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September 5, 2018

CAMPUS LIFE

MU expresses concern over motorized Bird scooters

University officials wait for questions to be addressed by rental scooter company.

TONY MADDEN

Reporter

As students rolled back into Columbia for fall classes this month, so did a fleet of public-use motorized scooters. Bird, the California-based company that distributed the vehicles, has become a topic of heated debate in Columbia amid safety concerns from university officials.

Before riding, Bird riders are advised to avoid sidewalks, wear helmets, park near curbs or bicycle racks and never to ride after drinking.

While the company’s website cites safety as their top priority, there are no means of verification that any of these rules are being followed. Bird offers free helmets to riders who request them.

“Anything that compromises safety that could have been prevented is going to provoke a pretty strong reaction from us,” MU News Bureau Director Christian Basi said.

Basi said that the root of some of the university’s concerns lie in the experiences of other cities and universities with Bird scooters. The vehicles have been either temporarily or permanently banned in a number of U.S. cities, including Beverly Hills, California; Charleston, South Carolina; Cambridge, Massachusetts and Milwaukee.

Basi also mentioned a serious accident involving Bird scooters in Nashville, Tennessee, where the company agreed to temporarily suspend operations earlier this year.

University officials are also nervous about the scooters blocking access to buildings and sidewalks, which compromise the accessibility of the campus, Basi said. This is particularly frustrating, Basi said, for students who need 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. “This is just easier,” Finch said. “I can get to the journalism buildings from Hatch much faster now.” | PHOTO BY SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER JACOB MOSCOVITCH

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MENTAL HEALTH

Donations for Citations program offers MU assistant professor students alternative for parking citations researches the impact of The program will allow students who receive parking citations to donate 10 full-size, nonperishable items in lieu of paying the dollar amount.

CAITLYN ROSEN

Student Politics Editor MU joins the ranks of Texas A&M University and the University of Kentucky by offering students an alternative method for

settling parking citations.

Donations for Citations was enacted June 1, and it allows MU students to donate 10 full-size non-perishable items in lieu of paying the dollar amount. The donations will go to Tiger Pantry.

According to Tiger Pantry’s website, the most needed items are hygiene products, dry pasta, rice, pasta sauce, mac and cheese, canned tuna, canned chicken, boxed meals and canned beans.

There are limitations to the Donations for Citations program. For example, the program cannot be used more than three times a year and it

cannot be used for citations over $25.

“We thought that three is a good number because you can use one per semester,” Solomon Davis, MSA senator and former Parking & Transportation Standing Committee member said. “A student can use the three at any time, so if they want to use all three during the fall semester they can go ahead and do that.”

The inspiration for the program came after a trip in which MSA members met

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relationships on mental health Monk’s study shows evidence that anxiety and depression can result from on-again, off-again relationships.

REGAN MERTZ

Staff Writer

Couples who break up and get back together repeatedly are at risk of negatively influencing their mental health, according to a study done by MU researchers.

“Although breaking up and getting back together isn’t always a bad omen, on average, we find that a continued pattern can impair personal and relational well being,” Kale Monk, assistant professor of human development and family science, said.

Monk was the principal investigator for the study on the effects on mental health of couples in on-again, offagain relationships.

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Recap the first concert of the 2018 Mizzou Football Concert Series Event.

Preview the new businesses in the Student Center.

Tiger defense finds success 364 days after an FCS letdown.

The Briefing: Betsy DeVos’ proposed changes to Title IX won’t change anything just yet, according to Title IX Office Betsy DeVos’ proposed changes include strengthening the rights of those accused of sexual assault and harassment.

CAITLYN ROSEN

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos proposed changes to Title IX proceedings that would strengthen the rights of those accused of sexual assault and harassment, as well as reduce liability for universities and encourage schools to provide more support for victims, according to reporting done by The New York Times.

Among these changes comes a narrowed definition of sexual harassment, and the establishment of a higher legal standard to determine whether schools addressed complaints.

These changes have many students wondering how Title IX proceedings will change at MU. Especially following the Title IX news from the summer, where former MU basketball player Terrence Phillips said he was cleared for three of four Title IX

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According to a statement released by the

Title IX Office, any changes won’t start until the policy is officially in place.

“Mizzou has strong policies and procedures

in place related to Title IX, and we will ensure

that we continue to be on the forefront of

supporting our students, faculty and staff,” Andy Hayes, assistant vice chancellor for Civil Rights & Title IX, said in an email.

“We’re continuing to wait for permanent

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direction of any changes to the Title IX

Editor-in-Chief Skyler Rossi

review our policies and procedures to see if

Managing Editor Stephi Smith

guidelines. Once that occurs, we’ll be sure to we need to make any changes.”

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Ayllon aims to expand study abroad at MU during his time as director of study abroad New Study Abroad Director Miguel Ayllon aims to help customize students’ study abroad experiences while boosting participation at MU. JESSICA BELLE KRAMER

Reporter

Miguel Ayllon, Ph.D., who has served as interim director of study abroad in the International Center since January 2018, began his appointment as director of study abroad on Sept. 1.

Ayllon aims to help customize students’ study abroad experiences while boosting participation at MU. “It’s an exciting time to talk about study abroad on our campus,” Ayllon said. “There is institutional commitment for experiential learning [at MU].

There’s ambition for the future. We want study abroad to be part of the DNA of Mizzou students.”

The study abroad office has been working on customizing students’ study abroad experiences based on the skills they will need for their major and to be competitive in the job market after graduation.

“We want to build a relevant global experience for Mizzou students during their college careers,” Ayllon said.

Making sure study abroad opportunities match up with student’s career goals is important to Ayllon.

“We want to meet students where they are,” Ayllon said. Some students will be comfortable just doing a two-week program in New Zealand.

Others will be ready to do a whole year in South

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The newly appointed director of study abroad, Miguel Ayllon, hopes to expand the study abroad program here at MU. | PHOTO

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BUSINESSES

Lost in the Sauce and Sweet Tea Cosmetics to launch in MU student center next week Sauce retail and color cosmetics store to open for business under Missouri Student Unions Entrepreneurial Program.

LAURA EVANS

Reporter

New student-run businesses will soon open in MU Student Center in affiliation with the Missouri Student Unions Entrepreneurial Program. Lost in the Sauce and Sweet Tea Cosmetics will begin business on Monday, Sept. 10 and Wednesday, Sept. 12, respectively. These two will join another currently operating Entrepreneurial Program project in the student center, What’s Poppin’!, a gourmet popcorn shop.

The Entrepreneurial Program allows students to submit a business proposal and, if approved, the organization will be allowed to occupy a space in the student center for one academic year, according to the program’s application.

Senior mechanical engineering major Jack Schroder is the owner of Lost in the Sauce, which will open in room 1206 of the student center.

The business will sell various sauces in order to give MU students access to a wide range of more “obscure” condiments that might not be available in big retailers like Walmart Inc. or Hy-Vee. Though Schroder said that Lost in the Sauce’s main focus is hot sauces and barbecue sauces, it will also carry various condiments such as mustards, ranches and ketchups, as well as sauces from local, regional and international providers.

“What we sell is sauces sourced from all over the country and some outside the U.S. with the goal of exposing students at Mizzou to a wider range of flavors [and] cultures, even if just a little bit,” Schroder said. “Also, just providing a way for students to kind of spice up their foods and make it a little bit more interesting without spending a lot of money on steak or lobster or something like that.”

