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A woman breaks into tears during a candlelight vigil honoring Cale Boedeker in front of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house Tuesday.

KEVIN MATHEIN | SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore Maggie Teson (left) stands during a candlelight vigil honoring Cale Boedeker in front of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house Tuesday. Boedeker, a sophomore fisheries and wildlife major, was found dead in the house late Monday night.

MIKE KREBS | PHOTO EDITOR

A portrait of Cale Boedeker rests in front of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house Tuesday.

Boedeker remembered at vigil The flag at the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house flew at half-mast at Tuesday’s candlelight vigil for sophomore Cale Boedeker, who died late Monday night.

Hundreds of MU students — both Greek and non-Greek — gathered on the front lawn of the fraternity house at 9 p.m. to pay their respects. The vigil lasted a slightly more than 20 minutes.

The steps leading up to the front door were lined with tall, white candles, assorted floral arrangements, a white rose wreath and a framed picture of Boedeker. Attendees held lit candles throughout the vigil and blew out the flames at the end.

During the vigil, Pastor Ryan Wampler from The Crossing Church addressed students. He reminded the crowd that

death was not the end, and asked for several moments of silence so students could pray for Boedeker’s family, friends and girlfriend.

Many students bowed their heads during this time.

Many students hugged and cried as Wampler spoke. Grief counselors were also made available to students afterward.

Alpha Gamma Rho president Kayden Guymon said Boedeker was a kind-hearted individual who got along with everyone.

“When I met him when he came into the house in the fall of 2013, I knew that he would make a great brother for our fraternity, and that he did,” Guymon said in an email.

“He demonstrated our promise and values to the utmost degree and all of us were honored to call him a brother.”

Guymon also described Boedeker as being “a very spiritual person.” He was a member of the The Crossing Church and participated in

a Bible study group.

“I never saw Cale be mean to anyone, and he was able to joke around with anyone that he was around,” Guymon said. “Cale also served Alpha Gamma Rho as our chaplain and did a great job leading us spiritually. He was always in good spirits and loved to be with his brothers and friends.”

Toward the end of the vigil, it was announced that the Office of Greek Life’s annual Unsung Hero Scholarship Award would be renamed the "Cale Boedeker Unsung Hero" award in his honor.

Boedeker was a fisheries and wildlife major at MU. Guymon said he wanted to work with wildlife and conservation after graduation.

Greek Life associate director Janna Basler said Boedeker had battled diabetes since his childhood and that his passing was “healthrelated.”

Guymon said Boedeker’s roommates found him unresponsive Monday night and dialed 911.

Columbia Police spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said officers were dispatched to the fraternity house at 11:43 p.m. Monday night.

Stacey Huck, an investigator from the Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office, said Boedeker died of natural causes but denied to confirm whether his death was connected to his medical condition.

Though many students remained emotional throughout the vigil, Wampler and Guymon encouraged the attendees to cherish their good memories of Boedeker, including his ability to make others laugh.

“Cale was a great guy, and set an example of what all Alpha Gamma Rho brothers should be,” Guymon said. “(He) was very social and it was rare to see him without a smile on his face.”

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ANNABEL AMES Staff Writer

NEWS

Cosmo-Bethel Park to be renovated with new lights and a paved trail.

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Students gather for a candlelight vigil honoring sophomore Cale Boedeker in front of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house Tuesday. Boedeker was found dead in the house late Monday night.

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A playset of used truck tires sits in Cosmo-Bethel Park on Tuesday in Columbia. The park’s walkways and tennis courts will undergo renovations.

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SFRC to review divisional council fees Chairwoman Catalano said SFRC aims to do “everything in their power that students want to see.”

RACHEL PIERRET Reporter The allocation of funds to the 12 student governments of the major schools at MU is the main goal of the 2014-2015 Student Fee Review Committee this year.

SFRC is a student organization of 13 students who are instrumental in the allocation of student activity fees for graduates and undergraduates. The organization budgets the funds collected from 17 different fees for issues such as the MU Student Recreation Complex, student health, parking and transportation and student councils.

“Our mission statement is to be the liaison between students to administration,” SFRC chairwoman Shelby Catalano said. “Basically, what we do is we meet with all the different department heads that receive nonacademic student fees, and we represent students. We ask questions that basically say, ‘Is this doing what it’s supposed to be doing for students?’”

SFRC is composed of 13 members: one chairperson, two co-vice chairpersons, seven undergraduate students and three graduate students.

Aside from the two co-vice chairpersons, who are the Missouri Students Association budget chairperson and the Graduate Professional Council treasurer, any student may apply to be on the SFRC. Out of the seven undergraduate spots, two are reserved for freshman students.

“In the past, it has been rather difficult to get in contact with divisional councils, so SFRC has never

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Columbia park to undergo renovations RACHEL FOSTER-GIMBEL Reporter Cosmo-Bethel Park, located in southern Columbia, will undergo renovations later this fall and into the spring of 2015.

The renovation project has two parts: adding lights to the last four unlit tennis courts, and repaving almost 75 percent of the currently gravel trail with concrete.

The project is part of the 2010 park sales tax, which allocated $150,000 to add the lighting for the tennis courts, said Gabe Huffington, park services manager for Columbia Parks and Recreation. When the plan was first proposed, however, inflation was overestimated, and the excess money is now being used for the repaving of the trail.

The repaving of the walking trail, which is roughly half a mile long and encircles

Bethel Lake, will help reduce some of the flooding damage that has been seen after severe washouts in the area, Huffington said. The gravel portions that are most affected will be replaced with a 5-foot wide concrete path.

“We don’t have enough funding to do the entire trail but a portion of the trail

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Professor’s lawsuit names senior MU officials Kesler claims he was never provided a reason for the decision, despite multiple requests.

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Kesler’s contributions include: - acquiring over $1.4 million in research funding - publishing about 28 peer-reviewed articles - authoring three book chapters, 50 scientific presentations and 10 technical reports.

Staff Writer Dylan Kesler, assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife, filed a lawsuit against university officials Sept. 24 after he was denied tenure for reasons unknown to him.

Kesler’s suit names the UM System Board of Curators, Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, Interim Provost Ken Dean and School of Natural Resources Director Mark Ryan as respondents.

Dean and Ryan were unavailable for comment.

Kesler said he was denied tenure almost

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Assistant professor Dylan Kesler is suing several MU officials and the UM System Board of Curators.

His current contract runs out in September 2015.

He filed a suit on Sept.

24 against senior university officials.

He filed a complaint about federal grant misuse in spring 2013.

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THE MANEATER | NEWS | OCTOBER 1, 2014

English professor publishes second novel A book launch for “The Empire Rolls” will be held in November.

STEVIE MYERS Staff Writer Trudy Lewis, professor and director of creative writing, will release her second novel this fall.

The novel, “The Empire Rolls,” takes place in Boonslick, Missouri, and centers around a woman who works as both a park ranger and an emcee at a roller derby. However, the novel also features an underlying political plot that connects to present-day issues.

“A lot of the roller derby players have names that sort of relate back to that and mimic the war in Iraq,” Lewis said. “So in a way, it’s a story about what happens when the aggression and violence and greed of the war come home to roost in very midwestern places.”

Lewis has been writing since she was 18 years old. She said that one of the more difficult parts of the writing process is not knowing how her readers will react to the novel.

“A lot of people called it a love story and I was thinking, ‘Well, that’s sort of right,’” she said. “But then I was thinking about whether someone would see it as a political story, and then I got a blurb that talked about it in those terms and I was pretty happy that someone had noticed that. When you write something, you don’t

really know what people will see it as in the end.”

The novel also features local nature, and Lewis said part of her inspiration for the novel came from the Missouri landscape.

“One of the things I was really concerned about was writing about the midwest because so many times, living here, it’s difficult to hear people make jokes about the midwest over and over again about how horrible it is to live here,” Lewis said. “That bothers me deeply and so part of it is just wanting people to see what’s here.”

M ike Cz yznie j e w sk i, assistant professor of English at Missouri State University, is the editor of “The Empire Rolls.” He said he chose to work with Lewis when her novel was selected as a finalist in an annual novel competition in 2013.

The competition, sponsored by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, gives authors the opportunity to submit their works to be judged by other writers.

Czyzniejewski, who was a judge for the competition, said nearly 500 entries were submitted to the contest.

“I loved her book a lot and I wrote a really gleaming recommendation trying to get that book chosen,” he said.

The novel is being published through Moon City Press, which is based out of Missouri State University. The press has a mission of publishing stories from the Ozarks.

Czyzniejewski said he had recently began working with Moon City Press when he discovered Lewis’s novel.

He said since the press was looking to expand, he asked Lewis to publish “The Empire Rolls” as the first novel in the Missouri Authors Series, which will publish books from authors throughout the state.

“Trudy’s book was perfect for that,” he said. “It takes place in different parts of Missouri and the roller derby team in the book plays against the Springfield roller derby team.

The series was kind of created around her.”

Phong Nguyen, a professor at the University of Central Missouri, worked with Lewis in a group they called the Mid-MO Writers Group.

The group, put together by Lewis and a few of her friends, met once a month to read and edit each other’s stories.

“It was mostly to both stay in communication with other writers who we like or learn from as well as to be reminded (us) of the importance of deadlines, which if you’re meeting once a month, you have to always be producing,” he said.

Debra Brenegan, associate professor and chairwoman of English at Westminster College in Fulton, was also a part of the Mid-MO Writers Group. She described Lewis as a beautiful writer.

“The sentences she writes are so gloriously crafted, they literally take my breath away,” Brenegan said.

Brenegan said Lewis’ use of imagery and diction, along with her rich characters and intriguing plot, will draw readers in again and again with the “top shelf ” novel.

“I, for one, am proud to know such a talented artist and am happy that I get to call her a friend,” Brenegan said.

Lewis said she did extensive research to ensure the world created in “The Empire Rolls” will show through. While writing the novel, Lewis said she wanted to represent the

Midwest’s role in political affairs.

“People seem to think that nothing happens here in the middle of the country, but actually a lot happens,” she said.

“Things that are happening on the national or international scene impact us deeply, and that was the other thing I wanted to write about.”

A book launch for “The Empire Rolls” will be hosted at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 6 in the Alumni Lounge of Memorial Union.

Fogle has come a long way with one of my friends and this since his first kick outside guy rode up on a mountain bike the party in Colorado. When and asked if he could kick with he first came to Columbia us,” Davidson said. “It was just about 20 years ago, he looked nice to meet someone friendly for public places to promote who had been there before and footbag. Naturally, he turned to was just all-around friendly.”

Speakers Circle.

Fogle’s hard work in this Ever since sport has he started paid off. He kicking at IT’S GOOD TO SEE c o m p e t e d MU, Fogle PEOPLE DO WHAT in and ran said he has tournaments THEY LOVE TO DO and learned to even feed off the held a world AND FOLLOW THEIR students’ record at PASSIONS.” energy and one point b e c o m e s for 5-minute encouraged t i m e d SCOTT DAVIDSON in the consecutive footbag enthusiast growth of the hits. sport when Currently, students ask him if they can he ranks as ninth in rallying kick with him.

— kicking a footbag back and Scott Davidson, Fogle’s forth with someone over a net, friend and fellow footbag similar to volleyball — with enthusiast, said Fogle is a 20,004 kicks in a row. He was good example of the footbag also inducted into the Footbag community with the way he Hall of Fame in 2005. publicizes the sport and acts to Although footbag has been those who play. a major part of Fogle’s life, it’s Davidson met Fogle at been around in his family’s lives the 1985 World Footbag as well.

Championships in Colorado.

Fogle has taken his children “I was kicking in the park along to various competitions

and public venues. Clint Fogle, Derrick’s daughter, used to tag along to his tournaments.

“I remember my dad always would go play hacky sack every Thursday, and that was really cool,” Clint Fogle said. “I don’t remember a lot from when I was little, but I do remember he took my brother and me to a hacky sack tournament in St. Louis. It was neat to see him do what he loved.”

Derrick Fogle said his love of hacky sack is more than just a hobby. It has become a way to mentally and spiritually cleanse himself.

“The one real reason I play is because I love doing it,” he said.

“I feel like I get so much out of it. It helps me stay physically and mentally healthy and so many other positive things.

Everything else goes away. But then I miss the bag and I don’t remember how long it’s been because it’s just me and the motion and the sound.”

Those around him have seen the hard work he’s put into it and realize just how special his passion is.

“I’ve never had the drive to be that devoted to anything,

especially sports,” Clint Fogle said. “He’s been doing it my whole life. And he’s 51 now, so I guess at some point I thought he would stop, but he hasn’t yet.”

Davidson said he has also been inspired by the way Derrick Fogle continues to hacky-sack, even after all these years.

“It’s good to see people do what they love to do and follow their passions,” he said. “I can’t wait until we can play together in Speakers Circle.”

Through all of Fogle’s experience, he said he has continued to learn about himself and hopes to motivate others through what he’s done for so long.

“I want to inspire people and show them a demonstrable example of what you can do,” he said. “When people see me out there doing it, maybe not play hacky sack, but something nondestructive that you can love and you can enjoy yourself.”

COURTESY OF TRUDY LEWIS

Trudy Lewis, professor and director of creative writing, will release her second novel, “The Empire Rolls,” this fall.

Footbag more than a hobby for the ‘Hacky Sack Man’ Derrick Fogle has been frequenting Speakers Circle for 20 years.

EMMA DILTZ Staff Writer Derrick Fogle, also known as the “Hacky Sack Man,” has been kicking for 33 years.

“I was going to a party in Colorado when I was 17, and there were some guys playing (hacky sack), and they invited me to play,” Fogle said. “It was just fun, so I went out and bought myself a hacky sack and started playing around and, eventually, I just got really good at it.”

Playing “hacky sack,” also known as footbag, changed Fogle’s life on a level he never expected.

“When I was a kid, I had a lot of trouble as a teenager, and I was transposed when I started playing hacky sack,” he said. “It taught me the value of hard work and determination and persistence. It’s been really empowering to me, and it’s given me a feeling of accomplishment.”

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THE MANEATER | NEWS | OCTOBER 1, 2014

MU hosts month-long exhibit on Lincoln The exhibit will include presentations and events through Oct. 31.

ESTHER SEAWELL Reporter MU is hosting a traveling exhibit by the American Library Association called “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” through Oct. 31.

