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Columbia installs LED lights and new bus shelters MARILYN HAIGH Senior Staff Writer Columbia City Council is working with the Downtown Community Improvement District and Public Works Department to bring LED lights and new bus shelters to Columbia. The LED lights will be installed on private and public property in the downtown area. The bus shelters, which were designed by MU Architectural Studies students, will be updated at high-traffic areas around town.

Illuminated alleyways CID donated 25 LED lights and $2,500 for installation to the city to improve lighting in two alleys downtown: Alley A, near Shortwave Coffee, and an alley north of Broadway, behind Commerce Bank and Calhoun’s.

CID director Katie Essing said the donation is part of a larger project to install 60 LEDs downtown on public and private property. The donated lights will be put up on property owned by the city.

During a nighttime walk with the Columbia Police Department to identify safety issues downtown, Essing said she realized some alleys are completely black at night. Increased lighting will improve safety on uneven pavement and deter illegal activities, like graffiti, in the alleys at night.

Essing said CID researched light fixtures to find the right fit for the project. They wanted an LED solution that faced downward to avoid illuminating apartments above businesses.

LED lights are environmentally friendly and are better for business owners, Essing said. The light bulbs will be changed once every 20 years and have light sensors to turn them on and off automatically at dusk and dawn, minimizing the work property owners will have to do.

CID already put up some light fixtures in the alley between Harpo’s and Pizza Tree as a test for the project.

Essing said seeing the improvement made by better lighting in the first alley confirmed the project’s value.

Campus and Community Relations Committee Chairman Alex Higginbotham of the Missouri Students Association said CCRC is always in favor of increased lighting, but would like to see some outreach directed to areas where more students live, especially East Campus.

He said that area has a high crime rate and “abysmal” lighting, which he thinks are connected.

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Local businesses line the sides of Alley A on Friday. Columbia City Council is working with the Downtown Community Improvement District and Public Works Department to bring LED lights to areas in Columbia.

“Students feel very nervous to walk home in East Campus because they can’t see,” Higginbotham said.

“We would love to see the same kind of focus put on areas other than downtown.”

Essing said she hopes the lights will be up within the next few months. For the remaining lights, she said CID is still working with business owners to get official approval to add the light fixture to their property.

Updated bus shelters The Columbia Public Works Department plans to add 18 bus shelters designed by MU students at 14 locations throughout the city in the beginning of 2016.

Drew Brooks, multimodal manager for the Columbia Public Works Department, said the department tried to be “data-driven” when determining the best locations for new bus stops. Stops with high ridership and transfers to other lines were chosen, though there was an opportunity for public input.

Community members voted on the design of the bus shelters, which were submitted by MU students in a partnership between COMO Connect and the Architectural Studies Department.

The team “Fab Collab” won the first place Jury Award and Peoples’ Favorite, for which 2,970 votes were cast from community members, according to a July 2014 progress report.

The cost of installing each shelter is approximately $11,000, according to a city council document. Brooks said the cost will vary by site depending on the amount of work needed to be done — at one site, the Public Works Department is funding the addition of pedestrian signals.

Brooks said the city is waiting to obtain federal grants to finance the project. Once the grants are approved, the city will collect bids from contractors to build the structures.

Need advice on off-campus housing?

TESSA WEINBERG Staff Writer In a busy college town like Columbia, finding offcampus housing can be a struggle as students compete for housing contracts and leases for the next year. There are a number of steps students should take when first looking for student housing, especially if they’re new to the area, Off-Campus Student Services Coordinator Dionne George said in an email.

Do your research When finding the best apartment, it’s crucial to scour the Internet for all the possible information from reviews to floorplans. However, don’t be afraid to pick up the phone and call. So many of the larger luxury complexes will not post key information such as rent, so a phone call is most effective.

For additional help, George said students can schedule a consultation with Off-Campus Student Services.

“In this consultation, we will share all the factors students should consider before signing a lease, we will provide housing options based on their list of must haves and we will share students reviews of properties,” George said.

If a student can’t make it in person, they can visit the Off-Campus Student Services website, where they can explore various factors to consider as well as browse properties.

Students could also speak with upperclassmen that have housing in Columbia. There are various Facebook pages dealing with off-campus housing, where students share advice, especially in the comment section.

Finding a budget After doing all this research, the Columbia housing scene can get a tad overwhelming with all the Brooksides and fancy amenities. Before touring each location, make a budget that includes rent, groceries, utilities and other costs associated with living off-campus.

A typical student-housing budget per month is $450; however, George said there are many ways students can lower their off-campus living expenses.

“My first recommendation for students is to track their spending to see where they could reduce costs,” George said. “More often than not, utilities, transportation, groceries and eating out are areas most people find that they are over spending.”

Although utilities might be included with rent, students can make sure they’re making the most of their money by checking previous utility usage data on the property. This will allow students to have an idea of how much past tenants usually have paid for utilities at the property so they know what to expect. Simply search for “rental utility data” on GoColumbiaMo.com to find the amount paid on bills by previous tenants. George also recommends visiting the CoMo Energy Challenge website for energy saving tips.

Food is another expense students have to consider.

Using coupons when shopping for groceries can be beneficial to cutting costs, George said. Many of the coupons for local grocery stores can be found online.

After a student establishes a budget, she or he should gain a basic sense of leasing terminology, tour multiple properties, ask questions and read reviews, George said.

Consider location and transportation Many of the housing complexes near campus are more costly due to location and the amenities. The fairly new complexes such as Todd Apartments, The Lofts on Broadway and District Flats come with a high price tag,

ranging from $735–$999 per month.

For students working on a budget, more affordable housing close to campus that’s just a walk or bike ride away include University Place Apartments, Dumas Apartments and The Reserve at Columbia.

Although many of the housing options are cheaper the farther they are from campus, students may want to consider whether they will have a car and how they plan on paying for parking. Many of the complexes have shuttles that run throughout the day to and from campus, such as The Den, The Reserve and Campus View.

Sophomore Becca Carter said even though her apartment offers shuttles to campus, she usually takes alternative shuttles such as MU’s Tiger Line or COMO Connect because she’s heard the apartment’s shuttles tend to have long wait times.

Take the search seriously Carter said she wishes she had looked at more places before signing her lease at The Grove last August.

Although her apartment has three rooms — which is what Carter was looking for — and fell within her budget of under $500–$600 a month, she said there are various aspects she would like to change.

“It’s not really nice,” Carter said. “Like I came here and there were dents in the furniture and there was stuff all over the walls.”

While it is ultimately up to the student to choose a place that fits his or her needs, George has some reminders for students during the housing process.

“A lease is a legally binding document, so do your research before you sign,” George said. “Find roommates and spend time getting to know them before you sign leases together.

Students will have an opportunity to talk to landlords, property owners and other off-campus agencies from 10 a.m to 3 p.m Nov. 11 at the Off-Campus Housing Fair in the Student Center.

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East Campus safety remains up in the air ELANE EDWARDS Staff Writer Sophomore Amanda Krewson has defended herself with pepper spray twice while walking on East Campus at night.

While walking to and from her car that she parks by East Campus, Krewson was approached by two different men on separate occasions. “(The men) both actually tried to come into contact with me in ways that I was not comfortable with,” Krewson said. “And after me telling them no, I had to use physical force like pushing them away, and when they continued to come towards me, I would have to use pepper spray.”

Krewson said she would never live on East Campus because of the amount of crime that happens in the area. Senior Sarah Sprick, an East Campus resident, has lived on East Campus for a year and a half and said she feels just as

uncomfortable in her environment as she did last year.

Sprick said the amount of sexual assaults on East Campus is startling.

“I don’t think people really realize how many (sexual assaults) go unreported and the amount that are reported is ridiculous,” Sprick said. “It’s like the administration freaks out about it for a day and sends an email about Title IX and then just brushes it under the rug.”

This isn’t the first time students have spoken about their fear of East Campus not being a safe place to be while it is dark outside. Last December, Sprick began a petition for a large amount of updated street lights to be put on the East Campus streets.

“I never walk anywhere alone at night,” Sprick said. “I definitely don’t feel safe walking the streets here at night.”

Krewson said that after having to use pepper spray twice, she is considering buying a taser, but she would feel safer if there were more and brighter street lights on East Campus to be able to

better protect herself.

Many sexual assaults, burglaries and robberies happen in the East Campus area, and some students believe that these crimes happen during the night since there is a lack of street lights.

Both Krewson and Sprick said they think East Campus has been lacking a police presence in the past year.

“I think a lot of the police here focus more on drinking and Greektown, which is great, it’s good that they monitor (drinking and Greektown),” Sprick said.

“But it’s very rare that you see police driving around here.”

Bryana Larimer, Columbia Police Department’s Public Information Officer, said that CPD officers are given specific areas, known as beats, in the city of Columbia to patrol and respond to calls in that area when needed. The East Campus area is Beat 70 Larimer said.

Larimer said CPD encourages people to never walk home alone, but if it’s necessary, they should call someone and make sure to walk in areas with

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Photo illustration of a person holding pepper spray. MU student Amanda Krewson has defended herself with pepper spray twice while walking on East Campus.

substantial light.

“The other … tip that I would provide would be (to) make sure that if you are going to walk home alone that you have some sort of noise maker,” Larimer said.

“That could include a whistle of some sort. That could include maybe having your keys in your hand or having your cell phone close by so you could dial 911 should anything happen.”

Sexual assault isn’t the only crime common on East Campus, Sprick said.

According to City Data’s website, in 2013, there were 67 reported rapes in Columbia, a 63 percent increase from 2012, robberies and burglaries are also prevalent.

In 2013, there were 112 reported robberies and 703 reported burglaries in Columbia. However, compared to the amount reported in 2012 there was a 31 percent decrease in robberies and a 10 percent decrease in burglaries, according to City Data.

Larimer said burglary prevention is an issue CPD strongly supports throughout the year and is aware that duplexes are often where burglaries happen. She said CPD encourages people to keep their residence or business well-lit and to install an alarm and keep doors and windows locked.

Sprick, however, said she doesn’t believe those tips are enough to prevent burglaries.

“Just this week I’ve been hearing that a lot of people’s houses have been getting broken into,” Sprick said. “People are stealing screens off of houses and trying to break into houses. So it's definitely not just people not locking their doors.”

Overall, Sprick doesn’t think crime on East Campus has gone down.

“I think there is just a general lack of safety living on East Campus, especially for women, but definitely for everyone,” Sprick said.

Columbia has the highest cost of living in Missouri MARILYN HAIGH Senior Staff Writer Columbia has the highest cost of living in Missouri, according to the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center.

The center used grocery, housing, utilities, transportation, health and miscellaneous costs to calculate each index. High costs for housing, utilities and health gave Columbia the highest average index for the state.

Missouri has the 11th lowest cost of living in the United States in the second quarter of 2015, according to the Center. The second quarter lasts from the beginning of April to the end of June.

MERIC finds the statewide cost of living index by averaging indices from across the state. Columbia had the highest cost of living in the state with an index of 97.5. The average index for the state was 91.6, which is down from the 2014 second quarter index of 93.4.

According to the data, Mississippi has the lowest cost of living in the country with an index of 84.3. Hawaii’s index of 166.9 is the highest.

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Cross Creek Villas 4912 Alpine Ridge Dr 4.9 mi, 2005, $319 Grantwood Village Apartments

1501 Spiros Dr 4.6 mi, not available, $395

The Lofts at Broadway 1007 E. Broadway .6 mi, 2015, $999

Brookside Downtown 260 S 10th St .4 mi, not available, $650 Log Hill off College 1322 Paris Rd .8 mi, 2014, $575

District Flats 127 S. 8th St .4 mi, 2015, $665

The Greens at Columbia 4803 Clark Ln 4.2 mi, 2008, $575 The Links at Columbia 5000 Clark Ln 4.4 mi, 2007, $575

The Lofts at 308 Ninth 308 S. 9th St .4 mi, 2013, $899 Broadway Townhomes 2700 Green Valley Dr 1.8 mi, 2008, $475

Heather Ridge Apartments 2401 W. Broadway 2.5 mi, 1999, $563

Forest Village and Woodlake 3001 S, Providence Road 1.5 mi, 1985, $580

The Grove at Columbia 3218 Rock Quarry Road 1.7 mi, 2011, $500

The Den 1412 Grindstone Plaza Drive 2.1 mi, 2014, $560

Log Hill Run 5151 Commercial Drive 3.3 mi, 2005, $450

The Falls on Bethel Ridge 136 E. Old Plank Road 3.8 mi, 2005, $409

Townhomes by Brookside 400 W Old Plank Road 4 mi, 2006, $399

Bengal Ridge 5557 S. Bethel Church Road 4 mi, 2007, $299.95

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3904 Buttonwood Dr 2.5 mi, 2006, $490 The Pointe at Rock Quarry Park

3500 Rock Quarry Rd 1.9 mi, 2011, $525

The Reserve at Columbia 2500 Old Hwy 63 S 1.6 mi, 2000, $435 Campus Lodge 2900 Old Hwy 63 S 1.9 mi, 2003, $480 Grindstone Canyon 3103 Old Hwy 63 S 1.9 mi, 2004, $519 Cottages of Columbia 2400 E Nifong Blvd 2.7 mi, 2004, $514

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Student’s hunger strike aims to take Wolfe down

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ENDORSEMENT

The Maneater endorses Ejaz/ Parrie for MSA

The Missouri Students Association is on an upward trend, owing much of its current momentum to the work of President Payton Head. In order to continue this trend, MSA needs another year of strong executive leadership with a mind for advocacy, accountability and transparency.

