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Briefs

‘Our Promise’ campaign raises $1.6 million for MSU

The Our Promise campaign — a campaign co-chaired by Tom Strong and Ramona McQueary that encouraged private investment — exceeded its goal of raising $125 million, with a gift from Norm Shealy valued at over $2 million to bring the total to $167,000,783.

The campaign had a total of 73,270 donors, with 16 gifts greater than $1 million; 34 gifts from $500,000 to $1 million; 89 gifts from $100,000 to $500,000; 90 gifts from $50,000 to $100,000; and 866 gifts from $10,000 to $50,000.

The campaign established more than 375 new scholarships and 17 faculty positions.

Safety alert on muggings delayed Campus community not told of Dec. 12 robberies until Dec. 21, nine days afterwards

By Nicolette Martin The Standard

Two Missouri State students were mugged near campus during finals week in December, yet a safety alert informing the campus community about the crimes wasn’t issued until 9 days later

after many had left town for the holidays.

On the night of Dec. 12, 2012, a man who was reportedly a Missouri State student was robbed, stating that he had his billfold forcefully taken from him after being struck on the head from behind, according to a Mis-

souri State safety alert issued on Dec. 21.

According to the alert, MSU wasn’t notified of the incident by the Springfield Police Department until Dec. 20 and it wasn’t issued until the next day because university offices were closed for the holidays.

Casey Dimond, a senior biology/ecology major, was another victim in the series of muggings and was with police when a third was called in, she said in a previous interview

with The Standard.

Dimond, who had her purse stolen after being shoved to the ground outside of The Moxie Cinema, expressed concern regarding the delay in the issuing of the safety alert.

“I don’t understand why Missouri State would wait so long to let people know about it — that’s a huge window,” she said. “I’m not saying they (MSU safety officers) were notified the same night, I’m just saying that the police said

they were going to be notified.”

Donald Clark, director of MSU Safety and Transportation, told The Standard on Jan. 4, 2013, that MSU wasn’t notified about the incident outlined in the safety alert until Dec. 20, 2012, and said that it does concern him, but that it was “an anomaly.”

“We have SPD officers that work directly on campus, and they usually communicate u See SAFETY page 2

Missouri State military-friendly

Missouri State was included in Military Advanced Education’s “2013 Guide to MilitaryFriendly Colleges and Universities,” a guide that provides students with information about institutions with militaryfriendly policies.

Institutions are evaluated on attributes that include flexibility of online learning options, the acceptance of transfer credits, on-campus ROTC, on-campus assistance and support provided to families of service members.

For more information about Missouri State’s Veteran Student Services, visit http://www.missouristate.edu/v eterans or visit the Veteran Student Services office in Carrington 314.

Foreign Language Institute to offer Italian, Portuguese

Missouri State will offer foreign language classes in Italian and Portuguese in the Foreign Language Institute in the Jim D. Morris Center downtown this spring.

The Foreign Language Institute is led by Missouri State, and is a partnership between MSU, Drury University, Evangel University, Ozarks Technical Community College and Southwest Baptist University.

The Institute also offers courses in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian.

For more information on the Foreign Language Institute, visit http://www.fli.missouristate.edu or visit their office at the Jim D. Morris Center, 301 S. Jefferson Ave.

Calendar Tuesday, Jan. 15 Student Activities Council Meeting, 4-5 p.m., PSU 313

Wednesday, Jan. 16

Student Learning Lounge: Let’s Talk Blackboard, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Meyer Library 205 SAC, SGA and FSL Open House, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., PSU Org Area 1st Floor

Thursday, Jan. 17

Faculty Senate Meeting, 3-5 p.m., PSU 313

Friday, Jan. 18

Blackboard Learn 9.1: Jumpstart, 9 a.m.-10 a.m., Meyer Carillon 205 Student Learning Lounge: Let’s Talk Blackboard, 1:30-5 p.m., Meyer Library 205

Monday, Jan. 21

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, No Classes/Offices Closed, all day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom March, 9:30-10 a.m., Mediacom Ice Park

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Rally, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Gillioz Theatre

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Chinese students new to the Missouri State campus are greeted by MSU students and faculty on Jan. 7 after their trip from Qingdao.

New Chinese students arrive Students make 14-hour trip from Qingdao, China, to MSU

By Katie Lamb The Standard

The Missouri State experience starts at the Springfield-Branson National Airport for newly-enrolled Chinese students.

After a 14-hour flight, nine students from Qingdao, China were greeted the evening of Jan. 7 by several MSU staff members, along with four university volunteers who wanted to make the new students’ arrival as welcoming as possible.

Although exhausted from the long flight, the students were all smiles. Once luggage was claimed, they took a Missouri State van to the University Plaza hotel - where they received a discounted rate of $45 per night until they find an apartment or move into a dorm.

“They can do double occupancy if they want,” said Darren Young, technical support specialist for international programs. “So it comes out to be about the same as

what it would if they stayed at the temporary housing on campus.”

All of this attempts to make the transition to living in Springfield as easy as possible, Steve Robinette, associate vice president of international programs, said.

Peng Zhang came to MSU from China in 2008 and has since graduated with a master’s in business administration. Now, Zhang works with the international program and picks up students from the airport.

Before the fall semester begins, which is when MSU receives a larger number of international students, Zhang said he makes six or seven trips to the airport per day.

“I’ve put over 700 miles on the

bus,” Zhang said.

During the fall 2009 semester, there were 478 Chinese students at MSU, according to Melissa Mace, director of international programs.

That number increased 68 percent by the fall 2012 semester with 805 Chinese students attending MSU out of the 1,425 total international students.

Liaoning Normal University and Missouri State University created the LNU-MSU College of International Business in Dalian, China in 2000 and began with 88 students.

Now, there are about 700 students enrolled.

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Facility to house aquatic and terrestrial animals for experimental research

Student sues fraternity for eye injury from balloon

By Nicolette Martin The Standard

By Megan Gates The Standard

Vivarium under construction at Temple Hall

Vivarium: (n) 1. A place, such as a laboratory, where live animals or plants are kept under conditions simulating their natural environment, as for research; 2. The newest addition to Temple Hall.

At least two years ago, according to Tamera Jahnke, the dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, the discussions for building a vivarium addition to Temple Hall began, and construction has now begun on a facility that will be used to house animals for research.

The approximately 5,000 square-foot facility will be home to aquatic and terrestrial animals of varying species, including snakes, turtles, fish and salamanders in one part; and mammals - including bats, rats and mice - in another, according to Jahnke.

Jahnke said that while the vivar-

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Construction on the 5,000-square foot Vivarium at Temple Hall is estimated to be completed by late spring, according to Planning, Design and Construction.

ium will primarily be used for biology classes, it would be available to all faculty on campus who were doing, or wanted to do, experiments.

The addition will also provide space for an administrative office and shower facilities for animal care staff.

Brad Kielhofner, university engineer and associate director of Planning, Design and Construction, said that when someone wants to build something on campus that

person finds funding, identifies the need, and turns in a project request form.

The Office of Planning, Design and Construction then works with that person to identify the need, ensure what they’re looking for and finds the people to help do it.

Jahnke said that she met with faculty and the Planning, Design and Construction department to determine the size of the vivarium,

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A Missouri State student is suing a fraternity for damages after being struck in the eye by a water balloon that was allegedly launched by a fraternity member.

Emma Rapp, a senior psychology major and member of Delta Zeta sorority, is petitioning Phi Delta Theta fraternity and its MSU chapter — Missouri Epsilon Chapter — for damages after she was injured by a water balloon that was allegedly thrown by three of its members.