The exhibit opened Sept. 24 and is free and open to the public Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the MU Law Library.

The ALA’s website describes the exhibit as a “fresh and innovative perspective on Abraham Lincoln that focuses on his struggle to meet the political and constitutional challenges of the Civil War.” Social Science librarian Paula Roper said the exhibit will feature a variety of panels, representing what Lincoln went through during those four years.

“It’s a series of panels that show documents and things from Lincoln that indicate where he was going with the struggle as he contemplated it,” she said.

“Each panel has information and details with different topics related to the conundrum that Lincoln faced.”

In addition to the panels, there will be artifacts acquired

by MU, such as articles from the Historical Society of Missouri, a Civil War-era dress from Stephens College and various materials from the MU Library’s Special Collections department.

The exhibit will also feature special events and presentations throughout the month of October, including a screening of the movie “Lincoln” on Oct. 9 and a presentation about the role of African Americans in the Civil War on Oct. 16.

The exhibit will close Oct. 31 with a presentation featuring period music associated with Lincoln.

Roper said the Law School was gracious to host the exhibit and corresponding events since Ellis Library is currently housing workers from Jesse Hall.

“We think it’s appropriate that it is over in the Law Library mainly because they deal with law and the Constitution,” director of libraries James Cogswell said.

Cogswell said he believes the exhibit will help visitors understand how lessons from the Civil War still apply today.

“What I hope people get is a sense of the history, and the sense that it’s living history,” Cogswell said. “It’s not old stuff that happened long ago that might be interesting to learn about and that’s all. Knowing what it does, how it works, how it changes over time, how it serves us as a nation, is critical.”

A Month of Lincoln The “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” exhibit will be available in the MU Law Library through Oct. 31

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Live on Historian Dennis CAT-TV Belcher discusses Interview with his book author Aaron “A Civil War Astor Biography”

“Researching the Civil War in Government Documents”

“Abraham Lincoln in Song”

Source: library.missouri.edu/about/events/lincoln/ BEN KOTHE // GRAPHICS MANAGER

Music professor inducted into Missouri Hall of Fame Budds has been a professor at MU for 32 years.

MARILYN HAIGH Reporter After 32 years of teaching, Michael J. Budds knows music.

Still, the MU professor said, “there are only two kinds of music: good music and bad music, and sometimes I can’t tell the difference.”

Budds’ teaching goes far beyond the difference between good and bad music. The professor of music history, music appreciation and music bibliography is known for helping students understand music on an intellectual level, as well as exposing students to

new genres.

On Sept. 13, Budds was inducted into the Missouri Music Hall of Fame.

Created in 2009, the Missouri Music Hall of Fame serves to appreciate and preserve the diverse musical history of Missouri. Every year, the organization, operated by the St. Joseph Music Foundation, recognizes notable individuals who have contributed to music in Missouri.

“There has never been a Hall of Fame for the state,” President and Curator of the hall Anthony Glise said. “St Joseph’s felt like this would be an important endeavor for those people who should be celebrated in Missouri music.”

Glise called Budds “a brilliant scholar and tremendous educator.”

The recognition is one of

many for Budds. He was named a William T. Kemper Fellow for Excellence in Teaching in 2000 and a Curator’s Teaching Professor in 2013.

Budds, a specialist in American music, AfricanAmerican music and the music of Victorian England, uses his wide breadth of knowledge in his publications.

For 20 years, he has served as the editor of two book series for the College Music Society, an organization of music educators in the U.S. and Canada.

Although he has published extensively, Budds stresses that teaching students is his first priority.

“I am deeply devoted to the concept of research, but I didn’t become a university teacher to be a researcher,” he said. “I became a university teacher to teach people.”

Budds’ devotion to teaching is clear when he speaks of former students.

In one anecdote, he recalls a student who told him he had ruined music for him because his classes caused him to think instead of feel.

“All music of all times and all places is emotional,” Budds said. “But it’s also intellectual … That was the highest compliment that could be paid to me. That I had, in fact, made him think.”

Julia Gaines, director of the School of Music, said classes taught by Budds are hard work, but students who tackled the workload have returned after graduation thanking him for teaching so many skills.

Gaines said his success is “a combination of being a very passionate teacher and an aggressive one.”

Budds credits his early interests in history and music as the driving force behind his passion for music education.

He said he knew he wanted to be a teacher as early as the first grade.

After a lifetime of listening to music, Budds emphasizes the role individual change plays in the listening experience.

“Most of the great pieces of music, you can listen to for a lifetime and they keep giving you things every time you hear them,” he said. “One of the privileges of what I do for a living is (that) I get to keep going back to certain pieces … and some of them just keep getting better and better and better. Some of them lose their luster. I’m a different person every time I go back to listen to them one more time.”

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THE MANEATER | NEWS | OCTOBER 1, 2014

Three organizations celebrate birthdays These MSA/GPC auxiliaries are celebrating birthdays this week.

LIBBYE TELLOR Reporter

STRIPES

STRIPES will turn 13 years old Oct. 4.

“They’ve grown exponentially since they started in 2001,” Patel said. “They’re going to grow so big in the next few years. It’s amazing just to see where it’s going to be.”

Executive Director Megan Cahill said she started volunteering for STRIPES her freshman year and has been involved with STRIPES for seven semesters.

“It’s just something that I’m passionate about, so I really wanted to get involved,” she said. “The more I got involved, the more I realized I loved the organization and the people I got to work with. It was the fact that we obviously are obviously saving lives, and not only helping other students, but the entire city of Columbia every night.”

Cahill said whether volunteers help a single person home or a car full of five students, it

is worth it because they help whomever else might be driving that night.

She said STRIPES is constantly trying to improve its services, whether it is increasing the number of cars or simply getting the word out.

The organization recently added its 13th car and has officially given more than 163,000 rides, Cahill said.

Its official birthday is Oct. 4, but on Oct. 2, STRIPES will celebrate in the MU Student Center from noon to 2 p.m. with cupcakes and balloons.

STRIPES will also be out in a membership drive around campus for additions to next semester’s volunteers.

“I only see it going up from here,” Cahill said.

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Truman’s Closet

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Truman’s Closet, which provides business attire to those who may not be able to afford it, celebrates its first birthday Oct. 3.

“The people involved with Truman’s Closet are just the most passionate people,” said Kevin Ackermann, Missouri Students Association operations chairman. “They’re selfless … It’s inspiring.”

Sandy Patel, MSA secretary of auxiliaries, said she has helped the closet become an auxiliary and watched them develop.

“Their closet is completely packed; they offer every size, so they can’t turn anyone away because of size,” she said. “It’s huge how much their donations have grown.”

The closet now receives a wide array of donations, she said.

Ackermann said the organization was the first thing he got involved with as a freshman.

He got involved before it opened and has seen it grow over the past year.

“It’s been really neat to watch it grow so much,” he said. “When we first started, … we had 50-something items for people to

check out, and now we have over 1,200, so it’s outrageous growth, and it’s been really cool to be a part of that.”

Ackermann said the space has doubled and Truman’s Closet offers interview tips, in addition to providing business clothes. Staff are currently working on organizing the space more efficiently to showcase the closet’s best clothes and plan on branching out more in the coming year with a coat drive.

“We get to provide a service that is absolutely needed that a lot of people don’t realize is needed,” Ackermann said.

On Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MU Student Center, Truman’s Closet will be celebrating its first birthday with cake, Hot Box Cookies and a photo booth, Ackermann said. It will also run a profit share at Yogoluv the day after.

“We’re still a growing organization,” Ackermann said “But we’re well on our way.”

Tiger Pantry Tiger Pantry officially turns 2 years old Oct. 3.

The pantry started because Missouri is the second most food-insecure state in the nation, and there is a need on the MU campus, Patel said.

She said she worked as one of the original volunteers and that the organization has grown more than anyone would have thought.

“We’ve donated 50,000 pounds of food since we opened in 2012,” resource coordinator Shannon Orbe said. “So that’s also a huge mile marker this year.”

Orbe said she has enjoyed her time with Tiger Pantry and how it allows her to give back to the community of Columbia.

In the past year, Orbe said she has helped them add to their operations.

It is one of the few student-run pantries in the nation that offer fresh produce, which is seasonally donated by the Bradford Research Center Farm, Orbe said. As of this summer, the pantry also offers bread, and it is working on providing eggs.

The pantry has also switched to paperless

operations and will soon accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program credits.

Tiger Pantry also hopes to have more community involvement with “full circle” volunteers that work outside the pantry with the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri and Bradford Farms, Orbe said.

On Oct. 3, Tiger Pantry will host an Empty Bowls event with the MSA/GPC Craft Studio, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Memorial Union.

The soup lunch is $10 for students, and participants get to keep their locally-crafted bowls. The event mimics a real soup kitchen to put attendees in the shoes of individuals who may have to utilize soup kitchens.

Other birthday week events Tiger Pantry has on the schedule are a “Food Stamped” screening Oct. 2 and a presentation on food stamp myths Oct. 8.

“There’s so much that’s happened in just two years,” Orbe said. “Even when I graduate, I’m excited to see what happens to Tiger Pantry.”

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Mobile app helps students report bullying The app has been implemented in Platte County and Park Hill school districts.

PAIGE LALAIN Staff Writer Though bullying in schools is nothing new, the way in which students are able to report and conquer incidents of wrongdoing by and to their classmates has seen a number of updates.

App updates, that is.

To supplement regular antibullying classes and programs, local middle schools in Platte County and Park Hill school districts have begun utilizing a free, web-based application called “Sprigeo” which allows students to anonymously report incidents of bullying from their mobile phones.

In addition to this mobile application, students at Congress Middle School in the Park Hill School District have also begun utilizing a text-a-tip program, with which students can send anonymous text message reports

that are then reviewed by school faculty members, Park Hill School District Communications Director Nicole Kirby said.

Both Congress Middle School and Platte City Middle School of the Platte County School District are nationally-recognized Olweus Bullying Prevention Program schools, meaning that students and faculty have prioritized the reduction of “existing bullying problems among students,” the prevention of the “development of new bullying problems,” and the achievement of “better peer relations at school,” as stated in the OBPP Facts Introduction.

According to the OBPP Facts Introduction, Olweus has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a “Level 2” program, indicating that the program has been “scientifically demonstrated to prevent delinquency or reduce risk and enhance protection for delinquency and other child and youth problems.”

Schools utilizing this program have average reductions of 20 to 70 percent in incident reports, “marked reductions” in student reports of

truancy, vandalism and theft and “clear improvements” in the social atmosphere in classrooms.

“To be honest with you, we didn’t have a major bullying problem, but with my 15 years working in middle schools, I know there is always stuff going on, whether it be rumors or drama, and we knew that this was something we needed to tackle,” Platte City Middle School Principal Chris Miller said.

Platte City Middle School was the first building in the Platte County School District to implement the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, Miller said.

Each year the school surveys its students and receives a report informing them on what is going on at the school.

One of the questions on this survey consistently asks about how students report bullying, and many students said that they normally do not report it at all for various reasons. To correct this, the school chose Sprigeo as a platform for anybody to anonymously report anything that would cause a disruption to a safe and secure learning environment, Miller said.

“As principals and counselors, we know that kids do not want to be viewed as a tattletale, so we continue to try our best to protect them,” Miller said. “With two years of data on Sprigeo, I do think that it empowers kids knowing that they have an easy way to report these incidents.”

The Platte City School District has since expanded Sprigeo to Platte County High School as well, Miller said.

According to the OBPP Facts Introduction, implementation of anti-bullying aides and programs in high school takes some adaptation, and research has not yet measured effectiveness beyond 10th grade.

Utilizing the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program and the Sprigeo application, Congress Middle School has also made it their mission to decrease bullying within the school.

“It has been about three years with our Olweus anti-bullying program and it teaches kids what bullying is and what it isn’t, and it teaches them their role in stopping it, even if they are not the bully or the victim,” Kirby said.

Anti-bullying lessons are taught through school-wide assemblies, classroom activities and lectures.

Poster contests throughout the year help students learn and recognize the school’s anti-bullying rules, Kirby said.

“The kids have learned about this for so long that it has become almost second-nature to them,” Kirby said.

Despite the turn toward technology and the anonymity that Sprigeo grants students, Miller reported that it is important that kids are still taught to actively stand up for themselves and each other, and to help people that are being wronged.

The school has implemented a reward-based system in which students who recognize bullying and stick up for one another receive a bracelet that says “defender,” one of the roles outlined in the Olweus program, Miller said.

“Over the past few years we have seen a decrease in bullying,” Miller said. “It’s never going to be quite perfect, but we have made strides.

We’re pretty proud of what we’-ve been able to do so far.”

Asthma may have wider impacts on lower-class kids

Jen-Hao Chen was inspired to conduct research on this topic by his doctoral adviser.

GRACE ROGERS Staff Writer

Growing up with asthma may affect children of low socioeconomic status, even when they are able to catch their breath.

A doctoral study by JenHao Chen, now an assistant professor of the MU School of Health Professions, shows that children with asthma in low socioeconomic status families

have more attention problems, aggression and fewer social skills.

“I find the biggest impact on children with asthma is aggressive behaviors,” Chen said.

Chen’s findings went on to note that although all children with asthma are at a risk for weak behavioral skills, those of a higher socioeconomic status were less likely to be affected.

Chen’s hypothesis is that children with high socioeconomic status are less affected by asthma because they have access to better resources for asthma management.

The asthma study was inspired by Ariel Kalil, Chen’s doctoral adviser at the

University of Chicago, and her work researching the impact of socioeconomic status on families who have children without any chronic illnesses, such as asthma.

“We were both really interested in the role of parents,” Kalil said.

Kalil and Chen studied what effect access to government programs had on the parent’s ability to help their child develop well. However, Chen wanted to discover what extra strain a chronic illness puts on a family and decided to study asthma specifically.

While Chen was guided by his doctoral advisers and professors, he worked mostly alone, using

information from the Early Childhood Longitudinal StudyBirth Cohort. The program was designed to provide people from parents to politicians with information about early childhood development. During critical developmental stages, the study specifically notes changes in behavioral skills.

According to ECLS-B, they did not exclude children based on chronic illness, disabilities or available services. However, they did take note of these children, as these factors make an impact on their development.

Studying the effects of health on academic achievement — and behavioral skills — is a relatively

new approach to studying childhood development.