The idea for the business came to Schroder and the business’s head of research and development, Robert Enyard, when they were studying abroad in Ireland through the College of Engineering.

“While we were there, we visited a small coastal town called Portmagee, I believe,” Schroder said.

“We went to a restaurant, and they had this mustard that we had never tried before, and it was

delicious. We were like, ‘Why isn’t this in the US? Why can’t we find this anywhere?”

Schroder envisions the business having an easy-going yet informational environment where students can have fun and try new things.

“We want to be a source for people to kind of explore different flavors,” Schroder said. “We want to be a fun, casual setting for people to look into other cultures.”

Down the hall in room 1212B, senior textile apparel management major Teanna Bass will launch her business, Sweet Tea Cosmetics, which she describes as “a makeup salon mixed with a color cosmetics store.” The business will carry lip lacquers in colors “Stunning” and “Cat’s Meow,” and pressed shimmer powders in colors “Moolah” and “Gold Plated.”

Bass emphasized the business’s goal of making inclusive products that anyone can use and enjoy.

“Sweet Tea Cosmetics is a fresh, modernistic makeup brand that is dedicated to serving face to everyone,” Bass said. “And by serving face to everyone I mean literally everyone, from the person who watches YouTube videos and just dreams of

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full access to curb cuts and ramps to make their way around campus efficiently.

While Basi says the university is open to the concept of these scooters and the convenience they offer on campus, Bird still needs to discuss how the concept could’ve been introduced to the city. Basi says that there was no notice or consultation with the university before the scooters appeared in Columbia in late August.

Last Friday, MU officials met with the company to discuss their concerns

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with student government members at other universities.

“Basically, something a lot of other student governments were doing at their schools was an alternative form of payment when it comes to parking citations,” Davis said. So, some senators came back from the conference and said, “Why doesn’t Mizzou have one of these?”

The idea wasn’t proposed until the end of second semester, and the original idea was community service, where those who received parking citations would do community service hours to settle them.

“It took too much of an administrative hassle for them to do that,” Davis said. “So, I believe it was [former MSA president] Nathan Willett and [Michael] Sokoff and someone else that came up with the idea in this form of Donations for Citations.”

For sophomore Trey Cook,

regarding safety and accessibility.

Basi says this meeting was “very unproductive,” citing unanswered questions from Bird and relentless promotion of their product.

“They did not respond to any of our questions directly,” Basi said. “We asked them to respond to those questions, and we have not yet received a response to those questions. We did get a single email after the meeting was over and the email basically said something along the lines of ‘We would like to tell you more about our product.’”

MU freshman Luke Mecom has regularly utilized the scooters since they showed up on campus. Mecom says he has no concerns for his

own safety, but understands how the scooters could be dangerous when riders speed down hills and weave in and out of people, or have little experience.

“I’m not worried about myself or others. I think I’m good enough at riding them,” Mecom said. “It took me a couple minutes to get confident on it.”

Mecom added that he is in favor of the concept, and that the motorized scooters are no more or less dangerous than riding a bicycle.

“You can go about as fast [as a bike],” he said. “I think they’re a really good thing.”

Mecom says that because he does not believe that the concern for

who has received several parking citations over the past few months, this program will be beneficial.

“I think that the university doesn’t really need the revenue from parking tickets, but the parking ticket is a good punishment or reprimand because it is so expensive,” Cook said. “Actually going into the office and taking your donations will be doing both that reprimanding and donating to a good cause.”

Along with MU students, Davis said this program will also serve the MU community as a whole.

“It also benefits the Mizzou community at large because that student who got that ticket is taking it upon themselves to use this alternative form of payment, they’re giving these 10 cans to Tiger Pantry,” Davis said. “That means someone in the larger MU community who’s food insecure is helped out and that’s potentially a constant source of donations for Tiger Pantry, which then exposes those students to Tiger Pantry and their mission.”

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The Donations for Citations program gives MU students the opportunity to donate non-perishable items to Tiger Pantry instead of paying the dollar amount for parking tickets. | COURTESY OF @MIZZOUPARKING TWITTER

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“We know that on-again, off-again relationships are quite common,” Monk said. “I was interested in this topic because there are a lot of misleading media messages in popular songs and TV shows.”

Ross and Rachel from “Friends” and Carrie and Mr. Big from “Sex and the City” are two examples that an MU News briefing uses to show the way on-again, off-again relationships are portrayed on popular TV shows.

Famous sayings like “if you love someone, let them go, if they come back then you know it was meant to be” also contribute to making this relationship pattern seem ideal, Monk said.

“We had a number of expectations or hypotheses based on previous research,” Monk said. “For example, we know that breaking up and getting back together is associated with poorer relationship quality - including impairments in things like satisfaction, commitment and communication.”

In order to conduct the research on on-again, off-again relationships, Monk and his co-authors, Brian Ogolsky and Ramona Oswald from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, surveyed 545 adults in relationships and asked them questions about their well-being and their relationships.

“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.

Monk and his team did not find differences between same-sex and heterosexual relationships, according to the MU News briefing.

30-40 percent of young adults report breaking up and getting back together at least once and more than 60 percent report ever experiencing this pattern in their relationship history, according to an MU News brief.

Compared to relationships without this pattern, “on-off relationships are associated with higher rates of abuse, poorer communication and lower levels of commitment,” the MU News Bureau said in the briefing.

Monk works as a state specialist for MU Extension, so his research is not only for MU but also for the state.

“As MU professionals, we want to have an impact and help people thrive,” Monk said. “I feel it is important to provide information to people that is practical and relevant to their lives. What is more relevant and applicable than our day-to-day experiences of relationships?”

Monk is also a relevate extension specialist and the director of outreach and engagement.

“Relevate is an interdisciplinary team of researchers and practitioners who have a mission to make research-based information about interpersonal relationships accessible to all,” Monk said. “I work to recruit scholars and clinicians to develop content for our platform so that it is stocked full of important resources for

safety should not be a major issue, the scooters should not be banned from campus.

Basi hopes to further communicate

with Bird to reach a solution in the

near future. The university remains

open to the idea, but emphasizes the importance of their concerns with safety and accessibility on campus.

“We’re very open to the idea.

We’re very disappointed in the lack

of notice, of which there was none,”

Basi said. “It’s been a very frustrating experience for something that could have been very positive.”

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couples when we eventually launch.”

As a part of their mission, Monk and his Relevate team are working to create a website and a mobile app that can be customized to meet the needs of the user. Users of the app can input information about their past relationships and receive advice based on the latest research Monk and his team produce.

“People’s needs interests and relationships are incredibly diverse, so general ‘one-size-fits-all’ relationship advice does not work for everyone,” Monk said. “We want people to be able to put in information about their background and their relationship history and get helpful insights based on the latest research.”

Sophomore Athena Estonactoc has experienced an on-off relationship.

“My relationship was exhausting,” Estonactoc said. “It’s always on your mind, whether you’re at school or work or with your friends, and when you’re finally together, you never know how it’s going to go.”

There are multiple reasons for couples to break up and get back together again. A common one is necessity or practicality, according to the brief.

