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EMILY COLE News Editor @EMCole19 Missouri State’s mechanical engineering and technology program has earned a spot in a national engineering competition for the first time.

Some of the MET students will be working as a team to compete in the Society of Automotive Engineers International’s Collegiate Design Series competition.

The CSD includes eight different competitions, like Formula Hybrid or Clean Snowmobile Challenge, but the MSU team was drawn to one — Baja SAE. Dalen Sloan, junior MET major and team manager, said the competition is a test of participating students’ mechanical engineering skills.

Each team builds a dune buggy, similar to those seen in the Baja California Desert.

Baja SAE is made up of three main categories — design, vehicle performance and cost analysis, Sloan said.

“The competition gauges not just the vehicle, so it’s not just a speed race, but really, the teams are scored on their ability to do engineering design,” Kevin Hubbard, assistant professor of technology and construction management and faculty advisor to MSU Baja, said.

Hubbard said the team is required to submit design documentation, as well as cost estimates and final cost analysis, to see if they met their budget.

“It’s not just throwing something together real quick before the day,” Sloan said.

A winner is chosen in each of those categories, as well as one overall winner. Winners receive trophies and monetary awards. However, Mohammed Jubary, senior MET major and MSU Baja member, said there’s more to be gained.

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Dalen Sloan and Aaron Abrudan, two members of MSU Baja, work on their dune buggy’s roll cage. The team will compete in Baja SAE in 2019.

“I think one of the biggest advantages is recognition nationally,” Jubary said. “MSU named as an engineering program — that’s a really big thing, just getting in and competing. This will draw more students here and draw a lot of attention to the university.”

The MET degree program at MSU was formed in 2014, and this is the first time in the history of the university that a team from MSU will compete in Baja SAE, said Hubbard.

Sloan said MSU tried to enter last year, but they only made the 60-team wait list and ultimately did not compete. He compared the registration process to something many students are familiar with.

“It’s just like classes,” Sloan said. “If you’re not registered within the first minute, some of your classes — you might not get ‘em.”

The morning that registration opened, several hopeful students were waiting for the right moment to hit refresh.

“We stuck a couple of people in the computer lab,” Sloan said. “We had everybody manned on a computer, waiting until that 9 o’clock mark hit and…”

“They all started clicking!” Hubbard said.

While they didn’t make it last year, this year they are team 77 out of 100, eligible to compete u See BAJA, page 10

Missouri State backup quarterback Anthony Monken has been charged with driving while intoxicated after an incident in May. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol documents, Monken, 22, was stopped on May 12 at 2:47 a.m. for exceeding the speed limit and weaving violently within his lane.

In the report, the officer describes a strong scent of alcohol coming from Monken and that Monken had glassy eyes and slurred speech.

Monken told the officer he had consumed four to six drinks between 7 a.m. and midnight, according to the report.

The officer conducted field sobriety tests on Monken, during which he determined Monken was impaired. A preliminary breathalyzer test result for Monken was over the legal blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent, according to the report.

A follow-up breath sample result showed Monken’s BAC was .187 percent, On Friday, Oct. 19, Monken was charged with the DWI as well as exceeding the speed limit by 16-19 miles per hour. The statement said this was Monken’s first alcohol-related arrest.

Monken, orginally from Libertyville, Illinois, started his collegiate career at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. He redshirted then transferred to Fresno City College, a community college in Fresno, California. He played two seasons and recorded seven touchdowns in seven games.

2017 was Monken’s first year at Missouri State, but he had to sit out due to eligibity rules.

He has not played in a game yet for the Bears football team in 2018.

Monken is the nephew of Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Todd Monken and the cousin of Army West Point head coach Jeff Monken.

Exploring LGBT history at MSU LAYNE STRACENER Senior Reporter @LayneStracener Fourteen years ago, Missouri State University’s president at the time refused to add sexual orientation to the non-discrimination policy. Now, there are many resources and groups for LGBTQ students, and LGBTQ pride is celebrated on campus during LGBT History Month in October.

1980s:

The first LGBTQ organization on campus was the Gay and Lesbian Student Association, in the early 1980s. The name was changed to Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Alliance in 1997, and that name changed to Spectrum in 2011.

According to the Missouri State website, the organization’s purpose is to include a safe social environment for LGBTQ students and “attempt to create a greater positive visibility of LGBTQ persons.”

In 1989, the MSU Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of “The Normal Heart,” a play about the AIDS crisis, drew attention from media worldwide.

One student was offended by the content and gave the script to his minister, who sent it to Republican then-state Rep. Jean Dixon.

Dixon began a petition drive and media campaign to attempt to stop the production, according to Missouri State history professor Holly Baggett in her essay, “The Creation of a Community: A History of Gay and Lesbian

Springfield, 1945-2010.”

Dixon’s media campaign was not the only form of opposition to the play; there were numerous protests and boycotts.

The university president at the time, Marshall Gordon, received thousands of letters from around the world asking that the production be canceled. He refused.

During opening night, the Los Angeles Times reported that a suspicious fire gutted the house of supporter Brad Evans, the president of People Acting With Compassion and Tolerance, killing his cat and destroying his home. By December, Springfield fire officials had not identified a suspect in connection with the arson.

1991 - 2005:

In 1991, the university drew national attention with the fight to include sexual orientation on the non-discrimination policy.

The Faculty Senate passed a resolution calling

to include it to the policy, but university President John Keiser and the Board of Governors refused to sign off on it.

During the next eight years, Faculty Senate passed at least four resolutions to include it in the policy. The Staff Senate and Student Government Association passed similar resolutions. Baggett, BiGALA, LGBTQ faculty and staff group Lambda Alliance, and activists on and off campus supported the resolutions.

Year after year, they asked the Board of Governors to include a vote to add it to the policy. The board did not make a motion to vote on the resolution. During a board meeting in 2004, a motion was made but not seconded.

According to the board's minutes, Keiser advised the board to turn down the resolution. He Graphic by KRISTINA KHODAI/ said adding sexual oriTHE STANDARD entation to the policy

would be unnecessary.

The policy did not change until Keiser retired in 2005. Baggett witnessed the change from one president to the next.

“Keiser was clearly – and I do not throw this term around lightly – a homophobe,” Baggett said. “He called us ‘biological perversions.’

The sad thing was the board went along with him even though we knew at least a couple of them disagreed. There was also anxiety and fear on campus among LGBTQ faculty and staff that was unnecessary. It was a long and exhausting experience.”

Keiser also refused to sign into curriculum a course called Sexual Orientation and Public Policy, but he eventually signed off because the chair of the Faculty Senate said he would take it up with the Senate as an academic freedom issue.

In 1998, then-SMSU gave a $10,000 scholarship to a football player who had not yet finished his sentence for beating a gay man unconscious, according to Baggett.

Around the same time, BiGALA was funded to include street banners to celebrate National Lesbian and Gay History Month, said Missouri State alum Brent Husher, who was a member of BiGALA, in a LGBTQ roundtable discussion sponsored by the Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives in 2011.

The members submitted the design to Ozark Mountain Interiors, the university’s preferred printing company. Husher said the banner read something generic like “Celebrate Diversity u See LGBT, page 10

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Brick City, located in downtown Springfield on Mill Street, is made up of four buildings and houses the MSU Art and Design Department.

MSU to buy Brick City for $17.7 million AFTON HARPER Staff Reporter @affie888 Missouri State University will purchase buildings within the IDEA Commons area early next year.

During a Missouri State University Board of Governors meeting on Friday, a resolution was approved to purchase Brick City which will create a “cash flow” for the university, according to Matthew Morris, vice president for Administrative Services.

IDEA Commons, an innovation center north of downtown Springfield, is a place where students can work to improve their art, design and entrepreneurial skills. Some of these

buildings are known as Brick City.

The Board of Governors approved a resolution for MSU to purchase the buildings that make up Brick City, which currently houses MSU’s Art and Design Department and the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Pharmacy.

The purchase includes four buildings, and MSU will have the option to buy a fifth building over a two-year period.

Morris said the university will make more money by purchasing the buildings than they would by continuing to pay their annual bond payment and other costs associated with the use of the buildings.

