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It’s Kim’s turn to lead WILL JARVIS Staff Writer Kim Anderson is ready.

He’s ready for the challenge of coaching a basketball team in the Southeastern Conference. He’s ready to make changes to a team filled with off-court controversies. He’s ready to rebuild a once prominent program back to its prestige.

Anderson is ready to make Missouri basketball a powerhouse.

On April 29, it was announced that Anderson would take over as head coach at his alma mater. His summer consisted of interviews and recruiting trips, but now, six months later, he’s finally ready to do what he came here for: coaching.

“It’s been great to be able to see so many people and to talk about Missouri basketball,” Anderson said. “But I’m looking forward to coaching these guys more than I am talking about it."

Homegrown talent

Anderson grew up in Sedalia, a town 70 miles southwest of Columbia. After a successful high school career, the towering, 6-feet7-inch young man went on to play basketball for Missouri, where he racked up 1,289 career points and led Mizzou to its first ever Big Eight Conference championship as a junior in 1976.

Anderson was the Big Eight’s “Player of the Year” his senior season and went on to be an NBA secondround draft pick of the Portland Trailblazers. Following a short professional career, Anderson found himself back in Columbia, serving as a coach under Norm Stewart. He jumped around between Baylor and Missouri as an assistant until he got his first head coaching job at Central Missouri in 2003.

There, he took the reins of a strong Division II school and made it a powerhouse. Compiling an overall record of 274-94, Anderson stressed the importance of defense and led his 2013 team to a Division II national championship.

But even after 12 years at UCM, there’s only one place Anderson calls home.

Columbia.

His emotions were evident at his introductory press conference

in April. A glisten in his eye said it all.

“Thanks for bringing me home.”

A player’s coach His life was a whirlwind following his hiring at the university. Buy a house.

Settle in. Oh, and start coaching a Southeastern Conference basketball team. New jobs come with transitions, and those transitions aren’t made easier when you’re immediately judged by 18-22 year-old college athletes, including some who didn’t even sign up to play for you.

“I think there was some apprehension (to me coming in), and I don’t blame them,” Anderson said. “I don’t blame them for being apprehensive, and I told them that upfront.”

Six months in, and players say that apprehension has begun to wear off. As the players warm up to Anderson, his attitude may be rubbing off on them. His success at Central Missouri can be attributed to his passion, according to Sean O’Brien, a sophomore who played under Anderson at UCM. Anderson was a college athlete and that burning competitiveness is still inside him, and it drives his players.

“You know how much he wants it,” O’Brien said. “He’s a very intense guy in practice and you feed off that energy.”

Practices aren’t always easy, and no Anderson practice would be complete without a healthy amount of yelling and an appropriate number of blistering whistle blows.

But still, O’Brien said Anderson has the ability to take the most mundane parts of practices and turn them into something fun.

“There were never drills,” O’Brien said. “There were always competitions, and he made that clear.”

From day one, Anderson made his message clear: Defense comes first. It may not be as fun to play or practice as offense, but defensiveminded teams worked for Anderson at Central Missouri.

Last season, Anderson’s UCM squad ranked in the top 50

nationally in points allowed per game (68.5), overall field-goal defense (41.2 percent), three-point FG defense (32.4 percent) and defensive rebounds (902).

Anderson makes his living on defense-first basketball. It’s what won him a Division II national championship last year. It’s what won him 274 career games at UCM, en route to building a dynasty. It’s what won him this job.

The Tigers ranked 164th nationally in points allowed (69.7) a season ago, not exactly a stellar statistic. Missouri also ranked just 295th in the country with five steals per game.

“Defense wins championships,” senior Keanau Post said. “And now it’s not just coach saying that, it’s everybody.”

Anderson has won everywhere he’s coached. During both tenures as an assistant at Missouri, the Tigers finished under .500 just once in eleven seasons. As a head coach at Central Missouri, Anderson boasted a .745 career winning percentage.

“It’s easy to play hard for him,” O’Brien said of Anderson. “It’s not easy to play defense, but when you want to play hard for him, that’s

Taking the Reins

Coach Kim Anderson is taking hold of a young Missouri basketball team this season. The MU alum had a successful 12-year coaching career with the University of Central Missouri, which he led to a NCAA Division II National Championship. His 2013-14 Mules were ranked in the top 50 for many defensive statistics, for which Mizzou was placed over 100 spots below.

What’s up in the air now is how his defensive mindset will translate over to the Division I Tigers this year.

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easier.”

He’s a player’s coach. He was a student athlete himself at Missouri.

He’s been in all these players’ shoes — even if it was decades ago.

“He’s been there,” O’Brien said.

“He knows what its like to be a college athlete. He’d get on you and all that, but he was fun to play for.”

Makeover in progress There’s just something about that deep, silky smooth voice — slow and firm as tar. A coach’s voice. That cavernous voice is what convinced four-star freshman Montaque GillCaesar to come to Missouri, signing so late that he almost enrolled in his senior year of high school before committing. Anderson convinced the small forward to graduate early, come to Missouri and build a dynasty.

“He gave me the breakdown on what he wants to do with this entire program and image of Missouri basketball,” Gill-Caesar said.

“What he was saying, I was very comfortable with. I have the same goals.”

Anderson’s hiring of assistant coach Rob Fulford, who was GillCaesar’s head coach at basketball powerhouse Huntington Prep, also impacted the freshman’s decision to come to Missouri.

Landing future recruits from the school that has produced marquee Division I players, including recent No. 1 NBA Draft pick Andrew Wiggins, could aid in Anderson’s goal of turning this program around.

The Tigers didn’t make the NCAA tournament last year under head coach Frank Haith. They haven’t won a March Madness game since 2010, and the year they had a great chance of making the Final Four in 2012 as a 2-seed, 15-seed Norfolk State shocked the Tigers in an opening-round upset.

A makeover is overdue.

Everywhere Gill-Caesar goes, people ask him if Missouri will even be good this year. After his late decision to play for the Tigers, eyebrows rose and skeptics did not keep their silence.

“We’ve never won an NCAA championship,” Gill-Caesar said.

And he wants to change that.

A national championship is a lofty goal. Two or three years down the road, with some possible bigname recruits coming in, it may be reachable. But for now — this year –— it won’t be all fun and games.

Missouri won’t be a 2-seed; many experts don’t expect the Tigers to make the NCAA Tournament.

The road ahead It’s safe to say Anderson and his Tigers will take their fair share of lumps. Those lumps might come sooner rather than later, too: Missouri’s non-conference schedule is its most difficult in recent memory. The Tigers play 2014 Elite Eight team Arizona in Maui, Hawaii, and also face Oklahoma, Xavier, Illinois and Oklahoma State, all before conference play begins.

“There are some challenges ahead and we’re going to have to do some things,” Anderson said. “But hopefully as the year goes on, we’re going to get better, but the idea is to build the program over a period of time.”

Anderson is ready to turn Missouri basketball around. It’s been 37 years since he last pulled the black and gold jersey over his head, but the same fiery youth will be standing on the sideline this winter.

His hair may be a little grayer. His knees may not be as strong. His jump shot may be a bit rusty. But he’s ready.

Anderson is a Tiger once again.

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DANIEL WITT Staff Writer The Missouri basketball team has two seniors this season. One, Keith Shamburger, a two-time transfer, will be playing in his first year at Mizzou. The other, Keanau Post, now in his second season as a Tiger, saw an average of 8.1 minutes per game last season.

So it makes sense that Missouri coach Kim Anderson has concerns about leadership on his squad.

“Who’s the person that’s going to step up and be a leader?” he asked. “It doesn’t have to be a verbal or vocal leader, but who’s going to be that guy?”

That guy could be Post, who, according to Anderson, has stepped up and made his presence known this preseason. Last season, the 6 foot 11 inches, 270-pound center scored 1.5 points per game.

“I’m excited to be able to coach that guy,” Anderson said of Post.

“He’s really been good — not only from a basketball standpoint, but he’s trying to be somewhat of a leader.”

Post said he has had a lot of moments where freshman teammates have come to him for advice. Post said he just tries to be there for them and develop trust.

But Post admitted that he, and other upperclassmen, are also learning from the freshmen.

“Just being the upperclassman — somebody the underclassmen can come to when they hit the wall or something like that,” Post said.

“We want them to be comfortable with us.

“I feel like everybody on the team has a role in leading the team,” Post added. “I’m not going to go out and say, ‘I’m the leader of the team.’ Everybody has a role.”

Anderson said the role of the rallying force has yet to be filled.

“Hopefully it will be a team thing, or where a guy like Keith Shamburger or Ryan Rosburg or ‘J-Three’ (Jonathan Williams III) just commands their respect on the floor and commands that leadership without being a cheerleader,” Anderson said.

Shamburger isn’t bubbly, and he doesn’t display his enthusiasm.

Anderson described the redshirt senior guard as a “mature young man.”

“I think he’s still evolving,” Anderson said. “He’s been at a couple different schools and scored. I think he’s an integral part of whatever success we have. He’s not a big talker. He’s not a big ‘rahrah’ guy. He just kind of goes out and plays.

“From observing him early on, I think his play will exhibit some leadership.”

Shamburger said he has been trying to be a more vocal leader.

After growing up in Los Angeles, Shamburger played his freshman and sophomore seasons at San Jose State University, where he averaged 12.7 points per game and 3.7 assists per game over two years.

Shamburger then transferred to Hawaii. He was redshirted his first season there, and then he started 30 of 31 games at point guard last season as a junior. Shamburger led Hawaii in assists (5.4) and free throw percentage (.832) last season.

Now in Columbia, Shamburger said he’s in the type of college town he has always wanted in his life.

Though he’s a senior, he recognizes that he’s also a newcomer, and that he hasn’t done anything on the court yet for Missouri to earn the respect of his teammates.

“I didn’t expect to just have it once I got here,” Shamburger said.

“You’ve just got to keep working, and eventually everybody will respect you.”

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Missouri Tigers senior guard Keith Shamburger (14) poses for a portrait Oct. 1 at Mizzou Arena.

There may not be a singular leader of this Mizzou team. There may not be “that guy” Anderson mentioned; it may be “those guys.”

When Post was asked what characteristics he thinks make up a good leader, he went back to his original multi-leader theory.

“I don’t think it’s someone with all the characteristics,” Post

said. “I think every guy holds a certain characteristic. When it all comes together and everyone is comfortable and trusts each other, then we’ll have a good team. Every guy holds something.”

This season, the average Southeastern Conference team has fewer than three seniors on its roster. Like last season, the Tigers

have two seniors.

“I’m hoping that somebody will step up and be a leader,” Anderson said. “But you know, you don’t have to have a leader. If everybody is buying into things and doing things, maybe everybody leads.

Maybe everybody is a leader. It’s something that is going to continue to mature as the season goes on.”

New assistant coach Fulford settles into the college game MICHAEL NATELLI Assistant Sports Editor This time last year, Rob Fulford was preparing to coach high school basketball at Huntington Prep in West Virginia, the school that produced the likes of 2014 NBA Draft No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins. Now, he's getting ready to help lead a team in the

Southeastern Conference.

"It was time," Fulford said.

He spent the past five seasons as the head coach at Huntington Prep. Perennially one of the top high school programs in the country, Fulford went 138-17 in his time at the school.

"It's similar (to coaching at Huntington),” Fulford said of his move to the college ranks. “We

had a high school tag, but that was (essentially) Division I basketball so the challenges are the same."

Fulford said he’s excited about the chance to be at the next level, but he wasn't going to settle for just any college job. It had to be the right opportunity.

"Would I rather coach a lowmajor team that my high school team could beat to say that I coach

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Missouri Tigers assistant coach Rob Fulford speaks to freshman guard Tramaine Isabell on Oct. 14 at Mizzou Arena.

college, or would I rather continue to coach (future) pros?” Fulford said of his reasoning for staying at the high school level. “So that was just the mindset that I had, that when the right situation and the right coach presented themselves, it was time."

Fulford said he knew he ultimately wanted to end up in the college game, but it was a conversation with Missouri coach Kim Anderson that let Fulford decide Mizzou was the right fit and it was the right time to make the jump.

"After talking to him, I realized it was something I wanted to do," Fulford said. "He and I have a lot of things in common. He got here in kind of a different way, going the Division II route for 12 years.

I'm a guy who coached high school; obviously (Huntington Prep was) at an elite level, but it's not college."

A month into his coaching career, Fulford seems to be settling in quite nicely in his role as one of the assistants on Anderson's staff.

"The resources are a lot better," Fulford said. "I was scouting games off of MaxPreps stats in high school.

Now we have all these fancy Internet systems that we can pull exact plays off. So that'll be an adjustment learning how to utilize it."

Fulford said he is also enjoying the opportunity to step back from the "bad cop" role and work with players more personally.

Having Fulford on staff could

also help the Tigers with their future recruiting pursuits, as top Huntington prospects Thomas Bryant (class of 2015) and Miles Bridges (class of 2016) are currently on Mizzou’s radar.

“Obviously you don't want to overstep or feel like you're putting pressure on any guys to come here for the wrong reasons,” Fulford said. “I want guys to come here for Mizzou, not because I'm here and they're at my old stomping grounds."

But with Fulford and freshman guard Montaque Gill-Caesar — a Huntingon product who reclassified into the class of 2014 and picked Mizzou after Fulford was hired — already in the fold, Missouri has quickly manufactured a new pipeline to one of the top basketball prep schools in the nation.

"Out of practice, I can go to him because he's someone I trust," GillCaesar said.

Fulford has worked with the wings since arriving at Mizzou and is already making an impression on some of his new players.

"Fulford's bringing a lot of encouragement to this team," said redshirt senior guard Keith Shamburger. "He's talking to the young guys and even talking to me making sure we're doing the right things. Once you have that on your coaching staff, it just makes you want to get better, because they want you to be better every day."

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MSA Presidential candidate Jordan McFarland speaks Monday at the MU Student Center. Each candidate was allowed time to answer questions and promote their campaign. The election will be held Nov. 10-12.

Since becoming MU’s chancellor on Feb. 1, R. Bowen Loftin has visited New York City, Los Angeles and many cities in between.

According to public records, the university has spent a total of $29,284.65 for Loftin’s travel expenses from Feb. 1 to Oct. 9, the date of the most recent available records. MU spokesman Christian Basi said funding for the trip came from the general university budget.

Travel records were not yet available for Loftin’s trip to Washington, D.C., last week.

The records list 20 trips to locations across the world. Four of the trips were within Missouri, 15 were to locations around the U.S. and one was to Western Cape, South Africa.

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BEC hosts first 2014 MSA presidential debate JACK WADDELL, WAVERLY COLVILLE AND GEORGE ROBERSON of The Maneater staff The Missouri Students Association’s Board of Elections Commissioners hosted the first MSA presidential debate Monday night in The Shack. The three slates gave their opinions and described their platforms on various issues.

