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MU student next up for Board of Curators Current representative Tracy Mulderig: “The new student representative will have the responsibility of helping all campuses move forward and heal.” ;O84P)J5HJCCJD Reporter An MU student will soon be joining the UM System’s governing body, the Board of Curators, coinciding with a historic time on campus, administrative resignations and the student body’s desire for a stronger voice on a system level. “The new student representative will have the responsibility of helping all campuses move forward and heal,” said Tracy Mulderig, current student representative and doctoral student at UM-St. Louis. “It’s the responsibility of all of us.” The Board of Curators includes a non-voting student representative position that rotates between the four UM system campuses. The two-year position will be renewed on Jan. 1, 2016, and it’s MU’s turn to provide the student representative. The selection process of the student representative began this September and involves an application and two interviews. Names were submitted to Gov. Jay Nixon in early November, and the top three candidates will be invited to attend the curators’ Dec. 10-11
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F2*&&(-)F*.(&'9%%-),"G(&) '6%)-*3#)'%)0"&-)=."G"2(,(# In an email Monday, interim Chancellor Hank Foley said he would not reinstate “refer and follow” privileges. @;AAB)>;8C?;DE) Staff Writer The bright pink shirts showing their support of Planned Parenthood illuminated the misty Monday evening as a couple hundred demonstrators gathered in Speakers Circle. The group eventually marched to Jesse Hall to urge interim Chancellor Hank Foley to reinstate abortion services in Columbia. Planned Parenthood’s motto, “Care. No matter what,” took on a deeper meaning as it was chanted by demonstrators who were reflecting on the recent shooting at the Colorado Springs, Colorado, Planned Parenthood clinic as well as fighting for women’s health here in Missouri. “#FixItFoley” circulated on social media in anticipation of the vigil that fell two months after the most recent Planned Parenthood rally on campus and just one day before Columbia abortion services were scheduled to end. Abortion services were to
come to a close Dec. 1 because of the unanimous decision by MU Health Care’s executive board to discontinue the “refer and follow” privileges that allowed Dr. Colleen McNicholas to perform abortions at the Columbia clinic. About an hour before the event was scheduled to start, Foley sent a university-wide email that announced his decision to support the Medical Staff Executive Committee at MU Health Care in their decision to revoke all refer and follow privileges, after former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin urged the committee to review their policies. “The issue of abortion invokes much depth of emotion and passion; I understand this,” Foley wrote. “However, as a state and federally funded university with a health system, we are required to follow applicable state and federal laws.” Foley also wrote that he respects the differing opinions others may hold, as well as their right to protest. Demonstrators in the crowd pronounced their frustration with Foley’s actions, shouting, “Come out here Foley, you coward!” and “Give him a bow tie!” However, the Dec. 1 deadline was pushed back
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Out of a mass of jubilant students on Carnahan Quad, all singing and dancing and chanting to the sound of change after UM System President Tim Wolfe announced his resignation Monday, Nov. 9, Ian Simon emerged — clenched fist in the air — victorious. Followed by his band of proud teammates, heads held high in triumph, the Missouri football players had solidified the voice of the student-athlete. The underlying issues and resolutions rooted in racial tension at MU are complicated, but the events that occurred in a 48-hour span from the evening of Nov. 7 until the afternoon of Nov. 9 prove that one thing is very obvious: The student-athlete is more powerful than ever. This isn’t just a story of the controversial resignation of a university system president. This isn’t just a story of years of built-up racial tension at a major university. This is a story of a group of student-athletes who used their platform to take a stand for what they believed in, transforming the way many view the role of NCAA athletes on campuses across the country. “It started with a few individuals on our team and look what it’s become,” sophomore defensive end Charles Harris said in a prepared statement released that Monday. “Look where we are right now. This is nationally known, and it started with just a few.”
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After the protests on campus this semester, French exchange student Mathilde Saint-Genis decided to relax at the pool in the Student Recreation Complex on Friday, Nov. 13. She believed the rough week was over. Then someone told her about the terror attacks in Paris. Paris experienced six terror attacks at the hands of ISIS, which resulted in over 130 deaths and more than 350 wounded. “I just thought, ‘not again,’ because of the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in January, but I felt that (this situation) was much bigger than what happened in January,” Saint-Genis said. The November attacks occurred only ten months after the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was attacked in Paris on Jan. 7, 2015, resulting in the deaths of 12 people. Senior Tifani Akobe was in Colorado on a trip when her friend woke her up and asked if she knew about the attacks. When she realized her friend was not referring to Charlie Hebdo, Akobe jumped out of bed and immediately checked Facebook. Originally from French Guinea, Akobe moved to Paris to attend college. After two years in France, she knows many people who live there and still maintains connections with people from home. She is currently an exchange student at MU. “I am lucky to not be in Paris because my parents would be
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Staff Writer Following numerous demonstrations about campus climate and resignations of administrators, phones in the black studies department started ringing. One man in particular called in asking to “give him 200 people because he’s casting for Planet of the Apes.” This is just one example of the harassment directed toward faculty members this November. Many faculty members from multiple departments, including history, black studies and communication, have received vulgar messages. “The painful thing about (the ‘apes’ call) is one of our student workers picked up the phone,” black studies department chairwoman Stephanie Shonekan said. “(The student worker is) a delightful girl from Illinois who has loved her experience at Mizzou, and for her to be at the front of that kind of hatefulness is just really, really sad. I know it’s out there, but for one of my students to hear that from a human being? It was
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Staff Writer Funding options for improvements to MU Libraries look slim after MU’s student body voted to fail the controversial library fee Nov. 18, said Matt Gaunt, director of advancement for MU Libraries. “Those ‘no’ votes really were saying: ‘We shouldn’t have to pay a fee to have a good library at Mizzou. That should come out of tuition,’” Gaunt said. “The reality of budgets on this campus is that’s a pretty simplistic view, to think that we can just reallocate tuition from other units. While we can make some progress towards that, it’s not going to get us where the fee would have gotten us.” The vote resulted in a 54 percent majority against the fee, according to the Missouri Students Association’s Twitter. If passed, the fee would have added $5 per credit hour, increasing by $2 each year to reach $15 per credit hour in the year 2022. At its peak, the fee would have encompassed 1.4 percent of the total cost of attendance and provided the MU Libraries with $13 million per year to improve campus libraries, excepting the School of Law Library.
After finalizing the vote, library administrators are left with a stagnant budget and limited options for further funding. The staff members of MU Libraries, who have not received a raise for nine of the past 12 years, were hit especially hard, Gaunt said. “It’s hard on staff to keep coming in day after day when there’s nothing to empower innovation,” Gaunt said. “It’s been a process that I didn’t even realize how emotional it was.” Despite being supported by staff members and many student groups, the fee received heavy criticism. Some students felt administration should not put the responsibility of funding entirely on them. Leaders of student organizations that stood in favor of the fee, such as Residence Halls Association President Billy Donley, had to face these criticisms while trying to garner support. “It shouldn't have to fall on to the students to fund the efforts, but seeing as it has fallen into our hands, we need to take the value of our library, resources and education seriously moving forward,” Donley said. “The library is much more than just a building on our campus, and it is crucial to our academic achievement at this university. It's important to know that.” Some advocates understand why the library fee failed, but were disappointed to see that current services could be dropped. “I immediately thought to go download as many research papers as I could in the next few days before journal subscriptions were dropped,” Graduate Professional Council President Hallie Thompson said. “This is very important for the research endeavors of graduate students, and knowing that these may
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after a federal judge ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri in a lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that the state Department of Health and Senior Services did not give either McNicholas or the Columbia clinic adequate time to retain privileges or go about seeking a new physician. Dr. Kristin Metcalf-Wilson, lead clinician for PPKM, said an extra two days will be given for materials to be reviewed in order to decide whether Planned Parenthood’s request is sustainable. Currently, McNicholas and PPKM are reapplying for a different status of privileging at the university hospital. Their application, which was delivered last week, has yet to be approved or denied, MetcalfWilson said. With the possibility of retaining abortion services in Columbia, demonstrators passionately aired their grievances with the current state of women’s health care services in Missouri. Mary Mosley, legislative vice chairwoman of the Missouri State Women's Political Caucus,
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meeting at UMSL. MU originally received six applications for the position, said Kaitlin Steen, executive director and chair of the Associated Students of the University of Missouri. The Graduate Professional Council, Missouri Students Association President Payton Head and ASUM President Kate Hargis conducted the first round of interviews. The Intercampus Student Council, which is made up of all student government presidents and vice presidents from each of the four campuses and the student representative to the board, conducted the second round of interviews.
THE MANEATER | NEWS | DECEMBER 2, 2015 spoke at the event and said that while she felt the administration is headed in the right direction after making concessions to Concerned Student 1950, she is very disappointed about Foley’s decision to not reinstate McNicholas’ privileges. Mosley called Foley’s email “a slap in the face,” and said this isn’t the first time this has happened at MU. “I think this university is anti-women,” Mosley said. “It was anti-women in the ’70s when I got my degree here, and I don’t think it’s changed all that much.” Mosley said she hopes the next chancellor will be a woman who will uphold women’s rights at the forefront of changes to be made. She said she believes Foley has handled the situation worse than Loftin from what she has seen so far. Foley’s decision not to reinstate privileges was personal to some in attendance, such as Jessi Miller, a former MU law student who had to drop out because of health issues. Miller has polycystic ovarian syndrome, which causes her to suffer from long menstrual cycles. This poses additional problems for Miller, including the possibility of ectopic pregnancies, in which
the fertilized egg implants itself outside of the uterus. Miller receives birth control shots from Planned Parenthood that help her combat her menstrual cycles, and she said she would go there if she was ever pregnant and wanted to prevent a death like her own brother experienced at the age of 24. Miller’s younger brother suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a hereditary terminal illness that has no cure. He passed away in 2013 after struggling with the disease his whole life. “It ravaged him,” Miller said. “I watched him go from being able to walk, to only being able to crawl, to only being in a wheelchair, to being in a breathing machine and not even being able to feed himself.” Miller has the same genetic disease that her brother suffered from. Because of this and the intense pain Miller saw her brother endure, she made the choice to never have children. This wasn’t a decision Miller made lightly. “It’s a very personal choice (based) on what you would be willing to do in a situation like that,” Miller said. “It’s a really big personal, ethical decision. You have to wrestle with it a
lot. But for me ... I can’t put my child through that. To me, that would be committing homicide, knowing what I know, and having a child that goes through that.” Miller feels that her legal right to have an abortion would be taken away if services in Columbia go away. “I’m like five months behind on my rent, and I’m waiting for my disability hearing,” Miller said. “If something were to accidentally happen right now, I honestly don’t know how I would be able to get to St. Louis or to Kansas City, Kansas in order to have the procedure done.” The demonstrators opposing the reinstatement of abortion privileges were equally steadfast. Sophomore Richard Rycraw sat with a handful of MU students off to the side in Speakers Circle in the rain as they quietly held signs that read, “We cannot stand with Planned Parenthood so we kneel.” Senior Lucy Wynn, who sat next to Rycraw, said they were there to uplift and encourage those affected. “We’re here just to be peaceful, because this is such a big thing that affects so many
lives that we believe our God can do anything,” Wynn said. “This is out of our hands, and as big of a deal as it is, we’re putting it into his.” Rycraw said though some may think it’s unreasonable for him to “tell women what to do with their bodies,” after seeing the impact three abortions had on his mother, he felt no one should have to go through anything similar. “On the third (abortion), she just wanted to end her life because she just felt so horrible, because she knew what she did,” Rycraw said. “She had told us this, and that’s why she’s pro-life.” Supporters such as Mosley and Metcalf-Wilson said they would like to see the politicization of women’s health by politicians such as Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, come to an end. Schaefer chaired the senate interim committee tasked with investigating Planned Parenthood in Missouri. When asked how many times she has received a hostile message in the last three months, Metcalf-Wilson said, “More than Kurt Schaefer, and I showed up to work the next day.”
