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Regents renew charter school sponsorship HANNAH PARENT STAFF WRITER
Southeast Missouri State University sponsors Lift for Life Academy, a charter school that was the first of its kind to open in the St. Louis area. The school enrolls about 575 students and has been sponsored by Southeast since 2000. It started off as a middle school and expanded through the 12th grade in fall of 2011. The Southeast Board of Regents approved an extension on Oct. 19 for a five-year contract with Lift for Life that will continue Southeast’s sponsorship of the organization. Vice president of the Board of Regents Jim Limbaugh said the board chose to sponsor the Lift For Life Academy because it was going to be governed by a volunteer board of directors made up of community leaders, rather than a private management company like other proposed charter schools. “Southeast wanted to get involved in creating an academic pathway for St. Louis students,” Limbaugh said. “Forty percent of our enrollment comes from the metro St. Louis area, so it was definitely a good investment for us to get involved with Lift for Life.” Limbaugh said the most important goal is to get students excited about postsecondary education, but they are not required to attend Southeast. “Public schools in St. Louis are tough and the educational outcomes are not always very good,” Limbaugh said. “Charter schools are more structured, so there is less distraction. We chose to sponsor Lift for Life Academy because they seemed to have a vision for consistency and continuity in learning.” Southeast freshman Dionne Wagner
started attending Lift for Life in the sixth grade. She said that her experiences with public schools before that were rocky because there was a different principal every year at the public school she attended. “I remember when my mom enrolled me in Lift for Life,” Wagner said. “My first year there they were already giving us a tour of Southeast University and encouraging us to think about college. I don’t think I’d be at a university without Lift for Life’s encouragement. Public schools don’t offer the same opportunities.” According to Dr. Bill Eddleman, vice provost and dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Lift for Life recieves $60,000 for administrative needs from the state of Missouri thanks to Southeast’s sponsorship. The founder of Lift for Life, Marshall Cohen, said that students who attend the academy come from St. Louis’ poorest neighborhoods. “Lift for Life Academy hopes to give parents another choice,” Cohen said. “We focus on getting St. Louis students academically caught up. We are more hands-on than public schools and place emphasis on postsecondary education. We offer another choice for parents.” According to Lift for Life’s website, 95 percent of the students at the academy are African-American and over 90 percent of students live in households with incomes below the national poverty level. The academy’s website says that most new students enroll with reading and math skills 1-3 years below their grade level. Lift for Life’s attendance rate was 95 percent in fall 2011, as opposed to 86 percent in the St. Louis Public Schools. Recent research has been done on the effectiveness of charter school
education and how it compares to the public school system in the St. Louis area. A not-for-profit leadership organization called Focus St. Louis did a study on 17 charter schools in the St. Louis area during the 2010-2011 school year. Focus St. Louis concluded that “charter schools can provide a powerful model for improving educational options in low-performing school districts. However, according to the latest data, while many charter schools are performing better than the traditional St. Louis public schools, none of the 17 charter schools meet statewide academic standards.” The report emphasized that test scores are not the only way to judge charter schools’ performance. It said one problem with MAP testing is that it does not take into account where students started. A student may have improved immensely but still not meet state standards. The report also stated that charter schools are still the better alternative to public schools, even though they still need improvement in some areas. Limbaugh is sure that since Lift for Life now accommodates students until they graduate, it will be able to keep its students’ education more consistent. “Expanding the curriculum through high school is important because the middle school students won’t have to go back to [public] school in St. Louis and possibly get lost in the shuffle,” Limbaugh said. “Hopefully the students’ experiences at [Lift for Life Academy] will give them the desire to continue their education. This expansion is a big challenge, and the potential is significant. Growth for growth’s sake is not always better. What we are much more interested in is outcome.”
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BRIEFS Contribute Southeast-affiliated men’s work is published in anthology A Southeast alumnus, professor and student were published in an anthology called “Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors” that was released on Veteran’s Day, according to a press release. This is the first volume in a planned series of anthologies. Three organizations worked together to publish the anthology: the Southeast Missouri State University Press, Missouri Humanities Council and Warrior Arts Alliance. Three members of the military, Southeast Missouri State University master’s student Levi Bollinger, professor emeritus of history Larry Breeze and alumnus Nicholas Watts-Fernandez were published.
Grant Students will benefit from federal grant A federal grant worth $204,211 awarded to the Masters of Science in Nursing program at Southeast Missouri State University in October will help pay tuition and fees for students. “We’ll at least do 16 students,” said Dr. Elaine Jackson, the director of graduate studies in the nursing department at Southeast. “If we have extra money then we might consider more.” The Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship federal grant, presented by the U.S. Department of Health and Services, is for students who are studying to become family nurse practitioners, which covers families all the way from birth through death. “And it would include pregnant women – not delivery, but kind of watching them through their pregnancy and making sure that they’re staying healthy and treating them,” Jackson said. Students eligible to receive benefits from the grant have to be preparing to work in primary care in a health professional shortage area like southeast Missouri. Read the full story at southeastArrow.com.
Survey Kent Library conducts online survey The strategic planning committee at Kent Library wants user feedback. Faculty, staff, students and alumni are asked to participate in a survey that will be open until Nov. 21. Anyone that takes the survey can be entered to win a Kindle Fire or one of seven Walmart gift certificates. To take the survey, visit surveymonkey.com/s/KentSurvey or click on the link on the Southeast portal. Basketball photo by Ashleigh Lee of the University Daily Kansan
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SOCCER season comes to an end REDHAWKS FINISHED 7-10-4 OVERALL AND 5-3-2 IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Southeast center midfielder Torey Byrd moves the ball past two UT Martin players during a Sept. 28 game at Houck Stadium. Photo by Nathan Hamilton
Redhawks’ emotional season ends in conference tournament semifinal KRISTINA LAUTENBACHER ARROW REPORTER
After an accident in July that resulted in a broken back and broken wrist, Southeast Missouri State University soccer coach Heather Nelson was expected to miss the entire 2012 season. Nelson’s husband and associate coach Paul Nelson became the interim coach in her absence. Nelson said that it was a difficult time for her because the team is her extended family. But she was comfortable that the players were in good hands with the staff. “It was different without coach being there,” sophomore center midfielder Torey Byrd said. “Paul runs the practices, and coach will give second opinions, so it was weird not having her there. We tried to stay connected with her while she was gone.” But on Sept. 9, senior soccer player Meg Herndon was placed in intensive care after a collision on her scooter. Though Nelson was not medically cleared to return, she felt that her place was with her team, and she travelled with the players to Memphis, Tenn. Nelson stated that it was emotionally draining taking care of each other and Herndon’s family, and it ultimately took a toll on their soccer performance. The Redhawks lost to Memphis 5-0. Herndon died from her injuries on Sept. 20, and the home match against Louisiana Tech scheduled for Sept. 23 was
cancelled. “I’m very proud of this team and how well they reacted and represented themselves, Meg and the university,” Nelson said. “I couldn’t have asked for more from them.” Nelson said an endowed scholarship has been set up in Herndon’s name to carry on her legacy and that University Foundation Accounting Services is now accepting donations for the scholarship. Those interested in donating should contact secretary to the foundation Susan Burton.
