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April 29, 2015

LGBTQ Resource CENTER

Struby leaves post after five years Struby Struble is heading back to California to obtain an MFA in creative writing at Mills College.

WENDY HAYWORTH Staff Writer

MU Alert notified students of the incident at 3:08 a.m. Then, on April 22, MU Alert only notified students of a bomb threat at the MU Student Center via Twitter. The reason behind not notifying students was because the bomb threat was “localized,” MU officials said, and only the students in the threatened building needed to be notified.

Missouri Students Association Senate Speaker Kevin Carr said he

Five years ago, the LGBTQ Resource Center was a far cry from the vibrantly colored and welcoming place that it is now. Beginning as a small corner room, the center’s presence can now be felt beyond the basement of the MU Student Center and across campus.

Spring 2010 was a pivotal time for the LGBT community on campus. The position of LGBTQ Resource Center coordinator opened up and 2004 MU graduate Struby Struble, then a semi-professional soccer player in California, jumped at the chance to make a difference.

“I had a lot of ideas about what I wanted to bring to the table and just knew that I could help MU LGBTQ into the success I knew it could have on campus,” Struble said.

After five years at the LGBTQ Resource Center, Struble is moving to Oakland, California, to obtain a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing at Mills College.

Struble said she is going back to write a book, most likely a memoir.

“I’ve always been a really big writer, so I think it’s time,” Struble said. “Everyone will get to know me a lot better in two to three years.”

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Columbia and MU Police investigate the Hitt Street Garage on April 15 after a reported shooting on the second floor.

Safety

Criticism leads to MU Alert review TAYLOR BLATCHFORD Staff Writer University administrators are continuing to review MU Alert after two weeks of criticism from students.

No timeline has been given for potential changes at this time.

The review was prompted by a shooting, an armed robbery, a bomb threat and a report of shots fired, and how MU Alert notified student differently for each of these situations.

First, there was the April 15 officer-involved shooting in Hitt Street Parking Garage, in which MU Alert notified students about the incident after the suspect’s death.

Administrators said April 16 that “the lapse in procedures will be corrected” after the initial MU Alert failure.

Since that statement, there was an armed robbery April 19 for which police officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of Hamilton Way. The armed robbery occurred at 2 a.m.

Campus Climate

Administration to present Call to Action progress update and faculty.

Ellen de Graffenreid, vice chancellor for marketing and communication of university affairs, said the event’s priority is to address each item in the students’ Call to Action. She said administrators have run out of time during each of the previous open forum events and haven’t been able to adequately address students concerns. She said she hopes this format will

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Administrators will hold a public meeting 6 p.m.

Wednesday in Conservation Auditorium to discuss their progress in fulfilling student requests regarding a change in campus climate.

Dubbed the Call to Action Progress Report, Wednesday’s event will be a departure from past race relations

events that allowed students to voice their concerns and frustrations more openly. This week’s forum will begin with a thorough, organized update on administrative progress and allow time for questions and feedback at the end.

Some major requests student leaders made in their Call for Action were the creation of an intergroup dialogue course and the evaluation of recruitment methods for minority students

NEWS Shakespeare’s Pizza will be demolished at the start of summer.

These are the 8 things students are demanding from administrators: 1. Read bias reports in a public sphere (The Maneater, KCOU, etc.)

2. Evaluate the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, One Mizzou Initiative and Multicultural Certificate requirements within a year.

3. Evvaluate recruitment methods for minoritized students and faculty.

4. Increase diversity requirement and attendance percentages for all Greek Life organizations.

NEWS RHA’s new leaders already have a laundry list to accomplish in office.

5. Create an intergroup dialogue course that is required for students in all colleges at MU. 6. Create intergroup dialogue training for academic departments and administrators.

7. Take disciplinary action for students who engage in offensive behavior and cyber bullying via social media, emails, etc.

8. Hold monthly public meetings through May 2016 to determine university compliance with these demands.

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Photo of Shakespeare’s Pizza on Monday, located on Ninth Street. A moratorium on demolishing historic buildings downtown, which would have temporarily stopped the demolition of Shakespeare’s Pizza, was rejected by Columbia City Council.

BUDGET

MU Libraries garner support before fee vote in the fall WAVERLY COLVILLE Staff Writer MU Libraries are short on funding; that’s no surprise.

Since 2001, the library’s staff has fallen from 208 to 136 people, while the student population rose from 24,000 to 35,000.

It’s noticeable. Technology is outdated. Maintenance is deferred. Study space is uninspiring. The library can’t promote many of its programs because there’s not enough staff to fund them if the whole student body knew, Director of Advancement for MU Libraries Matt Gaunt said.

“It’s a shame,” Gaunt said. “Because we have some really great proven programs that we know have a great impact on students’ ability to do quality research and have success in the classroom.”

MU Libraries spends a considerably lower amount of money per student compared to other public university libraries. University of Florida spends $1,158 per student; University of Kansas spends $976. Currently, MU spends $607 per student.

“We are competing with schools who don’t have law or medical libraries, whereas we have both,” Missouri Students Association Budget chairman Bill Vega said.

“In one word, we are doing poorly.”

The libraries were left with no viable option but to ask the students to consider a self-imposed fee. A referendum will be voted on next November. MSA finalized the official wording of Act 54-40 during full senate April 22, which establishes the wording on the proposed library services fee referendum.

To help students form opinions, Ellis Library and MSA hosted “A Night at Club Ellis,” an event that turned Ellis Auditorium into a club as a way to inform students about the proposed library fee April 23.

Guests entered the auditorium as a DJ played remixes of popular songs and colorful, flashing lights lit up the room to create a club-like atmosphere. Guests

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Local historic preservation questionable PAIGE LALAIN Staff Writer A Columbia staple since 1973, Shakespeare’s Pizza, located at 225 S. Ninth St., will be demolished after May 31.

The decision comes after an April 20 City Council meeting in which a proposed demolition moratorium, which would prevent demolition of large areas of downtown Columbia for six months, was rejected 5-2.

“I thought it was reasonable to take some time to discuss some of the larger issues and to discuss historical preservation, especially in light of us reviewing and rewriting our rezoning code, something that we have spent several hundred

thousand dollars on and which we have not reviewed since it was first established,” Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala said. “There has been a great deal of interest in historic preservation, and I thought that this moratorium would be a great way to do that, but the rest of City Council disagreed.”

The moratorium would have provided City Council with an opportunity to talk about preservation without any further action taking place. Now, without this legislative measure, Skala said he is unsure of the future of downtown.

“We may or may not lose some historic property,” he said.

Following the end of its lease,

the pizzeria plans to relocate its operations one block west to the former home of BBCII on South Eighth Street for one year. The relocation will last until the multistory, mixed-use building intended for the current Shakespeare’s location is completed. It’s projected to be done by summer 2016.

This development is set to be the work of McAlester Park LLC, and, presently, no renderings or other design details have been released.

However, the company said it plans to follow the Downtown Community Improvement District’s building design guidelines closely.

As an organization, CID works

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Missouri considers LGBT-acceptance bill

HAILEY STOLZE Staff Writer Missouri law currently does not protect against discrimination of various sexual orientations and gender identities.

“Individuals who identify as LGBT, they can be fired from their jobs … denied housing or removed from public accommodations, simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” said Kirstin Palovick, regional field organizer for St. Louis PROMO. However, Rep. Stephen Webber, D-Columbia, hopes this will soon change. Webber introduced HB 407, which would revise “the definition of ‘discrimination’ to include unfair treatment based on sexual orientation

or gender identity.”

“People should be able to live free from fear of being discriminated against based on who they are,” Webber said. “It sends a clear message that Missouri is open for everyone, (and) that we treat everybody with respect.”

This is the sixth consecutive year Weber has filed what is referred to as MONA, or the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act. He said he keeps trying because it’s the right thing to do.

“I think every year more and more people recognize need for it, and more and more people are comfortable standing up for LGBT rights,” Webber said. “So I think every year we get more allies, more supporters and gain more momentum.”

While Webber said he acknowledges

2015 might not be the year it passes, he knows it’ll happen eventually. All previous civil rights movements took place over several years, and this change is no different, he said.

MU freshman Jack Miller said he defines his sexual orientation as gay and his sexual identity as cisgender. He said the passing of this bill would make everything a little easier.

“You never really expect to hand in a job application or walk into a store and be turned down or treated differently because of something like that, but if it happened, then it’d just feel horrible,” Miller said.

While Miller said he personally has never experienced discrimination, he has experienced disapproval from

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Residents skeptical of Business Loop CID RUTH SERVEN Staff Writer When City Council decided to improve the corner of Business Loop 70 and Providence Road 10 years ago, they moved aboveground utility poles off the busy street — and into resident Patricia Kelley’s backyard. The three-phase 220-volt pole crowded her maple tree and killed it, and Kelley said it’s an eyesore whenever she looks out her window.

“The last time that they made decisions to beautify the Business Loop, it was really horrible for me,” said Kelley, who lives just south of Business Loop 70 and is the treasurer of the Ridgeway Neighborhood Association.

Kelley said she is worried the Business Loop 70 Community Improvement District, a political subdivision designed to finance the needs of a district, voted in last Monday by City Council will

continue to patch-up problems at the expense of neighborhoods. CIDs use sales taxes to invest in publicuse facilities or public services for the community to use. Columbia already has one CID designated to the downtown area.

“I’m really concerned that there is no involvement from neighborhood associations in the CID, and I’m really shocked that the council approved the CID without outlining any way to make this project more inclusive,” Kelley said. “It doesn’t make any sense to improve the Business Loop but not adjacent neighborhoods; the Business Loop and neighborhoods should raise each other up together.”

Kelley spoke at the April 20 meeting that approved the CID, its board and its ability to impose a halfcent sales tax within the district.

She and other representatives from neighborhood associations asked the council to delay the bill in order to include feedback and representation from the associations.

“CIDs are great things, but the devil’s in the details,” said Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala, who opposed the bill.

Skala said he was worried that once the CID got taxing authority, it would be essentially autonomous, and would not take feedback from council or neighborhoods. Skala recommended delaying the bill for a few months, but he withdrew the motion.

“I didn’t think delaying for a while would put an undue burden on folks trying to put this together and it would have established goodwill within the neighborhoods,” Skala said.

But Second Ward councilman Michael Trapp said he believes the CID will be a good way to give the corridor a facelift and present a better face to visitors and travelers stopping off I-70.

“The Business Loop needs some attention,” Trapp said. “As a corridor and an entrance to Columbia, it’s

not a very attractive place.”

Trapp, who lives near the Business Loop, said he believes the CID’s intention to fix sidewalks and pedestrian routes will increase walkability and connectivity.

“I think it’s great that a group of business owners have decided to tax themselves to improve their community,” he said.

However, Kelley remains

skeptical and said she hopes the CID and council will consult neighborhood associations in the future.

