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MSA RELEASES FALL BREAK APPROPRIATIONS MEETING SURVEY TO STUDENTS ADDRESSES 2013 FUNDING The Missouri Students Association is looking into whether or not it should pursue creating a fall break for students.

MU’s appropriation for this year is $411 million.

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Nearly a foot of snow Thursday forced MU to cancel classes for two days.

CASSA NIEDRINGHAUS, NASSIM BENCHAABANE AND JILL DEUTSCH of The Maneater staff As the snowstorm set in, students and staff banded together to combat the adverse effects of the weather.

The MU Student Center remained open for 24 hours along with the Women’s Center and the Multicultural Center for any students stranded by the weather that were unable to make it home.

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“The Women’s Center is open 24/7 during finals, so we know that we can trust our students to hang out here and relax and everything will be okay,” Women’s Center Coordinator Suzy Day said. “I had a lot of interested student staff that wanted to stay and hang out. I’m trusting them to watch over the space.”

Senior Alison Schwartz said she was glad the Women’s Center provided a place for her to stay and

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Freshmen enjoy a day in the snow with their Residential Advisor on Thursday afternoon at Stankowski Field. Many students spent the time they would normally be in class throwing snowballs, sledding and building snowmen.

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Pedestrians help MUPD officers push a stranded car from a snow shoulder on Rollins Street. MUPD and samaritans spent the day assisting motorists in the dense snow.

LGBTQ RIGHTS IN MISSOURI

Mo. legislators, activists work to promote LGBT anti-discrimination laws EVOLVING OPINIONS

In 2004, Missourians voted overwhelmingly to define marriage as between one man and one woman in the state constitution. A July 2012 poll found that more Missourians were in support of same-sex marriage or civil unions.

2012 Missouri Polls:

Think same-sex marriage should be legal Think same-sex marriage should be illegal Are unsure

Think gay couples should be allowed to legally marry Think gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not marry Think there should be no legal recognition of same-sex relationships Are unsure

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CLAIRE BOSTON Associate editor

Illinois and Missouri may share a border, but their political differences are stark.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn supports same-sex marriage, and has recognized civil unions since 2011. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon opposes same-sex marriage and told KOMU in October that he does not expect the Republicancontrolled legislature to take any action on the issue in 2013.

A same-sex marriage bill passed the senate in neighboring Illinois on Feb. 14, but activists and legislators say Missouri needs to make progress on smaller gay rights issues before considering same-sex marriage.

Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, one of three openly gay members in the Missouri legislature, said Missouri must first pass laws banning

discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

“Right now, in Missouri, it is legal to fire someone because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or perceived to be LGBT,” Justus said. “So it is important to me that LGBT individuals have the same rights as far as equality in housing, employment and public accommodation discrimination as everybody else.”

Justus has sponsored antidiscrimination legislation every year since she was elected in 2007. The 2013 senate bill includes a Republican co-sponsor, and a similar bill is being considered in the house also has bipartisan support.

“I’m not going to rule out passing this thing this year,” Justus said. “The reality is this type of legislation is being passed more and more across

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Mr. and Ms. African Diaspora Contest Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union 7 to 9 p.m.

Oscars Watch Party The Shack 7 to 11 p.m.

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Irish dance club brings culture, dance, music MU’s new Irish dance club performs to traditional and pop numbers.

LAUREN RUTHERFORD Staff Writer Comparing Irish dance to Riverdance is like comparing knitting to crocheting — close but not quite.

The ladies of the Irish dance club describe their art as footwork that uses a mix of hard and soft shoes.

Soft shoes are for more graceful dances, while hard pairs help bang out beats.

Although relatively unknown to MU, six girls who share a love for the art found each other on a campus of tens of thousands.

“I used to be Katie’s RA, and I just kind of found out through the hall that Katie was an Irish dancer,” said club member and Maneater staffer Sally French. “As a senior, I haven’t danced in a while. I just thought that it was really cool, but of course there aren’t any Irish dance clubs here in Columbia. There isn’t much of an Irish dance scene.”

It wasn’t until this semester that the girls came together. The six work together collaboratively and are planning a performance for 7 p.m.

March 14 in Bengal Lair. The club

will accept donations at the show doing it for fun and it’s not a big for Saint Baldrick’s Foundation, an production. It isn’t about the makeorganization for kids with cancer. up or wigs.”

“The club is separated into three Alexander continued to dance sections,” club member Shannon through high school, picking up the Kelly said. “We have a dance part, a tin whistle and flute along the way. music section and the culture aspect Even though Irish dance is typically of it. We haven’t worked much on extremely competitive, Alexander the culture aspect.” found herself in a different sort of After their group. performance on “We weren’t March 14, the girls super competitive plan to work on the with dancing,” said cultural aspect of the We want people of Alexander. “Our all heritages to come club and encourage dance school wasn’t non-dancers to join. see how much fun focused “We want to it can be to do celtic super on competition. stress that this isn’t dancing.”

We were really just for dancers and musicians,” Katie Alexander competitive with club member Katie Club member music and stayed Alexander said. “We more traditional want people of all with dancing. It was heritages to come see how much more about performing and doing fun it can be to do celtic dancing. things as a group.”

You don’t need to be Irish. You can French said this is rare for Irish still enjoy it.” dance. French’s dance school was Alexander first discovered her very competitive, and drama was interest in Irish dance in elementary guaranteed if dancers switched to school. Beginning her journey at the St. Louis School of Irish Arts, another school.

Alexander said she stopped Alexander continued to dance competing upon arrival at MU but through high school. continued to participate in music “My favorite part is (dancing) casually,” said Alexander. “When I contests.

The women said they hope went over to Ireland they would all do it in the pubs. It’s called ceili, others can rekindle their love for which are group dances of 4 or 8. Irish dance and culture at MU. It It’s like line dancing. Everyone’s just doesn’t end in college, French said.

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Junior Caitlin Kerfin and freshman Emmi Apel perfect their steps for the club’s performance on March 14. The club started preparation two weeks ago.

MSA continues SCC review discussion Fall break survey JILL DEUTSCH Associate Editor The Missouri Students Association created a group to discuss issues and concerns with the Student Conduct Committee last week.

According to the Student Conduct Committee website, “The charge to the Student Conduct Committee is to decide cases in accordance with the University of Missouri Standards of Conduct and Rules of Procedures in student disciplinary matters and to report those recommendations to the provost or to the vice chancellor for Student Affairs.”

“I think (the committee) is a good chance to hammer out some consensus on what we think exists within the Senate,” Legislative Coordinator Ben Levin said in a previous Maneater article.

The first meeting was Wednesday, Feb. 13 with seven senators, the senate speaker and one MU student in attendance. The committee brainstormed six questions to take to Donell Young, the Office of Student Conduct senior coordinator.

The second meeting was a sevenminute meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 20 in which the group reviewed four questions to ask the committee.

One main concern addressed in the group was the appeals process if a court found a student innocent after the committee found the student guilty.

This decision could create a lot of irrevocable damage, especially in regard to financial aid, Budget Committee chairwoman Mckenzie Morris said on Feb. 13.

Another concern was the

standards the committee makes a decision on. The committee makes a decision based on the preponderance of evidence — described as being 51 percent certain a student committed an act – whereas a court of law makes a decision without a reasonable The review group plans to bring these questions to Donell Young, The Office of doubt.

Student Conduct senior coordinator.

A third concern was the lack of transparency of the M-Book. The Discussed at second meeting: committee was concerned with 1. APPEALS PROCESS how students were not notified of If a court finds a student after the committee changes to the M-Book when they innocent finds a student guilty. were made this summer.

DECISIONS STANDARDS A fourth concern was that 2.

The committee makes a decision students can be forced into following based on the preponderance of the conduct process by having a hold evidence (51 percent sure), placed on their account. The hold whereas a law decides without a reasonable doubt (100 percent is lifted when a student accepts or sure). denies a sanction.

