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MOVE Letter from the Editor

So what’s this all about?

OK, so you’re probably looking for some backstory here. “What’s RnB, or if we’re feeling creative with acronyms (acronymonious?), what’s RnBnBBQ?” “Woah woah woah, this is a new editor talking to me as well?” Well, yes. I’m Elana. ‘Pologies for the late introduction; it’s been a bit of a hectic week summer life. My reasons for being MOVE editor align pretty closely with Roots N Blues’ reasons for existing: I absolutely love what I do and want to be a service for those who love it as much as I do.

Am I the No. 1 end-all for your arts and entertainment questions?

No way. I’ll gladly point you on any given day to a writer whose knowledge about a particular facet of MOVE

content blows mine out of the water.

Roots N Blues, I’m sure, can say the same. They’re not the ultimate stop for you blues or barbecue education; they’d be disappointed if they were.

Rather, they’re a stepping stone.

RnB is your guide to everything we love about New Orleans (that’s pronounced ore-lins, not ore-leans) soul. MOVE is your guide to everything we love about, well, everything. This week, take a look at how much MOVE <3s one of the coolest fests this pseudo-southern state has to offer.

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Are you thinking about going to Roots N Blues but unsure if it will be all it’s cracked up to be? First-year graduate student and former Maneater staffer Katie Yaeger, a seasoned Roots N Blues veteran, shares her experiences at the festival and why it’s the place to be in CoMo during the last weekend in September.

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What are your favorite things about Roots N Blues?

I’ve been either two or three years, and I really like the atmosphere. It’s very relaxing. They have a lot of great artists and great food. Since it’s been moved to Stephens Lake Park — it used to be held downtown — it’s been really cool. They’ve had some abstract art sculptures, which has added to the ambiance.

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Portrait of MU graduate student Katie Yaeger.

This might be hard, but can you pick a favorite artist you ’ve seen?

Edward Sharpe was really great. I love the song “Home,” and they did a Mizzou version during my Summer Welcome back in 2011. It’s always been affiliated with Mizzou for me, so it was really cool to see them live. The band has tons of different members, and two of them sang the song to each other at one point, which was kind of funny.

Why should any MU student go to the festival?

If students like music festivals or are just looking for something to do, or if they just want to explore Columbia a little bit more, I would say Roots N Blues is a really great Columbia event. I think it’s one of the things that makes this college town unique. We have Roots N Blues in the fall and we have True/False, the film festival, in the spring. It’s a really fun event, and it brings a lot of different people from different areas of the community together.

Who are some of the artists that have been there?

Anyone who people might generally know?

They’ve had a lot of big names in the past. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros were there three years ago, when I was a sophomore. My junior year, they had Trombone Shorty, who’s very well-known in the jazz community. A couple years ago, one of my friends was actually in a blues band that played there. It was pretty fun because I got to see her and meet the rest of her band, so that was a nice touch.

What about the food is so awesome?

They just have a lot of different vendors. It’s always nice when you’re out enjoying a music festival to have good food to pair with it, especially if you’re there during the day and some of the night for a couple days.

How long do students usually spend at the festival?

It depends on the student and what people have going on.

I know people who have stayed for the duration of the entire festival, and I know people who just go in the afternoons or hit some of the evening shows. Many students volunteer for the festival. Anyone in the community can volunteer, and several of my friends have in the past, so that’s another way that people get to be involved.

Jamaican Jerk Hut Cooking 800-1200 pounds of meat

Grill-A-Brothers Cooking 1,500 pounds of meat

100 gallons of lemonade

2,500 - 3,000 people they expect to serve

144 pounds of rice and beans

Making 500 sandwiches in an hour (previously 60-70)

Just five people working

800 loaves of bread

What started out as a way to make some authentic Jamaican food from back home has now turned into a thriving business of 10 years for Rexroy Scott, the co-owner of the Jamaican Jerk Hut. The slogan, “Jerk it and they will come,” proved true for Scott when he attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City and began to make jerk chicken every Tuesday.

The small weekly get-together turned into a block party that grew bigger and bigger each week.

Scott bought a tent from Walmart and rented a grill to sell his jerk chicken for the first time. It was gone in 45 minutes. The jerk chicken is now the establishment’s most popular item.

Veterans of the food truck business, Scott and his crew are bringing a team of five people to man the truck at the festival.

Although it’s taken years to perfect the process, Scott stays true to his roots with traditional Jamaican ingredients.

With Roots N Blues being one of their biggest events of the year, they plan to prepare about 800 to 1,200 pounds of meat.

The Jamaican Jerk Hut will be offering its full menu at the festival, because they wouldn’t want anyone to miss their favorite dishes.

“Roots N Blues is about blues and experimentation and people trying different things,” Scott says. “Jamaican

cooking is highly influenced by the Rastafarian culture, and there’s a parallel there because we have been really good at experimentation even with food, and our lemonade is an example of that.”

Scott says that their lemonade isn’t really a lemonade, but an explosion of fruit flavors. Taking fruits native to Jamaica and infusing them into the drink has made it more than just a mixture of sugar, water and lemons.

The real comfort food that people come for is the meat, however, which you can find if you follow the trails of smoke and sizzling sounds from behind the truck.

Because of their experience, Scott says they have a deep understanding of the process it takes to cook the meats.

“As much as this is a science, it is an art,” Scott says. “Wind patterns or the direction of the wind to determine when to open or close the vents, depending on how the grill is going — it’s something you kind of have to learn by doing it.”

Scott has relationships with some of the international markets in town to continue to offer authentic Jamaican food to mid-Missouri.

“There’s, like, a kaleidoscope of cultures here in Columbia with the university and that’s helped us because people are willing to try new things,” Scott says. “They’re adventurous.”

“Truckload of onions” and “a whole bed of lettuce” The Grill-A-Brothers have only been in the food truck business for two months, but some students are saying their barbecue is a must-have. With a background in construction, co-owners Patrick Dierkes and Daniel Thorne, built their 19-foot-long food trailer themselves, adding in refurbished appliances to help with their process.

“In the morning, this is a bakery,” Thorne says. “In the middle of the day, it’s a vegetable cutting station. In the evening, it’s a smokehouse.”

That setup will be changing slightly this week, though, as the Grill-A-Brothers are taking on their biggest event yet.

Normally they bake their own bread in one “big bread circle,” Thorne says, but in order to make the 800 loaves needed, a baker will use the same recipe the Grill-ABrothers do.

The Grill-A-Brothers make most of their food from scratch and have been prepping food for the entire week up to the event.

“It’s no secret,” Thorne says. “It’s actually my modifications of the first recipe out of a book called ‘The Bread Bible.’”

Thorne and Dierkes will devote most of their time to their pork sandwiches. Twenty pork shoulders will take 12 hours to cook, chicken will take 8-10 hours and ribs will take 5-6 hours in the smoker.

After the meat has been cooked, it breaks down in a pan until it can be crumbled up with your hands, losing about 50 percent of its weight in the process.

All the meats undergo slightly different

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preparation processes. The chicken is brined for 24 hours in a saltwater solution, which opens the pores of the chicken, absorbs the salt water, breaks down the tissue, becomes moist and falls off the bone.

“If you can figure out any way to deliver sugar and salt to somebody’s mouth, they’re going to love you,” Thorne says. “All of our sandwiches are a real balance of those two.”

While the majority of their sandwiches feature smoked meat, Grill-A-Brothers will offering a vegetarian/vegan option at the festival. Featuring house-made hummus, grilled vegetables, sliced portobello mushrooms and bean sprouts, the “Herbi” will allow a full range of eaters to find a meal at the event.

Trying a new setup at the festival, GrillA-Brothers will have an 11-person crew to help with throughout three days. Thorne says he believes that the Grill-A-Brothers are taking barbecue to the next level, and being a vendor at Roots N Blues N BBQ will be a whole new level for them, too.

“It’s like going to Mecca,” Thorne says.

“It’s like jumping up and high-fiving yourself because no one’s around.”

The Grill-A-Brothers will be offering a limited menu over the weekend and will feature their top sandwiches: the Tony Montana Cuban sandwich; the General Tso and Tsos chicken sandwich; the drunken pork pulled pork sandwich and the Herbi vegetarian/vegan option, which is also available as gluten-free.

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Mizzou Hillel offers sense of community “It’s really about connecting the students to each other,” executive director Jeanne Snodgrass said.

ALLYSON VASILOPULOS Reporter With Rosh Hashanah on Sept.

13-15 and Yom Kippur on Sept. 22, Mizzou Hillel is kicking off a new year.

Hillel leaders make it their goal to allow students the opportunity to not only expand their knowledge of Judaism, but to also feel comfortable sharing their own religious journeys.

“We really want students to take that initiative, and also to have that experience,” executive director Jeanne Snodgrass said.

Hillel, a non-profit Jewish organization on campus, offers a variety of High Holy Day events, as well as weekly services and Kosher dinners.

For Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a guest rabbi from Miami leads the services. The weekly Shabbat services, which take place at 6 p.m. every Friday, are primarily student-led.

Freshman Jordan Green led his first service Sept. 18 and is proud to be part of an organization that is so student-involved.

“Judaism has always been important to me culturally and religiously,” Green said.

“It’s been really great meeting members of the Jewish community here at Mizzou.”

An estimated 50-100 students take advantage of the religious

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MU students in beginning Hebrew class celebrate with a Sephardic Rosh Hashanah Seder ritual at Mizzou Hillel. Mizzou Hillel offers a place where the Jewish community can come together to educate and share experiences.

RESPONSE

Student leaders sound off on AAU campus climate survey MORGAN MAGID Senior Staff Writer New results from a campus climate survey from the Association of American Universities concerning sexual assault have prompted a strong response from many MU

student leaders.

The Campus Climate Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct Survey found that 30.8 percent of senior women at MU reported that they were victims of nonconsensual sexual contact involving physical force or incapacitation

either from drugs or alcohol.

When the tactics of coercion, absence of affirmative consent and attempted sexual contact were considered, the number jumped to 38.3 percent of senior women.

“The fact that an estimated 30.8 percent of our senior

female students say that since they entered MU, they have been victims of some kind of unwanted sexual conduct is very disturbing to me,” Provost Garnett Stokes said in a statement. “These results show us that we still have much work to do … I will not be

satisfied until no acts of sexual misconduct of any kind are committed at MU.” MU’s results are 5 percentage points higher than the national average. Nationally, 33.1 percent of senior

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Megabus ends service in Columbia MARILYN HAIGH Senior Staff Writer

When Wallace found out, he started a petition to keep Megabus in both cities.

During his travels, Wallace saw a man from St. Louis with a heart condition who has taken Megabus two to three times per week to visit a doctor in Kansas City. Wallace

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“The Hunting Ground” screening shows MU is no exception.

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Megabus is ending service in Columbia and Kansas City on Sept. 30.

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Senior David Wallace, co-director of student communications for the

Missouri Students Association, rides Megabus about once a month, usually to go home to St. Louis.

This soon will no longer be the case as Megabus, a privatelyowned bus company with stops around the world, is ending service in Columbia and Kansas City on Sept. 30 due to declining ridership, according to a recent press release.

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A petition is circulating to keep Megabus in Columbia.

NEWS

No need to travel through space and time, Doctor Who’s at Mizzou.

Meet the woman behind the art project that’s now a fixture of downtown.

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MU students wait to watch the film The Hunting Ground on Thursday at Jesse Auditorium. The film is an expose of rape on college campuses that emphasizes the efforts universities have made to cover up sexual violence.

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The passing of the Campus Free Expression Act makes Missouri only the second state in the country to protect students’ First Amendment rights in this manner.

The documentary highlights the failures of colleges to address sexual assault; MU hopes to be the exception.

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Documentary shines light on campus sexual assault EMILY GALLION

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On July 14, Gov. Jay Nixon signed Senate Bill 93, also known as the “Campus Free Expression Act.” The bill expands free speech zones on the campuses of public institutions of higher education in Missouri, such as MU’s Speakers Circle, and allows protests and speeches to take place on any outdoor space.

By eliminating free speech zones, expressive acts, such as protests and speeches, can be held throughout campuses, making college campuses “traditional public forums,” according to the bill. The bill was passed unanimously in the state Senate, making Missouri the second state along with Virginia to have passed legislation of this kind to protect the First Amendment rights of students on college campuses.

Speakers Circle is a free speech zone staple of student life at MU with its mix of speakers and even its own Twitter account.

The university is currently reviewing the legislation to determine if university policies need to be changed.

“Over our history, we have always accommodated individuals and groups who wanted to express themselves publicly,” MU

When the lights came back on in the Jesse Auditorium at the end of the showing of the film “The Hunting Ground,” the entire auditorium was silent. Danica Wolf, the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center coordinator, came onstage to address the crowd.

“I feel like we all need a moment to exhale,” she said.

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“It doesn’t matter how many times I see that ending or hear that music. I still get goosebumps.”

The film is an exposse of rape on college campuses that emphasized the efforts universities made to cover up sexual violence. It argued that the visibility of sexual assault could negatively impact admissions as well as the lucrative college athletic systems. Therefore, colleges often disregard the safety of survivors and potential future victims for their own self-interest.

