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Seniors Taylor Moody and Slayton Boone were crowned 2014 homecoming king and queen.

Grupo Latino celebrates 25 years helping Springfield

Slayton Boone, senior socio-political communication major, and Taylor Moody, senior entertainment management, were voted in as 2014 homecoming king and queen.

The student body voted until Oct. 17, before the winners were announced at halftime during the homecoming football game on Oct. 18.

All the candidates went through a selective interview process with different judges before campaigning and sponsoring homecoming events.

Moody said she plans to use her time as queen by giving back to the university and promote school spirit all year.

“With this title, I am excited to start giving back to the university and community by supporting philanthropic efforts put on by student organizations, as well as giving my time and efforts to different community service activities within Springfield,” Moody said.

Nii Kpakpo Abrahams and Allyson Liefer won king and queen last year.

Abrahams said, as king, he was required to host STAR Awards and was asked to host or emcee different events as well as continuing to be plugged into campus.

“As king and queen, you don’t really have spelled out duties,” Abrahams said. “There’s a service component to it, but for Ally and I, since we were already plugged into the community, it wasn’t difficult.”

Liefer said, while she did not get much sleep while working during homecoming week, she did get to interact with students on a more personal level.

“The best part of campaigning last year was having the privilege of

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meeting and participating in events with other outstanding student leaders and their organizations,” Liefer said.

Both Abrahams and Liefer said they took their titles seriously as it made them representatives of MSU. “Influence is something that I personally value a lot and knowing that I had a platform to influence others and be an example to students was awesome,” Abrahams said.

Francis Ahrens, senior public relations major, is the royalty chair on the homecoming committee, a position he applied for last spring. Ahrens also ran for homecoming king last year and said he wanted to be on the other side of homecoming planning.

Some of his responsibilities included getting sashes for the candidates, finding judges, making sure candidates followed all campaign rules and keeping track of the candidate-sponsored events.

Even though the nature of voting for homecoming king and queen is competitive, Ahrens said he wants to make sure the first priority for the candidates and students is to keep homecoming fun.

“I just wanted to make sure everyone was having a good time and not getting too competitive,” Ahrens said.

Ahrens said he enjoyed seeing, not only campus get involved in homecoming events, but the whole Springfield community. Springfield Mayor Bob Stephens served as a judge, and several local businesses and charities voiced their support for the Bears.

Ahrens said all students can find a way to be involved and enjoy homecoming week even if they are not affiliated with a student organization.

“Next year when you are looking at homecoming, get involved, it’s truly one of the best weeks Missouri State has to offer for students,” Ahrens said.

Students serving up lunch Carrie’s Cafe opens for business, providing hands-on experience and hand-held delights

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Oct. 18 is now known as Grupo Latinoamericano Day, according to Springfield Mayor Bob Stephens.

Although the mayor wasn’t present, he sent a letter announcing the news at the Grupo Latinoamericano’s 25th anniversary celebration on Saturday, Oct. 18, in the Plaster Student Union.

The group, often called Grupo Latino, is a not-for-profit organization that brings together Spanish, Latino and non-Hispanic cultures by helping newcomers adjust to the area, said its president, Yolanda Lorge.

There is no paid staff. All involved are volunteers who come together and help in the community.

She said they meet with individuals and families who are new to the area and may not speak much English. The group holds workshops, informational meetings and even offers 10-week courses in Spanish and English.

“We serve as a bridge to the community by giving knowledge and advice to the area,” Lorge said. “People want to know who they are and how to incorporate themselves into the local society. And more English speakers want to know more about Hispanics.”

She explained that the group even accompanies people to clinics and appointments, and she

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Hospitality and restaurant administration students create meals from scratch and learn all aspects of managing a restaurant by operating Carrie’s Cafe in Professional Building 426.

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Guests rolled in for the inviteonly soft opening of Carrie’s Cafe last week. Now, the student-led cafe will continue to serve until the end of the semester.

The cafe, located on the fourth floor of the Professional Building, was named in remembrance of Carrie Carmichael Hammack. It was created for senior hospitality and restaurant administration students looking for more hands-on experience in restaurant management.

Carrie’s Cafe is run by the students of HRA 435. It’s a threecredit hour course with a food and beverage track. Once enrolled in the class, students get the opportunity to see and work in every aspect of a restaurant.

Abigale Ehlers, senior instructor for hospitality and restaurant administration, has been an HRA faculty member since 1991.

“It’s my baby,” Ehlers said.

Ehlers said Carrie’s gives students a safe and inviting learning experience that they’re unlikely to get anywhere else. u See CAFE, page 10

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Springfield’s first jazz lounge gives students experience

Tuesday, Oct. 21

Opportunity Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Plaster Student Union West Ballroom Become a SOAR Leader: SOAR Leader Information Session, 6-7 p.m., Meyer Library 101

Wednesday, Oct. 22

Communication: How we connect and what to do about it when we don’t, 5-7 p.m., Taylor Health and Wellness Center Conference Room

Thursday, Oct. 23 City of Angels, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Craig Hall Coger Theatre

Friday, Oct. 24

Food Day, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., Plaster Student Union 2nd Floor Atrium Veterans Ball, 5:30-10 p.m., Tower Club

Saturday, Oct. 25

Final My Payment Plan Installment Due, all day Pride Court Fall Fest, noon-5 p.m., 518 E. Commercial St.

Sunday, Oct. 26

#AllieStrong Dodgeball Tournament, 2-4 p.m., Hammons Student Center

Monday, Oct. 27

Humans vs. Zombies: Gotham City, all day, campus wide

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Bronze Bear award given to Fosters

The Foster family will receive the 2014 Bronze Bear Award in recogonition of their support and involvement with MSU. The Board of Governor’s voted to present the award to the Foster family, who will accept the 45-pound, 18-inch statue during Fall Commencement on Dec. 12. Bill R. Foster served on the Missouri State Foundation Board of Trustees 1987-93. His two sons currently serve on the Board of Trustees.

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Jazz musician Jin J X-Shabazz performs at Kimbrew Jazz Lounge, which opened on Oct. 7 to bring jazz to the Springfield community.

Missouri State students and faculty perform every Tuesday and Wednesday night, and local jazz musicians perform on the weekends.

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The owner of Springfield’s first jazz lounge is using his business to not only promote jazz, but to also help local musicians.

The KimBrew, owned by Shawn Elmore, opened on Oct 7. He originally had the idea to create a jazz lounge in 1996, but he did not think Springfield was ready.

“I had to wait for Springfield to grow in diversity and culture,” Elmore said. “This is the first year that I’ve seen that, so I went ahead and opened (The KimBrew).”

Elmore is helping MSU musicians by holding charity events at

The KimBrew once a month. All the money will go directly to the MSU Music Department.

“Nobody in the collegiate levels of art gets funding. Nobody supports music,” Elmore said. “It’s very sad, and it bothers me.”

MSU students and faculty can perform every Tuesday and Wednesday night.

“It’s a great learning experience for students. (The jazz studies program) has been looking for a place over the last couple of years to get the students off campus and in a club environment in order to get some real-world experience of how to play in a club,” said Director of Jazz Studies Randy Hamm.

When MSU students and faculty

are not performing, a karaoke jazz night is held on Mondays, and anybody can perform their own style of jazz. Local professionals can play on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

The KimBrew, unlike other lounges, does not provide a stage for the musicians. The layout is based on the good-time houses from the 1900s, which did not have stages.