3. TRANSPARENCY OF Two concerns were not M-BOOK readdressed at the second group Students are not notified of meeting. One concern was Young’s changes to the M-Book. dual role as prosecutor in the cases 4. HOLDS ON ACCOUNTS and trainer of the committee. Levin After receiving a sanction, a hold was concerned with this when the is placed on the student’s account until he or she accepts committee was first being debated or denies the sanction. in MSA, according to a previous Discussed only at first meeting: Maneater article.

Another concern addressed at 1. YOUNG’S DUAL ROLE the first meeting was the selection Young operates as both prosecutor in the cases and trainer of the and training of the committee. committee.

The committee is comprised of 15 faculty members and 10 students, 2. SELECTION AND TRAINING THE COMMITTEE six of which are from MSA and OF The committee consists of 15 four of which are from the Graduate faculty and 10 students. Some felt there should be more student Professional Council.

Senate Clerk Matt Kalish said representation and should better reflect the school population. on Feb. 13 he felt there should be more student representation. He Sources: Student Conduct Committee also said the application process meetings attracts people who are more active CAIT CAMPBELL | GRAPHICS ASSISTANT on campus, so the committee is not reflective of the entire school.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMITTEE

launched by MSA’s Academic Affairs The survey is still open and can be reached via a link on MSA’s Facebook page.

The Missouri Students Association Academic Affairs Committee launched a survey on Monday asking students their feelings toward a potential fall break.

The survey asks students whether they would agree or disagree to statements such as, “A two day fall break (Thursday and Friday) would help me recoup,” and, “Not having a ‘breather’ period after midterm affects me negatively.”

Since November, the idea of a fall break has been circulating in MSA, Academic Affairs co-chairman Taylor Major said.

Other Southeastern Conference schools, such as University of Arkansas, Alabama and South Carolina, schedule the break.

“It’s something other SEC schools offer, and it’s worth seeing if a fall break can benefit our students,” Major said.

As of Tuesday, the number of respondents to the survey exceeded one thousand, Major said. Students who haven’t responded can do so by clicking on the link provided on MSA’s Facebook page. The survey has 11 questions. Major is currently working on a presentation to show Faculty Council.

“The student response to the Fall Break survey is exceptional,” Major said. “The survey is still open and we’re still seeking as much student input as possible. Soon, a proposal will be put forth to the Faculty Council representing the best interest of students on the possible implementation of a fall break.”

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After observing a Jeep with expired registration, officers pulled Tosia Mizner over. When asked for her license and proof of insurance, officers discovered Mizner’s license was suspended due to a previous DWI charge. Mizner was also unable to provide proof of insurance, according to MU Police Department records.

After Mizner consented to a search of her vehicle, police located a marijuana pipe containing marijuana residue. Mizner denied ownership of the pipe, MUPD spokesman Brian Weimer said.

Police also located a marked white pill in Mizner’s purse. Upon further inspection it was determined that the pill was a Class 3 controlled substance, according to MUPD records.

Mizner was arrested on charges of possessing 35 grams or less of marijuana as a prior offender, possessing a controlled substance,

2. MAN RUNS STOPS SIGN, POLICE FIND MARIJUANA IN HIS CAR Kyle Taylor, 19, was arrested on charges of possessing drug paraphernalia and running a stop sign at Rollins and Hitt streets Monday night.

Taylor was pulled over after police observed his vehicle drive through the stop sign. While speaking with Taylor, police smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle, according to MUPD reports.

Taylor told police no marijuana was in the vehicle and mentioned he was not the only one who drove it. After searching the vehicle, police located two pipes, two plastic bags containing marijuana residue and a pill bottle containing marijuana residue, according to MUPD reports.

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Police pulled the vehicle over and administered a sobriety test.

After searching the vehicle for further evidence, police located a silver grinder containing marijuana residue.

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of failing to drive within a single line, failing to exhibit proof of insurance and the possession of drug paraphernalia. Rose was released on summons.

4. WOMAN ARRESTED IN RANGELINE RESIDENCE Columbia Police Department officers arrested David Wayne Whitmore Jr., 26, when they arrived

If you have information about these crimes, you may contact Crime Stoppers at 875-TIPS. All calls are confidential. If a court authority later proves innocence of a charge stated in the blotter, contact The Maneater to request an updated entry.

at the scene of 2904 Range Line St. A female victim said she and Whitmore were in an argument when he kicked her in the leg and hit her in the face.

She grabbed the home phone but said Whitmore pushed her in a chair and sat on top of her, holding her hands so she couldn’t call the police.

He was arrested on charges of thirddegree domestic assault with a $1,000 bond and felonious restrain on a $4,500 bond.

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DANIELA SIRTORI CORTINA Staff Writer An MU student was awarded a 2013 Confidence U award from the Kappa Delta Sorority national organization for her campaign to help girls and young women with low self-esteem find ways to improve their self-image.

Social work graduate student Kelsey Lammy received a $1,000 grant for her Raising Our SelfEsteem (ROSE) campaign, which hosted workshops at Columbia elementary schools and at MU. Lammy said she helps solve selfesteem issues for girls at all different ages.

The award, established in 2010, is provided through the Confidence Coalition, an organization created

by Kappa Delta Sorority in 2009 to raise awareness about issues related to lack of confidence among young women.

Ninety percent of all women want to change at least one aspect of their physical appearance, and 75 percent of females with low selfesteem engage in negative activities,

such as disordered eating, bullying, smoking or drinking, according to the Confidence Coalition website.

“We believe that there are lots of issues happening on college campuses that affect young women’s self confidence,” said Heidi Roy, Kappa Delta National Organization Director of Communications. “We wanted to provide funding so that campuses were able to address those issues and build confidence in their collegians.”

The ROSE campaign, a discussion-based program, was run in collaboration with the MU Wellness Resource Center.

The Wellness Resource Center nominated Lammy for the award.

Nominations are submitted to Kappa Delta National Organization and undergo a comprehensive selection process. Projects must include a clear strategy to engage women on campus and a specific program delivery plan.

“The ROSE (Raising Our Self Esteem) campaign targets women by helping them understand the underlining causes of their low selfesteem, the ways to improve their

self esteem and the importance of helping other women raise their selfesteem”, according to the Wellness Resource Center website.

Kappa Delta also offers a $5,000 Confidence U award to college Panhellenic offices that provide confidence-building programming on their campus. Ten universities, including Duke University, Dartmouth College and Ohio State University, received the award this year.

“We were thrilled by the overwhelming response from so many universities that want to make a positive impact on the lives of women on their campuses,” Kappa Delta Sorority National President Beth Langford said in a press release.

Lammy said she started this campaign because she thinks many girls struggle with confidence growing up, and many lack a support system to help them overcome their issues.

“It just needed to be addressed in a way that it became something that we talk about, we can discuss and we don’t have to be afraid to tell people how we’re feeling,” she said.

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Students perform at Rockin’ Against Multiple Sclerosis at The Blue Note Wednesday night. RAMS is a campus-wide fundraiser to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Institute and to raise awareness about the disease.

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“I regularly come to the Women’s Center,” Schwartz said. “Being stuck on campus, I was really relieved to find out I was still welcomed here despite other places being closed. It’s a really welcoming place all the time and especially during emergency situations like this one.”

Multicultural Center Director Pablo Bueno Mendoza said he too was happy to provide a safe place for students to stay. He said the school’s response to the storm was good in that everyone was looking out for the safety of students.

“I think that most universities are much more forward-thinking about weather response than they were 20 years ago when I started my career in student affairs,” Mendoza said. “My whole experience at the University of Missouri since I came here in ’98 has been that we really are trying to be proactive in our response. We look at all the different logistics and try to do things for the safety of our students, staff and faculty.”

As the Student Center was offering its space for students, Residential Life Director Frankie Minor said ResLife was offering its open spaces to campus employees that needed a place to stay.

“We have offered up some of the few empty spaces that we’ve got for other campus employees

that have been working, including landscape services employees, campus facilities employees and police officers,” Minor said. “We know we’re going to be housing at least six of the Campus Dining Services employees so students can have sufficient food.”