Chen said he hopes his study will help medical professionals more effectively aid children in dealing with both the physical and behavioral symptoms of asthma.

“Quite often, people consider biology or health as destiny and that it determines everything,” Chen said.

However, with his research, Chen said he hopes to show that better social resources and better social conditions have the capability to “make the patients better or better off,” even if they have an incurable illness.

‘Road Show’ premieres at Rhynsburger ELANA WILLIAMS Reporter When curtains open to a simple set of white-washed milk crates, furniture legs and other miscellaneous wood scraps towering over the stage as two makeshift walls, “Road Show” will have ample opportunity to be much grander than it’s simplistic stage.

The theatre department’s upcoming musical is an episodic narrative that follows two brothers throughout the early and mid-1900s as they strive for the American dream.

The brothers, Addison and Wilson Mizner, are based on real-life brothers who conned their way through the country in search of success.

Senior Connor Relyea, who plays Addison, describes his character as a very gullible and

corruptible social climber who is unbelievably influenced by his brother.

The show catalogs the everstrained relationship between the two brothers and another man, Hollis, who ends up being Addison’s lover.

Senior Olivia Boyer is the show’s stage manager.

“The amount of power that those three people bring in in general, I think, is my favorite part of the show,” she said.

Wilson, played by senior Zack Heuls, is very much the opposite of Addison “a smooth talking con artist. Everyone’s an instrument to him, and he is a versatile musician.

Miller said the brothers need each other, yet they are poison for each other.

“This is a story about Addison finding himself,” Relyea said. “And I think a lot of people can relate to that,

especially now in college.”

“Road Show” will premiere Oct. 8 at the Rhynsburger Theatre. Professor of theatre James Miller, director of the musical, said he is incredibly excited for the show to open.

“I do shows to make people feel and think,” he said.

Miller, who is also an award- winning costume designer, brings design as well as direction to the musical.

“I draw well enough to make the costumes look like the people who are going to be wearing them,” he said.

This gives actors the chance to visualize the way their character appears from the very first rehearsal, a luxury actors don‚Äôt often get. “(The audience is) going to have an experience unlike any musical they’ve ever seen,” Miller said. “I’s written kind of like a movie.”

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‘Beards for Boobs’ begins MU chapter The organization has been recognized as a top breast cancer fundraiser.

awareness for cancer research.

Beards for Boobs raises money by receiving monetary donations from participants’ friends and family who choose to sponsor their beard growth, Belman said.

FAITH SALAMON A member of Belman’s Reporter fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, told his friends at MU to look into Beards for Boobs, an starting a local chapter. organization started in 2012 by “I jumped on board really a student at Miami University fast,” said Alex Bahlinger, the in Oxford, Ohio, has expanded president of the MU chapter. to Mizzou this year.

Bahlinger’s mother was The Mizzou chapter set a diagnosed with breast cancer in goal to raise $5,000 dollars to January 2013, so he said he is donate to breast cancer research familiar with the disease. She is in its first active year. now cancer-free.

Miami University’s chapter He said he was very excited of Beards for Boobs has about the opportunity to already raised $14,500 since raise money for breast cancer its founding two years ago. research that could one day In 2013, the Susan G. Komen lead to finding a cure for breast Foundation recognized it as cancer. one of their top 20 fundraisers Sophomore Blake Toth, in the nation. head of public relations for the Alex Belman, now a junior at chapter, said he would like to Miami University, started the make it clear organization that this event with his thenWE WANT THIS is meant to roommate ORGANIZATION bring people for his together.

TO BE g ra n d m o t h e r, While men a breast cancer in fraternities NATIONWIDE AT s u r v i vor. run the SOME POINT, BUT Because of the MU Beards wild success WE KNOW THAT for B oobs of B eards o r g a n i z a tion, TAKES TIME.” for Boobs in Toth said he Ohio, it has would like to now branched stress that ALEX BELMAN out to other anyone is Beards for Boobs founder welcome universities to including participate in MU, Denison this event, and University and the University that students of any gender of Delaware. are encouraged to participate The mission of Beards for by sponsoring their friends’ Boobs is based off No-Shave beard growth or by purchasing November, another popular t-shirts. event to raise money and Beards for Boobs raises

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money to donate to breast cancer research. However, it also raises awareness, Belman said.

Beards for Boobs works with the Columbia chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Bahlinger said he is currently working on setting up a Beards for Boobs donation link through the foundation.

Toth said he has set up a Facebook page, “Beards for Boobs University of Missouri, Columbia,” as well as a Twitter

account @MizBeards4Boobs.

The hope is that these accounts will make people more aware of the organization.

Bahlinger said he hopes the MU chapter of Beards for Boobs will become a top source of fundraising nationally for the Komen Foundation. He said he hopes that he can visit MU in a few years and see that the organization is thriving after the original team has left.

He said he looks to the success of the original chapter

at Miami University, whose goal this year is to raise over $30,000.

Belman said he wants to spread the mission of Beards for Boobs on a national level.

He said he was thrilled to see more universities interested in adopting the organization this year.

“We want this organization to be nationwide at some point, but we know that takes time, and it starts by adding one school at a time,” Belman said.

said the initiative aims to make pop culture, something that can campus inclusive, embracive draw students in, something and understanding. that is very current,” Sears said.

“It’s trying to create the space As a public speaker and that if you feel uncomfortable popular actress, Stinson said going to an event, those people Cox embodies who the One at those events are going to Mizzou committee was looking educate you and also be very for in a keynote speaker. accepting and embracing “She brings so many awesome towards you, no matter what identities to the table,” Stinson your identity,” Stinson said. said. “She talks about being a Cale Sears, transwoman SHE’S GOT TO DSA Speakers of color, she Committee shines light BE TOUGH TO s e n i o r on what her DO WHAT SHE chairman and life was like One Mizzou growing up and DOES AND KEEP Week chairman, she wants to GOING, AND SHE worked with further expand DOESN’T LOOK LIKE the his committee ideas and the One in people’s SHE’S STOPPING Mizzou team minds about ANYTIME SOON.” to bring Cox to acceptance, MU. equality, and “ We work how important CALE SEARS together to it is to listen to DSA Speakers senior select the these minority chair speakers for the identities and semester or for bring love and the year that can bring together understanding to them.” social contemporary issues with Tickets for Cox’s speech sold

out in a matter of days. Sears said he believes it’s because she has captivated young adults.

He said he is glad the Missouri Theatre will host her during her rise to wider fame.

Cox also brings many personal qualities to her advocacy that inspire and motivate many people, he said.

“She is unapologetically herself, and I think that’s a really hard thing to do,” Sears said. “She’s got to be tough to do what she does and keep going, and she doesn’t look like she’s stopping anytime soon. I hope that being with her helps to remind me of why I need to be tough as well because we don’t have time to sit around and be afraid of what other people think.”

Ahad Hosseini, One Mizzou Steering Committee chairman, said he hopes Laverne, as other speakers have done in the past, will renew campus vigor for social change.

“I think Laverne will have a unique impact and feel

because we’re talking about a community that has been marginalized pretty heavily for quite some time and been made fun of and poked fun at,” Hosseini said. “Laverne stands as a person who has risen to the top of so many different media outlets.”

Stinson said he shares the hope that Cox will have an emotional affect on campus life.

“I think she will bring a lot of empathy out of everyone,” Stinson said. “I think that she is a very motivating speaker and is inspiring. A lot of people will empathize with her story, and I think she’ll push people to be more active in this movement.”

Hosseini said he remains impressed by Cox’s motivation to continue to make a difference.

“You can have the talent to be an actress, that’s one thing,” he said. “But actually becoming kind of like a symbol or figurehead for a movement is an entirely different thing altogether.”

Laverne Cox to speak at the Missouri Theatre

Cox will serve as the keynote speaker for One Mizzou Week on Oct. 6.

DANIELLE KATZ Reporter Laverne Cox will soon add “first transgender One Mizzou Week keynote speaker” to her list of accomplishments.

Cox, known for her work in television shows such as “TRANSform Me” and “Orange Is the New Black,” will give a talk entitled “Ain’t I A Woman: My Journey to Womanhood” and draw from her personal experiences to describe how race, class and gender make an impact on the lives of transwomen of color.

At the opening event of One Mizzou Week, Cox will speak to a sold-out crowd at the Missouri Theatre on Oct. 6.

One Mizzou education co-chairman Shane Stinson

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Creating safe streets for pedestrians, parking

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An artist’s rendering of the proposed crosswalks and barricade on College Avenue.

RUTH SERVEN

When pedestrians can step off of the sidewalk at any time, you're driving white-knuckled all the time."

Simply crossing College MU freshman Madison Avenue can be a struggle, and Nelson rushed across College finding parking near MU’s Avenue on her way to pomp for campus can be even harder. her sorority, dodging cars. She Convenience is often pitted said she lives across campus, against safety and courtesy. The and rarely crosses the street, City of Columbia is debating so a barrier wouldn’t affect her several measures to improve much. But when she does have pedestrian safety and parking to cross College Avenue, she said on College Avenue and East she rarely uses a crosswalk. She Campus. said her sorority friends were annoyed by the prospect of a Pedestrians barrier.

“It’s probably safer, but I Columbia officials have know it will frustrate a lot of recently worked to address unsafe people who don’t like waiting street crossings, especially on for the crosswalk,” she said.

South College Avenue. The Jarvis said two crosswalks busy road separates MU’s are planned on College Avenue campus from the East Campus near the Physics and Schlundt neighborhood where many buildings. The crosswalks students live and park. Instead will have two High-Intensity of walking to inconvenient A c t i v a t e d crosswalks, Crosswalk beacon pedestrians often cost of college (HAWK) signals, choose to run the first of their across the lanes avenue safety kind in Columbia. in the face of When activated enhancement project oncoming traffic. by a pedestrian, After a public HAWK signals hearing May 19, force motorists City Council to stop and tell authorized a two-foot barrier pedestrians when to cross. along the avenue, topped by The entire CASE project is a two-foot fence. The barrier expected to cost $750,000. will be broken by two mid-block Jarvis said the planned crosswalks. Additionally, the changes will have "significant left turn lane onto Rosemary safety impacts."

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$750,000

avenues will be covered by the barrier, according to the College Avenue Safety Enhancement (CASE) report. The project is in the final design phase, and construction is expected to begin in the fall of 2015.

“I do think it will make it safer for both pedestrians and vehicles,” city transportation engineer Cliff Jarvis said.

“Cars will be able to predict the behavior of pedestrians better.

Parking Improvements must also be made east of College Avenue.

The streets of East Campus are clogged with cars, and city officials have now been debating options for a year.

Anne Case-Halferty and her husband live in what she calls “deep campus,” in an area mostly rented by students. She

said her house was built in 1916, on the street and walk to she wants to hear from students and her family has lived in it campus. He said his landlord who live in the neighborhood offers a towing and want to find a solution. since the 1950s. service, but he C a s e - H a l f e r t y, “It’s not just a residential cost of audible finds it hard to issue,” she said. “Anyone who who works as know which cars lives in this area has been assistant director crosswalks: $70,000 are unfamiliar, affected by (parking). Students of alumni and he has never relations for the have every right to live here and Mizzou Alumni Association, called to have a car towed.

Anderson said the city should park here.” said she and her husband love On the whole, Anderson said East Campus’ proximity to crack down on commuters and he is detached from the conflict. any solution to parking must be campus and downtown.

He said it is a problem, but “It’s the perfect place for us enforced. commuters don’t bother him and The city has proposed to live, given our lifestyle,” Casehe probably won’t remain in the requiring permits and/or meters Halferty said. house that he rents. But he said on East Campus between 8am She said parking has always been an issue for residents of and 5pm. After prolonged that as more and more students East Campus, but has become discussion with citizens and move into East Campus, the more acute with MU’s growing the East Campus Neighborhood problems will increase. student body and the lack of Association, the city decided “I could see East Campus sufficient university and to hire a mediator to solve the getting to the point where it’s disputes. downtown parking. only students living there,” Case-Halferty said she Cars block her driveway at Anderson said. least twice a week, fly down wants to see If that solution narrow streets, knock off side a happens, he Pedestrian-related mirrors or run into pedestrians, agreed upon by thinks the homeowners, accidents Case-Halferty said. university She said when her elderly l a n d l o r d s june 2005 june 2012 would have and students. grandmother lived in the house, an obligation The city has sometimes they were unable to address to get out of the house to the p r e s e n t e d three potential solutions, and parking. doctor’s office and one time the “Maybe the university should ambulance was unable to get Case-Halferty said she prefers a permit system, in which correct this problem and maybe close to their house and had to students would pay a small fee it should build a parking lot,” park on the corner. Currently, the only way to enforce parking to park their car in East Campus. he said. violations is by complaints, She suggested landlords could Although Anderson said any which Case-Halferty said is provide one or two parking long-term solution may cost the inefficient and often ineffective. permits per residence; she area its charm and convenience, “The number one issue, in thinks that since students pay he said he wants to see a solution my mind, is not all of us who premium rent to live in East that makes everyone happy and live here but the commuters Campus, they should be able to keeps the area’s spirit. who drive in and park their car,” park their cars where they live.

“The quaintness of East “Permits are really the only Case-Halferty said. “They don’t way we can do it so people Campus is something that we all realize it’s a neighborhood. They can live in the neighborhood want to protect,” he said. treat it like a parking lot.” and park in the street,” CaseCase-Halferty said she has MU senior Mark Anderson Halferty said. no plans to leave. She said she and six other students share a Students may feel uninvolved hopes that the city will arrive house on University Avenue. It’s in the conflict, Case-Halferty at a solution beneficial for all a typical bachelor pad crammed said, and the city often assumes residents of the area. with thrift store couches and that students rent an apartment “We all have a stake in making Fireball whiskey and a driveway for a year and then move on, it a livable neighborhood,” Casejammed with cars. thus having little investment in Anderson said student the issue. But Case-Halferty said Halferty said. “If we didn’t love commuters often park illegally it, we wouldn’t live here.”

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Continued from page 3 two months ago but was never given an explanation for the university’s decision, despite multiple verbal and written requests.

Chapter 310.020 of the UM System Collected Rules and Regulations states, “In the event of a recommendation at any level for nonrenewal of a regular appointment or for a terminal appointment, the faculty member shall be informed and, upon request, shall be furnished with an explanation of that decision.”

