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MUSLIM STUDENT ORGANIZATION THOMAS DOMINATES HOLDS 3-DAY CONFERENCE IN TIGER SOFTBALL WIN The conference consisted of visits from guest speakers and a performances of songs, poetry and comedy.

The sophomore threw 20 innings over two days and racked up 34 strikeouts en route to two victories.

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Four LBC candidates run for spots unopposed Legion of Black Collegians members will elect new executive members Wednesday.

KELLY OLEJNIK Staff Writer The Legion of Black Collegians received four executive board applications Friday in anticipation of board elections this week.

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LBC EXECUTIVE BOARD CANDIDATES The names of the candidates for LBC executive board elections Whitney Williams President

Kristen Andrews Vice President

Jake Mitchell Activities Chair

Cameron Grant

Parliamentarian Position Source: LBC Vice President Cidney King

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‘Zeitoun’ chosen for Mizzou Reads CAITLIN SWIECA Staff Writer “Zeitoun,” a nonfiction novel by Dave Eggers, has been selected as the book for the 2011 Mizzou Reads program.

Incoming freshmen will be asked to read the book during the summer and participate in small group discussion sessions Aug. 18 Everyone as part of MU’s pretty much Fall Welcome program, according to agreed that the Office of New by page Student Program’s four, you website. were pretty “Zeitoun” is a hooked. nonfiction account of Abdulrahman Jordan Parshall Zeitoun’s expe- Office of New riences in New Students Programs Orleans in the graduate assistant

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Drag kings, queens sing for Pride Month GRACE LYDEN Staff Writer

The crowd whooped and applauded as Britney Houston strutted across the stage of Allen Auditorium, shedding a blazer and white button-down to reveal a spaghetti-strap black dress. Mouthing the words to Shania Twain’s “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” she proceeded to shimmy on an audi- queen, a male can be a drag king,” ence member who had ventured Reeves said. “It’s not about being a up to the stage to give a dollar woman but doing the female illubill tip. sion, about portraying the gender Earlier in the day, Britney roles and stereotypes and appearHouston had ances to a level Visit themaneater.com for a been Paul of parody or perslideshow from the Reeves, coordiformance.”

MU Amateur Drag Show. nation commuFriday’s seven nicator elect of performers, four the Triangle Coalition, lounging on a couch in the Lesbian Gay See DRAG, page 6 Bisexual Transgender Queer and Questioning Resource Center.

ABOVE: Krystal Chandelier He transformed into Houston prepares to hit the stage at to co-host Friday’s MU Amateur the Amateur Drag Show on Friday Drag Show, a Pride Month highin the Arts and Science building. light.

Krystal has been performing in the The Triangle Coalition is MU’s industry for more than 20 years.

LGBTQ student social group and organized the fundraiser.

LEFT: Featured drag The $111 donated the night king Marcus Thick of the show went to the Center performs to the crowd Project, mid-Missouri’s first and and sings Usher on Friday night. only LGBTQ community space.

Lip synching, dancing and cross-dressing characterize the drag kings and queens that t a k e the stage at the Amateur D r a g S h o w every year, but Reeves said the art form was more about gender illusion than cross-dressing.

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Parking rate increase, expansion debated City Council members approved a pilot program restricting taxi pickups downtown.

NICHOLE BALLARD Staff Writer An ordinance increasing parking rates to 60 cents per hour and extending rate enforcement by three hours, until 9 p.m. was debated and tabled for 45 days by the Columbia City Council on Monday.

The city estimates the measure, which the council will vote on at its first meeting in June, would result in $597,000 in new revenue.

Mayor Bob McDavid said he was concerned about passing the parking meter increase with critical components missing. McDavid alluded to a hypothetical alternative in which campus meter rates would be increased from 50 to 75 cents per hour instead of raising rates in the downtown garages.

The revenue collected from increased parking rates and extended hours on fines would go toward the con- WHAT YOU struction of a new CAN EXPECT parking garage on if the proposal passes: Short Street and -A parking rate Broadway. McDavid increase to 60 cents said no matter what per hour council members do -Extended meter there will still be a risk the parking garage enforcement times will not be built, and until 9 p.m. there is uncertainty regarding stakeholder support.

“They came to us saying they wanted a TIF,” McDavid said.

“They didn’t say they wanted a hotel.”

A TIF, or tax increment financing, is a financing method which subsidizes community development.

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INSIDE J SCHOOL CONSIDERS REQUIRING NEW MOBILE TECHNOLOGY Brian Brooks, associate dean for undergraduate studies, encourages use of the Apple iPad. PG. 5, NEWS

EVENT PRESENTS ART AS ACTIVISM Poetry and fashion brought students together at the Kaleidoscope Showcase. PG. 13, ARTS

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MSO brings speakers from Chicago, Brooklyn for spring conference The conference focused on giving back to communities.

GARRETT RICHIE Staff Writer The Muslim Student Organization hosted its spring conference, “Pursuits of this World — Beyond Material Gains,” over the past weekend, inviting speakers from Brooklyn and Chicago to talk to MSO members.

MSO spokesman Mahir Khan said the conference was held this semester to fill the void left when Islam Awareness Week was moved to first semester.

“The topic we decided on is called ‘Pursuits of this World — Beyond Material Gain,’” Khan said. “Basically that’s just about how everything isn’t about what you get in this life, but more about what you do.”

Khan said this idea is an important concept in Islam.

“As a Muslim in this life you have three things,” Khan said.

“You have your wealth, you have your family and you have your deeds. But when you die, the only thing that goes with you is your deeds so we really try to

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Ammaar Firozi, 9, sings Native Deen’s “Drug Free” at the Muslim Student Organization’s entertainment night on Saturday at Memorial Union. The night closed MSO’s three-day conference and featured poetry readings and a comedy performance.

embody that.”

The two speakers at the conference were Imam Siraj Wahhaj, a community activist and speaker from Brooklyn and Ustadah Tahera Ahmad, chaplain from Northwestern University.

“We wanted to have speak-

ers that have personalities, that have flair, that have something to say that we can’t just get out of a YouTube video,” Khan said.

Khan said Wahhaj spoke Thursday about the importance individual people helping a

community.

“His topic was just to give back, not just to the Muslim community but to the community at large,” Khan said. “He kind of expanded on that in Friday’s sermon about Muslim’s footprint in America and it got

me thinking, ‘What have I done to give back, not only to the Muslim community but to the entire country?’”

Following Wahhaj’s second discussion on Friday, Ahmad spoke to MSO members on that evening, discussing how to achieve a balance between one’s personal life and involvement in the community.

MSO President Ar wa Mohammad said Ahmad’s experience as a university chaplain made her interaction with the students lively and entertaining.

“She threw tennis balls and basketballs and made us do complex tasks with them to show that if you’re trying to do too much, or if you’re trying to juggle too many things at once, you’re not necessarily going to be successful at those tasks,” Mohammad said.

Mohammad said the majority of MSO members attended the conference, and its success helped to gather more excitement for MSO in the future.

“It increased membership and excitement for our organization, kind of something we’ve been trying to do, laying the groundwork for future conferences and laying the groundwork for what future members can do,” Mohammad said.

Electric company powers Missouri MU snags grant for Scholars Academy with donation cattle research The donation is meant to help underprivileged students participate in the program.

MEGAN HAGER Staff Writer On Monday, an Ameren UE representative presented a check for $10,000 to Ted Tarkow, Classical Studies professor and associate dean for the College of Arts and Science, for the Missouri Scholars Academy.

Large funding cuts throughout the past years have forced the program to operate largely on donations and participant tuition. But the tuition cost of $700 can prevent talented students from participating. Large donations make it possible for the Missouri Scholars Academy to reach out to a bigger group of students.

“What we’re going to do with the money is make it so underprivileged students are encouraged to come,” Tarkow said.

“This money will cover students’ activities fees. Some students are unable to come because their family support and school support is not enough to pay for it.”

Tarkow said despite funding

cuts, the program wants to continue supporting sophomores now and in the future. Donations help facilitate the goal, but budget problems at the state level make it harder to determine the future.

“The funding was cut simply because of state budget realties,” Tarkow said. “We’re already working with legislation for 2012 for the reconstitution of funds.”

Missouri Scholars Academy offers sophomores in the top .5 percent of their class from public and private high schools educational opportunities outside of the normal curriculum.

“First, I would like to say that we support education,” Ameren UE spokeswoman Holly Wipfler said. “We always try to support the program in the communities we service. It’s a great program, and we’re proud to support it.”

Tarkow said the goal of the program is to challenge students and provide them with special opportunities for learning and personality so they may realize their potential. Many students go on to work with companies like Ameren UE and provide innovative ideas for the future.

“I think it gets students really excited about it, especially when they’re on campus,” Wipfler said.

This summer, some of the majors available to students include chemistry, reproductive physiology, physics, creative writing, religious studies, philosophy and current events.

“It covers a whole gamut of subjects,” Tarkow said. “It doesn’t limit students to what the map curriculum outlines.”

There are also several lectures that cover topics including the Holocaust, Islam and the Little Rock desegregation.

“There are also lectures on math and music for the students who see connections in between subjects that mere mortals cannot,” Tarkow said.

To underline the intensity of the program, he added one chemistry teacher is planning to teach students in three weeks what they would learn in one semester of mapped curriculum.

“It’s intense, but with really supportive students and teachers, it’s possible,” Tarkow said.

“There’s no credit and no grades.

Students are just learning out of the willingness to learn.”

He said the Missouri Scholars Academy is lucky to be on the list of Ameren UE’s beneficiaries.