“Ultimately, the purchase will cash flow,” Morris said.

The purchase will cost MSU $17.7 million, and is set for Jan. 23, 2019.

The buildings included in this purchase are as follows: Brick 1 — 327 W. Mill St. Brick 3 — 305 W. Mill St. Brick 4 — 215 W. Mill St. Brick 5 — 420 N. Campbell Ave.

Program offers rewards for refilling water bottles AFTON HARPER Staff Reporter @affie888 Many people enjoy eating at Chick-fil-A and Panda Express at the Plaster Student Union.

But did you know you can earn free food by simply using your reusable water bottle?

People all over campus can earn points through an app called Fill it Forward by utilizing their reusable water bottles at select vendors at the Plaster Student Union and scanning Missouri State University specific QR codes.

Fill it Forward, a program paid for by the sustainability fund on campus, is an app-based experience that was launched last month.

With this program, students receive a free QR code sticker that can be placed on a reusable water bottle. The QR code can be scanned through the mobile app each time the bottle is filled to earn one point toward prizes.

These QR codes can also be found on the walls at certain restaurants in the PSU and people can receive five points for scanning them when the user buys a drink using their water bottle.

A few of these restaurants include Panda Express and Chick-fil-A. Indigo Tran, the director of Fill it Forward and senior environmental biology and evolution major, said the purpose of this program is to incentivize students to use less single-use products.

“We are trying to get more of the student population involved,” Tran said.

Tran said students can pick up their free tag in Carrington 104.

There are four levels of prizes that the Fill it Forward program provides. The prizes can be redeemed at participating locations by opening the app and clicking “redeem” on the prize and having the cashier scan the code provided.

The first level is reached when the user earns 25 points. At this level, you get a free tall beverage from Starbucks. Fifty points earns you a free side dish from Panda Express, Chick-fil-A, Subway or Grill Nation.

At 75 points, you receive a free venti premium beverage from Starbucks.

100 points is the last level that Fill it Forward

awards, and you get a free entree from Panda Express, Chick-fil-A, Subway, Papa Johns or Grill Nation.

This does not necessarily mean you stop earning points after reaching the final level.

Users are entered into a nation-wide contest that gives out prizes every month. Some of these prizes include items such as bicycles or a free Netflix subscription.

Not only does Fill it Forward work to award its users for being more sustainable, but it also supports a charity.

Every point that is earned goes to a collective effort of the university to donate clean water to communities in need, Tran said.

Cupanion, the creators of this sustainable water bottle program, fund projects to provide clean water as more users scan their QR codes, Tran said.

Users can check their direct contributions to projects by opening the Fill it Forward app and clicking on the tab labeled “Water Projects.”

Users are meant to scan the QR stickers whenever their water bottle is refilled. The program relies on an honor system, but users

are limited to only three scans per day.

Tran hopes to expand Fill it Forward off campus to other universities and to eventually involve other restaurants and businesses in Springfield.

She said they have worked on reaching out to Ozark Technical Community College and Drury University to possibly add this program to those campuses.

Kaska Indyk, senior geography major, said she has been using the Fill it Forward app for around three weeks.

“The app is really cool because you are able to see the environmental impacts of not using a plastic water bottle and instead of refilling the cup you already own,” Indyk said.

Indyk said she could imagine Fill it Forward being “super trendy” and having many people involved with the program. She feels that if more students had greater access to the tags, it would increase the popularity of the program.

Tran said they plan to have the tags at every vendor in the PSU, but is still in the process of being implemented.

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Editor Q&A of the Week What is your favorite animal?

“I’m really a fan of dogs and penguins.”

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“Narwhals because they’re the closest thing to real unicorn.”

“Pandas. I saw a panda in real life once, and I legit cried. It was amazing.”

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“I like dogs because they’re good companions.”

“Hedgehogs. 100 percent. I want one so bad. They’re so cute. Have you ever seen a hedgehog swim? It’s probably the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Kaitlyn Stratman, Photo Editor “Cows. Because they’re cows.”

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“A cheetah because they’re fast and sleek.“ Nina Todea, Life Editor

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Garage rockers, Gøggs, embrace themselves on ‘Pre Strike Sweep’ JOEY MUELLER Reviewer

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Windows update deletes files for some the update in order to fix the file deletion issue which was expected and great for everyone who had not updated yet.

For users who were affected and their files I love Windows. For those who know my were deleted, Microsoft recommended calling tech habits, that should come its technical support which as no surprise. I have two Surmay be able to help recover face Pros and a gaming desktop the files. that rely on Windows 10 to With that said, stop using your computer immediately perform well in order to get anything done. if you have been affected to But as much as I love Winmake sure your system dows, there are times when I doesn’t overwrite the data have a love-hate relationship that may still be left. How with the operating system. hard drives work is when you The October 2018 Windows delete a file, it just deletes the path to find it, and the file will update rollout is one of those then be overwritten at some times.

Microsoft originally started point, meaning the file is not releasing the October update technically gone once you Jonathan Petesch on Oct. 2, and a large issue was delete it, enabling recovery. For solid state drives, it isn’t so easy to recover almost immediately found.

Shortly after updating, some users report- files as they are deleted immediately. ed that Windows deleted their documents On Oct. 9, Microsoft rereleased the Octofolder without user input. In other words, ber update with a fix for the deletion issue. It their documents folder had just disappeared seems like Windows has not been deleting without a trace. Nothing was even in the users’ files, but another issue arose in the rerecycle bin. released updated, granted much less severe.

This issue had been reported by users in In the rerelease, Microsoft bundled in a the Windows Insider program, a program that new Intel audio driver update that ended up lets users test Windows updates before release. not working and disabled audio on many sysHowever, it looks like this issue somehow tems that received the update. Microsoft slipped through the cracks to release. quickly released a patch for the driver, and Within a couple of days, Microsoft pulled audio should be working again once users JONATHAN PETESCH Columnist @thepeach1999

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So how did all these problems make it past Windows Insiders and internal testers all the way to mass release? According to Zak Bowden, a writer for Windows Central, Microsoft skipped release preview this time around, leading to a lack of feedback.

This isn’t an excuse for letting the file deletion issue through to release, though, as it was present in original previews and Windows Insiders reported the issue far before release.

Overall, there is no excuse as Microsoft should have done a release preview and listened to insider feedback. Microsoft says it has updated its feedback system to allow insiders to mark issues by their severity which should help in seeing important feedback before releasing issues to the public.

As of publication, the October (version 1809) update release has been stopped again for smaller bug fixes such as a bug within task manager and it is unclear when Microsoft will continue release again. A new version has been released to Windows Insiders, meaning there is a build available but Microsoft is making sure to test it this time.

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Originally created by alternative mainstay Ty Segall and Ex-Cult front-man Chris Shaw, Gøggs is an American garage punk band to keep an eye on. Using Segall’s seemingly endless supply of fuzzy riffs, Shaw’s punchy vocals, and an infusion of electronic beats, Gøggs released its self-titled debut album in 2016. While some felt that Gøggs was written off as yet another one of Segall’s many side projects, the band has managed to demand a bit more attention with the release of their sophomore album, “Pre Strike Sweep”.

One change I noticed in “Pre Strike Sweep” is the band’s departure from the electronic infusions they used in their first album. Gøggs seems to have used “Pre Strike Sweep” as an opportunity to strip their music down—focusing more on riffs and vocal delivery than trying to do anything experimental. I think this move paid off for Gøggs overall.

While one of my favorite albums of the year, Jack White’s “Boarding House Reach,” showcased how successful a well thought out blend of electronic and rock can be, I think Gøggs made the wise decision of solidifying its core sound/identity rather than focusing on trying to be groundbreaking.

The identity that Gøggs made for itself is woven within the essentials of garage rock—powerful vocals, melodic riffs, fuzzy production, and shredding solos. In many ways “Pre Strike Sweep” felt like Segall and Shaw finally came together to combine their best individual strengths with the intention of creating a garage rock classic. Given each of their respected careers within the genre, the positive results are not surprising.

“Pre Strike Sweep” is absolutely loaded with hard-hitting, in-your-face tracks. The album kicks off with a pair of bangers in “Killing Time” and “Pre Strike Sweep”.

