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Future tuition costs depend on possibility of increased state funding TINSLEY MERRIMAN Staff Reporter @MerrimanTinsley The hot topic on the Missouri State University legislative budget for the 2019-2020 school year is securing more funding for both education and infrastructure across campus.

According to the MSU website, “increased enrollment has resulted in MSU now receiving significantly less state funding per student than any other university in the state.”

The website also reports that “to bring MSU up to the next lowest university would require a $9.5 million appropriation increase. To bring MSU up to the state average would require

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a $39.8 million appropriation increase.”

Since 2001, MSU enrollment has grown from 20,000 students to 26,000. A majority come from Missouri – primarily near the St. Louis and Kansas City regions, as maintained by the Office of the President. But many attend from all over the world, including 82 different countries.

Assistant to the President for Governmental Relations Ryan DeBoef said that a major MSU goal is to petition for more state sponsored funds during the 2019-2020 school year.

“We had been talking to the legislature for several years about the funding,” DeBoef said. “The situation is that for about 30 years state appropriation (the amount of funding received from the state) has gone up and down with no correlation; we are asking the legislature to look into that.”

These fluctuations in funding created pressure for multiple places across campus, including the MoExcels program and the Greenwood Laboratory School. MoExcels is a competitive grant program which provides one-time funds to public universities and community colleges to prepare students for what the state’s workforce needs.

With so many students to aid, lack of funding is having a decidedly negative impact upon its ability to aid those who need it.

Located across from the Hammons and Hutchens residence halls, Greenwood is a K-12 school that provides education

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to over 370 students. Like MSU, it has grown in recent years and is requiring expansion to serve new and returning students. However these renovations have stalled due to lack of funding.

DeBoef confirmed the possibility that students may have to start paying more in tuition.

“The cost of keeping education low means running the university with more and more money. It has an effect on the services we provide for the students,” DeBoef said. “We receive the money from two places: state appropriation and tuition.

Over time, the tuition will be pressured and students will have to pay more.”

But this possibility will only become a reality if the 20192020 legislation budget plan doesn’t go into effect. If the MSU legislation can get more funding from the state, it would mean students won’t have to keep paying more and more for their education. On the other hand, if the legislation falls through, MSU students will see an increase in tuition costs and fees.

The Coordinating Board for Higher Education has requested a three-part plan to obtain more funding for public universities and community colleges, including MSU. This plan is graded on a graduate’s career outcome, the number of complete degrees belonging to the university, and the pass/fail rate of professional exams.

‘We need lasting change.

We need purpose and power.’

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Rock (left) and Calvin Allen march down Jefferson Avenue during the annual Springfield NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. Day March on Jan. 21. Despite freezing temperatures, a large number of people participated in the march.

Toni Robinson, Springfield NAACP president See the story on Page 5.

Missouri Governor Parson highlights workforce, infrastructure in State of the State Address ANDREW UNVERFERTH Staff Reporter @unverferthandr1 Missouri Gov. Mike Parson gave his first State of the State Address on Jan. 16, with a primary focus on bettering Missouri’s infrastructure and improving the situation for the state’s workforce.

Parson opened by thanking his fellow government officials and the people of Missouri.

After introducing the first lady, Parson described his administration’s focus on working for Missourians, mentioning the “bold steps” he feels are necessary to tackle the issues facing the state.

“I will commit to you that bold ideas and tough challenges will not be something we shy

away from,” Parson said.

He went on to discuss some of the problems he believes Missouri faces today.

“The honest truth is that we have not been as efficient as we can be,” Parson said. “We don’t promote our state, our resources, and our people as best we should. And we have not prepared our state well enough for the future, and every Missourian deserves better.”

The governor brought up the issue of an overabundance of priorities in government. The main priorities for this session, he said, should be “cultivating and training our workforce for high-demand jobs and investing in critical infrastructure.”

Parson then went into further detail concerning his hopes for workforce advancement in Missouri. He began by citing the mentorship

program between Eldon, Missouri, schools and the Missouri company Quaker Windows as a model for the training of the next generation of workers.

Addressing the specifics of his budget, Parson mentioned the $75 million allocated for workforce development programs, $22 million towards funding the Fastrack program for training in high-demand areas and $10 million for the Missouri One-Start program aimed at providing incentives for businesses in the state.

After mentioning the $16 million going towards Missouri Excels, a program aimed to increase career readiness for higher education, the governor began to discuss his focus on infrastructure.

He introduced the concept of seeing infrastructure as not only “bricks and mortar, roads

and bridges but also the location in which people look to invest capital and operate the economy of the future.”

Parson noted the importance of statewide high-speed broadband access and the opportunities offered by Missouri’s ports and highways.

According to Parson, Missouri has secured $255 million in federal funding for broadband expansion, $350 million has been freed up in the budget for bridge repair and replacement and a cost-sharing program of $50 million will go towards assisting city and county infrastructure.

Parson also mentioned the adjustments planned for the Department of Corrections, his

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Agriculture professor receives fellowship to develop master’s program in Kenya Benjamin Onyango will spend 90 days in Africa focusing on food security VANNA GUZMAN-SLATER Staff Reporter @vannaslater Of all the things people take for granted, people rarely think about agriculture. People talk about life without cell phones, computers, cars, and, of course, the internet. But what about the security most Americans have in knowing where their next meal is coming from?

Benjamin Onyango, professor of agriculture at Missouri State for over a decade, will partner with Charles Ombuki of Machakos University in Kenya to develop a master’s program in agricultural economics. Onyango previously taught agricultural economics at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Onyango applied for the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship four years ago. This is a fellowship for scholars born in Africa who received their education in either Canada or the United States. It gives them the opportunity to give back what they have learned.

