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‘Downtown Madness’ canceled due to lack of participation The event is a food drive that aims to increase awareness of college students’ food insecurity. SHELBY MATTHEWS

Reporter

Tiger Pantry has been advocating and educating the public on something the organization’s direction said is not often publicly associated with college students: food insecurity. Director Abby Mauer said the organization started “Downtown Madness,” which gets downtown apartment complexes involved in donating food every March. Last year, four apartment complexes participated and Mauer said it was a successful initiative. Due to a lack of participation, the event will not be held this March, Mauer said. Last year Todd, U Centre, District Flats and Rise on 9th participated.

The Tiger Pantry food bank is located on South Rock Quarry Road. | PHOTO BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER BECCA NEWTO

“Sadly, in the past two weeks we’ve had trouble maintaining contact with the apartments that initially replied, so it looks like the drive isn’t going to work out this year,” Mauer said. When contacted for comment, officials at both Rise on 9th and UCentre said they were unaware of the event. Todd declined to comment. District Flats could not be reached for comment. Mauer, who has been involved with Tiger Pantry for three years, wants to increase awareness about food insecurity on campus because she thinks some don’t see it as a problem. “The ‘broke college student’ is a stereotype,” Mauer said. “They assume since we’re paying $10,000 a year to be here we’re OK financially but that’s not true for a lot of students. It’s estimated that up to 50 percent of college students are food insecure at some point in their college career whether it’s for a

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Sinquefield Charitable Foundation gifts $2.5 million to MU New Music Initiative

Five takeaways from second MSA presidential debate

This gift will help fund the New Music Initiative for a threeyear cycle. RIDDHI ANDURKAR

Staff Writer

The MU New Music Initiative was gifted $2.5 million by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, a long-time benefactor of the New Music Initiative. UM officials announced the gift on Feb. 21. The money will benefit the MU International Composers Festival, a festival in July that features public concerts, presentations and workshops; guest composers’ and performance groups’ events on campus, such as vocal group Roomful of Teeth and bass clarinet and marimba duo Transient Canvas; the Sinquefield Composition Prize; and a competition for MU music students in which the winner has his or her music performed and

recorded, according to the foundation’s website. Jacob Gotlib, managing director for the New Music Initiative, said that the gift will also continue to fund all the K-12 and MU music student programs. The gift will also support costs for faculty and staff, graduate student assistantships and two fulltuition scholarships per year for undergraduate composition majors. “[The money] is going to continue funding all of our programs for another three-year cycle,” Gotlib said. “We’ve been thankful that Dr. Sinquefield and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation have been funding the New Music Initiative in series of threeyear cycles over the last 10 years.” The New Music Initiative has programs for K-12 students as well as programs for MU music students. These programs include the Creating Original Music Project, in

which students submit original compositions to the competition. The winner has their music played by MU music students and their school receives prize money. Other programs include the Missouri Composers Project and summer camps for high school students. “Our goal is to cultivate and promote the education of composers in the state,” Gotlib said. “That includes K-12 students, it includes our students at the university and it even includes composers who have just earned or are on the verge of earning their Ph.D. We cover the full spectrum of education for composition.” The Sinquefield Charitable Foundation designated $300,000 for undergraduate student scholarships and MU matched that amount to equal $600,000 for scholarships, according to the foundation’s website. Freshman Jack Snelling

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Solomon Davis spoke on a virtual mental health visit program, while Jennifer Sutterer outlined a program for income-sharing agreements. SHELBY MATTHEWS BEN SCOTT

Reporter Student Politics Assistant Editor

The two slates for the Missouri Students Association presidential election spoke on the issues of Greek life, mental health and MSA outreach during the second debate, held on Feb. 27. “All In Mizzou” is fronted

by presidential candidate Solomon Davis and vice presidential candidate Briana Dinwiddie. Presidential candidate Jennifer Sutterer and vice presidential candidate Mary O’Brien head the competing slate, “Show Your Stripes Mizzou.” 1. Virtual mental health visits Davis and Dinwiddie emphasized that digital mental health visits are tantamount to their platform. They said virtual visits would allow students to contact mental health providers digitally, such as through Skype, to seek treatment. Both Davis and Dinwiddie said the MU Student Health

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College of Engineering analysis says more The Briefing: MU space needed, but library closing is rumor

journalism faculty vote to change nonjournalism requirements

College of Engineering Dean Elizabeth Loboa said that there is no definitive answer to the library’s state, but the school never announced its closing. BEN SCOTT

Student Politics Assistant Editor The MU College of Engineering is currently analyzing and discussing reports about the college’s available research space. Students began to speculate if the library would close as a result. However, the possibility of the engineering library closing is exactly that: a possibility. There is no definitive answer to what may happen to the library. Elizabeth Loboa, dean of the MU College of Engineering, called the library’s closing a rumor. Talk about this only came about after the department

Journalism students who are enrolled in a 3000-level course may be eligible for fee reassessment. EMILY WOLF

University News Editor

The College of Engineering library has no definite answer if it is closing or not. | PHOTO BY PHOTOGRAPHER LILLY ANNA BRINSON

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The University Concert Series acquires MU Student Center Ticket Office The office no longer accepts student charge as payment. EMILY WOLF

University News Editor The University Concert Series acquired the MU Student Center Ticket Office on Jan. 1. Robert Wells, manager of the University Concert Series, said that the office will continue selling tickets for student organizations who work out a contract with the office and The Blue Note. They no longer accept student charge as payment. “Student charge is going away for concert tickets regardless,” Wells said. “That was a decision the campus made a year ago. We moved the timetable up just a little because of all the transition that is going on, knowing that it was going away anyways.” Additionally, the office’s hours have been cut. Previously, the office was open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the weekdays. With the change in ownership, however, the office is

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The MU Student Center Ticket Office will no longer accept student charge for concert tickets. | PHOTO BY VISUALS DIRECTOR HANNAH KIRCHWEHM

The MU journalism faculty have voted to allow 2000level courses to count for non-journalism upper level requirements, according to an email from journalism advising Feb. 8. Previously, non-journalism course requirements for a journalism major required that students take 3000-level or above courses. The change is immediate, and applies to all students. Director of undergraduate advising Pete Ozias fielded student questions through a Canvas announcement about the new policy. Ozias said that prior courses taken at the 2000-level will now count toward the non-journalism requirements. Ozias also directed students to the MU Cashiers Office website for questions regarding refunds for students who enrolled in a 3000-level course they no longer need. Students enrolled in a full session, 3000-level course they no longer need have until March 18 to drop the class and receive a 25 percent reassessment, according to the current fee reassessment schedule on the MU Cashiers Office website. After March 18, there will be no reassessment. For eight-week sessions, reassessment depends on which session the student is enrolled in. Students enrolled in the first eight-week session are no longer eligible for

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month or for all four years.” The percentage of college students that experience food insecurity ranges from 9 to 50 percent, according to a December 2018 report done by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. As of June 2018, there are 641 campus programs nationwide that provide services relating to food

