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MANEATER MADNESS
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Jake Kreinberg
MU still has a chance in March Madness
Near the conclusion of its Selection Show, CBS flashed a graphic showing Missouri as one of the final six teams selected for this year’s NCAA Tournament. But, as coach Mike Anderson told reporters after the announcement, “We’re in it.” The Tigers have been playing their worst basketball of the season recently, prompting Kim English to claim the team “quit” during its loss to Texas A&M in the Big 12 Tournament last week. Many observers left the team for dead. And yet, by losing four out of its last five games, Missouri has put itself into a more favorable position to advance in the West Region. MU received an 11 seed, and will play No. 6 Cincinnati out of the vaunted Big East Conference. Some bracketologists claimed the Tigers would be a No. 8 or No. 9 seed, which usually results in a quick exit from the tourney because the second game is against a No. 1 seed. (Goodbye, No. 9 Illinois.) This should translate into some newfound hope (and a little extra motivation) for Missouri. The Bearcats are beatable. In fact, many national pundits are picking MU. The New York Times has Missouri as the “lock upset” of the round. Las Vegas has the Tigers anywhere from one to three point favorites. As we’ve come to realize, it’s all about matchups when it comes to evaluating Missouri’s odds of winning. Opponents with stronger frontcourts pose significantly tougher assignments than guard-oriented teams. Cincinnati leans more toward the former. They rank 10th nationally by kenpom.com in offensive rebounding percentage, which measures the possible rebounds an offense can collect. Keep your eye on forward Yancy Gates, who leads the team in points, rebounds and blocks. MU must slow him down and avoid foul trouble to have a chance at winning. The Bearcats are eighth in overall scoring defense, allowing 59.2 points per game. They like to slow it down, playing at a tempo that ranks 306th (64.0 possessions per game, compared to MU’s 73.6). Think Nebraska. As much as we can examine Cincinnati, I think this game is determined by how well Missouri plays. Come out flat like it did against A&M, and forget about beating anyone. But, should MU make shots and push the pace a little, it wouldn’t take a whole lot to speed up UC. Anderson’s style of play validates itself in the postseason. Cincinnati coach Mark Cronin said as much himself Sunday, claiming, “I don’t think there is anybody in the Big East that simulates (Missouri’s) style.” MU has the edge in experience — UC hasn’t been to the NCAAs since 2005. And although the Tigers aren’t exactly entering on a high note, neither are the Bearcats, who are coming off a 38-point loss to Notre Dame in the Big East Tournament. All things considered, Missouri got lucky. It has a winnable game followed by potential matchups with Kemba Walker’s tired Connecticut Huskies and a weak No. 2 San Diego State Aztecs team. String together a few wins, and fans will quickly forget the regular season. The allure of the NCAA Tournament is that it presents teams a clear path to the national championship. For Missouri, it provides an opportunity at redeeming its season. We’ll find out Thursday if the Tigers decide to take advantage of it. It’s March. Let’s dance.
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Junior forward Steve Moore contests a shot by Texas A&M guard Dash Harris on Thursday night at the Sprint Center. Missouri went on to lose the game 86-71.
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Missouri faces physical Cincinnati team in first round Tipoff is set for 8:50 p.m. Thursday. JOHN MONTESANTOS Staff Writer For the third consecutive season, the Tigers are joining the March Madness fray. Missouri was handed the No. 11 seed in the West Region in this year’s NCAA Tournament. The Selection Sunday results pit the Tigers against the No. 6 seed Cincinnati Bearcats in the first round. Tipoff is set for 8:50 p.m. Thursday inside the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It will be the firstever meeting between the two teams. The 25-8 Bearcats underachieve in the scoring, but they make up for it with physicality and defense in a very competitive Big East conference. Cincinnati finished 11-7 in conference with impressive wins over Louisville and Georgetown. Junior forward Yancy Gates leads the team on both ends of the floor, averaging team-highs of 11.8 points per game, 6.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks. Junior guard Dion Dixon joins Gates with 11.6 points per game while lead distributor sophomore guard Cashmere Wright leads the team with 3.8 assists per game. Cincinnati also lost in the second round of its conference tournament as it was blown out by Notre Dame. The Bearcats are 25-8 on the year and went 11-7 in Big East play. The 23-10 Tigers have lost four of their last five games after dropping
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three straight to end the regular season Junior guard Kim English is also one and losing to Texas A&M in the second of those returners, and the Baltimore round of the Big 12 Tournament. native could not be happier with the In that stretch, Missouri lost to sight of Missouri’s first round matchNebraska and was nearly upset by up. The nation’s capital is not far from Texas Tech, two teams that failed to his hometown, and his cheers were make the tournament. Coach Mike the loudest when their selection was Anderson knows those kind of perannounced. formances can’t “I’m excited happen in the Big to be going back Dance. towards home,” “We have to “We want to dance. We’ll English said. “Just be consistent,” be playing against an out- to be playing in the Anderson said. standing Cincinnati team tournament, some“We have to be a thing I used to team that doesn’t that has really played well sneak out of class in Big East play. It’s going to give up easy for and watch in opportunities even be a challenge, but it’s one the janitor’s closet though we extend we’re looking forward to. during school. I’m our defense. We Coach Mike Anderson excited to be playneed to be tougher ing but especially at the rim. But I close to home.” think this team has a great run in If Missouri can get past Cincinnati them.” The last great run by a Missouri in the first round, they will meet the team came two years ago in 2009 when winner of No. 3 Connecticut and No. 14 Bucknell in the second round. The the Tigers earned an Elite 8 berth. That team featured current West Region features a No. 1 Duke and Memphis Grizzlies forward DeMarre No. 2 San Diego State as well. Anderson said he is not satisCarroll and NBA Development League fied with just an invitation to the standout forward Leo Lyons. Six of the current Tiger upperclass- tournament. men were around that year as well as in “We don’t just want to go to the 2010, making NCAA Tournament play dance,” Anderson said. “We want to business as usual. But for the Missouri dance. We’ll be playing against an freshmen and transfer students, five outstanding Cincinnati team that has newcomers total, this is all new. really played well in Big East play. It’s “We have older guys who have going to be a challenge, but it’s one played in the tournament,” junior for- we’re looking forward to.” ward Laurence Bowers said. “We just have to put those younger guys and Visit themaneater.com for newcomers on our back and show a sports podcast on March Madness. them the way.”
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MISSOURI VS. CINCINNATI
MISSOURI
OVERALL RECORD 23-10 POINTS PER GAME 81.4 REBOUNDS PER GAME 35.3 ASSISTS PER GAME 16.5 LEADING SCORER Marcus Denmon
16.9 PPG
CINCINNATI
OVERALL RECORD POINTS PER GAME REBOUNDS PER GAME ASSISTS PER GAME LEADING SCORER
25-8 69.0 35.6 14.3
Yancy Gates
11.8 PPG
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No. 1 OHIO STATE PLAY IN GAME No. 8 GEORGE MASON No. 9 VILLANOVA No. 5 WEST VIRGINIA PLAY IN GAME No. 4 KENTUCKY No. 13 PRINCETON No. 6 XAVIER No. 11 MARQUETTE No. 3 SYRACUSE No. 14 INDIANA ST. No. 7 WASHINGTON No. 10 GEORGIA No. 2 NORTH CAROLINA
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Best of the Best:
OHIO STATE (Overall No. 1) is easily the best team, not only in the East Region but also in the entire field. The Big 10 champs have just two losses heading into the tourney; those losses came at Wisconsin and at Purdue, two teams that finished the season a perfect 16-0 at home. The Buckeyes, led by Big 10 Freshman of the Year Jared Sullinger, are an all-around powerhouse. They have the ability to score at will from anywhere on the floor, while their man-to-man defense suffocates opponents without committing an excessive amount of fouls.
Breaking down March Madness BRIAN HAENCHEN Staff Writer
Best of the Rest:
Just because Ohio State is the odds-on favorite to win it all does not mean its region will be a complete cakewalk. NORTH CAROLINA (2) and KENTUCKY (4) are two teams that could upset top-seeded Ohio State. Neither squad has trouble putting the ball through the hoop and would provide an interesting match-up versus the Buckeyes. Also, do not forget about GEORGE MASON (8). With a variety of weapons on offense and an underrated defense, the Patriots have the ability to upset Ohio State in the second round.
Cinderella:
None. George Mason is by far the best mid-major team in this bracket and they are an 8-seed. Don’t expect much from UAB (12), a team that many argue does not even deserve to be in the tournament, or INDIANA STATE (14), who somehow upset the Missouri State Bears in the Missouri Valley Championship Game.
Early Exit?
SYRACUSE (3) has a shoot-first offense that makes them an all-or-nothing team. The Orangemen could get hot and make a run deep into the tournament or their shooting could go cold, leaving them susceptible to an upset in the early rounds.
Picking a Winner:
OHIO STATE (1) is the No. 1 overall seed for a reason. The Buckeyes are on a roll and I don’t see them losing a game between now and April 4. No. 1 DUKE No. 16 HAMPTON No. 8 MICHIGAN No. 9 TENNESSEE No. 5 ARIZONA
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No. 12 MEMPHIS No. 4 TEXAS No. 13 OAKLAND No. 6 CINCINNATI No. 11 MISSOURI No. 3 CONNECTICUT No. 14 BUCKNELL No. 7 TEMPLE No. 10 PENN ST. No. 2 SAN DIEGO ST. No. 15 N. COLORADO
SOUTHWEST Best of the Best:
No. 8 UNLV
PURDUE (3) may have collapsed at the end of the season but is still a force to be reckoned with. Beware of Big Ten Player of the Year JuJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore. If those two get hot, Purdue could find itself playing in Houston in a few weeks.
No. 4 LOUISVILLE
NOTRE DAME (2) will join Florida as the only other No. 2 seed upset in the tourney. Despite wins over Pittsburgh and UConn, the Fighting Irish are not all that impressive. Look for either Texas A&M or Florida State to shut down Ben Hansbrough, leaving Notre Dame hapless offensively.
PLAY IN GAME
Best of the Rest:
Early Exit?
Cinderella:
RICHMOND (12) has the offensive weapons to make a run deep into this tournament. The Spiders did beat Purdue earlier in the season, so do not expect them to be intimidated by anyone as the tourney goes on.
Picking a Winner:
KANSAS (1)-Unfortunately, the Jayhawks have a relatively easy road to the Final Four. One potential road block would be Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen. However, the Morris twins and Thomas Robinson should have no problem dominating the Cardinals down low, making it that much easier for KU. Purdue could make a run at the Jayhawks in the Elite Eight, but Kansas has enough weapons on defense to shut down Johnson and Moore.
SOUTHEAST
Best of the Best:
Best of the Rest:
DUKE (1) is easily the weakest of the four No. 1 seeds and its loaded half of the region will make it difficult, but not impossible, to repeat as national champions. The Blue Devils have plenty of players returning from last year’s title team, so they are used to adversity and know what it takes to win it all. However, Duke will have its hands full early with a round two matchup with either MICHIGAN (8) or TENNESSEE (9). Should Mike Krzyzewski’s team make it out of round two, it will most likely have to deal with Jordan Hamilton and a young TEXAS (4) team in the Sweet 16.
Early Exit?
CONNECTICUT (3)-I am one of the few who would actually like Missouri’s chances against Connecticut should the two teams meet in round three. Mike Anderson’s high-octane offense is especially effective at wearing down teams in a tournament setting. The Huskies had to play five nights in a row en route to winning the Big East Tournament, so fatigue could definitely play a role in the early rounds.
Best of the Best:
PITTSBURGH (1) gets the edge in what is arguably the toughest region. The Panthers are a veteran group that dominates the boards and plays a physical brand of defense that has held opponents to just 60 points per game. Pittsburgh is well balanced offensively with six players who average nearly seven points a game.
Best of the Rest:
Lead by 10 seniors, ST. JOHN’S (6) is a force to be reckoned with in the Southeast. The Red Storm is the only non-ACC team to knock off Duke and also has wins against Pittsburgh and Notre Dame. Look for this group of veterans to play with a chip on its shoulder after being unfairly knocked out of the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament.
Early Exit?