According to the 30-page case file, “Loftin wrote a letter on or about August 13, 2014, stating that he would provide a letter giving his reasons for denying tenure, but no such letter has ever been provided … (Kesler) was not ‘furnished with an explanation’ of Respondent Loftin’s decision, and thus (Kesler) was denied his rights to rebut the decision.”

His purpose for legal action, Kesler said, is to hold the officials accountable to the university’s own rules and provide him an explanation for denying him tenure.

Kesler also requests a writ of prohibition in his suit.

“This seems to be the only way to get them to follow their rules,” he said.

Kesler currently works fulltime in the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Department in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and has been an MU employee since September 2007.

Kesler said his current contract with MU will expire Sept. 15, 2015.

Kesler said he mainly studies the movement and demography of birds in danger of extinction and focuses preventing their extinction. He has also worked in projects outside of this area, including a collaboration with the Department of Anthropology to study uncontacted tribes in Brazil.

According to the case file, Kesler acquired over $1.4 million in research funding and has published about 28 peer-reviewed articles and co-authored or written three book chapters, 50 scientific presentations and 10 technical reports.

Kesler said he believes he is more than qualified to become a tenured

professor and he said he thinks the denial of his tenure is the result of a complaint he filed in spring 2013, in which he accused MU employees of mishandling federal grant money.

“When I started at (MU), they told me the sort of work that I would need to do in order to get tenure … and I exceeded that by three times,” he said. “I’ve taught more classes than I was required to, I’ve advised more students (and) I’ve brought in more research funding. Then, when the tenure review came around, they denied my tenure because of my complaint to the federal government and to (MU) that people were mishandling federal grant funding.”

MU spokesman Christian Basi said the university followed Kesler’s complaint with an investigation and presented the findings to the federal government in the spring.

“Following that presentation, the federal government decided not to pursue legal action against the university based on the evidence that we provided to them,” he said.

The case file also mentions a plagiarism allegation made against Kesler by a former student, which triggered a research misconduct investigation led by Robert Hall, associate vice chancellor for research.

Findings of that investigation later cleared Kesler of the allegation in June 2014.

However, Kesler said the university failed to restore his reputation by not sending out a written statement of his innocence after charges were deemed unsupported.

“In the lawsuit, I ask that the university follow its own rules,” Kesler said. “I ask that they give me a tenure review in accordance with their rules, and I ask that they restore my reputation for the research misconduct investigation that I was found to have no misconduct. My reputation is damaged nationally and internationally by this.”

Kesler said he wants to work with MU officials to develop a better plan for sending out notifications and to restore his reputation.

“I want to be a professor,” he said. “I’m an educator (and) I’m a researcher. I really enjoy working with students, (and) my students learn from me as well. One thing I want to emphasize is how great most of the people are at this institution.

It really is a few bad apples.”

SFRC

Continued from page 3 met with them up until this year,” Catalano said. “This year we had every single one of the divisional councils come in and meet with us, so that’s a little bit of something new.”

The goal is to ensure that a student’s funds will go directly to their major’s school. There are nine undergraduate councils and three graduate councils.

SFRC ensures that the divisional councils are doing “everything in their power that students want to see, affecting students’ change the most,” Catalano said.

Once the committee is assembled, Alysha O’Neil, director of fiscal operations for the Division of Student Affairs, provides an estimate for the Consumer Price Index, which sets the amount of inflation for student fees.

“We have to predict now in September what the CPI is going to be this year,” O’Neil said. “We try to be a little conservative because

are $170.40 for most students, though O’Neil said there are some exceptions because of credit hours taken.

Should this amount not be enough for a certain issue, Catalano said, the SFRC may choose to pursue a referendum. Past referenda have included funding for the additions to the MizzouRec. After the committee has met to discuss every fee, Catalano will compile a recommendation showing where the committee believes student fees would best be changed. This report then goes to Vice Chancellor Cathy Scroggs for review. If she approves, it will be sent to Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and then to the MU Board of Curators for final approval.

“It can be tough when there’s a lot of different organizations that get fees asking for an increase,” SFRC vice chairman Chris Hanner said. “But it is not completely restricting because we could give one organization more than CPI and then give another organization below CPI, and as long as it balances out in the very end, the total, then we’re in the clear.”

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The Student Fee Review Committee is a powerful organization on campus. It is comprised of 13 students, including two freshmen. They review student fees every year.

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There are 13 members of SFRC. These students help review student fees every year.

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Source: SFRC Chairwoman Shelby Catalano

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if there’s a little bit of money left over, and we’re talking tenths of a percent, it does make a difference for some people.”

The level of CPI determined becomes significant because of the Missouri State Senate’s Higher Education Student Funding Act in Senate Bill 389.

The law, passed in 2007, mandates “the percent change in tuition cannot exceed the percent change of the consumer price index over the past year or zero.”

SB 389 is the main factor that the SFRC has to work around in order to make sure all organizations get the needed funding, O’Neil said.

“CPI is the measure of the cost of a basket of goods,” she said.

“What’s in that basket is different from what a basket might look like for higher education. Many would argue that things in that basket increase in cost at a faster pace.

For example, last year the request from all these areas was almost over double the amount that we were able to increase. So the needs are definitely there.”

Currently, student activity fees for the 2014-2015 school year

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never floods out, so we are only going to do the portion that sustains a lot of damage any time we have a rain event,” Huffington said.

The renovations on the trail are also intended to make the park more accessible for disabled members of the community. By Americans with Disabilities Act standards, the concrete will provide an easier surface for people with walkers or wheelchairs.

“With our gravel trails, as you can imagine, if you are an individual that’s in a wheelchair or has to have assistance by a walker, if we have any types of washouts it makes (walking on the trail) difficult sometimes,” Huffington said.

“The ADA calls out that the concrete walkway is the best type of surface for an individual that has a handicap.”

The switch to concrete will have a minimal environmental impact, he said. All of the storm water that hits the trail goes straight into the lake, which is only 10 to 15 feet away and there is no green space being paved over, as when a

parking lot is constructed.

“As a growing city, we try to wisely invest in a lot of acquiring land so we have green space set aside,” Second Ward councilman Michael Trapp said. “I think that is one of the most important investments we can make to help the future.”

City Council will gain official approval for the project Oct. 20. Installation of the lights will proceed and hopefully be completed by the end of fall, Huffington said. Construction might pose a moderate noise disturbance.

Depending on the weather conditions, construction for the trail will take place in either the winter or the spring and should only last about a week. Signs around the park and on social media will be used to notify park users of the disruption closer to construction time.

“Cosmo-Bethel is considered a community park,” Huffington said. “To be honest, it’s probably one of our best assets in terms of what we can offer to individuals on the south side of Columbia. From tennis courts to playgrounds to the fishing lake to the baseball field, there are a lot of different amenities that bring people to (Cosmo-Bethel).”

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THE MANEATER | NEWS | OCTOBER 1, 2014

Committee considers replacing Blackboard ISABELLA ALVES Staff Writer MU is evaluating whether it should continue using Blackboard as a campuswide learning management system or replace it. The university plans to reach a decision by December.

Technology Resource Director Danna Vessell has been leading an investigative committee of faculty and staff since February. She said the committee has held focus groups for faculty throughout September and will invite students to focus groups in October.

Vessell said the committee is also administering a survey for the rest of campus to gather student and faculty feedback.

Kevin Bailey, director of customer service and support for the Division of Information Technology who is leading the committee, said it is examining Bright Space and Instructure Canvas as potential replacements for Blackboard.

Bailey said both systems run on a cloud technology that is controlled from the companies’ headquarters, whereas Blackboard runs on local servers.

According to the committee’s website, students and faculty will be able to try out Instructure Canvas during the week of Oct. 6 and Bright Space duing the week of Oct. 13.

Vessell said both systems could adequately support a network the size of MU, and that the investigation started in response to “significant challenges

REPLACING BLACKBOARD MU could decide as early as December whether to keep or replace Blackboard.

Demos for instructure canvas and brightspace will be available during the weeks of Oct. 6 and oct. 13, respectively

MU’s current Blackboard contract expires in December 2015.

The committee will finalize its recommendation in November and present a report to university leaders in December.

That’s when MU will decide whether to keep or replace Blackboard. If MU decides to replace the system, the implementation of the new system could take up to a year.

Source: http://lmsreview.missouri.edu/category/meetings/ Committee member Bethany Stone, Technology Rescource Director Danna Vessell BEN KOTHE // GRAPHICS MANAGER

with Blackboard last fall.”

Nicole Monnier, a committee member and associate professor of Russian, said that now is a good time to consider other options. “(Since) the last academic year, Blackboard crashed a number of times, (and) there was a welling of faculty frustration with Blackboard and probably with students,” she said.

Monnier said expectations for the potential replacement would be very high and would take time to implement.

She said as using technology in the classroom has become a norm around campus, many faculty have become

more dependent on using a learning management system.

Bethany Stone, a committee member and professor who has won multiple awards for using technology in her biological sciences courses, said using learning management systems allows her to see what students are struggling with in class and how she can provide them guidance and help with the material.

However, Stone said, the confusing nature of Blackboard could also keep new faculty members from taking advantage of the tools available in the system.

“Blackboard is not very user-friendly,

(and) it is not very intuitive,” she said.

“I think (Blackboard) is a real inhibitor for new faculty. I would like something more drag-and-drop type formatting, something that is a little bit more natural to use.”

Stone said her preference for a new system would depend on which option takes the least time to implement since a new system could take up to a year to be implemented.

The committee will finalize its recommendation in November and present it to the Faculty Council and MU administrators in December.

‘Outstanding’ royalty selected for 103rd Homecoming RACHEL PHILLIPS Reporter The process for selecting the 103rd Mizzou Homecoming king and queen is underway.

The crowning of king and queen will take place Oct. 25.

“I think the ... candidates represent our student body well and are sponsored by a wide variety of campus organizations,” Aly Friend, coordinator of student programs for the Mizzou Alumni Association, said in an email.

Friend said the selection of Mizzou Homecoming Royalty is

a multi-step process and each step in the process is evaluated by a different set of judges.

Senior Jessica Morrow, director of the Traditions Committee, which runs the selection process, said the judges are MU faculty from various departments to ensure the selection is unbiased.

The road to royalty starts when students are nominated by organizations they are involved in. Then, applicants fill out a paper application.

Friend said that all of the applicants received a firstround interview.

“After first-round interviews

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Delta), Kelsey The Top 30 HOMECOMING KING, H a b e r b e r g e r candidates, (Kappa Kappa IS A WONDERFUL 15 for king G a m m a ) EXPERIENCE.” and 15 for and Allison queen, were Schnitker announced on ( M i z z o u the Mizzou Alternative CLINTON CANNON Ho m e co m i n g Breaks).

Top 30 candidate Facebook and Morrow Twitter accounts Sept. 23. said she enjoys getting to know Morrow said the Top 30 the candidates and their stories. candidates then received “It’s really amazing to spend second-round interviews. time with them and feed off of The Top 10 candidates, five their awesome leadership,” she for king and five for queen, were said. announced Tuesday morning Students selected as part of on social media. the Top 30 and Top 10 said it These 10 individuals will was a meaningful experience to participate in all Homecoming be nominated. activities, including the Day “When your chapter has of Service, blood drive and dozens of eligible people that Decorate The District, before could have been nominated, it’s the king and queen are crowned very humbling,” said Top 10 at halftime of the Homecoming candidate Ethan Colbert, who is football game. sponsored by Delta Chi. The candidates for Mizzou Colbert said there isn’t a Homecoming King are Ethan person he doesn’t know on the Colbert (Delta Chi), Sam Dicke list, because they’ve done so (Alumni Association Student much on campus.

Board), Bobby Hofman (AASB), “It’s a lot of my friends that Hai Kim (Mizzou Wishmakers) are interviewing with me," said and Charlie Koors (Union Top 30 candidate Emily Blocker,

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who was sponsored by Alpha Delta Pi. "It’s people that I’ve been in leadership positions, clubs and organizations with."

For Morrow, royalty selection is a chance to honor students who have been leaders at MU. “The importance of the tradition is to honor those people who have put so much time and effort in their time here at Mizzou, to honor them for their hard work," she said.

"It’s their time to be recognized as an outstanding Mizzou senior."

Top 30 candidate Clinton Cannon, who was sponsored

by New Student Programs, said he expects this year’s Homecoming to be one of the most memorable events of his time at MU. “Homecoming is a huge tradition at MU and I don’t think there is a student on this campus that would say that it wasn’t one of their favorite traditions,” he said. “So being a part of this process, even just as a student or as someone that’s nominated for homecoming king, is a wonderful experience.

And it’s something that I know a lot of us, once we graduate, will look back on and really reflect positively on.”

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THE MANEATER | NEWS | OCTOBER 1, 2014

Missouri schools may require citizenship test 35 percent of Americans polled could not name all three branches of government.

RUTH SERVEN Staff Writer All Missouri high school students may have to take

a citizenship test before graduation if a proposal from the Civics Education Initiative is passed by the Missouri General Assembly.

The exam would test students’ knowledge of A mer ic an gover nment .

But teachers and students question whether such a test would increase knowledge and create more informed voters.

“On paper, a citizenship test

One in three native-born citizens fail the civics portion of the naturalization test

sounds like a good idea,” said Austin Reed, a civics teacher at Rock Bridge High School.

“But, for most teachers, we think we’re doing a better job than the tests in our schools.”

Reed said he’s not against standardized testing, but the school system already requires a lot of exams. Tests can become overwhelming and inauthentic, asking for rote answers instead of testing thought processes and

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the ability to analyze, he said.

“If you just test kids, high school becomes this hoop that a kid has to jump through,” Reed said. “I want kids doing stuff that matters, that will help them in their lives, that will help them down the line.”

Reed’s civics studies curriculum focuses on teaching concepts and linking current events to big ideas. He said that at the end of the year each student picks a current issue in Columbia, researches it and discusses solutions.

A recent study by Annenberg Public Policy Center found 35 percent of Americans polled could not name all three branches of government.

Only 27 percent knew it takes a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate to override a presidential veto.

Reed said he wasn’t surprised by the study, but he said Americans’ apparent lack of knowledge over specific data points doesn’t worry him. He said he would rather cover big ideas and teach kids how to think for themselves.

In the age of technology, he said, the way we learn and remember information has changed, and there is less need to store data in our heads.

