would go. So we don’t want it to seem like a youth group,” Snead said. “We want it to be something a lot different — just inviting to people who normally wouldn’t hear the gospel or hear anything about who Jesus is. And it’s a lot about getting to know people around campus that you normally wouldn’t meet.” Liddell attends Cape Bible Chapel and can be found at the 828 meetings, sometimes dancing to the music playing beforehand. One of the types of music he enjoys is rap, and he even has appeared in music videos with Cape Girardeau rapper Krystal Claire and Mystere Jones, a music producer from Brooklyn who now lives in Tannersville, Penn. “He’s kind of just like the big smile that everyone can’t wait to see,” Snead said. “If he’s not here everyone notices because we’ll be in the middle of just a fun time, and everyone just sees DT stand up and raise his hands up. I know whenever we get together and talk about the Bible he’ll stand up and read his study notes, and we just love him. He’s always coming up and introducing himself to new people and giving us hugs and talking to us so he’s there everywhere — we like that, too. He’s constant.” “I love it here,” Liddell said before a meeting. “We share for the worship, for Jesus.”
Derrick Liddell dances to “Jump Around” during a Southeast men’s basketball game against SIU Edwardsville on Feb. 7. He usually performs during the last media timeout, which is in the last three or four minutes of the game. Photos by Alyssa Brewer
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SGA senator applications due on March 13 STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION WILL HOLD ELECTIONS FOR 31 SENATOR POSITIONS
Vice president of SGA explains elections for upcoming year SAVANNA MAUE ONLINE EDITOR
Becoming a part of Southeast Missouri State University’s student government is a lengthy process that begins in March. This process is overseen by vice president and three-year member of Student Government Greg Felock. Felock shared via email his favorite aspects of Student Government and what is required to become a student senator. Elections are separated into 31 different positions distributed amongst the different colleges. The deadline to apply for executive positions is March 13 at 5 p.m. and the deadline to apply for senate positions is March 13 at 5 p.m.
Q: What is your position? And how long have you been a member of SGA? A: I am currently vice president, and I have been a part of Student Government for three years. This is my second term as vice president, and I was a first-year senator previously.
Q: Why did you join? A: I initially joined because I liked the idea of serving the students on this campus and being their representative to the administration.
Q: What is your favorite memory/best opportunity from SGA? A: My favorite memory from Student Government was this one meeting last year that lasted until 1 o’clock in the morning. We got so caught up in debate that we actually had to change locations half way through so that the building managers could begin setting up for the following day.
Q: What issue is most important to you right now? A: Currently the issue that is most important to me is making sure that students are accurately informed about possible changes occurring on the university level. Some of these right now include textbook rental and shuttles/WINGS.
Q: What is the main role of SGA, and what do you all work with most on Southeast’s campus?
multi-faceted organization. We provide funding to organizations on campus, represent the students’ opinions to the administration and overall simply work to enhance the student experience. It is hard to say exactly what we work with the most on this campus since we really do a little work with everything.
Q: What is the process to become a senator? And what do they do? A: The first step is to pick up and submit an application along with a picture and short bio to the University Center room 202. Beginning mid-March, each candidate will start campaigning across campus to earn votes. Elections occur through the portal April 3 and 4. If elected, each candidate will take office in the fall.
Q: How many senator positions are there? And what are their titles? A: There are 31 senator positions available in the election. Each senator represents their college in which they were elected. Their title would be senator for the [insert college here]. Example: Senator for the College of Business.
Q: When is the deadline to apply? How long is the commitment and how many hours? A: The deadline to apply for executive positions is March 13 at 5 p.m., and the deadline to apply for senate positions is March 25 at 5 p.m. Your term is one acadamic year beginning in fall 2013. Student Government meets every Monday night. Committees meet from 7 - 8 p.m., and then we all come together as a full Senate from 8 p.m. until whenever we finish everything on the agenda for the week. This can be anywhere from one to three hours.
