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TCM Greatest Classic Film Collections

For the classic movie lover, a Turner Classic Movie box set will send them over the moon. The collections all have a different theme: be it an actor, like Elizabeth Taylor or John Wayne, or a genre, like horror, western or romantic comedy. Even better, the collections range from $13.99 to $19.99. Since time machines are not a thing yet, these classic film sets

under $20

are the next best gift for the friend who finds greener grass in films of the past.

Classic movie mug For the loved one who knows all the words to movie favorites like “Forrest Gump,” “The Godfather” and “Star Wars,” this mug will never go out of style, as it has 24 classic movie quotes running in fun and colorful fonts all around it. At just under $15, your friends can sip their favorite libations while watching their favorite flicks. Here’s looking at you, you thrifty gift-giver.

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Sand by Brookstone — $14.99 Brookstone’s Sand is not the kind of sand that gets wedged in everything from your bathing suit to your beach bag to that shirt that you didn’t even take to the beach for the next three months. This stuff is kinetic sand, which means it’s made of sand and polymer; therefore, it only sticks to itself –– great for building sandcastles indoors in the dead of winter. And when you’re ready to destroy your creation, it

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

It was sad when, after 10 years, the Harry Potter movies came to an end … Psych! It was just announced that the movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” will be hitting theaters in 2016. Based off of J.K. Rowling’s book of the same name, the movie will not be about Harry Potter, but will be set in 1920s New York focusing on a writer named Newt Scamander. The book can be found very cheap at $4.20 and up depending on buying used, new, hardback or paperback. This book is a great gift for any Harry Potter enthusiast.

collapses like a liquid, not in a huge cloud of sand. It’s great for stress relief and for when you’d rather play in the sand than the snow.

Doctor Who Tardis String Lights — $19.99 Tardis lights are perfect for that friend who wishes they could be the Doctor. This 9-foot string comes complete with 10 Tardis lights. These lights are great to add some mood lighting to the dorm room (or any room), and will remind the recipient that their beloved Time Lord will always be with them.

Meow-nt Rushmore iPhone 5/5s Case— $15.99

This iPhone case combines two of everyone’s favorite things: cats and presidents. Seriously, who would not want to look at their phone and see Mount Rushmore with cats as the presidents on their phone case? Feline George Washington has his suit on, kitty Theodore Roosevelt has glasses and cat-ified Abraham Lincoln has the top hat. This case is a fun conversation starter for that friend that is obsessed with cats, the presidents or both.

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set and can be found at Barnes and Noble.

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i-Clip Magnetic Page Markers

People who are constantly reading are also constantly losing their bookmarks, so what’s a better solution for your resident bookworm than a magnetic bookmark? The magnets ensure the bookmark won’t fall out, and they come in a variety of styles from sports teams to cartoon animals. Perfect for bookworms of all ages, these sets of six to eight bookmarks are about $4 to $5 per

Ghost Sticky Notes Halloween may be over, but these sticky notes are handy for bookworms year-round. Fearful of marking up the pages in their favorite books, your resident bookworm may shy away from underlining their favorite quotes, leading to scraps of paper with quotes on them lying around all over the place! Well, these sticky notes solve that problem. Since they’re transparent, the reader can simply place the sticky note on the page and underline their favorite

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“#GirlBoss” by Sophia Amoruso price: $23.95; available at nastygal.com Written by the founder and CEO of fashion retailer Nasty Gal, this book tells the story of how Sophia Amoruso turned her life around from shoplifting and selling clothes on eBay to becoming one of the most influential women in the fashion industry. From thief to chief, Amoruso stands at the intersection between fashion and feminism and shows how to navigate the road to success in the industry. Fashionistas

will love Sophia's witty advice ("Money looks better in the bank than on your feet.") and examples of female empowerment through fashion.

price: $348; available at anthropologie.com Dare to stand out in these kneehigh 3.25-inch heeled boots. Their rich, moss-green hue will make your soles stand out in the swarm of cognac-brown riding boots walking around campus. Made of real vegan leather, these boots will last longer than a pair of single-season fauxleather boots. Their lace-up front

The friend who is obsessed with The Hunger Games surely has already seen, and loves, the most recent Hunger Games installment, so why not get them the soundtrack? The soundtrack, curated by Lorde, has tracks like her own “Yellow Flicker Beat,” Charli XCX ft. Simon le Bon’s “Kingdom,” Tinashe’s “The Leap” and Stromae ft. Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip, and Haim’s “Meltdown.” With this gift, coming in at $13.99, the movie doesn’t have to end when the screen goes dark.

$14.99 This gift is perfect for the resident coffee connoisseur who loves French press and wants to brew one cup at a time to perfection. The cup has fill lines to help your giftee see where the coffee grounds and water need to be filled and a filter to get the grounds out with. The cup is dishwasher safe, and the filter just needs to be rinsed out. This is perfect for making French press even easier and only makes one cup at a time, so no worries about having to make too much

bookworm to express every bit of their geeky pride for their favorite books because every word of the novel is printed onto the bag (or shirt, or poster). Every. Single. Word. Help your favorite bookworm’s geek flag fly with a fashion statement hard to ignore.

Zombie Plant Growing Kit —

$12.99 Zombie plants are the best kind of plants. They look like small ferns and have hypersensitive leaves that, when touched, fold in on themselves so they look like they are dead. The leaves then open back up in a few minutes. These plants lead to hours of entertainment as the plant is “killed” then magically comes back to life. No one has to feel bad for killing this plant — it’s probably just playing with you anyway.

"Wang & Lang,” to "Westwood and Coco.”

Isaac Mizrahi iPhone case price: $29.99; available at bestbuy.com Who knew technology could be so chic? The designer's colorful patterns look perfectly preppy when paired with the iPhone. There's a style for every fashionista: classic black and white stripes, pink and gold colorblocking, dainty polka dots and bright floral prints and more. These iPhone cases are an equally stylish and more affordable alternative to the popular Kate Spade iPhone accessories.

gift is great because it adds a very personal feel; not only do you know your bookworm’s favorite quote or book, but you also made something for them yourself. To make a book page necklace, all you need is a frame pendant with glass that can be removed, a chain to put the pendant on, and the book quote! Simply cut out the quote, put it in the frame pendant, slide the pendant onto the chain, and your bookworm has a new, unique necklace. There is also a great tutorial for those who want a more detailed guide; that tutorial also teaches how to add charms to the necklace.

Book quote necklace

This gift can be DIY’d or found on etsy.com (StorybookWhimsies has a nice selection for around $20). Any bookworm can enjoy this gift depending on how you make (or buy — we won’t tell) the necklace. This

price: $27.99; available at musecomo.com This is the perfect on-the-go bag for a fashionista who wants to leave her expensive leather handbags at home. Great to take shopping, to class or to lunch with friends, this black and white tote will match any outfit effortlessly. Best of all, the front features the names of the fashion industry's favorite designers, from "McQueen & Gaultier,” to

coffee before being able to drink it all.

With the holiday season right around the corner, I’m sure you are scrambling to find the perfect gift to get for everyone this year. You want it to be meaningful, but you also want the recipient to find it useful. Here are some gifts the music lovers in your life are sure to love.

Noise-canceling headphones Although they can be a bit pricy, these are a must-have for anyone who enjoys hearing their music, and only their music. You can choose from many different brands and styles. With noise- canceling headphones, anyone can listen to their favorite artists without worrying about any background noise.

Personalized guitar pick Get your friend a blank pick and write any message you want on it. Even if the person doesn’t play guitar, this would still be a great gift to show that you are aware of their love for music. It’s a sentimental gift that they will be able to keep with them forever.

LuLu's Somebody to Love dress price: $49.00; available at lulus. com Every fashionista knows you can never go wrong with a little black dress. This LBD would be a great holiday gift to wear on New Year's Eve and celebrate in style. Sheer black lace covers the fitted bodice of this elegant but understated dress. The three-quarter sleeves are trimmed with the most detailed and darling eyelash lace, and the triangular back cutout is surprisingly sexy. This frock is truly timeless and can be worn season to season.

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With the joy of having a significant other comes the stress of the holiday season and gift shopping. How could you possibly find the perfect gift? Well, fret no longer. The following is a list of go-to gifts that are sure to work for any relationship.

Maybe you have an old family recipe you like. Maybe you just really like to bake. This gift works because everyone likes treats. It’s a very heartfelt gift because you make it yourself specifically for your significant other. The extra labor used to make this gift makes it that much more genuine.

Date Idea Jar

This gift idea also requires a little bit of DIY-ing. Simply writing down date ideas and dressing them up by putting them in a jar or even binding

Your younger sibling

World’s Smallest Laser Guns

What could be better than laser guns? How about the world’s smallest laser guns for less than $5? The set of two guns, from Paper Source, boasts eight different sound effects with the pull of the trigger.

Kendama

Lord knows your little sibling does not need another video game; they're so proficient at that iPad, it’s utterly terrifying. Your parents will appreciate that this wooden toy will get them up and moving. Think: yo-yo on steroids that went and got cultured. Another under-$20 find from Amazon, it might be wise to spring for two if you know your siblings will end up fighting over just the one. Not convinced at how cool this is? Check out some Kendama tricks here.

Hog Wild Cow Popper

Touted as one of the coolest toys of 2014 by dodoburd.com, this toy looks like it’ll

your fit friend MCKENNA BULKLEY Staff writer

It’s officially the holiday season, and college kids across the country are scrambling in an attempt to afford thoughtful presents for the friends and family without having to eat only cereal for the entire month of December. Fear not, fellow broke college kids, because there are affordable options for your fitness fanatic loved ones.

Water bottle

I like the Contigo Kangaroo water bottle ($12.13 on Amazon) for several reasons. It’s easy to drink from, and it has a not-so-secret compartment for your keys and cash, so all your fitness fanatic needs to do is grab the water bottle and they're good to go on all sorts of adventures. Also, it’ll make sure that they'll never forget his water bottle, so you’re basically ensuring their hydration and good health while staying under budget. (You’re a good friend.)

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Reptangles

Creativity is king. The game, available on Amazon, is a little on the pricier side at $29.99 (but it does qualify for free shipping). Foster your younger sibling’s creative side with this game that allows them to make the rules. They can design their own puzzles with endless possibilities. The fun colors and reptile shapes sneak learning into playtime.

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If you’re looking to go all out this holiday season — say, if your fitness friend is actually a fitness girl/boyfriend — then you can’t go wrong with a Fitbit. The brand has a variety of gadgets to track steps and activity levels, ranging from $59.95 to $129.95, depending on the gadget. The most popular (and my personal favorite) is the Fitbit Flex, which costs $99.95 and comes in a variety of colors. It’s a wearable fitness tracker that keeps track of your steps, active minutes and sleep and lets you set various fitness goals and keep track of them over time. It’s a gym junkie’s right hand man.

This one is a little vague, but that’s because there’re so many variables here. The safest bet is a T-shirt with a funny or inspirational saying on it, like “Beast Mode” or “You can’t lift with us." Lookhuman.com’s athletic section has a ton of great options for both men and women, with prices ranging from $20 to $30. The sass on their tanks can be appreciated by all — even the people at the gym who take life way too seriously.

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Candy Stocking If you’re looking for the can’t-go-wrong gift of the holiday season for your food-loving friend, then look no further. Nothing says “have a great holiday” like a sock full of sweets. This gift is easy and customizable. Just simply find a medium-sized stocking at the dollar store and fill it full to the brim with your friend’s favorite confections. You can’t go wrong with candy, and you wont break the bank. This gift will please anyone one looking for a little sugar rush this winter. Estimated price: stocking: $1 candy: $10

Holiday Mug Nothing says Christmas like a warm mug full of hot chocolate or apple cider in the winter. Holiday coffee mugs run rampant in almost any store you walk into during the holiday season, so why not snag one to fit your friend’s personality and fill it with some holiday cheer. Start by finding the perfect large-sized mug for your friend. Whether it has a penguin on it, it’s covered in snowflakes or it’s simply red-and-green striped, find a mug you think your friend will love. From there, you can purchase individual or packs of hot chocolate from the store or even instant apple cider drink mix. Put the packets in the mug and tie with a bow around the base of the mug. Estimated price: holiday mug: $3 Swiss Miss hot chocolate packets: $4.95 ribbon: $1

please just about anyone. Just squeeze the body of the cow and it’ll shoot the soft foam balls about 20 feet. The company claims that the toy is safe for indoor or outdoor play, but I think we all know that little siblings are far too clever to have this kind of shooting capability indoors. While you might have to keep a watchful eye on the youngsters in your house, they’re sure to enjoy this toy.

This is a good DIY, or if you’re not exactly crafty, an easy and inexpensive purchase on Etsy. You know all of those pins your friend has on their “Inspiration” board on Pinterest? Well you can print one out, or even better, paint one of the quotes on a canvas, and frame it. Prices vary, depending on the route you want to take, but it’s all relatively inexpensive and still super thoughtful. It shows a definite care for their interests and general well being, even if you’ve never once been to the gym with them.

Workout gear

Mix CD Music has a way of saying things that some people don’t have the words to say. By making a playlist of songs that remind you of your significant other, you can show them how you feel in a different way. To convert a basic list of songs into a gift, you can simply burn the playlist to a CD and decorate the cover to make it a little more personalized.

