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Greek Week focuses on ‘Pillars for Purpose’

Senior Tina Casagrand and junior Monica Everett accept awards for their work done with Sustain Mizzou as a part of MU’s Earth Day celebration.

Blog: The Maneater fall 2011 editorial board LGBTQ Resource Center coordinator leaving MU MSA commits $25,000 to live tigers Blog: Obama taps Deaton for administrative post

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Events + Weather TUESDAY 26

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Langston Hughes’ America: Keep Your Hand on the Plow 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Waters Auditorium, Waters Hall

Mizzou Advantage Poster Session 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Columns Room, Reynolds Alumni Center

Pride Month Keynote: Dr. E. Patrick Johnson 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Ellis Auditorium, Ellis Library

Dancing With the Stars of Mizzou 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Shack, MU Student Center

Partly Cloudy High: 67 Low: 45

Windy High: 58 Low: 44

THURSDAY 28 Denim Day: Step Forward, Take a Stand Against Rape 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Student Success Center Undress the Stress 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Room N208, Memorial Union

Windy High: 70 Low: 49

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Susan G. Komen donates $32k to Ellis Fischel Cancer Center The donation will fund treatment, wigs and a workshop for patients and survivors.

JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor In an effort to combat breast cancer, the Mid-Missouri Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure donated more than $32,000 to the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in the form of three grants.

The grants will allow the center to provide many services to the next year’s breast cancer patients and survivors.

“These donations will touch a number of different breast cancer patients and survivors who are at different levels of treatment or recovery from breast cancer,” MU Health Care spokesman Matt Splett said.

Of the entire donation, a $13,731 grant will provide 10 underinsured and underserved women with cancer risk assessments and genetic testing. In addition, the program will raise breast cancer awareness and knowledge via outreach programs.

Fifty breast cancer survivors with limited finances will receive free wigs as the result of a $12,488 grant.

Breast cancer patients often lose their hair in the treatment process, and this resource will help them cope.

Also included in the donation is free a wig fitting, care kit, cut and styling at a Columbia salon.

Through a $6,555 grant, 75 breast cancer survivors will engage in a one-day workshop to help them learn to overcome the emotional turmoil that often coincides with a breast cancer diagnosis.

Therapies involving nutrition, exercise and peer support will help them do this. The workshop will be held in the fall.

“This grant is actually designed to help breast cancer survivors who may have completed treatment or are in the process of receiving treatment,” Splett said. “They will be provided valuable resources in different areas of their cancer diagnosis, from the emotional support to exercise and nutrition.”

The Mid-Missouri Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has shown continued support for the center, Splett said.

“They have provided grants in the past,” he said. “They are a sup-

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The Mid-Missouri Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation donated $30,000 to the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. The money will got toward treatment and emotional care for patients and survivors of breast cancer.

porter for the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center and have been in the past years.”

And the center is quite appreciative of this support, employees said.

“We are grateful for all the support Ellis Fischel Cancer Center receives from our local MidMissouri Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure,” said Kristi

Gafford, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center executive director, in a news release.

“These programs will have a lasting impact on the lives of our breast cancer patients and survivors.

MU offers new sustainability courses Plans for Network of Enlightened Women FALL 2011 SUSTAINABILITY come to MU COURSES The group will LIZ STRATMAN Staff Writer

As students continue tweaking their schedules for the fall 2011 semester, Steve Borgelt, associate professor of biological engineering and agricultural system management, hopes they might take new courses dealing with sustainability into consideration.Borgelt said the Powering America Undergraduate Topics Course Series enables students to take classes related to many different types of energy topics.

“Fossil fuels and nuclear energy and current distribution systems will be included in the courses,” Borgelt said. “We will cover a variety of topics from an objective and practical point of view. I will coordinate the courses but will not be the only instructor.”

Students interested in these courses are required to take Energy Systems Basics, a two-credit class, as a pre-requisite or co-requisite for other satellite courses. Then they are given the choice of one-credit-hour topics lectures including fueling transportation, energy transport, distribution and storage, supplying electricity and design for energy conservation.

Students may enroll in two satellite courses per semester.

Pre-requisites for the energy systems basics class are college algebra, basic energy knowledge or an instructor’s consent. A co-requisite is one or more satellites. The Energy Systems Basics class will explore population and energy, energy supply and demand as well as fundamentals.

“The energy generation, transportation and distribution industries need well-trained people to work in

Assignments will include weekly readings and math reasoning assignments, as well as a paper or project.

ENV_ST 2101: Topics in Environmental Studies Lec 1 - Energy System Basics

(2 credits)

ENV_ST 4310: Topics in Environmental Studies Lec 1 - Fueling Transportation Lec 2 - Energy Transport, Distribution and Storage Lec 3 - Supplying Electricity Lec 4 - Design for Energy Conservation

(1 credit each)

Source: MU Sustainability Office

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these fields,” Borgelt said. “The courses are a step to help make students aware of the energy topics and issues and develop the ability to critically analyze them from a technical and financial standpoint.”

Fueling Transportation will cover topics ranging from natural gas and hydrogen to infrastructure challenges. Energy Transport, Distribution and Storage will discuss issues such as power quality and energy security.

In Supplying Electricity, students will learn about traditional resources as well as renewable resources.

Design for Energy Conservation entails discussion on efficiency, such as building efficiency, industrial efficiency and transportation efficiency.

Mechanical Engineering Research Assistant Kyler Turner said students

will gain formal knowledge on these issues that isn’t currently available.

“Having classes directly focusing on sustainability will allow students to learn about these issues in a structured setting from experts that have been working in these fields for many years,” Turner said, “something that is to my knowledge currently unavailable except in non-formal settings such as Sustain Mizzou.”

Borgelt said he hopes students develop a basic understanding of energy systems and gain the ability to analyze the subjects, both technically and economically. He suggests any students interested in the topics take the classes.

“Especially students who may be interested in pursuing further training and employment in the energy generation, transportation and distribution industries,” Borgelt said.

Student Sustainability Adviser Ben Datema said students will benefit enormously from the classes.

“Energy infrastructure is a huge component of energy efficiency and conservation, and these classes will allow for more informed consumers and citizens who can make better policy decisions and will provide future energy professionals who have the insight they need to design effective and efficient energy systems,” Datema said.

Turner said the addition of these classes is something that should have happened several years ago, but it’s nice to progress in this area.

“The classes will be very useful for anyone who is wanting to go into energy related issues, something that is only going to grow as a field in the future,” Turner said.

focus on ideology rather than campaigning.

ALLISON PRANG Associate Editor

Former Mizzou College Republicans Chairwoman Sophie Mashburn is planning to start a new conservative women’s group on campus next fall as a chapter of the Network of Enlightened Women, a national organization.

Mashburn said the group will serve as a political book club and described it as an alternative group for conservative women on campus.

“It’s kind of like a political book club, but other conservative issues will certainly be discussed,” she said.

Mashburn said MU’s potential chapter of the organization would be the first one in Missouri.

She got the idea from another college student when she attended the Western Women’s Summit, a conservative political conference in California, during spring break.

The difference between this group and the College Republicans is the organization’s

focus.

This group would be less political and not as involved in endorsing candidates, which will add to its level of comfort for prospective members, Mashburn said.

“The thing about College Republicans, is its main focus in the upcoming year is with the campaigns, which is admirable,” she said. “This is more about ideology and less about campaigns.”

Mashburn said she is planning to get MU’s chapter of the Network for Enlightened Women started in the fall and the idea has already generated some interest among students.

“I thought this would be a great way to start back up with my conservative activism,” Mashburn said. “I think it’s going to be pretty easy to recruit people to this.”

She said they would try to get through at least two books each semester from the national reading list, which includes books that talk about the other side of feminism as well, Mashburn said.

“Any woman who opposes some of the more feminist liberal ideals popular on college campuses can join,” Mashburn said. “It’s not necessarily for Republican women.”

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1. INTOXICATED DRIVER ARRESTED EARLY FRIDAY Columbia Police Department officers arrested 25-year-old Taniesha Henry early Friday morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

At 1:42 a.m., an officer at the intersection of Broadway and Tenth Street noticed Henry was driving down Broadway without using her vehicle headlights. The officer then pulled the car over.

CPD spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said in an email the suspect had a strong odor of intoxicants and did not pass a field sobriety test. Henry was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

2. INTOXICATED SUSPECT BREAKS INTO HOUSE Benjamin Slover, 20, is facing charges of first-degree burglary, first-degree property damage, thirddegree assault and possession of alcohol by a minor after an incident Saturday morning.

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At about 5 a.m., an officer was called to 210 Hitt St. for the reported burglary. Stroer said Slover was drinking alcohol at a friend’s house earlier in the evening. After leaving, the suspect reportedly walked into the victim’s house without permission.

Slover entered the victim’s bedroom while he was still sleeping and struck him in the face several times, Stroer said. The two got into a scuffle during which Slover stepped on the victim’s laptop computer, cracking the screen.

3. STUDENTS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF TRESPASSING FAUROT FIELD Three students were arrested on trespassing charges early Sunday morning on Faurot Field.

“An officer was conducting an area check near Memorial Stadium, and he saw an unknown amount of subjects on the football field,” MU Police Department Capt. Scott Richardson said. “The ones who were arrested were caught climbing the fence to get out.”