With confidence, we can say that the Ejaz/Parrie platform “Mizzou Together” can best fulfill these roles and best represent MU’s 27,654 undergraduate students.

You can hear the passion in senior Syed Ejaz and junior Heather Parrie’s voices when they talk about serving MU’s student body. Their approachable and authentic personalities coupled with a clear sense of direction and compassion motivate this endorsement.

The MSA president is the primary advocate for MU’s student body to our administration, to the city and to the state. In this regard, Ejaz is unmatched.

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MU students and activists camp out with tents Tuesday on Carnahan Quad for the #MizzouHungerStrike protest. The protesters are calling for the resignation of UM System President Tim Wolfe.

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SOCIAL JUSTICE THOMAS OIDE AND KATHERINE KNOTT of The Maneater Staff Graduate student Jonathan Butler has led protests in Speakers Circle and through the Student Center. He has used social media to try to draw attention to campus racism. When those efforts failed to elicit a reaction for university administrators, he stopped the car carrying UM System President Tim Wolfe during the Homecoming

parade.

Now he’s going on an indefinite hunger strike, according to a letter to the university posted on social media.

Citing a variety of concerns from campus racism to the handling of graduate student rights, Butler is determined to not eat until Wolfe is no longer in office or Butler’s internal organs fail. The hunger strike began at 9 a.m. Monday. The hunger strike has spawned an effort to boycott MU businesses such as the Student Center.

The movement started Tuesday night

and word spread via #UMBoycott.

“Although these incidents individually are not (Wolfe’s) fault as a collection of incidents at the university, they are his responsibility to address,” Butler said.

By Monday night, a campsite organized by members of Concerned Student 1950 popped up on Carnahan Quad to show support. The campout will end when Wolfe is no longer president, Concerned Student 1950 member Ayanna Poole said.

“The campout raises awareness,” Poole said. “It lets administration,

faculty, everyone, it lets them know that we will not be moved. We will continue to fight.”

Wolfe said in a statement that he was concerned about Butler’s well-being and urged Butler to stop the strike.

“The only way we can begin to address the systemic and pervasive issue of racism in society and the effects it has on our campuses is to engage in dialogue, to build deeper relationships and have frank conversations,” Wolfe

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Football

Team copes with Mauk’s second suspension suspension in late September for disciplinary issues. As sophomore receiver J’Mon Moore put it, Mauk told them “he’d get his act together and be the leader he’s supposed to be and we all know he can be.”

However, later that night, witnesses said Mauk was involved

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Missouri junior quarterback Maty Mauk was suspended Sunday morning, for the remainder of the season, ending Mauk’s most tumultuous year as a Tiger — in which he has been suspended twice, while dealing with the news

that his father, Mike, had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the summer.

The official word on the suspension is for “disciplinary reasons” and came four days after he was reinstated.

A day after he was back, Oct. 28, Mauk had issued an apology to his teammates regarding his previous

NEWS

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Suspended Missouri Tigers quarterback Maty Mauk (7) throws the ball Sept. 19, against the Connecticut Huskies at Faurot Field.

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Photo illustration of a store that accepts food stamps and EBT cards from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Some MU students apply for SNAP benefits to worry less about food and to focus on school.

HUMAN RIGHTS

SEED is a voice for undocumented immigrants “I’d ask them a question: Do you think everyone deserves a chance at higher education?” co-founder Joel Dalton said.

MADISON PLASTER Reporter The idea for Students for the Equal Education of Dreamers started from an English class titled “The Rhetoric of Human Rights,” and was never expected to become a real-life campus organization.

“Our task for the semester was to create some sort of mock non-profit organization that changed the rhetoric around a human rights issue of our choice,” co-founder Michaela Marshall Dungey said. “It wasn’t until this semester that there was the push to make it a real organization and not just a class project.”

The initial idea for the organization came from the work of five students, but only Marshall Dungey and graduate student Joel Dalton pushed the idea to become a campus organization. One of the other students who worked on the idea is still at MU and the other has graduated. Senior Andrew Abarca later joined after they decided to make the group into an official organization The organization is only a few months old, and the co-founders are still working to be formally approved and recognized by MU as an organization.

SEED aims to spread awareness to students on what it means to be undocumented and about the barriers undocumented immigrants face entering

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Food Stamps

CDS won’t take food stamps No retailers within half a mile of campus south of Rollins Street accept food stamps.

MARILYN HAIGH Senior Staff Writer When junior Jonathan Segers applied for food stamp benefits in November 2014, the woman who processed his application told him he could have received benefits a year and a half earlier if he had applied then.

Segers said he hesitated to apply because of the social stigma behind

asking for help. He wants to go into politics and heard politicians talk negatively about people receiving welfare benefits.

His friends and family helped him realize that food stamps weren’t uncommon on campus, especially among students who live and work off campus. He said some months, after paying rent and buying toiletries, he only had $20 to buy two weeks of groceries.

“After having trouble deciding if I was going to pay rent on time or go to the grocery store, I eventually applied,” he said.

Segers works two jobs and pays state and federal taxes out of both paychecks.

“This is already something I’ve paid into,” he said.

Segers said that not having to worry about having enough food freed up his schedule and his state of mind. He cut back on his hours, joined the Legion of Black Collegians Gospel Choir and served on the Missouri Students Association Social Justice Committee. He’s even running for MSA vice president.

Last spring, junior Dany Lewis submitted a proposal to Campus Dining Services, which requested that Mizzou Market — Hitt Street begin accepting food stamps. After consideration, CDS denied the proposal because they

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Campus Safety

‘Safe Campus Act’ creates controversy Under the Safe Campus Act, colleges and universities would be barred from taking any action against a student accused of sexual assault if the victim chooses not to involve police.

ANDREW FREIN Reporter Colleges and universities could soon be barred from taking any action against a student accused of sexual assault unless the complainant agrees to report the incident to police first.

The Safe Campus Act, a bill currently making its way through Congress, is sponsored by Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Arizona.

“The Safe Campus Act is a muchneeded piece of legislation to protect the fundamental due process rights of all parties in campus sexual assault cases,” Salmon said in a new release.

“It protects the rights of student organizations and encourages institutions to offer access to sexual assault prevention programs, further benefitting the student population.”

Per the current law, colleges and universities are allowed to address cases of sexual assault just as they deal with any other crime, such as stealing or underage drinking. If enacted, the Safe Campus Act would make it illegal for institutions of higher

education to address sexual assault cases without police involvement.

The Clery Center said a law that restricts a college’s ability to conduct its own investigation would hurt victims. “(The Safe Campus Act) will hinder campus reports of sexual assault by mandating a system that removes power from survivors,” the Clery Center said in a statement. “We oppose lawmakers limiting options for survivors and defining what justice ‘should’ look like.”

The Clery Center also expressed concern that the bill would force survivors of sexual assault to go to the police against their will, stating

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said.

Although Butler has a large amount of support in his effort to create change on campus, he posted on Facebook on Tuesday urging people to understand that his hunger strike is about much broader issues than MU’s recent racially charged incidents.

“For all those on social media

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and other platforms stating, ‘Stand with JB’ or ‘Stand with Jonathan’ I would ask that you please do NOT do so,” Butler said in his Facebook post. “The movement towards justice IS NOT about me. I am only one person fighting against injustice in the best way I know how. … So instead stand with ALL those fighting for what's right at Mizzou.”

Butler made the decision to carry out a hunger strike on Oct. 10 after the Homecoming

parade, according to the Missourian. Poole said he did not announce his decision to the rest of Concerned Student 1950 until midnight Sunday.

“It’s not out of his character.

He’s very, very persistent and he will to great lengths to do it to make sure it’s done,” Poole said of Butler’s decision. “He’s very powerful, very strong.

He’s willing to put himself in difficult situations for the good of humanity.”

Poole said the rest of

Concerned Student 1950 had no idea Butler was going to carry out a hunger strike.

Poole initially did not want Butler to follow through with his decision, but tried to see the positive side of the situation once she saw this was something he wanted to do.

“We’re all hungry for justice,” Poole said. “Essentially we’re fighting a system. This system is starving us. This is what the black community is going through: We’re starving

for knowledge, we’re starving for justice, we’re starving for resources. And in order to do that we do need to put our lives on the line.”

Poole hopes Butler’s hunger strike becomes a turning point for changing race culture on campus.

“This is going to be a turning point,” Poole said. “It’s a life versus a job, and one of them deserves it and that’s Jonathan Butler’s life. He deserves to live it.”

problems the exact same way I've been doing for 25 years — it's very consistent,” Pinkel said Sunday. “What we did here is exactly like I've always done it.

That's what we do, that's what we believe. We don't overlook things, we don't cover things up. We do what's right. A lot of other places would find ways to get the problem solved without doing what we do, but we don't do that at Missouri. I've never done that, I never will.”

Mauk’s most recent suspension leaves freshman Drew Lock to quarterback the team for the remainder of the season.

Lock has started the past four games. In three of those games, the already-struggling offense

failed to score a touchdown and lost.

“You lose your starting quarterback, that obviously affects your football team,” Pinkel said Sunday. “Bottom line, you've got to overcome it. We have a young player that's playing, and he's doing a lot of good things. It puts a remarkable amount of pressure on a young player that was playing high school football.”

Over the season, Mauk’s teammates have seen their former field general sporadically, with many of them saying they weren’t sure what was going on with him.

His re-instatement and ensuing re-suspension were only more confusing.

“I’m sure the team was excited to see him back,” Lock said. “We hadn’t seen his face in a long time, and it’s just kind of weird. Now, it’s kind of weird again … Earlier in the year, he was kind of someone I could watch in practice and kind get the feel of things before I was thrown into something, and when I was thrown into it, I had to learn fast.”

With four games left in the regular season, the opportunity to win a third consecutive Southeastern Conference Eastern Division title long behind and even bowl game chances in question, the Tigers have been put in a tough spot.

After his apology, teammates had been confident Mauk was

back for good.

Team captain and senior center Evan Boehm, who is also one of Mauk’s best friends, said the two have been keeping in touch during the suspensions. “(The apology) was sincere and you know that he meant everything about it,” Boehm said. “You believed him and you trust the kid. And I still believe and trust the kid, but we have to have his best interests in mind and keep him healthy and keep him OK. Maty’s my brother, and I still love that kid. He knows I’m always there for him when he needs me, and I know he’s always there for me when I need him.”

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in an altercation at The Field House, a bar on 1107 E. Broadway, according to multiple reports.

The alleged altercation came a day after it was announced that Mauk was back on the team following a four-game suspension. Mauk practiced with his team for the first time in about a month that afternoon.

Similar to the last suspension, coach Gary Pinkel offered little information as to why Mauk was suspended.

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Missouri one of 46 states with legal conversion therapy The therapy has been deemed both ineffective and harmful to the recipient.

ALLYSON SHERWIN Staff Writer The White House recently called for the end to the practice of conversion therapy, a controversial treatment legally permitted in 46 states, including Missouri. Conversion therapy is intended to make people in the LGBTQ community straight.

A statement recently released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration concludes that not only is the practice harmful to the person who undergoes it but is also ineffective because it is based on the assumption that being gay is a mental disorder.

According to LGBTmap.org, an independent organization looking to further expand the rights of the LGBTQ community, only four states and Washington D.C. have implemented laws banning the practice of conversion therapy for minors. Missouri is one of the remaining 46 states that have not produced any legislation regarding the controversial practice.

Conversion therapy has been considered unethical for decades by many physiological associations, said Craig Rooney, director of behavioral health at the Student Health Center.

“Since our first professional obligation is to try to do no harm, the therapeutic goal of attempting to change someone’s sexual orientation has been considered

unethical for decades by the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and multiple other professional organizations,” Rooney said in an email.

Senior Zackary Carpenter, who is gay, said he is wary of conversion therapy.

“My opinion is that it is potentially dangerous and doesn’t work,” Carpenter said, “But my opinion isn’t formed through anything but basically wanting to see the best for queer people, and I don’t think conversion therapy offers that.”

Rooney said there is no solid scientific evidence to suggest that an individual’s sexual orientation can be altered using psychotherapy or medical treatments, and attempting to do so would cause harm to the individual seeking the treatment.

“Historically, practitioners who attempted to change someone’s sexual orientation did so through aversion therapy techniques, which involved applying painful or negative stimuli paired with gay imagery, behavioral techniques such as orgasmic reconditioning, and sadly, even surgical techniques like lobotomies,” Rooney said.

Carpenter said a person’s choice to undergo the practice is up to the individual, as a person’s sexuality is their own. However, he questions whether the benefits outweigh the risks.

“You are ripping away a part of you that is hard enough to define and hard enough to pinpoint, and it seems to me like it can be a core part of you.

A person’s sexuality, their sexual preference, that’s something that does change over time, but it is also something that is important,” Carpenter said. “It is a

part of them, like, whether or not they grew up in a small town or whether or not they enjoy being around family, it’s whether or not they consider themselves an overall good person. You start ripping identities like that way, you start having some problems.”