For the cheeky little sibling, I found this T-shirt on Etsy. It comes in an array of colors; red, black, blue and green. While not really an insult, but also not exactly a compliment, this shirt is sure to please your snarky high school-age sib for just under $20.

Accessories

Bows, hats, watches, necklaces, bracelets, rings, neckties (bowties?)… The list never ends. Although some may consider this a basic gift, it’s something with very little room to go wrong. If you’re feeling lost, you can usually find a salesperson at the store who has the knowledge to help you find just what you’re looking for. One of the perks of buying an accessory as a gift for your significant other is that it will never fail to remind them of you while they wear it.

Quite honestly, I might be putting these suckers on my own wish list.

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them in a booklet can easily show your significant other that you care and love spending time with them. It will also come in handy for the times neither of you can agree on a place to go or something to do on a date night.

Concert/Event Tickets

If you and your significant other share similar interests in music or art, this gift is perfect. Not only does your significant other get to enjoy the event, but you do too. The best part of this gift is that you get to be together and share the memories made through the night.

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Vintage band poster This is not only a cool way to decorate a room but it makes a great gift for someone. It shows their interest in music, and since vintage posters are thicker, they tend to last longer than an average one. Plus, the old-school vibes they give off is a sure way to draw attention. Any one of these meaningful gifts is sure to make someone’s holiday rock.

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Nothing compares to live music, attending a concert and feeling the bass in your chest. It doesn’t get much better than that. When someone gets the chance to see his or her favorite band live, it’s a memory he or she will want to hold onto for the rest of his or her life, and a ticket stub diary will help make that possible. It keeps all concert tickets in order and all of the memories aligned. It’s something small enough that they could take with them anywhere, and it’s the ideal gift for anyone who wants to remember these moments forever.

“World’s Okayest Brother/Sister” shirt

What’s cooler than reading your favorite book? Wearing it. At litographs.com, you can buy your bookworm’s favorite book on a T-shirt, tote bag or poster for less than $30. This cool gift allows your

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For the film historian, this 15-part documentary will keep them busy throughout the holiday season. The documentary starts with film’s conception and follows it up until the modern day, focusing on the evolution of film. Even if it is a little bit of a splurge at $35.99, “The Story of Film” will be well worth the money for anybody who loves documentaries and is interested in the history of film. What could be more perfect for the ultimate movie-lover than a movie about the history of movies?

Book t-shirts, totes and posters

and laser-cutout details are edgy and unique, yet understated enough to pair with the majority of your fall and winter outfits.

“The Story of Film: An Odyssey”

Minibru Coffee Press Mug —

quotes on the sticky note instead of the page itself. Pads with 40 sheets of sticky notes can be bought for $5.95 plus shipping at mochithings. com. If your bookworm doesn’t like the spooky stuff, plain Tracing Sticky Note pads with 40 sheets are $6.95 on the same site.

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For something a little more homemade, give your friend a jar of joy. A jar of joy is a clear glass Mason jar (which can be found at any craft store) filled to the brim with all of the necessary ingredients to bake up some delicious holiday cookies. Tied or taped to the outside of the jar should be the cooking instructions for the cookies. The recipe can be as extensive or simple as you please, so long as all of the dry ingredients are included in the jar. This gift also works well for hot chocolate mix with chocolate chips and marshmallows. Your food-loving friend will appreciate the thought that went into the gift and will enjoy the chance to bake something sweet this holiday. Estimated price: Mason jar: $2.50 baking ingredients: $10

Tree of Tea For the tea lover or coffee lover in your life, customize their gift this season with something festive. This is the all-around best gift option, being easy to make and multifunctional. To start off, the giver needs to acquire a mini fake Christmas tree. They will then need a box pack of 20 or so tea bags to hang from the holiday tree like ornaments. The gift doubles as decoration to brighten up the receivers room with a little greenery but also provides them a box full of teas to drink all winter long. This idea can work well replacing the tea bags with instant coffee or by separating coffee grinds into smaller bags. It will keep them warm and satisfied this holiday. Estimated costs: fake mini tree: $6-$10 assorted tea packets 20 count: $3.50

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Being on a budget doesn’t mean you have to skimp on the holiday cheer this winter. For the food lover in your life, you can still show some love by making them their own holiday recipe book. Find your favorite 10 recipes for this holiday and writing them in a nice notebook with blank pages. The blank pages give you the opportunity to handwrite the recipes and put forth the extra effort of hand-decorating the book yourself. If you are lacking in confidence when it comes to your handwriting, then have no fear and instead print the recipes on resume paper and get a photo album and fill the slots where the photos go with the recipes. Your friend will love the chance to try out your suggestions as well as the extra space in the back of the book to add their own. Estimated costs: Moleskine notebook: $12

Now keep in mind, if the gift is for someone whom you genuinely care about and who genuinely cares about you, it probably won’t matter what you get them, as long as you made some sort of attempt to show your affection. But this way you can rest assured no one is secretly exchanging your gift for store credit.

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or house has been broken into, or who has been attacked or threatened.” Sprick began circulating a petition Dec. 1 to add streetlights on East Campus, especially on Anthony Street, the site of a Sept. 13 sexual assault. Sprick said she currently does not know how many signatures

Dennis Miller, chair of the IFC for this academic year, said an IFC committee has been working to make changes to how Title IX cases are processed by the university. Miller, who is leading the committee, said one primary focus is the role of student equity panels in Title IX cases. According to chapter 200 of the UM System Collected Rules and Regulations, which deals with student conduct, the equity panel currently consists of three trained administrators of faculty from the larger group of Equity Resolution Hearing panelists. This procedure was created when Wolfe issued Executive Order 41 on Sept. 22, which revised various procedures related to Title IX, specifically student equity panels. According to the UM System website, collected rule 200.025 dictates the equity resolution process for resolving complaints of harassment, sexual misconduct and other forms of discrimination against a student or student organization. Executive Order 41 states that

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East Campus has been the site of multiple recent burglaries and sexual assaults, and Sprick said she believes adding streetlights to the dim sidewalks east of MU may reduce crimes. “I feel unsafe every time I leave my house,” Sprick said. “Everyone who lives here knows someone whose car

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Geography professor looks to the forest to study climate change it’s one of the neatest things.” Elliott’s love for nature and science began in childhood. “(As a kid) I wandered around the woods a lot,” he said. “My parents would think I was kind of weird for wanting to hang out in the woods.” When he started college at MU, Elliott said, he wasn't very focused or attentive to his studies. “I kind of feel like I understand students that don’t come to class often and are disinterested, because that was me for the first two years of my college career,” he said.

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Grant Elliott never quite knew what he wanted to do when he grew up, but he has always been a wanderer. As an assistant professor of geography at MU, Elliott heads to the mountains to understand climate change. His work has led him to study how environmental changes affect the upper elevation limit of mountain forests. Elliott said a lot of factors affect tree growth — everything from

changes in temperature to the side of the mountain the tree is growing on. Getting to experience the expansive landscape of the mountainous forests is one of Elliott’s favorite job perks. He said people sometimes forget about the aesthetic value of a healthy environment when the climate gets brought up. “When people talk about climate, that sometimes can get political,” Elliott said. “But when you go out and see these natural patterns and processes being impacted by changing climatic conditions, to me

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Grant Elliott, assistant professor of geography, poses for a portrait Tuesday in his lab in Stewart Hall at the University of Missouri. Elliott is currently studying the effects of climate change on alpine treelines.

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Committee investigates faculty raise concerns Tyrer said the three recent faculty raises being investigated have elicited a negative reaction from faculty members.

How faculty raises are distributed The Ad Hoc Committee on Raise Distribution is investigating concerns about the existing system for faculty raises. FEBRUARY 2014: The top 15 percent of “high performing faculty members were rewarded with a raise of $15,000 or 10% of their salary.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2014: The top 20 percent of high performing faculty members recieved a salary raise.

Staff Writer The Faculty Council is investigating concerns about the existing system for faculty raises and three recent raises that have received negative reactions from faculty. At the council’s executive session Dec. 4, the Executive Committee

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CHANCELLOR R.BOWEN LOFTIN TOLD THE UM SYSTEM BOARD OF CURATORS IN JUNE, MU DEDICATED:

$10 million $1.7 million $500,000 to increasing to increasing faculty and staff salaries compensations Source: Faculty Councilman Harry Tyrer

to increasing benefits for the “200 extroardinary faculty who contribute directly to our aau metrics.”

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Heading out

After former MSA president Mason Schara’s July resignation, Kelsey Haberberger and Matt McKeown stepped up to lead the student body.

Haberberger ‘leads with kindness first’ Outside MSA, Haberberger has been involved with Greek Life, Omnicron Delta Kappa and the College of Education Ambassadors. EMMA DILTZ Staff Writer Kelsey Haberberger always knew she wanted to make a difference. Now, as a senior, Haberberger displays her passion for helping people by serving as the Missouri Student Association president. Haberberger’s term was not without its obstacles. Former MSA president Mason Schara stepped down over the summer and Haberberger assumed the presidency with under a month to prepare for the school year. She said taking over MSA was tough, because the first few weeks were pivotal in making sure the semester was successful. “I spent a lot of time talking to Student Life staff figuring out how to work around my student teaching schedule,” Haberberger said. “Once I had a firm grasp on the logistics, I immediately started outlining what I wanted to accomplish in the fall semester.” Though she has been able to adjust being thrown into the position, the transition was rapid. “The transition was difficult for me because there wasn't any time before Mason left,” Haberberger said. “Ultimately, I had to figure everything out on my own. Luckily, I had an amazing team to work with once the semester started. Cabinet really stepped up and supported me, and I'm very thankful for that.” MBA student Caleb Phillips, a fellow Summer Welcome leader, said although Haberberger has had to respond to many difficult and challenging situations in her role as MSA president, she’s able to persevere and see through all her decisions. “I have seen her selflessly lead when most of the cards were stacked against her,” Phillips said. “It is no secret that she has seen her fair share of challenging situations, but through it all, she has continued to lead with steadfast compassion, dedication and utmost concern for the students of the University of Missouri.” What Haberberger said she loves most about her position is

a less visible aspect of the job. “Mostly, I enjoy working with the students and hearing their success stories,” Haberberger said. “I feel like that’s something that is greatly overlooked.” Since Haberberger took over as MSA president, she has helped pilot the MSA-led program Enough Is Enough, a sexual violence prevention campaign where people pledge to advocate against sexual violence and to not be a passive bystander. MSA hosted different events for the campaign, such as “These Hands Don’t Hurt,” where participants put their handprints on a banner to show they are taking a stand to prevent sexual violence. “Right now, we have a lot of motivation and a lot of momentum to keep it going,” Haberberger said. “I'm most proud of (this) campaign. Each cabinet member played a significant role in helping with the initiative, and I'm very pleased with the awareness we have raised for preventing sexual violence.” Since starting in her freshman year at MU, Haberberger has been involved in numerous organizations along with MSA such as MSA Outreach Committee and Summer Welcome. She’s been a leader in Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and is a College of Education Ambassador. “I’ve always very much been a people person, so when I came to college, I knew I wanted to get involved, and I needed to figure out a way to make the campus smaller,” Haberberger said. Because of this, she said one of her favorite organizations she’s been a part of is Summer Welcome, where she has worked as both a leader and a coordinator. “(As a leader) it’s awesome to know you’ve helped so many students start to find their place at Mizzou,” Haberberger said. “When I was a coordinator, it was really great to get to plan a program that reached so many students. It was an honor to get to help usher in the biggest freshman class Mizzou has ever had." Aside from her work with MSA, Haberberger’s fondest memory at MU is Tap Day 2013. On this day, she was tapped into the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society. “It was a really unique situation because I was a sophomore,” Haberberger said. “It was a very memorable experience because I looked up to all of those people on the stage who I got tapped in with. They’re very special people, and every day I aspire to be more

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MSA president Kelsey Haberberger poses for a portrait Tuesday at the MU Student Center. Besides MSA, Haberberger has been a leader in Kappa Kappa Gamma, Summer Welcome and the College of Education Ambassadors.

like them.” Leigh Neier, assistant teaching professor in the College of Education, has known Haberberger since she was a freshman. “As the sophomore tap, seeing Kelsey unveiled on the stage in Jesse Hall is forever captured in my heart,” Neier said. “It was very cool that it is also captured in Mizzou’s history books, too.” Haberberger said she viewed this as an incredibly special experience because it’s a unique tradition to the campus. “It made me believe that I can make an impact on this campus, and I hope everyone else believes that, too,” Haberberger said. “I’m really proud to be part of such an important tradition at Mizzou.” Haberberger continues to look forward to this experience, as she said she enjoyed Tap Day 2014 more than her own because of how closely she holds this inducted class and aims to be more like them. Through all of her experiences, Haberberger has gained people

who admire the qualities she possesses, such as Phillips, who said her compassion and friendship has had a profound impact on himself and many others. “I have known Kelsey for two years, and Kelsey is three things: a positive leader, an unwavering friend and a true joy of a person,” Phillips said. “Even with all she has going on, she has remained true to herself, encouraging and uplifting to those around her and bursting with positivity. Her spirit is incredibly contagious — every time I run into her, I am filled with joy and walk away just rejuvenated and reenergized.” Neier met Haberberger as a freshman in a lecture hall of about 120 students. She said that she still remembers where Haberberger sat because “that’s the type of person she is.” “Her thoughtful presence in a large group is always felt,” Neier said. “Whether she speaks or listens, she has a way of making a statement with the way she maintains that presence.”

