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Roof goes up at student center A roof will allow interior construction to continue in winter months.

STUDENT CENTER CONSTRUCTION

Construction of phase two is still ahead of schedule. The roof is expected to be completed by January.

November 2009: Construction of roof begins. continues through January 2010

RACHEL ALLRED Staff Writer Construction on the middle section of the student center’s roof is underway. Student Life Director Mark Lucas said roofing beams have been laid and construction workers will soon begin placing a steel canopy over the beams.

Placement of the roof marks an important point in the transformation of Brady Commons to the

Spring 2010: expected completion of exterior glass and stonework

January 2011: expected completion and opening of phase two Source: Student Life Director Mark Lucas TAYLOR COMBS/GRAPHIC DESIGNER

new student center, Lucas said.

“Any day they’re going to start putting the roof on,” Lucas said. see ROOF, page 6

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Construction on the Student Center continues Monday. The roof for the middle section will be put on within the next two weeks.

Greek Life looks to reform Npower has worked with greek life at other universities in the past.

The Office of Greek Life has hired Npower, a consultancy group, to visit MU this month

and submit recommendations for reform in the organization.

“It’s just a contract,” Student Life Director Mark Lucas said.

Greek Life Director Janna Basler said she chose Npower because it specializes in higher education, including fraternities and sororities.

Basler said Npower has also

worked for the University of Iowa, along with other universities. According to its Web site, Npower has partnered with 85 colleges and universities and 73 international and national fraternal, social and professional organizations and conferences. see GREEK, page 6

City to pick up MU recyclables Profits from recycled products will be split between Columbia and MU. WILL GULDIN News Editor An amendment to a 25-yearold contract with the city of Columbia means MU is changing

who will pick up its recyclables.

For more than two decades, Civic Recycling has provided recycling services to MU, but in an amendment authorized during Monday night’s council meeting, the city will now be picking up both recycling and trash on campus.

“We’ve had a long-standing relationship with the university where we provide solid waste pickup,” City Manager

Bill Watkins said. “This contract amendment would expand it to handle recycling.”

As part of the relationship, Columbia has picked up trash at MU since 1984, but the amendment to this contract states recycling pickup services will begin Jan. 1, 2010, and will continue until the end of 2014, with a five-year renewal option after this date. see TRASH, page 6

New student fees requested KAYLEN RALPH Staff Writer The Department of Student Life approached the Student Fee Review Committee last week with a request to reallocate student fees to finance a new student involvement marketing office in the Student Involvement Center.

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Department of Student Life Director Mark Lucas said the office would be used to increase MU graduates’ prospects of getting a job in an increasingly competitive job marketplace.

“Employers tell us when they are interviewing soon-tobe college grads,” Lucas said.

“They’re looking for something more than just the diploma.

They want to see that over your four or five years you’ve done a lot of things allowing you to move into your new job and be effective.”

Lucas added he believes the requested 33-cent-per-student increase is not a lot to ask in return for implementing what see FEE, page 6

COURTESY OF LEE PRUITT/CU INDEPENDENT

Sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert steps back to throw a pass during a game against the Buffaloes on Saturday at Folsom Stadium.

The Tigers ended their losing streak and a difficult October during the game with a final score of 36-17.

Tigers trample Buffaloes SEAN LEAHY Sports Editor BOULDER, Colo. — For an ailing Missouri offense, the best medicine turned out to be a dose of Colorado defense, at least for the first half.

The Tigers (5-3, 1-3 Big 12) made a big first half hold up as Colorado (2-6, 1-3 Big 12) made a run for it in the third quarter. The commanding 30point Missouri lead proved too much, as the Tigers won 36-17 in front of 45,634 at Folsom Field.

Although Missouri took home a victory, the Tigers' offense was limited to three points in the second half. In four Big 12 games, the Tigers have only scored six points

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total after halftime.

The victory snaps Missouri’s three-game losing streak and pushes its winning streak over Colorado to four games.

“We obviously played a real good first half,” coach Gary Pinkel said. “In the third quarter (Colorado) did a great job and got back in it and we found a way to win in the fourth quarter.”

In its first three Big 12 games, Missouri mustered a total of 36 points. It took one half against a porous Buffalo defense to nearly equal that total.

Missouri scored 33 points and racked up 306 yards of total offense. see BALL, page 6

Taser use in Columbia The Coalition to Control Tasers announced it will begin an initiative to add a vote to ban Taser use to the 2011 ballot.

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Trojan survey ranks MU in top 50 JOHN MONTESANTOS Reporter MU placed 48th in the nation in the annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, which ranked 141 colleges and universities on access to sexual health information and resources.

MU placed 16 spots higher than last year and moved to fifth in the Big 12.

The report card, now in its fourth year, was run by an independent research firm called Sperling’s BestPlaces in partnership with Trojan Brand Condoms. The ranked schools account for 2.5 million undergraduate students, or about 30 percent of all undergraduate students in the country.

The study created overall sexual health grades for each school using data gathered in multiple categories.

Each school’s student health center was evaluated based on student opinion, office hours and appointment availability. In addition, access to contraceptives on campus, STI testing and awareness programs for students were factored in.

Though multiple criteria led to the final grade, the key component is

SEXUAL HEALTH REPORT CARD MU moved up 16 spots from last year to rank 48th in the nation and fifth in the Big 12 in the annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card.

Big 12 Rankings: 1. The University of Texas at Austin (Last year: 16) (Last year: 42) 21. University of Colorado (Last year: 79) 44. Texas A&M University (Last year: 84) 47. Kansas State University (Last year: 64) 48. MU (Last year: 48) 56. University of Kansas (Last year: 92) 81. University of Oklahoma (Last year: 123) 90. Texas Tech University (Last year: 37) 96. University of Nebraska (Last year: 96) 103. Iowa State University 111. Oklahoma State University (Last year: 67) (Last year: 134) 138. Baylor University Source: Trojan Sexual Health Report Card news release KATIE PRINCE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

the school’s preparedness to improve its students’ sexual health.

“When the students are ready to ask the questions, the health center has the answers available and the help available in terms of their resources,” Sperling’s BestPlaces President Bert Sperling said.

To gauge this availability for each school, the firm contacted health centers, evaluated health center Web

sites and used Facebook campaigns to get the student point of view.

Although the quality of the health center carried more weight toward the grade, student opinion was taken into account as well.

“There was a strong correlation between the schools that we saw as lacking in resources and the ones that students felt were not doing an adequate job,” Sperling said.

MU’s ranking in the top 50 was the result of varying performances in the 13 categories. MU received an A grade in the student survey and condom availability categories, with high marks in HIV and STI testing as well. But average grades in categories based on outreach programs and Web site usability limited the ranking.

In response to MU’s C-grade in health center appointment and dropin availability, Heather EastmanMueller, a health promotion professional in the Student Health Center, said the health center requires appointments for students.

“We have a call-first program, which means students must call for an appointment rather than walking in,” Eastman-Mueller said. “We have found this to be very effective for

Visions holds charitable fashion week TAYLOR COMBS Senior Staff Writer Socially conscious fashion club Visions is hosting its firstever fashion week, a series of charitable and social events with a stylish twist.

The events began Monday with a designer denim sale in the Johnston residence hall lobby. Organized in part with Johnston residence hall council, the denim was provided by Charity Denim.

Proceeds from the sale of brand name jeans, such as Rock and Republic and Hudson, will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Visions co-founder Sydnea Redwine said the group hopes to raise about $1,000.

Charity Denim, an organization based out of Salt Lake City, buys the denim, usually from last season, directly from designers, event representative Alyssa Lewis said. The jeans are sold for $45 to $95 — more than half off the original retail price, she said. The amount of money the group earns depends on the number of pairs sold.

Visions decided to donate the money to coincide with breast cancer awareness month in October, Visions co-founder and event coordinator Oghosa Iyamu said.

“We chose a charitable organization we were most familiar with,” Iyamu said.

Junior Alex Holley bought a pair of jeans at the event after trying on a few in the pop-up tent dressing rooms. She said she wanted to take advantage

of the event since in Columbia there are not many places to buy designer denim. She heard about it through a Facebook event.

“I really like designer denim,” Holley said. “It’s an opportunity to get good quality jeans at a great price.”

Tuesday’s event is a closed service project in which Visions will team up with Dream Outside the Box, another student-run organization, to work with underprivileged students at the Boys and Girls Club of America. Redwine said the goal of the event, which will feature scarf decorating and games, is to teach children how they can show their personality through fashion.

“These children are low income and we want to show them that it is not just about buying expensive clothes,” Redwine said.

The vintage Visions clothing drive will be held at 5 p.m.

Wednesday in the Gaines/ Oldham Black Culture Center.

Clothing donations will be made to The Wardrobe.

The largest event of the week will be Thursday’s dare-todesign panel featuring designers from a fashion show Visions hosted last year. The designers will answer questions on how they got started in the fashion industry and at a reception following the discussion the designers will be available to show off their look books and take custom orders. The event will be at 7 p.m. in South residence hall room 207.

Friday has been dubbed

VISIONS FASHION WEEK Visions hosted its first ever fashion week, a series of fashion events with charitable intentions.

Monday: Charity Denim Event. Johnston Hall Lobby, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday: Children's Event with Dream Outside the Box. 5 to 6:30 p.m. Visions members only Wednesday: Vintage Visions clothing drive for The Wardrobe. Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, 5 p.m.

Thursday: Dare to Design discussion panel with designers from last year's fashion show. South Room 207, 7 p.m. Reception after for people to ask questions or place custom orders Friday: Visions Appreciation Day. Visions members looking for fashionable students on campus to feature online. All-day Source: Sydnea Redwine, Visions co-founder TAYLOR COMBS/GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Visions appreciation day. The goal is to show how students express their individuality through style.

“We will have Visions members roaming around campus looking for one fashionable male and one female,” Redwine said. “The two selected will be featured in our online magazine and get a secret prize.”

The philanthropic nature of the fashion events support the main focus of Visions, which is to offer a different perspective on what community involvement can be, Redwine said. The organization offers students interested in fashion and the visual arts an opportunity to express themselves in a way their academic major might not allow.

“Even though that’s not their major you still get to play and make a difference,” Redwine said.

students because most of the time students can get in within a day of their call.”

Eastman-Mueller is also a curriculum coordinator for the Sexual Health Advocate Peer Education program, which promotes safe and responsible sexual health on campus.

“We pride ourselves on considering all aspects of our students and really try to provide quality, inclusive care,” she said. “Our SHAPE program has received national recognition and presented at numerous conferences and our peer educators as sexual health leaders on campus.”

Eastman-Mueller said recent improvements related to MU’s sexual health include sexual health products machines in six residence halls, free HIV testing every month and a new sexual health class. A studentgenerated, interactive sexual health Web site is also being created to educate students and provide feedback to student questions.

Bruce Tetreault, group product manager for Trojan Brand Condoms, said creating awareness is the main purpose of this study.