The position acts as a representation of all four UM campuses, about 77,000 students, which Mulderig said is a challenge. “Obviously not all students have the same opinions,” Mulderig said. “Different campuses have different perspectives. I try to get information from as many different perspectives as I possibly can and voice those.” Due to recent events on MU’s campus, the position might be more scrutinized than in the past, Mulderig said. She said it will be a challenging position with some new responsibilities, like having a voice in the selection process of future campus leaders. Steen said the new student representative should be a good listener and able to communicate respectfully with
the board. During the inter view process, applicants were asked how they would represent minority groups and how they would deal with discrimination on campus, Steen said. Mulderig also said the next student representative will need to have thick skin but also be incredibly sensitive; be a good listener but also be attuned to the needs of others; and know when to speak, when not to speak and who to speak to. The student representative is allowed to all public and private sessions held by the nine-member board. The board makes “decisions regarding finances, university policy, capital building projects, degree offerings and other topics vital to the inner workings of all four universities,” according to the
application. However, the student representative is not allowed to vote on any decisions during these meetings. The creation of a voting student position has been one of ASUM’s four legislative priorities since the 1970s, Steen said. Since 2002, 27 bills to give the board a voting student representative have failed. “We will certainly continue to push that this year,” Steen said. “More students understand the system now than in the past. There will be more focus on getting that student (representative) to have a voice.” Steen said ASUM plans to file another piece of legislation in January to give the student representative a voting position. If the legislation is passed, Steen said ASUM will
“ensure the legislation would make the next representative a voting position.” Even though they can’t vote, the student representative can go on record before action items and say how they would vote if they had a vote, Mulderig said. “I am really there fundamentally to ensure that decision makers are constantly being reminded of how decisions could affect students, how students perceive actions and that students’ interests are at least being considered,” Mulderig said. Mulderig said she still feels respected and heard by the other nine board members. “At the end of the day, I am an equal voice at the table,” Mulderig said.
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*-.'/01'21345'-65/12')0347188-9'$-:/;4 The foundation for Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin’s resignation was laid long before students called for UM System President Tim Wolfe’s removal. !"#$%&'($"!)*+%&, University News Editor When Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced his resignation the afternoon of Nov. 9, it would have been easy to assume it was a direct result of the student movements and protests over MU’s racial climate that had gained momentum in the weeks before. UM System President Tim Wolfe had stepped down just hours before. The narrative of Wolfe’s resignation is wellknown: Graduate student Jonathan Butler began a hunger strike, students rallied behind him, the football team boycotted in support and national media came calling. But Loftin’s resignation was the result of a different movement that had been steadily gaining momentum behind the scenes for months. This one was caused by administrators. Hours before he resigned, nine deans from schools across MU sent a letter to the UM System Board of Curators calling for Loftin’s removal. They wrote that Loftin had created a “toxic environment through threat, fear and intimidation.” The letter cites Loftin’s “handling of race and cultural issues on our campus,” the firing of the dean of the School of Medicine, graduate student health insurance issues and the elimination of the vice chancellor for health sciences position as other factors contributing to Loftin’s “failed leadership.” The letter was signed by deans of the colleges of education, health professions, law, veterinary medicine, arts and science, and agriculture, food and natural resources and the schools of journalism, nursing and public affairs. The deans declined to speak to The Maneater.
Problems with communication academic freedom. A Chronicle of Higher Education report published Nov. 20 noted the deans’ frustrations with Loftin since he took office and how they grew over time. In the report, the deans collectively said Loftin made it clear that they “worked for him, not with him," and often referred to them as “essential middle management.” Loftin told the Chronicle those comments were made in jest and his wording was not meant to offend anyone. The deans especially took issue with the miscommunications and secrecy surrounding the cancellation of health care subsidies for graduate students in August. Loftin told the Columbia Missourian he had learned of the cancellation on social media about four hours after students were notified. He told the Chronicle he was “absolutely stunned” by the decision. The deans wrote in their letter that they had met with Wolfe in the presence of both Loftin and Provost Garnett Stokes on Oct. 9 and 13 to ask for Loftin’s resignation. They told the Chronicle that they told Wolfe their relationship with Loftin “could not be repaired.”
A deeper discontent It wasn’t just deans who wanted Loftin gone, though. On Nov. 3, English department faculty members voted 26-0 on holding “no confidence” in Loftin’s leadership. In a letter to the curators and Wolfe, professor Samuel Cohen wrote on the department’s behalf that Loftin’s tenure as chancellor was marked by “dereliction of duty in maintaining the quality and reputation of graduate education, violations of the bedrock principle of shared governance, and failure to defend the University’s educational mission against outside political pressure.” Cohen wrote that the best course of action would be finding a new chancellor who would be equipped to repair the damage done to graduate programs, practice shared governance and defend
“Campus morale among faculty, staff, and students is at a low point,” Cohen wrote. “The campus climate is not one in which all members of the community feel included and respected.” Patrick Delafontaine, dean of the School of Medicine, resigned abruptly in September after a short 10-month term. A survey of medical school faculty showed that nearly all faculty members were worried about the effects of the dean’s resignation on the school, including its reaccreditation process and attracting new researchers, according to the Missourian. The Missourian reported that the survey referred to Delafontaine’s resignation as being forced by Loftin. On Nov. 5, MU’s Faculty Council released a statement expressing “deep concern” over the “lack of communication and growing uncertainty” regarding both university and UM System leadership. “This unresolved situation erodes our ability to perform faculty duties of teaching, research and outreach,” the statement read.
Student feedback In the meantime, Loftin was also facing increasing criticism from students for his responses to a series of racial incidents on campus. On Sept. 12, Missouri Students Association President Payton Head posted on Facebook about racial slurs that had been yelled at him. Loftin didn’t publicly respond until Sept. 16, when he released a statement condemning “acts of bias and discrimination.” The deans told the Chronicle that Loftin’s response to race-related issues gave students and the public a glimpse of Loftin’s ineffectiveness. After members of the Legion of Black Collegians Homecoming royalty were harassed Oct. 5 during a rehearsal on Traditions Plaza, Loftin responded more quickly. The next morning, he tweeted and released a statement including a video calling on students to help “end hatred and racism at Mizzou.” On Oct. 8, he announced that mandatory diversity and inclusion
training would begin January 2016 for students, faculty and staff. After protesters stopped Wolfe’s car at the homecoming parade Oct. 10, Wolfe became the new focus of student discontent. The student group Concerned Student 1950, named after the year MU admitted its first black students, issued a list of demands Oct. 20, including Wolfe’s removal from office. Loftin told the Chronicle he met with Wolfe on the evening of Nov. 8, the day before both of them would resign, to focus on the chancellor’s resignation. Loftin said he had no idea Wolfe was resigning the next day, but in retrospect, Wolfe “seemed distracted.”
Moving forward When Wolfe announced in December 2013 that Loftin would be MU’s next chancellor, Loftin said he wouldn’t have dreamed of coming to MU without a long-term commitment. He will continue that commitment as the director for research facility development. Loftin was originally slated to make the transition into his new role Jan. 1, but the curators voted Nov. 11 to transition chancellor responsibilities to interim Chancellor Hank Foley immediately. According to his transition agreement, obtained through an open records request, Loftin will earn $337,500 per year, 75 percent of his salary as chancellor. After five years of service “perceived as meritorious to the university,” he will be eligible to receive emeritus chancellor status. Loftin said in his resignation announcement that he was looking forward to “working to assist the campus community.” The deans said they recognized the risk in their strategy, especially those with long careers in higher education ahead. “In the face of this risk, the boldness and conviction of the deans to persist with our calls for the chancellor’s removal are testaments to our level of dissatisfaction with the chancellor’s leadership as well as our commitment to put the institution’s interests ahead of our own,” they wrote.
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(345&67894&+8:5;8<&)877&=8>?879@4&8&A38B A police report dated Oct. 24 described the details of the swastika. !""#&()12'%* Staff Writer The swastika vandalism in feces found in Gateway Hall on Oct. 24 has been scrutinized following the resignation of now-former UM System President Tim Wolfe, as members of the press and the public deny that the crime ever existed. Despite Residential Life staff members having been witnesses, a police report detailing the crime and an ongoing investigation, the existence of the feces swastika is subject to mockery. A Twitter account under the handle @poopswastika was created, acting as an open forum to ridicule what the anonymous Twitter user describes as “a symbol of Crybabies who will protest 4 made up causes!” The Twitter account, which has amassed almost 1,000 followers, threatened to “expose these fools 4 who they really are!” Twitter users regularly contribute to the account by posting memes under #poopswastika. @poopswastika retweeted a poll with 4,713 votes comparing “who had the
better campus hoax?” which featured the “Mizzou Poop Swastika” leading at 73 percent against the University of Virginia “Fake Rape” at 27 percent. News outlets such as the online political blog The Gateway Pundit claimed that the vandalism at Gateway Hall has no evidence backing its existence, stating that the swastika is “just a rumor.” The self-described “just right of center” political news outlet claimed that another conservative commentary website The Federalist contacted MU and said no one witnessed the swastika. MU spokesman Christian Basi provided The Maneater with the police report detailing the feces swastika that was discovered in Gateway Hall. “It’s sun shined and it’s redacted; there were some sections in there that I guess is pertinent to the investigation or pertinent to student privacy laws,” Basi said. Basi confirmed that a police officer witnessed the swastika first hand, as detailed in the police report. The police report, which was filed on Oct. 24, 2015, lists two complainants who are part of Resident Life staff who contacted MU Police at 2:12 a.m. to report the vandalism. “The (redacted) directed me to the third floor restroom which is
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room number 3170, to show me the vandalism,” the police report stated. “Room 3170 is a coed restroom it has five individual private rooms. In room 3175 I noticed there was a swastika drawn on the wall by someone using feces. There was also feces on the floor located by the entryway to the restroom.” Photos allegedly taken of the swastika and the other fecal damage to the restroom have also been circulating
online, but it is not confirmed whether the photos are legitimate. Despite pressure and skepticism from some of the public, the investigation is still ongoing, with no suspects charged in the vandalism. “There has been no change in that case,” MUPD Maj. Brian Weimer said. “Nobody has been identified at this time.”