The three slates are juniors Myles Artis and Mary Cate O’Brien, juniors Payton Head and Brenda SmithLezama, and sophomores Jordan McFarland and T.J. Hinch.

Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Cathy Scroggs, MSA Senate Speaker Benjamin Bolin and Residence Halls Association President Steven Chaffin moderated the debate.

What is the role of student government and what will you do to educate the campus body?

All slates agreed that a student government’s main priority is to address the issues concerning students, and that it should be transparent by reaching out and talking with students.

Head/Smith-Lezama said that they want to visit the student

organizations that are left out of conversations.

McFarland/Hinch said they want to create a more open culture in student government, where it’s acceptable to ask questions.

Artis/O’Brien said they want students to “Join In,” like their slogan says, and unite to give students the best MU experience possible.

What would happen if you had to cut two percent from the MSA budget?

All the slates agreed that education should be prioritized when making budget cuts.

McFarland/Hinch and Artis/ O’Brien said they would take cuts

to their salaries, while Head/SmithLezama did not think that should become a precedent. Hinch said he would donate his entire salary of $5,000 to MSA to help offset budget deficits.

McFarland added cuts should be taken from MSA first instead of cutting education spending.

Artis/O’Brien said they would work with different organizations on campus to determine where they would need money most, then make cuts from there.

Head/Smith-Lezama said cutting salaries is noble, but added that many students work to support themselves, so it shouldn’t become

a habit for the future.

What unique issues do you think students living in the residence halls face?

Each slate brought up different issues when addressing the problems faced in residence halls.

Artis/O’Brien said that they wanted to have more diverse dining options so multicultural students or students with dietary needs feel comfortable. They also would like to make sure off-campus freshmen feel included.

McFarland/Hinch mentioned gender-neutral housing as an issue.

They agreed with Artis/O’Brien on

campus next fall, and it is up to the Residential Halls Association to come up with something a little more creative.

“Whenever we start a project for building a new residence hall, we have to come up with a name of

the project,” Director of Residential Life Frankie Minor said. “Then we have to eventually come up with a working name. “ The four RHA committees, Advocacy, Operations, Programming and Residential Living, were tasked

with coming up with a list of ideas for the working name, RHA speaker of Congress Garrett Wilt said.

There was only one guideline for the committees as they brainstormed.

“They are not allowed to be

named after people that are living,” RHA President Steven Chaffin said.

“The university likes to leave those people open for potentially donating to the university at some point. It is

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A woman walks past the 1936 addition of Lafferre Hall on Tuesday. This section, among others, of Lafferre Hall is in need of repairs. MU will receive $38.5 million in state funding to renovate Lafferre.

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Ginny Chadwick 30 MU buildings need renovations explains ‘no’ vote on pot proposition ANNABEL AMES Staff Writer

ELANA WILLIAMS Staff Writer After City Council shot down a marijuana ordinance proposal at its Oct. 20 meeting, some citizens are questioning First Ward Councilwoman Ginny Chadwick’s vote.

The ordinance, which would have allowed chronically ill Columbians to grow up to two marijuana plants with a doctor’s recommendation and decriminalized possession of up to 35 grams in Columbia, was voted down 4-3. With the current law in Missouri, cultivation of marijuana risks a felony charge and up to 15 years in prison.

Chadwick ultimately decided against the ordinance.

During her campaign, Chadwick supported the idea of the further decriminalization of marijuana in Columbia.

A Facebook page called “Recall First Ward Councilperson Ginny Chadwick” cropped up, started

by Eapen Thampy, who is also a founder of the ShowMe Cannabis lobby effort. Legalizing the drug would minimize crime, Thampy said.

“We were excited when we heard that there was a possibility of getting cultivation decriminalized here,” he said. “We’d be the first municipality in the United States to take that.”

Thampy, who had been positive about the ordinance passing, said miscommunication was the leading cause behind the move to recall Chadwick.

“The big deal was she broke a campaign promise without communicating to us,” Thampy said.

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Walking through McKee Gymnasium — one of three buildings rated over 0.5 on the Facilities Conditions Needs Index last year — is like taking a step back in time.

Foggy windows, stairs and walls with chipped paint, and old wooden floors and doors are several of the building’s most outdated features. The building was built in 1922 and hasn’t received a complete makeover since.

But McKee, which scored 0.8 on the index, isn’t alone. Waters Hall also scored 0.8 and Mumford Hall scored 0.5, meaning that about 80 percent and

50 percent of the buildings need to be completely renovated.

The university’s goal is to reduce overall campus FCNI to 0.3 in 10 years, according to a previous Maneater article.

Waters and Mumford have also received no significant updates since they were first constructed, with only regular maintenance repairs to ensure the building can still function.

The three buildings serve academic functions and house several departments, such as the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Exercise Physiology (in McKee), the Division of Plant Sciences (in Waters) and the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (in Mumford).

Campus Facilities spokeswoman Karlan Seville said the buildings were deemed safe for occupancy by inspections performed at the beginning of this year, and they are currently in use by students and faculty. However, she said, the buildings are still outdated and not optimal for how they are used today.

“None of the buildings are designed for today’s technology and today’s teaching styles,” Seville said.

Renovating McKee is expected to cost about $15 million, while Waters and Mumford are anticipated to cost $22 million and $24 million,

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MyZou introduces preferred names option

YASMINE BENCHAABANE Reporter MyZou will now allow students to add a preferred first and middle names to be displayed in the Student Center section of the system, class and grade rosters, Blackboard, and emails.

Students may add preferred names under the “Personal Information” section of MyZou. The changes will appear on MyZou immediately and take about a day to appear on Blackboard.

University Registrar Brenda Selman said adding a preferred name will not change a student’s legal name, and will not

appear on student ID cards, transcripts or diplomas.

Selman said the ability to display preferred names has been requested in the past few years but was not functional in past software.

“Many ‘Roberts’ prefer to be called ‘Bob,’ etcetera,” she said. “Allowing the students to indicate a preferred name will help with communication with faculty and others … due to costs of modifying the system, we were unable to accommodate the changes requested (in the past).”

The change had long been advocated by the LGBTQ Resource Center and the transgender student community.

Center coordinator Struby Struble said displaying preferred names in university systems will greatly affect transgender or gender-nonconforming students whose legal names do not match their identity.

“A very common experience for most people who identify as transgender is that they go through a name and pronoun shift at some point in their transition into living as their true selves,” she said. “So someone introduces themselves as ‘Sarah,’ someone looks like what we expect a Sarah to look like in the world, but then their ID or class roster would say something like ‘Samuel.’”

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MU alum’s essay on depression goes viral EMMA DILTZ Staff Writer It was triggered by the loss of a black ballet flat.

Like Cinderella, some people draw parallels between losing a shoe and finding true love, but for MU alumna Allison Pohle, losing a shoe and getting it back helped her to find herself.

Allison was the 2009 Homecoming Queen at her high school in Solon, Ohio. During this time she was — and still is — battling clinical depression. Now, five years later, she said she was inspired to write and publish an article titled “The Saddest Homecoming Queen in Ohio,” after losing her shoe on a subway in New York.

Writing the essay was a big step for Allison and was supported by her family. Though they didn’t know she wrote it until she sent them the link when it was published by Medium on Oct. 13, they said they were overwhelmed with pride and emotion.

“Honestly, I cried when I read it,” her brother Eric Pohle said. “It was a very emotional story because it brought back a lot of memories and tough times.”

Her mother, Sue Pohle, was equally proud of Allison for revealing such a major part of her life. Sue said it brought back a lot of heartbreaking memories, but it also proved just how far Allison had come in five years.

But Allison didn’t craft the piece without difficulty. She said she struggled to admit that she was aiming for the title of royalty at

her high school, claiming that it sounded superficial.

Even more of an obstacle to confess than her royal ambitions was the condition she’s suffered from for so many years.

“It’s hard to say I have depression,” Allison said.

While her illness took a toll on her, Allison said it also affected those she was around every day, especially her family.

The hardest part about watching his older sister go through her clinical depression was knowing there wasn’t much he could do to help her, Eric said. It was a battle she had to face on her own.

After Allison’s essay was published, she said, the response was far greater than she had expected. With over 900,000 views, countless messages and comments have poured in from people going through similar struggles. They express how much her story helped them and seek her advice.

Though she has spent a portion of her life battling depression, her brother said the fact that she was able to write and publish such a personal essay is a testament to her strength.

“She’s really brave,” Eric Pohle said. “A lot of people are dealing with depression and she openly talked about what she went through.

People tell her, ‘you’ve put into words something I never could.’ The fact that she was able to put it into words shows (how) brave and strong she is.”

To Allison, all the messages she’s gotten have made releasing this part of her life completely worth it. She

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Allison Pohle is crowned Homecoming Queen of her Solon, Ohio, high school in 2009. Now an MU alum, Pohle wrote a viral essay on her battle with depression, "The Saddest Homecoming Queen in Ohio."

said the story has become so much bigger than just her. As a journalist, Allison has spent a lot of her time being the interviewee. Now on the other side, she said she understands how much of an impact stories can have on others.

“It’s shown me the value of sharing stories because it’s helped people in ways I’ve never imagined,” she said. “It’s really terrifying to share something so personal, so I hope people who read this and have depression aren’t afraid to ask for help. We can’t go through life alone.

We aren’t meant to go through life alone.”

Her family said they believe she made the right choice in choosing to publish her writing, because not many people openly talk about depression and the personal effects it has.

“I don’t think anyone really realizes how much this can affect someone,” Sue Pohle said. “She’d gone through a lot. People shouldn’t suffer in silence. Maybe the more people talk about it, the more it will be accepted.”

Allison said she has learned through her experience that it’s important to ask for help because she didn’t in high school. Although she had thought people could tell that there was something wrong with her, they largely couldn’t.

“I’ve become a lot better at asking for help, and I hope they can ask for help, too,” Allison said. “If someone is feeling a certain way, then it is valid and they aren’t wrong. I hope they are comfortable enough with themselves and those around them to get help. I hope this encourages them to talk to someone who’s in a

position to help them.”

There’s a stigma attached to most topics centered around mental health, Sue Pohle said, and she’s proud that Allison published something to help lessen that stigma.

Ultimately, Allison said she thinks it’s important to show that mental illness doesn’t discriminate — that even the homecoming queen has it, too.

And though she still finds it difficult to admit she wanted to be the one crowned high school royalty, she said, the further she’s distanced herself from high school, the more she understands it.

“We all have these crowns we’re chasing to find happiness, and that was mine,” Allison said.

‘Love Your Melon’ spreads message on campus homecoming WAVERLY COLVILLE Staff Writer Love Your Melon College Ambassador Emilie Kempen stood in Speakers Circle on Oct. 22 to promote her team, Tigers for Hope.

They passed out informational flyers and stickers to spread awareness of Love Your Melon, a non-profit organization that gives a hat to a child with cancer for every product sold on their website.

Oct. 22 was national Love Your Melon Day, when events took place across the country.

“We wanted to spread the word, and we’ve gotten positive feedback from students,” Kempen said. “We wanted to make everyone aware of this important cause. Little things do make a difference.”

Love Your Melon started in an entrepreneurship class at the University of St. Thomas in 2012 by two friends, Brian Keller and Zachary Quinn.

Since its foundation, Love Your Melon has sold more than 14,000 hats. Their company was featured on The Today Show and Good Morning America.

College ambassadors are spread across the nation and in Canada. Ambassadors promote the company on their campus and each team has a goal of selling 50 products.

Once they achieve their goal, the Love Your Melon team will come to a local children’s hospital for a hat giveaway event.

The company also sells scarves, baseball caps, bags, T-shirts and iPhone cases. All products are made in Minnesota.

Kempen and her team, which includes her younger sister Mollie and her friends, are close to achieving their goal.

“Cancer is an issue close to heart for us,” Emilie Kempen said.

The sisters’ father and a personal friend have both battled cancer, she said.

Junior Audrey Knodell, a volunteer, also helped Kempen spread awareness. She said she decided to get involved because she has a connection to this organization.

A friend of Knodell’s went to school with one of the founders of Love Your Melon, so Knodell has known about it since its beginning stages.

“I got to see it progress from when it was nothing more than a thought all the way to what it is now,” Knodell said.

Emilie Kempen said her involvement in the organization has affected her by inspiring her to make a difference and see her life differently.

“Seeing how two college students started this showed me that through hard work, we can make a difference,” she said.

“You just need support and a great cause. It helps me keep things in perspective.”

Mollie Kempen said she is inspired by the outpouring of support they’ve seen.

“There’s so many people willing to help,” she said. “It makes me happy to see a smile on a child’s face.”

By spreading awareness on campus, Knodell said she hopes to get more people involved — including herself, by becoming a college ambassador for the non-profit soon.

“Cancer is something a lot of people can

relate to because many have experienced it personally on some level through family members or friends,” Knodell said. “With Love Your Melon, it’s cool to actually see the benefits of everything that you’re doing.”

Once Tigers for Hope reaches their goal of selling 50 hats, they said they will raise their goal to 100, in order to benefit another hospital and expand Love Your Melon’s reach even further.

Emilie Kempen said she hopes to inform people of Love Your Melon and its mission and to encourage others to be a college ambassador as well.

Knodell said she believes this organization has already made an impact on her.

“I’m the best version of myself when I’m doing something for somebody else,” Knodell said. “That’s just part of who I am and that’s how I get my fulfillment, is by giving back to other people.”

Mollie Kempen said she hopes to see the impact this organization will have on the campus when people become more involved with Love Your Melon.

“It brings us closer together,” she said.

“It makes everyone more aware so more people are willing to help.”

Emilie Kempen said she will continue her involvement in giving back to the community, and she sees the potential for Love Your Melon to be bigger.

“Giving back is what so much of life is about,” she said. “Everyone has tough times, but giving back reminds us that we are all in this together.”

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Ethan Colbert Allison Schnitker legion of black collegians king and queen:

Julian Love

Maiya Stevenson

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Campus health officials prepare for flu season JARED KAUFMAN Reporter Winter is coming, and with it comes flu season. Within the next couple of months, peak influenza will be in full swing and now is the best time to take preventive measures.

“It’s too early in the flu season in Missouri to tell how prevalent it will be, but now it’s where we would expect it to be at this time,” Student Health Center Director Scott Henderson said.

It can be hard to tell what the future will hold when it comes to the flu.

“Flu seasons are unpredictable and the severity and length of the season varies from year to year,” MU Health Care Infection Control Manager Linda Johnson said.

Flu season commonly peaks in the winter months, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac website, temperatures this winter are predicted to be below normal, which could worsen this year’s flu season.

There are differing theories as to why flu season occurs in the winter, Johnson said.

