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$32 million budget loss will affect hiring Laws and Lathrop halls will also not be opening in the fall due to decreased enrollment.

CLAIRE MITZEL Staff Writer

Greek Life JORDAN KODNER | PHOTO EDITOR

Phi Mu members Katie Bradley and Sarah Moore mourn the passing of their sorority sister Kayce Goldberg at a vigil March 14.

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Vigil honors MU freshman Sorority sister Natalie Harshman: “Your goofy smile and personality were contagious to everyone around you.”

LAUREN WORTMAN Staff Writer Hundreds of flickering candles lit up Traditions Plaza on Monday in memory of freshman and Phi Mu sorority member Kayce Goldberg, who died March 9.

More than 200 people gathered to mourn the Dallas native, whose light-hearted personality was reflected in the speeches given by close friends and sorority sisters during the ceremony. Phi Mu sisters huddled around the foot of the stage to hear sorority members pay tribute to her memory.

“I’ll never forget our laughs together,” Goldberg’s sorority big, Natalie Harshman, said during the vigil.

“Your goofy smile and personality were contagious to everyone around you. I can’t remember a time I wasn’t smiling when we were together.”

While tributes to Goldberg were full of fun and

happy memories, the mood of the vigil was somber, as attendees reflected on their sadness at the loss.

“For me, she was my family here in Phi Mu,” Harshman said. “I am blessed for the bond we had, and the impact you made on my life. Thanks for all the memories, and I can’t wait to get to see and laugh with you again.”

Some gave tearful thanks to the community of MU for showing their support, including Goldberg’s sorority twin, Jennifer Butler.

“I just want to thank everyone who's here,” Butler said. “Phi Mu is so lucky to have so many other people be here for us and for Kayce.”

In honor of Goldberg’s Jewish faith, her sisters recited Jewish scripture and led prayers before lighting the crowd’s candles.

“Heavenly father, who in thy all-seeing wisdom has taken our beloved sister from our midst, receive her into thy heavenly home,” a sorority sister said before the candles were lit.

When the ceremony ended, the crowd that had gathered sat in a prolonged silence. Guests were encouraged by sisters to stay as long as they liked.

Edited by Taylor Blatchford | tblatchford@themaneater.com

Interim Chancellor Hank Foley wished he had better news.

In a letter sent to staff March 9, Foley announced that MU will not be hiring any new faculty and 5 percent will be cut from budgets across the board to fill a $32 million budget shortfall for next year.

Deans for each college will have to determine where cuts will be made. New faculty members will not be hired unless the need for them is “exceptional” and “absolutely necessary to the mission,” Foley wrote.

The budget shortfall comes from an anticipated enrollment of 1,500 fewer students for fall 2016 and does not include the proposed $1 million loss from state appropriations.

Because of the enrollment decrease, the Department of Residential Life will not open Laws or Lathrop halls for the 2016–17 school year, Director of Residential Life Frankie Minor said in an email to ResLife staff. This is expected to save ResLife more than $200,000 in utilities.

Residential Life is an auxiliary operation and does not receive funding from MU. “The size of the freshman class will have an effect on our operating budget, but until the actual size of the freshman class is known, it is difficult to predict what that might be,” Minor said in the email. “For now, we are adhering to similar steps affecting the rest of campus, e.g. not filling vacant positions unless absolutely essential and looking for areas where operating costs may be reduced without significantly affecting programs or services.”

Hiring freeze In Faculty Council’s meeting the day after Foley’s email, Chairman Ben Trachtenberg called the budget situation “grim.” He encouraged council members to speak with their schools and colleges to discuss with the consequences of the expected losses.

“It is what it is,” Trachtenberg said. “If the money’s not there, it’s not there, and we’re all going to have to do our part to make it work.”

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Laws, Lathrop: It’s been real.

Interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced last week that MU’s enrollment is projected to drop by about 1,500 students. As a result, ResLife decided to close Laws and Lathrop next year.

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JORDAN KODNER | PHOTO EDITOR

Former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin speaks in an interview with The Maneater at the Residence on the Quad on Dec. 15, 2015.

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Loftin says goodbye to Residence on the Quad Former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin: “If it all works out, then we’ll hopefully be able to move out around the middle-to-late part of April.”

ALLYSON VASILOPULOS Assistant News Editor After two years at MU, former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and his wife Karin are preparing to say goodbye to the Residence on Francis Quadrangle, a place they have called home since

February 2014.

Following his resignation on Nov. 9, Loftin asked for up to 120 days to remain in the residence while he and his wife searched for a new place to live.

Loftin said the UM System Board of Curators were very understanding with his situation. He has since transitioned into a new role as the director for research facility development.

The Loftins have been looking for a new house since November 2015 and made an offer on one earlier this year.

However, the sale fell through when the seller decided to take the house off the

market. They began their search again and have recently made an offer on another house.

Loftin said he hopes to close on this house sometime in the next two weeks.

“If it all works out, then we’ll hopefully be able to move out around the middle-to-late part of April,” Loftin said. “The nominal deadline is the end of April, and I think that is going to be achievable now.”

When Loftin and his wife move out, the residence will continue to be used for “university-related business and entertainment,” as outlined in Loftin’s

original contract.

MU spokesman Christian Basi said the residence is typically used for receptions or entertaining the chancellor’s guests.

In recent years, the bottom level of the three-story house has been open to the public during campus events such as Family Weekend.

Since 1867, when the residence was constructed, many notable figures have been entertained there including Mark Twain, Harry S. Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt, according to the Columbia

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Campus housing

Laws and Lathrop halls to close for 2016–17 school year ResLife Director Frankie Minor: “We will continue to look at other ways to reduce our operating costs and will share those as we identify them.”

LAUREN WORTMAN Staff Writer Laws and Lathrop halls will not be in use during the 2016–17 school year, the Department of Residential Life announced Tuesday.

After interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced last week that MU’s enrollment is projected to drop by about 1,500 students, the department decided it will not

need the residence halls to house incoming freshmen. The closing of the two halls, which house a total of 680 residents, is expected to save more than $200,000 in utilities and potentially more costs, Director of Residential Life Frankie Minor said in an email interveiw.

Laws Hall will now be closed permanently ahead of its planned demolition in 2017.

Lathrop Hall could be reopened before its scheduled demolition in a few years if enrollment increases. A recently constructed residence hall, George C. Brooks Hall, is still scheduled to open in the fall 2016.

Laws and Lathrop are currently the cheapest residence halls to live in, according to the Residential Life website. Prices for a double room for 2016–17 were estimated

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EMIL LIPPE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Laws and Lathrop halls stand on Tiger Avenue on March 15. The halls will not house any residents next year in the wake of decreasing enrollment. They were the cheapest options for housing through the Department of Residential Life.

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Board of Curators reject Click’s termination appeal Melissa Click: “I do appreciate the seriousness of this situation. I can, however, maintain that appreciation while expecting the University of Missouri to treat me fairly … and comply with the terms of the Rules and Regulations that govern my employment.”

TAYLOR BLATCHFORD University News Editor The UM System Board of Curators have rejected assistant professor Melissa Click’s appeal of their decision to fire her, Chairwoman Pamela Henrickson announced in a news release Tuesday morning.

Henrickson said in the news release that the curators voted unanimously during an executive session portion of a meeting Monday. She said Click’s appeal “brought no new relevant information” to the curators.

“We consider this matter now closed and are moving forward as a university and as a community,” Henrickson said.

UM System spokesman John Fougere said in an email that Click’s appeal was only reviewed by the Board of Curators, as the board is the university’s governing authority.

Click was fired Feb. 25 following an investigation commissioned by the Board of Curators into her involvement in campus protests last fall. She had been on paid suspension since Jan. 27, when the curators announced the investigation.

In her appeal to the board, Click wrote that she had been assured in a Dec. 5 meeting with Senior Associate Provosts Pat Okker and Ken Dean that she would receive a faculty hearing for any disciplinary action against her.

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The UM System Board of Curators meet in February 2015 in Columbia. The curators recently heard and denied an appeal from assistant communication professor Melissa Click.

No hearing was held, and on Jan. 25, interim Chancellor Hank Foley said in a press conference that Click’s job was safe while her application for tenure was being reviewed.

“Please be assured that I do appreciate the seriousness of this situation,” Click wrote in the appeal. “I can, however, maintain that appreciation while expecting the University of Missouri to treat me fairly, give me due process, and comply with the terms of the Rules and Regulations that govern my employment.”

In her appeal, Click requested a hearing before a committee, following the guidelines outlined in the UM System’s Academic Tenure Regulations.

In the response to Click’s appeal, Henrickson wrote that the process in the Academic Tenure Regulations “is not the only means by which your employment

can be terminated.”

Click also wrote that the board’s suggestion that she did not recognize the seriousness of her conduct is unfair.

“Four months of public scrutiny, thousands of angry, threatening emails, and the possibility of losing a job I have loved and excelled at for 12 years has certainly impressed upon me the seriousness of my conduct,” Click wrote.

“I have repeatedly reached out to MU administration, from my Department Chair to the Chancellor’s staff to ask for advice and I have taken every action suggested to me. I deeply respect the University of Missouri and have been very concerned about how all of the events that unfolded in Fall 2015 have impacted the university’s reputation.”

The American Association of University Professors announced March 7 that it will send a committee

to MU March 22–23 to conduct an investigation into Click’s termination.

The investigation could result in MU being added to the AAUP’s censure list, which warns potential faculty and the public about institutions breaking academic freedom and tenure principles.

Click said in a statement that she supports the AAUP’s investigation and that the curators were using her as a scapegoat “to distract from larger campus issues.”

“Instead of seeking to silence Black students and their allies, MU must acknowledge the concerns of marginalized students on our campus, address the racial problems that shape the campus community and ensure fair treatment of all students, staff and faculty,” Click said.

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UM System presidential search committee spots filled Board of Curators Chairwoman Pamela Henrickson: “We want candidates who are going to dig in and do the work.”

LILY CUSACK AND THOMAS OIDE of The Maneater Staff The UM System Board of Curators announced Tuesday its appointments of the UM System presidential search committee co-chairs, as well as its decision for the executive search firm that will work with the board in selecting the next UM System president.

Cheryl Walker and James Whitaker were selected as the co-chairs of the search committee that will begin the process of looking for a new UM System president to replace Tim Wolfe.

Walker earned her bachelor’s degree from Missouri University of Science and Technology while Whitaker received his bachelor’s degree and doctorate from MU. “Obviously, diversity is very important, and we reached out to a

broader constituency that is diverse in race but also in other ways,” Chairwoman Pamela Henrickson said. “That’s why we enlarged the search committee to add faculty and staff, and we’re going to spend a lot of time going out into the community learning what our broader constituents think that our president should be.”

The search committee is made up of the Board of Curators, student representative to the board Patrick Graham and four other representative members of the faculty, staff and students within the UM System.

The other members of the search committee will assist the Board of Curators in selecting the next UM System president. Some of the committee’s duties include recommending qualifications for the position, reviewing and evaluating candidates, and recommending a suitable candidate to the Board of Curators. They are also expected to represent the campus positively and uphold confidentiality.

