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Briefs

Obama sworn in at 57th Presidential Inauguration

President Barack Obama was sworn into his second term before the public Monday, Jan. 21, in Washington, D.C. Central ideas of his inauguration speech included looking back at history and recognizing the need to adapt to changing times, making the “values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American,” and equality for “gay brothers and sisters” under the law.

Obama was officially sworn in on Sunday, Jan. 20, but because it was a Sunday, the swearing in ceremony was repeated for the public on Monday.

MSU celebrates MLK Day with multicultural event

As part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day festivities on Monday, Jan. 21, the Multicultural Resource Center hosted the Springfield Multicultural Festival at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts.

According to the Springfield government website, events included performances from the Celtic Fire Irish Dance Company, Grupo Latinoamericano, the MSU Gospel Choir and other groups to help “discover the beauty of diverse cultures in the Ozarks.”

For more information on the Multicultural Festival, visit the “Springfield Multicultural Festival” page on Facebook.

MSU Institute for Play Therapy earns designation

The Missouri State Institute for Play Therapy has been designated as an approved center of play therapy education by the Association for Play Therapy.

Play Therapy is a type of therapy in which a child is encouraged to reveal feelings and conflicts in play rather than by verbalization, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

“Faculty and staff in the counseling program are very proud to have acquired the designation as an approved center of play therapy education,” Tamara Arthaud, head of the department of counseling, leadership and special education, said in an MSU news release Jan. 15.

Calendar Tuesday, Jan. 29 Student Activities Council Meeting, 4-5 p.m., PSU 313

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New face leads police substation on campus

By Nicolette Martin The Standard

After 18 years and five different endeavors within the Springfield Police Department, recently promoted Sgt. Todd King will be taking on a new opportunity within the SPD system: head of the SPD substation on the Missouri State campus.

“With the police department, generally throughout a person’s career, they transfer people and they move people

around to get fresh ideas and fresh people in different places,” King said. “They’re just moving the current sergeant (Sgt. Charles Schwartze) into a new role and they’re bringing me in, so I will just be taking over his current responsibilities in the substation.”

King attended Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri), where he got his degree in criminal justice, after which he was hired by

University provides minimal training to workers, students for shooter scenario

By Amber Duran The Standard

When you hear the words “Sandy Hook Elementary,” “Aurora, Colorado” or “Frankstown Township,” what comes to mind? All of these places may ring a bell to you, but possibly for unnerving reasons.

These places are just three of the 14 locations where mass shootings have occurred in the U.S. in 2012 alone, according to The Washington Post.

They make up 42 of 86 total deaths that occurred in 2012 as a result of mass shootings. Of the 14 shootings last year, four of them took place on a school campus.

These facts beg the questions: Could Clark this happen at Missouri State? Am I safe on my university’s campus?

Although no shooting has occurred on MSU’s campus before, Don Clark, the director of Safety and Transportation at MSU, says it is not unusual for someone to come on campus with a gun.

“It is not unusual for someone to come on campus and not be aware of the weapons policy,” he said. “We also get calls regularly about persons with play guns, like a

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drugs and vice-related crimes — where he worked as an investigator at the rank of corporal for five to six years.

King then went into the criminal investigation section where he worked property crimes, violent crimes — such as shootings and stabbings — and robberies and homicides.

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Moxie raises $110,000

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Nerf gun, or persons bringing weapons for show and tell.”

According to MSU’s policies, no unauthorized weapons are allowed on campus. But what happens if a threatening situation were to arise on campus? Are faculty and students equipped with the knowledge of how to react?

Deborah Larson, assistant professor in Media, Journalism and Film, says that training for faculty has been practically nonexistent in regards to how to deal with hostile intruders on campus.

“As far as on the faculty level, of there being a plan for these types of situations, I know nothing,” she said. “But if there are plans, it may be I am just ignorant, or I missed a meeting, or it just has not trickled down to me.

Clark said that training for situations such as a hostile intruder on campus consists of a training video on MSU’s safety and transportation website called “Shots Fired,” emergency response plan information found in MSU’s emergency policies and procedures, and the existence of a Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT), established to take reports from members of the university or the community of students who may be exhibiting behaviors worthy of concern.

The problem, Clark says, is getting people to pay

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The Moxie Cinema has raised approximately $110,000 within six months to keep its screens from going dark, according to the cinema’s director.

Mike Stevens, executive director of The Moxie — which is located at 341 S. Jefferson — said the money raised so far is enough to change one of the nonprofit cinema’s two screens to digital, but it still needs to raise $160,000 by early April to complete the transition.

“We’ve had a lot of big donors, but not one person in particular that gave a lot,” Stevens said. “About 10 people gave very generously or fundraised for the Moxie and gunned up a lot of support.”

Mother’s Brewing Company raised $3,000 for The Moxie early in the fundraising process after a joint screening.

There were about 600 donors, whom Stevens declined to identify, of $100 or less who contributed to the goal.

Devin and Kelly Cara have been going to The Moxie for about five years and decided they wanted to donate.

“My wife and I have been going for so long and we like going so often that it kind of became our thing,” Devin said.

The Caras declined to say how much they donated, but Devin said it was the largest donation they have ever made to anything.

The Moxie made a big push for donations because some distributors — who sign a contract, deliver movies to theaters and collect the revenue — have already stopped delivering movies in 35mm print film and have made only the digital cinema package available, Stevens said.

Stevens said he believes

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Doman ready for next life adventures

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and I always thought, well, maybe I would do a minor or something of that nature.

But, once I started actually studying in the criminal justice field, I pretty much just enjoyed it so much that that’s just kind of the direction that my life and career went.”

King has worked in several different units in his time at SPD. He said he spent approximately five years in the patrol division before going into special investigations — dealing with gangs,

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SPD in 1994.

“I think I always had an interest in it (becoming a cop), and I’ll be the first one to say that when I King originally went to college my thoughts were that I was going to do something in the psychology field,” King said.

“I always had an interest in the criminal justice side,

In 2004 Emily Behlmann had a seizure and was taken to the hospital for several days. She only informed her family and a few close friends that she was being hospitalized.

And then Earle Doman came for a visit to boost the Missouri State junior journalism major’s spirits.

“He showed up at the hospital, and talked to me and my mom,” she said.

“He told me that my professors had been notified that I was in the hospital and that I didn’t need to worry about missing class.”

This commitment of going the extra mile for students is just one of the many traits that makes Doman, MSU’s vice president for Student

Affairs, the administrator “I’ll remember most and the one I felt that most students liked,” Behlmann said.

Doman, who has devoted almost 25 years of his life to serving MSU, has announced that he’ll be retiring on May 1, 2013, leaving a void on MSU’s Administrative Council and in the hearts of many at MSU who will be sad to see him go.

But for the man who “bleeds maroon” and is committed to serving students above all else, this is only the next chapter in a life devoted to service.

The makings of a man of service

A baby boomer born in 1946 in Ottawa, Kan., Doman grew up in a family devoted to service. His mother was a high school English teacher and his father was a World War II veteran, part of that Greatest Generation who inspired Doman’s work ethic in the years to come.

After graduating from high school and meeting his future bride, Dalene, Doman attended Ottawa University

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Vice President for Student Affairs Earle Doman will retire May 1, 2013.

where he played forward on the men’s basketball team. However, a life of professional athletics was not in his future after Doman broke his hand playing basketball and was forced to rethink his future.