“The influenza virus typically does not like the heat, but

there are exceptions,” Johnson said. “Studies have shown that winter’s cooler temperatures and lower humidity contribute to the transmission of the virus.”

Why illnesses spread more during colder months might have a legitimate reason, Henderson said.

“People are confined indoors, so they’re more likely to be infected,” he said.

Vaccination is the best way to prevent catching and spreading the flu, Johnson said.

“We strongly urge everyone six months of age and older to receive an annual influenza vaccination,” Johnson said.

The Student Health Center is holding eight traveling flu shot clinics at various places around campus throughout October and November. Three clinics remain — Oct. 29 at the College of Education in Townsend Lobby, Nov. 4 at Ellis Library, and Nov. 5 at the Reynolds Journalism Institute, all from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Flu shots are also always available by appointment at the Student Health Center. The cost of the flu shots are included in student tuition fees.

“Students think that they don’t get the flu and that they don’t get sick, and that’s a myth

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that we really have to work with a lot,” Student Health Center spokesperson Pam Roe said.

“However, if you think you’re stressed out now, with your coursework and your finals and your exams — if you get the flu, you will be out of commission for about three days, and so that just adds to your stress level. Getting your flu shot won’t necessarily get rid of the flu, but it’ll keep you from getting the flu and get you through the flu season.”

Aside from vaccination, there are several important precautions people can take to stop the spread of the flu.

“It is also recommended that if you are sick, stay home,” Johnson said. “Hand hygiene is also very important year round,

but especially during typical flu seasons. Stay away from others if you have the flu, and cough or sneeze into your sleeve instead of your hands.”

Additionally, avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth and get plenty of sleep.

In order to properly respond to the flu, there’s a science behind the sickness. The flu is a contagious respiratory virus which can affect the nose, throat and lungs that is spread by droplets produced when an individual who is infected coughs, sneezes or talks.

The Student Health Center also takes major precautions when it comes to their traveling flu shot clinics.

“We have single-dose vaccines,

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HANNAH BLACK Reporter

Graduate student Shirley Boudreaux seeks to challenge the idea of perfection. In her exhibit “ Threads of Imperfection,” Boudreaux examines how the pursuit of perfection within a family can ultimately cause it to fall apart.

The exhibit, which will be on display Nov. 3 to 21 at the George Caleb Bingham Gallery, features several sculptures of clothing items in various states of quality to represent four members of the “ideal” family.

The family starts off well puttogether, but begins to fall apart as the storyline within the exhibit continues, as the clothing represents.

Boudreaux, a master of Fine Arts candidate in Fiber Arts and an art instructor at MU, says that she wants to express through her work that the common idea of the perfect family is unrealistic.

“The idealized family is the husband, the wife, the 2.5 children, churchgoer, soccer mom, clean house, organized, well-respected, everything in the community,” Boudreaux said. “We can’t all be that.”

To form the sculptures, Boudreaux free-spun thread onto water-soluble paper using a sewing machine. After the paper was dissolved, a stiffer

version of the thread was left behind, which she shaped into clothing items.

By using clothing sculptures made of fibers to symbolize a mother, father, sister and brother, Boudreaux said she wants to convey how individuals, and a family as a collective unit, can fall apart over time as a result of a hectic lifestyle and stressful situations.

“They (start) in whole forms, and then as the storyline goes on, the wife and the husband start disintegrating,” Boudreaux said. “They start to fall apart where they’re just a puddle of thread on the ground.”

Boudreaux said she believes that constantly striving toward a goal of perfection ultimately has a detrimental effect on people.

“Perfection does not exist, it will never exist,” Boudreaux said. “It is something we as humans have made up. What I’m trying to do in this work is (show) that if you keep trying to obtain perfection, there is an outcome you may not like. You may start falling apart.”

Josephine Stealey, professor of art and head of the MU fiber program, said what makes Boudreaux’s exhibit unique is how she was able to convey her ideas about the effects of stress on a family unit.

“Shirley's work is very

personal, yet considers universal emotional states about family dynamics and the sometimes destructive emotional effects stressful situations have in our lives,” Stealey said.

Stealey said the materials Boudreaux used and the ways she assembled and hung the sculptures contribute to the expression of her intended message.

“She highlights these emotional states of specific family members through clothing that simultaneously references a presence and absence of the body,” Stealey said. “These forms are floating in space and made out of chaotically stitched thread as a means to visually articulate various states of ‘coming undone’ and losing control of oneself.”

Boudreaux said she hopes visitors to her exhibit will realize the risks of trying to attain perfection. After viewing her sculptures, she wants people to be able to make changes in their lives that will allow more room for error and, ultimately, lead to a better state of mind.

“The message I’d like them to take away from it is to re-evaluate their own life and give themselves permission to accept imperfections in their life,” Boudreaux said. “Get off this cycle that is affecting the human psyche.”

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Instead, Chaffin said he suggested the committees think of names that would relate to Missouri’s history.

After each committee had voted on their top name choices, those choices and the choices of the RHA executive board were compiled and voted upon in Congress, Wilt said.

Congress determined the top five choices: Gateway, Carver, Caspian, Justice and Sustainability.

The reasoning for the top name, Gateway, comes from Missouri’s history and the goal of the residence hall.

“Missouri is often thought of as the ‘Gateway to the West,’ so you have that historical aspect,” Chaffin said. “Also, with the university being the first established university west of the Mississippi, you have that historical ‘Gateway to the West’ aspect to it. At the same time, this new residence hall will be more sustainable than any that came before it.”

The new residence hall will feature thermal water heating and use construction materials recycled from the old Johnston Hall. It will be

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so all the vaccine comes in its own syringe with its own needle,” Roe said. “That’s all self-contained.

The nurses unwrap it as you sit there and then they’ll give you the shot. They bring the alcohol wipes, like you have at a health care office. They dispose of the needles in the sharps box, they give you a Band-Aid, and it’s as good as being in a doctor’s office.”

The traveling clinics are also just as qualified as going to a doctor’s office.

“All the people giving flu shots here are either nurses who work at the Student Health Center or volunteer nurses,” Roe said. “Sometimes we work with the School of Nursing, and their nursing students will help out as well.” the second residence hall to be LEED-certified, Chaffin said. “ This is essentially a gateway to the future of college campuses and how we hope to see residence halls in the future,” Chaffin said.

The list of names was passed in the form of a resolution, and was then taken by Chaffin to Minor.

“From there, he took it to (Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs) Cathy Scroggs,” Chaffin said. “After they both approved it, I then sent it to Chancellor (R. Bowen) Loftin.

We’re still waiting to hear back from him, but should he approve, it will then go to UM System President Tim Wolfe. He will have the final say concerning the name.”

Minor said that if the chancellor endorses the resolution, Wolfe would probably endorse it unless he has a strong objection to it.

This process differs slightly from the process of permanently naming a residence hall, in which the final say would go to the UM System Board of Curators.

“If at some point in the future there is a distinguished alumnus they want to name the hall after, they have the ability to take off this name and do that,” Minor said.

“But at least we’ve got a good functional and, I’d say, meaningful name until that point.”

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Senior Alexia Robinson fights for the crown Robinson will be competing for Miss Missouri USA on Nov. 8.

KENNEDY WARD Reporter When most people think about pageants, they think of beauty, bikinis and high heels. Senior Alexia Robinson thinks differently.

The biochemistry major and St. Louis native is competing for the 2015 Miss Missouri USA crown. Robinson said she aspires to motivate and inspire women of color while promoting a positive image of Missouri to the nation and bringing awareness to important overlooked social issues.

However, Robinson said it’s not only her aspirations that make her deserving of the crown, but her challenging past that led her to pageantry.

While in high school, Robinson faced many adversities. She was bullied, she didn’t have many friends and her relationship with her parents was struggling. It was during her junior year that she met her first boyfriend.

“He was really nice to me, and I hadn’t had anyone nice to me like that before,” Robinson said.

As their relationship progressed, Robinson said her boyfriend began

to emotionally abuse her. It wasn’t until one day during gym class that the physical abuse began.

“There was a guy that came up to me and said ‘hi,’” Robinson said. “My ex-boyfriend became convinced that I was cheating on him with the guy.

He punched me into the locker and he just kept repetitively hitting me.

A couple hours later he apologized and I forgave him. That was the first time.”

Their relationship lasted for three and a half years until Robinson’s junior year of college, when her boyfriend attempted to kill her during an argument and was arrested with two felonies. After their breakup, Robinson lost most of her self-confidence.

One weekend, Robinson was watching an episode of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and noticed that cast member Kenya Moore, former Miss USA 1993, became offended when someone accidentally called her Miss America instead of Miss USA. The winner of Miss USA qualifies to compete in the Miss Universe pageant, whereas Miss America is mostly known for its scholarships.

Robinson researched this difference between the two pageants and saw an opportunity to transform her situation into something positive.

“I started off in the Miss America system,” Robinson said. “When I did my first local pageant, I did relatively

well. I got third in that one, but even though I got third, in my mind, I was the 100 percent winner. That was my first time doing something for me.”

Since Robinson began competing in pageants, her self-confidence has been built up again. It’s a change that even her friends, like Latosha Singleton, have noticed.

“Lexi never gives up,” Singleton said. “She always gains something positive from her failures and makes them into something to motivate her for the future. She’s been through a lot. To see her confidence raised and her determination raised, I feel like she can really help girls who’ve been in her same situation on a more personal level.”

Natalie Gilbert, another close friend of Robinson, said she supports Robinson’s ambition to reach out and help others.

“I feel that her getting through domestic violence and moving on shows that no matter what happens, you can strive to go above and beyond,” Gilbert said.

Robinson said she is concerned with many current social issues, especially those embodied by the unrest in Ferguson following the shooting of Mike Brown. She plans to use her potential win as a way to promote positive change within the area.

“Pageants offer the opportunities for the title holder to receive a lot of

City Council hires Button She will begin her position in January.

RUTH SERVEN Staff Reporter The City of Columbia has hired a new director to spearhead economic development in the mid-Missouri area.

According to a news release, Stacey Button, who is currently the director of economic vitality in Flagstaff, Arizona, will begin her position in January 2015.

“I see my position as enhancing and continuing with the entrepreneurial coinage that has already been established there,” Button said.

“I hope to continue in Columbia with my philosophy of engaging with organizations, community leadership and businesses, so that we can all have success.”

Button will also serve as the president of the Regional Economic Development Initiative, or REDI, a group that promotes economic development in Columbia and Boone County. The mayors of Columbia and Hallsville, city administrators of Ashland and Centralia, as well as executives in private companies like Boone Electric and administrators of MU all serve on the board of REDI. “Our new president has experience working with traditional economic development tools,” said Todd Culley, CEO of Boone Electric and a board member of REDI. “But she also has work experience with business incubation and its next phase: acceleration.”

Button said that she wanted to

work not only to bring established companies into Boone County but also encourage start-ups and new companies.

“I want to encourage entrepreneurial success,” Button said. “But I also want to ensure that businesses that start in Columbia stay in Columbia and grow.”

Button will receive a $130,000 salary, a car allowance, a moving allowance and the city’s standard employee benefit package, according to the release.

Button’s appointment comes shortly after the REDI board decided to send a letter of concern regarding Proposition 2, a ballot measure to increase development fees in the city. The letter expressed concern that fees would hinder growth and quality of life.

But debate over the letter raised questions about REDI’s role in Columbia’s politics and the delicate balance its new director may have to walk to keep various public and private parties at the table.

“Stacey will be president of REDI but also the economic development director and as such, an employee of the city,” Culley said. “It’s a delicate balance between those two assignments.”

Culley said while it can be difficult to manage a partnership between public and private entities, he is glad that the partnership exists and wants to focus on the process REDI encourages, not its conflicts.

“I’m not saying we should be satisfied with the status quo but there are so many good things happening here,” Culley said. “I think we could celebrate those a bit more."

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Senior Alexia Robinson will be competing for the title of Miss Missouri USA on Nov. 8. Robinson said she is competing in order to inspire victims of domestic violence.

media attention, and I would use my media attention to broadcast myself giving speeches and encouraging the kids in the schools in that area to go to college and make right decisions,” Robinson said. “I think it would also be good for them to see a successful black female that has also had struggles and is close to their age range, but still managed to overcome it and accomplish a lot.”

Today, Robinson devotes much of her time to volunteering and supporting important social issues,

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Head/Smith-Lezama said they wanted to continue to collaborate with RHA, and work on improving the state of the laundry facilities in residence halls.

McFarland/Hinch are asked about being the youngest candidates running in recent MSA history.

They said that issues affect all students, not just juniors.

“You shouldn’t have to be a junior or fit a certain list of criteria to be a leader on campus,” McFarland said during the debate. “You should feel like you should be able to walk in and voice your opinion the same as anyone else. We want to have these conversations that other students have on a daily basis.”

There was no rebuttal from either of the other slates.

“No one expects us to win this election,” McFarland said after the debate. “But we truly believe that we can. We want to win over students who don’t know us. Our hope coming in was that students would listen. And while there’s always room for improvement, I think all of the slates got out a lot of great ideas.”

To the Artis/O'Brien slate: You both resigned from past MSA positions. How will you handle a position shift in your cabinet?

Artis/O’Brien said they would

go through the interview process to see who would best fit the position. Artis said that when he left Chief of Staff, he went through an interview process to see who would step into his former role, so he would continue this precedent.

“We will see who is passionate and ready to work,” Artis said. “It’s challenging to be an executive member of MSA so we will look for an individual who is willing and ready to take the reins of the position that is handed to them.”

To the Head/SmithLezama slate: Will your previous experience in social justice advocacy influence your priorities?

The slate has diversity as a big part of their campaign, and said they believe it is a huge part of Mizzou. Head revamped the Social Justice Committee, and Smith-Lezama was a senator for the committee.

“A lot of times, I have been hearing that people say I am just going to put diversity on my platform, and nothing else,” Head said. “But the way I see it, Mizzou is diversity.”

The vice presidential candidates are asked how they will value transparency throughout the budgeting process.

All slates agreed that transparency is very important to them.

Artis/O’Brien said they want to let people know where the budget money goes and to work with different groups to find out where the biggest needs are.

Head/Smith-Lezama said they plan to run a completely

such as violence against women, clean eating, suicide prevention and education. The Miss Missouri USA Pageant will be held Nov. 8.

“I’ve had so many things happen to me, but yet I still find compassion in my heart to help other people and still try to be an idol to other people,” Robinson said. “That’s what I really want to do with the title when I do win … to give back and show other women that there is hope and that you don’t have to be in that situation.” transparent campaign. They will work with the Budget Committee and chairperson and all proposals should be shared with them.

McFarland/Hinch said they want to open up the budget on a Google document and adjusting it “as a team,” involving auxiliaries in the process. They said they value transparency very highly.