Richardson said there were more suspects present, but only three were caught and arrested. Sophomore Audra Stallard, freshman Jennifer Goldstein and freshman Robyn Banker were arrested on suspicion of first-degree trespassing at 2:30 a.m.

4. SUSPECTED WALMART SHOPLIFTER ATTEMPTS TO HIT POLICE WITH VEHICLE William Nichols, 31, is charged with first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, resisting or interfering with arrest and theft after a reported shoplifting incident Sunday afternoon.

At about 6 p.m. an officer responded to a reported shoplifting attempt at the Walmart Supercenter located at

Faurot Field Trespassing ASHLEY LANE| GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

415 Conley Road. While the officer took the initial suspect into custody, another man approached to find out what was happening.

Stroer said when the officer asked for this man’s information, the man took off running through the store.

The officer proceeded to chase the suspect through the store and into the parking lot, where the suspect jumped into an occupied car and tried to hit the officer with his vehicle.

The officer jumped out of the way, grabbed the door handle and entered the vehicle, which he put into park.

He proceeded to arrest Nichols.

5. DRIVER STRIKES WOMAN WITH VEHICLE, LEAVES SCENE John Henning, 21, is charged with a felony count of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident after an incident in February.

On Feb. 26 at about 2:14 a.m., CPD officers responded to an accident at the intersection of Broadway and Tenth Street, where a female victim reported that a driver had struck her with his vehicle and then walked away from the scene. The victim did not require medical attention.

Officers located Henning on Monday at his residence, 1313

Rosemary Lane, where he was arrested for the incident.

—Kelsey Maffett and Tony Puricelli of The Maneater staff If you have information on these crimes, you may contact Crime Stoppers at 875-TIPS. All calls are confidential.

If a court authority later proves innocence of a charge stated in the Blotter, contact The Maneater to request an updated entry.

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Schweitzer Hall lab renovations completed after explosion Seven new safety measures were put in place.

JIMMY HIBSCH Associate Editor Renovations to the Schweitzer Hall lab that exploded in June have been completed in the last two weeks.

Renovations have been in progress since June 28, 2010, when an experiment triggered an explosion that injured four lab members. The most seriously injured lab member suffered multiple superficial lacerations and hearing loss and was consequently hospitalized overnight. The member is now fully healthy.

“We have determined that this was accidental,” Columbia Fire Department Battalion Chief Steven Sapp told The Maneater in July 2010. “There were several things in the tank that could have sparked it, but we were not able to determine exactly what sparked the hydrogen.”

To prevent a similar accident from occurring again, the laboratory underwent a complete renovation throughout the year. Judy Wall, who was the professor overseeing the experiment that resulted in an explosion, said the laboratory has several improved features.

First, most of the anaerobic chambers are now in a common area, which requires fewer compressed gas

tanks. She also said new, “amazingly sturdy” braces have been set in place to secure the gas cylinders.

The aisles in the lab are wider, and two exits are now available. In addition to a fume hood, an exhaust snorkel is now present in the lab.

Both are used to remove noxious fumes, Wall said.

Now, the sink used for dishwashing can be accessed through a passage. This is intended for carts holding glassware, so that they will no longer need to be rolled through the main traffic routes in the lab. Finally, the lab now features an open-ceiling design, which means that it is not a dropped ceiling with tiles.

“That will likely keep down some of the mold growth,” Wall said.

The new safety measures should inhibit the chance of an explosion, she said.

“Explosions will not occur from the use of hydrogen for our anaerobic chambers because we are using premixed gases of 95 percent nitrogen and 5 percent hydrogen,” Wall said.

MU’s Environmental Health and Safety division is dedicated to preventing accidents such as the explosion in the future.

“Campus policy states that my office will develop and implement programs to ensure regulatory compliance and provide a safety work environment,” EHS Director Peter Ashbrook said. “We have developed a variety of programs to address various aspects of laboratory safety.

These programs place primary

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The Schweitzer Hall renovations that were needed after a June 28, 2010, explosion are completed.

Renovations included enhanced safety precautions that widened aisles and raised ceilings.

responsibility on faculty and supervisors for ensuring that researchers are trained and follow proper procedures.”

He said his office works with the campus community as an in-house consultant to provide advice and assistance in identifying and preventing hazards. The EHS Office conducts periodic laboratory visits as well, to review work environments and practices.

Black Love week closes with faculty dinner KELLY OLEJNIK Staff Writer Black Love Week, hosted by the Legion of Black Collegians, closed Friday evening with a dinner appreciating minority faculty. Saturday’s originally planned balloon release was cancelled due to weather concerns.

Black Love week is an annual event hosted

by LBC with the purpose of bringing the black community together, LBC Communications Director Ashley Edwards said.

“During Black Love week, we have different events for students,” she said. “This year we had our executive board round table discussion on Monday, and on Tuesday we had a program titled ‘Living in a Black Economy’ that focused on how the economy is effecting the African-American community.”

Activities Chairwoman Kristen Andrews said the round table discussion LBC hosted for all of its umbrella organizations was one of the week’s most important events.

“It was really important to me to make sure that going into next year we established great relationships, and we knew exactly what our umbrella orgs were wanted from LBC,” she said in an email.

LBC also hosted a diversity conference dinner co-programmed with the Black Business Students Association on Wednesday and a love and relationships speaker event Thursday, Edwards said.

“The diversity conference was an evening of workshops for students who wanted to get into the business career avenue,” LBC President Lisa White said.

Thursday, speaker Tony Gaskin spoke about love and relationships in an event

called “Real love is the new black,” Edwards said.

During the minority faculty and staff appreciation dinner, students representing the organizations or professions benefiting from the honoree’s service presented awards to their select faculty or staff member, White said.

“For the dinner, we invited minority faculty and staff and provided dinner, of course,” Andrews said, in an email. “We had different students then come and present the award for each faculty and staff member.”

Edwards said although the dinner was one of the most attended events, it was interrupted by the tornado warnings.

“On Friday, the dinner was right when all of the tornado alarms went off,” she said.

“We actually had to stop in the middle of the program and go to the basement of Memorial Union, but we did get back up.”

Andrews said even with the tornado warning, the event went really well.

The balloon release LBC had co-programmed with the Missouri Students Association to close the week Saturday afternoon was canceled due to poor weather but will be rescheduled before the end of the year, Edwards said.

At the release, students were going to be able to write on a balloon what they wanted to “rise above.” The event was branded as part of One Mizzou programming, according to the event’s Facebook page.

“It will be rescheduled, but I’m sad we had to cancel it due to weather,” she said. “We have to talk to MSA because we are partnering with them, so we have to find a day that works for everyone. But the balloon release will happen.”

Wall said she is confident there will not be another accident similar to last summer’s.

“Of course, I would like to think we will have no accidents of any kind, but life does not come with guarantees,” she said.

Ashbrook said accidents of the explosion’s magnitude do not happen often.

According to Maneater archives, the last laboratory accident was in

November 2009, when phosphorous-32 spilled onto a researcher’s shoes. The radioactive isotope was then tracked throughout the building and outside.

“Laboratory incidents involving injuries and significant building damage are unusual at MU,” he said.

“I can’t think of any such incidents in the 11-plus years I have been EHS director.”

MSA Senate looks to improve senator accountability sign in and out of the meeting.

Ricketts said this would make taking attenStaff Writer dance easier and make sure senators stay for the The current Missouri Students Association whole meeting.This summer, the senators will Senate session concludes this week amid receive a “how-to” manual detailing the job of a discussion about how to improve senator senator, Sloan said.

“It’ll have instructions on how to do things accountability for the future. like revising bylaws,” Sloan said. “Most people Senate Speaker Jake Sloan, MSA committee chairpersons and senators have met to discuss don’t know what to do when they’re senators, so this manual will help.” ways to achieve this result.

Operations Committee Chairman Justin “Our meeting was about how to make MSA Mohn said the expectations of their position a better and legitimate organization,” Student are not adequately communicated to senators.

Affairs Chairman Tyler Ricketts said.

“We need to set an example for the new There was discussion of an incentive-based system where points would be used to show senators, like do a better job explaining what involvement in the Senate, but there is no the job entails,” Mohn said. “They need to definitive decision about implementing that know what opportunities are available and what is expected of them as a senator.” yet, Ricketts said.

Sloan said the process for becoming a sena“I still think the point system is a good idea, but we’re going to go in a different direction tor will be revised for future elections.

“We’re making a more first,” Sloan said. intricate process,” he said.

Currently, there is no “It’s not harder or easier defined dress code for but more detailed. We’ll We need to set an example Senate meetings.

Sloan said there will for the new senators, like do a play it by ear and see what not be a required dress better job explaining what the happens.”

An applicant’s qualificode in the future, but job entails. cations will be the decidprofessional dress will be ing factor on whether he encouraged.

Justin Mohn “We’re going to start MSA Operations Committee Chairman or she receives a position or not, Sloan said. dressing nicer for Senate “I’ll review (the applimeetings,” Sloan said.

“There won’t be any requirements to dress-up, cations), and if I think they’re really interested but if people start seeing the Senate speak- in the position, I’ll forward the application to the er and the committee chairs doing it, they committee chairs,” he said.

Mohn said improved leadership tactics were hopefully will too.”

