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‘24-Hour Comic Day’ unites artists JACK HARVEL Reporter
Reynolds Alumni Center to voice their concerns to the senator. McCaskill’s visit to MU is a part of her “Claire on Campus” tour across Missouri colleges and universities. She said the main goal of the tour is to open up dialogue
An artistic frenzy began at noon on Oct. 4 with “24-Hour Comic Day” hosted in Columbia by Midwest Geekfest, a group that organizes events focused on the more “geeky” subcultures. The competition lasted for 24 hours with the intended result being a 24-page comic book. The challenge of writing a comic in 24 hours was originally a creative exercise that comic book writer Scott McCloud proposed to comic book artist Stephen Bissette to speed up his artistic process. The concept spread and eventually became a national event that welcomes all to take the challenge. However, the challenge isn’t the end game for all of these artists. Many said they were looking forward to being around other comic book artists more
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MIKE KREBS | PHOTO EDITOR
Sen. Claire McCaskill speaks as a part of her “Claire on Campus” tour Tuesday at the Reynolds Alumni Center. McCaskill asked students and faculty from nearby colleges for feedback about sexual violence.
campus safety
‘Claire on Campus’ comes to MU JENNIFER PROHOV Staff Writer Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) visited the MU campus Tuesday morning to speak to a crowd concerned with sexual violence on campus.
Students and officials from nearby schools — Central Methodist University, Columbia College, Lincoln University, Moberly Area Community College, Stephens College, Westminster College and William Woods University — joined members of the MU community in the
Cancer awareness
RHA hosts Paint it Pink Week to raise awareness
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The Residence Halls Association is hosting its third annual Paint it Pink Week Oct. 6-10. Proceeds raised from this week’s worth of daily events and donations will be given to the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. RHA took a pledge to donate $20,000 over five years. “This money will go on to do great things for Ellis Fischel,” RHA Programming Coordinator Kadarius Burgess said. “You just don't know many people you affect with your effort.” RHA is expecting to raise over $5,000
NEWS
After legal setbacks, Interlude Music has opened in the MU Student Center.
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Students pose for the third annual Paint it Pink photo on Tiger Plaza on Monday night. Paint it Pink is a week’s worth of events hosted by the Residence Halls Association to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research.
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this year with its many opportunities to donate. A majority of the proceeds come from T-shirt donations, and the rest will be from a “plate smash” event, a tailgate and a fundraiser night at Shakespeare’s Pizza. “I think breast cancer is one of those things where there already is an extreme amount of awareness, but really getting the philanthropy out there and actually making the money … is where we really want to try and put as much emphasis on,” RHA Chief Justice Lane Adams said. The money will fund Ellis Fischel’s mammogram van, which is used to give
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NEWS
Farah El-Jayyousi forms Chronically Awesome, a student support group.
MOVE
Fast Yeti, a new T-shirt shop, offers tees with fast and fresh designs.
SPORTS
The Tigers are ready to take the Georgia ‘Dawgs after a bye week.
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Aqweela Green (left) and Haley Rohrer (right) inventory merchandise Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Interlude Music in the MU Student Center. The business opened on Sept. 29.
AWARENESS
MU celebrates breast cancer month Events like Pink Pursuit seek to raise funds for mammograms at Ellis Fischel. SOPHIA NORDGREN Reporter With the start of October comes the beginning of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The month is dedicated to the early detection, treatment and research of breast cancer. The month also celebrates those who have died from and those who have survived breast cancer. MU Health Care and the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center event coordinators have plans to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month with various events and projects centered around breast cancer prevention and awareness. An annual event called “Pink Pursuit” was held Saturday to raise funds for mammograms at Ellis Fischel. The event featured a crawl through restaurants in downtown Columbia, where participants answered trivia questions and received free pink drinks at each location. Restaurants that participated in the event included Quinton’s, Room 38, Teller’s, Nash Vegas and Broadway Brewery. After the trivia crawl, guests made their way to the patio of Willie’s Fieldhouse for a cocktail party and silent auction. The auction featured gift certificates; items such as diamond earrings and an autographed photo of Truman the Tiger; and signed Mizzou
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Interlude Music opens doors EMMA DILTZ Staff Writer After being delayed more than a month, Interlude Music opened its doors last week. The music store promotes student musicians and sells artists’ merchandise and used
instruments. Founded by senior Megan Monfreda, Interlude is a part of the Missouri Student Unions Entrepreneurial Program, which leases a space in the Student Center each year to a student-run start-up business.
The store was originally scheduled to open Aug. 25 and then again Sept. 8, but due to various legal issues, the date was set back a second time. “The department we sent our paperwork through said they were
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CITY
City to recognize same-sex spouses Council voted Sept. 15 to recognize same-sex spouses as beneficiaries. HANNAH BLACK Reporter Same-sex spouses of city employees will now be recognized as beneficiaries in retirement plans, as voted by Columbia City Council last month. The three bills passed were part of the meeting’s overall budget and officially revised the definition of “spouse” in the 457 and 401(a) Money Purchase Plans and Police and Fire Pension Plan, which benefits fire and police department employees.
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SAME-SEX STATISTICS On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand rulings from federal appeals courts that struck down five U.S. states’ bans on same-sex marriage. The move brought the total number of states in which same-sex marriage is now legal to 25.
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THE MANEATER | NEWS | OCTOBER 8, 2014
Professor writes ‘dialogues with the dead’ TAYLOR YSTEBOE Reporter Julija Šukys describes her books as “dialogues with the dead.” A dramatic phrase, yes, but Šukys, assistant professor of English, has written two creative-nonfiction works that revolve around lives in danger of being forgotten. She always imagined herself as a writer but did not envision that she would write nonfiction books. “I’ve always known that I wanted to be a writer,” Šukys said. “When I was a child, I was always writing stories and ‘books,’ and I would show them to my first-grade teacher.” After growing up in Toronto, Šukys attended college to study comparative literature. Later, in graduate school, she aspired to be thought of as a “real writer.” However, Šukys soon began to fear that graduate school had killed her imagination. “I wasn’t getting anywhere whenever I tried to write fiction,” Šukys said. “Eventually I realized that I had long been writing from my life, even as a child.” It was when Šukys began completing her dissertation that she delved into nonfiction and found the two stories that would be the subjects of her first books. In “Silence is Death: The Life and Work of Tahar Djaout,” Šukys was inspired by the work of Algerian author Assia Djebar, who wrote about the Algerian Civil War of the 1990s. Writers, artists and intellectuals were targeted and killed by armed Islamists during this time. “(Djebar) started me on the path of nonfiction,” Šukys said. Šukys’ first book looked into the life of Djaout, who she feared was in the process of being forgotten. Djaout was an Algerian writer who bravely dared to speak in a period of oppression and was subsequently assassinated. In the second part of her dissertation that transformed into her next book, “Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaité,” Šukys wrote of a Lithuanian librarian who brought provisions to
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Assistant professor Julija Šukys poses for a portrait Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Šukys examines lives in danger of being forgotten in her book, ‘Dialogues with the Dead.’
Jews in the Vilna Ghetto. Like Šimaité, Šukys is of Lithuanian descent. She exclusively spoke Lithuanian at home until she was 18, when her father passed away. She said she believes her background has had an enormous impact on her life. “In one sense, I felt like I didn’t belong on this continent,” Šukys said. “It was shocking to visit Lithuania and realize that I didn’t belong there either.” Her own feeling of rootlessness has left her intrigued with all ideas of exile and searching. Šukys is currently writing her third book that follows the life of her paternal grandmother, who was deported alone from Lithuania to Siberia in 1941. Her grandmother spent 17 years in Siberia and then an additional seven years in Lithuania before reuniting with her family in Canada. Šukys was originally only toying with the idea of writing about her grandmother. While researching
more about Šimaité at Kent State University, Šukys stumbled upon an extensive interview. She soon discovered that this interview was actually conducted with her grandmother. This finding cemented her determination to write this current book, she said. Through her writing, Šukys seeks to tell the story of one life in order to teach herself something about her own life. By “slowly creating a portrait” of her subjects, Šukys said she finds the connection between the past and present and pays attention to the small details to fully examine the life of her subjects. Šukys’ books fall into the genre of creative nonfiction. In essence, she said she believes creative nonfiction is the Holy Trinity of combining scene, research and reflection. In order to immerse herself in her work, Šukys said she finds travel an essential part of writing. “For me as a writer, travel is an important way to help me find my place on the planet,” she said.
Though she said she considers herself fortunate to have been able to travel to far-flung places, Šukys emphasizes that distance is not the defining factor. “You don’t need to go far, whether it be a childhood home or a funny name on a map,” she said. Gabriel Fried, assistant teaching professor of English, has known Šukys for just over a year and said he appreciates what she contributes to the university. “I’ve learned so much about parts of the world I didn’t know about, for one thing: Lithuania, Siberia, and other places she writes of and visits,” Fried said. “But the most gratifying thing is just having Julija here to engage with. She’s a dynamic and curious thinker and an essential colleague.” In addition to writing books and essays and traveling, Šukys teaches courses on creative nonfiction. For her undergraduate students, she covers shorter texts in order to capture multiple concepts all at
once. Šukys said she likes to focus on the “big,” what the text is really about, and the “small,” the tiny moments and the concrete details. For her graduate students, she said she challenges them to “wrestle with their writing to figure out where the holes are and try to make connections between parts of a text and between the big and the small.” Graduate student Joanna Eleftheriou said that she enjoys Šukys’ excitement to experiment with new methods of teaching. “I learned how to think outside the workshop box and be more creative as a teacher,” Eleftheriou said. Eleftheriou also added that Šukys’ courses have a “particularly vibrant blend of rigor and fun.” As advice to struggling writers, Šukys said finding a voice is pivotal. “It can be a really important moment when you discover your genre, when you discover your voice,” she said.
we received it.” The evaluation criteria were developed with help from veteran employees of Victory Media to help veterans pick a school best suited to their needs. “Military Friendly was founded as a way to help military members and veterans be able to better judge what to do with the next major phase of their life,” said Tristan Germann, recruiting specialist for Victory Media. “We want to give them the best information related to their life as we can.” The MU Veteran's Center was established in December 2007 after a taskforce of student veterans from the MU Student Veterans Association submitted a 42-page proposal to then-
Chancellor Brady Deaton. “He adopted the whole thing,” Fleisher said. “And we were one of the first schools to have a veteran’s center. The other two schools to have one before us were Pennsylvania State University and Mississippi State University.” Calling themselves a “full service, one-stop shop,” the center aims to provide a solution to any problem, concern or issue a veteran may come to them with. “If we don’t have an answer, we find out,” Fleisher said. “We don’t make them go to different offices to find a solution. We pick up the phone and we make the calls. Many centers don’t do that.” Out of all its services, Fleischer said the center prioritizes peer mentoring and support services.
She said the center is a place for veterans “to call their own.” Kevin Melkowski said he shares that feeling. A first-year graduate student in computer science, Melkowski came to MU as an undergraduate after retiring from the U.S. Navy in 2010. “I found the center by Googling ‘Mizzou veteran’s center’ and a number popped up,” he said. “I was talking to them before I even got to MU. If it was not for the center, I would have been here without a lot of people to talk to.” Melkowski said even though the center was helpful and “should never go away,” MU is not always veteran friendly. An example he gave was the implementation of the Returning Heroes Act, which caps tuition at
$50 per credit hour for all student veterans regardless of their class standing. “It should be that the tuition cap is applied before all our other grants, which go toward paying for housing and food, but instead, MU applies all the grants and the tuition cap is applied to the remaining amount,” Melkowski said. “That makes the grants and the cap worthless.” Despite that, he said he thinks MU is deserving of the Military Friendly title because “they really try, which is more than I have seen in other schools.” “They offer free tutoring at the Student Success Center, which really helped me with my classes,” he said. “I became a tutor myself to give that service back.”