“We don’t want to some to be dissuaded because their name was leaked early on,” search firm representative Monroe “Bud” Moseley said.

The Board of Curators also announced

their decision to select Isaacson, Miller as the executive search firm that will assist the presidential search committee in selecting the right candidate for the position.

Moseley and John Isaacson said they expect to have the search completed before Thanksgiving break or winter break. They said they need enough time to build a deep pool of talent that can survive the scrutiny the firm will put the candidates through.

Isaacson and Moseley stressed the importance of learning about the candidates during this process. They said the goal is to reduce the risk in choosing a leader while increasing knowledge.

“It’s unlikely there will be another public university search this year in the country that will be as public (and) as serious,” Isaacson said.

The search committee is currently in the process of drafting the job description of traits that they would like applicants to have. To help create this description, the committee will hold listening sessions with faculty councils and student organizations throughout March and will also have public listening forums from April 4–8 so the public may

also weigh in.

MU’s forum is at 10:30 a.m. April 6 in Reynolds Alumni Center.

During the forums, there will be opportunity for real-time feedback and opportunities for those who cannot attend to submit questions electronically.

“We hope to have a definitional phase in the search that will set up public listening sessions at each of the campuses,” Isaacson said. “That’s very important to hear those voices and understand what people have to say, but it’s equally important for the search committee to come to the conclusion about what it is (they) hope for the new president to get done.”

The board has high expectations for the candidate that will be chosen to fulfill the role of UM System president, Henrickson said.

“We don’t want candidates who are going to shy away from this opportunity,” Henrickson said. “We want candidates who are going to dig in and do the work and see an opportunity to make a difference in their own careers, on the campus, and in the country at large.”

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continue to work closely with our state legislators as they determine our appropriation, and are committed to doing so by being accountable, transparent, and fiscally responsible in our leadership and our actions.”

The challenge will affect the university short-term, Foley wrote, but “we have survived other stressors of this kind before.”

“We will endeavor as a campus to make decisions on these reductions that will least hamper our ability to deliver our core mission,” Foley wrote.

“We also will seek to build on the strengths of this university as we move forward.”

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the particular project,” Seville said. “Examples like donor funds, state appropriations for facilities improvements and bonds repaid by auxiliary revenue are generally set aside from the day to day operating revenue stream.”

UM System spokesman John Fougere said in a statement that the UM System is reviewing multiple scenarios and creating multiple plans.

“As currently proposed, a reduction to the system budget could have a number of impacts on campus budgets as critical, centralized functions performed at the system offices would have to be funded or replicated at the campuses,” Fougere said in the statement.

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After the 5 percent cut, Foley wrote that MU “will be $10 million short of balancing (the) recurring budget.” Reserve funds will be then used to fill the gap in the 2016–17 budget.

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He wrote that there are a number of initiatives underway to encourage more first-time students to enroll at MU in the fall. Foley also said the admissions department will

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Foley noted in his letter that an increase in tuition is not the solution to the budget shortfall because an increase in tuition is limited to the Consumer Price Index. The CPI last year, Foley wrote, was 0.7 percent. An increase in tuition, if approved by the Board of Curators, would account for $2 million, not nearly enough to make up for the losses.

Revenue projections for a single year have little impact on large campus projects with dedicated sources of funding, Campus Facilities spokeswoman Karlan Seville said in an email.

“The large capital projects that have had recent Board of Curators action include a variety of funding sources but all that are dedicated to

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EMIL LIPPE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A faculty council member speaks at the group’s weekly meeting March 10 in Memorial Student Union. Faculty Council discussed the $32 million budget shortfall announced by interim Chancellor Hank Foley.

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Some council members said their deans have already talked with them about steps going forward. Vice Chairwoman Nicole Monnier said the College of Arts and Science will be making cuts by department.

Other members said their deans have yet to announce what will happen.

College of Engineering Dean Elizabeth Loboa announced March 10 that six nontenured track faculty members would not have their contracts renewed, the Columbia Missourian reported.

T he Missouri state legislature also passed an $8.6 million cut to the UM System budget as a whole March 10.

“Such a cut to the system budget would have to be shared with the four campuses as critical functions provided by the system offices will need to be carried out on behalf of each of our campuses,” Foley wrote. “We at MU would probably bear a significant percent of the system reduction in order to maintain treasury, legal counsel, benefits administration and other services system administers.”

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develop a new web-based admissions platform that gives live feedback to prospective students.

“The goal is to make it easy to apply and to know very quickly what their prospects are for admission to MU,” Foley wrote. “The key is to be faster, more personal and much more interactive.”

Interim Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Barbara Rupp spoke to Faculty Council about latest enrollment projections and said the admissions office was working hard to boost deposits in an attempt to prevent the budget shortfall from being so large.

A variety of plans have been implemented to attract students, such as increasing the number of recruiters in various cities, sending out special mailings and personally calling prospective students, Rupp said.

Faculty and students have been playing a large role in working to help increase the yield rate, Rupp said, calling faculty response “nothing short of remarkable.”

“What we’re doing is everything we can to increase yield between now and a little over a month to affect any change in our numbers,” Rupp said.

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ZOIE BROWN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Roger Thurow speaks at the UFWH Summit at MU on Feb. 26.

Roger Thurow and Chancellor Emeritus Brady Deaton wage a war on hunger Hunger activist Roger Thurow: “I think there’s a lot of enthusiasm for being a change in the world. ‘Getting into the problems of the world, how can I impact that?’”

MADISON PLASTER Staff Writer Hagirso Ketema is forever stunted.

At 15, he was just learning how to read and write.

At five years old, Ketema and his father Tesfaye Ketema lived through the Ethiopian Famine of 2003. As part of a poor sustenance-farming family, he, along with 20 million others, had no way to receive proper nutrients.

“Their stories, their lives, their narratives; it’s really important for people to hear,” hunger activist Roger Thurow said.

Thurow was one of many experts at the 2016 Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit, brought to MU by The Brady and Anne Deaton Institute for University Leadership in International Development and the Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security.

Chancellor Emeritus Brady Deaton founded the Deaton Institute, which focuses on interdisciplinary research on the food security and socioeconomic needs of developing nations.

Thurow worked for 30 years at The Wall Street Journal, 20 of which he spent abroad in Europe and Africa as a foreign correspondent. He now works as a senior fellow on global food and agriculture for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and is waiting for the release of his third book in May, “The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children — and the World.”

To write his book, Thurow followed mothers and children in India, Uganda, Guatemala and the South Side of Chicago during the two-year critical period when a child relies on nutrients

for necessary cognitive and physical development. According to the World Food Programme, about one in nine people are undernourished. Almost half of deaths in children under five, or 45 percent, are caused by malnutrition.

One in four children in the world are stunted.

“The (necessary) nutrients and vitamins are the same everywhere in the world,” Thurow said. “There is no distinction between rich, poor, north, south, urban, rural, educated or illiterate. They’re humanity’s common denominator.”

After he wrote his first book “Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty,” his passion for the hunger issue led to his decision to leave the paper.

“That was a longer story that I knew would be going on and it became a story that I needed to come back to,” Thurow said. “That story and the outrage that we had brought hunger with us into the 21st century, even increasing numbers of hungry and micronutrient deficiency at the start of the century, that’s the one that was really firing my passion as a journalist.”

Deaton said Thurow’s vast knowledge on hunger elevates thoughts about this issue at MU and allows Thurow to hear thoughts from the university’s students and faculty.

“In my association with him in the past, we’d been dealing with similar kinds of issues on national and international levels,” Deaton said. “Over time, we develop a dialogue and ensure that our students are right on the edge of the frontier in addressing these very critical issues.”

Deaton and Thurow’s connection dates back about four years when the two met through national forums in Washington, D.C., through the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Through his role as chair on the Board of International Food and Agricultural Development, Deaton also connected with Catherine Bertini, distinguished fellow at the Chicago Council on Global

Affairs, who spoke at the 2016 UFWH Summit. This role allows him to travel and stay informed about current global knowledge on new ideas and research, which he uses to advise the United States Agency for International Development.

Deaton signed the Presidents United to Solve Hunger initiative during the first summit in 2014. This was signed by around 70 university leaders from around the world who promised to make food and nutrition security a priority.

About 300 people attended the summit, not including those who live-streamed the panel discussions, exceeding their expectation of 250 people.

Thurow, one of three keynote speakers, also spoke at the 2010 and 2014 summits about his international experiences with hunger.

Thurow mentioned his time in West Germany, South Africa and Togo as examples of his coverage of momentous events. He attributed his time in these places as a way for him to gain context to the stories he wrote. “(There was) the aftermath of the fall of the wall and the reunification of Germany, which is something I had been involved with for awhile in terms of the Cold War and the lead up to that,” Thurow said.

To Thurow, the Ethiopian Famine seemed different than other stories he had covered in the past. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, the end of apartheid in South Africa and the end of communism in eastern Europe, he saw these notable events beginning and ending, but hunger still remained an issue.

“All these forces had happened in those couple of three months or so, or four months of time, and the world stood upside down,” Thurow said.

“No matter what had happened in the world in terms of catalyzing events or transforming events, this problem (of hunger) remained.”

Deaton realized his passion for fighting world hunger at a young age.

Even before he joined the Peace Corps

and worked in Thailand for two years, Deaton joined the 4-H Club, a youth development organization, because of his passion for helping others escape poverty and hunger.

Their mutual passions converged through their shared connection with Norman Borlaug.

Borlaug founded the World Food Prize and was a 1970 Peace Prize laureate for his lifetime of work to help solve hunger and increase agricultural productivity.

Thurow knew Borlaug as a source from writing articles for the Wall Street Journal. Borlaug answered questions about why the Green Revolution did not go to Africa and other factors regarding global agriculture.

Deaton, who has advanced degrees in international commerce, diplomacy and agricultural economics, studied Borlaug’s work for years before he had the chance to meet him. In 2002, MU gave Borlaug an honorary degree for his lasting impact on society. Borlaug had a close relationship with plant science research at MU, Deaton said.

Thurow said the influence of Borlaug and what he was able to accomplish inspires his work on hunger, as well as other people who have worked on the “front lines” to solving such a major global issue.

“I think there’s a lot of enthusiasm for being a change in the world,” Thurow said. “‘Getting into the problems of the world, how can I impact that?’”

Deaton believes that it is important for students to understand and work on solving the hunger crisis from an ethical standpoint and from an economic standpoint.

Thurow said in his UFWH keynote speech when he first arrived in Ethiopia, a WFP member warned him of the anguish he would feel upon meeting Hagirso and Tesfaye in their undernourished state.

“Looking into the eyes of someone dying of hunger is a disease for the soul.”

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Sarah Godke embraces a friend shortly after the fundraising total was revealed at MizzouThon early in the morning of March 13.

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Students say “I love you” in Sign Language during a candlelight vigil for Mircle Kid Tommy, who passed away in the last year at MizzouThon on March 12.

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A dancer sweeps up a miracle kid laughing at MizzouThon shortly before setting her down and “dipping her, just like a princess.”