“Their relationships to each other really remind you of what’s important in life.” Heather Nelson “It was emotional for a while,” Taylor Byrd, junior midfielder said. “It was hard being in the locker room without her. Through the week Paul made practice as normal as possible — one day we played games unrelated to soccer that took our mind off everything. But we really came together as a family and that helped a lot.” The Redhawks took the field again at home and began Ohio Valley Conference play against UT Martin on Sept. 25, one day after Herndon’s funeral. Nelson said the team played for Herndon, and the Redhawks were able to tie UT Martin. “The UT Martin game really took a weight off our
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shoulders,” Nelson said. “We really came back to ourself. We were the only team to tie UTM this year.” Three days later the Redhawks gained an OVC win against Murray State 6-0. “We played really well in the game against Murray,” Taylor Byrd said. “Everyone got a chance to play. It gave us a big confidence boost for the rest of the season. We knew we deserved to be in the tournament.” The Redhawks took three OVC losses from Austin Peay, SIU Edwardsville, and Eastern Illinois after the win against Murray State. Southeast gained two more OVC wins against Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State, which began its six-game unbeaten streak. On Oct. 26 they hit a major milestone in a 5-1 win against Tennessee Tech. This game secured the Redhawks spot in the OVC tournament for the third consecutive season. The Redhawks entered the OVC tournament against fifthseeded Belmont and won 1-0. They then lost to top-seeded UT Martin, who ultimately won the tournament. But after a tough season, the Redhawks soccer team is closer than ever. The Byrd sisters said that the team is always hanging out on and off the field, and that the team has a family relationship. “The way they recovered and came together after Meg’s death was amazing,” Nelson said. “Their relationships to each other really remind you of what’s important in life.”
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BRIEFS Southeast Volleyball Redhawks win OVC West Division The Southeast Missouri State University women’s volleyball team won their 20th game of the season against Tennessee Tech 3-1 (25-15, 15-25, 25-15, 25-17) at Houck Field House. Southeast Seniors Karlee Lursen, Brittney Kalinoski and Samantha Lowman played their final home games. Lursen led the Redhawks with 14 kills and 10 digs while Southeast sophomore Meredith Stranges had three aces to help the Redhawks win. Southeast sophomore Kelsey Keeve had 13 kills and junior Emily Coon added nine. Taylor Masterson also contributed with 11 kills. Julie Shives had four aces and dished out 46 assists. The Redhawks improved to an overall record of 20-12 and 12-4 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Redhawks will be the No. 2 seed in the OVC tournament and will play against Jacksonville State at 1:30 Thursday in Morehead, Ky.
Southeast Women’s Basketball Redhawks win first regular home game Southeast Missouri State University women’s basketball coach Ty Margenthaler turned to freshman Dru Haertling when starting point guard Jordan Hunter got into early foul trouble during Friday’s game against Wright State. Haertling ended up making quite an impression during the Redhawks’ 78-66 victory over the Raiders to begin the 2012-13 season. Read more of this story on southeastArrow.com.
Southeast Men’s Basketball Redhawks lose to Kansas 74-55
Redhawks rugby club scrums, which is the most common way rugby restarts after a minor penalty. Submitted photo
he Southeast Missouri State University men’s basketball T team walked into Allen Fieldhouse as the underdog and held its own against No. 7 Kansas for the first 25 minutes of the game. In a valiant effort, the Redhawks lost to the Jayhawks 74-55. The Redhawks played in arguably one of the loudest basketball arenas in front of a sold-out crowd of 16,300 people. Read more of this story on southeastArrow.com.
Upcoming Basketball Schedule Men’s Basketball Nov. 15 McNeese State, 7 p.m. Nov. 18 CBE Classic vs. Chattanooga, 2 p.m. Nov. 19 CBE Classic vs. Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 20 CBE Classic vs. Troy, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 24 at Illinois-Chicago, 3:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball Nov. 14 at Kansas, 8 p.m. Nov. 19 at Arkansas State, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 23 David Jones Classic vs. Houston, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 24 David Jones Classic vs. UT Pan-American, Noon Nov. 29 at Missouri, 7 p.m. OVC Standings Conference WEST 0-0 Austin Peay 0-0 Murray State 0-0 Eastern Illinois 0-0 SIU Edwardsville 0-0 Southeast Missouri State 0-0 Tennessee-Martin EAST 0-0 Jacksonville State 0-0 Belmont Eastern Kentucky 0-0 Morehead State 0-0 Tennessee Tech 0-0 Tennessee State 0-0
Overall 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1
Southeast’s rugby club plays year-round ANDREW CARRICO ARROW REPORTER
The Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks rugby club was created three years ago when mathematics professor Houston Schuerger wanted students to have a chance to play the sport competitively. According to Zac Nickless, a Southeast alumnus and former player for the Redhawks rugby club, the club plays other collegiate teams in tournaments. “If we have any matches here, we will play at the Osage Center,” Nickless said. “However, the main facet of the Redhawks team is to play in collegiate tournaments. They will actually be playing in one Dec.1 at SIU Edwardsville.” The rugby season is played yearround. During a game, 15 members per team play on the field. There are 35 to 40 members total that play in the tournaments and games, with about 20 students who make it to the practices on a given day. The team practices at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays at Parker Field and at 5 p.m. on Thursdays at the Osage Center. “A student can contact the team through the Recreation Services if they want to join,” Nickless said. “We normally get about 60 new guys to come out at the beginning of the fall semester, but it’s all about retention. After some people come to a couple practices and even some matches, they quit because it is a very rough game, but the
players who stay work out very well for us.” The Kohlfeld Scorpions rugby team also plays competitively in Cape Girardeau. Mike Kohlfeld, owner of Kohlfeld
“The Scorpions are always looking for players from the collegiate side. The younger players usually have a lot more speed than the older guys. The Scorpions games are usually few and far between so they play the Redhawks rugby team to practice.” Zac Nickless Distributing Inc., started sponsoring the team in 1972. Kohlfeld is a beer distributor located in Jackson, Mo. He pays the required dues to be a team in the Missouri Rugby Union. “Kohlfeld is very good to the team because they pay for the dues to be a part of the Missouri Rugby Union, which aren’t cheap,” Nickless said. “They also help us with any expenses that may come up along the way.”
The Scorpions recruit college students who start out playing with the Redhawks rugby club. Because they play in the Missouri Rugby Union, the team is not only for students. “The Scorpions are always looking for players from the collegiate side,” Nickless said. “The younger players usually have a lot more speed than the older guys. The Scorpions games are usually few and far between so they play the Redhawks rugby team to practice.” Southeast junior Ely Thayer began playing for the Redhawks a year ago, and then played for the Scorpions. Thayer said both teams are one in the same, but playing for the Scorpions is a little different. “The fact that the people who the Scorpions play are older means that they are more experienced,” Thayer said. “This makes them more strategic with their plays.” The Scorpions finished their fall season on Nov. 3 and expect to begin another season next spring. “A lot of American sports focus on the individual, like in football there is a running back or quarterback — there’s single stars,” Thayer said. “In rugby a lot of times it’s more about the team, like how the team puts together a drive to score. Whoever scores doesn’t get the credit, whoever set that person up with a pass gets the credit. It’s just more of a team game with a lot of comradeship.”
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NATIONAL Novel Writing Month EVENT PARTICIPANTS HAVE 30 DAYS TO WRITE 50,000-WORD NOVEL
Museum displays installation piece
Southeast students join with online community to write novels
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The Transition Spaces in the Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II is featuring an exhibit of Crystal Wagner’s work that is different from any piece that has been in that space before because it is an installation instead of a print. An installation is a piece the artist brings in and is similar to a sculpture because it stands out away from the wall to which it is adhered. “We had never really done a huge installation before. Most of the exhibits that we have had out here are pretty much works that just go on the walls, paintings or drawings or something like that,” museum director and instructor of art Peter Nguyen said. Wagner used both recycled and original elements such as relief print, screen print, cut paper, birthday party table cloths, cable wire, chicken wire and mylar to give her instillation elements of sculpture as well as prints in order to make the piece stand out more.