“For a lot of issues in Columbia, a few people who own property make decisions for everyone,” Kelley said. “But when various interest groups work together, you always get better results.”

closely with Friend. The two became close friends. “(I) could think of no one more deserving of the Outstanding Advisor Award,” Hofman said.

Hofman said he nominated Friend because of her dedication to her students, her alma mater and MAA. “(Friend) has made a dramatic impact as her first two years as advisor for the Alumni Association Student Board,” Hofman said. “She has overseen a complete rebranding of the True Tiger network, improved AASB programming and fostered a welcoming, familial environment with AASB that hasn’t been seen for years.”

The District 6 representative notified Friend that MU was bringing home the Best Internal Programming, Best Recruitment and Best Advisor awards.

“They attached the letter from Bobby Hofman that he wrote, and it was the sweetest thing ever,” Friend said. “It’s always just really encouraging to get reinforcement when you’re in the position in the job that you feel like you’re meant to be in. That was kind of a cold day out, so getting that news made my

day a little brighter.”

Friend became involved with MAA and AASB long before her three years as the coordinator of student programs. Starting at MU as a hospitality management major in 2007, Friend became a member of True Tigers and AASB. “I was involved with MAA as a student, and I loved my advisor,” Friend said. “When she left, I was working in another division, and when that position opened up, I saw an opportunity and thought, ‘I would love to do that.’”

Friend was on the Homecoming Steering Committee, which really helped her be able to “dig (her) feet in” and connect with other students and faculty who were involved.

“I love the students that I have the opportunity to work with and their passion for the university,” Friend said.

“I think it was just like a validation that I’m doing the right thing.”

Hofman said Friend exemplifies the quality of being able to impact the lives of each person she meets.

“She treats each student as valuable individuals and truly loves each student she gets to work with,” Hofman said.

With the alumni network

growing, Friend said it gives her a sense of accomplishment to know that she’s a part of such a large association.

“I really enjoy getting to meet other people who are passionate for Mizzou as I am,” she said. “Whether that’s with people from back home or volunteers for our local chapter down in the Bootheel, or when I go to visit my mom in South Carolina and get an ‘M-I-Z.’ I have the opportunity and knowledge to talk to them about their options to be part of the alumni association or a prospective student, and it’s really exciting.”

Though Friend said she has a lot of rewarding experiences through her time in this position and working with this organization, seeing the student volunteers in action and being able to coach them and impact them are what really set this experience apart from others.

Stemming from this is the opportunity to see her students grow in various ways.

“I think the biggest impact we can make is refining our traditions and making sure they’re as strong as ever and finding new ways to create new traditions,” Friend said.

“Something that’s really exciting that we get to do is tell the students to dream a little bit. It’s so rewarding to empower students to be able to create things like Tiger Walk or Senior Send-Off. They have all the ideas and I just help them flush them out a little bit.”

After working with Friend, Hofman said he learned invaluable lessons from her.

“Aly has been a wise mentor, a good friend and a reputable advisor,” Hofman said. “On any given day I could stop in Aly’s cube with a problem, and she’ll have the solution. She takes pride in MAA’s student programming and never settles for less than the best.”

To Friend, having the coordinating job as her career is more than she could’ve ever hoped for. She said she feels fortunate to be in a position she loves so much.

“I just count my blessings every day that I get to go to work on a campus like this and work with such incredible students who are motivated,” Friend said. “It makes every day fun. There are some bad days, but then there are the really, really great days that make it all worthwhile.”

Wilson last November sparked student protests and prompted Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin to host a listening session in December to address the events in Ferguson and campus climate.

Students who showed up to December’s listening session expressed a great deal of frustration toward and accused the administration of lacking effort to address campus race relations.

Many students were upset that administrators hadn’t held the forum earlier, and one student pointed out that people had been tweeting at administrators about the issue since August.

One student, December 2014 graduate Ashley Bland, called on administrators to try to change the way people at MU think about race relations as a whole.

“We’re not necessarily trying to change policy,” she said during the December forum. “We’re trying to change thought. We need to acknowledge the divide.”

Since then, the university has taken steps to identify tangible remedies to the problem. One such solution has been the creation of Faculty Council’s committee on race relations.

“I think there’s a festering wound regarding race relations on this campus,” said Berkley Hudson, chairman of the committee on race relations. “It’s going to take time to heal. First we have to figure out: how sick is the patient?”

Hudson’s committee on race relations was established January after students at December’s forum urged administrators to be “proactive” in their handling of

race relations on campus. Eleven members of the committee were recently vetted at a Faculty Council closed session and Hudson hopes the committee will have its first meeting within the next two weeks.

Administrators established a website in March to disseminate information about their progress on improving campus climate, called Mizzou Transparency.

The website features a letter

by Angela Speck, chairwoman of the Faculty Council committee on diversity enhancement, discussing “initial projects” she and her peers have undertaken. In her letter, Speck said she wants to implement a diversity competency requirement that is writing intensive and uses existing courses where possible.

In January, Speck said that a mandatory diversity education

course is impossible but she would continue to look for ways to implement another kind of diversity education requirement for students.

A letter from Scroggs to student leaders can also be found on the website. In it, Scroggs offers several updates on administrative response, including new cultural competency training for Summer Welcome leaders.

Hudson said as concrete progress begins to be made, it’s important that members of MU’s community remember the task of improving campus climate falls on everyone’s shoulders.

“We have to bring diversity into university,” Hudson said. “We have see it as a multifold human organism; living, breathing, crying, loving, hating, misunderstanding — that takes time.”

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Photo of Business Loop 70 West on March 8.

MAA coordinator receives Outstanding Advisor award EMMA DILTZ Staff Writer Entering her third year as coordinator of student programs with the Mizzou Alumni Association, Aly Friend received the Outstanding Advisor award.

Friend was nominated by some of the students in the Alumni Association Student Board, which she oversees, and said she was “lucky enough to win.”

The award is for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education ASAP District 6, and it highlights an advisor in the district who works with student alumni associations.

“Depending on the university, it can encompass anything from groups that do fundraising or groups that are student members of alumni chapters, similar to what AASB or True Tigers are here,” Friend said.

Surprised by even the nomination itself, Friend said receiving the award was a huge honor for her.

Bobby Hofman nominated Friend for the award. He’s the former president of AASB and said he had the privilege of working

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allow for a thorough update.

The new format, which places a greater emphasis on administration’s response to student concerns, is a product of students’ requests that more time be spent discussing administrative progress. Cathy Scroggs, vice chancellor of student affairs, agreed on the new format after meeting with a coalition of student leaders April 6.

Race relations remains a prominent issue on this campus, as Berkl said it has been for many years.

Students’ indignation intensified last year after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. The grand jury decision to not indict officer Darren

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Twenty new initiates in the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity pose for a group photo.

Zeta Beta Tau returns to the Greek community The return of ZBT to MU could potentially increase the Jewish community on campus.

KARLEE RENKOSKI Staff Writer

April 18 is a day of celebration for Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. Twenty men are now the founding fathers of the returning MU chapter.

Jason Peiser, who is now the chapter president, said he wanted to be in a Jewish fraternity and decided to reach out to national ZBT leaders.

This resulted in the colony’s return to MU and the initiation of the ZBT Brotherhood.

“It was an incredible feeling to finally get initiated with my brothers,” Peiser said in a news release. “After all this work and effort we’ve put into bringing the Omega Colony back, I’m beyond excited that it’s finally official.”

ZBT Vice President Internal Paul Kodner was one of the members trying to bring ZBT back to MU. He kept in touch with the national chapter after seeing a flyer. Kodner said it was most interesting to hear the

alumni speak at the initiation said. “The way he talked about about what ZBT meant to them. it and how big the fraternity “They gave us a lot of advice was kind of motivated me to on how to grow the chapter,” bring it back that much more Kodner said. “They also said because of how great it was that no matter what they tell back then.” us, this is ours to do whatever Donile also said being we want to do with it. They founding fathers, their continually thanked us for connection with one another bringing it back.” is a lot stronger, because they ZBT Secretary Ryan Baris “will have to build ZBT up from said he was the ground skeptical at and put (their) AFTER ALL THIS trust in each first during the process of other.”

WORK AND bringing ZBT One of EFFORT WE’VE PUT ZBT’s goals has back to MU. INTO BRINGING THE always been “ ZBT has tried to come to promote OMEGA COLONY back plenty upstanding BACK, I’M BEYOND of times since members, the ’90s, when and the EXCITED THAT IT’S it left,” Baris brotherhood FINALLY OFFICIAL.” wants to get said. “But then I went to the rid of the JASON PEISER meetings, f r a t e r n i ty ZBT President got to meet stereotype and everybody and saw that it be known as “gentlemen.” was looking really good. So, I “This isn’t a frat,” Baris said. decided to get on board.”

“It’s a fraternity. We’re not just Baris said he had a lot of trying to be the prototypical personal motivation to bring party guys who make bad ZBT back after hearing how decisions. We want ZBT to be respected the fraternity was in able to influence MU and the the ’80s. surrounding community and “My dad always told me what have a positive impact.” it was like to be a ZBT,” Baris In addition to creating

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upstanding men, another goal of ZBT is to support the Jewish students, Kodner said.

“What I learned was that some Jewish men do not come to Mizzou because there is no ZBT,” he said. “Granted there is another Jewish fraternity, but by having ZBT here, it could potentially increase the Jewish culture on campus.”

Although ZBT is a Jewish fraternity, ZBT Provost Tyler Ingram said their fraternity is unique because it is open to men of all backgrounds.

“We are also open to people who are not Jewish as well,” Ingram said. “We still have our beliefs, but we’re not exclusive at all and I think that’s important.”

One of the biggest differences between ZBT and other fraternities is that they have been a non-pledging fraternity since 1989, according to their website. ZBT Risk Manager Vincent Donile said it did away with hazing and knocked down the barriers between the pledge classes.

“It brought the brotherhood together, and once they had brotherhood, all the other attributes like social responsibility, brotherly love,

intellectual awareness and integrity came together and made them stronger,” Donile said.

ZBT’s plan for next year is to be involved with events and have a presence on campus.

ZBT Development Director Jacob Manello said that despite the fact that the initiation ceremony is over, they are recruiting even now.

“ZBT alumni and consultants said that if a small group or even one individual wanted to be in ZBT and were approved, they would do it all again,” Menello said.

Although ZBT does not currently have an official house, they have the money from their old house, which they sold years ago, to buy one in the near future.

“We want to be recognized with every other fraternity on campus even though we don’t have a house,” Menello said.

“I feel like we can still prove ourselves that we’re there standing and strong.”

Most of all, ZBT would like the MU community to be aware of them presently and in the future.

“Look for us next year,” Kodner said. “We plan to come back in a big way.”

Look for The Maneater’s Mizzou In Review special issue next week!

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sees a problem with how MU Alerts are presented to students.