An attendance sheet was another idea also discussed at the meeting.

“We have a need for more active and generally brought up at the meeting.

Currently, the Senate parliamentar- engaged leadership in Senate,” Mohn said. “We ian takes roll at various times during the haven’t told people what we expect from them, so we can’t kick them out for not doing something meeting.

The new system would require senators to we never told them was expected of them."

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OUTLOOK ON CAMPUS, AROUND THE NATION A collection of top stories from student newspapers across the nation

Associate professor works to improve schizophrenia treatment PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — Penn State is uncertain how many schizophrenic patients are actually at the university, and Tammy MacAlarney, Counseling and Psychological Services case manager said college is the time when people start exhibiting symptoms of the disease, making it difficult to diagnose.

Treating the disease can also be tricky, which is the focus of research done by Penn State and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Associate professor of biology Gong Chen and a team of researchers have developed a method to turn a patient’s skin cells into brain cells in a Petri dish in order to test different medications for the patient indirectly “Different patients have different responses to different drugs,” Chen said. “He or she doesn’t need to take 20 different drugs to decide which one they want.”

— The Daily Collegian

By Micah Wintner

Debate on social value of religion splits panel UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS — The representatives of four student organizations took the stage to debate whether religion is good for society.

Jay Yoon, Senior Vice President of the UNLV College Republicans, contends religion is good for society because the benefit of the good deeds it motivates.

UNLV Young Democrats President Mark Triola and Drew Pruitt, Rebel Student Secular Society Public Events Secretary, both atheists, argued religion is bad for society.

In the end, Yoon asked the audience to consider the good and the bad about religion.

“The duality of religion is not a reflection on the divine,” he said, suggesting the faults of a faith are the faults of its followers, not its founder.

— The Rebel Yell

By Haley Etchison

National Geographic photographer speaks about need for reducing waste, energy use UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA — Joel Sartore, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate and National Geographic photographer gave the keynote lecture for Focus Nebraska, the weeklong event centered on environmental education for UNL students, faculty, staff and the greater Lincoln community.

Sartore’s address focused on what he sees to be the apathy of the world’s people toward the environment, and why it should change.

“Do we value anything beyond what its resources are that we can plunder?” he asked.

Sartore used the example of a frog in a pot of boiling water to explain the attitude people have toward the climate change. If a frog is put in a pot of boiling water, it immediately jumps out, he said. But if you put a frog in a pot of cold water and bring it slowly to a boil, the frog doesn’t notice.

“If it happens gradually enough, we’ll put up with any change, no matter how nasty,” he said.

“And we’ll expect it.”

Little things people can do go a long way, Sartore said. He suggested recycling, using energy-efficient light bulbs, washing clothes in cold water, buying fruits and vegetables locally and getting outside more.

— The Daily Nebraskan

By Hailey Konnath — Compiled by Lauren Bale, staff writer

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Gas prices increase, along with debate for alternative energy sources ABIGAIL GEIGER Staff Writer

As gas prices and consumer anxiety about paying for transportation continue to rise, alternative energy sources have become a controversial and more prevalent topic of debate across the nation.

“For years and years, we used lead in our gasoline,” said professor Leon Schumacher, who specializes in biofuel engineering. “And then we replaced it with another chemical, Methyl tertiary butyl ether, which also caused problems. Now, there are new alternatives to MTBE like biodiesel and ethanol.”

Controversy about these new energy sources has largely revolved around the fact that these fuels come from sources primarily used for livestock GRANT HINDSLEY/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER feed and food products, like With the increase in gas prices across the country, much of the debate over alternative corn and soybeans.

Biodiesel is a diesel fuel cre- energy sources focuses on the use of biodiesel fuels versus ethanol or E-85. Typically, gas contains 5 percent biodiesel fuel. ated from the chemical fusion of lipids-like vegetable oil or J.P. Dunn, Missouri draw production to the state. “meal,” or the actual protein animal fat-and alcohol.

Soybean Association Field We want to use Missouri used for feed and other food Services manager, said the soybeans and create jobs for products, claiming that soyprocess of creating biodiesel Missourians.” bean biodiesel is wasteful is involves squeezing the oil out Another alternative ener- invalid. of a soybean, which is then gy source, ethanol, is formed Dunn said that in workused to create the fuel. from fermentation of grains ing with higher oil content in Dunn said the biofuel actu- or sugar. A primary source of soybeans and increased yields ally forms from the alcohol ethanol is corn, whose starch per acre, biodiesel production Renewable sources account for 8 percent of America’s energy. that is created when these lip- is extracted and formed into could jump from 5 o 20 perids are fed to yeast, which then fuel. cent in the next 20 years.

Total Energy: 94.578 produces the fuel-forming Schumacher, who spe“The question everyone quadrillion BTUs alcohol. cializes in biofuels in energy wrestles with is ‘how much,’” 1 kilowatt Dunn said that Missouri conservation, said a common Schumacher said. “But we have 3412BTUs per hour produces about 150 million misconception is the belief to remember that it’s all based gallons of biodiesel per year, that ethanol is one of the least on the technology that we have natural gas and with another potential efficient alternative energy today. There are different tech25% 21% plant, could produce more sources. nologies that people are startcoal than 200 million gallons.

With each unit of energy ing to look at to see if these 37% He said that presently, put into ethanol production, fuels could really have a bigger petroleum everyday gas contains 5 per- 1.5 units of energy come from impact.” cent biodiesel. the fuel, Schumacher said.

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said 9% nuclear, “In an overall view, we Comparatively, biodiesel is in an email that there is a need electric renewable energy, don’t use a lot of the biodies- the better alternative energy to seek out more American20% of which are 8% power el fuel, but we make quite a option, Dunn said. Because based energy sources, includbiofuels bit,” Dunn said. “We focused the oil used for biodiesel is ing alternative energy sources Source: www.eia.doe.gov/renewable on that because we wanted to separated from the soybean like wind, solar and biomass.

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Students, resident arrested on drug charges in campus parking lot

Three Columbia men jects and found them to be in arrested on suspicion of posses- ute, and the other comes from were arrested Saturday eve- possession of marijuana, drug sion of drug paraphernalia with a city ordinance violation. It ning on multiple drug charg- paraphernalia and DMT.” intent to use and possession of just works with a different court es, including possession Sophomore Marcus a controlled substance. system.” of the hallucinogenic drug Solomon was arrested on susRichardson said the differAccording to the Missouri Dimethyltryptamine, picion of ence between Revised Statutes, posor DMT. possession Finn’s parasession of DMT is MU Police of less than phernalia classified as a Class C Department Capt.

35 grams of charge and felony and possession Scott Richardson said marijuana.

To l s o n’s of drug paraphernalia an officer encounColumbia charge was with intent to use is a tered the three susresident the type of Class A misdemeanor. pects at about 9 p.m.

S k y l a r ordinance Neither Tolson, Saturday.

Tolson was involved.

19, nor Solomon, 20, “An officer was arrested on “It’s essenwere taken to Boone on routine patrol in suspicion of tially the County Jail.

JACOB parking lot AV-9, MARCUS possession SKYLAR same paraFinn, 19, was taken over by the Agriculture SOLOMON of drug parapher-TOLSONphernalia charge,” FINN into custody and released Building, when he nalia and possesRichardson said.

Sunday on $5,000 bond. noticed the individuals walking sion of less than 35 grams of “They’re technically the same, up from the trail,” Richardson marijuana. but the difference is that Finn’s — Kelsey Maffett, said. “He came upon the subFreshman Jacob Finn was charge comes from a state statstaff writer

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Poll shows contrast between voter opinion, legislative action The survey indicated 78 percent of those polled oppose cutting Medicare.

KARI PAUL Staff Writer A poll released by ABC News and the Washington Post showed a stark contrast between what a majority of constituents polled supported and what legislators have voted on and proposed in recent months.

The phone survey, conducted April 14-17, shows most Americans supported raising taxes on households with incomes over $250,000.

The 2011 budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wi., includes extending the Bush Era tax cuts for households making over $250,000 for another two years, but the survey discovered that 72 percent of Americans favor raising these taxes.

The survey also conclud- off the top of their heads more ed that 78 percent of adults or less and it may or may oppose cutting funding for not indicate something that Medicare. motivates them to get out and A stark contrast when com- vote.” pared to the many congressmen, Overby said groups which both Republican and Democrat, are more directly affected by who are cuts like proposing this will be major cuts more active to the pro- The general public doesn't turn in making out to vote, the general public gram. sure their The poll tends to have a short attencongresshas a 3.5 tion span — they don't stay men vote p e r c e n t engaged. to benefit margin of them. error. “ Yo u ’ r e Political Marvin Overby going to S c i e n c e Political Science professor have peoprofessor ple who M a r v i n make more Overby said these discrepancies than a quarter of a million are not uncommon and have dollars and they are going to many possible causes. be more mobilized to actually “The general public doesn’t get out and oppose a policy turn out to vote, the general that’s going to raise their taxes,” public tends to have a relative- he said. “So you have a small ly short attention span — they but more interested group of don’t stay engaged,” he said. people who are going to be “When asked a survey ques- opposed to the policy even tion they may give an answer though you might have a larger

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group of people who would prefer to see a big tax like that pass, but their interest in it is actually relatively modest.”

