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Missouri 64, Florida 52

14th time’s a charm

The Tigers took down reigning Iowa on the road Sunday to capture the National Duals title. HARRISON DEGROOD Reporter

It hasn’t been the brightest winter in Columbia. It has consisted of bitter cold, slippery ice and a fair share of snow. Athletics haven’t been much better. The Missouri men’s basketball team is dead last in the Southeastern Conference, despite Tuesday’s streak-shattering win over Florida. If you go across the street to the Hearnes Center, though, another Tiger team has been making plenty of noise. Missouri wrestling has had a historic season, going undefeated through the regular season and finishing at the coveted No. 1 spot in the country after last weekend’s victory. Before this season, the program has won almost every significant tournament in the country. Namely, the Southern Scuffle and both the Big 12 and Mid-American Conference Championships. The only regular season tournament that had alluded them was the NWCA National Duals. That is where the Tigers were last weekend: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, with some of the NCAA’s top wrestling programs. After cruising through the quarterfinals and semifinals against now-No. 12 Illinois and No. 9 Lehigh, Missouri was met by then-No. 1 Iowa, a national powerhouse with 23 national championships to its name. In gladiatorial fashion, the Tigers took down their opponent in their own house by a score of 18-12. The championship crown that

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Missouri guard Montaque Gill-Caesar (13) drives to the hoop between two Florida defenders Tuesday night at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers beat the Gators 64-52 to break their 13-game, 48-day losing streak.

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CPD to get tougher on DWI HAILEY STOLZE Staff Writer MU freshman Kathryn McDonnell distinctly remembers the moment

when she learned one of her favorite high school teachers, Janet Esrock, had been killed by a drunk driver. Esrock was driving with her son one night in 2011 when Patrick McCormick struck their vehicle head-

on. His blood-alcohol content was far above the legal limit. Both Janet and her son Jonathan Esrock, who was in McDonnell’s grade,

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herself, which she describes as the “outside Kelsey” and the “inside Kelsey.” “The ‘outside Kelsey’ is a large person who sometimes feels bad about walking through the world because it’s not

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modeled back to me that it’s okay to be this size,” Hammond said. “And the ‘inside Kelsey’ feels pretty good about herself. So I don’t want, when I’m in my outside space, to feel bad about myself.”

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Through her work, Hammond wants others to look at her art and start thinking about their own bodies. Hammond began taking

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criticized by those who don’t understand the objective of her art, she brushes it off to focus on herself and her work at hand. She said her work is about trying to align two parts of

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EMMA DILTZ

SPECIAL Proud Tigers mentors help new LGBT and ally students find their place.

SPORTS Far from icy Taylor Stadium grounds, Mizzou baseball is on fire.

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Missouri debates virtual schooling The bill is currently still being worked on. PAIGE LALAIN Staff Writer

Reporter The engineering industry is suffering from low female participation, according to recent research. A study conducted by Gary Salton, a Michiganbased researcher and chief of research and development at Professional Communications, found that about 301,000 of 2.3 million engineers, about 12.9 percent, are female. Female engineers had about half of the partcipation rates compared to women in other science-based fields. Salton concluded that the reason for this unequal ratio was the male engineering problem-solving style. In 2014, about 17.4 percent of students enrolled in the MU College of Engineering were female. An anonymous $330,000 donation recently helped launch a new center, the Women in Engineering Center, to promote increased female participation in engineering. Salton’s research asserts that female engineers tend to be more disciplined and process-oriented than male engineers, which results in conflict in problem-solving styles. Salton attributed the discouragement of female contribution in engineering to the low tolerance for a variation from male engineers’ problem solving style embedded in the intellectual process. Linda Godwin, professor of physics and astronomy at MU and a former NASA astronaut, expressed the importance of diversifying the engineering field.

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This past week, Missouri lawmakers opened discussion to the proposition of virtual schooling for students wishing to transfer from struggling, unaccredited school districts — a proposition that has led to growing concern regarding the financial strain this might pose to Missouri public school districts. The bill, House Bill 849, is aimed

at correcting the state’s current student transfer law, with this virtual public school system offered as one possible provision. Rep. Kathryn Swan, R-Cape Girardeau, sponsored the bill. “Virtual school courses today often contain more elements than the online courses first developed a few years ago,” said Brent Ghan, Missouri School Boards Association chief communications officer. “These courses may incorporate video and other elements to enhance instruction.” At this point, the bill is very much a work in progress, with debates in

the Senate continuing throughout this week and for the duration of the coming weeks, Ghan said. The House and the Senate currently have two, slightly different versions of the bill, which should make reaching a decision in both chambers of the legislature a lengthy process, Ghan said. “According to the way the House bill is currently written, the student would first and foremost have to be in an unaccredited district and would then have the opportunity to transfer,” said Sarah

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Council hopefuls focus on downtown, police The election will be held in April. RUTH SERVEN Staff Writer The race for Columbia’s First Ward Council seat is crowded with contenders and big ideas. Eight candidates filed to run for the position made vacant when Ginny Chadwick resigned in January. Candidates range from an MU student to a couple of pastors to businessmen. Candidates voiced

concerns about development in downtown Columbia and understaffing at the police department. “This town has been in denial for a long time about law enforcement and an understaffed police department,” candidate and owner of Eastside Tavern Sal Nuccio said, citing constant problems with vandalism and violence at his establishment. Nuccio said the issues are caused by unsafe practices at other businesses. “I think it’s become a runaway

train and the campus and the city don’t want to acknowledge that we need more police,” he said. “They’re worried more about the image of the town than the safety of the students. If you’re trying to run a safe and fun bar in this town, you have no reason to fear the police.” Since the failure of the Proposition One ballot measure in November, which would have funded 40 new jobs in the Columbia Police Department, the department has not hired any new officers.

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THE MANEATER | NEWS | FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Hunger Atlas benefits community HANNAH BLACK Staff Writer Though he tried, associate professor of geography Matthew Foulkes was unable to summarize the stories of his work on the Missouri Hunger Atlas. There’s a lot to tell. “I know, I know, I can't do this succinctly,” Foulkes said, laughing. The Missouri Hunger Atlas breaks down data on hunger throughout Missouri by county in the form of a 144-page softcover book. The book is the brainchild of Foulkes and professor Sandy Rikoon, Curators’ distinguished professor of rural sociology and the director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security since 2004. Research for the atlas began in 2004 and now the pair has three editions of the book to show for their work. Foulkes and Rikoon originally teamed up with two other professors for the research, but the project now requires a combined effort from a team of MU professors and graduate students from multiple areas of study. The most recent edition of the book was published in 2013, and an updated version is due out in 2016. The goal of the atlas, as stated on its first page, is to assess “the extent of food insecurity in the state of Missouri,” as well as begin to “gauge how well public programs are doing in meeting the needs of those of our fellow citizens who have difficulty acquiring sufficient amounts and qualities of food.” The Hunger Atlas distinguishes between those who are worried about having enough food and those who actually experienced hunger. Rikoon said someone who is food insecure often worries about acquiring sufficient food, whereas someone who is food secure doesn’t have to. “Then the third category is either called ‘very low food security’ or, what we like to call it, ‘food insecure with hunger,’” Rikoon said. “Meaning that slightly more than half of the people that worry about getting enough food manage to do it because of the federal programs, because of food pantries, sharing

with neighbors … and then other families actually experience hunger in terms of having to skip meals, reduce intake, things like that.” Foulkes and Rikoon originally worked alongside Joan Hermsen, associate professor of sociology and chairwoman of women’s and gender studies, and Nikki Raedeke, an assistant teaching professor and director of dietetics, nutrition and exercise physiology. “We had been asked, and got some funding to do a survey of households that participated in the food pantries,” Rikoon said. The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri in Columbia asked the team to do a systematic survey of pantries and households. This survey was conducted during the summer of 2005 with 1,300 households participating. “At the end they said, ‘Well, where are we missing people?’” Rikoon said. “‘So you know where our pantries are, how many people are using them. So now, sort of in the context of where hunger is in Missouri, are there geographic gaps in our coverage?’” A great question, the team thought, but almost impossible to answer. At the time, there was no one in the state collecting information on the amount of hungry people, the amount of people participating in food programs or where food insecure people were located throughout the state of Missouri. Although they now have extensive information about the people using food pantries in Missouri, they had only surveyed those who used food pantry services, meaning they didn’t know anything about people that had little to eat but did not have access to a food pantry. “Then a light bulb went off and we're like, ‘Wouldn't it be cool if we could somehow estimate where there's need?’ which is kind of a different question than what we were doing with them,” Foulkes said. “So, Sandy ran with this idea, and building on the momentum of this client survey in 2005, we started working on (the Hunger Atlas).” From the original survey of food

Food insecurity in Boone County The 2013 Missouri Hunger Atlas outlined the levels of food insecurity throughout each county of the state. Boone County ranked “low” in households in need of food and “very low” in efforts by county-wide measures intended to help residents facing food insecurity. Households with child food uncertain Households food uncertain

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Former chancellor Brady Deaton speaks at the “Universities Fighting World Hunger” forum Monday at Memorial Union.

pantries came a comprehensive, political change. county-by-county breakdown of “The main mission is, I think, to food insecurity in Missouri, with raise awareness of the severity of the first edition published in 2008. hunger in Missouri,” Foulkes said. Using statistics collected from “We want to do that by providing several public agencies, the team information to academics and was able to come up with a way to policymakers in a way that's easy to estimate some of the data that is digest and makes clear the scope of impossible to survey. the problem.” “Some of the data we have is Foulkes also said that the maps actual real counts, and some of included in the atlas help to explain it we model based on our best the relationship between geography expectations of and food what we insecurity. YOU’RE FACEknow are the “There's a TO-FACE WITH demo g raphics spatiality to of the area and PEOPLE’S LIVES AND poverty, and so, then we know by extension, YOU DON’T WALK their likelihood, there's a say, of being food spatiality to AWAY FROM THEM insecure and insecurity,” UNCHANGED. I KNOW food things like that,” Foulkes said. OUR STUDENTS Rikoon said. “ T here ’s “But if you had WE’VE WORKED WITH p o c k e t s a million dollars of higher ON THE PROJECT, or something, we employment, could go out and there’s pockets THEY’RE VERY actually survey lower EMOTIONAL. IT TAKES of people, but we employment, A TOLL ON THEM, OUR there's different don’t have the resources to do that STUDENTS THAT DID jobs that.” are available THE SURVEYS.” It was a certain places much larger than others, MATTHEW FOULKES undertaking a lot of places associate professor of than the original where there are geography project, but one not many jobs, that would end and so, that's up becoming an important tool for where it's really tied into geography. policymakers because of its easy-to- And that’s why we have the maps.” use format. Foulkes said the maps show that “We felt that (making the atlas) where someone lives can play a role would be much more effective than in the probability of food insecurity. us rambling on and on about it or “It's not the only thing, writing papers in academic journals but certainly your personal because … policymakers don't really characteristics, your skills … a lot of read academic journals,” Foulkes things go into determining whether said. “We could have published this you're food insecure or not, but stuff in Rural Sociology maybe, but where you live actually plays a role who's gonna read Rural Sociology and for job opportunities, how much how's that gonna help the state of your housing costs are, whether Missouri? Rural Sociology is a great there's a food pantry nearby, you journal, but the outreach part of know, all those things,” Foulkes said. the Hunger Atlas was always at the To construct the Missouri forefront in our minds.” Hunger Atlas, the team of Putting all of the collected researchers collects secondary data information about hunger in one and uses their modeling method to place and presenting it in a series estimate statistics. of easy-to-read maps and charts However, Foulkes said working allowed them to use it as a new with data concerning people who tool to help in enacting social and are unable to acquire a sufficient

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amount of food is still hard, especially when they are required to personally survey people in the field. “It is actually a very emotional thing to see these numbers,” Foulkes said. “I'm a population geographer and demographer, so I'm used to seeing maps and I've worked with a lot of poverty and it's pretty horrifying. When you think about the Hunger Atlas, it makes me upset thinking that we have this level.” Foulkes said that emotionally, there is a tendency for people to be removed from the reality of poverty. “That's why the surveys have been so good, because then you go out to the pantries and talk with people who are actually at the pantries and obviously that moves the needle,” Foulkes said. “That changes things because you're face-to-face with people's lives and you don't walk away from them unchanged. I know our students we've worked with on the project, they're very emotional. It takes a toll on them, our students that did the surveys.” Rikoon said that although working with data on hunger can affect anyone involved with the projects emotionally, what results from the data collected is change. “(The students) come back totally changed by the experience because they’re actually talking to the folks that actually use the food pantries and hearing their stories — and it has to have an impact on you because most of us don’t experience food insecurity if we’re, you know, graduate students or professors,” Rikoon said. “And so, it does take a toll, but it also is a sort of jolt to taking action.” He said the Hunger Atlas can act as a call to action for some people. “The good thing about the University of Missouri is we’re not just researchers, we’re also people who are interested in working with communities and trying to improve the situation,” Rikoon said. “It’s one of our missions as well: service. So, it’s a good jolt. It results, I think, for students and faculty, in positive social action.”