Neier said she sees Haberberger as unique among peers for her compassion. “Kelsey is loving,” Neier said. “It’s such a simple word, but I hope that those who read this article will take true pause. I’ll say it again, Kelsey is loving. In a world where I think we are all very trained to do our best to prove that we might be the smartest person in the room, Kelsey leads with kindness first. Always. I admire that so much.” Though her time as MSA president is coming to an end, Haberberger said she still plans to help students on campus. “I remember I was walking down the street, and a girl came up to me and told me I was the reason she decided to come to Mizzou after she had been accepted because I took her on the tour of the College of Education,” Haberberger said. “That was really special to me because I was able to help make that difference in her life.”

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McKeown leaves ‘fantastic legacy’ in MSA After transferring to MU during his sophomore year, Matt McKeown found a home in MSA. EMMA DILTZ Staff Writer Matt McKeown has always been drawn to politics. Since serving as senior class vice president in high school, his love for government only grew over the years. Now a junior political science major, McKeown serves as the Missouri Student Association vice president alongside MSA president Kelsey Haberberger. “Student gover nment was just something that I always thought about doing,” McKeown said. “I’ve always been drawn to it just by the sheer fact that it is possible to change things and be able to get student feedback and see what they want changed and what they think should be addressed.” McKeown transferred to MU from the University of Dayton in Ohio when he was a sophomore. He said he didn’t see his former university as having all of the necessary tools for his success because it was a smaller campus. He said he found a home by joining MSA. “It’s really great to be able to work with so many different people at this university,” McKeown said. “I’ve been able to meet a lot of awesome people and see how people really care about this university. It’s been really rewarding to me

just to see how much people love Mizzou and how they’re all coming together to work towards a better university.” After former MSA President Mason Schara resigned over the summer, Haberberger appointed McKeown, who was then Chief of Staff, to vice president. McKeown said there is always a rewarding side to his job, such as hearing students talk about MSA’s different actions like the Enough is Enough campaign. “There’s a kid in one of my classes who has a button on his backpack (for the campaign),” McKeown said. “I’ve never met him before, but it just made me really happy to see that that actually is reaching students. It’s still in the very beginning stage and we’re still hoping to reach a lot more students with Payton (Head) and Brenda (Smith-Lezama)’s incoming term, as well.” Though MSA is a big part of McKeown’s involvement, he also participates in a number of other organizations on campus. He participates in Mizzou Alternative Breaks and serves on the Judicial Peer Advisory Council. He’s a Student Union Ambassador and a Kinder Scholar. Along with MSA, McKeown said MAB is one of the most rewarding organizations he is involved with. He went on his first MAB trip the spring of his sophomore year. “ With MAB it’s so rewarding, especially this year for me because I’m a site leader,” McKeown said. “I’ll be able to see the look on my participants’ faces and see how rewarding it is and share that

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MSA vice president Matt McKeown poses for a portrait Tuesday at the MU Student Center. McKeown transferred to MU from Dayton during his sophomore year.

week that you have together and see that difference that you’re making. It may just be a small difference in that community, but you’re able to make a difference within that group of people.” McKeown’s high level of involvement doesn’t come without difficulty, though. He said it’s a balancing act between various organizations, his duties as MSA vice president and his schoolwork. But because of this, he has learned how to effectively manage his time, which he considers to be one of the biggest challenges. “Things will come up and you just have to adapt and know that if one little detail changes, it’s not going to completely shift or alter something,” McKeown

said “Being able to work with that and be adaptable to those different situations is really important. I think learning that is really valuable because I’ll definitely be able to use that moving forward.” In addition to McKeown finding out more about himself throughout the roles he’s played in different organizations, his peers, such as MSA Chief of Staff Mitch Moonier, have also taken interest in what they can learn from him. “He practically lives in the (Center for Student Involvement) and dedicates most of his extracurricular time to students, which I would say exemplifies his selflessness,” Moonier said. “I’ve gained a lot of respect for him because of his initiative to become involved as

a transfer student. It just goes to show that it does not take much to make an impact on campus. All you need is the drive and personality, which Matt definitely has.” Senior Sandy Patel met McKeown on an MAB trip and said he is “a fantastic people person.” “His kindness drives him to be a successful leader,” Patel said. “In the last year I’ve seen him grow more than I’ve witnessed any other friend of mine grow. Although his time in MSA was short, he left a fantastic legacy. He’s the epitome of a successful, kind leader that everyone should look up to. He does not do things for titles, or status, his heart and passion drives him to those roles.”

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MSA president Kelsey Haberberger and vice president Matt McKeown pose for a portrait Tuesday at the MU Student Center. The pair are giving the reins to Payton Head and Brenda Smith-Lezama.

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the petition has, or which government body she will submit it to. “It’s crazy how inadequate the lights there are,” she said. “Sure, you can stand underneath one and have light, but if you walk just a few feet away, it’s dark again. I believe the majority of lights have not been updated in decades.” Connie Kacprowicz, Columbia Water and Light spokesperson, said the department has funds reserved for installing and updating streetlights, but usually waits to do so until there is initiative from the community. “Street lighting is really a community decision,” Kacprowicz said. “As long as we have the budget to do it, we’re fine with adding a street light, but we don’t want to be in a situation where the neighborhood then wants us to take it down.” Kacprowicz said the city has installed streetlights before on South Forum Boulevard, and residents then petitioned to remove the new lights because the lights interfered with neighborhood character and the ability to see the night sky. “Some residents want to keep the old lights, or have no lights, but I don’t really see how old lights preserve the town,” Sprick said. “If updating the lights will prevent even one assault and crime, I see that as a priority over preserving poor lighting.” Anne Case-Halferty, a homeowner in East Campus, said she believes residents should consider other precautions before updating street lights. She pointed out that many burglaries occur because doors aren’t locked, locks are broken or landlords haven’t fixed burnedout lights. “You can’t expect East Campus to be as well-lit as campus or Greek Town,” CaseHalferty said. “You shouldn’t hold it to a different standard than other residential areas just because there is a high percentage of students living here. There’s a lot of different factors that contribute to safety and streetlights are only part of it.” Case-Halferty said that since East Campus is a residential area, sidewalks may never be brightly lit. Case-Halferty suggested that taking preventative measures may be more helpful than flooding the area with lights. In addition to considering new streetlights she said residents should also check that they are currently behaving safely and responsibly — walking at night in pairs, carrying pepper spray and ensuring that their homes and apartments have working locks and lights. "Safety is a concern of anyone living in the area. Everyone wants to live in a safe neighborhood, and lighting is a part of that," Case-Halferty said.

panelists for discrimination claims should be trained administrators or staff appointed by the chancellor. Miller said most faculty members believe the policy for equity panels is good but are concerned that it was developed without faculty input. He said the committee is critically evaluating the policy to provide feedback to Wolfe. “Our goal is to make things better for students and make sure that the person (who) has experienced that sexual discrimination, harassment or misconduct is able to continue getting their education at Mizzou,” he said. “We also want to make sure the accused is treated fairly and that the process is fair, valid and the most equitable process we could have.”

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After doing poorly his first semester, Elliott decided to take classes he thought sounded interesting. One of those classes was a geography course, in which he learned that geography goes far beyond locating states and capitals. After earning his bachelor's degree in geography from MU, Elliott went on to earn his master's from the University of Wyoming and his doctorate from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Evan Larson, now an assistant professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, worked with Elliott when both were doctoral candidates at Minnesota. “Grant’s work really captures the essence of geography,” Larson said. While in the field, Elliott studies climate change using a method called dendrochronology. He takes samples from trees and studies the rings. Changes in coloring or size in certain rings indicate how the climate around the tree was different during those years. For example, in years of drought the tree grows more slowly, causing a

in which a faculty member is accused of sexual discrimination, misconduct or harassment. Miller said a specific concern with faculty is the job protection of tenure and the process to remove tenure, which is slow and timeconsuming. “If a faculty member has committed an infraction, how can they be removed from their position if they have tenure?” he said. “We need to be sure we have a procedure in place so that tenure is not just stripped away on a whim, that there is a fair, equitable and reasonable process if tenure needs to be removed.” Miller said Wolfe would like the faculty-related policy to be discussed at the Board of Curators meeting in February. He said the proposed policy changes stem from increased national pressure for academic institutions to re-evaluate and reassess how they handle Title IX violations. “The president as well as the faculty realize that we want to make sure our students are treated

equitably,” he said. “We never want a student to not be able to get his or her education because of problems with sexual discrimination.” In addition to policy reforms, MU has been searching for a new Title IX administrator since November. So far, two candidates, Joe Gilgour and Andrea Hayes, have visited campus for open forums. MU spokesman Christian Basi said that the position will replace the interim Title IX coordinator Linda Bennett. “This position is crucial in our ability to build on the leadership of Linda Bennett, MU’s Interim Title IX Coordinator, to ensure that our community responds to incidents of harassment and sexual misconduct in accordance with current best practices and guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Education,” he said in an email. At a Faculty Council meeting in November, Faculty Council member Tim Evans discussed how the change in titles might represent an evolution in MU’s handling of sexual assault cases. “Linda Bennett is the Interim

Title IX Coordinator. This will be the Title IX administrator,” he said at the meeting. “So there’s a subtle difference there in the hope that, with a permanent person, there will be an increasing of the staff and supervisorial roles.” Miller said the Title IX coordinator plays a critical role in adjudicating accusations or complaints of Title IX violations. “The Title IX coordinator has a tremendous amount of authority and responsibility,” he said. “The collected rules are the guidelines, but the one who enforces them and makes sure they’re applied correctly, equitably and fairly is the Title IX coordinator.” Miller said he hopes the policies will improve the environment for students at MU. “In the end, our goal and the president’s goal is to be sure that our students have the opportunity to get their education and to start their life off in an environment free of discrimination, harassment and misconduct,” he said. “We want to make things better for the students.”

smaller ring. In addition, Elliott measures how the outer limits of the forest are changing. As the climate changes, trees are able to grow at higher elevations. This means the forest has a larger habitat, but trees are encroaching on alpine environments. Bradley Carlson, a Ph.D. candidate at the Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine in Grenoble, France, has worked on the same kind of research in the past, studying the Alps. “You have the environment, which is sort of the contextual driver affecting treeline position,” Carlson said. “But you also have human land use, which shapes, to a huge degree, where the forest is right now and where it has been.” Carlson is focused on studying the alpine and subalpine environments that forests are expanding into. While conservation of those habitats is an important part of his work, it is not the only reason the expanding forest is getting noticed. The portion of a mountain widely regarded as beautiful is usually the peak, or alpine portion. “There is certainly an aesthetic consequence on the landscape,” Carlson said. “People tend to value

an open mountain landscape where they have good views and they’re hiking above treeline. It’s a certain alpine experience that people seek.” Elliott’s first experience with fieldwork was while he was a graduate student. He lived in the back of his truck for two months doing his research in the San Juan National Forest in Colorado. That year, there had been a drought and there was a forest fire in a nearby portion of the forest. “The whole area smelled like a fireplace, and that was kind of my ‘trial by fire’ and introduction to fieldwork,” Elliott said. “I thought, ‘This is so cool. I can’t believe I’m getting paid to do this.’” While having a fire as your nextdoor neighbor for two months may be interesting, it is not the only close encounter Elliott has experienced. He has weathered dangerous storms and has had several run-ins with wild animals throughout the course of his career. “Grant had some amazing experiences in the field,” Larson said. “He had some incredible successes and some stories where you kind of scratch your head and wonder, ‘How in the world did all this happen?’” Elliott said one of his most notable experiences to date involves

a close encounter with lightning. “I could hear the air sizzle,” he said. He said the face of his friend on the backdrop of solid white lightning is etched into his mind. As they were running down the mountain away from the storm, Elliott slipped on some rocks and slid on a rock outcrop. “Out of sheer terror, because lightning is crackling all around, I was like, ‘Man down! Man down!” Elliott said. As if that was not enough, a ram blocked the path down the mountain. Elliott had to scare it out of the path without angering it, so they could continue running down the mountain to escape the storm. Despite his close calls in the past, Elliott said he loves the forest. Now that he has kids, he hopes to share his love of the forest with his two daughters. He even dreams of having a small one-room log cabin in the woods as a kind of hideaway one day. Elliott never really stopped wandering, but now his forest has expanded in scope. “When I was a kid, it seemed like a huge woods to wander around,” he said. “Now, it doesn’t seem big at all.”