“We try to make contributions regularly,” Wipfler said.

Grants total more than $14 million.

STEVE CASSIDY Staff Writer

MU and Texas A&M have been awarded two grants from the United States Department of Agriculture that total more than $14 million.

The two schools will combine their efforts in researching food efficiency in cattle and Bovine Respiratory Disease.

In a news release, MU animal science professor Jerry Taylor said in the past, cattle breeders had developed a sort of work around but never solved the problem of efficiency.

“Historically, the only way we have improved the efficiency of cattle growth was by selectively breeding cattle that grew fast,” he said.

With more money available to study the problem, they are confident they will solve it. Taylor is the project director of the $5 million grant to study feed efficiency in cattle.

“If we can identify and selectively breed the animals that have the best combination of genes for producing high-quality beef with the least amount of grain, their offspring could reduce environ-

mental impacts and save producers millions of dollars,” Taylor said.

The MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources plans to use several techniques to study food efficiency. Among them are using DNA-based models to predict genetic merit for feed efficiency.

They will also study the bacteria and microbes that live inside the cattle’s stomachs because these bacteria and microbes affect how the animals are able to digest food, therefore affecting food efficiency.

The study will utilize undergraduate, graduate and veterinary students. They will learn about feed efficiency and disease resistance during the five-year project.

Taylor will assist Texas A&M professor James Womack with the second grant, worth $9.2 million, to study BRD. “These industries in the U.S. lose almost $700 million each year as a result of this complex disease,” Womack said in a news release. “This includes more than 1 million animal deaths per year along with extensive sub-lethal illness and loss of productivity.”

Womack said reducing BRD would not only decrease economic losses, but also environmental and health risks associated with the use of antibiotics.

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near Ellis Library and observed two subjects doing tricks on skateboards,” Richardson said. “They were damaging the corner of the front bench by jumping on it.”

Both subjects fled once they saw the officer, Richardson said.

Sophomore Michael Niles was caught at about 11 p.m. near parking lot WC-7, by Ninth Street.

“The officer had given the subject who was arrested two trespassing warnings on previous occasions,” Richardson said.

Niles, 23, was arrested on suspicion of interfering with arrest.

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1. POLICE FIND MARIJUANA, CHAMPAGNE IN FRESHMAN’S CAR Three MU freshmen were arrested on marijuana and alcohol charges Thursday night in a campus parking lot.

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Scott Richardson said an officer on bike patrol saw a suspect’s vehicle in parking lot CG1, near the intersection of South College Avenue and Hospital Drive.

“The officer came up on them to see what they were doing, and then smelled a strong odor of intoxicants,” Richardson said.

“During the interview, one of the subjects said he had marijuana on him, then other items were located inside the vehicle.”

Richardson said the officer found marijuana and a bottle of champagne inside the vehicle. Freshmen Andrew Adrian, Erik Johnson and Grace Haynes

4. OFFICERS ARREST SUSPECT FOR STEALING PURSE AT NIGHT CLUB Dequan Maxwell, 18, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of felony theft after an incident Saturday.

At about 12:20 a.m., Maxwell reportedly stole a purse from a victim at Deja Vu Comedy Club.

Employees saw the incident and detained the suspect until police arrived. The employees said the crime is recorded on surveillance video.

Stroer said a cell phone belonging to the victim was recovered from Maxwell’s person, but no other items were located.

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2. CPD ARREST SUSPECT FOR ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION, DOMESTIC ASSAULT Jerome Dunn, 45, was arrested Friday on suspicion of seconddegree domestic assault, armed criminal action and possession of drug paraphernalia.

At 2:16 a.m., Columbia Police Department officers responded to a disturbance at 1201 Paquin St. The disturbance was between Dunn and his son.

CPD spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said in an email that the suspect and son were uncooperative.

According to a witness, Dunn reportedly grabbed a knife, pushed the victim into a stove and held the knife to the victim’s throat while making verbal threats. Dunn then reportedly struck the victim in the back of the head twice.

The victim reportedly did not fight back and declined medical attention.

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Officers were conducting an open business check at Generic at 12:36 a.m. when they saw Magnuson in the men’s restroom halfway in a stall.

Stroer said the officers suspected he was trying to conceal something after noticing his hands moving up and down trying to shove something into his pocket.

The officers pat searched the Magnuson for weapons and discovered a bag filled with white powder that was later determined to be cocaine.

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Haynes, 18, was arrested on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor. Adrian and Johnson, both 19, were arrested on suspicion of possession of less than 35 grams marijuana and possession of alcohol by a minor.

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J school mulls over new mobile technology requirement Associate Dean Brian Brooks said an Apple iPad requirement will be considered.

CASEY PURCELLA Staff Writer A faculty committee in the School of Journalism is reviewing the school’s mobile device requirement, which requires students to own a handheld multimedia player with Internet connectivity, to decide whether it should be modified in the future, potentially as early as the fall 2012 semester.

Brian Brooks, the journalism school’s associate dean for undergraduate studies, said he urged the committee to take a look at new devices that might better suit journalism students — specifically, tablet computers like the Apple iPad. “We’re definitely taking a look at the iPad going forward,” Brooks said.

Convergence journalism professor Mike McKean heads the committee, which he said is called the Innovation Committee, consisting of faculty and staff from all

the departments in the journalism school.

He said the committee could potentially recommend multiple options. They could decide the current requirement is sufficient, or they could decide that a tablet computer would have better applications for classes at the J school.

In addition, McKean said the committee will decide whether to recommend a particular brand or model of device or to allow students to choose between multiple platforms.

“It depends on whether we’ll have a use for it in classes,” he said.

“Are there enough assignments where this would be useful?”

Currently, the journalism school recommends Apple’s iPod Touch, though no specific brand or model is required as long as the device can play audio and video and access the Internet.

“It’s possible nothing could change in 2012,” Brooks said.

The 2012 fall semester is the earliest time any change in the requirement will be implemented, because any decision must accompany acceptance letters for incoming students, Brooks said. The next batch of acceptance letters will be sent this winter.

“We have to make all these decisions ahead of time so we can let all the incoming freshmen know what to do,” Brooks said.

Any recommendation made by the Innovation Committee would have to be approved by the journalism faculty, McKean said.

McKean said the committee performed a survey of students about mobile technology. The results of this survey will factor into the faculty committee’s decisions.

“Students say they want mobile technology, but there’s no consensus,” he said.

McKean said the survey revealed students were in favor of open standards.

The results of the survey will be released in a presentation at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Dr. Edward C. Lambert Seminar Room in the Reynolds Journalism Institute.

“We’re going to talk about the results and what they mean,” McKean said.

MU alumnus Andrew Dumas said his capstone project consisted of extensive reviews of Android and Apple mobile devices and applications and research for potential classroom applications of mobile devices.

Faculty Council approves grievance policy MEGAN HAGER Staff Writer In the past 10 years, MU has tried three grievance policies, each ending with unsatisfactory results in the eyes of faculty members. Last week, Faculty Council gave its recommendation to make the pilot program that has been in place since 2008 the university’s official policy.

A grievance policy is in place to protect faculty from rule infractions by other faculty members or administrators. Faculty Council members approved the current policy in 2008 because they felt it was an improvement from the previous one, which had drawn out the process of filing a grievance, Faculty Council Chairwoman Leona Rubin said.

“It took too long,” Rubin said about the previous plan. “Sometimes cases took over a year and there was no Oversight Committee to see if recommendations by the committee were actually followed through.”

The grievance policy outlines the grievance process, the different parties involved and their roles during the process.

After a faculty member files a grievance, it goes before the Grievance Resolution Panel, who will investigate the case, listen to all parties involved and make the final decision. But first, they decide if it’s a grievance case.

“Some of the conditions are that is has to actually be a rule violation,” Rubin said. “And it has to be filed within 180 days of the incident. Sometimes it’s difficult to tell if they’ve actually violated a rule until they start investigating.”

The Oversight Committee, which is comprised of only faculty members, monitors the process to ensure the grievance process is fair. They report back to Faculty Council on a consistent basis and are also responsible for making sure any recommendations made by the GRP are

followed through.

“The goal of this pilot is really is to bring all the parties to the table and solve the problems, and not have it drag it for a year, and have people not grossly angry and unhappy with each other,” Rubin said.

Rubin said there is some opposition to the policy because the GRP is comprised of two faculty members and one administrator, which is the main source of the discontent.

“The authors of this process, when we were working on this two years ago in 2008, felt that this was important that both parties be rep and accountable,” Rubin said. “We feel accountability is only there if everybody is part of that process.”

Electrical engineering professor Greg Engel, who was suspended from teaching last semester after multiple student complaints came from one of his classes, said he was against the grievance process.

“The grievance process, in my opinion, is skewed to the admin,” Engel said. “As long as the chancellor has the final say without being made to address the grievance panel, then it’s pointless.”

One allegation against Engel is that he discriminated against students on the basis of sex and race.

Engel was also removed from the head of a Navy research project awarded to him last semester.

He said a few changes could be made to make the grievance process fairer.

“Getting administration off of the panel is a good idea,” Engel said.

“Weighting the grievance panel decision by making it more than a recommendation is a big step in the right direction, because there has to be faculty government.”

He said Chancellor Brady Deaton’s role in the process should be reduced.

“Make it so he can’t have ultimate say. He’s a king. He’s an emperor. He’s a tyrant.," Engel said,

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Within 180 days of the incident the faculty member files a grievance.

The request goes before the Grievance Resolution Panel to decide if it meets specific conditions.

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If the conditions are met the GRP further investigates the case.

