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STUDENTS FORM NEW MISSOURI SOFTBALL TAKES LIBERTARIAN GROUP 19TH CONSECUTIVE WIN The group's members are seeking certification to become the third official campus political group.

The No. 13 Missouri softball team eked out a 2-0 win over Minnesota on Sunday after late-inning heroics.

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Report details Greek Life weaknesses MADELINE O’LEARY Staff Writer Addressing issues such as hazing and excessive alcohol violations, the Greek Community Strategic Plan will be available to the public on the Office of Greek Life’s website later

this week.

The plan will include important recommendations on how to devise solutions to Greek Life’s most prevalent weaknesses.

“We’ve been rolling out (the Greek Community Strategic Plan) since January,” Greek Life Director

Janna Basler. “First it went to the four council presidents, then to the executive boards, chapter presidents and chapter advisors.”

Basler said the presentation of the plan to the chapter presidents was

See GREEK, page 6

Relay for Life raises $90,000

State's nuclear power plant quakeproof, Missouri officials say Power plant is built 300 feet above the Missouri River.

equipment.”

Bond said the Callaway plant is built 300 feet above the Missouri River, which would ensure it could not affect the plant.

DANI KASS The Callaway plant is built Reporter to withstand the natural disasAmid growing concerns over ters prevalent in Missouri, Sen. the safety of nuclear energy use Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. said.

“Our reactor at the Callaway in the United States, Missouri officials say the nuclear power plant is a different kind of reacplant in Callaway County would tor than Japan's,” McCaskill remain safe and operational in said in a radio conference call Wednesday. “We believe that the case of a natural disaster.

C a l l away Nucle ar ours is much safer because of that, and it Development has been built Manager Scott withstand Bond believes It probably wouldn’t be, in to earthquakes.” the Callaway The New C o u n t y my mind, the most prudent Madrid seisnuclear plant thing to say that we’re mic zone is would not be done with earthquakes located paraffected by an and that we don’t have to tially in southearthquake in worry about them." east Missouri. the way three This fault of Japan’s Eric Sandoval system was plants have Geological Sciences professor responsible for been affected large, destructive earthquakes in in the last couple weeks.

“The plant there successful- 1811 and 1812.

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Survivor Maureen Funk donates for the chance to give freshman Kyle Gilbert a pie to the face for Relay for Life at the Student Recreation Complex on Saturday. Teams created a variety of activities with donated goods to raise additional funds for the American Cancer Society. For the full article on Relay for Life, SEE PAGE 5.

BOARD OF CURATORS

JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor The UM System Board of Curators, the executive board for the university’s four-campus system, met in Rolla on Monday to discuss the ongoing presidential search and employee benefits.

A recap of the public forums the presidential search committee held during the past two weeks convened the meeting.

Representatives from the presi-

dential search firm, Greenwood/ Asher & Associates, were present.

Qualities listed as integral in the next president include the ability to lead with a vision, an appreciation for the state of Missouri and to be a champion for public higher education issues, such as access and affordability, among others.

“Basically, they took the input from those forums and compiled them together to form a list of qualities they are looking for in the next system president,” said Andrew Meyer, who serves as the Associated Students of the University of Missouri Board chairman and was present at

See CURATORS, page 6

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ISC narrowed the student curator candidate pool to three nominations.

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The estimated total budget of the UM System is made up of current funds, loan funds, endowment funds and plant funds.

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Loan, Endowment and Plant funds Current funds

96%

Total: $2.7 Billion Source: UM System Website

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MUPD responds to indecent exposure cases

One of the three suspects in the cases was arrested.

The MU Police Department responded to three separate incidents of indecent exposure on campus over the weekend.

MUPD received its first call on indecent exposure at about 2:45 a.m. Friday.

“A male was seen masturbating on the east side of Stankowski Field,” MUPD Capt. Brian Weimer said. “No one has been caught and no one has been arrested.”

According to an MUPD news release, the suspect was described as a college-aged male with a slender build, grey T-shirt and glasses.

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Sustain Mizzou is partnering with several student groups to raise food for local food banks.

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'ACE OF CAKES' STAR AT MU Duff Goldman, star of "Ace of Cakes" spoke at MU on Thursday.

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THEMANEATER.COM Check out a photo slideshow from Saturday's Relay for Life event in the Student Recreation Complex.

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MU honors playwright Tennessee Williams The event featured guest lecturers, a master acting class and various performances.

ABIGAIL GEIGER Staff Writer Tennessee Williams was many things: an award-winning playwright, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and, unknown to many students, a student at the Missouri School of Journalism for three years.

“Tennessee Williams: The Art of Endurance,” a three-day event comprised of guest lectures, interviews and other theatrical events, celebrated this fact and Williams’ 100th birthday.

The celebration was an idea long in the works by Theatre Department graduate student Brett Johnson.

“Tennessee Williams is one of the greatest poets of the theatre and in the theatre,” theatre historian Felicia Londré said during a panel discussion Saturday.

Johnson’s recognition of Williams in this literary centennial stemmed from his academic and personal passion for Williams and his work.

Johnson was inspired to start studying the playwright when he took a course on Williams, and when

he auditioned for a Williams play during his undergraduate studies at Susquehanna University.

“I found him fascinating,” Johnson said. “I felt an affinity to his writing, an understanding unlike that of any other playwright.”

The playwright, born in 1911, wrote an abundance of plays in his lifetime, which include “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “The Glass Menagerie.” He died in 1983 from choking on a pill bottle cap.

Many other cities across the nation have celebrated Williams’ 100th birthday as well, including St. Louis, Columbus, Mississippi and New Orleans. Johnson wanted to bring the tradition to Columbia where Williams attended MU for three years.

On Friday, the centennial brought the award-winning playwright Edward Albee to the Rhynsburger Theatre in an interview setting.

Albee, whose body of work includes “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” spoke of his experience with Williams in admiration.

“Williams was basically a composer,” Albee said. “He heard like a musician. Being a composer and a playwright are very related. When writing a play, you should both hear and see what the characters are saying or doing.”

Saturday’s events included a fourpart series of lectures from guest professors and a publisher, as well as a panel discussion among these and

other literary colleagues.

Tony award-winning actress Elizabeth Ashley was interviewed.

The guest speakers described Williams’ mastery of playwriting, as well as his spiral from famed playwright to dishonorable theatrical reject.

Albee said Williams’ career was fantastic at its onset, but around the 1960s, amidst heavy drug and alcohol abuse, his work became more edgy and controversial.

Critics did not admire his work as equally as Williams.

“You see how those figureheads are treating Charlie Sheen now?”

Ashley said. “That’s how the critics treated Tennessee.”

The centennial was just one of many national and international events that are revitalizing theatrical and critical praise and approval of Williams.

“He died when his career was at its lowest,” Londré said. “People still think him as ‘that playwright who writes dirty plays.’ Now it’s time to reconfigure that definition.”

The centennial events Sunday included a master acting class, a concert reading of Williams’ early works and a world premiere of a Williams play.

“It was astoundingly enlightening,” freshman Jacob Billingsley said.

“I just want to go and read all of his plays now.”

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Missouri Contemporary Ballet dancer Fernando Rodriguez and his dance partner share an intimate moment onstage Sunday at Jesse Auditorium. The show, “Tennessee Williams: Lightning in a Bottle” featured the Missouri Contemporary Ballet.

ciate professor W. Douglas Powers described Williams as quintessentially American.

“I think he’s come full-circle,” Londré said. “Audiences are ready for his plays now.”

‘One Mizzou’ campaign MSA committee backs zero tolerance for hate crimes set to begin April 7 JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor The “One Mizzou” campaign meant to celebrate diversity at MU is nearly ready for its launch date, Missouri Students Association President Eric Woods said.

“Did I think that it would ever become this big?” Woods said. “No, I didn’t at all. I’m really proud of where it’s gone.”

The campaign is set to begin April 7 outside of the Student Center. At the event students who sign the One Mizzou banner will receive T-shirts and free food, courtesy of Campus Dining Services.

Woods said Chancellor Brady Deaton has agreed to speak and that he is completely behind the cause.

“There’s going to be a lot of administrators there, so we’re hoping to get a good student showing as well,” Woods said.

Not only administrators, but also faculty members are backing the cause.

Graduate Professional Council President Kristofferson Culmer attended an informal meeting of some faculty at The Hiedelberg on March 15, where he said they discussed how they could get involved with the One Mizzou initiative.

“Basically what the meeting was about was to explore creating a grassroots faculty diversity initiative to coincide with what the student leaders are doing on the student side,” Culmer said.

“A number of faculty are interested in taking part in this initiative to highlight the diverse nature of Mizzou.”

In the meeting, organized by Chief Diversity Officer Roger Worthington, the faculty seemed

already in tune with what the students are planning.

“Without any prompting of the information that students talked about, the faculty were pretty much on the same page,” Culmer said.

Since Culmer attended both the task force meetings and the faculty meeting, he said he is excited to see both of these groups work together for One Mizzou.

“Definitely in the future, I think the students and faculty will collaborate on this initiative,” Culmer said. “This must be a university wide effort, so it is important that everyone is involved.”

At last week’s MSA meeting, discussion included whether to use the projected $25,000 to $55,000 carryover from the College Readership Program Fee to fund the campaign. Monday, the Department of Student Life decided to completely fund One Mizzou, rather than utilizing this carryover.

“To avoid setting a bad precedent for using projected carryover, it was decided that this was the best course of action,” Woods said. “Carryover from the fees will be used to reimburse Student Life at the end of the fiscal year.”

These funds would be used to purchase materials for the month, including a banner to hang in the Student Center and a calendar of events. He said the task force has been pulling together events for the calendar and encourages any student group to submit ideas to be included.

“We really just want anybody who feels like they have an event that has to do with community or unity on campus,” Woods said. “We want people to come forward and suggest events.

We’d be happy to advertise those events.”

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The Missouri Students Association’s Multicultural Issues Committee is working to write legislation proposing a zero-tolerance policy be added to the M-book, the university’s set of official disciplinary policies.

“The legislation intends to address violations that are motivated by a bias or hatred because of an individual’s race, gender, sexual orientation or religious affiliation and suggests that there should be harsher punishment for such actions,” MCI Vice Chairwoman Lakeisha Williams said in an email.

If passed, the hate crime legislation would move to add a written hate crime policy to the M-book, which would eventually be incorporated into the student conduct code of all schools in the UM System, Williams said.

“Like all legislation passed through MSA, nothing is guaranteed,” Williams said. “The legislation shows that MSA and the students of the university are in support of the cause. This is a small hurdle though. The real work comes in working with University administration and faculty to advocate for your cause and desired change.”

