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Renovations coming to Glass Hall for first time Fraternity returns after 25-year absence

By Jenna deJong For The Standard

Sigma Tau Gamma began its return to Missouri State in December 2012 after a 25-year absence. The social fraternity was banned in 1987 due to low membership, according to recruitment and growth coordinator Dean Anderson. Now the group is back with high hopes of establishing a longterm charter. This year, they are beginning to recruit members back into the chapter.

Due to the lack of membership and financial framework in 1987, Anderson — who has been talking to potential new members — said the fraternity was not able to keep its place within Greek life.

“The group lost its charter and that was due to really low membership,” Anderson said. “They had a house at the time, so they kind of realized they weren’t really in a good financial place to remain a recognized chapter. The group kind of just dismantled at that point.”

When a fraternity or sorority chapter gains its charter, it is a recognized Greek organization to its national headquarters. However, once it loses the charter, the chapter also loses certain rights, like voting on issues dealing with their national organization.

For now, the new fraternity is considered a colony, making it the 72nd section of Sigma Tau Gamma.

“Right now, it’s the provisional chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma, or a colony,” Anderson said. “They are a recognized chapter, but they don’t have all of the full rights within Sigma Tau Gamma. Once they are chartered, they are a fully recognized chapter of the fraternity.”

When senior marketing major Brandon Alejo-Morgan first heard about the fraternity’s comeback, he decided to take a chance and test the new opportunity.

“I was referenced by a friend in a sorority,” said AlejoMorgan, who is now the colony’s president. “I ended up calling (Anderson) to see if I could set up a time to meet with him and see what he had to offer.”

Throughout the whole conversation, Alejo-Morgan said the one thing that stood out to him was what the fraternity was looking for in its members.

“The biggest thing that always drew me in about this organization was (Anderson) said it was a gentlemen’s organization,” Alejo-Morgan said. “The majority of fraternities I have seen on campus have a negative connotation about them, so it was nice to hear him say that this was going to be different.”

Also recommended by a friend, freshman psychology major Alexander Durbin said Sigma Tau Gamma offered something that he couldn’t find in other fraternities.

“I just really couldn’t find what I was looking for,” Durbin said. “It’s really amazing to be a founding father because now I can make it what I’m looking for.”

Currently, its official name is the Omega Provisional Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma. Once it is chartered, it will become the Omega Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma. In order to reach this goal, Anderson said the fraternity must go through a series of steps to earn its full rights.

“Sigma Tau Gamma has provided what we call ‘chartering benchmarks,’” Anderson said. “It’s a to-do list of what the group needs to do in order to get chartered. That provides u See FRATERNITY, page 8

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Above are the proposed plans for the coming additions to David D. Glass Hall.

By Emily Joshu Staff Reporter @EmilyJoshu

On Oct. 15, President Clif Smart announced the name of an upcoming addition to Glass Hall at its groundbreaking. This addition will be the first renovation to Glass Hall since it was originally built nearly 30 years ago.

“It takes the next step in developing and sustaining the College of Business,” Dr. Stephanie Bryant, dean of the College of Business, said.

The four-story, 37,000-square-foot addition will be named the Robert Courley Student Success Center. Courley, a donor of $5.4 million to the project, graduated from Missouri State University in 1960 from the Business Organization and Management Program. He later became an owner of businesses such as a beverage distributorship, photo-developing and camera stores, as well as a bank startup in Kansas City, Missouri.

Glass Hall, which was originally constructed in 1987, lacks the updates needed to provide for the growing College of Business.

“Our current facilities lack sufficient common space to hold business, community and alumni events” Suzanne

Shaw, vice president for marketing and communications, said.

The College of Business at Missouri State University is the largest business school at a public institution in the central Midwest, and one of the top 50 largest business schools in the United States. Twenty-five percent of the total university enrollment takes place in the College of Business.

“Student success is on full display in the College of Business,” Smart said.

Since 1986, there has been a 69 percent growth in College of Business students. Since 1995, those numbers have grown from 3,130 to approximately 5,300. Seven hundred of those students have been within the last three years.

“In order to better serve our students and constituents, the current project involves a renovation of the existing Glass Hall building, and an addition to Glass Hall for a Student Success Center,” Shaw said.

As well as the new addition, programmable space will also be added to the existing structure, such as a stateof-the-art trading room, a production studio in which to conduct interviews and film videos, a sales lab, a Graduate School office for both Masters of Business Administration and electronic Masters of Business Administration

space, space for student organizations, Study Away space and collaboration space.

As for the Robert Courley Student Success Center, programmable space includes a 280-person atrium, team meeting rooms, a Business Advisement Center, a Career Center, corporate interview rooms and recruiter space, a 100-seat Executive Auditorium for executive speakers, a catering kitchen, two outside terraces and a full-service cafe.

In terms of financing the project, several donors including Robert Courley, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Central Bank of the Ozarks and members of the Hammons family were large contributors. It was also ensured that the cost of the project would be minimal.

“Missouri State utilizes a competitive bid process with the university selecting the low, best bid,” Shaw said.

“Building renovation charges are already included as a part of the tuition structure for students enrolled in courses in the College of Business.”

The Board of Governors approved the project on Oct. 16, and once the project is initiated, it is targeted to open in fall 2017. “(It will) allow us to compete,” Smart said.