“Jazz is personal. Jazz is supposed to involve everyone, not just have someone stand before a room and let the crowd be in awe. That’s not how jazz was tailored or was invented,” Elmore said.

To advertise musicians and promote different styles of jazz, Elmore is adding a blackboard wall, which will list the various local performers,

MSU’s campus.

Maria Navas, a Grupo Latino volunteer, was helping at the celebration and expressed her gratitude toward the group for their support in the Latino comContinued from page 1 munity. She has been a volunteer for eight years and started when the group was helping out at her church. is able to serve as an interpreter in court if need be.

“They do such a great job explaining and demonLorge has also donated traditional dress clothes to strating cultural differences between Spanish and the multicultural and diversity groups at Missouri English speakers,” Navas said. “They do a lot for us State and has danced at the International Festival on and even help out at the Springfield public schools.”

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what venues they will be performing at and on what dates.

Both students and faculty are excited about Springfield’s first jazz lounge.

“Students who are exposed to any kind of art form become more human,” Marty Morrison, a jazz studies professor at MSU, said.

“There are some qualities in the arts that help human beings become more compassionate and empathetic.”

“I like that The KimBrew is a place that you can grab a couple of drinks, and it’s really relaxing instead of being super loud and obnoxious like the bars downtown,” u See JAZZ, page 10

Navas said she has helped others with immigration information, obtaining health insurance, citizenship classes and the ESL programs in the public schools.

Although the event was held on campus, the audience was mostly made up of the community.

Freshman Patrick Ruiz, who was there as part of his multicultural scholarship, said events like this are important for enforcing identity and showing the community different aspects of different cultures.

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‘Walking Dead’ not just a zombie show

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@Spencer_XC Fear the dead. Fight the living.

If you’re as big of a fan as I am, you know that this is one of taglines for a television favorite, “The Walking Dead.”

Over the last four years, this show has consumed my Sunday nights for six to 10 weeks at a time, and I love every second of it.

For those that haven’t seen “The Walking Dead” — which is a crime, by the way — you may be quick to assume that the show is about zombies and that’s that. Case closed, nothing special let’s all go home and re-watch “Lost” because this show is just zombies being dragged out and paraded around for effect just like every zombie movie we’ve ever seen ever.

Wrong. Dead wrong, in fact — ha, ha … get it?

Though at first glance “The Walking Dead” may seem like gore and guts for the fun of it, the show is so much more than zombies, walkers and biters.

If you give the show a chance and watch from the first season and at least halfway through the second season, you’ll hopefully put together the overarching theme: the struggle to maintain humanity in a world where humanity will get you killed or worse.

The episodes progress, the seasons move on and noticeable changes take place within what could generally be called the “main group.”

At the beginning of the show, all the

characters are most definitely afraid of anything that moves or makes a sound. The group members are dirty but somewhat well-kept. They try to maintain aspects of normalcy, and they have more fear for the walkers than they do for people.

Time progresses, group members come and go, some people die, some people turn and some people lose their minds. One thing becomes an apparent constant: the zombies are not the main focus; the zombies are only a catalyst.

As the fight to survive the walkers becomes more disparaging, run-ins between the main group and other groups attempting survival show that each human reacts very differently to a world with seemingly no hope. While some people seem unshakeable in their hope for humanity, others embrace their new environment and form it to their liking — and not always a positive one.

At the same time, though, these atrocities raise one of my favorite aspects of the show. Are these acts still just as evil even though society as we know it is gone? Yes, the zombies play an important role in the show, forcing impossible decisions on the group with no clear ethical or safe course of action. But the most fascinating aspect of the show is the human condition — we’re all broken and have skeletons in our respective closets, but can we move past that baggage to work together and survive a broken world with no hope and no escape to normalcy?

I say yes.

If you haven’t started the show yet, the first four seasons are available on Netflix. Otherwise, tune in on Sundays at 9/8c on AMC to watch Rick and surviving company duke it out with the living, the not-living and themselves in the fight to survive.

Use your words to build others up

Amber Duran Managing Editor

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Words are often portrayed as weapons or like daggers that cut and wound the people they are directed at.

The fact is, though, that words serve so many other purposes, and I like to focus on the positive. So let’s

roll with that train of thought.

Words play a profound role in my life as not only part of my career as a journalist but they are what led me to me where I am today — journalism, Missouri State — as well.

As a senior in high school, I had a friend. In fact, I had a number of friends. I know, shocking. But there was one friend in particular who impressed on me a certain idea about myself that I scarce allowed myself before. She told me I was better than I saw myself.

Let me paint a picture of my youth for you.

I was raised, for the most part, by my single mother. My parents were divorced when I was four. I got to see my dad once a week on Wednesday nights to have dinner and build a father-daughter bond.

I grew up in a family that relied heavily on government assistance — housing, food stamps, Medicaid, the works. I remember always feeling guilty when we went to the grocery store, because I knew it wasn’t our money. To this day, I still don’t like grocery shopping.

My mom worked a dead end job as a clerk at a drug store. My wardrobe consisted of hand-me-down

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Don’t let fear ruin other people’s fun

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Next week at Missouri State University, the fall game of Humans vs. Zombies will take place all across campus.

Just as they have for the last several years, humans will brave the zombie hordes invading MSU while they attempt to fend them off using Nerf guns.

It’s always entertaining to see this battle play out across campus. Just like the leaves changing colors and the temperatures dropping, Live Action Society members sprinting down the sidewalks firing Nerf darts behind them lets you know that fall has arrived.

Let’s make sure there’s one thing that doesn’t become a fall tradition: an irrational fear of college students using toy guns.

Last fall, Humans vs. Zombies garnered controversy when several people unaware that a game was being played called the office of Safety and Transportation with concerns. This included a teacher who locked their classroom down and called 911, thinking a shooting was taking place.

A 10-minute open forum with Live Action Society members and Humans vs. Zombies players in a Student Government Association meeting was extended to half an hour, and students voiced their concerns.

Most of these concerns centered around the possibility that the presence of Humans vs. Zombies players would make it easier for an actual shooter to make it onto campus — which might be true, if Nerf guns weren’t clearly painted with bright colors to avoid that exact confusion.

All the scenarios put forth either paint Live Action Society as an incompetent organization unable to deal with basic safety concerns, or as a group of miscreants, skulking around in black ski masks with modded Nerf guns.

These are both untrue assumptions. Live Action Society made considerable changes to make players more visible with large armbands, and even halted nighttime activities. They also do not allow Nerf guns to be modded or to look in any way like a real weapon.

School shootings are already an exceedingly rare occurrence, and having a fear of them is bordering on irrational. To compound that with the fear that a game involving Nerf guns will somehow increase the possibility of one is downright preposterous.

The humans already have enough on their plate this next week trying to avoid being eaten. Don’t make their lives any harder than they have to be. Be aware, be understanding and stay safe. And maybe join in — it seems like it might be pretty fun.

clothing from older girls at my church and sometimes my two older brothers. And so it went for my youth.

None of that is really a problem. In fact I loved my childhood and never was in need for anything. But I grew up with the idea that I was a certain class of person — the certain class of person that could not possibly go to college.

No one in my family had ever gone to college, so there was a lack of words on the subject — words I really needed to hear.

