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An executive order limiting immigration from seven majorityMuslim countries issued by President Donald Trump on Friday spurred acts of solidarity in Columbia over the weekend.

Veteran Robert Wilson stands across the street from the Islamic Center of Central Missouri as community members speak. “I’m 30 years United States Navy,” Wilson said. “My father was in the Air Force for 30 years — the Tuskegee Airmen. What I’m seeing right now is a lot of racism and fascism coming back to our country, and I want to fight against it.” MADDIE DAVIS | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

fter Saturday’s midday prayer at the Islamic Center of Central Missouri, Fuad Khaleel, president of the Operating Council of ICCM, was speaking with other prayer attendees in front of the mosque when a woman approached them. The woman was Kelly MacNevin, an activist and member of the group CoMo for Progress. She carried yellow flowers and asked permission to place them on the front steps of the mosque. Khaleel granted her permission, and MacNevin let the men know that some of her friends would be bringing more flowers throughout the afternoon. MacNevin’s childhood experience of living on a military base in Germany sparked the idea to bring flowers to the mosque. “When 9/11 happened, all of the

German community brought flowers on the steps of the church that my parents belonged to on the military base,” MacNevin said. “My mom said that she just felt so connected with the community after that. She felt supported. I wanted to do yellow because it’s a sign of friendship.” Khaleel and ICCM member Abdelmonein Elfagir set up a folding table and chairs outside of the mosque and passed out cookies and juice to those bringing flowers and messages of support. “It’s just sad because I feel like as a society, you talk about trying to bring people together, thinking about what’s best for your neighbor, so on and so forth,” Khaleel said. “Values that are taught to people when they’re children. And you know, I still think those are values that people still have. It’s sad that sometimes you get

people that push fear.” Elfagir is working on a master’s degree in health informatics at MU and already holds a master’s in public health. He came to the U.S. from Libya in 2013 on a student visa. Because his visa is single-entry, he has not seen his parents or siblings since he moved in 2013. The executive order suspended all travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Somalia for 90 days, regardless of their visa status. Under the order, even those with student visas are blocked from entering the country. The order also put a stop to refugee admissions from all countries for 120 days and suspended the acceptance of all refugees from Syria indefinitely. Now, under Friday’s executive order, he is unsure when he will be able to return to Libya. Doing so

would leave him unable to re-enter the U.S., at least until the order expires. “[The flowers show] that we are not alone in this time of political uprising that is going on around us,” Elfagir said on Saturday. “To me, it means a lot personally. I really appreciate people who took the time and came to show their love and support. It’s really something valuable for us.” Saturday evening, MacNevin contacted a friend and mosque member on Facebook who gave her Khaleel’s contact information, and she asked permission to organize a rally on Sunday in solidarity with local Muslims. Khaleel accepted her offer, and MacNevin spread the word to CoMo for Progress through their

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Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton: “I’ve got a stubborn streak in me, and when I looked at the data I said, ‘That’s not enough data for me.’”

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A town hall meeting on Monday evening, intended to be an open forum

to discuss racial profiling, ended with another rejection by Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton that profiling exists in the city. The event, described as a “listening tour” on CPD’s website, is the third in a series of four meetings meant to address citizens’ concerns about racial profiling. Burton, as well as city manager Mike Matthes and Deputy Police Chiefs John Gordon and Jill Schlude, presided over the meeting. In the audience were members of various activist groups,

including Race Matters, Friends, the Youth Empowerment Zone, and Empower Missouri. The police chief recognized the validity of 2015 data that showed black people were three times more likely than white people to be stopped by police, yet they were significantly less likely than whites to be found with contraband. But he insisted the data was insufficient and required further analysis.

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The Briefing EMILY GALLION News Director

Board of Curators short five members The nine-seat UM System Board of Curators will go into its first meeting of the calendar year short five members, the Columbia Tribune reported Jan. 26.

update on the UM System budget, revisions to University Collected Rules and Regulations that relate to diversity, equity and inclusion, and an overview of the UM System Review Commission report.

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countries since the visit, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not commenting yet on the national immigration order,â&#x20AC;? Greitens spokesman Parker Briden told the Post-Dispatch on Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We may later.â&#x20AC;?

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Gov. Eric Greitens met with Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday, according to a post on his official Facebook page. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today, I met with my friend, Vice President Mike Pence, to talk about the challenges facing Missouri and what we can do, together, to help people,â&#x20AC;? the post stated.

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The terms of three members, Pam Henrickson, Jon Sundvold and Donald Cupps, expired Dec. 31, and two others, Mary Nelson and Thomas Voss, resigned. Nelson, Voss and Sundvold were all appointed by former Gov. Jay Nixon in June. The curators next meet Feb. 9 at MU. Five curators must be in attendance to reach quorum. UM System spokesman John Fougere said in an email that Henrickson and Cupps would remain active until their replacements are confirmed, so six members will be in attendance. Sundvold was a recess appointment who was not confirmed by Senate. Nelson and Voss both cited personal reasons for their resignations. Nelson was the only black member of the board. Fougere said that while the agenda has not been finalized, topics for discussion will include an

A week after President Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inauguration and six days after the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s March, crowds of people gathered again in Washington, D.C., for the March for Life on Friday. The March for Life is an annual anti-abortion march that has run for 43 years, since the legalization of abortion. This year, Vice President Mike Pence and counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway were in attendance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The #MarchForLife is so important. To all of you marching --- you have my full support!â&#x20AC;? Trump tweeted Friday. Crowd size estimates have not yet come in, but the March for Life has drawn large numbers in the past. In 2013, the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, activists estimated that 650,000 attended. The New York Times reported that 500,000 attended the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s March on Washington.

It went on to promise a â&#x20AC;&#x153;strong partnership between the White House and the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s officeâ&#x20AC;? and said that both offices â&#x20AC;&#x153;understand the damage that Obamacare is doing to our families and our stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget.â&#x20AC;? It said Greitens hoped to bring â&#x20AC;&#x153;more jobs, higher pay, safer streets, and better schoolsâ&#x20AC;? to Missouri. Greitens has not, as of Tuesday night, commented on Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent executive order barring travel from seven Muslim-majority

CORRECTION: A headline on the front page of the Jan. 25 issue incorrectly identified sophomore Josh Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position. Moore is a defensive lineman. The Maneater regrets the error.