Rooney said modern attempts at carrying out the taboo treatment are offered by non-licensed practitioners, usually in religious organizations.

Carpenter said he believes conversion therapy should be illegal.

“I think people who practice conversion therapy are preying on those who grew up in a society that’s from day one told them that what they are deep down on the inside is wrong, or disgusting or immoral,” Carpenter said, “I don’t think any industry that is based around the idea that someone should be ashamed of themselves should really be allowed to exist. “ Organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and The Movement Advancement Project are pioneering advocacy to abolish the practice of conversion therapy.

Carpenter said his path to self-acceptance and acknowledging his sexuality has been a long journey that is still ongoing.

“There’s a lot of things in the world telling you things you should not accept about yourself and a lot of those things are contradictory,” Carpenter said, ”I guess it takes picking and choosing what you want to be and what you don’t want to be, what you want to believe and what you don’t want to believe.”

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didn’t feel it was the best use of their resources, Lewis said in an email.

To qualify for food assistance, students must work over 20 hours a week, take part in a work-study program or be taking care of a dependent household member under the age of six, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website.

The Supplemental Nutritional A ssistance Program is a federal program to raise nutrition levels and food security in low-income households. The benefits can be used to purchase any food except prepared food, hot food and alcoholic beverages or tobacco from participating retailers. In Missouri, the program is called the Food Stamp Program.

Right now, there are no retailers that accept SNAP benefits within half a mile of campus south of Rollins Street, Lewis said in an email.

Campus Dining Services Director Julaine Kiehn said she doesn’t think spending SNAP funds at convenience stores yields best value to the dollar, and that a traditional grocery store would be the best option for those using SNAP benefits.

In Columbia, many grocery stores, including Hy-Vee, Walmart and Moser’s Supermarket, accept food stamps. A USDA interactive map shows at least 50 retailers within 2.4 miles of Jesse Hall that accept food stamp assistance.

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the education system.

“Most states in the U.S. don’t allow you to go to college if you’re an undocumented immigrant, so even if you have the financial means to pay for college without getting financial aid or scholarships, you just may be not allowed to go at all,” Marshall Dungey said. “In states that do allow undocumented immigrants to attend college, just the simple fact of being undocumented and having to be wary of how that affects their life.”

Another goal of the organization is advocacy.

They would like to host rallies and protests on campus and potentially lobby the state capital for changes to policies on undocumented immigrants.

For now, the three are pushing for an MU scholarship fund that would allow undocumented students to attend MU at a lower cost.

Currently, undocumented immigrants can attend MU, but at a large cost, Abarca said.

THE MANEATER | NEWS | NOVEMBER 4, 2015 benefits if they sell foods “on a continuous basis” that fit into four groups considered staple food groups by the USDA — meat, poultry or fish; bread or cereal; vegetables or fruit; and dairy products. Perishable foods must be sold in at least two of the categories. Retailers are also eligible to participate if more than half the total retail profits of the store comes from eligible food stamp staple foods, according to the USDA website. Kiehn said CDS evaluated Lewis’s proposal and determined that Mizzou Market — Hitt Street might fit the requirements, but that the cost of implementing the program was too great.

“We would have to pass those costs on to our customer,” she said.

Lewis said there was no way to estimate the number of students receiving SNAP benefits on campus due to privacy laws.

In Missouri in fiscal year 2013, 29 percent of adults receiving food stamp assistance were under 30, according to the Family Support Division Annual Data Report. In August 2015, 846,970 people in Missouri received assistance from the food stamp program.

Segers said he was reluctant to accept food stamp benefits but once he did, he became more confident. He said now he reaches out to students and encourages them to apply for SNAP benefits after he felt their impact on his life.

“It didn’t just free up my schedule and state of mind,” he said. “It helped me become more inclusive on campus and actually get to be a student.”

“You pay a student fee for the rec,” Marshall Dungey said.

“You would pay like a $2.50 student fee to go toward this scholarship fund.”

Abarca relates personally to SEED’s mission because extended relatives are undocumented immigrants and have to face many challenges.

“My grandmother, who is in her late 60s, has to be forced to work still because she’s unable to receive (social) benefits that U.S. citizens are,” Abarca said. “Being single and having her own house is very difficult for her and to even think about moving toward not working because of struggles and barriers that she goes through. My cousins aren’t able to attend college because after high school, they were told they need to go to work because they weren’t going to receive any funding.”

When Marshall Dungey was younger, she had the opportunity to travel to Guatemala, which she said impacted the way she viewed immigration. She also took a class on human rights and undocumented immigrants from women’s and gender studies professor Rebecca

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that survivors should have the option to go to law enforcement, but that this should not be a requirement.

Greek life organizations, such as the North American Interfraternity Conference and the National Panhellenic Conference, as well as civil liberties advocates such as the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, support the bill.

These organizations cite the need for proper investigations and a fair trial as reasons for their support.

“Allegations of sexual assault should be investigated by impartial, trained law enforcement officers with the necessary skill and expertise to reach just conclusions, and the punitive power to hold those convicted accountable to the victim and society,” FIRE’s Legislative and Policy Director Joseph Cohn said in an article published by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

NIC stated that sexual violence is a crime best handled by law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

“Institutions of higher education are simply not as well equipped as law enforcement to handle crimes of sexual violence,” NIC said on its website.

The Clery Center stated that universities would be prohibited from offering schedule changes or housing reassignments unless the victim chooses to involve police. The NIC said the opposite, stating that these services would still be available under the Safe Campus Act. The NIC and NPC do not

represent the opinions of all students involved in Greek Life.

Shira Braiterman, sorority member at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said she felt misrepresented by NPC. She also said that she would be happy to see her sorority, as well as others, part ways with the NPC. “I think step one in decreasing the prevalence of sexual assault is to get people to feel comfortable reporting it and the Safe Campus Act does exactly the opposite,” Braiterman said. “The Safe Campus Act is not safe, it doesn’t make campuses safer, (and) it doesn’t make sorority women or any women safer.

I was really horrified to find out that NPC was lobbying for this.”

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, publicly criticized the Safe Campus Act, specifically challenging the fraternity and sorority groups who are lobbying for the bill.

“You don’t protect students from sexual violence by tying the hands of school administrators — and you don’t achieve safety and security for survivors by making the process contingent on a criminal justice investigation that many victims choose not to pursue, and which could take years to resolve,” McCaskill said in a news release.

McCaskill is currently sponsoring her own education reform bill, the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. If passed, McCaskill’s bill would implement a uniform process that colleges and universities must follow when dealing with cases of sexual assault, but would not keep universities from conducting their own investigations or carrying out

punishments.

An online petition against the Safe Campus Act has gained support in recent weeks. The petition, which was created by the advocacy group Know Your IX, has gained more than 20,000 signatures as of Nov. 2

Martinez, who became the organization’s advisor.

“It really narrowed in on a lot of the rhetoric around undocumented immigration, and the reality of who undocumented immigrants are and it specifically focused on Latino/Latina immigrants,” Marshall Dungey said. “Taking that class really opened my eyes to the really harsh reality that immigrants face in this country.”

Upon the creation of the organization in class, Joel Dalton noted that the topic of undocumented immigrants stood out to the group because of the large amounts of injustice they saw in how the community was portrayed and represented.

Dalton also discussed what he sees as the defined boundaries and arbitrary lines of what it means to be an American.

“What does it mean to belong and what does it mean to be an American?” Dalton said. “I think that’s something everyone can ask themselves when talking about these sorts of questions. I hope it raises an awareness that undocumented folks are more so like us than they are different from us, and that people can start to see that

as well.”

Abarca said learning about his family members’ experiences made him realize that he was privileged to even have the opportunity to attend college.

“I need to use it to educate others and educate myself more about how college should be a right for everyone but not everyone is able to receive that right,” Abarca said.

As the organization continues to work on getting off the ground, they are focusing on educating others. However, they hope to see SEED become a community organization and partner with other social justice organizations. They hope to be able to push for change in a more direct way.

During the Missouri Students Association presidential debate Oct. 23, the three presidential slates were asked how they would advocate for the needs of students affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.

DACA grants certain undocumented immigrants a two-year work permit and exemption from deportation if they entered the U.S. before June 2007 and before the age

of 16.

However, Missouri House Bill 3 took away the ability for DACA students to pay in-state tuition because of their immigration status.

All three MSA slates could not answer the question clearly.

After the debate, they expressed that they have educated themselves on the issue.

“I want to see the org create actual change and put pressure on policy makers, make some administrators rethink how they’re doing their jobs in order to have a more equitable highereducation system,” Dalton said.

Dalton said everyone should realize the importance of equal education for all, even undocumented students, because they contribute to the public good by paying into sales tax and social security without ever seeing any of that back.

“I’d ask (students) a question: ‘Do you think everyone deserves a chance at higher education?’”

Dalton said. “And if they say yes, which hopefully they do, because I believe everyone should deserve a chance at higher education, then why not undocumented students?’”

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University divided on passing library fee Students not sold on proposed library fee

Library officials optimistic about student fee vote LILY OPPENHEIMER Staff Writer Ellis Library’s 24-hour study space will likely close if a student fee is not passed, said Matt Gaunt, director of advancement for MU Libraries.

Since last semester, MU Libraries is in the process of rallying student support for the fee, Gaunt said. The fee would fund renovations, increased staffing and new services. The library is proposing a $5 per credit hour fee that would increase over the next several years to $15 per credit.

Gaunt said giving students the power to decide the future development of the library is essential. There will be a campuswide student vote to approve or veto the fee that will be accessible from 5 p.m. Nov. 9 until 5 p.m. Nov. 11.

Officially raising student fees fees requires a 60 percent majority vote to pass and will be incorporated in the MSA student elections. Ellis Library staff have recently hosted several forums to showcase plans to add modern group study spaces, a digital media room, an expanded Bookmark Café and more collections through e-books, electronic journals and databases.

If passed, the student fees will bring in $30 million for new renovations and 40 new library positions. If the fee doesn’t pass, Gaunt said the library will suffer cuts that may be painful for the students’ academic experience at MU. “If the fee doesn’t pass, I don’t think the library will stay open 24 hours,” Gaunt said. “I also know we’ll see a reduction in staff and services like e-books and online journals.”

Ellis Library has been open 24 hours a day, five days a week since September.

Although the future of the fee is still up in the air, Gaunt said that one of the great things to come out of this campaign is an improved relationship with students.

“We’ve just formed a student advisory council, and if the fee doesn’t pass, we’ll have students to advocate and develop a relationship with us,” Gaunt said. “Active campaigning is already bringing benefits.”

Sophomore library ambassador Autumn McLain said part of her job is to formulate ideas and gets students involved.

“Right now, we’re really underfunded and we’ll continue to go to the administration, but we continuously have to cut back,” McLain said. “You can see this in the library. Vote yes, because your voice is going to be heard.”

A yes vote might also promote ramifications beyond the walls of Ellis library.

“A lot of students don’t know how poorly our library compares to others,” Gaunt said. “The MU Student Center has strengthened student organizations, and they’re more active than ever. The MU Rec has made our students healthier than ever. So when we build a better library, academics will improve.”

EMILY O’CONNOR Reporter MU Libraries developed a plan to invest in the library system by including modernized spaces, innovative services and expanded collections to keep up with other dynamic, 21st century libraries, according to their proposal page on the MU Libraries’ website.

The catch is that they’re asking students to pay for it, and not everyone is on board.

Senior political science major Gunnar Johanson is a vocal opponent of the fee, which would be $5 per credit hour, increasing at $2 intervals until 2022 when it will be $15 per credit hour.

“I agree that it needs to be done,” Johanson said. “But it shouldn’t be on the back of students.”

MU Libraries’ Proposal for Student Investment gives a detailed outline of what the “modernized spaces, innovative services and expanded collections” would look like.

This includes renovations to Ellis Library and the eight specialized libraries on campus, additional librarians and staff and a growing array of current and multi-disciplinary scholarly works.

At a forum about the library fee Oct. 27, students expressed frustration and reluctant acceptance of the fee.

“I think for a lot of graduate students, a significant number of us are graduate student employees, and so we’re living on very, very small stipends,” Alex Howe, graduate student and Graduate Professional Council treasurer, told The Maneater at the forum. “Any change in cost of attendance for school is going to affect us a bit more significantly than the majority of undergrads.”

Of the $31,584,344 estimated expenditures, $13 million would be used for books and journal acquisitions, according to the MU Libraries’ draft budget proposal.

“Graduate students mostly use the journal subscriptions and research,” Johanson said.

“Very few undergraduates use these resources. Why should every undergraduate pay for them?”

However, graduate students such as Howe and others aren’t quick to say they’re in.

Graduate student Matt McCune tweeted: “Honestly, I’m undecided wrt (sic) my vote on the library fee but I’m also not going to pretend that Mizzou can’t fund it. They can.”

Johanson said he urges students to look at the fee as an investment, and then ask themselves how this investment would benefit students’ educations.

“Sift through the pretty language of the library and look at what most of it will fund — journal subscriptions and research,” Johanson said.

Johanson said he does not believe this is an investment worth making.

The proposal includes a fee structure that would be implemented over six years. During the 2016-17 academic year, students would have to pay a $5 fee per credit hour. This fee increases by $2 every year. By the 2021-22 academic year, students would have to pay a $15 fee per credit hour. For a student taking 15 hours per semester, this is $450 for one year.