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Starting on Nov. 1, anyone who chose to participate could begin writing a 50,000-word novel and continue writing it throughout the month of November. Participants join an online community of people who are all involved in the event, called National Novel Writing Month. Some Southeast Missouri State University students are participating in the event. English education majors Annie Holzen and Shea Moore are both writing novels while also balancing school, extracurricular activities, including the co-educational national service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, as well as jobs. They work on their novels during breaks they have throughout the day and at night before they go to bed. Holzen said she found out about National Novel Writing Month while she was procrastinating by being on the StumbleUpon website instead of writing a paper. “This may be kind of dark, but I’ve
“This may be kind of dark, but I’ve always been really paranoid of dying without ever accomplishing the major thing I wanted to — writing a novel.” Annie Holzen always been really paranoid of dying without ever accomplishing the major thing I wanted to — writing a novel,” Holzen said. “As much motivation as that should be to just get something written on my own time, I have a hard time finishing things.” Moore said she discovered the event while reading about one of her favorite
Annie Holzen works on her novel in the University Center. Photo by Jessica Bolhafner authors. She chose to participate because of the support system provided by the online National Novel Writing Month community, which is pushing her to continue and finish. There are different support systems available for those involved in writing, such as Facebook groups and the official website nanowrimo.org. “I have terrible motivation when it comes to finishing stories, and the community of support that comes with National Novel Writing Month really helps boost my productivity,” Moore said. Holzen has been working on the idea for her novel for a few months. “I usually carry around my notebook and just write down anything I think of when it comes to me,” Holzen said. Although Moore knew about National Novel Writing Month, she didn’t decide to participate until it was almost time to start the 50,000-word task. “I only had three or four days to develop characters, plots, supplies and the self-confidence,” Moore said. Both said participating in National Novel Writing Month has not affected their class work— yet. Holzen said she
now uses homework to procrastinate working on her novel. Even though Moore said she is dedicated to National Novel Writing Month, she recognizes that her classes are very important, and has become OK with not getting to exactly 50,000 words. “I’m going to try to not let it interfere with my classes,” Moore said. Both Southeast students said National Novel Writing Month is a fantastic way to get people to sit down and write. The two said bringing together people with the common goal of writing a 50,000-word novel while building a support community is a great way to help people with dreams of writing. According to nanowrimo.org, National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 with a group of 21 people in San Francisco. Six of them made it to the goal of 50,000 words. By the second year, they had 140 people participate and went international. In 2011, the 13th year of the event, they had 256,618 participants with 36,843 people who reached the goal of 50,000 words. Moore said she is really excited to be a part of the community they have built around this “insane idea.”
Crystal Wagner’s installation. Photo by Savanna Maue “When you look at her work, just the structure and the way it moves and the way it feels is very organic, very biomorphic and she does reference those things,” Nguyen said. “She [Wagner] does talk about the fact that, especially with technology nowadays, people are glued to their TVs and their video games, so they spend more time indoors than outdoors and so she is referencing the outdoors and bringing it indoors. A lot of the colors are references to colors that she is seeing in her residency and have gotten grants to travel to various places, and these are some of the colors that she would see.” Wagner is an assistant professor of art at Georgia College and State University. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Atlanta College of Art and a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Tennessee and is currently completing her residency at Washington University in St. Louis. The installation will be on display through Dec. 9.
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LOCAL MUSICIAN JOEY PARENT WILL PERFORM WITH LOGAN VENDERLIC FRIDAY AT CUP’N’CORK
Logan Venderlic is a singer and songwriter from West Virginia who will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Cup’N’Cork in Cape Girardeau. Submitted photos
West Virginia singer-songwriter plans to bring his folk wave music back to Cape Girardeau to perform with local musician MARISSA FAWCETT ARROW REPORTER
Crazy college neighbors, wild high school graduation speeches and stories of traveling dentists are a few things that have inspired singer and songwriter Logan Venderlic’s music. Venderlic, who will perform with local musician Joey Parent at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at Cup ‘N’ Cork, will showcase his “folk wave” music. “Folk wave” is Venderlic’s simplified way of describing his music, which he said is a blend of indie, rock, folk and newway punk. Venderlic said he admires artists such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, the Misfits, Replacements and Blink 182. “I get inspired from a lot of different things,” Venderlic said. “I need time alone to reflect on things. Driving from one show to the next, I’ll make notes in my phone. Then once I’m off road, I’ll put them together. I’ve had plenty of relationship songs, songs about girls, but I also get inspiration from personae as well.” Venderlic said his song “Blue Pill/Red Cup” is based on a crazy lady who lived next door to him during college, while the track “Baccalaureate” was inspired by an unusual speech a man gave at his high school graduation. Venderlic said he hopes to receive the same turnout he did last summer when he played with Parent at Pitter’s Cafe and Lounge and to meet up with friends he made. The crowd had a great reaction to his “folk wave” music and it was a great show, Parent and Venderlic said. “There was a woman who bought a shirt and CD and forced
me to take extra money for gas,” Venderlic said. “Since that, I was determined to get back to Cape because everyone was so nice.” Parent, who plays every second Wednesday at Cup ‘N’ Cork, described his personal style of music as kind of folk revival, singer and songwriter and a little bit traditional. Venderlic’s tour has kept him on the road with shows almost every night. He began his performances up north and is making his way south.
“I don’t think I’ll ever be a millionaire, and I don’t want that. I just want to play music, travel and make connections with people. My ultimate goal is to be able to afford my hotel room.” Logan Venderlic “We had a weird start because I was supposed to play in Brooklyn, but with Hurricane Sandy, that night they closed all subways,” he said. “I played [Oct. 30] at Chapel Hill. The tour is pretty young, though. Cape will be the next to last date. I’m excited to be headed south.” Venderlic said the audience can expect an energizing show at Cup ‘N’ Cork when he is performing. “I’m definitely the storyteller, get-people-involved kind of
guy,” Venderlic said. He wasn’t always this comfortable on stage, though. “I started playing guitar when I was 10,” Venderlic said. “I was writing songs before I knew how to write. I struggled with stage fright for a long time. I didn’t really start playing out on stage until my freshman year of college.” Raised in rural West Virginia, Venderlic wanted to show people the stereotypes of his hometown were not all true. “That’s a big part of who I am,” Venderlic said. “I used to not want to play in my hometown. Then I realized that I loved my hometown, but I hated how outsiders perceived West Virginia. I have that chip on my shoulder that drives me.” Venderlic advises aspiring artists to be persistent and resilient and to not let bad things get them down. “There are people when you start off that won’t pay attention to you,” Venderlic said. “You might just [be] that kid from West Virginia or Cape. Be nice to people — they’ll remember that.” Venderlic doesn’t dream of becoming a superstar, but he does have simple goals that are important to him. “I don’t think I’ll ever be a millionaire, and I don’t want that,” he said. “I just want to play music, travel and make connections with people. My ultimate goal is to be able to afford my hotel room.” The show at Cup ‘N’ Cork will not have a cover charge, and Venderlic and Parent said they encourage anyone to come. Venderlic and Parent will each play for about an hour. “Logan is a really cool guy to see,” Parent said. “He’s got a lot of energy. He’s a really good guy, talented guy. I’m really excited.”
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LinkedIn gives students online resource tool MARISSA FAWCETT ARROW REPORTER
LinkedIn is a tool college students can use to expand their list of professional contacts and explore job and internship opportunities. Launched in 2003, LinkedIn has since become the leading professional online network with more than 187 million members, according to the company. “Students will ask me how to get in to meet an employer and nine times out of 10 that employer has a LinkedIn profile,” Career Linkages’ St. Louis specialist Quen Agnew said. “It’s a good way to break the ice.” Agnew works with Southeast Missouri State University students that are looking for internships or jobs in the St. Louis area. She advises students to use LinkedIn because it’s an easy way to get their names out there and see what companies are talking about not only in St. Louis but all over the world, she said. LinkedIn is growing so rapidly that there are two new members every second and over 2.6 million companies with LinkedIn pages, according to the company website. Agnew believes that LinkedIn realizes it has captured the market of 25-year-olds and older, and now they are trying to get more 18 to 24-year-old members. Sophomore Chris Hayden said he made his LinkedIn account when he was 16 years old. “I decided to get one because I was trying to get an internship with Mentz in Fenton, a massive public relations company,” Hayden said. “There was a spot on the application for LinkedIn.