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MU professors state concerns over possible repeal of ACA Adjunct law professor Sam Halabi: “I think that it is going to be very difficult to come up with a compromise that involves a repeal.” SYLVIA MAEHR Staff Writer

the library fee (over a year ago), MSA has been looking to find solutions to give the students what they want at the lowest cost to students possible.” MSA Budget Chairman Jack Blevins said in an interview that MSA is not the only student organization involved in this effort. “The initial structure of the fee was mostly brought to us from a faculty sense because they conducted a student survey to get a general sense of what students want to see on campus, how much they’re willing to pay for some of those changes and with that they

When the Affordable Care Act was passed in March 2010, Catherine Armbrust was able to afford health insurance for herself and her late husband for the first time in 15 years. Armbrust is an adjunct professor in the art department and the director of the George Caleb Bingham Gallery. As an adjunct professor, she is considered a part-time employee of the university, so she is not provided insurance through MU. "I was extremely grateful when it became available and took advantage for myself and for my late husband,” Armbrust said. She uses the preventative care visits for women, which include mammograms and other exams, prescription assistance and visits to the doctor that she believes have saved her life and could have saved her husband’s. In spring 2015, Armbrust came home to find her husband dead from a heart attack after exercising. The irony of the situation, she said, is that he had an appointment the very next day to address issues pertaining to his heart. "We had been so used to not having insurance that it was sort of an oddity to take advantage of it,” she said. “I had been encouraging him to make a doctor's appointment because we could now do that. In my thoughts, the ACA could have saved him." The Patient Freedom Act was introduced by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy and Susan Collins in January and is a possible replacement for the ACA. The bill keeps numerous aspects of the ACA intact, including provisions that do not allow insurers to deny coverage based on a preexisting condition and allowing children to remain under their parents’ insurance until age 26. However, Armbrust is concerned that the replacement plan is inadequate. “I understand that there are quirks and issues with this system that can probably be worked out,” she said. “I think the best case scenario is that they have a satisfactory replacement that they implement immediately upon the repeal of the ACA.” Associate law professor Sam Halabi worked with those who negotiated the ACA in Congress and worked with aspects of former President Barack Obama’s transition into office. Halabi said his position has been almost exclusively

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Dr. Stephanie Shonekan introduces the discussion on citizenship at Mizzou with a slide defining the term and university values. Shonekan, an associate professor of ethnomusicology and the director of the black studies department, led these talks between presentations by Talking Drum, a student musical group. JULIA HANSEN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Citizenship training encourages diversity, inclusion on campus Junior Brian Goines II: “Hopefully this helps students become more open and stimulates more discussion.” VERNITA BEDIAKO Reporter

Citizenship@Mizzou hosted a diversity training session Monday evening at the Missouri Theatre to help the university move toward accomplishing its diversity goals set after campus protests in the fall 2015. The main goal of the program was to get students to recognize that the faculty, student and staff

populations are extremely diverse and include people with different identities who come from different places. The event started off with Stephanie Shonekan, director of the black studies department and associate professor of ethnomusicology, explaining what the night would be. Then, Shonekan asked student band Talking Drum to sing “Blowin’ in the Wind” by Bob Dylan. “I think it’s about how [people] are always looking for answers, but the answers are blowing in the wind, and we need to become wind-chasers,” said senior Aaric Doyle-Wright, a vocalist in Talking Drum.

Shonekan then discussed MU’s first core value: responsibility. She presented the idea of the “salad bowl vs. the melting pot” metaphor to the audience. The salad bowl represents a mixing of individuals who retain some of their unique qualities, while the melting pot suggest a society in which everyone becomes the same. English and women’s studies professor Elisa Glick explained the three core concepts of respect, which are welcoming difference, practicing respect and understanding we are all different but still the same.

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STUDENT FEES

MSA proposes new $35 student services fee VICTORIA KUZ Staff Writer

The Missouri Students Association plans to introduce a $35 student services fee during the next full Senate meeting, on Feb. 8. The fee covers six different areas. Ellis Library would receive $12, the Counseling Center $8 to provide more staff, and Student Unions $5 to help with maintaining facility and equipment quality. Of the remainder, $5 would go to technology, which would provide expanded TigerWiFi access and more technology in study spaces; $2.50 would go to campus activities such as fall orientation and cultural

events; and $2.50 would go to leadership service programs like Mizzou Alternative Breaks. Students will pay $2.91 per enrolled credit hour, which, for the average full-time student taking 12 credit hours, will total $35 per semester. The fee is capped at $35, so students taking more than 12 classes will not have to pay more. MSA Senate Speaker Mark McDaniel said in a statement that the fee originated from student leaders’ and administrators’ input. “This fee has come from months of discussion and negotiation between student leaders and administrators,” McDaniel said in the statement. “Since the failure of

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Facebook group. The group gathered at Peace Park at noon Sunday, holding signs and yellow flowers. Within an hour, at least 200 people were in attendance. At 1 p.m., a representative of ICCM led the group to the mosque, where members

officers frequently referenced their department’s new “consent to search” policy as a sign that they are listening to citizens’ concerns. This policy requires signed consent before police can search vehicles, rather than simple probable cause. “You don’t play a game with someone’s Fourth Amendment rights,” Gordon said. “If they say no to a search, then the answer is no.” When questioned why police would request a search without probable cause in the first place, Burton said the reason would “vary by officer.” Other new initiatives cited during the meeting include increased training and an apprenticeship program to recruit more minorities to the force. Burton said such biasfree training “encourages officers to look at someone’s humanity first.” Matthes said there will be one more town hall meeting hosted by the NAACP. After this meeting, a new report containing the department’s conclusions on racial profiling will be compiled and sent to City Council for review. Edited by Madi McVan mmcvan@themaneater.com

understand what he was saying. “We appreciate the love, care and support that we’ve received from both here in our community in Columbia, Missouri, and across the nation, and across the world,” Khaleel said. MU sophomore Maha Hamed and junior Mubinah Khaleel are Columbia natives and mosque members who joined in the rally and march. They both agree that

attitudes about Muslims have shifted in recent years. “Growing up, it was quiet,” Hamed said. “We grew up in a post-9/11 world, so we didn’t really see it first-hand. We’re adults now, and we see this bigotry first-hand, so we wanted to make sure to be a part of [the march]. And it’s also nice to see so much support from different communities all around.” On Sunday afternoon, interim Chancellor Hank

Foley released a statement expressing support for international students and providing resources to those affected by the executive order. He concluded the statement by offering his personal assistance to affected students, saying: “I am optimistic this will work out, but in the meantime, know you have our support and caring.” Edited by Emily Gallion egallion@themaneater.com

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“I’ve got a stubborn streak in me, and when I looked at the data I said, ‘That’s not enough data for me,’” Burton said during the meeting. “I still believe that, and I think we need to look into it more.” When citizens both black and white shared their experiences of being stopped by police, Burton repeatedly defended his officers’ actions. “Maybe if you would patrol some of the [predominately white] areas more, you would catch more white people,” one black man said at the meeting. “I was followed from Noble Court to Business Route 70 to Providence Road to Walnut Street. So what is profiling? Is that profiling?” Another man spoke about driving by a police officer who proceeded to flash his lights, signaling the man to stop. When asked about the stop, the officer allegedly said he was ‘checking to see if your license plate turn signal was broken.’ Burton replied that this was a common method used to stop citizens at night. Throughout the meeting,

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were waiting with cookies, snacks and juice to pass out to the marchers. Marchers laid their flowers and signs on the front steps of the mosque, then returned to Peace Park so as not to block the streets. Khaleel addressed the crowd as the marchers gathered around the front steps. With no microphone, he asked the crowd to shout his words back to him so that those in the back could

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The next panelist was English professor Andrew Hoberek, who discussed excellence and how it pertains to higher education. Hoberek mainly focused on the topic of education and pointed out that the excellence statement located on the MU website relates to education as a whole.

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academic and he never gave legal advice regarding the ACA. He believes the repeal process will prove difficult. “I think that it is going to provoke deep divisions within the GOP,” Halabi said. “I think that it is going to be very difficult to come up with a compromise that involves a repeal.” The current proposal circulating in the Senate involves giving health savings accounts to those who use the ACA, which would substitute for

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“We recognize and accept the sacrifices, risks and responsibilities involved in pursuing excellence, and so we celebrate each other's successes,” the statement said. “We commit ourselves to this process in an ethical and moral manner.” When Hoberek asked the audience about the value of college education, one student said that at college he can challenge himself in ways of thinking. Religious Studies professor Nathan Hofer was the final presenter of the evening, and he focused on the MU

core value of discovery. He explained that the idea of being accepting is about being well-informed. He urged the audience to discover what their peers think and why they think certain things. He began his presentation by asking, “Does religion cause violence or violent behavior in believers?” The audience was silent at first, but eventually came to the consensus that it is more about the person’s interpretation of the religion than the religion itself.