“Killing Time” starts off with a slow, haunting riff that builds up a bit before segueing into the kind of hard hitting punk track that you’ll quickly come to expect from the album.

To the contrary, “Pre Strike Sweep” hits the ground running but still manages to stay interesting for the duration of its 4:19 runtime.

My only critique of this album is that every song sounds very similar to at least one other song on the album. Despite the fact that tracks like “Space Rinse,” “CTA” and “Funeral Relief” are all good songs, they really struggled to stand out. If it weren’t for a few impressive solos, those tracks could have very easily been lost in the background.

Overall, I think “Pre Strike Sweep” is a solid release for Gøggs. Longtime Segall fans should enjoy this album, but it’s also impressive enough to draw in new listeners as well. I would highly recommend this album for anyone that enjoys punk or lo-fi rock music.

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Andrea Litzsinger, senior design and illustration major, tones her sketch using charcoal powder. The sketches are made with charcoal and outlined with pencil on newsprint.

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t’s five past 11 in the morning, and Jesse Williams stands stark naked in a roomful of a dozen strangers. They’ve formed a semi-circle around him, watching even his slightest of movements with attentive eyes.

Light leaks in from the windows behind them.

Their faces, away from the daylight, are an array of shadows, but the light hits Jesse’s frozen form straight on. The two bare, yellow bulbs on either side of him stretch toward the center.

Duat Vu strolls, hands behind his back, from one edge of the semi-circle to the other, peering at each person as he walks by.

“Visualize,” he says.

“And remember, every time you visualize, you’re putting yourself to the test.”

Just a few more minutes. The room remains hushed.

Then, the highpitched scream of the timer. Beep!

As if out of a trance, Jesse visibly relaxes his shoulders and lets out a breath. He slips his athletic shorts back on and swings a jacket around his shoulders for the small break.

The semi-circle becomes fluid as each person sets down their charcoal stick and steps back from their 18- by 24-inch canvas.

Their voices bubble up as they compare sketches. A girl with short, auburn hair seems NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD pleased with her drawing as she takes out two Aubrey Turner steps away from earbuds. She turns for her completed drawing before further direction from Vu, who stops at a few toning it. The senior computer sketches to offer conanimation major says she took structive criticism. the class to work on her human A day in Life Drawing 316 has just begun. anatomy. “It’s good to have Duat The art course has come around and see that you’re been around for years, but going in the right direction,” she every now and then, a yellow flyer appears on says. “It helps immensely. He is campus bulletin boards hands-on.” soliciting nude — and clothed — models. Its presence, in between Fraternity and Sorority Life flyers and club listings, may, at first, seem strange.

For associate professor Vu, and the rest of the Art and Design Department at Missouri State University, the class is a chance to teach students about portrayals of the human body in a hands-on environment — the model is absolutely necessary.

Vu starts each of his classes — held twice a week for roughly three hours — with a round of quick, 5-minute sketches to warm up his students’ brains, fingers and charcoal.

To the naked eye, life drawing brings a fresh perspective After he poses the model and sets the timer, he walks around the inside perimeter of the semi-circle.

“Take five- to-10 seconds. Visualize,” he says.

“Extend the neck,” he tells a student. “You are drawing short lines instead of extending it through the head and into the body.”

Then to the class: “I hear a lot of noise, which means you’re drawing a little bit too fast. Slow down.

Relax. Make longer lines.”

Vu’s classes are a mix of practice and technique.

He rolls an overhead projector into the center of the room, and the students transition to chairs after cycling through a few poses and sheets of newsprint.

He opens an image of a woman — it looks like a painting — and drags in a sheet of his own newsprint to demonstrate the day’s lesson: shapes and values.

He draws the faint lines of a torso, breasts, legs and arms, then darkens them with a pencil as his students watch.

Then, after finishing the demonstration, chock full of artistic jargon, he turns back to the overhead and pulls up Google Images.

“Avoid drawing a sack of potatoes,” Vu says, pointing to the shapes of the human body in an example. “See here? Sack of potatoes. Lump, lump, lump, lump. Things get distorted.

“One of my favorite artists as a kid was Michelangelo, but Michelangelo does do some pretty bad drawings,” Vu says. The class laughs out of surprise.

“Sorry to say, but it’s true.”

His philosophy for the class differs from that of Sarah Williams, a fellow professor in the art department, and the class is rotated between four different professors to ensure students experience many different approaches.

Sarah, who previously taught the class and is teaching it again for the spring semester, focuses heavily on the anatomy of the body for the first third of the semester. She’s a painter by craft, unlike Vu. The first couple of weeks in her class are spent using a hanging skeleton for inspiration.

“You really learn a lot about why the volume looks the way it does if you understand the muscle structure underneath,” Sarah says. “It’s like a puzzle.

The human body is an amazing thing in the way it works — all the tiny little things that have to come together and the movements we are capable of.”

Plus, she says, students need the scientific knowledge. On the first day of classes, she tells students to pull out a blank sheet of paper, draw the skeleton and label it to the best of their abilities.

“That really gets them, because they realize how much they don’t know about it,” she says. “I sometimes get pushback in the beginning, because they want to come in and get right to the model.”

Then, when the time for the live model arrives, students are challenged with applying their structural knowledge to unique shapes and lines while she directs the model.

“I had one guy a couple years back that had been a wrestler in high school and had done a lot of yoga,” Sarah says. “He just had a lot of interesting awareness of his body and his poses.”

But not every model has the same strengths.

Brandi Matthews has been modeling for seven

years at a number of places: MSU, Drury University, Arts Guild New Jersey and more.

She first started modeling for her boyfriend, MSU per course faculty of art and design JD McGuire, and then diverged to more locations.

She’s also modeled for one of Sarah’s painting classes and for a class taught by MSU assistant professor of art and design Fatih Benzer.

“It doesn’t even feel that long,” Matthews says thinking back to her early modeling years. “I was in the class with my boyfriend, and he was instructing me, so it was kind of like being around him.

Everyone else kind of faded sometimes.

“He calls me a space cadet, but I’m not really a space cadet. I’m a deep thinker. I just have all these things going on in my head, different conversations with people, and I just kind of dive into those. It gets really quiet, and I’m at my own peace.”

She says each group dynamic is different, but all of the classes have a sense of professionalism. Everyone in the class, Matthews says, is just there to figure out how their lines work.

Although she is now 36 years old, Matthews isn’t giving the job up easily. She says she’s fallen in love with the job, despite the vulnerability that comes with it.

“I have a lot of insecurities,” she says. “I’m sure everyone does. But just to show those to the world and hold my head up high and look them in the eye — it helps just walking down the street, even.

“It’s been like therapy, almost.”

And for the people scared to put it all out in the public eye? Matthews says she thinks people naturally feel vulnerable, but that they should be comfortable with who they are.

“I’m really not scared,” she says. “I have my cat and my dog and my guy. That’s my world … I think, ‘Who cares?’ I’ve got my one little life to live.”

At last, the high-pitched scream of the timer. Beep!

Jesse, a freshman digital film major, steps off of the wooden platform at the front of the room and pulls on his clothing one last time. The rest of the students take to the floor.

They tone their sketches, laid out on the ground, by rubbing charcoal powder into the soft lines of the body.

It’s a meticulous process — too much dust can turn the paper gray, and too little won’t have an effect at all.

Jesse watches from afar. Some drawings are more angular, some more realistic, but they all portray his own body from a range of the 180-degree spread.

“I don’t consider either of them as incorrect or bad,” Jesse says. “Each one has their own style, and I like seeing that.”

Vu announces the end of class.

“That’s it for today,” Vu says, and the students pack up to leave.

Despite being a human mannequin stuck in a variety of often uncomfortable positions, Jesse is relaxed as he walks from Brick City. He’s just modeled for nearly three hours — and made $36 off of it, too.

He walks to Hurts Donut, and debates purchasing one of the colorful sweets. He walks away with a bottled drink.

“It pays well,” Jesse says as he walks, referring to why he started modeling in the first place. “I know people get anxiety, like ‘Oh no, they’re going to see my naked body.’ But I don’t really feel that.”