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has been involved with the New Music Initiative programs since he was in middle school. “When I was in sixth grade, my science teacher’s son had just won the competition and she showed us a video of his piece being played,” Snelling said. “I wanted to do that, so a couple of years later, I submitted to the [COMP] competition.” Snelling earned an honorable mention in fine art music his freshman year in high school, a second place in jazz sophomore year, a first place in jazz junior year and a first place in fine art music during his senior year. Snelling has continued composing since then and said he appreciates the guidance the New Music Initiative gave him. “Once you join the program they give you the tools and everything else that you need

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Center lacks suitable accessibility and believe the program will address the issue. When Sutterer asked Davis for the financial plan behind these virtual appointments, Davis said that MU can already provide the service through Aetna, the school’s insurance company. The financial cost for students will be nonexistent Davis also said that to increase awareness about student mental health in the Missouri legislature, students should increase their activity in programs like the Associated Students of Missouri. ASUM lobbies at the state capital on behalf of students.

insecurity, according to the College and University Food Bank Alliance. Tiger Pantry started at MU six years ago with the mission of providing food assistance for those in need within the university. The program gives food out weekly and hygiene products monthly. Mauer said other local businesses and farmers also contribute to the pantry by providing food and gift cards. “We do our weekly produce shopping at Gerbes,” Mauer said. “After we had been doing that for a while, Gerbes gave us $2,000 in gift cards as a donation. We’ve been using that, so that’s been helpful,” said Mauer.

Mauer said she has advocated for more funding from the university, as the pantry often runs out of items like eggs and bread by the end of the week. The program also presents at faculty meetings about payroll deduction being a way to donate, which has become their preferred method of donation and has doubled their donor pool, Mauer said. Mauer hopes that getting more people involved will create more awareness about food insecurity on college campuses. Edited by Ethan Brown ebrown@themaneater.com

and that makes you want to stay in the program,” Snelling said. “That’s one of the big reasons why I came to Mizzou, because it was all right here for me.” Now he is a composition major at MU and said that the New Music Initiative allowed him to explore other possibilities of his music career. “The most e d u c a t i o n a l The MU School of Music. | COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA composition weeks that I have had in my life are those camps that I went to,” Snelling said. “I was mainly a jazz player before

student loans that involve the university paying for one’s tuition and that individual paying a portion of their salary back after graduation, according to Sutterer. “These agreements aren’t looking at your past,” Sutterer said. “They are looking at your future.” Davis said that his platform couldn’t get behind the idea because it is a newer program that he believes doesn’t work for all students. He also brought up that students who weren’t earning high income salaries could end up paying more from interest. “It’s not a one-size-fits-all,” said Davis. Sutterer rebutted saying that the agreements had worked at Purdue University and was a great economic plan. She also mentioned that the university still needed to make money. 3. Collaboration was the buzzword of the night

Both slates mentioned the word “collaboration” multiple times throughout the night. “We want to give them a seat at the table and hand them the microphone,” Sutterer said. Sutterer also mentioned that her and O’Brien can’t speak for all MU students and don’t understand all the problems. Instead, they want students to come to them and express their concerns. She also mentioned collaborating with different organizations to fix The MSA slates Jennifer Sutterer and Mary O’Brien and Solomon Davis and Briana problems at MU. Dinwiddie at The Maneater debate on Feb. 27, 2019. | PHOTO BY PHOTOGRAPHER Davis and Dinwiddie MADELINE CARTER said they’ve contacted organizations, such as 2. Income-sharing agreements STRIPES, related to all issues listed in their platform and have created solutions they believe Sutterer brought up a major part of their are practical. campaign: income-sharing agreements. Income4. Increased MSA outreach sharing agreements are an alternative way to

this. I wouldn’t have even been i n t r o d u c e d to classical composition if I hadn’t gone to the camps. It is partially because of [the New Music Initiative] that I’m a classical composer today. I would not be anywhere near the musician I am if it weren’t for them.” Edited by Emily Wolf ewolf@ themaneater.com

Only 35 of the 81 available seats are filled in the MSA senate, according to a Feb. 22 senate roster. Both Sutterer and Davis said they want to increase the senate’s outreach program and general image. Both said they’ve seen a lack of awareness of MSA from students across campus, going so far as to say that MSA needs to rebrand and reestablish itself. Davis said they need “more boots on the ground” regarding MSA reaching out to students and learning about the issues they hold important. Sutterer said she wants to reach out to different departments in the university to spread the impact of MSA, while also holding more public MSA events, like town hall meetings. 5. Greek life proposals Recently the university has been considering proposals that would reform MU’s Greek life system. Both platforms agreed that they are against hazing and support the self-reporting program proposed by the Fraternity and Sorority Advisory Board. The platforms differed on a proposed change to housing. The proposal creates a three-tier program that would allow first-year members to live in house if their chapter had met certain academic and safety standards. Davis — who is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity — said that he supported the system and that they could still have fun while being safe. On the other side Sutterer, while agreeing with the concept, said that she believes it should be left up to individual chapters on whether or not first year members could live in house. Along with housing, Sutterer mentioned that her and O’Brien have been very vocal on their belief that Greek organizations have rights with hosting parties on private property. Voting for the MSA presidential election takes place March 4 to March 6. Edited by Ethan Brown ebrown@themaneater.com

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data, Loboa said.

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closure was strong, noted by a petition

received a report from a consultancy firm it hired

gathered over 900 signatures as of March 5. MESC

by the MU Engineering Student Council that has

to assess the college’s available space. Loboa said the school never officially announced the library closing. The College of Engineering ranked second to last for research space in all the Association of

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engineering schools, Loboa said. “Somehow we’ve got to increase space,” Loboa said. “Every step we’ve ever done in this college has focused in strategy, looking towards the future. We don’t want to respond in a reactive way. We work proactively.” Loboa wants to ensure the success of the college by planning ahead. Analyzing the college’s available space was a necessary step in gathering

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now only open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

was not available for comment.

The MESC created a petition where they cited

grievances they held with the library’s closure,

listing reduced academic resources, academic

space and overall value for the engineering school.

“It’s a good collaborative space for students

to gather,” senior engineering student John

Fennewald said. “There’s big tables to work on, computers where we can work, especially if you

don’t have the financial stability to purchase your own laptop. I just think it’s a really great resource, not even to mention the books that are here.”

However, the response was a reactive approach,

Loboa said. The petition was released before

Loboa heard from any students regarding the rumor, causing confusion around the school.