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Delafontaine begins as MU School of Medicine dean Delafontaine said he plans to improve the academic structure of the School of Medicine by integrating clinical work, research, and teaching. ALANA SAAD Reporter

an important link between the renin-angiotensin system and a hormone known as igf-1. The study was first published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. “(The) findings back from 1996 ... are quite important in understanding the biology of muscle function and how that is relevant to chronic diseases and maybe the frailty of aging,” Delafontaine said. “It impacts a lot of chronic diseases, including heart failure, which is the single most expensive hospital diagnosis in the country.” In actuality, Delafontaine said, he “stumbled upon” this discovery after two to three years of research at Emory University as an associate professor. “One of the exciting things about science is you have a hypothesis,” he said. “So we were expecting one thing and we found something completely different; we went in after that finding and found this link.” Delafontaine and his team are currently researching this link and its impact on chronic diseases 18 years since its discovery in a project funded by the National Institutes of Health. Delafontaine said he has also acquired mentoring skills over the last 25 years of his career. “One of the things I enjoy the most is actually interacting with students,” he said. Since starting at Tulane in 2003, Delafontaine worked in the research lab with many students throughout the years, ranging from high school students to postdoctoral fellows. “I always told them, ‘You know, my door’s open,’” he said. “‘You just come knock on the door.’” Delafontaine mentors his students and also but he creates and maintains longlasting relationships with them.

Although he no longer works at Tulane, Delafontaine still has an unpaid faculty appointment there. “I actually have one graduate student who’s finishing her Ph.D. down (at Tulane),” he said. “She may be four or five months away, so I wanted to keep a faculty appointment and make sure she got everything done.”

of integrity, responsibility, work ethic, mentoring experience, collaborative instinct and has experience in several medical schools.” Although Delafontaine will be less directly involved with MU’s clinical work and medical research, his broader role will allow him to accomplish more within the School of Medicine. T he dean’s main responsibility is to support the mission of the School of Medicine, which, according to Delafontaine, is to “improve the health of all Missourians through exemplary research, teaching and clinical work.” Delafontaine said he also believes that service to the community is just as much of a component as research, teaching, and clinical work. In order to benefit the community, Delafontaine said he plans to take advantage of his broad role by stretching it across the entire school. “I am most motivated and personally satisfied by bridging and integrating education, research, and clinical work,” he said. “I think the most exciting thing about academics is integrating those three components.” Delafontaine’s plan to integrate components of medicine is not only efficient, but it holds the potential for positive, long-term effects on the community. “(Integration) actually educates the basic researcher, the medical students, the residents, the undergraduates and the physician during the process,” Delafontaine said.

research. MU’s terrific potential for research and educational collaboration helped convince him to move over 700 miles to Columbia, he said. “(A) big attraction was the strength of the different components of the university,” Delafontaine said. “All the different schools and colleges that are on-site here really allow for a lot of collaboration.” Delafontaine said there were a number of factors that attracted him to taking the position, including the excellent reputation of the university. He said the health care system’s leadership and success also impressed him, especially since it continued to grow in a time when healthcare is under a lot of national pressure.

M Patrice Delafontaine started as the new School of Medicine dean on Dec. 1. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and raised in South Africa before receiving his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. After receiving his medical degree in Geneva, Delafontaine came to the U.S. to complete his residency and completed a fellowship in cardiology in Boston. Before MU, Delafontaine served as the chief of cardiology at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Passion for medicine

Delafontaine has over 37 years of experience in medical research, teaching and clinical work — three components Delafontaine said he is working to integrate “almost completely” in his plan to strengthen the academic medical center. Harold Williamson Jr., vice chancellor for health affairs, said those three components are key to effectively leading the School of Medicine. “In particular, his research experience and expertise are a good fit with the next phase of the (School of Medicine’s) advancement,” Williamson said in a previous Maneater article. O ne ex ample of Delafontaine ’s research expertise is his discovery of

Goals for the med school

Delafontaine said he aspires to help the School of Medicine move forward. While Delafontaine holds higher expectations and goals for himself as the new dean, he said he still holds many of the same hopes and values he had in his previous professions — especially the importance of mentoring students. In a previous interview with The Maneater, Delafontaine expressed the importance of a good patient-doctor relationship, defining it as the “bedrock of a good doctor.” Similarly, Delafontaine recognizes dean- student relationships to be just as important. “My role is to help people get grants and become independent,” he said. Delafontaine said he is no longer directly involved with the smaller components of medical school and is instead focused on the big picture, such as generating academic expansion. “We can grow many different clinical programs here,” he said. “There are many of them that are already very, very successful.” Williamson said in a previous interview that Delafontaine stood out among various candidates for the positions because “he has a very high level

Goals for MU

However, Delafontaine said his focus is not solely in the School of Medicine. He also plans to help students from various fields of study by implementing interdisciplinary

Settling in

Delafontaine said he is beginning to settle in by learning about the institution, meeting the people and finding out about some of the issues on campus. “I’ve enjoyed meeting everybody, and I’m taking every day as it comes,” he said. “I must say … it’s going great.” Former interim dean Les Hall said he has been helping Delafontaine transition into his new position and has high hopes for Delafontaine. “I believe (Delafontaine) will be an outstanding leader for the School of Medicine and will make major contributions to the entire MU community,” Hall said in a previous Maneater article. Hall is set to become the new dean at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine on Feb. 1, 2015. “We will miss him here,” Delafontaine said. “He’s been a real delight to work with, but I think (this is) a great opportunity for him.”

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AAU survey to gauge sexual assault, climate The survey will be conducted in April 2015. GABRIELLE ABESAMIS Reporter MU will participate in an April 2015 sexual assault climate survey launched by the Association of American Universities. The survey, announced last month, is part of an effort to provide safety, policies and legal action for campuses across the country, according to AAU. Many of its member institutions will participate by administering the survey to their undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Counseling Center Director David Wallace said he believes taking the survey will have an impact on students from campuses across the country. “AAU’s attempt is an initiative of something that will have an influence on others,” Wallace said. “Because it’s an organization within itself, once those schools do it, that will be an example.” The survey could produce a more honest look at sexual assault in North American universities, Wallace said. “It’s a serious and controversial topic,” he said. “We need to be honest about these things; we’ve got to know the facts. That’s the bravery that we see. We need to see it for what it is. We don’t need smoke screens.”

Anne Hedgepeth, government relations director for the American Association of University Women, said the survey will aim to gain insights about the specifics of sexual assault on campus. “The climate survey has the potential to (gauge a) situation with an intimate partner, (a family member, or a stranger),” Hedgepeth said. “Do you know who the perpetrator was? Was there a weekend where this happens more often? Taking action on this shows what happens on campus by finding additional details.” One in 20 men and women have experienced unwanted sexual experiences, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention. And 37.4 percent of female rape victims were first raped between the college ages of 18 and 24. Wallace said managing the logistics of a sexual assault case can make it more difficult. “One of the real concerns, with all the federal regulations, is finding a balance between trying to investigate and discover and deal with perpetrators, protecting victims and revealing this information,” he said. Hedgepeth said she believes this survey should be available in all types of college campuses. “In the end of the day, of the being honest, the devil is in the details on how the survey is being constructed,”

Hedgepeth said. “There are great numbers of surveys that schools are being put to use.” Wallace said he urges individuals who feel they have been victimized by unwanted sexual activity to seek counseling. “The (Relationship and Sexual

Violence Prevention) Student Center and Student Services are all places where confidentiality is assured,” Wallace said. “If they report these to one of the protected categories, those people are mandated reporters. I want students to definitely have a place to come.”

Sexual Assault Statistics Sexual assaults are occuring on campuses across the country. Here’s a quick look at the statistics surrounding the issue.

Among College Women,

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Victims of rape know their attacker

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For every 1,000 women atending college, there are 35 incidents of rape per year

OF ATTEMPTED RAPES HAPPENED DURING A DATE

Source: www.nsvrc.org

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5% of college women are victimized during any calendar year LESS THAN 5% OF COMPLETED OR ATTEMPTED RAPES WERE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORECEMENT

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Six new members provide key change for Mizzou Forte The a cappella group will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. on Dec. 11 in Jesse Wrench Auditorium in Memorial Union. MARILYN HAIGH Staff Writer A cappella group Mizzou Forte is rehearsing, as it does every Sunday, in the small chapel of the Missouri United Methodist Church. The individual voices come together to overwhelm the small room with one sound, each part working together to mimic a well-known piece of music. Right in the middle of a song, one singer stops and said, “Can we start over? That sucked.” Later in the rehearsal, group president Megan Kelly steps up to the front to begin her solo. Behind her, the sound of a full orchestra emerges from 18 individual voices. New songs this year include an adapted version of Sugarland’s “All We Are,” with Kelly as a soloist, and “Pompeii” by Bastille, featuring junior Brian Strohm. Freshmen Daniel Litwin arranged a mash-up of “Kiss Kiss” by Chris Brown and “Kiss Me Through the Phone” by Soulja Boy. The unlikely pairing is one of about 10 original arrangements Mizzou Forte will sing at its

concert on Dec. 11. Mizzou Forte performs once a semester with smaller gigs interspersed throughout the fall semester. This year, they sang at the Missouri Honor Medal ceremony and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin’s induction. The concert will be this group’s first major performance together. This semester, six new freshmen members bring a new perspective to the group. “(The freshmen) all came in very eager, very excited to be

part of the group,” Litwin, a new member, said. Kelly said new members from years previous are usually more hesitant to contribute. Litwin’s contribution to the concert set list shows the initiative of this year's freshmen. Kelly said she looks forward to seeing how the new group performs together. “We really bonded together as a group this year, (better) than we did last year,” she said. “So I’m excited to have our first

concert together.” Several members describe the group as a family and said they feel their closeness makes them better performers. “We’re all just friends having fun and that shows,” Litwin said. “You could sound really good, but if you’re stiff as a board up onstage then no one wants to watch you.” Sophomore Chloe Fike, who will be Mizzou Forte’s president next semester, said she sees a difference in the group this

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Members of Mizzou Forte Brian Strohm, Taylor Frantz, Jean T. Whitley, Daniel J. Litwin, Aaron Myers and Jake Moore practice at the Missouri United Methodist Church on Dec. 2 in Columbia, Missouri.

year from last year’s. “I think everyone is more willing to be open to everyone this year,” she said. Their upcoming performance will feature all of these new members and new material. Music Director Kyle Gillespie, who arranges songs for performances and teaches the group new music, said many of the songs have never been performed before. Mizzou Forte has a policy stating songs can only be sung for three semesters. Music Director Jean Whitley said he and Gillespie consider the group’s strengths and weaknesses when selecting new music. Whitley said this year the alto, tenor and soprano sections are particularly strong. “Since we have more people in those sections, the voice power of the section, the actual sound, is fuller now in that aspect,” Whitley said. “So we can get away with doing more power songs because we have more voices to back up.” New material has given the group a lot to learn. “We’re a little nervous,” Kelly said. “That happens for every concert, though … we always tend to pull together last minute.” Still, Gillespie said the new group is handling material well. “Everyone is really engaged, really motivated to get these songs up to a quality that we haven’t reached in the past,” Gillespie said.

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policy was more problematic and are working on drafting changes to that first. In order for the change to take place, however, Faculty Council would need to vote to amend the Faculty Handbook. Ndikum and Vega presented a first draft to the Faculty Council on Sept. 4, but council members concurred at the time that the language used in the proposed change needed more work. The draft stated the university should “make every reasonable effort to accommodate the sincerely held religious observance obligations of students.” Sass said she believes the changes could give students of all religions the opportunity to celebrate and practice religious traditions without academic punishment. “(The changes) put religious minorities on the same academic playing field as the majority,” she said. “Students should not be punished academically because of their religious practices. This policy makes sure that if a student has sincere religious obligation that conflict with class, they are able to still practice their religion without being penalized academically so long as they make up all relevant work.” Vega said he and Ndikum will work with Nicole Monnier, Faculty Council Academic Affairs chairwoman, to provide more specific definitions for terms like “sincerely held” religious obligations. “We will be working on this initiative with the Faculty Council for the foreseeable future, but I don’t anticipate any insurmountable obstacles,” Vega said. “The most we have had to contend with at this point is clarification of terms within the statement. Once those have been ironed out, we should be good to go.” Monnier said the feedback to proposed changes from groups like Four Front and the Graduate and Professional Council have been mostly positive. “I’m impressed by the student enthusiasm and the work that’s been put into it,” she said. “It’s endorsed by various religious groups on campus and the GPC. So I think it’s something that’s real and important.” Vega said he would like to see the changes approved and implemented by August 2015. He said he believes the policy would help both faculty and students accommodate different religions on campus. “We are pleased with the new policy because it puts responsibility on faculty to do what they can to ensure that students are able to get the most out of their education while practicing their religion,” he said. “(It) also puts responsibility on students to inform their professors of their religious obligations in time to plan around them. With an appropriate amount of notice, anything can be worked around.” The Muslim Student Organization did not respond to The Maneater’s requests for interviews.