Jesse didn’t see the flyer, and he didn’t meet Vu beforehand.

When he walked into the classroom for the first time after being recommended by the friend of a friend, he walked into a roomful of strangers.

“There has definitely been some opening up,” he says. “I met, personally, some of the artists in class. I know a few of their names. I just walk up and say ‘Hello.’ I talk about how their art is actually better than mine.”

Then, he laughs.

“They’re not strangers anymore.”

For information on Missouri State University’s Art and Design Department or information on how to apply for a model position, contact the Art and Design Office in Brick City, Building 1, Room 100. Brick City is located downtown at 327 W. Mill Street.

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Pagination Bookshop aims to let imagination run free CONNOR WILSON Staff Reporter @Connor4Wilson Walking through the second floor of what will become Pagination Bookshop, the cool wind drifting across the wooden floors that had recently been put in, Jennifer Murvin points to the newly furnished bedroom.

“Sometimes I just come in here and sit and just enjoy the room that’s done,” she says.

The bedroom is one of many recent renovations made to the two-story, clean, white house with a contrasting orange brick door frame on 1150 E. Walnut St. as it undergoes the process of becoming Pagination Bookshop.

Murvin and Kory Cooper, the owners, say the inside of the building is near unrecognizable from what it was just several months ago.

Murvin and Cooper purchased the building in August after looking for a potential place to open their store since March when they first became serious about opening a bookstore.

“I think it’s been a lot more time in the making,” Cooper said. “I mean, we both always loved books. She teaches English, and I love to write.”

Murvin is a professor at Missouri State and has been working in the English Department for nine years. She said the two have always loved independent bookstores and wanted to create a bookstore with a wider focus, such as selling literary-themed gifts, being a space for events, readings, parties, literary-themed garden parties or “whatever anybody wants to do with a book theme.”

The couple plans to turn the space underneath the stairs into a Harry Potter-themed nook and have a children’s books section to accompany the rest of the store’s space.

Pagination Bookshop will also utilize the second floor of the building as an Airbnb, putting in multiple bedrooms, a small kitchen space and multiple bathrooms for potential guests. Murvin also teaches at the River Pretty Writer’s Retreat — she’s now in her seventh year — an event in which people fly in from all over the country.

“I thought, ‘What a great way for people to extend their writing trip,’” Murvin says. “They

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The new Pagination Bookshop is located on Walnut Street in Springfield. can go to River Pretty and then come and stay for a week and work on their book.”

Their Airbnb has already had its first bookings, Murvin says.

The bookshop is also working on getting the correct licenses to sell drinks — such as coffee, hot chocolate and tea — as well as pastries.

The name of the shop, Pagination Bookshop, is derived from the word “pagination,” which is the sequence of numbering pages in a book.

The couple laughs as they recall the process of deciding on the name.

“It was a rough month of thinking of names,” Cooper says.

KKK and its strange history in the Ozarks

Cooper currently works as a salesman for Ozarks Coca-Cola. Both Murvin and Cooper plan to continue their current jobs alongside running the bookshop. Murvin says she sees running the shop “dovetailing beautifully” with teaching as an extension of her teaching in many ways.

Murvin says they’ll try to manage running the store on the time they have free and would most likely have to be open only a few days a week.

They hope to hire somebody part-time, and luckily, Murvin says she knows a lot of people who love books and could do a “beautiful job helping people find books.”

and has secured its place in history, for being one of the most well-known hate groups in America.

However, there was a brief period in time when the KKK diverged from its usual stereotype.

In the 1920s, when Jim Crow laws were in effect and the oppression and segregation of African-Americans was the societal norm, the KKK in the Ozarks had a different approach.

The KKK, at this time, reinvented itself, according to Brooks Blevins. Blevins, a professor of Ozarks studies at Missouri State TERRY CHAPMAN University, broke down the three different distinct eras of the Staff Reporter KKK. He said the post-Civil War era is what most people associate @TerryEChapman with the core values of the KKK.

The Ku Klux Klan brings to mind images of burning “They were a terroristic group,” Blevins said. “They came crosses, lynchings, racial slurs and acts that embody what the up with the hoods, the fires. Their fundamental purpose was to organization views as “white power.” The KKK is notorious, regain political control for the ex-confederates who had lost

Murvin and Cooper say that opening the bookshop was a full-on passion project for the two of them, and working on it has been a lot of fun because they’re working on it together.

“It’s been so great because we had to do a lot of hard labor stuff with this house,” Murvin says. “Ripping up carpet — if that doesn’t bring you together.”

Murvin says Springfield is a great town to have a small business in and that the property they bought was the perfect house because it’s on Walnut Street; people in Springfield love the area, she says, and are always driving by.

While the bookshop has yet to open, Pagination Bookshop did participate in the 21st Annual Cider Days by hosting a patio sale. Murvin says the event was on their front door, and they even had ballerinas changing by the fantasy section.

“Everyone kind of wandered up to the patio,” Murvin says. “They perused the books. We let a lot of people just come in and look at the house.

People are always driving by these homes, and so people were super excited to take a peek at it.”

Junior Sarah Bachler, a professional writing and creative writing major, was one of the guests to look through Pagination Bookshop on Cider Days, and she is also a student in a couple of Murvin’s classes. Bachler said that she trusts that her selection for the bookshop will be good, and she plans on “wasting her paychecks there buying her own library.”

“I feel like I’d be kind of a failure if after nine years of teaching creative writing I didn’t know how to choose books for people,” Murvin says.

“I sometimes feel like, as a writing teacher, I’m like a pharmacist for books.”

While the opening date is still uncertain, the two owners are hoping to open the store sometime in mid-November. They are currently waiting on finishing renovations and a shipment of bookshelves for the store.

“We’re kind of ready to pull the trigger on our new book inventory, but we’re going to wait until the bookshelves are here,” Murvin says. “I think we can make it. It might be a quiet opening, and then we’ll probably have a big bash at some point and do the fun thing with the big scissors and the red ribbon.”

that political control during the Reconstruction. They did that by terrorizing African-Americans and white Republicans and anybody else who was on the opposition.”

That KKK, in a way, disappeared in the 1870s.

“The second resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan happened during World War I,” Blevins said. “Then, they exploded in popularity in the 1920s. This Klan took the racist elements of the original Klan and combined that with anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism, and then threw in a dose of civic organization.

They were sort of like the racist rotary club.”

The KKK of this era tended to be made up of middle class, “respectable” men, Blevins said. Often, there was no effort made to cover up their identities.

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Peyton Huslig: From junior college backup to Missouri State starter CLAIRE NIEBRUGGE Sports Reporter @claireniebrugge Peyton Huslig, Missouri State football’s dual-threat quarterback, grew up playing in Andover, Kansas, a suburb of Wichita. One of his older brothers played college football and taught Peyton the toughness and focus it takes to make it as a college athlete.

Huslig did not truly begin playing football until his junior year of high school, although he had a couple reps as a sophomore.

He started on both sides of the ball his final two years of high school, playing quarterback and safety.

“I feel like playing safety taught me the more physical nature of playing because now I’m more of a running quarterback,” Huslig said. “I wasn’t a quarterback that was scared to get hit.”

Huslig’s first varsity pass was a 99-yard touchdown catch and run.

“We were backed up on the 1-yard line,” Huslig said. “I threw it to my No. 1 receiver, Tyler Harris, and really just threw it up to him, and he outran everybody.”

Huslig finished high school with 4,307 passing yards and 56 touchdowns. He ran the ball for only 255 yards and just two touchdowns in two years of playing.

After finishing high school, Huslig did not have any offers outside of junior colleges.

“My main goal was to get my school paid for,” Huslig said. “I really wanted to help my parents out as much as I could. I didn’t want them to have to pay for my college or to have to depend on them for that.”

It came down to either following in his older brother’s footsteps by going to Highland Community College or starting his own legacy at Garden City Community College.

In the end, Garden City won him over.

“They didn’t promise me an opportunity,” Huslig said. “They told me I’d have to work really hard to earn a spot. So, I decided to go with them.”

Garden City’s head coach Jeffrey Sims was impressed by more than Huslig’s on-field abilities.