TRIO office pairs with first-generation students to give them an extra ‘push’

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For some high school students, the thought of going to college may seem like nothing more than a far-off dream, but the TRIO program at Missouri State is helping first-generation, lowincome and disabled students reach those dreams.

TRIO is a federal program designed to provide services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. There are two TRIO programs at MSU; Upward Bound, which focuses on helping high school students from Central, Hillcrest and

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Parkview get into college and Student Support Services, created to provide qualified students with free one-on-one tutoring, academic advising and financial assistance.

Qualified students include: first-generation students (meaning that neither parent has received a four-year degree), low-income students (this varies depending on size of household and taxable income) and students with disabilities.

The program is federally funded to work with up to 190 undergraduate students at the university.

The goal is “to take those students from those backgrounds and get them through college, to u See TRIO, page 8

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Calendar MSU mourns loss of student, Marine vet

Tuesday, Oct. 20

Resume Madness, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Hill Hall second floor Campus Conflict Workshop: Political Discourse: Civility, Political Correctness, or Trumpeting Your Own Horn?, noon-1 p.m., PSU room 315 Fall Convocation Lecture featuring Wes Moore, 7-8:30 p.m., JQH Arena

Wednesday, Oct. 21

Board of Governors’ Executive Committee Meeting , 4-5 p.m., Carrington Hall room 203 SAC Films presents: “Trainwreck,” 9 p.m.-midnight, PSU theater

Thursday, Oct. 22

Russian Diplomatic Talk, 7-8:30 p.m., Meyer library room 101 SAC After Hours: Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Trivia Night, 9 p.m.-midnight, PSU food court

Friday, Oct. 23

Mock Interview, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., PSU third floor west ballroom Design + Image 2015: Biennial Graphic Design & Illustration Exhibition, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Student Exhibition Center LGBTQ Association Mixer, 6:3010:30 p.m., Contact Spectrum@Missouristate.edu for address MSU FILM SERIES: Show Me Chefs TV Series and Talkback Session, 7-9 p.m., PSU theater SAC Campus Events presents: Rock-N-Bowl, 7-10 p.m., PSU Level One Game Center

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New Taylor Health

Students passed the Taylor Health and Wellness Referendum.

The referendum proposed demolishing Taylor Health and rebuilding a building twice the size of the original building.

The building will offer a Women’s Health Center, Sports Medical Clinic, drive-thru pharmacy and mental health counseling. It will also provide free strep tests, mono tests, CBC blood tests and urinalysis for students, done in the new Taylor lab.

The completion date is set for Fall 2017. Students will be charged a $29-per-semester student fee once the project is completed.

By Mike Ursery Staff Reporter @MikeUrsery

This past weekend, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and student at Missouri State University submitted to his demons and took his own life. His name was Kindall Johnson.

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 22 veterans commit suicide each day, or one suicide every 65 minutes.

The United States is familiar with war. Images of combat and the hardship of deployments have been flashing across televisions for well over a decade, dating back to the beginning of the Global War on Terror in 2001.

What many people don’t see are the scars that servicemen and women bring home after deployment is over. While warfighters are leaving combat zones, they never truly leave. They bring back with them the memories and trauma from their experiences abroad.

Men and women who have seen battle return home with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other forms of mental illness. These are the scars that people don’t see. They are not visible to the naked eye.

With these cases of mental illness, a stigma is attached within the veteran community. While service members are on active duty, they refuse to seek help because they feel it would be viewed as an act of weakness. Service members also hold a mentality that mission accomplishment is the primary objective. Everything else comes second. Being a veteran myself, I’m familiar with this mentality.

Johnson, according to his mother, wanted to be a U.S. Marine since he was 6 years old. From the time he was 15, he would visit the local recruiting office in Springfield and participate in activities such as physical training with the recruiters.

Johnson reenlisted as an infantryman and was assigned to Marine Corps

Security Forces Regiment, an expeditionary unit that specializes in anti-terrorism operations and provides security for vital national assets across the world.

He was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, and also spent time in Rota, Spain.

Johnson was remembered by his fellow Marines as a strong leader. He always put other Marines before himself, constantly looking out for their welfare and offering help when it was needed.

Johnson discharged from the Marine Corps and enrolled at MSU before the start of the spring 2015 semester. He registered as a biology major. His ultimate goal was to become a doctor, according to his mother.

Johnson also attended The Catalyst Church in Springfield. The Catalyst is a church which teaches the Gospel through sports. According to his pastor, Johnson was involved with the mixed martial arts program at there.

Students will hold a candlelight vigil on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. by the bronze bear statue on the north of Plaster Field.

The veteran suicide epidemic continues to spiral out of control. We’re losing more veterans and active duty military members to suicide than those who gave their lives while conducting combat operations.

If you sense that something is wrong with someone, act accordingly.

Seek help. Talk with your friends and acquaintances and ask them how they are doing. One simple question could prevent someone from ending their life. This goes for everyone, not just veterans. The stresses associated with college life have shown to have a substantial negative impact on students, both traditional and nontraditional alike..

Contact a friend you have spoken to in a long time. Take time to catch up. One phone call could change a person’s day, their month or even their whole life. Battling with one’s inner demons can be too much to bear when fighting alone. Together, we can strive to lower the number of veteran suicides, until the number 22 becomes zero.

