The Maneater -- Volume 76, Issue 24

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The Spa to stay through 2010 DAVID CONWAY Staff Writer The legal battle surrounding the tanning beds in the Student Recreation Complex reached its conclusion last week when a judge ruled MU’s lease with Tan Time LLC could not be terminated until Dec. 31, 2010.

The court denied Tan Time’s claims for damages from MU, one for $32,000 for loss of profits during a temporary closure in August 2008 and another for $158,000 for the loss of money invested in the location at the recreation complex.

In his findings, Circuit Judge

TANNING BED TIMELINE

A judge's decision to allow the tanning beds in the Student Recreation Complex to remain through December 2010 ended a two-year legal battle between MU and Tan Time LLC. January 2007: The Spa opens.

Summer 2008: MU receives complaints about The Spa's tanning bed services and closes it until a court hearing in August.

August 2008: A court hearing results in The Spa remaining open until a further decision can be reached.

Last Week: A judge chooses to allow the the tanning beds through 2010, but deny Tan Time's claims for damages by the university.

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see TANNING, page 6

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A court decided The Spa in the Student Recreation Complex would be allowed to remain open through 2010.

The decision was the outcome of a two-year legal battle.

Tigers strong in win over Wildcats EVAN GLANTZ Senior Staff Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. — Against Kansas State, Missouri didn’t resemble the team that had gone without a second half touchdown since Sept. 25.

The Tigers built on a solid first half by finding the end zone three times in the third and fourth quarters to knock off the Big 12 North-leading Wildcats 38-12.

“I’m just real proud of our football team,” coach Gary Pinkel said. “That last week was a real tough week around Mizzou football. This game was about a lot of things. To me, this game was a step to preserving what we’ve built here. We’re building a tradition here at Missouri, and what we’ve been doing the past few weeks is bigger than anything. see BALL, page 6

TRAVIS CORNEJO Staff Writer The Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council elected new executive board members for 2010.

IFC President Danny Jonas said applicants answer a variety of questions on their applications.

Questions cover campus involvement and problems and solutions

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Senior wide receiver Danario Alexander celebrates in the end zone Saturday during the game against Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan. Alexander caught 10 passes during the game for more than 200 yards.

Rock the Wrench gives five student bands shot at fame DAVID CONWAY Staff Writer Memorial Union will become a musical battlefield Tuesday night as it hosts Rock the Wrench, a battle of the bands presented by the Student Union Programming Board and KCOU/88.1 FM that pits five bands against one another.

After students cast more than 28,000 votes online, a field of 13 bands was narrowed down to

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the five that will be performing Tuesday. The online segment of the competition was designed to familiarize the audience with the bands, often a problem with events like this, KCOU General Manager Jonathan Hutcheson said.

“We thought, ‘What if we did a much longer rollout and took the submissions and incorporated an online voting segment, where see ROCK, page 6

ROCK THE WRENCH

More than 28,000 votes were cast to get from 13 to 5 bands.

The Finalists: Bad Dog Stay Envy the Cookbook Nick and the Fireflies The Red Resistance What Machines Were Source: KCOU Web site SPENCER PEARSON/GRAPHIC DESIGNER

applicants see within the Greek Life community.

“Each person who desires to run has to be nominated by a president of an organization other than their own in the IFC community,” Jonas said. “It has to be seconded by either another president or the president of their organization.”

IFC President-elect Brandon see GREEK, page 6

Week aims to promote transgender awareness ANGELA CASE Senior Staff Writer A series of discussions, panels and vigils is being held across campus this week in observance of Transgender Awareness Week.

The events aim to educate the public about transgender issues and remember those who were hurt or killed because of their gender identity, Triangle Coalition Secretary Emily Colvin said.

The goal of the week, which is sponsored by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Resource Center and Triangle Coalition, is to raise awareness of transgender issues on campus, Triangle Coalition President Erin Horth said. see WEEK, page 6

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The Tigers came out of their regular season opener victorious as they won 74-57 against the Northern Iowa Panthers.

Sports, page 15

TRANSGENDER AWARENESS WEEK There will be events every day this week.

Monday InsideOut Topic: Trans in Public 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

CSJ Lounge, N215 Memorial Union

Tuesday Transgender health panel 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Chamber Auditorium

Wednesday Questioning conventional transgender narratives Noon to 1 p.m.

CSJ Lounge, N215 Memorial Union

Thursday Transgender remembrance vigil 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

A.P. Green Chapel

Friday Balloon release and reading of names All day in Speaker's Circle Source: LGBTQ Resource Center Web site KATIE PRINCE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

Pepper spray The Maneater takes a look at the benefits and dangers of using pepper spray as a form of protection.

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Junior swimmer Spenser Lauver takes a breath during the men's 500-meter freestyle in a competition versus Southern Illinois University on Saturday at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.

Top Stories No. 1 — Sixth suspect arrested in family sexual assault case No. 2 — Greek Life rich in history and tradition No. 3 — Blog: Reports: Highly-rated recruit commits to MU basketball No. 4 — Column: MU left-wing bias on display No. 5 — Football looks to get back on track

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Dance Marathon raises money for children TRAVIS CORNEJO Staff Writer Dance Marathon raised $14,872.08 by the end of the event Saturday night.

Junior Emily Vick said the steering committee started the event by explaining the rules of Dance Marathon. Watches, cell phones, caffeine and energy drinks were not allowed.

Participants had to stay for the full eight hours and were not allowed to sit.

“We’re basically standing for the kids that can’t,” Dance Marathon Steering Committee member Lexie Delaney said.

Dance Marathon Steering Committee member Yasi Hemmat said $13,000 had been raised by Saturday morning. All the money raised will be donated to the Children’s Miracle Network.

Sophomore Micha Lorenz was the top-fundraising person with $535.

Vick said the steering committee also taught the participants the Morale Dance at the beginning of the event.

“At first it’s crazy and you think it’s super long,” Vick said. “You end up learning it after eight hours. It’s amazing how eight hours can unify a bunch of kids. By the end, it’s not about the individual teams, it’s about everyone.”

Hemmat said the families of the children were invited to the event Saturday night.

Vick said it is really fun to see the families come and it is the best part of the night.

“It establishes that personal connection and you’re reminded why you do it,” Vick said.

Hemmat said participating teams consisted of Summer Welcome leaders, Greek Life organizations and groups of friends.

Teams were required to raise a minimum of $200.

“We encourage them to raise more than that,” Delaney said.

Experimental winery looks for the perfect wine grape A College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources extension program has opened an experimental winery to test out different grape varieties and growing methods.

“It gives us, as a research program, a real opportunity to take our experiments all the way through and gives us an opportunity to evaluate the finished product,” said Eli Bergmeier, MU viticulture research specialist.

The new winery was established in collaboration with the Institute for Continental Climate Viticulture and Enology, which works with the state’s 92 wineries.

“It’s much more effective and efficient for the industry to allow us to do this testing,” ICCVE Director Keith Striegler said.

Although it might not be as big as some of the commercial wineries in Missouri, Strielger said the new facility means the ICCVE can test its findings firsthand over the entire course of the winemaking process.

“This is the kind of information we can share with the entire industry,” food science graduate student Steve Monson said.

According to the news release, Missouri’s harsh winters and temperature fluctuations present quite a difference from the Mediterranean climates typically associated with wine, which means research plays a large role in the success of the wine industry in the state.

Striegler said there was a distinction between being able to grow good grapes and the ability to make good wine out of those grapes.

“Certain varieties can survive, grow and produce fruit, but don’t make good wine,” he said.

“Providing information on which varieties perform best in Missouri from the vineyard to the cellar is important.”

Delaney said some teams really got involved, going above and beyond just raising $200.

“One team even made their shirts match their banner,” Hemmat said.

Vick was a part of the Alpha Kappa Psi dance team. The team included both active members and pledges of the fraternity. Vick said it was a good way to get to know the pledges.

“This is the first year Alpha Kappa Psi did it,” Vick said. “I think we ended up raising a little over $200.”

Vick said she approached the Alpha Kappa Psi executive board in September about participating in the Dance Marathon.

“They’re really great,” Vick said about the executive board. “We raised $100 and they matched.”

Delaney said she applied to be on the steering committee after she was on a Dance Marathon team last year.

Hemmat said the subcommittees of the steering committee

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are catering, fundraising, family relations, morale, marketing and recruitment.

“They just work on getting more teams to sign up,” Hemmat said

about the recruitment subcommittee. “They deal with dancer relations.”

Next year’s Dance Marathon is scheduled for February 2011.

MU to participate in South Korea’s Songdo Global University creation The university in South Korea would offer American degrees.

The Institute for Continental Climate Viticulture and Enology is working with the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources to establish an experimental winery.

Striegler said the ultimate goal of the winery is to “enhance efficiency and profitability for the industry.”

He also cited winemaking as not only a source of economic activity, but also as an important tourism draw for the state.

“Our goal is to provide an economic engine to drive this rapidly growing industry,” he said.

Striegler said the way to do that is to find the ideal grape that can be turned into the perfect glass of wine — in other words, the holy grail of enology.

Monson said hopefully the research done by the winery would not only prove beneficial for the industry, but it would also give the university the ability to market its own label.

— Krystin Arneson, reporter

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Freshman Samantha Raucci of team 'Lathrop 4 Life' dances with her teammates Saturday night in the Student Recreation Complex during Dance Marathon. Raucci, along with other Dance Marathon participants, helped raised $14,872.08 to benefit the Children's Miracle Network.

Several American universities, including MU, were invited to collaborate with the South Korean government to contribute to the creation of Songdo Global University, a university under construction in South Korea, to offer American degrees.

Deputy Chancellor Michael Middleton said MU is in the process of negotiating an agreement to spend a year planning what the university can offer Songdo Global University.

He said MU and the South Korean government hope to have the agreement finalized by the end of the year, but the process could take several months.

“Our biggest problem is figuring out how to deliver the programs,” Middleton said.

“They haven’t specified exactly what they want other than that they want American degrees offered there in South Korea.”