The legislation is in response to hate crimes committed on MU’s campus, most recently the Hatch Hall graffiti incident.

There is currently no written MU policy regarding hate crimes and no legislation has been written in response to past hate crimes, Williams said.

“We want it to be directly addressed in the M-book and have certain consequences for such actions considered ‘hate crimes,’” MCI Chairwoman Alex Holley said in an email.

MU does punish for hate crimes, but their policy is not in writing, she said.

“This is not to say that the university isn’t against hate crimes or that they don’t punish those that commit them, but we would just like something to be official and to be in writing,” Holley said in an email. “I think that it may help in deterring others from committing these types of crimes from year to year when (students) see that there are official rules against them.”

MCI has been working with Four Front, the Asian American Association, the Jewish Student Organization as well as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to write hate crime legislation and change the M-book, Holley said.

“I met with Lakeisha Williams to discuss the issue after hearing word of the two of us working on the same task,” MU NAACP President Bryan Like said. “NAACP started out with a petition to have students sign their names in support of adding this legislation. Giving much credit to Ms. Williams, she composed a draft for the legislation, then we met again to go over it and make sure we are sending the right message.”

The legislation will not be presented to MSA Senate until the language of the policy has been defined, Williams said.

“This policy has the potential to face legal challenges, and I intend to make sure that everything is legally sound in its wording before trying to pass it through Senate,” she said.

Williams said the Board of Curators would have the final say in a hate crime policy implementation.

“What we have is a great policy that will stand and fight for all students no matter their ethnicity, sexual orientation, handicap or sex,” Like said. “This legislation is a ‘no-brainer.’”

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3. INTOXICATED MINORS WITH FAKE IDENTIFICATION ARRESTED Two suspects, Stephen Bozarth, 20, and Neil Eveld, 20, were arrested on charges of false identification and purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor after an incident Friday night at Memoir.

At about 11:51 p.m. CPD officers conducting an open business check observed Bozarth, who reportedly appeared intoxicated and struggled to stand up. The officers asked him for identification, and he provided a Missouri driver’s license that belonged to

5. STUDENTS ARRESTED FOR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA POSSESSION Students Kevin Sivill and Christian Thomas, both 19, were arrested on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia early Saturday morning.

Sivill and Thomas were stopped at a CPD sobriety checkpoint while driving on North Providence Road near the intersection at Big Bear Boulevard.

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1. MINORS ARRESTED FOR USING FAKE ID TO PURCHASE ALCOHOL Two students, Sarah Myers, 20, and Samantha Styne, 19, face charges for false identification and purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor after an incident Thursday night at 1100 Locust St. At approximately 9:52 p.m., Columbia Police Department officers performed an open business check at Memoir.

CPD spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said the officers observed three youthful-looking females and asked them for identification.

Myers reportedly presented a Kansas identification card, which belonged to someone else.

Styne provided the officers with an Illinois driver’s license, also belonging to someone else. Both suspects were then arrested.

4. POLICE MAKE ARREST IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Rainey is charged with seconddegree domestic assault and second-degree property damage after a reported domestic dispute early Friday morning at his home of 1028 Claudell Lane.

CPD officers responded to the incident around 3:33 a.m. The victim reportedly told police Rainey had pulled her hair and choked her to the point that she could not breathe. She said Rainey then punched her bedroom wall and closet.

Stroer said Rainey and the victim have a child together, and the victim reported they have had an on-and-off relationship for close to three years.

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Stroer said the officers then observed Eveld sitting at the bar acting nervous and watching the officers. When asked for identification, he reportedly handed officers an ID card from Arizona with his name and a fake birth date.

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2. POLICE MAKE ARRESTS AT CAMPUS VIEW NUISANCE PARTY A party at Campus View Apartments led to the arrest of three students Friday night.

Sophomore Pete Bellington and juniors Erik Yang and Steven Schrage were arrested on public nuisance and alcohol charges when MU Police Department officers arrived at their residence just before midnight Friday.

“There was a party at their residence with approximately 10 to 15 individuals in the main room when officers arrived,” MUPD Capt. Brian Weimer said. “One of the security guards at the complex called it in.”

All three suspects were arrested on suspicion of a nuisance party.

Bellington and Shrage were both arrested on suspicion of possession of intoxicants by a minor, and Bellington was also arrested on charges of resisting arrest. Yang was also charged with supplying intoxicants to a minor.

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Mizzou Relay for Life raises $90,000 The event’s participants raised almost 50 percent more than last year’s record high.

GARRETT RICHIE Staff Writer Hundreds of students and Columbia residents filled the Student Recreation Complex on Saturday night for MU’s annual Relay for Life event.

According to the Mizzou Relay’s Twitter profile, this year’s event raised more than $90,000, almost 50 percent more than last year’s record-high total of $63,099.20.

Teams purchased booths and sold, raffled and auctioned off everything from shirts to bracelets to custom-decorated bras to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

A few students rented out a Winniethe-Pooh costume for $20 an hour to raise funds.

Freshman Brian Reitz said he came to the event because a few of his friends were making a team.

“A lot of my friends are doing it, and although it doesn’t mean as much to me as it does to them, I thought coming out to support cancer research would be beneficial to many people,” Reitz said. “I raised money by sending emails to my friends and family and our team raised over $1,000.”

Like many other fraternities and sororities, the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority formed a team for the event. Theta’s team, Kites For a Cure, sold kite cookies for 50 cents each and walked to raise money.

Kites For a Cure team captain Kirsten Moen said many of the members were involved in Relay for Life during high school.

“Theta didn’t have team, so I talked to Kate Bohnert, who was a Theta and a Relay for Life Committee Member,” Moen said.

“We joined late, but the point is we joined.”

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Tyrell, 9, checks on the luminaria bag he ordered for his grandmother Saturday at Relay for Life in the Student Recreation Complex.

The relay raised more than $90,000 for the American Cancer Society.

The Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity charged $2 for the opportunity to “pie a rho,” in order to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity member Matt Eisenbath said even though the fraternity didn’t buy a booth, they figured they could still come to raise money.

“We threw the team together to show support just because it’s the right thing to do,” Eisenbath said. “We did the pie toss, because people tend to like to take their anger out on other people with pies, so that was really easy to sell.”

At about 9 p.m., the lights were dimmed and participants were called over to one corner of the gym for the Luminaria.

During the ceremony, participants listened to the testimonies of local cancer survivors. Then attention turned to a projector screen, where the names of local people who have died of cancer or are currently fighting the disease were displayed.

Following the presentation of the names, candles were lit inside white paper bags around the track as participants continued to walk for the remainder of the night.

Freshman Will Heckman-Mark, who

racing and shooting baskets.

Freshman Colin Cutter said he is happy to see other people try out something that is part of his everyday life.

“I think most of us are pretty much comfortable with our situations in life,” Cutter said.

“It doesn’t offend me that someone would want to try out a wheelchair. Using a chair is part of who we are.”

Not all team members use a wheelchair, though. Take sophomore Carter Arey for instance, off the court, he uses a prosthetic leg, but for competition, he only uses a chair.

“With wheelchairs, it’s a lot harder to get into different areas on the court,” Arey said. “It becomes a lot more of a physical sport then. I didn’t expect it to be so intense.”

Still, he, like the attendees of Saturday’s event, are aware of the struggles people who use wheelchairs undergo.

“It’s a blessing to be able to get out of my chair at the end of the day,” Arey said. “I get to experience how much more difficult things are for them.”

Cutter said he has been playing wheelchair basketball for 15 years and was excited to play for MU. As a junior in high school, he knew he wanted to be involved with the team and contacted Lykins. He said he feels accepted in the MU community.

“This is one of the reasons I came to Mizzou,” Cutter said. “People around campus don’t look at you any differently.”

Wheelchair basketball players are not defined by their wheelchair or their disability, Cutter said.

“There is a stereotypical idea of us being depressed or upset about our situation,” Cutter said. “It isn’t true. We have so much fun.”

The group is a continuation of Students for Ron Paul, chapter president Stuart Hughes said.

donated $50 of his own money to the event, said he had a personal connection to the fight against cancer.

“I came here because I have a couple relatives who lost the battle with cancer, so I wanted to come out to support the cause,” Heckman-Mark said. “My family and I were happy to donate.”

Visit themaneater.com for a slideshow from Relay for Life.

Tiger Wheelchair Basketball Student Libertarian group seeks certification season comes to a close ABBEY SUSSELL AND JIMMY HIBSCH

of The Maneater editorial board After five years of coming in last at the National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament in Texas, the Missouri Tigers Wheelchair Basketball team placed fifth this year.

“This is the first time we haven’t finished last at the national tournament,” coach Ron Lykins said. “It’s the first time we’ve won a tournament game, actually. It was a big weekend for us. Our program has only been around for six years, so we don’t have the histories that some of these other schools have.”

To snag the fifth place spot, the team defeated Southwest Minnesota State’s team in overtime. This came after MU’s team lost to the University of Alabama earlier in the tournament.

“The guys hung in there, we had a 10-point lead early in the second period, but then they came back and tied it,” Lykins said. “Then we went into overtime and won. It was good for us, a great win for us. It was a very nice way to end the year.”

The team ended the season with a record of 18-12. This is the team’s highest winning percentage ever, Lykins said. It marks the second time the team has had a record of over .500.

Members of the team gathered at MU’s Student Recreation Complex on Saturday for the 2011 Wheelchair Relay, sponsored by the School of Health Professions, the Office of Disability Services and others. For the event, people were invited to try out the wheelchairs doing what Lykins called basic tasks, such as

Hughes said he does not think the typical left-leaning stereotypes associated with college campuses will prove to be a problem, because he feels MU’s campus can be politically apathetic.

“Libertarianism is very intellectually heterogeneous as far as political ideologies go,” ALLISON PRANG treasurer Abhi Sivasailam said in an email. “I’m confident that a significant portion of moderAssociate Editor ates, and even of liberals and conservatives, Young Americans for Liberty, a student have philosophical views that fall under the Libertarian organization, will soon join the MU libertarian spectrum.”

The MU chapter of Young Americans for Democrats and Mizzou College Republicans as Liberty is currently still in an MU student politithe process of becoming a cal organization. certified student organiYoung Americans zation, but plans to sponfor Liberty President One of our strongest assets is sor a free speech canvas Stuart Hughes said the we tend to pull in an extremely in Speakers Circle followgroup is somewhat diverse group of people who ing spring break, where of a continuation of feel disinherited from the two students can come and Students for Ron Paul political parties. write whatever they want from 2008. on the canvas.

