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Briefs

Registration falls for spring semester

Bear Village in the works

A report comparing registrations for the spring 2012 and spring 2011 semesters said 16, 156 students were registered for spring 2012, down 1.8 percent from the year before.

Some areas with the largest decline are graduate students, down 8.8 percent; freshmen, down 6.5 percent; new transfers, down 10.7 percent; and the China Campus, down 27.7 percent. To see the full report, go to http://www.missouristate.edu/da ta.

Convoy of Hope helps Joplin with a big donation

Convoy of Hope committed $1 million to help victims of last year’s tornado in Joplin. Hal Donaldson, president of Convoy of Hope, made the announcement on the season finale of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” The contribution establishes the Extreme Hope Fund to fund the gap that many homeowners are facing after the disaster.

Convoy of Hope is currently helping to build ten homes in Joplin and has supplied 2.6 million pounds of food, water and supplies to the Joplin community. More than 12,000 families have been served through Convoy of Hope’s disaster relief response efforts.

Affected Joplin residents can apply for financial assistance from the Extreme Hope fund through the Joplin Long Term Recovery Committee by calling 417-625-9192.

Calendar January 17 to January 23

Tuesday

Spring Classes Begin, all day Bear Fit FREE Introductory Week-Campus Recreation Fitness and Wellness, all week SAC Winter Welcome Week: Hot Chocolate Giveaway, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Siceluff walkway Meyer Library Tours, 5:30 to 6 p.m. at Meyer Library

Wednesday

SAC Winter Week: First Ever Movie Roast featuring “Twilight,” 7 to 9 p.m. at PSU Theater University Ambassador Information Session, 8 to 8:45 p.m. at PSU 312AB

Thursday

1st Showcase on Student Learning Summit, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at PSU Ballroom East Winter Week After Hours Event: Free Skating at Mediacom Ice Park, 9 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. at Mediacom Ice Park

Friday

Occupy the Courts, 2 p.m. to dark at the Federal Court House, 222 N. John Q Hammons Parkway SAC Winter Week Concert Featuring Breathe Carolina, 7 to 11 p.m. at Plaster Sports Complex Theater

Monday

Chinese Lunar New Year, All day Refund Deadline – First Semester Schedule Change at 100 percent refund, all day Refund Deadline – First block classes at 75 percent refund, all day

Universities may have to loan money

By Michael Gulledge The Standard

New apartment complex will provide 96 students housing within walking distance of MSU’s campus

By Jon Poorman The Standard With the goal of providing topnotch housing to the students of Missouri State University, developer Bryan Magers came up with the idea of creating Bear Village, an apartment complex on the corner of Madison Street and Kimbrough Avenue, which is set to open in the fall.

“I felt that there was a real need at the university for quality off-campus housing,” Magers said. “It will just help our university here recruit kids.”

Phase I of the complex—now under construction—will include a 24-apartment layout, Magers said.

All of the apartments will be fully furnished and will include four bedrooms and four bathrooms.

Magers said each apartment “will be wired for students to be able to use any of their equipment that they have now in their bedrooms in the living room and kitchen.”

The cost for an apartment will be set at $600 per month per person, with each individual student signing

his or her own lease. The $600 will cover rent, all utilities, trash pickup, cable and Internet. The apartments will be leased through Magers’ management company, Bryan Properties.

Phase II of Bear Village—which will include more apartments, a clubhouse with a swimming pool, exercise area and sauna, classrooms and more—is set to be complete by fall 2013.

“We hope to have everything a student could want inside the village,” Magers said.

Magers said the location of Bear Village is one that is desirable for students to live in because of its short distance from campus, providing students with the luxury of being able to walk to school.

“If they are that much closer to campus in the morning, they can save 15 minutes before they have to go to class,” Magers said. “To be able to walk to class if they chose is important.”

Kelsey Keeling, a junior political science major at MSU, lives with three roommates in an apartment

complex across the street from the Bear Village site. She said that there are many benefits to finding housing close to campus.

“The greatest benefit of living so close to campus is the fact that I never have to spend money on gas getting to and from class,” she said.

“I also think the walking I get in every morning is great exercise.

Another benefit would be that I still receive the on-campus experience of getting to participate in more oncampus events, yet I don’t have to live in a dorm room.”

The apartment complex where Keeling resides is Beacon Commons, a new complex built in 2011.

She said she enjoys living in housing that is well kept and meets her standards for living, much like the apartments Magers said Bear Village will provide.

“I think it’s a great privilege to live in apartments that are so nice,” Keeling said. “I feel I have more time to focus on school work instead of drafty windows and leaky faucets.”

Political student groups encourage involvement

By Dayle Duggins The Standard With Missouri’s presidential primary quickly approaching, political groups on Missouri State’s campus consider student engagement in the upcoming election to be crucial.

Ashley Maddock, president of the MSU College Democrats, said it is incredibly important for students to get involved in the election process.

“In the next four years students are going to be entering work fields. They are going to be part of America,” Maddock said.

“They need to get involved and figure out who is the best candidate, who fits their ideals, and get out there and vote.”

Registered Missouri voters will get a chance to do so in the preferential primary on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Until then, Missouri State political groups suggest brushing up on each candidate’s stance on issues that will be crucial in this year’s presidential appointment.

Nate Gueltzau, chair of the MSU College Republicans, said major issues that could make or break candidates include the economy, job creation and views on who and what should be taxed.

For those considering voting in the primary and looking to become more informed, Gueltzau suggests going to each candidate’s website as a starting point.

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The College Democrats hold rallies and protests to inform students of their views and the importance of being informed while voting.

“Don’t just reside with one source,” Gueltzau said.

“Look up multiple sources.

And from time to time go to out-of-country sources and see what their views and ideas are about particular subjects.”

College Democrats Missouri State’s liberal political group considers it their mission to raise political awareness on campus and to aid the Democratic Party locally and at large.

“We try to get people involved in politics and informed regardless of their stance. We promote a stance not based on sides, but topics,” Maddock said.

Maddock, sensing a

lack of interest in politics at Missouri State, said she hopes to get the college more informed of what’s going on in the political world.

“We promote the standards the school promotes, such as getting involved at MSU and in the community,” she said.

In the future, the College Democrats hope to organize political debates with the College Republicans, so students can get a better understanding of important election issues firsthand.

Social events, community service opportunities and trips to historical Missouri areas are just a few

activities the organization hosts each semester.

Those looking for more information about the College Democrats can head to Facebook.com/MOStateDems. If interested in joining, students should contact Maddock via email at Maddock257@live.missouristate.edu or show up to the group’s bi-weekly meetings at 7 p.m. on Thursdays in the PSU.

College Republicans Missouri State’s conservative political group provides a forum for students to learn the principles of the Republican Party and See ELECTION page 8

A proposal from the governor’s office could lead to five state universities loaning money to the state to cover education appropriations.

Under one proposal announced in mid-December, Missouri State University could loan $13.7 million to the state for fiscal year 2013, according to Linda Luebbering, the state budget director.

The money would then be repaid back to the university at a later date.

Foucart “It is just one option of many that we’re exploring,” Luebbering said.

She added that universities want to keep their appropriations as high as possible, which is why loaning funds was under consideration.

“The proposal was that the money would go back to the school that gave the state the money,” Luebbering said. “The goal was to keep the state appropriation at a nice high level.”

Part of the thought process for this proposed plan was to keep the appropriations higher for future budgeting purposes, she said.

Without these loans, cuts in appropriations could be even Smart greater.

The proposal, if approved, would impact MSU along with the University of Missouri, Truman State University, Southeast Missouri State University and the University of Central Missouri. The combined amount of loaned funds would be around $107 million with the largest amount of $63 million coming from MU. MSU’s role or participation in this plan isn’t yet determined, said Steve Foucart, MSU’s interim chief financial officer.

“The most recent concept was just that: another concept to explore,” Foucart said. “The specifics had not been identified, and there were multiple questions to be answered. Because it was a concept, we had not agreed to it, discussed with our board or otherwise proceeded toward any decision.”

Foucart said that he expects discussions about funding options would continue through the legislative session.

Eric Bosch, chairman of MSU’s Executive Budget Committee, wouldn’t comment on the proposal citing that he is waiting on a more clear indication of the budget situation from the governor.

Gov. Jay Nixon is expected to provide insight into the budget situation in his State of the State address tonight at 7 p.m.

The plan surfaced around the same time that universities were told that appropriation cuts would be higher than expected.

“Late last week we were informed that the reduction in state appropriations will very likely be higher than the five percent we had assumed for our budget preparation,” MSU Interim President Clif Smart said in his “Clif’s Notes” newsletter on Dec. 20.

Smart called the budget situation “fluid” and said the university would have “a clearer picture once the governor presents his budget proposal in late January.”

“Once we have his budget recommendation, we will reconvene the Executive Budget Committee,” Smart said in the newsletter. “Based on new information, we will reevaluate our assumptions and begin See LOAN page 8

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How pepper spray affects those it is used on

By Brandon Corrigan The Standard

MSU senior Chad McCall understands firsthand the excruciating physical pain induced by “OC spray,” which is short for oleoresin capsicum, the formal name for pepper spray.

Last August, while working for the Greene County Fire Department, McCall, a criminology major, had to handle a patient who had been subdued by police with OC spray.

Unbeknownst to McCall, some of the spray had spread to his glove and after wiping his forehead, the spray trickled down to the outer layer of his corneas. A burning sensation instantaneously engulfed his face.

“It was misery,” McCall said. “I wanted to pull my eyes out for a good 10 to 15 minutes and they still burned for the rest of the night. I felt like crawling into a little, lifeless ball. It was horrible.”

The Occupy Wall Street movement learned all about OC spray in

2011. Oleoresin capsicum, which derives naturally from the cayenne pepper plant, has become a national issue as a result, particularly its use by law enforceBrown ment.

Police use of pepper spray to control Occupy crowds has been documented and scrutinized across the nation. Protesters in Denver, New York, Seattle, Portland and Tulsa have all been subjected to the commanding inflammatory agent.

Perhaps no incident was more shocking than the Nov. 18 encounter at the University of CaliforniaDavis when campus Lt. John Pike blasted a group of sitting protesters with the glowing orange spray.

Video of Pike spraying a crowd that was sitting together passively has since gone viral on the Internet.

The Springfield Police Department (SPD) policy on use of OC spray would seem contrary to the

actions taken by officer Pike in California.