The new university would not be a Korean university, but an American university located in South Korea.

Middleton said he was told students in Asia have a desire to receive American degrees, which is what Songdo Global University would provide.

“They want this new global

city to be a hub for eastern and southeastern Asia,” Middleton said. “There is a great demand in that area for American degrees. Unfortunately, they can’t all travel to America for degrees. They say, ‘Since they can’t afford to travel internationally, perhaps we can convince American universities to come and offer degrees.’"

Middleton said, among others, North Carolina State University and the University of Southern California have been invited to be part of this collaboration.

At a recent Faculty Council meeting, Chairwoman Leona Rubin said the presence of an American university would draw students to the city.

“It’s one of those things that if you build it, they will come,” Rubin said.

International Programs Vice Provost Handy Williamson said if MU continues to move forward on the project, the university’s contributions would be one of many parts.

“We’re not running the show,” Williamson said. “We’re part of a consortium.”

Middleton said MU professors, faculty from other participating American universities and Korean professors will most likely teach the courses.

Williamson said the colleges of Education, Veterinary Medicine, Arts and Science and Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources would possibly offer courses and more colleges would participate in the future.

Williamson said the invitation to assist in the operation

of Sungdo Global University is an honor that probably relates to the long connection between American and Korean education.

“Our invitation could be attributed to Harry S. Truman,” Williamson said. “At the end of World War II an agreement was signed enabling many Korean students to come to the U.S. and attend universities.”

After the agreement was signed, a large number of Korean students streamed to MU. Rubin said South Korea has presented an opportunity that is not often encountered.

“It’s really a unique type of program we’re putting together,” Rubin said.

Although the partnership is not yet set in stone, Middleton said the likelihood of South Korea and MU joining forces again is very high.

One factor that will be considered is compensation and the effects on the community.

“If we determine that MU and the state wouldn’t benefit from this, we won’t go forward,” Williamson said.

South Korea would help finance the planning process and the university, Middleton said.

“My understanding is it will certainly give us around $1 million to finance the planning year,” Middleton said. “They will build the infrastructure.

There will likely be some costs that won’t be covered by tuition and fees in the initial couple of years. They’ve offered to work with us in providing some of that start up money.”

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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, NOV. 12 Nicholas E. Rivers, 18, of Gillett Hall, on suspicion of resisting or interfering with arrest and purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor Cory T. Camasta, 18, of Gillett Hall, on suspicion of resisting or interfering with arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia FRIDAY, NOV. 13 Allen G. Fennewald, 19, of 5213 Gasconade Drive, on suspicion of purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor SATURDAY, NOV. 14 James A. Hart, 19, of 913 Curtis Ave., on suspicion of open container violation by possession of an open container of an alcoholic beverage on a city street, sidewalk or parking facility, false identification and purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor

NEWS Andrew J. Standifer, 18, of 900 S. College Ave., on suspicion of use or possession with the intent to use drug paraphernalia and possession or control of less than 35 grams of marijuana Ryan C. O’Keefe, 18, of 900 S. College Ave., on suspicion of possession or control of less than 35 grams of marijuana and unlawful possession of an illegal weapon Seth C. Weber, 20, of 900 S. College Ave., on suspicion of attempt to distribute, deliver or manufacture synthetic manufactured drugs, of use or possession with the intent to use drug paraphernalia, possession or control of less than 35 grams of marijuana and stealing felony James T. Ickes, 19, of 900 S. College Ave., on suspicion of purchase or possession of intoxicants by a minor and second-degree sexual misconduct SUNDAY, NOV. 15 John L. McClain, 21, of 1646 Towne Drive, on suspicion of second offense of peace disturbance and resisting arrest James N. Guirl, 21, of Schurz Hall, on suspicion of assault on a law enforcement officer resulting in physical injury, resisting arrest and second-degree sexual misconduct Scott M. Schmitt, 21, of 2900 Old 63, on suspicion of driving while intoxicated — Armeen Mistry, staff writer

COLUMBIA POLICE THURSDAY, NOV. 12 Ashley N. Lein, 19, of 900 S. Providence Road, on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor

and false identification Andrea D. Parton, 20, of 1520 Whitburn Drive, on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor and false identification Sara M. Willis, 19, of Lathrop Hall, on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor and false identification FRIDAY, NOV. 13 Trisha N. Acton, 18, of 301 Tiger Lane, on suspicion of theft Ian W. Cole, 21, of 304 S. Ninth St., on suspicion of obstructing a government official Tasha M. Dittamore, 21, of 806 Boulder Drive, on suspicion of driving a motor vehicle with a suspended driver’s license Danny C. Holmes, 21, of 203 Unity Drive, on suspicion of first-degree trespassing William R. McDonald, 21, of 262 W. Old Plank Road, on suspicion of possession of an open container of alcohol SATURDAY, NOV. 14 Ashton B. Noland, 19, of 2900 Old 63, on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor and third-degree assault Brittany N. Pruitt, 20, of 203 Lincoln Drive, on suspicion of thirddegree assault Jimmy L. Robertson, 19, of 602 S. West Blvd, on suspicion of firstdegree trespassing — 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.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Six arrests result from DWI saturation The Boone Country Sheriff’s Department conducted a DWI saturation this weekend, resulting in six arrests for driving while intoxicated, a Sheriff’s Department news release stated.

The saturation took place in the Lake of the Woods area from 11 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m.

Saturday, the release stated.

“It was very successful,” Major Tom Reddin said. “Six drunks were taken off the road.”

Reddin said the Sheriff’s Department conducted a DWI saturation this weekend, as opposed to a checkpoint. A saturation is more widespread than a checkpoint.

“A checkpoint is located in a single place,” Reddin said. “A saturation has officers located in several places throughout the county.”

According to the release, the saturation also resulted in arrests for traffic violations other than driving while intoxicated. These included endangering the welfare of a child and arrests for outstanding warrants, as well as hazardous and non-hazardous moving violations. Approximately 40 vehicles were stopped during the saturation, the release stated.

Hazardous moving violations include stop sign and stop light violations, lane violations and careless and imprudent driving and speeding, the release stated. Non-

hazardous moving violations include registration violations, equipment violations and operating a vehicle without a valid driver’s license.

There was no particular reason the saturation occurred this weekend, Reddin said.

“Saturations are part of our efforts to remove intoxicated drivers from the area so we pick random weekends and areas where we had prior arrests or things like that,” Reddin said.

According to a news release issued before the saturation, 262 people were killed in 2008 in crashes involving an impaired driver, 1,113 people were seriously injured and 3,398 received minor injuries.

Those numbers are up from 2007, a year that resulted in 243 fatalities due to impaired drivers, the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety Web site stated.

November 2008 resulted in a total of seven DWI arrests, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Web site stated.

The Sheriff’s Department made six arrests on the night of the saturation.

The Missouri Department of Transportation Division of Highway Safety funded the saturation, the release stated.

— Nicole Thompson, staff writer

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Police say pepper spray has risks, benefits Pepper spray could cause more danger if used improperly.

Gabrielle Lipton, reporter design by Jeneen Garchow Women between the ages of 18 and 24 have the greatest risk of any demographic of being sexually assaulted. One in six women will be raped in her lifetime, and college-age women are four times more likely than others to be sexually assaulted, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

Whether out running, shopping or even walking through a parking lot, knowing how to protect yourself can help reduce the risk of being attacked.

One such method of protection is pepper spray. Pepper spray contains capsaicin — the chemical found in fruits of the Capsicum genus, such as chili peppers — and commonly comes in small spray canisters that are easy to clip onto a keychain or slip into a purse. Its extreme potency can cause temporary blindness, coughing, runny nose and difficulty breathing.

Although these factors have given it a solid self-defense reputation, the question arises of whether it’s the best option.

First and foremost, pepper spray is a weapon. Although it does not cause any permanent damage, it is temporarily debilitating, especially for someone who has never experienced it before.

“The part about it being a weapon that we want people to know is that, with any potential weapon, there are certain tenants you need to understand,” Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Jessie Haden said.

“Do you know where it is? Is it going to work? Do you know how to use it? Some pepper spray canisters have a push on the top.

Some have a trigger. We don’t want someone macing herself or himself by mistake.”

If the wind is blowing against the spray, or if it is aimed and

sprayed at a very close target, the person dispensing the pepper spray might get the worst effects of it. Taking time to find it in a purse or trying to use an outdated, clogged bottle also pose potential threats to the user.

Student Health Center Health Educator Kim Webb said pepper spray users could put themselves in harm’s way.

“It would disable you, which is what it’s intended to do,” Webb said.

MUPD Crime Prevention Officer Adam Duncan said he would not recommend anyone to carry pepper spray if he or she had not had any training.

With the right training, these possible disadvantages can be avoided, making pepper spray a good option to have. MUPD offers a free Rape Aggression Defense class to all students, for which Duncan is an instructor.

“The basic RAD class is the pre-requisite for the Aerosol and Keychain class,” Duncan said.

Students learn how to properly deploy pepper spray in the latter class.

“We talk about ways to deliver it, we talk about retention and employing things like a hammer fist or a strike or a kick,” Duncan said. “If they choose not to carry anything, they have some physical options. If they choose to carry pepper spray, they know how to use it.”

Duncan said it’s absolutely vital to leave the scene after spraying someone and not return to any place your attacker might have seen you.

He also said just reading up on proper use of pepper spray could be helpful. Formal classes are not the only way to prepare.

Webb said though the RAD class provides excellent training,

SPRAY FOR STUDENTS Pepper spray canisters with a stream delivery system are easier to aim and not as affected by the wind as other models. Although the Sabre models are easier to transport, their small sizes only allow for one or two sprays each. All Fox products feature large nozzle openings to discharge more per burst.