“It was a wake-up call,” Doman said, resulting in him transferring to Emporia University and completing his undergraduate degree in education. He then moved to Rolla, Mo., to teach, but yet again, his life took another turn when he was drafted into service for Vietnam.

Doman never left the U.S. during his years in the military, but after serving he used the G.I. Bill to pursue his master’s and doctorate in counseling at Kansas State University, where he felt a connection to his university that he didn’t experience at Emporia.

“I joke with people that if you cut me in one arm, I bleed maroon, but if you cut me in the other, there’s a little purple in there,” he said jokingly, of his love of Kansas State and the

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MSU opts to wait to disburse loan money to students until after enrollment is verified

By Nicolette Martin The Standard

It’s the first week of classes.

You may be trying to find your art history class that for some reason is in Karls Hall. You might be trying to find the cheapest used books you can to avoid racking up a $630 bill for stacks of high-quality paper.

You may be doing a complicated calculation in your head to determine the latest possible time you can leave for your 9:30 a.m. class and still find a parking spot in Bear Park South.

And then it hits you: You don’t have any money because your student loans haven’t yet been disbursed.

The financial aid process — which consists of many steps according to Jackie Lewis, assistant director of Financial Aid for Missouri State — begins March 31, Missouri State’s priority deadline for students to submit their FAFSA,

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or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. If the student gets everything in on time and the processes are all completed, Lewis said the student then goes online and accepts their award, after which there are more things that need to be completed by the school.

“Once we get everything set up — if everything’s set up before school starts — all we do is wait for the change of schedule period to end, and that’s during fall and spring the first week of class. During summer, it’s the first two days of class,” Lewis said. “Then we receive those disbursements the very first school day once the change of schedule period is over.”

The change of schedule period is the period during the first week of the semester in which students are still adding and dropping classes, which affects student accounts, Lewis said.

attention to the material they send out.

“Yes, the video, the emergency response plan information, BIT, etc., has been distributed time and again, but not everyone pays attention to all of the information that they receive or is available to them.” he said.

When asked if she had heard of the “Shots Fired” video, Larson said she had not.

Larson said she thought a plan was definitely needed at the university, and that all staff needed to be aware of it.

Clark was unaware of any other trainings anyone may have done or received on this subject.

According to MSU emergency procedure, there are certain actions that one should follow if a hostile intruder were ever to enter MSU’s campus: Run away from the threat if you can, as fast as you can. Do not run in a straight line. Keep vehicles, bushes, trees, and anything that could possibly block your

The primary reason the university waits to disburse loans until the first business day following the change of schedule period — Tuesday, Jan. 22 for the spring 2013 semester — is to wait out the confusion and to verify students’ attendance, according to Vicki Mattocks, director of the Office of Student Financial Aid at MSU. However, this wasn’t always the practice at MSU, Mattocks said.

“Our experience was that we would give a refund of up to $3-4,000 to some students and they simply never attended,” Mattocks said. “And sometimes, they didn’t even bother to drop.

“So the struggle then was that we had to return money to the federal government per regulations and then trying to get money back from the student that never attended is much tougher than other situations.”

Universities are required to return financial aid money to

view from the hostile person(s) while you are running.

If you can get away from the immediate area of danger, summon help and warn others.

If you decide to hide, take into consideration the area in which you are hiding.

Ask the questions: Will I be found here? Is this really a good spot to remain hidden?

If the person(s) are causing death or serious physical injury to others and you are unable to run or hide you may choose to play dead if other victims are around you The last option you have if caught in an open area outside may be to fight back.

Do not look the intruder(s) in the eye; obey all commands.

Once the police arrive, obey all commands. This may involve you being handcuffed or made to put your hands in the air. This is done for safety reasons and once circumstances are evaluated by the police, they will give you further directions.

Cortney Pitcher, a senior middle school education major with an emphasis in language arts and math, said that she remembers receiving an email when she

first started at MSU from campus security, leading her to read the emergency response plan.

Pitcher also said that she is in favor of increasing security measures in school to ensure student safety, but thinks that individuals need to do their part in preventing school shootings from happening.

“I think it is less about what MSU should do and more of what should the student body do,” she said. “We all have a responsibility to care about and be there for each other and no one should be alone at MSU.” Clark said that any concerns about any person on campus should be reported to the Behavioral Intervention Team, which is chaired by Dean of Students, Mike Jungers. Contact information and report forms can be found at http://www.missouristate.edu/dos/bit.htm.

To read Missouri State’s full procedure on what to do if a hostile intruder is on campus, go to http://www.missouristate.edu/policy/Op2 _06_3_HostileIntruder.htm and to view MSU’s training video, “Shots Fired,” visit http://www.missouristate.edu/safetran/sh otsfired.asp.

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the government if a student becomes ineligible for it based on their full-time or part-time status.

The University of Missouri disburses loans 10 days prior to the first day of classes for an academic program, according to Justin Chase Brown, the University of Missouri’s associate director in Student Financial Aid. Brown said that disbursing early can cause problems for the university.

“Because we’re a larger school and have a much larger staff, we have a better capability of being able to respond to that,” Brown said. “When we disburse, if a student does not begin attendance, then they are not eligible for any of their financial aid. So there is a chance that when you disburse aid, the student never shows up for classes.”

At that point, Brown said, the school has to repay the government the level of federal aid awarded at the university.

“Let’s say that we paid a student as a full-time student, disbursed all of their funds and then three months later, they

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drop,” Mattocks said. “Then, they have earned a certain percentage of that aid, and then we only have to return the certain percentage that they didn’t, which is determined by a government formula. We return that money and we bill the student, and they are expected then to pay the school.”

Brown said that sometimes they are able to catch students who have dropped their classes after aid is disbursed, but before the refund money, or the money that is given to the student if their aid amount exceeds the charges on their student account, reaches the student.

“It’s very dependent on each individual financial aid office and their decisions,” Brown said. “Sometimes it can vary on the student culture, if people have come to expect it.

“Part of it, too, is the risk you take in disbursing aid for a student that may not be eligible for it, so I definitely understand the policy decision (that MSU waits until the second week of classes to disburse loan money), and that’s probably something that would have gone into something like that.”

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uniform patrol, and worked in the internal affairs section of the police department before his upcoming stint at the substation.

King was promoted from corporal to sergeant on Nov. 30, 2012, according to an SPD news release issued Nov. 29, 2012.

At the substation, located at 636 E. Elm, King will be responsible for nine officers — eight officers and a corporal — who take care of police calls on campus and within the MSU area, investigate crimes that occur on campus, do some proactive investigating and general safety patrols.

King said he is excited for his new role within the SPD substation on MSU’s cam-

According to Shannon McClure, a financial aid counselor at Evangel University, Evangel’s loan disbursement policy mirrors Missouri State’s in that it waits to disburse loans until after attendance has been established for classes.

Lewis encourages students to keep up with the financial aid process throughout the year, so as not to risk any further delays due to not completing items necessary for aid, such as entrance loan counseling and the signing of master promissory notes.

“We encourage them to come and see us, call us, email us, talk to us to check on their aid to make sure everything’s in line and everything that we need is here and taken care of so they’re not left wondering what’s going on,” Lewis said.

“We’re friendly folks, they need to come talk to us.”

You can reach Office of Student Financial Aid by phone at 417-836-5262, or in person at Carrington Hall, 101 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays.

pus.