“If you teach kids to think and find reliable information and analyze information and understand it, then they can look up the three

branches of government on their smartphone, and they’ll have the skills to analyze that information and apply it,” Reed said.

Noah Mefrakis, a junior at Rock Bridge High School, said he took a government class in ninth grade. At the end of his government class, he said he had to take tests covering the Missouri state constitution and the U.S. Constitution as well as end-of-course exams and a semester final.

Mefrakis said by the end of high school, he and a lot of classmates will have lost some of their civics knowledge. He said that the test wouldn’t change that — they would just learn information for the test and begin to forget that knowledge once the test was over.

“I care a lot, and I think it’s really important for young adults to know how their country works and how it is run,” Mefrakis said.

In the end, Reed said changing what Americans know about government comes down to what students are taught and how they are treated.

“The way we fix this isn’t the way the Missouri Legislature wants it, to keep pounding ‘government’ and screaming at kids to memorize facts,” he said “The way to fix it is to teach kids to think and to empower them.”

Career-training programs receive $2 million grant Missouri will use the grant to expand educational program and career training.

initiative by Nixon to improve the state’s career education. The money gave local colleges, high schools and businesses the ability to partner with one another to create a curriculum that matches the demand careers.

MIC is a collaboration between ANN MARION the University of Central Missouri, Reporter Lee’s Summit School District, Metropolitan Community College Gov. Jay Nixon announced and several local businesses.

Sept. 23 that Missouri will receive Its headquarters are located two $1 million grants from USA at the Summit Technology Funds, a nonprofit organization, Academy in Lee’s Summit. to expand the existing program MIC currently involves 60 Missouri Innovation Campus and enrolled students from 19 area promote careerhigh schools. based learning in “Students Missouri schools. begin the MIC These According program their funds will to its website, junior year of USA Funds is accelerate the high school a nonprofit and, by the time o r g a n i z a t i o n progress we’re they earn their that aims to making to provide diploma, they assist students in more Missourians also will graduate earning a higher with an associate education that access to an degree from provides them affordable Metropolitan with valuable ommunity college degree...” CCollege, work training. which Their goal is to has a campus in increase the rate JAY NIXON Lee's Summit,” of post-secondary Missouri governor said Jeff Murphy, education University as well making it more of Central Missouri financially possible for students. media relations assistant.

MIC, which will receive $1 The program meets the million, began in 2012 as a $9 million demands of a competitive

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job market and alleviates the problem of student debt.

“They wind up finishing their four-year degree two years ahead of most students who began high school with them,” Murphy said. “While attending high school and college, students have the opportunity to benefit from internships with high-tech companies.”

The MIC received national attention when President Barack Obama visited UCM in July 2013, applauding the program for helping high school students earn a bachelor’s degree from community college upon graduation while gaining career training.

“That is exactly the kind of innovation we need when it comes to college costs,” Obama said when he spoke at UCM last year. “I want the entire country to notice it.”

The news release from the governor’s office Tuesday stated that the other half of the grant will go toward four-year universities in Missouri. It is undecided as of now how exactly this $1 million will be used, but Nixon said his vision is to strengthen Missouri colleges’ abilities to provide graduates with valuable job experience.

“These funds will accelerate the progress we’re making to provide more Missourians access to an affordable college degree that prepares them for the jobs of today and tomorrow,” Nixon said.

Funding Education USA Funds is giving $2 million to missouri

$1 million going to missouri innovation campus

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Missouri’s fight City Council must consider students for equality LILY CUSACK

The fight for LGBT equality in Missouri has not been very grand or spectacular. There have not been miraculous breakthroughs such as legalizing same-sex marriage, nor has there been a very large backlash to the idea of its legalization. The media is more concerned with the extreme reactions in the far west and the deep south, largely ignoring the middle area of the country.

This could quite possibly be why same-sex marriage laws have become stagnant in Missouri. There is not enough media attention for this topic. Therefore, the state has not made any significant changes in the law regarding same-sex marriage for more than 10 years.

Perhaps Missouri is waiting for our other, more outgoing neighbors to decide what to do before we enact a change.

However, recently, some citizens are realizing that this laissez-faire attitude is not beneficial. Missouri residents are becoming more aware that they need to push the state to implement more fair legislation because it is the right thing to do, not just because it is what the majority of the country is doing.

Specifically, Columbia is taking a solid stance on this issue. City Council has made it legal for employees in same-sex marriages to designate their spouses as beneficiaries in their retirement plans. However, they still will not be able to receive the same survivor benefits through the state pension plans.

Columbia has taken a large step toward equality in Missouri. The decisions of this city can create a domino effect to other cities and towns, and they can be inspired to create similar legislation.

The big inhibitor of this situation is the state legislation. Missouri has an amendment in place that narrowly defines marriage as one man and one woman.

Same-sex couples are not recognized by the state. It is vital that the fight for equality begins to reach the state level in order to overturn this amendment.

Currently there are three lawsuits in progress, in Kansas City, Jackson County and St. Louis, that are battling the state. Multiple same-sex couples that have been legally married elsewhere are trying to fight against these bans that violate their due process and equal protection rights that are defended by the federal government.

Besides the obvious moral obligation of legalizing same-sex marriage, economic factors play a large role as well. According to the Williams Institute, if samesex marriage became legal in Missouri, state revenue would increase by more than $36.6 million in three years. Furthermore, $1 billion more could be made each year if every state in the US legalized samesex marriage, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

In a period of economic downturn and the continuous struggle with foreign debt, this could make a significant change. It would create a plethora of jobs and relieve American citizens from some of their financial problems. It seems like the United States would have little to lose. The legalization would do more good than harm.

The fight for equality in Missouri is vital to ensure fairer treatment for the LGBT community throughout the state and the country. It has already slowly begun on a local level, but gaining influence on the state level is needed to change state legislation. There are so many positive outcomes to the enactment of same-sex marriage. It is necessary to keep them in mind when debating other people’s rights.

Within the span of four issues of The Maneater, we’ve had to talk about City Council’s lack of representation of students twice. Clearly, there is a problem.

Columbia City Council voted in May to erect a four-foot-tall barrier on College Avenue between Rollins Street and University Avenue with two intermittent crosswalks near the Physics Building and Schlundt Hall. The city claims this barrier “will make it safer for both pedestrians and vehicles,” citing the problems with students jaywalking across College Avenue.

This plan will eliminate the left turn onto and out of Rosemary Lane and Wilson and Bouchelle avenues, ultimately meaning that cars must turn at either Rollins or University in order to enter the southern half of East Campus. With the installation of this barrier and two crosswalks equipped with HAWK beacon signals, the safety addition will end up costing around $750,000.

We do acknowledge this could make College Avenue safer. Students may be able to safely cross the street and cars will be alerted when this happens. The barrier might help prevent accidents on this stretch of College Avenue, and cars may stop having to screech to a halt for pedestrians who are randomly crossing the street. The addition of the high-tech HAWK beacons will also improve accessibility.

But we also see a lot or problems with this decision.

We hope City Council considered how redirecting traffic onto University Avenue would simply congest and complicate how

traffic moves. We hope they considered how this will impact the residents who live on University Avenue. We hope they considered the fact that not being able to turn left into or from East Campus off of Rosemary, Wilson and Bouchelle would mean more cars using side streets in East Campus, thus making parking and traffic on those streets an even bigger problem.

Unfortunately, we don’t know if City Council considered these factors because, frankly, they haven’t told us.

Students at MU are viewed by the City Council as transient. Ultimately, we won’t be here for the long run, so why should we be able to make decisions about what goes on here?

That notion in and of itself is ridiculous.

Students comprise the majority of residents who are directly affected by this decision, and as before, our voice has been ignored by the council.

We have experience living on this campus, and we understand how these problems affect campus. College students make up more than a quarter of Columbia's population, a rate three times higher than in the U.S. population at large. Making decisions which affect students over the summer or not including our voices is unacceptable. We deserve to be included on decisions that affect us, even if we’re individually affected for just four years.

The solution may be to redivide the wards of City Council. Put the city’s three college campuses all under one ward, and dedicate one seat on the council to represent us. Having our own ward would give us a representative who votes not

for themselves, but speaks specifically for students. We are a major component of Columbia and its commerce, and we are tired of not being represented properly.

The efforts of the Missouri Students Association’s Campus and Community Relations Committee and its chairman, senior Chad Phillips, to bridge the gap between City Council and our student body are noteworthy. Phillips and CCRC have worked diligently to provide students with information on recent changes, including City Ordinance 14-180. We commend these efforts and urge MSA to continue and get even more information out to our campus, so our students can become more aware of what is happening in the community surrounding campus.

That being said, we believe that MSA and other campus groups should consider more actively rallying students across campus to let their voices be heard. We all saw how well MSA and Associated Students of the University of Missouri’s Kill the Bill campaign worked last year. If we can make such an impact in Jefferson City, we can surely make even more progress on our campus and in our city.

We’re tired of being ignored by City Council. We’re tired of the council using their position to overlook us. More than anything, we are tired of feeling like we have no power to change what’s happening in Columbia, which is our home, too. We want to see some changes made to the way City Council operates and makes key decisions. And honestly, we wanted to see them yesterday.

letter to the editor

Maneater ‘clarification’ a shameful misstep The editorial The Maneater posted Sept.

16 was shameful enough. They were rightly criticized for it in the Letter to the Editor that was posted Sept. 23. If the paper had apologized, addressed its wrongness and maybe promised to do better, things might have been OK. Instead, The Maneater had to clarify.

The clarification, the refinement, the idea that what they wrote wasn’t wrong, but was just misunderstood, was and is shameful.

It is OK to make mistakes, even if the mistakes are not OK. I understand that The Maneater exists largely to allow student journalists to do just that. From personal experience and the experience of many people close to me, I know that firsthand. However, it stops being OK very quickly. It stops being OK when in the face of criticism, you bob and weave instead of admitting, outright, that you were wrong. It stops being OK when you don’t apologize. It stops being OK when you blame someone else.

Ignorance is never an excuse, especially ignorance as unhinged and willful as the ignorance pleaded by the editorial board.

Claiming, as you did, that the RSVP Center needs to do more to advertise itself is mindnumbing. It falls flat not because the charge is false, though it is. It falls flat because if the editorial board cared as much as it is claiming to about stopping the dangerous and toxic culture of sexual assault on this campus, the RSVP Center should have been championed in the original editorial. The

center’s amazing efforts would have been cited, promoted and then promoted again.

The organization that dedicates itself to educating anyone who will listen on the issues of domestic and sexual violence should have been bolded, italicized and underlined.

If you believe that the center is not known by enough students — which, again, is disingenuous — it should have been your main imperative to educate your readership on the valuable resource.

But it wasn’t. And in essentially blaming the RSVP Center for your mistake, you’ve doubled down on a terrible, terrible hand.

At best, what The Maneater has done is unethical. Failing to minimize harm, failing to seek truth and failing to act with accountability or transparency are cardinal sins in the world of journalism. Student paper or not.

In the interest of fairness, I did a small amount of research. I went through the ‘RSVP Center’ tag on The Maneater website. Not including the Letter to the Editor and the second editorial, the last coverage of the RSVP Center’s work was in April 2014. Before that, October 2013.

If The Maneater wants the RSVP Center to get more coverage on campus, the persons they should be calling to action are themselves.

I also found an editorial that was published on Nov. 30, 2012, titled “Editorial: It takes everyone at MU to stop rape culture.” The long editorial criticizes the temperature of the conversation about

rape and sexual violence on campus. It calls the entire student body to action.

It also has this: “The Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center offers resources to sexual violence survivors and friends and family members of survivors. The Sexual Health Advocate Peer Educators program, through the Student Health Center, aims to educate students about their sexual rights. RSVP’s White Ribbon campaign encourages men to speak out against rape.

The Counseling Center can offer support to survivors of sexual violence as they heal. Student Life’s Green Dot initiative helps promote positive sexuality and the importance of consent.”

This editorial was far from perfect. It, too, indulged in too much cheekiness and used at times questionable language. But it had a list of resources, too, and it applauded those resources for the invaluable work they do.

In writing this, I feel sad and I feel heavy. I am angry at this paper, and I am disappointed in this paper. More than anything, I want this paper to do better.

I want our university to do better. I want The Maneater to stand up and apologize for its mistakes.

The Maneater has the ability and the power to tangibly erase the harm that it has done. Responsibly, respectfully and accurately cover the RSVP Center. Raise the awareness you believe is lacking. It will take everyone on campus to change what needs to be changed. That includes you.

- Bradley Babendir, bsb7xf@mail.missouri.edu

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THE MANEATER | FORUM | OCTOBER 1, 2014

ruhe’s muse

IT’S BEN A WHILE

News, coffee Cheap dates are good dates and an apology BEN BROWN

With major issues to consider in our world today, it’s sad to see news outlets reporting on, well, “Latte Salutes.”

Now, it may seem unlikely to you all, but I have been on many dates. I would say that, in my lifetime, I have been on anywhere from five to six dates. I learned a lot on those dates — mainly that dating is expensive.

Sure, going to a movie sounds like a good idea (I think that sitting in complete silence in a crowd of strangers is a great way to get to know someone), but two hours and two sodas, a popcorn and a box of Milk Duds later, I am broke and she wants to go get ice cream.

I would like to present some date alternatives for all of the broke college students out there. These options will provide an opportunity for you to get to know each other without breaking the bank.

Option 1: Go to the library Nothing is sexier and more provocative than knowledge. That’s why the library is referred to as the modern-day brothel. Walk through

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Walmart is America’s greatest theme park. There are hardly any lines, and the food is actually reasonably priced. Start off by taking a stroll through Health and Beauty Products and sampling the collection of colognes and perfumes. Afterward, hop on the electric carts they provide and hold your own Grand Prix.

Finally, head over to the furniture section and pick out the comfiestlooking futon. From here, you can either view whichever movie they have playing on the display big-screen TV (probably “Jack and Jill” starring Adam Sandler), or, if you are feeling wild, observe the exotic clientele.

This would provide a good time for you to bond with each other over which physical shortcomings you find funniest.

Price of date: $0 ($3.29 if you decide to buy a pre-made sandwich from the deli) All of these dates provide fun times at low prices; you will literally save dozens of dollars if you follow this advice. That is money that can be put towards groceries or tuition — or booze for your girlfriend so she can forget you just tried to pass off a trip to the library as a date.