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a stance on something you really believe in,” she said to engineering students. “That shows your leadership skills. That’s excellent. But the second part we can never forget, as engineers, we always get all the data before we act.” Loboa hosted a forum on Feb. 4 where she updated students on the situation at hand and allowed the engineering students to openly express their thoughts. Another meeting is planned for an unspecified date in March. The press wasn’t allowed to attend the forum because Loboa wanted the engineering students to speak freely without concern of the press listening in. “Whatever decisions are made will be done openly and transparently and everybody has all the data,” she said. Edited by Ethan Brown ebrown@themaneater.com

trouble hiring people to work in the Student Center

inform students of the change and the office’s

Ticket Office,” Wells said. “Right now we’ve cut

website still lists the old information. The office’s

back on the hours just because we don’t have the

Twitter has also not been updated to reflect the

personnel, but we can expand those hours if we

change. Wells said that the ticket office hopes to

can find appropriate people to train and work.”

update the website and Twitter soon. Edited by Ethan Brown

There has been no formal announcement to

“We want to expand the hours, but we’re having

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elapsed. Students preparing to take the second eight-week session have until March 20 to drop the course and receive a 100 percent reassessment. Students enrolled in the self-paced, 16-week session have until March 18 to drop the class and receive a 25 percent reassessment. Before dropping a 3000-level or above course

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due to the new policy, students who receive financial aid should check with the Office of Financial Aid to see how dropping the course will affect their aid award, according to the MU Cashiers Office website. Edited by Ethan Brown ebrown@themaneater.com

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March March kicks off True/False Film Fest celebrating the theme of “Stranger - Host.” | PHOTO BY PHOTOGRAPHER MARCO STOREL

Annual March March kicks off True/False Film Fest The march took place Friday evening and celebrated the festival’s theme of “Stranger - Host.” JOE CROSS

MOVE Angles Editor Floats, costumes that ranged from Batman to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and people of all ages were present at Friday evening’s March March. The March March celebrates not only the arrival of True/False Film Fest each year, but also the arrival of the month of March and springtime. The festival that hosts it welcomes the eccentricity of the event, encouraging attendees to “dress colorfully, to construct and carry fun

props, to make noise and to push the level of imagination,” according to the festival’s website. This year’s event sought to incorporate the fest’s visual theme of “Stranger <-> Host,” by encouraging interaction between previously unacquainted people. The march started this year at the Boone County Courthouse in downtown Columbia, where various school bands, activist groups and enthusiastic festivalgoers congregated prior to the march. Local businesses chimed in as well, with the Columbia Public Library’s Book Bike making an appearance. The floats and costumes were extravagant, with two elaborate frog floats standing out from the pack. At approximately 5:15 p.m., the march commenced, and the lively band headed down East Walnut Street as spectators watched from the

roofs of nearby buildings like The Blue Note. Police blocked off adjacent streets as the march continued down 9th Street, where Columbia natives Mobile Funk Unit performed songs like “Express Yourself” with their signature combination of brass and percussion. The festivities continued well after the end of the march, with local dance group Jabberwocky performing favorites like the “Cupid Shuffle” on 9th Street outside of the Missouri Theatre and encouraging spectators to join in. MU’s drumline gave a performance as well that heralded the arrival of True/False, which has grown to become a Columbia tradition. Despite the cold weather, Columbia residents showed up with a festive spirit. Edited by Janae McKenzie jmckenzie@themaneater.com

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Nathan Fielder’s ‘Finding Frances’ celebrates beauty, pain of human experience Nathan Fielder teams up with Bill Heath, a Bill Gates impersonator, to go on an epic journey to find Heath’s long-lost love. RACHEL PICKETT

Columnist

While to the untrained eye Nathan Fielder’s “Finding Frances” may seem like any other episode of his popular Comedy Central show “Nathan for You,” that is hardly the case. Not only is “Finding Frances” 120 minutes long (most “Nathan For You” episodes run at 21 minutes), but it also features a level of pathos and realism that makes it Fielder’s crowning achievement. “Finding Frances” centers around Bill Heath, a Bill Gates impersonator who appeared in a previous episode of the show. At the beginning of the episode, Heath, who is presumably in his 70s, is recording an episode commentary with Fielder. Heath gets sidetracked during the commentary and starts talking about other parts of his life, as people who are lonely often do, and begins to tell Fielder about Frances Gaddy, a woman he had a passionate romance with in the 1960s before they broke up so he could move to Los Angeles. After Heath brings up Gaddy repeatedly, Fielder decides that he will help him find his lost love, but quickly realizes that Heath’s memory of Gaddy is foggy at best and provides little leads for the pair to pursue. Fielder and Heath decide that perhaps the best way to find Gaddy is to go to where their love story began: Little Rock, Arkansas. Over the course of the next several weeks, the pair pull off ridiculous stunts in

pursuit of finding Gaddy but make little inroad in their search. In the meantime, to ensure that Heath acts appropriately when the pair eventually find Gaddy, Fielder arranges for a date between Heath and an escort. When Fielder brings the idea up to Heath, he immediately declines because, as he so crassly puts it, “You gotta know what you’re sticking it in.” Having already paid for the escort, whose name is Maci, Fielder goes on a date with her and the two develop a relationship, which is strangely sweet at its best and extremely cringey at its worst. A little less than an hour into the show, Fielder and Heath hit the jackpot and find Gaddy who lives in Michigan with her husband. To prepare for the reunion, Fielder has June, an actress from LA, come out to Arkansas and pretend to be Gaddy. Heath’s behavior during the practice runs is inappropriate to say the least but by the end of the rehearsal, Heath comes to understand how he should act when the two eventually reconnect. Eventually, the two make their way up to Michigan to see Gaddy. Upon arriving at her home, they decide that Heath should call Gaddy and hear her reaction to a potential reunion before going up to her doorstep. When Gaddy answers, Heath quickly realizes that the fairytale ending that he had always imagined would not come to fruition. Gaddy has been happily married for 47 years and has nine grandchildren. While it is clear that Heath has so much he wants to say to Gaddy, it is equally clear that Gaddy has little interest in what he has to say. Heath eventually realizes this and after a while on the phone, they hang up and Heath never tells her that he is right outside. Fielder and Heath head

Nathan Fielder speaking after a showing of “Finding Frances” at the Missouri Theatre on Friday, March 1, 2019. | PHOTO BY SPORTS EDITOR ADAM COLE

back to LA ultimately achieving their goal, but maybe not in the way they had imagined. At the very end of the episode, hope for Heath’s future is restored as he ends up going on a date with June, the actress he met in Arkansas, and Fielder, who gives an epic narration about regret and the human experience, is seen boarding a plane to visit Maci. While this episode was different than all other “Nathan for You” episodes, it was the absolutely perfect way to end the beloved series. Not only did Heath bring out the best in Fielder, who shows compassion and a sense of purpose in sincere ways that are often present but fleeting in other episodes, but Heath is a formidable comedic opposite to Fielder. While he doesn’t realize the hilarity in what he is saying, Heath often gives one-liners that shock the audience along with Fielder, who is not easily thrown. The chemistry between the pair and Heath’s ability to pull Fielder outside of his character is unexpected but works perfectly and is precisely what makes this episode special. This episode also plays on

themes of the human experience, where other episodes of the show often center around the absurdity of the modern American economy. Not only does the episode speak to regret and lost opportunities in love, but it does it in a way that is often shockingly profound and truthful, especially given the medium in which Fielder chooses to tell his stories. One of the last things that Fielder says during “Finding Frances” is the moving piece of wisdom that “it is easy to look at someone else’s life as a cautionary tale. After all, no one wants to be old and filled with regret. But if you look closer, and see that that life is filled with moments of sincere joy, however fleeting, it’s hard to say if it was really a bad life after all.” Through “Finding Frances” and “Nathan for You” as a whole, Fielder has given us all moments that are filled with sincere joy, and for that, we should be profoundly grateful for Fielder’s comedic timing, awkward stage personality and most of all, his commitment to the truthful portrayal of the human experience. Edited by Janae McKenzie jmckenzie@themaneater.com

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Jonas Brothers are back together, it is the reunion of our childhood dreams The Jonas Brothers formed their band when I was 5 years old. Here’s why as a college student, this is the best entertainment news in weeks. MEGAN RUBENSTEIN

Columnist

My childhood was pretty much defined by Disney Channel. Every day I would come home from elementary school, sit on the couch with an after-school snack and turn on channel 32. It was not uncommon for the Jonas Brothers to pop up on the television screen within minutes. Whether it was one of their appearances on “Hannah Montana,” a music video between shows, watching them on the “Disney Channel Games” or watching them on their short-lived show titled “Jonas,” the JoBros were everywhere. Before One Direction came along, the Jonas Brothers were the boy band of my childhood. I hadn’t thought much about this period of my life for a while until last week when the Jonas Brothers announced their muchanticipated reunion.