“It’s something different that I haven’t done yet,” he said. “I think with my past experiences, I think I bring a different view of things and hopefully for the better. I think that the whole goal is not to fix anything that’s not broken, and not to change anything.

“I don’t think service to the students or to the university will change much as it comes to the safety and the taking of police reports, or anything of that nature.”

The officers working out of the substation are armed and have full police power, including the power to search and the authority to arrest.

Any police service required or desired from SPD should be coordinated through the Missouri State University/SPD substation, which can be contacted at 417-836-5009.

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Jan. 22, 2013

Online ‘catfish’ lure you

I used to watch “A Cinderella Story” in middle school and imagine what it might be like to carry on this mysterious text and email relationship with someone at my school I somehow had never met.

Weird “diner girl” meets boy who turns out to be the star quarterback and, after some trials, they live happily ever after.

Unfortunately, reality isn’t quite like a 2004 Chad Michael Murray and Hilary Duff movie.

So, let’s flash forward to 2012.

The very first episode of the MTV series “Catfish: The TV Show” - a series based on the movie “Catfish,” which followed the journey of Nev Schulman to meet a girl with whom he had an online relationship with via Facebook - began with Sunny, a girl who was carrying on an online relationship with a guy named Jamison, who turned out to be a girl named Chelsea.

The series — which has ten episodes in its first season and has been renewed for a second season — as well as the most recent headline story of Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o and his allegedly nonexistent online girlfriend, who died from Leukemia during the Fighting Irish’s journey to the National Championship, begs the question: How are all of these people so blind?

We live in a digital age — an age in which there’s a dating site for almost any type of person you can imagine, from eHarmony to Christian Mingle, Redneck and Single to Sugar Daddy For Me; an age in which supposedly one-in-five relationships start online, as Match.com commercials so often remind us.

However, most of these stories of people who have been duped in an online relationship have too many commonalities.

The first sign that the hot model you’re dating online is probably some 40-year-old man (or 18-year-old girl in Sunny’s case) is exactly that: You’re dating a hot model online.

I’m all for connecting with someone on an emotional level in lieu of focusing on physical attraction, but I’m almost positive a hot model could find someone to connect with emotionally that isn’t halfway across the country.

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The second sign that the love of your life, who you’ve only seen through cyberspace, might not be who they say they are is exactly that: You’ve only seen them through cyberspace.

They only have three friends on Facebook and two pictures that kind of look alike if you squint your eyes and turn your computer upside down? If having Facebook throughout high school and college has taught us anything useful, it’s how to learn everything you could ever want to know about someone without ever laying eyes on them.

But if someone is a real person, chances are they will have a real online presence consisting of many social media sites with real interactions and real pictures. And, if there’s any doubt, tools like Skype can only help verify with whom you’re talking.

The third sign that your online soulmate probably has something to hide is that they’ll never meet you.

We all experienced the years of chat rooms and Chat Roulette, in which talking to a perfect stranger for 20-30 minutes wasn’t at all unusual. But if you’ve had the same AIM screen name on your buddy list for seven years and you talk every night about the life you’re going to spend together when you finally meet, chances are there’s a reason they aren’t buying a plane ticket to plan your future in person.

I’ve never been against online dating.

It opens up a whole new realm of people with which you could positively connect, most of whom you might never cross paths with if it weren’t for a computer screen.

But, I have a really hard time watching “Catfish: the TV Show” and hearing stories similar to Teco and feeling bad, because typically all the signs add up.

What it comes down to is being smart

Online dating tips Nev Shulman and Max Joseph, cohosts of “Catfish: The TV Show,” offer up several tips for dating online: 1. Stay away from models.

Many “catfish” pose as models online and people love to think a model is talking to them. Be wary.

2. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Be cautious about telling people too much about yourself until they’ve earned your trust.

3. Get proof — either a photo with him or her holding up something specific or a copy of a driver’s license. A “catfish” won’t have access to the license of someone they’re posing to be.

4. Skype with them. If they say they do not have a webcam, tell them to go someplace that has one, such as an Internet café. If they aren’t willing to do this, they probably aren’t who they say they are.

5. Check their Facebook page.

Look to see how many friends they have — be wary of anyone who has less than 100 friends.

6. Be yourself and know what you want.

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/ 2012/11/catfish-star-nev-schulmans-advice-for-online-dating/

and recognizing those signs. Not to be cliché, but if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

And if that hot model from France who travels the world doing photo shoots turns out to be a hot model from France who travels the world doing photo shoots, I won’t be offended if you say, “I told you so.”

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MSU needs training for shooter scenario

In wake of 2012, the year with 14 mass shootings in the U.S., according to the Washington Post, Missouri State doesn’t have any safety training for gun threats on campus in the works, said Director of Safety and Transportation Don Clark.

Apparently, very few people pay attention to the information that the Safety and Transportation Office sends out about what to do in the event of a dangerous intruder on campus and the office wants suggestions from The Standard staff about how to fix this, Clark said.

As The Standard’s concerned about the welfare of our fellow students, faculty and staff, we’re willing to throw some suggestions out there about how to improve communication about what to do if there’s a shooter on campus.

First, why not hold a training session for all faculty, staff and ResLife personnel to make sure they know what to do if there’s a shooter on campus? If they’re informed, odds are they’ll make sure their students and residents are let in on the knowledge too.

Second, why not require faculty to hand out a flier along with their classroom syllabus about what to do if there’s a shooter on campus? This will ensure that every student will receive the material, as every professor on campus is required to provide students with a syllabus for the course they are enrolled in each semester.

Third, why not create a webinar — similar to the one used for on-campus job training information on sexual harassment — available for students to complete through their My Missouri State account? Safety and Transportation could even work out a deal with the University Bookstore to provide a discount for all students who complete the webinar on one purchase from the bookstore, making an incentive for people to do it.

Safety and Transportation could decide to do one of these things, or go in a completely different direction. All we’re asking is that it does something to inform the campus community what to do to stay safe if there’s a shooter on campus. We hope we never, ever, have to go through what Sandy Hook Elementary did, but it’s better to be prepared, and safe, rather than sorry.

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Don’t show off your butts, MSU

Hi - my name is Kandice, and I am an addict. Well, a recovering addict to be fair; I have been free from the chains of active addiction for about two and a half years now.

No, I never did any “hard” drugs. And I’m not even referencing anything illegal (though that opens another debate that I’m going to ignore for now). Cigarettes ignited my deepest addiction struggle.

And for anyone who has successfully or even attempted to quit smoking, you understand my struggle. I was a social smoker for two years and a daily smoker for eight – I was far too young to have picked up such an ugly habit/addiction.

I considered cigarettes to be my best friend. When no one else was there, my Marlboros were. They moved 600 miles with me. They accompanied me on my journeys and escapades. They gave me a community of fellow smok-

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ers to be part of. When no one else was around to listen to me rant, I could always depend on my cigarettes.

Not a single day goes by that I don’t think about smoking. Sometimes after a fulfilling meal. Sometimes after a relaxing shower. Often while my two-year-old is having a tantrum while one, or both, of my dogs tries to eat a cookie she earned by going potty on the big girl potty –all while my three month old is exhausted and attempting to take a nap a mere three feet from the chaos that envelopes life with a toddler.

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with it, especially by nonsmokers. Even as a former nicotine lover myself, I can’t help but think that smoking looks, well, trashy and ignorant.

