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WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL MU TO AWARD MORE SHINES IN COMPETITION THAN 2,000 DEGREES

The Tigers wheelchair basketball team won Wednesday night, defeating the Missouri Predators by a final score of 64-20.

Alumni Robert Loggia and William Trogdon will receive degrees and speak at the ceremony.

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MSA to fund 3 new positions ELISE MOSER Staff Writer

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Cars slowly drive down Elm Street in Columbia near the Columbia Missourian. There were 199 vehicle accidents Tuesday morning as a result of the slick roads.

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RHA redistributes MU could raise tuition without state waiver social fee funds ALEX STEWART Staff Writer The Residence Halls Association Congress approved legislation Monday to reallocate Residential Life’s $15-per-semester social fee.

For the past several years, the funds allowed $3.65 to hall governments, $7 to floor governments and $4.35 to the RHA out of every $15.

After the change, effective fall 2012, $4.90 will go to hall governments, $4.50 to floor governments and $5.60 to RHA. Of every $15 social fee paid, RHA and hall governments will receive $1.25 more than before and floor governments $2.50 less.

The reason for this change is a lack of spending at the floor government level.

“RHA Congress has seen high rollover from semester to semester, especially in floor and hall govern-

FEE REALLOCATION RHA approved legislation to reallocate Residential Life's social fee.

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ments,” RHA President Chris Rucker said.

These rollovers every semester quickly add up to thousands of unused dollars, Rucker said.

During the fall 2010 semester, when Rucker was RHA Treasurer, the organization performed its first audit of every level of Residential Life government. What it found was a lot

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WES DUPLANTIER Senior Staff Writer With inflation in the overall economy trending at about 3.5 percent, UM System schools and other public universities in the state might be able to raise tuition for next year without applying for waivers from the state’s higher education department.

Earlier this year, the state Legislature voted to cut higher education funding by about 7 percent, which could force MU and other state universities to raise tuition costs for next school year to cover its operating costs.

In a previous Maneater article, MU Budget Director Tim Rooney said tuition could be increased by 3 percent next year.

Rooney said in an email that the final figure for an increase will depend on whether the governor recommends that universities be given

all of what was appropriated to them.

Even though the state Legislature has appropriated money for higher education, Gov. Jay Nixon can withhold part of that money if the state’s revenues drop.

Rooney said if the state does not decrease the university’s appropriation, he anticipates the increase would be about equal to inflation.

“If we increase tuition by a rate equal to inflation, but the state doesn’t increase their support by inflation, we will lose ground,” he said. “However, if state funding is flat, we believe we can still balance the budget, but that will be more difficult if the state actually reduces our funding.”

But a state law passed in 2007 says public universities cannot raise tuition by more than the rate of inflation without a waiver from the state’s Department of Higher Education.

During last school year, the UM

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The Missouri Students Association created three new paid positions after Wednesday’s Senate vote allowed it to fund the positions from several existing budgets.

The reallocation of funds will create a position for an MUTV and KCOU media adviser, a parttime legal adviser for Student Legal Services and a part-time technology assistant for MSA and the Graduate Professional Council.

Funds will be pulled from four budgets: $13,500 from contingency and reserve, $3,000 from STRIPES rental fees, $2,000 from KCOU supplies and $2,000 from MSA Senate operating.

Representatives from KCOU, Student Legal Services and MSA expressed the need for these positions.

Student Legal Services coordinator Steve Concannon said he is overwhelmed by students using the service. He said he has even had to turn students away.

He also said that as a lawyer, he could only legally take on so many cases at once.

“It’s a choice between turning students away or losing my license,” he said.

The part-time legal advisor would help to lighten Concannon’s case load and allow for more students to be helped.

Farouk Aregbe, KCOU adviser and student government coordinator, said he hopes the media adviser position would help KCOU and

See NEW, page 6

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New Mark Twain Market hours to take effect next semester MICHELE ROBOTHAM-SMITH Staff Writer The Residential Life Master Plan continues as Mark Twain closes down at the end of this semester.

The RLMP addresses overdue maintenance needs on facilities and also incorporates enhancements of facilities in support of composed student living and learning initiatives.

According to the MU Residential Life website, modifications will include improvements for rooms and suites, as well as address building codes, replace central air conditioning, heating units, plumping pipes and fixtures. The update will also add a fire protection sprinkler system.

The website goes on to say Mark Twain Market, which was renovated in 2000, provides service to students living in McDavid Hall. While Mark Twain is closed, Mark Twain Market will remain open for the spring 2012 semester.

However, Mark Twain Market is also scheduled for renovations. There

will be a seating area expansion, updated refrigerated, frozen and dry storage, new receiving areas and a roof replacement.

Although Mark Twain Market will remain open for the convenience of the McDavid residents, there will be a reduction in the hours of operation.

“Residents of McDavid are lucky because Mark Twain Market will remain open next semester, which is really great because the only other dining halls are across campus,” McDavid resident Kelsey McMullen said. “The thing is, though, hours will be cut back and there will be a little less variety of food.”

Huckleberry Express, a small convenience store attached to Mark Twain Market, will be closed during the renovation.

“I think one of the biggest hits will be the loss of Huckleberry Express,” McMullen said. “I know a lot of McDavid residents who really took advantage of their late hours.”

The current operation hours for Mark Twain Market are 7:15 to 10

a.m. for breakfast, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and 4:30 to 7 p.m. for dinner Monday through Thursday.

Hours extend slightly on Fridays, with lunch from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

There is also a Mark Twain Market express service available from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the weekends.

For the spring semester, Mark Twain Market will not offer breakfast. It will be open for lunch Monday to Friday at 11 a.m. and close at 2 p.m. It will still open for dinner at 4:30 p.m. and close at 7 p.m, but only Monday through Thursday.

McMullen said the head staff members of Campus Dining Services met with the residents of McDavid with the residents’ needs as their main priority. The CDS members explained what is to be expected for the upcoming semester and were open to any solutions the residents could come up with to assist in a smooth transition to the new plan.

“We have worked closely with the students of McDavid to establish a plan,” CDS Marketing Manager

for Enrollment Ann Korschgen said in the release. “We know our graduates will continue their success from the classroom to the workplace and wherever life takes them.”

Actor Robert Loggia and writer William Trogdon, both MU alumni, will be speaking at the Honors Ceremony and receiving honorary degrees from university officials, said Paula Thies, assistant registrar at the Office of the University Registrar.

These degrees are awarded to individuals who are outstanding in their fields, she said. Previous recipi-

ents include congressmen, authors, writers, artists, engineers, comedians and public figures.

“There’s been a lot of diversity in the background of people that we have awarded these degrees to,” MU spokesman Christian Basi said.

An honorary degree committee makes a recommendation to the Chancellor Brady Deaton, who then chooses the recipients.

Thies said several other speakers will also be in attendance, as arranged by each college. Speakers include Mike Kruse of the Missouri

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Fred Wyss works at the grill at Mark Twain Market on Monday morning. Wyss has worked for Campus Dining Services for 14 years.

Michael Wuest said. “We will have options available to them and they are more than welcome to eat at any of the other CDS residential locations.”

The closest dining facilities for the residents of McDavid are Pavilion at Dobbs and Time Out.

“Mark Twain closes at the end of the semester and will be closed until Fall 2013,” Wuest said. “We will work once again with the residents of McDavid to establish what plan will work best. There are many options available, and we want to make sure we are providing adequate service.”