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Two slates running for RHA president Both slates want to create a new position to connect RHA with other diversity organizations on campus. CLEOPATRA BENOS Reporter Two slates are running in the 2015 Residence Halls A ssociation presidential election. Freshmen Billy Donley and Rachel Thomas are challenging sitting RHA President Steven Chaffin, who is aiming for a second term with running mate and former Maneater columnist Nina Ruhe.

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Their third pillar, Advocate, focuses on issues such as sustainability and food pricing. Internal structural issues of RHA, such as their goal to merge some of the responsibilities of the financial coordinator with the role of the vice president, are organized under their last pillar, Refine. Chaffin said his and Ruhe’s experience in RHA is what makes them the best fit for the positions. “I have a year of experience where I have forged relationships with the people who we need to make these changes real,” Chaffin said. “We bring an experienced vision.” Their vision emphasizes the importance of inclusivity and a sense of belonging, he said. “I want us to get to the point where no matter who you are, no matter who you identify with, you come here, feel safe and know that you’re in an environment where people will respect you,” Chaffin said.

Freshmen Billy Donley and Rachel Thomas said they are unfazed by the the experience level of their opponents. “With RHA, the general gist of the organization is that (it) builds leaders,” Donley said. Donley said he had his sights on the presidency after falling in love with the organization within the first few weeks of his position as Jones Hall president.

Having previously worked with Donley on various legislation, Thomas said running with him seemed like a “really neat opportunity.” Both Donley and Thomas said they are sure of the strength of their partnership. Donley explained that their diverse interests — his being leadership and hers being service and sustainability — balance each other out. Furthermore, they said they don’t disagree very often. To avoid doing so, they “are open about opinions, sit down, make sure we talk it out and look at the different sides of an issue,” Thomas said.[Their platform consists of four major ideas: Outreach, Sustainability, Foundation and Service. The running mates explained that Outreach involves the executive members being more involved in the residence halls and them being approachable leaders on campus. “Our platform, ‘Heart Mizzou,’ is based on heart,” Thomas said. “We are the heart of the residences, and the residences are the heart of RHA. That’s why RHA exists: purely for the benefit of the students.” Thomas elaborated on their second pillar, Sustainability, which addresses issues ranging from expanding the MU Student Center’s bike share program to expanding recycling across campus. Donley and Thomas said they realize sustainability goes

beyond just “being green,” and that it also encompasses costefficiency. T heir third pillar, Foundation, addresses the inner workings of RHA and focuses on the creation of a diversity director position, to be a liaison between students of diverse backgrounds and organizations and RHA. Finally, Service, their final pillar, is all about the value of giving back to the community, they said. “Service is an incredibly important value that everyone should take through college and then after college,” Thomas said. Donley said the most important issue for him is leadership and “just focusing on being an outlet for residents and to help build them as leaders and better people.” Both Donley and Thomas said they believe what they have to offer as a team transcends their seeming lack of experience compared to Ruhe and Chaffin — Donley serves as marketing coordinator for the Department of Student Activities besides his hall presidency, and Thomas has served as an RHA advocacy re p re s e n t at i ve besides being RHA Sustainability Coordinator. "We are both so open to change and are willing to talk to anyone about any sort of issue,” Donley said. “Essentially, we are very approachable.”

one of the goals of the program is to promote greater health awareness.” The program, Million Steps, began this year under the Healthy For Life incentives program. Full or part-time employees on the MU health insurance plan can receive a full rebate on a Fitbit purchased from the Mizzou Store once the person reaches one million steps. Employees are also eligible for other prizes at each million-step mile marker at the program’s discretion. The Healthy For Life program consists of a two-tier program and employees must complete activities in each tier in order to be eligible for the full $450 incentive. One of the new activities the program has added to the second tier is the Million Step program. The Depar tment of Residential Life was one of the

first MU departments to start providing Fitbits for employees in order to kickstart their participation in the Healthy For Life incentives program. “One of the things we discovered is that the initial cost of the Fitbit, even though you can get reimbursed for it with the benchmarks, was a deterrent for some of our staff participating,” Minor said. ResLife is purchasing the Fitbits up front, but when the employees reach a million steps the department will then receive the rebate and the employee gets to keep the Fitbit, ResLife Training Coordinator Jennifer McGarr said. The Mizzou Store sells several Fitbit devices at prices less than retail. The Fitbit Flex is priced at $80 and the Fitbit Zip goes for $45. “As the training coordinator I’ve been going out and making sure they, the employees of

residential life, understand how to setup the device … so that they may actively participate in the wellness incentive program,” McGarr said. “I think It’s a tremendously generous program for the office of UM Benefits to be offering to employees.” According to UM System 2015 Wellness Incentive website, employees can earn points with this program for economic incentives. “This year My Total Rewards/ UM Benefits has decided to spice things up and create a $450 wellness incentive. There are a number of activities that employees can do to earn points toward this wellness incentive,” McGarr said. There are about 50 employees in ResLife participating in this offer by the department, Minor said. The social networking aspect

of Fitbit can be a motivator for some to get involved with the program. “Something that’s been motivating to me is using the Fitbit app on my phone because now you can do challenges with each other … if you’re Fitbit friends with people,” Dobbs Area Coordinator for ResLife Heidi Shearer said. The use of Fitbit has made it a popular option among employees because of its effortless assimilation to daily life, she said. “I think it is clearly a motivator for some, and it’s something that everybody is already doing. People are already taking steps and walking, so it isn’t something that additional,” Shearer said.

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Incumbent Steven Chaffin and running mate Nina Ruhe said their differences in perspectives and views serve as balancing points in their partnership. “This is an opportunity to become a bigger part of this organization and to help other students,” said Ruhe, a freshman. “Ultimately, our styles are very compatible, and I know that I can count on him, because I know that he is going to get things done.” Their ideas are diverse in scope and topic, ranging from an expanded recycling initiative to strengthening the language partners program to better

benefit international students. The issue of a seemingly inconsistent food pricing mechanism is especially important to Ruhe, she said. “I’d like to think of it as my little baby because I’m so passionate about it now," Ruhe said. "I don’t care how long I have to push, I want to get that changed." Other ideas for their tenure in office are laid out in the campaign’s platform. The four core pillars of their platform are: Invest, Engage, Advocate and Refine. “Nina (Ruhe) has this fresh perspective and was able to bring me back to earth on issues, and I was able to refine her ideas so that we could move forward with them,” said Chaffin, a sophomore. The first pillar is centered on investing in students along with their academic and professional development. The second pillar, Engage, is “about solving some of the student issues that persist, and these are really social justice and inclusivity-based,” Chaffin said. This includes their plan to create a student issues coordinator, who would be a liaison between RHA and various campus diversity organizations. Chaffin and Ruhe said they believe the creation of such a position would help foster open discussions and forums about serious and relevant issues the diverse student population faces.

UM System offers ‘Million Steps’ to better health University employees can receive a full rebate on Fitbits purchased from the Mizzou Store. ISABELLA ALVES Staff Writer

More faculty and staff are finding themselves pacing this year — and talking about it. Footsteps have become a new topic of conversation since the UM System Wellness Program began offering full rebates on a Fitbit device if employees reach one million steps. “I’ll go to meetings and I’ll hear somebody say, ‘How many steps have you gotten today?’ or ‘Where are you on your goal to getting 10,000 steps?’” Residential Life Director Frankie Minor said. “I think

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Continued from page 1 were taken to the hospital. Jonathan survived, but Janet died from injuries sustained from the crash. The news of Janet’s death devastated the entire school, McDonnell said. “It was kind of a shock that something that tragic could happen to someone that we all loved,” McDonnell said. “It sparked a huge discussion on how we could make our whole world safer.” McDonnell was a sophomore in a high school in the St. Louis area at the time of the accident, but she said the memory of having Janet as a teacher, and her death, has stuck with her throughout the years. Impaired driving was the cause of 30 percent of all deaths that occurred on Missouri’s roadways in 2013, according to a Columbia Police Department news release. To prevent future

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self-portraits in 2004 and she has continued her work at MU, where she has worked at the MSA/GPC Craft Studio for eight years. Now she is its coordinator and occasionally shows her art in the studio. The first time she displayed her nude self-portraits was at her thesis showing at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in February 2007. This was also when she was first criticized for it. While there, Hammond said a woman was looking at the photos and made a comment about her “belly flap.” Hammond said when she has shown her work at the Craft Studio, vandals have written “pornography” on the glass windows, and people in the building have complained. But that doesn’t stop her from showing her art. She said she sees pornography and art as different things, even if some people don’t see it that way. “I’m trying to make art,” Hammond said. “There are no crude acts in what I’m doing.

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THE MANEATER | NEWS | FEBRUARY 25, 2015 deaths caused by impaired driving, CPD is cracking down on the issue. CPD received a $28,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation's Highway Safety Division to help with these efforts this fiscal year, CPD traffic unit supervisor Sgt. Curtis Perkins said. The fiscal year goes from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30. About $16,000 will go to sobriety checkpoints, $4,000 to saturation patrols and $4,800 to other agencies that assist them, Perkins said. The remaining amount goes to the salaries of officers who work on stopping impaired driving as well as equipment. A sobriety checkpoint is a stationary spot where police officers look for signs of intoxicated drivers. Clues include lane violations, having no headlights on, speeding and more, Perkins said. Saturation patrols refer to officers who drive around, also looking for impaired drivers.

“Safety is our bottom line,” Perkins said. “We’re looking out for the public’s interest and getting impaired drivers off the roadway, who pose a significant danger to innocent people.” The Missouri Zero Tolerance law states that any person under the age of 21 caught driving with any amount of alcohol in their body will have their license suspended and be charged with a Minor in Possession. The first time a person is caught driving intoxicated, their license is suspended for 90 days total. The first 30 days of this suspension revoke driving privileges entirely. After those 30 days, they are allowed 60 days of restrictive driving, where they’re allowed to drive to and from work primarily, Perkins said. A second offense results in a revoked license for one year, a fine of up to $1,000 and up to one year in jail. If you are found guilty of a second alcohol-related traffic offense, you will be

required to install an ignition interlock device on your vehicle before restoring your driving privileges. This is essentially a breathalyzer, which one blows into in order for their car to start, Perkins said. If one breathes any trace of alcohol into it, the car won’t start. When an MU student is caught driving impaired, they are arrested and also referred to MU’s Office of Student Conduct, MU Police Department spokesperson Brian Weimer said. “It’s a danger to the campus community,” he said. “People could be injured or killed and not just other drivers but pedestrians and such in the area of the streets.” Weimer also said MUPD coordinates with the peer educators of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team/Peers Advocating Wellness Solutions, located in the Wellness Resource Center. ADAPT/PAWS is an MU organization that educates students on wellness

issues, including alcohol and drug issues. “We’ve tried to make a proactive approach to make sure people know the dangers,” Weimer said. CPD is planning to have six to eight sobriety checkpoints during this fiscal year. They will most likely plan checkpoints during St. Patrick’s Day and around graduation time in May, Perkins said. MU freshman Shelby Gyger has also been personally affected by impaired driving. One of her high school friends died from driving drunk. Gyger said she gets upset when others drive impaired. While she admits calling taxi services or STRIPES can sometimes take longer than desired, she said it’s worth the wait. Otherwise, Gyger urges students to call a friend or a parent to pick them up. “You hear ‘don’t drink and drive’ — we all know it; we’ve all heard it since we were like four,” she said. “But you don’t

It hardly ever shows anything other than a breast. It’s mostly body and flesh.” She said joining the “outside Kelsey” and the “inside Kelsey” so they are both centered is what her art is about. “ The act of actually photographing myself is what sort of synthesizes those two parts,” Hammond said. “It’s like a meditative time when I can really spend time with my body.” Hammond said her work isn’t essentially a feminist movement, but she is a feminist and that translates into her work. While moving through the world, Hammond said, people are becoming less aware of their bodies, which she related to taking selfies. “I love the idea of a selfie, but I don’t love the idea of a selfie when it’s not you,” Hammond said. “When you’re doing it and presenting a side of yourself that isn’t integrated with who you are or how you really feel. It should be both. If you’re shooting that picture but it’s never how you feel, then that’s the part that needs to get integrated.” This is how she views her own work.