MU receives ‘Military Friendly’ title for the sixth year LAKSHNA MEHTA Senior Staff Writer MU has received the title of a “Military Friendly” campus by Victory Media for the sixth consecutive year. MU was among 1,400 schools out of 3,000 applicants to receive the title this year. The school was evaluated on five criteria: on-campus military support, credit acceptance, school-offered tuition assistance, spouse and dependent benefits, and flexibility with scheduling and course completion requirements. “We care about our veterans,” said Carol Fleisher, director of the MU Veteran’s Center. “That is the most important thing. So, I was just tickled that
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MUNCH, PAW use collaboration to fight obesity and related diseases GRACE ROGERS Staff Writer The MU Nutritional Center for Health and the Physical Activity and Wellness Program researchers are collaborating in the fight against obesity. More than a third of U.S. adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the past, researchers from different departments have worked on their own separate solutions to the obesity and obesityrelated problems, including overeating, sedentary lifestyles and obesity-related diseases. Now, thanks to the ideas of Chris Hardin, professor and chairman of nutritional sciences, MUNCH is a place for researchers across departments to collaborate on obesity and its related diseases. The headquarters is in a previously neglected space in Gwynn Hall. “The space was downright decrepit,” Hardin said. “I would have probably been the subject of a lawsuit had I put people down there. We used to call taking people through there the ‘Tetanus Tour’ or the ‘Dungeon Tour,’ and that was not an exaggeration. The basement was downright scary, completely unusable. However, it was space.” M U N C H ’s re novate d facilities include two kitchens — one educational and one a research metabolic kitchen — and an observational lab. The
space also includes an adjacent human research area for PAW’s work along with other research facilities. PAW works with MUNCH by using its labs to evaluate the biological and medical impact on the research volunteers participating in the studies. Research volunteers go about their daily lives while eating food MUNCH provides for them. Hardin likes to call them “free range humans.” The metabolic kitchen is designed specifically to allow full control over the specific ingredients involved in the feeding studies. Having full control over what people are eating and drinking in these studies is important to maintain scientific accuracy. Education is a vital piece of the solution to a problem. MUNCH’s educational kitchen allows MUNCH researchers to work on a variety of projects, educating people across society. It currently includes innovative technologies and newfangled contraptions to allow researchers to study children’s food choice behavior and do cooking demonstrations. “We really lost a generation of people who know how to cook,” Hardin said. “If we can teach people how to cook healthy but still tasty meals, that could go a long way towards combating the obesity epidemic.” Knowing how people’s choices are made is where MUNCH’s observational lab comes into play. The lab will
be able to take the research one step further by observing how people react to food. In the future, the team hopes to observe how children, especially, react to varying kinds of food. “I think child food choice behavior and child food acceptance is extremely important,” Hardin said. Kids with obesity are at higher risk for a variety of things, from high cholesterol and high blood pressure to social and psychological problems — and even cancer later on in life, according to the
CDC. Due to the great risk involved with childhood obesity, MUNCH is committing some of its resources to studying childhood food behavior. Luckily, MUNCH is next-door neighbors with the Child Development Lab, allowing researchers to look into childhood obesity. The children being studied have affectionately been dubbed “MUNCHkins.” The “MUNCHkins” get the chance to help out in the children’s garden on campus, which makes them more willing to try new things.
Obesity IN ADOLESCENTS
The MU Nutritional Center for Health is taking steps to fight obesity, focusing specifically on childhood obesity.
“How many preschoolers do you know that enjoy kale?” Hardin said. “These kids do because they grew it in the garden and because the person who managed the garden says this is awesome.” With all these state-ofthe-art tools at their disposal and promising early results, MUNCH is free to dream big. The scope and subject of future projects “is really up to the innovation and the creativity of my faculty,” Hardin said.
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Gun rights amendment receives further scrutiny in court
JENNIFER PROHOV Staff Writer Although it passed Aug. 5, Amendment 5 to the Missouri Constitution will be placed under scrutiny again after a court challenge to the Missouri Supreme Court. Rebecca Morgan and Chief of Police for the St. Louis Department Samuel Dotson III submitted a court challenge Sept. 24 questioning the approval of Amendment 5. The voters passed the amendment with a vote of 602,863 to 386,308, which makes gun and weapon accessories ownership an unalienable right, declaring that “the state of Missouri shall be obligated to uphold these rights and shall under no circumstances decline to protect against their infringement.” The ballot language for the measure stated something different, however, from the wording of the amendment.
On the ballot, voters were and unfair, deceived and misled asked, “Shall the Missouri voters and failed to accurately Constitution be amended reflect the legal and probable to include a declaration that effects of the amendment, in the right to numerous THE BALLOT keep and bear ways.” arms is an T h e LANGUAGE unalienable Petition for WAS MISLEADING r ight and Election that the state Conte s t AT BEST AND DID government argues the NOT ACCURATELY is obligated to wording PORTRAY ALL THAT uphold that might have right?” s w a y e d THE AMENDMENT T h e voters. Since WILL ALLOW WHEN the General M i s s o u r i Supreme Court Assembly ENACTED.” has exclusive is required jurisdiction to write an over contests impartial SAMUEL DOTSON III of election and true St. Louis Chief of Police results. Dotson statement and Morgan for the have challenged that the ballot ballot measure, according to language did not accurately state law, the measure should portray the actual implications not be approved. of the amendment. Morgan and Dotson had Their Petition for Election already brought the same suit Contest states “the summary against the ballot before the statement (ballot language for election, but the Trial Court of the measure) was insufficient the case concluded it could not
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hear the case. Dotson said he decided to submit the petition a second time because he believed voters weren’t adequately aware of all the implications of the new amendment. “The ballot language was misleading at best and did not accurately portray all that the amendment will allow when enacted,” he said. “This is not an attack on anyone’s Amendment 2 rights, but let’s be clear about it so everyone understands the impact it will have.” After the first denial, Morgan and Dotson then appealed the judgment and brought their case before the Missouri Supreme Court, which found in agreement with the Trial Court that the Court did not have authority to decide the case six weeks before the election date. The Supreme Court stated, though, that the challenge could be brought back after the election. “Judicial review of a claim that a given ballot title was
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understands and emphasizes the impact Amendment 5 could have on his city and police department. “For any urban city, gun violence is at epidemic levels,” he said. “As a police chief, I’m going to do anything I can do to help the people of St. Louis. When people understand it, I think they will vote no for it.” The Missouri Constitution contained
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section before the passage of Amendment 5 but was not as strongly worded to protect gun rights.
Dana S. Bal, MD Anesthesiology
Michael M. Daly, DO Family Practice
Charles L. Chapman, MD Internal Medicine
Laura A. O’Gorman, MD Neonatology
William D. Trumbower, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
William S. Irvin, MD Rheumatology
William Allen Cass, MD Anesthesiology
Donald Patrick Goeller, MD Family Practice
Thomas J. Ciolino, MD Internal Medicine
Blake Jay Brooks, MD Nephrology
Mary Katherine Welch, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Daniel L. Lamothe-Jost, MD Rheumatology
Mark E. Cohen, MD Anesthesiology
Marianne Lopez-Rhodes, MD Family Practice
Kendra Jo Conkright, MD Internal Medicine
Chris J. Martin, MD Nephrology
Elizabeth A. Wilson, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Paula J. McMurtry, MD Rheumatology
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Paul W. Schoephoerster, MD Family Practice
Donald M. Delwood, MD Internal Medicine
Garry P. Reams, MD Nephrology
Stephanie E. Womack, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Charles P. Bondurant, MD Surgery-Neurological
Don J. Gibson, MD Anesthesiology
Peter J. Cleavinger, MD Gastroenterology
Jeffery P. Frey, MD Internal Medicine
Myra June Watson, DO Nephrology
Jerry R. Blair, MD Ophthalmology
Terrence J. Ryan, MD Surgery-Neurological
Nilakshi Gupta, MD Anesthesiology
Michele A. Diaz-Arias, MD Gastroenterology
Kimberly Jamison, MD Internal Medicine
William K. Winkelmeyer, MD Nephrology
Mari Ann Z. Keithahn, MD Ophthalmology
Dennis L. Abernathie, MD Surgery-Orthopaedic
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Donald C. Gerhardt, MD Gastroenterology
Susan S. Johnson, MD Internal Medicine
Myles B. Goble, MD Neurology
Gregory S. Campbell, MD Otolaryngology
Mark A. Adams, MD Surgery-Orthopaedic
Jeffrey G. Huebner, MD Anesthesiology
Kevin D. Halsey, MD Gastroenterology
Lawrence M. Lampton, MD Internal Medicine
James M. Koch, MD Neurology
Elizabeth K. Early, MD Otolaryngology
Alan Garvin Anz, MD Surgery-Orthopaedic
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Nicolas Llorens, MD Gastroenterology
Rebecca F. Llorens, MD Internal Medicine
Justin A. Malone, MD Neurology
David C. Mechlin, MD Otolaryngology
Kurt T. Bormann, MD Surgery-Orthopaedic
Robert K. Little, MD Anesthesiology
Juan J. Pineda, MD Gastroenterology
Raman Puri, MD Internal Medicine
David L. McLaren, MD Neurology
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Peter K. Buchert, MD Surgery-Orthopaedic
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Douglas E. Vogt, MD Internal Medicine
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Mitesh K. Patel, MD Pain Management
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Delali K. Buatsi, MD Medicine/Hospitalist
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Jason A. Goodin, DO Pulmonary Diseases
Joseph J. Muscato, MD Hematology/Oncology
Adnan Z. Choudhury, MD Medicine/Hospitalist
Sarah M. Buchanan, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mohammad Jarbou, MD Pulmonary Diseases
Robert D. King, MD Emergency Medicine
Mary S. Muscato, MD Hematology/Oncology
Martha J. Herring, MD Medicine/Hospitalist
Michael L. Burks, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Humayun A. Lodhi, MD Pulmonary Diseases
Randall E. Mueller, MD Emergency Medicine
Umasankar Ramadoss, MD Hematology/Oncology
David Thomas James, MD Medicine/Hospitalist
Susan T. Hunze, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Shilpa R. Patel, MD Pulmonary Diseases
Van Eric Thompson, MD Surgery-Thoracic & Cardiovascular
Jill Murphey, MD Emergency Medicine
David M. Schlossman, MD Hematology/Oncology
Sophana Karnchanasorn, MD Medicine/Hospitalist
Kevin A. Jones, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
David P. Brummett, MD Radiology
Michael R. Cupp, MD Surgery-Urological
William C. Parks, MD Emergency Medicine
Michael C. Trendle, MD Hematology/Oncology
Arthur Rice Petrie, MD Medicine/Hospitalist
Craig E. McCoy, DO Obstetrics & Gynecology
Terry J. Elwing, MD Radiology
Steven M. Dresner, MD Surgery-Urological
Adrian K. Ray, MD Emergency Medicine
Mark M. Tungesvik, MD Hematology/Oncology
Anita A. Sarathi, MD Medicine/Hospitalist
Kimberly K. Morse, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Andrew J. Getzoff, MD Radiology
Taz J. Harmon, MD Surgery-Urological
Jon D. Roberts, MD Emergency Medicine
Mark J. Vellek, MD Hematology/Oncology
Rahul Shekhar, MD Medicine/Hospitalist
Lynn D. Puckett, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Maxwell Lazinger, MD Radiology
Siobhan H. McGaughey, MD Surgery-Urological
Steven M. Scott, MD Emergency Medicine
Robin B. Blount, MD Internal Medicine
James (Rusty) R. Spieler, MD Medicine/Hospitalist
Jennifer J. Roelands, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Laura J. Sievert, MD Radiology
Clay W. Mechlin, MD Surgery-Urological
Larry A. Scroggins, MD Emergency Medicine
Holly M. Boyer, MD Internal Medicine
Michelle Christine Merrihew, DO Neonatology
Karen M. Thies, DO Obstetrics & Gynecology
Barbara J. Tellerman, MD Radiology
Robert E. Remis, MD Surgery-Urological
Cathy J. Cody, MD Family Practice
James T. Brocksmith, DO Internal Medicine
Timothy A. O’Connor, MD Neonatology
Levi W. Trammell, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Eligible households to receive SNAP benefits Approximately 410,000 Missouri households were enrolled for food stamps benefits in January 2014. PAIGE LALAIN Staff Writer The Missouri Department of Social Services has received feedback from local families and individuals indicating problems with online application processes for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The program allows eligible households to receive an allotment of food stamp benefits with the intent to “promote the general welfare
and safeguard the health and well-being of the nation’s population by raising the levels of nutrition among low-income households,” according to the Missouri Department of Social Services SNAP information page. Eligibility for the food stamp program SNAP is determined by a number of criteria, including but not limited to residency, citizenship, ho u s e hold composition, resources under $2,000 ($3,000 if elderly or disabled) and an income beneath 100 percent net and 130 percent gross federal poverty level, according to the Missouri Food Stamps and Temporary Cash Assistance for Needy Families overview. According to the Department of Social Services’ most
recent report, approximately 410,000 Missouri households were enrolled for food stamps benefits as of January 2014, and there has been steady enrollment since January 2009. Problems with online applications have not lowered the number of eligible households receiving food stamps benefits, rather, they have elongated the processing time for applications to be reviewed, said Becky Woelfel, Department of Social Services Communications director. “ This computer issue has been resolved, and we are diligently working to get applications processed as quickly as possible to return to a normal processing time,” she said. “We urge anyone who has encountered an issue with
their food stamp application to contact the Family Support Division’s special unit dedicated to resolving those problems by calling 1-573-751-8959 or emailing FSD.CRU@dss.mo.gov for special assistance.” Also working to serve families and individuals in Missouri, The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri provides temporary and supplemental food to those who need it in their 32-county service area, Food Bank Marketing Director Mike DeSantis said. The Food Bank currently feeds over 114,000 people each month with help from 131 partner pantries and 141 schools. “If you want to help fight hunger directly, you can join one of our congregate agencies,” he said. “It’s eye-opening and
something everyone would benefit from.” Food drives can be organized to raise awareness and collect food that will be distributed to those in need in the city in which the food was donated, DeSantis said. The Food Bank accepts all food with the exception of homemade, canned, damaged or expired products, or those in glass containers. “If your goal is to provide as much food as possible to as many people as possible, you can donate dollars to The Food Bank, with each dollar translating to 15 pounds of food,” he said. “In Columbia, food donations can be made to any of our 34 Boone County pantries, or directly to the Food Bank at 2101 Vandiver Drive.”
