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MU campus during a snowy day on Jan. 20, 2019. | PHOTO BY PHOTOGRAPHER SKYLER NAVARRO

Snow, Scooters, Sanctions

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summarizing 2018-2019 MU school year in five words

CAROLINE FELLOWS Bird scooters popped up around MU’s campus and downtown Columbia last August.

These environmentally-friendly motorized scooters provide a quick and simple way to get around campus. After downloading the Bird app, riders pay $1 per ride and an additional 15 cents per minute.

While these scooters allow students an alternative to walking or driving to class, they have also raised safety concerns. Students have been treated at the University Hospital emergency department due to injuries arising from Birds, according to Missourian reporting.

Arm, leg and head injuries can occur when riders lose balance or lose control of their scooters. Even though Bird provides helmets to people who request them through the “Safety” tab of the app, about 95% of riders do not wear helmets, according to an investigation

by JAMA Network Open.

Last November, the Columbia City Council passed an agreement between the city and Bird. The one-year agreement dictated that every Bird rider must wear a helmet, scooters may not go faster than 15 mph and Bird will be responsible for correcting illegal parking within two hours of it being reported. If the scooters are not moved by then, they will be impounded. According to previous Missourian reporting, MU Landscape Services removes Birds that are parked in unsafe areas or that block entrances for people with disabilities.

These scooters are sent to a storage facility to be picked up by Bird later.

Bird removed its scooters from campus last winter due

to impending severe weather.

Part of the company’s agreement with the city of Columbia is that Bird must remove its scooters from the streets before anticipated inclement weather like rain or snow.

The Birds resurfaced at the beginning of March.

CANCELLATIONS ZAINIE QURESHI

With some of the most weather-prompted cancellations in MU history, this winter season proved to be long and brutal.

Throughout the school year, there were six cancellations and delays, spanning from late November to midFebruary.

Not every delay and cancellation applied to the entire campus. In multiple cases, classes were canceled while the campus dining centers, hospitals and the veterinary health center remained on regular hours.

MU recognizes that not all employees are able to make it into work due to weather conditions. In this case, employees are encouraged to communicate that with their supervisor, use accrued personal days and adjust their work schedule accordingly throughout that week.

Alerts were sent out through MU Alert emergency messages, MU web pages, the MU Alert website, social media sites and the MU News Bureau.

There were cases throughout the year where not every student who signed up for MU Alerts received a message. There was also a case where the cancellation alert was sent out after students had already started their classes.

According to its website, MU seldom cancels classes due to weather and the authority to do so is in the

hands of the chancellor.

MU Alert also sends out test-tornado warning messages and MUPD investigation updates.

NOBEL

EMMA EATON George Smith, MU curators’ distinguished professor emeritus of biological sciences, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Oct. 3, 2018. He traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to receive the prize and deliver his official lecture, which summarized the research he has spent his life compiling.

During the the 1980s, Smith developed bacteriophage display technology, which is a process that identifies unknown genes for particular proteins, that led to the creation of popular drugs like Humira.

His work often went under the radar until the Nobel Prize altered the course of his life forever.

A self-described introvert, Smith had to adjust to life in the spotlight. Sweden was a series of interviews, conferences and parties — the routine of a regular celebrity.

Smith became the first MU researcher to win the Nobel Prize, which made him a timeless hero in the eyes of future scientists at MU and elsewhere.

Furthermore, he decided to donate his $243,000 award to the College of Arts and Science with the intent of assisting students with needbased scholarships. This was not out of character for the couple, as both Smith and his wife Marjorie Sable have been active donors and supporters on campus for over 35 years. Although he is retired, Smith is anticipating invitations to attend MU lectures in the future and emphasizes his belief that

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science is a field that depends on collaboration. In his 25-minute lecture, Smith thanked everyone who had aided his research. He has been described as a humble, generous genius by his colleagues, and at 78, his actions have yet to prove otherwise.

REFORMS

ZOIA MORROW Greek traditions that have lived on through MU’s campus for decades are at stake as MU’s Fraternity and Sorority Advisory Board makes changes to MU Greek life that it has been concocting since January 2018. The advisory board exists to address issues presented by a previous review board and enforce the modified rules to Greek life on campus.

The most pressing of the issues are hazing concerns, but it does not rule out housing guidelines for freshmen, diversity inclusion within sororities or fraternities and recruitment timelines. Upon the creation of the advisory board, these issues include the five areas of concern they must address and enforce: diversity and inclusion, hazing prevention and member education, freshmen in Greek housing, academic calendar and recruitment and social event and risk management.

Pertaining to housing guidelines, freshmen who plan to live in their desired chapter house must have a rolling GPA of 3.0 or higher.

MU will aid Greek students by partnering with campus resources such as the Writing Center and fund academic advisers for Greek chapters.

By 2021, these housing guidelines will be enforced in order for students to live in a chapter house. In relation to hazing concerns, the new member process will be

shortened by almost half the amount of time allotted to initiate members. However, chapters will be able to participate in MU sponsored events like Summer Welcome to gage potential members, whereas before they could not. According to a previous Maneater article, the main goal for the advisory board is to create a guideline for Greek life all over the country to maintain safety, promote higher education and increase participation.

SANCTIONS TONY MADDEN Controversy surrounded MU athletics during the spring 2019 semester when the NCAA Infraction Committee announced in January that Missouri would face sanctions for violations of ethical conduct, academic misconduct and academic extra benefits rules by a tutor in 2016.

The report states that a math and statistics tutor completed various coursework for 12 student-athletes at Missouri.

Sanctions against MU athletics included postseason bans for the baseball, softball and football teams, as well as a probation for the entire athletic department. Missouri was also placed under various scholarship and recruiting restrictions.

Missouri officially appealed to the NCAA against these sanctions in March, citing them as unfair. Sanctions of this kind are placed on hold during the appeals process, which is expected to take about a year. With these sanctions on hold, the baseball and softball teams would still be able to participate in SEC and NCAA Tournaments if they qualify. MU football could still potentially play a bowl game this fall.

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Four of the year’s most notable student artworks This school year, the MU art community brought us artistic expression in a new way, from Sherlock-themed operas to rubber ducks.

JANAE MCKENZIE BEN WICHE

MOVE Culture Editor Staff Writer

judged by a man in a top hat, sequined vest, cheetah print capris and black heels.

After the piece was completed, Schroeder tried to clarify what had happened.

“Art just happened,” Schroeder said to the audience at the recital. “I’ve had people tell me that I don’t take art seriously enough. So, I responded with rubber ducks.”

Schroeder received the Sinquefield Composition Prize in October, the top award for a composition student at MU. He had another one of his works recorded and performed by the University Philharmonic Orchestra at the April Chancellor’s Art Showcase.

Showcase. His design shows a cartoon dog enjoying various Chinese snacks. Cao designed this piece with the hopes of showcasing his culture in a way that would be accessible to a younger audience.

“I hope that children will experience the unique cultural charm of China from an early age,” Cao said in a February interview.

Cao received an Award of Merit for Applied Design for “Puppy Calendar.” ”Omnilvx Method”

MU graduate student Taylor Sklenar presented this play as part of the Mizzou New Play Series on April 5. The series held the play as stage reading, ”Puppy Calendar” with actors reading their lines on music stands MU senior Hans Bridger Heruth presented the while a narrator read the stage directions. premiere of his opera “A Certain Madness” on MU senior Zhuo Cao drew from illustration, “The Omnilvx Method” is the story of Jeanine, Nov. 9. The one-act opera puts a new spin on the graphic design and his own Chinese culture to a young woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome classic Sherlock Holmes tales, forcing the man of who falls into a new-age religion that logic and reason to come face-to-face with promises her a way to find true happiness. the supernatural.

As Jeanine becomes a more faithful follower Heruth spent two years composing of this religion, she pushes her family the opera and, according to a November away. Tensions rise between the followers interview, enjoyed using his work to and their leader and Jeanine must decide introduce spiritualism into Sir Arthur Conan between life as she knows it and the Doyle’s characters. uncertain promises of her religion.

“In this opera, you’ll sort of see the Sklenar found inspiration for “The dichotomy between Sherlock’s somewhat Omnilvx Method” in the story of NXIVM, intellectualized methods and the medium’s a multi-level marketing company whose sort of organic spiritualism in contacting founder was indicted on forced labor and the spirits,” Heruth said. “In the beginning, sex trafficking charges. they clash. [But] at the end, I think they “I became really interested, not just coincide a little more than Sherlock might in the negative things that these sorts of have been willing to expect.” groups produce, but also the ways in which people find fulfillment in that sort of thing,” ”Duck Your Modernism” Sklenar said in an April interview with The cast of Hans Bridger Heruth’s “A Certain Madness” gathers for a haunting MOVE. MU graduate student Niko Schroeder scene, lyrically depicting the classic “Sherlock Holmes” characters consulting The Kennedy Center American College presented this unique composition at the with a spiritual medium, played by Aubrey Smith. | Photo by Photographer Theater Festival recognized “The Omnilvx School of Music’s Student Composers recital Tanner Bubeck Method” at the Region 5 National Playwriting on Nov. 26, 2018.

Program Awards in January.

“Duck Your Modernism” is a performative create this piece. He presented this project at Edited by Joe Cross piece involving two people trying to make the the 2019 Undergraduate Visual Arts and Design jcross@themaneater.com other laugh using rubber ducks, all whilst being “A Certain Madness”

The four biggest pop culture moments of this year ABBY MONTEIL JOE CROSS

Columnist MOVE Angles Editor

The yeehaw agenda Even if you don’t have Lil Nas X’s “cowboy hat from Gucci” — or any cowboy hat at all, for that matter — it’s been hard to ignore the reinvigorated country that’s exploded into mainstream consciousness. Kacey Musgraves’ “Golden Hour” won the 2019 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and Cardi B appeared in the video for Blueface’s “Thotiana” remix in chaps. Over on Tik Tok, a viral trend called the #YeeHawChallenge sees users appear suddenly dressed in cowboy gear and dancing to the chorus of “Old Town Road.”

This widespread “yeehaw agenda” is fun, but it’s also a conscious subversion of the white masculinity often associated with the American Western. The term was first coined by pop culture analyst and YouTuber Bri Malandro in 2018. Entertainment writer-critic Antwaun Sargent then created a Twitter thread in February calling attention to the historical erasure of black cowboys and cowgirls.

The end of an era for franchises This school year also heralded in an end to some of pop culture’s biggest film and TV franchises.

The Hollywood Chrises was on full display one last time on April 26, when the Avengers face off against Marvel big bad Thanos (Josh Brolin) in “Avengers: Endgame.”

“Game of Thrones” also premiered in April, marking the eighth and final season of the wildly successful HBO fantasy drama. The remaining

threeepisodes will see characters go to war against the ice zombie-like Night King and duke it out over the ultimate seat of power: the Iron Throne.

And, at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, fans received a first look at “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” — the ninth film in the Skywalker saga, which is wrapping up after 42 years.