By the end of six years, total expenditures for the project are expected to be $31,584,344. MU is expecting to make $30,671,236 in revenue during this time to pay for the project, according to its budget proposal.

MU expects student fees to contribute $12,990,000 to this project, which is 41 percent of the estimated total expenditures.

Missouri Senate Bill 389 caps increases in tuition and mandatory fees at the consumer price index. For this reason, MU cannot add the fee directly onto students’ tuition.

However, students can choose to self-impose fees through a referendum.

Voting for the referendum to self-impose these student fees will take place Nov. 9-11 online at vote.missouri.edu.

Save the date for voter registration A year from now, Americans will elect a new president. In the meantime, students will have several opportunities to weigh on national and local elections. However, you can’t vote if you aren’t registered. Here’s a quick glance at the state and national elections within the next year and their respective registration and voting deadlines. To register for voting, one doesn’t have to be a Missouri resident. The Missouri Secretary of State’s office just requires a Missouri address. For people in Columbia, the Boone County Clerk handles voter registration.

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MSA Voters Guide Trying to figure out who to vote for next week?

We’ve got you covered.

TAYLOR BLATCHFORD AND GEORGE ROBERSON of The Maneater Staff

mcfarland/ segers

slate information

gomez/hanner

ejaz/parrie

goal of platform in one sentence

We want to break down any barrier keeping students from being successful in all things at Mizzou academically, financially and much more.

We want to serve students through representative leadership, challenge administrators/elected officials to meet our needs, and create a campus where everyone feels they belong.

We’re looking to get back to basics, putting the invisible student at the forefront and tackling issues as students first.

Ejaz: finance and political science major from Columbia Parrie: sociology and business major from Kansas City

McFarland: history and secondary education major from Alexandria, Va. Segers: political science and psychology major from Florissant, Mo. — transferred from Howard University

Biographical Gomez: biological sciences major from Ozark, Mo. Information Hanner: finance and international studies major from Fredericktown, Mo.

MSA Gomez: Director of MSA communications, Ejaz: Campus and Community Relations McFarland: Senator, Social Justice Committee deputy chief of staff Committee chair member EXPERIENCE Hanner: Secretary of Auxiliaries, Budget chair Parrie: None Segers: Social Justice Committee member McFarland: Residence Halls Association, other Gomez: Delta Chi, Tour Team, Residential Life Ejaz: College Democrats Hanner: Student Fee Review Committee, Parrie: Sigma Sigma Sigma, Tour Team, Hatch Hall government involvement Chancellor’s Budget Allocation Advisory Chancellor’s Leadership Class, Diversity Peer Segers: Legion of Black Collegians, STRIPES, Council, Residential Life

Educator, United Ambassadors

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campus issues Mizzou students come from a vast amount We intend to challenge the administration to Through InsideOut, Mizzou 49 and the Greek of backgrounds. We are concerned about

add a diversity general education requirement

Liaison Office, we will take an aggressive

of these marginalized and/or oppressed identities. We would start regular discussions including all resource/justice centers to hear their concerns and how MSA could help.

all types of diversity, improve minority recruitment efforts, and work to effectively address sociocultural issues on campus.

active part in making Mizzou a more inclusive place. Capitalizing on the efforts already underway, we will lead as students first.

diversity inclusivity, education and representation by including a required course focused on approach to empowering students to take an

sexual We would continue the It’s On Us initiative We will institute mandatory in-person peer- Beyond continuing It’s On Us, we will as well as largely promote the services we to-peer training with organizations like Green implement InsideOut, requiring every paid/ assault already have, such as Green Dot. We want to Dot that work to prevent sexual assault. We elected position in MSA to be Green Dot work more closely with other student groups on campus including ResLife, Greek Life and Athletics.

also want to ensure conversations on sexual assault include working to eliminate rape culture on campus.

and Safe Space trained and DPE facilitated, while asking the same of other joint session governments and ORG organizations.

affordability The No. 1 reason students leave Mizzou is We want to institute a permanent profit share Through our Academic Retention Initiative, finance-related. We must begin educating students on what fees they pay, how they can reduce living/educational expenses, and other means which would make it more affordable to go to Mizzou.

between MSA and textbook distributors to lower textbook costs, review Campus Dining Services practices to improve affordability, and work with City Council and developers to promote affordable student housing.

we will require the MSA president to visually discuss the breakdown of the Student Activity Fee at Summer Welcome and institute a working student clause in syllabi along with QuickTip Guides.

mental health We must prioritize an increase of funding to

We hope to evaluate and expand MU Counseling services to make them more easily accessible to Mizzou students. This includes working alongside other organizations and allowing for appointments to be made online.

While pressuring for more funding for counseling resources on campus, we will act now with Lean On and increase exposure to existing resources and organizations while aiming to de-stigmatize the conversation of mental health.

entities like our counseling center as well as an educational effort to promote the awareness of their services. No student should have to wait or hesitate on the decision to seek help.

campus We will work with the Disability Center to We will advocate for the purchase and Along with InsideOut, we will expand the ensure this campus is continuing to prioritize maintenance of a safe walk app and collaborate Department of Student Communications with safety the safety/accessibility of all students. with City Council to improve pedestrian safety 21st century communication and increase Furthermore, we plan to expand Department of Student Services’ “Safety Walk” to find and solve safety issues beyond campus.

on and around campus.

exposure to available resources, what students can do, and what we as a campus are doing to make Mizzou safe.

academic We plan to make a scholarship database for We believe the only way students can effectively We have an extensive Academic Retention students to easily navigate, find and apply learn is if they feel safe on campus. We want Initiative. We will work with Academic retention for scholarships pertinent to them. Further, to emphasize the role of resource centers and Retention Services to facilitate their efforts, we will work with college deans to ensure the line of communication between faculty and students is unhindered.

establish a climate of acceptance and tolerance for all students at Mizzou.

while getting serious about Financial Literacy in collaboration with the Residence Halls Association alongside creating QuickTip Guides and the Working Student Clause.

changes Students need to be continuously updated and We want to ensure that MSA is accountable From Joint Session Reform to GLO to moving informed on what their student government and transparent, including creating a checklist elections to April, we will be bold. We will be to msa is doing and spending their money on. From tracking the Executive (cabinet)’s progress, efficient and look at MSA as students first, social media to monthly emails, we promise to keep all students in the loop.

holding regular town hall meetings and creating an alumni association for MSA to help build scholarship funds and endowments.

conducting ourselves accordingly. We will leave MSA better than we found it.

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MSA slates’ top five initiatives if elected We asked each MSA slate for their top five concrete actions they want to take once they get in office.

TAYLOR BLATCHFORD Campus Projects Editor Gomez/Hanner 1. Provide education and awareness to all students in regards to the increase of their supplemental fees.

We do this by making the myZou enrollment process more transparent in a way that shows every fee that is associated with every class.

2. Begin regular discussions and forums that include the LGBTQ Resource Center, Women’s Center, Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center, Multicultural Center and the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center to allow students who have not been exposed to individuals holding marginalized identities to begin engaging in difficult conversations from which they can grow.

3. Select a coordinator within the Department of Student Services to begin implementation of our International Student Involvement Program. This program will match international students with students at this campus currently involved in programs they would like to learn more about.

4. Work closely with the Office of Disability Services to ensure our campus is accessible for students who may have any disability. This would be done by promoting and implementing a new accessibility policy that would

include but would not be limited to the requirement of all university websites to be screen-reader friendly, requiring professors to use microphones in all large lecture style classrooms, and ensure all Department of Student Activities events are accessible to all students.

5. Collaborate with Campus Dining Services to give Tiger Pantry the ability to distribute individual dining hall swipes as well as the ability for students to donate usable swipes within dining halls during the biannual Swipes event by the Social Justice Committee.

Ejaz/Parrie 1. Meet with the Department of Residential Life, the RSVP Center and the Vice Chancellor of Operations Gary Ward to discuss the implementation of a required Green Dot training for freshmen entering dorm life the next academic year.

2. Meet with the mayor to discuss the role of the student body in increasing the amount of affordable and convenient student housing.

training and a dialogue on where the university has dropped the ball.

5. Evaluate the MU Counseling Center and begin lobbying the university administration to expand counseling services.

McFarland/Segers 1. Institute and work to implement mandatory Green Dot, Safe Space and Diversity Peer Education training for all MSA elected and paid officials, and encourage the same of the other Joint Session governments, and begin to work with ORG for the same.

2. Expand the Department of Communications and begin working immediately on the establishment of the Lean On initiative, with an action plan on place and social media strategy ready to be adhered to.

3. Working with Senate leadership, begin working on moving presidential elections to April.

3. Sit down with the Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council to determine how MSA can help encourage allyship in the Greek community.

4. Entrench transparency legislation in the bylaws for the Student Activity Fee breakdown and for the vice president meeting with Budget Committee during the budget process.

4. Meet with Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin to discuss the campus climate as it pertains to race relations.

This includes a critique of the new, required diversity

5. Begin preliminary meetings with the Joint Session governments to have the Joint Session Reform passed in the Spring 2016 Joint Session.

Examining feasibility of MSA candidates’ initiatives We talked to the offices candidates would have to work with to accomplish their goals.

CLAIRE MITZEL, JENNIFER PROHOV, DAVID SOLER CRESPO of The Maneater Staff Campus Dining Services CDS Marketing Manager Michael Wuest said the price of dining on campus is decided by the UM System Board of Curators and the vice chancellor based on the Consumer Price Index, current inflation and other data. He said that they don’t know yet if there is an opportunity to lower the price, but it is difficult as seen by the rising of inflation.

Wuest said a program for donating swipes is impossible and that students can already swipe in whoever they want.

Wuest said CDS is planning to have one food truck on campus but there is no timetable for it yet. Wuest said they haven’t decided yet what type of cuisine the food truck will have but that they wanted to have a kitchen that gave space to any culinary option.

Wuest said no slates had spoken to CDS about their ideas as of Oct. 28.

Greek Life Director of Greek Life Janna Basler said each Greek chapter has to compete a “standards of excellence” program called The Foundation, which includes a section on risk reduction. Chapters must then choose

between alcohol, drug abuse, hazing or sexual assault categories for education.

Basler also said the idea of creating a Diversity Peer Educators curriculum tailored to Greek Life is up to the individual chapters.

She said a now-defunct Greek recycling organization called “Greeks Going Green” was once set up but lacked full commitment.

Basler said no slate had approached them to talk about their proposals yet.

Counseling Center Counseling Center Director David Wallace did not comment on the specifics of campaign platforms but said the center is currently working to expand services.

“We realize that our service capacity has been stretched this fall beyond the norm because students are in need, and we will do the best we possibly can to help them,” Wallace said in an email. “We currently have vacant professional staff positions, now being covered by temporary staff appointments, for which we will be recruiting and hiring this winter and spring to join us in the summer of 2016. We are placing a special emphasis on diversity in our recruiting efforts.”

Wallace also said the center is working with Student Health and Behavioral Health and the counseling centers on the other three UM System campuses to propose needs to the Board of Curators.

“We will continue to work closely with our campus administration, our campus partners and our students

in providing the best services possible,” he said.

MU Administration MU spokesman Christian Basi said he cannot speculate on election proposals, but administrators are always willing to work with student leadership to improve communication and transparency.

He said administrators have plans for the future including hiring a vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, requiring diversity training for individuals responsible for hiring, conducting a campus climate survey related to race issues, and reviewing the multicultural certificate requirements.

Faculty Council is also working with students to create a diversity course requirement.

“Our students and their parents, our faculty and staff, our alumni and community neighbors, and our visitors all deserve a safe, secure and inclusive campus environment MU has an obligation to each of our students in their individual pursuit of their own personal excellence to provide an environment that is supportive, rich in opportunity and safe,” Basi said.

The mayor’s office, LGBTQ Resource Center, Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center, Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, and Disability Center did not respond to requests for comment.

Taylor Blatchford and George Roberson contributed to this report.

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THE MANEATER | NEWS | NOVEMBER 4, 2015

MSA presidential candidates hope to advocate to make MU more affordable From dining to living expenses to textbooks, there are many expenses that students face other than tuition. Each Missouri Students Association presidential slate has devised a plan to make MU a place where all students can go, no matter their financial situation.

GOMEz // HANNER EMILY GALLION Staff Writer Missouri Students Association presidential candidate Haden Gomez said he and running mate Chris Hanner made student affordability “one of the biggest things on (their) platform,” because finances are a major reason students drop out of college.

Gomez and Hanner have both served on MSA’s Budget Committee and the MU Budget Office’s Budget Allocation Advisory Committee, and Hanner was the chairman of the the Budget Committee last year. One of the ways the two plan to help students is to increase the transparency of what fees students will have to pay.

“I hear every single day in Speakers Circle that students don’t know what fees are associated with what class,” Gomez said.

Gomez said they want to partner with myZou and the Office for Financial Success so students will see what fees are associated with classes they’re considering registering for before they enroll.

“That way, there would not be any surprises,” Gomez said. “They would not feel like they were being slighted.

They would know every single penny and dime they would be paying for that class.”

They also want to improve Campus Dining Services’ swipe system. Their platform says they plan to work with CDS to try to enable the use of meal swipes at the three Mizzou Market locations and in the Student Center.

Gomez said the reduction of the cost of swipes to $7 per meal was an encouraging step, but they still wanted to work to reduce that cost.