If rejected those involved can decide to take it to court

During the process the Oversight Committee makes sure everything is handled in a fair manner and updates Faculty Council at regular intervals.

At the end of the investigation and hearing the GRP makes a recommendation to faculty and administration on the proper course of action.

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Rubin said the chancellor always has the last word in grievances, but only has control of the budget and facilities.

“Because we have an administrator on the panel, Chancellor Deaton has said he feels much more comfortable with the possible outcomes of these panels, since he knows there is someone on board who knows what is possible and who will keep him informed if necessary,” Rubin said.

“That was part of the goal of having an administrator on the panel.”

Previously, the chancellor would have spent months reviewing documents and the case before making the final decision, Rubin said.

So far, the GRP has only reviewed two cases, in which they did not see in favor of the grievances. Another two are in the process and four were not reviewed at all.

Rubin said because the process is only two years old, there’s still time to work out the details.

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The School of Journalism strongly urges students to purchase Apple computers and an iPod touch for their freshman year. A faculty committee is discussing potential changes to the mobile technology requirement for freshmen.

“The whole idea was, we wanted to come up with ways for people to make use of (them),” Dumas said.

He said he did not think the journalism school should change the mobile device requirement.

“A smartphone is fine,” Dumas said. “It’s probably better right now.”

Convergence journalism professor Amy Simons who is teaching a section of the journalism school’s Fundamentals of

Multimedia Journalism class this semester, said her class required mobile devices for an assignment.

Students in her class were assigned to find and produce a 75to 100-word story and two photographs using a handheld mobile device.

She said a smartphone or similar device is sufficient to gather and produce content, but a tablet would be better for editing photographs and videos.

Asian Street Market opens minds, mouths to culture The event was part of the first Asian American Awareness Month.

JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor As students lined up on Lowry Mall for the Asian Street Market on Monday, they opened their minds to new facts about Asian countries and their mouths to new Asian delicacies.

“We just wanted to spread awareness,” event organizer Sarah Trapp said. “It seem like when you ask a lot of people around campus if they like Asian food, they’re like, ‘Oh, yeah! I like orange chicken!’”

Orange chicken isn’t really Chinese at all, she said. Panda Express isn’t either.

And for these reasons, she said the fair is important to dispel the ignorance surrounding Asian food.

“We tried to keep the foods away from stereotypes,” Trapp said. “We tried to think of things like not crab rangoon, not spring rolls and what they’ve done in the past.”

Trapp planned the fair with fellow freshman Danny Poon.

Poon said the two have been texting constantly the past week in preparation for the event, which they both thought went exceptionally well.

“I was actually not sure how many people would come, but it turned out to be a lot of people,” Poon said.

Trapp said the location of the event might have helped increase the number of participants.

“At one point, there was a line that went all the way down Lowry,” Trapp said. “We knew a lot of people would pass by here,

and it’s kind of tradition too.”

Asian American Association President Christyona Pham said not only the fair’s location, but also the fair itself is a tradition.

“This is one of our annual events,” Pham said. “For our AAA weeks in the past, we’ve always continued our more successful events. We didn’t really question whether or not to do this event, because it’s been so successful in the past. It’s been one of our traditional events where we always get a ton of people.”

The market had Poon quite stressed, he said. First, he worried that not enough volunteers would show up to the event. But too many volunteers ended up showing up.

He also said he didn’t think many people would stop and wait for the food because they had to fill out a quiz beforehand, which consisted of questions about the countries that were represented at the fair.

This didn’t pose to be a problem, as students lined up all afternoon to wait for food.

“I guess neither were actually a problem,” he said with a laugh.

“We didn’t want people to just come for the food.”

Food from India, the Philippines, China, Japan and Taiwan were available at the fair.

The food, which was free, was either donated or prepared by members of AAA. As the first AAA Month comes to a close next week, Pham said she is very happy with how it has gone thus far.

“I think it’s been going great,” she said. “I thought maybe having so many events would stress people out, but people keep coming. We have regular faces and new faces almost every time.”

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COUNCIL: Program keeps taxis off Broadway Continued from page 1 Developers of Broadway Lodging were approved to receive $3.2 million of TIF funding in February for the demolition of the Regency Hotel on Short Street and Broadway.

A new hotel is planned to replace the building afterward. The acquisition for the land to build the new garage on is complete, but there is no legal requirement for the hotel to actually be constructed.

Second Ward Councilman Jason Thornhill agreed with the concern over financing for the new parking garage on Short Street.

“We can’t buy a million dollar piece of dirt if we’re not going to put a garage on it,” Thornhill said.

Public comments regarding parking meter fine changes will not be allowed before the ordinance is voted on in June, though there is schedule time allotted for public comment at the beginning of each meeting.

The council also moved to unanimously approve a pilot program for “no pick-up zones” for taxis downtown at certain late-night hours.

Based on an informal agreement

with five taxi companies, the pilot program will exclude certain streets in the busy downtown areas from allowing taxis to pick-up fares from 9 p.m. until 2:30 a.m.

The program is voluntary on the taxi companies’ part and is scheduled from May through July, a time when many students are out of the city.

“It might be good to do it when there are less students, as a pilot,” Sixth Ward Councilwoman Barbara Hoppe said.

Council members said reducing traffic problems caused by doubleparking downtown is the reasoning behind implementing the program.

A new ordinance has been approved allowing the city more opportunities to inspect rental properties for occupancy violations.

The ordinance is specifically geared to the transfer of rental property ownership, but the effect will be increased inspections.

As a provision of the ordinance, any property, which has not had a complaint or code violations within 18 months of the transfer will not be subject to a new inspection.

DRAG: Event part of April's Pride Month Continued from page 1 kings and three queens, were all dressed as the opposite of their identified genders. Freshman Aaron Mack was Coco Carmella, with a short blonde wig and mock tears.

“You find an alter ego inside yourself,” Mack said. “I’m not just Aaron all the time. I’m Coco.”

Mack has been to more than 10 club shows but had not performed before Friday.

“A lot of people are a little more apprehensive to try it out in a club setting for their first time, because it’s kind of more daunting,” Reeves said. “We’re trying to give people who are interested in performing a chance to try out the art.”

Senior drag performer Morgan Insley has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a degenerative joint disease.

She is not certain her doctors

would approve it, but she has no intention to stop doing drag.

“Drag is the only time I get to feel free,” Insley said. “I feel free from being disabled…I’ve been in depression for three weeks, and it’s the only time I’ve felt happy.”

The drag show was also the “night of noise” that followed Pride Month’s Day of Silence.

“We’re gonna be loud, we’re gonna be proud, we’re gonna have a big, fantastic show,” Reeves said.

Reeves said that he hoped the event would help those who were scared of either the LGBTQ community overall or simply the drag culture.

“A lot of people are intimated by drag kings and drag queens because of the nature of someone who is subverting gender norms and is dressed up like that,” Reeves said. “But we’re just like any other person, just in really sparkly clothes.”

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Mayor Bob McDavid and Second Ward Councilman Jason Thornhill listen to a report regarding parking meter rate increases during the City Council meeting Monday night. McDavid moved to have the parking meter increases tabled for 45 days to gather more information regarding the decision to finance the Short Street garage.

LBC: Candidates to present platforms “There are still spots open for Continued from page 1 secretary, communications chair and finance chair,” LBC Vice President Cidney King said in an email. “The people that applied are Whitney Williams (president), Kristen Andrews (vice president), Jake Mitchell (activities chair) (and) Cameron Grant (parliamentarian position).”

Four executive positions, including the political action committee chair, are still open, but current LBC President Lisa White said she is confident in the candidates that applied.

“I am very confident in the people that applied for the positions,” White said. “Some were old and new faces. It is always encouraging to see new faces wanting to join the leading roles of LBC.” Elections will commence this week after the candidates participate in a debate Tuesday, White said.

“Candidates will debate under each exec board position, includ-

ing the presidential slate,” LBC Communications Chairwoman Ashley Edwards said.

The debate would normally require all candidates to debate the competition for their position. But since each candidate is running unopposed, including the presidential slate of Williams and Andrews, the candidate or slate will still need to present their ideas during the debate, Edwards said.

“Even if you are running unopposed, you still have to speak about your ideas and what you plan on doing next year (during the debate),” she said.

There are various requirements to apply and run for executive board, White said.

“You must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher and you have to have been a member of LBC Senate for a certain period of time or active in an LBC standing committee,” she said.

A candidate must also get a petition signed by 25 to 50 peers during the application process, Edwards said.

“Depending on the position you’re running for, you either have to get 25 or 50 signatures from your peers, but you cannot get the same signatures as someone you are running against,” she said.

There are further requirements to run for the presidential position, White said.

“To run for president or vice president you, have had to be on executive board and participated in LBC for three consecutive semesters,” she said.

Voting will be open to all MU students this week and the elected candidates will fill their positions during the 2011-2012 academic year, White said.

Edwards also said that she is confident in the candidates running for executive board for the 2011-2012 academic year.

“I think everyone who is pursuing a position is very dedicated and will continue on strong next year if they win their position,” she said.

READS: Book was chosen from list of several dozen entries Continued from page 1

days after Hurricane Katrina. It also explores themes such as crisis management and race relations in American through the eyes of Zeitoun’s Muslim family.

Mizzou Reads Committee Chairwoman June Deweese said the book was selected because it met the criteria for the program, which includes being intellectually stimulating and discussing societal issues.

“Hurricane Katrina is something that happened in the lifetime of these students and something that probably each of them has read about or seen on the news or television,” Deweese said.