What are your advocacy plans in Jefferson City?

Artis/O’Brien said a main point in their platform is student safety and creating a safer campus, which they hope to spread to the state level.

“Making a more safe campus is what is needed to have students experience the full Mizzou experience,” Artis said.

“Our campus is supposed to be a safe haven for all students.”

Head/Smith-Lezama said they will advocate political involvement at the state level among students and encourage students to care more. By being so close to the capital, Mizzou students have an unique opportunity to get involved with politics at a state level, Head said.

McFarland/Hinch said that sexual assault is a priority on the state level for their platform.

They want students to know that Title IX policies are in place outside of just the mass emails. They would like to make legislative pressure at the state level, McFarland said.

Follow @TheManeater on Twitter for more updates. The next MSA presidential debate is Thursday, Nov. 6 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. and will be hosted by Four Front Minority Council and The Maneater.

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were to locations around the U.S. and one was to Western Cape, South Africa.

The trip to South Africa was the most expensive, with a total cost of $10,160.17 for a flight, seat upgrade, travel agent fee and personal expenses. According to Loftin’s Twitter account, the purpose of the trip was to visit with the University of Western Cape, a partner of MU. Basi said 12 of the trips have been “advancement visits,” which are trips to meet with donors or potential donors to the university that sometimes include alumni events.

Other purposes for out-ofstate travels include meetings for the Southeastern Conference, the Association of American Universities and the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Loftin also travels out of town with the MU football team for every away game. So far during this season, those trips have been to Toledo, Ohio; Columbia, South Carolina; and Gainesville, Florida.

According to Basi, these trips with the football team are paid for by the athletic department, which is why they are not included on the travel expense records.

Basi said the university uses Adelman Travel to book flights for out-of-state trips. According to the expense records, $460 has been paid to the company in agent fees since February.

Within Missouri, Loftin attends UM System Board of Curators meetings and other MU-related events. In August, he traveled around central and western Missouri

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Chadwick said that during her campaign she had “supported a theoretical idea of the proposal” and not this particular proposal itself.

However, Chadwick said some logistics with the ordinance, such as enforcement, led to her ‘no’ vote.

Board of Health member David Sohl spoke at the Oct. 20 meeting.

He discussed the board’s decision to advise against the proposal as one without the comprehensiveness or the infrastructure to be effective.

Sohl referenced House Bill 1324, which was proposed at the state level but was not passed. This bill, of which a section was called the "Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act,” legalized medical marijuana use and cultivation with caveats such as a required registration process, designated distribution centers and licenses to grow.

HB 1324 and another bill, HB 2238, were used as examples of what an effective ordinance would look like.

“This proposed ordinance just doesn’t have the thoroughness or clarity that those do,” Sohl said.

Columbia’s proposed ordinance would have allowed medical marijuana users to gain a one-time approval from a doctor with no registration and no follow-up. Sohl

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to sites of MU Extension, a program that brings university research and education to locations around the state.

“This was an opportunity for him to see some of the programs that MU Extension offers to Missouri citizens and how Extension has a significant impact on the local and regional economies,” Basi said.

Todd McCubbin, executive director of the Mizzou Alumni Association, said because Loftin is the first chancellor from outside MU since 1996, he wants to familiarize himself with the university.

McCubbin said the association organizes the events Loftin attends with alumni around the state and country. He said the trips give Loftin the opportunity to represent the university and update alumni on current happenings as well as to personally meet them.

“We’re in the relationship business,” McCubbin said. “Our job is to maintain and create a positive relationship with each one of our graduates. When you have a chance to put the chancellor in a room with a few hundred alumni in different places and they get the chance to hear his vision and interact with him, they get a better feeling about what’s going on.”

Although Loftin has traveled multiple times each month since taking office, McCubbin said the amount of travel is not unusual for a chancellor in his first year in the position, citing former chancellor Brady Deaton as an example.

McCubbin said the alumnirelated trips are usually planned based on where Loftin will already be for other purposes.

“We make sure to use his time wisely,” McCubbin said. “We keep in mind where he’ll be for other things and how can he maximize his time traveling.”

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said this would be similar to an unlimited prescription, something non-existent in respect to any other drug.

Additionally, if the ordinance were to pass, confusion between whether the MU Police Department or the Columbia Police Department would deal with situations involving marijuana, would result.

MUPD would be bound by state and federal laws, while CPD would follow the new ordinance.

Trey Sprick, president of Associated Students of the University of Missouri, said that according to the councilwoman, this is one of the biggest reasons Chadwick voted against the ordinance. He agreed that the policy would be incredibly difficult to enforce but even more difficult to educate the student body about.

“As someone who has worked on student education initiatives since freshman year, (it’s) absolutely impossible,” Sprick said.

Chad Phillips, MU senior and Campus and Community Relations Committee chairman, said he agreed with this sentiment.

“Even if somehow we could educate them in the long term, the short term implications of that would have been very, very severe,” Phillips said.

Thampy viewed this mindset as one disrespectful towards students.

“That’s very tone deaf,” Thampy said. “It’s very patronizing. There are tens of thousands of students here

who are getting advanced degrees.

To say that these smart people can’t understand what the law that she’s passing means is a little ridiculous to me.”

Thampy’s recall effort needs about 250 signatures to reach next year’s ballot and he said he is confident in his ability to collect them.

“Chadwick made it very clear that she stands for more incarceration rather than education,” Thrampy said.

Sprick disagreed.

“Most of her current constituents did not vote for her,” Sprick said.

MU, which makes up the majority of the first ward, has a turnover rate that is such that many students were not here last April when Chadwick was elected.

Additionally, many students are not registered to vote in Boone County.

“I think it’s absurd that a small group of individuals think that she should be kicked out of office for absolutely representing the needs of her constituency,” Sprick said.

At the end of the day, Chadwick justified her vote much the same way the others who voted “no” did.

“We don’t have the ability as a municipality to change the state and federal laws,” Chadwick said. She said she believes she did what was best for MU students.

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The university’s total facilities backlog has been estimated at $1.3 billion, with $186 million considered “urgent.” At a UM System Board of Curators meeting in January, the board discussed the possibility of imposing an annual student fee of $300-350 to raise funds for facilities.

MU spokesman Christian Basi said the Missouri Board of Higher Education asks for MU’s requests for capital improvements every year. McKee, Waters and Mumford were all included on this year’s list.

Basi said MU officials would not know the specific details of the projects until funding is approved by the state legislature.

“Once funding is in place, a lot of action starts taking place … but we hesitate to make any significant steps before then because we don’t want to overplan until the money is secured,” he said.

Basi said MU personnel consider how they can more efficiently use the existing space with every renovation. For example, Basi said, many of the campus’ older buildings have high ceilings that can be renovated to add an additional floor for more classrooms and laboratories.

“Every time we renovate a building, we are making a concerted effort to improve the overall academic performance of the campus,” Basi said.

Despite their high rankings on the FCNI, the three buildings are among 30 that need to undergo renovations, Seville said.

According to Seville, MU does not have a list outlining the priority for renovations, but buildings that house STEMfield majors will likely be the university’s first priority.

Seville said securing funding for Lafferre Hall has been one of the university’s top priorities for several years.

Missouri Students Association Senate Speaker Ben Bolin said that having so many outdated buildings reflects poorly on the university.

“When I was thinking about going here, I was taken away by the botanical garden and inspiring atmosphere, but to have buildings that are an eyesore or that need to be redone takes away from the great atmosphere that we’re trying to create here,” he said.

Bolin said MSA will wait to see

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Struble said not having this option has proved a heavy burden for transgender students who would rather be marked absent than to be outed in a classroom.

“Their grades are affected because if a professor is saying out loud a name that doesn’t match who they are, they would rather get marked absent and have a grade go down than be outed, because being outed as trans has disproportionate

if the state legislature approves funding for the three buildings before they take action. Last year, the group traveled to Jefferson City to rally for funding for Lafferre Hall with members of the Associated Students of the University of Missouri.

“Students need to have something that’s conducive to technology today because if these areas aren’t updated, it negatively impacts students’ productivity and our ability to learn,” Bolin said.and Exercise Physiology (in McKee), the Division of Plant Sciences (in Waters) and the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (in Mumford).

Campus Fa c i l i t i e s spokeswoman Karlan Seville said the buildings were deemed safe for occupancy by inspections performed at the beginning of this year, and they are currently in use by students and faculty.

However, she said, the buildings are still outdated and not optimal for how they are used today.

“None of the buildings are designed for today’s technology and today’s teaching styles,” Seville said.

Renovating McKee is expected to cost about $15 million, while Waters and Mumford are anticipated to cost $22 million and $24 million, respectively.

MU spokesman Christian Basi said the Missouri Board of Higher Education asks for MU’s requests for capital improvements every year. McKee, Waters and Mumford were all included on this year’s list.

Basi said MU officials would not know the specific details of the projects until funding is approved by the state legislature.

“Once funding is in place, a lot of action starts taking place … but we hesitate to make any significant steps before then because we don’t want to overplan until the money is secured,” he said.

Basi said MU personnel consider how they can more efficiently use the existing space with every renovation. For example, Basi said, many of the campus’ older buildings have high ceilings that can be renovated to add an additional floor for more classrooms and laboratories.

“Every time we renovate a building, we are making a concerted effort to improve the overall academic performance of the campus,” Basi said. negative effects on their life sometimes,” she said.

Struble said allowing the system to automatically display a person’s preferred name will provide more comfort for transgender students.

“Having to go up to a professor or a student to say ‘please use this different name,’ ‘please respect me as who I am,’ on an individual level as opposed to a campus-wide inclusion is an unfair burden to trans students,” Struble said. “I think this is going to have large positive impacts across the board. The point is just to have every student’s names to be their actual names.”

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How to stand out this Halloween NINA RUHE

As October wraps up, it’s time to get as many pumpkin spiced beverages as you can before they leave for the year and start welcoming hot chocolate back into our lives. The end of October also means one very significant thing: Halloween.

Not only is it really fun to watch little kids running around Columbia asking for candy in their cute superhero and princess costumes, but when it gets darker, we college kids start to have fun of our own kind.

Maybe in high school you thought dressing up for Halloween was childish and immature.

You better get that out of your mind this instant because people do things a little differently in college.

According to the National Retail Federation, 69.4 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds dressed up for Halloween in 2010. In addition to that, 55.4 percent were either throwing or attending a party, and 38.6 percent visited a haunted house.

Since I am the queen of procrastination, I still have yet to get my costume for Halloween because there are just so many options I could pick from.

I could go as some form of a cat since that seems to be really popular. I could also go as a Barbie doll or wrap a sheet around me and call myself a Greek goddess. I mean, sure, I’m in college and every girl dresses in these costumes for Halloween, but I feel like I need to separate myself from the crowd.

After some extensive online searching with my roommates, I found some great alternative options for costumes that girls might want to consider this weekend to make a statement, since they’re all desperate to do that anyway.

Ladies, did you know you could dress up as a deviled egg for Halloween? Take a sheet, color a yellow circle in the middle for the egg yolk, and wear a pair of devil horns on your head. Punny and clever, I know. And since everyone will be partying and drinking to celebrate this marvelous holiday, their stomachs will start rumbling at some point in the night, making you irresistible. Great. Costume crisis averted.

If that’s not the route for you, though, and you’re still dead-set on being some sort of animal to be “cute,” you should totally think about being a holy cow. Take a white T-shirt, cut some holes in it, put it over a black tank top, and throw some costume wings on your back and a halo on your head and — holy cow! You’re a holy cow!

You were aiming for the cute look by dressing like an animal, right? Well, what could be more adorable than a little spotted cow? Nothing.

Mission accomplished, you’re welcome.

Not only do these options give girls exactly what they want in a Halloween costume, they are also very cost-effective by being do-it-yourself style costumes. They’re so easy to make, there’s no need to go out and spend upwards of fifty dollars to buy that sexy cop costume that every other girl is going to have.

If you were looking for a unique, cute, irresistible Halloween costume for this year, I highly recommend you considering the options I just gave you. Not only does it fill every above adjective describing your perfect costume, but it won’t drain your wallet either.

Nothing is better than a DIY, cheap, food or animal-related costume to wear out on a Friday Halloween night. You’ll stand out for sure, I promise.

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State must fund critical MU renovations McKee Gymnasium was built in 1922.

Yankee Stadium began construction that same year. Since then, Yankee Stadium has been renovated regularly, seriously remodeled, demolished and completely reconstructed. McKee, however, has remained relatively the same.

McKee, Waters and Mumford halls rated 0.8, 0.8 and 0.5 on the Facilities Conditions Needs Index, respectively, which means that 80, 80 and 50 percent of the buildings need to be replaced. Renovating the three buildings is expected to cost $15 million, $22 million and $24 million, respectively.

These buildings are only three of 30 MU buildings that require critical renovation, and plans for these projects cannot be drawn up until the necessary funding has been received.

Earlier this month, the state finally allocated money to renovate Lafferre Hall, which had been the most critical campus building on the FCNI at 0.91.

It’s a start, but the backlog of needed repairs that’s built up and been largely ignored by Jefferson City has become staggering.

It is imperative that the state of Missouri grant the university the necessary funding to properly renovate or replace these buildings.

As Gov. Jay Nixon asked in a news release, how are students expected to prepare for success in the 21st century in buildings that were built early in

the 20th? The fact that some of these buildings, such as McKee, have only received regular maintenance repairs to keep the building structurally intact is ludicrous. As indicated by the FCNI, these buildings need extensive, longoverdue updates.

Have we forgotten what happened at University Village? After Mackey Mitchell Architects recommended a demolition of University Village in 2008, MU completed nearly 4,500 work orders beginning in 2009 just to keep the complex up. But the maintenance work only temporarily relieved several structural and facility needs at University Village. What came after was a balcony collapse that killed Columbia fireman Bruce Britt.

This should be a wake-up call for the state: providing funds to extensively renovate buildings is not only important for learning purposes, but for safety purposes as well. Students and university officials lobbied for years to procure funds to renovate Lafferre Hall. As the largest educational institution in the state, we shouldn’t have to lobby for years in order to receive the funding we need to keep the rain out of our buildings.

Granting MU the funding it needs would not only benefit the university and its students, but the state as a whole. The projects provide immediate, localized economic stimulus to Missouri businesses by hiring architects, engineers and construction

workers to design, plan and carry them out.

The continued cuts to higher education funding has lead to MU bolstering its fundraising efforts. The university announced earlier this year that it had broken the record for most funds raised in a single year with $160 million raised during fiscal year 2014.

MU is a public university. We should not have to break fundraising records just to provide students, faculty and staff with the resources and infrastructure they need.

In March, it was reported that the university has a staggering list of deferred maintenance projects totaling nearly $500 million. Having a small wish list of construction projects is normal for an institution of our size.