Rest easy, Marine. The demons are silent now.

Alumni inspire college students with real-life success stories Four College of Arts and Letters alumni spoke to students during the third annual COAL homecoming Master’s series

By Courtney Cramer Staff Reporter @courtneyrcramer

Anderson is a vocal performer and plays both ing how to survive the process of beginning a the piano and violin. career in music, specifically in New York City.

During her presentation, Anderson focused on giving future musical performers advice regardu See MASTER’S SERIES, page 8

A college student’s least favorite question: What are you going to do with your degree after you graduate?

In honor of homecoming, four Missouri State alumni of the College of Arts and Letters spoke in a master class series in the Plaster Student Union Theater to show students that anyone can be successful after graduation and that COAL majors can lead to numerous different career paths.

Mark Biggs, associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters, introduced each speaker and gave a brief history on their success.

According to Biggs, this is the COAL’s third year hosting the Master class series.

“It’s an attempt on our part to connect with our illustrious alumni and to give our current students a chance to meet the alumni and network,” he said during the program.

The first speaker, Sarah Tannehill Anderson, graduated from Missouri State in 1996 with a Photo courtesy of MSU College of Arts and Letters bachelor’s degree in music performance, later receiving a Master’s in music at the University of Sandra Paola Lopez Ramirez is a dancer, teacher and activist who has traveled to several countries around the world such as Colombia, Brazil, France, Canada and Mexico.

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By Peyson Shields Managing Editor @peys_maker This is for all my fellow December graduates. Whether you’re hopping out of college early, or you’ve taken a victory lap — or two. This is for the students who are afraid.

The students that cry at Taco Bell on a Friday night because they’re worried about the future. The students that are about to pull up their big kid panties and get to work.

In 51 days we will be walking across the stage at JQH. We will be decked out in maroon, with caps swallowing our heads. We will be accepting that piece of paper that says we’re worthy. That piece of paper that says the past four years here at Missouri State paid off.

Or has it paid off?

The dozens of classes you’ve taken are suppose to prepare you for the real world. We’re supposed to learn and

By Keenan Andrea Story Teller @iKeenandrea

About a week ago I ousted the last atom of frail tolerance I had for the Selfie.

A proper renunciation bound to happen sooner or later. The catalyst that drove me to kiss my respect for the Selfie bye-bye was roused to action during a Colorado Rockies ball game, in which a troop of pretty girls spent the longer portion of two minutes posing for snaps of themselves, wearing this or that face, and toting thator- this article of ballpark miscellany, paying attention to little else.

It was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Gee golly me, I thought, Where do they find these people? I snapped into a state of mind we’ll call flabbergastation. I was aghast, confused, dismantled and even a bit locationless. These girls, prim and proper in bedazzled baseball apparel, had changed my world.

And not for the better. Halfway through the footage I had to stop viewing and gave pass to an irritability so cross in manner it’d make your coarsest, most uncouth grandfather seem like chicken feed. No joke. It was as though I thought these girls had committed some moral sin, and it was up to yours truly to bring them to repent.

But why? Why did I express such hate to people I knew nothing about? It made no sense. I’m a reasonable man—irrational at times, full of bad mistakes, maybe—but a reasonable man nonetheless; one who moves on the presumption that people are inherently well-intended, so hating these girls went against my philosophy. It carried no reason. And I very well didn’t have the gusto or heartlessness to form an opinion of anybody on reasonless grounds. So instead, I forklifted my hate off the girls, and dumploaded it onto the lungless vanity of the Selfie itself.

absorb and become professionals. But as I scroll through job listings, I feel less than qualified for 90 percent of the options I see.

This calls for night sweats, tears and the unknown. This is what we’ve been preparing for our whole lives. Becoming adults. I’m finding the adult life, wanting to be in the nine to five, is hard.

Like I said, I feel like whatever happens post-graduation is the unknown. Will I have a job? Will I be moving away from all my friends? For the first time in my life, I don’t know what the next step is. I’ve always been prepared. Always had another plan before abandoning the other. And now? I’m just taking it day by day, and that’s ok.

For me, I’ve always put pressure on myself to be successful. That my success is directly correlated to whether or not I’m worthy. So naturally, having graduation be 51 days away and not having a career locked down, stresses me out. But what I’ve learned from that is, I need to go at my pace. I need to apply for what I want because in the big scheme of life, if it takes me three months after graduation to get a job, that’s ok.

Being young and graduating, we have so many opportunities, but not all of those are going to be instantaneous.

As a generation who thrives on instant gratification, not

But then a new problem heaved into view: Why did I hate the selfie? It seemed harmless enough. I mean, it never broke anything of mine; however, I harbored a searing and childlike peevishness toward it. And so, dear reader, after venturing out for an answer, I have, not without recourse, mind you, untied the conundrum and unveiled the confusion behind why we should learn to love the Selfie.

Stay outside a 20 meter-radius of your mind, it’s about to get blown clear off.

First and foremost, forget what you know and how you a feel about the Selfie.

Let it go. Next, download the idea that the Selfie is a relatively new addition to society, one which serves as a gangway, or a bridge to the widespread broadcast of our individualized experience. A way to seek validation for the things we do. And, contrary to popular belief, the Selfie isn’t an act of vanity, rather a way for us to provide the world a narration of our existence.

