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RESIDENTIAL LIFE

New affordability initiative provides economy housing and new dining plan The initiative will result in a 3.5 percent cost reduction for the most common housing and dining plans.

GALEN BACHARIER AND CARSON HOWES

Staff Writer and Reporter

MU announced a new initiative on Friday that will reduce rates for on-campus housing and expand dining plans for students starting in fall 2018.

Chancellor Alexander Cartwright, Vice Chancellor Gary Ward, several Missouri elected officials and many Residential Life staff gathered in Rollins Commons for the announcement.

The changes will result in a traditional community-style double room costing $6,430, a 2.2 percent lower rate compared to the current cost. This applies to 1,320 beds in rooms throughout Gillett, Hudson, Wolpers and Gateway Residence Halls, around 660 rooms. This new option costs $714 a month, almost

$350 less for a year than the least expensive option this year.

Four hundred sixty-four beds in Hatch Hall’s double rooms will have their rates lowered 5 percent, a $340 decrease, to provide for a more economic housing option. In all, more than one-third of available rooms will have lower-priced plans next fall.

Dining plans will also be revamped. A new Mizzou Block 200 plan has been added, replacing the current Block 175 and 225 plans.

This change came as a result of analysis of how much of their meal plans students were using. The Block 200 will run $3,100, which is a monthly cost of about $344.

Another new dining plan, Tiger Plan Platinum, is a more flexible plan that works at all campus locations, including those in the Student Center. In addition, dining plans will no longer be required for returning students who will be living in residence halls.

With these new lower-price economy plans, students will be able to live and dine on campus for less than $1,000 a month, according to the press release for the initiative.

“We’re trying to make everything more affordable,” Cartwright said. “And if it’s better for the students and they find that this is a more affordable option, as well as beneficial, then a lot of them are going to take advantage of it.”

This new initiative is expected to result in a 3.5 percent decrease in cost for the most commonly selected dining and housing plans, according to the press release. This change is one of a series of initiatives intended to make attending MU more affordable. Over the past year, MU has also announced a scholarship program for Missouri Pell Grant recipients and a move to more affordable textbook options.

“These changes are very exciting as they will help to reduce the cost of a Mizzou degree,” Maggie Recca, Residence Halls Association president, said in the press release.

Room and board is one of the largest costs for students who live on campus, normally totalling over $10,000 annually, according to the MU Student Financial Aid website.

The university hopes to lessen that load.

Cartwright stressed the importance

of on-campus living during the announcement, referencing several Residential Life programs that benefit students, such as Freshman Interest Groups and Early Alert, a program that notifies staff of students in halls that are struggling academically or socially.

“Coming from a small rural community, lower-middle class, I had to find ways — merit-based — [to pay for school],” said Tim Davis, Missouri Students Association campus community relations chair.

“I joined the National Guard to afford college. I’m looking forward to more continued efforts for this.”

The option to live in residence halls year round is also included, in response to feedback from students.

This will provide “convenient, hassle-free living,” according to the press release.

“The level of support we provide in our residence halls makes a real difference when it comes to student success,” Cartwright said.

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T H E M A N E AT E R | H O U S I N G G U I D E | N OV. 8, 2017 LIVING WITH FRIENDS

Consider the pros and cons before signing a lease with friends

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The biggest issue that can result from living with friends is the lack of boundaries and privacy. Friends, especially longtime ones, can have limited boundaries with each other because they have a close relationship.

This lack of boundaries between friends can worsen if they live together. Since a friendship is so strong, it can be hard to get some privacy.

For example, one roommate may think it is okay to barge into another room without knocking.

Living with friends can also mean living with people that share similar personalities, which can lead to a number of problems. Everyone may have the same level of cleanliness, which can lead to a pile up of messes. It would be worse, however, to have one roommate be the clean freak. Then that roommate probably could resent the others for their messes and having to clean them up.

Most issues between roommates can be resolved

While living with friends can come with problems, there are perks as well.

Undoubtedly, the greatest benefit of living with friends is that there is always someone to hang out with.

If you’re ever bored, all you have to do is poke your head into your friend’s room.

Another benefit of living with friends is that it strengthens relationships.

Constantly being with someone is one way to improve your bond with them. Living with someone can reveal so much: their likes, dislikes, habits and personality.

Finally, living with friends is great because they are always there when you need them. Living with friends means no more latenight phone calls for advice because they are only a door away. Also, they are available for any last-minute outfit suggestions or homework help.

Living with best friends can definitely have its ups and downs, but it is an experience everyone should have, and there’s no better time to do it than in college.

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After an entire year of sharing a tiny dorm room, many returning students finally have the freedom to live anywhere and with anyone they want. It seems like the perfect opportunity to rent an apartment downtown or a house in East Campus with some friends. Signing a lease can definitely be exciting, but moving in with friends can present some unexpected problems. However, living with your friends is still worth it because most of these problems can easily be solved.

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with a simple conversation.

Between friends, it should be especially easy to communicate with each other and solve problems.

Roommates should be in agreement with how much space they may or may not need. Also, there should be a solid arrangement on cleaning and organizing the living space between all of the roommates. Having set agreements and rules will help to prevent future conflicts.

With random roommates, simple conversations about house rules may be a lot harder to initiate. To avoid potential problems here, try to set some ground rules at the beginning of the semester such as always cleaning up personal messes and respecting each other’s personal space and study times.

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SPEAKER

Daymond John speaks to MU students, inspires ‘future sharks’ in Jesse Auditorium John used humor and his “SHARK points” to inspire the audience.

MICHAEL WILMARTH

Reporter

Daymond John, CEO of FUBU and television personality from the reality

series “Shark Tank,” gave a speech to a nearly full Jesse Auditorium on Nov. 1 as part of Delta Gamma fraternity’s Lectureship series.

Daymond John was the latest speaker in the Delta Gamma Foundation’s Lectures in Values and Ethics. Previous speakers include anthropologist Jane Goodall and CNN’s Lisa Ling.

The aim of DG’s lectureship series is to uphold MU’s values with every speaker, and John tailored his speech appropriately, citing respect, responsibility, discovery and excellence in his road to success.

MU students heard John’s success story, retrofitted with his five brandconscious “SHARK points” and amplified by a soundtrack that began

PROFESSORS’ INNOVATION

MU professors’ startup creates product that whitens teeth with a smartphone

with old school hip-hop and ended with “For The Love of Money.”

Hip-hop fit prominently into John’s personal narrative. Though he couldn’t sing, dance, or produce, John swore to himself that no matter what he would “live, die and prosper in the world of hip-hop.”

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Novashine not only increases whitening efficacy but lessens sensitivity with an LED tray that lights up when plugged into a smartphone.

MORGAN SMITH

Staff Writer

Nanova Biomaterials Inc., a dental and orthopedics manufacturing startup company founded by two MU professors and colleagues, has created a new product that whitens teeth with the use of a smartphone.

The product, Novashine, was developed by PlasmaDent, an affiliate of the original company, Nanova Inc. Founded in 2007, the company was started by four researchers, two of whom are professors Hao Li and Qingsong Yu of the mechanical and

A company founded by two MU professors recently released Novashine, a tool that uses a smartphone to whiten teeth. PHOTO BY MORGAN SMITH | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

aerospace engineering department at the MU College of Engineering.

“We applied the technology and knowledge we have always been trying to develop a better product,” Nanova’s CEO Li said.

Novashine consists of a specially

formulated gel that is applied to the inside of a plastic tray. The LED tray lights up when plugged into a computer or smartphone and is meant to be applied to the teeth

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T H E M A N E AT E R | N E W S | N OV. 8, 2017 RESEARCH

MU doctoral student researches how to aid fight against terrorism TATYANA MONNAY

Staff Writer

A doctoral student in the Missouri School of Journalism found that the Islamic State’s propaganda magazine is used as a form of strategic communication.

Douglas Wilbur, a retired U.S. Army major, based his research on a sample of IS’ official propaganda magazine, Dabiq. “In the field of propaganda studies, there aren’t that many people who do it and it’s kind of disjointed and it’s not really unified,� Wilbur said. “There is not a unified theory of propaganda, so I wanted to help that problem. I wanted to propose a new way of looking at propaganda, a new way to analyze it.�

During his time in the Army, Wilbur was a strategic communicator for five years.

His duties included broadcasting news and handing out newspapers to the locals in Iraq.

His experience encouraged him to explore IS’ use of propaganda.

In his article “Propaganda’s Place in Strategic Communication: The Case of ISIL’s Dabiq Magazine,� Wilbur defines propaganda as a “deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist.�

Propaganda has been used

by IS to recruit soldiers and glamorize a life of insurgency and is inherently manipulative.