The evening concluded with Talking Drum performing one final song while students gathered around and discussed some of the topics with the professors and each other. “I enjoyed the experience,” junior Brian Goines II said. “You get to see how people act and react. I’m hoping that after this I can now be that catalyst to stimulate conversations much like this one and just be helpful on this campus.” Edited by Madi McVan mmcvan@themaneater.com

the care that ACA provides. Health savings accounts were created so that “individuals covered by highdeductible health plans could receive tax-preferred treatment of money saved for medical expenses,” according to the Treasury Department’s website. They can be used for out-of-pocket medical, dental and vision care, but cannot be used to pay health insurance premiums. Halabi believes the primary issues with the ACA come from its cost and the individual mandate it imposed. “It's interesting that that was such a call to opposition, because the idea of an individual mandate really started with conservative think tanks

and policy analysts who thought that you could replicate something like automobile insurance, where you have the mandate to purchase it through legal compulsion,” Halabi said. The issues with cost came from the idea that the ACA would place a financial burden on both the states and taxpayers. However, opposition to the individual mandate has been focused on more than issues over cost, Halabi said. Halabi said anything that can be marketed as a repeal of the ACA will reflect positively on the Republican party and President Donald Trump. “I think the GOP can do very little policy and statute-wise and come

away with a political win,” he said. “ … For uninsured individuals who have obtained insurance through the affordability made possible through tax subsidies, the best case scenario is either those systems are kept in place, or they are replaced with something else that would provide similar coverage.” Dr. Karen Edison, director of MU’s Center for Health Policy, said making predictions about what the GOP will do is premature. “It really depends on what they have planned and that is just beginning to take shape,” Edison said in an email. Edited by Kyle LaHucik klahucik@themaneater.com

focused on what students want and is not subject to periodic increase. “We were essentially trying to fix all the library’s problems with this one huge fee, and that didn’t work out,” Blevins said. According to a pie chart presented at full Senate on Jan. 25, a $12 portion of the proposed fee will be allotted to Ellis Library for 24/5 access to all levels, to specialized

libraries for expanded hours, and for maintenance and expansion of learning spaces and resources. Both McDaniel and Blevins said the services fee and its fund distribution are subject to review by the Student Fee Review Committee. Within the last few days, McDaniel said that online student feedback on

the fee “has been positive.” The fee will come up in the next full Senate on Feb. 8 as a referendum. Following that vote, the full MU student body will be able to vote on it in the March general election. Edited by Emily Gallion egallion@themaneater.com

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SUPPORT Community members and students gathered at the Islamic Center of Central Missouri on Sunday to speak out against the temporary, selective immigration ban instituted by President Donald Trump in an executive order Friday. Participants placed yellow flowers on the front steps of the Islamic Center as a symbol of friendship, and speakers presented personal stories and comments regarding recent actions at the national level.

“THIS IS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY, THIS IS THE LAND OF BETTER FUTURES, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR OTHER REFUGEES TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I DID. THIS COUNTRY MADE A BETTER LIFE FOR ME [AND] HELPED ME BE A BETTER PERSON.” — NOHA YAHYA (AT RIGHT)

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Sex drive is part of your species, not your gender JESSIE STALEY Opinion Columnist

Jessie Staley is a freshman who writes about student life for The Maneater. Poor boys. It must be so hard to deal with that uncontrollable sex drive. To fight your urge to bang every woman, or person, you come into contact with. It must be so awful to have this little sexgoblin controlling everything you do. That is the case, right? At least that is what the social stereotypes and a few questionable and dated doctoral opinions tell us. This is not true, especially not for every man. There are plenty of asexual men and numerous nympho-esque women. To put an entire gender in a rigid box is presumptuous and unfair. If you grow up being told you are a certain way and are socialized to act that way, then you will be the way you were raised to be. Whether that is your actual disposition or not is irrelevant to your behavior. This is what we as a society have done to men. Society has declared that men have a much higher and sometimes uncontrollable sex drive compared to women. Society has raised every boy to believe and act like this, whether they actually do or not. Maybe a hundred years ago, men had a substantially higher sex drive. This may have been because of higher testosterone levels. Over the past several decades, however, men’s testosterone levels have been steadily declining, which can be a main cause for low libido. A new study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism says men who were 50 years old in 1988 had higher serum testosterone

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concentrations than comparable 50-year-old men did in 1996. This suggests that some factor other than age may be contributing to the observed declines in testosterone over time. This may create an equilibrium between men and women’s sex drives. However, most studies show men tend to think more sexual thoughts, have more sex and are more easily aroused than women. This gives reasonable belief that men have a much higher sex drive, but many of these studies do point out that there are qualifying factors for this data, namely that women may not be able to identify arousal as easily as men because of less obvious physical reactions. There is also the main qualification that women have always been socialized to reject their sexuality, so the study is erroneous to begin with. We raise men to believe that frequent sexual activity and sexual aggression is a good thing and something to be achieved, but then tell women they should avoid men like this and we should aspire to be the opposite way. Women are told

to fear men, to be careful when alone, to be meek and, above all, to protect our virginity. This makes for a very “predator and prey” social design. According to the status quo, men have a lot of sex and women do not. While modernization has worked toward abolishing this stereotype, there is still a long way to go. This is a main issue the sexual movement has neglected. Men are raised to be sexual and aggressive. If not, they are criticized and mistreated by other men. If we spend less time judging the “masculinity” of men and the “purity” of women, then the likelihood is that we will have less trouble with overly aggressive and sexual males. Men have been bred and trained to be this way. If we stop training them and stop believing this social stereotype, then men will be free and women will be safer. The male gender has fallen victim to sexism for too long, and it hurts everyone. Everyone is unique in their biology. Sex drive is included in that.

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Let’s end small talk KENNEDY HORTON Opinion Columnist