The film was shown Sept. 17 as a part of Safety Week and was put on by the Safe Mizzou Coalition, the MSA/GPC Films Committee, the Women’s Center, the

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Delta Gamma

Fashion guru Tim Gunn set to come to MU Delta Gamma Foundation welcomes “Project Runway,” “Under the Gunn” fashion adviser Tim Gunn to MU. KATHERINE ROSSO Reporter He’s a fashion expert. A reality TV star. A business executive. He’s coming to MU. As New York Fashion Week comes to a close, fashion guru Tim Gunn will speak at MU for the Delta Gamma Foundation lectureship in Values and Ethics on 7 p.m.

Sept. 24 in Jesse Auditorium.

The foundation chose Tim Gunn as a speaker because he reflected Delta Gamma’s ethical base.

Senior Taylor Morales is the Delta Gamma MU Chapter Lectureship Foundation in Values and Ethics Liaison and is the director of the Tim Gunn lectureship event.

Delta Gamma chooses their speakers while working in conjunction with the Missouri Students Association.

Both organizations spent months making sure every part of the lecture will go as planned.

“Tim Gunn was chosen for this Lectureship because we believe that he will give students and community members a personal pep talk that is representative of both Delta Gamma's and the University of Missouri's values,” Morales said in an email.

Gunn has starred as a mentor on Bravo’s “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style,” Lifetime’s “Under the Gunn” and Emmy-

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opportunities Hillel provides, and about half of the total Jewish population on campus stops in at some point during the academic year, Snodgrass said.

Hillel also provides the opportunity for members to intern in multiple year-long positions. These internships not only provide students with experience in a specific interest field, but also allow further

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involvement in the Jewish community.

Sophomore Mariah Monks has utilized skills from her journalism major while working in the Hillel office.

As a marketing intern, Monks completes special projects, interacts with students at Hillel and prepares the team for Shabbat.

“I like that we have weekly events that are very consistent throughout the whole year,” Monks said.

Before becoming affiliated with the MU campus, Hillel was combined with the

Congregation Beth Shalom.

Hillel broke off to become more student-oriented.

The synagogue and other Jewish organizations around the university still hold joint events. Hillel will often partner with the Chabad Jewish Student Organization; the two Jewish fraternities, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Zeta Beta Tau; or the Jewish sorority, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, to celebrate religious holidays or to put together community events.

Although the main purpose of Hillel is to provide a place for Jewish students to

come together in faith, the organization welcomes anyone that might have an interest in learning about the religion.

They would like it to be a resource place for both Jewish and non-Jewish students.

“It’s really about connecting the students to each other,” Snodgrass said. “We try to take a little bit from everyone and create something that everyone can feel a connection to. It’s kind of like a blended community.”

Because the organization doesn’t charge for services and activities they provide and also

doesn’t receive money from the university, a majority of their funding comes from the Jewish community. They rely on revenue from parking sales, donations and sponsors such as the St. Louis Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City.

“It’s a great place to meet new people,” Monks said. “We all share the same Judaism connection. It’s a small but strong community here at Mizzou.”

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“GPC is still working on initiatives to prevent these numbers in the future,” GPC President Hallie Thompson said in an email. “Right now, we are working with the Title IX Office to communicate information to students. This would specifically focus on resources for these students and direction on for how to both report and talk about in a safe space.”

Just over half of female graduate students and 34 percent of male graduate students experienced some form of sexual harassment. For graduate students, the most commonly reported offenders were faculty members, something Thompson said was “concerning.”

“This is not something that can be solved immediately, but is going to have to be addressed continually to truly change the campus culture,” Thompson said.

The survey also looked into why students chose to report or not to report. For people who reported experiencing penetrative acts involving force, 61 percent said they hadn't though the incident was "serious enough to report,” according to the breakdown of data provided by the AAU. “Some students don’t understand that what is happening to them is important or severe enough to report,” MU

Title IX Administrator Ellen Eardley said. “They don’t know that it’s a policy violation, and so our education and prevention measures need to do more to help students understand what sex discrimination really is.”

About 15 percent of MU students took the survey.

The AAU average response rate was 19.3 percent — a total of 150,072 students participated. The survey, which was developed by Westat, a social science research firm, was conducted in April and May 2015 at 27 participating universities.

Eardley said she wished the response rate would’ve been higher, but she said the numbers are a good sample of the student population.

Across all 27 AAU universities, an average of 23 percent of women have experienced nonconsensual sexual contact. Out of the the 21 institutions who made their results public, MU had the sixthhighest percentage of women who reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact, according to data compiled by The Washington Post.

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The Office of Greek Life joined the Office of the Chancellor at the first-ever summit on sexual assault and student safety in fraternity houses this June.

The survey does not break

down data based on students’ participation in Greek Life, athletics or other student organizations.

“I don't really believe that the AAU survey results have significance to specifically PHA,” PHA Vice President of Public Relations Carolyn Welter said in an email. “The results have no breakdown of Greek to non-Greek percentages, so the information applies to us just the same as it would any other student organization.”

She also said PHA would continue its sexual violence education plan.

Stokes is forming a task force to improve education efforts, outreach and prevention of sexual discrimination on campus. While membership is still being finalized, the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center is expected to play a key role in that task force.

The task force is one component of how MU wants to improve the campus climate.

Eardley encouraged students to get more involved with the various peer education programs on campus. Peer educators continue to be an important part of MU’s prevention efforts.

“I am asking the students, what are you going to do?” RHA President Billy Donley said. “I know what I'm going to do: I'm going to fight for the safety of the students. I plan on creating

a safety action plan, something Rachel (Thomas) and I have been trying to create to map out our programs and actions to make this campus safer.”

Eardley is optimistic that peer-to-peer education would make a meaningful contribution toward changing MU’s campus climate.

“Students want to learn from each other about how to interrupt and stop this behavior,” Eardley said. “It empowers them to take action on our campus. I really encourage more students to get involved in that effort.”

Although disheartened by the survey results, Donley plans to use his influence as a student leader to improve campus climate.

“When you spend so much time talking about this subject and then take a step back and look at these numbers, you begin to realize that some of these numbers make up a very large portion of the students here at Mizzou,” Donley said. “As a fellow student and especially as a leader of the Residence Halls, my heart is heavy and eager to work towards a brighter future for this campus.”

Emily O’Connor contributed to this report.

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Megabus started service in Columbia in 2008 and Kansas City in 2007. From Columbia, routes were available to Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago.

Wallace said a lot of students currently use the service to get home to their families.

Sophomore Zack Helland previously used Megabus three or four times a year when he needed to get home to Chicago, he said. Now, he said he will have to find another ride to get home.

“It’s harder to find a ride than it is a Megabus ticket,” Helland said.

Helland said the other options for bus travel from Columbia, Greyhound and Mo-X, are more expensive and less convenient.

A one-way ticket to St. Louis on the Mo-X airport shuttle is about $57. Greyhound bus tickets for the same trip vary, but a standard ticket usually costs about $30. A Megabus ticket to St. Louis on Sept. 30, its final day in service, costs $10.

Sean Hughes, director of Corporate Affairs for Megabus North America, said the company has seen a fall in demand “for some time.”

“We are certainly aware of the petition but obviously, our decision is based more on numbers of people that are on our bus,” Hughes said.

Hughes said the company hoped to see the numbers in Columbia improve, but “had to take the unfortunate but necessary step to cut service.”

He said the company appreciates outreach by Columbia residents.

Columbia Public Works Department spokesman Steven Sapp said the end of Megabus service is a loss to the city.

“We think the more options people have for mass transit the better, but we certainly

understand that as a private enterprise, financial situations often dictate the service you can and can’t provide,” Sapp said.

Megabus and the city of Columbia did not have a contract for operations. Wabash Station, where Megabus picked up its Columbia passengers, was simply a convenient location, Sapp said.

Hughes said Megabus is reimbursing customers who have purchased a ticket for travel after Sept. 30.

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female undergraduates have experienced nonconsensual sexual contact through any of the four possible tactics.

“This survey puts the issue in a national context that reinforces how important it is for Mizzou to be a leader in eliminating sexual misconduct wherever it occurs,” Interfraternity Council Vice President of Public Relations Parker Briden said in an email.

“As always, Mizzou's fraternities are eager to be a positive force for change through our educational programming. Even one instance of sexual violence on our campus is too many, and there are a lot of great leaders at our school fighting to eliminate this threat.”

Along with IFC, the Panhellenic Association, the Graduate Professional Council and the Residence Halls Association all expressed their concerns about MU’s campus climate. The Missouri Students Association could not be reached for comment by print deadline.

Graduate students also took the survey and offered compelling feedback. Nearly 9 percent of graduate students experienced attempted or completed nonconsensual sexual contact via any of the four tactics, according to the

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said he doesn’t remember the man’s name, but that he is one of the main reasons he started the petition, which now has over 715 signatures as of midnight Sept. 23. The petition is addressed to Megabus CEO Dale Moser.

“For him, (Megabus) is an integral part of his life,” Wallace said. “Greyhound trips can be expensive — doctor’s visits can get canceled. It was the cheapest thing for him to

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Doctor Who at Mizzou draws diverse crowd REGINA ANDERSON Reporter “Sonic Screwdriver?”

The clock was ticking.

“The Doctor playing cricket?”

Only a few seconds remained.

“The Doctor and a Jedi fighting!”

In a small classroom in Stewart Hall, the two teams sat in a semicircle, facing each other. Most people had on a T-shirt with the Tardis, the Doctor’s spaceship, on the front.

Team Cybermen received their first point as time ran out, tying up the Pictionary game that started just moments beforehand.

Doctor Who is a long-running television show that has developed a strong following over its 50 years on air. The show is a classic sci-fi story, following the travels of an alien called the Doctor as he tries to save the universe.

Doctor Who at Mizzou started about two years ago with the idea that it would be a service club, uniting people with a common interest so they could do good.

As senior Lindsay Henderson described, the club was going “to save Columbia the way the Doctor saves the world.”

Over time, though, the club has developed into a place for members to come together, discuss the show and get to know people with a similar interest: an alien traveling through time and space in a blue box.

But for others, like President Quenton Laroe, it is something

more than that.

“Doctor Who has its friendships, it’s got its tragedy, it’s got its action, it’s got its comedy, it’s got its mystery,” Laroe said. “But in the end, whenever you watch an episode, you’re always left with the feeling of just awe.”

Because of its variety, the club has drawn a diverse crowd for its membership.

“We’re all very different, but it’s so cool to have this commonality where we’re able to come together,” Vice President Holly Moore said. “It is a place where I feel welcomed as myself. I can talk about the weird shows that I love and everybody is just as excited about it as I am.”

A typical meeting for the club at 7 p.m. Thursdays includes an activity that ties in with the show, such as Doctor Who Pictionary, a discussion about business and a possible trip to get food afterward.

The members get to know one another through their shared love of the show and sometimes find other similar interests outside of Doctor Who. “The purpose behind it is a place where people who are Doctor Who fans can come together and meet together and get to know one another,” Moore said. “Also, we do things like we go to (conventions) together. I think we’re planning to go to one in St. Louis later this year, and then we’ll go out and do volunteer events together, too.”

The club’s big events are its fall corn maze and a potential trip to a convention in the spring. Laroe said

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Members of the Doctor Who at Mizzou club pose for a group photo while working at their organization’s booth.

this year they are hoping to raise the funds to travel to Wizard World in St. Louis together as a group.

Doctor Who, as a show, has brought together millions of people around the world. Doctor Who at Mizzou aims to do the same thing

for fans in Columbia. People who have any interest in Doctor Who are encouraged to come to the meetings.

“I met at least one of my roommates there and next semester I met my two other roommates through Doctor Who at Mizzou,”

Henderson said. “It just gave me a sense of acceptance and friendship.

They didn’t care that I obsessed over this British show that no one had heard about. They were like, ‘Yeah, we like it too.’”

Policy, plans on participating by collecting signatures in October for the initiative petition as well as continuing to host events and traveling to Jefferson City to speak with representatives on the issue, MU NORML President Benton Berigan said in an email.

“If we don't take interest in how drug laws are impacting our society, then we are doing a serious disfavor to future generations,” Berigan said in an email.

Berigan has been involved with MU NORML since his freshman year, when he was vice president of the organization. More than just working to collect signatures for the state-wide initiative, MU NORML and MU SSDP are working to amend laws regarding cultivation of cannabis at a local level, as well.

Legalize Mizzou is working with mid-Missouri NORML attorney and chairman for Show-Me Cannabis Dan Viets in order to draft an expansion to the medical cannabis and decriminalization ordinances passed in 2004 to include language about cultivation.

“This expansion would substantially reduce the harsh penalties associated with cultivating less than six plants in a domicile and provide protection for seriouslyill people with a physician’s recommendation,” Berigan said in an email.

“Seriously-ill people” would include people who suffer from serious conditions where marijuana

may provide relief — such as posttraumatic stress disorder, HIV/AIDS and forms of epilepsy, and also in cases of harmful side-effects in the treatment of cancer — and have been recommended by a licensed physician.