Department of Conservation at the School of Natural Resources commencement, Greg Garrison of the United States Operations at Pricewaterhouse Coopers at the School of Business commencement and Randy Cox of The Oregonian at the School of Journalism commencement.

“They pick people that are well renowned in their field to speak at their commencement ceremony,” Thies said.

Cox, a 1975 alumnus and the director of visual journalism at The

Oregonian, will speak about how his life in journalism has led him in different directions he found valuable.

“I think graduations are a very great time for those graduates to share a special moment with their family and friends,” Thies said. “We try to make it special here at the university.”

Of the 2,107 degrees received, there will be 1,473 bachelor’s degrees, 480 master’s degrees, 143 doctorates, three law degrees and eight educational specialist degrees, according to the news release.

December commencement to award more than 2,000 degrees AMANDA SVOBODA Staff Writer More than 2,100 degrees will be distributed to 1,969 students in the Hearnes Center and Jesse Auditorium beginning Dec. 16 during the annual fall commencement ceremonies, according to a news release.

Students completing undergraduate, graduate and professional studies will earn degrees.

“The University of Missouri is honored to have graduates who excel in every field of study,” Vice Provost

Residential Life, MSA look into installing more AEDs

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The Student Affairs committee within MSA is looking into the possibility of installing Automated External Defibrillators in more residence halls.

AEDs are used to treat life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, also known as sudden cardiac arrest. These devices give simple audio and visual instructions to the person administering the AED so they can use the electrical pads to stop the arrhythmia and allow the heart to establish a regular heartbeat.

There are AEDs in South, Hawthorn, Jones, Responsibility, Schurz, Wolpers and Mark Twain halls. The Schurz Hall AED will move to Lower Bingham Commons next semester, and the Mark Twain

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The AED in Schurz will move to Lower Bingham, and the one in Mark Twain will move to McDavid next semester. There is also an AED in the Residential Life Maintenance Center off campus.

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MU uses ZOLL AED Plus models, and each one costs approximately $1,200.

“In addition to simply purchasing this device, you need to think about the cost of insurance and maintenance of it as well,” Kates said. “Further, you’ll have to train those who will be using it, namely Stewart Rd the staff of each residence hall. All of these costs add up to a substantial sum.”

Most of the AEDs are placed in the basements near the elevaUniversity Heights tors, staff break rooms or laundry rooms to enable 24-hour access, Minor said. The only exceptions are Richmond Ave Hawthorn Hall, whose machine is in its lobby, and Schurz Hall, whose machine will soon be in Lower Bingham Commons.

AEDs have also never been used in the residence halls, Minor said.

“The first time we useStadium them, Blvd there will be a lot of evaluation going on,” he said. “Did the people know where (the AEDs) were? Did they use them effectively? Was it our staff or was it a total stranger that used it?”

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Hall AED will move to McDavid Hall when Mark Twain Hall closes.

There is also one in the Residential Life Maintenance Center and one in the Defoe-Graham office area.

Director of Residential Life Frankie Minor said the placement of the AEDs was based on student numbers in the residence halls.

“The identification of the halls was based on density of students in the area and the best, centralized location for the group of residence halls that will be accessing the AED,” Minor said.

Student Affairs vice-chairwoman Claire Kates said she has always been concerned that there is not an AED in every building on campus.

“Now, there is one in every complex of buildings, so there is one near each hall,” she said. “However, if a student is in need of an AED and they live in College Avenue, the nearest AED is located in Schurz’s basement. If you are in an emergency situation, every minute counts.”

Kates is spearheading this issue and said the reason the AEDs are so sparse on campus is the cost, care and training that accompanies the medical tool.

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Minor said. But the organization is in the early stages of planning these additions, so the numbers and locations might change.

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Two teenagers were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of robbery.

A male victim called police at 2:07 p.m. and said two young males near the Walmart close to 3301 West Broadway had mugged him.

The victim had intended to sell the teens some property, but he was violently assaulted and sent to the hospital with injuries to his eye, jaw and head, according to CPD spokeswoman Latisha Stroer.

With assistance from the Detective and Street Crime units, two suspects were captured and the stolen property was recovered.

Dakota Schalk, 17, and Ethan Futhey, 17, were arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault and second-degree robbery..

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TEEN ARRESTED TUESDAY ON CHARGES OF RAPE A minor was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree statutory rape.

At 7:40 p.m. a complainant notified officers that she had found

3. CPD OFFICERS ARREST FIVE MU STUDENTS ON DRINKING CHARGES Five MU students were arrested early Wednesday morning on charges of underage drinking.

An officer conducting an open business check at 12:11 a.m. at 10 Nifong Blvd. witnessed a number of subjects with alcohol who appeared underage.

Elizabeth Baker, 20, Julia Fabick, 18, Hallie Roach, 18, Holly Smothers, 18, and John Sinclair, 20, were contacted by the officer and arrested on suspicion of purchase or possession of alcohol by minors.

4. FIGHT OVER EX-GIRLFRIEND LEADS TO ARREST An MU freshman was arrested Wednesday night after MUPD officers responded to a fight over an ex-girlfriend.

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Jordan Light, 17, naked from the waist down in a bedroom closet with her 13-year-old granddaughter on the 3600 block of Woods Edge Road.

The juvenile victim said she and Light have had intercourse approximately 18 times since early November, including intercourse Tuesday.

Light implicated himself in the incident, according to a police report.

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people, and one had started seeing the other's ex-girlfriend," MU Police Department Capt. Brian Weimer said. "One individual punched the other in the face, knocking him on the ground and then tried to kick him. Two people had to pull them apart."

Weimer said both sustained minor injuries after the altercation, which took place near the MU Student Center at 4:30 p.m., according to MUPD records.

Gregory Altoonian, 19, was arrested on suspicion of assault by attempting to cause physical injury to another.

5. MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL THURSDAY MORNING A 27-year-old man was arrested early Thursday morning on suspicion of second-degree statutory rape.

At 12:30 a.m. an officer was patrolling Cosmo Park, near 1615 Business Loop 70 West. He observed a running vehicle without its headlights on and made contact with its occupants.

The owner of the vehicle, Jared Woolfolk, was wearing only a pair of pants and a completely naked

15-year-old girl was in the vehicle with him. Woolfolk implicated himself in the incident, and was arrested on suspicion of seconddegree statutory rape.

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MSA expresses support for new Microsoft student option proposal ELISE MOSER Staff Writer The Missouri Students Association Senate voted in support at its meeting Wednesday for a deal with Microsoft that would allow students to pay a one-time $100 fee and receive software updates throughout their time at MU. “Microsoft came and talked about the possibility of making Microsoft products more available to students as they’re released,” Director of Desktop Technologies Kevin Bailey said.

The deal would give students access to the latest versions of Microsoft software such as Microsoft Office or new Microsoft operating systems, which range in price from $75 to more than $100.

“It’s pretty visible the amount of money students will save with this,” MSA Senate Speaker Jacob Sloan said.

MSA’s support for this program was the first step to making it happen at MU. “(The Division of Information Technology) said they weren’t willing to go ahead unless MSA said they were able to support it as well,” Sloan said.

Bailey said the program would also allow for Microsoft software to

be downloaded directly.

“This way you would pay $100 and get all of that stuff downloaded to your laptop,” he said.

When the program begins, incoming freshmen would be the only students who will pay the $100 fee. As part of the phasing-in process, seniors would pay $25, juniors would pay $50 and sophomores would pay $75.

Sloan said he was not concerned that MU’s Apple-loyal student body would affect the productiveness of the program.