Q: What do senators do? Like what is their purpose on campus? A: A lot like Student Government itself, a senator has many different roles on this campus. It is his/her job to be the link between the students and administration and vice versa. This includes always staying informed about current student opinion and issues on campus. Doing this involves a lot of open communication with students and active listening when we have different administrators come speak with senate.
Vice president of the Student Government Association Greg Felock sitting at his office in the Center for Student Involvement at the University Center. Photo by Kelly Lu Holder
A: Student Government Association is a very
Will you be attending any Southeast baseball games? Why or why not?
Anna Borman No, I don’t want to.
Tracy Steele If they’re good I will go to the games, but if they’re bad I will not go to the games.
Haley Nichols Yes, I will because I like to see boys in baseball pants.
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WINGS shuttles undergo route changes THE OLD TOWN CAPE ROUTE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED DUE TO LOW ATTENDANCE WHILE THE SHOPPING ROUTE IS OFTEN OVERCROWDED
Southeast’s WINGS shuttle shopping route is popular and often overcrowded ANDREW TYAHLA STAFF WRITER
While it is not so bad if one is able to get a seat on the WINGS shuttle, those standing are often crammed together with little to no elbow room. People fill up the wheelchair area in the back and start lining up in the center aisle, as if trying to fill every inch of empty space. Sometimes, knees get hit by shopping bags taking up more space. Plus there’s the issue of balance when standing in any moving vehicle. While it may seem like the crowds would help give people something to lean on, that is not the case and passengers often need to do some footwork in order to avoid falling down. Every time the shuttle stops, the passengers keep going and have to dance a little to remain standing. Meanwhile, an arm pain starts to develop from trying to hold on to the rails while gravity and inertia do their best to separate people from them. While there is a lot to do on campus, it is inevitable that many Southeast Missouri State University students will have to go into the community to go shopping. This is simple enough for those who have a car, but many without a car rely on Southeast’s Department of Public Safety off-campus transportation called When In Need Go Shuttle. The WINGS shuttle is visually distinct from the usual white shuttles that travel around campus, sporting red stripes across the driver’s area and the back of the bus. It has seating for 17 passengers and 19 if a folding jump seat is in use. There is also standing
room and handrails available for additional passengers and it is wheelchair accessible. On average, 700 students use the weekend shuttle each week. “It is the driver’s objective as to how many passengers are allowed on the bus at once,” said Doug Richards, the director of DPS. “The only guideline is that everyone stays behind the white line.” However, there have been times in which the number of passengers has reached around double the seating capacity. Be it by ingenuity or foolishness, large groups of students manage to squeeze themselves into the shuttle at one time. The WINGS shopping route runs from 5 9 p.m. on Fridays with two shuttles running and one arriving roughly every 30 minutes. On Saturdays there is only one shuttle running from noon to 9 p.m. The same shuttle runs from noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays. During these times, the shuttle arrives at each stop once every hour. Crowds may also cause students to have to wait an hour for another shuttle, which can be inconvenient for riders. Overcrowding is the worst on Saturdays. “We determine how many shuttles to run at one time based upon student demand,” Richards said. “Friday happens to be the most popular day, so we have both shuttles running then.” In addition, there was a late night Old Town Cape route that ran every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. After stopping at Towers, Vandiver, Merick, Dearmont and Meyers, the bus dropped students off outside of the Cape Girardeau Convention
The WINGS shuttles at the transit station located on Washington Street. Photo by Andrew Tyahla Center. One WINGS shuttle makes rounds on this route every 15 minutes. However, the downtown route is not as popular as the shopping route, with only one to three riders in an entire weekend, and, as a result, Southeast’s Student Government Association is considering ending the Old Town Cape route permanently. According to the SGA bylaws, the organization sets aside 5.88 percent of its annual budget to fund WINGS. Toward the end of the year, the University Affairs Committee reviews the service’s usage in order to determine if the service should be maintained or discontinued. “Currently the Old Town route is no longer
running this semester due to extremely low usage and lack of cost effectiveness,” said Brad Beran, the SGA University Affairs chairman. “We are investigating the feasibility of dropping the Old Town route permanently, and if costs allow we would like to possibly use that shuttle to aid in alleviating the demand for the crowded shopping route.” In the meantime, the WINGS shopping route still works to get students without cars out to run their errands. The crowd problem can be circumvented with proper planning and going during less busy times. Even so, riders should be prepared to be a sardine with good balance.