I always loved school and was good at it too. Fast forward to my senior year in high school, a time where most people had their college plans at the forefront of their minds and parents were filling out FAFSA forms and college apps, and you had me, a clueless 18 year old with a family who was like, “What’s a FAFSA?” I, too, was not wise on this mysterious form.

Then there was my friend Anne, heading off to Minnesota State University to become a child psychologist. She had it all figured out.

She asked me what my future plans were. It was a common question, and I spewed out the same spiel I gave everyone who asked me that question.

I had decided the best I could do was cosmetology. Now, I have nothing against that profession. I thought it would be fun, but my thought was it was easy enough for anyone to do, so they had to accept me.

She told me this: “If that’s what you really want to do, cool, but just so you know, you are capable of so much more, if you wanted to.”

Her words hit a part of my heart that made me want to break through the stereotypes, to change my

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stars, so to speak. She offered to help me with that dreaded FAFSA too.

While she could have just said, “cool,” and moved on, she didn’t. She took the time to express some much-needed positive reinforcement: that me and, in truth, everyone has more to offer than their own perceptions of themselves. I just needed someone else to see it in me and to say those words.

See, the words we choose are so very important!

In December, I will graduate with my bachelors in print and Internet journalism. I will begin my first fulltime reporting position at the Christian County Headliner the Monday following graduation. I’m going to have a job when I graduate!

I am in love with this line of work, and had it not been for the words of that friend and a few others along the way, I don’t know that I would have ever actualized that love, that deep-seeded passion to write and to inform.

It takes just a few seconds to impact another person’s life in a positive way and likewise toward the negative.

I lost contact with Anne over the years, but I found her on Facebook recently, because I felt the need to return the favor, to reinforce her efforts of paying it forward with words.

I thanked her for her words all those years ago. She remembered that conversation and told me she was glad I followed my heart.

And while this column contains more than 600 words, I hope that you cling mostly to these last few.

Be the person who uses their words to be an aid to others, rather than a hindrance.

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Calendar Tuesday, Oct. 21

Become a SOAR Leader: Information session, 6-7 p.m., Meyer Library 101, free Queen City Ukulele Club, 6:30-8 p.m., Springfield Music, free

Wednesday, Oct. 22

Communication: How we connect and what to do about it when we don’t, 5-7 p.m., Taylor Health and Wellness Center Conference Room, free

Thursday, Oct. 23

Yoga at Farmers Market of the Ozarks, 6 p.m., Farmers Park, $5 Diwali celebration, 6-8 p.m., Plaster Student Union Ballroom, free City of Angels, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Craig Hall Coger Theatre, $16 students or $12 in advance

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Songs of the Spirit, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Ellis Hall 217b, free SAC After Hours presents: Ultimate frisbee, 9 p.m.-midnight, Foster Recreation Center, free

Friday, Oct. 24

Food Day, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Plaster Student Union second floor Atrium, free Veterans Ball, 5:30-10 p.m., Tower Club, $35 for one or $65 per couple SAC Comedy Club: Carlie and Doni, 7-8:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union, Union Club, free Fourth Friday Funnies Stand-up Comedy, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 308 South Ave., $10 City of Angels, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Craig Hall Coger Theatre, $16 students or $12 in advance The Normal Heart Production, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 431 S. Jefferson Ave. suite #136, $20 Rock ‘n’ Bowl, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union Level 1 Game Center, free Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” The Musical, 8-10 p.m., Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, $25-55

Saturday, Oct. 25

Pride Court Fall Festival, noon-5 p.m., 518 E. Commercial St., free Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” The Musical, 2-4 p.m. and 8-10 p.m., Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, $25-55 The Normal Heart Production, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 431 S. Jefferson Ave. suite #136, $20 City of Angels, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Craig Hall Coger Theatre, $16 students or $12 in advance

Sunday, Oct. 26

#AllieStrong Dodgeball Tournament, 2-4 p.m., Hammons Student Center, $5 per player The Normal Heart Production, 2-4 p.m., 431 S. Jefferson Ave. suite #136, $20 City of Angels, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Craig Hall Coger Theatre, $16 students or $12 in advance Kenny Broberg’s Guest Artist Recital, 2:30-5 p.m., Ellis Hall 217b, free

Monday, Oct. 27

Clothesline Project, all day, North Mall, free Third Annual Army ROTC Bear Battalion Golf Tournament, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club, $75 person or $280 team Informational session for MSU in Florence Summer 2015, 7-8 p.m., Brick City Building 1, 211, free The Normal Heart Controversy – remembering 25 years ago, 7-9 p.m., Springfield Contemporary Theatre’s Center Stage, free

Briefs

‘Food Day’ raises awareness

The nationwide celebration focuses on healthy, affordable and sustainably produced food.

The Food Day initiative is to get a jump start for healthier diets and lifestyle changes. “Food Day is not just a day, it’s a year-long catalyst,” according to a press release.

Missouri State has partnered with the Real Food Challenge and Food Day to celebrate on campus.

Ozarks Public Health Institution aims to celebrate real food on Food Day by setting up tables in the Plaster Student Union on Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Donations will be accepted as well as gently-used shoes for the “Stomp Out Food Hunger” campaign. There will also be local food samples, activities, food demonstrations and free items.

For more information on Food Day or the Ozarks Public Health Institute contact Samantha Bley at Bley147@live.missouristate.edu or 417-836-3271.

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Freshman Jessi Allen can’t imagine her life without running... or baking delicious treats like Slutty Brownies.

From varsity blues to 500 miles of summer, meet Missouri State cross-country star Jessi Allen

By Amber Duran The Standard @amberjeanduran

Jessi Allen pulls at the sleeve of her brown knit sweater on a sunny Sunday in September — one of the first days it really starts to feel like fall.

She looks off in the distance, trying to put into words what it is about running that keeps her running mile after mile, year after year.

Since donning Nike Shocks for her first day of seventh grade cross-country practice, to being the freshman cell and molecular biology student with the fastest times on the Missouri State cross-country team, Allen says her love for running didn’t happen in a sprint. It was more like a hilly distance run, taking her up and down the good and the bad days that inevitably come with being a runner.

There are, of course, the nerves that come before every race. Allen says she hates those, yet she loves them all the same.

“I hate them, but they make me feel so alive,” she says. “I think it’s good to do things that scare you. If I’m nervous about something, I try to force myself to do it. I guess that’s how running translates to the rest of life. It’s taught me how to be strong, to face pain, to push through things.”

Then there’s inspiration. For Allen, running didn’t just come to her, and it wasn’t

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Allen set a new personal record of 18:20.63 at the UALR Invitational Oct. 18.

easy getting out the gate. Allen says she owes her high school cross-country coach Jeff Roberts thanks for pushing her to run and to be better.

“If it weren’t for running, I don’t think I would be as strong a person as I am today,” she says.

Shaped inside and out by the sport, Allen

says from the dreaded blisters of her seventh grade shoes to today, she can’t even begin to imagine life without running.

“I don’t think I could really call it life, if I didn’t run.”

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Pomp it like it’s hot

By Han Zhao For The Standard

Missouri State Bears lived it up during the homecoming parade on Saturday, Oct. 18.

“I really liked how the sororities and fraternities worked together on the floats,” freshman Morgan Brown said.

That’s exactly the spirit the homecoming committee was hoping to inspire this year.

“That was our goal this year as the homecoming committee to promote more campus unity,” said Kelsea Fink, a junior accounting major and the publicity chair for homecoming committee. “We wanted more student organizations; we want everyone involved. We want everyone coming to the event and being part of it.”