The six plants must also only be grown indoors and be in a locked enclosure, not visible from exterior windows and not accessible to children.

“It's crazy to imagine that 600 miles west of Columbia, residents in Colorado can cultivate up to six plants in their home and it is completely legal, yet if someone is Missouri tries to germinate a single cannabis seed, they can spend a substantial amount of time in prison, possibly a lifetime, and are labelled as criminals and felons,” Berigan said.

In Missouri, attempting to germinate a single seed currently carries felony charges and sentences of five to 15 years in prison.

Payne and Berigan urge young adults to register to vote and even do something as simple as talking to their parents or grandparents about the issue as they work on changing cannabis laws throughout the coming months.

“When it comes to outdated and harsh laws, until the Missouri Legislature takes leadership on the issue of cannabis, it is up to cities like Columbia to determine what is best for their local community,” Berigan said.

Petition aims to legalize medical marijuana in Missouri TESSA WEINBERG Staff Writer The legalization of medical marijuana could be on the Missouri ballot next fall if an initiative petition spearheaded by the organization Show-Me Cannabis succeeds. Missouri would be the 24th state in the nation to legalize access to medical cannabis.

John Payne, the executive director and treasurer of ShowMe Cannabis, said in order for the petition to make the ballot, it must receive signatures totaling 8 percent of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election in six of the eight congressional districts in Missouri. Payne said that will equal about 160,000 signatures.

However, of those 160,000 signatures, Payne predicts that a third will be invalid due to unregistered voters or incorrect addresses. Payne said that about 250,000 signatures will likely needed in order to get it on the ballot.

Show-Me Cannabis will begin collecting signatures once the petition is filed with the Secretary of State’s office within the next few weeks, Payne said. To tackle the large number of signatures needed, he said Show-Me Cannabis will not only utilize the help of volunteers, but also will hire a professional signature gathering company.

“I will say that (it’s) not a cheap process, and so just to get on the

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ballot is going to cost over a million dollars,” Payne said.

After failing to qualify a similar initiative petition in 2012 for the ballot, Show-Me Cannabis has changed their approach since their last campaign. The group recently hired a professional pollster and professional consultant Jack Cardetti, who worked on the campaigns of Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Secretary of State Jason Kander and Gov. Jay Nixon.

While Payne calls the attempt in 2012 a “noble effort,” he said back then the organization was newly founded and, while they knew a lot about cannabis and cannabis politics, they weren’t as wellversed in Missouri politics. Now, with an increased base of support and an advisory board made up of prominent allies throughout Missouri, Payne said he thinks

Show-Me Cannabis is running a more efficient campaign.

“We’re working with some of the top ballot initiative attorneys in the state,” Payne said. “And so we’ve really made this a professional, experienced effort, whereas before I think of it as a very passionate, but also a very young and kind of inexperienced, effort.”

In a 605-person poll Show-Me Cannabis conducted, 64 percent of people said they would be inclined to vote for an initiative that would allow doctors to recommend medical cannabis for patients who have debilitating medical conditions, and 80 percent of the Missouri public said that they support that idea in theory.

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“I want them to know that sexual assault occurs on college campuses,” Title IX Administrator Ellen Eardley said. “It occurs here at Mizzou. When students stand up against that, it makes a difference.”

Graduate student Josephine Smiley said she was happy to see discussion taking place regarding the issue of campus sexual violence.

“I was involved in activism along those lines at my undergraduate institution, so I already knew about the epidemic,” Smiley said.

“My reaction was that this is a really good representation of what goes on at a lot of colleges.”

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winning “Project Runway” as well as starring as himself on various shows such as “Gossip Girl” and “Ugly Betty.” Before becoming a reality TV guru, he also worked at Parsons School of Design for 25 years, after which he became the Chief Creative Officer of Liz Claiborne.

Freshman Tyler Parton, a fan of “Project Runway,” said he believes seeing Tim Gunn at the Delta Gamma event could inspire the student body.

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spokesman Christian Basi said in an email. “Typically, this has been done at Speakers Circle in the center of our campus where individuals can be most visible.”

Per the 2014-15 M-Book, Peace Park, Lowry Mall and Carnahan Quadrangle all required permits while no permits are necessary for Speakers Circle. The Francis Quadrangle has been restricted to official university events since the late 1980s after MU students built a shantytown on the Quad to protest Apartheid in South Africa.

The Quad is currently limited because of the space’s historical significance. Joe Cohn, the Legislative and Policy Director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, an organization that helped draft and testify for the bill, said that historical significance is not enough of a justification to limit free speech in an area.

“A public university cannot hide behind the historical significance of a location

THE MANEATER | NEWS | SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 Smiley attended Hanover College in Indianaw, where she said sexual violence was prevalent on campus. She said it is a good sign that MU was taking steps to fix the climate universal to most campuses.

“I know Mizzou is already doing a lot better than Hanover, first of all with the resources available and the education,” she said. “I had to take a Title IX class before registering for classes, which is great. I was very pleased to see that they did that.”

MU has taken steps in the past year to address sexual violence on campus. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin released a directive last year to reorganize the way the university handles sex discrimination claims. The Title IX Office, now just over a year old, hired three new Title IX investigators and a case manager, and is looking to hire an education and intervention specialist, Eardley said.

The RSVP Center, which the Title IX Office works closely with, also expanded by hiring a full-

time prevention coordinator, an education coordinator and an advocate. All of those jobs were formerly performed by one person, RSVP Center Education Coordinator Kim Scates said. “(The former coordinator) did all of those jobs in an amazing way,” Scates said. “I can’t think of one person who could do all four of those positions better than she did, but you’re limited with how far you can reach.”

In light of the new growth, Scates said the organization’s goal this year was to “reach more of campus with that message” about power-based sexual violence.

Prevention strategies at the RSVP Center include education and the Green Dot program, a method of bystander intervention. The center also advocates for survivors of sexual violence.

Another recent change is the implementation of the Not Anymore program this year, which is required of all incoming students.

“The Not Anymore training provides such a good baseline for

us to have these conversations,” Eardley said. “It improves and enriches our ability to do the education work that we’re doing.

We will look at the completion rates, and we’re going to have small group discussions about what students thought about it and what we can do to improve that tool in the future.”

With these changes, administrators hope to make MU the exception when it comes to handling sexual assault.

“It is our hope, our goal, that the kinds of failures (to address campus sexual assault) that you saw in that movie do not happen at Mizzou,” Eardley said.

One failure featured in the movie was underreporting. The movie cited a statistic that 45 percent of universities reported zero sexual assaults in 2012.

In contrast, the Title IX office released their first annual report last week, which states that 65 students reported sexual assault at MU. To ensure that MU doesn’t make those failures, Eardley

inspirational to people,” Parton said. “Just from watching the show, I think he offers a lot of not only advice for fashion, but advice for keeping true to yourself.”

To get in contact with Gunn for the event, Delta Gamma had to reach out to his management to ask if he would be interested in becoming a speaker. Gunn is known for speaking at events for the Stuttering Foundation for America and the It Gets Better Project.

Delta Gamma hopes to sell out Jesse Hall for this event, Morales said.

“My favorite part of these events is the ability a speaker has to reach a multitude of diverse students and community members with their positive, impactful and uplifting message,” Morales said. “It is truly

an honor to spread values to the student body and surrounding community that are representative of the University of Missouri's values of respect, responsibility, discovery and excellence and the values of Delta Gamma.”

Freshman Michaela Flores, an avid fan of “Project Runway,” plans to attend the lecture. She deems Gunn her “favorite person ever,” and said his speech could show people more about fashion and the reasons it’s important.

“He’s so smart, he dresses amazingly every day, every moment of his life,” Flores said. “I’ve never seen him wear anything that wasn’t amazing and like a million dollars.

I like Project Runway because they have the coolest designs. All their designs are not stuff you usually

see. Like on runways and fashion shows, they’re always so innovative and new, and all the people are super cool.”

Gunn has given speeches previously on college campuses such including 2009 Commencement Speech at Corcoran College of Art and Design and a January 2015 speech at Pennsylvania State University’s Web Conference.

“I would recommend people to go to this event because besides being him one of the best fashion advice people ever, he genuinely gives good advice about life,” Flores said. “Like on the show, when people are sad or crying or miss their family he doesn’t even talk about fashion. He actually has really good life advice. He’s like a counselor with really good style.”

to justify restricting speech there,” Cohn said. “ The Washington Mall and the area around Independence Hall are both historically significant locations, used throughout our nation’s history for expressive purposes. People can’t credibly argue that the history of those locations justifies censorship.”

While MU might have a recognized free speech zone, the need for the bill arose when Cohn’s organization approached Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamer and drew his attention to a potential problem on the Missouri State University — West Plains campus. The university has only a basketball court as the designated free speech zone on campus, said state Emery, who sponsored the bill.

The bill, which was supported by state Rep. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, allows public institutions of higher education to maintain reasonable time, manner and place restrictions in order to make sure expressive activities do not disrupt classes or the functioning of the institution. As outlined in the bill, students whose expressive rights were violated may take the institution to court and

may also receive at least $500 to recover compensatory damages, reasonable court costs and attorney fees, with an additional $50 for each day the violation continues.

Emery said he felt it was necessary to address the issue early on in Missouri. The bill only affects public institutions of higher education as they are under the jurisdiction of state legislature and are, in part, funded by public dollars.

The clause that allows students to receive compensatory funds if their freedom of speech is violated was essential, Emery said. He explained that one problem with these types of cases is how they are handled in court.

Although special interest attorneys from FIRE deal with these cases, it is more difficult for students to find representation if lawyers aren’t sure they will be provided with compensation, Emery said. This way, if a case has merit, a lawyer will feel more comfortable taking it on and knowing that they won’t be doing the case pro bono.

Another reason for the clause is that it holds universities accountable.

“We certainly want to put statutes in place that acknowledge that these constitutional rights need to be observed by the university, but we also want there to be that civil threat that says if you do violate this law and you break it, you really might be subject to a penalty, you really could be taken to court,” Emery said.

Emery said that overall there was little conflict in introducing and passing the bill since it was introduced at the beginning of 2015. Some legislators did raise concerns over whether the legislation was necessary.

Sarah Rossi, director of Advocacy and Policy for American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, an organization that helped support the bill, said legislators were hesitant at first towards hate speech or demonstrations that may result from the passing of the bill.

Despite legislators’ concerns, the bill unanimously passed.

“I think the bipartisan support came from that frame of mind, that the constitution is meant to protect everybody, not just people we agree with,” Rossi said.

Emery said he doesn’t believe every state should be required

calls upon students to hold the university and her office accountable.

“I think they should speak out when they feel that either the Title IX Office or the administrators have done something that is inexcusable or not in line with our principles of respect and inclusion,” she said.

After the movie, Wolf said her goal for the RSVP Center is to eventually “put themselves out of business.”

“You wouldn’t all be sitting here if you didn’t think it was possible,” Wolf said.

While students like Smiley are happy to see changes being made, the results have yet to be seen. Smiley, for one, was unable to say whether events such as the showing of “The Hunting Ground” made her feel safer on campus.

“I mean, I carry pepper spray everywhere,” she said. “As far as feeling safe, it’s hard to say.”

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Portrait of Tim Gunn. Gunn plans to give a lecture at MU on Sept. 24. Gunn is the Emmywinning co-host and mentor for Lifetime’s Project Runway.

to implement legislation like the Campus Free Expression Act; however, he does think that the recent passing of the bill will have an influence far beyond state borders.

“I do think that the impact of passing this legislation in a state, or two, or three, or five, has a significant impact across the country, because you’ll see universities paying more attention, and saying ‘You know we really do need to be mindful of this and we do need to make sure we don’t infringe on freedom of speech,’” Emery said.

While the bill protects the freedom of speech of students, the wording of the bill might make some people wary of the bill’s purpose at first glance. Rossi acknowledged that while bill titles can often be disingenuous, the Campus Free Expression Act assures students’ of their First Amendment rights.

“I think calling it the abolition of free speech zones makes it sound like a bad thing, when it’s actually a really good thing for student free expression rights,” Rossi said.

OPINION Late in the second quarter of last Saturday’s football game against Connecticut, quarterback Maty Mauk received a symphony of boos from his own student section following an overshot pass attempt to sophomore wide receiver J’Mon Moore. The boos came shortly after freshman quarterback Drew Lock led a seven-play, 29-yard march into field-goal range, only to have senior kicker Andrew Baggett smack the right upright with a 40-yard kick.

Mauk shot back at the booing student section in a postgame interview.

“It’s whatever, honestly,” Mauk said.

“If that’s how they feel, that’s how they feel. I’m not going to worry about them.

That’s why they’re up in the stands and I’m down on the field.”

Now, while Mauk’s response may have been somewhat blunt, that doesn’t change the fact that booing our own starting

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attributes belonged to the white doll, while the negative attributes belonged to the black doll. Although the Doll Test served its purpose in proving that separate but equal was damaging, it’s still given today. Young black and white students alike still produce the same test results as when the original test was given in 1954, the results being that the vast majority of children believe the white doll is better in every way then the black doll.