David Fleming, chair of internal medicine and director of the MU Center for Health Ethics, said the new policy will reduce potential hypocrisy of medical professionals using tobacco themselves. “It will create a presence of a health care system, in our community and in the midMissouri area, which practices what it preaches,” Fleming said. New applicants will be asked if they use nicotine products at the beginning of the application process. If they say yes, they’ll be given tobacco cessation information and told to reapply after 90 days. If they say no and are considered for hiring, they’ll be tested for nicotine as

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created The Ad Hoc Committee on Raise Distribution to address concerns about faculty raises and charged the committee which has several tasks as it looks in the current system. Chaired by animal sciences professor Bill Lamberson, the committee is tasked with developing a set of graphs describing the distribution of raises; surveying faculty satisfaction with the process for distributing raises and the criteria for determining raise values; and surveying deans about the raise distributing process and how they internally reallocate funds for raises. The committee was given a tentative deadline of March 1, 2015. Faculty Council member Harry Tyrer said the three recent faculty raises that the committee is investigating have garnered a negative reaction from other faculty members. The investigative committee is consulting Tyrer. Problems regarding raises Raises have been a topic of discussion among faculty for some time. In February 2014, the top 15 percent of high performing faculty members were rewarded with a raise of $15,000 or 10 percent of their salary. On Sept. 1, the top 20 percent of high performing faculty members received a salary raise. Tyrer said he found three problems with these raises. One of those problems, he said, was that the ways in which rules for distributing raises have changed without any faculty input. Tyrer said the Association of American Universities’ metrics for membership played a big role when considering which faculty received raises. “I don’t think anybody begrudges a big raise for somebody who is doing great work,” he said. “But on the other hand, if you’re doing great work but it just happens not to be the right metrics,

part of their pre-employment drug screening. If a new applicant after Jan. 1 is suspected of using nicotine products, MU Health Care system will follow a standard disciplinary process, which Thompson said could involve verbal warnings and termination, if necessary. MU Health Care is legally allowed to follow through with the policy, according to an exemption in Missouri Law. Section 290.145 of the Missouri Revised Statutes states, “It shall be an improper employment practice for an employer to refuse to hire, or to discharge, any individual, or to otherwise disadvantage any individual . . . because the individual uses lawful alcohol or tobacco products off the premises of the employer during hours such individual is

not working for the employer.” However, the document goes on to exempt “religious organizations and churchoperated institutions, and notfor-profit organizations whose principal business is health care promotion.” Rafael Gely, associate dean for academic affairs at the MU School of Law, said besides this section, Missouri has no further protections for smokers under discriminatory laws. “This kind of prohibition is what can protect (job-seeking smokers), but again, here you have that exception that applies,” Gely said. Fleming said tobacco users are not generally included in groups protected against discrimination laws. “The main reason there’s a difference I think is that (smokers are not) … clearly

identified classes of individuals that have been historically underserved or discriminated against in our society, which is what the laws were created to protect,” Fleming said. Freshman Matt Fondersmith, who smokes cigarettes, said he disagrees with the policy, but doesn’t think it’s discriminatory. “They’re trying to do the right thing,” Fondersmith said. “They’re trying to make people quit smoking tobacco, which is obviously bad for you, but I don’t think it should be a make or break situation … I don’t think that a person should be declined a job just based on the fact that they smoke cigarettes or chew tobacco.”

then that is unfortunate.” According to the AAU’s website, its metrics are divided into two phases. Phase I indicators, which are the primary indicators of an institution’s quality in education and research, faculty awards, focus on federal research grants, faculty membership in national academies and number of faculty cited in research. Phase II indicators include agricultural, state and industrial research funding, number of doctoral degrees awarded by the university each year, number of postdoctoral appointees and an assessment of the undergraduate education. The AAU metrics place a high on emphasis research, but there is no specific metric to reward quality teaching. “The AAU assumes that you are going to teach well and you’re going to have good students, so they don’t have a metric that directly affects students,” Tyrer said. “There’s value in a university like MU where, in the same campus, we have a medical school, law school, engineering school, vet school, agricultural school, a robust arts and sciences school, and a wonderful nursing school. That makes this a rich atmosphere to challenge students and to provide them with the education and training.” Tyrer said if a faculty member didn’t specialize in the type of field that is supported by AAU metrics, they did not benefit as much as their peers who are in AAU-favored areas. “That doesn’t mean they didn’t do a great job,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that they weren’t dedicated. It doesn’t mean they didn’t educate a lot of students. It just means that they didn’t get a raise, and, of course, that hurts.” Tyrer said he believes another problem is that only a small percentage of high-performing faculty were rewarded with raises. “The other problem is what is called the ‘edge problem,’” Tyrer said. “There was a 15 percent group of faculty who got raises … what about the top 20 percent? Aren’t they deserving of raises?” Tyrer said this group of

faculty who performed well but were not rewarded accordingly represented the edge problem. “If you need to teach a large number of students, and most of the people who are doing the teaching are not getting appropriate compensation, you are not doing the job that has got to be done,” he said. The third problem, Tyrer said, comes from skewed data on average value of raises. Tyrer said the administration would examine a certain school and see that, for example, faculty received 4 percent raises on average in a 2 percent raise pool atmosphere. “The trouble is two or three high-paid faculty got large raises and the majority of the faculty got very small raises,” he said. “So now you’ve got this business about an average, with the problem of small numbers of faculty with large raises and large numbers of faculty with small raises. The averages seem to be pretty good, whereas most of the people got whacked.”

teaching our professional students and providing clinical services to clients.” Michael O’Brien, the College of Arts and Science dean, said these raises were given at the divisional department level. O’Brien said in the College of Arts and Science, the raise process begins with ranking of faculty in terms of merit. “The chairs make the final decisions and submit the lists to me,” he said. “I then go over them, and if I have questions I talk to the chair to reconcile any differences. I then submit the list to the provost, who goes over the A&S list, just as he does those of the other colleges, and makes his recommendation to the chancellor.”

Merit-based raises The MU Strategic Operating Plan reallocated 2 percent of nearly every departments’ budgets to fund initiatives like hiring new faculty and funding the high-performance raises. Tyrer criticized the MUSOP for putting constraints on departments that used their funds more efficiently. “The units and departments that more efficiently used the money … were not able to come up with that 2 percent,” Tyrer said. In addition to reallocating funds to make up for the cuts, academic colleges have their own merit-based raises that are funded from internal budget reallocations. Dean of Veterinary Medicine Neil Olson said colleges began to consider giving traditional merit-based raises at the time of the high performance raises on Sept. 1. “We have a lot of other things that we consider that are highly meritorious, but don’t necessarily come under research at all,” he said. “For example,

Amending the procedure Tyrer said the committee hopes to present data to administrators and advocate for a change in the way raises are distributed and considered. Members of the committee are: Family and Medicine Professor Robin Cruse, Mathematics Professor Stephen Montgomery-Smith, English Professor Karen Piper and Plant Sciences Professor Bill Wiebold. “Obviously, the faculty wants the administration to be a lot more sensitive to those concerns,” he said. “One way is that the administration can look at the data and set itself up to do a reassessment of the way they do things.” Tyrer said another way to implement change is for Faculty Council to advise administrators and voice concerns of faculty. “Faculty Council has an important relationship with both the provost and the chancellor,” he said. “In particular, this chancellor has taken a very strong stand to being accessible to the faculty. There is a lot of opportunity for one-on-one discussion and a lot of opportunity for evaluation of data. We have formal mechanisms to do this, as well as informal mechanisms to do it. Once we get the data, we can just go ahead and go on.”

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Nicotine-free policy an unnecessary overreach The problematic policy would ban new employees from using legal products. MU Health Care recently announced starting on Jan. 1, it will no longer hire nicotine users. While current employees will not be affected by the new policy, future applicants will be asked whether or not they use nicotine products and will be drug tested upon applying. Current employees who are nicotine users will be “grandfathered in” and exempt from the policy. We recognize that this policy was founded in good intentions. When put into place, it might successfully help some members of our community begin to live a healthier lifestyle. However, we think it’s an unnecessary overreach into potential employees’ lives and sets a risky precedent for hiring practices and stipulations in the UM System. Refusing to hire smokers could be construed as discrimination. With this policy, a qualified candidate applying to work at an MU Health Care facility could be denied a position if they used any nicotine products, including smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes. Employees should be hired based on their ability to perform, not based on a personal decision they can legally make. In the news release announcing the new policy, MU Health Care Chief Operating Officer Mitch Wasden is quoted saying that in order to improve the health of patients and the community, staff members at MU Health Care need to “lead by example.” We think that employees in this institution can perform well in their positions without being role models in their personal lives. For example, if a doctor has received 12 or more years of medical training in order to diagnose, treat and give medical advice to patients, will their smoking habits really affect their ability to do their jobs? If staff members are expected to “lead by example” at MU Health Care, then why is this policy only affecting

future employees? The stated goal of this policy is to create an environment where employees can be seen as role models. By allowing existing employees to continue smoking, MU Health Care is contradicting its own goal. Another noticeable problem with this policy is that nicotine products such as cigarettes, chew and e-cigarettes are legal in the United States and in the state of Missouri, which funds MU Health Care. Turning away employees who use these products opens the door to not allowing employees to use other legal “unhealthy” products. Alcohol has negative effects on individuals’ health, as does an unbalanced, unhealthy diet. By enforcing this nicotine-free policy, MU Health Care is blurring the lines concerning what are acceptable and unacceptable lifestyle and behavioral choices for employees. All MU Health Care facilities have been smoke-free since 2006, according to the news release. MU’s campus has been smoke-free since July 2013. Theoretically, if an employee of MU Health Care was to smoke, it would be within the privacy of their own home or car, or far away from MU facilities. If an employee wants to legally smoke, chew or vape, they should be able to. It doesn’t directly affect patients or customers, thus allowing employees to still lead by example. We think that there are better ways for MU Health Care to go about promoting healthy lifestyles among its staff. For example, as part of the its 2015 Wellness Incentive, the UM System has created an incentive program where taking part in healthy activities helps staff members gain points, and a certain number of points will lead to a raise. Focusing on these positive initiatives help promote healthy lifestyles without enforcing a problematic hiring policy. We understand the rationale behind this incentive and we agree employees of a health care system should be healthy members of society. But there are better, more inclusive ways of creating this healthy environment than barring potential staff members from employment because of a bad habit.

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Sex Edna’s Farewell EDNA SMITH

Happy endings are arguably what this column has been about all semester, but this particular ending of my time with The Maneater is rather sad. You’ve let me jabber about vibrators, grill my roommate on IUDs, confess about chlamydia (before Vox made it cool … OK, sorry, I couldn’t resist), ponder about abortion, rhapsodize about small penises and more. And while I hope I’ve hacked a decent job illuminating as much as I can about this wonderful, weird world of sex, there’s one thing left I want to explain: why this column has been anonymous. Writing a sex column for The Maneater, a student publication famous for throwing flaming typewriters out of windows and being generally provocative, has felt like a rite of passage. In much of the way you’d want to party your brains out with your lush of a roommate before she graduates, writing as Sex Edna has been an opportunity I’ll probably never have again. I wanted to be anonymous at first because I wanted to stretch my opinionated muscles and write about doing it, without imagining the grimaces of future employers who know how to use Google. I just thought it would be fun to talk about sex in a candid, measured way. But as the weeks went by, I started telling you things I’d never told anyone on earth before: that I once had an STI. That I botched my first blowjob. That I’ve shared my body with seven different individuals. And I became so thankful that The Maneater allowed me to write anonymously under the pseudonym of Sex Edna. Not because I didn’t want my friends to think I was a slut. Not because I didn’t want my peers to know I’ve thought about abortion. Not because I didn’t want current/future sex partners to know how I feel about their penis size. But because it shouldn’t matter who I am: My experiences, fears, views and doubts are not unique. Who is Sex Edna? I’m your roommate who didn’t lose her virginity until she was 19. I’m your geology partner who took Plan B the other day and is so, so scared. I’m your sexual partner who gets really anxious, even when we use a condom. I’m every girl. I’m every guy. I’m every person who has thought about sex and had sex and hated sex and loved sex and wanted to talk about sex. See, I’m not, like, proud of a lot of things I’ve done or that have happened to me, specifically. But if sharing my insights on the serious and the silly made you, darling reader, infinitesimally more comfortable with your experiences, or even if it all just made you feel a tiny bit less alone and less freaky for loving sex, then that’s all a girl can ask for. If for some wild reason, this column has helped you have more sex or better sex, I have an address you can forward my Pulitzer to. May the sex you have be awkward and messy and fun and beautiful and amazing. May it terrify you a little less. And may you have lots of it. As for me, I’ll keep bumbling my way through one experience after the other, alongside you: making mistakes, blushing when I buy Trojans, wondering who invented orgasms. Thank you for reading all this time. For your future sex talk fix, I really recommend two podcasts: Savage Love and Sex Nerd Sandra. Both of those have inspired me this semester, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. And hey. Stop crying. This isn’t goodbye, forever. I’m like, on Twitter. Love, Edna (@Sex_Edna)

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Guidelines for winter survival No, your fleece will not be enough to get you through these cold times. BEN BROWN

“We need to learn how to come out as a team and throw the first punch instead of being punched first.” — Johnathan Williams III, sophomore forward for Missouri imperatives. Mizzou is 4-4 so far (story on page 18).

“Students should not be punished academically because of their religious practices.” — Thalia Sass, Jewish Student Organization president, on why MU should update its religious accommodation policy and require from classes for religious

“Out of sheer terror, because lightning is crackling all around, I was

— Grant Elliott, assistant professor of geography, recalling a while studying treeline ecotones (story on page 1).

“You could sound really a board up onstage then no one wants to watch you.” — Daniel Litwin, freshman and importance of stage presence for performances (story on page 8).