Kennedy Horton is a sophomore studying English. She is an opinion columnist who writes about student life, social justice and being an introvert for The Maneater. You have a seven-hour bus ride back to campus and have made yourself a walking target. You brought no protection. You have no headphones, no book and no computer. Nothing. And it never even dawned on you to fake being asleep until it was too late, until you heard that daunting question, trapping you in a prison of human interaction, “Where are you from?” And now you’re smack in the middle of the dreaded “small talk,” which is the bane of an introverted existence. It’s annoying, it’s mundane, and it’s almost always the last thing I want to be doing: partaking in an unwanted, usually forced conversation filled with useless details about a person you’ll never see again. As it turns out, there is no safe answer to “where are you from?” Whether from a big city or a small town, either response is sure to leave one tied up in an unnecessary exchange. If you tell your verbal executioner you’re from a big city like Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas or New York, you’re dead. There’s an incredible chance that your captor knows someone from that city and is simply dying to tell you about them. You are now the victim of a seemingly endless speech, in which you learn about someone’s aunt, uncle, cousin, grandmother, best friend, whichever irrelevant family member they choose or — my personal favorite — my college roommate’s old boyfriend’s new girlfriend. Anguishing, I know. During this speech, you are obviously not listening. You are envisioning ways to off either yourself or the speaker/captor. But you’re no brute. You give an “oh” or “ah” or “mhmm” here and there. This is actually an excellent conversation tactic, as you will give the appearance of paying attention, when you are in fact mentally strangling your torturer. If you tell your opponent you live in a small town, it will be just as bad. If your abductor has never heard of it, which they probably haven’t, here’s what happens next: Their curiosity is piqued. Suddenly, you are bombarded with the question: “Ooo, I’ve never heard of that! What’s it like there?” You repeat this inquiry to yourself, rolling it around in your head trying to decide whether this is the dumbest assassin you’ve ever met or if they’re just as sadistic as you. It’s not like anything is there. There’s a Walmart and a Waffle House, both of which you avoid. It’s a small town — there is no big arch or a mall with rollercoasters or a green lady with an exhausted arm. Not even close. At this point, you only have one strategy left. With your attacker fully engrossed, you utter a reassuring, “It’s fine.” Such an ordinary answer shatters their will to engage with you, and you can see it. Their pupils shrink back to normal size as they sink back into their seat. They release a final, “Oh, that’s nice.” The most generous of statements, as it requires nothing at all in return. Small talk is a treacherous road, but you can make it out unscathed. It is certainly not easy to claw your way out of unwanted dialogue, but it is doable. Try to avoid it next time by being prepared. Arrive at your local public transportation with your headphones already on and all electronics fully charged. Don’t make that mistake of seeming available. Humans pounce, always hungry for conversation to distract themselves from their own terrible lives.

8 Nasty Women Art Exhibit comes to CoMo Columbia’s nasty women unite to make nasty art in support of Planned Parenthood. NAT KAEMMERER Senior Staff Writer

After the historic Women’s March on Washington and its sister marches, women and their allies are uniting to make art supporting themselves and each other in the wake of Donald Trump’s inauguration as president. During February, artists around Columbia will bring their work to ARTlandish Gallery for the city’s Nasty Women Art Exhibit in support of women around the country. The exhibit is organized by Columbia’s Artists for Social Change group, and proceeds will go to Planned Parenthood of Columbia. “The women's exhibits hope to bring awareness of challenges women might face under the incoming administration,” spokeswoman Jacque Pepper said in a news release. “These challenges include threats to women's rights and access to healthcare, and they affect women nationwide, especially women from low-income families.” The art exhibit in Columbia is one of many that will be happening across the country. New York City hosted one lasting from Jan. 12-15 and brought in $42,000 for Planned Parenthood, according to nastywomenexhibition. org. San Diego also hosted one lasting

from Jan. 21-28. Columbia’s exhibition will last longer, from Feb. 3 to March 3. Participants will have until March 7 to pick up any pieces that didn’t sell. All art brought in will be up for sale, and artists will determine their own prices. Lisa Bartlett, one of the exhibit’s coordinators, said all members of the Artists for Social Justice group will be participating and bringing in art. They have 45 pieces for the exhibit as of the submission deadline. There is no minimum skill level required to display art at the show — just create something and bring it in.

“Our goal is not to sit around and bitch and moan and complain about the state of things. Our goal is to use art in a powerful way.” LISA BARTLETT, EXHIBIT COORDINATOR As long as you’re a “nasty woman” or a “nasty woman ally,” as it says on the event’s Facebook page, you’re invited to the show. “If you feel strongly enough to make a piece, we’d love to have it,” Bartlett said. “The fundraiser for Planned Parenthood is the biggest

goal.” Besides the art, a pop-up bake sale called Baked Revolution will be present on opening day and will donate all their proceeds to ACLU, Bartlett said. The night the exhibit opens is also First Friday, a monthly event around downtown Columbia, and Lovefest, ARTlandish’s Valentine’s Day event. Poetry and live music by and about women will also be presented. The group behind the event, Artists for Social Justice, formed around the time of the election. Bartlett is a founding member. “It’s an organization that formed to raise awareness for underrepresented groups through presentations and workshops,” Bartlett said. Their goal is to put on at least four exhibits a year. Each will have a different group to whom the money raised by the exhibits will go. This time, the money will go to Columbia’s Planned Parenthood chapter, and the next exhibit will center around food. “There are 11-14 people who are the core group putting on exhibits,” Bartlett said. “It grew out of a feeling of helplessness.” Columbia’s Nasty Women Art Exhibit begins at 6 p.m. on Feb. 3 at ARTlandish Gallery. “Our goal is not to sit around and bitch and moan and complain about the state of things,” Bartlett said. “Our goal is to use art in a powerful way.” Edited by Katherine White kwhite@themaneater.com

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THE DEAL WITH DOCUMENTARIES

‘Anita’ delves into controversial appointment of Justice Thomas The documentary explores the idea of sexual harassment and its prevalence in the political world. ALLY RUDOLPH MOVE Columnist

Ally Rudolph writes about documentaries for MOVE Magazine.

President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court on Tuesday to replace the late Antonin Scalia. President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, but the Senate refused to confirm him. Rarely are justices not confirmed, and even rarer is the nominee's character put into question, jeopardizing their appointment. But this instance was not the first in which a Supreme Court nomination process has not gone according to plan: In 1991, one woman stood up to a nominee in a

messy hearing and became a topic of public scrutiny. The documentary Anita shares her story. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to fill the seat of Justice Thurgood Marshall. Like most nominees, it was expected that Thomas would be confirmed without any hitch. Being appointed to the highest court in the nation certainly comes with numerous background checks, character testimonies and many other formalities to make sure the nominee is fit to be judging what is constitutional. These steps uncovered one woman whose experiences could have put Thomas’ appointment in jeopardy. Anita Hill was a law professor at the time, but she worked under Thomas at both the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before working on her own at the University of Oklahoma. During this time, Hill made allegations that Thomas engaged in inappropriate workplace conduct ranging from unwanted romantic advances to openly

mentioning pornography to Hill. These allegations were provided by Hill to those background checking Thomas, and from there a media storm ensued. Hill was subpoenaed to Washington, D.C. to sit in front of a panel of senators and describe, in detail, every incident of sexual harassment. In the film, footage of the nine-hour hearing is shown. We watch

Anita shows that even just over a period of 26 years, while a lot can change, some things can stay static. as Hill describes every sexual statement made, every advance attempted and every time she felt uncomfortable with the way her boss addressed her. The film also features Hill looking back on all that happened and discussing how far America’s

opinion and understanding of sexual harassment has evolved. Anita shows that even just over a period of 26 years, while a lot can change, some things can stay static. It delves into the culture of victim-blaming and how, as Hill said, “the issue became [her] character as opposed to the character of the nominee.” Sexual harassment is still prevalent in today’s political scene. Hell, right before the election of President Trump, a video was released in which he described, in detail, sexually assaulting a woman. While most found this deplorable, there were still defenders of the comments, saying that it was just “locker room talk.” After Hill’s hearings, Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court with a vote of 52-48. Even though Thomas was confirmed, and many may see this as injustice for women who have experienced workplace sexual harassment, Anita shows that the most difficult times in one’s life can be the jumpstart necessary to make their voice heard. MOVE gives Anita 3 out of 5 stars.