The program is need-based and works by pairing scholars’ resumes to universities or countries that are focusing on what the scholar researches.

The fellowship has been going on for six years and is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Since 2013, 385 fellowships have been awarded.

One core initiative the Kenyan government focuses on is food security, a topic Onyango is

passionate about because of how deeply it affects societies. As the world’s population increases, so do the demands of agriculture.

“Food security tends to help, supplement, complement the other issues,” Onyango said.

His goal is to teach students to harmonize the supply and demand for agriculture in developing countries so that they may continue to grow their health, education and industrial pillars.

“A well-fed mission can deliver in the other sectors,” he said.

Onyango will be in Kenya for 90 days starting in mid-March and carrying over into the summer. During that time, he will help create a master’s program, mentor and train staff, implement ideas for enriching related courses and connect with students in the program.

While he will physically be there for only 90 days, Onyango says he will continue to offer his support for the program. He hopes that by paying his skills forward, he might inspire the next generation of food security leaders and researchers.

For him, this project is all about unleashing potential and passing on skills to inspire future leaders in food security.

Onyango does anticipate challenges — mainly that he will have to adjust his teaching style to the resources, or lack of resources, at the university in Machakos. There may not be computers, and if there are, there may not be internet, so he will have trouble accessing research documents and computer programs that he typically uses to teach at MSU. Onyango said he does not take the convenience and ease of teaching in the U.S. for granted.

Books are going to be a hurdle as well, as Onyango does not know if the university will have enough books for students to use. He worries about transportation, not knowing what

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Benjamin Onyango, a professor of agriculture, explains his research in his office in Karls Hall. Onyango is preparing for a 90-day trip to Kenya. conditions are like in Kenya for students to make it to school.

Onyango estimates that only around five graduate students will take part in the program-but five, he says, will be a lot.

However, Onyango is not easily swayed by these challenges. He believes that given the right tools for success, the program will flourish.

“They have the best brains, but they don’t

have the resources to work with,” Onyango said. He doesn't worry about the natural ability of his students or soon-to-be colleagues, and while he is aware of the many challenges in their way, he is excited to begin the project.

“My intention is to start small, start to grow it, that way you can ensure success and you can learn as you go.” Onyango said.

Board of Governors approves new doctoral program AFTON HARPER Staff Reporter @affie888 The Missouri State University Board of Governors approved a new doctorate program called the Doctorate of Defense and Strategic Studies during a Jan. 16 executive committee meeting.

The program would be very small, Chancellor of Mountain Grove Campus Frank Einhellig said.

They expect to have an average of five new students per year, according to the Jan. 16 Board of Governors agenda.

The DDSS program would be 66 credit hours, but some of these students will be able to earn credits through their Masters of Defense and Strategic Studies.

“To my knowledge, this is a unique program,” Einhellig said. “You don’t have another doctorate of that name in the United States.”

The program would not be considered a Ph.D., but rather a professional doctorate.

The major difference between a Ph.D. and a professional doctorate is that a Ph.D. requires an extensive, original piece of work with an substantial amount of research, Einhellig said.

A professional doctorate only requires some familiarity with research, but students don’t do the same type of dissertation they would when acquiring a Ph.D. Instead, students focus on a capstone project that wouldn’t be nearly as extensive and would be practitioner-oriented.

MSU would hire practitioners from private and public gov-

ernment sectors as instructors for these courses.

The program will still need to be reviewed by the Missouri Department of Higher Education and the regional accrediting body of MSU. It could take approximately six months to a year for the new program to be fully implemented.

Einhellig said the DDSS graduate program is very unique.

He said there is only one other university in the country that offers a similar program, and it costs three times more than what MSU’s program would cost.

MSU currently offers a Masters in Defense and Strategic Studies program in Fairfax, Virginia.

The program was relocated there about 10 years ago to put students closer to defense industries, Einhellig said.

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St. Joseph, Missouri, band Radkey continues to rise to rock ‘n roll notoriety with EP ‘No Strange Cats’ JOEY MUELLER Reviewer Making delicious rock music is a family business for brothers Dee, Isaiah, and Solomon Radke. The trio of comic book and rock music-loving brothers created the band Radkey in their hometown of St. Joseph, Missouri, in 2010.

Since the band’s inception, Radkey has produced an impressive catalog of garage and punk rock tunes with projects such as 2013’s “Cat & Mouse” EP and 2016’s “Delicious Rock Noise” LP. Now the brothers have released their latest project — an EP titled “No Strange Cats.” On this EP, Radkey continues to create fast and aggressive tunes, while experimenting with groovier sounds as well.

The EP starts on a blisteringly hard note with the opening track, “Spiders.” This track features some of my favorite instrumentation on the whole project with shredding guitars and explosive drums galore. The haunting vocals and violent, although nowhere near overthe-top, lyrics pair well together. My only gripe with this song is I really wish it were longer — as it doesn’t even reach a minute and a half in length.

The next track, “Junes,” slows down the pace and features a much groovier side of Radkey. In many ways this track is an expansion of the style found on “Delicious Rock Noise.”

I particularly enjoy the silky smooth guitar work found here.

“Rock & Roll Homeschool” picks the pace back up, but not near the level of “Spiders.”

While I do enjoy Radkey sharing their expe-

riences from their own days as homeschooled kids, I just didn’t think this track offered much we haven’t seen from Radkey before.

“St. Elmwood” is a standout track on this EP. It manages to sound groovy and abrasive without sounding out of place or out of order.

There is also some excellent synth laced into the track that harmonizes well with the vocals. However, this is still definitely a punk song thanks to the pounding drums and excellent guitar riffs. Here, Radkey shares their experiences of small-town boredom in a more effective way than “Rock & Roll Homeschool.”