Which brings me to my main point: I sincerely doubt that the university wants to advertise itself as such, but by forcing smokers to flock to the outskirts of university property to get their fix, they have inadvertently done just that.

Walking out of class and to my car, I was greeted by a barrage of smokers - all standing on the sidewalk on Grand Street near the underpass, showing off to every passerby their nasty and ignorant addiction.

As someone with very close friends and family that struggle with more serious addictions than my own, I know that addictions are nothing to be ashamed of.

But I highly doubt that MSU wants smokers to be its spokespeople to the general dard, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897 or e-mailed to Standard@Missouri State.edu.

public, cigarette in hand, especially considering the university spends a ridiculous amount of money to beautify our campus in order to attract/retain our microcosm’s fine reputation and people.

Maybe I’m beating an issue to death, but casting out our cigarette smokers to the university’s property line is putting one of the least picturesque parts of our community on display to the greater community we are part of.

Since MSU has joined the bandwagon to be a tobaccofree campus, smokers have no choice but to flee to the city sidewalks. Or quit. But let’s be honest - that is not a compelling enough reason for most.

I urge MSU to find a way to maintain the health of its nonsmoking community, but not through casting out its smoking community, forcing them to be our campus’s representatives as they congregate along public sidewalks.

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Calendar Tuesday, Jan. 22

SAC Concerts presents: Winter Week Concert featuring Phillip Phillips, 8-11 p.m., PSU Theater, free

Wednesday, Jan. 23 SAC Winter Week Movie Roast featuring “Batman and Robin,” 8 p.m., PSU Theater, free Open dancing, 8:30-10 p.m., Savoy Ballroom, free

Thursday, Jan. 24 Science Café with Dr. Paul Durham, 6-8 p.m., Farmer’s Gastropub, free

Soap Making with Kelly Bigbee of Flower Child, 7-8:30 p.m., Park Central Branch Library, free SAC After Hours presents: Skate Night, 9 p.m., Mediacom Ice Rink, free

Friday, Jan. 25

Friday Live Jazz, Springfield Brewing Company, 6-9 p.m., cover Inspectah Deck, 7 p.m., The Outland Ballroom, cover

Giordano Dance Chicago, 7:30 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall, $25 and $15 Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10 p.m., 306 South Ave, $10-12

SAC Campus Events presents: Disney Winter Wonderland Rock ‘N Bowl, 7:30-10:30 p.m., PSU Level One game center, free Black Box Revue, 9 p.m., The Outland, cover

Saturday, Jan. 26

Tuesday

Jan. 22, 2013

Season of sniffles The Standard’s guide to the flu season is packed with tips to help you stay healthy.

By Briana Simmons The Standard

Knowing how to prevent the flu or a cold is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, especially during this time of year. Don’t just strengthen your immune system but strengthen your mind with the knowledge to do so.

Stay healthy

Between yesterday’s shift at work, tomorrow’s full day of classes and this weekend’s big party there is no time for a college student to be knocked down by the flu.

It’s not too late to take precautions and avoid getting sick during this flu season. Here are some tips for staying healthy and out of harms way.

Influenza or “the flu,” as many people call it, is a common virus that changes from year to year.

Dr. Muegge, Medical Coordinator at Taylor Health and Wellness Center, said that a strong immune system can fight off many infec-

tions.

“The ultimate best protection is your immune system,” Muegge said.

However, even a strong immune system will not keep a college student from contracting the virus.

Karen Foote, Family Nurse Practitioner at Cox Family Medical Care Center points out why students are so highly encouraged to take precautions early.

“College students are at risk for the flu because they’re in a population where they see lots of people at any given time,” Foote said.

There are other ways to protect yourself from this season’s flu virus such as washing your hands.

You’ve done well so far so keep up the good work. When next year’s flu season comes around be sure to avoid large crowds, wash your hands regularly and get your flu shot early.

Unfortunately, once you get sick … you’re sick. Letting the flu or a cold run its course can be difficult and uncomfortable, but there are ways to make it a little more

bearable.

Get well

Day one has you feeling fatigued and aching all over, but you’re wondering why when you got your flu shot a week ago.

According to Muegge, it’s not unusual for people to contract the virus after getting a flu shot because it takes about two weeks for the effects of a vaccine to kick in.

If you’re feeling a little down with fatigue, headaches, fever, aches and pains, or sore throat chances are you’ve been hit by the flu.

Muegge named it the “Hit by a Bus” syndrome.

Unless it’s within 48 hours and can be treated with medicines from a physician, the flu must run its course.

While you’re sick you have to be sure to take care of yourself and make sure others are safe as well.

The truth about the flu

Indoor Yard Sale, 6 a.m.-6 p.m., Grass Buffalo, free Saturday Live Jazz, 6-9 p.m., Springfield Brewing Company, cover

By Kelsey Berry The Standard

Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10 p.m., 306 South Ave., $10-12

Riding on the back of freezing temperatures and a snowflake or two, cold and flu season have arrived once more. Only this year, we’re prepared to help you debunk those old wives’ tales and falsities that accompany it. Wellness Educator at Missouri State University Jerilyn Reed gave us the answers to a few common beliefs concerning cold and flu season.

1. Excessive use of antibacterial soap or disinfectant can get rid of good bacteria and reduce your ability to fight off a cold or flu.

FICTION. To reduce your ability to fight off sickness, antibacterial usage would have to be extremely excessive … as in disinfecting your hands compulsively every five minutes. Otherwise, it’s completely fine to use antibacterial products often, especially if you’re sick or you often come into contact with other people who are sick.

2. Touching your face a lot during cold and flu season is a big no-no.

FACT. To get sick, germs have to get into an orifice of some kind — like the mouth or the nose. So it’s smart to get out of the bad habit of constantly rubbing your eyes, nose or touching your mouth because that’s a great way to say, “Hey germs, welcome to my body. Make yourself at home.”

3. Eating a teaspoon of cinnamon a day will boost your immune system.

FICTION. First of all, ew. If you want your mouth to feel miserably dry and chalky, that’s one way to do it.

There is some truth to cinnamon and honey helping those with mucus issues, but if you’re looking to boost your immune system go for the vitamin C and leafy greens like spinach.

Maybe just save the cinnamon to top off a healthy breakfast of oatmeal.

4. Stress will make your cold symptoms worse.

DEPENDS. Are you sleeping well?

Are you eating right? Depending on the person and his/her other health habits, stress may very well worsen cold symptoms.

But if you’re just stressed out because you missed the latest episode of “The Walking Dead” while you’re resting in bed with a popsicle and a box of tissues, we think you’ll be just fine.

Ben Miller Band, 9 p.m., Patton Alley Pub, cover Vagabond Swing, 9 p.m., The Outland Ballroom, cover

Sunday, Jan. 27

Argentine Tango, 6:30-7 p.m., Savoy Ballroom, free

SAC Weekly Film Series presents: “Batman and Robin,” 9 p.m., PSU Theater, free

Briefs Learn to make your own body products

Why buy body products from your local Bath & Body Works when you can make them yourself?

This Thursday at 7 p.m. the Park Central Branch Library will host Kelly Bigbee of Flower Child who makes home and body products.

According to a press release, she will share her knowledge of soap making and also discuss the industry of small batch bath and body products.

Call 417-831-1342 to sign up for this free event.

Chicago dance company to perform in Springfield

Giordano Dance Chicago will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25 at Juanita K. Hammons Hall.