The homecoming committee has been hard at work since April to prepare for the biggest event on campus.

“We tried to communicate with all the student organizations (by) speaking to some of their meetings,” Fink said. “We encouraged them to come out and participate.”

Their effort was surely recognized, and they achieved their goal.

“It was really fun,” freshman Rebecca McIsaac said. “Especially as a freshman, this is my first experience with homecoming. It’s wonderful to see all the school spirit and all the different student organizations represented different floats.”

McIsaac also learned something new.

“I’ve never heard of the Lutheran Student Organization,” McIsaac said. “It seemed very cool.”

The Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps from Springfield Central High School were thought very highly of. Kilties is also an all-female corps, which was one of the reasons why it was popular among students’ opinions.

Jessica Freeman, the sponsor of the Kilties, was proud of the turnout. “It is a 14-month commitment,” Freeman said. “We practiced three to four hours per day during the summer, and one hour before class during school.”

Kilties also brought their tough spirit to the MSU campus. One of the Kilties girls finished her performance with the help of an inhaler.

When asked about that, Freeman had pride written all over her face.

“We have lots of girls who have asthma and other things,” Freeman said. “They build up their endurance, and they push themselves, because they want to participate.”

Michelle Diaz, an MSU alumna, is also a former Kilties. She absolutely agrees with Freeman and Kilties spirit. Diaz still has sparkles in her eyes when she talks about Kilties.

“We went through hardships together,” Diaz said. “We got close with each other. We didn’t want to let anyone down. We wanted everyone to look good during performances.”

Not only did the students have a good time, the faculty members roared, too.

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The float of Delta Zeta, Lambda Chi Alpha and Theta Chi rolls by at the homecoming parade Oct. 18. The trio won homecoming week by obtaining the most points.

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Editor-in-chief chats with comedian performing at the Gillioz Theatre Oct. 26

By Trevor Mitchell The Standard @Trevorisamazing Comedian Brian Regan has been making people laugh for more than 30 years. This Sunday, Oct. 26, he will be performing at the Gillioz Theatre at 7 p.m. The Standard spoke with him over the phone about Twitter, being “clean” and big words.

If we’ve got a college student who’s interested in getting into standup comedy, how should they start?

Well, it’s a whole different animal than when I started. It’s harder for me to give advice because I’m so far away from when I started. It’s different now. When I started, you would try to find comedy clubs that had open mic nights, or audition nights, and that’s when you would go and try to get on stage, or else you’d try to get on wherever you could. Now, a lot of comedy clubs don’t offer the open mic night thing. Some do, but some don’t.

So it’s more challenging finding places to perform, and from what I understand, now they have these things where a venue will say, “Hey, if you bring 10 people in, then you can get a slot on stage.” I’m glad they didn’t have that when I started, because I didn’t have 10 friends. I’d just get a lonely guy living under a bridge somewhere.

So the bottom line is, the only way you’re really going to be successful at this is you truly have to be passionate about it to the point where you’ll figure it out. If it’s one of those things where you have to bring 10 friends, then you’ll figure out a way to bring 10 friends, or you’ll use Google and find out the closest comedy club that has an audition night. You’ll borrow a friend’s car and get there and do it. If you don’t have the passion, it’s probably not going to happen. But that’s true with anything. Unless you want to just be a lazy bum. If you want to be a lazy bum, you don’t need any passion.

And you said it’s changed so much. You’re 57, does it ever feel like you’re getting too old for this, or that so much has changed that it doesn’t seem like it was when you started?

I’m not at a point yet where I want to stop doing it. I still enjoy it. And I’ve gotten fortunate in that I’ve gotten to a place where people are coming out to see my show. They’re not just walking into a building and saying, “Who’s this guy on stage?”

And because of that, I have my foot in the door, so to speak.

They’re sitting in the audience, and they’re holding a ticket that has my name on it. They didn’t just happen in on the place.

They already have a propensity to like the kind of stuff that I

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do. And maybe they like the fact that I know big words like “propensity.” They’re just all out there hoping, “I hope he comes out on stage and uses a word like ‘propensity.’” No, I have a dictionary open in front of me, so I thought I’d take advantage of it.

If I was getting started now, I don’t know how well I would do. But I’m fortunate that I have a little bit of a cushion underneath me, that I have a following, etc.

I noticed you don’t really use Twitter in the same way that a lot of comedians do. It doesn’t seem like you work out a lot of jokes on there. Is that a conscious decision for you, or do you just not like Twitter?

The world is changing around me, and Twitter is part of the world. It’s not how I like to do comedy. I don’t like to think up a funny thing and put it on my phone and hit “send.” I like to do comedy in front of an audience. That’s how I can tell if something’s funny or not.

It’s weird to me to judge a joke on retweets. I want to hear laughter. I don’t want to be looking at numbers and going, “Hey look, I got retweeted 943 times. Isn’t that wonderful?” And I’m not belittling people who use it. That’s fine. It’s just never been my forte. That doesn’t mean if I see something that’s kind of silly or goofy I don’t take a picture of it and tweet it out, but it’s not something that I do on a daily basis.

One of the big things you’re known for is being a “clean comic.” Does it ever get tiring being asked about that? Do you like having something that you’re known for, or does it feel like you’re being pigeonholed?

It’s something that I’m always going to be asked, I guess. I don’t let it bother me too much. But what’s interesting to me is that it’s clearly much more important for other people than it is to me. I don’t sit down and try to come up with “clean comedy.” I don’t think, “Man, I want to come up with some good, wholesome lily-white comedy.” I just think of things, and they just happen to be everyday things. They just don’t go in certain directions. And some people in the audience might like the fact that it was clean, and that might be an important aspect of my comedy, but I would like to think the fact that it was funny was the more important thing.

And this might sound a little jerky, but an empty stage for an hour is clean, but nobody’s buying tickets for that. You don’t go sit there and look at a freshly-mopped stage, sit there for an hour, walk out and go, “Man! I am so happy. What a clean show!” There’s got to be something more to it. So I, think the laughter part hopefully trumps the clean part. But it s what it is, and I can’t avoid the question. And that’s okay with me.

Michele Smith, an assistant professor in the Counseling Leadership and Special Education Department.

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So it’s Sunday night, you’re in Springfield, you’ve got tons of options. Why should people come see Brian Regan at the Gillioz Theatre?

Because I guarantee that I will give every audience member a crisp $10,000 bill. That’s an ironclad guarantee. No asterisk, no caveat, it’s a 100 percent guarantee that I’ll give everyone $10,000 in cash.

Well I’ll definitely be there then.

Now if my entertainment lawyer were here, he’d say, “You have to say another sentence after that.” Well then it’s not funny. But I’m going to put an asterisk on the thing I wasn’t going to put an asterisk on and say it might not be a full $10,000.

were painting pumpkins in front of the tent.

Last but not least, the good time wouldn’t be so good without the help of the safety officers. Police Cpl. Matt Brown has worked homecoming for three years.

“We want to monitor and make sure that everyone is (adhearing to) the univer-

sity policy,” Brown said. “We also want to make sure no safety issues arise.”

The victory of the Bears brought the curtain down on this year’s homecoming.

However, students are already itching to plan the next homecoming.

“The bands were perfect! We hope to see more bands next year,” Morgan Brown said.