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Alex Bobbit, a member of the Phi Mu sorority and a participant in MizzouThon, wins a spirit stick for her excitement on the dance floor.

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The team supporting Miracle Kid Cara makes a poster during MizzouThon on March 12.

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In an emotional moment in MizzouThon leadership, they reveal the record amount of money raised in the last year. The $276,664.11 will go to the MU Children’s Hospital.

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Concerned Student 1950 hopes targeted hiring would increase mentorship Concerned Student 1950 member Maxwell Little: “We have to understand that this is mid-Missouri.

This is ‘Little Dixie.’ So the first thing we have to do is eradicate that stigma of being ‘Little Dixie.’ That’s where you start at.”

THOMAS OIDE Staff Writer A survey conducted in 2003 by the Bernard Hodges Group found that 93 percent of professors felt that racially diverse faculty positively impacted minority students, and 84 percent felt the same way about white students.

When Concerned Student 1950 first issued its list of eight demands, it too had a demand asking for MU to raise its black faculty to 10 percent. To meet that demand, MU would have to add 405 black employees or replace 365 nonblack employees based on the current number of faculty.

African-Americans make up 13.2 percent of the U.S. population and 11.8 percent of Missouri’s population but MU’s faculty is only 2.9 percent black, according to MU’s Institutional Research website.

Concerned Student 1950 included the targeted hiring demand knowing that racial quotas for hiring were illegal, member Maxwell Little said. They did it to create a sense of urgency for MU to commit to hiring more faculty of color. While it seems like the demand is to simply hire more black professors for more diversity, hiring more faculty of color will benefit the whole student body, Little said.

“The majority of students are white and they need to have diversity in front of them to expose them to new ideas,” Little said. “So when you have a diverse faculty teaching an all-white class, that faculty member will be able to bring their critical lens into the instruction and be able to facilitate knowledge to get the students to think differently.”

In 2015, MU had 55 black faculty members. In 2014, there were 61 black faculty members at MU, the most in the past 10 years.

Black students would also benefit

from having more faculty mentors.

Little said that he has been guided by education professor Amalia DacheGerbino and has several ideas for research because of her.

“African-American students here need mentors,” Little said. “And if you don’t have a mentor when you’re in college, more than likely, you’re not going to get into graduate school unless you have an outside mentor. Because white faculty don’t have a history of helping students of color.”

Stephanie Shonekan, black studies department chairwoman, echoed Little’s sentiment. Shonekan said that when she was a graduate student at Indiana University, she had a special connection with black faculty members with whom she remains in contact with today.

“It is natural for people who share similar experiences to gravitate towards each other,” Shonekan said in an email.

“When I was a graduate student at Indiana University, I got the most help and direction from black faculty. It is not that other faculty were not nice to me.

They were. But the people who really stepped out on my behalf happened to be black faculty. As a result, I felt closer to them.”

While the benefits of having diverse faculty are clearly outlined, it simply isn’t happening across the country. Only 16 percent of flagship institutions, such as MU, the University of Kentucky and the University of Georgia, have faculty who are more diverse than the student body, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

According to Inside Higher Ed, only 6 percent of faculty from colleges nationwide is black. And out of the 14 schools in the Southeastern Conference, only two schools, the University of Alabama and the University of Mississippi, meet that nationwide average of 6 percent. Most schools across the country had between 2 and 4 percent black faculty.

Black students are underrepresented in many doctoral programs and for those who do get doctorates, it’s even harder to get them to stay in academia, according to an Inside Higher Ed article.

But Shonekan disagreed with the article. She thinks that the university simply needs to look harder for them.

“I think there are lots of AfricanAmericans who hold doctorates,” Shonekan said. “Immigrants from

Africa and the diaspora can add to this number. So they are out there. We just have to find ways of attracting them and retaining them.”

Little also disagreed with the article, calling its argument about black students in doctoral programs “a myth.”

“That is a strategic tool that whites use to mix-and-match their stylistic tools of racism when they say that,” Little said. “‘Well, we do need faculty of color, but not enough have PhDs.’ These are myths and storylines of colorblind racism that they use to get the public to believe that there aren’t enough faculty of color out there with PhDs.” In a presentation elaborating on their demands, Concerned Student 1950 wrote that a plan for implementing targeted hiring must be in place by August 2016. This would mean that MU has to triple the number of black faculty in the next two years. Shonekan thinks this is possible.

“Why not?” Shonekan said. “There are some departments that don't have a single black faculty, yet they have a diverse student body. If we truly want to increase black faculty presence, we must find ways to attract them and keep them.”

This is where the Working Group, a program for student leaders to meet with administrators and give input, comes in. Little said one of the hopes for the program is to find ways to attract and keep prospective professors in Columbia.

However, to achieve this, Columbia will have to change, Little said.

“We have to understand that this is mid-Missouri,” Little said. “This is ‘Little Dixie.’ So the first thing we have to do is eradicate that stigma of being ‘Little Dixie.’ That’s where you start at.”

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2016 Presidential candidates visit missouri

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Trump supporters start to fill the Peabody Opera House when the doors opened for the rally at 9:30 a.m.

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A supporter of Donald Trump who attended the rally shows his own disapproval of the protesters waiting outside the front doors of the Opera House.

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Donald Trump thanks his supporters for coming out as he heads off stage. During his last sentence of the rally, he had one more protester interrupt him.

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One of the many Trump supporters, Blake Stephen, waits in line to get into the Opera House. With him, he brought a Donald Trump pinata that his friend’s mom won during a Republican convention.

Missourians headed to the polls Thursday to cast their votes in the presidential primaries.

With 52 delegates up for grabs, some of The candidates visited the state beforehand to woo voters. The race in both parties was too close to call by midnight Tuesday. One hundred percent of the pREcInCts had reported results, but Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump held a narrow lead by one percent, or less than 2,000 votes.

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A Sanders supporter holds up a “Black Lives Matter” sign while in the stands of the gymnasium at Affton High School.

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Sanders speaks about the nation’s economy at his rally at Affton High School on March 13. “We have the highest rate of income and wealth inequality of almost every major country on earth and the gap between the very, very rich and everybody else is growing wider,” he said.

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A roaring crowd of over 2,000 supporters chant “Bernie” as they welcome Sanders to the stage.

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Sanders’ supporters file into the packed gymnasium with homemade signs.

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Missourian.

In Loftin’s time, the residence has hosted Bill Nye the Science Guy and Jack Dorsey, the founder of the mobile payment company Square.

Loftin remembers taking a picture in front of one of the home’s fireplaces with Truman the Tiger and Nye, where they each straightened their bow ties for the camera.

“During his presentation in Jesse (Hall), I actually gave him a bow tie and he changed his bow tie out in real time,” Loftin said.

Aside from some of the more

THE MANEATER | NEWS | MARCH 16, 2016 well-known guests, Loftin has also provided the residence as a safe haven for current MU students. The night of Nov. 10, during Yik Yak threats on campus, he allowed students to stay the night in his house. The mother of former Missouri Students Association Vice President Brenda SmithLezama called him to voice her concern about the threats, Loftin said.

“We opened our home up to Brenda and some of the officers of MSA that night because they were afraid to go home,” Loftin said. “Their addresses had been made publicly known. They were very concerned about being targeted.”

Loftin sees himself as someone who is easily

approachable and enjoys being around students. He said he meets up with different students for coffee or just to talk at least 2–3 times each week, something that hasn’t changed with his shift in faculty positions.

While many of his friends holding administrat ive positions at other universities are moving away from their campuses because of the constant noise, the campus environment is something Loftin finds comfort in.

Many students walk past the residence or head toward the Columns after leaving bars in the early morning hours, often making enough noise to wake Loftin.

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to be $5,180 per year. The next cheapest halls are $6,440 per year.

Many departments are experiencing budget cuts after the announcement that lowered enrollment rates would cause a $32 million shortfall for MU’s planned budget. However, Residential Life is an auxiliary operation, meaning its only revenues come from residents and not from MU or the state of Missouri.

“The size of the freshman class will have an effect on our operating budget, but until the actual size of the freshman class is known, it is difficult to predict what that might be,” Minor said.

“For now, we are adhering to similar steps affecting the rest of campus.”

One of these steps includes refraining from filling vacant positions unless necessary. Staff members in Laws and Lathrop who are currently employed by the department or were recently hired will maintain “similar or equivalent” positions.

“We will continue to look at other ways to reduce our operating costs and will share those as we identify them,” Minor said in an email to ResLife student staff members. “We’re all in this together as a team and a community.”

Residential Life will also have to find areas where operations costs can be reduced without harming essential programs.

Minor said that programs relating to student safety and security are the top priority for funding, but cuts will have to come from elsewhere.

“The department remains committed to providing the best possible living and learning experience for our students,” Minor said. “We will respond to these challenges and seek new opportunities to fulfill our mission.”

Edited by Taylor Blatchford | tblatchford@themaneater.com

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want to do, but at the same time, it’s a comforting thing to know they’re not driving, they’re safe, they’re with their friends and they’re having a good time,” Loftin said. “That’s kind of a nice little thing.

These are things that are part of the life and the pulse of the campus.”

Loftin plans to visit the area of the residence as much as possible once he and his family move. His friend, Larry McMullen, an MU graduate who now resides in Kansas City, asked him to watch over the memorial of his late wife, also an MU graduate. A tulip tree was planted by the residence and two benches were placed on the Francis Quadrangle in her honor.

“I made him a promise when I moved in here that I would always check every day on his wife’s tree,” Loftin said. “I can’t do that exactly, but I will still try to get on campus enough to do that for him.”

Loftin said that being around the MU campus the past two years has made him feel younger. He will miss the campus atmosphere.

“That’s not what you find anywhere else but a university campus,” Loftin said. “Being around students of that age group has a positive effect on me, it really does.”

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THE KEY TO YOUR ENTERTAINMENT

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Members and supporters of Concerned Student 1950 gather on Carnahan Quadrangle on Nov. 9, 2015 after former UM System President Tim Wolfe announced his resignation.

CS1950

Documentary refocuses race discussion

Filmmaker Varun Bajaj: “We didn’t want to insert ourselves into this narrative of the black students on campus because it’s not about us at all.”

LILY OPPENHEIMER Staff Writer MU documentar y journalism students Adam Dietrich and Varun Bajaj began building relationships with Concerned Student 1950 members on their campsite two days after Jonathan Butler announced his hunger strike.

During those first few days, they didn’t

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even take their cameras out of their backpacks.

“It is a huge cliche that it’s more important to know when to put your camera down than when to pick it up,” Bajaj said. “Until we built those relationships, we didn’t push that boundary. But we were very upfront about explaining that we needed to film the most vulnerable moments for this story.”

The two eventually partnered with fellow journalism student Kellan Marvin, who worked as assistant editor, and became co-filmmakers of the documentary “Concerned Student 1950.” Through their unique access in the campsite, the filmmakers reveal the intimate moments of the original 11 students behind the closed doors

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of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, and the film shows the human moments of resiliency that came out of the movement.