“Our goal with this study is to increase awareness, spark conversa-

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In a recent Trojan Brand Condoms Sexual Health Report Card, MU placed 48 out of 141 schools. The study is based on student opinion of health center, contraceptive availability and cost, HIV testing and cost and locality, among other things.

tion and get people talking about and advocating positively for sexual health on college campuses,” Tetreault said in a news release.

Researchers create recognition software MU researchers are working on developing software that can identify humans and objects within videos.

The software would enable computers to search inside videos and detect humans and specific objects and perform other video analysis tasks, an MU News Bureau news release stated.

“The goal of our research is to improve how computers interpret the content of a video and how to identify it,” said Tony Han, electrical and computer engineering professor in the College of Engineering, in the release. “There are lots of possibilities with video-based detection, and it could come at quite a low cost compared to object and human detection using other sensors, such as thermal sensors.”

Intelligent video surveillance requires human and object detection, the news release stated. If a security camera captures an image of an injured person lying on the ground, the computer would not only store the surveillance image, but also send signals for help.

Human detection software can be used in many areas the news release stated. It can be applied to assisted driving and the care of older adults living at home.

“My students and I are working on algorithms for automatic object detection, but these are very difficult to perfect,” Han said in the news release. “We’re trying to find a way to create reliable detection algorithms, but it takes a lot of time to test them. We have manually labeled more than 3,000 images

OBJECT ID SOFTWARE USES MU researchers’ object recognition software could lead to new possibilities in safety and surveillance. New possibilities include: sending signals to provide help to people in distress assisting drivers improving care for older adults living at home Source: MU News Bureau KATIE PRINCE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

with object locations and have used them to test our algorithms.”

According to the release, Han and his students attended a challenge in object detection this fall, where they competed in detection for objects in 20 categories against researchers from all over the world.

In their first time competing, they won first place in detection of potted plants and chairs and second place in detection for humans, cars, horses and bikes.

Kelsey Jackson, a senior information specialist at the MU News Bureau, said a small group of students and Han are working on projects related to object detection.

“For each sort of object, they do an algorithm,” Jackson said. “So some students may be working on people while others are working on objects.”

Jackson was not sure when a patent for the technology could be expected but said the research had been published in numerous publications.

— Caitlin Jones, staff writer

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NEWS on suspicion of purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor FRIDAY, OCT. 31

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the BLOTTER The following investigations are in progress, and the following people were arrested or issued summons, according to police reports.

MU POLICE THURSDAY, OCT. 29 Randall L. Jennings, 18, of Wolpers Hall, on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia FRIDAY, OCT. 30 Brian I. Klarfeld, 20, of 1604 University Ave., on suspicion of purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor Ryan K. Pinson, 20, of 1531 Rolling Rock Road, on suspicion of purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor Aaron C. Horman, 21, of 4930 Bethel St., on suspicion of driving while intoxicated Julie J. Wade, 18, of Johnston Hall, on suspicion of leaving the scene/failure to report, failure to exhibit proof of insurance and driving while intoxicated Justin A. Bruce, 18, of Center Hall,

Michael W. Bushnell, 20, of 1411 Bouchelle Ave., on suspicion of false identification and purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor Jessica L. Brown, 20, of 310 Old Plank Road, on suspicion of false identification, driving while intoxicated and purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor Kahelen J. Smith, 22, of 2511 Rose Drive, on suspicion of failure to yield to emergency motor vehicle and resisting arrest by flight SATURDAY, NOV. 1 Alex R. Valladares, 19, of Laws Hall, on suspicion of purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor JDustin G. Mahan, 19, of Warsaw, on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana, purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor and receiving stolen property Brynnan T. Baccus, 18, of Laws Hall, on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana — Armeen Mistry, staff writer

COLUMBIA POLICE THURSDAY, OCT. 29 Sean M. Allen, 24, of 3001 Alpine Drive, on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver’s license

Brandin M. Bell, 17, of 301 Tiger Lane, on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia Wesley G. Berger, 20, of 401 N. College Ave., on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor, an open container of alcohol and false identification Tony J. Guarino, 23, of 2401 Churchill Court, on suspicion of second-degree property damage Michael L. Mouser, 19, of Wolpers Hall, on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minore James R. Pezold, 25, of 1201 Paquin St., on suspicion of firstdegree burglary, first-degree assault and possession of drug paraphernalia FRIDAY, OCT. 30 Zane D. Allen, 19, of 506 Wilkes Blvd., on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor Anthony D. Hatton, 18, of College Avenue Hall, on suspicion of possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana Ryan W. Haynes, 18, of Tiger Diggs, on suspicion of possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana Justin D. Myers, 23, of 3604 Caliente Court, on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver’s license Patrick K. McCarthy, 19, of 506 Wilkes Blvd., on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor James R. Miller, 17, of 2512 Eastwood Drive, on suspicion of second-degree burglary Bradley C. Moncey, 19, of 805 Richmond Ave., on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor Justin D. Myers, 23, of 3604 Caliente Court, on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle with a

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 suspended driver’s license Clare J. Powell, 20, of 224 Old Plank Road, on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor Edgar E. Riojas-Olivares, 24, of 101 Third Ave., on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver’s license Briann K. Rodgers, 28, of 104 Ann St., on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license and second-degree sexual misconduct Nicholas S. Slocum, 20, of 1626 University Ave., on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor Amanda L. Yoder, 24, of 802 Broadway, on suspicion of possession of an open container of alcohol SATURDAY, OCT. 31 Michael S. Allred, 23, of 6001 Creasy Springs Road, on suspicion of theft Ryan J. Ampleman, 21, of 5055 Commercial Drive, on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor Brian A. Chapin, 22, of 2412 Harbor Park Drive, on suspicion of first-degree trespassing Terry L. Garner, 25, of 311 Sanford Ave., on suspicion of driving while intoxicated Sara E. James, 18, of 515 S. Fifth Ave., on suspicion of theft Joseph A. Kurian, 21, of 1910 Muirfield Drive, on suspicion of possession of an open container of alcohol Caroline L. Ladd, 18, of 112 College Ave., on suspicion of possession of 35 grams or less of marijuana Steve Touchton, 17, of 8203 N. Trails West Drive, on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia

Anthony D. Vitale, 19, of 236 Old Plank Road, on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor Thomas Weyerich, 20, of 908 Curtis Ave., on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor and an open container SUNDAY, NOV. 1 Daniel M. Dollard, 23, of 3529 Prescott Drive, on suspicion of driving while intoxicated Max G. Jaben, 23, of 207 Brandon Road, on suspicion of obstructing a government operation Cooper A. Lee, 20, of 441 Foxfire Drive, on suspicion of first-degree property damage Dustin G. Mahan, 19, of 18941 Grandview Beach Road, on suspicion of second-degree property damage Christopher J. Mark, 24, of 2407 Lubbock Court, on suspicion of obstructing a government operation David J. Plautz, 21, of 204 W. Sexton Road, on suspicion of driving while intoxicated Alan Plechaty, 18, of 1306 Rollins Road, on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor Vonzeal D. Sheley, 23, of 1615 Sylvan Lane, on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle without a proper driver’s license — Brook duBois, staff writer If you have information on 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.

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Columbia resident Maya Ramachandran performs during the 18th annual India-Nite on Saturday in Jesse Auditorium. India-Nite performances included songs, dances and instrumental music.

Culture celebrated during India-Nite The show featured dance groups, skits and musical performances.

CATHERINE ROLFE Staff Writer This year’s India-Nite might have seemed like its other 17 predecessors — until a bunny walked in during the fifth act.

The annual Indian culture show, which features creative dance, musical and comedic performances by both MU students and Columbia community members, was held on Halloween this year in Jesse Hall Auditorium.

Before the show, members of South Asian fusion dance team, Mizzou Masti, scrambled for last minute makeup and pictures.

“At the end, I just want the girls to have fun and enjoy themselves,” junior Deepika Parmar said.

Parmar, as well as fellow juniors Dipika Chaudhuri and Aniqa Hasan, choreographed the Mizzou Masti dance routine.

The team hoped to add a new and more modern flavor to India-Nite.

“We wanted to add in something that represents ourselves,” Parmar said. “We’re both Indian, but we’re also American, so we wanted to add in both of those things into our dance.”

The team performed to a mix of multiple songs, including both Indian and American pop, wearing sparkly blue and pink dresses with zebra striped leggings.

But Mizzou Masti was far from unusual in their creative fusion of musical genres.

The show included both traditional and more modern forms of Indian music, as well as music from other cultures and countries.

“There’s different types of

Indian dancing,” sophomore Aman Rakhra said. “It’s kind of like when you vary hip-hop and ballet, same thing.”

The show ended with the only all-male performance of the night, featuring a group of nine men dancing to a mix of traditional and modern music.

“They had an all girls dance, so we decided to have an all guys dance,” sophomore Omer Malik said.

Some of the male dancers joke the performance is an “anti-Mizzou Masti” dance because Mizzou Masti is an all-girls dance squad.

Sophomore Asim Choudhary explained how the group was selected to perform for the position of the highly coveted finale.

“We were the underdogs, nobody believed in us,” Choudhary said. “No one would let us be in their dance, because we were the worst ones, and now we’re the finale.”

Although the majority of the show featured dancing, some acts also included vocal and instrumental performances including guitars, pianos, flutes and a sitar.

Four emcees hosted the event, acting out brief humorous skits between acts.

The emcees played on the multicultural composition of the audience, alternately speaking English and Hindi.

Many jokes also played on common ideas about India and the U.S., as well as Indian families and culture in both countries.

College of Engineering Dean James Thompson also spoke at the event, highlighting the important international element of the show.

Thompson emphasized how science and technology were creating a more connected world and encouraged young people to consider a career in engineering.

“The world is a smaller place each day,” Thompson said.

“These are exciting times.”

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ROOF: Phase two set TRASH: Action encourages recycling to finish January 2011 Continued from page 1

Continued from page 1 After the roof is completed, the center will be partially enclosed so interior construction can be conducted.

“The hope is that by this January they have the entire roof covered so they can begin interior work as soon as they enclose everything,” Lucas said.

Lucas said most of the exterior work would be completed by the end of winter break, though the walls won’t be up until later in the spring semester.

“By the time students come back for second semester they can expect the roof to be done and the building to be enclosed,” Lucas said.

Student and Auxiliary Services spokeswoman Michelle Froese said she expects the roof to be completed later this month, though its construction could stretch into December.

Placement of the roof is a big step in the completion process, she said.

“I feel like it’s a high water mark because it’s going to show students how big the dining area is,” Froese said. “On the first day of classes we had 140 trucks bringing concrete. That was a big deal. Putting the roof on is another big achievement.”

Senior John Gantner works at Truman’s Takeout and said he has been able to watch the construction process. He said the roof finally being constructed is a good sign.

“It definitely makes you feel like they’re finally making headway,” Gantner said. “They’re making a lot of progress.”