Jordan Parshall, graduate assistant in the Office of New Student Programs, said Eggers’ book provides a new take on a familiar

event.

“I think that it addresses really important and interesting social and cultural issues,” Parshall said.

“Even though Hurricane Katrina was a number of years ago, these are things that continually come up, so it’s still definitely applicable.

The book was chosen from a list that originally included several dozen books nominated online or by committee members. Parshall said the committee felt the book was instantly engaging.

“One of the things we look for is that it’s really enjoyable and engaging, because we don’t want students to get a few pages in and set it aside and not get into it,” Parshall said. “Everyone pretty much agreed that by page four, you were pretty hooked.”

According to ZeitounFoundation.org, the book

has previously been used for 15 reading programs at colleges and cities across the country, including freshman-reading programs at Duke University and the University of Illinois.

This year’s book is of a different genre than last year’s choice, Jean Twenge’s “Generation Me,” which is a statistics-based exploration of changes in generational attitudes. Parshall said the shift was a result of the new committee’s preferences.

“The genre can vary a lot year to year, but we don’t look to purposely vary the genre,” Parshall said.

The Office of New Student Programs is unsure whether Eggers will be available to speak on campus, but plans for activities relating to the book are still in the works.

“We haven’t yet finalized the

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“Zeitoun” by David Eggers sits in Barnes & Noble in Columbia.

“Zeitoun” will be the required freshman read as a part of Mizzou Reads.

speaker plans, but we’ll definitely have a speaker that’s entertaining and topical,” Parshall said.

University Bookstore is offering “Zeitoun” at a discounted price of $10 throughout the summer.

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OUTLOOK ON CAMPUS, AROUND THE NATION A collection of top stories from student newspapers across the nation Speakers inform students about Sharia law UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — The movement to ban Sharia Law in the United States continues to grow as more than a dozen states are considering legislation to ban this law, including Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma and Alabama.

This was one of the main reasons that Al-Islam Students Association decided to host an event about Islamic Sharia and Democracy, said Fazal Syed, treasurer of AISA. “It’s a recurring topic in the news and a lot of people have misconceptions of what it is and isn’t,” he said. “We wanted to bring in experts to shed light on the issue and dispel myths that prevail in the media.”

There are six important principles of Sharia law, which are the right to protection of life, family, education, religion, property and human dignity.

“Don’t these principles sound a lot like those espoused in our very own Constitution of the United States?” he said. “The term ‘Sharia law’ is a misnomer, because Sharia is not law, but a set of principles.”

— The Arkansas Traveler

By Saba Naseem

Iranian journalist speaks on importance of improving human rights UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA — In 2009, journalist Roxana Saberi was imprisoned in Iran for more than three months on charges of espionage for the United States. At the Mary Riepma Ross Center, she talked about her experience, what she learned and what others can learn about Iran, human rights, courage and the country’s inhabitants.

Her talk was just one program organized by the human rights and humanitarian affairs program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which has been reinvigorated by a gift from the Forsythe family.

“There are so many stories about individuals in Iran that we haven’t heard,” Saberi said in an interview before her talk.

Media coverage often focuses on Iran’s troubled relations with much of the world, which Saberi said are valid concerns, but the ordeals of the people on the ground — people like her cell mates, whose names are unknown to the outside world - aren’t heard.

“But they are people pursuing basic freedom,” Saberi said. “And they pay a great price for it. We need to speak out for those who can’t speak out.”

— The Daily Nebraskan

By Dan Holtmeyer

Hundreds take to the streets against sexual violence COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — Enthusiastic whistles and chants filled the night air on Thursday-the sounds of an estimated 800 students who gathered for the 23rd annual Take Back the Night march.

“These are conversations that don’t happen enough, and so the fact that we’re openly saying, ‘We’re standing here, we’re talking about it, speak out,’ is definitely a conversation starter,” said Jennifer Levinson, the co-coordinator of the march. “It’s the only forum like that on campus.”

According to organizers, the goal of the march, which was founded at the height of the feminist movement in 1978, is to acknowledge the problem of sexual violence on college campuses and to create a safe space for survivors.

— The Columbia Spectator

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GE tax controversy sparks Columbia protest The New York Times reported GE paid nothing in federal taxes for 2010.

STEVEN DICKHERBER News Editor Grass Roots Organizing, the Mexico, Mo.-based organization, took to the streets Monday to protest what it says is an unfair abuse of tax laws after The New York Times reported General Electric claimed $5.2 billion in profits from its American operations, yet paid nothing in federal taxes.

“Giant corporations are really avoiding paying their taxes,” GRO member Lily Tinker-Fortel said. “We’re paying our taxes. Wall Street should be paying their fair share too.”

GRO members used the last day of filing taxes as an opportunity to protest outside of Columbia’s downtown post office. Volunteers stopped those walking into or by the building and asked them to write letters to Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and President Barack Obama to take action against Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid cuts, as well as corporate tax loopholes.

“In the last two days, we’ll have collected over 200 letters to those elected, encouraging them to protect Social Security and Medicaid and Medicare,” Tinker-Fortel said. “I recognize that Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare are all programs that the American people want to protect and don’t want to see cut.”

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Grass Roots Organizing member Jean Blackwood works with Columbia resident Dinah Pearson as she writes a letter to Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., to protest the elimination of Social Security. GRO held the protest outside the Columbia Post Office on Monday.

Tinker-Fortel said she believed there was a strong connection between the program cuts and large corporations’ tax-minimizing policies.

“We’re talking about a budget crisis, and we’re raising awareness to the fact that these corporations aren’t paying their fair share in taxes, but that they’re talking about cutting these vital programs which are so important to the vast majority of Americans,” Tinker-Fortel said.

GRO Executive Director Robin Acree said she thinks the decisions corporations make with regard to taxes directly affect communities.

“We’ve got to hold corporate America accountable,” Acree said. “They’ve got to quit wall stripping our communities.”

According to Acree, several students stopped to write letters and several more vol-

unteered. But not everyone who saw the protest was convinced to write his or her legislators.

“They just told me they were signing a petition for Medicare or something,” freshman Alexia McGhee said. “I honestly don’t feel like it affects me.”

The New York Times reported GE spent over $4 million on outside lobbyists last year.

“We are a diverse company, so there are a lot of issues that the government considers, that Congress considers, that affect our shareholders,” G.E. spokesman Gary Sheffer told the New York Times. “So we want to be sure our voice is heard.”

Tinker-Fortel said the relationship between lobbyists and legislators inhibited true democracy.

“My opinion on corporate lobbyists in Congress is that

they have far too much influence,” Tinker-Fortel said.

“The ideal of a democratic society is a government run of the people, by the people and for the people. Too often today I think that we see the corporations are running the government.”

GE’S TAX

BREAKDOWN $14.5 billion GE's reported profits:

$14.2 billion

$7 billion Profits made from American operations: $5.1 billion Federal taxes GE paid:

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According to The New York Times, GE managed to completely mitigate its tax burden by lobbying for beneficial tax laws and smart accounting strategies.

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Freshman arrested for salvia, marijuana possession after traffic stop An officer stopped the student on Rollins Street.

An MU freshman was arrested with two other men Saturday night after an officer found salvia, marijuana and alcohol in their vehicle.

MU Police Department Capt. Scott Richardson said an officer made contact with the suspects just before 10 p.m. during a traffic stop.

“The vehicle was stopped after an officer observed the van turning onto east-

bound Rollins Street from northbound Hitt Street without showing any lights,” Richardson said. “The car was eventually stopped on southbound Virginia Avenue.”

While speaking with the suspects, the officer noticed marijuana seeds inside the vehicle, Richardson said.

“Upon searching the vehicle, the officer found two bags of marijuana, one weighing 10 grams and the other weighing 15 grams,” Richardson said.

“In addition, the officer found Seagram’s gin and

Budweiser beer inside the vehicle.”

Richardson said the officer also discovered .3 grams of salvia after searching the car. According to the Missouri Revised Statutes, salvia is a Schedule I controlled substance and possession is a Class C felony.

Freshman Steven Fonseca was arrested on suspicion of possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana and possession of alcohol by a minor. Both Daniel Parks and Shane Elliott, residents of Florissant, were arrested on the same two charges.

Possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana and possession of alcohol by a minor are both misdemeanor offenses, according to the Missouri Revised Statutes.

Parks, the 19-year-old driver, was also arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and failure to display lights.

According to Boone County records, Parks was taken to Boone County Jail on Saturday night and released Sunday on $4,500 bond.

— Kelsey Maffett, staff writer

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Man shot to death inside apartment Donnell G. Coleman suffered a gunshot wound to the chest.

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Donnell G. Coleman was shot to death in his apartment, 7711 N. La Porte Ave., late Sunday. The fourunit apartment complex is located STAT E RO AD H near Route HH, which is north of H Columbia.

“Upon arrival, officers discovered a man in the residence who had been shot in the chest,” Detective Tom O’Sullivan said. “There were ASHLEY LANE| GRAPHICS ASSISTANT individuals trying to perform CPR on him. Our officers came over and brought the medics in, but they talking with friends, relatives and weren’t able to revive him.” associates of the victim,” he said.

Coleman was pronounced dead “We’re trying to determine anyone on the scene. who may have wanted to do him According to a 25-year-old woman who was at the residence harm. We’re trying to ascertain a when the incident occurred, a few motive for this crime.”

The mid-Missouri Major Case men forcibly entered through the front door displaying guns. When Squad became involved with the victim stood from the couch, the investigation early Monday the suspects almost instantly shot morning.

Evidence has been located, but him in the chest and fled the scene.