Political Science professor Jonathan Krieckhaus said many people answer polls with ideas that they think would be beneficial but do not put a lot of thought into it.

“Polls don’t always get at true preferences,” he said. “It could be that people report wanting to increase raising taxes on the wealthy in the polls but if they thought about it that may not be the kind of public policy they want.”

Krieckhaus said that when asked these questions, the people polled essentially make unrestrained decisions that would not be possible in real policy making.

“People in polls don’t like budget deficits, they don’t like taxes, they do like spending — that’s logically impossible to do those three things, so clearly polls aren’t right,” Krieckhaus said.

COURTESY OF COLUMBIA FIRE DEPARTMENT

OPINION American constituents favor raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 salary and oppose cutting Medicare or Medicaid. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wi., proposed a budget which would cut both Medicare and Medicaid, while maintaining tax benefits for Americans making more than $250,000.

Cutting Medicaid: Support

30%

69% Oppose

Cutting Medicare:

21% Support

Oppose

78%

Raising taxes on those making more than $250,000: Support

72%

21% Oppose

Source: www.washingtonpost.com MEGAN HAGER | GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Road rage leads to knife threat

The suspect was charged with unlawful use of a weapon.

Firefighters respond to a fire at 2002 Hanover Blvd. The fire, which was located in the laundry room, was extinguished within five minutes.

CONSTITUENT

A 60-year-old Columbia resident was arrested Saturday afternoon after threatening another motorist with a knife on Stadium Boulevard.

MU Police Department Capt.

Scott Richardson said officers responded at about 3 p.m. to a driver following another vehicle closely on Stadium Boulevard near Mick Deaver Memorial Drive.

“It looks like a case of road rage,” Richardson said. “We were made aware by phone that one car was following another too closely. It escalated to them having a yelling match while still inside their vehicles.”

Richardson said one subject proceeded to pull over to the side of the road. Columbia resident Clifford

Smithson, the driver of the second car, followed suit and exited his vehicle.

“The individual in the first car noticed the other kept his hand behind his back the whole time,” Richardson said. “The suspect then brandished a knife that he had been holding. There was no physical contact, but brandishing the knife is a threat and counts as assault in itself.”

Smithson was arrested on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon and third-degree assault. According to the Missouri Revised Statutes, assault without physical injury is classified as “intimidation,” a Class C misdemeanor, and brandishing the knife is a misdemeanor weapons charge.

Smithson was taken to Boone County Jail on Saturday and released Sunday on $1,000 bond.

—Kelsey Maffett, staff writer

Police on the hunt for missing teenager Kylan Stubler’s mother reported him missing to police.

The Columbia Police Department began searching for a teen Friday after his mother reported him missing.

17-year-old Kylan P. Stubler was last seen being picked up by an unknown friend at his father’s residence at 2 p.m. Thursday, CPD spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said in an email. Stubler’s mother notified CPD of his disappearance at

about 2 p.m. the following day.

“We usually check with friends and family to get a background on the person,” Stroer said. “We want to know what his normal routine is and how often he talks with friends and family.”

His mother found it odd that she had not heard from him despite her attempts to contact him, so she notified police, Stroer said.

Nobody has seen or heard from Stubler since he left his father’s house Thursday. CPD asked for the public’s help in the search Sunday evening.

Stroer said there is a pattern the department often follows when pursuing a missing persons case.

“We start with his friends, family and the last person to see him,” she said.

Cases of this type aren’t common, Stroer acknowledged.

Other local missing persons cases in which an adult neglected to contact his or her family include that of former student Nick Coppola.

“We do have runaway cases, but Stubler is an adult,” Stroer said.

“This makes it difficult because he can willingly come and go without

having to check in with anyone.”

A news release from CPD described Stubler as a man of about 5-feet-10-inches tall and 150 pounds. He has short, curly, brown hair and brown eyes. He isn’t going to school, Stroer said.

Stroer also said CPD has yet to find any leads, but are actively looking for some.

Stroer encouraged anyone with information on Stubler’s whereabouts to contact CPD or Crime Stoppers at (573) 875-TIPS. —Jimmy Hibsch, associate editor

KYLAN P. STUBLER

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There’s no such thing as good debt rates

As if we needed more alarming statistics in a post-recession economy, student loan debt has recently surpassed collective credit card debt in the United States.

Even more worrisome, student loan debt is projected to top $1 trillion in 2011, partially the result of poor job markets for students after college graduation. Also contributing to the increasing weight of loan debt is the rise of college tuition, another consequence of post-recession budget restrictions.

These statistics present students like us with the perilous situation of wanting college degrees to ensure future success, while also acknowledging the death of job opportunities and consumer protection.

Exacerbating the situation is the misleading communication of those with interest in the financial aid market, namely the Office of Student Financial Aid. In response to the state of student loan debt, Office of Student Financial Aid Director Jim Brooks thought it worthwhile to mention MU’s context in the national scheme of debt issues. Citing a national average of about $24,000, Brooks said MU’s average student loan debt upon graduation is $20,689.

Although it’s encouraging to hear things could be worse, it’s not particularly satisfying knowing ultimately, our situations are still bad, and our incurred debt is often not just “average.”

Even worse, through years of legislation, student loans have curiously found themselves in a position of unusual stipulation, as, unlike credit card debt, they cannot be claimed under bankruptcy.

Therefore, if a person cannot pay for his or her government student loans, the government has the power to dig into that person’s salary until the loan is finally paid off.

As students who hope the government has a vested interest in the education of its constituents, we find it agitating that student loan policies handcuff those whose intentions are to get an education. We want a degree, we want jobs, yet we are treated with a vastly different attitude than someone who, say, wants to partake in a thousand-dollar, credit-card-funded shopping spree.

Government policy aside, though, we do not feel the Office of Student Financial Aid is adequately fulfilling their responsibility to inform us of the realities of student loans. Students need more than just cursory, basic definitions of their loan situations to navigate the difficult and paralyzing world of student loans, and we hope financial aid advisors communicate more honestly, more consistently.

Voters should demand more concrete action from legislators As we ease into our roles in our own democracy, we generally acquire storybook understandings of how representative government works. The general convention we assume is that if we want things put into action through legislation, we vote for the people we believe will enact that legislation. We put our trust and confidence in those who will translate our collective desires and protect our instabilities and vital needs.

Unfortunately, it increasingly seems to be the norm for legislators to take the reins of their congressional power to enact legislation completely discordant with voter demand.

Here in Missouri, for example, voters approved Proposition B, a bill that would place regulations on factory farmers to ensure the humane handling of animals. However, less than a year later, the Missouri House of Representatives decided to ignore voter intent, overturning Proposition B and therefore releasing all voter-approved regulations on factory farmers.

Moreover, the Missouri House voted to cap Missouri’s minimum wage at the federal minimum level. The bill, passed in March, fundamentally reverses voter-approved initiatives to have the minimum wage level adjust alongside inflation.

It is the responsibility of our legislators to translate voter response into action that actually represents their desires. It is not the responsibility of our legislators to tell us what’s best for us if democracy functions on our own voices, our own votes.

Although it is unfortunate for the Missouri House of Representatives to overturn voter-approved legislation, it is important to remember that our democratic activity is not restricted just to our polling places. More often than not, our legislators are accessible through letters and emails, and we certainly have the potential to demand visibility and honesty throughout the legislative season.

Even more so, we must not be complacent when listening to campaign promises. Rather than being passive listeners to what often ends up being simple lip service, we should demand concrete answers and honest intentions from those who we put in office. Without holding legislators in check, we increase the possibility that they will ignore our needs and votes.

ILLUSTRATION BY RYLAN BATTEN

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Irish, UK grading systems allow for exploration Krystin Arneson This is what happens when you go to school in Ireland: You forget how to go to school.

My Scottish friend warned me about this before I left Edinburgh in January. He said school in the UK and Ireland was a semester of doing nothing, followed by two weeks of living in the library.

He was right.

At the Dublin Institute of Technology, there are no assignments, papers or exams during the semester. You simply show up for the class, which is once or twice a week, take some notes and then forget about it until the next week. Some people don’t even really go to class, but luckily mine are interesting enough, so I don’t mind going.

Also, with classes only two days a week, it would be really pathetic if I didn’t go.

This system has its advantages, namely the lack of work.

I feel like I’m on holiday all the time. This is wonderful after taking three 18-hour semesters at MU, where you actually have to take silly exams during the term — lame.

The other advantage of this system is that I can travel (obviously). This was my life in March (granted, we got a full week off for St. Patrick’s Day): 23: number of days I traveled 8: number of days I spent in Dublin, mostly flying back for class and St. Patrick’s Day.

1.6: average number of days between trips 28: number of flights, bus and train trips taken (8 alone in Romania) It was exhausting. It was awesome.

But there’s a dark side, namely my past week.

Because there are no real assignments during the semester, it means that final papers and exams are worth anything between 50 and 100 percent of your grade.

For example, my documentary studies exam is worth 100 percent of my grade, my political communications grade is divided equally between a longform article and the final, and two of my classes’ grades are entirely dependent on my final papers.

Final papers are due two weeks before finals, so there’s a bit of a break. Unfortunately, my parents come to Dublin and leave town the day they’re due, so I’m doing my all of final papers in one week.