While some employees are defined as essential employees that must stay to keep the campus running, Minor said other employees volunteered to stay on campus to help out.

“Most of the ones here are volunteers,” he said. “We have some staff who are extremely dedicated to the students. They take their jobs very seriously. They have tremendous dedication to our students.”

Student staff members were also among the people helping to fight the weather. They shoveled entrances, exterior stairways and paths to help students move around campus easier.

“We tend to hire students who really care about their jobs,” Minor said. “They care about making their community a better place.

Sometimes, it means pitching in and shoveling snow.”

Mobility was a concern for students on campus, and Minor said the focus of ResLife was on the safety and security of the students.

“I got a call from the Director of Disability Services earlier today,” Minor said. “They had a student

who was bound in a scooter and was there taking a test and couldn’t get back because he lives off-campus.

We were prepared to put him up, but she and her husband actually took him home.”

Minor said the school did the best it could to handle the snowstorm. He said the decision to cancel classes is a very complex decision, and he trusted that the senior administrators had weighed all the information and made the best decision they could. He said, just as it had in past snowstorms, the school would analyze the situation after it passed to better prepare for the future.

“We are an institution of higher education,” Minor said. “We’re all about learning. Any opportunity we have to learn from our past experiences and apply that to future situations, we do that. We did that after Snowpocalypse. I have every confidence that we will do that after this situation is over.”

Thunder Snow Rescue A group of students was gathered in the LGBTQ Resource Center for a student leadership event that was cancelled due to the snow.

The student leaders sat in the center talking about how students were stranded around campus when they decided to do something.

“We couldn’t hold an event but we could help each other,” LGBTQ

Resource Center Coordinate Struby Struble said.

The leaders took to Twitter, creating the Twitter hashtag #ThunderSnowRescue.

Although they could not drive students or help students stuck off-campus, they were able to leave the MU Student Center and help students, Missouri Students Association President Nick Droege said.

Kat Seal, Sustain Mizzou President and a Tiger Pantry coordinator, said the efforts were just random acts of kindness.

Droege said he hoped the hashtag allowed other people to help out as well.

“The hashtag can be applied not just to us but to anyone who reads it,” he said. “As long as the hashtag runs, anyone has that option to look into it.”

At various locations throughout campus and Columbia, students could be seen out and about helping anyone who needed it.

Sophomore Sam Vickery was walking home from the Student Center when, at the intersection of Stadium Boulevard and Highway 63, he noticed two or three groups of about five students each helping stuck cars get out of the snow.

“The whole stretch of the road was full of stopped-up cars,” he said.

Vickery joined the effort as students pushed cars up the hill to get them out of the mess.

“People like to help others who are in a hard time,” Vickery said. “It just sucks because obviously no one was prepared enough to deal with the quantity of snow we got in just one day.”

On Providence Road, sophomore Brea Love and four friends had stepped out of the car they’d been stuck in for more than two hours to help push other vehicles.

The group had driven from College Avenue through campus to Providence after deciding not to take the winding, snow-covered Rock Quarry Road home.

They noticed members of MU fraternities sitting outside their houses in Greektown and helping cars that got stuck nearby, Love said.

“It’s nice,” she said. “It’s nice to see people coming together to do something to help, you don’t see that all the time.”

This was the side of the story people weren’t seeing, law-student Larry Lambert said.

At the intersection of Providence and Mcdeaver roads, Lambert saw groups of four-to-five students directing traffics and pushing out cars stuck in the snow.

“I wondered where the cops were that should’ve been doing that but was glad they (the students) were doing it themselves,” Lambert said.

“I thought it was really admirable that they were taking it upon themselves to help other people.”

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nondiscrimination laws Continued from page 1 the country, even in what are considered red states.”

MU policy currently prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. The MU Equity office works to address issues of bias and illegal discrimination on campus and conducts informal investigations of bias incidents students and staff report. Columbia also has nondiscrimination laws and goes a step further than MU by also prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity.

Although MU, Columbia, and a few cities and counties in the state have nondiscrimination laws, Claire Cook, field organizer at statewide LGBT rights advocacy organization PROMO, said it is important to extend the laws.

“Currently, we have nine cities and two counties that have these protections,” Cook said. “But some areas are unincorporated or really small towns, so statewide protection is what we think is best.

(Nondiscrimination) is the number one issue for LGBT equality in Missouri.”

While legislators and advocates focus on nondiscrimination, Missourians’ views on same-sex marriage have been evolving. In 2004, 71

percent of Missourians voted to amend the state constitution to define marriage as being between one man and one woman, but a July 2012 Public Policy Polling survey found that 64 percent of Missourians supported either marriage equality or civil unions for gay couples.

Justus said she does not consider Missouri to be a leader on LGBT equality issues.

“Frankly, the country is moving a lot faster than our government is,” she said.

Since the legislation was first proposed in 2007, PROMO’s top priority has been nondiscrimination, said Cook.

“There are only 20 states and the District of Columbia that have fully inclusive nondiscrimination, so that’s less than half,” Cook said. “I wouldn’t say we’re lagging behind, but we’re at the cliff and we’re about to jump off and really do something great by joining that other side.”

Justus said she thinks Missouri is not yet ready to tackle marriage equality.

“Everyone always asks me if I’m in favor of marriage equality, and of course I’m in favor of marriage equality, but that’s not the fight we’re fighting here,” Justus said. “We are fighting more basic fights, including basic nondiscrimination.”

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Blunt congratulates MU professor LISA CONLEY Staff Writer Sen. Roy Blunt, R- Mo., congratulated MU professor Dr. M. Frederick Hawthorne on Tuesday at the International Institute of Nano and Molecular Medicine in Columbia.

Hawthorne, director of I²NM² and a professor of chemistry and radiology, earned the National Medal of Science Award earlier this month. President Barack Obama presented the award to Hawthorne, the first MU professor to receive it.

“I am proud to honor these inspiring American innovators,” Obama said in a White House news release. “They represent the ingenuity and imagination that has long made this nation great.”

According to the release, the award recognizes those who have made “outstanding contributions” to the field of science.

Hawthorne is currently conducting research in the field of boron neutron capture therapy.

“Dr. Hawthorne has pioneered the field of boron research throughout his impressive career,” Blunt said in an address to the U.S. Senate on Jan. 31.

“The National Medal of Science, the highest award the country can bestow upon our scientists, is a fitting recognition of his critically important and innovative work.”

According to I²NM²’s website, boron neutron capture therapy is a cell-selective binary radiation method for cancer, arthritis and evolving non-invasive surgical protocols.

Although his research focuses on colon cancer, it could be transferable to other types of cancer. “(Hawthorn’s) work has shown incredible promise in developing noninvasive treatments for cancer and other diseases,” Blunt said in the address. “As a cancer survivor myself, I am especially grateful for the treatments Dr. Hawthorne is exploring to help the many people whom the disease affects.”

I²NM² is using the life sciences laboratory of the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, including small animal facilities, to conduct its research on boron neutron capture therapy.

According to the MU Research Reactor’s website, I²NM² is also using MURR, the most powerful university-based research reactor in the world, to complete the preclinical development of boron neutron capture therapy.

MURR houses the thermal neutron beam for cell and smallanimal radiobiological research.

The beam is an essential part of the process used in boron neutron capture therapy.

By injecting the patient with tumor-specific boron and low-

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Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., addresses a question during Lincoln Days on Saturday morning in St. Charles, Mo. Blunt congratulated Dr. Hawthorne on the medal he was awarded by President Obama.

energy neutrons, researchers are able to detect the difference between normal cells and cancer cells. The thermal neutron beam then hits the targeted tissue and vaporizes the molecules infected with cancer.

Hawthorne believes boron neutron capture therapy will be ready for humans after it has been successfully used on dogs and small pigs, but first, the institute requires a neutron beam energetic enough to handle large

animals.

The thermal neutron beam itself costs approximately $2 million, but with additional equipment the total cost amounts to approximately $6 million.

I²NM² is in the process of seeking funding for the new thermal neutron beam.

