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MARCH 2, 2016

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The Missouri Students Association’s recent lack of transparency with the student body has led former Senate Speaker Kevin Carr to unveil a piece of legislation that he hopes will change how MSA interacts with students.

At the full Senate meeting Feb. 24, Carr presented legislation that would create a process for students to petition MSA in the same way that citizens can petition the national government. If passed on March 9, his legislation would mandate that MSA hear and issue an official opinion on any concern a student brings to MSA if that student has obtained a set number of signatures.

“The ultimate goal of it would be for people in Senate to realize that they need to take opinions that students have and then own them,” Carr said.

“If we don’t do that then we’re not serving students.

Regardless of how tough those conversations are and regardless of how serious the topics are, we shouldn’t shy away from them.”

Carr’s legislation was denied by Senate and sent back to committee almost immediately after it was brought to the floor. Carr was not surprised and said certain elements of his legislation needed to be reviewed before it passes. He plans on working out the details with the Operations Committee to redefine some of the legislation’s more “mechanical parts.”

Chief among these is the required amount of signatures a petition must have before it appears on the Senate floor. Currently, that number is set at 100, but this could change depending on what the committee decides.

“If we make the number too low, we run the risk of having potentially frivolous things drop on our desk,” Operations Committee member Saad Malik said. “If we make it too high, we run into the discouragement factor. It is a balancing act.”

The act is set to become a constitutional amendment, meaning it will have to be passed by Senate as well as voted on by the students during a referendum. Carr said it will not appear on the ballot during MSA’s special presidential election but might be present for the academic senator ewlection later in the spring.

“There’s some discussion of whether or not we want this to be in the constitution because once

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!+,-./0'1,2,34'0562.0'7,0-800,93 After the UM System Board of Curators’ decision to fire the professor, faculty members have questioned their own ability to stand up for students. !"#$%&'($)*&" Staff Writer A professor’s firing rarely makes national news.

But since November, Melissa Click’s name has become a narrative of its own, culminating with her firing Feb. 25.

Her story is well-known. Following UM System President Tim Wolfe’s resignation Nov. 9, the former assistant communication professor was caught on camera calling for “muscle” to remove student journalist Mark Schierbecker from Concerned Student 1950’s campsite. The video has since received close to 3 million views, drawing support and ire from various groups around the nation. Two debates were sparked that day: First Amendment rights and what constitutes acceptable behavior for a faculty member.

Since then, Click has been sent hate mail, targeted by Missouri lawmakers, called a heroine, suspended and, on Feb. 25, fired. Click’s firing elicited varying responses from those following her story, and the debate about how faculty should behave is ongoing.

The firing UM System Board of Curators Chairwoman Pam Henrickson, interim UM System President Mike Middleton and interim MU Chancellor Hank Foley held a conference call with the press Feb. 25 to announce Click’s firing. The board voted 4–2 to fire her following an investigation.

Click can appeal her termination, Henrickson said during the conference call, and she added that the board had gone to “significant lengths” to ensure fairness for Click during the investigation and decision process.

Click has until March 4 to write to the board explaining why she does not think she should be fired.

If no appeal is made, then the board’s decision is final.

Click was suspended Jan. 27 after a second video came to light showing her shouting profanity at a police officer while standing between student demonstrators and police at the October Homecoming parade.

The same day the board suspended Click, it also authorized an investigation of her conduct since November, which Click responded to Feb. 19. The curators reviewed the report and response before voting.

“The board respects Dr. Click’s right to express her views and does not base this decision on her support for students engaged in protest or their

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“As females, we are taught to not

take up space or talk about our vaginas,” Hughes said. “The first lesson I learned was to not be afraid to say the word ‘vagina’ and to not be afraid to take up space as a female.”

Her involvement in the MU production of the “Vagina Monologues” when she was a freshman sparked Hughes to become more knowledgeable about what it meant to be a feminist.

In 1996, Eve Ensler wrote the Vagina Monologues, which features a collection of monologues from diverse female voices. The monologues discuss sex, love, violence, orgasms, various names for the vagina and more.

The RSVP Center’s STARS sponsored

the play, and 90 percent of the proceeds went to the L.E.A.D. Institute and True North Women’s Shelter. The remaining 10 percent went to the V-Day movement, an organization dedicated to ending violence against women and girls.

Hughes initially joined the cast because she wanted to get involved in the theater community at MU. Since she was double majoring in psychology and theater, she thought that Vagina Monologues would be a great way to practice her acting skills. What she took from joining the cast was much more than theater experience.

Her role freshman year was in the “Reclaiming Cunt” monologue. The scene

features a group of women repeating the word to showcase how it should not have a negative connotation. They break the word apart by letter while also comparing it to other positive terms and bodily functions that start with the same letter.

After her first performance, Hughes felt empowered and as if she was beginning to understand what it meant to be a feminist.

“I felt extremely empowered after performing, it inspired me to find my inner feminist,” Hughes said. “Knowing

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Concerned Student 1950 clarifies letter from Chuck Henson Henson encouraged the group to meet with him in person and attend Working Group meetings to collaborate with administrators.

HEI/?D(IBLM Staff Writer Founding Concerned Student 1950 member Maxwell Little said Chuck Henson’s letter to the student activist group last Thursday was misinterpreted by the Columbia Missourian.

Henson, the interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, wrote

in the letter that “the time for demands, threats and arbitrary deadlines is over.”

The day before, Concerned Student 1950 released a presentation clarifying their demands the university had not yet met and giving administrators specific deadlines to meet them.

In the letter, Henson also wrote that he had not met with Concerned Student 1950 but encouraged members of the collective to attend the Working Group, a new program for student leaders to meet weekly with administrators and give input.

His comments sparked some confusion. Little saw it as Henson saying he had not met with Concerned Student 1950 as a collective group. Little and another representative have attended

Working Group meetings, which started Feb. 17.

Little talked with Henson on Saturday morning to clarify.

“He really didn’t say that,” Little said.

“I talked to Henson about it and he told me that he wasn’t saying ‘stop making demands,’ he said there just wasn’t a reason anymore to continue putting out demands via media. I think that was misinterpretation on the Missourian’s part.”

Interim UM System President Mike Middleton also released a statement about the demands via email.

“The time for demands has passed,” Middleton said in the statement. “We have already begun the very important work of making our campuses more

diverse, equitable and inclusive, and encourage MU students to be part of the solution by engaging with the Working Group established by MU's Vice Chancellor of Diversity and with our system Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force.”

Little also addressed the demands listed in the presentation. In the updated list of demands, many of them had deadlines for the demands to be met. Little said Concerned Student 1950 reissued the demands with deadlines, not necessarily expecting that they will be met by that time. They created deadlines for the demands to generate a sense of urgency.

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views,” Henrickson said.

“However, Dr. Click was not entitled to interfere with the rights of others, to confront members of law enforcement or to encourage potential physical intimidation against a student.”

Faculty and student response Many faculty see the board’s decision as overstepping its bounds and lacking due process.

While the curators can fire whomever they choose, they rarely fire professors.

During a Faculty Council meeting less than two hours after Click’s firing, Foley answered questions from faculty members in front of a crowded audience.

Faculty Council Chairman Ben Trachtenberg said at the meeting that Click was fired without due process.

“Regardless of one’s position or opinion on professor Click’s behavior fitness for duty, she was entitled by the rules — rules that the Board of Curators approved — to a fair process,” Trachtenberg said. “That she did not receive.”

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said the bigger effect of Click’s firing showed that, legally, any faculty member could be fired if the board so chose.

“The implication of that is that the entire tenured faculty could be fired tomorrow,” Trachtenberg said. “And that is no way to govern a university.”

Traci Wilson-Kleekamp, who works for Mizzou Athletics’ Total Person Program, said during the meeting she believed Click was fired for standing up for black students.

“This is damaging to black people,” Wilson-Kleekamp said. “This nonsense of talking around race has got to stop.

This is proxy racism. And we need to start talking about the fact that we need to do right by our students; that we’re going to take out a professor — a white woman — who said, ‘I’m going to defend this space for black students who haven’t been heard’ … that is unacceptable.”