I wanted to appear more readily available, and I wanted to have something else than Facebook if they looked me up.” LinkedIn should be used to showcase the member in a professional way, not personally, Agnew said. “The proper way to look at it is if you’re trying to get an internship, look at it as your brand,” Agnew said. “Use it as a way to create job relationships, seek out opportunities and keep it updated.”
“LinkedIn is a space where you can spread your professional wings more than any other site.” Rachel Hunsell Agnew advises students to check LinkedIn twice a week if they are looking for an internship. “The more you utilize LinkedIn, the more your profile shows up on a hot spot page where people can connect with you,” Agnew said. Through the Public Relations Student Society of America, senior Rachel Hunsell has met a lot of professionals that want to link with her, such as the director of ticket sales and services for the St. Louis Cardinals, she said. Other than connecting with people, LinkedIn offers other convenient tools and features. Hunsell, a public relations major, said she enjoys subscribing to public relations groups so she can receive weekly updates and job opportunities. Some of the groups Hunsell has joined include #PRintern and #PRSTUD,
she said. If a member has an interest but there is not a group for it, that member can create their own group too, Agnew said. Another feature that Hayden said he likes is how LinkedIn allows members to be endorsed for the skills they have and being able to see the mutual connections they have between people. Agnew mentioned that LinkedIn also has a button called “Students and Recent Graduates” that can be used to find internships and jobs refined by the job level and location. Even with so many features, LinkedIn is very simple to use, Agnew said. “You just go in and create a profile of yourself,” Agnew said. “Copy and paste your resume and add a profile picture. If you’re reading any books you can add that too. It tells you how complete your profile is, and it will then tell you what you’re missing.” There is no cost to set up a basic LinkedIn account, which appeals to many companies because they can post opportunities without having to pay any fees like other job sites might require, Agnew said. Although Hunsell has not found an opportunity that has fit what she is looking for from LinkedIn yet, she said she likes the fact that the opportunities are still there. “I think if you aspire to be in any professional space, you need to [join],” Hunsell said. “It’s not worth being part of any social network if you’re not going to be engaged on it.” Hayden and Hunsell both agreed the hardest part is making sure that their profile is constantly updated because professionals can look at it anytime. “LinkedIn is a space where you can spread your professional wings more than any other site,” Hunsell said.
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Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sat down at a table, a microphone in front of him, to field questions from the media. He’d done this nearly every day for 33 years but seemed nervous. “I’m out of shape. I haven’t been doing the two-a-day thing that you had to do for all those years,” La Russa said. “It was interesting to watch [Cardinals manager] Mike [Matheny] work his way through it. It looked to me as the year went on he enjoyed it less and less. He’s right on time.” La Russa, who retired as the Cardinals manager after the team won the 2011 World Series, spoke Thursday night at the Show Me Center as part of Southeast Missouri State University’s Speaker Series. “This is a night I’ve looked forward to because it’s been awhile since I’ve been around Cardinal fans,” La Russa said. “I hate disrespecting Oakland A’s fans and Chicago White Sox fans, but the Cardinals fans are a breed to themselves. They are different. They are with you win or lose, not just win or tie. And there’s no doubt in my mind that the successful years, they contributed too, because the guys feel that support and when the adrenaline gets pumping they play better.” La Russa said he will never manage again but is glad he still is able to be involved with baseball by working in the commissioner’s office. He watched about 125 games this season. “From the first day of spring training to the end of the season, I never once missed being in the dugout,” La Russa said. “I mean I had my time, passed the baton, had not one issue with it. But when it got to October, that is such a fun, all-or-nothing experience.” As part of his job in the commissioner’s office, La Russa was involved in the decision to implement a new playoff format that gives two Wild Card teams from each league the opportunity to play a one-game playoff to move on to the division series. “I know the Braves had a better record than the Cardinals, and they lost a game and they complained,” La Russa said. “That’s part of what you have to do as a Wild Card. You have to win an extra game, and you have to use up the rest of your club. “Well, what’d the Cardinals do? They went out and won the next round, so I thought it added a lot of excitement, and I just happened to be there when that thing was decided and discussed.”
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COMMUNITY can learn about cultures MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK THIS YEAR
International students hold up their flags during the homecoming parade. Photo by May Aung
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International Education Week showcases student diversity ANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR
International Education Week was established in 1990. Southeast has celebrated it off and on over the years. This year, it will include more events than last year, when there was limited programming. According to Suzanne McKinney, assistant director of international programming in the Department of International Education and Services, International Education Week is not only for international students, but also for people who are interested in learning about other cultures, studying abroad, religion, dance and music. “International education has had a big importance on this campus,â€? McKinney said. McKinney decided to reinstate International Education Week based on her previous experiences as a graduate student at Appalachian State University. “Last year we brought it with limited programming,â€? McKinney said. “We did Student Presentation Night, International Social Hour. This year we are trying to expand it and encompass the full week with different types of activities that will hopefully pique the interests of different groups on campus.â€? McKinney said she works to integrate international students with the campus and open people’s eyes to the big world that is out there. “We’re always trying to expose people to new and different things,â€? McKinney said. “Sometimes there are misunderstandings about cultures, whether that’s American culture, Chinese culture, Muslim culture. ‌ There are certain perceptions that occur because of the media.â€? “I feel here Americans don’t know about
many cultures,� said Reshma Timilsina-Joshi, a Nepalese foreign exchange student pursuing a master’s degree in international business at Southeast. “They just know about the U.S. and not even the U.S.� Timilsina-Joshi said International Education Week allows students who haven’t traveled outside the U.S. to learn about the world. “There are so many different cultures and different countries, and they should know about that,� Timilsina-Joshi said. “It’s good for their general knowledge. I’ve talked to so many American students, and they don’t know anything. People should know these kind of things from school.� There are many international students who study at Southeast for only a semester or two. This makes the annual event different every year. An estimate of 50 to 75 people are involved in the event this year. International Education Week is for everyone, McKinney said. The events are not only for students, but also faculty and parents, because some parents are interested in what their children are learning and with whom they attend class. International Education Week activities will take place throughout the week in the University Center. “Truly, I want people to take part,� McKinney said. “I hope that whether it’s coming out to listen to presentations, or coming to a fun event like Nepali Night, or Global Trivia Night. Take part in something different that we haven’t seen in a while at this institution. It’s an opportunity for everybody to learn and share.� For more information, or if interested in taking part in International Education Week, email Suzanne McKinney at smckinney@ semo.edu.
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Wednesday: There will be a lunch and learn at noon in the UC program lounge that will provide a presentation with employment tips. There will be a study abroad workshop at noon in the UC Heritage Room. There will be a Global Trivia Night at 6 p.m. in the UC Redhawks room with prizes provided by International Education services.
Thursday: There will be a lunch and learn for students who could attend on Wednesday at noon in the UC program lounge that will provide a presentation with employment tips. There will be a get-hired: international impressions workshop at 5 p.m. in the UC Redhawks room. There will be an Explore Bangledesh at 6 p.m. in the Redhawks room with students presenting about Bangledesh There will be a Nepali Night in the Ballroom at 6 p.m. in the University Center hosted by the Nepalese Student Association with food from Nepal as well as presentations about the country.