Black students in black schools being taught by black teachers are proven to have a low self-worth because of the fact that they are not given the same opportunities as white students. But of the same token, black students, in white schools, taught by white teachers still have the same low self-worth. Maybe the problem is that black students are still being taught that black isn’t good enough. In 1954, blacks were not good enough to attend the same schools as whites. While it’s the 21st century, blacks may be good enough to attend the same schools as whites, but blacks are not good enough to teach at the same school as whites. This being said, there is still an absence of positive black self image examples within our schools. This is not to say that a white teacher is not able to influence a black student as much as they may influence a white student, but it is to say that the absence of black teachers is duly noted and reflected onto black students.

In 1969, just 46 years ago, MU hired its first black faculty member, Arvarh Strickland. Professor Strickland was hired 19 years after the first nine black MU students were admitted. As of 2014, there are 2,553 black students enrolled at MU out of 35,441 students. Out of a total of 2,895 professors at MU 96 are black compared

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Two black counselors, one black teacher, two black hall monitors and three black janitors. Throughout high school, I had never been taught by a teacher who looks like me. One Filipino, two Hispaniwc, and the rest of my teachers were Caucasian.

This was all the way in Las Vegas, and as I’ve transferred to MU, nothing has changed. Outside of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, I’ve only seen a black teacher or TA once, and that was in passing — he wasn’t in any of my classrooms.

Teachers are responsible for molding the next generation of leaders, workers and voters. Besides parents, teachers are some of the biggest influences on your life. Now what if the majority of large influences in your life never looked like you, never understood you and were never privy to your culture. There is a barrier between black and whites in some situations, making it hard to understand each other. In order to teach someone, it helps to understand them.

During the Brown v. Board of Education case, there was a test: The Doll Test, conducted by Kenneth Clark, given to children in order to prove that separate but equal was damaging to the black student.

Two dolls were set in front of the children, one white and one black, and the children were asked questions that required them to the identify the doll they thought was the correct answer. Questions included are similar to: Which one is the nice doll?

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quarterback is neither an productive nor an OK thing to do.

After all, what is the purpose of booing anyway? If the goal is to improve your players’ performance by informing them of their own errors, chances are they are already well aware. If you’re trying to light a fire under a particular player’s ass, in this case Mauk’s, odds are you’ll only send them into a deeper funk.

And students shouldn’t hold some bad games against Mauk. After all, this is the quarterback who saved the 2013 season, helped Missouri to two consecutive division titles and nearly concussed a Minnesota cornerback to win the 2015 Citrus Bowl.

Some say the boos were directed at coach Gary Pinkel for taking Lock out of the game in the first place. However, even if you’re only booing one person in particular, you might as well be booing the

entire team. The team operates as a unit, and from their point of view, all they hear is an irritated student section.

So why boo at all? Well, some would argue that these players are, in a way, professionals. This group argues that if MU treats its students like customers and refers to the team as a product, then what do they expect when they perform poorly?

Essentially, it’s our time and money they’ve wasted when they perform poorly.

But these players aren’t professionals.

They’re amateurs, which means they are students first, athletes second. They are receiving access to a college education through their participation in sports.

A collegiate sport is not a career or profession — it is these students’ vehicle to the college experience.

Our student section represents MU just as much as the athletes wearing our colors on the field do. This in mind,

students should hesitate before ragging on the leader of our nationally ranked football team in full sight of so many parents and alumni. Doing so paints an ugly picture of our university and gives rise to the notion that MU does not stand behind its athletes.

Some might say that applauding and cheering your team becomes kind of pointless if that’s all you’re ever allowed to do. This is a fallacy. Do you know what is even more powerful than booing your own team? Dead silence. Silence speaks volumes, and being greeted by a silent student section sends a more powerful message to our players than booing can ever do.

The next time you watch an MU football game, we urge you to look at the players representing our school on the field as students — just the same as you or me.

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to the 2,200 white professors. The odds of a black student like me being taught by a black professor is 3 percent at MU, not taking into consideration their major and other factors that may dwindle the chances even further.

Although the student population is only 7 percent black and the population of black professors is 3 percent, the goal should be at the very least to match the amount of black professors to the amount

by percentage of black students. MU places a strong emphasis on the need for diversity on their campus, but there is something to say about the fact that there are not enough examples of successful blacks among the black population at MU. This may not affect collegiate-level blacks as much as it affects elementary school blacks taking the Doll Test, but the absence of the proper black student to black professor ratio is noted.

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THE MANEATER | OPINION | SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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An open letter to Chancellor Loftin Not my Mizzou

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a letter to the editor written by a member of the MU community who is not part of The Maneater’s staff. It is not the opinion of The Maneater or its editorial board.

In accordance with our letters policy, we publish every letter submitted to us barring personal attacks or hate speech; we welcome responses to this and everything we publish via a letter or in our comments section.

You know me — we’ve met many times. I am an active and vocal graduate student leader on campus, currently earning my second degree from the University of Missouri. I am a taxpayer, a homeowner and a registered voter. I am a native Columbian and a lifelong resident of this amazing city — and I do love my city. I love our passion and our diversity. I love our citizens and the voices they give to the issues that are important to them. I love that we are one of the most educated cities in the nation, thanks to the many institutions of higher education that call Columbia home. However, I do not believe that you have had the opportunity to cultivate such a love for your new home. If you had, you would know that Columbia needs people to care for it intensely and unwaveringly. You would know that your graduate students trickle into our community and do an

immense service for this city. We work in hospitals, schools, government, city offices, local businesses and restaurants.

We are interns, fellows, researchers, and graduate employees; mentors, parents, friends, and caregivers. We love what we do because, when we set aside our shamefully low income, lack of housing, loss of insurance, funding cuts, skyrocketing student loan interest rates, the university’s blatant disregard for the phenomenal weight that we pull as a student body, and your stony silence in the face of racism perpetrated against your students, we find that we are still privileged enough to be able to pursue our dreams in higher education.

Ours is a privilege borne of choice.

We have a right to choose how and where we enhance and employ our education, and the university’s decision to sever ties with Planned Parenthood infringes on that right. It is a disservice to your students — wgraduate and undergraduate alike — and your community, and it opens a dangerous door. In doing so, you have diminished our capacity to serve our community’s needs, and destroyed a decadeslong partnership that has benefitted students, faculty, and the population that is served by our local Planned Parenthood — a population that needs preventative cancer screenings, breast exams, STI testing, well-woman exams,

family planning services and educational outreach; all services that the students and faculty who choose to work with Planned Parenthood are well-qualified to provide. So I’m writing today to ask you, where does this end? If the University of Missouri — a public, land grant institution dedicated to higher education — will bend to the threats of a small group of misinformed, biased, witch-hunting politicians at the cost of their students’ educational enrichment, then why would any student choose to come here? What benefit is there in coming to an institution that doesn’t value your community, work, family, intelligence, diversity, or freedom of choice? What other carefully cultivated partnerships will be hastily broken, without input from the faculty and students who are directly impacted by such a decision, before you realize that these people — your faculty, staff, and students - are the very heart of your work here, and you won’t survive without us?

Chancellor Loftin, I’m writing to tell you that your heart is still pumping.

It’s pounding in your ears and it’s only going to get louder. Perhaps it’s time to start marching to its beat.

- Jordan Hoyt jeh7a7@mail.missouri.edu

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Speakers Circle: What crosses the line?

As many of us know, Speakers Circle is an integral part of campus where organizations can fundraise and can reach out to the Mizzou community for events and other subjects. It is also a place where most anyone can speak without a permit, and though I think that is a good thing, sometimes it can go a little too far. Lately as I’ve been passing through I’ve seen the usual run of the mill Jesus people trying to convert and “save” us all from the sin of college campus. I’m not surprised that they’re there, though I think they’re fairly ineffective when it comes to actually converting people, but I am surprised at the hatred and vitriol some of them direct at Mizzou students who try to engage them in conversations and ask questions. One man I saw would talk over a person with his microphone and yell into it so that they couldn’t

be heard if they asked a legitimate question or tried to refute a point. An “open discussion” quickly turned into a monologue in which one person was told that they were “hated by God” and another told that they “weren’t a true Christian” because they didn’t agree with everything that was being claimed. When I asked the man to let some others speak as it was supposed to be a discussion I was told to get down on my knees and repent to God for interrupting.

This goes too far. I respect their right to speak about their faith, but I do not think they have the right to project hatred on the campus and on its students. They aren’t inciting violence, but they are speaking with a vitriol that I’m not sure should be allowed on our grounds. Being told that we are going to hell, and that we are hated by God

because of our views, our orientations, or other factors is blatant hate-speech and if it were done by a student on campus the student would most likely face consequences. I’ve been told to leave my family, I’ve been told that this school is a lie and that I should leave it because it will get me nowhere. I’ve been told that my parents don’t love me, and that the people I love are meaningless.

These people were also outside Speakers Circle and had gone all the way down to the fountain near the student center.

That kind of thing isn’t what should be allowed on campus. Speaking on a subject to educate is one thing, but targeting people with hurtful words is something that I urge the University to take steps against.

- Hollie Burrows, hcbzr6@mail.missouri.edu

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In 2013, I was drawn to MU for graduate school to become a Paul D. Coverdell Fellow, having been awarded a nationwide fellowship named after a distinguished MU alum. I was proud to win the fellowship coveted by Peace Corps volunteers around the world and to come to an institution that valued my intelligence and dedication to and passion for community service. Moving here without knowing anyone, I felt a connection to this campus and through its ties to my mother, an MU alumna herself. Through the contract and relationships between Planned Parenthood and the School of Social Work, I was thrilled to get a placement with Planned Parenthood for the community service commitment of my fellowship. I merely wanted a foot in the door at an organization that I have admired and aspired to work with for years. Planned Parenthood has been an important staple of the Columbia community for 80 years, and it is an organization that upholds both Peace Corps and MU values. I did not know that my time at Planned Parenthood would change my professional trajectory.

Today, I am positioned to graduate next spring with two master’s degrees, both focused on policy and advocacy. I am going into my second year as a chair of the Missouri Public Health Advocacy Coalition, and I will be pursuing jobs in the advocacy and political arenas after graduation. I would be remiss to imagine I would be here without the privilege of working as a legislative intern and volunteer at Planned Parenthood, which exposed me to grassroots advocacy and the legislative process and helped me build my professional network in a way I could have never achieved alone.

My now-discontinued fellowship has ended, but my relationship with Planned Parenthood cannot be shaken. The rage I feel that other students will not be afforded this invaluable, life-changing opportunity cannot be captured by words. I am proud that the School of Social Work maintains its contract with Planned Parenthood, but I am irate that others are no longer permitted to seek the educational experiences they desire.

By severing this relationship, MU is telling students, both undergraduate and graduate, that those of us wishing to work with Planned Parenthood are not informed enough to choose our own preceptors, denying us credit if we wish to learn from this respected health care provider. For someone who has worked in reproductive rights advocacy for a few years, that message is all too familiar. It mirrors what legislators have been telling women for far too long: We aren’t informed enough to make decisions about our bodies.

Only in this case, it insults our minds and impacts our future careers. Without comparable organizations under which to study, graduates will enter the workforce unprepared for real world experiences, and a handful of elected officials and our institution share the blame for restricting our exposure. I demand autonomy over both my body and my education, and I will fight for both.

The decisions coming out of MU for the last several months have increased burdens on graduate students without consulting us, the ones most affected by these top-down decisions, and reflect a new trend that I cannot support in any way. This is not my Mizzou or the Mizzou my mother described to me. Recent actions tell me that my school no longer values my contributions or even my right to choose my own path. If this continues, why would any potential graduate student look twice at MU? -Dina van der Zalm, djv7x5@mail.missouri.edu

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Senior Samantha Edwards poses next to a street piano she painted on Ninth Street.

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Inside Ragtag’s Passport X Viewers explore and discuss conflicts in Iran, Ukraine and elsewhere through international films.

EMILY BREHE Senior Staff Writer This month, Ragtag Cinema kicked off the 10th year of its Passport series. The first screening in the series, the Jordanian film “Theeb,” attracted more than 100 viewers.

“There are a lot of international films that we love that don’t get very good distribution,” Ragtag Associate Programmer Chris Boeckmann says. “All of our series are created to take smaller movies and put our stamp on them so people feel like they can trust the films.”

The series features eight films over the course of eight weeks that take viewers to places like Ukraine, France, Iran and Mexico.

Boeckmann attends international film festivals, such as last week’s Toronto Film Festival, and pays close attention to the festival line-ups and which films draw a lot of interest. Boeckman keeps a list of the movies year-round and watches them during the summer. He tries to select a variety of films from around the world.

“I don’t want all the movies to come from Europe,” Boeckmann says.

The series also includes a post-screening discussion, where guests from regions featured provide their insight to the films’ portrayal of the history and culture of their native

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Street pianos strike chord in CoMo How an MU student’s art project has inspired the piano man in all of us.