Understanding propaganda allows insight into a terror group and eventually, insight on how to defeat it, according to the article. “Good propaganda will

always fact check and make sure there is a strong element of truth,� Wilbur said. “By studying propaganda, you can learn things about the propagandists.�

Wilbur’s first finding is that, in most cases, propaganda fails to radicalize non-Muslim Westerners. “ISIS propaganda contains stories from the Quran, Arabic words and concepts that are completely foreign to Westerners,� Wilbur said. “The real target of ISIS propaganda is not average Americans; it’s the first through fourth generation Sunni Muslims. They have some knowledge of Arab culture and Islam.�

Despite what has been seen on mainstream media coverage of Western insurgents, radicalized Westerners usually need an insider from the terrorist group to explain the propaganda.

Wilbur’s second finding is the common misperception that IS and other terror groups work together when, in fact, they are rivals. “This complicates conflict resolutions,� Wilbur said. “ISIS is a competitor to the Taliban.

They have often fought each other.�

Wilbur’s article also addresses how propaganda affects Muslims living in the Western world. “The vast majority of Muslims or Arabs in the West will not engage in terrorism,� Wilbur said. “A small percentage will donate to ISIS and be sympathetic to their cause.�

IS’ propaganda denounces Muslims who live in the Western world and who follow aspects of Western culture, according to the article.

Its propaganda promotes strict interpretation of the Quran and that Muslims should follow

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IS’ extreme laws, citing Sharia law as an example. Sharia is an Arabic word that translates to “a path to be followed� and refers to a personal relationship with God. However, IS does not represent Sharia law accurately in its teachings or propaganda.

In fact, IS does not properly express Islam at all.

The Sahih Muslim, the second most authentic hadith collection

by Sunni Muslims, quotes the Quran in condemning murder as the second major sin.

Knowing this further enforces the idea that IS and other radical Islamic terror groups are using Islam as a scapegoat to impose their own personal ideology onto others.

IS uses its propaganda to capture and convince outcasts in society that there is a place for them in this terror group by promoting an us-against-them ideology.

This ideology is mostly accepted by Muslim immigrants living in the Western world who have a difficult time assimilating with the new culture, making friends or understanding the language. This is much more of a problem in Europe, Wilbur said. “The best thing you can do is make sure they understand they are welcomed in our community,� Wilbur said. “If they are having a struggle meeting friends, help them meet friends. If they are having a struggle adjusting to new life, maybe you can help them with that. Just reach out to them and be a good, decent human being to them. The ones that are left alone and isolated and floating around out there, they’re the ones the recruiters seek out.�

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SUSTAINABILITY

Recent awards recognize MU’s sustainability efforts The university ranks high in several national rankings and has made progress in solar and wind energy on campus.

GALEN BACHARIER

Staff Writer

MU was recently recognized for its work with renewable energy with the Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It’s the latest recognition of the university’s effort to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

The university has been twice recognized as an Energy Star Partner of the Year and won the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power Award, both EPA awards.

All of those, in addition to the prestigious System of the Year Award from the International District Energy Association that MU received Gregg Coffin, director of Campus Facilities-Energy Management, accepted the award from the EPA Green Power Partnership on behalf of MU. PHOTO COURearlier this year, have put the TESY OF EPA GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP university in the upper tier of institutions when it comes to represents 23 different countries sustainability.” university’s environmental efforts. sustainability and energy efficiency. and around 200 members, so that’s Those three values — reliability, Sustainability has been a focus for “[IDEA] is huge,” director of energy management for campus some international recognition efficiency and sustainability — are ENERGY | Page 8 facilities Gregg Coffin said. “It for our reliability, efficiency and the driving force and goal behind the

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New capstone course introduces traditional theater techniques to bioengineering students

Bill lowers GPA requirement for unpaid MSA positions

STEPHI SMITH

Staff Writer

The College of Engineering and theatre department have partnered to construct a capstone course for bioengineering students.

The class introduces traditional theater techniques to students in a bioengineering design course in order to teach them creativity and the importance of taking risks in their work.

At his children’s dress rehearsal for a school play, MU bioengineering professor Ferris Pfeiffer first realized the importance of combining theater techniques with traditional classroom procedures.

Pfeiffer sat in the audience among other parents and restless school children, waiting for the cast to finish a costume change. The director noticed the children in the audience getting “a little loud and rowdy,” Pfeiffer said, and decided that the best way to combat the fidgety audience would be a talent show.

Pfeiffer said that after the director

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asked for volunteers to go on stage to perform an original act, every hand shot up.

What struck him was how willing

every student was to go on stage and participate in this impromptu talent show.

It was surprising to see how fearless the children were, he said.

“They didn’t care about looking silly; they didn’t care about what others thought of them,” Pfeiffer said. “They had an answer; they wanted to go show what they knew how to do. I want my engineers to exhibit those same qualities.”

With this experience in mind, Pfeiffer wanted to know if there was a way to teach creativity and the same kind of bravery to his own students at MU. Pfeiffer looked into courses and programs at MU and found the Center for Applied Theatre and Drama Research within the theater department. The mission of the center is to “explore the application of theatrical processes to teaching and learning in multiple disciplines,” according to its website.

Pfeiffer reached out to Director Suzanne Burgoyne of the research

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CAITLYN ROSEN

Staff Writer

A bill lowering the GPA requirement for unpaid Missouri Students Association Senate leadership positions was passed in full Senate on Oct. 25.

Bill 57-09 amends the GPA requirement according to the standards put forth by the code of conduct for MU students.

Originally, the minimum required GPA for unpaid leadership positions was a 2.5. The new bill lowers it to a 2.2.

This change was proposed last year by former Senate Speaker Mark McDaniel. However, it was eventually withdrawn due to disagreement over which positions should have higher grade requirements.

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John attributes every outcome of his life to his dedication to his “SHARK points,” or the acronym that John describes as his keys to success.

The points–— Set goals, Homework, Amor, Remember you are the brand and Keep on swimming — are simple to remember but complicated in their application, John said.

John credits amor, or “love,” with reorienting him when he started spending too much time partying and not enough with his family.

“Number one, I’m here to brag about my story and history,” John said.

John’s story began in Queens, New York. The son of a single mother who worked three jobs, John credits his early financial struggle and perseverance with inspiring his entrepreneurial spirit that ultimately led to his success, which he called “the power of broke.”

The bootstrapper rhetoric was well received by college students and fans. MU student Merna Jajou is a pre-med student, but felt that nonbusiness majors could benefit from hearing John’s story as well.

“He worked his way up; it wasn’t just given to him,” Jajou said.

“Listening to someone that started from nothing and made something of himself is still really important.”

John spoke quickly and smoothly, sometimes incorporating humor to shock and entertain the audience.

At one point he implied his “Shark

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for 15 to 30 minutes each use. The gel uses only 6 percent hydrogen peroxide, making it 100 percent safe for enamel, according to Novashine’s website.

“We developed this teeth whitening gel with more sensitivity and better whitening performance,” senior scientist Xiaoqing Dong said. Dong joined the company after working in Yu’s lab at MU. Li said a focus of Nanova is improving the lives of Columbia residents, including students of the many colleges nearby.

“We create jobs here, we provide internships for Mizzou students and students from other universities, we

tank” co-host, Kevin O’Leary, would “do drive-bys on orphanages.” After praising the amount of time teachers spend with students, he said: “I don’t know how you do it. I spend two days with them and I want to slit my wrists and jump out the window.”

John talked about the challenges he faced growing up in a tough neighborhood. A lack of role models made life in Queens difficult for kids like him. “We saw pimps and drug dealers,” John said. “We didn’t see heroes.”

Race figured into John’s early struggles. He credits Joseph “Run” Simmons, from Run DMC, as his first role model. When John saw Simmons take the stage at a 1986 concert in Philadelphia, his life changed.

“I never saw anyone that looked like me, dressed like me, take the stage like that,” John said.

Kayla Johnson recalled seeing something similar in John when she was growing up.

“It was cool to have a black voice on television,” she said.

Johnson was inspired by John’s message that anyone could achieve success through hard work and adherence to morals.

“There’s no magic that contributed to his success, it was just hard work,” Johnson said. “He’s just like you and me. If I put in the same amount of hard work, I can be successful, too.”

John credits neighborhood celebrity Russell Simmons, entrepreneur, producer and Queens native, for showing him he could be successful doing what he loved.

“He wasn’t a pimp or a drug

dealer,” John said. John saw Simmons in magazines traveling the world by selling hip-hop.