We’ve always been self-obsessed people, it’s just, throughout history, the parameters of when and where we can show our selfobsession have gotten, well, lenient.

Think of a confessional. Like, pulpits and whatchamacallits. The central outlet of our narration—our true narration—used to exclusively reside in the church. In the priest. Now, we no longer seek validation in a priest, but in our peers; with the internet being some meta-jangled and freakishly open, opinionated offshoot of what had once been churches, psychologists, the dialogue exchange between doctor and patient, therapists. And so on.

The Selfie is a way to give meaning to our behavior, to our inner existence. Superficially, girls at a ball game snapping photos of themselves might rouse malcontent. The Selfie might limit us. But the thing is, the Selfie purifies in the same breath. It redeems us, reminds us of our narrative, and most important, it requires us to exercise our freedom of expression, and that, I believe, is our raison d’être.

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Late nights, loud music, thousands of pomps.

There truly is no experience like preparing for a Missouri State homecoming.

This year marks my fourth year participating in homecoming through Fraternity and Sorority Life, and I can safely say it’s been one of the best — and worst — experiences of my life.

Homecoming is an exciting time regardless of whether or not you’re in a student organization, but being involved definitely amps the experience. Getting hyped for Rockstar and Yell Like Hell, chalking during Royalty Blitz and the homecoming tailgate are certainly a blast.

But the most notorious homecoming institution — one that FSL members cringe at the mention of — is pomping.

Building a float is already a daunting task. Building a good float is mammoth task. Building a float to compete for the win has all the potential for a living nightmare.

Gone are the days of simply pushing pomp — individual pieces of tissue paper — through chicken wire to make something cool. Now, everything is roll pomped.

What’s roll pomp you ask? Roll pomp is a tiny, rolled up piece of tissue paper that forms a small cylinder about the length of your index finger. These pomps are created by taking a rectangularly-cut piece of tissue paper, rolling it into a cylindrical shape using a pencil or pen, and then sealing the pomp together by either licking the flap or dipping

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getting what we want right then can be a tough pill to swallow. But, sometimes if you take a step back from the stress and think about why you’ve spent the last 17 years of your life studying, it’s not about the job. It’s not about the paycheck. At the end of the day, it’s about yourself. Landing that dream job is great, but it doesn’t define you.

Missouri State University has taught me so much more than I can show on my resume. It’s taught me to be a more involved individual. It’s taught me to be kind and reach out to others. It’s taught me that it’s okay to have chocolate milk, a cookie and an ice cream cone at the dining hall when you’re having a bad day. It’s taught me to truly be thankful for the opportunity to transition into the world.

It’s taught me who I am.

Critiquing your resume and writing hundreds of cover letters is only half the battle. You have to let go, trust in yourself and be confident that these past four years actually have paid off. You have to be persistent. You have to use LinkedIn like it’s Tinder. You have to follow what you want. And if you’re still at loss, remember fast food managers make about 50k a year.

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the flap in water and then pressing it shut.

Seems easy enough, right? Sure.

Rolling one or two or even 10 pomps isn’t too bad. Now think about how you have to cover an entire 18 foot trailer float with these bad boys. Oh yeah, and don’t forget, of course your float won’t be flat on top, so you have to pomp literally anything that sits on, hangs off of or is being carried by the trailer. So easily, were looking at a few thousand pomps just to start — and that’s assuming you maybe painted some stuff or pushed pomp through chicken wire.

Once you start roll-pomping everything in sight, you’re looking at easily tens of thousands of pomps. Just let that sink in for a second. Tens. Of. Thousands.

It’s a verifiable living nightmare.

But it’s also one of the greatest and most fulfilling experiences college has to offer.

Spending hours upon hours in the sleep deprived pseudo-sweatshops of a fraternity or sorority house is an excellent way to make lasting friendships —because you’ve both had a near death experience from sleep loss and bruised fingers from rolling pomp.

When it comes down to it though, everything is worthwhile when you watch that beautiful float roll down JQH Parkway. You don’t remember it because you’re so tired, but darn it, it was a masterpiece.

At that point, winning any sort of float contest for homecoming points just seems like a bonus.

But alas, homecoming has come and gone. Gone is the pomp. The float is probably still in front of the fraternity or sorority house at which it was built. Your house or residence hall room is likely a disaster.

But you did it. You had a successful homecoming.

Until next time, homecoming. We’ll catch you on the flip side.

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// 1 // Students wait for the highly-anticipated pep rally, Yell Like Hell on Thursday, Oct. 15. Yell Like Hell featured stomp-and-clap performances from over 20 campus groups including fraternities, sororities and student organizations. // 2 // Shelby Greninger of Alpha Delta Pi and Brandon Dick of Sigma Pi were crowned queen and king during halftime of the homecoming football game. // 3 // Olivia Gallo of Sigma Kappa, sings “I Hope You Dance,” during the second round of Rockstar, a singing competition during homecoming week. // 4 // Sigma Sigma Sigma performs their Yell Like Hell routine. The sorority placed first in the fraternity/sorority division of the pep rally competition. // 5 // The Missouri State Pride Band performed the MSU Fight Song and “Uptown Funk,” during the parade Saturday morning. // 6 // Banners promoting each king and queen candidates were hung up all around campus before homecoming. // 7 // Student organization, Sister Circle, performs their Yell Like Hell routine. // 8 // Jake Dyer of Delta Chi gets into the spirit of tailgating before the football game. // 9 // Weston Thomas of Hutchens House dances and sings to “Footloose” during the first round of Rockstar.