BIANCA RODRIGUEZ Reporter You see them every day and have passed them on the sidewalk countless times.

Most of the time, the seat is taken by a professional playing a tune that is easy to recognize, and other moments are filled with rookies pressing certain keys one by one.

Yet all players of the keys can agree on one thing: When you play on the street pianos in Columbia, you

have to play it loud and play it wild.

Senior Samantha Edwards says she wanted just that when she painted both of the street pianos this past year.

When asked how her passion for art started, Edwards explains that most of her childhood memories revolve around art, and by the time she was in the fifth grade, she knew she wanted to be a children’s book illustrator.

She would soon be able to have that opportunity to showcase some of her talents when students of the art school were emailed about a volunteer opportunity. The email asked if any art student wanted to volunteer to paint a worn down piano that was donated by a local resident

to help raise piano awareness in the community, Edwards says.

Many responded quickly to the request to paint the pianos. Lucy Urlacher, an MU piano tuning technician and member of the Columbia piano guild, was stuck on who to choose for the position.

To make it simple, she chose the very first person that emailed back: Edwards.

“I wasn’t really nervous about the aspect that it would be on display because when you’re in art school long enough you stop feeling, stop caring about the fact that people will be looking at your work eventually,” Edwards says on her first feelings of

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Consign and Design outfits The District This consignment store hopes to bring a high-end vibe to the streets of CoMo. AMANDA BATTMER Reporter Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada: These are just a few names owner Brett Wisman is proud to drop when it comes to brands available

in his store, Consign and Design.

The consignment store opened Sept.

10 and sells everything from home furnishings to designer purses.

“I felt Columbia needed a high-end consignment shop,” Wisman says.

“I think it brings an outlet where people don’t have to go to the big city to get certain things … I don’t think there’s anywhere else in town you can purchase a Louis Vuitton purse.”

Though the store aims for more sophisticated brands, bargain hunters thrive thanks to Consign

and Design’s lower prices.

Everything in the shop is gently used, though some of their clothing hasn’t been worn once. Consign and Design does try to keep their pieces a little more high-end, so you won’t find any Walmart or Target garments while searching the racks. Some items the store has reeled in include True Religion jeans, Michael Kors purses and more.

“It was very easy for me to consign (with) them,” consigner Kristal Allen

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GRiZ closes out the summer with surprise EP ASHLEE CZAPLA Reporter It has been a life-changing year for DJ/producer GRiZ. The future funk artist kicked off 2015 with the launch of his own record label All Good Records. GRiZ then continued to bring the heat with a new album “Say It Loud,” followed by a string of sold out tour dates. And now, the summer has come to a sweet end with the release of his latest EP “Chasing the Golden Hour Pt. 1.”

GRiZ surprised fans by releasing this EP just two days before playing a sold out Red Rocks show Sept. 4 in Colorado. Once again, GRiZ showed love to his fans by putting the lengthy EP up on his website for free download along with his entire discography.

In “Chasing the Golden Hour Pt. 1,” GRiZ returns to a hip-hop influenced production style while still delivering his signature saxophone skills and beat mastery. This album showcases GRiZ’s ability to evolve

his sound from future-funk to electro-soul and back with style and ease.

This installment of feel-good tunes opens up with “Love Will Follow You” featuring Russ Liquid and sets the mood for the collection of smooth summer tracks.

The EP is perfect for setting any mood whether it be to relax, to study or just to dance.

The entire album is meant to capture the laid back vibe of the perfect summer evening and does so in songs like “Cabin Sessions” and “Feelin’ High.” The song “Summer ‘97” features All Good Records artist Muzzy Bearr and embodies the carefree and jazzy feel of the entire album.

Each of the tracks on “Chasing the Golden Hour Pt. 1” seamlessly flow into each other like the way the sun slowly descends into the ocean as it sets. The chase for the golden hour comes to a blissful end in “The Moment Seizes Us” with some dreamlike saxophone.

GRiZ always delivers, and this EP is no exception.

Give it a listen for an instant mood-lifter.

GRiZ will be playing Oct. 1 at The Blue Note.

Bikini Kill rage again on re-released debut BRI CONSIDINE Staff Writer The riot grrrl OGs Bikini Kill have crashed the music scene with a reissuing of their iconic debut album “Revolution Girl Style Now” on Sept. 22. This is the first time the LP has been released on CD, on vinyl and online. As an added bonus, it features three previously unreleased songs.

The original tape was a 1991 self-released demo that quickly brought the alternative punks to fame.

It helped spawn a counter-culture feminist movement that promoted “feminist community via the punk scene,” according to the Bikini Kill website. The band sought this community through seemingly endless touring, networking and publishing independent feminist fanzines.

With striking lyrics such as, “Daddy’s little girl don’t wanna be his little whore no more!” and “I dare ya to be who you want!” the band unabashedly became a leading voice against the patriarchy. Their signature noisy, garage-band enthusiasm is apparent on the original demo. Lead vocalist Kathleen Hanna’s uninhibited rage melds into a cacophony of guitars and bass. The drums pound out like arrhythmia on steroids.

The new release, though, sounds much cleaner. Guy Picciotto, former lead for the hardcore/punk band Fugazi, and John Golden mixed and mastered the LP,

respectively. The result is a stripped-down string of tracks that bring the essentials of the album to the forefront. Foiling the original static and noise is the throbbing, pulsating bassline and mellow(er) guitars.

The lyrics are as stinging as ever and come out more clearly. Hanna’s voice sounds raw and guttural, like a caged animal ferociously growling.

The reissue keeps the gritty notes and feminist

angst, but adds more edge by filtering out the extra fracas. The original feels like pure unadulterated energy, but the extra noise, while always good for estrogen-induced powerhouse ass-kicking, adds a lot of unnecessary static that shields listeners from getting personal with the band. The remastered version feels more like a personal attack. The audience can feel Hanna’s words like an adrenaline rush rather than losing them in a sea of commotion.

This is a marvelous way to downplay the music enough so that “Ocean Song,” “Just Once,” and “Playground,” the previously unheard songs, fit in with the rest of the album. These tracks, albeit still raging, feel a little more laid-back and hollow than the rest of the LP, in a vein similar to Nirvana. “Ocean Song” is a bit lethargic and subdued. “Just Once” is the spikiest of the three, with Hanna snarling tempestuously, “You can’t kill me ‘cause I’m already dead!” Although the songs feel a little lacking in comparison to the rest of the album, they definitely do not drag it down. If anything they add a little more dimension to the LP by showing a grungier side of the band.

“Revolution Girl Style Now” is a link in a chain of reissues the band is currently undertaking. In 2012 they re-released “Bikini Kill” and followed it in 2014 with an extended version of “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah.”

Also on the list is the soundtrack to “The Punk Singer,” a documentary following Kathleen Hanna’s career, which is scheduled for release Oct. 13.

*DU\ &ODUN -U ·V VHFRQG DOEXP D JUDE EDJ RI VW\OHV CONNOR LAGORE Reporter Austin, Texas, native Gary Clark Jr. has been compared to some of the greats, from Hendrix to Vaughn to Guy to Prince. These four guitarists all have unique and recognizable sounds, which makes the comparisons a testament to Clark’s range as an artist.

His sophomore album, “The Story of Sonny Boy Slim,” takes elements from the four guitarists and more, and strategically mixes them into a record composed of a unique collection of tracks, showing off both his vocal and instrumental abilities.

“Blak and Blu,” Clark’s first album that garnered his first two Grammy nominations, had a simple concept: showcase Clark’s raw talent and rough sound with extensive, dynamic solos. “Sonny Boy Slim” finds Clark holding back, taming his sound in order to experiment with different samplings of genres and styles.

The album opens with “The Healing,” a soulful blues rock melody with gospel undertones. Immediately, listeners hear the variety Clark can play with that wasn't seen on “Blak and Blu.” The repeated chorus line, “This music is my healing,” reveals that the album is more of a personal statement for Clark, citing the importance of music and its many influences on him growing up.

The track “Star” conjures up feelings of a Princelike slow jam, while “Shake” is a jaunty, hard folk rock tune. While the difference in styles from song to song

is impressive, the variety in sound makes it hard to nail down where Clark’s true talent belongs. “Wings,” for example, barely showcases his ability to rip off his electrifying solos and instead relies heavily on a drumbeat throughout the song. He interjects with sudden outbursts of guitar every so often, but his voice over predominantly a backtrack shows off his hip-hop influences.

The record, cut in his hometown of Austin, is really only a testament to the music he grew up on and how it’s affected him. The one acoustic track, “Church,” which tells a story of becoming a man, is a spiritual venture and uses his sisters on backing vocals (one of a few songs on the album they’re featured on).

While more of a personal album, Clark doesn’t stray away from commenting on his surroundings. On “Hold On,” he rolls out an emotive piece expressing fatigue over race tensions. He sings, “Another mother crying on TV because her boy didn’t make it,” asking his listeners to hold on, a message similar to many other songs by black artists in this age (think “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar and “One Man Can Change the World”

by Big Sean).

The closing track, “Down To Ride,” heavy on synths and sharp riffs, creates a satisfying image of Clark cruising down the highway, safely cut off from the struggles of the world around him, tying the personal narrative of an album together.

Clark impresses with his wide range of musical

influences and his ability to master them all, but he unfortunately strays away from the sounds that helped him break out internationally and garner him award nominations in the process. No matter the genre, however, his technique and style never fail to vault him into the conversation of artists on the rise.

MOVE gives “The Story of Sonny Boy Slim” three out of five stars.

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Five ways to make more time for reading When the unread novels on your bookshelf begin to get that thick layer of dust, it’s time to make a change.

KATHERINE ROSSO

It happens. We binge watch the entire first season of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” on Netflix or take an extended nap and don’t even think about reading.

And while I love the Mole Women as much as the next person, it can be just as great to pick up a nice book and read it in satisfying silence. So here are five ways to make time for reading.

1) Cleanse your studying palette with a nice fiction book.

When you’re spending hours studying, it can feel like the barrage of haughty textbook terms is endless.

For small breaks, a light and funny book is a great way to de-stress. For example, “One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories” by B.J. Novak is a perfect read.

With short, satirical stories, “One More Thing” is a book that doesn’t really require much involvement, but is still extremely entertaining. Taking a break from studying to read something enjoyable lets your mind have a nice break from the daily grind.

2) Get book apps for reading on the go.

Bringing a novel to class everyday can be an added weight that you don’t want to have to carry around.

If your backpack is already full of notebooks and textbooks, even a small novel can be easy to leave behind. A good solution is to just download iBooks or the Kindle app so that, as long as you have your phone, your books are there too. Whether it’s a great collection of short stories or a sassy young adult novel, a book will always be with you when you have the time.

3) Take a break from social media.

Okay, go to your iPhone’s usage settings. As a sort-of shame tactic, seeing the four hours a day you spend on Twitter is equal parts embarrassing and impressive. But while seeing the same tweets over and over can be somewhat interesting, a good novel is a better way to spend your time. In the time an average person spends per day refreshing Instagram, a good chunk of a seriously good novel could be read. Besides that, taking a break from social media is a refreshing change. By taking an hour a day to delve into the lives of Huckleberry Finn and his adventures or Clary Fray from The City of Bones, you can let yourself be a part of an alternate reality, a world of stories.

4) Find a friend to read with.

A way to hold yourself accountable to reading is starting a mini book club with a friend. Discussing the best plot points or favorite characters is a great way to

keep each other on track with any book. By involving your friends in your reading endeavors, you can even see points in the novel from different perspectives you wouldn’t usually see. A great, emotionally complex novel like “A Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde, would be better understood if you had someone to bounce ideas off of. If you have a friend to read with, it is not only easier to keep up with your reading goals, but also to fully embrace the book you’re reading.

5) Let movies encourage your reading habits.

Sometimes, the worst part about finding time for writing is actually finding a book to read. When you see a commercial for a movie that’s based upon a book, a good challenge is to read the book before you allow yourself to see the movie. This way, when everyone is freaking out about the new “The Hunger Games” or “The Maze Runner” movies, you can be the person who knows all the comparisons between the silver screen version and the book. And while it’s tempting to depend on the action-packed movie version with the beautifully filmed trailer, there can be so much more character development and plot points in the book, just like Ginny in the Harry Potter films — she’s probably the most boring and generic character in the movies. But in the books, she is smart, strong and ambitious, making her one of my favorite characters in the series. By letting your reading habits be guided by movies, you’ll always be reminded to keep reading when the trailer comes on. And with all the Hollywood movie drama, a book can be a wonderful addition and a great interruption.

TALK TV TO ME

Give these ‘super’ returning series a watch this fall

Columnist Gabriela Velasquez guarantees there is a superhero show out there for everyone.

GABRIELA VELASQUEZ Unless you’ve been living under a rock with no Wi-Fi, you’re probably aware that superheroes are everywhere. No, I don’t mean that guy who jumped through lanes of traffic to rescue a cat on Vine, I mean the kind of heroes you’d see in comic books.

With the release of the first Iron Man movie in 2008, Marvel set off a new age of action-adventure entertainment with superheroes at its center. Then came the wild success of movies like “The Avengers” and “Man of Steel,” and television networks were quick to jump on the money train.