The inspiration to do what you love was passed on to MU student Cramon Mays. Mays was pleased with the entire lecture, and in particular with the encouragement he received

to keep pursuing his dreams.

“I keep telling myself that if I keep doing what I love, life will figure itself out,” Mays said. “It was comforting to hear that from somebody who has actually done it.”

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provide funding and we also donate some money for research,” Li said.

Li received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program award for his work in 2009. After envisioning Nanova Inc., he brought together Yu as well as Nanova chief scientist Meng Chen, an MU associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and orthopedic doctor Kenneth Lambert to aid in founding the company.

Since its conception, Yu said Nanova Inc. has grown to encompass over 50 employees, three buildings and three main focuses. Li said these include the development of medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

Additionally, the company addresses environmental protection through Nanova Environmental, which works to advance environmental monitoring.

“Since we have started, the core team has raised about $10 million for research and over $30 million in venture capital investment,” Li said. “[Nanova Inc.] may make some contributions to the economic development of Columbia.”

Yi Gan, recent MU graduate with a master’s in business administration, said working as a marketing manager at Nanova has allowed her to explore every area of her passion for entrepreneurship, including speaking at local business events.

“We do a lot of things,” Gan said. “We design the product, we do market research, we launch the product, everything; I really like it.”

Currently selling Novashine for $59.99 on both the Novashine website and Amazon, Dong said PlasmaDent plans to eventually have its product on the shelves of Walgreens, Walmart and other retail stores. MU students,

faculty and alumni can receive 10 percent off their purchase on the Novashine website by using the promotional code Fall 2017.

Nanova Biomaterials Inc. has also produced and sold products such as dental filling composites, fluoride varnish and teeth whitening gel.

In previous years, the company has received attention for its trademark plasma brush, the first of its kind to make cavity fillings longer lasting and nearly painless.

“Our slogan is ‘Better life through innovation,’” Li said. “We want to solve clinical problems and improve the health care of people; I think that’s kind of our goal.”

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Businessman, investor, television personality, author and motivational speaker Daymond John presents his life story while relating it the progression of hip-hop music on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, at Delta Gamma’s Lectureship event in Jesse Hall. John’s latest New York Times bestselling book “The Power of Broke” discusses why starting a business on a limited budget can be an entrepreneur’s greatest competitive advantage. PHOTO BY JACOB MOSCOVITCH | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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the last five years or so. One of the university’s landmark projects in that area was a biomass boiler installed in 2013 that provides steam and water to campus, an alternative to less renewable energy sources such as coal.

“The boiler uses wood residues from milling operations,” Coffin said.

“Missouri’s got a lot of wood product industries. They make everything from regular timber. The waste product from those wood operations, we buy through a processor and use it for fuel. We produce quite a bit of energy for campus with that.”

The university has also pursued solar and wind energy; solar panels were installed in 2012 at both the power plant and the research reactor, and solar thermal heating systems have provided for more efficient heating at Brooks and Gateway halls. A single wind turbine was also installed simultaneously with the solar panels in 2012, built south of University Hospital.

“It’s not a large turbine, but it does help us learn a bit more about wind energy in this area, and helps educators, students and faculty, since we do a lot of tours of that turbine,” Coffin said.

With these new energy forms

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center. Burgoyne had already done some research studying how creativity can play a role in other disciplines on a college campus, she said. Burgoyne then told Pfeiffer she would help him set up a pilot course for the fall semester of the 2014-15 academic year.

The first year, Burgoyne and a graduate student of hers helped to teach a bioengineering capstone course of about 20 students for six weeks. There was also a “control class” of bioengineering students that did not take Burgoyne’s class.

Pfeiffer and Burgoyne assigned the students journal entries for each class, in which they wrote down their reflections after the activity.

Burgoyne said a lot of students wrote about how their minds changed completely after the class.

One student wrote about how he realized there’s “no reason” he can’t be himself and act silly during a class activity.

“There’s no rule that says you can’t be an excellent engineer if you step

T H E M A N E AT E R | N E W S | NOV. 8, 2017 comes an effort to push energy conservation and efficiency on campus. New systems of lighting, heating and cooling all help save not only energy, but money as well.

“We’re using higher-efficiency lighting technologies,” Coffin said.

“We automate the healing and cooling systems and optimize them.

We change out components to more efficient ones, things like motors and coils. We also deal with energy standards and design so that when campus builds a new building or renovates a building, the most efficient energy standards are in place.

We’ve been very successful; we’ve reduced the energy consumption by 21 percent per square foot in educational spaces.”

Reduced energy consumption in academic buildings since 1990 has been economically beneficial for the university, as it has saved nearly $9.5 million annually in utility costs and $85 million cumulatively.

Not only is less energy being used, but more and more of it is becoming renewable as well. Currently, 37 percent of energy on campus is in a renewable form, whether it be biomass, solar or wind, and coal consumption has been reduced by 73 percent. As a result, MU’s release of greenhouse gases has been lowered by more than 50 percent since 2008.

The EPA’s Green Power Partnership, which presented MU with the leadership award, ranks MU sixth in

the nation among major institutions for its use of “green” electric energy, behind such companies as Wal-Mart and Apple.

Thanks to its sustainabilty projects and new energy efficiency systems, MU has performed well in national standards tests such as the Sustainability Tracking and Rating System. The university is one of 76 universities to earn a “gold” STARS rating, and one of two in the SEC, along with the University of Georgia.

A total of 368 universities are a part of STARS. “My role here as a sustainability manager is benchmarking for sustainability,” Sustainability Office manager Raghu Raghavan said. “I collect metrics on all aspects of sustainability on our campus, and then report that. STARS is the benchmarking tool that I use for that.”

Eight buildings on MU’s campus have also passed Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, the global system for determining how well buildings meet green energy standards.

“LEED has their own set of very extensive criteria that we need to satisfy in order to reach gold status or platinum status,” Raghavan said.

One building, Johnston/Wolpers Hall, has platinum certification.

Four other buildings have gold certification and three others have normal certification. Seven other

buildings are currently in the evaluation process, with four to be completed by early spring.

Looking to the future, making buildings solar ready and solar reliant is one of the university’s goals, and possibly even building new buildings that feature solar energy as an integral source, but it’s not without its hurdles.

“Solar energy in this area of the country is not as cost-effective as other areas of the country,” Coffin said. “Here in central Missouri, we don’t have as much sun and our electric rates are low. It’s hard to invest in solar energy, but the cost in solar is going down. We’re thinking there’s a crossing point here in the near future where we think it’ll be cost effective for the university to start building solar system, and it makes sense to integrate those in our buildings.”

However, the university continues to focus on what has brought it success so far and looks to continue to improve its environmental efforts.

“We’re still focusing on our priorities,” Coffin said. “We’re big on continuous improvement, so we’re constantly looking for ways to improve our reliability, our efficiency and our sustainability, so we always have things going on in those particular areas.”

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certain positions,” said Joseph Sell, author of the bill. “We shouldn’t have to hold [MSA senators] to a higher standard than what is necessary if they aren’t receiving any compensation.”

The bill also stipulates that students must not only maintain the minimum GPA required by MU, but also maintain the minimum GPA for their individual colleges as well, said Tim Davis, chair of the Campus and Community Relations Committee.

Despite the changes brought forth by the bill, Davis said it is unlikely that they will have a great effect on MSA representatives.

“Most everybody that’s in MSA has a fairly good GPA from what I know,” Davis said. “FERPA and privacy laws prevent me from knowing what people’s GPAs are, but in the four years that I’ve been here, I’ve never seen anyone removed from office because of their academic standing.”

While the bill’s impact is unknown,

it serves as a reminder for many of the importance of academics in leadership positions.

“I think it serves as a reminder that even though we are student leaders on this campus, we are students first and leaders second and our main mission here is to graduate,” Davis said.

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outside the traditional engineering box,” Burgoyne read from the journal entry.

This was a significant discovery for Burgoyne. She said she realized how students can benefit by learning from theater students.

Pfeiffer said most engineering students are apprehensive of the theater course at first. However, as the weeks go on, the students adjust.

“Once we engage them and they actually understand what we’re doing, they absolutely love it,” he said.

Burgoyne agreed with this statement and said the “buy-in” from students has become an issue. Most engineering students don’t want to participate in an environment that requires taking risks, she said. They’re afraid of failure and making mistakes in front of other people. “[Engineering students] listen to lectures and they build things, but they don’t do all this stuff where they have to learn to take risks,” she said. “You have to be able to take risks in order to be creative. If you’re afraid of taking risks, you can’t do anything new.”

In addition, Burgoyne distributed selfefficacy tests based on how the students saw themselves in terms of their own abilities in the capstone course.