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PROCESS International enrollment growing by design International enrollment at Southeast
2003
195
2004 193 2005 176 2006 215 2007 203 2008 314 2009 336 2010
512
2011
735
2012
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Brittany Tedder Copy Editor
Eight international students came to Southeast Missouri State University in 2007 as freshmen. They were a part of 203 international students and 1,651 freshmen on campus. A year later Southeast hired a recruiter to increase international student enrollment, and in that same year, the total of incoming international students was five times the number in 2007. Zahir Ahmed began recruiting international students to Southeast in 2008, and enrollment has been continually rising since. “[Southeast hired Ahmed] to attract an international student population that was more representative for schools like Southeast,” associate vice president for enrollment management and director of admissions Debbie Below said. “In 2006 and 2007, there were very few international students before he arrived.” There were 41 incoming international students in 2008 at Southeast, and the international student population increased to 314. A year later the international student population jumped slightly to 336, but it was not until 2010 when the numbers began to show a significant increase. In 2011 there were 735 international students at Southeast, and, after four years of recruiting international students to Southeast, there are 830 international students enrolled this fall. Ahmed, the director of international admissions and services, said Southeast uses stringent standards in the admission processes and in converting overseas high school grades for admission purposes, Southeast uses a conservative approach. Thus, international students at Southeast often will have better grades and better retention and graduation rates than non-international students. An international student typically graduates in four years, while non-international students take longer on average. “They graduate in a shorter time because they are governed by the government. They don’t have the temptation to get a part-time job this semester, or get a job and take a semester off this year,” Ahmed said. “The American government requires international students to be full-time students. They cannot drop a class. If you’re spending so much money to study in the U.S., you are likely to graduate. Most international students’ funding comes from their parent’s savings.” International students’ cumulative GPAs are higher than non-international students at Southeast, Ahmed said.
International students also graduate at a higher rate at Southeast than domestic students. According to Below, the overall graduation rate for Southeast was 46.3 percent for in 2011, compared to 57.1 percent for international students. In the 2008-2009 academic school year 46 international students graduated. That increased to 104 graduates during the 2011-2012 academic school year, and Ahmed said he expects more than 130 this year. “Our graduation rates have gone up the last few semesters because we reached that point where everyone is starting to graduate now. Every semester there is more and more on the graduation list,” said assistant director of international admissions Heather Meng. Ahmed said international students must go through a process before they can be admitted into Southeast or any university in the U.S. International students must provide financial documents indicating they have sufficient funds to be able to finish their degree in the U.S. Only 40 to 50 percent of international students are granted a student visa from the U.S. consulate. Ahmed said international students must also pass an English proficiency test before they can be admitted into a university, but overall international admissions are similar to non-international admissions. “We try to admit students based on grades that are similar to domestic students,” Ahmed said. “But because each country has different grading systems from us, the U.S. government provides us with guidelines.” Meng said all universities in the U.S. have to follow guidelines provided by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers to convert grades from other countries to the U.S. “We would go through the system provided by AACRAO, and then we could see that this percentage is equal to A, this percentage is equal to B,” Meng said. “Then we would convert what their required GPA would be and match it with our admission standards.” Ahmed recruits international students to Southeast from other countries. He speaks to agencies in different countries, explaining things like Southeast’s tuition fees, tuition payment plan, campus living requirements, what visa should students apply for and more. “For instance, [I will tell the students] if you want to come in as an undergraduate, these are our requirements and this is how much is costs, and it changes from time to time,” Ahmed said. “If our tuition goes up, then I explain to them that it is a little more expensive this year.”
programs are targeted for students to earn According to Ahmed, when he speaks to U.S. degrees and return home to improve a U.S. consulate overseas, he informs offitheir country. cials that Cape Girardeau’s population is There are also other countries in the not very diverse, and it’s good for Americans Middle East, Africa and Europe that provide to have international students in their own various scholarships and amounts to qualicommunity. fied students who wish to study abroad. “The international students overseas — “In a past era, Malaysia also had a simiwhen they want to come here there are seve$13,435 University of Central Missouri lar program — hence the number of Malayral factors. They look at if the city or town is sian students studying abroad was very high very safe, and Cape Girardeau is very safe,” $13,138 Missouri State University during that time period,” Meng said in an Ahmed said. “The parents want their kid to be email. “The main idea is to educate their best safe, so I talk about how safe we are and how $11,985 Southeast Missouri State University students and bring them home to further we are the safest campus in the state of Misimprove their society.” souri. Some parents want fewer distractions. $35,246 Saint Louis University According to Ahmed, an American educaThey don’t want their kid to go in a big envition, in particular, is highly valued all over the ronment where there all of these malls and $23,366 University of Missouri world. If an international student receives an nightlife. They just want their kid to study and American education, he or she can go back be focused.” University of Missouri - Kansas City $21,833 home to receive better employment. Many agencies overseas have a long list Employers in other countries value the of schools that they have worked with. For $12,952 Truman State University United States education system’s focus on example, a student in China can go to an synthesis and critical thinking in the clasagency and say he or she wants to study sroom and how United States universities and abroad, major in business and attend a college Information from collegeboard.org. colleges require general education courses for that costs less than $25,000 a year. The agency students. Many countries do not offer these, Ahmed said. shows the student a list of colleges the agency works with that meet the student’s crite“America is everywhere. American corporations are in China, India, wherever else,” ria. Then, someone at the agency discusses the application process with the student. Ahmed said. “At the moment, [the] U.S.A. is the number one country for valued as eduMany overseas agencies do not limit options to U.S. schools. Students can also cation. It will get international students good jobs, [a] good opportunity when they go study in the United Kingdom, Australia or Canada, Meng said. The circumstances back to their country. Part of it is that and another part is that they don’t have very good depend on what the student can afford and if he or she meets certain requirements. institutions [in some countries].” “For example, our Saudi Arabian students that are on government scholarships For example, the competition is fierce in Sri Lanka. Students almost have to go to a [from Saudi Arabia] can go to Canada, they can go to New Zealand, they can go to Gertwo-year college before they can attend a four-year college, Meng said. The four-year many, they can go to any of these places, but it depends on what they want to do and college spaces are limited because Sri Lanka is a small country where there are more where their recommendation fits,” Meng said. students than there are spaces. According to Meng, some countries have a scholarship fund that students may “So, if you want to become educated you have to leave your country and study apply for to study abroad. The scholarships generally pay for all student fees. The somewhere else,” Meng said. government of Saudi Arabia has specific plans for developing the country, so certain
tuition cost for international students
Information from Southeast Fact Book
overall graduation rates
graduation rates of non-resident aliens
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total enrollment total enrollment of Non-resident Aliens * Includes international students
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11,351
20,472
476
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University of Missouri Kansas City
Truman State University
Saint Louis University
University of Missouri
11,033
17,709
32,341
15,259
6,035
445
1,017
1,697
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OFFICE of Residence Life expands RESIDENCE LIFE CREATED NEW POSTION TO IMPROVE ON-CAMPUS LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Coordinator will develop faculty relations and help students Kari Talik, the new coordinator for student leadership and residential experiences, began duties Oct. 15 JEN BAIRD ARROW REPORTER
The Office of Residence Life at Southeast Missouri State University has created and filled a new position for a coordinator for student leadership and residential experiences. Kari Talik began her duties in the Office of Residence Life on Oct. 15. Talik did an internship with Southeast when she began her career in student affairs and also has worked in Michigan, Indiana and Virgina. Talik said she knew when the position was created, it was time for her to return to Southeast. “After the completion of my internship, I knew that someday I would reunite myself with the Residence Life office,” Talik said in an email. “I thoroughly enjoyed my internship and the people that I worked with in the department and the university. Southeast’s Residence Life program is always changing and is striving to be better than the years before and providing an excellent out-of-classroom experience for the students who reside in the halls.” Talik said she will help students have a great experience at Southeast while also creating and maintaining faculty relations.