The midnight film premiere slipped into the True/False Film Fest lineup at the last minute. This free screening at the Missouri Theatre drew lines that wrapped halfway around the block. The showing even attracted attention from film director Spike Lee, who came to the screening.

“The goal of the film was to reclaim the original purpose of the Concerned Student 1950 movement,” Dietrich said.

“We didn’t want to just re-tell the media and Melissa Click controversies.”

All three filmmakers missed classes for two weeks and often filmed for 20 hours straight before rotating shifts.

After the football players announced their strike in support of Butler, a frenzy of national media only made the job more difficult; still, they constantly prayed and ate with the members of Concerned Student 1950.

“The football team equated to money, so the big news stations all wanted to pick this story up,” Dietrich said. “We went from being a fish in a very small pond to a fish among sharks, and the pond was even smaller. But we had a responsibility to finish this.”

When the racially charged Yik Yak threats started Nov. 10, Marvin filmed the vandalization of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center sign at 2 a.m.

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Coffee shops give flavor to breakfast in CoMo Regulars and first-timers are welcome anytime in these delicious destinations.

NAT KAEMMERER Reporter Ron Swanson said it best: “There has never been a sadness that cannot be cured by breakfast food.” Any time of day, waffles, bacon and coffee are there for you in ways that other foods just aren't. Eating breakfast food with friends or alone can and should be one of the best experiences, so take the time to slow down your day and enjoy these Columbia eats.

Broadway Diner

Broadway Diner, though not actually on Broadway, is a must for literally any time of day.

It’s perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner and 2 a.m. snacking.

Broadway has been feeding Columbia for 60-plus years and feels like a classic, oldfashioned American diner.

It has fostered a deep love among its many patrons, who range from college students to Columbia’s older residents.

“We have a guy who comes in at 6 a.m. every day, and we always have his coffee and water set up,” diner employee Madison Love says.

Like any good diner, Broadway has its specials, the stories of which are printed on the menu. The Stretch is one of the most popular dishes, consisting of hash browns, scrambled eggs, chili, cheddar cheese, onions and green peppers. Matt’s Dilemma is a variation of the Stretch, except with gravy and your choice of sausage or bacon.

Broadway Diner is at 22 S. Fourth St., open 24 hours for all your diner food needs.

Coffee Zone

The wonderfully warm Coffee Zone serves Mediterranean food and over 30 coffee and tea drinks. It has glass lamps hanging from the ceiling and a big brick fireplace near the pastry case, perfect for starting your morning either on the weekend or before classes.

Coffee Zone not only has small bites to eat, like bagels and multiple types of baklava and rugelach, but it also has Mediterranean dishes to make a fuller meal. One of the most popular dishes is the Arabic Breakfast Plate, served with a thick yogurt dip called Labani, falafel and other garnishes.

“We have regulars come in every morning, and they typically order the same stuff,” employee Keenan O’Brien says.

“I’ve actually been coming here since I was six or seven.”

Try the Future of Coffee, which is half mocha slush and half Vietnamese coffee, or some intensely caffeinated Turkish coffee, and just sit back and

enjoy a beautiful breakfast.

Coffee Zone, located at 11 N. Ninth St., is open from 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday– Saturday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday.

Ernie’s has been open since 1934 and is one of the oldest diners in Columbia. You can tell as soon as you walk in that there’s the kind of community vibe here that makes you want to come back every morning.

“This is more than a diner,” longtime diner employee Trinity Worrell says. “This place picks people. It’s just the spirit about this place.”

Inside is an absolutely classic diner with “Ernie’s” in neon lights above the counter and artwork on the walls. Cartoonist Chester Gould, who created the Dick Tracy comic, drew a tribute to the burgers when he visited once. The drawing is on both the menu and the wall of

the diner.

The menu has changed very little over the years, offering delicious breakfast and lunch choices. Their hash browns are incredible, but their special is the No. 11. With this, you can fill up on eggs and hash browns, your choice of breakfast meat and either pancakes or French toast.

Ernie’s is open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is located at 1005 E. Walnut St. Broadway, Ernie’s and Coffee Zone are a select few of the breakfast joints that Columbia has to offer. Other notable places include Strange Donuts for a quick bite or Bleu for a sit-down brunch. There’s something for every type of palette, no matter when you’re hungry. Find your favorite place and become a regular, or make it your goal to try every breakfast joint around. The best thing you can do is always show up hungry.

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The Penguin, Roxy’s and The Social Room: This trio, all under the same ownership, are having their own pub crawl between the three venues.

Each business is having bottomless drinks for $7, where you’ll be given a wristband that you can use at all three locations to fill up your bottomless cup.

Roxy’s general manager Jason Wolfe expects each bar to be serving some sort of green beer, double wells and $3

Jamesons.

If you can’t decide what venue to hit up first, Wolfe says not to worry.

“I don’t think it really matters,” Wolfe says. “I mean it just kinda depends on what entertainment factor you’re looking for. I believe at The Social Room they’ll either doing a band or a DJ, Roxy’s will be doing a DJ and at The Penguin, I would imagine they would be doing a piano.”

Edited by Katie Rosso | krosso@themaneater.com

Ernie’s Cafe and Steak House

Go green with MOVE’s very own St. Paddy’s day pub crawl

Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass and I’m pub crawl bound.

BIANCA RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer Ah, St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday where we wear green and drink till we’re green.

No St. Patrick’s Day celebration is complete without corned beef hash, shepherd’s pie and the crowd favorite: a pub crawl.

MOVE has made our own pub crawl housed with a couple of Mizzou’s finest after-hours hot spots.

Get movin’!

Harpo’s: The Mizzou favorite will be selling Harpo’s T-shirts prior to the big day. The shirts are $20, and if you wear it on St. Patrick’s Day, you get free cover.

Its drink specials include $2 draft Pabst Blue Ribbon and Coors, $3 Guinness, and $5 Irish Car Bombs.

Also be sure to catch Its special guest, a leprechaun, who will be giving a special Irish toast that night.

Campus Bar and Grill: The crowd favorite, also known as Big 12, is having $4 Guinness pints, $5 Irish Car Bombs and $2 22 oz. domestic green beers.

Shiloh Bar & Grill: Shiloh Bar & Grill will be cover-free as it serves $5 green domestic pitchers, $4.50 Guinness pints and $4 Irish Car

Bombs all day long.

The bar will also be having a live DJ and a visit from the Bacardi Promo Team.

International Tap House: International Tap House is opening early at 11 a.m. for the NCAA tournament and running draft specials from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the tournament. It is still having the normal 4–7 p.m. happy hour, which is $1 off all drafts.

For St. Patrick's, it is offering $4 Irish drafts all day, and at 8

p.m., Mizzou’s Irish heritage club, “Pure Irish,” will be performing Irish dancing with Irish music.

“The Irish dancing is fun because it's something that may not be a great attraction most days because it's a bit different than what most bars are used to,” general manager Jon Whitaker says.

An added bonus is the free pizza it will be serving (while supplies last) starting at 1 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day as well.

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A West Main Pizza2 employee works at the downtown location March 15. The restaurant has hired several student employees.

PIZZA

West Main Pizza2 is now open in The District The eatery plans to bring casual vibes and more great pizza to downtown Columbia.

AMANDA BATTMER Reporter Jessica Christiansen and her husband originally purchased a commercial building in 2014 in hopes of opening an insurance agency near their home in Jefferson City. They ended up turning half of the space into a pizza parlor.

On March 4, they opened West Main Pizza2 on 923 E. Broadway in The District. Since then, they’ve worked to establish a reputation of fast, fresh and delicious food in both of their locations.

West Main Pizza 2 is known for its homemade

crust, a recipe Christiansen’s mother-in-law set out to perfect once the family placed pizza on its agenda.

Christiansen spent most of her childhood in Columbia and graduated from MU. The mom-and-pop vibes of West Main fit in well in CoMo, and the couple has been extremely pleased with the location.

“I just love the downtown atmosphere … the foot traffic and everything, the busy, hustle and bustle, people-watching, all that, and I just wanted to help capture some of that market,” Christiansen says. “I think Columbia’s such a cool, hip place to be.”

West Main Pizza 2 has hired several student employees. The shop also hopes to partner with Pocket Points and plans to get that launched as soon as possible.

The downtown location differs from the original in that it has a more fast-casual service, which is partially a result of the location’s faster ovens. At West Main Pizza2, customers can order and receive their pizza in

under five minutes.

The ingredients and menu have remained mostly the same, though the Columbia location has more options. With so many other pizza restaurants in the area, West Main claims that their fast service and fresh ingredients set them apart.

“I think competition is healthy, and there’s enough to go around for everyone,” Christiansen says. “We just want to provide an opportunity for people to have a fast, casual, fresh meal.”

West Main focuses on good food for a good value; their pizzas and salads are all $9, no matter how many toppings you order. The restaurant aims for a “make it your way” menu, placing an endless amount of possible pizza combinations at your fingertips.

West Main Pizza 2 is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday– Tuesday and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday–Saturday.

Edited by Katie Rosso | krosso@themaneater.com

Fashionably late

Audrey Hepburn’s influence continues to live on The Hepburn look plastered on many college dorm walls only appeared in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” for only about five minutes.

REGINA ANDERSON Audrey Hepburn has been a fashion icon ever since her first major starring role in “Roman Holiday” alongside Gregory Peck. In the movie, she completely cuts all of her hair off and was one of the first women to rock a pixie cut, making the style very popular

in the late 1950s.

From her all-black ensemble in “Funny Face” to her white and black dress in “My Fair Lady,” Hepburn was the go-to girl for fashion trends in the past. She was known not only for her incredible sense of style in films, but also her elegant style on red carpets and everyday life. Hepburn often worked with Hubert de Givenchy, the founder and designer for the French luxury brand Givenchy, both on and off movie sets to help create her timeless looks.

Hepburn’s most famous role is definitely Holly Golightly in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” The opening shot of her in the long black dress and pearls has been the inspiration for women everywhere since the movie first premiered in 1961.

It’s funny that one of Hepburn’s most

enduring looks appears in the film for only about five minutes; it’s now plastered on many college dorm walls.

Hepburn is one of my favorite actresses as well as fashion inspiration.

So many of her looks have stood the test of time and are still considered some of the best ever created. That’s something that I would like to emulate myself.

One thing about Hepburn that seems to be forgotten is how incredibly accomplished she is. Her work as an actress and humanitarian is unparalleled. She is one of 12 people to have received an EGOT — an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. She could speak five languages, including Dutch, French and Spanish.

Hepburn worked with UNICEF from the 1950s until the end of her life. One

of her biggest concerns on her trips with UNICEF was the children and ensuring that they would get the help they need.

"Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics,” Hepburn once said on a trip to Somalia. “I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicisation of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanisation of politics."

Even many years after she first starred in a major film, Hepburn continues to be among the most recognized fashion icons of the past century. Her style still inspires generation after generation.

But more importantly, she is an example of the importance of empathy and work ethic that is an inspiration to us all.

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War comedy ‘Whisky Tango Foxtrot’ falls short Caught between a comedy and a drama, this film never finds its footing.