During his presentation at I²NM², Blunt also discussed the threat of sequestration currently facing Congress. If Congress does not pass a budget, which

Blunt says he does not believe it will, automatic budget cuts will take effect.

There will be $85 billion in cuts in the next 7 months and $1.2 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years.

“The right thing to do is reduce spending,” Blunt said at Politico’s post-State of the Union event. “The wrong way to do it is with across-the-board cuts.”

Congress has until March 1 to pass a budget.

Snow hinders police operations MU’s first appropriations meeting MU Police Department released an alert Thursday at 1:15 p.m. announcing the closure of the university due to severe weather. All classes, exams and events were cancelled.

Critical personnel will still be operating what MUPD called continuous operations throughout the day. The university’s hospitals, clinics and emergency rooms are also remaining open.

“Despite the slippery streets, there have not been any reported accidents since midnight on Thursday,” Brian Weimer, MUPD spokesman, said around 3 p.m. Thursday.

Road surfaces have dropped below freezing temperatures and are being treated with a chemical to melt the snow as it falls. The effort is being monitored by the Columbia Public Works crews.

“The university police patrol cars have not been affected by the snowstorm,” Weimer said. “(The patrol cars) have all wheel drive.”

The Columbia Police Department also works a little differently during severe weather.

“We change things up a bit,” CPD spokesman Joe Bernhard said.

CPD officers often ride two to a car in extreme weather situations.

“Since it is difficult to get around quickly in a police car, the two man cars ensure the officers have back-up when they need it.”

Bernhard said. “We use our regular police vehicles but put chains on the tires to help with traction.”

CPD also has a few four-wheel drive vehicles that are used for other police functions, such as

the mounted team and building maintenance.

A local dealership agreed to lend CPD a few extra four-wheel drive vehicles, Bernhard said. Vehicles with four wheel drive allow officers to reach calls for service in residential neighborhoods and on side streets.

“We ask our officers from other divisions within the department to be available to be reassigned if necessary to patrol,” Bernhard said. “We will respond to all calls for service, although we do prioritize them and it does take us longer to respond to some calls. We do ask for citizens to use online reporting for reporting crimes not in progress.”

Michelle Baumstark, a Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman, said the schools would wait until Thursday morning to make a decision to cancel school as a precautionary measure. MU also waited to determine whether the predictions would be accurate before calling off the school day.

In addition to MUPD’s MU Alerts, Residence Hall Coordinators have also notified students of the changing weather status through email. Residential Life and the MU facilities staff worked to keep the sidewalks and entrances clear of snow.

The snow was expected to reach up to 6 inches, but, according to the NOAA National Weather Service, the exact accumulation will depend on the storm’s path.

—Mara Somlo, staff writer

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addresses funding for 2013 BELL JOHNSON Staff Writer MU’s first appropriations meeting for the current fiscal year was held Tuesday morning to discuss Gov. Nixon’s higher education request.

According to the request for operations, the foremost priority for this fiscal year is the funding of $405.8 million — previously a core piece of the 2012 fiscal year appropriations.

Last year, higher education funding faced a 12.5 percent cut, about $100.1 million. The projected cuts for this year were expected to be much worse, but are around a 1 percent cut instead of an anticipated 12.5 percent.

Missouri Students Association Legislative Coordinator Ben Levin said he attended the meeting to keep an eye on MU’s core funding.

“The goal of the money is to make up for the gross funding negligence the university has been dealing with for 10 years,” Levin said.

“The governor’s requested budget this year was very generous, and hopefully we’ll have smooth sailing as far as the budget goes this year.”

There aren’t any planned spending cuts for higher education funding in this fiscal year, but Levin said the problem with the budget is its built-in revenue projections, which depend on some politically-contentious issues.

“If Medicaid is not expanded and if extra revenue is not brought in, there is no indication where revenue will be cut,” Levin said.

In Nixon’s budget, he cut 1 percent from higher education base budgets but then allotted a $34 million reservoir of money to be divided based on performance measures.

MU’s appropriation this year is $411 million.

A plan devised by Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream opposed Nixon’s increased funding for higher education as well as Medicaid.

In the plan composed by Stream, $20 million would be distributed to higher education funding instead of Nixon’s proposed $34 million.

Regardless of the proposed budget plans, MU’s appropriations request outlines dividing an additional $127 million, factored into the total budget, to raise salaries, improve infrastructure, combat enrollment growth, adjust St. Louis funding gap, continue funding Caring for Missourians initiative, establish endowed professorships and improve MU’s science and engineering national ranking.

According to the report, “the requests reflect the need to address funding issues resulting from several years of increased enrollment and decreased or stagnant state appropriations.”

The goal of the budget is to raise faculty salaries to a more competitive rate, repair delayed maintenance and address the issue of growing enrollment. The report states student enrollment growth has grown immensely over the past 10 years, and the stagnant or declining state appropriations did not address the issue.

Levin said the appropriations report sees the issue of competitive faculty as a priority.

“We pay our faculty less than any other public (Association of American Universities) institution,” Levin said. “We’ve given them one pay raise in the last four to five years.

Having core funding and maintaining level core funding is crucial.”

Levin said the committee has not received any news as of yet on spending cuts.

“No news is good news,” Levin said.

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Panel discusses nation’s political issues The event was part of Columbia’s Black History Month celebrations.

As part of Black History Month events, the Columbia Parks and Recreation coordinated a panel discussion “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Tuesday night.

The panel of seven community members discussed the current state of the nation and what will come of the Obama administration and other politicians in the next four years.

“We want to try and get people to talk about important issues,” Parks and Recreation specialist Bill Thompson said.

“It gets people to think outside of the box.”

Topics discussed included from gun control, universal health care, economic development and political gridlock.

One of problems that hurts the country’s economy today is the attitude government as toward other countries, panel member and Columbia resident Carmen Williams said.

“We were a pivotal point of the world for so long, and we still are in many ways,” Williams said. “But we need to end xenophobia and recognize that other countries have something to offer to the world too. We are not the most pivotal country in the world anymore and there’s nothing wrong with that.”

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President of the Minority Men’s Network Steve Calloway speaks about the problems with health care in the U.S. at a panel discussion Tuesday night. As part of Black History Month events, the Columbia Parks and Recreation coordinated a panel discussion titled “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Other panel members included president of Keep Columbia Free Mark Flakne, President of the Minority Men’s Network Steve Calloway, First Ward Ambassadors member Darrell Foster and Columbia resident Addae Ahmad.

The panel event began four

Fire department responds to auto salvage fire Units from the Columbia Fire Department were dispatched around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday to a reported commercial structure fire at Super Recycled Auto Parts at 4901 Rogers Rd. Members of the Columbia Fire Department riding on the fire engine Quint 5 reported heavy smoke and requested the dispatch of a Boone County Tanker, according to a Columbia Fire Department news release.

The division chief called for another fire engine and two additional tankers after receiving further reports of heavy smoke from the scene. The extra units came from the Boone County Fire Protection District, according to the news release.

Quint 5 arrived on the scene at 12:42 p.m.

The engines and tankers had to work as a shuttle operation to gather water for fighting the blaze. The nearest supply was from the intersection of Rogers and Wyatt Lane. It had to reach a shed located several hundred feet away from the roadway.

The shuttle operation required several engines to share and supply water to one another.

Quint 4 later arrived on the scene and supplied water to Quint 5.

When Quint 9 arrived on the scene, they pumped their water to Quint 5 as well. Engine 101 and L1 also took part in the operation.

The operation grew from two to five tankers. The county and city departments shuttled 22,000 gallons of water in their joint efforts.

“It was a large fire,” John Metz, a Columbia Fire Department spokesman, said. “The building was stocked with auto parts, recycled auto parts and tires, so it required a lot of water to put out.”

The crew maintained the fire by 1:30 p.m. but continued their work to reduce hot spots.

There were no reported injuries.

Battalion Chief Gale Blomenkamp of the Boone County Fire Protection District estimated nearly $70,000 in damage.