“It just has to get back to being about my physical self, and I tend to ignore my body,” Hammond said. “Photographing myself is kind of like spending that time at the gym, that you are just for your body because it feels good to move, and when your muscles are active, you feel that sense of ‘I’m alive, this is me experiencing myself.’” Hammond is currently organizing the 2015 Women in the Arts show at MU, which highlights women artists like herself. This year marks the 22nd year that the Women in the Arts exhibit has been held. It will be at the Craft Studio from March 2-20, with a reception March 12. Hammond said she has close ties to this exhibit because she studied art history when she was an undergraduate student, focusing mostly on marginalized artists. “We’ve done this show to really give voices to women whose work you won’t necessarily get to see elsewhere,” Hammond said. “It’s competitive out there in the art world, so to have a space that’s just for women artists is really important. It’s important to keep that space

alive and well and just to honor the fact that women artists are still underrepresented as far as being in art galleries and museums.” For the show, Danielle Langdon, assistant professor of art at Columbia College, will be the juror. She will judge the work that’s submitted. The submissions can be art of any medium, from ceramics to painting, photography to sculpture. Langdon said that serving as the juror meant reviewing and evaluating all the submitted artwork in order to select those that will be included in the exhibit. “The artwork in this show will help influence all other artists, no matter their gender,” she said. “There is a vast array of media areas represented and the level of craft and consideration in each piece is worthy of admiration by any artist or maker.” Langdon said all galleries showcasing the work of artists are an important attribute to the art world and that the exchanges between local artists and their neighbors help a community thrive, foster creativity and strengthen the economy.

“The artwork in this show will help bring people together regardless of ethnicity, religion, age or gender,” Langdon said. She sees this show as an overall celebration of women in the visual fine arts. “Even in the year 2015, there is still an imbalance of gender representation within the arts,” Langdon said. “However, there are many women artists making a very strong place for themselves, and I think this show, and others like it, are helping to showcase that.” Hammond said this year the Craft Studio had more work submitted than any other year she has been involved with the show. There’s a mix of students and non-students, and though traditionally a regional show of work from the Columbia area, this is the second year that the show has been made national by accepting work from artists from other areas of the country. The work selected for Women in the Arts doesn't have to be reflective of the artists’ experiences as women, but that is what fuels Hammond. “The work about my body is about my experience of being a woman,” she said. “But it doesn’t have to be true for

grapplers stayed calm and “kept their composure.” On paper, the 141-pound match looked like it would be an absolute dogfight between No. 5 Lavion Mayes, for Missouri, and No. 6 Josh Dziewa. When it came to the actual match, though, Mayes slipped into a zone that propelled him to a 13-6 win. Smith said that was when he knew they’d emerge victorious. He said that reigning national champion sophomore J’den Cox was so riled up during Mayes’ dual that he had to send him out to focus on his own match, which ended up being the tournament-clinching contest. “Winning the National Duals

was another important step in the program,” Smith said. “And there’s one more tournament we haven’t won, which is the NCAA, which is next on our list.” On Tuesday, the Tigers were declared the new No. 1 team nationally — just another accomplishment the team can hang its hat on. “(Having such a great season) means a lot,” Waters said. “We’ve never gone undefeated before. It’s good for all the guys going into the MAC and NCAA Championships.” While the NCAA wrestling national championship is still a month away, the team already has high aspirations. Smith

said the goal is to qualify 10 wrestlers for the NCAA . Waters thinks that goal, along with plenty of others, is in reach. “We have a great chance for everyone on our roster to be national qualifiers, All-Americans and national champions,” he said. This year’s team has been very tight-knit, either practicing or competing together non-stop since NCAAs last year, where the team placed 14th overall. “It’s amazing how close we’ve come together and how we live,” Smith said. “We live ‘Tiger Style,’ and that’s the philosophy of the program on and off the mat.”

“Tiger Style,” as Smith mentioned, has helped key wrestlers, including Waters, grow through their years with the team. “Throughout the years, I’ve grown and matured a lot,” Waters said. “Coach Smith and everyone really help with that aspect a lot.” So as the snow begins to melt and the sun comes out of hiding, the Tigers will start preparing for the MAC Championships, which are set for March 7 in Columbia. The Tigers are the favorites after winning two consecutive conference championships.

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Potter, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education communications coordinator. The Senate version of the bill looks at all school buildings in the state. If that buildings’ performance report falls below 50 percent, students in that building would be able to transfer first to other schools within the district and then to schools outside the district, Potter said. To be considered an “unaccredited” school district, schools within the district must have performed poorly for a number of years and consistently failed to meet State Board of Education goals, according to the Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri. Also included in the virtual schooling provision

are “provisionally accredited” school districts, or districts that the Board of Education is closely monitoring due to years of underperformance. Initial concern for the bill revolved around the number of districts and students that would make the decision to transfer out of failing school districts, creating a large financial burden for Missouri public school systems. “Under the scenario envisioned in the bill, school districts would fit the bill for students interested in taking virtual courses,” Ghan said. “If a student would opt to move from a school district where they live to a virtual school, the state funding that belonged to that student would follow that student. It probably would not be a cost to the student, but it certainly would be a cost to the school district.” The latest amendments to the bill have been directed toward correcting this problem

by narrowing the number of applicable districts and students. With these limits in place, the Missouri School Boards Association does not presently see a problem with the legislation, Ghan said. “We think (virtual schools) have potential, but we were worried about opening this up to the entire state and having perhaps thousands of students move to virtual schools all at once and negatively impacting local school districts,” Ghan said. “We are actually okay with a new provision in the bill that is much narrower now and is focused on helping students in struggling school districts.” Apart from financial stressors, additional operational questions lie in just how well students will perform in a primarily independent, self-disciplined learning environment. Online courses are characteristically more flexible than standard lecture or classroom instruction, but have

the added potential struggle for students of comprehending and completing tasks alone. “ Virtual education is probably not for all kids,” Ghan said. “It does take a lot of discipline to work essentially by yourself on a virtual course. Some students just don’t thrive in that sort of environment and really need to be in a physical classroom with students, so it does depend a lot.” In the instance that a student determines that he or she cannot keep up with course material and directing their own learning, the student would be allowed to return to their original district with the understanding that they cannot transfer out again, Potter explained. However, Potter said these rules and guidelines are changing almost daily as the bill develops. The bill is primarily designed to help struggling students in struggling districts, which extends to aiding students with

special needs. For students with disabilities registered with the Individualized Education Program who do not reside in unaccredited districts, the option of the Missouri Virtual Instruction Program is still in place, which would give them the option to seek a more private, tailored learning experience outside of a classroom environment. “MoVIP is still around, so if a school decides that an autistic or otherwise special needs student would do better in an online environment they can take these classes and they would be reimbursed,” Potter said. “The difference between the MoVIP and what lawmakers are proposing is that rather than taking an online class, we would be creating an actual online school wherein students would receive a diploma from that online school district.”

what he called a “paternalistic, progressive city government.” Loft said he will focus on improving city ser vices like police, fire and sewer departments, and making sure tax dollars are spent efficiently. “Priorities aren’t in line right now,” he said. “They’re spending so much money renovating Eighth Street, taking out sidewalks and patios, when that money should be spent on staffing the police department.” Nuccio also expressed dissatisfaction with downtown development, linking student housing complexes with

increased disturbances. “They keep building all of these brat castles right downtown, dumping all of these students on top of each other, but then they don’t add more police officers downtown to deal with them,” Nuccio said. Candidate Rev. Rob Stewart recalled growing up in the First Ward and “looking for trouble” downtown as a teenager. As an adult, he has worked with teens and taught General Educational Development classes and said he wants to give teens more options for responsible activities.

“I’d like to give young adults a youth center,” Stewart said. “I’d like to give them a place for them to do things at night and on the weekends so they don’t get into trouble.” Stewart said he is also concerned about the relationship between the police force and the community, though he had no specific solution in mind. “Much of my success is due to the First Ward,” he said. “I went to elementary, middle and high school there. I’m a proud alumni of MU. I just want to give back to the place that is

responsible for so much of my success.” The First Ward contains the largest concentration of college students, including MU, which is Columbia’s largest employer. In 2014, Chadwick won the First Ward seat with 525 of 777 cast votes. Elections will be held April 7. Candidates Nate Brown, Dan Rader, Rev. Clyde Ruffin, Rob Rasmussen and John Clark were not available for comment.

to truly see the value of women, it has to be reduced to dollars and cents, or the well being of everyone involved. “When males feel that females are contributing something that betters their life, that is when the female is going to be fully accepted and integrated,” he said. Georgianna Victor, a junior and industrial engineering major, said that companies are trying to make a new push for diversity. “I’ve talked to (other students) with Boeing, and they were able to talk about the way that their workforce is changing,” she said. “People who are hiring are

looking for students who have more varied backgrounds.” Victor explained that some government projects are seeing the value of diversity, going as far as to implement diversity requirements about who they hire, administering fines to those who do not follow them. “Companies are trying to break this mold of an engineer that is a Caucasian male who is usually a bit older,” she said. “They’re trying to break that standard.” However, Victor said that there is still much room for improvement, as some companies use loopholes to justify who they hire.

Salton said that the key to solving this issue is to train men to effectively value the female contribution. He said that companies are starting to implement this with formal team building sessions. He pointed out the importance of team building and that university curricula fail at teaching this effectively, and said it is not enough to simply assign groups to do a task. “Unless you can show people the processes, how to take advantage of the contribution each one of those people can make, you just have a group,” Salton said. “You don’t have a team.” Godwin reiterated the need

for more women in not just engineering, but other STEM fields. While 2011 American Community Sur vey data analyzed by Salton showed engineering to have the lowest female proportion in STEM (13 percent), the fields of computer science (27 percent women), life and physical sciences (41 percent) and mathematics (47 percent) are imbalanced as well. “I think the more that those of us in STEM fields can go back and communicate with young girls helps,” Godwin said. “We need to make sure that girls are aware of their options.”

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MU senior Jake Loft was involved in the recall campaign against Ginny Chadwick and decided to run to fill her position. “I have a message of liberty, accountability and transparency,” Loft said. “I want to preserve the rights of individuals in Columbia.” Loft said his position as a newcomer to Columbia will make him able to challenge

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“To find your best people, you just want to have everybody,” she said. “You want to cast the net as broad as possible. If women aren’t there, we’re missing out on 50 percent of the potential innovation.” Godwin compared the role of women in science to the process of finding the best way to travel to Mars. She said if women are discouraged or left out of the equation, one might leave out the person with the solution. Salton said in order for men

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New engineering center a step in the right direction An anonymous donation of $330,000 recently helped launch the new Women in Engineering Center, a program that will provide female engineering students with support and a myriad of resources to utilize, such as career advising and association with several student organizations. The center aims to help further the education of female engineers and help change the predominantly male culture in the field. In 2014, about 17.4 percent of all students enrolled in the College of Engineering were female. Less women actually enter the industry, as they make up about 12.9 percent of all professional engineers in the U.S., according to National Science Foundation data cited in a recent study. Gary Salton, a Michigan-based

researcher, asserted that the low tolerance in male engineers toward new problem-solving styles presented by female engineers is a major factor in the lack of female participation in the field. Before the Women in Engineering Center, the Society for Women in Engineering was the main source of support for female engineers. The administration should have made efforts to improve female engineering students’ experiences on campus before an external donation was made to do so. Scholarships for minority groups in engineering (and other disciplines) can only go so far; to succeed in college, students need a solid, supportive community — and clearly for female engineers at MU, this community is long overdue.

However, the creation of the center is a major step in the right direction toward getting more women involved in engineering on and off campus. We applaud the efforts made by the center in reaching out to young girls and promoting engineering as a viable option for them. This is a great way to work toward progress, and we’re proud to see it happening on our campus. It is important that the university sees the important steps being taken by the College of Engineering and provides more support for the new center’s future. This is our opportunity to set a very important precedent of empowering female students on and off campus, and we should absolutely seize the opportunity.