A person could stay in a relationship for financial reasons, or because they feel they’ve already invested a great deal of time, according to the brief. However, Monk advises couples get back together based on dedication as opposed to obligation.

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Africa.”

Mizzou has been working harder than ever at increasing study abroad opportunities because employers are looking for students that are able to compete at a global level, Ayllon said.

The office also believes that study abroad will help students gain much needed experience before heading into the workforce.

Ayllon believes that study abroad is one of the best experiential learning activities students can do at college, and he hopes that since study abroad has proved to be beneficial, more students will begin to participate.

One in four MU students has participated in study abroad, Ayllon said, and the office is hoping to expand that statistic. The office hopes to increase participation from roughly 24 percent of students studying abroad during their undergraduate experience to 30 percent by 2023.

Ayllon himself is a product of study abroad.

“Study abroad is a part of my personal story,” Ayllon said. “I’m originally from Lima, Peru, and

back when I was 17 years old, I made a decision to study abroad in the US. Almost 20 years later, I’m here in Missouri. I had no idea that study abroad would give me a career that I love.”

Ayllon’s personal experience with study abroad made him passionate about helping others participate in the program.

“I want Mizzou students to also experience the transformative power of study abroad for their careers, for their academics, but ultimately, for their personal knowledge,” Ayllon said.

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being able to do makeup as well as whoever they may watch or from the professional makeup artist who probably would just so happened to find this in their makeup kit, anyone.”

Bass said that the name for the business was derived from her twin sister’s love of sweet tea, her nickname “Tea” and the common phrase “What’s the tea?”

Bass’s drive to start Sweet Tea Cosmetics came to her in a time of personal uncertainty during her sophomore year.

“I didn’t have the best GPA that I wanted, [the] lowest GPA I probably had in my educational career,” Bass said. “I was working a lot, had like three part time jobs, had just switched my major over, which was kind of defeating because I thought I was going to graduate on time.”

During this time, Bass arrived at the idea for Sweet Tea Cosmetics. Before applying for the Entrepreneurship Program, Bass started the brand out of her apartment, where, armed with a ring light made of tin foil, cardboard and Christmas lights, she would makeover various clients.

Additionally, she began to develop branding for Sweet Tea Cosmetics, as well as products such as false eyelashes.

“I wanted to see if other people would believe in it, and the more I saw other people starting to mess with the idea of me owning a business, and it being Sweet Tea, I was actually believing it too,” Bass said. “And the solidifying factor, I guess, was applying for this and actually getting it.”

Both Schroder and Bass were appreciative of

Senior Teanna Bass sits behind her “Girl Boss” sign while putting the finishing touches on her store set to open Sept. 12, 2018. | PHOTO BY PHOTOGRAPHER JESSICA BELLE KRAMER

the Entrepreneurial Program and its impacts on

He said these unique businesses keep campus

the MU community.

current.

Teanna Bass, it gives us an outlet to kind of test

idea like this. I don’t know that there’s ever been

environment,” Schroder said. “We don’t have to

Schroder said. “So it keeps the campus fresh and

“I think, first, for people like me and people like

ourselves and test our ideas in a relatively safe

pay rent. We still have the liability of a business, but we’re kind of protected from a lot of the issues that businesses out on their own, like downtown, have to deal with.”

“This has never been on campus before, an

something like Sweet Tea Cosmetics on campus,”

innovative and keeps things interesting for the other students around.”

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Troye Sivan’s ‘Bloom’ is here, and much different than expected The YouTuber-turnedpopstar’s sophomore album takes on a slower, mellowed-out sound.

EMMA BENNETT

Columnist

Since his YouTube debut in 2012, Australian singer Troye Sivan has evolved into a figurehead for the LGBTQ community. Sivan grew first as a social influencer and then as an artist with the release of his first big-time EP, “Trxye.” In the past years, Sivan has gained a large following composed largely of members of the LGBTQ community who look up to him. His first official album, “Blue Neighbourhood,” came in 2015.

With the release of single “My My My!” in January of this year, fans began to anticipate “Bloom,” Sivan’s second full-length album. The piece came out Aug. 31, 2018, and has a sound much slower and softer than

previous releases.

The album’s first track, “Seventeen,” tells the story of Sivan’s experience with the dating app Grindr when he was 17 years old. Lyrics such as “I went out looking for love when I was seventeen/ maybe a little too young, but it was real to me,” and “got something here to lose that I think you wanna take from me” expose the reality of the young age Sivan sings of.

Starting with an airy harmony, “My My My!” preaches of accepting love and turning to the person you love instead of running from it. One of my favorite songs of the album, “My My My!” is the perfect song to dance to and will hopefully be played at pride fests to come, as it expresses positivity about sexuality.

“The Good Side,” the third song of the album and the second single, offers a fresh take on a breakup song, something that I found to be pleasing. Instead of focusing on the heartbreak and hatred of a

relationship ending, Sivan explains the benefits of a certain relationship ending. Specifically, he sings of the sympathy he feels for his former partner, and how the ending of their relationship sparked creativity within him. The way this track addresses breakups is extremely refreshing, breaking from the norm of cursing a former lover with anger or wallowing in heartbreak.

Another track that follows the theme of accepting the end of love is “Plum,” which utilizes the motif of plants and growth to explain that every relationship needs to end, no matter how great it is. The relationship in focus simply has “overgrown,” with the two partners not clicking. Much like “The Good Side,” “Plum” doesn’t follow what most pop-stars include in a breakup.

The absence of hatred and animosity in this track provides a great take on unsuccessful relationships.

Described by Sivan as a “fiveminute, ‘80s stadium love song,” the final track of the album, “Animal,”

released as the fifth and final single in June of this year, is an “ode to the boy (Sivan) love(s)”. “Animal” explores a completely dedicated, loving relationship, where the two partners want nothing but to spend their lives together. In the middle of the song, the track switches to sounding like it is being played from a cassette player, which is not only very aesthetically pleasing but adds onto the theme of an “‘80s stadium love song” that Sivan established the track as.

“Bloom” was a highly pleasing album, both lyrically and musically.

While it is completely different from Troye Sivan’s past works, the new sound was executed very well, despite lacking the fast-paced, upbeat songs that have become synonymous to the artist’s name.

Even if the album fails to succeed globally, I have a good feeling that fans will cherish this album for years to come.

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Get into the fall mood with this playlist MOVE’s fall playlist features new favorites and old classics.

an acoustic ballad, before turning into one of the most explosive and upbeat songs on “Bark Your Head Off, Dog,” and then returning to a ballad. It’s an ideal soundtrack for an autumn afternoon spent watching old horror movies and drinking apple cider.

JOE CROSS

Columnist

Football’s starting up, this year’s big awards contenders are beginning to arrive in theaters and it’s finally getting chillier outside (or at least a little less humid).

Fall is practically here in Columbia, and a new season means new music. From old favorites to newer songs you may not have heard, MOVE has the playlist with the songs you need for all your autumn activities, whether they be going to pumpkin patches or drinking pumpkin spice lattes.

Yo La Tengo - “Autumn Sweater” Where better to start the season than with this aptlynamed classic from one of America’s most beloved indie bands? “Autumn Sweater” provides all the warmth you’d expect, with its simple yet charming organ riff and endearing lyrics.

Beach House - “Lemon Glow”

MGMT - “Me and Michael” This ‘80s-style MGMT song features addictive synths and an explosive chorus, and works in any situation, whether you want to dance all night or just relax with your friends.