“The circumstancStuart Hughes Young Americans for es were right, and I Young Americans for Liberty president Liberty also plans to host think the attitude on another event, Inflate campus is right for a Away Our Student Loans, which will aim to group like this,” Hughes said.

Hughes said he thinks Americans now feel raise awareness about debt issues.

Megan Roberts, former Mizzou College very dissatisfied with the two main political parties. He said their group’s goal is to promote Republicans co-chair and vice president of the Young Americans for Liberty, said she and awareness of liberty on campus.

According to the Young Americans for Sivasailam had been friends for a while and Liberty website, the national organization has would always talk politics, which transcended more than 500 college and high school chap- into them forming the group.

“The core principles of being fiscally conters across the nation.

“One of our strongest assets is we tend to servative, socially liberal and committed to pull in an extremely diverse group of people enhancing liberty are principles that I feel will who feel disinherited from the two political resonate well with the current college psyche,” parties,” he said.

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CURATORS: Board continues presidential search Continued from page 1 Monday’s meeting.

These qualities will be voted on at Tuesday’s meeting and will then be given to the search firm for distribution.

In addition to the presidential search, a majority of discussion focused on changes in employee benefits and the addition of several academic programs at UM — Kansas City.

Missouri Students Association President Eric Woods and former MSA President Tim Noce both were in Rolla during the weekend for an Intercampus Student Council meeting, where the selection of the next student representative to the Board of Curators was discussed.

Noce was named ISC President in November.

“I want to work more on student conduct, work with ASUM on lobbying and find someone to increase institutional knowledge,” Noce said when he was elected to the position.

Meyer said ISC had interviewed candidates for the student curator position.

“Anybody that wanted to apply for the job could apply, as long as they met the qualifications,” Meyer said. “A couple of weeks ago, the Intercampus Student Council traveled to KC to interview all of the candidates, and we narrowed it down to three who we are suggesting to the governor.”

Meyer said that of the original seven or eight candidates for the job, IFC has narrowed down to three candidates who it will

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Chancellor Brady Deaton speaks to the UM System Board of Curators on Jan. 27 at the Reynolds Alumni Center. The Board of Curators will meet Tuesday to discuss the qualities they wish to see in the new UM System president.

suggest to Gov. Jay Nixon for approval.

The next student representative will be a student attending UMKC, as the position rotates among the four campuses.

Woods couldn’t disclose the can-

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major activity since then, but scientists are unsure if activity along the fault could resume.

Most earthquakes take place along the boundaries of tectonic plates. Eric Sandvol, MU Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, described tectonic plates as moving jigsaw puzzle pieces which make up the Earth. Missouri is in the middle of the North American plate, making it a very strange location for an earthquake. According to Sandvol, scientists are unable to use many of their usual methods in order to predict when an earthquake is going to occur.

“When you have reputable scientists, who are publishing and actively studying in the field, and if there’s a very vigorous debate, you know probably, we don’t understand it all that well,” Sandvol said.

This lack of knowledge makes it hard to know how much, if any, precaution should be taken.

“It probably wouldn’t be, in my mind, the most prudent thing to say that we’re done with earthquakes

and that we don’t have to worry about them,” Sandvol said. “But it’s a balance, because preparing for earthquakes costs money, lots of money.”

The radioactive material at the plant is stored with three separate levels of protection.

The material itself is stored in metal tubes which are contained in a reactor vessel that is 8 inches thick and can withstand more than 2,200 pounds of pressure. That vessel is contained in a concrete building with walls 4-feet thick.

“It’s actually designed to hold pressure as well, the most pressure that could ever be generated in an accident in that building,” Bond said.

According to Bond, the plant was designed to fit the rigorous guidelines put in place by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in order to withstand worst-case natural disasters.

“On top of that, employees have detailed procedures to deal with those type of events and events that would be beyond the design basis of the plant to ensure that the public is protected,” Bond said.

didates names.

“At this point, we’re going to keep transitioning with all three of them until the Governor decides to appoint the person,” Meyer said. “We don’t know who that is going to be at this

time, because of the presidential search.”

Although student representatives to the board typically step down in June, current representative Laura Confer’s involvement in the presidential search

will likely cause her to serve her full term, Meyer said.

Her term officially ends Jan. 1, 2012.

The board will reconvene Tuesday to take action on several items discussed Monday.

GREEK: Report details timeline will not be formed to ensure every chapter will host a nonalcoholic event followed by a dialogue that went well once every school year, the plan stated.

Each task force will be assigned but that the information presented a timeline spanning three to five was a lot to handle in one sitting.

“We’re encouraging the chapters years due to the plan’s size.

“Some things need more immeto come ask questions as they start diate attention and some things to reflect,” Basler said.

The Greek Community Strategic needed more long-term considPlan focuses on seven main issues, eration,” Basler said. “The next steps will be three of c ont i n g e nt which will be upon the addressed by timelines.” every coun- Our whole goal is to take our Although cil within community from good to great. freshman MU’s Greek residency Life System: Janna Basler in fraternity values-based Greek Life Director houses was community standards, alcohol and community previously called into question last semester, the timeline for any competition.

The four remaining issues will policy creation will extend into fall be addressed according to coun- 2011, and actual policy implemencils. Under each issue addressed in tation will not begin until fall 2014, the plan are several themes from the plan stated.

Despite the plan’s expansive which task forces might be formed, depending on their specificity and timeline, Basler said she is excited for the large community involveimportance, Basler said.

For example, a task force will be ment necessary for the plan’s succreated to revise the current policy for cessful implementation.

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community from good to great,” Basler said. “We have so many people to help shape that vision and give it a voice. The majority of (the Greek Community Strategic Plan) comes from student input.”

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Cathy Scroggs echoed this sentiment. “(The plan) is trying to address some of the issues that everyone in the Greek Community wants to address such as chapter size, housing and hazing,” Scroggs said. “It’s not just about University policy telling them not to (violate rules), it’s about members of the Greek Community saying, ‘We’re better than this, this is who we want to be.’”

But Basler said the biggest challenge associated with the plan’s successful implementation will be keeping the dream alive.

“Some students that were apart of the Npower focus groups aren’t here anymore,” Basler said. “There will constantly be a new group of students filtering in. We’ll have to tell them, ‘Let’s talk about your role now. There’s a concept, and you still have a role in how it’s shaped.’”

INDECENT: 1 of 3 students streaking Quad arrested Continued from page 1 Freshman Joshua Oppermann was arrested for an indecent exposure incident early Saturday.

Weimer said three suspects were seen streaking on the Francis Quadrangle just before 2 a.m.

Saturday.

“None of them were wearing any clothes,” Weimer said.

“They were running north from Jesse Hall to the columns and an officer on foot patrol saw them.”

Oppermann, 19, was the only one arrested in the incident,

Weimer said.

The third incident occurred Sunday at about 4:40 p.m. near the intersection of Hitt and Paquin Streets.

According to the MUPD news release, the suspect is a male with short hair and a green shirt

in a red sedan with a spoiler on the back. Anyone with information in the two unsolved cases is asked to call Detective Michael Laughlin at (573)-8w84-2605 or Crime Stoppers at (573)-8758477.

Tips can also be submitted

online at www.875tips.com. Tips can be submitted anonymously and might be worth up to $1,500 if the information leads to an arrest.

—Kelsey Maffet staff writer

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SUSTAINABILITY

Red peppers, peapods take donations LIZ STRATMAN Staff Writer Sustain Mizzou and several partner organizations are aiming to make students in fruit and vegetable costumes a common sight at Speakers Circle and Memorial Union this week in an effort to raise money for local food banks.

Junior Laura Ebone said she spent five to 10 hours prepping for Local Food for Local People as a co-chairperson of the Sustain Mizzou fundraising event, which has students dressed as peapods and red peppers collect donations.

“Since it’s already an established fundraiser, it wasn’t hard to get volunteers or organize things,” Ebone said.

Local Food for Local People began Monday and will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this week through Friday.

The food drive is meant to raise money to buy food from local farmers to donate to the Central Missouri Food Bank and Centro Latino for families in need.

Sustain Mizzou President Tina Casagrand said this fundraiser started around 2006.

The organization relies on student volunteers and assistance from other MU organizations in hosting the event. Casagrand said this year’s goal is to sign up at least 40 volunteers.

Sustain Mizzou partnered with organizations such as the

Environmental Science Club, Alpha Phi Omega, Greeks Going Green and the Little Sisters of the Gold Rose for the event this year.

“I enjoy seeing multiple organizations come together toward a common goal, thereby expanding the benefit,” Ebone said.

Sustain Mizzou spokeswoman Kelly Gehringer said Sustain Mizzou decided to hold the event at both Memorial Union and Speakers Circle because they are both locations that generate a lot of traffic.

“Local Food for Local People is a multi-faceted project,” Gehringer said. “It aims to supply fresh and nutritious food to those in poverty, support our local farmers and reduce the carbon emissions associated with food transportation.

Overall, it offers an educational aspect by engaging the community in all of these issues.”

Ebone said this fundraiser allows lower income families access to fresh produce, rather than just processed food.

She said Sustain Mizzou’s objective is to collect as much money as possible, while educating MU students on the issue.

“Obviously, the main goal is to raise funds and awareness of our cause,” Ebone said. “We would really like to see this be a very successful event in terms of fundraising and education.”

Casagrand said in the past they have raised as much as $4,000. Last year they raised approximately

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Sustain Mizzou members Elly Lang and Kat Seal try to collect spare change during Sustain Mizzou’s local food drive Monday at Speakers Circle. The event raises money to buy food from local farmers to donate to the Central Missouri Food Bank and Centro Latino.

$1,500.

“Some strategies work better than others, but I think the reason we’ve raised less is the slower economy and the fact that people carry around less cash,” Casagrand said.

In 2008, Sustain Mizzou was able to donate more than 300 pounds of ground beef, 200 pounds of sweet potatoes and 220 pounds of green peppers, as well as around 400

dozen eggs to their beneficiaries.

“The food drive is an effective fundraiser, because we interact with the Mizzou community in a fun, energetic way, while supporting local farmers and helping those who have hunger problems,” Sustain Mizzou Treasurer Samuel Ott said.

Sustain Mizzou Vice President Henry Hellmuth said she agreed.

“It combines having fun, community and a good cause,” Hellmuth said. Hellmuth said he will be dressing up in a costume and added they even purchased a new red pepper costume.

“How can you resist a person dressed like a peapod?” Casagrand said. “Even if I weren’t carrying money, I’d want to stop and talk to them.”

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OUTLOOK ON CAMPUS, AROUND THE NATION A collection of top stories from student newspapers across the nation Riots, arrests paint the face of this year’s Kegs & Eggs STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY—In the tradition of Kegs & Eggs, the morning-long drinking ritual before Albany’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, hundreds of students were out of control and six were arrested.