Many students took to social media to voice their opinion on Click’s firing.

“We attend a university where caring for and protecting the students results in you being fired,” the Legion of Black Collegians tweeted Thursday.

Other students retweeted LBC’s tweet and emphasized that Click hadn’t just protected students, but black students.

Schierbecker said he was pleased with Click’s firing.

“I am happy with the outcome

of the investigation,” he said in a statement. “I am disappointed by the lack of response from some of the faculty who chose not to act on this for over two months. I am embarrassed that the Board of Curators had to act because the faculty would not.”

The American Association of University Professors published a letter to Foley on Feb. 26 calling for Click to be reinstated. In the letter, AAUP’s associate secretary HansJoerg Tiede wrote that Click’s firing was “fundamentally at odds with basic standards of academic due process.”

on speech … but her overall behavior.”

At a press conference Jan. 25 addressing Click’s job status following a third-degree assault charge, Foley assured MU that Click would be given due process and that “hasty” decisions would not be made.

He also said Click would not be fired before the tenure process was completed.

Two days later, Click was suspended by the Board of Curators.

Since Click’s suspension, guest faculty have been teaching her classes and will continue to for the rest of the semester, communication department Chairman Mitchell McKinney said.

Three weeks later, on Feb.

15, Foley issued a statement in light of the footage showing Click yelling an expletive at a Columbia police officer. In the statement, Foley denounced her behavior, calling it “appalling.”

During the press conference announcing Click’s termination, Foley said he was in full agreement with the board’s decision.

“Her actions in October and November are those that directly violate the core values of our university,” Foley said.

“I can assure you — as Board Chair woman Henrickson noted — that there has been fairness in this process and investigation.”

Middleton agreed with Henrickson and Foley.

“Dr. Click’s behavior was inappropriate and unacceptable,” Middleton said.

Later, at the Faculty Council meeting, Foley was criticized for changing his statement over the course of the month. Foley reiterated that he agreed with the board and that “they did the right thing.”

Foley also said the investigation was not based on political pressure from legislators.

“The board undertook an investigation as a response to the charges that were brought against her by the local prosecutor (and the board) made the decision from that basis,” Foley said. “The board did not make the decision

have the chance to be removed later. We need to give students a fair shake at understanding this.”

During the brief discussion that took place before the act was tabled, some senators voiced concern that Carr’s legislation could actually discourage students from

bringing their issues to MSA. They said establishing a petition system with a set number of signatures could become an obstacle to students who want their voices heard.

Carr refuted these arguments and criticized MSA for not taking a stance on issues important to students such as

concealed carry on campus and Planned Parenthood’s severed ties with MU. Malik agreed.

“A lot of things we try to discuss get shot down in committees because no one wants to appear controversial if they don’t have to,” Malik said.

“As a student advocacy group

and a student government, we should be able to be the people that students turn to for political opinions or opinions in general about things that are going on campus. This forces us to do so.”

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Administrative response

Investigative report Bryan Cave law firm spent over two weeks investigating Click , which included interviewing Click twice and more than 20 other people, such as Schierbecker and Concerned Student 1950 members.

The 24-page report details the days leading up to the Nov. 9 incident with Schierbecker and what has happened in the three months since.

In a letter to the board, Click refuted some of the findings the report detailed.

She said some of the claims people interviewed made were inaccurate and that some findings included in the report were irrelevant or unnecessary.

“I believe you need a fuller picture of the environment in which I found myself,” Click wrote in the letter. “While some would judge me by a short portion of videotape, I do not think that this is a fair way to evaluate these events.

Those videotaped moments (for which I have formally and publicly apologized) deserve to be understood in a wider frame of reference, among all of the momentous events of the fall semester.”

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Two slates will participate in the 2016 Residence Halls Association presidential race. The RHA president and vice president will lead operations for students in 24 residence halls.

RHA has a role in deciding the names of upcoming residence halls and suggesting changes to ROAR and laundry systems on campus. In addition to taking on these responsibilities, each slate plans to tackle issues relevant to all residents, such as inclusivity and mental health.

The official RHA debate was Feb. 28. Voting begins at 10 a.m. March 2 and closes at 10 a.m.

March 4. Results will be announced during the annual RHA banquet March 4.

Emily aiken

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Freshman Emily Aiken is running for RHA president under the campaign “Live Together, Grow Together” with a platform that focuses on sustainability and outreach programs that will create a campus that “works together, lives together and grows together.”

Aiken originally planned to run for vice president with RHA Justice Kyle Roberts. Cut, after he dropped out of the race, RHA passed legislation that affect election rules, Aiken decided to run by herself, and she will be able to appoint a vice president if elected.

As president, Aiken aims to partner with a program within the Multicultural Center called Community 360, which promotes an understanding of the dynamics of privilege and power as well as develops students’ leadership potential.

“I think that fit right in with what I want to do in RHA,” Aiken said. “I would really want to focus on working more closely with organizations like MSA and LBC, the Multicultural Center, the Women’s Center and

Wellness (Resource Center), because we all represent people at Mizzou whether it be to a larger or smaller degree. I think it’s important that we start working more closely together in order to get things done.”

Events such as the Concerned Student 1950 protests and the resignations of the Missouri Students Association’s presidentand vice president-elect changed the campus climate, but it also changed the role of student leaders, Aiken said.

“I think a lot of people have been doing more to end those problems,” Aiken said.

“There are a lot more people who speak up now, which is good. We’re student leaders, so we should speak up.”

Her platform has stayed consistent after deciding to run by herself.

“When Kyle and I were running together, we made sure to set goals we both believed were important, and so my platform hasn't changed because all of those matters are still important to me,” Aiken said.

Matt Bourke/Martha Pangborn Freshmen Matt Bourke and Martha Pangborn launched their campaign “Engage Mizzou” with four core pillars: involvement, improvement, inclusion and communication.

This platform reflects the slate’s desire to increase communication through programs such as OrgSync, an online program aimed at streamlining communication and operations between campus departments and organizations.

“Communication is so vital for first-year students because if you don’t have a group that is able to communicate what they’re doing, you’re going to have no idea what’s going on,” Bourke said. “With the res halls being primarily first-year students, that is so crucial in getting messages across.”

Another focal point of their platform is reaching out to smaller communities that do not feel as involved. Bourke and Pangborn were particularly inspired by an article in the Columbia Missourian that revealed discrimination against Asian students on campus. The issue impacted Pangborn personally, as she lived with an international student from China during the fall semester.

“One of my favorite things in (the platform) is about extending the relationship with our international students,” Pangborn said. “I want everyone to be welcome. We also have in (the platform) having events or something over the long breaks when they can’t go home.”

Bourke currently serves as president of Hatch Hall, which he said prepares him to oversee all residence halls on campus. In addition, Bourke serves as an MSA senator on the Student Affairs Committee. However, after MSA had to hold a special election, Bourke said that it was evident that his place was in RHA. “What really became clear to me is that there are some student governments on campus, most notably the ones that suffered in this controversy, that are not doing their job right now,” Bourke said. “I think that RHA is really doing its job.”

Pangborn currently serves as the RHA Programming Committee vice chair, but said she is ready to take on a larger role. “(We) discussed that he doesn’t want a puppy dog vice president, so to say, someone

who just stands back and lets the president do everything,” Pangborn said. “He wants me to take on special projects on the side and just have my own hand in this as well.”

During the campaign period and moving forward, Bourke and Pangborn said they will make transparency a large part of the process.

“I think a president, first and foremost,

needs to be the most open person,” Bourke said. “If a person doesn’t feel comfortable to talk to the president then you’re not doing your job. You need to hear what those constituents are saying, because if you’re not doing that, then what are you doing?”

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construction rates at their highest level since the 1980s. As more rental units are built and vacancy rates rise, prices decrease.

“We anticipate that as more developments are finished and supply increases, the trend might continue and help to bring relief to Columbia residents who rent apartments,” Radbil said.