The Oscars debacle You might be familiar with one Oscar Isaac, whose one major slipup of the year was starring in a movie with Annette Bening — “Life Itself” — that somehow ended up being atrocious. But the awards show dubbed the Oscars encountered many more problems.

Things soured when the academy hired Kevin Hart to host, and the comedian received swift backlash for past homophobic tweets. Hart refused to apologize for these remarks and ultimately stepped down.

When the 2019 Academy Awards nominations were announced in January, the organization received even more heat for nominating the highly controversial, mediocrely received films “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Green Book.” This year also marked the 86th year in which no female filmmakers were nominated for Best Director.

But that’s not all! Shortly before the Oscars took place, the academy came back under fire for attempting to nix four key categories — cinematography, film editing, makeup/hairstyling and best live-action short — and performances of all but two of the “Best Original Song” nominees — “Shallow” and “All the Stars” — from the telecast. After facing pressure from celebrities, film professionals and the public, they were all kept in the ceremony.

This year’s Academy Awards ultimately

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proceeded well enough given the near-constant contention that led up to the event. With no host to utilize the gimmick of accosting tourists near the Dolby Theatre, the night breezed along and ultimately netted the yearly increase in viewership with which its founding awards body was so concerned.

With great power comes great responsibility With nine superhero movies being released in 2018 and four so far this year (and more on the way), it’s hard to blame anyone for feeling fed-up with origin stories and caped crusaders.

On paper, Sony’s animated “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” seemed like a perfect example of the genre’s excesses: Did the world really need yet another cinematic incarnation of the friendly neighborhood superhero? The final product, however, with its dimension-hopping storytelling and cast of Spider-People, managed to deliver a message that struck an emotional chord with critics and audiences in a way that the genre hadn’t since 2004’s “Spider-Man 2”: You don’t have to save the day to be a hero.

Not only did the film serve as a necessary breath of fresh air from the tired aspects of the superhero genre, but it managed to deconstruct it entirely through its meta-commentary and by taking place in a world where Spider-Man already exists. Its eye-popping animation payed homage to the optimism and creativity of the late Stan Lee and resulted in an underdog Best Animated Feature victory at the Oscars. It’s a film that will be fondly remembered long after Post Malone’s theme “Sunflower” has fallen from the charts.

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Nobel Prize winner George Smith announces that he is donating his prize money to the MU scholarship fund on March 12, 2019. | Photo by Photographer Madeline Carter

Calving Technologies CEO and founder Libby Martin. | Photo courtesy of Karen Clifford

The three most influential people of the 2018-2019 school year RIDDHI ANDURKAR

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New Provost Latha Ramchand had a successful first year at MU MU appointed a new Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Latha Ramchand, from the University of Houston C.T. Bauer College of Business. Ramchand began her new term on Aug. 15, 2018.

“Dr. Ramchand is a strong leader with a demonstrated track record in higher education, and I’m thrilled to have her join the University of Missouri,” Chancellor Alexander Cartwright said in a news release last June. “She has the expertise to lead programs of excellence, student success initiatives, research, economic development and engagement. She also understands the importance of supporting and recognizing faculty who drive our scholarly activities in creative works and research, which benefit our broader community and the world.”

During her welcome reception in August, she quoted the saying, “They don’t really care what you know until they know you care.”

“That came through bright and pure,” Ramchand said during her speech. “I know this institution has been through some challenges, but let me tell you from the outside, that sentence about caring [was] what I embraced and that’s the prime reason [my husband and I] decided to move.”

Going forward, Ramchand hopes to meet with students to discuss concerns and possible solutions.

“I would love to meet with students. [Meeting] could be formal, but it could also be informal, just come have some coffee with me,” Ramchand said in an interview with The Maneater in July 2018. “Let’s sit outside and talk and tell me about your concerns and let’s see how we can help each other.”

George Smith’s Nobel Prize brought many celebrations throughout the year It all started when MU’s first ever Nobel Laureate George Smith received a phone call from The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences at 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. A few hours later, MU held a press conference, which was only the start of the many events celebrating this recognition.

The first event related to the Nobel Prize was the

press conference, followed by the announcement of Smith’s very own bicycle parking space. Many universities have a tradition of dedicating a parking space to their Nobel laureates, but since Smith rides his bicycle to campus every day, MU decided to give Smith a space on the bicycle rack outside of Tucker Hall.

In December, MU hosted a Nobel Prize ceremony watch party. During the watch party, the MU community had the opportunity to watch the ceremony live from Stockholm, Sweden.

Since Smith and his family were in Stockholm, community members watched a prerecorded message from Smith and his wife, Marjorie Sable.

“I feel that I’m accepting this prize not for myself personally, but on behalf of my great global science community, and also on behalf of my local science community here at the University of Missouri,” Smith said in the video.

On March 12, at another Nobel Prize event called “An Evening with Nobel Laureate George Smith,” Smith announced that he would be donating his prize money of more than $243,000 to support students in the MU College of Arts and Science.

“I consider my liberal arts education in college as a springboard toward a lifetime of learning and cultural engagement,” Smith said in his speech.

“This is why I think it’s really important to support culture in general as exemplified by the liberal arts. That’s why we elected to give this award specifically to the College of Arts and Sciences.”

In the October press conference, Pat Okker, dean of the College of Arts and Science, thanked Smith for his research.

“Thank you for being curious about the world,” Okker said during the October press conference.

“Thank you for your decades of work and thank you for sharing that passion for your field with the students at Mizzou.”

In addition to Nobel Prize related events, Smith has also attended other events around campus, including the Cultural Association of India’s annual India Day. Since Smith is a cyclist, he also appeared at an event where cyclists petitioned an MU land sale, and he also hosted a lecture titled “Crickets Teach Us Science Reasoning” on Show Me Mizzou Day. Calving Technologies CEO and founder Libby Martin won the first UM System Entrepreneur Quest Calving Technologies CEO and founder Libby

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Martin remembers checking on the cattle on her family’s farm and noticing calves that were dead from preventable reasons. She reached out to veterinarians and other experts to see whether there was anything that could be used to prevent the deaths.

When there was nothing already in place, Martin created a collar that would keep track of cattle during calving season.

“It’s our mission to provide producers with affordable and durable technology that will decrease calving mortality rates and increase producer profits,” Martin said in a Maneater article in November. “There are physiological changes that occur right before a cow goes into first phase calving. If we can track those, we can solve the issue [of calving deaths].”

Martin won first place in the UM System Entrepreneur Quest Student Accelerator program, winning $15,000 in startup funding for Calving Technologies LLC. Martin shared her short term goals for the company.

“For this quarter, goals are consisting of nailing down the perfect algorithm data analytics engineer,” Martin said. “We are working on the hiring process right now. We are trying to pick the right person for the job because that’s where the majority of our funding is going to go.

Additionally, we are working closely with a law firm that’s helping us write up a provisional patent so that we can start protecting ourselves in terms of our uniqueness.”

Martin plans to launch the market with Scollar Inc., a company that relocated from Silicon Valley to Kansas City.

“I’m the first company to work with them to go into the large animals space,” Martin said. “They have been working out of the small animal space.

I am bringing them a sensory module that will be placed in their open platform collar hardware and from there, we can eventually sell that package to producers.”

Martin is grateful for the entrepreneurship program at MU. “I want to compliment the unbelievable amount of resources that are here for students who are trying to do startups,” she said. “It’s just a really great place to be when you’re working on your own business because I’ve been so supported through my five years here.”

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CONCEALED CARRY

CAMPUS CLASH

Bill in Senate would allow concealed carry on college campuses in Missouri

Campus Clash brings conservative speakers to MU

House Bill 575 passed the Missouri House of Representatives in early April and is now in the Senate. The bill has an amendment sponsored by Rep. Jered Taylor allowing for concealed carry on college campuses in Missouri.

Campus Clash, a conservative forum, arrived at MU at Conservation Auditorium to promote the conservative presence both on the MU campus and university campuses nationwide.

Charlie Kirk is the founder of Turning Point USA, the organization behind the Campus Clash events and invited Conservative commentators Candace Owens and Brandon Tatum to speak alongside him.

The crowd filled the entirety of the auditorium on April 24 and was composed of predominantly white students, with many wearing conservative apparel, such as “Make America Great Again” hats and campaign shirts.

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Staff Writer

The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill allowing for concealed carry weapons on college campuses on April 2.

House Bill 575 was sponsored by Dean Dohrman and the underlying bill is in regard to allowing institutes of higher education to appoint staff members or faculty as campus protection officers. MU currently already has the ability to do so.

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Turning Point USA’s event brought conservative commentators Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens and Brandon Tatum, who spoke on issues such as free market policies and climate change.

BEN SCOTT

Student Politics Editor

The event began with “USA” and “big gov sucks” chants, later singing the national anthem before Kirk, Owens and Tatum took the stage. Much of their talk criticized liberal ideology, like abortion and feminism.

“I love masculinity,” Owens said at the MU event. “It’s not toxic.

Society is driven by strong men and strong women. We need strong male figures. Having a strong male figure in my grandfather is what saved me.

It’s what saved me from liberalism.”

Owens has drawn media attention for her views. A clip of Owens speaking before Congress became the most viewed C-SPAN video of all time as of April 2019, according to The Hill. The video shows Owens rebutting claims that she defended Hitler when describing nationalism.

Owens has also faced much criticism for creating Blexit, a movement aimed at convincing black Americans to leave the Democratic Party.

After roughly 40 minutes, the speakers began answering questions from attendees, saying they wanted those who disagreed with them to

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JOURNALISM

Reynolds Journalism Institute holds annual tech showcase Teams from the RJI Student Competition presented their projects, including winner NewSnooze.

CAMERON BARNARD

Reporter

The Reynolds Journalism Institute held its annual Tech Showcase on April 23.

Wendy Lee, digital media reporter for the Los Angeles Times, opened as the keynote speaker. Lee focused on the aspects of her identity as an Asian female reporter and how that can positively influence coverage by her newspaper.

“I am encouraging you to embrace what makes you different, and to never underestimate what you can accomplish,” Lee said during her

presentation.

Lee, who had been at the Los Angeles Times since 2005, has seen the many technological changes in the journalism industry. She noted how technology like the iPhone has upped both workload and journalists’ capabilities.

“There is an important balance that reporters have to have because smartphones are always with us,” Lee said.

Lee also noted how technology affected the process of reporting a story.

“Because the internet is so immediate, there is so much competition covering an Apple press conference, so you have to be quick to post when the announcements are made during the press conference,” Lee said. “And yet you have to come up with something different that will be something our print readers will

Associate Professor Ebony Reed, Director of Innovation and the RJI Futures Lab, speaks to the teams during the showcase on April 23, 2019. | COURTESY OF FACEBOOK VIA @ MUJSCHOOL

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MINIMUM WAGE

MU community members gather to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour Many university employees attended this rally, including representatives from Missouri Jobs with Justice and Coalition of Graduate Workers.

RIDDHI ANDURKAR

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MU community members gathered at Traditions Plaza, listening to campus employees sharing their stories about living on a wage that makes it difficult for them to make ends meet.