According to court documents, on Sept. 11, 2011, Rapp was at a meeting at the Delta Zeta sorority house near the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house near the edge of Missouri State’s campus.

While the meeting was taking place, members of Phi Delta Theta u See LAWSUIT page 8

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Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013

General education program under construction Smith said the goal is to have all courses approved by the faculty senate during their April 11 meeting and the culmination of the new courses and structure ready for implementation by the fall of 2013.

However, implementation of the new structure and courses would probably not be fessor of biological sciences, said that initiated until fall 2014 to give the universiCGEIP is a long standing committee that ty time to update its materials for students first proposed the idea of restructuring gen- and for faculty to prepare the course eral education at MSU. changes, Smith said.

Christopher Herr, an associate professor This means that current students would of theatre and dance and a member of not be affected by these changes and only CGEIP, said that this restructuring was long incoming freshmen during the year of overdue. implementation will be “The current general held to the new requireeducation structure was ments. established 17 years ago,” The work of the Task Herr said. “A lot has Force on General Educa(The overhaul) is changed since then and tion Revisions also a way to give there was a need to played a large role in include MSU’s new public developing the new strucdepartments the affairs mission in the ture and getting staff and opportunity to structure of general edustudent feedback. recruit and cation.”

Etta Madden, chair“A lot of time was showcase majors. person of the Task Force spent on learning outon General Education comes and figuring out Revision and English just what we want people -Christopher Herr, professor, said that stuto know after going dents were directly CGEIP member through general educainvolved in the earlier tion.” stages of the general eduCGEIP will continue to cation overhaul, particilook at general education pating in committee work every year but the current and focus groups. overhaul will change the entire structure Online surveys with faculty and students, and shape of general education courses, plus selective focus groups with students, goals and learning outcomes, according to were conducted in spring 2011, to get an Smith. overall view of what direction general edu“The main purpose was to make public cation should go in. affairs more visible and make cultural comApproximately 1,184 students responded petence a part of coursework,” Smith said. to the survey, with specific input from 576

General education undergoes revision to give students more options, include more aspects of public affairs mission

By Amber Duran The Standard

What comes to mind when you think of general education? Perhaps you think of a mandatory opportunity to explore different subjects, or maybe a mandatory waste of time.

Whatever thoughts general education induces, it is a huge part of higher education and the current structure of general education is changing at Missouri State.

A new structure has already been developed and approved for implementation as of April 26, 2013.

Faculty and staff from every department can propose any course, whether it be a course already offered or a brand new course never offered at MSU before, to fit into the new structure.

Each proposal consists of a reason why the class should be included in general education and a description of the course itself, but all proposals go through a review process before being either approved or denied.

The deadline for new course proposals is Feb. 13, 2013, and is just one part of a process that has been taken on over a period of three years by a series of committees consisting of MSU faculty, staff and students.

Josh Smith, the chairman of the Committee on General Education and Intercollegiate Programs (CGEIP) and assistant pro-

Safety

Continued from page 1 those things with us immediately,” Clark said. “Through a series of miscommunications, we weren’t notified about this one.”

Clark identified the primary reason for the delay as being that when the incident occurred, the victim did not make a report.

One of the items that had been taken was later recovered, and an officer went to return it to him - looking at it as more of returning a piece of found property - and was then told how it had actually gone missing.

In a follow-up interview with The Standard on Jan. 11, Clark said that since the individual didn’t want to make a report at the time, the officer didn’t look at it as a significant incident.

Lt. Ben King, spokesman for SPD, said he was unable to comment on the robberies as they are still under investigation, and that he did not have information regarding when MSU was notified that they had taken place.

The Standard was referred by King

to Lt. Scott Umbarger who works at the Springfield Police Department substation on the MSU campus.

Umbarger said things that don’t occur on or adjacent to MSU property - for example the robbery of Dimond are not normally reported to MSU. “We don’t report everything that happens to students downtown to Missouri State,” Umbarger said.

“They’re adults, and what they do off campus, if they want to tell the university about it, they can; there are certain things we can’t disclose.”

Umbarger also added that if a safety alert was issued every time an MSU student got into a fight downtown or something happened to an MSU student off campus, it would be “like sounding a tornado siren every day,” losing its effectiveness.

Clark mirrored Umbarger’s assertion that not everything that happens off campus needs to be reported to MSU. “Certainly we have an interest in things that happen to them when they’re off our property,” Clark said.

“But you have to understand, there’s quite a few students and things do happen to them when they’re off our property.”

“If it’s a significant event - like for

example two years ago we had a student killed in an automobile accident off campus and the police department did notify us of that so we could take some appropriate action - but other than that, no it doesn’t really concern me a great deal, and the reason again is because of the numbers.”

Clark said that with 20,000+ students, sometimes bad things do happen off campus, but that the primary concern is focused on things that can be addressed that happen on MSU property.

“We’re focused primarily on our geography here,” Clark said. “It just so happens in the areas that we’re responsible or we know we’ve got a large population of students, we’d like to have that information.”

“But again, you have to understand the way the police department operates. If they have something that happens across town, an officer that works across town may respond to that and deal with it. If they have something that happens downtown, an officer that works downtown may deal with it, and if something happens on campus, one of our campus officers may deal with it and they may not all communicate them in a regular or timely manner because they’re not

students, according to the student survey qualitative comments summary released by the General Education Task Force.

The results of student participation showed that students want more specificissue oriented subjects rather than just broad topics. Herr said that this would be like having a course on the science of global warming as opposed to an expansive biology or geography class.

The results also showed that students wanted more options in general education, options that might have more to do with their major. “(The overhaul) is a way to give departments the opportunity to recruit and showcase majors,” Herr said. “Some students come to the university not knowing what to major in and general education helps them choose.”

However, Herr imagines there will be mixed emotions among students about the new structure.

With the new general education structure, students will be required to complete a minimum of 45 credit hours as opposed to the 43 that are currently required.

Josh Prince, a junior jazz studies major, said that general education is already expensive and a lot of that could be reduced by taking out courses, not adding more.

“More credits means more money, more stress, and I don’t think it’s needed,” Prince said.

Smith said he feels differently about the good general education does for MSU students.

“General education is not just something to get done but it is to make you a better citizen for the 21st Century,” Smith said.

necessarily aware of things that are happening outside their area.”

Umbarger said that to report something that happens off campus, (SPD) has to find out exactly where it was logged - that maybe a student reports something that happens somewhere else - and where the actual call is at.

Umbarger added that SPD tries to inform MSU of everything that happens on campus, but that “‘Campus’ has become so spread out and there are many properties that we have no idea that they would even own, so we try to notify them of everything that would be a direct threat.”

“For the most part, the police department is very good about notifying us of things that occur that we need to be aware of,” Clark said. “And certainly if something happens that strikes them as being a danger to additional students, they’re very good about notifying us - whether we’re here, whether they have to call us at home or when the school’s closed or not, they do that routinely.”

Clark reiterated that this instance was an anomaly, that the timing had an impact on it - since there weren’t many people on campus he said it may not have been seen by SPD as something that would be a concern to other

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students, that “a variety of circumstances lined up to make that one fall through the cracks,” and that Springfield is a predominantly safe area to be in, to live, to work and to come to school.

The series of robberies, however, occurred Dec. 12 - the Wednesday of finals week - when a large portion of students remained on campus.

“Everybody always has to understand that there’s the opportunity for something bad to happen,” he said.

“We hope that something significantly bad doesn’t happen in our city or in our state, or certainly on our campus, but there’s always the opportunity for that and everybody has to be cognisant of that and take steps to protect their own safety all the time and the safety of their belongings.”