In January 2018, the Jonas Brothers’ Instagram account was reactivated. This was brought to life by a tweet from Ashley Iaconetti, former “The Bachelor” star and huge fan of the band, which said “Interrupting this Bachelor episode to say...The Jonas Brothers have reactivated their Instagram.” From then, there was a lot of buzz about a possible reunion, but the brothers themselves said that there was not yet a reunion in the works. However, last week, everything changed, and it turns out we won’t have to wait until the “Year 3000” for the Jonas Brothers to return. Using their recently reactivated Instagram, the brothers made two huge announcements on Instagram in one day. First, the brothers released a cover photo for their new single “Sucker” and announced that the single would be released at midnight EST on March 1. It not only ended up being a single, but a whole music video. The song is catchy, and the video features Nick and Kevin’s wives and Joe’s fiancee. The“Sucker” announcement was quickly followed by a clip of the brothers in a segment of “Carpool Karaoke” with James Corden, an iconic segment that numerous

The Jonas Brothers released their first single in six years titled “Sucker.” | COURTESY OF ITUNES

celebrities have appeared in alongside Corden on the “Late Late Show.” One of the biggest Jonas Brothers hits, “Burnin’ Up,” played in the background as all three brothers hopped in the car. Once they are all there, Corden exclaims “Is what I think is happening, is it happening?” and in response, Nick, Joe and Kevin say in unison “we’re back.” Who knew that two words could spark so much joy from so many people? The preview of the

segment ends with a screen announcing that the following week of the “Late Late Show” will be “Jonas Brothers Week.” They will appear on the show every night for a whole week. After a six-year hiatus, this is a huge jump. It seems too good to be true, and this is only the beginning. As if their fans had not gotten the message yet, the Jonas Brothers posted a recreation of 2009 shortyet-iconic video where they take a table, turn it around

and simply state “oh how the tables have turned.” However in the recreation, upon turning the table, a sign pops out that says “Hello Again” and confetti sprays out everywhere. The video shows that the band is really doing everything they can to please their fans, many of whom were just kids when the Jonas Brothers first came to be. Since releasing the big news, the Jonas Brothers have been extremely active on their Instagram and Twitter accounts. Personally, I never expected a reunion at all, so the extent to which they are promoting this reunion is beyond what I ever could have imagined. This is the reunion that we all needed but do not deserve. “Sucker” debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Spotify and Apple Music charts, and it is already playing on the radio for everyone to hear. I would not be surprised if the Jonas Brothers use their week on the “Late Late Show” to make a few more announcements, maybe about an album release date or a tour. All I know is that when those tickets go on sale, I will be excited and ready to buy them for whatever the nearest city may be. I owe it to my elementary school self. Edited by Joe Cross jcross@themaneater.com

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‘Apollo 11’ documentary takes audiences on astronomical journey True/False Film Fest attendees got the chance to get a first-hand look at the Apollo 11 mission through original footage and an intense screening experience. ALLISON SAWYER Staff Writer Todd Douglas Miller's documentary, “Apollo 11,” hits theaters on Feb. 28, but the True/False Film Fest attendees saw it first at Jesse Auditorium. On top of that, Miller Skyped with the audience following the screening for a Q&A. He described the intention of the film as “to make an art film out of all the archival materials we had available, and in the end, we created a direct, fly-on-the-wall

cinema experience.” The film took the audience on a lifelike adventure, in which there was surround sound and impeccable visual quality. In this adventure, we see the Apollo 11 story told through real footage of the events leading up to and after launch. The storyline emphasizes the first two men to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, but also captures Michael Collins, the third astronaut on the mission, as well as the collective efforts of hundreds of people at NASA. The film also emphasizes the politics surrounding the mission, such as president John F. Kennedy's celebrated speech where he said, “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because

that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” President Richard Nixon famously greeted the Apollo 11 astronauts to welcome

Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary, “Apollo 11,” went to theaters on Feb. 28, but True/False attendees saw it first. | COURTESY OF IMDB

them upon their return to Earth. Their arrival home depicted a global celebration, even more so in America. It captured the unity mankind is capable of, and the strides we can make to better our species and bring us together. The return to Earth showcased hundreds of thousands of Americans crowding big cities waving the American flag. The documentary is primarily made up of archived images and videos to give a true sense of the journey and pull audiences in. One might anticipate that the journey wouldn’t feel as realistic or be of high quality due to the fact that it is original footage from the late 60s. However, the images and videos were thoroughly enhanced by filmmakers in order to create the most vivid and intense visuals as possible. Despite audiences knowing how the story ends, Miller sets up the story in

a way that still makes it captivating. Many people have seen footage from the Apollo 11 mission, but never to this extent in terms of its high definition. Additionally, the music aligned with each moment enhanced the overall “adventure.” As the astronauts prepare to launch into space, we are anxiously awaiting their departure as the visuals being shown are a timer counting down, slow capturing of the entire spaceship from bottom to top, hundreds of people standing and watching from Houston and a background sound of a heavy heartbeat. Miller’s goal in creating the film was to create a true sense of what the astronauts experienced, and take audiences on a journey that would emulate the Apollo 11 mission to the best of its ability. Edited by Janae McKenzie jmckenzie@themaneater. com

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‘Knock Down the House’ captures story of four progressive, female primary candidates Sundance favorite “Knock Down the House” tells the story of powerful women during the 2018 midterm primaries. CLAUDIA KHAW

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Lined up Saturday morning in front of The Blue Note was a throng of True/False Film Fest-goers. The documentary they were waiting for, “Knock Down the House,” would only start at 9:30 a.m. but with the anticipated high numbers of viewers, many had already arrived an hour prior to the showing. Director Rachel Lears thanked the audience for its dedication before revealing that she had previously lived in Columbia for six years and was glad she could be back in the city. “This project started in the fall of 2016,” Lears said, introducing the film. “After the [presidential] election, I really wanted to find a story about solidarity, about people of different backgrounds, from different places in the country coming together around common ground to build a positive vision for our country. The film is really about power, finding power in yourself and building it in the world. It’s about making the politically impossible, possible.” “Knock Down the House” delivers a story about