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Exercise your emotions (literally) JORDAN SMITH

you’d really love to take a mental break from, there are tons of classes that offer a rigorous and stimulating workout that require concentration and focus, making you forget all about whatever was bothering you. For beginners, try out a Pilates class. Most of the exercises are done laying down, and there are different levels of the class you can take. For something a little more challenging, try PiYo, which combines pilates and yoga for an all-over body workout. Lift your mood: Getting your heartbeat racing releases chemicals called endorphins, natural pain and stress fighters that are shown to increase your self-esteem and boost your mood. Plus, the soreness you feel the next day after a workout is sure to remind you of all the hard work you put in and make you feel great. Try something like a hip-hop or Zumba class. Fight depression: Studies have shown that regular moderate exercise can be just as effective in warding off mild depression as actual antidepressants, minus all the side effects. This can be linked back to the endorphins released during exercise! Give your mind some air: Although it can serve as a great diversion, working out can also allow you quiet time to think. Try out an exercise that doesn’t require too

much concentration and instead focuses on endurance and time, like cycling, running, hiking or swimming. Improve sleep: The burst of energy you get after exercising will keep you on a high for hours, but you’ll also find yourself sleeping like a rock that night when you go to bed. For the best improvements in your sleep, try getting your workout in a few hours before you plan on going to bed. And remember that the exercise doesn’t need to be particularly rigorous; a moderate workout has shown to be nearly as effective as a demanding one. Cope with your emotions: Typically, stressful or painful situations make us want to find comfort in things — not all of them healthy. Whether you take solace in food, alcohol or something else that you know is probably not the most positive way of handling your feelings, try expressing yourself through your exercise. Keep in mind that working out doesn’t need to feel like working out. If you’re not into going to the gym or being on a regimented schedule, make exercise a social activity. Go on a bike ride or a hike with your friends, swim in the community pool or take your dog on a walk. Making a daily effort to stay active will give you the results you’re looking for, mentally and physically!

My fellow couch potatoes, Sadly, there’s no more denying it: Working out benefits you in an alarming number of ways, and with all the new forms of exercise out there, we’re running out of excuses to sit on the couch. Exercise is no longer engineered purely for athletes and bodybuilders. With a number of new classes available and fun, engaging physical activities, exercise has opened itself up to an entirely new audience: the devastatingly uncoordinated, the eternally clumsy, the helplessly inactive. Aside from being (debatably) enjoyable, exercise can positively affect several aspects of your life. Here are just a few: Ease stress and anxiety: By easing physical tension in your body through working out your muscles, you can relieve stress within your mind as well. Give yoga a try for a full-body stretch and some serious tension release. Distract yourself: If you’ve got something going on in your life that

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Americanizing AP U.S. History LILY CUSACK

Earlier last week, a legislative committee in Oklahoma voted to ban history. The bill in question, House Bill 1380, prohibits the funding of Advanced Placement United States History courses in Oklahoma public schools. State Rep. Dan Fisher, R-Yukon, spearheaded the bill, and he denounced the college-credit course because he claims it displays the country as “a nation of oppressors and exploiters." College Board, the nonprofit organization that administers the AP tests and course materials, changed some of the U.S. History course that went into effect this past school year. Conservatives across the country have spoken out in outrage over the fact that the course now seems “left-leaning” and “biased.” The new bill, along with refusing to fund the class, seeks to implement a new history curriculum for Oklahoma public schools that includes specified documents to study. Such documents include speeches by Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, with the exclusion of references from their Democratic contemporaries. Although the legislative committee voted to pass the bill, Fisher withdrew it later that week, vowing to rewrite it because he claimed it was “poorly worded.” There is no combination of words that Fisher can assemble to make this bill seem like a better idea. Eliminating the funding to a history course because it doesn’t align perfectly with how someone thinks America should be portrayed isn’t a legitimate bill proposal. There is nothing that Fisher can do to change some of the negative aspects of our country. They need to be taught to high school students so they can gain a better understanding of the world and how America played a part in historical events. It’s disappointing to note that Oklahoma is not the only one wrestling with this legislation. The Texas state education agency pushed the College Board to rewrite the AP U.S. History course, and in Colorado, a school board ordered the College Board to promote “patriotism” and the “benefits of free enterprise” instead of encouraging “civil disorder, social strife, or disregard of the law." Furthermore, in August, the Republican National Committee appealed to Congress to withhold funding to College Board because they deemed the AP course “un-patriotic." It seems hypocritical of these state courts to claim they are combating biased and incorrect historical interpretations when they are looking to force their opinions into the school system. They want the U.S. to appear in a more positive light, so they are going to be choosing certain documents and curriculum standards in order to achieve this. The College Board is looking to enlighten and educate students about all aspects of American history. They are relaying an objective historical perspective for a U.S. history course. Eliminating this class because it tells the complete truth about America would yield frightening results. Our country needs the AP U.S. History course. This class educates our youth about the problems of America and how they can be improved. It encourages debate about the perception of the U.S. and how our country can become better and stronger. By eliminating this course, the government is putting strict censors on what our students can and cannot be taught. It may lead to biased, Americanized history classes, which is not the principles this country reiterates in its Constitution. History is not about being “pro-American" — it’s about being pro-truth.

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Campus Issues

Don’t let others choose your path

Keeping up with class in the cold

While you may seek the approval of your parents, following your dreams is important in life.

Instead of binge-watching another season on Netflix, take this time to study and get ready for the spring.

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A Facebook post that I saw a couple days ago had me thinking about something almost all of us face: expectations. It is one of the reasons why we go to college. Our teachers worked hard teaching us in order to get us into a successful career path — those are the expectations from teachers and professors. Our parents are sending us to college to get an education and a degree eventually, in order for us to get into the workforce, earn money and support ourselves — those are the expectations from our parents. When I first came to America, I heard people in the school talking about how their parents encouraged them to follow their interests or to follow their dreams. However, I also

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reason” or the guys who forget your birthday. I’m talking about the ones who make you crazy. Bad boys have a way of putting you in the palm of their hand. Next thing you know, you’re staying up an hour later waiting for him to text you. But he won’t, which will make you miss him more. You’re stalking him on Facebook just to find out who else he could be talking to. When you realize he’s been talking to a lot more girls than just you, you try harder to make him like you. You think of what you’ll say the next time you see him. But whatever you say, he still won’t give you the amount of attention you originally wanted. All of these things just make you want him even more. Once you realize you’ve fallen for a bad boy, all you want to do is change him. And you truly feel like you will be the one to change him. The sad truth is that he’s not going to change. He’s still going to tell you sweet things the second he feels you pull away. He’s still going to act like he doesn’t know you when he’s talking to other girls at a party. He’s still going to text you one-word answers,

and you’re still going to have to carry the conversation. Yet none of it matters, because the second he texts you first, you’re back in the palm of his hand. “He must be thinking about me,” you’re thinking. But really, it’s just 2 a.m. on a Saturday, he’s probably drunk, and he doesn’t want to spend the night alone. I think there comes a time when you start to see through all of his BS and realize that you don’t deserve someone that doesn’t put you first. Every time you pull away, he’ll push to get you back. Yet every time you push for the two of you to be together, he pulls away. It’s an endless push-pull cycle, and he’ll never end it because he doesn’t lose the game. So be your own winner. You win this game by getting out of it. Forfeit. Realize that he’s doing so much more bad than good for you. Realize that he made you crazy. Make the choice to not be crazy. And the next time he texts you at 1:54 a.m. on a Saturday, you’re just going to laugh.

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and enjoy what they do. The result of something that was done unwillingly will not be as good as something that was done with passion and love. So here is my advice that I have for my friend, who did not get to study or major in what she would enjoy. First, you want to get to know what your strengths are. What you are good at? Are you good at drawing? Are you good at playing music? Second, acknowledge what makes you happy. When you are doing something that makes you happy, you tend to do it better than doing something you dislike. Last but not least, do not be afraid to share this information with your parents. I know it is hard sometimes to tell your parents that you’re interested in something else than what they want you to focus on. But let them know you are not against them; you could talk it out about your passion and your plans. Despite their high expectations of you, you could always double major or minor in something that you like. It is not wrong to have a hobby and be happy while you live up to your parents’ expectations. Life is too short to do something that does not excite you for the rest of your life.

relationship advice

It has been freezing in Columbia recently. Temperatures in Columbia and all over the country are extremely low and don’t seem to be rising any time soon. It’s a miserable time for all of us, but we can use this terrible weather and our frozen hands to our advantage here at MU. When the weather is bad, people tend to stay in the house and relax. Some might even stop doing the work that they should be doing because it’s just too cold and they can’t focus on what is important. A lot of people think that bad weather causes us to be unproductive, but Harvard University researchers have found that to be untrue. According to Harvard’s research, we are more likely to get our work done when the weather is bad, meaning rainy, icy, too hot or too cold to be enjoyed. The extremely in-depth research shows how examiners used sources and information to prove that the general population is more productive when the weather is bad. So how do students at MU use this and apply it to our own cold lives? We start by actually using this weather to our advantage. It’s a busy time of the semester with more than just classes picking up the pace. There are tons of events happening weekly and it’s hard to keep up with it all. When it’s eight degrees, no one wants to be outside. So don’t go there. Stay in and do some homework. There is always a due date in the back of your mind anyway. Use the weather and your free time to get caught up or ahead of the game in your classes. Drink tea.Tea is really the best drink after water. The list goes on and on how tea is better than your other fattening, sugary, expensivebecause-of-the-name drinks. Tea is a great way to warm up and heighten your energy levels and brain activity. It hydrates you and fights free radicals, which are not good for you. Dress warm for campus. Layers are actually in now and it looks cool when you have on thick knit socks and scarves. Beanies are nice and almost all gloves sold anywhere are touchscreen-friendly, so you can still text while keeping your fingers toasty. Since it’s so cold out, you’ll probably be inside most of the time you’re on campus and this time should be used effectively. Plan out your gaps in between classes and get some work done in the MU Student Center or Ellis Library while staying warm and fighting off the sniffles. Outside of academics, the winter is also a great time to get physical and fit. You can do in-home exercises as well as sign up for fitness classes in order to get your body where you want it to be before spring finally creeps around the corner. Make these miserable temperatures and all the snow that is slowly (very slowly) melting away an inspiration for you. Invest all of the time you have in your studies and an overall healthy lifestyle. Winter seems to go by very slowly, but when you have a plan and goals that you have set, the time will fly by. Snowflakes and below-zero temperatures should mean more work being done, not more seasons of shows on Netflix being watched. Use the weather to secure your grades and healthy lifestyle so when spring finally decides to make its long-awaited appearance, you can really enjoy it.

heard from a lot of people who came from China, saying that they are expected to choose a path that can help them find a payable job after graduation and make money for a living. I remember talking to a friend about her hobby of drawing. No matter how much she loves drawing, she has to major in marketing in order to find a decent job after graduation. I specifically remember when she said, “I don’t think I will be a famous painter and make a career out of it.” I don’t think I can argue with her, but I think it is really sad to do something she does not love for the rest of her life. I am fortunate that my parents are supportive of my passion and decisions. I am lucky that they allow me to follow my dream to pursue a career I would enjoy. My parents sent me to college in the States, 8,000 miles away from home, to pursue a college education. I would not be in school if it were not for them. However, many people are not as lucky as I am. There are lots of expectations bearing down on students from their families. I always think that people do a better job when they are passionate

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Proud Tigers

Q&A

finding their pride

LGBT mentorship program helps introduce new Tigers to MU GEORGE ROBERSON Staff writer

Organizers planned for a year before launching the program in fall 2014.