The dance company’s mission is to “develop and preserve the indigenous American art form of jazz dance, thereby creating an awareness of jazz dance as a true artistic expression of American life.”

Assistant Professor of Dance at Missouri State University Darryl Clark will introduce the performance at 6:45 p.m.

Tickets are available at the Hammons Hall box office or online at http://www.HammonsHall.com. Individuals may also call 417-836-7678 to purchase them.

Tickets are $15-25 depending on the available seating areas.

Book club to review Tony Danza book

The downtown book club will be reviewing Tony Danza’s book “I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I’ve Ever Had” at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31.

The discussion, hosted by the Mudlounge is open to anyone interested in Danza’s account of his year as an English teacher at Philadelphia’s largest school.

Scheduled book discussions until Feb. 28 can be found online at http://thelibrary. org/programs/other/book.cfm. Interested individuals can always read ahead to participate in upcoming discussions.

It’s very important to keep your distance from large populations of people when you’re infected with the flu virus.

“Be courteous when you are sick not to expose others and be careful to avoid unnecessary big crowds,” Muegge said.

Handling class and work may not be the easiest to deal with, either, but most physicians are willing to give a doctor’s notice for class or work.

“Communicate with your professors and let them know it’s potentially contagious to the professors and other students,” Muegge said.

Keep yourself hydrated by drinking lots of water.

“The key is hydration, hydration, hydration,” Foote said.

“Water is the best fluid out there.”

After the virus has run its course, you should be back to normal soon after.

Illustration by Brent Rinehart

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A dilemma: Vaccine or no vaccine?

By Kelsey Berry The Standard

“Should I get the flu shot this year?”

That is the question that many people may find themselves asking as flu season gears up.

Discussions about the vaccine making you sick and being ineffective have circulated, leaving some students and community members unsure of what the right decision is.

But according to many health professionals, including Wellness Educator Jerilyn Reed, the flu vaccine may be worth your time.

Last Tuesday, the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention reported that the efficacy of the 2013 flu shot has been rated at 62%.

“What that means is that the majority of people who got it (the flu shot) are going to be protected from the flu,” Reed said.

“Approximately 62 percent of them.”

Contrary to some belief, getting the flu vaccine isn’t a surefire guarantee that an individual will not get the flu, it’s just a way for people to protect themselves from certain strains of the flu each year.

“It’s just kind of a hypothesis, or a guess, on what’s going to be

Taylor Health and Wellness hours Monday-Wednesday 8 a.m.4:30 p.m.

Thursday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. the popular strains of flu that are going around. Some (strains) aren’t covered because it’s just not what they thought was going to be popular,” Reed said.

When it comes to developing flu vaccines for a

the upcoming year, flu experts look at what strains were popular over the past few years and then use comparative data from virus samples to hypothesize about what strains may be popular this year.

“It’s just kind of guestimate, really,”

Reed said. “But 62 percent is really good.

I think anything over 50 percent is great.”

While the majority of people will not get sick from getting a flu vaccine, some people may contract certain strains of the flu that the vaccine did not protect them from.

According to Reed, an instance that serves as a great example of this was the H1N1 virus breakout that occurred in 2009. Flu experts did not expect that specific strain to become popular, therefore, the 2009 flu vaccine did not protect individuals from contracting it.

Even so, Reed rec-

ommends getting the vaccine every year.

There are also specific flu vaccines available for pregnant women that do not contain Thimerosal, a widely used preservative in vaccines that can cause complications during pregnancy.

Taylor Health and Wellness Center has confirmed one case of the flu so far this year, but the center still has 580 vaccines left — as of Jan. 17 — and they are still available to students.

A basic office visit and a flu vaccine for full-time students are free and the test to confirm the flu virus costs $48.

Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013

The Standard

Schwarzenegger’s return disappoints in ‘The Last Stand’

He told you he’d be back.

“The Last Stand” marks Arnold Schwarzenegger’s true return to film in about a decade. For the first time in a long time, Arnie has a starring role and … it could have been better.

“The Last Stand” tells the story of small, almost-border-town sheriff Ray (Schwarzenegger) and his handful of deputies (including Luis Guzman and Johnny Knoxville). Their mission is to try to stop an escaped fugitive tearing through the desert toward the Mexican border in a stolen Corvette ZR1.

Storywise, “The Last Stand” is exactly what you think it’s going to be. Nothing surprising or shocking and as soon as you meet a character you know precisely what their role is going to be: typical and mindless.

Stylewise, it’s pretty much exactly what you think it’s going to be. Only perhaps a little worse. Sure the

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Karman Bowers Movie Reviewer gunshots are extra bloody and headshots are close up, but the cheese was a little rich. In the classic getting kitted up scene, you can almost see the director directing both the camera and the actors.

A slow, close-up shot of shells being loaded into the shotgun. A steady sweep of a rifle as the character checks the scope. All completely unnecessary and poorly executed.

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The Springfield chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People marched in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march on Jan. 21 in Springfield.

50 years later, we march on

By Kelsey Berry The Standard

The year was 1963. America was in a state of unrest as civil rights demonstrations coated the country in chaos and civil rights leaders fought tirelessly to get rid of racial segregation. These demonstrations often ended in violence and arrests until Aug. 28 of that year.

On that day in Washington, D.C., more than 200,000 individuals — both African American and Caucasian — marched as one, in an effort

to promote the Civil Rights Act that had not yet been passed by Congress. It was then that civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his infamous “I have a dream” speech.

One year later on July 2, 1964, the Civil Rights Act was enacted, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, and fulfilling King’s dream of equality.

In remembrance of these events, the Missouri State University Multicultural Resource Center and the Springfield chapter of the

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) teamed up to co-sponsor this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. march and celebration.

This year’s march began yesterday morning at 9:30 a.m. at Mediacom Ice Park and ended at the Gillioz Theatre where a celebration immediately followed.

Ed Jenkins, a graduate student at MSU helped coordinate the celebration this year and said this year was the 50th anniversary of the march on Washington and it “serves as a symbol and a reminder of all the efforts that took place to raise awareness of diversity and unite people.”

“We want to raise student awareness of this issue because of our mission of community engagement,”

Jenkins said.

Part of the Multicultural Resource Center’s mission is to “establish networking links with community caregivers and cultural support groups.

The celebration following the march was also referred to as the Freedom Rally and it took place at the Gillioz Theatre. The rally included an essay contest sponsored by Springfield Public Schools with monetary awards given out to three winners.

In addition to the essay contest, there was live music from the Springfield Girls’ choir and a skit entitled “The Night Before the March” directed by Christine Peoples.

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Jan. 22, 2013

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Scorebox Men’s basketball Wednesday, Jan. 16 Missouri Sate 31 29 - 60 Indiana State 27 41 - 68

Saturday, Jan. 19 Missouri State Bradley

20 46 - 66 35 34 - 69

Women’s basketball Saturday, Jan. 19 Drake Missouri State

33 44 - 77 36 44 - 80

Ice hockey Friday, Jan. 18 SIUE Missouri State

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Saturday, Jan. 19 SIUE Missouri State

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Swimming & Diving Saturday, Jan. 19 Missouri State Truman State

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Bears sink Bulldogs Junior Michal Bulak competes in the 200 yard Individual Medley during Senior Day at Hammons Student Center on Jan. 19.