These and other employees were rallying to raise the minimum wage at MU to $15 per hour.

“I think it is important that all workers stand together and address injustices wherever they may remain,” graduate student Michael Vierling said. “One of the things that is truly unjust about the university is that they are not paying enough workers a living wage that they can work full time here at the university and have

enough money to live and get money for food without having to get a second job.”

Missouri Jobs with Justice volunteer Carol Brown was making phone calls promoting this rally when she spoke to an employee who has been working at MU for 30 years while working at a second job. This did not surprise Brown.

“Sometimes you get people on the phone, and it’s clear they need to talk, so you let them talk,” Brown said. “He needed to be heard. He’s working two jobs because he hasn’t gotten a raise in six years. His wages are so low that he can’t keep up with his rent and his bills. He can’t afford to take his girlfriend out.”

Brown said she believes this is a serious issue that must be addressed.

“People can’t afford to have a life,” Brown said.

“People with families, people without families, individuals, nobody needs to work 60 hours a week just to pay their rent and utility bills.”

Brown urged MU and UM System administration to better consider the situation of MU employees being compensated with the

People gather around Tradition’s Plaza as they listen to the various speakers at the $15 for MU Rally on April 25, 2019. | PHOTO BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER PAIGE SAILORS

minimum wage.

“I want [the UM System and MU] to be ashamed of themselves,” Brown said.

“They’re in our community, they depend on our goodwill and they’re not good neighbors. They’re terrible neighbors to the people in our community and they expect the people of our community to pick up the slack for their slacker wages.”

MU employees are compensated based on a merit system. The goal of this system is to reward faculty and staff members who have contributed to the UM System’s mission, according to reporting by the Columbia Missourian.

“[The merit pay system] is a system that leaves a lot of room for human error in terms for how we compensate people,” Jameson Wells, Missouri Jobs with Justice employee, said. “It’s supposed to compensate people for things like loyalty or results at the workplace, but [instead], it’s compensating people based on what one person decides.”

Because of this, Wells said he wants to do as much as he can to help raise MU employees’ wages to a living wage.

“I want to see people live more full and happy lives,” Wells said. “In the time that I have, I want to be able to say

that I contributed as much as I could toward people having things like decent wages and decent workplaces.”

Kenny Bassett, a mechanical trades specialist master pipe fitter, has been working at MU for the past 45 years and spoke at the rally. He said he believes that change is still possible.

“I believe that the university listens,” Bassett said. “They don’t want angry people working for them.

It could be that they don’t understand that the merit raise system benefits [only] a few people and angers the rest.”

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RHA

Previously rejected RHA bill passed unanimously after revision The bill, which was rejected April 22, passed unanimously April 29 after undergoing revision.

JASMINE LOPEZ

Reporter

MU junior Alexia Donovan and MU freshman Cory Johnson were sworn in as president and vice president of the Residence Halls Association on April 29 and went straight to work. Donovan and Johnson proposed three bills to congress Monday night, one of which was previously rejected by congress on April 22.

The previously rejected bill proposed the instatement of a new position within RHA aimed at addressing retention issues within the organization. After the bill was rejected, Donovan and Johnson decided to touch base with members of their executive board for input on how to revise the bill before moving forward.

After spending the week conducting interviews for their executive board, Donovan and Johnson took the time to offer clarification by having RHA

representative MU sophomore David Garcia, who helped author and sponsor the bill, explain his thought process behind the bill to other members.

After revision, the bill passed unanimously on Monday night. Donovan said the bill passing was a “breath of relief.”

“One of the biggest changes we came to an agreement on was putting a clause in the bill that basically says, ‘this is a trial year’ to see how well this position works out,” Donovan said. “If it does work, we’ll come back in a year and look at the position and basically evaluate it.”

Donovan said she is confident about the new position.

“I think that this is actually something that’s going to work really well for RHA, considering that there are other RHA’s across the Midwest who use a similar process,” Donovan said.

The position, now called director of resident engagement, will be assumed by MU sophomore Mary Costantinou. Johnson said Costantinou’s “strengths really fit the position.” “[Costantinou is] organized, communicates well and replies to online emails quickly,” Johnson said.

Donovan and Johnson were on the fence about whether they wanted the position to require previous RHA experience. Johnson said Costantinou’s qualifications solidified the decision for them.

“We saw everything about her and decided we were good without RHA experience,” Johnson said. “[Costantinou] can see [things] from an outsider's perspective and bring knowledge of what she knows about RHA from not being in it, and use that to help with what works, what the general population wants, and what we need to improve on.”

The new executive board is comprised of previous members and new members involved in organizations across MU such as Fraternity and Sorority Life, Summer Welcome, RAs, and the Honors College. Recruiting new RHA representatives will take place during Welcome Week in August.

“I definitely think that next year, RHA is going to have a new movement coming in and things are changing, but for the better,” Donovan said.

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allow for concealed carry weapons on campuses.

HB

575

states

that

“No institution of higher education shall impose any contractual requirement or condition

of

employment

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student

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now,

will make campuses less safe.

to keep campuses safe more

campus. Current MU policy

universities have had the

“I appreciate the second

prohibits it. Six republicans

power to decide whether or

amendment, but I do not

than people in the general

co-sponsored the bill. The

not they will allow CCW on

believe having an unregulated

final vote was 102-44.

their campuses. Taylor is

amount guns on campus, in

frustrated that they have not

classrooms, in residence halls

local

allowed it.

will make anyone any safer

including

Department, were opposed

“I think it’s important to be able to allow individuals

right

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protect themselves,” Taylor

for the last 18 years and not

up a very real possibility of

said. “You don’t lose your

one of them allows CCW on

making campus less safe for

constitutional

campuses,” Taylor said.

everyone,” Rep. Kip Kendrick

rights

just

because you step onto a college campus.”

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introduced

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that

the

incidents from a CCW holder

choice to talk with campus

past

relating to violence or suicide

safety

attempts.

law enforcement to decide

of firearms by such persons.”

three years and plans on

the

currently

it should be the school’s

amendment

to

that

(D-Columbia) said.

allows for CCW has had any

the lawful possession or carry

similar for

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language

amendment

of

on campuses to be able to

effect of generally prohibiting

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introducing it into the next

make it to where MU could not prohibit CCW holders to

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of

the

officers

and

local

assembly.

Kendrick also stated that law

enforcement, MU

Police

to having guns on campus partly due to the difficulty it would cause identifying who the bad guy with the gun was.

The bill is currently in the Missouri Senate and had a public hearing on April 18.

bill,

what is best for that specific

session if it does not become

such as House democrats and

campus. He said that experts

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law.

advocacy groups, claim it

on the issue would know how

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climate change. “Get a bunch of

young

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something out.”

Owens

stand in the front of the line

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stated

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for asking questions.

ocean

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were

something

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criticize Trump for vetoing a

didn’t connect the issue to

resolution that would have

climate change. She didn’t

withdrawn the U.S. from the

mention renewable or clean

Yemen conflict, Kirk dodged

energy in her response and

around the question, saying

has historically denied the

he can’t have a stance on all

existence of climate change,

of Trump’s issues. However,

according to NBC News.

he did say he doesn’t endorse

“What we’re against is that

the U.S. supplying weapons

you’re going to arbitrarily

to Saudi Arabia.

tax us and put together some

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agreement

asked them about climate

like

the

Paris

change and what their stance

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is on the issue.

did absolutely nothing,” she

“Get a bunch of young Elon Musks,” Owens said

said.

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Lee’s talk was followed by

multiple

presentations

including the three Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Competition teams.

Team its

Wiper

smart

home

showcased program

SoNews. The program will

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allow smart home users to

news in its smart alarm clock,

event showcasing its news

share and tweet the news

differentiating it from other

gathering app that translates

they hear.

smart speakers like Google

articles

Home.

world and allows individuals

Team Six Flags, the winner

from

around

the

of the student competition,

“The Amazon [Echo] and

to view news topics from

presented a smart alarm clock

Google Home already have

multiple global perspectives

called NewSnooze that can

news on them, but no local

due to the lack of a language

help in daily routines. The

news,” Yinting Yu, junior and

barrier.

team’s technology aims at

member of team Six Flags,

The showcase comes a day

improving people’s morning

said. “This is a blank space

after the harder day of judging

routines.

for the smart devices.”

as a part of the Reynolds

The team includes local

Team Spectra ended the

Journalism Institute student

competition.

“The showcase is not the really intense one,” Yu said.

“The really intense one was the day before. It is when we meet the six judges and all our mentors are in the back.”

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A butterfly lands on the finger of a student during the butterfly release held by the Mizzou Suicide Prevention Coalition on April 25. | PHOTO BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER BECCA NEWTON

Mizzou Student Suicide Prevention Coalition holds annual butterfly release The student organization hopes to start a conversation about mental health with the event.

BEN WICHE

Staff Writer

The Mizzou Student Suicide Prevention Coalition hosted its annual butterfly release on April 25 at Francis Quadrangle.

Students can buy a butterfly to release for $5 a piece, and all proceeds benefit Great Circle, a non-profit behavioral health organization, and the MSSPC. The MSSPC handed out stickers and pins at the event, and free Andy's Frozen Custard was given out to the first 100 participants.

Instead of releasing the butterflies all at once, participants released them at their leisure. Senior

Katherine Fraley, Vice President of Events for the MSSPC, thought that this made for a more personal butterfly release.

“We try to release [them] all at once, but since the weather was kinda in limbo today we let people release them as they wanted,” Fraley said.

“It kinda makes it more special for them because they typically come with friends or family with whom this cause means a lot [to]. So it’s kind of special to see different friend groups release butterflies at different times.”

Though the weather was overcast, MU sophomore Emma Rowe felt that the rain added to the event.

“It feels like it’s kinda fitting for the mood,” Rowe said. “[It’s] kind of cool to release butterflies with this atmosphere.”

The butterfly release came at the end of MSSPC Week, the organization’s yearly drive to raise money for Great Circle.

Each butterfly was folded in a triangle of paper that had the MSSPC’s slogan written on it: “I have time to listen, your life matters.” There was coaxing of stationery butterflies and surprise at ones that immediately popped out of their papers.

MSSPC volunteer Abigail Orf says that the organization’s mission is varied.

“I think it’s a little different for everyone involved because they all have some personal connection that drove them to be part of this,” Orf said. “Overall, we just want to have a conversation on mental health and suicide. Unfortunately, it’s kind of a taboo topic, which isn’t gonna help eradicate it. We always say we want to eradicate suicide. Obviously, you can say that, but you’ve gotta take smaller steps to get there.”

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HOLI FESTIVAL

Holi festival gets colorful to celebrate spring season The Southeast Asian Student Association organized the traditional Holi festival event where students enjoyed throwing colored powder and spraying water to welcome spring.

said that despite cold weather infringing on the typical occurrence of the tradition, her organization moved it up to keep the exciting tradition alive.

“We came out because

friends and family through color.”

Similarly, Ruchita Patel, an MU freshman in SASA, said the event consisted of various traditions that typically occur at the festival.

response.