As opposed to a few years ago, when the only decent superhero show on air was “Smallville,” there are now countless superhero shows out there, and each one offers something different. Even if you don’t consider yourself an action fan, I guarantee there is a show out there for you.

For fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, look no further than “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” After an admittedly slow, even boring, start, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” found

its footing after “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” turned the MCU upside-down. “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” features exciting action sequences, sharp and fun dialogue and countless Easter eggs for dedicated Marvel fans, including cameos by Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Jaimie Alexander as Lady Sif. For fans looking for something grittier, I suggest checking out “Daredevil” on Netflix. You can find a more complete review of the series here.

Fans of Captain America will remember Hayley Atwell’s wildly popular character Peggy Carter. Much more than a mere love interest, Carter truly comes into her own in ABC’s “Agent Carter.” Set in the years following “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Agent Carter” showcases Atwell’s seemingly endless wealth of charisma and talent as Peggy solves a conspiracy, all the while being underestimated by her male peers.

Even with its subpar ratings, the excellent writing and talented ensemble, as well as a dedicated online fanbase, earned “Agent Carter” a renewal for a second season.

Despite issues of racial diversity in its first season, “Agent Carter” is a prime example of Marvel’s growing awareness of its female audience. It tackles issues of sexism in both subtle and obvious ways, and explores female friendship without the influence of any male character.

Although slightly behind on the cinematic scene, DC Comics has a strong presence on the small screen.

Premiering the year after “Smallville,” the CW’s “Arrow”

paved the way for today’s superhero series.

I can’t say enough about “Arrow.” Like many shows, it had a rocky first season, but when it found its footing, it ran with it. Stephen Amell spearheads the show as Oliver Queen, setting the bar high for any hero. Not only is his acting honest and wonderfully executed, but also the man does all of his own stunts.

And of course, no one can review “Arrow” without mentioning its accidental breakout star Emily Bett Rickards, playing now-fan favorite Felicity Smoak.

Rickards has created a character who is not only complex and dynamic, but absolutely hilarious. I could watch her babble endlessly.

Perhaps “Arrow’s” most valuable contribution to the television scene is its spinoff hit “The Flash.” Starring Grant Gustin, “The Flash” is like a breath of fresh air to the superhero franchise. While “Arrow” and shows like it have their lighter moments, “The Flash” doesn’t even try to take itself too seriously. It embraces the wild reality it takes place in, and conveys the sheer joy of comics that often gets lost in the transition from page to screen.

I’ll reserve judgment on this year’s newcomer “Supergirl” and the eventual “Agents of Shield” spinoff about fan favorites Bobbi Morse and Lance Hunter until they air, but if they follow the examples of their out-of-this-world predecessors, the upcoming television season is sure to be ... super!

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She was really concerned about the budget of the project, transportation, supplies and if she could get it done in a week’s time. To her surprise, she finished the first piano, called “Play it Loud,” in a couple of days.

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contribute to the art community since she has no musical bone in her body whatsoever.

Mandie Phipps, Edwards’ close friend, help paint the second piano that following summer. It’s called “Play it Wild” and is located outside the Heidelberg restaurant closer to campus.

When the piano was completed, Edwards wrote #comostreetpiano on “Play it Wild” so she could see the many Instagram posts of the piano.

Consign and Design plans to standout from the feel of other consignment stores in town by contrasting with the common vintage vibe. By selling various items from several different sources, the store strives to have something for everybody.

“It brings an old idea around again with a fresh new spin on it,” sales associate Marty Newman says.

Wisman has worked in retail

all his life and has worked in the consignment business for a couple years. Consign and Design is the first store he can call his own.

“I wanted something to feel young,” Wisman says. “You have some antiques, and you have some cool stuff; I just want a little bit of everything.

It’s not just my tastes that I’m selling, it’s everybody else who’s bringing stuff in.”

and it enriches the viewing experience. And other times, they tear into the movie and the way it presented that history.

Ideally, we would do this for every movie we played, but it is a bit hard to organize these in the first place.”

For example, the screening of this week’s movie, the Ukrainian film “The Tribe,” will have a Ukrainian journalist as its guest speaker.

“The best Passport movies are the ones that are very much engaged and in-dialogue with the culture that they are set in,” Boeckmann says. “They result in much richer conversations.”

But before you rush to the box office to reserve your spot, please note that “The Tribe” is the most graphic film to be shown in the series. I recommend reading B oeckmann’s disclaimer

on Ragtag’s website and researching the film before buying your tickets.

The other films in the series do not come with a disclaimer, but here are brief descriptions of a couple of them.

“Breathe” is a beautiful and universal story directed by the actress Melanie Laurent, but according to Boeckmann, it may not be an accurate portrayal of French culture. The movie explores the intense friendship of two teenage girls from entirely different backgrounds.

“Taxi” is a documentarystyle film created by Jafar Panahi, an Iranian filmmaker who was given a 20-year ban on making films by the Iranian government back in 2010. His first film produced since his arrest was “This Is Not a Film” and was smuggled out of the country in a USB drive hidden

“It’s a good way to expose people to different ideas about art and music,” Edwards says.

She says with the pianos she is able to provide an educational environment to everyone while also being able to spread cultural awareness at the same time, which is something she wishes to pursue more when she moves back to Kansas City after the fall semester.

If given the chance again, she says she would paint another piano in a second

because the opportunity was definitely the highlight of her college experience. The pianos have inspired people of all ages to play it loud and wild, which is exactly what Edwards hoped to accomplish.

“Anybody can be a performer in Columbia now on the street and anyone can be an audience to a show, so I really like that aspect of it,” she says.

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Customers shop at Consign & Design, a new consign shop in downtown Columbia on Monday.

inside a cake. “Taxi” is his third film since his arrest and Boeckmann’s personal favorite of the three.

"Jafar Panahi’s post-house arrest films seem to be winking at you and playing with the idea that maybe documentaries aren’t real films,” Boeckmann says. “And this film really surprises you throughout.”

Ragtag’s ultimate goal with the Passport Series is to give viewers something to think about post-screening.

Boeckmann says he hopes

viewers will look more into the issues discussed in the screenings and the open forums that follow.

“I hope people are inspired by most of the movies and people will look into the histories the films are dealing with,” Boeckmann says. “(I hope viewers) will look up the history behind the strikes in Mexico after watching “Gueros” or figure out what the censorship situation is like in Iran after you watch “Taxi” and figure out how artists are working there.”

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countries. These speakers are able to provide any information that the film might have left out and are able to point out any of the film’s shortcomings in describing the culture of their countries.

The discussion provides viewers with an opportunity to challenge their preconceived notions as outsiders of these particular regions.

"We bring in guests because they have more knowledge about the culture and the history that the movies are dealing with,” Boeckmann says. “Sometimes we bring them in and they give a lot more background information about what you just watched,

When asked where the “Play it Loud” inspiration came from, Edwards says, “My high school art teacher used to say this thing in art school, ‘If you can’t draw something well, draw it big.’ And so I thought a lot of people are gonna sit down at this piano and never have really performed, or aren’t performers and if you can’t play it well, play it loud.”

Edwards says it is exciting to walk by and see people playing the pianos and being able to

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Missouri Tigers quarterback Maty Mauk (7) passes downfield against Georgia on Oct. 11, 2014, at Faurot Field.

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Emma Allen might live an ocean away from her hometown, but she’s never felt more at home.

The freshman golfer from Southampton, England, found good old-fashioned Midwestern hospitality upon her first visit to Mizzou, and she was struck by the friendliness of athletic staff, students and faculty.

“I went over to the (Mizzou Athletic Training Complex); I had people come up to me like, ‘Hey, what’s up? Come look at what we’re doing,’” said Allen, who attended the Wildern School in Southampton before seeking out colleges in the U.S. “It was just a really good environment, it just suited me really well.”

It was all but a foregone conclusion that Allen would come to America.

“I was pretty set, actually,” she said. “I didn’t look at any other universities in England. It was just America, really.”

Allen visited several colleges in the U.S., including Baylor, Southern Methodist, Ohio State and Southeastern Conference schools Auburn and South Carolina.

When Allen visited Mizzou, it was a done deal. She committed to the team in 2015.

“This campus is so pretty,” Allen said. “It’s the prettiest campus I’ve ever been to. All the people I met were so friendly.”

Her skills and considerable experience in golf bode well for the Mizzou women’s squad this season.

“I’d say now she’s on pace, if she continues to play like this, then you know she could be Freshman of the Year for us, set a new (freshman) stroke average — we keep track of all those things,” coach Stephanie Priesmeyer said. “And just make an impact overall, help our team move up the ranks.”

Speaking of rankings, Allen’s excellent summer has catapulted her up the World Amateur Golf Rankings.

Allen has moved up to No. 324.

Allen has made the lineup for both of the Tigers’ tournaments thus far and qualified “pretty easily,”

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Three letters. One syllable. Verb, meaning to show disapproval.

“Boo.” The word flowed through the Faurot Field crowd into Missouri quarterback Maty Mauk’s head following an overthrown pass to sophomore receiver J’Mon Moore in the second quarter of Saturday’s 9-6 win against Connecticut.

The jeers didn’t come from the southwest side of Memorial Stadium, where the fans who had traveled all the way from Mansfield, Connecticut sat.

Their origin was the east — a sea of black and gold. Not only the home crowd, but

the student section.

This came soon after freshman Drew Lock entered the game and marched the Tigers into field goal range. On family weekend, down 6-2 against a supposedly inferior team, Mizzou fans were visibly upset.

Post-game, Mauk snapped back.

“It’s whatever, honestly,” he said. “If that’s how they feel, that’s how they feel.

I’m not going to worry about them. That’s why they’re up in the stands and I’m down on the field.”

Mauk completed 14 passes in 22 events Saturday, passing for 145 yards.

Without senior running back Tyler Hunt bulldozing through a Husky defender, though, Mauk would have thrown for just 94.

The offense, as it is, showed clear struggles — holes that evidently need to be plugged.

Freshman defensive tackle Terry Beckner Jr. spoke to the media for the first time Monday afternoon. He was happy to drown out the naysayers.

“I wouldn’t say anything to (the booing fans),” Beckner said. “It’s part of the game.

Us as a team, we’re going to stay behind him, because that’s our main quarterback right now. We believe in him. He’s going to get through and he’s got the whole team behind him, the coaches behind him. He’s just got to block it out. It’s a part of the game. You’re going to have

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From line shots to logistics, Wilson moves up LEXI CHURCHILL Reporter She just couldn’t stay away.

Just like last year, Emily Wilson walks into Hearnes Center each day with volleyball tasks ahead. However, this year those tasks have shifted from duties on the court to a job at a desk. Armed with a computer and stash of pens instead of sweaty knee pads and jerseys, Wilson sits at her office chair, the seat of the new operations coordinator.

“With people like Emily who have played for four years and volleyball has been such a big part of her life for so long, it's hard to just walk away from it,” coach Wayne Kreklow said. “I think being

involved in the program, being involved with the coaches, still interacting with the players, traveling, being part of the whole deal has been a rewarding experience.”

Her decision to join the program as a coach began after her final playing season concluded. When considering her next step, Wilson was caught between playing overseas and extending her education through graduate school. The decision made itself.

“Playing overseas just kind of fell off, and I was OK with that,” Wilson said. “I was ready to move on from the playing aspect at least.”

Thus Wilson began her grad school applications, considering Mizzou and a few other universities as her next educational destination. Along with her

school selection, Wilson grew “nervous” that she wouldn’t be able to find a graduate assistant position.

Initially, she believed her current position would be occupied. Fortunately for Wilson, after a few conversations inquiring about available options, she was offered the job that she didn’t know was available. After reviewing the its heavy load, she was offered the position. Her response was definite.

“I want it,” Wilson said. “I know this is what I want to do.”

Since her hiring, Wilson has made her transition from spandex and serves to receipts and reimbursements. Now, the player Kreklow considered “a solid steady

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THE MANEATER | SPORTS | SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

17-year-old brings promise to swim team Greg Rhodenbaugh: “I think he’s pretty well-traveled so that has a way of getting you pretty mature.”

PETER BAUGH Assistant Sports Editor Coach Greg Rhodenbaugh doesn’t know what he is getting in freshman Mikel Schreuders. In fact, Schreuders doesn’t either.

On Monday, Schreuders turned 17 years old, making him one of the youngest students at Mizzou. A native of Oranjestad, Aruba, he holds his native country’s individual records in both the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle.

Coming from a metric-using nation, Schreuders has never raced in a 25-yard pool, the format for NCAA swim meets.

He also never lifted weights before coming to Mizzou. His potential as a Tiger is largely a mystery.

“He’s kind of raw and we can develop him,” Rhodenbaugh said. “I think he’s got a nice ceiling which I have no idea where it is right now but it’s way up there.”

Schreuders joins sophomore Jordy Groters as one of two Arubans on the

team. Groters was instrumental in bringing Schreuders to Mizzou.