This trend prevails even as more luxury complexes on college campuses offer competitive amenities, renovations and, therefore, may charge higher rent. The growth in apartment construction convinces ABODO analysts that the amount of new supply will help slow rapid increases in rental prices.

The replotting for a 10-story apartment complex to be built downtown was recently approved by Columbia City Council.

Development is continuing even though, as of January, freshman applicants to MU had decreased by 941 compared to the year before.

Off-Campus Student Services Coordinator Dionne George said the decrease in enrollment has not directly impacted demand for offcampus housing or current costs of rent, averaging $450 per month based on prices collected from the properties on their website.

Some students are still willing to pay nearly double the average rent cost for a prime location.

“The big thing I have access to is campus — that's why it has the price tag it does,” sophomore Stephen Coy said.

Coy pays around $800 per month at The Lofts at 308 Ninth. According to their website, each unit boasts flat screen TVs, wood floors, granite countertops and Jacuzzi tubs.

“I was willing to pay more this year because I thought that it would be important to be able to walk to campus,” Coy said. “I'm going to live with someone off-campus next year because I'm going to prefer saving the money.”

In the future, George said a lower number of sophomores and juniors could affect rent costs.

Columbia Housing Authority CEO Phil Steinhaus said increasing student housing may eventually help low-income residents in Columbia who benefit from the CHA Housing Choice Voucher Program. The program helps renters find housing options with access to jobs, transportation and goods and helps subsidize their rent to local landlords.

“The students searching for affordable rental housing are competing with other people looking for affordable housing like the people on our Housing Choice Voucher Program,” Steinhaus said. “As new student housing gets built, it relieves some of the pressure that’s been on the rest of the housing market.”

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Rent drops in Columbia due to oversupply of student housing of The Maneater Staff Columbia ranks eighth in U.S. cities that have experienced decreases in rent between January and Februrary, according to a report.

The study, conducted by apartment listing site ABODO, said unlike Columbia, most cities have seen apartment rent increase as national employment increases and more people can afford to pay rent. In most cases, rental demand also increases as college graduates saddled with student loans choose to rent instead of purchasing a home, according to the study.

ABODO spokesman Sam Radbil said Columbia’s decrease had been a steady trend over the past three months and attributed the trend to an oversupply of housing and less demand. The report cited national

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“It’s so awful it’s funny,” O’Reilly said.

“We’re just making jokes about it, like ‘haha, we’re homeless.’”

O’Reilly said she doesn’t think they should be building more student housing complexes when existing apartments aren’t being completely filled. This oversupply of Columbia student housing could lead to a trend of decreasing rent, according to previous Maneater reporting.

Columbia resident Erica Ramirez was walking around downtown last Friday.

She said she comes downtown to enjoy the quaint buzz of Columbia life with her dog, and she resented the move to replace two lively businesses with more student housing.

“Tearing down those buildings is going to be detrimental,” Ramirez said.

“Things like this are eventually going to kill the downtown culture in Columbia.”

Quinton’s and Britches owner Mike McClung said the real estate will change hands sometime in April. He said he has good feelings about the complex and thinks that the development is inevitable.

McClung said students add vitality to downtown Columbia and that Rise Apartments will attract a young and professional demographic. Still, he’s sad to see Quinton’s and the memories the grill carries jump ship.

Junior Josh Hunt said he’s sad to see Quinton’s move, but he feels that Rise Apartments will more efficiently use the space.

“I don’t think the rooftop of Quinton’s bar is accessible for a large portion of the fall and spring semester,” Hunt said. “It’s probably a lot less profitable than other potential uses of the space.

Maybe an apartment complex is a better option.”

In a statement online, Quinton’s announced that it would close this spring and urged every diehard fan to return for one last hoopla in the restaurant’s original form.

“It is with a heavy heart and a heavy glass of 18-year-old bourbon that we at Quinton’s Bar & Deli are leaving our current location,” the statement read.

“Since the day the place first opened in 1995 Quinton’s has been many things

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Since she was suspended, her classes have been taught by volunteer faculty members from departments across campus, and that will continue for the

to many people in this community. The irony that we are leaving our home right as it reaches legal drinking age is not lost on us.”

McClung said he doesn’t think Quinton’s is “gone forever.” They’ve discussed plans for eventually relocating, which he said they won’t immediately share. Britches also plans on relocating only a few doors down on Ninth Street, he said. He also owns Tonic Night Club and Bar, which he said is there to stay.

McClung said his favorite memories of Quinton’s were seeing people walking out with smiles.

“I’ve built lifelong friendships from this place,” McClung said. “I’d say between customers and staff, there’s been about 30 or 40 marriages from people who have met through working or eating here. There are many monumental love stats that came out of Quinton’s.”

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Senior Caroline O’Reilly was working 27 hours per week, going to school full time, looking for postcollege employment and just starting her capstone when she learned she was going to be evicted from James Condominiums.

O’Reilly said she thought it was a joke when one of her roommates sent a photo of the eviction notice in their apartment’s GroupMe. Once she realized the notice was real, she cried and called her mom.

She and her roommates originally thought they were the only ones getting evicted, but after hearing neighbors yelling through the thin walls, she said they realized it was the entire building.

Her apartment complex was bought

by Fields Holdings LLC, a Californiabased real estate development company, for an in-the-works 10-story housing complex. Rise Apartments will be located in place of Quinton’s Bar & Deli and Britches Clothing.

A clause in their apartment contract, stating that the lessor could terminate the lease at any time with a month’s written notice, allowed the eviction to happen legally.

“When you hear that, though, I figured it was for something like someone selling drugs out of their apartment, but if you actually think of it from legal terms, it could be literally anything,” O’Reilly said. “Even if I had read it, I wouldn’t have thought about it.”

The letter gave residents about a month’s notice to find a new place to live.

When interviewed in early February, O’Reilly was frantically shoving piles of clothes into suitcases before her mom drove from Chicago to help her move that weekend.

As a full-time regional manager of sales for a telecommunications company and parent of three, her mom was less than thrilled to drive to Columbia after returning from a business trip two days earlier, O’Reilly said.

rest of the semester, communication department Chairman Mitchell McKinney said.

According to myZou, Click is currently teaching a graduate seminar titled “Topics in Mass Communication,” which meets once per week. McKinney said he has chosen guest lecturers for each week who have expertise in the topic of discussion for the week, based on Click’s original syllabus.

McKinney said he has communicated regularly with Click’s students and told them who each week’s guest lecturer will be.

“I haven’t gotten any specific feedback following the decision of the Board of Curators last week,” McKinney said. “But the students in the class

understand that the class is continuing, they know who the faculty lecturer will be each week. We didn’t start to put together a plan for the class just last week. We’ve been doing this for about two months now.”

He said none of the graduate students Click was advising are currently in the dissertation stage of their research, and they will be able to continue taking classes to complete their degree requirements.

McKinney said he is unsure of whether Click’s position will be filled in the fall, because departmental vacancies are typically discussed with the dean of the college at a later date.

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Continued from page 3 the history behind the play and seeing so many people who have done the Vagina Monologues and their relationship to the show inspired me to find my inner feminist.”

Since her freshman year, Hughes has done multiple monologues. Her favorite performance was during sophomore year when she performed “Angry Vagina” because it was the first time her parents came to see the play.

“It was the first time my dad heard me curse and it was everything,” Hughes said. “At first I was nervous because I didn’t know how they would react because in high school I was very naive to female empowerment. I wouldn’t say because they didn’t teach me, but because they were naive as well.”

With three years of experience under her belt, Hughes had no problem delivering her final performance on Saturday.

Her monologue this year was “Outrageous Vagina Fact,” in which Hughes and her partner

sarcastically compare certain states’ vibrator bans to the legality and availability of guns in the U.S. The atmosphere at the monologues was just as Hughes had described: empowering.

The play was performed in Jesse Hall Auditorium to a nearly full house. There were two acts and 23 performances in total that featured a cast of over 60 women delivering monologues ranging from sexual violence testimonies to body positivity.

One of the performances, titled “The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy,” consisted of six women discussing how much they loved to pleasure other women.