Finally, the EP closes out with the track “Not Smart.” This song starts of a bit slow and methodical, but then explodes into the best guitar solo and instrumental on the entire project. This song again helps showcase Radkey’s

excellent ability to combine grooves with harder traditional punk sounds.

“No Strange Cats” is altogether one of the best examples of Radkey’s dualistic style to date — from song to song, and even within songs, we can see Radkey transitioning from classic sounding, groovy rock music to abrasive garage punk. I certainly hope Radkey expands this project into a full LP later this year, but this short sampling is more than enough to hold me over until the band releases more material.

Rating: 8/10 Genre: Punk Rock, Garage Rock Album Length: 13:59 Favorite Tracks: Spiders, Junes, St. Elmwood, Not Smart Least Favorite Tracks: Rock & Roll Homeschool

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From Brazil to America: ‘Even if we can’t see it yet, the wall is already there’ CLAUDIA CHIARI FERREIRA DE SOUZA Guest Columnist

As a Brazilian, I grew well-accustomed to always being surrounded by walls. Because of the lack of security the country has unfortunately been fraught with for some time, it is very common to live in homes surrounded by high walls with electric fences and advanced security systems.

For me, the idea has always been somewhat claustrophobic. I liked it when I visited the house of a friend, who lived in the Old Town — the historic district of Belem — where the houses are side by side and few have walls surrounding them. It was very cozy to see the neighbors sitting on the sidewalks at the end of the day, watching the movement of people in the streets. It is a very characteristic and regional scenario for me.

One friend who lived in this house unfortunately had to move after her house was robbed — something that happens a lot with those who do not have all those security devices.

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United States to visit my sister who lived in Illinois, I remember being able to see the fronts of the houses and enchanting myself with everything, since it was rare to see walls here. For houses with huge front yards, the green of the gardens were the only thing that separated — or united — one house to another.

I will never forget the moment we drove through my sister's neighborhood for the first time and saw all this. And the idea that the people who lived there should feel so free was something I kept in mind for so long.

After this trip, I was determined to come and live here.

And I did.

The United States, for me, has always been a country of freedom. As the national anthem itself says, "The land of the free."

And that freedom captivated me, and made all the obstacles of leaving my parents and migrating away from the comfort of my home seem worthwhile. And I'm not going to lie, to be here is nothing but a privilege.

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es I have available for my education and I know it is an incredible opportunity. But the feeling of freedom that I always thought I would feel, unfortunately I have not yet found. Maybe, just the contrary, I've never felt so un-free in life.

Here, I met all the labels that fit me. I discovered that my Brazilian nationality is my origin, my race and my color. I understood that I am a woman and what is expected of me, thanks to my gender. I had to choose a label for my sexual identity and I learned that it would also create preconceived ideas about me.

But before all this, what matters is that I am an immigrant, which is not necessarily bad, despite always being at least "exotic" (you can decide what you think about that).

So, when the idea of building a wall to separate this whole country from all foreigners came up, it did not surprise me.

Not at all.

Because if you are an immigrant like me, you also know that even if we can’t see it yet, the wall is already there.

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Eco-friendly SOAP Refill Station aims to ‘spread the love’ In just six months, MSU alumna Anne Devort saved 480 plastic bottles from the waste bin

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round six months ago, SOAP Refill Station — an eco-friendly alternative whose goal is to reduce single-use plastic waste in landfills and waterways — opened on South Campbell Avenue in downtown Springfield, making it the first of its kind.

SOAP is a locally-owned business that offers people throughout the Springfield community an affordable and sustainable way to refill essential products such as soaps, creams, oils and cleaning supplies.

Customers either bring a container of their own, buy a new one, or grab a free bottle from the donation bin. The next step is weighing the container with a SOAPtender, an employee, before picking a product.

Customers then have the option to personalize their products with things like essential oils and stain remover.

“You can get as crazy as you want with customization,” Anne Devort, store owner, said. “If you wanted to do an unscented hand soap and add patchouli, lime, ginger and lavender to it — that’s an option.”

After graduating from Missouri State University with an electronic arts degree, Devort and her boyfriend Adam Mckay moved to Washington, a small mountain town in Northern California.

While there, Devort spent four years working with a woman who owned a local store named Save Our

Ailing Planet in the nearby town of Nevada City, California.

Devort said she wanted to “spread the love” by opening a similar store in Springfield. Initially, she was uncertain whether or not SOAP would be a success compared to a place like California where it was a clear fit.

“I’ve been blown away by the response,” Devort said. “Our demographic here is all over the place.

You’ve had the trendy couple, the poor couple, the hippie couple, the elderly couple.”

Devort said she feels that an option like this would be especially beneficial for college students who are on a budget.

According to Devort, you can get shampoo, conditioner, body wash, laundry soap, and toilet bowl cleaner all for just $5 at SOAP, depending on how much you get.

Springfield native Shanell Rullman was originally drawn to SOAP because of the prices. During her first visit, Rullman realized the various ways she could help the environment which inspired her to adopt a zero-waste lifestyle.

“It’s extremely important to have eco-friendly options,” Rullman said. “If we don’t do something now, even small steps, we likely won’t have a nice planet to live on anymore. We need to take care of our lovely Mother Earth.”

Rullman said her favorite products include the lavender shampoo and conditioner and the parsley plus cleaning spray, which she uses nearly every day to clean her kitchen and bathroom.

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Around six months ago, Anne Devort opened up SOAP with the goal of reducing single-use plastic waste.

Springfield Mercantile Co., another eco-friendly store in Springfield on East Commercial Street, sells accessories such as wooden toilet bowl cleaners, scrubbers and organic cloths that can be used with SOAP products.