“It’s almost as if it’s a news update, unfortunately,” he said. “The whole purpose of an alert system is to alert when something bad is happening so people can change their behavior and take the necessary precautions to be safe.”

Carr said he believes administration needs to create a rapport with students so that they can understand the purpose of an alert.

“Once that rapport is built, students can actively take those warnings and treat them with the urgency and caution they deserve,” he said. “I think in the past week the alert system has not been used in a way that’s productive and useful for students.”

The executive branch of MSA is currently investigating MU Alert to potentially discuss it with administration, Carr said.

MSA President Payton Head was unavailable for comment regarding MSA’s role in investigating MU Alert’s recent failures.

MU Alert sends messages regarding campus emergencies “that could affect the health and safety of students and employees”

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Continued from page 1 Senior Shane Stinson arrived on campus shortly after Struble and witnessed the growth of the LGBTQ Resource Center first-hand.

“When I was a freshman, I had a really hard time fitting in on the University of Missouri's campus,” Stinson said. “I didn't really find a queer community. It was really a bad semester for me, to the point where I thought I wasn't going to be coming back to the University of Missouri the second semester.”

Stinson, who identifies as transgender, found his way to Struby through the concern of his mother and her desire to find her son a safe space on campus. “(Struby) sat there with me and walked (me) through the fact that I was going to be OK,” Stinson said. “She walked me over to the counseling center herself and through that she asked me about my life. She asked me about who I was, why I came to Mizzou, what I wanted to do at Mizzou, and she made it feel in just those interactions that I was important.”

Shortly afterwards, Stinson began to volunteer in the center and become more and more involved within the LGBT community.

“She was a counselor for me in a lot of ways and she's been there for me through some of the hardest times of my entire life,” Stinson said.

First on Struble’s list was the intentional focus on the importance of ally development while increasing in-community programing.

“So things like the pride photo started as a very radical in-community, somewhat risky act and now has become one of our largest, most public ally showings,”

THE MANEATER | NEWS | APRIL 29, 2015 to students via their university email addresses, according to the MU Alert website. Students can opt in through MyZou to receive the same messages on their cellphone via text or voicemail, or on a private email address.

The MU Police Department and marketing and communications staff make rapid decisions on how to communicate information in emergency situations, MU spokesman Christian Basi said. He said the system has evolved over time as technology has changed.

“The goal of the system is to make sure we are communicating information to affected populations in an effort to keep the campus safe,” Basi said.

MUPD declined to comment for this report.

prevented officials from informing students about a specific location.

Later that week, shortly after 3 a.m. April 19, MU sent out mass notifications to students alerting them of another armed robbery near campus, later tweeting the same information. MU Alert also tweeted out two suspect descriptions even though CPD said there was only one.

All students received messages on their university email addresses, and students who had provided phone numbers on MyZou received calls, voicemails and text messages.

Basi said the calling feature has been available for “quite some time.”

“We use that very judiciously to inform the campus of an immediate concern that we might have and to make sure that they are able to take actions and keep them safe,” he said.

Two inconsistent procedures Around 11:30 p.m. April 15, MU sent a text alert informing students that the Columbia Police Department had asked MUPD for assistance in a search for an armed robbery suspect. The suspect had already been shot and killed in Hitt Street Parking Garage.

The university drew criticism for not using the MU Alert system until after the situation had been resolved.

After the shooting, Basi said the situation was “too dynamic,” which

An ambiguous protocol Only two days later, two separate incidents on the same night continued to show the inconsistent use of MU Alert.

MU Alert tweeted at 7:26 p.m. that there was a bomb threat in the MU Student Center. The Student Center and Memorial Student Union were both evacuated while authorities searched both buildings.

No mass alerts were sent to students, but MU Alert continued to provide updates on Twitter until the Student Center was reopened

Struble said.

Under her leadership, the LGBT community increased their involvement and presence during Mizzou Homecoming. By introducing the Black and Gold Drag Show that would take place during Coming Out Week and right around Homecoming, the community has become more excited about larger campus events.

“Orgs used to do very small scale pride parades, like just on their own where like maybe 20 or so people would show up and walk around,” Struble said. “We made it a centralized part of our pride month programing. Now it's a 200to 300-person event that a lot of people look forward to every year and really helps up our visibility and shows our support on campus.”

Struble brought LGBT training to Summer Welcome leaders to ensure that students will feel accepted as soon as they step foot on campus.

Josey Herrera, recent graduate and media producer for the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, met Struble through their volunteer work in the Women’s Center and cites the Pride photo as a perfect representation of Struble’s impact on campus.

“I mean, you see them all on the wall and, suddenly the first year she's there, it's huge,” Herrera said. “Truman the Tiger is there, the chancellor is there and there's all these people, and it was the biggest photo in a long time. She's so friendly and so outgoing and welcoming and inclusive and that people really felt comfortable taking that and rolling with it.”

The center grew rapidly as more students volunteered, organizations within the center filled and students came in with ideas for new organizations.

“I think one of the things I'm

most proud of is the collaboration around Michael Sam coming out and the positive response our campus had to that,” Struble said.

The center began a collaboration within the MU Athletic Department by introducing LGBT topics and the histories of LGBT athletes.

“We did a very in-depth training on how to be an ally to all of the male athletes, specifically on how to be an ally to your teammate, or at least how to be respectful of who your teammate is,” Struble said.

When Struby would visit the department, she would bring along various items from the LGBTQ Resource Center, including rainbow MU Pride bracelets. Michael Sam would wear his bracelet during every game his senior year.

“There's still work to be done all across our campus but I think that there's been a lot of positive strides moved forwards,” Struble said.

On a more personal level, Struble had a way of communicating with others in a way that is not often seen.

“She was a listening ear at the same time as being someone who would give you direction,” Stinson said. “I can personally say that I feel accepted and embraced on this campus because of the work that she's done.”

Herrera grew closer to Struby through their joint membership in LSV and work with the Vagina Monologues. Herrera decided to run for Homecoming king, and while they were sponsored by the Women’s Center, leadership was in flux, so Struby stepped in.

“She went to all the events with me, she sat with me at the Homecoming football game, went to the banquets with me and stuff like that, just because my family lives all the way in Florida and they can't visit,” Herrera said. “She worked really hard to make sure I

two hours later.

Basi said a mass alert was not sent because it would not have targeted the people in the affected buildings.

Instead, emergency beacons in the two buildings were used, desktop notifications were put on building computers and staff evacuated the building.

“We don’t want to send out those text messages unnecessarily, especially when … the vast majority of people they would have reached ... are in a safe environment and were not affected by that event,” Basi said.

“We know we got a lot of criticism about it, but it was the best way to communicate with the occupants of the building — through the beacon system and having staff go through the building.”

At 10:12 p.m., MU Alert sent notifications to students and tweeted that police were investigating a claim that shots had been fired near campus.

Basi said the notification was sent by MUPD as a situation that required immediate notification.

At 10:35 p.m., the Columbia Police Department tweeted that there was no indication shots had been fired.

Improving collaboration CPD Public Information Officer Latisha Stroer said the Columbia police notifies MUPD of emergency

situations when they are close to campus or could potentially affect campus.

She said the Columbia police sometimes ask MU and MUPD to put out an alert so that information on certain crimes will be more visible to students.

“Really, the ultimate decision on whether to put an alert out is the university’s,” she said. “We can give them all the information, but they’re the ones who make the decision on when to put the alert out.”

Stroer said CPD hopes to work with MUPD on the wording of alerts, specifically the difference between “shots fired” and a shooting, a misrepresentation that caused confusion April 21.

“We just want accurate information when something is going to go out,” she said. “We don’t mind the alerts at all, as long as it represents what’s actually happening.”

Basi said he and MUPD are not aware of any connection between the recent events.

“Throughout the last several days, not one faculty, staff or student member has been injured,” he said.

“Everyone has been safe. We feel that that is through the hard work of the police department and the officers of the police department.

We also feel that the notification system has played a role in that.”

MARILYN HAIGH | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Portrait of Struby Struble, LGBTQ Resource Center coordinator.

was being supported and there was someone there for me all the time.”

At the banquet held for the top10 royalties, the Mizzou Alumni Association had contacted the families of the candidates and asked them to write letters to be read aloud during the event.

Herrera’s parents were unable to be contacted as English is not their first language, and they were unfamiliar with Herrera’s coming out process. Herrera began to get nervous; they would be the only one without a letter.

“It turns out that Struby and two other people at the Women's Center got together and had written me the best letter I could ever imagine,” Herrera said. “I was trying to figure out who wrote it, and toward the end I could start hearing Struby's voice in the writing. That was really the most touching thing that I think anyone has ever done for me it was so unexpected.”

Struble is not saying goodbye to Columbia completely as she plans to return “all the time.”

“I'm already starting to plan when my fall return dates will be,” she said. “I'll most likely come back for Homecoming … and then come back in the spring. Columbia is definitely home. I have a lot of

family here, so I'll be back a lot.”

When asked about the possibility of returning to campus, Struby answered without hesitation.

“I would be just so honored and proud to ever be invited back for campus programming,” Struby said.

“I would be touched and thrilled to have the opportunity to do that.”

Struby has left a lasting impression on campus due to her passion and belief in the importance of the individual.

“It's really important to take an active role in every aspect of your life, so while you're in school here, take an active role in your education, be an active participant in what's happening around you,” Struby said.

Struby said she recommends seeking out an unrelated minor or a multicultural certificate and stresses the importance of using the resources available on campus like the MU Counseling Center, the Student Health Center and the many programs available.

“Remember that you're just making the next decision, not the final decision,” Struby said. “I think a lot of people get paralyzed by the pressure of I now have to decide my life, and no you don't. You just have to decide your next life step.”

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Fresh faces step into RHA office Monday night Freshmen Donley and Thomas were inaugurated April 27.

KARLEE RENKOSKI Staff Writer The new Residence Halls Association Executive Board for 2015-16 was inaugurated Monday night during the RHA Congress meeting.

RHA advisor Luke Gorham said in an email that he is looking forward to working with the new executive board.

He is also the leadership and educational resources advisor for the Department of Residential Life.

“I believe an inauguration is the symbolic passing of the torch from one executive board to the next,” said Gorham. “It somewhat signals an end to the work the current exec board is doing and is a motivator for the new exec to get going.”

Newly-elected RHA President Billy Donley, a freshman from St. Louis, and Vice President Rachel Thomas, a freshman from Kansas City, said they are ready to begin their term and are excited to serve the MU students living in residence halls.

“When I think of a person’s character, I think of honesty, reliability and responsibility,” Gorham said. “In these terms, I believe both Billy and Rachel are of very high character.”

Donley and Thomas plan to have a greater student outreach by going to as many events as possible and having open forums.

“It was exciting for us to go around to all of the residence

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Guests entered on a red carpet while members of MSA were dressed up like club workers, complete with glow sticks.

Gaunt gave an upbeat presentation about the potential library fee that will be voted on in the fall along with the MSA presidential elections.