Multicultural Center hosts Allyship Week amid campus tensions “If there were more allies, maybe this wouldn’t happen,” Four Front Co-Chairwoman Alanna Diggs said. !"#$%!&'!()%*+,-*&!*.& /!.%(-*&0"!(,12 of The Maneater Staff In light of recent tensions on campus, Four Front Co-Chairwoman Alanna Diggs and Residence Halls Association President Billy Donley agreed that whether students agree with what has happened, they need to be supportive of their fellow classmates. “(Ally Week) addresses a problem before it boils up, kind of like what happened the last couple weeks,” Diggs said. “If there were more allies, maybe this wouldn’t happen.” The two came together to organize Allyship Week, which was held during the week of Nov. 16 and hosted by the Multicultural Center and Four Front to spread awareness of the need for allyship on MU’s campus. The week included four events: “Slacktivism or Nah?,” “#AnAllyIs Whiteboard Challenge,” “#AlliesSpeak Film Screening” and “Allyship: Are We in the Same Boat?” Senior Gabriel Riekhof, who attended “Allyship: Are We in the Same Boat?”, and Diggs both said the campus needs people to actively work to understand and support people who are different than them. “I’d like to see people reaching out to these communities they’ve never been in and to learn from them, to use their privilege in a way that affects change because every issue that happens on this campus affects all of us,” Diggs said. “We all have the power to change it, so I’d like to see students taking initiative and
using the power that they have in a way that’s productive.” Riekhof said he recognizes people are naturally going to gravitate toward people similar to them. “The only way, by nature, to interact with people that are unlike you is to be intentional about it,” Riekhof said. “That starts by understanding that you do have things to learn from everyone else outside and inside your majority status, but it also starts with recognizing that because every single person has different backgrounds and different experiences, they have something to contribute to you that you haven’t thought about before.” The discussion “Slacktivism or Nah” was held Nov. 16 in the Multicultural Center. Diggs defined slacktivism as “an attempt to recognize privilege as a way of negating responsibility.” The discussion included a presentation to help guide the conversation. The purpose of the event was to bring awareness about what “slacktivism” is and how to prevent doing it in the future. “I hope that with everything that has been happening on this campus that people can recognize how to support each other in a way that is going to cause change and that people will recognize that when one of us is elevated, we are all elevated,” Diggs said. During the discussion, some examples of “slacktivism” included using the French flag filter on Facebook profile pictures in response to the Paris terror attacks, as it does not directly benefit those affected by the tragedy. “I think (‘slacktivism’) is a very new thing, and people don’t realize it because they don’t want to recognize that what they're doing isn’t causing as much change as they might hope it is,” Diggs said. “I think it takes a lot of introspection to recognize when
‘slacktivism’ is occurring in your life.” The film “Allies Speak” was shown Nov. 17 and was created by senior Young Kwon, a former Four Front co-chairwoman. In the film, MU students shared their experiences of discrimination on campus and discussed the qualities of an ally and supporting minority groups. “We went through an intense year,” Kwon said. “We videotaped this last semester. We thought it would be a nice way to open up the discussion about allyship.” Senior Andrew Abarca, member of Latino fraternity Lambda Theta Phi, appeared in the film and said he wanted to share his experiences to give people a better understanding of what different communities face and how to be a better ally. “I think it was very crucial not just for Latinos to share their experiences, but also to tell (people) what an ally is, because it's a word that's thrown around a lot, just like diversity is thrown around a lot, but they don't fully understand what it means to be an ally,” Abarca said. Diggs and Donley both said allyship is hard to define. “You get to learn and see their general ideas of what an ally means,” Donley said. “When somebody is saying an ally is doing this, an ally is doing that, you get a chance to learn those other perspectives as well. Maybe for someone who really doesn’t know how to be an active ally, this is something we can really learn from as well.” On Nov. 18, #AnAllyIs Whiteboard Challenge was held on the main floor of the Student Center. Donley said that this event allowed people to share their interpretation of what they believe an ally is. “Allyship is a lot of things,” Donley said. “That’s kind of what this whiteboard
challenge is about, it’s called #AnAllyIs because everybody kind of has their different perspectives and ideas about what an ally is.” During “Allyship: Are We in the Same Boat?”, Diversity Peer Educators facilitated a session that forced participants to look deeper into their identities and challenge stereotypes and discrimination they face. DPE facilitators gave each group 30 seconds to answer three questions: “What are things you never want to hear about this group again?,” “How can others be an ally to your identity?” and “What makes you proud to be a part of this group?” When a few questions were asked, people who self-identified within this group would say nothing, as they let the 30 seconds pass. Riekhof, who selfidentified as white, chose not to answer the question, “What makes you proud to be a part of this group?” Riekhof said that it was hard for him to see around the marginalization of students and focus on the positive. He believed the event should focus on minority students because as someone who identifies with the majority in social class, sexual orientation and ethnic group, he has not dealt with oppression. “I think that this event should be more about the fact that there are humans who feel marginalized and that this is a legitimate feeling that they have,” Riekhof said. “We need to work together to build a more common understanding of each other and I think that came through with the activity, that that was a common answer, that we need to be understanding and be a better ally for each other. All of us, all of these groups, not just from a majority to all the minorities but even the minority groups to other minority groups.”
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freaking out for several hours,” Akobe said. Alexandre Boyer is originally from Aurillac, France, and is studying at MU for a semester while obtaining his master’s degree from the Purpan Engineering School. His brother is currently studying in Paris but was not harmed during the attacks. However, some of his brother’s friends were at restaurants close to where some of the attacks occurred. “I feel pretty shocked about it,” Boyer said. “When I heard about it, I was on the phone with my mom, and she told me that there were shootings and two or three dead people, so it was just the beginning.” Like Akobe, Saint-Genis
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and Boyer continually checked Facebook for updates on the situation. “I wanted to know where it happened,” Saint-Genis said. “I just wanted to have all the information possible.” Saint-Genis said she finds it difficult to move on when stories of new leads and arrests keep arising. “I feel like (the French) are trying to move on, but I’m a bit afraid that it’s going to happen again because it was so big, and ISIS said it wouldn’t be the last attack,” Saint-Genis said. “I’m scared because I don’t know if there will be another attack next week or in two months or anything.” Akobe recognized that countries all over the world, including some American politicians, are considering more restrictive refugee policies
because of the revelation that one of the terrorists in the attacks entered the European Union as a refugee. She encouraged people to not let this hurt the opportunity to provide a safe haven for those escaping war in the Middle East. Akobe outlined a situation that she says would be the same if nations did not grant asylum. “I’m thinking about it like this: I saw the video of people running out of the place where there was a concert,” Akobe said. “They were screaming. Can you imagine that there is someone outside, closing the door, saying ‘No, don’t come outside, you will bring the killer with you?’ If we close the door for the refugees, we’ll be the same thing. We don’t need to stop welcoming refugees, because they need help.”
Akobe was in Paris during the attack on Charlie Hebdo. She was in an underground mall when her sister sent her panicked text messages asking her whereabouts. Soon after, the world stood in solidarity against the acts in a movement called “Je suis Charlie,” or “I am Charlie.” Akobe did not take part. “People are dying for nothing, but I don’t think that I should take a preference for Paris and say, ‘Oh, it’s more sad than for the other ones,’” Akobe said. Similarly, Akobe said that people around the world are continuing to focus on Paris and do not seem to care about the double suicide attack that happened in Beirut, during the same week. When she goes onto her Facebook page or listens to the news, Akobe said she
only hears news of the France attack. In light of increased threats, Boyer believes France needs to maintain its reputation and to not use the terror attacks as a reason to ostracize Muslims. “We need to increase the safety in (France),” Boyer said. “We have to stay a good nation and not separate Muslims and Christians.” Akobe said that Islamophobia has increased since the Charlie Hebdo attacks, but people need to realize that Muslims are not the problem. “I’ve read some fragment of the Quran,” Akobe said. “In there it says something like ‘Don’t kill people.’ It is something that their god does not want. People think that terrorists are Muslims. They are not. Don’t be afraid of Muslim people.”
Budget Chairman Bill Vega said social media might not be the answer. “I don’t feel that enough accurate information was disseminated to the voting populace about the proposed fee or the financial status of the library and university as a whole,” Vega said. “I still feel that upon gathering the information necessary to put the proposed fee in perspective, students would view the proposal as an excellent option. Unfortunately this was not information that could be easily spread through social media or by quick word of mouth and therefore didn’t reach a wide enough audience.” In addition to a fee, the creation of an MU student advisory board was proposed. This would be group of 25 students who would have had a say in the way the fee would have been allocated.Though the fee failed, the MU student advisory
board will still function as a general voice for the student body on library affairs. The next step for MU Libraries is to find students from each student organization on campus who will sit on the advisory board, which include library ambassadors and students from each of the student governments who attend joint session, Gaunt said. This includes members of MSA and RHA who endorsed the library fee. Thompson said GPC plans to discuss appointing a representative at their general assembly meeting. Donley said RHA plans to choose representatives immediately. “I am optimistic that (the council) will prove to be very effective in voicing student opinions moving forward,” Donley said. “I will be in contact with MU Libraries on what to do from here, but for now I have no future plans to
announce.” The advisory council will see many decisions made by the provost concerning MU Libraries, such as cuts to collections and openings in certain positions, Gaunt said. Another goal of the library is to raise money for students from the advisory board to travel to libraries from different universities, to see how they look and operate. “I think a lot of undergraduates don’t know what they ’re missing ,” Gaunt said. “I had a lot of undergraduates say, ‘Well, that's really more for the graduate students.’ You don’t understand what kind of services and information literacy skills are being developed by students at other universities.” The library will be focusing on further improving relations between staff and the faculty library committee and focusing on their ideas for improvement,
Gaunt said. MU Libraries will also continue to work toward a new off-site depository for books that are not often used. This will be a permanent place to store books after a mold outbreak in a previous depository resulted in the damage of 600,000 books and rendered the site unusable. “A positive spin coming from the result of the vote is that the libraries and other advocates of the libraries can now take the results to administrative groups on campus and point to the fact that 46 percent, an extremely significant portion, of students polled were poised to circumvent general operating funding mechanisms in order to personally fund a unit of campus that they have deemed is underfunded and too important to leave that way,” Vega said.
Police Department, Shonekan said. The Depar tment of Information Technolog y ’s involvement in response to threatening emails is minimal, Information Security Officer Brandon Hough said in an email. Hough added that DoIT provides metadata details about emails for law enforcement when properly requested. Shonekan said one of the strangest incidents the department dealt with was receiving a package of diapers. Subsequently, the department was able find the identification of the sender. Jour nalism professor
Cynthia Frisby also was bombarded with hateful messages after she made an appearance on CNN on Nov. 9. “You ugly fuckin niggers are good for one thing: Pickin cotton! All of you should be expelled for causing trouble on campus!” read one of the emails sent to Frisby. A picture of the Confederate flag was attached to the email. Despite this, Frisby said she had a difficult time understanding why she was receiving messages containing hateful language. “It’s concerning why people are outraged since I had the message of: ‘Let’s sit down and
talk things through,’” Frisby said in a Nov. 10 Maneater article. However, she explained that she had to “let it go,” because if she let the email hatred affect her, it would only “hurt her health.” Associate professor Scott Brooks said in an email he does not have much to comment on when it comes to hateful emails and phone calls. “I've decided not to give (the emails) life,” Brooks said in an email. “We got messages as a department, some received personal messages, and we've moved on.” Brooks said the black studies
department stands by all their students, regardless of their varied positions. Shonekan said the hateful messages she and her department received highlights the importance of what student activists have been fighting for on campus. “I would also say that all of the activists over the years have done it out of love,” Shonekan said. “Out of a love for Mizzou, out of a love and a need to see Mizzou become a better place and the responses, like the one I just mentioned, have not come out of a place of love.”