four progressive female “What you just saw was get there? And what it takes “For me, it’s just a little bit the many hairstyles of Cori is movements locally and harder, because when they candidates of the 2018 midterm elections. Following Bush,” Bush said, quick to nationally. It takes dozens, see a black woman, I’m told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, make a joke despite her hundreds and thousands of black women shouldn’t really Amy Vilela, Cori Bush and teary eyes, referring to the people coming together to be in Congress. One thing Paula Jean Swearengin, different looks she pulled support the people brave the documentary was filled with humor and grace along with somber and emotional moments. Raw, vulnerable and emotional, the tone of the movie captured the hopefulness of this period of American politics. The film centers itself on movement and change for women of color, for the working-class people and for the people whose voices are not heard. The audience laughed and cried with the women on-screen. Each of the candidates had unique backstories, but all strove to bring change. Lears was able to capture four distinct stories in a unified manner, moving the audience with these four grassroots female The documentary “Knock Down the House” tells the story of various women running for office in the 2018 midterm election including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (pictured). | COURTESY OF IMDB candidates. All of the women are personable, constantly making hilarious quips even off in the documentary. She enough to put themselves out that they said to me was that while they face hardships proceeded to show off her there to be the public face my hips are too big to be in head-on with fierceness shirt declaring “publicly of [the movement]. What it Congress. So what I do is I and determination. There’s support black women” and takes is people like Cori, show my hips.” no wonder why it won implored the audience to Alexandria, Amy and Paula The crowd cheered for Sundance’s Festival Favorite support women of color to take that risk and…try. Lears and Bush once again Award. and trans women publicly Because we’re never going as the event ended. The While the applause was because “it doesn’t happen to have any of it if we don’t hopefulness of the film and already going as the credits often enough.” try.” the hopefulness of Bush’s rolled, standing ovations “The whole point of this Bush also shared, much to announcement on running ensued when Lears invited project — the political project the audience’s joy, that she again left the audience democratic candidate Cori and the film project — is is running again for the next members smiling as they left Bush onstage. Bush was to ask, ‘What would it look election. smiling and crying as the like if we had regular people “You got to be fearless the venue. Edited by Janae McKenzie applause continued for with integrity represent us in every moment because jmckenzie@themaneater. minutes, the crowd cheering in government?’” Lears said. they’re coming at us from “And what would it take to every side,” Bush said. her name. com

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‘American Factory’ documents workplace culture wars The new documentary tracks the integration of a Chinese company into an old General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio. JESSE BAALMAN

Columnist

This article contains spoilers for “American Factory.” When filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert introduced “American Factory” to their Missouri Theatre audience at True/

False, they spoke about how the film had a strong connection to the Midwest. Having premiered at Sundance where it was picked up for distribution by Netflix, the observational documentary tracks Chinese billionaire Cao Dewang as he brings his Fuyao glass company to the town of Dayton, Ohio. Some of the perspectives covered are by those who formerly worked in the General Motors plant that became Fuyao Glass America and how the change has impacted their lives. As chairman Cao sets up shop in Dayton, residents of the community are just happy to get back to work, even if it means a substantial pay cut. Their energized

attitudes fade as they are placed alongside Chinese workers who move at a much quicker rate. Before long, this kink in the production line causes profit to decrease and thus ensues madness. The threat of a union looms larger on the chairman, as he reorganizes his top officials so that there are no American leaders and starts passing out excuses for terminations. What was once a positive project aimed at revitalizing the area becomes a hotbed of cultural conflict sparking national media attention. Sprinkled throughout the film are moments of genuine connection between the two cultures. Often very funny, they highlight the radical differences between us while

showing the ways we are alike. All of the workers are trying to support themselves and their families. Some of the Americans learn that while they are working hard for less, the Chinese are working harder and away from their families entirely. The Chinese also learn that, “In America, you can talk badly about the president.” Clash after clash, the cultural divide is never better demonstrated than in a section of the film where some workers are flown to headquarters in Shanghai and partake in a companysponsored event. Let’s just say the YMCA is still not safe to do in public. Or in China. There are some fly-onthe-wall moments in this movie that make it easy

to get wrapped up in each new development of the workplace saga. That so many people are candidly observed in these odd situations speaks to how well the filmmakers did taking the pulse of the company. They may not all get a bonafide arch in the story, but I think that has more to do with this being a case of constant transition than any fault of the filmmakers. Bognar and Reichert have gathered information about the current state of Chinese and American industry relations in the form of visual footage that transcends any easy characterizations of its subjects. Edited by Joe Cross jcross@themaneater.com

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‘Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic’ presents disappointing, boring story True/False’s free screenings were supposed to be classic inspirations for modern film, but they instead offered little excitement. SKYLAR LAIRD

Staff Writer

Every year, True/False Film Fest presents a series of films free to the public focused on a particular subject, called the Neither/ Nor series. This year, the subject was director Pirjo Honkasalo. Her trilogy of films, “Mysterion,” “Atman” and “Tanjuska and the 7 Devils” were all part of a trilogy called “The Sacred and the Satanic,” focusing on religion and its impacts. “Mysterion” focused on a convent of nuns in Russia, “Atman” followed a paralyzed Hindu man on his journey to lay his mother’s soul to rest and “Tanjuska and the 7 Devils” showed a young girl supposedly possessed with seven demons. While each film was certainly artistic, none of them were particularly engaging. Perhaps it was the lack of subject matter, shoddy editing or simply the fact that I am not a big enough film buff, but overall, these documentaries were nothing short of disappointing. Maybe they were impressive for the ‘90s, when they each debuted, but they can no longer hold their own against the modern documentary craze and the fast-paced, story-driven quality of today’s films. “Mysterion” The first documentary of the series, “Mysterion” certainly showed nuns as promised, but, unlike True/ False’s online description, “transfixing” and “gentle” were not words I would use to describe it. As I fought past the urge to drift off, I found myself absolutely lost in the long and repetitive visuals. I wanted desperately to find some sort of storyline or narrative element, if only to summarize the film, but I couldn’t. For a while, it seemed to follow the story of a girl becoming a nun, but she was given so little screen time compared to drawn-out

Pirjo Honkasalo, director of the “The Sacred and the Satanic” trilogy, speaking with Pamela Cohn at Ragtag Cinema on March 2, 2019. | COURTESY OF TRUEFALSE.ORG

shots of nuns completing tasks that little pointed to her as the main character. There were no interviews, save for a small sound bite at the beginning from this same girl, and no clues to suggest any context to the audience. I found myself wondering basic questions again and again, ones that could have been easily answered through any kind of narrative about what was going on, who the people involved were and why I as a viewer should care. My goal is to come away from documentaries having gained something, and here, I gained nothing other than a feeling of wasting 94 minutes of my life. “Atman” “Atman” follows “Mysterion” in its glimpse into religion, but it focuses on a Hindu man who is paralyzed from the waist down on his pilgrimage to lay his mother’s soul and bones to rest. This already gives it a leg up on “Mysterion”: The film has a central character and a story built around him.