Zoe Dael Rain Haggard, a student at OTC, heard about SOAP from her roommate and switched to their products immediately.

Haggard said using eco-friendly products is not only beneficial to your health, but it also helps to conserve energy and reduce plastic waste, as well as pollution and contamination to our water and air.

The most widely sold product at SOAP has been free and clear laundry soap. According to Devort, they’ve refilled 120 gallons worth of laundry soap four times in a mere six months, amounting to about 480 plastic bottles saved from the trash.

Devort said the second most popular thing is the oil bar, which is what she personally uses the most. The oil bar includes skin care oils, essential oils, basic carrier oils, face creams, face washes, exfoliants and clays.

Haggard said her favorite products are oils which she uses for face moisturizers, serums and hair products.

DAVE AICHOLTZ/THE STANDARD A few examples of oil products Essential oils and other products line the shelves at include jojoba oil, rosehip seed, carSOAP Refill Station on South Campbell Avenue. rot seed and argan oil.

There are local handmade items as well. Devort said her aunt makes wool dryer balls and her cousin makes palm free bar soap which allows you to slice off however much you want. The scents vary depending on the season.

Devort said there are over 50 distributors that she orders from, all of which support the refill mission, meet ingredient standards and have a brand identity that is generally recognizable to customers.

A few distributors include EO and ECOS. Devort said buying in bulk allows them to resell products at a significantly lower price.

Getting rid of the intimidating price factor associated with natural body care and house care is Devorts’ main goal.

“Natural face creams are $60-70 for half an ounce at Sephora,” Devort said. “Our most expensive one is $5 for an entire ounce.”

However, a customer does not have to buy an entire ounce. Devort said everything is a la carte, allowing customers to pay only for what they want, in the volume they want.

SOAP gives customers a chance to customize their beauty and household products both financially and personally.

For more information about SOAP, visit www.getmosoap.com.

Money can affect your academic performance Only 16 percent of low-income students graduate. Here’s what Missouri State is doing to combat the numbers.

LAYNE STRACENER Senior Reporter @LayneStracener Senior psychology major Amaris Clay would not have been able to attend Missouri State University if she did not receive two scholarships that paid her tuition in full.

Clay comes from a family that qualifies as a low-income household.

“I feel as if people assume that just because you are in college, you are not from a low-income background,” Clay said.

A family is considered low-income if their taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level amount. The poverty level amount for a three-person household is $31,170 in all states except Alaska and Hawaii, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

In Missouri, this means that a family of three with one individual working for $10 per hour full time and one individual working minimum wage full time lands in the middle of the low-income threshold after a standard, joint tax deduction, at an average of $37,220 per year.

At MSU, the TRIO program offers resources for students from low-income households.

To qualify for TRIO, you must be a first-generation student, have a documented disability or be a low-income student.

Karen Grosso, assistant director of TRIO Student Support Services, estimates that about 95 percent of TRIO students come from low-income families.

These students often do not have emotional or financial support, Grosso said, so TRIO

strives to provide this support.

TRIO offers advising, tutoring, social activities, money for cultural activities such as plays or museum visits, a career exploration program, peer mentoring, help finding internships and jobs and financial aid and financial literacy workshops “They’re not only getting educational support, but they’re also getting social support and emotional support,” Grosso said. “MSU is trying to do their part by providing a quality education for them as well as internship possibilities, work study jobs, experience and possible jobs through the connections of the Career Center.”

While 60 percent of the wealthiest college students graduate, only about 16 percent of low-income students do, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

When low-income students don’t graduate, it’s most often because of money issues and/ or poor performance, Grosso said. Most low-income students work while attending classes, which makes it difficult to devote enough time to their studies. Many of these students have full-time jobs while attending college full time.

Some low-income students also have additional responsibilities such as children or other immediate family members who rely on them for monetary support. Many students send money to their parents after they receive grant money, including Clay who has sent her parents money to help them pay bills.

In “Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much,” Harvard researchers Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir found that if someone is scarce on a resource, they tend to over-focus on that resource, pushing away other information and making it difficult to accomplish other goals.

Grosso said students from low-income households often don’t know how to handle their money. She said this can carry over after college because these students don’t learn how to save money, and they are more willing to give money to their family.

Low-income students often get more stu-

dent loans than they need and think it will be easy to pay them off after college, Grosso said.

Sometimes, those extra loans go to pay off other debts or to help family members with their debts.

“They don’t realize it’s difficult to pay off all those loans when you graduate because you have other expenses as well,” Grosso said.

The average student loan debt for graduates from a 4-year university stands at $26,600, according to collegescholarships.org.

TRIO’s financial aid and financial literacy workshops are required for TRIO students.

The workshops discuss credit, debt, budgeting, paying off student loans and more. MSU also offers financial literacy courses.

“The financial literacy courses and workshops are provided for students to understand how to manage their money so they can crawl out of the low-income hole they find themselves in,” Grosso said.

Other resources MSU provides to low-income students are work study, financial aid scholarships geared toward these students and the Well of Life food pantry located at 418 S. Kimbrough Ave.

Other food pantries in the community available to students are Victory Mission and Central Assembly.

MSU made several efforts last year to remain affordable, including increasing scholarships.

The Missouri State Promise Scholarship benefits low-income students who have not qualified for other academic scholarships or aid. This year, MSU increased the value of that scholarship from $1,000 to $1,500 and expanded criteria to nearly double the number of incoming freshmen who receive the scholarship.

MSU qualifies more students for the Pell Grant and Access Missouri scholarship programs than any other 4-year university in Missouri, according to the MSU website.

Thirty-three percent of full-time undergraduate students at MSU were awarded the Pell Grant in 2016, according to the 2017 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System report.