“The greatest invention of mankind is the written word,” Gaunt said during his presentation. “Any other invention you could think of is because of the written word.”

Among the plans for the libraries are a 24-hour study space, updated study space with power outlets and more study rooms with technology for group studying.

“If you tell us you want it, we are going to look at the feasibility to get it,” Gaunt said.

Gaunt ended with urging students to take the core of their education seriously and to vote for the library so it doesn’t have to make cuts from its already small budget.

halls and meet people, because we got to know them on a personal level,” Donley said.

Donley and Thomas have not waited for their official term to begin; rather, they have already started a variety of changes prior to inauguration.

These changes include creating a Director of Diversity role within RHA, expanding Bike Share and merging with other organizations for more ideas and feedback.

“I am impressed with Billy and Rachel’s ability to get their executive board working now,” Gorham said. “While new board members are not officially in office until inauguration, they have already been working and planning for next year.”

Donley and Thomas said they recognize the challenges they face as RHA president and vice president, but they also would like to be over-prepared in every situation.

“We are not only focusing on just the things for next year, but how to set up for the leaders after us,” Thomas said. “We are planning for the future.”

In the meantime, the two freshmen plan on wrapping up the spring semester, which was a busy one for both of them.

Donley, who is studying business marketing , is extremely busy with school work and activities. However, in his free time he enjoys swimming, singing in his band or cleaning screens of electronic devices. He admits to having a lens cloth in his pocket at all times.

“I will go out of my way to clean my own or other peoples’ laptop or phone screens,” Donley said as Thomas nodded

in agreement.

In his first year at MU, Donley has been the president of Jones Hall, the DSA Special Events Marketing Coordinator, a driver for STRIPES, and now RHA President.

Thomas described Donley as, “probably the most hard working student I have met at Mizzou” and said he is always busy and involved in so many things.

Thomas, who is majoring in journalism, said she enjoys reading, music and going to shows on campus when she has free time. Thomas admitted she lives a “quirky life,” and enjoys re-creating emojis with her face and hands in real life.

Thomas’s described herself as “empathetic” because in every situation she tries to be understanding and put herself into someone’s shoes.

Thomas has been involved in multiple activities and positions on campus, including working as Schurz Hall’s advocacy representative, working with the Newman Center, participating in MizzouThon, becoming a vice president conference team member and serving as RHA sustainability coordinator.

“R achel is extremely dedicated and has a passion for what she does, especially with sustainability,” Donley said.

Both Donley and Thomas became involved with RHA through positions at their residence halls. Thomas was previously involved with RHA due to her role in Schurz Hall as a representative and now is the sustainability coordinator.

As president of Jones Hall, Donley acted when it was being torn down and changed

an RHA legislation into one that allowed people in office to have their full term upon election. After a process and controversial discussion, the legislation was approved.

Donley said he “would not let them forget Jones.”

Despite their similarities and differences, Donley and Thomas said they work well together because they both give 100 percent to every involvement. Their goal is to do just that as RHA president and vice president.

“Rachel and Billy are strong leaders,” Gorham said. “I look forward to them continuing to improve RHA as an organization and make a true impact in the residence halls and in the broader campus community next year.”

Vega hopes this event informed students and encouraged them to offer suggestions of what they want.

“This event is to draw awareness to the fee and receive direct student input from just everyday students who may not necessarily have the same access to the library fee information,” Vega said.

Director of Libraries James Cogswell, librar y administration and Gaunt worked with MSA, the Graduate Professional Council and the Student Fee Review Committee to determine the amount of the fee.

If approved, the fee will start at $5 per credit hour. It will grow by $2 each year for six years until it reaches a peak at $15 per credit hour.

At $5 per credit hour, the library fee would be the fifth highest activity fee, Vega said.

At $15 per credit hour, it will be in the top two activity fees.

However, when compared to academic fees, at $15 per credit hour the library fee would be half of the cheapest academic supplement fee, which is College of Arts and Science at $30 per credit hour. The library

is currently the only academic unit that doesn’t have a fee.

The MU Student Center and the MU Student Recreation Center both have fees.

“The library is a much bigger piece of the university and has a wider breadth of ability and need for financing, so I would consider it more in the range of academic supplements,” Vega said.

If the fee had been applied to fall 2015 tuition and fees, it would add 1.6 percent. That increase, along with the .8 percent CPI increase, would amount to a 2.4 percent total increase in tuition and fees.

That is less than half of the 5-year average increase in tuition and fees among all the major institutions in surrounding states, Gaunt said.

“It’s a necessary investment in your degree,” he said.

“You’re already investing so much money in your degree, why would you not make an additional investment in one of the most important elements of the university? The library lags further behind. If we don’t create a fee for the library, how will we fund the library?”

To accommodate noise from

construction, the library will look to other universities with the same issue and spread out the work.

“We’ll work with architects and construction companies to figure out how we minimize the disturbance,” Gaunt said. “We will look at other libraries on how to keep quiet study space for our students and figure out a schedule for phasing the construction and providing the sound buffering that will be necessary.”

MSA Academic Affairs chairwoman Tori Schafer said she hopes that students make an informed decision about where their money goes.

“In the recent years, our library has been lacking in comparison to others, and if we want to keep Mizzou on top, this is a step that the students need to take,” Schafer said.

“The students need to decide if this is something we want to invest in.”

Should the fee not pass, the university as a whole will decline, Gaunt said. It will become more difficult to attract quality faculty because they won’t have resources in their area of discipline. The

library hours may be shortened, collections will suffer and spaces won’t be as functional.

“You’ll see a decline in the quality of study space, quality of materials and access to those materials, and it will get harder to hire librarians because we won’t be able to compete with other major libraries,” Gaunt said. “Across the board, the reputation of the university will take a hit.”

Even if the fee is not passed, Gaunt said the connections with the students was a valuable relation for the library to make.

“The close connection to our users and understanding what they need is a step in the right direction,” Gaunt said. “Without the fee, we’re handcuffed in being able to implement some of the great ideas students have. The staff is very grateful for the students who have given us time so far.

We’re inspired by the quality of students we have. Thank you to the students that we’ve worked with so far because if it happens, it will be because of the students.”

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RHA President Billy Donley and Vice President Rachel Thomas pose for a portrait at the Francis Quadrangle.

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(being considered) HB 407 - public hearing completed on 4/15/15: “Changes the laws regarding complaints filed with the Missou mission on Human Rights regarding discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation or gender identity” Ideas: Timeline THE MANEATER | NEWS | APRIL 29, 2015 Source: http://www.house.mo.gov/

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strangers. He said this bill would help him feel more relieved and safer.

“The sad thing is, if you’re gay or trans or bi or anything like that, then you do kind of carry a weight on your shoulders because there are going to be people who look at you or treat you differently because of that,” Miller said. “If this bill were to pass, it would take a little bit of that weight off our shoulders, off my shoulders.”

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to protect the District, or the downtown area bounded by a total of three colleges and encompassing 50 square blocks. Working in conjunction with CID’s guidelines for

Missouri Nondiscrimination Act Timeline

Rep. Stephen Webber, D-Columbia, has introduced what is referred to as MONA, or the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act, for the sixth time to the Missouri House. The bill would revise the definition of discrimination in Missouri to include various sexual orientations and gender identities.

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development will uphold and create an “authentic, dense and sustainable urban space,” “encourage a centrally located, live/work/play neighborhood,” “cultivate a creative and innovative culture of diverse enterprises” and “maintain the local and eclectic flavor of the area,” according to the CID website.

Though Shakespeare’s is valued by Columbia residents, it is subject to the ever-increasing change and growth of the city’s downtown. Getting his start at the iconic restaurant in 1978, Kurt Mirtsching has served as acting manager of Shakespeare’s since the early ’80s, and while he recognizes the value of nostalgia, he is

confident that the restaurant, its customers and its employees will be able to handle the change.

“When we move to Eighth Street, it will be a bit of a change, but hopefully people will see our great big sign and come on over,” Mirtsching said.

“When we move back to the new place on Ninth Street,

what we’ve always done, what we’re doing, is throwing a party — and the party has much more to do with the people who throw it, the employees, the customers and the pizza than the space itself. The box that we have been in is going to change,

M but that’s just the box.”

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It takes all to make MU safe JALEN MOSBY

It seems like every day you hear about the MU Police Department investigating a new sexual assault case or asking for help identifying a suspect. Email alerts weren’t coming as frequently, up until recently when MU’s safety was at risk because of a bomb threat and a near campus shooting.

Students were upset last week when they were not formally informed on what was happening around them and made sure word got around concerning the events and how they should have been handled. Though the students were absolutely correct with being angered and fearful of how our administration handled such a tragedy, it is important to not forget about the roots of these problems.

For someone to threaten to bomb or set ablaze one of the biggest and most-used spaces on campus means they were angry or uncomfortable with something. It is out of everyone’s control to stop someone from doing something that extreme, but we should still be striving to make everyone comfortable and included so that things like this won’t happen.

There is nothing wrong with complaining about not being informed of things happening around campus, but after the complaints and worries were tended to, there should have been discussions about the state of our campus. I see this as a safe campus, and I hope everyone feels the same. But when events that put everyone in danger are happening too often, it is definitely time to talk about what we can do to make MU a safer place.

It is time to start thinking about and acting on what we can do to stop sexual assault on our campus. We have professionalstrying to implement plans on how to make campus a safer place, but the student body should also needs to be involved. Letting people who don’t truly know what goes on behind closed doors make decisions for a whole student body can be dangerous.

Students need to reach out to each other at all moments where something could go wrong and make sure to stick together and help each other. No one should walk alone at night unless they have to, and everyone should know some kind of proper protocol for dangerous situations.

We have the emergency posts around campus that can be used for emergency situations, but there are a lot of other situations that require direct action of some sort, or students are put into extremely vulnerable situations. Students need to be ready and willing to help in addressing these situations.

All students and faculty on campus need to be actively working and educating themselves on what they can personally do to make campus a safer environment for everyone.

It is inevitable that incidents will happen on campus but what we can do is make sure that we know what to do and how to handle these incidents.

In the future, technological alerts regarding threats, shootings, or assaults shall be sent out in a timely manner with as many details as possible. Students need to know what to do if they were in the presence in one of these events. People’s fears should be taken seriously.

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Missouri must pass non-discrimination bill

On April 15, Rep. Stephen Webber, D-Columbia, introduced House Bill 407 to the Missouri House Civil and Criminal Proceeding Committee, which would create laws protecting against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

The bill seeks to change the official definition of discrimination to include unfair treatment based on sexual orientation or gender identification. Most notably, it would prevent Missourians from being fired based on their sexual or gender identity.

The introduction marks the sixth consecutive year that the bill, commonly referred to as MONA, or the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act, has been introduced to the Missouri House. Even Webber, the bill’s author, admits 2015 might not be the year it passes through the House.