“The Apple-heavy side of Missouri might be a valid point,” he said. “But I know that Microsoft Office is still very expensive.”

In order for the program to be self-funded, 4,159 students would need to sign up each year, according to the proposal sent by the DoIT. “I could see where the Apple students wouldn’t be as interested in pursuing this but I’m sure there are more than 4,000 students who come to this campus with a PC,” he said. “I think that number would be easy to reach and there would be some overlap for Mac students as well.”

If DoIT fails to reach its target number, it would request funds to make up the difference, Bailey said.

The proposal for MU is unique in that students have the

Students try to avoid illness as semester ends Upper respiratory infections are common during December, Hoelscher said.

SAVANNAH KANNBERG Staff Writer Lectures, labs and discussions are alive with the sound of echoing coughs. It is a sign: Cold weather has officially arrived, bringing with it cold and flu symptoms to Columbia.

Amanda Findall, a pharmacist at the Walgreens on East Broadway, said she has noticed more people coming in to the 24-hour pharmacy.

Many are buying over-thecounter medicines to fight off their symptoms. “(It is) a lot of the combination cold and flu medicines, like DayQuil and NyQuil,” Findall said.

In the University Physicians Medical Building’s pharmacy, more patients have been coming in for cold-type medicines, MU Health System spokesman Jeff Hoelscher said.

“It’s been a gradual increase (in cold-weather illnesses) over the past month, as the weather turns cooler,” Hoelscher said. “(Mostly) these are upper respiratory infections, which are consistent with what we see every year.”

For those who are feeling ill, the Student Health Center is an option with hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Influenza, unlike other winter-related illnesses, can’t be vanquish by antibiotics,

Hoelscher said.

“There isn’t medication for it,” he said. “It has to run its course.”

Susan Even, a family medicine physician and executive director of the Student Health Center, said influenza usually peaks around December or January.

“We have not had any positive influenza tests yet,” Even said.

Even said most patients come to the Student Health Center with variations of upper respiratory infections such as colds or bronchitis.

“Winter and winter viruses mean that people are inside and in enclosed environments more frequently, so (infections) spread rapidly,” she said.

For the common cold, which is easily passed around in close quarters, there are non-prescription medicines to reduce the symptoms, said Beth Stubbs, a pharmacist at Kilgore’s Medical Pharmacy. “(Students) should avoid anything with histamines because they make you drowsy,” Stubbs said. “It’s real common in cough and cold medicines.”

As finals week approaches and fall semester ends, waiting to feel better is not an option for many students who need to study.

Even said this time of year especially, drinking healthy fluids and hand washing as much as possible can help prevent an illness.

“If (students) have a choice between cramming for an extra hour and going to bed, they should go to bed,” she said.

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Director of Desktop Technologies Kevin Bailey spoke Wednesday night before MSA Senate explaining a new Microsoft software program purposed for MU students. MSA passed a resolution in support of the program, which updates student software during the student’s time at MU.

option to participate.

“Other universities have bumped up student fees to do this deal,” Sloan said.

He said according to DoIT, a fee

increase would not be ideal for MU. The DoIT proposal cited other schools participating in the student option, including Duke University, Iowa State University, University of

Minnesota, University of Kentucky, Vanderbilt and the University of Indiana. The Missouri University of Science and Technology is also exploring the proposal.

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“It was a mutual decision that it was time to take a break and we would come back.”

The national organization and the Office of Greek Life have been working together since the spring to bring the organization back to MU this fall.

“More than anything, we’re really excited to be at the University of Missouri,” Fischette said. “We’re really proud of the Greek community, the campus community and the Columbia community. Everyone has just been so welcoming. That’s something we as a fraternity are extremely grateful for.”

Fischette and Alpha Tau Omega Leadership Consultant William Filmore extended bids to the 56 founding fathers.

Since the national representatives have left, Kuehn has employed networking as the biggest recruitment tactic, using recommendations of brothers and hosting dinners to find potential members. Members of the colony must approve Kuehn’s recommendation before the colony formally extends a bid to any potential member.

“We’re looking for men who want to leave an impact on campus,” Fischette said. “The letters represent a set of values, morals and high standards (members) choose to live by. It’s a decision you make every day, to be in ATO and hold yourself to a higher standard.”

Kuehn said though three of the founding fathers have deactivated, Alpha Tau Omega has had no problem recruiting four more members after colonization.

“We immediately picked up four new members,” Kuehn said. “That’s the remarkable thing about it. People are interested in it.”

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Missouri's Alpha Tau Omega colony largest in country Staff writer Since its colonization Sept. 23, Alpha Tau Omega has accepted 57 men, making MU’s colony the largest in the organization’s recent history.

Because Alpha Tau Omega has not been on campus since the end of the spring 2008 semester, the group is considered a colony and must complete requirements set by the national organization and the Office of Greek Life before being recognized as a chapter.

The University of Nevada at Reno’s organization, which colonized a few weeks after MU’s, was previously the largest colony with 62 members. Ten members deactivated after colonization, lowering the colony’s size to 52 and making MU’s colony the largest.

Alpha Tau Omega leadership consultant Jordan Fischette informed members of the news when he visited MU and posted the announcement on his website Tuesday.

“It’s a big accomplishment for us to have a strong colony at the University of Missouri, with such a revered Greek community,” Fischette said.

Alpha Tau Omega Recruitment Chairman Kevin Kuehn said the colony knew its numbers were high compared to other colonies.

Alpha Tau Omega left campus four years ago after being investigated

by MU officials. Two years earlier, the chapter caused nearly $10,000 in damages to Lakeside Resort in the Ozarks, according to a previous Maneater article.

“The members lost sight of what it meant to be in ATO and were not performing at the level we expect them to perform at,” Fischette said.

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MU’s chapter of Alpha Tau Omega is the largest in the world.

They have 57 members The University of Nevada at Reno’s organization was the largest chapter at 62 members but lost 10 of its members.

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The national organization said the colony could recruit a maximum of 60 members this semester. Alpha Tau Omega plans to add between 10 and 15 new members in the spring semester and will recruit more freshmen next fall using the same methods they used this year, Hayes said.

The colony has surpassed Alpha Tau Omega’s 45-member requirement for becoming a chapter. MU’s colony must also complete a profile of every member, earn community service hours, choose a local philanthropic cause and host member retreats before submitting a petition and recommendations for chartering.

Missouri’s Alpha Tau Omega expects to become a chapter once more Sept. 23, 2012, exactly one year after its colonization.

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System had to apply for a waiver to increase tuition more than inflation due to state-level cuts for higher education.

In a Nov. 16 news release, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that the consumer price index had risen about 3.5 percent over the previous 12 months. The CPI tracks how fast prices for certain items are rising across the entire country.

That means schools in the UM System could be able to raise tuition by more than the placeholder figure that Rooney gave without getting a waiver from the state, but the final percentage figure will be unknown until next year because it has to account for changes in the economy during December.

Missouri Department of Higher Education spokeswoman Kathy Love said Thursday that the process would likely start with the department’s commissioner, David Russell, sending a letter to MU officials telling them what the change in the rate of inflation is and how much they can increase tuition without being penalized under the law or having to apply for another waiver from the state.

“We probably won’t act until it

is official,” she said. “Affordability (of college) for families is, of course, one of our primary concerns.”

If the amounts were to increase by 3.5 percent to the inflation figure from the BLS, students paying in-state tuition would pay about $270.76 per credit hour. That would be an increase of about $9 per credit hour from the current tuition rate.