The monologue ended with the women moaning and taking off their silk robes to reveal their lingerie.

Another per formance, “Crooked Braid,” brought to light how Native American women were more at risk to receive sexual violence and abuse at the hands of men. It told the story of a woman’s relationship with her abusive husband and how it took many years of abuse for her to finally leave him.

Hughes said that she’ll miss the many different aspects of

the play.

“The buildup and the excitement and being surrounded by all the girls is one of my favorite parts,” Hughes said. “I’ll also miss rehearsals because they aren’t like typical rehearsals; they are half rehearsing and half educating.

We have our beneficiaries come in and tell us what they do so that we can tell others where the money goes to.”

Hughes has also been an active participant in other feminist organizations at MU. Hughes has even founded her own body positivity organization on campus called “Fluffy Girls.” The purpose of the organization is to both spread and discuss body positivity and to “aspire full-figured women as fierce high-esteemed individuals,” according to the organization's Twitter. After graduating in May, she aspires to become a children’s psychologist, with theater as her backup career.

‘If you see me now, I’m a superwoman, but back then I was very naive to what it meant to be a feminist,” Hughes said.

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“We know it takes time,” Little said. “(We made the deadlines) to get them going on it and also to get them committed to it. For the Faculty Council, these talks about a mandatory diversity requirement have been in place for years. It’s just a matter of voting on it.”

Little said Working Group meetings have mostly been informational thus far. During the first meeting, the group introduced themselves to one

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another and in the second meeting, David Mitchell, the head of the diversity, equity and inclusion task force for the UM System, talked to the group about how to get involved.

“We learned about what the Working Group consists of and building this relationship with not only MU, but with the community too,” Little said. “So when we’re talking about hiring faculty of color, you know, those people have to live here too. What type of environment does Columbia offer so we don’t turn them away?”

Even though Little thought the first two meetings went well, he said he hopes that future meetings can be more

discussion-based. He said that the student leaders have not had the opportunity to share their ideas to make the university better, which is what he hopes the Working Group accomplishes.

“I hope that some of the ideas that are going to be generated in the Working Group will be put in place,” Little said. “How are we getting out to the community? What is that outreach looking like?

Basically, I’d like to see some concrete ideas and policies put into place because of the Working Group.”

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A PLACE FOR FREE EXPRESSION We want to hear your voice.

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!"#$"%$&'$#()&*$+$#%' ,&-)&-%-.$*'%/$'0&)#1'-**2$* MSA’s most pressing issue is diversity on campus.

It is only fitting that the announcement of The Maneater’s endorsement fell on the same day that #ConcernedStudent1950 announced that it is #StillConcerned.

In the aftermath of one of the greatest social justice movements that this campus has ever experienced, it is shameful that our student media is still unable to grapple with the plight of their marginalized peers. I am honestly struck by the privilege in the statement that “the problems that MSA currently face go beyond inclusivity and accessibility.” The lack of inclusivity and accessibility for students on this campus is the largest problem for our disenfranchised students. The same problem that this campus faces is the same problem this community faces, which is the inability to comprehend systemic inequality or listen to the voices that are routinely silenced.

The rallying cry rings forth: Grad workers demand for recognition, black students demand acceptance, black faculty retention rates are abysmal, people of color employed as mental health professionals are nonexistent, and Academic Retention Services continues to suffer more budget cuts. Meanwhile, MSA continues their separation from the common student body as it continues its slow and steady march towards the status quo and continues its support of administration attempting to raise fees on undergraduates. Racism lives on this campus and within this community and so do we — it is the job of our representatives to change this.

I am not writing this because my name was not listed at the top of the editorial. I am writing

this because even after students camped in the pouring rain, your staff has still refused to hear the storm. Even after cotton balls on the Black Culture Center, swastikas in the bathroom, pick-up trucks with Confederate flags, and death threats posted anonymously by our peers who threaten to “stand their ground and shoot every black person they see,” The Maneater still claims that MSA “has more problems than its handling of social justice issues.”

There is no other problem that MSA needs to face more pressing than the issue of diversity on this campus and our culture’s and community’s inability to grapple with the issues that terrorize our campus and make our students and peers unsafe.

When MSA reaches out beyond the confines of its Senate, executive office and auxiliaries is when real change and progress can begin and we can sit in our offices and claim that “the problems that MSA currently face go beyond inclusivity and accessibility” The lack of understanding between The Maneater and social justice is of course nothing new — it’s the lack of connection between the reporter, the oppressed and the activist that led to the editorial that shamed MU4MikeBrown protesters for having the courage to speak out for their humanity. It was your staff ’s willful ignorance of social progress that led to Ashley Bland’s letter-tothe-editor in November 2014. She was one of the few voices that spoke out against an editorial by your staff that called out protesters on their methods and even addressed them as “belligerent.” Ashley asked an essential question that I believe still hangs in the Columbia air: “Do we make you uncomfortable?”

It is with great disappointment that I watch The Maneater and #ConcernedStudent1950 discuss

social justice on the same day and emerge with massively different results. Activists on this campus engaged and continued to engage in massive demonstrations to raise social consciousness on this campus.

Despite their labor, I write with great regret and disappointment to a newspaper that still does not recognize the immense necessity and importance of social justice advocacy on this campus.

In 2014, the former editorial board grossly spoke down to the activists for their choice of methods in protest. They spoke of nonviolence and dignified protest and used Dr. Martin Luther King’s words and ideals in their shaming of student activists.

I will use King’s words as well. In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, King wrote that the white moderate was the greatest threat to freedom, who says “I agree with the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action …”

Our student government has yet to function as an advocacy organization during my time at MU, and rarely do I see our media effectively understand the plight of the marginalized. It is unfortunate that this is echoed by my hometown’s student and professional media. I could only wish that I were surprised. For those burned, for those still aflame and for the countless unnamed, I can only hope that the lack of acknowledgement and respect for the work activists do on campus will one day be recognized as the single most important issue that faces our campus. I pray that one day, white MU will realize why students of color and allies are #StillConcerned.

Andrew Hutchinson, MSA Presidential Candidate | aeh8wf@mail. missouri.edu

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THE MANEATER | OPINION | MARCH 2, 2016 Sweet Scrutiny

Foley’s opinion shift is worrisome !"#$! !%&#'%( Interim Chancellor Hank Foley changed his opinion on former associate professor Melissa Click, which lead to some angry faculty and students questioning Foley’s leadership.

Foley held a press conference Jan. 25 to discuss Click’s position at MU where he assured MU that Click would not lose her job before the tenure process was completed.

He also defended Click’s actions in the video of her asking for some “muscle” by saying he believed “Click had a moment of ‘heated anger.’”

However, after the second video of Click’s exchange with a police officer at the Homecoming parade came to Foley’s attention, his opinion on Click and her behavior drastically changed. Foley made a statement in regards to the newfound video. “(Click’s) actions caught on camera last October, are just another example of a pattern of misconduct by Dr. Click — most notably, her assault on one of our students while seeking ‘muscle’ during a highly volatile situation on Carnahan Quadrangle in November,” Foley’s statement read.

Preceeding Click’s termination Feb. 25, Foley made a statement saying he agreed with the Board of Curators’ decision. The complete turnaround of Foley’s opinion of Click had caused a disrupt.

I cannot think poorly of a man who is flexible with his opinion. Flexibility, especially with one’s opinion, is a trait I find valuable, humble and intelligent. I believe it shows a person’s ability to constructively think and take everything he has at his disposal into consideration before concluding to an opinion rather than allowing himself to settle for the possibly preconceived notion he already has created.

With that in mind, I do not agree with faulting Foley for his change in opinion on Click’s actions. Foley was presented with more evidence of Click’s character, making him see her differently, which is human and OK. Consequently, the issue I have with Foley’s actions is the fact that he essentially promised a woman’s job would not be taken from her and then did not follow through.

Foley never should have assured the public that Click’s position at MU would be saved.

He did have the ability to share his opinion about Click and how, at the time, he did not believe she should lose her job over the first video without assuring that her job wouldn’t be taken from her.