However, the use of long and repetitive shots without context bogged down a very compelling storyline. When the main character, Jamana Lal, was onscreen, the film served a purpose in showing what lengths a man would go to to ensure his mother was properly laid to rest. This could have created a fascinating and poignant documentary had the director chosen to retain this focal point in her editing and narrative. Instead, she used the same lengthy and ultimately unnecessary shots that made “Mysterion” so tedious. Lost in the story, unable to keep track of what was going on, I found it clear that the director had simply sacrificed some of the information for artisticness. I found myself frustrated by how little character-driven plot existed despite all the tools the director needed being right there. “Tanjuska and the 7 Devils” As is evident in its title, “Tanjuska and the 7 Devils”

focuses on the Satanic part of “The Sacred and the Satanic.” The film looked at the life of a young girl named Tanjuska and her parents’ attempts to heal her by taking her first to hospitals, then to local healers and finally to an exorcist named Father Vasili. Although there are no moviestyle exorcisms performed on camera, this film finally offers a pointed look at an issue with a clear story to back it up, making it easily the best and most engaging of the trilogy. The story of Tanjuska is harrowing: She was diagnosed with schizophrenia in one of the psychiatric hospitals she stayed in, but the doctors never told her parents this, perhaps feeding into their fears that their daughter may be possessed. She is separated from her mother and sister to live inside Father Vasili’s compound, shouted at for having demons inside her and threatened daily by her own father’s belt. She is misunderstood by everyone around her, and it’s painful to watch a child so obviously mentally ill be treated in such terrible ways.

The biggest difference between this installment and the others was this one’s use of interviews and narration to provide context and information about what’s happening, making me feel much more interested in the story since I could wonder about more complex issues taking place. However, the director actually went overboard with some of the narration in this movie. She featured long, uninterrupted clips of subjects just talking at a camera that didn’t always provide necessary information. Besides these repeated issues, though, “Tanjuska and the 7 Devils” provided a very real and intimate glimpse into the world of this girl and the how religion failed her, making me hurt for her and actually engage in the story. I’m not sure I would jump at an opportunity to see this film again, but if it was a question of this one or the others, there is no doubt in my mind that this would be the film I saw. Edited by Janae McKenzie jmckenzie@themaneater. com

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Editorial: The Maneater endorses Davis, Dinwiddie for MSA president, vice president Both slates have strong ideas, but Davis and Dinwiddie’s proposals for Greek life and mental health make them stronger candidates. In the upcoming Missouri Students Association presidential election, The Maneater chooses to endorse Solomon Davis and Briana Dinwiddie and their “All in Mizzou” campaign for MSA president and vice president. Davis and Dinwiddie and opponents Jennifer Sutterer and Mary O’Brien of the “Show Your Stripes Mizzou” campaign are all strong candidates who hold similar stances on several issues that are important to students, such as mental health, drug safety and students’ access to transportation. However, it’s where these two campaigns disagree that caught the attention of The Maneater Editorial Board. The most important difference we believe is that Davis supports more regulations on Greek life, which Sutterer has supported selectively. Davis plans to collaborate with Greek life organizations that we believe will bring more safety for Greek students and improve Greek life. Greek life organizations see little oversight or guidance from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, allowing fraternities and sororities to roam free at MU, according to a 2017 report by Dyad Strategies. The report also condemned allowing freshmen to live in fraternity houses. While both candidates are involved in Greek life, Davis backs a proposal that would allow for firstyear fraternity members to live in house if their chapter met certain academic and safety standards, according to previous Maneater reporting. While this doesn’t exactly follow the recommendations of the report, Davis also supports increased regulation of Greek life events, which is also backed by the Dyad Strategies report. Sutterer believes that sororities and fraternities should have control of housing events since they are on private property, which wouldn’t allow for the current issues that

MSA slate Solomon Davis and Briana Dinwiddie. | PHOTO BY SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER MADI WINFIELD

the report cites in fraternities to improve. Both campaigns support increased online accessibility to the MU Student Health Center. They both advocate for the ability for students to schedule appointments online. However, Davis and Dinwiddie take this a step further by advocating for students to have virtual mental health appointments. Davis said the service would be paid for through MU’s insurance company, Aetna, which he claims would keep costs to students low. The virtual visits are not something Sutterer is pushing for due to cost concerns. During her time as an MSA senator, Sutterer abstained to vote on MSA senate bill 58-12. The bill, which Davis and several other senators voted yes on, proposed an MSA collaboration with social justice organizations already existing on campus

to host more events to inform MU students about social justice issues. Sutterer said in the second MSA debate she did not vote on the bill because there was no cost report associated. It concerned us that she abstained to vote for this reason because the bill was largely focused on using existing centers on campus. Sutterer and Davis both are current MSA senators. Sutterer has also interned with U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and Missouri Sen. Caleb Rowden. She may have bigger connections, but we believe Davis has better shown his commitment to improving MU student life and representing students on campus through this active MSA senatorial participation. MU students can cast their vote for the MSA presidential election from March 4 to March 6.

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Column: Blind giving isn’t beneficial to you or charities Giving to charity should involve more than just picking the charity you hear about the most. ABIGAIL RUHMAN Abigail Ruhman is a freshman journalism and political science major at MU. She is an opinion columnist who writes about student life, politics and social issues for The Maneater. The premise of charities is remarkable. All a charity had to do to be successful was to get people to donate time or money so they could cultivate change. It makes sense, until you remember that humanity has a way of complicating the simplest of ideas. It’s to the point where society needs to reevaluate how and why people give to charities in general. As much as society likes to believe that giving to charity is never a bad thing, there are aspects of it that people should be more conscious of. The reasons range from why people donate to what charities choose to do with that money or volunteer hours. The mentality of charities doing no wrong has led to cycle of selfishness and wasted resources.

This doesn’t mean that giving to charity automatically makes you selfish. In order to selflessly give, you have to recognize your responsibility and motivation in the equation. While many organizations are actively trying to do good things, donors need to make sure that the charity they are giving to is legitimate and helpful to the community they support. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the American Red Cross received around $488 million in donations but said that they had expected to spend $100 million on community development and permanent housing. With this money, the American Red Cross built six new homes. Their explanation of this was weak and failed to appease their donors. The homes were a “pilot” program that was abandoned because of a cholera outbreak, the nation’s landtitle system, corruption and security issues, according to Reader’s Digest. Donors wanted to know where all their money went, but the American Red Cross was not fond of that idea. It released its spending in very broad categories. When the organization was asked to testify about how it spent nearly half a billion dollars, it agreed — but only if its testimony wasn’t made public. Charities like this aren’t just wasting donor money, they are also wasting donors’ time. While volunteers ring bells for the Salvation Army, they may not know what they are spending their time supporting.

The church and charity combo is the top five biggest charities, according to Forbes, but has received criticism for the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that they promote. The spirit of homophobia has been present within the organization since its founding, but became more recognized in the early 2000s. In 2001, the Salvation Army failed to lobby the Bush administration to exempt religious charities from local laws banning discrimination, according to Fortune. More than a decade later, the media relations director claimed that gay people deserved death, according to The Atlantic. As much as donor responsibility is a major part of participating in philanthropy, it is also important to look at why people choose to donate their time or money. The reason that most people tend to give to charities is as a way to feel good about themselves. Researchers found that people are more likely to give when they think it will make them feel better, according to Time. The motivation to give to charity is selfish, but this isn’t exactly a problem. The charities are still getting money, people are getting help and the donor gets to feel good. The issue is that this creates lazy giving. Instead of researching which organization to support, people will give to whatever is easiest. Rather than giving to a local shelter that

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uses 99 percent of its donations to help the people it says it will, people will send money to the red bucket where it may actually hurt the LGBTQ community or go to an organization that wastes its resources. Giving money or time to charity can make you feel great, but that shouldn’t be the only reason you donate. Being a conscious donor means that you are more invested in the cause that you support. Researching the charity you want to donate to builds a level of attachment that helps you become a donor and an active participant within that organization.