Governor creates office to facilitate communication with Missourians The office will focus on developing policies for low-income and minority communities. TAYLOR BLATCHFORD Reporter Missouri now has an office to facilitate communications with residents to develop policies specific to low-income and minority communities. Gov. Jay Nixon created this office, the Office of Community Engagement, on Sept. 18. Nixon said the office will focus on listening, learning and assessing challenges facing
minority and low-income be responsible for facilitating communities around the state. meaningful communication The goal is to about these develop specific issues that will THE OFFICE OF yield concrete policies to address these results.” COMMUNITY challenges. The office ENGAGEMENT “Across our will be located WILL BE state, Missouri in the Office of communities Administration. RESPONSIBLE are facing Nixon said it FOR FACILITATING will engage serious issues involving race, communities, MEANINGFUL educational and COMMUNICATION.” public and economic private sector opportunities, l e a d e r s , and poverty,” clerg y and JAY NIXON Nixon said in citizens across Missouri Governor a news release. the state in “The Office of communication Community Engagement will regarding critical issues. The
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office will also develop policies and strategies to foster greater prosperity and opportunity for all Missourians. Nixon named former state Sen. Maida Coleman, a Democrat, as the director of the office. Former St. Louis City Municipal Judge Marvin Teer will serve as the office’s deputy director and general counsel. “From small towns to big cities, every Missouri community faces its own unique challenges — and that’s especially true in areas where poverty rates are high and economic opportunities are limited,” Coleman said in a news release. The office will make
recommendations to the Department of Economic Development , Missour i Community Ser vice Commission, Missouri Housing Development Commission and other agencies that administer programs designed to assist low-income individuals, urban neighborhoods, community redevelopment and similar activities. “I am excited about this opportunity to deepen our understanding of the issues confronting our communities and to help develop policies that will help all Missourians prosper and thrive,” Coleman said.
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about better supporting victims of sexual violence and gather feedback on the Campus Safety Accountability Act. The legislation was introduced by McCaskill and a group of U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle in July with the hopes of better protecting students, increasing standards for reporting incidents and transparency in higher education institutions. The bill includes hefty penalties for schools that do not meet standards and could cost an institution up to 1 percent of its operating budget, which is $14 million for MU. McCaskill led a discussion, questioning the crowd’s confidence in their institutions’ abilities to respond to instances of sexual assault through Title IX procedures, and the involvement of local police departments in criminal proceedings. The crowd expressed concern that students weren’t aware of available resources, or how they can identify, report and handle cases of sexual assault. Mitchell Baxley, a sex crimes detective for the Columbia Police Department, discussed how proper questioning in sexual assault cases was essential. “One of the things we try to teach our officers is we don’t want to get too detailed with that first patrol officer who would initially respond,” he said. “I’ve had more training and more experience handling survivors from these cases, and when I’m going to ask a question they may feel as judgmental, I’m going to clarify why I’m going to ask the question. What we’re trying to do is build trust with that survivor.” MUPD Chief Jack Watring agreed that training was very important when handling sexual assault cases. “We have training at least a couple times a year with all of our officers with … the RSVP Center, Women’s Center (and) Mizzou North,” he said. “We have all those folks come in and talk with our officers.” McCaskill also emphasized the importance of ensuring that programs are in place to assist and inform victims. “This is about making sure systems are in place that nurture and support young women and allow them the choices that will help them make their decisions in an informed way,” she said. “Because right now, on this campus and thousands of others, there is a young woman who is not coming forward because she doesn’t have the right information. She doesn’t know the right information.” McCaskill said MU is currently undergoing this process, as Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and the Missouri Students Association are both trying to publicize the university’s support systems and strengthen them. “The president of this university is determined that under his watch the University of Missouri will become a model,” she said. “They are really working at this university to change a whole lot about the process and procedures that surround this issue.” McCaskill said the issue of sexual violence is important to her because of her time as a sex crimes prosecutor and because of her children. “This is a passion of mine,” she said. “It is colored by my years of experience, and many, many tears with many victims, surrounding horrific facts and elusive justice. But it’s also borne out by the fact that I see my daughters in a number of places in this room.”
free clinical breast exams to women who cannot afford to get one in north and central Missouri. The center also provide breast health education for women. “All of the money that was raised during Paint it Pink Week goes directly to the mammogram van, so that we can make sure that we are fighting breast cancer and trying to get rid of it in the state of Missouri,” RHA Vice President Brooke Wiggins said.
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than the challenge itself. “It’s more just like a chance for comic book creators to kind of have some sort of social event because by nature, comic book creators aren’t the most social creatures,” said Scott Ziolko, comic book artist and event host. “It’s just a chance to get together and share an experience with other comic book creators.” Even as artists worked intently, it always felt like a sociable environment. While hard at work, they conversed about the newest comic books, the recently premiered “Gotham” show or movie
T he fifth annual Passionately P!NKed Out Photo was taken Monday at Tiger Plaza. This year, RHA will be adding new activities for students to participate in. One of the additions is a tailgate prior to Mizzou volleyball’s match against Auburn on Friday. RHA will provide free food, raffles and lawn games for the public. Donation buckets will be set up to help raise additional funds. The tailgate will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Hearnes Center fieldhouse before the 6:30 p.m. match. “It’s open to anybody,”
Wiggins said. “It’s probably going to be a lot bigger than we originally expected it to be. And (RHA) will be there in Hearnes during the volleyball game as well, and normally during halftime we have a game of tug-of-war going on.” In addition to the tailgate, RHA also hosted a “plate smash” at Speaker’s Circle on Tuesday. The event started at 11 a.m. and ran until all 50 plates were smashed. To ensure students’ safety, RHA will provide protective gear and will have students smash plates inside a box to help contain the mess. Shakespeare’s Pizza will be holding a fundraiser
Thursday evening, from which 15 percent of sales will be donated to the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. Campus Dining Services will also be having a pink meal Wednesday at all residential dining halls. “It’s a wonderful thing,” Wiggins said. “We always talk about how we’re One Mizzou and how we’re always here for one another, so why aren’t we supporting those with breast cancer just a little bit more? Ellis Fischel and Paint it Pink Week are wonderful ways to see how we can do that in a week.”
adaptations of comic books. The comic book artists, both published and amateurs alike, came from all different genres and skill levels. “The general spirit is anyone, regardless of their experience or skill level at comics, are invited to come and participate,” Ziolko said. Several of the attendees weren’t attempting the challenge and just came for the social aspect, like artist Josh Nichols, who has attempted the challenge a few times previously. “I can’t stay up that long, and I need sleep,” he said. “So I just kind of hang out.” With the 24-hour challenge’s blinding pace, it causes many to look at their work more objectively.
Although it was created to help Bissette, participants said it helps in several aspects of their writing and artwork. “I have a tendency to overthink a lot of the stuff I do, so giving myself a precise and concise deadline like a 24-hour period kind of lets me focus on important things,” Ziolko said. Artist Rodger Francis said the streamlined process improves his regular work. “From an ar tistic standpoint, it creates a situation where if you can do this in 24 hours, then when you do your real work, you can still do quality work but cut down your time,” he said. The authors hopped genres depending on what they wanted to do that day.
Horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action, adventure and more were covered. The comic book creators were never tied down. “People work in so many different genres,” Ziolko said. “We have people that do superhero books, we have people that do horror stories (and) some people do action.” Participating artists said the event gives an opportunity for comic book writers to feel a sense of unity. As a scattered group, the writers enjoy the feeling of solidarity with other writers. “It absolutely helps to have other people around you,” Francis said. “It, for nothing else, gives a sense that you’re not out there by yourself.”
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Tiger Pantry hosts Empty Bowls event Tiger Pantry will begin taking part in SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, in the state of Missouri. CHRISTINA ARREOLA Reporter Tiger Pantry announced their plans to continue outreach to help members of the MU community in need of The fundraiser provided participants soup in a handcrafted bowl, which they could take home after the event. It was $10 for students, and $15 for faculty, staff and the public. The money gathered will go to providing food assistance to students, faculty and staff of the university. The event also marked Tiger Pantry’s second birthday. “We wanted to do something special and have an anniversary event … while also supporting local artists and the MU community in need of food,” said Shannon Orbe, a senior and executive board member of Tiger Pantry. Amy Hay, the special events and outreach coordinator for the Craft Studio, said the 200 bowls that participants could choose from were crafted by students, faculty, staff and supporters of MU. After choosing a bowl, attendees were able to have their choice of three soups. Vegan tomato soup was provided by sponsor Main Squeeze and both chicken noodle soup and loaded baked potato soup were provided by sponsor Wheatstone Bistro. Bread and water were also provided. The fundraiser was founded by The Imagine Render Group, a national nonprofit organization that promotes social change through the arts. “Empty Bowls is a nationwide campaign that has a platform that communities can then take and adapt to what is needed in that area, so we’ve modeled our event after them,” Orbe said. Empty Bowls events throughout the country have included sculptors, glass blowers and painters. Tiger Pantry utilized social media to inform the community about Empty Bowls, and 100 percent of the proceeds
will go toward the pantry for food. “We collaborated with the Craft Studio on Twitter and would post pictures of the bowls offered,” Orbe said. “We didn’t want to just target students, so we sent a press release to as many faculty and administrators as we could.” The 12 members of the Tiger Pantry executive board were present at Empty Bowls, with the almost 30 Tiger Pantry volunteers coming in and out throughout the event. Orbe started off as a full-time volunteer and is now the resource coordinator for Tiger Pantry. “I’m continuing to learn so much while giving back to the Mizzou community,” she said. Tiger Pantry also used Empty Bowls to promote a new project. Starting Oct. 12, Tiger Pantry will begin taking part in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program, is a federal program that offers food purchasing assistance to those who are eligible. “We’re going to help clients of our pantry apply for SNAP benefits,” Orbe said. “A lot of times, it is very timeconsuming to go down to the Social Services Office. There’s sometimes a lot people just waiting, so we are trying to provide a convenient, friendly and confidential place where our clients can come and figure out if they’re eligible and to get a walk-through of the application.” Tiger Pantry has worked to educate the community on the use of food stamps, including ways to eat healthy on a food-stamp budget. They will be hosting Melanie Hickcox, the Missouri Food Bank Association’s SNAP project manager, on Oct. 8 for a discussion on food stamps, to make the community more aware of hunger on campus and the perceptions of food stamps. “We’ve been working on (the project) for a while now and are really excited about it,” said Orbe who worked with Hickcox during her visit. “(Hickcox) came in and trained all of our executive board and all of our volunteers and pantry managers, so we are finishing up all the final procedures and can’t wait to launch in a week.”
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The Empty Bowls Project was started by The Imagine Render Group to raise money to feed families in need.
how the fundraiser works Attendees choose from 200 bowls, handmade by students, faculty and MU supporters.
Soup: Chicken Noodle Sponsor: Wheatstone Bistro
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of the proceeds go to tiger pantry to feed families of the mu community Source: calendar.missouri.edu CAMERON THOMAS // GRAPHIC DESIGNER
MU researchers look to bacteria for ‘perfect cancer drug’ Cancer may be controllable with a compound secreted by bacterial communication systems, according to a new MU study. GRACE ROGERS Staff Writer Normally, people consider bacteria a bad thing, but it could be the key to a new innovative cancer treatment. Cancer usually becomes a threat when it begins to spread throughout the body. MU researchers recently published an article in the online medical journal PLoS ONE discussing how the communication systems of bacteria can be manipulated to command cancer cells how to act.
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the body. Kumar has conducted several tests on both cancer and normal cells in a lab setting. Early tests show that homoserine lactone not only limited the growth of cancerous cells in 2-D and 3-D environments, but it also had no significant effect on the normal cells tested. “The perfect cancer drug is 100 percent toxic to cancer cells and zero percent toxic to normal cells,” Bryan said. “And that’s a real challenge.” The researchers said they will not know the full extent of potential side effects of the treatment until they start testing the compound in animals. The next step is to run tests using mice, Kumar said. Researchers need to be sure they are delivering the treatment efficiently. After initial testing, Bryan said his goal is to get approved for a clinical study to treat small
animals, such as dogs and cats, that come to the MU Veterinary Hospital with cancer. Although running human clinical trials is a distant goal for the researchers, they are still optimistic about the treatment’s future applications. Theoretically, Bryan said he hopes their team might find a way to use bacteria to find and attack tumor cells more accurately, improving their results and getting one step closer to a “perfect” cancer drug. Hopefully, using tumorseeking bacteria will allow treatments to more accurately target cancer cells, making treatment less toxic to patients. “Can we use tumor-seeking bacteria?” Bryan said. “(If so,) we can essentially leave a calling card at the site of the tumor with these molecules. It’s basically a party invitation.”