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Calendar

Wednesday, Jan. 23 Men’s basketball, 7:05 p.m. at home vs. Wichita State Swimming & Diving, 5 p.m. at Drury

Friday, Jan. 25

Women’s basketball, 11 a.m at Evansville Ice hockey, 7 p.m at home vs.

Mizzou Swimming & Diving, 6 p.m at Missouri S&T Women’s track, 9 a.m. Rod McCravy Memorial Meet in Lexington, Ky.

Saturday, Jan. 26

Ice hockey, 7 p.m at home vs.

Mizzou Women’s track, 9 a.m. Rod McCravy Memorial Meet in Lexington, Ky.

Sunday, Jan. 27

Men’s basketball 2 p.m. at home vs. Drake

Six MSU seniors compete at home for final time in win over Truman State on Senior Day

By Mike Ursery The Standard

The Missouri State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams took to the pool at the Hammons Student Center on Jan. 19 in their final home meet of the season to beat Truman State.

It was also Senior Day for both teams, as six seniors competed at home for the final time: Daan Jansen, Katie Brown, Melissa Oishi, Kaylee Steffen, Andrea Uzcategui and Brittany Winter.

“I’ve been here four years, and it’s kind of hard to believe that it is

coming to a close,” Steffen said.

“It won’t really set in until my conference meet, but today I’m just going to try to enjoy the moment with my teammates.”

The men’s team cruised to a 160-72 victory, and are now 26-0 all time against Truman State.

Sophomore Caleb Schuermann started the competition on the right foot as he won the 200m free with a time of 1:42.03.

Sophomore Paul Le took victories in two events. He won the 50m free with a time of 20.82, and the 100m free in 46.07.

Jansen won the 200m back-

stroke with a time of 1:53.20 to close out his career at home.

Jansen will continue to attend classes at Missouri State to pursue a degree in digital film production.

He will also stay on with the team as an assistant until he graduates.

“For me, the funnest part of being at Missouri State is the atmosphere of college swimming,” Jansen said. “We don’t have this in South Africa, so it’s nice to be a part of a team. It’s like having a second family.”

The Bears also took victories in the 400m and 200m relays.

In women’s action, Missouri State won by a score of 155-78.

Freshmen Carly Wright, Kate Gately, Ibby Simcox and Dora Kiss all took victories in the meet.

Kiss posted a time of 5:01.83 in the 500m free, breaking a team record. Junior Renata Sander had

Ice Bears look forward to playoffs

Women’s basketball, 1:05 at SIUE

Briefs

Joseph, Maximilien claim victories at Mo. Invitational

By Tim Godfrey The Standard

Victories for Pernell Joseph and Althia Maximilien highlighted a solid day for the MSU track team at the Missouri Invitational on Friday.

Joseph claimed first-place in the 60-meter dash preliminary round with a time of 7.51 seconds.

She then finished first in the final round for the second meet in a row with a time of 7.56 seconds.

Maximilien won the 600-meter dash with a time of 1:33:63, leading the pack from beginning to end.

Bears’ First Pitch Night scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 26

The MSU baseball team will host its fifth annual First Pitch and Reunion Night this Saturday at Bill Rowe Indoor Training Facility at Hammons Field at 5 p.m.

The 2013 Bears will be on hand to sign autographs and hand out schedules. Current and former MSU major leaguers are also expected to be on hand and signing autographs.

A live auction is scheduled to highlight the evening and will feature sporting and non-sporting items.

MSU spirit squads bring home top 10 honors at Nationals

The MSU spirit squads completed another successful run at the UCA/UDA Nationals held at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Jan. 19-20.

The MSU Cheerleaders finished fifth in the Universal Cheerleader Association Division 1 finals, marking the squad’s eighth consecutive top 5 finish.

At the Universal Dance Association Finals the Sugar Bears finished ninth in Division 1 jazz competition, and took seventh in Division 1 hip-hop.

two victories. Uzcategui and junior Anna Ahlin also had one victory apiece.

In diving, junior Lindsey Conway and sophomore Garret Nevels each had two victories. Nevels tallied a total score of 332.32, which fell just short of the school record.

Head coach Dave Collins was pleased with the way his teams bounced back after losing at Arkansas last week. “(Last week) we really weren’t ready to race,” Collins said. “This is a really good time for us to have a meet. With going to classes and getting back into a regular routine, the racing was a little more brisk today.”

Both teams will compete on Jan. 23 at Drury University for the annual “Duel in the Pool” event.

The event will be aired by Mediacom and can be seen on MC 22.

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Redshirt freshman Kenzie Williams gets run over by Creighton’s McKenzie Fujan during Monday night’s game at JQH Arena. The Lady Bears lost to the Bluejays, 73-53.

Bluejays squash Lady Bears MSU drops to 1-4 in MVC after loss to Creighton

By Sam Holzer The Standard

After a thrilling victory against Drake this past Saturday, the Lady Bears were confident they were heading in the right direction. But then they ran into the Creighton Bluejays last night, who thrashed them to a score of 73-53.

Creighton came out firing 3’s early and often, silencing the Missouri State home crowd. The ability of the Bluejays to shoot the 3 was undoubtedly the thorn in the side for the Lady Bears, as they shot 1332 behind the arc.

“It’s always tough when a team’s hot. They shot over their average, so it’s hard to defend a good shooting night,” junior guard Karly Buer said. “But that’s not an excuse; we have to get better on defense.”

And while Creighton’s sharpshooters were on target, the shots just weren’t falling for the Lady Bears, who shot 37.5 percent from the field.

“I just think we need to work more to get the shots that we want,” Buer said.

Junior guard Hannah Wilkerson also found frustration in the Lady Bears’ offensive game.

“We couldn’t buy a basket tonight,” she said. “The shots weren’t falling. We definitely need to finish easy shots underneath and get to the free throw line.”

Creighton found itself up by as much as 26 points at one point, and brought a level of defensive pressure that stymied the Lady Bears’ offense throughout the game.

“I’m very disappointed with our basketball team,” Lady Bears head coach Nyla Milleson said. “Our leadership and maturity was lacking and it falls directly on my shoulders.”

With the loss, MSU drops to 9-8 overall and 1-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

“I’ve stressed this all year, and it’s very frustrating, but for some reason we obviously aren’t pressing the right buttons to get this team to understand day-to-day,” Milleson said.

Milleson still thinks the team will figure out its problem with playing consistently.

“It’s simple things. We’re asking nothing that we are not physically capable of doing,” she said. “We’ve just got to continue to fight and battle. And we’ll go back to the practice floor and we’ll figure it out.”

A bright spot for the Lady Bears was the play of Mikala McGhee.

The freshman guard had 8 points and 4 rebounds in limited playing time.

“Mikala gave us great energy,” Milleson said.

The next game for MSU is Jan. 25 at Evansville. The next home game is at 7:05 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, against Indiana State at JQH Arena.

“We just need to come back to practice and get refocused,” Wilkerson said. “We’ve just got some things to work out.”

As the saying goes, “Offense wins games and defense wins championships.” Head coach Bob Bucher and his Missouri State Ice Bears are hoping that saying reigns true for their team.

If it does, then MSU will be in the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Tournament in March, fighting for their firstever National Championship.

For that to happen, MSU will need to continue winning and phases of their game will need to remain strong, which shouldn’t be a problem for the 18-4-2 Ice Bears.