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Column: The only thing not helpful about the counseling services at MU is the location Students should not have to walk so far to get the counseling help they need. RACHEL SCHNELLE Rachel Schnelle is a freshman journalism major at MU. She is an opinion columnist who writes about student life for The Maneater. The college experience for students offers new opportunities for growth as well as challenges. The counseling services at MU offer a safe, understanding environment to help students with whatever they are struggling with. While these services are convenient, the location of the counseling center is not. The MU Counseling Center is located on the west side of campus in Parker Hall and sits right next to Naka Hall, which is notorious for being far away from everything on campus. The first time I ever went to therapy was during my first semester of college at the counseling center. It was vulnerable and uncomfortable at first, but I slowly realized how important it was for my mental

health. Unfortunately, because of my busy schedule, my sessions ended up being in the middle of the day. By that time of the day, I was tired and out of energy. The last thing I wanted to do was walk to the counseling center and talk about tough topics in my life. There were many times last semester where I was more focused on the nap I was about to take than my therapy session. I got out of breath when I was walking there because it was a 20 minute walk from my dorm since I live in Hatch Hall. However, it is understandable why counseling services are at Parker Hall. It offers privacy and seclusion and makes students feel like they don’t have to walk in the middle of campus. Aside from my close friends and family, nobody else knows that I go to counseling. If it were in the middle of campus, more people would know. Teachers and student highly encourage counseling but fail to mention where it’s located. Walking to a lecture hall across campus for a class is one thing, but it’s another thing to walk across campus to sit in a chair and talk about the problems in your life. I was at my most vulnerable state during those sessions. It’s hard to talk about your deepest struggles with someone that doesn’t know you. The vulnerability of these conversations

constantly m e n t a l wore me health is out. recognizing A that you solution c o u l d need help. mean a Accepting variety that you of things. It could need help m e a n is good, finding but actually a place to have going to another get help is counseling even better. center. While While the Parker GRAPHIC BY DESIGNER SARA MARQUARDT u n i v e r s i t y Hall is encourages closer to Mark students Twain Hall, it isn’t close to my dorm to reach out, it can be difficult to on the other side of campus. If there was an additional counseling center make that first step. I was absolutely at MU near the College Crossing and terrified going into the counseling the Truman Central Neighborhoods, center for the first time. then the counseling center would Mental illnesses can make receive more students. It could also mean reaching out students feel alone and isolated, and to the MU Wellness Resource Center the counseling center is incredibly and MU Women’s Center on campus. These services are there to help resourceful. However, the current students succeed. While they are not location of the counseling center qualified to give therapy, they are makes it that much more difficult still able to listen and help students for students to benefit from their if they’re struggling. The first step to improving your resources.

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Puryear sets new season high, pulls self and MU out of rut The senior has posted a low-scoring average this season, but exploded in Saturday afternoon’s defeat of South Carolina. EMILY LEIKER

Assistant Sports Editor Kevin Puryear’s senior statline has not reflected that of a four-year starter. After averaging 11.5 and 11.8 points per game his freshman and sophomore seasons and 8.6 in his first season under coach Cuonzo Martin, Puryear’s average PPG has been slashed nearly in half from what it was back in 2015-2016. “Going into the season, everybody expect Kevin, he at least would average 10, 12 points a game,” Martin said. One could argue his performance this season has been reflective of Missouri’s as a whole — the Tigers stand at No. 12 in the SEC with only four conference wins — in that, for most, it’s been wildly disappointing. “I think I’ve really just been puttin’ a lot of pressure on myself to perform well and kind of inside my own head, cause I want to do so well,” Puryear said. “I love this school, I love my team. Really just wanna bring everything I can to the table, but I think it got to a point where I was just overthinking the game. I really been playing this game since I was 5 years old. I know how to play

Missouri forward Kevin Puryear talks with a film crew about his 18-point performance after the MU vs. South Carolina men's basketball game on Saturday, March 2 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. | PHOTO BY SPORTS EDITOR ADAM COLE

the game.” However, on Saturday afternoon against South Carolina, Puryear played like it was senior night, setting a new season-high of 18 points, 5 points more than he’s scored in the past four games

combined. “I think Kevin’s a senior, he’s one of the leaders

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Missouri women dominate Alabama on emotional Senior Day The Tigers completed the regular season with backto-back wins and won the turnover battle for just the third time in SEC play. OWEN KRUCOFF

Senior Staff Writer

So often in sports, things don’t go as envisioned. An injury here, a bad call there, or simply an off day from a star player can derail even the most well-laid plans. Sunday afternoon’s Senior Day matchup against Alabama, on the other hand, couldn’t have gone much more smoothly for the Missouri Tigers. After a pregame ceremony to honor the team’s three seniors, injured freshman Akira Levy sang the national anthem in front of the announced crowd of 6,527. In its second game since losing Levy, Missouri (21-9, 10-6 SEC) made quick work of the Crimson Tide (1316, 5-11) and ended an up-and-down regular season on a winning note. Seniors Sophie Cunningham, Cierra Porter and Lauren Aldridge all contributed to the Tigers’

lead and were up by double digits for a large majority of the contest. After outscoring the Crimson Tide 21-5 in the first quarter, the rest of the afternoon passed with little if any bumps in MU’s road. All 12 healthy Tigers saw action by the end of Sunday’s proceedings, and all but two put points on the board. Cunningham led the way with 22 points while junior Hannah Schuchts went 4-for4 from deep to add 12 points. Porter and Aldridge dropped 11 Senior guard Sophie Cunningham, right, cries mid-hug with MU coach Robin Pingeton after being subbed out and 7 respectively. of play for the final time in the second half of the Missouri vs. Alabama women's basketball game on Saturday, Emotions began March 3 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. | PHOTO BY SPORTS EDITOR ADAM COLE to take center stage after the final buzzer. overwhelming effort and departed forth one of their most balanced Missouri coach Robin Pingeton Mizzou Arena for the last time to efforts of the year in what proved thanked the crowd on the court standing ovations in the fourth to be one of their easiest SEC wins. before a tearful press conference quarter. Alabama never got its foot in the with her and the seniors. “I’m going to miss playing here, On an afternoon where neither door as a 3-pointer from Cunningham Missouri nor Alabama had much to sparked a 10-0 Missouri run to begin but I’m going to miss the people,” play for in terms of SEC Tournament the game. SENIOR |Page 15 seeding implications, the Tigers put The Tigers never surrendered the

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Georgia, Ole Miss games offer swan songs for Geist, Puryear

Missouri guard Jordan Geist reacts to a near-make, buzzer-beating shot just before the first half’s end in MU’s 79-78 win over Arkansas on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. | PHOTO BY SPORTS EDITOR ADAM COLE

Puryear is one of six players in school history to start 116 games in his career.