Boone County Fire Investigators are still investigating the cause of the fire.

—Mara Somlo, staff writer

years ago and has occurred every February. However, Thomson hopes to expand the panel from being just a Black History Month event and have a panel to discuss current national issues more often.

“This is the kind of dialogue we need to have more often,”

Thomson said. “We don’t get the chance to talk to each other about these issues anymore in today’s society.”

The more people debate and discuss issues, the more motivated they will be to take action, Thomson said.

“We need to start motivation

people to be more verbal,” Thomson said. “We need to get people to keep their politicians accountable and send messages to them.”

— Beatriz Costa-Lima, staff writer

CPD ‘Click It Or Ticket’ campaign delayed by Storm Q “Click It Or Ticket” campaign may be delayed by weather.

With an intended kick off of Friday, the Columbia Police Department’s efforts to join the statewide aggressive “Click It or Ticket” campaign may be delayed due to the extreme winter weather.

The Columbia Police Department released a news release announcing the campaign shortly after the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Troop F of Jefferson City issued a news release announcing their involvement with the campaign.

CPD hopes to use the campaign to encourage mobilization for more motorists to buckle up and save lives, according to the department’s news release.

If caught driving or riding in a vehicle without a fastened seatbelt, motorists will be ticketed and issued a fine.

The campaign is being reinforced statewide.

Although proven benefits

of wearing a seatbelt exist, 70 were expected, with heavy percent of Missourians killed in impacts on all types of travel, 2012 motor vehicle especially by motor crashes were not vehicle. buckled. One in On Thursday, four Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon motorists do not They’re a little declared a state of “click it”, according busy today with the emergency due to the Columbia weather. They’re to the mixture of Police Department’s still not sure if snow, sleet and ice they’ll be able to news release. that bombarded The campaign start the campaign Columbia.

Nixon is a positive step tomorrow.” urged citizens to forward in lowering Latisha Stroer avoid unnecessary the number of CPD spokeswoman travel in a news fatal car crashes release. involv ing an Although the unfastened seatbelt.

The campaign may be delayed start of the campaign is still not clear, buckling up is especially due to Thursday’s snowstorm.

CPD is trying to focus on important in winter weather. ensuring city-wide safety from Due to the increased danger, the the dangerous weather and “Click It or Ticket” campaign driving conditions. message of buckling up is “They’re a little busy especially important during today with the weather,” CPD hazardous driving conditions. spokeswoman Latisha Stroer For further information on said. “They’re still not sure the campaign, visit the Missouri if they’ll be able to start the Coalition for Roadway Safety campaign tomorrow.” website.

A winter storm warning was issued Thursday by the NOAA —Kathryn Costello, National Weather Service. Snow reporter accumulations of 6 to 11 inches

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Despite MU’s blunders, storm brought out the best in people There is no getting around this basic fact of Thursday’s events: MU royally screwed up its handling of the large winter storm by refusing to close until shortly before noon. You may be of the opinion that the university should have cancelled classes earlier or that the storm was not truly bad enough to warrant a cancellation.

But if there is one thing we should all agree on, it’s that by canceling halfway through the day, when students were still trying to drive to class and snowplows were out in full-force, the university became responsible for extremely dangerous and unnecessary traffic-jam conditions around the city of Columbia.

The hurried exodus of students, faculty and staff after the early-afternoon cancellation exacerbated the already poor driving conditions, causing traffic to grind to a halt and force many people to take several hours to get home. Cars and buses got stuck in the snow, further backing up traffic, and apparently some emergency workers were even forced to travel on foot to reach stranded and injured citizens. Because the university grossly overestimated its own preparedness, as well as the preparedness of city snow-clearing operations, the entire city became a mess. We hope university officials both apologize for Thursday’s situation and take notes for the next time inclement weather comes to town.

However, in the face of the university’s poor decision, we were heartened by the strong and selfless response of many members of the MU community. We saw a culture of helpfulness and altruism on Thursday — a culture that is not always readily apparent. Residential Life student staff took up shovels to clear paths for residents and some adult staff even spent the night on campus in order to ensure they could do their jobs and help students.

All over Columbia, groups of people — strangers, fraternity brothers, friends — got out in the snow to help push stuck cars out of the snow, not because they felt compelled to, but because they wanted to. Missouri Students Association President Nick Droege created an informal team to assist stranded Columbians and got the word out via Twitter. University employees spent all night working to make sure utilities kept running so that we could have power and Internet throughout the storm. The Student Center stayed open all night, and leaders of the Women’s Center and Multicultural Center left their doors unlocked so students could camp out in the spaces they call their “second home.”

These stories can be found all over campus and the city as a whole, and it’s truly inspiring to see the good that can come out of such a difficult day. Although we certainly wouldn’t like to see a major snowstorm hit Columbia each day, we wish the MU community would remember the good deeds that were done Thursday, either by themselves or by others. The kind of community and cooperative spirit we witnessed during the storm and its aftermath should always be present at MU, and we urge you to keep that spirit in mind even after the streets are cleared and the snow melts to once again reveal Missouri’s green grass.

MSA culture not conducive to progress In this space, we often discuss what the Missouri Students Association accomplishes or doesn’t accomplish. In recent months, for example, we have lauded current President Nick Droege for his work establishing the successful Tiger Pantry, and we have chided the MSA Senate for endangering the passing of its budget. However, we don’t often discuss the culture of the body elected to represent MU students. Recent trends, though, have us worried MSA is not achieving what it could be, and it’s time for us to turn our spotlight to the behavior and conduct of your student representatives.

The social culture of MSA seems to often discourage any kind of discussion, debate or disagreement among its senators. There is rarely much contention during Senate meetings, with its members typically marching in lockstep.

That’s not a good representation of students. There should always be a discussion. There should always be something to improve, and the constant lack of such suggests MSA senators are either too afraid or too lazy to represent their students; or, they simply haven’t talked to enough of the students they represent to carry a legitimate dissenting opinion.

The Senate’s lack of debate is not the only element of MSA with which we have been disappointed recently. While it’s probably unreasonable to expect that a student legislative body will always stay on task during meetings, this year has brought a noticeable decline in the quality and efficiency of meetings for both the cabinet and several committees.

This structural collapse was wholly apparent Wednesday during the second meeting of the Student Conduct Committee review group. Created by outgoing MSA Senate Speaker Jake Sloan, the committee is tasked with preparing questions to ask Donell Young, the current Office of Student Conduct senior coordinator who is in charge of the Student Conduct Committee. With 45 minutes allotted to meet and continue discussing issues with the committee, the meeting began seven minutes late and they spent seven minutes discussing the material before dissolving into talking about members’ favorite childhood toys and other trivial topics.

The committee didn’t even cover two of the items on their agenda, both of which were major concerns during early debates about the committee.

This abandonment of professionalism, efficiency and purpose is not unique to Sloan’s new committee. The MSA cabinet discussed plans this week to play video games as part of “team-building” during their next meeting (this plan was later postponed indefinitely). Toward the end of last semester, a senator went around to each committee meeting announcing plans for an MSA party to be held off-campus.

The Senate regularly spends too much time playing “Good Shit, Bad Shit,” in which senators talk about the positives and negatives of their day, their recent haircuts and so on.

Obviously, this is pitiful, is a complete waste of time, money and potential and is embarrassing for every MU student who is represented by MSA. But how is this — the rapid devolution of the MSA Senate from a governmental and advocacy body to a social outlet — allowed to continue?

The answer likely is the lack of accountability and the increase in the ratio of at-large senators to senators elected by their colleges.

To explain, according to section 2.40 of the MSA bylaws and article five, paragraph B, section 2 of the MSA constitution, its Senate allows for 70 senators (along with the Senate Speaker). Twenty of these are at-large seats — that is, their holders are selected by sitting senators during meetings. The rest are supposed to be elected by individual academic colleges of the university, but ten of these seats can be made at-large seats if not filled. Currently, 63 seats are filled, 30 of which are at-large — clearly a much higher proportion than was originally intended when the Senate’s constitution was established.