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Scorecard Women’s golf: First place in the MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial Women’s soccer: Win vs.

Illinois State 1-0 Volleyball: Loss vs. Loyola Chicago 3-1 and Win vs.

Bradley 3-0 Field hockey: Loss vs. Central Michigan 1-0 Men’s soccer: Loss vs.

Bradley 4-0 Football: Loss vs. Illinois State 38-2 Swimming and diving: Men win vs. Drury 135-87 Women win vs. Drury 150-87 Hockey: Win vs. SIUE 5-4 and 9-3

Calendar Tuesday, Oct. 20 Men’s golf: 8:30 a.m.

APSU/F&M Bank Intercollegiate in Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Friday, Oct. 23

Swimming and diving: 5 p.m. at Kansas Double Dual in Lawrence, Kansas Volleyball: 6 p.m. vs.

Indiana State in Terre Haute, Indiana

Saturday, Oct. 24

Field hockey: noon vs. Ball State in Muncie, Indiana Football: 2 p.m. vs. South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota Women’s soccer: 2 p.m. vs. Drake in Springfield, Missouri Volleyball: 7 p.m. vs. Illinois State in Normal, Illinois Swimming and diving: noon at Kansas Double Dual in Lawrence, Kansas Men’s soccer: 7 p.m. vs.

Evansville in Evansville, Indiana

Briefs

Missouri State Swimming and diving team handedly beat cross-town rival Drury Panthers in Hammons Student Center; the women won 15087 and the men won 13587.

The night was plagued by some technical difficulties, but that didn’t stop the familiar foes from racing their hardest.

“It’s awesome for the town of Springfield,” head coach Dave Collins said. “We’re about eight blocks apart, we recruit a lot of the same athletes, we’re both very even matched when you look at the history there are always close meets.”

Collins is a Drury alum and has known Drury coach Brian Reynolds since his college days when he swam for Reynolds.

Dora Kiss, a senior, had some of her best times of her career against Drury; she competed in the women’s 1000 yard freestyle, 200 yard freestyle and 500 yard freestyle.

“You go the 1000 free, the longest race of the meet,” Collins said.

“Right into the 200 free where you’ve gotta change speeds. That’s something we’ve done two weeks in a row with her and she’s handled it really well and then to come back and have her best dual meet 500 freestyle time as a senior says a lot.”

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‘Live Like Alex’: words to play and live by

Eric Knifong Sports Reporter @e_knifong

Junior defensive specialist Tatum Marshall started playing volleyball when she was about 10 years old.

Marshall’s older sister, Courtney, (who started playing first) got her interested in the sport after she would watch Courtney play. Tatum pursued the sport further when she attended a volleyball camp and loved it. Her parents, Alex and Angela Stuart, loved watching them play and dedicated their time and energy to help Tatum and Courtney succeed in sports.

“They (my parents) pretty much did anything they could to be at all of the games,” said Marshall. “They loved watching it.”

Marshall said her parents tried to study and learn the game so they could have conversations about the games and what was going on with her and her sister. They were Tatum and Courtney’s biggest supporters.

Her dad, Alex, was outgoing and would talk to anyone.

“He was not shy at all,” said Marshall. Alex had strong faith and trust in the things he did in his life through God, and he loved everything he did.

He used to call Tatum, and if she did not answer, he left a voicemail every time.

These memories are what Tatum holds onto before games now, as she writes one of her favorite Bible verses on her wrist, Isaiah 41:10, with the initials “#LLA” underneath.

Her parents were involved in a car accident last spring that left Angela Stuart in intensive care for a long time and took the life of Alex.

“When I first found out, I did not

words to her that helps her get through the day. “Hey buddy, I love you”, “Praying for you today” or “It’s OK if you are struggling, you can do it. You are strong” are all things Tatum still hears.

The initials “#LLA” that Tatum writes on her wrist stands for “Live Like Alex” which was started by the Missouri State volleyball team. The meaning behind the slogan is to live life. Don’t take anything for granted, go out and have adventures, pursue the things you want and to live for a higher purpose.

“Missouri State volleyball has been very supportive of my family and me, and everything we have been going through,” said Marshall.

She credits the volleyball team with helping her and her family get through the tough times, and says they are all a tight-knit family. Having 14 other girls there for her to talk to when she needs someone has been a blessing for Marshall.

“When my mom was in the hospital, I do not think there was a time when a volleyball player was not at the hospital with me,” said Marshall.

Marshall and her mom are still in the process of trying to go on with life and their support for each other is always there. Her mom is doing great, says Marshall. She is done with her therapy, and her injuries are healing up well. The whole family is trying to live a different life, but Alex will always be with them.

Kristen Stacy/THE STANDARD “My dad was such an influential Junior defensive specialist Tatum Marshall hits the ball against Loy- person in my life, and I wouldn’t be ola Chicago on Oct. 16. The Bears lost to the Ramblers 3-1. the person I am today without him in my life,” said Marshall. “He pushed want to quit (volleyball),” said Mar- would do. He would want me to con- me to be a better person in every shall. “At first it was hard, but I knew tinue to pursue what I love.” aspect. He loved life and loved his that I needed to continue going on When Marshall is having a bad family, and is the reason I keep pushwith life because that is what my dad day, she hears her dad speak little ing forward.”