This wouldn’t normally be stressful (when provided with a constant supply of Diet Coke, I’ve been known to crank out four essays the night before they’re due and actually do well on them), but the stakes are much higher.

Also, Diet Coke is really expensive here.

The other curveball the Irish and UK systems throw at you is the grading scale. My Scottish friend told me it would be impossible for me to get anything more than a 90 here.

I was a little insulted until he told me no one gets a 90, and even anything above an 80 is the exception to the rule.

Here, a passing grade is more than 40 percent, decent is anything above 50, good is above 60, and you can be extremely pleased with anything above a 70.

Ninety percent and up, he explained, are for work that could be published straightaway.

It took a while for my parents to grasp that they should be happy if their daughter gets a 69 in a class.

I’m also struggling to adjust: after a decade and a half of generally receiving above 90 percent on grades, there’s a sense of tragic hopelessness when sitting down to write a paper you know you’ll be absolutely ecstatic to get a 75 on.

One of my professors doesn’t even give above a 70. On anything. Ever.

But I’ve come to terms with it. It’s simply a different scale — it’s the same concept as ours, it’s just the numbers sit a little lower on the charts. In a way, it makes you work a little harder, knowing you can never be quite perfect enough. My Scottish friend still gloriously recounts the day he got a 22/20 on a quiz when he studied at MU. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had the paper laminated.

The stakes are higher, this week a little more stressful (mostly because I’m trying to remember how to write essays and attempting to regain an attention span of longer than 10 seconds). But the Irish and UK system is, for me, preferable to the American one. It allows students to work more, to socialize more, to travel more — to see and do and live and be.

Isn’t that really what university is about?

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THOUGHTS? Here are some comments from The Maneater’s Forum page in response to Alex Pesek’s column on LGBT political conflict.

The problem with your argument is that opponents of marriage equality have not articulated a rational argument against gay marriage. Much of the opposition actually does arise from bigotry, homophobia, and xenophobia. And it’s not clear from your essay that a rational argument even exists.

Moreover, the “binary” politics you decry is even more characteristic of the anti-marriageequality crowd -- some pretty vile stuff comes from that side of the debate. There is no opportunity for rational debate with people who think LGBTs are trying to “destroy” marriage and family.

— Jeremiah via themaneater.com This is a joke right? You might want to google the term self-hating, because you fit it to a T. — Zach via themaneater.com First of all: This editorial reeks of privilege. “I am a conservative white cisman. Why am I being ignored by my community? Mer.” Second of all: Your tiny justification of your ghastly and disgusting generalization of the community is not sufficient. Social conservatism is the root cause of sexual and gender oppression. That’s probably why it’s widely rejected by the LGBTQ community. You can deny that all you want, but until members of our community stop committing suicide.

— Tracy via themaneater.com I don’t even want to know why anyone considered running this column a good idea.

— Steve via themaneater.com Many readers commented on Twitter and on The Maneater’s news page in response to MSA’s decision to commit $25,000 to live tigers. Here are some of those responses.

Five grand a year on tigers?!

That’s what’s supposed to put Mizzou in a good light? Can’t we donate five grand to Japan or Haiti or, you know, someone that actually needs it instead?

MSA has sunk to a new low.

— PJ via themaneater.com Is this a joke? This is the worst use of money I have ever heard.

— Kari via themaneater.com At least they don’t want to buy a live tiger again.

— Amanda Wysocki (@ amandawysocki) via Twitter Was Mizzou Tigers for Tigers involved?

— Kate via themaneater.com

“We’ve seen what could be done with the Hatch incident and finding the suspect, and more cameras would allow us to do that again.”

— Residence Halls Association President-elect Chris Rucker on resolutions in support of installing more residence halls security cameras

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“I will not support a gerrymandered map that has six Republican congressmen and two Democrats; I voted no on the earlier map.”

— Rep. Mary Still, D-Columbia “We came together for sports and for spirit. It’s not all just pomping and painting.”

— Alpha Delta Pi freshman Kayleen Archambault on Greek Week win

The opinions expressed by The Maneater columnists do not represent the opinions of The Maneater editorial board.

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Nonsensical comments appreciated Alex Pesek Full disclosure: I have a large ego. This large ego leads me to believe my opinions - and justifications behind them - are perfectly solid and reasonable.

This alarmingly narcissistic belief naturally led me to wanting to be a columnist; what better outlet could there be than a 600-word slot in a student newspaper?

This obsession with selling my opinions of course makes me a hawk of my comment sections, an unhealthy habit I told myself I wouldn’t ever begin, but alas, the thrill is cathartic. Despite rarely getting comments on my columns, I preoccupy myself with the few I get.

And oh the entertainment I get from them.

I haven’t quite decided my favorite kind of comment yet.

Originally I got enjoyment out of well-written comments with critical intentions; I liked that people wanted to participate in the Forum, I enjoyed that I could respond back in a conversational way. After all, ego aside, that’s why I applied to be

a columnist. I wanted to pimp about comment section content, out ideas and talk about them and implicitly, the moderation with people who might have of that content, should be somehad things to say in response. thing we question.

I’ve had positive comments This isn’t to say I should otherwise, too. “aquarius” have someone protecting me, or said he/she/zir appreciated any columnist or writer, from my writing! How sweet! How rejection. That’s the point of a thoughtful.

Forum section. That’s why comAs time went on, though, I ment sections exist - to extend began to love conversation, to comments that deepen thought, made no sense, to broaden perwhose intenspective. I want tion was to S eriously though, per- someone to lay take a steam- sonal afflictions aside, it on me if I’m ing crap on my questions about com- being an idiot, column, or me ment section content, and luckily for in general. and my slowand implicitly, the mod- me I’ve had ly growing matusome high- eration of that content, rity, I’ve had that lights along the should be something we happen before. way, too. I’ve question.”

Whether to been called reject a comment a prude, as if from a moderathat person knew the ins and tor’s perspective, though, is a outs of my sexual endeavors. tricky question that I don’t think It’s been questioned why my lies simply in the detection of a columns were even allowed to no-no word or a pornographic be printed (which isn’t to say I post written in Cyrillic. disagree). One person, apparWhile I’m not naïve enough to ently blown away at the subject believe the deletion of comments matter of my column, suggested by site owners is an affront to I Google the term “self hate,” First Amendment rights (hint: because I apparently embodied it’s not), I do question the extent it perfectly. What a treat! Keep to which those moderating comup the good writing. ments have control over the taste Seriously though, person- or opinion of the comments to al afflictions aside, questions be moderated. I’m not purport-

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ing to be at the front lines of the digi-sphere, protecting those whose intent online is merely to incite hate speech.

I’m merely saying I have a general suspicion of web owners having the private discretion to determine what is seen in the public sphere, their reasoning not to be questioned. I’d certainly rather there be a person moderating comments, rather than, say, a program written to detect bad words. But I am hesitant to accept that it’s up to one person’s taste and perspective to be the gatekeeper to public conversation.

I realize this is overly ideal — in the end, comment sections are going to be largely plagued by trolls, assholes with racist bents and people merely with the intention of pissing us all off. I’m not advocating for some pure, rational school of thought.

Ultimately, comment sections are just Beliebers saying they think Gaga’s new video “totally sucks.”

But, I do think it’s worth calling into question what our standards are for content moderation.

What is acceptable, what are our criteria for moderation? I doubt there’s a good answer, so until then I’ll continue my Google search for self-hate in my adventure towards self-realizations.

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Ensign’s resignation should end investigation Brad Grim Sen. John Ensign, R-Nv., finally resigned Friday after the Senate Ethics Committee voted last week to continue to probe Ensign based on allegations he had an affair with campaign aid Cynthia Hampton in 2009.

Evidence suggests his parents paid the Hamptons $96,000 in hush money after Douglas Hampton threatened to go public.

The consistently sickening tale of those who live in glass houses, taking nourishment from enablers eager to downplay faults and exaggerated virtues finally ended in the only way possible - with Ensign resigning.

The interesting thing is this is old news to everyone in Nevada.

Evidence of this affair sprung up almost two years ago, and it was clear his political career was over after the Senate Ethics

Committee opened an investi- would continue their investigagation in June 2009. But the tion. Once released, it was game man in the mirror couldn’t be over for Ensign. convinced and continued to try The second question is to charm his way out of trouble why the Ethics Committee is and has been intent on survival being so persistent in completever since. ing its investigation. Because of So when the former Senator Ensign’s resignation, the comsays in his letter of resignation mittee lost jurisdiction in the that the reacase and cannot son why he is formally charge stepping down Ensign with his is because Evidence of this affair wrongdoings. he wanted sprung up almost “The Senate to spare his two years ago, and it Ethics Committee family from has worked diliwas clear his politian excepgently for 22 tionally ugly cal career was over months on this c a m p a i g n , after the Senate Ethics matter and will one must ask, Committee opened an complete its work what the heck investigation in June in a timely fashion he was doing 2009. so that the accudragging them rate, complete along for story is made pub20 months in hope of some- lic,” chairman of the panel Sen. how weaseling his way out of an Barbara Boxer, D-Ca., and rankaffair? ing member Johnny Isakson, It is apparent the real reason R-Ga., said in a statement. why he decided to resign is conI understand the committee tained in the final sentence of a has spent a very long time on brief statement from the Senate the investigation, and it wants Ethics Committee saying they to a tie a knot at the end instead

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of just giving up. But the deed is done. Ensign retired, and it can no longer charge him, so it is almost pointless.