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Arguably the most remarkable film of 2014, “Obvious Child,” is now available on iTunes. This is the part where I command you to stop paying faithful homage to journalism (for a few hours), put down this paper and go watch it (especially because, uh, spoilers ahead). Released earlier this summer, but unfortunately only in select, Ragtag-esque theaters, “Obvious Child” is, well, a comedy about a young woman who decides to have an abortion.

I first decided to see “Obvious Child” because I liked actress Jenny Slate’s prior claim to fame as the delightfully obnoxious Mona-Lisa of “Parks and Rec.” But “Obvious Child” was an amazing film in its own right.

I’d love to wax eloquent about how “Obvious Child” is like your best friend about three tequila shots in — witty, crude and ridiculously likable.

But I think the significance of this film for our culture is more important to address.

Here in the Eden-like confines of Mizzou, abortion is a topic most of us encounter maybe twice. We may walk by one of many mostly wellintentioned pro-life demonstrations (though, ugh, the “Genocide Awareness Project” is just ghastly) on campus. Other than that, we may only face it in the ethereal alternate universe that is the True/

False Film Fest, where we can watch moving documentaries like 2013’s “After Tiller” and then forget about them a week later.

In those cases, abortion is this incredibly heavy and divisive subject we regard at an arm’s length, without much thought on what it has to do with us personally. “Obvious Child” breaks that fourth wall by giving us the story of a lovable, wise-cracking heroine named Donna, who could easily be our sorority sister, best friend or even ourselves.

Because, ladies (and I realize that I’m speaking mostly to heterosexual ladies on account of our liking for humans of the spermcarrying variety), let’s be honest.

Almost every one of us has had those instances when, even for the briefest half-second, in the days before our late period finally waltzes onto the scene or in the aftermath of a one-night stand that shouldn’t have happened, we have looked at the specter of unwanted pregnancy in the eye and quietly performed the thought exercise of “What If I Have To Get An Abortion?”

And we feel so guilty about it.

We feel terrible for daring to let the thought of making a decision for our health and well-being cross our minds.

I’m not going to argue here about whether abortion is right or wrong because “Obvious Child” itself does zero preaching on the morality of abortion. But I do think that the existence of this film and its success means, at the very least, we can stop beating ourselves up for thinking such “terrible” thoughts.

There are two important statements that “Obvious Child” makes: First, deciding to have an

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I’d like to begin this week by apologizing for offending people in last week’s column. I did not mean to criticize sexual assault victims, as my entire passage was about how we should not ever blame the victims.

I also did not mean for my “puppy” metaphor to be misconstrued the way it was. I was simply trying to push the message of “never blame the victim.”

This column is meant to express my opinion in the way I choose, and, since The Maneater is a student-run paper, it is a learning ground for me. I apologize for the offense I caused.

Now with that said, I’ll get into my far less controversial column this week.

As a journalism major, I appreciate the news. But what I’ve noticed lately, is that news outlets like to feed us information that’s, well, not really news.

CNN, I’m sorry, but I really don’t care about breaking news updates about Justin Bieber and his recent life choices, and I am almost positive that those aren’t worthy of the “breaking news” title.

Granted, we do live in ‘Merica where we have our freedoms, but it just doesn’t seem right for news outlets — who are supposed to keep us informed on important issues — to feed us biased and straight-up stupid information.

Bias is everywhere, but I’m going to pick on one obviously biased news station for this particular column: Fox News.

Fox was all over the “Obama Latte Salute.” The President was slammed for saluting two soldiers at the bottom of the steps of Marine One with a coffee cup in his right hand. Sean Hannity and Karl Rove were quick to claim that this “Latte Salute,” or Chai Salute, as Rove says in the clip, shows the President’s disrespect for our men in uniform.

Got that, President Obama? Next time you salute men in uniform, make sure you’re not holding anything because apparently that’s not right.

It is also highly suggested that you get yourself a nice manicure, because hangnails and untamed cuticle beds are simply not OK for saluting our men and women in uniform.

You should probably wear the purest of white gloves too, just to assert your authority as a respectable president.

Or better yet, go on Craigslist and find a hand model to follow you around and put their hand to your forehead just so you can always give the best and most flawless salute out there.

There! Now Fox News has one less stupid and pointless story to feed to its audience. I mean, it’s not like there are other stories, like the crisis in Iraq and Syria involving ISIS and the Ebola outbreak, that should have more concern than a salute gone wrong, right?

Come on, people. Can we please focus on what is actually important and stop trying to pass hate and pointless information off as news? That’s what reality and entertainment shows are for. Leave that to them and focus on what news outlets are supposed to focus on: actual news.

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aisles and aisles of obscure books and archived magazines. Silently browse through Gray’s Anatomy with each other. If you are feeling daring, maybe go to the computers and start watching videos on YouTube. The silence will keep things interesting by adding some mystery to the date; it will also prevent you from saying something embarrassing or offensive.

Price of date: $0; unless you forgot to return the book you checked out from your last library date.

Option 2: Go for a walk What is more romantic than simply walking and getting to know each other? A lot of things. But what is cheaper? Nothing. You can take a walk through the park to show your date that you are one with nature and that you have only moderate allergies.

Or maybe stroll downtown and weave through the more intoxicated citizens of Columbia. If you have some time to kill, play drunk-person bingo. Try and get five horizontal, vertical or diagonal spaces with options such as “Girl Crying,” “Man Yelling” or “Person Stumbling.”

Price of Date: Two blisters on heel.

Option 3: People-watching at Walmart

abortion doesn’t have to be a big deal, and second, it’s no one else’s g-damn business but yours.

In reference to #1, don’t get me wrong. I don’t think abortion is something to put on the same shelf somewhere between The Pill and Band-Aids. But what I loved in “Obvious Child” is how the heroine’s best friend, mother, co-workers and even a comedy club crowd never question her decision. The only person who raises an eyebrow is her doctor, who later nods and asks Donna when her schedule will be clear.

Whatever your beliefs on the topic are, the point of “Obvious Child” is that abortion is real, practical and a part of our society. Look at Roe vs. Wade; look at the statistics. If we are to be honest with ourselves, abortion has always been happening and will always happen, and we need to stop treating discussions or even thought exercises about it like mini-nuclear wars that inflict damnation upon anyone in society who overhears.

The second important statement that “Obvious Child” makes is that the decision to have an abortion is solely Donna’s. When she finally chooses to tell the guy, he buys her flowers and goes with her to the clinic, giving her a wordless, supportive hug before she goes into the operating room.

Take notes. That, my friends, is how we need to treat not only the people we may impregnate in this lifetime, but also all human beings in this world who end up having to make important personal decisions, abortion-related and otherwise.

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Mustard Seed Fair Trade is located at 25 S. Ninth St. in Columbia.

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‘Rooten’ around for love in CoMo BRAD SPUDICH

I found love in the parking lot of a burned-down auto parts shop.

I was riding my bike on Business Loop 70 when I passed, and I had to turn back. Something was missing in my life. I knew I couldn’t go on.

The trailer was parked on North Garth Avenue, and my mouth watered as I rolled back towards it.

It was excessively alluring. I’m not sure if it’s actually healthy or socially acceptable to feel this way, but the intoxicating smell of smoked meat was strong. The sign out front proclaimed: “This sauce is the bomb!”

Rooten Tooten Bar-B-Q is a no-frills stand that gets things right. It’s a very small building with a few tables out front, a smoker to the side and a menu with pork, ribs, turkey, greens, beans, and potato salad.

Their sauce is home — er, trailer-made. The portions are big, and the prices are fair.

I noticed they served turkey legs, which I haven’t seen on the menu of many barbecue spots, or really anywhere besides Six Flags, so naturally, I had to give it a try. The meal deal included two sides and I blurted out the first two things I saw: baked beans and potato salad. I forked over my $8 and within 10 minutes, I had my food.

The turkey leg, like many great American meals, was larger than my head (I checked). It was served on top of two slices of white bread and a side of their sauce. The side portions were generous, but I found ways to justify finishing it. I had been riding my bike all day, and I’m sure I had kale in the past week or something like that.

Within two bites, I lost all hope of abiding by any formal table manners. I tried my best to make it look like I wasn’t face-painting with barbecue sauce as I scarfed down my turkey, but it was a deliciously lost

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Fair trade for a fairer price Downtown’s The Mustard Seed celebrates fair trade.

MICA SOELLNER Reporter Looking for a way to give back? Now, you can not only help out your own community, but help out the world as well.

The Mustard Seed, a locally run non-profit shop on Ninth Street, sells only fair trade certified items produced by artisans all over the world.

The store’s mission is to encourage

consumers to make socially responsible purchases and to support artisans in other countries. Items are available for purchase from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Guatemala, Peru and elsewhere.

MOVE sat down with the store’s executive director, Crystal Midkiff, to get the inside scoop.

MOVE Magazine: What does fair trade mean to you?

Crystal Midkiff: Fair trade provides a market to artisans all over the world.

Doing so enables these artisans to sustain themselves in their own communities.

With 80 percent of the artisans being women, fair trade enables us to connect

with communities and sell goods where there is normally no market to do so.

We pay a fair wage which (allows them to have) clean water, medicine, education and all of the things that we are used to as Americans.

MM: Why did you decide to start a shop here in Columbia?

CM: The Mizzou campus and Ninth Street bring people in. A lot of students are curious. People can agree that the fair trade mission makes sense. It’s a great tourist location. It’s good to educate people from smaller communities about fair trade.

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Fall into this fresh crop of shows MOVE breaks down what to watch and what to skip.

MEGAN SCHALTEGGER Reporter We all crave fall for a smattering of reasons. Whether it’s the return of our beloved pumpkin spice lattes, the opportunity to caption our knit-focused Instagram posts under the “#sweaterweather” hashtag or my personal favorite: the birth and return of great television.

After a long summer of mediocre TV, I was anxious to begin filling up my DVR with both old and new favorites. And while I waited patiently, memorizing premiere dates and staying current on the latest

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(Pumpkin) spice up your makeup for fall How to make your makeup fall ready.

MCKENNA BULKLEY Staff Writer You can basically smell the pumpkin spice lattes in the air, which can only mean one thing: it’s finally fall, which means not only is it time to break out the sweaters and boots (finally), but it’s also time to transition your summer makeup routine into one more suitable for the falling leaves.

Before you start with any real makeup, it’s important to moisturize your skin — yes, even for people with oily skin. Changing seasons means changing the amount of moisture in the air, and it’s an important step. Neutrogena and Aveeno make great, inexpensive daily facial moisturizers.

After that, continue with your foundation routine as usual. However, for fall, consider adding more contouring on the hollows of your cheeks and less bronzing. No one is going to believe you still have that summer-at-the-lake glow in October.

In summer, I like to play with fun lipstick colors to brighten up my look. But for fall, it’s all about the eyes.

A brown smoky is your best friend for the next few months. Start with a light base in the corners of your eyes, followed by a neutral tone all over the lid.

I prefer to use nude tones, but different variations of gold tones and browns are also great.

When the base is finished, sweep the darkest color in your palette — great eye shadow palettes are available from NYX and Almay — on the outer corners of your eyelid, blending in with your base tone. Then use the second-darkest shade on your crease, making sure to extend out just past the crease for a more dramatic effect.

Lastly, take a big fluffy makeup brush over both eyes to blend the shadow, throw on some eyeliner and mascara and maybe add a neutral shade of lipstick or lip gloss to tie the look together.

After that, hop in line to buy the pumpkin spice latte I know you’ve been craving.

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Punctuation is important on the Web

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‘Rich Kids’ set a bad example Columnist McKenna Bulkley on the hot mess of ‘Rich Kids of Beverly Hills.’

Columnist Ellie Papadakis talks about how good grammar rules the web.

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Since my last column was about the Internet and reading, and seeing as Sept. 24 was National Punctuation Day, let’s talk about the Web’s Grammar Police.

Terrible grammar on the Internet is so 2007, especially with teachers, employers, bosses and who knows who else constantly peering into your social media. But there’s a difference between intentionally terrible grammar — “u” instead of “you,” “r” instead of “are,” etc. — and an unintentional mistake.

There’s a difference between correcting someone’s grammar in a sarcastic or funny way, and correcting someone’s grammar in a confrontational “wow-you-stinkat-spelling” kind of way. After all, the Internet can appreciate a bit of snarkiness and a grammar joke or two, but it’s no longer fun once one person starts judging another for their mistake.

If you’re going to correct someone online, just be nice about it. If you’re posting something online, be sure to double and triple check your spelling and grammar. This also avoids the embarrassment of re-reading something after you posted it and discovering a horrible spelling error after 100 of your 250 followers have already read the tweet.

For those grammar freaks who are interested, here are three punctuation marks that could help us communicate more efficiently online: — The Interrobang. Basically, it’s “?!” combined. For when you’re really excited about a question you’re asking.

— The SarcMark. It would be the Internet’s favorite punctuation mark, if it were easier to type. It looks like a spiral with the dot in the center.

Obviously, it’s used to inform someone you’re being sarcastic.

— The authority point. It lets someone online know how serious and adamant you are.

Of course, there are other ways to virtually communicate. Emojis have given us a way to share our feelings and emotions through pictures, but GIFs are my favorite way to share emotion through the Web. GIFs let you take your favorite quotes from TV shows and movies and apply them to yourself. It’s like the Internet’s favorite way to be a narcissist.

All in all, the importance of proper punctuation online and use of emojis serve a purpose on the Internet. They let us connect across boundaries, from different countries to ethnicities, in ways that we couldn’t before.

Earlier this week, I was trolling E! News’s website to find something interesting to write about in my column.

Scrolling past a story for "Rich Kids of Beverly Hills," I decided to click. What could be the harm?

I’ve never seen the show, other than a photoset on Tumblr about a girl getting a car on her birthday instead of at her birthday party like she wanted (spoiler alert: The girl threw a fit and burst into tears). So to get a better gist of the show and to keep up with all things #trendy and #cool, I gave the show a gander.

Oh my goodness. To say I’ve been left with more questions than answers is an understatement.

For starters: Is “Rich Kids of Beverly Hills” a real TV show that people actually watch? Or is E! and the rest of the Internet just pulling a practical joke on me that I only just found out about? Like, is that show a real thing?

And more importantly, why do people watch it? Why does it have two seasons?

And lastly, why is “#RichKids” always trending? Is it really that popular?