“It’s really just talking to (CDS) and making sure students are aware of (what they’re paying for), but also making sure they’re becoming increasingly transparent,” he said.

Their platform says they plan to work with Student Legal Services to “crack

down on predatory leasing.” Gomez said this would involve educating students so they know what they’re getting into when they sign a lease with an offcampus rentor.

“There are too many luxury apartment complexes being built and not enough affordable options for students,” Hanner said in an email.

“This ends up being bad not just for students, who are entering into predatory leases, according to former Student Legal Services lawyer Steve Concannon, but also for the economic health of the city of Columbia.”

Gomez and Hanner also hope to work with the Associated Students of the University of Missouri to advocate for student affordability at the state level. He said student lobbying could have a profound impact on politics and that it had in the past, citing the 2013 “Kill the Bill” rallies as an example.

“You can tell when there is a student voice in the capital, they do start listening,” Gomez said. “A lot of the time, (state politicians) get caught up in the politics of it and they don’t see many of their constituents, but whenever they have a student there asking for more funding, it becomes more realistic.”

Gomez and Hanner said they support the proposed library fee, but called it a “huge burden” on students and expressed disappointment with MU for not prioritizing library funding.

“We know that a library is a staple when it comes to education on a campus, so you would think a university would be more proactive in funding things like that,” Gomez said.

Gomez said if he and Hanner were voted into office and the fee passed, they would look into other ways to fund the library, such as private donations, a capital campaign or funding from the university.

“There has to be other ways,” he said. “Students are a last resort when it comes to funding.”

EJAZ // Parrie NEETI BUTALA Senior Staff Writer Syed Ejaz and Heather Parrie want to address student affordability by advocating for more affordable housing, creating a profit-share for textbook sales and challenging tuition changes.

“MSA has a little bit more power than the average student to fight these things, and that is our responsibility,” Parrie said.

From his conversations at the Southeastern Conference exchange, Ejaz said student affordability is not a problem unique to MU. Ejaz said there are many roles that MSA would play to promote affordable housing.

One role is to work with developers and City Council to verify that the student housing in Columbia is conducive to proper student living and to ensure “abusive marketing practices” aren’t occurring, Ejaz said.

Another role is educating students on how to make a good housing decision.

Ejaz said rent is one of the largest costs students have to pay and student housing is “something MSA often overlooks.”

The candidates would also like to evaluate how to make Campus Dining prices more affordable, Parrie said.

“Campus Dining is a monopoly here on campus,” Parrie said. “It is one of the only ways to get food here on this campus unless you are going downtown. They have the ability to set their prices, and we have the ability to challenge those prices.”

The University of Alabama Student Government Association brokered a deal with Amazon which allowed a portion of their revenue from textbook sales to return to the university and their SGA. Ejaz said that would be a model for MU to look into. Right now, students purchase textbooks from the Mizzou

Store or from a different source. The revenue made from those sales goes to university administration instead of to MSA. According to the Mizzou Store website, the money generated from textbook sales supports Stankowski Field, the Student Success Center, the Student Center and Memorial Union in the form of donations.

“We spend so much on textbooks, and for it to be vague as to where that money is actually going from the Mizzou Store is not fair to the students,” Parrie said.

Although they are generally in favor of the library fee, Ejaz said he would have rather seen the library fee broken into smaller parts so it would have been easier for students to accept.

“On a fundamental basis, nobody wants to pay fees, but if the design of the fee is smart and it appears manageable, then the student body would definitely entertain it,” Ejaz said.

A lot of the negativity from the proposed fee comes from students questioning what the fee does for them, Parrie said. It is hard for students “to swallow” if they do not use the resources in Ellis.

“We are not necessarily going to see (the fee) immediately affecting our education, especially for those of us who are later in our academic careers,” Parrie said.

When tuition changes, the student body is told there is no choice. It is a sign that MSA has not been doing a good job addressing student affordability, Ejaz said.

“Student affordability is one of the major roles that MSA should always be stepping into because it controls so many dynamics on campus, campus life and the composition of the student body,” Ejaz said. “The list just goes on and on.”

Mcfarland // segers ALLYSON VASILOPULOS Staff Writer Jordan McFarland and Jonathan Segers hope to address student affordability by increasing the number of registered voters, hosting monthly informational forums and creating videos about available resources.

They said they believe lack of voter participation in all forms of elections is the greatest problem concerning student affordability.

If more students voted, students would have a greater influence, McFarland said.

McFarland said only 13 percent of the student body votes in MSA elections, meaning they only have 13 percent influence on the campus as a whole. Their goal for their year of office is to increase student participation in the polls to about 40 percent.

“We really have to work on increasing political participation with (Tigers Advancing Political Participation),” McFarland said. “I hate to say I’ll leave it for the next guy, but if we can do that in a year, that would be incredibly ambitious.”

They said they would also like to see more students registered as Boone County voters and provide absentee ballots for those who choose not to.

The candidates also said they would like to see more traditionalstyle rooms in residence halls rather than suite-style rooms, which would provide more affordable housing options for students.

Their program addressing food insecurity, Swipe Me In, would be a social media campaign that pairs students with extra meal swipes with students who don’t have enough food in an attempt to make sure all students are fed.

The program would also include an educational campaign via social media about food insecurity and increased exposure for Tiger Pantry.

McFarland and Segers said they plan to produce 30-second videos showcasing all the residential life resources available on campus.

The videos would be made by the Department of Student Communications in conjunction with MUTV and other auxiliaries on campus.

“There are a lot of tools, but a lot of people don’t know that they exist unless they go talk to someone,” Segers said.

In addition to producing videos, McFarland and Segers said they would like to hold monthly forums in which students answer questions about on- and off-campus housing.

Another major student expense is the proposed library fee, which they both support.

“I think the library fee will end up working for the students at the end of the day, even though it might be a bitter pill to swallow at the beginning,” McFarland said.

If the library fee is voted down in the upcoming election, the candidates said they hope it will appear again in the future. They said they will take the opportunity to educate students on the benefits of voting yes.

At the Oct. 26 presidential debate, McFarland said he would travel to Jefferson City himself to fight for a better education.

McFarland said he will work with the MU campus before he does anything at the city or state level.

“We are there to facilitate what they’re doing, not issue our own directives,” McFarland said.

“Nowhere in the job description is heavy lobbyist. That’s not what we’re here to do.”

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The Maneater endorses Ejaz/Parrie for MSA The Missouri Students Association is on an upward trend, owing much of its current momentum to the work of President Payton Head. In order to continue this trend, MSA needs another year of strong executive leadership with a mind for advocacy, accountability and transparency.

With confidence, we can say that the Ejaz/Parrie platform “Mizzou Together” can best fulfill these roles and best represent MU’s 27,654 undergraduate students.

You can hear the passion in senior Syed Ejaz and junior Heather Parrie’s voices when they talk about serving MU’s student body. Their approachable and authentic personalities coupled with a clear sense of direction and compassion motivate this endorsement.

The MSA president is the primary advocate for MU’s student body to our administration, to the city and to the state. In this regard, Ejaz is unmatched.

His efforts as the chairman of the Campus and Community Relations Committee have shown him to be a capable advocate for students in Columbia. At the state level, his work in Jefferson City as an intern for former State Rep. John Wright has given him a unique perspective of the inner workings of our state legislature.

This perspective will be invaluable as we continue to face a state legislature apprehensive of funding higher education. We would be more than comfortable having Ejaz represent MU in these settings.

The other two presidential candidates, Jordan McFarland and Haden Gomez, do not have the same experience in advocacy and are not as convincing as candidates in this regard.

Of the many issues discussed throughout this year’s campaign, perhaps the most pressing was social justice. In a year of high-profile incidents of racism on campus, such as those involving Payton Head and the Legion of Black Collegians Homecoming royalty court, the candidates were challenged on social justice issues and inclusivity throughout the campaign.

Both Ejaz and Parrie have been social justice advocates before it suddenly became more popular preceding this year’s election. Ejaz was in attendance at the initial MU4MikeBrown protests last year, in addition to multiple Racism Lives Here protests during this year. Parrie serves as a Diversity Peer Educator and has been a member of the United Ambassadors, a minority student recruitment team.

Gomez/Hanner, on the other hand, became social justice advocates relatively recently. One look at their social media accounts shows that they only began to post about social justice, as well as campus issues in general,

in the month leading up to the campaign. In comparison, Ejaz/Parrie have been members of this discussion on social justice and campus issues ever since they came to MU. Still, this shortcoming could be looked past had it not been for the multiple missteps and blunders regarding social justice Gomez has made throughout the campaign. From calling sexual assault survivors “victims,” to not knowing what the policy for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is, to referring to those with mental health disabilities as having a “broken mind,” it’s clear that Gomez is out of touch with the student body he’s seeking to represent.

While they did later correct themselves, this campaign shouldn’t be a learning experience in understanding basic terminology.

McFarland/Segers, both Social Justice Committee attendees, are well-versed in social justice. They’ve proposed that every elected or paid official within MSA be Green Dot and Safe Space trained and go through DPE facilitations, a feasible idea. However, because their “Mizzou 49” plan is exceptionally vague regarding its purpose, and their support for the diversity course requirement is matched by the other platforms, the McFarland/Segers platform does not have a clear and different sense of direction when it comes to diversity and inclusion.

Ejaz/Parrie have a similar plan regarding diversity training. They have proposed mandatory Green Dot training in residence halls for student staff and residents, which borders on being unrealistic. We have doubts about the feasibility of implementing this training, but they have acknowledged this. Their intent is to generate momentum for this initiative or another of equal effectiveness that will continue beyond their time in office, which is far more reasonable.

The McFarland/Segers platform also brought to the election a proposal to change the timeframe of the annual MSA election from November to April. Along with this change, they proposed changing the name of MSA to Student Government Association to better represent what MSA is and what it does. McFarland/Segers ought to be congratulated for the proposal to change the election period, as it is a good idea.

But, at the same time, Ejaz validly points out that renaming MSA to SGA would be a bad idea, as it actually misrepresents what MSA is. As he has said, MSA is an interest group, not a government. All that MSA can do is issue the student opinion and provide services in exchange for a student fee. This is without mentioning the logistical challenges that would come along with renaming MSA.

As a result, we are inclined to agree with Ejaz/Parrie and Gomez/Hanner regarding the name change.

One of the most critical roles MSA plays is the allocation of a budget of more than $1.6 million, all of which comes from the student activity fee. The vice president, along with the Budget Committee chairperson, is chiefly responsible for balancing this budget.

When it comes to balancing the budget, Hanner is the most qualified of the three vice presidential candidates.

He worked as MSA’s Budget chairman and secretary of auxiliaries on the Head/Smith-Lezama executive cabinet.

However, throughout the campaign, Hanner surprised us. He has mentioned that the vice president, in the long run, shouldn’t be responsible for the budgetary process. In place of this, he has said that he believes a new treasurer position should be created on the executive cabinet and given this power. We have doubts as to whether this is a sound plan.

Segers hasn’t said much regarding his plans regarding the budget and hasn’t shown a depth of knowledge regarding the budgeting process and its composition.

Parrie does not have nearly as much budgetary experience as Hanner, but she has held her own regarding the budget. She understands that her role in the budgeting process is as a representative, meaning that her decisions should reflect the wishes of the student body, and she is prepared to handle budget cuts. With this in mind, we would be comfortable with Parrie handling MSA’s budget.

We expect Parrie would balance her role in the budget with an advocacy role when it comes to campus issues, an important part of the vice presidency.

Unlike the other two slates, Ejaz/Parrie understand the limitations of the office and their own limitations as people. They aren’t afraid to admit when they’re wrong or don’t know all the answers. They answer questions with a sincerity and confidence that we haven’t seen from the other candidates. The combination of Ejaz’s involvement in MSA and Parrie’s experience with other organizations across campus work together to create a compelling platform with a promising future.

Perhaps most importantly, the years of hard work put in by Syed Ejaz and Heather Parrie have organically led them to this point. Their service will come before their pursuit of a title, rather than the opposite, and that’s the way it ought to be.

the kaleidoscope view

Black rights have been decaying since the 1960s KENNEDY JONES While researching the #FeesMustFall protest to write this week's column, I came across some interesting information: "Africa is more unequal now than it was during apartheid,” according to Basani Baloyi and Gilad Isaacs of CNN. “A quick look at national statistics from 2014 shows that on average the top 10 percent of wage earners take home 90 times more in wages than the bottom 10 percent, the top 1 percent earn 393 times the bottom 10 percent. Inequality, measured by the Gini coefficient (a measure in which 0 is perfect equality and 1 perfect inequality), is a staggering 0.66.

Disturbingly, inequality has increased since the fall of apartheid.”

Now, Africa went through its "civil rights movement" during the fall of apartheid and "succeeded" many years before we, the United States, would have succeeded in our own Civil Rights Movement. By "succeed," I mean they achieved most of what was demanded, ended lawful segregation and, most importantly, elected their first black president (Nelson Mandela) all before 1994: some things we wouldn't enjoy until 2008 with the election of President Obama. If it's safe to say

South Africa is not only going back to old ways but becoming worse than before apartheid, what is there to say about the U.S.?