Out-of-state students would pay about $712.18 per credit hour, an increase of about $24.

But that tuition figure does not take into account course fees or other fees the school charges. The 2007 law does not limit how much MU could raise those fees to close shortfalls.

If a university increases tuition more than the rate of inflation without permission in the form of a waiver, the school would have to give back a portion of its state funding.

Rooney previously called the 3 percent figure a placeholder for inflation.

Love said though getting a waiver allows a school to raise tuition by more than the rate of inflation, it doesn’t skirt the law’s intent of keeping college costs down because the process still forces schools to justify the increased costs.

“It’s not really getting around the law,” she said. “They have to go through a lengthy process to be able to increase tuition more than inflation.”

Although the law was passed in 2007, the UM System schools were among the first institutions to apply for a waiver earlier this year when they sought to increase tuition by 5.5 percent for the 2011-12 school year.

Inflation for the previous year had been about 1.5 percent.

The state granted the UM System schools a waiver and allowed it to increase tuition. A statement from Russell’s office said the decision was based on the fact that MU’s tuition increases during the previous three years had together been only slightly higher than the change in inflation.

It praised the UM System for its plan to put 20 percent of the increase in revenue from tuition toward student financial aid.

The statement also noted that the UM System’s funding had been cut by about 12.2 percent, a figure much higher than either the rate of inflation or the university’s tuition increases.

It said the relatively low increases in tuition and the high level of state funding cuts represented extraordinary historical circumstances.

RHA: Fourth step in plan has yet to be announced Continued from page 1 of money sitting, unused and rolling over many semesters. Congress decided the money could be better used elsewhere and proposed a reallocation of the funds, Rucker said.

“Now, we’re watching (student government spending) constantly,” he said.

Although there are no definite plans yet for the extra money RHA will receive next fall, Rucker said it will allow for more events, activities and services for students on campus.

“We want to get that fee used well, so a lot of it is going to go back into ResLife and services,” he said.

This reallocation is the third step in a four-part “financial responsibility” plan for RHA. Part one includes the finance coordinator adding “financial responsibility” to RHA job duties. Part two is adding financial responsibili-

ties to the master treasurer position, including monthly reports. And part four, which is coming soon, has not been announced yet.

“This is the first time that I’m aware of that we’ve changed the allocation,” Rucker said.

Because approximately 6,900 students live in the residence halls, RHA can expect to receive almost $9,000 more each semester from the social fee portion of its budget. This totals close to $39,000 per semester in the RHA Congress budget, Rucker said.

With these new funds the organization wants to look into more services to residents, such as starting an online movie streaming service for students in residence halls, RHA Financial Coordinator Connor Wangler said.

Not everyone was keen on the changes, though. RHA representatives who spoke to their floor governments said there was some resistance to the

reallocation legislation.

“Overall, everyone understood why we were doing it,” Wangler said.

“But RHA has funding requests that anyone can apply for.”

Kasey Devine is a member of RHA Congress and Rollins Group Council.

He helped write the social fee legislation.

“There was almost $30,000 worth of rollover from last year,” he said.

“And about 78 percent of that came from floor governments.”

Devine cited “financial responsibility” as the main impetus for rearranging the money distribution.

“The numbers don’t lie,” he said.

“They weren’t being financially responsible.”

Because RHA is larger, it could do more things with more money, Devine said.

“It’s not fair to pay a certain amount of money to the university when no one ever uses it,” he said.

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MUTV become more self-sustaining.

“While (KCOU and MUTV) have the ability to fundraise, unlike The Maneater, they don’t have history of doing so,” he said.

Aregbe’s current position puts him in charge of the business side of things at MUTV and KCOU. He does not have much experience with broadcast journalism, and the new media adviser could help fill that void. The new position would also allow him to work on fundraising for the radio station.

“KCOU has quite an alumni base and I haven’t had the time to really sit down and do development for them,” he said.

The final position would supple-

ment the work done by the MSA/ GPC Technical Director Sarah Stone.

Stone is working with interns to help her with her work on MSA-run shows and productions, as well as productions other organizations are putting on.

“She has stage crews (made up of students) but the problem that we’re running into is they can only work a certain number of hours,” MSA Senate Speaker Jacob Sloan said.

The new position would allow for an assistant to Stone to help with technology set-up at various event on campus, particularly smaller ones during the school week.

Sloan also said MSA provides technology services to other campus organizations that are often cheaper than other options.

MSA FUND REALLOCATION Funds will be reallocated to fund new positions.

Funds will be pulled from four budgets:

Amount

$13,500 $3,000 $2,000 $2,000

Budget contingency and reserve STRIPES rental fees KCOU supplies MSA Senate operating

Source: MSA MEGAN HAGER | GRAPHIC DESIGNER

“(By adding this position it could) help offset more costs for students, not only MSA events but other events on campus,” he said.

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OUTLOOK ON CAMPUS, AROUND THE NATION A collection of top stories from student newspapers across the nation

African Library Project leaders begin book donation PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — Many countries in Africa have low literacy rates, but now Penn State students have the opportunity to help change that statistic.

Penn State’s African Library Project leaders, like President Michael Gottfried, are encouraging students to donate books that will be shipped to schools and villages in Africa to be used to open libraries.

During his freshman year, Gottfried collected 10,221 books in his hometown in New Jersey for the national African Library Project. The next year, he collected 4,394 books.

Gottfried said the club collects children’s books from kindergarten through the 8th grade level to encourage reading at a young age.

Treasurer Amanda Eshbaugh said it requires 1,000 books to start a library and $500 for its shipping cost.

The group’s goal is to collect at least 12,000 books and raise $6,000, Eshbaugh said.

The books will be shipped to Ghana, Swaziland, Botswana and Malawi, a few African countries partnered with the African Library Project, Eshbaugh said.

—The Daily Collegian

By Donghee Lee

Bodies react to finals stress, director suggests ways to cope UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE — The week of non-stop exams, papers and presentations known as finals is enough to make even the most level-headed student feel a bit on edge. According to Catherine DeCleene, director of Women’s Health at Saint Mary’s College, stress is the body’s natural response to these psychological demands.

“When our bodies and minds deal with stress on a constant basis, it starts taking a toll, both physically and mentally,” she said.

DeCleene said stress is a normal part of life that can sometimes have benefits.

“At its best, stress provides us with the means to express our talent and energy to pursue those things we want,” she said. “It can compel us to action and focus our intentions.”

DeCleene said unrelated stress-inducing events can compound the effects.

“Make sure you have some fun to break up the work,” she said.

—The Observer

By Anna Boarini

Sugary drinks may hurt women UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA — Popular sugary drinks could have harmful long-term implications for women, including heart disease and a high risk for diabetes, according to a study by an OU professor.

OU public health professor Christina Shay was the lead author on a study presented to the American Heart Association conference in November. In the study, she found women who drink more than two sugary drinks a day have more health complications.

“There were two things we saw: an increased risk of high triglycerides in the blood and a high risk of prediabetes, which is one step before diabetes,” Shay said.

“This was only in the women and only in those that drank two or more sugary drinks a day.”

About 25 million people in the U.S. have diabetes and about two million more are diagnosed every year, according to the National Diabetes Association.

This study was part of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and surveyed more than 4,000 men and women and asked if they consumed more than two sugary drinks, classified as soda, sweetened-mineral water and non-alcoholic beer, Shay said.

—The Oklahoma Daily

By Kathleen Evans — compiled by Caroline Bauman

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Columbia sees about 200 car accidents due to snow

There were 13 accidents involving injuries Tuesday morning.