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Two pepper sprays — self-defense spray and law enforcement unit spray — are displayed for sale Monday at Armygear Military Surplus store. Armygear assistant manager Brett Burns said legislation requires police sprays to contain only capsaicin, though other self-defense sprays can contain military-grade tear gas. self-training can aid those looking for self-defense as well. “(Spray it,) then walk through it, make yourself cough,” Haden said. “Then you can think, ‘That would be a circumstance where I could use my pepper spray, and I even know what it would feel like if I got some on me, so I’m really prepared.’ “ Pepper spray comes in forms ranging from sprays to fogs to paintball guns that shoot pepper spray balls rather than paint.

Duncan recommends spray bottles with a stream delivery system. Not only are these easier to aim than other options, but also the wind has much less of an effect on this type as well, reducing the chance of backfire. Bottles should contain no less than two ounces. Lesser amounts, which are generally the keychain sizes,

only allow for one or two sprays and leave no room for error.

Duncan said MUPD officers carry a four-ounce bottle with a stream delivery system.

“The pepper spray that we carry you can buy,” Duncan said.

Another factor to be aware of is the legal implications for improper use. If pepper spray is used offensively rather than defensively, consequences could ensue.

“It would be classified as a third-degree assault, and there are criminal charges that go along with that,” Duncan said. “It’s also a violation of the student code of conduct. If someone is using it offensively, at the very least, there will be a suspension from school, possibly removal from the university, as well as the criminal charges.”

Sabre

Duncan said the MUPD classes teach people how defending themselves can border on their legal requirements.

“The rule of thumb is if at any point I can get out of that situation and I choose not to, I’ve crossed the line,” Duncan said.

Despite its classification as a weapon, pepper spray does not cause any permanent damage, which is why it is carried and used by police officers. It gives them the opportunity to temporarily incapacitate and distract their subjects without injuring them.

Haden said people’s limitations might prevent them from using more physical methods of selfdefense, so pepper spray is a more comfortable defense mechanism.

“Darn it, I’m going to use it if I need to,” Haden said. “Why shouldn’t I carry it?”

Combo Keychain Self Defense Spray with Extra Practice Canister and Quick Release (STUHC-14) Quantity: .54 ounces Method: stream delivery Distance: 8-10 feet Type: comes attached to key ring, includes instructions and practice canister Price: $14.99

Cyclist Self Defense Spray for Bikes (model #: CY-35) Quanity: 1.25 ounces Method: stream delivery Distance: 8-10 feet Type: attaches to bike frame Price: $15.99

Fox Labs Mark 3 Flip Top Quantity: 2 ounces Method: fog or stream delivery Distance: fog 15-18 feet, stream 17-20 feet Type: safety flip top prevents accidental discharge Price: $14.50

Jogger Self Defense Spray for Runners (P-22J) Quantity: .75 ounces Method: stream delivery Distance: 8-10 feet Type: adjustable hand strap, small, easy to carry Price: $12.99 Source: MUPD officer Adam Duncan

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009

NEWS

TANNING: MU won't BALL: Tigers score in second half ALEXANDER need to pay damages Continued from page 1

Continued from page 1 Kevin Crane said the temporary closure of The Spa, which is located in the recreation center and operated by Tan Time, in 2008 did not represent a significant loss of profit and the improvements were the cost of doing business.

“The court finds that there is no persuasive evidence to show that the university engaged in any unlawful conduct under the lease that directly and proximately damaged (Tan Time),” court documents stated.

MU lawyer Kelly Mescher said though the decision blocked MU’s attempt to terminate Tan Time’s lease before 2010, officials were content with the court’s ruling.

“While the university would have liked to exercise the option to terminate the lease with Tan Time LLC it believed was provided for in the contract documents, it is willing to let Tan Time operate through the end of 2010 without interruption unless there is a breach of the agreement by Tan Time,” Mescher said. “University officials were pleased that the court agreed with the university that Tan Time did not suffer any damage from being closed for one week in August 2008.”

Mescher said MU has no plans to appeal the decision, as the lease would most likely expire before any decision was reached through

an appellate court.

Representatives for Tan Time could not be reached for comment.

Freshman Camila Remolina said she was aware of the legal efforts to terminate Tan Time’s lease but didn’t think The Spa should be removed from the recreation center.

“I think it’s somebody’s choice if they want to tan or not,” Remolina said. “Just a couple of miles away there’s more tanning salons, so why not have them here?”

Sophomore Alex Denison said though he understands some students’ desire to tan, he agrees with the decision to remove the tanning beds from the recreation complex.

“When you’ve got something like tanning going on in a place that’s university owned and supposed to focus on good health, it seems kind of misguided,” Denison said. “Why not have a steroid bar while you’re at it?”

Mescher said despite the drawnout legal conflict, she expects the remainder of Tan Time’s lease to run smoothly.

“The Rec Services staff has had a good working relationship with Tan Time’s staff throughout this lawsuit,” Mescher said. “The litigation has not affected the operation of the business and I do not anticipate that there will be any difficulties as the lease continues through 2010.”

ROCK: Winning band gets exposure, money Continued from page 1 people can actually listen to music from the bands, and get to know them a bit?’ “ Hutcheson said.

“With that, you get the stronger bands or at least the bands that appeal to the most people as the bands who are playing.”

The event is designed to feature the bands of students, many of whom are unjustly overlooked, Student Union Programming Board President Amanda Shelton said.

“Rock the Wrench is a largescale version of an event that SUPB has put on in the past to better showcase MU talent and give it the attention it deserves,” Shelton said.

“Essentially, we decided that this isn’t just going to be a talent show, it’s going to be Rock the Wrench.”

Evan Cottrell, who performs under the name What Machines Were, hates to classify his music by genre, instead calling it “happy music for happy people.” As the only solo competitor, Cottrell has mixed emotions about the event.

“To be totally honest, I would prefer a panel of judges, but I’m not complaining,” Cottrell said. “A person in the audience could love Band A’s music but is obligated to vote for Band B because their friend is in it. On the positive side, it gives me a chance to stand out. I will be the only acoustic act and I am pretty excited.”

Bad Dog Stay saw Rock the Wrench as an opportunity to get its friends together on a Tuesday night, drummer Beau Rothwell said. He described the band’s music as “louder than a bread box”

and attributed its success to the dedication of friends.

“Social networking helped immensely, but basically we just called and texted everyone and hassled them to vote until voting closed,” Rothwell said.

The Red Resistance has already recorded an album of 13 songs.

The band campaigned for votes on the KCOU Web site by calling the event its chance at fame, however small.

“We will rock you, sock you and party like no other band,” the band said on KCOU’s Web site.

Envy the Cookbook, a newly formed band with only one recording to their name, made the top five after playing just two shows as a group. The band’s bassist, Jeff Clayton, said his band is the most musically talented of the finalists.

“We’re a progressive band,” Clayton said. “It’s a lot of guitar work, not a lot of vocals, a strong bassist. Some classic rock, some jam band stuff. I guess it’s kind of hard to describe.”

Nick Spina, lead singer and keyboardist of Nick and the Fireflies, calls his band’s music unique. As the only band in the competition without a guitar, Spina said the group works to make its performances intense and intimate at the same time to make up for the untraditional instrumentation.

“Rock the Wrench is an exceptional opportunity to gain exposure and increase our fan base,” Spina said. “We also wanted to the chance to meet and compete against other local bands. The $500 prize doesn’t hurt either.”

And I’ve stuffed that in my players’ faces.”

Early in the second half, it appeared the Tigers’ offense was going to continue to toil after halftime.

On the first drive of the third quarter, following a Kansas State field goal, sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert was almost picked off, and Missouri went three-andout.

By the end of their second possession of the quarter, the Wildcats had run 22 plays, (resulting in six points) and the Tigers had run three.

Then it all changed. On Missouri’s fourth play of the half, Gabbert and senior wide receiver Danario Alexander connected on an 80-yard touchdown pass, breaking the Tigers’ streak of more than 170 minutes without a touchdown in the second half.

“I think it took a weight off our shoulders to finally come out and get a touchdown in the second half,” he said. “Once that happened, the offense just kept on rolling.”

THE GREAT

In his past two games, senior wide receiver Danario Alexander has carried the majority of Missouri’s offensive load.

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Alexander had an outstanding day, totaling 10 catches for 200 yards and three touchdowns. His first score came on a 54-yard bomb from Gabbert, during which he leaped over a Kansas State defender to make the catch.

Gabbert said he found that particular catch of Alexander his most impressive.

“Definitely the one where he got behind the defender and made that jump ball catch,” Gabbert said.

“He got open all day and made a bunch of plays. When you get him the football, he makes tremendous plays with it.”

A week after struggling in the

second half against Baylor, Gabbert rebounded to post excellent numbers throughout the game. He completed 20 of his 27 passes for 298 yards and three touchdowns.

“We had our backs up against the wall this week,” Gabbert said.

“We had to come out here and show everyone what we’re made of. Last week sucked. I really don’t want to talk about it, but we got a big win here at Kansas State.”

Missouri also saw a boost in its running game. After a passheavy first half, the Tigers turned to the ground game as the contest progressed.

Junior tailback Derrick Washington had one of his most productive games of the season, even as he got fewer touches. He ran the ball 13 times for 68 yards and scored twice in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach.

“Today, we were playing for our pride, we were playing for Mizzou, we were playing for the fans, we were playing for the guys next to us, we had to do it,” Washington said. “We lost a lot of respect last week and we had to come back and earn it this week.”

GREEK: PHA extends one deadline Continued from page 1 Green said the election process lasted three hours.

“What set me apart from the other candidates was my experience being a chapter president and my experience with my chapter’s executive board,” Green said.

Green said his goals include increased community awareness of the IFC and increased programming between fraternities, as well as between the four Greek Life councils.

“My number one goal is to work toward Greek unity,” Green said. “I want the IFC executive board to get us on the track that will break down barriers between fraternities and unite the Greek community.”

Green said the 2010 IFC execu-

tive board positions are all filled by passionate fraternity men and he is excited to work with them over the course of the next year and beyond.

Green said the transition process would be extremely important. The new IFC executive board must build upon the work of the previous board members and transition to a successful 2010.

“Dec. 10 is when we have our official transition meeting,” Jonas said. “They are actually installed Dec. 7.”