Burgoyne said students enrolled in the creativity course improved twice as

much compared to the control class.

“That really seemed to us an indication that we might really have something here,” she said.

From there, Pfeiffer and Burgoyne applied for a grant from Mizzou Advantage, which provided them with funds for another course the following year.

The bioengineering design course is taught twice a week, with lectures on Tuesdays and the theater-based class on Thursdays for an hour and 15 minutes. Pfeiffer said he always sees more students in the Thursday theaterrelated class as opposed to the lecture on Tuesday.

The Thursday class has a variety of activities, Pfeiffer said. For example, one of the first activities is called “40 ways to cross a room.” It involves students splitting into groups and crossing from one side of the room to another in any way they’d like. The only rule is that they can’t do something that another group has already done.

Pfeiffer said that the first group will typically walk, the next group will run, the third might hop. Eventually, it gets to a point where the students are struggling for ideas to get from one end to the other. This is when you see students doing piggyback rides and hopping on one foot, the more “creative

and silly” methods, Pfeiffer said.

Pfeiffer said this demonstrates the importance of implementing divergent thinking in classrooms. He said most teachers teach using convergent thinking, by asking a question that has one answer and only one way to achieve that answer.

With divergent thinking, Pfeiffer said, there are multiple ways to achieve an answer. He relates this back to his engineering design class by explaining to them that the first couple of answers or solutions they have for any given problem will most likely already have been thought of; they’re the “boring” ideas.

However, with more creative and divergent thinking, engineers can find more outside-the-box solutions.

Pfeiffer said he hopes his students understand that they are inherently creative and have the opportunity within the classroom to participate in risk-taking activities.

“I want them to take out of it that it’s okay to be wrong; it’s okay to fail,” he said. “I want them to take chances and I want them to utilize what we give them here in different ways.”

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DANCE EXHIBITION

Festival of South African Dance highlights cultural identities, struggles This interactive, cultural narrative ended in singing, dancing and a standing ovation.

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for [the audience] to [understand] but sharing a story that everyone can feel happy [about] and relate [to].”

For Jennie Belzer, a Columbia resident, Nojokes’ goal was successfully met. An avid theatergoer for Jesse Auditorium’s series events, Belzer saw the festival as “unique,” unable to compare it to anything she’s ever seen before.

“We like to expose ourselves to all different kinds of cultures, so this is a snapshot into something we’ve never seen before,” Belzer said.

With all of the different elements incorporated into the production and performance of this event, Motluong most enjoyed crafting the project from its start. Now, as he witnesses the success of the Festival of South African Dance, he acknowledges that the group’s hard work has paid off. “[My] favorite part is always the creation, to create such magic,” Motluong said. “You’re always grateful to see when people clap. We begin to say, ‘Oh, we were justified in what we did.’”

As Gumboots and Pantsula Dance

Companies tour across the country, Nojokes is prepared to give each performance all they have, for the audience, for the story and for each other.

“Being part of this group ... we became a family basically,” Nojokes said. “And for us to share this story, it’s amazing. We would do this over [and] over [and] over basically.

That’s how much we love what we do.”

According to Terry Claassen, Belzer’s mother and Unionville, Missouri, resident, the Festival of South African Dance was unlike anything she had ever seen before.

With the intricate plot line and interactive elements, Claassen was sad to see the theater not at maximum capacity.

“I was really sad that there weren’t more people here to see it,” Claassen said. “I think the audience here was into it; I think they really enjoyed it. They did a lot of whistling and hollering and clapping.”

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With rhythmic stepping, two Gumboots Dance Company performers use South African dance to represent life working in mines. Gumboots partnered with Pantsula Dance Company in the Festival of South African Dance, a national touring performance series, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.

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“For us, it is very much important to share the roots of the dance, especially these unique two dance styles, which [are] from the underground mines and also in the townships, so these two different environments,” Modiga said. “So it’s very much important for us to take everyone through it so they can understand exactly where we

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With the booming resonance of cultural stepping and singing, performers of the Festival of South African Dance took the stage in Jesse Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Nov. 2. With about 200 people in attendance, the two-hour dance performance was split into two interactive parts: the first featuring the Gumboots Dance Company and the second featuring the Pantsula Dance Company.

Although showcasing dance styles from two different parts of South Africa, the companies came together after a year of production work for this touring series. According to Artistic Director Sello Modiga of Real Actions Pantsula, mixing the two styles was an important way the performers felt their story could be

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are coming from and where’s the meeting point of the two [dance styles].”

In the first half of the show, Gumboots Dance Company told the story of a group of miners struggling to make ends meet and trying to overcome their harsh working conditions. With a mix of live music and rhythmic stepping, the performers persevered through artistic self-expression, according to Director Thapelo Motluong of the company. As for the second portion, five Pantsula Dance Company dancers and a DJ played a group of friends struggling to find work in South Africa, depicted with modern syncopated stepping.

“At least for the two hours we took them to South Africa, we [are] hoping that we took them on a journey into South Africa,” Motluong said. “They’re going to see the dark history of South Africa. They’re going to see how we’ve danced ... and they get a little bit about the heritage of South Africa because the two [dance groups] are very important to the heritage of South Africa.”

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FASHION

The first semester evolves college style When your alarm goes off, you have an 8 a.m. class and it’s 40 degrees outside, what’s easiest to put on?

PAIGE WILLIAMS

Columnist

In college, no one will judge you for showing up to class in your sweats, or even your pajamas.

Walking across campus, you are bound to see an endless number of people in sweatshirts, yoga pants, joggers and T-shirts.

Between high school and college, something changes. In high school, I wore jeans. In college, I wear leggings. No matter how much effort you put into your outfits in high school, it seems the majority of college students lose their desire to wear nicer clothes to class.

I have fallen victim to this as well.

Before coming to college, I always heard things about how college students dressed lazily. I, however, swore that would not be me.

By the third week, I was wearing athletic clothes daily.

After talking with some of my friends, I concluded I wasn’t the only one. Sophia Gonzalez is one of my friends at MU. We bonded over our love for fashion. We’re always sharing things with each other on Instagram, reminiscing about the days when we wore jeans in public.

“I was pretty trendy,” Gonzalez said. “I was always trying to wear the latest styles … It was kind of a hobby for me. I spent so much time

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putting my outfits together. I would look at social media for inspiration.”

However, just like with me, it didn’t take her long to notice the effort she once put into her outfits was disappearing.

“Everyone here wears something they just throw on,” Gonzalez said.

“People wear sweatpants to class.

Here, you’re walking a lot and there isn’t really a reason to dress up ‘cause you’re just going to go back to your dorm or apartment.”

I have a three-point theory about why college students dress this way.

First, everyone around you is doing it. This sounds bad, because yes, you should be your own person.

If you are more comfortable wearing jeans or cute dresses, you should absolutely do that. But when you show up to class and the girl sitting next to you has on Uggs, leggings and a giant sweatshirt, that’s all you’re going to want to wear. I do not want to get up any earlier than I have to. If that means I can wear the most comfortable pair of sweatpants I own and go about my day, I am okay with that.

Secondly, college students are much busier than high school students. Coming to college, you have so much more to manage: going to class, homework, studying, laundry, grocery shopping, jobs and more. I don’t really have the time, energy or desire to put a bunch of effort into my look. I am way more comfortable running around all day in leggings and a T-shirt.

Also, squeezing in a workout can be a challenge. If I’m already dressed to work out, that’s one less excuse I have to skip.

Finally, this is the last time in your life it might actually be appropriate to dress like this in public. I’m not talking about a nice sweater with cute joggers and a stylish pair of shoes. What I’m talking about are the Wal-Mart sweatpants I bought on sale for $5 the other day with a giant Mizzou sweatshirt. In your life after college, people will be concerned if you go out in public dressed as such. I don’t see why I shouldn’t take advantage of that.

In high school, Gonzalez wore skinny jeans and crop tops. Now, she exclusively wears leggings and sweatshirts in an effort to be as comfortable as possible.

I think that on some level we all relate to this. We all walk around campus in our sweats and baseball caps. And we understand why: On college campuses, comfort rules.

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ALBUM REVIEW

Niall Horan’s folk-like sound shines in solo debut

Flicker has a mellow feel that varies widely from other recent pop works.

ASHLEY DORF

Columnist

2017 has been a year of big musical releases, and former One Direction member Niall Horan added a solid solo debut to the mix. Horan released his highly anticipated album Flicker on Oct. 20. Other One Direction members also began solo careers after the group went on hiatus, and Horan is the third member to release a solo debut album after Zayn Malik and Harry Styles.

Lead single “This Town” and follow-up “Slow Hands” were released before the album dropped.