If it was able to get everything together in the next couple of weeks then that is one thing. But any amount of time more than a month seems like a waste of resources just to make the complete story public.

The final question is simply, what will happen to the open seat? Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, is expected to pick Rep. Dean Heller, R-District 1, which will likely give the GOP the edge to keep the seat in 2012 based on incumbency.

Democrats still hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, counting the two independents who caucus with them. They see Nevada as one of their top opportunities to gain a seat and State Democrats have and should turn their attention to Heller. The Democrats claim his vote on the budget plan last week would “end Medicare as we know it.”

Heller is clearly not the right choice for Nevada.

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ALBUM REVIEWS

Andre and the Giants prepares to split After releasing its second album, the band is planning one last tour.

‘BRIDESMAIDS’

4.5 out of 5 stars “Bridesmaids” is a classic example of our need to laugh at other people’s pain. Annie (Kristen Wiig) has already hit rock bottom at the beginning of the movie. The bakery she opened has closed, leaving her with no hope for her future. The man she wishes was her boyfriend simply uses her as a booty call, and she lives with roommates who read her diary and eventually kick her out.

To make it worse, her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) announces her engagement and asks Annie to be her maid of honor. She stresses to make all the wedding events run smoothly while her own life spirals downwards.

To make things just a little bit worse, she meets Lillian’s new best friend Helen (Rose Byrne) who is perfect at everything. She knows what to say in a toast, she has money, a beautiful mansion, a perfect marriage and connections to get into highclass bridal stores. Everyone loves her, and she is everything that Annie is not.

No life can fall apart this quickly and dramatically without becoming a classic comedy. You aren’t given a break from laughing from beginning to end, watching as her world falls apart in the most ridiculous way.

This chick flick breaks the rules of most, refusing to rely on sappy, tear-jerking moments and instead focusing on making sure the audience can’t breathe from laughing. It does, however, still reinforce the true value of friendship and encourage people everywhere to follow their dreams.

Overdone themes are shown in more original ways, making this movie a breath of fresh air.

— Dani Kass, staff writer

‘RUBBER’

3 out of 5 stars “In the Steven Spielberg movie ‘E.T,’ why is the alien brown?”

“No reason.”

“In ‘Love Story,’ why do the two characters fall madly in love with each other?”

“No reason.”

This spiel - delivered by a sheriff who pops out of his trunk - opens up “Rubber,” one of the most bizarre and non-sequitur films of the last decade.

Centering on a killer tire that, for “no reason,” starts rolling around the dessert killing practically everyone and everything in its path.

It is never explained why the tire comes to life, or why the tire gains the ability to make anything explode just by staring at it. It’s simply a killing tire. And the tire’s name is Robert.

Director Quentin Dupieux crafts a bitingly hilarious tale that constantly toys with both the audience and the expectations of movies.

It plays with the fourth wall more than “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” but rather than talking to the audience about what’s happening in the film, the characters in “Rubber” actually talk about the film.

The film is littered with familiar faces (Fat Neil from “Community”), but everyone stays just vaguely familiar enough so that almost all audience interest falls on a killer tire that keeps, y’know, killing everyone.

But “Rubber” is much more than a gimmicky experiment. It’s a meta-film wrapped up in hilarity that continually pokes fun at Hollywood and features more exploding heads than “Scanners.”

But if nothing in that last sentence excites or at least peaks your interests, then don’t go watch the film.

“Rubber” is definitely not a film for everyone.

It’s a very specific film for a specific kind of audience. If this sounds like fun, it’s definitely worth it. If not, just go see “Scream 4.”

— Joel Samson Berntsen staff writer

TEDDY NYKIEL Staff writer After two years, two albums and giant local success, Andre and the Giants is preparing to split up.

“It’s sad, because it’s a lot of fun playing with these guys and having fun and playing shows,” vocalist and bassist Rob Bratney said. “We have our own kind of persona. We have kind of an identity.”

Blatney and guitarist Nick Friedman will graduate from MU in May. Drummer Andrew Fialka graduated last year. Fialka and Bratney have plans to attend graduate school in the fall.

The band released its second album, Giants Inspired by Giants on April 16 at Eastside Tavern. “(This album) was the one I was the most proud about and put the most work into, and it’s the biggest project we tackled,” Fialka said. “To get to share it in a setting like that where the place was sold out was such a great reward.”

The night was titled, “A Very Giant CD Release Show,” and between 150 and 200 people showed up to hear the band play almost all the songs off its new album as well as several covers.

The band’s songs address a myriad of topics including consumerism, individuality and anger and are inspired by things like Black Friday, the TLC show “What Not to Wear” and Facebook arguments.

“I guess the general theme is that I want to have something to say,” Bratney said. “I want to find something that is wrong and write a song about it.”

Friedman says the band’s influences are The Black Keys and the White Stripes.

“I think our stuff is mostly about the music,” Friedman said. “Not to detract from the lyrics, but I think the music is our strongest point. So I think that people who appreciate musicianship like it.”

Friedman characterizes the band’s sound as a mix of garage, punk and blues.

“The lines between genres have been crossing for awhile now, and they’re a

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Andre and the Giants guitarist Nick Friedman warms up before a show April 16 at Eastside Tavern. The show celebrated the release of the band’s new album, Giants Inspired by Giants.

good example of a band that can take a couple of different styles and put it together to make something fairly unique,” Wil Reeves, Centro Cellar Studio Recording Engineer, said.

The band has been together since the spring of 2009, when they began playing live behind local rapper, Ray ‘Steady P’ Pierce. Bratney met Pierce when he was covering him for a journalism assignment. Eventually, Piece encouraged the

guys to do their own thing.

“I’m like the big brother,” Pierce said.

“Nothing more, nothing less.”

The band played with Pierce Wednesday at Mojo’s, and is planning a two-week summer tour before its split.

“It’s fitting to try to do as much as we can before we go,” Fialka said. “I hope that we can play the best we can no matter what city, what crowd and no matter what happens to us on the road.”

Although College Candy tends to focus on a national fan-base, it is making some local connections. Since January, College Candy has increased its presence on the MU campus. Yanow has created a Twitter for College Candy at MU and hosted a local event called “Martinis and Manicures.” “(College Candy) doesn’t have a program with a Twitter for any other schools,” Yanow said. “Hopefully it will be really successful here and they’ll want to take it other places.”

Freshman Carly Sedberry became a fan after College Candy started following her on Twitter.

“It’s a good way for all college girls to sort of communicate and interact with each other and share things that we can all find interesting and informing,” Sedberry said.

Although much of the website focuses on relationships, fashion and partying, the website is open to including all topics.

“Anybody is welcome to apply to be a writer, whether you are a typical sorority girl, or you’re a student athlete,” Editor-in-Chief Lauren Herskovic said. “Whoever you are, you’re more than welcome to come and send us your writing sample or submit stories, and we try and publish everybody across the board.”

Herskovic said sex and relationships is

the most popular section, however, it faces some controversy. On College Candy’s current homepage, the first few articles include “Can We Stop the Slut Shaming Now?” and “Sexy Time: Opening the Back Door.”

“There’s also a lot of people on there who feel that we shouldn’t be talking about sex and that people shouldn’t be having sex,” Herskovic said. “Everyone seems to have a love/hate relationship with it.”

College Candy features a slideshow titled “The 10 Glorious Ways to Drink a Beer,” but also includes articles on topical issues relating to women’s health.

“He Said/She Said: The Birth Control Issue” addresses how men expect women to use birth control. The author, who was not on birth control, said her boyfriend did not even have condoms because expected her to be taking birth control. She calls out to men to start communicating with women so women are not either forced onto the pill or into motherhood. Students have the opportunity to decide the content and therefore the tone of the website.

“We wanted to be the destination where a girl from college can go to get pretty much anything she wanted, whether it advice for classes or trying to transition to college life,” Herskovic said.

Website gives tips to college women College Candy began in 2007 and recently increased its presence at MU. DANI KASS Staff Writer A website for college women growing in popularity offers topics regarding casual sex, protecting Facebook profiles from employers or being an annoying drunk.

Collegecandy.com, created in 2007, strives to produce relatable content for girls at college campuses all throughout the country. The articles of College Candy are written by students and for students, with a goal to generate more honest and raw content.

College Candy Intern and MU senior Lauren Yanow said the website serves as a forum for women to get advice and answers to topics they normally avoid talking about, such as sexually transmitted infections and bedroom antics.

“We’re really not afraid to talk about the topics that people want to hear about but might not ask about,” Yanow said. “Those things like sensitive subjects that girls need to know about and might not know where to look.”

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Guru Kasthuri performs traditional Indian dance for MU audience This was Prasanna Kasthuri’s first dance at the university.

ALFRED COX Staff Writer For Guru Prasanna Kasthuri, a smile conveys more than happiness.

When he dances, Kasthuri tells a story of good verses evil — a story told though his facial expressions.

Kasthuri danced for an audience in Jesse Auditorium on Sunday.

He performed the dance “Bahulya,” which is a variation of the traditional Indian dance “Bharatanatyum”.