Jonas said the IFC executive council members would work Dec. 10 with the newly-elected members on what they did and what they would have liked to have done during their term “just so they don’t have to reinvent the wheel.”

Jonas said looking back on

his term as IFC president, he has accomplished better communication between the chapter presidents and the IFC executive board and made it clear the executive board is a resource.

“I would like to see the same great dynamic that our board had, because when you have that kind of dynamic internally, you can accomplish more externally for your constituents,” Jonas said about the new executive board.

Jonas said he has not had to worry about his executive board and it went above and beyond his expectations.

PHA Programming Vice President Brittany Perrin said the application deadline for External Recruitment Vice President has been extended through Nov. 30.

The position will be filled Dec. 1.

WEEK: Events include Thursday vigil Continued from page 1 The event is centered on National Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is held annually Nov. 20. The nationwide observance began in 1999 in response to the highly publicized murder of Rita Hester on Nov. 20, 1998, Triangle Coalition Vice President Sean Jarvis said.

Horth said though many universities hold vigils on the day of remembrance, she has never heard of another university that dedicates the entire week to transgender awareness.

Jarvis said 2009 is the second year MU has observed the national day of remembrance and hosted the awareness week.

Transgender Awareness Week is important because it helps raise awareness of issues facing transgender people, Horth said.

“Misinformation leads to discrimination,” she said.

Horth said one of the major issues facing students at MU who are transgender is the school’s nondiscrimination policy, which does

not offer protection for gender identity and expression. She said issues involving gender expression could cause tension for students.

For example, a student might accidentally be outed by a teacher who uses the student’s formal name in class. A shortage of gender-neutral bathrooms on campus also causes anxiety for some students, Horth said.

Horth said the LGBTQ Resource Center and Triangle Coalition are working to raise awareness and promote education about transgender issues.

“The myth is that transgendered folks are extreme sexual deviants or perverts,” she said.

Colvin said one of the most common myths about people who are transgender is they choose to become transgender.

“Some people think that any harassment we receive is due to our own choices,” she said. “In reality, we have to do this for our own sanity.”

Events, such as Transgender Awareness Week, are held in an effort to dispel such stereotypes.

At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the student center, a panel of medical professionals who have experience working with transgender patients will speak about the medical aspects of being transgender, Jarvis said.

Wednesday, women’s and gender studies professor Sam Bullington will discuss the role hegemonic narratives play in transgender identity.

A transgender remembrance vigil will be held Thursday in the A.P. Green Chapel. Names and stories of transgender people who were killed due to their gender identity will be read there, Jarvis said.

Friday, National Transgender Day of Remembrance, a balloon release and reading of names will be held throughout the day at Speakers Circle. All students are welcome to join in the event by coming by Speakers Circle between classes to read a name and release a balloon in remembrance of one of the 301 reported Americans who have died as a result of hate crimes due to their gender identity since 1976, Horth said.

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Black, Gold and Blue

Jordan Stein Politics Columnist

Take back the Ninth District As a political science major who is also a senior, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the round of elections coming up, mostly wondering which ones I could work for after I graduate.

We are going to have a really good Senate race between Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and come November 2010, Missouri could join the elite group of states with two female senators.

Hopefully, Columbia’s Democratic state representatives — Mary Still, Stephen Webber and especially Chris Kelly — will run successful reelection campaigns based on the great work they’ve done the past year. Even the Columbia mayoral race looks to have at least four candidates with the chance of more people hopping on the ticket before the January deadline.

It seems there will be some exciting politics to follow in the coming months. But there is one important race that has not generated any buzz yet — the Missouri Ninth District Congressional race.

I really hope a good Democrat runs against Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., next year. His win in 2008 was a hard blow for the Democrats in this district, who are localized in a way that favors Republican candidates. Luetkemeyer will presumably be running for re-election and will have the benefit of the incumbent effect.

The encouraging thing though is Luetkemeyer won against Judy Baker by only two points.

Baker was an excellent candidate, but maybe Democrats can learn from that race.

In order to get him out, the Missouri Democrats first need to find a good candidate, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee needs to help with funds.

Look at what he has done in the last two years. He called Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Jefferson City an “insult.” He proposed to cut funding for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change dismissing their claims as “junk science.” He spent the most taxpayer money of all freshman representatives on selfpromoting mailers. On several occasions, he has quoted false numbers in public about the cost of the Cap and Trade bill proposed earlier this year, even after nonpartisan groups had publicized their inaccuracy. He promoted a “do nothing” plan in order to save the economy and fix health care. He received a “zero percent” score from a non-profit organization that advocates action for middle class families. He publicly decried the bonuses given to American Investment Group executives but voted against a bill that would retrieve the money days later.

It seems Luetkemeyer, whose campaign promises included working toward affordable health care, has tried his hardest to sit back and keep the status quo. Missourians are having some of the hardest economic times we can remember, but he’s not willing to reach across the aisle (another campaign promise) and do anything about it.

Luetkemeyer consistently embarrasses Missouri by his status as just another Republican in the pocket of a big industry. The only campaign promise he has kept is his work on earmarks. He hasn’t requested a cent of money to come back to Missouri. We need someone who can call out Luetkemeyer on his antics in Congress and who will legitimately take action against all the problems that affect Missourians.

Jordan Stein is a senior political science major.

She can be reached at jesf25@mizzou.edu

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Local hearing debates payday loan laws WES DUPLANTIER Staff Writer Five Democratic state representatives, including all Columbia’s representatives, held an unofficial legislative-style hearing Monday night in Columbia to protest Republican opposition to reform of the payday loan industry.

Democratic Reps. Mary Still, Stephen Webber and Chris Kelly, who are all from Columbia, and Charlie Norr and John Burnett heard timed testimony from witness in the same format as a typical legislative hearing at the capitol.

Still has sponsored HB 150, which aims to curb interest rates and ban the renewal of outstanding loans. The four other representatives have also co-sponsored the measure.

Norr, a Democrat representing Springfield, said the group was holding this unofficial hearing because he said Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, would not schedule committee hearings on the bill. The bill was referred to the Financial Institutions Committee in May, but no hearing is scheduled. Norr said House Republicans refuse to explain their objections to the bill.

“They don’t tell us anything,” Norr said. “These bills don’t get to committee and if they do, they don’t get out.”

HB 150 would cap the annual amount of interest charged on a loan, or APR, at 36 percent, the same rate ceiling imposed by the federal laws regulating payday loans on military bases. It would

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Legislators question Randy Scherr, executive director of United Payday Lenders of Missouri, during a hearing on payday loan reform Monday at the Daniel Boone Regional Library. Scherr argued payday loans are a better alternative than other financial penalties. also seek to ban the renewal of loans to allow people to pay off an existing balance with a new loan, a way of effectively increasing their interest rate.

Missouri law does not place any caps on interest rates and allows loans to be renewed up to six times, effectively creating an interest rate of 1,950 percent.

The hearings come two weeks after City Council passed an ordinance banning new payday loans businesses from setting up shop in the city for the next six months.

According to Maneater archives, the council passed the ordinance to buy time to research how to regulate the industry at the local level.

Norr said such moves on the local level were steps in the

right direction.

“It’s a good start,” he said.

“These things are out of control and they’re hurting people.”

One witness spoke on behalf of the payday loan industry. Randy Scherr, executive director of the United Payday Lenders of Missouri, said payday loans are a better financial option than the alternatives of a bank overdraft fee or a late payment charge on a credit card.

“It’s an option,” Scherr said.

“It’s a choice they can make as an alternative to overdraft charges.”

UM-Kansas City economics and law professor Bill Black followed Scherr on the witness stand and hotly contested his arguments about the value

of payday loans as a financial product. Scherr said banks charging up to 2,000 percent APR in the form of overdraft charges should not justify the high rates payday lenders do charge.

Scherr said payday loans do have a better interest rate than other financial charges if paid back on time, but the industry makes its money by extending and renewing loans, sending interest rates into the triple digits.

As of January, Missouri had issued more licenses to payday lenders than any other state except for Tennessee, with 1,315 licenses issued. Those statistics, complied by the state, figure this increased number of licenses to be a 44 percent rise from six years ago.

CPD, MUPD prepare for holiday break Burglaries tend to increase when students leave Columbia.

NICOLE THOMPSON Reporter As students leave campus for the holidays, they leave empty homes and apartments behind. These are perfect targets for burglars, Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Jessie Haden said.

“Burglars know that students leave campus and take advantage of it,” Haden said.

One reason burglars target student housing is to obtain valuable items many students leave behind, such as video game systems and iPods.

Those items are valuable, as well as small and therefore easy for burglars

to steal, Haden said.

“They will tend to go where there’s more bang for your buck,” Haden said.

CPD attempts to control these problems by speaking to the media. Haden said she would focus on getting the word out next week.

Haden also said burglary crimes might occur in fraternity and sorority houses, as well as student apartments.

CPD officers who work on East Campus inform residents of the potential dangers during the holiday season and prepare them to protect their property by doing things, such as locking doors and windows.

Senior Ryan Taylor has lived in East Campus for two and a half years. He said he has not experienced any burglaries and has not been contacted by CPD. “Really I haven’t heard of any burglaries at all,” Taylor said. “I have not

heard anything directly from CPD.” Traffic problems, such as traffic jams and accidents, are often associated with MU breaks.

MU Police Department Capt. Brian Weimer said though this is a problem when students leave for and return from summer vacation, traffic is not an issue for Thanksgiving break.

“There’s not typically a mass exit like there is at the beginning and end of the school year because people’s classes begin and end at different times,” Weimer said.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol will be stepping up its traffic enforcement activities for this year’s Thanksgiving weekend by participating in two programs, a highway patrol news release stated.

“Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest holidays for travel in our nation and

the Missouri State Highway Patrol is committed to making Missouri highways safe and to reduce traffic crashes,” Highway Patrol Capt. John Elliott said in the news release.

According to the news release, the highway patrol will assign all available officers to work during the holiday period.

Troop B officers will also be patrolling 10 mile increments of U.S. 63 from noon to midnight Nov. 25 and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Nov. 29.