GERARD EDIC Reporter “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” a film based on the accounts of war correspondent Kim Barker’s memoir, “The Taliban Shuffle,” seems to have a lot of potential. Most films concerning war correspondents are almost exclusively about male journalists, so it’s refreshing to see a new take on both America’s long, dwelling war as well as the subject of war reporting. Unfortunately, the movie doesn’t deliver.

Starring Tina Fey as Barker, the film opens with roaring music, as Western correspondents packed in the Kabul press house dance and drink the night away. Just watching this, you wouldn’t think Afghanistan is a dangerous place.

The party scene is quickly interrupted as a bomb goes off in the distance, prompting the journalists to rush to the scene. Barker reports what is happening amidst crying women and dead bodies, yet the seriousness of the situation doesn’t feel genuine. And that’s how most of the movie feels.

Caught between the middle ground of comedy and drama, the film never truly finds its footing. As a comedy, the film fails to mock the war or satirize it, instead going for quick laughs.

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As a drama, the audience never feels the tension and fear of reporting in a conflict zone.

The film portrays Afghanistan in a very westernized account, as Barker and her other journalist friends drink and party to relieve the tension. It’s as if Afghanistan is a vacation spot, interrupted by bursts of embedded reporting with the Marines away from the relative safety of Kabul. In fact, Barker decided to report in Afghanistan

to escape the mundane modernity of her life as a news writer back in New York.

The few moments of the seriousness of the war are few and far between, and often cut short. Barker struggles to fight for airtime of her pieces, which highlights the growing distance between ordinary Americans stateside understanding the war and the men and women who are fighting them.

If “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” had decided to stay in one direction as

a comedy poking fun at the war and satirizing it or a drama offering Barker’s harrowing account as she navigates Afghanistan, the film may have been able to deliver. But as is, the film is in conflict with what message to tell.

Edited by Katie Rosso and Elana Williams | move@themaneater.com MOVE gives “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” 2 out of 5 stars.

Nerd Report

‘Captain America: Civil War’ trailer breaks the internet The second trailer for Marvel’s upcoming film has collectively blown up the internet and columnist Gabriela Velasquez’s mind.

GABRIELA VELASQUEZ On Thursday, March 10, Marvel caused the world to quite literally explode with the release of the second full-length trailer for upcoming “Captain America: Civil War.” If you haven’t seen it yet, watch it now, because this one can absolutely not be spoiled.

OK, you’ve seen it?

Good?

All the way to the end?

Awesome, let’s talk about this.

SPIDERMAN HAS LANDED, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Sorry about the yelling, but that split-second appearance at the tail-end of the trailer was heartstoppingly exciting. So let’s discuss it, shall we?

First off, this second trailer finally provides some clarity into what truly sparks the war between Captain America and Iron Man. It was hinted at in the first trailer, and fans of the comics have known all along, but now wider audiences have an idea of what to expect.

Unlike the first trailer, which followed in the footsteps of “The Force Awakens” by showing vague teaser footage with only the barest hint of plot, this second

trailer shows us what we can expect come May 6.

And it’s thrilling.

“Captain America: Civil War” will likely be addressing the absolute carnage that follows heroes like the Avengers everywhere they fight. We saw New York City absolutely decimated (in part due to the Hulk’s, well, Hulking out) in “The Avengers.” “Avengers: Age of Ultron” literally lifted an entire city into the air before collapsing it. The devastation is real, and it doesn’t simply go away when the screen fades to black.

It’s exciting to see this being addressed, similar to what DC Comics is doing in “Batman vs. Superman.”

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is at its best when it feels organic and realistic.

“Guardians of the Galaxy” aside, the best MCU films feel like superheroes are living in our world, not the other way around.

The shades of gray, what makes a good guy and a bad guy, are also further explored in this new trailer. We catch glimpses of Bucky’s dark side as he shoots out Tony's glasses and knocks War Machine out of the sky during a battle. He might not simply be the Winter Soldier anymore, but his tactics are still eerily similar.

It is kind of stunning how Marvel managed to get pretty much every superhero in existence into this movie, which is like Christmas morning for anyone who’s ever wanted to see Scarlet Witch enchanting Vision or any other dream matchups.

(Side note: Ant-Man riding on Hawkeye’s arrow is simultaneously the

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funniest and coolest thing I think I’ve ever seen.)

But the most exciting thing about the new trailer is the tantalizing footage of the heroes we have yet to properly meet in the MCU: Black Panther and Spiderman. Looks like Team Iron Man has a bit of an (un)fair advantage, wouldn’t you say?

While we were only offered a glimpse of Black Panther in the first trailer, the new one gives us an awesome look of him in action. And boy, was it worth the wait. He looks just as awesome as we all hoped he’d look.

And of course, Spiderman, the most impactful and exciting cameo in the trailer, looks to be on Team Iron Man as he whirls Captain America’s shield out of his hands and ties them together with his web. The single line of dialogue

he speaks, “Hey everyone,” was perfectly delivered by newcomer Tom Holland, imbued with the perfect mixture of casual humor and smugness.

Now that we’re finally getting Spiderman in a Marvel film (Thank you, Sony!), it will be exciting to see what his contribution to the elite and massive MCU will be. An ensemble film such as this one looks like the perfect way to inject him, giving us nerds the chance to see what is sure to be some awesome exchanges (Spiderman and Iron Man? Spiderman and Cap? Spiderman and anyone, really?).

“Captain America: Civil War” is directed by Joe and Anthony Russo and opens on May 6, 2016. See you there!

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worse for every black student on campus, and it’s never just at night,” Marvin said. “The most challenging thing for me was coping with that. Was perpetuating these images of student protestors going to continue some of the hatred that fuels the threats? By making this film, would we be

putting people in more danger?”

French exchange student Tifani Akobe said she didn’t feel the difference between black and white before coming to MU. After watching the documentary, she threw her fist in the air.

“It wasn’t just showing the many stories the media spun off of the hunger strike,” Akobe said. “While I’ve been here, I’ve felt the pain of this movement.

But I can go back to France and let people know the truth.

Everyone should take examples

from these students, and I admire them so much.”

A camper during the hunger strike, who would only identify herself as Concerned Student 1950, said she thought the film depicted the raw story of racial tension at MU. “The filmmakers did such a beautiful job, and they were living this movement,” she said.

“They came and reported with respect for this narrative.”

With the responsibility of filming came serious impacts on the filmmakers’ mental

health.

“We were very emotionally vulnerable for two weeks, and my emotions were on my sleeve,” Bajaj said. “There wasn’t enough time to process, because we couldn’t stop working. And we didn’t want to insert ourselves into this narrative of the black students on campus, because it’s not about us at all.”

Dietrich wanted to start an uncomfortable, blunt and necessary conversation about race.

“We wanted to refocus the narrative of these protestors back to the point of why everything started in the first place,” Dietrich said. “Going back before the strikes, before the homecoming parade … there was a reason why these students began to protest. The goal of our film was to recreate that conversation.”

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MU must make budget cuts with transparency and pragmatism Last week, interim Chancellor Hank Foley wrote a letter to staff regarding the $32 million budgetary shortfall that MU is expected to face for next year.

“I wish I had better news,” Foley wrote.

Us too, Foley. Us too.

The shortfall will come from an anticipated enrollment of 1,500 fewer students for fall 2016. MU will impose a 5 percent budget cut across the board.

But even with that cut, Foley wrote that MU “will be $10 million short of balancing (the) recurring budget.”

Reserve funds will be then used to fill the gap in the 2016–17 budget.

There will be a hiring freeze effective immediately, and there will also be no raises, unless through promotions.

These initial steps being taken by administration are all the right ones, but the fact is that they should have been put into motion months ago. But

it’s all “would have, could have, should have” now — it’s in the past. Now is the time for our interim administration to be pragmatic and transparent as they make these cuts. A good start would be addressing the student body directly regarding these cuts as opposed to letting them read about them elsewhere.

As different ways of trimming down the budget are explored, stakeholders must be able to access information about and provide feedback on changes in allocations and expenditures with MU’s budget. As far as what comes next for MU, budgetary transparency is essentially all that our interim administration can control. What they cannot control, however, is the continued bullying of Missouri’s revenge-seeking state legislature.

The needless pettiness of Missouri’s conservative legislators is exacerbating the already severe budgetary crisis

MU is facing. This past Thursday, 108 members in the Missouri House of Representatives voted to cut funding for the UM System by $8.6 million — on top of the deficit from the admissions drop.

The clear negative impact of this revenge-oriented budget goes without saying. These spiteful state legislators are motivated by a desire to not “reward bad behavior” and to punish MU for a “failure in leadership.”

But these legislators are short-sighted and foolish for thinking that budgetary cuts will somehow rectify the mistakes made by MU’s administration last semester and promote improvements into the future. On the contrary, these cuts place MU in an even deeper hole and make it clear that the university will receive no help to climb out.

We’re used to a state legislature unwilling to lend a hand to Missouri

higher education, but we’re still disappointed that our representatives would kick us while we are down like this.

Cuts to the UM System will inevitably trickle down to the students through either diminished quality of services or through increased tuitions and fees.

This isn’t the first time we’ve criticized the state legislature for being anti-higher education, and it certainly won’t be the last. Now, we’re turning to our administrators to use their best judgments in proceeding with these severe budget cuts and begging them to consider the students when making these decisions.

MU’s administration has not been particularly adept at crisis management in the past. This is the chance for our current interim administration to correct this.

Guest Column

Religious liberty bills protect bigotry, not freedom NANCY COLEMAN When I heard about a bill allowing for discrimination of LGBTQ individuals floating around the state legislature in Georgia, I wasn’t surprised.

Revolted, sure.

Disappointed?

Definitely. But after living in Georgia for 17 years, it wasn’t shocking. Georgia, bless its heart, has never been entirely up-to-date in the ways of equality.

But then, I learned of similar proposed bills in eight other states, including Senate Joint Resolution 39 in Missouri. My disappointment turned into frustration, then anger and disgust.

Seven Democratic Missouri senators felt the same way, prompting an impressive filibuster that lasted nearly 40 hours. Unfortunately, despite their efforts, senators on the other side of the aisle stopped the filibuster and voted in favor of the bill, which proposes a vote to amend the state constitution to protect religious leaders from being

penalized for not performing samesex marriages. The amendment would also protect religious organizations and anyone providing wedding-related services, such as a baker or florist, from facing consequences for denying a same-sex couple their services because of conflicting religious views.

No matter which political side you lean toward, any decent human being should understand that there is something fundamentally wrong with legally allowing discrimination of a community to continue. Passing legislation under the guise of religious liberty to perpetuate hatred and prejudice in our country is archaic.

First of all, religious leaders’ right to not perform a same-sex marriage based on their beliefs is already protected in the First Amendment. There’s no need to pass legislation reinforcing the separation of church and state.

Missouri legislators might as well draft an amendment clarifying that grass is green.

And despite the redundancy of bills

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protecting religious leaders, these seemingly harmless bills can lead to broader discriminatory legislation. In Georgia, House Bill 757 passed in the House as the Pastor Protection Act last month. But when it came to the Senate, the bill was merged with Senate Bill 284, or the First Amendment Defense Act, which protects individuals from facing charges for sexual orientation-related discrimination if the discrimination stems from their religious beliefs.