Cpl. Matt Brown, SPD Public Affairs Officer, explained that, “The use of pepper spray is authorized Clark if officers feel that there is a threat against themselves or somebody else with a suspect.”

Brown said that the SPD uses Mark 12 Pepper Spray, an OC spray that’s available to law enforcement only. He said there are no long-term health effects from being sprayed.

However, pepper spray does not subdue or incapacitate those sprayed with the agent in every circumstance. Sometimes the spray doesn’t have the intended effect.

“For the most part, it’s completely debilitating,” Brown said. “It’s the intensity of the burn and there’s heat that comes from it, as well. It is sufficient to stop most.

“If you have someone that is completely intoxicated or on a con-

trolled substance, sometimes there is little to no effect from pepper spray so officers have to increase their level of the method by which they would take someone into custody if the pepper spray doesn’t work.”

On Oct. 11, 2011, arrests were made at Occupy Springfield, when police warned a group of protesters, after giving citations, that if they did not leave the vacant land east of the Expo Center they would be arrested.

Most complied but eight protesters politely declined to move on.

Pepper spray was not used during the arrests that followed. No pepper spray was needed and Brown said he praised the cooperation of both parties — his officers and the protesters.

“Our officers are just very well trained with the use and application of force and we know when to apply it,” Brown said. “A lot of people just get wrapped up in the moment and are angry when we show up.

“Even though they are doing the wrong thing at the beginning, most people are really good at trying to

do the right thing when we show up, so it’s not just us doing our job,” Brown added. “It’s the citizens trying to do the right thing quickly.”

Don Clark, MSU Director of Public Safety and Transportation, said that all public safety officers carry pepper spray but there has yet to be an incident on campus in which it has been deployed.

Police officers are not the only citizens of Springfield who carry OC spray. In Missouri, pepper spray can be purchased at various stores by anyone over 18.

McCall, who also works for Quickdine.com, a delivery service that brings food from various restaurants to the home of Springfield residents, carries pepper spray while on the job.

“It’s something small that can easily be concealed, and I can drop it in my pocket and not have to worry about it,” McCall said.

McCall said that he has never had to use the spray on humans but was forced to use it on a growling canine approaching him during a past delivery.

Protect yourself from sexually transmitted infections

By Amanda Hess The Standard

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 700,000 people in the United States get new gonorrheal infections each year.

The Springfield-Greene County Health Department said in a press release on Nov. 21 the health department STI clinic diagnosed 19 cases of gonorrheal infections at the clinic from Oct. 3 to Nov. 8, 15 more than the clinic’s average of four per month.

Mike Brothers, public information administrator of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, said in November the STI clinic saw 25 cases, six more than the previous month, but then saw a decline to 14 cases in December.

“We haven’t seen dramatic increases with any other types of infections,” Brothers said.

“Infections are passed on via sexual activity, so the explanation [of the increase] is pretty simple: an increase in unsafe sex among infected parties. Most STIs are treatable but if left untreated they can cause serious complications that can be much more damaging to your health and may be potentially harder to treat.”

The CDC website said gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection caused by a bacterium that can multiply in the reproductive

tract, mouth, throat, eyes or anus. Some men or women with gonorrhea may be asymptomatic, or not show symptoms.

Symptoms of gonorrhea in the reproductive tract will occur within 14 days of infection and could include a burning sensation when urinating or a white, yellow or green discharge from the penis. Women who show symptoms could include increased vaginal discharge or vaginal bleeding between periods.

“The only certain ways to prevent infections are either abstinence or being in a monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested,” Brothers said. “The next best option is to practice safe sex by using condoms consistently and correctly. It’s important to remember that sex is sex, and all types of unprotected sexual activity can carry the potential for STIs—that includes oral and anal sex.”

The CDC said untreated gonorrhea can cause serious and permanent health problems in both women and men. Gonorrhea can cause infertility in both genders.

Tanya Whipple, MSU professor of human sexuality, said it is important to communicate with your partner about your sexual history and STI history.

“It is vital that people be able to talk to their partners, develop a comfort level and script or scenario of how to have that conversation, what should be included and to have it

every time with every sexual partner,” she said.

Whipple said there is access to resources online and in books on how to talk to sexual partners about STIs. “Then you roleplay, maybe you get together with some friends, you get other people that you can talk to and find out how you would bring this up, what if they respond this way, how would I counter respond,” she said. “ I think practice makes perfect. Getting used to having the conversation is important.”

Whipple said many young people do not think they could contract an STI. “That personal fable of ‘it won’t happen to me’ is common among adolescents,” she said.

“It’s kind of part of the adolescent development in terms of ‘nothing bad will happen to me,’ and so then, on top of that you add a sexual element where it is like ‘oh, STIs are only for people who are gross or skanky or do this or that, but because I’m not that way I don’t need to use a condom’ or ‘I’ve only had sex with someone who was clean.’ Well, people with STIs don’t look dirty. So I think that myth is a misunderstanding because STIs aren’t always recognizable by looking at them.”

Whipple said many STIs may not be recognizable without testing, which is recommended every six months or after every different partner.

“They need to make sure they ask those

Springfield-Greene County Health Department clinic Where: Harold K. Bengsch Building, 227 E. Chestnut Expressway When: First come, first served Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:30 a.m. til close Phone number: 417-864-1648 Express testing is available for clients that do not have symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection.

questions so that they know if they are willing to risk being with that person regardless of the risks it may involve,” she said.

Brothers said anyone can use the health department’s STI clinic.

“The health department’s in-house clinic provides confidential testing and treatment for STIs and confidential or anonymous HIV testing at no cost,” he said. “We can provide testing for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, trichomoniasis for females and genital herpes if a lesion is present. We can also perform a Hepatitis B test for a $20 fee.”

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SGA president: Get involved on campus and let your voice be heard Welcome Back!

As the start of the spring semester quickly approaches, there are a lot of new developments around campus that will have an impact on student life. As the Recreation Center enters its final stages of construction, the opening of the building will provide a lot of great opportunities for students. Not only will it provide over 150 student jobs, but it will also be a place for students to interact and be active. Another great addition to campus will be opening up in the basement of the Plaster Student Union. Starbucks is set to begin business in January and will provide a great service to students, faculty and staff.

This semester is going to be very exciting, and we hope that you will engage in different events on campus. Basketball season is well underway so go experience the excitement of JQH Arena at a Bears or Lady Bears game.

Student Activities Council will also be providing many great programs for students to enjoy.

Lastly, with our Public Affairs Conference on April 17-20, the campus will have so many opportunities to become engaged.

After receiving feedback from

Scott Turk Student Body President students, the Student Government Association will be working on a lot of projects to help cater to student needs. SGA has continued its interest with student safety and after hearing from students, our Research and Development Committee coordinated with City Utilities to enhance lighting on Madison Avenue leading away from campus. Also, there will be a new Friday and Saturday extension to the Bearline. This will allow for a safe ride program for students to travel into the downtown area, and ensure security of students.

This semester, we will continue to focus on the surrounding community and interacting with different entities of the Springfield community for the overall benefit of students.

Whether it is looking into opportunities for Fraternity and Sorority Life housing, engaging in community projects, or exploring unique opportunities for students, we are commit-

ted to increasing the impact that Missouri State students have on the community.

To focus on creating a more sustainable Missouri State, our Sustainability Commissioner will be accepting student submissions for projects around campus. Be sure and contact sga@missouristate.edu with any project ideas and submissions that you may have. SGA is looking into expanding both indoor and outdoor recycling, developing a water retaining system, and exploring opportunities for renewable electricity. Be sure and stay tuned for updates on all of these projects.

Finally, SGA will continue to provide many venues for students to provide feedback on how to improve the campus environment, which will include online polling. These polls will be updated every two weeks on our website at http://sga.missouristate.edu so please fill them out and let your voice be heard. Another great way for you to voice your opinion is to email SGA at sga@missouristate.edu or find us on both Facebook and Twitter.

Let’s continue to work together to better our great campus for the years to come. Have a great spring semester and Go Bears!

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The Standard provides learning experience for young journalists Jon Poorman Editor-inChief

This issue of The Standard marks the 100-year anniversary of the first issue of our newspaper, a milestone that our current staff and I are proud to be a part of. Over the last four years, I’ve had the chance to be a part of The Standard and cover the events and people that have shaped our university.

Over the years, The Standard—formerly known as The Southwest Standard— has provided journalism students at our school with the opportunity to get professional experience before graduation.

With almost every major at our school, there are opportunities for students to become engaged with their career paths outside of the classroom. For us journalism majors, The Standard has been the outlet that has allowed us to build up our résumés and gain valuable experience we wouldn’t oth-

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The Standard’s adviser Jack Dimond and staff members Jon Poorman, Megan Gates and Michael Gulledge accepted a Newspaper Pacemaker in Orlando, Fla. erwise have.

This last year brought a lot of accomplishments that we as a staff are extremely proud of. At the Missouri College Media Association conference in April, The Standard took home 22 awards including best overall newspaper in its division as well as the sweepstakes award.

At the Associated Collegiate Press national conference in October, The Stan-

dard was one of 13 schools in its division to receive a Newspaper Pacemaker Award, the first in our school’s history. Our staff adviser Jack Dimond, managing editor Megan Gates, photo editor Michael Gulledge and I were all in Orlando, Fla. to receive the award in person—a thrilling experience that I will never forget.

While working for The Standard, the members of our

staff have a chance to grow as journalists, but they also get the opportunity to serve the students of our school by providing them with the news they need to know about. It is also our responsibility to give the students an outlet to let their voices be heard.

So as we celebrate the last 100 years, we are also looking forward to continuing to serve the Missouri State community in any capacity that we can.

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The Standard makes new year’s resolutions

It’s 2012. The year the Mayan calendar runs out. This may or may not mean the end of the world, but it also means that there’s no time like the present to set new goals to better Missouri State University.

For starters, take Student Body President Scott Turk’s advice and get involved on campus. Having an actively engaged student body makes MSU more diverse and pushes the university to embrace changes that not only reflect what the students want, but which also improve the university itself.

Check out Campus Link through your My Missouri State Login, find something you’re interested in and run with it.

Furthermore, make an effort to become more culturally aware. During the reopening of Park Central Square the song “Dixie” was performed by an MSU ensemble. Many community members complained that the song was inappropriate because three black men were lynched at the square in 1906. In response, Interim President Clif Smart issued an apology on behalf of the university and said the song would never again be performed by a university ensemble.