“Autumn Sweater” by the indie band Yo La Tengo features an organ riff and engaging lyrics. | COURTESY OF ITUNES

“Lemon Glow” is one of the more upbeat songs from Beach House’s most recent album “7,” and one of the best as well. The song features the band’s signature dream-pop sound with one of the most addictive hooks they’ve ever written, making it one you’ll want to play again and again.

This hypnotic track makes for great listening for Halloween

parties or just late night drives through Columbia.

Hop Along - “Look of Love” You may have seen them live at Rose Music Hall earlier this summer, but this Hop Along track is unique and catchy enough to play on repeat well into the fall.

“Look of Love” starts out as

Sufjan Stevens “Heirloom” This Sufjan Stevens song isn’t as well known as “Chicago” or some of his other classics, but it easily ranks among his prettiest.

Listen to it when you’re having trouble waking up before class and jumpstart your day.

Big Thief - “Objects” A standout track from last year’s album “Capacity,” “Objects” is nice accompaniment for those long late-night walks back to your dorm from class or Rollins dining.

Alvvays - “In

Undertow” “In Undertow” is one of the best songs in Alvvays’ stellar catalog, and the theme of moving on and accepting the past can inspire those looking for a fresh start this semester.

St. Vincent - “Human Racing” It may not be in the electro-pop style she later became better known for, but this early St. Vincent acoustic number is incredibly charming and romantic, and perfect listening for a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Mitski - “Washing Machine Heart” Mitski’s new album “Be The Cowboy” features a number of great songs, but “Washing Machine Heart” is easily one of the catchiest.

At only a little over two minutes, it’s one of the shorter songs on this playlist, but still manages to get itself stuck in your head for hours.

Whitney - “Follow” Finally, this simple but effective song from Whitney’s 2016 album “Light Upon The Lake” is the perfect way to close out any chilly fall night, with its triumphant horn section and anthemic chorus.

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MUSIC

The Norm Ruebling Band adds ‘funk and fun’ to first home game The Norm Ruebling Band as well as the audience speak on the musical experience at the first 2018 Mizzou Football Concert Series event.

ALLISON SAWYER

Reporter

Mizzou Athletics hosted the Mizzou Football Concert Series, presented by Say Insurance, Saturday for the second year in a row.

This event takes place before each home football game, and is located alongside the pre-game tailgate festivities in Tiger Town. Students, alumni and the general public have free access to the show.

This year’s first performer was The Norm Ruebling Band, the self-proclaimed number one band in MidMissouri.

Freshman Kate Morgan

felt the band defied her expectations of what music at a tailgate is like.

“It’s not everyday you get to hear ‘60s music at a football tailgate, at least from what I’ve heard,” Morgan said. “I was expecting a pop band, but these guys added a level of funk and fun to the whole tailgate experience.”

Norm Ruebling, the leader and drummer of The Norm Ruebling Band, feels that he and his band take a more subtle approach at engaging an audience.

“We’re a bunch of laidback guys that like to play and work really well together,” Ruebling said. “We don’t do laser light or any of that kind of visual stuff. We don’t get too excited about the venue or who we’re playing for. The crowd size doesn’t matter to us. We just love what we do and we have all been playing since we were real little. We all just kind of fell together in the last 15 years.”

Ruebling feels his band is unique in that some of the members have been playing together since their early

The Norm Ruebling Band was the first performance of this year’s Mizzou Football Concert Series. | COURTESY OF THE NORM RUEBLING BAND FACEBOOK

adulthood.

“I have played in garage bands since I was 14 years old and that’s what I’ve done ever since,” Ruebling said.

“I’ve been playing for over 50 years and in fact, I’ve played with some of these guys ever since I was in college.”

Ruebling believes being a ‘60s kid impacted the band’s musical style.

“We like to do a lot of horn stuff because we like

that funk and soul,” Ruebling said. “I grew up in the ‘60s, so you’ve got to play some Motown and you’ve got to play some of those oldies. Some of our biggest inspirations are Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder and Steely Dan.” Morgan observed how MU alumni were thrilled about the fact that there was an emphasis on funk and soul at the show.

“I noticed a lot of Mizzou alumni who were totally jamming out because they knew some of the older funk songs the band was covering,” Morgan said.

Many students, MU alumni and certainly The Norm Ruebling Band enjoyed the musical aspect of the first MU football tailgate of the season.

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FESTIVAL

MO Jazz Festival brings clarity, charity to Sunday afternoon The MO Jazz Festival migrated from Jefferson City to Columbia in search of a large jazz audience and a wider net of talent.

JANAE MCKENZIE

Reporter

Columbia’s Rose Music Hall was filled with improvised notes and heads bobbing along to music as the MO Jazz Music Festival came to town Sept. 3. Running through the afternoon from noon to 6, senior citizens and children alike gathered under trees and on picnic benches on a warm day for some cool music.

The festival was put on by the Jazz Forward Initiative Inc., which, as board President Jeff Bassinson said, is a “non-profit whose core value is to help promote and expand the awareness of America’s truly original musical art form, jazz.”

“What we do is exactly this,” Bassinson said, gesturing to the crowd of people sitting behind him at Rose Music Hall. “It’s free and open to the public. I can’t think of a better way of getting people to come in, maybe get a cocktail of some sort or even just water and sit down and enjoy some music.”

For the past 26 years, the MO Jazz Festival existed as a Jefferson City affair. This is the festival’s first run in Columbia, a change that allowed the lineup for the festival to branch into national bands in addition to the typical local and regional artists.

“There’s a heavy-duty core group of jazz musicians and jazz fans that would always show up at these things,” Bassinson explained.

“Unfortunately, it just wasn’t enough to just sustain and we knew that Columbia was a very solid jazzpromoting city.”

The lineup at the festival featured five different bands hailing from Dallas and North Carolina to right here in Columbia. The different acts consisted of Henna Roso of Tulsa, OK, the Tom Andes Quintet of Columbia, the James Ward Band of Kansas City,

The MO Jazz Music Festival, originally in Jefferson City, came to Columbia for the first time at the Rose Music Hall. | COURTESY OF ROSE MUSIC HALL FACEBOOK

the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra of Asheville, North Carolina and The Funky Knuckles of Dallas.

Larry Dudley, one of the audience members at the Jazz Festival, is a Chicago native and is used to attending Chicago area jazz events like the Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park. A fan of jazz since high school, Dudley found himself on indefinite assignment in Columbia and was excited to find a jazz festival in town.

“There’s beautiful weather, a nice turnout so far and excellent quality jazzmanship,” Dudley said. “Jazz is relaxing. It expands my ability to think and it’s hugely original.”

When comparing the MO Jazz Festival to that of the Chicago festival that draws crowds of thousands, Dudley found little difference when it came to the music itself.

“The quality of the musicianship there is just as good as here,” Dudley

explained. “A good musician is a good musician, and he knows how to play his instrument.”

Beyond the simple pleasure of enjoying jazz music on a Sunday afternoon, the festival had a charitable atmosphere. The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri had its own bin at the festival, accepting food or monetary donations. According to the Food Bank’s Facebook page, every one dollar donated corresponded to approximately $21 in groceries bought for “neighbors in need.” The Bank partnered with opening band Henna Roso, whose main purpose as a band is to fight hunger by donating 10 percent of every performance dollar they earn.