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Calendar

Tuesday, Oct. 21

Men’s golf: 8 a.m. vs. Jim Rivers Intercollegiate at Choudrant, Louisiana Women’s golf: 8:30 a.m. vs. Blue Raider Invitational at Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Friday, Oct. 24

Field hockey: 4 p.m. vs. Miami (Ohio) at home Swimming and diving: 5 p.m. vs.

Kansas Double Dual at Lawrence, Kansas Volleyball: 7 p.m. vs. Bradley at home

Saturday, Oct. 25

Swimming and diving: Noon vs.

Kansas Double Dual at Lawrence, Kansas Women’s soccer: 1 p.m. vs. Loyola at home Football: 6 p.m. vs. No. 9 Illinois State at Normal, Illinois Men’s soccer: 6 p.m. vs. Bradley at home Volleyball: 7 p.m. vs. Loyola-Chicago at home

Briefs

MSU punter earns Valley honors

Junior punter Chris Sullens was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 19 for his performance against South Dakota on Oct. 18.

Sullens made seven punts in the game, including a career-high 74-yard punt. Six of his punts landed inside of the 20-yard line.

Cross-country Bears show improvement at UALR Invitational

The Missouri State cross country Bears finished in third place out of 13 teams with an average time of 19:13 at the UALR Invitational in Little Rock, Arkansas on Oct. 18.

Freshman Jessi Allen finished in sixth place and set a new personal best with a time of 18:20.63 to lead MSU. Junior Cindy Forde finished in 18th place for the first top-20 finish of her career.

Next for the Bears is the MVC Championship in Carbondale, Illinois on Nov. 1. MSU finished in 10th place at the 2013 MVC Championship.

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Senior quarterback Kierra Harris runs for a huge gain against the South Dakota Coyotes at Plaster Stadium on Oct. 18. Harris rushed for 90 yards and one touchdown while also throwing for 153 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-12 victory during homecoming.

MSU uses powerful running game, explosive scoring plays to reel in homecoming victory over Coyotes

By John Robinson The Standard @SaxmanJohn It was a culture clash on the field at Plaster Stadium: the old-school style of pound-therock-between-the-tackle running versus the flair of a playmaking quarterback as the Missouri State Bears (4-3, 1-2) ran the ball for a season-high 288 yards in a win over South Dakota (2-5, 0-3) behind a dominating performance from the offensive line.

“Like I’ve said from the start, they’re the best offensive line in the Valley.”

Those were the words of senior quarterback Kierra Harris, who threw for 143 yards and three touchdowns. Harris also had a career high in single-game rushing yards with 90 on the day.

Coming into this contest the offense, especially the running game, was a bit anemic.

Against Youngstown they were averaging only 3.7 yards per carry. Against South Dakota State, 3.5.

MSU averaged 6.5 against South Dakota.

“More than anything, we really wanted to come out for our homecoming and send a message that you can really lean on us and pound the rock,” said senior guard Richard Galbierz, one part of the offensive line who helped the

MSU running game break free for a season high of 218 yards.

All three of MSU’s premier running backs – – junior Ryan Heaston, sophomore Phoenix Johnson and redshirt freshman Calan Crowder ran for over 50 yards on the day. “(Having that performance) feels great,” said Crowder. “Running behind that offensive line opening up those holes.”

Though MSU had great success on the ground, it was the passing game which got them on the scoreboard, and it didn’t take them long.

Early in the first quarter, Harris connected with freshman wide receiver Malik Earl on a 52-yard pass and touchdown, the longest scoring play on the year for the Bears. “(The atmosphere) was like a powder keg ready to explode and (Earl) ignited it.” said head coach Terry Allen, discussing the atmosphere created by the 15,537 fans in attendance.

The defense also had a message to send that day. After giving up a big first-half lead in the loss to South Dakota State, redshirt sophomore linebacker Dylan Cole and the defense swore to prevent a repeat.

“That was the message at halftime,” Cole said. “We’ve been in that position before and we knew we had to come back out and finish the job.”

It was a job made a little bit easier by the special teams play, as junior punter Chris Sul-

lens had a career game with six punts landing inside the 20-yard line of South Dakota, including a 74-yard bomb, the fourth longest punt in MSU history, and one yard short of the record.

“We work on the punt everyday. We pin them as far away from where they can score.

(Sullens) did a great job today,” Cole said.

Finally grabbing a win in the tough Missouri Valley Football Conference leads to a feeling of relief for the Bears, who, after a strong start, found themselves 0-2 in conference play.

“This win was huge. As a coach, you hasten to say any game is more important, but this was a huge win for us today,” said Allen, and Galbierz agreed.

“We came into this season thinking playoffs and a loss today would have put us behind the eight ball. We get the momentum and get right back on track with this win.”

Next up is a tough two-game road stretch with two competitive conference opponents –– No. 9 Illinois State and Indiana State. But for players like Cole, the road ahead isn’t that intimidating.

“I think we like playing on the road. I like people telling me I’m not very good. It motivates me,” Cole said. “We understand what we need to do and we’ll get it done.”

The Bears kick off against the undefeated Redbirds this Saturday, Oct. 25, in Normal, Illinois at 2 p.m.

Ice Bears go pink against Iowa

MSU completes weekend sweep of Iowa to continue its flawless dominance over Division-II competition

By Chase Probert The Standard @chase_a_probert

The Missouri State Ice Bears completed a sweep of the Iowa Hawkeyes this homecoming weekend, which also served as the Ice Bears’ fourth annual Pink in the Rink weekend.

Once again playing on the renowned pink ice and donning pink and maroon jerseys, the Ice Bears used the weekend to raise awareness for breast cancer and raised money for the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks.

In the opening game of the Pink in the Rink weekend, the Ice Bears initially struggled to find the back of the net due to a stifling Iowa defensive effort.

“It was definitely frustrating for us out there to start out with,” senior forward Miguel Franco said. “We wanted to come out strong after being swept last year by them. We were getting a lot of time in the zone, but they were getting out in front of the net to block shots. And we were hitting the post.”

Despite the initial struggles, Franco was able to put the Ice Bears on the board in the first period off a rebound from a shot from freshman Andrew Kovacich. The Ice Bears took the 1-0 lead into the second period after putting up 18 shots on goal while holding the Hawkeyes to zero shots on goal.

“It was definitely hard for me to get into the game after not seeing any shots in the first,” junior goalie Justin Davis said. “I had to stay focused and wait for the shots to come, and I had to keep my legs moving to stay loose.”

The Hawkeye shots eventually came in a flurry, with the Hawkeyes striking on their third shot of the game to make it a tie game despite the Ice Bears registering 25 more shots.

The game remained tied going into the final period, but the Ice Bears continued putting on the pressure in the offensive zone. Though they were working well in their systems, MSU would wind up taking the lead after sophomore forward Brendan McClew forced a turnover in the Iowa defensive zone to find Franco, who would netted

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A Missouri State Ice Bear skates after a loose puck during a game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at on Oct. 17. The Ice Bears hosted Iowa during the annual Pink in the Rink weekend series. go-ahead goal on the backhand for his second of the game. “(McClew) saw me over his shoulder and I was alone in the slot. Goalies have a hard time judging where the backhand is going to and I just happened to get it in,” Franco said.

Franco, who was uncertain if he would be able to return to the Ice Bears earlier this year, was happy taking in another moment in what is turning out to be a special year.