“The event went really well,” Devansi Patel said.

“There’s a lot of people that showed up, and everyone’s having fun so overall it ran smoothly.”

ALLISON SAWYER

Staff Writer

Students had the chance to play with colored powder at the Holi festival held by the Southeast Asian Student Association (SASA).

The event took place Two participants get doused in colored powder at the Holi Festival of Colors on April 27, 2019. on Saturday, April | COURTESY OF TWITTER VIA @MIZZOUSASA 27 at Rock Quarry Park and was open it’s part of our organization “Holi is like the welcoming Ruchita Patel said she to the general public to on campus, SASA, and Holi of spring where we throw came out to Holi since she participate in the Hindu essentially means the festival colored powder on each other had not participated in tradition. of colors and the festival all over the place, and there’s the event in over 10 years Also known as the Festival of love,” Goswami said. music and Indian food all to as she had never had the of Colors, this holiday can “And typically in India, they celebrate the new season,” opportunity. She said the last be traced to Hindu scriptures celebrate it in March, but Ruchita Patel said. time she had attended the and aims to celebrate the since the weather has been Devansi Patel, a freshman event was in India. Ruchita upcoming spring season. pretty cold here we did it at MU in SASA, felt the Patel felt fulfilled being able Karishma Goswami, a now instead. It’s basically festival was a success due to to participate in the festival freshman in SASA at MU, just spreading love to your a large turnout and a positive once again.

Mahi Patel, a freshman at MU in SASA, felt the festival was enjoyable and was a great way to bring the community together.

“Students from diverse cultures came together and it was a great turnout and a super fun way to kick off spring,” Mahi Patel said.

Goswami noted that her favorite part of the event was being able to throw color and spray friends with water. She said the festival ran short of color due to a larger turnout than SASA anticipated.

Ruchita Patel also said that her role in the event was to manage the music and that she aimed to contribute diverse playlists.

“I was in charge of the music so I came up with the playlists that incorporated Indian music and other cultures as well.”

The Holi festival is a popular Hindu festival celebrated primarily in India and Nepal, but students in SASA brought the MU community together to understand and enjoy the traditional Festival of Colors.

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PICTURE OF THE YEAR

Award-winning photojournalists have a day of conversations at Smith Forum Picture of the Year international and College Photographer of the Year gathered its winners for a weekend in Columbia, Missouri.

MARIANA LABBATE

Senior Staff Writer

Winners of this year’s Picture of the Year International and College Photographer of the Year competitions met during the weekend of April 26 and 27 in Columbia. They came from different parts of the world to receive their awards and be a part of different events with MU faculty, students and members of the community.

According to POYi’s website, the competition’s purpose since 1944, when

it first began, has been “to pay tribute to those press photographers and newspapers which, despite tremendous wartime difficulties, are doing a splendid job; to provide an opportunity for photographers of the nation to meet in open competition.”

The weekend started on April 26 at Orr Street Studios, when both competitions held their awards receptions along with an exhibit of the winners’ work. On April 27, some of these winners talked about their work in depth at the Smith Forum in Reynolds Journalism Institute. One of these winners was Jessica Phelps.

“I went through all of my singles through the years, pulled out my favorites and worked on editing those down to 10 to 12 photos for my portfolio,” Phelps said about her POYi submission process. “That took a lot of

time, sharing it with friends, getting their feedback and at the end of the day, trusting my own instincts.”

Alongside Phelps, five other awarded photojournalists shared their portfolios: sports photographer of the year Matt Gade, college photographer of the year Gabriel Scarlett, author of the photography book of the year Maksymilian Rigamonti, multimedia photographer of the year Emily Kassie and photographer of the year Fabio Bucciarelli.

Phelps was awarded newspaper photographer of the year. She is a staff photographer for the Newark Advocate in Newark, Ohio.

It wasn’t her first time submitting photos to POYi, but this is her first POYi award.

“I was pretty much in shock,” Phelps said about winning newspaper photographer of the year.

“This is a really big award and I entered just to enter, not thinking that I would actually win because I’m from such a small paper and there’s so much amazing work out there. That’s what I expected to win, so it was really crazy.”

Phelps came from Newark, but some of her fellow winners such as Rigamonti and Bucciarelli came from Poland and Italy. One of the people responsible for gathering the photographers at RJI was POYi director Lynden Steele. “[To bring the winners to Columbia] is a dream,” Steele said. “It was great seeing them together, talking to each other. They are like old friends and they didn’t know each other beforehand.”

After spending the day at Smith Forum, the winners also had the chance to gather at the rooftop of the Heidelberg and keep the

conversation going. Steele talked about what brought the photojournalists together.

“We’re all photographers, we’re all journalists,” Steele said. “And we all have the same spirit, so it’s easy to connect. Everybody is so impressed with each other and very generous with each other.”

The reception at Orr Street Studios had about 100 people and the seven-hour symposium with some of the winners counted with about 50 people. In light of these numbers, Steele also talked about POYi and its audience.

“POYi is known among photographers and if you’re not a photographer you might never know about it,” Steele said. “I think that’s a shame.

I think there’s something there that can be shared.”

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‘Game of Thrones’ delivers epic moments in the Battle of Winterfell The third episode of the season is light on major deaths but heavy on critical moments.

RACHEL PICKETT

MOVE Angles Columnist This review contains spoilers for season eight, episode three of “Game of Thrones.”

with ferocious screams, the soldiers plunge into the darkness, seeking out the White Walker army in order to destroy it once and for all.

The rest of the episode, which lasts 82 minutes, is an epic saga between the living and the dead. From the very beginning of the episode, there is a very real and justified feeling that the dead will be triumphant. It seems that the living have

and children.

In the final moments of the episode, almost all hope seems lost as the Night King (Vladimír Furdík) comes face to face with Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) in the godswood. Just before the audience finds out what the Night King wants with Bran, Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) leaps out of nowhere and manages to stab and destroy the leader with her Valyrian

However, the disappointed fans of the show have missed the overwhelming merits of the episode. Not only were there fantastic character moments, a haunting score and some of the best fighting that the show has seen, there was also a beautiful continuation of the lessons that “Thrones” has pushed for eight seasons.

Perhaps the best example of these lessons is the idea that no one in the show is invincible. This is something that was largely forgotten in the case of the Night King.

After Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) fails in her attempt to kill him with dragon fire, there is a tangible fear that maybe this horrifying enemy is unbeatable.

Unfortunately for the Night King, everyone in “Thrones” is mortal. It doesn’t matter if you are the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms or the leader of the army of

the undead. Everything you worked for (and your whole character arc) can disappear in a flash.

This is the lesson that should ultimately sit with fans as the narrative of the show shifts. With the Night King and his army gone, the soldiers of Winterfell will now have to double down on their efforts and focus on the next greatest threat: Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) and her Golden Company army.

While at this point it is expected that the Starks and Targaryens will come out on top, this episode is the perfect reminder that no one is safe and any perceived advantages are really just illusions of security. If history repeats itself, then these illusions will doom many more of our favorite characters before the show comes to an end.

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Former Maneater Editors

Kit Harington in “Game of Thrones” season eight episode three that aired on April 28, 2019. | COURTESY OF IMDB

The first scenes of the Battle of Winterfell are dominated by silence and darkness.

Thousands of soldiers, our favorite characters among them, are gearing up for war against the most formidable opponent: death. With every minute, the tension builds and senses are heightened.

In an instant, the silence and darkness breaks.

Melisandre (Carice van Houten) sets the Dothraki arakhs aflame, lighting up the battlefield and the faces of the brave soldiers. Then

no actual plan to attack the dead, and during multiple points in the episode, it seems that this might be the end for Winterfell and for Westeros as a whole.

One of the scariest moments of the episode includes dragons Drogon and Rhaegal narrowly escaping death, while the Wights are simultaneously breaking through the gates of Winterfell and lurking behind every corner of the castle. If all that wasn’t enough, the bodies in the crypt rise from the dead and threaten Winterfell’s women

steel dagger.

Just like that, the war between the living and the dead is over. The entire army is reduced to nothing, including Viserion the dragon who once posed such a great threat to Westeros.

For some fans, the battle will be a disappointment. No huge characters died (Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) was perhaps the biggest name who perished) and the ending was rather abrupt. For all the buildup of the “Great War,” it was surprising to have the actual combat begin and end in just one episode.

Wed in Chicago Two former managing editors of The Maneater student newspaper, Rae Nudson and Michael Sewall, married each other Saturday, May 4, 2019. The wedding was held at at Artifact Events in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood, and about 100 people were in attendance.

Nudson, class of 2009, served as managing editor in the 2007-08 academic year. Sewall, class of 2010, succeeded her as managing editor from 2008-09. Although they never dated while at MU, Nudson and Sewall stayed in touch through a group of college friends and started dating in 2012. They dated long distance for more than a year before Nudson moved to Chicago, were they live with their pet parakeet, R2D2. Nudson is an editor and writer and Sewall is an urban planner.

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MUSIC

Here’s a summer playlist to start the season off right A summer playlist featuring Alvvays, Vampire Weekend and The Beach Boys.

New Order - “Age of Consent” A shift away from the band’s Joy Division days, the opening guitar riff on “Age of Consent” sets the tone for New Order’s 1983 debut “Power, Corruption, JACOB LUEBBERT and Lies.” Punchy drums and Bernard Columnist Summer’s vocals make this a song worthy of any summer playlist.

Summer is approaching, and what’s a Japanese Breakfast - “Everybody Wants better way to celebrate than a playlist? to Love You” Whether you’re grilling hot dogs, sitting by This indie pop song from Michelle the beach or on a road trip, these songs will Zauner’s project Japanese Breakfast is a help set the mood. hyperactive tune perfect for warm, sunny Alvvays - “Plimsoll Punks” days.

Would it even be a summer playlist without Brian Eno - “St. Elmo's Fire” Alvvays? “Plimsoll Punks” is the third single Most songs from Eno’s “Another Green from the band's 2017 “Antisocialites” LP and World” would work here, but “St. Elmo’s perhaps its most summery with its twangy Fire” is especially golden with its electric guitars and warm, lo-fi production. guitar riffs from King Crimson’s Robert Vampire Weekend - “Sunflower” Fripp.

Featuring The Internet's Steve Lacy, The Beach Boys - “Good Vibrations” “Sunflower” is the fourth single from Vampire “Good Vibrations” is one of the Weekend's forthcoming “Father of the Bride” quintessential songs from The Beach LP and perhaps its best. The infectious guitar Boys’ massive discography. With its and bass riff throughout the song combined iconic Electro-Theremin wines and twee with Ezra Koenig’s endearing lyrics make for vocal harmonies, it’s one of the defining a defining summer tune. Be sure to check out songs of the summer too.

Snail Mail’s “Lush” (top left), Alvvay’s “Antisocialites” (bottom left), New Order’s “Age of the Jonah Hill directed music video too, Stella Donnelly - “Tricks” which features puppies and Jerry Seinfeld. Consent” (top right), and Vampire Weekend’s “Father of the Bride” (bottom right).