Having a list of this magnitude is unacceptable.

As the state’s land-grant institution, MU’s entire purpose is to serve the state of Missouri and its citizens, but it can’t effectively live up to that mission with buildings that are in such detrimental state.

After the Academic Hall fire of 1892, Board of Curators President G.F. Rothwell famously wrote, “Let these columns stand. Let them stand a thousand years.” In the case of McKee Gymnasium, Waters Hall and other critically deficient buildings, letting them stand a thousand years will take some work.

It’s ben a while

What not to do at a college party Don’t overdo the drinking.

BEN BROWN

Parties are glorious things. I partied almost every weekend when I was in high school. Two or three close friends would come over on Saturday night, and we would watch TV or play video games until almost midnight. Sometimes we would even order a pizza or go out and buy soda if we didn’t have to wake up early to do homework the next morning.

Then I came to college.

I realized that the Mizzou student body and I had different definitions of partying. I thought partying was just hanging out with some close friends for a couple of hours.

After coming to college, I realized that partying is a social experiment where you voluntarily impair your judgment around strangers. I’ve been to some real college parties now and I have learned some things — namely what should be avoided. These “don’ts” range from the fairly obvious to the slightly obscure, but do yourself a favor and check them out.

Don’t change the music without permission from the host.

Hey man, I know you came here to have a good time. A couple of hours ago, you probably were having a good time. But now you can’t support the weight of your own head and you keep trying to open up to me about some unusual life experience you had when you were at summer camp in the sixth grade. I just met you. I am not the one to talk to about that.

Party hosts spend hours picking out the music for their parties. They slave over a warm laptop all day, finding songs on Spotify that will create a perfect environment for their party. But hey, if you think everyone wants to listen to “Fergalicious,” by all means play it.

And speaking of music …

Don’t try and fight everyone.

Don’t bring an instrument to the party.

Listen, you look good in your size medium Ed Hardy shirt. Everyone can see how jacked you are. You don’t need to prove anything. Stop trying to fight anyone who doesn’t agree with you about how Dave Matthews is the voice of our generation.

Don’t stand on the furniture.

You are hammered; how did you even get up on the table? Get down from there.

You are going to hurt yourself, or another person, or — why are you screaming now?!

I just don’t want you to hurt yourself … and now you are dancing. Great. No, that’s a good idea; get after it, Coyote Ugly.

Unless you are going to a bonfire, or you are part of the scheduled entertainment for the evening, leave your acoustic guitar at home. We get it — you can play ”Wonderwall,” and that’s great. I’m sure there are some high school girls that would be really impressed by that. But Brookside is not the place for that. You’ll have to settle for bragging about how you can play guitar instead.

Partying is a lot of fun, but it can get ugly real fast. The one thing you really need to do while partying is keep control of yourself. When the Fireball is flowing and the bass is pumping, it’s easy to cut loose.

But remember, nobody wants to party with an incontinent moron.

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A lesson in proper transgender decorum

Being kind and using correct pronouns are essential when interacting with people who are transgender.

LILY CUSACK

It never ceases to amaze me how much hate is present in this unforgiving world. Attacks on transgender people are a notable example.

According to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, 90 percent of transgender people have experienced harassment, mistreatment or discrimination on the job. Even more frightening, a 2014 report by The Transgender Violence Tracking Portal found nearly 10 percent of all reported violence was suffered by youth who are transgender.

These are harrowing and unacceptable results. There needs to be a change.

It all starts with being considerate toward people who are transgender and avoiding the common mistakes made when interacting with them.

Use the correct pronouns and the name that they give you.

Names and pronouns are a method used to identify us from other people.

For most humans, pronouns are taken for granted. Individuals usually use the pronouns they were designated at birth. However, this can become quite a different issue if one is transgender.

The decision to change pronouns is a brave step in transitioning to another gender, and it should always be respected. Even if someone is not transitioning and they decide to use more gender-neutral pronouns (such as ‘zir’ or ‘they’), you should follow them.

The individual should be comfortable with the pronouns that other people use for them. If you are unsure about someone’s pronouns, it is always best to ask them which ones they prefer to avoid confusion.

A name also holds important significance. Sometimes, those who are transitioning will change their name to better fit their identity. It might be

legally changed in court or they could go by another name informally. Whatever the case, it is essential that you call them by the name they introduce themselves by or have stated that they prefer.

Do not concern yourself with their surgery or private areas.

When reporting on transgender issues, the media often highlights the personal, very sensitive question of transitioning physically. This is very ignorant to do to anyone, regardless of gender identity. The media does not consistently ask about the private areas of those who are not transgender.

You should not initiate this topic of conversation in any circumstance. It should be solely up to the person in question how they approach this topic, if they want to at all.

should be allowed to determine their gender (or lack thereof) by themselves, instead of sometimes being incorrectly assigned at birth. If somebody wishes to change their identity later in life, this should be respected.

Do not belittle someone who has not transitioned physically.

Just because a person has not transitioned physically to their preferred gender, it does not trivialize their gender identity. Not everyone who is transgender wants to or has the necessary funds to physically transition.

This fact should not downgrade how the person feels. They should be able to express themselves however they see fit, and you should be considerate of them when they do so.

Accept the gender that person identifies with.

Be kind.

Some people refuse to accept the gender one wishes to identify with because they do not fit the ‘mold’ of that gender. In reality, gender is a socially constructed norm. It is easily pliable and subject to increasing change. People

According to The Williams Institute, 0.3 percent of adults are transgender.

If we can take these steps to rightfully respecting people who identify as transgender, we can make this world a little safer and less hateful for them.

Sex Edna

The biggest STD testing mistake you can make In which your favorite sex education columnist dispenses some non-sexy financial advice.

EDNA SMITH

A few weeks ago, I wrote about getting chlamydia, and how — just as a refresher — I didn’t die. And while chlamydia is a complete breeze to diagnose and treat, I’d rather you, darling reader, not go through the kind of guilt-ridden mental psychosis it provoked, or the awkward “Hey, recent ex of mine, just dropping a casual line to recommend you get your peen checked out” conversations, if you can.

So while technically, the biggest mistake you could make when it comes to STD testing is to not get tested, I’m assuming the general goal here is to learn from my silly let’s-be-carelessabout-condoms mistakes here, so we’re taking this a step further.

The most important thing I want you to know when it comes to getting tested

for STDs is this: Do not go to the MU Student Health Center.

Do not. Trust me, I love the Student Health Center with all my heart. There are not many other entities in the world that will let me student-charge some Suave conditioner and listen to me fret over WebMD’s assertion that I have five tumors. The doctors and nurses are professional and wonderful, and their after-hours on-call nurses are secretly angels whose pearly feathers you can almost hear flapping over the phone.

But if you are planning on getting screened for Sexually Transmitted Anything, or you suspect you might have an infection, try as hard as you can not to be lured by the easy convenience (and free condoms) there. If you do, the whole testing experience will be fine: You’ll get any medicine you need, and all will be well. But then, a week or so later, you will receive a bill in the mail for undisclosed “lab fees,” for approximately $248.54.

(This is the part where you need to stop and think very hard about the address you asked to be listed under at the Student Health Center, because as bad as the above scenario sounds, imagine if said bill was sent to your parents’ house.)

That bill was the very, very hard way I learned that gonorrhea and chlamydia

labs cost about $124 each. Not only did my health insurance refuse to pay any of it, but since it was a bill from MU Health Care, I couldn’t student-charge it and act like it was a premium strep throat test when my parents looked at the monthly statement.

In the end, I called my mother and sent her the bill, but only after dialing up the MU Health Care and grilling a woman on the line about whether or not my mother was legally allowed to ask what kind of “lab fee” this was (she’s not). Only after this crash course in medical record access and then some really awful lying to my mother did things finally resolve themselves.

There are a lot of lessons to draw from this, ranging from “try to have a normal relationship with your mom where the word ‘sex’ can come up once in a while,” to “make room in your personal budget for STD tests.”

And let that final one be your take home: Do not ever pay $248 for an STD test. Instead, make use of one of these amazing and infinitely cheaper resources: Take advantage of the MIZ-GYT events held by Student Health Center’s free and confidential STI testing program. They’ll check you for chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV in the Student Center in room 2206. The downside is that these events

only happen semi-monthly — Nov. 5 and 19 and Dec. 3 are the last dates for this semester.

RAIN (originally founded as the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network) offers free screenings for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.

They’ll also screen you for Hepatitis B and C for $10-12, and herpes for $45. All tests are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Check their website missourirain.org for specific testing times and to schedule an appointment online.

The Boone County Health Center offers STD screening clinics every Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. If you bring an MU student ID or have proof that you live in Boone County, it costs $20 to get screened for chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, venereal warts, HIV, syphilis, Hepatitis B and more. Get there early to get a “ticket” to be one of the first in line. You can also call and make an appointment if the clinic time doesn’t work.

Go forth. Get tested. Be safe, but also be smart.

Love, Edna

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Products are displayed at Gotcha Costumes on Monday. Gotcha Costumes is located at 819 E. Walnut Street and has been in operation for 18 years.

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Vintage? So adorable. MOVE’s guide to finding costumes downtown.

Gotcha Costumes has been outfitting trick-or-treaters and Columbia’s dress-up junkies for 18 years.

Scary good finds Gotcha gets CoMo into character SHARON MAI Reporter

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Not quite feeling a costume store this year? We totally get it. Retail costume stores like Party City can be such a drain on your wallet. Luckily for you, dear reader, downtown CoMo abounds with vintage shops for all your Halloween get-up needs.

First on MOVE’s list is Absolute Vintage on Broadway. The store provides rentals for an endless amount of costumes. If you want to put together your own costume, you also have the option to express your creativity and purchase individual components of a costume.

The owner of Absolute Vintage, Jennifer Johnson, says renting a costume will generally run you $20 to $30. If you’re interested in buying one, you’re looking at about $35 to $50.

If you’re having trouble coming up with an idea, there is a “costume idea Bible” in front of the store. Costumes ranging from “Wizard of Oz” characters to Spartans and ancient Egyptians are all available for your choosing.

If you want to be the ever-so-popular flapper girl, you can be sure that Absolute Vintage will provide you with a variety of flapper costumes.

Johnson says Absolute Vintage will provide endless options for every type of Halloween celebrator. Couples’ costumes are endless. A variety of conservative options, as well as the other end of the spectrum, are available for any persona you could be for Halloween. Alpine girl? Sexy spider? Absolute’s got you covered.

Another option? Maude Vintage, another Broadway shop. It looks small from the outside, but don’t be fooled! Maude has a huge storage room with 3,500 square feet worth of costumes, all for you to choose from. They even have a room named “the Decades Room” —

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What are two things that Mizzou students will never outgrow their need for? You (maybe) guessed it — Halloween costumes and singing telegrams. On those fronts, Gotcha Costumes has got you covered.

Aaro Froese, one of the owners of

Gotcha, has been in the costuming business since 1987 — back when the store had a different owner and went by Nostalgia Shop.

In 1996, Froese purchased Nostalgia Shop and its inventory, moved across the street, merged it with his singing telegram business and opened Gotcha Costumes. Now, the establishment is back at its original location at 819 E. Walnut St., its doors always open and Halloween business booming.

The store replenishes its supply every year to be sure that its items are up to date. Strolling the aisles that sport a mixture of vintage clothing and full-blown character get-ups, one

can find options and additions for any costume. To complete the look, the store also has a large supply of wigs and special effects makeup.

“If it changes your appearance, we probably have it,” Froese says.

Gotcha’s apparel is mainly geared towards adults, but it carries pieces in all shapes and sizes, fit for “anybody who’s a kid, age 2 to 92,” Froese says.

“I think we attract a unique clientele — people who are looking for something that isn’t easily found, you know, one-of-a-kind-specialty stuff,” he says. “I try really hard to not carry stuff that you’ll find at

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Music

Nash comes back to the old stompin’ grounds Former Tiger to perform at Mojo’s on Tuesday.

PATRICK MCKENNA Staff Writer For singer-songwriter Israel Nash, his tour stop in Columbia at Mojo’s will hold more sentimentality than most artists who blow through town.

Nash, who’s scheduled to perform Tuesday, spent his younger and more vulnerable years attending MU as an undergrad and graduate student, becoming heavily entrenched in Columbia’s local scene.

The Neil Young-esque rocker, with a grainy voice that sings of finding love and living in solitude, found his way in the CoMo scene. Since

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Get spooked with MOVE’s scary flick picks MOVE’s top films for scaring yourself silly this Halloween.

DANIEL FLOOD Staff Writer What better way is there to get in the Halloween mood than with some actually good, scary movies?

These five should be able to keep you entertained and scared for the rest of the month.

Want a real scary movie? use people.

Horror films use lots of techniques to scare you — zombies, creepy music, Jack Nicholson. Here’s what else scares the crap out of America:

“Alien”

As seven astronauts are nearing the end of their space mission, they find themselves the victims of an intense game of hide-andseek with a stowaway alien. Just as terrifying as it is enthralling, “Alien” is much more than a slasher movie set in space. Able to be original, thanks to Ridley Scott’s haunting direction and H.R. Giger’s nowiconic monster, “Alien” manages to both captivate and scare the hell out of us.

“The Descent”

While spelunking in an unknown cave, six women soon find out that they are not only lost, but also trapped with flesh-eating creatures.

The most recent film on my list, “The Descent” targets our fear, both psychologically and physically, to shake us hard to the core. Inspired direction by Neil Marshall uses limited light and sound in an underground cave that makes for a tense viewing. “The Descent” manages to sidestep clichés and truly make us cover our eyes in fear.

“Evil Dead II”

Ash Williams, the sole survivor of a demon attack on a cabin in the woods, regroups with strangers for the next round of terror. The rare sequel that doesn’t require backstory to enjoy, “Evil Dead II” mixes horror and comedy for one

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fun ride. Thanks to over-the-top blood, hilarious slapstick, some actual scares, and Ash Williams, one of the coolest characters ever on film, “Evil Dead II” is groovy indeed.

“The Shining” A father taking care of an isolated hotel with his family slowly finds

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himself descending into madness.

Probably the best horror movie of all time, “The Shining” creates a rare atmosphere of unease that can’t be found in many films. Director Stanley Kubrick directs a talented cast to their limits, which also adds to the whole experience. The film eventually builds to a thrilling and powerful ending that, unlike most

scary movies, makes the audience think (the horror).

“The Thing” Scientists in Antarctica encounter a killer alien that can transform into anything, including themselves.

Another slasher film, “The Thing” harbors some incredibly creative

and well thought-out design.

The transforming alien really has no limits, and thanks to practical effects, you don’t feel disconnected from the horror. Even hardcore fans of gore may have their stomachs churn watching “The Thing,” as it certainly does not hold back on nightmarish design.