As a university, we need to become more culturally aware so we can be more accepting of diversity on our campus to prevent instances like this from happening again. We’ve made a commitment to diversity and now’s the time to step up and embrace it. Attend the Public Affairs Conference in April, get involved with different cultural groups on campus or visit the Study Away Office and find out more about cultures that differ from your own.

Also, it’s an election year. Even though the GOP candidates are currently dropping like flies, the race is still on for who will be elected to office in November. Do your civic duty and register to vote.

If you’re a Republican or undecided, take part in the Missouri primary Feb. 7 and make it known who you want to run on the Republican ticket.

If you’re supporting President Obama, visit the Greene County Democratic Central Committee Headquarters at 1764 S. Fremont Ave., or its website at http://gcmodemocrats.org, and find out how you can get involved in his campaign.

Whatever your political views, research the candidates and issues on the ballot before Election Day so you can make an informed decision about what you’re voting for. College students were a huge determining force in the last presidential election and we should strive to do that again in 2012.

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Jan. 17, 2012

Calendar Springfield’s hidden music gems January 17 to January 23

By Lauren Healey The Standard

Tuesday

Quantum Groove 9 p.m. at Lindbergs, free Missouri Jazz Orchestra 8 to 10 p.m. at Marty’s Sports Bar, free Tuesday’s Stew 10 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, free for ladies 18+ and gents 21+ Open Mic Night 9 p.m. at the Outland, free Let's #@%! 9 p.m. at Jekyll & Hyde’s, free for 21+ and $5 for 18+ (only 100 minors allowed at a time) Who Rules in America: "We the People" or Corporations? A Multi-media Presentation 7 p.m. at the Greene County Library Station

Wednesday

99 Problems: Jay-Z Tribute 10 p.m. at the Highlife, cover charge Dug & the SOULar Panels 7 to 10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free St. Dallas & The Sinners 11 p.m. at the Outland, $3 Gonerfest 4 Videos 8 p.m. at Lindbergs, free SAC Winter Week: First Ever Movie Roast featuring Twilight 8 to 10 p.m. in the PSU Robert W. Theater, free

Thursday

Honky Suckle, Carrie Nation and The Speakeasy 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, cover charge Think ‘n’ Trivia 7 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free

Friday

Jazz Trio 8 to 10 p.m. at the Outland, $3 Carter Sampson, Cindy Woolf and the Foxxes, and Black Bonnet Ballyhoo 9 p.m. at Lindbergs, cover charge Filthy Thirds, Video Vamp, and Muzzle 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, cover charge Dumptruck Butterlips Black Box Revue 10 p.m. at the Highlife, $5 SAC Winter Week Concert featuring Breathe Carolina 7 to 11 p.m. at Plaster Sports Complex Robert W. Theatre Carter Beckworth 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge Marbin 8 p.m. at Nathan P. Murphy’s, free

Saturday

Chris Gnarly, Slapdash Science, and Nautical West 9 p.m. at the Outland, $5 Book Signing by “Civil War Springfield” author Larry Wood 1 to 3 p.m. at ABC Books, free The Lowdown Fancy and the Love Mussel Brass play Harlow’s 31st birthday 9 p.m. at Harlow’s, free

Sunday

Members of Speakeasy 8 p.m. at Ebbets Field Downtown, free

Monday

Open Mic Night 7 to 11 p.m. at Harlow’s, free Mascara Metal Monday 10 p.m. at the Outland, free

Briefs Blue Collar Comedy Tour members to visit JQH Arena

Outback Concerts presents powerhouse comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry The Cable Guy at the JQH Arena on Friday, Feb. 3 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $59.50 plus handling fees and can be purchased by calling 417-836-7678 or 888476-7849 at the JQH Arena Box Office, or at http://missouristatetix.com.

Rock ‘n’ soul cover band takes hiatus

The Detectives have been entertaining Springfield’s finest fun-lovers with a ‘50s and ‘60s dance party on Thursday nights at the Outland for nearly three years.

Jacob “Toad” Wyrick, singer and guitarist, has moved to Kansas City for a job opportunity, however, and the band has been on hiatus since their last show on Thursday, Dec. 29.

The Detectives plan to return to the Outland for Friday evenings and, although the exact date of their return is not known, fans probably shouldn’t get their hopes up until mid-February.

Pinterest provides entertainment, sparks creativity

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Mercer and Johnson thrilled an indie crowd with electic pop tunes Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Outland.

Downtown venues offer plethora of live music

By Nick Simpson The Standard While there may not be a concert featuring your favorite artists gracing the Springfield stages each weekend, there has always been a very proactive society of talented musicians and performers who are itching to make a name for themselves, but more often than not, who just want to play their songs and have a good time doing it.

There are many venues around the area who cater specifically to live performances, such as the Outland Bar and Ballroom at 322 South Ave. and Patton Alley Pub at 313 S. Patton Ave. You can expect to catch a good show just about every night each weekend, usually for pretty cheap.

But there are several acts around Springfield which have gone to great lengths to please their local

fans and provide them with material they can experience anywhere but a bar downtown. One such act is Angry Panda, the brainchild of Timmy Miano.

His songs are deep-rooted in punk rock influences but carry creative and humorous undertones.

“I don’t like a lot of serious songs,” Miano said. “I never sit around and say ‘I want to feel emotional today’. There’s a lot of energy in me that needs to come out so when I go out on stage I just try to bring that.

“I grew up on novelty music and then I turned to punk when Nirvana came around and I thought that was fun,” Miano said. “Then I found bands like the Dead Kennedys who are really tongue and cheek. I mostly want to make angry kids laugh. A lot of my songs are in the first person about someone I hate.”

Miano recently issued a rere-

lease of his 2009 album “Hoverbikes” on Zero Youth Records to significant local acclaim. The record is entirely acoustic, though many of the songs are regularly performed with his live band.

“All the stories that’ve happened on ‘Hoverbikes’ are pretty much true,” he said. “I was really nervous about it. I originally recorded it in 2009, but I just didn’t have any way to get it made.

“My favorite recording on that is ‘Moving Targets.’ I kind of had to reach deep for that one. I thought, I should write a song that had melody, and some musical things happening that’s more than just chords and jokes. When I grew up I kind of painted a target on myself. I had a mohawk and got beat up all the time, so that’s where that comes from.”

Miano has a fairly wide catalogue despite being a kept secret.

He said he recorded his first album under the moniker Angry Panda in 1999.

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We’ve all spent countless hours on Facebook, perusing status updates and keeping up with the lives of friends from high school we haven’t spoken to in years.

After we’ve seen everyone’s winter break photos, however, Facebook starts to lose its appeal and we start looking elsewhere for hours of entertainment. Enter Pinterest.

Pinterest.com is a collection of interesting photos that, when functioning properly, link back to their site of origin. Pinterest has 32 categories to strike your curiosity including art, architecture, cars and motorcycles, DIY and crafts, food and drink, hair and beauty, pets, photography, travel and places, wedding and events, and many, many more.

Paige Brown, a junior majoring in sociology, anthropology and criminology, said she uses Pinterest as a source of inspiration more than anything else.

“I love to travel, craft and cook and it’s the best source for finding things to inspire you for anything you enjoy,” she said. “I love to find baking and drink recipes to make for my friends and family, which came in very handy for the holiday season. I also enjoy crafting, and there are so many free tips, patterns and ideas for all kinds of projects. I especially love photography and crocheting tips.”

To become a Pinterest member, all you have to do is request an invite from the website (which it will ask you to do in the header of the page) or have someone who is already a member send you an invite (which might be quicker than waiting for one). If you sign up using your Facebook account, Pinterest can help you find other Facebook friends so you can follow people you know to see their pins.

Once you are a member of Pinterest, you can set up pinboards to help categorize your various pins.

You can edit each board to give it a category so your pins show up in one of the 32 homepage categories. Many people have pinboards specifically for food and drink ideas they want to try, their clothing style and places they want to see, to name just a few.

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Clipping coupons gains popularity

By Kris Collins The Standard Since the economic downturn many people have been trying to spend less and save more money in a number of ways. The latest of trends came into popularity in late 2010 with the airing of the hit TLC show “Extreme Couponing.”

Extreme couponing is the process of getting groceries at the lowest possible price. As couponing became more popular, the methods for saving became more advanced.

There are coupon clubs, coupon blogs and websites devoted to saving consumers money.

Some consumers that fancy themselves extreme couponers, like Kelly Sanders who has been couponing for over a year, have developed methodical systems for saving.

“I clip all my coupons and

organize them in a three ring binder,” Sanders said. “Each coupon is kept in its own pocket and organized by category.”

Most couponers get their clippings from the Sunday paper or printable coupons from the vast amount of coupon websites.

Looking at local grocery ads or savings blogs can be a good way to keep track of sales. Gateway to Savings, a money saving blog, is one such site and has employees who speak to groups about couponing.

Sarah Murray, instructor in the Missouri State University Dietetics Program, found the Gateway to Savings to be a useful couponing tool.

Although coupons alone cut down on prices, the real savings come from price matching, said Murray. By tracking the items on sale and matching those items with a coupon, even more money

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Coupon clipping is becoming more and more prevalent with the economic recession and the emergence of hit shows like TLC’s “Extreme Couponing.” can be saved.

“A lot of times these (websites) will do the price match ups for you and it takes a lot less time to make a list of the things you want to purchase and gather your coupons,” Murray said.

Clipping the coupons and price matching is only half the battle. Using the coupons to

get the most savings is a task not easily learned. Each store has its own policy on coupons and many of the policies give the stores the right to reject the use of any coupons.

Jenny Watson, a Price Cutter cashier, said that most managers will waive the coupon limit if the customer just simply asks to use more

than they allow.

Sanders said that choosing a store that doubles coupons is paramount in maximizing savings. Stores like Dillion’s or Price Cutter will double coupons up to one dollar depending on the store.

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‘Contraband’ predictable but fun What happens when a drug lord/smuggler comes threatening your family? If you’re Mark Wahlberg in the new film “Contraband,” you punch him in the face and show him how it’s done! Sort of.

When Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi) threatens to kill Chris Farraday’s (Wahlberg) brother-in-law unless he pays up for a botched smuggling run, Farraday must return to the life he fought to leave behind in order to save his family.

Also starring Ben Foster as Sebastian, Farraday’s oldest friend, and Kate Beckinsale as Farraday’s wife, “Contraband” was surprisingly entertaining.