“I want to encourage motorists to do their part by abiding by all traffic laws and making sure everyone in their vehicle is buckled up,” Elliot said in the news release.

Weimer said in general, crime does not increase over breaks at MU. With fewer people on campus, crime is overall less of a problem.

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Mayor Darwin Hindman ceremoniously cuts a ribbon, opening the Columbia Police Regional Training Center on Monday. The new training center for the Columbia Police Department includes up-to-date technology, including a firearms simulator.

CPD opens new training center The facility houses new technology, such as a firearms simulator.

ALICIA STICE Staff Writer On Monday afternoon, the Columbia Police Department hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a training facility that would allow officers to train with new technology, a CPD news release stated.

The new Columbia Police Regional Training Center is located at 5001 Meyer Industrial Drive.

Mayor Darwin Hindman, CPD Deputy Chief Tom Dresner and City Manager Bill Watkins spoke at the event. Several City Council members were also in attendance.

Dresner said CPD is very proud of the new training facility and will no longer have to look for a place to hold training for 80 officers.

“It’s hard to describe how excited we are to have our own place,” Dresner said.

“I have been here nearly 25 years, and during that time, police training has always been at a borrowed or rented location. That has finally changed. We’re now going to be at the location of our choice.”

CPD spokeswoman Jessie Haden said with the new training facility, CPD could exponentially increase the training of its officers. It gives CPD the ability to bring nationally renowned trainers to Columbia.

Haden also said it will also allow CPD to hold training for smaller law enforcement agencies nearby.

Without the facility, these agencies would have to send officers out of the state for training.

“We’re definitely getting more bang for our buck,” Haden said.

Hindman praised the facility for its up-to-date technology, including a smart board in

one of the classrooms.

“We can and should be proud of our police department,” Hindman said.

The building is named in honor of Robert M. Lemone, who donated the land for the training facility.

Watkins said without Lemone’s constant work on the project, it would not have come into fruition.

Construction on the training center began October 2008.

The building is decorated with police memorabilia, including a protective vest CPD Officer Shelly Jones was wearing when she was shot at point blank range.

Watkins said the creation of the training center was approved in 2005 and originally planned based on $1 million, though the final cost was substantially higher.

The training center is more than 9,500 square feet and houses two offices, four classrooms, a large garage and an outside training area, the release stated.

The training center features the PRISm firearms simulator, donated by the Columbia Police foundation, the news release stated. It will house a driving simulator, which will be purchased through a Byrne Grant.

Following the ceremony, attendees of the ceremony were invited to test the firearms simulator.

Dresner said he couldn’t overstate the importance of the firearms simulator.

Haden said the simulator would help officers learn to deal with different scenarios they might encounter.

The simulator works like a life-sized video game and allows the instructor to control the outcome of various scenarios based on the trainee’s actions.

Haden said CPD used to borrow an older firearms simulator, but it became outdated and hasn’t been used recently.

“It allows officers to be engaged and practice in the moment what they would do,” Haden said.

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More security cameras would prevent crime, vandalism Students living in suite-style residence halls who want to steal lounge furniture, pull fire alarms or vandalize the residence halls in any way might be out of luck if the Residence Halls Association has its way.

RHA drafted a proposal to install security cameras on every floor of suite-style residence halls. They would only be in the hallways or stairwells, so the cameras would not record what goes on in the rooms.

Because the cameras are only recording activity in public areas, we feel this is in no way a breach of privacy on behalf of Residential Life. In fact, it’s likely to benefit everyone in the residence halls in the long run.

Many residence halls have problems with vandalism of bulletin boards, theft of lounge furniture and false fire alarms. Having cameras in the hallways would be a great step in deterring all those crimes.

When someone steals lounge furniture, everyone on the floor is charged for the loss unless the thief is caught. When someone vandalizes a bulletin board, all students will get in trouble by the PA or CA on the floor. When someone pulls the fire alarm for no reason, every student in the residence hall is inconvenienced.

Not only would this help to catch the perpetrators of these crimes, but it would also deter people from doing anything wrong. When a person is going to pull a fire alarm, he or she typically looks both ways first to see if anyone is watching. If there is a camera to catch the perpetrator in the act, there is less of a chance they will do it in the first place.

At the end of the day, the only people who should really have a problem with the installation of these cameras are the ones who plan on pulling fire alarms or stealing lounge furniture. Other than that, the cameras do not harm anyone. Students complaining about privacy should realize the hallways and stairwells are common areas where there is already the possibility there are witnesses present.

What the proposal does not spell out is how the cameras will be funded. Both RHA and the Department of Residential Life have money they can allocate for this program. It would be an excellent use of their money.

Once cameras have been tested in suite-style halls, RHA should figure out how to expand it into all halls. As long as the cameras are not pointed into a bathroom or bedroom, there should be no problem with a breach of privacy.

After all, what student would be against something to potentially prevent false fire alarms that cause them to go outside in the middle of the night in winter or eliminate paying for common area furniture they didn’t steal?

Letter to the Editor

DSA, ORG not 'left wing' Eric Hobbs’s recent column about “left-wing bias” at MU is big on accusations but short on evidence.

First off, he wrongly claims that Department of Student Activities and/ or the Organization Resource Group are directly responsible for those two speakers.

While I abhor Marxism, it’s important to note that they merely approve funding and letting a student group on campus host a speaker.

It in no way automatically means they endorse him or her.

As a former Students for Sensible Drug Policy treasurer, I think I can speak from experience, although SSDP’s positions are “liberal,” in a sense.

If Hobbs is going to attack anyone, he should go after the groups that hosted these speakers with his complaints — namely DSA (Angela Davis) and Karl Marx Reading Group (Jarvis Tyner).

And furthermore, how are gay rights under the realm of “extremist” or “far left”?

Last I checked, at least 40 percent of Americans approve of gay marriage (or at least civil unions). Sounds pretty mainstream to me.

He claims there’s no balance in speakers, but I’m pretty sure there’s been at least a few big conservative speakers on campus.

Didn’t the College Republicans at one point host Eric Hobbs?

And what about the plenty of right-leaning or pro-business speakers at the Trulaske College of Business on Tuesdays?

They recently hosted an AIG executive, if Hobbs will recall.

And finally, what personal experiences or proof can Hobbs point to to show me or anyone else that DSA or ORG has a hissy fit whenever someone wants to host a conservative or Republican speaker or event?

I’ve seen no evidence of that, and I’ve heard no one else claim that.

— Brandon Brose, senior

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Guest Column

Football team needs your support more than ever What this school needs now more than ever is spirit.

What our football team needs now more than ever is support.

Yes, we had plenty of hopes and dreams for this season, but, as we all know, dreams worth fighting for take time to come true.

There is always that one man that has to take responsibility for their team, and Coach Pinkel that is you.

Of course this is old news to the man, for he took the job as head coach for the Missouri Tigers nine years ago.

In response to The Maneater’s, “You just don’t have your crap together.

You’re not giving me any effort anymore. You’re not trying.” I am going to have to disagree.

I find it hard to believe that anyone, sports columnists or not, knows exactly what their talking about unless they are in the zone, unless they are in the game.

Are you in the locker room?

Are you in the midst of their huddle?

I certainly am not, but at least I am not degrading our home team and our head coach.

If you are not feeling the heat, the pain, the glory, then how can you be so cruel?

If anything, we should be thankful for what we have seen and experienced over these past few years with Gary Pinkel as head coach.

I do recall our Tigers have been to five bowls, had a No. 1 ranking, and own the rights to two Big 12 North divisional championships.

The energy that is felt in the stadium is like no other whether we win or lose.

Coach Pinkel, not that you need a random student to tell you this, but you are doing an exceptional job, and at least I know you will

continue to reach for those goals you have been working so hard to achieve.

The players that have been on your team over the years have been privileged enough to experience the joy and the sense of accomplishment many other football teams only dream of.

It is unfortunate, Coach Pinkel, that you have to be the scapegoat for the angry students that are, in reality, just saddened by our current losses.

Personally, I am calling what we are experiencing a “restructuring period.”

Our team is now a young team. We recently have lost plenty of exceptional players.

It is great that we set our goals so high for this season, but it is time for us to be realistic and not angry.

It is a cycle that teams go through, and if you are a loyal fan, you should understand this concept.

I think Blaine Gabbert is very versatile, and I have hope for him in the future seasons to come.

Thankfully, I decided to tag on an extra semester, or, as I like to call it, “an extra football season.”

I am willing to stand by my team during this restructuring period we are in, in hopes to see an exceptional season next year.

Without hope, we are just another school with a lonely stadium and no spirit.

I’d rather show my Tiger pride, whether we have conquered or if we are defeated, than bring my school down.

There is no need to worry, I will still be in the stands wearing my tiger ears for all to see, and I am sure the other 30,000 students that attend Mizzou will be too.

— Michelle Sarnosky, junior

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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Please do not label me by my name ChaToyya Sewell chatoyyasewell@gmail.com

My name is ChaToyya Eryn ChaNayle.

Through the years I’ve endured derision, cackles and mispronunciation. Let’s ignore my middle names. Things might get a bit more complicated with those, but ChaToyya is pretty straightforward. Cha — as in Charlotte, Toy — as in a children’s plaything, Ya — and if you can’t figure that out, there is little help for you.

An introductory mispronunciation is fine. I’ve done it too, but this continual ignorance of what is my name is not. The subtext is my name is merely a stereotype, freely available as someone’s punch line, ignoring that my name has a meaning and a history. And so what if my name was made up or an inventively spelled version of an existing name? At one point, someone made up Sarah as well.

After stumbling onto a thread about my publicly indignant ways on the Free Republic, I was subjected to a multitude of comments filled with derision for my name. Commenter KentrappedinliberalS eattle takes the insulting route claiming “That’s not a ‘name;’ it’s a winning Scrabble

hand between two dyslexic stoners.” Har har. Commenter McGruff takes the obtuse route asking “Cha Toyya [sic] Sewell?