When not organizing jazz performances for the public, JFI hosts its own musical outreach program “Jazz On Wheels,” which aims to introduce young students to jazz music. Musicians are hired to go

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into elementary schools in the hopes of inspiring the children they meet.

Bands may perform a live concert, engage in question and answer sessions and even allow the students to interact with the instruments.

“We’re keeping that in Jeff City for now because obviously there are kids in elementary schools down there that are not likely to run across genres like this,” Bassinson explained.

“The goal is to find the one kid that seeing [jazz] lights the spark that has them pursue it, possibly even start practicing and if all goes extremely well, do it professionally.”

Many people at the MO Jazz Festival found the music made for a relaxing Sunday afternoon, cheering after each set and swaying along to soothing music.

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MOVIES

Freshman flicks - 6 movies to help new students settle in These college-related films will motivate freshmen with valuable college advice MEGAN ALTSCHUL AND JOE CROSS

Columnists

As MU reaches the second week of classes, the majority of freshmen are still trying to comprehend their new life at college. Transitioning to college can be tricky, and when not swamped with homework or extracurriculars, it can be nice to sit back and watch a movie that understands just how difficult this process can be. Whether they’re about heading off to college or becoming a literal witch, all of the following movies manage to capture the college freshman experience in some way.

“Kiki’s Delivery Service” For most MU students, freshman year is the first time living on one’s own, and college offers new opportunities and responsibilities that can be difficult to adjust to.

Hayao Miyazaki’s classic animated film “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” about a young witch establishing a business on her own for the first time, beautifully portrays both the excitement and anxiety that come with this independence. It’s a relaxing and pleasant movie that’s good for casual viewing, and one that understands adulthood isn’t always easy or difficult, and brighter days are ahead. ”Kiki’s Delivery Service” is available for purchase on Amazon.

“Lady Bird” There’s a reason “Lady Bird” was the breakout indie success of 2017,

receiving multiple Oscar nominations and becoming an unexpected box office hit. Though the movie is set in 2002, it’s still in touch with what high school seniors experience today: the agony of waiting on acceptance letters, the freedom that comes with independence and moving into college, and everything in between.

It’s a relatable, moving and often hilarious film that can help freshmen reflect on their senior year of high school and remind them to call their mom every once in a while. ”Lady Bird” is available to stream on Amazon Prime.

“20th Century Women” Like “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” “20th Century Women” isn’t specifically about the experience of heading off to college, but it captures the feeling of being in a transitional part of your life in a way that’s relatable to all college freshmen, regardless of gender. “20th Century Women” follows three generations of women as they try to help steer an aimless young man in the right direction, and end up figuring out their own respective directions in the process. It’s a movie that’s at once incredibly warm and somewhat melancholy, and the close attention to detail makes repeated viewings rewarding. It’s a movie about finding your place in the world, no matter what your age is or who you are, and practically every college freshman can understand that. ”20th Century Women” is available to stream on Amazon Prime.

“Legally Blonde” Freshmen can empathize with the insecurity that Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) in “Legally Blonde” has about fitting in at college. As Elle struggles to find a sense of belonging among her Harvard Law peers,

“Legally Blonde,” starring Reese Witherspoon, features a determined Harvard law student named Elle Woods. | COURTESY OF IMDB

she discovers that being yourself, regardless of the circumstances, is the best that you can be. The selfconfidence and determination that Elle develops will undoubtedly inspire any college freshman. ”Legally Blonde” can be rented or bought on Amazon Prime and iTunes.

“Boyhood” Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” features a simple, fictional plot about a boy growing up and eventually leaving for college. The protagonist, Mason (Ellar Coltrane), begins as a curious 6-year-old trying to understand his role in the world. He matures into an angst-ridden teenager going through the ups and downs of relationships, and then ends the film as a young adult, heading off to start his new life as a college student.

Viewers become attached to Mason’s incredibly relatable and loveable characteristics, especially since he demonstrates the same enthusiasm that we, like many other freshmen,

had about going to college. ”Boyhood” is available to stream on Netflix.

“Everybody Wants Some!!”

This is also directed by Richard Linklater, but instead of capturing the adolescent years of a young man’s life in the 2000s, “Everybody Wants Some!!” is set in the year 1980 and follows several hectic days the college baseball team has before the start of classes. The team members attend what seems like countless parties, flirt with girls way out of their league, and most importantly, form meaningful friendships. While the film is definitely a comedy, the bonding moments and uplifting conversations between the freshmen and upperclassmen easily indicate how your college days can be the best times of your life. ”Everybody Wants Some!!” is available to stream on Amazon Prime.

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APPS

Learn all you need about payment share apps Cash sharing apps have become a hot topic over the last several years, and are increasingly stable and efficient ways to pay.

ALEX WILSON

Reporter

Cash sharing apps have become a hot topic over the last several years.

Payment share apps such as Venmo and Zelle have become integrated into many banks such as Bank of America, Capital One and Citibank.

Payment share apps are increasingly stable and efficient ways to pay for a variety of things. However, these apps are fraught with controversy due to distrust over the movement of currency digitally. The idea of thousands of dollars, let alone $20, disappearing seemingly for no reason leads to an aura of skepticism around the apps.

Assuredly, though, they are safe ways to move money around and have a similar format to PayPal, a trusted digital currency mover since 1998. An important distinction to make about these apps is they are essential middle men for you and a bank. This becomes important when understanding how money moves.

App services act as a sort of armored car but instead of gas, it runs on

lines of code, getting your money to businesses or other accounts safely and swiftly. This allows for quicker and more integrated access to your cash. With that comes more risks as well as rewards. This aside, the apps are more than just digital cars for several reasons.

Venmo Venmo was released in 2009 by a PayPal subsidiary as another foot in the mobile banking app market.

While Venmo was released in 2009, it didn't reach mainstream popularity until 2015 and did not reach peak popularity until 2017. There are several ways to use the app. You can connect your bank account to the app, allowing for direct movement of money. You can also connect your physical card to the app, making it more of a digital wallet, or add funds to your Venmo balance like a classic PayPal account.

Zelle Zelle is a feeless cash sharing app launched in 2017 as a combative product to PayPal's Venmo. It connects you directly with your bank, much like Venmo, but Zelle is centered more so around directto-bank functionality. Zelle has a simplistic design that focuses on bank to recipient transfers and does not offer an in-app cash fund like Venmo.

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Cash App Cash App, released in early February of 2018, is focused on being a digital wallet in an attempt to replace your physical one. It offers connectivity to most credit cards and puts emphasis on touchless pay.

It even goes out of its way to offer bitcoin as a possible transaction.

While acting as a digital wallet, it also creates your own “Cash Card,”

which is the app’s version of a debit card utilizing direct deposit. Cash App offers connectivity with banks, but it pushes for the use of card and touchless pay as a means of transfer. Cash App also incorporates automatic cash additions to the Cash App wallet, or the balance within the app, as an alternative to manual money transfer.

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Column: Sustainability fee brings more green to MU MU Office of Sustainability is working toward making campus more eco-friendly through its sustainability fee.

MADALYNN OWENS

Columnist

Confused about the giant “student activity fees” section of your MU bill? You’re not alone. While looking at your bill, you’ll see charges such as the Jesse Auditorium fee, Student Unions fee and a Sustainability fee.