City police quelled a riot on Ontario Street around 7:15 am, according to city police spokesman Detective James Miller.

“The group became large and unruly and started to damage several cars parked in the area by attempting to overturn one and smashing car windows and caving in the roof of one car,” Miller said in an email.

Police arrested students for disorderly conduct, second-degree assault of a police officer and resisting arrest.

— By Molly Eadie Albany Student Press

Minnesota students in Tokyo forced to return home UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA—As earthquake-stricken Japan struggles to prevent a nuclear meltdown, the University of Minnesota called for all seven of its students studying in Tokyo to return home.

Among the factors in the University’s decision to call the students home were the looming threat of nuclear radiation, the possibility of earthquake damage to housing and teaching facilities and the spotty availability of electricity and transportation services, University spokesman Dan Wolter said in an e-mail Friday morning.

The U.S. Department of State began flying Americans out of Japan to various “safe haven” locations across Asia Thursday.

The department also issued a travel warning for Japan and has “strongly urged” Americans to leave that country.

— By Ian Larson The Minnesota Daily

Regional and national news with student views Reach Crime Editor Alicia Stice at astice@themaneater.com and City, State and Nation Editor Steven Dickherber at sdickherber@themaneater.com

Planned Parenthood rally draws supporters, opposition Rep. Mary Still and Rep. Stephen Webber spoke at the event.

KARI PAUL Staff Writer Nearly 100 supporters of Planned Parenthood and one giant pink bus gathered in front of the Providence clinic Saturday to rally for the nation-wide healthcare provider’s support.

Planned Parenthood is fighting for its federal funding in Congress and as a result has launched a cross country “Truth Tour.”

Rep. Stephen Webber, D-Columbia, spoke at the event, stressing the importance of the preventative care Planned Parenthood provides.

“The truth is, women who are pregnant don’t just need information, they need medically-accurate information,” he said. “The truth is while abstinence works for some, it won’t work for everyone. And the truth is, if women don’t have access to pap smears, they could die.”

Marisa Ward, a nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood in Columbia, told the crowd about the type of services they provide and the type of people who benefit from their services.

“We see young women

who want to be educated so they can plan to be mothers when they’re ready,” she said. “1 in 5 women in America has visited a Planned Parenthood in their lifetime, and 90 percent of our care is preventative.”

Rep. Mary Still, D-Columbia, also spoke about the importance of Planned Parenthood to women, especially those of the lower and middle classes.

“The assault on Planned Parenthood is an assault on women,” she said.

Religious adversaries of Planned Parenthood have been protesting outside of the center for the past couple of weeks and plan to be there one day a week until the center is closed.

Sam Backus, a member of a local Catholic church, said his deep disapproval of Planned Parenthood has everything to do with abortion.

“Planned Parenthood is about abortion — that’s our stance,” he said. “If it ceased doing abortions and just did cancer screenings and disease testing, we might even support them.”

Backus said although the Title X funding the House voted to take from Planned Parenthood defunds everything the organization provides except abortion, if the bill passes through the senate it will still be a victory for abortion rights advocate as Planned Parenthood will likely have to shut down as

KELSEY MAFFETT

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII—A new study in the journal “Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking” suggests Facebook usage is directly linked to women’s self-esteem levels.

Last spring, 311 university students were observed using the social media site and surveyed using a questionnaire to measure the source of their self-worth.

Dr. Michael Stefanone, an assistant professor at the University of Buffalo and lead author of the study, expressed his disappointment in the outcome.

“The results suggest persistent differences in the behavior of men and women that result from a cultural focus on female image and appearance,” Stefanone said.

The study revealed that women identify more strongly with their image than men do.

This directly correlated with an increase in Facebook usage among women.

During St. Patrick’s Day weekend, the Columbia Police Department increased patrols to prevent intoxicated drivers from getting behind the wheel.

To increase enforcement, CPD set up a sobriety checkpoint near the intersection of Providence Road and Big Bear Boulevard over the weekend. It lasted from 11:30 p.m.

Friday to about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, CPD spokesman Officer Chris Hessenflow said.

CPD officers stopped 222 cars during the checkpoint and three arrests were made for driving while intoxicated charges.

Throughout the duration of the weekend saturation, 14 DWI arrests were made.

“Like all our checkpoint locations, we used data from our records systems to show where the most wrecks are occurring, where a lot of arrests are made and where there are the most wrecks with alcohol involved,” Hessenflow said. “We pull this data out of the system to narrow it down to a certain area. Within that area, we choose a location that is safe for us as well as for motorists.”

Hessenflow said DWI arrests are typically made for 1 to 4 percent of cars stopped at sobriety checkpoints.

“Our numbers from this weekend are certainly within that range,” Hessenflow said. “Of course, we’d like to have a checkpoint with no DWI arrests made. It shows

—Compiled by Lauren Bale, Staff Writer

NICK AGRO/PHOTO EDITOR

Gregory Thompson recites the rosary with fellow members of 40 Days for Life, an abortion-rights opponent group, in protest of a rally to support Planned Parenthood on Saturday on Providence Road. Supporters rallied as Planned Parenthood funds are threatened to be cut.

a result.

“Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of abortion,” he said. “And if we defund the other things Planned Parenthood provides, there’s no way it can stay open.”

Harold Maasen stood on the side of the road for hours on Saturday, holding a rosary and a sign condemning abortion.

“It’s God’s will that thou shalt not kill,” he said. “Why should people who don’t believe in abortion have to give their money to the largest abortion provider in the country?”

Lauren Olsen, co-president of MU’s Feminist Student Union, said she was there to support Planned Parenthood’s preventative health care — care that she

is familiar with as she herself is a patient there.

“I can’t afford to go anywhere else,” she said. “I have health insurance, but my copay is too much and I don’t necessarily want to talk to my parents about my sexual health.”

Olsen said she sees the attempt to defund Planned Parenthood as an attack on women and the middle class, and said it is important to rally in its support.

“The purpose today is to show that Missourians and Columbians want to stand for sexual health,” she said.

“So many people are positively affected and helped by the services Planned Parenthood provide. This is about supporting your friends and the community.”

Police increase presence during holiday weekend

Study links Facebook to female selfesteem

— By Ian Nawalinski Ka Leo

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us that we are doing a better job of keeping drunks off the road in the first place.”

CPD also arrested six drivers for driving with suspended or revoked licenses, one on minor in possession of alcohol charges, two for marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia, two for misdemeanor warrants and one for a felony warrant and possession of a firearm.

“We were surprised at the total number of arrests made,” Hessenflow said. “We don’t usually have this many arrests for unlicensed drivers and other offenses.”

Hessenflow said a convicted felon was found with an AK-47 assault rifle in his vehicle. He was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana, driving with a suspended license and possession of a firearm by a felon.

“It was a busier night than we thought it would be, but the DWI numbers were within what we expected,” Hessenflow said.

Hessenflow said the number of drunk driving incidents has decreased over the last few years and it might have something to do with the formation of the CPD Downtown Unit and the DWI Enforcement Unit.

“We’ve definitely been able to increase visibility and make sure bars aren’t overserving and that they’re keeping minors out,” Hessenflow said. “A lot of our alcohol-related incidents and injuries involve minors.”

According to the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety, the state has seen a 19 per-

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cent decrease in year-to-date vehicle fatalities from 2010. Impaired driving accounts for approximately 30 percent of all Missouri traffic deaths.

“Alcohol is part of the college culture,” Hessenflow said. “We’re not advocating for you to not have fun. We want you to have a good time, but we also want you to make good decisions.”

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CITY COUNCIL

Council meeting spawns new city manager, parking garage funding Mike Matthes replaces retiring city manager Bill Watkins.

ble for searching for candidates.

“All the candidates impressed me, and I think the other council members, that they were extremely ethical and extremely transparent,” Hoppe said.

First Ward candidate Fred NICHOLE BALLARD Schmidt and Fifth Ward candidate Helen Anthony attended Staff Writer the event for the public to meet Mayor Bob McDavid named the candidates Friday night.

“One thing that I think that’s Mike Matthes as the new city important is the high staff turnmanager prior to the Columbia City Council meeting Monday. over,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt said it is important Council members also approved funding for another downtown the new city manager understands and strives to maintain parking garage.

After a three day process of the quality of city services to retain the institutional culture interviews and memory. with the four He was also candidates for c o ncerned city manager, All the candidates impressed about the city’s McDavid said me, and I think the other budget. the council Anthony decided on the council members, that they were extremely ethical and said she was Des Moines very impressed candidate for extremely transparent. with the picks his commufor city managnication and Barbara Hoppe Sixth Ward Councilwoman er. She didn’t vision. say whether “I thought she was pullhe was able to articulate his management style very clearly,” ing for one candidate over McDavid said. “He’s very per- another.

“Just having this brief moment formance driven.”

Sixth Ward Councilwoman to meet them they all seem to Barbara Hoppe agreed with the be very articulate and open,” decision and said council mem- Anthony said Friday.

“I love the fact that they are bers had a great pool of applicants to choose from thanks to communicators; I hope that Affion Public, the firm responsi- whoever we have is an excellent

communicator.” Anthony said she wants the new city manager to bring outside perspectives into the city.

As part of the city vision for downtown, council members approved another parking garage other than the one which opened March 1.

The new parking structure is mainly in response to the demand for the new hotel on Short Street and Broadway and as part of the development of the North Village Arts District.

The approved land acquisition is for $1.25 million complete with contingencies for the city to opt out of the agreement.

McDavid said there will be a rise in parking rates in order to pay for the new parking garage.

“If this passes I will be forming a parking task force,” McDavid said.

Dianne Lynch of Stephens College spoke with regard to the recent housing development approved by council last month and the big picture of the North Village Arts District development. Stephens College officially supports the parking garage.

“We are deeply concerned about the density, about the traffic and about the parking,” Lynch said. “A critical piece of that picture is parking. The other piece of this is that there is a critical demand for parking at Stephens.”

Police have identified one suspect.

shots-fired incident on March 16 in the area of Circus Avenue and Rogers Street. This was the third of four incidents CPD said they believe are related, a news release stated.

“Again witnesses reported hearing multiple shots and additionally reported seeing a black male exit a vehicle and begin shooting at an unknown target,” the news release stated. “No one was injured in this incident either. Shell casings were recovered at the scene.”

Police responded to a third report of shots-fired at 8:20 p.m on March 16.

Officers were sent to the area of Aztec Boulevard and Ballenger Lane and spoke with multiple witnesses who reported hearing shots and a vehicle leaving the area at a high rate of speed.