One of the newer songs on this Snail Mail - “Heat Wave” playlist, “Tricks” is Stella Donnelly’s attempt at mocking the “Australian Why not prepare for the actual summer heat wave with Snail Mail’s “Heat identity,” but it’s an exceptional pop song for long road trips too.

Wave?” From her 2018 debut LP “Lush,” “Heat Wave” tells the story of a Cocteau Twins “Heaven or Las Vegas” failed summer relationship. Lindsey Jordan coats the song in rich guitar “Heaven or Las Vegas” is one of the Cocteau Twins’ most popular tracks, tones to really invoke that summer feeling. and for good reason. Elizabeth Fraser’s vocals and the droning instrumentation of Montreal - “Suffer for Fashion” The opener on of Montreal’s 2007 record “Hissing Fauna” is another make it a perfect tune for toasty summer nights.

Edited by Joe Cross endlessly lively pop song from the mind of Kevin Barnes. “Suffer for Fashion” is a lovely tune for a late night drive. jcross@themaneater.com

AWARD

Dean Kathryn Chval: Iris M. Carl Equity and Leadership award winner MU’s College of Education Dean Kathryn Chval was awarded the prestigious Iris M. Carl Equity and Leadership Award for contributions to the quality of mathematics education provided to underserved students.

NICKETA COOMBS

Reporter

Kathryn Chval holds the Joanne H. Hook Dean’s Chair in Educational Renewal in the MU College of Education. Chval is also a professor of mathematics education where her research focuses on effective preparation models and support structures for teachers, effective elementary mathematics teaching for English language learners and curriculum standards and policies.

For her significant contributions to promoting the quality of mathematics education provided to underserved students, Chval has been presented with the TODOS Iris M. Carl Equity and Leadership award.

TODOS is an international and professional organization that advocates for equity and excellence

in mathematics education for all students. The honoree of this award is a mathematics educator who exhibits commitment to improving mathematics education for all students and has made contributions that have impacted equity and access for underserved students.

Chval received this award because her work in improving mathematics has influenced the school, community, leaders and practitioners.

“I am extremely passionate about working with underserved populations and improving their access to quality education, especially Latinx students,” Chval said. “My primary research focus is improving the quality of teaching math for ELL learners through research, service and advocacy.”

Chval has been very involved with TODOS for a long time serving as a keynote speaker, an advisor to the advocacy committee and collaborating with inaugural members.

She has been collaborating with graduate students and is very close to publishing a book that shows educators how to teach math to English-language learners.

Those who know Chval can attest to her drive, where increasing equity and promoting leadership goes way beyond research, the classroom or

even just a mathematics education.

She works tirelessly to be a mentor, advocate and support for students, staff and faculty in the College of Education and in the Columbia community. A close collaborator with Chval, Eryca Neville, principal of Douglass High school and College of Education alumna, believes Chval is a fantastic resource to the community.

“She is very personable and exudes women’s empowerment and leadership,” Neville said. “I admire her attentiveness and the fact that she treats people like people, not like titles, regardless of what level you are at. That level of commitment helps to reinforce how I handle my interactions when I am in my spaces also.”

According to the College of Education website, Chval has directed or co-directed research teams that received nearly $21 million in funding and has been funded continuously by the NSF since 1995.

Additionally, Chval has authored more than 60 research publications, including 17 books, and is the recipient of the prestigious NSF Early Career Award and the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Early Career Award.

Chval’s working model emphasizes genuine collaboration without power dynamics and separation, as

experienced by Sonya Nistendirk, executive staff assistant to the Dean’s office.

“As a staff member, I love working with Dean Chval, she makes me feel like a true partner in the work we do here, not like someone who is at a lower level,” Nistendirk said.

Supporting diverse students is a very prominent and important role to Chval based on accounts by Helen Young, a doctoral student in the College of Education.

“Dean Chval is very available and immediately supportive, regardless of how busy her schedule is,” Young said. “I was struggling to find someone to talk to during a tough time and she stepped up…she is very action-oriented and does the leg work to find you resources and make any connections you need.”

Young also explained that the support did not stop there.

“Even after, she was still very much available and continuously reached out to see how I was doing,” Young said. “I remember her saying that she was looking forward to shaking my hand at graduation and that was very motivating, she inspired me to keep pushing through adversity.”

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COLUMN: Transgender troops deserve everyone’s respect The transgender ban in the military is presented as a financial and safety issue, but it’s actually just discrimination against the transgender community.

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.

Lots of very patriotic Americans would do anything for their troops.

They would give up watching football, and give their time to serve those who serve America. The near constant conversation that surrounds “respecting our troops” may lead you to believe that there is nothing that America wouldn’t do anything for service members, but where does America draw the line?

Based on the policy implemented by the Pentagon on April 12, 2019, the line is covering transgender troops medical costs for transitioning. Almost

two years after President Donald Trump’s controversial tweet calling for the ban, transgender individuals will be unable to serve unless they serve under their biological sex.

While the ban uses the medical costs of transitioning as a reason, the way the policy works doesn’t actually focus on those costs. New applicants to the military who have a medical history with hormone therapy or sex-reassignment surgery are “presumptively disqualified,” according to ABC News. This is significant because even if the individual has already had the surgery the Pentagon and president are so worried about paying for, they don’t get to serve.

In addition, health care costs associated with transitioning aren’t as expensive as people think. Out of the $50 billion estimation for Department of Defense health care costs, the highest estimate of money used by transgender individuals for the sake of transitioning is 0.017%, according to Forbes. The estimated $2.4 to $8.4 million annually is statistically small. The Department of Defense spends more money on Viagra, at about $84 million annually, according to Military Times.

Being transgender doesn’t make someone less willing or able to serve. In a statement released by the American Medical Association,

Barbara L. McAneny, M.D., the president of the organization, explained, “The estimated 14,700 transgender military personnel are qualified and willing to serve. Rather than stigmatizing and banning these patriots, [Department of Defense] should let them serve.”

The statement also explains that even with the diagnosis of gender dysphoria, there is no “medically valid” reason to block transgender individuals from serving in the military. Transgender individuals are not inherently weak or unfit.

Being transgender just makes you the subject of a religious debate.

This isn’t about the associated cost or fitness of duty. This is about the lack of respect that transgender individuals get. Even when they are sacrificing their lives, all people care about is their gender identity.

Jessica Maxwell, Department of Defense spokeswoman, responded to the accusations of discrimination in an email to The Hill by stating, “I would reiterate that the department will continue to treat all individuals with dignity and respect, and every service member is able to express their gender identity.” While the statement has a nice sentiment, the department’s actions do not reflect their words. By asking service members to hide part of their identity, the Trump administration is actively

disrespecting those individuals and bringing back the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” days. As long as transgender troops are willing to serve under a gender they do not belong to, they can still serve. The diagnosis of gender dysphoria determines if they are allowed to serve.

While the Department of Defense claims that not all transgender service members will be affected by this ban due to the troops that were out before the ban took effect, the Department of Defense is failing to see how this impacts morale and the overall environment surrounding these troops.

Trump claims transgender troops create, “tremendous medical costs and disruption.” For those who are already out, this statement can hurt them even more. The commander in chief of the U.S. military made a discriminatory statement and other troops may take that as license to hurt or taunt transgender troops.

Not only is this ban wrong logically, but it is also morally wrong. Respecting troops shouldn’t exclude those who are different.

They still served. They deserve the same amount of opportunity as every other American. Being transgender doesn’t make someone less capable of serving their country, so why does it hinder people’s ability to respect that service member?

SCHNELLE’S SITUATION

COLUMN: Friendships started by social media can decrease genuine conversations Talking behind a screen can decrease the chances of a friendship being long-lasting.

Rachel Schnelle is a freshman journalism major at MU. She is an opinion columnist who writes about student life for The Maneater.

Snapchat came out with an update that added the term “snapstreaks” in 2016. Since then snapstreaks have represented daily devotion and the unrelentless communicating back-and-forth with friends.

For some, streaks represent how close they feel to their friends and their partners but for others it doesn’t mean anything. The idea that a streak represents how someone truly feels is foolish.

As someone who has had Snapchat since the very beginning of its creation on September 16th, 2012, I’ve seen the huge strides its founders have made to engage users more. When the app began using snapstreaks, I wasn’t really sure what it meant. As I started getting streaks with my friends, I realized how addictive it could become. I also realized how sad losing one would be, but quickly realized that this meant nothing more than a weak Wi-Fi signal or being occupied by something other than social media.

A snapstreak is essentially keeping score of The app has no way of knowing what users know someone’s friendship. Some people take it very you out of Snapchat or whether or not they’re your seriously, and if a snapstreak is lost it can be seen true friends. There is a big difference between as a major offense communicating for and lead to drama purposes of keeping or even broken in touch versus friendships. communicating Like Facebook because you don’t and Instagram, want to kill the Snapchat is snapstreak. beginning to ruin You cannot what it actually judge the success means to have of a friendship by friendships and the number of a what is required of GRAPHIC BY EMILY MANN snapstreak. There them. Friendships is so much more should not be built on how quick that person can to it than social media interaction. Friendship answer a Facebook messenger, Snapchat or direct is about the real one-on-one time you spend message. From personal experience, I’ve realized together, if they build you up, have your back and that some people can be a different person on if you actually get along. social media than in person. Talking to someone Today it can become easy to measure a friendship strictly on social media can hinder actually getting by how well people communicate on social media. to know their true personality. You cannot see However, this eliminates the ability to determine facial expressions or hear tone over text or how someone is in person. It decreases actually snapchat conversation. While some people are knowing someone’s personality and emotions and active on social media, some are not and that’s OK. increases the superficial part of a friendship.

While snapstreak takes into account how much While it can seem out of reach sometimes, it is two users communicate back and forth, it doesn’t still possible to have true and genuine friendships take into account the quality of the conversation. without the use of social media.

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BASEBALL

Body to mind: Peter Zimmermann’s journey to the middle of Missouri’s lineup The powerful designated hitter has helped spark MU solid season.

WILSON MOORE

Assistant Sports Editor On a cool afternoon in northwest Arkansas, the Missouri Tigers were two outs away from being swept in their first SEC series of the year.

Arkansas junior Jacob Kostyshock was on the mound with a 2-0 lead, humming fastballs north of 95 miles per hour when he hit sophomore Mark Vierling with a pitch, bringing up junior Peter Zimmermann.

Zimmermann, a St. Louis native, played youth baseball with Kostyshock, who is from the nearby suburb of O’Fallon, Missouri. In the pair’s first meeting two days earlier, Zimmermann went down swinging on one of Kostyshock’s signature heaters. Coming up to the plate with the game on the line, Zimmermann was content to see his former teammate on the mound, or any of the Razorbacks’ litany of MLB prospects. It was the type of moment he lives for.

“Instead of letting it get to me, it gives me an edge,” Zimmermann said. “It makes me fired up.

It’s fun. That atmosphere is awesome. I love the challenge. I love seeing [Arkansas junior] Matt Cronin coming in throwing 95 [MPH]. I love [Arkansas redshirt junior] Isaiah Campbell. I don’t care if he strikes me out. I’m gonna go up there and swing as hard as I can.”