But what does the Sustainability fee go toward?

There is a $1.14 Sustainability fee per student per semester, which goes to paying one full-time position at the Sustainability Office as well as providing funding for events and services the office provides. On Nov. 13-15, 2017, the student body voted to approve this fee, which also helped the Sustainability Office merge with the Environmental Leadership Office to maximize environmental education and outreach on campus. This merger aimed to provide MU students with a variety of resources and education to become more sustainable individuals.

The Sustainability Office is a paramount resource for students.

Below are all of the current services that the Sustainability Office provides: • The MU Bike Share was established Aug. 27, 2012 to provide free, environmentally friendly transportation to MU students. Since its creation in 2012, students have checked out bikes over 13,100 times.

MU Bike Share has check out locations in front of the student center as well as Brooks Residence Hall. The bike share is vital for students to get around campus and downtown without a carbon footprint.

• The Bike Resource Center strives to make bikes a safe and affordable option by providing free repairs for students in Speaker’s Circle. The free bike repairs encourage students to continue to travel sustainably, without having to deal with any economic speed bumps.

• It sponsors four farmers’ markets a semester to bring local food and goods directly to students on campus. The farmer’s market is typically held in Lowry Mall.

Eating local not only supports local community members, but also lowers the carbon footprint from travel.

Local produce often tastes better, too!

• Seasonal clothing swaps are also a large program of the Sustainability Office to reduce the waste of unwanted clothing from students and faculty on campus.

The MU Bike Share, established in 2012, provides free transportation to students across campus. | PHOTO BY PHOTOGRAPHER BULAT SCHAMILOGLU

Not only does the Sustainability Office sponsor these various events and services, but it also hosts movie nights and speakers with an emphasis on sustainability and environmental education. Sustainability education nights are a salient program of the Sustainability Office. Many students don’t have the time to take environmental classes, so providing free environmental education encourages all types of students to become involved in sustainability.

The Sustainability Office at MU currently employs only two full-time workers, while many other large campuses, such as Texas A&M, have at least four full-time workers. If MU were to add extra employees, they could focus on student engagement and outreach, sustainable curriculum and planning more events. There are other offices on MU’s campus that have a multitude of full-time employees to focus on student outreach and program development.

Adding more employees to the Sustainability Office would impact a larger pool of students to positively influence both their campus and the larger world around them.

MU Sustainability Manager Raghu Raghavan stresses the importance of having more funding and involvement in the Sustainability Office.

“Of course every office on campus could use more funding,” Raghavan

said. “We’re not interested in charging students more money. The student debt crisis is something that is already out of control; we are a public university. I would like to see the state allowing more funding and investing more in education on sustainability.”

The lack of state funding for sustainability and environmental education is unacceptable.

Without proper education and involvement, the leaders of tomorrow will not have the adequate tools and experience to change the world. The state of Missouri needs to put a greater focus on encouraging its students to care for the world around them.

T h e r e are definitely improvements the Sustainability Office would like to see, such as more educational events, a campus thrift store and more food grown on campus. Without additional funding from the state of Missouri, the Sustainability Office is unable to

fully reach all 30,000 plus students that attend MU. Expansion of funding for the Sustainability Office, either from the university or from the state of Missouri, would not only increase the amount and quality of events that could be held at MU, but also increase student interest and support for the environment.

From education to student organizations to volunteering, MU students can make an impact on the world around them. To make our campus a more sustainable and environmentally friendly place to live and learn in, we must allocate more funding toward sustainability.

With proper e d u c a t i o n , students can take their passion for sustainability to address environmental issues beyond campus and truly fulfill the purpose all of us attend college: to change the world.

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MU’s new policy won’t keep people from Juuling on campus With MU’s new tobacco policy in place, many have their doubts that it will curb vaping on campus.

OLIVIA APOSTOLOVSKI Opinion Columnist O l i v i a Apostolovski is a freshman prejournalism major at MU. She is an opinion columnist who writes about social issues opinions for The Maneater College culture revolves around the idea of students and their newfound freedom, with whatever that may entail. Freshmen move away from home and, in the midst of their new environment, are able to pick up habits or continue ones that they may have had previously. These may include anything from skipping classes that they feel are unimportant to drinking and smoking, however frequently it may be.

According to the University Registrar, “regulations prohibit the unlawful possession, use, distribution, and sale of alcohol and illicit drugs.”

However, the university has become very aware that students will still find ways to get around these regulations, and is not blind to the fact that students will turn away from the standards set in place.

Drinking is not something that is new on any college campus; fraternities are notorious for hosting parties where drinking is the centerpiece of the event. In order to teach students how to drink smarter (or avoid drinking at all), MU implemented the mandatory two-part AlcoholEdu training that every freshman must complete, which educates students on the do’s and don’ts of drinking, the typical ‘serving size’ of drinks and what to do in case of an emergency in relation to alcohol.

Anyone walking around a college campus can see that there is one habit that many students have and do openly, where as those who want to drink will do it in the privacy of their own houses or even dorms. E-cigarettes, JUULs and everything in between have become college kids’ new best friends, and it is easy to point out who partakes in this activity. Students like to be slick with the fact that they’re holding it in their hand, but when they put their entire closed fist up to their mouth and inhale, who are you really joking?

JUULs in particular are more widely seen on campus and are easy to point out; they look like a longer version of a flash drive and a good majority of students on campus carry them around. The appeal to these e-cigarettes is lost on most, especially when a JUULpod is the equivalent to a pack of cigarettes anyway, with 5 percent nicotine in every pod.

Originally, JUULs were marketed to the adult

As of Aug. 20, 2018 the MU campus is to be entirely tobacco-free, MU Chancellor Alexander Cartwright announced in an email Tuesday morning. Smoking cigarettes and using any electronic nicotine devices have been prohibited on campus since 2013. | PHOTO BY SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER JACOB MOSCOVITCH

demographic, 21-years-old and older, as a way to wean them off of smoking cigarettes, but peaked the interest of the younger demographic. One can argue that the appeal to high school and college kids, however, could be the fact that the device is discrete and there is no smell, which would mean that is easier to hide from parents or other authority figures. There are multiple flavors to choose from as well, such as Blueberry, Watermelon, Caffe Latte and many more.

The trouble with JUULs and e-cigarettes is that they are exposed to a younger demographic, which is causing high school and college kids more issues. The 2017 Monitoring the Future survey on adolescent drug use found that 11 percent of 12th graders, 8.5 percent of 10th graders and 3.5 percent of 8th graders had vaped nicotine in the previous 30 days. There are a lot of issues around the way that kids this young could obtain these devices, but since the age to purchase tobacco products ranges from 18-21 years old across the country, it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary if an individual bought an e-cigarette for someone younger.

The irony of this product is the fact that it is an e-cigarette. You are still getting the same amount of nicotine from a pod as you are with a pack of cigarettes. If anyone were to offer a cigarette to a teenager or to a college student, they would more than likely turn down that offer because it smells, doesn’t taste good and isn’t appealing. But here we have an e-cigarette, which smells good and tastes

good, and suddenly everyone is interested.