CPD is aware of the gang it suspects is causing the incidents, because similar incidents have happened before.

“They’ve been around for a little while,” Stroer said. “Of course they’ve changed names and reformed, and they’ll change names again. That’s why we’ve not released a name, because we don’t want to glorify it.”

Investigators ask that if anyone has information regarding the crimes to call police, or Crime Stoppers at 875-TIPS (875-8477).

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Multiple shots-fired incidents linked to gang activity JARED GRAFMAN Senior Staff Writer Four shots-fired incidents occurred March 15 and March 16 as a result of local gang activity, a Columbia Police Department news release stated.

“We believe it’s a local gang that is shooting at each other,” CPD spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said. “They keep moving throughout the city in vehicles, and they keep changing vehicles.”

Officers inspected a vehicle that had been shot several times March 15 in the evening at Primrose Drive, the news release stated.

The uninjured victim reported he was leaving a friend’s house and had used the entrance ramp from the Interstate-70 and Highway 63 connector heading westbound.

Shortly after merging on Interstate-70, he pulled alongside a large black Dodge Ram style truck traveling in the passing lane.

He passed the truck, heard a noise and saw some debris at the front of his vehicle and his driver side window shattered.

Officers inspected the victim’s vehicle and found damage on its left side, the release stated. They observed numerous bullet rounds, starting at the rear quarter panel and going to the front hood of the vehicle.

There were approximately seven to eight holes in the vehicle, all caused by gunfire.

“We do believe the shootings are related to the other three shootings from the 16th,” Stroer said. “We believe the victim was not the intended target.”

The second incident occurred March 16 at 4:55 p.m., when officers were dispatched to the area of Worley and Pennant Streets, another news release stated. CPD received multiple reports of shots-fired and spoke with several people who confirmed hearing the shots.

Officers located a vehicle that was damaged by gunfire, but the vehicle belonged to an uninvolved person.

No one was injured in the incident. Police have identified Jordan Smith as a suspect in the incident.

Smith is described as 5-feet8-inches tall, 145 pounds and driving an older model white pickup truck. Smith is wanted for first-degree assault and armed criminal action.

Officers were dispatched at about 6:13 p.m. to a second

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Mike Matthes meets with Columbia residents and City Council members during a meet-and-greet with the candidates for city manager on Friday at City Hall. Matthes was named city manager at Monday’s City Council meeting.

Police investigate assault at Trops The assault occurred on St. Patrick’s Day. Columbia Police Department officers responded to reports of an assault at 11:09 p.m. Thursday at Tropical Liqueurs in downtown Columbia.

CPD Spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said the victim was assaulted by a group of men who came to Tropical Liqueurs following a text-messaging quarrel between the victim and one of the four men in the group.

The victim, who will remain unidentified until police identify other suspects involved in the assault, said he had texted his exgirlfriend as well as others, inviting them to join him at Tropical Liqueurs.

One of the men in the group had possession of the ex-girlfriend’s phone and was responding with text messages making fun of the victim.

The victim said when the text messages continued, he and his friends all started texting and calling the number.

The victim then invited the unknown sender to Tropical Liqueurs.

“Four guys came out of nowhere,” the victim said. “They

knew me, but I had no idea who any of them were.”

The victim said he started to take a picture of the man with his phone and then one of the other men in the group hit the phone out of his hand in the street.

When the victim went to retrieve the phone, he made a comment to the male, who then punched him in the face.

Following the punch, the group ran off in different directions.

“The last thing I remember was looking at this big guy in the face,” he said. “I hit the ground really hard.”

The victim’s girlfriend said one of their friends called the police, and she took the victim to the emergency room at University Hospital.

Stroer said EMS was called to the scene.

Police are still investigating who was involved in the assault.

The victim said he suffered a concussion, has part of his tooth missing, had to get a staple in his head and lost blood.

Stroer said CPD officers later responded to the victim’s call from the University Hospital ER to talk to him.

—Allison Prang Associate editor

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Women’s health paramount to political ploys As a part of conservative efforts intended to massively reduce government spending, recent legislation attempting to eliminate funding to Planned Parenthood represents a troubling step in our government’s attitude toward our reproductive and sexual health in our society.

Eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood will effectively force its closure by eliminating the structure which keeps it afloat, taking with it the hundreds of thousands of pap smears, cancer screenings, pregnancy tests and sexually transmitted infection screenings provided annually to women and men alike.

The organization serves as an important institution for advocating affordable sexual health, awareness and preventative efforts for women.

Some proponents for the bill have specifically used anti-abortion rights rhetoric to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.

But abortion is not the only service provided by Planned Parenthood and isn’t even funded by government money.

Title X funding explicitly prohibits federal money to be used for abortions. Federal funds are only allowed to be used for STI screenings, pregnancy diagnosis, counseling, cancer screening and contraceptive services, all at an affordable price. According to Planned Parenthood, only 3 percent of their total procedures in 2009 went to abortion.

Advocates of stripping funding from Planned Parenthood need to realize the organization is not synonymous with abortion, and should consider the larger societal implications of destroying the institution for the sake of subversive attempts to curb abortion.

Yes, there are valid points. Anti-abortion rights taxpayers don’t want their dollars going toward an abortion-providing organization like Planned Parenthood, despite preexisting Title X restrictions.

Taxpayer money without a doubt keeps Planned Parenthood afloat. Ninety-seven percent of its commerce comes from government-subsidized procedures and screenings.

However, opposition to morally ambiguous government spending does not justify eliminating programs completely.

Thousands of Americans are morally opposed to war for the same reasons pro-life activists are opposed to abortion, but you don’t see the Department of Defense or the United States Armed Forces being stripped of all their funding. Citizens don’t pay taxes on a pick-and-choose basis, and Planned Parenthood’s government funds go toward measures that are better for society as a whole.

Essentially, eliminating Planned Parenthood in the name of eliminating abortion will not stop abortion from happening.

Thousands of illegal abortions occurred prior to government protection, and these “black market” abortions were characterized by dramatically higher health risks. Taking away affordable access to abortion won’t stop it completely; in fact, it may cause more urgent health problems.

Cutting down Planned Parenthood for the sake of the pro-life agenda is futile and only a step backward on all fronts.

If abortions won’t stop, then there really is no point to cut Planned Parenthood funding to the extent it is being cut. Perhaps in the age of fiscal responsibility funds may have to be cut, but completely eliminating an entire institution like Planned Parenthood instead of making smaller cuts across the board is irresponsible and would only aggravate our problems.

Lower-income individuals depend on Planned Parenthood for important sexual health and preventative procedures and screenings.

According to Planned Parenthood, Title X health centers provide these health benefits to 4.7 million individuals who might not be able to afford them otherwise. Of those 4.7 million, 67 percent have incomes at or below the federal poverty level, and 61 percent are uninsured.

Financially crippling one of the largest care-providing organizations in America should not be used as a political ploy or statement against abortion services. Rather than providing women with necessary health and reproductive services, or treating reproductive health with respect, those supporting this bill risk more than just their political dignity. What is ultimately sacrificed is the financial inclusion of low-income women, the accessibility to health-sustaining procedures and the beneficial role of a positive institution in America.

ILLUSTRATION BY RYLAN BATTEN

TRAVEL

Curiosity keeps me going Krystin Arneson It is 1 a.m., and I will not be sleeping tonight.

I’m writing this on the overnight train from Belgrade, Serbia to Bucharest, Romania. There’s no bed, no heat and no electricity. It’s very cold, so I’m wearing everything I carried with me: four shirts, two coats and two pairs of leggings. I am eight hours into my 13-hour trip.

Every hour, a conductor or policeman shines a flashlight into the compartment, slides open the door and asks for my passport or ticket.

The last time I wasn’t moving, I was at the gara in Belgrade, Serbia. I bought my train ticket to Bucharest, which cost about 11 euro.

The schedules and signs marking the platforms were in Cyrillic, so I wandered the platforms looking for the stenciled sign on the side of the train.

Then I used an eastern toilet, which is a hole in the ground, covered with ceramic. There is one platform for each foot, and you squat and hope you don’t lose your balance.

The tan tile floor in the bathroom was damp. I would have had to pay ten dinar (10 cents) to use it, but the man handed me a roll of pink toilet paper and pointed toward the stalls (bathrooms in eastern Europe are mixed-gender). When I returned to pick up my backpack, which I had left in his office, he pointed at my hair and patted my head. I told him “Hvala,” thank you, and left.

Being blonde in a nation of dark-haired people once again has its advantages. It also brought me free food at the Serbian restaurant I went to last night in Skadarlija, the bohemian area of Belgrade. A plate with three green feferoni — a

type of pickled, Serbian chili pepper equivalent to a jalapeno in heat — appeared with a basket of thicklysliced bread on the white tablecloth.

“Try it,” the waiter told me, pointing toward the peppers. “Very hot.”

They were quite good — not as hot as I expected, but the spiciness was welcome. I ate two with my ćevapčići, the national dish of Serbia.

It’s made from minced, spiced mixed meats that have been shaped into sausage-like forms and grilled. It’s very fatty — nothing like the 93 percent lean ground beef I typically buy for myself – but rich and hearty. It came with boiled potatoes. I was full after eating only four of the 10 pieces of meat, but I wanted to try slivovitz, a plum brandy Serbia’s known for.

The waiter brought me a glass of it, poured into what looked like a large shot glass. He also brought a plate of assorted mini-pastries, which I hadn’t ordered. I looked up, confused. “On the house,” he said. The baklava was heavenly — I could only eat half of the small piece. The original recipe must have floated north from Greece — the two countries are separated by only Macedonia. I couldn’t manage any of the rest.

The brandy was interesting — I’ve never had regular brandy, but you could taste the plum. It took me about 25 minutes to sip the small amount. I found out when I got back to the hostel, slightly tipsy after one glass, that it’s 50 percent alcohol by volume, or 100-proof. The men at the table next to me had had three rounds and were none the worse for it.

But I was none the worse upon waking up and spent today, like the past day and a half, exploring the city. It’s hard to get bored walking the streets here, because each one is a surprise.

The city has been bombed so many times that the oldest building is a house built in 1787. Because of the constant rebuilding, a Victorian hotel, modern office, communistera apartments and a shelled store

can all be found on the same block.

There is a park-like space on the northern edge of the city that is lovely, called Kalmegdan. It is the top and inside of a fortress overlooking the Danube. I went twice.

It’s an oasis from the city, a distraction from dirt and cars. I got lost the first time, since my map was in English and the streets in Cyrillic, but one of a dozen amazingly nice Serbians actually walked me there.

The people in this country are nicer than any I have met elsewhere, and I felt safer on Belgrade’s streets than I do on Dublin’s.