Myers Hall resident assistant Adam Thieret talks with Kari Talik, the new coordinator for student leadership and residential experiences with Residence Life, on Friday in the Office of Residence Life in Towers. Photo by Nathan Hamilton “These partnerships will aid in the goal of collaborating with academic and student affairs in the residence halls by creating learning communities and themed housing,” Talik said. Learning communities are floors of residence halls dedicated to specific academic areas, such as the honors floor on the fifth floor of the Williard Duncan Vandiver Hall. Themed housing includes floors that are dedicated to specific groups, such as transfer students, which means only transfer students live on that floor. They are not academic based. Talik also will collaborate with
campus departments to boost camps and conferences. “Camps and conferences are a great way to show off our facilities and programs, which will hopefully increase future enrollment,” Talik said. “Camps and Conferences is centralized out of the university’s scheduling office with partnerships with athletics, housing and dining, facilities management and academic departments.” Talik already is working with Southeast and its students. “I enjoy being a student affairs professional because I truly believe that out-of-theclass experience is one of the most important
aspects of college,” Talik said. “I get to provide opportunities for students to gain leadership and life skills, which will help them be successful after they graduate.” Dr. Bruce Skinner, the director of the Office of Residence Life, said in an email interview he wanted to improve communication and programs on campus. “It is my desire for a greater connection with our learning communities and academic affairs, and to accomplish this, we need someone who can work with the student life and academic affairs elements of Southeast to improve our theme/learning communities,” Skinner said. “With the addition of this position, we can look to build upon our current camp and conference program.” Talik was chosen out of a pool of candidates nationwide. Skinner said the office looked for someone with previous experience. “We were not wanting to find someone who was new to the residence life profession. It was important that we selected someone who had worked on these same issues [and] opportunities at other schools and had a proven record of success,” Skinner said. “I am very pleased Kari has joined Southeast, and I believe she will be an asset to our students and our residence halls.” As for Talik, she hopes to use her position to benefit students and Southeast as a whole. “I am a very driven professional, so I have many goals for my work at Southeast,” Talik said. “However, I think my main goal is to use my knowledge [and] experience and continue to move the residence life office forward in their present and future goals.”
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SOUTHEAST GREEK FRATERNITIES SIGMA CHI, PI KAPPA ALPHA AND SIGMA TAU ARE ON SOCIAL PROBATION
Three social fraternities are currently on probation at Southeast KRISTINA LAUTENBACHER ARROW REPORTER
Three Southeast Missouri State University Greek fraternities are on social probation. According to the Office of Student Conduct and Interfraternity Council President Ryan Manning, the organizations are Sigma Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Tau Gamma. Manning said he did not know why these organizations had been put on probation. Social probation is a punishment for fraternities and sororities that do not adhere to the bylaws of their organization or the university’s code of conduct for students. “A number of things can get an organization on social probation,” Manning said. “It can be underage drinking, hazing, dirty rushing, being disrespectful at philanthropy events, etc.” Decisions of social probation are made by Southeast officials through Judicial Affairs. Once an organization is put on social
probation, representatives from national chapters of the organizations will come to Southeast for a membership review to evaluate individual members. They then collaborate with the university on improvements the organizations need to make. “When Greeks are put on social probation they are not allowed to do any social or philanthropic activities,” said Kelly Lu Holder, a member of Alpha Chi Omega and delegate on the Panhellenic Council. “This can include Greek Week, formals, homecoming, etc.” Manning said that a social event consists of an event with five or more chapter members being present. Manning also stressed that many times it is a few members’ actions that will hurt the whole chapter. He said that when situations like this occur it deepens negative preconceived notions held by non-Greeks. “These are good organizations, they’ve been nationally awarded, and I think highly
of them,” Manning said. “It’s a shame to think that one person or a group can cause problems for the whole group. These are organizations with truly meaningful values.” According to Holder, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity has been on social probation for almost a full calendar year. Once their probation ends Dec. 31, the organization will be able to attend functions and philanthropic
“It’s a shame to think that one person or a group can cause problems for the whole group.” Ryan Manning events at the beginning of next semester. “Pike lost a lot of their members when they were put on social probation,” Holder said. “But since then they have improved a lot. I’m
very proud of them for how much they’ve improved and how much more positive they’ve become.” Sigma Tau has started its social probation and has had its membership review. Sigma Chi is still in the judicial process. Messages sent to the organizations were not returned. Holder is worried about the image that is portrayed when organizations are put on social probation. “It’s sad that the all of the good is ignored and the bad always makes front-page news,” Holder said. “The stereotypes have been around forever, but Greeks aren’t just about partying. It’s a big disappointment.” Manning said the general assumptions about organizations from non-Greeks are because they don’t see the Greek organizations internally. “Everybody makes mistakes,” Manning said. “In a situation like this, it’s really easy to put a target on the Greeks’ back. But being Greek is all about being a better person.”
Club Red starts at Southeast, will assist SEMO American Red Cross CALLIE LEITTERMAN ARROW REPORTER
Club Red, a new organization on campus, will assist the SEMO American Red Cross with its mission to help victims of disasters and help prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Kelsey Boeser, a senior studying public relations and advertising at Southeast Missouri State University, started the club on campus and is the president of Club Red. “I started my internship with the SEMO American Red Cross, and I didn’t know what they did and everyone assumes that they just do blood drives, but its so much more than that,” Boeser said. “They solely depend on volunteers, and especially at these times with Hurricane Sandy, the student body could really be utilized getting involved.”
“They solely depend on volunteers, and especially at these times with Hurricane Sandy the student body could really be utilized getting involved.” Kelsey Boeser Boeser contacted Sara Gerau, executive director at SEMO Red Cross, about interning and had to go through a routine interview process. Boeser writes press releases, creates advertisements, manages social media sites and assists with event coordination. After Boesler graduates in May, she would like to work for a non-profit organization while she attends graduate school at the University of Florida. The first meeting for the club was Nov. 5. More than 25 people attended the meeting. “We are very excited about the initial student interest, and we are looking forward to see the organization grow,” Chelsea Welker, a senior studying communication disorders at Southeast and vice president of Club Red said. The club had several events already
planned. The first event, the Hurricane Sandy Donation Drive, will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 12 through Nov. 15 at the University Center. The event will help raise money for the American Red Cross, which in turn will go to the victims of the recent disastrous hurricane on the East Coast. “We will have a table set up that will have information on Hurricane Sandy that will help show students how severe it really is,” Boeser said. “At the table as well, any student that is interested in joining can do so.” Another event that Club Red will have is its own version of the American Red Cross’s Holiday Mail for Heroes Card event. This will take place at 5 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Program Lounge at the UC. The event is an open event for anyone that wants to donate cards. “We will get cards together that will in turn go to local veterans and soldiers, but there are guidelines with the cards that have to be followed,” Boeser said. According to the American Red Cross website, the cards can’t be postmarked later than Dec. 7. No care packages, monetary donations or any kind of inserts, such as photos or letters, can be sent with the cards. Glitter is especially banned from being on the cards as it can aggravate health issues of ill and injured soldiers. More rules and regulations for the cards can be found at redcross.org. Boeser plans to do other events, such as a blood drive, soon. The high turnout at the first meeting came as a surprise to Boeser and Welker, but they both still hope to have an increase in involvement over the semester. “A lot of times students don’t know how to get involved with big organizations like the Red Cross, so this is a good stepping stone allowing students to get involved,” Welker said. Meetings for Club Red will take place at 5 p.m. Mondays in the UC Program Lounge for right now, but the time might change. Since Boeser is the public relations intern at SEMO Red Cross, she will get updates weekly on the needs and upcoming events at the organization. “We are going to support the SEMO Red Cross by doing anything that we can,” Boeser said.