“My school system is in Dutch, and he knows Dutch, so he can help me whenever in my language when I need him,” Schreuders said. “I’m really thankful that he’s here. He helps me a lot.”

Schreuders’ main goal for the season is to earn an Olympic qualifying time and represent Aruba in the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro. He is less than a half second off of the qualifying time standard in the 100-meter freestyle.

When Schreuders first arrived at Mizzou at the start of the season, he was worried that his older teammates would be significantly faster than him.

Since he arrived, however, he has gained a sense of comfort with the team.

“At first I was really scared but now that I’ve started practice I’ve been training hard,” Schreuders said. “So I think if I keep doing what I’m doing now it should end up fine.”

Physically, Schreuders isn’t fully developed. He still is hoping to grow an inch or two more, and since he has never lifted weights, he is looking forward to putting on more muscle.

Over the past few years, Schreuders has represented Aruba in a number

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Mikel Schreuders poses for a portrait in the MizzouRec lap pool. Schreuders is the youngest member of the Missouri Tigers swim team and is on track to take part in the Olympics.

of international meets, including the World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

Rhodenbaugh feels that this has helped him gain a sense of maturity, despite his young age.

“He fits in pretty well,” Rhodenbaugh said. “I think he’s pretty well traveled so that has a way of getting you pretty mature.”

Rhodenbaugh feels that the Tiger swim team is welcoming to new swimmers on both the men’s and women’s side. Schreuders agrees and is happy with his new home.

“They’re all nice to me, I’m nice to them,” he said. “They’ve helped me a lot with anything. We just joke around a lot, that’s normal. That’s what I want.”

Weekend travel requires Tigers to balance work and rest Traveling for the past three weekends interferes with academics and puts a physical toll on players.

MIA CHUDZIK Reporter For the Missouri volleyball team, the preseason has been anything but easy.

Though the Tigers remain undefeated, they have been on the road the last three weekends, which can add a lot of physical and mental strain. Missouri had to fall out of its conference play routine to accommodate out-of-state tournaments.

The typical tournament weekend begins with the team's departure at 6 a.m. on Thursday to make it to their destination

by the afternoon. This leaves enough time to have a practice and dinner before resting up in preparation for the next two days.

They return on Sunday, giving them a chance to recuperate and prepare for classes and practice the next day.

Coach Wayne Kreklow knows the struggles of being a student-athlete after playing basketball at Drake University during his college years.

“This is a really hard time of the preseason because we've been gone,” Kreklow said. “And you start to feel the accumulated effects of travel, of being gone from classes, and short turnarounds mid-week before you leave again. We’re trying to walk that fine line between practicing enough yet trying to allow people a little bit of rest and not overdo it. It’s kind of tough, and right now it just becomes more mental than anything else.”

The mental part of the

game kicks in especially during tournaments, where multiple games are played in a short period of time. This past weekend at the Butler Invitational, Missouri played three games in 24 hours.

Senior Regan Peltier is an outside hitter and plays allaround for the team, which doesn’t leave much time to rest between sets.

“By the third match, you start feeling it,” Peltier said.

“A lot of the times, I'm more or less mentally tired than I am physically tired. It's a lot of brain work and always having to be on.”

One positive that comes from this type of play is the chance for the team to bond on and off the court.

“You get to play so much with each other in one weekend, which is great for our team with so many new people,” libero and transfer student Alexa Ethridge said. “It helps a lot

with meshing.”

Over the previous three weeks, the team has missed Thursday and Friday classes.

The players have to find time to make up exams and labs or turn in homework ahead of time.

“Once we’re in season, we don’t miss all that much of class,” Peltier said. “While as preseason, we’ve missed so much stuff. It’s tough. In conference, we might be here one week and gone the next, but now it's like 'gone, gone, gone.’”

Despite the challenge of balancing academics and athletics, Kreklow feels the Tigers have overcome the difficulties.

“They’ve done a really good job," Kreklow said. "I'm really proud of the commitment they make to their academics. Even though I've been out of school for a long time, I was a student athlete too, and honestly I wish I was as good as these guys because I wasn't as committed as them. I have a lot of respect for them.”

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Missouri Tigers libero Jade Hayes winds up to serve the ball at the Hearnes Center.

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Frustration mounting for Tiger offense Much like Mizzou’s football team, the women’s soccer team is facing offensive struggles.

DANIEL WITT Staff Writer Much is to be said of Mizzou’s football team and their struggling offense, which lollygagged to a 9-6 victory Saturday against Connecticut at home.

But not far from Faurot Field is the stadium of a different Mizzou sports team facing their own offensive demons.

Just nine games into their season, the Mizzou women’s soccer team has been shut out a total of five times. The Tigers have failed to score in four of their last five games, the last two resulting in 1-0 losses.

To shed some perspective on the team’s offensive struggles, Mizzou (3-3-3) has already matched its shutout total from one year ago. The 2014 Tigers were shut out five times in their 22 games.

The frustration is mounting for the Tigers, as they know they are now in the all-important games of their schedule: conference play. Although 1-1 in these games, they are tied for second to last in the Southeastern Conference with just eight goals scored through nine games.

“Up top we’re not meshing. It’s kind of individual right now,” senior midfielder Reagan Russell said. “We need to bring it together as a team, and hopefully the goals will come.”

Still, Mizzou finds themselves with one solid offensive stat as a team. The Tigers are second in SEC with 178 shots, and an average of nearly 20 per game. But a shot percentage of .045 percent illustrates that the team is creating opportunities, just not capitalizing on them.

Russell, who scored seven goals last season as a junior, has 28 shots to her name in 2015, but only one goal to show for it.

Friday was a different story. In a 1-0 loss to No. 16 South Carolina, Mizzou fired 10 shots, a season low.

Coach Bryan Blitz said he didn’t think his team came out strong enough in the loss, but he puts much of the blame on himself.

“We’re not scoring goals at this point, and that’s on me,” Blitz said. “I’m the attacking guy. We’ll continue to work through that. It’s a work in progress.”

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Missouri Tigers midfield Jessica Johnson (27) defends the ball Saturday at Audrey J. Walton Stadium.

But according to players, their practices with Blitz do not seem to be the problem.

“We’re actually practicing better than we’re playing games, which is unfortunate,” Russell said. “In practice our game is awesome; goals are scored quite a bit. We just can’t transfer it.”

Junior midfielder Melanie Donaldson reiterated this statement.

“That’s why it’s frustrating for us — because we are practicing well and our press is working,” Donaldson said. “We’re doing great things in practice, but maybe we need to pick it up more.”

Donaldson, who has zero goals on 13 shots this season, said the scoring rut is getting into their heads, but she is proud of the team’s chemistry through the struggles.

“Nobody’s saying it’s just the forwards,” Donaldson said. “We’re sticking with this as a team. It’s not separating us by any means.”

She said that yes, they need to score, but as a team.

And if there was one positive in Mizzou’s scoring attack so far, it would be its balance. Sophomore forward Savannah Trujillo is only Tiger with multiple

goals. The six other goals have been scored by six different players.

“We’ve got good forwards, and we’ve got a good team,” assistant coach Don Trentham said. “We’re capable of scoring goals.”

Last season, the attack was not nearly as balanced.

Then-senior Taylor Grant scored nine of the Tigers’ 37 goals. Now with Grant departed, the Tigers are more balanced, but still lack a controlling centerpiece of their offense.

“We just need a couple people to step up and take over,” Russell said. “Hopefully that will get us going.

Me especially, as a senior, that’s a job I should take over.”

Donaldson, who Russell said is one of these people capable of stepping up, said it will take an strong flowing offensive game to spark their scoring habits back to life. Donaldson also said that some teams might be picking up on their tendencies, and that maybe they should mix things up.

“We need to fix this together,” she said.

Missouri holds out hope that scoring will improve Missouri attack looks to move forward from slow start in the early season.

TYLER KRAFT Reporter Goals have been a hard commodity to come by this season for Missouri.

In the opening nine games of their 2015 campaign, the Tigers have only scored eight goals. In five of their games, the Tigers have not been able to put the ball in the net. In fact, Missouri has not

seen a goal in the last 204 minutes it has played.

The struggle for goals has led to questions of how successful Missouri can be as it continues on into Southeastern Conference play. The solution will come in an evaluation of every aspect of the team, coach Bryan Blitz said.

“I think you reevaluate every single thing that you can possibly do,” Blitz said. “I think we reevaluate every single thing just like I’m sure all the other programs would do if they are doing that.”

One solution that could appear for the Tigers is the versatility of their

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attack. Over the course of the season, Missouri has had 17 players take at least one shot on goal.

“We have a really versatile team when it comes to shots on goal,” sophomore forward Savannah Trujillo said. “It’s better to have a team that has multiple player scoring goals rather than a team that has two main players scoring goals, because that just means that their offense is generating from two players as opposed to our team, which has six or seven players going in the offensive attack.”

This versatility is something Trujillo sees as an issue for teams that play the Tigers.

“It’s a little hard for other teams to mark us because we are so versatile ... anyone can play anywhere pretty much, and you can take shots from anywhere,” Trujillo said. “It’s a surprise for everybody just because you never know when someone is going to take the shot.”

The Tigers are also looking for a connection between the forwards on the team.

“Up top we aren’t really meshing,” senior midfielder Reagan Russell said.

“It’s kind of individual right now, so we just need to bring it together as a team and hopefully the goals will come.”

Part of the gap in communication can

be attributed to the youth that Missouri has in the attack. The Tigers have played five underclassmen in attacking roles, including two true freshmen.

For Missouri, the youthfulness has come with growing pains.

“Coming in as a freshman is difficult because you’re new; you don’t know the pace of play,” Trujillo said. “I’ve tried to help them in any way possible. Whether it’s telling them to make a certain run or telling them to keep their head up.”

The Tigers eventually believe their scoring will pick up to the pace they expected at the beginning of the season.

“I think honestly just to get a game where we get a couple goals flowing and figure out a little groove,” junior midfielder Melanie Donaldson said.

“Once we find a little groove that we can get going that’s working for us, then hopefully that’ll spark in and people will be like, ‘This is a new thing that we have to try.’”

In the end, Missouri is still striving for one thing: a Southeastern Conference championship.

“We are after an SEC Championship and we want to make it to the NCAA’s and go on from there,” Trujillo said. “We all want that winning mentality, and we know we have the talent and the drive.

We just have to put it all into play.”

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some bad games, you’re going to have some good games.”

On the other side of the ball, Beckner was promoted to first string

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Priesmeyer said. “(Qualifying is) … the transition for a freshman,” Priesmeyer said.

“They’ve never really had to qualify before and now they’re having to qualify for a spot, and she’s not been fazed by that at all.”

Allen’s impact was felt in the Tigers’ first tournament of the year, as she shot a 2-under par 70

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On a daily basis, Wilson handles a hefty cumulation of emails, phone

THE MANEATER | SPORTS | SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 on the Tigers’ depth chart after his performance against UConn.

The struggling offense will receive some help in its Southeastern Conference opener at Kentucky this week with the potential return of senior running back Russell Hansbrough, who had been out with an ankle injury.

“I think when (Hansbrough) gets back, he can be a huge difference, like most starters at most schools,” coach Gary Pinkel said. “I think, number one, he's got to be healthy.

We'll see whether he is or not. If he's not healthy, we've got to go out and do it anyway, so that's something we're going to work real hard this

week on to get better.”

Every week, Pinkel has a sit-down with a specific group of players.

During Monday’s media availability, he was asked what positions he’ll be meeting with before the Tigers arrive in Lexington, Kentucky, this weekend.

“I bet you know the answer to

that,” Pinkel told the reporter. “We expect a little more consistency (from the offense). That's something we've got to work through. Frustrating for fans, I don't blame them. Bottom line, we've got to fix it. We're going to work hard to do it and hopefully come out of it quick.”

in the last round of the Sunflower Invitational on Sept. 8.

“I knew it was a lot steadier, because I had kind of a dodgy start,” she said.

Competitive practices for the team have been a major reason for the team’s and Allen’s consistency.

“We’ve done loads of on-course drills, we’ll go play nine holes and if you aren’t within two club-lengths or flag-lengths of a certain section, you have to pull (the ball) off the green,” she said. “It’s pressure

practice, really, which is obviously really relevant to the amount of golf we’re gonna be doing in those kind of situations.”

With these drills done under pressure, Allen is able to simulate how her tournament rounds might play out, giving her the ability to fix certain areas in preparation.

Priesmeyer voiced how pleased she was with Allen’s first tournament as a Tiger.

“She’s a good little player,” Priesmeyer said. “I think that’s

the type of player she believes she is. I think she’ll definitely have those expectations of herself to be winning tournaments or shooting par or even under par.”

Allen does note a few differences between Columbia and Southampton.

“It’s quite different over here; you play 36 holes consecutively,” she said. “My first round was six hours long. It was such a long day. I was like, ‘Just get used to it,’ and in the last round, I was used to it.”

Having played golf since she was in primary school, Allen said she has been impacted by the sport she loves. She played as an amateur for the England Training Squad and the English Girls Team in the last few years.