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December is upon us. The air is brisk, our breath is visible and the grass is frosted in the mornings. It is time to stand by the window in a sweater and sip coffee while little specks of white dance down to the ground. It is time to watch “Elf ” every day for the next four weeks. It is time to stay warm. But it’s going to get old pretty damn quick. As someone who has lived in the Midwest his entire life, I know the story all too well. Some flurries drop down and everybody loses their minds. People wear their winter coats and hats and gloves as soon as it drops to 50 degrees (even though at that same temperature in spring, people bust out shorts and flip flops). When the real snow starts coming down,

everyone wants to sled, build igloos and have snowball fights. Then, after about two weeks, everyone is sick of the snow. As a Midwesterner, I know how to survive in the winter. The Midwest has real winters. Are they the most intense winters in the country? Probably not, but they can be fairly severe, which is not good if you’ve never seen snow before. And since it seems like every other person at Mizzou is from Texas, chances are some of your friends and classmates will not know how to handle themselves this winter. If you or a friend of yours is a little worried about surviving the winter, here are some guidelines to help get you through it. Buy a coat. I mean, a real coat. A fleece from The North Face is not a coat. My actual winter coat could beat that “coat” up. Get something durable; get something made from an animal. And don’t be cheap. It is basically going to be your outfit for the next three months. Stop wearing TOMS. December is no time for hemp shoes. As soon as you step into anything that remotely resembles snow in those things, they are going to be damp for the rest of the day. Then you are going to

get sick, then you are going to miss class, then you are going to fail, then you are going to drop out of the university, then you won’t get a job, then you’ll end up living with your parents forever — all because you didn’t want to spring for winter boots. Wake up early enough to dig your car out. My friends from south of the Mason-Dixon line didn’t believe me when I said that sometimes cars freeze shut in the winter. That is real. The fear of that happening is a legitimate one. First, you have to knock off all of the snow from around your car, get in, start it, crank up the heat and defrost, then go back out and scrape the ice off of all the windows. The process is time consuming, but you will get better at it. Give yourself enough time in the morning to get it done, though. Also, if I hear you talk about how pretty the snow is one more time, I am going to punch you. Yeah, it’s nice enough to look at, but you don’t just look at it anymore; you have to live in it. Please share this article with a Texan in need.

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U.S. should end ban on gay blood donors Allowing bisexual and homosexual men to donate their blood will allow the blood supply to increase by 2 to 4 percent. LILY CUSACK

This past week, according to The Guardian, a group of advisers met for two days to discuss the ban enforced by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) against the donation of blood from men who have had sex with another man (MSM) since 1977, the year the AIDS epidemic effectively began. The administration enacted this ban due to the fact that there is a substantial increased risk for HIV, Hepatitis B and other infections among bisexual and homosexual males. The FDA states on its website that the ban is “based on the documented increased risk of certain transfusion transmissible infections, such as HIV, associated with maleto-male sex and is not based on any judgment concerning the donor's sexual orientation.” However, many LGBT and blooddonation advocates argue against this ban and statement. If the panel decides to remove the restriction, only homosexual and bisexual men who have been abstinent for a year

would be allowed to donate blood. This ban is highly irrelevant in today’s world and is discrimination. The policy was established in 1983, when HIV and AIDS were rampant new diseases. Scientists and the general population were frightened of this deadly infection and they knew very little about it. It would make sense for this policy to be in place to take extra precautions against its spread by targeting the most affected group. However, the science behind HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases has come a long way since then. Scientists have developed rigorous testing schemes that can detect diseases transmitted by blood shortly after the person is infected. Every donation is screened for HIV and other communicable diseases through “multiple layers of safeguards,” such as donor screening and blood testing, according to the FDA. Furthermore, MSNBC points out the accuracy of Nucleic Acid Testing, which can detect HIV in the bloodstream as soon as nine days after infection. This test could easily weed out any donor with HIV. This restriction is no longer needed because our country has access to a wealth of information on these diseases and testing materials that can keep others safe. It is true that MSMs are at a higher risk of developing STDs. According to ABC, they account for at least 62 percent of all new HIV infections, and there should be proactive steps to combat the spread of these diseases. However, excluding a whole subset of the population from donating blood because they are at a higher risk of

carrying certain diseases is not the right way to treat this problem. Donating blood is an extremely compassionate act, and many people have a reason for doing it other than donating for the sake of donating. The U.S. should welcome healthy individuals who want to make donations with open arms, not turn them away based on their sexual orientation. Allowing MSMs to donate blood would also be beneficial to the FDA’s interests. America’s Blood Centers reports that as of Dec. 2, there are 76 community blood centers in the U.S. Sixteen of those centers are out of or close to running out of their blood supplies. The Williams Institute has predicted that, if MSMs were allowed to donate blood, it would increase the number of donations by 360,600 each year, which would be equivalent to about 615,300 extra pints of blood. The national blood supply would increase by two to four percent and would be able to save more than 1.8 million lives. The ban on bisexual and homosexual men donating blood needs to be abolished. The U.S. has the necessary equipment and knowledge to combat STDs without barring healthy and capable men from donating blood. The restriction is outdated and based on discriminatory tactics, not proven science. It is time for the U.S. to look forward in enacting complete equality for the LGBT community in all areas of the government.

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‘Everything’ Get your tacky sweater fix the season for is awesome ‘Tis the ugliest Christmas

MOVE columnist Robert Mecchi on the emotional weight of “The Theory of Everything.”

sweaters you’ve ever seen. (Trust us, they’re so bad, they’re amazing.) SHARON MAI

ROBERT MECCHI

Reporter Now that we’re cruising through December and nearing the end of this beloved semester, you know

what this means: ‘Tis the season for super rad ugly Christmas sweater parties. After all, nothing spreads Christmas cheer like some joyously tacky attire. So, in case you’re like me and totally had no clue that National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day is in two days (this year, it’s celebrated on Dec. 12), it’s time to get you an ugly Christmas sweater. Luckily for you, dear MOVEr, downtown CoMo is ornamented with vintage shops for all of your ugly Christmas sweater needs.

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Stephen Hawking has always been an inspiration to me. The idea that he would not let his intellectual prowess be hampered by his crippling disease has always been awe-inspiring, and I’m honestly surprised it took this long for a proper feature-length biographical film to be made about his life. “The Theory of Everything” is informative to those who are unfamiliar with Hawking’s history, while also being incredibly moving, if a tiny bit underwhelming. Don’t get me wrong, this is a great film with two outstanding performances from the leads, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, but there is a lot of emotional material that could and should have been explored in the film. It was also a little irksome to see the scientific aspects of Hawking’s life pushed aside in favor of his personal relationships, but thankfully, the complex relationships in this film are what truly sell it. The film opens with Hawking still being fully mobile, and chronicles his life from college to where he is now. He meets his wife, Jane, shortly before learning that he has a debilitating motor neuron disease. He learns that the average

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Name change reflects growing music scene The venue’s new owners look to continue tradition by honoring Columbia musician Forrest Rose. MORGAN MAGID Reporter Business partners Scott Leslie and MU alumnus Matt Gerding recently bought both The Blue Note and its sister venue Mojo’s from long-time owner Richard King this past summer. “With (the purchase), we kind of wanted to give both clubs a new kind of brand, a new look, a new feel, which were doing through remodeling but also through different sorts of marketing strategies and branding strategies,” Gerding says. One of the upcoming changes will happen on Jan. 1, when Mojo’s

is renamed Rose Music Hall after Forrest Rose, a local musician. The park adjacent to the venue bears his name as well. It was named after him in 2008 to acknowledge his undeniable influence in Columbia’s local music scene. Rose, an alumnus of MU, played in numerous bluegrass groups during his tenure in Columbia’s music scene and contributed often as a columnist at the Columbia Daily Tribune. He passed away in 2005 after playing a show in Arizona. Forest Rose Park was named after the musician in 2008. Though Mojo’s has new management, Gerding and Leslie are eager to balance tradition while revamping the venue’s identity. “We wanted it to have some sort of local ties as well … but at the same time (give) the venue a new identity that would help to start the new look and the new brand

locally,” Gerding says. “But also just to position the venue … to attract national tours to come through town and play that venue.” Many locals have appreciated the effort to keep in touch with the scene’s roots. In an email to Leslie and Gerding, Carol Rose, Forrest’s sister, thanked the two, saying, “Thank you for the wonderful and fitting tribute to his life in music by naming the hall after him!” The pair also hopes that by continuing to build the venues’ national reputation, the music scene here in Columbia will grow as well. Competing with larger markets including St. Louis and Lawrence, Kansas is another aim for the coming changes. “I think that there’s definitely a good music scene here, but there’s a ton of potential not only with

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Stuff to do: Winter Break edition

Don’t feel stuck during the holidays. Help is on the way! ELANA WILLIAMS

Think outside the boom box

Finding musical identities PATRICK MCKENNA

Staff Writer So you’re stuck in CoMo over Winter Break. It’s cold, you’re miserable and you desperately miss your Keurig. I know how you feel; I’ll be here too. Luckily, you have nothing to fear, because help is on the way! Help, that is, in the form of me and my bestie Google. Here are a few cool events to tide us all over. “Dial ‘S’ for Santa!” performed by Sherlock’s Mystery Dinner Theatre. Basically, you pay a lump sum (and then gratuity), and it gets you a nice, classy meal along with a night of mystery, intrigue and interactive theatre. The holiday show requires a reservation and costs $49.95 per person, so it’s definitely costly. However, it’d be an awesome date night for any couple looking to celebrate the season. Remaining December dates are Dec. 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. Decadence: A New Year’s and Grand Re-Opening Celebration at The Blue Note. Yep, you read that right. Get ready to dance your ass off, CoMo. The Blue Note is getting remodeled and they’re celebrating by having a huge dance party on New Year’s Eve. The coolest part? The music will span from the 1900s to the 2010s, changing era every hour or two, and footage will be shown on the venue’s huge projector screen to follow the music. Tickets are $15 a person, but if you want to go to Mojo’s celebration as well, you can get a ticket to both for $20. Which brings us to… A New Year's Celebration of Rock, Mojo's & Rose Music Hall. But Mostly Rock, featuring The Hooten Hallers, Smokestack Relics and The Flood Brothers I’m sure you haven’t forgotten, but Mojo’s will be Rose Music Hall starting Jan. 1. This party is celebrating the name change, and I’m sure it’s going to be rockin’. (As if they hadn’t implied it hard enough in the event name.) Both Mojo’s show and The Blue Note’s dance party start at 7 p.m. There’s a family block party on New Year’s Eve shutting down Ninth Street as well, but with no alcohol and craft tables, if that’s more your speed. Then there’s always the classics. Want to have fun and make a fool of yourself? Go to Thursday’s karaoke at Eastside Tavern. It starts every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. and goes on as long as you feel the inspiration. Sing Mariah Carey or “White Christmas.” You got this. I’ll be there to laugh. Other weekly fun? Smarty Pants Trivia and Karaoke at The SoCo Club is a chance to have another amazing night of mumbling into microphones, only this time you can shout the answers to your favorite trivia categories beforehand. Trivia starts at 8 p.m. every Friday night and the cover is free until 9 p.m. It gets better: You can win $25 or a free pitcher of whatever you want (of … uh, soda, totally). No matter what you end up doing in Columbia over break, make sure you get a chance to appreciate the beauty around you. Get outside or just open your blinds. Embrace the amazing community we have here and have a wonderful holiday and phenomenal New Year.

Last summer, I had the privilege of enjoying a major music festival that took place a stone’s throw (and three stops on the Blue Line) away from my Chicago suburb, Elmhurst, Illinois. I was overflowing with excitement as I prepared myself for my first experience with Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival, a festival known for guaranteeing a lineup of diversity so strong it would put the original organizers of the ‘60s Monterey Pop and Woodstock Festival into a fit of shock. I had a list of 16 different artists I hoped to catch glimpses of, some deserving a simple sitting and glimpsing while others were given hours of pre-show wait time. Interestingly enough, the many different friends and old high school classmates I saw at the festival also had hopes to make bizarre show transitions similar to my own, going from a punk-rock set to a vocal-focused, more synthheavy experimental pop. Saturday led me to hop from boisterous hip-hop MC Danny Brown, where crowd-surfing and mobs of sweaty teens shouting obscenities back and forth lasted the entire performance, to art-rock queen St. Vincent, where flocks of fans would be heard crying through smiles at the musician’s delectable songs, ending with the legendary indie-rock group Neutral Milk Hotel. The true beauty of this festival experience was seeing the same

extremely mixed bag of adolescents showing up to the same random performances. With options as diverse as Compton-based MC Kendrick Lamar and disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder, the evidence for one strict genre, one major act everyone could agree to give full attention to, was nowhere. All I witnessed was the communal love of live music showing its true colors, with the fest’s youthful attendees bouncing from genre to genre, demonstrating why Generation Y has become the most nonconforming batch of music lovers since the original rock ‘n’ roll pioneers who led kids to go against their parents wishes and the mundane pop they were previously subjected to. My weekend and Pitchfork led me to think critically about the lack of consistent musical identity that appeared to me from Generation Y. It doesn’t stop at the gathering of bands for weekends of debauchery and live music. With the vastness of musical exploration possible through legal streaming entities such as Spotify, and illegal torrent forum sites, stocking up your favorite artists and also their musical inspirations translates to simply waiting whatever number of hours your computer’s downloading process takes. This leads to a massive collage of musical love interests for fans, making the barriers that once barred “outsiders” from listening to something against the status quo of the time period nonexistent. In an intriguing offshoot of a growing (but still far from fullygrown) level of cultural acceptance in the Gen-Y demographic, the idea of not settling on one band being the band reiterates the idea that even though everyone comes from

different walks of life, life — and in turn, music — should be enjoyed by everyone however they wish to do so, leaving their music identity to be defined by only themselves. One thing is certain: For the fanatics who go the extra mile in music discovery, the outlets are increasingly becoming more attainable. For the superfan who prides themselves on a genre or eraspanning band t-shirt collection, attending all kinds of different live performances can always lead to expansion. For the members of Generation Y who wish to give musicians the credit they deserve for their work without listening to the albums they love through streaming sites, the recent increase in interest for vinyl records and record players supports that option, while continuing to push diverse, creative acts toward comprising what would be a jumbled but proud music identity. The revitalization of vinyl has been a growing phenomenon in the past ten years, as CD sales continue to fall and record sales increasingly become more and more strong. As musical mediums have changed in the past, it’s unsurprising that in our day of technology, music fans have a convenience factor unlike any generation before. This diversification of music does not mean there is no song everyone can agree on. Some of the greatest songs are ones that became crossover hits, going from one group of listeners to another, continuing until it becomes too big for its own good. We’ll always have our Beatles and Michael Jacksons, but with Generation Y, musical obsessions can be as genrespanning as a person pleases.