With the game on the line, Kostyshock went to the fastball again. Zimmermann didn’t miss it this time, squaring the ball up and hammering it high over the wall and off the batter’s eye in centerfield. Tie game. That night, Zimmermann got a text from Kostyshock. “Thought I could get one more by you” it said. Zimmermann smiled while recounting the story.

“Good try there,” he concluded the anecdote.

MU went on to lose the game, but Zimmermann did enough to establish himself as a regular in the middle of the starting lineup for the rest of the season as the designated hitter. Dealing with a leg injury sustained early in the year, he started only five of the first 16 games. Since the homer, he’s started 26 of a possible 30 games, almost all of them in the No. 4 spot — he began the season batting eighth — where he’s provided protection hitting behind center fielder junior Kameron Misner by hitting .273 with a .362 on-base percentage, five home runs and 30 runs batted in, third most on the team.

Playing baseball at a high level is something Zimmermann’s been preparing for most of his life.

Growing up in St. Louis, Zimmermann’s father, Ted Zimmermann, said his son “had a bat in his hands, literally before he was two years old.”

Peter Zimmermann spent much of his childhood on various fields around the Midwest, playing with his traveling team and regularly winning tournaments. It wasn’t until his teenage years that Ted Zimmermann began to notice the difference between his son and other young ballplayers.

“I started noticing when he was in his early teens as he was growing,” Ted Zimmermann said.

“Because you start getting around other athletes, going to showcases and participating in national and regional events, and seeing how he performed

Junior baseball player Peter Zimmermann | COURTESY OF MIZZOU ATHLETICS

against people from outside the city really started giving some perspective on really what a special player is.”

While developing and excelling with the physical tools needed to play baseball at a high level, Peter Zimmermann was also honing an aspect that became every bit as much of a factor in his game as his swing or athleticism: his mind.

Never particularly fleet of foot, the six-footthree-inch, 225-pound Peter Zimmermann has stolen eight bases without getting caught for MU this season from studying pitchers, reading bounces and getting good jumps. He didn’t develop that baseball intelligence overnight.

“He's a real student of the game and he has always had a passion for baseball, even as a little

kid,” Ted Zimmermann said. “Growing up in St Louis and following the Cardinals and all of their stars, like [Albert] Pujols, and he really was fascinated by the game, and he learned it really at a young age.”

When Peter Zimmermann entered high school at Chaminade College Preparatory School, his coaches noticed the same thing his dad had.

“You could tell the difference between when he hit the ball and when other people hit the ball,” Chaminade coach Chris Chiburis said.

Zimmermann enjoyed a successful career at Chaminade, highlighted by an eye-popping .492 batting average his junior season. On Aug. 5, 2015, shortly before the start of his senior year, he announced his commitment to Tulane University.

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Recap: NFL Draft sees Lock, Beckner selected while Hall, Crockett sign post-draft Drew Lock was selected No. 42 overall by the Denver Broncos.

EMILY LEIKER

Sports Editor

Drew Lock’s name still hadn’t been announced by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell when pick No. 32 — the last of first-round selections — rolled around.

With the No. 4 pick in the NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders were the first team the former MU quarterback was a probable pick for. Instead, the Raiders went with former Clemson defensive end Clelin Ferrell. Next, the New York Giants were expected to pick Lock with their No. 6 pick.

The Giants picked a quarterback, but it was Daniel Jones, who played for Duke University.

Arguably the most likely spot for Lock to land heading into the draft was at No. 10 with the Denver Broncos. Lock’s Las Vegas over/under was set at 10.5, but the Broncos traded their pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who took former Michigan linebacker Devin Bush.

On and on the draft went, and Lock continued to slide. Other probable places for Lock to end up — Green Bay, Cincinnati, Washington — all passed on him as their first pick.

When the Broncos’ pick finally rolled around at No. 20, they chose former Iowa tight end Noah Fant.

When the New England Patriots went on the clock as the No. 32 pick for the 2019 NFL Draft, hopes of Lock being selected in the first round were fleeting. With 12 picks in this year’s draft and Tom Brady turning 42 this August, it was inevitable that the

Patriots would draft a QB that could Former Baltimore Ravens Super entirely. step in as Brady’s successor within Bowl MVP Joe Flacco will be the Hall wasn’t alone. the coming years.

Missouri’s other top draft prospects starting quarterback for Denver this That successor won’t be Lock, as season, according to a statement — offensive lineman Paul Adams, the Patriots used linebacker Terez Hall, their first pick running back Damarea to draft wide Crockett and tight end receiver N’Keal Kendall Blanton — all Harry. The pick also went undrafted pushed Lock out after seven rounds were of the first round completed. of the 2019 NFL However, each of Draft. them found spots as Instead, Lock undrafted free agents did end up with nonetheless. the Broncos, Emanuel Hall albeit as the No. announced via Twitter 42 pick in the that he had signed a second round contract with the after the team Chicago Bears.

It’s traded up with suspected that he slid so the Cincinnati far in the draft due to Bengals.

The a groin injury that kept slide may have him off the field for the put a damper majority of his senior on Lock’s draft season at Missouri. experience, but Terez Hall’s signing ultimately the with the Patriots also quarterback surfaced via Twitter. thinks the He took an official visit unpredicted with the team last week, c i r c u m s t a n c e s Missouri quarterback Drew Lock poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after which was one of their will benefit him. the Denver Broncos selected Lock in the second round during the 2019 NFL Draft on allotted top-30 visits. Hall “This adds Friday, April 26, 2019 in Nashville, Tenn. injured his pectoral muscle a little chip to | COURTESY OF PERRY KNOTTS/NFL during the combine in the shoulder, bigger than the one that’s already from Elway following Lock’s drafting. March, and only participated in the there,” Lock said in a teleconference Flacco will serve as a mentor for bench press.

Adams will sign with the Giants, following his selection. “If I for some Lock, who will work to earn a starting position in the future.

Blanton will sign with the Los reason needed any extra motivation, Lock wasn’t the only former Angeles Rams and Crockett will join I definitely got it.”

Lock was the fourth quarterback Missouri player whose draft stock the Houston Texans.

The 2019-2020 NFL football taken in the draft. John Elway, slid. While defensive tackle Terry Broncos Hall of Fame quarterback, Beckner Jr. ended up going to the season begins on Aug. 1 with a has selected six QBs during his time Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the No. preseason game between the Broncos as the team’s general manager, but 215 pick overall, wideout Emanuel and Atlanta Falcons.

Edited by Leah Glasser none of them remain on the Broncos’ Hall slid past his projected fourth roster. round pick and out of the draft lglasser@themaneater.com

SOFTBALL

Missouri struggles in Starkville, swept in three game set Mississippi State scored 15 combined runs in the fourth inning during the series.

MAX BAKER

Staff Writer

After winning six consecutive games, Missouri (29-21, 10-11 SEC) lost all three games against Mississippi State (30-19, 7-14 SEC) in Starkville, MISS over the weekend.

In game one, Missouri began the scoring in the third inning after a single by sophomore Hatti Moore drove in sophomore Brooke Wilmes.

Wilmes extended the lead with an RBI single in the fourth. Two batters later, freshman Jazmyn Rollin walked, scoring another.

Mississippi State answered in a major way in the bottom of the fourth. The Bulldogs scored seven runs after eight consecutive batters reached base.

Redshirt senior Madi Norman allowed five of the seven runs in the inning.

In the bottom of the fifth, Mississippi State tacked on another run on an RBI double by senior

Sarai Niu. Missouri could not get a run across in the sixth or seventh and fell 8-3.

"We came in complacent [Friday]," coach Larissa Anderson said in a press release. "In this league, you can't overlook a team because of their record.

I thought we did that, and a good team made us pay for it."

On Saturday, both teams remained scoreless until the bottom of the third when senior Kat Moore hit a two-run homer for the Bulldogs.

Missouri responded with back-to-back home runs

by Moore and sophomore Kim Wert in the top of the fourth. Mississippi State answered with four runs in the bottom half with a three-run homer by sophomore Mia Davidson. She leads the nation with 25 homers on the year.

"I thought our fight was better [Saturday]," Anderson said in a press release. "For the second day, though, we left a lot of people on base, and our pitching wasn't as good as it has been. Hard to win when those two things don't go your way.

These last two games haven't been us. We need to get back to being us."

Redshirt freshman Kendyll Bailey got one run back in the top of the fifth with a solo home run to

center field. Missouri would continue the rally but left the bases loaded to end the inning. The Tigers would not manage to get another run across and lost the second game 6-3.

In the series finale, Missouri struck first with a solo homer from freshman Jazmyn Rollin in the top of the third. After the Bulldogs grabbed the lead on a two-run homer in the bottom half, freshman Emma Raabe knotted the game at two with a solo homer of her own in the top of the fourth.

Mississippi State again crushed Missouri’s hopes in the fourth inning, scoring four runs off of sophomore pitcher Cassie Gasper. The Bulldogs scored a total of 15 combined runs in the fourth inning in the series. Missouri allowed four more runs in the bottom of the fifth and lost 10-2 in five innings.

Missouri will head home and take on University of Missouri-Kansas City on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

CDT before concluding SEC regular-season play at home against South Carolina over the weekend.

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“He had done a really good job of looking at what he wanted in a college and Tulane hit the buttons for what he was looking for,” Ted said.

Zimmermann’s senior season was expectedly dominant, as he hit .362 with a .681 slugging percentage.

Chaminade had a mediocre team overall, going 12-9 and failing to make the state tournament, but he was on to bigger and better things, scheduled to report to Tulane for summer classes and practices in early July.

He never stepped foot on Tulane’s campus. Green Wave coach David Pierce accepted a job at the University of Texas and took the rest of his coaching staff with him on June 29, less than a week before activities were scheduled to start. With the coaches Zimmermann had cultivated a relationship with for over a year gone, Tulane no longer seemed like the best option.

“It was a whirlwind,” Zimmermann said of his decommitment. “I mean, it really was. I had talked to a lot of schools. Missouri State was one of them. [I took] some visits and it just was a hard process because it's so late in the game. Most schools have the recruiting classes finished up. Some schools are getting new coaching staffs...

So there's a lot of things that go on.”

At the end of that whirlwind, Zimmermann elected to stay close to home and attend Saint Louis University, the alma mater of both his parents.

“It was something that he had been exposed to all growing up,” Ted said. “And so it didn't surprise me that that might be one of the

places he chose and he can be close to home when he did, because again, [he] didn't have a lot of time to go through a process.”

Zimmermann’s career at SLU got off to a solid enough start in fall baseball, until he hurt his back slamming into a wall chasing a pop fly.

The injury lingered all year, limiting him to six at-bats in the spring. After one season, he decided it was time to leave in search of greener pastures.

“It wasn't the toughest decision to make,” he said.

“I just wasn't comfortable there. I liked the guys, just the coaches definitely didn't mesh as well. I just think it was the right decision for me in my career.”