“Peyton always does what he is supposed to do,” Sims said. “You would think that would be more common, but the truth is people find reasons to fail. Peyton never considers that option, and when you meet a young man like that, you recruit him because you know he will find a way to be successful.”

Huslig started out as the thirdstring quarterback. After the firststring QB was suspended, Sims gave Jayru Campbell, the backup quarterback, the option to start.

“When we had to make a change at QB, I told Jayru that he probably was our second-best quarterback, but with him at wide receiver and Peyton at quarterback, we were a better team,” Sims said. “Without hesitation, Jayru said, ‘Whatever it takes for us to win.’”

Since the day Huslig arrived at Garden City, he had been looking for an opportunity to show people what he could do. This was the chance he was hoping for.

His first outing was on Oct. 1, 2016, against Butler Community College, a college located just 15 minutes away from Huslig’s hometown.

Huslig threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns, leading the Broncbusters to a 43-0 shutout victory against a team that Huslig thinks missed an opportunity.

“It felt really good to prove those coaches wrong because they didn’t think I was good enough to play for them,” Huslig said.

Huslig earned Conference Offen-

sive Player of the Week after his first collegiate win.

That was only the beginning of Huslig’s career. He led the Broncbusters to an undefeated season followed by a national championship title.

In nine regular-season games at Garden City, Huslig had 1,140 passing yards, 12 touchdown passes and just one interception.

“He continually exceeded my expectations,” Sims said. “People talk about being talented, and when they do, typically they are talking about the ability to run, jump, throw. Well, we have a quote in our program, ‘Working hard is a talent.’ I would add that intelligence is a talent. In work ethic and intelligence, there are not many people more talented than Peyton Huslig.”

Despite a phenomenal freshman season, Huslig decided to transfer after receiving scholarship offers following the national championship win.

“The reason I went to Garden City was to get a full-ride scholarship somewhere else,” Huslig said.

Sims expressed his joy toward Huslig moving on to bigger and better things.

“I felt like I won the National Championship,” Sims said. “That is the goal — to help players achieve their goal. Players do not come to Garden City because they want to play at Garden City. They come here to get somewhere else.”

Sims felt proud to have helped a young quarterback find his niche.

“Why wouldn’t we be proud?”

Sims said. “We identified his talent, helped him develop and showcased his ability to allow him to go from an unrecruited high school athlete to a national championship game MVP and a full scholarship at Missouri State University within six months of arriving on our campus. It’s awe-

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Quarterback Peyton Huslig walks towards the locker room on homecoming game day, Oct. 20. Huslig, a junior in his second year at Missouri State, transferred from Garden City Community College after leading them to a national championship.

some to help him do that.” far from home. He wanted his parents Alabama A&M and Delaware to be able to come and watch him.

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Homecoming Drury dual goes swimmingly for men’s team COLE SUTTON Sports Reporter @ColeSutton23 The Missouri State swimming and diving team took on a familiar opponent in the local Drury Panthers. The intra-Springfield rivalry was one to remember for Bears supporters as both the diving and swimming teams put on impressive performances against the Panthers.

The men captured an impressive victory 146-91, the women’s team was taken down

by Drury by a slim margin of 128-113. This totaled out to a 259-219 victory for the Bears.

Freshman John David Spence of Missouri State took first in the 3-meter dive with a score of 297.67. Sophomore Michael Claunch finished second at 297.22, followed by freshman Trevor Fischer in third at 224.32.

The women of Missouri State also placed well, with sophomore Ashley Yarbrough posting a score of 265.05, coming in first place. Fellow sophomore Dayana Popa posted a 252.60 for a second place finish, followed by freshan Adriana Avila, who finished with a score of 230.62.

Missouri State as a team took first place in the men’s 400-meter medley relay with a time of 3:17.78, only a few seconds shy of setting the pool record.

In the women’s 1,000-meter freestyle race, the Bears earned a second and third place finish from sophomores Libby Howell and Leticia Rodrigues.

The men’s side dominated the 1,000 free with junior Antonio Thomas taking first place with a time of 9:23.78. Senior Minki Kang directly followed Thomas in second place.

The Bears placed well in the men’s and women’s 200-meter freestyle race with senior Brianna McCullough placing third place. Senior Kevin Douglas posted a time of 1:43.15, which earned him second place.

Junior Lucas Paloschi earned first place in the men’s 50-meter freestyle race, clocking in at

Soccer Bears sit fourth in Valley going into final conference game MONICA BLAKE Sports Reporter @monicablak3 As the Missouri State women’s soccer team (8-7-2) played their last two regular season home games, they moved into a fourth-ranked spot in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Bears defeated Evansville on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 1-0, after a dominant second half.

“We played a good 90 minutes,” head coach Rob Brewer said. “It was very even from start to finish.”

The sole goal of the game was scored by senior Brooke Prondzinski in the 56th min-

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20.86. Samuel Senn, a junior, finished behind Paloschi in second place. Sophomore Anna Miller placed second in the 50-meter freestyle race on the women’s side.

In the 200-meter individual medley on the women’s side, senior Josie Pearson earned

ute. It was her first goal of the season.

“It came at a pretty good time,” Prondzinski said.

“Scoring the game-winning goal always feels great.”

Over 90 minutes, the Bears accumulated 15 shots, 10 shots on goal and two saves by sophomore Kaitlin Maxwell. Junior Ashley Coonfield led the team with six shots, four on goal.

Going into the game against Evansville, the Bears were ranked sixth in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Aces were ranked third.

“This is great for us,” Coonfield said. “It gives us some confidence going into some tough games against Loyola and Drake.”

On Sunday, Oct. 21, the Bears’ final home game and

first place with a time of 2:05.50. Freshman Sydney Radloff placed third place in the event. The only Bear to place in the men’s 200-meter individual medley was senior Artur Osvath.

The women of the diving team impressed in the 1-meter

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Bears football moves to 4-3 after homecoming loss AMANDA SULLIVAN Sports Editor @mandasullivan14 Missouri State lost 31-14 to Western Illinois on homecoming weekend in Plaster Stadium.

While Katie Verry and Andre McIntyre won homecoming queen and king, Western Illinois running back Steve McShane was the star of the on-the-field homecoming.

McShane went for 150 yards on 19 carries from the backfield and accounted for two of the four Leatherneck touchdowns.

The Missouri State defense couldn’t hold the Leathernecks in any way. The Leathernecks offense converted 10 of their 17 third down attempts. Two of Western Illinois’ touchdowns came from over 90-yard drives.

The Bears couldn’t get the offense up either.

The Leathernecks outworked the Bears on the ball, getting 565 total yards compared to the Bears’ 283. A slow, flat offense resulted in two interceptions from quarterback Peyton Huslig, along with 16 incomplete passes.

“There was a lot of sloppiness on both sides,” linebacker McNeece Egbim said.

Huslig has been consistent in the rushing game for the Bears, averaging 58 yards per game, but he recorded only nine yards in this game.

Huslig connected with tight end Jordan Murray in the end zone during the first quarter, but even that touchdown didn’t seem to spark anything with the Bears.

Freshman Jeremiah Wilson ran a kickoff return 92 yards into the end zone during the fourth quarter, and that was the most energy seen from the Bears sideline.

“We got out-coached; we got outplayed; we got out-executed, and all of those are my responsibility,” head coach Dave

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Senior Matt Rush returns a punt against Western Illinois. The Bears lost 31-14 on homecoming, moving their conference record to 2-2.

Steckel said. “We gotta do better.”

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After suffering their first loss in Plaster Stadium for the The Salukis are 1-6 so far this season. They have yet to win season, the Bears will look to bounce back next Saturday, Oct. a conference game.

Men’s soccer team bounces Tennis team competes back, defeats Gonzaga 1-0 at regional tournament KYLE DERRINGER Sports Reporter @Kyle_Derringer

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The Missouri State Bears men’s soccer team held down the fort against Gonzaga in a 1-0 victory Saturday night.

The Bears defense once again held strong.

The win gives the Bears an 8-1-4 record, and they are still undefeated in Springfield.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs entered the match with 2-9-2. The Bulldogs have played three top 15 teams this year.