Lucas said having the roof in

place and the building partially enclosed will be beneficial when winter weather hits because construction in the interior can still continue, regardless of snow or rain. Froese said she also thinks it will help the progress.

“It shows that no matter the weather, they’ll still be doing work inside so they won’t get behind,” Froese said.

The recent rain has caused a lot of delays, Lucas said.

During the rain, some work was done in the lower levels of the structure.

Lucas said though there have been setbacks, he is happy about the progress that is being made.

“It’s pretty exciting for me,” Lucas said. “I’ve been working on this for the last seven years.

To be so close is pretty exciting for me, and it should be for students too. This is what they asked for.”

Gantner said he’s been impressed with the speed of construction and it will offer a lot to students.

“It looks like it’s been flying up,” Gantner said. “It will have more amenities to offer students.”

Froese said the contractor working on phase two of the student center is a different contractor than the one who worked on phase one and is doing well.

“This is amazing progress,” Froese said. “We are coming along so well. We have a contractor who is staying on top of things.”

Lucas said phase two of the student center is still on track to open January 2011.

BALL: MU's next game Saturday against Baylor Continued from page 1 “The first quarter we started off really fast,” sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert said. “Really the first half we were clicking on all cylinders.”

Gabbert put up 165 yards passing and two touchdowns in the half but threw for only 27 yards after that.

In total Missouri put up 96 yards of total offense over the third and fourth quarters.

“We really slowed up in the second half and that cannot happen,” Gabbert said.

Senior wide receiver Danario Alexander had eight catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns on the afternoon.

His 73-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter gave Missouri a 14-0 lead.

“I got an opportunity to make a play and I took advantage of it,” Alexander said. “I just had to break a tackle and I got there.”

After Missouri shut out the Buffaloes in the first quarter, it marked the eighth straight quarter the Tigers held Colorado scoreless, a streak dating back to 2007.

By the time Colorado put

up a field goal with 1:07 left in the second quarter, the Tigers had put up 127 points in those shutout quarters.

Trailing 33-3 going into halftime, Colorado kept the pressure on the Missouri defense by putting up 14 points in the third quarter.

Missouri stopped the bleeding and kept the Buffaloes off the scoreboard the rest of the game.

“I think our defense played really outstanding almost the entire game,” Pinkel said.

“Turnovers. Big plays.”

Missouri’s defense had no trouble getting to Colorado sophomore quarterback Tyler Hansen. The sophomore was sacked a total of eight times on the day, including a sack in the end zone for a safety in the second quarter.

The -73 yards resulting from those sacks kept Colorado’s net rushing to -14 yards.

“Not just one person was out there making plays,” redshirt freshman defensive end Aldon Smith said. “Our corners made plays. Our safeties made plays. Linebackers made plays. D-linemen made plays.

The whole team made plays.”

According to the contract, MU and the city will be able to split profits from the sale of recycled products gathered at the university. A base amount the city must make off recycling rebates will exist, but above that level, all profits are split equally.

“We’re sharing the profits 50-50,” Public Works Director John Glascock said. “We view it as an incentive to recycle. It’s also something that the university approached us about, so we think it’s a good deal.”

Gary Ward, assistant vice chancellor for Campus Facilities, said the way MU is paying for the pick-up service also encourages recycling. He said because the price of the solid waste pickups will be determined by weight, and not

a flat fee, it will encourage the university to cut waste since smaller amounts of trash collected means a lower fee.

As part of the contract, the city also has a responsibility to encourage cost saving at MU. Although specifics are not included in the amendment, it does state broad objectives such as employing ideas, innovations and techniques.

MU Sustainability Coordinator Steve Burdic said those savings would come from many small but important changes, such as improving large recycling containers so they are easier for workers to move.

“It’s both an infrastructure thing, which this contract represents, and it’s also the human dimension of people understanding you know we have to take care of the planet,” Burdic said.

He also said this amendment would allow the university to focus on recycling.

“What we can do now is concentrate on changing the trash collection containers into recycling containers,” Burdic said.

“Every time we can take away a trash container and replace it with a recycling container not only have we saved the entire cost of the trash container, but we have the opportunity to make some money on it, to improve our services.”

To pay for these recycling services, MU will make monthly payments to the city. City documents state the projected revenues for the city providing recycling and trash services to MU are $425,400 annually.

The council’s actions now mean Watkins can officially present the amendment to MU.

GREEK: Npower to come this month Continued from page 1 According to the Web site, Npower provides strategic planning initiatives. The purpose behind evaluating Greek Life communities is to strengthen and transform the community through true unbiased evaluation to identify critical issues. Npower will provide a custom-designed follow-up plan for success.

“There’s never been one strategic plan for the whole community,” Basler said.

Lucas said Npower would be coming to MU in early November.

It has plans to meet with students throughout the campus.

“They come and they conduct three days of focus groups,” Basler said.

Basler said prior to its visit, Npower has requested statistical and cultural information.

Basler said Npower would facilitate focus groups of stakeholders on campus. Some stakeholders include new Greek Life members, chapter presidents, chapter advisors and students who are not a part of Greek Life.

“They’re meeting with a lot of different groups,” Basler said.

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The Office of Greek Life has a contract with Npower, an outside consulting group which will visit in November. NPower will facilitate focus groups with stakeholders on campus.

Basler said after they hear back from Npower, Greek Life would meet after the holidays to develop a strategic plan.

“It’s one thing to identify the issues,” Basler said. “You have to develop the plan of action.”

Basler said she is not expecting to hear back about any specific kinds of recommendations from Npower.

“I’m going into it with an open

mind,” Basler said.

Basler said MU has a great Greek community but it could be better.

The CEO of Npower is Karyn Nishimura Sneath. In nine years, she has custom designed 427 training programs for various organizations.

— Travis Cornejo, staff writer

FEE: Reallocation would be $16,000 Continued from page 1 he believes is a good strategy to impact the student experience.

“Students have told us for years they come to school to get a good job, but students need to understand it’s not just going to class,” Lucas said. “You have to do something else. You have to.”

The reallocation would amount to an approximated total of $16,000. Lucas said Student Life plans to hire a graduate student to oversee the involvement opportunities who will be present in the office to answer students’ questions. He also plans to staff a desk with four student ambassadors. The possible office is slotted for construction in phase two of work on the student center.

The remaining money is allotted for the development of a Web site, through which students could learn of opportunities for

finding campus jobs, going to events, working with faculty to do research and becoming a member or leader of various student organizations.

Missouri Students Association President Jordan Paul said the premise of the idea is fine, but the issue of the Web development cost is one that needs to be addressed.

“We’re already supposed to be paying for Web development now, but we’re not using those resources for this project, so why would we pay more money to outsource the work for this issue?”

Paul said.

The idea for this institution was brought to Lucas’ attention after the Department of Student Life had submitted its budget to the SFRC. He said he then started a group of staff to promote student involvement, and this was one of the strategies they came up with.

Lucas approached Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Cathy Scroggs about the idea, and she told him to ask SFRC for an increase in the reallocation of student fee inflation for next year.

The Department of Student Life will present its proposition to the committee Nov. 17. SFRC Chairman and MSA Budget Committee Chairman Matt Sheppard said the committee is being cautious about this proposition.

“We’re keeping an open mind about the issue but for the people that have been on the committee before, we’re keeping in mind that Student Life asked for an increase last year as well that was denied,” Sheppard said. “We’re approaching it with caution. We have our opinions and they have theirs but we’re going to listen to their side before we make any final decisions.”

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Black, Gold and Blue

Jordan Stein Politics Columnist

Quit whining, FOX news My conservative boyfriend pointed me to an article published in the New York Times on Oct. 22 titled, “Behind the War Between White House and FOX,” and asked me what I thought about it. The article went into detail about the tense back-and-forth between President Barack Obama’s administration and FOX News Channel.

The latest dispute between the White House and the network began over an interview with “pay czar” Ken Feinberg. FOX News claims the Department of the Treasury barred it from participating in a round-robin interview with Feinberg. White House spokesman Josh Earnest claimed the network had never requested to be part of the interview, like other networks had, but rather decided last minute to try to cover the story. In the end, FOX News did participate in the interview.

Since then, FOX has been running stories about how much the White House has hated the network since the day Obama moved in.

Network reps complain about groups and White House officials monitoring their programming for bias. FOX News says it is the only news network willing to ask Obama and his allies “tough questions” and the “mainstream media” ignores its “fair and balanced” journalism.

I have two words for FOX News: tough nuggets. Yeah, the White House, every liberal and most even-headed conservatives think your highly-biased news commentary spills over into your news coverage.

The White House is not calling for the channel’s programming to be pulled off the air, and the administration still interacts with correspondents from FOX. It’s just that Obama and his administration are simply through with all the abuse. The president is not required to talk to everyone.

I am glad Obama and the White House are taking a stand against FOX News. Its programming is responsible for circulating a lot of political misinformation. So many conservatives rely solely on FOX News for all their news, and they trust the network to present them with the facts. In reality, FOX News’ bias ends up being repeated verbatim by those who watch it.

With people being so busy these days, it’s only possible for news junkies like me to find the time to research stories from several angles.

This means for most people, if you are a FOX News watcher, the first time you hear about the new provision in the health care plan or the anti-discrimination Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007, you’re only ever going to hear the FOX version of events. And as you become a more die-hard viewer, you become incapable of hearing other points of view because the outlet you trust has told you for so long those other views are lies.

And so it continues until everyone knows somebody who is a Glenn Beck/Sean Hannity/ Bill O’Reilly fanatic and an absolute boor to talk with at social functions. So I applaud Obama for not giving in to FOX News’ bullying.

Networks, including FOX, should be allowed to cover what they want, and no one needs to infringe on their right to broadcast what they wish; however, the urban legend of “fair and balanced” needs to be put to rest.

Jordan Stein is a political science major. She can be reached at jesf25@mail.missouri.edu

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Council discusses payday loan businesses TREVOR EISCHEN Staff Writer City Council voted Monday for a moratorium on payday loan businesses and received a check for services during the Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival.

Columbia has 21 payday loan businesses throughout the city.

Other cities have used zoning restrictions and limitations on local business licenses to limit the creation and spread of payday loan businesses.

Payday lenders have become a problem, especially in times of economic downturn when the availability to borrow money is abused. Fees from the payday businesses also export fees out of the town.

Fifth Ward Councilwoman Laura Nauser and Second Ward Councilman Jason Thornhill said the payday loan businesses are last resorts for many who cannot go through other institutions to obtain loans.

Fourth Ward Councilman Jerry Wade said he agreed with Nauser’s agreement but voted for the moratorium.

“This has a huge impact on our very poorest,” Wade said.

“You’re taking away the last step.”

Planning and Development Director Tim Teddy said more research needs to be accu-

mulated in order to pass any regulations pertaining to zoning and licensing restrictions for payday loan businesses in Columbia.

Teddy said many payday loan businesses target lowincome and minority areas in which lending establishments receive more business.