“Tonight really was special. We had a bunch

of chances, but mine just happened to go in and be a game-winner,” Franco said.

The Ice Bears got insurance goal from junior Brian Leslie on well executed 2-on-1 with senior defenseman Justin Buchheit to take game one of the weekend by the score of 3-1.

After a relatively clean Game 1, Game 2 would be marked for a lack of discipline with a total of 30 penalties. While each team had 15

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Bears and Lady Bears conduct practice scrimmage on Homecoming weekend

“It’s cool just being here in a place that is really historic to the university,” said Fruendt.

Basketball season seems to have come out of nowhere, with the teams’ first exhibition games coming early in November. The Lady Bears host Central Methodist on Nov. 4 at 7:05 p.m., and the Bears host Missouri Southern on Nov. 8 at 7:35 p.m.

The Standard’s annual basketball tab with in-depth previews of both teams and their players comes out on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @eliwohlenhaus

The Missouri State basketball teams both debuted over homecoming weekend, each in an intrasquad scrimmage.

For the men’s team, it was about having a good time.

Defense was not in the vocabulary or gameplan as the maroon and white Bears lobbed each other alley-oops and took turns taking three-point shots.

“We just wanted to have fun,” said men’s basketball headcoach Paul Lusk. “We wanted to have an all-star approach, so obviously there wasn’t a whole lot of defense, but it was a lot of fun and we still have to practice really hard.”

For the Lady Bears, defense was a bit more of a focus.

Since the Lady Bears only have 11 scholarship players, they faced off versus male volunteer practice players and worked hard on both sides of the ball.

“Part of the reason we wanted to get those guys out was for numbers’ sake,” said women’s head coach Kellie Harper.

“Also, typically these guys are going to be bigger, faster, stronger, and it’s going to be very competitive in practice.”

For the fans, it is a fun tradition to observe the teams in a laid-back setting where they can familiarize themselves with the players and meet them afterwards.

One such fan is Russ Winterberg, a Missouri State alum.

He has come to the maroon and white scrimmage ever since he was a student. Now he carries on the tradition with his wife and two sons, who are just beginning to play basketball.

“We both graduated in 2001, and basketball has always been one of the things we love to watch as a family,” said Winterberg.

More than that, Winterberg likes how homecoming has been transformed at his alma mater.

“I think it is definitely more involved now. Seeing the upgrades to the stadium and everything else with football, along with the tailgating parties, it has expanded a lot.”

This year the scrimmages were held in McDonald Arena, which is the old basketball gym that predates the Hammons Student Center and John Q. Hammons Arena. That was what students like Bob Eberling enjoyed about this year’s scrimmages.

“It is pretty cool to be in McDonald Arena,” said Eberling, a senior public relations major at MSU. “A lot of it is used for class now, so we’re really excited to see the Bears putting on Maddy Cushman for THE STANDARD a show. It’s really great to come back to where it all started.”

Sophomore forward Onye Osemenam goes up for a Freshman guard Liza Fruendt made her first appearance in basket during the Lady Bears’ scrimmage on Oct. 18. a Lady Bear uniform during the scrimmages.

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Bears show resilience against Drury at annual Duel in the Pool

By Mike Ursery The Standard @MikeUrsery The Missouri State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams showed resilience and intensity in the home installment of the annual Duel in the Pool against Drury on Oct. 16.

MSU faces Drury twice each season in a home-andhome style format, with one meet taking place at Hammons Student Center and the other at Drury’s Breech Pool.

Both MSU swimming and diving teams fell behind during the first half of the meet, but they stormed back during the second half.

The men’s team pulled ahead late and won their meet 131-112.

“The men, being shorthanded, did a phenomenal job of depth points, and on our top end, it was just a complete effort,” head coach Dave Collins said.

The women’s team was able to close the gap, but were narrowly edged by Drury 121-120.

“It was just awesome that we are able to pull it so close at the very end,” junior Ibby Simcox said. “It kind of stinks to lose by one point, but I think we did a good job overall.”

On the men’s side, senior Paul Le set a new pool record with a time of 1:45.60 in the 200-yard back event, beating the previous record he set just a year ago.

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(45.24) won the 100-yard freestyle. Junior Miguel Davila won two events, the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyles, to propel MSU past Drury.

“We knew they would come in strong, and we just realized that we would have to take the momentum back with our individual events.

And that was our thought process going into the meet,” freshman Ethan Bresette said.

Junior Dora Kiss led MSU with three individual victories, winning the 200yard freestyle (1:54.75), 200-yard fly (2:07.33) and 500-yard freestyle (5:04.20).

Sophomore Lauren Pavel placed first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.22).

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will next head to Lawrence, Kansas for the Kansas Double Dual. The women’s swimming and diving team will compete with Kansas University and the University of Denver, while the men’s team has a head-tohead meet against Denver.

“Kansas and Denver’s women’s programs are very strong,” Collins said. “It’s going to be really fun to watch them get up and race there.”

Following the Kansas Double Dual, the MSU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams travel to Columbia for a head-tohead meet against Missouri on Oct. 31.

The Kansas Double Dual kicks off at 5 p.m. on Oct. 24 and at noon on Oct. 25.

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Welcome home

Students celebrated the Bears with Missouri State homecoming

Stomp, stomp, clap Student organizations bring the heat in annual homecoming stomp competition, Yell Like Hell

By Rebecca Biundo For The Standard Three cheers for the maroon and white as homecoming events, such as Yell Like Hell, captured Missouri State University pride all week long. On Thursday, Oct. 16, Yell like Hell was held at Hammons Student Center as one of several events during homecoming week.

The annual pep rally showcases school spirit between many of MSU’s fraternity and sorority members, student organizations and residence halls with cheers.

Megan Craft, senior exercise and movement science major, organized this year’s Yell Like Hell. Craft said that Yell Like Hell is an extremely important event to homecoming week.

“Yell Like Hell is an event meant to allow the teams to show their support to their organization as well as their pride for Missouri State University,” Craft said. “Each team has been asked to create a cheer to help express their pride.

“Over the years, it has kind of turned into a stomping competition. The goal is to be unique

enough to stand out to the judges, all while under two minutes,” Craft said.

This year’s pep rally brought the competition and school spirit with 22 organizations competing for the top spot. Theta Chi placed first in the competition among FSL teams. Sister Circle and Scholars House placed first in their respective categories.

Craft said that the event ran smoothly due to various factors. Craft worked alongside sophomore marketing major Megan Gaglio and said that they worked well together in making Yell Like Hell a successful event.

“We started working on things at the end of last semester,” Craft said, “We had all summer to gather judges, athletic teams for the pep rally, get an emcee and make a timeline and script for the event.”

Lucas Kill, senior entertainment management major and former Maroon Madness president, was the emcee for the homecoming event. In addition, there was also a run-through of the competition prior to the event, which proved to be helpful for both the teams and organizers.

“We had a dress rehearsal for the teams this year to prepare them for what to expect and to

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Students cheer on their organizations during the pep rally called Yell Like Hell. eliminate any chances of them getting disqualified,” Craft said.

Runners up in Yell Like Hell included Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Chi Omega, Association of Black Collegians, Dance Bear-a-thon and Wells House.

“It was a lot of planning, but I think it all came together nicely,” said Craft. “(Yell Like Hell) gives recognition to all the teams that play their hearts out for Missouri State.”