If we’re going for total honesty, I love me some trashy reality television. I really, really do. I have spent more time than I would like to admit watching those shows. I wish I didn’t know the names of all the girls in ‘Dance Moms,’ but sadly, I do. So I’m not typically the first one to judge taste in television shows. But this just seems ridiculous.

Watching Dorothy Wang call a hotel to make them open the mall downstairs way past closing just so her friend could get some acne cream pronto wasn’t funny. It was just sad.

In another episode I watched, another girl in the group threw a fit because the concierge didn’t greet her by name, and her friend excused her to the concierge. But rather than saying sorry, the friend says, “We’re usually not like this. Actually, we are. But it’s fine.”

How is that fine? How is it OK to treat other human beings without a shred of respect? Because you have the funds to make it OK? I guess I just don’t understand why this show is so popular. I don’t understand why people enjoy watching these kids make fools of themselves and use money to get their way. To me it’s kind of pathetic. Actually, scratch that. It’s really pathetic. The rich kids of

Beverly Hills may not have ever had the chance to want anything, but that likely means they’ve never had the chance to work for something. Or feel that overwhelmingly exciting feeling when you’ve accomplished something you had to work really hard all by yourself for.

And that’s kind of sad.

So why are we promoting their already-glamorous lives? I get it. They don’t have to work nearly as hard for the things they want. They can travel to really cool places a lot of us will never get to see, and then they can complain when the hotel concierge doesn’t remember their names. I just don’t understand why people want to watch that.

But apparently it is popular enough that it is just about to finish its second season, and it’s likely to be back for a third. Not only that, but a New Yorkbased spinoff is in the works. Yippee.

All of this is pretty unsettling to me.

Even more unsettling are E!’s comments below clips of the show on their website.

“The #RichKids dish on everything from how to dance, how to yacht, where to spend New Year's Eve and how to zap a zit. Learn their diva ways!”

Learn how to be incredibly impolite and how to spend money like it’s going out of style! Only then can you be as glamorous as these kids are! Not #cool, E!. Not #cool.

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cause. All’s fair in love and barbecue.

Turkey meat is often excessively dry, but Rooten Tooten’s didn’t make me feel like I needed to dip the leg in a tub of water. The meat was tender and flaked easily off of the bone, and the outer skin sealed in the bold flavor. It was scrumptious and succulent and everything I’ve always wanted.

The sauce was tangy with a hint of sweetness and a bit of a kick. I don’t really know what “the bomb” means, but whatever it is, the sauce lives up to it. The potato salad had hearty chunks of potatoes and was thick and flavorful. The baked beans’ sweet taste perfectly complimented the turkey as my plate quickly became an amalgam of sides and meat. It was a happy marriage of sweet and savory.

The food is amazing enough itself, but the service and ambiance give Rooten Tooten a unique vibe that other barbecue joints can’t match. You can’t fake authenticity, and Rooten Tooten is the real deal.

When your food comes from a stand on the side of the road, nine out of 10 times it will be great.

I’m a firm advocate of venturing away from campus to discover what Columbia has to offer. Located at 1205 N. Garth Ave., Rooten Tooten is a mile and a half north of the courthouse and an easy bike ride from downtown. I promise it’s worth your while. It left me satisfied and wanting more, and our love is sure to last.

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trailers, I became confident that the fall 2014 pilot lineup would not disappoint.

While a couple new series have already found their way into my heart, there have been a few misses. I am here to spare you of such disappointments, as well as to bless your life with the gift of great programming.

“Red Band Society” (8:00 p.m. Central on FOX) This dramedy, set in a Los Angeles hospital, is centered around the diseasestricken lives of the patients in the pediatric ward. The six teenagers, including a comatose narrator, form a tight-knit group that would not have been necessarily formed outside of the hospital walls.

With each teen as seemingly different as the diseases plaguing their minds and bodies, the navigation through

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teenage life hardly ever seems dull. Between the outstanding drama of their daily lives and the perfect element of comic relief, the show oozes charm and sentiment.

Beyond the main cast, I found myself incredibly intrigued by one individual on the nursing staff. With Octavia Spencer playing the role of Nurse Jackson (or “Scary Bitch” as her coffee cup reads), I am confident there is going to be another outstanding element to develop within the story.

Spencer ’s highly-regarded reputation and acting chops have me even more anxious for the rest of the season to unfold.

“How to Get Away With Murder” (9:00 p.m. on ABC)

between present day and the beginning of Keating’s class, which she has titled “How to Get Away With Murder.” In a series of flash-forwards, we get a glimpse of what appears to be both a murder and cover up, with each of those eager, young law students at the center of the scheme.

With perfectly presented array of twists and mystery, the show keeps the audience highly intrigued in such an intelligent way. The episode featured a stunning ending that personally left me itching for the next one to air. With hitmaking producer Shonda Rhimes behind the project and the Oscar-nominated Davis at the center, I’m confident the show is certainly going to become something of a phenomenon.

This daring drama is centered on the lives of a powerful defense attorney, Professor Keating (Viola Davis), along with a few of her particularly ambitious new law students. The premiere episode jumps back and forth

“Selfie” (7:00 p.m. on ABC)

With the title “Selfie,” it’s hardly a surprise that this social media-focused comedy is quite unworthy of your DVR space. The newbie show’s lead character, Eliza, is an

over-the-top and often times unbearable Instagram addict.

This pharmaceutical rep is supposedly launched into unrealistic Insta-fame, going on to pride herself more in her number of likes versus her number of friends.

After a horrifying public humiliation, Eliza begins to realize that she should possibly change her ways. A series of clichéd antics follow as Eliza enlists a marketing guru at her company to transform her, performing a “make-under” to both her physical appearance and her personality.

Although there were some occasional “LOL” moments within the 30-minute ABC comedy, the script was far too over-the-top and the presentation a bit too rehearsed to capture my attention.

While the ABC comedy “Selfie” may have turned out as rough as our middle school self-portraits, both “How to Get Away With Murder” and “The Red Band Society” certainly hit high notes among this pilot season.

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Missouri Tigers head coach Wayne Kreklow shouts instructions from the sidelines to his players during a match Dec. 7, 2013 at the Hearnes Center. Kreklow coached his 1,000th game on Sunday.

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Blitz looks ahead after 200 wins

Blitz said he attributes his success to being smart enough to bring in talented players and coaches.

BRUNO VERNASCHI Assistant Sports Editor Amidst the chaos of the Tigers' conference opener against Louisiana State, Missouri women’s soccer head coach Bryan Blitz does his best to keep his composure externally.

He patiently substitutes a player, talking to her on the sideline to correct any flaw in the game.

Unlike most other coaches, who shout at their players in moments of intensity, Blitz, on his 19th season with the Tigers, chooses to stay focused quietly.

This style of coaching has brought Blitz much success, allowing him to reach his 200th win with the team Sept. 12 in a 4-3 victory against Montana.

“It’s been great,” he said. “It’s been up and down, a struggle, but good times. I couldn’t ask for anything

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After 1,000, Kreklow not done Kreklow hits milestones in strong week for Tigers.

MICHAEL NATELLI Assistant Sports Editor Sunday’s match against Tennessee marked Missouri coach Wayne Kreklow’s 1,000th career match as a head volleyball coach.

He had no idea.

“Guess I’ve been doing this a long time,” he said earlier in the week.

The Tigers won Kreklow’s 1,000th match, sweeping the Volunteers to move to 2-0 in Southeastern Conference play on the season. But that wasn’t Kreklow’s only milestone game in the week.

The previous Saturday marked Kreklow’s 300th match at the helm of

the Tigers, a winning effort against North Carolina–Greensboro.

“He’s such a positive coach,” senior middle blocker Whitney Little said. “We work with (a) sports psychologist and ... it’s really cool to see Wayne put (what we learn) into use.

“My friends on other teams always tell me how their coaches use (negative reinforcement), but Wayne’s a very positive coach and I think that’s a big reason why this team and past teams have rallied behind him.”

In Kreklow’s tenure at Mizzou, the Tigers have made 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, two Sweet Sixteen appearances, and one Elite Eight appearance. The Tigers also went undefeated in the regular season last year, claiming Mizzou’s first SEC title.

“Overall, I think (I’ve) been really happy with what’s going on,” Kreklow

said of his time at Mizzou. “We’ve been very lucky; we’ve had great kids, great players and support is really good.”

For personal accolades, Kreklow has five NAIA Regional Coach of the Year awards, two NAIA National Coach of the Year awards, two American Midwest Coach of the Year awards and an SEC Coach of the Year award to his name.

“Wayne always does a good job of keeping us calm and telling us what we need to know,” sophomore middle blocker Emily Thater said. “He doesn’t sugarcoat anything, he doesn’t talk about anything that doesn’t need to be talked about. I think that’s really important.”

This year marks Kreklow’s 15th season on the Tigers’ bench. Before coming to Missouri, he coached at

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Biedscheid dismissed from program The sophomore is the second player dismissed during Kim Anderson’s tenure.

AARON REISS Sports Editor Missouri basketball announced late Tuesday that sophomore Cameron Biedscheid has been dismissed from the

program.

Biedscheid, a St. Louis native, transferred to Missouri from Notre Dame at the end of the fall semester last year. He was going to be eligible to play for the Tigers at the conclusion of the 2014 fall semester.

“Cameron will no longer be a member of our basketball program as he attends to personal matters,” coach Kim Anderson said in a release. “We wish him and his family all the best and

hope everyone will respect their privacy during this time.”

Mizzou Athletics provided no further comment on the matter.

Biedscheid, a forward, played in 34 games as a true freshman at Notre Dame, averaging 6.2 points and 1.4 rebounds per game.

He is the second player Anderson has dismissed since taking over as head coach of the team. Sophomore Torren Jones was dismissed in August.

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Missouri football grades at the bye week JASON LOWENTHAL AND ANDREW MCCULLOCH Of The Maneater Staff Quarterbacks: C+ Don’t be fooled by his impressive 3.5:1 touchdown to interception ratio. Sophomore quarterback Maty Mauk has struggled big time, especially in Missouri’s past couple games.

Against South Carolina, Mauk was non-existent for three and a half quarters before orchestrating two touchdown drives in the span of seven minutes. He finished with just 132 yards passing and completed 12 of 34 passes. It was the third game this season that Mauk was held to under 200 yards through the air.

Backups Eddie Printz and Corbin Berkstresser have seen limited action. Printz, a redshirt freshman, threw one incomplete pass in the 49-24 victory over Toledo.

Running backs: AThey aren’t the biggest names or the flashiest running backs, but junior Russell Hansbrough and senior Marcus Murphy have gotten the job done. Hansbrough is seventh in the Southeastern Conference in rushing yards with 420 yards, though he is tied for second in the SEC with six rushing touchdowns.

Meanwhile, his counterpart Murphy has been explosive in multiple ways. He’s got 313

yards on the ground, 93 yards receiving and is ranked first in the conference in kickoff return average. Freshman Ish Witter has gotten some garbage-time carries and with it some nice experience.

Wide receivers: B+ Senior Bud Sasser has emerged as the team’s leading receiver and is ranked third in the conference in receiving yards. Against South Carolina, his 41-yard catch late in the game sparked Mizzou’s comeback.

Aside from Sasser, the rest of the receiving core has been solid as well. Despite being a bit injury-battered, seniors Jimmie Hunt and Darius White have combined for eight touchdowns.

Junior Wesley Leftwich and freshman Lawrence Lee were not expected to have significant roles this season, but due to the seniors’ injuries, they have become integral parts of the passing game. Although the duo only picked up two receptions for 34 yards against South Carolina, it was targeted throughout the game.

Tight ends: BJunior Sean Culkin may not be an integral part of the offense, but he has made some big plays when it counted. Against Indiana, he scored the game-tying touchdown in the fourth quarter.

It was his first career touchdown.

His three-yard reception against South Carolina on fourth-andone may have been of even bigger

magnitude. If coach Gary Pinkel decides to integrate the tight end more, it only adds another element to an already powerful offense.

Offensive line: CSurprisingly, the offensive line has been barely acceptable. Against Indiana, multiple false starts and bounced snaps helped contribute to the stunning loss. The group received harsh criticism following the game, specifically junior center Evan Boehm, but handled the situation with class. Against South Carolina, Mauk was facing pressure all game and was forced to scramble much more than normal.

Defensive Line: A+ Arguably the best unit in the nation, the Tiger defensive line has dominated every opponent that’s lined up in front of it this season.

Senior Markus Golden and junior Shane Ray make up one of the most fearsome duos in college football.

Ray currently leads the nation in sacks (9.0) and tackles for loss (11.5) and has the look of an AllAmerican. As a whole, the unit ranks seventh nationally and first in the SEC in sacks (18.0), anchoring one of the conference’s premier run defenses. Attribute most of Mizzou’s early season defensive success to this group.

With big games against Georgia, Florida and Texas A&M on the horizon, the defensive line’s play will ultimately determine

whether this season goes down as a success or disappointment.

Linebackers: BMizzou entered 2014 needing to replace talent across the board, but no hole was left nearly as large as that at middle linebacker. Since the departure of Andrew Wilson, last year’s leading tackler, sophomore Michael Scherer has done an impressive job filling some big shoes.

Scherer currently leads the team in tackles with 50, and he’s one of the most productive linebackers in the SEC. Junior Kentrell Brothers has 39 total tackles of his own, good for fourth in the SEC. Both have made leaps and bounds in their play through the opening half of the season, but there is still a lot missing with this unit.

The group as a whole hasn’t been as effective as expected in stopping the run, and they offer little to no help in pass coverage. There is still a lot of room for improvement, but overall this group is exceeding expectations.

Secondary: C If you would have asked a few weeks ago, this grade would be a letter grade or two higher, but the last two weeks haven’t been very reassuring for the Missouri secondary.

Not only was Mizzou’s turnover streak snapped at 47 straight games, but the group has just looked flat-out uninspired since. Indiana and South Carolina, two run-heavy teams, had no trouble moving the ball through

the air against a porous pass protection. That isn’t even bringing into account the missed tackles, blown assignments and dropped interceptions that have haunted the Tigers defense for weeks.

If Mizzou has any chance of making a revenge trip to the SEC Championship in December, this unit is going to have to shore up before the conference’s highoctane offenses tear it to shreds.

Special Teams: B+ This is a bit of a mixed review, as Mizzou’s special teams have featured both the exceptionally great and the downright dreadful.