The Saturday night matchup was the last non-conference game for the Bears this season and rounds out a West Coast-dominant non-conference slate.

Forward Josh Dolling broke the tie midway through the first half, and the Bears held the lead the rest of the game.

Goalkeeper Gage Steiner got his first start of the season and held the shutout all match.

Steiner held Loyola scoreless for the last 15 minutes in their 1-0 loss at Loyola on Oct. 13.

The match was another battle of the defens-

Missouri State’s women’s tennis team headed to the ITA Central Regional Championship, hosted by the University of Iowa on Oct.12-16.

The ITA Regionals includes over 160 players from 26 schools. The tournament is the Bears’ toughest fall tournament due to it containing some of the best Division I players from schools such as Mizzou, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Iowa.

“Our goal was to qualify players into the main draw and play high-quality matches,” head coach Mallory Weber said.

The competition featured a qualifying and main draw in singles and one draw of doubles.

The Bears took four players to Iowa City. In singles, for the Bears were freshmen Mara Presot and Clara Gandara Gonzalez and senior Fati Khamissi, and in the main draw for singles was junior Alye Darter. Darter and Khamissi competed in the main draw doubles. Khamissi and Gandara Gonzalez won individual titles at the Missouri Valley Conference Individual Championships on Oct. 7.

“I love this tournament because we get a chance to play the bigger schools who are really going to push us,” Darter said.

es, with both teams making multiple key defensive stops throughout the match.

MSU had possession for a majority of the second half but could not put one of their 10 shots in the net.

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“The Indiana State game — this last game (on Oct. 13) — was the first game that my dad has ever missed,” Huslig said.

Sims advised Huslig to wait and see what else comes. Sims was also optimistic about Huslig’s future at another school.

“I think he has always been mature and talented,” coach Sims said. “He made believers out of us.”

Not too long after, Huslig received a call from Missouri State’s co-offensive coordinator and quarterback coach, Mack Brown, offering him a full-ride scholarship.

“When Missouri State offered, I immediately called coach Sims, and he told me to take it immediately,” Huslig said. “I called coach Brown right back and said I was committing.”

When Missouri State was looking at Huslig, they saw a kid that had played for a state championship as a senior in high school and was coming off a junior college national championship as a true freshman.

“He had the physical skill set we look for in every quarterback,” Brown said. “We felt he could bring a championship-winning mentality that you need from leadership positions when you are rebuilding a program.”

Not only has Huslig met the expectations of him at the Division I level, but he has exceeded them.

“He has a motivation to be the best player he can possibly be, which means he does a great job of taking coaching,” Brown said.

“Whenever we are working on a certain skill set, you can tell the focus and desire is there for him to master the skill.”

Throughout his time at Missouri State, Huslig has grown and developed as both a player and a person.

“He is a great person,” Brown said. “If you have the chance to get to know him,

The sense of urgency wasn’t there for Gonzaga’s offense; they only had one shot in the second half.

Bulldogs goalkeeper Ben Willis made seven big saves throughout the match, but the offense couldn’t crack the Bears defense.

The Bears rotated multiple players around the pitch and used five different substitutes.

“Every time we subbed, the level stayed strong,” head coach Jon Leamy said after the match. “Sometimes you will be a bit slow and play in a funk, but hey, we are finding a way; we are competing.”

The rotation of players into different spots up front did not disrupt the flow of the offense.

“We worked hard together, we were in sync and we played a lot of different players up front,” Leamy said.

The Bears had not scored in their last three matches coming into the game.

They tied two of those matches and won one when Bradley scored an own goal to give the Bears the win.

The key for the Bears has been their stellar defense.

The defense has been anchored by goalkeeper Michael Creek, who has allowed less than one goal per match on average.

Offensive production has been sparse all season, with the Bears only averaging a goal and a half per game this season.

The volume of shots has been there for the Bears all season, but converting shots into goals has been the main issue.

They have outshot their opponents 161-109 over the course of the season heading into the Gonzaga match. This is a testament to their strong defense clearing the ball out of their half of the pitch.

Missouri State has been consistent all season with low-volume scoring and allowing even fewer goals.

The Bears might not be the most intriguing team offensively, but their rock-solid defense has kept the team afloat all year.

The Bears take on Drake on Oct. 27 on the road.

They will finish the season at home in a pivotal matchup with fellow Missouri Valley Conference power Central Arkansas on Nov. 3.

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Peyton Huslig catches the ball on a “Philly Special” from Antwan Woods. Huslig has shown to be a versitile quarterback by having high rushing and passing yards. make sure you take that chance. He’s somebody you want on your side.”

Huslig is currently a junior, and in the two years he has been at Missouri State, he has racked up quite the numbers.

“Peyton continues to improve daily as a football player, whether its mentally or physically, he is never satisfied,” Brown said. “I have noticed his vocal leadership has taken another step this fall and will only continue to improve.”

Over the course of both seasons, he averages 183 passing yards per game. While he does have 17 interceptions, he has thrown for 2,742 yards and 13 touchdowns. His running game continues to improve, putting him at 848 rushing yards in his career as a Bear and seven rushing touchdowns. This

season alone, Huslig has thrown for 761 yards and four touchdowns, while running the ball for 227 yards and three touchdowns. On homecoming weekend against the Western Illinois Leathernecks, the Bears went for a “Philly Special.” Wide receiver Antwan Woods threw the ball for a 12-yard completion to Huslig. The Bears are 4-3 this season, and they cracked into the Football Championship Subdivision top 25 after defeating No. 9 Illinois State on Sept. 29.

“It’s a really good feeling showing people that we are a new Missouri State team,” Huslig said.

After their first loss at home to the Leathernecks, Huslig and the Bears are looking to bounce back this Saturday, Oct. 26 at home against Southern Illinois.

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board with Claunch at 325.25, followed by Spence at 262.42 and Fischer in third at 260.4.

Osvath placed first in the 200-meter butterfly race, followed by freshman Pawel Krawczyk in second. Pearson was the only female swimmer to place in the 200-meter butterfly.

The 100-meter freestyle race was also dominated by Missouri State on the men’s side, as Paloschi and Senn took the first two places.

The women’s team also performed well, as Miller took second along with senior Loretta Stelnicki placing third.

The men’s 500-meter freestyle race didn’t bring a win for the Bears, but Thomas placed second and Kang placed third. Howell was the only woman to place in the 500-meter freestyle, taking second place.

In the 200-meter breaststroke, senior Blair

Kianah Motosono, and she played Northern Iowa on Day 2.

Khamissi and Gandara Gonzalez dropped their matches in the qualifiers. Khamissi with 6-4, 6-2 and Gandara Gonzalez 6-3, 6-1.

“I typically bring our top four players to this tournament, but we had two girls out sick and two freshmen, Presot and Gandara Gonzalez, step up and get a go,” Weber said. “I saw them grow more in this tournament than our entire fall season, so that was a success.”

Darter and Khamissi fell in an 8-4 decision to Minnesota in main doubles.

“Though we lost our first match in doubles, it was fun to play with Fati considering we don’t get that opportunity often,” Darter said.

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The men’s swim team won 146-91 against Drury.

Bish finished second place for the men. The women’s team had more success with Pearson, Radloff and senior Kaylee Larson taking second through fourth.

MSU will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, to take part in the Iowa Hawkeye Invitational Nov. 15-17.

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senior night recognition, resulted in a loss to Loyola, the No. 1-ranked team in the Valley.

Loyola move to 5-1 in conference play this season after the win over MSU. The game against Loyola was a hard fought defensive battle. The game was scoreless for 98 minutes. During overtime, Loyola senior Madison Kimball snuck one into the goal.

Both teams had 11 shots, seven on goal for Loyola and six on goal for the Bears. Each team’s goalkeeper had six saves. Including a game-saving dive by Maxwell to push the Bears into overtime.

In the 61st minute, junior Kayleigh Putnam shot one into the opposing net, but the goal was called offsides. Other shot contributors included Coonfield, sophomore Jordan Eickelman and redshirt freshman Anna Durnin.