To qualify for the federal Pell Grant, you must be an undergraduate student whose total

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NAACP president challenges community to create change at annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March

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Springfield NAACP president Toni Robinson (left) gives a speech at the event about the importance of fighting against injustice.

Above, supporters walk in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march.

LAYNE STRACENER Senior Reporter @LayneStracener A diverse crowd of people braved the cold early Monday morning for the NAACP’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March and Celebration.

The march began at the Mediacom Ice Park at 9 a.m., and the crowd marched to the Gillioz Theatre for a program that featured a Springfield black history presentation from the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library.

It also included an art contest for students in local elementary and middle schools, a spoken word poetry performance by Untamed Tongues, a theatre performance about social justice and musical performances including three songs from the Missouri State University Multicultural Ensemble. The program ended with a step performance from members of Alpha Phi Alpha, the same fraternity Martin Luther King Jr. was in.

Missouri’s new NAACP President Toni Robinson said the event is important because it creates awareness of the NAACP and injustice. Her goal was to challenge people to question themselves and create change.

“I hope my presence challenges people,” Robinson said. “I really hope that they dig within themselves and find out what our community needs and how they can solve the issues.”

Robinson gave a speech at the event about the importance of fighting against injustice. She was sworn into office in December and is the first new

president since 2011. She has been a member of the NAACP for two years.

“Being excited about my new, young face is not enough,” Robinson said. “We need lasting change. We need purpose and power. We need strategic organizing … We need non-violent persistence. We need to hold our elected officials and city leaders accountable. We need to call one another out on the words and behaviors that do not reflect the progress we are pursuing.”

Robinson said fighting for equality is especially important in Missouri. In August, the NAACP Travel Advisory called for African-Americans to exercise caution when traveling to Missouri because of race-based incidents occurring throughout the state.

“This state and this region has not been a very welcoming place for brown and black folks,” Robinson said. “Laws and policies from Washington D.C. to Greene County have robbed us of our rights. I realize that there are a lot of setbacks, but I don’t believe it’s impossible to overcome those setbacks.”

Robinson said this year’s crowd was the most diverse she has seen.

MSU alumnus John Chiles went to the event for the first time to support the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “I think it’s important to carry on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and fight to make things truly just, especially in today’s political climate,” Chiles said. “When Barack Obama was president, a lot of people thought

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we had moved past racism.

In the past few years, we’ve seen that this isn’t the case.

I think it’s important to stand up for equality.”

Springfield resident Sunny Cleeton attended the march for the eighth year.

She said it’s important to support the black community and remember history.

“I think it’s important to support community engagement,” Cleeton said.

“I also think it’s important that we recognize the problems within our community, as far as race relations are concerned, and find a peaceful resolution to these issues we witness in our community, especially in today’s political climate.”

Robinson said her goals are to revamp the social media and website presence and committee organization. She is also planning to create a budget and hold events and fundraisers this year.

“I want to revitalize this unit and help the community in a better way,” Robinson said.

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family income is below $50,000. However, most Pell Grant money goes to students with a total family income below $20,000, according to scholarships.com.

A portion of low-income students who qualify for the Pell Grant also qualify for Access Missouri, which offers between $1,500 and $2,850 for fouryear colleges on a need basis, according to the Missouri Department of Higher Education.

Like Clay, health communications major Tre Pryor decided to go to MSU because of the scholarships he received.

Pryor, a senior, has been a member of TRIO since his freshman year.

Pryor said TRIO’s resources are helpful to him as a first-generation, low-income student and that MSU provides enough resources to cover his needs.

“It’s really helpful just having people to help me through my college career that can make sure I’m still doing okay and passing my classes and getting the resources I need to succeed,” Pryor said.

“I think it’s really good that we have a program for low-income and first-generation students.”

Pryor said one way TRIO could be improved is by ensuring high school students are aware of the program; it would be helpful to know about these resources before they apply to college.

Clay said low-income students would benefit from food pantries on campus and transportation resources to help them get home over breaks or to places such as the grocery store.

Clay also said she wishes all low-income students could receive work study.

Not every student who qualifies receives work study, because “the number of students who qualify for work study is much greater than the allotment that the university receives,” according to the MSU website.

Clay said she thinks resources like TRIO should be advertised more so more people are aware of them. TRIO advertises by participating in SOAR and presenting in GEP classes, Grosso said.

Clay said that while there is always room for improvement, TRIO has provided her a great network and support system. Someone in the office is always available to help her find a solution to any problem, and she benefits from meeting with her advisor three times each semester, she said.

“Having to meet with my advisor keeps me motivated because I would hate to disappoint her,” Clay said. “From the stipends to the free tutors, TRIO has been an integral part of my success here at Missouri State.”

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THE FUTURE OF BASKETBALL Top recruits, teams from across the country play in 35th Bass Pro Shops Tournament of Champions AMANDA SULLIVAN Sports Editor @mandasullivan14 A crowd of 9,234 filled a darkened JQH Arena. Phone flashlights lit up the arena, and the deafening sound of spectators cheering filled the air as CBS Sports Network went live.

At 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, McEachern High School of Powder Springs, Georgia, and Sunrise Christian Academy of Bel Aire, Kansas, faced off for the title in the final game of the 35th Bass Pro Shops Tournament of Champions.

McEachern, led by junior guard Sharife Cooper, came into the tournament undefeated while Sunrise Christian entered with just one loss.

McEachern started the tournament against Springfield Catholic on Thursday night and demolished the Irish 7542. Cooper led the Indians with 28 points, shooting 70.5 percent from the field.

Senior Jake Branham led Catholic, one of two local teams, in the tournament. In Catholic’s first game, he had nine points and five rebounds.