Murphy has proved his mettle as a return man and can provide a spark at any point during a game. His 100-yard kick return against South Dakota State showed just how good he is in space and how unstoppable he is once he hits daylight.

On the flip side, fan patience for junior kicker Andrew Baggett is beginning to run thin. While his extra point was ultimately the deciding point against South Carolina, he did splice a 48-yard field goal attempt particularly wide.

Baggett is four-for-seven on the season, which is a failing grade for any kicker. The jury may still be out on the junior, but his kicking blunders could very well cost the Tigers again before the season is done.

The Rest of the Road Aaron Reiss After its bye week, Missouri will play seven Sports Editor Southeastern Conference opponents to close out its regular season schedule.

Here’s a look at each of those teams.

Georgia (3-1, 1-1)

Florida (2-1, 1-1)

Vanderbilt (1-3, 0-3)

Kentucky (3-1, 1-1)

Location: Columbia, Missouri Oct. 11

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Missouri will come out of its bye week against Georgia, a team whose lone loss came by three points at the hands of South Carolina. The Bulldogs scored at least 35 points in each of their first four games. Georgia quarterback Hutson Mason hasn’t been prolific in his first year as a starter, but he’s done enough to keep the offense effective.

Having running back Todd Gurley, who is averaging 8.8 yards per carry, hasn’t hurt either.

Coming into the season, the string of games at South Carolina, versus Georgia and at Florida seemed like a gauntlet. Maybe people were giving Florida a bit too much credit.

Despite the hype coming into the season about a Gator team that was healthy again and operating under a new, fast-paced offensive playbook, Florida hasn’t been too impressive. The Gators needed three overtimes in Gainesville to beat a Kentucky team that appears to be average for the SEC. Then, for all of the excitement surrounding Florida’s offense, the Gators recorded just 200 yards of offense against Alabama, including only 97 passing yards.

Penn State coach James Franklin may end the season considered the most valuable head coach in college football.

Not for what the Nittany Lions are doing, but because of what Franklin’s old team, the Vanderbilt Commodores, aren’t doing: winning. A year after making it to a bowl game with Franklin, the Commodores look lost.

Vanderbilt is one of the 25 worst teams in the country on defense and is even worse offensively. The Commodores did play it close with South Carolina, but they also barely edged out a winless Massachusetts team. And given Vanderbilt’s performance most of the season, the latter outcome seems more indicative of the Commodores’ ability.

If nothing else positive happens this year for Kentucky, at least the Wildcats can say they shed their saddest distinction. Formerly the owners of the nation’s longest conference game losing streak, the Wildcats ended the run when they beat Vanderbilt last Saturday. Kentucky, which ranks 15th in the country in yards allowed, gets after the quarterback with a variety of players. Eleven different Wildcats have registered at least half of a sack this season.

Tennessee (2-2, 0-1)

Arkansas (3-2, 0-2)

Location: Knoxville, Tenessee Nov. 22

Location: Columbia, Missouri Nov. 28

Tennessee didn’t return a single starter from last year’s offensive and defensive lines. Given the inexperience, the Volunteers haven’t been too bad. They played Georgia close all game last Saturday in Athens.

Bret Bielema’s first year as Arkansas’ head coach was a dark one. The run-heavy style that Bielema found so much success with as the head coach at Wisconsin got away from the coach last season. The Razorbacks were second-last in the SEC in rushing attempts per game, despite being fourth in rushing yardage and rushing yards per attempt.

This season is a different story.

Arkansas is eighth in the conference in rushing attempts per game, and led by running backs Alex Collins and Jonathan Williams, it has the third-most rushing yardage in the SEC.

Texas A&M (5-0, 2-0) Location: College Station, Texas Nov. 15 Johnny who? The Aggies have transitioned quite well into the Kenny Hill era. The sophomore quarterback is leading the SEC in passing yards, passing touchdowns and pass completions. He’s fourth in the conference in completion percentage.

Texas A&M is also one of the top teams in the country in terms of points allowed. However, those numbers are perhaps a bit inflated by a weak non-conference schedule. In their two SEC games thus far — against South Carolina and Arkansas — the Aggies gave up 28 points both times. That’s OK, though, when you’re second in the country in scoring.

Playing in Knoxville, this game likely will be a challenge for Mizzou.

Source: espn.com, secsports.com, ukathletics.com, cfbstats.org

The Razorbacks tend to go as their running backs do. In Arkansas’ close loss to Texas A&M last weekend, Collins and Williams were dictating much of the game by bruising the Aggie defense for 226 yards on the ground.

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A swimmer’s favorite word Every aspect of life seems to improve when you aren’t constantly exhausted and sore.

MITCHELL FORDE

Swimmers everywhere consider one word sacred.

It is the reason we endure five-month stretches of brutal training and get out of bed for each morning practice. I start to feel giddy just thinking about it.

The word?

Taper.

Taper is the period before an important meet in which we ease up on our training in order to rest for the meet. It is four weeks of bliss.

Different coaches have different philosophies about how to structure their season, but all teams taper before their last meet of the season. Many, like us at Mizzou, also taper a second time, in the middle of the season, in order to get ahead of the game in qualifying swimmers for the NCAA meet.

During taper, we gradually decrease our training from nine practices a week to five, and the yardage and difficulty of those practices drops as well.

First, morning practices are cancelled (the most exciting words I hear all season are “no practice Monday morning”). Then, we phase out the lifting and dry-land portions of our workouts. All the while, we swim less distance in the pool, focusing on short bursts of speed and technical improvements rather than aerobic work.

The other aspect of taper is resting and avoiding any form of injury outside of the pool. This is taken very seriously. Every year, we get the “you’ve come this far, don’t do anything stupid to get hurt” speech from the coaches.

In addition, we tend to go to comical lengths to avoid expending unnecessary energy in the name of taper. Taking the elevator, even to avoid one flight of stairs, is common. Any kind of pickup sport or other exercise outside of practice is out of the question.

If someone asks you to do something as simple as taking out the trash, taper provides an excuse to say no.

Admittedly, taking taper to this extent is not entirely necessary, but we do it because the feeling of dropping from about 20 hours of difficult training a week to less than 10 is euphoric. Every aspect of life seems to improve when you aren’t constantly exhausted and sore. We can’t help but love taper.

Taper is also what we talk about when workouts are the hardest. Right now, we are in the midst of our toughest training of the season. After practice last Friday, one of the first things I heard when I walked into the locker room was “only five weeks until taper!”

Thinking about the relief of fewer and easier practices, as well as the big meet that will follow, really does help get me through hard sets. As every swim coach will remind you, the better you train during the season, the better your taper and meet at the end of the season will be.

Until then, the other swimmers and I will be counting down the days (roughly 32 to go!). And when we get there, don’t look for me on the stairs.

Maturity is key for Russell DANIEL WITT Staff Writer For the first two years of her collegiate soccer career, Reagan Russell pouted at practices and acted immature on the pitch.

But this year the junior midfielder from Sugar Land, Texas, has grown up, according to Missouri coach Bryan Blitz. Russell has a careerhigh four goals and two assists in eleven games — all starts — for the Tigers.

“Everything is clicking,” Russell said. “My final touches are clicking.

I’m finally getting those runs down the line. I feel like the team is clicking and that’s really helping me get my confidence in the game.”

Russell played in all 22 games as a freshman, but none were starts.

She attempted 23 shots in that first season, but none found their way into the back of the net. Russell didn’t record a goal or assist in her freshman season. As a substitute at forward off the bench, she received two yellow cards.

In her sophomore season, Russell played in 20 games and started in nine. She recorded three goals and two assists — in over 1,100 minutes — 500 more than she had her freshman year.

But until this year, Russell said she didn’t have the best attitude.

Russell is now fully listening to her coaches and attributes her success this season to her trust in Blitz.

“Listening to him, he’s had a lot of advice,” Russell said. “I think I’ve been a little stubborn the past couple of years. Finally we’ve got a good relationship, and I’ve matured in that I take what he says on the

sidelines and actually put it forth in the games and it works. It’s working out really well.”

The product of Russell’s maturity was on full display in the Tigers’ most recent home game against LSU on Sept. 19. Missouri won its Southeastern Conference opener 3-1, and Russell recorded two goals and an assist in the match.

“She’s been really maturing,” Blitz said. “She has always had the skill set. The mental part of her game has really grown. As you know, when you get to a certain level, the play gets faster and harder, and she’s grown to that maturity-wise.”

Russell said she’s found she plays best on the flank, and her success occurs when she takes on the opposing defender inline and gets her crosses in.

Senior forward Taylor Grant

has noticed that Russell has more confidence on the ball. Grant said Russell is changing up her moves on defenders and using her variety of skills to relieve the frustration that may stem from a bad call or foul.

“I think now she’s a lot calmer and she doesn’t let stuff get into her head as much,” said Grant, a fellow Texas native. “She is just doing a really good job of staying calm and if she gets hit, just letting it go and keeping on playing. I think she’s found a happy medium where she uses a lot of energy going with the ball and scoring, rather than worrying about a hit or what someone said.”

Now that Russell has found that balance, Blitz hopes she can keep it.

“A grown-up Reagan is a good Reagan for Mizzou,” Blitz said.

REAL DEAL RUSSELL Forward Reagan Russell has been big for Mizzou soccer in her junior year.

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Tigers putting ‘preseason’ behind them WILL JARVIS Staff Writer It doesn’t take much to change a lot.

Missouri coach Wayne Kreklow told his volleyball team this to instill a sense of confidence heading into conference play.

Though Mizzou (11-5, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) won its first two conference games over the weekend, Kreklow said he doesn’t think the team has played fantastically so far. He said he believes the Tigers can be better.

“If we didn’t have that room to improve, and I look at the team and know that this is just where we’re going to be at, I’d be worried,” Kreklow said. “I look at the potential and how much better everybody as a group could be, and I’m pleased because I do think we’re getting better.”

The potential Kreklow spoke of is evident. Errors and poor passing have disrupted Mizzou’s offensive systems this season.

In Mizzou’s loss at home to in-state rival St. Louis on Sept.

9, the Tigers committed 23 errors and attacked at just .209.

While the Tigers have struggled in many matches, Kreklow said he doesn’t think it will take a lot more to make them a much

better team. Once passing and the little things are on point, he said, everything will fall into place.

“It’s not going to happen overnight and there will be some growing pains,” Kreklow said. “But we don’t have to do many things a lot better to really become a lot better.”

Senior Whitney Little said she believes with more consistency in the little things like first touches, the results will dramatically shift. The main challenge for Little and the Tigers will be finding that consistency to propel them to the next level, she said.

The schedule leading up to conference play didn’t help in finding that consistency. Playing in four tournaments, often with three or four games in a twoday span, is tough for any team, especially a young team like Mizzou that has ten underclassmen.

Kreklow explained that while nonconference play was good for getting his young team valuable experience, it might not be a reliable indicator of a team’s true ability.

“It’s hard to prepare for teams because you’re playing three to four in a weekend,” Kreklow said. “So the preseason is always kind of a crapshoot because everything happens so fast.”

Sophomore outside hitter Carly

Kan currently leads the nation with 12 double-doubles, but even she knows her play can elevate.

Little things like talking on the court more and being more of a vocal leader could be beneficial for the whole team, Kan said.

“I’m happy with some of the things I’ve done, but at the same time I know there are things I need to work on,” she said.

“There’s more for me to do.”

As the Tigers entered SEC play this weekend, it started the true season for Mizzou. At a team meeting last week, Little talked to her teammates about splitting the season into three distinct sections: preseason, season and postseason.

With nonconference play — the “preseason” — over, it’s time for them to stay focused.

The Tigers finished 9-5 in nonconference play through four tournaments and a home match.

Little said she wasn’t terribly disappointed with the start, but she believes SEC play will give the Tigers a chance to put it all behind them.

“We’re looking at it kind of like a clean slate,” Little said.

“Now that the preseason is over, this is the real season. We’re coming into it with a new attitude and a little bit of pride, too.”

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Columbia College.

During all 15 of his years at Mizzou, Wayne Kreklow has had his wife Susan by his side.

Susan Kreklow is currently the team’s director of volleyball operations. While they’ve already been here for 15 years, Mizzou’s best power couple doesn’t sound like they have intentions of leaving anytime soon.

“People always say, ‘You guys have been there for so long,’ but honestly you couldn’t really ask for a better place,” Wayne Kreklow said. “We’ve been pleased and it’s gone fast, I can tell you that.”

better moving forward.”

It didn't all come easy for the Dallas native. After graduating from Tulsa in 1987 and playing professionally for a short time while working a full-time job, Blitz returned to school, working toward an MBA at Butler University.

There, he was offered a position as assistant coach on the Bulldogs men’s team where he made meager pay.

Following a few seasons with that team, Butler created a women’s team and gave the head coaching position to Blitz, offering him double the salary he earned as an assistant.

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potential and impacting the world in a positive manner.”

With many players come and gone and his new milestone in the books, the program’s head coach remains humble.

He attributes his success to his intelligence, though.

Blitz said his development of the team is due not so much to his coaching directly, but to his ability to bring in talented players and coaches.

“He deserved it,” senior forward Taylor Grant said of the coach’s 200th win. “I think that, this year, if he continues to do what he’s doing right now, he’ll have a lot more coming up.”

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of teamwork,” junior defender Candace Johnson said. “He makes sure you know how hard winning can be.”

Blitz said his favorite moment as a coach is neither when he led his team to a conference championship in 2008 nor when they claimed the Big 12 regular season title in 2009. Not when he was awarded Big 12 Coach of the Year or even when his team reached a No. 5 national ranking in 2007.

It’s not a singular, specific event, he said. Blitz said he feels the most joy when his former players return to tell them about their postcollegiate soccer lives.

“I see that they’re doctors, lawyers, moms, teachers — all of the above,” he said. “I love to see them just reaching their

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Soon after, the Tigers came knocking.

Blitz had to create a team at Mizzou, coaching the Tigers in their inaugural season.

“We started from scratch,” he said. “Who gets to start their own program and then continue to coach it 20 years later? I’m pretty lucky on that fact alone.”

Today, Mizzou’s first and only head coach stands strong with a record of 203-160-23.

His current players realize the work it has taken to get the program to the level it has reached. They respect and have learned to love his style of play, which incorporates a lot of defensive pressing and being physical.

“He’s the kind of coach that pushes you beyond your limits and shows you the importance

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