The loss was upsetting for the Bears, but it does not determine their postseason as the

Bears head to Drake on Thursday, Oct. 25, for their final regular season game.

“There’s still a lot of games to be played and every point is important right now,” Brewer said.

Drake is currently ranked second in the conference. They are 7-8-1 on the season and 4-1-1 in conference play.

A win against Drake would be huge for the Bears in terms of Valley tournament placement.

The higher the Bears are ranked at the end of the season, the lower the seed they will play in the starting round of the tournament.

The opening round of the tournament, where the third through sixth ranked teams will compete, is set for Sunday, Oct. 28. The No. 1 and 2 seeds will play the winners of the opening round in the semifinals on Nov. 2 in Chicago, Illinois.

The MVC tournament champion, who will advance to the NCAA tournament, will be decided on Sunday Nov. 4.

The Bears will host the Missouri State Fall Invitational “We had our moments, and we were in every game, and we competed hard.”

Day 2

Darter played in the main singles draw, falling to her Kansas State opponent, junior Kianah Motosono 6-4, 6-2.

“I played well in my K-State match and had some chances but just didn’t put it all together when I needed to,” Darter said. “It’s important to remember that whether you win or lose you have another match that you need to focus on.”

Darter played Wichita State’s Hsu, with a 6-2, 6-4 decision, and with her win she moved on to the consolation round on Day 3.

The past three years at the ITA, Darter had close matches but usually didn’t come out on top.

“This was a big deal for me,” Darter said.

“It was really exciting to get to play a match and win it again a school like Wichita State, knowing they’re a solid team, and I’ve had difficulties getting around them in the past.”

Day 3

Darter was the only Bear to compete on the final day, falling to her opponent from Oklahoma, junior Jasmine Asghar in a 7-6 (3), 6-2 match in the singles consolation bracket.

“I came out of this tournament with more losses than wins; I felt like it was one of my best tournaments in a while,” Darter said. “I got the chance to play some big hitters who pushed me, and I had a lot of fun.”

Weber said she felt Darter had a very good win over Wichita State and played strongly against one of Oklahoma’s top players.

“Overall, playing this high quality of matchBAILEY VASSALLI/THE STANDARD es are what we need to be ready for spring,” Freshman Anna Alons follows Weber said. through her swing during the IndiThe Bears play next at home, hosting the Missouri State Fall Invitational, Oct. 26-28. vidual Championships.

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‘More than Dyed Hair’ COLE TRUMBLE Critic @Cole_Tr We’re hitting you with a throwback today to a movie you’ve probably heard about on your pretentious friend’s must-watch list. Of course, when I say “we,” I mean me, and when I say “the movie,” I am talking about the critically acclaimed film “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

Now you might be thinking “But Cole, haven’t you kind of spoiled your review by telling me that people liked this movie when it came out in 2004?” Good question. Piss off.

Yes, people flipped for this movie back in pre-Youtube America, and it is good, but how has it aged? If you’re on the fence about seeing this movie, then I might be able to help you make that decision.

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” takes place in a modified reality of 2004. It stars Jim Carrey as Joel Barish and Kate Winslet as Clementine Kruczynski (Take a look at those character names, and take a wild guess at which one has dyed hair). These two characters fall madly in love and then decide to have their memories erased by a crazy sci-fi medical procedure.

While the genre for this film is sci-fi/drama, it is much more of a drama than a sci-fi for those of you avoiding aliens and lasers. The movie is really artsy as the title implies too, but it earns it.

This movie has four big, strong points. In order from strongest to least-strongest, they are as follows: directing, cinematography, writing and acting. Let’s work from the bottom up.

The acting in this film is good.

It isn’t great, but there are some big personalities that made it more interesting to watch. Obviously, Carrey and Winslet are top-tier actors, and so are Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood and Kristen Dunst. That being said, some choices made by either the actors or the director muddied up the acting a bit.

Carrey mumbles a lot during the film — a part of his character

Cole Trumble — but in terms of practicality, this makes it really difficult to understand what he is saying. Winslet goes through a lot of mood swings and skips quickly from quiet and tame to loud and manic. With only a few scuffs on it, however, the acting is pretty solid.

I want to talk about the writing last, so I’m going to go out of order and skip to the cinematography. This is only behind directing because the directing heavily influences the cinematographer’s choices, but this is probably the single most iconic feature of the film. This movie is shot on handheld cameras; often, a harsh light was strapped directly onto the camera in specific moments to heighten the feeling of being lost or abandoned. If you are a cinematography geek, this film will get you absolutely razzled.

And who do we have to thank, in part, for that very element of razzle-dazzle in the whole gosh darn film? It’s the director, Michel Gondry. Gondry has indeed made something special with this film. Not only is the cinematography great, but the editing, the lighting, the special effects (not only their quality, but also when and how they are applied), are all wielded with incredible skill and panache to deliver a Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robot punch of a story.

Gondry made his mark on movie history with this film; although

it’s not one that you might talk about forever, it is indeed artsy, and it is indeed fantastic. Now, let’s talk about the writing.

First, we should remember that this was a 2004 release, and the world has changed a lot since then.

We have since seen the innovation of a computer outthinking a man in “Jeopardy!” We put a rich man’s car in space, and we have outgrown some things that were popular in movies in the 2000s.

The writing is really interesting and engaging. It weaves in and out of narratives without getting tangled up in itself, and it handles the wacky science stuff just right. The thing that interests me is something that not a ton of people had a problem with back when the “Black Eyed Peas” were much more relevant — that something is called the manic pixie dream girl trope.

That element of the manic pixie dream girl has only recently become the subject of scrutiny within film.

It is defined as a woman in a film that is outgoing, quirky, desirable and seeks only to further the goals of her male counterpart.

Though this two-dimensional stock character is used in many films spanning decades, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” plays the Uno reverse card on it.

Clementine completely embodies the manic pixie dream girl. She appears to break Joel out of his shell and help him experience a more fruitful life, except Clementine leaves Joel.

She leaves Joel because he is keeping her down. Clementine has dreams and goals and doesn’t have time to be idealized or yelled at when the version of herself someone has imagined isn’t up to their standards.

This bait and switch makes the writing vastly more interesting and better so as not to paint women as some entity which exists only for the betterment of a man. This movie will confuse you and draw you in. It will twist and turn and leave you talking about it as soon as the end credits roll. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is definitely a classic to check out. 8/10

Career Center can help you succeed beyond college MADISON BRYAN Staff Reporter @MadisonBryan14 All of the tools to help you head start your future are located right down the hall. Desks are filled with people, and the center has everything from mock interviews, career readiness, job searching, resume review, career counseling, finding internships and more to get you ready for success.

This is the Career Center at Missouri State University, located in Carrington Hall 309 and Glass Hall 276.

Mock interviews are one thing Kelly Rapp, director of the Career Center, doesn’t feel is taken advantage of enough by the student body.

“Some classes require mock interviews,” Rapp said. “The next one is being held on Oct. 26, and there will be another held in the spring.”

During the mock interviews, the Career Center records the interviews, and the student is able to replay it afterward to see what needs to be improved.

Some of the students have really enjoyed their visit to the Career Center.

“I loved going in person,” graduate research assistant Snow Popis said. “They helped me with my resume and interviewing skills; I’m a huge fan.”

Another service offered by the Career Center is resume review.

The resume review can help students choose a career path, provide a career assessment and a personality quiz. These can all help match you up with the perfect job for your future.

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The Career Center is now located in Carrington Hall 309 and Glass Hall 276.

Career counseling is another perk offered along with job tracks that can be accessed from the Career Center page and through My Missouri State. It’s a convenient way to look for jobs that relate to your major.

They also help with internships, which are posted on the job tracks and Career Center pages.

The staff at the center will help process paperwork and assist with the entire process to try to make it pain-free for students.

Valerie Turner is a career resource specialist at the Career Center.

According to Turner, going into the career world takes a lot of preparation, and students need experience before graduation.

Career readiness and career management are two more resources provided that most students may not be aware of.

Through these options, students can find out what employers expect from graduates and what students need to do before graduation to be prepared.

According to Turner, career readiness is specifically what employers expect and what needs to be perfected to match those expectations.