It was clear from the sound of both songs that Horan would take a more mellow, folk sound than his once bandmates. This rings true after listening to the remainder of the album, which is a solid debut for a pop artist and certainly one of the best releases in mainstream music this year.

The first track, “On The Loose,” is a perfect way to start the album. A funky melody is present throughout,

and the track is upbeat but not overpowering. It’s easy to nod your head to this song, too. Lyrically, the song describes a girl whom every person falls for. Horan sings, “She’ll dance in the dark/A real work of art/ Her eyes could burn down the room.”

Similarly, “Mirrors” shines from a lyrical and production standpoint.

The song is very easy to listen and groove along to. Behind the sound, however, the song is darker than it seems. “Mirrors” describes a woman who is unable to express her true sadness. Horan sings, “She looks into her mirror/Wishing someone could hear her, so loud.”

“This Town” follows with its soft guitar strumming and simple melody.

Of any song on the album, Horan’s overall sound is most present in this song. It makes sense that he released it as the first single.

The fifth track, a ballad called “Too Much To Ask,” is the third and most recent single from Flicker.

The song is lyrically strong, with lines like “My shadow’s dancing/ Without you for the first time” and “I forget you’re not here when I close my eyes/Do you still think of me sometimes?” But it does fall a bit short. Horan seems to restrain his voice and does not fully portray the

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emotion the lyrics describe.

A surprising highlight was “Seeing Blind,” a duet with rising country star Maren Morris. Horan sings the first verse, with Morris providing harmony. They join together in full force during the chorus, and Morris takes the second verse. Horan and Morris have surprisingly compatible voices, and the song is a pleasant portrayal of the album and the styles of both artists.

Critics agree that Horan has put out a solid start to his solo career

that strays from his bubblegum pop origins, giving the album generally positive reviews. It will be interesting to see what Horan does to diversify his sound in the future –– many songs on the album are similar in their simplicity, tone and musical production. As a whole, however, Flicker is an impressive album with significant lyrical substance and a laid-back folk feel.

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ART EXHIBIT

The Joan Crawford Effect reveals the life of a star who spent time in Columbia The exhibit at Stephens College gives insight to the life of a classic film star and her time in Columbia.

JANE MATHER-GLASS

Staff Writer

Stephens College is offering the chance to find out more about a classic film star with its fall exhibit on Joan Crawford. The exhibit displays some of Crawford’s classic costumes and outfits as well as many details about her life.

Stephens fashion professor Lori Hall-Araujo curated the exhibit after finding out about Crawford’s Columbia roots. She also found a copy of one of Crawford’s iconic dresses and wanted to display it.

“Macy’s sold over 50,000 copies of this dress, but I had never seen one in an exhibit,” Hall-Araujo said.

Although that figure was an exaggeration used to market the “Letty Lynton” dress, named after a 1932 film

of the same name, the gown did have an immense impact on fashion. Interpretations of the gown have been worn as wedding dresses in every decade since.

According to this exhibit, Crawford worked at the dining hall at Stephens to help cover her tuition, which, Hall-Araujo added, was likely embarrassing for her, since she had to serve her peers while they ate formal, sit-down meals. Crawford left Stephens after her first semester but kept in close contact with Stephens’ thenPresident James Madison Wood for years. Some of their letters and exchanges are displayed as well.

The exhibit also investigates the controversies of Crawford’s life, including the film based off her daughter Christina’s memoir, Mommie Dearest. The film depicts Crawford as an abusive mother, though, according to the exhibit, this was disputed by two of Crawford’s other children.

The exhibit also discusses her relationship and rivalry with fellow actress Bette Davis.

Skirt suits and dresses worn by Crawford in the late 1930s and early 1940s are displayed at Lela Raney Wood Hall at Stephens College. PHOTO BY KATE SEAMAN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The centerpiece of the exhibit is a copy of the white organdy gown that Crawford wore in Letty Lynton. These copies sold by Macy’s have the same puffy shoulders and cinched waist that the original dress had, as well as some simple floral designs.

In the exhibit, it stands alongside an indigo dress

that’s similar in style. Also on display are three skirt suits designed by Elsa Schiaparelli.

The exhibit explained that Crawford was drawn to Schiaparelli’s designs because they emphasized her broad shoulders and made her waist look smaller.

The exhibit is a fascinating glimpse into cinema’s past

and its historical ties to Columbia. Stephens changes these exhibits every few months. The Joan Crawford Effect is available until Dec. 17 in the mezzanine of Lela Raney Wood Hall on College Ave. Edited by Brooke Collier bcollier@themaneater.com

DAD

From jokes to Greek life: a look at the rise of the Mizzou Dad shirt If you thought it was just parents wearing shirts that say “Mizzou Mom” or “Mizzou Dad,” you thought wrong.

KATIE HARFF

Columnist

No matter what you’re involved in, there is probably a shirt out there for your parents to buy so they can claim some credit for the person they created. In high school, many parents consider themselves to be a “soccer dad” or “dance mom.” But college calls for a simple shirt that says “Mizzou Mom” or “Mizzou Dad.” It would be easy to assume only parents would be wearing this apparel, but many students on MU’s campus do, too.

There are a couple possible explanations behind this trend.

First, maybe Greek life culture is partially to blame.

MU junior Alex Krawiecki is in a sorority and is very aware of this campus trend.

“I see other girls in my

sorority doing it for their biglittle pairing, so I think that is part of the reason,” Krawiecki said.

This trend isn’t just seen in sororities, though — fraternity men are on board too.

It is possible these college men just want the dad image.

Are they trying to impress women? Do they want to be the king of football Saturday?

Who knows. What we do know is they are sporting shirts with “Mizzou Dad” across the front.

The second theory is simple. People wear these shirts because, well, a T-shirt is a T-shirt, and that’s all there is to it.

This is college, and fellow students tend to be forgiving of all fashion choices. You can dress up, you can dress down or you can just stay in bed and not even worry about what you’re going to wear that day. No matter what category fits you, there are going to be days where all that you want is a comfortable, and most likely oversized, T-shirt.

Krawiecki agrees with the fact that sometimes it doesn’t matter what is on the T-shirt.

“People do it because they are just Mizzou T-shirts,”

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Krawiecki said.

All other theories aside, the trend could just be a joke.

MU freshman Ryan Giesing sees it as something simple to laugh at and owns a “Mizzou Dad” shirt himself.

“My sister, Victoria, got it for me as a graduation present,” Giesing said. “She thought it would be funny.”

As far as this trend goes, Giesing isn’t convinced it’s truly a fashion trend here to

stay.

“I see it as more of a joke that caught [on],” Giesing said. “It will be temporary.”

So, it has been established that there are students wearing Mizzou mom and dad shirts around campus. I can tell you it wasn’t something I expected to see, but college is full of unexpected things.

The first time I saw it, I most likely laughed to myself as I walked past the student, but then I started seeing it over and over again. It has gotten a little overdone and doesn’t have the same effect as it did when the person who thought of the idea came up with it.

Now it’s just another common sighting, like Ugg boots and oversized sweatshirts. Even though it has become more common, that doesn’t mean it’s not a little strange.

“I think it’s a little weird,” Krawiecki said. “But I’d probably do it, too.”

Who knows how long this trend will last, but it’s here for now. We might as well laugh and make the most of the weird things college kids do.

Edited by Claire Colby ccolby@themaneater.com

SPORTS

Online this week: Swim and dive places second at Saluki Invite, volleyball earns third straight win and more at themaneater.com.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Women’s basketball takes down McKendree in final preseason exhibition The Tigers took down McKendree 80-30 behind 13 points from junior Sophie Cunningham.

ANDY KIMBALL

Staff Writer

Senior Jordan Frericks grabbed a rebound, turned and threw an outlet pass the length of the court, hitting junior Sophie Cunningham in stride for a breakaway layup with 7:50 left in the second quarter.

Suddenly, the duo was back together.

Frericks and Cunningham led the Tigers to an 80-30 win over McKendree University in Missouri’s second and final exhibition game Monday night.

In the 2015-16 season, Cunningham and Frericks led the Tigers to their first NCAA tournament berth in a decade and their first NCAA tournament win since 2001. Cunningham led the team in scoring and was the SEC Freshman of the Year while Frericks was the team’s leading rebounder and was named second-team All-SEC. Sophie Cunningham pauses outside the key to redirect an offensive play against Truman State in 2016. MANEATER FILE PHOTO Frericks missed all of last season with a torn ACL and Cunningham “It's amazing,” Cunningham said the country knows it. It's nice to have way performance with nine points, was only able to play six minutes seven rebounds and two assists to go in the Tigers’ first exhibition game after the exhibition. “Not just her our little duo back together."