The question this introduced legislation prompts is simple: How do we as a state not already have legislation like this in place? How is it that our definition of discrimination has never included a person’s sexual orientation? The mere fact that an entire section of our population can be so grossly neglected by our state government is discouraging and deplorable.

What’s even worse is that this particular legislation has been brought to the House and rejected five times already, and members of the House are still skeptical about whether it will pass this time.

By not passing this bill time and time again, the Missouri House has clearly shown that they have no interest in expanding the definition of discrimination to protect the rights of taxpaying citizens. This failure to represent citizens of the state of Missouri is an abominable misstep.

Twenty states, two of which are our neighbors, already have employment nondiscrimination laws in place that cover sexual orientation. On a national scale, the U.S. Supreme Court is currently discussing a landmark case that could potentially redefine marriage so that same-sex couples are included. While our nation makes

progress toward making the U.S. a better place to live for LGBT members of our society, Missouri still refuses to budge.

Missouri is not alone in its refusal to move forward. Multiple states, including Indiana and Arkansas, have introduced religious freedom bills that would actively discriminate against people who identify as LGBT. Thirty states still lack legislation that would include sexual orientation under nondiscrimination laws.

In the past few months, multiple bills have been introduced in Missouri’s House that have actively discriminated against members of the LGBT community. Senate Bill 248 called for state colleges and universities to allow religious campus organizations to reject people from joining their organization based on their religious beliefs. With this law, organizations would have the ability to reject people based on their sexual orientation. HB 1337 would potentially prevent people who could “solemnize” marriages from doing so for same-sex couples. HB 1338 and 1339 had the potential to eliminate state funding from any public institution that would create a genderneutral environment. These are simply a few examples of bills that have been introduced this year.

As a state, we should be elevating ourselves to a higher level than states like Indiana and Arkansas. We should be promoting safety and security for our citizens, not ostracizing them and allowing them to be barred from fair employment and housing. We need to pass this legislation in order to show our citizens that we care about their rights.

The state motto of Missouri is “Salus populi suprema lex esto,” which translates to “Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.” Missouri legislators, this bill is an opportunity for you to take a stand against discrimination and set a precedent for protecting the welfare of the people of Missouri. We implore you to not let this bill fail for the sixth consecutive time; show the nation that Missouri is ready for change and pass this bill.

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The dangers of American drone use LILY CUSACK

Government officials last announced April 23 that a U.S.-led drone strike killed an American aid worker and an Italian hostage captured by Al-Qaeda earlier this year. The government issued a written statement disclosing how the Jan. 15 strike in Pakistan, close to the Afghan border, targeting an Al-Qaeda sanctuary mistakenly resulted in the deaths of Warren Weinstein, the American taken in 2011, and Giovanni Lo Porto, the Italian taken in 2012. The CIA has claimed that it did not realize these hostages were inside the compound, despite hours of surveillance footage and lengthy investigations.

President Barack Obama made a rare apology in the White House briefing room soon after his administration released the information.

He claimed he would investigate and review the drone strike program.

However, later that day, government officials admitted that the drone campaign would continue without many changes. Pakistani officials expressed their sorrow toward the situation last Friday, but they pointed out that these deaths are an unfortunate risk of using this type of technology.

The drone strike campaign has been vehemently contested over the years, but this information has brought more facts and figures to light. The way the government handles its drone strikes is not only irresponsible; it is careless and quite frightening. The CIA and the military have been responsible for thousands of deaths due to this campaign, most of which have been innocent civilians or hostages.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has reported that 12 percent of drone strike victims have been militants, and 4 percent were members of Al-Qaeda. In November, human rights organization Reprieve reported that drones in Pakistan and Yemen targeted 41 men, but there was a death toll of 1,147 people. So far,

eight Americans have been killed by drone strikes, and only one was intentionally targeted, according to The Daily Beast.

The American drone strike campaign needs to be thoroughly reviewed to determine why so many civilians are being unjustly killed.

Part of the issue with the strikes is the guidelines they act under. The U.S. and Pakistan made a secret arrangement in 2004 that gave the right to the CIA to conduct drone strikes in tribal areas of Pakistan if each of the countries’ governments did not acknowledge these activities. In 2014, the Department of Justice disclosed a secret 2011 memo that explained how the government would handle American terrorists overseas. It legally justified the government to use deadly force if a capture and trial was not plausible.

Furthermore, the American government defines “all military-age males in a (drone) strike zone as combatants … unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent,” according to The Guardian. The CIA can also conduct “signature strikes,” which give them the power to target certain people if they look like they are conducting terrorist activities from the sky. The agencies involved in drone strikes also do not have to be held accountable for any deaths or provide any estimates on how many people were killed in a particular strike.

The government’s hostage rescue policies are also partly to blame for the deaths of numerous American hostages. Many agencies in the U.S. government who are responsible for rescuing hostages withhold information from each other, making a cohesive mission very difficult to achieve. Journalist Luke Somers was fatally shot last year while being rescued by the Navy SEALs. However, Weinstein is the first reported American hostage fatality by an American drone.

Drones are very useful and innovative machines. They can provide the U.S. government with essential information. However, as demonstrated by many recent situations, they can be fatally dangerous. It seems the U.S. does not fully comprehend how to use drones in an effective manner, and this needs to be changed. The U.S. government needs to carry out a thorough investigation of their drone strike campaign to prevent anymore unnecessary injuries and deaths of innocent people. It is time for the government to be held accountable for their destructive actions.

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US should appreciate press freedom How to survive countries try to your finals week Many censor journalistic Eliminating stress is difficult during finals time, but here are a few ways to stay calm.

JORDAN SMITH

Ah, finals. The time of the year where we’re so close yet so far. The semester is winding down, but our workload certainly isn’t. Although it’s easy to allow yourself to have a series of minor mental breakdowns around this time, resist the urge. If you map out your time correctly, this doesn’t have to be the most stressful month of the year. Here are a few tips for keeping your cool in the weeks leading up to finals.

Write your work down. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with the ten thousand things you think you should be doing, make a to-do list and write every single thing down, whether it’s studying-related or just the errands you need to run that day. You’ll likely find that you don’t have quite as much to do as you suspected. If it helps you to stay on track, give yourself time constraints and jot down the time you want to get things done, like studying for math at 11 a.m. or going to the store at 2 p.m.

Take advantage of breaks. If you find yourself with some time between classes, even if it’s 20 minutes, make good use of that break and look over notes for another class, make flashcards or get some reading done. By doing things in small increments throughout the day, you’re less likely to burn out than if you were to sit down for hours on end trying to memorize vocabulary.

Sticky-note your readings. When you come across something memorable or important in your textbook, jot down a quick note of what you read so that if you want to refresh your memory later, you don’t have to slog through pages of information that you’ve already gone over.

Turn off electronics. I know, I know. I’ve basically just asked a parent to leave their preteen children unattended at a rock concert. But you’ll be shocked at how much work you can accomplish with your phone and computer turned off for even half an hour.

Obviously, some of the work you need to do will require electronics, but if you can do without technology, put it away for as long as you can, preferably in another room.

The day before an exam is a little bit different than the weeks leading up. Assuming you haven’t been pushing off your studying until 24 hours before your test, here are a few pointers for decreasing any lastminute stress.

Get some sleep the night before. While I’m not going to try to disprove the validity of the all-nighter (because frankly, they work from time to time), it’s proven that the sleep you get after studying allows new information to settle into your brain and helps you to remember what you learned more easily than if you’d been studying until six in the morning in a Nutella-induced wake state.

Eat a little something before the test. Even if your pre-test anxiety makes you nauseous and eating is the last thing you want to do, it’s important to eat something beforehand because if your body is hungry, your brain’s first priority is getting food, not taking an underwater basket weaving exam. If you’re not feeling up for an actual meal, try eating half a banana or a granola bar. Something is better than nothing!

Take comfort in the fact that you’re prepared.

You’ve been studying for a good few days now, you’ve done all you can and you have to be confident that, somewhere, your brain has retained the information you’re about to be questioned about.

Take your test, get the heck out of that room and celebrate a semester well done!

practices, but in America, we are allowed to report the truth.

LORETTA LEE

Ever since I chose to follow my passion for journalism, I have heard people question me constantly. They’ve told me how journalism is dying in this era, even though everybody can be a citizen journalist with just a click of a button. A lot of people say that it is such a bad thing that the public has so much access on the Internet, where different kinds of news without accuracy flow around before the newspaper or broadcast channel delivers the news. Why can’t we look at the good side of journalism in this digital era?

Why can’t we benefit from all the information we can get nowadays?

Is there such a thing as a career in journalism if no journalists deliver accurate news to the public

anymore? What do we know about what is right or wrong, true or false? People in the U.S. should not take freedom of speech for granted; it is certainly a privilege of receiving information in this society. And I will tell you that not everyone in the world enjoys this privilege.

Back in Hong Kong, there are only one or two mainstream broadcast channels that the general public gets the news from. Unfortunately, after the Umbrella Movement last year, the content is no longer in control of the journalists’ hands. Content and subjects of the news were being modified or being corrected under the government’s watch. A lot of people got one-sided news from these channels and did not understand the whole truth about news items. The newspaper or updates that were sent by citizens then turned into one of the main sources for the general public to receive news from different angles.

You might also know that Internet access is very limited and restricted in China — Google, YouTube and Facebook are all restrained. And the reason for all of this is that the government tries to limit the information that citizens can get in order to suppress riots or any rebels. Living in China then becomes living in a bubble, where

you receive information that the government wants you to believe in.

Crowdsourcing is a good way for people to get news that is happening around the world.

People nowadays have developed a habit of recording almost anything with their phones. Thanks to this advance in technology, a lot of times when protests, riots or even fights break out, there are always pedestrians who will pull out their phone to record live footage. These are great sources for journalists and the public to deliver and receive information respectively.

Without it, how are we able to know what is happening in the world?

It is a true privilege to collect, gather and report information in the U.S. Although a lot of news can be delivered with the Internet, it is still crucial for journalists or citizen journalists around the world to cooperate and work together to create a world with truthful and accurate news. It will not work without either of them.

People in the U.S. should appreciate their freedom to express and the information that can be received from the number of platforms. Not everyone in the world can enjoy this privilege to gather fair and impartial information.

Relationship ADvice

He’s just not that into you, and that’s OK While the feeling of being rejected is hard to deal with, it’s something that everyone has to face at some point in their lives.

BRITTANY EMOND

It starts with a simple look. Maybe it was from across the room at a party, or maybe it was from the seat next to you in class. Just one look and you’re hooked. You go on to find his name, maybe do some Facebook stalking and figure out what his deal is. You start to make some small gestures to show that you’re interested but receive only small hints back. You continue to pursue him with any hopes that he may just like you. But he doesn’t. And that’s okay.