Proud Tigers Mentorship Program is a queer-focused mentorship program run through the LGBTQ Resource Center aimed at connecting younger students with opportunities on campus relevant to them. The program pairs freshmen or new students with older mentors with similar interests or identities. While the emphasis of the program is on the LGBT community, program organizers said anyone can apply. Fall 2014 was Proud Tigers’ pilot semester, and the program welcomed 21 mentees and 23 mentors. “We’re trying to be one-on-one for the students on campus who don’t know where to go yet,” LGBTQ Resource Center coordinator Struby Struble said. “No matter how welcoming our center is, it’s still a singular person walking into a room with lots of people in it. So if we have a set one-on-one connection, it’s a lot easier for people to access the resources and get the information that they need.” Struble said Proud Tigers is open to any marginalized group who wants to find a “group that makes sense for them.” “Because it’s housed at the LGBTQ Resource Center, we do get a lot of people who identify as LGBTQ or are questioning those identities,” she said. “But … if someone came in and was looking for where their chess group was, the mentors could say, ‘Well, here’s this chess group and this class that deals with chess and here’s this history class that talks about how chess has influenced history.’ Wherever their interest is, we would try to fill that.” Struble remembered that the idea for a mentorship program became serious when three members of Triangle Coalition attended the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference. She said they planned each week for an entire year before launching Proud Tigers. “I first started talking about starting a mentorship program in fall 2013,” said Daniel Stribling, one of the founding students. “One thing I found at a lot of universities which have really strong LGBTQ resource centers is that they had mentorship programs, so I went from there and contacted people to see how other programs run. From that point, we had a few other students get really

involved, and we started meeting weekly Junior Cat Cojocaru, a mentor in the to plan and structure a mentorship program, said there are students of all program that would better fit our identities in the program. students that we have on campus.” “We have kids who are out, we have Stribling, who did his undergraduate kids who are not out at all,” she said. “We practicum as a social work major at the have people who are just allies and want Resource Center, drew on the LGBT to know more. I think it’s valuable to get mentorship program at the University to know so many different other kinds of of Southern California when planning people in the program because we have Proud Tigers with co-founders Joel all kinds of identities across the board, Dalton and Duy Nguyen. and you learn more about yourself by He said he wanted the organization interacting with these people, and you to focus on the learn more specific needs about the of the resource community A LOT OF MENTORSHIP c e n t e r ’ s as a whole, students. too.” PROGRAMS ON CAMPUS “A lot of Cojocaru’s ARE VERY BROAD, BUT WE mentorship mentee, with programs on whom she WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY campus are met formally CREATE A PROGRAM THAT ver y broad, once a month but we wanted last semester, VALUES THE IDENTITIES THAT to specifically accomplished PEOPLE HOLD AND HELP create a her goals and program that connected PEOPLE EXPLORE THOSE values the with new IDENTITES WHILE ALSO identities that people, she people hold said. DEALING WITH ALL THE and help people “ S h e OTHER THINGS WE DO ON explore those wanted to identities while get more CAMPUS AS STUDENTS.” also dealing involved on with all the campus, and DANIEL STRIBLING other things we I don’t take Proud Tigers co-founder do on campus any credit for as students,” what she’s Stribling said. done, but “We used the resources we had to create she’s definitely been able to do that, and something that we thought would be I think that’s awesome,” Cojocaru said. valuable to our students. The center is “We have little socials, potlucks and really a scary place for students at first, things like that, and we do a bunch of so helping them feel like they have a different fun things to get to know each place is important.” other and let the mentees get to know The student founders created the people who are similar to them.” program so that it would not leave any The mentee application provides group or individual out, Struble said. space for applicants to describe what “We understand the fluid nature of they are looking to get out of the identity, and we realize that people may program. change their identity over time or not “I think that a lot of students have know their identity,” she said. “So we’re found it really valuable and have taken trying to give them a space to have a ownership of this program,” Stribling one-on-one connection with someone said. “I see us growing as the semesters on campus who is aware of social justice go on, and I see us doing more things. issues, and specifically (LGBT) issues, We will hopefully be able to have more and who tries to be aware of everything. activities and events and reach out more Then they planned for a full semester to campus.” before they tried to get it off the ground. Proud Tigers also helps students They laid a strong foundation so that it navigate the process of coming out. could be successful.” “A lot of mentees have found it

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valuable because for some who have not come out to family and friends yet, they’re able to have a confidential space where they can meet with someone who has a similar identity and has gone through that,” Stribling said. “It’s really valuable for them to talk to someone and ask for advice and find out how it worked for them. It’s really helpful to have that ally who is on their side the whole way.” He also said he thinks the program helps foster future leadership on campus, as many of the mentors are also leaders in social justice organizations. Struble said Proud Tigers members last semester developed “very strong” relationships, which she hopes will continue as the program does. “The first semester went amazingly,” Struble said. “I love everything so far. That mentoring piece is successful. People have done what we wanted, and that is access the space and access the resources, because they had that one person to bring them in. I don’t think it’s perfect yet, but I think it’s exciting that we can pinpoint how to improve and how to move forward.” Stribling said the program’s organizers learned a lot from student feedback in the first semester. The mentorship program is valuable to mentees and mentors alike, Struble said. “I think because they’re so much to know in the world, we focus on how much we don’t know,” she said. “And when you’re put in a role like a mentor role, it forces you to see how much you do know. And so I think the mentors were able to see how much growth they had and how much they know about campus and how much they’re able to give back in a formal way. A lot of us got to where we were because we had those mentors formally but also informally, so I think it’s nice to have a formal outlet to pay it forward and pay it back.” Cojocaru, who is returning to the program as a mentor this semester, said she hopes to continue helping students. “I hope (Proud Tigers) stays on campus as a big force along with the other LGBTQ groups and orgs as a way for people who may not feel comfortable at first to start finding their niche and finding people they can really connect with,” she said.

Christiana Marvray, Mentor - Senior Biological Sciences/Women's and Gender Studies Redondo Beach, California

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Proud Tigers Executive Board members Joel Dalton, Shannon Greenwood, Zoe Ballam and Daniel Stribling pose for a group portrait Tuesday at the MU Student Center.

Shane Stinson, Mentor - Senior Psychology/Women's & Gender Studies - Brentwood, Missouri Why did you get involved with Proud Tigers? I got involved to help new students navigate and fall in love with Mizzou's campus. As an LGBT student, it can be difficult to feel at home at Mizzou. My goal was to be a friendly face here reminding them that they were important and part of this campus. What was your experience as a freshman like? My experience as a freshman was challenging. I didn't truly feel like Mizzou was my home or that it ever could be. I wish I would have had someone telling me about inclusive resources, events and organizations so I could have found a community sooner. LGBT student experiences are unique, and I'm so thankful this program exists to create connections that will allow students to start feeling important on this campus as soon as they get here. How does the program benefit you? The program benefits me because I get to hear life-changing and inspiring stories from students. I love getting to know new people, and I love being able to help students in any way possible. Impacting students' lives is fulfilling to me.

Kayley Weinberg, Mentor - Senior English - O'Fallon, Missouri Why did you get involved with Proud Tigers? I got involved because a large part of my coming out process involved mentor-mentee relationships. My mentors are a huge part of my life and have helped me become comfortable in my skin. Proud Tigers gave me the opportunity to pay it forward and help others the way my mentors helped me. How does the program benefit mentees? This program gives mentees someone to confide in and someone to look to for a variety of things. Mentees have someone who is devoted to their well-being, and able and willing to provide help in a variety of ways, whether that be advice, personal experiences or simply a listening ear. Mentees can relate to their mentors by sharing in their hardships and celebrating their victories. How does the program benefit mentors? This program benefits mentors because it gives purpose to their experiences by allowing them to share their experiences with people as guidance and encouragement. It benefits both mentees and mentors because it makes the LGBT community stronger and more tightly knit and purposeful.

How did you get involved with Proud Tigers? I first got involved because my good friend Joel Dalton brought up the idea of starting a mentorship group sometime at the beginning of last year. I was immediately interested in becoming involved, because I love the thought of passing on knowledge and confidence through mentor/mentee relationships. How has the program benefited your mentee? The program benefits my mentee because of the sense of community that it brings them. Knowing that there are other like-minded queer people at Mizzou is a really comforting thing for people from small towns or for people whose friends aren't quite comfortable with their sexuality. What was your experience as a freshman like? My experience as a freshman was mostly positive here at Mizzou, because I immediately joined a sorority and was embraced by a lot of really awesome women in sisterhood. Things got more difficult for me when I started to realize that I identify as queer, and I didn't really know of any resources for queer people in Greek Life. When I began working at the Women's Center and stepped outside of my box, I ended up meeting a ton of people outside of and within Greek Life to support me.

Shannon Greenwood, Community Outreach Coordinator - Senior Print and Digital Journalism - Omaha, Nebraska How did you get involved with Proud Tigers? I first got involved last spring while I was studying abroad in Brussels. While over there, I saw on Facebook that Joel (Dalton) had posted something about Proud Tigers and how they were beginning to start the program, and I knew I wanted to be a part of it in some way. I reached out to Joel about wanting to be a mentor, and he came back to me with a better offer — a position on the executive board as the community outreach coordinator. I jumped at the chance, because I really wanted to give back to the LGBT community on this campus that gave so much to me when I was trying to find myself when I first came to Mizzou. How has the Proud Tigers experience been so far? The Proud Tigers experience has been really incredible so far. In our first year, we've recruited some of the best LGBT — and ally! — leaders on campus to be mentors, students who I've been inspired by tremendously during my four years at Mizzou. To have such an impactful group of mentors helping the next generation of social justice leaders on campus is incredible, and I love that I've gotten the chance to be a part of the beginning of this program.

Cat Cojocaru, Mentor - Junior Strategic Communication/Political Science - Rochester, Minnesota

Hannah Feagan, Mentee - Freshman Undeclared - Joplin, Missouri

What is the goal of Proud Tigers? To help (freshmen or new students) transition to the university and achieve any goals they may have about grades, social life or anything at Mizzou.

Why did you join Proud Tigers? I joined Proud Tigers for a few different reasons. I wanted to get more involved with the LGBTQ Resource Center, and thought it was a great opportunity to get to know other members of the center in a very interpersonal manner. I also needed guidance in terms of knowing how to present my sexuality on campus, as I didn't know if Mizzou was an accepting environment for the queer community or not. It seemed like a fun and completely new experience to get involved with, so I decided to give it a try.

Why did you join Proud Tigers? I like being involved on campus, and I care about LBGT issues. As a member of the queer community, I really think that we’ve made some great progress but there are so many things we could be doing to make campus more inclusive. As a freshman, I didn’t really know which way was up or down, and if I had someone to show me the ropes, I would have been more comfortable faster. I love Mizzou now, but as a freshman, I was pretty lost. How does Proud Tigers match mentees and mentors? They match you based on your interests and identities. You’re encouraged to go over whatever goals they may have for that semester and talk about what you can both do to try to accomplish them.

How has the Proud Tigers experience been so far? My experience as a freshman in the Proud Tigers program was a very positive one. It helped me meet new and similar people to myself, which was definitely the most beneficial aspect of the program.

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The key to your entertainment

taylor’s turntable

The Renaissance Tennessean TAYLOR YSTEBOE

Some musicians are the whole package. They can write lyrics. They can play an instrument. They’re folks who you just want to sit down with and have a cup o’ joe. They’re more than just talented musicians — they’re awesome people. Dave Barnes is one of those artists. Based in Tennessee, Barnes has been on the music scene for over a decade. Since releasing his first EP in 2002, Barnes has honed in on his acoustic pop style. He reaches deep into his heart to share his tender sentiments set against gentle guitar strumming. His latest EP, “Hymns for Her,” is an earnest tribute of romance that crosses miles and changes. The EP bounces to a whimsical start with “Darlin’.” A summery tune driven by a twangy guitar, Barnes sings about the pure simplicity of just being with your loved one. It’s all about the delightful pleasures of having your other half by your side. Barnes’ little bluesy and lilting voice gives the song a vibrant push, too. “Tell Her You Do” is the next track, and it begins humbly with a guitar but builds up to a magical, spinning orchestra. Barnes’ voice sails across each note and soars when the strings mount. An honest singer writing from his own experiences, Barnes is able to unveil his soul yet still create sympathy in our hearts. This song encompasses the necessity of complete candor with the one you’re with. You know you love your darling because “her every word is a verse, oh, and you know the tune” so make sure she knows that you love her, darn it! “Headlights” follows and tells the story of how Barnes and his wife fell in love during their long-distance phase. The song is warm as the orchestra builds until you feel it in your ribcage. The yearning is clear in his voice, and you can just imagine the joy he must have felt when he saw the headlights of the woman who is now his wife approach. Barnes picks up the beat a bit with “The Little I Know.” This song is rich with imagery of oceans and angels and rain. Barnes’ voice sways like a dandelion blowing in the wind, carrying you with it. Barnes’ family moved to Mississippi when he was young, so the next track off of “Hymns for Her” is entitled “Mississippi.” A gentle instrumental track, “Mississippi” serves as a pleasant interlude. The guitar hops up and down as the orchestra wraps itself around the powerful notes. The EP ends with a joyful ring in “Good Day For Marrying You.” With a gospel wash, Barnes is accompanied by jubilant back-up singers as he sings about having a wedding underneath a shady tree. Dreams really do come true, folks. But let me tell you, Mr. Barnes is a heck of a lot more than just a singer-songwriter. He’s one cool dude. Not only does he compose darling ballads, he is a charming guy who will capture your heart the first time you watch any of his videos. And I’m not talking about music videos, though those are good, too. I’m talking about the videos that he produces to promote his music. From teaching his devoted fans about karate (he’s a yellow belt, ladies) to convincing mountain men how to capture their lovers’ hearts, Barnes is a real Renaissance man. Barnes also has cool friends with whom he tours and writes. From Matt Wertz to Andrew Ripp to Marc Broussard, Barnes surrounds himself with the best so he can be the best, too. Barnes gives new meaning to how an artist operates in 2015. He produces music. He can tell jokes. He can put on a show. He’s more than just a singer. He’s Dave Barnes, y’all.

$25,000 $12,500 by the numbers: swag bags

worth of furniture

a “glamping” vacation from terravelo tours

FREE SILVERCAR AUDI RENTALS FOR ONE YEAR

The estimated value of the gift bags given to the host, Neil Patrick Harris, and nominees in major categories who didn’t win.