Clark advises students to take several precautions to remain safe and keep away from dangerous situations, such as not leaving items in plain sight to get stolen, not leaving residence hall rooms unlocked when not occupied, traveling in groups when out at night and staying in well-lit areas.

If you need assistance, contact the dispatch center at 417-836-5509 to get immediate contact with public safety officers, or call 911.

Tuesday

Jan. 15, 2013

New semester, new goals

“With each new semester comes new unrealistic expectations of what I will actually accomplish during the semester. #collegeprobs” appeared on my Twitter timeline from the anonymous account, Hot Mess Life, and I couldn’t help but wonder if we might be the same person.

As the new year is upon us, the seemingly endless spring semester looms, and this being the last spring semester I have to suffer through without any breaks from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day all the way to spring break, I thought it might be a good time to set some realistic, achievable goals for my lazy-collegesenior self.

First and foremost, I keep telling myself that this will be the semester I stop procrastinating. This will be the semester that I don’t wait until five hours before a research paper is due to actually start the research process.

Really, it will.

It will be the semester that I stop using naps to delay the inevitable mountain of homework I have strewn about my desk, and the semester I stop putting off art projects to watch the entire series of “Dawson’s Creek” on Netflix, even though they don’t use

Nicolette Martin Columnist the original theme song and the entire cast looks way too old to only be sophomores in high school (I’m only on the second season).

This spring semester will also be the semester that I finally get organized. After seven semesters of higher education, I will finally not have a calendar that reads “Week of September 3” when it’s the week of Nov. 19 and “Labor Day: no class!” should probably have been erased when Labor Day was actually over.

This semester will mark the first semester that I don’t miss more than two of each class (okay...three), and I won’t hit the snooze button until I’m able to tell myself that I’m already running so late that if I got ready now going to class would be pointless.

I don’t want to be one of those people who comes waltzing into class

with only 10 minutes left. Why do they even bother?

I should also start paying attention more in class. So, instead of bringing my laptop to lecture and building up a win-lose ratio of 1-36 games of Minesweeper within an hour and 15 minutes, I’ll actually take notes and only look at the occasional adorable cat picture or Buzzfeed list of “23 Pictures Proving Maggie Smith Is Better Than You.” Sticking with the let’s-get-healthyI-really-want-to-lose-three-pounds theme of the new year, I resolve to walk to class (if it’s warm outside and I’m not going to Craig Hall), instead of sprinting down Thomas Street to ride the orange route two blocks to the PSU. The new year and new semester puts us all in the mood to accomplish anything we set our minds to. These highly achievable, realistic expectations are sure to make me a better student in 2013.

But, let’s be honest. Before writing this, I watched two episodes of “Boy Meets World” and barely got this in by deadline.

There’s always next semester, right?

Letter to the Editor

House Republicans shouldn’t fight Senate, president

Republicans are in a very sticky position. Either they stand on principle, using their control of the House to fight the Senate and president over every issue and continue to accept the label of obstructionist, or they can cave. They can give everything the Democrats want: higher taxes, a new stimulus, carbon taxes and few solutions.

It is politically in their best interest to take the latter course. To, instead of standing on principle, cave for the Democrats and give them everything they want.

When these policies fail, and considering that several economists, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the majority of economic think tanks have pointed out they will (Obama’s tax idea alone is likely to increase unemployment by 800,000 jobs, and the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” another 800,000, both

according to the non-partisan CBO), the Republicans will be in a position to win the Senate in 2014 and the Presidency in 2016 in landslides.

This may seem to be at the expense of the nation, but if this is the outcome of Liberal policies, and those policies are allowed to gain power by labeling Republicans obstructionist and “the party of no,” then it is in fact the lesser of two great evils.

So, at this point it is ironic that the Republicans’ best move may be to give the Democrats everything they asked for.

Zachary Griffith Junior Political Science

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Safety needs to be a priority for MSU

Three people were mugged near Missouri State’s campus during finals week on Dec. 12.

Two of them were MSU students. Yet the campus community wasn’t told about the muggings until after almost everyone had gone home for winter break on Dec. 21, when a crime alert was sent out via email.

According to Nicolette Martin’s article “Safety alert on muggings delayed,” this delay doesn’t concern MSU Safety and Transportation Director Don Clark. Because, you know, students getting mugged near campus isn’t really concerning to anyone, especially the people in charge of safety on campus. And this was an “anomaly.”

To be fair, the muggings that were reported didn’t take place on MSU’s campus. One of them occurred behind The Moxie Cinema, one of them occurred near Sunvilla Tower, and the third mugging’s location is currently unknown to us at The Standard.

So not technically on campus, but pretty close to it. Which begs the question, why did it take nine days to let anyone know what happened?

Why, when two MSU students were mugged, near MSU, during one of the year’s craziest weeks on campus when people are carrying around cash from book buybacks — finals week — was no one letting people know that students were being mugged and the muggers were still at large?

It’s frankly unacceptable. Someone dropped the ball, and potentially placed MSU students at risk by waiting to tell anyone that anything had happened until nine days after the fact.

This can’t be allowed to happen again.

Whether it was the Springfield Police Department or MSU that caused the delay in letting the MSU community know about the muggings, someone needs to step up and say that it can’t be a recurring theme.

We have a Safety and Transportation Office that’s supposed to help keep us safe and informed of things that could harm us while we’re at MSU. Right now, we doubt your ability to do it.

Show us, the campus community, that you’re here to protect, that you mean business and that you will put our safety first and foremost, without delay.

Please don’t let 2013 be the year that you let us down and that we, the campus community, pay the price.

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Tuesday

Jan. 15, 2013

Calendar Roll out the red carpet for this year’s winners Wednesday, Jan. 16

Zac Brown Band, 7 p.m., JQH Arena, $65, $49.50 and $35.00 plus handling fees Open Dancing at the Savoy, 8:3010 p.m., Savoy Ballroom, free

SAC Weekly Film Series Presents: “Fight Club,” 9-11 p.m., PSU Theater, free

Thursday, Jan. 17

Bass Pro Tournament of Champions, 5 p.m., JQH Arena, $7 (single day general student admission), $10 (single day adult general admission), $12 (single day reserved ticket), $36 (three day reserved ticket) Cult Couch Thursday-Double Feature, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Park Central Branch Library, free

SAC After Hours Presents: Grocery Binglow, 9 p.m., PSU Ballroom East, free

Friday, Jan. 18

Bass Pro Tournament of Champions, 4:30 p.m., JQH Arena, $7 (single day general student admission), $10 (single day adult general admission), $12 (single day reserved ticket), $36 (three day reserved ticket) Open Mic Night, 7-8:30 p.m., Park Central Branch Library, free The Collective Randall Shreve And The Sideshow Make Rocket Go, 8 p.m., The Outland Ballroom, cover Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10 p.m., 306 South Ave, Springfield, MO (above Nonna’s), $10-12

Nathan Bryce and Loaded Dice, 8 p.m., Dublin’s Pass Irish Pub, free

Saturday, Jan. 19 The Mojo Roots Norman Jackson, 2 p.m., Nathan P. Murphy’s, cover

Bass Pro Tournament of Champions, 3:30 p.m., JQH Arena, $7 (single day general student admission), $10 (single day adult general admission), $12 (single day reserved ticket), $36 (three day reserved ticket) A Musical Duel, 7:30-10 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall, $15-30 Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10 p.m., 306 South Ave, Springfield, MO (above Nonna’s), $10-12

Sunday, Jan. 20

Springfield Swing Dance Club Monthly Workshop, 4:30-6 p.m., Savoy Ballroom, $5 for members, $15 for non-members Operazzi Night, 5-7 p.m., The Creamery Arts Center, free

Nameless, 6:30 p.m., The Lemon Drop, cover Argentine Tango at the Savoy, 6:30-7 p.m., Savoy Ballroom, free

Monday, Jan. 21 As Cities Burn, 7 p.m., The Outland Ballroom, cover

Coed Pageant, 9 p.m., Lindbergs, free

Briefs

Orchestra starts the year off with ‘A Musical Duel’

The first symphony concert of 2013, “A Musical Duel,” will be held from 7:30-10 p.m. on Saturday at Juanita K. Hammons Hall.