Career management focuses specifically on articulating the skills already gained by the student and what is important to the employer.

“Students often struggle with deciding on a major,” Turner said. “They’ll take classes to figure it out, which gets expensive. The Career Center helps make the process easier.”

Turner also teaches Exploring Majors and Careers, IDS 120, which helps students explore their interests and find the right path for their future.

Overall, the Career Center has many resources students can use free of charge.

Currently, there is no data to determine whether the Career Center is succeeding or if students — the ones who use the center — are taking in and using what they are told.

Rapp said a survey for student feedback will hopefully be active by next year.

“It does make a difference,” Rapp said.

“Students who seek help learn a lot about themselves and keep coming back.”

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of Lesbian and Gay History.” He said an Ozark Mountain Interiors staff member told him they would not print the banners because they were not comfortable with it. When he complained to the university, Husher said the staff told him it was his fault.

The university then changed the banner policy to only allow university banners.

At least two other incidents occurred regarding LGBTQ faculty. University attorney John Black, who is now running for Missouri state representative as a Republican, said gay and lesbian faculty and staff did not have the right to use the campus mail.

He also directed administration to remove all spousal information from the university phone directory after three gay couples attempted to include their partners’ names, Bagget said.

2003:

In October 2003, Baggett, professor Ralph Smith, the Missouri State University Libraries, the Lambda Alliance and BiGALA formally established the OLGA. The collection continues to grow through donations from community members.

Baggett said she took action to start the OLGA because it was important to her to document the history of LGBTQ rights in Springfield.

“We thought people in the future would not believe it,” Baggett said. “We now have over 200 oral histories and are extremely proud of that.”

Recent Years:

Missouri State now has partner health benefits, gender identity and expression in the non-discrimination policy, chosen name options for students, five LGBTQ groups and an LGBTQ+ Resource Center and coordinator.

Baggett said MSU President Clif Smart has been a true leader.

“I cannot emphasize enough how the tone comes from the top,” Baggett said. “When I walk through the PSU and see posters of Harvey Milk and other pride observations on campus, I wonder if students have any idea what a hostile campus this

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“In a place like the Ozarks where there was not a very large black community, the Klan would target bootleggers and moonshiners,” Blevins said.

“They were trying to help local officials capture people like this.”

Blevins said there are stories of the KKK in this era trying to run wife beaters out of town.

“In the ‘20s, you see the first era of people ‘parking,’” Blevins said referring to driving a car out to a remote location to engage in sex acts.

“The Klan would even go out and turn over cars.

They were self-appointed morality police.”

The Klan had their own brand of morality, though.

“They would often make a show of having these processions into a church,” Blevins said.

“They would leave money on the altar and then process back out. These were, of course, Protestant churches.”

During this time, the KKK was also strongly anti-union. There were reported instances of the

was not long ago.”

The LGBTQ+ Resource Center was founded by a group of students several years ago. Originally in University Hall, it moved to the Mary Jean Price Walls Multicultural Resource Center Annex during the 2016-2017 school year. That same year, LGBTQ+ Student Services was formalized under Multicultural Programs.

Matthew Banks, coordinator of Multicultural Programs/ LGBT Student Services, said the two areas were brought together to provide greater support and resources for LGBTQ students.

Since the 2016-2017 school year, the LGBTQ+ Resource Center staff has expanded the services offered, Banks said.

They advise and work frequently with the LGBTQ student organizations on campus: Spectrum, Advocates, Melaqueer and the GRL interest group.

They also advise and support LGBT+alk, a peer-led support group for LGBTQ students.

Another resource for LGBTQ students is the Transition Closet, a free and anonymous service where students can take free clothes. The staff also offer recommendations for students seeking a variety of services, from sexually transmitted disease screenings to hormone therapy to LGBTQ affirming counseling services.

The LGBTQ+ Resource Center and Multicultural Programs plan and host programs for LGBTQ Pride Month in June and LGBTQ History Month in October. Banks said the programs “showcase the experiences, needs and successes of individuals within the queer and trans community.”

This month, they hosted events on topics such as non-binary genders, racism in the LGBTQ community and intersex activism.

Upcoming events include a “gayme night,” “queer day of service,” “cultural corner,” and discussions on older LGBTQ experiences and racism on dating apps.

While gay rights in the United States have changed over the years, there are still 28 states – including Missouri – that allow discrimination against LGBTQ people in employment, housing and public accommodations. There is no federal non-discrimination law, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

“We are just one wave of the continuing struggle for civil rights in America,” Baggett said. “And, like others who have come before us, we will never give up.”

group speaking out against union activity, such as striking. At local strikes, one could usually expect KKK appearances.

Mara Cohen Ioannides, an English professor at MSU, said that unions became a big concern for the Klan.

“To the KKK, unionizers were socialist,” Cohen Ioannides said. “That, to them, was anti-Christian. The Klan did not like the idea of the unions because they thought that unions gave power to groups like immigrants and the Jews.”

The KKK became so focused on other issues besides race and religion that two Jewish men in Springfield were asked to join the KKK, Cohen Ioannides said.

“They had to say, ‘Excuse me, but one of your precepts is that Jews aren’t humans, so I can’t do that,’” Cohen Ioannides said. “The (KKK) members didn’t even realize that.”

The organization was also against flapper girls, speakeasies and anything associated with jazz-age culture.

“In the 1920s, there was sort of a culture war going on,” Blevins said. “American society was modernizing rapidly. There’s new literature, challenges to traditional religion. At the same time, you have this backward-looking conservative

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for the first time. They didn’t know if they would make it until a few weeks ago, but they’ve been preparing since last year.

Hubbard said the team, made up of around 16 students, started working on designs last year, and real work on the vehicle began this semester.

All that is provided is the vehicle’s engine.

“We have the tubes for our primary roll cage already here, bent, notched, and this week we’re going to start welding them together,” Sloan said.

A fundraising effort also began last year. Part of Jubary’s job is to help manage the finances of the team.

Jubary said the team has already received some sponsorships, including Springfield-based L&W Industries, Multi-Craft Contractors, Paul Mueller Company and D3 Technologies.

A software company called Solidworks donated materials that Hubbard said had a value of close to $50,000.

Sloan said they don’t have a complete cost estimate for the vehicle yet, but he guesses it will be around $10,000.

The MSU Baja team will travel to Cookeville, Tennessee, in April 2019 for the competition.

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Members of MSU Baja assemble a roll cage for their dune buggy. In 2019, they will compete in Baja SAE.

movement that’s trying to keep the country from modernizing. The Klan fits squarely into that group.”

The KKK became extremely popular. Blevins said well-publicized meetings in Fantastic Caverns, a ride-thru show cave in Missouri, became a KKK staple in the Ozarks.

“The Klan at this time would sometimes publicly endorse a political candidate,” Blevins said.

“There were even governors who were elected who were endorsed by the KKK. That’s how big this got. Even in mayoral races, candidates were endorsed.”

Today’s various KKK branches still endorse candidates, but it is much more discreet. Back then, however, there were even times when candidates would openly seek out KKK endorsement.

“In the heyday of when that was popular, that endorsement could even swing an election in the direction of the endorsed candidate,” Blevins said.

There was also a Women’s Auxiliary for the KKK. The KKK of this era still held the values of the Post-Civil War KKK, but it didn’t have to make as much effort to enforce those values, given the nature of Jim Crow laws in America.

“At this time, African-Americans were al-

ready segregated in society,” Blevins said. “There was no real motive for the Klan to focus on race because, in their eyes, that part of the job had already been done. They no longer had to personally relegate them to second-class citizens because the laws put in place already ensured that they were.”

While the KKK enjoyed national success in the ‘20s, scandals among the leaders drove the organization off of a cliff and out of the public eye.

This changed in modern history. This iteration saw its resurgence during the civil rights movement as the KKK went back to some of the values and practices of the post-Civil War era KKK. The organization is now a fraction of what it once was.

Today, there is still a small KKK presence in the Ozarks, and the Fantastic Caverns are no longer used for meetings.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization which documents hate groups in America, two groups reside within five hours of Springfield: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Harrison, Arkansas, and the Confederate White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Sikeston, Missouri.