BYU (3)-Shut down Jimmer Fredette, shut down the BYU Cougars. It’s really as simple as that. Another team that could make an early exit is FLORIDA (2). It’s a mystery how the Gators drew a No. 2 seed despite losing to Kentucky (a No. 4 seed) in the finals of the SEC Tournament. They should win their first round game against UC-Santa Barbara, but I don’t see them getting past either UCLA or Michigan State in the second round.
Cinderella:
Cinderella:
BELMONT (13) has a high tempo offense that should be enough to get them past a struggling Wisconsin team that scored just 33 points in its Big 10 quarterfinal loss to Penn State.
Picking a Winner:
KANSAS STATE (5) has potential to be a three-headed monster. It will need Curtis Kelly and Rodney McGruder to continue stepping up in support of Jacob Pullen if the team expects to get past Utah State. Once the Wildcats get rolling, they will be a tough team to stop.
OAKLAND (13) is set up for a deep run in the tournament. Texas’ defense started to show holes in its final regular season games, which plays right into the hands of an Oakland offense that averages 85 points per game. SAN DIEGO STATE (2), who is set up to cruise into the Elite Eight, whereas Duke will have to battle its way through the bracket. I expect the Aztecs defense to capitalize on a weary Blue Devils’ offense. Bottom line: Fear the Aztecs because they are 100 percent legitimate.
Emily Wilroth, MOVE Editor
Zach Mink, Sports Editor
Final Four: Ohio State, Kansas, St. John's, Connecticut Upset Alert: St. John's over Pittsburgh in Elite Eight National Champion: Ohio State How far Missouri goes: 2nd round
Final Four: Duke, Ohio State, St. John's, Kansas Upset Alert: St. John's over Pittsburgh in Elite Eight National Champion: Kansas How far Missouri goes: 2nd round
Picking a Winner:
Final Four: Ohio State, San Diego State, Kansas, Pittsburgh Upset alert: Belmont over Wisconsin National Champion: Ohio State How far Missouri goes: 2nd round
No. 9 ILLINOIS No. 5 VANDERBILT No. 12 RICHMOND
No. 13 MOREHEAD ST. No. 6 GEORGETOWN
No. 3 PURDUE No. 14 ST. PETERS No. 7 TEXAS A&M No. 10 FLORIDA ST. No. 2 NOTRE DAME No. 15 AKRON
No. 1 PITTSBURGH PLAY IN GAME No. 8 BUTLER No. 9 OLD DOMINION No. 5 KANSAS ST. No. 12 UTAH ST. No. 4 WISCONSIN No. 13 BELMONT No. 6 ST. JOHNS No. 11 GONZAGA No. 3 BYU No. 14 WOFFORD No. 7 UCLA No. 10 MICHIGAN ST. No. 2 FLORIDA No. 15 UC SANTA BARBARA
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No. 16 BOSTON U.
KANSAS (1)-It seems like we say this every year, but this Kansas team appears poised to make a run at the National Title. The Morris twins make this one of the most versatile offenses in the nation that can kill you both inside and from threepoint land. Bill Self will use the loss last year to Northern Iowa to help motivate his team and keep it on track to its ultimate goal. An interesting side note: the last time KU played a tournament game in Tulsa was in 1975 when the Jayhawks lost to Notre Dame in round two.
WEST
SAN DIEGO STATE (2) isn’t getting a lot of respect but is a legitimately good team that should have no problem cruising into the Elite Eight. The Aztecs pride themselves on their defense, which is among the best in the country. SDSU should have no problem picking up its first two or three NCAA tournament wins this year.
No. 1 KANSAS
Zach Murdock, Projects Editor Final Four: Connecticut, Ohio State, Kansas, St. John's Upset Alert: Washington over UNC National Champion: Ohio State How far Missouri goes: 1st round
Steven Dickherber, CSN Editor
Zach Toombs, Editor-in-Chief
Final Four: Duke, Ohio State, Florida, Kansas Upset Alert: Wisconsin over Pittsburgh National Champion: Duke How far Missouri goes: 1st round
Final Four: Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Kansas Upset Alert: Michigan State over Florida National Champion: Kansas How far Missouri goes: 1st round
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McCASKILL FACES HEAT AFTER UNIVERSITY CONFIRMS SAFETY OF PRIVATE JET CONTROVERSY ALL 9 STUDENTS ABROAD IN JAPAN McCaskill led all potential Republican opponents in early polls for Missouri's 2012 U.S. Senate election last week.
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Deferred renovations at mercy of state funding This is the second article in a two-part series on academic buildings in need of renovations. ALLISON PRANG Associate Editor Campus Facilities estimates its total costs for deferred renovation and maintenance on campus could reach $1 billion in 10 years. And, much like a myriad of other public universities across the country, the UM System is burdened with a financial situation that limits the university’s options in taking on these backlogged projects. The UM System has submitted an Appropriations Request for Operations for fiscal year 2012, but the state legislature will not address those issues until near the end of session. Mark Schwartz, chief of staff for House Budget Committee Chairman Ryan Silvey, said budgetary planning pertaining to higher education appropriations for deferred maintenance should reach the floor in April. “There aren’t very many options available to the schools when they have needs like that,” said Paul Wagner, deputy commissioner of the Missouri Department of Higher Education. “University of Missouri, for example, has done some bonding to address some maintenance needs, but you can’t really address them all through bonding.” Wagner said they are not likely to change either. “The state’s financial picture is such that it’s really hard to imagine that the state’s going to have a lot of money soon to address deferred maintenance,” he said. Campus Facilities spokeswoman Karlan Seville said without enough state funding, they are working with what they have. “I guess at the moment, faculty are making the best of what they have,” she said. “We could definitely improve the learning environment to bring it up to today’s standards.” MU has a list of buildings that need renovations and construction but has no specific order because what buildings are reno-
FY 2012
UM System Appropriations Request for Capital Items:
LONG RANGE PLAN
2012-2016 The UM System submitted requests for maintenance and renovation funds for over 30 MU facilities for FY 2012. Here are the top 10 highest monetary requests for MU’s long-term projects for 2012-2016.
$112,400,000
NURSING, HEALTH PROFESSION AND MEDICAL EDUCATION CENTER
$97,363,000
FIRE SAFETY AND
MEDICAL SECURITY SCIENCE IMPROVEMENTS BUILDING RENOVATION $88,597,000
$76,603,000
ENGINEERING WEST
NEW RENOVATION AND FACILITIES FOR PLANT SCIENCES
$53,670,000
Dance Marathon raises $47k for fight against cancer Funds will go toward two treatment rooms at the MU Children’s Hospital. JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor More than 250 students gathered Saturday in the Student Center for MU’s fourth Dance Marathon. Participants danced for 12 consecutive hours to raise funds for the Children’s Miracle Network. “We stand and dance for the kids who can’t,” steering committee member Carly Love said. “They have to go through chemotherapy, radiation therapy, things that most students couldn’t even imagine. Us standing and dancing for 12 hours and the pain and soreness you feel that night and the next day is nothing when
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DANCE
MARATHON LAST YEAR
$14,872.08 THIS YEAR
$47,049.18
ELLIS LIBRARY $44,474,000
REMAINING
MUSEUM OF $32,600,000 ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY TUCKER
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$37,091,000 HALL FINE ARTS BUILDING $26,609,000 AGRICULTURE $25,800,000 BUILDING Source: FY 2012 UM System Appropriations Request for Capital Items
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vated depends on when money is received and what course of action would best comply with the university’s academic mission, Seville said. Seville said Lafferre Hall, the Fine Arts Building and Strickland Hall— all of which were classified as three of MU’s most problematic campus buildings in an MDHE 2009 report— are on the list of MU’s buildings in need of renovation, but the university doesn’t have funding for those projects. “We’ve received some funding
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Dance Marathon pledged to donate $100,000 during the next five years.
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Sophomore Kitty Baker embraces Josh Patterson, a survivor of neuroblastoma, at the MU Dance Marathon on Saturday. The MU Dance Marathon raised $47,049 for the MU Children’s Hospital, where Patterson received treatment.
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UM presidential search comes to MU Five members of the public spoke at the forum. JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor About 50 people braved unexpected snow Monday to hear top university officials discuss the search for the next university president and to give some feedback of their own. The public forum, held in the Reynolds Alumni Center, was the fifth meeting in a series of seven held across Missouri in an effort to gain public opinion on the UM System presidential search.
“Our objective today is to open it up and allow the members of the public to come forward and offer their input as we develop the qualifications for the 23rd president of the University of Missouri System,” Search Committee Chairman Warren Erdman said. Erdman then detailed the importance of finding the perfect successor to former UM System President Gary Forsee, who resigned in January. “The breadth and reach of the University of Missouri is very broad and very wide,” Erdman said. “It touches not only our four campuses but our entire economy.
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Espresso Book Machine usage sluggishly climbs University Bookstore purchased the machine in 2009 for $75,000. KAITLYN GIBSON Staff Writer Since its installment nearly two years ago, the Espresso Book Machine, a device in the University Bookstore capable of binding books, has seen a slight increase in usage, preparing 13 course packets last semester. “This is higher than previously, and I fully expect that to increase over time as both students and faculty become more aware of the service itself and what they can do with it,” Mizzou Media Coordinator Heather Tearney said. “It may not be a great boom increase, but it will be a gradual increase.” The machine, purchased by University Bookstore in fall 2009 for $75,000, functions as a soft-bound book printing press that can be used by students, faculty and community members. Noticeable effects for students have been a price decrease in printed materials required for certain classes. “One of the most important factors is that we reduce the cost of course material used by faculty by printing on the machine so that
students save money,” Tearney said. “We do printing for a couple of campuses and on one book alone, we saved students $4 per book.” A secondary purpose of the Espresso Machine that Tearney said will increase usage in the future is the machine’s ability to allow aspiring writers to create sample copies of creative work. “The machine also allows for a freedom of materials, because more people can develop their ideas of creating a book or booklet and they can print just one copy to see what it would look like, instead of hundreds of copies and going from there,” Tearney said. “It makes everything more accessible in terms of printing and self-publishing.” But as textbooks become available online and course materials are downloadable on sites like Electronic Reserves and Blackboard, university printing presses across the nation have experienced a decrease in usage. Despite this inevitable digital shift, Student Auxiliary Services spokeswoman Michelle Froese said the Espresso Machine’s legitimacy and usage will not only continue, but also increase with time. “I think that the effects of digital course materials will be a very slow process,” Froese said. “Digital book sales are very slow. We also see that our customer base, students, prefer to have a hard copy. For example if an electronic
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The Espresso Book Machine, located on the lower level of the MU Student Center, is capable of printing and binding a book from a PDF file. The machine has seen increased use this semester.
journal is available through the library, the bookstore can have copies made on request without paying double royalties. Even online ERes documents are printed due to students’ requests for hard copies.” Tearney agreed with Froese’s prediction. “For the next five or 10 years (digital text-
books) won’t matter,” Tearney said. “It’s all about customization and finding the right materials for students and faculty. Because we can customize and do something in-house right away that is better suited for the class, the course, the subject, the professor and the students.