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Congratulations to students involved in the Intensive English Program who have made honor roll. The IEP has a special honor roll for students who do well in classes but because of their status do not qualify for the Dean’s List.+
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A-TEAM
THE MEMBERS OF THE A-TEAM WILL BE FEATURED ON THIS PAGE EACH WEEK The Arrow is proud to announce the first-ever A-Team. We feel that this group of students will be able to offer students diverse perspectives on different topics relating to Southeast. This page will now feature these faces weekly and the format will vary between a single team response to multiple opinions or a “he said, she said” response. The A-Team wants to facilitate discussion with readers and looks forward to hearing from you. If anyone has any suggestions for a topic to be addressed on this page please send an email to editor@southeastArrow.com.
My name is Kelly Farrell, and I am a junior here at Southeast Missouri State. I am an enormous Cardinals fan from St. Louis. Pretty much any St. Louis sport is where my loyalty lies. I am part of the teacher education program with an emphasis in social studies. I am also a member of Alpha Chi Omega here on campus as well as a few other organizations. Most of my time revolves around my sorority and school, but I also find time to have fun. I live with three of my sorority sisters in an apartment and to say that it is interesting would be an understatement. Living off campus with someone other than my family is unusual to me, but the hilarious stories I get out of it will stick with me forever. I would say my personality is the polar opposite of quiet, shy and timid. I am adventurous and love playing sports. I could possibly be one of the most competitive people I know, which can get me into trouble at times. I am willing to almost try anything once with the exception of anything to do with needles. I don’t even have my ears pierced! I love to have a good time and hang out with the people that I care about. Overall, I am just living life in good ole Cape Girardeau and trying to make my experiences here memorable!
They call me Doc, but also known as David Fiandaca, and I am journalism major and a coaching minor. I am 41 years old, and I was born and raised in Massachusetts. I was 21 years old and living in Hyannis (Cape Cod) when I enlisted in the Navy. I spent 12 1/2 years as a navy corpsman and, during shore rotation, I worked exclusively in an emergency room. When I was on sea rotation, I served on a “tin can” destroyer and served with the Marines in a helicopter squadron. I was discharged in 2005 due to recurring neck problems and multiple surgeries. I worked in a steel fabrication shop for a couple of years when I decided to take advantage of my GI bill and go back to school. I have been married for almost 15 years to my wife, Becky, who was a Marine and now works for the Department of Veteran Affairs. We have no children, just dogs and horses.
Hey everyone! I’m Jen Gradl, and I’m a junior here at Southeast. I’m a double major in journalism and public relations with a minor in creative writing, so needless to say I have my hands pretty full. I also work at Family Video, so I can recommend some pretty good movies. My passion in life is writing. I love writing just about anything, but I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with my life once I graduate college. Maybe marry someone rich and become a trophy wife? I’d be up for that. In all seriousness though, I’m really excited about the A-Team. The topic I’m looking forward to writing about the most is love, so maybe I can become the Arrow’s version of Dear Abby. Maybe it’s because I’m a hopeless romantic or maybe just because I’ve experienced all of the dating blunders and mishaps a girl can possibly have. And when I say all, I mean ALL. I’m so happy I get to be a part of the A-Team this semester because we have some pretty awesome things in store. I hope that we can address issues that are really important to everyone and provide some witty insight for problems that you may face.