It’s easy to get carried away when you meet someone who you think is the entire package. It starts small, but the more you think about him, the more you want him. You create this image in your mind of how your relationship with him is going to be

perfect. Although this image is most likely completely unrealistic, you believe it because that is what you want. Fantasy is always greater than reality. The truth about this is you don’t want him; you want what you’ve created of him.

Instead of realizing that you want someone who is not physically real, you continue to believe that he is everything you’ve made him to be, which is what causes the struggle and the heartache. However, once you realize that most of what you want is what you’ve made up, you feel less pain.

Take fangirls, for example. The Directioners, the 5SOS family, the Beliebers (but does anyone really like Justin Bieber anymore?) all dedicate their lives to these famous artists who they will never actually be with. So if they’ll never actually be with these guys, why do they obsess? Because of the thrill they get from the fantasy.

Sure, it hurts to think your dream man will never feel the same about you as you do about him. But in reality, he’s really not that dreamy and you’re probably better off without him anyways. If he’s dropping hints to string you along even though he doesn’t actually want to pursue you, he’s just looking for the attention you can give him. He wants someone to boost his ego so he feels better about

himself. He wants to try his moves on you so that he knows they will work when he uses them on someone else.

A lot of times in these situations, he’s not that into you because you’re too into him. Sometimes girls will act differently around the guys they like because they’re being overcautious about what they say and don’t want to do anything that could mess up that perfect picture they painted in their mind. Acting like this not only makes him uncomfortable, it also makes him look down to you, as if you as something he can get whenever he wants. As for us girls, losing the twinkle in our eyes and keeping our heartbeat steady can help us from ever letting him feel like he has the upper hand (even if, in your mind, he does).

We can stop feeling the heartache from a guy not being very interested by doing one simple thing in these situations: Keep the fantasy as a fantasy. Realize that whatever dream you thought of in your head, whether it’s him picking you up in a Lamborghini and taking you to a dinner that costs more than your monthly rent or it’s just him buying you a drink the next time you run into each other at the bar, it probably won’t happen. But this is all OK because some day, when you least expect it, someone will, and he’ll be better than the one that was always just not that into you.

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Owner Kim Baer works at Gidget’s Garage, a gift shop and musical instrument store, on Tuesday.

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CoMo’s Gidget’s Garage is right up your alley MADDIE FOSTER Staff Writer Nestled in the oftenoverlooked Alley A is a new and unique store, Gidget’s Garage.

Those passing by will see the

cigar box guitar in the window display and the chicken coopshaped “little library” outside the store’s front door. These are only hints at the eclectic treasures that lay inside.

When you walk through the

door, it’s not unusual to be greeted by the sound of a man playing a banjo or a couple of college students singing around the piano. Although the store does carry musical instruments, it is by no means

just a music store.

“It’s an eclectic mix of things I like,” says Kim Baer, who co-owns the store with her husband Craig.

The store carries a wide variety of items ranging from

men’s shaving products to clothing to records to musical instruments. There are some unique pieces like a PieBox and mustache/beard wax, along with more common items like

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The origin story for a new generation of comic book fans starts here Local comic book stores will participate in Free Comic Book Day on May 2.

MARLEE BALDRIDGE Reporter The first Saturday of every May means free comics.

Free comic books, ranging from the much-anticipated first issue of another Marvel’s “Avengers” Multiverse series, to the newest SpongeBob SquarePants installment to the latest “Fight Club” issue, are shipped internationally to specialty shops, just like those in Columbia, in an effort to gain new readers. Each participating comic book store is sent a box of the 50 free comic book titles from the organizers of Free Comic Book Day, the official day for beginners to start reading,

regardless of age.

Rock Bottom Comics, the shop right above Fretboard Coffee on East Walnut, is preparing for war. Free Comic Book Day has always been a popular time for the small business.

“Two years ago, it was so busy — it was our best business day in 39 years,” owner James Cagle says. “I mean, it is a lot of fun, but it is work.”

The store only has two rooms, enough for perhaps 20 people if they wanted to be shoulder-to-shoulder with a neighbor. This doesn’t deter customers, though. Warrior customers brave the queues, which are usually 40 minutes long, to get into Rock Bottom Comics.

Slackers, Columbia’s fanboy/ fangirl one-stop shop, is planning to keep things low-key — a simple spread of this year’s

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Stacks of comics wait to be loaded on shelves Tuesday at Rock Bottom Comics on Walnut Street.

Rock Bottom Comics is one of many comic stores participating in Free Comic Book Day on May 2.

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Singer-songwriter crafts ‘western blues’ MADDIE FOSTER Staff Writer The Bridge will welcome singersongwriter Jesse Lafser to the stage May 13.

A product of her hometown St. Louis and her current home Nashville, Tennessee, Lafser describes her music as “western blues — a hybrid between the folk and blues I was raised on.”

Growing up, she was heavily influenced by her parents’ musical tastes, which included artists such as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, and Roger Miller, along with trips to local blues bars.

She picked up the country side of her music after she moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University.

“I never expected that to

happen, but I guess I am a product of my environment to some extent,” Lafser says.

Throughout these past few years of evolving as an artist, one constant is Lafser’s love of songwriting. It has become a driving force in her career.

“Being in Nashville, the competition is so fierce and everyone is so talented,” Lafser says.

“It can be a great artist community, but it can also be really frustrating at times to feel like your voice is heard. I’ve had moments where I’m like, ‘I just can’t do this anymore.’

But I always go back to the fact that I have always been a writer, and I just can’t give up that part of myself. That’s what makes me feel the most alive, more than any other aspect of the job.”

Although she took piano lessons as a young child, it was

actually her love for writing that began her musical career.

“I’ve always written,” Lafser says. “I wrote short stories, poetry, prose and that kind of thing, but it wasn’t until I was 15 that I wrote my first song.”

In 2011, she released her first album, “Land in Sight.” This record drew on Lafser’s personal experiences.

“My first album was more produced and more thought out in a way,” Lafser says.

She released her second album, “Raised on the Plains,” this year.

“With this new record, I had a singular vision of what I wanted,” Lafser says. “It’s just more raw and rugged. We did all of the songs on this record live with guitar and vocals at the same exact time so it has more of a live energy to it.”

“Raised on the Plains” was

inspired by a trip she took out West a couple of years ago.

“It was an incredible experience,” Lafser says. “I went completely by myself and was in the car for like 50-plus hours. I remember the pinnacle of my trip was when I took this back mountain highway … I had no cell service and was one of the only people on the highway.

The scenery changed like every 30 minutes. It was absolutely beautiful.

There were all these old Western towns that I passed through and those were really fascinating to me.”

The trip inspired songs that tell a story, showing the world through Lafser’s eyes.

While the songwriting came naturally, the performing on stage took some getting used to.

However, thanks to the advice of her mentor and fellow singersongwriter Peter Cooper, Lafser has

managed to overcome the nerves.

“I forget which artist said this, but they said they used to get nervous when they performed and then they realized that everyone is so wrapped up in their own lives, in their own head, and in what’s going on with them that they aren’t really thinking about you at all,” Lafser says. “It really helps to realize the audience is on your side and just wants a good experience with you.”

Lafser encourages people to check out her show at The Bridge, where she will be performing songs from her new album with a few older hits thrown in. Her friend and fellow songwriter, Becca Mancari, will be there as well. The two are planning on singing and playing some of each others’ songs, and Lafser is even singing harmony on stage for the first time.

Pass the popcorn

Vampire mockumentary features hilarious deadpan humor

At some point, most people have begged the question, “What’s with all of this vampire entertainment?”

I mean, surely not every vampire leads a life like Edward Cullen, Dracula or Count Chocula. What about your average Vlad? If you ever wondered this, or do now, look no further than “What We Do in the Shadows.”

From the goofballs that brought you Flight of the Conchords comes this ridiculous mockumentary (a film that presents fictional events as fact in the style of a documentary

show up in mirrors), tension with werewolves (who are trying really hard to work on their language problem), vampire hunters, figuring out how to use technology and a new vampire who doesn’t know the unspoken rules of the lifestyle quite yet. All of this is infused with a ridiculous amount of absolutely hilarious deadpan humor.

It is amazing just how funny this movie manages to be, considering that it really is a one-joke movie: They’re your everyday vampires.

However, the cast manages to explore this idea in pretty much every way imaginable, and then some. Potentially the most impressive part of this movie is that they improvised almost the entirety of the footage, which added a level of respectable ingenuity to the film.

The production value is low, the plot is thin, the cinematography is mediocre and it’s ultimately pointless (unless you consider “being a vampire isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be” a point, which I don’t), but the humor more than makes up for what “What We Do in the Shadows” lacks in cinematic merit.

As we were leaving the theater, almost everyone had a smile on their face, discussing this scene or that, reminiscing about the laughs they’d just shared. It’s been two days, and I’m still snickering about when Deacon pretends to throw a stick in a standoff with some werewolves and one of them chases it. The chances are that at least a few of the scenes will tickle your funny bone, and if you’re anything

like me, most of them will.

As it turns out, most vampires aren’t creepy lover boys, especially cruel members of a royal family or on a cereal box, but rather just regular dudes with slightly different everyday issues than you or me.

They’re dead, sure, but delightful.

Pass the Popcorn if: You’ve always wondered what vampires do in their downtime. You want to see the funniest film of 2015 (so far).

You’d like to see a twist on the tired “vampires vs. werewolves” trope.

You hate “Twilight.”

Pass it up if: You only like slapstick comedies. You can’t stand the sight of blood. You’re not very good at interpreting accents. You think the idea would make for a better SNL skit than a feature length movie.

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for the sake of parody) that chronicles the daily lives of four drastically different vampires living in a flat in New Zealand. Vladislav is from medieval times and enjoys the art of torture, Viago is a gentleman from Victorian England and Deacon flaunts being the youngest of the group, while Petyr has 8,000 years under his belt, fiercely resembles Nosferatu and has relinquished all linguistic ability in exchange for hissing.

By “daily life,” I mean just that.

They struggle with getting into nightclubs (since they have to be invited in), deciding who does which flat chores (apparently apathy grows exponentially over hundreds of years), finding love (living forever complicates things), not knowing what they look like (vampires don’t

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single girl diaries

Saying goodbye to London: Thanks for the memories ELLISE VERHEYEN

The day has arrived. My program has come to an end.

By the time you read this, I’ll (hopefully) be back in the States. I cannot believe how quickly four months has passed.

For four days, I’ll be on a solo trip to Ireland. I’m excited and a little nervous. I’ve never really traveled by myself before.

I’ve traveled in pairs or groups that I didn’t know very well, but never on my own and never for four days.

Wednesday (the day this is published), I’ll be flying home.

Unfortunately, my plane leaves at 8 a.m. That means I would have to arrive at the airport at 5 a.m. to check in and make sure

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played catch with an orange for 10-plus minutes.

So a little advice for those of you looking to travel/study abroad: pick your people wisely.