To avoid disdain, he should have given himself room for a public change in opinion by not assuring Click would not lose her job. It was early in the situation, and Foley should have known better than to make an absolute statement like that because now he must deal with the consequences of his change of opinion.

Foley’s overall indecision about Click and whether or not she should have stayed at MU would be excusable if he had not assured her job would not be taken from her. For that, I must hold Foley accountable for a lack of sense.

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Human beings love sex. Since the dawn of man, humans have enjoyed doing it. Whether it be to reduce stress, satisfy urges, maintain a relationship, create a small clone of ourselves or as an act of love, sex has always been an integral part of human society. However, as we evolved and developed conscious thought and the ability to reason, we began to set sexual norms. The standards of sexual conduct arose when we began to question the morality of sex itself. The reason for this questioning can be linked clearly and directly to religious beliefs and traditions.

Some religions view sex as an act only to be done with your soulmate or never to be done at all. Traits such as celibacy, virginity and abstinence until marriage are highly praised by many religious doctrines. Religions such as Christianity, the Bahá'í faith and Buddhism see fornication as a crime against purity and chastity. While they all approve sex within marriage, these denominations see any type of sexual act, including masturbation, outside of this union as merely buckling under animal impulses and seduction. However, I view this religious damnation of sex as a larger and more interesting issue. The purpose of this restriction is not so people won’t give into temptation, but so they will not gain self-determination.

In 2006, U.S. sex therapist and marriage counselor Dr. Marty Klein wrote a book called “America’s War on Sex: The Attack on Law, Lust, and Liberty.” In it, he stated: "Sexuality is religion's worst nightmare because it offers the possibility of personal autonomy. Anyone can be sexual — rich or poor, old or young, tall or short, educated or not. Religion attempts to seize sex as its own domain, claiming a monopoly or morality that is primarily about limiting sexual expression (rather than ethical or rational decision-making).”

Klein (and I) believe that some religions are censoring the information people consume. By telling teenagers that they are going to hell for premarital sex or not allowing the use of contraception, these religions successfully make people, especially teenagers, feel even more confused and vulnerable that they have felt before. The celibacy movement mentions that condoms are often unreliable and asks teens to pledge to stay a virgin, which does nothing but promote sexual ignorance.

While there are these religions that outlaw fornication, there are some that see sex as a divine practice and promote it. In Hinduism, once Hindus reach the householder, or Grihastha, stage in life, they are permitted to seek physical pleasure, or kama. One of the best examples of Hinduism’s standing on sex is the Kama Sutra, a manual for “proper” sex. The manual offers insight into the moral and ethical ways to perform sex. Beliefs such as occultism and Neo-Paganism see sex as a link to the divine and have developed religious rituals from it.

Obstructing sexual education and suppressing people’s sexual urges will only cause more harm than good. From the development of vaginismus, a condition in which women physically cannot have sex due to anxiety, to the refusal of condoms in Africa leading to the AIDS epidemic, sex is an important topic that cannot be undermined and must be taught.

How can anyone morally claim that, while AIDS might be bad, condoms are still worse? The clerical campaign against contraception in the developing world has caused millions of innocent deaths, all in the name of religions that claim to have a monopoly over people’s reproductive systems.

If you, or anyone you know, happen to be feeling guilt because they believe God condones their sexual activities, I advise you to dive deeper into religious thought. I don’t believe God would have created men and women with sexual organs that can give them pleasure just to punish those who use it for anything other than procreation.

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bankruptcy four times. He has amassed so many criterions for criticism, and yet he said Friday that if he becomes president, news organizations that criticize him will “have problems.”

It’s never been a secret that Trump hates the media, given how many news outlets and individual reporters he has insulted. If elected, though, he plans to use his billions of dollars to render part of the First Amendment useless and bully journalists into doing his bidding. This endeavor could prove difficult for Trump, since only a new constitutional amendment can undo an existing one, and he would have to force the proposal through both houses of Congress with a two-thirds vote of approval in each. I’d like to say that’s impossible, but more than a few people said that about Trump making it this far in the presidential race. So let’s briefly imagine that he actually succeeds in making it easier to sue the media, regardless of its truthfulness.

Sounds like journalism’s worst nightmare, doesn’t it?

Trump certainly hopes so. He hates journalists because he’s afraid of them, as shown by this far-fetched idea and his refusal to participate in the Jan. 28 GOP debate, which Kelly moderated. However, he knows journalists fear him, mainly because they don’t want his Twitter followers to bombard them with cyber-hate like they did to Kelly, and he’d love to keep that fear alive.

Loosening libel laws could have that effect, but it might instead do the opposite and make his own fear come true.

Hear me out: If news outlets nationwide confidently reported the truth in all its ugliness, regardless of potential legal repercussions, Trump would find himself suing more media than he can afford, even with all the wealth he flaunts. He would either drop the suits or go broke trying to carry them out. He’s convinced that freedom of the press is his enemy, but limiting such freedom would give the press, not Trump, more power.

M The purpose of journalism is to speak the truth, no matter how ugly it might be. Donald Trump’s behavior has provided reporters with plenty of ugly truths for years, especially since he began his presidential campaign in June 2015. He announced Friday that if he is elected, he will “open up” libel laws to make it easier to sue journalists and news outlets.

“When they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money,” he said at a rally in Fort Worth, Texas.

According to New York Times v. Sullivan, a 1964 Supreme Court ruling, one must prove in a libel lawsuit that a news organization published something with “actual malice,” “knowledge that the information was false” and “reckless disregard” for the truth. Trump has displayed a wide array of offensive words and actions, from proposing a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. to mocking a reporter with a disability, either in front of a camera or on social media, meaning the material is documented permanently.

He can blame reports on misinterpretation, like he did last summer regarding his sexist remarks about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly after she questioned him about his previous displays of sexism, or on a “lousy earpiece,” like he did on Monday regarding his reluctance to disavow an endorsement from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. He can lie, like he did Sunday when he said he didn’t know who Duke was, even though he denounced Duke and the KKK in 2000. He can equivocate, contradict himself and play the victim all he wants, but he can’t get rid of the countless tweets and video clips that make him look bad before reporters can even get their hands on them. He also can’t pretend he didn’t launch a flop of a real-estate school, cheat on his first wife or have businesses file for

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C8C1*C)DC<<8EF) Reporter Harold’s Doughnuts has been stealing our hearts one pastry at a time since it first opened in January 2015 in The District. Lately, the donut craftsmen over at the shop have been collaborating with other local restaurants to bring even sweeter concoctions to the menu.

The bakery works with local businesses and events on the regular, so watch out, taste buds; it’s going to be a wild ride.

This year, Harold’s is a sponsor of the True/False Film Festival and will have a documentary-inspired doughnut bar for the occasion, where they will offer four craft cocktails from DogMaster Distillery. The shop will also be open 24 hours a day for the festival, offering fresh, hot doughnuts from 6 a.m.

Thursday to 2 p.m. Sunday.

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“We’ve sponsored it every chance we’ve had to do so,” Urban says. “It’s a festival that’s grown year after year after year; it’s a big deal now, so being a part of that energy — the city comes alive for it, so being a part of that is probably my favorite piece of it.”

Harold’s True/False doughnut bar features four quirky doughnuts inspired by different movie venues.

— The “Rhynsburger” is filled with hazelnut coffee pastry cream with vanilla almond and ganache drizzle and crushed ladyfingers.

— The “9th and Cherry” is filled with cherry almond cream with vanilla almond drizzle, cherry compote and a dusting of almond oat streusel.

— The “Missouri Theater” is filled with chocolate, horchata and hazelnut coffee cream, drizzled with chocolate ganache with almond oat streusel and chocolate cake crumbs on top.

— The “Ragtag” is filled with horchata pastry cream, with buttermilk dulce de leche, crushed cookies and chocolate

creation so far has been one that’s not available to the public: a bacon cheeseburger sandwich with a glazed doughnut instead of a bun, courtesy of Booches.