What da hell kinda name is dat?” A legal one, next. And then there are the mature commenters, such as Responsibility2nd, who said, “I wish these journo-wanna be’s like Chew Toy would step up and name names.” I get it, punny!

Events in this country do neither exist in a vacuum nor are they isolated from the past even as they march toward the future.

African-American naming practices are not excluded from this. It seems logical to me after the forced separation from African traditions and culture and the forced assimilation to slave culture, there would be a movement to begin to exist on our own terms, names being an example of this.

But this is not a defense of AfricanAmerican or other ethnic- and class-based naming practices. Not because I think ill of them but because I am more concerned with why people think they are appropriate to make fun of in the first place. Names are an inalienable part of people. Some hate theirs. Some love theirs. Some (like me) are fiercely protective of theirs.

When you have a name deemed “nonnormative” or “non-traditional,” people feel entitled to comment about it and ask

you questions, like the non-physical version of touching my hair. Generally comments run along three types: First, you have the fawning types, the “that is sooooo cool, you black people are so creative with names types” — now, I don’t take issue with compliments, but what I do take issue with is the monolithic brush all black people are painted with, as if we all do the same things.

Then you have your overly concerned types — the “I’m all for naming your children what you want, but these names hold them back. I’ve never seen a(insert stereotypical black name here) work in an office, etc.” I’d like you to first think if telling someone to their face you think their name is damaging their opportunities is socially acceptable. I am aware of linguistic discrimination. I’ve been on the phone and heard the pitch drop at the sound of my name.

I don’t think limiting the agency of black parents is any way to defeat the racism of others. And finally you get the rude ones, who generally repeat your name indignantly and begin laughing.

There are rules for interacting with larger society, and I’m pretty sure one of them is not to laugh about people’s names. If you don’t have that social skill set, we probably can’t be friends.

Former Miss California taken too seriously Christina Stiehl cmshd4@mizzou.edu

The Miss Universe Organization is a tough franchise. In order to compete in its beauty pageants, including Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and their preliminary state competitions, young women have to spend countless hours and dollars on attire, beauty treatments and various coaches for posing, talent performance and question answering.

If the competition process wasn’t stressful enough, the winner must maintain the moral image and ideals of the pageant title during her reign, which are oddly enough not as shallow as manicures and spray tans.

Just ask Carrie Prejean.

Prejean is the notorious former Miss California who received criticism during the Miss USA competition for her stance against same-sex marriage. She placed first runner-up in Miss USA and though her conservative answer angered the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning community, at least she was trying to answer honestly in reflection of her political and religious beliefs. Following the pageant, Prejean’s behavior became less virtuous.

In June, Prejean was stripped of her Miss California title due to contractual violations, including missed appearances and unauthorized scheduling conflicts, according to nytimes.com. Although topless photos of Prejean surfaced shortly after she was crowned Miss California, these pictures were not cause for her termination.

Not willing to take her punishment lying down, Prejean filed a lawsuit in August against Miss California USA Co-executive Directors Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler, as well as publicist Roger Neal, claiming slander, libel, public disclosure of private facts, religious discrimination and intentional infliction of emotional distress, according to abcnews.com.

In a bizarre twist of events, Lewis’ company K2 Productions countersued Prejean in October over the $5,200 it loaned her for the breast implant surgery before the Miss USA competition. Earlier this month, both parties dropped their lawsuits and settled due to an extenuating circumstance about

ILLUSTRATION BY CHELSEA MYERS which the former Miss California seemed to have forgotten: her sex tape.

Prejean now joins the ranks of Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson as not only a star in an explicit home video, but also as an author. Her book “Still Standing” is now on bookstands and as she tours the talk show circuit to promote it, she seems to be digging herself into a deeper hole of negative media attention.

One might find it ironic that the focus of Prejean’s book is her battle with bad press, yet she throws herself into the spotlight via inappropriate means, such as naked pictures and sexually explicit videotapes.

Hypocrisy might also come to mind as her self-proclaimed Christian faith apparently prevented her from the title of Miss USA, yet that didn’t stop her from receiving pageantfunded plastic surgery.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong

with getting breast implants as a Christian,” Prejean said according to EOnline. “I don’t see anywhere in the Bible where it says you shouldn’t get breast implants.”

The Bible also doesn’t discuss the morality of having a sex tape or topless photographs, but that’s beside the point.

Personally, I don’t think people should be so hard on her.

Sure, Prejean is kind of an idiot. But she first gained notoriety through a beauty pageant. Although the Miss Universe Organization pageants claim to award women who are “savvy, goal-oriented and aware,” and though these pageants do grant thousands of dollars in scholarship money, we all know the winners are chosen based more on physical appearance than any sort of worldly knowledge. After all, Prejean insisted that Americans “can choose samesex marriage or opposite marriage.”

Sami Hall

smhbt8@mail.missouri.edu

Tiger's Lair needs to get organized Tiger’s Lair really needs to get it together. With one home game left in the season, I can say with utmost conviction I have never been more disappointed in an on-campus organization.

Let me start at the beginning: I was in the Tiger’s Lair student cheering section last year and loved it.

The energy I felt in Tiger’s Lair was so strong it was very nearly palpable. I went to every home game and always sat in Tiger’s Lair. I could not imagine not being a part of what I considered to be a necessary MU athletics experience.

There was no question in my mind I would be a part of Tiger’s Lair this year as well. But that was where the problems began.

It was a challenge to even figure out where Tiger’s Lair signups were located.

I had to search just to locate the tables in the student center. Furthermore, for some reason, this year’s Tiger’s Lair did not allow people to student charge the $10 fee for joining and failed to notify anyone about it. Countless people went to sign up only to be turned away because they did not have $10 in cash or a checkbook on hand. They had to come back at another time and go through the entire signup process again just to get their name on a list. How frustrating.

If they had just sent out a mass e-mail, they would have saved many people plenty of time.

But do not get me started on Tiger’s Lair e-mails. I was unable to go to the orientation night, so I registered and picked up my tickets at a make-up orientation time.

During the registration process, I gave my pawprint and student ID number in order to be added to the Tiger’s Lair listserv. This listserv was and is Tiger’s Lair’s only (and this year, pitiful) mode of communication between the organization and its members. I was never added to the listserv.

This was not for lack of trying. I sent multiple e-mails and also left a carefully worded letter on the conveniently unmanned desk in the student center asking to be added. They responded only once, saying I was finally on the listserv. Lies, I tell you, all lies. I have yet to receive a single Tiger’s Lair e-mail.

All semester, I have had to badger my friends for information I should have had at my fingertips, such as when the gates open and how to buy Tiger’s Lair tickets to the KU game.

Oh, the KU game — the biggest game of the season. The game everyone wants to attend. Tiger’s Lair has its own section at Arrowhead Stadium and notified all of its members of limited seating via its faulty listserv.

Needless to say, I did not find out about the announcement until hours after the e-mail had been sent. I immediately sent a request for a ticket to the game, thinking surely I would not be penalized for its failure to do the simplest of tasks, adding someone to a listserv.

I have yet to receive a KU ticket. I doubt I will. Tiger’s Lair failed to do its job and in its failure caused a dedicated member to lose the opportunity to go to the biggest game of the season. Way to go, Tiger’s Lair. You are the worst at what you do.

I just hope next year’s Tiger’s Lair staff is better, which should not be hard considering the low bar this year’s team has set.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Reach Andrea Kszystyniak and Chase Koeneke, MOVE editors, at akszystyniak@themaneater.com and zkoeneke@themaneater.com

Tough Crowd

Thomas Leonard Movie Columnist

‘Pirate Radio’ plays offbeat In the ‘60s golden age of pop, all it took to make a hit was a kid on Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” proclaiming, “It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it!” Even in the complicated iTunes-era of music, catchy pop tunes still make the most fun hits.

“Pirate Radio” documents the not-actuallytrue story (contrary to the American marketing campaign) of an unorthodox ‘60s DJ who fought the British government and brought rock and roll to the airwaves. It’s not unlike the British Invasion music it so joyfully resurrects -- basically, it has a good beat and you can dance to it.

As if the Rolling Stones’ rock wasn’t enough, exuberant performances and slick styling make “Radio” an undeniable charmer, but it’s not quite a winner.

Surprisingly self-aware of its sugar-coated but insubstantial plot, the film’s opening credits sequence briskly sums up the revisionist history in a few sentences: In 1966 England, rock music has been banned Movie: ‘Pirate Radio’ on the radio. Enter Director: Richard Curtis Featuring: Phillip defiant American DJ Seymour Hoffman, Billy The Count (Phillip Nighy and Rhys Ifans Seymour Hoffman) Rating: R and his Atlantic-floatRunning Time: ing pirate ship, from 1 hour, 45 minutes which he forces his way 2 out of 5 onto British airwaves.

The movie foregoes character development and drops us right onto the boat, giving speedy introductions to the ragtag radio crew. The film unfolds in quick, jaunty scenes that favor style over substance. Although the rollicking pace can be a blast, one has to question if you’re really supposed to be involved in the movie. It becomes abundantly clear early on you’ll have a much better two hours if you just sit back and listen to the great music.

But talk about great music! “Radio” has dug up some of the most memorable hits of the decade, ranging from The Kinks to The Supremes in a 60-song whirlwind of a soundtrack. Sadly, the music is not spared from the quick-cuts, and almost no song is heard for more than 45 seconds. Despite the unfortunate overload, the soundtrack is too great to resist. In fact, I challenge you not to leap up and dance during a spin of the Stones’ 1967 rocker “Let’s Spend the Night Together.”

The irresistible soundtrack isn’t the film’s only plus. The mostly British cast, led by American virtuoso Hoffman, plays the quirky band of goofballs with such energy you’ll be surprised they don’t literally start bouncing off the walls.

Still, as much fun as they’re having, you’re going to be feeling pretty left out. Almost every character is boiled down to one sentence. One girl is introduced on frame with the heralded phrase, “She’s a lesbian!” every time. With “Radio” running two hours, this depository of vapid characters becomes tiring very fast.