Taylor Miller, junior elementary education

major, participated in Yell Like Hell with her sorority, Xi Omicron Iota.

“My favorite part of Yell Like Hell was the excitement and adrenaline rush I experienced with my sisters as we prepared to hear Xi Omicron Iota called to the floor,” Miller said.

“Although we didn’t place, it was definitely worth it. It is always upsetting when your chapter’s name isn’t called. But I believe the places were well deserved and everyone did their best.”

Rock on, Rockstar

Talented students belt out their favorite songs to vow for the 2014 title

By Phoenix Jiang The Standard @pho307

If you have been to Rockstar before, you may be familiar with last year’s winner, junior Adam Grimes.

His impressive voice helped his fraternity win Rockstar again, which is a homecoming event.

Grimes is a senior musical theatre major and represented Pi Kappa Phi during the competition.

This year, 22 students represented different organizations on campus and performed at the event.

Philip Denner, of Phi Gamma Delta, is a junior communication major and one of the competitors. He picked the song “All of Me” by John Legend because it fit his range well.

“I am looking for something slower and something definitely for the girls,” he said.

In the first round, students can choose what they want to sing and the judges will choose the top five singers. In the second round, each person prepares three songs and lets the judges decide which one they are going to sing.

“I’m really happy to have won Rockstar, but I didn’t care about winning at all,” Grimes said.

He said he loved the opportunity to sing for his colleagues and gave advice for future Rockstar participants.

Cassandra Loveland for The Standard “Just have fun with it, and try to do something differAdam Grimes, 2013 and 2014 Rockstar winner, with guitarist and ent that people will enjoy,” Grimes said.

2014 homecoming king candidate, Zane Clark.

The first song he sang was “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet Boys.

“I picked this song because I knew it would be a throwback to all of the students in the audience,” he said.

Before Rockstar started, Pi Kappa Phi held auditions for all guys who love to sing and then attended their own special event to decide who would represent their fraternity. Grimes was the winner. After that, he went to the Office of Student Engagement and attended the audition for Rockstar.

“I want to thank my fraternity for always having my back and for supporting me from the beginning, and of course all of my friends in Greek Life who have always cheered me on,” Grimes said.

Melanie Taylor is freshman nursing major, so this was her first time to attend Rockstar.

“I don’t think it was fair because he won last year, too,” Taylor said.

She said her favorite song of the competition is “All About That Bass.” Her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, prepared about two weeks for Rockstar. Paula Landry, a junior musical theatre major who represented Alpha Chi Omega, got into the top five.

Taylor said they didn’t advertise a lot, because the judges are the ones who decide the results, not students.

Gabrielle Bozik, a sophomore marketing major, just transferred to MSU this year, so it’s her first time attending Rockstar. She said she liked the winner this year.

“He is really good,” she said.

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penalties, the game came down to the Ice Bears capitalizing on the power play and the Hawkeyes being unable to capitalize.

The Ice Bears scored their first goal of the game on a power play with Kovacich scoring on a backhand goal off a pass from senior defenseman Juuso Halmeenmaki, who was presented with his ACHA Defenseman of the Month award prior to Game 1 of the series.

Missouri State padded the lead in the waning seconds of the first period with sophomore forward Ryan Hogland sneaking one in on a 5on-3 power play to make it a 2-0 game after the first.

After Buchheit made it 3-0 on a rebound from an Adam Otten miss, the Hawkeyes got one back on a power play goal of their own. The Ice Bears quickly got the goal back, with senior defenseman Eric Aldag scoring on a slap shot that the Hawkeye goalie was only able to get a piece of for the Ice Bears’ third power play goal of the evening. The Ice Bears scored one more in

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the second on the power play, with Franco scoring his third goal of the weekend on a 2-on-1 with graduate forward Brad Keenan.

In the final period, Hogland netted his second goal and the Ice Bears fifth power play goal to make it 6-1 in the final game of the series.

After the frustrations of not being able to get the puck in the net in Game 1, Hogland cited an enhanced focus being the key to success in Game 2.

“We hit six or seven posts (on Friday), so we were working on making the extra pass to get better looks. I know on my two goals I had

two great screens and the goalie wasn’t able to see a thing. We had just more of an all-around team effort.”

Senior goalie Steve Lombardo earned the win on Saturday, with last year’s sweep still fresh in his mind.

“Last year’s sweep was in the back of my mind. I remembered some of the guys from last year’s team, and they were trying to get in my head. I was motivated to get the win.”

Unlike Davis in Game 1, Lombardo saw a lot more pressure due to the MSU power play. Despite allowing one power play goal, Lombardo held the

Hawkeyes off on two different 5-on-3 power plays.

“They were trying to get in my face and put the pressure on, but our D kept them out of the way when they could, and I was just trying to do my job of being a wall and limiting rebounds,” Lombardo said.

Following the conclusion of Saturday’s game, the Ice Bears auctioned off the commemorative pink jerseys, raising $5,200 for the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks.

The Ice Bears (10-2) remain undefeated against their fellow D-2 opponents.

They will travel to

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Edwardsville, Illinois to take the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars. The Ice Bears will return to Mediacom Ice Park on Halloween weekend to take on the D-I University of Central Oklahoma Broncos.

Head Coach Bob Bucher announced that the Ice Bears will wear orange jerseys on Halloween weekend as part of the #AllieStrong movement for softball’s Allie Alvstad, who was recently diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Students are encouraged to wear orange to Mediacom Ice Park during Halloween weekend to help be a part of the #AllieStrong movement.

Home struggles continue for field hockey Bears

By Chase Probert The Standard @chase_a_probert

The Missouri State field hockey Bears were swept in a two-game homestand this last weekend, with the Bears dropping games to the Central Michigan Chippewas and the La Salle Explorers.

In Game 1 on Friday afternoon, the Bears appeared to be on their way with a well-paced attack in the opening half. Freshman Andrea Soler Codina opened the scoring for the Bears, lofting one over the Central Michigan goalie after a Holly Scherer pass to take a 1-0 lead.

The Bears lead was short-lived with the Chippewas getting an equalizing goal just a few minutes later. The Bears saw a number of chances of the first half off of penalty corners, but were unable to capitalize on a few shots that would go just wide of the net.

Despite the missed opportunities, the Bears reclaimed the lead in the second half as Scherer and Soler Codina came together again to put the Bears up 2-1 on Soler Codina’s sixth goal of the year.

The Chippewas would again comeback, though, answering the MSU goal with a goal off of a penalty corner to make it a 2-2 game.

From there, the Chippewas again seized momentum, controlling the ball for most of the half to put pressure on the MSU defense.

The Chippewas eventually got to the Bears, with Central Michigan’s Brynne Satre scoring the game-winning goal with less than five minutes to play off of another penalty corner to make it a 3-2 victory for the Chippewas.

After losing the lead late in Game 1 on Friday, the Bears found themselves being the ones to play catch up in Sunday’s match

against the La Salle Explorers. La Salle would strike early, taking a 1-0 just 28 seconds in to the game. The Explorers rode their momentum to net two more goals in the half and took a 3-0 lead into the second.

The Bears wasted no time trying to get back into the game in the second, with Scherer scoring three minutes into the second half to make it a 3-1 game. Shortly after scoring, Scherer found the back of the net again after a long pass from junior Charlie Redhead to make it a 3-2 game.