Aside from all the fun and deliciousness, Urban says that the shop’s collaborations also give the young business good exposure. The new creations draw in customers from each shop to the other, an audience that oftentimes doesn’t overlap.

Harold’s also collaborates with local breweries for the shop’s doughnut bar (a fairly new, late-night option that allows customers to build their own doughnut however they want, getting to choose from a variety of fillings, glazes and toppings). The doughnut bar always has craft cocktails on the menu, too.

Harold’s definitely plans on collaborating with more local businesses in the future, and already has prospects of working with several distilleries in Missouri, such as Boulevard Brewing of Kansas City.

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Some of the local businesses Harold’s has worked with include The Broadway Diner, Logboat Brewing Company, Cafe Berlin and 44 Stone. A recent successful result of the shop’s collaborative efforts can be found on 44 Canteen’s brunch menu every Sunday. They call it “The Bennie”: a split and grilled glazed doughnut that sandwiches eggs and bacon, creating a doughnut-egg benedict sort of sandwich. The shop has also created a hot doughnut sundae topped with Sparky’s ice cream and a chili-cheese stretch doughnut with The Broadway Diner.

“We love what we do and primarily, (collaborating) is just a lot of fun,” owner Michael Urban says. “It allows us to expand our creativity and have fun with people that are fun-loving individuals like us. Columbia is a great town in terms of supporting local businesses, so any time we come together and do more of that, people are really receptive to it.”

Urban’s favorite collaborative

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!"#$%"&'()&%)*'(+,%-*.%/01(223%4.1%.1* And for further analysis of Oscar’s winners, check out our story online. <9=>%=5"878 Reporter The Oscars were on Sunday night, and as Twitter exploded over #OscarsSoWhite and #LeoWins, MOVE took a close look at the awards. Here are a few of our thoughts: Best Picture: “The Big Short,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Brooklyn,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Martian,” “The Revenant,” “Room” and “Spotlight.”

Winner: “Spotlight” Preference: “Spotlight” Coming into Sunday, “The Revenant” was considered the favorite to bring home Best Picture. The victory for “Spotlight” was a welcome surprise. From director Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight” is a rare film that is deeply compelling while offering a nuanced portrayal of true events. Where other filmmakers might overdramatize this film into being a moralistic slander against the Catholic Church, McCarthy’s clinical approach offers a greater understanding of this massive scandal.

Through the eyes of The Boston Globe’s investigative team, the film challenges the system that allowed these crimes to happen. Such a strong message was certainly worthy of winning Sunday’s biggest award.

Best Actor: Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”; Matt Damon, “The Martian”; Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”; Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”; and Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl.”

Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio for “The Revenant” Preference: Leonardo DiCaprio for “The Revenant” Playing devil’s advocate here, “The Revenant” is not Leo’s best performance. His complex performances in

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“The Departed,” “Blood Diamond” and “Catch Me If You Can” convey strong senses of emotional vulnerability while still carrying his intense charm. Contrastingly, “The Revenant” strips Leo of his charm in favor of a singularly physical performance.

Yet, Leo is, without a doubt, the only deserving candidate here. His commitment to this role, in spite of its brutality, is an incredible feat. In a weak year for this category, none of the other nominees deserved this award nearly as much as Leo did.

Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”; Rooney Mara, “Carol”; Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”; Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”; and Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs.”

Winner: Alicia Vikander for “The Danish Girl” Preference: Alicia Vikander for “Ex Machina” Honestly, I was surprised to learn that Alicia

Vikander was nominated for “The Danish Girl” instead of “Ex Machina.” It is not that her performance in “The Danish Girl” is a bad one. Rather, many accounts suggest that she actually outperforms leading actor Eddie Redmayne. What confuses me most about her victory for “The Danish Girl” is that she earns it for a role that essentially is a supportive wife, while her role in “Ex Machina” is quite the opposite. Not to act as though one role is objectively better than the other, I simply think her role in “Ex Machina” carries more intrigue.

Avoiding spoilers, Vikander’s performance in “Ex Machina” is a phenomenal portrait of artificial intelligence. With each turn of the neck and twitch of an eyebrow, Vikander reflects robotic tendencies while also conveying human emotions. The cautious intrigue with which she approaches the world is central to “Ex Machina’s” ultimate goal, making it one of last year’s best supporting roles.

For further analysis of Oscar’s winners, check out our story online at move.themaneater.com

The 1975’s sophomore album embraces the unusual The title isn’t the only thing that’s long.

5$6789%98:$5;"8 Staff Writer When The 1975 deleted all of its social media last June, many of their fans worried that it was the end of the band. Lucky for them, it was just the beginning of a new and innovative era for The 1975.

“I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it,” or “When you sleep” as referred by some fans, is The 1975’s sophomore album. It follows the unprecedented success of its debut album “The 1975.” The album is 17 songs long.

I personally was a fan of select songs from its debut album, but the entirety of it never quite caught my interest. But the singles from this album convinced me to become a more avid listener. I have listened to “UGH!” and “The Sound” a million times in the past month alone and “Somebody Else” is the only song I listened to leading up the release of “When you sleep.”

The first song on the album, also titled “The 1975” like their last album, is an immersive experience. It’s the shortest song on the album, which is disappointing because it is a sound I would have loved to hear more of. The 1:23 that are there are rich with vocal harmonies and electronic sounds, making it seem as though you are stepping into another world.

Critics have said that many of The 1975’s songs on the first album sound alike. The 1975 seemed to take that as a challenge on “When you sleep.” The band plays with range on this album more than they have in the past.

The range of sounds is especially evident when you compare “Love Me,” its first single off “When you

sleep,” and “She Lays Down,” the final song of the album. “Love Me” is loud, in your face and utilizes stereo sound as an artistic tool; “She Lays Down” sounds like it was taken from a home jam session recorded on a video camera to upload to YouTube.

“She’s American” is the only song that is truly reminiscent of the band’s first album. It has classic The 1975 syncopation that some people say sounds like “Settle Down” from the previous album. It’s a fun, upbeat and witty song that old and new fans of The 1975 will enjoy.

The album has a bit of an ‘80s pop vibe, especially on songs like “A Change of Heart” and “This Must Be My Dream.” The use of synth and repetitive choruses is bound to remind people of their favorite John Hughes film.

Other songs, though, are a genre of their own.

Songs like the title track, “Lostmyhead,” and “The Ballad of Me and My Brain” refrain from having any lead vocals until at least a minute into the song. It makes for an interesting listening experience, adding to the immersive feeling they tried to establish at the beginning.

Something I appreciated from this album was the vulnerability on songs. “If I Believe You” is questioning of religion and God. “Paris” is bittersweet and lovely.

“Nana” tells the story of Matty Healy, the lead singer, losing his grandmother. All these things showed a great deal of emotion that I think anyone could connect to.

One of my favorite songs off the album that’s possibly one of the most intriguing is “Please Be Naked.” Though the title might seem suggestive, the song is a beautiful instrumental break in the middle of the album. A simple piano melody repeats itself, while more sounds are added on. It seems more likely

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to find this song on a movie soundtrack than a The 1975 album.

I truly enjoyed the innovation that came with this album. The 1975 is proving itself to be more than just an electro-pop band for teenage girls. This is an album that feels very complex, and I know that I want to sit down and listen to it a few more times through to get a better feel for it.

But the album might not be for everyone. If you are not into things that are a little out there, this may not be the album for you. That being said, some of the singles and songs are still worth a listen to.

MOVE gives this album four out of five stars.

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in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.”

Absurdism is a type of fiction that tries to show what happens when human existence lacks meaning. Repetitive action persists, and the logical makes way for the irrational.

“These characters are not people; they are characters,” Burgoyne says. “We couldn’t really do some of the work I do with a more realistic play, where we do character biographies, for instance.”

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern frequently forget their purpose in the action, their lives before the play started and even their own names.

In the theatre department’s production, Burgoyne has chosen to emphasize the metatheatre aspects of the play, or the places where “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern” acknowledges that it is a piece of theatre.

“We spend a lot of time talking to the audience, or we’ll take some of our lines and say them to the audience as if they are actually there in the moment of the play,” Bayler says.