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MSA takes stance on city bus ordinance WAVERLY COLVILLE Staff Writer In response to a city ordinance that permits only city buses to park on Rollins Street, the Missouri Students Association Campus and Community Relations Committee organized a campaign titled “Move that Bus.” The campaign’s goal is to cease the enforcement of Ordinance 21390 Section 14-180, which was passed in 2012. CCRC chairman Chad Phillips and CCRC member Syed Ejaz attended the Oct. 6 Columbia City Council meeting to present this campaign. The presentation was allotted 5 minutes in the scheduled public comment section of City Council’s agenda. Phillips and Ejaz expressed their concerns on safety implications of the ordinance with a slideshow of pictures from Hitt and Rollins streets. “We’re afraid that the council is not aware of the implications this has on the student body, so our main goal is making sure that they’re informed about the implications,” Phillips said. “We want the student perspective out there instead of
someone who doesn’t walk the streets or ride the shuttles who doesn’t understand. The end result we would like to see is the ceasing of the enforcement of the ordinance.” Phillips said he first noticed the problem in the beginning of the semester. “We recognized a lot of students being displaced and foresaw all the issues that would come with students being outside waiting for buses,” he said. “We wanted to act as quickly as possible.” Private apartment shuttles now park on Hitt Street by Memorial Student Union. The bus routes now must pass through more crosswalks. Crowding of the sidewalk and Memorial Union are also an issue, especially when the weather gets cold. Ejaz worked closely with Phillips on addressing the safety concerns of all of these issues. “I like community involvement and expanding relationships between students and the community, so CCRC seemed like the perfect place to do that,” Ejaz said. Phillips and Ejaz said they have been planning this presentation since the first CCRC meeting of the
semester. City transit, who advocated for the enforcement of the ordinance, also approached the issue from a safety perspective, Ejaz said. They claimed that, with the potential increase of routes, city bus drivers wouldn’t have enough space. “I think our speech is a soft response to that, so it’s only appropriate that we approach it from a safety issue as well,” Ejaz said. Phillips said he did a lot of research and has time lapses of the street. It’s clear that there’s more than enough space, he said. CCRC presented its ideas mainly as a safety concern, since safety is a main priority for the council, Phillips said. Phillips and Ejaz met with Vice Chancellor for Operations Gary Ward, Parking and Transportation Services Director Michael Sokoff and Chairman of Campus Safety Committee Tim Evans with their response to the ordinance. Next week, at the request of Ward, all parties involved will have a meeting to create a university-wide stance. “Unfortunately, we don’t have an university-wide stance yet because we’re waiting for the meeting that
Gary Ward requested between the committees, so that’s one of the big barriers between us and action happening,” Phillips said. “We realized how close we had to work with faculty to make sure we’re all on the same page, and we hit all those bases.” Phillips and Ejaz said not having an official university stance might be a disadvantage. After CCRC’s presentation at to the council, Mayor Bob McDavid asked if the committee engaged the administration. Mike Matthes, the City Manager, quickly responded. “We are awaiting their recommendation, so we will await their decision on what they want to do,” Matthes said. Third Ward councilman Karl Skala offered another suggestion to create more space for the buses. “You alluded to the fact that there’s parking on both sides which makes this road untenable for this kind of traffic,” Skala said. “Has there been any discussion of eliminating the parking on one or both sides?” However, if parking was removed, Hitt Street would still be narrower than Rollins, and there would be more space for pedestrians, Ejaz
said. Phillips and Ejaz said they viewed this issue as a chance for students to get involved in government and realistically enact change on something that influences the entire student body. “Ultimately, what I really want students to realize is their presence and showing they care on the city level can actually enact change,” Phillips said. “That all starts from just being at those meetings and making sure that our voices are heard.” Ejaz said he also wants students to know that MSA and CCRC are trying to do something about it. “There’s this vague perception that MSA doesn’t do much, but it’s really the exact opposite,” he said. “We just don’t always get the chance to champion our accomplishments. This issue is something very tangible and it can be changed if students rally around it.” Since Phillips scheduled the presentation during formal comment, City Council is required to have a discussion about this issue. They will decide on their course of action during the next City Council meeting Oct. 20.
Kwon appointed as new Social Justice Committee chairwoman WAVERLY COLVILLE Reporter Missouri Students Association Senator Young Kwon was selected to replace former Social Justice Committee chairman Payton Head, who announced his resignation during MSA Senate two weeks ago. “Stepping down from SJC is bittersweet because I have been able to see how it’s grown so much in the past year that I have been chair,” Head said. “We now have a Facebook page with 630 likes, almost more than any other social justice organization (at MU), and a network called the MU Social Justice Network that has 435 members. It’s really great to see how much one committee for MSA can do in one year.” Under Head’s leadership, the committee changed its name from the Multicultural Issues Committee to SJC, and therefore changed its brand, which Head said is one of his proudest accomplishments as chairman. “How we could really get to the entire student body if we are the committee that only focused on multicultural issues, which has a connotation that only reflects your cultural identity?” Head said. “It also addresses issues, not solutions. By becoming the Social Justice Committee, we became a group that advocated for all different identities.” Head said he is stepping down to pursue other leadership within MSA. MSA Senate Speaker Ben Bolin also noted some of the great impacts Head had while SJC chairman. “When he came into the committee, there was almost
nobody, so he had to build it to what it is today, which is absolutely amazing and commendable,” Bolin said. “Seeing him leave is understandable, but it’s good to bring in fresh leadership to try to take SJC to an even higher height.” Under Head’s leadership, SJC was nominated for the Chancellor’s Excellence Award, the Inclusive Excellence Award through the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative and the Image Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which is part of the Coretta Scott King Organization of the Year Award. The committee also met with the governing board of the Mizzou Alumni Association to discuss how MAA can represent minority students after they graduate. Head and Kwon were also asked to be on the committee for the selection of the Inclusive Excellence Faculty Awards, which is overseen by Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Cathy Scroggs. “I truly realized the impact the committee could have, even if there’s only 12 people on the committee,” Head said. He said he believes his biggest strengths he brought to SJC are his vision and his ability to follow through. Head said that perviously, there was a lack of vision and no one really knew what to accomplish. When he became chairman, he said his vision was making SJC one of the most visible social justice organizations through programs, legislation and advocacy to truly make a more inclusive campus. “Most people know I always say talk is cheap,” Head said. “I’m not going to sit around and talk about things I’m not going to accomplish
without a plan of action to get it accomplished. That’s how I’ve always operated.” Bolin said he believes another one of Head’s strengths is bringing people together. “(Head) has an ability to communicate between multiple parties,” he said. “He has the ability to bring the ideas, work ethic and fire of a group and continue to foster it into a bonfire that makes this campus shine.” This semester, Kwon said she is working on a checklist of how to make a campus event more inclusive. Kwon is also a member of the Asian American Association, works for the Multicultural Center, the Disability Center and is the co-chair of Four Front Minority Student Council. She said she hopes her involvement with these on-campus social justice centers will help connect SJC with the rest of campus. She also wants to see more initiative from MSA senators and would like to start more projects with them in committee. “I hope to grow some emerging leaders and make people feel like they can do this and start new projects,” Kwon said. When Head was chair, he had a similar view of MSA senator involvement on campus. “When I was a senator, I got to a point that I was glazed over,” Head said. “I didn’t feel like I had that much of an ability to make a change. Using my experience with SJC, I reminded MSA senators not to be stagnant. Senators and everyone, please never forget that you’re here to serve the students. You don’t need a fancy title or a gold name plate to do it. All the work we did in
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MSA Senator Young Kwon poses for a portrait Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, in the MU Student Center. Kwon was recently appointed Social Justice Committee chairwoman.
SJC, I realized that I could’ve done as a senator or a non-senator. It was just the ability to believe that I could do it.” Kwon said she hopes to continue bringing in people from the social justice community to the SJC meetings to make sure the committee’s ideas are effective. “Sometimes we think something is a great idea without asking the community that’s involved with that issue,” Kwon said. “That’s something I’m struggling with. We really need to ask the community what they need and if our idea would work. If any community is left out, I or other SJC members will reach out and make sure their voices are heard in MSA.” Kwon said she believes simultaneously serving as Four Front co-chair and SJC chair will be an advantage because she can easily connect the two organizations. However, a disadvantage will be time management, Kwon said.
“I have a lot of things on my plate right now, but I’m hoping to tie everything together and collaborate with all the groups,” Kwon said. “Being SJC chair and Four Front co-chair will make it easier to connect those two councils together, because it is hard to connect those when you’re not part a part of both groups.” Kwon said another one of her goals as SJC chair is to establish and strengthen their relationships with the social justice centers on campus. Bolin said he has not worked with Kwon previously, but he is excited to start working with her. “From what I’ve seen in her interview, application and contacts, she’s done a great job bringing everyone together in Four Front,” Bolin said. “She’s going to hopefully be bringing Four Front and SJC together and also higher, because they can mobilize a greater force of social justice warriors for our campus.”
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Continued from page 3 Athletics merchandise donated by local businesses and the sports teams. Event coordinator Liz Schulte said this year’s event drew more than 100 people and raised enough money to fund at least 85 mammograms for underinsured or uninsured women. “We look for bigger and better things each year,” she said. “Honestly, each year we have surpassed my goal. I’m certain we can provide more mammograms than ever before.” Schulte said the event planning has been underway for months. “We appreciate her and all the organizers of these events,” MU Health Care spokesman Derek Thompson said. Columbia Hy-Vee stores will also raise money for mammograms at Ellis Fischel by selling “Cupcakes for a Cure.” Artistic members of the community have been using their talents to design bras for the 2014 Artful Bra Reception, in which contestants submit themed bras to be judged and auctioned off at the event at Ellis Fischel on Oct. 16. Event coordinator Alison Pantuso said the silent auction is divided into five categories: A, B, C, D and E cups. “The submissions are very creative,” she said. One contestant from each category will win a gift basket that includes items donated by local businesses. Proceeds from the contest will also be used to fund mammograms at the center. MU Health Care also sponsored a T-shirt contest, in which Mizzou fans submitted pink T-shirt designs to be worn by 900 fans in Tiger’s Lair at the Missouri-Georgia game Oct. 11. Thompson said nearly 280 pink lights will shine throughout several MU Health Care buildings, including Ellis Fischel. Ellis Fischel’s Healing Garden will also glow pink. “(The garden) is an area to reflect,” Thompson said. “We will also be shining two large pink ribbons … on the exterior of University Hospital.” S he said another “Mammothon” will take place later this year, where staff at Ellis Fischel provide mammograms during extended hours for women who might work during the day. Women who are ages 40 and older or have a physician’s recommendation are eligible for a mammogram. Those patients with medical insurance may have their provider cover the costs while uninsured or underinsured women may be provided grant funding to pay for their exam. “Mammography is the best screening technique for catching breast cancer early,” Thompson said.
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Continued from page 3 five weeks behind, and then once that went through, we didn’t want to open until the majority of our musicians had been signed,” Monfreda said. Regardless of adversities, Interlude had a big turnout for opening day, showcasing artists and introducing customers to the new business on campus. Monfreda said she decided to pursue Interlude when she was thinking about potential new student start-up businesses with a friend. “I’m a big, big fan of music, so I thought about what I could do for it,” she said. “I started bouncing ideas off of one of my friends, and through a long process of meetings and charts, we came up with Interlude Music.” The presentation to the entrepreneurship program consisted of quite a bit of work on the team members’ parts, according to social media
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This means city employees who are legally married to a person of the same sex will now receive the same retirement benefits as opposite-sex couples. For example, if a city employee or retiree dies, the lump-sum fund from their 457 and 401(a) plans would pass on to the beneficiary of the deceased’s choice. The revision was made in accordance with the Supreme Court’s June 2013 ruling in United States v. Windsor, which repealed Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. Section 3 had limited the definition of “spouse” to someone of the opposite sex. Because same-sex marriage
strategist Lauren Garvey. “There’s a new business in the Student Center every year, and we had to make a big conference call to the people heading the program to try to pass ours through, along with a lot of other work,” she said. After the proposal was accepted, an array of team members had to be hired to help with various tasks, including music analysts, social media strategists, music managers and business advisers. Interlude operates as a business but will also be working like a recording label. It is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays. “(Interlude) has what other businesses didn’t necessarily have,” Monfreda said. “For example, Quirks, last year’s student start-up business, was very successful, but it seemed to target a specific area, whereas Interlude isn’t like that. It has something for just about anyone. I haven’t met one person who doesn’t like music, and we’ll have all different kinds.
Monfreda said the wide array of music will enhance Interlude’s quality as a store. Music managers, such as senior Chantel George, are in charge of overseeing the artists and recruiting all different kind of talent, from rap and hip-hop to folk singers. Because of the time and effort exerted by the musicians, Interlude is aiming to help the artists benefit financially from their experience. “Our goal is for the artist to expose their talents and provide them with opportunities to possibly make a profit from their music," George said. “We’re still working on the logistics in hopes they will get a profit. Beginning this semester, the business will be hosting shows at different venues on campus, in Columbia and potentially in other cities. “We will be having a Fall Fest this semester and another main event in the spring, along with a couple different events every month,” Monfreda said. Monfreda said Interlude’s mission is to support student
musicians and give them a way to reach a larger audience. “Our goal is to scout talent at Mizzou and find talent that might otherwise go unnoticed,” Garvey said. “We want to help shape musicians into who they have the potential to be, help them showcase their talents and promote them to a wider audience.” George said she sees bigger opportunities for musicians through this business. “We’re hoping this company will bring new ideas and a fresh perspective to Mizzou,” she said. “Long-term, we aim to expand musical talent at Mizzou and hope that students get recognized and exposed to bigger companies, such as Warner Brothers.” Even though Interlude Music is brand-new, Garvey said she believes that students will still able to be successful. “We’re always looking for new musicians,” she said. “I just hope that through this business, students are able to further their dreams.”
is not recognized in Missouri, city employees won’t receive the same benefits through state pension plans. However, as long as the couple was legally married in a state that recognizes same-sex marriages, spouses will receive benefits. City Council members said overall they supported the bill and considered it routine. Second Ward councilman Michael Trapp said the council’s decision is one that should be considered a no-brainer. “Columbia's change is another step forward in basic fairness and common sense,” he said. “Even if one cannot accept the moral argument of wanting to do the right thing by your employees, you have to offer competitive benefits to attract the best people.”