City Counselor Fred Boeckmann said state laws for payday loans are not clear. He said if the state has not completely taken over a particular area of the law, the city could establish its own local laws.

Wade said he suggested the creation of a committee or group to invest further time and effort to discover the true impact of the businesses throughout the city.

“I think this informationgathering stage is very important,” Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala said.

Mayor Darwin Hindman brought up looking at the aesthetics of the payday loan businesses.

“They have terrible signage,” Hindman said. “It seems to me that one of the things we could do is single out the way to present themselves to the community.”

The council also suggested payday loan businesses improve their appearances.

“Some of the ugliest things you see in town are the payday loans,” Hindman said.

MIKE KURLOWSKI/THE MANEATER

Second Ward Councilman Jason Thornhill listens to the report on Columbia water quality Monday in the Council Chambers. The council also placed a moratorium on payday loan business in Columbia and accepted a check from Thumper Entertainment repaying the city for services provided during this year's Roots 'N Blues 'N BBQ Festival.

Hindman also said he knew of a not-for-profit community company in Oakland, Calif., where the community and banks supported the group for residents to look for loans.

The council spent two and a half hours debating the proposal put forth by the Columbia/ Boone County Environment and Energy Commission to halt the installation of Well No. 16 in the McBaine Water Treatment Plant, located southwest of Columbia.

The council unanimously voted to halt the construction of the well and planned to decide on the well’s place-

ment and construction at a later date.

Thumper Entertainment, the company that organized the Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival in September, presented a $14,144.90 check to City Council for services paid in full.

In the pre-council meeting, Thumper Entertainment spokesman Richard King discussed the successes and things he learned from this year’s festival.

Although admission dropped from previous years, King said numbers met the predictions, considering the recession.

Nixon cuts $200 million from state budget WES DUPLANTIER Staff Writer Gov. Jay Nixon announced more than $200 million in state budget cuts Wednesday, including reductions in funding to MU technology and health care programs.

The latest reductions mean Nixon has slashed some $634 million from the budget as it was passed by the legislature in May. Citing a decline in state revenues due to the recession, Nixon said the reductions were necessary to avoid raising taxes and still balance the budget, as the state constitution requires.

“This isn’t Washington, we don’t get to print money,” Nixon said in a transcript of his remarks obtained by The Maneater. “We must and we will make the fiscally responsible decisions to balance our budget this year, next year and every year after.”

Nixon said the reductions were aimed at protecting jobs, education and health care. He emphasized there will be no cuts to the core budgets of any state universities or universities and said the tuition freeze will remain in effect, even as other states are raising public university tuition to close

similar budget gaps.

But Missouri’s latest cuts mean some 700 state employees will lose their jobs, with 200 of them being full-time positions. Additionally, MU’s technology provider, MOREnet, lost more than $3 million in state funds.

MU Health Care saw appropriations for its hospitals and clinics cut by $3 million as well.

The Missouri Kidney Program, the Institute of Mental Health and a telemedicine program based at the hospital all lost 25 percent of their budgeted appropriations. Nixon said these cuts were necessary to leave core university budgets untouched.

Chancellor Brady Deaton released a statement shortly after governor’s announcement and said the MU’s budget had not been affected, but said those cuts could affect MU programs.

“We are very grateful that the core budget of the University of Missouri was not reduced,” Deaton said.

“However, several of the cuts will have both direct and indirect effects on our operations, primarily in health care and other statewide programs administered by the university.”

LATEST BUDGET CUTS Gov. Jay Nixon announced $204 million in cuts to the state budget last Wednesday.

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MU Health Care spokeswoman Mary Jenkins said MU Health Care does not know exactly how the cuts to its hospital and clinic funds will affect services yet.

“Really all I can tell you is that we’re very concerned about the cuts and we’re in the process of assessing the impact,” she said. “It could take several days to a few weeks.”

MOREnet is a separate business unit within MU that provides IT services to public schools and colleg-

es, libraries and other state entities. MOREnet spokeswoman Anissa Lockett said the company would be putting off network equipment maintenance but said MOREnet was also still trying to figure out how to work with less money. She said the company was trying not to raise prices for customers, such as MU. “We’re going to be deferring or eliminating the replacement of some network equipment,” Lockett said. “Currently, we’re doing everything we can so that we don’t have to impact member fees this year.”

Several other state agencies saw their budgets cut deeply. One such agency is the Missouri Arts Council, which will lose $4.4 million in funds for grants from the state. The council’s Director Bev Strohmeyer said grants paid by those funds will still be honored using money from the council’s trust fund.

But the council is also the state agency assigned to distribute state funds to public television and radio stations.

The $1.7 million previously allocated for public broadcasting was cut by $738,000 on Wednesday.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009

MIKE ZIEGLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Moberly resident Athena Bachtel speaks Friday to an audience at a press conference held by the Coalition to Control Tasers at the Columbia Labor Temple. Bachtel's son, Stanley Harlan, died after being stunned by a Taser during a traffic stop in Moberly.

Coalition moves to ban Tasers The group wants Columbia citizens to vote on Taser use.

MIKE ZEIGLER Reporter The Coalition to Control Tasers held a news conference Friday at 611 N. Garth Ave. to announce redirection in its campaign to control Taser use.

The six-member group announced the start of an initiative to include a vote on banning the use of Tasers in Columbia on the November 2010 ballot.

“Tasers continue to be used in ambiguous, uncertain and seemingly mistaken ways that appear not to conform consistently to ‘imminent danger’ standards,” said Catherine Parke, a speaker at the news conference.

Parke also cited concerns of accountability and transparency in the police department. Access to police documents for examination after Missouri Sunshine Law requests have been difficult for citizens and citizen groups after the implementation of the Police Executive Research Forum standards, Park said.

The PERF standards were created to outline a set of guidelines that police departments could adopt concerning their use of Tasers.

“The PERF guidelines emphasize reasonableness in policy making, training, officer use of CED’s (Tasers), postdeployment care of those subjected to a CED activation and maintenance of records and statistics,” Columbia Police Department Chief Kenneth Burton said in an April 2009 news release after announcing the department would adopt all 52 PERF standards.

Burton addressed the PERF standards as one of his first priorities when he came into office.

“One of my priorities my first week was to make a decision on how to proceed with the proposed PERF review of the Columbia Police Department policy on the use of Conducted Energy Devices (Tasers),” Burton said in the news release.

Mary Hussmann, a member of the Coalition to Control

Tasers, voiced concerns about Taser use. Hussmann said there are a lot of myths that need to be taken care of.

“You don’t use Tasers instead of a gun,” Hussmann said. “I think when people weigh it they will realize the Tasers are more trouble than they are worth.”

CPD Deputy Chief of Police Tom Dresner, who is against the coalition’s initiative, said the coalition wasn’t straight with the community on its ultimate intentions.

“All along they assured us that it wasn’t about banning, or disarming,” Dresner said. “It was about police accountability and reasonable oversight.

The community was misled.”

Dresner also said standards of reasonable Taser use that the community decided on are being kept with proper training, oversight and policy by the police department.

Dresner said the coalition wants to disarm the police of a vital, less lethal, force option.

“Hussmann says, ‘We need to get rid of them to get the cooperation and trust back from the people’,” Dresner said.

“Mary Hussmann has never had to, nor will she ever have to face someone who has no interest in cooperation with the police.”

Dresner also said the Taser is the only device that will electrically interrupt the signals from the brain from a resistive subject that will take down even large muscular people.

Without a Taser, Dresner said, officers will face danger with less available to them and thereby being put in greater jeopardy.

“I think the people of this city would agree that’s the wrong direction to go,” Dresner said.

Hussmann and the coalition are confident once the public is educated on Tasers, they will vote to make Columbia Taser free.

“Our contention is this is not only good for the public but this is also good for the police,” Hussmann said.

“We want a police department who is a good police force and we support them.

We just don’t like their use of the Tasers.”

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Council halts water well construction TREVOR EISCHEN Staff Writer

The City Council unanimously voted for a proposal to halt the construction of a water well in Columbia’s water treatment facility in the McBaine Bottoms, which recently underwent a water quality investigation.

The proposed placement of alluvial Well No. 16 has led to concerns over water treatment quality and costs.

The Columbia/Boone County Environment and Energy Commission outlined in its presentation to the council how diminishing water source quality could lead to increased treatment costs.

The EEC’s Vice Chairman Dan Goldstein wrote a letter last month to the council suggesting it table preparations for the construction of Well No. 16 until the completion of a study being conducted by Carollo Engineers, the company working with the city to determine the wastewater levels in Columbia’s 15 water wells.

Goldstein said the EEC wants to halt the construction until further evidence is available and does not advocate against getting water from the McBaine Bottoms.

“Our goal here is not to say anything bad about the wetlands,” Goldstein said.

The EEC said the water was by no means dangerous, but placing the well in an area proven to have contamination

problems is impractical.

“If we re-site Well No. 16, then we would presumably get cleaner water,” Mayor Darwin Hindman said.

Both the council and the presenters during the public hearing said the water currently poses no risk to the public.

“You can’t say it enough times, the water is safe,” Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala said.

Fourth Ward Councilman Jerry Wade said he thought a re-examination of the problem was important.

“I think we need to go back and relook, given the hydrologic situation,” Wade said. “For the long-term wellbeing, we need to pause a minute and look back.”

In a follow-up provision, the EEC also suggested the staff involved with the building of alluvial Well No. 16 search for an alternate location for the proposed well.

Engineering Manager Mark Schmidt said the chloride tracer is only one factor in determining the quality of the water.

Schmidt said the city also plans on building Wells Nos. 17 and 18 in the future with lands purchased in the McBaine Bottoms.

Chlorine levels in certain wells have posed a problem for the continual usage of water from the McBaine Bottoms, according to the EEC report.

Chlorine in water reacts and combines with naturally occurring organic

CPD SWAT tackles Columbia's high-risk crime situations PIERCE COURCHAINE Staff Writer When lives are in danger, the Columbia Police Department turns to its highly trained Special Weapons and Tactics Team. Since 1976, the CPD SWAT Team has been handling Columbia’s most lethal crime situations.

“The primary responsibility of the SWAT Team is the resolution of difficult police situations outside the realm of ordinary patrol response, through the use of highly developed skills, tactics, and specialized equipment,” said Tom Dresner, former SWAT Commander and current Deputy Chief of Police, in an e-mail.

The SWAT Team is used in an array of situations, including serving warrants. “(We serve) 60 to 80 high-risk search warrants per year and usually one to five callouts or code reds per year,” Dresner said.

Code reds are situations outside the realm of typical police officers. According to the CPD Web site, these incidents include, but are not limited to, hostage situations, barricaded subjects, riots or service of high-risk search warrants.

“It’s less about guns as it is about the techniques and management of incidents,” CPD Sgt. Michael Maynard said. “The gun only gets you so far.”

According to the CPD SWAT Manual of Operations, personnel are trained monthly in the classroom and in the field on maneuvers, situation management and physical training procedures. Personnel are also tested semiannually on a physical agility course.