When the Irish lost 63-57 to Belleville West of Belleville, Illinois, on Friday, Branham had 24 points, five rebounds and two assists. Irish head coach Dustin Larsen noticed an improved composure from his team in the second game.

“I was extremely proud of our guys,” Larsen said. “I’m really excited to see our guys settle in and compete at a high level.”

With two losses, Catholic settled into the seventh place game to play against the other local school in the tournament: Parkview.

Parkview started the tournament with a loss to Memphis East. Parkview battled throughout the game, but the Mustangs ended up with the 55-41 win led by senior James Wiseman, the No. 1 recruit in the country.

Wiseman, along with teammate Malcolm Dandridge, signed to

(Left) Senior guard Grant Sherfield of Sunrise Christian Academy shoots a fadeaway jumper against McEachern. BRADLEY BALSTERS/THE STANDARD (Top) Rainier Beach senior Micah Monroe goes for the layup. KAITLYN STRATMAN/THE STANDARD (Bottom) Missouri State commit Tyem Freeman watches his Parkview teammates play against Rainier Beach on Jan. 18. Freeman tore his ACL and is out for the rest of the season after having surgery. KAITLYN STRATMAN/THE STANDARD play at the University of Memphis. Parkview’s second game was a rough one against Rainier Beach of Seattle, Washington.

Rainier Beach dominated the game, winning 75-46.

Parkview juniors Nakai Johnson and Dontae Taylor had 15 and 13 points, respectively, and senior Latre Morrison had

10 points, but it wasn’t enough for Parkview.

Parkview was missing Missouri State-commit Tyem Freeman due to an ACL tear. Before the season-ending injury, Freeman averaged 28.2 points per game. He had surgery earlier in the week, and showed up on crutches to support his team.

The game between Parkview and Catholic drew a great local crowd, and Catholic pulled out the 64-61 win over the Vikings.

Branham, again, led the way for the Irish with 23 points and 10 rebounds.

Branham’s combined performance of all three games earned him a spot on the

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All-Tournament team.

McEachern’s second win was over a scrappy Shadow Mountain team from Phoenix, Arizona.

In the Matadors’ first game, they defeated Belleville West 74-57. Shadow Mountain’s head coach Mike Bibby started the tournament on the wrong

side of the Springfield crowd; he got a technical with 2:29 left in the third quarter.

Shadow Mountain’s second game against McEachern was ugly for the Matadors. Bibby’s team collected three technical fouls all together. Senior guard

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As Winter Storm Harper sweeps across the Midwest, so does head coach Kellie Harper with her storm of Lady Bears, taking two road wins in Illinois.

Missouri State traveled to Peoria, Illinois, to face off against the Bradley Braves on Jan. 18. One thing the Lady Bears had to worry about entering the game was Bradley forward Chelsea Brackmann.

Entering the game, Brackmann averaged a double-double, 12.5 points and 10.9 rebounds per game.

“Well we’ve actually talked about our post defense and who we’ve been going against starting last week,” Harper said before heading on the road trip. “We’re going through a pretty good stretch of seeing really good post players.”

The first quarter started with a seven-point run thanks to a 3-pointer from senior Danielle Gitzen.

Missouri State slowed down after the run, only scoring eight more points in the quarter. However, the Lady Bears held the Braves to just nine points the entire quarter.

In the second quarter, the Lady Bears’ offense caught fire, scoring 22 points. Junior Alexa Willard led the way by scoring seven points going 3-for-5 from the field, with one being a 3-pointer.

At half, the Lady Bears led the Braves 37-24. In the first half, MSU held Bradley to just making one 3-pointer and

As snow hits the ground and sharp freezing temperatures continue, beach volleyball season nears for Missouri State.

Last week the beach volleyball team released its schedule for the season.

To start their second ever season, Bears will head down to Fort Worth, Texas, to play in the Horned Frogs Challenge on March 1-2.

In the tournament, they face Grand Canyon University, Georgia State, Tulane and Texas Christian University.

All these programs, other than Georgia State, have three or more years of experience.

Georgia State is beginning its first season this spring.

The Bears then heads back to California where they played most of their games last year.

The Bears face some opponents they’ve seen before. Missouri State has rematches set against Long Beach, Vanguard, Irvine Valley College and Loyola Marymount.

Last year, the Bears beat Vanguard and Irvine Valley College but lost to Long Beach and Loyola Marymount. Both Long Beach and Loyola Marymount were ranked.

After California, the Bears return home to host their first ever tournament: the MSU Beach Invitational. Ottawa, Park University and Missouri Baptist were invited to the tournament.

The tournament will be held March 22-23.

Missouri State faced Ottawa before and it’s the only team the Bears are familiar with in the tournament. Last year, Ottawa was Missouri State’s only home game, and the Bears won all 10 sets.

With the tournament over, Missouri State will play its final home match on March 27 with a rematch against Park.

The Bears then head back on the road going to Monroe, Louisiana. Missouri State competes against the University of New Orleans, Houston Baptist and Louisiana Monroe.

Houston Baptist is the only team last year to have a winning record at 17-15.

The Bears then finish the season just like last year by heading to Columbia, South Carolina. Missouri State will have rematches against College of Charleston, South Carolina and Tulane.

Though MSU will competes against University of North Carolina Wilmington who they’ve never played before.

Last year the Bears ended the year on a four-game losing streak, losing every game in South Carolina.

In all, Missouri State is set to play 24 games this year, compared to 17 last year.

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Freshman Jasmine Franklin goes for the rebound against her Little Rock opponent. Franklin is averaging 9.8 points and 7.3 rebounds so far this season. She has started in all but two of the Lady Bears’ games. shooting 25 percent from the field.