Sixth Ward councilwoman Barbara Hoppe said she agreed that aside from the basic rights of equality provided by the bill, one of the main advantages of its passing will be a newfound competitive edge for the hiring of city employees. “It will attract and keep more quality employees to the city regardless of their sexual orientation,” she said. Trapp said while the city may benefit from the revision by adding new employees, its main benefit will be demonstrating equality in city government. “The big advantage is treating people fairly,” he said. “How we view families is dynamic, and if we need to go back and look at it again, we have a fair and open process to do so.”
Hoppe said that if further change were to come via the Statehouse, it would be in the distant future. “I can't speak for the state of Missouri as they are very slow to move in the right direction — snail pace — and often even going backwards on many issues,” she said. “However, once Columbia moves forward on an issue, other cities and eventually the state moves forward.” Trapp said he believes in the importance of staying current in legislation in order to best serve the city. “I think we have to continue to examine and update our ordinances to make sure they stay current to existing conditions and that they are fair, equitable and reasonable,” he said.
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But you don’t look sick
Chronic illnesses often leave students feeling alone, something senior Farah El-Jayyousi hopes to change with the new club Chronically Awesome. NATALIA ALAMDARI senior staff writer
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itting at her computer, Farah El-Jayyousi navigated her way to her Tumblr dashboard. Instead of scrolling through her feed as she usually did, she moved her cursor to the search bar. Her summer had been filled with trips to the endocrinologist. Blood tests and doctor’s visits happened every week or so. She had been poked with needles so many times the insides of her elbows had bruises. Clicking on the search bar, she typed in the words she had heard after the tests came back positive: t-h-y-r-o-i-d c-a-nc-e-r. In an instant, posts by people her own age sharing their experiences with thyroid cancer, experiences she could relate to, filled her screen. “It was kind of exciting,” Farah said. “Not exciting that there were other people who had cancer, but that there were other people that had my same experiences who were my age and were talking about them. I felt like I wasn't alone.” But simply finding an online community that understood what she was going through wasn’t enough for Farah. “I just thought, ‘Hey, it would be really
cool if there was a club I could go to,’” she said. And with that, Chronically Awesome began to take shape. Founded by Farah at the end of last year, the group seeks to create a safe space for students who identify as having a chronic illness. DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT It started with a pain in the front of her neck. Upon further examination, Farah realized the pain was actually a lump. Panicking, she made an appointment with a doctor, but she was told it was “probably not cancer.” “They did a biopsy where they stuck a really huge needle in my neck,” she said. “Most uncomfortable experience ever, and I was fully awake for it.” With doctors assuring her not to worry, Farah continued about her daily life. Then, when she arrived home after finishing the last final of her freshman year, her parents told her they needed to talk. She had tested positive for stage I papillary thyroid cancer. “I was like, cancer, chemotherapy, oh my god,” Farah said. “It's just the C-word, it’s really scary. Everything was really unknown.”
One month later she had surgery to remove her thyroid from her neck. The thought of the procedure scared her, and she was nervous about having a scar. After the removal of her thyroid, Farah had to go six weeks without any replacement hormone. The thyroid produces hormones responsible for regulating bodily functions, such as metabolism, heart rate and blood pressure. When the body lacks thyroid hormones, patients are considered “hypothyroid.” Without replacement hormones, Farah’s body was more susceptible to symptoms such as fatigue, aches and pains, and depression. “I don't actually remember that summer very well, because a side effect of being hypothyroid is that your brain isn't as good at recording memories,” she said. “For example, I watched ‘The Hunger Games’ that summer. I didn't remember it at all.” After being hypothyroid and going on an iodine-free diet for two weeks, Farah had to take two pills of iodine. With the radioactive iodine in her system, she was isolated in her bedroom for five days, unable to be within four feet of another person. “That was the only space I occupied during that time,” she said. “My parents
Chronic Illness in the U.S. Chronic illnesses are ongoing and typically incurable conditions. Along with cancer, these can include diabetes, heart disease and asthma.
113 Americans are diagnosed with at least one chronic illness
7 out of every 10 By 2025, an estimated 164 million deaths in the Americans will develop a chronic U.S. are due to a illness. chronic illness That’s 49% of the population.
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or my brother or sister would bring meals and set them by the door for me.” Once her isolation ended, she was able to start taking pills to replace her thyroid hormone — pills that she will continue to take for the rest of her life. Following her surgery, Farah began visiting her endocrinologist. In addition to her medical treatment, the
Farah El-Jayyousi poses for a portrait Tuesday in Middlebush Hall. El-Jayyousi founded Chronically Awesome, a support group for students with a chronic illness, this year.
serves as a common issue. Senior Mary Bifulco was diagnosed with fibromyalgia when she was 13. “There was a year that I took off of school, and at the time I just wanted people my age who got it,” Mary said. “I would search online and ask everyone
“IT'S HARD BECAUSE AS A YOUNG PERSON WITH AN INVISIBLE CONDITION, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU SHOULD BE ENERGETIC AND STRONG AND ABLE TO DO ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOUR BODY IS CAPABLE OF OR WHAT IS BEST FOR IT.” doctor suggested she visit a thyroid cancer support group run by ThyCa, an organization for thyroid cancer survivors. Farah went to one of the group’s monthly meetings at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, not expecting to be the youngest person by at least 40 years. What was more, there was only one person with her type of thyroid cancer, an older retired man. “Yeah, we had the same illness, but we experienced it in very different ways because we were at different stages in our lives,” Farah said. “There wasn't any kind of group for young people with chronic illness or cancer.” Attendance never passed three people, including Farah. She only attended two meetings before ThyCa dropped the program, replacing it with support through phone and email. SEARCHING FOR SUPPORT For young adults with chronic illnesses, a lack of peers who can relate
I knew, and I just couldn't really find anyone. It's hard for our culture to grasp what it means to have a chronic illness.” Typically, chronic illnesses develop as a person ages. About 133 million Americans are diagnosed with at least one chronic illness, and the figure is only expected to go up within the next 10 years. According to the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, an estimated 164 million Americans will develop a chronic illness by 2025. That’s 49 percent of the population. However, despite the growing numbers, adolescents and young adults, like Farah and Mary, still find themselves lacking peers who understand their experience with chronic illness. Judith Fitzgerald Miller, dean of the Sinclair School of Nursing, said social support takes on just as important of a role as medical assistance. “Social support groups provide a lot — not just the sharing of similar experiences, but they also offer tangible support,” she said. “The group is made
up of varied people and they've all had different life experiences.” While support from family and friends can help those with chronic illnesses cope, the value of an understanding community is still important, Miller said. Farah said though her family and friends supported her, they could never understand what she was specifically going through. “If I were to joke about parts of my treatment, a lot of times I'd get this nervous laughter, like, why are you joking about that?” Farah said. “But for me, humor is just a method of coping.” In fact, research has found the use of humor can significantly improve the mental health of those with chronic illness. In a study conducted by Pamela Hinds of Children’s National Health System, children and young adults were more likely to respond more favorably to nurses who used humor. This instills a sense of normality, which Miller said is important to develop. “Any person with chronic illness has to face the fact that illness does not define who they are,” she said. “They are a unique human being who happens to have a chronic condition.” INVISIBLE ILLNESSES But aside from personal acceptance comes social acceptance and understanding, which can be difficult given the misconceptions surrounding chronic illnesses. Graduate student Pattie Quackenbush said she struggled with acceptance after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia and polycystic ovary syndrome when she was 25. There are two schools of thought when it comes to the diagnosis of fibromyalgia: While some doctors see it as a physical condition, others think it stems from mental and emotional stress. “Once I was diagnosed, I felt odd, like I didn't want to talk about it,” Pattie said.
“I didn't know what people would think. I didn't want to go through judgment from my friends. I just dealt with it quietly.” Fibromyalgia causes sufferers such as Pattie and Mary to feel pain throughout the body. Along with the chronic pain, fibromyalgia patients often have fatigue and cognitive troubles, sometimes referred to as “fibro-fog.” With any chronic illness, some days are better than others, and what sets a “good” day apart from a “bad” varies from person to person. “A day where I don’t hurt so much is good,” Pattie said. “Other days the pain is so bad I can barely move. Anything that minimizes my level of exhaustion and pain is a good day. Those are few and far between, but I make the most of it.” At first glance, Pattie, Mary and Farah don’t look sick, which, according to Mary, is one of the most difficult things about having a chronic illness.
"It's hard because as a young person with an invisible condition, you look like you should be energetic and strong and able to do anything, but that's not always what your body is capable of or what is best for it," Mary said. The social misconception that all illnesses are visible and curable can inadvertently contribute to ableism, or discrimination against those with disabilities. “We kind of operate under the assumption that everyone is fully capable of doing everything,” Farah said. “That creates a lot of barriers for people with chronic illness and can make things very inaccessible.” Continue reading ‘But You Don’t Look Sick’ online at themaneater.com.
Thyroid Cancer Statistics Thyroid cancer is the most rapidly increasing cancer in the U.S., but compared to other cancers, the death rate is relatively low.
2 out of 3
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About of cases of thyroid cancer occur in children and teens
Thyroid cancers occur 3 times more frequently in women than in men Most women are diagnosed in their 40s or 50s Source // cancer.org
Most men are diagnosed in their 60s or 70s
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Banning the ban Building a better One Mizzou Week on gay marriage JORDAN MCFARLAND
Court is in session. On Monday, the Supreme Court took to session for the tenth time under Chief Justice John G. Roberts. Hopefully this session, justice will be served in the form of marriage equality. Sunday newspapers were buzzing with the prospect of gay marriage being put on the docket. That buzz had a little extra juice, though, as this court has been rather conservative, save for the ruling upholding Obamacare. In the only institution erected to be free of partisanship, however, it may be hard to leave partisanship behind in deciding whether or not the Constitution protects the marriage of same-sex couples, especially as 2016 looms. Gay marriage should be allowed in the United States and be protected under the Constitution. Let me lean a little bit on my homeboy and fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Self-evident that all men are created equal, so then ought they marry equally? Then, too, each and every person should be allowed to execute his or her own pursuit of happiness, so long as that pursuit is not so detrimental to society. This is another common-sense human rights issue, as is equal pay for men and women. Members of the LGBT community have not declared war on the common good or the “American way.” They should not be referenced akin to Ebola or ISIS. Let us look at the remarks of 2016 Republican presidential prospect Ben Carson. In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Carson said, “Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn't matter what they are. They don't get to change the definition.” For those of you who don’t know, NAMBLA is the North American Man/Boy Love Association, and yes, bestiality in terms of man and animal … Then, in March, at the Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington, D.C., Carson said, “Of course, gay people should have the same rights as everyone else. But they don’t get extra rights. They don’t get to re-define marriage.” Mr. Carson, and conservatives around the globe, please hear me out. There are two definitions of marriage. One is religious, as the various churches define it. One is legal, as the federal and state governments define it. The fight for equality is for equality under the law, as “of course, gay people should have the same rights as everyone else.” A church may decide on its own whether or not to recognize or conduct a gay marriage. A nation must be accepting of it. This is not an extra right, it is a basic right, and under the law, it ought to be an equal right. So, Mr. Carson, if you run for President, run knowing that your draconian views are invalid as they are ignorant to the true purpose of the push of marriage equality. Gay marriage is a fundamental right. No member of the LGBT community should be chastised, as they are not beasts. They are human. And, despite what the Bible may say, there is a separation between church and state for a reason. I hope Mr. Carson’s mindset is not shared with all opposed to gay marriage. Well, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for enjoying Red, White and You. This is my tenth and final column. I can’t give enough thanks to The Maneater for the opportunity it has given me. Keep your heads centered, and best wishes to you all in your coming endeavors, sincerely.