DANI KASS Staff Writer

Columbia’s Public Works Department was prepared for Tuesday’s snow, but no one expected the roads to become as dangerous as they did, Columbia spokeswoman Jill Stedem said.

According to a Columbia Po l i c e Department news release, 199 car accidents were reported in Boone County between midnight and NAVEEN MAHADEVAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Cars slowly drive down Elm Street in Columbia near the Columbia Missourian. There were 199 Of the 112 accidents vehicle accidents Tuesday morning as a result of the slick roads.

CPD responded to, one rollover and 13 accidents The Missouri Department of with injuries occurred, according to Transportation is responsible for state the news release. There were no fataliroads, including Providence Road and ties.

Car accidents between midnight and 1:30 p.m.

Stadium Boulevard.

Tuesday: “The problem happened with Stedem said Public Works is still the snow hitting the warm ground,” 199 total accidents reported Stedem said. “Once it hit, it froze. keeping an eye on the roads.

That’s what caused the problems.”

“We always watch for refreezing 13 injury accidents There were no accidents with and slick spots,” she said. “While the 1 rollover accidents Columbia Transit buses, Stedem said. temperatures remain cold, there is a Joint Communications and Public potential for refreezing, and we will Works worked closely to make sure watch that to make sure the roads are emergency vehicles could get where taken care of. For now our crews are they needed, she said. pretty much done.”

Stedem said a partial crew of snowFor future snowstorms, Stedem plows started clearing roads at 5 a.m. advised drivers not to follow snowTuesday, and shortly after all 22 snowplows too quickly, and CPD added plows were out, the crew began putSource: Columbia Police Department ting down salt on the roads. Public that drivers should leave for their desWorks covered 500 miles of city roads. tination early and be patient.

MEGAN HAGER | GRAPHIC DESIGNER

SNOW BRINGS

CAR ACCIDENTS

Kansas City police officers join Columbia in attempts to reduce racial bias Training for Columbia Police Department officers started this Thursday.

KAY YEUNG Staff Writer At Bias-free Columbia Coalition’s fourth meeting Wednesday, two Kansas City Police Department officers shared their experience and their approaches to remedy the consequences of racial bias in community policing.

The two officers, Jack Colwell, recently retired, and Sgt. Charles “Chip” Huth, who has been a police officer for 28 years, said their training program reflected the philosophy in their book, “Unleashing the Power of Unconditional Respect: Transforming Law Enforcement and Police Training.”

The Kansas City officers said they started training their staff of supervisors Thursday at the Columbia Police Department, CPD Chief Ken Burton said.

“I think the philosophy is the future of American policing,” Burton said.

Since the 11th Annual Report on Vehicle Stops from Attorney General Chris Koster showed that CPD officers stop black drivers three times more than they stop Caucasians, Burton has been working with Don Love, chairman of the Missouri Association for Social Welfare, to reduce racial bias in the community.

The two officers said their core value is revolutionizing police training and teaching every officer to treat people in the community with respect without exception, which they call unconditional positive respect.

The officers said professional officers should require personnel to see all people as people, bring in integrity, buttress it by courage and express compassion toward all people. Huth said police officers got complaints not because of what they were doing, but how they approached it.

Huth introduced their successful experiment in the west side community of Kansas City, which was named a national model. The west side is a predominantly Hispanic area where undocumented workers and criminals

were constantly causing a lot of problems, he said. There were police cars on every block of the streets.

“We have tried everything in the police tricks book, and nothing is working,” Colwell said. “I was a sense of hopeless.”

Colwell said one day, an officer came back and looked at the guy he had arrested three times because of urinating in public and said something needed to change. The officer let people come to their building to drink coffee and use the restroom. It works, Colwell said. The two officers said this area now has essentially no crime in the neighborhood, and people have started to report crimes to the local police.

“When I gain trust from you as a public servant, you are more likely to get on board to help me in our mission of preventing crimes and providing security,” Colwell said. “What it did was just like a click of the mechanism, and all of a sudden, it started turning around significantly.”

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Columbia challenges residents to avoid fire related incidents Cait CampBEll Staff Writer The Columbia Fire Department is displaying a wreath at the downtown fire station as part of the annual fire service tradition of Operation Red Wreath.

According to a news release, Columbia residents will be challenged through the beginning of January to avoid fires that involve holiday-related activities. The wreath will be adorned with red lights, and if a holiday fire occurs, a bulb will be changed from red to white.

“The purpose of this campaign is to remind everyone that the happiness of the holiday season can be forever changed in an instant by fire,” the news release stated. “Common sense and awareness of fire threats can help to keep the wreath red.”

According to the news release, holiday fires can happen for a number of reasons. Unattended cooking, open flames such as candles, discarded smoking materials, natural Christmas trees, electrical cords and decorative lights increase the risk of fire during the holiday season. The risk of destructive fires can be decreased with the use of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms.

“In the event you’re still searching for that gift for someone on your list, consider the gift of life by giving a smoke detector and carbon monoxide alarm,” the release stated.

Clayton Hotze/Staff PHotograPHer

a wreath lit with red lights stands outside of Columbia fire Station no. 1 in honor of operation red Wreath. operation red Wreath’s goal is to keep Columbia fire free from Dec. 1 to Jan. 2.

Delivery driving safer in MU community reacts to Columbia than most of US gender identity bill addition Emmy Boyd Staff Writer When junior Meghan McLendon took a job as a delivery girl at Pizza Hut, she didn’t think there was a lot to worry about.

But according to recent statistics, delivery driver is one of the most dangerous occupations a person in the United States can have.

“For the most part, I do feel safe when I make deliveries,” she said.

“I just try to keep the mindset that people aren’t always out to get me.

However, I do take extra precautions like locking my doors as soon as I get into my car and keeping mace and a stun gun in my cup holder.”

According to a 2010 study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, driver/sales workers, which include delivery drivers, is the No. 8 most dangerous job in the U.S. — two spots above police and sheriff ’s patrol officers. More than 600 delivery drivers were killed in 2010, compared to 133 police officers.

But for Columbia delivery drivers, the statistics don’t necessarily match up.

“I didn’t think I had to worry about stuff like that in Columbia,” McLendon said. “I’d expect that to be in a ‘Law and Order’ TV episode or happen in New York, but not here.”

Corey Rimmel, owner of Hot Box Cookies, said he has never had a problem with a delivery driver being robbed.

“I don’t require any special training for my employees (to

help prevent a robbery),” he said.

“I try to make sure my employees don’t carry too much cash on them though, so if they were robbed (the company) wouldn’t lose too much money.”

The most recent of these robberies in Columbia was in late August when, according to a previous Maneater article, a sub shop delivery driver was threatened with a baseball bat.

“I know that there were several attacks last year when some Domino’s drivers got mugged,” McLendon said. “On my first day of work, one of the drivers told me about the muggings.”

Although there have not been many reported situations concerning delivery drivers, and the chances of being robbed in Columbia are relatively low, McLendon said she has had some pretty close calls and always makes sure she is protecting herself when at work.

“The scariest moment yet was when I was in South Trailer Park and I couldn’t find the woman’s lot number,” McLendon said. “I called her three times and she didn’t answer her phone. I made a second lap (around the block) and accidentally shined my bright lights at a group of guys. It looked like I startled them.”

On her third lap around the block, the men started to walk toward her car.

“They could have been super nice people trying to help, but I wasn’t taking any chances,” she said. “That was the only delivery I didn’t make.”