The Braves tried to fight back as they outscored the Lady Bears 13-12 in the third quarter. Five different players scored for the Braves during the quarter, though they only ever managed to shrink the lead to 12 by the end of the third.

The Lady Bears ended up with a 68-56 win after back and forth scoring from both teams.

MSU earned its first road win of the season and a winning record for the first time this season, 8-7.

Willard led all scorers with 18 points. Not far behind her were Gitzen and sophomore Brice Calip who scored 15 points.

The starters led the team to the win with all but two, Gitzen and sophomore Abby Hipp, playing more than 30 minutes. Gitzen was one minute shy with 29 minutes of playing time, while Hipp played 14 minutes.

“Obviously we try to use our bench, and we didn’t get our substitutions in the second half as much as we wanted,” Harper said on the postgame radio show. “Just the way the

game was going, a lot of times you’re going with your veterans in those situations to match the physicality.”

For the Braves, Brackmann had 12 points, 13 rebounds, two assists, six steals and one turnover.

“We played her okay for several possessions, and we goofed up a couple of them,” Harper said. “We let her get something easy, but 4-for-12, she is still having to work to get 12 points.”

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Missouri State ended up going on a 11-2 run to end the quarter.

Missouri State kept their foot on the gas pedal, scoring 20 points in the second quarter. At half, Missouri State held Illinois State to shooting 26.1 from the field.

The Lady Bears also forced the Redbirds to commit nine turnovers.

The Lady Bears took over in the third quarter, as they outscored the Redbirds 15-12.

Gitzen led the way by scoring seven in the quarter.

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Knowlton said it would mean a lot to him if MSU brought back wrestling as an official sport someday.

“I have tried my best to make wrestling a part of the MSU community,” Knowlton said. “I think it would also do a lot for the wrestling community here in Springfield. A team here would garner more interest in the sport in the surrounding areas, and give middle and high school students in the area more opportunities to succeed.”

the 14-point hole but only ever got as close as 10 points.

In the end, Missouri State beat Illinois State 59-47. This is the lowest amount of points the Lady Bears have ever scored in a win.

The Bears shot 35.1 percent from the field, which is lower than their season average of 41 percent.

Gitzen lead the team in scoring with 21 points, only one away from her season high. Calip was next with 12 points.

They were the only two to score in the double digits for the Lady Bears.

The Lady Bears come back home on an eight-game win streak and a perfect 5-0 in conference play.

Missouri State will face Loyola on Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. Loyola is 9-7 overall and 3-2 in conference play.

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to Normal, Illinois, to face the Illinois State Redbirds.

Senior Simone is averaging a team high 16.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Junior Tete Maggett is second in scoring with 15.6 points.

Illinois State’s defense has allowed the least amount of points in the Missouri Valley Conference with opposing teams averaging 59.3 points.

In the beginning of the first quarter, the Redbird defense was suffocating the Lady Bears, forcing them to miss their first 10 shots of the game.

Springfield area.

“Wrestling is a great sport,” Tomasi said. “You are the only person out there on the mat competing out at a time against somebody else. No props. No balls. No things to hit the balls with. It is just one-on-one.

“There is a lot of character building that goes on for these kids. It is a great for developing self-confidence and ability to think under pressure and function as a team.”

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but would like to see it flourish.

One of the club’s primary missions is competition, which is fulfilled by the open mat sessions. The other mission is service. Tomasi said the club likes to promote the sport and help out around the southwest Missouri area.

Several former club members are now referees for kids’ clubs and other area wrestling events. Knowlton is currently an assistant coach at a local middle school in the

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Missouri State started an NCAA wrestling team in 1963, but it disbanded in 1994. The club wrestling team has been active since 1999.

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Missouri State may not have an official wrestling team, but they do have a group of students and faculty dedicated to the sport who come together at least once a week to participate in it.

That is the MSU wrestling club.

“We come together each week to do some wrestling and have some fun,” faculty advisor Tom Tomasi said.

Tomasi has participated in the group since it began in 1999. The group was started up by a handful of students and faculty that had a deep passion for wrestling.

The club became an official group on Aug. 30, 1999, when it held its first meeting with the original 10 members.

After MSU’s official wrestling team was disbanded in 1994, the university went several years without any type of wrestling on campus.

Tomasi said the plan was to continue intramurals, but MSU stopped and got rid of the wrestling mats after minimal interest was shown in the sport.

The club currently has about 10 student and faculty members from the university with the hope that numbers could spike with more publicity around campus.

“The wrestling club hasn’t been anything like an (NCAA) varsity team,” Tomasi said. “We have yet to go to a competition. We just haven’t had enough participants that wanted to get that serious about it.

I think a lot of it is nobody knows we exist.”

Club President Chuck Knowlton, a senior psychology major, said the club is ideally for people who can’t get enough of wrestling even though they decided not to wrestle or could not wrestle at the collegiate level.

“It’s a really great group of athletes,” Knowlton said. “We just have a lot of fun when we’re in the room.”

Tomasi said he hasn’t selected times for practice this semester yet,

but they try to find times when most people are available, usually one evening and one afternoon during the week.

The open mat sessions are organized like practice would be. Tomasi said there is no coach giving the wrestlers drills, and there are no whistles that will stop the action.

“You just pair up with somebody your size and wrestle until you’re tired,” Tomasi said. “You’re sort of on your own.”

Knowlton said most of the members have training in folkstyle, freestyle and Greco wrestling.

Folkstyle wrestling is what is used in youth wrestling through college while freestyle and Greco are used in international wrestling, such as Olympic or world championship events.

“We typically mix it up at practice as far as what style we do on any given day,” Knowlton said.