$4,608

worth of led therapy for weight loss and “body-contouring”

A nine-night Italian vacation package

Laser vibrator (don’t ask)

$800

custom candy and dessert buffet

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cinema

Oscars: winners and losers

ANN MARION Staff Writer The 87th Academy Awards offered a de-robed Neil Patrick Harris, a trove of inspired acceptance speeches and many an award for “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” There were few upsets in the most anticipated awards of the evening. “Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” captured Best Picture. In his acceptance speech, director Alejandro González Iñárritu dedicated his award to his home country of Mexico and gave actor Michael Keaton a much deserved shout-out for his role as the protagonist. Best Cinematography went to Emmanuel Lubezki for “Birdman," who took home the same title last year for “Gravity.” Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo collaborated on winning Original Screenplay for the film.

Not surprisingly, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” directed by Wes Anderson, won big in visual artistic categories, with victories in Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Production Design. Composer Alexandre Desplat also won Best Original Score for the film, in an upset over Hans Zimmer, who was nominated for “Interstellar.” Best Actor in a Leading a Role, a tight race between frontrunners Benedict Cumberbatch for “The Imitation Game” and Keaton for “Birdman,” went to a very excited Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” Julianne Moore received the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance as an Alzheimer's patient in “Still Alice.” She used her acceptance speech to advocate for finding a cure for the disease, which drew praise from the audience. J.K. Simmons took home one of the night’s first awards, Best

Supporting Actor, for “Whiplash.” “If you’re lucky enough to have a parent on this planet, call them,” Simmons implored viewers. “Whiplash,” a Best Picture nominee, also won Best Sound Mixing. “Boyhood,” directed by Richard Linklater and filmed over a period of 12 years, lost Best Director to Iñárritu for “Birdman.” “Boyhood” also lost in Film Editing to “Whiplash.” Surprisingly, “Boyhood’s” only victory of the night was Patricia Arquette, who took home Best Supporting Actress for her role as the single mother of two children in “Boyhood.” Arquette used her speech as a platform to push for wage equality and equal rights for women and received a very enthusiastic response from J.Lo and Meryl Streep from the front row. Best Adapted Screenplay went to Graham Moore for “The Imitation

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single girl diaries: Eurotrip

The unexpected outcomes of study abroad ELLISE VERHEYEN

To the people of my(ish) generation, I need you to do a favo(u) r. Think back to middle school/ early high school. Were you ever obsessed with YouTube? Are you currently obsessed with one or more YouTuber(s)? I need confirmation that I’m not the only one because I thought I was out of this phase of my life, but apparently I’m not. After arriving in England, I discovered I have a lot more free time on my hands than I’ve had in years. Of course, I should be spending every waking second of my time here exploring, but I’ve found myself dedicating the wee hours

of the night to my new favo(u)rite YouTube sensations. Most of the YouTubers I follow are just mindless entertainment with little content other than what’s going on in their lives. If you’ve never heard of Dan and Phil, I suggest watching them — but only if you like adorable British nerds with endearing personalities and awkward moments. Obsessed might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I’ve committed far too much time to watching Phil play a game in which he’s a mother badger protecting her babies. Four full videos’ worth of time … I’m not ashamed. Aside from the silly videos, I’ve also stumbled upon a number of other amazing channels. I’ve spent the last day dedicated to Premiere Pro CC videos so that I have some vague idea of what I’m doing when editing. My interest in video sparked from

a channel called JacksGap. It began with a British teen documenting his gap year before school but has transformed into a beautiful storytelling organization that travels the world, documenting the lives of the people they discover. To be completely honest, I originally started watching this channel because two extremely attractive British twins my age ran it, but the work that they’ve done since kept me around. It’s beyond inspiring and has done a fantastic job of helping me as a photojournalism student explore an outlet I hadn’t fully considered. While I expected my study abroad experience to potentially impact my future goals and plans, I didn’t think it would spur from a YouTube channel I watched in my free time. And while I fully expected to meet new people that may be great

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The ‘Yeezus’ of Drake’s catalogue Please enjoy this (predictably snarky) review of “If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late.” MACKENZIE REAGAN MOVE Editor Last week, I was awoken by a text from a friend in the middle of the night: “DRAKE. MIXTAPE.” It took me a moment to fully rise from my slumber and put two and two together. As I gained full consciousness, it hit me: Drake has just pulled a Beyoncé with his mixtape and released it while we were all sleeping. Is this a trend? Because it’s kind of annoying for A&E writers. We can almost always count on waking up Tuesday morning to a wide array of new releases. We have time to prepare. But overnight? On a Thursday? How am I supposed to prepare for this? I digress. Being a fan of the musical stylings of Drake (né Aubrey Graham, the name he used while on Canadian teen drama “Degrassi”), I felt compelled to listen. “IF YOURE READING THIS ITS TOO LATE,” reads the album artwork. Oh. Is this meant to look like a suicide note? That’s … that’s not OK, Drake. A ransom note? Still a bit weird. Below the message is a pair of praying hands. In the bottom right, the customary “Don’t Play This When Your Mother’s In The Car” sticker. I have no clue what this album is supposed to be about. I pressed play. Here goes nothing. The first track on the album is called “Legend.” Oh, nice. I thought. Paying homage to Beyoncé, “If I die, all I know is I’m a (Oedipus-complexed) legend,” he croons. Ah. Very well, then. “I’m too good with these words,” he claims — which is indisputable. The line “On a roll like Cottonelle/I was made for all this (Iggy Azalea)” from “All Me” is poetry. Drake seems keenly aware of his lyrical prowess. “Energ y ” opens with gunshots. Oh. Oh my. Is this some sort of ironic reference to Jimmy, his character on “Degrassi,” being shot in season four? “I got two mortgages, 30 million in total,” he laments. “I got strippers in my life but they virgins to me.” Someone go give Drizzy a hug. He seems to be in a bit of a rough patch. “Energy” offers a look behind the gilded facade of fame. Everyone gets angsty sometimes, even Drake. “Ten bands, 50 bands, hunna

bands, (screw) it man, let’s just not even discuss it man, OMG,” Drake sing-raps on “10 Bands.” Is this about a battle of the bands? “Haven’t left the condo for a week now.” You OK, Drake? Do you need some soup? Do you wanna talk? It’s OK. We love you. The next track is entitled “Know Yourself,” perhaps a reference to the Oracle at Delphi. Perhaps doing some soul searching will help Drake work through his issues. On “No Tellin,’” he recalls “living out of suitcase/ still drinking Henny,” a colloquialism for the French Cognac Hennessy. I’m starting to get really concerned about Drake. No fixed address and hard liquor? Come home, Drake. We love you. We will take care of you. In this song, he seems to long for more — a sense of purpose? Another Grammy? On “Madonna,” he reassures his girl that she’s “as big as Madonna,” widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, making this the highest praise. Good on you, Drake. You compliment those girls. “Watch your (Oedipus-ing) tone, boy,” Drake admonishes on “6 God.” Please, respect your elders/rap superiors, he seems to implore. The next track, “Star67,” is not, disappointingly, about prank calling one’s principal. It has a nice beat, but it loses points for not featuring the line “is your refrigerator running?” But he gains points for the line “I been had these visions/ Of the life I’m livin’ since I was Jimmy.” Never forget where you came from, Aubrey. (My listening session on Spotify was interrupted at this point by an ad for McDonald’s. I am a vegan. Targeted advertising can only do so well.) In “Preach,” featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR , Drake reflects on the joys and pitfalls of life in the city — sex, drugs and feels. “(People) is all in their feelings these days,” he says. You’re not alone, Drizzy. Cry it out, man. I’m here for you. Those other girls? They aren’t worth your tears. It’s gonna be OK, man. “ We d n e s d a y Night Interlude,” like “Preach,” opens with a verse from PARTYNEXTDOOR. Wait … hold on … when does Drake’s verse start? After researching (read: a RapGenius search), it appears that Drake does not appear on this track. It’s all PARTYNEXTDOOR, an OVO Sound (Drake’s own label) signee and fellow Canadian. While I applaud Drake’s spotlighting a young, up-andcoming artist, the ethereal vibe is a bit out of place on a rap album. Save the artsy stuff for

Coldplay. “Used To” features Riff Raff and Weezy. Only the best for Drake. This seems only to serve the purpose of padding Drake’s ego — look how good I look compared to these jokers. Aubrey says “(he) ain’t felt the pressure in a little while” — understandable, as Mr. Raff and Wayne are far from competition. Drake can coast, if he wants to — he is, mind you, “on a roll like Cottonelle.” On “6 Man,” Drizzy compares himself to; 1) Neo, from “The Matrix;” 2) Guy Fieri, of “Diners, DriveIns and Dives” and “Sir, you are an actual talking can of Axe Body Spray” fame; 3)Macgyver; 4)Michael Myers, the antagonist of the “Halloween” horror series; and 5)DeMarcus Cousins, center for the Sacramento Kings. Drake seems to be in the midst of an existential crisis here — who is Drake, really? Is he Drizzy? Is he Jimmy? Is he Aubrey? “Now & Forever” tells the story of Drake leaving his old label, Cash Money Records. It’s an introspective track, as he determines his future away from the label. The juxtaposition of this track with “6 Man” is poignant. Drake is going through the same crises many twenty-somethings go through as they ascertain their identities. Stars — they’re just like us! “I need a girl from the country/I need a girl from Kentucky/I need a shawty from Houston," Graham croons on “Company.” The song details his search for true love. Drake’s a hopeless romantic, holding fast to the idea that true love is out there. Good luck, D. I hope you find your soul shawty. As Drake continues on his quest to do Kanye better than Kanye, he sing-raps soulfully about his mama on “You & The 6.” He continues the slow-jamfeels-rap with “Jungle,” an open letter to his girl. Drake also believes in unconditional love. “Are we still good?/If I need to talk are you around?/Are you down for the cause?” he questions. As much as he sings about sexy girls and luxury cognac, Drake really just wants a girl who will cry it out with him over chamomile. (Just don’t tell YMCMB that.) The mixtape ends with “6PM In New York,” a continuation of his “time in a city” series (previous installments include “9AM In Dallas” and “5AM In Toronto”). In the space of four minutes, Drake proceeds to slam many of his fellow rappers. He’s a sensitive soul, but he’s the best sensitive soul in the game.

All told, “If You’re Reading This” was underwhelming. Don’t get me wrong — it’s a great album. “Reading” is to Drake is as “Yeezus” is to Yeezy — it didn’t leave me mad, just disappointed. It was a valiant, soulful effort to find himself, but failed to surpass Graham’s previous work. It’s a great ambient, mood-setting (if you’re going for an intensely introspective and at times depressing mood) album, but

not a great one for blasting. While “Nothing Was The Same” gave birth to infectious songs like “Started from the Bottom,” “Hold On, We’re Going Home” and “All Me,” it’s hard to picture crowds of frat boys belting out tracks from “Reading.” MOVE gives “If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late” 3.5 stars out of 5.

Don’t take my word for it—check out how critics felt about Drake’s latest. (Note: all data from Metacritic, which rates albums on an 100-point scale. Stars and other forms of rating have been converted to this scale for clarity). —MacKenzie Reagan

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Beats and Eats

Local landmark Booches offers iconic tastes GEORGE SCHRAMM

By this point in the semester, everybody should be well on their way to freaking out about Spring Break and the poor state of their bodies. I personally just ate a large bag of Pizza Rolls and in no way am I ashamed. Full disclosure: I should tell you I am not going to a beach over break and don't have to worry about being in shape. So in the words of my favorite president, "Hardy Har Har!" My next stop on my misadventure of finding the best food in all of Columbia took me to Booches on South

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interspaced with big mirrors where you can see a gunslinger step up behind you with guns drawn. Yet instead of a cowboy behind you, it's about 30 other people in various stages of dining. As if to go along with the rustic feel of the bar and the old sports memorabilia dominating every wall, Booches is definitely a place for the older crowd. It is not a bar full of college students, but what seemed to be people who live in Columbia and don't go to college. I know — it surprises me, too, that there are adults in this town. Now to what I'm (not) paid to talk about: the food. Booches' burgers are a local legend. Everybody I know will go and order two cheeseburgers and a cup of chili. The burgers are served on a piece of wax

paper and truly, you need to order two. While I was eating, I overheard an older couple behind me exclaim that they don't know how such a simple burger recipe could be so good. Personally, I think it's in the seasoning. I had what is called a "Fat Freddie" or a hot dog smothered in sauerkraut and chili. You would think that chili and sauerkraut would work about as well as Rose letting Jack on the big door in “Titanic” instead of drowning, but it was surprisingly delectable. I haven't had a better chili dog in a long time. After eating at Booches, I was left with about three surprising facts. The first is that you can rent pool tables in the back of the restaurant. They have six tables and an entire wall full of

cues for that weird uncle who always tries at least five before finding one that is straighter than the rest. For groups of three or more, you can play for an hour for only $10. The second thing is that there is no back kitchen. Instead, the food is cooked on the small grill up at the very front of the shop, visible from standing outside. Even though the food is cooked on a small grill, everything took almost no time to cook. It only took about 20 minutes from walking in to be done eating. Lastly, and most importantly, is that Booches is a cash-only restaurant. From drinks to food to renting pool tables, you have to have cash. So make sure when you take your significant other out for the best bar food in this town, you have plenty of cash to fully enjoy Booches.

and Common that had Oscargoers in tears and sparked a standing ovation, the song won Best Original Song. Although “The Lego Movie” was snubbed in a nomination for Best Animated Feature, artists Tegan and Sara and The Lonely Island performed a lively rendition of “Everything is Awesome” from the film. Rita Ora and Jennifer Hudson also performed, and Lady Gaga surprised audiences with a beautifully executed, elegant medley of songs from “The Sound of Music.” She was surprised on stage by Julie Andrews herself and reacted as any sensible person would:

equal parts shock, awe and reverence. Polish film “Ida” won Best Foreign Language Film, and the entire world watched as director Pawel Pawlikowski shouted down the music in his acceptance speech. (“Ida” is available on Netflix). Best Live Action Short Film went to “The Phone Call,” and the Best Documentary Short Subject was “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press.” Filmmaker Dana Perry used her speech to advocate for abolishing the stigma that surrounds mental illness, dedicating her award to her son, Evan, who died of suicide at the age of 15 in 2005.