Sure, walking the Southbank of London is cool and all, but unless you’re with friends that will scream-sing One Direction and dance all the way from the Eye to Millennium Bridge during sunset, will it really be that memorable?

Life is full of little surprises and silly moments. I don’t know about you, but those are the things I will remember for the rest of my days. Oh, the places you’ll go will be great, but the memories made with loved ones are what truly last.

So thank you Caitlin, Kaity and Nikki for making this the best experience of my life. I couldn’t imagine my time abroad without you.

one of the couple’s original chickens, Gidget. Although they own a total of four, Gidget hold a special place in Kim’s heart.

“She’s always been very photogenic; she’s even been on some of our Christmas cards,” Kim says laughing.

This chicken theme has carried over to the store’s newest project, the “little library.” Kim got the idea off the Internet and thought making it in the shape of a chicken coop would be a unique take. You can take a book for free and leave one of your own in its place.

“You’re not expected to return the book you took; it can be yours,” Kim says. “There’s not that same obligation as with a real library.”

The free “little library” has only been up and running for a few days; however, due to the positive reaction it received on social media, Kim says she expects it will be a hit with customers.

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Because Free Comic Book Day falls on the day after “Avengers: Age of Ultron” opens in theaters, owners are betting on being busier than ever, especially due to the growing diversity in what is slowly becoming a mainstream art form.

“It’s not just top-heavy super heroines and barrel-chested ….

I mean, it’s not just Tights and Flights anymore,” Cagle says.

More diversity and new voices are making comics more accessible to more readers, which he says is an especially important point for those who will get their very first comic book this weekend, complete with glossy pages, bright art and riveting adventure.

“It’s an exciting day for everyone,” Slackers manager Eva Quattrocchi says.

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My squad remained fairly mild throughout our last week of London. We had projects and presentations, so most of our free time was spent in our favorite coffee shop working.

But being together in a place we all (well, most of us) fell in love with was more than enough to make our last week the best.

On my last day in London, I woke up early with my roomie Kaity to watch the sunrise from the top of Primrose Hill, ate banana bacon pancakes at The Diner, went to the Camden Markets one last time, then packed and prepared for our impending departures. We went to dinner at our favorite burger joint in Camden and spent the rest of the evening in one another’s company. The most exciting part of our night was when two of my flatmates and I

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sample from “the box” of free comics every store is shipped, plus some extras that weren’t sold before the next issue was printed. They’re also serving food and drinks. Slackers is deciding to keep to what it does best and stay relaxed for the nerd holiday.

But that doesn’t mean all the stores are taking it easy.

Distant Planet is a little momand-pop shop that just opened its doors this February, and will celebrate its grand opening this Saturday. All 50 titles from “the box” will be given away, while special performance group Duct Tape Transformers (duct tape and cardboard cosplay DJs who do, actually, transform in their suits) entertains. Jim Yelton from 30 Minutes of Geek will welcome the new addition to Columbia’s surprisingly strong geek culture, and KCMQ radio is scheduled to report on the event. There will also be a raffle of Joker and Harley Quinn

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in North London with three strangers. With a joyful heart, I can say that I left London with three sisters. (But not like my actual sister Kaileigh. More like awkward half-sisters, but still awesome.)

These girls are the type of people that I always want to surround myself with. They are beautiful (both inside and out), witty, intelligent, kind, loving and strong. I don’t know how the MU Journalism Abroad gods decided that the four of us should room together, but I’m forever indebted to them.

It saddens me to think that these girls have spent the last three years within a twomile radius of me, and it took crossing an ocean to meet them. Fortunately, we’ll all be returning to MU in the fall for a whole year of friendship goodness.

In general, I can’t imagine being in London with a better group of people. Although the

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cards and candles.

Kim gets her inspiration from searching the Internet, particularly Etsy. However, her favorite item in the store is a homage to her hometown of Fulton: Backer’s Potato Chips.

“It’s kind of nostalgic and brings a little bit of home into the store,” she says. “It gives the place a general store feel.”

Another aspect of the store is the relaxed atmosphere.

People are welcome to stop in and play some music, whether it’s the piano, guitar or even the ukulele. Kim records these impromptu concerts and puts them on the store’s Facebook page for everyone to enjoy.

In addition to owning the shop, the Baers are also urban farmers. The inspiration for the store’s name actually came from

everything is in order. However, the Tube doesn’t run that early, so rather than paying excessive amounts of cash to take a train, I’ve decided to stay the night in the airport. (I’ll keep you all updated.)

With this short chapter of my life coming to a close, I’m realizing how unbelievably fortunate I have been. In four months, I’ve traveled to four countries, eaten fish ‘n’ chips on the shores of Brighton, seen the work of aliens at Stonehenge, helped a well-known fashion photographer re-establish his business and made the greatest friends anyone could ask for.

The memories are endless.

While my travels have been amazing and I’ve seen so much in such a short period of time, what really made this trip life-changing wasn’t the traveling itself, but the people that I’ve been able to share this experience with. Four months ago, I moved into a tiny flat

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Missouri Tigers infielder Brett Peel (2) reaches to catch a ball March 10 at Taylor Stadium.

baseball

Tigers lose fourth consecutive mid-week contest JASON LOWENTHAL Assistant Sports Editor The Missouri baseball team has been one of the surprise teams in the Southeastern Conference this season.

The Tigers have performed above expectations in league games with a 12-9 record (12-6 until being swept by first-place Vanderbilt last weekend) and are currently in line to reach their first NCAA tournament since 2012. Unfortunately, the journey has not come without a few bumps along the way. Most notably, the team’s immense struggles in mid-week, nonconference games.

The Tigers continued their mid-week struggles in a 13-8 loss to Missouri State on Tuesday night. Senior starter Andrew Schwaab surrendered seven runs on six hits in just 1.1 innings and the bullpen struggled as well. It was Mizzou’s fourth consecutive loss in a mid-week game and fifth consecutive loss overall.

Since SEC play began, the Tigers have compiled a 2-6 record in mid-week contests.

They have dropped three-of-five against unranked opponents Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Air Force and Arkansas-Little Rock, and all three games against ranked rivals Illinois and Missouri State, now twice.

Tiger junior third baseman Josh Lester and sophomore shortstop Ryan Howard have each voiced their concern about the team’s approach heading into mid-week games at different points throughout the season. Each pointed out that the team sometimes shows a lack of focus and makes too many mental mistakes at the plate and in the field. However, Missouri coach Tim Jamieson insisted he’s not worried about his team.

“This group doesn’t concern me about (a lack of focus during mid-week games),” Jamieson said after a 6-0 win over Air Force. “They play the same way every day and prepare the same

way every day.”

Jamieson pointed to the fact that Mizzou is a big-name school out of a historic baseball conference and has a target on its back each time it takes the field for mid-week games.

“Every time we play out of conference, it’s a trap game, because we’re a big-name school out of the SEC,” Jamieson said.

“We just need to match the intensity. You can tell that from the way we come out and play.”

Jamieson also mentioned the more relaxed nature of nonconference games as a possible reason for the team’s poor showing in mid-week contests. “ The environment is different,” he said. “The hype

around the game is not as big.”

The Tigers have one more mid-week game remaining before postseason play begins, against Southeast Missouri State next Tuesday. It will be another test for the Tigers, as SEMO is expected to be an NCAA tournament team.

Jamieson said the team just needs to keep grinding and have the same mentality for mid-week games as they have had for conference games.

“They have done it from the first day of practice,” he said of his team. “We’ve got to be able to stay focused for 27 outs. We just want to win and we’ll do whatever it takes to do it.”

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On a hot streak, Missouri prepares for NCAA tournament

THOMAS CUDA Staff Writer This weekend, No. 3 LSU came to Columbia.

The Missouri Tigers (35-11, 13-8 Southeastern Conference) entered the series with an eight-game win streak, but the Tigers from down south put an end to that streak in the final game of the weekend.

Despite the end of the streak, the Tigers had jumped from No. 15 to No. 11 in the USA Today/ NFCA Coaches Poll and No. 11

to No. 8 in RPI. The successful weekend ended with a disappointing game for the Tigers, as they were run-ruled by a score of 9-0 after five innings Monday.

However, the team was not down after the loss.

“It’s difficult coming off a big win like we did when we runruled them,” junior outfielder Emily Crane said.

Crane said she was proud of her team and happy with the result of being able to take two games from the series.

On May 1, the Florida Gators

will come to Columbia to take on Mizzou. This series will most likely decide if the Tigers will be able to host a super regional series if they make it that far in the postseason. The No. 1 Gators have won their last 15 games. The Tigers will be underdogs in their last home series.

Missouri coach Ehren Earleywine said he was optimistic about Florida being at the end of the schedule.

“Iron sharpens iron,” he said.

“It’s good. When you see teams that have good pitching, it helps

you get prepared. They’ve got a good ball team, but so do we.”

The Tigers are out of the running for the SEC regular season title. They would have had to sweet LSU and Florida to win the conference. While unable to take that honor, they will be looking to make enough of an impact in the Florida series to move up to at least No. 8 in the country.

The team is on the edge of being a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and they are aware of it.

“I think two wins against

Florida gets us there next weekend,” Earleywine said. “I don’t have a vote, but two wins would put us there. One win won’t be enough.”

The team enters the series knowing that they have the potential to take at least one game, if not the series, from the Gators.

“In winning (Sunday’s) game by a run-rule, it showed us how good we really are,” Crane said.

“It showed that we have the ability to beat anyone.”

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Despite a hot start, Missouri bullpen slows down

JASON LOWENTHAL Assistant Sports Editor Earlier this season, Missouri closer Breckin Williams described the back half of the Tigers’ bullpen as a “threeheaded monster.”

This doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.

Williams, along with senior Andrew Schwaab and junior Austin Tribby, was a dominant force late in games during non-conference play. Prior to the Tigers’ first Southeastern Conference game of the season, each owned exceptional earned runs averages (Tribby – 0.75, Williams – 0.96, Schwaab – 1.46), and in 24 combined appearances, the trio had surrendered just four runs.

Williams was quickly climbing up draft boards each time he sprinted out from the left field corner.

“It’s pretty cool whenever people go crazy and see (Williams coming out of the bullpen),” Schwaab said after a split doubleheader against Alabama. “It’s always nice to have that spark, especially going into the ninth with the three hardest outs to get.”

Unfortunately for Williams, those final three outs have become harder and harder to nail down.

In SEC play, Williams has been solid, converting five save chances and inching closer to becoming Mizzou’s singleseason save record-holder (Ryan Stegall, 12). However, it has not come without some hiccups along the way. Williams holds a 2.08 ERA in conference play.

Regardless of his recent struggles, Missouri coach Tim Jamieson still has complete trust in his “best pitcher.”

“It says a lot about (Williams) and the growth he’s made here,” Jamieson said.

JORDAN KODNER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Missouri Tigers pitcher Austin Tribby (47) winds up for a pitch March 10 at Taylor Stadium.