The problem with having so many at-large senators compared to senators elected by colleges is simply an issue of “insiders” and “outsiders.” Often, potential at-large senators are encouraged to run and vouched for by their friends, rather than running in order to represent their college and its students. This isn’t exactly nepotism, but for a government body to function as a self-electing club is automatically dangerous, both because it can encourage socializing instead of debating and because it can discourage outsiders with real disagreements and agendas from getting in and trying to make progress. The high proportion of at-large senators this year means they have little accountability and little to prove to the students they supposedly represent.

This must be changed. MSA is in charge of a nearly $2 million budget, which is composed of student fees and university money. It is directly responsible for the salaries and jobs of several university employees. And, as we have seen with the recent recognition of More For Less campaign leaders, it is capable of effecting real change both in Columbia and in Jefferson City. Clearly, it is a powerful organization with a lot of responsibility, and when members use their time to discuss childhood toys and play video games, they are letting every MU student and employee down.

MSA senators must hold themselves to a higher standard and shoot for a greater purpose. To start, they must hold their meetings and agendas to a higher standard — cover more, debate more, disagree more. That’s how progress is made and where ideas come from. The Senate has only proposed one piece of noteworthy legislation — a bill to establish an ad-hoc committee to study luxury housing in Columbia — in its last three meetings. Maybe more meaningful legislation would appear if senators were more engaged with their constituents.

Then, they should work to reform the Senate itself. This year, Droege should use his visibility and high esteem on campus to encourage MU’s colleges to nominate and elect more senators, especially those with different points of view and interesting ideas.

There is no shortage of tasks MSA can and should accomplish this year. We have tried to highlight many in this space, and we will continue to do so. But the Senate needs to take responsibility for the great power it holds, make students care about what it’s doing, and make them want to follow its developments. That takes hard work, creative vision and efficient planning. But that should not stop MSA — after all, it’s what they are elected to do.

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Obama’s authoritarian PR tactics will leave dangerous legacy Anthony Agbabiaka

The Politico-sponsored blog “Behind the Curtain,” written by Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen, published a scathing piece on Monday calling President Obama “the puppet master” in relation to his interactions with the White House press corps. Regardless of your opinion of Vandehei and Allen, or of Politico as a news organization, the piece brings up several very interesting questions about the ability of the media to report a story that is not explicitly sponsored by

the West Wing.

Of course, the White House historically has tried its best to craft the image it wants, providing the media with White House-sponsored narratives, softball press conferences and the like. However, with the advent of social media, Vandehei and Allen say the White House’s control of its image has become nearly ubiquitous. Reporters aren’t granted access to the president to ask questions. The White House stonewalls them if they choose to report stories that the president doesn’t approve of, and they are forced to use White Housesponsored photos and soundbites to craft their stories.

Thomas Jefferson once said, “Information is the currency of democracy.” And right now, Obama is the one percent of information.

An uninformed electorate provides

enormous latitude for Obama to pursue whatever policies he wants to without fear that his carefully crafted message will be ruined by an upstart reporter.

The media is the fourth branch of government. Its major role in regard to politics is to inform the electorate so the people can make educated decisions. This may seem minor, but it’s the difference between the public knowing and understanding Obama’s drone program and complete dismissal of it as a necessary evil part of our “war on terror.”

The question is, why is Obama, a self-proclaimed progressive liberal who is constantly touting his administration as the most transparent ever, using authoritarian-style tactics to control press coverage of his actions?

When it comes down to it, all

presidents past and present are men — men with differing agendas and varying morals. What Obama has shown so far is that he is willing to accept moral relativism in exchange for the ability to achieve his goals.

That is to say, he is willing to make morally fuzzy decisions in order to achieve what he needs. That’s why it’s okay to bomb innocents in the Middle East with drone strikes.

Because, in his mind, it’s saving the U.S. from attacks by terrorists. It’s okay to blackball media, because his intentions are more pure than ours.

That is American exceptionalism on a small scale, and it’s very dangerous.

Everything that a president does sets precedents. Presidents who follow Obama will look back to the increases in power that he achieved, and set their bar there.

So when Obama legislates through executive orders and makes morally

vague choices in order to achieve his goals, presidents that follow him will decide to do the same based on precedent. There’s a slippery road that we’re heading down. If the president can legislate through Congress, that’s one check gone.

If the media isn’t there to critique him, that’s another check, and the issue continues to snowball until the president has far more powers than the framers of the Constitution ever intended.

The second term of any president is about sealing his legacy. Right now, that legacy to me is of a president who broadly expanded his power in order to achieve what he wants — a ruthless president with a cuttingedge media team who made sure his darkest policies never made it to light. However, there’s a lot of time left in this president’s career. Time will tell what his true legacy will be.

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Pondering ‘House of Cards’ and the future of television Although the show itself is a bit cliché, “House of Cards” has the potential to change TV’s landscape for good.

Human trafficking is a problem even in Missouri

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Let me just begin by saying if you haven’t yet watched Netflix’s first original series, “House of Cards,” you should use this snowed-in weekend as the chance to start. It may not be a lesson in policymaking, but it does provide some chilling dramatic entertainment.

The show follows the power struggle of politicians, journalists and non-profit foundations in present-day Washington D.C. Kevin Spacey plays Francis Underwood, a southern gentleman and Congressman who wants more for his career than a seat in Congress. His wife, Claire, heads a nonprofit, and she has lofty goals for what should be accomplished. Their marriage works almost like a business partnership, and if their deals go sour, so do others’ careers.

Kate Mara plays Zoe Barnes, a young journalist looking for the break that makes her notorious and respected. The concept for her character is a little cliché: the privileged, female journalist desperate for a story break is sexually deviant, and finds the dangers of breaking stories thrilling. Everyone is interested in striking a deal, bettering their careers, and there isn’t much thought for the collateral damage. Your inner cynic may be inclined to believe this is an accurate portrayal of what politics is like in D.C. One of the interesting things about the show’s characters is that none are purely villainous, but none are exactly good, either. It’s not always clear whom you’re rooting for when everyone seems interested in boosting his or her own status or agenda. Francis Underwood talks to the camera a lot to explain to you that this is just how things are in the world, and you have to make the best of it. Underwood is charmingly evil, but I’m not sure I can get into the talking to the camera thing. It feels very season one of “Sex and the City,” and HBO eventually cut out that awkward camera-talking.

While the major themes and characters of the show are worthy in their own right, “House of Cards” also presents a new age of television. Netflix created this show and allegedly two more to premiere this spring, for online streaming only.

They respectfully gave viewers the entire season at once, and I say respectfully because I’m growing tired of networks dictating my viewing schedule. I don’t have a TV, I have a crazy schedule between school and work, and I know I’m not the only one. Letting viewers decide when they’ll watch is a no-brainer.

The model presents a few problems, though: What will Netflix do for revenue without commercials?

Obviously they have options. There is already some glaring product placement, between everyone having Apple products or the camera lingering on the Pop-Tart box in the refrigerator a little too long, but I don’t know that I would mind a few well-chosen commercials, like how AMC advertisers always tailor their commercials to the style of Mad Men during airtime. If they choose not to add commercials, perhaps viewers would be willing to double the price they pay each month for quality shows.

Does this pose a threat to network television? I’m almost positive it does. We’re developing an expectation to have TV when we want it, and even though it’s been in slow development since TiVo debuted, networks may now have to change the way they promote primetime line-ups. This could also affect how many shows are commissioned. Have you ever noticed that they insert new or bad shows in between the good shows? The programmers do that in hopes of tricking you into watching their station longer.

Is this the beginning of the end for DVDs? Netflix basically put stores like Blockbuster out of business, but now I wonder if DVDs as a medium are becoming obsolete. I honestly can’t imagine anything worth waiting for a DVD in the mail for when I could pay to stream it on Amazon or just watch another readily available movie from Netflix.