Witnesses said the men left in a O’Sullivan couldn’t share any specific details. The evidence hasn’t dark sedan.

O’Sullivan said there are no sus- led the deputies to any suspects, pected motives yet, but the depart- however. ment is investigating.

Coleman’s criminal record “We’re looking at a number of shows in the past, he pled guilty to different possibilities, obviously,” he misdemeanor said. “When possession of you have a marijuana, home invasion, We're trying to determine third-degree illegal drugs anyone who may have want- assault and many times are ed to do him harm. We're operating a at the root of vehicle withtrying to ascertain a motive it. It also could out a valid be robbery. We for this crime. driver’s license. haven’t closed Tom O'Sullivan O’Sullivan the door on Detective urged anyone any possible with any information on the case theory.”

The department has begun to contact Crime Stoppers at (573) reaching out to friends and family 875-TIPS. He ensured anyone sharin search of a motive, O’Sullivan ing information would remain confidential and anonymous. said.

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J school must end technology requirement trend A School of Journalism faculty committee’s exploration of potential new technology requirements for incoming Journalism students is cause for concern. Although no decisions have been made, some faculty members suggest the iPad could be the next required poison Apple in line for students and Brian Brooks, the associate dean for undergraduate studies, is pushing for the device’s implementation.

Considering that the iPod touch requirement was nothing but a bust in the J school, forcing students to purchase an expensive device that is hardly, if ever, used in courses, it’s troublesome that J school administrators are already looking into future requirements.

The iPod touch requirement was sold to incoming students when it was approved in spring 2009 based on the plan to intensively use the technology in introductory journalism classes. As any J school student knows, this didn’t happen, and we have no faith that the school will be any more effective in utilizing an iPad into coursework.

Brooks admitted in the past that the requirement could not be enforced, though propaganda-like literature sent to incoming journalism students convinced them that, if they owned anything but an iPod touch or, God forbid, nothing at all, they would most likely fall behind in their studies, as the technology was intensively utilized (even though it wasn’t).

Even more troublesome is that, at the time the requirement was approved by Journalism Faculty, only nine people out of 49 opposed the measure, and they did so on the grounds that they should not require only one brand of technology.

Furthermore, the technology “requirements” don’t stop there.

In upper level classes, students are required to buy expensive programs like Foliotek, iMovie and iWeb packages and other software which, often times, are only used once or twice.

Class curriculums should be designed around content. Leave it up to the student to decide if they’d rather record an interview on a new iPod touch or a simple tape recorder. Massive, general technological requirements do little for productivity, considering they are rarely utilized, if at all. It’s also offensive to assume that it’s the parents that pay for the technology when, in fact, large numbers of students take out their own loans for their “required” MacBooks and iPod touches.

We strongly urge the J school to stop requiring new technologies for their students, especially when they haven’t even found useful ways to utilize the current ones, like the iPod touch.

Even though some students could be reimbursed for the iPod Touch, it was only after purchasing the $2,000 MacBook Pro package.

When administrators push every new device in Apple’s product line every couple years, the policies cease to be requirements. They aren’t even friendly recommendations — they’re endorsements.

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City Council out of touch with needs, wants Last night marked the first time the new Columbia City Council members met, and saying they aren't off to a good start is being generous.

Several measures were discussed, including a proposal to increase parking rates and a new "notaxi pickup" pilot program.

Both of which, we find outrageous and highly detrimental to students.

First, the parking proposal would increase street parking rates from 50 cents per hour to 60 cents and would extend ticketing hours from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The point? Construction for the twin parking garage (we'll call it the Garagasaurus) for the new Fifth and Walnut Parking Structure (we'll call it Garage Majal) needs financing, and what better way to raise funds than to squeeze money from students who, for the most part, won't even be parking in the garage.

To use the garages in the first place, residents have to pay regular parking rates.

It's ludicrous that the city is considering building another massive garage when the first one is barely used as is.

At the meeting, the proposal was tabled for 45 days, and will be discussed again this summer. Also, because the proposal was tabled, there will not be an official opportunity for public comments before the final vote.

What's more troublesome is the mayor alluded to the idea that parking rates would be increased on MU's campus from 50 to 75 cents per hour instead of increasing garage parking fares. If this clause is put in the ordinance, it will be voted on conveniently when most students are not on campus to oppose it, as the measure was tabled until the summer.

It seems grossly unfair the city would make the students foot the new megalith's bill when they wouldn't be the people using it on a daily basis.

Students generally park on campus during the week, not downtown.

The city should not be concerned about building the Garagasaurus when, again, the first one isn't even used to its full potential.

City Council should be more focused on controlling spending and finding new, logical sources of

revenue.

Speaking of illogical sources of revenue, another proposal discussed at the meeting institutes a pilot program this summer designed to eliminate double parking by making an informal agreement with taxi services that would keep taxis from being able to pick people up off several streets, including Broadway, downtown between 9 p.m. and 2:30 a.m.

There would only be five designated pick-up locations in downtown Columbia.

Justification for the programs comes from an 'apparent' need to make commutes easier for local residents.

What?

At first, because the proposal is so incredibly misguided, we thought City Council could have accidentally switched "a.m." and "p.m." and had been attempting to ease traffic downtown during lunch hours. Alas, we were wrong.

They're serious. We can understand the need to eliminate double parking when traffic is heavy during times of high commute, say, midday or rush hour.

But in the middle of the night? After shops have closed and, for the most part, the only establishments open are serving alcohol? That's when they want to make it more difficult for people downtown to find a safe ride home?

You'd think City Council members would want more people who have been drinking to find safe rides home and not drive.

This initiative seems counterintuitive to that goal.

Yes, there are the four locations for taxi pickup.

But, again, less taxi availability will likely lead to more instances of driving under the influence. And even if individuals choose to walk to one of the four locations, it means there are denser congregations of those belligerent drunks about which the Columbia Police Department seems to be so worried.

While voluntary now, if enacted, taxis would be ticketed if they stop in the street to pick up a fare, and CPD says that enforcement would increase dramatically.

It seems odd that taxi companies would agree to the initiative, since they'd be losing revenue.

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THOUGHTS? Poet and author Maya Angelou’s appearance Thursday in Jesse Hall got students talking. Here is some feedback we got from our readers.

This was great and I love it and I hope she gets invited back next year, if she comes back next year I hope they let her speak longer and maybe start a little earlier. I am so glad I went, what a phoenomal woman!

— Shawn Owens via Facebook That same night, Brother Jed and MU atheist activist Dave Muscato held an on-campus debate on the question, “Is Christianity True?”

Again, here is some feedback from our readers.

Brother Jed is quoted as saying: “But most men will rob, steal and cheat if they think they can get away with it. The Christian won’t rob, steal or cheat because he knows it’s not virtuous. If everyone were Christian, the world would be a better place.” Pffftttt...Brother Jed, It is my experience that... as a rule... atheists, agnostics, humanists, free thinkers, etc. that I have known, known about or encountered are FAR far more ‘virtuous’... moral... ethical... kind... considerate... honest... that most Christians that I have known, known about or encountered. I guess you could say that they are more ‘christian’ than the Christians are. Sort of makes one wonder if this can be quantified in any way, or if I’m just blowing smoke... doesn’t it? (…..)

— DuckPhup via themaneater.com Our staff editorial on bidding good riddance to Representative Luetkenmeyer also started conversation on themaneater.com Wow. Looks like the Maneater editorial staff has a beef with Paul Sloca, and that is a terrible reason to celebrate being redistricted into the 4th Congressional, Vicki “I hate gays” Hartzler presiding.

Yeah, Luetkemeyer is a terrible representative for Columbia, but you’re leaving him, he’s not leaving Congress. Boone County will lose its regional political clout by being lumped into a western Missouri district that has two military bases.

Do you think the university can compete for attention against the sacred cow defense budget? And what about the bigger picture?

The GOP dominated redistricting committees are drawing a GOP dominated Congressional map that will ensure six Republicans and only two Democrats get elected every two years. Seventy-five percent of the delegation will be GOP in a swing state that averages about a 50-50 partisan split! Does that seem like fair representation to the students and university? Don’t celebrate this because it will change nothing. You’re trading a load of crap for a pile of manure.

— John E. A. via themaneater.com

"We are out here fighting injustice everyday on the streets, and we're trying to make a difference in our community-not just in Columbia, but across the street and across the country."

— Executive Director of GRO Robin Acree on GRO protesting Monday of what it says is an unfair abuse of taxes

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"We can't buy a million-dollar piece of dirt if we're not going to put a garage on it."

— Second Ward Councilman Jason Thornhill on the concern of over financing for the new parking garage on Short Street

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"Giant corporations are really avoiding paying their taxes. We're paying our taxes; Wall Street should be paying their fair share too."

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Politics shouldn’t define LGBT community Alex Pesek You’ve seen them: bejeweled and underwear donned, dancing wildly on parade floats, waving their flags in summer breezes. Yes, they who infiltrate your suburban sensitivities, who shove sexual politics down your throat, are ubiquitous.

I’ll admit, they’re an unfair stereotype of the LGBT community.

For one, it’s not every day a parade fills your streets, and even the most salacious reserve their jazzy undergarments for special occasions. But their collective message, their mantra, does not die away between parade seasons.

I’m not ambiguous about my sexuality, nor do I willingly conceal my politics, so it would be unfair of me to critique the LGBT community solely for being too aggressive. However, my membership in the activist community

has only ever been categorical, not equally voluntary.

LGBT community members claim the concept of pride is centered purely around one’s own liberation in their sexuality, gender identity or identity as a whole.