“We need to talk about suicide out loud to try to work against the stigma and silence around suicide, because the best prevention for suicide is awareness and discussion and not trying (to) sweep it under the rug,” she said. “C i t iz enfo ur,” w hich chronicled Edward Snowden’s series of leaked information, won Best Documentar y Feature. Journalist Laura Poitras directed the film, and Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky produced it. “American Sniper,” with nominations in Best Actor for Bradley Cooper and Best Picture, took home a single award for

Sound Editing. “Foxcatcher” had several nominations but no wins. “Insterstellar” won Best Visual Effects for its intense spacescapes. “Feast” took Best Animated Short Film, and Disney’s “Big Hero 6” won Best Animated Feature, but not before host NPH could make a joke about “The Lego Movie” not even being nominated. All said and done, the 87th Annual Academy Awards delivered a fair amount of well-dressed and well-deserved artists celebrating their craft. (But we’re still bitter about “Boyhood.”)

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Ninth Street in Columbia, right next to Shotbar. Booches has been in operation since 1884 and functions still today as a restaurant, bar and pool hall. Online reviews credit the place as nothing special but with great food. My older brother, who by all means knows nothing about food but has lived in Columbia for years, suggested that you get burgers and be sure to order two of them. Booches has the classic downtown look with big windows in front that let you see through to the back of the long pool hall. When you walk in, you can see the large bar to your left and roughly a dozen tables along the right wall. Call me weird, but I like historic things: The bar back reminds me of an old-West saloon. The old dark wood is arched and

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connections for my future, I didn’t expect one of those people to be an MU student studying alongside me. I didn’t know the majority of the students on our trip, but I’ve discovered that they’re all pretty great. And when I met a funny, imaginative girl named Katie, I didn’t think we’d decide we wanted to create a business together. But we do. Katie, a fellow JacksGap viewer, and I share a similar passion for visual storytelling and content creation; therefore, we’ve decided to explore the idea of a company further. We even made an Instagram (subtle plug: It’s @veks_visuals) that documents our travels in Europe. Who knew that I’d have to travel halfway around the world to discover something that I could’ve just as easily done from the comfort of Columbia? So that’s my update this week. It sounds silly, but I’ve never been so excited for the future. I’m scared and feel like there is no way I could ever do

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something like this, but it feels so right. On a lighter, less “Holy crap, the future is terrifying note,” here’s one of my many awkward moments at Sainsbury’s this week: While intentionally wearing headphones to avoid the crazies, a man gently tapped my shoulder until I acknowledged his too-close presence. He muttered something incomprehensible and I asked him to repeat. Apparently, he liked my style (i.e., leggings, white v-neck and ponytail …). I said thank you in hopes that that would end the conversation, but as-per-usual, it didn’t. Questions came pouring out of this greasyhaired, bearded guy, but his thick Eastern accent made it difficult to understand. Eventually, I had to cut him off and say nice to meet you. He (I think he said his name was Sun …) insisted on a handshake before he let me be. Do I have a face that says, “please make me uncomfortable,” or is it a sick joke the universe likes to play on me? The world may never know.

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Missouri Tigers outfield Jake Ring (25) waits for a pitch April 4, 2014, at Taylor Stadium in Columbia, Mo.

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Missouri baseball off to best start since 2004 JASON LOWENTHAL Staff Writer Missouri baseball is off to an unprecedented start. The team sits atop the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division with a 7-1 record, captured the Kleberg Bank College Classic title and has a plethora of players who have received individual honors. The Tigers began the season with a four-game sweep of Iona. It was the first time since 2007 that Mizzou had won more than

one game to kick off a season. The 4-0 record also marked the best start for the Tigers since 2004. In the second game of the series, a 1-0 victory, righthanded junior college transfer Reggie McClain delivered a tremendous outing, the first of his collegiate career. McClain worked eight shutout innings, allowing just two hits while fanning 10 batters, which led to him being named SEC Pitcher of the Week. The following weekend, McClain was back at it, hurling a complete game shutout of

Sam Houston State, a 43-win, NCAA Regional team last season. In the Tigers’ 2-0 victory, McClain allowed a mere four hits while striking out four batters and not surrendering a single walk. Because of this performance, McClain was once again named SEC Pitcher of the Week, becoming the first Mizzou pitcher to ever receive the award in consecutive weeks and the first pitcher in the conference to win the award consecutively since Louisiana State’s Aaron Nola did so in 2013. McClain is currently riding

a 17-inning scoreless streak, the longest such streak since now-senior Jace James began the 2013 campaign with 19.1 straight scoreless innings. In addition, McClain holds the top mark or is tied for the lead in nearly all of the major pitching categories, including earned runs average, innings pitched, earned runs allowed, walks allowed and extra-base hits allowed. However, McClain is among a handful of pitchers who have gotten off to impressive starts. Freshman Tanner Houck and junior Alec Rash each took

no-hitters into the sixth inning of each of their last starts. Junior closer Breckin Williams has notched a win (1) or save (4) in all five of his decisions and has yet to allow a run this season. Juniors Austin Tribby and Andrew Schwaab have been sensational out of the bullpen as well. Schwaab induced a Purdue batter to ground into a triple play with the bases loaded and no outs to help preserve the Tigers’ 1-0 lead. Houck is not the only freshman to have made an

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Wrestling

Mayes, team looking ahead to MAC, National Championships QUINN MALLOY Staff Writer Late last season, soon-to-be national champion and thenfreshman J’den Cox pulled then-redshirt freshman Lavion Mayes aside after practice. Cox knew that Mayes had been struggling on bottom in duals and he had a piece of advice for his teammate. “Why don’t you just stand up and get out?” Cox said. Cox’s wise words applied to more than just Mayes’ underneath game. Mayes said he had struggled with his confidence on the mat during

his freshman year and that he credits Cox for helping him get out of his own way. “My mentality has changed so much just from that conversation,” Mayes said. “Sitting down with J’den and talking with him about what I could do to improve helped me figure it out. I’m confident and it’s working.” Mayes ended up winning Most Improved Wrestler honors from his coaches at the end of last year. He said the recognition had more to do with the change in his attitude than any physical improvement. “I don’t think I was the most

improved wrestler strengthwise or skill-wise. I think it had a lot to do with how my mentality changed,” Mayes said. “I did the extra workouts, that’s when my confidence started to build.” Mayes has improved even more this year. He said after a dual in late January that “it's going to take an act of God to beat me.” He hasn't lost yet. Mayes is the No. 5 ranked wrestler in the nation, and at 24-1, he’s become an anchor on the Missouri squad, and he feels like he’s had it in him all along. “I expect to win my matches,”

Mayes said. “Whenever you expect to win, it looks like improvement, but you might have had the talent all along. I feel like I’ve always had the talent, I just needed a little confidence.” No. 9 Willie Miklus has noticed Mayes’ newborn confidence. “He’s way more confident when he steps out onto the mat,” Miklus said. “It kind of vibrates off of him. He walks with his head a little bit higher and that’s awesome. It’s fun to see him making the strides that he is.” Mayes said confidence plays a crucial role in the success of

the sport’s best wrestlers. “You don’t see many of the best guys second-guess themselves out there on the mat,” Mayes said. Then he paused. “I don’t know why I’m saying ‘they.’ I should be saying ‘we.’ We are the best guys.” After winning the team title at the 2015 NWCA National Duals on Sunday, the Tigers really are “the best guys.” As the only undefeated team left in the nation, the program is ranked No. 1. Mayes said that the team only celebrated for “about five

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The Gridiron

What on earth happened to the NFL Combine? ANDREW MCCULLOCH

The NFL Combine was a revolutionary idea when it was started in 1977. With hundreds of draft prospects and NFL scouts in the same building, every team would get a look at every player and the entire draft process would be streamlined. It’s a relatively simple idea, but somewhere down the line, this non-event turned into a media circus. What was once a golden opportunity for draft prospects has turned into something much flashier and larger to fill the post-Super Bowl football void. This year, more than 900 media credentials were issued for the four days of on-field action at the NFL Combine. To put that into perspective, that’s more than any regular season college football game this past season. So, rather than watching the Southeastern Conference or Big Ten Championship, people would rather see coverage of those same players practice in spandex? Call me crazy, but I don’t see the appeal. From the perspective of a draft prospect “competing” at the Combine, it must have somewhat of a romantic feel to it. It’s the realization of a dream come true for a lot of these young men and it’s a special opportunity for these guys to showcase their talent in front of all 32 NFL teams. There have been some really great stories of nobodies becoming pre-draft stars because of the opportunity the Combine presents, like Ali Marpet. Marpet, a 307-pound offensive lineman from D-III Hobart & William Smith, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.98 seconds (almost the same time as Florida State superstar quarterback Jameis Winston) at the combine this past weekend, shooting up in the draft boards. Marpet probably wouldn’t have received the same opportunity to impress NFL teams without his combine invite. That’s a great story, and it’s what makes the combine special. But unfortunately, now, it’s the exception. There are inspirational stories like Marpet’s every year, but far too often, those stories get overshadowed by the other nonsense that goes on at the combine. Maybe if you were attentive enough, you caught the five minutes the NFL Network and ESPN spent talking about Marpet during their 168 hours of contiguous coverage. But in all likelihood, you probably heard a lot about Marcus Mariota throwing two incompletions. Or maybe you didn’t even catch that because you followed the lead of the Oakland Raiders scout who just decided to take a nap on the sidelines. Laugh all you want, but I don’t blame him. You couldn’t pay me to watch that, either. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with watching men in tights, but Broadway kind of has that market covered already. At the end of the day, the NFL Combine serves its purpose. Players get their chance to shine and make a lasting impression and scouts get some valuable information on hundreds of players at once. But that’s all the combine should ever be. Sure, it’s kind of interesting, but I don’t need to watch on my laptop in class as Jameis Winston runs in a straight line or as Dorial Green-Beckham jumps in the air. With the Super Bowl in the books and the season still six months away, America is understandably starving for football. But I’m still not hungry enough to tune in to the “Underwear Olympics.”

Tigers finally find mojo against Gators Namon Wright scored 28 to lead the Tigers over Florida Gators. MICHAEL NATELLI Assistant Sports Editor Thirty seconds remaining, a 12-point lead. All Keith Shamburger had to do was run out the clock. “Finally,” Missouri coach Kim Anderson said after his team’s second win in 2015. Spot on, Coach. After opening conference play with a 70-67 overtime win over Louisiana State on Jan. 8, Missouri came into Tuesday’s match against Florida with a schoolrecord 13 straight losses. What do teams do when they’re in a tough stretch? Change things up. What did Missouri do differently this week? “We had shorter practices,” freshman guard Montaque Gill-Caesar said. Go figure — it was that simple all along. Oh, and freshman guard Namon Wright also may have had something to do with it. “I was actually questioning if he was going to miss,” Gill-Caesar said. Wright had the strongest individual performance the Tigers have seen all season, shooting 10-for-13 from the field and 6-for-8 from three-point range en route to a career-high 28 points. “Namon carried us,” Anderson said. “(He) made shots.” Wright had 14 points in the second half, going toe-to-toe with Florida’s 21 second-half points as a team. Wright and his teammates passed the ball around with the sort of ease often seen in a street game, looking as loose as they have in quite some time. “We played well as a team,” Wright

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Missouri guard Keith Shamburger (14) takes a rest Tuesday night at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers beat the Gators 64-52 to break their 13-game losing streak.

said. “We were having fun out there.” Fellow freshman forward Jakeenan Gant had some fun of his own, recording all three of the Tigers’ blocks and grabbing six defensive rebounds. Anderson applauded the team’s defensive effort, which resulted in a 20-3 Missouri run late in the second half. With under 10 minutes to go, several calls went against Mizzou, a frequent occurrence that would usually be the start of the team’s second-half collapse. But not on Tuesday. Down 45-42, the Tigers didn’t let up. “We didn’t give up,” Gill-Caesar said. “We grew up today.” The Tigers would allow the Gators to score just seven points in the final 13 minutes, ending a 48-day losing streak spanning back to that Jan. 8 win against LSU. It was as much a sigh of relief as it was excitement for the born-again winners.