The rest of the city is not beautiful — the polluted air, dirty streets, rundown buildings and poverty exclude it from the typical definition. But it is hard to be well-rounded if you only expose yourself to beauty. I have seen more and learned more in Belgrade and Naples than I could in Paris or in Dublin. Though I wouldn’t live in those places, they have opened my eyes to life not photographed in travel guides. After I visited Naples, some family members couldn’t quite grasp that I liked a place that was dirty and poor and polluted. They said, “I’m sorry you didn’t care for it,” when I had said nothing of the kind. I had simply described it to them.

I’ve also realized my favorite places are the places I know nothing about before I book my ticket. I have not booked a trip to Spain yet because after 15 years of PowerPoint projects in Spanish classes and hundreds of vacation photos, I feel like I know the place already (though I will go at some point). People ask me: “Why Serbia?” and “What’s in Poland?,” and I respond, honestly, with, “I don’t know.”

My curiosity makes me go.

For better or worse, my curiosity has also gotten me on this train.

There are only three hours now until Romania, another place where I don’t know what I’ll find.

The flashlight is shining into my compartment again.

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How I became the mayor of Memorial Union Alex Pesek Last fall, I got a BlackBerry.

I had gone for years without a smartphone, instead choosing phones based on criteria like “sturdy” and “cheap.” I could make the owners of smartphones envious with the cathartic “click” of my flip phone shutting, and I could cry out elitism and accusations of bourgeois lifestyles at die-hard smartphone users.

People dared not give me patronizing looks of technological superiority. I was proud of my humble, primitive gadgets. I didn’t plan to change.

That is, until my life was increasingly defined by the egregious, excessive exchange of emails and, by extension, the necessity to respond to those emails efficiently.

That, combined with the renewal of my phone contract, brought me into the dark, ambivalent world of smart-

phones.

I want to be the girl with the I embraced it hesitantly in most check-ins. the beginning, and outside of It’s all about the tooth-andusing it for email and some- nail competition, the near-paratimes Facebook, I didn’t use it noiac defense of the mayortoo much differently than my ships you already possess and retired flip phone. Until I got the aggressive ascent to further Foursquare. domination.

Foursquare, you know, the For me, my check-ins are smartphone fueled with app with which anonymous you “check in” resent toward to different I check in when I get my those who venues. You possess ownknow, so you coffee, when I walk by; I ership of can let all of check in whenever I think the venues I your buddies about it. I call Memorial desire to conknow you’re my “turf” now. I scoff at trol. “Damn in Strickland, those who feebly attempt you, ‘Kristi or eating a M.,’” I say to to take it from me. hot dog at myself as I Ingredient or check in to “getting some” Middlebush. in your partner’s apartment or “I have class here every day!” dorm. Sound vapid? Maybe. I have these conversations in Sound like bait for a potential muted whispers with myself as stalker? I can see where you’re I go everywhere. It might look coming from, but it’s taken over like I’m super social, texting my life. on my phone as I walk around I think the people who devel- town, but I’m not. I’m checking oped Foursquare intended it to in. I’m seeing where people are. be a savvy social media tool, but I’m ascertaining the progress of for me, it’s all about the may- my future domination, though orships, having the prestigious that progress is frustratingly title of being the most frequent slow. visitor.

But I do have a few mayor-

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ships I’m proud of.

I’ve been the mayor of Loop Liquor on Business Loop 70 for months now, a true sign of my character.

I’m the mayor of Paquin Tower across the street from my house, though I’ve never set foot in it. I’m even the mayor of a highway!

But recently, I gained the mayorship of Memorial Union.

I had been gunning for it for months, but with their recent mention that the mayor would receive a Starbucks gift card March 31, I kicked the engines into full throttle and had at it.

I check in obsessively, knowing full well that 10 check-ins in a day still only equates to 1 check in.

I check in when I get my coffee, when I walk by; I check in whenever I think about it. I call Memorial my “turf ” now. I scoff at those who feebly attempt to take it from me.

So if there’s a point to my “column,” it’s this: back off. That gift card? It’s mine.

That prestige? Also mine.

Your mayorships? All your mayorships belong to us. Or in this case, me. Me and my fuchsia BlackBerry.

POLITICS: THREE RIGHTS MAKE A LEFT

Libya involvement similar to Iraq Brad Grim Tell me if this sounds familiar. The United States, with the United Nations, calls for involvement in a country with a ruthless dictator who is known for sponsoring terrorist attacks, oppressing his own citizens and is at war with rebel forces trying to overthrow the government.

This country also has one of the largest oil economies in the Middle East, and the U.S. plans on installing a democratic system after the fall of the current government?

The similarities between the war in Iraq and the up and coming war in Libya are palpable. Last Sunday, American and European militaries strengthened their bombardment of Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s forces by air and sea as the mission moved to take away his ability to use Libyan airspace a day before the United Nations imposed a no fly zone over the

country. tion once reports sprung up I am not advocating that that bombings have killed as intervention in Libya will inevi- many as 64 civilians. tably turn into another Iraq War, While U.S. intelligence but I am saying that President claims they have no knowlBarack Obama needs to be very edge of civilian deaths, the fact careful in how he deals with that many Libyan sources have the delicate claimed so is worsituation. rying.

Obama Ne ver t heless, would like if Obama wants There have been to keep reports that some of the to ensure this this battle bombings have been encounter doesn’t strictly in end up like the the air in close to the location war in Iraq, he hopes of where it is speculated is going to have k e e p i n g Gadhafi is, but Allied to conquer the U.S. ground forces claim they don’t wildcard that troops from have intentions of killing is Moammar stepping Gadhafi. Citizens Gadhafi. foot on have been callLibyan soil. ing for Gadhafi There certainly is the possibil- to resign based on his violent ity a ground war could happen, crackdown on protests and his considering France, of all coun- long record of serious human tries, has headed the charge in rights violations. fighting Libya.

In response to the allegations Unlike Iraq, though, Obama against him, Gadhafi claimed has a lot of support from the the protestors were on halluinternational community. After cinogenic drugs and that his all, it was Libya’s neighbors, the people actually support him. I Arab League, who requested the am not sure which statement is no-fly zone. more believable.

However, they began objectBut in all seriousness, it is ing to international interven- this resiliency to hold on to his

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roll as dictator of Libya which could end up being a disaster for Obama. Gadhafi has made it clear he is willing to do anything to ensure he doesn’t go anywhere.

There have been reports that some of the bombings have been close to the location where it is speculated Gadhafi is, but Allied forces claim they don’t have intentions of killing Gadhafi.

Unless those intentions change, this conflict could last for a while.

To quote one of my favorite movies, “The Dark Knight”; “Some men aren’t looking for anything logical. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”

While I certainly realize this quote is describing a fictitious character, if there is any real world applicant, it would be Gadhafi.

If Obama can somehow find a way to get rid of Gadhafi, there is hope that this war can be different. If not, Obama could find himself in a war very similar to the one that his predecessor is infamous for.

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Flower exhibit brings spring to Museum of Art and Archaeology

ALBUM REVIEWS ‘Somewhere’ 4.5 out of 5 stars Like a sunset, writer-director Sofia Coppola’s latest film “Somewhere” offers a delicate glimpse at a regularly stunning occurrence that’s taken for granted. And like a sunset — blink and it’s gone.

Focusing on washed-up Hollywood actor Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff), “Somewhere” travels down the lonely and pothole-littered rut of a road that is Marco’s life. He chases women, drinks and takes pills, but none of his pursuits hold any real significance.

Each day washes by him like beach surf, here and then gone forever. Despite the weekly presence of his daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning), Marco’s life lacks any real meaning, and it’s totally heartbreaking.

But then, a miracle of sorts materializes — Elle’s mom disappears, and suddenly Marco has to do more than watch his daughter at ice skating lessons; he has to try to parent her. Disney-style plot gimmick this is not, “Somewhere” operates with tenderness that is nonexistent in most films.

Using her minimalist style as means to an end, Coppola crafts a very specific, slice-of-life story that encompasses the universally relatable themes of personal struggle and family.

Filled with small, emotional gut punches of moments, Dorff and Fanning’s relationship nurtures a father-daughter chemistry that is as incomparable as it is endearing. Being just the right age between kid and teenager, Fanning shines with a maturity that still echoes with innocence and proves she’s a far more capable actress than her sister. Dorff, on the other hand, paints the perfect portrait of that broken Hollywood asshole who everyone still hopes will pull his life together.

At the end of it all, “Somewhere” stands radiant, gleaming as one of the finest films of the year.

“Somewhere” will be showing at Ragtag through March 24.

— Joel Samson Berntsen, staff writer

The Dodos: No Color 3.5 out of 5 stars Fans who were let down by The Dodos’ mellowedout album, Time to Die, will be pleased to know in its new album, No Color, the band returns to the distinctive and unconventionally drum-heavy sound of its acclaimed Visiter.

The album opens with the high-energy “Black Night,” reminding us why we came to love The Dodos in the first place. Meric Long and Logan Kroeber’s rapid and chaotic strumming and drumming immediately yank the listener’s attention away from the mediocre lyrics to the main show: their incredible musicianship. Long croons in his smooth voice “Control yourself/I don’t want it to, I don’t need it to contain itself,” a representation of the conflicting themes and moods that present themselves in the song. “Black Night” merges seamlessly into the next track, “Going Under,” which smoothes the tumultuous percussion over with lush, complex chords.

Although many songs on the album, like the beautifully written “Sleep,” are testaments to the musical potential of The Dodos, there are some letdowns.

“Don’t Try to Hide” has a cliché melody with repetitive lyrics.

Similar to the previous album, Time to Die, the second half of the album leaves the listener wanting more. Throughout each song, the listener is waiting for the clashing riffs and chords that are so prevalent in the first half, but instead The Dodos offer smoother melodies with orchestral backgrounds. Although pretty, it’s average — it lacks what makes The Dodos special.

Overall, No Color is a good representation of where The Dodos are as a band. It clearly has the potential to make great music but chooses to take a chance on making songs that are daring instead of safe. While this is respectable, the repetitive lyrics bring down the quality. Regardless, this is a solid album — and definitely worth a download.

—Kari Paul , staff writer

The seventh annual Art in Bloom exhibit drew 1,600 people.

TERESA KLASSEN Staff Writer In keeping with warm weather brought on by the first days of spring, the Museum of Art and Archaeology hosted the seventh annual Art in Bloom event Friday through Sunday. Art in Bloom is an exhibition in which floral designers create intricate floral works based on a chosen piece of artwork from the museum.