They claim politics and religion have no role in said pride, and pride events are merely the collective celebration of a multitude of sexualities, gender identities, oddities and quirks that define the community.

Yet one cannot mistake the message embedded in their activity — that legislation on marriage must be passed immediately, but moreover, that groups in opposition to said legislation are unequivocally prejudicial, if not hateful. Religious fanatics, radical right-wingers and conservative Christians are the trade definitions of those opposed to marriage legislation, yet the definitions do not completely carry the hateful weight latent in their rhetoric otherwise.

Groups like the Westboro Baptist Church are treated both as extreme opposition and as the

expected paradigm for all religious or moral opposition to nonheterosexual identities. Religious or moral opposition is thus treated as unequivocally hateful and archaic, and discussions regarding sexual morality are immediately stifled and thrown out the window.

In addition, LGBT community members seem loathe to recognize that oppositional politics exist within their own community.

If pro-LGBT religious or conservative communities are actually given publicity, they are not only treated as random anomalies, but are posited as model minorities for otherwise discriminatory religious and conservative groups. In other words, they are what Christians, Catholics, Republicans, Jews, Muslims or anyone else should be in the eyes of the LGBT and their allies.

Perhaps the issue we should question is the relation — or, conversely, the separation — of sexuality and politics. As both openly gay and a political and social conservative, I find my politics certainly have reference to my sexu-

ality and are thus not mutually exclusive from it, but my politics are not defined by my sexuality. If the LGBT community is to define their politics by their sexualities and genders, so be it. But they should not foreclose the possibility of political identities existing outside of traditional LGBT narratives the community so fiercely defends. Otherwise, conservative/ religious/non-radical/anti-militant/anti-pride LGBT folk will continue to feel disenfranchised from the community.

If the LGBT community wants to get anything done, politically or socially, it’s time for them to rid their politics of a “proLGBT/LGBT-hating” binary and to accept that opposition, namely moral opposition, is rational and should be treated equally.

Acceptance in a democracy is not a right given to you through legislation, but rather a reciprocated social practice.

So LGBT community, quit stifling your opposition, put some clothes on and talk real politics.

Otherwise, expect more of the same.

POLITICS: LEFT FOR DEAD

Forced health: Is forced happiness next?

Taeler De Haes The Chicago Public School District's Little Village Academy Middle School banned kids from bringing their own lunches.

They may only eat what the cafeteria provides them, and some kids are refusing to eat lunch at all.

Principal Elsa Carmona finds it unacceptable that kids are bringing soda and chips to school for snack. Assuming parents are incapable of providing healthy options for their kids, she explains. "It is milk versus a Coke. But with allergies and any medical issue, of course, we would make an exception."

What about religious matters or picky eaters? How about vegetarians or vegans? There are no accommodations for them.

However, Elsa is not the only one; all of CPS is advocating this healthy initiative in all of the wrong ways.

Some schools still allow the sack lunches, but principles can act like food-Nazis and confiscate them if a food is deemed unhealthy. Elsa insisted the policy is common practice, even

though she could not name another district practicing the policy.

CPS recently implemented new, nutritional guidelines.

They will now offer a different vegetable every day. I'm sure they are purchasing the cheapest, powdered potatoes they can find.

A 25 percent whole grain

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chicken patty is served every day, alongside breaded fish wrapped in a starchy flour tortilla.

Kids have the choice of getting a scoop of brown, iceberg lettuce on the side, and kids say the apples taste like hand sanitizer.

Besides the obvious immorality of the food fight, the decision hurts CPS economically.

I am well aware that 34 percent of Americans are classified as ‘obese’; however, obesity is not going to be cured by neglecting human rights or the rights of parents. The government is sending out a message through CPS saying parents are incapable of feeding their own children healthily.”

requirement on breakfast was added, and these breakfast items cannot contain any "dessert or candy-type" ingredients.

Oh, and only reduced fat salad dressings and mayonnaise will be offered.

They are so proud of their new changes that they cannot put a menu anywhere online to glance at.

Looking at several food reviews from parents, since a menu is not posted, a 60-ingredient, grey

The federal government pays the district for each free or reducedprice lunch taken, and the caterer receives a set fee from the district per lunch.

The school pockets its cut of the action.

Families who do not qualify for free lunch or a discount for their kids are forced to pay around $2.25 per day.

"We don't spend anywhere close to that on my son's daily intake of a sandwich (lovingly

cut into the shape of a Star Wars ship), Goldfish crackers and milk," Northwestern education policy professor Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach told Openmarket.org in defense of her healthy lunches.

I am well aware that 34 percent of Americans are classified as "obese"; however, obesity is not going to be cured by neglecting human rights or the rights of parents.

The government is sending out a message through CPS saying parents are incapable of feeding their own children healthily.

We can eat whatever we choose, and parents can feed their children however they please.

It's reported kids are throwing away their lunches untouched and chanting, "We should bring our own food!"

These kids have not even reached puberty, and the government is regulating their food choices.

This is teaching kids nothing but rebellion. Plain and simple, the government cannot force feed them. Yes, provide healthy choices, but do not make the choices.

If the children are being forced to eat what is provided, they will never learn how to delegate what is healthy on their own.

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ALBUM REVIEWS TV ON THE RADIO: ‘NINE TYPES OF LIGHT’

4.5 out of 5 stars TV on the Radio’s newly released album Nine Types of Light is nine kinds of awesome. Not only has TVOTR produced an aesthetic funk album, but it has also created a dynamic hour-long film to accompany Light’s 10 songs.

The song “Caffeinated Consciousness” sounds like the band is drinking a Monster throughout the making, and this keeps you wanting more. Starting with high-energy guitar and keyboard elements, the song flows into a soothing bridge, and then bumps right back into the upbeat verses again.

“It might be impractical to seek out a new romance/ we won’t know the actual if we never take the chance,” are the first lyrics that set the beautiful, melancholic tone in song “Will Do,” arguably the best track on the album. With its neat riffs and lullaby-like lyrics, “Will Do” will have you lovesick — in a good way.

“Second Song,” a track with a folksy feel, and “No Future Shock,” a track that could be 2050’s latest dance craze, show off the versatility of the band. Both songs use interjections of horns and piano, but in “Second Song” the instruments are used to make the melody grandiose, while “No Future Shock” uses them to pump up the chorus into a bouncy frenzy.

Yet, the songs from the Nine Types of Light aren’t the only songs worth mentioning here. The video that accompanies the album release collages compelling interviews, movie-type film and picturesque music videos into one gratifying piece. The result is a music video straight out of a Levi’s “Go Forth” ad campaign.

Nine Types of Light’s few downs include its ambiguous lyrics and occasional fuzzy percussive elements, but overall its effect is exhilarating and dreamy.

— Melissa Gilstrap, senior staff writer

FLEET FOXES: ‘HELPLESSNESS BLUES’

4.5 out of 5 stars With its extraordinary debut in 2008, Seattle’s Fleet Foxes helped propel the modern resurgence in folk music, such as Mumford and Sons and The Head and the Heart.

The four-part harmonies hearkened back to The Beach Boys and The Zombies, while the ornate musicianship and chord progressions used Fairport Convention and Pentangle as touchstones. It was a welcome sound that listeners hadn’t heard in years.

But while Mumford and Sons and The Head and the Heart seem to exploit the trend with cheesy hearton-sleeve lyricism and recycled, easily digestible melodies, Fleet Foxes proves its legitimacy and songwriting prowess with Helplessness Blues, a deeply personal and complex record that shoves worries of the sophomore slump down pessimists’ throats.

Frontman Robin Pecknold has revealed the difficulties associated with the making of Helplessness Blues, including the ending of his relationship of three years, alienation and physical illness. But rather than cave to the pressure and stress, Pecknold clearly channels his frustrations and existential crises into these 12 songs. “How could I dream of such a selfless and true love/could I wash my hand of/ just looking out for me,” he sings on opener “Montezuma.” Its self-titled debut was rich with vague, bucolic imagery, but here we get insight into the songwriter’s character.

But as much as Pecknold reflects about regret and doubt, he avoids self-loathing and lamentation.

Contrary to what the title of the record connotes, there is also a fair amount of hopefulness in his words and melodies. This isn’t simply a purging of feelings and anxieties without resolution. Album closer “Grown Ocean” especially takes in all of the uncertainty and worry of the songs before it; with Pecknold exclaiming “I know someday the smoke will all burn off/All these voices I’ll someday have turned off.”

Helplessness Blues is a gorgeous, powerful statement and quite honestly, a landmark in American music.

— Eric Staszczak, reporter

Kaleidoscope Showcase uses art as activism ALEXIS HITT Staff Writer Poetry, foreign cuisine, artwork and fashion brought together members of the MU community at the Kaleidoscope Showcase: Art as Activism on Saturday at The Shack.

Kaleidoscope is a semi-annual event with a goal of raising awareness of social injustices around the world and promoting cultural unity through various art forms.

“Art is living, art is not just movements and galleries,” sophomore Kiara Lanier, founder and organizer, said. “We wear art.

We eat art. Art is all of these different things.

(At Kaleidoscope) it is something that is interactive and we all are able to play a part in it.”

Following an open mic set, special performing guest Jasmine Mans, poet, took the stage. Despite her young age of 19, Mans has been immensely involved in the poetry community, including appearances on “Def Poetry” and “Brave New Voices” on HBO. Mans explained that although she is thankful for the attention she has gained recently, she’s not nearly as successful as she plans to be.

“It’s one thing to be famous, but it’s another thing to be the next Maya Angelou or be the next top-selling author,” Mans said.