More than 25 people attended the first Club Red meeting Nov. 5. Photo by Callie Leitterman
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HURRICANE Sandy affected millions 7.5 MILLION PEOPLE LOST POWER AND MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE DIED
Southeast student affected by spread of Hurricane Sandy CALLIE LEITTERMAN ARROW REPORTER
Elizabeth Fritch, a senior at Southeast Missouri State University studying TV/film and journalism, is a production intern at NBC Universal’s “The Maury Show” and “The Trisha Show” in Stamford, Conn. Last year she was the Arts and Entertainment editor for the Arrow. Fritch experienced some of the effects of Hurricane Sandy, which hit the East Coast on Oct. 29. According to CNN, dozens of streets were turned into rivers, 7.5 million people lost power and more than one hundred people have died. Fritch was interviewed via email.
What part of the East Coast are you located? I live in Stamford, Conn., where I work. It’s in the southwestern region of Connecticut. It’s about an hour northeast of New York City, and I’m about a 15-minute drive from the coast of Long Island Sound.
Was your area expected to get the effects of the hurricane? Oh, definitely. There were warnings all over the television. They were tracking the storm for a while. We knew it was going to hit. But since I’ve never been in a hurricane before, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. I wasn’t that worried about it until about a day before it hit when my family kept texting me asking if I was ready for it.
What kinds of precautions were you told to take, and did you do anything to prepare for it? In the beginning I hadn’t really prepared at all. I had a few candles and thought I was set. It wasn’t until about a day or two before the storm that I really paid attention to the warnings on the news. The news is what really worried me. It was on TV constantly, so I finally figured out it was a bigger deal than I was making it out to be. I have some family friends in Middletown, Conn., that have lived here for over 10 years, so they took me shopping and told me exactly how I needed to prepare. It wasn’t until a day before the hurricane that I realized I could be without power and water for a while.
Elizabeth Fritch, shown here with her parents in her Stamford, Conn., apartment, is a production intern at NBC Universal’s “The Maury Show” and “The Trisha Show.” She experienced some of the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Submitted photo
What did you experience when the hurricane finally hit? Honestly, where I live nothing really happened. There were high winds, about 40-50 mph, with some wind gusts of 90 mph, but that was the scariest thing that happened. They called for an evacuation of some of the coastal streets, but I was fine where I was. Over 50 percent of Stamford lost power though, so I was very lucky to have it the entire time.
31] I had to work, and I was so excited to get out of my apartment.
When you finally got to get away from home, was your area damaged badly? Not really. I live downtown and walk to work, so I didn’t get to see a lot of Stamford. I saw, like, one huge tree that was torn up at the roots. Other than that, there wasn’t much. I heard there were a lot of trees down around the area though.
crazy. Lower Manhattan and the coast of New Jersey were hit the worst. It’s so crazy to see the damage on TV knowing I only live a few hours away. I know people that still don’t have power, and one of my friends I work with said he’s not been in his house since the storm. He’s had to bounce around from house to house because his house is flooded, and they still don’t have electricity. He says he’s pretty sure it’s ruined.
Was there anything that you gained from experiencing such a disaster?
Did you have to stay a home for a couple of days like a lot of people did?
Did more of the surrounding areas around you get it worse, and what is the worst you have heard of?
I stayed at home the day before to prepare for the storm. Then I stayed home on both Monday [Oct. 29] and Tuesday [Oct. 30] when the winds were the worst. On Wednesday [Oct.
Yeah, a lot of the surrounding areas were pretty bad. There were quite a few coastal areas in other towns in Connecticut that were flooded. The number of power outages was
To pay attention and to listen to the authorities. If they tell you to evacuate, leave. It’s not worth risking your life to stay in that kind of situation. I can’t imagine what it would’ve been like to wake up and my whole apartment have been flooded. So, yeah, listen to the authorities and take all of the necessary precautions.
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Alyson Adams My favorite drink is the peppermint mocha.
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Chelsea Mills My favorite is the caramel frappuccino. I don’t go there much, but I really really like it.
Shayne Sanders My favorite is the caramel apple spice drink.
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SUCCESSFUL author Tracy DeGraaf speaks DEGRAAF IS AN AUTHOR, ENTREPRENUER, COMEDIAN AND MOTHER WHO IS THE FEATURED SPEAKER FOR “WOMEN’S NIGHT OUT”
WIN sponsored event hopes to inspire women to achieve entrepreneurial success KELLY LU HOLDER ARROW REPORTER
Playing a game of rummy and the final moments she had with her mother, before she died at the age of 51 from a rare and deadly form of bone cancer, is what inspired Tracy DeGraaf to go out and tell her story. “Even when she had lost all control of almost every part of her body, except her brain and her hands, and only had days before she died from a horribly painful and debilitating disease, she kept things uplifting and positive,” DeGraaf said in an email. DeGraaf is the featured speaker for the Women Inspiring Entrepreneurship event called “Women’s Night Out.” She is an author, entrepreneur, comedian and mother of five boys. She will talk about her struggles through life, from losing her mother while only in her 20s to raising five healthy boys and publishing her book “Laugh Anyway Mom.”
“For women, giving birth to a business is kind of like having a baby. ... we will push and grit our teeth and well, do whatever it takes to get it on its feet.” Tracy DeGraaf “My mission is to bring encouragement to the women in the audience,” DeGraaf said. “I want to encourage them that anything is possible and everything is probable if they just do the best they can with what they have and never give up. I know the blood, sweat and tears, lots of tears, that come with following a dream. Bringing comedy to the challenges we face
is one way to make them tolerable.” DeGraaf is the cousin of Janey Radford, an Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship staff member, and was excited to join in on the festivities. “I am totally excited about coming to the WIN event,” DeGraaf said. “First of all, as the mother of five sons it means I live in a literal testosterone. I’m glad to be getting out of the house and hang out with some estrogen for a change. I love connecting with women entrepreneurs. We have that ‘no-quit’ attitude. For women, giving birth to a business is kind of like having a baby. We will push and grit our teeth and, well, do whatever it takes to get it on its feet.” Erin Fluegge Wolf is the event coordinator for WIN. She has been a professor of management at Southeast Missouri State University since 2008. This spring she became a faculty fellow for The Innovation Center, and “Women’s Night Out” is the first event she has coordinated. “It’s going to be a great night,” Wolf said. “We have a comedian, and that’s Tracy, and she’s just hilarious. What’s going to happen is you’re going to come in and, I don’t want to give too much away because we have some special things that are going to happen when you first walk in, but you can expect to have lots of local women. So it’s going to be business owners who are looking to start businesses, and then just people from the community who want to be around other fabulous women. We have hors d’oeuvres and there will be drinks so you can have a nice little celebration. It’ll be laughs and good times and just a really inspiring event.” “Women’s Night Out” will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the River Campus Atrium. Tickets are $10 and registion is available online at www.semo.edu/win. “To me entrepreneurship isn’t just owning a business,” Wolf said. “It’s leading a creative entrepreneurial life is what it’s all about. If people get that message that they’re inspired to try something new or just consider something that they haven’t
Tracy DeGraaf is the featured speaker for the Women Inspiring Entrepreneurship event called “Women’s Night Out.” Submitted Photo previously then I’ve done my job.” Wolf said details are still being worked out for the spring event, but there will be different sessions and a social networking component. The spring event is scheduled for March 9, 2013. “God bless all the women, entrepreneurs and moms,” DeGraaf said. “Our nation is filled with beautiful women of all ages who are juggling a million things and doing a fine job of it. Sometimes, all they need is a little laughter to encourage them to keep going.”