Safety confirmed for all 9 MU MSA moving forward with live tiger sponsorship students abroad in Japan CELIA AMPEL Staff Writer The nine MU students studying in Japan this semester are safe in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami that hit the country Friday, MU spokesman Christian Basi said. The International Center is staying in touch with MU students in Japan to support them and ensure there are no medical emergencies, Basi said. A note on the International Center’s website, posted Monday, stated the center had chosen not to remove any students from the country, despite concerns over nuclear reactor meltdowns in parts of Japan. “This decision is based on two primary factors: the fact that official sources are not recommending evacuation from the locations where MU students are studying; and the distance of the programs where MU students are studying from the affected locations,” the International Center’s website stated Monday. The center has also made efforts to help the 17 students from Japan studying at MU contact their families and receive news from home. Junior Jimmy Gannon is volunteering on an organic farm in Ibaraki prefecture in Japan. He is near the coast, but said his area was not affected as badly as areas to the north. “We haven’t had electricity or phones for days, but thankfully we got water from the mountain and the food is home grown,” he said in an e-mail. “As far as I know there are still rolling blackouts, meaning that they are moving the electricity from town to town, so I don’t know if we will have access to communications here for long.” Gannon said Monday he was en route to Tokyo, following concerns about the nuclear power plant in the prefecture north of where he was staying. “All should go well as long as these designated transport routes are able to stay open,” he said. Junior Travis Worsowicz, who is studying at Waseda University in Tokyo, said the city was not impacted as much as other areas of the country. “I haven’t seen a lot of destruction,” he said. At the university, there are holes in the stairs
and some rails have fallen off, Worsowicz said. “Some of the buildings have giant cracks in the wall,” he said. When the first earthquake hit, Worsowicz said he wasn’t fazed until his suitcases fell off his dresser and drawers opened. Meanwhile, trees and buildings were shaking outside.Since he had never experienced an earthquake before, he wasn’t sure what was the safest thing to do, he said. “I got under my doorway for a little bit,” he said. As soon as he could, Worsowicz e-mailed Study Abroad staff members Kip Kendrick and John Wilkerson to update them on his situation. His inbox was filled with messages from MU. “I got a lot of e-mails from different entities asking if I’m OK,” he said. In Japan, cell phone networks were flooded and many people couldn’t get service, he said. “There were lines of 20 to 30 people to use pay phones,” Worsowicz said. Japanese lecturer Chieko Kellar lived in Tokyo for more than 30 years. Her mother, her brother and his family still live there.Her brother e-mailed her about the earthquake at about 1:30 a.m. Friday, Columbia time. When she read the message on her iPhone, she immediately got up to read the news. “I just got online and started checking all kinds of media,” she said. Because transportation in Tokyo shut down after the earthquake, many of Kellar’s friends in Tokyo had trouble getting home. One friend walked 10 hours to her residence, enlisting the help of one of thousands of strangers walking in the city. Kellar used Facebook to contact her students who are in Japan this semester. She said she was particularly worried about a girl who is working near the coast in northern Japan. Kellar sent her a Facebook message asking if she was OK. “Almost nine hours later, she replied,” Kellar said. The International Center has policies, procedures and insurance in place to make sure it is prepared for disasters. The center will keep its focus on the safety of the students in Japan. “We will continue to monitor that situation closely,” Basi said.
ing through in-kind donations through advertising,” Woods said. “We’ll try and do Staff Writer some trading of advertisements at (MU) The Missouri Students Association is sporting events (for the zoo) and advermaking plans to sponsor live tigers and tisements (for MU) at the zoo.” Bellis said MSA is also in talks with tiger habitats at zoos across Missouri. The idea for tiger sponsorship came different departments and organizations as a result of former MSA President Tim on campus to partner with MSA and help Noce’s plan to purchase a live tiger for fund the sponsorship. “The Athletics Department, Student Missouri football games during his term. “(Noce) and (former MSA vice presi- Life and also the Student Unions have dent) Danielle (Bellis) decided they been expressing interest in helping to fund wanted to make a positive of something the project,” Woods said. After donations, the remaining cost of that gave them negative attention,” MSA the tiger sponsorship will be spilt between President Eric Woods said. Noce said the idea to sponsor tigers MSA and other willing organizations, came about a month after his original pro- Woods said. “We hope to able to fundraise some of posal to purchase one of the animals. “We wanted to follow through with the money from the student end,” Woods something we were looking into,” Noce said. “We’ll just have to see how it works out.” said. Bellis said MU Although the would sponsor the sponsoring of tigers by holding and habitats came “It would be something along tigers fundraising events from Noce’s idea, MU will not be receiving the lines of a sign reading ‘These to help conservation efforts. a live tiger to house are the Mizzou Tigers’ or ‘This “In exchange the on campus as a result exhibit is brought to you by zoos would do some of the sponsorship, Mizzou.’ It would be some sort sort of naming of the Bellis said. of underwritten advertisement tigers,” Bellis said. “It MSA is in finanof Mizzou.” would be something cial negotiations with along the lines of a the Saint Louis Zoo, Danielle Bellis sign reading ‘These the Dickerson Park Former MSA vice president are the Mizzou Tigers’ Zoo and the Kansas or ‘This exhibit is City Zoo, Noce said. “The sponsorship will cost money, but brought to you by Mizzou.’ It would be the cost to students through MSA will be some sort of underwritten advertisement of Mizzou.” minimal,” Woods said. Woods said the tiger sponsorships Woods said whether students will pay for the tigers through students fees in not would be a good public relations move as well as a way to increase MSA’s visibility. yet determined. “We’re helping preserve awesome aniAlthough figures have not been solidified, the Saint Louis Zoo has asked mals at awesome zoos,” he said. “At the $100,000 to sponsor a tiger over a five- same time, it’s great PR for the university in areas like St. Louis where we draw a lot year period. The Saint Louis Zoo will also be will- of our students from and in the Springfield ing to discount their asking price through area where we don’t. It’s visibility on our part, it’s a little bit of advertising and to donations, Woods said. “The Saint Louis Zoo will be contribut- spread the Mizzou school spirit.”
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was arrested on suspicion of possession of false identification and purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor after police conducted an open business check Friday night at 29 S. Tenth St. Columbia Police Department officers arrested Exely during a check of Harpo’s Bar at 11:49 p.m. The officers saw Exely with an alcoholic beverage and asked her for identification. Exely reportedly provided the officers an out-of-state driver’s license and an MU student ID card with someone else’s name.
3. FRESHMAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF TWO COUNTS An MU freshman was arrested in the main lobby of Hawthorn Residence Hall on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor and resisting arrest Saturday morning. MU Police Department officers received a call about freshman Donald Newsham at about 5:30 a.m. on Saturday. “We initially responded to a call from Galena Hall,” MUPD Capt. Brian Weimer said. “When officers arrived, they made contact with the individual in the lobby of Hawthorn. That’s where the arrest took place.”
Weimer said Newsham was alone and had no alcohol in his possession when MUPD officers arrived. He was arrested just before 6 a.m. on suspicion of minor in possession of alcohol by consumption and resisting arrest. “He refused to comply with the officer’s instructions then tried to pull away,” Weimer said. 4. OFFICERS ARREST TEEN AT THE PENGUIN DUELING PIANO BAR CPD officers arrested sophomore Catherine Heitz late Saturday night on suspicion of false identification
and purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor. At 11:44 p.m. officers observed Heitz during an open business check of The Penguin Dueling Piano Bar at 1025 E. Broadway. Stroer said the officers observed the suspect holding an open container and leaning against the wall. Heitz reportedly told officers she was only 20 years old. Officers then checked her ID and discovered she was 19 years old. 5. SUSPECT REPORTEDLY DRIVES DRUNK, CRASHES IN LAKE Brady Cramer, 23, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after driving his car into a lake late Sunday night. At 11:53 p.m. an officer responded to a report of a vehicle driving into the lake near Rollins Road and Hulen Drive. Upon arrival at the scene, the officer found Cramer waiting near the vehicle. Stroer said Cramer approached the officers and explained that it was his car, and he was in a crash. —Kelsey Maffett and Tony Puricelli 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.
BUILDING: Curators DANCE: Goal exceeded by $10,000 approve all bonds issued Continued from page 1 including nine Lafferre Hall renovations. “As state funding for capital projects has substantially declined, it has become necessary for the University (System) to fund more of these projects with their own System Facilities revenue bonds,” said Ann Toellner, UM System director for debt and cash management, in an e-mail. Toellner said campuses apply for bonds from the UM System on an individual basis, and then the UM System decides which projects are viable. All bonds issued must be approved by the UM Board of Curators, and one bond typically covers multiple projects on a campus. In order for a bond to be issued for a certain project, there must be a viable option in the mix to pay off the bond. David Sheahen, interim assistant vice president for management services and director of facilities planning and development for the UM System, said during the summer of 2010, the Board of Curators approved $35 million in bond money to go to “critical repair maintenance items” for the four UM System campuses. “However, that was a one-time response,” he said. “That’s not an option we can use often because we still have to pay the bond off.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported in a July 2010 article on deferred campus maintenance that it has been about 15 years since the state of Missouri has issued bonds to pay for capital improvements. Regardless of state funding, campuses are required to invest in their own campus facilities’ needs. A 1990s mandate stipulated campuses had to invest in facilities at 1.5 percent of the replacement value of all buildings on the campus, Sheahen
said. “It’s a benchmark to reinvest in facilities, to keep them up and keep them in good repair for the programs,” he said. Since there is a lack of state funding, UM System campuses have not been able to comply with that mandate since 2002, when the mandate was relaxed to 1.25 percent and then down to 1 percent in 2006, Sheahen said. “We had to also adjust our budgeting,” he said. “We didn’t want to give up on facilities, but we also knew our campuses were strapped for funding.” Last year, Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, and Speaker of the House Steven Tilley proposed legislation that would have provided college campuses with more bond money to fund maintenance projects, but the bill never made it to the House floor. The UM System filed a waiver request to the MDHE on Feb. 7 asking the commissioner to waive the penalty that he could charge for raising tuition above inflation, said Nikki Krawitz, UM System vice president for finance and administration. MDHE signed off on the waiver Monday. The backlog of deferred maintenance on UM System campuses was one of many factors stipulated in their request justifying an increase in tuition and required fees adopted by the UM System Board of Curators, she said. Until funding comes through to combat the backlog of deferred maintenance, things have been left up to the schools, Wagner said. “Ultimately it’s up to schools to prioritize the needs with the money that they have, and there are a lot of legitimate needs across campuses, and it’s just part of the challenge of being in a tough economic environment,” Wagner said.
Continued from page 1 compared to the stuff these kids go through.” The event raised $47,049 to fund two treatment rooms at the MU Children’s Hospital. Steering committee members were only aware they raised more than $30,000 before the event began, and were astonished to hear the final number. “You would have thought the steering committee won the lottery or something,” Love said. This exceeded their goal by more than $10,000. The organization has pledged to donate $100,000 to the hospital over the next five years, which began last year. “Encouragement and support is vital to the success of our young cancer patients at Children’s Hospital,”
said Thomas Loew, director of the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at MU Children’s Hospital in a news release. “To see participants and sponsors supporting these patients is inspiring and will certainly give these children the hope and determination they need to beat their illnesses.” Freshman Zac Neal participated in the event for the first time and said he couldn’t have been happier with his decision. “For everyone who didn’t dance with us, I can honestly say they missed out on one of the best and most amazing nights of their lives,” Neal said in an e-mail. “It was a ton of fun and seeing all of the families come out to see what we were doing for them and their children — I couldn’t help but actually feel connected to them.”
Neal raised $100 for the event, acknowledging that every penny counts. All dancers were required to raise at least $100. “I can honestly tell you that there’s no better feeling in the world than knowing that you actually helped someone and don’t care about getting anything in return," Neal said. Children from the hospital were present at the event, something participants said made the night extra special. “That’s why I joined Dance Marathon,” Neal said. “I wanted to help make a difference as much as I possibly could to someone else. Words can’t really describe how it makes you feel. When you’re there and experience it like I did, it’s just an overwhelming emotional feeling that just sweeps over you, and I loved every second of it.”
FORUM: Next meeting held in Rolla Continued from page 1 For that reason, the selection of the 23rd president of the University of Missouri will be a far-reaching and very important undertaking.” Chancellor Brady Deaton began by outlining the importance of the presidential position. “The role of the president is to link the pieces together," Deaton said. "You think of a string of pearls that you need to connect with the proper string that attaches them and makes them a functional whole that adds to the overall beauty of what a university is and serves the people in a very effective way.” And with that, he opened the floor for public comment. Five people utilized this opportunity, and MU alumnus John Clark began these comments by stressing his belief the president focuses the majority of his or her time “building a System.”
Monday’s forum was the fifth of seven public forums the search committee is holding to determine qualities the public finds important the next System president embodies. “It’s not clear to me that more than two ounces of energy have really been spent on building a System,” Clark said. “We’ve managed to go along with the four campuses and so forth, but as a System, we haven’t. My guess is that unless the new president has that as his or her fundamental focus, the System will disintegrate in the next 10 years. There are massive political forces that have been pulling at the System for some time.” Among the suggestions he offered moving the focus away from MU as the “flagship” campus and having multi-campus departments. Only one student spoke at Monday’s forum. “This is probably a pretty basic comment, but I would ask that the
next president pay attention to the students and listen to their voices,” senior Paul Rolfe said. “Young people are going to be dealing with some even bigger problems in the future, so I think it could do a lot of mitigate those problems — to have responsible leadership.” Erdman responded to this comment saying that Forsee was very attentive to students’ needs, meeting with them upon his selection as president. He ensured Rolfe his concerns will be asked of potential presidential candidates. All of the comments from the meeting were recorded and will be submitted to the presidential search committee at its meeting next week in Rolla. At that meeting, the committee will select the final qualifications for the position and post it on the website. The public will then be able to submit nominations for the position.