If anything needs defending in this situation, it’s not the First Amendment.

It’s the community of marginalized individuals who can still — in 2016 — legally face discrimination for their sexual orientation without the perpetrator facing any consequences.

The bills that have been proposed in Georgia and Missouri, along with Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida and Oklahoma, aren’t actually protecting religious freedom.

They are legally protecting people who use religious freedom as an excuse to persecute anyone who is different from them.

News flash: It is, in fact, humanly possible to simultaneously respect others’ rights and still disagree with them. Respecting a different belief doesn’t come at the cost of your own.

You can still have your views, respect the rights of others, bake your cake and eat it, too.

And that is why saying that these bills protect religious liberty is completely ridiculous. Religious liberty is alive and well for those who have the decency to respect other human beings. These pieces of legislation aren’t protecting freedom. They are endangering the freedom of the LGBTQ community to be and love who they want without fear of persecution.

When our elected lawmakers are sworn in, they are vowing to protect our freedoms — but when they use these freedoms as a facade to perpetuate hate and fear, they are desecrating the very principles they promised to uphold.

As a constituent, I have never felt more betrayed.

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THE MANEATER | OPINION | MARCH 16, 2016 Sweet Scrutiny

House budget cuts are unprincipled ELANE EDWARDS Last Thursday, 108 yays conquered the 45 nays in the Missouri House of Representatives’ vote to cut $8.6 million from the UM System budget. The UM System will take the brunt of it, $7.6 million, while the remaining million will be cut from MU, specifically.

The House’s budget cuts toward the UM System and MU are absolutely absurd. Much of the debate about whether or not the cuts are necessary stemmed from events that occurred last semester at MU. A percentage of the yes votes may have been mainly driven for other reasons than the protests, but that percentage seems to be small. Much of the push for the cuts came from a “let’s teach MU a lesson” mindset, which is one of the most reckless and destructive political viewpoints I have had the displeasure of reading about.

According to previous Maneater reporting, Speaker Pro Tem Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg, believes that the cut to MU is a punishment for its problems but will improve the campus in the long-run. This belief is incredibly ludicrous. The problems that Hoskins is referring to are the protests and general campus unrest

that occurred last semester, and he does not want to “reward lack of leadership” during those events.

But Hoskin’s so-called punishment is not directed at a “lack of leadership.”

Despite Hoskin’s best intentions, whatever those are, what he is really punishing is a campus that exercised its First Amendment rights. The House passing these budget cuts sends a message that disrupting the status quo will only result in punishment, and it is entirely preposterous to me that the House believes that budget cuts will somehow improve the UM System.

What would actually improve the UM System, especially MU, is a larger budget. With the decrease in enrollment, MU needs all of the help it can receive. Not even a full semester of conflict, and suddenly Missouri government uses MU as a scapegoat to spend less money on higher education.

MU is a place of higher education, and it should be respected as such.

It is home to a diverse population of democratic citizens that have every right to speak up when they aren’t receiving equal treatment compared to their peers.

In this case, conflict is not weakness. Last semester’s conflicts showcased the strength of the student body, and withholding money from the UM System to supposedly

compensate for the issues that were brought to light is a crime against the integrity of students in higher education.

The true lack of leadership is really being shown by the Missouri House of Representatives. I feel outraged for my university. We have displayed a want and a need for change. We have reached out for that change in ways that may have raised hell, but instead of interpreting those actions as justified and strong, the House has decided that these great strides toward a bigger and better MU are more troublesome than constructive.

That is a disgrace. Now more than ever, the UM System and MU need support from the state government.

During a time of progression and change, economic security is priceless and the House is displaying an attitude that values a silent higher education system in their state rather than one that is brave enough to create a progressive future.

That is pure negligence toward the education and experience the UM System prides itself in. The UM System deserves better. Questioning authority and disrupting the status quo does not warrant a budgetary punishment, and if 108 people in the House do not have the patience to be a part of this process then this is what I have to say to them: Shame on you.

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Atmosphere matters at political rallies TESS VRBIN The only time I’ve ever been inside Missouri State University’s basketball stadium was probably the only time it wasn’t full of maroon and white. Instead, it was teeming with blue.

Supporters of presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders waved blue signs with “A Future to Believe In” emblazoned across them. The crowd of about 4,800, not including those still waiting in line outside, sported predominantly blue T-shirts, hats and buttons with slogans including “Feel the Bern,” “Talk Bernie to Me” and my personal favorite, “Demo-Cats for Bernie.”

Even though the weather was overcast and drizzly, the excitement and cheer provided enough sunshine to make people forget that the sky wasn’t blue as well.

The huge speakers blasted liberation-themed songs like “Uprising,” “Power to the People” and “Rockin’ In the Free World.”

Before it got too crowded, audience members danced to “Disco Inferno,” laughing at the not-so-subtle lyrics, “Burn, baby, burn.” People of all ages and ethnicities smiled and chatted, and not one bit of tension hung in the atmosphere. Anticipation, yes, but in an enthusiastic manner, not an anxious one.

The rally was supposed to start at 7 p.m., but the stage was still empty at 7:15. Three campaigners and an MSU student heightened the suspense by speaking before Sanders. Former NAACP President Ben Jealous, who endorsed Sanders

in February, told the audience pointedly and proudly, “This is what a rally looks like.”

The crowd roared with approval.

They knew what he was referring to before he explained it, and so did I. Twenty-four hours previously, I watched in awe as protesters in Chicago, an hour and a half from my hometown, flooded a rally for GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and prompted the candidate to postpone it. The triumphant protesters and shell-shocked Trump supporters screamed at each other as tensions rose in the arena. A few physical scuffles broke out, and for a brief and terrifying moment, the Hunger Games seemed to have come to life.

Luckily, the violence was minimal, unlike the bloody situation in St. Louis earlier that day, and police intervention led to the evacuation of the building.

Halfway through the showdown, I realized I had a friend on the protest side. I had seen her RSVP to the Facebook event a few days previously, and I checked her page later to make sure she hadn’t been hurt. She was safe, thank God, and posted a status saying, “I’ve never loved Chicago more.”

Love, not political views, is the driving force behind both the protest and the Sanders campaign. Trump, though he denies it, fuels hatred and violence. The protesters, fed up with the hate-mongering, united peacefully against it and emerged victorious. Both Trump and Sanders speak with intense passion, but while Trump’s passion is solely for his ego, Sanders’ is fueled by a deep love for America and its citizens, and you don’t have to support either

candidate to see that.

I asked one young woman at the MSU rally why she felt the Bern, and she said, “He’s a really cool guy, and everyone else is so hateful.”

She went on to praise the candidate’s sincerity: “He actually means what he says.”

Another woman, after telling me she appreciated that Sanders isn’t a millionaire, expressed a similar opinion.

“He’s consistent,” she said. “He walks the talk.”

I used to find it annoying that Sanders would say the same things in every speech, such as “rigged economy,” “corrupt campaign finance system” and “broken criminal justice system,” all of which he discussed in his speech at the rally. His earnestness made me realize that repetition is OK, even beneficial, if the intent is to spread a positive and hopeful message.

While the crowd was dispersing after Sanders finished speaking, I encountered a friendly older gentleman, one of the few people his age in the mostly youth-filled floor section. Curious, I asked him why he supported Sanders.

“I’ve been following Bernie for years,” he said, smiling. “He’s the same old Bernie he’s always been.”

Consistency builds not only trust, but also peace. That rally, loud and crowded as it was, is one of the most peaceful environments I’ve ever been in. He might not win the Democratic nomination, but during an election season that makes some Americans lose faith in humanity, it’s nice to have someone come along and restore it.

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Missouri wrestlers ready as tournament looms closer Wrestler J’Den Cox: “There is no one in the country that can touch me, no one that can beat me.”

ANNE ROGERS Staff Writer It’s the goal that every wrestler seems to have since he strapped the headgear on and stepped out onto the mat for the first time. Winning a collegiate national

championship is on the minds of over 300 athletes as they head to Madison Square Garden in New York City this upcoming weekend, and the Missouri wrestlers are no exception.

For many of the eight individual wrestlers Missouri is sending to the tournament, it’s an opportunity to experience something they never have before. For some, it’s an occasion to go farther than they placed at past tournaments. And for J’Den Cox, it’s a chance to redeem himself after falling short of becoming a two-time national champion last year.

Cox, Missouri’s 197-pound wrestler, won a national title two years ago as a freshman. Last year, he lost in the semifinal rounds to Kyle Snyder, a freshman from Ohio State, and eventually earned fifth. This year, Cox is ranked No. 2 behind No. 1 Mike McIntosh, a Penn State senior.

“It doesn’t even matter,” Cox said in regards to the rankings. “At this point with my mindset and how my training is going, there is no one in the country that can touch me, no one that can beat me.”

Cox believes he has been wrestling better than he has in a long time, and

he credits his confidence level to it.

With a 15-1 dual meet record, and that one loss coming from a disqualification, Cox is heading into the tournament as a menacing force to reckon with.

Being confident in one’s abilities is not synonymous to being cocky, as Cox points out. Confidence drives winning, and Cox is ready to win.

“I think what happened for me is I became a little too humble,” he said. “By doing that I discouraged who I was and what I could do. I was so humble that

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Basketball’s Namon Wright and Tramaine Isabell set to transfer These transfers leave Jakeenan Gant as the only player from Frank Haith’s 2014 recruiting class still at Missouri.

ALEC LEWIS Sports Editor And then there was one.

Jakeenan Gant is the only basketball player remaining from former Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith’s 25th-ranked recruiting class in 2014, according to ESPN. On Tuesday, Missouri men’s basketball coach Kim Anderson announced that sophomore guards Tramaine Isabell and Namon Wright are transferring.

“Tramaine Isabell and Namon Wright have made the Mizzou Men’s Basketball program aware of their

intentions to transfer,” Anderson said in the release from Mizzou Athletics.

“We will fully support these requests on the condition of Tramaine and Namon completing their academic requirements to close the semester.”

Wright started 25 games and played in 31 in the 2015-16 season, averaging 9.6 points per game. Isabell appeared in 28 games and played the backup point guard role.

In a year that featured the selfimposed penalties due to violations under Haith, Isabell and Wright are the fourth and fifth players to leave Mizzou since the beginning of the fall semester — the others were D’Angelo Allen who also elected to transfer Feb. 29, Wes Clark, who failed to meet academic standards and was dismissed Feb. 17 and Martavian Payne, who never suited up for the Tigers due to “academic pursuits” prior to the season.

As of now, Missouri has three signees for this 2016 recruiting class, but the departures could affect the team’s

Academic Progress Rate, a score out of 1,000 points that, according to the NCAA, “holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.”

In May of last year, Mizzou’s APR was 941, and in May of 2014, it was 851. This May, if Mizzou’s APR drops below 940, the team will be subject to a postseason ban, per NCAA rules.