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Sip, Sip, Hooray: A guide to pairing wines KATIE ROSSO Managing Editor

There is a grape big world of wine out there, and it can be hard to sift through it all. Cheap wines are synonymous with college life, but if you pair the wine with a good recipe that will bring out the flavors, it will elevate the cheap wine taste. Get away from your comfort zone, and stop and smell the rosé. Wine not? Acidic flavors If the food you’re eating is acidic, match the acids in the wine with the acids in your dish. Chianti, a strong red wine, can be an easy match for any vinegar- or acid-based beef or chicken dish. Cheap Chianti is often better than the insanely expensive Chianti, and the wine has a cherrytoned acid flavor that is perfect with most dinners. If you’re looking for a sure bet, Chianti is for you. This applies to foods like salad, too, that have rich dressings. My recommendation: Cecchi Chianti Classico or Straccali Chianti Beef For a good grilled beef dish, the goal is to get a wine that doesn’t melt under the big beef flavors. A flavorful red zinfandel will match the fatty flavors of the beef, especially if it has strong seasonings. Zinfandel also features notes of raspberries and pairs perfectly with strong cheeses, so it’s great for a fancy dinner party. For meat-heavy dishes, a Cabernetbased wine will also pair nicely. The savory, dark fruit flavors of a Cabernet Sauvignon, for example, will bring out the best parts of a perfectly-cooked steak. My recommendation: Doña Paula Los Cardos Cabernet Sauvignon Chicken Nothing pairs better with a lightly-seasoned roast chicken quite like a Chardonnay. Even though Chardonnay is a cheaper wine that is sought after by many wine-loving college students, it too often gets passed over by wine newbies because of the dry flavor and cheap taste.

People like to say they’re in the ABC party (Anything But Chardonnay), which is pretty harsh. If you pair Chardonnay with the right recipe, the entire world is open to you. With a rotisserie chicken, the fruity, acidic flavor of the Chardonnay will deepen, rather than just being a wine people drink out of a box at a party. My recommendation: Sonoma Coast Chardonnay Fried foods Fried foods are essential for every college student, but pairing red wines with french fries or mozzarella sticks makes the wine taste extremely bitter. Your best option here is to go for a New Year’s Eve classic and pick a carbonated wine. The carbonation will bring a light note to the heavy fried flavors and clear your palette. You can choose either a sweet or acidic sparkling wine — depending on what you’re eating. My recommendation:Cupcake Vineyards Prosecco Seafood Seafood pairs best with Vinho Verde, a Portuguese-Spanish wine that has a light fizz. This wine is perfect to pair with everything from shrimp to crab, because it has a very light flavor and is akin to drinking an alcoholic soda with dinner. Vinho Verde is also pretty cheap, so if you find yourself springing the cash to buy more expensive seafood, you can buy a more relaxed wine. Vinho Verde also pairs well with breading, lemony sauces and fried foods, so any side dish you choose is going to work with your seafood-wine dinner. My recommendation: Aveleda Vinho Verde White Desserts The number one “don’t” of pairing with desserts: Don’t pick a dry red wine. Nothing is worse than ruining a dessert with a bitter wine that would better pair with meat. Pair your desserts with something rich, sweet and light, like a White Zinfandel. The White Zinfandel is a rosé that has a bad rep among winos. The wine is ubiquitous at college parties

because it tastes like juice, but it is a great, inexpensive introduction to wine for newbies. My recommendation: Oak Leaf White Zinfandel (It’s less than $3 at Walmart.) Bonus: Apple desserts A sweet wine that pairs perfectly with apples? Sauternes. This super sweet wine from France pairs

perfectly with the sugary, acidic crunch of an apple. You can kick it up a notch by adding a cinnamon crunch using pieces of nuts (almonds or walnuts), cinnamon, sugar and a touch of vanilla. My recommendation: LafauriePeyraguey Sauternes Edited by Katherine White kwhite@themaneater.com

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How to pay cheaper tuition by getting Missouri residency One year in Columbia + earning $2,000 = Missouri residency. GRACIE SANDS Reporter

Every year, out-of-state students seeking cheaper tuition go through the process of gaining residency in Missouri. From what steps these students have to take to what the experience of getting residency is like, MOVE has your guide to becoming a legal resident and cutting the cost of college nearly in half. You have to stay in Columbia for 12 consecutive months starting either in January, June or August. As soon as you complete your 12-month qualifying period, you can apply for residency right away. The residency (and in-state tuition that comes with it) goes into effect after you apply, not during the one-year qualifying period. The first step is showing proof

of having been in Missouri for the whole period. The only exceptions are Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks, as well as 14 days of the summer. In addition to staying in Missouri, you also need to earn $2,000. You also have to apply for a permanent Missouri driver’s license. This should be done as early as possible to ensure you receive your license before the deadline to apply for residency. From there, you need to present a copy of your Missouri voter registration verification and a copy of the first two pages of the previous year’s federal 1040 income tax form. This also means your parents cannot claim you as a dependent on their taxes anymore, so you’ll need to start filing them yourself. There are more specifics to the process, so as soon as you decide to establish residency, either visit the Office of the University Registrar in Jesse Hall or the office’s website for more information.

There are more factors that contribute to a student’s ultimate decision to establish residency besides saving money on tuition, like wanting to experience staying in Columbia over the summer. Sophomore Hailey Hauldren, a former Maneater contributer, decided to stay for a combination of both reasons. “I wanted to establish residency because I knew that it would make my tuition much cheaper,” Hauldren said. “I already had scholarships, but they only last four years and my [journalism major] includes a fifth year for a master’s degree, so I thought that it would be beneficial. Also, everyone has always told me how much fun it is to spend the summer in your college town, so that motivated me as well.” Spending her summer in Columbia was Hauldren’s favorite part of gaining residency. “There are a lot less people here, so you make a lot of new friends,” Hauldren said. “It’s a lot more casual

and fun for your friends from home to visit and see how you are spending your summer. I definitely met some of my best friends.” Senior Nikki Alper became a resident in August 2014. “You feel like you have so much freedom since it’s your first time living alone outside of the dorms,” Alper said. “Also, since most people weren’t taking any classes, I pretty much just worked and went out at night, so it was definitely the most fun summer I’ve ever had.” Before deciding whether you are going to go through the residency process, consider all that it involves. If you are ready to follow the expectations of the process and have a full year to devote to residency, begin searching and even applying for jobs as soon as possible. It is never too early to start the process, and now you know where to start. Edited by Katherine White kwhite@themaneater.com

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FOR THE LOVE OF MOVIES

Realism of ‘20th Century Women’ sticks with you NICK CORDER MOVE Columnist

Nick Corder writes about contemporary cinema for MOVE Magazine. The time capsule that is 20th Century Women introduces us to life in California circa 1979. More specifically, the film introduces us to a single Santa Barbaran household. Under its roof lives Dorothea and her son, Jamie. They are accompanied by a 20-something photographer and a hippie mechanic, both of whom rent the extra rooms in the sprawling expanse of a house. They constitute a hodgepodge sort of family, mutually existing in a house, and a world, that is crumbling around them. One of the many times we find everybody crammed together, they are all sitting near the television set watching Jimmy Carter give his famous “Crisis of Confidence” speech. Meanwhile, each of them struggles to face the various crises that dominate their own lives. Dorothea grapples with the challenge of raising a teenage son. Jamie deals

with his newfound hormones and a taboo attraction to Julie, his longtime best friend and confidante. Abbie, the photographer, faces existential despair after learning that her cervical cancer has led to infertility. And the mechanic, William, tries to outrun the image of a former lover and makes many misjudgments along the way. Everybody in this movie is lost. The adults are trying to find their path just as much as the kids. A simple piece of advice Abbie gives Jamie resonates throughout the movie: “Age is a bourgeois construct.” Though it is little more than a straightforward statement, Abbie’s words lead to some important questions. Does wisdom really come with time? Is stability ever really guaranteed? The film has an answer to these questions. For some, the answers may feel depressing, but sometimes the truth hurts. However, at least in the case of 20th Century Women, the pleasure outweighs the pain. Although it might not seem like it, poignancy is not the only quality that describes this film. Laughs far outnumber tears. After all, it is a comedy, and director Mike Mills makes sure there is no shortage of smiles. In