The concert will feature Missouri State University professors and pianists Wei-Han Su and HyeJung Hong.

Concert pieces will include “Hebrides Overture” by Felix Mendelssohn, “Concerto for Two Pianos” by Francis Poulenc and “Symphony No. 5” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Ticket costs range from $15$30. For more information, contact Courtney Wendel, Marketing Manager at the Springfield Symphony Orchestra by email at marketingmanager@springfieldmosymphony.org.

Gillioz offers love package for V-Day

With Valentine’s Day approaching quickly, The Gillioz is offering a special package for you to celebrate with your love.

The package includes sparkling wine for two, a box of chocolates, roses, a s’mores bar, live music, cocktail hour and admission to “When Harry Met Sally” on Feb. 14.

Live music will start at 7:30 p.m. and the movie showing will start at 9 p.m.

Packages are available at The Aviary, Rebecca Grille and Parlor 88 downtown.

Individual and couple packages can be purchased at The Gillioz box office or at http:www.gillioz.org starting Jan. 21 at 10 a.m.

By Karman Bowers The Standard

It’s that time of year again, the time of gorgeous gowns, slick suits and teary acceptance speeches. It’s awards season.

The Academy Awards, Golden Globes and British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) have all announced their nominees and, not-surprisingly, they all coincide nicely. So much, in fact, that the Globes and BAFTAs only differ on one of the five best dramas.

Yet for some reason, the Academy decided to switch it up again this year and only nominate nine films, instead of the ten they have been.

So what’s the watch list for this year’s awards? Read

go Unchained,” which each made two of the three. It’s probably safe to say that those are the main ones to Best Motion Picture - Drama - “Argo” look out for.

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical - “Les A few more made it to the Miserables” Academy’s list, such as Best Animated Feature Film - “Brave” “Amour,” “Beasts of the Best Actress - Drama - Jessica Chastain, “Zero Southern Wild” and “Silver Dark Thirty” Linings Playbook.” All three Best Actor - Drama - Daniel Day Lewis, “Linof those also have actors and coln” supporting actors nominated.

Best Actress - Comedy or Musical - Jennifer Speaking of actors, a few Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook” films to see for performances Best Actor - Comedy or Musical - Hugh Jackthat didn’t make the best picman, “Les Miserables” ture category include “The Best Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway, “Les Impossible,” “The Master,” Miserables” “Flight,” “Hitchcock,” and Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, “Djan“The Sessions.” go Unchained” For all those big kids lurking among the college crowd, the films nominated on…

Thirty” were on all three lists for best animated feature “Argo,” “Life of Pi,” for best drama, as well as come down to two films, “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark “Les Misérables” and “Djan- “Brave” and “Frankenwee-

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nie.” Those two, one Pixar and the other Tim Burton, made all three lists.

While there are many, many more categories there is not much, much more space for me to go over all of them. However, there are a few more films such as “Skyfall,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” and “Anna Karenina” that have some nominations in multiple categories such as sound, design and music.

You have a lot to watch to be prepared for all the festivities, so get to it!

For a full list of nominees, you can visit the websites: http://oscar.go.com/nominees and http://www.bafta.org/ film/awards/nominees-winners-2013,3584.

Never oversleep again MSU student develops Android alarm clock app

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By Kelsey Berry The Standard

or those who have ever slept through a final exam, job interview, date, appointment, wedding or anything else important, the fear of oversleeping can often inspire some strange bedtime activities.

In desperation, some may set three or four different alarms to make sure they wake up on time. Others may place their alarm clock or phone across the bedroom in an attempt to force themselves to get out of bed in the morning. Some may even decide to just pull an all-nighter to avoid sleeping altogether.

In response to this common problem, Yohan Lee, a 22-year-old senior and Missouri State business major, has collaborated with his two business partners in South Korea, Jaemyung Shin, a first year graduate student studying computer science at the University of Kaist, and Heejin Lee, a junior studying computer science at Ulsan University, to come up with a solution.

Yohan also sought out the advice and counsel of finance major Todd Miller, a first year graduate student at the University of Indiana.

Together, they have created an app for Android phones called Sleep If U Can, which allows the customer to take a photo of an object before they go to sleep and then set their alarm for whatever time necessary.

When the alarm goes off in the morning, the customer is forced to get out of bed and take a picture of the same object before the alarm will shut off.

“There are tons of different alarm clocks in the world but many of the alarm apps are not efficient because they don’t really wake people up,” Yohan said. “My app prevents students, businessmen or anyone with appointments from falling back asleep because they must get up to take a picture.”

Initially, one of the complications with the Sleep If U Can app was not being able to match the first photo taken the night before with an exact replication.

The Sleep If U Can app allows users to adjust the percentage of exactness desired, avoiding any instances where the user is unable to shut the alarm Photo courtesy of Yohan Lee off in the morning.

Senior business major and Chief Sales Officer of Delight Room, Yohan Lee, collaborated In spite of academic schedules and a 15 hour time with his business partners in South Korea to develop the Sleep If U Can app for Android u See APP page 5 in an effort to help those who have problems oversleeping.

Planning spring break on a budget

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To find more information about the Lake of the Ozarks camping grounds and free attractions visit http://www.funlake.com.

Don’t let your spring break be a dud, plan ahead

By Briana Simmons The Standard

Typically college students receive three long breaks throughout the year. There are those extremely long summer and winter vacations and there’s one week set aside in March that all college students look forward to.

Some may spend this time at home or getting extra hours in at work while others go for more of an adventure. We’re talking about spring break! Where will you be for spring break 2013?

When planning a spring break trip there are a lot of things to consider.

Deciding upon a location, commuting, lodging, daytime and nightlife activities will affect your trip.

Take a look at a few ways you could spend your spring break 2013.

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not have to go spend a lot of have a good spring break.

Spend a little, save a lot

Photo courtesy of John Parker

Senior english/creative writing John Parker, Zach Sutton and Ryan Hilke spent their spring break 2012 in Chicago at Navy Pier.

Here are some ideas to have fun over spring break and save money at the same time. A great spot for trips is about two hours away from Springfield at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Tim Jacobsen, executive director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau for the Lake of the

Ozarks, suggests outdoor activities like lodging in one of the Ozarks many camping grounds or visiting one of their several museums for a fun getaway.

“We have the largest state park in the state of Missouri — the Lake of the Ozarks State Park — with camping, cabins,

fishing, and hiking,” Jacobsen said. “It’s very unique.”

Another great place for groups to visit during their stay is Ha Ha Tonka State Park.

“Our best attraction is probably the Ha Ha Tonka State Park with springs, caves, hiking trails and castle ruins; a very inter-

Jamelia Shealey, sophomore nursing major, will be having a less traditional spring break this year.

Instead of visiting a spring break location like Panama City Beach, Florida, or South Padre, Texas, Shealey decided to travel to a city a little closer that she’d never been to.

“I’ve never been to Chicago so I plan on touring the city, taking in the sites, eating some deepdish pizza and shopping,” Shealey said.

Chicago has many places for tourists and spring breakers to visit.