Sam RouRkE Staff Writer Columbia City Council’s unanimous vote Monday to add gender identity to the list of categories protected against discrimination was historic, PROMO Executive Director A.J. Bockelman said.

PROMO is an organization that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality within Missouri.

“Nearly 10 years ago, this same vote was defeated,” Bockelman said in an email. “It is an awareness that times have changed.”

PROMO members met with Mayor Bob McDavid and requested that gender identity be added to the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance according to documents provided with Council minutes. McDavid then requested that a bill be drafted, which was then passed by the Council.

“It is a really exciting step the City Council took to show inclusion of all students,” LGBTQ Resource Center Coordinator Struby Struble said.

Graduate student Garrett Hoffman, a transgender male, saw the vote as something long overdue rather than something to celebrate.

“I think this means that our city has finally made it to a place we should have been at years ago,” Hoffman said in an email. “This gives me a right I, and all humans, should have from the beginning. This vote means we finally caught up.”

Struble said the unanimous vote shows that the council truly cares about its residents, and it is a con-

tinuation of the council’s history of listening to residents and responding responsibly.

“This was a big move to hopefully have our culture follow the policy of equality for everyone,” Struble said.

Bockelman said the unanimous vote showed that by and large, tolerance for discrimination against the LGBT community is beginning to wane in the United States.

“All members of the community who feel gender variance now know they have equal protection under the law,” Struble said. “If discrimination continues to occur there is now legal recourse.”

Hoffman said though he feels supported by his work community, the bill provides peace of mind for him.

“I remember when I moved to Columbia, got my job and leased my apartment there was always the thought in the back of my head that reminded me, ‘I can get fired and lose my house one day just because of who I am and there’s nothing I would be able to do about it,’” Hoffman said.

Struble said harassment within the transgender community occurs frequently. She cited bullying and harassment around campus, as well as the employment and housing discrimination the bill prohibits as common examples.

“While society and culture have become much more accepting of sexual orientation minorities, people who transgress standard gender boundaries are not yet as accepted,” Struble said.

Hoffman said he has not experienced any discrimination with hous-

ing or employment but that he faces discrimination from the bathroom and locker room situations on campus. He said there is only one genderneutral bathroom in the building where his office is located and none in many buildings on campus.

Hoffman said an even bigger challenge he faces is not being able to change or shower in the Student Recreation Complex because he is often uncomfortable with using men’s bathrooms, which stems from past experiences and the fact that there are no gender-neutral facilities.

“I’m afraid that if somebody finds out that my gender on my id (sic) says female, that I could get assaulted or arrested,” Hoffman said.

Bockelman said he thinks discrimination is a reality but these types of bills are still important.

“I will not be naive and say we can wipe out all discrimination,” Bockelman said. “However, passage of municipal and state level laws can send a strong message — ‘We don’t condone discrimination and we value all members of our greater community.’”

The bill already protected a host of other categories from discrimination.

“To encourage fair treatment for all persons regardless of age as it relates to employment, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, handicap, sexual orientation, gender identity or familial status as it relates to housing,” the bill now states.

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MU needs official gender identity protection, now Columbia City Council unanimously voted Monday to add gender identity to a list of categories protected from discrimination.

We unanimously applaud City Council.

We also ask, what took so long?

Protection of gender identity has been a relevant issue for years now throughout the rest of the country. Numerous state governments and universities throughout the country already have legislation in place, but Missouri is just catching up.

Although the City of Columbia has finally made it official, our university and the state government of Missouri have yet to reach this necessary milestone.

If our campus is planning to implement gender-neutral housing next year, it should push for official anti-discrimination protection of gender identity in the M-Book with the same tenacity.

As a university full of young, open-minded students we’re surprised the city of Columbia beat us to it. Although it didn’t pass, the city voted on it 10 years ago, and we have yet to take similar action, though discussion about including the protection clause has taken place. We do also recognize that we students do not have the final say — the UM System Board of Curators does, and it will have to pass the measure for the entire UM system.

Now is the time. We urge MSA to push with full force to ensure that this measure fights its way through all of the bureaucracy to the board.

This protection would officially give many students a right for all humanity, a right they should have officially had years ago.

Residential Life to bring more AEDs to campus Student health is one of the most important concerns to our student body right?

We think so. No, we know so.

Which is why we’re happy to hear Residential Life is planning to buy three automated external defibrillators for University apartments like Manor House, University Village and University Heights, and the Missouri Students Association Student Affairs committee is exploring the possibility of installing AEDs in more residence halls.

AEDs are medical devices used to treat life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, or sudden cardiac arrest. The device gives audio and visual instructions to the individual administering it to allow for the correct use of electrical pads to stop arrhythmia and return the heart to a regular heartbeat.

The problem is, MSA mentioned the possibility of buying more AEDs last year but never did put it to action. Additionally, there is now an AED in each residence hall complex, but that only equates to 7 out of the 25 buildings. If the numbers don’t strike a chord, think of it this way: A student who suffers cardiac arrest on the 4th floor of College Avenue Hall will have to wait for someone to sprint to Schurz Hall and back to receive treatment from an AED. The gap from McDavid Hall, which doesn’t have an AED, to Mark Twain, which does, is even larger.

According to the American Heart Association, cardiac arrest can lead to death within a few minutes. This is a potential fatality, and a potential lawsuit, waiting to happen.

We’re surprised that we don’t have an AED in every building. When we look at the cost, $1,200 for each AED, meaning $21,600 for an AED in every residence hall, our surprise wears off rather quickly, but not completely.

Although it’s costly, we’d hope that the price of student health is worth it, especially when we consider the Residence Halls Association recently had a rollover of almost $30,000 from last year. With that kind of money, the cost of installing AEDs in almost every building and taking a giant leap toward preparation against health emergencies is easily covered.

It doesn’t even have to be that drastic. With that amount of rollover, and an expected boost in the RHA Congressional budget of $9,000 more per semester from an increase in the social fee portion the RHA budget, we could set up a cost-effective, long term plan to install an AED in every building, even if the plan calls for an AED purchase every two years.

Although we thankfully haven’t had to use an AED at all in recent years, this is a matter that should have been addressed years ago, and not exclusively by the MSA Student Affairs committee, considering RHA looks after the students who live on campus. Sure, the fact we haven’t had to use an AED in the past is comforting, but try comforting the student who lost a friend to cardiac arrest because an AED wasn’t readily available.

AEDs are an important option to preventing fatalities from cardiac arrest; not everyone is trained in CPR. If student health were a more important issue, we would have ensured an AED was installed after each completion of a new building. We know RHA has other projects in motion but if RHA can seriously consider putting money toward the implementation of an online movie streaming service for students in residence halls, it can definitely put money down to protect students’ health.

After all, better safe than sorry.

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STUDENT ISSUES

An issue finally recognized: The white man’s burden

Alex Basak It’s about to be 2012 and the world is going to shit. Did the Mayans get it right? With the predicted end of the world just 377 days away, maybe all you’ve noticed is an increase in sign-holding-”you’re doomed”-screamers outside your subway stop. I’m not saying the world is going to end or even be marginally disrupted in the near future, but with such a focus on the negative lately, it’s not as far-fetched as it seemed when I learned about it seven years ago.

In what you could call a snapshot of the real lows that humanity can hit, 32 people were killed and 25 were injured in a massacre on the Virginia Tech campus in 2007. Now, in so short a time that the first incident is still considered a touchy subject, a police officer was murdered and another body (believed to be the shooter) was found in a parking garage on the very same campus. Call it finals stress or depression. Call it whatever you want, but things like that are scary. And it seems that things like that didn’t happen so often before.