The Players, a troupe of actors within the play from “Hamlet,” also play a larger role in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.”

Similar to Shakespeare’s original work, they perform a play within a play demonstrating the plot that will soon follow.

This time, however, the story they show Rosencrantz and Guildenstern includes an image parallel to their own deaths. The pair is unable to recognize the consequences of the path that they are on and dismiss the Players’ prediction.

“They just don’t really know what’s going on, and that’s, I think, a metatheatrical metaphor for the lives of people in which wars are mediatized and we watch terrorism on television,” Burgoyne says. “We say to ourselves: ‘Oh, we’re just little people; we can’t change things. We don’t have any control over this larger play we are in.’”

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“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” by Tom Stoppard dives deep into the world of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” by focusing on the time two minor characters spend offstage.

“It’s like ‘The Lion King 1 ½’ for ‘Hamlet,’” says Garret Sauer, a freshman actor in the production.

Major characters from the play like Hamlet, Claudius and Gertrude play minor roles in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,” making way for existential discussion between the formerly minor characters.

“One of the ways it is very interesting is ‘are we the playwrights of our own

lives?’ or is there a larger play going on and we’re just playing a role in it?” director and professor Suzanne Burgoyne says.

The two lead roles, played by Michael Bayler and Dylan Bainter, are called in and pushed into being spies for the king, but very little of the running time is actually devoted to the plot of “Hamlet.”

“We’re playing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as they are written: as clowns, as vaudevillians, as actors,” Burgoyne says.

During one of the first rehearsals, Burgoyne had the two watch and dissect “Who’s on First?”, the famous comedy sketch by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.

In a disconnect from the historical setting of “Hamlet,” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern wear bowler hats to aid in their slapstick humor that could easily take place in early 20th century U.S. The vaudeville connection comes from “Waiting for Godot,” an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett often referenced

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The Missouri women’s basketball team’s tale of an invincible start, a freshman phenom and an almost perfect peak. =>?@'/ABC/A@== Assistant Sports Editor In a season that began with a recordbreaking streak, the Missouri women’s basketball team raised its expectations from the beginning. And the Tigers lived up to them, almost.

Though there were records broken, awards given out and many games won,

the Tigers’ 2015—16 regular season was not all sugar and spice and everything nice. The season was defined by a legendary start, one freshman phenom and the peaking performance at the end that was almost just right.

A Lucky 13 For the first time in the program’s history, the Tigers kicked off the season with a 13—0 start: a perfect nonconference schedule. Of course, critics would say the start wasn’t as impressive as it was made out to be, considering the competition. And they may be right. After all, the toughest opponent Missouri played was Wake Forest, which ended its season just above .500 at 15—14 in the Atlantic

Coast Conference.

But that’s just it. It wasn’t the fact that those first thirteen games had a ‘W’ next to them. It was the score and how the players got there.

The closest game within that streak was a four-point win at Colorado. Other than that, the Tigers were outscoring their opponents by an average of 24.2 points per game.

While their play was undoubtedly impressive, it was the Tigers’ mindset that kept the momentum going.

They started the season with high expectations and were never fully satisfied. Coach Robin Pingeton could always find something to nitpick — even in a 30-point win.

After an 85—34 victory over

Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Pingeton’s commentary on the team's play was an even balance of critiques and praises, pointing out both its “sloppy” and “unselfish” play. Though the Tigers nearly tripled their opponent’s score that match, to Pingeton, it was “not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.”

The team and coaches remained critical during their perfect streak because they knew what was to come.

The Southeastern Conference was a whole new ballgame and they were well aware. Pingeton preached how she knew the games would only get harder and harder. She was right, and the players went in with the right mindset for the

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Missouri bounces back to winning form against Hofstra The Tigers swept the Pride in the first-ever meeting between the schools.

7<+IJ'=IK>JDA<= Senior Staff Writer After a disappointing season-opening series against Seton Hall, Missouri got back in the groove this past weekend and averaged a touch above 11 hits per game en route to a four-game sweep of Hofstra.

Mizzou wrapped up its trip to Florida 7–2 overall and will return to Taylor Stadium on Wednesday for the 2016 home opener. Here are five things we learned about the Tigers from their series against the Pride:

The Florida road trip is critical for the program The annual road trip the Tigers take to open up the season is notable for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it’s an excellent recruiting pitch.

Whether the Tigers are wheels up to Texas, North Carolina and Tennessee (2015) or Florida (2016), these mainly neutral-site games against various midmajor schools pose an enticing factor for recruits.

Who doesn’t want to go on the road with their teammates and play a handful of games at spring training complexes and live it up on the beaches? Not to mention, Mizzou has fared well on these past two trips: 10–1 in 2015 and 7–2 in

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14 THE MANEATER | SPORTS | MARCH 2, 2016 *+,-.&%,/&012132&,45,&5,3.6&,73.6&8+16481-9&/.,6&1-&:)# Ray: “It’s kind of weird for me coming back, seeing all the changes in the coaching staff and just the changes around campus.” !"#$%&'%()!

Assistant Sports Editor Much has changed in the life of Shane Ray since he last ran out onto Faurot Field clad in Missouri black and gold.

Ray, who chose to forgo his senior season at Missouri to enter the NFL Draft, was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round last April. During his inaugural season, he became part of the NFL’s top defense, watched his alma mater enter the national spotlight when his teammates stood in solidarity with Concerned Student 1950, and then found himself hoisting the Lombardi Trophy at the end of it all.

After giving it time to sink in, Ray came back to Kansas City to meet up with family and friends. He also decided to return to his old stomping grounds to catch a Missouri men’s basketball game Saturday.

“I’ve been back for two weeks, and I still haven’t been able to stop talking to people about the Super Bowl and how happy they are for me being from the city and being able to do something like that,” Ray said.

While Ray might not have been a starter, he did play a role in the nation’s most fearsome defense as a backup to All-Pro Von Miller and future Hall-of-Famer Demarcus Ware. Ray notched 22 tackles and four sacks in all competitions.

Miller and Ware quickly took the rookie under their wings. To Ray, their mentorship was vital in his acclimation to the NFL. “(It’s been) a learning experience,” Ray said in a press conference during halftime of Missouri’s basketball game against Texas A&M on Saturday. “Playing with (Miller) and (Ware) for an entire year, it’s just been really helpful for me. I’ve been able to learn and, really, just adapt to pro life with two of the best mentors I could hope to have.”

Ray’s learning experience took him all the way to the Super Bowl, something that he could hardly have imagined just months before.

“When you’re a kid and you think about playing college football one day, playing in the pros one day and, of course, playing in

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the biggest game there is, which is the Super Bowl,” Ray said. “I didn’t really think that I would be in the Super Bowl and playing and it happened.”

Ray didn’t just play in the Super Bowl.

He shone.

In what turned into a defensive clinic put on by the Broncos, Ray met Carolina running back Mike Tolbert as he tried to find a gap in Denver’s defensive front. Ray hit Tolbert hard enough to dislodge the ball from the running back’s grip, creating a turnover in Denver’s eventual 24–10 victory.

“I wasn’t really nervous,” Ray said. “I feel like if I’m prepared enough for the game, it’s just like another game.”

At the end of it all, Ray was a Super Bowl champion. While he celebrated, the realization that he had reached and conquered the pinnacle of his sport did not hit him until weeks later.

“You know, it was for about a week and a half,” Ray said. “Then I just had to realize: ‘Hey, I’m definitely a Super Bowl champion.

I’ve been able to hold the Lombardi up.’”

Ray also came back to a different campus than the one he previously left. The Mizzou he left was just like any other university in the country. The one he came back to is at the epicenter of a national movement toward racial equality.

“It was kind of crazy, to be honest, to have seen everything that happened,” Ray said. “Coach Pinkel having to step down with his situation, all the changes. When you leave, it’s like ‘wow.’”

While Ray did not share any opinions on the movements occurring on Missouri’s campus, he did share his support for his former teammates.