“Bharatanatyum” comes from the words bhava, raga, tala and natya, which mean expression, music, rhythm and classical Indian musical theatre. It is considered to be a fire dance, traditionally performed by young children and women.

MU Dance and Recreation Association, known as MUDRA, invited Kasthuri to MU for his first performance at the unviersity.

MUDRA’s purpose is to explore and promote Indian culture through dance.

Aditi Bandyopadhyay, secre-

tary and dance instructor for MUDRA, said Kasthuri’s performance will help dispel many stereotypes about Indian culture, specifically dance.

“More performances of Indian classical dances need to be presented by well-trained professionals, so that many people can get the right idea about the perfection required for the dance form,” she said. “People are recognizing Indian culture

“

This dance is about structure and movement but also about letting people realize what they can do through the dance.

Guru Prasanna Kasthuri by dances set to peppy tunes, which are not true representations of our tradition of music, dance and art.”

While he was performing, Kasthuri wore traditional Indian pants and ankle bells with straps.

He used facial expressions in order to display the art of storytelling, which is the purpose of the “Bahulya”.

Kasthuri said not only did the dance represent mythical stories being told but also a connection with a higher power.

“When you dance, you are finding a piece of your soul with what you’re doing,” he said.

“Some dancers do it and find no connection. This is because they do not take the message of the dance to heart and show expression and feel the rhythm within you.”

Kasthuri said through his performance, he would be able to keep the audience interested and make others respect the art of storytelling through the dance.

“This dance is about structure and movement but also about letting people realize what they can do through the dance,” he said. “If I am here dancing, I am creating my own world for you to see, similar to the different sections shown. I am simply showing different sides of the essence of a dance.”

Audience member Hemea Srinivisan, who is familiar with “Bahulya,” said Kasthuri’s variation from the original dance did not bother her but rather interested her in different ways of expression.

“The dance he is showing is not exactly traditional but with his facial expressions and movement he is creating a strong image of a misinterpreted culture,” Srinivisan said. “…which is what this dance is all about — the feeling in oneself.”

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Guru Prasanna Kasthuri dances “Oblation to Fire God and Holy Mother.” The guest performer was sponsored by the MU Dance and Recreation Association.

Catapults for a cause 'Pride and Prejudice' Proceeds went to Granny’s House, an after school program for children who live in public housing.

alism and the fun.”

Binkley said the event grew as he organized it.

“When I originally cast the idea for how big it was going to be, I didn’t factor in how much excitement would be shown,” he said. “We doubled our expectations, made TERESA KLASSEN more launchers, and brought on 80 volunStaff Writer teers just to staff the event. I think it’s going to be a historic day.”

Vibrantly colored water balloons Although he is graduating after this soared across Carnahan Quadrangle on semester, Binkley believes “You Launch Wednesday, hurtling from giant slingshots Like a Granny” might become an annual toward far-away targets. event.

The “You Launch Like A Granny” event “Being a senior, I’m leaving,” Binkley was a fundraiser for Granny’s House, which said, “But so far everybody I’ve talked to provides a nurturing place for children in wants to carry the torch. Everybody’s just public housing to spend time after school. assuming this is the first of a long series.”

Event Organizer Chris Binkley was a Event volunteer Gabe Diya said his volunteer with Granny’s House previously. favorite part was watching people have fun.

“I’m a college student, so I’m always “Grown men act like little kids again, on campus,” Binkley said. “I was shocked throwing water balloons,” Diya said. “It’s when I volunteered to see that less than a not every day you can do that.” mile away from our campus there are kids Children from Granny’s House attended who are in the exact opposite kind of situathe event as well. tion. They don’t even have the assurance of “They loved it,” Granny’s House necessary things, like food.”

Director Pam Ingram said. “I think the When Binkley became too busy to good thing about taking them to events like donate his time, he decided to create the that is they can see they are a part of someevent.

“I was walking by Tiger Plaza one day thing really positive. It places their lives in and saw people illegally throwing water a positive context.”

The event raised about $1,500, which balloons,” he said. “I thought, ‘why don’t will go towards purchasing athletic we try to do that same thing, but do it in a equipment for the children. way that’s a little more safe?’”

“It was incredible,” Ingram said. “I Safety was definitely a concern, as the balloons could cause bruises. Part of knew about it, but it was much grander than Binkley’s job as an event organizer was I had ever imagined. There was so much considering the legal aspect and preparing support.”

Binkley said it is great to see what waivers for participants.

As a mass communications major, people can do when they recognize their Binkley garnered interest in the fundraiser help is needed.

“It’s just incredible to see the kind of by creating posters and a flashy video, movement you can make towards helping which he described as a labor of love.

“The logo and the video were really out other people when you understand that important to this event,” Binkley said. “The you have means yourself, and when you’re video carried the weight of the profession- in a position, you can help,” Binkley said.

performance to take stage This weekend marks the final performances.

ALFRED COX Staff Writer Passion and fury collide in the MU Theatre Department revival of “Pride and Prejudice,” the department’s final play of the season.

With corsets, dazzling chandeliers and old-world humor, “Prejudice” will be the same classic love story but has been cut down in length.

The play was adapted for the stage and directed by Theatre Department Assistant Professor Cheryl Black.

Black said she had no issues with altering the script, as she felt it would provide the audience a better opportunity to enjoy the production.

“I loved the previous adaptations to the stage but felt that I could try my own because I didn’t want anything crazy,” Black said. “I am introducing the story that Jane Austen wrote to all who don’t know who she is because it seems to be a piece people love and want to see, some for the first time, because this piece hasn’t been performed often at the university.”

Junior Naomi Lafond, who plays the role of Elizabeth Bennett, said through Black’s vision, the project maintains a newer feel college viewers will relate to.

“The most important thing for me when rehearsing was to not recreate Keira Knightley’s performance in the film version, which is something professor Black is adamant about us not doing,” Lafond said.

“I want to keep my part fresh and interesting, so that people can still see the character as she is but make her more relatable.”

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ASHLEY LANE| GRAPHICS ASSISTANT ferent sets had to be set up simultaneously for scenes.

Eight sets in total will be used during the production, depicting scenes in a park, a ballroom and the Bennett’s household.

Black said the sets transport the audience into a different time period.

“I feel that with the different sets, we are providing viewers time travel because those with vivid imaginations love going from place to place,” Black said. “The impression we want to give off is that we are truly transcending time and place with not only the sets, but the overall ambience of the production.”

Sophomore Peter Smith, who plays the role of Mr. Darcy, said the message of compassion and love is a reason to see the play because these topics are still relevant.

“People will look at this feature and call it old at first but see the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth and relate instantly,” Smith said. “It is a testament to Jane Austen’s work that people still get affected from her words because they are simply true observations of the dynamics of love. It transcends all generations.”

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Choir, jazz ensembles combine for night of Ellington, Hughes This will be the first time the bands will perform together.

REXLY PENAFLORIDA II Staff Writer For the first time, the Concert Jazz Band and Choral Union will collaborate together for a fusion of jazz, voice and African-American culture.

The “Sacred Concerts” will contain pieces by the legendary composer Duke Ellington, in addition to poetry selections from Langston Hughes.

Jazz Band Director Arthur White said he was excited for the collaboration of the two groups and especially for working with Choral Union Director Paul Crabb.

“I think the collaboration was born out of a mutual respect between the jazz and cho-

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ral programs,” White said in an email. “Plus, it’s a unique and unusual pairing, and I love performing works, pieces, etc. that are rarely performed, particularly when written by one of the great, and most important, composers in American music.”

Crabb said it would be a new experience because of the different instrumentation.

“This is, of course, a different style from an orchestra, so there is a lot more improvisation with a lot of percussion influence,” Crabb said.

Rachel AuBuchon, Choral Union’s pianist and a music teacher from Stephens College, will play “Songs of the Slave,” a piece with choral and solo parts from the opera “John Brown.”

She will also perform three pieces from Hughes’ poetry and “Harlem Songs” by Gwyneth Walker. Her participation is the connection between both musical groups.

“You do the best you can to bring out the elements of music that are going to be the strongest audible landmarks for (each group),” AuBuchon said. “By always giving them a firm pulse to attach to when they work the actual combo, it won’t be as difficult for them to blend in.”

For both the jazz and poetry elements of the concert, both directors said their rehearsal methods would still stay the same despite the unique combination.

White said the ultimate job of the jazz group would be to listen to, absorb, interpret and infuse the work and the Jazz Band with the sound of Ellington’s original recordings.

Crabb said the choir has gone the extra mile to prepare, as well as undergoing the usual rehearsal.

CHARLEY FIELD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The saxophone section of the MU Concert Jazz Band plays Monday during the rehearsal for Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts. The Concert Jazz Band and the Choral Union will preform together Thursday for the concert.

“We have a scholar of Langston Hughes who is going to do a poetry reading of (his poems), and that will be separate from the concert, but part of our preparation as a choir is to understand the poetry,” Crabb said.

In addition, Crabb explained the AfricanAmerican artistic impacts on history as the concert’s focus.

This concert is something that will reveal to people the beautiful and significant con-

tributions (of African-Americans) in poetry and music and simply a part of our American history that sometimes we have not become as well acquainted as we should,” he said.

AuBuchon said this is something musical groups should do more often because it is American music.

“We are exposing people to these types of music that they have maybe never heard before,” she said. “This is classical music today.”