“Even in pickup games I’d be in a fight before the 14th game if I lost 13 in a row,” Anderson joked. “This has been miserable. It’s been hard for me and hard for them.” Anderson’s mantra since early December has been that the Tigers “just need something good to happen.” It’s safe to say that happened Tuesday. “We went out there and we made something good happen,” he said. “I’m happy for our guys. They can finally lift their hats walking around campus and not bury their faces in their ski masks. They can be proud of what they accomplished.” But Anderson’s not satisfied with ending the streak and calling it a year. “I want to see Namon go out there and score 28 again,” he said with a smile. “There’s still a lot of season left. I want to go out there and get another win.” Missouri’s shot at going back-to-back comes Saturday, when the team travels to Athens, Georgia to face the Bulldogs.

the wit of schmidt

Storming the court is an undeserved epidemic DANIEL SCHMIDT

Storming the court. It's meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime type of thing. Something you get to tell people. “Yeah I was there and yeah, it was incredible.” I'll never forget when dozens of MQP faithful stormed the court in eighth grade after the mighty Eagles of MQP felled Holy Infant in a classic CYC City/County matchup. Obviously most people associate storming the court with college basketball, but my nostalgic tangent was worth mentioning. In college, storming the court involves thousands of college-aged students celebrating with their team's players over a huge win. It's one of the best traditions in college basketball. Now, the adjective used to describe that win can certainly vary. “Monumental,” “legendary” and “historic” are all words that should come to mind. In recent years, though, student sections have been apt to storm the court when the

wins have been “good” or “surprising” or “almost impressive.” It's getting out of control. I remember five years ago, when Rick Reilly, one of my favorite sports writers, wrote about how it had become an epidemic. He explained that students are rushing the court far too frequently, citing some pretty outrageous examples, which included Wake Forest, who was No. 4 at the time, rushing the court after beating North Carolina, who was ranked No. 3. That was five years ago. Not that I expect one column to change the mindset of college students nationwide, but the epidemic has only grown since. That said, I've been wanting to write a column about this since I first started writing for The Maneater. Not to change anyone's mindset, but rather to air my grievances about one of my biggest pet peeves in sports. The timing of this column was inspired by the court-rushing K-State student body after they upset Kansas on Monday night. This garnered a lot of national attention because Kansas State fans ran into several Kansas players (resulting in one unlucky Kansas State fan being hurled to the

ground by a Kansas staffer) as well as coach Bill Self. Now, I have no issue with that. That's an obvious risk that is going to come with storming the court, and the fact Self may have been hip-checked by a student makes me giddy. (Honestly, K-State players should be hip-checking Bruce Weber, as his inevitable firing in two years will keep the program in mediocrity for years. But that's a topic for a different column.) My issue is that K-State and Kansas are in-state rivals in the same conference. I'm well aware that K-State rarely beats Kansas. I don't care. Unless you have never beaten your in-state rival, you cannot storm the court when you beat them (when UNC stormed the court after beating Duke last year, I passed out). While storming the court at Mizzou Arena at some point would be awesome, I don't want to. Storming the court is an open admission that you didn't expect your team to win. That you doubted your team even. No matter how bad things might get for Mizzou, I hope I'm never in a position where I'm about to storm the court. Unless I've got a clear shot at Self.

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Morgan Eye serves as Missouri basketball’s leader BRUNO VERNASCHI Sports Editor Ask Missouri women’s basketball senior guard Morgan Eye about any of her teammates and she’ll give you a rousing review. Junior guard Juanita Robinson: “Mature.” Senior forward Bree Fowler? “Most athletic person on the team.” Sophomore guard Sierra Michaelis “can do anything under the basket.” Sophomore forward Jordan

Frericks “has a nose for the ball.” Sophomore forward Davionna Holmes is “a sweetheart” and a hard worker. It’s clear to see why Eye is considered the “mother hen” of the team. “I hold high standards for myself and wanting to be the best that I can be, but at the same time, basketball is a team sport,” she said. “I don’t want all these girls to look back and have regrets either, so getting the best out of yourself, but pulling the best out of people.”

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Missouri Tigers guard Morgan Eye (30) poses for a portrait Oct. 17, 2014, at the Hearnes Center.

Since her coaches do this every day at practice, Eye said, “as a leader, that’s what I wanna try to do.” The captain of the 15-12 Tigers has certainly led by example. Breaking mountains of shooting records, including both the Tigers’ and the Southeastern Conference’s 3-pointers in a game, along with holding Mizzou’s record for all-time career treys, Eye is looked at as one of the best players in program history. Growing up in Montrose, a Missouri town with a population of just 376, Eye couldn’t have dreamed of the type of career she has put together in her four years as a Tiger. While at Montrose High School, where she led the Bluejays to a Class 1 State Championship, the sharpshooter’s only Division I offer was from the Tigers. Not only was Eye able to take on D-I basketball and the SEC, but she was able to do so in style, having accumulated a total of 353 3-pointers so far. “I never thought I would come here and be a record-holder in any kind of category,” she said. “Especially coming in as a freshman, when you’re questioning if you deserve to play here.” Eye thinks this is proof that anyone can do it. “I just hope girls realize you don’t have to be the fastest or most athletic or most sought-out athlete to play in the Division I level,” she said. “If you play hard and smart and work really hard, you can do anything you set your mind to.” But none of this can be done alone, Eye said. She said she has relied heavily on her teammates and coaches throughout her career at Mizzou, helping her with everything, from setting screens and feeding her the ball to believing in her. “Morgan’s great,” Fowler said. “She’s one of my best friends and she’s an awesome leader.

Everybody’s unique on a team and she knows how to say the right things.” Fowler expanded, saying her roommate always puts the team before herself and knows how to pinpoint what she’s going to say to fit the right player because “not everybody will respond in the same way.” With just a few games left in her collegiate career, Eye has come a long way from the day she arrived in Columbia four years ago. “I would say in every way you can improve (she has),” Missouri coach Robin Pingeton said on KTGR Radio on Monday night. “She’s just such an impressive young lady.” Pingeton added that Eye has developed an immense talent in many ways, including her grit and court vision, as well as her physicality, saying it is “a testament to her willpower.” For now, the Tigers sit in 10th place in the SEC with a 5-9 conference record, but are on their way up, having won three of their last four games. Although making a run for the NCAA Tournament will be hard, it’s not completely out of reach.

However, Eye said this is not the most important thing to strive for this season. “The definition of a successful season is knowing that our whole team absolutely invested everything they had, gave everything they had at practice and at every game,” Eye said. “Just knowing that you have no regrets.” Having no regrets seems to be a big theme for Eye. Eye was 110 3-pointers away from breaking the NCAA record for career triples made when the season started. Having hit over 100 the last two years, hopes were high for this record. However, currently being 40 away, it now seems unlikely. “(The record’s) one of those things that would be really awesome to happen, but it would not make or break my senior year,” she said earlier in the season. “I’m not going to live and die by that. It’s the same with every other record — you just go out, you play as hard as you can and good things just kind of happen.”

she has made. “She’s always putting her teammates first,” Pingeton said. “It’s never been about Bree, it’s never been about her minutes or her playing time, although those are things I think all athletes think about. She’s always encouraging, challenging, inspiring, motivating, both on and off the court. She always has a high-five for them, a pat on the back, a fist bump. She’s the epitome of what you’d want in a teammate.” Senior guard Morgan Eye has been with Fowler since her freshman year, and the roommates have formed a connection over the last four years as both teammates and friends. “She’s one of the best friends anybody could ask for,” Eye said. “She’s an awesome listener and is just always there for me. Bree Fowler is a great person.” Fowler and Eye are the first two players to go a full four years with Pingeton at the helm

of the team, and the fifth-year coach said she felt like their relationship got stronger as the years went on. “We’ve been through the trenches together on trying to take this program to the next level,” Pingeton said. “That senior year is always special and we really challenge them from a leadership position to take ownership. It’s been fun to see them enjoy that.” With the last game of the regular season coming up March 1 against Arkansas, Fowler said her plans for college ball have changed since those early summer workouts freshman year. “Coming in from high school, I might have had a different plan for myself as far as being a college player,” Fowler said. “But college is definitely about embracing roles and I’ve made that one of my goals. Being able to impact your team is what your goal is, not scoring this many points per game. Just being an impactful player.

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Senior Bree Fowler looks to end senior season as a leader Fowler’s senior season has been her highest yet in almost every statistical category. BOBBY CERESIA Staff Writer She’s been through this all before. She was a freshman, completely new to the summer workouts and daily practices being run by women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton. She was a sophomore, setting career-high numbers in points scored and rebounds grabbed. She was a junior, playing with Bri Kulas and watching one of Missouri’s top players finish her senior year and move on to the Women’s National Basketball Association. And now, guard Bree Fowler is one of two seniors, closing in on the end of her last season with her teammates looking up to her as the leader now.

“It’s been great for me to have been able to be an impact on different people’s lives,” Fowler said. “And vice versa, with having people leave and have an impact on my life.” Fowler has been a warrior this past season, Pingeton said. “I am so proud of her and of the progress she’s made over her four years here,” Pingeton said. “I think she’s really taken ownership of her senior year and I think she’s really enjoying this season.” While the season isn’t over yet, nearly every single statistic of her senior season is the highest it has ever been, both offensively and defensively. Averaging 3.6 points per game, Fowler is scoring twice as much as she was during her freshman and sophomore seasons. Fowler also has a career-high when it comes to rebounds per game at 3.1. But Fowler said her goal is to impact the team, not to score a certain number of points per game, and Pingeton said she is proud of Fowler and the impact

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Missouri Tigers guard Bree Fowler (3) prepares to take a shot Nov. 17, 2014, at Mizzou Arena. Missouri beat Southeastern Missouri 88-42.

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truest statement I’d ever heard. Everything in our sport builds up to those four matches at Nationals.”

home runs thus far, including a walk-off, two-run shot to preserve McClain’s sensational outing against Sam Houston State. Freshman designated hitter Trey Harris scored the lone Tiger run in the team’s 1-0 win over Iona.

At the Kleberg Bank College Classic, which featured Mizzou, Sam Houston State, Texas A&MCorpus Christi and Purdue, the Tigers took home the hardware with a 3-1 record. McClain, Houck, Bond and sophomore shortstop Ryan Howard were all

named to the All-Tournament team. McClain was also named the tournament’s most valuable player. With an accomplished start to the season and their heads high, the Tigers will open up its home slate this Friday

night against Illinois-Chicago. Mizzou has won its home opener in eight of the last 10 seasons, which included setting an attendance record in a 4-1 win at Taylor Stadium over Youngstown State last season.

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Missouri Tigers wrestler Lavion Mayes duals Eastern Michigan Eagles wrestler Nicholas Barber on Feb. 8, 2014, at the Hearnes Center.

minutes.” He and the rest of the Tiger grapplers are fixated on their next challenge: The Mid-American Conference Championships, which are set for March 7-8 here in Columbia. Mayes went into last year’s MAC Championships as the No. 4 seed. He had lost to the No. 1, 2 and 3 seeds earlier in the year and ended up finishing fourth in the tournament. This year, Mayes heads into the MAC Championships as the No. 2 seed, having only lost to the No. 1 seed, Zach Horan of Central Michigan. In fact, the loss to Horan is the only blemish on Mayes’ 24-1 record. “That was a bitter loss,” Mayes said. “Especially because I’ve beaten guys that have beaten him.” Despite having lost the close match against Horan, Mayes is confident about what he feels he can accomplish at this year’s MAC tournament. “I expect to win the MAC this year, even though I’m the No. 2 seed,” he said. “I’m ready. I don’t think there’s one person in the entire bracket that I can’t takedown.” B eyond the M AC Championships lies the NCAA

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