The Huffington Post named Gino’s East and Giordano’s Pizza two of the best places to get your favorite deep-dish pizza in the city of Chicago.

Only about eight hours away from Kansas City and four hours from Springfield and St. Louis, u See SPRING page 5

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difference, the business partners were able to share ideas with regular meetings using Skype and also with phone calls.

“The prototype was finished within one week,” Shin said in an email. “After that, we tested the application and increased its perfection by supporting multilanguages, resolving Android OS and device fragmentation problems, and improving the accuracy of image recognition.”

Currently, the app is free and available for Andriod. Users can pay $1.99 for the version without advertisements. In one to two weeks the iPhone version will be available for $1.99, according to Yohan.

The three entrepreneurs started their company, Delight Room, in August of 2011 and they are now serving about 10,000 customers from 159 different countries.

The Sleep If U Can app was featured on the televised news in Japan, Korea, Russia and AmerPhoto Illustration by Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARD ica and they plan to explore Lee’s app allows the user to take a photo the night before and then turn off the alarm the next morning by more application development in taking the same photo. In doing so, the Sleep While U Can app effectively gets the user out of bed. the next few years.

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“We are a company for people, not money,” Yohan said.

“We are not interested in just making money. The reason we are doing this is for students and for other people who have a problem oversleeping.”

With the growing success of his app, Yohan said his greatest desire is to inspire other students and show them that they too can accomplish great things.

“My ultimate goal is to become really successful and make a lot of money – but not for me – for people who do not have the opportunity to go to school or to college,” Yohan said. “I want to make Missouri State better than any other university and show students that they can be successful too.”

“I want to give other students hope,” he said. “Even though I fail a lot, I do not lose my courage.”

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the MegaBus will take you to the center of the Loop, located in • Lake of the Ozarks downtown Chicago.

Ticket State Park Glaize, prices for March will be posted Osage Beach on the website, https://megabus.com soon.

• Ha Ha Tonka State Students may also consider Park, Camdenton taking an Amtrak train if they’re looking for a cheaper alternative • Thunder Mountain to driving.

Conservation Area, You can go on the Magnificent Lake Road 5-88 Mile, right next to the downtown area, to shop at all your favorite • Willmore Lodge department stores and boutiques.

Museum and Dam Visit Wells Street, Rush Street Overlook, Lake or Old Town district for their Ozark nightlife scene, and enjoy bar hops and drink specials with your • Swinging Bridges friends. and Shallows, Hwy Chicago is also a family42-18 friendly place where things won’t get too crazy and you don’t have •Tunnel Dam to spend a lot of money.

Whistle Shallows, “I haven’t done anything for Hwy 42-18 spring break ever, so this year I’m traveling with my mother and Source: http://www.funlake.com one of my closest friends,” Shealey said.

For more information about Panama City Beach or South the many scenes of Chicago visit Padre. http://www.explorechicago.org.

If you don’t mind spending a pretty penny, spring breakers can Ballin’ on break also check out Cancun, Mexico.

For years you’ve been saying South Padre Island, Texas, is how you and your friends are about 6 hours from Houston. going to go all out for spring John Parker, junior English and break. Well here’s your chance. communications double major, Some great options for those who will be traveling there for spring have a looser budget for this break along with a few of his Pi year’s spring break festivities are Kappa Phi fraternity brothers.

Photo courtesy of John Parker

John Parker (right), Zack Sutton, Conner Stieferman, Katy Mullen, Ryan Hilke and Brittany Taschner pose for the camera at Navy Pier during spring break 2012. You can ride the MegaBus, or Amtrak, into the heart of downtown Chicago if you’re looking for an alternative to driving during spring break.

“We wanted to go to one of the cliché spring break locations and for some reason we didn’t want to go to Panama City Beach, Florida,” he said.

He said that he and his friends are looking to have a great time although they’re not exactly sure what they will be doing.

A few places spring breakers may want to check out are Clayton’s Beach Bar & Grill, or Club

Chaos.

Clayton’s Beach Bar & Grill is an open bar with music, food and drinks, and fun right on the beach or for a late night party, Club Chaos, also in South Padre, has six clubs under one roof and a concert stage.

A place like South Padre has plenty of activities to do on the beach and Parker said he looks forward to catching some sun.

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“All we want to do is enjoy break on the beach and hopefully it’ll be that one crazy trip I took in college,” Parker said. “I hope I don’t turn into a lobster.”

For trips like this it’s not a bad idea for students to look into student group packages with companies like Student Travel Services.

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Men’s Basketball Tuesday, Jan. 8 Illinois State Missouri State

25 30 - 55 32 30 - 62

Friday, Jan. 11 Creighton Missouri State

32 42 - 74 27 25 - 52

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Women’s Basketball Thursday, Jan. 10 Missouri State Northern Iowa

23 29 - 52 41 34 - 75

Saturday, Jan.12 Missouri State Bradley

43 36 - 79 36 44 - 80

Ice Hockey Friday, Jan. 11 Missouri State Northern Illinois

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Saturday, Jan. 12 Missouri State Northern Illinois

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Swimming and Diving Missouri State Penn State

M 124 W 59 M 171 W 235

Missouri State Arkansas

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Wednesday, Jan. 16 Men’s basketball, 6:05 p.m. vs.

Indiana-State at Terre Haute

Friday, Jan. 18

Women’s Track and Field, 2 p.m. at Missouri Invitational in Columbia, Mo

Saturday, Jan.19 Men’s Basketball, 1 p.m. at Bradley

Women’s Basketball, 12:05 p.m. at home vs. Drake Swimming and Diving, 1 p.m. at home vs. Truman State

Monday, Jan. 21

Women’s Basketball, 7 p.m. at home vs. Creighton

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Sprinters claim individual victories at Saluki Open

The Missouri State track and field team left the Saluki Open on Saturday with a handful of victories.

Sophomores Althia Maximilien and Gabriella Ad-Onojabi turned in impressive times at the SIU Student Recreation Center.

Maximilian won the 200-meter dash finals crossing the finish line in 24.92 seconds. Ade-Onojobi claimed the crown in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.76 secnds.

Junior Pernell Joseph finished first in both the preliminary round with a time of (7.54) and finals (7.56).

Bears lose to 12/20 Penn State, No. 20 Arkansas

The Missouri State swimming and diving teams were swept over the weekend by top-25 ranked opponents.

For the women, No. 12 Penn State defeated the Bears 235 to 59 and No. 25 Arkansas won by a score of 250-50.

The men faired slightly better but lost to No. 20 Penn State by a score of 171-124.

Freshman Uvis Kalnins edged defending MAC Vitalii Baryshok in the 200-meter free. The pair combined for a 2-3 finish for MSU.

Missouri State set to enshrine eight in Hall of Fame

A number of events and ceremonies have been finalized at MSU for Athletics Hall of Fame Weekend, Feb. 1-3.

The Athletics Hall of Fame will induct eight new memberMike McCarty, Jim Wright, Matt Caution, Suzy Fortune, Cheasa Gibson, Jason Hart, Kari Koch and Tracy Partain.

The 2013 class brings the total Hall of Fame membership to 347.

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Senior Anthony Downing fights for a loose ball during the Bears’ 74-52 loss to Creighton on Friday.

Second-half struggle Creighton’s McDermott scores season-high 39 points to defeat Bears

By Matt Aten The Standard

A close first half between Missouri State (5-12, 32 in MVC) and No. 13 Creighton (15-1, 4-0 in MVC) turned into a one-man show after the half, as the Blue Jays cruised to a 74-52 road win.

The second half star was All-American forward Doug McDermott who dropped 39-points on the Bears, including 28-points after intermission.