Volleyball bounces back defeating Bradley Eric Knifong Sports Reporter @e_knifong

The Missouri State Bears volleyball team returned home after a four-match road trip. It was the first time the Bears played a home match in three weeks, and it showed on Friday night.

“The performance we had last night (Friday) was very unacceptable,” said head coach Melissa Stokes. “We didn’t play with a lot of passion.”

On Friday, the Bears (13-6, 4-2) hosted Loyola Chicago (16-3, 5-1) at Hammons Student Center.

The match turned out to be a defensive battle, as both teams were sloppy hitting the ball. MSU had a season-low hitting percentage of .058 while having an attack efficiency of .150 on Loyola. The Ramblers beat the Bears in four sets with scores of 25-21, 20-25, 25-21 and 25-16.

The first set belonged to Loyola after being tied at seven, the Ramblers went on a 3-0 run to go up 10-7 and they would never trail again in the set.

The Bears made things interesting at the end by going on a 5-0 run after the Ramblers were on set point at 24-16, but it was too much to overcome for MSU. The second set was the opposite of the first set, as the Bears never trailed in the set and came out on a 3-0 run. However, they could not keep the Ramblers down for long, as they won the next two sets and the match.

Sophomore outside hitter Lily Johnson led the Bears in kills and digs with 12 and 18. Junior middle blocker Simone House added 10 kills and four blocks, freshman libero Emily Butters had 16 digs and junior defensive specialist Tatum Marshall had 14 digs.

Loyola led in all major statistical categories; kills (53-39), assists (52-37), digs (94-77) and blocks (16-7).

On Saturday, the Bears came out to prove they are better than what they showed the night before.

MSU (13-7, 4-3) faced Bradley University (5-15, 0-8).

“When we play hard, play with passion and work hard then there is no such thing as a bad loss,” said Stokes. “Last night (Friday) was a bad loss because we were probably at about 60% of what we are capable of controlling. We can control our effort, our communication and our passion.

Tonight I was happy with all those things and you

Bears outshoot the Braves, still lose big Bart Anders Sports Editor @bartanders42

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Simone House hits the ball past a Loyola blocker on Oct. 16.

saw a good result.”

That effort and passion was on display in the three set sweep of the Braves with scores of 25-17, 25-18 and 25-15. The Bears controlled the all three sets and never trailed in the first or third sets.

“One of our goals tonight (Saturday) was to come out and battle from start to finish, and I think that our offense and defense really came together tonight,” said senior setter Kinsey Batten.

The Bears owned advantages in kills (45-30), assists (43-28), digs (48-43) and blocks (8-6).

Also, they held a hitting percentage of .324 against .083 for Bradley. Batten had 35 of the assists for the Bears.

Johnson led the team in kills with 10 and had 15 digs for her fourth-straight double-double in as many matches. Sophomore setter Lauren Boone set a career high in blocks with five and added seven kills on a .700 hitting percentage.

The Bears (14-7, 5-3) get ready to go on the road again; first in Terre Haute, Indiana to face Indiana State (14-9, 3-5) on Oct. 23 and finish the trip in Normal, Illinois against Illinois State (15-6, 5-3) Oct. 24.

As a sports fan, you have to prepare yourself for a season of watching your team go through injuries, misfortune, bad calls and tough breaks. But nothing can prepare you for downright bad luck.

People have blamed the Babe and Buckner, Bartman and a goat head and even Norwood pushing it wide right, but who do you blame in a Missouri State men’s soccer game where the Bears outshot the Bradley Braves 22-8 and lost the game 4-0?

You can’t blame an offense that had nine different players take a shot, but you can’t really blame a defense led by sophomore goalie Liam Priestley who has posted six shutouts in 12 regular-season games this year.

Sometimes, when it rains it pours, and on Oct. 17 at Shea Stadium in Peoria, Illinois the Bears were drenched in bad luck.

My theory: Every goal made by the Braves was a great one.

For example, in the 32nd minute, the Braves’ freshman forward Frank Bak bent a shot into the top corner of the net from outside the box. Then, in the 60th minute, sophomore defender Jacob Taylor took a beautiful assist from Bak and turned it into an even more beautiful diving header past a hopeless Priestley.

Not to mention that the Braves’ goalkeeper, junior Logan Ketterer, had six saves.

But, regardless of the sheer amount of misfortune, the Bears have to live with the results. With a lot riding on the game, though, the Bears are in a bit of trouble moving forward in conference play.

With a win, the Bears would’ve moved up to a tie for second, but with a 1-2-1 conference record after the loss to the Braves, they now sit at fifth.

Bradley is now tied at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference with Drake as both teams remain unbeaten in conference play after the week.

Both Bradley and Drake have nine conference points while MSU only has four. But, the Bears have a chance to right the ship with two conference games left in the season. u See SOCCER, page 8

Not this time, Redbirds Eli Wohlenhaus Editor-in-Chief @eliwohlenhaus

For the past three seasons especially, the Illinois State Redbirds have dominated the Missouri Valley Conference in women’s soccer.