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not be maintained is highly concerning for the research engine of the university and the type of graduate education we will be able to provide.” If passed, the fee would have accounted for $20 million to be put toward renovation and allowed for the opening of 40 new positions as well as extended hours. In an attempt to keep library funding in the minds of students, MU Libraries began using #fundthelibrary to spread information about why increased funding is needed. Misinformation among students was one reason some supporters believe the fee failed. #fundthelibrary aims to partially solve this problem, but Missouri Students Association
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just the most hurtful thing that (the black studies department has) gone through.” Some of the hateful messages were anonymous emails, so it was difficult to track down the identity of the senders because of the “ambiguous addresses,” she said. The department was instructed to send them to abuse@missouri.edu, and the messages were then investigated further by the MU
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)*+,-*./0-*1-20345-641/-7(80209*.15-6.3,91 After an election season mired in controversy, this year’s Missouri Students Association presidential election has finally drawn to a close. The election summarized in one word? Fiasco. Numerous violations and electoral complications plagued this election, and in the aftermath, one thing is abundantly clear: MSA and the Board of Elections Commissioners urgently need to institute election reform. The BEC’s problematic streak began with the late passing of the BEC Handbook, which outlines the rules and procedures for MSA elections. BEC Chairwoman Emma Henderson passed the handbook on Sept. 23, but Senate had to suspend the rules to make it happen. Because she didn’t present the changes at the first full senate of the year, the changes to the handbook skipped over Operations Committee entirely and went straight to full Senate to be presented. The MSA bylaws state that “the BEC shall present the presidential handbook to full Senate during the first full Senate meeting of the Fall Semester.” But Henderson wasn’t even in attendance when the changes were presented and the “presentation” was a projection of the handbook’s cover page that lasted less than a minute. The debacle forced Senate to pass the handbook in one meeting rather than two, which is against its own bylaws. The questionable passage of the handbook foreshadowed the farce of an election that was to come. Unlike last year, this year’s election saw several violations to the (late) BEC handbook. The handling of the violations, both in procedure and transparency, was questionable to say the least. It started Nov. 17, when the BEC commissioners issued major infractions to the Ejaz/Parrie and Gomez/ Hanner slates. The Ejaz/Parrie slate received their major infraction for arriving at their polling location four hours before they had permission to be there, and the Gomez/ Hanner slate received theirs for a mass notification from the Pocket Points app, which violates the BEC’s
mass-email policy. Because the punishment for a major infraction is a three-day suspension of campaigning, more time than was left in the election, both slates were told at this point that they would have to end their campaigning for the rest of the election. The next day, Henderson changed her mind about the initial ruling. The BEC offered a sanction to both slates that would allow the slates to continue campaigning if they paid a $300 fine for the infractions, which is normally the punishment for three minor infractions. This way, both slates could continue to campaign until the end of the election. This decision was problematic for a variety of reasons. It began a debate regarding Henderson’s possible impeachment because of numerous violations of the BEC Handbook and MSA bylaws, which eventually failed. But another issue with the BEC’s handling of the violations is the false equivalency between the infractions given to the Ejaz/Parrie and Gomez/ Hanner slates. The BEC commissioners treated the two violations equally, when they clearly are anything but. Ejaz/Parrie’s violation garnered them an extra four hours of in-person campaigning. Yes, it was a violation and the slate should have been held accountable. But this violation doesn’t seem at all comparable to Gomez/Hanner’s violation involving Pocket Points. As of Dec. 1, over 15,000 MU students have downloaded the application. In Ejaz/Parrie’s four hours of campaigning, could they really have reached nearly as many students? It’s a stretch to think this could be the case. In addition to the major infraction for the Pocket Points advertisement, Gomez/Hanner also received a minor infraction for mass text messages sent by campaign manager Natalie Edelstein that urged friends to vote for the slate. Ejaz/Parrie petitioned to have the BEC re-assess their decision and charge a major infraction to Gomez/ Hanner for the text messages. However, the petition
was declined on the grounds that Edelstein was not a formal member of the slate and there was “insufficient evidence to show either Gomez or Hanner had actual knowledge of the texts.” It’s exceptionally naive to think that Gomez/Hanner had no actual knowledge of the texts, but this isn’t the larger issue. The problem here is that official campaign managers are not officially a part of the slate, which makes no sense and creates a glaring vulnerability when it comes to campaign violations. The texts sent by Edelstein were on behalf of the campaign. This wasn’t a random student urging her friends to vote for her favorite slate; it was a slate’s official campaign manager violating the mass-email rule. The BEC defines a mass email as an email that delivers essentially the same note to more than one recipient — which is exactly what the text messages were. In the next election, the BEC ought to formally recognize campaign managers and staffers in association with the slates. With this recognition, managers and staffers can be held accountable for violations committed on behalf of the campaign, rather than in the current system where candidates can claim ignorance and remove themselves from any wrongdoing. Going forward, we find ourselves in a precarious position with our new leadership. Decisions on the violations have left us feeling that the BEC determined the outcome of the election far more than the students themselves did. Where do we go from here? In the coming months, the controversy and widespread frustration with the election needs to translate into definitive reform — on the part of the executive and legislative branches of MSA, as well as the BEC.
the kaleidoscope view
Questions, questions, questions; but hey man... I'm on break !"##"$% &'#"( "So what happened at MU?" A lot. So much happened at MU that I couldn't possibly tell you all the ways that my freshman year was messed up. It all began with one brave graduate student who was fed up with the pain that our students have to go through; he refused to eat until former UM System President Tim Wolfe was removed. Then there was the football team who went on strike in support of Jonathan Butler (the graduate student) and seemed to receive more notoriety in the national news than the hunger strike. That shows you how important one man's life is to society in comparison to Saturday Football. And though the team’s efforts and support were brave and valiant, some of the members still didn't understand why their practice was cancelled because they had no idea what was happening on campus. Even worse, some of them didn't even care what happened on campus, because it does not apply to their Mizzou Athletics Training Complex bubble or their privileged athlete lifestyle. There were protests, marches, demonstrations and town hall meetings. I have never seen a community
so in sync with each other than I saw in those few weeks. But one night, we found ourselves in the middle of what we considered to be a race war, with threats to black students and black students selfevacuating residence halls. Meanwhile, official MU Twitter accounts continued to downplay the severity of the situation. To us, it was a lie and a betrayal. After that fearful night, people rallied together, visited campus in support of black students, and across the world, people stood with MU. I'd tell you more, but I have to eat my food. "Where are you going to transfer?" Nowhere. I'm staying right here. I'm not gonna let them punk me into leaving. I don't know many people who are leaving, and if they are, it's probably not because of these people. "Why would you want to stay?" Because I strongly believe that the people here at MU are meant to be here. Whether we are here to learn or to teach, we have a role. And I believe that my role here is to both teach and learn. A young leader must be cultivated, but there are those who are in dire need of teaching when it comes to race relations.
Not to mention that the courage and strength of this community of black people is something I would never want to separate from. The students in this community started this revolution to change the predominantly white institutional culture and attitude toward black students. The students in this community run the only black student government in the country. The black students in this community are so determined that I would never want to surround myself with anything less. These questions were what I dreaded more than anything during Thanksgiving. Not that they were intrusive or troubling, but I was back home to take a break. Ever since the hunger strike, people around the country have been asking about the same stream of events. I don't mind explaining that happened, but I still need peace. Students who have been on campus need peace and quiet for a good minute. Gosh, this was a hell of a semester as an incoming freshman at MU. Having obligations and being on your own are new for many of us, but this “racism is OK” attitude at MU is tiring and tragic. In my opinion, allowing white students to do as they please lessens MU's credibility as an institution and discredits its ability to turn out high-thinking and functional members of society. MU, so far, has failed their students. We only hope, in time, it may get better.
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)*+,-./+./012+34/5+67011*2+608*1/5992+ !"!# $%&'$( On Friday, Nov. 27, a man opened fire on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He shot and killed a police officer and two civilians, while injuring nine others, including four other officers. A law enforcement official said the shooter uttered the words “no more baby parts” while being arrested, leading to the conclusion that the attack was politically motivated. He is currently being held without bond, facing a first-degree murder charge. There have been differing responses in the political sphere. President Barack Obama has called for more stringent gun control laws. Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were the first to offer their condolences for the victims on Twitter. They also used the time to bring up
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
George Smith’s letter full of hate and intolerance With all the hatred lately around campus, there is absolutely no purpose in running a letter from anti-Semite, anti-Israel "so-called" professor George Smith. His letter drips with hate and intolerance. If the purpose was to anger those of us who are MU Jewish alumni, you've accomplished your goal. When I went to MU, and The Maneater published hate letters, it was done with a note from the editor. Would you run an article that was anti-Christian or anti-Muslim or anti-LGBT without something to balance it? No. You wouldn't. By the way, his argument that antiSemitism is different than anti-Zionism is par for the course for an anti-Semite. Shoshana Lewin MU J-School, Class of 2000 Shoshieml@aol.com
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the importance of defending Planned Parenthood. Republican candidates took quite a bit longer to respond to the event. Some candidates offered condolences on social media to the victims, but they avoid the specific topic of abortion. Presidential candidates have recently been debating eliminating the government’s financial support of Planned Parenthood. Many House Republicans are angry at the organization because of it offers abortion services and because of videos that were released several months ago that show Planned Parenthood officials having a discussion about selling aborted fetuses for medical research. Planned Parenthood said these videos were heavily edited by antiabortion activists. Congress needs to realize that Planned Parenthood is a necessary part of the government health care system. According to the Planned Parenthood website, there are around 700 Planned
Parenthood health centers across the country that provide education and care to young people and adults. In fact, only around 3 percent of services provided by Planned Parenthood relate to abortion. Most of what they do is “preventative, primary care,” which includes screening for cancer, testing and treating sexually transmitted infections and preventing unintended pregnancies with contraception. Their educational programs help 1.5 million people in the U.S. each year. Abortion services at Planned Parenthood are an important component of the organization as well, and they should not be ignored. Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of legal abortions in the U.S., according to BBC News. Having access to safe and legal abortion services is a necessity for many women. Planned Parenthood reported that 3 in 10 women have an abortion in the U.S. by the time they turn
45. Furthermore, these legal services help save the lives of women needing an abortion. In 1965, when abortion was illegal in the U.S., 17 percent of deaths due to pregnancy and childbirth were related to illegal abortions. Today, there is “one death for every one million vacuum aspiration abortions at eight or fewer weeks (and) 8.9 deaths after 20 weeks’ gestation,” according to Planned Parenthood. It is vital that the government chooses not to defund Planned Parenthood on the basis of personal opinions. Our weak sexual education programs will deteriorate even more, and services that help prevent life-threatening diseases and unintended pregnancies will be less readily-available to those who need them. This recent shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic should inspire us to protect the organization even more.