“I thought we had a pretty good first half and then I thought Creighton just picked it up a notch,” Missouri State coach Paul Lusk said. “We didn’t guard a couple of guys to start the second half, and it was a domino effect after that and then McDermott got going. He wore us out in every aspect.”

The one real constant for the Bears this season has been solid defensive play, but the stingy Bears defense was no match for the talented NBA prospect.

“You just give credit to him,” senior guard Anthony Downing said. “He was making fade away three’s off one foot and stuff like that. You can’t do nothing about that, it’s just God-given talent.”

McDermott’s first half numbers weren’t nearly as gaudy as his second half stats, because the Bears came out of the gate with an energy matched only by the home crowd decked out in black attire for the conference matchup.

Creighton Center Gregory Echenique got the

scoring started in the first few seconds of play, but MSU answered right back with a freshman Drew Wilson layup. The scoring went back and forth for a majority of the first half. The lead changed ten times with four ties.

“I think we showed in the first half that we can dictate the tempo of games,” said junior forward Keith Pickens.

Pickens led the Bears in scoring with 11-points.

Downing and Gavin Thurman each contributed 10points to the Bears.

Midway through the first half, the Blue Jays gained some separation with a 14-9 lead. But MSU clawed its way back with a couple Downing free throws, a Christian Kirk layup and a Tomie Aromona three-pointer, giving the Bears a 16-14 lead.

The score remained close until consecutive three pointers by Creighton’s Nevin Johnson and Jahenns Manigat gave the Jays a 32-27 lead going into halftime.

In the second half MSU lost the only advantage they had in the first half. The young Bears no longer controlled the tempo of the game and grew impatient, going 3-for-15 from 3-point range.

That’s when the Blue Jays began feeding the ball to McDermott and put the game out of reach.

“We’ve got to get him the ball and get out of his way and let him play.” Coach McDermott said.

Creighton pulled away and never looked back, thanks in large part to McDermott’s 18 points in the half’s first 7 minutes and 12 seconds.

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After a month-long intermission from the current season, the Ice Bears headed up to Geneva, Ill., to take on the Northern Illinois University Huskies Jan. 1112. NIU had been back on the ice for a while, having played a pair of games the previous weekend, which put them in better condition than the Ice Bears.

“We only had a week of practices and not everyone had their legs back quite yet,” sophomore forward Jack Ryan said.

Special teams played an important role in Game One; all the goals scored for both teams were scored on the power-play. Besides having a manadvantage, what made the Ice Bears successful on the power-play was their ability to spread the puck around.

Head coach Bob Bucher said that the “open ice” allowed his team flexibility on the ice, which helped them convert during the power-play.

While Missouri State was 3-for-3 on the power-play, they were 0-for-3 on the penalty-kill.

“Usually, it’s the other way around,” Ryan said. “(With) the fact that we had a month off, not many of us were conditioned. A lot of time in the penalty kill you are skating around more because you are a man down.”

The game went into a shootout with score tied 3-3. After eight rounds of shooting, no team was able to get the puck into the net. Then, junior defenseman Connor MacInnis skated up to the middle line.

“The goalie was cheating on his glove side pretty hard and left the blocker side pretty open,” MacInnis said.

MacInnis skated down towards the Husky goalie and went to his blockerside and put the puck in the back of the net, which eventually won the game for the Ice Bears after freshman goalkeeper Justin Davis blocked the final NIU try.

Missouri State won the game 4-3.

In the second game, NIU deflated any momentum that Missouri State had from the victory the night before. NIU came out strong and fresh while the Ice Bears were still trying to find their second wind.

“As I got back to the hotel Friday night, we had dodged a bullet,” Bucher said. “I think they got a little extra energy from the (game) on Friday and carried it over to Saturday.”

The Ice Bears were able to keep the better-conditioned Huskies at bay in the first period, only letting them score one goal. But NIU was too much for Missouri State and went on to win the game 6-1.

“They are a physical team and coming back from break, we were not 100 percent ready for all the physical play we were expecting,” MacInnis said.

Bucher said that his team did skate quite a bit during their break and in practice, but he said that practice and game conditions were very different.

“After (the game) was all over, the guys knew where we were,” Bucher said. “I think everyone appreciates a good (butt) kicking and we got one.”

The Ice Bears play the SIUE Panthers Jan. 19-20 in Springfield at Mediacom Ice Park at 7 p.m.

Irish Golfer finding her way at MSU ‘Sky is the limit’ for Irish sophomore Megan Thompson as she settles into life in U.S.

By Mike Ursery The Standard

Missouri State University may seem like a small school to some people, but the size of it is just right for sophomore Megan Thompson.

When she became interested in the idea of playing golf in the United States, she began searching schools to find what would be her best option.

“The campus isn’t too huge,” Thompson said.

“It has the right number of people, and everyone seems to get along really well. I couldn’t have picked a better place.”

Thompson is from Ballyclare, Northern Ireland. She describes her home as being much smaller than Springfield, and says that the biggest part of her transition was adjusting to the size of a larger place. Another challenge she faced was being far away from home.

“When I first came here it was really easy to get lost. I also felt homesick a lot of times,” she said. “Luckily, I was able to adjust to everything with the help of my coach and my teammates. I also talk to my family through Skype.”

She has attended three semesters at Missouri State, and in that time she has impressed women’s golf coach Kevin Kane.

“From what I had seen on paper and on video, I thought she would have the chance to come in and play right away,” Coach Kane said. “I would have been really surprised if she wasn’t immediately in the mix.”

Thompson already had an impressive resume before beginning her college career. She was a

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Sophomore Megan Thompson is looking for another conference title this season. captain of the Ulster Under-18 squad in Ireland in 2010. As captain, she helped lead the Under-18 squad to the All-Ireland Title.

In 2011, she qualified for the British Girls Championship, where she finished in the top 50.

She was also selected to the German Junior Masters that same year. The German Junior Masters accepts two men and two women from each participating country. She placed 37th out of 120 in

that event. She wants to build on that success while at Missouri State by accomplishing goals that she has set for herself.

“Personally I want to win a conference championship again with the team,” Thompson said.

“We have a good team, and hopefully we can repeat what we did in my freshman year. For my own personal goals, I would love to win a couple of tournaments.”

Thompson is majoring in sports management with a minor in coaching. She would like to one day pursue a coaching career in the same sport she currently plays.

“I would love to earn a PGA coaching award and become a golf coach at a university or a country club,” she said.

However, this will only be the route she takes if she does not decide to continue to play after graduation. Her other option is to compete in the LPGA. Coach Kane said he believes that she has the potential and skill set to reach that level.

“She has a great work ethic, and the sky’s the limit for her,” Kane said.

Thompson missed a large portion of the 2012 fall season due to an injury. She participated in the first two events, but then suffered a wrist injury in the second round of the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Mo. The injury forced her to sit out the rest of the fall.

“On my first hole, I hit the ball into some heavy rough. I hurt my wrist trying to hit it out,” she said.

The injury resulted in tendon damage. She began working with trainers after the injury, and said she is in good shape heading into the spring season.

Thompson and the rest of the team will be back in action when they compete at the Islander Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Feb. 25.

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Healthy Williams boosts Lady Bears Sophomore finally able to contribute after losing last season to ACL injury

By Sam Holzer The Standard

Last season, Lady Bears guard Kenzie Williams was a rare case of a true freshman getting solid playing time at the beginning of the season. But during the home opener, she suffered an ACL tear against the ninth ranked Louisville Cardinals and missed the remainder of the season.

According to Williams, it was a laborious year of healing and watching, but with that came a lot of learning.