“We take the fun right back out of it by our requirements and what we expect you to do,” Maynard said. “I’m 40 years old, and it is a physical strain and punishment on your body.”

Maynard also said there is no regimented physical fitness program for the SWAT Team and staying in shape is the responsibility of each team member.

Quarterly training on marksmanship and yearly surprise training is also required for all personnel. The CPD SWAT Team is trained to use an assortment of equipment, from 12gauge shotguns to 37 mm gas guns.

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MU Civil Engineering Professor Enos Inniss gives a report on water quality to City Council on Monday in the Council Chambers. The council voted to halt construction of a water well at the McBaine Water Treatment Plant. material, which poses health problems and increases treatment costs. Those different chemical bonds are called disinfection by-products, or DBPs. The study conducted by Columbia Disinfection Byproduct Project Manager Enos Inniss looked at levels of trihalomethane.

Goldstein said the wells with the most significant wastewater and chloride influence include Wells Nos. 1, 11, 5 and 6. Well

Citizens Police Review Board members selected The board will be under public scrutiny.

LYNDSIE MANUSOS News Editor

MIKE ZIEGLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A Columbia Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics Team member consults with security personnel during a standoff Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Columbia Square Townhomes.

“We’re a little over the national standard of training for a part time unit,” Maynard said.

The national average is eight hours of training a month for a part time team. The CPD SWAT team does about 10 hours a month, Maynard said.

CPD accepts volunteers to the team with a background in police work or armed services.

According to the manual, SWAT is compromised of different roles and positions.

The team commander is the captain and is responsible for making critical decisions. The rest of the team is made up of rescue, arrest, sniper and containment teams.

The rescue and arrest teams are inside the perimeter of the situation and are responsible for rescuing hostages and arresting suspects, the manual stated. The sniper and containment teams work outside the perimeter. The sniper team provides observation, suppressive fire and suspect neutralization, and the containment team makes sure the public is safe.

According to the Web site, SWAT also works with the CPD Crisis Negotiation Team.

Dresner said SWAT teams are often misrepresented by Hollywood.

“Our mission is the protection of life, all life, when possible,” Dresner said. “That’s how we operate. TV is B.S.” Maynard said after all the training, being a part of the SWAT team is worth it.

No. 12 is at a moderate level of wastewater influence. The proposed well would have been placed in the area where the wells have the highest chlorine levels.

In addition to increased costs, future government regulations on water contaminants could impede water supply from proposed Well No. 16 and other wells with concerning levels of disinfection by-products.

The Citizens Police Review Board will be able to begin meeting after Monday night’s City Council meeting in which the board’s eight members were announced.

The council selected Steven Alexander, Caroll Highbarger, Ellen LoCurto-Martinez, James Martin, John McClure, Susan Smith, Steve Smith, Steve Weinberg and Betty Wilson.

According to the language of the ordinance creating the board, it will review appeals from the police chief’s decisions on alleged police misconduct, host public meetings and education programs and make recommendations on police policies and procedures.

Mayor Darwin Hindman said being on the review board is a challenging position.

“It’s possibly going to require a lot of time, there are going to have to be some tough decisions and of course there will be a lot of public scrutiny,” he said.

To serve on the board, members must be residents of Columbia and registered voters. The length of time members will serve will vary for the first set of appointees. But in the future, terms will last three years.

First Ward Councilman Paul Sturtz said the board would help increase public trust in the justice process.

“I think being able to look at these controversial cases head on and having it done by a well-respected impartial group can and it has to help making citizens feel like this is a good process and that we live in a community about pursing justice,” he said.

The selection process began in September when the council began

sorting through 49 applications for the nine-person review board. The ninth spot will belong to a representative from the Columbia Human Rights Commission.

On Saturday, the council held a work session to interview 17 of the 18 remaining applicants.

Interviews ran from 8 a.m. to about 12:15 p.m. in the Mezzanine Conference Room at City Hall. The final applicant was interviewed before the start of Monday night’s council meeting.

Fourth Ward Councilman Jerry Wade said during the session the interviews were going exceptionally well.

“Sometimes you have trouble making decisions because you wish you had more applicants and they had better qualifications,” he said. “This is just the opposite.”

Although applicants for the board must be private citizens, they have included some people who have experience related to law enforcement policies and procedures. This includes an former officer, a forensic scientist and a prosecuting attorney.

Members of the board will now elect a chairperson and vice chairperson and will begin to meet monthly.

During the interview process, several members of the council said details of how the board will ultimately work are still up in the air, but Wade said the board would not create policy.

“This is a board that will have a unique set of experiences, data and insight, but this in not a policy-making board,” he said.

The board will meet monthly, providing an opportunity for public comment at each meeting. The ordinance also stated the board will follow the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement Code of Ethics.

— News Editor Will Guldin contributed to this story.

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Student Life should revamp, not redo its Web site Whether we like it, student fees will increase next year. It is nothing more than a matter of inflation. Student organizations are quickly scrambling to try to get a piece of the inflationary reallocation pie. Some have legitimate proposals.

Others want things that do not seem very necessary.

The Department of Student Life is asking for 33 cents of the inflationary increase to fund a desk to increase student involvement. One graduate student and four desk attendants would staff it, and it would be located in the Center for Student Involvement. Students would be able to go to the desk to get information about how to get involved.

The great thing about the Center for Student Involvement is there are already a lot of cubicles where students can go to ask individual organizations how to get involved. Adding one more desk will not make a whole lot of difference.

Director of Student Life Mark Lucas has a good sales pitch for this. Lots of students do get overwhelmed and do not know how to begin to get involved.

But most organizations do a really good job at marketing themselves and getting more members. It seems like there are often student organization fairs throughout the year. There is not a lack of information about how to get involved.

Funding for this program would cost about $16,000 per year. Rather than giving more money to Student Life to do something it is already doing fairly well, maybe we could allocate this money to organizations who can use it to market themselves.

Student Life is also asking for $15,000 revamp its Web site. It is unclear where this money would come from, as it is not a part of the inflationary increase in student fees.

Despite the fact we do not know where the $15,000 would originate, the bigger problem is the fact it is largely unnecessary.

There is no denying the Student Life Web site is a nightmare. It is hard to navigate. It randomly goes in and out of existence. The database of student organizations contains some groups that were discontinued years ago. The database site also looks like something straight out of 1993. The site needs work.

Does it need $15,000 worth of work? Absolutely not. Student Life wants to outsource the job to an outside development company. We already pay for a team of Web developers here, but it is apparently not sufficient. So why are we continuing to have it on staff if it isn’t going to be the one to redo the Web site?

Rather than starting from scratch, just improve what you already have.

Updating a Web site should not cost $15,000. There are students on the campus who can create award-winning Web sites. There is no reason we should have to hire an outside firm.

After the initial $15,000 fee to redo the Web site, it would cost $1,000 for every year after to maintain the site. We could save so much money by just having our team take care of the site.

Student Life is not the only organization asking for a bigger share of the inflationary increase. Many other groups want their share as well. Some of these projects are necessary. Some are not.

It is never a bad idea to increase student involvement. Participating in groups on campus is a great way to enhance any student’s college experience. This is just not the way to go about doing this.

We already have resources on campus for students to get information. Nearly everyone should know about the Student Success Center or the Center for Student Involvement. They are both very well marketed throughout campus.

Instead of paying for yet another way to give students information about getting involved, use the money on the resources we already have. Make sure our student fees are being used for things that are necessary. Do not waste our money.

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Tasers should be removed from Columbia streets We are here today to announce a significant redirection of the work first begun by the Coalition to Control TASERs, founded in Columbia in 2008.

This redirection now aims to make Columbia completely TASER-free by presenting to the voting public the issue of eliminating TASER-use by the Police Department and the public.

We could not have foreseen this critical need to work committedly toward eliminating TASERS either when the Coalition was originally formed, or even as recently as May 2009, when the national Police Executive Research Forum standards were implemented to guide, control and assert protocols of use and accountability; and in so doing fully inform and protect the public.

But it has become self-evident to us that making Columbia TASER-free is now absolutely necessary for public safety.

Compelling reasons have brought us to this position we are announcing today. We are responding to a call on our consciences that does not allow us to remain silent. We must speak. Here are the reasons.

First, even after instituting PERF standards, TASERs continue to be used in ambiguous, uncertain and seemingly mistaken ways that appear not to conform consistently to “imminent danger” standards.

There have been multiple incidents that appear to involve excessive use of TASER force or use in situations explicitly identified as inappropriate for TASERS. Second, in this climate of ambiguous, uncertain and sometimes seemingly mistaken use of TASERS, even after PERF standards have been adopted, accountability and transparency, which are always essential, become emphatically vital. Citizens and citizen

groups making Sunshine Law requests have encountered chronic difficulty in obtaining police documents for examination, a problem that also characterized the period before PERF. Third, many people thus see and feel a widening gap of uncertainty and fear between themselves and the police — a gap that lessens cooperation, intercepts good communication, erodes trust and damages the model of service to the public that is essential for a city police force always to support and maintain.

This climate of uncertainty, ambiguity and mistrust leads to an instability that can, in turn, deteriorate into irreparable harm, as in the death of young Stanley Harlan, killed by a TASER in Moberly in August 2008.

This tragic death in our region, the ever-growing number of deaths nationwide, approximately one each week, TASER International’s recent emphatic warning about the dangers of shooting into the chest and recent decisions against Tasters (the Memphis, MI City Council, for instance, turned down the police department’s request for TASERs; and the Sheriff’s Department of Tarrant County, TX has discontinued use) map the mounting evidence of a worsening situation.

Let it not require the death of a citizen of Columbia to move us to eliminate all TASERS in our city.

Chief of Police Ken Burton was quoted in the January 12, 2009 Columbia Missourian as follows: “Citizens should make the ultimate decision about whether the Police Department uses TASERs.” We invoke his admirable and accurate statement as our call to announce the TASER-free Columbia campaign to take this issue to the voting public.

— Catherine Parke, MU professor

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Tyra Banks shows everything but the burden ChaToyya Sewell chatoyyasewell@gmail.com

Tyra Banks. Generally she is just a punch line for me, her misguided earnestness an easy source for humor. I can respect the money and the empire she created for herself. I cannot respect the fat suits, on stage colonics and the color face. On one season of “America’s Next Top Model,” she had the contestants portray another race for a milk ad.

Despite the use of adorable children as props, the results were poor. And you’d think Tyra would have let it die there.

But this week she was back with colorface redux, larger and filled with enough stupidity to provide fodder for weeks.

Watchers of “America’s Next Top Model” will know every season they take the contestants on a trip to another country; this year the contestants got the shaft and were taken to the fashion capital of Hawaii. In addition to being the fashion capital Tyra would like us to believe it is, Hawaii is also the mixedrace capital of the world.

Following a bit of revisionist history, “races” were given out. I am not using scarequotes around race because

I ascribe to some colorblind “we are the world” bullshit, but because half the time what Tyra was giving out and describing as races weren’t. Botswana is a country with multiple ethnic groups, not a race.