Howdy folks! The name’s Haley Holton and I am currently a sophomore here at SEMO studying physical education but thinking about changing to teaching in general. I am from O’Fallon, Ill., and I pole vault for SEMO’s track and field team. I have three brothers, so my life has always been surrounded by sports. I enjoy watching, participating and cheering for my favorite sporting teams. (I love the Cards and the Blues!) I am also a fitness addict. I love working out, running and just having a healthy lifestyle. I also love laughing and making other people laugh. It’s just natural for me to want to make people smile. In my downtime, I enjoy logging onto Pinterest and pinning like a madwoman, goofing off with my friends, watching movies, listening to music or Skyping with my mom. Other things I enjoy doing include cooking and baking, reading, playing board games or some video games (Mario Kart & Dance Central are my favorites) and photography really interests me also. I really could talk about anything other than politics because that’s just not my thing. I love giving advice and seeing people happy is like a natural high for me just because I like helping others out. That’s about all for me, peace out folks!
Hello, Southeast students! My name is Billy Schmitz. I am excited to be a part of the A-Team! First of all, I really liked the name. If you have not seen the movie or the show, do yourself a favor and see them. Also, I have often given advice to friends and other people in my life, so I thought this was a great fit. I am a senior and my major is criminal justice with an emphasis in law enforcement. Many of you may recognize my ugly mug from my job at Textbook Rental in the basement of Kent Library. I am 22 years old and from Pacific, Missouri. I will graduate this May and attend graduate school here at Southeast. I am also hoping to be hired on by the Criminal Justice Department as a graduate assistant. I am a proud member of the co-ed community service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. When I have free time, my favorite things to do are spend time with friends and family, watch and play sports, exercise, read, watch movies, listen to and play music and catch up on my favorite television shows. As for the subjects I am interested in covering, there are quite a few. They are fitness, dating and relationships, relationships with friends, men’s fashion, sports, food and cooking, pretty much anything to do with entertainment and pop culture and anything about the university. I look forward to hearing from any and all of you with your questions!
Hi! Nice to meet you, sort of. My name is Benny Dorris. First, I’ll cover some housekeeping topics as far as introductions are concerned. I’m a junior majoring in public relations, with minors in creative writing and psychology. Originally, I’m from West Frankfort, Ill. I’m involved in Student Government, Greek Life, several other organizations and I work as a student ambassador in the Admissions Department. Admittedly, I’m a bit of an introvert with an occasional spurt of extroversion. When I find leisure time, I spend a good deal of it reading, writing or spending time with close friends. I love adventure, so I’m always looking for new experiences to gain perspective on life. I’ve been on cross-country road trips, I’ve visited Native American reservations and I’ve explored many nooks and crannies around Cape Girardeau. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll be doing after I graduate from Southeast. I’ve looked at graduate programs as well as employment opportunities straight out of undergrad. My running joke is that I operate on a 2-year plan, so we’ll see how everything pans out I guess. In the meantime, I look forward to writing for the Arrow staff. My main areas of interest are college life — anything from campus involvement to university expansion — higher education trends on local, state and national levels, personal and professional development as well as local news. Other areas of interest include, but are most definitely not limited to, current events, travel, film, music, culture and much more.