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Question from Sam, a reader: I’ve heard that drinking alcohol everyday can be good for you, especially wine... is that true?
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Chris: The answer to this question is more clear-cut than most imagine. There is convincing data that shows alcohol consumption decreases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes in both men and women. Alcohol does this by increasing you body’s good cholesterol (HDL), enhancing how effectively your body uses insulin and decreasing inflammation. Studies show light to moderate drinking has been shown to decrease your risk of heart attack by 30 to 50 percent, decrease yourw risk of diabetes by 30 percent and reduce your total risk of death by 18 percent. But before you stop reading and run to the nearest liquor store — I need to make clear what “light to moderate drinking” really means. In each of the studies that showed alcohol’s beneficial effects, the benchmark number of drinks was one daily drink for women and one to two daily drinks for men. In fact, any amount higher than this actually increases your risk of disease. Consuming more than two drinks per day increases your risk of high blood pressure, obesity, heart attack, diabetes, stroke and a number of other diseases. How often you drink also plays a role in alcohol’s beneficial effects. Drinking alcohol daily provides more health benefits than drinking once per week, but binge drinking increases your risk of heart attack and death. So is there a specific kind of alcohol that is better for you than others? The answer is no. Most studies have shown equal health benefits from all types of alcohol, including beer, wine and liquor. University Hospital Cardiology Fellow Ashraf Al-Dadah believes in the benefits of wine. “Two glasses of red wine for men and one glass of red wine for women per day has been shown to reduce the incidence of heart disease,” Al-Dadah said. “Studies have actually pointed towards reservatrol as the actual substance that has protective properties. It is found in the skin of red grapes and has anti-oxidant effects.” While it’s difficult to argue with the health benefits of light to moderate drinking, it’s equally difficult to recommend drinking alcohol regularly due to the risk of alcohol abuse. Alcohol abuse, which accounts for more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, can lead to increased health risks. So the key, as always, is moderation.
In conjunction with National Nutrition Month, Campus Dining Services Nutrition Committee has hosted several events and will be providing more table tents with nutrition information through the end of March. Magda Mello, manager of Mark Twain Market and J Cafe, said there will not be any more events this month, but the Nutrition Committee would continue to provide JIAXI LV/THE MANEATER information to raise aware- Plaza 900 dining hall offers various vegetable choices at the salad bar. Campus Dining Services ness among students about focused on balancing students’ diets during March, National Nutrition Month. importance of healthy eating. “Eat Right with Color,” dining Conditioning, was also invit“It was very positive as we “We have four Registered halls served a wide variety of ed to talk to students about had a high participation in Dietitians on our staff who fresh fruits throughout those nutrition and exercise in each the drawings, and they loved are very willing to meet with days. dining facility. the prizes and the abundance students to discuss their food CDS also promoted two “He interacted with our and variety of fresh fruits choices,” Campus Dining specialized contests, “Guess students performing a physi- during that week,” Mello said. Services Director Julaine Kiehn how many cal assessment, answered Stating the biggest chalsaid in an grapes are in questions about nutrition and lenge in raising awareness e-mail. “What the jar?” and exercises, handed out infor- about healthy eating among we do every We make it a priority “Question of mation about calories and students as having to meet the day, though, is food equivalency and gave expectations of what students to listen to students and the week”. provide nutriW i n n e r s away prizes,” Mello said in an consider as “healthy” food, tious foods — revise our menus on a won several e-mail. Mello said that CDS has to those that look yearly basis. prizes, includAccording to the American revise its menu often. good, taste ing T-shirts, Dietetic Association website, “We make it a priority to Magda Mello good and are water bottles, the campaign emphasizes listen to students and revise Mark Twain Market and good for you.” granola bars the importance of making our menus on a yearly basis,” J Cafe Manager T h e and a student informed food choices and Mello said. “We review some Nutrition guide to healthy developing sound eating and of our products to make Committee hosted events living. physical habits. changes with new and healthMarch 1 through March 3. Josh Hockett, Department Mello described the ier products, like trans fat Following the American of Recreation Services Facility response from students as free oils, whole grain pastas Dietetic Association theme of coordinator for Strength and positive. and more fresh fruits.”
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The Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative organized the event. JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor
Members of the Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative coordinated a night of food and entertainment Sunday for a group they say they often forget to appreciate: women. “We feel that it is important to take time out to show appreciation to the women that surround us on campus and in the Columbia community for all that they do and simply say ‘Thank you,’” MBMI Coordinator Marcus Mayes said. “With so much going on around the campus with classes, work, organizations and various events, we often get caught up and don’t vocalize or demonstrate our appreciation.” In its third year, the “Salute
to Our Sisters” dinner featured know how to appreciate any a meal prepared by MBMI women besides their mothers. and performances by live They are important, and they entertainers. deserve it.” Chicken alfredo and pound In preparation, the men cake were among the foods conducted preregistration, served at the dinner. set up the room, greeted and “By hosting the event the sat the guests and prepared, way that we do, it provides served and cleaned up the an opportunity food. for the guys to T h e y get an inside Our hope is that those in also orgaglimpse at how attendance really enjoy nized the a restaurant entertainwith live enter- themselves and feel ment, which tainment might appreciated. included operate,” Mayes Marcus Mayes poet Charles said. Parker, singMBMI Coordinator The event er Kenyatta was held in the midst of Woods and pianist Andre Women’s History Month, Walton. but MBMI member Zachary “The preparation is only McGowan said this isn’t the half the battle,” Mayes said. only time women should be “The day of the event is an appreciated. all-day affair. We have mem“Besides it being an entire bers finalizing any last minute month, I just feel like it’s one items and in the kitchen preof those subject matters that paring the food all afternoon.” get played to the side a lot, McGowan said he and the especially with media being other MBMI men in attenthe way it is,” McGowan said. dance had a good time. “A lot of young men don’t “It was an interesting
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event,” McGowan said. “I had fun catering to the ladies.” About 75 women attended the event, which was held in the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center. “It’s nice to take time out to really show our appreciation as young men on a large scale and make it known that they are appreciated every day of the year, even if they do not hear it everyday,” Mayes said. “Our hope is that those in attendance really enjoy themselves and feel appreciated.” Because MBMI has worked so closely throughout the year, Mayes said the event went without any major problems. "Fortunately, our guys work well together and it makes things easier," Mayes said. "A lot of hard work went into making sure that the event ran as smoothly as possible and that we stayed on schedule. Though it can be tiring, it is always fun to do the event this way."
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Nebraska’s business college recovers from false bomb threat UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA — Students, faculty, staff and administration were evacuated from the College of Business Administration on Friday following the discovery of a note in a first-floor bathroom warning students to get out of the building because a bomb was to go off at 11:45 a.m. Dean of CBA Donde Plowman said a student found the note around 11:20 a.m. “At 11:31 I sent an e-mail blast to everyone in the building,” Plowman said. The building was completely evacuated by 11:40 a.m. Plowman said she was proud of the way everyone handled the situation. “Students left in a very responsible fashion,” Plowman said. The police arrived after the decision was already made to evacuate the building by college administration, she said. The building was searched, but no bomb was discovered. — The Daily Nebraskan By Hailey Konnath
Students enter pleas in counterfeit ID escapade OHIO UNIVERSITY — Five of seven Ohio University students involved in a fake ID scandal have pleaded no contest in court to end their criminal proceedings. The seven OU students were charged after an investigation prompted by federal customs agents. Last January, U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted a package addressed to Vincent Venditti, 20, at the Port of Cincinnati which contained fake IDs. The six students to whom Venditti distributed the fake IDs were each charged with possessing a fictitious driver’s license. In a deal with the county, the students pleaded no contest in Athens County Municipal Court and received a $100 fine and a 30-day jail sentence, which was suspended. They were all placed on one-year probation. If they violate their probation, they will be required to serve their jail sentence. — The Post By Rachel Snively — Compiled by Lauren Bale
News Editor As gasoline prices climb, some students are getting creative to avoid paying at the pump, according to a survey of 170 students on campus. Of the students randomly surveyed by The Maneater in the MU Student Center commons area Monday, 95 students said they had changed their habits since the price of a gallon of gasoline, now at $3.39, reached $3. Of the 95 students who changed their habits, approximately 64 percent said they were driving less by making fewer trips and approximately 30 percent said they were biking or walking more often. “I’ve definitely had to change my habits,” sophomore Abel Gereme said. “I tended to drive to campus almost every other day, but now I always ride the bus. Every time I go out, I probably spend like $10 to $15 more than before.” As gas prices continue to rise, legislators in the House and Senate are approaching a solution in very different ways. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., proposed an amendment to the Clean Air Act last week to reduce the number of “boutique fuels” during periods of short supply. Boutique fuels are fuels which emit less harmful vapors into the atmosphere in order to combat ozone pollution, especially in the summertime. The Gas Accessibility and Stabilization Act would allow lawmakers to waive boutique
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As of Monday, the average cost of gallon of gas in Missouri stands at $3.39. Despite rising costs for gas, the state’s average gallon costs less than the $3.53 national average rate.
fuel requirements temporarily during gasoline price spikes. “Gas prices are skyrocketing while families and job creators nationwide are paying the price,” Blunt said in a news release. “By allowing for a reduction in the number of approved boutique fuels and providing communities with more response flexibility during times of temporary shortage, the GAS Act will help drive down costs for households and small business owners who are struggling to make ends meet.” House Democrats took another approach to America’s energy crisis. The End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2011, proposed by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Or., was cosponsored by 30 Democrats, though none from Missouri. The act was voted down by House Republicans two weeks ago, a move which Blumenauer condemns as telling of America’s backward energy policies.
“On the same day that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that our dependence on oil threatens our economy, every single House Republican voted to continue billions of dollars in subsidies for the largest oil companies,” Blumenauer said in a news release. The Act would have amended the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies which come to just under $40 billion. Professor of economics X. H. Wang says there’s a reason politicians are weary of voting for legislation to end oil subsidies, as it would increase the price of oil. “If they don’t get the subsidies, their costs will be higher so they will pass some of that to consumers,” Wang said. But Wang also said rising prices would likely curb American’s appetite for oil and push the country toward more renewable energy
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WEST VIRGINA UNIVERSITY — The International Student Organization and Japanese Club at West Virginia University are raising money to help the people of Japan who have been affected by the recent natural disasters. Japan was hit with an 8.9 earthquake, the largest the country experienced in recorded history, and a tsunami on March 11, causing an estimated 10,000 deaths and between $10 and $15 billion in damages. ISO is working with Ky’s Lounge and Ohana Beach Bar to organize a donation drive with all proceeds going toward Japan and other countries affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis, said Samantha Cossick, Vice President of ISO.
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sources. “If input costs for oil become more expensive, then people will try to use substitutes for oil,” Wang said. “To what degree, though, I don’t know, but there will be some substitution and some of them will use green technology.” Visit themaneater.com for a word on the street about the rise in fuel prices.
Domino’s Pizza robbery suspect remains unidentified No one was harmed in the incident, and nothing was stolen. JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor The Columbia Police Department is continuing an investigation into an attempted robbery at the Domino’s Pizza on Green Meadows Way that occurred last week. At 10:55 p.m. March 9, a Domino’s employee reported a suspect with a black handgun was quickly pursuing
her as she walked through the restaurant’s parking lot. Before the suspect reached her or the building, the victim was able to shut and lock the door, a CPD news release stated. As the employee alerted her manager of the possible robbery attempt, the suspect ran to the front of the restaurant. The manager was able to lock the door seconds before the suspect entered. The suspect then fled after the manager denied his demands for money. “I have no idea why he fled,” CPD spokeswoman Jill Wieneke said in an e-mail.
“Maybe he saw them calling the police? Maybe he didn’t want to risk getting caught? Really, only he knows.” No one was harmed in the incident and nothing was stolen, but the suspect is still unidentified and on the loose. Wieneke said the Boone County Sheriff ’s Department assisted in the investigation by deploying their canine units to help look for the suspect. Their search was unsuccessful because the canines lost the suspect’s scent, and the active search was called off at about 5 a.m. the next morning, Wieneke said, but
the corresponding officers were off duty that evening. There isn’t much CPD can do until a suspect is identified, Wieneke said. “We can’t really look for anyone until we have a suspect identified,” Wieneke said. “Since we only have a limited amount of information and no video, we usually put something like this on Crime Stoppers and our website to see if anyone wants to make an anonymous tip.” Nothing had been submitted on Crime Stoppers as of Monday, but Wieneke said anyone with information can still contact CPD.