Originally, this film didn’t interest me at all. It looked like just another one of those crime movies where you know exactly what’s going to happen and Wahlberg just

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beats everybody up. In a way, that’s exactly what it is, but they actually pulled it off in such a way that I genuinely enjoyed it.

The story is simple and you know how it’s going to end, but the journey’s fun. Perhaps that’s because it’s a remake of an Icelandic thriller.

That part of the world has certainly been churning out some top class

thrillers lately.

I think a lot of the amusement came from the style of filmmaking.

It almost had a guerrilla style. The camera was a bit shaky at times and it felt like you were witnessing something maybe you shouldn’t be.

It upped the tension without making my head hurt.

The biggest downside in “Contraband” is that it is quite predictable.

You know he’s going to make the run, you know there’s going to be a hitch somewhere in the seemingly flawless plan, and you know he’s going to get away with the money in the end.

In a way, the casting choices even made it a bit more predictable. If you follow actors and the characters they tend to play, then I bet you can figure out what happens with Ben Foster’s character and who he turns out to be

in the end.

Wahlberg is on form, delivering humorous lines in life or death situations without completely diffusing the tension. He’s also quite buff. I know that’s kind of off-topic but the whole time I kept thinking to myself that if I was a fairly scrawny guy like Ribisi, I wouldn’t be tangling with him.

Another bonus for this film is that it’s rated R. I’ve found lately that if films like this try for a PG-13 rating, they lose something. This film doesn’t. It keeps the gritty nature that crime films like this were built on.

After it’s all boiled down, “Contraband” is definitely a crowd pleaser, a bit of unexpected fun. It may not have the best plotlines and you won’t be biting your nails wondering what’s going to happen next, but it’s worth a watch.

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Jacqueline’s brings quirky, vintage vibe to C-Street

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard

Nestled between local shops Red Velvet and Decades Boutique sits Jacqueline’s Clothing on historic Commercial Street.

Filled to the brim and nearly spilling out on to the street, Jacqueline Stamate’s vintage clothing and costume boutique mirrors the eclectic tastes of a very interesting woman.

Stamate, a self-proclaimed “clothesaholic,” has an eye for fashion, demonstrated in her trademark accessory— vintage hats. Lucky for those of us searching for one-of-akind pieces from decades past, her years of traveling and adventure have landed her in Springfield.

A Tupperware sales manager for twelve years in California, Stamate sold her home and took the opportunity to make a career change.

“Some friends of mine

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three EPs,” Miano said.

“None of them are in print anymore. I’m glad that everything is digital; it’s all available for download.”

Miano said he has a wide list of songs that have yet to find a home on one of his recordings, and that he is already looking forward to another project to work on.

“I’m wanting to do one before summer,” he said. “I have an idea for an album called ‘Trucks Carrying Trucks.’ I think it’s going to be an EP and I’m wanting to release it on vinyl.

“One side is going to be all acoustic tracks, and the other side will be the same tracks with the full band,” he added. “I like them both, and I like performing them both, but there’s some times I want to hear a song one way and times I want to hear them the other way.”

Miano said he has high hopes for his role in the music world, and would not turn down a chance at suc-

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that in order to get the highest savings, she has to buy food from one store and toiletries and other miscellaneous products from another store.

Sanders said she shops for food at Dillion’s because of their sale ads and their policy allows consumers to double coupons up to one dollar.

“Walgreens and CVS are good for personal care items,” Sanders said. “They have a system where you buy an item

were doing some awesome tie-dye back in Berkeley, Calif., and I sold it for them part time before I sold my home,” she said. “I thought I could do alright selling it along the coast, so in 1992 I moved to Pismo Beach and that’s what I did.”

Deciding that she could live anywhere, Stamate purchased a motor home and traveled the country until 1997 when she moved back to Missouri to be closer to her father, who’s health was failing him.

With that she decided to open a store in Springfield, and, after looking for several locations, chose the building next to McDaniel Furs on Glenstone Avenue.

“I’m part Indian and I scouted that location,” she said. “I was so glad when I came back and it was available, it was marvelous.”

Though that location didn’t pan out the way she’d hoped, it was the decision to

move that brought her to Commercial Street, the perfect location for fashion-specific shops.

When you first walk into Jacqueline’s the sheer size of her collection can be a little overwhelming.

“Everything is organized and a lot of theater people that come in really like that because if they’re looking for something specific, they know just where to go and look for it,” she said.

She’s ready in a moment’s notice to give patrons details on her rooms and racks separated by decade, a reorganization decision made last August, so that it would be easier for her to get around.

Jacqueline’s hours are her own and she won’t open during icy or inclement weather but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I like being my own boss,” she said. “To me, it’s worth a million dollars. I’ve closed two or three times for a

cess, though he doesn’t want to lose his soul in the process.

“I would be okay with someone saying ‘You don’t have to clean toilets anymore,’” he said. “But I don’t want to compromise myself.

I have a lot of stupid skills I’ve picked up but the only one I care about is music.”

Miano is one of many artists who longs only for that chance, and luckily Springfield offers many for those with the talent, drive, and most importantly: the luck.

The Waka Winter Classic was a major event for the Outland Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 14, as five area bands: Slapdash Science, Sunset to Burns, Buddha’s Groove Shoes, Quantum Groove, and SPINRaD, competed for a time slot at this year’s Wakarusa music festival in Mulberry Mountain, Ark. With a heavy crowd in attendance for the opening act alone, by the end of the night things were a little chaotic. Attendees paid $5 at the door and received a ticket with which to cast their vote on their favorite act.

The winning group of the evening was the prog-rock instrumental foursome, Slapdash Science, who, despite playing the dreaded 8:30 slot, was still graced with a huge crowd and plenty of local fans eager to send them to Wakarusa.

Bassist Chad Coleman said Slapdash took 160 votes, of the over 300 estimated attendees at the show.

He said that their win came as a big surprise to the group.

“I think everyone in general felt pretty good about it,” he said. “I doubted too many people would show up to a show like that without someone in mind of who they’d vote for. We’re waiting on the Waka winter guys to get back with us on details.

We’re definitely excited.

“I feel that this was definitely about the loyalty of our fans,” he added. “But I think we had a sound that sort of stood alone apart from the other bands. It just goes to prove that anyone, no matter what type of music you’re in, should try to get on this thing. It’s a good experience and everyone has a fair shot.”

that costs a certain amount and you get coupon for ‘X’ amount off your next purchase.”

Sanders said she uses these coupons, known as “Register Rewards,” to put towards other items that she doesn’t have coupons for, which is called “rolling your transaction.”

Sanders said that she gets the greatest savings from personal care products.

“Walmart is a good place to go for moneymakers because they give you an overage,” Sanders said.

An overage is when the value of a coupon exceeds the price of the product. Coupons

that give overages are called “moneymakers.”

“Walmart’s policy allows overage, which is awesome because nothing beats getting paid money to take home a product,” Sanders said.

Through clipping, price matching and knowledge of store policy, both Sanders and Murray have saved 70 to 80 percent on a grocery bill.

“I saved 74 percent overall and it was almost all on food,” Sanders said. “My husband once had to remind me that we couldn’t eat free toothpaste for dinner so I try to focus on food savings as much as I can.”

month or so and gone out to California. As long as I can pay the bills, I can do what I want to do.”

Though the store is doing well and business has been picking up lately, Stamate hopes to retire and sell the store before the end of the year. She celebrated her 70th birthday last month and looks forward to taking time for her other passions.

“I have a lot of other things that I want to do, I want to write and volunteer. I kept a journal when my father took my sisters and I on trips around the country and he told me I should write those.

I have a lot of stories to tell.”

For now, though, Jacqueline continues to help customers find the perfect pantsuit or party dress. With Mardi Gras just around the corner and because its always the right time for a themed costume party, its as good a time as any to catch Jacqueline before the store is sold.

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Jacqueline Stamate prides herself on the unique items found in her vintage store on Commercial Street.

“Last week I had a guy come in looking for a men’s white tuxedo vest, and where else would he have found it besides my store?” she said.

Located on the corner of

Booneville Ave. and Commercial St., Jacqueline’s Clothing is closed Sunday through Tuesday and open Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m.

Schedule, guide to new shows and old favorites for spring season TV series

By Megan Gates The Standard Zombies. Mobsters. Babies. Snooki. These are just a few of the characters making up the character lists for some of this year’s new and returning television shows.

Whether they make it through their first season, or are canceled after only one episode, there should be lots of great new series to check out this spring. So grab a pen, your calendar and mark the time and channel to plan your next TV night with friends. Just don’t forget the popcorn!

New Shows “Are You There, Chelsea?” NBC, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.

If you’re a casual television viewer like myself you may have seen one preview (or more than your fair share) for this show which chronicles E! talk show host Chelsea Handler’s crazy ‘20s. Handler stars in the show, but not as herself, strangely. Instead she plays her older sister who’s also pregnant. Consider this one if you’re a fan of the sitcom “Whitney.”

“The Firm” NBC, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

If you’re in love with John Grisham, this could be the new show for you in 2012. Based on the novel of the same name, “The Firm” takes place 10 years after Mitch McDeere (Josh Lucas) left the firm and escaped his former crooked employers. McDeere has since moved to Washington D.C. and come out of hiding, only to realize that the mafia are still trying to bring him down.

“Smash,” NBC, Feb. 6, 9 p.m.

For this show, think “Glee,” but the Broadway version. Starring Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston and Katharine McPhee, the show is about the production of a musical about Marilyn Monroe from casting through the encore.

It’s also produced by Steven Spielberg. Can you say future Emmy nominations?

“I Just Want My Pants Back,” MTV, Thursdays, 10 p.m.

Last year it was “Skins.” This year MTV has adapted David J. Rosen’s novel about 20 something Jason Strider (Peter Vack) who hooks up with random women while living it up in New York City. However, after one of his many one-night stands, Strider discovers a

mysterious woman has stolen his pants and he must find her and get them back. I’m just curious what season two will be about if it makes it that long.

“Alcatraz,” ABC, Mondays, 7 p.m.

The brilliance of J.J. Abrams returns to television with this show about the reappearance of prisoners and guards from Alcatraz prison years after it closed. It also stars a familiar face in “Lost’s” Jorge Garcia and is sure to have Abrams‘ classic touch of mystery, thriller and sci-fi awesomeness.