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Labor rights can work beside a free press I’ve been surprised by the reluctance of journalism graduate students — many of whom serve as graduate assistants — to sign cards authorizing a union election for graduate workers. Reluctance is understandable — journalistic ethics emphasize objective and unbiased coverage, and journalism graduate students are as committed to their work as any other graduate student. It’s not a far leap from there to believing any involvement with a union would be a conflict of interest. But it’s still a surprise — and it’s surprising because of my own family narrative. This isn’t an abstraction to me. My grandfather worked in journalism through most of his life, first hawking newspapers as a newsboy in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 30s, and then as a Marine working for Leatherneck magazine and as a journalist for the Honolulu Advertiser. I have a copy of a letter from J. Edgar Hoover (a dubious distinction) expressing how much he enjoyed one of my grandfather’s pieces for Leatherneck. Grandpa was passionate about journalism, and even visited MU’s journalism school and thought about applying after he returned from the Pacific at the end of World War II. He was
also committed to the labor movement — in part because of his belief in its ability to deliver economic security for working people — and served as a shop steward for his Newspapers Guild local in Honolulu. He even turned down a promotion to a supervisory position so he could keep his union card. A picture of him, my father, and my uncles on the picket line, carrying Newspapers Guild placards, sits on my desk. Unions weren’t unusual for newspapers — in fact, through the end of the 1960s, the newspaper industry had high union density from production through reporting. The decline of newspaper unions (though not their extinction; many papers such as the Seattle Times are still union, and new companies like Gawker Media have recently organized) came hand-inhand with changes in production and the consolidation of local newspapers into large media companies. This process more than halved the number of newspaper owners between 1945 and 1975. In many cases, large media companies, such as Gannett, had the express intention of breaking organized labor in their newly acquired newspapers. Profit, rather than good journalism, was their core motive. Yet a free, and indeed vibrant,
press existed alongside unions. Unless we’re willing to believe that a free press never existed until the 1980s, we have to acknowledge that union membership is not a danger to journalism: something that the Newspaper Guild has fought long battles over since their formation in the 1930s. They’ve made the argument — upheld by federal labor courts — that employer conflict of interest rules are a term of employment (which, in a union shop, is collectively bargained) and that they cannot preclude union membership. Signing a card to authorize a union election for graduate workers doesn’t mean one has to join the union. It doesn’t even mean one has to vote yes to form a union. But if history and the tradition of organized newspaper labor teaches anything, it’s that union membership doesn’t compromise good journalism — and that labor rights exist alongside, and do not conflict with, the right to a free press. Connor Lewis Co-chairman of the Coalition of Graduate Workers clewis740@gmail.com
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THE MANEATER | NEWS | DECEMBER 2, 2015 MU alumnus Walter Bargen reflects on his experiences as Missouri’s first poet laureate. !"#$%&'!&()*! Reporter
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During his two-year term, Bargen made it his goal to promote all types of literature throughout the state. As the first to hold the position in Missouri, the MU graduate had to create the position as he went along, setting the stage for poet laureates after him.
squeezes (poetry) into his life. He used to have a full-time job and 200 cats and wife and property. You would never guess it from looking at his work that he is doing all this other stuff.”
'01'2)-%#+.%$1)'3()+(,/' During his two years as poet laureate, Bargen "#$%&'()'(*+,%'-&)%&).&/ attended about 200 events around the state at This sentence, this combination of four words, venues varying from local broadcast shows to 20 letters and one period, is what shamed Bargen primary schools. into becoming a poet. “In county libraries, I would try to get there “An English teacher in maybe eighth or ninth early and look around in their stacks,” Bargen grade, Mr. Morris, had us clean off our desks and said. “There would not be a single contemporary the assignment was, ‘Write an adult sentence,’” book of poetry on their shelves. You could say Bargen said. “We handed them in and he looked that poetry was suffering from benign neglect.” at them, and then he created this giant snowfall Because he was the state’s first poet laureate, of 8-by-11 pieces of paper as he threw them he had no predecessor to model his term after; he up in the air. We didn’t include anything that had no guidelines nor instruction manual. Bargen was meaningful. We didn’t include any phrases, made it his goal to promote the consumption of probably didn’t use conjunctions or supporting poetry through both listening and reading. clauses, and I think back on that and I think that “It was not infrequent at county libraries that is what really ignited an interest in trying to wives would drag their husbands to these events, understand the use of language.” and almost every time, a husband would come up Bargen received a bachelor’s degree in afterwards and say, ‘I really didn’t want to come philosophy and minored in anthropology at MU. to this. But I really enjoyed it,’” Bargen said. “This While studying, he only took two English courses told me I am presenting material to them that is — required freshman English graspable, that is acceptable, and The Modern Novel, where and that is moving enough to he received his lowest grade at make someone come up and He is very MU, a C. say that.” As a child, Bargen lived in Bargen currently works generous about Germany for seven years and with other poets through the attention he Switzerland for six months. He a poetry group called came from a military family, an “Reflections.” Matt Dube, a gives to other experience he said shaped who group member and professor poets and other he is. Their travels sparked in of creative writing at William him a willingness to explore, Woods University in Fulton, writers, but he is which evolved into a search for a said Bargen raises the bar also not afraid permanent place. for the group by providing “I think that perhaps having insightful feedback and for standing moved around so often, I had a pushing the other writers up for it being reaction, and I wanted to develop to think through and finish a sense of place,” Bargen said. their work. serious business.” “That place, that search, is a “(Walter is) a generous, theme that runs through most serious poet,” Dube said. “He )*++',-.& of my work.” is very generous about the Today, Bargen is a narrative attention he gives to other Professor of creative poet. But before his style poets and other writers, writing at William Woods shifted in the early 1990s, but he is also not afraid University in Fulton he was an “imagistic for standing up for it being poet,” meaning his poems serious business. There’s a conveyed the figurative imagery he thought point in getting good at poetry, there’s no point of. He often tries to blend the narrative and in screwing around and playing at it.” imagistic styles in a unique fashion. Because Dube has noticed that since his term as poet they are widely known and do not require laureate, Bargen became more willing to discuss explanation, religious characters are easy to his opinions and the meaning behind his work “thrust” into a work to create “images that with both the group and the public. startle.” “He was on the radio the other day, I heard him “Taking a historical figure and putting on Paul Pepper’s show on KBIA, ‘Radio Friends,’ them into a modern-day setting creates and he and Walter mixed it up a little bit about all kinds of interesting contrasts that you what was happening in some of his poems,” Dube wouldn’t have if you left that historical said. “I think Walter has been very empowered to figure in their time and place,” Bargen said. say: ‘I want you to understand what I’m saying. “For example, having Jonah stand in line at We can disagree but I want to be clear where I Wal-Mart holding a plastic bag filled with am.’” fish brings all kinds of images to mind. From time to time, Bargen is commissioned to The image then results in the possibility of write for different occasions. He writes a short making very interesting discoveries that you piece once a month for Made For Agriculture’s might not be aware of.” magazine, “Today’s Farmer,” and writes for Bargen has produced 18 books over four weddings, which he finds to be the biggest decades of writing, and has two unpublished challenge. manuscripts. He said it is common to When writing about marriage or any other be rejected many times before having a topic, Bargen said entering a project with company commit to publishing a work. preconceived ideas ultimately prevents the author “Rejection isn’t all bad,” Bargen said. “Of from reaching their peak creativity. course nobody wants to be rejected, but “Maybe in the end you need to make a at some point, you just have to eat it. And judgment, maybe you need to take a position, you every time you eat rejection, you become need to have an opinion,” Bargen said. “But up stronger. Not in terms of bracing yourself until that point, it’s better just to let it flow. To or walling yourself off, but you become more open yourself up and see where you can go.” determined.” William Trowbridge, also an MU graduate, Bargen said he often finds himself was appointed Missouri’s third poet laureate in revising his poems that have already been 2012. He said the poet laureate is responsible published because “nothing is ever finished, for promoting poetry in-state and nationwide. only abandoned.” In order to keep things Ultimately, it is up to the public to decide whether interesting, he said, writers should always or not a poet had a successful laureateship. attempt to surprise themselves. “I think the laureateship involves promoting “It is true that you will write best what poetry through the best means available — you know best,” Bargen said. “But your readings, workshops, lectures, class visits, most interesting writing will be when you conferences, and publications,” Trowbridge said. write through what you know, into what The position of poet laureate is still evolving you don’t know, and know something for today, and though the exact role is not clearly the first time.” defined, Bargen said a visit from the poet laureate Bargen is now retired, devoting his time is in high demand. He said the ultimate goal to re-tiling his house and taking care of remains to encourage citizens to read poetry. a “menagerie” of neighborhood animals: “Why do all these people suddenly want the raccoons, foxes, and in the summer, poet laureate to come visit?” Bargen said. “The hummingbirds. only thing I can think of is maybe poetry requires “You always think of a poet as very a physical embodiment to really touch people. meditative, having a glass of scotch and just Otherwise, maybe it seems a little abstract.” laid back, and he’s not,” Michael Sleadd, cover artist for Bargen’s books, said. “Walter Jared Kaufman contributed to this report.
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8#'&5+B%!&,$/*/)$%3*+-$)%$"+$%+3$(+''B%4#*1 Costing less than $10 each, these crafts will satisfy your seasonal spirit. 89:;<=%>?@;A< Outlook Editor Crafts from Pinterest hardly ever turn out as planned. But I’ve gone through them and found the crafts that won’t suck the holiday spirit right out of you. Walking through the dollar store, I realized it was the holiday shopping destination I’ve been missing out on for years. From stockings to stuffed elves, the dollar store has you covered, making it your primary source of supplies for these crafts.
Picture Presents (up to $5, under a minute) An old trick I learned from my grandparents: Transform your ordinary photo frames into Santa’s secrets. Still have empty frames sitting around your room that you’ve been too lazy to print photos for? Or, perhaps, one’s a photo of you and your backstabbing “friend” you met the first week of school? Great! Finally put these lifeless accessories to use by decorating them in gift wrap. What you’ll need: - Picture frame - Wrapping paper - Tape
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Don’t mock it until you try it Let’s be honest though, there should have only been one movie. C9;<D%D:>8@! Staff Writer For all of you hardcore Hunger Games fans out there, I need to be honest and let you know that I have not read any of the books. I am reviewing this film on its cinematic merit alone. Needless to say, beware of massive spoilers from the first three previous films. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” picks up right where part one left off. Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) has just attacked Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) after being brainwashed by the Capitol, and the revolution is in full swing. Most of the film is an all-out war between the
Capitol and the Rebels, led politically by an unwilling Katniss, who would rather be fighting than posing for pictures and reading rehearsed speeches to the masses. Have you ever heard a movie called a “feel-good” movie? Where the movie just warms your heart and you leave feeling inspired and with a smile on your face? Yeah, this is the exact opposite of that. This is a feel-bad movie, but in a good way. “Mockingjay, Part 2” is relentlessly dark. If you’re a fan of the series, this is nothing new to you (as the series is based on a competition where kids are forced to kill each other for sport), but this film takes it to a whole other level. There are many gut-wrenching moments, and if you’re the type to cry at movies, bring many a tissue.