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Jet controversy could hurt McCaskill in polls McCaskill led in polls against all potential candidates before the incident. KARI PAUL Staff Writer A survey released by Public Policy Polling last week showed that in the early stages of her reelection campaign, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has maintained an edge over potential GOP opponents. The poll showed that when pitted against Sarah Steelman, McCaskill narrowly topped the former Missouri treasurer 45 to 42 percent. She also outran Ed Martin 46 to 40 percent and was up in the polls at the highest margin over Ann Wagner, 45 to 36 percent. The smallest lead for McCaskill came against Todd Akin at 46 to 45 percent. Martin and Steelman are the only candidates who have officially announced their bid for McCaskill’s seat. Her approval rating has increased from 43 to 46 percent since November, which can be attributed to her recent shift toward the center in regards to votes on spending. But her numbers could take a hit in the coming weeks due to sensitive information released by Politico last week. The Virginia-based news source delved into McCaskill’s flying records, finding that she has spent $76,000 in public funds in the past four years to fly for senate business on a plane that she
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Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., answers questions during a town hall meeting Feb. 23 at Columbia City Hall. McCaskill spent $1,200 of unauthorized tax payer money to campaign in Hannibal but later paid back the funds.
owns with her husband. Although using these funds for official Senate business is legal, one flight, an excursion to the 2007 Democrat Days event in Hannibal, which cost $1,200, was said to be purely political in nature and therefore unauthorized. Her spokeswoman Maria Speiser said the trip was mis-
takenly paid for and that the senator has since then written a check to the government for the costs of the trip. “Sen. McCaskill is embarrassed by this mistake,” Speiser said. “Fortunately, all the expenditures related to the plane have already been repaid to the government.” Republican opposition has
been quick to criticize McCaskill. Steelman issued a statement slamming McCaskill, calling her policies hypocritical. “While Senator McCaskill talks about cracking down on congressional travel and eliminating waste, fraud and abuse, she is letting the taxpayers help pay for her jet,” Steelman said. “We will no longer tolerate poli-
ticians demanding change from everyone else.” Candidate Ed Martin tweeted “Support Ed Martin’s effort to give Senator McCaskill a ticket home,” and posted a link to a new webpage he has set up called AirClaire, where supporters can donate $89, the cost of a one-way ticket, to “send her home.”
Speeding ticket leads Missouri Dems to narcotics arrest set goals for 2012 2012 ELECTIONS
ALLISON PRANG Associate Editor Keeping a steady eye on upcoming elections across the state, the Missouri Democratic Party has thrown its support behind three major ballot issues for 2012. The measures consist of simplifying early voting for residents, working on campaign finance reform and a state Constitutional amendment that would reduce the size of the Missouri House of Representatives from 163 members to 103. “The issues that we picked are a benefit to the whole, but they’re not necessary partisan issues,” Missouri Democratic Party Chairwoman Susan Montee said. “They’re not legislative priorities.” Montee said the Democratic Party selected the ballot issues based on what it thought would be well served by grass roots organization support. Missouri Republican Party Chairman David Cole was unavailable for an interview. Mizzou College Republicans Chairwoman Sophie Mashburn said making early voter registration easier is something she personally would not be opposed to. “I don’t see that as a very partisan issue,” Mashburn said. MU College Democrats Communications Director Zach Henry said the College Democrats would also support the initiative, especially since it can be hard for residents,
including college students with busy schedules, to get to the polls. “Obviously the Mizzou Democrats support anything that makes voting easier for people, especially students,” Henry said. With regards to campaign finance reform, Mashburn said she would need to know more information about their plans in order to comment. Henry said he is personally neutral on the subject. He thinks the College Democrats would be in general support of it. If a state constitutional amendment was passed decreasing the size of the House, the change would not go in effect until the next census in ten years. Missouri’s House is one of the largest in the country. “We’re just way out of whack on the size,” Montee said. “We’re like 18th in population, and the size of our senate falls right in that line. But the size of our House is like fourth in the country.” Henry said he thinks the College Democrats would be in support of the amendment as well. Mashburn said she does not think she personally agrees with the plan because she thinks redistricting currently favors the Republican Party. “This doesn’t seem like a partisan set of proposals, but I’m sure the Democratic Party has their reasons to do it that would not obviously be intentionally beneficial to the Republican party or conservatives,” Mashburn said.
He was arrested on charges of property damage and second-degree for child endangerment, a misdemeanor, Boone County Sheriff ’s Department Sgt. Mike Krohn said. According to the release, suspects also gave the officers permission to Two Columbia residents in search the vehicle, which led the same vehicle were arrested officers to find a felony amount Wednesday evening after police of marijuana in the vehicle. pulled them over for speeding. “It was a consent search, so The men were arrested on mulit’s just one of the tactics that tiple charges, including driving law enforcement officers employ, while intoxicated, endangering if they have reason to believe the welfare of a child and posthat another crime is occurring,” session of a felony amount of Krohn said. JOSHUA marijuana. When you have the opportuCOWANS A Boone County Sheriff ’s nity to ask someone for a consent Department Traffic Unit stopped search of the vehicle and they a speeding car at about 8 p.m. near agree, you do it.” the intersection of N. Oakland Boone County Sheriff ’s Gravel Road and E. Starke Lane, a Department could not release sheriff ’s department news release how much marijuana was discovstated. ered, because the case is pending During the traffic stop, officers and tests still need to be made in discovered the driver, 37-year-old the lab, Krohn said. Johnny V. Ellis, was intoxicated. Krohn said traffic stops freHe was arrested on suspicion of quently lead to other arrests. JOHNNY one count of driving while intoxi“They are very common ELLIS cated and one count of driving daily,” he said. “They happen with a revoked license, the news all day, every day, in every law release stated. enforcement agency.” Investigators also discovered the pasBoth men were arrested that evening senger, 30-year-old Joshua P. Cowans of and have been released from the Boone Columbia, had an outstanding warrant County Jail on bond. from June 2010 with the Columbia Police —Sally French, Department. staff writer
Officers found a felony amount of marijuana when they searched the car.
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MSA’s idea for tiger sponsorship has potential
If there’s anything that the Missouri Students Association learned from the absurd debate over purchasing a live tiger for the university in spring 2010, it’s that there’s no chance of an actual tiger running around the football field on game day. Sorry, Mr. Noce. However, a more recent proposal that would be safer and less terrifying for fans and tigers alike has caught our attention, and we’re not necessarily opposed to it: sponsoring tiger habitats at Missouri zoos. Sponsorship of a tiger or tiger habitat at the Saint Louis Zoo would pan out to a cost of $20,000 per year for five years, though student government would ideally only pay a fraction of this after collecting donations and other funds specifically for the initiative. Although MSA executives say the sponsorship would work as a recruiting tool for MU and a way to increase MSA’s visibility, the more realistic payoff would be more like a plaque on the tiger habitat and the moral gratification of improving the home of an imprisoned animal. Although we’re open to the idea, it seems irresponsible for MSA to make such a financial commitment to something that has a minimal impact on the student body without getting a real measure of student opinion. MSA should test the waters of student support of this initiative before they commit to it. Holding a fundraising event to not only raise funds for the project, but also determine student feedback and raise the much-desired visibility of MSA. If response isn’t as stellar as MSA would hope, perhaps it’s time to shoot lower than a plaque at the Saint Louis Zoo (we doubt the Kansas City Zoo’s asking price is as high as $20,000 per year). Everybody wins, including the tigers. We will say that the reasons behind MSA’s push for the tiger sponsorship seem somewhat stretched, especially as far as recruitment goes. Little children going to the zoo aren’t going to read the plaque that says where the money behind the rock in the pretty tiger’s cage comes from and think, “I want to go to Mizzou in 10 years!” If MSA’s goal with the sponsorship idea is to enhance recruitment efforts, could they not use this money to start up a public relations campaign? The last time we checked, 2008 MSA President Jim Kelley’s photo was still hanging in Plaza 900 in an effort to help students “get to know” their student government. Are we opposed to sponsoring a live tiger in a zoo? No, not necessarily. We would just urge MSA to not commit to such extensive spending without taking student input into consideration. MSA should test the waters for support for this project from students and across the student organizations they hope will join them in fundraising efforts, and act accordingly.
We must take steps to end reliance on oil
Fuel is a hot commodity and one we Americans often underestimate in our relatively low-cost energy market. Our infrastructure, our politics and our very lifestyle are all designed with the need in mind to allocate energy the most efficiently. Even down to the level of college students, the energy market has countless strings that tie down finances and resources.We notice this most heavily in the price of gasoline. Often we bemoan the prices of fuel when they rise near the $4 per gallon mark, but we fail to realize that the U.S. actually enjoys relatively cheap fuel prices compared to nations like Great Britain or France who pay more than $7 per gallon. The U.S. government has been subsidizing oil companies for decades in order to offset the cost of gasoline to consumers. That means almost $40 billion in taxpayer money is paid directly to oil companies for fuel each year. We are one of the few countries who do this, and it begs the question - what if we allocated that money beyond oil?A new wave of hybrids and fully electric vehicles has recently become available to consumers, and they seem to be catching on fairly well. A bill recently died in Congress that proposed cutting oil subsidies completely. Undoubtedly, doing so would increase the costs of fuel. But what if we took the $40 billion and gave it back to consumers, in the form of credits households could use to purchase an electric vehicle. House Republicans were responsible for killing the “Ending Big Oil Tax Subsidies” Act, but it almost certainly traces back even farther to energy lobbyists infecting legislation.How long is it going to take for us to realize we’ve been mucking around in oil long enough? Politicians continue to stall legislation that would release the death grip oil companies have on the energy market. How does that benefit us or count as forward thinking? The answer to stymieing oil subsidies is to cut off demand for oil itself, and that’s where our generation can succeed. It’s simple. Cutting oil subsidies will cause the price of gasoline to increase toward its natural equilibrium. The high price will necessarily shrink demand for oil and create massive demand for non-oil dependant transportation.Taking the money from oil subsidies, and giving it to households for electric cars in a cash-for-clunkers-esque manner would give the auto-industry more than enough incentive to innovate away from oil in order to make massive gains off the new clean energy market’s demand. Rallying around high-speed rail development and promoting infrastructure changes to accommodate more clean energy use are just a couple ways we can move away from this archaic age of oil. The technology is there, has been there for a long time, and there’s no reason for us to continue driving our parents’ cars. If we are to call ourselves a progressive generation, we can’t allow oil companies to continue weighing us down. If we create the demand, the market will follow. Students need to realize they in fact do carry enough influence to change demand, and ultimately, the way we consume energy.