BEN RAMIREZ Staff Writer Missouri men’s basketball seniors are reaching the end of their

journeys at MU. Ahead of their game at Georgia Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., seniors Jordan Geist and Kevin Puryear talked about what it means for them to finish out their careers in the black and gold. “I came in as an 18-year-old boy, and I’ll be walking out a 22-year-old man,” Puryear said. “I’m really just soaking in every last moment. The plane rides are winding down, so I’m excited to have some comradery on the trip.” Puryear recorded a season-high 18 points in Missouri’s win against South Carolina Saturday. His big night was also highlighted by becoming the sixth player in school history to start 116 games and moving to No. 28 on the all-time scoring list at MU. “To see Kevin score 18 points, I was so happy for him,” coach Cuonzo Martin said at media day Tuesday. “Not just getting out of that so-called funk to score 18 points, but against the zone. I thought he did a great job to see a zone like that the entire game and be productive.” For Geist, who’s been considered a leader throughout the season, he will continue to have the opportunity to teach his younger teammates. “He do a great job of leading us, showing us what ways to take, what

ways to not take,” freshman Javon Pickett said. One of Geist’s biggest shots of the season came in overtime against Central Florida on Dec. 2, heaving a 3 at the buzzer to win the game. He also recorded his first career doubledouble on Jan. 26 in an overtime loss to LSU, racking up 25 points and pulling in 11 rebounds in 40 minutes. The upcoming games, as well as postseason games which will include the SEC Tournament, will be Geist’s final opportunities to play with the team he’s put on his back throughout the season. “I’m just excited to play with these guys the last couple games,” Jordan Geist said. In addition to Missouri’s remaining contests, Puryear was asked about the possibility of another type of game: Geist in a one-on-one game against women’s basketball senior Sophie Cunningham, who played in her senior night Sunday against Alabama. “I don’t know about that one, that’s tough,” Puryear said. “I’d pay some money to watch that one, I got my popcorn ready for that. That’s a nice matchup.” Edited by Adam Cole acole@themaneater.com

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MU softball set to take on Crimson Tide, kicking off SEC play The Tigers will take on the undefeated Crimson Tide on the weekend of March 8. MAX BAKER

Staff Writer

Missouri softball will start a threegame road series against Alabama to begin conference play on Friday. In her first season as the Missouri coach, Larissa Anderson said she wants her team to attack every series aggressively. “I want them to have a mentality that we are looking to win every series,” Anderson said. “I want them to give forth that effort and feel that they can be in every game and that they do have the ability to be able to win every series.” Alabama pitchers have a combined 1.59 earned run average this season which ranks fourth in the SEC. The Tigers understand the importance of paying careful attention to every at-bat. “You have to be focused every pitch, in practice and in the game,” sophomore Hatti Moore said. “The second that you lose focus is the second that things can go wrong. This week we have been very focused and preparing for Alabama.” In nonconference play, the Tigers faced four nationally ranked programs — No. 16 Arizona State, No. 24

Oregon, No. 2 a runner-up UCLA and No. in 2014. In 6 Washington. the March 5 Despite MU’s USA Today/ 1-3 record N F C A against them, Coaches Moore said P o l l , those games helped prepare Alabama her and ranks No. teammates 5 in the for the SEC country. gauntlet ahead. Missouri “ G o i n g did not into SEC play, receive any teams like that prepare us, but votes for it’s a whole the top-25. different ball “ N o game with the one really fans and the t h i n k s atmosphere that we and we are excited to see are going how that is to do well going to be,” this year,” she said. “We M o o r e just know that said. “We The Mizzou softball team celebrating a win against UMass on Feb. 16, 2019. | COURTESY OF we can hang MIZZOU ATHLETICS are always and even beat p i c k e d teams that are “Our hitting coach, Chris of that caliber.” last for everything. With all of the As a catcher and outfielder, Moore [Malveaux], has done a very good drama that has gone on for the last has not recorded an error and has job,” Moore said. “He has made an two years, that has always been one passed ball through the season’s incredible impact on me as a hitter.” Alabama is one of two remaining motivation for us to compete and do start. At the plate, she has improved as a hitter. She is two hits away from unbeaten teams this season. In its really well.” Edited by Adam Cole matching last year’s hit total for the history, the Crimson Tide has won one 2018 season. national championship and finished acole@themaneater.com

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on our team and as of right now to the end of the season I know he’s gonna keep playing like that,” Torrence Watson said. The freshman outscored Puryear by 2 points and led the Tigers in their 78-63 victory. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Tigers, who only have two more regular season games before heading to Nashville, Tennessee for the SEC Championships. Puryear played 26 minutes, sank 8-of-9 shots from the charity stripe and set a new season-high in both free throws made and attempted. “One of the ways I get myself going is getting to the free throw line,” Puryear said. “So I really just

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Cunningham said. “I’m going to miss the people, the relationships… I just can’t put into words what it means and just the impact this community has had on us.” Porter and Aldridge echoed Cunningham’s sentiment. Aldridge fought back tears as she described how opening up to the people and opportunities in front of her changed her approach to sports and school after transferring from Kansas in 2016. “The one thing that I will say...that I’ve learned

tried to make a conscious effort of just being really aggressive today, getting the ball to the rim, just driving it whenever I see lanes and just making the right play.” Puryear also had six rebounds and three assists, playing a substantial role in keeping SC big and fellow senior Chris Silva off the glass. “I was happy to see [Puryear] play well,” Martin said. “He’s obviously had his troubles scoring the ball. I thought he stuck with it. Spent more time in the gym these past couple weeks, just really start to dig deeper and that’s the result of a guy who wants to be successful in life.” Recognition of Puryear’s standout performance came from the other side of the ball as well. “I was real happy for him,” South Carolina coach Frank Martin said. “He’s an unbelievable competitor. He loves playing against us in this building, I’ll say that. Everytime we come here, he

usually plays his tail off against us.” Puryear recently became the newest Tiger to reach the century mark, having started in 116 games for MU. He is on pace to finish fifth alltime. With 1,199 career points prior to Saturday’s contest, Puryear has already surpassed Missouri legend Norm Stewart and moved to No. 28 on Missouri’s all-time scoring list. He is also just the fifth Tiger with at least 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds and 115 starts, joining the likes of Stewart, Kelly Thames, Steve Stipanovich, Arthur Johnson and Derrick Chievous. “You know, a player as good as Kevin, a game like that was bound to happen,” junior Reed Nikko said. “You’re not gonna keep him down too long.” Edited by Adam Cole acole@themaneater.com

at Mizzou is that relationships at the end of the day are the most important thing,” Aldridge said. “I came in with this mindset of ‘Hey, it’s all about basketball, it’s all about law school... I love every single one of these girls and just what this program is all about.” For Porter, who returned from medical retirement midway through this season, Senior Day was an experience she never thought she would be able to have. “Honestly, I just feel so blessed,” Porter said. "Every day, even for a practice, I’ll just think ‘I’m not even supposed to be here right now.’ I get to spend this time with these amazing, genuine people... I’m just so blessed that I got to relive it with them.”

Cunningham finished the game with 2,069 total career points, 57 shy of Missouri’s program record. With games in both the SEC and NCAA Tournaments still to come, she will have the chance to etch her name into the school record books by season’s end. Kentucky’s victory over Georgia earlier Sunday meant that Missouri’s win locked it into fifth place in the SEC standings. The Tigers will travel to Greenville, South Carolina for the conference tournament later this week. They will face Mississippi or Florida in the tournament’s second round on Thursday at approximately 1:30 p.m. CST. Edited by Adam Cole acole@themaneater.com

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