Since their return from winter break, the Ice Bears split a twogame series with Northern Illinois University. Although no team likes to lose, Bucher said that it benefitted his team by waking them up and getting their focus back, which he said was lost from being away from the ice during the month-long break. “(A loss) brings you back to reality,” he said. “You don’t necessarily like it but at the end of the day, sometimes that’s the best thing to get you back on track.”

MSU has five games left: one game with Wisconsin Osh-Kosh, a two-game series with rival Mizzou and a two-game series against Loyola University. After those games, the Ice Bears will play in the MidAmerican Collegiate Hockey Association tournament and the MACHA Regional Tournament.

While the MACHA tournament has no effect on their national tournament chances, the Regional Tournament does. If the Ice Bears rank within the top ten of their Central Division, then they will advance to the Regional Tournament to play for a chance to advance to the National Tournament.

Right now, MSU is ranked sixth in the division. If it is ranked in the top two by season’s end, then it would get a first round bye in the Regional Tournament, according to Steve Casson, who announces the u See HOCKEY page 7

Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013

The Standard

Marcus Marshall: Silent shooter

By Matt Aten The Standard

Photo Illustration by Steph Anderson/THE STANDARD

Freshman guard Marcus Marshall has given the Bears a much-needed offensive weapon this season. Marshall is averaging 9.9 points per game, good for second on the team behind senior guard Anthony Downing.

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play-by-play for the Ice Bears on websportsradio.com.

But simply winning the remaining games will not automatically put MSU in the top two spots of the division.

According to Casson, who was once on the ranking committee, a committee within the

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If you’ve watched a men’s basketball game this season, through all the ups and downs, something may have caught your eye.

It could have been the Bears’ surprisingly stingy defense for such a small team, or the performance of star player Anthony Downing, but that’s something Bears fans have come to expect.

Then again it could be the playing of the very consistent, very talented, very young and very quiet Marcus Marshall, who is nipping at Downing’s heels in the points race.

It’s easy to overlook a ghost like Marshall. He never appears mouthy on the court, doesn’t seem to engage in the smack talk and hardly shows any emotion. You might not know he’s there until you look at his point totals at the end of the game.

“He’s having a tremendous freshman season,” Downing said. “He’s the second leading scorer and I think he gives us a lot of options because he can play the one guard and he can also play the

Central Division is in charge of ranking the 15 teams in the division. If MSU is to get a first round bye, it will depend on the 15 committee members.

“Honestly, every game down the stretch is going to be a big scenario,” Casson said. “(Coach) wants to get the team to second place so that they can get a bye. Do I think it’s going to happen? At this point I don’t think so. You would

director of athletics at Arkansas Tech, but “wasn’t home very often” as a result of his work commitments, which eventually called for a change in environment.

institution that he would later devote most of his professional Homecoming life to.

While the Doman family had been away from SpringA love affair with MSU field, they had kept in touch In 1976, Doman came to with many people they had met Missouri State to fill the posi- while at MSU and heard that tion of dean of men and Mike the dean of students position at Jungers, two years his junior, MSU was open again. came to fill the assistant direcAfter discussions with his tor of Residence Life role. wife, Doman decided to accept “(Doman) started July 1 and the position and returned once I started Aug. 1, one month more to Springfield in 2000, later,” Jungers said, adding that much to the delight of his good it’s become a bit of a running friend John Catau, former joke at meetings with the two. assistant provost of MSU. Doman was fresh out of his The Doman and Catau famdoctoral program and brought ilies have been close friends for with him a passion for the cam- almost 30 years, and the two pus community, something men golf together regularly, Jungers noticed from their very Catau said. first meeting.

In returning to MSU, “From the very first day, he Doman would be taking a pay was interested in developing cut and a lower level position not only students, but employ- after his time at Arkansas Tech, ees, and I got under his wing but it was something he and his pretty quickly,” Jungers said. wife were willing to do because The two worked together in of their love for the community various roles, until Doman and for MSU. made the decision to leave “Springfield is our home,” Springfield for Joplin and take Doman said, saying it made a position with what was then sense to come back professionMissouri Southern State Col- ally and from a personal perlege in 1987. spective where his extended He stayed in Joplin while family would be more nearby. his three sons grew up and graduated from Joplin High SGA mentor School, before moving to In returning to MSU, Arkansas Tech to take the vice Doman was also able to particpresident of academics posi- ipate in one of his greatest pastion. sions: student government.

Doman took on the responThe dean of students takes sibilities of student affairs and on the role of adviser to the Stu-

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two guard and he just scores.

He shoots lights out. He’s really blessed.”

Marshall didn’t draw the attention that fellow freshman Gavin Thurman received, even though he was considered the third best prospect in Minnesota. He’s a quiet unassuming player who doesn’t seem to care about personal accolades despite the fact that he’s sure to earn several in the future.

But when you’re as talented as Marshall is, you’re going to draw some attention, like it or not. Marshall was recruited out of Johnson High in St. Paul to play ball at the University of Kansas after a senior season where he averaged 22.4 points per game.

“I mean I was a scorer in high school,” Marshall said.

“My junior year in high school I averaged 16 and we had two other players that were going D1. So I just play my role and do whatever I can to help the team win and I kind of carried that here, so it really doesn’t matter if I score 20 points as long as my team wins and I did something to contribute to that.”

Upon arriving at MSU,

really have to have (higher ranked teams) drop off dramatically.”

Bucher said that the intensity and energy in practice have been very good. The Ice Bears will be prepared to play anyone, especially the Tigers on Jan. 25-26.

“There is a lot of (positivity) on our side in that it’s not going to take a whole lot to keep us focused and excited, based on the fact that our oppo-

dent Government Association.

“That’s probably been my favorite love of working on a college campus, working with college student government because our student government, it’s not a fun and games group,” Doman said. “They’re involved in providing significant student input and I greatly enjoy working with the leadership.”

And indeed, Doman’s influence on SGA has been beneficial to several leaders within the association during his time at MSU, including Andrew Garton, MSU’s foundation scholarship coordinator and former SGA cabinet member who worked closely with Doman when the university made the decision to build the Foster Recreation Center.

Doman was a “grandfatherly figure” to Garton and others on the cabinet between 2006 and 2010, in that he always had good advice, could provide them with a great deal of campus knowledge and a “guiding hand” to take care of SGA’s reputation, Garton said.

Even after becoming the vice president for Student Affairs and no longer required to be involved in SGA, Doman still takes an active role in helping the association, current SGA President Paige Oxendine said.

Doman attends cabinet meetings regularly and Oxendine uses him as a resource when talking to administrators on campus, she said.

This ability to understand student wants and needs has brought Doman respect on

affect the quality by scratching and natural wear and tear on the film.

The cost of showing films will also be cheaper, so it might mean showing films The Moxie loves to show, Stevens said.

“It’s inevitable that we’ll

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Marshall brought that same mindset he had his junior year of high school, do whatever the team asks, but that turned out to be more than he imagined.

“They expected a lot from me from the start,” Marshall said. “But there wasn’t a lot of pressure on me. I mean I’ve played basketball my whole life, it’s just different — the speed, the physicality — but I’ve been playing my whole life. It’s just a game, so I just came in here and tried to do whatever they wanted and whatever I can to help out.”

The mindset that the team comes first paired with his natural ability is what gained the respect of his older teammates, in particular the man he says he most admires on the court, Downing.