The club, which started out as just wrestling on a rug in McDonald Arena, now has an official wrestling mat with the MSU Bears logo that is located in the Foster Rec Center where the club occasionally practices.

They also practice in the Hammons Student Center.

Tomasi said the club has uniforms as well in case they travel to an open tournament in the near future.

But Tomasi hasn’t been able to accomplish that goal just yet.

“We just haven’t been able to make it to that level and get enough interest going,” Tomasi said. “People don’t know we’re doing it. If we could practice at a dedicated place where people could walk by and go, ‘Hey, I didn’t know we had a wrestling team.’ We might pick up a few more.

“If we got a bigger team, maybe we could get some people who are serious enough about going to a tournament which would be cool.”

Tomasi said he would like to get enough momentum and interest in club wrestling at MSU that they could invite another university with a club team to campus.

However, he admitted he has not been very successful at that so far,

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Jaelen House earned his first technical of the tournament against McEachern, but he put up 24 points and seven steals.

Shadow Mountain’s shot at third place was cut off by Memphis East on Saturday night when Wiseman put up his third double-double of the tournament.

He ended the game with 24 points and 22 rebounds, breaking the records for an individual single game rebounds record with 22 and individual tournament rebounds record with a total of 51.

“I’m just out there playing, but that’s a great accolade to have under my belt. It’s truly an honor,” Wiseman said.

House was called for his second technical in the third place game, and the crowd cheered to celebrate the call. Shadow Mountain ended the tournament with five total technicals: two on Bibby, two on House and one on senior Jalen Williams.

Sunrise Christian Academy had a fairly easy trip to the final game due to outstanding performances from junior Nfaly Dante’ and senior Grant Sherfield.

In the Buffaloes’ first game against Rainier Beach, Dante’ had 18 points and five rebounds. Sherfield had 13 points and six rebounds. Sunrise Christian won 66-45.

Rainier Beach’s MarJon Beauchamp put on a show throughout the tournament, putting up a total of 30 points and 19 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to put his team in winning position. The Vikings ended in sixth place after losing 72-69 to Belleville West.

The Buffaloes played Wiseman and the rest of the Tiger gang for their second game and managed to contain everyone except for Wiseman and his double-double for most of the matchup.

They ended up winning 50-34, led by junior Jordan Turner’s 16 points and Sherfield’s 13 points.

The final game of the tournament was a face off between No. 2 McEachern and No. 14 Sunrise Christian. Both teams won their first two games and were looking for the third and final win for the championship title.

The game started without much hype. Most spectators had no preference to who won, so the crowd was eerily quiet once the first quarter began.

Sunrise Christian took an early lead in and out of the first quarter, leading 12-5 after the first eight minutes.

McEachern shot 16.7 percent from the field in the first quarter but quickly adjusted for the second. The Indians closed within three heading into the locker rooms, leaving the score at 22-19. The overall play was strategic and slow, with neither team making more than four points off fastbreaks the entire game.

The third quarter started similar to the first, with the Buffaloes pushing their lead to as many as 10 before the Indians could close it to five. Dante had six of his 21 points in the third quarter alone.

The final quarter was a battle between Dante and Cooper. Both teams combined for 13 points in the fourth to tie it at 41 at the end of regulation.

In overtime, Cooper showed why he’s one of the top recruits from the 2020 class. He put up seven points, shooting 66.7 percent from the field.

With 26 seconds on the clock, Cooper drove to the basket but passed the ball to senior Quinton McElroy when no shot was available.

By the time the ball was in McElroy’s hands, Cooper had sprinted to the corner, was open for the pass and made a 3-pointer with pressure coming in his face.

“We guarded him really well on the drive, and — he looked like Steph Curry — he passed it and sprinted to the corner, and we took our eyes off of him for one second,” Sunrise Christian head coach Luke Barnwell said. “We still contested it, but he still made it.”

With plenty of time left on the clock, Sunrise Christian looked for a 3-point shot of their own to take a one-point lead.

A few passes around the lower court gave Sherfield a go-ahead shot from outside the arc, but it bounced off the rim, and that sealed

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McEachern senior Jared Jones waits for the ball to be passed inbounds. the deal on the fate of the Buffaloes.

Cooper was fouled and went to the line.

He made both free throws, and the Indians won 50-46 in overtime.

“We are extremely excited to have come to this tournament and been able to win a championship,” McEachern head coach Mike Thompson said. “It means a lot to our team. For us to be a group of guys that come out of a small community and have players that work extremely hard, you have to understand this is a pretty big notch in our belt.

“I think it makes it even better because this place is so special, and the people treat you so well. If you were in the city of Atlanta, you couldn’t draw half that many people to watch two teams that nobody knew. What you have there is just so unique.”

McEachern is still undefeated at 17-0, and Sunrise Christian moved to 14-2 after the loss.

Most fans had filed out of the arena, as players and coaches of McEachern stood on the court smiling and celebrating.

Sharife Cooper signed autographs and did interviews with national media as the college and pro scouts looked on, waiting to see what Cooper would do next.

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hopes for increased efficiency in Missouri government and the progress that he, his cabinet and his administration have already made, including “the state’s largest deregulation effort.”

The governor also reflected on several difficulties Missouri has experienced recently, including a drought and the boating incident in Branson which killed 17 people in July 2018.

He then recognized three law enforcement officers in the room who had been shot

on-duty in the last year.

Towards the end of his address, Parson reiterated his focus on infrastructure and expanding the workforce, brought up the improvements planned for Missouri healthcare and mentioned his plan to curb Medicaid costs next session.

Parson closed his speech by telling the story of a young man taking control of his life with the mantra “If it is to be, it is up to me.” He concluded by amending this mantra to “If it is to be, it is up to us.”