One Mizzou Week (began Monday) and I wanted to personally invite The Maneater staff to participate in the Week's experiences. On May 7th of this year, your staff posted "Biggest disappointment: One Mizzou Week," and I felt encouraged moving on into the third year of the week. I heard what you were saying, and I became reminded of exactly why One Mizzou Week exists (for the rest of this letter I'll refer to the week as "OMW"… let's keep this simple). I was a sophomore during the first OMW. I was the junior chairman of the MSA/GPC Speakers committee and transitioned to senior chairman during
the Maya Angelou event. I agree, she was the perfect kickoff to something that had so much potential. And we should remember that potential relies on anticipated action. If year one was successful, it was because the student body participated and took action in creating an inclusive campus community. Your editorial said last year's OMW showed students that diversity needs to be sought out instead of being celebrated by everyone. I agree with you, diversity should be celebrated by everyone, but that can only happen when everyone makes the decision to seek out education and awareness. Success in something like this can't
come from the top down. If you want "community," you have to make it. If you want acceptance, you have to educate yourselves. This can't be handed to our campus; we have to get down in the dirt and build it ourselves. Maneater staff, please come out and help spread the word so that more students will see the importance of One Mizzou. It's the only way we will begin to change anything. Thank you, — Cale Sears, calesears@missouri.edu, One Mizzou Week Chair and MSA/GPC Speakers Committee senior chair
Blackboard’s demise was greatly exaggerated Currently, the MU campus is undergoing a formal evaluation of the learning management system (LMS) tools to support teaching and learning at MU. This evaluation is being led by Kevin Bailey, Director of Customer Service & Support for the Division of IT, and Danna Vessell, Director of Educational Technologies at Missouri (ET@MO). It is not a foregone conclusion that Mizzou will be moving away from Blackboard. It is our intention to conduct this evaluation with an open, transparent process and to arrive at the best recommendation possible for the MU
campus by the end of the fall semester. It is essential that this process has community-wide involvement. Everyone in the Mizzou community; faculty, staff, and students will have multiple opportunities for input and feedback. We are facilitating this project not just because of our recent challenges with Blackboard but because it is time. The LMS market has changed significantly in the past few years, and we would like to make sure we are using the best tools possible to support teaching and learning at Mizzou. Beginning in September, we launched
a coordinated effort to gather as much feedback as possible from interested parties across the campus. This process includes focus groups, surveys, test drives and vendor demos (from Blackboard, Instructure Canvas and Brightspace) which are open to all students, faculty and staff. The calendar of events is at the LMS Review site: lmsreview.missouri. edu. If you have questions about the LMS Review process or its findings, please feel free to contact Danna Vessell (vesselld@ missouri.edu) or Kevin Bailey (baileyks@ missouri.edu) directly. — Kevin Bailey, baileyks@missouri.edu
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Debunking mythical sex scenarios EDNA SMITH
Thanks to the likes of Cosmo, Gossip Girl and the wide, wonderful world of porn, we have it ingrained in our minds that between-the-sheets-on-a-mattresshorizontal sex is for dweebs. And since my goal with this column is to shed insight on important matters of all things sex, I’d like to take a pause from discussing STDs, abortion and Plan B in order to argue just as seriously that bed sex is supremely underrated, and you shouldn’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Bed sex is the bomb. There are nightstands nearby to hold food. There are lots of pillows. There are basketball shorts and T-shirts on hand to snuggle in for hours. Typically, there is a bathroom in walking-in-your-underwear distance. And once everyone’s done the deed and basking in afterglow, you can roll over and fall asleep. There is no better physical position to be in as a member of the human race. And while I am all for mixing things up, getting out of my comfort zone and generally staying hip and with it, I just want to bring up a few personal case studies to prove bed sex is way underrated. Hot tub sex In case you didn’t get this out of your system on your high school post-prom
night or whatever, or you think that steaming bubbles seem sexy, let me just say two words: chlorine rash. Plus, hot water and jets will wash away your natural lubrication, so doing it in a hot tub will actually lead to more friction — not so much the O-inducing kind, but the jumping-down-a-dry-waterslide kind. Yeah. There are all these myths about how the hot water kills sperm, but don’t believe it for a second. Obviously, you should wear a condom (also because hot tubs tend to be less than sanitary), but there’s also the problem of chlorine and chemicals actually degrading latex. So all in all, hot tub sex is just kind of sucky and not the aquatic adventure in the slightest. Camping sex I get it — you’re in the great outdoors, you’re feeling super primal, and you want to get it on underneath your nylon tent. But the downsides to camping sex are plentiful. If you’re camping with a group, there’s literally just no way to be quiet. There are rocks and sticks lurking underneath your sleeping bag, just waiting to give someone a spinal injury. It’s usually really effing cold or really effing humid. And after the, uh, marshmallow’s been toasted, someone usually has to spoil the afterglow magic by throwing on clothes, finding a place outside to pee, appeasing the UTI gods and praying bears don’t seek out sexedup humans to eat. Shower sex From “Scandal” to “500 Days of
Summer,” shower sex looks like a really great idea. Because, you know, you get clean and dirty at the same time...wink wink, nudge nudge. But in real life, the only kind of couples out there who could enjoy shower sex to its fullest are ones that are perfectly proportioned to each other. Usually one is also super buff and has grippy pads built into their feet. The truth is that humans are slipperyass mofos in a shower, so trying to hold someone against the wall, or holding onto something as your lover gets down to business, is impossible. You slip and fall, and it will not be as cute as Zooey Deschanel makes it look. And as we mentioned earlier, water plus chemicals (including shampoo and bath oils) just don’t mix with condoms. Car sex Disclaimer: I’ve never had car sex. I can’t even take a nap comfortably in the back of most cars, and the idea of getting hot and heavy while avoiding seat belt clips and the smell of old chip bags just isn’t striking to me. But maybe you’ll have to prove me wrong. Couch sex I said earlier there’s nothing better than bed sex, but if anything’s going to be a close second, it’s actually couch sex. Once you figure out a few positions where both parties are nicely propped up, you can go for hours. Goodbye, tired arms. Hello, nirvana. But also, hello, angry roommate whose dad bought the couch.
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Aaron Carter to play The Blue Note Oct. 12. MACKENZIE REAGAN MOVE Editor Aaron Carter is all grown up. “(I’m) not 12 years old anymore,” he says emphatically over the phone on a Sunday afternoon. “I’m ready to move on, grow up and progress.” It’s been more than a decade since Carter’s last album, “Another Earthquake,” was released. In the 12 years since, Carter has appeared in a handful of films, performed in 500 shows as Matt in an off-Broadway production of “The Fantasticks” and placed fifth on the ninth season of “Dancing with the Stars.” He also recently filed for bankruptcy –– a move he says has helped him in the long run. Carter’s more than $3 million debt, incurred from unpaid taxes on money made at the height of his young fame, made potential collaborators hesitant to work with him. However, when he opted to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy, he was able to cancel all his debts, clearing the damage done by those in charge of the then-teenaged Carter’s money. He works tirelessly to avoid the “child star” phenomenon of young artists falling into downward spirals of self-destruction and infamy. Aside from a 2008 arrest for possession of marijuana, “that’s the only trouble you’ve seen me in,” he says. “I’m a good person.” Transitioning into this new self has been hard, but he says he’s “willing to do it.” For Carter, it’s all about moving forward. After years of hard work and determination,
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Fast Yeti Custom Tees is not your garden-variety clothing store. Its owners, in their spare time, pose for pictures with an actual Yeti and post throwbacks to Facebook fans, reminding them that Weezer’s musical glory made “junior high slightly less terrible.” Rather than being just another apparel-printing store, the Fast Yeti crew injects personality into their business. Fast Yeti, located at 2703 E. Broadway, suite 226, offers custom clothing designs and screen printing on a T-shirt of your choice. It’s a
fitting addition to the city of Columbia, which boasts both a rich collegiate atmosphere and a love of eccentricity. Manager Reid Lyle and his team operate on the basis that T-shirts are a commodity every business or organization will need. “There’s a really wide range of opportunities,” he says. “T-shirts are kind of a blank slate. They can be something that actually serves a marketing function.” For the employees of Fast Yeti, their business is a niche in which they can fuse marketing, creativity and an overlying sense of artistic freedom. The artists are able to use their skills in both business and design.
“It’s also fun, because you get artistic projects as well,” Lyle says, gesturing to a complex pattern in progress on one of the team’s computers. In just six months, the team has served all types of local organizations and businesses, including MU Greek organizations and local auto-repair shops, quickly becoming a go-to outfitter for many clients. “(Clients) typically come here with an idea,” Lyle says. “They usually have a goal.” Fast Yeti’s team is willing to turn nearly any tee design idea into a physical reality with their team of
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Hartsburg plays host to Pumpkin Festival The small town of Hartsburg, Missouri is home to the annual fall festival. LIZA ANDERSON Reporter Fall really is the best time of year, and what better way to kick off this season than by heading over to the annual Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival this weekend? Since 1991, the town of Hartsburg has hosted the festival, which is fully devoted to celebrating the pumpkin. The normally sleepy town, halfway between Columbia and Jefferson City, overflows with visitors from all over Missouri, and even from
other parts of the Midwest during the festival. “We usually have around 50,000 people over the weekend,” says Donna Hilgedick, president of the Pumpkin Festival committee. While the festival usually causes a bit of a traffic jam in the tiny town, Hilgedick assures would-be pumpkin pickers that the wait is worth it. Craft and food vendors are set up throughout the whole town of Hartsburg, providing people with plenty of things to do. “It’s ver y family-friendly,” Hilgedick says. “There’s a corn and straw maze, pony rides, U-Pick pumpkin patch, tons of craft vendors — there’s a lot of things for people of all ages.” And if you’re looking for some good food, you will definitely not go
home hungry: The planned spread includes burgers, hotdogs, wings, tacos and more. Another tradition is the coronation of the town’s pumpkin king at the fair. “(The King is) usually a member of the community who dedicates time to the community and has helped out with the festival. Before the parade he gets crowned and then he rides in the parade,” Hilgedick says. If pumpkin picking, good food and a brush with royalty strike your fancy, the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival has you covered. The festival will be held Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For directions, visit the festival’s website at hartsburgpumpkinfest.com.
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To be honest, I never imagined myself describing central Missouri as “a lot like Europe.” But just an hour east of Columbia is Hermann, a historically German town nestled on the Missouri River that is about as close as it’s going to get. I ventured to Hermann this weekend for Oktoberfest and discovered a quaint and picturesque town filled with old-time GermanAmerican architecture, local businesses, gorgeous scenery and a whole lot of wine. According to the city’s website, the German Settlement Society of Philadelphia founded Hermann in the 1830s with the utopian German-American ideals of a self-sufficient town supported by farming, commerce and industry, and it’s obvious that they’ve stayed consistent to their paragon. The foundation for Hermann’s charm is in its geographic affluence: rolling hills, vineyards and picturesque foliage in the middle of the Missouri Rhineland. Red brick buildings and pedestrian-friendly walkways supplement the town’s natural beauty. Hermann is a small town, with a population of 2,431, but its local attractions bring in an abundance of tourists eager to explore restaurants, wineries, museums, shops and biergartens. Downtown Hermann is full of local galleries and shops that are both uniquely German and entirely Midwestern, including antique shops that sell everything from vintage Viceroy advertisements to mid-century Scandinavian furniture. The restaurant-to-population ratio is incredibly high — there are bistros, barbeque spots, corner taverns and local deli and ice cream shops to choose from. There are also four museums chronicling the state and city’s history: the Deutschheim State Historic Site, the Historic Hermann Museum at the old German School, the Gasconade County Historical Archives and Record Center and the Hermann Fire Company Museum. You can’t mention Hermann without including its wineries (according to the city’s chamber of commerce, it’s the “Birthplace of Missouri Wine Country.”) While the hilly topography might not be ideal for agricultural self-sufficiency, it’s obviously suitable for vineyards. There are two wineries downtown and several more just a few miles outside of the city limits. For my own Oktoberfest escapades, I visited Hermannhof Vineyards. Hermannhof is located in the heart of the town and claims a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic brick building has a large patio lying right next to grassy hills and its own vineyards. The winery sells and produces their house-brand wines and for Oktoberfest, they also have live German music and entertainment. Located just 65 miles southeast of Columbia, Hermann is an attainable and convenient chance to pick up a bit of German culture in the heart of Missouri. It’s accessible from the Katy Trail, which provides the perfect opportunity to spend the day biking to enjoy Missouri’s scenery and burn off the impending boozy calories. Hermann is worth the drive any time of the year, but if you want to experience Oktoberfest the town is celebrating every weekend this month.
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Vendors sell a wide range of homemade goods at Columbia Farmers Market. The market is located at 1701 W. Ash St. and is open year round.
ANTHONY BANKS Reporter Are you not satisfied with the produce provided at your nearest grocery store this season? Don’t worry, as there are plenty of places to get fresh produce in the Columbia area: farmers markets. Farmers markets provide consumers with the chance to engage with the farmers who grow their food while still getting fresh quality produce. There are three farmers markets in the Columbia area: The Farmers and Artisans Market, the Boone County Farmers Market and the Columbia Farmers Market. Located in the parking lot of the Wabash Bus Station at 126 N. Tenth St., the Farmers and Artisans Market provides all the fresh, seasonal produce you can imagine, including squash, cucumbers and carrots. The market also has vendors that sell kitchen commodities such as honey, beef, pasta and eggs. Not only does this market have produce vendors, it also features product vendors. “We have an eclectic mix of artisan products,” says Haley Schwarz, marketing director for the Farmers and Artisans Market. These artists specialize in making jewelry, pottery and even photography. “We have vendors that sell crocheted hats and scarves for cooler temperatures,” she says. “We have additional vendors who make wooden bowls and bracelets as well as glass blown jewelry and unique stone jewels.” On top of the accessories and apparel, the Farmers and Artisans Market has three food trucks that use ingredients from local vendors: The Ozark Mountain Biscuit Co. (which has a highly recommended southern fried tomato dish), Sunflower Waffle and CoMo Dough. (Schwarz counts the Margarita pizza from CoMo Dough as her favorite dish from the market’s vendors.) “Our market provides a relaxing atmosphere on Sunday mornings for
patrons to get a cup of coffee and grab some groceries, purchase art, or listen to music,” Schwarz says. “We like the idea of creating community in the North Village Arts District.” Every weekend, the Farmers and Artisans Market has free events for adults and children. A memorable one for Schwarz was the “Seed Swap,” when people brought their plants from home and switched them out for others they wanted at the market. The market’s last day of the season is Oct. 26, when it will be open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Located on the corner of Worley Street and West Boulevard in the parking lot of the Sanford-Kimpton Health Department building is the Boone County Farmers Market, which runs Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon through October. Featuring both summer and fall crops, the Boone County Farmers Market has been centrally focused on its farmer background since it opened in 2003. “Many of our vendors are fulltime farmers with agricultural backgrounds,” says market President and Director Steven Sapp. “They’re
not weekend farmers. We pride ourselves (in) being a farmer-led market.” Sapp has grown up in farmers markets and has been working in them since 1980. “Vendors come from Boone and adjoining counties,” he says. “They’re not from very far away.” Providing a family-oriented atmosphere and a place of commerce to sell easily accessible produce are the goals of the Boone County Farmers Market. Lastly, the Columbia Farmer’s Market has both weekday and weekend markets. Wednesday markets are from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Activity and Recreation Center on Ash Street, and Thursday markets are from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Forum Christian Church on Forum Boulevard. The Saturday market runs from 8 a.m. to noon at the ARC and goes until late October. There’s also a winter market that runs from November to March on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon inside Parkade Center, 601 West Business Loop.