No one would like to say the U.S. could become worse than before our civil rights were truly achieved, because that's practically impossible; what could be worse than slavery? But with everything that is going on, it certainly does feel like the U.S. has taken some steps backward since our achievement of civil rights.

Police brutality against black people has become increasingly repetitive and an extreme problem in our communities. Not that police brutality hasn't always been there, but cops these days don't seem to care enough to cover their tracks and are unbothered by the consequences of their actions. Victims like Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Sandra Bland are becoming increasingly more common. And the fact that I have to use the word "common" right now makes me sick.

Or what about Nathan Ener of Texas? He is the white man in the cowboy hat who posted the violently racist video on Facebook after the death of a white deputy officer by a black man. Nathan defines anyone who is black as a "thug." Claims that any "thug's" life doesn't matter. Pulls out his gun, cocks it and says that the sound of him cocking his gun will be the last thing

any "thug" hears when he and those like him enter their house.

Or how about those incidents that take place in our education systems? Not only do black students get punished systematically in the school system more than white students, but we've also created hostile, racist-promoting environments for them to learn in.

For instance, there’s Catherine Ariemma, a Georgia history teacher who, in 2010, allowed her students to reenact the KKK and film for a senior class project frightening many students among their student body in 2010. I myself thought I'd never see something like that until it happened at my own high school in 2013 and my principal, Scott Walker, did nothing at all until his hand was forced by public opinion. But let's not forgot our own college campus. Among our many and numerous offenses of racist behavior, we can never forget when cotton balls were spread over the GOBCC lawn or when there were threats to burn down the GOBCC. So yes, I guess we could say the U.S., like South Africa and its journey backward since apartheid, has taken some steps backward from when our civil rights were first achieved. Or maybe we should pose the question: Were they ever achieved at all?

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THE MANEATER | OPINION | NOVEMBER 4, 2015 LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Libraries director: Vote ‘yes’ on library fee To all students at MU: I want to thank all of you who have attended the several open forums held

by MSA and GPC to learn about the proposed student library fee. Having attended most of the forums, I have been heartened by the expressions of caring and support you have voiced at the meetings. I and other members of the library staff have listened and learned from your comments and ideas.

We deeply appreciate your concerns.

Like you, I’ve been frustrated by the pervasive underfunding that the MU Libraries have experienced since long before I arrived as library director almost 14 years ago. For as long as I have worked here, I’ve attempted to increase revenues for the libraries. When I arrived on campus in 2002, I knew there was no hope of gaining any new funding from the state. Missouri has not adequately funded higher education

for many decades, and it has ranked near the bottom of the 50 states in percapita support for public colleges and universities for generations.

As for gaining any significant new funding from the MU campus administration, I have been successful only once, in academic year 200910, when we received an increase of $1.1 million to our base budget for library collections. That was important, because it allowed us to avoid major cuts in journal subscriptions for at least a few years. Unfortunately, the annual rate of inflation for scholarly journals is often more than four times that of the Consumer Price Index, and we now face as much as $700,000 in cuts to our materials budget in order to avoid a deficit next fiscal year.

In terms of raising cash donations from alumni and other private individuals, our fundraising efforts have increased library endowments (pooled

accounts that pay earnings every year) from $2 million in 2002 to over $10 million last year. These funds currently provide us with an annual revenue stream of $500,000, an amount that helps us cover some shortfalls, but it does nothing to address the fact that we are $15 million below the average annual expenditures of our peer libraries. We can’t expect our alumni and friends to provide that kind of ongoing support for library operations.

That leaves only one source to relieve the substantial underfunding that has plagued the MU Libraries for many years: our largest and most important user group, MU students. All academic divisions and colleges on campus have been facing the same financial pressures as the libraries, but they now have something that we don’t have – they all have a dedicated student fee. Your libraries are the ONLY academic division on campus that does NOT

have a designated student fee. Every other MU college has been able to gain more revenue in recent years from the increased numbers of students at Mizzou — but not your libraries.

That’s why we have proposed a student library fee. It’s the only means we have left to stop the decline that has resulted from decades of underfunding for the MU Libraries. Students now at MU have a rare opportunity: by enacting this fee, you will be making an investment that will have an immediate and lasting effect on both the quality of the education and the value of the degrees that you receive from this university.

This is an important vote on Nov. 10.

We hope you will vote YES for the MU Libraries.

Jim Cogswell, Director of Libraries cogswellja@missouri.edu

letter to the editor

MU graduate argues that hunger striking is unreasonable strategy To Jonathan Butler and the larger MU student body, I’m an MU alumni and fellow graduate student, albeit currently at a different university. I want to initially point out that I respect the intestinal fortitude to announce a hunger strike; that decision (I can only assume) takes a huge amount of courage and a larger level of commitment. That said, soon (I suspect) any supporter of your announcement will disregard everything here following, and conversely, any critic or your announcement will immediately support everything here following. I think you are going about this in a misguided way. To be perfectly clear, I am not and will not in this letter, be referring to any perceived conflicts within the MU community to which your open letter refers. I hope that last sentence reads as clear and sounds as unbiased as it is here intended.

I do not think a hunger strike is a reasonable method to achieve any positive outcome.To start, I think you are putting the UM System, at large, in a very difficult position for a different reason than you intend. If Mr. Wolfe resigns, due to this hunger strike, it sets forth a highly dangerous precedent of the

means to enact a change. If it’s a success, it opens the door to future actions of the same for any cause, good or bad. A future student can likewise declare it is either their life lost or a change, seeing that it has worked in the past (with you, Jonathan, being the potential example) and they go about doing the same. Here is the crux of this: It opens the potential to demand virtually any change (even objectively negative change) or face a student death. A student can threaten self-harm or suicide (a harsh reality of the current announcement) with this history of (potential) success to demand any outcome. Any outcome: different dining hall food, cheaper tuition, the resigning of a professor, or even an allwhite campus (an objectively negative change mentioned). The powers that be then, whether they be Gov. Jay Nixon or other administrative officials, are then forced to choose between accepting the demand (for better or worse) or having a student take their own life. Further, this incredibly difficult decision would have to be made in the ultimate of timely manners, when you or a future student(s), can no longer go on without sustenance. The precedent of a hunger strike or any other threat of self-harm, while I know you yourself are superbly

well-intentioned, sets a precedent to similar acts where others may simply not be as well-intentioned and seek outlandish or, again, objectively negative outcomes. To illustrate this idea of precedence further in a stark way, what if another student announces a hunger strike (or other self-harm) if Mr. Wolfe does resign? Then what outcome could be expected? What and how could anyone possibly take action one way or another at such ultimately high competing costs? There simply needs to be a better way to enact the changes you seek. The potential for a snowball effect so to speak, with your announcement, in my eyes puts the university at the potential for more future harm than any possible good.

This well-intentioned writer suggests rather the way to go about the changes you seek is from the bottom upward.

To state first though, any person who perpetuates intolerance of any kind based on such ignorant beliefs (examples in your letter) is simply wrong. As a fact.

That said, positive change and tolerance should not have to come from any level higher than that of the student. I would encourage you to actively motivate your bright and well-intentioned peers, and the student body at large, to stand up

to any such intolerance. Any comment or action denoting hatred of another, based on any such superficial and incredibly wrongheaded belief, should be swiftly rejected in that moment on the personal level. As an illustration of the importance of this bottom-up action, I would bet everything I own that the person who drew the swastika (as an example) gave no thought to Mr. Wolfe at that time whatsoever. Further, Mr. Wolfe’s potential resignation simply will not solve each problem of intolerance to come. A larger cultural change toward total and complete acceptance must take place. Positive change needs to be rooted in the individual heart and directed at the student body before all else.

I sincerely hope that the courage and commitment you have so clearly demonstrated in your announcement can likewise be demonstrated in a change of your current decision to actively make a change at the level it truly matters.

Sincerely, Will Felton felt9099@vandals.uidaho.edu

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MOVE

The key to your entertainment

COURTESY OF THE MU THEATRE DEPARTMENT

An MU student performs a song during the “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” musical Oct. 23, 2015, at the Corner Playhouse.

The rock musical was written by John Cameron Mitchell and originally performed off-Broadway in 1998.

BLACK WHITE AND READ

Where you lead, I will follow We like coffee only with our oxygen, too. Rory Gilmore’s booklist epitomizes the best of literature.

KATHERINE ROSSO Columnist Anyone who is a lover of “Gilmore Girls” knows that Rory is a bookworm. In her valedictorian speech at Chilton, she said, “I live in two worlds; one is a world of books.” And now with the recent revival of the series for a four-part Netflix comeback, there was no way I could pass up the chance to do a Rory-centric column.

In 2013, writer Patrick Lenton gathered all the books Rory had ever mentioned during the seven-season show, and he came up with 337 novels. The link to this list sat in my “To-do” Pinterest for quite some time before I actually decided to make my way through it.

While I’m still working on it (I keep getting caught up with tough novels like Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment or Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol), there are a few books on her list that are must-reads.

“The Kite Runner”

by Khaled Hosseini This isn’t exactly the type of book you read on a light afternoon. This book realistically intertwines the political nature of Afghanistan, the history of the last 30 years and the bond between two friends.

The book is very sad and has a few trigger warnings for rape, beatings and a public execution, but the book is about protagonist Amir’s need to fix his wrongs and the guilt and anguish that go with them. The book

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Hedwig and the angry inch

Review: ‘Hedwig’ breaks mold Keaton Kruser and Emmanuel Llorente portray Hedwig in the first musical of the year.

REGINA ANDERSON Reporter “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” is not your grandmother’s favorite musical.

The rock musical written by John Cameron Mitchell, originally performed off-Broadway in 1998, is a far cry from the other musicals of its time.

With a two-person cast and a fiveperson band, the musical doesn’t have

the large production value that other rock musicals like “Rent” or “Rock of Ages” have. Already, “Hedwig” is an odd choice for a college musical.

Hedwig, played alternately by senior Keaton Kruser and freshman Emmanuel Llorente, is a genderqueer singer who began her life in East Germany as “a girlyboy” named Hansel. A botched sex change causes her to take on a female persona and her mother’s name, Hedwig.

Joined onstage by her band and her husband Yitzhak, played by senior Blair Ussary, Hedwig discusses her journey from East Germany to her current performance for the audience, focusing mostly on her love life, ‘the one that got away’ and her sense of self.

The show runs about 90 minutes and the only large speaking role is Hedwig, essentially making it one long monologue with musical interludes and interruptions by Yitzhak. The musical relies heavily on the interactions between Hedwig and the audience as well as Hedwig’s imitations of the other characters in the story.

I went to see the musical on its opening night, which featured Kruser as the lead. The show was at the intimate Corner Playhouse stage, which was designed to resemble a rock concert venue. Before the performance began, the band (The

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Downtown

Street piano removed following complaints BIANCA RODRIGUEZ Reporter “Thanks for all the many notes.

I’m leaving soon.

My season is over.

My work is done.

‘Play it Loud.’”

That was the anonymous note found Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 on the famous “Play it Loud” street piano sitting outside of Tellers. It was officially removed from its home last Thursday.

The piano’s keys were removed after noise complaints from those working in the offices above the restaurant.

“We support live, spontaneous music downtown, but think it's fair

to ask that it be temporary and change locations regularly,” says Jeremy Brown, who works in one of the businesses located on the second floor.

The piano was originally set to be removed, along with the second piano outside of The Heidelberg before winter to avoid damage to the instruments.

A Facebook post from Tellers included a photo of the beloved piano without any keys and the caption “It’s tragic that people can’t leave a beautiful thing alone to be enjoyed by others. R.I.P. Piano.”

At first, this post made it seem as if the piano had been vandalized by a citizen of Columbia.

Comments on the post ranged

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A damaged street piano sits next to Tellers Gallery & Bar Oct. 25, 2015, on E. Broadway.

The piano’s keys were removed after noise complaints.

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The fashions of the Chanels discussed LAUREN WILLIAMS

I have found myself in a state of amazement once again. After falling victim to the pressuring advertisement of Xfinity.com, I found myself submerged into Ryan Murphy’s newest addicting TV show, “Scream Queens.” The best part of the black comedy is the outfits of the character; specifically, the Chanels. However, I find it very ironic that the quartets clothing choices strongly differ from their personalities and actions. Was it intentional?

In order to delve into this mystery, I must first explain to you the personalities of the Chanels. For one the group is lead by the head Chanel, Chanel No. 1, played by Emma Roberts.

Her minions, Chanels’ 2 (deceased), 3, 5 and 6, were named after their leader.

More or less, they just listen to the instructions and mental abuse of their ruthless leader, Chanel No. 1. Chanel No. 1 honestly needs a whole research paper dedicated to her personality analysis, but you didn’t come here for that. Just know that she is a savage narcissist who deep-fried a woman’s face off.

Bringing it back to fashion, the

women are known to strut around in pastels. I find this strange because pastels are usually associated with happy, friendly and kind things (think Easter). I feel it would be more befitting if the group was outfitted in a more appropriate color like black, oxblood or plum. However, that would be too obvious; too devious and witchy.

In addition, the women play a lot with textures, especially soft textures.

The women parade their campus in soft furs and quilted skirts that very much contrast their stone-cold personalities.

However, the producers missed a flaw in the structure of said apparel: Fur coats and quilted fabrics come off as very boxy and structured. It kind of all moves in one unit. Coincidentally, the Chanels do also. Therefore, there is a break in irony there because these clothing items do fit the personalities of the group.