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- Scissors - Bows or other accessories, if desired Size your wrapping paper and cut it out just as you would when wrapping presents. Fold the sides of the paper over, pressing it down to make a crease for the stand or wall hanger. Then, cut out the shape of the crease to allow the frame to stand or hang as usual. Wrap the frame with the hole lined up how it was originally. Be careful to not tape the actual frame. Add other bows or desired accessories, and before you know it, your room will be looking like you were so good, Santa came early this year. After the holiday season, you’ll be lucky enough to unwrap the frames to once again to be reminded of what
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Sock Snowman (around $7, 15 minutes) I don’t know about you, but the laundry machine always seems to swallow half my socks. If only there were a clever Christmas craft I could do with the survivor socks … oh wait, there is! The sock snowman was my favorite craft I made during elementary school. It’s super cute and super easy to do, even if you’re not very crafty!
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‘Tis the season to curl up by the fire and watch the snow fall. It’s a universal fact that this is coziest with a warm drink in hand. Which is why MOVE has five drink recipes to warm your body and soul and get you into the “Let It Snow” spirit.
!"##"$%&'()*+,-. This Starbucks seasonal fave is super simple to whip up at home. Just brew up a cup of your favorite coffee and add in 2-3 tablespoons of chocolate syrup, depending on how sweet you like your coffee. After that, add in two handfuls of Andes Creme de Menthe baking chips and two hard peppermint candy rounds. Add sugar to taste, and your morning is off to a minty fresh start.
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!6%#7&')!&")8-&(") 1+()2-+,+3.(" Now this recipe is a little more complicated, but if pumpkin pie is your jam, it will be worth the effort. Start off by warming up 2 cups of milk in a saucepan. When the milk heats up, add in threefourths of a bar of white chocolate, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon sugar. Stir this together until the chocolate is completely melted. Then add a spoonful of pumpkin pie filling, a pinch of allspice and a pinch of cinnamon. Stir together until everything is evenly combined, then drink it up while basking in the glory of your delicious productivity.
/#&,"4)96(("$:""$ For the Harry Potter fan, this is the mecca of warm libations. Start off this seriously magical recipe by heating 2 cups of milk in a saucepan then add 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup brown sugar to the mix and stir. After that, add two spoonfuls of butterscotch sauce and two pinches of cinnamon. Pour this mixture into your “I Solemnly Swear I’m Up to No Good” mug and pour in 1/3 of a can of cream soda. No promises you’ll finally receive that Hogwarts letter, but at least you’ll have something warm and tasty to sip on while you prepare for those muggle exams.
/.3("4)2.$.%"3) 5##3")2&4"$ This is a must-try not only because it’s warm and sweet, but also because it could not be simpler. Just heat up a mug of your favorite apple cider and add two spoonfuls of caramel sauce and a pinch of sea salt. That’s literally the entire recipe. You can thank me later.
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Expected to bring something sweet to the table for a holiday dinner with the fam? No worries. MOVE’s got you covered with these warm and cozy holiday cookie recipes. These recipes are fairly simple, and delicious! A quick Walmart run should get you all the ingredients you need. Just put on some good tunes and get baking.
Hot Cocoa Cookies with Marshmallows Just like a traditional cup of hot chocolate, these cookies will warm you up. Check out this interesting cookie recipe. Ingredients - 1/2 cup butter - 12-ounce bag of semisweet chocolate chips - 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar - 3 large eggs - 2 teaspoons vanilla extract - 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder - 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour - 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder - 1/4 teaspoon salt - 8 ounces semisweet baking chocolate, cut into 1-inch pieces - 16 large marshmallows, cut in half Instructions 1. Melt the butter and all the semisweet chocolate chips in a saucepan at medium heat. Stir until melted. Remove from heat and wait five minutes to cool. 2. In a large bowl, combine the brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. With an electric mixer, mix in the cooled chocolate mixture. 3. Add the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt. After mixing until combined, cover bowl with saran wrap and refrigerate for two hours or more. 4. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Scoop the cookie dough at about a tablespoon each and place them onto the cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Make sure to leave 2 inches of space between each cookie. 5. Bake cookies for 12 minutes. Take out the sheets and place one piece of chocolate on the center top of each cookie, and then top each chocolate with one half marshmallow. Place cookies back in oven and bake another four minutes. 6. Let the cookies cool for at least five minutes before moving them to a cooling rack. Check out stepable.com for more information and cookie ideas.
Peppermint Crunch Dark Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies If you want an easy-peasy, four-ingredient recipe to impress your friends and family, put a minty spin on a delicious dark chocolate cookie. Perfect for the cool air outdoors, this cookie is a super simple recipe to conquer and tastes similar to Thin Mints Girl Scout Cookies.
Red Velvet Cookies A classic, scrumptious treat for any occasion, but during the winter, this cookie packs a punch in holiday spirit. Check out this easy red velvet cookie recipe. Ingredients - 1 cup powdered sugar - 1 teaspoon cornstarch - 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled - 1 box red velvet cake mix - 2 large eggs, beaten - Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 2. Mix together powdered sugar and cornstarch with a fork or small whisk in a shallow bowl, and set aside for later. 3. Combine butter, eggs and red velvet cake mix using a spoon. After that, roll the dough into balls about one inch in diameter. Roll balls in the powdered sugar mixture you made earlier and set them onto a baking sheet. 4. Bake for 10-11 minutes. Let the cookies cool for about one to two minutes. For more recipes, check out www.rachelcooks.com.
Soft & Chewy Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies Check out this rad cookie recipe. A swirl of chocolate and cranberry flavors take a twist on a simple sugar cookie. This is an easy and simple cookie to make and is sure to be a hit for your family and friends this holiday season. Ingredients - 3/4 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature) - 1/2 cup brown sugar - 1/2 cup white sugar - 1 tablespoon vanilla extract - 1 egg - 2 cups all-purpose flour - 2 teaspoons cornstarch - 1 teaspoon baking soda - A pinch of salt - 1 cup dried cranberries - 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Combine cake mix, eggs and oil in large mixing bowl and beat well. 3. Stir in Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips. 4. Chill dough in refrigerator for one hour. 5. Drop onto ungreased nonstick cookie sheet in rounded balls. 6. Bake for about 7–9 minutes or until done.
Instructions 1. Beat together butter, brown sugar and white sugar with an electric mixer. Combine the vanilla and egg. Next, beat in the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and pinch of salt until you see a soft dough forming. Add the cranberries and white chocolate chips by hand. 2. Refrigerate the dough for at least an hour or chill overnight. You want to make sure the dough has chilled in order to produce a nice, soft and chewy cookie. 3. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray two baking sheets with cooking spray. Make tablespoon-sized balls out of the dough and place the cookies 1-2 inches apart on the baking sheet. 4. Leave the cookies in the oven for 8-10 minutes, making sure to rate the sheet to ensure even baking. Let the cookies sit for at least 10 minutes to cool.
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Ingredients - 1 box Betty Crocker Dark Chocolate Cake Mix (15.25 ounces) - 1 bag Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips (10 ounces) - 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil - 2 eggs
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!../,0123,4255.3,4607.,0.839312:; &%+'(","(-%&*)( Reporter As the weather is getting colder, you may be wondering what to do with all the clothes taking up extra closet space. With these few essentials, you are guaranteed to stay warm and stylish, while making the most of your summer faves.
Tights
Tights are the go-to item to warm up your wardrobe in the winter. Wear them with a dress or skirt to keep your legs warm when walking around in the cold. If you’re feeling edgy, throw them on under a pair of shorts. If you’re worried that you won’t be warm enough, sweater tights are always a nice alternative. Pair the pattern from the sweater tights with a dress and you’ve got a great outfit for the winter. My go-to place to get tights is Target because it tends to have a lot of options and is cheaper than other places. MANEATER FILE PHOTO
Cardigans
My No. 1 most used item in the winter are cardigans. Cardigans are a great thing to throw over a concert T-shirt that you got over the summer, or any T-shirt for that matter. They keep you warm while still letting you rock your extensive short-sleeve collection. I love wearing longer cardigans with my favorite T-shirt, leggings and boots for a warm and comfortable look.
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Scarves
I never realized how cold my neck was until I started wearing scarves. They are great for adding variety to any outfit and keeping you warm because it’s easy to get more than one for a low price. Patterned or plain, infinity or classic, adding scarves to an old outfit revamps it and gives it a new feel.
Flannels
Flannels are the ultimate versatile clothing item. Wear them just as a shirt. Wear an unbuttoned flannel over a T-shirt, or layer it under a cardigan. Channel your inner ‘90s grunge teen. My favorite flannel I’ve owned was from Kohl’s. They always have sales, which is helpful as a college student.
Thick Socks with Patterns
These are lifesavers. Thick socks are a great thing to wear with combat boots that aren’t quite warm enough to wear in the cold. Wear a pair of Converse shoes and thick socks with a fun pattern to add color and personality to your outfit. Thick socks are a great (and cheap) way to keep warm in the winter and bring some variety to your wardrobe.
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A middle school love affair with Cassandra Clare a club one night witnessing a murder, she is thrown into this world with little to go on. This discovery leads to new relationships — friendships and otherwise —and many twists and turns. Besides the slow burning and utterly exhilarating relationship between the main characters, the book has a great woman character at its head, which makes it that much better. The other characters Izzy, Jace and Alec, all have their own lives and backstories that makes the book an incredibly multilayered story. My favorite in the series was the third book, “The City of Glass,” but all the books were heartpounding and exciting reads, so I can’t help but recommend all six books as a package. The “City of Bones” movie, however, was a cinematic disaster. The casting of Lily Collins as Clary was a great choice, but Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace was an inaccurate and awkward decision. The subpar acting of the movie, terrible graphics and surrounding hype made the film more uncomfortable. I’m just thankful for ABC Family for taking it on in the television world and attempting to bring the world of the Nephilim to life in their “Shadowhunters” show, which premieres Jan. 12, 2016. I doubt there will be a third try on this one, though, so fingers crossed they get it right. In another Clare accolade, “The
Infernal Devices” series defied expectations and made me love the Shadow hunter world even more. Although the main character, Tessa, wasn’t exactly my favorite female character in Clare’s series, Will Herondale was undeniably charming, and any reader would love the relationship between him and his lifelong best friend, Jem Carstairs. The stakes with Jem’s failing health, Will’s need to sacrifice himself for his family and Tessa’s mysterious storyline make the books so easy to devour. The best thing “The Infernal Devices”
did as a series was wrap everything up so that everyone was happy. No matter what character you rooted for, their endings were satisfying and sensible. It’s a rare feat for an author to tie up every loose end, but Clare managed to end “The Infernal Devices” in a brilliant and fulfilling way. As for me, I’m waiting for March 8, when Clare’s new book, “Lady Midnight,” is set to be released. Even though I’m technically supposed to have grown out of the YA genre a few years ago, Clare always manages to pull me back in.