Cunningham scored a game- with four steals and two blocks in 17 before she was forced out with a play on the basketball court, but her leadership. Everyone looks up to high 13 points and grabbed seven minutes. wrist injury.

Now, Cunningham is happy for Jordan. And she's just a strong body rebounds in 15 minutes, while FINAL | Page 15 inside. She's a beast and everyone in Frericks put together a solid twoFrericks to be back on the court.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Amina Ismail continues family tennis tradition in final season at Mizzou Ismail has followed in her family’s footsteps with 154 collegiate career wins.

TOBY LOWE

Staff Writer

A familiar voice shouts from the blistering hot stands overlooking the Mizzou Tennis Complex during a match on Sept. 21.

“So good, Amina … so good!”

The voice belongs to Shaaheda Ismail, senior Amina Ismail’s mother.

Ismail’s collegiate tennis career is a long time coming. She spent her childhood growing up by the courts, as tennis is a family affair for the Ismails.

“My dad is a tennis coach and so that’s why my brother and sister and I all play, all around, my relatives, everyone plays,” she said.

Her mom's large vocal presence, according to Ismail, is a new sensation.

“It's nice because she doesn’t get to come to all of them so when she does come it's definitely motivating

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for sure,” she said.

Ismail, who’s from Maineville, Ohio, spent her first two seasons competing close to home at Xavier University in Cincinnati. After the 2015-16 academic year, she

transferred to Missouri.

The decision to leave home did not come easily. After all, Ohio is where her family is. Her sister, Safiyya, played collegiate tennis at the University of Cincinnati and her

brother, Ra'ees, played at Xavier from 2005-09.

Ra’ees’ presence weighed heavily on Amina when it came time to commit to a university.

“It was a definitely huge factor for me because he has always been a pretty big influence in my life,” Ismail said.

Ismail was nothing short of sensational during her time at Xavier, collecting a staggering 88 victories over two years. But Ismail strove for more, opting to take her talents to the Southeastern Conference.

“There’s definitely a whole bunch of things that went into the decision, but one of the main ones was that I really just wanted to compete at a much higher level,” Ismail said. “I looked at all my options; I wanted to compete in the SEC and after talking to coach [Colt] Gaston about it, I knew that this was the right decision for me.”

After one year in the SEC, it’s safe to say Ismail has thrived with the heightened competition.

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Analyzing Mizzou men’s basketball’s 2017-18 schedule The Tigers are set to battle tough competition, including Kentucky, Iowa State and Florida.

GARRETT JONES

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It’s been a long offseason for Missouri basketball and its fans.

The team is just days away from what many have been waiting for for months: the tipoff of the Tigers’ 2017-18 season. With new talent on Missouri’s roster, first-year head coach Cuonzo Martin and the rest of the Mizzou Athletics staff scheduled more difficult opponents. Missouri ranks 46th in strength of schedule, according to TeamRankings.com.

Below is a look at Missouri’s biggest games on its schedule and what Tiger fans will need to watch for as the team takes the floor.

Nonconference matchups

Freshman big man Jeremiah Tilmon shoots a free throw against Kansas on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017. PHOTO BY ADAM COLE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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There’s no question this year’s schedule is much tougher than the season prior (Missouri was ranked 82nd in strength of schedule in 2016-17, according to CBS Sports). For a young team with a first-year head coach, much of Missouri’s success will be contingent upon performing well against strong competition.

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of two teams coming off of especially strong offseasons after Missouri brought in the No. 4 recruiting class in the country, while Alabama brought in the No. 8 class, according to 247Sports.

Game that may be tougher than it seems: Jan. 20 at Texas A&M The Aggies return bona fide NBA prospect Robert Williams III, who stars alongside developed role players and solid coaching

Most intriguing matchup: Feb. 24 at Kentucky Three weeks to the date after their first meeting on Feb 3., Missouri and Kentucky will meet again, this time in Lexington, Kentucky.

This game figures to have major implications for the SEC standings and, given how difficult it is to win at Rupp Arena, it is without a doubt the toughest game on Missouri’s schedule.

Must-win matchup: Jan. 31 at Alabama This one will be a battle

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teams played one another.

Any conference win will be extremely valuable for the Tigers, and getting the home win over Kentucky would be crucial for position in the conference standings.

Game that may be tougher than it seems: Jan. 10 vs. Georgia The Bulldogs are led by preseason All-SEC FirstTeam selection Yante Maten, who is arguably the most dynamic offensive playmaker in the SEC. Maten will pose an outstanding defensive test for Missouri early on in conference play.

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Most intriguing matchup: Jan. 6 vs. Florida Missouri’s matchup against the Gators is its first home conference game of the 201718 season. Florida made it all the way to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament last season and returns many of its key contributors.

Must-win matchup: Feb. 3 vs. Kentucky This game has the potential to provide the most exciting atmosphere at a Missouri athletics event in a long time. Even as the Tigers took the court with just seven wins in 2016 against the Wildcats, Mizzou Arena was electric when the two

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ability could create matchup challenges for Missouri.

Worth noting is the possibility of Missouri facing West Virginia when the two teams play in the Advocare Invitational from Nov. 23-26 in Orlando, Florida.

West Virginia is the most intimidating opponent in the field and could prove to be a difficult matchup should the Tigers and Mountaineers meet in the tournament's championship game.

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Most intriguing matchup: Nov. 10 vs. Iowa State The debuts and attention surrounding freshmen Blake Harris, Michael Porter Jr., Jontay Porter, Jeremiah Tilmon and coach Martin will be the main focus of Friday night’s season opener. The Iowa State Cyclones, who made the second round of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship tournament, will be a gauge for how the newcomers can play as a cohesive unit against a formidable opponent during the early part of the season.

Must-win matchup: Dec. 23 vs. Illinois 2017’s Braggin’ Rights game will be held at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

While Missouri and Illinois no longer compete on the football field, the rivalry is alive and well on the hardwood. After dramatic offseasons for both teams, there will be loads of storylines surrounding this game, and all eyes will be on Tilmon, who faces the same Illini team he decommitted from in April.

Game that may be tougher than it seems: Dec. 19 vs. Stephen F. Austin The Lumberjacks have made the NCAA tournament three out of the last four seasons and return TJ Holyfield, who led the team in scoring last season. His 6-foot-8 frame and scoring

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Missouri wrestling finds another place on campus to wrestle After practicing at the Student Center and competing at Jesse Hall last season, the Tigers discovered a new spot on Saturday: Mizzou Softball Stadium.

HANNAH HOFFMEISTER

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Where the pitcher’s rubber is usually planted in the compact dirt infield, there was a large mat with a Missouri Tigers logo. Where there are usually softball fans, there were 1,810 Tiger Style wrestling fans.

The No. 5-ranked Missouri wrestling team began its season with its first outdoor wrestling match in team history on Saturday. Mizzou Softball Stadium, which opened in March, hosted the team’s dual against No. 12 Illinois.

“I felt like the fans were right on top of the mat, and you could just feel — well, for me, personally — I could feel, like, the electricity,” redshirt junior Grant Leeth said.

Due to injury, the 149-pounder had not competed since his 201415 freshman season at Duke. Leeth won his match against No. 17-ranked Illinois redshirt sophomore Eric Barone in the Tigers’ 20-17 win.

“Warming up in the dugout was kinda weird, like, not typical for a wrestler, but it was super cool,” Leeth said. “I loved every minute of it.”

Jay Luksis, senior associate athletic director, said the team had been talking about doing an outdoor match since the

Fans watch matside as Missouri wrestling takes on Illinois at Mizzou Softball Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. PHOTO BY BENNETT DURANDO | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER schedule came out on Sept. 12.

“We prayed for no rain, for warm weather, and we’ll take a cloudy day in the 50s and 60s in November,” Luksis said.

The home opener attendance surpassed every home match last year but one, the Jan. 27 match against Oklahoma State, which saw 2,509 fans. Attendance reached 1,000 people in six out of the seven home matches last year but reached over 1,500 only twice.

“The atmosphere was really cool,” head coach Brian Smith said. “The fans came out, and I think they really enjoyed it.”

On Friday, the day before the home opener, the softball team challenged the wrestling team to a kickball game in Hearnes Center. For Smith, this was

another opportunity to let his team have fun.

“They’re kids; I think sometimes we forget about that,” Smith said.

“These are student-athletes, and they should still have fun. I want them to look back on their experience and say, ‘Wow, man, that was awesome. I loved wrestling for Mizzou.’”

The wrestling team won after a competitive game.