Tyra then proceeded to give some halfass disclaimer about how they were not representing these peoples in the present or even historically but doing a fashion interpretation of that history, which I clearly took as: “Look at these ugly faux traditional clothes, it’s fashuuuun dahling.”

And the ignorance just rose. As one girl who was Tibetan and Egyptian for the day said, “I don’t know anything about Tibet, except that it needs to be freed.” I buried my face in my hands hoping she had some idea as to why people protest for Tibetan freedom that was cut by some malicious editing assistant. Later another contestant extolling the virtues of her look was pleased by looking “exotic,” and here’s a major issue: This idea that white is a normative American and everything else is some hyphenate or foreigner. If a child was Tibetan and Egyptian and born in Hawaii that child might ascribe or identify with parts of his or her background, but he or she would also be as American as you or I or apple pies.

Another major issue was just the

abundance of stereotypes being shouted during the shoot and judging. From Jay Manuel shouting “Feel Tibet, it’s all about ritual over there,” to Tyra’s classic, “Everywhere you go in Botswana music is playing, feel the drums,” to Nigel Barker’s horrific, “I can see Botswana in this. It’s almost National Geographic,” we get the image not of a country full of individual people doing individual things, but of a flat Westernized image of it.

To add to the frustration the one black woman, was not made to appear lighter for her Morrocan/Russian mix, further proving the theory because her body is already racially marked she is not allowed to step outside her race unlike the white women and one Asian.

“Everything but the burden” is this idea people of color’s identities are allowed to be put on for the enjoyment of white people -- white people are taking everything but the burden of being a minority from other races. The identities can be worn until the moment it is no longer enjoyable, at which time you can just wash your face. Unlike Tyra would lead you to believe, my identity as a woman of color is not something I can wash off the moment it gets hard. It’s not something I can play up to feel exotic and remove the moment I want to feel “normal” again.

"Twilight" delivers a bad message to women Christina Stiehl cmshd4@mizzou.edu

Even if you don’t keep up with popular culture, it is impossible to escape the phenomenon of the last couple years that has been the “Twilight” book saga and now movie series.

Usually, I would shrug off this franchise as another Disney-esque cash cow, designed to tug at the desires of the pre-teen to teen demographic and subsequently their parents’ checkbooks.

But the series has infiltrated older generations, causing collegeaged girls to obsess over the fictional Edward Cullen and 30-somethings to tote around the teen-vampire novels as if they were on Oprah’s Book Club list.

Not wanting to be behind the curve, I began reading “Twilight” last year before the release of the movie and it was OK. I took it with the proverbial grain of salt, but even so, I couldn’t figure out why the novel bothered me so much.

Sure, Stephenie Meyer has the writing style of an eighth grader entering a Young Authors competition and I don’t think it’s fair to excuse her poor writing as a means to relate to a younger audience.

Aside from the melodramatic first person narrative and love interest with no personality, I still couldn’t put my finger on why exactly “Twilight” was so overrated until I began reading “New Moon,” the series’ second installment: Bella, the main character, is a pathetic role model for adolescent girls.

Basically, the series revolves around a 17-year-old girl who falls in love with a boy in her school, only to find out he is an immortal vampire.

Fine, even the most cynical of us can appreciate a good love story sometimes.

But the protagonist and her boyfriend, Edward Cullen, are so in love

ILLUSTRATION BY CHELSEA MYERS after only weeks of knowing each other, they can’t spend more than hours apart.

Edward uses sappy lines like “You’re my life now,” and then sneaks up to her room most nights to sleep over.

As if the first novel isn’t enough of an advertisement for teen co-dependency, “New Moon” chronicles Bella’s depression when Edward decides to abandon her for the better part of the novel.

Hint: When your vampire boyfriend leaves you alone in the woods, he’s just not that into you.

Moral of the story? Your teen boyfriend truly means it when he declares his love for you after a few days.

And though the young couple doesn’t technically have sex until they get married (at age 19, mind you), teen girls might be more naïve in falling

for the sappy lines and horny antics of adolescent boys in pursuit of their own Edward.

Or like in “New Moon,” if someone breaks up with you, it’s perfectly acceptable to pass out in a deserted forest for days because really, life isn’t worth living anymore.

Although I couldn’t force myself to read past chapter eight in the second novel, I hear the rest of the series continues in much of the same, needy manner.

I can understand why many optimistic teen girls are infatuated with the series, but as older and hopefully more mature young women, we should know better.

Besides, don’t teen girls deserve a role model who can maintain her independence in the face of not only supernatural creatures, but also heartbreak?

Sami Hall

smhbt8@mail.missouri.edu

Put a brake on Christmas I dread Halloween. Not because I don’t love dressing up or like the extremely cheap bags of candy on sale the day after. I dread Halloween because of the signal it gives retailers to begin the holiday season.

All of a sudden, stores everywhere are bringing out all the holiday favorites including endless Christmas carols, signs everywhere proclaiming “Happy Holidays” and the overpriced perfect gift for Dad. The minute Halloween is over, stores everywhere immediately transition into the holiday season, and with it come all kinds of annoyances.

I am no Scrooge, but hearing Christmas carols sung by sub-par lounge singers everywhere I go makes me feel like saying some bah humbugs myself, especially when you hear them every time you walk into a public place for nearly two months.

There are only so many Christmas carols, and after a couple hours in any department store, you will have heard every single one. Hearing them once is more than enough for one holiday season. Try as you might, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” does not get any better the seventh time around, even if you change the singer and jazz it up a bit. In fact, that makes it worse.

So what is the hurry to start playing those songs so far before the actual holiday? It seems like stores start playing these songs the minute Halloween is over. They pass Thanksgiving, the nice, sensible holiday that is thankfully song-free, collect $200 from unsuspecting consumers and go immediately to Christmas. There is an entire month and a whole holiday separating Christmas from Halloween, but it seems many of us have forgotten about those pesky things called facts.

Then, there’s the way retailers push people to spend, spend, spend. I am not so idealistic to think retailers should not look to profit off the holiday, but subtlety can go a long way in this department.

Instead of shameless promotion of useless stuff people will inevitably return, how about promoting your great customer service? Why not talk about how your staff can help a customer pick out a great gift for someone? I know I would be more likely to shop somewhere where someone could help me find a truly good gift instead of one that pushes me to buy something utterly useless and undesirable.

From now until Black Friday, stores are looking to profit off customers unaware that during and after Black Friday, prices will bottom out. No one needs to buy anything Christmas-related before Thanksgiving, so stores have to convince people of the opposite. They will be working tirelessly to convince you there is something to be earned from buying your Christmas necessities before everyone else. (Is there even such a thing as a Christmas necessity?

Perhaps they have to convince us of that as well.)

I will let you in on a little secret: Christmas is always Dec. 25. It never moves. So buying things two months early really will not help you.

I hope I am not coming off as a Grinch. I really do love the holidays, but having them beat me upside the head kind of takes the mysticism out of it all.

This year, all I want for Christmas is for Christmas to wait until December.

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Tough Crowd

Thomas Leonard Movie Columnist

Students provide broad humor Back in 2007, a group of former MU students armed with a shoestring budget and modest resources set out to make the ultimate dude movie. The result, “Box Elder,” is a sidesplitting love letter to college that just might bust your gut. It’s become a Columbia staple, inspiring numerous “stache-bashes” and Sub Shop visits, but does it live up to the local hype?

The answer is a resounding yes. Strip away all hometown biases and “Box Elder” stands tall on its own, thanks to director Todd Sklar’s flawless reconstruction of the Solo cup parties, landlord woes and early-onset quarterlife crises which plague the average American college student. Most importantly, it’s just damn funny.

“Box Elder” tells the story of four friends.

Beginning with snippets of their freshman and sophomore years of college, it takes place largely in their final months before graduation. In the face of their impending plunge into the “real world,” the young men can do nothing but laugh. Sklar has taken a page from Judd Apatow and captured a pitchMovie: 'Box Elder' Director: Todd Sklar perfect image of the Featuring: great American slacker.

Alex Rennie and James But unlike Apatow’s Ponsoldt plot heavy contrivancRating: NR Running Time: es, “Box Elder” never 1 hour, 29 minutes really goes anywhere.

Instead, there’s a string 4 out of 5 of vignette-like scenes that only loosely move the story along. In any other movie, this could drive a person crazy. But it never tires in “Box Elder” thanks to the razor sharp writing and hilarious back-and-forth dialogue. The cast of newcomers, made up almost entirely of MU students, rises to the challenge and gives convincing and sympathetic performances.

This comfort and familiarity is what makes “Box Elder” such a must-see film for students in Columbia. Sklar has captured the spirit of the town so perfectly, “Box Elder” becomes a kind of living postcard. Besides the immediate recognition of the Lowry Mall location shots or the Broadway Diner dinners, there is an inevitable identification with the “what happens now” questions about life after college.

That’s the charm of this movie. Instead of tackling these questions with blatant clichés (à la this year’s “Post Grad”), “Box Elder” doesn’t have to say it outright. You get so lost in these listless couch potatoes’ babble you can’t help but be scared about how they’ll make it on their own.

Of course, these worries stay subtle and Sklar never compromises the laughs. Combining the painfully awkward humor of “The Office” and the sight gags of slapstick, “Box Elder” rests comfortably in its own realm of funny. Almost every joke is painfully real and thus all the more enjoyable. Slacker Alex’s (Alex Rennie) bumbling interactions with women (he runs into a lady friend after student charging a Penthouse Magazine at the bookstore) are so sincere you almost feel bad laughing.

But that’s what makes “Box Elder” so much fun. Its tight budget and modest beginnings make it all the more loveable, as it becomes honest and believable. Its fresh humor feels like the new frontier of college comedy. It’s a mustsee movie for college students everywhere, but practically mandatory for those at MU. If you haven’t seen what all the fuss is about, catch it this Thursday at Ragtag Cinema.

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Artist returns to her alma mater GABRIELLE LIPTON Staff Writer Objects seen on a regular basis often make people lose their incentive to give them a second thought. Leave it to an artist to revisit the meaning that sometimes fades into the background of everyday living space.

MU graduate Jenny Dowd seeks to accomplish this with her work. On display at the George Caleb Bingham Gallery’s Alumni Exhibition, Dowd’s take on a table and chairs as well as collections of books use steel, casing, porcelain and mixed media to show her ability to re-invoke the significance of such items.

This selection from Dowd’s installation “Tenuous Record” is one of the many projects she has completed since receiving her MFA from the MU art department in 2005.

Having moved to Georgia, then back to SARAH HOFFMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Missouri and now to Jackson Hole, Wyo., A piece titled '1.0 Classical Lit.' by Jenny Dowd is displayed Monday in the George Dowd has spent her time since graduate Caleb Bingham Gallery. '1.0 Classic Lit.' is part of Dowd's collection, 'Tenuous Record,' school teaching, working and collaborat- featured in the Alumni Exhibition at the gallery. ing her artwork, which consists of clay “It was really cool seeing her process sculptural ceramics and mixed media “Collection,” a collaborative book between Dowd and writer Tammy Christel, which as a writer,” Dowd said. “She started with ceramics, with literature.

