The Maneater -- Volume 76, Issue 18

Page 1

themaneater The student voice of MU since 1955

themaneater.com

Columbia, Missouri • Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Vol. 76, No. 18

Missouri soccer takes the Big 12 crown The regular-season conference title is a program first. VINNIE DUBER Staff Writer The last time a Missouri team won a Big 12 regular season conference championship Bill Clinton was president, Michael Jordan was winning NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls, and Gary Pinkel was coming off a 7-4 season as Toledo’s coach. That all changed Sunday when the Tigers women’s soccer team clinched the Big 12 regular season conference title with a dominating 5-0 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Walton Stadium. It is the first such accomplishment in program history and the first regular-season conference championship MU has seen since the softball team

DRAWING BLANKS Sunday, Missouri recorded its fourth shutout in its last six games. W vs. Colorado W vs. Texas Tech W at Baylor W at Oklahoma W vs. Iowa State W vs. Nebraska

1-0 2-1 5-0 1-0 3-1 5-0

MAURA HOWARD/GRAPHIC DESIGNER

won the Big 12 in 1997. When the final whistle sounded, an excited Tiger team ran onto the field in celebration. A trophy presentation followed the game, and each player reached to touch the hoisted hardware. Athletics Director Mike Alden congratulated coach Bryan Blitz and the team. “This was one of our goals since the beginning of the season,” junior forward Alysha Bonnick said. “We won the Big 12 see SOCCER, page 6

GRANT HINDSLEY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The women's soccer team holds up its first place Big 12 Conference trophy Sunday afternoon after defeating Nebraska 5-0 at Walton Stadium. The Tigers finished with a 6-0-2 conference record.

Curators approve film KCOU a top five mtvU college station MTVU WOODIE studies major at MU MEGAN DONOHUE Staff Writer

ZACH TOOMBS News Editor The push for a film major at MU came to fruition Friday when the UM system Board of Curators approved a Bachelor of Arts film studies degree program. Film studies Director Roger Cook said a committee of faculty members is in the process

of determining the details of the program. “The next step for the Film Studies Committee is to work out the requirements for the major,” Cook said. “Most of these are laid out in the proposal, but at the moment we are considering a few small changes that will see FILM, page 6

Tibetan monks visit MU RACHEL ALLRED Staff Writer Tibetan monks began their four-day Mystical Arts of Tibet event with chanting, dancing and a mandala creation during and after their opening ceremony Monday at Ellis Library. The monks practice the Buddhist religion, which encourages peace. “What is being taught is the view of interdependence and the behavior of non-violence,” Mystical Arts of Tibet spokesman Thupten Tendhar said. “There comes the karma theory. If you do good, good comes to you.” Tendhar said MU is one of the stops the monks are making on their North American tour. The monks are from the Drepung Loseling Monastery, which was see MONK, page 6

Table of Contents

News................................... Outlook............................. Forum................................. Arts...................................... Sports.................................

3 7 10 13 15

KCOU/88.1 FM made the top five list of competitors for the mtvU College Radio Woodie Awards. The top five college radio stations in the country according to mtvU were announced Monday on its Web site, and will compete for the top slot until the winners are announced on-air Dec. 4 at the Woodie Award Ceremony. Ball State University (WCRD/91.3 FM), California State University, San Bernardino (Coyote Radio),

AWARDS

KCOU is competing against four other schools for the mtvU College Radio Woodie Award. WCRD/91.3 FM KUPS/90.1 FM Coyote Radio WPTS/92.1 FM KCOU/88.1 FM Source: mtvU Web site MAURA HOWARD/GRAPHIC DESIGNER

MU (KCOU), University of Pittsburg (WTPS/92.1 FM) and the University of Puget Sound (KUPS/90.1/FM) will now enter the final round of online voting for the title of top radio station. “It’s pretty awesome that we

are in the top five,” Co-promotions Director Hannah Hayes said. General Manager Jonathan Hutcheson said the station has come as far as it has in the competition due to its large fan base. “Ultimately the award is for the best college radio station, but I think part of it also goes to having the best listeners and best student support, and I think Mizzou has definitely got that in the bag,” Hutcheson said. “So hopefully that will come through and those other schools can take see KCOU, page 6

Homecoming game sets record This was the first time in 25 years more than 71,000 attended a game.

NICK AGRO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in Tibet perform their opening ceremony Monday in Ellis Library to commence the creation of a mandala sand painting. The monks will be in the library working on the painting until Thursday when the dismantling ceremony will occur.

As the Texas Longhorns put big numbers on the scoreboard, MU fans put a big number up for attendance Saturday, filling the 71,004-seat Memorial Stadium to capacity. According to an athletics department news release, the game marked the 10th time in MU’s history and the first time in more than 25 years that a crowd of more than 71,000 attended a game at Memorial Stadium.

On themaneater.com Visit themaneater.com/multimedia coverage of Homecoming weekend. Tune in to The Maneater's Newsmakers podcast for an interview with Mayor Darwin Hindman.

“The last time a crowd of that size saw a game in Columbia was back in 1983, when 72,348 saw the Tigers take on Nebraska,” the news release said. The all-time Memorial Stadium record crowd was set in 1980, when 75,298 fans saw MU host Penn State. According to the news release, the attendance record the athletics department aimed to beat Saturday was 70,049, set in 2007 when the Tigers beat Nebraska 41-6. The news release also stated all 71,004 tickets for Saturday’s game were sold in advance for the first time this season. “MU has averaged 64,281 for see GAME, page 6

Basketball The Tigers took one final look back before their regular season last Friday with the Black and Gold Game. Sports, page 17

TOP 10 ATTENDANCE

Saturday’s football game against the University of Texas marked the 10th highest attendance for a game at Memorial Stadium in MU’s history. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Date Oct. 4, 1980 Sept. 29, 1979 Nov. 3, 1979 Sept. 16, 1978 Oct. 15, 1983 Oct. 18, 1980 Oct. 24, 1981 Nov. 17, 1979 Oct. 28, 1978 Oct. 24, 2009

Opponent Penn State Texas Nebraska Alabama Nebraska Colorado Nebraska Oklahoma Colorado Texas

Crowd 75,298 75,136 74,575 73,655 72,348 72,333 72,001 71,291 71,096 71,004

Source: MU athletics department news release KATIE PRINCE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

Unemployment As the U.S. Senate votes on a new unemployment act this week, The Maneater takes a look at unemployment in Missouri. Outlook, page 9


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.