The cast of 20th Century Women, the new film by writer-director Mike Mills, starring Annette Benning, Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning. COURTESY OF INDIEWIRE.COM 20th Century Women, Mills directs with an improved sense of confidence. He takes more chances than he did in his prior work, and most of the time they pay off. When they don’t, it is forgivable, and by the end of the movie, the flaws are all but forgotten in sight of what the movie has to offer. Mills is a master of creating memorable moments. It is often said that all artists use the clay of experience to mold their masterpieces, but Mills takes this notion to a whole new level. If a

genre were dedicated to his work, it would likely be called something like ‘autobiographical fiction.’ There are many parallels between his life and films, in regard to both dates and situations. Beginners, Mills’s spiritual prequel to his newest film, is said to be a love letter to his father. 20th Century Women gives the same honor to his mother. Perhaps this is the key to understanding his mastery of the unforgettable. Real moments come from reality. After a clunky start,

20th Century Women gets its fair share of memorable moments. Whether it’s a burning car in a parking lot, a mother’s expression when her son is in the hospital, a kid learning how to flirt with an older woman, or an aging couple dancing to a jukebox, the poetry of Mike Mills’ latest movie sticks with you. This welcome window into the late 1970s is proof that people, after 40 years, are still the same. MOVE gives “20th Century Women” 4.5 out of 5 stars.

G#’S MUSICAL RADAR

How our opinions on music can be influenced by the critics GRANT SHARPLES MOVE Columnist

Grant Sharples writes about music for MOVE Magazine. Frankly, I’ve never been a fan of Kanye West, but many people seem to obsess over his music. It’s something I’ve never quite understood, and I feel even more discredited for my dislike because his albums always receive incredible scores from critics. This is something that’s always been in the back of my head. Recently, though, I feel that I’ve experienced somewhat of a revelation. Last week in my English class, we discussed what a literary canon is: “a body of writings recognized by

authority,” according to the Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Essentially, literature professors get to choose what their students read and, in a sense, what “great” literature is. I’m sure plenty of high school students read Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, for instance. Professors decide what stays in the literary canon and what doesn’t through this systematic process. I then realized this is applicable to music as well. Music critics act as agents of choice and judgment, deciding what “great” music is exactly. It’s as if there’s some unspoken law about what stays in and enters the musical canon and what doesn’t, very similar to how the literary canon functions. Artists such as Arcade

Fire, Radiohead, Frank Ocean, Chance the Rapper and Beyoncé invariably earn outstanding ratings from critics. These artists also have insanely large and loyal fanbases. Perhaps these significantly massive fanbases aren’t coincidental. Now, I’m not saying these artists don’t deserve the recognition they receive. I’m a very big fan of Arcade Fire and Radiohead. While there are certainly many people that genuinely love these artists, there could be a small percentage of followers that only listen to the music because they feel they should. They understand that critics praise these artists for creating high-quality, remarkable albums, and as a result feel pressured to listen to and like whatever receives exemplary reviews. That is the very issue of

Music critics act as agents of choice and judgment, deciding what “great” music is exactly. a canon. A 2013 article in The Daily Nebraskan said that “people have been conditioned to depend on arbiters of knowledge and canonical suggestion.” In short, canonization causes people to not think for themselves or support an opinion that strays from the majority. If people are told what to listen to, many artists aren’t heard, and there’s already plenty of underrepresentation in the musical sphere. Many artists will be ignored simply for the sake of not being labelled “great.”

The musical realm should not have exclusive undertones. It should be inviting, and people should be willing to give artists a chance despite what score their album got from critics. Music fanatics should be able to choose what they listen to, rather than having something they have no interest in shoved down their throats. While it is nice to have a collective work of albums to refer to, it should not be the determining factor in what people listen to.

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Steve Aoki talks politics, Grammys and cake throwing JAKE CHIARELLI Associate Editor

Steve Aoki, one of the highest paid DJs in the world, is known for his long black hair and his tendency to hurl cake into the audience at his shows. MOVE spoke with the artist prior to his Jan. 28 show at The Lou in St. Charles about his Grammy nomination, politics and his new collaboration with Louis Tomlinson on the single “Just Hold On.” MOVE Magazine: What was your reaction to your Grammy nomination? Steve Aoki: I couldn’t believe it. I really couldn’t believe it. I wasn’t even looking. I mean, you look at the list, it’s pretty crazy — it’s like Beyoncé, Yo-Yo Ma, The Beatles. I’m excited. I was shocked and kind of side-winded by the whole thing. MOVE: How has this tour been going so far? Aoki: It’s been great. We did this run out here in New York doing a ton of press for “Just Hold On.” And I’ve never seen the kind of response for any other song. Being a part of, now, Louis Tomlinson and One Direction’s world of how incredible their fans are, and their fans work together as like a beehive, and they just help push songs, and it’s like the best street team you could ever imagine. I’ve been very fortunate to have them push this song in all the different ways they do. We let that be the guide first and see if radio connects and see if different press or different people connect with the song to help get more people to listen to

it. Playing Jimmy Fallon was a huge deal for me; obviously I’ve been watching the Tonight Show since I was a kid. Being able to play it, perform live — and not just DJ, but to perform with a band — that brought me back. MOVE: What can you say about the new direction with your music? Aoki: The thing is, every song I do when I collaborate with different artists, I want to keep my slate really clean and open, and I want to go in any direction. It doesn’t necessarily have to have this negative dorp for the clubs or have to have this certain arrangement that people know about, the Steve Aoki sound. It’s really about making the best song I can possibly make with the person in the room that I’m working with. We can use a completely new sound set; we can use a whole new arrangement of kicks and drums, and in this case, and this is what the great thing about working with so many different artists, is that it expands my direction. It expands my horizon as a producer, too, to be able to work in any format, any genre. I love being in the studio with Lil Uzi Vert, and at the same time jumping into the studio with Blink-182, and then jumping into the studio with Louis Tomlinson. And finding common ground with all those different artists. MOVE: What do you think of the current state of affairs in the U.S.? Aoki: I made a pretty public statement on my Instagram and Facebook. With something like this, you can’t sit idle. We’re taking steps back on all the progress that [President Barack] Obama made,

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Steve Aoki performing in Paris. COURTESY OF JALIL ARFAOUI | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS that the U.S. made in the last eight years, and now we’re back in time. It’s just not a future that I envisioned or a future that I’m proud of. The future that [President Donald] Trump wants is not a future that I want. I’m embarrassed about what he’s doing, and I can’t agree with the platform that he stands on. I have no choice; I have to say something. When artists come out of their shell to say something, it really inspires me. You go through the comments on my Instagram, it’s not all happy faces and smiles. It gets a bit heated on there, and I knew it was, and I’m okay with that. MOVE: Before we conclude, is there anything you want to add?