“My office is right below where the wrestling room is, so I can hear when there’s stuff going on upstairs,” Luksis said of the kickball game. “And you heard a whole bunch of ruckus and stuff going on up there, so I walked up and just watched ’em. It’s just great camaraderie between teams supporting each other. All in good fun.”

Smith also said the softball team

came to the match at the stadium.

“Day before, not many coaches would let their team play kickball with other teams, and we played for an hour with the softball team, having fun,” Smith said.

The team will host duals against Truman State, Missouri Valley College and Central Missouri on Nov. 12 — this time, at Hearnes Center as usual.

After a preseason practice in the MU Student Center and the outdoor dual, Luksis said he doesn’t envision any additional events planned beyond the typical regular season activities.

“But you never know,” Luksis said.

“I may come in on Monday, and coach Smith may have a new idea, and I’m all for it.”

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COLUMN

The power of sports: What the Houston Astros’ championship showed the nation As the Astros’ championship proved, there is nothing that brings people together quite like sports.

BLAKE HECKEL

Columnist

As second baseman José Altuve threw the ball to first baseman Yuli Gurriel for the final out of the World Series last week, a wave of emotion came over me.

Growing up in Dallas as a Texas Rangers fan, I should have been disgusted by another Texas team winning a championship. But this was much different.

As someone who has friends and family in Houston, I couldn’t help but feel happy for the entire Houston community, a community that is just over two months removed from enduring one of the worst hurricanes the country has ever seen.

For the city of Houston, this championship means everything to a lot of people. The Houston Astros were the only thing they had left. I teared up watching the team celebrate. I teared up watching people react on Twitter. I teared up watching the parade.

The Houston Astros’ story is one of

José Altuve and Yuli Gurriel, members of the 2017 World Series-winning Houston Astros. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA triumph, hope and perseverance. After the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey in late August, thousands of people in the Houston area struggled without food, water and shelter. Many lost their homes, their belongings and some even lost loved ones.

However, through it all, their beloved Houston Astros gave them hope as they remained one of the best teams in baseball heading into the postseason.

In their championship run, the Astros finished with a postseason record of 11-7, including two Game 7 victories in the ALCS and the World

Series. Out of the nine games played at home in the postseason, the Astros won in front of their home crowd eight times. Furthermore, in those nine home games, the Astros scored 51 runs as opposed to the 27 runs scored on the road.

To sweeten the pot, this was the first World Series title for the Astros in franchise history, as well as the first championship in a major sport for Houston since the 1995 Rockets.

However, this story goes beyond the team’s triumph. Take Astros catcher Evan Gattis. Gattis had a long journey from a catcher at Texas A&M to a World Series champion. Before

finding a home in Houston, Gattis battled with mental illness, substance abuse and homelessness.

Players like Gattis represent the heart that fueled Houston’s championship, embodied by the players, the Astros organization and the community.

The 2017 postseason was one of the greatest postseasons that the baseball world will ever see. The most deserving team won it all, the storylines were incredible and the games were fun to watch. However, above all, this postseason allowed the entire Houston community to rally around a baseball team during unimaginably tough times.

There isn’t a baseball fan, or a sports fan for that matter, that shouldn’t be happy for the Houston Astros and the city of Houston for their outstanding accomplishments not only in baseball but in hurricane relief, in their communal efforts and in their perseverance.

The Houston Strong campaign will go down as one of the most memorable runs in baseball history, and it will be the gold standard for the impact sports can have on society.

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NCAA tournament, I guess,” Ismail said. “Individually, I would love to go back for doubles and hopefully become an All-American.”

As the fall comes to a close, Ismail has one season left to compete collegiately in the sport that has been played by members of her family for generations.

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way for the Tigers. Michael scored eight of her 10 points in the second half to go along with six rebounds, three assists and a 2-for-5 performance from behind the arc.

Next up, the Tigers will open the regular season in Iowa City, Iowa, where they will take on Western Kentucky in the Hawkeye Challenge on Nov. 10.

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“Now that I have been here all last year and coming in as team captain, I take on a much bigger role in terms of leading the team, especially because we have so many new people, showing them what it's like and how things go,” she said.

With just one tournament left in the 2017 fall season, Ismail has lofty goals for the spring.

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Overall, head coach Robin Pingeton was pleased with the Tigers’ defensive improvement as Missouri forced 22 McKendree turnovers and converted those turnovers into 34 points.

“I saw a greater sense of urgency on the defensive end today,” Pingeton said. “I thought our effort was much better. I thought our ball pressure was better.”

In the second half, redshirt senior Kayla Michael led the

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how dangerous they can be.

According to Ismail, they have natural chemistry.

“We definitely get along really well, and our eye for doubles tends to go well together,” Ismail said. “I guess you could say we just push each other really well.”

Ismail’s role on the team is different as she enters her final season. She is in the midst of her second year with the Tigers, serving as team captain.

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“[My knee] isn’t something I think about during the game,” Frericks said. “It was my goal to get to that point.

I’ve had no pain throughout my journey. So far, I feel strong and confident.”

The key factor for the Tigers was defensive pressure.

With Frericks playing at the point of Missouri’s full-court press, the Tigers were able to force six turnovers in the first quarter. Missouri ended the quarter on a 22-2 run en route to a 31-7 lead.

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Ismail led the Tigers with 32 overall victories last season and along with her partner Bea Machado Santos, qualified for the NCAA Doubles Tournament.

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Freshman Marta Oliveira is her new doubles partner and the duo seems to have avoided any early growing pains. Opening the season ranked No. 32 in the Oracle/ ITA Division I Women's Preseason National Doubles Rankings, the duo ripped off three straight wins advancing to the quarterfinals at the ITA Central Regional in October, giving a glimpse of

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Cunningham, who led the Tigers in scoring last season, had her right hand and wrist wrapped up for the game after exiting the Tigers’ game against Southwest Baptist with a wrist injury.

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couple times for the Tigers and hit a three from the wing.

Cunningham said her hand felt fine and that she’s ready to go for the regular season.

“I’m good,” Cunningham said. “[The hand] is very healthy. I’m very competitive, so if there’s a game, I’m gonna try to go. I have to be smart in these kind of situations, but I knew I’d be fine.”

Frericks has also put her knee injury behind her.

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Club golf team pushes for strong finish at national championships Founded just five years ago, the team is already one of the most successful club sports at Mizzou.

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Missouri’s club golf team first came into existence in the spring of 2012. In the fall of that same year, it gained membership in the National Collegiate Club Golf Association. A year later, the team won the fall 2013 NCCGA Central Region title, and it hasn’t looked back since.

Four years and eight semester-long seasons later, the club wrapped up its ninth straight regional title on Oct. 15, part of a run of success that goes back to the team winning the fall 2014 NCCGA national championship in a tie with Clemson University. On Oct. 29, the team confirmed that it would once again compete in the national tournament, held Dec. 1-3 in Las Vegas.

“Every time we go to nationals, every semester we go, we try to win,” club President Clayton Voss said. “Since we’ve won in the past, we know we have the talent to do it.”

If Mizzou wins again this December, it will likely be with a heavy contribution from junior Dillon Eaton, the reigning individual national champion from last spring.

“Dillon is usually our best player,” senior Bret Cigelnik said. “It keeps everyone motivated because everyone is always trying to beat him, so hopefully that will motivate us to shoot lower scores at nationals this year.”

Eaton, who also serves as the club treasurer, estimates that he has been playing golf competitively since the eighth grade. He had hopes of competing at the NCAA level before suffering an injury in his junior year of high school that hurt his chances of landing a scholarship. He

played club golf at South Carolina for his first semester of college before transferring to Missouri.

“Going into [the fall 2016 national tournament], I thought my game was in really good shape and just didn’t play as well as I would have liked to,” Eaton said. “Last semester, I just really focused on that month before nationals, really prepping hard to be ready for it.”

Eaton’s hard work paid off when he topped the 247-player field last April to claim the national title, but he still has his eyes on improving upon Mizzou’s 11th-place finish in the team standings.

“We’ve been known to have good regular seasons and then get into nationals and not perform the way we’d like to,” Eaton said. “I’d like to leave nationals feeling like our team played as well as we’re capable of.”

Club golf competitions consist of two-round tournaments made up of teams of eight golfers. The top five scores from each round for each team are combined to calculate an overall team score. While NCCGA competition is officially co-ed, Missouri and most other teams around the country are predominantly male.

Club golf’s national competitions are traditionally dominated by schools from the southern part of the country, who, unlike Missouri, enjoy year-round, golf-friendly weather.

However, Cigelnik sees a possible advantage for the Tigers hidden in this difficulty.