In summary, I do feel as though the producers purposely threw the attire irony in for a reason; it’s as if they wanted to further highlight the fact that these women weren’t sweet. But I do believe the choice to give them a soft, girly style was to express that there can be some good in the bad. Chanels 2, 3, 5 and 6 are actually very nice people.

Well, No. 6 is questionable, but the others are just victims of circumstance.

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Angry Inch) played for about 30 minutes, almost as if they were an opening act to Hedwig’s performance.

As a lover of small intimate

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from annoyance and anger to remembrance of the great performances and memories that all started with just one note.

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musicals, I really appreciated this performance of “Hedwig.”

The set was very well done and reflected different elements of Hedwig’s life. The vocal performances from Kruser and Ussary blew me away; their belting abilities were both impressive and envy-inducing.

One scene that showed

Kruser’s extensive acting range was the interaction between Hedwig and Tommy, her lost love, when she confronts him about her disfigurement and his apparent avoidance of it.

The scene is told by Hedwig, requiring Kruser to change his voice and body language to differentiate between the two

characters. Kruser’s enthralling portrayal of Hedwig’s final interaction with her love captured the conflict and emotion and gave me chills.

This is a musical that breaks all molds, which is fitting in that Hedwig herself doesn’t fit into any of the molds she’s been trying to fill her whole life.

Her journey to self-acceptance

Rumors were soon cleared up by a comment on the Facebook post made by Lucy Urlacher of the Columbia Piano Technicians Guild, who clarified the reason for the piano’s removal.

“The piano was loved and Samantha Edwards’ artwork a huge part of that,” Urlacher wrote. “The removal of the

keys was not vandalism. We piano techs did it in response to noise complaints from 2nd floor offices. The time on the streets was very near an end with freezing night temps soon to be here. Remember the love and the good times with Play It Loud!!”

Deb Rust, one of the owners

of Teller’s, says the piano has been in front of her restaurant since last Spring when it first made its debut to Columbia.

“It’s unfortunate that the beauty and simplicity of the piano that was enjoyed by many was not well received by all,” Rust says.

Urlacher doesn’t know if

the “Play it Loud” piano will be in a good enough shape to be playable for the next year.

The original plan was to bring both pianos back in the warmer months.

Until then, a part of the rich culture of downtown Columbia will be lost as residents find other ways to “Play it Loud.”

fiction. In reality, the book is a snappy, clever “Devil Wears Prada”-esque novel that pulls you into the drama. The movie version, though it had Chris Evans, was not very good, but the book is fun and humorous.

The novel is filled with funny stories and catchphrases that the nanny comes up with. The daily dynamics of this wealthy family’s life will keep you interested until the very last page.

"The Joy Luck Club”

by Amy Tan “The Joy Luck Club” is the seamless amalgamation of sixteen stories, four families and their struggles. The book, although fictional, is likely rooted in Tan’s experiences as an Asian-American daughter of Chinese immigrants. The Joy Luck Club is the mahjong group that the mothers of the families are in and the reason their stories are intertwined.

The language of the novel is beautiful and authentic, increasing the perspective of the dichotomy between Asian and American culture. The book is also often hailed as a feminist work because of the strong female characters, all of whom play a part in the brilliant presentation of the cultures, adding a whole lot of heart.

“Slaughterhouse-Five”

by Kurt Vonnegut “Slaughterhouse-Five”

is a satirical novel, mostly stemming from Vonnegut’s experiences during World War II, disguised as an interesting science-fiction novel. The book is a relatively easy read with an underlying complex story form, creating a satisfying blend of both comic relief and hard tragedy. The book discusses the realities of war and the struggles for power, while conveying Vonnegut’s stillrelevant political ideals.

is one that can resonate with many college students as long as they’re willing to hear her story with an open mind.

MOVE gives “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” a 4.5 out of 5.

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is a deep, heartbreaking and completely incredible novel.

“The Nanny Diaries” by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin I know, the “The Nanny Diaries” sounds like it falls in line with the likes of “Twilight” and the genre of tweenie

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A double dose of coaching couples Wayne Kreklow, after two decades of coaching with his wife: “I couldn’t do this without her. I couldn’t do it.”

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Photo of assistant coach Susan Kreklow.

Two married couples run the Missouri volleyball team, and they couldn’t do it without each other.

But the coaches’ connections began far before they arrived at Mizzou.

From 1994 to 1999, Wayne and Susan Kreklow served as co-head coaches for the men's and women’s volleyball teams at Columbia College. On the women’s side, they found significant success as they claimed back-to-back coach of the year awards and national titles. On that team was none other than the 1999 NAIA National Player of the Year, Deng Yang.

After a handful of years coaching just across town, several coaching positions opened up at Mizzou. The couple was thrown into the mix.

“At the time, it was almost unheard of that you could go from coaching an NAIA or even Division II or Division III school and become a head coach at a Big 12 or a power conference school,” Wayne Kreklow said. “That just didn’t happen.”

So when they were offered the job, the couple looked to their future and imagined the regret they would feel in 20 years if they were too scared to take the leap. So they took it.

And Yang came with them.

Although she had only played in the U.S. for two years, she agreed to move on to coaching. And Mizzou was the perfect place for that because the Kreklows would be there.

Ever since she moved from China, the Kreklows supported her “as a player and a person,” Yang said. They assisted her in everyday tasks, like finding where to get her lawn mower fixed or who to call about a broken pipe.

She returned the favor by looking after their three kids, picking up a lot of English from their Scooby Doo marathons.

“The environment that I work in became my No. 1 thing,” Yang said. “I want to be in a place where I feel comfortable because my language is different and I’m still a foreigner, no matter how many years I’m in this country. I feel comfortable to develop and grow as a good coach.”

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Soccer

Missouri soccer enters SEC championships as No. 2 seed TYLER KRAFT Staff Writer It is officially crunch time for Missouri soccer.

With Southeastern Conference championships starting Wednesday, the Tigers are looking to continue what has been, up to this point, the most successful season Missouri has had since joining the SEC. Led by SEC Coach of the Year Bryan Blitz, Missouri enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed. Only Florida finished ahead of the team in the regular season.

Mizzou will play its first game against Louisiana State on Wednesday in Orange Beach, Alabama.

The Tigers come into the tournament after finishing the regular season as one of the SEC’s hottest teams.

In the second half of the season, Mizzou documented a record of 6-1-2 and only allowed an average of 0.89 goals per game. Mizzou finished the regular season with the SEC’s top-ranked defense.

The defense was led by senior center back Candace Johnson, who was awarded First Team All-SEC honors Sunday.

“She’s in the top one percent of kids that have been here,” Blitz said. “It’s really about her character. We’ve had good, physical defenders, but I think she’s kind of the total package in terms of what you want your daughter to be (as a player).”

As for offense, senior midfielder Reagan Russell has reconnected with her form in the 2014 season. Russell

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Missouri Tigers defender Candace Johnson (23) high-fives her teammates in preparation for a game at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. Led by SEC Coach of the Year Bryan Blitz, Missouri enters the SEC tournament as the No. 2 seed.

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Cross-country

Adelsberger enjoys hard-earned breakout season The junior has consistently been one of Missouri’s top three runners.

PETER BAUGH Assistant Sports Editor When Missouri cross-country coach Marc Burns first met Teylar Adelsberger in 2014, he described her as a sponge that soaked up knowledge.

She would ask her new head coach questions every day at practice. What should she do in this situation? What should she change? What is this course like?

Today, a year later, it’s Burns checking in on Adelsberger during practice. He feels that Adelsberger, now a junior, has become a more independent learner.

“She’s really taken ownership in her success,” he said. “She’s the reason for her success because she has matured and she has grown as an athlete and she

believes that she can do it.”

Adelsberger has displayed this growth in a breakout junior season. In crosscountry, the top five runners from each school contribute to overall team point total. During Adelsberger’s freshman and sophomore years, she was rarely one of the Tigers’ scoring runners.

Now, she is consistently in the topthree.

“It’s been really rewarding,” Adelsberger said. “I really like the idea that I am actually contributing to the team this year … It’s been really nice to know that all my hard work is being able to help the team out.”

Burns has high hopes that Adelsberger will continue to develop going forward and is excited to see what she will do in the indoor and outdoor track seasons.

This season, Adelsberger broke into the top 50 finishers at the Southeastern Conference championship meet. If she continues to improve, Burns feels that Adelsberger will have a chance to place in the top 14 at next season’s SEC meet

and earn All-SEC honors.

“I think she can do it,” he said. “I think that she just has to keep working hard, be patient, believe that she’s going to get there. And I think she does and I can’t wait to see her get there.”

Adelsberger feels that running next to sophomore Karissa Schweizer has been helpful in her progression.

Schweizer is consistently the team’s top runner and qualified for the 2014 NCAA championships as a freshman.

Adelsberger said she tries to keep reasonably close to Schweizer, which helps her during races.

Throughout the 2015 season, Adelsberger made a number of physical and mental changes that have helped her improve.

“I’ve been running a little bit more mileage this year and trusting myself that I can do it, telling myself that I’m strong enough to be up there during workouts and races,” Adelsberger said.

Nearly all of the Tigers top runners are returning for the 2016 season. Two

of them, junior Kaitlyn Fischer and freshman Kate Smith, will compete next year after missing most of 2015 due to injuries.

With such a strong core of returning runners, Adelsberger feels that qualifying for the NCAA championships as a team is possible. The cross-country team will compete at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships on Nov. 13 and, if they place in the top two teams, will qualify for the national meet.

“If not this year then next year for sure,” she said.

Going forward, Burns is excited to see what the future holds for Adelsberger.

“She’s got a great attitude; she works really hard,” he said. “I’m just really excited to see her develop in the way she is and being a factor on this team. She’s an important piece of this program and (I’m) just thrilled to see her developing into one heck of a distance runner here at Mizzou.”

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Continued from page 19 However, in 2005 the dynamic soon shifted again when the couple’s cartoonconsumed kids transitioned into middle school and high school, picking up more activities that they were missing out on.

To give Susan more time and flexibility, the couple switched roles.

Not long after, the family aspect of the team expanded when setter Molly Kreklow,

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“I felt like I was finally getting in my groove the second half of the season,” Russell said. “Every game started to sink in that I was nearing the end of my career, and so I think

their niece, joined the program.

Soon after came their daughter, Ali, who is now a sophomore setter and fixture for the Tigers.

And with family came favoritism, or at least the assumption of it.

With these new additions, the Kreklows found themselves especially conscious of their interactions in the gym.

“Honestly, sometimes, I’d like to compliment her or point something out that she’s doing well, but I’m not going to do it because it comes across as you’re only saying that because she’s your daughter kind of

thing,” Wayne said. “That’s hard sometimes but she gets it.

She knows.”

By now, the family has grown so used to this dynamic that in the gym, Ali said, she often forgets they are mom and dad. They are simply her coaches. The same goes for Yang, another maternal figure in her life.

The final addition to the family arrived just two years ago: Yang’s husband, Dawei Shen. After going back and forth between the U.S. and China to coach a professional team, Shen decided to stay

and join the program as an volunteer coach.

Last September, the couple’s wedding was more of a team event. The players, coaches and staff made up for family members who couldn’t make it.

And from then on there would be two coaching couples: four people that share the same “just do it” coaching philosophy, as Wayne put it. The pairs also agree on how to run the team: like a family. Typical, maybe.

But this team surpasses the cliche closeness.

“We all have our own family but as coaches we really feel

that our team is our family too,” Yang said. “The Kreklows run the team like a family and our players are like our kids.”

Now, both couples have coached together practically from the beginning of their marriage. For the Kreklows, they’ve become an inseparable package deal.

“Honestly, she keeps the whole thing running really,” Wayne said. “I’m just the on court. I couldn’t do this without her. I couldn’t do it.”

it kind of added a bit more to my game.”

The resiliency Russell showed during the second half of the season was characteristic of the entire Tigers squad.

Blitz believes quality sets his team apart and offers them the greatest chance to secure the first SEC championship in program history.

“We underperformed at LSU, and our team really rebounded,” Blitz said. “We are undefeated since that time with four wins and a draw here. I think we are playing our best soccer at the end here, which we are going to

have to do as we go into (the) grind of the tournament. You want to be playing your best soccer at the end, and I think that is what we are doing.”

The Tigers’ flexibility in the second half of the season only affirmed Russell’s belief in her team.

“We started off a little slow, and I was kind of nervous, to be honest,” Russell said. “From the summer, I was saying that we had the team to get a championship ring. Once we started picking it up, I knew that we had the momentum that we would need to get to

this moment.”

The road to the championship will not be an easy one for Mizzou. The Tigers enter the tournament without junior forward Jessica Herrman, who suffered a torn meniscus against Alabama. Herrman was an integral part of the Tiger attack, scoring three goals.

Missouri is also under the pressure of simply making the NCAA tournament. Despite finishing second in the regular season, the Tigers are ranked 50th, according to RPI. “RPI is kind of the voodoo thing,” Blitz said. “Second place

is something we are proud of, and I wanted to make sure that we got there just based on seeding.”

Blitz remains confident that his team will be victorious.

After all, this is not the first time this season that Missouri will be trying to bounce back.