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MOVE’s declassified finals survival guide

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RACHEL PHILLIPS Reporter The hardest part of the semester is upon us. Thanksgiving Break is over. We’ve stuffed our faces, spent time with family and friends and ignored the majority of our scholarly responsibilities. But, now that we’ve had that taste of freedom, it is back to the books and time to get down to business, because finals are less than a week away. So, as the end of the semester fast approaches, I will try to do the impossible: create a guide to help you survive finals. Tip No. 1: Get enough sleep. I know that everyone tells you this, but I truly believe that getting enough sleep is a key to doing well on finals. When you’re tired, you have

a hard time maintaining focus and remembering material meaning your studying is less productive. Start now. It won’t help to only go to bed early on the night before your test. To feel truly well-rested and prepared, you will want to be fully caught up on your sleep. Besides, you don’t want to risk sleeping through those early morning tests.

didn’t understand something the first time around, make sure you learn it now. Furthermore, get those final projects and essays done as soon as possible so that you don’t have to throw something together at the last minute. If they are already done, you can focus on studying the materials for your finals.

Tip No. 2: Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize.

I know it sounds cliché, but someone who can study with you can be an invaluable resource come finals week. A study buddy can serve many purposes including giving you information that you missed or teaching you something you didn’t understand. Studying with someone can also result in new insights gained through discussion. Overall, a study buddy can provide much-needed

You have a lot of material to cover. And with final projects and essays to get done as well, it can be a little overwhelming. Spend the bulk of your time reviewing the subjects and material that you had trouble with the first time. If you knew something before, chances are you will remember it with a quick review. However, it you

Tip No. 3: Find a study buddy.

encouragement and motivation throughout this difficult time. Tip No. 4: Set goals and reward yourself. It is impossible to study too much without taking a break. However, it is also easy to let yourself get distracted for long periods of time. To remedy this, set goals for yourself, such as finishing your review of a chapter or getting a page of your essay done. Once you complete the goal, let yourself take a short break and get a snack or do something you enjoy. Then, make sure you get back to work immediately with a new goal in mind. Set rewards for yourself for after your finals are over as well. For example, treat yourself to a pre-test lunch at your favorite restaurant. This will give you something to look forward to and make studying easier. And

be sure to take yourself for a post-finals feast when it’s all over. Tip No. 5: Keep things in perspective. Remember that you are more than just grades. You have more to offer the world than how you do on a test. Keeping things in perspective will help to lower your stress levels and help you feel better once your tests are over. Be satisfied with doing your personal best. Likewise, remember that this is only a couple of weeks out of the year. When things get tough, remind yourself that in the grand scheme of things, these weeks are pretty short, and, when you’re done, you will have a whole month of freedom. Good luck, MOVErs! May the odds be ever in your favor.

Five-song playlist: MOVE’s finals week pump-up jams

HANNAH BLACK Reporter Finals week can put anyone in a slump. Besides coffee, music is the best solution to boost your energy and motivation. Plus, it won’t make you jittery (unless you’re dancing, that is). Music can also be a great stress reliever and remind you that even though you’re under pressure, every little thing is gonna be all right. Here are five

upbeat songs that will energize your mind and help you shake off those pre-winter break blues. Walk the Moon: “Work This Body” The eighth track on WTM’s brand new album, “Talking is Hard,” is all about hard work and where it can get you. Not only does it have a motivating message, its poppy flair will have your feet tapping fast and

your fingers typing faster. Justin Timberlake: “TKO” Get ready to knock out those exams and final projects (pun intended). This track from JT’s most recent album is smooth, just like him, but is still upbeat and will have your head bobbing while you study. Magic Man: “Texas” This band from Boston makes

melodic, dance-influenced indie rock that will make you feel like you can do anything. Listen to just one of Magic Man’s electronic masterpieces before that big final and get pumped up by its sweet beat. MGMT: “Electric Feel” With its funky guitar and futuristic beat, this track is guaranteed to put you in a better mood. If you’re just not feeling those flashcards, put

this on and turn it up loud. It’s energetic, groovy and a little bit sexy. Arctic Monkeys: “Brianstorm” For a more rock-heavy choice, look no further than Arctic Monkeys’ trademark snark and fast electric guitar to wake you up and get you back to work. It’ll have you saying, “See ya later, procrastinator.”

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life expectancy for patients in his condition is only 2 years and rapidly becomes depressed and hopeless in the face of his morbid situation. However, Hawking learns that the disease does not affect the brain, and with the indispensable help and support of Jane he continues on his pursuit of knowledge, hoping to eventually find an equation that can prove that time has a beginning. Watching Hawking slowly become imprisoned by his own body is by far the most difficult thing to watch in this film. Redmayne is fantastic as Hawking, and you really can see the effort Redmayne has put into the role. Throughout the film, his speech becomes increasingly more unintelligible as his symptoms progress until Hawking completely loses the ability to communicate naturally. It’s heartbreaking to watch Hawking have his bodily functions ripped out of his control, but it is even more painful to watch his wife have to deal with caring for the man she loves as he slowly deteriorates. Jones is also fantastic as Jane, displaying a resolve strong enough to carry both her and Stephen forward no matter how difficult the situation. Unfortunately, the scientific contributions that Stephen made throughout his life are a bit underwhelming in the film.

Most of the scientific concepts that the film presents are boiled down to a simple metaphor, and at times it can feel like the film is talking down to the audience. If you’re already paying for a ticket to see a biopic about one of the world’s greatest living theoretical physicists, chances are you can grasp a few of the concepts without them having to be simplified into an analogy that a 5-year-old could understand. I get that the focus of the film is how the Hawking’s battled through some of the most difficult times of their lives, but I would have enjoyed a bit more insight into how Stephen came to the scientific conclusions that he did. Aside from the science nitpicking, though, “ The Theory of Everything” really is a great film. It’s certainly one of the more powerful films of 2014, and the performances are top-notch. The cinematography is pretty, if a bit pedestrian, and the color palette occasionally comes across as washed out, but for the most part, the film is well-made and an accurate period piece. There are times I wish director James Marsh had been willing to let the film get darker, as I’m certain the Hawkings’ lives did, though the melancholy ending does make up for it a bit. I definitely recommend this film, but just know that it places Stephen’s human relationships above his scientific contributions.

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all your holiday festivities. Christmas sweaters from Muse sell from around $10 to $25. Sizes range from nearly every adult size to itty-bitty children’s sizes, so if you’re also late on holiday shopping and getting a gift for your favorite nephew, Muse has you covered for that, too. Muse’s selection ranges from your basic grandma sweaters to edgier tacky vests and from the “hey, that’s not so bad” all the way to the “wow, that’s an eye catcher.” If you purchase a Christmas sweater from Muse Clothing this season, they will also give you a (free!) bell necklace that is just perfect for when all your favorite Christmas songs (especially “Jingle Bells”) come on. Another option: Absolute Vintage on Broadway. Its sweaters are vintage but not handcrafted. That means they are totally affordable

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being (able) to attract larger national tours through town, but also with just building up and fostering a local scene here,” Gerding says. The business partners’ experience in building venues begins in Madison, Wisconsin at the Majestic Theatre. Madison had a similar issue as Columbia, where there was some sort of scene, but it too had room to grow. One of the branding moves from Madison that Gerding said he’d like to employ here is “beer tastes better in the front row.” The tagline encourages

(their prices range from $8 to $22). And if you’re looking to sell back your ugly sweaters after all the holiday parties, you can definitely do that here. Want to dress to impress, but don’t want your sweater to outshine you as the star of the show? Absolute Vintage is your absolute best bet with their tastefully tacky offerings. Maybe those other stores just don’t have the right sweater for your ugly sweater needs. I feel you. Perhaps you like to stand out from the crowd. Well, have no fear. If you’re looking to be the spotlight of that sweater party, you will definitely win first place with something from Maude Vintage. Nothing says, “Let’s party!” like the Christmas sweaters available at Maude. All of the sweaters are locally made. If anyone ever doubts that Columbia is a lively and creative little gem in the middle of the Show-Me State, don’t hesitate to show them these sweaters. The sweaters from Maude are interesting to say the least.

They have an entire section with large sweaters heavily garnished with all Christmas decorations imaginable: tinsel of every color, ornaments of every size, jingly bells and sparkly bows. You’ll also be surprised to find some seriously gaudy sweaters lavished with Christmas stockings and stuffed animals of all kinds. Nothing is subtle about Maude’s vintage holiday apparel, and whatever you find guarantees you an easy win at that ugly sweater contest. These sweaters range from $35 to $45, so they’re a bit of an investment for the average college student, but I can assure you that no sweater you’ve ever seen before is quite as ugly as the sweaters for sale here. Now that you have your best/worst Christmas sweater ever, bring on the holidays.

the idea that you can get drinks or hang out anywhere, but those experiences are enhanced when seeing your favorite bands. “You know that beer is going to taste a little bit better so the idea is to … excite people about the experience of live music,” Gerding says. Gerding says he is very eager to make live music more of a priority in Columbia, citing his own experiences as a college student here. Gerding saw bands such as My Morning Jacket and Against Me!, but one of his most memorable experiences was a jazz show. “I remember being in college and coming here and seeing Wynton Marsalis …

and I remember seeing The Blue Note in that type of setting like a jazz club with white tablecloths and candles,” Gerding says. In the future, Gerding hopes to include numerous genres and go bigger than ever before, aiming in particular for Coachella-type artists and large indie shows. “Ultimately, at the venue, you book what is selling tickets,” he says. “So to some degree, you’re a product of the community.” Aside from the name change, Mojo’s will also be receiving cosmetic renovations such as different lighting and improved green rooms for artists.

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Making Johnathan Williams III ‘meaner’ WILL JARVIS Staff Writer Johnathan Williams III has one crucial downfall, according to Missouri men’s basketball coach Kim Anderson. He’s just too nice. It was easy to see when his 6-foot-9-inch frame humbly walked into the postgame press conference after Mizzou’s win

over Southeast Missouri State on Dec. 2. His more relaxed look — glasses and a t-shirt — better suit his quiet personality, equipped with a voice so soft it’s hard to hear even with the microphone. Anderson couldn’t help but smile when talking about the freshman. “He’s such a great kid,” Anderson said.