Oldies but Goodies “Downton Abbey,” PBS, Sundays 8 p.m.

The beloved series returns with the season beginning in 1916 after the outbreak of World War I. Two of the cast members have gone off to war and the rest of Downton’s residents and servants are doing their best to keep spirits high in England. Also, Mary (daughter of the owner of Downton) must find someone to marry her as her beloved Matthew could be off the market. Don’t miss this if you need your Brit fix, or love Harry Potter’s Maggie Smith.

“Jersey Shore,” MTV, Thursdays 9 p.m.

After a season abroad in Italy, Snooki, Deena, Pauly D., Vinny, Sammi, Ronnie and Mike have returned to Seaside in Jersey. However, the crew face some challenges as Vinny contemplates leaving the show, Ronnie and Sammi have broken up—again—and Deena considers giving up alcohol. Oh, and no one apparently likes Mike anymore.

“One Tree Hill,” The CW, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

The show is in its ninth and final season this year after having chronicled the main casts high school and post-college years. Brooke, Hailey and Nathan all are struggling with their roles as parents, along with achieving their professional goals. The season is also expected to have guest appearances by former castmates including Chad Michael Murray.

“The Walking Dead,” AMC, Feb. 12, 8 p.m.

After Rick was forced to kill Sophia who’d been zombified last season, others in their hold-out at the farm begin to challenge his position of authority. Rick and Lori also prepare to have a baby, which could either make or break their relationship after the zombie apocalypse.

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Scorebox International swimmers find Missouri State Men’s Basketball Tuesday, Jan. 10 Southern Illinois Missouri State Friday, Jan. 13 Northern Iowa Missouri State Sunday, Jan. 15 Evansville 38 Missouri State 42 Women’s Basketball Saturday, Jan. 14 Wichita State Missouri State Ice Hockey Friday, Jan. 13 SIU-E Missouri State Saturday, Jan. 14 SIU-E Missouri State Swimming and Diving Saturday, Jan. 14 Truman State M 57 Missouri State M 136

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Ten countries are represented on the roster this season

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The swimming and diving teams at Missouri State University often refer to them-

selves as a family. One unique aspect of this family is that it includes 15 international swimmers.

Some of these athletes have traveled over

6,000 miles to compete as a Bear.

The Hammons Student Center pool proudly displays the diversity of these athletes, with each country’s flag hanging from the rafters. The state flags of the American swimmers are also displayed.

Coach Dave Collins

described the recruiting of international swimmers as fun, even though it takes a little more work.

“Once you have quite a few positive experiences with student-athletes from other countries and you feel comfortable with it, then you want to have more of them,”

Collins said. “Word gets around to them in their other countries that we’re a good place and that we’ve got good experience with that.”

Collins said the process has become easier than it used to be with the use of the Internet, email and Skype.

“Swimming times are consistent worldwide,” Collins said.

“It’s not like recruiting a basketball player, where you have to see him practice and see him play and see how they would fit with your team.”

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Calendar January 17 to January 23

Wednesday Men’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m. at home vs. Creighton

Thursday

Women’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m. away at SIU-C Swimming and Diving, 5 p.m. away at Drury

Friday

Swimming and Diving, 4 p.m. at home vs. William Jewell

Saturday

Swimming and Diving, 1 p.m. away at Lindenwood Quad Meet Men’s Basketball, 7 p.m. away at Bradley Women’s Basketball, 2 p.m. away at Evansville

Briefs Melugin receives academic honors

Men’s soccer senior Heath Melugin was named to the 2011 NSCAA Men’s Collegiate Scholar All-America Team.

Melugin scored a team high of six goals in his final season while starting 17 games for the Bears with 1,173 minutes played.

Melugin was named to the third-team, and earlier this season was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Men’s Soccer Division 1 first-team.

During his time at Missouri State, Melugin scored 22 goals and started 67 games for the men’s soccer team.

Weems brings home national honors

After Missouri State men’s basketball beat nationally ranked Creighton with the help of a 31point scoring effort from senior Kyle Weems, Weems earned Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week Award for the sixth time in his career.

Weems was also named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the United State Basketball Writers Association, StatSheet.com National Player of the Week, CollegeSports360.com National Prime Time Performer of the Week and the Lou Henson Award Mid-Major National Player of the Week.

In his senior season, Weems is averaging 16.1 points per game and has scored a team high 306 points this season.

Baseball schedules first pitch night

Missouri State baseball scheduled the Bears First Pitch and Reunion Night for 5 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Bill Rowe Indoor Training Facility inside Hammons Field.

The 2012 team will be signing autographs along with former Bears players that will also be on hand for the event to sign autographs. The 1982 NCAA Division II College World Series team will also be recognized.

The event will also include a live auction that features various types of memorabilia and giveaways. A menu of ballpark food and soft drinks will be provided.

Tickets were sold last season and can be purchased now for $20 and must be purchased before Feb. 4.

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Sophomore Keith Pickens dives for a loose ball during the 87-82 overtime loss to Evansville on Sunday, the Bears’ second straight loss.

Evansville slips away

By John Cook The Standard

tied the game with 16.1 seconds left in regulation.

The MSU fans were stunned in fter a last second one- silence after what seemed like a point loss to Northern sealed victory for the home Bears.

A timeout by Lusk gave junior Iowa on Friday, the Bears (11-8, 4-3) were hoping Anthony Downing a chance at a to use Evansville (8-9, 3-4) as a deep three, but a clank off the rim bounce-back game. The Purple took the game into overtime.

“We didn’t finish the game,” Aces had lost four straight, and had senior Kyle Weems said. “Give never beaten MSU at JQH Arena.

Instead, the Bears continued Evansville a lot of credit; they were their late game troubles, and lost to hungry and came in here and got a the Purple Aces 87-82 in overtime win.”

The Purple Aces seized all on Sunday. The loss marked the first time MSU has fallen to Evans- momentum in overtime and at one point took ville at home a five in the past Give Evansville a point lead. eight meetThe Bears ings. lot of credit; they battled “Coming were hungry and back, in on a four came in here and though, game losing and had a streak, I knew got a win. chance to they were tie the going to be — Kyle Weems game with tough,” Bears 10 seconds head coach Paul Lusk said. “We were dominat- left.

Senior Michael Bizoukas pushed ing them on the glass. They just up the floor, and passed it off to sencaught up to us in the end.”

The Bears took their first lead at ior Caleb Patterson, who took a the 17:18 mark in the first half on a contested three from the left wing.

“I honestly thought it was going three-pointer by Kyle Weems.

From there, MSU led the entire way down,” Patterson said. “But someuntil two back-to-back threes by times they don’t fall. I know I’m Evansville guard Denver Holmes going to make that shot more times

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Evansville double-teamed both Patterson and Weems down low the entire game, causing the Bears to settle for jump shots in the closing minutes.

The Bears weren’t expecting a breakout performance from UE bench player Lewis Jones, who led all scorers with 24 points.

“They’re the second best scoring team in the league,” Lusk said. “I thought we did a pretty good job of stopping them the entire game.

They just kept getting secondchance points and had guards who were getting more rebounds than our big guys.”

Weems helped MSU take an

(16-2, 6-1) (15-3, 6-1) (11-7, 4-3) (11-8, 4-3) (13-6, 3-4) (11-7, 3-4) (8-9, 3-4) (6-12, 3-4) (11-7, 2-5) (6-13, 1-6)

early lead, but didn’t take over late in the game like he had in the past.

The Bears looked to Downing in the clutch instead.

The 6’0 guard from Kansas had the hot hand early in the second half, scoring nine points in-a-row and helped build an MSU 12 point lead, which was the largest of the game for either team.

The Bears, who started out conference play 4-1, have now dropped two in-a-row, and will face Missouri Valley favorite Creighton at 7:05 p.m. tomorrow at JQH Arena.

The Bluejays (16-2, 6-1) are nationally ranked 21st in the country, but did lose to the Bears in their only conference defeat.

High school stars make adjustment at college level

Ice Bears look to make final push

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

The new year gives the Ice Bears a chance to end the season with a solid showing in front of their home fans.

The final stretch for Missouri State will prove to be crucial. The Ice Bears will host six straight home games, and then end with a two-game series against Saint Louis on the road. The conference tournament follows the SLU series, starting on Feb. 17.

The team ended 2011 on a three-game losing streak that they don’t want to carry over. The losses came at the hands of Lindenwood and Arkansas.

The January 20-21 games against Kentucky had to be canceled since

The adjustment from high school to college basketball is a big one. The speed and physicality of the Division I games are off the charts, and most kids must go from high school superstars to college role players. No players better illustrate this transition than Lady Bears sophomore guard Hannah Wilkerson and junior forward Whitney Edie.

Wilkerson was a scoring machine at Miller High School, where she set the Missouri high school boys and girls scoring record with 3,724 points. Edie, a four-time Ozark 7 Conference Player of the Year at Exeter High School, finished her prep career as the ninth highest scoring girl in Missouri high school basketball history with 2,792 points.

So far at Missouri State, Wilkerson and Edie come off the bench for the 10-5 Lady Bears and neither has averaged five points a game—something they say they are OK with, even if the adjustment was a little difficult.

By Kyle Boaz The Standard

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Edie and WIlkerson are role players for the Lady Bears off the bench this year.

“At first it was,” Wilkerson said. “I’ve always had a scorer’s mentality, but some of the shots I took in high school are definitely not acceptable here. I knew that my role would change, and I was ready to adjust to whatever they wanted me to do.”

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they could not make the trip, general manager Stan Melton said.

The Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneers, a conference opponent, had that weekend off and were available to fill the slot previously held by Kentucky.

Not thinking about future opponents, the team found ways to keep busy during the break.

“We had a scrimmage against the St. Louis Selects, an AAA major team in St. Peters,” captain Ryan Armstrong said.

“Wednesday through Friday is practice in Chesterfield [leading up to the SIUE game]. We’ve been on a diet program to watch what we eat since around New Years to stay as healthy as we can.”

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Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012

Swim Continued from page 6 Drakopoulou is a citizen of South Africa and had always planned on coming to the United States to swim at the collegiate level.

“I knew of a lot of people who had come over to the United States. A lot of my friends had done it, so that kind of made me want to come here and do it,” Drakopoulou said. “I think I was 11 when I saw a couple of the older girls come back and tell stories about how fun it was.”

Drakopoulou said the main reason she chose MSU was the coaching staff.