“That’s my goal, to be one of the next great black writers and to essentially bring back the black arts movement.”

At the start of her set, Mans immediately captivated the audience with her bold, intense, in-your-face poetry. Along with her whole body, Mans used her facial expressions and her words to convey the message of her poems to the audience.

“I think as artists we have to take activism to a creative place in order for the people to understand it, to appreciate it and to dwell in it,” Mans said. “We can take these serious events, make something beautiful out of it and learn from it. Cultural unity is important and it’s the only way we can sustain

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Alana Marie walks down the runway during Kaleidoscope, an art showcase involving poetry readings and a fashion show at The Shack on Saturday night. Student designers displayed their garments that were inspired from countries in need, such as Haiti and Japan.

ourselves as a human race.”

The event ended with a fashion show that showcased collections from studentdesigners. Each collection was intended to represent one of the 17 countries in turmoil that Kaleidoscope was raising awareness for.

Designers, sophomore Jeff Perkins and junior Alison Turner, designed their collection around Haiti and Japan. The overall theme of their collection was traditional dress meets modern. Both designers agreed that a majority of their inspiration stemmed from looking at the destruction within these countries and how it affected the people.

“I think seeing all their pain and everything that these people went through, we felt that emotion and we brought that emotion to the clothes,” Perkins said.

Both Perkins and Turner agreed that

being involved in an event like Kaleidoscope was exciting and allowed them to be more culturally aware. “(Being involved in Kaleidoscope) you’re not just sitting back and letting another day go by,” Perkins said. “No matter what talent you have, you can always make a change through your art.”

Members of the board of Kaleidoscope explained that they thought the event was not only successful in promoting activism, but in inspiring other students to also act on their own cause.

“Even if you’re not an artist, it definitely instills something in you,” freshman Malik Saaka said. “Not to sound cheesy, but if you want something bad enough, you can do it, no matter how small or large the scale. I think that’s definitely what we’ve achieved here today.”

a blizzard.

“Knowing that not long before I began walking, I was on a stage, people were taking pictures of me…” Wayne said. “And then, the next day you’re on the road walking, simulating being a homeless person, and no one wants to look at you. It really brings you down to earth.”

Wayne’s walk was part of his Meet Me Halfway campaign, which seeks to raise awareness about homeless youths and young adults aging out of the foster care system.

Wayne said his need to do something big came after speaking with a youth about to age out of the foster care system.

“I asked him where he was going to go,” Wayne said. “And he said, ‘I don’t know.’

That made me really anxious to do something… and it needed to be as wild and crazy as walking halfway across America.”

According to Meet Me Halfway’s website, one in four young adults are incarcerated within two years of aging out of the foster care system.

Event organizer Zach Parolin met Wayne while working in Nashville and joined him for part of his walk during his spring break. As a result of that friendship, Parolin was able to secure Wayne for a concert in Columbia. Last semester, Parolin helped

create Project Sol, an organization raising awareness and funds for Rainbow House.

“When we formed the organization last semester, I told him the idea I had to bring him to Mizzou to share his story,” Parolin said. “We could not have done it with any other artist, just because he had such a giving spirit.”

Wayne said the best way to help homeless youths is just by donating time, whether that means donating old clothes or being a friend.

“You’d be surprised how much they don’t ask for,” Wayne said, “Because they’re not used to getting it. So they don’t ask for anything.”

Wayne described his performance as a very surgical strike, targeting the heartstrings.

“I go for the core of the heart and tell them the truth about what these kids are going through,” he said. “You can’t be human not to be inspired by that.”

Wayne feels that since his walk, there has been more awareness in the public about this issue. And whether more people are spreading the word everything helps.

“If there’s one homeless individual, one homeless child, that’s enough to compel you to make a difference,” Parolin said. “One is too many.”

Organization raises awareness for homeless youth through music TERESA KLASSEN Staff Writer There are 198 homeless children and teenagers in the Columbia Public School District.

This is why Rainbow House opened in 1986, to help Columbia’s homeless children.

More than 350 youths received help from Rainbow House last year. The Homeless Youth Program provides teenagers with an emergency shelter as well as a transitional living program.

“A lot of the time it’s these teens that want to make those good choices and didn’t have the structure or support they needed,” said Rainbow House Marketing Director Brenda Jackman.

Country music artist Jimmy Wayne performed Tuesday at a free concert in Jesse Auditorium to benefit Rainbow House.

Once a homeless youth himself, Wayne has made a name for himself as a national spokesperson for youths who are homeless or in foster care.

Last year, he walked 1,700 miles from Nashville to Phoenix in order to raise awareness for homeless children and teens — continuing his trek despite rattlesnakes, injury and being robbed in the middle of

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‘Queer Monologues’ battles injustice Students wrote the majority of the pieces performed.

JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor The performers in Sunday’s production of the “Queer Monologues” didn’t share the same stories, sexual orientation or amount of theatre background experience. What they did share is their desire to end discrimination for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning community.

About 200 people gathered in Allen Auditorium to experience the pleasure, laughter, pain and, occasionally, discomfort the monologues inspired.

“The show takes what has been a marginalized story and puts it on the center stage,” co-director Milbre Burch said.

Throughout the two-hour production, 19 monologues were performed.

Performers penned some pieces, and others were professionally produced.

Because parts of the script are written every year, the performance is never the same.

“This is a living script,” co-director Bryan Vandevender said. “It changes year to year. This year, we had almost all new work.”

LGBTQ Resource Center Coordinator Ryan Black was especially proud of this fact.

“These aren’t scripts that we just found somewhere else and decided to perform,” he said. “Either our performers this year wrote them, or they are scripts from previous years. It’s very unique.”

In her piece “Becoming an Insider,” graduate student Hung Chiao said she had never even contemplated embarking on a relationship with a woman.

Dating men her entire life, Chiao found herself falling in love with a female when she was 27.

She now proudly calls herself a bisexual.

“I’m still me, but my perception of the world is never the same,” she said.

Not every performer was a member of the LGBTQ community because of their sexual orientation. Some were allies. Christy Hutton, Counseling Center Programming and Outreach coordinator, was one example of this.

“I am a straight, white, Baptist from Texas, and I am on your side,” she said in her script for “Evolution of an Ally.”

“Deal with it.”

Some monologues strayed from the serious nature of other pieces, and instead opted to elicit laughs from the audience.

Hutton’s “SPERM Panel” mocked the world’s straight-dominant society, telling audience members not to be afraid to come out of the closet as straight.

“If you think you might be straight, you’re not alone,” performer Kayden Prinster said.

“MU Straight People Embracing Romantic Monogamy” was the name of

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Graduate student Dakota Raynes speaks at the “Queer Monologues” on Sunday. The monologues, which focused on experiences of the LGBTQ community, were written and performed by MU students.

the student organization in the piece.

“There have been many important heterosexuals throughout history, for example, Adam and Eve,” Prinster said, continuing the audience’s laughter.

Performers ranged in theater experience and stage comfort. But this didn’t impede the production, the directors said. Rather, it enhanced it.

“We had quite a broad range of experience and comfort levels,” Vandevender said. “And I think that is what made it

awesome.”

All of the performances were unique outlets for the cast to express their thoughts and feelings about being a member of the LGBTQ community.

“It provides a need that is not addressed elsewhere,” Vandevender said. “I don’t think there’s another event like this.”

And judging by the final performance, the cast seemed to agree.

“I am fucking proud of who I am,” the cast said in unison.

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Jake Kreinberg

Fox brings Big 12 stability, unfair distribution

The Missouri football team played its annual Black and Gold game Saturday, but the biggest headline of the week came from off the field.

Last Wednesday, the Big 12 Conference signed a new deal with Fox Sports for exclusive cable rights to the league’s Tier II football games, matchups that are not picked up by ABC/ESPN but can still attract a regional audience (think MU’s game against Kansas State).

Under the current deal that expires at the end of this season, Fox pays the conference $20 million annually. The new contract is good for 13 years and will pay the Big 12 $90 million each year, a 350 percent increase. And when you figure the money will be split ten ways rather than 12, the deal becomes even sweeter.

Fox claims it offered the increased amount because the market value for college football has risen substantially and that the value for live sporting events in general has gone up as they remain “DVR-proof” compared to staged sitcoms and dramas. Because a higher percentage of people watch them live, networks can demand higher advertising fees.

So what does this mean for Missouri and the Big 12?

For the conference, the contract brings stability in the short term and wards off questions of splitting up.

At its bleakest hour last summer, no one gave the Big 12 and commissioner Dan Beebe a chance of surviving conference expansion.

Yet the Big 12 survived and will now receive $150 million from its television contracts. The conference has a concurrent deal with ABC/ESPN through the 2015-16 season for its highest-profile games worth $60 million per year. Doing some quick math, each team should receive $15 million.

Emphasis on “should”.

Because the Big 12 catered to Texas to prevent it from leaving, unequal revenue sharing will still exist except on a greater scale. Teams with the most television exposure receive the lion’s share of revenue, so Texas and Oklahoma may receive $20 million while Iowa State and Baylor may only attain $10 million.

When you add in the $30 million ESPN pays Texas to produce a 24-hour Longhorn Network, you suddenly have a $40 million disparity in finances, which provides many advantages when it comes to facilities, marketing, etc., which can bring in better recruits and translate to more success on the field.

Not to mention, Texas generated $68.83 million in profit from its football program between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, according to Forbes Magazine.

Missouri, comparatively, received $11.61. That’s an additional $57 million right there.

When evaluating the numbers, it’s easy to see why universities grumble about fairness. Suddenly, conferences such as the Big Ten Conference and the Southeastern Conference that split up television revenue equally seem quite attractive.