“Our scores at the regionals aren’t as [good] as other scores, say in the West or the South [Regions], because our conditions are a little tough,” he said. “[As a result], we’re usually projected [to do] not that well, but we finish way better than what we should.”

The regional competition is a twotournament series that makes up the club golf regular season. Mizzou won both Central Region tournaments this fall, outshooting schools such

Dillon Eaton PHOTO COURTESY OF MIZZOU CLUB GOLF

as Kansas, Missouri State and Saint Louis University. The Tigers’ regionwinning scores were enough for a runner-up finish in Zone 3, a broader geographical grouping set by the NCCGA that determines nationals qualification. “[It’s] pretty much the same core group returning from the last two semesters, where we placed top five and top 15 [as a team at nationals],” Voss said. “So we have pretty high expectations.”

Although the tournament roster is likely to be veteran heavy, the team employs a merit-based system to set its competitive teams.

“At the beginning of semesters, we have a tryout process,” Voss said. “Generally, our goal is to keep

24 people … Each week [during the season], we have a weekend round on Sunday … and we track everybody’s scores, which goes into your semester average.”

Once the postseason rolls around, the top eight average scores from these practice rounds are selected for the nationals roster.

“We’ve had a pretty core group of guys that, despite it being a club sport, genuinely care about it,” Eaton said. “Despite having classes and other things going on, [they] put enough effort in to see the team be successful continually. I think that’s definitely the biggest factor to see [in our annual success].”

Edited by Joe Noser jnoser@themaneater.com

MEN’S GOLF

Columbia native Jack Parker contributing to success for Mizzou men’s golf COLE BOLLINGER

Staff Writer

Five miles separate Fr. Tolton Catholic High School and the University of Missouri campus. For freshman golfer Jack Parker, it’s that distance that separates his successful high school career and his young collegiate career with Missouri men’s golf.

While only a freshman, Jack acts like a veteran on the golf course in many ways. He was first introduced to the game of golf as a child by his dad, Jeff Parker. Jeff never played golf competitively but picked up the sport when he was in college.

Jack got involved in the game with his father at the early age of 3.

“I would ride around on the cart with him for a little bit,” Jack said. “That would eventually evolve into me hitting balls on the range with him.”

While Jeff’s knowledge of the game was limited, Jack asserts that his father played a key role in helping him reach the Division I level. Jack says his dad always helped him find motivation.

Jack Parker COURTESY OF MIZZOU ATHLETICS

“He definitely pushed me when I needed it,” Jack said. “He pointed me in the right direction. He was a big influence growing up.”

As a kid growing up in Columbia, Jack attended many Mizzou sporting events, so when deciding where to go to

college, the choice was clear.

“Going to Mizzou to play golf has been a goal of mine for a long time,” he said. “I just wanted to cross my t’s and dot my i’s before I actually made a final decision.”

Parker’s familiarity with Columbia does not stop on campus or downtown.

He grew up playing at The Club at Old Hawthorne, where Mizzou’s golf facility is located.

“I’ve settled in,” Parker said. “I like the transition. I’m sure it’s been easier for me than other guys because Old Hawthorne has been my home course my whole life.”

While his dad was a big influence growing up, it’s been Parker’s teammates who have helped him transition to Mizzou.

A month before school started, Parker would text junior Matt Echelmeier about what classes to take and other common freshman questions. Parker knew Echelmeier before he got to Mizzou because they both grew up in Columbia.

“He went to the same [golf] teacher as me growing up,” Parker said. “It’s

kinda cool to be on the same team.

[Matt’s] someone you go to if you have any questions. He’s definitely helped the transition to be a little more easy and seamless.”

Parker qualified for the first four tournaments that the Tigers played in this year. In his first collegiate tournament at the Turning Stone-Tiger Intercollegiate, Parker tied for fifth, scoring at even par.

“You have to expect from yourself to play good,” Parker said. “You’re playing people that were actually recruited to play golf for a reason.”

During his recruitment, Parker stood out to coach Mark Leroux because of his individual high school state championship but also because, according to Leroux, he is a great person and a good student.

“You can’t lose with this young man,” Leroux said. “Did I think he was going to come in and immediately make an impact? I think I was up in the air on that. But, sure enough here he is.”

Edited by Joe Noser jnoser@themaneater.com

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‘Political correctness’ should not make you angry People don’t want to acknowledge they have to be responsible for what they do because of their privilege, so instead they insist that people are offended too easily.

MADI BAUGHMAN

Opinion Columnist

Madi Baughman is a freshman journalism and political science major who writes about political and civil rights issues for The Maneater.

I’ve heard people talk nonstop, in both good and bad contexts, about political correctness — the idea that language and practices that could offend someone should not exist. Objectively, I can see why people are annoyed with political correctness. There are some people who have taken it too far, giving it a bad name, and it’s sad that it can no longer be taken as seriously as a result. However, the base idea still stands: Offensive behavior shouldn’t be tolerated. However, many people continue to express their concerns about political correctness.

One of the main problems that people have with political correctness is that it requires them to acknowledge a responsibility that they didn’t have to account for before. For example, I, as a white person, know that I have a ridiculous amount of privilege that people of color do not get. Privileged people don’t want to acknowledge their responsibility for their actions and words, so instead they insist that people are too easily offended and blame political correctness. This has always confused me. We should be responsible adults and be willing to grow and learn from meeting people that aren’t like us, not constantly be looking to tear them down.

The other thing I can’t understand is this — why would you want to be rude to somebody or deliberately try to hurt someone’s feelings? I can understand it happening accidentally, because often, saying something wrong isn’t intentional, but what about the people who go out of their way to use a word in a way they shouldn’t? What about the people who purposefully misgender someone or are openly, proudly racist?

Taking pride in being so hateful is one of the things that will never make sense to me.

It’s not hard to acknowledge the struggle that others go through if we only let ourselves see it and amplify their voices. So maybe we shouldn’t call it “political correctness” — maybe

The Newseum’s five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS we should refer to it as being decent to groups that have been oppressed for centuries. One of the greatest things about life, and society in general, is our

chance to learn and grow as people. But as long as we keep tearing each other down instead of listening, we will never be able to achieve that.

NIBBLING AWAY AT CORRUPTION

As Trump campaign investigation heats up, Trump refuses to acknowledge it Trump can’t keep distancing himself from his campaign advisors every time one of them gets charged with something.

MADDIE NIBLETT

Opinion Columnist

Maddie Niblett is a freshman journalism major at MU. She is an opinions columnist who writes about politics for The Maneater.

Indictments and house arrests and secret meetings, oh my! This past week has been critical in the special counsel investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. As more and more compelling evidence is revealed, Trump and his associates are trying to distance themselves as much as possible from the people who are involved.

To start off the eventful week, on Monday, Oct. 30, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates were indicted on 12 separate charges, most

George Stephanopoulos (left) and Paul Manafort (right) at the 2016 Republican National Convention from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio PHOTO COURTESY OF DISNEY | ABC TELEVISION GROUP VIA FLICKR

of them having to do with undisclosed ties to pro-Russia Ukrainian groups and the use of foreign bank accounts to launder millions of dollars into the U.S. While these charges are not necessarily tied to the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with the Russian government, it still shows the amount of corruption that was present in the most senior members of those who ran the campaign. Both Manafort and Gates were deemed to be flight risks, put under house arrest and given multi-million dollar bails until further notice.

In an obvious attempt to shift focus from what is shaping up to be a dangerous time for those Trump campaign officials, Trump tweeted that these allegations took place “years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren’t Crooked Hillary and the Dems the focus?????” According to the indictment, some of the illegal dealings continued into 2016 and possibly even into February of 2017.

On the same day, former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to

perjury for misleading the FBI about his connections to Russia. Papadopoulos apparently offered to set Trump up with a meeting with representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom he had connections.

Trump attempted to dramatically downplay Papadopoulos’ role in his campaign, tweeting that “Few people knew the young, low-level volunteer named George, who has already proven to be a liar.” On the contrary, Papadopoulos was a fairly high-ranking member of the Trump campaign, even representing Trump on more than one occasion on the campaign trail.

Trump is attempting to distance himself as much as possible from every person that seems to be somewhat of a liability to the overarching Russia investigation. He is trying, unsuccessfully, to take the focus off of his scandal and put it onto the Democrats, even though it is becoming clearer with each passing day that a foreign country — one that the U.S. has been hostile with in the past — influenced and ultimately decided the outcome of one of the most important events in our nation. Given the sheer amount of scandal surrounding members of the Trump campaign that continues to be revealed, Trump will have to accept the fact that the corruption of his campaign will eventually be exposed.

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