Writer and director Richard Curtis, known for his winning romantic comedies “Notting Hill” and “Love Actually,” usually has no problem charming American audiences, but he seems to have missed the boat on “Pirate Radio.”

“Radio” never finds its footing, and the ultracontrived ending will surely make you groan.

But if you’re looking for escapist fun, it isn’t the worst way to go.

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Jennings rocks out with his friends KELLY GEHRINGER Staff Writer When Mason Jennings sings, he doesn’t just sing with his voice; he sings with his heart. Whether he’s on a folk kick or in a rock mood, listening to him is an intimate experience.

Jennings is not just a musician. He is an agent for peace, a humanitarian, a husband and a father. As he maintains his humility, his spirit comes alive through his music.

The Minnesota native has made the trek to Columbia’s Blue Note many times in the past couple of years.

“I don’t get to come to Columbia as regularly as I would like to, but I made sure to get it on the schedule this tour,” Jennings said.

Since his album Blood of Man was released in September, he has been touring with his new band, made up of close friends.

Although Jennings has played the majority of his career solo and records all the instrumentation on his studio tracks, his new dynamic is more of a rock show than anything else. There will be electric guitar and bass players, along with a variety of drums on stage.

“It’s more expandable,” Jennings said of the new setup.

“They all bring their own personality.”

Blood of Man provided an opportunity for Jennings to unleash his rock persona, inspired by his son’s curiosity about the electric guitar.

He describes his songs as dark and joyful at the same time.

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Mason Jennings is caught plucking out a few chords on his guitar. He's playing Wednesday at The Blue Note.

The guitar, piano, harmon- and has time to get quiet in his ica and drums were all done studio and “let it flow.” personally by Jennings.

Jennings’ shows take up “It’s an extension of what I all his energy when he’s on do,” Jennings said. the road, he said.

“Just a little more His tour ends on raw.”

Thanksgiving For now, and he’ll be home Jennings is just Who: Mason Jennings for the next three with: enjoying his Performing months, ready to Nathaniel Rateliff & The new sound on Wheel immerse himself in tour. Musically, When: 8:30 p.m. new record ideas.

Jennings said his Wednesday, Nov. 18 “It really inspiration comes Where: The Blue Note depends on what Price: $15 from a combinaI’m interested tion of new expein hearing,” he riences on the road, the people said, “Some days, I wake up around him every day and and want to hear aggressive whatever resonates with him music.” at the time. The songwriting The set list Wednesday will comes when he’s off the road include all his new recordings,

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along with a combination of his acoustic and folk songs.

“I want to do both polarities — the intimate stuff and then the rock,” Jennings said.

“I like when shows are changing throughout the night.”

Whatever mood Jennings might be in Wednesday night, expect to hear quality music.

His sounds will leave you electrically charged and acoustically vulnerable. It’s really the intimacy he creates that draws people to him.

If you’re ready to hear music with heart and soul, head to The Blue Note on Nov. 18. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with special guest Nathaniel Rateliff & The Wheel.

‘Call of Duty’ sequel boasts excellent story, multiplayer experience ERIC REES Staff Writer “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” Infinity Ward’s sequel to its 2007 masterpiece, is everything you could hope for in the game and in life. This game will complete you.

I’ll say it outright: This is the biggest game of the next generation era. Nothing has been more hyped up to this point in the PS3 and 360’s lifetime, and nothing has provided on that hype better than “MW2.” I was at the midnight launch for the game, and I can say from personal experience it blew the “Halo 3” midnight line out of the water. That being said, let’s move onto the actual game.

It’s not often that a firstperson shooter has just as good of story as it does a

multiplayer experience, but “Modern Warfare” doesn’t stop at that. It now offers an amazingly fun SpecOps mode, in which you and your buddy can be pitted against waves of enemies and fight alongside each other. You can play the beloved “CoD:4” level, “All Ghillied Up” with your friend.

I don’t think I’ve ever had more fun in a co-op game than with that level.

There’s just too much good to talk about with this game within a word count. The updated graphics, the new AI, the amazing story with plot twists you’ll never see coming — it’s all wonderfully done and sucks you in for hours and hours at a time. Say goodbye to your good test grades for about a month after you buy this game.

The multiplayer has been overhauled in more than one

way. There are thousands of expected from Infinity Ward. gun and perk combinations to It stays grounded in today’s unlock and own now. There are fears, while keeping from taknew modifications to add to ing a particular. The whole your guns. With a perk allow- airport sequence is handled ing you to have two modes on very well in the game and the same weapon, ends up being one things can get very of the best psychointeresting. logical situations Grab a sniper video game has GAME REVIEW aever rifle with a silenc- Game: ‘Call of Duty: seen. I can’t er and a thermal Modern Warfare 2’ talk about it here scope and add in Platforms: Xbox 360, without serious the perk to not be PS3, PC spoilers, but be seen on radar, and Genre: First-person ready for anything shooter you’ve got your- Publisher: Activision in that level. self a modern-day Developer: Infinity Ward There is absoninja. The perks Release Date: Nov. 10 lutely nothing are even upgradewrong with this 5 out of 5 able. Kill streaks game.

Infinity are customizable. You could Ward took its time and made have an Unmanned Aerial sure every single aspect was Vehicle after three kills, while polished. People who considyour friend gets a care pack- ers themselves a first-person age dropped next to him when shooter fan, a war game fan or he marks the spot. heck, even a video game fan, The story is wonderful, as have to get this game. ~~~~~~~~~~

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California-based DJ Bassnectar works out a remix. This experimental musician will play Friday at The Blue Note.

Bassnectar feeds on frenzy Inspiration is never short for these eclectic beats.

me,” Ashton said.

“I do not think I am original, but I do think I am honest.”

Bassnectar was the type of endeavor that grew bigger as Ashton continued to social MAURA HOWARD network, luring fans across Staff Writer the country with his mindblowing sounds.

When Ashton first thought Bassnectar is the creation of DJ Lorin Ashton, up Bassnectar, he said he who began what he calls his didn’t really worry about how “social experiment,” back in big it would become.

“I think you can basically the mid-’90s.

He describes his sound as make anything happen that “omni-tempo maximalism,” you want in life or die trying,” which basically means this Ashton said.

“I have daydreamed of indescribable sound is generated by fusing the familiar many things that later came with the strange or classic into reality, but Bassnectar is at a point where I am watchwith the cutting edge.

The latest album, Cozza ing it in slight disbelief. Not Frenzy , is full of collabora- because I doubted it, but more because it tions and remixes, has become such creating a sound a group effort, and many people might it is so grassroots, have never heard that it has a life of Who: Bassnectar before. its own.”

Bassnectar start- Performing with: Nosaj and Clandestine Ashton said his ed playing across Thing When: 9 p.m. Friday, inspiration to come the California area. Nov. 20 up with heartBut after nights Where: The Blue Note pounding bass and of wall-to-wall Price: $10 in advance, rhythms of syntheshows and an $12 at the door sized riffs artfully ever-growing fan base of loyal bass freaks, the mixed with anything from underground project quickly experimental to hip-hop is became a phenomenon com- pretty much nonstop.

“I have difficulty sleeping plete with national tours and frequently released iTunes because of it,” Ashton said.

“It’s relentless, it’s like my podcasts.

Ashton said the inspira- mind has a mind of its own. tion to start Bassnectar came But it’s also a nice thing.”

Cozza Frenzy was from studying politics and community at the University released this fall. It’s complete with what Bassnectar of California, Santa Cruz.

“I read some thoughts calls a “mega-bass remix, of Hannah Arendt about a straightforward dub-step an individual’s ‘Space of version perfect for ripping Appearance’ or their sphere any dance floor into comof influence, how one can plete frenzy.”

With the album also comes expand the network of other humans with whom they a tour. Bassnectar has been can interact and influence,” touring since Oct. 1.

This maverick of sound Ashton said.

“Since I was a child I have will land in Columbia on Nov. felt an impulse to not only 20 at The Blue Note and will give back to the world but put on a show your ears have more specifically to help. I never experienced before.

Ashton called the impact think music is a great way to his project has had on his do this.”

Bassnectar draws influ- listeners his “Sphere of ences from almost every type Influence,” and it is a sphere of sound out there to create a he wants to keep expanding.

“Bassnectar is an incredfusion of unexpected, yet earible creative outlet for me,” pleasing sounds.

“Let me say that everything Ashton said. “And as long as I have ever done is a direct it continues bringing people result of influence from other together, I will continue givpeople and the world around ing my all.”

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Gameday with Gerstner

Matt Gerstner Sports Columnist

Sad year for the Big 12 Just couldn’t let me go, could you, Gare-Bear?

OK, some clarification is in order. In no way was my previous column calling for the guillotine on coach Gary Pinkel. I understand how it can come off that way, but that’s not what it was about. It was merely about me basically giving up on the season. A lot of disappointments, a lot of lost “should’ve won” games, a lot of bad mistakes and bad decisions.

Now, I will be the first to admit I’m feasting on my own words right now. Where the hell did that win over Kansas State come from?

If this was on the Las Vegas line, I’d put my money on that nice, calm pep talk senior offensive lineman Kurtis Gregory and senior linebacker Sean Weatherspoon laid on the rest of the team.

If you didn’t hear about it, according to multiple publications, the two seniors got in every player’s ear about fully committing to the team and basically getting their heads out of their asses.

I’d say a 38-12 thwacking is getting your head out of your ass.

Not only did we rob Kansas State of any confidence going into next Saturday’s game against Nebraska to determine the winner of the Big 12 North — which is always fun — but we qualified for a school-record fifth year of bowl eligibility.

That can be extremely misleading.

If the Tigers implode against Iowa State at home like they did against Baylor, it’s going to be very difficult to land a bowl.

If you think about it, you lose to Iowa State, now you’re the one who’s bankrupt on confidence, which is lethal going up against Kansas.

Then again, you might be able to rebound against the Jayhawks, it being a rivalry game and all.

Look, what it boils down to is the Tigers have to win one of the two remaining games to, effectively, secure a decent bowl. You lose both, you’re in trouble. But one game is all you need.