Her work has been shown all pairs haikus written by Christel with pho- tons of words she thought of when she looked at the artwork and then she startaround the U.S. but one of her prouder tos of Dowd’s work.

The idea for this project originated ed pulling out certain words and turning moments came at the very beginning of in a workshop Dowd took them into haikus.” her career in 2006, when she about business skills for artThis unique collaboration is one of was featured in the “Premio ists. When Dowd was made to many exemplifiers of Dowd’s innovative Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro International Competition for Artists: Jenny Dowd, Erin write a three-sentence state- outlook. She works with porcelain, paper ment about herself as an artist, clay, terra cotta, graphite, wax and thread Young Sculptors” in Milan.

Cork and Curtis Erlinger she instead wrote a haiku. to create installations that have been “It was really special because Where: George Caleb “I thought ‘Oh gosh, I can’t based around everything from small boats it really started the work I was Bingham Gallery Oct. 19 to Nov. 5 do that,’ so I wrote a haiku,” to books to, her most current endeavor, making after graduate school,” When: Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Dowd said. “It was the only teeth.

Dowd said. “I was not expect“My inspiration comes from my collecing to get in to it, so I entered just a draw- way I could force myself to think small. ing, just a sketch of something I was going From a haiku, you can say so much in so tions, little objects I pick up, whether I use them or re-state them,” Dowd said. to make, and then I got in and I had to little.”

Christel had seen and written an artiHer display in the gallery shows the figure out how to make it. It started what I did for the first full year after that and gave cle about one of Dowd’s gallery shows in same sort of thought. The groups of porme something tangible to work towards Jackson Hole, which then led to Dowd celain books bundled together with thread contacting and working with her to pro- stem from the walls of the gallery, offering after grad school.” a different take on such common objects.

A recent accomplishment of Dowd’s is duce the book.

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‘Borderlands’ a satisfying addiction AJ HURST Senior Staff Writer

standing for how all of these weapons should work, every instance of deviation from that norm comes as a delightful There’s a planet. It has lots of guns. surprise.

There are revolvers that can fire seven People stand between you and the guns.

Use your guns to kill them and take pellets in a single burst. Sniper rifles their guns. Bring friends if you want. can fire explosive cartridges. Shotguns Repeat until your character peaks out. can empty their entire magazines with a single pull of the trigger. Rockets can Motivation? Check. constantly separate into The paper-thin story smaller rockets mid-flight. doesn’t keep “Borderlands” Sub-machine guns can profrom having personality. This desert wasteland full of sand GAME REVIEW duce their own ammo.

Nothing falls too far into and garbage piles feels sur- Game: ‘Borderlands’ bat shit crazy territory (these prisingly vibrant and inviting Platforms: PC (version guns shoot bullets and rockthanks to a distinct, hard- reviewed), Xbox 360, ets, nothing more and nothedged art style. Hard black PlayStation 3 First-Person ing less), but the game creates lines accentuate the crevices Genre: Shooter/Role-Playing low expectations early with and wrinkles of every texture. Publisher: 2K Games generic vanilla weapons and The game feels like a Developer: Gearbox then catches you off guard simultaneous homage and Software with a fully automatic sniper insult to the first-person Release Date: Oct. 20 (X360, PS3), Oct. 26 (PC) rifle. Holy crap. Sniper rifles shooter genre. We all expect 4.5 out of 5 are not supposed to do that. shotguns to behave certain So yes, lots of guns. More ways, rocket launchers to behave in certain ways, and so forth. In importantly, lots of satisfying guns. For this sense, “Borderlands” gently mocks all of its RPG-like stat manipulation and fans of the genre for becoming so stuck skill development, “Borderlands” is a shooter first and foremost. Whatever in their ways.

Those clever Gearbox bastards know dice-rolling that goes on behind the how to take full advantage of our pre- scenes never gets in the way of your abilsumptuous attitudes. Because so many ity to put your crosshairs on somebody’s of us have some level of basic under- head and blow them away. ~~~~~~~~~~

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Leveling up and experience points.

In a first-person shooter. Has the world gone mad? The combo works far more effectively than it sounds.

Critical hits are not byproducts of random chance: Every shot to the head becomes a crit. Weapons can emit elemental damage (fire, explosive, shock or corrosive), and certain enemies have weaknesses and resistances to each of them. A simple enough concept we’ve all taken for granted as RPG-exclusive, but when applied to a shooter, the awesomeness gets amplified.

Guns are literally everywhere: Enemies drop them, chests hide them and some even lie buried under unassuming piles of dirt. Most have pitiful stats and are better off selling for cash than using in a fight, but that one magical gun that clicks with you eventually comes along.

The ideal co-op session is predicated on all four players being similar in level, and some parts of the menu interface need cleaning up, but “Borderlands” knows no equals. It will compel you to stop returning phone calls, never leave the house except for groceries -- you know, that sort of stuff. Plenty of other games already build this sort of obsession, but nothing else wraps that obsession in such a satisfying first-person shooter package.

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Gameday with Gerstner

Rough October ends for Tigers

Matt Gerstner

SEAN LEAHY Sports Editor

Sports Columnist

Tigers need to rush I hate people who don’t know when to use something that actually works.

That stubbornness almost cost Missouri the ball game Saturday. Had it not been for the defense, Colorado would’ve kept the second half momentum going and the Tigers would’ve suffered one of the worst meltdowns of the year.

Missouri’s ground game set the in the first half. Tailbacks junior Derrick Washington, sophomore De’Vion Moore and freshman Kendial Lawrence scorched the Buffalo defense for runs we Tiger fans have been craving all year. Seriously, we had all but given up on the running game.

It was starting to look like the Texas Tech offense: Pass 50 to 60 times a game and run for five, most of which are for two yards or less.

And yet, with all the evidence the coaching staff needed as to how Missouri could put the game away, coach Gary Pinkel and offensive coordinator David Yost refused to recognize the rushing attack and put the game in the hands of the suddenly-shoddy sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert, whose ankle soreness really seemed to flare up in the second half, despite his numerous attempts to dismiss any pain.

Instead of pounding the defense with the run, Missouri ran its signature middleand jailbreak-screens and the swing passes to the outside.

I don’t know about you, but I am far past those plays. They never work. Not against this kind of competition. You don’t have the kind of personnel to run those plays like Texas does.

Running the ball worked. Why the coaching staff got away from that, I have no idea. Maybe they wanted to show off Gabbert. Maybe they thought with the game handily put away, he’d relax and start making smart throws. That backfired into a pick-six.

Almost all the credit of the second half goes to the defense. Minus the opening second half drive, the defense played one hell of a game.

What I’ve noticed, as I’m sure a few others have, is the alarming difference of the first and second halves for the Tigers.

Maybe it’s a lack of endurance. Maybe the Tigers are really easy to adjust to. Either way, something has to change.

I think after this season, the coaching staff needs to look at this offensive scheme and throw it out or change it dramatically.

Without former offensive coordinator Dave Christensen, the mad scientist, the offense has lost its potency. Now that everybody’s jumped on the bandwagon, it’s easy to prepare for. It’s nothing novel anymore.

I’m not saying the new offense needs to be anything groundbreaking, but at least a change. This spread has run its course.

Missouri got some help with everyone in the Big 12 North losing, except Nebraska.

They still have a chance, and I still think Gabbert needs to sit. If there is any pain, even if it comes on later in the game, he needs to sit.

I realize Pinkel is a little apprehensive of putting the backups in, but he can’t sacrifice his quarterback of the future because he didn’t prepare sophomore Jimmy Costello the way he should have.

Something needs to change. If you want a shot at a Big 12 North title, the change needs to be now.

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BOULDER, Colo — On this Halloween weekend, the Tigers ended October with a treat after a month full of tricks.

By coming out with a 3317 victory over Colorado, the Tigers ended a month that was at times wet and wild but almost always frustrating.

After sprinting to a 40 start, Missouri dropped three of its first four Big 12 tests and suffered from an anemic offense at times.

Aside from the 36 points they put up against the Buffaloes, Missouri is averaging 12 points a game in the Big 12 and has been shut out in the second half twice.

“When you have three losses, the psychology of trying to win again, there’s a lot of things weigh on you,” coach Gary Pinkel said.

BRIGHT ROAD AHEAD?

Missouri survived a rough October by finishing with a win over Colorado. The Tigers lead the all-time series against each of their future regular season opponents, apart from a tie with Kansas.

Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28

Baylor Missouri leads, 10-2 at Kansas State Missouri leads, 58-31-5 Iowa State Missouri leads, 58-34-9 Kansas Tied at 54-54-9 (Kansas City) KATIE PRINCE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

Missouri took its bumps and bruises through the past month since its victory over Nevada on Sept.

25, but senior linebacker Sean Weatherspoon said the team has begun anew.

“We got through October with the win in the end and that’s big for us,” Weatherspoon said. “We need to carry it over into November because those who win in November are those who are remembered.”

After a strong performance against Colorado that included three sacks, redshirt freshman defensive end Aldon Smith said Missouri has put the losses behind them.

“We’re looking at this as a whole new season,” Smith said. “All those games are in the past.”

Sophomore tailback De’Vion Moore put up 58 yards on the ground against the Buffaloes and was relieved to get off the losing streak.

“It’s a good feeling,” Moore said. “As a team, I feel like we know we have a lot more ahead of us. This was just start for us. We came off a tough few weeks and it was painful. You got to take those losses and you got to use it for the rest of the season.”

Moore emphasized the

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Redshirt sophomore tailback De'Vion Moore avoids a tackle from Buffalo senior cornerback Cha'pelle Brown during the game Saturday at Folsom Stadium. Moore put up 58 yards against the Buffaloes, contributing to MU's 36-17 win. learning aspect of playing.

“We have to learn from every game we play,” Moore said. “It’s always something that we can learn as a team.

And I feel like that’s the biggest thing about our team this season. Period.”

The Tigers’ record was not the only thing to get banged up in the past month.

Against Nebraska on Oct. 8, sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert injured his ankle after getting sacked.

Gabbert hasn’t missed a start but was pulled in the second half of the Oct. 24 game against Texas.

Losses to Nebraska and

Oklahoma State preceded a loss to the Longhorns, when the Tigers were knocked out early in the Homecoming game.

How does all that adversity change a team?

“It changes a lot,” Weatherspoon said. “There’s so much of a sense of urgency around here now. We don’t have room for mistakes and taking games off against team in the (Big 12) North. Previously we’ve dominated the North but we know right now everybody is gunning for us so that gives us that sense of urgency that we know we have to do.”

Volleyball overcomes struggles for home victory ALEX KECKEISEN Staff Writer Despite execution problems throughout the match, the Missouri volleyball team (15-9, 6-6 Big 12) finished off its final non-conference opponent of the season, Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville (1-23) in three straight sets (25-16, 25-21, 2521).