Sophomore teammate Yuri Garanito agrees with Drakopoulou’s reasons for coming to the university.

“After I finished high school I took a year just to think about it and I realized that I want

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Edie said that she put the team on her shoulders at Exeter but now she is more inclined to defer to experienced scorers like seniors Casey Garrison and Jaleshia Roberson.

“In high school I had to do all of the scoring and they depended on me to do everything and not so much here,” Edie said. “I just fill my role and score when I need to.”

Scoring when they need to means one thing for Wilkerson and Edie this season with

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The time off also gave Coach Tony Dunseith time to prepare for the final stretch.

“We took a couple weeks to heal up,” Dunseith said.

“We staked three days this week with both teams on leading up to the team’s next game.”

The formal practices aren’t the only times the players hit the ice over the break.

“A lot of the guys play in pickup games and men’s leagues back home [to stay ready],” Dunseith said.

The team is 13-13-1 for 27 points this season with eight games to play and 7-5 in conference.

Freshman Jack Ryan is still the foundation of the team, leading in goals (17) and points (33). He has also added three game-winning goals and five on the power play. He also has the team’s only disqualification to his name.

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The Standard to swim and I want to study,” Garanito said.

Garanito came to MSU last December from Sau Paulo, Brazil. He also had offers from Denver, Virginia Tech and Southern Illinois.

“Missouri State was the best option for me,” Garanito said. “It was always my dream.”

Garanito said the culture of Brazil and America is similar, but the experience has opened his mind to new perspectives.

Collins said the international student-athletes are very appreciative for the opportunity that they are given.

“For them to get the opportunity–it’s a win-win because we end up getting a great athlete in here that has a great experience and they come away with a degree and the opportunity to swim at the college level,” Collins said.

Drakopoulou said the transition can be somewhat difficult, but the family atmosphere of the team makes everything easier. As

a senior, she offers advice to the younger international swimmers because she has been through the same process.

“In the beginning it was really hard–I am really close to my family,” she said. “Those first few months were difficult for me.

Throughout the years it has just gotten better and better.”

Garanito also talked about the team being one big family and discussed their plans to visit teammates in their home countries.

Another fun tradition that has emerged is international dinners.

“We had a potluck dinner where all the athletes brought something to a meal and we had food from all over the world,” Collins said. “It just adds a different dynamic and it’s a lot of fun.”

Collins said the success of the international swimmers has been an added bonus to the diversity they bring to the team. He said during practice sessions, you can hear three or four languages being communicated.

“For us it has worked out really well,” he said. “It is a lot of fun, it takes a little extra work and you kind of have to play detective a little bit and really make sure that the studentathlete you are recruiting is one that will fit in your program but we do our homework on everybody that we recruit. So far we’ve had so much success with international kids. They add such flair to the team.”

The next meet for the Bears will be at 5 p.m. Thursday at Drury.

Garrison (18.1 points per game), Roberson (11.9 points per game) and senior guard Jasmine Malone (7.7 points per game) doing the heavy lifting on the scoreboard, but with all three gone next season, the Lady Bears will need Wilkerson and Edie to start reliving their high school glory days at JQH Arena.

“I think it will change a lot, especially Hannah just because we’re losing three senior guards,” Garrison said. “So Hannah is going to have to step into that role a little bit more.

Whitney I think will have to pick up the scoring a little bit as well. I think they will have to adjust a little bit next year, but it won’t be too much, nothing they can’t handle.”

Lady Bears head coach Nyla Milleson, a

Goodland, Kan., native, said that the adjustment from a small town team to a D-I program is a tough one to make.

“From a smaller town, I think two things: they have to have the ball in their hands so much from a small town and secondly they don’t have as many good players around them,” Milleson said. “They are just expected to do so much more. I think the transition is maybe a little more difficult than, say maybe, for Casey Garrison or someone from a bigger school.”

The move also comes with some adjustments off the court, and things haven’t always gone smoothly. Wilkerson struggled academically her first semester on campus and was

ruled academically ineligible for the spring semester of her freshman year. She buckled down that semester, turning things around to earn a spot on the Missouri Valley Conference Academic Honor Roll, but Milleson said the time off the court slowed her development.

Wilkerson (4.3 points per game) and Edie (4.9 points per game) are each having their best seasons at Missouri State, an encouraging sign that they will be ready to pick back up as the go-to scorers they were in high school when the Lady Bears graduate a talented group of seniors this off-season.

The Lady Bears’ next game is at 7:05 p.m.

Thursday night at Southern Illinois in Carbondale.

single player with a minus rating this year, a great sign of full contribution.

“They’ve blended as a team as opposed to playing individually and that has made a difference,” Dunseith said.

The Ice Bears have five players in double-digit goals: Andy Draper (16), Jack Ryan (17), Blake Ryan (13), Marc Kirksey (12) and Cory Lafaver (11), all through the first half of the season. The team also has nine players with over 10 points.

Steve Lombardo has been the featured goalie this season, but Elliot Schmidt and Austin Hoglen have seen playing time this year.

Used the least out of the goaltenders, Hoglen has been the most effective, posting a 3-1-1 record with a 1.76 goals against average and a 93.8 save percentage and a shutout.

Lombardo leads the team with eight wins.

The Ice Bears play next at 7 p.m. Friday at home against the University of WisconsinPlatteville.

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The Ice Bears started the second half of the season with two losses to Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and sit at 13-13 on the season.

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MSU replaces ZipCards with BearPass cards

By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard

This spring semester, the BearPass card is replacing the outdated ZipCard as Missouri State’s official student, faculty and staff identification card.

Officials at Missouri State decided to make the change to the BearPass cards because the previous identification system was outdated and deemed unsafe. Many old ZipCards still carry students’ Social Security numbers.

Kent Thomas, special assistant to the university’s president, helped with the project to upgrade the school’s security and identification system.

“We don’t want students wandering around with stuff on a mag strip that could be read by a card reader somewhere,” Thomas said. “We spent the last six months preparing for and implementing the new BearPass system.”

After Jan. 16, students, faculty and staff will need a BearPass card to eat in the residence hall dining facilities, to charge expenses from Taylor

Election Continued from page 1 Republican Party and engage in activities supporting Republican candidates and ideals, according to their Facebook page.

“The College Republicans basically exist to spread the conservative message and Republican ideologies on campus, to inform students of what’s going on in politics right now, different candidates, and

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In the DIY and crafts section, you’ll find everything from weaving a rug using a hula hoop and up-cycling your old candles to making a wire-wrapped bird’s nest necklace. The apparel sections (one for both men and women) will give you tons of style ideas, and the hair and beauty section will provide you with endless hairstyles and makeup looks to try.

The travel and places category is a great tool to plan your future travel plans of seeing the world. The bigger you dream, the more likely you are to at least do some-

Health or the bookstore to student accounts and use BearFare with campus food vendors.

The new cards will be equipped with a “tap and pay” feature, as opposed to the previous card-reader style of the ZipCards.

“When you’re using your new card in the dining facilities, you just tap your card and it will be read. You don’t have to slide it,” Thomas said.

“That doesn’t sound like a big deal until 500 people want to go eat. Suddenly it’s a whole lot faster.”

Several places people will no longer be able to use their cards will be vending machines and copy machines. The card readers will be removed.

Thomas, a retired Army officer with 24 years of experience, is no stranger to strategic planning.

The transition from the old ZipCard system to the BearPass system cost the university around $700,000, Thomas said. The initial BearPass card is free to all students and will cost $10 for a replacement if lost or stolen.

“We originally sought federal funding and

to allow people to choose what candidates and party they want to be a part of,” Gueltzau said.

The organization often brings in speakers covering a variety of political topics. Most recently, the group hosted the appearance of conservative political commentator, S.E. Cupp in partnership with the Student Activities Council.

On campus, the group provides internship opportunities for students, ways of going to Washington, D.C. and attending conferences, community service opportunities and the

chance to help out with political campaigns.

Beginning Jan. 30, the College Republicans will meet every other Monday at 5 p.m. in PSU 314 C. Individuals hoping to become involved in the organization or find out more about the group can look on Facebook for the page titled “Missouri State University College Republicans 2011-2012,” email Nate Gueltzau at Gueltzau007@live.missouristate.edu or attend an upcoming meeting.

thing cooler than living in your parent’s basement for the rest of your life. You might not get to see all the places you pin, but those pins will be a reminder of what a successful life might get you.

You can also link to your Pinterest on your portfolio website to allow possible employers to get a feel for your personality—just be sure to keep your pins employerfriendly. This is a grown-up website, so you might find occasional scantily-clad models (this mostly seems to be in the fitness section) and some adult language. You probably don’t want those pins associated with you for employment’s sake, but if your Pinterest is purely for fun, those less appropriate pins are per-

fectly suitable and possibly thinspiring.

Pinterest also features the “Pin It” button that you can add to your web browser’s bookmarks bar. The “Pin It” button allows you to pin and link to any photo on any website you happen to be checking out. This means your pins aren’t limited to what others have pinned. You can pin all your favorite photos from every website you love to make your pinboards a truer reflection of your personality.

One problem with Pinterest, however, is that it’s very easy to get sucked in to pinning more and more fascinating photos and never actually trying any of the cool ideas you get from the site. It’s

didn’t get it,” Thomas said. “With Dr. Cofer’s help, we took some of the money we had left over from the Banner implementation, added some of his money to it and created a pool that would allow us to do a minimal replacement.”

Aside from being a basic identification card for students, the BearPass card includes features like opening parking lot gates and being linked to cameras for video recognition capabilities, Thomas said. School officials also hope to utilize the new card for tallying attendance records at sporting events and student government functions.

“We would like to know who attends all the meetings and the basketball games,” Thomas said. “The number one reason people stay in school is when they get involved. We can help people stay here even if they’re not involved in stuff.”

Financial Reporting and Tech Specialist Clement Balasundaram will be assisting people in getting their new cards at the Plaster Student Union. As one of the project coordinators, he has seen firsthand how hectic but crucial the card

Loan Continued from page 1 our work in all committees with revised guidelines.”

Luebbering said if the proposal made it to the final plan presented by the governor that it would be up to individual universities to decide how they would participate.

“It’s definitely something that we wanted them to make the decision about,” Luebberimportant to try out some of your favorite pins before you start pinning new stuff, or your pinboards might get clogged.