“I’m more so proud that, if any collective group of guys can get together, especially a football team, and stand up and make a decision collectively,” Ray said. “I feel like they definitely made the impact they wanted to make and, with them being my brothers, I definitely supported them in what they were doing.”

Ray is hopeful that Missouri can leave its dismal 2015 season in the past and work

back to its status as an SEC East champion.

In fact, he sees many similarities in next year’s team with Missouri’s dominant teams in recent history.

“I talked to Kentrell (Brothers), and I was just kind of reflecting on everything and looking at our class,” Ray said. “When me and Kentrell came in, that Pinkel class was supposed to be one of the lower class or not really awesomely recruited but we got two All-Americans. I think they’re going to be a good football team.”

As for what lies ahead on his own path, there is one thing that Ray is sure will happen. Sometime in the near future, Ray will receive a very big ring.

“Well, we know we’re getting one,” Ray said. “I know my nickname is going to be on there, going to have ‘StingRay’ on my ring.

Besides that, I really don’t know too much about it. I just think it’s going to be a nice, big rock.”

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impressive prep career resume, coach Brian Smith named the true freshman the starting 125-pounder for the 2013–14 season.

“I was surprised at first, but I knew it was a good opportunity for me to be wrestling then. I learned a lot that season, not just about wrestling but myself as well,” McGhee said.

McGhee would struggle throughout the season, often sharing the 125-pound spot with now 133-pounder Zach Synon. McGhee would go on to finish sixth at the MAC tournament, only winning one match. The result ended with him missing a bid to the NCAA tournament — the tournament that McGhee has been dreaming about competing in.

Once Waters returned for the 2014–15 season for the Tigers, McGhee knew this was his opportunity to make his dream a reality.

That season, McGhee redshirted and became more aware of his previous mistakes and more comfortable with his new surroundings.

“I learned there was room to improve in every aspect,” McGhee said. “I remember I wrestled Alan at an open tournament and only lost to him by a point. That was the day

I realized I can compete with anyone in the country.”

Waters and McGhee are the same weight, and the two have competed against several of the same wrestlers. Waters is now a volunteer coach at Missouri, which is an advantage for McGhee against his opponents.

“I’ve been trying to pick his brain all season,” McGhee said. “We wrestle a lot of different styles, but Alan is still a great wrestler who beat guys that I need to beat to accomplish my goals, so of course I’m trying to learn as much as I can from him.”

Waters appreciates that connection, too.

“He’s tough,” Waters said. “He’s doing all the right things to be where he wants to be, and he’s extremely motivated.”

McGhee returned to the starting lineup for the Tigers on Nov. 20 in his home state of Illinois against Southern IllinoisEdwardsville to kickoff the 2015–16 season.

McGhee defeated his opponent that night 16–5. Since then, the ball has been rolling in the right direction. McGhee currently has a record of 18–7, and five of those seven losses were to ranked opponents. McGhee’s biggest highlight of the season thus far perhaps came

against returning NCAA finalist Zeke Moisey of West Virginia. Earlier in the season, McGhee defeated Moisey 14–4 thanks to the help of four takedowns. McGhee would then beat Moisey two weeks later 4–2 in Las Vegas.

This weekend, McGhee will get his best shot yet at redemption. The 125-pounder, ranked No. 9, will travel to Eastern Michigan for the MAC Wrestling Championships.

In order to qualify for the NCAA national tournament, McGhee will have to place within the top four out of nine. He currently sits in the No. 2 spot in the conference behind Northern Iowa’s Dylan Peters, who defeated McGhee earlier this season in overtime, giving McGhee his lone conference loss on the season.

“I’m just going to force my offense and do me,” McGhee said. “I just want to help my team win a conference championship and have fun. Because if you’re not having fun, then what’s the point of doing it?”

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McGhee hopes to build off success in MAC Championship ;<(*$&#":: Reporter It’s been a road full of bumps and surprises for redshirt sophomore 125-pounder Barlow McGhee during his wrestling career so far at Missouri. But that hasn’t stopped McGhee from pursuing his goals.

“I came to Mizzou to be an All-American and hopefully a national champion,” McGhee said. “Not just one, but as many as possible.

At the end of the day I just want to walk off the mat knowing I gave it my all, whether it’s practice or an actual match.”

In his high school career, McGhee posted a record of 156–14 and earned his first state title his senior year at Rock Island High School in Rock Island, Illinois. He also competed and reached All-American status at several national tournaments, gaining the attention of several Division I programs across the country. McGhee intended on taking a redshirt year his freshman season but with three-time NCAA qualifier and returning All-American, Alan Waters, taking a redshirt year for the Tigers and McGhee’s

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678!$9:;<=>$ Reporter There’s no denying that despite Missouri women’s basketball’s incredible season, record-breaking performances, the rise of a freshman superstar and one of the best records in program history, the last two games, both losses, have left a sour taste in the Tigers’ mouths.

A tough loss to Kentucky in Lexington and an upset on their home court on Senior Day is not how the Tigers had planned to enter the Southeastern Conference tournament.

The weak performances have left many wondering how the the team can possibly make a run at the title. The Tigers have yet to win a game in the conference tournament.

But with the right performances, the right opponents and a little bit of luck, it’s possible the Tigers will make even more history.

40 minutes of playing together Freshman Sophie Cunningham, now a well-known name around not only Columbia but also the entire country, consistently puts up amazing performances on the court.

But her statements off the court hit the nail on the head of what this team must do throughout this tournament to be successful.

“We have yet to put a game of 40 minutes all together,” Cunningham said after the loss at Vanderbilt. “Hopefully,

this tournament, we can do that, because we have to pull up our sleeves and get to work.”

Cunningham couldn’t have been more correct. Lately, in the losses that have capped the Tigers’ season, there has been too much reliability on individual performance and not enough on team performance.

Others must step up Against Kentucky, Cunningham turned heads with a 29-point performance along with a 10-rebound game, but her teammates failed to pick up the slack. Her teammates combined had only 30 points to her 29, and the Tigers went on to lose by 10 in Lexington. If one or two more players had been able to find the basket half as many times as Cunningham, the Tigers would be entering this tournament in a different light. However, when a player is on, you feed her the ball and let her carry the squad. Perhaps in other games, when that player is off, the points can balance across the board?

While a good point, Mizzou’s most recent loss proved that balance on the stat line doesn’t necessarily mean victory. In their upset loss to Vanderbilt, the Tigers had four players reach nine or more points by the end of the contest.

Still, anyone watching that game could tell that outside of Cunningham and her sister Lindsey, Missouri couldn’t move the ball well, if at all.

The Tigers must reach the team play that they had at the beginning and middle of the season, when four or five players were reaching five assists on top of the amazing performances by Sophie Cunningham and Jordan Frericks.

If there is more team play and more ball movement as

seen at the beginning of the season, the Tigers may very well find the winning stride they found at the beginning of the year.

Luck With Missouri earning a No. 7 seed, they will face Auburn first in their trip to Jacksonville. In a winnable game, the Tigers should be favored and should find a victory as they did earlier in the season in a game where three different Tigers reached double-digit points.

The Tigers face Auburn on March 2.

However, the daunting task of beating No. 3 South Carolina, a team with one loss to No. 1 Connecticut, lies ahead. The Tigers must study film from South Carolina’s near-losses to Texas A&M in both of their respective encounters. It will take a sound defensive performance, a massive effort on the boards and a stroke of luck, the same of which nearly brought the Aggies victory over the No. 3 team in the land.

If the Tigers make it out of the shredder that is South Carolina, they will most likely face the only team that has pushed South Carolina to their limits this season, Texas A&M. After that, it will most likely be Mississippi State in the final. It’s a tall order, but with the right amount of luck, more dazzling performances from Sophie Cunningham and help from the rest of the squad and the bench, this season could break even more records.

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The path to the SEC championships In the past three years, the Missouri women’s basketball team has fallen in the first round of the SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE tournament. Two years ago, the No. 12 Tigers came close to beating the Mississippi State Bulldogs, but lost 73-70. HERE ARE THE TEAMS IN MIZZOU’S WAY. FIRST ROUND Wednesday, March 2

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