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I love Cassandra Clare. Despite some of the young adult clichés and the slightly strange book jackets, her books create an incredible world of wonderful characters. Clare is able to construct gripping romances while leaving ample room for the friendships and connections between characters to grow. The balancing act between touching moments and scathing wit is what makes Clare’s books so successful. “The City of Bones,” the first in the “The Mortal Instruments” series, was our introduction to the world of the Shadowhunters. The books revolve around a half-angel, half-human species called Nephilim. The warriors of the Nephilim, Shadowhunters, fight against demons. They also keep the Downworlders (werewolves, vampires, warlocks and faeries) in check. The main character, Clary Fray, is a strong, kickass female with a motley crew — Simon, Luke and Clary’s mother, Jocelyn — behind her. When she finds herself in
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Section off the upper middle part of the snowman to be the head. Make the section for the head bigger than you want the head to be, because when tieing it it’ll end up smaller. Wrap string around it and tie it tightly. Next, your stylish snowman needs some fashion accessories. Flip the hat portion of the sock inside out and tie it the same as you did for the body, then flip it back right. It also needs a scarf, obviously. Cut a long piece of fabric or felt out, and glue or sew the sides together if it’s not double sided. Lastly, glue or sew some buttons on it, tie the scarf around its neck and wola! Your snowman is complete. The snowman can easily stick around for one than one holiday season, and could easily be a homemade gift! Just make sure it doesn’t come to life because that would be weird.
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What you’ll need: - Sock - A filler: rice or beans - String - Buttons - Felt or fabric - Glue Take a long sock and cut it off at the ankle. You can either then use the foot part to make the hat, or, if the end of the sock has designs on it like mine did, cut off part of the leg. The second part will be used to make a hat. Turn the sock for the snowman inside out, and tie the very end tightly with a piece of string. Then, flip the sock back rightside out. Start filling your snowman with something of your choice. I used beans, but in doing so I realized rice would have worked much better. Once filled, tie the top of the sock together again tightly.
A Cardboard Christmas (under $6, about 30 minutes) You likely don’t have room to fit a full Christmas tree in your
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Despite the somber tone, the film is actually great. It’s a satisfying conclusion to a series with definite cinematic ups and downs. The first “Hunger Games” film was underwhelming to me. I thought it was OK, but too dark for its own good. But the second film, “Catching Fire,” was phenomenal. It brought up themes about the dangers of big government that were fascinating, and the story took an interesting turn. Unfor tunately, after “Catching Fire” the filmmakers stumbled. With the final products that we have, there is no way that they could justify splitting “Mockingjay” into two parts from a filmmaking standpoint. Hardly anything happened to advance the plot in part one. The events could’ve
college bedroom, so fake it with this easy hack. While this is the most time consuming craft on this list, it’ll all be worth it when your room has the most holiday spirit in your whole residence hall. What you’ll need: - Cardboard - Green paint - Yellow glitter glue - Scissors - Garland or other decorations, if desired Draw or trace a tree onto cardboard. Make it as big or small as you want, likely depending on how much room you have for it. Cut out the tree, then trace the tree onto another piece of cardboard so it’s the same size. Cut out that part, too. Lastly, cut draw and cut out a star with leftover scraps of cardboard. Draw two slits on the trees: one on the top half of the tree about three-fourths of the way day, the other (on the other tree piece) on the bottom part up about three-fourths of the way. This will be how your tree can Even though Josh Hutcherson’s acting needed some work early on in the series, he’s a pleasant surprise in “Mockingjay, Part 2.” Jennifer Lawrence is great as always, and Donald Sutherland shines as President Snow. Jena Malone, who plays Johanna Mason, though underutilized, pleases in her eccentric role, while Natalie Dormer, who plays Cressida, is all but wasted this time around. Although much less frequent than in the first two films,
stand up together. Paint both sides of both tree parts green (or whatever color ya want), and both sides of the star with yellow glitter glue (or any kind), if desired. Once dried, put the tree together and put on the decorations you want.
to the string. To speed up the process, layer the paint chips when you’re cutting. Once it’s dry, you’ll have garland that’s as colorful as your spirit!
A Paint Chip off the Block (under $3, 20 minutes)
Take the paint chips and draw on the design you want your garland to be. I chose winter bells, but consider snowmen, stars, Christmas trees, gingerbread men, etc. The possibilities are almost endless. Then, simply cut out the designs and glue them
While most of the crafts I chose turned out, one craft was sent from the grinch: the solo cup wreath. At first glance, this looked like an easy way to repurpose party cups into holiday decorations. Supposedly you can weave ribbon above and under solo cups, gluing it down, and it somehow creates a wreath. Instead, I spent an hour of my life attempting to create a simple craft with ribbon slipping and sliding all around the solo cups. Once one cup finally stuck to the ribbon, upon putting on the next cup the first would fall off. It was a mess. I thought this craft’s final product would symbolize college life, but instead the craft’s production did.
the action is great. Given that Katniss only fired one arrow in part one of “Mockingjay,” more action was more than welcome. Keep an eye out for the sewer scenes; they’re the best the film has to offer. “Mockingjay, Part 2” focuses a little less on the anti-big government narrative to shine more light on the idea that war is personal. It never lets you feel like the people dying are simply cannon fodder, but rather people that you’ve seen in the series so
far and are probably fond of. It’s heavy stuff. If you haven’t seen any of the films, I recommend watching the first two, reading the plot summary of the third and picking up a ticket to see this one in theaters. Even though “Mockingjay” would have been better as one cohesive film, part two is definitely still worth seeing.
Paint chips are a good, oldfashioned way to transform any room from drab to fab. I scored some free paint chips and turned them into colorful, cutesy garland. What you’ll need: - Paint chips - String - Scissors - Glue
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34567%48%9:;<6=:>?:@A6:69%@BC@ABC@:6<% B=%DB994;7B%844:E?AA%E4FG4:: Student activist Reuben Faloughi: “It was actually one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen to see these not only athletes, but black males standing up to an exploitative system that in many instances is oppressive.” !"#$%"#&'()%*+,-.% /#+-!($0'%!-1%&'""%2!+/'(% of The Maneater Staff Out of a mass of jubilant students on Carnahan Quad, all singing and dancing and chanting to the sound of change after UM System President Tim Wolfe announced his resignation Monday, Nov. 9, Ian Simon emerged — fist clenched in the air — victorious. Followed by his band of proud teammates, heads held high in triumph, the Missouri football players had solidified the voice of the student-athlete. The underlying issues and resolutions rooted in racial tension at MU are complicated, but the events that occurred in a 48-hour span from the evening of Nov. 7 until the afternoon of Nov. 9 prove that one thing is very obvious: The student-athlete is more powerful than ever. This isn’t just a story of the controversial resignation of a university
system president. This isn’t just a story of years of built-up racial tension at a major university. This is a story of a group of student-athletes who used their platform to take a stand for what they believed in, transforming the way many view the role of NCAA athletes on campuses across the country. “It started with a few individuals on our team and look what it’s become,” sophomore defensive end Charles Harris said in a prepared statement released that Monday. “Look where we are right now. This is nationally known, and it started with just a few.” This team, no matter how troublesome a season it has had on the field, made an impact. These 2015-16 Tigers — the previous two years’ SEC East champions and one of the nation’s best defenses — became one of the most important athletic programs in the country, not through their play, but through their selflessness.
CAUSE MU opened its doors in 1839, claiming the title of the first public university west of the Mississippi River. At the time of its founding, the state of Missouri was a slave state, a result of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and therefore, no black students were allowed to enroll at the university. From 1835 to 1950, 70 Black Americans applied but were refused entrance into the university. Finally, in 1950, nine black students were allowed to enroll. Gus T. Ridgel was one of those
nine students. Despite a shortage of on-campus housing, the black graduate economics student lived alone in a two-bed dorm room. Not a single white student at MU would sleep in the same room as him. Racism has become more obvious in the past few years at MU, from two incidents, five years apart, of vandalism at the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, to three high-profile cases this fall, each a month apart, of black leaders on campus being called racial slurs. After 25-year-old graduate student Jonathan Butler was bumped by Wolfe’s car at the Homecoming parade during a protest, activist group Concerned Student 1950 held an inconclusive meeting with Wolfe. On Nov. 2, Butler announced his hunger strike protesting Wolfe, and demonstrators began pitching tents on Carnahan Quad to show solidarity. Within days, a few shoddily pitched tents turned into a sprawling city. Cardboard sheets acted as floors, heat lamps were set up within the complex, and blankets and pillows were donated by supporters. In the days that followed, Wolfe released a statement giving no indication of stepping down from his position, leaving Butler’s life on the line. But when the football team got involved Saturday night at 8:08 p.m., putting millions of dollars on the line for a Southeastern Conference school and its athletics program, Wolfe was gone within 48 hours.
INVOLVEMENT J’Mon Moore and Butler were in contact throughout the week leading up to Wolfe’s resignation. After learning of the situation, sophomore wide receiver Moore thought speaking to Butler was the least he could do. He asked Butler how he could assist and ultimately promises were made — presumably a promise to save Butler’s life. Multiple players on the football team would go on a boycott, and put their season, their scholarships — everything — at risk to make a difference. “A life is way more valuable than a game,” sophomore cornerback Anthony Sherrils said. “That’s what we were doing it for. A life. We felt strongly about it and felt like we needed to do it. A lot of guys were ready to lay their scholarship down on the line.” The support from coach Gary Pinkel only added fuel to the fire. Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter was proud when he heard the news. Colter spearheaded student-athlete unionization efforts that sent waves across the national news landscape. In a similar sense, he was impressed by the dedication of the Missouri football players. “I think it’s big,” Colter said. “I don’t want to downplay how tough it is for players to do it, but the great things I saw out of this case was that none of these players were looked at in a bad
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THE MANEATER | SPORTS | DECEMBER 2, 2015 light individually. I think it’s awesome (that Gary Pinkel backed up his players). It’s definitely something to be celebrated. You hear these stories about not everybody was on board but for them to even come together in solidarity for that, you know is awesome.” Racial tension didn’t just start in Columbia. Travel 110 miles east on I-70 and you’ll come upon Ferguson, a town that came under the nation’s microscope in August 2014 when Mike Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed by a white police officer. Many students at MU, including Butler, participated in racial justice rallies around campus. Reuben Faloughi is one of the original 11 members of Concerned Student 1950, as well as a former Georgia Bulldogs football player. To him, the Ferguson unrest served as a revelation for the change society needed to see. He began attending protests organized by MU4MikeBrown, and the group’s Student Center “die-in” became the catalyst to his involvement. “That opened my eyes to activism,” Faloughi said. “It gave me my start. That was the first time I’d ever done any organizing and that was the first time I saw a concerned group who were fighting for the same cause, and for that issue, it was Black Lives Matter and the fight against police brutality.” here’s a sense of shelter for athletes on campus. The walls of the Mizzou Athletics Training Complex provide a barrier, separating the average student experience and the inherently different student-athlete one. Whether it’s the private dining hall, first-class weight room or just a safe haven of sports, sports and more sports, it’s unlike any other building on MU’s campus. Faloughi knows this life. As a football player at the University of Georgia, the current MU graduate student acknowledged the bubble collegiate athletes live in. At Georgia, Faloughi wasn’t fully exposed to the student culture outside of football. He didn’t know who was running the school. He didn’t know how the university president treated his or her staff. He didn’t know the campus climate. Faloughi knew his reads, he knew his opponents’ offensive schemes and he knew that he had to win a football game every Saturday. “I was disconnected from the general student body experience and especially
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the black experience on campus,” the teammates, got out of class and into former linebacker said. “I imagine these his car. As he drove through campus, he problems were there, but athletics puts spotted the tents on Carnahan Quad. He you in a bubble so you don’t always didn’t necessarily know all of the details know what’s surrounding going on … the protest, but A LIFE IS WAY MORE You’re really when he came boxed in, so across Butler, VALUABLE THAN A GAME. you don’t who was on his know what third day of the THAT’S WHAT WE WERE to stand up hunger strike, DOING IT FOR. A LIFE. WE FELT for.” he knew he T h e needed to help. STRONGLY ABOUT IT AND FELT Tigers were “It struck LIKE WE NEEDED TO DO IT. A LOT me once I saw in a similar situation. J o n a t h a n OF GUYS WERE READY TO LAY Moore said Butler,” Moore that for him, said. “ That’s THEIR SCHOLARSHIP DOWN ON it’s hard to when I really THE LINE.” keep up with got concerned, happenings because he at MU wasn’t in a good !"#$%"&'($)**+,( because he’s state.” Mizzou cornerback focused on Moore and football “95 his teammates percent of then knew what the time.” to stand up for. On Nov. 4, the bubble burst. Moore, “He wasn’t a friend of mine,” Moore a “curious guy” according to his said. “I saw Jonathan, and we had a
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pretty good conversation, and I made some promises. Then me and (Sherrils) thought of some things, got some things together. Then it started." nlike a number of the events sur rounding Ferguson, the MU protests have been peaceful. Tear gas doesn’t fill the streets of campus. Police do not wear military gear and patrol the city of Columbia in armored vehicles. The only physical damage is the trampled grass of Carnahan Quad, flattened after over a week of the impromptu camp. New sod was laid Nov. 11, the morning after the campsite was deconstructed. It’s a new beginning for the lawn and a new beginning for the school. While Wolfe’s resignation was a “glimmer of hope,” said a member of Concerned Student 1950, the group maintains there’s still work to be done. “We still have demands and people forget that,” Faloughi said. “There’s a lot more to be done. I think the next step is shared governance. I think, right now, staff, faculty and students aren’t at the table — the president and the chancellor are put into those positions. We live in a democracy, so it makes sense for everybody to be represented in those decisions on top of the other demands that haven’t been met.”