Use what you find on Pinterest to benefit your life, not just supplement your interwebs addiction. Pick a few craft and food ideas you want to try and do them. Once you’ve accomplished a few things, then go back to the site for more pinning. If you collect too many pins on a certain pinboard, it’s very likely you’ll feel overwhelmed and not try anything.

It’s also wise to only repin the things you feel very strongly about trying or remembering. There are so many awesome things on Pinterest that you’ll want to pin

switchover is for the people involved.

“It affects a lot of people, especially those people who go to the dorms and dining halls. If they need door access, it’s a big deal,” Balasundaram said. “This is highly important as far as security is concerned. It’s very necessary to get our campus Social Security free.”

Students can pick up their cards in the BearPass Card Office on the first floor of the Plaster Student Union. Students living in dorms can obtain their cards at their residence hall’s front desk.

As soon as people get their new card, they are highly encouraged to destroy their old ZipCard due to potential security hazards, Thomas said.

“Seven years ago, encoding your Social Security Number on a mag-stripe was secure,” Thomas said. “It’s not secure now. You need to get rid of your old card. It’s a dangerous souvenir.”

Anyone seeking further information about the new BearPass cards and the system in general can visit the official website at http://www.missouristate.edu/bearpasscard/.

ing said. “If they didn’t want to do this it doesn’t make any sense from the state perspective.”

The proposal itself was met with some controversy from lawmakers. Sen. Bob Dixon voiced concern about the plan.

“It appears to me to be ‘creative’ financing at best and a shell game at worst,” he said. “We don’t need shaky banking like this.”

Other concerns that Dixon had about the plan are the impact to MSU’s financial

stability and bonding capacity. He also voiced concerns about MOHELA’s credit— the agency coordinating part of the funding and repayment portion of the plan.

Dixon and other lawmakers were concerned that this plan wasn’t brought before the legislature.

“If the administration was seriously considering this plan, it should have been discussed openly and publicly with the General Assembly, which would have to approve anything,” Dixon said.

practically everything you see, but hold yourself back and try to keep this facilitative tool at least somewhat organized. Make sure to make a note of the pins that work out well for you in practice because you never know when you might want to try out those ideas again.

Pinterest is a great way to waste the bits of free time you might find, but it’s also a very powerful tool that will stimulate your mind and get those creative juices flowing. Trust us, you don’t have to be good at “art,” per se, to become a crafty, creative type. Just try some things out, and use this entertaining website to help Pinterest offers a variety of develop skills, not as an categories to choose accessory to your web from. trolling.

A Century Later – ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION –

VOLUME 105

JANUARY, 2012

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MSU Archives

he Standard has printed through five different university names, two world wars, appearances in the Final Four and Sweet Sixteen, an appearance in the College World Series along with the tenures of countless faculty, staff and students that have passed through this institution.

For the past 100 years The Standard has served the Missouri State community by bringing information for students, by students.

Today, we commemorate in this special section the work and dedication of those that came before us. It’s this foundation and legacy that defines the course for The Standard as we enter our second century of publication.

Archives given new life The original Southwest Standard was more of a literary magazine instead of a traditional newspaper.

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Students paste up The Standard in 1981. The paper then was laid out, pasted to the page and sent to the press. Today, it’s done completely digitally.

By Michael Gulledge The Standard

For many years the only way that you could read past editions of The Standard was physically going to the library and looking at them in bound paper editions or on microfilm.

However, through funds provided by a federal grant, that has changed.

The Special Collections and Archives department of Meyer Library has converted many different publications, including The Standard, to a digital version online.

The collections help make data accessible, said Anne Baker, an archivist with the library.

The project is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that supports libraries. This grant funds the work of Shannon Mawhiney, the digitization specialist on staff.

“We don’t do it for preservation purposes,” Mawhiney said. “We do it for access.”

That’s partly why The Standard was chosen as one of the first collections to digitize. Prior to digitization, the only way to view historic issues was through paper copies or microfilm. Now, almost all issues of the paper are hosted online.

“It’s a great publication to learn about issues and student life at various times,” Baker said.

The paper was also chosen because it has a lot of historical value to the university.

“They’re historical as soon as they come out as far as we’re concerned,” she said.

The process to get the paper posted wasn’t easy.

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The original bound versions of The Standard sit in the Special Collections and Archives area of Meyer Library.

Master copies of the microfilm were sent to the state archives which scanned and digitized the issues, Mawhiney said.

“The state offered to digitize microfilm,” Baker said. For anything where microfilm wasn’t available, the hard copy was scanned in at MSU. The state then returned the data, Mawhiney divided it into the volumes and added metadata and issue numbers and dates. The software then does the optical character recognition, which allows the paper’s content to be searchable.

The Standard collection has been online since January 2011. The collections were advertised in a

Please see “Archives” on page S4.

Lawsuit creates ‘tense’ relationship

By Michael Gulledge The Standard

When The Standard received word in 1989 that a basketball player had been allegedly involved in an on-campus rape, then news editor Traci Bauer went over to Safety and Transportation to look for the police report.

“In the capacity I was in, it was my job to check the security reports,” Bauer said. She regularly went through the reports looking for stories, but when she checked for the rape, it wasn’t there.

Bauer didn’t realize at the time her investigation would eventually impact university publications nationwide and fundamentally change The Standard forever.

The security office told her that she couldn’t gain access to that report despite getting access to them before citing the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Eventually security cut off all access.

Bauer said she then went to the Student Press Law Center who put her in touch with two lawyers and a former Greene County judge who worked the case against the university pro bono.

“I had a really good legal team and I was lucky that they worked pro bono,” Bauer said. “We discovered a lot of other reports that were not released to use and were being hidden by the university.”

The suit claimed that FERPA didn’t cover police reports and, therefore, they could be released.

“The law was never intended to hide crime reports,” Bauer said. “I’m fully in support that education records should be protected by law.”

While a lawsuit against the university may seem expensive, having a legal team working pro bono helped with the financial aspect. However, other stresses of the lawsuit took a toll.

“The cost was in my grades. My grades suffered a lot,” Bauer said. “The lawsuit did take up a lot of time and emotional energy.”

The reaction from faculty and staff wasn’t negative. Instead, it was the students that claimed she wasn’t being loyal to the school by filing the suit.

“There was certainly no discrimination from the faculty,” Bauer said. “There wasn’t a lot of support from students.”

While living off campus, Bauer said that she had people harassing her about the suit. The security office and even those named in the suit actually helped her with the harassment.

“Doing what we do is not a popularity contest,” she said. “It was uncomfortable at times, but it helped me later in my career.”

The decision on the suit was handed down on March 5, 1991 and granted her access to the records.

“The university had to pay the court costs,” Bauer said. The university also had to pay her a settlement of $1 for the suit.

“I still have the $1 check in a frame,” Bauer said.

The lawsuit had a lasting effect on the future of The Standard. The relationship between the paper and the university became somewhat strained after the suit was settled.

“The period during and after the lawsuit was a tense time between The Standard and the university,”

Please see “Lawsuit” on page S4.

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Students walk by the university’s seal in front of Carrington Hall in 1981.

Missouri State’s origins reach to teaching roots

By Amanda Hess The Standard

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ince 1905, when Missouri State University was created, it has had five different names. Some of the name changes have been small, like changing from Southwest Missouri State College to Southwest Missouri State University.

Others have been more dramatic, like its first name change from Fourth District Normal School to Southwest Missouri State Teachers College.

One thing that did not change with the school’s name was its ambition.

From its beginnings as Fourth District Normal School to Missouri State University, the school has tried to be what its students and community needed.

Don Landon, the author of “Daring to Excel: the First Hundred Years of Southwest Missouri State University,” said from the beginning Missouri State University was a school made for its students and community.

The Beginning When Fourth District Normal School opened in 1905, it had only one purpose: to educate teachers for rural areas in order to better educate Missouri, Landon says. Springfield, Missouri was chosen as its home because it was a growing city at that time and could prosper from the school.

In Landon’s book, “Daring to

Excel,” he says the school catered to rural, middle-class citizens who could not afford private or state schools or qualify to enter because of rural Missouri’s lack of sufficient education.

Fourth District Normal School started with no state funding and 38 acres of land with no buildings.

Don Landon said the choice of calling it a “normal school” was based on the French meaning of normal, which means standard.

“History goes back to the time where specialized schools developed in Prussia back in the 1830s or 1840s when they discovered they really needed to give teachers extra training,” he said. “So in Prussia they gave a lot of attention to giving teachers specialized schools. Well the French copied it and it became what they call l’école normale, which simply meant normal school, and the United States adopted the same idea and adopted the word normal.”

Normal schools in Missouri were schools that taught high school and the first two years of college, Landon said.

“At the beginning of the 20th century, if you graduated from high school you really had higher education, which is why they called them high schools, because most people only had a fourth or fifth grade education,” he said. “So if you graduated from high school you had the

Please see “History” on page S2.

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The Standard

One Hundredth Anniversary Edition

Former staff members talk about their time at The Standard

Phil Jones 1987-1989 Photo Editor

I had the privilege of traveling to the NCAA men's basketball tournaments in March 1988 and 1989 to cover the games.

One of the more memorable projects I headed up for The Standard was a multi-page photo insert based on a project to capture a day in the life of SMSU students. All of the photographers in Photo Services participated and for one day, we photographed students from dawn to dusk.

I started the day off on a farm photographing agriculture students.

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John Wall

Sean Kliethermes

During those times we had to deal with film and the processes of getting the film processed, printed and delivered by deadline. The Standard was a weekly back then so most assignments didn’t have tight deadlines; however, there were times that we had to work late into the evening to get images ready for print.

Photographers would sometimes shoot many assignments on a single roll of 36-exposure film to save on film costs. Picture packages were rare (more than one image used for a story) and stories seldom had an image on the jump page.

I met many of my past and current friends during that time since I moved here from Columbia, Mo., and Norfolk, Va. before then. I hardly knew anyone in Springfield but made many friends on the staff that eventually lead to my employment here at Photographic Services in 1990.

I learned how to work under pressure and how to meet a deadline. I learned patience and perseverance; how to deal with people and how to persuade them. I also learned how to lead by example and to stand by my actions and words.