“It was a long year last year, sitting out,” Williams said.

“But we had veteran guards that I got to watch a lot and learn from, by sitting on the bench next to the coaches. So I just kind of had to take it all in.”

Instead of letting the discouragement of a season-ending injury derail her future, Williams decided to take the positives out of the situation and work hard. The time off sparked her to get back to her former self.

“Sitting out that whole year definitely made me excited to be back and playing,” Williams said. “I was really anxious to get back on the floor. So it’s been good this year so far.”

Through Jan. 15, Williams is averaging 10.9 points per game and 3.8 rebounds per game from the guard position.

The success has been no surprise for head coach Nyla Milleson.

“She’s worked very hard. It was unfortunate with the injury, but she’s come back real well,” Milleson said.

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as well as what would be appropriate in terms of not just having enough space for what animals they have now, but a little bit of extra space for the future.

She said that the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee is, “made up of individuals dedicated to the humane care of animals used in research and teaching,” according to the Office of Research Compliance’s website, was also included in discussions.

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“The 700 students now identify themselves as Missouri State University students,” Robinette said.

“Coming here is a natural thing for them to do.”

Robinette said he believes the increase in the number of Chinese students coming to MSU is partially due to the growth of the China branch campus.

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Sophomore Kenzie Williams suffered a torn ACL during the first game of her freshman season vs. Louisville. the inexperienced Williams is already maturing into the type of leader that the Lady Bears can lean on in the years to come.

“She’s just really stable.

She’s really constant and consistent in what she does. Very good on both ends of the floor,” Milleson said “She’s really developing into one of our leaders even as a redshirt freshman.”

Milleson continued to rave about the character that Williams brings to the team.

“She’s a good teammate and a good, solid person every single day. Her work ethic is so good, both on and off the floor,” she said. “Even though we don’t run her at point guard, she’s one of those that’s an extension of the coaching staff.

She’s just so intelligent and you don’t have to tell her twice very often. There’s just really not enough good words to say about her.”

Junior forward Bry Snow sees Williams’ presence as a

inspections on a certain basis,” Jahnke said. “They were all part of developing the vivarium because we wanted to make sure we built everything to the proper specification.

That was part of the process listening to faculty and how much room they needed and understanding how much the university had to invest in this - but we had to live within the resources we had available.”

The Board of Governors, at their meeting Aug. 3, 2012, passed 8-0 a resolution to approve Larry Snyder & Company’s low bid of $2,571,200 for the base bid, and also accepted Alternate 2 and Alternate 3 bids for $18,200 and $26,000, respectively.

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2004, a Bachelor of Science in general business was added to the program.

The acceptance rate for Chinese students for fall 2010 was 96 percent, according to Mace. For fall 2012, the acceptance rate decreased to 94 percent.

The overall acceptance rate at MSU for fall 2010 was 83.1 percent, according to U.S. News and World Report.

Graduate student applicants must also meet the minimum GRE or GMAT score, which is determined by the academic department, Mace said.

Robinette, who said he

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very welcomed addition to the team this season.

“Kenzie’s a strong player.

She’s a great teammate and an even better friend,” Snow said.

“She’s definitely one of the most positive, by far. You’re never going to get anything negative out her; she’s never going to have an attitude and she’s always very encouraging.”

Through her resilience from her injury and abilities as a teammate and player, it’s obvious that Williams has a passion for the game of basketball that is unparalleled. It’s a passion that runs in her bloodline. Williams’ mother was a member of the basketball and track squads at Missouri Southern and her Aunt played basketball here at Missouri State.

“I just grew up with basketball,” Williams said. “It’s quite a heavy topic in my family.

Especially now since both of my little brothers play. It’s all basketball.”

the base bid is what is known to be the things that can absolutely be afforded for the project, and alternate bids are for things that might want to be done but it is unsure whether the funds are available.

According to the resolution presented to the Board of Governors, Alternate bid 2 is to “upgrade the floor finish from sealed concrete to a resinous epoxy floor coating,” and Alternate bid 3 is to “upgrade the interior wall construction to include a reinforced epoxy coating rather than a painted finish.”

The resolution states that the upgraded wall and floor finishes provide more sanitary conditions and easier mainte-

visits the China Branch campus in Dalian six times a year, said he believes the increase in the number of Chinese students was also influenced by the positive relationships MSU is building with China.

MSU has built and maintained academic relationships with 12 educational institutions in China.

Mace said she believes quickly processing acceptance letters is an important part of why many Chinese students choose to come here.

“We work really hard to be competitive,” Mace said.

“You’re more likely to go

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Williams is third on the team with points per game with 10.9. She is also averaging 3.8 rebounds per game.

Williams and the Lady Arena against Drake. points while at Missouri State Bears next play at 12:05 p.m.

Williams’ Aunt, Cindy to rank 19th on MSU’s career this Saturday, Jan. 19, at JQH Castillon, poured in 1,053 scoring list. nance, as well as a longer life.

Through the resolution, the project budget for the vivarium was established, in which $300,000 will go toward consultant fees; $2,571,200 toward construction costs; $38,800 toward project administration; $215,000 toward construction contingency; $60,000 toward telecommunications; and $15,000 toward relocation costs, bringing the total project budget to $3.2 million.

Kielhofner said the construction contingency is set aside for things that come up during construction that no one would be able to anticipate, such as hitting rock while digging a hole for a foundation.

The relocation costs are

with an institution that quickly accepts you.”

Mace also stressed that Springfield is a safe, welcoming community and most of the Chinese students have a good experience.

“It’s word of mouth,” Mace said. “Parents feel safer with them being here.”

While coming here is a way for Chinese students to earn a prestigious American degree, it is also a way for them to broaden their experiences, not only for themselves, but for the American students they interact with on campus, Robinette said.

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The area behind Temple Hall is currently closed due to construction of Missouri State’s new vivarium. allocated for moving expenses the anticipated completion for people that had to be date of the vivarium is currentmoved out of their laboratories ly late spring, with April 2013 due to the construction. listed on Planning, Design and According to Kielhofner, Construction’s website.

“It increases the diversity on campus,” Robinette said, “and I hope our students will look at going someplace abroad.”

Zhang said he likes Springfield and suggested that any student who studies abroad should choose a place with a culture that is different than the one they’re used to.

If you’re interested in studying abroad but you’re not sure where to start, you can attend a Study Away 101 information session on Jan. 23 at 1 p.m. in PSU 315C, or visit the Study Away office in the Jim D. Morris Center, 403.

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dominating performances ever against the Bears.

“I kind of felt like a spectator there especially on the offensive end,” Creighton guard Jahenns Manigat said. “As soon as I crossed half court I just kind of picked a spot on the court and just stood there and watched Doug do what Doug does.”

The Bears’ next game is Wednesday at Indiana State.

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Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013

MSU continues saving water Springfield, university on verge of H2O bankruptcy for past 18 months

By Amber Duran The Standard

Water. It is arguably the most precious resource on the planet, and the city of Springfield, along with the state of Missouri, has been on the verge of an H2O bankruptcy for the past 18 months or more, according to Joel Alexander, communications manager for City Utilities of Springfield.

During the fall 2012 semester, a demonstration of civic responsibility was put into action to assist during the water crisis that was felt by the whole Springfield community.

Missouri State set into motion a series of actions that included shutting down the campus’ three fountains, reducing irrigation, eliminating vehicle washing, prioritizing repair of plumbing leaks and reducing run time on water-dependent food service equipment.

Students and faculty were asked to conserve in all areas water-relat-

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began shooting water balloons at the women outside of the Delta Zeta house at “a very high rate of speed, using a large, high-powered slingshot launcher,” according to the documents.