His quest for a new school led him to the world of Texas junior colleges, a world filled with players who will someday get drafted or transfer to a top-25 Division 1 program. Zimmermann settled on San Jacinto Community College, an NAIA powerhouse in Pasadena, Texas.

“When he first showed up, he was coming off of a back injury and we didn’t really know what we were gonna get out of him,” San Jacinto assistant coach Kory Koehler said. “Just a big, physical kid who really liked to hit, worked his tail off, swung the bat, more of an offensive player than a defensive player.”

In October, the recruiting process was starting for the third time in three years for Zimmermann. After a strong fall, he fielded offers from Southern Mississippi, North Florida, Florida Gulf Coast and Indiana among others.

When his home state of Missouri came calling in January, he was initially hesitant, and entered the spring season with his future still in the air.

That uncertainty didn’t affect him on the field.

He once again established himself in the middle of a lineup, and hit .344 with six homers while batting mostly fourth for the Gators.

“We were expecting a power bat, and what we got was an all-around middle of the order type guy who hit in our four and five hole for us all year,” Koehler said.

Forty-four games into the season, Zimmermann committed to MU. It wasn’t an easy decision, having had a bad experience staying close to home at SLU, but his familiarity with the coaching staff and idea of playing in the SEC in his home state ultimately won out.

“I kind of wanted to step out of my comfort zone,” he said. “I went to Houston and played at San Jac. That's out of my comfort zone a bit, but I kind of realized, SEC ball's going to be out of your comfort zone as it is. So why not go to a school, play SEC ball, be an hour and a half from home and be with the coaching staff who have been working and becoming better and better every year here?”

Flash forward to April: It was a sunny Saturday afternoon. MU had just walked off on rival Kentucky to even the series at one game apiece. Having driven in three runs in the win, Zimmermann entered the film room to talk to reporters sporting an unusual look.

Typically players are still in uniform while addressing the media. Zimmermann wore a white headband and a white cutoff T-shirt.

“I stole this from [junior] Zach [Hanna]’s locker,” he said proudly. “R.I.P.” Hanna, who is two inches shorter and 22 pounds lighter than Zimmermann, has been out the entire season with a hand injury. As serious and focused as Zimmermann is on the field, he likes to keep things loose off of it.

“Now [his attitude] is serious, but at the same time,

Junior Peter Zimmermann misses the hit against Kentucky. Taylor Stadium, Friday, April 5, 2019, in Columbia, Mo | PHOTO BY PHOTOGRAPHER MARCO STOREL

he brings a passion to it,” Ted said. “Some guys are kind of quiet and lead in that way. Some guys lead with their energy. And I think that that's been part of the way he's always played. Away from the game, he's fun to be around. He's a passionate person in all aspects of his life, but he's a lot of fun.”

That attitude has spread to the rest of the team. After a slow start to the season, Zimmermann says the team’s rise has coincided with an increase in how much fun the players are having. In a recent series against South Carolina, members of the team added a flair to postgame interviews, creating elaborate scenes behind the interviewee as he talked to SEC network.

“Coach [Steve] Bieser kind of just let my personality kind of be there, because I think at times earlier this year we didn't have as much of a team personality,” Zimmermann said. “Now, I feel like a couple of us started

showing more, I wouldn't say flare, but more personality out on the field….we have a team personality and I like to be a part of that. We aren't all just robots and I think that's why it, [we’re] kind of starting to do well.

They have guys finding their niche, finding their role and it's been really good.”

As the end of the season comes into focus, MU is looking at being No. 2 or No. 3 in its region according to most projections. It hasn’t won a regional since 2006, but Zimmermann intends to change that.

“I want to break that regional streak,” he said. “I want to not just get to the regional. I want to win a regional and we want to do all that here. I feel like we got the talent on the team, the coaches and the people around this program to do it.”

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eleiker@themaneater.com

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of 2018-2019 ADAM COLE EMILY LEIKER

Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor NCAA hands down sanctions to MU football, baseball, softball Missouri’s NCAA D1 infractions case from 2016 was finally ruled upon by committee on Jan. 31, imposing a list of sanctions for football, baseball and softball.

Those sanctions included a singleseason post-season ban for each of the three sports, a 5% reduction in scholarships as well as other recruiting sanctions, a fine of $5,000 plus 1% of each of the football, softball and baseball budgets, three years of NCAA probation and a vacation of wins.

MU athletic director Jim Sterk announced the school’s decision to appeal the sanctions on the same day they were released. Missouri has since filed its 64-page written appeal and is awaiting an in-person appearance date from the NCAA. The appeals process postpones the enforcement of the sanctions, meaning softball and baseball are able to participate in this year’s postseason. Football’s chance at a 2019 bowl game will depend on how long the appeals process lasts.

Cunningham becomes all-time leading scorer, first WNBA Mizzou draftee The “Mayor of Columbia,” Sophie Cunningham, fully cemented her status as an MU legend this season.

Cunningham scored 33 points in MU’s second-round SEC Tournament loss to Mississippi State, and became MU’s all-time leading scorer off a jumper in the first quarter. She surpassed Joni Davis’ previous record of 2,127 points. The record is now 2,187, as Cunningham and the Tigers played two rounds in the NCAA Tournament as well.

Following a successful career at Missouri during which Cunningham started every game she played in, totaling almost 5,000 minutes, she was drafted in the second-round of the 2019 WNBA Draft as the No. 13 pick to the Phoenix Mercury.

Cunningham is the first Mizzou player to continue her basketball career in the WNBA. Bryant transfers to MU Any uncertainty surrounding the aftermath of quarterback Drew Lock’s time at Missouri ceased to a halt well before his career came to an end in the Liberty Bowl, as former Clemson quarterback and prized transfer Kelly Bryant announced his intent to transfer to Mizzou in December.

The redshirt senior chose MU over Auburn, Arkansas, Mississippi State and North Carolina.

Bryant left Clemson after being benched for true freshman Trevor

Lawrence four games into the 2018 season. Bryant finished his time at Clemson with 3,338 passing yards and 32 total touchdowns. He also led Clemson to a College Football Playoff semi-final his junior year. Bryant finished the 2019 Black and Gold Spring Game with 150 yards passing.

The likely pique of Bryant’s interest in transferring to MU stems from a recently renovated offensive style that, under first-year offensive coordinator Derek Dooley in 2018, saw multi-tooled efficiency through the air and ground. The pro-style of offense utilized now-Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock’s arm and propelled MU to an average of 36.9 points per game. Bryant will look to find early-round draft status while helming the MU offense.

Porter tears ACL, out for season Jontay Porter was all smiles in front of a crowd at Mizzou Arena when the men’s and women’s basketball programs participated in their season kickoff, Mizzou Madness.

The next morning, news broke that the sophomore would be out for the season.

During a secret scrimmage against Southern Illinois University on Oct. 21, Porter suffered a combo ACL and MCL tear on a bad landing.

In his freshman season, Porter made 33 appearances in games and averaged 9.9 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game. He was named SEC Co-Sixth Man as well as being named to the SEC All-Freshman team.

Porter retore his ACL again in March while doing on-the-court rehab in Denver.

Porter had tested the NBA Draft waters alongside his brother, Michael Porter Jr., following the 2017-2018 season. Jontay announced he would be declaring for the 2019 NBA Draft on Friday, April 19 per a press release.

Wrestling finishes top-10 in NCAAs for fifth consecutive year At this year’s National Championships, Missouri coach Brian Smith’s wrestling squad continued its ascension with its fifth consecutive top-10 national finish and its ninth top-10 national finish all-time. All nine of those top-10s have come under Smith, who took over the program in 1998.

No. 8 John Erneste, No. 5 Jaydin Eierman, No. 4 Brock Mauller and No. 2 Daniel Lewis all finished with All-Americans in their respective weight classes.

Smith’s resume includes all eight of MU’s national champions, as well as 32 All-Americans prior to the 18-19 season.

Mauller and No. 13 Jarrett Jacques were both true freshmen competitors at nationals for the Tigers and are likely next in line after departures

Junior guard Jordan Roundtree, left, high fives senior Sophie Cunningham during the second half of the Missouri vs. Alabama women’s basketball game on Saturday, March 2 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. | Photo by Sports Editor Adam Cole

from Lewis and an Olympic redshirt from Eierman in 19-20.

Mizzou football road win over ranked Florida Missouri football marched into enemy territory in early November and came out with its first SEC win of 2018, 38-17, against the then-No. 13 Gators. The win was also Missouri coach Barry Odom’s first over a ranked opponent since taking the helm of MU football.

However, the win was by no means sure fire for the Tigers. Florida thought it caught Missouri unaware for a 60-yard freak fumble return for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter. That would have cut the deficit to 11 and ignited a radical momentum switch. Instead, it was ruled a 77-yard catch for wideout Emanuel Hall and put the Tigers in scoring position. The scenario was a precarious one, as Missouri had failed to deal a knockout blow to opponents numerous times to that point in the season.

Against South Carolina, the Tigers led 17-7 and 23-14 before succumbing to a last-second, come-from-behind field goal. They were seconds away against No. 11 Kentucky the week prior, until a walk-off touchdown completed a late rally from down 14-3. Even against Purdue, Missouri lost 27-10 and 37-27 leads before winning on the final play, and a 21-0 lead nearly disappeared two weeks prior against Memphis.

The Tigers rode out the momentum of the win at UF to win out their final three games of the regular season before losing on a gamedeciding drive in the Liberty Bowl to Oklahoma State.

Mizzou women’s basketball beats No. 5 Mississippi State on road Cierra Porter sunk a triple with 41 seconds left in the game to seal a 75-67 victory over No. 5 Mississippi State on Feb. 14 in Starkville, Mississippi. It was the only points the senior scored all game.

Porter’s fellow senior Sophie

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Cunningham scored 24 points in the road win after being a gametime decision due to sickness the entire night before. She ended up playing 38 of 40 minutes, recording six rebounds and three assists on top of her points.

Junior Amber Smith scored 16 points for MU and freshman Akira Levy added 10.

The win bumped Missouri to a 19-7, 8-4 record. The Tigers would finish the season 24-11 and 10-6, advancing to the second rounds of both the SEC Tournament, where they lost against the Bulldogs, and the NCAA Tournament.

Eierman announces Olympic redshirt Eierman – a three-time defending Mid-American Conference champion in his weight class – announced he’d be spending his 2019-20 season training for the 2020 Olympics.

Before Mizzou, he was a four-time state champion at Father Tolton Catholic High School.

Eierman will have three shots to qualify for the games, which will take place in Tokyo, Japan. The first of those shots will be the 2019 World Championships in September in Astana, Kazakhstan. If he fails to qualify then, his next chance will be at the Pan American Qualification Tournament on April 3 to 5 of 2020, the location of which has not yet been named. His last chance will be less than a month later beginning on April 30 at the World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Eierman isn’t the first MU wrestler to try his hand in the Olympics. In 2016, J’den Cox of the 197 weight class took home the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics and Ben Askren competed in the ‘08 competition.

Unlike Eierman, Both Askren and Cox used all four of their years of collegiate eligibility consecutively, competing in Beijing and Brazil during their MU careers.