On the international level, Arab nations have seen violent uprisings across the board. Revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia and civil war in Libya this past year led to overthrown governments. Of the three leaders of these countries, one was charged for killing protesters, one fled the country and one was killed, respectively. The Syrian government met protests with immediate violence, arresting and torturing children for writing anti-government graffiti messages. Other nations in the Middle East and North Africa have seen massive protests, many leading to governmental change and re-structuring.

Here in the States, we have our own little uprising.

Occupy Wall Street must be doing something right; they’ve made it into more than one of my columns. Where most of our world has a strong focus on leaders and leadership, OWS has remained a leaderless movement and to date is still going strong. I’m not saying they couldn’t be doing better. They’ve had to move and re-arrange protests and other activities such as sleeping due to government intervention. But for a huge, nationwide blob that has no distinct direction or single spokesperson, the movement is doing very well. This is size-wise only, though. Two out of seven of the people I asked were able to tell me a goal of the movement or a purpose.

We – the United States, that is– owe China a lot of money. And not a lot like they bought us Panera as opposed to McDonald’s. I’m talking $1.2 trillion dollars. To put that in perspective, that would be 6,000 Lamborghini Gallardos (a $200,000 car).

We’re starting to legislate much like China, too. A country notorious for Internet censorship, China has long been a leader in having free reign over what the population does and does not see. The recent Stop Internet Piracy Act might give the United States that same dangerous option to shut down websites under incredibly general guidelines.

So there are a few examples. According to Discovery News, this whole Mayan 2012 thing could be 60 days off in either direction. They also said that it’s probably completely wrong. But it’s a reason to take a step back and see what’s going on around you. The news is always on, and like your friend telling you about his girlfriend problems, it’s easy to tune out. We all get caught up in our own worlds, and understandably so. But with events happening all around the globe that could very soon end up right in your world, it doesn’t hurt to look around.

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Sheela Lal As some of you might have noticed, this is my final column of the semester. Fewer of you might have assumed that with this final column, I will take the opportunity to throw some people, organizations, departments, styles, weather, crowds, anything really, under the metaphorical bus.

Alas, you will be disappointed.

I don’t think it’s a deviation from the norm, though.

In my (unintentional) pursuit to anger everyone on campus, there is one group I did not get the chance to discuss. In fact, I completely neglected them and their needs this semester, and for that, I dedicate an entire column to them.

Who is this underrepresented demographic in the media?

Well of course, the white, straight, cis-male student, or WSCM for short. Collectively, we might not recognize their struggle, but it’s just as real as the ones endured by minority students.

The first I should address is racism. Many WSCM might feel uncomfortable going to minorityoriented events. I can understand why. We are in a post-racial world, so it becomes counter-productive

to discuss race. I mean, we elected a half-black president, so it’s pretty obvious race isn’t a social issue anymore, right?

It’s a sigh of relief to live in a post-racial world; the main perk is not constantly being called a racist.

My second concern is wardrobe and hair. It may just be my perception, but a majority of the majority seems to have the same three department stores and hairstyles sponsoring their closets and heads. I would like to applaud them for their feminism; when everyone expresses the same style out of their own agency, it promotes equality and a fashion safe space. LOVE IT. Here’s my recognition of the WSCM’s vision of feminism and equality.

I know I can’t talk about WSCMs without talking about working out. I’ve been visiting the Rec more often, mainly because I date a WSCM and he enjoys working out, so I decided to give it a go and give us something more to talk about. Anyway, one concern a WSCM might have with the Rec is the lack of free weights and machines. How are they going to maintain their swoll bodies without free weights exceeding 40 kgs?

How are they going to continue monopolizing the machines when more women and men of color encroach on their territory? And the HOURS! How can they get more hours of workout time in when the Rec closes at the unrea-

sonable hour of 11 p.m.? UGH. There are many more things I could have discussed from the white, straight, cis-male perspective, seeing as I do identify as one. Actually, there is something I should have mentioned to the The Maneater editorial board and the readers. All of my columns on diversity and social justice have been nothing more than a ruse. In reality, I am similar to Mitt Romney or even Rick Perry.

I believe corporations are people, gays are not people and the Occupy movement is ludicrous.

That’s what a majority of the readers wanted, right? A columnist who assists in perpetuating a self-serving bias is exactly what student journalism is for.

I know my views do not reflect a majority of students, and I’m OK with that, clearly. I just hope I sardonically and effectively addressed some relevant campus issues, albeit from a different perspective.

Have a great winter break and I hope you enjoy the words from whoever takes this column space next semester.

(Hey, let’s all just be happy I didn’t use 600 words each week delving into different aspects of Indian movies. It’s the little things you have to be grateful for.)

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Weak Republican candidates leave room for Europe to decide 2012 election Josh Hinton It seems pretty likely that Europeans, not Americans, will get to decide if President Barack Obama gets another term. No, this isn’t a conspiracy theory but a story of how the leaders of the European Union and its central bank are scrambling to prevent a monetary and financial crisis that would drag Europe and the United States back into a recession, according to analysts.

Right now, the U.S. economy is slowly improving. Consumer spending is up and unemployment is down from a peak of more than 10 percent to under 9 percent. As long as this trend holds, we’ll be in fairly good shape in a year — if Europe lets us. If Europe can’t prevent a financial crisis that could hurt the banking system around the world, the U.S. has no hope to escape a recession that will last far past the elections in November 2012. Historically, a weak economy makes it very difficult for the incumbent president to win reelection.

It’s no surprise, then, that

President Obama’s economic team has been quietly negotiating with Europe and trying to do what it can to keep Europe from falling apart.

Last week, the Federal Reserve and other world central banks announced they’re going to let European countries borrow money at very low rates, which effectively means they’ll have more freedom to move money around and less likely to be in trouble. However, the European Central Bank and other EU leaders have been slower to act because the situation from inside Europe is more complicated due to competing politics and interests.

Why will these European leaders have a greater impact on the election than even the Republican nominee? Frankly, the top two Republicans — Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich — are pretty weak candidates. Obama’s campaign has already begun to go after Romney, sending out advisers to talk shows and setting up a website www.WhichMitt.com to question his flip-flops on issues. In 2004, President Bush successfully labeled Sen. John Kerry as a flip-flopper and likely hurt Kerry’s chances.

Even though he refuses to admit it, Romney has changed his mind on several issues crucial to conservatives, like abortion and gun

control.

The timing of Democrats’ attack on Romney is interesting. If you pay attention closely, it appears Democrats prefer to have Gingrich as the Republican nominee. To win the nomination, Gingrich has to hope his past isn’t revisited thoroughly, because conservatives will remember they don’t actually like him. He was pushed out of the House of Representatives by his own party after ethics charges were damaging their popularity. He was having an extramarital affair during the time he was investigating President Bill Clinton’s extramarital affairs. He took money from Freddie Mac, one of the government institutions conservatives hate most, to give “strategic advice,” but he insists this wasn’t lobbying.

The economy is crucial in presidential elections. The two leading Republicans at the moment are weaker than they appear, so they will probably depend on the state of the economy to swing the election in their favor. The European Union’s future decisions are the biggest threat to our economy’s recovery, so unless Republicans can miraculously choose a stronger candidate (Jon Huntsman?), Europeans might be deciding our election over the next few months.