The launcher was being used by three members of Phi Delta Theta, who are speculated to be Ryan Owens, William Pschier and Anthony Ramos, the documents said.

The women at the Delta Zeta house asked the members of Phi Delta Theta to stop launching the balloons, but they did not stop and continued to launch balloons at the house where the women were gathered, according to the documents.

“After the Phi Delta Theta members launched balloons for several minutes, Emma poked her head out the door, and stepped outside, to see if she could leave,” the documents said.

However, the Phi Delta Theta members were still launching water balloons and

ed, and a campus wide campaign was started to educate faculty and students alike to keep water usage to a minimum at home and on campus.

According to data released by Robert Eckels, director of facilities management, the total culmination of MSU’s efforts resulted in saving 114,445 hundred cubic feet (CCF) when comparing 2011 to 2012.

Eckels said that one CCF can hold 748 gallons of liquid. That means that MSU’s water conservation efforts alone contributed to the saving of approximately 85,604,860 gallons of water.

The initial changes were expected to decrease the university’s water usage by 1 million gallons per month, according to a press release issued in August of 2012. MSU met that goal and far exceeded it, by over 613 percent.

That was last semester. So, what does the spring 2013 semester have in store in terms of water conserva-

one of them “struck Emma in her right eye” causing her to fall to the ground and damaging her eye, according to the documents.

“Emma’s eye began bleeding and hemorrhaging,” the documents said. “Emma was in pain. Emma’s eye swelled shut. She suffered extensive swelling and confusion throughout her eye, hemorrhaging in her eye, fracture of her right orbital wall, and herniation of the orbital fat of her eye.”

Since the incident occurred, Rapp has suffered from headaches, double vision, traumatic cataract, vision problems, loss of visual activity, physical change and disfigurement to her eye, light sensitivity, hyphema and corneal edema, among other injuries, according to court documents.

Rapp will also require future medical care and treatment because of her injuries sustained from the water balloon and is seeking damages, but not as a penalty against Phi Delta Theta, said her lawyer Steve Garner in an email.

“What occurred was neg-

tion?

Eckels said that no other proactive measures are being taken other than the ones noted in the MSU drought plan, which consists of three stages.

Currently, MSU is in the proactive measures stage, which is a preemptive action to help keep water usage to a low. The purpose is for MSU to do its part in the effort to raise water storage levels.

If MSU were to advance to stage one, that would mean stored water volume would be equal to or less than 60 percent of lake storage capacity. Stage two is when stored water volume is equal to or less than 55 percent, and stage three is equal to or less than 50 percent.

Water storage levels are based off the water levels of two manmade lakes, McDaniel and Fellows lakes, which are the lakes the city of Springfield uses to supply water to all of its citizens, Alexander said.

This means that when the lake is low, water storage is low, causing concerns of water shortages for the people.

However, another lake is used as a Springfield water source as a supplement when needed, Alexander said.

“We began using it in the 90’s and until this year it has been just

lectful, but it is not a criminal matter and Emma seeks only to recover what she has lost,” he said. “Emma did not want to bring suit. She was hopeful that the fraternity’s insurance company would resolve the claim and everyone could move on with their lives.

“Unfortunately, the Phi Delt’s insurance carrier said they would not cover this loss.

They offered nothing, despite recognizing that there was neglect that caused Emma’s injury and that Emma did nothing wrong.”

One reason Rapp did want to pursue the case, however, was because she wants to make sure that no one else is harmed by the balloon launcher, Garner said.

“For years the consumer product safety commission has been sending out warnings about these water balloon launchers,” he said.

“They launch the balloons at 50 mph and have killed people, gone through the sides of houses and as in this case, caused severe eye damage.

“Emma knows that the boys were not trying to hurt her, but like we were told by our mothers, ‘You are going

that, a supplemental source of water,” he said.

Alexander said that Springfield’s allocation of water from Stockton lake is 25,000 acre feet annually and that allocation resets each time Stockton Lake reaches its normal elevation of 867 feet above sea level.

The last time Stockton lake was reset was late last spring and Springfield started bringing in water from there, on a daily basis, in mid-Feb. of 2012, according to Alexander.

Alexander says that typically, Springfield does not use Stockton lake reserves until later into the summer but without that daily intake, storage levels would be less.

As of Dec. 31, 2012, total storage capacity for the city of Springfield was 79.7 percent - 6 percent lower than it was at this point last year.

Last year was the first time in City Utilities’ history that it issued a water watch, according to Alexander.

“It is not looking promising,” Alexander said. “At this moment we are concerned, but being optimistic that precipitation will show up.”

According to the National Weather service, however, this

to put someone’s eye out.’”

The documents name MSU Chapter President Greg Laury and Vice President Dave Corwin from 2011 in the lawsuit. However, there is no allegation against these particular fraternity members, Garner said.

“Under Missouri law, the officers of the fraternity must be named in the suit,” Garner said. “There is no allegation that the individuals named did anything wrong personally, it is just a legal requirement that they be named. I do not even think the young men (Laury and Corwin) were present at the time of the incident.”

Neither Laury nor Corwin have responded to email requests for comment on the lawsuit.

The Standard contacted Phi Delta Theta’s current MSU Chapter President Tim Reichert asking for comment on the lawsuit, but was referred to its adviser, James Brandenburg, executive vicepresident for US operations of JVS Export, to answer questions.

Brandenburg declined to comment on the lawsuit and referred The Standard to Sean

Wagner, associate executive vice president of Phi Delta Theta.

Wagner forwarded a press release to The Standard on Jan. 4 that addressed the lawsuit.

“While we share in the concern for Ms. Rapp and her well-being, Phi Delta Theta has not yet been served with the lawsuit,” the press release said. “Phi Delta Theta will respond appropriately to the suit in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri.”

Wagner declined to comment on the case and said that the fraternity has not been served as of The Standard’s press time.

As the lawsuit is against the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and its MSU chapter, MSU has no involvement with the lawsuit, said Director of Student Engagement Jeremy Shank.

Phi Delta Theta was founded in 1848 and has 180 chapters, with approximately 242,000 men initiated, according to Brandenburg.

Missouri State’s chapter was chartered in 1985 and has 84 current members, Brandenburg said.

spring is predicted to be even hotter and drier than normal, which does not bode well for a community already categorized as in severe drought conditions by the National Weather service.

“If this drought persists, we would hope that MSU and other community leaders do as they did last year, and help set an example,” Alexander said.

Along with MSU, Ozarks Technical Community College, Drury University and Evangel University made similar agreements to reduce their water usage.

Similar to the actions taken by MSU, Drury University began a water conservation campaign on their campus, educating their students on effective water management, according to the Drury newsroom.

Drury also made an effort to cut back on their water usage on campus by shutting off their campus fountain and stopping their lawn irrigation with the exception of newly seeded areas, as well as hosting a water conservation seminar last summer to reach beyond just the campus community and into the Springfield community.

To see Missouri State’s conservation plan, visit http://www.missouristate.edu/facilities.

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“That is something you won’t get at OTC or other universities.”

Ozarks Technical Community College’s (OTC) academic catalog says that their general education is common to first and second year college students.

“The core curriculum provides an established body of knowledge that allows students to become productive, contributing, informed members of society,” the catalog said.

Drury University and Evangel follow similar general education philosophies, with Evangel taking a specific focus on theology.

General education at other universities varies, but the main difference between MSU and other universities is the public affairs mission rooted in the new general education structure.

This is made evident by each university’s individual written philosophy on general education.

To view the current and revised general education structures and philosophies at Missouri State visit the general education website at http://www.missouristate.edu/generaleducation/.