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Southeast will celebrate Criminal Justice Day March 1. George Lombardi, the director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety, will speak at 3 p.m. March 1 in the UC Ballroom A on the corrections budget.+
CAMPUS to get speaker and new mobile site AN AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS FORMED TO ENHANCE THE FUNCTIONABILITY OF SOUTHEAST’S MOBILE WEBSITE
ESPN editor to speak MATT BRUCKER ARROW REPORTER
Keith Reed, a senior editor of ESPN The Magazine, will speak at this year’s Michael Davis Lecture. Last year’s speaker, Brian McCauley is Reed’s friend and recommended Reed to Dr. Ann White, an assistant professor in the Department of Mass Media, who is in charge of finding speakers for the lecture every year. Reed will talk about his career, how he got started in the journalism field and give career advice to students who come to the lecture, White said. Reed has been a business reporter for the Baltimore Business Journal, The Boston Globe and the Cincinnati Enquirer, according to mediabistro.com. He also worked as editor for Catalyst Ohio, a nonprofit magazine dedicated to public education in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, before being hired by ESPN The Magazine in July 2011. Reed has a bachelor’s degree in English from Coppin State University in Baltimore, Md. The Michael Davis Lecture is an annual lecture that the Department of Mass Media hosts. It began in 1995 as a way to remember Davis, a journalism student who died while he was a student at Southeast. Davis died Feb. 15, 1994, due
to injuries sustained in a hazing incident that involved the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. “Michael was an up and coming leader in the department,” Dr. Tamara Zellars Buck said, assistant professor of the Mass Media department, who knew Davis and worked with him on the Arrow staff. Davis was a fun-loving, quiet person that others liked to be around, Buck said. The lecture usually draws about 200 people, Buck said. It is open to all majors and the general public. “This lecture honors what he would have been,” Buck said. “I think it raises awareness about hazing,” Southeast student Kaitlyn Pruett said. Pruett said it is important for Southeast to keep having this lecture, because it raises awareness about hazing and why no one should do those kinds of things. Davis had planned to be coeditor of the Arrow with Buck before his death. “He had a bright future,” Buck said. Many people can benefit from hearing the lecture, Buck said. She hopes people from majors other than journalism come to the speech. The lecture will be at noon on Feb. 20 in the Rose Theatre at Southeast.
Southeast mobile website to be updated BRIAN ASHER ARROW REPORTER
An ad hoc committee has been formed with the purpose of enhancing access to Southeast Missouri State University’s website on mobile devices such as smartphones. The committee is chaired by Dr. Bill Eddleman, vice provost at Southeast. There currently is a mobile app available for the website, but the committee is working on ways to improve its usage. Eddleman said visibility is an issue because not enough students know about it, which members of the Student Government Association told Eddleman. The app is available near the bottom of Southeast’s homepage. “We could make this thing a little more obvious on the splash page,” Eddleman said, referring to Southeast’s home page. “Because it’s a little hard to find, to download it.” Features available on the current app include emergency information, a campus map, access to the people directory and more. There is also a lite version of the Southeast portal, but Eddleman says it could be better than it is. This “mini portal” allows students to look at a smaller number of things available on the full portal like their account balance, Redbucks balance and their final grades. According to Bradley Beran, the
SGA representative on the committee, much of the information contained on the current app is not used by students. “We have tossed around trimming down the current information available on the mobile web app because much of it is not used for students,” Beran said. “Many students have said they would like more access to the portal via the mobile web app.” Beran also noted that “at this point everything is still solidly in the discussion phase.” Archie Sprengel, assistant vice president of Information Technology at Southeast, hopes that a future app will be able to automatically adjust to the screen size of whatever device a person is using to access the website. “Right now the system we are using won’t [adjust] automatically,” Sprengel said. “Whereas if we went to a newer system with more features, it should allow you to automatically adjust the website, the whole website, based on whether you’re on a desktop monitor, or if you’re on an iPad or down to a smartphone. That’s a big project, but that’s something we’re looking at as well.” Eddleman does not think the app will appear in online app stores like the Apple store for iPhones or Google Play store for Android devices. “We pretty much agreed that would not be very practical because you’ve got multiple platforms and
every time one of those platforms changes to a new version you have to rewrite the app,” Eddleman said. “So it’s kind of like trying to stay ahead of a moving target and would be a never-ending expense.” Apps that appear in these online stores are called “native” apps, and they only work on the platform they were designed for. The Southeast app will likely end up being what is known as a web app, which can be used on any mobile device with a web browser. A web app would cost less to update than a native app. The committee was formed because of a larger committee called “Southeast in the Year 2020,” in which committee members discussed what the university will need to stay modern in the future, the year 2020. “We had to ask, ‘What do we need to bring the university into the year 2020?’,” Eddleman said. “What are students going to be looking for? What sort of trends are we going to have to be aware of? And this was one of the things that came out of that.” Eddleman says input from anyone is welcome. Members of the committee already have spoken with members of SGA and will be meeting with people from admissions and various other organizations on campus.
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