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Farmers Boone Weekday Weekday Weekend and County Columbia Columbia Columbia Artisans Farmers Farmers Farmers Farmers Market Market Market Market Market Wabash Bus Station parking lot, 126 N. 10th St.
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‘Gone Girl’ and media characterization MOVE Columnist Robert Mecchi on ‘Gone Girl’ and the 24-hour news cycle.
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“Gone Girl” is a fantastic film. The level of technical craft on display is top-notch, and the actors deliver some powerhouse performances. However, what stood out to me the most was neither how gorgeous the film’s shots were, nor was it the way that veteran actors, like Ben Affleck or Rosamund Pike, delivered their lines with chilling restraint. Instead, what stuck out in my head after leaving the theater was just how brutal David Fincher’s characterization of modern media was. The film as a whole is a ruthless send-up of today’s 24-hour news cycle, and aside from being beautifully crafted, the sharp
satire of this film is one of the reasons I expect it to be remembered for years to come. I didn’t expect to laugh much when going into this film. Having never even heard of the novel before I saw the trailer for the movie, I was expecting nothing more than a dark, stylish murder mystery punctuated with some solid acting from Affleck and Pike. To my surprise, the film quickly began to focus less on actually solving the mystery and instead shifted its focus onto how modern media can bend public perception to a hilarious degree. Affleck’s character, Nick Dunne, simply doesn’t know how to act during these dire times. He awkwardly smiles at the cameras during the search for his missing wife, not knowing what to do with a camera in his face. The media’s reaction to Nick’s strange behavior is virtually instantaneous, with news anchors and talk show hosts making judgments about Nick’s character based entirely off of one picture. They claim that nobody in their right mind would be so composed during a dire time like this. The media sensationalizes his story
while diagnosing Nick as a sociopathic murderer all thanks to a few photos and a selfie that leaked onto the Internet. The story is sold to the public like a murder-mystery gift basket, complete with flashy news graphics and a theme song. Eventually, the media itself becomes a character. It’s shallow, it doesn’t actually care about the facts, and all it wants is to raise its viewing numbers. It can be used to both help and hinder the protagonist, and by the end of the film, manipulation of the public’s perception has become a powerful tool for the film’s characters. It is difficult to talk about how the film handles the 24-hour news cycle without spoiling major plot details, but suffice it to say, “Gone Girl” essentially revolves around the stories we project onto people we see on the news and not the story behind the newscasts. The film highlights just how susceptible the general public is to a little bit of charisma and high production values. A man in a nice suit is always more credible than the investigators actually doing the dirty work, and a pretty woman yelling into
a news camera will always be more influential than a dull, uneventful press conference. Fincher coaxes laughs out of the audience by showing us a mockery of talking heads, the most notable of which is a parody of Nancy Grace, satirizing the armada of armchair lawyers and investigators who make a living off implications they make on the air for a massive audience to see. By the end of the film, Fincher’s (and novel author Gillian Flynn’s) disdain for tabloid-style “reporting” is pretty evident. The law isn’t what actually matters in the news anymore. Reporting on crime stories is no longer about what the situation looks like in the eyes of the law or is it about the facts. These days, crafting a strong news segment is about creating a narrative with whatever pictures and audio clips the field reporters were able to nab, regardless of the truth. The only angle that matters is the emotional angle. People don’t care about the outcome of the case, they care about what the talking heads have to say about it. And that, as this film so eloquently points out, is the problem.
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How to name your celebrity baby MOVE columnist McKenna Bulkley on why you shouldn’t name your child North.
MCKENNA BULKLEY
Congratulations to Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, who had their baby Oct. 2. The happy couple welcomed a baby girl into the world. A baby girl named Wyatt Isabella Kutcher. My first thought when I heard the name? Thank goodness it’s at least something somewhat normal. I know that each couple is entitled to name their child whatever they want, and we shouldn’t judge. And, hey, there’s probably some history or deep personal meaning behind that name. But I don’t think celebrities realize that a name is pretty much a permanent fixture in your life (yes, you can legally change it, but it still follows you from birth until death). It often seems like all celebrities just want to one-up each other with strange names for their kids with little thought for the kids themselves in some weird attempt to be the most unique and therefore best celebrity couple out there. (Ashton and Mila, you guys don’t have to compete for my love, though. I’ve been rooting for you two since the beginning of “That 70’s Show”). North West. Blue Ivy. Apple Martin. Sage Moonblood (seriously. He’s Sylvester Stallone’s son). What’s with the names, guys? One day these kids are going to grow up and people are going to have to say “Hey, North West,” with an absolutely straight face. Do you realize if you all weren’t famous you would be dooming each of your kids to a childhood of being bullied on the playground?
And one day these kids are going to be able to Google themselves and see all of the faceless Internet commenters discussing how ridiculous their parents are for choosing such a weird name? I’m just saying that you should use those nine months of pregnancy to really think through the name, and remind yourself how mean people on the Internet can be and how fragile the self-confidence of a preteen is. Now I realize Wyatt Isabella Kutcher is a little different, but compared to the rest of them, it’s tame. The first thing I think of when I hear the name Wyatt is Wyatt Earp, the infamous cowboy in so many old Western movies. And, hey, maybe that’s who Wyatt Isabella Kutcher is named after. I have no idea. But I’m always going to think of the cowboy first, and the Kutcher/ Kunis baby second. I still think it’s a pretty good name, however. Nothing some poor child will be tormented with, at least. You can name your baby whatever your little heart desires. I get that, I really do. And if I wanted to call my future child Beetlejuice Bulkley, I totally could. But that doesn’t mean I should. In fact, I probably shouldn’t name my future child after any Tim Burton movies because that would be cruel. And I remember being in third grade. It sucked because even a somewhat normal name like McKenna can be turned into an adolescent bullying tactic. And these kids have their famous parents to protect them (and probably keep them far away from public school anyway), but with the current state of technology, adults are turning into children with their online insults, and the children of celebrities are not immune. I just want everyone to keep in mind that young children — and even some middle-aged adults — are cruel, and it doesn’t take much to give someone something to make fun of. So, just think before you name, dear celebrities. Because, though you may be constantly in the news regardless of what you do, do you really want your children’s names to be headlines before they are even old enough to read it?
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Carter seems to have bounced back and landed on his feet. He’s older and wiser and ready for a comeback. This 12-year hiatus has allowed Carter time to mature and evolve, both as an artist and as a person. “I’m my own boss (now),” he says. “I’ve got my own business. You can count on me.” Beneath Carter’s mellow, laidback demeanor is a (albeit young, and unlikely) businessman, meticulously calculating his return to the realm of pop music. He says he’s assembled a team of “the best of the best” to produce his new music, including latest single “Ooh Wee,” a hip hoptinged pop track produced by the Grammy-winning Aaron Pearce. His new, “more urbaninfluenced” album, he says, shows off his maturity. “(It’s) not ‘(I Want) Candy’ all over again,” he says. Carter says part of the reason for the long wait between albums was that he didn’t want to release music that’s “crap.” “I waited around until the right opportunity (came along),” he says. But, he quickly adds, “I love those songs.” While he’s eager to share his new music –– and, ultimately, his new, older self –– with fans, he doesn’t mind performing old favorites like “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It).” Songs like that “(don’t) get old.” “I’m very proud of all my work,” he says. “I’m very happy with all of my work.” Carter says his real fans will understand that he’s growing up and will continue to support him as he grows and evolves as an artist. But as for the fans who refuse to think of him as anything more than 2000’s hottest teen idol, Carter advises, simply, “move on.” He most certainly has.
professional graphic designers. Customers generally wish to create individual designs from scratch, and the graphic design team follows them through a simple three-step process: idea, design and print. For those who aren’t so sure, the shop’s physical location sports decorative wall panels filled with the team’s readymade ideas and designs and offers computers on which clients and designers can consult. Besides offering these pre-made options in store, Fast Yeti’s website offers even more choices for tees in holiday, Greek, tiger, graphic and funny categories. Knowing that the satisfaction of its customers is paramount to a fledgling
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business, Fast Yeti operates with an emphasis on highquality design and speedy processing of orders, offering full refunds if customers are not fully satisfied. For the trio of managers at Fast Yeti, it’s been satisfying seeing their idea become a reality. “I’ve had the idea for a while,” Lyle says. “The Fast Yeti idea came together in January and then almost simultaneously, this spot became available.” Within three months, the apparel-printing store was in full operation. Though Fast Yeti is not the only printing shop in the Columbia area, there is plenty of business to share. For Lyle, an eventual goal is to move more towards a web-based business. He says, though, the physical storefront remains an effective way to maintain a “face” for Fast Yeti.
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Missouri Tigers place kicker Andrew Baggett (99) embraces Missouri Tigers offensive lineman Mitch Hall (73) after an extra point Saturday, Sept. 27, in Columbia, S.C. The Tigers beat the Gamecocks 21-20.
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Gurley, one of the nation’s premier running backs, has been torching opposing defenses all season. The Bulldogs star has racked up 773 rushing yards already and averages 8.2 yards per carry, both Southeastern Conference bests. Gurley has cracked the 100-yard mark in four out of five games this season and shows no signs of slowing down.
Maty Mauk’s Saturday was lowkey. “I planned on watching football all day, but after practice I was really tired and went back to bed,” the Missouri sophomore quarterback said. “I slept from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.” Such is the life of a football player on a bye week. After Mizzou’s comeback victory against then-No. 13 South Carolina propelled the Tigers back into the
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PREDICTION Georgia rolls into Columbia looking for revenge for last year’s loss in Athens. This one will come down to the wire, but the Mizzou defense will pester Georgia quarterback Hutson Mason all day, and the offense will do just enough to pull out the win.
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Associated Press Top 25 Poll, Mizzou got a weekend off. Two weeks in between games, and the anticipation is building. This Saturday’s matchup against No. 13 Georgia may set Mizzou on the road to a second consecutive Southeastern Conference Eastern Division championship. However, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said the team has not thought about taking control of its own destiny in the division. “This league is too good to not take it one game at a time,” Pinkel
said. Mizzou trailed 20-7 on the road against the Gamecocks before Mauk and the offense caught fire after being held in check for three and a half quarters. It was Mizzou’s largest fourth-quarter comeback in school history. Although it was an impressive win, Pinkel said the team is focused on the new task at hand: Georgia. “I told our players that I don’t want to talk about (the South
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Soccer finds success with new formation BRUNO VERNASCHI Assistant Sports Editor The Missouri soccer team wrapped up last season with an overall record of 8-9-3, going 4-4-3 in the Southeastern Conference. With a current overall record of 9-2-2, 4-1-0 SEC, this year has already been kinder to the Tigers. The success could be a product of new freshman talent or senior leadership, but it seems there is something more technical at work. Mizzou’s tactics on the field have changed. The Tigers’ formation
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Missouri Tigers middle Kaitlyn Clark (7) moves to evade Vanderbilt’s defense Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at the Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium. Missouri beat Vanderbilt 2-0.
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White, Hunt likely to return against Dawgs The receivers’ replacements had two catches for 34 yards against South Carolina. ANDREW MCCULLOCH Staff Writer Receiver Bud Sasser walked to the line of scrimmage and took his spot in the slot. He looked to his left as freshman quarterback Maty Mauk took the snap and dropped back in the pocket, looking for a target. Sasser took three steps back before grabbing a lob from Mauk. He looked downfield, but dropped further back. With a hungry Georgia defense closing in, Sasser lofted a deep pass toward the end zone and connected with receiver L’Damian Washington. The score sealed a 41-26 Missouri victory over Georgia and brought the team into the national spotlight. “If it’s playing on a highlight reel in the room I may watch it, but I never go back to it,” Sasser said. “It’s just a cool moment that happened, but I’m trying to make more cool moments.” Almost a year later, the Tigers play the Georgia Bulldogs in Columbia this Saturday and Sasser, now a senior, will again be at the center of the offensive attack. In his last game against South Carolina, Sasser was a one-man act, hauling in six receptions for a team-high 86 yards for an otherwise ineffective Missouri passing attack that was missing senior wide receivers Jimmie Hunt and Darius White. Now, after a bye week, Hunt and White will likely return to action. Missouri coach Gary Pinkel put their odds of playing Saturday as “better than 50 percent.” Hunt suffered a burst bursal sack in his knee during a practice leading up to the South Carolina game, while White injured his groin in the Tigers’ 31-27 loss to Indiana. Both are confident they will make their return this week, but still, Hunt said he was disappointed after sitting out the Tigers’ upset
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victory over the Gamecocks. “I wanted to motivate the guys that were out there and not show that I was upset that I couldn’t play,” Hunt said. “But at the same time I knew (the younger guys) could step up and make big plays.” Although he was unable to travel to South Carolina, White was actually relieved by his injury, as it may have saved his entire senior season. White said that after he hurt his groin, “(I) basically did my own surgery by tearing a tendon in my groin.” According to White, the doctor said if the receiver had strained and not torn a tendon, it would’ve required season-ending surgery. “It’s all healed up now and the healing process has been going good,” White said. “I’m not trying to rush anything, but I really feel like I’ll be out there this weekend.” Sasser will need all the help he can get from his ailing teammates, as the Tigers scrounged against South Carolina for a measly 132 passing yards without the duo in the lineup. Freshman Lawrence Lee and junior Wesley Leftwich, Hunt and White’s replacements, combined for two catches and 34 yards. But White didn’t get down on his teammates; he said he thought they did well filling in. Leftwich made a 26-yard grab during the fourth quarter drive that brought Missouri’s offense to life. “I was behind them the whole time in practices, helping them out, helping with the routes and just telling them to stay calm,” White said. “I didn’t even get to travel to the game, but I was texting Jimmie and some of the older guys at the game to tell them to calm down and let the game come to them. That’s exactly what they did, and they made some big plays when it counted.” Hunt also congratulated Lee and Leftwich on their performances, but he also mentioned how the two still had a lot to learn from White and himself. “(Darius and I) are really good at watching film,” Hunt said. “We know how to find tendencies in certain defenses.