The show was inspired by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, which was the first museum to start an exhibit combining artwork with flowers. Each year, the Museum of Art and Archaeology sends out invitations to local florists and garden clubs, museum Assistant Director Bruce Cox said.

“It’s an opportunity for the floral designers to express themselves and get really creative, which a lot of times they can’t do for customers,” Cox said.

The show is more than floral arranging, said Ruth LaHue, owner of the floral shop My Secret Garden.

“Anyone can take a hand of flowers, throw them in a vase, and they can be beautiful,” LaHue said. “But floral art follows all the principles of design. You know the rules, and you take it one step fur-

ther. You use your creative ability to expand.”

The floral artists’ designs also had to accommodate creative methods of displaying their work, while keeping the flowers fresh. LaHue’s son, Zac LaHue, also had a floral design in the exhibit. He built a large shadowbox to encase his floral design because he wanted it to be backlit, without interfering with the museum’s policy on lighting, which can damage paintings.

Ruth LaHue said each flower had to be hydrated and processed differently. She made sure her flowers came fresh from the field. Friends of hers in Hawaii hand-picked flowers from their gardens to send to her, to get the perfect hues.

LaHue said color was crucial in her design, but the color of the flowers didn’t have to perfectly match the painting.

“You’re not copying the artwork,” LaHue said. “You’re just inspired by it. You have to look at the whole composition.”

LaHue said the opportunity for the artists to choose their own pieces is what makes Art in Bloom so successful.

“My intuitive reaction is that this is the best it’s ever been,” said Robin Remington, who has attended Art in Bloom almost every year. “I love the combination, because I view flowers as an art, too.”

Remington said the exhibit enhances her appreciation of spring, no matter the current season.

“Even if they had it at another time, I would feel honored to see the complexity of the show and the commitment

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A flower arrangement by Kent Anderson was paired with a painting in the Museum of Art and Archeology on Friday during “Art in Bloom.” The event showcased locally-made arrangements inspired by works of art featured in the museum.

of the artists,” Remington said.

Cox feels the exhibit brings more attention to the museum. This year, more than 1,600 people stopped by to see Art in Bloom.

“It lets people experience art in a new way,” Cox said. “It brings them in to see the flowers, and in doing that, they get

to see the art.”

A slideshow of all the floral designs and their corresponding artwork is available on the museum’s website.

Visit themaneater.com for a slideshow from Art and Bloom.

Columbia resident mixes nature with absurdity in hand-drawn comic Scott Ross’ comic “The Dancing Bear” will be available Thursday.

ELLEN FIKE Staff Writer Scott Ross is just a normal guy that works at Lakota Coffee Co., but on the first and third Thursday of the past month, he has been the guy who passes out his homedrawn comic. The comic, “The Dancing Bear,” is published in conjunction with his web-comic “Young Learner’s Guide to American Wildlife.”

Ross has been drawing comics on and off his whole life.

“Every few years, I would pick up my pen and get some big idea, but then I’d get bored or decide it wasn’t realistic and forget about it,” Ross said

in an email.

Doodling in lectures was one of Scott’s favorite pastimes, especially when he had professors who seemed to drone endlessly, Ross said.

“I graduated from college and my friends started getting grown-up jobs,” Ross said.

“And I realized being realistic is boring as hell.”

In January 2010, Ross began the first steps toward creating his website.

“So when I got the idea for ‘Young Learner’s Guide’ in the midst of a particularly profound hangover one morning, I held on to it and worked on it slowly over a year, until I finally decided last month that it was time to get off my ass and start publishing,” Ross said.

Emily Downing, a coworker of Ross, said she has seen Ross drawing and loves getting to see the process firsthand.

“Everything revolves around mass media so much nowadays,” Downing said in an email. “It’s refreshing to come across something that was illustrated, copied, cut folded and distributed by the artist himself.”

Zach Burmaster, another co-worker of Ross,’ helps him by providing input on “The Dancing Bear.”

“I think my input at times helps him think through other options — I’m really just there to bounce ideas off of,” Burmaster said in an email.

With the first issue, he printed out 50 copies — they disappeared almost immediately, Ross said. For the next issue, Ross copied around 100 issues, which disappeared just as quickly.

“I need to figure out a way to print more than 100 copies per issue that doesn’t involve me spending my entire week-

end folding them into book shape,” Ross said. “Of course there’s the Internet — don’t Google it though because searches for ‘dancing bear’ turn up a lot of porn.”

Even though they are his first forays into cartooning, as they grow into something larger, he has ideas for other comic strips and potential graphic novel ideas.

“I’m not sure where either of these projects are taking me or what they might spin off into, but I’m just going to keep drawing and developing new material and at some point it will come together,” Ross said. “Then Dreamworks will pay me $5 million for the movie rights and I’ll disappear into a haze of models and blow.”

Scott’s new edition of “The Dancing Bear” will be available at Lakota Coffee Co. on Thursday and online at younglearnersguide.com.

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Sophomore Brannon Champagne throws from the outfield Wednesday against Gonzaga at Taylor Stadium. Both Champagne’s father and grandfather played baseball for professional and semiprofessional leagues.

Baseball runs in bloodline for Tigers' Champagne Brannon Champagne leads the Tigers in hits and batting average.

game series with Le Moyne, Champagne has quickly established himself as a focal point of the Tiger offense.

“His on-base percentage goes up and up and up, and that’s what we have to have,” Missouri coach Tim Jamieson said of his NATE ATKINS young outfielder. “He’s been a Staff Writer good table-setter.”

Though a sophomore, Twenty five years ago, the Champagne is embracing his name Brannon Champagne first opportunity to shine on the could be found on the roster Missouri diamond.

After a shoulder injury cut of the Eugene Emeralds, then the minor league affiliate of the short his freshman year, he looks Kansas City Royals. Decades at 2011 as a challenge to keep his before that, another Champagne days spent injured in the past.

“My approach is just to get — Brannon’s father — was making noise within the Chicago on that plate and look away,” Champagne said. “If they come Cubs organization.

For Missouri sophomore base- inside, (I have to) react and not be afraid to ball standwear one. (I’m) out Brannon just trying to Champagne, the call to His natural progression is to get on base and help the team.”

A m e r i c a’s get on base and, as he gets According Pastime a little stronger and a little to Jamieson, lies in the more confident, start drivC h a mp a g n e’s bloodline. natural gifts With a ing the ball to the gaps. The make the climb natural itch thing about him is he's a a manageable for the crack gamer. He likes to compete of a bat, the when the game is on the line. one.

“He has third gengood handeration of Tim Jamieson eye coordinaChampagne Coach tion and he b a l lplayers — currently the Tigers’ leader can run,” Jamieson said. “He has in hits, runs and batting aver- some attributes that can help him age — knew his calling at a very in the game.”

The raw talent, the family hisyoung age.

“My dad and my grandpa have tory and an undying desire to been around me my whole life,” excel make Champagne the projsaid Champagne, who holds 10 ect a coach dreams of in a young football records and four var- player.

“His natural progression is to sity basketball letters in addition to his baseball accolades at St. get on base and, as he gets a little Charles West High School. “Even stronger and a little more confiwhen I was in little league, they dent, start driving the ball to the were always on me and telling me gaps,” Jamieson said. “The thing the right technique and the right about him is he’s a gamer. He fundamentals. That’s definitely likes to compete when the game been a big help to me, just being is on the line.”

For the remainder of his around the game.”

Champagne now finds this Missouri career, when the game early dedication to the game pay- is on the line, Champagne ing off in this Missouri Tigers plans to step up to the plate and deliver. season.

The Champagne family story Raking in six runs on seven hits in last weekend’s four- couldn’t script it any other way.

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Tigers stalled in NCAA Tournament After wandering listlessly through the final two months of the season, the Missouri basketball team needed to play differently in the NCAA Tournament if it wanted to advance and continue its season.

It didn’t.

The Tigers surged to a 9-2 start, only to let Cincinnati outscore them 76-54 the rest of the way. And the Bearcats deserved it.

It wasn’t the final score (78-63) and early exit from the postseason that categorized Missouri’s season as a disappointment. No, it was how the Tigers lost. Not only Thursday, but the final six games and nearly every road game throughout the year.

Despite being branded as “The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball,” MU found itself out-hustled and beat up on the boards.

Coach Mike Anderson’s system is not at fault. The players simply failed to consistently implement it, as they successfully did during the 2008-09 Elite Eight run. A full-court press and a strong transition game require a remarkable amount of determination, as well as effort. This year’s Tigers possessed neither at times, highlighted by conceding too easily on rebounds. MU would constantly run back down the court to either set up its offense or defense after a jump shot—before the ball actually went through the hoop. Many a time, the shot would miss but there would only be one, or even zero, Tigers ready to fight for the rebound.

Aside from fundamentals, Missouri suffered from a regression in performance from its upperclassmen. Ricardo Ratliffe, last year’s national junior college player of the year, scored 40 points and grabbed 18 rebounds through the final six games, while Kim English, listed as one of the preseason John Wooden Top 50 overall players, added 41 points and 11 rebounds.

That’s a combined average of 13.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

When you toss in Justin Safford’s 20 points and eight rebounds, and Matt Pressey’s four points and eight rebounds, the four upperclassmen combined for 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

(As an aside, Phil Pressey contributed 40 points and 19 rebounds over the same stretch.)

Having upperclassmen underachieve is a significant short-term problem, and it ultimately cost Missouri its season, despite the best efforts of Marcus Denmon and Laurence Bowers, who combined for 31.1 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.

I will not absolve Anderson of all blame though. Missouri played 34 games this year, and it looked at its worst for the final six.

Anytime a team is out-hustled by its opponent, the coach should implement some sort of change to regain the team’s confidence and restore its work ethic. Otherwise, there’s a gap between the players and their coach. For whatever reason, Anderson failed to bridge that gap at the end of the season.

I like how Anderson stays calm and collected no matter the situation. It rubs off on the team and the players usually stay more composed near the end of games. But when all else fails and the effort still isn’t there, Anderson should have expressed his displeasure more assertively than a mere toss of the sport jacket.

This team may have added some significant new parts, but the chemistry on and off the court looked better earlier in the season. The Tigers may never have realized the expectations from last fall, but ending the season on such a down note adds pressure on Anderson and his players to work out the kinks in the offseason.

Missouri defeats Minnesota for 19th straight victory Missouri improved to 22-3 on the year and faces Kansas on Wednesday.

PAT IVERSEN Staff Writer The No. 13 Missouri softball team came perhaps the closest to defeat they’ve been in three weeks Sunday, but managed to eke out a 2-0 win over Minnesota due to some late-inning heroics. Missouri improved to 22-3 on the year, and its 19-game win streak is tied with the 2008 team for the second best in school history.