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Mike Vorel

NFL draft brings out true fans

JaMarcus Russell. Jake Long. Matthew Stafford. Sam Bradford. Blaine Gabbert?

This is certainly a possible scenario, as the two-year Tiger starter hopes to join this heralded list of recent first overall picks at the NFL Draft, taking place inside the Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Thursday. It promises to be a historic night for Missouri faithful, as both Gabbert and athletic man-child Aldon Smith are expected to fall off the board sometime in the first round.

Although Columbia residents are shining a more intense spotlight on the draft this year than perhaps ever before, die-hard NFL followers bring that same appreciation and enthusiasm annually to this football holiday of sorts.

Since first being televised by ESPN in 1980, the draft has steadily grown into a ratings dynamo. As more fans have tuned in, coverage has become longer and more thorough, and Mel Kiper’s hair has transformed into somewhat of a national treasure. What was once a short look into the private wheelings and dealings of NFL management is now a three day, 16-hour commercial monster. The draft enjoyed its best ratings ever in 2010, and the league can expect more of the same this weekend.

To the outside observer, the NFL draft may not seem like much. There’s no violence, no collisions, and cursing and nudity are kept to a minimum. In essence, millions of people tune in to watch old men in suits deliberate.

So why watch that when we could be watching CSPAN? The answer is simple: It’s a chance for hardcore fans to further invest in their favorite teams. For a few days every year, we all get to play GM, and that’s an attractive prospect to hardcore fans. Football enthusiasts spend countless hours scouting college players and assembling mock drafts, all in an effort to know whether to cheer or boo their favorite team’s picks. The NFL Draft, more than anything else, separates the real fans from the posers.

It takes a real man to sit down, grab a beer and a cornucopia of snack food and stare at virtually nothing for eight straight hours. The casual fan will watch the first round Thursday and recognize just the star players who excelled in college. Some may even tune in for the second and third rounds Friday, provided there aren’t any kegs to handstand on or raves to mosh in. For most fans, that’s where it ends.

And then, miraculously, there are those who will diligently sit through Thursday and Friday’s action and then gladly embark on the eight-hour late round marathon Saturday.

Those are the real fans; the different breed.

This weekend, many Columbia natives will applaud when Blaine is taken in the first 10 picks and perhaps stick around to see Aldon Smith find a home somewhere in the top 20.

A smaller, more dedicated group will keep a watchful eye until Tim Barnes falls off the board somewhere in the third or fourth round.

However, there is that tiny, microscopic group of outliers that will stick it out. They will don their oldest pair of sweatpants, plant themselves on the couch, and remain virtually motionless for an entire weekend. They’ll smile, totally satisfied, as their favorite lateround sleeper finally gets nabbed sometime late in the sixth round. They’ll do all of this, despite the knowledge that these players may not even get a chance to lace up their cleats next season. Those are the legends, and I salute them.

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No. 8 Tigers split with Huskers in Lincoln, Neb. Missouri softball is 38-6 in the regular season.

PAT IVERSEN Staff Writer Pac-10 goodbyes can be rough, as the No. 8 Missouri softball team learned over the weekend. No. 14 Nebraska, set to leave for the Pac-10 Conference next year, hosted the Tigers in Lincoln, Neb. over the weekend for the final matchup between the conference rivals.

The Cornhuskers didn’t offer a warm welcome, but Missouri rallied in the second game to earn a series split.

The Tigers are now 38-6 overall and 10-2 in Big 12 play, good enough for second in the conference behind Texas.

A couple of Missouri streaks met their demise on Friday, as the Huskers took the first game by a score of 3-2.

The loss snapped the Tigers’ 10-game winning streak and dealt sophomore Chelsea Thomas (21-4) her first defeat in her last seven starts.

The Huskers had to work for the win, however. Thomas struck out 10 batters during the game, but untimely walks ultimately were her undoing in the fifth inning. Trailing Missouri by two runs, Tatum Edwards led off the frame with Nebraska’s only hit of the day.

Thomas then walked to batters to load the bases and hit a batter to bring in a run.

Another walk and a sacrifice fly gave Nebraska the 3-2 lead for good, despite only having one hit in the inning.

Thomas took the circle again Saturday and looked much different than she did a day earlier.

She took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, ultimately striking out nine and allowing two hits to Nebraska.

One of those hits was nearly a home run in the first inning, but senior centerfielder Rhea Taylor leapt

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Sophomore Chelsea Thomas delivers a pitch April 10 at University Field. In the midst of a road trip, the Tigers were defeated Friday in Nebraska, but won their game Saturday.

above the fence to keep it in play.

With a strong pitching effort behind them, the Missouri offense went to work. Senior Abby Vock hit her fourth homer of the year in the fifth inning to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead and then singled in the seventh to help load the bases for junior Ashley Fleming.

Fleming drove in two runs with a single, and a sacrifice fly by sophomore Nicole Hudson gave Missouri the 4-1 victory.

Splitting the series after giving away the first game Friday was important for Missouri but not all that unexpected. The Tigers have not lost a series all season, nor have they lost two games in a row to the same opponent. A big part

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of that has to do with the pitching. Thomas’ endurance in back-to-back games has been impressive considering the amount of time she missed last season, and her presence has helped keep the Tigers in contention every weekend.

Even so, Missouri needs to find consistency on the road if it wants to advance far into the Big 12 tournament in a few weeks. The upcoming set with Oklahoma State in Stillwater should be another good test for the Tigers who’ll be looking to find a strong wave of momentum to roll on before their matchup with Texas.

The Longhorns have had an impressive season thus far, and are No. 1 in the Big 12 with a 10-0 record in conference play and 41-4 overall. Texas has won seven straight games, and is coming off a two-game sweep of Texas A&M over the weekend.

The key for Missouri, however, is to not look too far ahead.

The last time it did so, North Texas routed the

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Tigers in advance of their series with Baylor.

As cliché as the old phrase might be, taking it one game at a time truly is the best strategy for Missouri at this point if it wants to be prepared for the best team in the Big 12.

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Analysis: Tigers claw Bears in Waco MIKE VOREL Staff Writer The Missouri Tigers headed to Waco last weekend for a three-game series with the Baylor Bears, desperately searching for their first Big 12 series win of the 2011 season.

Thanks to some timely hitting and nearly flawless relief work, that’s exactly what they found.

The Tigers set the tone in Thursday’s series opener, with four Missouri hurlers holding Baylor to only two total runs in a 4-2 win.

Sophomore Eric Anderson took the mound for his third start since a season-ending shoulder surgery in 2010, and in three innings allowed only one earned run while striking out three. Still, with Anderson’s pitch count being limited, it would take a team effort for the Tigers to earn their first Big 12 win on the road.

That’s exactly what coach Tim Jamieson received from his bullpen, as senior Brad Buehler, junior Dusty Ross and senior Phil McCormick combined to give up only one earned run in the final six innings. Junior Conner Mach and sophomores Eric Garcia and Brannon Champagne each drove in key runs for Missouri, who was able to improve to 15-22 on the season and 3-9 in the Big 12 with the close road win.

The Bears showed some tenacity on Friday, however, bouncing back and jumping all over Missouri freshman starter Rob Zastryzny on their way to a 6-3 win. Zastryzny, a Texas

native, was not greeted warmly by Bear hitters, being tagged for five runs on eight hits in only 4.1 innings of work.

Missouri’s bats couldn’t keep pace with Baylor, posting nine hits but only pushing across three runs.

Mach led the way for the Tigers, producing his best offensive game of the season by far out of the leadoff spot. The third baseman went 4-4 with a run scored and two RBIs, including a two-run homer to left field in the third inning. The junior finished a triple shy of the cycle, recording two singles, a double and a home run in the loss.

On Saturday’s rubber match, the floodgates seemed to open for Missouri’s hitters for the first time in Big 12 play. The Tigers exploded for 10 runs on 16 hits in an easy 10-1 victory. Senior Jonah Schmidt went a perfect 5-5 with a run scored, making him the first Tiger to reach the five-hit plateau since former Tiger Aaron Senne against Purdue on March 30, 2010.

Schmidt had plenty of help from the rest of Missouri’s lineup as well.

Sophomore catcher Ben Turner made the most of his opportunities at the plate, going 2-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored.

Sophomore Blake Brown also continued to swing a hot bat, adding two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Mach followed up Friday’s stellar effort with a similar output on Saturday, driving in two more runs and reaching base via a hit and two walks. This, by every definition, was

BEN WALTON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior Dusty Ross pitches against Kansas on April 17 at Taylor Stadium. Missouri won its first Big 12 series victory this season over the weekend against Baylor.

a team effort.

Refusing to be overshadowed by the Tigers’ bats, junior starter Matt Stites turned in perhaps his finest start of the season on Saturday. The junior college transfer struck out a career-high nine Bears and allowed only one earned run in 7.2 innings.

Stites also proved his durability,

throwing a career-high 123 pitches in the effort. Everything seemed to click for Missouri, and the result was their first Big 12 series win.

Jamieson and the Tigers hope to carry that momentum into games with Eastern Illinois and Missouri State this week, and eventually a series against Big 12 powerhouse

Texas A&M Aggies this weekend.

Heading into the home stretch of the conference season, Missouri hopes this series win is merely a sign of things to come.

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