The Cougars showed promise throughout the match as they attacked the net and caught the Tigers off guard.

“Something like this is always a mixed bag,” coach Wayne Kreklow said. “You would hope when you have a match like this, you come out and execute but we didn’t do that.”

Missouri had a number of problems as it circulated different players in the mix. Passing problems resulted in balls dropping to the floor because of communication issues.

Before being replaced by freshman setter Kate Harris, senior setter Lei WangFrancisco varied the attack, dishing out assists to all angles.

That broke up the Cougars’ blocking team, opening up the

ON THE MEND Junior outside hitter Julianna Klein is battling back from mono and started for the first time in six matches. Here’s how she did: 9 kills 20 total attacks .350 hitting percentage 3 service aces 1 solo block KATIE PRINCE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

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Junior hitter Paola Ampudia spikes the ball over Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville junior middle hitter Karie Downing on Saturday at the Hearnes Center. The Tigers beat the Cougars 3-0. opportunity for a kill.

When Harris replaced Wang-Francisco, she started off slow before finishing with 16 assists.

“It’s a tough spot to be in,” Kreklow said. “When you don’t get a lot of reps in a game-like situation, it’s tough to come into a game like that. We wanted her to be comfortable.”

Harris has played in 15 sets this season, dishing out 76 total assists.

She said it was all about coming onto the floor and feeling comfortable.

“As the game went on, I felt more like myself out there,” Harris said. “At the beginning it took a while to get in the rhythm of things.”

With the score 10-8 in Missouri’s favor, junior outside hitter Julianna Klein drilled a kill in the middle of the SIUE defense.

From there the Tigers pulled away with a 15-5 run before conceding three chances at set point. Klein was able to finish off the set with a well-placed kill to the right corner of the Cougar defense.

Junior outside hitter Paola Ampudia was effective on the attack coming from the backline, a tactic Kreklow has employed since the beginning of the Big 12 schedule.

Klein got her first start

in six matches after battling mononucleosis. She and Ampudia tied for team high kills with nine.

“Coming off a couple weeks off, I’m still getting back in the groove of things,” Klein said.

“I can definitely do better and getting back into practice this week, I want to get back in the groove of things.”

Missouri pulled ahead early in the second set with an accurate attack and few mistakes.

But a 9-3 lead quickly turned around as SIUE battled back to tie up the score at 14.

The errors mounted and passing became a problem for the Tigers.

The backline was stuck on its heels as the Cougars formed a solid attack at the net, but with a few solid attacks, Missouri closed out the set 25-21 on a kill from sophomore outside hitter and middle blocker Brittney Brimmage.

The Tigers jumped to a 41 lead early in the third set thanks to two aces from Klein.

Attack errors became a theme as the outside hitters began losing control of their swings.

“I’m glad we won the match but I’m really disappointed how we did it,” Kreklow said.

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Heavyweights compete for starting spot NICK FORRESTER Senior Staff Writer Missouri senior wrestler Mark Ellis is the defending national champion and ranked No. 1 in the nation at heavyweight. But he might not be Missouri’s starter this season.

Sophomore Dominique Bradley is contesting Ellis for the starting spot on Missouri’s lineup, and coach Brian Smith said the two are a good matchup. Bradley is unranked, but that’s because two wrestlers from the same school in the same weight class cannot be ranked. Otherwise, Bradley would likely be ranked in the top five in the country.

“It’s really even,” Smith said. “But right now, it’s not a decision. Ellis will be going against Illinois and going out to the All-Star Classic.”

In Sunday’s annual Black and Gold match, Missouri wrestling fans saw the two heavyweight giants face off against one another.

In the previous two Black and Gold matches, Bradley defeated Ellis, but Ellis still won the starting spot. This year Ellis defeated Bradley 2-0.

Neither wrestler scored in the first period of the match. Ellis then chose to go down in the second period and was able to fight for an escape to take a 1-0 lead. Ellis controlled Bradley for the entire third period, gaining an additional point for riding time, to win 2-0.

“I wanted to make sure I was able to ride (Bradley) out,” Ellis said. “We’re both tough to take down. I’ve been really concentrating on riding and bottom and top and I want to be the best in the country at those positions because I feel like I can’t be taken down so I knew it was going to come down to that.”

Although Ellis is considered the dominant force in the country at heavyweight, Bradley has his own set of credentials, something most backups in the country can’t say. This past summer, Bradley won the Junior World Championships in freestyle wrestling, a tour-

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Senior Mark Ellis brings sophomore Dominique Bradley to the mat in the Black and Gold Wrestle-Offs on Sunday at the Hearnes Center. Ellis is a defending heavyweight national champion and is one of five returning All-American heavyweights from last season. nament just under par of the Olympics.

“It’s helpful,” Ellis said, referring to having Bradley as his backup. “It’s tough day-to-day for both of us, but the good thing is, he’s got a couple years left after this, so he can still be a couple time national champion, and I know he can do it.”

Bradley defeated Iowa State’s heavy-

weight David Zabriskie last season in the Midlands tournament. Thus far in his career, Ellis has been unable to defeat Zabriskie, but he will have another shot in the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic on Nov. 22, which features the top-ranked wrestlers in each weight class facing off against each

Cross-country competes in Big 12 championships PATRICK HUNLEY Reporter Freshman Kaitie Vanatta earned All-Big 12 honors, and the Tiger men and women’s teams placed eighth and ninth respectively at the Big 12 CrossCountry Championships on Saturday at A.L. Gustin Golf Course.

Vanatta placed 11th overall with a time of 21:48.31. The top 15 finishers in both races earn the All-Big 12 tag. Vanatta is the first Tiger since 2006 and the second freshman woman in school history to receive all-conference honors.

Freshman Bailey Belvis came in second for the Tigers, placing 40th overall, and senior Ellen Ries placed 46th.

The women improved from a last-place finish at the event last year, but Vanatta said the team hoped for a better finish despite racing well.

“It’s mixed emotion,” Vanatta said. “We’re really happy that we ran well. I think we all ran the best that we could today. I think that we wanted to place a little higher, obviously.”

The men’s team failed to place in the top half for the first time in five years. Junior Dan Quigley finished 29th with a time of 25:51.87. Juniors Phillip King and Michael Pandolfo finished 43rd and 44th respectively, and freshman Max Storms

HOW THEY’VE FINISHED Here are the Tigers’ finishes at Big 12 Championships over the past five years: Year

Men

Women

2005

5th

4th

2006

6th

7th

2007

6th

10th

2008

5th

12th

2009

8th

9th

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came in 58th place.

“I’m disappointed that we weren’t top half,” coach Jared Wilmes said. “That’s always our goal. I feel like we had a couple of guys who didn’t have their best races.”

Junior Phil Bascio, normally expected to be the Tigers’ No. 4 runner, finished 94th out of 103 runners after losing his shoe about a mile into the race.

Rainfall made the course muddy and forced runners to adjust to avoid puddles.

“You had to try and find the spots where it wasn’t muddy, so you had to zigzag across the course, and you also had to try and avoid falling down,” King said.

Wilmes partially attributed the men’s eighth place finish to the team’s lack of experience. The team’s only senior, Ben Wade, hasn’t run since the Missouri Cross-Country Classic on Sept. 12.

“Any time you’re counting on two true freshmen to be your four and five, that’s never a good thing,” Wilmes said. “I thought they did a good job, but you need some more upperclassmen in this conference. I think it’s a good sign for the future that everybody’s coming back.”

For the second straight year, Oklahoma State won the men’s race. The Cowboys, who are ranked No. 4 in the country, claimed the top four spots in the race and finished well ahead of Colorado, the second place finisher and No. 3 ranked team in the country.

“I thought the guys were extremely patient, stuck to our plan, just kind of sat back and waited until the last mile and take command at that point,” Oklahoma State coach Dave Smith said. “They did a great job doing it and they ran together. It went exactly how we had hoped it would go.”

Texas Tech won the women’s race with five runners earning AllBig 12 honors. Colorado senior Jenny Barringer, who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and holds the American record in the 3000-meter steeplechase, won the race by 40.82 seconds and helped lead the Buffaloes to a second place finish.

It was the second time Missouri played host to the Big 12 CrossCountry Championships in the event’s 14-year history.

other at the beginning of the season.

“That’s the match I wanted,” Ellis said, referring to the All-Star Classic. “I believe it’s set up perfectly for me and I’m excited for it. Both times last season I was in deep on a takedown and I didn’t finish it, so I have to finish my takedowns. I just have to go wrestle.”

Black and Gold game begins wrestling season The Missouri wrestling team got its season started with the Black and Gold Wrestle-Offs on Sunday at the Hearnes Center. The Gold team won with a score of 21-12.

The match started with a surprise result in the 125-pound weight class, in which freshman Brad Wisdom beat sophomore Troy Dolan by a 5-2 score.

After the match, coach Brian Smith put down any speculation that Wisdom could start on opening day, and said Dolan would be the starter.

Junior Todd Schavrien, who wrestled in the 133-pound weight class last season, was victorious in the 141-pound weight class. Smith gave no indication of which weight class Schavrien will compete in at the start of the season.

Redshirt freshman Nathan McCormick defeated sophomore Taylor Crane by a score of 3-1 in the 133-pound weight class. Wisdom, Schavrien and McCormick all competed for the Gold team.

The first wrestler to win for the Black team was sophomore Patrick Wright, who beat redshirt freshman Nick Gregoris 2-0 in an exciting match of 157-pounders.

“I was able to beat a lot of top kids last year, guys who were almost All-Americans,” Wright said. “I expect to do that again next year, and expect to be an AllAmerican.”

In the 165-pound weight class, senior All-American Nicholas Marable continued the Gold team’s dominance with an 8-2 victory over

freshman Zach Toal and appeared poised to put together another AllAmerican season.

Both the 174-pound and 184pound weight classes brought a lot of intrigue as starters sophomore Dorian Henderson and senior Max Askren moved down to a new weight class for this season.

Both wrestlers won their matches in the Wrestle-Off, Henderson for the Gold team and Askren for the Black team, and built confidence for the upcoming season.

“I felt great today,” Askren said.

“It was my first day at 184 in a couple years, but I felt really good and I’m really fired up for the season.”

The Gold team had pretty much sealed up a victory, but the heavyweight match between senior Mark Ellis and sophomore Dominique Bradley still brought Missouri fans to their feet. The match lived up to the hype, and Ellis, the defending national champion, won 2-0.

Smith was pleased with his team’s performance.

“We were pretty good, pretty aggressive,” Smith said. “A lot of times you see guys not be so aggressive in a Wrestle-Off because they all know each other, but we were.

I’m pleased with where we are at right now.”

Missouri opens up its season Nov. 12 at home against Illinois.

“We expect to beat Illinois,” Smith said. “This team has unlimited potential and we will get better as the season goes on.”

— Zach Miller, reporter

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