There may be other problems with the online original series trend as well. I’ve heard some people complaining they felt it was creepy that Netflix was able to take the data of what their subscribers had been watching and rating, and they used it to make a show. But I don’t see that as such a bad thing right now. After all, I do love Kevin Spacey, political drama and being able to binge on television.

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Grace Hase Imagine being taken from your home, moved halfway across the world and sold into slavery. To many, this sounds like a moment from the past. But to 27 million men, women and children, this situation is all too real.

For people like 13-year-old Natalia, moving to the U.S. was the only choice she had to receive a better, more affordable education.

However, instead of receiving the education she deserved, she was abused and forced to work for the family she was living with.

After six years of living with a family that beat her to the point of hospitalization, Natalia found a way to escape from this servitude. The nurse at the hospital was able to help Natalia in more ways than one and referred her to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center and the Polaris Project — a non-governmental organization that works to fight trafficking and rehabilitate victims.

But what is human trafficking?

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime defines human trafficking in the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons as “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of person, by means of the threat or use of force… for the purpose of exploitation.” While there are quite a few types of human trafficking, the most common forms of this exploitation are found in the forms of sex and labor trafficking.

Even though many victims of human trafficking come from other countries, it is not uncommon to find members of our own community being forced into this trade.

In fact, the Polaris Project found that, in 2012, five reports of human trafficking were made in Columbia alone. This is proof that human trafficking can truly happen anywhere, not just in big cities like Los Angeles or St. Louis.

Because this horrid crime is common even in our own backyards, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri has taken a very proactive role in combating this crime. Their Human Trafficking Rescue Project is one of the top programs in the nation and is comprised of law enforcement from all levels of government as well as powerful non-governmental organizations.

Last year, the Polaris Project awarded Missouri the prestigious honor of being a Tier-1 state, the highest ranking a state can be given in regards to the legislation they have to tackle the issue of human trafficking.

Although Missouri has decided to take on the fight to end human trafficking, the state cannot do it alone. One of the most difficult parts in battling this crime is that it is largely a self-reported one.

The Western District of Missouri’s Human Trafficking Rescue Project has witnessed great success, but a large part of its investigation is based on tips given to them by the public.

This being said, you can be a part of the abolishment of modern-day slavery. Educate yourself on the issue. Along with the Polaris Project, there are so many other non-governmental organizations that are fighting back through educating the public. Once you’ve done that, keep your eyes open for critical signs that can indicate someone is being trafficked. Finally, don’t be afraid to call the Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force Complaint Line, run by the U.S. Department of Justice, if you witness any of these signs and believe that someone may be a victim of trafficking. After all, if you had the power to change a life, wouldn’t you?

LGBTQ ISSUES

Tide is turning in same-sex marriage fight Both domestically and abroad, legislators are standing up for marriage equality.

Shannon Greenwood

Now, more than ever, samesex marriage is at the forefront of American politics. And for that reason, I’ve been hesitant to tackle this issue in a column of its own. Because same-sex marriage is prominent in people’s minds when they think of LGBTQ issues, I wanted to use this column to discuss topics that haven’t had as much of a spotlight. But after the amazing victories we’ve seen in the past couple weeks, I just had to make an exception.

Two of our European allies are making strides to pass marriage equality in their parliaments. In France, the National Assembly approved the “marriage-for-all” bill that legalizes same-sex marriage as well as adoption rights for same-sex couples. If this bill passes the Senate, it will be a big win for Socialist president François Hollande, who was a huge advocate for marriage equality during his campaign in last year’s election.

Just across the English Channel, marriage equality is also making

its way through British Parliament.

The House of Commons voted in favor of legislation for same-sex marriage earlier this month. If the bill passes, same-sex couples will be able to get married in both England and Wales.

Back here in the States, Illinois just passed a marriage equality bill in its Senate. If the bill makes it to the desk of Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois will become the tenth state, including the District of Columbia, to allow same-sex marriages. That would mean a fifth of our country would allow same-sex couples to marry, which would be an amazing feat for the LGBTQ community.

At the end of March, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on both Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, on March 26 and 27 respectively. This is a monumental moment for the LGBTQ community and same-sex marriage advocates, because this will be the first time the Supreme Court will discuss the issue. If the Supreme Court rules Proposition 8 unconstitutional, then same-sex couples will once again be able to marry in California. If the Supreme Court rules the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, the federal government will have to recognize same-sex marriages in the states that allow them. But if either of these rulings go the other way, it will be a devastating loss in the gay rights movement.

Considering how this nation has advanced tremendously in the past 100 years in securing equal rights, I’m flabbergasted that in 2013 we are still debating whether or not we should allow a minority group the same rights that have been given to the majority.

In 25 states, first cousins have the legal right to wed, yet in only nine states are same-sex couples allowed that same freedom. That statistic seems to be an apparent contradiction in the argument that allowing same-sex couples to marry “destroys the sanctity of marriage.”

Also, the notion that civil unions are a reasonable alternative to marriage for same-sex couples is unacceptable. Civil unions do not grant the same rights marriages do, such as health-care benefits, differences on filing taxes and Social Security survival benefits.

On top of these discrepancies, civil unions are not recognized in other states or on a federal level.

Even though same-sex couples can be in committed, honest relationships similar to those of their heterosexual counterparts, they aren’t treated equally under the law. That injustice cannot stand.

One day we will live in a world where marriage is not restricted by heteronormative legislation and ideology. We must continue in our fight to secure marriage equality so that day can come sooner rather than later.

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Josh Hamilton has no room to talk

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Pressey’s final 15 minutes push Tigers past Gators

Derek Franks

Josh Hamilton and his big ego need to keep quiet.

A year and a half ago, Josh Hamilton had it all.

He was the batting king of baseball, one of the most recognized names in the game and he had a position on a championship-contending team that had played in two World Series in a row. This is, of course, a far cry from his lowest of low points — nearly dying from drug use just a few years earlier.

Hamilton reached the pinnacle of his career as a Texas Ranger, but fell off the mountain last year. He was slugging home runs, winning big games and in the running for a league MVP award. And then he was striking out every at bat, letting past addictions get him into trouble and turning the clubhouse into a circus. He was on the cover of magazines and conquering All-Star weekend competitions. He had become the unquestionable face of the franchise. And then he was on and off the injured list and making errors that single handedly led to the premature end of a promising season.

He once was showered with cheers and praised by fans.

He exited to a chorus of boos.

Well, the boos in Texas aren’t going to stop anytime soon.

Earlier this week, the outfielder, who signed a $125 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels in December, bashed Texas Ranger fans, calling them “spoiled” and proclaiming that their city is not a “true baseball town.” By his logic, Dallas is not a baseball town because it only really cares about football. Well, as a fellow Dallasite, lifelong diehard Ranger fan and fan of sports in general, I’ve got something to say: Shut up, Josh Hamilton.

Here’s a lesson for you and professional athletes everywhere. Don’t ever, ever call out the fans. Bashing, blasting, hating and accusing them is flat-out, unconditionally wrong (the one exception being cheering for players getting injured. Looking at you, Philly!)

Athletes owe their popularity, and the popularity of the game, strictly to the fans. They’re the ones that make the athletes marketable and give them and their teams value. Indirectly, fans are the ones who sign the players’ paychecks. So yapping their mouth at the folks who make all of that possible is never a good idea.

This is a guy who, at one time, had a loyal following from Rangers and MLB fans all around. What was there not to like? Here was someone overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds of drug and alcohol abuse by not only recovering. but also resurrecting a career and playing at a superstar level, which he credited to God and his wife.

For me, I don’t think I could have admired him more. He was a hero.

Then it all fell apart. Now here he is, after turning his back on the team, once again proving his enormous selfrighteous ego is too much to handle on his own.

Saying Rangers fans are “spoiled” is a ridiculous claim, especially about a fan base that flocked to see him play and about an organization that gave him an opportunity despite his past troubles. The team was sitting pretty with high hopes of another run at the Fall Classic before he became a cancer in the clubhouse. And then, even after three months of awfulness from Hamilton, Texas still had a chance to win the division, and he alone flubbed it by botching a routine fly ball that would’ve sealed the deal.