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Eight strange but useful essentials for traveling Krystin Arneson There are eight things I have learned to never leave on a trip without. Ever. Granted, this is coming from a girl who’s the textbook definition of “overpacker.” My friend told me the night before my return to France last week that he “can’t have a conversation with someone who has to pack two pairs of flats for a six-day trip.” I had actually packed three. And a pair of heels. My little habit has caused some issues: There was a rather feisty encounter in Brussels with one of Ryanair’s agents after avoiding the airline’s luggage scales like a guilty dieter for four weeks. And when I caught myself at the gym doing shoulder presses with two heavy, 6-kg. (13.2 lb.) weights, reasoning they would help me lift my Kipling duffel into the overhead compartment, I finally had to admit I had a problem. So as much as I hate packing light, I’m doing an experiment this week: Absolutely everything I need for my six-day holiday to Serbia and Bucharest, hiking gear and going-out clothes included, I packed in a regular Jansport backpack. I might have given up a pair of jeans, my favorite sweater and shampoo (If it comes down to it, leave behind basic
toiletries — they’re cheap and easy to buy as soon as you get to your destination) in the process, but after a lot of folding, squishing and swearing, I managed it. Nevertheless, there are some things I just won’t leave home without: 1. Ziplocs: My secret weapon. Roll, don’t fold, your clothes into sandwich — or quart-size Ziplocs, then sit on them to squish all the air out. It will save you at least half the room in your suitcase. They’re also good for when you want to buy out half a Parisian patisserie but simply can’t eat everything at once. Bring extra if going abroad, since they’re difficult to find and are extremely packable. Provided you wash them out once in a while, they’re also reusable. 2. iPhone or iPod Touch: I’ve saved both euros and space by downloading maps, language guides, currency converters and even travel guides to this lovely, flat, packable device. 3. Healthy snacks: I loaded up on Special K meal bars (10 grams of protein!) before leaving the States. They come in handy when you’re 1) hungry and have overdone it on buttery Parisian carbs or 2) hungry and hate asking for food from a host. Also a life-saver: Crystal Light protein mix-in. It disguises the taste of dodgy city water (Naples) and keeps you full longer. 4. Dry shampoo: It doesn’t matter if you’re
male or female — this will be a lifesaver. It will get you an extra day (or two) when the hostel’s hot water runs out or you’re feeling gross after a showerless sleeper train. Ironically, it’s also great to dirty up clean hair a bit before styling — it’ll make it hold better during a long night out. 5. Lacy underwear: Ladies, leave the cotton bikinis at home. Reasoning? First, if it’s small, it takes up less room in your suitcase. Second (and most importantly), it’s practically dry the minute it comes out of the washer. It’s an easy way to save money at Laundromats and free up space in the dryer for your cotton garments. 6. Bungee cord: If you have a nylon duffel, this will be your best friend when it comes to bag checks at low-budget airlines (Ryanair). Cinching one around the middle of your bag’s soft sides has the same visual effect a skinny belt has around a woman’s waist. 7. Febreeze: Air pollution, lack of Laundromats and Polish trains can all cause clothes to lose that “fresh laundry” smell, but Febreeze makes for a quick fix. A little spritz or two is also an excellent pick-me-up after a long flight or train ride. Load up in the States where it comes in the TSA-approved size. 8. Back-up pearl earrings: When tragedy strikes (and it will), a girl’s got to be prepared.
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THOUGHTS? From local crimes to debate on columnist’s positions, The Maneater’s social media outlets were active with reader feedback over the weekend. Here is some of the Tweets we received since Friday. Police respond to burglary after victim awoken by suspect in bedroom CREEPY! — Corey Motley (coreymotley) via Twitter THE BED INTRUDER IS IN COMO! aaahhh! — (CHELseeyaa) via Twitter From Facebook A website ranking college residence halls says MU ranks No. 2 nationally in ‘Best Overall Dorms.’ Your thoughts? Douglas Lippert: I lived in Hudson and Respect residence halls and I was very happy there. Great food, rec center nearby, fast internet, yeah. Police respond to burglary after victim awakened by suspect in bedroom Dodi Newsom: Is it really a burglary? Or maybe assault? A look at why and when Jesse Hall’s dome changes colors Matthew Wheeler: How about a look at the who and how of the colors changes. From themaneater.com Column: I have never been a Barack Obama supporter John E.A.: I agree with you that Gitmo should be shut down, but I don’t blame President Obama for it not getting done. Remember the ridiculous fear mongering that occurred when he tried to move the detainees to American soil? People freaked out like he was about to release the plague upon us! Politicians of all stripes decried “NOT IN MY STATE!” even though some communities that had built private prisons welcomed the detainees as it meant more jobs for them. Given the serious political capital it would take to make it happen and the pressing needs of the nation, I agree with his decision to spend the capital on health care and bail outs and other issues. This is an unfortunate turn of events, but maybe the politicians will eventually stop acting like babies and let them come to America for free and fair trials. Wait, who am I kidding?
“Besides it being an entire month, I just feel like it’s one of those subject matters that get played to the side a lot, especially with media being the way it is. A lot of young men don’t know how to appreciate any women besides their mothers. They are important, and they deserve it.” — MBMI member Zachary McGowan at the “Salute to Our Sisters” dinner on Sunday
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St. Louis-area teacher’s resignation unfair Alex Pesek Maybe you heard about it from Facebook, or had a friend send you a link elsewhere, but odds are you heard about the St. Louis-area teacher who quit her position after revealing she had worked in the porn industry 15 years prior. It’s the type of story that elicits predictable responses from those who hear it: We’re all captivated that a high school teacher could have such a past, we desire to snicker at raunchy things and, if we’re brazen enough, we desire to head into the Google archives and dig up the raunchy material. Beyond this, though, we seem to take most of the situation selfevidently. The general assumptions society makes are that working in porn is unequivocally bad, that any history in such an industry should be shamed and dusted under the rug and that if you’ve been a whore once, you’re a whore forever. It’s disappointing to read
or watch news pieces on the “not show up on a background ordeal, as it also seems you check,” and she could therefore aren’t exempt from judgmen- seek employment as any other tal and stigmatizing language if applicant would. you’ve ever been a sex worker. This “newsworthy” bit about Channel 4/KMOV in St. Louis her background check and referdescribes the “porn-star-turned- ences has been a theme in all news teacher’s” revelation of her “sexy pieces I could find on the matter, past” as being the “hot topic” at clearly an issue of grave imporschool that day, tance for anyand that her one who loves “porno-movie their kids and past continues While we deprive this their educato haunt her woman of fundamental tion. today.” Situations teaching abilities and any like While showthese ing a clip of hope for a “sound moral anger me the “X-rated” character,” we are happily because they teacher (whose and willingly complicit reveal yet name I’m with Charlie Sheen’s pub- again a socideciding not lic past of regular abuse ety with purito use, as she’s against women.” tanical doubeen through ble standards enough) giving regarding its a claim to her love of students fellow citizens, and a tendency and teaching, KMOV decides not to relegate ourselves to posito subtitle her as what she is (a tions of moral policing when we teacher), but rather labels her as feel outcasts or social transgresa “Former Adult Film Actress,” sives have corrupted our system a stain which she apparently is or, even worse, our children. never allowed to remove. Having worked in porn does The story continues on to not affect this woman’s ability describe (with palpable con- to teach, to counsel, to love her cern) that the legality of work- job and to love the students she ing in the adult film indus- works with, yet we treat her with try meant her work would contempt and judgmental skep-
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ticism, as if she was Mary Kay LeTourneau, actively engaging in sexual acts with students. While we deprive this woman of fundamental teaching abilities and any hope for a “sound moral character,” we are happily and willingly complicit with Charlie Sheen’s public past of regular abuse against women. After all, he’s still “funny,” whether he beat a woman, whether anything like that matters. At the end of the KMOV news piece, the conclusion is that this is “a lesson she (the teacher) learned the hard way,” shortly thereafter showing a clip of a young female student recounting the lesson she learned, that “when you do stuff when you’re young, it affects you later.” Ask yourself if you learned a lessonWWWWWW. Does this woman’s past forever restrict her from fairness? Solid employment? Moral dignity? Sanctioned access to children? Or do our stigmatizing lenses preclude us from ever seeing our own faults, our own shortcomings, perhaps even our own mutually regretful pasts? My hope would be for the latter, but maybe I’m just being naïve.
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Extreme bias from NPR forms hatred Taeler DeHaes National Public Radio Chief Executive Vivian Schiller resigned early last week, after fundraising director Ron Schiller (no relation to Vivian Schiller) was caught on a hidden camera bashing both the Republican and Tea Party. He was also bantering about cutting all federal funding toward NPR. Conservative activist James O’Keefe released the footage. Two conservative activists posed as representatives from a fake Muslim charity, the Muslim Education Action Center, and recorded their meeting with Ron Schiller. He was recorded calling Tea Party members “gun-toting” and Republicans “racist” and “xenophobic,” which is the fear of foreigners. My favorite line was “liberals today might be more educated, fair and balanced than conservatives.” Not only are his comments
stereotyping, but they’re not at best. based on credible information. On March 9, Schiller told Let me make it clear: Only reporters, “I made statements 49 percent of the Tea Party during the course of the meetidentifies as Republican and ing that are counter to NPR’s 43 percent call themselves values and also not reflective Independents. of my own beliefs.” I’m sorry, Ronald, get your facts but what are your 22 million straight; you have a title to followers going to think of that? uphold. I’m sure next time you’ll NPR has long been deemed by keep your Republicans “NPR hat” as liberalon. b i a s e d . S c h i l l e r I made statements during the They are a also had the pient course of the meeting that are rofe c igovernintention of doing busi- counter to NPR’s values and ment fundness with also not reflective of my own ing, and the men, beliefs.” they must who claimed remain nonto be part of Vivian Schiller partisan and National Public Radio Chief Executive the Muslim unbiased, if they are Brotherhood. Yes America, his going to keep listeners. Ron actions are horrific. And no, I’m Schiller calling all Republicans not “Islamophobic” or “racist” “xenophobic” uses the actions because I’ve mentioned a radi- of a few to generalize about an cal Islamist extremist group. entire group — exactly what he’s Schiller said NPR is the most speaking against. His actions reliable source of news, because illustrate the moronic double newspapers are run by Jews. standard held by many liberals What are you talking about, like him. hypocrite? You act like an elitThis is perfect timing for ist, when in fact you’re being Ron Schiller to also blurt out a bigot and an anti-intellectual that NPR “would be better off
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in the long run without federal funding.” Last year, President Barack Obama’s bipartisan deficit budget commission recommended eliminating funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which totaled $432 million in fiscal year 2011. While only 10 percent of the funding is from taxpayers, Republicans argue they would be fine without it and apparently Ron Schiller agrees. In the words of Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.., “forcing taxpayers to give public broadcasting hundreds of millions of dollars makes little sense when we’re facing a $14 trillion debt and there are already thousands of educational and entertainment choices in the media.” However, many rural areas of the country might lose their stations if funding were to be cut. While freedom of speech is the predominant issue being faced, a national news source such as NPR cannot show such extreme bias. It forms hatred, dismounts their credibility and serves as a window to see how they really think.
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ALBUM REVIEWS The Strokes: Angles 4 out of 5 stars The first Strokes album in five years isn’t quite what you’d expect. If you read Rolling Stone’s rave review and you can’t wait to hear the best thing since Is This It?, that’s not the album you’ll get. If you’ve read interviews with the band and listened to the singles, you’re expecting a pile of crap the band forced out for money — that’s not the album you’ll get either. Instead, Angles is more of a collection of singles than a monolithic album — it’s unfocused and spastic. With Angles, the band experiments with many different sounds. Almost every song sounds like it could come from a different band or era. Angles is a trip through modern rock history. “Machu Piccu” toys with a reggae sound you’d hear on one of the later Clash albums. “Gratisfaction” is pure glam rock as if it were taken from a Thin Lizzy album. A handful of other songs, “Two Kinds of Happiness” and “Games” to name two, have an 80s vibe — it seems as if someone in the band was listening to a lot of The Cure. Although the Strokes did a lot of experimenting on this album, other songs fit right in with the rest of its catalogue. The single “Under Cover of Darkness,” is a guitar-driven pop track that could be put in the middle of Room On Fire. “Metabolism” is a biting, anxious track similar to “Heart In A Cage” from First Impressions of Earth. The closer “Life Is Simple In the Moonlight,” is a lush, soft pop song that sounds as if it could wrap up any good Strokes album. Overall, the album is all over the place; it’s as distracting and 80s-influenced as the album cover. The most distracting part of the album is how Julian Casablancas’ voice is mixed differently on every track. It goes from very clean and loud to dirty and low, but it’s just a small hurdle to get over to enjoy another Strokes classic. — Jonas Weir, staff writer
Alex Ebert: Alexander 2.5 out of 5 stars Attention fans of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: there is good news and there is bad news. The bad news: That is not Edward Sharpe. His real name is Alex Ebert. The (potentially) good news: He has a new album. The self-titled LP released under the pseudonym Alexander is in the same vein as Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros’ debut, Up From Below. It’s playful, breezy and, to borrow a song off that record, “Janglin.” Ebert’s strength has always been with his rhythmic promiscuity, and this is embodied in “Truth.” Alexander has a beautifully canted delivery in the verses — the clarinet adds some janglin’ spice. Ebert likes to play around, and on “Awake My Body,” he plays chef with some good ol’ Italian pizza parlor swag. Unfortunately, the album’s playfulness never really seems to amount to much. As the lackadaisical closer pleads, “Let’s make a deal to not make a deal,” it becomes pretty clear Ebert seems to be fine with not committing to anything. As the 41 minutes drag on, a question begins to form: Why did Alex Ebert make this album? Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros seemed to be growing a strong following with singles like “Home” and “40 Day Dream,” so why do a solo side project now? That question remains unanswered. With tame but existent melodies, this is an album one could potentially grow fond of after 20 or so listens, simply because it is a very happy listen. However, there is a distinct difference between an album that needs 20 listens and an album that deserves it. Alexander clearly falls in the former category. — Brandon Foster, staff writer
iPhone app focuses on Columbia nightlife The application has received 2,100 downloads and features local hangouts. KRISTEN HERHOLD Staff Writer It is rare to walk around MU’s bustling campus without seeing students texting, talking or listening to music on iPhones. With more than 85,000 applications for this phone available on iTunes, there are 6.3 million downloads per day. Two Columbia residents are responsible for the creation of one of these apps: Nightlife, an application that gives daily deals and events of 40 popular local downtown establishments, such as Campus Bar and Grill, Booches and Déjà Vu Comedy Club. “It was an idea I had been playing with for a while,” Nightlife creator Kyle Turner said. “We bounced the idea back and forth and thought it was something we could go with. There was just a market for it.” Turner and co-creator Justin Voss saw many companies try and fail to create websites that had the same premise of Nightlife. “I think the idea of making it mobile was a really natural fit for what we wanted to do, because when you’re going out, you don’t bring your laptop with you,” Voss said. “You need something portable you can take with you, and websites just can’t meet that need.” MU students are appreciating the application’s benefits. “Though I am not 21 yet, I really
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Snow falls on downtown Columbia on Jan. 19. Two Columbia residents are preparing to launch their new iPhone app, Nightlife 2, which features 40 downtown businesses and provides guides for events and drink specials.