“I played my first major competition in England,” she said. “I was just like, ‘Wow. This is so much fun.’ I’m traveling all around different places playing a sport that I like. I do, all the time. I love it. At that moment, I was like, ‘This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.’”

calls and receipts, all to plan for the trip or game ahead. Despite the precise planning her position requires, Wilson’s experience on the team gives her a leg up.

“Being a player, you know how things run — hotels, food, you know those things go on, but I never knew or appreciated how much work this person did,” Wilson said. “It's a lot, but it's very rewarding.”

Although Wilson remains in the same building with the same players and coaches she built “strong relationships with,” their interactions have been somewhat limited and altered given the new dynamic.

“I still love her to death, but because of her position, we’re not allowed to have as close of a relationship just because she’s

working and not playing,” junior middle blocker Julia Towler said. “I still love having her around. I love seeing her. I love talking to her. She always brightens my day everytime I see her.”

In spite of her changes in relationships and daily duties, Wilson finds that her job is the perfect transition from playing to professionalism.

“Still being around it is a big reason why I chose to take the position,” Wilson said. “It's hard after playing for so many years, it's really hard to just cut it off. This is a good way for me being done playing where I still get to be around it, around people and at the same time continuing my education.”

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Roots N Blues embraces sustainability KATHRYN CAWDREY

Fun facts about RnB Sustainability:

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Partners:

Green Team, Earth To Go and the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture.

Tips from the festival site: — Ride your bike to the festival. There will be free secured bike parking near the entrance.

— Refill your water bottles at filling stations provided by the city of Columbia.

— Respect the volunteers! The Green Team will be present to keep the park clean.

— Recycle. Recycling bins have been increased almost two to one since the festival first began.

— Use The Butt Garden, a designated smoking area, that has been created to reduce the impact of cigarette butts on the park.

“Sustainability is a group effort,” De Boer says.

“A little bit goes a long way.”

— The newly established Green Vendors program encourages all festival vendors to participate in sustainable efforts — Vendors will recycle their used fry oil through Filtafry, compost through the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, use biodegradable paper-ware and utensils and recycle their waste through the city.

A Mizzou Perspective: Madeleine De Boer is a student assistant at the MU Sustainability Office, where she monitors recycling on campus, provides recycling bags to campus and assists in events including Sustainapalooza and Sustainability Week.

“Sustainability is important because as a society we need to realize that the earth isn’t an unlimited resource that we can continue to exploit,” De Boer says. “We need to develop effective methods of preserving not only these resources but the environment as well.”

De Boer suggested a few more ways to help the sustainability effort, some of which include using a reusable water bottle, riding a bicycle and recycling all plastics and aluminums.

Festival takes southern comfort to a whole new level How a music festival is changing the merchandise game.

BIANCA RODRIGUEZ Reporter Any time I attend a live music event, the first thing I do is run to the merch table.

Merch from any festival or concert is a gem in my closet. I can wear the clothing to sleep, to class and even to just hang out.

To put it in better words, I’m a concert T-shirt hoarder.

I know a good-quality shirt when I see one, so when I met up with the merchandise coordinator for the Roots N Blues festival, Jamie Varvaro, I was blown away.

Roots N Blues has a variety of merchandise ranging from a jacket hoodie with the festival’s logo to aprons and even insulated canteens.

“We didn’t just make one item that’s gonna be the coolest,” Varvaro says. “They’re all cool.”

Usually at music venues, the artist merchandise is not cheap, and most of the time it’s all 100 percent cotton, meaning it’ll shrink within a matter of washes.

Roots N Blues does it differently by having tri-blend T-shirts, creating the perfect festival tee.

If you’re not sure what a tri-blend T-shirt is i’ll break it down for you: Picture the softest most smooth thing you ever felt, such as a black lab puppy’s coat, multiply that by twenty. These t-shirts are that soft, so soft that they’ll make you rethink the whole Comfort Colors trend.

Besides just the annual festival tee they have two other designs of T-shirts that are just as popular, the guitar pick and the pig. Both of these shirts are available in the tri-blend style, and each symbol reflects the festival’s blend of good old southern food and blues.

When asked why they choose tri-blend, Varvaro says, “I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to that type of thing, so I’m very particular about what we put out there.”

Varvaro further explains that when people are looking at these shirts, the customers are in for a hands-on experience.

Instead of having the shirts hanging up on display and people pointing and picking what shirt they want, Varvaro and his volunteers have each of the shirts available to touch and see more up close.

An added bonus is the special artist tent, where some of the artists from the lineup go and sign their own merchandise, which you can also find at the main merch booth.

At the merchandise booth, you’ll be able to find the festival's most popular item, the festival shirt. The back of the shirt features a multicolor circle made up of all the acts of the festival.

Varvaro recommends getting it as soon as you can because the 500 they order every year are usually all gone by noon on the festival's last day.

Besides just the T-shirts, check out the insulated canteen with the festival’s logo on it. It’s the perfect item to carry throughout the week. If you’re over 21, Varvaro says it the perfect size to hold a beer in since the canteen and beers are both sold in 16 ounces.

“Those people that come from out of town or out of state — we’ve even had some out of country — hopefully they’re going home with something that says they were in Columbia, Missouri,” Varvaro says.

7 Giving songs a second life on the road TAYLOR YSTEBOE Senior Staff Writer

PHOTO COURTESY OF PUNCH BROTHERS

PUNCH BROTHERS

Inspiring crowds at RnB JEANNINE ANDERSON Reporter “Phosphorescent Blues” is the latest album by Punch Brothers, released in January of this year.

Every track on this album is a genre-bending inspiration to any eclectic musician or listener, with inspiration from folk, bluegrass, classical, hymnal, funk, disco and pop ebbing and flowing throughout.

The opening song , “Familiarity,” sets the tone for this well-produced album.

Mandolin player Chris Thile opens up with pretty arpeggios while the rest of the band punctuates the lyrics of this overture. If you listen closely, you can hear the drum track, a new addition for this string quintet, subtly providing some extra punch. The song beautifully embraces love, faithfulness and longevity in the face of oversaturation and the tendency to take things for granted, a theme they touched on in “Antifogmatic.”

Next, my personal favorite song, “Julep,” is about finding happiness in every Southerner’s favorite drink, not to be drank alone. The banjo’s delicate picking sounds like a train of thought floating away.

“Magnet” is a sexy song about, well, sexual tension between two magnets, attracted on one side, but repelling on the other.

What happens when two centers of attention try to be the center of each other’s attention?

“My Oh My” is a cheery sounding song about the addictiveness of smart phones.

At once, the lyrics lament and praise this addiction, saying, “Whatever keeps us singing.”

There is more than a trace of irony in the final lyric: “How long O Lord can you keep the whole world spinning under our thumbs?” The thumbs of smartphone users, thumbs of musicians, the thumbs of humanity controlling the Earth.

No Punch Brother’s album would be complete without a cover or two. This time they covered “Passepied” by Claude Debussy, an impressionist era composer, and as usual, I am impressed by their adaptation skills.

“Between 1st and A” begins a capella, then leads into a sweeping instrumental and lyrical narrative. The breakdown pays homage to Michael Jackson.

Then the finale, “Little Lights,” is punctuated by yet another wonderful fiddle solo by Gabe Witcher.

This album is available for sale online and can be heard for free on YouTube. Catch Punch Brothers at 5 p.m. Sunday on the Missouri Lottery Stage during Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival.

MOVE ranks 4 out of 5 stars.

When Drew Holcomb hits the road, his band’s music takes on a new life. His Tennessee band Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors will certainly transform their heartfelt and personal songs into new shapes Sept. 27 at Roots N Blues N BBQ. “That’s the fun thing about music – it’s a living and breathing thing,” Holcomb says.

Columbia’s annual Americana fest is part of the Neighbors’ fall tour in support of their latest album, “Medicine,” released in January. Holcomb says this album, the first he’s ever written by himself, has been the band’s best record to date.

“This record was a culmination of a musical vision,” Holcomb says.

Holcomb wrote “Medicine” as a follow up to 2013’s “Good Light.” Holcomb’s wife Ellie stepped away from the band at this time. Subsequently, Holcomb sought stories from his fans. He wanted to focus particularly on the songwriting and on adding an organic, live vibe to the work. The latter aspect was accentuated by how the band recorded “Medicine” within an eight-day period at a studio in Nashville.

The end result is an earnest record that expertly transitions from the rock-driven “Shine Like Lightning,” to the sincere “You’ll Always Be My Girl.”

The spectrum of songs on “Medicine” reflects a range of emotions, ultimately proving music can be a backdrop to our lives and can heal us at any time.

Holcomb says that there is more confidence about this record because they focused less on commercial success and more on writing what they want to write.

The evolution of the Neighbors can be attributed to their bond over the last decade. Their trust has continued to build, and they understand to leave egos at the door.

The band’s trust in one another led to Holcomb

taking the role as the main songwriter while the other members contribute to remaining elements of the music. Holcomb will typically approach the band with a song he’s written on acoustic guitar.

“The song is the raw ingredient; (The band members are) the chefs,” Holcomb says. “We arrange it, change the tempo, put the meat in the skillet.”

“Medicine” has marked Holcomb’s own growth as a musician.

“When I was younger, I didn’t think of myself as a singer,” Holcomb says. “(I was) more of a songwriter.”

Holcomb became more and more comfortable with his own voice by looking to his favorite artists, whose voices serve as an anchor in their music.

These artists include John Prine, Van Morrison, Tom Waits, Amos Lee, Patty Griffin and Ray LaMontagne.

Now that Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors have released “Medicine,” the band has watched new interpretations arise. Before the record even hit shelves, the sentimental song “American Beauty” was picked up by Dick’s Sporting Goods for a Christmas commercial that revolved around a father and daughter’s relationship, though Holcomb originally wrote the song about a lost love.

“Every time you write a song and release it to the public, you don’t have control over how it’s interpreted,” Holcomb says.

New interpretations will float through the air at Stephens Lake Park as Holcomb expects new listeners to wander over to the stage due to the festival atmosphere. Although a festival is less intimate than, say, a theatre performance, Holcomb says they have to “embrace the strangers in the audience.” Holcomb also says to “be true to your art.

Give the audience something they can grasp onto.”

Holcomb says the band plans to stick around to check out other acts on the Missouri Lottery Stage, like the Punch Brothers and Brandi Carlile.

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors are slated to perform at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, on the Missouri Lottery Stage.

PHOTO COURTESY OF DREW HOLCOMB

DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS

ROOTS N BLUES N BBQ

Grammy Award-winning New Orleans group comes to CoMo

REBIRTH BRASS BAND

PHOTO COURTESY OF REBIRTH BRASS BAND

NANCY COLEMAN Reporter The streets of the New Orleans Tremé district in 1983 were alive with music. The loud, intertwining cries of trumpets, trombones, tubas and saxophones collided with the driving rhythms of bass and snare drums to create a complex, beautifully cacophonous sound that was uniquely New Orleans.

This vibrant atmosphere was where Keith Frazier and his brother, Phil, grew up and became inspired to start a brass band of their own.

“We heard that and we said, 'That’s what we want to play,'” bass drummer Keith Frazier says.

The Frazier brothers, along with trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, are some of the founding members of Rebirth Brass Band — a band with a distinctive blend of soul, blues, funk, hip-hop, reggae and the classic New Orleans brass band sound.

Thirty-two years and one Grammy win later, Rebirth is ready to take the stage this Sunday at the Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival at Stephens Lake Park.

The group started out as a traditional New Orleans brass band, but over time, they began to integrate more styles into their music.

“As we got more into music, we started incorporating songs that we heard on the radio, so like hip-hop, reggae, whatever kind of song was the most popular thing at the time,” Frazier says. “So that means our sound would change a lot, you know.

The songs were more bass-heavy, there was more chanting involved, so the songs have evolved that way.

It’s not just horns playing or drums playing; there’s more chanting and singing involved as well.”

With their wide range of musical influences, festival goers on Sunday can expect a variety of genres.

“You can expect to hear several different styles,” Frazier says regarding their upcoming performance. “We’ll start with some traditional New Orleans music …

New Orleans, reggae, hip-hop, maybe some blues. With instrumentation we can do almost anything, almost any genre of music.”

Rebirth Brass Band has become a

staple at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans with a weekly Tuesday night gig since 1990. However, Frazier and the group also have the opportunity to tour around the world.

“It’s like a music education," Frazier says. "We get to travel a lot, go to a lot of different places around the world, meet a lot of different people, and hear different music, you know, so I’ve been able to experience different music and different cultures all over the world."

Today, the band has 15 albums and a Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Album in 2012.

Although Ruffins left the band in 1994, Rebirth is bringing a seasoned lineup of members to perform at Roots N Blues, including trombonists Stafford Agee and Gregory Veals, trumpeters Chaderick Honroe and Glen Hall, saxophonist Vincent Broussard, snare drummer Derrick Tabb and Keith and Phil Frazier on the bass drum and sousaphone, respectively.

Rebirth Brass Band performs at 3:45 p.m. Sunday on the Shelter Insurance Stage at Stephens Lake Park.

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