Think outside the boom box

Mississippi’s Bass Drum of Death lives on PATRICK MCKENNA Bass Drum of Death is a group that would shotgun a beer on stage seconds before plowing into one of their many destructively catchy, wild songs. Like their peers who fall under the umbrella of different punkinfluenced music, such as Ty Segall and FIDLAR, BDoD has generated a reputation for unreasonably sweaty shows that present a chaotic yet coherent batch of blues-tinged garage rock.

Formerly the solo project of guitarist and singer John Barrett, the band evolved from Barrett writing and recording all the material while touring with a revolving lineup of hired hands, to him and drummer Len Clark making music together.

Both “GB City” (2011) and “Bass Drum of Death” (2013) were well-

received within the underground garage rock community, and extensive touring led to the group gaining a reputation for performing their party-hardy garage rock louder and faster than most other groups within the sub-genre.

Released Oct. 7, “Rip This,” the group’s latest LP, holds the same level of angst-filled battle cries and killing monotony with a power chord.

Clocking in at a mere 30 minutes, the album doesn’t feel rushed. Instead, it’s a blistering collection of nine bangers that all meet a similar tone of giving the finger to authority and slam listeners with that mentality.

Reminiscent of proto-punk titans The Stooges and The Sonics, the pulverizing, minimalistic fuzz-rock that inhabits “Rip This” melds perfectly with the aggressive vocals Barrett delivers.

“Rip This” trades out the more lo-fi, hissing sound the band’s previous two albums held for a cleaner production. At the same time, it maintains the energy and

force that comes from Clark’s explosive drumming linking up with Barrett’s lead riffs. The “livesounding” presentation found in most of their previous studio work has transitioned into something a bit slicker, but still deafening with power.

The sludgy, Nirvana-esque “Sin Is In 10” provides the dirtiest of guitar on the album, while “Better Days” has Barrett demanding answers for his darkest of times in the sole acoustic song of the album. “Left for Dead” is the epitome track for an album that, if anything, praises rebellion in the form of Barrett’s intense howls, his raw, swerving punk-loving guitar work, and Clark skinning the shit out of his skins.

“Rip This” sometimes does muddle together in one continuous garage-rock track, but given focus, it holds some of Bass Drum of Death’s fastest and strongest tracks. With this record, the group is slamming against the wall of mediocre indie rock and crashing the party, full force.

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pick any outfit from any decade and you’re guaranteed to find it in that room.

The store also does repairs, so if you already own a costume but it just needs a quick fix, Maude Vintage is the place to go. The shop also carries some of the best ugly Christmas sweaters you’ve ever seen. (I’m not kidding. They’re seriously ugly).

If you’re ever wandering downtown in between classes or just doing some quick sightseeing, stop by into one of Columbia’s vintage shops.

You’re bound to find the perfect Halloween get-up for this year.

your typical store.”

It seems that all that trying has paid off. Gotcha’s shelves are stocked with masks, props — even giant Mickey Mouse helmets — and everything from pirate costumes to pinstriped suits, caveman attire to floor-length, beaded gowns.

Among the wide variety of unusual and eye-catching pieces, Froese says the store has Templar coats from the 1890’s, armor and mascot costumes and more.

“We even have a giant groundhog ,” he adds, chuckling.

What else makes Gotcha

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leaving school, he has released three albums while extensively touring the U.S. and Europe.

In preparation for his concert, Nash spoke with MOVE about music in relation to his beginnings in rural Missouri, his times at MU and his current residence in the country outside of Austin, Texas.

MOVE Magazine: How did growing up in Missouri shape your life, musically?

Israel Nash: I grew up around the Ozarks. Coming to Columbia was my first time really around a metropolitan area. My dad was a pastor, so

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small churches in Missouri and places where people just sang and didn’t care. But being in small towns, you don’t know what you’re supposed to do if you want to really pursue music. So, coming to Columbia, that’s when things really started happening in my musical career.

MM: Who were your biggest musical influences growing up?

IN: I grew up on my dad’s collection of classic rock. I got into Creedence (Clearwater Revival), Zeppelin, the Stones, all those rock bands. Those groups really defined what it was to be in a band with guys you knew forever and worked so well with.

MM: When did you realize you wanted to pursue music professionally?

unique? Its employees are experts in special effects makeup application and costume hunting.

“My favorite part is silly customers who want to be something totally crazy … It’s great to put together something that will make people laugh, that’s why I like the silly ones best,” says Neil Sanders, who’s been working at Gotcha for 15 months.

One not-quite employee — but a special effects expert nonetheless — is Froese’s 12-year-old daughter, Sophie, who helps around the shop as well.

“I like it because there’s always so much creativity, and I’ve had a lot of exposure to a lot of different people, which has made me a better person, I think,” Sophie says.

IN: It wasn’t so much when I knew, because I knew for a while, it was more of the idea of what I could do. The first time I thought about it was when I was 14 years old. When I was in Columbia I went through different transitions where I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do.

MM: Were you a regular at Mojo’s while you went to MU? IN: Absolutely. I especially loved the local scene, and I was in a group while living in Columbia. That was my first when I got interested in going down a singer-songwriter path.

MM: You seem to have a somewhat rural, “traveler’s blues” kind of sound on your most recent album. Did that have anything to do with you

For special effects, Sophie says she prefers gore over glam.

“I love doing zombie makeup,” she says. “I’ve never been much into beauty makeup.

More zombie makeup.”

As for the customers, they praise Gotcha for its low prices and comfortable, familial atmosphere.

Loyal customers Nora Peckham and her friend Josie Martin came to Gotcha in search of pieces for their devil and Grim Reaper costumes.

“It’s a local business, so it’s good to support them, and they’re pretty cheap. Plus, we know people that work here, so that’s cool,” Peckham says as she sifted through racks of clothing.

Froese also loves a chance to show his Tiger spirit.

“My wife and I were MU

college kids, and we used to recycle cans to go on dates, so we know the value of a buck, and we like hooking up our fellow college kids,” he says. “We’re not some crazy corporation trying to get rich … we’re a true mom and pop.”

Froese and his employees are passionate about their work.

“We’re the real McCoy. A lot of us here eat, breathe, drink and love it,” he says. “We’re not just clocking in to do a job.”

Despite his love for costuming, Froese says he plans to move on soon and sell his business.

“I’m entertaining offers,” he says. “If you want to come do business at Gotcha, you better do it in the next couple of years.”

living outside of Austin?

IN: That album really shows the most recent chapter of my life. I have a house now outside of Austin with almost 15 acres in the country. I can channel the solace of isolation in the country into my music pretty easily.

MM: You have a somewhat similar musical style to Neil Young. Do you identify with him at all?

IN: I do, definitely. One thing Neil brings to the table is that he’s a true artist. I love artists who follow the mentality of doing whatever you want, as long as it’s what you love.

MM: What was working with (former Sonic Youth drummer and producer) Steve Shelley like?

IN: Steve just has an incredibly broad taste in music, and an especially strong love for traditional folk and songwriting. So he was a cool guy to bounce ideas off, since he has such a great perspective.

MM: What’s your favorite part of life on the road?

IN: The guys who are in my band are my best friends, so we just have such a great time together. Also, it’s rewarding to play on the road and have fans seek us out to thank us for our music. When I say that, I mean real thanks, real, honest gratitude for what we do. It’s nice to know some people are listening.

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Running back Russell Hansbrough (32) rushes while offensive lineman Evan Boehm (77) tackles a Vanderbilt player Oct. 25 at Memorial Stadium. The Tigers won 24-14.

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Rushing duo reignites offense Said Mauk: “When you have Russell and Marcus back there, you have to get those guys the ball.”

ANDREW MCCULLOCH Staff Writer With the game on the line, sophomore quarterback Maty Mauk lined up in the shotgun behind center. The Tigers’ signal caller snapped the ball and faked right before turning his attention to his favorite target, senior wide receiver Bud Sasser.

Mauk launched a bomb to the far back corner of the end zone and hit Sasser with

OFFENSIVE REAWAKENING With a combined zero passing touchdowns in 73 passing attempts in the three games prior to Vanderbilt and two on Saturday, Maty Mauk and the Missouri offense seem to have come out of hiding, leaning towards being less dependant on the defense to score their points.

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Basketball

Home, sweet Hearnes for Anderson Kim Anderson played in the Hearnes Center in the 1970s. Now, 40 years later, he returns as a head coach.

DANIEL WITT Staff Writer Missouri basketball coach Kim Anderson picked up a ball off the rack during warmups for the team’s practice

at the Hearnes Center on Monday. With a hop in his step, Anderson took the ball to the rim for a layup.

It was a scene familiar in the building 40 years ago.

The Hearnes Center opened in August 1972. Anderson came to MU one year later, playing center in the building for Missouri from 1973-77. He also sat on the sidelines in the arena during two separate stints as a Missouri assistant coach.

Anderson lost just seven games as

a player in the Hearnes Center. During the 1974-75 season, the sophomore Anderson and his teammates, coached by Norm Stewart, went undefeated (12-0) at home. It was followed by junior and senior seasons where the Tigers lost one game each year at home.

Forty years later, Anderson is Mizzou’s head basketball coach. And it is fitting that his first game coaching the Tigers will take place on his old home court,

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Pink Out brings more motivation to Missouri

Trujillo said of her mother: “If she can push through breast cancer, then I can get through a soccer game.”

BRUNO VERNASCHI Assistant Sports Editor At every soccer game, Missouri midfielder Lauren Flynn can be spotted on the field sporting a pink headband.

On Oct. 30, at the Tigers’ matchup with conference rival

Arkansas, she will go beyond that.

Flynn said she will be wearing tape on her wrists with the name “Lucy Flynn” written on them for the annual Pack the Park and Pink Out match, which commemorates those who have had cancer in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Lucy Flynn is Lauren Flynn’s mother, who passed away from leukemia when Lauren was 12-years-old.

Lauren Flynn said the process happened quickly, but despite the tragedy, the Missouri native has used it as a motivating factor, particularly

with her soccer career.

“It’s affected all aspects of my life,” Flynn said. “It makes you appreciate things more.

You need to do everything you can to its fullest extent, so when I play, I play all out. You never know when things could be taken away.”

Flynn is not the lone player on the Tiger squad whose family has been affected by the disease. Freshman midfielder Savannah Trujillo’s mother is currently battling breast cancer.

Originally diagnosed in 2009, the cancer has returned multiple times.

Trujillo said she has always

looked to her mother when she’s down, and it tends to put things into perspective whenever a game outcome looks bleak. “(My mom’s) always the one to tell me to push through,” she said. “If she can push through breast cancer, then I can get through a soccer game.”

Trujillo said she sees her mother as a hardworking, caring and strong-willed person who has always been there which, in her eyes, makes the Arkansas game that much more important.

Both players are naturally looking to get a win, but they said the match goes beyond

that.

“It means a lot more than just a soccer game,” Trujillo said. “It’s for people that you love. The best outcome would be to win for my mom and for all of the people that have been diagnosed with cancer.”

Although the event will not raise proceeds through game promotions, the team will auction off the players’ pink jerseys in the days following the match. All benefits will be donated to the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.

Volleyball Tigers do their best to put perfection in the past Said Kan: “Everyone has their ups and downs, wins and losses, so it just comes with the territory.”

WILL JARVIS Staff Writer Nobody expected 35-0.

How could they? After Missouri volleyball went undefeated in 2013 en route to a Southeastern Conference title, the question surrounding the team in August was how it would perform after losing two All-Americans and anchors for the team.

Two months later, that question has been answered, though the results haven’t been stellar.

“We’re not the team from last year,” senior middle blocker Whitney Little said. “And that’s such a big thing. We’re still trying to process that.”

It hasn’t been easy for the Tigers, who sit at 13-11 overall, 4-5 in conference play.

“Last year, we beat everybody,” Mizzou coach Wayne Kreklow said. “So everybody’s looking for a chance to get back at us. We face that everywhere.”

When the Tigers hit the road, whether SEC or nonconference, they’re a marketing blitz, according to Kreklow.

That means the Tigers know they’ll be getting everybody’s A-game.

“We’re not an SEC Championship-caliber team,” Kreklow said. “But everywhere we go, that’s what we’re introduced as, the SEC champs.”

After being asked if this season has been disappointing compared to 2013, sophomore outside hitter Carly Kan couldn’t help but laugh. While outsiders see 13-11 as a failure compared to last year, Kan sees it as a normal season with a fair share of bumps along the way.

“This is just a normal season,” Kan said. “Everyone has their ups and downs, wins and losses, so it just comes with the territory.”

The expectations from fans were higher than those within the team. The departure of AllAmericans Molly Kreklow and Lisa Henning left a huge void in both outside hitting and setting — two crucial roles to help run the offense. Casual volleyball fans — the type who mostly show out during an undefeated season — might not always understand how critical these positions are in order to be successful in getting good swings and finishing points.

A year ago, the Tigers went into every game expecting to win, according to Kan. This year, the mindset is much different. They know nothing is a given, even when they think it might. Early losses to teams like Oakland and Saint Louis University taught them that the hard way.

“This year, we have a more competitive edge to us,” Kan

TWO VERY DIFFERENT SEASONS Last season, the Missouri volleyball team ended with a regular season record of 36-0. In the absence of its two leaders, Molly Kreklow and Lisa Henning, the Tigers have dipped below .500 in conference play, far removed from last year’s historic success. With eyes off of tournament qualification, Mizzou is now looking to preserve the dignity of this mediocre season.

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said. “We have to fight for every point we get and nothing is going to come easy. We really are a completely different team and that’s really cool.”

But no matter what the record, the nagging pressure always lingers in the back of the Tigers’ minds, according to Little.

They don’t talk about last season all that much anymore.

The past is the past, but Little said she knows she has to help her team move on and attempt to escape some of that pressure of last year.

If anything, Kreklow said he thinks it adds motivation for his players to try and perform

at the elite level they were at last season.

It’s too late to win the SEC, but they can still make a statement.

“We’re just trying to get better every day,” Little said.

“Being the best we can be with this group is what we’re focusing on.”

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Tigers to face bowl-hungry Kentucky Kentucky hasn’t been bowl-eligible since the 2010-2011 season.

JASON LOWENTHAL Staff Writer Following a Missouri’s 24-14 victory over Vanderbilt, Mizzou coach Gary Pinkel repeated Bear Bryant’s famous quote: “Every win is a great win.”

However, maybe some wins are more meaningful than others. For instance, Missouri’s win over the Commodores made Mizzou bowl-eligible for a second consecutive season.

Last week, it was Mizzou that was gunning for that key sixth win. This week, the Tigers find themselves on the other end of the equation, taking on a Kentucky Wildcats team that is seeking its sixth win and bowl eligibility for the first time since the 2010-2011 season.