Along the way, I got to work with some of the most brilliant, sarcastic, passionate and flaky people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing, some of whom remain close friends to this day. I treasure the memories of those late Wednesday nights and those frantic Thursdays on the fourth floor of Carrington Hall. It was a great time in my life and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Working at The Standard, it felt like we were a part of something special. Every week we came together and scrambled and strove and worked like dogs to get the paper to the press on time. And every Friday, as we decompressed from the hectic week, we could look with pride upon that paper on the newsstands. It really felt like we accomplished something. I think we thought we had a higher calling. I get the impression that a lot of other students just went to class and did their own thing, but we felt like had a mission to accomplish every week. Like we had a role to play at the university. We were connected, plugged in, and we were doing a service for our fellow students.

What made it even more special was that we pretty much did it on our own, as students. Yes, we had advisers that provided us with guidance and prospective, but day-in and dayout, we ran that paper on our own, making the critical decisions and grinding through the work. Even if the paper wasn’t perfect (it never was) or we drew criticism or we were ignored, it felt good to be able to point at that newsstand and say, “Hey, we did that.”

1982-1985 Photographer, Photo Editor

Rick Kindhart 1990-1991 Sports Writer

I’ll never forget the day I got the call saying I got the job.

My first beat as a sports writer for The Standard was covering the MSU golf teams, and I was ecstatic for the opportunity. As I got the chance to cover more sports and do more things over time, The Standard really gave me a ton of realworld writing experience. I am so grateful I had a chance to get my start there, and I really enjoy working with the students from The Standard today in my current capacity at Missouri State.

tion and not just a teacher training school,” Landon said. “The largest major still continued to be teacher training, but it had other programs in a variety of areas. The thing that Continued from page S1 really pushed us into that direction was the beginnings of higher education and you were increase of mature people who were not interested in teaching at all. They accelerated the entitled to teach.”

Landon’s book “Daring to Excel” said the movement of the school transforming from a school opened in a summer term with a teacher’s college to a liberal arts college.” booming 543 students. The school was still able to bring in 173 students for the fall term. Growth By 1946 the school was renamed SouthSoon, not only did the class sizes keep expanding, but more buildings needed to be west Missouri State College to show that its built in order to keep up with the amount of students were earning degrees in subjects students. The school was also proving to do other than just teaching. Landon’s book “Daring to Excel” said that under this name the more than teach high school education. campus expanded yet again and added its West Plains campus.

Recognition The school was also given better funding In 1919, Fourth District Normal School and began to have work-study programs and became Southwest Missouri State Teachers College, Landon’s “Daring to Excel” book scholarships for all students. Southwest Missaid. Even at this early time the college souri State College underwent a lot of wished to keep growing until it reached uni- changes under this name including changing versity status. The school started to expand its admissions requirements, making its acaand was able to offer teaching certificates, 60 demics more challenging, adding more hour and 90 hour diplomas, and four-year col- options for study and adding graduate prolege degrees. Enrollment increased after the grams to its résumé. All these changes proved name change and the school had to build for the better of the school and earned it more buildings again in order to accommo- national recognition for its programs in 1950. date its students.

“Throughout the State Teachers College Closer to the Dream The change from college to university period, from 1918 to 1946, their primary mission was the training of teachers, but the happened in 1972, Landon said.

“By that time, the demand for college eduproblem was there were an increasing number of people who wanted to go to college but did cation had increased to the point where peonot want to become teachers,” Landon said. ple wanted to do graduate study,” Landon “The only accessible college was a teachers said. “We started to do graduate study here college, so as a compromise early on was to even when we were a state college by offerhave a commercial commerce degree as early ing courses from Missouri University in as 1919, which has nothing to do with teach- Columbia. For a time they actually sent faculing. It has to do with people being trained for ty down here to teach, but it soon became commerce, what we would call business apparent that faculty here had the same credentials and qualifications that the people in today.”

In 1927, Southwest Missouri State Teach- Columbia had except for they might not have ers College was no longer seen as a junior been involved much in research.”

Landon said all five of the regional state college after it was given full accreditation.

Under this name the school also began com- colleges became universities simultaneously munity service to the region, helping eco- and opened the door for graduate study in nomically, bringing arts and visitors to the multiple areas of the state.

“That was a significant change in the region and assisting farmers for higher productivity in their crops. New degrees were sense that the state acknowledged the need added to the school so that it did much more for more graduate programs and the universithan graduate teachers, but taught students in ty was responding to the needs of students that they were able to do graduate work withsubjects like business, science and the arts.

The demand from students for curriculum out going to the University of Missouri or that had more than teacher training grew some private institution,” Landon said.

Landon said in “Daring to Excel” that stronger, and by 1946 there was a flood of Southwest Missouri State University grew students that did not want to become teachers, even more under the new name, creating new Landon said.

“At that time, it was appropriate to recog- scholarships in order to attract the best and nize that the school was a liberal arts educa- brightest students, expanding the campus from its original 38 acres to 53 acres, adding

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apartments to the campus, growing towards downtown Springfield, adding the Mountain Grove campus and better academic programs.

Now that Southwest Missouri State had become a university, it wanted to become a statewide university and finally lose its regional status. The school tried to earn this new name for over 20 years.

“We weren’t like Warrensburg, which is a relatively rural community, we weren’t like Kirksville, even though it had other higher institutions, and we weren’t like Cape Girardeau. We weren’t like Maryville,” Landon said. “So we had the perception that we had the possibility of becoming a state university.”

The Dream Achieved In 2005, the school was able to change its name to Missouri State University thanks to a bill made by Norma Champion, a representative for Greene County in the Missouri Senate.

Paul Kincaid, chief of staff and assistant to the president for Missouri State University, said Missouri State never had a goal to compete with University of Missouri for a role as a flagship university.

“Our intent was never to ‘out-MU MU’ in mission, research, or any other area,” Kincaid said. “Having said that, Missouri State University is an outstanding university with many strengths. In some academic programs and research, Missouri State is clearly the best— not only in the state, but in the region and maybe the country. I think Missouri State’s strengths complement the University of Missouri and provide another set of opportunities for Missourians. Over the past six and a half years, I think that has proven to be the case.”

Landon said MSU will still be working hard in the future, but now the issue is how MSU can keep more graduate students with graduate work in the community.

“Our productivity almost exceeds the demand of the community, we are putting out more graduates in biology and business and so forth than the community can absorb,” Landon said. “That’s the reason that places like the IDEA Commons downtown and Jordan Valley Innovation Center are important in terms of giving professional people an opportunity to stay here.

“The community pressure had a lot to do with pushing the institution into the direction that it has ultimately taken,” Landon said.

“Probably best illustrated now is that if there is any one area we have more graduate programs is in the health care area, which is a simple response to the demand in the community.”

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Reminders of MSU’s past still exist such as this plaque in Carrington Hall.

Landon said he thinks the future for MSU will demonstrate its legitimacy for being a state university by gaining a statewide reputation, and contribute in areas that the University of Missouri does not contribute in currently. “[I think MSU] will develop specialties that are not necessarily developed in Columbia and the two institutions will arrive at some balance of offerings in the graduate area,” Landon said. “I think that both of us [MSU and MU] will understand that our mission to the people of the state of Missouri who finance much of what goes on here is to continue to produce highly educated and civically-minded people to work in the professions needed. So I guess it’s a transitional time where we are not only going to address needs in Springfield but of necessity we are going to address needs that exist through the entire state.”

Kincaid said MSU’s goal is to get better, not to compete.

“The key is to keep our eye on the ball. If our focus is serving the citizens of Missouri in the most effective and efficient ways possible, the rest of the details tend to fall into place pretty well. If we lose that focus, we tend to fail...and usually fail miserably.”

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Interest in The Standard particularly has increased over the past year that it’s been available online; it’s one of the more popular collections.

Mawhiney said that in January 2011 there were 745 hits on The Standard’s archives. That has since jumped to 2,907 in November.

Past search terms show that most people who search The Standard look for themselves or friends and family, Mawhiney said.

However, that isn’t the only use for the archive.

“It’s used by alumni and current students,” Baker said. “I have one professor that has his students do a short paper on some 5-10 year span on the history of the university.”

Just because the collection is digitized doesn’t mean that paper or film editions are going away. The library keeps both microfilm and paper copies of the newspaper in the archives.

Since a newspaper isn’t intended to

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be a permanent item in terms of paper quality, special conditions are used to archive the papers, Baker said.

Papers are stored in the archives in the library in an acid-free box and under temperature and humidity control.

Baker said there are some interesting things to be found in the historic issues of the paper that they have come across while working with the archives.

“The Standard was used as the yearbook in the 1940s,” Baker said. “It was an installment to the newspaper because they couldn’t put out a full yearbook.”

“April Fools” editions were also popular in the early years of The Standard, Baker said. One such example is the March 28, 1952 edition of the paper that featured a blank front page except for the paper’s logo at the top.

The Standard isn’t the only thing available in the digital collections.

There are four parts to the collection: Ozarkiana, university, labor unions and rare books.

All of the collections can be accessed at http://digitalcollections.missouristate.e du.

Ozarkiana consists of items having

to do with the Ozarks region. Many of them include the Ozarks’ railroad history and aerial photographs and collections of important people in Ozarks history, among other things.

The university part of the collection features things important to MSU’s history. This includes sports photos, theatre and dance photos, The Ozarko yearbook, The Standard and other things.

There is also a labor union section of the collection that has many Missouri related labor unions along with a rare book of medieval manuscript and early printing.

Archives will also have a display in the PSU for The Standard’s 100th anniversary. The display case was the 2010 senior class gift to display history, Baker said.

Creating exhibits and displays such as this is also a key role for the department.

Overall, it’s the archives’ role to make historical content available for public consumption. Digital collections are just one part of what the Archives & Special Collections do for the MSU library.

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said Sean Kliethermes, who was on staff at the time. However, the tension wasn’t that out of the ordinary.

“In those days that tension was kind of normal because we definitely viewed The Standard as being a ‘watchdog’ of the university,” Kliethermes said. “That was a time when the university saw a lot of bad press.”

Kliethermes said during the time administration was dealing with cost overruns from Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts.

“I think the university had a somewhat contentious relationship with the press in general,” he said. “A year or two later, after those troubles had died down, relationships improved.”

This contention between The Standard and the university led to the paper becoming independent from the university in 1993, according to a 2004 article in The Standard.

Today, The Standard is operated under a publications board and financially supports itself.

Despite resistance from students and a tremendous time commitment, Bauer said she still feels that it was important to file and follow through with the lawsuit.

“It ended up sparking legislation,” Bauer said. “I feel like it has actually opened access across the country, not just at MSU, but other schools that use the law to hide crime information.”