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Missouri wheelchair basketball shines in competition

Home is where the Buckeye leaf lies “Why Ohio State?”

The question looms over my head constantly, whether others voice it or not. They see the blinding red —- red coat, red clothes, red laptop —- and the questions flow. This is Missouri, is it not? This is your new home, is it not?

No, it’s not. Not really.

I’m going to take the time now to talk about home -- Ohio, Northeast Ohio and Ohio State. This is my last column for The Maneater, and I’m determined to make sure this one is finally “red.”

The snow has arrived here in Columbia, taking the homey feel to a comfortable extreme. Little in life is more beautiful than patient snow dripping onto a canvas of infinite white.

Wintertime in Ohio is quite festive as well. Come visit. Wear red. Shout “O-H!” and receive an instant “I-O!” It doesn’t matter where you are. Someone is listening, ready to answer the call.

The essence of being a Buckeye is a natural distinction when growing up in Northeast Ohio. If you aren’t decked in scarlet and grey – or perhaps sticking it with that ugly maize and blue — you probably aren’t into sports.

Alternatives in the Buckeye State are as nonexistent as 95-degree days.

I grew up like many of my friends did. New Year’s Day was reserved for the Rose Bowl.

The state up north was merely “That Team up North.” And the calendar never flipped from 2002.

I shared the childhood dream of attending The Ohio State University. It’s a vision that begins at the age of six and involves actually playing as a member of the silver bullets. The exciting day finally came when the acceptance letter arrived in the mail.

But I was also a journalist with ambitions beyond holding up cards in Block-O. Even in Ohio, education and life take triumph over football. They always will.

At Missouri, I wear the Tiger gold and I shout the “FKU” when the timing is right.

And I love it.

But it’s always important to maintain a sense of home, which brings me to the interesting paradox of college sports rooting: it goes beyond literal school ties. For those of us that grew up fans, it has to.

As a Buckeye fan becoming a Tiger journalist, the split between allegiances has been a match made in sports heaven. I’ve been able to maintain my hometown pride while embracing the objective side of Tiger athletics.

The move has also birthed intriguing comparison. At Missouri, neither basketball nor football reign substantially dominant over the other. Athletics are a fun amenity to college at MU and that’s it. And for the home and the culture that is the Show Me State, that’s perfectly okay.

I’ll always remember the last game I attended at the Horse Shoe in Columbus, when I negotiated forever with scalpers to grab the last seat in a scarlet-dominated section. The undefeated No. 1 Buckeyes went down to unranked Illinois that October 2007 day. I think the crowd of 105,000 was louder during the national anthem than it was departing that sorrow scene.

I sulked down High Street angry, disappointed and disgusted. A car stopped next to me, its driver-side window rolled down and a woman decked in Buckeye scarlet leaning out.

“It’s 5:37, and Michigan still sucks!” she said.

How can I still root for Ohio State, you ask?

How could I not?

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No. 31 reaches over a block attempt and scores. MU defeated the Missouri Predators 64-20 in their tournament game at the Student Recreation Complex.

SAM RICHMOND Reporter The Missouri Tigers wheelchair basketball team won in convincing fashion Wednesday night as it defeated the Missouri Predators by a final score of 64-20.

Tigers coach Ron Lykins said many believe the game is slow without much action, but Wednesday night’s game confirmed that wheelchair basketball certainly does not lack action and is not, by any means, a slow game.

From the first possession until the final buzzer, the game was extremely physical. As a person who has played both able-bodied basketball and wheelchair basketball, Tiger player Robert Doyle made note of the toughness exhibited on the court.

“It’s definitely more physical, and there is definitely more banging around than you would see in an able-bodied basketball game,”

Doyle said.

The game was so physical that play had to be stopped twice because of players falling over after a collision.

“Falling is a normal part of the game,” said Doyle, who said he has played in games where falling occurred as many as 10 times.

Along with physicality, speed is a key component of the game. Being fluid and having the ability to change directions quickly is a key to success in wheelchair basketball.

Doyle made it clear that such ability does not come easy. At one point in his life, he would spend two hours every Saturday working on sharpening his skills.

Doyle is not the only Tiger committed to improving. The team practices for two hours every weekday, and in turn are very well conditioned to handle such a fast-paced game.

Tigers big man Jacob Wiig said he believes such conditioning is a major reason the Tigers

were able to easily defeat a team like the Predators, who practice once a week.

“Anyone that’s seen our games or our practices, they can definitely see the work we put in,” Wiig said. “We put just as much work in as any other athletic team.”

Team unity is also a major key to success on the court, Doyle said. Even with the game firmly in their grasp, Tiger players who were on the bench would constantly yell and cheer on their teammates. The players get together off the court and have a collective understanding of the importance of team chemistry, he said.

On the other side, it was clear very early in the game that the Predators were overmatched and had no answer for the imposing Wiig. Lykins praised the Predators, saying they “played the game right and they are just competitors.”

The Tigers will continue their season Dec. 16 when they play in the Gorilla Invitational in Pittsburg, Kan.

about her reaction on posting the triple-double.

“I got a triple-double?” Flores asked. “That’s huge. I’m just excited about it. I don’t really have any words. I’m in disbelief, kind of. I know that I am capable of doing that. But I’m kind of speechless right now, just finding out.”

Flores credited her teammates and especially the crowd for helping the team finish the comeback down the stretch.

“There is nothing better than having the whole gym go crazy there at the end,” Flores said.

For senior forward BreAnna Brock, the tight victory showed the team’s maturation from a year ago.

“I just think it’s a big difference from last year just as far as our growth, as far as being a team,” Brock said. “We came together the way that we know that we can and the way that we know that we should.”

With the Tigers trailing by 11 at the half, Flores said the halftime locker room was intense but focused.

“We knew what we had to do,” Flores said.

“We knew we weren’t playing the way we wanted to play and that we could pick it up.”

Pingeton said she did have concerns about how the team would come out for the game after being displeased with the intensity of practice Tuesday. She said the biggest factor in the second-half turnaround was that the team merely competed harder in all areas.

The Tigers shot only 33 percent on the night. They especially struggled from beyond the arc, going 4-of-21 for a dismal 19 percent, well below their Big 12-leading season average of 45.3 percent.

Tigers stage second-half comeback for 6th victory SAM ROURKE Staff Writer After trailing throughout the game to the Eastern Illinois Panthers, the Missouri women’s basketball team was able to stage a second-half comeback to pull off a 56-54 win Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena.

The Tigers trailed for 36 of the game’s 40 minutes. But the Tigers took the lead at the end thanks to the dominant performance down the stretch from senior forward Christine Flores.

Flores scored the game’s final eight points to cap off a second-half comeback from a 15-point deficit with 18 minutes to play.

Flores ended the night with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks for her first tripledouble of her career. It is also the first tripledouble posted by any Big 12 Conference player this season.

“Christine Flores had a heck of a game, and good for her. It is a testament to her work ethic,” Pingeton said. “You expect that out of a player that’s your most experienced player, and she’s a senior.”

Flores was caught off-guard when asked

“We have good three-point shooters and I don’t anticipate we’ll have nights like this very often,” Pingeton said. “I thought they were good shots, but they just weren’t falling tonight.”

Junior Liene Priede was one shooter who struggled for most of the night, going 4-of-15 on the night. She said her teammates kept encouraging her to keep shooting and eventually she was able to hit two key three’s early in the Tigers’ second-half comeback.

The Tigers will be back in action against North Dakota at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Mizzou Arena.

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