Is that asking too much, Gary?

In other news, shame on the selection committee for the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship for leaving out Missouri.

One loss against the Big 12 in the regular season? Tying one of the best teams that made the tournament, Texas A&M, in College Station, Texas? Turning around what was a dismal (and what turned out to be a destructive) beginning of the year? Seriously?

The Tigers became the first team to be declined an invite to the national tournament after winning the regular season title in a BCS conference.

I quote from the Columbia Daily Tribune: “Committee Chairman Paul Bradshaw, an associate athletic director at Baylor, said the committee gave little weight to conference accomplishments. Rather, the committee placed a particular emphasis on teams’ performances against Top 25 competition.”

That’s where the Tigers get left in the dust, losing to UCLA and tying Texas A&M. I do see where the committee members are coming from, but I’d still slap them with a fivepound red snapper (it’s my personal mace) if I saw them on the street.

Reach Sean Leahy, sports editor, at sleahy@themaneater.com

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Tigers ride strong first half to victory JOHN MONTESANTOS Staff Writer Missouri came out strong in its regular season opener Sunday, leading Northern Iowa by 25 points at halftime.

A second-half surge by the Panthers proved too little too late as the Tigers coasted to a 74-57 victory.

Senior forwards Amanda Hanneman and Marissa Scott both had personal bests in scoring. Hanneman, who scored a career-high 20 points in last week’s exhibition against Central Missouri, topped that mark with 26 points, including six 3-pointers.

Scott was second in scoring with 11 points and shot fiveof-six from the field in just 16 minutes.

Hanneman deflected praise for her performance onto her teammates.

“I give all my credit to my teammates,” Hanneman said.

“They got me open. For setting screens and giving me the ball when I was open. I give all the credit to them.”

Coach Cindy Stein noted the lack in production from inside players senior forward Jessra Johnson and junior forward Shakara Jones but said she wasn’t surprised when Hanneman and Scott picked up the slack.

“When she (Hanneman) misses a shot I’m usually very surprised,” Stein said.

“She doesn’t miss a whole lot in practice. I was also really

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The Tigers’ dominating first-half performance put enough distance between them and the Panthers. The lead held up through the rest of the game.

Here are the first half stats: Missouri: Points: 41 Field goal percentage: 44 3-pt. field goal: 6 of 12 Turnovers: 5 Rebounds: 26 Northern Iowa: Points: 16 Field goal percentage: 23 3-pt. field goal: 0 of 7 Turnovers: 12 Rebounds: 16 KATIE PRINCE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

impressed with Marissa’s toughness around the basket.”

After committing a rare foul on the opening tipoff, things only got worse for the Panthers. The Missouri defense kept them scoreless for the first four minutes until a free throw finally put them on the board. After the Panthers cut it to 7-3, the Tigers went on a 22-4 scoring run in the next seven minutes.

Missouri continued to pour it on and earned a 25-point lead at the break. The deficit was largely due to Northern Iowa’s offensive struggles. The Panthers shot a dismal 23 percent in the first half and turned over the ball 12 times.

The second half brought new life for Northern Iowa, as the team ended up outscoring the Tigers.

“I’m pleased with the first half,” Stein said. “I think that shows what we’re very capable

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Senior forward Amanda Hanneman powers past Northern Iowa senior Kim Wypiszynski during the second half of Sunday's game at Mizzou Arena. Hanneman scored 38 points during the game, leading the Tigers to a victory. of doing. My only disappointment is in the second half I felt like we really relaxed. We have to do a better job of keeping people down and not letting them back into games.”

The Panthers continued to claw back late, but the deficit was just too great, Northern Iowa coach Tanya Warren said.

“I thought we came out and played very scared and allowed Missouri to get out and jump on us,” Warren said. “In the second half, we came out a little bit more aggressive. If we have a better start, it’s a better game. We dug ourselves too big of a hole in the first half.”

As the Panthers inched closer, Hanneman kept them

back by scoring 15 of her 26 points in the second half.

Coach Warren knew of Hanneman’s scoring ability coming in but thought her team failed to contain her.

“We lost her a lot,” Warren said. “We gave her too much room and allowed her to get in a rhythm. She’s a very good shooter, and she’s shooting the basketball very well right now.”

The Panthers had no players score in double digits in the loss, which marked the fifth straight for Northern Iowa against the Tigers.

Missouri moves on to face Memphis at home Wednesday before traveling to face Indiana on Sunday.

Missouri finishes exhibition with victory SEAN LEAHY Sports Editor It might not have been by 60-plus points, but Missouri’s victory in its last exhibition game got the job done.

One week after defeating Truman State 96-33, the Tigers won a bit more modestly with a 83-60 triumph over Northwest Missouri State.

“I thought this was a good test for our basketball team,” coach Mike Anderson said.

“You’re going to get everyone’s best shot.”

Missouri now focuses on the start of the regular season against Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday night.

“Coach said this is the end of the free ones,” sophomore forward Laurence Bowers said.

“Exhibitions, they’re free.”

Missouri has never lost an exhibition game with Anderson as coach.

“I feel like we accomplished a lot as a team during these exhibition games,” senior guard Zaire Taylor said. “We did a good job in preparing as much as we can. There’s no way to really fully give an

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Coach Mike Anderson and his players frequently talk about how valuable the bench is to the success of their team. On Friday, that group proved their worth.

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example until you get on the court, but all in all I feel like we are getting ready.”

Although the Tigers buried Truman State early on in last week’s game, Northwest Missouri State did not go down so easily.

The Bearcats kept things close in the first half by keeping the pressure on Missouri’s defense.

The Tigers held the lead for the majority of the half, but the advantage hovered around a possession or two.

Leading 34-32, the Tigers went on an 11-0 run to end the half pull away for their biggest lead of the game.

Coming off the bench, Bowers scored eight points

and had four rebounds.

“I think the strength of our team is going to be the bench,” Anderson said. “I think our bench came in, and they got us going.”

In the second half, Missouri continued to push on the gas pedal until its lead swelled to 31 points with 7:36 left in the game.

Bowers and sophomore guard Marcus Denmon ended the game tied as Missouri’s leaders scorers, and Bowers led the team with nine rebounds and three blocks.

Missouri was generally cold from the field, shooting 39.5 percent in the first and 36.4 percent in the second.

Fortunately for the Tigers, Northwest Missouri State’s production fell off in the second half, as well.

The Bearcats shot 37 percent from the field in the second half, after hitting half their field goals in the first half. Their 3-point percentage went from 66.7 percent to 25 percent.

For Anderson, the exhibition finale not only provided Missouri another win but an

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Junior forward Justin Safford goes to stuff Northwest Missouri State forward Maciej Ustarbowski during the game Friday at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers succeeded in 38 percent of the two-point shots attempted during the game.

opportunity to learn from Northwest Missouri State’s fast start.

“The energy that team came out with, that’s what they are going to see all year,” Anderson said. “To me it’s a teaching point. Now we can go back in the gym, and we can really get ready.”

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Junior tailback Derrick Washington evades Wildcat linebacker John Houlik on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Washington scored two touchdowns and led in rushing yards.

Missouri defense turns the tables Kansas State was scoreless in the second half.

SEAN LEAHY Sports Editor MANHATTAN, Kan. — It’s a story all-too-familiar to the Tigers.

The first half starts out close before the offense falls completely silent in the second.

But this time it wasn’t the Missouri offense doing the sleeping. Victims of turnovers and a lockdown performance in the red zone by the Tiger defense, it was the Kansas State scoring attack lulled to bed.

Missouri kept Kansas State out of the end zone the whole game and shut out the Wildcats in the second half to help give the Tigers their second conference win.

Kansas State’s 12 points were the lowest it has scored since putting up nine points Sept. 19 at UCLA. “This was big for us,” senior nose tackle Jaron Baston said.

“Coming here, they haven’t lost all year at home and we made a big statement today.”

The Tigers limited the damage in the red zone by allowing three field goals and shutting out the Wildcats on their other two trips.

Kansas State’s only points of the day came on four field goals from junior kicker Josh Cherry.

“We both got chances down there,” coach Gary Pinkel said.

“We got touchdowns and they mostly got field goals and that separated us a little bit at the end.”

The importance of giving up three points instead seven made an impression on redshirt freshman defensive end Aldon Smith.

“That’s a real big thing for your defense,” Smith said.

“Having a touchdown scored on you and having a field goal are two different things. If you can hold a team to a field goal, with a great running back like they had, it’s a real good accomplishment.”

Aldon was referring to Wildcat junior Daniel Thomas.

GETTING CLOSE

Redshirt freshman defensive end Aldon Smith had one sack in the win over Kansas State, putting him one beind Missouri’s all-time single-season mark.

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Justin Smith, 2000: 11 sacks

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Aldon Smith, 2009: 10 sacks KATIE PRINCE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

Missouri allowed 79 yards against Thomas and 112 yards total on the ground.

In addition to limiting points allowed and stuffing the ground game, turnovers keyed momentum shifts throughout the game.

With the score tied 3-3 and Kansas State threatening for a touchdown, Wildcat senior wide receiver Brandon Banks fumbled the ball out of the end zone for a touchback.

The Tigers went on to score a touchdown on their ensuing possession, the first seven of 21 points they would score off turnovers on the day.

“We got some great turnovers, and we didn’t give up any turnovers,” Baston said.

“Whenever you can do that, then you’re going to come out on top.”

Missouri forced another fumble and intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter.

It was toward the end of that quarter when Missouri made one last defensive statement.

With the score 38-12, Kansas State had the ball firstand-goal at the Tiger two-yard line.

Three straight rushes by senior quarterback Grant Gregory resulted in a gain of one yard.

On fourth down, Gregory’s pass attempt to Banks fell incomplete, and the ball was turned over on downs.

The game’s outcome wasn’t at stake, but Missouri still reveled in the stop.

“At that point in the game, it was clear that we were going to win, but for a fourth down stand half an inch from the goal line, it’s unbelievable,” sophomore linebacker Will Ebner said.

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