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With the Tigers vying for a birth to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2012, late-season success for the bullpen, specifically with Tribby, Williams and Schwaab, will be essential.

The message is still the same for Tribby, who said at the beginning of the season: “I have full confidence in everyone in the bullpen. It’s going to be a special year.”

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Finally, Tribby has struggled the most of the three during SEC play. Although he does lead the conference in appearances (26), Tribby’s conference ERA has skyrocketed to 9.64 and opponents are hitting .368 against him.

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late in games as a setup man this season for the Tigers. The senior right-hander has still found troubles, though. He struggled immensely in his last outing Tuesday against Missouri State. Schwaab got the start in the mid-week contest and surrendered seven runs on six hits in just 1.1 innings on the mound.

One of Schwaab’s better outings of the season came in a 5-3 victory against Alabama, when he tossed 3.1 innings of scoreless baseball in relief of Peter Fairbanks, allowing just one hit. Williams went on to earn the save.

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Despite his utmost confidence in Williams, Jamieson did see some cause for concern after a string of subpar performances. In his last seven appearances, Williams does have three saves. However, he also has taken the loss twice.

In that span, Williams has surrendered four runs in 8.2 innings. Respectable, but not his dominant self earlier in the season.

“We have a lot of confidence in Breckin,” Schwaab said. “We all love seeing him out there.

He’s got good stuff.”

Meanwhile, Schwaab has been the most consistent of the bunch, becoming instrumental

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Ambiguity in police A few tips for the St. Louis Blues report hurts Ray JASON LOWENTHAL

ANDREW MCCULLOCH

After several vanilla months of sports coverage, the busiest week of the sports calendar is finally upon us.

This weekend marks the beginning of the second round of both the NBA and NHL playoffs. Additionally, the weekend will play host to the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby and the fight of the decade between Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather and Manny ‘Pac-Man’ Pacquiao, the No. 1 and 2 pound-for-pound fighters in the world.

But for many Americans, that all pales in comparison to this weekend’s NFL Draft. Arguably the most important day of the year for the football world (minus Super Bowl Sunday), it is where fortunes are won and dynasties are built.

The draft is where hard work is paid off and childhood dreams are fulfilled. But on the eve of the NFL’s Christmas Day, one top prospect is finding his draft status in question and his future in a state of flux.

Former Missouri Tiger and projected top-10 pick Shane Ray was arrested Monday morning in Cooper County. The charges? Possession of 35 grams or less of marijuana, and staying in the left lane.

If you’re confused by the report, don’t worry, because you’re not alone.

I do not pretend to know the operations or procedures of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. However, citing anyone for possession of a controlled substance between zero and 35 grams seems more than a little ambiguous.

If you really want to dig deeper and crunch the numbers, that means Ray was alleged to have been found with anywhere from $0 to about $700 dollars of marijuana on his person.

It would seem as though it would be much easier and more transparent to specify the exact amount in the police report, or at the very least narrow that range down just a little bit.

But maybe I’m just crazy.

Furthermore, all the headlines you’ve probably seen regarding the incident read something to the effect of ‘Ray Arrested for Marijuana Possession.’ But what if I told you that even the headlines of those news stories were false or incorrect?

Ray was initially pulled over by the Highway Patrol for speeding near mile marker 109 in Cooper County. After smelling the faint odor of marijuana coming from his car, the trooper wrote Ray a ticket after finding some of the drug during a search of the vehicle.

According to the trooper and police report, Ray showed no signs of impairment and fully cooperated with law enforcement. He was given a warning for speeding and a court summons for the marijuana charge.

So what does that all mean?

It means Ray was never arrested and was never even in danger of being taken into custody at all. Ray was never handcuffed or detained and never offered any resistance to the Highway Patrol.

But because of some shoddy reporting and fact gathering, Ray’s name has been dragged through the mud at the most inopportune of times. Pair that with a lingering turf toe injury and a reported failed drug test by the NFL Network and all of the sudden, Ray’s football future is starting to look pretty bleak.

Only a few days ago, Ray was a projected top-five selection and was seemingly a lock for the top-10.

However, with rumors and speculation swirling around him, some experts and analysts are now projecting Ray to slip out of the first round entirely.

While every organization has the right to pass on a player for any unspecified reason, what has happened to Ray in the past 72 hours is a complete injustice. Yes, Ray did break the law. But a media feeding frenzy and inaccurate reporting have permanently tarnished the man’s reputation and directly damaged his draft stock.

There’s no telling where Ray will go Thursday night, or if he’ll have to wait until Friday or Saturday to hear his name called. But what is certain is that Ray will enter the league hungrier than ever before, and that his future team will be getting the biggest steal of the draft.

What happened, Blues fans?

You guys kept insisting that this was your year, that the script was finally flipped and the Blues were going to go farther than the Blackhawks. Vladimir Tarasenko worked his way into Hart Trophy consideration. T.J. Oshie became a household name. Ken Hitchcock’s (outdated) system was finally going to get you guys to the promised land.

Nice try.

Once again, the Blackhawks proved to be St. Louis’ bigger brother. After hearing about the electric atmosphere Mizzou’s campus had during last year’s playoff meeting between the Blues and Hawks, I couldn’t wait for the two teams to meet again.

Well, at least the Hawks held up their end of the deal.

Knocking the Blues out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season despite trailing two games to none was great. There was no better feeling all season for a Hawks fan like myself. Doing it two years in a row would have been the icing on the cake. Instead, we’ll have to settle for playing the Minnesota Wild for a third consecutive year in the playoffs.

No motivation. No energy. No heart. That’s what I saw from the Blues’ (brief ) playoff stay.

To me, it seemed like it was all on the shoulders of Tarasenko, who single-handedly brought home one victory, but that’s it. If Tarasenko wasn’t scoring, neither was anyone else. That’s not a sign of a good team. As we’ve seen in prior years with Alex Ovechkin, one superstar can get you to the

playoffs. From that point, it’s all about the players surrounding that star. Let’s get to some numbers.

I’ll give the guy a round of applause. Tarasenko put on a show during the Blues’ six-game series against Minnesota. I mean, the guy scored six goals, including a hat trick in Game 2 and another multi-goal effort in Game 4.

Unfortunately for St. Louis, those would be the only two wins of the series, mainly because the rest of the team scored just eight goals combined.

Looking for a scapegoat, Blues fans? Try Oshie and David Backes.

Oshie, who was set to be the new face of the Blues, was pushed aside when Tarasenko’s career took off.

He actually had a pretty steady regular season, tallying 19 goals and 36 assists, but completely fell off the radar in the playoffs. First off, he had just two points during the entire series and his one goal didn’t come until the final game.

Second, he was a minus-three, unacceptable for a top-line winger.

Then there’s your captain, Backes, who put up equally poor numbers.

Similar to Oshie, Backes tallied just one goal and two points in the entire series. To compare, Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews had eight points in the first round, Islanders captain John Tavares had six and six other captains had four each.

What do all of these numbers lead to? An era of playoff failure continuing for the Blues, a franchise that has yet to win a Stanley Cup (0-for-3, might I remind you), one that has suffered three straight first-round exits.

From an outside perspective, I see only one way for the Blues to turn it around, and it starts from the inside out. Hitchcock’s

days as head coach in St. Louis are numbered, and I think even Blues fans realize that. Taking it one step further, I just don’t think this core is Stanley Cup material.

Tarasenko is a keeper, obviously, as are two of the most talented defensemen in the league in Kevin Shattenkirk and Alex Pietrangelo.

Jake Allen took a major stride forward this year coming up from the Blues’ AHL affiliate in Chicago. Take a look at a guy like Oshie, though. Despite his disappearance during the playoffs, Oshie’s value is still about as high as it will ever be. With Tarasenko becoming a top-10 player this year, he’s clearly ready to take on a top-line role, meaning Oshie could probably fetch a couple of valuable draft picks or even a couple decent forwards in exchange.

More so, the Blues have a lot built up in the system. Ty Rattie is waiting in the wings, which could mean the end of Patrik Berglund’s tenure in St. Louis. Magnus Paajarvi still has some promise and maybe could benefit from having a new coach. Shane Harper is coming off a 30-goal season in the AHL, and prized prospect Robby Fabbri should have a bright future.

The Blues definitely will be a contender for years to come, in the regular season that is. Until something changes, this team will go nowhere in the playoffs.

Whether it be Oshie departing or Hitchcock being fired, St. Louis hockey fans will continue to lament what could be for this team until at least one of those things happen.

Keep dreaming, Blues fans.

You might get there one day. In the meantime, us Hawks fans will continue to be the big brother.

The Wit of Schmidt

The irrelevance of mock NFL drafts DANIEL SCHMIDT

I'm sure we all fondly remember the “mock” mock draft column I wrote last year; hell, I wouldn't be surprised if some of my more diehard readers had taken the time to memorize my prediction for their favorite team.

The point of that column was not just to make readers laugh and have them appreciate how many subtle references I could squeeze into a few hundred-word column (the Ravens’ and Chargers’ picks were two of my more clever ones), but to stress how ridiculous the premise of mock drafts is. To me, it's no different than seeing how the “experts” fill out their NCAA March Madness brackets. After having the No. 1 seeds beat the No. 16 seeds (or deciding who will go No. 1 overall), no one knows what is going to happen.

“Hey, Schmidt, did you see that

in Kiper's mock draft 89.0, he has the Rams taking a D-end?”

No! No, I didn’t! You want to know why I didn't see that?

Because I don't care. Unless I have heard directly from the Rams (or any other front office), then I truly do not care what any mock draft has to say. Every mock draft out there is simply an educated guess.

I find it truly astounding how so many people obsess over countless mock drafts — some even going so far as to make their own. I have no idea what the benefit of that is, other than to brag about it after the fact if you actually got a couple right.

In my mind, all a fan should do before the draft is recognize their team's needs (in the Rams’ case, there are three O-linemen on the roster … sigh) and from there, read up on who the best prospects are at that position. Or you can get greedy and hope that your team ignores its most pressing needs for smaller ones — like if the Rams were to draft Amari Cooper and have an established No. 1 receiver for this time since

Torry Holt (oh my God).

Perhaps another “benefit” of filling out a mock draft is trying to predict how the teams ahead of yours in the draft are going to pick. I've never seen this end in anything but frustration. Every year, I see people get so upset when the guy they wanted gets picked ahead of their team.

“I thought he was going to fall to us for sure!” is something I hear every draft night, and every time I hear it, I can't help but laugh. Why did you think that?

“Because the Dolphins needed a tackle, not a wide receiver!” Well you're a fool for thinking that. As important as it is to recognize a team's needs, it in no way is the be-all end-all when it comes to an organization's decision in the first round. There are seven rounds to this thing, guys, and most of the time, your team probably has more than one need — which means they can't all be solved in one round.

Enjoy the draft, watch the draft, but please don't mock it.

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