The real question to be asked is how many college campuses does this affect? Coming from Joliet, a city south of Chicago, where everyone smokes weed instead of sticking a flash drive in between their lips, this seems like a stupid habit that could only lead to more destruction. It is everywhere you turn, though. Whether students want to do it for the so-called ‘head high,’ genuinely have an addiction, or are trying to wean themselves off of cigarettes, JUULs have seemed to become a new norm for college culture.

Personally, I have never experienced the need or want to take a hit whenever my friends have offered, but I can understand why they might keep this device close at hand. It is discrete, and so far,not a large majority of people know what it looks like and how to identify it. School and life can be stressful, especially if you are living away from home in a state you’ve never been to before and you are responsible for yourself in ways you have never been previously. This device could be used to have fun, or as a way to relieve stress.

Where will this end up? Will JUULs and e-cigarettes be more restricted by school policies?

This poses the question of addiction in our generation. Will there be more issues with nicotine than with drugs and alcohol? And how long will this trend go on for? Until there is another device that promises better results at half the cost?

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Column: Missouri’s minimum marriage age is still too low Senate Bill 655 just raised Missouri’s minimum age to be married from 15 to 16, but this age raise still isn’t high enough.

MADI BAUGHMAN

Opinion Columnist

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

On Aug. 28, Senate Bill 655 went into effect, which raised the minimum marriage age in Missouri. The current minimum age to be married in Missouri is 16, which was just raised from 15.

You must have a parent’s permission, but it is still legal to be married then. The standard age to get married without needing permission is 18, which should be the hard line for getting married, with or without parental guidance.

While raising the age to 16 is a good start, it’s still definitely not enough. At 16, someone is at the midpoint of being a teenager — a sophomore or junior in high school, usually. These teenagers are not even legal adults, unable to do basic things like vote, rent or buy a place to live, or open a bank account in their own name; many of them have barely started driving. At 16, you’re not even the legal age of consent in Missouri. Maybe this is just me, but at 16, I was definitely not emotionally mature enough to commit to a lifelong agreement with someone else.

And while Bill 655 also made it so that nobody over the age of 21 could marry someone under the age of 18, there is still a huge developmental and emotional difference between someone who is 16 and someone who is 20. There is a huge power dynamic between a couple with an age gap like that, and the younger person is a lot more likely to be taken advantage of.

The brain isn’t even fully developed until age

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25, which is when the prefrontal cortex starts to process information to start basing decisions off of rational thinking. The teenage brain processes information with the amygdala, making decisions based on emotion rather than logic. What makes a young teenager mentally and/or emotionally mature enough to be able to get married? Teen marriage has also been linked to higher divorce

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rates and poverty later in life, which could affect them for the rest of their life.

The minimum marriage age in Missouri should be 18, no exceptions — at least at 18, one is a legal adult. And even with a parent’s permission to get married, marrying so young in life could have consequences, both in the present and in the future.

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Missouri set to face off against staunch, seasoned Wyoming defense The Cowboys allowed the ninthleast points per game of any FBS program in 2017, a better mark than Auburn, LSU or Ohio State.

ADAM COLE

Assistant Sports Editor In order to get a grip on the speed of the Wyoming defense, Drew Lock and the Missouri offense are giving their scout team a head start in this week’s practices.

“We’re starting our linebackers a second before the play starts in our scout team looks right now, so we can just simulate how fast they get to the ball,” Lock said after practice on Tuesday.

It’s an unorthodox but necessary preparation tactic, considering Wyoming is returning much of a defense that led the country last season with a plus-24 turnover margin.

After an easy win at New Mexico State and what turned out to be a blowout loss at home to Washington State, the Cowboys are sitting at 1-1 this season.

Regardless, with eight returning starters on defense, including three 2017 All-MWC Selections and one 2018 preseason All-American, the Tiger offense is aware — on all levels — of how ready it needs to be for this weekend’s matchup.

“You’re not going to fool them with anything,” offensive coordinator Derek Dooley said. “They have a great system. It’s sound, it’s multiple and they really create a lot of problems for every offense they play … so this is going to be a big challenge for our guys.”

Quarterback Drew Lock throws a pass during the first quarter of a 51-14 defeat of the Skyhawks at Faurot Field on Saturday Sept. 1, 2018. Lock finished the day with 289 yards passing on 19 completions. | PHOTO BY ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR ADAM COLE

Last year’s Wyoming squad finished 2017 allowing the ninth-fewest points per game in the country. That’s a better finish than traditional powerhouses like Michigan and Ohio State, or LSU and Auburn. The only loss in which the Cowboys allowed more than 350 total yards of offense was

to Oregon (who totaled 558 yards in an absolute decimation in Laramie).

When asked if there were any particular standouts on the Wyoming defense, Dooley

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SOCCER

Midfielder Zoe Cross tears ACL in her lone appearance of 2018 season The team declined to comment when asked to confirm if Cross is officially out for the season.

OWEN KRUCOFF

Senior Staff Writer

MU sophomore midfielder Zoe Cross tore her ACL during Missouri soccer’s game on Sunday against Texas Christian, Cross announced in a tweet linking to a private Instagram post.

Given that ACL injuries typically require surgery and several months of recovery, Cross is likely to be out for the rest of the season. The team declined to comment when asked about the severity of the injury.

Cross’s injury, which wasn’t diagnosed when it occurred on Sunday, came during her first appearance for Missouri (1-3-1) this season. She missed the first four games of the year while representing England at the U-20 Women’s World

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With comeback defeat of Arizona State, red-hot Missouri Puerto Rican natives Dariana Hollingsworth and Andrea Fuentes led Tigers to three straight set wins after the Tigers dropped the first on Sunday.

CAROLINE STIEFBOLD

Reporter

Missouri volleyball may be in the early stages of figuring out its remodeled roster, but the new group was clicking in Puerto Rico all weekend. It finished off an impressive trifecta of wins Sunday, snapping Arizona State’s five-match winning streak with a 3-1 victory in the last match of the Puerto Rico Invitational in San Juan.

The Tigers started off the match slow, losing the first set to the Sun Devils 25-19 before turning things around and sweeping the last three sets. They hit just .143 in the first set loss, while Arizona State tallied 12 kills and a .296 hitting percentage.

The second and third sets both featured several lead changes early

on, but Missouri was able to hang on to the lead in both, winning the second set 25-21 and the third 25-20.

Missouri took control in the fourth set. After the score was tied 2-2, the Tigers went on a 4-0 run that gave them the lead for good. The team tallied a total of 56 kills in the match, hitting .255. They also recorded 14 blocks and 7 aces.

San Juan natives Andrea Fuentes and Dariana Hollingsworth led the Tigers with 32 assists and 13 kills, respectively, while Hollingsworth added 7 blocks. Leketor MemberMeneh and Kylie Deberg also had 12 kills each. Riley Sents and Fuentes had 16 and 13 digs, respectively, and Alyssa Munlyn led the Tigers with 9 blocks.

“I was very pleased with tonight’s overall performance,” coach Wayne Kreklow said in a press release.

“After a slow start in the first set, we were able to recoup and really got dialed-in to what Arizona State was doing. Dariana [Hollingsworth] came up big tonight and had her best match of the season thus far. Arizona State is a very good team and we had to really step it up tonight. I told the team after the match that what

The Mizzou volleyball team defeated Arizona State 3-1 in the final match at the Puerto Rico Invitational. | COURTESY OF @MIZZOUVB TWITTER

I was most proud of was the fact that they pulled themselves together when things weren’t going well. They did it on their own. All good teams have to be able to do that.”