“I think our kids are really resilient,” Blitz said. “I think they are pragmatic, they are resilient and they will bounce back. That’s why we finished second. We were able to bounce back against tough losses.”

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Power at the net fuels Missouri volleyball team The Missouri volleyball team’s strong offense has led them to have the third highest hitting percentage in the Southeastern Conference.

MIA CHUDZIK Reporter With over 1,200 kills so far, a consistent season of strong hitting has paid off for Missouri’s volleyball team.

Missouri is currently the second-ranked team in the Southeastern Conference, complemented by the league’s third-highest hitting percentage at .274.

Their success can be traced back to the number of options the team has when it comes to hitting. With nine out of the 15 players on the roster at an offensive position, there’s always someone strong at the net.

“We have so many weapons,” junior Carly Kan said. “You can’t just dial in on one because someone else is gonna come in after you. If we have a good pass it’s hard to stop us because we have three options every time and anyone can put the ball away pretty handily.”

Kan, an outside hitter, has made a heavy contribution to the team’s offensive success.

She currently leads the Tigers in kills with 375 on .267 hitting.

Along with senior Regan Peltier and sophomore Sydney Deeken, the three outside hitters have amassed more than 500 kills.

The Tigers have been working on earning points each play rather

than letting their opponent give them points through errors, making them tougher to stop at the net.

“All of our hitters are very offensive-minded,” sophomore Kira Larson said. “You’re not gonna get a nice easy shot from us. We go up every time and have the mindset of ‘I wanna hit the ball,’ and I think that’s something that a lot of teams have noticed.”

Larson and freshman Alyssa Munlyn, a transfer student from Nebraska, have been strong additions to the offense this year. Munlyn, a middle blocker, currently holds a .354 hitting percentage and has tallied 172 kills so far in the season. Larson holds a .330 with 210 kills as a right side hitter.

“They’ve both contributed tons,” coach Wayne Kreklow said.

“They have a physical presence at the net. They’re both great athletes and are both really competitive.”

Versatility between the middle blockers and right side hitters adds to Mizzou’s success. Junior Julia Towler currently has 129 kills on a .299 hitting percentage and has played both positions throughout the season. Junior Emily Thater has 120 kills as a middle blocker on .332 hitting, one of the highest for the team.

The combination of strong players and many play options allows Mizzou some leeway in case a member of the team isn’t on top of their game every night.

“At the end of the day, what’s really critical for a team is you gotta have options,” Kreklow said. “Somebody’s gonna have a great night one night and the next someone is going to be off.

That’s the nature of sports.”

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Missouri Tigers outside hitter Carly Kan (9) swings at the ball during the Black & Gold Scrimmage on Aug. 20, 2015, at Hearnes Center. The Tigers have one of the top hitting percentages in the Southeastern Conference.

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We’ve all been there: awful roommates

Staff Writer The smell of cannabis smoke lingered throughout the house when a student returned, tired and travel-worn, from a weekend at home.

“When I came back, there was weed everywhere. There were burnt blunts standing around on the tables and it smelled like weed all throughout my house,” a student, who requested to be anonymous, said of her former roommate situation. “To be fair, I hadn’t told her before that I wasn’t really OK with smoking in the house, but it just was not courteous of her to do this when I wasn’t there, especially because I could have been blamed for it.”

This is just one example of an unpleasant roommate situation that many students could potentially experience. Whether going into a housing situation blind or rooming with a best friend, roommate horror stories can be found all over campus.

After moving into an apartment by herself, the student was assigned a roommate, and then offered one of her coworkers a place to live. Although she and her original roommate got along great, issues arose with her coworker when she started smoking and eventually doing hard drugs, such as heroin, in the apartment. She tried talking to the housing management and the roommate about it, but nothing changed and their relationship progressively worsened.

“I eventually decided I needed to move out and that I couldn’t handle it anymore,” she said. “I found a onebedroom apartment so I wouldn’t have to live with anyone other than my boyfriend.”

Soon after, the other roommate who had been living with them ended up moving home.

Although they held discussions about living expectations, the problematic roommate never participated, making it difficult for the other tenants to address their issues.

“Sit down and talk when you start living together and find out what’s best for you all,” she said. “Expectations are what is most important, but also know the (housing) policy if you ever need to get out of a bad situation.”

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Sophomore Chelsea Fischer is living proof that rooming with an old friend is not a foolproof way to avoid unhappy roommates. In her freshman year, Fischer got a call at 3 a.m. from her roommate, who was expecting a ride home from a bar.

“She was constantly coming back in the middle of the night drunk, bringing random guys home, stealing my clothes and food,” Fischer said. “I pretty much tried to spend as much time as I possibly could away from the dorm. We were constantly fighting and pretty much hated each other.”

For their last two months living together, they did not speak at all as a result of their strained relationship. Her roommate left unexpectedly one month before summer, and Fischer has not seen or heard from her since.

Fischer said she does not regret the decision to live with her high school friend because she ended up learning a

lot about herself. Fischer advises anyone else in this situation to “stay true to who you are.”

“You don’t have to be friends with your roommate. There are so many great ways to get involved on campus and meet people you have things in common with,” Fischer said. “Also, no matter how horrible your roommate situation is, you are not the only one going through it.”

Another student, who is still living with a bad roommate and wishes to remain anonymous, said her roommate “said hello and walked away” the first time they met. Since then, they have never talked in person; the roommate only communicates with the other tenants through messages.

“The main problem we have is that she thinks she owns the common areas,” the student said.

The student said she and her roommates once rearranged the

furniture, and the roommate responded by talking badly about them on the phone loudly and moving all of the furniture back. “(She) sent us a message saying how it is tacky to (add) furniture to a furnished apartment and how we need to ask her before doing anything to the living room or kitchen,” the student said. “But just last week she put up a ton of Halloween decorations without even asking if any of us mind.”

Her situation was a random roommate assignment. She said after this, she will likely never do a random assignment again.

As for a solution, she finds it easiest just to ignore her roommate and not fight.

“Don’t add fuel to the fire,” the student said. “Even if you have a roommate that sucks, still try to be a good roommate yourself.”

Columbia seeks to reform trash collection methods BRYANNA LEACH Staff Writer Columbia residents have been trash talking to the city lately — that is, talking about the city’s trash pickup methods.

Throughout the city, trash is seen

bagged on the side of the road daily. The city is hoping to change this method by moving to roll carts and automatic collection. According to a Public Works Department report to Columbia City Council, 82.4 percent of Columbians would support this change.

However, an initiative petition by the citizen group Solid Waste Advocacy

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Several garbage bags sit next to the curb of a home at 1600 University Ave. in East Campus.

The Columbia Public Works Department is hoping to improve trash removal by moving to roll carts and automatic collection.

Group aims to ban the city from buying trucks and roll carts for trash pickup. On Nov. 2, city council accepted the petition to appear on the ballot in March 2016.

“The city of Columbia has been exploring the transition to automated collections for over three years with several reports and presentations to council,” Public Works Spokesman Steven Sapp said.

Some of the waste management methods the department has explored, according to their website, are the Pay As You Throw trash system, singlestream recycling and Automated Refuse Collection, or roll carts that can be picked up by trucks.

The PAYT system would allow customers to set out two bags at a base rate, and citizens would be required to pay extra for each additional bag.

The website shows that currently, all Columbia citizens pay $15.42 a month for trash pickup.

Single-stream recycling would allow all recyclable materials to be collected in one container without being sorted.

Columbia’s diversion rate, the amount of waste diverted from landfills, is half the national average.

Columbia native and freshman

Makayla Rippey has to leave trash on the curbside at her residence, whereas her parents use a roll cart. She prefers the carts.

“When the bags aren’t in the container they may leak on the ground and attract bugs,” Rippey said. “Also, I just don’t think it looks good having a bunch of trash laying around the streets.”

However, some citizens feel that trash bins looks worse than bags outside.

“The bins would take away curb appeal for our homes,” sophomore Ashlyn West said. “The trash is put out and picked up within a day, but the bins would presumably always sit at the front of the driveway, in front of our house.”

According to the city’s solid waste website, using roll carts would dramatically reduce the cost of workers’ compensation. Workers’ compensation for trash pickup costs an average of over $272,000 a year, according to their website. This is because picking up an average of 900 bags per week, with each bag weighing up to 50 pounds, is strenuous on workers’ bodies. Four out of five solid-waste workers are injured on the job, according to the website, and one worker died as a result of a workrelated injury.

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HOUSING GUIDE

Housing options limited for freshman with disabilities ALLYSON SHERWIN Staff Writer

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Freshman journalism major Christopher Olszewski poses for a portrait Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, in an elevator in Mark Twain Residence Hall. Olszewski was born with spastic right hemiplegia and must live at Mark Twain because it is an ADA accessible residence hall.

Freshman journalism major Christopher Olszewski was confronted with limited options when considering his choices for on-campus housing.

As a Walter Williams Scholar, he was left with two options of residence halls to choose from: Schurz or Mark Twain.

Olszewski was born with the condition spastic right hemiplegia, a form of the congenital disorder cerebral palsy. Because of his condition, Olszewski has limited fine motor skill in his right hand, and his right leg doesn’t function as well as his left. In addition to other CP symptoms, he also has epilepsy.

Olszewski said that when his options for freshman housing dwindled down to two options, he had to put his disabilities into consideration.

“My CP limits my ability to walk for long stretches of time, and as I'm sure you are aware, Schurz is a long distance from the center of campus,” Olszewski said in an email. “I decided to live in Twain because it was quite a bit closer to my classes and to downtown.”

Still, he said, Mark Twain isn’t perfect.

“The bed’s height is difficult to change; once they are lofted there is no easy way for someone to get up there,” Olszewski said in an email. “I know the frames are supposed to act as a ladder, but it just feels very unwieldy and unsafe. Despite the fact that they might be fire hazards, even just providing students with foldaway ladders would greatly improve the experience of simply getting in and out of bed.”

Olszewski said that because he lives on the sixth floor, having elevator access was a necessity and has made the daily trek to and from his room less burdensome.

MU Disability Center Director Barbara Hammer said incoming

freshmen with disabilities should not have to make accessibility their primary concern when assessing their housing options. Instead, students with disabilities should focus on what will allow them to gain the most out of their experience as a freshman.

“Residential Life has done an outstanding job of designing spaces that accommodate students with all kinds of disabilities, so issues of access really are not a concern,” Hammer said.

The MU Disability Center does not have a specific role in assisting students with disabilities in finding accommodating housing. Most of the on-campus freshman housing process is handled by the Department of Residential Life, and the application process is identical, Hammer said.

“The one difference would be when/ if they require accommodations to live in the residence hall or apartment, such as a wheelchair-accessible bathroom,” Hammer said. “In that case, students go through our office to request and be determined eligible for the accommodations and that information is then conveyed to Residential Life for assignment to an appropriate room.”

For next year, Olszewski is looking to rent a house or live in an apartment that remains close to his classes.

“I still don't have my (driver’s) license due to my seizures, so I still have to walk or bum a ride from somebody,” Olszewski said in an email. “The place where I live would have to be within reasonable walking distance of campus.”

Hammer maintains that in terms of accessibility, all residence halls are created equal.

"I don't think there is any reason to consider one residence hall to be better than another," Hammer said. "They all provide access so it's really a matter of which hall works best for the student with the respect to their particular access requirements, as well as other factors, such as involvement in a FIG or learning community."

Student housing development declines MARILYN HAIGH Senior Staff Writer In fiscal year 2015, Columbia didn’t approve any building permits for student housing. The reason, City Planner Pat Zenner said, is that there were no pending plans from developers.

This is a contrast to housing development in Columbia in the last decade. Zenner said student housing development activity “ramped up” around 2009 and reached its peak in 2013. During that time, the city approved three to four new plans annually.

In fall 2013, there was an oversupply of 902 beds in Columbia, according to previous reporting.

Zenner said student housing complex construction and applications have declined after a period of rapid development.

The only student complex being prepared for development now is a project from American Campus Communities on Providence Road and Turner Avenue.

Planning and Zoning Commission member Rusty Strodtman, said he

thinks developers are “letting the dust settle.”

“My assumption would be that everybody is trying to see how things settle down and (if) there is still a demand for housing,” he said.

Like any other commodity, finding the right amount of student housing is a relationship between supply and demand.

Columbia Housing Authority CEO Phil Steinhaus said there “tend to be peaks and valleys” in development because it takes considerable time to bring projects to fruition. Once a demand is identified, the process of buying land, building a complex and filling it with tenants can take two to three years.

He said higher enrollment numbers and overall community growth contribute to higher demand. This year, university enrollment is higher than ever with 35,050 students.

Zenner said developers might have been more enthusiastic to invest in student housing complexes in 2011, after the housing market crash, because it is easier to finance multifamily buildings.

“When the housing market

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Construction continues at Ninth and Elm streets, the previous site of Shakespeare’s Pizza, on a new Brookside housing complex. Currently Columbia has no more plans for housing construction while developers wait to see if demand catches up with the supply.

generally suffers and difficulty exists for individual homeowners to be able to obtain mortgages, often multifamily (housing financing) flourishes,” he said.

Zenner said the conditions for student housing all came together in “the perfect storm.”

Steinhaus said an excess of student housing can be good for permanent Columbia residents too, particularly low-income families.

Building apartments specifically for students frees up other properties around the city and, when renters have lots of options, competition keeps prices low.