Those positive feelings weren’t as evident when Missouri walked into the locker room at halftime, trailing SEMO by six points. The sophomore forward had just three rebounds, and was failing to make himself a physical presence on the floor. Williams was shooting 2-5 from field goals and made just two free throws in five attempts. “I yelled at him tonight,”

Anderson said. “I said, ‘You’ve got to stop being such a nice guy. You’ve got to be a meaner guy.’” Williams finished the game with 18 points and 11 rebounds. That “mean guy” presence has been missing for Missouri all season. Forwards Ryan Rosburg and Keanau Post have struggled to make a strong offensive impact while Williams has been hurt for the past few weeks with

his knee. The big men average just 4.29 and 3.14 points per game, respectively, with 8.79 rebounds per game combined. At times Williams can be hesitant to drive to the rim with as much strength as his huge 225-pound body can potentially muster. The sophomore’s strength is using his frame to get inside

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Citrus Bowl: Scouting the Minnesota Golden Gophers JASON LOWENTHAL Staff Writer No. 16 Missouri (10-3, 7-1 SEC) takes on No. 25 Minnesota (8-4, 5-3 B1G) on Jan. 1 at the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Maneater writer Jason Lowenthal scouted the Golden Gophers and gave his prediction for the game. Offense Star running back David Cobb leads Minnesota’s offense. The senior broke the Golden Gophers’ single-season rushing record in the team’s final regular season game against Wisconsin. He has rushed for 1,548 yards and 13 touchdowns this year. Cobb has recorded six straight

games with at least one touchdown and has become a workhorse for the Gophers, averaging close to 25 carries per game. During Minnesota’s mid-season four-game winning streak, Cobb’s role was expanded further as he ran the ball at least 30 times in each game. Unfortunately, Cobb’s season was a bit diminished in terms of media perception due to 2,000-yard seasons by Indiana’s Tevin Coleman and Wisconsin’s Heisman Trophy finalist Melvin Gordon. Sophomore quarterback Mitch Leidner is a bit of an enigma. Missouri fans can relate, as Leidner plays a similar style of football to Mizzou’s sophomore Maty Mauk. Both are dual-threat quarterbacks who tend to make some questionable decisions. However, much like Mauk, Leidner has learned to rely

on his legs later in the season. In each of Minnesota’s final six games, Leidner had double-digit rushing attempts, including a career day on the ground against Nebraska in which he had 22 attempts for 111 yards and two touchdowns. On the season, he has 462 yards rushing with 10 touchdowns. Through the air, however, Leidner is a different story. Leidner finished eleventh in the Big Ten Conference in terms of passing yards (1,540) and was last among qualified quarterbacks in completion percentage (49.0). Part of this is due to Minnesota’s susceptible offensive line, which ranks in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten. Although the Gophers do have significant experience on the line, Mizzou boasts one of the top defensive lines in the nation and should have no

problem pressuring Leidner. In the receiving game, the Tigers will need to watch out for tight end Maxx Williams. The sophomore leads the team in receiving and is featured heavily in the Gophers’ offense. He is also the top tight end in the conference in terms of yards (471) and touchdowns (7). If Leidner and Williams start clicking, it may get dangerous. But expect coach Jerry Kill and his staff to continue to rely on Cobb for most of the game. Defense Minnesota was a top-50 defense last season and continued to improve this year. Kill, who has prior coaching experience as a defensive coordinator, prides his team on playing rugged, tough-

nosed defense. The Gophers boast the 34th best scoring defense in the nation (23.4 points allowed per game). Both teams typically like playing in games in the 20 point range, but since each match up fairly well in defensive strength, it will come down to whichever offense doesn’t settle for field goals. On an individual level, Mizzou will have to be aware of junior cornerback Briean Boddy-Calhoun, one of the best in the Big Ten. BoddyCalhoun has four interceptions on the season and has also forced two fumbles. Another man to be aware of is hard-hitting safety Cedric Thompson. Senior linebacker Damien Wilson is one of the leading tacklers in the conference (115). Wilson also

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Men’s basketball hopes to address first half struggles “We need to learn how to come out as a team and throw the first punch instead of being punched first,” sophomore forward Johnathan Williams III said. DANIEL WITT Staff Writer The Missouri men’s basketball team has held a halftime lead twice in eight games. “We need to do a better job early in games,” Missouri coach Kim Anderson said. “We need to execute better.” Anderson said there is “no question” things should be picking up sooner in games. His Tigers (4-4) are being outhustled and outplayed early on. They have been outscored by 50 points in the game’s first 20 minutes. Anderson referenced the missed free throws, missed offensive rebounds and bad passes by his team early in games. “We put ourselves in holes so many times just by making silly mistakes,” Anderson said. “We have to transfer what we do in practice over to a game.” S o p h o m o re fo r w a rd Johnathan Williams III said that the Tigers must spend time

in practice figuring out how to set the tone in games, instead of letting their opponents set the tone for them. “We need to learn how to come out as a team and throw the first punch instead of being punched first,” Williams said. University of MissouriKansas City threw the first punch in Mizzou’s first game, outscoring Missouri by nine in the first half of its Nov. 14 win over the Tigers. Southeast Missouri State led the Tigers by six at halftime before nearly pulling off an upset Dec. 2. This time a second half comeback by Mizzou helped them recover the game from SEMO. “Sometimes we’re a little too cool for school,” Anderson said. “That’s a habit we have to break. If we don’t play hard, and if we don’t play with great energy, then we aren’t going to win.” Mizzou faced Purdue in its second game of the EA Sports Maui Invitational on Nov. 25. The unranked Boilermakers outscored the Tigers by 25 in the first half. The Tigers won the second half by four points, but at that point, the game was far out of reach. “We can’t just wait around and just think we’re going to turn it on, because that’s not going to happen,” Anderson said. “It didn’t happen versus Purdue.” Mizzou showed hope early

on against No. 22 Oklahoma last Friday. The Tigers jumped out to an early lead, and didn’t give it up until nearly midway through the first half. The Tigers came out with energy and a fast pace against Oklahoma, something that senior guard Keith Shamburger said falls on him as the point guard and ball handler of the team. Shamburger likes to come out with a full-court press early on to apply pressure. “We just try and put more pressure on them and try and get into their passing lanes,” Shamburger said. “We can’t start games no more with us getting punched first. We got knocked out in Purdue. We just can’t do that no more. We’ve just got to learn from this stuff and keep going.” Anderson attributes his team’s slow starts to the inexperience on his roster. Mizzou only has two seniors, and multiple freshmen have been seeing extended playing time. “The one thing about this team is that with so many young guys, we need that guy to step up and be a leader — not one of the young guys, but one of the older guys,” Anderson said. “We haven’t been able to get that established, and that’s not a criticism of anyone. We need that emotional leader.” Shamburger said emotion is often the topic

during Anderson’s timeout conversations with the team. “I think we’re all emotional, just at different times,” Shamburger said. Though the Tigers have only won half of their games, they have outscored their opponents by 30 combined points in the second halves. As recently as last Friday, Mizzou outscored Oklahoma 28-26 in the game’s final 10 minutes. “It’s a lot easier to play when there’s a gap like that,” Anderson said. He said his players have discussed all the possible causes of the slow starts, even going as far as to look at the way they

And Sierra Michaelis’s grit is undeniable. Jordan Frericks, though, does a bit of everything. The sophomore can score, set screens, post up, block, poke the ball away and she can absolutely rebound. Despite being one of the tallest players on the team, Frericks has begun to shoot 3-pointers. “Jordan’s not afraid to shoot the three-ball now, so hopefully we’ll see a lot of that out of her this season,” senior guard Bree Fowler said. “Her inside presence is so great, too.” Last season, Frericks averaged 6.9 rebounds and 7.6 points in her 22.5 minutes per game. This year, she has become

a staple for the Tigers (6-2). Mizzou lost to a then-winless Bradley on Saturday. Frericks, however, had a good game. In her 38 minutes of play, she put up a career-high 27 points and snagged 17 rebounds, on top of her six steals. Frericks already has three double-doubles in the first eight games. She leads the team in rebounds. “(I attribute the success to) my teammates and my coaches,” Frericks said after the Tigers’ meeting with St. Louis on Monday. “They give me all the confidence in the world to go out and do what I do. They’ve done everything to help me through practice in the game. They’ve gotten me to

where I am right now.” Missouri coach Robin Pingeton had a rebuttal to Frericks’ modesty. “She works kind of hard, too,” Pingeton said, laughing. Pingeton said she has noticed the hustle that Frericks has put in. She said the sophomore had a “tremendous offseason” and is a “tireless worker.” Six-foot-1-inch Frericks helped her Illinois high school to three state championships, including an undefeated record her senior year. Frericks is averaging a double-double this season — 14.4 points and 11 rebounds per game. She said that her success has been a developing process,

prepare for games “We have every amenity that you could need to prepare for a game,” Anderson said. “You got good food, you got a good strength coach, you got trainers, you got all the stuff you need to prepare for a game. At some point, maybe you better look in the mirror at yourself as a player.” Regardless of the cause, Anderson said his team needs to stay tough whether winning, or losing. “You’ve got to fight off that first punch,” Anderson said. “Whether or not we can apply it or not, we’ve just got to make sure we don’t get knocked down.”

First half struggles Missouri men’s basketball has struggled to assert itself in the first half of its games. Mizzou coach Kim Anderson wants his team to work on throwing the “first punch.”

Mizzou has been outscored by a combined 50 points in the first half of its games thus far

Mizzou has outscored its opponents by a combined 30 points in the second half of its games.

THAT’S AN AVERAGE FIRST-HALF DEFICIT OF POINTS PER GAME

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Forward Jordan Frericks sets precedent for Missouri program “I’ve learned what the SEC is about. I’ve learned how to prepare for the kinds of girls we’re going to face.” BRUNO VERNASCHI Assistant Sports Editor It seems like everyone on the Missouri women’s basketball team has a specialty. Morgan Eye is the go-to 3-point shooter. Juanita Robinson has incredible ball-handling skills. Lindsey Cunningham’s assists are always on target. Carrie Shephard has ferocious speed. Bri Porter’s strength in the post dominates.

one that comes with age and preparation. “I’ve learned what the (Southeastern Conference) is about,” Frericks said. “I’ve learned how to prepare for the kinds of girls we’re going to face. It’s going to be physical; they’re quick. A lot of these teams are great.” Pingeton said Frericks’ biggest key to her improvement is her confidence level. “Jordan’s become much stronger, so much more explosive,” Pingeton said. “Defensively, she just makes a difference. She’s got a presence to her — it’s great. She’s been an anchor for us. There’s no doubt about it.”

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Christmas training not so bad this year MITCHELL FORDE

When most people hear the word “Christmas,” they think of a fun, relaxing holiday. When swimmers hear “Christmas,” we think of Christmas training, and it evokes very different feelings. Even as a 12-year-old beginner, I remember having especially long and difficult practices over the twoweek break from school. During

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leads the Gophers in sacks (4.0). In arguably the biggest win of the season for Minnesota, a 28-24 victory over Nebraska, Wilson picked up two sacks. Overall, the Gophers’ defense has caught fire at the right time. Minnesota has forced nine turnovers in the last four games and has forced at least one turnover in every game this season. The Gophers have one of the most opportunistic defensive units out there, and will likely cause some problems against a suspect Mizzou offense. Special teams Gophers freshman kicker Ryan Santoso has been a pleasant surprise this season. Although he has missed five field goals from 40-plus yards this year, Santoso has shown he has a strong leg. He has connected from 44, 48 and 52 yards this season, but has not made one from 40 yards or beyond since Oct. 25. However, on shorter field goals, Santos has been impressive, to say the least. He has made eight of nine attempts under 40 yards and has missed just one extra point attempt in 44 tries. Junior punter Peter Mortell is one of the top punters in the nation, averaging 45.5 yards per punt this season. He leads the Big Ten in that category. Sophomore defensive back Jalen Myrick is the main return specialist for Minnesota. He has tremendous breakaway speed and took a kickoff 100 yards to the house against Northwestern earlier this season. Interestingly, however, Myrick does not take many punt returns. Freshman defensive back Craig James sees the field most of the time in return situations and is fairly elusive, but has not taken one back this season. In the return game, Mizzou senior Marcus Murphy has the edge. Jason’s game prediction: Missouri 27, Minnesota 20

winter break this year, the annual tradition will be renewed, but a little bit differently than last year. Since we do not have class to attend or homework to do over the break, the coaches know we have more time to commit to swimming. That means we will have a few more practices than usual, such as one on a Sunday, and during those practices we can expect a higher volume of yardage and intensity than usual. The idea behind Christmas training, for all swim teams, is that it is the last opportunity to solidify an aerobic base before championship meets at the end of the season. It can be grueling, especially over

a winter break as long as ours is. Luckily, the five-week break will be broken up more manageable periods this year. Many college teams take training trips over winter break to change up the setting during the tough training. One of the biggest complaints among swimmers here was that we never take a training trip — until now. We have a meet in Arizona on Jan. 2, 2015. Afterward, we get to stay in Tucson and train in (hopefully) warm Arizona for a couple of days. It isn’t a long trip, but it certainly beats spending the entire break in cold, deserted Columbia. In addition, we get to go home

for six days to celebrate Christmas. We will swim five times in the three days after finals week — twice Saturday, once Sunday, and twice Monday — then we will be allowed to go home until Dec. 29. Then, we will depart for Arizona early on New Year’s Day. While we will undoubtedly work hard in Tucson, it will be a lot easier to do so in a new, warm setting alongside another team. After we return from Arizona, we will only have about another week of training before we travel to another meet at South Carolina on Jan. 17. Then, of course, classes resume on Jan. 20. Christmas training actually gives

us a lot to look forward to this year, which is a very welcome change. And since this is my last column of the semester, a few dates to look forward to for the swim team: We host Auburn on Jan. 29 for our team’s senior day. Then, we will travel to Auburn for the Southeastern Conference Championships on Feb. 17-21. Finally, the NCAA Championships will bring our season to a close March 26-28. I hope this column has given you a new appreciation for how hard all student-athletes work, and as a result, I hope we will have a big crowd at the Auburn meet and other Mizzou sporting events next semester.

and he can get to places with one dribble,” Nutt said. “He was a tough matchup for us — especially when we got into foul trouble.” A little bit of that toughness did manifest itself in the second half when the forward drove to the rim and accidentally knocked

over a cameraman. A reporter in the postgame press conference pointed out that Williams didn’t try to help him up. Anderson laughed, almost in shock. “That’s a first,” he said. Williams said he is trying to put Anderson’s advice into

practice more often. If he has to be the tough guy on the court, odds are Williams won’t change too much off the court. In the postgame press conference, Williams’ humility showed once more. The sophomore portrayed such a sense of genuineness

when crediting his coach for the complete turnaround night he had. Williams’ faint voice barely reached the microphone. “I want to say thanks to coach Anderson for pushing me,” he said. His gray-haired mentor on the other side of the table just smiled. “You’re welcome,” Anderson said.

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