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My favorite thing to do over Thanksgiving Break is Thanksgiving of course! I love that all of my friends and family come over and it seems like we spend the entire day cooking and preparing for dinner. Time with the ones I love always reminds me what I am thankful for.
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The day after Thanksgiving we put up our Christmas tree and all of our decorations around the house, and then my family comes over to eat leftovers from the day before! It’s always been my favorite part of break!
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CELEBRATING Thanksgiving TWO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SHARE HOW THEY CELBRATE A TRADITIONAL AMERICAN HOLIDAY
Q: How do you celebrate Thanksgiving?
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I asked a teacher in my class last year what Thanksgiving meant, but they didn’t explain it to me. But they don’t really know why. The first Thanksgiving I was with Lindsay, my American roommate. I went to her family’s. I had dinner with her family and her boyfriend, and we had a lot of food. It was actually pretty interesting, all the different kinds of things that they had, and that it is all about the family reunion. They had pumpkin pie, I love pecan pie. They had turkey, green bean casserole, mac ‘n cheese and mashed potatoes and gravy. And a lot of beer. I’m going to spend Thanksgiving with her this year again. Last year some people asked if we had Thanksgiving in France, which is a very stupid question since it is an American celebration. It is linked to American history, so it doesn’t make any sense to celebrate that. Only Canada and America celebrate it. When they told me it was a family dinner, I was expecting us to be sitting at the table and having a meal, but no, it was just a bunch of different dishes, plates and you grabbed food and went around the house
looking for whoever you wanted to talk. That was a bit weird to me. Basically during Thanksgiving you eat all day long, you start at lunch and it lasts until dinner, and you try to get some sleep because the next day is Black Friday.
“Basically during Thanksgiving you eat all day long, you start at lunch and it lasts until dinner, and you try to get some sleep because the next day is Black Friday.” Marine Perot
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In Ecuador, Thanksgiving is not very celebrated as it is here in the USA. However, my family is Christian, and we do celebrate it. I think it’s nice to celebrate Thanksgiving because it’s a moment in the year where you can be together with your family, reflect and do like a stop and give thanks for the good and positive things that happened during the year. Also, give thanks to God for that, in the case of Christian families, like in my case. I think I would continue this tradition with future generations because it is good to have that stop in the day-to-day that is so crazy, and stop and say ‘OK, this is good, this has happened and thank you’ and not just live to live. I would like to continue this tradition with my children, as well as other celebrations like Christmas that comes from generation to generation. In Ecuador, Thanksgiving is not really common, but my parents started the tradition like eight years ago. It’s not something we’ve always done. My dad started it because he wanted us to thank God for the good things that we’ve had
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during the year. And we do it the last Sunday of November because Sunday is the day that families can all be together. No one is working, and there’s no stress. The food is very similar to here, the turkey, that is traditional, with its sides, like salad and a special rice, and you serve the food on the table and each gets whatever each wants, like at Christmas. For this Thanksgiving, I have no plans because I’m alone here. I have no family, no friends. My two roommates are leaving, one is going to San Francisco and the other one is invited to spend Thanksgiving with a teacher or something like that. So I don’t have a plan. The last two years I’ve been living in Germany with my husband we haven’t celebrated it, which is I think very wrong. I could have instilled that tradition with Marcel [my husband] but I haven’t, and I am being very ungrateful to God these last years. But now that I’m talking about it, I think my past year’s attitudes have been horrible, and the next year that I’ll be in Germany I will celebrate it with Marcel, and start a new tradition in our family.
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LAW Enforcement Academy STUDENTS ARE NOW OFFERED FOUR SIX-HOUR COURSES IN ADDITION TO THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CERTIFICATION
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College credit will be available for academy students in 2013 Students enrolled in the Law Enforcement Academy qualify for 24 hours of credit toward a bachelor’s degree RACHEL WEATHERFORD MANAGING EDITOR
Southeast Missouri State University has followed other universities and begun to offer college credit to students who enroll in the Law Enforcement Academy located at Southeast. The students can take the classes in addition to earning full certification to become a law enforcement officer in the state of Missouri from the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission through the Missouri Department of Public Safety. “It’s pretty exciting,” said Carl Kinnison, director of the Law Enforcement Academy, full-time professor at Southeast and former chief of the Cape Girardeau police department. “I’m the one trying to make it happen.” Those studying to become law enforcement officers who are enrolled in the Law Enforcement Academy’s 720-hour program will qualify for the 24 hours of credit. The credit will go toward the student’s completion of their 720 hours as well as earning their bachelor’s degree from Southeast, if
they have signed up for the courses. There are four six-hour courses members will take, and they can take them during whichever semester the participant wants to take them over the course of fulfilling their 720 hours through the Academy. The classes are LE199 Law Enforcement I, LE299 Law Enforcement II, LE 399 Law Enforcement III and LE499 Law Enforcement IV. People who want to be law enforcement officers do not have to have a college degree, but they do have to attend a state-accredited academy. According to Dr. Michael Brown, professor emeritus of the Criminal Justice department, in the past students with a degree would apply for a law enforcement officer job and then find they had to have certification from an academy to get that job. Now, students in the academy who also want to earn a bachelor’s degree can apply the 24 hours of college credit toward the bachelor’s degree and their hours at the law enforcement academy. Students who want to enroll in the classes would have to first enroll in the law enforcement academy and then sign up for the four classes through the Southeast banner. The academy runs for 18 weeks in the spring, from January to May. The classes will be taught face-to-face in classrooms, as mandated by Missouri’s laws regarding basic training classes. These aren’t typical college classes, Kinnison said. Kinnison said the four classes would appeal to people who want to work in
municipalities, for example. “We’ve got four students expressing an interest in the classes already,” Kinnison said. Kinnison said the classes should be taught starting in January 2013. Other schools have seen success with similar programs. The University of Missouri has an academy but not a specific criminal justice program. Students can take similar courses through other universities like Columbia College, but it counts toward their hours at the academy at
“We’ve got four students expressing an interest in the classes already.” Carl Kinnison the University of Missouri. “From our experience this is a valuable opportunity for students who are looking to go into law enforcement,” said John Worden, the director of the Law Enforcement Training Institute at the University of Missouri. “This is both time and money savings for the student,” Worden said. Southeast students will take the 24 hours of college credit as electives, so it will not count toward any core requirements at Southeast. Drury University in Springfield, Mo., offers students 18 hours of college credit toward the required 700 hours at their law enforcement academy. The credits are the core classes for the Associate of Science in Law Enforcement,
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as opposed to elective courses only, according to Tony Bowers, the director of the Law Enforcement Academy at Drury. “We are starting to see more graduates of the academy continue their process toward the AS [Associate of Science] and the BS [Bachelor of Science] degree,” Bowers said. Brown was instrumental in the process that began two years ago. He helped get the four classes to qualify for college credit to make it easier for students to graduate with their degree while attending the academy, instead of doing so much of it separately. Brown believes there are four things students can do to have a better chance of securing a job. Students should earn a criminal justice degree so they have the credentials, get an internship in criminal justice so they can get hands-on experience, have a clean background to pass the background check and attend a state accredited academy to be a licensed officer. “I can’t stress the importance of keeping your nose clean and passing that background check,” Brown said. Students should pick the agency they want and identify requirements for that agency and acquire the skills necessary to get the job, Brown said, which “will provide students with the attitude and skills necessary to be successful.” People who are interested in signing up for the law enforcement academy or the classes can contact Kinnison at ckinnison@semo. edu.