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James Gray, a pastor at Second Baptist Church, led a prayer before the Concerned Student 1950 news conference on Traditions Plaza that Monday afternoon. A sea of onlookers — men and women, young and old, black and white — watched from the ascending steps of the newly built plaza. Over 500 people were witness to the news conference-turned-rally. “Any time you do a protest the right way, you can’t be disrupted,” Gray said. “They stand in unity. As you can see behind you and in front of you, look how many students are here. That’s what Dr. Martin Luther King said. We’ve got to come together as one.” Butler echoed Gray’s desire to unite, thanking those who supported the cause.
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Bowers’ mind, Wolfe failed to address these issues. The Homecoming parade incident, the inconclusive meetings, the perceived lack of care for the black community — it all got to a point where it was necessary for the president to step down. “I have heard many people say that you can't place blame on one person for the acts of others,” Bowers said “However, as the president of a university, that responsibility lies on you fully to protect each and every individual student equally. The only reason why the specific demands of Concerned Student 1950 were put into place immediately, was because of a delay in response to these serious matters.” The teammate Moe had argued with texted Moe after the news of Wolfe’s resignation swept the country. “You’re wrong,’” the teammate’s message read. “What (the football team and Concerned Student 1950) did was courageous and they had to do it. But I love you anyway.” The exchange between the two was emblematic of Mizzou Athletics’ and the football team’s unity. “I love you too, bud,” Moe shot back.
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“It would be inappropriate if I did not acknowledge the students who have been fighting for us,” Butler said Monday at the news conference. “This was not Jonathan Butler. This was the Mizzou community for one of the first times I’ve seen stand together united.” Yet, not everyone was on board with how the events unfolded on campus in the last few weeks. Former Missouri wide receiver T.J. Moe has been an outspoken critic of the handling of Wolfe’s resignation and the actions taken by the football team and Concerned Student 1950 group. The white, 5-foot-11 receiver played alongside Michael Sam and Blaine Gabbert before a few stints in the NFL with the St. Louis Rams and New England Patriots. Moe, now a football analyst on CBS Radio in St. Louis, disagreed with the way the football team, students on campus and social justice groups went about trying to change the climate on MU’s campus. When he saw the announcement on Twitter that the team would not play or practice until Wolfe was taken out of
office, Moe was shocked. “It took some time to swallow it and the fact that it was happening,” he said. “It’s a hard thing because in any cause, there’s never been 100 percent of people who agree with the avenue … We all agree that racism is bad and we don’t want anything to do with it in our culture. “But if you’re a white kid on this team, you’ve got to be scared of death to even speak out against the avenue and say: ‘I want to play football. Let’s try something else.’ And how about the black kids who may disagree? If they don’t disagree with how things are going then they’re not down with the cause.” Growing up outside of St. Louis, Moe didn’t witness a lot of racism in his upbringing or while at MU. He recognizes that he doesn’t share the same experiences as some of his former black teammates and current Missouri football players, but is disappointed that differing opinions are shot down and judged as racist. The way Wolfe was forced out of power, in Moe’s opinion, was more of a “termination,” and he said his right to
voice an opinion of the other side has been met with condemnation. “One of my former teammates has to convince me that I’m wrong, that I’m selfish, that I don’t know what I’m talking about,” Moe said. “And all I have to say back to him is: ‘Hey man, we just see this differently. I think there’s merit to the way I’m feeling, just like there’s merit to the way you’re feeling. We don’t have to agree.’” Moe’s thoughts differ from other former Missouri Tigers. There is an explicitly different experience for the black student-athlete and average black student on any college campus. The endless routines of lifting, practicing, studying, eating and sleeping don’t reflect the normal experience at MU. Laurence Bowers, who is black, played basketball for the Tigers from 2008 to 2013 and never felt racism in Columbia until cotton balls were strewn across the lawn of the black culture center by two white students in 2010. Bowers said he knows it’s impossible to fully remove racism from any campus or society, but he believes a concentrated effort to combat it is needed. In
Faloughi, 24, grew up in Martinez, Georgia, where over 75 percent of the population is white, according to the U.S. Census. Just 12.7 percent of his hometown was black, and he was no stranger to racism. Faloughi mentioned his experience with the N-word, with the Confederate flag and with judgment from teachers. And simultaneously, it’s the interactions he’s had with the Missouri football players that he’s cherished the most. “I definitely (realized the impact),” Faloughi said. “I think when I was their age, I wouldn’t have understood it, but I think now that I have a different view and now that I’m outside the realm of athletics, I kind of see a bigger picture, so it was amazing to watch. I’m glad I could be there to participate and to witness it.” Faloughi is a third-year doctoral student working toward a psychology degree. His life experiences have led him to a path of activism, and he hopes to work with black athletes and youth after graduation. He said he feels his previous status as a student-athlete “helped bridge the gap” for the football team, easing the unconventionality of the situation. All of these things in mind, Faloughi is proud of what he saw from the brave Tigers squad. “It was actually one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen to see these not only athletes, but black males standing up to an exploitative system that in many instances is oppressive,” Faloughi said. hese players are far from the first, and will be far from the last, to take a stance on a social matter. In December 1998, UCLA was unstoppable. On a 20-game winning streak, a victory over three-loss Miami would have secured the Bruins a spot in the first-ever Bowl Championship Series title game. But underlying problems, those concerning both societal issues and a lack of cohesiveness within the program, threw the team’s focus off. While the UCLA campus sat uneasy, with many protesting California’s Proposition 209, a constitutional amendment that rid the state of affirmative action, which had been approved two years prior. In the days
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leading up to the contest against the Hurricanes, a number of Bruin players decided to wear black wristbands to show their solidarity for the cause. The efforts were spearheaded by defensive back Larry Atkins and linebackers Brendon Ayanbadejo and Ramogi Huma, but were ultimately squashed by the man who was supposed to be there for his players. Then-coach Bob Toledo pleaded with the protesting Bruins, maintaining that athletes should avoid making political statements. There would be no effective demonstration. Due in part to a lack of focus and unity, UCLA would go on to lose that game against Miami. Not only had a group of players’ voices been silenced, but the otherwise-championship season had been spoiled. But since that year, Huma has refused to give up the fight. While still a student at UCLA, Huma founded what would become the National College Players Association, an organization dedicated to the rights of college athletes. He has worked closely with Colter in the push for studentathlete unionization. If anyone knows of the true leverage a group of student-athletes can hold, it’s Huma. “They have tremendous power,” he said. “Most universities’ … primary marketing is athletics. Universities are mentioned more in regards to athletics than any academic endeavour or any invention or any discovery than they’re involved in. It establishes the university brand. That’s the power of sports.” The Tigers may have been in a completely different situation than the Bruins, from on-the-field performance to methods of protest to the issue in itself. But the base was the same — to use their position to transform what they perceived as a faulty system. “I was proud of (the Missouri players) because, too often, they’re treated like property and not people,” Huma said. “It’s hard sometimes for young people who are in a system that does all it can to keep power away from them, to
pretend like they don’t have that kind of leverage and power. So they don’t feel the power to anything outside of football. “To watch these players recognize that they’re citizens of this country first, and that they have rights, puts something in front of their athletic ambitions,” Huma continued. “(It shows) someone who is concerned about their fellow being and things outside of football.” At UCLA and Missouri, the situations were fundamentally different. One team was on top of the world, averaging 40 points per game with a 10-0 record and ranked No. 3 in the nation. The other was floundering, below .500 and putting up 14 points per game, suffering a touchdown drought of sorts. The Bruins were manned by Toledo, a relatively new head coach, who refused to take part in his team’s protest. The Tigers had Pinkel, the winningest coach in school history, who stood by his players without hesitation. UCLA’s 20-game winning streak was dissolved in the following game. Against Brigham Young and against the odds, Missouri snapped its four-game losing streak in a game that was nearly canceled. Sure, the Bruins would go on to finish their season 10-2 and snag a spot in the Rose Bowl while the Tigers ended 5-7, missing bowl eligibility. But, for Mizzou, none of that mattered. "It didn’t matter if we were 9-0 or 0-9,” Moore said. "I knew from the jump that Coach Pinkel was going to support us. Coach Pinkel supports his players. We’re all his sons. I didn’t have a doubt in my mind that he was going to stand (with) us. There’s no way he would have did that." Through and through, one thing holds true for these events surrounding the Missouri Tigers: These players put everything on the line to work toward something bigger than themselves — bigger than football. They saw a problem with the school they love and united in name of activism. Moore and his teammates have
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said they hope to stay in touch with Concerned Student 1950, saying, “If they needed our help, we’d be there to help them.” The next step is unclear, but the push for equality won’t stop any time soon.
“We matter and we have a voice,” Sherrils said. “When we stand behind something and feel strongly about it as one, we’ll get it done … We made a difference and we used our platform to change something.”
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