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Missouri Tigers wide receiver Darius White (8) looks to make a pass for a touchdown Saturday, Aug. 30, at Memorial Stadium at Faurot Field. Missouri beat South Dakota State 38-18.
I can find a hole and try to let Maty know that on the next drive, if they run the same scheme, we should look here for this. Some of the young guys aren’t able to do that yet.” But no matter the experience
level, Hunt and White are just happy to get back out on the field and give the offense some extra help this week in preparation for the team’s biggest test yet. “It’s always tough when
you’re not out there with your guy,” White said. “You want to help your team win and we did get the victory. I just want to get out there and be another threat to help the guys out.”
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was altered from a 4-3-3 to a 4-4-2 during the offseason in an attempt to use wingers to feed their forwards, rather than having to rely on defenders. “I think it suits the way we play,” Mizzou coach Bryan Blitz said. “We have a lot of center forwards and a lot of wide players in the midfield who all work together, and from that standpoint, it really helps us.” 4-4-2 is one of the most commonly used formations in soccer, so the players are no strangers to the style of play. Many of the Tigers played in this shape during their high school and club soccer careers, according to senior forward Taylor Grant, who partially attributes her careerhigh six goals this season to the formation change. “It just gives us more space to play,” Grant said. “We’re really
good with the ball at our feet, and everybody has a little more space to do what they need to do and to open up to have more options.” While the 4-4-2 is the Tigers’ primary formation, Blitz has realized that there are games in which the formation must change. In a double overtime nonconference match over Montana last month, Mizzou’s change from 4-4-2 to 3-4-3 seemed to be the deciding factor to give the Tigers the edge with five minutes left in the game. “The thing about this team is that they have enough versatility that we can change to help us solve issues during the game,” Blitz said. “This team is unique because we’re able to shift throughout the game and throughout halves.” Sophomore midfielder Melanie Donaldson said she believes that the team can perform with most formations and that it helps to be able to shift. “(The 4-4-2 formation) is better
because we see the whole field and get a feel for what the other team is doing,” she said. “But we’re also very comfortable with the 4-3-3 because that’s just an advantage for going on the run.” Blitz said that changes in formation can depend on a number of things — from the score of the game, to the matchups, to the team’s health. With the 4-4-2 formation being the base of every game, the Tigers are third in the SEC Eastern Division and fourth in the SEC overall. Blitz said the formation change isn’t the sole reason Mizzou has succeeded this season. “We’ve been fortunate that when someone’s not on, there’s always someone there to pick up the slack,” Blitz said. “As a coach, we’re glad that we have that kind of skill set, and it’ll hopefully give us an opportunity to go a little bit further.”
We’ve been training for six weeks now, but as of Friday, the swim season has officially started. Our first meet was the Show-Me Showdown, an invitational that pits every Missouri school against one another. The level of competition is similar to the football team opening their season against South Dakota State. There were some good swimmers from other teams, but the end result was a comfortable victory for us. Swim meets are very different from competitions in most sports, and in my experience, few people understand exactly how they work. For example, our regular season performance really has no bearing on qualifying for championship meets — the Southeastern Conference Championship and NCAA Championship. Every team can take 22 swimmers and divers to the SEC’s, and while After switching from a 4-3-3 formation to a 4-4-2 during swimmers must qualify for the NCAA’s based on the offseason, the Missouri Tigers record has improved times from the season, swimmers only tend to go since last season. Mizzou is currently fourth in the fast enough to qualify for the NCAA’s exclusively at Southeastern Conference standings. meets when they have tapered. As a result, swimmers are not expected to be at their fastest for in-season meets like the Show-Me Showdown. That doesn’t mean we can give less than our best effort, though. In-season meets are Has been mastered by teams like typically much more physically demanding than arsenal and barcelona e: Forming a winner meets we have tapered for because we come into the meet tired but are still asked to swim our three forwards to have more fastest and do what it takes to win races. Throw in pressing attack the fact thata this meet lasted five andduring it can er switching from 4-3-3 formation tohours, a 4-4-2 works better with skilled central be difficult to get especially pumped up to swim. offseason, the Missouri Tigers record has improved However, like other sports, competition is a midfielders who can spread the ce last season. Mizzou is currently fourth in the Southwelcome break from practice. Even though we are ball around tern Conference all hurtingstandings. coming in, the first meet is exciting one less midfielder puts more because it’s our first chance to see how the last six -3 Pros: weeks of training have helped us. The team comes pressure on center midfielder to together toby cheer onelike another on, and and Barcelona. we finally s been mastered teams Arsenal hold it down get toto compete against someone other than our ree forwards have more pressing attack. seven field players on the orks a lotteammates. better with skilled central midfielders who can The Show-Me Showdown was an invitational, defensive end, while the 4-4-2 ead the with ball around. swimmers from multiple teams participating. formation has eight ne less midfielder more meets pressure Most of ourputs in-season are on dualcenter meets,midwith der to hold down. just it one opponent. (We do have one dual meet in ven fieldNovember players on thefour defensive end, while the with teams participating, but4-4-2 it’s still eight. considered a dual meet because it is scored as mation has three separate meets for us). -2 Pros: Meets are scored by assigning point values to each finishing position in every event. In most ost common and practical formation for amateur teams, dual meets, there are 13 individual events and used bythree professional teams as often as it was in the relays. However, the Show-Me Showdown t. only had eight individual events. Then there are ore players in the midfield, more space. championship meets,giving which usually span three to five days and have 13 of individual events role. and five utside defenders given more an attacking relays. Unlike in-season meets, individual events ngers used to feed forwards. swum twice at championship — once in aptableare when switching from defensemeets to offense. most common and practical the morning by everyone, and then by the top 16 or 24 qualifiers (depending on the meet) at night formation for amateur teams, not in finals. used by professional teams as urces: ExpertFootball.com, So swim meets areWorldSoccer.about.com complicated. There are even often as it was in the past more meet formats for high school, club and international competition, but I won’t get into more players in the midfield, giving those. Maybe the lack of a uniform format is what more space is holding swimming back from taking off as a outside defenders given more of spectator sport. Or it could be the fact that only a couple meets each year really matter, or that the an attacking role ones that do last for multiple days. wingers used to feed forwards Regardless, all swim meets, even the Show-Me adaptable when switching from Showdown, play an important role in our season. They allow us to practice racing and experiment defense to offense with different pre-race routines to ensure that we will be ready when the championship meets arrive. Source: ExpertFootball.com, WorldSoccer.about.com Most importantly, they give us a chance to come BEN KOTHE // GRAPHICS MANAGER together as a team and have some fun.
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Sweet,
LAST SEASON, then-No. 25 Missouri burst onto the season with a win over then-No. 7 Georgia in Athens. The game saw then-redshirt freshman quarterback Maty Mauk take over for an injured James Franklin in the fourth quarter. No. 23 Mizzou plays No. 13 Georgia Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
RUSHING
3 RUSHES FOR 12 YARDS
Georgia RECORDS GOING INTO THE GAME 5-0,1-0
GEORGIA
3-3 FOR 23 YARDS
maty mauk
Take a look back at last year’s game by the numbers
MISSOURI
OCTOBER 12, 2013 // FINAL SCORE
4-1, 3-0
MISSOURI
TOTAL OFFENSE
YARDS PER PLAY
TURNOVERS FORCED
MISSOURI
MISSOURI
MISSOURI
454
6
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4
GEORGIA
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5.5
375
longest pass was for 20 yards
PASSING
41
GEORGIA
26
2 fumbles 2 interceptions michael sam recovered a fumble and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown
Source: Mizzou Athletics
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Tigers not thinking of last Georgia game AARON REISS Sports Editor When a game is over, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel doesn’t like to revisit it. He’ll look at film of a game for scouting purposes, sure. But he won’t watch it just to relive it. “I don’t look back a lot,” Pinkel said. “I just don’t. I don’t watch the game on TV. I never go back and look at any game on TV that we played — never. The season’s over. I just don’t do it.” He said Monday that he didn’t want to talk about the Tigers’ most recent game, against South Carolina — a Mizzou comeback that featured mostly ugly offensive play. But Pinkel holds the same principle when it comes to Missouri’s game last year against Georgia, which saw a trick play converted for a 40-yard touchdown pass from wide receiver Bud Sasser as then-No. 25 Mizzou beat thenNo. 7 Georgia in Athens, 41-26. Pinkel and his players said they aren’t thinking about the game that brought them into last year’s national conversation as they prepare to play
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the No. 13 Bulldogs this Saturday at Memorial Stadium, 364 days since the teams last squared off. “You got two different teams,” he said. “We got a bunch of guys that left. They got a bunch of guys that left. You got two different football teams.” Perhaps the biggest difference from last year’s matchup isn’t who Georgia lost, but who the Bulldogs return: junior running back Todd Gurley. Gurley missed three games last season with injuries, including the Bulldogs’ matchup with Mizzou. That won’t be the case Saturday. Gurley leads the Southeastern Conference in rushing yards (773) and rushing touchdowns (8) for a Georgia offense that’s second in rushing yards in the conference behind Arkansas. The first question the media asked Pinkel on Monday was regarding Missouri's plan to stop the running back. “You made that a very depressingtype question,” Pinkel said. “You’re not going to stop him. What you’re going to do is you’re going to try and contain him.”
“Bye weeks fall where they fall,” he said. “We have to be fresh and ready to go.” The past week saw five of the top 10 teams and 11 of the top 20 teams fall. Within the SEC, three notable upsets occurred: Mississippi took down Alabama, Mississippi State beat Texas A&M, and Kentucky knocked off South Carolina. Kentucky’s victory over the Gamecocks was the most meaningful of the bunch for Mizzou, which now holds
With four-year starter Aaron Murray gone at quarterback, the Tigers won’t have to worry as much about Georgia’s passing game as they did last season. Murray’s replacement, senior Hutson Mason is fourth in the SEC in completion percentage (68.3) but is 12th in the conference in passing yards per game (137.4). “Murray — you can tell he just ran the whole offense,” senior defensive end Markus Golden said. “Mason, he (is) a good player, but I don’t think he (is) the same as Murray.” On the other side of the ball, junior center Evan Boehm said the Bulldogs’ defense looks “just as good if not better” than it did last season. Georgia was supposed to return all 11 of its defensive starters from last year, but dismissed five defensive players from the team during the offseason, including starting safeties Shaq Wiggins and Josh Harvey-Clemons. Still, the Bulldogs have managed to be fourth in the conference in yards allowed per game and are giving up fewer yards in their first five games so far this season than they did last year during the same
the lone undefeated conference record in its division. “That’s the best thing, when we can just sit back on Saturday and watch the games,” tailback Marcus Murphy said. “We took a look at some of the teams we have on our schedule in the upcoming weeks.” Mizzou and Georgia will kick off their game at 11 a.m. The game will be nationally televised on CBS. “I think every player and coach in the country would
stretch. “With everything going on in the SEC — all the teams taking losses — we gotta focus up on just winning one game in a week, just trying to reach our ultimate goal, which is the SEC East,” senior running back Marcus Murphy said. “Georgia’s just another team in our way this week.” Still, while the Tigers don’t want to give extra weight to their upcoming opponent despite last year’s game, they said Georgia might not have the same fresh mindset. “Of course, anytime that you have a tough loss at home you gotta look for revenge,” Boehm said. “That’s college football.” Having spent the past weekend on a bye, Missouri had a extra week to prepare to stifle Georgia’s vengeful effort. As for whether Mizzou offensive coordinator Josh Henson and the Tigers worked on another trick play during that time, Murphy was mum. “Coach Henson might have a couple of tricks up his sleeve,” Murphy said. “If (he) does, I’m pretty sure it’ll work.”
rather get up and play at 11,” Pinkel said. “You don’t get any (part of) Saturday to get yourself ready. You better have your head ready to play the moment you wake up.” The Tigers have to be geared up and ready to go early, as they will face one of the nation’s premier running backs in Georgia’s Todd Gurley. The junior is ranked second nationally in rushing yards per carry and third in rushing yards per game.
“This is going to be a tough test for our defensive line,” Pinkel said. With all the hype for this game, especially after such a crazy week in college football, Murphy said the team’s mindset remains the same. “There’s a lot of urgency every week,” he said. “In this conference, you have to bring your best focus every week.”
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