That is no more.

Missouri State (9-4-1, 31) was able to finally overcome ISU (5-8-2, 2-2-0) 1-0 on homecoming, unlike the Bears’ football counterpart.

The game’s lone goal came from sophomore midfielder Brooke Zimmerman just three minutes into the second half.

“They (Illinois State) have been the flagship program for our league for the

last four or five years,” said head coach Rob Brewer.

“Tonight we competed. We had our moments, but it took eight seconds of brilliant soccer and a goal. Brooke (Zimmerman), above all else, is a competitor and I am happy that she is winning games for us.”

This was Zimmerman’s fourth game-winning goal of the season, all of which have come at Allison South Stadium.

MSU gears up for its last two games before the conference tournament. The Bears last home game is this Saturday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m.

The maroon and white will honor their eight seniors for the team’s Senior Day.

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Junior midfielder Millie Kingsbury stops a pass from Illinois State’s senior forward Abby Van Deventer on Oct. 17. The Bears won the game 1-0 on homecoming.

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Ice Bears dominate Pink on the Rink series The Ice Bears move to 6-7 after 2 wins against the Cougars of SIUE Ben Gilbert Staff Writer @TheGilb24

The Missouri State Ice Bears were victorious in their homecoming match ups against the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars this weekend with scores of 5-4 in overtime on Friday and 9-3 on Saturday.

Friday was the annual Pink on the Rink game where half of the proceeds went to Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks, along with special uniforms and a pink Mediacom Ice Park.

The Ice Bears thrilled the crowd with an overtime goal from sophomore forward Connor Millard. The Ice Bears trailed entering the third period 4-3 due to two goals by the Cougars at the end of the second period. Early in the third period, junior defenseman Bobby Brown’s shot was tipped in by senior forward Richard Westcott.

The 4-on-4 overtime was fast-paced and saw each team firing the puck on net furiously. Millard sent a slap shot screaming by the goalie for the game winner.

“James DeMarco popped the puck out to me and there was no way I was going to make a move on the defender.

So, I just ripped a shot and hoped for the best,” Millard said.

The following night, the Bears wasted no time jumping on the Cougars early. Goals by Millard, sophomore forward James DeMarco, freshman forward Travis Barrett, and freshman forward Marshall Gevers put the Ice Bears up 4-1 after the first period.

Senior goalie Mitch Fernsler stopped all 23 shots in the second period which was key in halting two Cougars power plays. Gevers would add a second goal, and junior forward Logan Lopicka added the first goal of his hat trick on the night to make the score 6-1 after the second.

Two more goals by Lopicka and a short handed goal by junior forward Brendan McClew closed out the weekend as the Ice Bears won their fourth straight game 9-3. The Ice Bears were outshot 40-50, but head coach Bob Bucher was still pleased with the consistent effort.

“We were aggressive and disciplined all weekend, and you have to be both to win,” Bucher said. “We were aggressive all three periods but yet disciplined in our attacks and defense.”

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Freshman forward Jason Small skates after the puck during the Ice Bears 5-4 victory over SIUE on Oct. 16.

Bucher continued that playing the level of competition they are the rest of the way, being disciplined with defensive coverage and moving the puck will be key from here on out.

The Ice Bears will host defending national champions University of Central Oklahoma next weekend. The Ice Bears played the team on the road a month ago, and

believe the outcome can be different this time around.

“We were struggling through injury and illnesses at the time,” Millard said. “If we play how we have been with the hard work and determination to win, then I think we can take it over.”

The Ice Bears will host UCO Oct. 23 and 24, with both games at 7 p.m.

MSU needs QB pressure to beat USD John Robinson Sports Reporter @SaxmanJohn

The South Dakota Coyotes are riding high as a team.

USD (3-3 1-2 MVFC) was the only team picked lower than the Bears in the Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason poll, but are now coming off a win over the defending FCS national champions, North Dakota State.

So how did the Coyotes go from being picked at the bottom of the conference to picking up a big win?

They simply are the team Missouri State wanted to be this season, emphasizing the run and playing solid defense.

Junior Ryan Saeger is the man behind center for USD. Saeger has above a 50 percent completion percentage for 1,017 yards and six touchdowns this season. He can also scramble and is the second leading rusher on the team with 268 yards on the ground with one touchdown.

Trevor Bouma is a junior running back, and, while not as dangerous as some of the running backs the Bears have faced this season, averages 72 yards per game and has scored six touchdowns this season.

Eric Shufford is Saeger’s favorite receiving target. The senior wide receiver has 236 yards and one touchdown on the year averaging 43 yards each game.

While the Coyote’s have an offense which can score, averaging 21 points per game, it is their defense which has really carried them to a .500 record.

USD has picked off seven passes on the year and has forced seven fumbles. When it comes to third down conversions, opponents are only successful 44 percent of the time against the Coyotes.

Can the Bears win this game? Yes, they absolutely can. Opponents have sacked USD’s quarterbacks 10 times and the Coyotes have fumbled the ball 12 times this year.

The Bears have a pass rush which has been decent this year, and if they can play to the strengths they have the Coyotes may not be able to score like most can against MSU. Plus, coming off a win against a rival they hadn’t beaten on the road since 1978 may be the perfect opportunity for the Bears to pull off the upset.