Three scholarships remain for the 2016-17 season, though Missouri must forego one due to the self-imposed penalties announced earlier this year, so that could be an option.

“We appreciate what both Tramaine and Namon contributed during their time with the program and wish them the best as they continue to pursue their academic and athletic goals,” Anderson said.

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JORDAN KODNER | PHOTO EDITOR

Missouri Tiger guard Tramaine Isabell (4) goes up for a layup against the Northern Illinois University Huskies on Dec. 4, 2015 at Mizzou Arena. The basketball program announced Tuesday that Isabell and Wright want to transfer.

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Missouri women’s basketball teammates and supporters anxiously await the announcement of the bracket for the NCAA women’s tournament March 14 in Mizzou Arena.

Missouri prepares for NCAA tournament Here are three steps the women’s basketball team is taking in preparation for the big dance.

LEXI CHURCHILL Assistant Sports Editor This time last season, the Missouri women’s basketball team was sitting around coach Robin Pingeton’s house, eyes glued to the television during Selection Monday. They were on the outside looking in.

While watching other teams celebrate their success, the overall mindset of the team was, “That's going to be us next year,” according to senior Morgan Stock.

Their previous small

gathering was much different from Monday’s long-awaited watch party. It was not the same anticipation. It was not the same venue. It was not the same outcome.

The Tigers will be playing BYU this Saturday in the opening round in the NCAA women’s tournament. It’s the program’s first trip to the tournament in 10 years.

This year, fans filled the seats of Mizzou Arena, the same seats from which they saw the Tigers’ resilient upset against No. 6 Mississippi State and the devastating senior day loss that concluded the regular season. Despite a roller-coaster conference schedule, the fans were there for a reason. The team was certain to get an invite for the dance.

But how prepared are the

players? What did the team do in between its first round Southeastern Conference tournament loss to Auburn and Monday’s watch party?

Here are the three main takeaways from Missouri’s time leading up to the big dance: R&R After nearly fourth months of practices and games back to back with virtually no break, a little relaxation was just what the Tigers needed — especially after the way they went out.

With three losses rounding out the season after a stretch of what Pingeton described as some of the best basketball they’d played, the Tigers needed a break to take a step back. It was time to remember what they’d done right and get back to that.

“I think after a tough loss like that, a tough end of the season stretch, it takes some time to get proper perspective,” Pingeton said. “When you allow yourself a chance to exhale and really look at the resume of what this season looked like and the great accomplishments we’ve had, I’m really proud of them.”

For redshirt junior Lindsey Cunningham, that week off included two trips to the gym, a visit to her family farm and lots of sleep. Each player rejuvenated in different ways to achieve the same goal.

“It's good for all of us mentally — we’re around each other a lot — to get away from each other, to get away from here,” she said.

“It's a good break physically as well. You come back refreshed, new legs and just a new spirit about ourselves that gets us going again.”

Working out the kinks In the past, the players have come into these postseason practices with a sense of uncertainty whether they even had a postseason to practice for. This year was different for the first time in a long time.

Across the board, players and coaches alike commented Friday that they were pretty confident for Selection Monday but didn’t want to get their hopes up. Regardless, they knew they were in, whether it be the big dance or the Women’s National Invitational Tournament, they would have a postseason.

With this knowledge, fresh legs and rejuvenated mindsets from the time off, the team took to the courts hard, determined to work out the little things.

“You know what, we’ve had probably the best five practices we’ve had all year, and I mean that,” freshman Sophie Cunningham said after Selection Monday. “I think there was probably one or two in the regular season, so this is our time to come back.”

According to Lindsey Cunningham, “There’s nothing major we have to change.”

Looking ahead, it’s all about the little things. Of course, the most consistent flaws throughout the season, flaring up again toward the end, were their turnovers. And for those, they run.

There are no easy fixes, but Pingeton assured that the offense is certainly a “work in progress.”

Taking a step back Despite a rocky conference schedule, Pingeton wanted her players to remember what they’d achieved throughout the

season, not staying hung up on the way things ended.

It all started with game one and ended with nonconference as the Tigers marked the longest streak in the program’s history, 13–0. Then there was Sophie Cunningham receiving the SEC Freshman of the Week award over and over and over again, eventually setting the conference record with six weekly titles. Finally, on the same night junior Jordan Frericks scored her 1000th point, Pingeton won her 100th game.

“Coach’s biggest thing was stepping back and realizing all we’d accomplished this year and making sure we all felt good about the things we’d done this year,” Lindsey said. “We crossed off a lot of things that hadn’t been done here in some cases ever or in a really long time. I think the biggest thing for us was to step back and realize how much we’d accomplished regardless how those last few games ended up for us.”

Perhaps the most important of their feats came on Selection Monday when the Tigers found out they will dance for the first time in a decade.

Now, after conquering its goal of making the postseason, the team will continue with its baby step method.

“We take that day to day approach and won't get too far ahead of ourselves,” Pingeton said. “Even the last couple of weeks that’s been a great reminder of dialing in on one game at a time. Control what you can control. March Madness — anything can happen and you better be prepared to play for 40 minutes. You have no time to look ahead.”

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JORDAN KODNER | PHOTO EDITOR

The University of Missouri men’s team, second from the right, competes in the 200-yard freestyle relay Feb. 17 in the Mizzou Aquatic Center during the Southeastern Conference Championships.

MU was given the opportunity to host this year’s SEC Swimming and Diving Championships.

Missouri invited to men’s NCAA Championships This is the Tigers’ secondhighest showing in school history.

PETER BAUGH Features Projects Editor Seven Missouri swimmers earned individual invitations to NCAA Championships. The Tigers also plan to send four others as relay-only swimmers.

NCAA Championships begin March 23 in Atlanta. Here’s a look at the Missouri swimmers set to compete at the meet.

Michael Chadwick, junior Chadwick was the Tigers’ star swimmer throughout the 2015–16 season. The U.S. National Team member did not lose a single individual race in the regular season. He was invited to the NCAA Championships in the 50-, 100and 200-yard freestyle. Last season, he was a first-team All-American in the 100-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle relay. He earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 50-yard freestyle and three relays.

Carter Griffin, junior Griffin is set to compete in the 200yard backstroke and 200-yard freestyle.

He will also have the option to compete in the 100-yard backstroke. The Parker, Colorado, native earned a silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke at last year’s Pan American Games. He was an Honorable Mention All-American in the 200-yard backstroke last season, placing 11th. He was also a member of the Tigers’ 10th place 400-yard medley relay.

Andrew Sansoucie, junior After swimming in only relays at last year’s NCAA Championships, Sansoucie earned an individual invitation to the 2016 meet in the 100-yard butterfly.

He is also eligible to swim the 50- and 100-yard freestyle. As a sophomore, Sansoucie swam the butterfly leg of both the 200- and 400-yard medley relays at NCAAs, picking up All-America honors in both events.

Fabian Schwingenschlogl, junior A Western Kentucky transfer, Schwingenschlogl was a first-team AllAmerican in the 100-yard breaststroke in 2014, finishing in sixth place. He was also 12th in the 200-yard breaststroke.

The Germany native earned invitations

in both breaststroke events. He is also eligible to swim the 200-yard individual medley.

Mikel Schreuders, freshman Schreuders is the only freshman on the Missouri team invited to NCAA Championships. He earned a spot in the 200-yard freestyle and will have the option to swim the 100-yard freestyle as well. The 17-year-old has an Olympic qualifying time for Aruba.

Jordy Groters, sophomore The 2016 NCAA Championships will be Groters’ first. He qualified for nationals in the 100-yard breaststroke.

The sophomore is also eligible to swim the 200-yard breaststroke and 100yard freestyle. Like Schreuders, he is a member of the Aruban National Team.

Eddie Mapel, junior Like Groters, Mapel specializes in breaststroke. He qualified for NCAAs in the 100-yard event. He can also swim the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley at the meet. The meet will be his first national championships.

Nick Davis, junior Davis specializes in long and middistance freestyle events. Although relay

lineups have not been announced, he is expected to swim on the Tigers 800-yard freestyle relay. The meet will be his first time at the NCAA Championships.

Christian Aragona, junior Aragona will most likely compete as a member of Missouri’s 200-yard freestyle relay team. He swam on the relay at last season’s NCAA Championships, earning First Team All-America honors with a sixth-place finish.

Matthew Margritier, senior Margritier is primarily a sprint freestyler. Like Chadwick and Aragona, he was also a member of the Tigers’ 200-yard freestyle relay last year.

Additionally, the Kansas native was a member of the Tigers’ 14th place 400-yard freestyle at the 2015 NCAA Championships.

Dillon Love, senior Love will most likely swim on the 200-yard medley relay team. He swam the backstroke leg on the relay last season, earning Honorable Mention AllAmerica honors with a 10th-place finish.

Edited by Alec Lewis | alewis@ themaneater.com

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Barnes relishes last opportunity with Missouri On Jan. 8, Barnes made his debut at 157 pounds in front of a home crowd.

CHASE LYNN Staff Writer Last spring, Missouri wrestler Le'Roy Barnes was applying to grad school. He was ready to make the next big step in his life while closing his wrestling career.

"I could’ve graduated, I was ready to hang up the shoes and focus on getting my masters somewhere," Barnes said.

A year later, the redshirt senior could have never imagined he'd be wrestling at the national wrestling tournament. But coach Brian Smith did.

"I told him, ‘we got a spot for you on this team, we just don’t know where yet’ and then he told me he wanted to give one last go,” Smith said.

Barnes took Smith’s advice and returned to Columbia for his final season in his wrestling career. Barnes competed against teammate Matt Manley for the starting 141-pound spot early

in the season. Manley defeated Barnes in the Maryville Open 2–1, but Barnes sought revenge, beating Manley 6–4 at the Lindenwood open and securing the varsity spot at 141 pounds, or at least Barnes thought.

Instead, Smith decided to send Manley to Vegas to compete at Cliff Keen Invite where he beat several ranked wrestlers en route to a fourth-place finish.

After the tournament, Manley was officially named the Tigers’ starting 141-pounder.

"I was under the impression I’d be starting," Barnes said. “I just wondered why (he chose him). But I trusted Coach Smith and just patiently waited for the next opportunity.”

Patience payed off for Barnes.

The Tigers’ two-time returning All-American at 157 pounds, Joey Lavalle, decided right before the start of the season that he’d redshirt, leaving an open spot at 157 pounds.

Smith’s pieces were starting to fall in place for Barnes. While Barnes competed with Manley at 141 pounds, three wrestlers would come and go at the 157pound spot early in the season.

On Jan. 8, Barnes made his debut at 157 pounds in front of a home crowd. He picked up his

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Missouri Tiger 157-pounder Le’Roy Barnes raises Oklahoma Sooner Brock Wingbermuehle’s leg to attempt a single-leg sweep during the wrestling dual Jan. 30 in Hearnes Center.

first victory against Buffalo's Tim Schaefer, 6–1, and then went on to win six of his 11 dual matches. He then entered the Mid-American Conference tournament where he was seeded fifth.