Rangers fans place most of the blame on Hamilton for the team’s collapse. That’s why the reaction to his sour words has been so heated. Any sports figure is going to have issues with his ego, but this is cruel, sickening and foolish. It makes him look not only like a bad person, but also like a dumb one.

So stick a cork in it, Josh. You’ve got no room to talk.

As for me, I’m already working on getting tickets for his return to Texas, where he’ll be subject to the merciless crowd 10 times this year. We’ll see how much of a “baseball town” Dallas is when his Angels pay a visit in April.

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Junior guard Phil Pressey dribbles the ball down the floor past Florida defenders Tuesday night at Mizzou Arena. Pressey finished the game with 10 assists and three steals in Missouri’s victory.

The junior guard led Missouri with a nearly flawless second half.

JACOB BOGAGE Staff Writer There’s a reason Phil Pressey was named to the preseason watch lists for the annual Wooden Award and Cousy Award, which honor the nation’s top player and point guard respectively.

It’s the same reason Missouri coach Frank Haith has put the ball in the junior’s hands in late-game situations against Texas A&M, Arkansas and No. 5 Florida.

Pressey is both ninth in the country and leading the Southeastern Conference in assists per game (6.9).

He averages 9.8 points per game and shoots at an 80.6 percent clip from the free throw line.

In the last 15:49 of the Tigers’ (19-7, 8-5 SEC) upset of the Gators, Pressey had five points, seven assists, two rebounds and a steal. Missouri roared down the stretch with a 12-0 run then a 10-3 streak behind a turnover-free Pressey to snatch a 58-57 lead and hang on for a dramatic 63-60 win.

“Phil was outstanding tonight,” Haith said after the win. “He’s one of the best point guards in the country and he played like it tonight. You know, his value is unbelievable. I thought he had a great grasp of his teammates, showed tremendous leadership in timeouts and was

“He’s come a long way and every always talking.”

Pressey finished with a game high really good team has a guy like that of 10 assists, none bigger than a wrap- and we’re fortunate to have him.”

Pressey’s layup in transition the around pass to a cutting Laurence Bowers for a dunk to slice the Gator next possession gave MU its first lead lead to one point with eight minutes of the night. Next, his pass to Bowers to play. The exchange induced a UF for a turnaround jumper restored the timeout, out of which the Gators lead after Scottie Wilbekin’s three.

Strong defense led to two offbuilt their lead back up to five.

The teams traded baskets until balance Boynton 3-pointers and Keion Bell hit two Kenny Boynton hit a free throws, giving the jumper plus the foul Tigers their first true with 3:44 remaining. signature win, one that This put Florida vastly improves their up four and cue the It’s a huge win NCAA tournament u n d e r - f o u r - m i n u t e especially coming resume and extends media timeout, during off a loss. This is their home-win streak which Pressey took very big for our to 16 games tracing control of the huddle team. We played a back to the end of the while Haith spoke with 2011-12 season. officials and assistants. really good team in “It’s a huge win “I’m continually Florida, but as far especially coming off keeping our guys as going forward, a loss,” Bowers said together whether we’re we’re gonna take it up or down and I know one game at a time.” regarding the looming SEC and NCAA that helps out,” Pressey Laurence Bowers tournament. “This is said. “Coach has been Missouri Forward very big for our team. harping on me to do We played a really that. And it really good team in Florida, helps our guys. It really makes us believe we can win. This but as far as going forward, we’re game of basketball is a game of runs. gonna take it one game at time,” The Tigers have been mainstays in You can get down by 12 and you can also get up by 12. You just gotta stay the “big dance” for years, qualifying for the tourney four times in the past levelheaded.”

Out of the timeout, Boynton hit four seasons.

“I know how good we can be,” a free throw to complete the 3-point play, but Pressey found sophomore Pressey said. “The coaches know how guard Jabari Brown for a deep three good we can be. We just have to put which started a 10-3 Tiger run to it all together. We’ve had a couple guys play good here, a couple guys finish the game.

“That’s what we’ve really harped play good there, but we haven’t had a on Phil, in being that vocal leader, team win like this. This is a big win and I’m just so proud sitting here for us. I really feel like everybody listening to him talk,” Haith said. contributed. Everybody played well.”

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Baseball hopes to rebound from Memphis loss JACK WITTHAUS Staff Writer You wouldn’t expect the Missouri baseball team (0-3, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) to sport an upbeat attitude after getting swept away in their opening series against Southern Mississippi last weekend.

At Tuesday’s practice, though, the baseball squad showed smiles and joked around at the Daniel J. Devine Indoor Practice Facility, while snapping balls and fielding grounders.

Team-leading hitter junior Sal Belfonte, with a .375 average and a .500 slugging percentage, echoed a message that was repeated often during practice to explain Missouri’s 0-3 start, the first such opening series drought since 1977.

“Our starting pitching threw really well, but our hitters weren’t able to come through for them,” Belfonte said. “All weekend, (the hitters) were chasing. We were trying to do too much in the box.

That happens. It was good to get that first (series) out of the way …

As long as our pitchers keep on throwing, we’ll figure it out.”

The initial pitching from sophomores Jace James, Brett Graves and junior Rob Zastrynzy went 15.1 innings, striking out nine and giving up four earned runs.

Those combined outings resulted in a low 2.35 ERA. James said the only pitcher who didn’t perform up to snuff was Zastrynzy, who gave up three

earned runs in 5.1 innings pitched on Friday.

“We expect (Zastrynzy) to pitch better than (he did Friday),” James said. “Obviously we have really high expectations for (Zastrynzy).

He didn’t pitch up to his standards, from what he told me. He was really upset with himself. He expects to come back better. (Zastrynzy)’s a class A guy. He knows he’s good and he’ll be back.”

Senior outfielder Dane Opel said the problem wasn’t the starting pitching, but instead felt batters rushed too much at the plate. Opel later admitted he himself was trying to pull pitches outside.

“We were really excited (going into the series),” Opel said. “I think some of the guys were too excited.

We were running at 100 miles an hour, and we needed to back down a bit. A lot of guys weren’t going with the approaches that we’ve stuck with during the fall and winter. That’s what we’ve been working on the past couple of days is getting back to doing real well with what we’ve been doing.”

Graves said it wasn’t nerves that made the team too excited — it was the lack of experience. Last weekend, 40 percent of Missouri’s team members played their first game as Tigers.

“We have a lot of new guys,” Graves said.

“That (over anxiousness) is kind of expected.

We’re not okay with it. I was talking to my dad afterwards, and I know we’re a talented team. I know we can progress to where we can end up

MANEATER FILE PHOTO

Alumni Conner Mach and Blake Brown greet senior Dane Opel at home plate after he hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning of last season’s game against Texas at Taylor Field.The Tigers look to bounce back from an 0-in-3 start in a three game series against Memphis.

where we want to end up. It’s good that (the problem) is a mental thing and not a physical thing. I think everybody is just going to settle in and be all right.”

Missouri’s pitching coach Matt Hobbs said his staff didn’t put the ball where they needed to put it, which resulted in blown leads on Saturday and Sunday.

“I think this weekend we need to get back to what we were good at in the past,” Hobbs said. “We need to pound the strike zone and get strikes. Be aggressive and take that

M mentality on the mound and not give up leads.”

Belfonte said going into this weekend’s series, the team is putting the past behind it and working to improve.

“It was a good situation to have guys in there,” Belfonte said. “Now that they’ve failed, you learn from it. You might as well learn from it in the beginning (of the season) than in the end.”

Missouri faces Memphis at Memphis for a three-game series starting Friday at 4:00 p.m.

INJURY UPDATES

Junior infielder Dillon Everett injured his hamate bone in his hand on Friday on the first pitch he took in the season. Everett said after a small surgery to remove the bone, he should be able to return in 10 days to three weeks.

Staff ace redshirt junior Eric Anderson is likely to start on Sunday after undergoing Tommy John surgery nine months ago. It will be his first start since March 9 of last year.

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