It won’t be easy, but if there’s any game I can see the Bears having a decent chance in the rest of this season, it is this Saturday in South Dakota.

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The second speaker, Susan Hiland, graduated from MSU with a degree in electronic media. Hiland now works for Fox 4 News in Kansas City, Missouri.

During her speech, she gave tips to future journalists on how to exist in a field where changes in technology have been changing the rules.

“Anybody who is going to be doing journalism is going to be doing internet journalism as well,” she said. “It’s just something you have to do.”

Jennifer Moore, the next speaker and a current MSU graduate student in international relations with an emphasis in diplomacy, received her bachelor’s degree from the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.

While working on her degree, Moore is also the Theatre and Event Coordinator at MSU’s West Plains campus and is writing three books.

Moore focused on how the media is really a two-way conversation. According to her, not only are reporters responsible for the news, but so are the people that the news is written for.

“If something is important to you, I would recommend keeping an eye on the local media and even on the national media,” she said. “If you think something was done well, or something wasn’t done right, contact the newsroom.”

The final speaker, Sandra Paola Lopez Ramirez graduated from Missouri State with a major in dance performance and minors in psychology and religious studies. Ramirez then went on to receive a Master’s in education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ramirez now works for the dance program at the University of Texas at El Paso and cofounded in2improv, an organization that, according to its website, brings people together from different backgrounds with collaborative improvisation.

Ramirez is bringing to light many issues in today’s community through dance and other performance-based activities.

“If we want to ensure the survival of the human species, we cannot afford to ignore the state of the world,” she said.

“For me, being committed to making the world a better place is simply not a choice.”

While these sessions highlighted the accomplishments of COAL alumni, they also taught students that life after college does not necessarily have to be what you expected, but can be much greater.

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a lot of the initial goals for the chapter, whether it be hosting a philanthropy event or doing a community service project or holding weekly chapter meetings.”

As the fraternity president, it becomes Alejo-Morgan’s job to ensure these benchmarks start getting accomplished. He said the first step is deciding what guidelines need to be put in place for the chapter to run smoothly in the future.

“Right now, the biggest things we need to get completed are our constitution and bylaws so we can be seen as an official organization

by Missouri State,” Alejo-Morgan said. “This will give the framework for how everything works within our chapter.”

Once it achieves its goal, the Omega Chapter must maintain its charter. Anderson said they have a game plan for what will be different the second time around.

“The group is very focused on academics and service that I think they will benefit from,” Anderson said. “I also want to ensure that the group is well-supported. Having our headquarters in Warrensburg just a couple hours away really helps out.”

The group plans to complete its to-do list in a little less than a year.

According to Alejo-Morgan, this may be an ambitious goal but the hope is what keeps the group motivated.

“Our biggest goal is to get chartered faster than other organizations,” Alejo-Morgan said. “Usually it takes about a year or two, and our group wants to do it in a little less than a year. I love the optimism but I still think it takes a little time.”

All in all, both Alejo-Morgan and Durbin can both agree that Sigma Tau Gamma is worth the addition because of the amount of respect and character the group aims to exemplify.

“If I had to narrow it down to three characteristics for our current and future members, it would be well-mannered, concerned and openminded,” Alejo-Morgan.

For member Durbin, he is hoping that throughout time, the members will evolve into better people, strengthening the chapter as a whole.

“I want the men we select every year to be such strong gentlemen,” Durbin said. “You’re building such better men every year, that at the end of your undergraduate career here, the idea is that you wouldn’t be able to get in coming in as a freshman.”

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News anchor Susan Hiland talked to students about the evolution of journalism.

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Good news for the Bears is that those two conference opponents, Evansville and Central Arkansas, are both winless in conference so far.

With a conference win being worth three points, two wins could give the Bears 10 points and, if all falls their way, put them in first place in the conference – but that is highly unlikely.

Drake and Bradley are both scoring goals at a high

level and the Bears will most likely have to battle their way into the MVC tournament with no bye game. But, in years past, the champion has not been one of the higher seeds.

MSU’s next game on the schedule is against the Purple Aces on Oct. 24 in Evansville, Indiana.

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push them through this entire process,” TaJuan Wilson, executive director of TRIO Programs and multicultural student retention, said. “The end goal is to ensure that we’re leveling the playing field for students with disadvantaged backgrounds.”

Student Support Services works to mentor students throughout their years at MSU, with an emphasis on career building and life after college in the later years.

Also, students are able to request tickets to activities across campus and in the community in order to be exposed to various cultural activities.

“There has to be something in place to support those students,” said Wilson, “and TRIO has been that source of hope since the mid 60s.”

As enrollment at MSU increases, so does the need for programs like TRIO. “Research shows that about 40 percent of our students nationwide are first generation, low income,” said Wilson. “You have 40 percent of your students walking around campuses nationwide who don’t have those examples for them at home: ‘This is what it

means to go to college. This is what it means to navigate those tricky waters.’”

The national TRIO slogan is “it works,” and it does. Student Support Services had a 98 percent retention rate and Upward Bound had a 100 percent retention rate this past year.

In order to be accepted into the Student Support Services program, qualified students should apply online at or pick up the short, one-page application at the TRIO office in the west lower level of Freudenberger. An interview will follow for those whose applications are accepted, and those qualified for the program will be accepted or placed on a waiting list.