“The sky’s the limit for him,” Downing said. “I know his freshman teammate Gavin can score the ball as well but he hasn’t been as consistent as Marcus. The future for MSU is really bright because of him and Gavin.”

Marshall credits Downing for helping to bring out the best in him.

nent is the likes of Mizzou,” Bucher said.

Getting to the National Tournament is going to be easier said than done. Bucher said that a team’s fate could change on “any given weekend.”

“It’s a tough road (to the National Championship), the central division is strong this year and regionals are not going to be easy,” Bucher said.

“But it’s going to be great to be a part of.”

MSU’s Administrative Council, President Clif Smart said.

“Doman has a good pulse” for knowing what the students want, and Smart said he would never make a decision about student affairs without first consulting Doman.

Doman said he feels that he’s leaving the university in good hands, due to the changing of the culture of MSU Administrative Council.

“We have a president now that when we are in the president’s cabinet, the Administrative Council, Clif will often raise that question when we’re working on an issue, ‘how does this affect students?’ So I don’t feel like the lone ranger in trying to put ‘how does this affect students,’” Doman said.

The next chapter

Despite his plans to retire in May, Doman will always be an MSU Bear and plans to be a very present figure on campus and in the community.

He and his wife have season Bears and Lady Bears basketball tickets, Doman intends to teach a few master’s-level courses, while also hitting the green for some golf with Catau and spending time with his grandchildren.

The Domans also plan to endow a scholarship to show their commitment to future students at MSU, including their granddaughter who will be attending the university in fall 2013.

“I haven’t lost any of my enthusiasm,” Doman said. He’s just ready for the next adventure that life and MSU hold.

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have to do something again to keep up with the times,” Stevens said. “We don’t know what will happen next, but the projectors are designed to be upgraded, so we won’t have to start from scratch like we just did.”

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“I look at A.D.; I like the energy he brings to the table,” Marshall said. “Also, A.D. is the only senior on the team, so I really want to do whatever I can to help A.D. out and see that he has a successful last season here.

“I don’t want to see him leave with a disappointing season. I know he worked hard to get here. I just want A.D. to go out with something to have a good memory of.”

No matter how Downing ends his career at MSU, Marshall will more than likely return next season as the leading scorer among returning players.

But Marshall doesn’t feel any pressure after Downing graduates. He’s a guy who is fine going about his business without the fanfare a star player receives, but he’s willing and able to be if that’s what his team needs.

“Like I said, if I score I score, but more importantly I just want to lead my team to some victories,” Marshall said. “I’m willing to take upon the responsibilities of being that guy next year. It’s whatever the coaches want me to do. I’ll be ready.”

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John Cusacks were missing in action at showing Library’s double cult classic movie night planned disappoints

By Nicholas Simpson The Standard

“Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?” — John Cusack, “High Fidelity” (2000).

What’s better than a classic film starring a fledgeling John Cusack? How about a back to back double feature from the actor’s early career punctuated by a Cusackthemed costume contest?

If all this sounds too good to be true, it probably is. An unenthused turnout took the wind out of the sails of a promising night — The Park Central Branch Library’s latest in their film series Cult Couch Thursdays.

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Lyle Foster, a member of NAACP, marched yesterday morning despite the cold temperatures.

“The march was very empowering and it thrills me to see the participation,” he said.

Branch Manager Kelly Miller is a former Missouri University student and has been with the branch since 2011. She said the series is a recent addition to their list of monthly events. At this point it is not a strict weekly event, but several themes and films have been chosen for upcoming weeks.

“We started the Cult Couch Thursdays film series in December,” Miller said.

“I have several staffers that are students, and they had the idea of showing films during Winter Break to attract students who were still in town.”

However, after Winter Break was over, students didn’t flock to the event, which showcased two of Cusack’s lesser-known films.

Director Savage Steve Holland’s 1986 romantic comedy “One Crazy Summer” sees Cusack starring opposite a young Demi Moore. Despite suffering from a narrative too absurd

Cheryl Clay, president of Springfield’s branch of the NAACP, said the event was a great opportunity to promote diversity and inclusiveness.

“I think this celebration is extremely important,” Clay said. “It gives us the chance to all come together and be united regardless of what we believe. We can all march as one to make our city a better place.”

The NAACP plans to sponsor another Martin Luther King march next year too, as the event is an annual one.

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The Jan. 17 Cult Couch Thursday event did not attract as many viewers as expected.

for words, Cusack’s boyish charm and hilarious performance steals the show.

The 1987 comedy “Hot Pursuit” sees Cusack in the role of Danny Bartlett, a struggling student who goes to great lengths to catch up to his wealthy girlfriend’s family vacation to the Caribbean, pitted against a bizarre string of obstacles including murderers and smugglers.

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5. After your flu symptoms are gone, you are no longer contagious.

FACT. After your fever has been gone for at least 24 hours without the help of any medication then you should be fine. But proper handwashing procedures and not sharing drinking cups still applies. Better safe than sorry.

6. Door handles are the worst things to touch during cold and flu season.

Both films are a far cry from “classic” status and neither have garnered any notable cult following, but these gleefully-bad mindnumbing films helped cement the young actor’s success and both saw Cusack in the role he is most adored for: the childishly naive romantic underdog.

There was no charge for admission to the event and

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attendees were encouraged to arrive dressed as their favorite John Cusack character, with a prize — admission for two to downtown’s retro arcade 1984.

Unfortunately there were no band t-shirts and faded jeans from “High Fidelity” or trench coats and boom boxes from “Say Anything” at the event.

“I don’t think anyone dressed up,” Miller said. “It’s too bad.”

Miller said the library event coordinators have already decided on the next Cult Couch event, a Valentine’s Day themed double feature on Feb. 14.

“For Valentine’s Day, we’re showing a double feature of classic romantic comedies, ‘You’ve Got Mail’ and ‘Sleepless in Seattle,’” she said. “We follow it up the next week with “Gremlins,” as an antidote to all that sweetness.”

Despite an underwhelming turnout, Miller said she

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would anything they did with that Corvette have worked.

Nothing.

That Corvette, no matter how awesome it supposedly is, would have run out of gas in about twenty minutes at the speeds he was driving, would have no tires after about an hour — less with the fancy maneuvers he was pulling — and some of the stunts would have crushed the car. Not to mention some of the features of the car

was still pleased with the number of attendees, which inspire her to continue to coordinate these events.

Miller said her staff is very excited for the lineup of other events planned for their branch, including do-it-yourself workshops and informational seminars.

“We’ve got some awesome programs lined up for spring,” she said. “Have you ever wanted to see a 3D Printer in action? Learn about screen printing? Eat pie just because it’s March 14th (3.14)? We’ll be doing all of those things and more.”

Positive responses from the community have prompted Miller’s task of providing more free entertainment for the Springfield downtowner, she said.

“With the success of the Cult Couch Thursdays series, I’m excited to plan more movie nights this year,” she said. “Check our Facebook page to find out what we’ll be offering.”

were wrong, to the extent that it shouldn’t even have worked.

The problem with “The Last Stand” is that I really wanted to enjoy it. I like fun, ridiculous action movies as much as the next person but with this one, I couldn’t enjoy the cheesy oneliners and terrible action because I was too busy being pulled way out of the story and finding everything that was wrong with it.

I suppose the good news is that now he’s back. Arnie has a list of upcoming movies and my fingers are crossed they’re a better return for him than this one.