“They’re a really good football team with a quarterback who’s playing very impressive,” Pinkel said of the Wildcats. “This is a big game. They all are right now.”

After years of mediocrity, Kentucky coach Mark Stoops has revitalized the program into a Southeastern Conference Eastern Division contender this season. The Wildcats jumped

onto the national radar this season following a 45-38 upset of South Carolina, and later climbed into the thick of the conference race with a 5-1 record.

Kentucky sophomore quarterback Patrick Towles has thrown for over 2,000 yards this season and has re-energized what has been an unimpressive offensive team in recent history.

Pinkel emphasized the importance of the Tigers focusing on their own play and not making any assumptions about Kentucky.

“Teams that make judgments play inconsistently,” he said. “All I care about it how we play. That’s how you play your best.”

Kentucky is coming off of consecutive losses to LSU and No. 1 Mississippi State. The Wildcats have a difficult end to the season as they will face No. 9 Georgia and will travel on the road for three games, including their visit to Faurot Field this week.

“They have the rest of the season left to get their sixth win,” senior tailback Marcus Murphy said. “They’ll approach this like any other week, just like we do.”

Senior defensive end Markus Golden said the two teams are comparable in their makeup.

“Every time I’ve watched a Kentucky game this year, it looks like they’re having fun,” Golden

said. “They’re a high-energy team and they play hard. They kind of remind me of us on the field.”

When the two teams hit the field this Saturday, it will be the first day of November, a key time in the landscape of college football. Pinkel referred to an old college football adage Monday: “Win in November and be remembered.”

Pinkel said the team actually marks November differently on their calendars for that very reason — this is the month that determines their entire season.

“This is where you finish,” Pinkel said. “This is where you want to be.”

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NCAA practice limits have their loopholes Most college sports teams have found ways to legally circumvent the 20-hour rule.

in the water, lifting or doing dry-land work with the team.

That time doesn’t included stretching or warming up before practice, or recovery work we put in outside of designated practice time. Once you throw in pre-weights warm ups, which last at least 10 minutes, and rehab, such as sitting in the cold tub after practice or working on injuries with a trainer, we put in about one full day’s worth of workouts each week.

I feel confident in claiming that very few other college sports teams, at Mizzou or in the country, train more than we do. Twenty-three hours of working out a week is already pushing the limits.

In fact, the NCAA has a rule that teams are only able to mandate 20 hours of practice time each week.

Wait a minute. Something doesn’t add up. How are swimmers able to practice for 23 hours when the maximum number set forth by the NCAA is 20?

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Imagine a typical week in your life and all the work that entails. Now imagine it being one day shorter, with all the same responsibilities.

You have the life of a swimmer.

On a typical week, we spend 22 to 23 hours practicing. That time is all spent

Swim coaches only classify 20 hours of practice as “mandatory.” The remaining time is considered optional, meaning athletes can’t be punished by the coaches for not attending.

However, no one dares skip the optional portions of our training. It would upset the coaches, even if they aren’t allowed to say anything about it, and skipping three hours of training every week will have repercussions on your performance.

Most college sports teams have found ways to legally circumvent the 20-hour rule. Making portions of practices optional seems to be the most common approach, and this is easier in swimming than most sports. In some sports, coaches are not allowed to attend optional practices, but for swimming, there is a safety exemption that allows them to be on the pool deck during optional work.

A few other facets of the NCAA’s rule are that mandatory team meetings

count toward the 20 hours, and all competitions count as three hours of practice. In addition, no more than four hours can be required on any one day, and student-athletes must get at least one day off per week.

In our case, the 20 total hours and four-hour maximum per day are both skirted because of optional hours. Thankfully, we do get Sundays completely off.

Again, the rule is a farce. Almost all college sports teams use optional practices to get around the rule.

The fact that everyone breaks the 20-hour rule does not make our 23 hours of training each week any less demanding, however. Spending an entire day of each week working out and then trying to squeeze schoolwork and a minimal social life into the remaining six days is the challenge of college athletics.

After Kulas, offense plans on balanced season Said Fowler: “Basketball is a big puzzle and I think we all have the pieces to make it work.”

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We don’t have as many kids comfortable as her making plays off the bounce. She’s a kid who can score points in a variety of ways and I’ve been really pleased with (all of their) growth.”

Fowler said the team has grown and Missouri has a high collective basketball IQ. She said she believes the team’s variety of offensive talents will bring them points.

“Everyone brings a different piece offensively,” Fowler said. “Basketball is a big puzzle, and I think we all have the pieces to make it work.”

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In addition to the newcomers, Pingeton said she has high hopes for the sophomores on the team, forwards Kayla McDowell and Jordan Frericks and guard Sierra Michaelis.

Pingeton said they seem more “confident and comfortable, which is pretty typical going into your sophomore year versus being thrown out there as freshmen.

“I have seen a ton of growth in that class and it’s been really exciting to see both Kayla and Jordan get stronger, more physical and more explosive,” Pingeton said. “Sierra Michael is also has a better understanding of what we’re looking for in our offensive system while continuing

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doesn’t mean it’s a good shot. You need to make sure you’re in rhythm and you feel comfortable and to make sure it’s your ‘yes’ shot.”

Senior guard Morgan Eye, who has a chance to break the women’s basketball Division I record for career three pointers made, said she will be able to draw defenses out of the paint this season, setting up drives to the basket.

Regarding the offensive presence Kulas had, senior guard Bree Fowler said she feels like the Tiger newcomers — [freshman guard Carrie Shephard], junior guard Juanita Robinson and [freshman forward Bri Porter] — all have the capability to fill the gap Kulas left.

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Former Missouri Tigers forward Bri Kulas during the half of Missouri's game against Tennessee on Feb. 23 at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers fell to the Volunteers, 56-50.

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Averaging 18.3 points per contest, the second highest in the Southeastern Conference, former Tigers forward Bri Kulas was an offensive powerhouse.

She started in nearly every game and consistently led Missouri in points last season, earning her spot as one of the most potent offensive threats in the SEC. But Kulas is an ocean away now, trying out several different European leagues after graduating, and Missouri women’s basketball now has a gap to fill.

“That’s a lot of points on the board that we lost from a year ago,” coach Robin Pingeton said. “But I also think we have kids that have matured over the offseason and improved in their skill work, and I think we can score in a variety of ways. I don’t think you’ll see that one kid who’s going to average 18 points a game for us — it’s going to be a lot more evenly spread.”

Without a player like Kulas, Pingeton said she is pushing for more of “an inside-out team and being aware of our shot selection.”

Pingeton said that according to the shot chart from practices, the team is scoring more inside the three-point line than outside of it. Compared to last year, when the Tigers led the SEC in three-point completions, Pingeton said Mizzou’s offense will be more balanced this year.

“We’ve talked about (our inside game) a lot with our perimeter players,” Pingeton said. “Just because you’re open

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Junior college transfer may be offensive key Robinson was a top 100 recruit coming out of high school.

BRUNO VERNASCHI Assistant Sports Editor Johnson County Community College might as well be Jayhawk country.

Located in Overland Park, Kansas, the junior college belongs to the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference.

It may seem to be a place that bleeds red and blue, but Missouri women’s basketball begs to differ.

JCCC has provided the Tigers with two players in the last few years. One of them was

forward Bri Kulas, Missouri’s leading scorer last season, who was drafted in the third round of the 2014 WNBA Draft.

The second JCCC standout of the pair is Juanita Robinson, a 5-foot-10-inch guard who hails from Chicago. Robinson was ranked a top 100 recruit

by ESPN coming out of high school, but she said she went to the junior college due in part to academic reasons, and also because she saw it as a route to better offers.

Robinson redshirted her first year with the Lady Cavaliers due to a torn meniscus, but was a force for her next two seasons.

Robinson led JCCC to a 30-2 record last season and a first-place conference finish, averaging 11 points per game.

She was recruited by a number of Division I programs following the season.

Robinson said Kulas told her the coaches at Mizzou “are here to make you better, not just for themselves. They’re here to help you succeed for later in life.”

Robinson said between Kulas’ words and MU academics, it was enough: She wanted to be a Tiger.

Now in Columbia, Robinson, although recovering from knee pains from previous injuries, has been practicing with her new team.

Captain and senior guard Morgan Eye said she sees the new transfer as a key to replacing a talent like Kulas.

“Juanita’s got some really nice handles and she sees the

court extremely well,” Eye said. “She has a good level of maturity, having played at a junior college.”

Despite being new to the team, Eye said Robinson already has the strategies and plays down pat. She attributes this to the maturity and experience she earned during her career at JCCC. Coach Robin Pingeton also said Robinson is an important addition to the young Mizzou team. She said she recognizes that the program has seen loads of success through recruiting from junior colleges.

“She’s a very talented young lady and she’s a competitor,” Pingeton said. “We’ve been very fortunate and blessed with the (junior college players) that we’ve signed and I think she’s

got a chance to be one of the better ones.”

Although the fourth-year coach said she prefers to have players for all four years rather than for one or two, Pingeton said a program can benefit from the maturity and experience of transfers like Robinson.

For now, Robinson is transitioning her mindset from a community college to a Division I school. She said Mizzou has proven to be more time-consuming than JCCC, but nothing she can’t handle.

Of her comparison to Kulas, Robinson said, she hopes to “live up to those standards.”

“It’s been a work in process.

It hasn’t been hard, but it hasn’t been easy."

being to give the players a weekend of zero distractions.

“It got us away,” Anderson said. “There’s a lot of things going on around here, a lot of distractions. Not bad distractions, just distractions. I had a lot of stuff going on, so it was good for me to get away for a couple of days and all we did was basketball.”

As fun as that might sound, it was hardly a walk in the park

for the Tigers.

“Moberly was hard,” junior forward Ryan Rosburg said.

“We had two-a-days for three days, so it was a bunch of practices. Basically just hotel, sleep, get ready for practice, go back to bed, get ready for another practice.”

But while many hours were spent in the gym installing new defenses and working on making the extra pass,

there was also fun to be had — Anderson’s type of fun.

“We stayed in a hotel. It was a nice hotel,” Anderson joked.

“We went out to eat, ate at some fine dining establishments in Moberly, then we watched the Mizzou-Florida football game and took away their cell phones during dinner so we had some jovial conversation.”

The weekend challenged the team, but also seemed to

resonate with players quite well.

“It was perfect for us because we’re new playing with each other and it was just a draining weekend,” Rosburg said. “But we all came together on the court and off the court and battled through some things over there.”

the Tigers’ ground game that brought the Missouri offense back to life.

“Coach put us in a good situation to get first downs and keep the ball moving,” Mauk said. “And then you look at what our run game did the whole day. We ran the ball a little bit more than we usually do, but when you have Russell and Marcus back there, you have to get those guys the ball.

They can make things happen, and we relied on that.”

Murphy rushed 16 times, tying a career high en route to running for a team-high 97 yards. Hansbrough tallied 19 carries — one shy of his career high — in addition to 83 yards and a touchdown of his own.

Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said his running back duo executed the team’s game plan better than he expected.

“That was certainly the

offensive staff ’s plan going in: to run the ball more and throw off of that,” Pinkel said. “We like to throw the ball downfield.

We like to be vertical. We like to do all those things, but you have to adjust to how you’re playing and it was a really good game plan for what we were trying to get.”

Saturday’s win was also the first time in several weeks that Murphy was predominantly featured in the backfield over his traditional roles as a slot receiver and return man.

“Getting the ball is always fun,” Murphy said. “We just did a good job up front. We worked hard with the O-line all week, just working on run reads and hitting the holes. If that helps us out, then I think we will run a little bit more.”

The Mizzou offense ended the day with 244 yards on the ground, a new season high that

couldn’t have come at a better time. Heading straight into the teeth of a dangerous SEC schedule, Missouri will have to face a string of stingy defenses, starting Saturday with the Kentucky Wildcats.

But Murphy said he doesn’t see a problem with the bump up in competition, thanks to his and Hansbrough’s chemistry and abilities in the backfield. “ We’re both physical runners. We both bring that element of speed and quickness to the backfield,” Murphy said.

“We can rotate and not miss a step within the backfield… It shows that we’ve been working hard all season.”

Kentucky went blow-forblow with No. 1 Mississippi State last weekend in Lexington and held Bulldogs quarterback and Heisman Trophy hopeful Dak Prescott to the worst passing performance of his

season in terms of quarterback rating.

But the Wildcats’ defense does have a weak spot: its run defense.

Kentucky surrendered 326 rushing yards to Mississippi State, more than Mizzou has racked up all season.

Hansbrough and Murphy will likely hear their numbers called a whole lot come Saturday.

But Mauk isn’t upset by the change in philosophy. He said he just wants to do whatever it takes to get his team the win.

“If we can run the football, then we’re going to do it,” Mauk said. “I’m fine with handing off and giving the ball to Marcus or Russell. Those guys are playmakers and to win football games they need to get the ball.”

to the building and everything else — just the opportunity to come in here and play and maybe share a little history with some of these guys,” Anderson said.

Sophomore guard Wes Clark said his coach explained to his players the significance and history of the building. He told them about his days at the Hearnes Center, playing under Stewart.

“We’re looking to cherish this day,” Clark said.

Stewart was the coach at Missouri from 1967-99, composing an overall coaching record of 731-375 in 38 seasons.

The 2007 College Basketball Hall of Fame inductee recently

spoke to the Tiger basketball team. Stewart talked to the players about working hard and taking advantage of their opportunities as basketball players at Mizzou.

“I think it was really good that he came by,” Anderson said. “As a first-year coach in a Division I school and (when) you look out there on the inline you see Norm Stewart, you make sure you’re on your toes and running a good practice.”

According to junior forward Ryan Rosburg, Anderson brings up his old coach frequently in practices and team meetings.

Anderson tells his team about things Stewart would say and things he would make the

players do, including running up the arena’s unforgiving steps.

“That was back in those old school playing days I’d hear about all the time from my parents and coaches,” Rosburg said.

Anderson said he would not be opposed to an annual game taking place at the Hearnes Center. But with nostalgia aside, he said it is time to also get back to reality, to finally begin the season.

“Whatever emotion I have, I have to put it away and start coaching basketball,” Anderson said.

Team spends weekend in Moberly to get away from distractions MICHAEL NATELLI Assistant Sports Editor On the weekend of October 17-20, the Missouri men’s basketball team took a retreat to Moberly, Missouri, to do some team bonding with the season less than a month away.

The retreat was not announced, as coach Kim Anderson “wanted to keep it quiet,” with the goal

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inches of turf to spare.

The touchdown was the second hookup of the day for Mauk and Sasser and the deciding score in Missouri’s 24-14 win over the visiting Vanderbilt Commodores.

However, it wasn’t the passing game that powered the Tigers to victory. Rather, it was running backs Russell Hansbrough and Marcus Murphy who carried the team on the ground for the win.