Despite missing next season, Eierman intends to rejoin Missouri for his final year of eligibility in 2020-21.

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Top issues of 2018-2019 school year MU experienced issues like changes to Greek life policies and six campus closures due to weather.

BEN SCOTT EMILY WOLF

Assistant Student Politics Editor University News Editor Title IX Legislation Talk revolving around Title IX legislation has circulated around the MU campus, highlighted by the legislation proposed by the Missouri State House and Senate, Senate Bill 259 and House Bill 573.

The Maneater Editorial Board advocated against both bills because they would create an imbalance of power for sexual assault and harassment claims.

MU has taken steps to teach the student body about sexual harassment and discrimination. For instance, in October, the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center held Walk the Walk, an event that immersed participants in common experiences sexual assault and harassment survivors face.

MU also forced two RSVP center workers to resign after they spoke to the Columbia Daily Tribune about Title IX, according to the Columbia Missourian. MU forced on the grounds that they violated school policy for talking to news sources according to the Missourian.

Greek life proposed changes MU proposed new policies that require Greek life chapters to adhere to certain guidelines, such as GPA baselines and housing rules.

These policies were a result of a two-year investigation by the MU Fraternity & Sorority Advisory Board, which was created to find new ways to regulate the Greek life system. The new policies also include a process for self-reporting hazing incidents.

The proposal outlines efforts to increase

diversity and inclusivity among the chapters. The implementation dates for each policy range from fall 2019 to fall 2021.

Plan B resolution passes The Missouri Students Association legislature passed a resolution to increase the availability of emergency contraceptives on campus. It hopes to average two Plan B pills for each student.

The resolution states that Columbia doesn’t currently provide abortion access and students have to drive two hours to a St. Louis clinic and wait 72 hours between appointments to get an abortion.

The resolution doesn’t take effect – it only aims to encourage MU to investigate more ways to provide emergency conception to students.

Bird scooters come to Columbia The black and white electric scooters made their way onto campus early in the fall semester, prompting safety concerns from MU administration.

MU News Bureau Director Christian Basi said the university received no prior notice that the scooters would be coming to campus.

The scooters have gotten mixed reception from students. Some appreciate the efficiency the scooters offer when getting to classes, while others worry about potential accidents the scooters could cause.

The city reached an agreement with the company that requires Bird to pay $1 per scooter active per day, provide a 24-hour call line and move any illegally parked scooters.

Bird then left Columbia for the winter, citing a decrease in demand from riders and safety concerns caused by the weather conditions.

The scooters returned March 8, and Bird spokesperson Rachel Bankston said they were happy to be able to provide an environmentally friendly transportation option.

Winter weather causes campus delays, shutdowns

MU student and resident advisor at Hatch Hall Janelle Finch recently downloaded the Bird app on her phone to make traveling across campus easier and faster. | Photo by Senior Staff Photographer Jacob Moscovitch

This year, MU has had six campus closures or delays to the start of campus operations.

Between 1949 and 2006, there were four campus closures and one delayed start. After 2006, there have been 19 campus closures or delayed starts.

In response to the closures, MU made the decision to allow affected professors to host makeup classes on Reading Day May 10. The use of Reading Day as a make-up class is optional, and students cannot be penalized for attendance.

To determine whether or not to close campus or have a delayed start, MUPD and MU Landscape Services assess potential road conditions. Gary Ward, the vice chancellor for operations, makes a recommendation to Chancellor Alexander Cartwright, who then makes the decision.

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Top MU related tweets tweeted by The Maneater this year LEAH GLASSER

Social Media Coordinator .@Mizzou closes campus and UM System offices for the third straight day due to inclement weather: MU closed for the third time on Jan. 14 due to the inclement winter weather the campus experienced this year. In total, MU was closed for six days over the months of January and February. Students began to get accustomed to tweets, emails and alerts looking like this from the @MUalert account.

Stolen vehicles, machetes and French horns: follow an @MUPDpolice officer on a Friday night patrol: Maneater UNews Editor Emily Wolf rode along with an MUPD officer on a Friday night last semester. Most of the night’s action included traffic stops and a few interactions with intoxicated people. At one point in the night, there was a noise from an MU shed.

After surveying the situation it turned out to be a group of students practicing french horn. @ProvostRamchand welcomed to MU

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campus during reception event: Latha Ramchand was appointed as MU’s new provost by Chancellor Cartwright in June 2018. Ramchand was welcomed to her position in August at an event in the Reynolds Alumni Center. Cartwright spoke highly of Ramchand at the event. During her time at the mic, Ramchand discussed her plans for collaboration and working together to make magic happen. .@umsystem President Mun Choi announces increase in freshman enrollment and applications at Mizzou: MU freshman deposits have gone up this year and MU has secured three potential properties to be leased for extra housing.

UM System President Mun Choi announced the news of the 20.9% deposit increase at the April Board of Curators meeting. After the 2015 protests, enrollment began to drop, causing three residence halls to close in 2017. Two of the three have been reopened and the surge in enrollment will surely call for a need for more living space.

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Testing glucose levels, political polarization among impactful research this year This year, MU researchers have developed medical treatments, uncovered trends in social media and studied the effects of on-again, off-again relationships.

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University News Assistant Editor Bone cancer in dogs Osteosarcoma is a type of bone cancer seen in both humans and dogs. It is much more common in dogs, affecting over 10,000 dogs a year. Jeffrey Bryan, veterinary oncologist and director of the Comparative Oncology, Radiobiology and Epigenetics Laboratory, led clinical trials to test using precision medicine in affected dogs.

This research was presented in the Veterinary Cancer Society Conference in October 2018 and the Paws for a Cure Research Symposium in November 2018.

The medicine is a vaccine made from the dog’s own tumor cells. Dogs treated with the medicine had a 50% survival rate, compared to a similar group treated with chemotherapy that had a 10% survival rate. The treatment is currently available for dogs with osteosarcoma, and it is hoped that the precision treatment can later be applied to humans.

“This is the first time I’ve gotten to see a process go from concept all the way to commercial application,” Bryan said in a previous interview with The Maneater. “That’s a really rewarding sense to feel that we had a large role in making something available that is going to benefit a lot of dogs, and down the road, I think a lot of kids too.”

On-again, off-again relationships Kale Monk, assistant professor of human development and family science, conducted research into how being in an on-again, off-again relationship can put people at risk of negative mental health effects. Monk and his co-researchers surveyed 545 people in relationships to find out about their relationships and their mental well-being.

This research was published in Family Relations, an online journal, in July 2018.

“As expected, we found that a pattern of breaking up and getting back together with the same partner, what we refer to as ‘relationship cycling,’ was associated with increased symptoms of depression and anxiety,” Monk said in a previous interview with The Maneater.

Monk hoped that these findings would be helpful and relevant for not only those in the MU community, but on a broader scale.

An estimated 60% of adults have been in on-again off-again relationships,

according to an MU News Bureau brief from August.

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For those with diabetes, testing their glucose levels involves pricking themselves, a process that can lead to pain or even infection. Researcher Anandhi Upendran, director of biomedical innovations at MU School of Medicine’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, worked with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create a device that tests glucose levels without pricking.

Rather than Veterinary Oncologist and Directory of the Comparative Oncology, Rafingertip pricking, diobiology and Epigenetics Laboratory Dr. Jeffrey Bryan. | Mizzou News the device uses a Bureau non-invasive laser to test glucose levels. polarized because the only people in After the volunteer study, which was that conversation are the partisans,” published in July 2018, the device will Kearney said in a previous interview go through clinical trials, and if these with The Maneater. “If everyone were are successful, FDA testing. in the conversation, you would have a “We recruited human volunteers for lot more people expressing uncertainty, the study and made sure that the not really sure, or maybe ambivalent.” glucose measurement values were best correlated with that of the fingertip Reengineered Discharge measurement that is regularly used,” Upendran said in a previous interview When a patient leaves from a hospital with The Maneater. stay, the process in which they are Political polarization and social media Michael Kearney, assistant professor in the MU School of Journalism with a joint employment in the Informatics Institute, researched to what extent Twitter users would become polarized leading up to the 2016 election. His research was published in the peerreviewed journal New Media & Society in January.

Using software that he developed himself, called “rtweet,” Kearney followed 3,000 Republican partisan, Democrat partisan and nonpartisan users to see if their user networks, or the people that they followed, became more polarized over the seven months leading up to the election.

While Kearney found that the partisans became more partisan over time, the uninvolved users continued to stay out of politics, indicating that the view of polarization presented on social media may be skewed.

“If you were to imagine every user on Twitter entering a political conversation, and then you were to imagine the actual political conversation that occurs on Twitter, the latter seems a lot more

discharged can largely impact whether or not the patient is re-hospitalized.

Lori Popejoy, an associate professor at Sinclair School of Nursing, conducted research to adapt Re-engineered Discharge, a widely used discharge process in hospitals, to work in nursing homes. This research was published in Clinical Nursing Research in December 2018.

The RED process emphasizes communicating necessary information to a primary provider, preparing medications and scheduling future appointments to check in with the patient. In adapting this process to nursing homes, Popejoy considered the unique needs of nursing home patients, like the need to communicate openly with the patient’s family since they will often be the ones to give care at home.

“Health care is used by people when they need it,” Popejoy said in a previous interview with The Maneater.

“The better we can inform what they need to do to take care of themselves, so they don’t have to come back to the hospital. If we do our jobs well, we work ourselves out of the jobs when they don’t actually need us.”

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MSA candidates Jennifer Sutterer and Mary O’Brien and Solomon Davis and Briana Dinwiddie at a debate hosted by The Maneater on Feb. 27, 2019. | Photo by Photographer Madeline Carter

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March March kicks off True/False Film Fest celebrating the theme of “Stranger - Host.” | Photo by Photographer Marco Storel

Top: Graphic by Production Coordinator Corey Hadfield Bottom: A resident cat plays with a toy in the lounge at Papa’s Cat Cafe in Columbia, Missouri. | Photo by photographer Jessica Kramer Left: A photo from the T/F parade during T/F Film Fest. | Photo by Photographer Madeline Carter

MidMO PrideFest brought hundreds of people together to celebrate the LGBTQ community on Saturday at Rose Music Hall. The festival, comprised of local vendors, live music and a drag show, aimed to bring greater visibility and acceptance for all. | Photo by Senior Staff Photographer Jacob Moscovitch

Top: President Donald Trump visited the Columbia Regional Airport on Nov. 1, 2018 in Columbia, Missouri. | Photo by Madi Winfield Upper Left: Suzanne Norton performs in the Tai Chi Show during the Moon Festival on Sept. 22, 2018, at Twin Lakes Park. | Photo by Photographer Jessica Belle Kramer Lower Left: Emma Burney of the Burney Sisters. The Burney Sisters performed on the MO Lottery Stage at Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. | Photo by Senior Staff Photographer Emmalee Reed Left: Drew Lock throws a pass during training camp the summer before the team’s 2018 season. | Photo by Sports Editor Adam Cole