like using this app to tell me food deals at my favorite restaurants,” freshman Patrick O’Meara said. “It’s really beneficial. This especially helps college students, because it allows us to save money, even if it’s just a little bit.” Every day, Turner and Voss hit the streets and go into each of the 40 restaurants, bars and clubs and learn of their specials going on that night. They then manually enter the information into the application’s server. “Our plan is to allow the bar owners to put in the information themselves, so when they decide to make a special, it goes into our system today,” Voss said. “We currently only have so much access to so much of the data. The freshness of the data is a totally valid concern most people have.”
In summer 2011, Turner and Voss will create Nightlife 2, which will be more user-friendly. It will allow users to “like” information, leave comments and flag information that is incorrect. It will allow for more personalized recommendations. Nightlife has been downloaded 2,100 times since its debut in late October and receives about 20 downloads per day. The creators said the hype of the app has not died down. “I figured we’d put this out there and my mom, my girlfriend and my dad would download it and that’d be enough, but we’ve enjoyed this great success,” Voss said. “And now we’re creating a new version of it. It’s really cool.”
find the best players. ” Similar to Mario finding stars, the league has searched out and found numerous casual gamers that now come out for the league. “I mostly just play it for the social aspect of it,” member Josh Nemec said. “I won’t play if I’m just playing by myself. I have to either be playing with him or with other friends.” Casual gamers are used to getting online and playing with people they don’t know or see, which explains the allure of creating a gaming community, Pliske said. “Having them come here is the whole purpose,” Pliske said. “Your adrenaline is pumping, and that’s why I play the game. It’s really intense and it’s really fun. And that’s what I enjoy seeing most, people experiencing that. That’s what I was aiming for.” Member Matthew Taylor said that playing with people he can see is his favorite part of the league. “When you can see the people you’re playing against you develop a better rapport with them,” Taylor said. “The competition is so much fiercer, because you feel you’re proving yourself to a physical person, not to the Internet.” There’s a distinct male touch to the league, though.
“It’s the competitiveness,” Pliske explained. “Girls don’t care as much. It’s more of just the guys getting to play and all of the sudden their buddy starts playing, and it’s who’s better and you need to see and you have a tournament.” Sara Parks is the exception to this. Parks — the sole girl of Friday’s tournament — not only has the competiveness Pliske mentioned, but she has the skills to prove it. Even though her team didn’t win the tournament, they were in the finals. “(Girls are) starting to get more competitive,” senior Michael Sutton said. “Sara’s real competitive. I think she’s madder than I am right now (about losing).” Parks said she grew up playing video games with her two brothers and father. She said both her brothers were definitely as competitive as she was. “I enjoy being good and beating other people,” Parks said. “I kind of wish we would have won though. That would have made it worth it.” Although the tournament ended, MU Competitive Gaming continues to bring MU gamers together and create life-long friendships. “We just all come and it’s like we’re brothers,” junior Kellen Wheaton said. “The game brings us together.”
MU gaming draws competition The MU Competitive Gaming Club hosted a Call Of Duty tournament Friday night. JOEL SAMSON BERNTSEN Staff Writer One round, another round, a tie-breaker, another round, another tie-breaker; finally the closing round as two Call of Duty teams race against each other in a deathmatch to 50 points. The score is 49-49. In an abrupt jerk of nervousness, the game is over, and everyone’s looking around wondering who won. Welcome to Friday night at MU Competitive Gaming — and that’s only the semi-finals. Founded by senior Ryan Pliske, a semipro Halo player, MU Competitive Gaming set out to bring MU gamers out from their dorms into an active, living gaming community. “The reason why you play any sport or any game is for the league,” Pliske said. “People wouldn’t play football if there wasn’t the national football league. It’s ‘cause of the league that brings the players, so I figured if I brought a league to Mizzou that I could
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Actresses Emily Thomas and Julia Arthur, playing Dorothy and Toto, anticipate the entrance of munchkins Friday in Jesse Auditorium. Missoula Children’s Theatre performed its rendition of “The Wizard of Oz” on Friday.
Traveling directors bring ‘Wizard of Oz’ to children’s theater Missoula Children’s Theatre performed “The Wizard of Oz” on Friday.
Missoula Children’s Theatre tour gives Windham an opportunity to work with children and the theater, something she has wanted to do since she was young. “I thought to myself that this ALFRED COX was a great opportunity to conReporter tinue working and doing someTheater directors Bethany thing I loved, which is acting Hystad and Jami Windham and directing,” Windham said. drive a red truck around the “Helping children find their country. creative sides at such a young It’s filled with everything age is a perk as well, because it needed to produce the musical allows me to make a difference “The Wizard of Oz” — except for the children.” a cast. The theater experience is The duo arrived March 6 a way to prepare children for in Columbia with costumes, their futures, Windham said. backdrops and props and began “This production is a good casting for the Friday night g r o w i n g show in Jesse Auditorium. exercise for Wind ham the children, and Hystad I thought to myself because it began tourgives them ing with the that this was a great the skills M i s s o u l a opportunity to continue necessary to working and doing C h i l d r e n’s be producTheatre last something I loved, which tive members year. This was is acting and directing. their first time of society p e r f o r m i n g Jami Windham and become in the state Director more creof Missouri, ative as they Windham mature,” Windham said. said. Acting in “The Wizard of The directors go to any locaOz” was a unique opportunity tion asked of them, as long for the children of Columbia, as the director’s housing and a location for the play are Windham said. provided. “This was another opporThe stage set consisted tunity for the children to of a large, bursting rainbow express themselves, especially and pictures alternating from in a smaller town, like this images of Dorothy’s home, the one, where you cannot express Yellow Brick Road and a talking image of the Wizard of Oz. yourself at such an early age,” The play was cast with 60 Windham said. Sixteen-year-old Emily participants, rehearsed and performed in five days, Hystad Thomas, who played the role said. of Dorothy, said the experience “We actually had to perform was a positive one. quicker than expected, but we “This experience will inspire ended up having fun and let- kids to be upbeat and to get ting the children run free with to know people very quickly,” their roles,” Hystad said. “The kids were very energetic and Thomas said. “It helped me ready to perform, even with when I was younger and should less than 20 hours of rehearsal, help the kids to find their voicwhich was admirable.” es as well.”
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Countdown to March Madness
It’s that time of year again. Midterms are over, days are lasting longer and Spring Break looms just a few short weeks away. Everything seems to be moving in the right direction, culminating in America’s greatest sporting event. And no, I’m not talking about the WNBA playoffs. March Madness is finally here. You should probably pause for a minute to let that sentence really sink in. In a world full of NFL lockouts, Charlie Sheen rants and a 3D movie depicting the incredible life story of 17-year-old Justin Bieber, we finally get some sweet relief. Maybe I’m overhyping the NCAA tournament a bit, but there is still no denying that when judging postseason sporting tournaments, it has no rival. It is the most exciting and fan-friendly event of the year, not to mention that it is the fairest way to declare a true champion. March Madness’ format is what all other sports aspire to look like. From what I’ve seen, it is the blueprint of how to make a playoff system. The NBA’s postseason is a good example. It lasts longer than the movie “Gettysburg,” stretching on for about two months. That’s a third of the length of its regular season. Clearly, something is wrong there. It used to be shorter, with the first round series only being played in a best-of-five format. But then, like always, greed took over, and a best-of-seven wrecked havoc. They gained more money from advertising and ticket sales but sacrificed fan interest in the games themselves. But where the NBA slips up, March Madness excels. This is truly the fan’s tournament. For several weeks, college basketball fanatics treasure their bracket as if it’s their first-born child, protecting and defending it with their life. The ability to shape and stand behind your own bracket allows fans to play along, rather than just watch their favorite teams from a distance. We have a personal investment in the tournament, not just for our teams, but for ourselves. Because we all know that this could be the year we assemble that perfect bracket. Like Chicago Cubs fans in April, we go in hoping for the best but expecting the worst. March Madness, more so than any other playoff system, is truly interactive. Another flaw of many postseasons is the unjustifiable length in between games. In contrast, the beauty of March Madness is the pure volume of games available for viewing at any given point. The opening weekend is a certifiable basketball holiday, touting a total of 48 games being played over four days. As a fan, I wake up, turn on the television at 11 a.m. and start watching basketball. This goes on for some time, only disrupted by occasional food and bathroom breaks. It could be sunny and 70 degrees outside, and I wouldn’t notice. Some days are just made for a couch, a TV and an abundance of cholesterol-loaded snacks. The basketball doesn’t end until around midnight, and by that time you’re so exhausted that all you can do is call it a night, get some shut-eye, and set your alarm for 11 a.m. Repeat for four days, and you have a truly happy (and physically inactive) basketball fan. Yes, there are a lot of games, but nobody would watch if the games themselves weren’t exciting. No problem there. The tournament’s “lose and go home” format forces every team to leave everything they have on the court every game. It also sets up a formidable “David vs. Goliath” feel, as lower-seeded teams are pitted against clear favorites. The result is incredible games with memorable finishes. And on Thursday morning, it all starts again. If you need me, I’ll be huddled in front of my tiny television, probably glancing in frustration between several games and my pitiful excuse for a bracket. Soccer fans have the World Cup, film majors have the Oscars and baseball fans have the World Baseball Classic (just kidding). I have March Madness. Let the countdown begin.
Jamieson snags 550th victory as Tigers sweep Le Moyne NATE ATKINS Staff Writer Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson’s 550th career victory seemed to be a big deal to everyone present Saturday at Taylor Stadium — everyone but the aged skipper himself, at least. “It just feels good to get a win,” Jamieson said, following his team’s sweep of visiting Le Moyne that placed him in a territory of few. Amid a struggling start to the season, Saturday’s win seemed to be just what the team needed. “It’s a pretty big deal,” junior Matt Stites said. “I’m pretty honored to be here for that to happen.” Such was not the attitude of Jamieson (551-391-2), who trails only Gene McArtor’s all-time Missouri win total of 733. Despite the insistence from reporters that the accomplishment was no selfish accolade, the coach remained true to his relaxed, forward-looking persona. Perhaps to fully understand and appreciate Jamieson’s apathetic response, one must delve into the character the coach has portrayed from the dugout of Taylor Stadium for the last 17 seasons. Come rain or shine, win or loss, Jamieson’s calm-but-focused outlook has remained consistent throughout his time at Missouri. “He’s very even-keeled,”starting pitcher Zach Hardoin said of Jamieson. “He doesn’t ever get too mad at anybody, but when things need to get done, they get done. It’s (been) great playing for him.” Jamieson began his trek from dugout to mound back in 1955 at Taylor Stadium, following McArtor’s retirement. The job was a natural fit given Jamieson’s Tiger bloodline. His father, Dick, served as offensive coordinator for the football team under head coach Al Onofrio. His brother Jeff and sister Judi both attended Missouri. The program didn’t miss a beat with the change in leadership as the Tigers won the Big Eight Conference cham-
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Missouri baseball head coach Tim Jamieson watches his team take the lead against Le Moyne on Saturday at Taylor Stadium. Saturday marked Jamieson’s 550th career win.
pionship in the second season under Jamieson. In total, Missouri has won 30 games or more in a season 13 times under Jamieson. The two-time conference Coach of the Year has led the Tigers to eight NCAA Regional appearances, including the program’s only Regional crown in 2006. Jamieson continues to receive honors, despite entrenching himself in a rebuilding project with the current Tigers team. He was selected this past winter to lead the USA Collegiate National Team this upcoming summer. Also recently, Missouri extended the Big 12’s most tenured head baseball coach through the 2013 season. As the accolades continue to pile up, Jamieson’s focus remains consistent: this year, this team. “When we get to the end and I’m done, (the record will) mean something to me,” Jamieson said. “Right now, (I’m) just trying to figure out a way to win tomorrow.”