Missouri will head to Towson,

Md. for the Towson Invitational next Friday and Saturday, but for now, it will be a happy ride home for the streaking Tigers.

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FOOTBALL

Missouri defense gets off on the right foot this time around Memories of the 43 points allowed to Missouri State behind them, the Tigers started strong in their outing against TennesseeMartin, though room for improvement remains.

ANDY KIMBALL

Senior Staff Writer

Missouri’s defense began the 2017 season 364 days ago with a whimper, as Missouri State came to Memorial Stadium and waltzed down the field for three straight touchdowns and 35 first-half points.

Allowing 43 points in an opening win over an in-state foe and FCSbottom feeder was the precursor to a defense that sputtered at the beginning of last season and sent Missouri into a 1-5 tailspin.

But Missouri flipped the script in the second half of the season and a six-game win streak showed signs of a possible turnaround.

The big question going into the season was which defensive unit would show up.

Even with a 51-14 win in the season opener over UT-Martin, Missouri’s biggest offseason question is far from being answered. But the dominant performance certainly did catapult the defense ahead of last season’s group that gave up nearly 500 yards to a three-win FCS program to open last season.

Junior linebacker Cale Garrett said this year’s group was more assignment sound, and that improved preparation put the team in position for a strong start to the year.

“It set the standard for this whole

year,” Garrett said. “I’d say our baseline this year is miles ahead of what it was last year.”

Senior Terry Beckner Jr. and the interior defensive line were able to dominate the line of scrimmage and stop the run game. UT-Martin rushed 29 times for 94 yards.

Redshirt junior safety Khalil Oliver had three tackles in the first half before being held out for precautionary reasons with an ankle injury. Having the veteran safety at the back end of the Missouri defense helped open up cornerbacks Adam Sparks and DeMarkus Acy in the secondary.

“The different guys allow us to do a lot of different things,” Adam Sparks said. “Khalil is real smart.

He allows coaches to make certain checks that gives the defense a lot of free range.”

Some of Missouri’s biggest conference games this season will be against run-heavy offenses. The nation’s third-ranked team in Georgia comes to Columbia on Sept. 22, and Missouri hosts a Kentucky team led by Benny Snell, one of the top running backs in the country, in late October.

Missouri’s run defense was promising, but it came against a physically undermatched team, and some concerns in pass defense still remain.

Senior Walter Palmore was able to break through the line and stop Skyhawk quarterback Dresser Winn on third and short along, with redshirt sophomore Jordan Elliot breaking through to force some throw-aways, but that was the extent of pass pressure in the first half.

Winn was able to use his mobility to escape linemen and keep Missouri

Tre Williams (93) and a scrum of Missouri defenders bring down a UT-Martin ball carrier during the Tigers’ 51-14 defeat of the Skyhawks on Sept. 1, 2018. | PHOTO BY ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR ADAM COLE

from registering a sack until senior Terez Hall broke through midway through the third quarter.

The defensive line was dominant against the run and was able to get penetration from defensive tackles Palmore, Beckner and Elliot, but the starting defensive ends struggled to get pressure, registering no quarterback hits or tackles for a loss.

Missouri’s only quarterback hits in the first half came from Garrett and Elliot, while Elliot had Missouri’s only tackle for a loss in the opening half.

The lack of pressure gave Winn time to pick apart the Missouri defense and set up UT-Martin’s two scores. On a fourth down play from the Missouri 27, Winn looked to be caught before he rolled to his right

and found running back Jaimiee Bowe on the right sideline for a 23-yard gain to keep the drive alive.

Bowe would score two plays later.

Winn also found LaDarius Galloway for a 51-yard score down the right sideline.

Missouri will need its pass rush to improve before conference play, in which SEC opponents can use the time to pick apart the Tiger secondary.

But, pass rush issues aside, this performance signified a step in the right direction for the Missouri defense.

“Last year wasn’t anything like this offseason,” senior Cam Hilton said. “It’s been a whole 180.”

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responded with no one in particular, but acknowledged the unit as a whole.

“They have really good players at every level,” Dooley said. “They have some D-lineman that can really disrupt on pass rush … They have linebackers who are really instinctive and play hard and then they have these secondary players who disrupt and so they create a lot of problems at every level of defense.”

Some particular standouts on this year’s squad include senior safety, team captain and preseason AllAmerican Andrew Wingard, who led the 2017 squad in both tackles (117) and interceptions (5). On top of him, there’s the returning duo of defensive linemen Carl Granderson and Youhanna Ghaifan. The two combined for 31.5 tackles for loss and 15.5 sacks.

That 2017 Wyoming unit ended up having success at every level (91 tackles for loss and 33 sacks), but the pass defense finished second in the nation in total interceptions with 20 and they had 31 passes defended.

Wyoming also finished 2017 with a plus-24 turnover margin — that led the nation and has been a point of emphasis for the Missouri coaching staff in preparation.

“It’s just kind of a theme that’s

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Continued from page 13 Cup in France. The Tigers compiled a record of 1-2-1 in her absence.

She didn’t see any action during the World Cup, but in her 47 minutes on the field for the Tigers on Sunday,

Quarterback Drew Lock high-fives wide receiver Johnathon Johnson during the game Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018 against UT-Martin. | PHOTO BY ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR ADAM COLE

own high-flying passing attack. After

all, this is a Missouri team that finished 2017 with one of the more high-volume passing attacks in the nation; it was 14th in passing yards per game and tied for first in most passing touchdowns per game.

There’s also, of course, Drew Lock, who finished last Saturday’s matchup with UT-Martin shortly after the second half of the game even began. His 19-for-25, fourtouchdown statline was enough for one day’s work in almost one

half. He emphasized not only his offense’s preparation at Tuesday’s media availability, but the speed of Wyoming’s offense.

“We just need to be on our a-game mentally and physically, especially in the quarterback room as far as mentally. We need to watch a lot of film this week and make sure we know what they’re doing every single play.”

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she made an important defensive play in the 59th minute by heading a TCU shot off of the goal line to preserve a 0-0 scoreline.

In the 86th minute, Cross was dispossessed of the ball by TCU’s Isabelle Juarez and stumbled over Juarez’s leg in the process. After an awkward landing, she remained on the ground, clutching her left knee, and had to be helped off the field by

team medical staff. Missouri went on to lose the game in overtime, 1-0.

Cross’s presence will be missed by a Missouri soccer team that can’t seem to catch a break early in the 2018 season. The Tigers have lost three straight, been shutout in four of their five games and failed to find the back of the net in their last 279 collective minutes. Cross’s implementation figured to be a

crucial building block in Missouri’s midfield as it tries to rebound from the slow start.

The Tigers will tested without the prospect of Cross returning for the first time at Southern California, the fourth-ranked team in the country, on Friday, then against Gonzaga at home on Sunday.

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been at the top of our list from the

start, you know, taking care of the

football,” receiver coach A.J. Ofodile

said. “We want to create turnovers on the other side, but we also want

to make sure that we don’t [cause turnovers on offense].”

Even with a hard-nosed, defense-

first team coming to town, the Tigers

may be able to fight Wyoming’s lockdown pass defense with their

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