With Mizzou having struggled offensively in the weeks leading up to the Vanderbilt game — Mauk had combined totals of 117 yards and five interceptions against Georgia and Florida — it was

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when Missouri hosts Division II William Jewell College for an exhibition game Wednesday.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Anderson, who averaged 18.3 points per game his senior season, said. “I’m sure it will be pretty emotional, just walking in here today.”

Anderson said he didn’t know if the emotion will hit him during the exhibition. He said he would “probably be worried about winning the game.”

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2014-2015 BASKETBALL PREVIEW

In just over two years since being a 2-seed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament, Missouri basketball has had somewhat of a fall from grace. Last season, the Tigers were a middle-of-thepack Southeastern Conference team that coach Frank Haith bailed on to go to … Tulsa.

So what’s the perception of Missouri basketball right now?

Here are some current Tigers’ thoughts:

Keith Shamburger , senior guard

“We came here because a lot of us wanted to play on the big stage. We got our chance right here, so now we just have to go out there and do it. It’s the biggest stage and this is what we all wanted; this is what we all came here for.”

Sophomores have renewed confidence Williams III said he can now consistently make an NBA-range three-pointer.

AARON REISS Sports Editor Sophomore power forward Johnathan Williams III was making his way off of the practice court.

But first, he visited a place he wasn’t too familiar with last season — the three-point line.

Williams stepped toward the top of the key, and without coming to a full stop, lifted his left arm, basketball resting in his palm. He snapped his wrist and watched the ball ascend, descend, hit the middle of the backboard’s square and fall through the hoop.

It wasn’t the exact shot Williams worked on during the offseason, but it was close.

The sophomore, who attempted just 11 three-pointers last season, said he has expanded his range to approximately 24 feet.

“Rather than just being onedimensional, I want to be able to do a lot of things — be, like, three-dimensional,” Williams said.

Confidence — according to sophomore guard Wes Clark, that’s all Williams needed to boost his shooting.

“He’s not timid to take the shot. He’s more a scoring impact,” Clark said. “We can count on him for shots, we can count on him for buckets.”

Confidence — Clark said it’s changing him as well. The guard said he spent last season worrying “about things instead of letting plays go and moving onto the next.”

“Now I’m just a little more confident in myself,” Clark said.

“Got a little more passion, more courage in the game now.”

Ryan Rosburg, junior forward

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Missouri Tigers freshman forward Johnathan Williams III (3) gains control of a rebound March 5 at Mizzou Arena, in Columbia.

"People have a high respect for us.

Traditionally we've been a very solid team ... People expect us to be good and that's what we expect, too."

D'angelo Allen , freshman forward

"Those young guys are ready to come get it. They're ready to attack us ... They're coming after us."

Namon Wright , freshman guard

"I hope they don't underestimate us, but I'm sure they would just because we have five freshmen, five sophomores and only three (upperclassmen)."

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Missouri Tigers sophomore guard Wes Clark (15) poses for a portrait Oct. 1 at Mizzou Arena.

Clark said he’s different from last season, when he averaged more than 20 minutes per game as a freshman but missed the Tigers’ last two games with a suspension after being arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana.

Missouri coach Kim Anderson said he sees the difference.

“From the time I got here to today, I’ve really done a 180 on Wes Clark,” the first-year Mizzou coach said.

Clark will likely play

significant minutes at point guard this season. And Williams is projected to be Mizzou’s starting power forward once again. If he’s able to shoot consistently from deep, that’ll be a boon for a Mizzou team that loses more than 70 percent of its scoring from last season.

Williams said his increased range will give Clark “more space and opportunities to make plays.”

When those opportunities arise, confidence will be key.

Missouri exploring for new Tiger scorers DANIEL WITT Staff Writer Following last season, guards Jabari Brown and Jordan Clarkson chose to forgo their senior years at Missouri. Their departures, combined with forward Earnest Ross’ graduation, dealt a heavy blow to Mizzou.

Brown, Clarkson and Ross, all transfers into the program, are gone. Gone are the 51.4 points per game produced by the three former Tigers last season. Gone is 78 percent of Mizzou's scoring.

Mizzou is left with four players from last year’s squad: Jonathan Williams III, Ryan Rosburg, Wes Clark and Keanau Post, who combined for 16.2 points per game through the 2013-14 season.

“I’m hoping that the guys who were here last year that didn’t score as much will step up their game,” coach Kim Anderson said. “I don’t really know if we’ll have one guy scoring 20 (points per game). I don’t know if it will be like that.

I’m thinking it might be three guys with 14 or 12, and a bunch of guys in that seven to 10 range.

“I think it will be more balanced at least to start with, and then we’ll see. This is a team that is going to evolve as the year goes on.”

But it’s not just points per game that have left Mizzou. It’s certain types of points.

The wrists behind 87 percent of last season's three-point jumpers have left the building, too. Between Brown, Clarkson and Ross, 169

three-pointers were made. Out of the 202 three-pointers scored last season, only 25 were sunk by returning players. Clark had 21 and Williams drained four in 11 attempts.

However, Williams has been on a mission this past summer.

Williams, who played point guard at Southwind High School in Memphis, Tennessee, has been working on his jump shot during the offseason. He said he has expanded his range, and improved on his finishing around the rim.

“I’m really happy,” Williams said. “I think I worked on a lot of things. All I’ve got to do now is keep praying, keep believing.”

“J-Three,” as he is called by his teammates and coaches, is the top returning scorer for the Tigers. He averaged 5.8 points per game last season, serving mainly as a shot blocker and rebounder. Williams said he knew the ball would be put in his hands more this year. He’s ready for the ball.

“We had Jordan, Jabari and Earnest. Those were our top three

scorers, so they just needed me to rebound,” Williams said. “But now, since they left, the ball is being put in my hands. I’ve just got to shoot the ball, but continue to block shots and rebound.”

Junior forward Ryan Rosburg is also ready. Rosburg scored 4.8 points per game last season and said he is embracing the role of being counted on for points this season.

“I love it,” Rosburg said about his increased offensive role. “I know this year with coach Anderson’s system, it’s going to be so different.

I think I’ll definitely have a scoring role this year, but I think we’re so balanced that any given night we can have a different leading scorer.”

Anderson is familiar with a balanced scoring attack. He said he has had teams in the past with one star lighting up the scoreboard, and teams with seven or eight players equally distributing the points.

Anderson said he likes coaching a team where everyone is contributing, and he thinks this year could have that characteristic.

“Sitting here today, I think this could be a very well-balanced team,” Anderson said. “I think this could be a fun team to play on because there are so many guys who can contribute, and it’s going to be young guys. They’re going to have to get their feet wet early because they’re going to get touches.”

Anderson’s Central Missouri Mules had 11 players who averaged five or more points per game last season en route to a NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.

Mizzou scored 2,553 points in 35 games last season. With the producers of exactly 2,000 of those points absent this season, the scoring breakdown of the 2014-15 Tigers is yet to be seen.

“I’m sure there will be some guys who’ll step up,” Anderson said. “Norm Stewart once told me: ‘There’s always a leading scorer on a team. There’s always somebody who scores more than everybody else.’ I’m not sure how this team will evolve.”

REPLACING MISSOURI’S BIG THREE

Last season, three Missouri players, Jabari Brown, Jordan Clarkson and Earnest Ross, accounted for 78 percent of the team’s points. With all three of them gone, the four main returners, Jonathan Williams III, Ryan Rosburg, Wes Clark and Keanau Post, will need to step it up.

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Source: MU Tigers.com SEINGA MACAULEY // GRAPHIC DESIGNER

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Notable foes: a look at Mizzou’s SEC opponents Louisiana State

Auburn

Kentucky

Tennessee

(Jan. 8, 2015 in Columbia) Losing Johnny O’Bryant III to the NBA will hurt LSU early on, as it will need to replace its top scorer and second-best rebounder. LSU ranked in the top 10 rebounding teams last season and averaged 39.7 rebounds per game as a team. If LSU rebounds like that against Mizzou, it will be tough for Missouri to take control of the game. The LSU team that went .500 in conference play and made it to the second round of the National Invitational Tournament held off Missouri in a 77-71 victory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a season ago. But traveling to Mizzou Arena could prove to be a more difficult task for LSU.

(Jan. 10, 2015 in Auburn, Alabama; March 3, 2015 in Columbia) Senior guard KT Harrell will likely have to lead Auburn after averaging 18.3 points per game last year. The (other) Tigers haven’t been part of March Madness in 11 years, when they made it to the Sweet Sixteen. Missouri barely outlasted Auburn last year, so it could be an interesting matchup, especially since both teams lost their leading scorers. Auburn may have the upper hand with Harrell and returning guard Tahj Shamsid-Deen.

(Jan. 13, 2015 in Lexington, Kentucky; Jan. 29, 2015 in Columbia) The Wildcats are the deepest team in the nation. They return three starters from last year’s Final Four team, and coach John Calipari brought in four ESPN five-star recruits. One criticism of Kentucky is that it may actually be _too_ deep. Gosh, it’s quite the predicament. Kentucky is the preseason No. 1 team for the second year running in most rankings, and it’s hard to deny with the amount of talent both on the floor and on the bench. Missouri will struggle to keep up with the bigger, faster, stronger and better Wildcats when the teams play at both schools this season.

(Jan. 17, 2015 in Columbia) The Volunteers made a run to the Sweet Sixteen this past March as a No. 11-seed after finishing fourth in the SEC. Losing Jordan McRae and Jarnell Stokes will hurt the offensive firepower from the Vols. They averaged 18.6 and 14.7 points per game last year, respectively, and Stokes also led the team in rebounds with 10.3 per game.

Rebounding was a strength of Tennessee last year, ranking 20th in the nation with 38.8 boards per game. But the Volunteers may struggle as they must replace their top three rebounders from last season with junior guard Derek Reese and 6-feet10-inches freshman forward Tariq Owens.

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Mississippi

Alabama

South Carolina

(Jan. 21, 2015 in College Station, Texas; Feb. 7, 2015 in Columbia) Missouri beat the Aggies twice last year, both nail-biters, and this year could be similar.

Junior guard Jamal Jones brings back 13.4 points per game and coach Billy Kennedy brought in four-star recruit Alex Robinson, a 6-feet-1-inch point guard from Arlington, Texas. Defensively, Missouri should fare well. A&M scored an average of just 65.2 points per game last year. The Aggies will be fairly dangerous this season, but look out for A&M to break out after signing two four-star recruits from the class of 2015 this fall.

(Jan. 24, 2015 in Columbia; Feb. 18, 2015 in Fayetteville, Arkansas) Arkansas averaged the 17th most points in the country last year with 80.3 per game, and with its top three scorers returning this year, the Razorbacks could outdo themselves. Coach Mike Anderson has returning forward Bobby Portis, who averaged 12.4 points per game last season. If the Tigers can shut down the 6-feet11-inches sophomore, they have a better chance at taking this one in Columbia. Possession will play a crucial role in the matchup, as Arkansas averaged 8.6 steals per game — 10th best in the nation. role.

(Jan. 31, 2015 in Columbia) After graduating leading scorer Marshall Henderson, much of the Rebels' offense will be centered around senior guard Jarvis Summers. Ole Miss upset the Tigers a year ago, and now with an older team, the Rebels will attempt to use their experience to outlast Missouri.

Nine upperclassmen fill up most of the Ole Miss roster, which will help them down the stretch during conference play. The Rebels averaged 75.2 points per game last season and finished tied with Missouri in the SEC regular season rankings. Last year, Ole Miss barely outlasted Missouri, 91-88, so another close matchup this year is to be expected.

(Feb. 4, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) After posting a mediocre 7-11 conference record last year, Alabama will look to get behind senior Levi Randolph to provide a bulk of the offense for the Crimson Tide. The 6-feet-5-inches guard averaged 9.6 points per game, but without Trevor Releford running the offense, the senior will have his chance to shine. Junior guard Retin Obasohan, who averaged 9.5 points per game, will also provide scoring. Without any highly-touted recruits, it’s unlikely Alabama will make it back to the NCAA tournament, which it hasn’t played in since a first-round loss to Creighton in 2012.

(Feb. 10, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina) After finishing 14-20 overall and just 5-13 in conference play in 2013-14, the Gamecocks will at least return their second-leading scorer from last season, Sindarius Thornwell, who averaged 13.4 points per game. Also returning is senior guard Tyrone Johnson, who led the team in assists with 3.4 per game and averaged 11.2 points per game. South Carolina’s depth isn’t terrible, as it returns four of its top five scorers from 2013, but Missouri’s defense-first mentality should still be able to shut down the Cocks.

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Georgia

2015 in Nashville, Tennessee) The Commodores were the definition of mediocrity last year, going 15-16 on the year. 23 of those games were decided by single digits, so it goes to show Vandy could play with almost anybody last year.

Losing three of the top four scorers doesn’t help the Commodores, especially the loss of Eric MccLellan, who averaged 14.3 points per game and had a .436 field goal percentage. Missouri and Vandy traded wins last year, each coming at home, so this year’s matchup in Nashville could be a tough one for the Tigers.

(Feb. 28, 2015 in Athens, Georgia) The Bulldogs finished third in the SEC last year with the same conference record as Kentucky. This year, they could be even more dangerous, as they return four of their top five scorers from last season, including junior guard Charles Mann, who averaged 13.9 points per game last season.

The scoring depth returning for Georgia could make the Bulldogs a tough team to play, especially on the road. Georgia fell to Louisiana Tech in the second round of the NIT last season, but look for Georgia to be a dark horse to make the NCAA tournament in 2015, something it hasn’t done since a first-round loss to Washington in 2011.

Mississippi State (Feb. 14, 2015 in Columbia; March 7, 2015 in Starkville, Mississippi) Mississippi State’s football team has shocked the nation this year, but it’s unlikely the Bulldogs basketball team will do the same. Mississippi State finished last in the SEC last year, and there’s no reason why they shouldn’t have the same outcome again. The Bulldogs lost 13 consecutive conference games last season by an average of 13.08 points. In other words, most of the games weren’t even close. They averaged just 67.7 points per game, so Missouri shouldn’t have too much trouble –– especially with the Tigers’ new focus on defense.

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Florida

(Feb. 24, 2015 in Columbia) The Southeastern Conference champions went undefeated in conference play last season and lost three games all season. But after losing their top two scorers from their 2013-14 team — and four leading seniors — this season may have a different outlook.

Five-star recruit Devin Robinson will likely get some playing time early on. Despite a Final Four campaign, coach Billy Donovan was disappointed with just a semifinal performance after being ranked No. 1 in the nation much of the year. Florida should take care of Missouri pretty easily, but home court advantage at Mizzou Arena might make for an interesting matchup.

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