Aoki: Just get ready for lots of new music. You’re going to see a high-energy show. Like there’s certain things I have to deliver. I know people want the cake, I’m bringing the cake, I’m bringing dessert with me, and things like that are fun for the show that I won’t retire. Should be a fun show, lots of new music. I can’t wait to get back. Every time I’ve been through Missouri on my bus tours, it’s lit, man. My last shows were sold out, they were f---ing epic, and I hope this show coming up will be just as wild my previous. This interview has been edited by Katherine White (kwhite@themaneater.com) for style and clarity. Jay Encina contributed reporting to this article.

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The Missouri women’s basketball team huddles up before the home game Monday night against Kentucky. JULIA HANSEN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Women’s winning streak extends to five games The Tigers are now tied for third in the conference and are 6-3 in conference play. TITUS WU Staff Writer

The last time Missouri women's basketball played Kentucky, it was a bitter two-point loss. The Tigers’ first loss of the year on Jan. 5 was the beginning of a three-game losing streak. But Monday night was a different story. The Tigers entered the evening on a four-game winning streak, matching their longest conference

winning streak since joining the Southeastern Conference in 2012, and extended that streak to five with a 73-67 victory over the Wildcats. Missouri head coach Robin Pingeton was glad her team was able to rebound from its first loss to Kentucky. “We didn’t want those losses to be empty ... we want to grow from them,” Pingeton said. “And if we can do that, then it wasn’t a bad thing.” Monday’s win pushes Missouri to a tie with Kentucky for third place in the SEC. Kentucky entered the game ranked 25th in the nation, making this the second time this season the Tigers have beaten a nationally ranked

opponent at home, the other being Texas A&M. Missouri took the initiative and jumped ahead at the beginning of the game, but it ultimately became a close battle between the two teams in the first quarter. Sophomore Cierra Porter and senior Sierra Michaelis did much of the scoring, but freshman Amber Smith shot an excellent 4-6 from the field in the first half. Fans booed constantly in the second quarter as the officials called 10 fouls on the Tigers in just 10 minutes. While Missouri shot far better than the Wildcats in the second quarter, the points from the fouls helped Kentucky edge a 17-15 point lead at halftime.

While fouls hurt the Tigers in the first half, they ended up benefitting from them in the second. “One of our keys was to be aggressive, attacking the basket because as we know, they don’t go super deep,” Porter said. “If we can get them into foul trouble, that would benefit us.” With the Tigers driving to the basket, the Wildcats’ defense began to fall apart. “We just broke down with our fundamentals,” Kentucky head coach Matthew Mitchell said. “We didn’t take any charges in the second half. We tried to not just let them drive to

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Men’s basketball losing streak extends to 12 games Missouri men’s basketball dropped to 5-15 on the season with a 63-53 loss to South Carolina. NICK KELLY Staff Writer

South Carolina left little doubt on Saturday as to why it holds the No. 1 spot in three-point defense in the country. The Gamecocks made the Tigers’

three-point game disappear in their 63-53 win in Columbia, holding Missouri to one three-pointer on 17 attempts. South Carolina’s efforts halted the three-point momentum Missouri had gained in recent games, going 11-25 a week ago. “They certainly padded that stat tonight,” Missouri coach Kim Anderson said. The non-existent three-point game is just the latest way Anderson’s team has found a way to lose a game. Missouri lost its 12th straight game on Saturday

to South Carolina at Mizzou Arena. With the loss to the No. 23 Gamecocks, Anderson still has not defeated a ranked team in his time with the Tigers (5-15, 0-8). Based on how the Gamecocks started the game, Anderson’s team looked as if it might have a chance to end its coach’s three-year losing streak against ranked opponents. South Carolina failed to score a single point in the opening five minutes of the game. The Gamecocks often halted their own efforts, traveling on four of their

seven opening possessions. “Offensively, we aren’t starting games real good,” South Carolina coach Frank Martin said. “I have to figure out a way to fix that right now. That is the one thing that is bothering me.” Missouri struggled to take advantage, though, despite opening up the game on a 7-0 run during that five-minute span. The Gamecocks quickly erased that deficit as they took a 10-9 lead with 11:30 left in the first half.

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Enter Mizzou Arena for a men’s basketball game, and the picture will not be pretty. The venue was once teeming with fans who were loud in their support and proud of their team, which won 30 games and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament just five years ago. This season, the stands are almost completely empty, the atmosphere almost nonexistent. And so the deterioration of Mizzou men’s basketball continues. The scene at Mizzou Arena represents the fall of Mizzou men’s basketball quite well. The structure, once a powerful symbol of Mizzou Athletics, now seems lifeless, with just an empty shell remaining to remind fans what once was. This year, the team has yet to win an SEC game almost halfway through conference play in what will almost surely be coach Kim Anderson’s final season. Anderson is in danger of failing to win as many games in his three seasons as the 2011-12 team altogether. He’s been sitting on win number 24 since Dec. 6. It’s not that the team has given up; most players seem to give their all, game in and game out. The problem is that these Tigers just aren’t very talented compared to teams past. On top of that, 13 players have left the Mizzou program since Anderson took over, including freshman Willie Jackson this season. Anderson’s recruiting skills seem to be so subpar he can’t even recruit his own players to stay on the team. If you can’t recruit, you have to be able to build a team through growth and

chemistry. Neither of these can be accomplished if you can’t stop the seemingly endless stream of transfers leaving your team. This lack of stability has proven detrimental to the program on the court as well as in the stands. Mizzou’s average attendance this season is the lowest it’s been since the NCAA started recording men’s basketball attendance 40 years ago. At around 5,300, average attendance this season is about onethird the capacity of Mizzou Arena. So what happens next? Assuming Anderson is ousted after the season, the athletics department will be faced with one of the most important decisions in Mizzou basketball history: who to hire next. This may sound drastic, but consider this: After this season, Anderson will have finished with fewer than 10 wins twice in three years. The last time Mizzou failed to secure 10 wins was exactly 50 years ago, when they finished 3-22. This isn’t rock bottom, but it’s pretty darn close. Mizzou’s next head coach has to be a great teacher to get the best out of the team’s current core of players. There are no headturning recruits slated to join the team next season, so he must squeeze as many wins as possible out of the players he already has. He must also be able to retain the vast majority of the leftovers from Anderson’s squad. To build a proper base, you must first lay a sturdy foundation. Anderson failed largely because his core players kept leaving before he had the chance to build a true program. For another handful of weeks, Tigers fans will continue to watch Anderson play out the last games of his tenure. Meanwhile, they will dream about what once was, or they will wonder what the future will be. If the next coach isn’t the right man for the job, all that will lay ahead is basketball irrelevance.

Brendan Lavell writes about basketball for The Maneater.