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THE RANKS Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson's 551 career wins are the second most by a coach in program history.
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Tigers prepare for NCAA Championship STEVE CASSIDY Staff Writer The Missouri Tigers are sending a team-record nine wrestlers to the NCAA Championship in Philadelphia this weekend, as they hope to claim their highest team ranking in history. The overall mark to beat is third place. The Tigers sent eight grapplers in 2007 when they achieved that mark. Coach Brian Smith said he feels the team has a real shot to have another wrestler join the illustrious ranks of Missouri National Champions. “This is a young team that has matured,” he said. “We have competed against the best teams all across the nation, and we’re really looking forward to the weekend.” The Tigers are indeed a young team with freshman Alan Waters as one of their best wrestlers. The No. 10-seeded Waters compiled a 38-5 record in his inaugural season. Big tournaments are nothing new to the four-time Missouri state champion. “I’ve been in a lot of big tournaments all my life,” he said. “The NCAAs are just a huge step up in competition for me.” Being the only senior starter on the
roster, captain and No. 10-seeded Todd Schavrien leads the Tigers into the NCAA Championship with a record of 26-6. He said because this is his last tournament as a Tiger, it brings out a lot of emotion. “I could name 20 (emotions),” he said. “This is my last chance at something I’ve wanted my whole life. I just try not to think about it and focus on winning.” Schavrien transferred from Arizona State University in 2008 and started competing for the Tigers in the 2008-2009 season. Originally from Poway, Calif., Schavrien finished in first place at the Big 12 Championship in Ames, Iowa this season. He and junior heavyweight Dom Bradley were the lone top finishers for the Tigers in the tournament. Bradley is the first heavyweight in Missouri history to finish in first place at the Big 12 Championship. He is the topseeded wrestler for Missouri with a five seed. If Bradley can claim the National Championship in the heavyweight division, he would be the second wrestler in Tiger history to do so. “It would be bittersweet,” he said. “I’m going to seize the moment. I want it.”
Bradley heads into the NCAA Championship looking to improve on his performance at the Big 12 Championship. “This season has meant a lot to me,” he said. “I’ve wrestled a lot of tough guys, and I know how to wrestle against the top three guys because I’ve seen them before.” Bradley wrestled No. 1 seed Zach Rey at the Northeast Duals last November. He lost by majority decision. Among the other Tigers competing at the NCAA Championship are redshirt freshman Zach Toal, sophomore Nathan McCormick, junior Dorian Henderson and sophomore Brent Haynes, all automatic qualifiers at the Big 12 Championship. Two more wrestlers, redshirt freshman Kyle Bradley and sophomore Mike Larson, were selected out of the 33 at-large bids into the tournament. With so many possible National Champions, Smith said he was confident in his squad going into the tournament. “We haven’t peaked yet,” he said. “We’ve still got a lot of potential that hasn’t been seen.”
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Tigers take down Illinois, Illinois State Missouri softball has won 11 straight games and is 14-3 on the season. PAT IVERSEN Staff Writer It was a tale of two games with similar outcomes for the No. 14 Missouri softball team Saturday as the Tigers’ offense powered through two very different wins against Illinois and Illinois State. The Tigers have won 11 straight games to bring their record to 14-3. Redshirt sophomore Chelsea Thomas earned her fifth victory of the season in game one of the doubleheader, allowing four hits over five innings and striking out eight. Thomas has not allowed a run in her last 31.2 innings pitched. Up by three in the bottom of the fifth, Missouri scored six runs on six hits to run-rule the Redbirds by a score of 8-0. Freshman Maddison Ruggeberg ended the game with a walk-off homer to deep left field, her third homer of the year. “I was just looking for a good pitch, and I knew that the first pitch had been pretty good most of the day,” Ruggeberg said. “So I just got really aggressive and
went for it. It was a little bit up but pretty nice though, right down the middle. I didn’t see where it went, but I don’t think I have (hit one that far), ever.” Missouri then waited an hour before starting its game with Illinois, and coach Ehren Earleywine said he cautioned his team about getting complacent. “Any coach will tell you that it’s very hard to get your team motivated after an enormous woodshop beating like we gave them in the first game,” Earleywine said. “It’s just tough because they feel so good about themselves, and sometimes they forget to reengage. Junior pitcher Kristin Nottelmann struggled with her command in the second game, allowing three runs on five hits with two walks. “Her rise ball is her go-to pitch, and it just wasn’t spinning right,” Earleywine said. “And when it doesn’t spin right, it doesn’t move right and she can’t locate it. So it’s a good sign when you’re a pitcher, and you don’t have your best stuff, but you’re still able to have a chance to win.” Missouri struggled at the plate against Illini pitcher Pepper Gay, failing to record a hit through three innings. But after Ashley Fleming walked in the bottom of the fourth, Catherine Lee tied the game at two, with a home run
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Redshirt sophmore Chelsea Thomas allowed only two hits against Illinois on Sunday. The Tigers defeated the Fighting Illini 8-0.
to left field. After the game, Lee said the offering was where she wanted it. “I love inside pitches,” Lee said. “I step in the bucket sometimes when I swing, so if you’re going to hit me inside, I’m going to try and pull it. (Gay) was busting me outside all day, so when I stood up to the plate I figured she was going to come
in. I guessed right I guess.” Missouri added two more in the fifth, and Chelsea Thomas recorded her first career save to seal the 4-3 win for Missouri. The Tigers took on Illinois State and Illinois again Sunday in the final day of the tournament. Lee said the mindset for the Tigers for Sunday was not to overlook their opponents.
“I think the trick is to establish ourselves,” Lee said. “We’re not going to play around these teams every time and win. So it is kind of disappointing that we had to scrap around for four runs against Illinois, so (Sunday) we’ll be coming in looking to show that power offense through the lineup instead of in just the middle.”
Missouri Baseball takes 3 of 4 Missouri singles play edges out from Le Moyne Dolphins
The Tigers rallied for three straight victories after dropping the first game of the weekend. MIKE VOREL Staff Writer The Le Moyne Dolphins traveled from Syracuse, N.Y. to meet the Missouri Tigers for a fourgame series Friday and Saturday at Taylor Stadium. After losing three of four games, it’s safe to say that the Dolphins didn’t receive too hospitable of a welcome. Le Moyne had success early, however, clawing out a 6-5 win over the Tigers on Friday night. Late fielding blunders spoiled another eye-opening start from freshman pitcher Rob Zastryzny, who fired 7.1 innings and allowed only six hits and three earned runs. Down 6-3 entering the bottom of the ninth inning, Missouri made a valiant comeback, plating two runs before finally falling short. Jonah Schmidt led the Tigers with two RBI, including his second home run of the season. Coach Tim Jamieson stressed the need for the team to gain confidence as well as find a little luck. “You can feel the pressure in the dugout,” Jamieson said. “You just need something good to happen. We need the baseball
gods to smile on us a little bit. carried into game two of the We’ll take whatever we can get.” twin bill as starter Jeff Scardino And just like that, the tide and reliever Jeff Emens comturned in Saturday’s double- bined to pitch all nine innings header. The Tigers swept the with Scardino sacrificing the Dolphins only two earned and in doing runs. Blake so handed Brown led the W e need the baseball gods Jamieson his Tigers offensive550th career to smile on us a little bit. ly with two RBIs victory. We’ll take whatever we to help Missouri M i s s o u r i can get. enter Sunday’s rallied to win the first Tim Jamieson finale on a wingame 7-4, Coach ning streak. scoring five The Tigers runs in the eighth inning after extended the win streak in the falling behind 4-2. The Tigers series finale, pummeling the put together six hits in the Dolphins 10-1. Six Le Moyne inning, including three for extra errors made things relatively bases. A strength that led to the easy for the Missouri offense, victory was Missouri’s aggres- and an impressive performance siveness on the base paths, by Tiger starter Zack Hardoin which allowed the Tigers to steal ensured the victory. eight bases in the game. Junior Hardoin lasted five innings, Conner Mach swiped four bases conceding three hits and zero alone, matching a school record. runs. After walking three batThe offensive effort support- ters in the first two innings, ed an excellent start from junior Hardoin found his control and winning pitcher Matt Stites. The never looked back. The lefty righty threw his best game of the season, tossing seven innings remarked this weekend’s sucand allowing only two earned cess could be a step in the right runs on five hits. Stites said his direction. “We’ve had a slow start as success was because of a boost far as wins have gone, but this in confidence. “I started loosening up in the weekend was great for our team,” fifth inning after I talked to Phil Hardoin said. “Hopefully we can (McCormick),” Stites said. “He keep it going.” got me going a little bit and I was like, ‘OK, these guys can’t Visit themaneater.com for beat me.’ I just felt great out a slideshow from the most there.” recent baseball game. The trend of great pitching
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Minnesota, 4-3 BRENDAN MEYER Staff Writer The Missouri tennis team edged out Minnesota 4-3 Friday night at the Green Tennis Center in Columbia. The win puts the team at 8-3 overall and closes out the non-conference portion of its schedule. “It was a tough one today,” coach Steven Stuckenschneider said. “Some of our girls looked really good, and a couple of our girls looked a little bit flat. Very tough win today.” Senior captains Mallory Weber and Kaitlyn Ritchie continued their dominance in doubles Friday, beginning their match with a 7-1 lead and ending with an 8-4 victory. “Kaitlyn and I started off really well and built a big lead,” Weber said. “We were able to close it out, so we’re just really happy that we played well today.” Despite the 8-4 win from the seniors, the Tigers lost doubles to begin the evening. Freshman Rachel Stuhlmann and sophomore Maria Christensen lost their match 8-4, and junior Jamie Mera and freshman Marlen Hacke lost their match 8-6. “We’re not particularly a strong doubles team yet,” Stuckenschneider said. “Doubles is all about being aggressive. You need to get to the net and kind of got to try and win the points quick. We’ll spend a lot of time working on that moving forward.” What the Tigers lacked in doubles they made up for in singles, winning four out of their six matches to win the game.
Weber won her match in the number two slot, winning 6-2 and 6-1, and Stuhlmann clinched the win for the Tigers with a 6-3, 6-2 win. “It feels really good (to clinch the win),” Stuhlmann said. “I fought really hard. Obviously the team was playing really well, and I knew it was going to come down to my match. It’s good knowing that the team worked just as hard as I did.” Other performances in singles were wins from Hacke (6-0, 6-3) and Christensen (6-4, 6-3) and losses from Ritchie (6-4, 6-1, 6-3) and Mera (6-0, 6-4). With the cancellation of Saturday’s match against Drake, the Tigers are now heading into conference play. The non-conference portion of the season has seen first time wins over Louisville, Iowa and Minnesota, and the Tigers are using that as a confidence booster. “We’ve had a lot of good nonconference matches here,” Weber said. “We’ve played a lot of quality teams, and we’ve beaten a lot of quality teams, so I think we’re ready to tackle the Big 12.” The Tigers begin conference play March 18 at Texas, which is ranked No. 24 in the country. “I definitely think we are going to do amazing against the conference players,” Christensen said. “We’ve already won more matches than we did last semester. We’re feeling so comfortable with what we’re doing right now.” The Tigers next home match is March 25 against Iowa State.
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