For schools that may have missed out on the musical chairs event last summer should the Big 12 South have joined the Pac-10, having a seat at the table (albeit the kiddie table) in the new Big 12 is enough to be content.

But for a school such as Missouri that undoubtedly called for a fairer distribution last summer, the new contract brings no relief on that subject. The Fox deal is a band-aid on a larger problem, so it’s easy to see why history may repeat itself with another round of conference expansion and the public hearing about schools unhappy in their current situation.

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Thomas brilliant in extrainning victory over Oklahoma PAT IVERSEN Staff Writer With a standing-room-only crowd and a national audience watching, the No. 9 Missouri Tigers played about four hours of scoreless softball Sunday before taking down No. 14 Oklahoma by a score of 1-0.

The 1,712 fans packed into University Field had to wonder if they were experiencing a case of déjà vu. Just a day after beating Oklahoma in nine innings, Missouri (35-5, 9-0) had to wait until the bottom of the 11th for the game to dramatically finish.

Sophomore pitcher Chelsea Thomas said she never doubted the Tigers would pull through.

“That was just a grit-it-out type of day,” Thomas said. “They’re a great team, but we’re the better team. I believed that the whole way through. I kept saying ‘I’m here as long as you need me, let’s just get one run.’

These are the kinds of games that’ll get us through the postseason.”

After 10 and one-half innings without either team scoring a run, Missouri finally broke through in the bottom of the 11th.

Senior Abby Vock singled and stole second base with one out, and sophomore Nicole Hudson drove her in with a single to centerfield for the walk-off hit.

“I guess it was just right timing,” Hudson said.

Thomas, who had pitched all nine innings the day before, threw another complete game gem for her 20th win of the season. She went 11 innings, allowing six hits and striking out 17 batters for the second consecutive day. Thomas’ 20-inning, 34-strikeout weekend is something Missouri coach Ehren Earleywine said left him speechless.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Earleywine said. “Not only did she do it, but she did it against a team that has hit about 60 home runs, batting .310 as a team with a lot of lefties. That’s usually not the greatest matchup for a right-handed pitcher, and she just absolutely dominated.”

Missouri got 12 hits and loaded the bases a couple of times, but Oklahoma pitcher Keilani Ricketts was just as good at getting out of trouble as Thomas was. Ricketts struck out 13 Missouri hitters, a day after racking up 16 strikeouts. Although she eventually made the game-winning hit, Hudson

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Missouri softball head coach Ehren Earleywine celebrates after senior Abby Vock is declared safe at home plate Sunday at University Field. The Tigers defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 1-0 in the 11th inning.

said Ricketts was nearly unhittable.

“Ricketts had an unbelievable game,” Hudson said. “You have to give credit to her.

We’re a great hitting team, and she shut us down. It was just a game of cat-and-mouse the entire time. I felt like everything I was looking for, she would throw the opposite.”

Both Ricketts and Thomas made good use of their off-speed pitches, mixing up pitch selections to keep the hitters off balance. Earleywine pointed to the effectiveness of both pitchers as the reason for the long game.

“We’d get geared up in a good hitting count and she’d throw one of those changeups and it just turns the whole day around,” Earleywine said. “I think right when hitters started to jump up and speed their bat up, the pitchers threw a changeup and then (as a batter) you’re upside down and don’t know what to do.”

Earleywine said after the game the sweep over Oklahoma shouldn’t go unnoticed, and Missouri proved something this weekend.

“I just think nationwide it sends a statement that our program is for real,” Earleywine said. “We’re not a flash in the pan, and we showed that for 22 innings we could play with one of the best teams in the country. We’re not a fluke. We’re not a pretender.”

TERRIFIC THOMAS With 13 games remaining in the regular season, Mizzou softball pitcher Chelsea Thomas’ earned run average of 0.64 stands as the fifth-best in Big 12 softball history.

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Walk-off single snaps Tiger losing streak NATE ATKINS Staff Writer When Missouri sophomore outfielder Blake Brown stepped into the batter’s box in a 2-2 game in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday, he knew it was time.

With the sun high in the sky and Kansas Jayhawk blue dotting the Taylor Stadium diamond, the daunting task of hitting with runners in scoring position hovered like a permanent cloud over the Missouri leadoff man. But in the shadow of a school-record nine-game losing streak, Brown knew this was a clutch moment.

“I knew he’d come with a fastball away,” Brown said. “That’s what I was looking for.”

Brown stepped in, squared up and delivered.

Sparked by senior designated hitter Jonah Schmidt’s two-out RBI to tie the game at 2-2 the previous inning, Brown provided the hit of the season Saturday with a one-out walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth

to collect a 3-2 victory. In the flash of a victorious jog around the base path, the losing streak was over.

It was no doubt a monumental accomplishment for Brown to deliver the longawaited walk-off single against the arch rival and end the longest losing streak in school history, but the dramatic ending to Saturday’s rivalry game seemingly followed a script co-written by every Black and Gold player eager to return to winning ways.

“That’s been the monkey on our back, hitting with runners in scoring position,” sophomore outfielder Brannon Champagne said. “(The walk-off) was scripted how I thought it was going to be. Beating our rival in a tough game… you don’t get a better feeling than this.”

The storybook finish was staged by what has been a trying campaign for the Tigers this season. With close losses cutting at the wound, it seemed that Missouri (14-21, 2-9 Big 12 Conference) couldn’t buy a victory during the last two weeks.

The Tigers suffered defeats to Oklahoma,

Texas, Oklahoma State, Southern IllinoisEdwardsville and Kansas during the streak, with five of the losses coming by four runs or fewer.

With failures to deliver in the clutch characterizing the skid, coach Tim Jamieson’s previous night’s challenge proved to be prophesying.

“It’s not that we need someone to have divine intervention,” the coach said following Friday’s 8-3 defeat to the Jayhawks. “We just need one of our guys to get a big hit.”

The drought came to an end Saturday when both Schmidt and Brown got the big hits the Tigers needed to put the streak behind them.

“Baseball is a game of ‘What have you done for me lately?’” Brown said. “Being able to (deliver) today was a blessing.”

The day’s master of finishing touches paused for a moment before completing the thought.

Cracking a long-overdue smile, Brown added, “Especially against KU.”

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Sophomore Blake Brown steals second base for the second time against the Kansas Jayhawks on Sunday at Taylor Stadium. The Tigers lost the game on Sunday by a score of 6-0 and lost the series 2-1.

Jayhawks take 2 of 3 games from Tigers The team fell to 2-9 in conference, despite snapping a nine game losing streak.

MIKE VOREL Staff Writer The Missouri baseball team had lost eight straight games and two consecutive series heading into the threegame Border Showdown this weekend with Kansas, and the Jayhawks did not seem very sympathetic toward their rivals’ struggles.

Kansas left town with a 2-1 record over the weekend, and their first series win in Columbia since 1983.

Missouri fell to a conference-worst 2-9 in the Big 12, and have lost 10 of their last 11 games overall.

Kansas set the tone for the weekend in Friday’s series opener, claiming an 8-3 win.

The Jayhawks touched up freshman starter Rob Zastryzny for five earned runs in his 5.1 innings of work.

Zastryzny, whose 3.60 ERA leads Missouri starters, turned in perhaps his worst start of the season, and coach Tim Jamieson said it was likely because he was just trying to do too much.

“I think Rob overthrew, because he was trying to carry the team, so hopefully we can just relax and try to play more controlled baseball,” Jamieson said.

Despite producing 11 hits in the game, the Tiger offense could only push across three runs.

They continued to struggle mightily with runners in scoring position, stranding a total of 11 Tigers on the base paths.

But after a demoralizing nine-game losing streak, Missouri finally broke through with a 3-2 win on Saturday.

Junior starter Matt Stites provided much-needed stability for the struggling offense, allowing only one earned run and six hits in 6.1 innings.

Stites said his ability to pitch low in the zone and let his teammates get involved was key to the performance.

“Once I started getting the ball down they started to pound the ball into the ground.

We’ve got a pretty good infield, so I knew they’d make plays,” Stites said.

On the offensive side of the ball, Missouri finally started to get key hits with runners on base.

With the score tied at two and sophomore Brannon Champagne standing at second base in the bottom of the ninth inning, sophomore outfielder Blake Brown delivered a clutch walk-off single to right field, giving the Tigers their first win in almost three weeks.

Brown said his focus was just to get the ball in play and let Champagne use his speed to score.

“I didn’t need to hit a ball in the gap,” Brown said. “I didn’t need to hit a home run. I just needed to get the ball in play and I knew he’d score.”

But Missouri was unable to carry the momentum of its late-inning Saturday win into Sunday’s rubber match, dropping the final game to Kansas 6-0.

The story of the game once again was the Tigers’ inability to drive in runs, as the team seemed to threaten every inning but sputter in key moments. 12 Tigers were left on base Sunday, bringing the weekend total to an astronomical 34.

Jamieson said that a lot of these struggles are due to his players putting too much pressure on themselves to come through.

“Every time we fail, the next guy up there is carrying that burden, and that’s the wrong mindset,” Jamieson said. “That’s part of the problem we’re having, that they’re walking into the batter’s box with the wrong thoughts.”

Jamieson added all the team can do at this point is pick themselves up and get ready for their upcoming series against Baylor, which starts Thursday in Waco, Texas.

“Until the season’s over and you hit the 27th out, you just need to keep fighting,” Jamieson said. “From a practice standpoint, we’ve done everything there is to do. We just need to come out and make sure we’re ready for Baylor.”

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