The Explorers answered shortly after Scherer’s two goals, but the Bears broughtit back to a one goal game after junior defender Jackie Eskue rocketed one home for her first career goal in a Bears uniform to make it a 43 game.

The Bears continued to put on the offensive pressure, but the Explorers were able to stop the Bears comeback to hold on for the 43 win. Despite dropping game two, the Bears are using the second half of Sunday’s game going forward.

“We knew we weren’t playing to our potential in the first half,” Scherer said after the game. “We were going to come out with heart in the second half and try to come back.

We’ll have to work on putting a full game together.”

Eskue agreed, also admiring the Bears second half effort despite not being able to complete the comeback.

“We really came out with a lot of heart in that second half. We know that we’ll have to work on playing like we did in that second half whole 70 minutes together.”

The Bears (3-13) will return to action on Friday, October 24 for their final home game of the 2014 season at Betty and Bobby Allison North Stadium at 4 p.m. as they take on Miami (Ohio) University.

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Junior defender Patrice Ahl controls a ball during a game against Central Michigan on Oct. 17. Central Michigan defeated MSU 3-2.

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“It gives them the opportunity to open a new cafe and to go through every single element… I think just giving them that big overview, giving them the opportunity for management practice and allowing them to take risks in a safe environment, which I think is invaluable,” Ehlers said.

The menu changes every semester as a new class of students enter the course, but one thing remains the same: Carrie’s Moroccan rolls with spinach and three cheeses in phyllo dough and served with a side of creamy dill

sauce.

The students develop the rest of the menu from scratch. It starts with creating recipes and testing them out in the first couple weeks.

After a number of recipes are finalized, they must be named and priced. Then quantities are determined for a grocery list to supply the kitchen. Lastly, the students market the cafe on and off campus.

Brooke Rohan, senior hospitality and restaurant administration major, is taking the restaurant management course for a second semester.

“It teaches you everything you need to know about how to run a restaurant,” Rohan said.

This year’s menu includes the famous Moroccan rolls appetizer; three sandwiches

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Though she maintains lofty goals for her running career now — qualifying for nationals, becoming an All-American — Allen started out as a scared high school freshman joining a two-time state championship team at Kearney High School.

“We had such a good team — walking into that as a freshman, that’s sort of intimidating,” Roberts said. “So, she was scared, but one thing Jessi is not afraid of is work and commitment.”

As Allen moved from middle school to high school, she knew she was going to run, but she just wasn’t sure how far.

“I didn’t even want to make varsity,” Allen said. “I didn’t want all those nerves.”

“It took her two months to realize she could actually do something,” Roberts said. “We haven’t been able to stop her since.”

Today, Allen runs for Missouri State cross-country, and she runs as fast and hard as her body will allow.

“I can’t really not work my hardest. I just can’t do it,” she said.

The good, the bad, the ugly: The hills will always be there, forcing climbs and descents and fostering the strength building necessary to be able to go farther and to run faster, she said. As a self-proclaimed hard

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Cole Schlesselman, a senior instrumental education major, said.

Senior instrumental performance major Alex Alfaro said, “It’s cool for people to have this chance to hang out or play because a lot of performers don’t have the opportunity to play out in public. The only thing that could be problematic for The KimBrew is this type of

environment is only conducive to certain people, and most of them either play an instrument or they just love it. But hopefully other people will become attached to this environment.”

Elmore said The KimBrew is only serving drinks, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, but hopes to get enough funding to start providing food, too.

The KimBrew is located at 607 E. Madison St. Suite 112, right next to Text Bucks.

all served with your choice of salad or chips; three main entrees; and a dessert. Guests can also enjoy coffee, tea, assorted hot teas or apple cider with their meal.

For $8 or less, guests can have lunch at Carrie’s Cafe.

The menu is typically created around the season. For example, this year one option is a smoked turkey sandwich with fried shallots, bacon, lettuce, tomato and a rosemary marmalade served on a toasted pretzel bun or warmed up with a salmon chowder served with a house-made cheddar biscuit.

For dessert, students decided on baked cinnamon triangles with cranberries, apples, pecans and caramel sauce with a scoop of cinnamon ice cream.

The class is divided into three groups:

worker, Allen has learned to love these hills of her running career, taking both the bad and good days in stride.

There will be the good days, she said.

“My senior year we were at state. I had had a few bad races before this and had little expectations going into this race. So I just told myself this was the end, and I needed to just see what I can do. I did and set a personal record of 19:20,” Allen said.

And then there will be the bad days.

“My first race of my sophomore year in high school was in Jefferson City, the hardest course in the state. It was 100 degrees outside, and we had no idea what we were getting into,” Allen said. “I don’t even remember finishing. I guess I finished, though, because my coach said I kept saying, ‘What was my time? Tell me my time,’ and then I collapsed into some mom’s arms — not my mom — just some mom in the crowd. That was probably my worst race.”

She said that no matter the race, though, finishing is the best feeling in the world.

“It’s like finishing a test that you’ve studied long and hard for. When you’re done, it’s like a weight is lifted,” Allen said.

“You get to see the fruit of all your efforts, see it all pay off.”

In the end: With the fruit of her labor in tow, Allen likes to unwind by reading some of the classics and baking to her heart’s content.

“I figure if I read all the classics, they have to make me smarter,” she laughed. “I just finished ‘Kite Runner.’ I love ‘The Catcher in the Rye,’ and I finished ‘Jane Eyre’ this sum-

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prep, line and service staff. Each student will rotate through these groups to experience the “front of the house” where the host seats guests and servers attend to guests, and the “back of the house” where the preparation area and cooks are stationed.

Carrie’s Cafe is the first step in many of these students’ lives with big dreams of opening their own restaurants one day.

The cafe is open to the public, and even though it is recommended for guests to reserve a table, they’ll also accept walk-in guests.

Lots 35 and 37 are available for free parking during hours of operation.

Carrie’s Cafe opens Oct. 21 and is open for lunch every Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., in Professional Building 426.

mer. I’m a nerd about science, but I don’t, like, read science textbooks for fun or anything.”

“She’s a pretty laid back girl,” her mom, Mary Allen, said.

“She likes hanging out with friends and having fun like everyone else.”

When Jessi Allen hangs out, it’s usually with a mixing bowl and spoon in hand and a Pinterest page open to the recipe for Slutty Brownies or any number of her baked good favorites.

“I love to bake,” she said, “anything with a twist. Have you ever tried Slutty Brownies?” she asked. “You have to try them!”

With one layer of cookie dough, a layer of Oreos and a layer of brownies, she said they can’t be beat.

She likes to listen to music, anything of the indie persuasion, and she likes her alone time — a stark contrast to being a fierce competitor at the collegiate level.

Though her passion for the sport keeps her running those 500-mile summers and doing twice-a-day workouts, Allen said in the end, she really just runs to achieve.

“I run for accomplishment,” she says.

Allen also runs for others, though she may not know it.

“She has inspired me to try and run,” Mary Allen said.

“Running doesn’t run in our family. I ran track in high school, and maybe ran a mile a few times, but not like Jessi. I’m thinking of doing that Couch to 5k thing, though. Sometimes I will jog with Jessi at home. I can’t keep up with her, but she makes me want to try.”

Homecoming tailgate rocked BearFest Village

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Students bled all things maroon and white at the homecoming tailgate Oct. 18.

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The bronze bear was the 2013 senior class gift and presented to MSU on Oct. 18.