For an offense accustomed to putting up big deficits on their opponents, the situation Missouri faced Sunday was an unfamiliar one. Minnesota pitcher Sara Moulton (17-8) kept the Tigers to one hit through five and two-thirds innings, staying out of trouble until junior Ashley Fleming took a 3-1 pitch deep over the right field foul pole to give Missouri a 2-0 lead.

“Y’know, it’s easy to say that you called it, but I feel like I did,” sophomore Nicole Hudson said. “I had a feeling that if (Fleming) wasn’t gonna hurt somebody, it was going to go over the fence. It didn’t matter where the ball went because she was going to hit it hard. She just had that look on her face like, ‘I got this.’”

The homer was Fleming’s fifth of the year, tying her for the team lead with Hudson. Fleming said after the game that Moulton’s pitch was the most hittable offering she saw all day.

“It feels pretty good,” Fleming said. “I was waiting all day for her to throw me an inside pitch and she finally did. I knew it was definitely out, for sure. It was just a matter of if it was going to stay fair or not.”

Fleming’s home run was only the fourth hit by either team all game, as both Moulton and sophomore Chelsea Thomas were engaged in a sort of pitcher’s duel. Hudson called Moulton sneaky good, as her movement and control kept Missouri hitters off balance. Missouri coach Ehren Earleywine said he wanted

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Senior Lisa Simmons slams the ball into the outfield Saturday at Taylor Stadium against Western Michigan. Lisa Simmons and Ashley Fleming led MU in scoring with two runs each.

CLOSE CALLS Sunday's victory over Minnesota was only the fifth time all season Missouri played in a game decided by two or less runs.

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to see more from his hitters, but gave credit to Moulton’s performance.

“Her misses were two inches below the knees, and she only threw one ball in the dirt,” Earleywine said. “That’s pretty incredible. When you think about control for a drop-ball pitcher, they’re trying to work from the ankle to the knee. She missed below the ankle one time in a hundred pitches. That’s pretty good control.”

Thomas (9-2, 0.42) went all seven innings for Missouri, striking out 12 and allowing only two hits. She managed to get out of a jam in the sixth, striking out two batters with two runners on base.

Hudson said that the offense feels less pressure with Thomas in the circle.

“I always feel like if we can score just a couple runs, we’re going to win a majority if not all of the games with her (pitching),” Hudson said. “To be honest, when I’m in the outfield, I don’t even think that they’re going to score. And if they do score maybe one run, then I’m thinking ‘well, we have to score to win anyways.’”

Missouri will begin Big 12 play with a doubleheader Wednesday in Lawrence against rival Kansas Jayhawks. Earleywine said his squad has the right mindset for its upcoming opponents.

“I think they’ve chosen to be confident,” Earleywine said. “Even when they’ve had bad games…good, bad or otherwise this team can be pretty cocky.

And that’s a good thing in many ways. I think confidence is something we have a lot of going into conference play.”

Former Tigers face uphill battle on road to MLB BRENDAN MEYER Staff Writer Former Tiger pitchers Doug Mathis and Justin James are both fighting for a chance to remain in the majors.

But competing for a spot on a Major League Baseball roster is nothing new for either Mathis or James, as their professional baseball careers have been filled with ups and downs.

Mathis, who was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 2005, is working hard in hopes of making his new team, the Cleveland Indians.

“I came into a pretty good situation here (with the Indians), so I’m just trying to work hard and see where it goes this year,” Mathis said. “I obviously want to make the team.

That’s the number one goal, spend the whole year in the big leagues and have a productive year.

Mathis hopes to cement his place in the Majors this year.

“I’ve been kind of up and down the last few years, so I want to just stick this year

and kind of be a regular big league player,” he said.

Mathis spent the past three seasons with the Rangers, posting a 3-3 record with a 4.84 ERA in 45 appearances. During those three seasons, he spent the majority of his time pitching in the Minors, being called up and sent down on a regular basis.

“It gets tough sometimes, but it also comes with the territory,” Mathis said. “You kind of get used to it, but it kind of gets old after a while. That’s why it’s important for me to find a place where I could stick and kind of stay and be consistent, stay somewhere where I’m not going up and down.”

During his time at Missouri, Mathis was one of the more consistent pitchers in the starting rotation.

“He was just a good competitor, and he threw strikes,” Missouri coach Tim Jamieson said. “It’s amazing what you can do if you do that at the highest level.”

James, who was signed by the Brewers this offseason, is also in a very similar situation. He has spent the past seven seasons in the minor leagues after being drafted

by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2003, and like Mathis, is trying to make the big league roster.

“It’d be great to make the team out of spring training, but I just want to be on a mound pitching somewhere and just see where I can go from there,” James said.

James made his first big league appearance last season with the Oakland Athletics, posting a 4.50 ERA in five games, and his now faced with an opportunity to make the Brewers coming out of spring training.

“As far as you know, pushing yourself, it just makes you want to try a little bit harder,” James said. “You’re always learning from veteran guys, so it’s a different experience (from the Minors). At the same time, I’m just enjoying it.”

For these two former Tigers, the path to the big leagues has not been an easy task.

Mathis has already been sent to the Minors to begin the season, and James could be next.

But while their journeys might be long, with each step of the way, Mathis and James are inching closer and closer to their pursuit of a steady career in the Majors.

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Tiger gymnastics places 4th in Big 12

RYAN HOOD Staff Writer When it was all said and done Saturday, the Missouri gymnastics team found itself in fourth place out of the four teams competing in the Big 12 Championships at the Hearnes Center.

Despite the last-place finish, the squad came away from the meet feeling very positive about themselves.

“I think we had a good overall performance,” junior Mary Burke said. “It was the first time we put it all together and hit every event, it was a solid all-around meet.”

Missouri finished last with a score of 194.975.

Nebraska edged out Oklahoma and Iowa State to take first, with a final tally of 196.775.

The last-place finish came with the Tigers not counting any falls, a testament to the quality of competition in the Big 12.

“It’s a tough league,” Burke said.

“There’s four great teams, it’s super competitive but we’re happy with our performance no matter where we finished.”

MU did not come away from the meet empty-handed.

Burke claimed the sixth allaround title of her career, posting an individual score of 39.300 and said this title ranks above the rest.

This was the fourth straight year a Tiger has won the all-around title at the Big 12s.

“This feels great,” Burke said.

“There’s so many good gymnasts in this conference and so much competition, I’m just happy I put a solid meet together.”

The junior wasn’t the only Tiger to deliver a big-time performance.

Sophomore Lauren Swankoski and senior Alex Gold each recorded their highest all-around scores of

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Senior Alex Gold performs her floor routine Saturday at the Hearnes Center. The Tigers finished in fourth place at the Big 12 Championship meet.

the season, and joined Burke on the podium.

Swankoski placed third with an all-around total of 39.100, while Gold took fourth with a score of 39.050.

Saturday marked the final time Gold would compete in the Hearnes Center, and she made the most of her final opportunity; scoring a season-high 9.900 on vault, which was topped only by Erin Davis of

Nebraska.

“I’m happy with my day, it’s good to go out on a good note,” Gold said.

“It’s bittersweet, but I guess that chapter’s done.”

Coach Rob Drass said he was elated for his team’s lone senior.

“That 9.900 was one of the best vaults I’ve ever seen her perform,” Drass said. “I know Erin (Davis) is a pretty studly vaulter, so if you’re

going to lose, why not have it be to the top-ranked gymnast on vault in the country.”

Just as Drass acknowledges the quality of competition Gold faced on vault, he said he admired how his team faired against Saturday’s competition, each of who are ranked in the Top-20 nationally.

“It’s really hard to get second here,” Drass said. “We were close to

third, we land one or two routines a little better and we would have been third. Last year we finished third and still went on to win regionals. We put a good meet together today, had a few mistakes but it’s a step in the right direction.”

The Tigers will now head to the Norman NCAA Regional. The bid marks the program’s 10th straight appearance in regionals.

BASEBALL

Tiger baseball seeing improvements before Big 12 play

Missouri has won six of its last seven games.

MIKE VOREL Staff Writer The Missouri Tigers are playing their best baseball of the season, and the timing couldn’t be any better.

After a disappointing 4-9 start to the 2011 season, the Tigers have rattled off six wins in their last seven games, evening their record at 10-10.

The team has won three of four games a in back-to-back series, earning vital series wins against both Lemoyne and Central Michigan.

Missouri seems to have found its confidence, and junior third baseman Connor Mach says that’s exactly what the team will need when Big 12 play starts on Friday.

“It’s really big, we built our confidence up a bit, and our staff ’s been throwing really well,” Mach said. “We’ll need that. Our pitching’s going to need to stay where they are and keep throwing strikes.”

While Missouri’s pitching has improved, anchored by reliever Phil McCormick and starters Rob

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Senior infielder Jesse Santo stretches out to catch a fly ball hit by a Central Michigan batter Friday at Taylor Stadium. The Tigers slipped past the Chippewas 7-6 Friday and finished the weekend winning three of the four games.

Zastryzny and Zack Hardoin, McCormick said he thinks the team’s success is also due to better chemistry.

“I think we’re just coming together,” McCormick said. “At first it seemed like two different squads between the pitchers and the hitters, but I think we’ve conglomerated into a much bet-

ter team. I think we’re starting to hit a roll, and I’m pretty excited about it.”

They’ll need to keep rolling to have success in the Big 12 season, which kicks off Friday night with a home game against Oklahoma.

Before the season, the Big 12 Preseason Coaches’ Poll predicted the Tigers to finish dead last

in the conference, and Missouri’s players and coaches have taken notice.

Early in the year Missouri’s coaches hung a sign in the locker room displaying the Big 12’s preseason rankings, highlighting the league’s low expectations for them.

Coach Tim Jamieson said he

did so to motivate his team.

“One of the greatest motivators is people telling you what you can’t do, and if you believe that then they’re right,” Jamieson said. “If you respond to it in a competitive way then you’re proving them wrong.”

The sign seems to have served its purpose, as the Tigers have used that bulletin board material to bounce back from a shaky start.

Senior catcher Ryan Ampleman said he is especially excited to prove the doubters wrong.

“It’s something that can light a fire under you,” Ampleman said.

“All these people supposedly know everything about baseball, and they say you’re picked last, you’re not going to be good and you can’t do anything about it.

When it comes down to it, it’s just a prediction.”

In the end, nobody will know how good Missouri is until they face stiff Big 12 competition.

Ampleman says that while the Tigers’ play has improved lately, the team is never satisfied.

“We’re happy but we’re not content,” Ampleman said. “I hate to sound cliché, but nothing’s ever good enough. We can always do more.”

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