At the MAC tournament, Barnes beat Kent State’s Ian Miller and in the final, Barnes cruised to a 11–2 victory over Northern Iowa’s Bryce Steiert.

The once 141-pounder had earned himself a bid to the NCAA tournament at 157 pounds.

"I went into the tournament expecting to win and I did,” Barnes said. “I think people need to realize that if you expect to win, you will.”

The redshirt senior will officially end his wrestling career in New York City at

the NCAA national wrestling tournament. The tournament will kick off Thursday. Barnes will face Cornell’s Dylan Palacio in the first round.

“I’m just going to wrestle each match at a time,” Barnes said. “If I battle through every point and position the pieces should fall in place.”

Edited by Alec Lewis | alewis@ themaneater.com

Missouri opens play in America’s top baseball conference

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Missouri right-handed pitcher Ryan Lee pitches during the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on March 2.

Here’s what Missouri needs to do to come out on top in the SEC. TYLER KRAFT Assistant Sports Editor America’s top baseball conference is almost ready to open play for the 2016 season.

The Southeastern Conference produced four of the last eight College World Series winners, had four of the eight teams in the 2015 College World Series and had seven players drafted in the first round of the MLB Draft.

This year, the Missouri Tigers

(13–6) are aiming to conquer this very conference and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012.

Here are three things Missouri must do to make sure it doesn’t relive its 2015 experience of narrowly missing a spot in regional play.

Split the opening two series Missouri has the toughest opening conference schedule of any team in the nation entering conference play.

In consecutive weekends, the Tigers play No. 1 Florida (18–1) and No. 2 Vanderbilt (16–1). Vanderbilt has made appearances in the final series

of the past two College World Series.

If Missouri can win one of those weekends, it will be a fantastic start to SEC play.

However, both of the Tigers’ opponents are just as good and probably better at Missouri’s top strength: pitching.

While Missouri’s starting rotation has posted a 3.29 earned run average, Florida’s starters have averaged a 2.71 ERA and Vanderbilt’s starting ERA sits at 2.50. Missouri will not be able to rely on outpitching the nation’s top two teams.

Missouri will need its hitters to step up to the plate consistently in both series as

well as throughout the season.

So far, the Tigers’ batters have been shaky when it comes to scoring, plating eight runs one game and only three the next.

“It’s frustrating,” senior first baseman Zach Lavy said.

“Baseball’s not easy. If it was easy everybody would be doing it.”

pick in the 2017 MLB Draft as the starting pitcher for the team’s second game, the game that usually decides how the series will shake out.

“Saturday has probably become the more important game,” Jamieson said. “It kind of swings the series one way or another.”

McClain and Houck are must-wins

Remain consistent

Redshirt senior Reggie McClain and sophomore Tanner Houck have combined for a 1.23 ERA over the course of 59.2 innings in eight games.

The other four pitchers who have started at least one game have combined for a 4.32 ERA over 70.1 innings.

The dropoff between Missouri’s opening two pitchers to the bottom half of the rotation is severe. Therefore, it is imperative that the Tigers take advantage of their ace pitchers when they can.

So far this season, McClain has been given the run support he needs, going 3–0 in four starts. Even in his lone no decision, the Tigers still ended up winning on a walkoff home run from junior shortstop Ryan Howard. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for his counterpart.

Houck is 2–1 in his four starts this season, with his no decision ending in a loss to the University of Illinois at Chicago.

This was not what coach Tim Jamieson had planned when he slotted Houck, a projected top

The downfall of the 2015 Tigers was their inability to find any sort of rhythm down the stretch.

Missouri started its season 20–9 and then went 10–19 in the second half of the season.

While the Tigers were playing tough competition in the SEC, Missouri was unable to form any sort of streak as the season wound down, sweeping one series and then getting swept the next.

This season, Missouri has stayed consistent for the most part, winning all of its series but one. The only thing going against the Tigers is that they have not played any schools from the Power Five conferences.

Jamieson is quick to remind his players that having a chance to reach the NCAA Tournament or being left at home can come down to one game in hopes that the Tigers will play with the same intensity every day.

“I think the recognition that we were literally one game short,” Jamieson said. “Hopefully that’s motivation enough to know which game is it.”

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Takeaways from Youngstown State series The Tigers dropped a series against a Horizon League foe for the second straight season.

Senior Staff Writer Missouri baseball fell flat on its face this past weekend against Youngstown State. After cruising in the series opener by a score of 8–3, the Tigers (13–5) lost both sides of the Saturday doubleheader and dropped the series against the Penguins, who entered the series with a record of just 2–8. Here’s what we learned:

and an ERA of 1.61. Additionally, he holds a nearly 6:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Zach Lavy really enjoys pulling the ball Whether it was the right answer or not, senior first baseman Zach Lavy told members of the media last week that he enjoyed pulling the ball instead of hitting to the opposite field. He certainly proved it over the weekend against Youngstown State. Of Lavy’s six at-bats in which he put the ball into play, four of them were to his pull side. Additionally, all three of his hits went to his pull side, including two run-scoring doubles and a three-run home run.

It’s not necessarily a bad thing that Lavy is the definition of a pull hitter. It just leads to his approach at the plate being a bit more predictable than most.

If he can improve his opposite-field hitting game, it’ll open up some more possibilities for him. He’s proven to be able to do so before. Just last weekend, he smacked a solo shot into the wind blowing out to left.

Next up Mizzou will try to regroup before taking on Southeast Missouri State (9–7) for a two-game set beginning 6 p.m. Tuesday at Taylor Stadium. It is the final nonconference game the Tigers have scheduled before SEC play begins. Mizzou is 22–11 all-time against SEMO, but dropped its lone game against the Redhawks last season. Both games will be broadcast on SEC Network + and can be heard on KTGR. Edited by Tyler Kraft | tkraft@themaneater.com

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Some days, a pitcher is just unlucky. No matter how well he pitches, he ends up on the losing end of the box score because he got little run support. Pen that in for consecutive starts for sophomore right-hander Tanner Houck. In his last two outings, Houck has gone at least six innings and allowed a combined four earned runs on nine hits with 14 strikeouts. However, the Tigers have been on the wrong end of both of those starts because Houck has only received five runs of support from his offense in total.

Considering the fact that Mizzou is playing inferior opponents right now with significantly less talent, it’s critical that they give run support to Houck, who will later go up against the best of the SEC in Saturday starts.

Houck currently sits with a 2–1 mark on the season

Just a week ago, I lauded the Tigers’ offense possibly turning a corner with their new-look lineup.

That took a turn for the worse this weekend against the Penguins. Sophomore third baseman Shane Benes, who had been the team’s cleanup hitter, missed the series with a lower abdomen injury. However, Mizzou got away from the small-ball approach it had shown in prior weeks and had trouble manufacturing runs in the final two games of the series.

After a successful eight-run, 10-hit attack Friday night, the offense slowed to a near halt in the Saturday drizzle. Minus Benes, the Tigers scored five runs in the doubleheader on just eight hits.

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lack of offensive production. It was that the Tigers got away from what had shaped their early season success.

The aggressiveness on the basepaths disappeared, as did the sound defense in the field. Sure, Mizzou swiped nine bags in 12 attempts over the course of the three games, but against a catching tandem that had combined to catch just two of 24 baserunners this year, I expected the Tigers to be taking advantage of that left and right. After all, they did steal eight bags in one game earlier this season.

The defense was also suspect in this series, especially on the infield. The Tigers committed five errors in the three-game set, including four in a single game (a onerun defeat, mind you). That certainly did not leave coach Tim Jamieson pleased.

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I downplayed my talent... It’s not a bad thing and I shouldn’t belittle that. I’ve been blessed with the abilities I have and I should embrace them and take advantage of them.”

Coach Brian Smith agrees with this mindset. He says the confidence Cox gives off comes from his training and is necessary in order to achieve the goals each wrestler sets for himself.

Smith’s own confidence in the team itself helps allow each wrestler to stay calm as the tournament approaches. The belief in Cox, and the team, comes from the hard work Smith sees everyday in the wrestling room.

“If you’re training right and living right that’s where confidence comes from,” Smith said. “You second guess yourself in life, you haven’t been preparing right. The confidence I see from (Cox) doesn’t surprise me because I

see it every day, the way he’s training, the way he walks off the mat after a big match.”

Expecting to win comes from Smith’s Tiger-Style approach to wrestling, and each wrestler can use that as he prepares for the end of this week, as well as the rest of his life. Smith acknowledges that Tiger Style is a tough approach and that it’s not for everyone, but he knows that every day of training is worth it when his team steps out onto the mats in the middle of March.

Another part of Tiger Style is believing in oneself, and that goes back to the confidence that many of the wrestlers have heading into the biggest tournament of the season.

Perhaps no one exemplifies that philosophy better than senior Le’Roy Barnes, who began the year vying for the 141 pounds spot, lost that to junior Matt Manley, adjusted to 157 pounds, and won a MAC Championship two weeks ago at that weight class; he will end his career with the Tigers at the national tournament.

“My ultimate goal was to be a Division 1 wrestler, and I wanted to come to Mizzou,” Barnes said. “So that’s what I set out to do, the many years ago I started this sport. I think believing in myself, which is a part of Tiger Style, just believing, that’s the starting point to all of it. I always believed I could be something great. So I’m just grateful for that opportunity.”

The calmness given off by the wrestlers heading to nationals implies the way each has prepared for this opportunity over the course of the year. Going onto the mat and just wrestling is what they’re waiting for, especially for sophomore Willie Miklus, Missouri’s 184-pounder.

“I’m just excited to go,” said Miklus, a returning AllAmerican. “It worked out last year, with the approach of ‘this is cool, this is fun.’ I showed up last year and the mats were huge, and I just thought the place was awesome and I loved it there. So this year I’m just taking the exact same approach.

I’m just ready to go… I’m tired of waiting.”

Smith believes that the team needs to keep the same approach as they have had all season; that is, to just go out and wrestle. He doesn’t want the team to approach the matches any differently, rather, he wants them to take it one match at a time and do what they’ve been doing all season.

Missouri is ranked sixth nationally heading into the tournament, but the rankings of the team and each wrestler don’t seem to have an effect on anyone working in the wrestling room.

“We’re going to go have fun and wrestle just like we’ve been doing all year,” Smith said. “I’m confident in this team, they’re going to take care of this. We’ve been in situations like this, with big venues, and we just have to approach it the same way. It’s a 40-some foot mat, so go wrestle.”

As for Cox, he’s tired of waiting. He wants to show everyone who has doubted him who he is and what he can

do, and nothing less than a national championship title will suffice.

Cox talks of the doubt people have had with him, and he wants to erase that from people’s minds, saying when those people watch the film of him wrestling, there would be no denying what kind of wrestler Cox is.

There is no better opportunity to do that then at college wrestling’s biggest show.

“This isn’t the time to falter, this isn’t the time to be up by seven and not get the extra takedown to get the major decision, to be up 14 points and not get the tech fall. This is the time to go out there and do everything you can do for your team, everything you can for your brothers,” Cox said.“So I’ve got a chip on my shoulder for a lot of reasons, and it’s not a bad thing, it feels kind of good.”

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