The Missouri track and field team traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas, this weekend for the Razorback invite, where the team was lead by Karissa Schweizer as she finished first in the mile while the rest of the team gave solid performances all over. The meet began Friday with the 200-meter run and the distance medley relay as the only events on the track. In the 200-meter, both men’s and women’s indoor recordholders sophomore Kahmari Montgomery and senior LaQuisha Jackson struggled, running only a 21.41 for 12th and 23.95 for 15th place, respectively. Freshman Maya Cody struggled as well, running a 24.68 for 29th place. The biggest bright spot on

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her to attempt to break that record in the coming meets. On the men’s side of the mile, Russo came back Saturday to run a 4:07.97 to place ninth. Sophomore Thomas George finished in the top 15 with a 4:14.41. In the 400-meter, both Jackson and defending 400meter Southeastern Conference Champion Montgomery returned. Jackson finished ninth with a personal best of 54.20, which ranks her third best finish all-time. Montgomery finished fifth with a solid time of 46.57 in his first open 400 of the 2017 season. Other headlines for the meet were senior Drew White cutting 26 seconds off of his 3K time to finish with a 8:17.31 for 12th place. Redshirt sophomore Gabi Jacobs was the highlight of the field events on Saturday after she placed sixth in the shot put with a throw of 14.52 meters. The Tigers will be taking next weekend off until they head to Ames, Iowa, to compete in the Iowa State Classic. Edited by Eli Lederman elederman@themaneater.com

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the track on Friday came from the men’s distance medley relay of sophomore Thomas George, redshirt junior Jerrad Mason, redshirt junior Ben Goodman and redshirt senior Luca Russo. The team ran a 9:54.8 to earn a fifth-place finish. In the field events, redshirt freshman Patrick Kunza threw a personal best in the weight throw with a toss of 17.99 meters to finish 10th. Freshman Karissa Roman finished sixth in the high jump with a leap of 1.68 meters. The team performed much better Saturday, finishing with 10 personal records. The highlight of the day for the Tigers — and the whole meet for that matter — was Schweizer, who ran a 4:35.61 to win the mile, beating out LSU’s Morgan Schuetz and Wake Forest’s Kathryn Lazarchick. That time puts her second in the collegiate rankings for the mile, and it is the second fastest indoor mile time by a woman for Mizzou, trailing only Laura Roxberg’s 4:34.59 from 2013. Schweizer was able to beat the next competitor by almost five seconds, so look for

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The Tigers tally 10 personal records, but both men’s and women’s teams finish 13th overall in the meet.

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After clawing back from an early 11-0 deficit to tie its contest against the No. 1 Oklahoma State Cowboys 16-16, the No. 7 Missouri Tigers entered the last match of a dual meet last Friday night at Hearnes Center with a chance for a major upset. But an upset was not in the cards, as redshirt freshman heavyweight Austin Myers lost his match 9-1 to No. 6 senior Austin Schafer, and the Cowboys escaped with a 20-16 victory. OSU improved to 9-0, while Missouri fell to 9-3 on the season. Missouri coach Brian Smith said his team fought well but still has room to improve. “I’m really proud of my team [for] the way they competed because [Oklahoma State] is a great team, but that’s what separates the great, and we’ve got to get to that point,” he said. Early in the dual meet, it did not appear the Tigers were going to have even the faintest chance of beating the Cowboys, who entered Friday’s meet with all 10 of their starting wrestlers ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight classes. But a 9-7 decision victory for redshirt senior 149-pounder Lavion Mayes over No. 2 Anthony Collica gave Mizzou its first team points of

the day and restored energy to the announced crowd of 2,509. Mayes said he is comfortable with being the wrestler Missouri looks to when they need to turn a match around. “I always go out there and know that if things ahead of me aren’t so good, I know I can be the change,” he said. “Today was just another one of those days.” After Mayes’ victory, redshirt junior Joey Lavallee scored two huge takedowns in the third period of his 157-pounder match to pick up a 5-1 decision and make the score 11-6. Then came redshirt sophomore Daniel Lewis in the 165-pounder match, who had arguably the most exciting match of the night. No. 4 Lewis entered the match riding a streak of four straight victories with a combined score of 48-0, but he needed more heroics Friday night to secure a victory over No. 6 redshirt sophomore Chandler Rogers. Lewis picked up a takedown with two seconds left in the third period to secure an 11-10 victory. Lewis’ victory was not the most dramatic of the night, though. Through a patient wrestling style and great discipline to not give his opponent any chance to take his legs out from under him, redshirt freshman Dylan Wisman picked up a huge upset victory in a 4-1 decision over No. 8 senior

Sophomore Missouri wrestler John Erneste glances up at the clock during a match against Oklahoma State at Hearnes Center on Jan. 27. EMIL LIPPE | SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Kyle Crutchmer. Wisman’s victory gave the Tigers their only lead of the night and earned him praise. “[Wisman’s win] was big time,” Smith said. “You couldn’t ask for more out of a freshman to go compete in that environment and get the win.” Following a technical fall loss in the 184-pound weight class, senior J’den Cox entered his 197-pounder dual needing at

least a major decision victory to give the Tigers a tie or the lead. Cox was kept in check through much of the first and second periods but was able to pick up a takedown and stall point in the second to take a three-point lead into the third. He then scored two takedowns and multiple stalls to pick up a 12-2 major decision. Cox said he was happy with how his match went and was impressed with the support his

team received from the fans. “I was proud of the performance,” he said. “That environment and crowd brings a whole other beast out of you. I wish that every event could be as packed as today was and everyone would come and support us like that because it brings a lot out of you.” The Tigers’ next meet comes against Northern Illinois on Saturday at Hearnes Center.

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to baseline relentlessly.” Michaelis and Porter each had big nights, pouring in 19 and 17 points, respectively. Porter, who was fouled often in the second half, made all 11 of her free

throws, setting a career high. Sophomore Sophie Cunningham contributed 14 points. But it was Smith who received special praise from both Pingeton and Mitchell, effectively boxing out the

rim and scoring a majority of her 15 points in the paint. "I was impressed by Amber Smith tonight,” Mitchell said. “She had some really good moves and hustling.” Up next, Missouri faces

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The Tigers stuck with South Carolina, trailing 26-22 at halftime. But any time Missouri looked to gain some kind of lead, the Gamecocks quickly squashed those efforts. The white rally towels fans received when they entered the game occasionally made appearances. But whenever the Tigers seemed to gain momentum and the towels began to twirl, South Carolina answered. Often, the answer came in the form of a threepoint basket. “It is the story of the season: we will go down and score, and then we can’t get a stop,” sophomore K.J. Walton said. “We have to figure something out.” South Carolina’s lead grew to double digits early in the second half, which the Tigers could not overcome. Anderson attributes it to Missouri’s inability to get 50-50 balls. “We have to get those,” Anderson said. “We can’t give away possessions.”

Senior forward Russell Woods, 25, dives to knock the ball away from a South Carolina player. EMIL LIPPE | SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

If not for the Tigers giving away possessions by taking pre-mature three-point shots early on, they may have been able to overcome a seven-point threshold late in the game. Anderson said he thinks his team took some quick threepointers it didn’t need to early in

the game. He saw improvement in the second half. Missouri’s three-point struggles epitomize its play over the 12-game losing streak. The Tigers have led at halftime in four of eight Southeastern Conference games, losing each of those four.

Anderson is hoping his team can put everything together soon so his team does not set a record for the longest losing streak in Missouri men’s basketball history. “We have got to get all the guys playing well together in one night, or playing well

together in two halves,” Anderson said. Up next, Missouri heads to Florida on Thursday to face the No. 25 Gators. The game will be televised on ESPN2 at 6 p.m. Central. Edited by Eli Lederman elederman@themaneater.com